New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-13
BOYS HIGH VICTORIOUS
COnroy'S Field Goal Beats Hiub
School Of Commerce.
WAGES FIERCE BATTLE
Manhattan Eleven Makes Gam.
Uphill Fight, but BROOKLYN.
ties Are Too Strong.

\ goal from the field kicked b,. Co.,
Conroy OF Brooklyn BOYS High So,
from the 2j-yard line soon after tho 80
Of second quarter enabled the Rroo,,,.'
school 10 triumph over the High scbool
Commerce in bitterly fought game !,
Saratoga Park yesterday afternoon r.
score was 20 0. The tally caroe 90
about four minutes Of work I'm which po,.
High, after receiving one Of Freer,s ,o,
twisting punts plunged the bali hack ;.
the 2j-yard line. There the Commerce hi,
like n stone wall, and three desper.,.
plunges failed 70 gain. Then Corros
dropped back and kicked the goal
In the ruck the Commerce team haiti,
with n grim fury and determination ;,
save an almost lost game. Blenlo took N,
Kickoff, and, cripple as he was. ran !,
back fifteen yards From then on Com.
merce marched down the field, until n b,t
the ball down 20 the l5-yard line. Their.
Bleno called for forward pass Jimmy
Freer went down the field Until he Va,
clear, and Blodgett whipped him the oval
Freer crossed the line but Thorpe dech,d
that the play had been Illegal. and TIA
ball was called back. The Blue team waded
into the fight, and tried 10 penetrate tn,
Boys line, bur time was called, ending thu
half before any score could be made.
In point Of team play there were NAM
who were Of the opinion that Commerce
| had slightly the better NJ the BROOKLYN
/ team. The lines were about equal. and
: few material gains were made by plunging.
D ri. hon
/ Haas had little trouble IN turning the
/ tanks for run after run. The gains wer,
/ short. ~ a rule, but still wiped out Dis.
/ tanco IN manuor which WAS. 10 cay ths
| least. discomfortlng 10 the bows IN the Red
and Black stands. In the last period Com.
merce brought the oval down TO the lo-yari
! lire. hut lost II on q tumble.
/ Commerce, however. became oye-anxIo1,
/ IN its efforts to snatch tho brand from TIE
| turning. and penalty after penalty was r..
nicted by I'd Thorpe. tho referee. Several
times the official detected what he const'
/ cred helping the runner IN the Commercs
/ offence. and the ball was brought back
again and Commerce penalizcd iftsen
yards
| The hazardous forward pass across tic
/ line was attempted only q few times, ard
met with Indifferent success. Commerce IT.
tempted four I'm the course Of the gamA,
and only one Cyas successful, Waldmsn re-
coiving one from Blodgett for a gan Of ten
Yards Many thought that Commerce wai
entitled 10 a touchdown when Treer crossed
| the line I'm the second quarter but ThorIa
/ had his oWH ideas on tho subject. The PLAY
narrowly escaped acting as "a hoomefsrs
/ 10 Commerce I'm The fourth refiod, when
! Counors. tho right haltbaCk, intercepted a
pass ON his own l0-yard line and ran hl}
! wards before Billy Tow brought him down
! Commerce had her star men IN Blend
and Haas. the backs. Both were IN every
play They ran the ball well ana ON de.
fence stopped every man Who penetrated i
the line. Strong, at centre, played ms
usual game. and Jack Cohau was I'M
passable on the defence For Boys ,Hsh
! Conuors and Cusack lowered mead ana
! saunders above their fellows, and kept ia
Blue team busy az al times. ,onn.ls our, ,
! rlaved Cha'aire. and made openings loi
The hacks I'm addition 10 winning the saus
bv mis- sensational Kick.