New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-08
Flushing High
Claims Title
On Cridiron
Manager Adikes Explains
Position After Erasmus
Hall Disclaims Ownership
Bv A. c. Cavagnaro

u,ss;nc High School lays claim to
-. .choolboy football championship of
..,ar New York and stands ready az
uouent to settle the issue with
~ .ss school that questions its statement
~.,, stand of the Long Island institu-
~, falIcws tho declaration of Erasmus
H tisIIi High School, of Brooklyn, that 1t
n sn.s moi claim ownership Of this title.
ov Tla reason Flushing assumed this
.nation Is best told by Lawrence
likes. the manager, in letter to tho
liter. which follows:
aFlushtng High Schools season On
ths football field during the past year
rdcwcd from any angle. has beer a sue
ress. Although begun under the most
dIsceursginy circumstances, with only
four men frora last years champion
shlp team aud our small squad hit in
midscason by Influenza. yet we cana
through with such strength that at the
close We were represented by team
f championship class. What 10 moro
20 tho point, by 8 team that stood ready
70 meet airy opponent which doubted
IT'S strength.
Four Years Record
"Our claim to football! recognition
rests not clone upon tho results Of this
seasons work. During the last four
wears In matches against opponents
from this city and vicinity and upstate
we have p.ovea the srrongeat school
scoring aggregation in tina East, run
ming Up total Of approximately 1000
po.a.s. as against fcNsor than SO points
for our opponents. In all our games
Flushing hss always been represented
hoe AZ, -,.-tf
al Public Schools Athletic League re-
duiremcnts.
ave ara being asked by great many
Of our friends and football enthusiasts
es the city. DO you lay claim to this
years championship Our reply is
that we do not believe, and the records
will prove our contention, that there
was stronger achool team in the city.
Flushing has always been ready to
demonstrate its exact strength upon
the football field against any chal-
lenger.
Further we certainly protest against
the city championship being awarded to
those who are unwilling to prove their
right to the title Let's do away with
the Jess Willard style of championship
in schoolboy football!'
Would Avoid Wrangling
Since the schoolboy football season
ended there have been several sugges-
tions as TO the avoidance of much
wrangling as to the rightful claimant
of the title. The sport is not placed
on a championship basis by the Public
Schools Athletic League, for reasons it
has never yet made known. 1t has
been recommended that the league
sanction series Of games between the
public high schools of the city. these
contests to be part of the schedule of
every team in the city.
According TO the laws of the Board
Of Education, no school is permitted to
play more than nine football games a
season. IN order to keep within this
limit it would be necessary to divide
the championship series into two di-
visions, namely Manhattan and Bronx
and Long Island and Brook yn. as at
least ten schools in the greater CITY
pay football. A round robin series be-
tween these schools, therefore. would
necessitate the playing by each team of
more games than the number permitted.
1t IS therefore recommended that at the
conclusion Of play in the two divisions
the hnallsts in the respective sections
be brought together in one contest or
series OF three matches, to decide the
pubic school football championship. A
member OF the High Schools Games
committee is to recommend that the
league promote this scheme next wear
at the next meeting of the committee.