The New York herald., 1922-12-10
Hurlbert and Weis of Ford
ham Prep Best Backs in
Greater New York.
WHALEN STAR QUARTER
Waterman and Kaplan at
Tackle Positions Are the
Strongest in Line.

and second teams presents more than
the usual number of difficulties attend
ant to the selections. The school teams.
generally. were moro closely grouped In
strength this year than ever before and
at the same time it is found that the
players are pretty evenly matched.
Only a few Of tho boys stood out
perhaps. to the fact that a number Of
teams, principally Erasmus Hall. Poly
Prep and De Witt Clinton, which fur
nished the majority OF the stars.
year ago, started this past campaign
with inexperienced material. In spite
of that. several boys who reported for
their school elevens for the first time
exhibited natural ability and with good
coaching achieved all-scholastic hOnors.
Among them werJr Johnny BoJnton,
, Jack Lord and Jonah Goldman, all of
Erasmus Hall; Dave Zahn Of StuyFe-
cant and Myron Ruckstull Of Poly Prep.
Six schools are represented on the
first team: Stuyvesant. with three
Fordham Prep Erasmus Hall and
Brooklyn Prep, each with two; Poly
Prep and High School of Commerce,
each with one. Nine schools have fur
nished representatives for the second
team; Manual Training and st. Johns
Prep, with two and II. S. Of Commerce,
Fordham Prep. Erasmus Hall, Brook
lyn Prep. Commercial. Flushing, New
Utrecht. each with one.
Scoring Power Counts.
Whether the defensive OF most teams
was extraordinarily strong or the Of
fensive comparatively weaker. the fact
remains that there were no scoring
machines in the city capable of piling
up commanding totals. The team
selected by THE NEW York HERALD
seems capable of rapid scoring. and was
put together for that purpose as well
as for its defensive strength.
Besides proving quick witted and pos
sessing a football sense. Ken Whaien.
Stuyvesant. quarterback, shone as a
carrier. He was good at skirting the
ends, fine runner through any sort
of field, capable Npunter and for
ward passer. "Bookie" Bach. the Flush
ing field general might have gained the
berth on the first team IL he had re-
tained his form OF year ago, but he
was handicapped with a bad ankle and
other injuries, and failed to come up to
Whalen's standard. However. he was a
good jump ahead Of the other field gen.
erals. the best Of whom included "Effie"
Sehres OF New Utrecht. who is follow
ing in the footsteps of his brother Dave,
New York University captain, Frenchy
Hanf, Erasmus quarter, "Puggy" Smith
OF Poly Prep and Charlie Lauer of
Manual Training.
Jim Hurlbert and Phil Weis, both
Fordham triple threats. stand out. above
all of the backs. Both were linemen
year ago, center and tackle. respec-
lively, and were developed by Coach
Jim Mccarthy to their present high
ranking. Weis could do more damage
to an opposing line than any other back.
Hurlbert's speciality was brilliant run
ming off tackle and around the ends.
Bolden. as we'll as Hurlbert and Weis.
could run. kick and pass with equal
facility.
The real class In the forward line
is in the tackles. Waterman and Kaplan
are as good as any that have been
graduated from the scholastic ranks in
past years. They are powerful on Of
Tense and defense. Many of Stuyve-
SAINTS biggest gains were made through
an opening formed by Kaplan. Water
man and Kaplan had a speciality OF
breaking through and either blocking
or hurrying opposing kickers. They
stand out head and shoulders above the
others. Julie Alkoff of Commerce and
Yves Warren OF Manual were next best.
BOyntOn and Furey Ends.
Johnny Boynton and Ralph Furey.
Brooklyn Prep raptain, are chosen as
the best of the ends. Boynton Is a
natural athlete. and though this was
his first year of football, he stands out
among the wingmen. He was particularly
brilliant In the game with Manual Train
ing at Ebbets Field. He also punted for
Erasmus, and his ability TO snare for
ward passes. apparently beyond reach.
was exceptional. Furey was consistent
and dependable. especially noteworthy
on the defensive.
George Tanning OF Fordham Prep was
almost the equal of Furey and Boynton.
but there are only two positions on the
first team. Salomonic OF Commercial
was also fine end. He was shifted
later to the backfield by Coach Bove.
Kostelnik of Stuyvesant and Drum Of
New Utrecht were also good.
Bill Adler of Stuyvesant in the middle
of the line was an easy choice for CEN
ter Almost mechanically perfect in
passing. good defensive performer, and
keen ability to diagnose the opponents
plays were his attainments. Also rug
gedness. He played through two sea-
sons without giving way for single
minute to a substitute. Mcbride OF New
Utrecht was best of his rivals. Bob Nc
Lean of Evander Childs Is worthy of
mention.
Jack Lord and Tom Prendergast
earned the choice for guard positions.
The guards did not stand out as did the
tackles this year. The consensus Of
opinion is that these two powerful lads
would fit in admirably with the other
stars. Mcdonald of Manual and Gal
lagher OF st. Johns held down their
positions capably. Gallagher performed
at tackle for the major part of the sea-
son. but Is deserving of all scholastic
mention.
The second team backfleld is only n
little behind the other. but there was
more competition for places.
Bobby Saunders of st. Johns was in
most powerful line smasher. He scored
eight touchdowns. and every one OF
them was earned after steady plunging
Saunders was rarely hurt, though he hit
the line with utter abandon. Artie
e'Connor of Brooklyn Prep starred in
every game, especially against st. Johns
Prep and Manual Training.
Jonah Goldman completes the fourth
member of the quartet. Every field of
offensc Is covered by both backfields.
Backs who starred at one time or
another during the last season and de-
serve honorable mention include De
Nirgilio and Taylor OF Stuyvesant.
Ruckstull OF Poly Prep, Wolff OF New
Utrecht. Scott of Flushing, Genzardi OF
rvander childs and Zimmerman OF