New-York tribune., 1917-10-21
Maroons Beat
Holy Cross by
Aerial Attack
Win by Score of II to o.
Erwig and Frisch Stars
of the Game

After hard fought and spectacular
game, Fordham downed its ancient ri-
val, Holy Cross, on Fordham Field yes
terday By a score Of ~ TO 0.
There we're several factors in the
Maroon victory. but the ultimate cause
OF the Holy Cross defeat can be laid 10
the visitors inability TO check the aerial
attack Of the Maroon team. The two
scoring plays we're passes from Bren-
nnn 10 Dumoe, the rangy right end
Erwig's smashing end runs and
Frisch's returns Of kicks and defensive
work were other features.
Fordham went "over the top" in tho
first FIVE minutes of play. Brennan
opened hostilities by kicking on 70
Holy Cross, and the visitors returned
the boot after failing to penetrate tho
Maroon defence. Frisch carried the
kick back fifteen yards. Erwig skIrted
right end for dozen more, but Ford
ham was set back fifteen yards for
holding. Collttte bucked through for
five Yards, but another holding penalty
cost the Maroon more territory.
Fordham Discloses Tricks
Fordham then opened its bag OF
tricks, and Dumoe took a neat pass
from Brennan that yielded eighteen
wards. Erwig made il first down on
the 30-yard mark. Two thrusts yielded
little. but pass from Erwig 20 Dumoe
put the Maroon end within five yards OF
the line. Fordham failed 20 put the
ball across in two attempts. The Ma
room fumbled. but Frisch recovered
Brennan caught the Holy Cross players
off their guard when he hurled the
pigskir TO Dumoe, who was waiting
across the line. Frisch failed to kick
an easy goal.
At the end of the third period Holy
Cross punted to Fordhsm's 40-ysrd line,
In the opening play Of the final period
the Brennan-Dumoe combination re-
sumed business again, and Dumoe. after
taking a long pass. made a ten-yard
dash for a touchdown. Frisch again
failed to kick the goal.
Holy Cross threatened 10 score on
several occasions by long forward
passes. Frisch intercepted two of these
hurls on the 10-ysrd line.
Frisch Thrilled Spectators
The game little back made the Wis.
itors look foolish by his lodging tac-
tics in running back punts. Although
he ran through the whole Holy Cross
team twice for thirty-five-yard dashes,
/ his most brilliant performance occur
/ red in the second period. when he
nailed Kelly after a long dash.
The Purple back had recovered
Maroon tumble and, fanked by five
' Holy Cross players, was well on his
way to what looked like a certain touch
down, when Frisch intervened with a
fine tackle.
! Fordham fumbles cost the locals
pair of touchdowns. In the second PEE
nod they lost the ball on downs five
yards from the final mark and were
penalized half the distance to the Holy
( Cross goal for unnecessarily rough
work by McGrath.
Although the players exchanged
| few remarks, the game was marked by
aggressiveness rather than rough work.
In the final period Fordham opened
up another passing attack, but fumbles
and intercepted passes killed their OPP
/ portunities to score.
A fair-sized crowd witnessed the
/ game and saw the Fordham rooters do
( their serpentine dance OF victory after
! the game. Fordham has conquered
/ Holy Cross three years in succession.
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