Army at Yale

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  Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 30, 1930, page 1

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  Screaming Eagles Leave for Picker Contest FILMS SHOW SCORE LEGAL. West Point Pictures Prove Everything OK In Yale Game NEW YORK. Oct. ’8-FD- Now that the last movie has been shown and the last old grad has been m0rs or less placated. II seems that Yale and Army played a hard lean foot ball game which ended IN a “a tie last Saturday. Motion pictures. viewed West Point Yesterday. show hat there was no unnecessary r0uEhnf A. the play which ended Albie Booths stay IN the game but contrast with photographic evidence from New Faven IA few DAYS 40 M --h ~ peared I’d show that the Cadet touchdown ,ad been scored Illegal ly The apparent plle-up On Booth when viewed through the camera proved 70 be on top n some 7ther Yale PLAYER. unidentified exreut bv his number. “a. who had recnvere~ the bail after Booth had Fun~‘ed II Able. after escaping nm thu clutches ri Bowman. u-s~ tp led md thrown hard bv King and struck hts head a severe /. on the ground Price. rushing into the play. hit hts own teamma1e and fell alongside Booth and ail tnrr@ we’re outside the scramble afteg the hall. which eluded Booth and rolled tvn or three feet awav. The pictures or the Army touch down show two massed lines with Kilday. the bail carrier. vine vel across the bunch. Wh~- Stecker came up and coIlided with the lines Kilday rolled or 10 one side ami apparently fell back Of where he had been.

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 28, 1930, page 13

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  No Protest From Yale Army Score Will Stand as Official; Booth Back in Uniform. By United Press NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 2o.- Motion pictures displayed for Yale athletic officials Monday were reported today to show that Army’s touchdown in Saturdays Yale-Army football game. which ended TT tie, was scored Illegally. The Yale Athletic Association an nounced, however, that there will be no protest over the alleged illegal touchdown made by Army. The official decision is accepted” The film was said to show that Kilday failed to cross the goal line until Steekner. another Army back, boosted him over. This would APP pear to be violation of Rule 10, Section 1, Article l, Of the football rules. The pictures also revealed that two or more cadet players piled on Able Booth in the play in which the Yale quarter back was knocked out after the referee had signaled the end of the play, it was said.

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