Inside This Issue Rampart Hobbits In Print..................page 5 “Oceans” Revisited............page 6 Harry Who?........................page 6 Fordham Preparatory School The Turkey Bowl Classic: A Rich Tradition From Past to Present by Michael Dearie, ‘02 As the whistle blew on NoRams, with leadership from coach Joseph vember 27, 1886, I do not think many Ososki, pulled out one of the closes games of the ever, winning by a one point players margin 19-18. It was a great or specwin to finish off a tough seatators son for the team. realized Ten years later the Rams enjust tered the Turkey Bowl as what strong favorites. They had just they finished off a 5 and 1 year and were were not ready to loose. The begindefense stopped Xavier’s openTurkey Bowl ‘72 ning. ing drive and took At that moment a tradition that has over at there own nine-yard lasted for one hundred and twenty five line. Lead by quarterback years, was just beginning. Steve Mostecak and running Senior Mark back Orest Kozicky, the team’s Kozicky and I had the privilege of reground attack was unstoppable. searching past Turkey Bowls in Fordham On the first drive, Kozicky Preps new library office. The office is took a handoff 86 yards down the home to a fantastic collection of field, beginning the Rams run Rampart newspapers, Ramkin yearto victory. Kozicky finished books and Fordham’s literary magazines the game with three touchdating back to the early twenties. Evdowns and took home the game trophy. ery Turkey Bowl had stories of triumph As we fast forward ten years and defeat, and each game had its hewe see a new world of personal computroes. Our goal was to find these stories ers and VCR’s, assassination attempts on in the games of President Ronald 61, 71, 81 and Reagan and Pope John 91. Paul, the royal wedOur ding of Britain’s Prince first discovery Charles and Princess took us back to Diana and a look at the ThanksgivMTV. Amidst all this, ing game in a Turkey Bowl classic 1961. At this was played. Fordham time President entered the game as John F. Kennedy heavy underdogs. The Turkey Bowl ‘82 was in office and Rams defense held off Elvis topped the charts. Fordham was an explosive Xavier offense to the best preparing for the big game after a of their ability but the load was too much. shaky season of one win, four losses The Knights put up 30 points defeating and a tie. The battle was fought and the Fordham’s 22 points. Artie McCormack, a junior at the time took home MVP of the game with two interceptions, adding to his league leading total of ten. The 1991 game was the last we researched. At the time we were in second grade. Some were watching the news of the Gulf War while others were dancing to MC Hammer. The ‘91 team had two young assistant coaching prospects named Traendly and Cronin. The backbone of the team was its defense. This was the team’s first year in a higher B division and they held their own, advancing all Turkey Bowl ‘92 the way to the championship, loosing to Holy Cross. Five days later, the team played Xavier and lost a heartbreaker 24 to 13. Although the Turkey Bowl Game loss was tough, it did not dampen Coach Traendly’s feeling for the team. Rampart has quoted him saying, “We had a good team that year.” Compliments don’t come often from Coach Traendly, which says a lot about the team. Few high schools in the country have a tradition with as much history, rivalry and pride as the FordhamXavier Turkey Bowl Game. Coach Gorynski guaranteed a victory in the Turkey Bowl of 2001, and neither he nor the team disappointed us. Please continue to read on page 8 Dec. 2001 Number 3 Volume 62 Prep Cements Ties With NYFD by Anthony Byrnes-Alvarado, ‘02 On Friday November 30th seniors John White, Danny Mardjoniovic, Joe Donat and Anthony Byrnes Alvarado, accompanied by Fr. Benz, visited the local fire house on Briggs Ave. At the suggestion of the Campus Ministry Board and Chris Cavanagh the Prep started a fund to assist the fire station, which would respond to the Prep should there ever be an emergency. After a week of collections, Student Government raised five hundred dollars. When we arrived we were announced on the station’s loudspeaker and the company filed out. After some socialization, Fr. Benz made an introduction and then asked Joe Donat to present the donation. The firefighters accepted it with gratitude and then posed for a group photo. After much debate as to where to take the photo, we assembled around the bumper of the ladder truck. Then, our new friends gave us a treat and pulled their “rig” into the street allowing us to get a photo with the truck. The men of Ladder 37 have adorned their truck with the recent words of President Bush: “We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail.” Even a picture of the truck was sent to the White House. As we continued to socialize, we were given a tour of the “rig” For a few of us it was first time we were on a fire truck; it was amazing. We began to realize that we had many things in common. John’s father is a firefighter in Yonkers; some of the men knew him and a few of his friends. I met a fellow boy scout and discussed some Scout issues. Danny went to the elementary school near the firehouse and remembers going there on class trips. Both he and the firemen remembered the fire in the local Church on Confirmation Sunday a few years ago. The entire company once again proved that they were part of New York’s Bravest. Contnued on page 3 “God Bless Us, Every One of Us” Merry Christmas, 2001