: FORDHAM FIVE BEATS |
ST. PETER’S, 36 TO 25

Sherry and Fitzgerald Star in
Rams’ Opening Contest

JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 6—
Coach Ed Kelleher’s Fordham Rams
launched their basketball season to-
night by vanquishing St. Petegr’s
College of this city in the eleventh
meeting of the Jesuit rivals, 36 to 25.

Bob Sherry and Captain Dick
Fitzgerald paced the Rams with 12
and 10 points, respectively. Be-
tween them they tossed in 15 points
in the first half to give the Rams
a 20-9 lead at the intermission. Tom
O’Leary starred for St. Peter’s with
9 points.

Held in check for the first five
minutes as the score see-sawed to
4-4, the Rams were ahead, 16—6,
at the fifteen-minute mark on some
fine spot shooting by Fitzgerald and
Sherry. Glynn cut Fordham’s lead
to 16—9, but Sherry and Fitzgerald
retaliated with long shots for a
20-9 lead at the half. .

With O’Leary featuring, St.
Peter’s cut the Fordham margin to
2T—20 midway in the second half,
but two baskets by Savage and an-
other by Babich gave the Rams a
substantial lead and they breezed
in the rest of the way.

The line-up: tt go im

FORDHAM (36) ST. PETER’S Lg

GE. P:
Lewis, lf .. 0| Woods, lf ...
Loefler ...0.. -1/Mackin .,...
Savage, rf .. McAuley, rf..
MeGurke ae

Babich, c ..
Fitzgerald,
Sherry, rg ..
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— — —|O'Leary,. Tg..
Total ......15 6 36iLynch ...... oO

Total ..... 8
Referee—Malloy. Umpire—Gritfen.

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