New-York tribune., 1917-11-11
Erasmus Hall
Strategy Beats
Brooklyn Prep.
Mahr Scores Only Touch
down of Game After
Sixty-Yard Run
By A. c. Cavagnaro


A strategic play on the part o, n.
Erasmus Hall High School eleven o.,
abled It to defeat Brooklyn Prep. g.,
0, in bitterly fought game at w.,,.
ington Park, Brooklyn, YESTERDAY
Mahr, of the Erasmus backfeld, crou,L.
ing low near the side line, with bat.
elevens almost in midfeld. caush.
forward pass from MacPhee and n,
sixty yards for touchdown. The pl,,
was executed after less than one min.
ute Of play In the third quarter
Brooklyn Prep fought gameIy In h,
last period TO overcome the advantae,
hurting numerous forward passes wh..
only twenty yards from the Erasnu,
line. However, the receivers Of n,
passes were not always alert and IA,
several chances to score went for nil
The defeat was costly one 10 IA.
Prep players, as It practically elimi.
mated them from the ehampionshiu
races of the borough for both prepars.
tory and high school teams. A .imll,,
fate befell the Brooklyn eleven ls,,
year after II had compiled the most
enviable record ever made by any team
from the school. Erasmus now awaits
the meeting with Poly Prep on Thanks.
giving Day, which will decide the tu>
Fought Hard In First Half
In the first two quarters both elsvsas
fought hard, with the honors slightly
In favor of Brooklyn Prep. Erasmus
made little use Of the forward pas.
being content to rely on end runs and
thrusts at the line. Brooklyn Prep
made the only two first downs by rusA.
ing Immediately after the game opened
With the opening Of the second bali
Erasmus began to throw forward passes
at random. During the remainder Of
the contest It attempted eight, Of which
five were successful. Prep tried six
anu OIly COHiDltScu
MacPhee had to lower his colors 10
Eschman, Of Brooklyn, in the puntins
line, although the punts were for only
fair distances. Brooklyn Prep suf.
fered the loss of much ground by pen.
alties, two of them being inflicted near
the Erasmus line.
MacPhee, Meistrell and Mahr played
conspicuous all-sround game. Both
Mahr and MacPhee proved the best
gamers through the line and backed Up
the first defence in great fashion. Wolf
and Souville, on the defence, pulled
down many a Prep runner.
Eschman, the Prep fullback, was the
outstanding star OIL his eleven. He
was in practically every play, often
breaking through the Erasmus line TO
throw a runner back OF the line
O'Rourke and Latin earned equsl
glory with their spectacular work,
while He'll, Beatty and Harden proved
good on both defence and offence.
Several Players Injured
The players of both teams tackled
hard and low, which accounted for sew.
eral players leaving the game injured
Lynch, the Prep left end, suffered q
badly sprained shoulder, while Brsnde,,
of the Prep backfeld, and Adams, Of
Erasmus, also left the game in early
stages.
Fumbles were frequent during the
contest, with Brooklyn recovering mos.
of them. In the second quarter Wilton,
the Erasmus left end, caught tumble
in the air and ran thirty-fve yards for
4. 4 m L.n
called back, as Wilton had run out
side of the field Of play.
Late in the first period Schlinger, of
Erasmus, fumbled on his own lO-ysrd
line, but with two Prep boys at his
heels fortunately recovered the ball.
Erasmus scored its touchdown a..
ter Brooklyn Prep had opened the third
period. On the next play MacPhes
tossed a long pass to Mshr, who then
made his brilliant run.
Tho line-up follows.