Evening star., 1945-12-02
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Fitzgerald Speorheod
Of Attack Thot Gives
Blue Big Three Title
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.,

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 1.-Yale's
strong line and Art Fitzgerald made
the Harvard football team wish it
had remained on an informal basis
today.
The Ellis rolled up 2S-0 score in
the 62d meeting of these Big Three
rivals and their first since 1912 and
outplayed the Crimson so completely
that it hardly looked a contest to
the $4,000 or so die-hards, who
braved cold weather and snowy
stands to see the traditional game.
Fitzgerald, who was third
strlnger at Notre Dame last season
and who came to Yale as a mid
season Navy transfer, scored three
OF Yale's four touchdowns and was
the principal ground gamer of the
day.
1t was the Yale line, however,
that made the real difference. The
Ellis piled up 10 first downs to
Harvard's four, gained 1859 yards by
rushing and 202 by passing as COM
pared with Harvards 81 and, 46
wards.
Crimson Never Gets Far.
The Crimson didn't penetrate
Yale territory until the final quar-
ter when Howie Odell, Yale coach.
was clearing the bench of subs, and
then it didn't get past the 23-yard
mark. The only other Harvard
threat came when Frank LeBart
recovered Yale tumble on the Ellis
% in the third quarter. Then the
Crimson only lost ground on
passing attack.
Playing on a muddy field sur
rounded by piles of snow, Yale
didn't get its attack rolling until
the second quarter. Then the Ellis
pushed over two touchdowns on
marches of 66 and As yards. They
added a safety and another touch
down in the third and in the final
period Vandy Kirk, stopped on two
previous attempts, added the last
touchdown.
The score was the most decisive of
the 70-year-old Yale Harvard series
since 1900, when Yale also won
$50. And it gave the Ellis the first
Big Three championship since the
beginning of the war Yale beat
Princeton, 20-l4, last week. Har-
ward, resuming formal" football
this year after dropping serious
competition in 1943, did not play
Princeton.
Fitzgerald, in addition to his fine
running, blossomed out as a passing
rival to Art Dakos, the Yale
quarterback. He started by throw
ing a long pass to Paul Walker,
which the Yale captain snatched
out OF Phil O'Donnen's hands when
the Harvard back apparently had
made successful interception. A
few m o m ents later Fitzgerald
ploughed over for the score after
Dakos had passed to Dave Hopes
on the l.
Yale Continues Drive.
Dakos' short passes to Jack Rod
C44Sh anu "dlhtT SET up tTe second
tally, scored by Fitzgerald on a
15-yard drive off tackle.
Yale picked up two points on a
third-quarter safety after being
stopped by the massed Crimson
forwards on the l. Charles Roche
dropped back as if to kick from the
end zone, attempted to pass and
finally threw the ball away as
Walker tackled him.
Harvard, making its best showing
in this quarter, stopped another drive
"a yard short of the goal in this
quarter. But Yale kept going and
Fitzgerald scored for the third time
from four yards out after a Dakos-
Roderick pass and two good runs
by Kirk had set up the tally.
Roderick, who played fine game
at end, also paved the way for the
last touchdown He took fiat pass
from Dakos and bulled on II yards
to the Harvard %. Then he caught
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