Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-02
Ellis, GREEN STAGE
SCORELESS SCRAP
Booth Is Star Throughout.
McCaIl'S Drop-Kick Fails
at Finish.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Y YALE BOWL, New Haven,
" Conn, November 1.-Two
i high-powered offenses, two
superbly courageous de
fensive barriers banged into each
other today and the result was a
scoreless, but peculiar deadlock
between foot ball forces of Yale
and Dartmouth.
Before a crowd Of 1000 spectators,
falling Unexpectedly far short of the
big Bowls capacity, Albie Booth, Yale's
diminutive quarterback. returned to
action in such good health, so we'll re-
covered from the bumps he received In
the Army contest, that he led the Ellis
throughout the game and came close
to winning 1t.
Booth, on a dazzling 32-yard end run,
scampered across the Dartmouth goal
early in the second period, after leading
a series of big Blue drives, but the up
roar subsidized and the mighty atoms
effort wasted when Referee e. j. OBrien
detected holding in the Yale ranks.
This was the closest Yale came 70
scoring, although, all told, the Ellis wasted
five good drives deep into Green ter
ritory in the first half before being COM
PEELED in the last half TO take the de-
fensive themselves and beat of a sue
cession of charges by the hard-hitting
Indians from Hanover.
Dartmouth Kick Fails.
Dartmouth on the attack throughout
the last half four times was within
striking distance of the Eli goal, due
to the sensational ball-lugging of Bill
Morton and Wild Bill Mccall but the
Blue defense, while considerably bat
tered, was equal to the emergencies.
On the last play Of the game, with the
ball in Dartmouth's possession on Yale's
12-yard line after a series OF berserk
rushes and brilliant passes, Mccall tried
a drop-kick from the 2l-yard mark that
barely missed breaking the deadlock
and giving the Indians a 3-point victory.
Mccall got his boot away beautifully
suspense until Referee O'Brien waved his
hands to indicate the pigskin had gone
trifle wide of the uprights.
Although Dartmouth was running
wild at the finish, showing more drive
In fact than Yale had displayed in the
first half, the deadlock was a fair
split of the spoils. The Green registered
a total of 10 first downs to 8 for the
Blue and packed bigger passing threat
with three successful forwards netting a
gain of SO yards. The Ellis, on the other
hand, outrushed their rivals, 1875 yards
to 1913, and Booth more than held his
own in the punting duel with Morton
and Mccall.
First Check for Green.
II was Yale's second successive tie
game, the Ellis having held Army to a
TT count a week ago, but marked the
first check in Dartmouth's previously
unbeaten advance, as the Green again
failed to hurdle the hoodoo hanging
over them In the Yale Bowl. The In
dams have never beaten Yale and only
twice have gotten so much as a tie.
Booth, going the full route for the
first time this year. carried the burden
of the Eli attack from start to finish
in an exhibition that fully demon
Strated the little fellows remarkable
stamina. He absorbed plenty Of hard
knocks but never failed to bounce
back to his feet. Once the Green was
penalized Is yards for roughtng Albie
as he was punting, but otherwise there
was no cause for repetition of previous
demonstrations from the Eli stands,
anxious about the way their favortte
was being handled.
Booth Gains 107 Yards.
Booth packed the ball 81 times from
scrimmage and gained total of lot
yards besides doing all the kicking,
and doing it well enough to average 40
yards all afternoon. His longest run, of
80 yards, that for the moment looked
good for a touchdown, only to be
spoiled by a penalty, marked the only
time he got entirely loose. His best
gain otherwise was for IL yards.
Booth, gambling all day by trying
line plays or kicking on fourth downs,
lost the ball when thrown for a loss
near midf1eld, at the start of the third
quarter, and Dartmouth seized the