Evening star., 1914-09-27
c. j. AND FORDHAM
PLAY A TIE GAME
Neither Team Able to Score
During 36 Minutes of
Strenuous Work.
DUNN is VISITORS STAR:
MURRAY PERFORMS WELL
Each Does the Most Gaining for the
Respective Teams-Contest
Is Slow.
By H. c. BYRD.

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town and Fordlam universities
played nought to nought game
here yesterday in the opening OF
the local foot ball season. The
contest was brilliantly and Bit
terly fought. especially for so
early in the year. and the quality
OF foot ball shown by both teams
was of much higher calibcr
than usual. considering the short
length of time the coaches have
had to develop their men.
Only once was the ball really
in position where it looked as if
a score were probable With only
two minutes to play. Georgetown
got the leather within 3 yards
of Fordham's goal line. only to
lose it on downs. Three times the
Blue and Gray backs drove into
the stalwart. red-jerseyed linemen
with the white line that meant
victory only 3 yards away,
only to be hurled back on each
occasion. Fordham's resistance
was stubborn at every moment,
but there was no period when its
line played as hard and desper-
ately as when the Georgetown
men threatened to exc out a tri-
umph in those last few moments.
G. o. Has Opportunity.
Just as Georgetown had a chance to
win in the closing minutes of play, so
did Fordham lose, by overzealous work,
what might have been turned into a
golden opportunity in the latter part OF
the third quarter. 1t had the ball on
Georgetown's forty-yard line, to which
point IT had been carried ON a bril-
liant run by Dave Dunn and short
gain BY Morcaldi. The Gothamites sent
four men off near the side line on the
run. from where they darted down the
was hurled about thirty yards and was
caught by Derby. Fordham's left end.
That placed Georgetown on the defen-
sive on its own ten-yard line, and it
Referee Maxwell called the men back
to the point from which the ball was
put in play and penalized Fordham five
yards for not having seven men on the
then tried, but it failed. After that
Fordham was never in a position from
where d score looked possible.
Ihere was not much punting in the
game, and what there was could hardly
be considered more than mediocre
Each team had a habit of booting the
ball out of bounds, and at no time was
there much distance secured The best
punting done was that of Fitzgerald
from regular formation. And as a
matter of fact. Georgetown's opportu-
nifty to score in the last stages of the
contest came after a poor punt from
behind Fordllam's goal line. the baIl
going only twenty yards and outside.
mere was some splendid charging
and blocking on both sides. The men
got in some nlid-seaSon work in this
particular. their playing being excep-
tional. to say the least Time after
time one man would smash the inter-
ference of the opposing backs caus-
ing enough delay in the play for one
This Kind of play by the linemen WAS
very conspicuous at times, while the
ends AID backs tackled better than
was expected, though once or twice the.
man carrying the ball was allowed to
slip through. Wymard, captain and
center of the Fordham eleven, several
times distinguished himself by going
out on the ends and smashing plays.
Once he dumped the whole interfer-
ence, and the man with the ball be-
sides. on such an effort.
Poor generalship by the Fordham
came within an ace of
making L score against the visitors.
There WAS only three minutes to play.
ard Fordhanl hid the ball on its OWN
line Instead of punting
out of danger. o. making an attempt
to do SO, aorcaldi elected to try TO
gain ground end runs and fakes.
He failed TO the extent that his team
was compelled TO kick out from be-
hind its own goal after being thrown
back for two big losses IL was at this
stage that the ball was punted out OF
bounds
Lack of Speed Shown