New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Red and Black
Near to Crown
In Manhattan
59th Street Boys Score AL
most at Will After First
Period at Polo Grounds
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n. witt Clinton High Schools we'll
drilled football team continued It's
n.rch toward the championship of the
g Manhattan Bronx division of the p. s.
A l.. by trouncing the Morris High
school eleven IN the second game of
souhle-hcader at the Polo Grounds yes
tsrday afternoon. The score was %
20 0. In the first contest of the bargain
Mi Commerce and Stuyvesant battled
ia q scoreless tie. About $4,000 cheer
;nr Youngsters saw the games.
From almost the very start Of the
contest the Clinton boys outplayed
,he,r lighter rivals, and after the first
neriod It was only question of how
many touchdowns the Red and Black
nlayers would run up. Morris started
we'll enough by holding its opponents
for downs on two occasions, but the
Bronx players were soon forced to give
wsy before the powerful charges of
Cljnton's efficient backs.
If there was any one player who
stood out during the course of the after
noon it was Payn. the Clinton center.
rridiron and mussed up most of the
MOTIFS plIf anu oll tfle OUcHSe ne
was even better. He opened large
holes in the Maroon line and as q re-
suit the Clinton backs marched right
through for long and frequent gains.
In addition. Payn completed good aft
ernoons work by booting two goals
after touchdowns.
Play Evenly in First Period
After Clinton had received the kick
of on its own 20-yard line the Red and
BIack players brought the ball to their
opponents S5-yard line, but here lost
the pigskin on downs, Just before the
first period ended Clinton again
smashed its way down the field to the
5-yard line. but lost FIVE yards through
penalty for offside play.
On the first play in the second quar-
Ter Clinton again was held for downs
five yards from the goal. Morris failed
to gain and punted to its own 30-yard
line. On the following play Coon re-
covered tumble on the Bronx boys
SSyard mark, and. after two forward
passes were grounded, Coon put Clin-
ield goal from the 43-yard line.
the Manhattan players soon began
TO display their real power, and they
JsvHSHNN t4tCAt way w q kOGSHuOWI Dp-
lore the first half had ended. Pawn
missed the goal for the first time dur
ing the current season.
In the third period Clinton wasted
little time in getting started, and on
ne fifth play LEVITT went across for
another touchdown. The Fifty-ni1ith
Street youngsters were using with ef-
lect 8 fake end run-a play that netted
them long gains. thanks to the ever
reliable Payn. After that Morris weak
ened badly, and Clinton rolled up two
more touchdowns with little effort.
"ae OF the scores came as tAe result
oi blocked punt, when Lewis recov-
cred the bali and sprinted across the
iae
Commerce Is Outplayed
atuyvesant outplayed Commerce in
ne first haif OF their contest. but in
the second halt the honors were about
wen. Nester, the Stuyvesant left
lalfbacA, tore OH several long runs in
me flrst period, but the Red and Blue
players lacked the punch needed to
axe the ball across.
Commerce was deprived of a fine op-
5ortunity to break the deadlock in the
seeond quarter when Belden, the left
end, knocked down forward pass. Had
ne Intercepted il he probably would
rave broker loose for touchdown, as
mere w one between him and the
goal lie. A few minutes later Gluck
droEped a long forward pass which
would have been good for gain Of
some thirty yards
In the second half the play for the
most part took place between the two
4-yard lines and neither team could
yain decided advnrtape Griffin the
Stuyvesant fulloacs. made a desperate
attempt to bring victory to his team
bDy trying a placement kick from tn.
ao-yard line, but the ball went triae
vide OF the uprights
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