Dartmouth at Yale

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 4, 1945, page 21

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  Fitzgerald, Navy Gift. Gets Yale so Win Over Dartmouth NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. B. Yale’s football team. already boast ing one Of the best lines in ivy League” gridiron circles, gave thanks to the Navy today for e-to- 0 victory over It’s ancient enemy. Dartmouth. The Navy’s principal contribution was Art Fitzgerald, whose name wasn’t even on the program and who was stranger to most Of the $4,000 spectators who formed the largest crowd in Yale Bowl since l941. Fitzgerald, a one-time Notre Dame substitute. came to Yale No vember ! by Navy transfer and celebrated his first game in a blue jersey today by ripping OF large hunks Of yardage and scoring the only touchdown on a 12-yard end run in the third quarter. That sprint topped OF Yale’s only consistent offensive performance, although the Ellis outplayed their rivals throughout the game. After wasting few first-half opportunities through the failure OF fancy plays, Yale settled down to straight running plays after Paul Walker returned the second-hah kickoff rs yards to the ~. without throw Ing single pass, Vandy Kirk, Buzzy Cher and Bill Penn took the bah to Dartmouth’s 26. At this point Fitzgerald, a hard running l70-pounder from Ridge field Park. N. j., replaced Kirk. He picked up 10 yards in two tries, rested while Cher gained four, then raced around end to score. Val Wilkie. another newcomer to the ls45 squad, tried for the extra point, but his kick was blocked. Most Of the credit for Yale’s triumph In this 18th game OF an old series went to the Blue line. Dart. mouth threatened only once.

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  The Waterbury Democrat, November 9, 1945, page 15

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  squad lines up. One old grad, who probably conducts himself with dignity for II months out of the year, suddenly cuts loose with an explosive Rol-l-ll, Yaa-yul!” Every ore applauds and, thus encouraged. he keeps it Up until it becomes wearisome. Some college use shiny little water wagons to refresh their play CTS but Yale clings to the traditional old bucket, which looks like it was swiped out of somebody’s mop closet. It apparently works all right for Yale wins this game from Dart mouth, 6–⁠0 The touchdown is scored by Art Fitzgerald, who has been re- leased from the Navy only three days before He is not listed in the program so it is explained over the loudspeaker that he formerly played for Notre Dame, on the third team. Yale fans do not seem disturbed to learn a Notre Dame sub is good enough to star for Old Eli. On the way home it is race for those open-air trolleys again and once more the urchins clamor

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 4, 1945, page 1

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  YALE SUBSTITUTE GIVES WIN MARGIN NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 3. - U.H-Art Fitzgerald, a third string substitute back who caught the spirit of old Eli in two days, scored a third period touchdown today which gave Yale a bitterly fought 6 to 0 victory over Dartmouth. Fitzgerald, a naval trainee who started the season at Notre Dame, arrived at Yale only last Thursday and hadn’t even had time to learn all the signals.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Yale leads 50–⁠33–⁠5 in 88 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.