The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Smith Comes Back To Take
Pass That Means Victory In
Third Period Upheaval
BY FELIX r. MCKNIGHT

and capped, just eleven other guys
for. 30 dreary minutes, the Texas
Aggies finally broke their hobbies
and stampeded Fordham's Rams
for a weird, 1912 Cotton bowl foot.
ball triumph today.
Six brief minutes of a dramatic
third period-six minutes of pass.
ing magic, of breaks and of the
cunning that made the Aggies
ruler of the Southwest for two
years, gave them the ball game
before $4,000 spectators.
Dulled by a vicious Fordham
line that kept them badly off bal
ance, wrecked their passing game
and rushed their kicking, the Ag-
gies unfurled a spectacular g.
yard pass maneuver on the second
play of the third period to start
proceedings.
Out of the shadows into which
he quietly fell after becoming an
overnight hero only a year ago,
arose Earl C'Bama) Smith, a curly
matched third string halfback and
track Splinter, to take his seat
among Aggie immortals.
Fro mthe Aggie IS, where the
Fordham kickoff had sailed out of
bounds, he started swishing down
the sidelines and didn't look over
his tiny shoulder until he hit the
Fordham IS.
Just as a ball of string untwin-
ing, Marion Pugh's 3O-yard pass
was there waiting for him. He
took it without a ripple and out
raced Len Eshmont, fleet Ford
ham safety man, the remaining IS
yards.
Just 10 months ago he pulled
the same magic to put the Aggies
IN the Sugar bowl game, escorting
a pass in exactly the same man.
ner to start the Aggies on a second
half rampage that buried Univer-
sity Of Texas and erased a first
half deadlock.
True, Marion Pugh missed the
conversion point after Smiths gal
liant gallop today, and the score
was only tied, 6-6, but 'Bama
Smith had kindled the fire and
the Aggies had another score five
minutes later.
Gambling for everything, and
certainly the better club until that
moment, Fordham virtually placed
the Aggies' second score in the
charity dept, in a series of weird
plays.
Big Jim Blumenstock, a nag
nlficent player out there TODAY.
faxed a kick from behind his goal
line and passed to Jimmy Noble
IN the mild Indian summer wealth
Suffering on 20 more before later.
aling to Jim Lansing. Officials
ruled two forward passes on the
play and brought the ball back IS
yards to the Fordham four.
Blumenstock booted so yards to
Derace Moser and the Cadet sour
ried back Is yards. Officials raced
into the play, called an unneces-
sary roughness penalty on Ford
ham and placed the ball on the
Ram vineyard stripe.
Footballs fabulous fullback.
Jarrln' John Kimbrough, a man
Fordham hasn't stopped till yet,
blasted over standing up and this
time Pugh made good on the win.
ming point.
Still the Fordhams were in the
ball game, although visibly firing
In the mild Indian summer weat-
er.
Just before the fourth period
ended, Joe Rothe, reserve Agile
back, fumbled a long punt and
tackle Alex Santilli recovered on
the Aggie "A.
Squat Steve Filipowicz, the Ford
ham passing threat, shot a long
one to Stan Retinski on the Aggie
"a. Then Len Eshmont, the run
ming wrath, got around right end
to the 20. Filipowicz threw in two
brutal smashes at the line for five
and Blu1nenstock, on a picture play
that swept him through the mid
die OF the Cadet line, went over
for the touchdown.
For the second time Steve Hill.
dacek hurried into the game and
tried to knot the score. But out
of the Aggie line came tackle Mar
tin Ruby to defect the bail. II
swept crafty towards, the cross
bar, hung there a second, and then
Just seemed to drip back into the
field of play.
The Wanted Aggie line of six
seniors and a sophomore end, the
line that for two seasons ranked
as the stoutest wall in college foot
ball, was pushed and showed all
over the premises during the first
two periods.
Vicious charges from the tackles
and ends played hob with the
Cadets famed passing game and
finally created the break that gave
Fordham its first half touchdown.
Down on his 20 Conatser swung
INTO a punt, but found only a horde
OF redshirts bearing down on his
Kicking leg. The ball detected to
the flat zone and Charlie Pierce.
a great reserve guard, smothered
the ball on the 20.
Blumenstock and Eshmont
worned to the ten. On the next
play FiIpoWicz cooked back to
throw a pass and quarterback Jim
Noble sneaked around, snatched
the ball and went spinning to the