The Washington times., 1936-11-09
HEY SLNP WHO'LL BE- ARMY OR NOTRE BURRS JENKINS
FOrdham m
Top Bowl
Bidder
BY FRANK BUCK" O,NEILL

song so popular a decade or so ago:
California, Here I Come"
The anthem was sung in de-
Grium of JOY by Fordham UniVer-
Sity's old grads and undergrads fol-
lowing the smashing victory of the
Maroon over the Boilermakers of
Purdue, representatives of the
Big Ten Conference. Winning by
q score Of is to 0, Fordham'S high
count Of the year against upper
bracket competition, the Rams
qualified for Rose Bowl invitation.
Marquette, another Pasadena
possibility, was hard pressed to
defeat Creighton by a score of z
to 6 in a day that saw Northwest
ern clinch the championship of the
Western Conference, Navy triumph
over Notre Dame, and the repre-
Sentatives of the West Coast crum-
BILE in a tremblor that rocked the
Sunset Slope from Pullman, Ore,
to Los Angeles.
Southern California toppled
from the ranks of the uncon.
quered under the assaults of an
infuriated Golden Bear Of Cali
fornia. Oregon State, defeated
four times this year, smashed
Washington State, tied by Univer.
S1ty Of California, but hitherto
undefeated. Stanford, beaten three
times and tied once this season,
arose and tied University of Wash
1ngton, beaten only by Minnesota
In earlier games.
Unbeaten Season Looms
Fordham ha1 now to beat Uni
verSity Of Georgia, which beat
Florida on Saturday, but which
was beaten by Louisiana, Rice,
Auburn and Tennessee and which,
until Saturday, had scored 81
points to 1872 for the opposition,
and New York University, twice
beaten. Neither Georgia nor New
York should seriously trouble the
Rams.
Fordham converted the errors
Of Purdue into points by touch
down and field goal. The first
Purdue tumble under the terrific
tackling Of the Maroon granite
wall was recovered on Fordham's
20-yard line. In seven plays Dulkie
smashed over for a touchdown.
The second Fordham score fol-
lowed the recovery of loose ball
on the Purdue 33-yard line. Ford
ham, checked on the 16-yard line,
resorted to placement kick, and
Andy Palau sent the leather over
the crossbar for three points.
Perfect Play Revived
In the third period the perfect
play" for which all teams strive,
and which Notre Dame coached
teams seem to achieve, scored the
last six points for Fordham. It
was replica of the play that
made Christy Flanagan famous
against Army some eight or 10
years ago.
Fordham shifted to the right
and the ball was snapped to Cur
ske. He started wide as if on a
sweep, giving his blockerS time to
form. Then he slanted back out.
side Of tackle and burst into the
clear with a Maroon horde putting
down Purdue tacklers as fast as
they came within range. Not a
Fordham man Jagged in his charge.
Alex Wojciechowicz, one of the
great centers of the East, followed
through his preliminary charge,
went down field and took out Fred
Stalcup, Purdue'S last man be-
tween Gurzke and the goal line.
Nat Pierce, Fordham'S left
guard, recovered the fumbles that
led to the Rams first two scores,
and throughout the game played
slashing football. Ed Franco, a
tackle Of All-America qualifica-
tions. was a leader throughout the
strife.
Michigan Also Beaten
The Western Conference sent
three teams into the East. It has
long been admitted that the Big
Ten played beyond the ability of
the East. 1t was admitted in the
Big Ten, at any rate. But some
now or other, the East did fairly
well in the strife on Saturday,
While Fordham was pulveriz-
ing the men Of Purdue, Univer.
sity Of Pennsylvania smashed the
might Of Michigan on Franklin
Field. For SIS minutes the Red
and Blue dominated the field.
For five minutes Michigan owned
1t, and that, perhaps, is why the
score was q to 7. Not since 1925
has Michigan been defeated out
Of the Big Ten.
Indiana saved some of the face
OF the Middle West by edging out
Syracuse by field goal.
With the exception of the
somersaults on the Pacific Coast,
football form was consistent
Dartmouth defeated Columbia in
handy style, outrushing the Blue
and White by many, many yards.
Princeton had an easy time with
Cornell's young and ambitious
team. Cornell uncorked a sensa-
tional attack and fooled Old Tige
completely with delayed pass to
circling end. This worked for
touchdown.
Alabama's smashing triumph
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