Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-28

N YEW YORK, October 28.--
M Since the foot ball season
1 Y began, those who have
been following games at
the Yale Bowl-that is to say,
scouts of rival elevens and nom
partisan observers-have known
that a situation such as that
which has arisen between Yale
and West Point, because of minor
injuries to Able Booth in last
Saturdays game was inevitable.
In no instance where Yale's little
quarterback has been tackled clearly
and vigorously has the play been unat-
tended by booing and kissing from the
stands, and unbiased observers have
stated to the writer that penalties i'm
posed against Georgia and Brown for
alleged dirty tackling of Booth were
questionable as to their justice.
The fact should be recognized that
Booth is very elusive runner and that
his facility In wriggling loose after he
has been seized has been hailed by Yale
men and other admirers as one of his
greatest assets. A back thus gifted
must expect to be tackled so deciSively
that there Is no chance of his extri-
eating himself, which is not to say that
he has to be tackled in foul manner.
No Time for Mysteries.
Amid the cutlery over rough tackling
HxT Nf 6n yfoNN
smiled, saying they reckoned Booth was
not hurt by their handling. And so it
proved. Yale ought not to get hyster-
zeal over the manner in which her
quarterback was tackled by Army men
after he had intercepted pass.
According to the report of q Yale
man, who is not only close to Yale
coaching, but is q member of that self
constituted body, the 'all-America
board" as well as chronicler of that
foot ball game, Booth, having inter-
cepted a forward pass, had freed him.
self from the grip of an Army tackler
and was then stopped by several Army
men.
Mai. SaSse, in regretting that Booth
had been injured, states that his play
ers did not know 1t was Booth who had
intercepted the pass when they
launched upon him. This opens the
question: Had they known, would they
have stood aside and let the tntercepter
run for q touchdown, or perhaps tagged
him because he happened to be Booth?
Spectators tell the writer that he was
tackled as any back Is liable to be
tackled-ruggedly, but clearly.
Yet, New Haven reports spoke Of the
boy bearing marks of blood upon his
mouth and head, the inference being
that he was beaten up as well as
tackled. If, as is inferred from New
Haven qaurters, Booth was deliberately
done for by West Point players, then
Yale, for the good of foot ball, should
take definite and official stand upon
the matter.
Truth Is Wanted.
West Point has no more desire that
she be represented on the gridiron by
Hooligans than Yale that she be asked
to meet such players. On the other
hand, If Yale coaches and others who
were on the sidelines, know that Booth
was legally brought to earth without
malice, or intention to infiict injury,
then for the good of foot ball and in
justice to a distinguished rival, they
should take action to stop the present
outflow of yelled charges and innuendo.
This is true-there is not a foot ball
game in which elusive runners are not
set upon by more than one tackler, and
1t is also true that in the headlong
rush of the game, it is absolutely i'm
possible for a tackler to know that
flashing instant when the ball has
ceased to advance. AS for Albie Booth,
If all the things said of him are true,
he Is never safe, save. when he is on
the ground and held there.
AS to the talk that film photos show
that the Army touchdown was illegal.
touchdowns Is on the field and not in
the movies.