Evening star., 1939-10-29
Fordham Laces Pih
Byn-13 as Pent
Fury Explodes
FumbIes, Fist Fighting,
Penalties, Surprises
Punctuote Bottle -
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct 28.-All the
pent fury and Illustration of three
scoreless ties Fordham and Pitt
played in the Polo Grounds from
1935-1937 burst loose today in foot
ball fight that the Rams won in the
last period, q to 13.
1t was q violent spectacle full of
fumbles, fights, penalties and sur
prises and the 36.218 spectators
gorged themselves with excitement.
The first half was Pitts, the Pam
theirs driving go yards for a touch
down the first time they got the
ball and scoring again on a pass Is
seconds before the half ended to
lead, 13 to 6.
But they were outguessed, out.
tucked and outplayed right down
the line in the second half as Ford
ham tied the count in 4 minutes Of
the third period on a pass that
gained 48 yards and won with great
aplomb in the final stanza on a SO.
yard touchdown run with a tumble
by Right End Vince Dennery and
another score on a short buck by
Dom Principe.
1t was bitter, disheartened Pitt
team that finished. In some re-
spects the contest was a repetition
Of last weeks last-quarter upset at
the hands OF little Duquesne and 1t
was too much for the Panthers.
Here's How 1t Went.
The sequence of their struggle
went like this:
In the early minutes OF the game
Pitt received a punt on its own 10
and mixing its famed reverses and
new-found passes, paraded to
touchdown, with Fullback Ernie Bo-
neli diving over from the 1-yard
line and Joe Rettinger placekicking
the point.
Fordham fought its way back to
Pitts 3, only to be held for downs,
but Dennery recovered a tumble on
the Panther 80 and Jim Blumen-
stock crashed across for a touch
down. The point was missed and
Pitt still led with minutes to go.
The combination of a pass and
penalty for roughness put Pitt on
Fordham's - in one 42-yard step
and another pass from Dick Cas-
siano to Ben Kish was good for a
score as the period closed.
Poor punting by Kish hurt Pitt
in the second half. One of his kicks
went yards early in the third pc
riod and gave the Rams the ball on
the Panther 48. Blumenstock faded
far to his right and Dennery raced
we'll behind Pitts safety, Cassiano,
to drag down the ball on the II and
dash over
Steve Kazlo placekicked the point
after this and the two succeeding
touchdowns.
Game Becomes Brawl.
The play which ultimately licked
the Panthers. actually and men,
tally, came at the start of the final
period. A clipping penalty had
helped Pitt deep into Fordham ter
ritory and it drilled right to the
l-yard line, only to have the ball
squirt out of Cassiano's arms and
into Dennerys eager hands.
In the minutes that followed the
game developed into roughhouse.
Steven Since and Louis de Filippo
were expelled for fist fighting Two
plays later both teams were penal
lied simultaneously for unnecessary
roughness and offsides and there
after some of the Panthers had q
hard time getting up off the ground.
On one play two were left stretched
unconscious and had to be replaced.
Out of this confusion Fordham
pulled its final touchdown. Kish's
punt from his own end zone went
only % yards and Principe reversed
to the 2 and smashed across on