Army at Yale

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  The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 25, 1943, page 13

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  Boston College Teonn Surprising Boton, Oct. 25-(Upl-Despite ili- experience, lack of material and only part-time coaching, Boston College appeared today to have quietly de- veloped q startling football team iu this war year. Sparked by Eddie Doherty, last years “T’ formation specialist and the only experienced player on the present squad, the make-shift seag- lets shattered a service team from Camp Bingham 42–⁠6 yesterday be- fore 1000 shivering fans ct Fenway Park. Freshman Jim Cahil scored twice for B. 0. while scores were tailed by Doherty, Pete Belaykc, Dave Az nouvarian and Bill Moro. Cpl Bob Nelson made the only soldier score. The score was the second largest of the weekend in New England which saw eight New England ool- leges in action. Brown on Saturday turned on 6 point-a-minute attraction to crush a ervice eleven from Camp Kilmer 62-S. Army’s big guns silenced Yale 39–⁠7. Coast Guard clipped Bates 27- 6, Tufts smacked Camp Edwards 16- T while the “informals” from the University of Maine were turned back by an eleven from Phillips Academy at Andover 2O-6.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 24, 1943, page 1

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  Army’s Fireworks Prove Much Too Much For Yale Cadets Victorious, 80 = Z NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. % Rl-Army didn’t bring its cadets along to the Yale bowl to march before the game To-Day, but there was an Army parade just the same The all-victorious Cadet football lers staged this one with all the trimmings. displaying their grid iron equivalents of heavy tanks, big guns and an assortment of blood busters as they walloped Yale’s very-blues 1877 and ran their winning string to five straight for the season. Before crowd of $4,000 the West Pointers pushed four touch downs over in the first half and Waltzed to another pair in the last two quarters as they completely outclassed the home club, except for few brief moments in the sec ond half. One of these moments came in the third period, when Ray Sous sell blasted through the middle of the army line, to gallop 70 yards to the West Point eight. Four plays later, Scussell PASSED to AL Ma money down the alley for Yale’s lone score.

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 24, 1943, page 1

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  Army ChdIks Up No. 5; Yale Isl To Score One NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. % UNS)-Army chalked up its fifth straight victory today when the Cadets defeated Yale, SO to z. before Yale Bowl football crowd of $4,000. Yale became the first team to score against the Cadets this season when Ray (Scooter) Scussel followed 72-yard run with a touchdown pass TO Albert Ma honey in the third period. The West Pointers scored in every period. although their last tally was made after the 60 min utes of playing time had elapsed. A Yale offside on the final play within the regular time afforded Charley Daniel the opportunity TO sprint over from the half-yard mark when the clock had stopped. Army coasted after piling up a first-half lead of 26–⁠0. The Cadets scored twice in each of the first two periods and once in each OF the last two. Carl Anderson, George Maxon, Bob Mackinnon. Bud Troxell, Ed Rafslko and Daniel put over Arnys six touch downs in that sequence.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 25, 1943, page 13 (results column)

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  Unbeaten Rivals Offer Two Of Campaigns Top Attractions NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-Army VS. Penn and Notre Dame VS.. Navy, two of the most luscious tidbits of the season, top Saturdays college foot ball program. For weeks pigskin fanatics have been hoping that these four teams ranked with Purdue as the first five in the country-Would reach October 30 unbeaten and united. Now that their dreams have beer fulfilled the demand for tickets to see the games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia and at Clevelands s Municipal Stadium can be expected to increase daily. BY kickoff time it is likely that 10000 will be on hand at Cleveland and 10000 at Philadelphia virtual sellouts. Irish Likely Favorites. On the basis of comparative scores and because Angelo Bertelli, their star passer, may hang up his Notre Dame uniform for good after Saturday, the Irish probably will be favored to bowl over the MidShipmen In much the same manner they trampled Pitt Georgia Tech, Mich igan, Wisconsin and Illinois. The Penn-Army affair shapes up as q tossup. although the Cadets seem to have Franklin Field ‘jinX,’ losing there in 1940 Al and 40. In their final “tune-upS” Penn thumped Columbia, $50: Army walked over Yale. 39–⁠7; Notre Dame crushed Illinois, 47–⁠0, and Navy beat Georgia Tech, 28–⁠14 scoring two touchdowns in the last period to shatter a 14-l4 tie. These scores compare with Army S earlier $40 rout of Columbia Penn’s All victory over Yale and Notre Danes 1913 conquest of Georgia Tech. Elsewhere Saturdays chief developments included Southern Cali fornia’s 60 last-period defeat of College of the Pacific before $4,000 and Michigan’s running riot, 1876, against Minnesota. Washington trounced highly regarded March Field, 27–⁠7, while Purdue and Tony Butkovich eXploded for three touchdowns in the last quarter to beat Iowa, 28–⁠7. Colgate Pulls Surprise. In the East Colgate scored an unexpected 20–⁠7 victory over Cornell while in the South the Louisiana State Tigers. on the proWl for an Orange BoWlinvite, crushed Georgia 27–⁠6, as Steven Van Buren, rolled up 20 points on three touchdowns and two conversions. The undefeated Texas Aggies lost prestige in being held to a scoreless tie by North Texas AggieS as Tulane beat Southern Methodist, 1876 on Jim Shiver’s 57-yard run. Unbeaten Tulsa got good workout in whipping Utah, $50. while Ne braska upset favored Kansas, 7–⁠6, on Walt wilkins 65-yard punt return. Northwestern and Otto Graham blanked Ohio State, 1870. the first shutout for the Buckeyes under Coach Paul Brown, while Colorado College beat Colorado University, 1876. and Southwestern of Texas took 27–⁠6 drubbing from South western of Louisiana. Although overshadowed by the Army–Penn and Navy–Notre Dame struggles there are several other attractive games this week. They include: Colgate-Holy Cross, Min nesota Northwestern, Duke Georgia Tech, Tulsa Southwestern of Texas, T. C. U-L. S. u, Dartmouth-Yale, Purdue Wisconsin, Texas–S. M u, California;. S. c., Georgia Preflight Tulane and Indiana Ohio State.

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