The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-04
COPS RELIEVED AS
FORDHAM SHELVES
ORANGE JERSEYS
All Danger of Riot When
New Workers. Face G.
u. Eliminated.
BY JACK NYE.


Trench helmets. machine guns and
mustard gas may now be left be-
hind by those coppers assigned to
maintain the peace when George
town and Fordham hook up at the
American League Park tomorrow.
Late bulletins received from the
Bronx institution announce that the
Fordhamites will NOT wear the or
ange jerseys which have adorned
their forms in the past two games.
1t is now assured that the enter
tainment will not be a riot, but
merely a ball game.
Forced by the necessity OF dis
carding their maroon Jerseys in
their recent games, because of con-
fiict with the colors of opposing
teams, the New York Irishmeh
caused ST. Patrick to squirm in his
grave by parading on the field IN
a flaming orange.
There was Immediately specula-
ton as to what would happen when
Irishman met Irishman here. Wash
ington police were preparing for
any emergency:
Fordham Men Confident.
The Brickley-DuMoe coached
eleven must be given credit for
plenty of discretion. however. when
1t was decided that they would not
fiaunt fate by parading as Orange
men in Georgetown territory. The
mere fact that they are guests
wouldn't have helped them bit.
You may visit some bulls with i'm
punity, but when yon wave a red
flag in their faces the wise pro-
cedure is to beat 1t.
Fordham is looking forward to
the trip to Washington with no mis-
givings, despite the great record
Of the Hilltoppers. The thing that
has done much to increase the con-
fidence of the Bronxmen Is the
scoreless tie with Boston College
last Saturday Fordham believes II
should have won that game and
would have achieved that ambition
had not Tommy Meyers, star half
back, fumbled the ball after he had
nose-dived across the goal line.
Lafayette is the only team that
has taken the number of Fordham
to date. The New York eleven will
bring a heavy and well-coached
eleven to Washington and hopes to
give Georgetown a great battle. At
this end of the line they seemed
doomed to defeat. but the 400 root
ers who are coming in motor buses
refuse to see It that way.
Meyers and Fallon Stars.
Meyers is the brightest backfield
star of the New Workers and Tommy
Fallon, who will start at left tackle.
is touted as a lineman of unusual
brilliance and versatility. He has
won his varsity letter in football,
baseball. basketball and track IN
one brief year. AS amoleskin artist
he has held down every job in the
line with success.
Fallon has been a forward. center
and guard on the Fordham quintet.
and has covered every position on
the baseball team save that of pitch
ing. Last winter. while he was. yet
q freshman he was elected captain
of the 1922 basketball team.
This jack-of-all- trades in Ford
ham athletics is expected to cause
some Hilltop men a lot of trouble
during the melee here tomorrow.
Princeton Hopes High.
II it were any other team save
Princeton. these optimistic reports
just before the Harvard game would
be taken with grain of salt.
But with Don Lourie back at
quarter and the rest of the team In
fine condition. it is highly probable
that the Tigers really believe that
they are better than the Crimson.
A Tiger back of 1921 was stand
ing on the side lines during the
rout by the Navy at Annapolis.
TT doesn't look like the same
team with. Don out" he gloomcV
That kid is not only the darndest
man in a broken field you ever saw
but he gets the most out of the
team when he is running it. Now
IL is like a ship without a rudder"
And so It was.
Princeton has waited since 1911
for victory over the Crimson, and
has a good chance to put IL over
despite it's early defeats
Tech Shift Passed Censor.
Contrary to the general impress
sion, Georgia Tech did not lose to
Penn State because the officials
found the famous Heisman shift
illegal.
The shift was the whole thing
when the Yellow Jackets marched
down the field for a touchdown in
the first period. The Southerners
continued to use II throughout the
game, but the Staters were smart
enough to solve 1t.
Bob Maxwell. famous football Of
fetal and Philadelphia sport writer,
after talking with a wise football
expert VINO followed every play at
the Polo Grounds. has this to say
about the shift:
Incidentally. the famous shift
play was used. and II was found to
he perfectly legal. The line and
hackfield shifted on almost every
play. The center would stand about
two feet behind the ball. with the
other iinemen and the backs formed
in a straight line behind them, max
ing the letter IT. Then at a hip
signal the men Jumped into posi-
tiorfand came to a full stop before
the ball was passed. This was done
by landing on both feet and plac-
ing one arm on the gfound. The
arm halted the forward movement
of the body. and throughout the
game only three offside penalties
were given. In previous years 10
TO is were handed out"