Born in Fordham Hospital many years ago. Lived across the street from Fordham only the Bronx zoo and Botanical Gardens separated us on 187th Street Only Southern Blvd was the main avenue. My father went to Teddy Roosevelt HS on Fordham rd directly across the street from Fordham Univ. He was the valedictorian at Rooselvelt in 1931 and given a full scholarship to Fordham. But he was Italian and the Jesuits of Fordham decided to award the scholarship to the No 2 HS graduate. He was Irish The little Italy Belmont section of the Bronx and Bishop Perricone of Mt Carmel Church went up in arms . A meeting with the President of Fordham with the bishop and communities members of Belmont made the President of Fordham offer my father the full scholarship My father denies it but my mother always said some Italian wiseguys also had a meeting with the President of Fordham and if Joe D wasn't given the scholarship the President of Fordham with the team mascot Rams would be found in the East River.
So Fordham offered my dad the scholarship But his father my grandfather was very thick headed and Manhattan College had heard of the controversy and offered my dad the full scholarship After all that my dad instead of walking 2 blocks from his apartment took the Manhattan College offer and had to ride the bus across the Bronx to attend MC.
The rivalry of these 2 schools in the same borough of NYC is equal to any rivalry in college . Tonight its the 110 th time these teams have played. My father graduated in 1936 from MC with a teaching degree in languages. Italian and Spanish . He graduated in 36 and got a job at Teddy R HS where he graduated from He taught there where he met my mother and in 1941 joined the US army and became an officer and Clarks 5th Army and served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy . He became an AMG officer. Allied Military Goverment. As the Germans retreated in Italy his group of US soldiers went from city to city and established democracy and arrested the fascist leaders. In Rome he was reassigned to investigate the Andreatine Caves massacres He entered Rome on June 5th as Gen Taylor 5th Army captured Rome .. But the timing was bad. The next day June 6th was D-day in Normandy 1944. Clark made headlines for a day and backpages after D-day.
anyway sorry this has nothing to do with tonites game I like the Jaspers +12 over the hated rams . Think Fordam wins but doesn't cover My 1st ever basketball game was manhattan-Fordham . I was maybe 9 or 10 yrs old and someone threw a coke bottle on the floor. My father put his arms around me to kinda protect me and said " its Manhattan- Fordham . Larry Lembo was the Jasper star. I remember him hitting jumpers from all over Not even sure who won that night but I do remember the coke bottle..
Both teams aren't doing to good. Japers lost by 40 to Uconn and Fordham lost to Kent state. So tonight its the 112th game . I'll grab the points tonight
So Fordham offered my dad the scholarship But his father my grandfather was very thick headed and Manhattan College had heard of the controversy and offered my dad the full scholarship After all that my dad instead of walking 2 blocks from his apartment took the Manhattan College offer and had to ride the bus across the Bronx to attend MC.
The rivalry of these 2 schools in the same borough of NYC is equal to any rivalry in college . Tonight its the 110 th time these teams have played. My father graduated in 1936 from MC with a teaching degree in languages. Italian and Spanish . He graduated in 36 and got a job at Teddy R HS where he graduated from He taught there where he met my mother and in 1941 joined the US army and became an officer and Clarks 5th Army and served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy . He became an AMG officer. Allied Military Goverment. As the Germans retreated in Italy his group of US soldiers went from city to city and established democracy and arrested the fascist leaders. In Rome he was reassigned to investigate the Andreatine Caves massacres He entered Rome on June 5th as Gen Taylor 5th Army captured Rome .. But the timing was bad. The next day June 6th was D-day in Normandy 1944. Clark made headlines for a day and backpages after D-day.
anyway sorry this has nothing to do with tonites game I like the Jaspers +12 over the hated rams . Think Fordam wins but doesn't cover My 1st ever basketball game was manhattan-Fordham . I was maybe 9 or 10 yrs old and someone threw a coke bottle on the floor. My father put his arms around me to kinda protect me and said " its Manhattan- Fordham . Larry Lembo was the Jasper star. I remember him hitting jumpers from all over Not even sure who won that night but I do remember the coke bottle..
Both teams aren't doing to good. Japers lost by 40 to Uconn and Fordham lost to Kent state. So tonight its the 112th game . I'll grab the points tonight
