New-York tribune., 1909-11-03
FORDHAM In A TIE
GETS BIG SURPRISE.
Georgeto7cn Saued from De
feat by Timers Whistle.

as ii was surprising. Georgetown played
Fordham to standstiH in the annual foot
ball game for the supremacy of the Cath
oiic colleges at American League Park
yesterday afternoon. The New York eleven,
which scared Princeton and beat Cornell
this season. was held to a to o score by
the sturdy team from Washington Except
for five minutes at the end of the second
half the game was loosely played. frequent
fumbles spelling all chance for either team
to score.
Georgetown had much the better Of the
fight all the way, but the clever work of
the eleven almost went for naught when.
with scarcely minute to play, White, the
giant Fordham fullback. who had gone in.
although in poor condition, a last resort
to pull out victory if possible carried
the ball fifty-fve yards on a brilliant run
through a broken field. to within eight
yards of Georgetown's goal line. Whites
dashing run reused afresh the hopes OF
the Fordham rooters. but with a touchdown
in sight the shrill piping of the timekeep
er's whistle ended the conflict.
This was the nearest that either side
came to scoring. and. barring two splendid
40-yard runs by Corrigan. the Georgetown
right haIfback was the most sensational
a fake kick formation on his own 47-yard
line. White dashed down the field. shaking
off practically the entire Georgetown team
He was tackled half a dozen times. and
lost half of his jersey. but kept ploughing
down the field until he was finally forced
out of bounds at Georgetown's s-yard line
There was so little time left that the teams
did not have a chance to line up for an
other scrimmage. The Fordham supporters
left the field feeling that they had been
robbed of a victory
One of the largest crowds that have yet
turned out to see the mar oon team In action
was on hand, with all the flags and colors
that go to make a college atmosphere.
There was big section of Fordham stu
dents who cheered themselves hoarse.
Georgetown'S encOura cement came from a
handful of substitutes on the side lines. A
heavy damp mist made the day not the
pleasantest for the game, but the weather
was not cold, and there was no bitter wind
TO chill the spectators
From the way Fordham took things at
the start it was apparent that the New
York men greatly Uuderestimated the
playing ability of the Georgetown eleven
Accordingly. they received an unwelcome
surprise when they found the visitors line
a vertable stone wall and the opposing
backs capable OF making dashing plunses
for not inconsiderable gains. Within the
first FIVE minutes of play Georgetown ad-
vanced the ball to within twenty yards
of Fordhams goal line. but with a chance
to score lost lost fifteen yards on an in
complete forward pass. and the FordhanI
followers breathed a little easier.
AS a whole the F'ordham team did not
play the game II has been putting up
all season end save for Whites brilliant
plunginS in the latter part of the second
half was outmatched by the lighter and
speedier Georgetown combination. ]. Nc
Carthy and McC'afrey. the Fordham ends.
did not play with their usual vim. and the
Georgetown backs were able to get around
them for considerable gains. The Walsh
brothers. in the hackfield. playing on the
secondary defence. backed Up the line
In good style when Georgetown was break
ing through. and their work In carrying
the ball was effective.
The Georgetown team. fighting hard
from beginning to end. labored under the
disadvantage OF being unable to make
deadly tackles Corrigan was the only
man on the team who was at all sue
cessful in bringing the runner down. The
others made Intellectual clutches. with the
result that Fordham made gains when
she should have been held.
During the entire first period the play
was almost constantly in Fordham's end
OF the field. Only once was the ball
brought within striking distance of the
Georgetown goal. and that time an inter
cepted forward pass gave the ball TO
Georgetown on her I5-yard line
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second half. but still held her own with
the home team. Corrigan. In particular.
played dashing game in this half. carry
ing the bail in two brilliant forty-yard
runs within 4 few minutes of each other
Daley, the Georgetown captain. had his
right eyebrow badly gashed in a scriin-
mage and had 10 be taken 10 the Wash
ington Heights Hospital to have IL dressed.
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