The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-02

q hundred touchdowns, piling up Close
have made only SO points against them.
"Mayser Did IT,
The Academy's success in football
dates back to the time hat Charles
Mayser. a noted Yale athlete, assumed
charge of the High street boys, not only
In football, but in baseball, basketball,
athletics and gymnastics.
Mayser Is to the Academy what War
ner Is to Carlisle, a veritable wizard in
building up a winning team, even
though the material on hand appears
to be of mediocre calibre before the de-
veloping process.
This year, for instance, Mayser had
to develop a team of players, seven of
whom had never played the game be-
fore. The team averaged 16 years of
age and 1877 pounds in weight, both
too young and too light for standard
quality, but these youthful warriors
upheld the honors of the school, as did
the great elevens before them, and
went through the season without en-
countering defeat.
Tied Newark High In o
Before the advent of Mayser as coach
football at the Academy was in a
tangled state of affairs. The first year
this Yale man took up the relns here
that was in 1902--the red and black
played Newark High to a tie, 0 to o.
And, by the way. that vas one of the
greatest games ever played this side of
the college ranks.
The Academy eleven was c~aptained
by Ridgeway, who later became the
star halfback OH the Stevens Institute
eleven. In 1903, the Academy's last year
in the New Jersey Interscholastic
League, the red and black lost the inal
game of the season to Newark High
School, q to 0, after having prevented
the blue and white from scoring In the
first half. Drake was captain of the
Academy that year..
Break in Ia League.
Then followed the break in the New
Jersey Interscholastic League. The
Academy withdrew from the league, but
kept up a victorious campaign year
after year.
Shirley, later quarterback on the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, led the red
and black in 1904. The following year
the team was captained by Clarence
Pope, now first substitute fullback at
Cornell.
Addison Bissell, the giant tackle. who
has been kicking most of the goals for
the Princeton freshies this season. and
who is destined to make the varsity
next yea led the Academy in 1906
and '07.
Those were probably the strongest
teams that have ever represented the
Academy. The "noughty-six" eleven,
after cleaning up in the local ranks,
went to Lakeville. Conn, and there de-
feated the renowned Hotchkiss Acad-
envy, 2 to 0.
Played Against Yale stars.
TO show how strong that Hotchkiss
team was that year. let 1t be said that
among the players who battled against
the Newark Academy were Coy, Logan,
Brown and Knight, all stars at Yale
today.
George Bissell led the Academy eleven
this year. Though shorn of eight OF
last seasons stars. the team well up
held the honors of the school. The
eleven played a 6 to 6 tie in its opening
game with Montclair High School. the
present leader in the interscholastic
league. Its most notable victory was
scored last Saturday. when the Acad-
emy lowered the colors of East Orange
High School, the two-tline champions
of the league.
Eddie Hill and John Beger. the Acad-
emy's halfbacks, were plainly the stars
of this game. Beger got up from a
sickbed to play and he stood head and
shoulders above all others, with the
possible exception of his side partner,
Hill. The latter made the only touch
down of the game.
II is a notable act that the Academy