The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
INTBRSCHOLASfIC SPORT
RON PREP NOW GIVING THEN
SOME CONCERN.

Erasmus Hail Has sim Formidable Team
To Contend Win Taber O. Dean oI
the PunirrS- Harmon an added Point
Of strength Renewal Of Activities.
Another hgurs looms up on the football
skyline and threatens TO make Erasmus
Hall and Adrlphi look around and have
some care for their regulations. and this
j. the eleven which Elmer Z. Thompson
has been drilling into -hap. for more than a
year \ lot 81 attention was attracted 10
Poy Prep when she ran rough shOd over
Commercial IN the first game Of the season.
hut the Blue and GRAY team was forgotten
moro OF loss IN the excitement attending
tho Erasmus Hall Adelphi contest. II
seemed that tho only eleVsns IN the neld
were these two. which fought 50 closely
and with such well developed tactics. A
number Of thingz were brought to light
by the Poly Manual fracAs last week. how
ever. and one Of them IL that Poly Prep
j. sure 20 he ono OF tho three influences In
IN. anal turn Of Rrldiron events. There
IL mor. interest Just now In the question
Of whether Erasmus can get away with Poly
than IN any matter CONCERNING Adslphi
Academy.
II ia possible now that q situation may
arise which will ito up all attempts TO classify
tho teams after the Thanksgiving Day
Erasmus Hall. and " shs should trounce
Poly Prep and the latter should in turn
slip ono over On Erasmus there would bs q
hopeless muddle. There IL no reason 20
believe either that this state Of Affairs "
improbable. By putting Poly Prep out OF
tho way Erasmus can have undisputsd
claim to the honors. and that IA another
reason why there IL already so much in
terrst shown in tho coming game between
81 aarkN u. ~ 10
running. and II II not considered likely that
Manual Training will do much 90 upset
things.
Flushing took big brace after her bad
walloplnR a. the hands Of Manual Training
and ~ now at least out Of the class Of the
very bottom notchers There ~ . big
difference between being beaten u TO 2
on one Saturday and in winning - TO o
he next Tho Stuyvesant eleven. which
was such easy game for Flushing. Ia by no
means formidable combination, but II
must have taken some power and ability
70 pile UP "a points. Flushing IL above
It's average in weight too this fall
one ~ he most surprising features Of
he POLY Manual game was tho revelation
that Harmon - a quarterback Of tho first
class lie has played along at end IN a
very saiinactory but not remarkable man
ner and not until he had tho opportunity
his true place Tho question now comes a.
to whether Harmon will prove better IN
rhis POSITION than Gallagher. who ~ captain
Of Tho team. However that may be. 1t IL
quite certain that Harmon will have his
hand IN back Of he line a. well a. at the end.
The average punting this year Is no bettsr
than has been seen during many other
seasons There i NOR" NJ II and IN this way
IT. quality tends to improve more than u
d 80
weak team Of having a man who can boot
: he leather long and hard Ii very great.
for u rests upon him more or less 20 keep
: he ball our ~ the danger zone Iaber 81
"on-lstent anu effective punter on any Of
ne Nsv FORK -DhulA-t Io elsNens In the
Z hiTty yards for each kick and he has not
fallen far below this In any game lie -
fortunate also IN having an end who can
ger I'Nn he heid Win sufficient speed TO
Herbert McNulty Of Brooklyn Prep has a
reputation a. pInt"r. but he can scarcely
DO a. well a. thirty yards on the average.
tOWurnal. which needs q good kicker
- up, y a. any body. has Irwin 20 perform
that ofiice. lie Il Just fair Sometimes. an
IN the contest NTH Poly Prep he rises 70
the occasion and does sHoellsnt kicking
= ltenykman Of Adelpm and Cendoya
Of Poly Prep are both punters Of more'than
mediocre ability. getting well up toward
a level OF twenty-five yards for each punt
Irenckman IL IN addition 90 this unusually
Nhll ~ v IVA bhe ott-tue NICK. ne pNufng
IL Manhattan j. not much better than com
monpacp Of the BROOKLYN punters three
are fuilbAcks. two hAlfbacks and the third
an end.
A. far a. appearances go. the Commsroe
and Erasmus Han teams make about the
best showing on the field. They both wear
hIue Jerseys with yellow trAppnRs The
PLAYERS az" hig and give . good impression
IN the prAct4o- drill before a game The
most Ple.-ing thing about them. though,
u the fact that they wear a uniform and
not pAtchWork Of stockings and sweateTs
! h. Erasmus Hall athletic association
has provided it, team With big olive drab
thsruzsivcs warm between halves This
matter % appearance - not 20 insiKni hoAnt
A. 10 might seefu. either One coach at
least bs!I~N - that an eleven which has
smart uniforms all Of the same kind tends
10 have little more prde 10 itself and to
play together better than u otherwise
There has b~~n no more talk this year
about the revival Of the old Long Island
Inter~cholAstic Athletic IeARue or rather
Of the forming of q neN league for the
Brooklyn srhools This h due 10 the fact
the associations which USED TO ne In force
ton wears ago There are q feN private
schools III" Poly Prep and DE Ia sale
which ar" left out in the cold. but they tend
to band together and are just ne well OF as
before
The schedule for this week 10 extremely
Light because Of the election day gAnsa
which come a week from Tuesday. ON
, ornmerciai Is matched With kdsiphi and
Mount Vernon - to play New Rochelle
lot Of husuing II being done up at the
change from the rather stAgnAnt condition