Army at Yale

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1931, page 59

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  YALE, ARMY TIE, 66, IN DAZZLING GAME ParkeTs Sprint From Kick off Gets Eli Score Right . After Cadets Tally. n JEW HAVEN, Conn, October M “a. With one Dazzling 1 stroke, an 88-yard run back Of kick-off for q touchdown by Quarterback Robert (Dud) Parker, Yale wiped out Army’S freshly won advantage today and tied the Cadets for the second straight year in one of the East’S most spectacular foot ball classics. The final score was to 6 as Yale, in a thrilling final quarter lost three big chances to break the deadlock. For the first time in years the big Eli Bowl was not filed to capacity Tor the game, but $4,000 spectators, within 5000 of the stadium’s limit, watched the rival elevens set of series OF at lacking high explosives in the last pc Rod after As minutes Of hStless and Scoreless play. Yale’s flrst chance to break the tie went glimmering when Ed Rotan, giant guard, just missed the uprightS with the kicking try for extra point. had produced more drama than the entire previous IS. Army’S star right end Dick Sheridan of Augusta, Ca, in the midst Of the excitement, was carried Of the field on stretcher and taken to a hospital. Yale’s captain and bright star, Albie Booth, had failed to break away and yielded his post to an under study, Bob LaSSiter Of Charlotte, N. C.. who Immediately took charge of the Ell offensive where Parker left on. ,IAssiter Bright Star. With the big bowl q mass Of yelling humanity, LaSsiter, ably assisted by Joe Crowley, dashed at Army’s firing detense. In two sensational drives toward the Soldier goal, Yale advanced So yards to Army’s 15-yard mark and then came back in another 56-yard march to the Cadet 9-yard line. The first of these two offensiveS ended when MacLean Williamson, sub Stitute back, tried drop-kick from Army’s 26-yard line. The ball struck the left upright and bounced back into the end zone. The second drive begged down when Crowley, on fourth down with 2 yards to go, was stopped at the scrimmage line by Jack Price, Army captain. Lassister, q sophomore ‘‘find,” knitted through for runs Of IL, Is and 20 yards In the course Of his big Spluree, besides passing to Hawley for one gain of II yards. It was the best individual exhibition Of ground gaining In the entire game, but Yale could not md the scoring touch again despite the use Of all available reserve power. Throughout the hectic hnal period, keyed to high pitch. Sheridan’s injury was an outgrowth of the fierce cIlarging and tackling by both teams. The Eli rooters gave vent to an outburst Of booing at one stage when Williamson was thrown heavily by an Army player. Yale Line Firm. Army’s running attack was almost entirely stopped by Yale’s forwards. The Cadets capitalized their one Scoring chance mainly through Stecker’ s passing skill. The star halfback tossed to Kilday for one gain Of 16 yards and end, was good for o 20-yard gain, put ting the ball on Yale’s 5-yard line. Carver contributed yard and Stecker to cover the remaining distance to the goal in three plunges. Booths passes and Parker’S kicking harassed the Army in the first three periods, but neither team penetrated the opposing 15-yard line until the Cadets launched their scoring attack toward the close Of the third quarter. Yale outrushed Army, 1877 yards to l2l, and registered Is first downs to 10 for the Soldiers. The Ellis completed 6 out of % passes for gains OF 30 yards. Army completed out Of Is for gains of only 48, but the Cadets intercepted Eli aerials.

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  The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 26, 1931, page 2

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  (Continued from Page 1.) cate nerves which control breathing had been damaged or shattered by the blow that dislocated his fourth vertebra as he tackled a Yale run ner and only the measured pulsa.. tions of the mechanical lung pumped oxygen through his lungs. Actually, Sheridan was lowering between life and death when his body was lifted from the gridiron Saturday, it was learned. Prayers were said for the young Cadet in St. Johns Roman Catho- lie church yesterday. The priest or that parish, the Rev Francis Mur- piy. administered extreme unction to sheridan Saturday night. Sheridan was an honor man at the U, s. Military Academy, to which he was appointed from 2 Georgia infantry unit, and presi- dent of the second year class. lie held the rank of Cadet Corporal The play in which he was in- jured occurred in the thrilf-packed fourth quarter of the game. which ended in 6–⁠6 tie. Army had scored from the four-yard line at the opening of the quarter. On the next kickoff, Dud Parker, compact through the entire Army team 90 little TH cfa-+a-rao’- ‘-1. -a ~61

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  Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, October 25, 1931, page 1

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  CADETS, YALE TIE SHALL NEW HAVEN. Conn, Oct. a. Up With one dazzling stroke. an s. yard run-back Of a kick off for a touchdown by quarterback Robert Dud) Parker, Yale wiped out Army’s freshly won advantage today and tied the Cadets for the second straight year in one Of the East’s most spectacular football classics. The final score was six to six as Yale. in a thrilling final quarter. lost three big chances to break the dead lock.

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 26, 1931, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL. 6QRE State Colleges North Dakota University, 0: Oregon North Dakota State 0; South Da. kota State. Z. Glendale, IS: Park Region. Q. Minot Teachers “a; Valley Cit! 0. Jamestown College 4oj Dickinson O. Big Ten Minnesota, “a; Iowa, o. Pennsylvania, ~; Wisconsin, -. Purdue, -: Carnegie Tech. 8, Indiana, 80: Chicago, 6. Michigan, IS; Illinois, O. Northwestern, 10; Ohio State. o. West Nebraska, 6: Kansas, O.. Findlay, 10; Detroit G. C., D. Michigan B, IS: Olivet, 0. Mich. State. 6: Georgetown, o. Oberlin. IA; Wooster, 0. Iowa State, 20; Missouri, 0. Beloit, IA; Carroll, o. Morningside, 10: South Dakota, o. Depauw, IA: Boston, Z. FRANKLIN, rs: Eastman, 6. Dennison, o; Wabash, 0. La Crosse, IA: Oshkosh. o. Superior, 80: Stout, 0. Tulsa, %: Creighton, O. Kansas Aggies, IA: Okla, o. Knox, Z: Illinois College. Z. ValparaiSo. 10: Crane. &. Wheaton, 81: Wartburg. O. Upper Iowa, Z: Mt. Morris, s. De Paw, So; Hastings, O. Case. 10; Akron, Z. Ohio u, 10; Cincinnati, Z. Wilbur Force, is; Tuskegee, 6. Mt. Pleasant. 20; Ypsilanti, IL. Luther, IL; Iowa State, 6. East Notre Dame, Is; Pittsburgh, IL. Army, 6: Yale, 6. Fordham. As; Drake, o. Dartmouth, 20; Lebanon VAL, 6. Springfield, s.; Middleburg, 0. Navy, IS; Princeton, O. Columbia, 10: Williams, o. Union, 81; Rensselaer,, O. N. Y. u, IL; Colgate, 0. Ohio Wes., IL; Miami, Z. Providence, “a; Norwich. o. Lafayette, 81; w. and j., o. Harvard. IS; Texas, Z. Drexel, 81: G. c. N. Y, o. Brown, 80; Lehigh, O. Wesleyan. ~: Amherst. 8.

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Yale leads 22–⁠16–⁠8 in 46 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.