New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-07
Commerce Gets Three Men
on Team-ErasmuS, Gin
ton, Poly Prep, Two.
MANY QUARTERBACKS
OF HIGHEST CALIBRE
Du Tremblay Heads the List
Russell Clapp in a Class by Him
self as Brilliant Fullback.

The selection of an All-Scholastic foot
ball team is difficult this year. Not alone
is there a wealth of material to choose
from, but the fortunes of the teams
varied as the season advanced and some
elevens which Coasted along on the crest
Of wave of success in the early weeks
Of the campaign plunged into the trough
Of defeat in the closing games. So with
the players. too. Many there were who.
rounding into condition with a rush.
started the season with a flourish of
trumpets, only to fall off in their work
and sink into the abyss of mediocrity.
BY and large, however, those players who
are mentioned in the honor roll played
hard consistent football throughout the
season.
Heretofore The Tribune has not in
oluded in its scholastic honor team Poly
Prep and other private institutions. This
season, however, Poly played three games
with local high schools and had a game
scheduled with the High School OF Com
merce, which was cancelled by Com
merce, and II is felt that the Brooklyn
bows have fairly won recognition. Adelphi
Academy is not included, for il met only
Boys High and Erasmus Hall There
we're several good men on the Adelphi
eleven who would undoubtedly win places
on the team were 1t felt they really de
served rating. Notable among these
were Leyser the dashing end: the Afford
brothers, Ibbotson, Mckenzie and JAG
ouillard.
With only eleven places to fill on the
first team. there are many boys left off,
although they played football which if
they follow the sport will one day win
them places on some college elevens. The
lads selected for The Tribunes team
have been chosen on their all round
ability. as shown throughout the season.
and more especially in the closing and
important games. In the opinion of the
writer, the boys named could be welded
into powerful eleven.
Commerce Has Three Stars.
The An-Scholastic team of The Tribune
is as follows Ends, Fitzpatrick. De Witt
Clinton; Castellanos. Erasmus Hall.
Tackles Montgomery, High School OF
Commerce; Bronder. Poly Prep. Guards
-Panssette. Manual Training; Frederick
Moore De Witt Clinton. Centre-De
Boer, High School OF Commerce. Quar-
terback-Du Tremblay, Poly Prep. Half
backs-Hogan. Stuyvesant; Olson, Eras-
mus Hall High. Fullback-Clapp. High
School of Commerce.
The High School OF Commerce has
three men on the team. Erasmus Hall,
De Witt Clinton and Poly Prep have two
NH IL. nd Trai
ing have one each.
The TANKS OF the various teams were
guarded by a set OF keen. sturdy lads,
feet Of foot and deadly In their tackling.
Among those who stood out in bold re-
lief were: Castelanos, Erasmus Hall;
Fitzpatrick. De Witt Clinton; Boenau.
Manual Training: Gulick, Erasmus Hail.
Newman, Boys High: Quinn, Poly Prep;
Alderman, Manual Training Viviano,
Erasmus Hall; Hooper, of Commerce;
Graeb, OF Morris; Kern, Of Stuyvesant:
Snyder. Of Commerce. and Abbey, Of
Stuyvesant.
OF this galaxy OF star performers Cas-
telanos and Fitzpatrick deserve first
place. Castellanos was especially good
and not alone is a first class end, but a
capable backfeld man and an excellent
tackle He played in all three positions.
and the variety Of work equipped him
especially for playing end. With great
natural strength and unquestioned cour-
age he was a barrier on the defence. He
had to the last letter the art Of making
a lunging tackle that bordered closely
upon the prescribed dive, yet which was
In the pale Of the rules. He was mas
ter at catching the forward passes. and
once clear, it required more than one man
10 pull him down. He was fast in COW
erng punts, was keen in diagnosing plays
and ranged about the field. stopping line
plunges and end runs with almost equal
ease.