Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-11

llAs InOlnaS, OF lug as he va
known, played on the Exeter clever
with Eddie Hart. aud later becam
one of the famous Princeton linemen
Next came Alex, and after taking
quent to his course at Exeter, h
shifted and went to Yale. Last Jun,
Exeter sent the third of the Wilson's
Marion O., to college, and he FOLLOWED
In the footsteps of Tug to Princeton
where he played end on the 191
eleven. He was a candidate for en-,
on Tad Jones's eleven of 1913. Tht
youngest of the family, Kenneth o.
is nov in Exeter, and he is also q
football player, being on the squad
here this year as an end on the sec
ond and third elevens. He is also
going to Princeton
\ correspondent who admits he Is
the "Fairest of All Sports and Who
Knows 1t AL" disputes South Side
High schools claim 10 the champion
ship. He says, says he:
J. P. N:
| Would like 10 comment on South
/ Side Hlgh schools claim for the city
championship. In the hrst place, a
/ football team of real class Could not
! be found on south Sides schedule.
All the teams they played we're
: punk" except Barrlnger, and they
we're hardly fair. Now take Barrin-
ger. From the very first game to the
| last they played all classy teams, mad
the hardest schedule of any high
school team in the State. Lawrence
vile, Peddie, Railway, Rutherford,
Stevens. East Orange, MontcIalr,
Phillipsourg are all among the fore
most of the scholastic teams of the
State. Almost one-half of their games
involved long, tiresome trips. They
held Peddie to o, lost to Railway Is
to 6, with GARDENER. Barringers best
offensive back, in my opinion, and
Foster, regular quarter, both out Of
i the game with injuries. In their
places were two very green and in
experienced men; lost TO Rutherford
13 to s: lost to LaWrenceville 81 to D,
and lost to East Orange 3 to 0. But
they tied Stevens, and Barringer was
the only team which the champion
Stevens team could not beat in the
New Jersey Interscholastic League
They also tied with Montclair and
Phillipsburg. besides with South Side.
The question now arises, Whom did
Barringer beat? Well, the only teams
that Barringer was able to beat were
East Side and Central, two "punky'
teams. The reason, think, Barringer
suffered so many reverses during the
past season was due TO poor coach
ing Fine material, best equipment,
rotten coaching. Just about four
players knew how TO tackle decent.
Not even the captain could tackle
right. Then again how can team
win games by learning to play de-
fensive football? Barringer High
School would be better off if the
Lawrenceyille and Peddie games were
done away with, so that Barringer
would meet teams of its class and
have a chance 10 win a game or two
more.
It's up 10 the coach to arrange the
right kind of a schedule, and l hope
it is done, because | would like to see
Barringer win, because whether she
has a winning or losing team, the
"Barringer spirit" is right there, and
you will always see good crowd OF
Barringer students at the games. ]
am not q student of Barringer, nor of
any other high school, but l am in a
position to know. But to come back
to the real object of writing this let
ter. Barringer severed relations with
st. Benedict's long ago, and a game
between these two schools was out of
the question. Take Barringers 1914
record and take South Sides 1914 rec
ord and see who deserves the city
championship. Then think if South
Side had Barringer's schedule, WoulG
there be any South Side team left?
Thanking you in advance for put
ting this in as early as possible,
remain,
FAIREsT OF ALL SPORTS. WHO
KNOWS 1T ALL
Apparently you can see nothing to
it but Barringer, and Barringer all
the way. Mr.. Broadhead might have
had the material for a championship
team, just as John McGraw might
have had good enough team to win
the championship of the National
League, but you Will find that the
teams that look good on paper some
times fail to win championships. As
matter of fact, have you heard any
claim made on the championship Of
the city from the officials Of the
schools you mention? Why delve into
championship arguments, when there
Is no claim made. Then, again, why
pick on the Central and East Side
! High School teams? They seem to be
satisfied with their seasons record.
o.
The following letter deals with the
selection Of an "All-Hewsrk" foot
ball team:
j. p. N:
In looking at your selection Of an
| "Ali-NeWark'' team | find that 1t is
/ a better team than some Of the So
| called coaches can pick. A team
must have a sure catcher of punts,
! good broken field runners, good punt
er, good drop kicker and a man that
must be able from punt formation 10
throw a forward pass, drop kick, run
\ so the opponent side will not know
what he is going to do. I differ with
| you in the selection of one man. ]
think Hopkins, of Central, is the
superior Of Bell, of South Side Hop
kins Is a sure tackler, and is seldom
boxed by the opposing sides for
wards. Not one gain was made
around Centrals left end while Hop
kins and Bossett were protecting
that side. Here is my selection:
Left end, Hopkins. Central.
Left tackle, Alexander, South Side
Left guard. Noble, Barringer.
Centre, Smethhurst, Barringer.
Right guard, Sliker, Barringer.
Right tackle, Mausert, Barringer.
Right end, Hummel, Barringer.
Left halfback, Bossett, Central.
| Quarterback, Fucker, South Side
Right halfback, Cairns, Barringer
Fullback, Schneider. Barringer.
Hummel and Hopkins as ends are
two OF the fastest in gattinp dnwr