Army at Yale

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 22, 1927, page 1

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  :: News Of Today’s Football Games =: YALE BEATS ARMY ELEVEN, 10 TO 6 | New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 22.-(F1- Yale outplayed the Army today t, win the annual game 1916, in a con test in which passes frequentl, played a powerful part. Yale scored its touchdown on q pass in the frs, period while long pass by tn, Army made counter possible il the closing period. A sensational drop by Bruce Caldwell completed falc’s scoring in the third period. Facing the lO-point lead Yale haC assembled, Army injected sprints ot “a and 25 yards by Mccall anc eagle. respectively. late in the third period to again Menacc the Yale goal. A first down was made on the 1S-yard line but after two plunges failed Scott broke through to throw eagle for a loss OF 12 yards and remove the immediate strin. gcncy. The Yale rally was short lived. however, for on the fourth down eagle passed to Harbold who was downcd three yards from the goal. Murrel plunged into the line and when the mass Of players was untangled the ball was inches from the goal line. After scoring a touchdown early in the first period on a pass from Caldwell to Quarter. the fighting Yale Bulldog stopped the subsequent Army advance !; fter Captain Wilson had made a first down on his own 40-yard line. Murrell kicked to lale’s 20-yard line, but Caldwell kicked back to Army’s 90 yard line. Cagcl was ovcrpowered before he could get started and Army had to kick again. Army started a drive late in the period which was ended when Cap tain Wilson fumbled OH lale’s At yard line. Yale could not gain and kicked over-the goal line az the pc riod ended, with Yale Army 0. In the second period, after Will son gave Army a first down on ialc’s 45-yard line, the Army at tempted a forward passing ma neuyer. but both eagles long tosses grounded. Yale stopped Army on its one-yard line and took the ball in the second period. Army got the bali when Hoben fumbled on his tS-yard line, and Wilson recovered for the Army. Wilson went seven yards to the IL yard line, and after Yale was pen allied for off-sde. Wilson failed to plunge over. Yale Increased its margin over the Army to 10 points in the third pc riod. when Caldwell kicked q field goal from the 2S-yard line. Quarrler. who scored the touchdown on Q pass from Caldwell. paved the way for the field goal by falling on the ball after Army had blocked a punt on its own 37-yard line. Fourth Period Tho Army did not need three downs to make the eight inches. and Murrel went over for the touchdown on the next play. The pass from center was none too good on the try for point and got away from Glib ner. who was in position 10 bold for Wilson’s try for point after touch down. Army started another drive in the fourth period in which a cO-yard pass from eagle to Gibner figured. but with the ball on Yale’s 35-yard line. Scott for the second time threw eagle for loss and when an Army pass grounded on forth down, Ar my took the ball.

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  Douglas daily dispatch, Arizona, October 23, 1927, page 5

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  Y ALE CRUSHES ARMY IN BATTLE B Y SCORE l3-O NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. % 41- The battle of the Joneses was won hv Tad and Yale today when Bill and the Army went down to a 10 to 6 defeat that left little doubt thai the better team won. The argument between the Jones bows was brought over from last year when the Army team, coached 6y Captain 4. AG.s doves routed Yale under the personal direction OF Coach T. A. D. Jones, 33 to 0. lTodays game was nothing like that of last season. The Ellis were OIL in front with a touchdown in the first period when the game was not MANY minutes old, and they ADDED a sensational field goal i’ll the tnlrd beore Army could count. Army had some great chances before finally scoring a touchdown IN the final period. The West Point boys drove the bali to within ncnes of the Yale goal line in the second period, when the advance was stopped a foot from the goal line. Saying that opportunity knocks but once was dis proved, when Army came charging right back only to be halted on Yale’S II yard line. Bruce Caldwell, the Yale backfielc act, figured in all the Yale scoring plays. He threw the pass caught by Ouarrier for the Blue touchdown added the point after touchdown ane then booted a sensational field goa travelling nearly so yards. n Dispatch Telephones and 80.

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 22, 1927, page 1

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  NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-To many thousands of football fans the prog ress of the Service elevens, leading up to the smashing climax of the Army Navy game, is the most interesting phase of the early part of the season. Not all of us have an alma mater whose football teams we can cheer, but every American can, and usually does, take sides in the annual grid iron engagement of the Army and the Navy. Navy Found Wanting In the third game of its schedule this season, NAVY Bill” Migrants Annapolis eleven was tried and found wanting. Army hopes of No vember victory arose when Notre Dame crushed the Navy, 10 to 6. “Bif” Jones West Pointers have not had their test YET. This was to occur today against Yale at New Haven. last year a whirlwind Army team blew through Yale bowl and left a badly flattened Bulldog in its wake. In their greatest triumph over an Eli team, the Cadets rolled up a total of SO to 0. But this is another

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Yale leads 22–⁠16–⁠8 in 46 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.