New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-28
schoolboys Close Season Before
Crowd of $4,000 Persons at
the Polo Grounds.
SCORE READS 26 TO 3
WHEN STRUGGLE ENDS
Omen Play Abounds, Two Touch
downs Being Made by Use
of Forward Pass.

1T heights. crushed the eleven Of De
S,.t, Clinton and sent it hurting TO de
tsst at the Polo Grounds yesterday after
CON by a score Of IS to 3.
Twenty-fve thousand spectators turned
80, 70 applaud one Of the most brilliant
settles of the scholastic season. OF runs
ing attack there was little, as open plays
ahoupded De Witt Clinton, Wanting the
s,usr of its backfeld and superior weight
:, &c forwards, made one first down by
,rsb,ng in the course Of the game. Com
rsroe drilled through for four first downs
On straight rushing.
with a defence that would not be bat
,.,sd down. the game resolved itself into
a struggle Of later day football, and there
ri sisskind's boys showed in brilliant col
o-s their greater knowledge Of the newer
came Forward passes, split plays, crIss
o-osses and delayed passes were sprung
nv the Commerce team without enc.
rn,rtv masses across the line Of scrim-
,,oee were tried by the Commerce team,
end Of these twelve were caught for gains
NJ varying distances.
TWO of the Commerce touchdOwns were
the result Of passes over the line. Russell
Clamp made the second by catching a
throw from Gene Quinn right out of the
grasp Of the Clinton secondary defence
inst before the second period ended. In
The closing moments of the battle Harry
Foster made one-handed catch of pass
from Gunther and scored the last touch
down Of the game.
oh n and
seized it, The game was not five minutes
old before two damaging fumbles gave
Clinton the ball on Commences 10-yard
line. The Clinton stands went crazy with
eee. for surely that Commerce line would
not hold. Cowboy" Huston dashed into
the line only TO be tossed for loss and
q similar fate was met by Captain Gill
more on two tackle plunges. The result
was a total loss of four yards.
Chef Thomas then dropped back TO
the a-yard line, and while his forwards
held Ike the Rock of Gibraltar he sent
the leather spinning over the bar for the
first score.
In a mad frenzy the Clinton rooters
sang their song, That's how well beat
YOU" and dreamed of victory.
That score. however. was what Com
MERGE needed TO lash it into fighting
rage. After a series of plays. in which
forward passes were most prominent
Commerce forced the ball down until a
penalty for holding I'm the line checked
The advance. Quinn punted TO Thomas.
and. finding the Blue line too strong,
Grunow dropped back TO punt. With the
pass De Boer shot through the line and
blocked tho kick. He Immediately
dropped Grunow. and Hooper recovered
the ball on the 3O-yard line.
A forward pass, Quinn to Hagemeyer'
gained five yards, and two criss-crosses,
with Clapp and Parkington carrying the
ball. gained twenty more in two rushes.
The period ended with the ball on Gin
tons 2-yard line.
With the start Of the second quarter
Gunther rammed through between Cru
now and Christgau for a touchdown.
Shortly after the next kickoff Gene
Quinn made a 40-yard run TO ClintonS
D-yard line, but after two more thrusts
had gained a few yards holding was de-
teen yards The ball went TO Clinton, and
GrunOw tried another punt. This time
Hooper blocked It. and Russell Clapp fell
on the ball After a series Of plays
Commerce worked the ball down 20 the
Seyard line and Clapp scored on a for
ward pass over the line from Gunther.
Clinton came out Tor the second half
defarrofuaH 70 min IN r11Ch
Bravely they hurled themselves into the
battle, but the rush was met at every
point by the blue clad lads, to whom this
one game meant the whole season. With
kaleidoscope changes the ball travelled
UP and down the field. rush, pass. or
long twisting punt transporting IT,.
Finally, late in the third period. Com
merce gained the ball on Clintons $5-
yard line Gunther called for a crisis
cross, and Quinn, taking the ball from
Frank Parkington. ran through the whole
Clinton team for touchdown. He hurled
Of four tacklers on the way. Three
minutes before play ended Harry Foster
went in al end for Hooper and, catching
pass from Gunther, scored the last
touchdown Quinn kicked the goal.
There was a marked contrast in the
attack OF each team. As was suggested
IN The Tribune yesterday morning. the
game was a battle Of new and old foot
ball Clinton stuck 20 the old game Of
line buck, end run and kick. once in
While Gene Gilmore was sent around,
out usually he was smeared easily by
Montgomery, who followed the play from
behind
The mighty Tiger" De Boer, was a
most in himself, and he seemed TO be all
over the field. Although handicapped by
strained ankle, he easily had the better
VI his duel with Stanton. Captain Hage-
meyer and Billy Montgomery. the Com
merce tackles, played the game Of their
"Ves Both hit the Clinton attack and
stopped it short. while Montgomery's
work In receiving forward passes was
"'tie short Of marvellous. Three times in
succession he caught throws from Gun
Ner and Quinn for a gain Of thirty-fve
.Sips' The entire team played far bet
er game than in any of the previous
struggles.
req Moore and Grunow stood out above
N'eu fellows on the Clinton team. Moore
especially did heroic work, but he could
V' nope to turn the tide by his own eff
'S Grunows kicking was good, al
~Ousn he failed 10 outpUnt Quinn by any
Sppreciable distance.
<sihh was power for Commerce. lie
aae half dozen sensational runs in the
course Of the game. varying in distance