New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-11-26
TIE GAME in SLUSH
TITO GOALS MISSED.
FOrdhdm and Syracuse Battle
IA Wntry Gale.

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On field that was covered inches deep
with siush and water. Fordharn and SYRIA
cuse attempted TO play a game of football
yesterday afternoon, but far football
went II was only an attempt. for the teams
slipped and fumbied and slipped again
throughout both OF the short halves. by the
end Of which time each eleven had crossed
the others goal once. making the final
score q tie at TO 8. The game began In
misty rain and IL wound up I'm veritabls
blizzard that swept into every nook and
Granny OF the American League Park
grandstand. Across the sridiron a bleak
wind poured direct from the chilly Hudson.
freezing the players through TO the bone
and making It impossible for them 20 hold
on 70 the ball In even the simplest torma-
tions.
II took the management more than half
an hour to decide whether 10 play the game
OF not Meanwhile the most rabid OF en-
thusiasts began to congregate by ones and
twos before the gates until there was a
crowd numbering somewhere In tho neigh
borhood of four hundred Finally. after
every ones feet had cen frozen stiff. the
doors were opened and there vas a wild
scramble for the shelter OF the stands con-
ditiors were no. much better there, but
there was at least little protection from
the wind and rain. The Fordham rooters
were there in fairly good force. and there
was also handful OF Syracuse supporters.
but nothing like the crowd that had been
expected.
The field was nothing more than vast
bed Of slush and mud. When the teams
came out for their preliminary work they
stepped around the puddles and were care
ftrI NOT ~ Fall into the But with
the beginning OF play they did not show
much hesitation in throwing themselves into
the slush. and they played with much
dash as was possible under the circum-
stances. Syracuse. through the agency OF
Shaw. who outpunted q. Walsh in the open
Ing half. and few advantageous fumbles
by the Fordham team. managed 10 get the
ball on Fordham's 2o-yard line. Then a Is
yard run by Gardner and two onsaughts
on the Fordhsm line put the ball over for
a touchdown.
Fordham's turn came in the middle OF
the second half, when George Walsh picked
UP Syracuse onside kick on his own a.
yard line and squirmed his way through the
Salt City eleven for touchdown. The
only other near score of the game hap
pened in the closing minutes of the first
half. when Anderson tried a field goal from
kick from placement that went away
wide. Aside from these features, the con-
test was a punting duel between Shaw and
George Walsh. both OF whom were ham
4 pered by the siipperiness OF the ball. Shaw,
however. seemed 20 have little the better Of
/ the exchanges. and his team gained from
eight to dozen yards on every return.
Playing as they did under the most ad-
| verse conditions. neither team showed any
/ sort Of football ability. As 20 handling the
| ball and catching punts. the elevens were
/ equally bad. II was even impossible for
/ the men 10 handle passes from centre with
/ any degree of accuracy, and for this rea-
/ son not more than a dozen line formations
| were used. every effort being made 10 ad-
vance the ball by punting and hoping that
I the other side would tumble. This hap
/ pened often that it ceased TO cause sur
/ prise when Syracuse got the ball on her own
S5-yard line on such an error before the
/ first touchdown was made. Toward the end
/ OF the game the Syracuse backs gave up
| tryirS to catch the ball on the fly when
they were after punts. They merely fe;l
on the ball after II had hit the ground. and
made no attempt TO run back.
The man whose work outshone all others
was Clark. the big left tackle on the Syra-
/ Gus team. Clark never failed 10 get in on
every plsy. and his work IN bringing down
{
/ goal from danger more than once. He wa
fast in getting down the field despite the
snow. and several times broke through the
opposing line and threw the backs for a
( loss. He tackled hard and accurately. and
only once failed 10 get his man. That onc-
was when -. Walsh dashed down the field
| for touchdown. but Clark nailed him inst
after he had crossed the line.
! ]. Mccarthy, who played star game ~
I end during most of the season, was at RICH.
halfback for The Bronx eleven. Mccarthy
showed all his speed In getting after the
man with the ball. but he vas not sure IN
judging punts. and could not advance the
/ ball when he got IL In a regular formation
/ Dad White did not get into the game
and the place at left half was taken by c.
Walsh. who did most OF the punting for
( Fordham. Captain Gargan was relieved IN
/ the midrle OF the second half by Skip"
Mccarthy. and later Mccarthy gave way
/ to Geary.
II happened that each team made its
/ touchdown over the line az rhe south end
/ OF the field. and IL in this corner that
most Of the fumbling took place. Where
/ the baseball diamond was laid out the
snow had melted and formed a vast sea
| OF mud and water. This was where the
/ opposing punters aimed To send the hall
when they were driving down the field.
and both scores resulted from funbles
/ caused by slipping in this pool.
Early in the first half. after the ball
had been worked down the field by SYRIA
/ cuse. following a long punting duel Ford
[ ham got the ball on her own 1s-yard line
| Just as @. Walsh. punting from almost
his own goal line, let the ball fy Nc
! Carthy slipped and before he could re-
| cover himself the pail had struck him in
[ the back Camp. the Syracuse right guard
/ breaking through 10 block the kick seize1
the opportunity, and on the hall in a
nash. Gardner then took the ball around
his cUn left end TO the Fordhau 4-ysrd
line. In two PUSHES through the >ne Gard
nef went over for touchdown shaw
tried 10 punt out, but the ball went over
( Darby's head and chance for goal was
/ lost.
Syracuse vas IN almost the same posi-
ton in the second half. when Shaw's punt
fell short and q. Walsh. grabbing the ball
on his own tO-yard line. lodged through the
| Syracuse team for touchdown Although
| Mccarthy put on a dry shoe and took
/ great pains TO get the ball at the proper
| angle. the best he could do was to kick
! II about foot and a half under the cross
bar. The game ended as II began, a Slip
| ping match, with the teams doing equally
| well.
| The lineup follows:
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