Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-24
FAMOUS BOOTH
SPURS RIVALS
$1,000 Spectators See Clash
On III alf-F z
Cambridge Field
By ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Writer

1AhNhttD 0lAD4CAl, "a ~ :
bridge, Mass, Nov. 23.-tPl-With
one OF the most dramatic strokes Of
the football seasn. Harvard convert
ed the return to the game OF the
celebrated Able Booth to its own
advantage today. and beat Yale 10
TO 6, for the second year in sue
cession, on q half frozen battle
ground before a roaring crowd OF
$4,000 spectators .
Yale sent her little boy in blue
in the game early in the second
period TO lead what looked like a
triumphant drive but two swift
breaks" a blocked kick by Booth
each time. enabled Harvard TO
n Nounter-attack and win the game
with a brace Of smashing, slashing
scoring drives.
The Ellis were hammering toward
the crimson goal early in the Sec
ond quarter when Little Able came
on to the field to shed his heavy
wrapS and attempt to drop kick q
field goal from the 25-yard line.
The ball scarcely had left his toe
before It was blocked by the surg
ing crimson wall, bounding OF the
chest Of the alert Jim Douglas. Har-
ward end, and recovered on the lS-
yard line.
From there. the crimson marched
90 wards to a touchdown. scored ny
Fullback Wally Harper after a bril-
liant advance featured by a lateral
pass, Devens to Mays. which the
latter converted into a 35-yard gain.
Punt Smothered
Shortly after the kickoff. Booth.
punting from near his w goal.
again was smothered. Again Doug
las. the ubiquitous crimson end.
was on top Of the miehty atom 70
block and recover the ball on
Yale's 17-yard line. This time. the
blue braced and prevented a touch
down but Barry Wood, the sopho-
more Harvard quarterback. calmly
drop kicked the pigskin between the
uprights from the l5-yard line at q
difficult angle .
Fighting desperately to check the
crimson rush. wit HESS than two
minutes to play, before the end Of
the half. Yale's big captain. Fir
pon Greene. broke through 70
block Woods punt. giving Yale the
ball on Harvard's 1S-yard line. Two
RAISES thrown by Booth failed, but
on the third. after a five-yard PEN
atty. the Eli ace tossed to "Hoot
Ellis. who took the ball on III 10
ward line and fought his way across
the goal line for Dale's only score.
Booths drop kick vas not blocked
but it went wide of the uprights.
Booth. whose inspiration to the
Eli attack had all year been IN evl-
dence the moment he stepped on
TIE field. had the strange expert
ence of seeing his appearance sig
ralize the victorious crimson drive.
Until Booth entered the game. Yale
heli what little hope was TO be hao
in a strictly defensive battle. From
the moment he came on, Harvard
instead OF Yale. seemed inspired.
Clean Triumph
II was a cleancut triumph for the
crimson over its ancient Zoe, WITH
the Harvard sophomore field geneF-
NJ. Barry Wood. outshining his more
famous rival, Booth, and the crlm-
con forwards more than holding
their y against the great plue
line. Harvard held tenaciousiy,
with magnificent fighting spirit. 70
it's slim lead throughout the second
half. At least three times, Yale
threatened to put over the toucn-
down that would give the Els the
lead. penetrating once TO the GRIM
son l8-yard line on q sustained
drive Of 60 yards. but these Har-
ward forwards we're not to be bat
tered down. Led by Ben Ticknor,
who PLAYED a brilliant game al
center. and flanked by two sensa-
tional ends In Jim Douglas and
Dick O'Connell. the Harvard line
disrlaved aggressiveness. courage
End stamina sufficient to meet every
emergency. IN the final analysis. It
was distinctly a triumph for this