New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
The Tribune's All High
School Football Eleven
Manual and Commerce Get
Three Players Each on
Coveted Team.
BLODGETT KING OF BACKS
De Boer the One Choice for
Centre, While Matthews and
Kear Stand Out
as Ends.

Viewed from every angle. the scholastic
football season which closed one week
ago was one OF the most successful in the
history OF the local high schools. The
championship Of greater New York was
won by Manual Training. and so The title
reverted to Brooklyn. where. for ten years,
Il rested until Clinton won II last year.
Manuals claim TO the honor is clear be-
yond question. The team got on slowly
and lost It's first game to East Orange
High School. and was held TO scoreless
tie by Commercial High School. The
eleven found itself. however and downed
both Commerce and Clinton In impress
sive stvle. Commerce is champion or
Manhattan. The Bronx and Richmond
which pours some little oil into the
wounds made by Manuals victory.
In picking an all-scholastic team, or,
more properly an all-high school team
the selections have been confined to boys
of the public high schools, with no at
tempt 10 compare their work with that or
private preparatory school athletes. Du
Tremblay and Meenan. Of Poly Prep;
briggs and Afford. Of Adelphi: Gregory
OF Hamilton Institute. and many other
boys performed creditably, and would UNI
doubtedly be able TO win places on the
team were they included In the selection
Asis generally the case, where no few
or than thirteen teams are in the feld'
,bere were many players who displayed
mora than ordinary ability. which, II de-
veloped properly. will win them places on
most any college eleven in the country
Eight schools have boys playing on their
eIevens who have won places on either the
first or second eleven. Manual Tralhlhs'
which boasts the championship, has three
on the first team. High School OF COM
merce also has three, while Erasmus
Hall Bushwick. De Witt Clinton, BOYS
High and Commercial have one each. on
the second eleven Commerce has placed
four men. Manual Training three Wh'Ie
Bows High, Stuyvesant, Erasmus man
and Clinton have. won one place each.
The ends who stood out most promi-
nentlv and who have won their places on
the first team are Arthur kear. the cap
tain and right end of the High School VI
Commerce, and Matthews, OF Erasmus
Hail. II would be hard to find two Dogs
whose all around playing has been up 10
the standard set by these youngsters
Their savage. sure tackling maze IL al
most impossible TO circle their enos loI
gains. Both were feet of foot ana covered
punts in fine style. while they caught the
forward passes with accuracy. Running
Kesr and Matthews n close second were
RIly Strong, OF Commerce, ana QUINN Oh
Manual Training High School. Iihotson'
Du Temple and Adams also played the
flank position well.
There was wealth OF excellent ma
torial at the tackle. Gilmore. OF DE WIFI
Clinton, stands head and shoulders ABOVE
the other men for the position. AS N de-
fensive player Gilmore shone most brill
inntly. He WAS hard, fast charger
used his hands WELL diagnosed plays with
rapidlty and could tackle with savage
fury. Dutch" Schlacter. of Bushwick'
Is selected as a running mate for Gill
more. Ths youthful giant of almost &C
pounds was handicapped by playing with
team OF second rate ability, but he
proved himself OF unusual worth and
braced his whole side Of the line. Nc
Garry, OF Manual Training. and Rechart
OF Stuyvesant. are second choices, while
Christian HeGht, Castellanos and Littauer
all played good football.
Dingwall, of Manual Training. Is needed
at guard to round out any all-star team
He is one OF the hardest fighters and most
thoroughly aggressive boys in the game
lie repeatedly ripped through to break w
plays behind the line, and could always
be depended upon to make way for a
gain of few yards when first down
was needed. As punter he had only one
superior IN the public high schools
Blodgett, of Commerce Webb, OF Boys
High School, is picked for the other
guard He. too. was a capable punter
Second choice falls upon PARASITIC, OF
Manual Training. and Howard Cam, OF
Commerce. Cam played at tackle and
halfbacks. as we'll as at guard. at various
times in the season. Montgomery, Fred
Moore. Kephardt. De Castro and Soko-
lower were guards who played we'll
throughout the season.
There could be no other choice at the
centre Of the line than Tiger" De Boer.
OF Commerce He is only sixteen years
old. but stands feet 10 inches and tips
the beam at 1913 pounds. He is. without
question the best centre ever seen on any