Evening star., 1931-11-22
Ellis END 3-YEAR
RULE OF CRIMSON
Blue Partisans, in Wild Cele-
bration, Take GoaIpostS
at Cambridge.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.


- bridge, Mass, November 81.
i 1 -Albie Booth, Yale'S Lit
tie Boy Blue, broke the
Crimson spell today and drop
kicked the Ellis to a spectacular
victory over Harvard, 3 to 0, in
the mellow November twilight of
his last varsity foot ball game
against the Crimson.
The climax to a bitterly waged battle,
scoreless for 81 minutes as each team
lost golden opportunities to break
through, came with barely 3 minutes TO
go. Harvard's fading hopes had just
been revived by slashing 2S-yard run
by Jack Crickard, near to midfield
when Capt. Barry Woods attempted
punt was blocked and recovered by
big John Wilbur, Ell tackle, thereby
opening the way for Yale's triumphant
thrust from the Crimson 44-yard me
For most of the game Alble Boom mao
been bottled up, harassed ana turned
back as he sought to shake on the
ink that has pursued him ever since
tall. rangy Barry Wood stepped into
the Harvard leadership. Given an
other unexpected chance. Booth scut-
tied back, after short run off tackle,
and hurled long, diagonal pass that
Herster Barres, brilliant Eli end, caught
as he tlmbled out of bounds on Har-
wards l2-yard stripe.
Booth RedeemS Failure.
Booth, Taylor and then Booth
slashed at the big Crimson tackles, but
the best they could do was pick up z
yards It was fourth down, three to go,
on Harvard's 4-yard line. Once be-
fore, in the second quarter, Booth had
tried drop-kick under similar cir
cumstances and missed by a narrow
margin.
Here was the last big chance for
Little Boy Blue and he responded with
a beautiful boot that sailed high over
the heads of the surging linemen and
split the goal posts. Booth kicked from
the 12-yard mark and the Ellis, with
the end of the game in sight, smothered
Barry Woods last few attempts to pull
the Crimson out Of defeat.
The great Harvard captain never had
a chance to break through that final
wall of blue. AS dramatic finishing
touch, Wood, on the last play Of the
game, attempted long pass only to be
line for an 13-yard loss as he failed
even to get the ball out of his hands.
In this spectacular fashion Booth and
Yale ended Harvard's three-year win
ming streak and at the same time
handed the gallant Crimson forces
their first setback of the 1881 season.
The defeat cost Harvard a golden
chance to capture Eastern champion
ship honors for the first time since 1918.
Wild Demonstration Staged.
The swift accomplishment of this
long sought triumph. with the mighty
atom" of Eli foot ball in the heroic
role, prompted Yale'S partisans to put
on one of the widest demonstrations
in this ancient rivalry as the flftieth
game was brought to thrilling con-
clusion.
From the stands they poured down
on the gridiron before the players could
depart. In less than two minutes the
goal posts were ripped down and
hoisted to the shoulders Of the de-
lirious throng that snake danced about
the field. Albie Booth rode from one
end OF the field to the other on the
shoulders OF his wildly yelling admirers.
The rest OF the Eli players were nearly
mobbed in the excitement as the pent-
up enthusiasm exploded all over the
premises.
Yale's first victory since 1927 was
not accomplished without a struggle
that found two closely matched lines
battling each other to a standstill
throughout most Of the game. The
Ellis were the stronger, more resourceful
and aggressive array at the finish, as
Harvard's regulars wilted under the
strain to some extent, but both teams
missed fine chances to push over a
| touchdown.
Harvard Misses Early Chance.
Harvard missed its first and hest on
! portunity in the very first minute of
the game, after Jack Crickard. taking
lateral toss from Barry Wood on the
| KICKOFF, had galloped n yards to Yale's
8-yard line in the most spectacular in
! dividual play of the entire contest.
Yale's stalwart forwards blocked this
| threat and the Ellis took the ball on
! downs on their 4-yard line as Woods
short pass to Orchard on fourth down
was grounded just short of the goal
| line.
Thereafter Harvard was inside Yale's
35-yard line only twice. Wood failed
| 10 coInect WIN single long pass. HIS
most effective gestures were two sur
prise place kicks" from punt forma-
tion, with Orchard holding the ball
Each time, with the Crimson well in
its own territory, this maneuver caught
the Ellis mapping and pushed them back
about SIS yards.
Yale, on the other hand. three times
| pounded inside Harvard's Toward line,
before Booth finally cashed In on his
last opportunity.
Lineup and summary:
=, Yale yale go. Position. Harvard (o).