The sun., 1897-10-03
INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.
ISPIRAHT FOR FOOTBALL HONORs
BUSY ON THE GRIDIRON
The New York League schedule to lie Adopted
This Werk-An Earlier Date Advocated In
Futurc-IonE Island ana New Jersey Teams
Getting In Trim for hn Active Cnmpnign.

Thth Week-An Enrler Dntc Advocated IN
Future-LonE Island ana New Jersey Teams
Getting In Trim for Active Campaign.
Tho first regular monthly meeting of the New
York lntcrscholastic n. A. for the season OF
ls97-9s will be held next Tuesday, when final
arrangements for the football season will be
made. Officers will be elected different com.
mittees appointed, and a football schedule
adopted At this early date 1t is not definitely
known how many teams will enter the struggle
for honors on the gridiron, but there is every
reason to believe that the majority OF the
schools that are members Of the association will
be represented.
With one or two exceptions all the schools
are open and those that have already organ
lied teams show quite n marked improvement
in their practice over that OF last year. There
seems to be quite some dissatisfaction. owing to
the lateness of the first meeting. The majority
o. the schools claim that the first meeting
should be held the middle of September, so that
the league football schedule could be arranged.
This would give II margin TO the schools desir.
Gus OF booking outside games without running
chances of having their dates conflict with the
regular schedule
All the schools belonging to the National In
terscholastic A. A. Of the United States have
begun football practice, and reports from tho
Long Island, New Jersey. New England, Con.
necticut. and Maine interscholastic leagues
show that more than usual interest is being
manifested in the pastime this year. The idea
OF organizing national football tournament is
again being spoken of. and plans will be dis
cussed at the first meeting.
There are about twenty candidates for the foot.
ball team OF the DE la Sale Institute this sea-
son. but most of them are new material. or tho
championship team Of last year only Brennan,
O'Dwyer. Stone. and Davitt have returned The
first practice took place Sept. II, and the
candidates showed up well. Capt Bremen will
play his old position at left half back, O'Dwyer
will remain right tackle, Davitt will probably
stay at one OF the ends while Stone will trv TO
fill Tilfords position at full back. or the new
material the most promising players are Oldner
and Clark thus far.
The team is this year training with the Man
haitian College team at Jasper Field, and Capt.
Brennan will leave no stone unturned to retain
the interscholastic championship.
The game between Pingry School and that OF
the Elizabeth Y. NJ. c. A. which was to have been
played on Saturday, Sept. 25. was postponed
and instead the school played the Rutgers Pre-
paratory School at New Brunswick. For a
number of years Pingry School has opened the
season with Rutgers, and the matches have
always proved interesting; This year was no
exception. and Pingry, although defeated. had
every reason to feel proud of the showing made.
considering that it was the teams FIRST match.
The final score was: Rutgers. 4; Pingry, o.
he New no
pionship, which begins next Saturday, as follows:
Gray Myers left end; Gales Hare, left tackle;
guard; Hance, right tackle ConOver, right end; P.
MSGs Ss 9Ss1 half back
Capt. Gierasch and his band Of football players
from tho Brooklyn High school are rounding
into first condition at the parade Eround,.
O very heavy one, but this year some expert
enced players will make the eleven. Those who
are trying for positions include Chapel and
Hardness. left end; Ackley and Levy. right end.
Should Butler play this season 1t will be at one
OF the ends: Amei and smith, ,h two substitutes IT, t
| position OF tackles. Burt, however is showing
up well in practice and Is liable 10 beat out one
| OF the boys for IA position.
Underwood, who played left guard last year.
will again occupy that position. He isa pretty
| Fenner is looked upon to Ill right guard salts
| factorily. Boemernan. who weigh 10 pounds,
OF the line, There are several candidates for
that position. Capt Gieraseh vii! play his old
ter back. want, to play the other half, but as he
Is wantcdsfor his old position some new man
will be developed; For fun back Graves is tho
arranged On election day the team will meet
The rscf A u C. a Eastern Pork and on
Eastern Park; Other, gaines in view are with
Mon!clair High School. PCckskill Military
Physical Director and Coach o. +. Monahan
Of Hotchkiss School at L.akeville will have a
hard task before him to develop a team this
| year. Seven of last years best players have
graduated Capt. Dening tendl. Cook fright
tackle,, Dix irentre and shaw fright half back)
han called out the candidates last week
and about thirty presented themselves
positions back of the line. Games will DO
arranged this year for the second eleven. as well
as for the first The school Ind very success;
team made brilliant showing. FlnCke, the
tennis crack, won the Yale and also the ma.
| tional intcschoastic tennis championship at
| Newport. The baseball team won every game
payed. The school will try hard to equal last
years performances this year; and nothing will
CL4yERAck, \. y" Oct The outlook
Gr al dine Se'I sports sn ,IT s coming yeaE at
| Nearly all the members Of last years football
team will be back and the new material on
standard of excellence. Prof. A Lincoln
Travis, who will have charge OF the team, is
high schools along the Hudson River. Since
| organized athletics have been introduced at
the the institute the oas teams in every line Of sport
well up among the first amateur teams IN this
country, Last fall. in eight games played on
scored 1873 points and lost 81. On the diamond
the team played eight games winning five,
the institute has carried Off honors twice.
The hrst victory was Won at Hudson on May
bSygs
place by three points over Troy Academy. On
SstpHrdsy June 2 at S. the sec second annual meet
held at hdgefeld grounds, Albany, they again
| covered themselves with glory. being winners
by 90 points over Albany High School and tho
Christian brothers Academy OF Albany. who
| tied for second place with ~ points each.
boston, Oct. 2.-The Brookline High School
| kickers made their first appearance on the grid
iron for practice last week. A large number
of candidates under the direction of Capt. A. II.
Parker, started the ball rolling on the Bruoklins
Common ana some good preliminary work was
done. Besides Parker, there are only two mem.
bers of last years team on hand. and the eleven
this fall will Oe formed mostly OF the material
brought out during the next two weeks. There
are eight positions to he tillcd including all the
backs and four places forward. Parker played
guard last fall and held mp the strongest inter.
scholastic centres. Ii is his intention to play in
his old position this season, but. should there be
an absence of good centre material, he may 20
on the line.
Hall and Herman are the other two members
left from last years team. The former held
down right end while The latter played left
tackle. Both will play in their old positions.
Several heavywcighis are ont for places on the
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