Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27
BOOTH HAS HEROIC
ROLE AS Ellis WIN
Little HaItback Vital Spark
to Bulldogs, Scoring
All Their Points.
BY ALAN, GOULD,
ASSOCIATED Press Sports Editor)

Y YALE BOWL, New Haven, Conn,
" october 26.-The lightning
Y struck in Yale Bowl today
but not where it was expected
Instead of the red-headed
terror from Louisiana, Red eagle, II
was the black haired, bare-legged boy
from New Haven, little Albie Booth
Army, 81 to Is, in the most spectacular
upset of the Eastern gridiron campaign
Booth was the bolt out of the blue
that struck the Cadets after they hao
run up a lead of Is to O, the electr1fy1ng
farce that led Yale to one of the great.
est come backs it has known in many
a moon.
The 144-pound halfback scored all 81
of Yales points with as sensational an
exhibition of individual proves as the
great Red eagle or the famous Red
climax to his days work by slash1ng
zig-zag run of 80 yards through the
whole Army team in the third period
after apparently being bottled up along
the side lines. Twice previously ne
had plunged across the Cadet goal
Each time he drop-kicked successfully
for the extra point.
Booth Vital Spark.
From the moment Booth entered the
game, late in the second period, after
ARMY had assumed commanding lead
on eagles 62-yard dash for one score
and Murrel's 29-yard charge for an
other. Yale was a transformed, unbeat-
able aggregation. Seldom before has
an individual effected so remarkable g
turn. The vital spark. Booth, ripped
souirmed and plunged through the
Army line, skirted the Cadet ends
pivoting and straight-arming a power
full drive that belied his small stature
and welterweight poundage.
The huge crowd of $4,000, packing
the bowl. had come out prepared t.
witness another Army holiday, will
eagle repeating his spectacular stunt
| of the year before. When the red
headed Army captain, intercepting.
pass. sped 81 yards in the first perlot
| for an easy touchdown, it looked lik
the expected. When chunky Johl
Murrel, early in the second quarter
broke through the middle OF the Ell
line and dashed 20 yards for anothe
score, the cadets went wild-but 1t wa
| lust about their last cheer.
Booth dashed into the game at thi
iuncture. From then on it was rou
| for the cadets; from that point on. az
a matter of fact, Army never ever
| threatened to score again and onl!
once penetrated Yale territory, so thor
| oughly aroused and so sustained wa
| the Booth-inspired charge Of the Blue
A blocked kick, recovered by Capt
! Firpo Greene on Army's 32-yard lint
in the second period, enabled Booth u
! dash to a touchdown in only four plays
The end of the half saw Army barrel.
save it's lead, making a great defensive
stand on its own goal line as Cagi
leaped up to spear Booths pass on hi
own 2-yard line as the whistle blew
Booth had led 60-yard drive only II
find it frustrated.
It took Booth scarcely more thar
10 minutes in the third to complete hi
amazing job of out-dazzling thu
Army's prize dazzler. Stopped twice BY
desperate Army defensive work, II
which big George Perry at tackle ane
Capt. eagle featured, Yale finally
a 35-yard march. Booth had consid'
cradle aid from Taylor and Miller, back
| field mates, but he got the yardage
when it was needed including the fina
| foot over center for the score that tiec
the game. AS the Blue stands reared
Albie calmly drop-kicked the point that
put Yale in the lead.
Dashes 80 Yards to Score.
A half dozen plays later. Booth put
the finishing touches to his marvelou:
performance by grabbing Murrel's punt
on his own 20-yard line, squirmine
somehow out of the arms of hall
dozen Army tacklerS along the side
line. cutting in sharply and dashins
all the way down the field as he shook
off three more pairs of clutching cadet
hands.
Booth was through, but so was the
Army Albie remained in the game
until the middle of the final quarter
receiving frenZied ovation as he
| trotted off the field. His beaten rival
eagle, gamely stuck to his guns. The
great Red Head, however, was never
able to get loose again. Except for two
desperate heaves, that connected
by the alert Eli defense. Once Dick
OKeefe had clear field on long toss
from eagle, but he fumbled. The
cadet running attack was stopped cold
The best Army could do was reach
Yale's 35-yard line late In the flna
quarter
Yale's comeback. accomplishing the
| Arrny's first setback of the year
stunned the experts who made thu
Army 2-to-1 favorite. 1t was all Booth
but while little Albie injected himsel
into the all-American picture, his team
mates rose fully to every emergency.
The Ellis outrushed Army by wldt
margin, rolling up Is first downs to
for the Cadets. Both easily outpointee
Murrel. At passing the Army alone hae
an edge, eagle completing out OF Is
heaves and having intercepted. YALE
| comnleted only l out Of 8. Three FL
losses were intercepted. and 2 OF then
led to Army touchdowns.