The sun., 1909-06-06
lNYERSCHOLASTIC SPORT
REVIEW OF THE IEARS Do
INGS OF THE SCHOOLBOfS.
Peiy Prep Teams Ranked First In Foot.
ball and Basketbail--Manual Train.
Ing Athletes Supreme on Track and
Fteld-A Summary Of Other Sports.

ball and Basketball all--Manual Train.
ing Athletes Supreme on Track and
Feid-A Summary Of Other Sports.
meets out Of the way and but two games
Of the final baseball series and few tennis
matches to be decided another year OF
sports for the schoolboy athletes may be
said to have passed. 1t will bo Of interest
to those who have taken part In the doings
OF the last season as we'll as to those who
have followed them to take a hasty look
over the moro important OF the many foot
ball games. track meets. DC. which have
taken place and are now down on the rec.
ords. Tho football season was crowded
with more we'll played and exciting game
than have been witnessed In many a year
and the long track season was not far
behind II In any respect.
The Brooklyn football teams Poly Prep
Erasmus Hall. Boys High, Manual Train
ing and Commercial-proved themselves
10 De far superior to the elevens from the
Manhattan and Bronx schools Poly Prep
turned out a team which beyond all doubt
outclassed anything In Greater New York
II not in this section Of the country. The
eleven went through the season without
a defeat, and the Anal game with Erasmus
Hail. which was to settle the supremacy
aroused more interest and was attended d
by q greater crowd than any similar con-
test for years back. The game more than
came up to expectations. Poly winning by
score OF Is to by two FIELD goals and a
touchdown. Poly was tied In one game.
but this was her closest call She played
10 Manhattan teams. but defeated Eras-
mus Hall. which beat Morris. the best team
on this side OF the bridge Polys total
number OF points was lSs to Is by It's oppo-
nents in eight games Boys High and
Manual Training-after Erasmus Hall. the
next best Brooklyn teams-and Pswling
School, the best OF the Hudson River
elevens. were beaten.
Erasmus Hall and Morris High schools
were in order for second honors, with Eras-
mus Hall having a slightly better claim.
The latter team made an aggregate score
Of iAs to its opponent's is and the former
sS 20 20 by its opponents. Early in the
season the two elevens played a tie game,
the score being S to s, but Erasmus later
developed into the better eleven. defeat in z
the teams Of New Haven High School,
Commercial and Centenary Collegiate In
stiute. Morris beat Stevens Prep and
De Witt Clinton was beaten by the Central
High School Of Philadelphia and played
q tie game with the High School Of Com
merce.
The Boys High team. which was ranked
after Erasmus Hall and Morris. trounced
Stevens Prep. Commercial. De Witt Clinton.
the High School OF Commerce and Manual
Training As Morris played only one OF
the Brooklyn teams its playing could not
well be compared with that OF these eIevens,
but it is certain that it at least ranked equal
10 them. Manual Training beat CONNER
cial. Morris tied Commerce and beat De
Witt Clinton. and Stuyvesant was beaten
-,.t
nercial
Poly Prep's team made a rather dis
courasing start at the beginning Of the
season. but the first game took of many OF
the raw edges. II was in this first cont est
With Montclair Academy that Poly; was
tied and the failure to defeat Montclair was
due to all around awkwardness. especially
po.d II me 1se 1ss, Of the for%drd pas Wilson
line and .IRessart showed up well in the back
field. Butler. the quarterback, was way on
Bis ps game en- In i the game me-, with Gro the
and won by. big score; The teams won
derful interference ives becoming apparent
Straight football was resorted to in the
Of a to o. Andrews and Brown proved TO
be frst class line smashers, Boys High
c and the result Mae
@ Exception @ Of Erss%us s 81 Ha 10 Foys h s'resi af
OF by score Of IL to S, Manual Training
was outclassed and soundly beaten by a
score OF 81 toe. Butler wrenched his ankle
In this game and was laid up for several
weeks. In the last game with Erasmus
Eichling developed as fine tackle in Poly :
Erasmus Hall began by defeating Flush
ing by score Of 81 to o, and the next week
played its tie game with Morris High School
p.yed aRe sf' By
score OF 50 to o and a surprise was sprung
on the strong New Haven eleven; which
sne.dea Hs' GU, sam ns ws. saas
beaten BY a score Of % TO o. the line being
smashed numerically. Townsend Harris
ittty.two points to - was Manuals
townsend Harris was defeated il Il f 10 8 and and
commercial both were easily disposed OF.
Manual was beaten by the fast New Haven
eleven by an IS to o score and Poly Prep and
to their list OF victims. BY good sized
,G0Ted WI,I,s was played 1ht With the New uS York
Hall eleven was weak and poorly organized.
b; being beaten by ErWasmus ,,h Hall by score
faculty before the close OF the season
For the hTst time the stpyvesant team
Pyd hs va. 4s 'Esn Sy hsm end
Commercial by a score OIL to 0 and Com
merce by . score OF - to o. Cavallaro
played great game for Stuyvesant in the
backheld. Dewitt Clinton's total balanced
on the wrons, side: her opponents scoring
that played against the New York Military
Academy. which Was beaten by score
Of II to q. The Morris eleven beat Mt.
Vernon. Yonkers., Stevens and Dewitt
High School Of Philadelphia. For the third
consecutive year Commerce tied Morris
Commercial made one more point than
Der opponents. the total being 90 to 50.
Stuyvesant was beaten by an II to o score
and the Brooklyn. College Preparatory
Tn. track season began with the cross
country championship. which was run over
three and One-fourth mile course at Celtic
Park on December g. The ground was
sosgy Wit slush and snow. but the time
VAS good in spite OF the track. Eight
entered and the majority Of them finished:
a one and half miles Major Of Boys.
Hikh went to the front and at the end Of
another mile he had increased his lead to
81 yards. From this time TO the finish he
drew, away steadily and was 100 Yards in
time was II minutes 2-5 seconds. SECOND
70 Major was DeGruchy Of Erasmus Hall:
third, Herd OF Commercial. and fourth.
Rooney Of Bryant. The High School Of
commerce had the owest point score. 90. and
Dewitt Clinton was next with 49, CONNER
oial High School got third place With 81.
The indoor championships at the Seventh
Regiment Armory on January q resulted
T. the third consecutive victory for Manual
tanning. whose team scored q points.
The other scores were: De Witt Clinton, ~:
BOYS High, II. and Bryant: 10. d. Friend