New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-01
CLINTON TEAM CHAMPION
Wins High School Honor by De-
feating Commerce.
FIELD GOAL DOES TRICK
Victorious Eleven's Use OF Sub
stitutes Important Factor
at the End.

>oo,hsu championship Of New YORK yester-
6pv when the Red and Black deIea'e" 'i'e
Orange and Blue warrior OF commerce III
grualIinr battle at American League
~ The score was 8 70 o. Haruoro
n.,.is a senior az Clinton, sent the pgsNh
t,i-, 4, a graceful curve over the bar ana
90, The title for his teammates. and ior
,ha second time IN eight years the COM
rnerce eleven limped OH '"e ie'''
battered anu beaten.
Cri,.o- ,ool, advantage Of the only op-
,,,-t,,nitv ~ score. and the effort was sue
- II was uproariously received by
r. orovvd ~ De Witt clinton rooters whlch
swept over the field, dancing wiz sna IN
49,. and defying the efforts Of the ponce
70 keep II within bounds. II was ho' uil'-'
,ns referee threatened to forfeit the ~-me
70 Commerce that the Clinton boys fe'uIi'eN
TO the stands. 60.
late in the fourth quarter after Oo'h-
roerce had forced the BAH far into CIlhIon 3
territory. Davis kicked low dri'ins' t"ls'
ing spiral 20 Tow, who fumbled' ana Inc
Teller swooped down on the bail on o"'"-
r,erces 4O-yard line. That gave CLINTON
once more possession Of the leather "h'OH
,hev never reuquished until the victory was
oss,,-a5 Commerce was thrown into con-
fusion by the sudden turn in fortune anu
Clinton tore along.
Then II was that ponderous Babe WhiIe
showed his mettle. Three times the gan.
tackle carried the bail and three times olu
the plucky. fgnting Commerce line peHu
and break. He made the first down anu
then from the same formation HoseI'e
-,,,sd of four wards on a tackle skim. The
neyt two PLAYS we're smeared by hear
savage tackling.
Makinq the Only Tally Of the Game
Then Davis was ordered back to kick the
roa1 which won the day for Clinton AS ne
6-oDped back into position the olih'on
stands rose and called on him to KICK 'iid'
goal 90 and they did not call in vain Green
bsrq snapped back the ball. and while MS
line held firm Davis booted the piesAiH
over the posts from the 25-yard me
Earlier in the game Commerce forced the
Agbt far into the territory of the Rea anu
black and had clinton fighting deleilslN7
battle Three times the orange ana bIHe
was within striking distance OF the me.
Twice Blodgett dropped back 20 ty eo@l
from the field. and once did Tow attempt
g. Three times the hopes OF the Coiiiii'ei
men rose in expectation Of victory, Ou'
,rraa times did they sink o. the oep'"s o.
me kicks went askew. IN the HIsI H"ll
Commerce gained almost twice as nut"
ground as Clinton on rushing ana h'aO9
FOUR first downs 10 Clinton's one. Ool4-
r,e~ca continued 20 Outrush clinton lof Tue
greater part Of the third period ana HidNe
.v-o erst downs % one for the Red anu
Ela-k. but suddenly they seemed 10 uie
That marked the beginning OF the emu
clinton got the ball after an exchange oI
r,,vts and made three first downs WINE
commerce was able 10 make only one
more. At. $40
Blodeett outpunted Davis by fully hVe
,..~4s N the kick hut he outpunted MS
ends and Clinton was able 70 run the Dai'
bsek and so cut down the advantage On
ono oT PIo5aett's attempts at a field goaI
che Commerce ends never left the me anu
r-11-z ran the ball back twenty-five yaioS
before ne was brought 10 earth by Near
clinton rlsved the old-fashioned game
.-5 5eranded more on strength 70 VIII
.t.-- on the new game once they inca
.r. forward pass. but with a clear heio
,.s,ra him Teller fumbled, and the alert
,...r. vaIdman grabbed the ball Twice
,t.,. tried rhe onside kick. hur once Bienlo
,~5 AGAIN Tow recovered the ball COM
,rer-e tried six passes, but only TWO
,,.,-,xa5 These gained Jwenty-three YARDS
-,f.. Mas. almost ended in disaster IN the
,+.~4 rsrfod. when Fultz intercepted pass
svs broke away for twenty yards before
he was brought down hy kear.
Crowd Exceeded 1a.ooo.
Fifteen thousand spectators So" me
Goo
reme. A brilliant. typical high school tool-
han crowd entered into the spirit OF Ihe
rat+e Led bv an able corps OF cheer lead
s,d aided hv two brass bands, inc
zones and cheers were easily tAe pes
r.srd ON a scholastic football HELD 'hi'
,.e.~ The dav. too was perfect WIN JUS
sr#ciert bite In the air to make the Diooo
NJ tine athletes tingle The erldlron "a'
80. and sticky. and initiated against the
,+,sop az Commerce. which all season has
- based ON speed Across the base lines
,ta-s was a ver.table morass, which maze
foo.tsu NJ the later school out OF the Ques-
ro- The cIeats of the players ciogSeo
and they fell az times without being
tackled. nina. ,,,
commerce. paid the penalty of having no
er-stf-rtes 20 rest the regulars Inc same
team which started the game fought y on
Cor Commerce. while Clinton had qua
,,.~, If second string men waiting on tn
side lines. In the closing moments OF me
game clinton buried new men into tHe
r.rt. and they easily held the Commerce
men until the game was over Commerc,
still holds the advantage i'm games won VI
+.a eight games played 10 date. Commerce
las won four. Clinton Two. and two were
fought % q tie.
The lineup and weights Of both teams
follow.