New-York tribune., 1918-09-22
Busy Fco-ban
Season Planned
Among Schools
Local Elevens Making Ready
for Opening Games
on October 5
BY a. c. Cavagnaro

vigorous OUTDOOR paStime between the
high school elevens of this city during
! the coming campaign. However, the
only exception will be in the case of
Stuyvesant High School, of Manhattan.
The authorities of this school fear the
practice necessary will interfere with
the prescribed military training, and
therefore have requested a cancellation
Of oil proposed matches.
The schedules of all the schools in
Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn are
now IN the hands of the Public Schools
Athletic League pending approval BY
the high schools games committee.
which convenes in monthly session next
tuesday. Following the custom of sew
eral seasons no city or borough cham
plonships will be distributed, but local
enthusiasts will proclaim the logical
champions in Manhattan and Byooklyn
Dy the results returned
Ihose schools who contemplate cor
tlnulng the sport are going at the task
before them in a proper manner. When
candidates We're called out last week
there was a hearty response from the
student body. In many instances the
squads were as large as in former
years. wedding out of these anxious
appilcantS VIII continue until the sea-
son gets in full sway on October 8.
School teams of Brooklyn fear for g.
lack of playing fields and unfortunately
nave booked quantity of their games
to to be played out of town. However.
TINS predlcament should not be consid-
cred too serious. While the old Fed
eral League grounds at Washington
fark have been transferred into
bonded warehouse, there is still avail
able Ebbets Field. which has drawn the
! pIums of the big schoolboy contests.
A.so there are several shipyards
grounds at Bay Ridge. which undoubt-
| ndly could be had for the asking This
does not include several fields II Bath
, Beach and the Ridgewood section of
the borough upon which the sport has
been played for many years
Undoubtedly many players from last
years team. although not graduated,
Will be missing, as these are now en-
gagged in the more timely game of
forcing the Hun back of the Rhine.
Fortunately, good tits are in pros
pect, and the coaches seemed con-
tented with the material at hand, con-
sidering the times. Lightweight teams
will Very likely prevail.
Bill Cooke, coach at De Witt Clinton.
has bad q squad of fifty boys out prac-
tlslng for the school eleven at Hediey
Field for the past week No roeeate
task faces him. Still he sees a silver
lining with four 1917 members back
IN Eisenbcrg (captain). Lake Fried
lander and Galbraith The other forty
six candidates will need considerable
tuitioning, but Cooke hopes to have
strong team ready TO face Concordia
Prep in the opening match.
The schedule:
October 5. Concordia Prep at Bronx
/ dale; -, Dickinson at New York; Is,
Columbia freshmen; 26. New Utrecht
at Brooklyn.
November 2. open; 9, New York
University freshmen; 16, Morris at
! New York; 30, Commerce at Polo
/ Grounds.
Practice has already begun at Nor
ris. although the schedule is not com
plete. Four elevens were engaged in
strict work last week at Crotona Field
under the watchful eye of half dozen
coaches seeking to grab those who
showed aptitude in learning the game.
The squad passed the forty mark and
a strong team IS IN prospect.
The High School of Commerce ex-
perienced its most disappointing sea
son last year but this is not to be the
case this fall. The material on hand
speaks we'll for rather heavy eleven.
and at least five veterans are to be
back in their old positions. While
schools of Importance will be met, the
principal objective will be the game
with De Witt Clinton on Thanksgiving
Day.
With only one exception. Erasmus
Hall will play all of its nine scheduled
matches away from its home grounds
The list of games calls for a strong
combination, as Cullum Hall of West
Point: Morris Boys High. Stamford
and Manual Training are to be tackled
Six members of last years squad will
be utilized by Coach Ellife as a
nucleus around which to mould his
team.
The schedule:
October Stamford, at Stamford; 9
, Cullum Hall, at West Point: l2, St
Johns Prep. at ST. Johns; 10, Morris,
at home; 26, Commercial, at Com
mercial.
November 5-Manual Training. at
Manual; 9. Brooklyn Prep. at Brook
lyn; l6, Boys High, at Boys; 80, Poly
Prep, at Poly.
ing has probably lost the greatest num-
Der of athletes through enlistment.
The squad, therefore. will be small. but
Smith Afford, the coach. looks forward
TO prosperous season.
Open dates still remain on the
schedule for September 28 October ).
November and Thanksgiving Dav and
local teams desrous of any of these
days should communicate with Arthur
Mccoy, the manager.
Seventeen answered the roll for the
first practice at Marquand School last
Wednesday, Eugene Weber is captain
and Elwyn Leslie the coach.
The schedule follows:
October 5Commercial, at Com
mercial Il, Pawling, at Pawling; 10.
Boys High, at Commercial Field; 2e.
Adelphi.
November 2-Open; November 8.
Ridgewood. at Ridgewood, ". j.: 9
New Utrecht; l6, % and 20, open
dates
Missouri Conference