The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17
INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORT.
FOOTBALL RIVALS READr TO OPEN
THEIR LEAGUE SEASON.
The Prominent Sch oO,s OF New York ana LonE
lslsnd to ne strongly ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
outlook for the season on tho Grid
~lron-strlct AmnteurIan, TO ne Enforced.

Island to ne Strongly Represented-BriEht
outlook for the season on tho Grid
iron-strict AmateurIsm TO ne Enrorced.
The past week saw tho opening Of tho inter-
scholastic football season, and tho young ath-
letes who are trying to make tho elevens in the
various school teams of this city and Brooklyn
were out IN force. The north meadows at Cen
trail Park, the green's at Mount Morris Park,
and the parade grounds at Prospect Park pre-
scented an animated appearance every afternoon,
as the schools that cannot boast Of grounds OF
their own make good use OF tho space allotted
by the Park Commissioners
The intcrscholastio series for the champion.
ship OF tho Long Island Association will begin
on Tuesday next, when Adelphi Academy
lines up against POLY Prep" Games will DO
played every day until the schedule Is finished.
The struggle this season promises to outclass
all previous competitions In general excellence
OF play. There arc six schools entered. namely.
Brooklyn Latin, Brooklyn High, Pratt Institute.
Adclphi Academy, st. Paul. and Poly Prep
The rivalry between the teams 10 intense. and
when they come together on the gridiron lively
contests are assured. The result Of the struggle
is anNiously awaited, and. although there is no
telling who will carry Off the honors, predictions
arc being freely made.
The players OF st. Paul School. Garden City.
are the present champions, but It has been ru-
mOrcd that they are by no means as strong AS at
the same period last year. They have already
played two games. coming out with flying Colors
in each. In the first game they defeated Belts
Academy Of stamford by the score OF 9 points to
1 and in tho second game they beat Barnard
School OF this city, Is to 6. George Ray Hare,
manager OF the st. Paul team, writes to TIE
Al St. Paul's School. Garden City, daily foot
ball practice has been In progress for nearly
. vn.,N NnREl hItf nc vAf I Z ta Inn N hi n Hn Mr..
mine the final makeup of the team or its
strength as compared with last years eleven.
left tackle; White and Lorine, ends; Goldsporo,
right half back. and ;, Starr. -rInll back, have
,et ran syh 0Sn very ny G nn1 at ,hc,r i npSses were az az
filed by now and comparatively inexperienced
l~nalerial. the indications are that un,css much
improvement Is made in a short time the stand
ara OF the team Will be lower than Tor the past
three years"
st. parl's most hitter opponents in the fight
for cham iOnship houors this fall will be Brook
lyn Hugh school and Poly Prep" The former
al hough no as heavy as last scaso will com
prise some excellent and clever material. while
the latter will be AS strong as ever II not
stronger, The eleven 10 represent the High
School is likely To make n strong bid for the
championship honors. Capt. Gierasch will play
left halt back. He is the most effective player
Campbell. n new boy at the school. will play
right half back. He has shown up so well IN
practice that he Is the choice over some of the
old players. H Is small and agile, with quail
ties, which arelikely to render him very valuable
smith. a substitute player of last year, will
take the position left vacant by Dickson at full
back. He is a giant in size and Is possessed OF
great power, as a line ,bucker. The %punting;
however. VIII be done by GIcrasch from half
back. There has been some anxiety felt in
WEI. the to star Of last Year, has turne dur up. and
his showing in practice is better than ever. He
ton E %Sen called on "a" The; I"n line. especially
In the centre, is exceptionally heavy for a
scholastic team: l,oemeTman, a new boy at the
his feet.
rer. The former played an excellent game last
year. He Is a good ground gamer: and Il was
in their annual game at Eastern Park last year.
Fenner. until this year, was "a stranger to foot
ball. He weighs in the neighborhood of 100
pounds and has scarcely one ounce OF superfuous
flesh. The combined weight OF the three centre
boys will be 576 pounds. l. is no, at all unlikely
the beginninR Of the season the twp were slated
for back field positions. Ameli played as
Gssh is . sSsil s&Is IN in o S fl6sivss h pisy.' anu ''4 we'll
ends this year. Butler and Ackley now cover
positions. The former played for a short time
last year. but proved TOO lisht against heavy in,
reference. He has, however, gained in weight
since then; Ackley is developing fast.
Although Manager BerkinE is having consid.
sent Brooklyn Latin School on the gritiron. he
has SO far succeeded that after a few days more
OI ITdCIltt " udNo nv team IIlly ol-hlF
ized. According to the way the eleven now
stands 1t will be the strongest the schoolhas had
S"ii {f b%ct Of Tia las. ,o ssa Of Is .q greatly tee fsit s' ba, F Il Is
expected that Appekoher will Ill the vacancy
team will probably be as follows:
Lane. left end. lac; Dodworth, left tackle. l4o:
Doe, left guard. 1905 Lord. centre, 1870: Van KluE.
right end. I+O; LudIAm, quarter back, lt5; oppekof.
100; Hewitt, full back $50
Thu followinp ia tho 7 attn School acheiula.
Oct. 2o-Brooklyn High School, at Eastern Park.
oct. SS-BTtt1 Academy, At stanford.
Oct. 3O-Montclair Military Academy. at MontclAir.
Nov. S-St. Paul school, al Garden city.
Nov. l9-Aieiphi Academy. at Adeiphl Field.
Games are being arranged with Newark Acad.
envy. Dwight School, Stevens Prep" and
Now that the first meeting Of the New York
Interscholastic A. A. has been held. everything
adopted. will probably call for the first game to
be played ,ext Thursday. There IS a great denl
Cabe for President Of tho association. He un.
derstands the work before him thoroughly, AS
st~Sn nIe e,for ! il to- To- hem he made bv tho nassoeistIoEne ttS 70
put down any attempt to hold out TO students
with athletic ability inducements to enter one
school in preference to another. The association
will not tolerate the faintest shadow OF pro-
fessionslism. and any school caught violating
the written or unwritten law will be summary
At Drisler School Capt. @. Curran has built
up a team WHICH sllONl1 nphOId the bChDOl s coll
ors in GOOD style. The school has never taken
much OF a part in football, but the boys are con-
ldent OF making their mark this, year. The
lineup and weight OF the team will be as fol-
lows:
Thurber. left end. 1ea; Underhm, left tackle. lt1,
bartholomew, left guard. l52; Forget, centre. 20O;
Spencer. right guard. 1870; AcIntyre right tackle.
40; Gihhins, right end. l3si Ritter, Quarter back.
10; Agate. left half back, 40; Lawson. right half
back. lao; Curran, captain. full back. l+5.
The team will average about lac pounds. or
four POUNDS, more tlaG last year, Thurber and
Gibbins are both PLAYING a snappy game; IN
players. They block hard and strong. Bar
tholemew and Spencer have the happy faculty
OF supporting the centre and making a nice
hole when required; Forget is playing a fast
game for a hoy of his weight and holds his OPP
ponent we'll. Ritter passes and interferes
cleverly. Agate and lawson arc both playing
a quick game, and are sure tackles. CurrAn
punts well and tackles low and hard.
The collegiate school has an excellent gym
nasium for training purposes which was COM
pleted during tho summer by covering tho
school yard with an iron and glass roof. An
unobstructed floor space OF 80 by y feet has
ventilated, and we'll equipped with all the para.
phernalia necessary for physical work. military
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