New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-21
COMMERCE PUTS In
LIVELY AFTERNOON
AGAINST FORDHAM
e;sskind Praises His Team and
Looks for Another Victory
Over Clinton Eleven.
sTUYVESANT IN THE RACE
On Say Students - Players to
Clash with Morris for Man.
haitian Football Honors.

citation on the Polo Grounds on Thanks
lying Day, put in a strenuous afternoon
s-actising against Fordham varsity on
ro-dban1 Field Yesterday. II was by far
~. most promising practice Of the year,
I'D at the end the players were all in
snod condition. Ed Sisskind. head coach.
s.c,.-ed that he was more than pleased
s,d said that he confidently expected the
nam TO defeat Clinton on Thanksgiving
Day
Driving into the Maroon team with an
attack that was as forceful as 1t was d.
,.rsAed. the Commerce players ripped
aoun the field. Gene Quinn, the half
hsck made one sensational run Of fifty
Sea wards through the whole Maroon
team. covered by superb interference.
vussen Clapp also reeled off a couple of
runs varying in distance from fifteen 10
forty Yards. while Frank Parklnton. the
tlIhack. tore through the line almost at
will.
From q Commerce standpoint II was
most gratifying, but Tom Thorpe ex-
nressed his opinion Of Fordham's playing
IN forceful terms. All sorts Of plays were
ATTEMPTED. and Gunther, running his
,sam with rare skill and cool generalship.
outguessed the college players for the
greater part OF the time.
The forward pass from a shift forma-
,ion was a good ground gamer and
Hooper, Gruninger and Harry Foster, the
ends. were unerring in making their
catches. Billy Montgomery also pulled
down couple for long gains.
The defence Of the Orange and Blue
team was tightly knit. Fordham gained
ground. but IL was not the easy process
SION down the field that marked the mid
season scrimmages Of the team. Ford
ham found in Tiger" De Boer barrier.
The big fellow, playing the loose centre,
crashed through 10 pile the plays up be-
hind the line.
Captain Hagemeyer was an able second
10 De Boer, and was in the thick of every
play The work Of Sparrow Tansill
was most encouraging. This youngster.
slightly built boy 10 play guard. is grit TO
the backbone and tackled like fiend.
suyvesant and Morris will meet on
Manhattan Field on Saturday afternoon,
and the winner will style itself champion
Of Manhattan and The Bronx. In this
column several days ago II was stated
that both Morris and Stuyvesant had been
eliminated from the ranks Of champion
ship contenders, but the student body or
both schools is inclined TO disagree.
In fact. Henry VI. Wresginsky, a Stuy-
yesant undergraduate. took occasion TO
write the following letter 10 the sporting
editor Of The Tribune:
Your column in The Tribune on scho-
lastic sports is widely read and appre-
ciated By the students Of Stuyvesant High
School because Of the snappiness and i'm
partial way in which the news is handled.
However. in to-day's column an item ap-
peared in which you stated that both
Stuyvesant and Morris had been elimi-
mated from the championship race.
The students Of Stuyvesant would like
you to know that you have been misin-
formed. The record of our team is better
than that OF any other New York high
school We have lost only one game-to
Clinton-and this was the third on our
schedule. Owing TO cancellations, over
which stuyvesant had no control, the
boys had not played in three solid weeks.
while the game between Stuyvesant
and Dickinson lasted we outplayed the
Jersey team in all departments Of the
sports Dickinson one week before had
nun riot over Clinton.
DE Witt Clinton, Commerce, Morris,
Manual. Erasmus, Poly Prep and Bay
Ridge have all lost two games.
in our game with Commerce we out
played them right up to the last two
minutes Of play. and it was only by
long forward pass that the bookkeepers
tied the score
III can easily be seen then that our
game on Saturday win have a decided
bearing on the championship.
HENRY WRESGINsKY.
Nov IS, 1873"
De Witt Clinton is tuning up for its
game with Commerce on Thanksgiving
Day, working strenuously on few new
plays, which are calculated TO gain
ground in long stretches. The Clinton
team will play Roselle High School, at
Roselle. n. j., tomorrow, and Is con-
fdent OF getting back into its winning
stride Commerce will meet the eleven
Of New York Military Academy, at Corn
wall.
Erasmus Hall INDUCED in the lightest
practice Of the season yesterday after
noon. The boys romped around the track,
fell on the ball. worked forward passes
and kicked the ball around for a while
until called off the field. The Buff and
Blue will face Adelphi Academy to-mor-
row, and expects 10 win.
II will be battle royal when Boys High
lines up against Commercial, at Com
mercial Field, on Saturday. Thus far Boys
mas scored the grand total Of no points
at all. while Commercial points proudly
to her aggregate score OF Is points in
half dozen games. Commercial will take
The field in a badly bruised condition, with
many new faces in the lineup.
The Clinton second team and the Com
merce Cubs wound UP their practice for
their game tomorrow morning. These
husky little fellows-some are not so lit
ue-will meet at Manhattan Field on Sat
utday morning at 10 o'clock. Some dis
satisfaction has been caused by the state
ment that Clinton would use the substi-
'ates Of the first team. but it is believed
mat this difficulty will be Strengthened
out before the whistle blows. Heretofore
hrst squad men have been declared in
eligible TO play in this game.
Football hopes at Clinton received a