Evening star., 1941-10-04

first play Miller fumbled and Pie
culewicz recovered for Fordham on
the Mustang "a. but this break"
recoiled sharply. On third down
Cheverko tried a pass and Davis
speared it on his 81 and went to the
Fordham % before Cheverko
knocked him down. Two passes
missed. running play lost yard,
then Campbell was low and short
with a field goal try from the 80.
The quarter ended without score.
Second Quarter.
Flipowicz bucked to first down for
Fordham. AS S. NJ. U. held Blumen-
stock had to punt. After series
of dull punting exchanges, Fordham
finally clicked with a 33-yard Flip
owicz to Noble pass, for first down
on the Mustang "a, but on the very
next play, FilipoWicz was run back
before he could get pass away,
and the ball eventually landed in
the arms of Baccus of S. M. U. on
the Mustang II.
An exchange of pass interceptions
gave the ball to Fordham on its own
40. A penalty put it back 10 yards
and in one play. a short pass from
FilipoWicz to Andrejco and the lat
ter's 65-yard run with fine blocking
by Cheverko, gave the Rams a
touchdown. Ososky kicked the point
and Fordham led TO at the half.
Third Quarter.
A 2S-yard kickoff return by Miller
and Johnstons rified corner kick
that went out on the Fordham 4
started S. M. U. out in the right
direction, A short punt by Blumen-
stock helped them. but starting from
the Fordham 81. they were stopped
short of a first down as Santilli
smeared Johnston on fourth and
one.
S. NJ U. gambled on a pass which
the Rams intercepted on the Texas
AZ. Two butts by Filipowicz took it
to the 80 from where Cheverko
passed to Ritinski, sub end. to the
is. The Rams got no further, and
on fourth down Cheverko was short
on field goal try from the 25
Maley pitched two 'floater" passes
to Simpson for a total of 80 Yards.
Two plays later Sartori short-cir-
cuited another S. M. U. pass and
Fordham took over. On the last
play of the quarter Filipowicz passed
to Noble for 81 yards to the S M. U.
II. Score: Fordham, 7; S. M. u O.
Fourth Quarter.
In sight of payoff territory the
Ram running attack begged down.
was held to yards in three plays.
and Ososky was wide on a fourth
down field goal try. From its 20,
S. M. U. suddenly turned on running
power. with Johnston exploding
through the Ram line for 10 yards
on one play and going off the field
hobbling after a five yard gain two
plays later. On the next one Maley
passed to Simpson, sub right end,
for 49 yards and touchdown. Pas
qua's extra point kick was good for
a TT tie.
Blumenstock took the S. NJ U.
kickoff up to the 20. and on the first
play turned the S. M. U. left end for
"a yards. The Aams got only more
yards before Babula punted and
Maley's return kick gave the ball to
Fordham on its Al Babula, in for
Filipowicz, tried a pass on the first
play, didn't see Simpson rushing in
from his blind side, an de second
later the S. NJ u had stolen the ball
to give the Mustangs possession on
the Fordham 30
A running play gave the Mus
tangs eight yards. they lost five for
too much time, then Pasqua dropped
back to the 34-yard line and kicked
10-7 lead with little more than five
minutes to go.
S. M. U kicked off out of bounds.
Fordham took the ball on its IS and
had first down on the Mustang IL In
| two passes, from Filipowicz to Piecu-
lewicz and then to Bluemenstock
Ram running plays were smeared
and on fourth down Hudacek tied
it again at 1910 with a field goal
from the l8.
! An exchange of breaks gave Ford
! ham the ball on the Mustang SO
from where Filipowicz passed to Blu
menstock for touchdown with 80
seconds to 60 Hudacek's kick was
blocked, and the game ended one
play after the kickoff with the final
score: Fordham is, Southern Meth
! odist 10.