New-York tribune., 1913-11-01
DEARTH OF SCHOOLBOY
FOOTBALL CONTESTS
Seven Teams Welcome Rest To-
day, Awaiting the Big Games
on Tuesday.
ERASMUS TO TAKE FIELD
Manual Resents Opponents
Playing on Date So Near
Their Annual Grid
iron Battle.

with seven OF tHe DIE elSnt IN
scholastic football circles resting on their
arms before the championship battles to
be waged on Tuesday, the appetites of
the youthful enthusiasts will 20 unap-
peased to-day The teams Of the High
School of Commerce, Morris, De Witt
Clinton, Commercial, Poly Prep, Boys
High and Manual Training will enjoy
dav of rest. and refreshed thereby will be
in condition to plunge into the Election
Day games with redoubled yiSor. Inc
boys will have few opportunities for on
days during the remainder of the season.
for the important games will follow close
upon each other until the season closes on
Thanksgiving Day.
Three games will be played in Brooklyn
this afternoon. First in importance VIII
be the clash between Erasmus Han anu
st. Johns Prep at Hawthorne f1elo' III
Flatbush at 2:30 o'clock. The action OF
Erasmus in booking this game upon the
eve of their contest with Manual training
has caused not a little comment and some
discomfort.
especially put about by 1t. They point
out that the game between Erasmus anu
Manual has always been regarded as one
of the most important of the schoiastic
season, and that the Buff and Blue play
ers are likel yto be used up to such an
extent in to-day's battle that they VIII
not be i'm condition 10 put forth their pest
efforts on Election Day.
Rudie Gorsch, coach Of Erasmus as
sured everybody that his charges "oulu
be in perfect trim for the game win
Manual. He declared that he INTENDED 10
use his second string men for the greater
mart of the struggle. and that the reSu-
lars would be In only long enough TO
work the kinks out OF their hlus'ies'
There are not a few critics, and keeu
Judges, too, who predict stormy tiihes io'
the Flatbush avenue team. ST JohH >
averages we'll over l6O pounds. and Is tas'
and aggressive. Playing her fun strehsIh
Erasmus would have the advantage o.
only one pound to the man
Full Of confidence the eleven OF Adellhl
Academy left for Princeton TINS morning
TO meet the powerful team Oh princeton.
prep. Adelphia is represented by one ol
the smoothest teams Of the last SeNeI%i
wears. and under the careful guidance OF
steve McClave has mastered the inner
points of the game. Although princeton
Prep is a strong favorite the AdeIph! De-
lieve they will win.
Curtis High School, which loaped INTO
prominence by its decisive victory over
Morris High on Tuesday, will take the
field against Flushing High School AT
Curtis Field, and anticipates little trouoie
i'm winning The Staten Island school mas
a hard fighting, plucky team, and IN odo
Keppler, the fullback, and Engleorecht
the quarterback, boasts a pair OF stars
Brooklyn Prep will furnish opposition for
Bav High School at West End oval
while the reserve team of St Francis
College will meet Ri1sswJod High School
at Ridgewood Horace Mann will make
the trip to Garden City l.. l., there to
meet St Pauls School.
Whatever the result of the clash with
ST. Johns Prep to day, Erasmus Han
High School may be depended upon 10
give Manual Training High School a BIT
ter fight from start to finish upon Elec-
ton Day. Rudie Gorsch has lad his boys
in several scrimmages against the var
sity eleven OF stevens Institute where
they have done some remarkable playing.
Olson, Marshall and Webb ripped
through the Hoboken team Cor onsistent
aims. On the defense, although out
weighted many pounds TO the man, Eras-
mus did almost equally well.
Ty Halstead. the Erasmus captain and
fullback, will not play against St Johns
to-day. lie strained his ankle slightly in
the game against Commercial on Tues
"ay, but will lead his team out TO battle
against Manual Training on Election
Lay.
Two OF the best scholastic tackles will
be seen in action on Election Day. Gil
more. the captain and right tackle OF
Clinton. will be put TO his best 10 out
shine Tub" Anderson. of Commercial.
Both these future Shevlns have had mat
ters pretty much their own way thus far,
and while neither is willing to talk much.
each declares that he will show his op-
,ponent a few of the finer points of play
ing the tackle position. Commercial is
working hard on a defence to stop Gil
more's plunges on the tackle around
play.
Caspar Hagemeyer, the Commerce cap
tain, will be reckoned with when the all
scholastic teams are chosen This youth
ful giant has been playing "A remarkable
game all season. quite as effective on the
attack as on defence.
Schuck, fullback, and La Monica, tackle,
on the Stuyvesant High School eleven,
bid fair To make name for themselves
before the season ends the last of this
month Both are powerful on the de-
fence.
The greatest weakness with which Stuy-
vesant has 10 contend is the quarterback
position. McGunues is a plucky player
and hard fighter, but he is inclined to
become a bit fiighty in the heat of action.
Siebern, the tackle Oh the Commerce
Cubs, objects TO the line printed in this
column Yesterday. He was accused OF
running thirty yards toward his own goal
after blocking punt, when In reality he
ran at least nifty. He wants all the credit
due him.
Tile TIDE