Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08
Foot Ball Gossip.
Continued from Fifteenth Page

on the Zuppke ballyhoo school by the way he
handled the Glasgow case. zuppke hNnseh
could have done no better than his former
pupil.
In secret practice before a big game. big
star is usually hurt, or he isn't. Usually he is.
of course, but he just manages to drag himself
into the game and score about seven touch
downs. This is one of the oldest forms Of
bear story known to the game.
TT DIDN'T mean thing last Sumni-r w.ll:l !
young man named Albert Booth took JOB
operating a bacon-slicing machine in New
Haven meat packing plant. The event grew to
be pretty important, however, when little Albie
Booth, 144-pound Yale haifback, stepped out
and beat Brown and the Army almost SINGLE
handed.
The railroads ran special press trains to New
Haven, and every alley in the historic old town
filled with cameramen and Scribes, waiting
for Albie to come along on his way to the pack
ing plant-to pounce upon the young hero and
get the pictures and stories to the papers.
1t was learned that when Able was nine
months old he staged his first great foot ball
<eat by crawling out of his crib and, sidestep~
ping couple of rattles and an electric train,
swivel-hipped his way through the parlor, dim
ing room and kitchen, straight farming two
doors on the way.
Important researches were conducted and it
was learned that Albe didn't call for his bottle
in the usual way Most babies cry for it; Able
used to call numbers. Thus IA rs, Grade
A from the little fellow would bring Mother
Booth hurrying with the milk After consum.
ing the contents Able invariably would for
ward pass the bottle to picture of foot ball
player dragging five tacklers on the nursery
wall.
Before the Yale-Dartmouth game the rash
of ballyhoO broke out in it's most virulent form.
How would the great Al Marsters compare with
the tiny Yale hero, Able? Investigators were
sent to Hanover N. H, and returned to reucwt
valuable findings Marsters was a necktie
salesman in his off time Besides that he
was very SuperstitiouS sort of duck refusing
to shave on the day of game, and having an
aversion to wearing any other numeral on his
back except a." The sleuths of the press
learned that Al liked ping pong, that he sang
while taking his bath and that he bought but
few textbooks, preferring to borrow those Of
his chums
Came the Dartmouth-Yale game and AIbSe
and Al played great foot ball. But in the last
period lame and halt young man named
"Hoot" Ellis hippety- hoped into the din and
the glare by sharing long Dartmouth forward
pass and running many yards for the touch
down that gave Yale victory. 1t was learned
that "Hoot" had a housemaid's knee which he
fixed up before every game with connie Of
strands of hay wire, some tape and aSsinaI
TRADITION also is one of the major aspects
OF the ballyhOo. In the old days there was
tackle named Catfish" Mizzentopf at Siwash.
He was graduated and went to the coast to turn
out winning teams at Incidental College After
the years he passed away. but one of his sons,
Mnnow," took his job at Incidental
Meanwhile back in the neighborhood of old
Siwash, Philip Smotz raised a large family.
Catfish Mizzentopf had liked Philip A
month or so after Catfish died. Philip died too.
But one of Phil's sons carried the ball f01 II
touchdowns In row for the glory of dear old
Siwash
Minnow heard about Dynamite" Smotz fronf
travelling salesman and became curious about
MS dads alma mater. He wrote to the registrar
and now Siwash and Incidental have an annual
game. 1t is one of the fine old traditions Of
the sport.
Inc moral OF the tale is that no matter who B
wins Affirmative negative, you can't get
anywhere as member of the debating team,
Copyright, 1927