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She PART FOUR Pages to 12 Sports Automobiles HARTFORD. CONNECTICUT: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1927. Wesleyan Wins Little Three Championship By Smashing Victory Over Purple Bruce Caldwell Leads Yale Eleven To 30 to 6 Conquest Of Maryland Team UL33E! Heavy Connecticut Aggie Eleven Subdues Hard Fighting Trinity Team, 25 to 12 Wesleyan Mystified By Williams' Lateral Pass in Opening Period Red And Black Defense 1 Checks Williams' Attack 'Tet' Tetley, 'Sig' Sigafoos, Bittenbender and Bagg Star For Middletown Eleven in Triumph Purple Turned Back by Wesleyan Line Expected Rout Turns Into Stirring Hard Fought Game Gene Lamourcux Races Fifty Yards For Touchdown After Intercepting Forward Pass Williams Leads Sweeping Running Attack of Dolemen sought the key1 man and was rewarded. For almost 30 minutes the battle waged before blood was drawn and then It was the surprising Wesleyan team, conqueror of Amherst after losing the first four games ot its season, that scored. In the last five minutes of the opening quarter.

WJUIams drove steadily for a touchdown. Balked seven yards from the Wesleyan line when Saunders Photo shows Howe. Williams halfback at extreme right, on receiving end but failed to cross the Wesleyan line. Two plays failed to gain and then Mastronarde flipped a flat pass to Taute that netted ten yards for a first down. Thus successful with the passing gnme Whlttaker called for another.

This time he himself did the passing, shooting the ball straight Into the arms of Mastronarde, who fought his way through all th Aggies in his path to run 20 yards and across the line for a touchdown. Ills mates, those of them who were in a position to help, did a beautiful Job of clearing out the cicmy players between Mastronarde and the goal line. A forward pass try for the extra point failed, but Trinity was leading, 8 to 0, and that was enough to war-want the bedlam that was turned loose in the Trinity cheering section, Tho Aggie took the klckoff and Immediately unloosed a terrific, running attack led by tho powerful "Pop" Williams. Btralijht down the field the orange Jerseyed eleven moved, clicking off three first downs in a row and reaching mid field, first Williams, then Gioat then Flydal carrying the ball tn drives at the Trinity tackles and outside the end. Then Williams found a hole In the left side of the Trinity lhn for 10 yards more and on the play Groat skirted lett end for another 25 yards.

Williams plugged a few more yards of Jealously yielded Trinity territory and then Groat sliced outside left tackle for the touchdown. Flydnl place-kicked ths goal, and the score was 7 to 6 with the Aggies leading. Trinity choose to receive the klckoff and was moving close to Aggie territory when a forward pass fell into the willing arms of Rhoar Flydal, former Hartford High athlete and now one of the Acglea" best backs. Flydal raced to Snyder Gives Southerners Score By 90-Yard Sprint Maryland Halfback Races Through Entire Yale Team For Touchdown Long Passes Feature Offensive of Eli Eleven BY LESLIE A. Middletown, Nov.

5. Wesleyan today burled the sorrows of nine years ot football with a smashing victory over the Williams eleven, 12 to 0, that carried with It the championship of the Little Three. Its goal post are intact. As eleven weary warriors of the Red and Black struggled to their dressing rooms after startling the gridiron world for the second time this season, hundreds of students and alumni poured from the stands and Indulged In the most enthusiastic snake dance since the war with the new found band at the head of the line. Mud No Handicap.

There was a heavy mist at the end and the field was one of mud but the effect of the elerr.snts on the mad whirl of Wesleyan men was nothing to be compared with that of the defeat on the sons of Old Williams. They had com far exnecting eleven to smear Wesleyan with the mud of An drus Field and to pile up touchdown on touchdown with as amazing an at tack as any team In all New England has offered this season But Bill Wood has made of an un certain combination a steady and fighting band that bore the shock of the michtv Pumle drive with a forti tude sufficient for victory. Time and again the Williams machine advanced the Very goal liUO Ulxljf UT: nun hack bv line that outdid itself in defensive play or by the Interception of a forward pass, or Dy an error uu the part of the Williams backfield that permitted the precious ball to fall Into enemy hands. There were manr outstanding play ers in this, one of the sweetest Wesleyan conquests In all history, but most prominent were tne oruiiam quniiw-back, "Tet" Tetley; the powerful center. "Sis" Sigafoos: the courageous little "Bit" Bittenbender.

quarter when Tetley was out of the lineup, and the fi.chins rrashinff Jimmv Bagg, who ripped the opposing line to shreds and held his own togemer. Im Snatches Two Forwards, Jerry Lee. captain of the team, did nn haw the oDDortunity accorded blm In the victory over Amherst, but he snatched two lorwara passes the that did much to spur his immstn tn their conquest. Lee has ti team this season and despite the fact that several times the clever mum -placed him. he has given every ounce of his strength to the cause whenever 1 i I v.

i From Tetley mucn was epcti.cu fmm Sieafoos only a continual oui in the center of the line, per mitting his body to oe trampeled for the honor, of old Wesleyan. It eome-tinw haooens. however, that Fortune miiej uDon the unseen efforts of a strong, willing player that his name may go down with, those of the great In gridiron annais. Lurking 'about waiting for prey In the third period this afternoon, Sigafoos suddenly felt called upon to glance into the skv. It naa started rau onrt nerhaos the Wesleyan center sought only to learn what conditions to be exoected for the next sev- eral minutes, but he found his vision obscured by a flying thing of oval shape He clutched with both hands and found himself In possession of the only football In play on Anarus riera, as the throng rose and cheered him.

Bittenbender Zoea His Bit. The tribute, perhaps, would have been enough for other than Sigafoos All alone he set forth, for the enemy trojl line 40 yards away, gaining speea as he advanced and at the 30-yard mark a flashing glance 10 nis iciv niui have shown him that he was pursued, There was another enemy cutting acres the field to head him off ana he increased his pace, but always me shadow remained on his left side keep- tnr nam with him. Then came the tive-yard mark and the Impact with the Williams tackier that had to be hazarded rather than going offside. So cirmi iih the niv thlnir he knew would upset an enemy, plunged head hut the roe was not mere. Me nad been toppled by the shadow that had remained by Sigafoos' side throughout his long run, little Bitten- bender, and Sigafoos sprawled beyond the Williams line.

This accomplishment, foliowine upon the 87-vard march that had given Wes- lcyan a touchdown in the second pe riod, virtually assured the victory and there was reason for the outburst of feeling that carried the Wesleyan stands rnto cheers and song and the newly organized band into strange and discordant mulc. Tetley furnished the thrlllini Dlav of the first score with his dives through tackle, his passes to Jerry Lee and his excellent Judgmest In sending Lockwood and Bagg away. Bagg Sprints 23 Yards. Bagg started this tremendous ruch with, a sprint of 25 yards on a triple pass, Tetley hurling over the line to Bllloway who pushed the ball laterally to the speeding Bagg. A pass from Lockwood to Bagg also aided In the onslaught that eventually sent Tetley cross for the first fix points.

Throughout the contest Williams employed the lateral pass incessantly, three men behind the Hue handling the ball on many occasions but only In the first period did the play deceive Wesleyan. Just at the start or the game It appeared that the Purple would carry out Its purpose to win by three touchdowns but one the visit ing attack had been studied, Wesleyan I BV WILLIAM J. I.l li. A Trinity team that was outplayed but not outfought was boawn by the Connecticut Aggies at Trinity Field yesterday afternoon, 25 to 12. Heavier In welht by many pounds to the man and numerically stronger by 15 or more players, the Agggies had too much power to be overcome, but the Trinity eleven fought Itself out in every period and made a grand fight of what many thought would be a runaway for the Aggies.

The light Trinity forwards made up In courage what they lacked in weight and played such a vicious, hard charging game that the Aggies were forced to go into the air for two of their four touchdowns. A third came on a 80 yard run following an Intercepted pass and the fourth was earned early Hi the game when tho Dolemen unleashed a running attack that sw.pt 85 yards straight down the field and across the goal line. Trinity iM-feiine Stubborn. Bcldom after that first period were the Connnectlcut backs able to run through tha Trinity line at will. After that long march to a touchdown In the first quarier.

the Aic backs punctured the Trinity line only In spots and not. often when precious yards meant a touchdown. But they did advance far enough to and often enough to keep the hard fighting Trinity team In almost continual hot water and were thus able to supplement their running attack with a series of well directed forward passes to bring about the scores necessary to win. Trinity scored In the nrst and third periods and each time the touchdown was made by a forward pass thrown to nicK Mascronaroe by Bub Whlttaker. ah afternoon Trinity gambled for vie lory on the forward pass.

It was lh only possible strategy, for a running attack would only have worn Itself out on the heavier Aggie line. eumner Dole, the Aggie coach, tore the strings off his bag of football talent and rushed in all the. backs on his squad and a good many of the Jinemen. But no matter whether it was first or second string Aggta players on the field, they found themselves up against a sustained brand of sheer fighting spirit that made every step of pruuno. gaineo.

tne nardeBt Kind of go log. Trinity never did look like a badly oeaten jootoall team. Coach John Merrimnn was forced to ue virtually every man In his mall squad, for tho Trinity starters were used up fighting to stop tne Bun-like rushes of "Pop1 Williams, the 200 pound Afrgie half back, and the rBptd-nre tackle slants of Eddy, Ryan, Groat, Knaut, flydnl Lamourcux, Kennedy and Haversatt, the nine backs who saw service for the Storrs eleven. But Trinity always play ed in the spirit of hope, waiting for the -breaks that were so slow In coming Only once did the Blue and Gold have a break come Its way. That "was late in the game when Trinity recov ered its own punt after the Aggie re celver had signalled for a fair catch and fumbled.

But the Merrlman eleven was not fortunate enough to have such break occur deep In Aggie teritory, where it might have produced a score. The recovery was made on the Trinity 40 yard line with the objective goal posts looming sixty yards away, Trinity Scores First. The Trinity stands were thrown Into a fremry of Joy In the first five minutes of the game when their team stopped the Aggie attack dead and then ercned two beautiful forward passes thrqugh the air for the first touchdown of the game. For a brief few minutes Trinity was leading 8 to 0, but that touchdown teemed to act like a boomerang. The Connecticut eleven, seemingly awakened by that score against them, opened up with the most powerful drive of the game and a touchdown -quickly resulted.

Two more Aggie touchdowns followed in the second quarter and the Dolemen had a i9 to 6 lead when the teams went to the dressing rooms between halvts. Then soon after the opening of the third period the Aggies combined long runs by Williams with one well conceived forward pass that brought about the team's fourth touchdown. Before ths period had ended Trinity had put two long, hair-raising forward passes right together for its second touchdown. That made It Aggies 25, Trinity 12. and the gritty Trinitarians kept trying to score during the final period with long forward passes, which were either grounded or Intercepted.

Trinity came close to outplaying the Aggies throughout most of the second half. Most of the time they were in possession of the ball and the daring of the Trinity attack had the Aggie rooters swallowing lumps in their throats during the last ten minutes. For a while after the opening kicx-off the game looked as If the lighter Trinity team would not be able to withstand the d-lving fury of the Connecticut running attack. The Aggies took the klckoff and rammed out two first downs In succession before they were forced to kick. A little later a second Aggie advance reached Trinity's 45 yard line, but it came to griei when Mastronarde, Trinity halfback, Intercepted a forward pass on his own 25 yard line.

A long run by Taute. who raced clear of every defender save the Aggie safety man. planted the ball 35 yards away from the Storrs team's goal line, but the Aggie line braced and Trinity was forced to punt. The return punt that the Aggies were forced to make because of a stubborn Trinity defense I was short and the Hartford CoJJegians i bad the ball on the Aggie 40 yard line. batted down a forward pass on the fourth down, the Purple immediately resumed the onslaught following a 22 yard runback of a punt by Putnam and when the team changed sides was only 13 yards away.

Wesleyan Defense Holds. One smash by Brown as the second prriod started produced a first down at the 11-yard mark but again Wesleyan defenders were equal to the task and hurled back the charge, taking the ball on downs eight yards from the.r line. Dashes by Tetley and Lock wool advanced 15 yards and frm this point Silloway punted to Putnam, who was stopped at micxield and an ex change of kecks found Williams headed goal-ward once more. "Doug" Lawson sent another Wil liams team Into the fray at this time, among whom was the masked mar vel." Fall, whose features were guarded by a strange contraption. There was something behind the mask as the Red and Black soon learned, for Fall grasp ed a kick by Tetley at his 40-yard line I aun Dpuunu UC woo uiufpcu Fall was that in name only, for on the next lineup he progressed eight before he went down.

Dawes took four-yard fling and Fall added two. Came the lateral pass In tripie form and Fall was away again, skirting the Wesleyan left wing until he encounter, ed Saunders 13 yards from the Wesley- an line. Saunders Saves Touchdown. Saunders was the only man between ran and a touchdown but he was enougin, for when the two had tin tangled after their crash it was seen that Fall had lost the ball and Saun ders was hugging It. This fumble.

87 yards from the Wll liams goal, led to Wesleyan's first touchdown, Wesleyan covering the dis tanc in a series of sensational plays which ended with Tetley's drive over the goal line Just before the period ended. In fact, there was no time for a k'ekoff a'fter the try for extra point om reen blocked. Three times In the third period, aer ial advances were halted at least by enemy Interceptions, one of the occasions being when 6igafocs, snatching an Eiszner throw from the air, raced 40 yards for a touchdown with the gallant little Bittenbender cutting down those who would molest his speeding pivot man. A lone Williams tackier stood waiting the charge at the three-yard mark but Bittenben der flashed his bulk across the foe's knees as Sigafoos dove over the goal line. Lee failed at the dropklck when he was unable to retrieve a bad pass from center In time to swing his toe.

Williams Constantly Threatens. This proved to be the end of the scoring tout far from the end of the battle, for in the last period the Wil liams host, with a fresh eleven In ac tion, battered again to the goal line and thrice was turned back, the last tune only one foot from a touchdown half a minute before the final whistle Howe. Brown, Fall, Putnam, Chase, Stayman, Boyhton, Smith all proved themselves expert ball-carriers and pass Handlers, but they Just fai.ed of the power to cross Wesleyan's line today. Brown especially stood out In njS teams for he hammered down the Wesleyan tackles throughout 'ne minures 01 niav and registered some appreciable gains. When the last desperate minutes came Brown was called upon to do the Dassina and nis snots ro rnomipson and Stayman advanced the bail many yards.

One freak of the rules that aDnears to offer the attacking team too many advantages was demonstrated by Wil- Hams when Howe, after receiving a forward pass from Brown In the onen- quarter, essayed a lateral shot to a "cuuiu uim. ine Dan grounded and for a moment the officials pondered the rules before awarding the ball to Williams where forwifrd1. P85? had caught by "owe st Carpenter called f'Zi' uu' cnaugea nis 1 6 ward that a lateral pass is dead where It hits the ground. The summary: Wesleyan Williams Williams le Tenncy Lum Galler Beers Ig Watson Sigafoos Tosell Coffin rg Anderssn Bentley rt Stuart Silloway re Thompson Tetley qb. Putnam Douglass lhb Brown Sand-rs rhb Stayman Bagg fb Chase Score by periods: Wesleyan 0 6 0 1J Touchdowns, Tetley, Sigafoos.

Ref eree, Carpenter, Harvard; umpire. Hap-good, Brown; linesman, Johnson, Springfield: time. 15 min. Substitutions, Wesleyan Peck Tor Sanders, Ellis for Beers. Bittenbender lor Tetley, Williams for Lee, Anderson for Cofflu.

Schvenk tor Turn, Lock-wood for Douglas. Williams Stayman for Howe. for Stayman, Doughtcry for Towder, W. ilrown for McQuatters for Thompson. D.

Smith for Boynton, Thurston for Chase. Howard for Wll- liams. a of triple lateral pass, At this time Flood Prevents yermont-Amherst Football Game Amherst, Nov. 8. (Special.) The University of Vermont football team was unable to reach Amherst College for the scheduled game today because of the flood.

The Amherst team will play a practice grrcie with the second team this afternoon to provide a' contest for the visitors in Amherst for the inauguration of President Pease. when Decker spoiled Southern hopes by Intercepting Kessler's heave. Following an exchange of punts Caldwell came crashing back from Yale's 40-yard line on his second series of line-ramming adventures which closed when Decker, on two lunges through left tackle, finally took the ball across Just before the first session closed. Caldwell Scores Again, Caldwell's second touchdown early In the second period closed a ground gaining advance totalling 80 yards In which Decker alternated with him in line-plunging. Yale was held till fourth down at the Maryland three-yard line but Caldwell rescued the Bull dog by smashing through lor tne score flnallv.

A forward pass, Caldwell to for 80 yards, an end run Dy iiooen ana a toss, Caldwell to riBnwicK, mai, covered 40 yards before that player nabbed it on the Maryland 15-yard line and took It over, accounted for the 75 yards that gave Yale Its fourth touchdown Yale's final tally, rammea irom mia field in the final three minutes of the half, was piloted by Caldwell's toss to Cox, and his heave to nooen, wjiaiuuK 40-yard gains. Hoben's capture of the pass allowed him to race over the line ior xaies iiui dwc. uuii'j-vale Maryland Scott le DedFon Quarrier It Zullck Greene Ig McDonald rharlpRworth Baliord (oapt Webster (Capt.1 Crcthers Eddy rt Adams Flshwlck re Young Hoben 10 n-essier Caldwell lhb Thomas Decker rhb Snyder Co lb Llnkous Yale 12 18 0 0-30 Morvland 0 6 0 0 6 Touchdowns, u-aiaweu uichmirk Hnhen. Snvder. ciHetitiitinnA: xaie.

r. nun. ivi Greene: Marting for Quarrier; Hall for Hoben, Oarvey for Caldwell; Crlle fnr Krott. Harvey for Charlesworth, West for Flshwlck. Hubbard I'ir cox, Rvan for Eddy, Kell for Webster, Foote for Decker, Wilson for R.

Hall. McEwan for Crlle. Oldt for west, cspiei jor Hall. Hammersley for Goodwlne, Sanger for McEwan. Minor for Kell; Maryland, wnnHnrk for McDonald.

Keenan for Wondrack. McDonald for for McDonald, Pugh for Thomas. Roberts for Kessler, Kessler for Snyder. Wondrack for Crothers. Heagy for Young, Madigan for Bafford.

Radlce for Llnkous. Winterberg for Zulick. Referee, J. IS. K.eegan.

Pittsfield: umpire, J. C. Hennessey, linesman. J. C.

Hollenbeck, U. of field Judge. H. A. Fisher, Penn.

Time of quarters, is minutes. Army Overpowers Weak F. M. Eleven, 45 to 0 West Point. N.

Nov. 5. AP.) Army defeated Franklin and Marshall In a one sided game today by a score of 45 to 0. The cadets scored seven touchdowns, four of them coming while their varsity eleven worked throughout the third period. Substitute Army players were In at all other times.

Franklin and Marshall once came to Army's ten yard line but lacked a scoring play. Nave ran 70 yards to a touchdown from the kick off at the opening of the third period. Captain Harry Wilson also featured with a long run for a touchdown In this same quarter after catching a punt on his 25-yard line. He went the 75 Intervening yards aided by beautiful Williams was 30 yards from a touchdown Northwcstern's Title Hopes Lowered by Purdue Ross Ade Stadium, Lafayette, I nd Nov. 8.

(AP.) Purdue University's Boilermakers hammered a definite spike in the Western Conference cham plnushlp hopes of Northwestern- today with an 18 to 6 victory. Before home crowd of 17,500 the Gold and Black eleven battled Its opponents to a draw in the first hair but came back In the latter part of the game with superior attack that Northwestern was unable to stem. Villanova Downs Boston College In Thrilling Battle Only Score For Eagles Follows Blocked Kick by Murphy Boston, Nov. 5. (Special.) In brilliant game Villanova came strong at the end to beat Boston College to day, 13 to 7.

Boston College was first to score, making a touchdown toward the end of the first quarter, after Murphy had blocked a kick by Melanson and re covered on Vlllanovs's 6-yard line. Dowor carried It over In two plays, and Captain O'Brien kicked the point, With the advent of the second quarter, the Villanova first team replaced the seconds, who started. They caused the Boston Hue a Utile trouble, but could not put on a sustained march. Dower supplied the feature of this peri od, punting from five yards behind his goal. The ball traveled TO yaras in tne air, and finally fame to rest on VII-lonova's 15-yard stripe for a total of 80 yards gained.

Villanova pressed hard inrougnoui the entire second half. Boston held very well, storming the Pennsylvania outfit three times within the ten-yard line. Villanova made Its first touchdown when Gillespie broke through right tackle and ran 55 yards behind perfect Interference. Jordan was suc cessful on his kick. In the last four minutes of play Dow er had a punt blocked by Pessalano, and Melanson ran it 10 yards to Boston's five-yard mark.

Boston held for two.plays. but on the third. Donahue took a lateral pass from Gillespie and shot over on a wide slant at left end. Melanson mtesed the point after. Weston.

Dower and Murphy lOOKea best for the Eagles. Vlllanova's strong men were Donahue, Gillespie and Jor dan. Summary: Villanova Boston le Devenuti Lenane it Herman Caulfkld PessaLuio Millie Vail Hlllcn lg Durant Clinton rg O'Brien Whclan rt McGuIrk Henry re Murpny Pay qb Weston Gillespie lhb Duffy Donahue McAndrew rhb Wilczewskl Melanson Jordan fb Dower Touchdowns, Gillespie, Donahue, Dower. Points after touchdown, Jordan O'Brien. Amherst Soccer Team I) feats R.

P. I. by 7-2 Amherst. Nov. 5.

(Special.) The Amherst College soccer team won their fifth Consecutive victory this morning by defeating the R. P- booters 7 to 2. Captain Hanford. Levis and Goodwin starred In the Purple attack while Sund Roundy and Bragdon did good defense work. The Sabrinas kept the ball in the teach territory during the greater part of the game.

Summary: Amherst' R. P. I. Bragdon Wernicke Sun lb Whiting Roundy rb Prltchard Levis lh Turner Harmon. ch Mroczek Seely rh Wenzl Wong or Taves Hanford lr Gordon Felt Goodwin 11 Miller Harding Kubclnotzsky Score: Amherst 7, R.

P. I- 2. Goals, Amherst, Hanford (2). Felt (2), Goodwin (2), Notopulus. R.

P. Arratla (2); referee, Moody; time 20 minute quarters. Ohio Wesleyan and Syracuse Play 6-6 Tie Syracuse, N. Nov. 5.

(AP.) Ohio Wesleyan. playing Syracuse for the second time, gained another tie score today to hang alongside the 3 to 3 deadlock the teams played In 1925 Today the final score was 6 to 6. Ted Franz, Ohio halfback. Intercepted Orange pass early in the fourth period and raced 90 yards for the touchdow that gave the visitors the tie. Tllton kick for point was wide.

Panthers Outplay Presidents But Game Ends In Tie Western Penn Rivals Du plicate Result of 1926 Contest Plttsburgh. Nov. The famed offensive of the University of Pittsburgh football team failed function against the heavier Washing ton and Jefferson line today and the two teams battled to a scoreless tie in their annual clash at Pitt Stadium to day, duplicating the result of last vcar's game. Fifty thousand fans shivered through four quarters fierce, dogged fighting which produced but few spectacular plays. The scoreless tie left both Western Pennsylvania aspirants uor the myth leal Eastern championship In the thick of the running.

Neither of the great football machines developed by Jock Sutherland at Pittsburgh and Andy Kerr at Washington have met defeat. Each had gone Into today's hopeful of eliminating the other In the race for nonors. Although Pitt outgained W. and through the line and the air and piled up eleven first downs to five lor the Presidents, the Panthers were unable to crash their way across the goal line when opportunities presented them selves. An unfortunate fumble by Captain Gibby Welch on the 18-yard line In the last quarter cut off what might have been a Pitt touchdown.

In the final period Pitt opened powerful offensive. Booth and Welch crashed through the line or circled the ends for long gains. At length Pitt had the ball on the 25-yard line- Booth and Hagen got three yards piece and Booth plunged through right tackle for ten more as the final whistle sounded. Notes of Game Flood conditions caused many to de tour through West Cromwell and Ber Un to reach the game, but after it was over Wesleyan adherents were not wor ried by reports that they were marooned. In fact they still were dancing their twisting whirl on the field when fell.

Brown, Putnam and Stayman proved troublesome for Wesleyan throughout and Fall might well have gone back to Williams a hero. Winter usually follows Fall but this time it was Sanders and the result was a fumble that gave Wesleyan the ball and a chance to save itself. The 1918 Wesleyan team that won the "Little Three" championship was the S. A. T.

C. outfit of war days. Dr. Edgar Fauver. now director of physical education, was coach of the football team In those days.

Between the halves the victims of fraternity Initiations were called upon to entertain and they succeeded. There was a fire department attempting to reach burning house, the wooing of desert lady by his sheik, his enemy and a Wesleyan Wasp, a chariot yanked through the gridiron by an octet of human mules and a football rush In which no partlc'pant managed to hold the football. One of the large arguments In Wesleyan's -avor was a chap named Ellis, of rather heavy poundage, who played at guard after relieving Beers In the first quarter. Ellis and Bentley accomplished some remarkable things in the matter of defense. Bentley plunged upon one fumble that drove the invaders away from a touchdown.

to New Haven, Nov. 6. (Special.) Yale's first eleven accumulated 30 points against a dashing University of Marylend opposition this afternoon during the first half, but the second and third teams failed to score in the second. The Southerners scored a touchdown late in the second period when Gerald Snyder caught Caldwell's klckoff and plunged 90 yards through the entire Bulldog opposition aided by supero llterferenca of Kessler and Thomas for the longest run ever made from a klckoff In the Bowl, making the final count 30 to 6. Caldwell Mill Busy.

Yale's touchdowns were registered by Caldwell, who ploughed the final fur row through the Southern defense for two; by Flshwlck, who repeatedly spilt the Southern rush line In cleaning up the final 20 yards of a down-the-ileiu marcli of 60 yards, and by Hoben, who circled en end for a pretty final ground-gaining adventure after catch ing Calaweus aerial pass. Yale gridircned it second eleven during the third and fourth perUds, lanslne Into third strii.g substitutes before the curfew rang. Oddly enough, no nrst down was registered in me third stanza by either team. Not un til the final period was nearly over was a first down scored, when Good wine and Hubbard succeeded In an nexing enough territory to account for two and land the ball at Mary land's 15-yard mark, where an ad verse five-yard penalty dashed. Yale's hopes and the Bulldag surrendered the oval on downs for Its only near touchdown of the second half.

A muffed punt by Wilson, a fourth string Yale quarterback, gave Mary land a scoring opportunity In the fl nal five minutes of play. The ball was rescued by Madigan, who replaced Captain Bafford, but the Southern strategy failed to advance the leathef beyond the Ell 10-yard mark, where Pugh planted It in desperate assault at right tackle. Y'ale Penalized -80 Yards. Yale registered 16 first downs to 8 for Maryland Curing the contest Yale was heavily penalized, being set back a total of 80 yards to 20 for the Southerners. Yale hurled 18 substi tutes against the Maryland invaders, its second eleven taking the gridiron bodily In the opening second half.

Zullck, Maryland's aggressive tackle, and Kell. Yale substitute guard, were banished In the final two minutes of the game for engaging In rough tab ling In Maryland's final effort to score. The game was begun In a light driz zle which Increased to a decided shower In the first period, but the rain ceased In the third and fourth. About 32.000 people were present, including 12,000 school children from all parts of Connecticut. The playing surface of the Bowl was heavy from two days of rain this week, making the gridiron slippery and being responsible for the failure of both elevens to gain ground and score during the second half.

Aside" from Snyder's suDerb touch down-scoring achievement, the feature was Pugh's 50-yard run in the third period after picking up Oarvey's at tempted dropklck and raclusr through the entire Yale rush line until he was forced out of bounds with only one member of the Yale defensive back- field between him and a touchdown. Ells Score Early. Yale forced a score within three minutes after the klckoff, covering 90 yards on Cox's 20-yard runback, Deck er's 30-yard center plunge, a forward pass, caidwell to Scott, and five suc-ceslve attacks by Caldwell at four different Maryland rush line objectives, his last taking the leather across. Maryland made two first downs In rushing Caldwell's, klckoff back, but In mldfleld Kessler punted on fourth down behind the Yale goal and Cald- weu immediately returned. Forward passes, "Kessler to Thomas and Kessler Snyder, baffled the Ells for 30 yards Trinity's 13 yard line before he was brought down.

Groat picked up two yards wind then the giant Williams hurled himself throusth left tackle for the touchdown, Flydal missed the extra point kick. That made It 13 io 8. Aggies lending. Late in the second period the Dole-men negotiated their third touchdown, with almost no molestation from Trinity hands. They had received a Trinity punt and had plugged along to their own 45 yard line.

Then Williams dropied back and shot a forward past to Gene Lamoureux, another former Hartford High athlete. Lamourcux caught the ball exactly at mldficil and with Groat at his side started streaking for the Trinity goal line. The badly fooled Trinity secondary had been decoyed away Lamoureux's path and there was no one in the way but Whlttaker, the Trinity safety man. Whlttaker made a game try to head the flying Aggie ball -carrier off, but Groat hit him around the knees and drove him away, enabling Lamoureux to cross the goal line after a fifty yard run without having been touched by a Trinity hand. Flydal missed the goal, thus leaving tthe score 19 to 6, Agglea.

Twice after that, before the first half ended, the Aggies came swooping down Into Trinity territory only to be fought off by a stubborn defense. The Storrs eleven unleased another powerful drive at the very outset of the third period, taking tlhe klckoff and planting the ball on the Trinity 35 yard line In three plays, one of them a 25 yard run by Williams. Then the Agglcs fooled Tnlnlty by springing a forward pass, Eddy to Williams, that brought the ball elgtit yards from the Trinltv goal line. One running play netted a yard and then Williams tossed a forward pass over the middle of the' line of scrimmage that Kennedy caught on the goal line. Ho had only to step over to register the fourtfii and final Connecticut touchdown.

Eddy mlsaed the extra kick. That mado it 25 to 6. but Trinity did not show signs of ial4 tering, not even in tne lace oi aimosi. certain defeat. Passes Score Again.

Not three minutes after the fourth Aggie touchdown, a 30 yard forward pass, that "Bud" Whlttaker threw to "Chill" Jackson brought the ball to the Aggie 20 yard line. The ball was halfway between the two sidelines and cu the plav Mastronarde ran over the sideline, snared a pass from Whlttaker and started for tr.ie goal line, ten vards away. Big Williams stood in the way but Hardman. Trinity ie4i end, cut across h's teammates pain, and bumped the 200 pound Aggie ece out of the way, and Mastronarae sprinted across the last white line io- hls second touchdown. The goal was missed, making it 25 to 12.

The summary: C. A. C. Trinity Kennedy le Hardman Wilson It Even Oilman lg Kelly Savers -Bun- Ruffkesj Youns Hawkins rt Cooper Schilderen re Jackson lamoureux qb Whlttaker Eddy lhb Mastronarae Williams rhb Taute Flydal fb Brown Score by periods: C. A.

7 12 6 02.1 Trinity 8 0 8 012 Touchdowns, Mastronarde a. uroat. Williams, Lamoureux. Kennedy; point after touchdown, Flydal; referee Coulter; umpire. Dorman; linesman.

Allen; time two 15 mhiVte and two 8 minute periods: C. A. C. Oroat for Eddy: Goebel for Schlldgren; Ryan for Oroat: Knaut for Williams: Haver- satt for Lamoureux; Dorrance for Wilson; Stangle for Bayers; Callahan for Kennedy. Trinity Rogers for Hardman: MC- Ouiness for Burr; Leary for Rogers; Knurek for Whlttaker; Greene for Coo- per; Close for Kelly; Uhii? for Brown..

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