Evening star., 1938-10-30
Pitt Dynan'ites Way to Three
Touchdo,ons in Final Quarter
To Whip Rams at Last, 24-l3

breaks and cashed them in for
touchdown. Chickerneo's return punt
was bad and it fell to Len Esmont,
sensational ,Fordham soph back, on
the Ram ~. But Ted Konetsky
rushed in, almost strangled Eshmont
for no reason and Pitt was penalized
Is to its own 80. Ashmont, Just as
good q they say he Is. raced to the
81 and then slid down the right side
lines on perfectly executed Statue Of
Liberty play to the Pitt 1-yard stripe,
where the same Konetsky bounced
him out Of bounds. A moment later
. triple pass, Eshmont to Bill Kry-
wich to Mike Hearn, completely bam-
boozled the Panthers for Ram touch
down. Bob Stanton kicked the extra
point. and believe it or not Fordham
led, 7-3.
The rest Of that second period was
all Fordham, and so was most of the
third. But just before 1t ended Esh-
mont, badly rushed. got Oh q bad kick
to Pitts 43 and stebbins raced his
right end to Fordham's ~.
Cassiano Starts 1t.
The succeeding nine minutes were
just as noisy as the 81 points indicate.
On the first play Of the final period
Cassiano raced is to the Ram 7
and then. on a superb reverse, crossed
the Ram line. Daddio kicked the extra
point. sending Pitt into the lead, 1O-7.
Pitts next break Of the game came
like lightning. Back in its own terri
tory, Fordham tried q bit of razzle
dazzle with forward pass at the end
OF 1t. In the melee the ball was tossed
to Left Guard Mike Kochel. Realizing
he was an ineligible receiver. Kochel
made the big error Of throwing the
balloon on the ground. In swept four
Pitt tacklers to recover on Fordham's
Is. Six plays later Pitt was over for
the touchdown that won the game as
1t turned out. Goldberg, Stebbins and
Cassiano moved down the dead-tired
Ram forwards. and from the Gold
berg, playing one Of his greatest games,
catapulted over. Daddio again kicked
the extra point.
A kickoff and another tumble, this
one by Eshmont and recovered on the
Fordham 81 by Stebbins. opened the
gates for Pitts final score, Goldberg
taking charge with murderous line
smashes. "Biggie" first tossed a pass,
good for II yards, to Joe Rettinger and
then made four successive line bucks
and one end skip to reach pay dirt,
going over from the 3. Konetsky
kicked the added point.
Fordham Touchdown No Solace.
Fordham scored few minutes after
the kickoff, but it was no solace for
gallant team that only few minutes
before had Pitt on the verge of its
first defeat in 81 games Starting from
their 13, the Rams reached their own
"a. where Eshmont faded back, tossed
perfect aerial to Angelo Fortunate.
Angelo caught the ball on Pitts Al and
outsprinted his pursuers easily on his
touchdown run. His try for the extra
point was blocked and the game was
all sealed and set. though Pitt inter-
cepted a pass and ran it to midfield
as the pigskin thriller ended.
Actual attendance, a record breaker
for Pitt team, was 77,O0O, counting
the help. OF these. 75,867 were pleas
ure-bent fans, who got their moneys
worth on perfect football day.
Statistics favored the Panthers who
retained their national ranking as
team No. of the Nation. They out
gained the Rams, 225 to l4e yards I'M
rushing, picked up l3 first downs as
against 9. and, like Fordham, didn't
lose an inch in forward passes. though
each had one intercepted in the final
minute of the game.