Evening star., 1941-11-09
picture on Page C-2.)
By DUKE MORAN,

Associated Press Sports writer.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 8-Pitt, 13;
Fordham, 0.
And thereby hangs another en-
actment of footballs favorite saga
the story of the team that always
was beaten rising to glory behind
shocking upset Of the team that
couldn't be beaten.
In this case it was band OF
badly mauled Pitt Panthers-thev
hadn't won once in five previous
starts-who smashed down a poten-
tial football powerhouse, the all
victorious Fordham Rams.
Even dyed-in-t -the-wool Panther
fans had lost faith in the oft-beaten
Pitt club and there was bare 10000
spectators in the cavernous recesses
of smoke stained Pitt Stadium for
the game.
Faithful Few Rewarded.
But those comparatively few faith
full who sat chilled through cloudy,
snow-flecked day witnessed an epic.
For the Panthers not only defeated
the Rams-they baked the touted
powerhouse at every turn and clear
ly led in every department of play.
Until this blow was dealt them,
the Rams seemed headed for some
one Of the Nations post-season bowl
classics but their hopes were deal.
chilling blow today.
Pitt revealed that it had picked
today to catch on fire early in the
game by driving 10 yards to score
after II minutes of the first period
had elapsed Sophomore Frank
Saksa, 185-pound fullback from
Braddock, Pa. bulletted through
wall of humanity from the Fordham
1-yard line for the first Pitt touch
down and Guard Ralph Fife con-
nected from placement for the extra
point.
Then. after stopping Fordham's
vaunted attack for almost three full
periods, the Panthers capitalized on
Ram Desperation and scored the
clincher late In the fourth quarter.
Edgar Special. Delivery" Jones,
Pitts great back from Scranton. Pa,
accounted for this score. rambling
80 yards to the promised land after
intercepting Ram aerial.
That score was just reward for
Jones. With Guard Ralph Fife, he
was the heroic figure in Pitts vic
tory. Jones played So minutes, did
all of the Pitt punting. set up the
first touchdown with his sparkling
running and a 28-yard pass to Wild
Bill Dutton of Weston, w. Va. and
kept Fordham pressed back always
by dashes from deep in his own
territory.
Fife, as a line backer- up, was
largely responsible for piling up
Fordhams high-powered scoring
machine. Time after time he Jared
the Ram ball-carriers back on their
heels. It was the first time in 19
straight games, extending back to
1899, that Fordham had been held
scoreless.
The New Workers seldom have
been stopped in such an authorita-
tive manner. The fartherest they
penetrated Pitt territory was the 13-
yard line in the third period and an
interference ruling on q forward
pass got them that far.
This was Fordham's best chance
to score but the tireless Panthers
threw the opportunity right back in
the Rams faces and when the series
of four downs was ended Pitt, WAS
in possession on Its own 10.
The Rams reached the Pitt a as
the first quarter ended with the
Panthers in front but this threat
sputtered out on the first play of
the second quarter when Jimmy
Blumenstock, the Rams great back,
caught and then fumbled Steve
Filipowicz' forward pass on the Pitt
10-yard line. Blumenstock had
eluded the last Pitt defender when
he blew the catch after hard try.
Again, as the half drew to close,
a neatly notched forward-lateral
from Filipowicz to Blumenstock to
Joe Andrejco gained % yards and q
first down on the Pitt 81 but Saksa
spiked this threat by intercepting
another Filipowicz heave on the Pitt