New-York tribune., 1910-11-03
WINS BY ONE TOUCHDOWN
De Witt Clinton Beats Boys High
After Hard Fight.
DASHING RUNS IN THE OPEN
Forward Passes Also Play a
Leading Part in Fast
Football Game.

Fighting rsurelv every inch Of the rav.
tho Rovs' High School of BROOKLYN, went
down 50 defeat at the hands of De Witt
Clinton High school in q spirited football
game AZ Saratoga Park BROOKLYN, yester-
dav afternoon. The score was TO q, but
II reveals little Of the sterling battle which
the Brpoklvn eleven fought in order 10
stave off = severe beating from team
which o,Itvveigled it many pounds to the
man.
The De Witt Clinton hovv in their Grim
son jerseys had all the advantage which
superior weight affords. They made good
use Of il. and, furthermore. played con
sistent game. During the first half they
succaeded in keeping the Bows High School
or the defensive for 2 greater part of the
time. scoring their only touchdown before
the first period was half over. But the
Brookl.-n eleven came back hard in the
second period and shifting its attack got
the visitors on the run. Resorting to a be-
wildering series of forward passes and wide
end runs In the third period, they carried
the ball nearly the whole length of the field,
only 10 lose r. on De Witt Clinton's six
ward line when the fourth successive for
ward mas went aruiss and the visitors re-
covered the ball.
The heavy De Witt Clinton line was too
much for the BOYS High backs to pene-
trate and they found il a practical impos-
sihilitv 10 push the ball over the goal line
for a touchdown when the opportunity
came Three times the Brooklyn eleven
was forced to adopt open tactics in an at
ternnt TO score. and on each occasion the
defence of the visitors broke up the play
and saved the day.
Taber. captain and right end of the Boys
High team. was the most aggressive player
on the field and Il around him that
the open plays were built. Receiving ac-
curate passes from Stieg1itz, he gained
from twenty TO twenty-five yards 10 play
time and again.
The De Witt Clinton team, possessed Of d
fast and powerful backfield. succeeded bet
Ter than its opponents in line plunging. but
failed 10 gain enough ground 10 make the
play Of any value as scoring proposition.
While the visitors did not have the success
OF the Boys High with forward passes. yet
long runs by the backs who skirted the
ends and dove through the tackles for sub
stantial gains kept De Witt Clinton in
menaciug position much Of The time.
Rosa, the big fuIlback, was hard man 10
bring down Comisily, the quarterback, a
lighter man. but a speedy runner. tore off
several sprints around the ends with ef-
fectiveness Both Sullivan and Moore
ployed 3 hard game. and It generally took
Two or three Of The light Boys High eleven
To stop them when once they got started.
Sullivan scored the only touchdown Of the
game early in the first period. De Witt
Clinton kicked of and BOYS High was
forced to punt almost Immediately With
the ball near the centre Of the field, for
ward pass, Sullivan TO Wright. the De Witt
Clinton right end. VINO played sterling
game netted about twenty-five yards.
Cor1isky went through left tackle for six
wards. but De Witt Clinton was penalized
and uut back To the thirty-yard line on
Il fake kick formation. which resulted In q
forward pass. De Witt Clinton made up the
distance lost by the penalty, and Rosza
went through the line. bringing the bali TO
the Boys High three-yard mark before ne
was downed Sullivan then carried the ball
through right tackle for a touchdown.
failed to kick the goal.
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