New-York tribune., 1914-11-27
Captain Scores Touch
down That Beats Poly
Prep. Eleven.
ALL THE SCORING
IN FIRST QUARTER
Pendleton Averts a Shut-Out for
His Team by Clever Goal
from Field.

Every well conducted football game
has hero, and Captain Olson filled the
role yesterday, when Erasmus Hall
High School defeated Poly Prep at
Washington Park by score Of to B.
It was Olson who planted the ball be
hind the goal posts after a siXty-yard
swirl around right end. again ana
again it was Olson who sprinted,
lodged and fought his way ahead for
substantial gains, blt even hero must
give place when there's heroine IN
the case, and this time there were two.
II the spirit of a teams supporters
counts in the winning or losing OF a
game. and Percy Haughton says 1t does,
then the victory for Erasmus was won
nv Miss Nathalie Davis and Miss Ma
rion Russell. who led the cheers. lhey
ought really to be mentioned in the
other order, for Miss Davis did not get
on the cheering lines until late IN the
second period. Still, as she said: You
can't expect any one to be on time for
ANYTHING on Thanksgiving Day
There were three boy leaders, but
nobody paid any particular attention
10 them. Naturally Miss Davis di-
rected the singing, for she is the au-
thor of three of the songs of Erasmus.
Tho break in the game came IN the
intermission. Erasmus had the ad-
vantage for the first two quarters both
in the plaving and in the cheering, but
the rooters were beginning 10 crack
under the strain. That was where the
o,enius of Miss Davis and Miss Russel.
Game in. for they fed the tired cohorts
of Erasmus by hand with bonbons and
enthusiasm grew greater than, before.
THO rooters were not slow TO show the
Indebtedness of the school to its cheer
iaeders for when the boys paraded
after the game it was Miss Russell and
W;ss Davis who marched in the front
Bnt barring the cheer leaders Cap
tain Olson was easily the star OF the
dav. He was the only consistent ground
Polv Prep was the first TO score
tbrouch a drop kick b. Pendleton early
IN the first period. hut Erasmus TOOK
.ba load q little later, when Oi2or got
cloar for his long run. In the tnlrd
noriod Olson, standing on ms own ~
,,ord line. fum5led punt from Bron-
der and Hardenbrook picked up the
Lali and crossed the line Tor what
seemed to be a touchdown for Poly
Prep. ,o..or. -.as ,,ot
Of long duration, for +. r. Goate, ;he
Iead 1inesman, had detected a Poly
nIaver Lave offside, and he called the bal.
bork in spite Of the spirited protest
of ' Cantain Quinn Of Poly. Quinn took
tho decision with i'll grace, ana threw
he ball on the ground, ripped OF his
head guard and stamped up and down
70 show that he did not Ike the ruling
Of the official. a..
Erasmus had all the better of the
last quarter, and few minutes before
tho came ended several dashes by Ol-
SON and one by Tompkins carried the
hall 10 Poly's s-yard line. Two line
pIavs nut the oval on the l-yard line,
but there was no carrying 1t any far
tber. and Poly took the ball on downs.
The closing minutes OF the game
were devoted to punting match IN
which Bronder had the better Of SullI-
van.
A fumbled punt which Hardenbrooh
recovered on the l5-yard line of Eras-
mus. opened the way for the first score
of the game Two attempts at the line
Welded little, and then Pendleton, the