The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-10
INTERsCHOLAS7IC SPORT.
Senior and Junior Football Leagues {
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Senior and Junior Football Leagues Con.
templated-Intercity Schoo oil G am es Fav cred.
The indications are that the struggle OF tho
interscholastic teams for honors on the grid
iron this year will be more severe than ever
before. 1t 10 Just possible that the weaker
schools in the local association will join to-
gether and organize junior league Accord
ing to current report Berkeley school. Trinity
School. Cutler School. Columbia Grammar
School. De La Sale Institute and Barnard
School should be in the senior league. and
Drisler School, Madison School. Wilson-Vail
School. Dwight School. Woodbridge School
aud Columbia Institute in the junior league.
This would make the contests for the banners
decidedly interesting. Mostly all OF the can
didates for the Berkeley School team are
spending the vacation together. and have al
ready done quite some practice. Capt. Mckee
is in charge In a letter received last Wednes-
day Mckee says:
The boys OF Berkeley School mean business
this year. We played In hard luck last season.
but think the tide is going to change. The
boys are all hard workers and good players.
Last season we were handicapped by a lot OF
raw material Although the material this year
Is no better, have made arrangements for
early practice and have secured neat cottage
at Asbury Park We have large and roomy
place. In which one room Is fitted up into
gymnasium. while the rest Is occupied as
sleeping apartments and dining rooms. Tho
candidates. under good coaching. will be
taught all the tricks OF the game. A great
many OF our games were lost last season by
misunderstanding the signals. but we win
have code this year that will be thoroughly
understood
Physical Director P. N. seixas OF Trinity
School says:
Il am looking for quarters at some nearby
place tor early practice We have lost several
OF the players Of the championship team and
therefore think it will be quite necessary to
get in some early practice. Brown, who has
been elected captain Of the team, is likely to
mako a good leader Taken all In all, think
we will begin the season with fairly good
There will be several things Of Importance
brought up at tho meeting OF the local inter-
scholastic association to he held til" latter part
OF next month. There was considerable talk
last season Of dual games with some out-of-
town association, The schoolboys Of this
letcally, with thm-" Of any other city, and
It is believed that Now York could beat Boston
il dual games could he arranged; Boston WILL
perhap- favor the scheme and the games may
The reason why BerkeIey School did not take
part in the first annual athletic meeting Of tho
letic League. OF which It was the only New York
school that was member. has Iust leaked
out. When Berkeley received an invitation to
Jon the league and sent Il representative to
the initial meeting, tho school offered 10 with
draw II there was any opposition. At that time
there was no objection since. however, soma
of the smal"r Institutions III the l"agu" "a set
their voices to IN" cn""t that unless Berkeley
School stepped ont thry would. As tins move
would mean IN" los 81 ity" schools the officers
draw, and the local school gracefully compiled
with the request.
The league r0muo5rd Of Allor Lakewood
,nIl season last week he championship was
won 10y Adler school with kics school second.