The sun., 1896-10-18
SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL.
MAKE-UP OF TEE LEADING TEAMS
IN THIS CITY AND BROOKLYN.

Berkeley's Prospects Not Very BRIGHT,
While HARVARD, Trinity, sud Cutler Feel
Conndent-St. Paul amt BrookiSu High
Are the Fsvorites Over the MIG Bridge.
During the pastweek tho opening Of the inter-
scholastic football season occurred. At Central
Park the upper and lower grounds presented an
animated appearance every afternoon, the
schools that cannot boast of grounds Of their
own making good use of the space allotted to
them by the Park Commissioners. The inter-
scholastic season for tho mpionship OF both
New York and Brooklyn will begin this week
and games will be played every day until tho
schedule is finished. The struggle this season
promises TO outclass all previous competitions
in general excellence OF play. The teams will
be more evenly matched than ever before In the
history OF both leagues. The championship in
this city is held by Berkeley School, while Pratt
Institute holds the honors In Brooklyn.
Tho result OF the struggle is anxlously await
ed by tho youngsters of both leagues. and. al
though there is no telling who will carry of tho
honors. predictions are being freely made. In
the local series the fight will be hard one. and
the confidence displayed by the seven teams
entered gives promise of some rattllng GOOD
games. In the first section there will be Berke-
Icy Barnard, Hamilton Institute. and De La
Sale Institute. From the showing tho teams
have made thus far Barnard is the favorite.
with Berkeley good second. Tho former
played three games, coming ont victorious In
two. while the Inter played two games with an
oven break. Barnard played st. Paul School.
loosinG by the score Of "A to o. st. Paul defeated
Berkeley by the score of 80 to o. Berkeley de-
feated Belts Academy 1s to 0. Barnard heat
PinGay School 30 to 0 and st. Austin's School
too. In general work the Barnard boys did
the better work. while the Berkeley School team
will need some good practice yet. Hamilton
Institute will never be dangerous opponents.
while De La sale Institute is likely TO have q
surprise in store for some one.
The second section will comprise Dwight
Cutler. and Trinity schools. Tho former was
not entered in tho league last year. but has a
very strong team this season. The fight in this
section will be between Trinity and Cutler
schools. with tho chances o! Trinity School
doing the trick.
There are i've schools entered for the cham
pionship of the Long Island SERIES namely, st.
Paul School, Brooklyn Latin School. Brooklyn
High School, Pratt Institute. and POLY Prep"
The prospects are bright for st. Paul School to
lead, with Brooklyn High and Pratt Institute
fighting for second place. The teams nre all in
excellent condition, and tho opening game be-
tween Brooklyn Latin and st. Paul schools will
be played at Garden City next Wednesday.
Now that the Athletic Association OF Colum-
bia Grammar School has decided not to place
q 6rst team in the field this season. at meeting
held at the school last Tuesday afternoon y
second team was organized. and will play games
with other schools throughout the season. The
team will not be represe ted in the league series
owing to the lightness of the mon, but the
team is likely To do some very good work.
and light of the team will be follows: