New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
GAMEFORCOMM MERGE
CLINTON TEAM HELL
BEATEN.
Hard Fight and Plenty Of
Scoring U'hen Schoolboys
Lock Horns. 3

The football eisvens or De witt Clinton
High School and the High School OF Com
merce had a battle royal at the POO
Grounds yesterday afternoon for the Man
haitian championship. and Commerce Won
The contest was nip and tuck right through
the first halt, Commerce. leading BY scors
Of II 70 II. But in the second half the
Blue and Orange team played through ths
Clinton eleven and scored the decisiv.
touchdown OF the game. fixing the ans
tally at Is 70 Il.
1t was the annual game that had been
postponed from Thanksgiving Day. and ],
turned out to be one OF the best in years
There was a big crowd on hand. almost az
big crowd as that az the Brown-Carlisis
contest, and what those schOolboys did not
know about cheering would probably %
hard 70 find in most colleges. The zams
kept the yelling crowd on its feet from
whistle 20 whistle, for both teams were
playing a snappy hard brand OF football
that was. 20 say the least. intensely sx-
citing
The snow that had covered the sridron
in the middle Of TIE week had vanished.
leaving the ieId only little damp and csr-
tainly not muddy There was plenty of
open play. and then again there were nu-
merous rushes through opposing hines that
often went for profitable gains The NODE
of attack and defence of both slevsns was
almost identical. although the Commsrcs
boys found the Clinton line much weaker
than their own. which met the Red ard
Black Onslaughts sQuareIy and firmly The
only way Clinton could advance through
the COmmerce line was BY directing ths
attack through right tackle. and IL was
this play that brought about both Clinton
touchdOwns, Johnston carrying the bal
each time. AT times Vaudewater gained on
plunges through centre but only infrs-
quently. Nealis. who started az quarter
back for the Clinton eleven. found himself
shifting around rom position 10 position,
and when he had 70 retire from the game
In the second half because OF a strained
ankle he was playing right haIfback
HiTschman, the captain OF the Victories
Commerce team. was responsible in no
small measure for ClintOn's defeat. on The
attack he was untiring and carried the bal
for Commences best gains. He was
veritable wall while playing on the defen-
sive, for IN mass plays he hurled himself
into the defence and his tackling brousn,
down nearly every time runners vnO had
started with a good chance OF getting
around the ends. He scored Conmerces
second touchdown. and kicked all thr-s
goals nom the tO-IChdOwns made BY hs
team.
Clinton added another touchdown almost
Immediately. largely through a tumble W
Schavel on his own fO-yard line. Telfort
recovered the ball for the Clintoniaus. and
underwater made fifteen yards on ne
next play. There was a three-yard gzn
by Simberg. and then Johnston weni
through for another ten yards tie Vas
followed by Vandewater who put the bal
nine yards from the goal line. After Rui-
tenberg had advanced 10 the 5-yard Hn'.
Johnston made the touchdown and To-
lowed II uP by kicking the goal.
"A nearly similar series Of plays enables
Commerce TO score and get the lead Ns'
before the end OF the half Commercs 90
the ball on a tumble on CliutOn's =
yard mark Hrschman's plunge throusa
the Clinton team carried him 70 the i,-ya'd
line, and then there came a forward pass
that a Commerce man first caught ard then
hmhled. putting the bali back In the ssn'
place. Hirschman then tore through
the 5-yard line, but IL took him three pls''
u make the touchdown. The point ron
his goal from the touchdown put Co~
merce IN the lead. The half ended wins
tumble. and Clinton had the ball on SsS
merces 3o-yard line
Clinton camr back strong IN ths sscc'"
half. but failed 10 get Within a ressc'@
BILE distance OF the Commerce sOsL 10 Va
along about the middle OF the period va.
Commerce got the ball on downs on
own 3o-yard line Then began mar.
down the field. with Schapirc and HfS
man in the leading roles. ON deh'
pass SchapirO made a splendid ruh
twenty yards. and after A gaiu q ss ]
yards through mass plays. Schapiro ass L
got the ball for an eight-yard gam. -
ting Il on Clinton's 3-yard line. HHS
man made ten yards. and then sehsf
carried n down To within one ward ei
goal Schavel after Two tries. nnahs
through the last touchdown. iirs'".r
making the Kick successfully. Ihe
was In midfeld at the end OF she ssh'
The lineup follows.