Eli Booters Overcome Wind, Rain, Crimson for 3-2 Win

Yale won the Big-Three soccer championship by edging the Crimson Varsity booters, 3 to 2, yesterday afternoon on the Business School Field. A driving rain coupled with a wind of gale-like proportions made accurate passing and hard running next to impossible as both sides skidded and slid through 88 minutes of fairly even play.

Most of the action took place in the center of the field, with both teams having to plug long kicks through the others' defense, but neither having many scoring opportunities. The Crimson opened the scoring in 10 minutes of the first quarter when Phil Potter tapped in the ball on a passing play which went from left halfback Carlos Balance to inside Hugh Morse and finally to Potter in front of the goal mouth.

The Elis came right back and tallied when left inside Andrews banged in a tally from a scrimmage in front of the Crimson goal in the first minute of the second period. The play ebbed up and down the field until the Bulldogs scored again, this time on a boot by inside right Blair Hawley shortly after the second half opened.

Evidently catching fire, the Yalies put on a repeat performance and counted again, once more on a boot by Hawley, leaving them with a 3 to 1 lead. The Crimson came driving back and outplayed the Blue for most of the remainder of the game, scoring again when Bill Dawson netted one on a pass from Morse. Earlier in the fourth period the Varsity missed a penalty kick which would have tied up the ball-game.

Wind Distorts Play

Both goalies, Harshman of the Crimson and Symington of the Blue, turned in sparkling performances, each handling the greasy ball without a slip. The wind, which was blowing from directly behind the South end of the field, completely distorted long kicks, some boots traveling the whole length of the field.

The starting lineup for the Crimson was Harshman, g.; Purinton, r.f.; Merck, l.f.; Mavor, r.h.; Ogden, c.h.; Blanco, l.h.; Smith, o.r.; Morse, i.r.; Potter, c.f.; Lazarus, i.l.; Corrigan, o.l. Substitutes were: Cate, Seamans, Chun, Louris, Carswell, Dawson, Ragle, Ensign, Malcolm, and Forster.