New-York tribune., 1920-10-24
Captain Creve
Makes Deciding
Coal Near End
Drop Kick From 35-Yard
Line Beats Erasmus i'm
Last Minutes of Play

Commercial High School won the
scholastic football championship O..
Brooklyn by defeating Erssmus Hall
High School, 10 to 7, in one of the most
bitterly contested games ever seen
among high schools. The contest was
the second game Of tvs games at
Commercial Field yesterday. Polv
Prep defeated Boys High in the first
game. l3 to 0.
With the score tied at to Z, and
hut two minutes to play, Captain Hank
Creye, OF the Commercial team kicked
& perfect goal from the 35-yard line.
making the score 10 to T, and winning
the game.
Both Of the touchdowns came as a
result Of misplays. In the second Pc
rod. with the hall in Erasmus posses
sion in midheld. Schissel, the diminu-
tive left half of the Commercial picked
lp tumble and with perfect inter-
ference ran ffty-fve yards for a
touchdown. putting Commercial in the
lead. Hank Greve added one moro
point to the total, by kicking a goal.
Erasmus Scores by a Misplav
The Erasmus touchdown was also
the result Of a misplay. In the third
period with tire ball in midfeld, Greve.
Df Commercial. tried forward pass to
rghl end, which was intercepted by
Rockefeller, who ran fifty yards before
feng downed by Greve on Comner-
Gals 4yard line. Chick Gardner car
ned the ball over on the second down
and Rockefeller tied the score by kick
ing the goal.
The ball lowered around midfeld
'or the rest OF the third period. Whcn
ever commercial got & break which
gave them the ball in Erasmus terri
tcry.
Greye, Of Commercial had punted
behind the Erasmus goal Inc Cor y
'o7onoack and Erasmus had the hall
on It's own twenty Yards. A series If
Ane plunges gave Erasmus first down
anq then Banker, the Buff and Blue
Hght nall went around his own end
1or elghi yards, but was tackled so
severely that ne fumbled. Commercial
recovered the ball, but could not gain
on three plays. 50 Captain Greve was
called upon to kick and he RESPONDED
Dy placing the pigskin over the up-
rights by 8 comfortable margin.
th less than two minutes to play.
Erasmus opened UP its bag of tricks
ana made two first downs. but the
commercial team held and the game
shded w.tn the ball on Commercials
thirty yards
Both teams showed brilliant aerial
attack ana gained on several occasions
oy Forward passes. Frequent fumblinr
on the part OF the Erasmus backs nut
'nem INTO trouble on several occa-
sons.
Grevc Star of Game
Captain Grove was the individual
star oi the Ccmmerciai team. but
,chisse. and Starobin We're also in the
Ame!lgAt for the winners. Chandler
sad Joe Washington played the best
came for the losers
in the first game Poly Prep was hard
ressed TO gain is 13 to victory over
Boys High. After being held to
scoFeleSs ne for three oeriods. the Polv /
team took the bali down the field by
means Of some long forward passes |
'nd end runs. DUDE threw 25-vard
pass to Wardle. putting the ball on the
lO-yard line, from where it was taken
over BY the same Wardle.
A few minutes later. when POLY had /
he ball on Boys High 30-yard line,
Quarterbacl. Parks called for d spread !
iormatlon me whole line stretching
across the width Of the field. Parks /
then took the ball himself and ran
tnlrty yards for touchdown past the |
startled Boys High team. Yale kicked /
the goal
The iiY,aurs.