New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-30
CELEBRATE WITH VICTORY
Horace Mann Beats AdelpfI IN
Opening New Athletic Field
HEoUEMBOURG THE STAR
Runs Seventy Yards TO Goal ana
Scores Only Touchdown
for His Team.

t,efl safely tucked under his arm anu mere
~, scored a victory for Horace Mann
school defeating Adelpm Academy 81
4s-,oalzn. 70 > as a splendid tribute to
-bs formal opening Of the new aihielio
Grounds Of the school II was great DAY
-, IN, unite and maroon. and the loyal
.,7,,,,o-+ers Of the colors made the echoes
-5,,r e-orr the rocky and wooded SIDES OF
,be natural arnphitneatre at 246th street
and the Albany Post Road upon the
heights overlooking Van Cortlandt Park on
me east and the Hudson on the west
.s,,e-,nr II, the honors OF the victory was
-he heefv gritty O'ROurke, whose running
nlr,nres and punting from the position al
4lllIhack checked Adelphi as the players
fought desperately through the last TWO
,,o,-,o5s BUT II viii be the name OF Cap
TAN T5eouembourg that VIII be written
hoidlv in the annals Of the opening OF the
beautiful field. AT the end OF me eTeai
match q thousand youths cheered their
hero while ready arms lifted him Abort
and snstched bits from ms tattereo sweater
a. souvenirs OF the fray As for the blue
and gold Of Adelphi. lis wearers had played
q great and glorious game. and so creamy
that there was scarcely a penalty and not
2 tr7lise worth mentioning.
7-r-ourhorr the first two periods the
Adelph line kept forcing its way up 10
fhe Horace Mann goal Then Q Rourhe
would punt and the tactics be repeated
DobIin Richardson and Afford. the Aoei-
nm backs. proved faster than Horace Mann
-. tbis stage. Il was so that they forced
a-Rourlze 70 make the safety as Eddie
r,~enlman blocked one of O'ROurke's kicks
and threw him behind the line.
AZ the beginning of the third period
Tired" FIeuuembourg made his thrilling
r.rn on a trick pass. taking the bah from
Humphrey and charging down the neld
with pobson affording interference Inc
Adclphi PLAYERS had swung wide OF me
mark IA supposedly following the ball, so
that The Horace Mann captain was en-
ableo 10 execute the play il brilliant style
After that the lines held steady A
hattie Of r,unttaE ana forward passes De
,.loped with sufficient dash and action 10
keep The crowd cheering and the horns
Of The automobiles parked about the field
honkinC out p8ans Of Inspiration 10 me
end
The match was a fitting competition Tor
the formal opening Of the picturesque field
and Eir-u Prettyman, the Horace Mann
principal and Samuel T Dutton, superln-
renden5. held an informal reception along
-n. side lines No school nor university il
Tins CITY possesses such field as the
alumni inspired by the efforts Of Ny
F'rat-E-ruau. have made pOSSlDiS
Until Two wears ago the school teams and
track men had ample room for their games
on me west side of Broadway At 10th street
-us- a,--oss the road from the school build
inc but that site taken Tor the new
Union Theological Seminary.
Mr. P-etryman tackled the situation, anc
nearly every man who had been 10 Horace
Mann school responded. Patrons rIvallec
alumni in the generosity OF their support
srG the trustees OF Teachers College o.
which Horace Mann Is part agreed 10
duplicate the amount raised 10y subscTlp-
-lor. Y Everit Macy. chairman OF The
board and his associates, including Ne'ynold
Norris Spencer Trask. Peter 3. Olney,
Ia1nes Speyer. Robert c. Ogden, Clark
Williams and Arthur Iselin. approved
unanimously, and the result was q total
Of something like 100000
With that amount the school got pos
session OF fifteen acres OF the old DelatelC
estate. across from the entrance 10 Van
C0-ramdt Park
-Four acres Of this has been named Alumni
Field and dedicated 10 athletics The rest
# the tract will be known as ColleGe Park.
a and used as sites for homes and bungalows
for the professors II Teachers College and
Horace Mann school
Although the tennis courts were opened
cation Wa saved for yesterday, the day OF
she annual football game between Horace
Mann and Adelphi-
furthermore. there is e set o. games each
year which makes athletics general
throughout the student bodies OF both
schools They compete IN football. base
ball basketball. tennis. handbau and track
events. Tor each sport there are three
teams 1n each school, the first, second and
midget They all enter the contests. and
n, total Of points o. all teams in all games
determines the possession Of the trophy 10-
thC year.
Py TINS method more than 50 per cent Of
the bows in Horace Mann get actual service
or the teams Perhaps that explains why
rlie captains OF the Columbia varsity crews
Tor four consecutive years were Horace
Mann alumni why some OF the best track
men ~ Princeton were produced by the
school on MorninEside Heights and how II
was thar Horace Mann graduates have cap
famed both Line and al eleven al Har-
sard
This record has been made in spite OF,
perhaps IL was because OF. the strict rules
governing athletics al Horace Mann. Nj.
TrettyuIau VIII not allow more than an
hour football practice DAY, ana no
coach dares keep his men out sixty-one
minute Nidweek games are prohibited
because Of Mr- P7ettyman s theory that e
boy who plays football on Wednesday is ..
cead boy on Thursday. so far as classroom
work ie couce-ned- Furthermore gymna-
stun work is compulsory throughout The
s-hooI year, whether q boy is on q team
or not.
Tho lineup follows