New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

Up 20 yesterday Brooklyn Prep dis
pu;ed Poly'S claim to the title, but the
'ermer's defeat by Flushing eliminated d
their boys from consideration for
premier honors. Several weeks ago
Brooklyn Prep defeated Erasmus bv a
one-polnt margin, Z to g.
Poly, though outweighed. forced the
playing fro mthe outset and in the
Rue off the field by the ferocity Of its
attack. although failing to score. This
half was free OF the vicious PLAYING
that characterized the second half,
when Folly lest much ground penalties.
There were no infractions in the first
,wo periods.
Score in Third Period
The only scoring OF the game came
carly III the third period. Howie
SaGlor, left end Of Poly. was the hero.
Aaasnoot, The Eramus captain and full
back III an effort to keen the ball out
Of the danger zone, at empted to punt,
but Sadler evaded McMullen at the
opposing left end. and blocked the kick.
Without losing second he pouncsd on
the bounding ball, scooped it up and
ran fifteen yards across the Erasmus
goal line for touchdow and victory.
McRae kicked the goal.
The game was marked by frequent
fumblng. and both sides showed in
sptness with the forward pass Several
times the player designated to make
the toss would be covered before he
could pick out the receiver. but that
nsde TO difference; he simply shot the
ball into the air ana trusted to Provi-
GenCe that a teammate would nab it.
Intercepted passes were numerous
"a l~ Of he
Bonomo era he'd through the Poly line
and blocked McRae's punt No less
+aan three players mada blind stabs at
ne pigskiu, but finally an Erasmian
-el on IL at the 32-yard line. After
he teams changed goals, Hartell at
tempted forward pass. but Sadler
Jumped into the air, gathered in the
BAH and dashed fifty yards before be-
ing brought down. This was the long
est run Of the game.
Doppcl, the Poly left half. seemed
TO have no difficulty piercing the Eras-
mus line in the second quarter but
only rarely was he entrusted with the
ball Po'y was resolved to outdo
Erasmus with the open game and as a
result the bali was III the air most of
ne game.
Ground Forward Passes
After Sad 'ers sen ational run Eras-
Inns recovered the ball on a tumble.
NardeA gained five yards around LETT
md The forward passes were at
tempted by Erasmus, bat they were
grounded as McRae bobbed up to in
;srcept. He then prevented an at
tempted K ck from the thiryt- yard line.
McRae seemed to be the entire de-
tense Of the Poly aggregation.
After series of line plunges Fried
-t1o ha 10
ground gamer for the Buff and Blue,
succeeded in recoVerin the ball on
Erasmus's tumble but the team lost
possession Of the ball when McRae in
tefcented d pas. Just before the end
Of the rst half, McRae attempted a
drop kick, but it fell short by inches.
Erasmus, after the touchdown in the
fnird quarter. attempted TO plunge its
'eay 70 a tie, but the Gray and Blue
presented stonewall defense. Fried
nan, on several occasions, scooped
round Poly's ends but made only
light gains.
In the final quarter McRae made
mother of his sensational kicks, which
brought the ball down to the Erasmus
-2-yard line The Poly lads were
lnabie to score as two penalties
hich followed brought the ball back
mdheld. Thereafter no serious at
-cmrts were made to score by either
cam
Fully SIX thousand students were in
he stands. Since 1899 Erasmus has
beaten Poly e'even times, while Poly
vas victorious IN seven games and TWO
games resulted in ties