New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
COMMERCE nan
BADLY DEFEArED
BY EAST ORANGE
New York Boys Outulav..
from Start, DESPITE
Cams Cleverness

The High School % Comm.
disastrous defeat at the hand. IVY
East Orange High School .l.r. We
Lenox Oval yesterday. The y.w "
team vas outru'hed. ou,gen.rsll.d y,
outplaycd from the vhistl. 49, as
wonder was that the score NJ.
larger than 30 to 0. the ,auv =. ="
stood when Teddy Cam. Dlayin, =.
creetly If not valorOusly. let N. 49,
roll across the line for a ,ouehh.. s
when the last whistle sounded
East Orange scored FIVE ,oueha.
and made an additional three 49,
from the goals resulting tbs,ss.AH
and this was fair measure ~ noe
alive power Of the opposing si.. ~
The Jersey lads PLAYED with ,bs aus 'a's
OF a minor college team, ard sl,,."' 'a
their game was open. for the mas. ~
II was securely based on a fou,S...' sT
Of good football The team vo,t "'
smooth and the o avs got of witba,,
hitch. The interference was as ns.,.
perfect as could be desired. and n,
tacklIng. especially that Of Hsvr..
and Frsncke, the ends, was deadlv 4.
its accuracy. ~
Commerce interposed a feehl. A.
fence 70 the. crashing Orange a,,,.,
not 80 much because the bows All -.
have the power 20 stem the Jersey 80.
as because they lacked cohesion. Twis.
when they were put 20 the suprem, ~.
early IN the game they were abl.I,n
throw back East Orange within Az.
yards Of the threatened goal line. An,
10 was only because they tigh,en.d n,
their formation and put Up an ma.
broken front that they were able "a 4,
it. At other times their line crumnls.
under the hammering Of the Orass.
backs.
Teddy Cam, who bids fair 70 or,i,
his brother as a plunglng back, shos.
on the Commerce team like raw !,
light on a dark night. He playsi
through the first half and went h
again in the last quarter. and both Or
the attack and defence mis- play was y
high calibre. Like the other Commtr,,
backs. however. he did not seem to B.
schooled in handling the ball. He mad,
one disastrous tumble. however, ,hs'
led up directly TO an East 0rang,
touchdown.
East Orange unfolded its superlstin
attack with surprising swiftness in d,
first few minutes OF play, and be,or
tt game was five minutes old Con-
merce was fighting desperately unie
it's own goal posts. Forward paus
that came from nowhere, end run:
slashes off tackle that caught Cor
merce totally unaware, so befuddle
the New York boys that they were O.
the defensive almost from the start.
II was a series Of these plays, swift
executed, that brought East 0ran.
down to the Commerce 5-yard line In
" minutes. Here the Manhatt,
team braced, and East Orange, crush
ing into the line with plunge ai,e
plunge, gained only four yards in :
many rushes, and Commerce took q
ball on downs. That, however, was n
high tide of the Commerce resistance
Cam punted to Abbott, on Commerce
35-yard line, and a dash around rid
end, followed by a deity thrown 70.
ward pass 10 Hoyman, resulted in
touchdown for Orange.
Commerce tried TO advance by inca,
of a poorly executed lateral pass in ii
second quarter, but some East Orang
man was always on top o. the play an
spoiled it. With team better grouns
9 in football such plays might hsy
been gamers. but Commerce lacked h
ability and skill TO use them.
The East Orange eleven scored twic
early in the .econd half The hn
came when Francke caught a perfe,
forward pass from lie Qun and re-
fifty yards for a touchdown. On h
kickoff Holman fumbled on his ov
5yard line, and Mayn. I'd picked up Il
ball and scampered over the line. r
last score came in the final period
Tho 1ina-un foliou,c.