The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-14
RHODE ISLAND TEAM
BOWS TO FORDHAM
Murphy Of Visitors Suffers
Broken COllarbOne When
Tackled Hard.
FINAL SCORE rs Z TO 0

With both alevens playing radical.
open football Fordham defeated Rhode
Island State College on Fordham Field
yesterday afternoon by n 7 to 0 score.
Though the Maroon claimed the game
by n lone touchdown II held almost
complete mastery OF the situation and
was stopped In a trio of marches toward
the goal on the losers 8 yard line.
The end OF the first half lifted Rhode
Island out OF q likel. difficulty when
1t too tho ball from the Maroon'e ad-
vancin= attack on the last mark. With
-four chances In which to cover the 8
yards for n touchdown. Earlier In the
opening period the losers braced on their
9 yard line. after Fordham had gained
consistently around their end from mid
field. and the Maroon los, the bail on
downs. The final seconds of play found
the bali inside Rhode Islands one foot
mark and first down, but tho game
ended before the needed plunge could
be made.
The visitors relied mostly upon MUIR
ply. O'Brien and Lagerstadt for Of
fenyIve power. while Fordham displayed
more variety in It's attach. when Muir
ply was thrown in the first period. on
a brilliant tackle by J. Conklin, he sus-
tained n broken collar bone n his
loss TO the visitors slowed UP their
running attack.
Coach Vaughn shifted the Fordham
eleven before the game and placed Capt.
Dunn at end IN place of Corrlden. -
arranging the team that Cantwell would
renain In the game. He really won
the contest for the Maroon and played
brilliantly. In the second quarter tho
visitors had advanced to midteld and
were showing powerful offensive shifts
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On an attempted short pass over the
lire the Maroon back raced TOWARD the
falling sphere. and dashlng himself he
fore the expectsnt Rhode Island player
snatched the ball and lodged fifteen
yards among the visitors before he was
dowrei.
After this tho Maroon eleven seemed
10 find its stride and executed a con-
sistent aerial attack that resulted In n
touchdown In six plays later. Golden's
pass to Dunn netted twenty yards and
Dunn imEI ediately shot u pass 10 May
for twenty more, placing the ball on
the 8 yard mark and first down. Here
fule tried twice and on the third down
crashed through centre FOR the touch-
down and later Kicked the goal.
The visitors had 4 good hance 10
score In the last period. when they got
the ball at midiieli on n return OF pun:s
and swept the Maroon eleven before them
on spreadcagle formations from which
oBrien sped a pair OF passes valid FOR
twenty yards apiece TO L- Boeuf and
Lagerstedt. Yule stopped the last play
by downing the Rhode Island runner on
the 10 yard line IN a clear field and was
applauded wildly for his diving tackle.
O'Brien tried a short pass for a score,
but Cantweli dived into the air and
grasped th. ball. speeding twenty yards
toward the losers goal and dishearten-
Ing them. \ pair Of passes. Golden -
Dunn and Cantwell. uett.d .ifty yards
and Yule ripped up the line for some
twenty more. finally reaching the ! foot
MARI, whore the game ended.
This Was Golder's frs. appearance at
directing the eleven. and his exhibition
at quarterback showed n marked i'm
prove,ncn: over several performances
seen IN Fordhain Field this year. Capt.
Dunn at end fitted his new position ana
strengthened the weak wing. while Su,e
in the hsckheld played his usual fine
game. o'Rricu Of the visitors proved
exceptionally hard 10 tackle. owing to
his dodgiug tactics. and starred for
Rhode Island. The lineup: