New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-05
Manual Training Springs
Surprise in Defeating
Erasmus Hall.
POLY PREP. ALSO SCORES
Beats Boys High by Scoring
Two Touchdowns in One
Game of Double Header
at Ebbets Field.

plan long advocated by Inc IIioul'e "
numbering the players at Ebbcts F1eid'
Yesterday where, in an interesting
double header, Manual Training High
School sprang one of the surprises OF
the season in defeating the heavier
eleven of Erasmus Hall, by score or
u to 0. and Poly Prep smashed their
way to victory over Boys High School
by score Of 10 to 0.
Every player on both teams was num-
bered. and the spectators k1 ew who
carried the bali in every rush, who were
making the sensational dashes. ziGzag-
ging through the broken fields-and in
the course Of the afternoon there were
half "A dozen or more-and the players,
who stood IN the breach with tackles
that saved the goal line from being
crossed The substitutes. too. were
easily recognized from the stand by
the same means.
II was the fifteenth formal orening OF
Ehbets Field. but the first in honor OF
football. Charles II. Ebbets. however
is by no means stumped and declares
that. if possible, he will have formal
opening in honor of ice skating. la
crosse and any other sports which may
come along
TO all but the most loyal supporters
Of the Manual Training eleven. the de-
feat of Erasmus Hall came as a holt
from the blue With the ADVANTAGE
of almost ten pounds on their rivals.
and boasting an attack which has swept
opposition TO one side in the early
games Erasmus ruled a strong favorite.
In the minds Of many il was only a
question Of score. but the prophets
reckcned without their host. Manual
had the better conditioned team, and
played its strongest game in the last
period of the game. when Erasmus was
literally swept down the field in an at
tack that could not be stopped.
Late in the third period a damaging
penalty inflicted upon Erasmus Hall for
holding In the line gave Manual
chance TO strike 4 decisive blow. and
the Blue and Gold team made the most
of the opportunity. Parisette. the big
Manual guard, tried a drop kick from
the 40-yard line, which Jimmy Olson
caught and ran back eighteen yards be-
fore he was hurled to earth. On the
next play. however. Al Farrier detected
holding in the line and Erasmus lost
fifteen precious yards. Standing on his
own 5-yard line. Olson kicked to his
35-yard line, where the Manual runner
was downed in his tricks. Manual tried
the line for couple of short gains. and
the third period ended with the ball
on Erasmus's 22-yard line.
When play was resumed Parisette,
on a kick formation, whipped forward
pass to Lasen for a gain of fourteen
yards and a first down. Dingwall rammed
into the line for five yards, and on TIE
next charge ploughed his way through
the centre for a touchdown.
That score was followed quickly by the
second Erasmus Hall lined up TO receive
the ball from the kickoff, but their for
wards played back fully twenty-five yards
and Parisette booted the ball about ten
yards to the side and one of his forwards
swooped down and fell on it. Dave Fultz
measured the distance before allowing the
play, but everything was legal and II
was Manuals ball on the forty-fve-yard
line.
Boenau Makes a Touchdown.
That sudden turn threw Erasmus into
a panic and Manual tore along, playing
the ADVANTAGE for all it was worth. After
a series of plays Manual Training worked
the ball down to the ten-yard line. from
which point Karl Boenau rounded the
end on an old-fashiOned criss-crOss play
and scored He touched the ball down
far over near the side lines and the punt
out went astray, so no goal was at
tempted.
Far in the ruck, Erasmus made bold
brace in the closing minutes Of the game.
Led in a furious. desperate attack by
Jimmy Olson, the buff and blue tore
down the field in an inspiring march and
wiped out the lines in wonderful style
Ii was too much TO expect. Those tired
boys soon spent their energy and Manual
stopped them short when danger threat
ened.
1t was a great fight, in which the team
best for the day at any rate won. In
the first half Erasmus fairly outplayed
the Seventh avenue lads and made three
first downs on rushing TO one.
Thrills there were without number, and
the cheering sections of all the schools
found plenty TO cut loose and yell over
Feuersten, the substitute quarterback
for Manual Training. had the crowd by
it's ears with his runs down the field
through the opposing team. Twice he
broke loose with 40-yard dashes, and
once on a sweeping end run, passed every
Erasmus tackler except Jimmy Olson
who sent him crashing to the earth on
the l5-yard line. No score resulted from
this thrilling run, for the Erasmus Hall
defence stiffened and took the ball on
downs.
Jimmy Olson, the Erasmus quarterback
reeled off some good runs, but not OF
such distance DIS his rival field general
Aside from the fact that he persisted IN
the use OF the forward pass when he
saw that il could not be worked, he
PLAYED good game.
The crowd might we'll have graced
Poughkeepsie regatta or Yale-Harvard
1oo,ball game. The west side of the
grandstand was filled to capacity. both
upper and lower tier Each school was
allotted a certain number of seats Tor a
cheering section and the red and black
OF Boys High and the blue and gray OF
Poly Pdep mingled in gorgeous burst OF
color with the buff and blue OF Erasmus
Hall and the gold and blue OF Manual
Training.
The lineup follows:
Manual n1 Position. Erasmus (0.
Alderman ............L. E................ Quick
NcGarry ..............L. T..........Hal Halstead
ITt,scbinr ..........L l.. G................. Ellis
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