New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08
Football ElevenS Number
Many Local Knights
of GriGirOn.
GOOD QUOTA DRAWN
FROM COMMERCE BOYS
Complete Team Of All-Round
Strength Might Be Picked OF
New York players.


schools on the gridiron few years
ago? What are they doing, and have
those who have entered college con-
tinueG their work.
With so many boys competing IN
sport. IL is Of more than passing diih-
Guilty 20 follow the careers OF all, but
some there are who have risen IN the
ranks o. the collegiate football players
until they have attained almost the
same degree Of prominence that they
won in high school. II may be SAID,
and with little fear OF contradiction
that the boys Of this city who are play
ing on college teams would form an
eleven which might well hold ITS own
with any team Of any other lndlNiduaI
city.
Navy. a former High School o. Com
merce man: Billy Tow. sub quarter
back on Amherst, and Dutch Weber.
tackle OF Colgate. also Commerce men;
men of the type Of Babe" White, the
giant guard now on Syracuse, who won
his letter al De Witt Clinton; Ike Tel
Ter, the dashing left end OF Dartmouth;
Charley Cumisky, sub" quarterback on
the same eleven. and Billy Moore.
princeton's speedy hslfback, all OF
Clinton: Eddie Kleinert, of Poly. Prep.
alternate fullbsck at Cornell; Eddie
briggs. fullback at Princeton, who once
wore the Gold and Brown Of Adelphl;
the Trenkm brothers. OF Princeton
who likewise are from Adelphi, and
host Of lesser lights.
y. y. L. Attracts Its Share.
New York University has drawn
fair share Of the best material OF the
local schools Waldman, the midget
end, who played at Commerce.; Hage-
never. also Of Commerce; kausch baum.
Sokolower. Of Morris. and Bernstein, OF
Curtis. are playing for the Violet eleV-
en-. Nike Charles, once Of Manual
Training, is s., Princeton. while lule'
now Of Fordham, formerly PLAYED at
Morris. Hal huggenwig, once OF Nor
is. is doing well at Brown these days.
These boys might well hold their own
with any o. the smaller college teams,
and would undoubtedly make more than
a little trouble for some Of the bigger
institutions TO be sure, there would
be the weak spots with such limited
supply from which TO draw, but there
are not many cities which arc repre-
scented BY a. many players IN the col
lege teams. =,
To go over the men individually,
the strength OF the team lmpreSses
one with greater force. ne back neIo
would be one Of power Imagine such
stars a. Hank Blodgett, the best, or
one Of the best, running backs New
York high school ever produced, now
one of the best punters in collegiate
ranks and master Of the forward pass;
Eddie briggs, the star punter OF
Princeton, and Billy Moore or Fred
Trenkman. his teammates playing side
BY side Picture that machine driven
b. a keen, clever general like Billy
Tow. Of Amherst, or Cumlskey, OF
Dartmouth.
Biodgett has developed into a really
great back this season. He is used
more than any other man on the Navy
team 20 hammer the line. His punts
have averaged close TO forty-five yards
thu far, we'll placed and OF the twist
ing, spiral variety that are difficult 70
handle. He throws the forward pass
with the same accuracy that dis-
mond star handles baseball, and is
q clever defensive player. He is left
halfback.
briggs. the fullback, is also a great
punter, and has shown 10 better ad-
vantage than "Buzz" Law, who shone
last year lie is line smasher OF the
type that gladdens the heart Of the
coaches and d sure tackler. Billy
Ioore is a speed merchant. A natural
Splinter, and a champion III his school
days, he can get up great burst of
speed and can circle the ends cleverly.
Fred Trenkman is a better man than
Moore because of his unusual ability
as a defensive player. Kleinert en-
bodies many OF the good qualities Of
ell these men, but he is inclined TO rely
on mis- bulk 20 too great an extent.
Line Not So Strong.
The line is not up to the high stand
ard set by the backfeld, but would
undoubtedly give any set Of forwards
fight 10 the last chalk line. The ends,
with Ike Teller, Of Dartmouth, who
was, perhaps, the greatest schoolboy
end ever developed in this city, and
Nike Charles. of Princeton, who is also
a clever backheld man, would be well
guarded. Teller is showing to better
advantage with every game. He can
tackle like d fiend and has the happy
knack of being able 70 evade interior
ance without being put out of play.
Charles, too, is clever. Waldman, Of
New York University, is q fair end, but
his lack Of size counts heavily against
him. He would DO as a relief man.
The tackles would be well taken care
Of. "Bibb" Wiener, who is performing
prodigies of football in the line of New
York University, could fill one posi-
ton, and Dutch" Weber, now Of Col
gate, might hold down the other.
These boys, one from Clinton, the
other from Commerce, are fighters
from the crown Of their heads TO the
soles Of their feet. They have a wide
range and show to good advantage in
every game they play. Hagemeyer, Of
New York University, might do as a
second string man 10 these two. Hug
genwig, Of Brown. is even better than
Hagemeyer, and would get the call
over the erstwhile Commerce captain.
Joe Brooks, of Colgate. who once
played for POLY Prep Is another
good tackle.
And what better pair of guards could
be asked than Babe" White, Of SYRIA
cuse, and Ed Trenkman, OF Princeton?
White has done some wonderful work
FOR the Salt City team this season. He
PLAYED against Michigan and also
against the Carlisle team, outshining
his men in both games. Well he might,
for he is 6 feet inches in height and
balances the scales at about 240
pounds. Trenkman, Of Princeton, is
not weakling himself. He weighs
1874 pounds, is 6 feet tall and tough as
a pine knot. There are few men in the
position who are much better than
these. IL one cared 20 travel few
miles from New York, Stanley Pen
mock, Of Harvard, who prepared at
Hadsley school, might De drafted.
The weak link IN the chain might
he the centre. This is said with all
respect 10 the wonderful fighting spir-
II and nerve force OF Maurice Rausch
-, ,be crack centre of New York