New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Breaks of the Game Aid
Victors in Capturing
Close Contest.
RESULT HINGES ON
INTERCEPTED PASS
Morris Loses Chance To Tie the
Score by Missing Goal
After Touchdown.


defeating tho football eleven OF Morris
High School nj tho Polo Grounds ya..
terdsy In the presence Of some si1
thousand wild eyed schoolboys che
High School Of Commerce defeated tn
boys from The Bronx, but NOT even th-
most partisan enthusiast could ssy ,ha,
the better team had como OF victor.
ous. The score was : to O.
Schneider did II. The furious little
left end of the Commerce eleven inter
cepted a forward pass on bis ovr
twcnty-yard line after Hys minutes o.
play in the third period. and literall.
running away from bis freuzied puf-
sucfs IN maroon and white. sped eighty
yards for touchdown Then Galligan
did his part .n making the day memo
rable for the Commerce team bv neat,
kicking the goal from touchdown. -
ended the scoring operations for tfe
Orange and Blue They had two oth.r
chances. once in the irst quarter. vten
Gsiligan missed try at goal from tn,
thirty-yard line after fair catch. ani
once late In ihc last quarter. when nI
try at drop kick carried wide
II was late in the fourth quarter so
late that the hopes OF Morris had a.
most sunk behind the clouds OF despair
that their touchdown was made. Il
wig. that wonderful hafback. crashed
around Of right tackle and placed The
ball over the last chalk line. Some
protest WAS made over the score on the
grounds that Morris did not have seven
men on the line Of scrmmaRc Tho
officials decided. however. that the
score was legi'imatelv made. a. it u.s..
Try for Goal Missed.
While the south stand became away
ing mass OF red and white. CsptsH
Tom Mauiey made his try az goal IA,
game hung on the accuracy OF his toe
From a forlorn hope Morris became p
factor again. But postiny presided
over the game. Morris mas never beat
on Commerce. and has tied toe schoo.
only once. Manloy took plenty OF time
in pointing the ball. but his Kick went
wide by inches. The Orange and Blue
was saved.
Not again was Commerce Boo din,
distress. although throughout tie rnaI
period the players wcro forced g. hgi.
the battle of iheir lives 90 stavy of
defeat I'm fact Just before the hrr
whistle blew. the wonderful Ervl-
broke loose. but With clear field l.
front OF him. was brought TO osttN
by Captain Clapps savage tackle.
There was no question insthc minGs
Of the many who saw the game thar
Morris played stronger game. Time
and again they ripped through th'
middle OF tho Commerce line and
-lashcd through on bucks of tackle
Tor first downs. Three times they has
chances 20 score. but an intercepted
forward pass and two Thcrmopolean
stands on the fye-yard lines saved th,
day for Commerce.
Errig aud Coietti strucS terror to
the Commerce team The former made
many gains by turning the hanks whilD
the latter drilled through the centre
Of the line. Nothing, IL seemed, eouit
stop them on their marches 20 thy
goal But Commerce fought ~ Con-
merce teams always fight, and kept iu
gcal line unorosaed until late IN ths
game
Gslligan's Punting Helps.
Buck" Galllgsn and his might,
right foot we're n factor IN the game.
His Duntine was a classic. With
Judgment that was more than remark
able. he kept driving his punts deep
into the NGris territory and outside.
80 that there was no running them
back. Not once, but half dozen
tines. did he do this. On The sttaos.
too. "Buck" WAS lion. His running
from kick formation was fast ano
hard. In the drst period he mad"
three first downs alone. Russel Clapl.
too. played a. q captain should PLAY
His tackling was forocious, his running
with the ball and interference were oil
that could be asked even OF him.
Hal Wittner, gsmest Of the game, rau
his eleven with keen. clear judgment IL
was hurt, badly hurt in ,he first hal.
and had 20 be taken from the game
He refused 20 stay on the side lines u
the second half, snd plunged into th,
tight more ticrcely than ever. Not
l.ttle Of the credit FOR Commerce's vic
cory goes % him. But SPEEDY
Schneider was the boy who played ths
zane. Not only did he score the touch
down for Commerce, but he was bar
rier on the defence and made more
tackles, perhaps, than any other player
in the game.
Morris Loses a Chance.
Morris had glowing chance 10 score
IN the frat half Right at the end =
forward pass, Manley to Weinheimef.
gained seventeen yards, and then
We.nheimer made twenty yards more
on an end around play. The ball wa
on Commerce's 20-yard line, but then.
ns uu many IN other occasion, the Blue
re held Ike rOcN. On the fourth
down. Eryig 'ried a goal from place
mem, Out failed.
Morris plunged OYER the line Cor the
score 3s a result OF partially blocked
kick. After Commerce had repelled al
st,ack OF their eight-yard line and
taken The ball on downs. Galligan Wa
ordered % kick. A host Of red for
wards broke through, however. and one
OF them nit the ball just as Il wa
licked. The ball shot up in the aii
and fell on the 2o-yard line. A Morris
man recovered IL. Erwig then banged
into the line for five YARDS. and Brauf
added three more. coletti got three
yards, and IL was on the 9-yard line
with first down.
Man!ey bucked thfoUgn the line for
three yards, bat Weinheimer was
ditched on an end around play. Colett
got yard through centre, and on =
shift play Erwig ripped through tackle
Tor IL touchdown.
II wa. ir "a measure, Dick" Rudolph
Day. The hero pitcher OF the Boston
making. Then a Morris fob was forced
upon him. and while all hands eheerso
he led the way TO the centre Of The
gridiron and teed up the ball for tn
opening kickoff.
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