The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-26
ERASMUS MAN TALKS Coach Satisfied With Stiff Ex.
 hibition Put Up by N. H. H. s. Eleven.
,PLATT IN POOR CONDITION
Star End Leaves New Haven Badl, Hurt--Excellent Support at
 Brooklyn.
The Erasmus Hall team stayed fl

The Erasmus Hall team stayed ifa New Haven over Saturday night and were all in good condition when thel9 left Sunday morning except Platt.
 He had come to the game as a spec tator having water-on -on-the-elbow, ( wrenched knee, and out on his heat. that was unhealed A substitute was ol hand to play in his place but he wa forced to go in at end when 1t wal found that the captain had missed ths early train. All of his injuries werl worse after the game. his wrenche right knee being so bad he could hard ly walk and his elbow was swollen an. infamed. His left instep was hun and he thought one of the small bone of the foot might be broken. He intend. ed seeing a doctor as soon as he arriv| ed in New York.
 In speaking of the game, Coach Lai son of Erasmus who Is an old Princf ton varsity man said yesterday: w. are glad to have played New Haven q they gave us stiff rub and made Jl play football. The most pleasins thing for us about the game was ti. way the team played without the caIt tain.
 There were many petty annoyanc@ that we had to put up with. TIE wrong announcement of the traf scheduled marred the trip, and lack rest before going Into the game aftiI arriving were enough to disheartt5 any team except the one that Vi
 brought up.
 Our team were selected for sped rather than weight and there are fula a dozen heavier men on the squad.
 "The players on the New Haven teal played as gentlemen should. The taz of roughness by Stevenson seems al , surd to me as he is known for fa1 : tactics and I would believe any ma on the team capable of sloggiA sooner
 T notice in a New Haven paper ths 7 an Erasmus man was said to have lA Umpire Bird. The writer was ei4h3 ignorant or made a false statement , he certainly wasn't an Erasmus DE and Umpire Bird stated that he was{ student in the New Haven high sch% named Persky q feel that we might have h3 cause to complain over several matt% , but am satisfied that only errors af
 not deliberate intent were responsif
 for several annoyances. k New Haven has very good tea and hope we play them next year.i
 Coach Larson only took charge of , team Saturday after the previous coz i. had left and 1t is thought that he VI strengthen the team wonderfully. 1
 coach of the team has not given f
 satisfaction.
 [ There is little wonder that the ErI , mus team defeated the N. H. H. | eleven, Saturday the score being 5I v O., as that contingent is paying til
 coach $l50o for two months Besii
 that, nothing is left undone, that wol S serve to assist the team in any VII The 120 candidates, who tried for
 team were all presented with new sfi
 and many minor, but necessary detl g are always attended to. At the chHE , pionship game in Brooklyn Thanksfi 1 ing day 1s,O0o attended the game Yi
 the price of admission $l.oo. ss
 The N. H. H. s. team will go to
 York next Saturday and play the M ua, Training high school Pd smith. the local high school coach
 start right to work preparing the sf
 ents by showing up in uniform atS k 5 field this afternoon. He will conpHs this course of tactics for a few dH
 until he is satisfied with the defd
 of the line