New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Fordhon' Rises in Its Might
And Snaites Washington Team,
Visitors From Capital City
Take Severe Trouncino
On Cridiron in Bronx
By Fred Hawthorne

The Fordham University football
team believes in the adagc, "An eye
Tor an eye and tooth for a tooth" if
we are to judge from the manner in
which the Bronx coIlcgians over
whelmed the visiting eleven of GEORGE
washington University yesterday after
noon on Fordham Field and buried the
opposition under 40 to score.
Just two weeks ago. at Detroit, Ford
nam lost an eye and several teeth in
the grldiron battle with the University
OF OF Detroit, losing by score of 30 to O.
yesterday it got back the eye and
an the teeth from the Cherry Tree
players, and the score might have been
larger had it not been for costly fnm-
pes on the part of Noonan.
IN the first half of the game Fordher,
placed its main reliance in the god DID,
fashioned football that our Grand
mothers used to chortle over vb;Io
W; Washington tried the spassing game
W'lnout much success. After runn;no
up IA points in the first half Wvers
scored the first touchdown as the r.,
SUIT CT line 3S-yard run tnrorrh r;.,n.
tackle, and Noonan carried the hall
oyer over the line from the 3-yard mark
roroham used the open game.
fordham Speeds Up Attack
IN the second half the local team
speeded up its attack, WORKING tho for
ward pass for substantial Gains ond
ploughing through the opposin~ i;na ino
IN herce rushes that bowled the Visitors
over. Ihlrtecn points were scored in
e each OF the third and fourth periods
.Hoonan kicked four goals from touch
aown 10y? and the game ended with the
ball in Fordhams possession on har baT
own 43-yard line. "'i
Ihere were about $500 chatterinc
persons IN the stands when the game
oeeah. 1t was not conversational
cnhatter' but the chattering of teeth
that the crowd INDUCED in. for tha
wind was chilling and all hip pockets
seemed to have been sewed up befora
1ne u, seat holders entered the grounds
lhe horrors of prohibition are present
even at our football games.
George Washington kicked ofr +o
Verrgara on the Fordham Coward linz
and the Fordham tackle ran the ba1I
BACK ten yards. Kearns ran through
a broken field for twenty-five yards and
then, after a tumble by Noonan. the
visitors took the ball on downs nn
their own 30-yard line. Kav. thu
washington halfback, punted to mid.
heid; ,Noonan fumbled the catch. but
the bali was recovered and Myers then
went through for his long run and
touchdown and Noonan kicked the goal
lately was doing the punting for Ford
nam nut the Bronx boys rarely felt
the need of booting the ball to gain
their distance.
kearns Proves Star
hearns showed up very we'll through
W! Ihe game, picking his openings
pu1eSly buiea ana keeping his feet well, and
mana dozen times he fought off op
Poslhg tacklers and made inroads into
w asning'on territory. 1t was mainly
M ms work in this respect that enabled
Noonan to score the second Fordham
touchdown, making the score Id to o
JUST before the first half ended.
nay, Dalley and Hume were doing
tne pest work for Washington, but the
Vlsltlng eleven was never able to main.
tam "a It's advance for sustained periods.
roroham lntercepting many passes that
We're we'll executed.
In the second period both teams
1ought hard. Hawley, the Washington
sslsht tackle, was put out of the game
penalized half the distance of the field
Shortly after the start of the third
period, Noonan heaved a beautiful pass
ior elghteen yards to Fitzpatrick. and
meyers went over for a touchdown on
the next play, making the score 2l to O
in favor of Fordham.
IN the third period Kearns. on q
trick play, caught brilliant pass from
Noonan, the ball travelling twenty
yards from midtield.> Kearns dodped
his MS way wa through maze of tacklers
and ran thirty yards to Washington's
5-yard line On the next play he Vent
over the line for a touchdown. Noonan
failed at goal, 27 to O. "'
Fordham continued the aerial attack
in the final period and ten minutes be-
fore the end of the game Noonan
heaved pass to Fitzpatrick for fifteen
yards. The latter ran thirty-fIve Yards
for touchdown and Noonan kicked
the goal, making the score "a to O
Fdrdham kicked off, and after Ford
ram gained possession of the bali as
the result of fumbling by WASHINGTON
Meyers ran twenty yards to the wash.
ington 15-yard line, from where RYAN
ran fifteen yards for the final touch