Chicago at Yale

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1932, page 49

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  “ 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 Sahlin, 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 l3yard 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 proi 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 quarter with the only real offensive exhibiton 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 zimmer’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.

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Yale leads 1–⁠0–⁠1 in two meetings.