New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
Manual Training High Beats
Flushing High with Ease.
FOLEY PLAYS FINE GAME
Leads Team in Fast and Bewil-
dering Offensive Play, Which
Confuses Opponents.
SCHOOL FOOTBALL ON LOCAL
GRIDIRONS.

The Manual Training High School foot
Iall eleven, playing a remarkably fast
and open contest, easily defeated the
Flushing High School team AT Saratoga
park yesterday by score of % to . Man
ual Training show itself to be a finely
moulded team. Their defence was almost
impenetrable, while the offence was over
powering. Many trick plays. combined
with long forward passes. bewildered the
Flushing men. who could not stem the
progress of the Manualftes.
Flushing put up lame fight. showing
little team work and no interference. Pier
son, who replaced Runge. proved the best
player of his team. He could be found in
all scrimmages, and on many occasions
pulled DOWN runners who were headed for
his goal line. The playing throughout was
open, with much punting many end runs
and much passing. Peck. the Flushing cen
tire. played miserably at critical times.
Foley. the captain of Manual played
splendid game, figuring in every attempt
with the forward pass and making sub
stantial gains through the opposing wall
kinney's kicking was also beautiful, he
averaging forty yards OF each punt Bow
man and Lent. at left halfback and full
back respectively. also played well, cross
ing the line with the ball for a touch
down twice.
Kinney opened the contest by kicking to
F1ushing's 15-yard line. Runge followed
suit, Foley, however, returning the ball TO
the 15-yard line. On three line smashes
Bowman easily found egress, scoring a
touchdown. Soon after play was resumed
Kinney hoisted the ball beyond Flushing's
goal posts. Ely scooped it up. but after
Immediately stepping within the gridiron
was pushed back of his line, rewarding his
team with lucky safety. Manual again
rushed Flushing down the field, and few
minutes later Bowman was pushed over
for his second touchdown On fake kick
he grabbed the ball and sped twenty-five
yards to F1ushing's 15-yard line before he
was douned. The whistle then ended the
quarter.
A series of double passes. combined with
an end run by Foley for twenty yards. and
three line plunges soon resulted in another
touchdown, Lent going over the line. Ding
wall successfully kicked goal. Kinney
again kicked across Flushing's line. making
a touchback. Runge. with an onside kick,
sent the ball to midheld, where Lent sig
nailed for fair catch. Manual was then
penalized fifteen yards for pushing, put
ting the ball on the 40-yard line. An at
tempted triple forward pass by Manual
was intercepted by Pierson, but Greene
of Manual recovered II when the former
fumbled the ball. On three line smashes
through the right wing Bowman vas sent
over for the fourth touchdown of the game
The quarter soon ended. with Manual get
ting the ball on an unsuccessful forward
pass on Flushing's 1O-yard line.
The ball changed hands, going up and
down the field: but two minutes before the
expiration of the third quarter Lent was
again pushed across the Flushing line
Foley by a sensational end run. aided by
some magnificent interference. soon scored
touchdown minute after the opening
of the last period. At the call of time. end
ing the uninteresting contest Manual had
possession of the ball OIL its opponents
1-yard line.
A large contingent of schoolboy enthusi-
asts were on hand TO witness the fray
The lineup follows: