Holy Cross at Yale

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  Evening star, October 23, 1949, page 42

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  Jackson 5 Long Runs Help Yale 10 Defeat Holy Cross, “a 10 I NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. %. Two brilliant runs by Captain Levi Jackson. just when they were needed most, enabled Yale to beat victory-starved Holy Cross. IA to z, in the Bowl today. Until Jack son broke loose early in the final period, it was anybody’s ball game. Taking possession on its one, after repulsing four Holy Cross thrusts. Yale went SO yards for the winning score. 1t was an exciting drive, with Jackson ripping of runs of Is and So yards. Lewis long run, a brilliant off, tackle smash that sent him into the clear. brought the crowd of $4,000 to its feet, and placed the ball on the Holy Cross two. Jim Fuchs, the Blues Olympic track team star, bulled through from there. With Jackson, he shared most Of Yale’s honors this cloudy afternoon. And while Yale had its jackson and Fuchs, Holy Cross had its Dill DeChard, Paul Gallo and Tom Kelleher. Yale Tailed first in the opening quarter when Stu Tisdale sneaked across from the the half-yard mark on the third play of a nine yard assault. The touchdown was set up by Bob Jablonski, the Blues guard after he intercepted Gallo’s pass Joe Palmer converted here and again later. Not daunted, Holy Cross retaliated within four minutes. De- Chard. a defensive demon all afternoon, paved the way be re- = covering Bob Spears tumble on the Yale Is. Wasting little time, Gallo promptly pitched into the end zone to Kelleher for the tally. John Feltch added the extra point. BY narrowly escaping defeat, Yale rebounded from last weeks Cornell debacle and registered its 18th victory over Holy Cross in a 13-game series that began in 1908. For the Crusaders, it was their fifth straight setback of the cam paign in which their effort today was their best so far.

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Yale leads 22–⁠7 in 29 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.