The sun., 1909-11-21
INfBRSCHOLASFIC SPORT


Erasmus han and Poly Prey. TO Play Their
Annual Game on ThanksEiN ing nay
A Hard 1us%ie Expected Between
De witt Clinton and & Commerce Teams
There will be no want Of good games
on Thanksgiving Day to fiIiish on the foot
ball season. Four contests are scheduled
TO take place In Brooklyn and Manhattan
The elevsns Of Erasmus Hall and Poly Prep
will play In the afternoon at Washing Ston
Park and Boys High and Manual Training
VIII meet on the same field In the morning
Al Commercial Field the Brooklyn College
Preparatory School and Commercial High
school will try out their mettle. The DE Witt
clinton Commerce game at the Polo
Grounds should be closely contested. as
these are the two best Manhattan teams
II Is now expected that Poly Prep can beat
Erasmus Hall, but the former has been
developing very fast in The last two weeks
and ought TO make q stin enough resistance
TO save the game from being one sided
Boys High is In much better condition than
Manual Training and it will take some
hard practice TO put the latter on an even
standing. .
Erasmus Hall. TO begin with. has big
advantage in weight The team svera ges
nearly one hundred and sixty pounds;
Poly Prep scarcely comes mp to one hundred
| and forty and a handicap D OF twenty pounds
! viii be hard to overcome The superior
nature Of the Erasmus Hall team work and
organization has been pretty clearly DEM
| onstrated In the last few "a mes The power
| OF the backffeld and the coordination be-
tween il and the line is another point in
favor OF Erasmus Hail. The interference
Is also very powerful in It's formation and
| speed. The Poly Prep backfield has been
| fast for its weight. but has not been well
supported by the line.
Nemeth and Hunton OF Erasmus can
kick better than any pair on the Poly team.
Semeth has turned out very steady
punter. His drives may not be as long AS
some that have been made this season.
but he Ia consistent and reliable. Hunton
Is drop and placement kicker. His work
will come in when field goal is needed.
Erasmus Hall had a much better work.
| ing offence, than Manual Training when
those two teams plsye ed az Saratoga Field.
The team work told when il came to ad
vancins the ball by plunRes. There were
Few naws TO pick In that part OF the play
ing. Ii was perhaps good judgment on
the part OF Gamble to stisk to these plays
while they were accomplishing their pur-
pose, The defence inside the 10 yard
line was particularly strong and the mid
die OF the LINZ was here impresnsbIe. II
Poly Prep ever gets that near to the goal
line next Thursday she will have n dOhbiy
hard task TO hammer IL on the rest of the
way.
Sauires is beyond doubt the star man
IN The Erasmus line. II seems rs though
nothing can stop him when he wants TO
open a breach for the backs. Manual
sent in three men against him one after
the other without checking him. Be-
hind the line Gamble and Mckinney are
the most adept in picking their way through
a field Of men ihe left tackle. CsstsIor.
Again in the Boys High game it was the
stronger offence which carried the team
on an end run. lie made some fne ad wa nces
into the boys High tGruory and Is likely
20 be used against Poly Prep in that way
posltio Larson may SHIFT HIM to half
back and let Gallagher run the team.
which are or course f likely TO be caiiea iakSs; for
a. the last moment the plsyers wili be
right guard: Reiners. right tsa Ele: Remoys.
right end Gample. QuarteTbaGk: hunt on.
Nemett, fullback- Murphy may not be
able 70 last the entire game, and in that
cas-. kichter viii play right guard. Bslo ON
can take those places. Gala gher, who
ls equally good at quarterback and half
back, is likely to be called on before the
Poly Prep has shown an ability to take
a hard druobinE without Weakening. They
beginning. Erasmus will not be able to
have the advantage in the first'
Thompson has brought about big inn
provement In the eleven la two weeks, and
touches. lie Was on the sideiines at the
BOYS High-Erasmus Hail game. and al
there Is sorne uncertainty about the liuenp.
Three days may bring out some new men
In team WHICH has just begun TO develop,
game until the last minute. he team a. 10
now - consists Of lopez. left end: Henner.
welser.1 right guard: Doerschucs, right
gnarterback: Frost. left haifDack: Raven.
Norris. Street and Barr all are likely 10
play AZ right end. LOPEZ will probably not
Cendays and Messenger are knder conS,d.
Grafton for the backfeld.
. boys High appears TO have recovered |
from its slump. but the same IL not at all |
certain in regard Ia Manual training. Poly |
Prep came within an ace OF administer ring |
oea'.SE e nnio TO M ManSs @ ne ~ play n, MS r. stu
second half. boys High School, on the |
Other ne. hand. PLAYED remarkable game
iittle fumbltng and much good defensive
play In that game.
Hail Ia its action. there is the
same Organization and deterTinat ion about
IT, Collins and laber have the on~ide kick
aud they have been making long gains with
them Taylor sprung a surprise with his
punting in the Erasmus Hall game. IL Was
the first time that he did the booting, and
his punts were excellent. Courtney has
been giving him special attention with the
dea OF making a kicker CT him. lie viii
DO the punting ag anst Manual. The
lac kis: Haviiand. left guard: Wolf, centre:
right guard; p. O. Brien, rigSt
lac kle; Taylor. right end, Collins. quarter
back; Rissep. left\ halfDack. Fonda, risht
aalfback: Scholkow. fullback
Wendell Cassidy mas removed his def
,iencies in studies and will play against
Boys High. otherwise the team will be
practically the same: ferris. left end ,
left tackle; DTngwaIl left
(uard: Kinney. centre; Cooke. right guard {
right tackle: Hart. right end I
Cassidy, Quarterback Foley, left half. '
,ack; ". Cassidy. right hslfbick Farley, q
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De Witt Clinton has so many weak points =
mixed in with it's strength that its cha noes :
gainst the High School OF Commerce are .
lot considered good. The backs are fast
md their individual playing Ia not bad
Dut the interference ls clumsy and slow
Tumbling is another fault which has not !
ret been remedied, The eleyens will play
IS follows: De Witt Clinton-TeIfer, left
md: Wiener. left tackle Richard, left u
,uard: RAuschbaum. centre: Simon, right a
Iuard: Johnston, right tackle: Gnnn. right /
nd Nealis. quarterback: Ruttenberg. left
Ialfback: Simberg. right halIback; Van n
ewater, fulIoick. commerce Archibald. =
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