The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-29
PANTHER POWER FACES FORDHAM.
 DEFENSE STARS.
Pittsburgh Running Attack Opposed By Great Line
 Saturday
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 New York, oct. 29-Witll the wrecking crew of Pitt Partners due at the Pennsy Station this morn ing and the Fordharn Rams buck ling down to a second successive, serious afternoon of intensive work both on attack and defense, interest in the game increases with the hour. No football game in recent seasons has captured the interest of this second meeting of the two perennial true powers of eastern football. Not only will the game decide the championship of the east; it will go a long way toward deciding the best team in the coun-, try. Only the winner of the Min nesota Northwestern game will rank on a par with the winner of the -Fordham affair. Last sea- son though the meeting of the two had been long awaited by keen stu- dents of the eastern football Setup, defeats at the hands of Notre Dame and Purdue added to the general feeling that Sutherland's team had too much power for the Ram, some- what dulled interest in the game. This season the situation is differ. ent. FordhaIn has defeated Frank lin and Marshall, Southern Meth odist, Waynesburg and St. Mary's in Workmanlike fashion while the nnvNkknpsC 1oVT0 dnniCiUn1U whipped Ohio Wesleyan, West Vir- ginia, Ohio State and Notre Dame. The Duquesne defeat of Pitt, aided no end by the muddy condition of the Pitt Stadium, always 8 deter rent to forming the convoy of blockers which Jock Sutherland uses ahead of the ball on end sweeps and reverses, was complete ly erased by the Partners in the rout of Notre Dame. Fordham crushed hitherto unrelenting St, Mary's and cemented a claim to de- fensive excellence.
 Many Angles
 There are scores of ramifications connected with any consideration of the Pittsburgh -Fordham meeting but the general impression is that Pitts running atack-supposedly as strong as anything the dour Dentist has yet come up with-will be pitted against one of the great de- fensive lines of football history, Fordham's new edition of "The Sev-l en Block of Granite, as the prin- cipal feature of the titanic battle on tap. Mad Marshall Goldberg, Bobby LaRue, Bill Etapulis, Frank Patrick, Johnny Chickerneo :. and the rest of the hard-hitting, Slick blocking Pitt backs, aided by the machine-like checking and blocking of Bill Daddio, Tony Matisi. Bill Glassford, Heinie Adams, Albin Le- zouski, Averell Daniell, and Frank Souchak (to mention only the first stringers), will pit their undeniable skill and strength against Leo Pa quin, Ed Franco, Nat Pierce, Alex Wojciechowicz, Vinny Lombardi, Al Babartsky and Johnny Druze and the other components of the great Maroon line with its excellent re- serves.
 Standout
 Goldbergh is exceptional Ca Me- braska scout harangued Hugh De- wore with the argument that he is the best ball-carrying prospect seen since Grange; and Devore didn't argue back but so is the Fordham line. Sight cannot be lost of the fact, however, that the Panthers are equipped with better reserve backs than the Rams. Shifting mostly to the right, on 8 single wing back setup (they use the dou- blowing infrequently), the Panth- CTS have Bobby LaRue, 'Mush" Stebbins, and Johnny Wood for the right wingback post, Bill Stapulis and Frank Patrick for the three back post. Chickerneo, Greene, and Michelosen for the inside or two back post, and Goldberg and Ur- ban for the tailback or four back post. Stapulis and Patrick pass well, with the latter a little better than Stapulis, Goldberg, LaRue, and Stebbins are fine runners on strong side stuff and reverses, Wood, the fastest man on the squad, is great paSs-catcher (so is Hoffman, a sub right end), Patrick is fair punter, and all block well, especially the sophomore Chickerneo. Fordham can't boast an array of backs such as these.