New-York tribune., 1913-11-18
By Midweek Coaches viii
Be Driving Teams in
Final Practice.
THANKSGIVING DAY
GAMES THE GOAL
Adelphi and Erasmus and Morris
and Stuyvesant to Clash on
Gridiron SATURDAY..

Easy times are in store for the scho.
lastic football players during the mex,
few days. The lull, however. is only
that which precedes the storm, for nv
Thursday 1t the latest the SQUADS will
be out driving their hardest to grind of
tho rough edges prior to the importan,
games on Thanksgiving Day. The war
rors rested all day yesterday after the
hard games on Saturday.
Adelphi Academy and Erasmus Hall
will fight their annual duel on the chalk
lined field Hawthorne Field. IN Brook.
lyn, next saturday, and merry battle
is sure 10 be waged. Erasmus has been
defeated twice this season, once by New
York Military Academy and once by
Manual Training. Adelphi bowed the
knee to Princeton Prep only and Is
favorite in the coming battle. In this
season Of surprises, however nothing Is
certain. One thing is assured: Erasmus
Hall will fight while man is left stand.
ing.
The only game in Manhattan on Sat.
urday will be between Stuyvesant and
Morris, at Manhattan Field. Although
both have been eliminated from the
ranks Of championship contenders, the
teams are about evenly matched and
are playing their best football at the
present time. Morris sprang into prom.
inence by fits unexpected victory over
Dc witt Clinton, which apparently was
booking along a clear path TO the cham.
pionship Of greater New York.
The coaches Of all teams are pointing
their charges toward the struggle on
Thanksgiving Day. On that day tire
High School of Commerce will play De
Witt Clinton at the Polo Grounds. Man.
ual Training High School will meet
Bows High School and Erasmus Hall
will meet Poly Prep at Ebbets Field.
bringing the scholastic football season
to a close in a blaze of glory.
Already the keenest interest is being
shown. and applications for tickets are
being received. 1t is expected that. with
clear weather aiding. $4,000 spectators
will witness the game between Clinton
and Commerce at Brush Stadium.
The defeat of the High School Of Com.
merce team in the game with Manual
Training on Saturday afternoon was not
without its bright side. The team as 2
whole showed lot more drive TO It's
work than was expected. Captain llags.
meyer was a power in the line and
stopped many play before IL had time
TO get well under headway, and De Boer
demonstrated once more that he Is with
out equal as a scholastic centre.
The task which confronts the Com
merce coaches is to drill little more
judgment INTO the quarterbacks Meth
er Gunther nor Wittner showed TO good
advantage in the tight places. Russel
Clapp is the only high grade backfeld
man Commerce has. He is absolutely
without fear. and when carrying the
ball never stops until buried under three
or four tacklers.
McGarry. the Manual tackle is doing
his fair share OF work IN every game
and is generally on hand 10 help any
other member who IS having his tro1-
biles. He was barrier In the contest
with Commerce.
Fit. the Clinton line man. who IS
playing guard while Fred Moore is fill
ing Gilmore's position. shows high
promise He is aggressive and a savage
tackler.
Not little interest centres about the
game between the De Witt Clinton sec
ond team and the High School Of Com
merce cubs. which will he played on
morning at Manhattan Fled
There is as much rivalry between these
husky junior elevens as the first teams
The cubs have lost two games tnls sea
son. but are more than confident OF their
ability TO defeat the Clinton youngsters
There will be a rare battle for inoi'
vidual supremacy when Rcd Hogan
the Stuyvesant halfback. and Erwig, tne
backfield star OF Morris, oppose escn
other on Saturday