The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Boston, Outplayed, Holds
FOrdhan1 to ScO1eIeSS Tie
tumble on Plunge Over Goal Line Costs Bronx Col.
legans Victory-Visitors, Threatened Often,
Break Up Aerial Attack
ny SAMUEL J. nRooKMAN.

Tor woodward bounded off the latter's
finger tips into Patterns hands and then
OUT again into the arms Of Healy. who
almost broke clear of the field. He was
downed on Boston's IT yard line.
Meyers found a gap just off righ
tackle and went through for IL yards.
and then on fake forward pass Seitz
ploughed through to the l yard line
Then came the tumble describcd above
that cost Fordham a touchdown a =
victory. Putting the ball in play on the
20 yard line. Boston made 6 yards In
one rush and two successive penalties
for offside forced the visitors to punt.
The kick rolled out Of bounds on Bos-
tons Al yard line. Another series Of
successful forward passes again threat
ened the Boston goal. but with the ball
on the 19 yard line Fordham failed to
gain and Meyers made vain attempt
at drop kick just as the half ended.
- Third Period.
Boston did not make a single first
down In the second half, while Fordham
was credited with seven. After Kelleher
had intercepted a forward pass on RS
own 45 yard line the Fordham line held
tenaciously. and Patten punted to Com
dozen yards before being downed on
Fordham's 81 yard line. Two tries at
the line We're inconsequential and Com
milf on fake kick raced off tackle for
an eight yard gain and a first down. A
forward fling, Meyers to Woodward.
who picked the ball out of the air by
leaping high for 1t, ner,ed twenty yards
and had the Fordham stands shouting
again, I'VE want a touchdown" !" Thorn
ton and Seitz ploughed through for the
third first down In succession and the
oval was only twenty yards from the
Boston goal
Then the Inevitable tumble, this time
by Thornton. and Boston breathed a sigh
of relief again. After Boston had punted
to mtdfield Fordham resumed its for
ward pass attack, only to have Kelleher
intercept the ball on the first try. Again
the visitors could do nothing with Ford
hams line. Despite . bad pass from
centre, Patten got off fine punt that
rolled all the way to Fordham's is yard
line. An exchange of kicks followed,
Fordham gaining twenty yards because
Meyers's kick got away from Patten and
rolled for twenty yards before it was re-
trieved.
A glorious opportunity for Fordham
came when Liston fumbled a punt on his
five yard penalty Fordham made it first
down on the 10 yard line but two for
ward passes failed. and on the last
down Meyers tried field goal from the
1S yard line that was partially blocked
and went awry. Before the period ended
Fordham had carried the ball again to
Boston's 10 yard line, the visitors being
penalised twenty yards during the ad-
vance and yielding twenty-five yards on
an end run by Downey Immediately
after the latter had taken Conniff's place
at quarter.
Fourth Period.
Another thrust at the line earned three
yards when play was resumed but a
forward pass was intercepted by Lis.on
on Boston's 6 yard line. Patten punted
out of danger to his own As yard line
One aeria! fling succeeded. two others
failed and Meyers punted to Boston's
10 yard line. There was an exchange o.
kicks, after which Meyers was thrown
for ten yard loss on an attempted end
run. A minute later Fordham was
penalized fifteen yards for tackling a
nlayer who had signalled for a fair
catch, and fifteen more yards were ex-
acted at Fordham's expense for a bit of
unnecessary roughing. That brought the
ball to midfield.
1t was Bostons turn to try the for
ward pass in an effort to break away
| for last minute touchdown, but the
| passing was mis3irected. Downey inter-
cepted one on Fordham's 25 yard line,
and then Fordham. failing to gain.
| printed out of bounds on Boston's %
| yard mark.
| For the rest Of the contest Il was a
| case Of punt being matched by punt and
one intercepted pass following another
The ball was Fordham's on It's own 81
yard line when the final whistle blew.
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