Evening star., 1932-10-09


" Conn, october 8.-A pair
of fleet, versatile Chicago
backfeld stars, Quarter
back Vinson Sahlin and Halfback
Pete Zimmer, haraSsed the sluggish
Bull Dogs of Yale so persistently
this bright Indian Summer after
noon that the Maroon held the
Blue to its second straight dead
lock of the 1882 gridiron cam
paign. The score was 7 to 7.
The two pony" backs combined, in
the second period, to complete spec
tacular 44-yard pass, thinner to Sah-
lin, for the touchdown that enabled
Chicago to Offset the Eli tally by
plunging Joe Crowley, made in the first
quarter. They came within couple OF
eye-lashes of breaking the tie in the
closing minutes of the game to gain
victory so eagerly sought for their TO
year-old coach and Yale alumnus,
Amos Alonzo stagg.
TT looked like the winning touchdown
i for Chicago when thinner, on one
of his dazzling returns Of punts,
twisted through the whole Eli team to
cross the goal line near the end OF the
game on a 35-yard jaunt. The lines
man, however, detected that one foot
had stepped out of bounds on Yale's l3-
yard line, and the ball was called back.
When Capt. Birney of Chicago narrow
ly missed a drop-kick attempt for field
goal from the Eli 22-yard mark. the
last high hopes of the Maroon for a
victory were blasted.
Stages fast. scrappy eleven, after a
somewhat shaky start, gave the Ellis all
they could handle the rest OF the after
noon, as Sahlin and thinner put on a
lively tWo-man show.
THE longest pass of the game pro-
i vided Chicago's touchdown and the
biggest thrill for crowd of 24,0O0
spectators. 1t came early in the second
quarter, when thinner, after being
stopped at the line on Yale's 34-yard
mark, faded back to within five yards
of mid-field. He threw diagonally to
one corner of the field and Sahlin. rae
ing ahead of the Eli defense. caught the
goal. The Chicago quarterback was
tackled as he made the catch, but
skidded across the corner of the end
zone. Harlin o. Page, jr., fullback and
son of the Maroon line coach, place.
kicked the goal that tied the score.
Yale scored quickly in the first quar-
ter with the only real offensive exhibi-
ton given by the Ellis all afternoon.
Dud Parker's 30-yard runback Of a
kick planted the ball on Chicago's 80
and a touchdown was tailed in five
plays. Joe Crowley plunged yards
through center for the score, and
Curling, right tackle, booted the extra
point after Bob LasSiter passed to Park
er for an 18-yard gain and then slashed
yards off tackle to the Maroon 5-yard
mark.
T ASSITER was hurt painfully about
IL the head making tackle at the
close of the first quarter and did
not return until the last half. His
longest run, for 80 yards, was made in
the first period.
Yale failed to advance beyond Chi
cago's 35-yard line in the last half,
whereas Chicago three times reached or
passed the Eli 20. due mainly to zim-
mer's runbacks. He gained more than
$50 yards on these returns. Sahlin
pulled one of the slickest plays Of the
game when he wriggled out Of the grasp
of three tacklers. blocking pass, and
then scampered 20 yards to Yale's 49,
yard line in the last period.
Chicago registered seven first downs
to Yale's six, advanced the ball 112
yards by rushing 10 the Ellis 1875 Each
completed five passes for total gains of
SO yards.