New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
ERASMUS TEAM SUPREME
Fast Playing Beats Commerce
for Championship 5 10 0.
WEAK LINE LOSES GAME
Steadily Plunging Down f1eio'
Erasmus Sent Mckinney
Across for Touchdown.

Erasmus Hall High School. OF bro"AiH !"
vhosa football team has Yet to meet "
fea- this season, pra ctically won the lhtei-
scholastic chaupionship OF s1eatei ~"
York bv defeating the High Sc'ioo' V'
nerce. OF Manhattan. in Rafhe P'dS
a. Hawthorne Field yesterday ne 'iioi
score was to @. The better TEAM WIZ
Erasmus oltclassed the Orange ana biue
and rushed the latter off their 1ee' III ."0
s,a, o,,a,ta- of 1,lev and finally hurleo NC
t-ir,,,e,- a~-ass the line for touchCo"h
after an uninterrupted march Gown 'he
eald from, their owu f0-yard line Gallagher
failed TO kick the goal
The Commerce team PLAYED Wen as tohl-
---a teams always do. but there were no
substitutes on the side lines 70 rush into the
FRAY when things were going against them
,O,,-,-e;cl,s5 outrlaved. outgeneralIed and
ali but o,1tgamed. 1he Commerce eleven
r-ert down 10 defeat lighting to the last
ditch For three periods they managed 10
keen their goal line urrcrossed. although the
T-Ia+hlsh bovs threatened TO score on three
casionS-
Twice in the second period Erasmus
worked the ball UP to within striking dis
4snce Of the goal line. only to have Com
rlerce brace and regain the bali on downs
or 10 he penalized for holding. an offence
Of which they We're often guilty Again. in
the third period. Erasmus worked the bail
10 10 within a few yards Of scoring and
again lost possession Of the hall for hold
ing Gamble. Jamer and Gallagher played
fine game for Erasmus
The Commerce line was weak. and Eras-
mus ripped through for first down time
after time Gamble worked a delayed pass
from a right formation which stood the
Commerce team on their heads They were
totally at loss for means of defence
against st. and Gamble took full advan-
tage Of the weakness. Love and cherre
stood out prominently for Commerce, and
without their fine defensive work the score
might have been bigger.
In the beginning of the last period Eras-
mus got the hall on its own S-yard line
after Fetter's onside kick had rolled away
from the Commerce ends, who were slow
IN getting down the field. Here Erasmus
started out on its victorious march. which
ended only when the Erasmus back field
hurled Mckinney over the line, which Won
the game and probably the championship.
Gamble started with q dash around right
end for thirty-five yards. and Gallagher
ripped through the line for eight yards.
Gallagher made a first down, and then
Gamble worked six delayed passes without
change Of play once On its own 3-yard
line Commerce held like a rock, and for
three rushes Erasmus was unable TO gain
The strain was too great TO last, however,
and finally Mckinney plunged through for
the score
In the curtain raiser game the Commerce
cubs" played the second team Of Erasmus
Hall to q standstill and held them to a no.
score tie Commerce scored a touchdown
in the third period. when an onside kick by
Peck rolled over the line Iozier swoope6
down on the ball, but the referee had de
rected some offside work in the Commerce
line and the ball was recalled.