New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
MANUAL TRAINING WINS
OVER COMMERCE HIGH
Erasmus Hall Beats Boys High
in Football! Double Header
on EbbetS Field.
JIMMY OLSON THE STAR
As a Ground Gamer and Inter
ference Breaker Erasmus
Player Is Without Rival
in Either Game.

Helped along considerably by the GER
tainty Of Parsette's kicking, the foot-
| ball eleven of Manual Training High
School managed to defeat the Hlgh
School Of Commerce. and thereby con-
siderabIy diminish the aspirations OF
the latter toward contending for the
championship title this season. the
score was to 0. The contest was the
most important one of double-header
decided on Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. In
tn. other game Erasmus Hall HiSh
School defeated the team Of the Boys
High School by the score of 90 TO o.
Jimmy Olson. the dashing left haIf-
beck of the Erasmus eleven, easily car
ricJ of the honors Of the day. lie was
AS elusive as Will-o -the-wisp ana cas-
fly was accountable for FUZZY ~ per
cent Of the gains made by the "earers
of the blue. Olsons breaking of inter-
ference was nothing short of uncahhy'
futile, Marshall and Medley usualIy
opened the way through the Boys Hlsh
line for him 1t was a tandem manpu-
yrc. and while Taylor, Clark women
webber AMI Palmer gallantly attempted
IN hrea< II I'D from the Boys High slde'
.,,,,,o ,,av ar other Olson usually went
,bro,,gh like a CREASED pig at a county
fair chase. SO shilty was olson that
Caotaiu Beavers. OF the Army. VINO acteu
as an official I'm one OF the games de-
cIared that he believed Olson woulu
eventually make one OF the great INV
bail stars OF the country.
The fact that Commerce remained 10 oo
reckoned with as possible champions
caused is meeting with Manual TO he
! tbe most important OF the double attrac-
tion and il first held the field, Parlsette
kicking of for Manual Training. AZ TINS
tbe three thousand spectators in the
stands. led by the band that ERASMUS
had brought along with il, started the
cheering and singing that coh''iiNeo
throughout the two contests
rarkinaton received the ball for COM
merce. and in a double pass Manual was
tricked so that Quinn ran the pan paoN
N Yards Quinn, the Commerce quartei
hack was in the thick OF every play ;
to,ica recovering funbles He eventually
was compelled to punt however anu -
each side knit its defence so tshuy ~
gether that for brief period puLl'ii
duel developed between QUINN Tor Coin
merce. and Parisette, for Manual III
which the latter easily had the peter
Of the argument
Soon after the second quarter s'd''e
Sonborn successfully blocked one Oh
Ouinn's kicks. Parisette falling on the bali
ON Commerce's 7-yard line Palmer rum
bled the ball on the next play. plunged
forward and recaptured ii, and then roll
ing twice over scored the only touchdown
OF the game Parisette kicked the goal.
Quinn worked hard toward the end OF
the period He carried the bail 10 WITHIN
fifteen yards OF the Manual goal line on
a thirtv-yard run around the lett END.
Then he bungled things by poorly timing
three forward passes in succession, al VI
which were incompleted, and Commerce
had TO forfeit the ball to Manual When
the EATERS goal was being threatened.
Gonnrrce was desperately forcing
Manual back az the first half ended anu
II brought the first penalty OF the game as
Manual was put back fifteen yards 10,
hoIding on the line. Parisette puhteu
whenever he had the chance, only 10 nave
the redoubtable Quinn run the ball INTO
Manuals territory again IL was OF
Manuals 40-yard line when the nan
ended. .,,