Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-05

backward in shouting their praises of
his work. Downing, of Stevens Prep
of Hoboken, is another good tackle,
while Ketterer, of Trenton, runs him
a close second. Downing is, without
doubt, one of the best tackles in
Northern New Jersey. His playing
in the New Jersey Interscholastic
Athletic Association was q sensation.
To use a stock phrase, Downing was
a tower of strength" and the rival
schoolboy quarterbacks, as q rule,
exercised keen judgment in directing
their plays elsewhere on the Hoboken
teams forward line.
Brooks Gets Place.
To leave Alfred Brooks, of Railway
High School, off an "all-schoiastic"
team would be out of order. Brooks
has played halfback this season, but
the year before he was at end, and if
Coach Short had a quantity of back
field players he would have shifted
Brooks to one of the wings, a place
he Is familiar with Brooks knows
the game of football and knows it
well. He would make a good running
mate with Ray Hunter, of Lawrence
Vile. The latter Is not q stranger
in this city, although his home Is in
Brooklyn. Hunter is given preference
over Neuhouse, another Lawrenceville
star. Against Pennington, Hunter
probably displayed his best work, al
though the Barringer players were
loud in their praises for the blond
haired youngster after the Newark
ers went down to defeat at Lawrence
vile earlier in the season. On the
second team with Neuhouse is placed
n
player on the defense and good
youngster in handling forward passes.
Francke, of East Orange; Hummell,
of Barringer. and Durago, who has
been elected captain of the 1915 At
lantic City High School eleven, were
all good on the flank positions.
Many BackHeld Stars.
Picking a backfield was no easy
game. Craig, of Atlantic City;
Franzheim and Rubsamen. of Law
renceville, were finally selected, but
Arthur Armstrong, of Railway;
Gulick, of Blair Academy, and
Whitehill, of Rutherford, would look
pretty good as f1rst-team men. Then
there is Garrett and Captain Steg-
man, of Peddie; Day, of Stevens;
will; Wendell, of Morristown; Sperry,
of Kingsley; Gabriel, of Wilmington;
Pear, of Asbury Park, and host of
others who would look pretty sweet
in ''big league" company. Craig, Of
Atlantic City, was the big fellow this
year when it came to throwing the
ball on forward passes. He was ac-
curate, and besides being able to
handle the leather with extreme care
and caution, he could carry 1t for
long runs as good as the rest OF
them. AS a line plunger Rubsamen,
of Lawrenceville, was hard boy to
handle. The latter has played on
three State championship teams at
Lawrenceville and is well adapted for
tho position. Franzheim, another
Lawrenceville boy, was real sem
sation, and Gulick, OF Blair, was also
in the limelight. Gulick played in
1918 with Princeton Prep, where he
was star in the backfield. He went
to Blair this year and was the big
boy on the team of that school.
Murphy Quarterback.
Charles Murphy, son Of the late
Mike Murphy. the one-time Penn
trainer, put up great game for
Peddie Institute this season as a
quarterback. His drop kicking fea-
tured the work of the team and ne
is probably due to be heard from
later on in this line of football AS
a field general his judgment was good
and he could run back punts like the
college stars. Fay Rossell, of Rah-
way High School, is placed on the
second team, although the Union
county boy would look almost as good
with the first squad. Wallace, Of
Rutherford High School; Roper, of
East Orange High School, and Mealy,
of Trenton High School, all possessed
good qualities in directing plays.
Mealy especially was noted for his
work at quarterback playing and
seldom a game went by without he
did not contribute some kind of a
sensational play.
Funk Choice for Centre.
When it comes to playing centre,
CAPTAIN Funk, of Lawrenceville, has
the call. Funk's playing at the pivot
station has been of high order.
Either way, defense of offense, Funk
is right on hand. His passing and
drop kicking, too, has been of the
hest. and it Is doubtful If another
centre can be found in schoolboy
ranks who can handle himself better
than the Lawrenceville boy. Fits,
who represented Barringer High
School on the gridiron in 1918, has
been the sensation at Wenonah Mill
tary Academy this year at centre.
The sorrel-topped youngster, who was
brought out by Coach Broadhead. of
the local school, has developed into
a great player and gives promise of
making a record on the college fields.
i L. III.