The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-14
BOY FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
HUSTLTNG YOUNGSTERS or NEW FORK
AND BROOKLYN INSTITUTIONS.

a Vigorous Campaign Expected Among the
Private Schools-Tbe Teams Likely to BE
More Evenly Matched The Two-Sec.
ton Schedule U~npopular-Other Gossip,
The great rivalry that has sprung up among
the schools In tho New York Int%erscholastic
Athletic Association during the past season
gives promise Of an exciting season on the grid
iron this fall. By reinstating Hamilton Insti-
tute the association will comprise sixteen
schools, and 1t is not at all unlikely that Blake
School may be added. The schools in the ASSOC
citation are;
Barnard, Berkeley. Cutler. Columbia Grammar.
Columbia Institute. Collegiate, Dwight, Drisler, De
IA Sale Institute. Hamilton Institute. Halscy. Madi-
son. Sachs, Trinity, Woodbridge, and Wilson h KEEL
logg.
In previous years only a few of these schools
have been brought together In football. but 1t
has already been said that the majority will
develop %elevens.
At the first regular meeting OF the ~associa-
tion a strong fight will be made against the
section system OF schedule making. A strong
protest was made against this method In tho
baseball series. and several schools stayed out
on that account. The feeling is that the teams
should play one another the same as in all
leagues, which would give to each school en-
tered an equal chance. To THE Sun reporter
a faculty member OF De la Sale Institute said
recently:
This method OF arranging schedules in two
sections has always caused dissatisfaction
among the schools. l have always contended
that this is a very unfair way Of deciding u
championship. for the simple reason that the
championship can be lost by a single game.
Say there are eight schools entered in the foot
ball series. Divided into two sections would
place four schools in the first section and four
In the second. The first game in the first sec
ton might bring together a strong team and a
weak team. and II the latter should win
on q fuke IL would throw the strong team
out of the race. The same in the second
section. Then, again, a team might win
all its games in the section and then meet the
winner of the other section. and II defeated have
no satisfaction for their hard work at all. If the
schedule is arranged L in a round-robin series. as
every schedule should be. the teams would
have an equal chance. and the team having the
most victories to its credit at the end would re-
ceive the honors. / do not think our school will
enter a team II the schedule is arranged in two
sections."
If indications can be relied upon the young
sters promise to be better students and better
football players than ever. A large number of
the boys have spent their vacation at the
mountains or seashore and are we'll equipped
for the seasons work In the schoolroom and
on the gridiron. 1t is a game. say those who
know. that calls forth all that is best in the
b boys. m6en a lar and physical makeup. and it is q
B fGsS 9 schools shSs tn at least en- .n the H BEST A stade ans
are Invariably the best football players. This
K said on the authority Of such Instructors, as
Cutler Of Cutler School. T. L. Lyon of Barnard
School, and Or. A, Fowler of Columbia Insti-
TUE all Oh whom have expressed themselves
To Judge from what some OF the boys them
Interest, The youngsters viii be as well ac-
quaint9d with the new, rules as the, college
viii viii greatly 9aSy b Bss ftas f nHm fbsanS 81 e. 's seh T .
mere Will Pc better talent at the schools this
season g $ 6 n seth SO that the institpptions which have al,
to work earnestly to retain their %laurels.
full back, will undoubtedly play in the same
tSs esp this SSf5; A !, better ct ntei b boy S0f fP5 ASSUMING ssf Pdn:
didate IN Trinity who understands the game as
liamsbridge will be secured for football prac-
tice. The school gymnasium has undergone
ment. with nearly $500 square feet Of door
space. a length Of twenty-one feet In the cen.
fIsbat ana drs sixteen vseti, feet at the h sides sk;e with plenty Of
possible kind OF gymnastic apparatus of the
very best make and most approved pattern.
Inc attic OF the rectory has been utilized in
connection with the gymnasium. 1t contains
200 lockers. three shower baths. two tubs for
nov oaths' nVe Wsshstands' and other conven-
ALTHOUGH Dwight School does not expeGtt to
YIN SHS ShahiplOuSHlplu lODlDdii, the OUTLOOK
for q arst-class team Is excellent. OF the old
players that will be back a marked improve
should be heard from. The athletes were some
to train on. TRis year. 6oWe Var.t The n s0cEEo0oTI h has
66 IHmp HirrfPn agEs Rssi Eish t ths T1SS Gv EN- Of
better at their new quarters. 10 West Forty
third street. A three-story brick and stone
ADDITION has been built and the whole interior
OF the main building reconstructed. The gym
high and OCCUPIES the fun Width Tt S[ Of the bu hife
apparatus and has an expert star. Connected
with the gymnasium are locker, rooms and
provided with electric lights.
The reinstatinR OF Hamilton Institute in the
letics at the school and the athletic association
VIII VII spare neither time nor expense to, do
boys are together the team will go in training
At hss CITY Soc Island iy where trHining quarters have
team Of 1898. will coach thu, candidates.
CoInmb ia GrammSr School may prove a strong
likely, that 0'Brien and Grace will return to
school, SCI Ser;. o Both by y0IndpgEsters are good football
eleven did not do as well as was expected last
over. The reason for this was that several Of
the good players were laid up. With ,O'Bricp
ssS e Z eq Pfiii!iPPE E6S Ss1, s aGsR viii T alte fSh2Sl w 4es
1IlHlly SCllOOl IL pTdCUlce.
With the exception Of Rafter and Brennan.
AL the De La Sale football players will return.
The team last year was q good one, but over
confidence lost everything gained by hard and
earnest practice. The candidates for the team
secured SM seifi for that ihratsn puTp SSen at az H fme gr9P% nint
and under the yatchful eye. Of a compe-
tent coach the athletic association Ia hopeful of
manage the eleven and will arrange a long pre-
liminary schedule 40 as to have the team used
TO hard work when the championship series
begins.
The absence OF both Headmaster Hazen and
Instructor Lyon from Barnard School leaves
things In the dark as far as football is con-
cerned; The former is Captain in Company
OF the Seyenty-hrst Regiment, while the latter
holds a similar position in Company +. Eighth
Regiment. Both are very much Interested in
athletic sports. Instructor Lyon always having
charge, OF developing the football players. Be-
sides this drawback the material on hand is by
no means as promising as in former years.
The, Columbia Institute will place a strong
team In the field this year, The school season
will begin next week. The gymnasium Is on
the npper floor and Is nsal for indnnr u1hlnIin