New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-19
SUPERIOR PLAYING
Wins FOR CLINTON
Weight and Drawn Coun.
Against PIucky Eleven from
Stuyvesant High.
LMORECL0SELYW WATCHED
Despite Vigilance of Dutch.
men" He Skips Over Line
for a Touchdown
Early in Game.

The football team of De Witt Clinton
swept the plucky little Stuyvesant High
School eleven down the field and won by
a score Of 10 to o In one-sided game at
Manhattan Field yesterday. Clinton, with
a team that was fully fifteen pounds
heavier to the man from tackle to tackle.
played line bucking game from start to
finish. and was victorious more because
of superior Drawn and might than any
dazzling display Of latter day football.
Clinton. Just as long as the quarterback
stuck to straight football, displayed a
strong. cohesive attack. The linemen.
tearing In low. ripped gaping holes in tho
Stuyvesant line. through which the swift
starting backs plunged for good gains.
Snow. Huston and Heinsohr found open
ings for thrusts that carried the ball stead
fly down the field Gilmore. too, was q
power on the attack, and his plunging In
the tackle around play called forth the
applause Of the crowd.
Gilmore was closely watched by the
Stuyvesant team-too closely watched, in
fact. Three men were detailed TO stop
him, and while they followed their In
structlons implicitly. the Clinton backs cut
up high links with the ball For all the
vigilance Of Stuyvesant, Gilmore scored
the first touchdown for his team. break
ing through from the S-yard line ana
diving. over the line with three tacklers
hanging to his uniform.
The forward pass was attempted IRE
ouently. with negligible results. Stuyve-
SAINT tried four, and one Of these, from
| shucks to Hogan. was successful. Ten
NhA
made Ave forward passes, which were
| broken up.
Clinton gained fully i've times az much
ground as Stuyvesant, but bad general"
| ship cost a couple of chances to score.
| Heinsohn, instead OF hitting a line thAe
crumbled and split before the plunses OF
his backs, insisted upon trying the FOR.
ward pass, which was readily diagnosed
by the "Dutchmen's' secondary detencs
and broken UP.
The game was marred to Some extent
by the many penalties imposed by the
officials. Stuyvesant suffered more than
Clinton. Four infractions Of the rules
cost them Is yards, while Clinton was
twice caught holding and twice more on
side for 10 yards. After each penalty
the captains and tho teams In general
were disposed TO discuss the matter pro
and con with the officials and at great
length.
Clinton scored a few seconds before ths
end of the first quarter. Heinsohn broka
out for the only sensational run OF the
game-a dash through broken field from
kick formation-which netted yards BE-
fore he was buried under a pile OF tacklers
on Stuyvesants 12-yard line. A hne
plunge gained four yards, with Huston
carrying the ball, and then Gilmore
charged around and carried the ball over
the line. The goal was missed by Gruno"'
Clinton's second score was gift. stuy~
yesant tried to punt on It's own l0-yard line.
but by some means McGuinness, the quar-.
terback, got right In the way OF Schucks
and blocked the kick. Christian fell on
the ball for Clinton. Three line plunges
failed to bulge the Stuyvesant line, but
Powers, substituted for Snow. entered ths
game and carried the ball over on taexls
skin. Again the goal was missed
| In the fourth period Stuyvessnt had inc
ball on It's own 1oyard line. when. on tho
fourth down. the crafty McGuinness tried
forward pass, which was broken up
and Clinton took the bail After coupls
OF plays Gilmore went around on plunge
and carried the ball over. When tackled.
however, he fumbled and the ball skiddeo
across tho field, and Fred Moore fell on ~
| for the touchdown