New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
MORRIS DEFEATS
STUYYESANT BY
10 TO 7 SCORE
Ferari Runs Sixty-fve
Yards for the Losers
Only Touchdown

risying q superior brand OF football
all the way and with a fighting spirit
that refused TO be discouraged when
the opposing team scored a touchdown
carly In the second period after inter-
eepting a forward pass. the football
eleven Of Morris High School defeated
the strong Stuyvessnt High School
team at the Polo Grounds yesterday by
a score Of 10 to 7.
Two touchdowns and two field goals,
ell made in the second half, enabled
Morris TO win. Stuyvessnt's lone score
came as the result Of Eerari's brilliant
catch OF Fogarty's forward pass on the
Morris 35-yard line, just after the be-
ginning Of the second period. Tucking
the ball under his arm. Ferari dashed
through a broken field, wardnc of
tacklers. twisting, hurdlng and eluding
half dozen Morris players. Not until
he had run sixty-fve yards for touch
down, from which Shuck kicked the
goal, did Fersri come to halt.
Stuyvesant Easily Outplayed
Aside from that single individual
performance by the alert Stuyvesant
right guard, Stuyvesant was clearly
outplsyed from whistle TO whistle. and
the score might we'll have been more
decisively in favor OF Morris had all
the opportunities been taken advan-
tage Of
By its victory yesterday the Morris
team placed itself directly in line for
the city high school championship.
Next week the eleven will face De Witt
Clinton High School, and victory then
will give Norris the title.
Because Of the shortness Of the no.
tice given, the attendance at yester-
days game was far below expectations
and not more than 1900 persons sat in
the stands when the opening whistle
blew. The boys cheering. however,
was OF the most advanced 1917, twelve
cylinder model. and they kept up con-
tinuous uproar until after the last sig.
nal had been given.
A Punting Duel
The game began with Shuck kicking
OF for Stuyvesant. Both teams resort
ed TO punting when they found din
Guilty in advancing by rushing. One
of Shuck's kicks was blocked when q
Morris player broke through the line,
but the Stuyvesant halfback was right
on top of the ball and fell on IL on his
own 30-yard line. Immediately after
ward, as Morris was pressing hard,
Stuyvesant punted out Of danger TO
midfeld.
Fogarty, the sturdy Morris fullback.
tried a forward pass, but Sinclair
caught the ball and ran six yards be-
fore he was thrown heavily. Another
exchange Of punts followed, and then
Morris began a determined march
down the field. Lembeck and Fogsrty
ripping through the Stuyvessnt line for
steady gains. The Red and Blue line
men played too high and were easily
upset by the charging Morris backs.
Stuvvesant's tacklng was also wofully
weak. the boys evidently believing that
anything below the shoulders was not
TO be touched.
After having advanced the ball 10
Stuyvesant's 30-yard line by straight
football, Morris called for q try at q
field goal and Fogarty dropped back for
the attempt He took plenty OF time,
but the ball just missed clearing the
cross bar. A minute later the first
period ended.
Sinclair's Shoulder Broken
Rogers. the Stuyvesant centre, was
one Of the few men on the team who
showed the proper spirit In tackling.
He went at his man viciously and
brought him down in such decisive
fashion that his work In this respect
stood out strongly when compared to
that Of his teammates Dooley and
Sinclair also displayed plenty OF fight
ing spirit The latter was reported 10
have broken his shoulder early in the
second half, yet he continued in the
game for ten minutes before the
Stuyvesant coach discovered the injury
and withdrew him.