New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-17
MANUAL TEAM TR|UMPHS
Captures City Football Title BY
Defeating Commerce.
HARMON MAN OF THE HOUR
Intercepts Forward Pass and
Scores Touchdown That
Marks Turn in Game.

Y.
lyn, Boosting one of the smoothest an.
nest teams ever developed In the school
won the scholastic football championsb,
OF greater New York when IL outplavss
and defeated the High School OF Com
merce at Commercial Field, Brooklvo
yesterday afternoon. The score, 10 tn
Is self-explanatory, for, with the excea.
ton Of few moments in the first period
when Commerce swept oil before It, and
took momentsry lead Of three points
on a fine drop kick by Howard Cam
Manual was the better team. The open
play of the Manual boys was a revelation.
quite the best seen on a scholastic field
this year, and It was on open playing that
Manual won.
Harmon, that wizard of new football
was the one who first threw the Com.
merce team into confusion, when, early
In the second quarter he got clear and.
leaping high in the air, caught forward
pass from Zeitz and scored the first touch
down. Throughout the game Harmon
caught the passes hurledsover the line Of
scrimmage with skill that was almost
uncanny, and while he was not able
to score again he made several
brilliant catches, and few Sensational
runs An idea of the skill at the open
game which Manual displayed may be
CLEANED from the fact that out Of eight
forward passes attempted six were sue.
cessful.
The Commerce attack, which was eI-
pected to drive the Manual team down the
field, failed at the crucial moments. The
Commerce backs plunged and plugged
along TO thirteen first downs by straight
rushing, as compared to eight by Manual,
but once the Brooklyn team was forced
down under the shadow OF its own goal
the line brsced like rock and the CON-
merce advance was halted.
Four times Commerce had It's chance to
strike a telling blow, but once Brown,
the quarterback, mistook the down and
did not punt on fourth down. with Ave
yards TO go, and twice Cam failed at
goals from the field. On the other occa-
sion Manual broke up a forward pass
over the line. Freer, McCusker and Bod
gett, called the steam roller by the
Commerce rooters, plunged along VITA
the ball at times, but even they could not
penetrate the Manual line when the oe-
CASTOR demanded.
Seldom has there been game In Whlca
so many spectacular runs have been
made. Zeitz Harmon and Larson clrcled
the Commerce ends for yards at CLIP
covered by interference that was we'll
nigh perfect. The Manual team borrowed
a page from the Carlisle book. and IRE
quently put the tackles into the phaianx
that swept the Commerce tanks In most
spectacular style. Zeitz particularly
played a dashing game, and his runs
varied in distance from fifteen 10 toIV
wards. But the Manual backs were not
alone. McCusker and Blodgett got loose
several times for long gains. while Freer
as long a his injured hip stood uie
ploughed through the tackles
for several first downs. There was lit,e
to choose IN the way OF the line men,
except that De Boer stood head ana
shoulders over every man in the for
ward rank defensively.
west goal, with a brisk wind at their
backs. Blodgett kicked of, ana Manual
punted on the second down. Commerce
was penalized, and Blodgetts toe sent
the pigskin far down the tleld. On the
next play Zeltz set the Manual STANDS
crazy by rounding the end tor run ="
forty yards, and then Parisette rieo
drop kick from the field, which went vice
Commerce took the ball out on the y
ward line, and then started march Gown
the field Blodgett got through the Hne
for ten yards, and on the next play
NcCusker got away with a dash OF
thlrty-hve yards around the end. Fresr
plunged through the tackle for nve ysr0s'
but lost eight when he fumbled De boe's
moor pass on the next attempt Gan"
then dropped back and sent the oaIi sp''-
ming over for a goal and the score "S'
3 TO 0, in favor Of Commerce.
In the second period Manual workea
the ball TO within striking distance OF INC
line by some daring open play. In "ni'A
Harmon caught a forward pass io'
twenty Yards. Manual tried a drop KICK,
hut II went wide, and Commerce escapea
a tIcklish situation. Commerce kickeo'
but Manual brought 1t back, ana H0"
right formation Harmon shot out Gle"
and took a pass from Zeitz over the "H'
Dingwall missed the goal There Ns'
no scoring in the third period, put o'n'
merce had the misfortune 70 lose he@'
Freer and Blodgett within few mnu''''
and then Manual forced the nght VIE
telling effect. Dingwall booted the o..
over for a pretty goal from the ns4
from the 25-yard line, and with nan
minute to play Paul Brown was SnocAe'
out by a kick in the head. Flower !"
placed him, and Manual scored the ma
touchdown.
The lineup follows:
Manual Q5). Position. Commerce -,
Benno ..............L. E..........,,.. 80,
McGarry .............L. T..,........ Haseine.Sy
Dingwail .........,....L. G......... Mon1s'Ino,r