New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-03
MORRIS BEATS
COMMERCE HIGH
IN CLOSE GAME
Tumble, Following Long
Punt, Accounts for
Only Score.

lane OF defes, a. The roo Iround'
Yesterday afternoon. After eleven
wears Of fruitless effort, the Morris
football team defeated the High School
Of Commerce By a score % 70 ..
Away back In 1904 The schools hrst met
on the gridiron. and every wear Coia-
morce won with inc exception OF lso''
when a tic gAmo was played.
The ability 10 seize the one chance
{. Rad 20 scoro gained The day for DIOR,
ris Not FIVE minutes bad been tleksd
or on the watch when JACK vein.
heimer drove long, twisting punt
deap INTO the Blue territory. ne Dali
rolled out on the S-yart line. Foster.
the Commerce quarterback. instead OF
usirg the sweeping wind a. ms 0seS
and puutng. ca led To- a play az ths
line he frmbiod. The leather rolied
ovor tho line and WeIureimer fell on
u for a touchdown. Later ne nesso
the goal.
hall down 20 within striking distance
~ the coal line, using couple Of for
ward passes 10 good effect. but the
Commerce team fought with grim fury
IN the face Of defeat and could not be
fo-ced baci. Once Balestisr was clear,
but he fumbled forward pass, anc
.he hearts Of the Commerce rootsrs re-
turned % their natural places.
The running attack OF the fiorFts
boys WAS not worthy 81 mention our
ing the entire game they mads three
first downs on straight rushing Iheir
formations were quickly diagnosed and
we're smashed Oftentlmes before they
cot under Roadway.
Eut that attack, however fal'ering.
was braced 20 no small degree oy the
clov,- bunting OF Weiuheimcr. with
the wind az his baeS he drove his high.
twisting spirals Gown the isld forty
and forty-ave yards. placing hem VITA
unusual skill Against the wind hs
sent them whizzing low and hard over
, the Inc. and, more often than nor,
outside. so they could rot be run tsck.
Weinheimcr oltpunted Frank Collins
fully Efteen yard, on ever e&enanse,
md the Morris Quarterback made good
use Of his advantage.
Commerce lost no. so much through
anv physical weakness nor lack OF op-
portuuity 70 score. There were halt
dozen times when opportunity beck
oned. but a glaring lack o, tactics
tossed the game of into cold. thin
sir. In the second period Commerce
had the ball on the 3-yard line OF
Morris wi,h a first down. but Foster.
who had worked down the field With
a well sustained attack on tackles that
were boxed and yielded ground, shift
ed his attack q the guards. Morris
brqced braveiv and rere.led the ms
directed charges easily. taking the ball
on downs. A few moments later Vein
heimer uunted away out Of danger.
+ Nat Holman electrified the crowd
with half dozen long runs down .
broken field. Several times he vas
clear Of all except Rosenberger. the
Morris quarterback, but every time
! this steel-nerved youngster brought
/ him to earth with deadly tackle. rf.
But if Holman flashed comes-i6e on
occasion, TIE outstanding star OF the
! afternoon was Archie brinn. the Com
merce centre. He was the one pillar
IN the Commerce structure that did not
! crumb,e when all went wrong. Each
new reverse only spurred him on to
/ greater effort. tie was a free lance.
this Commerce lad. and he piled up
line BUCKS, I'D runs. tackle smashes
and forward passes without prejudice.
lie was always first down under the
kicks. and got more tackles than any
other man on the field.
Along with Brinn was Feehan. who
played right halfbaek for the Blue.
Dick Feehan ran as half5acks should
Iun. He started fast. ran low. and
Just before tackled increased his speed.
When he was hit and turned over ne
always fell forward. and those extra
inches he made IN this fashion counted
in the first downs made by his team.
MURRAY and Lawrence were in the thick
Of the fight. too