The Washington times., 1929-11-04
BY BILL CoRUM

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. A.
I have been playing football Tor
eight years against all sizes ana
manner Of teams, including those
rough and ttsrnble huskies you
find on factory teams. But the
roughest football game / ever
played in-or ever hope to play
Iin-Was the Yale-Harvard, fresh.
man game Of last year." said
Booth.
Albie was In his study puz2ling
ever a problem in economies,
while his classmates read his femi.
nine fan mail out loud, and tossea
lots to see which ones they would
ask UP for the Dartmouth game.
These letters came from New
York City, Albany, Buffalo and
points in Jersey; from impression
able young ladies who saw the
comet flash against Army and
were just writing to congratulate
him, of course. But they woulc
be only too glad to have him All
swer II he could find a minute "a
SPARE for "a sincere friend, |" VINO
was just "too thrilled for words"
It was IN this Harvard yearltne
game that Booth received one Of
the few injuries Of his spectac actlls1
career when he was knocked out
by Frank 0ifligad, brother Of
Tommy (Giddiap) Gilliga1, one
Of the aces Of Horoween's current
beck field.
Albie was reIuctant to talk
about the incident. Nor did
| he mention GilIigan's name.
with him It was just one Of
those things which happened
on the gridirOn.
But from a source close to tht
football situation at Cambridge
Iit was learned that Frank Gill
gan has been virtually on the
blacklist so far as varsity football
Of his overzealousneSs In tina,
was concerned this season because
lknockdown and dragout Pier Siz
kattle between the Cub elevens ol
1928. The young men weren't kid
ding that day it seems.
| But these occasional injuries
Ii1ave never had the effect of slow
ling Booth down. Like touch
Gowns, he takes them calmly.
! "I don't stop until I'm hit" hS
said. "You never know for SUR
Whether the other fellows grip /!
going to- hold or not"
You see, A1bie has made an In
Itensive study of football. He haI
lit figured down pretty close to
science. There are certain tackles
he'd tell you. in which you car
Simply cut your man down, as hl
cut eagle on that out-of-bound'
tackle last Saturday. There ar
others In which you must maxi
sure to get a firm grip and hanl
on like a bulldog no matter wha
happens.
The ballet dancer Of the
Blue baclfieId has been play
ing the brand Of football he
flashed against the Army
around New Haven for sew
: eral years, only it never
reached the metropolitan
press.
In fact, some of his home tow
! rooters were the least. bit disar
: pointed in, one department of hi
d game against the Cadets. The,
: can't figure out how he misses
! those drop kicks. When he wa
= only 18 he was kicking drop
: 30 and so yards for the Ney
, Haven Boys Club midgets, an,
seldon1 missing: But he is q de
liberate drop kicker and the Arm.
forwards hurried him q little.
E There was that famous gam
: against the Branford Laurel
! which Booth won for New Hayel
: x:lth an angled drop kick from
: TIE 52-yard line. And that after
! noon he weighed 135 pounds.
: Stewart Clancy, now captain o
! the Holy Cross eleven and an
other protege of Dick Lovell's, le,
the Laurels in that game. tn
Laurels and the Boys Club hav
been rivals ever since the twI
teams were formed.
There was another game be
tween them in which little Abb
proved that he Is a smart football
strs tegist as well as an elusiv
broken field runner. New Haven
She lighter and faster team, hat
jumped away to two-touchdowl
lead and held it until late In tn
fourth period.
Then weight and superior
numbers began to tell, the
1.aureIx showing over one