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FOOTBALL IN THE SCHOOLS. A Review of the Season in the Eastern Leagues. —_—- Alumni of the different preparatory schools watch the records of inter- scholastic contests with an interest second only to that taken in their col- lege organizations. At present the de- velopment of athletics at schools is almost as well perfected as in col- lege. The teams, more especially the football elevens, ere for the most part under the instruction of collegiate athletes. These schools send every year to college a body of trained foot- ball players, and a very large propor- tion of tke best college football play- ers each year are graduated from schools in New England or in the vi- cinity of New York. The Weekly has prepared a review of the work of the well known leagues and elevens of the East during tke past season. A majority of the teams from the large boarding schools were composed of lighter men and less brilliant play- ers than those of a year ago. AS a consequence of this, trick plays were more common, and far more attention was paid to team work. But even so the work of the elevens was below the usual standard. THE CHAMPION ELEVEN. The best team from these schools and vrobably the best of any prepara- tory school eleven, with the exception of the famous Carlisle Indians, was the Lawrenceville team. The most important game played by this eleven was the annual game with Andover, which resulted in a victory for Law- renceville by the score of 12 to 4. The results of other games were: Law- renceville 32, Pennington 6; Lawrence- ville 14, Hill School 6. Games were also played against the Princeton scrub. The team was made up as follows:— Right. .end;:.-Ce dL. Dudley; - viens tackle, S. A. Dodds; right guard, G. L. Cadwalader; certer, J. A. Dana; left guard, Howard Richards, Jr., (Cap- tain); left tackle, G. McK. Mattis; left end, C. R. Dodds; quarter-back, H. R. Loy; right half-back, J. D. Kafer; left half-back, C. Cleveland, Jr.; full back, Herbert McCord. Of these the best player is Cad- walader, while Richards and Mattis also deserve mention. Three players, Captain -Richards, Cadwalader and Dudley, expect tc enter Yale Fall, two, Mattis and Loy, go _ to Princeton, two are uncertain, and the remaining four do not graduate. ANDOVER, The Andover eleven of this year was not equal to last year’s eleven in in- dividual players, but the team ‘work was rather better. The general work of the eleven, however, was less suc- cessful. This year was marked by the renewal of the annual contests with Exeter, in which Andover defeated her opponents. The results of some of the important games were: Andover 28, Exeter 0; Yale, 1900, 42, Andover 4; Lawrence- ville 12, Andover 4. The eleven was composed of the fol- lowing: Right end, L. Wheeler; right tackle, E. Holladay; right guard, S. G. Ellis; center, J. C. Pierson; left guard, J. J. Bartley; left tackle, F. H. Swift; left end, T. C. Schreiber; quar- ter-back, F. L. Quinby; right half- back, J. W. Burdick; left half-back, G. L. White; fullback, Jesse Barker, (Captain.) Among these the best work was done by Quinby, Burdick and Barker, Only four of the players graduate this year and all of these expect to enter Yale. They are Swift, Holladay, Wheeler and White. Three of the sub- Stitutes graduate and they also will enter Yale. EXETER. The Exeter School team was far be- low the average of that school. Nine games were played, Exeter winning only two. The Andover game was the most important of the season. Other games of interest were: Tuft’s 6, Exeter 4; Harvard,‘190u, 4, Exeter 0; Worcester 10, Exeter 4. The team played as follows: Right end, G. Shaw; right tackle, W. W. Higley; right guard, H. H. Peyton; center, B. Z. Kasson, (Captain); left guard, W. H. Burgess; left tackle, O. Zimmerman; left end, F. Haggerty; quarter-back, F. C, Robertson; right next ~ VATE AlU has 6 6 6hWWVEERRLY half-back, G. G. Whitcomb; left nalf- pack, T. J. M. Syphax; fullback, J. §. Miller. Four of these players graduate this Spring. ST. PAUL'S. St. Paul’s School of Concord, N. H., generally places a strong eleven in the field, but no games are allowed with other schools and so for the past four years one of the Harvard teams has played against the school. This year’s eleven was rather weaker than the average, but compared favorably with other school teams. The only game of the year was played against the Har- vard Law School team, by which St. Paul’s was defeated by the score of 20 to 6. The team follows: Right end, D. R. Pruyn; right tackle, A. M. Henderson; right guard, A. Hollingsworth; center, J. R. Bloomer; left guard, R. R. Rich- ardson; left tackle, W. B. Ribbey; left end, F. H. Phipps; quarter-back, C. Campbell; right half-back, Paul Starne; left half-back, T. Lindsay; fullback, Peter Vredenburg, (Cap- tain.) The strongest player of the team was Starne; Bloomer, Henderson and Vred- enburg also filled their positions well. Six of the players graduate this year. Of these three, Phipps, Richardson and Campbell, will enter Yale; two, Hol- lingsworth and Henderson, will go to Harvard, and Captain Vredenburg, to Princeton. Three of the four first sub- stitutes graduate and all go to Yale. HOTCHKISS. The Hotchkiss School eleven for this year was a stronger, though lighter, team than that of the year before. The work of the team for the year was on the whole successful. The re- sults of the more important games were: Hotchkiss 0, Yale, 1900, 26; Hotchkiss 50, Hartford High School 0; Hotchkiss 38, Taft’s School 6; Hotch- kiss 6, Williston 8. The team, including substitutes who played most of the season, was made up as follows: Right end, R. Deming, Coy; right tackle, C. Cook; right guard, T. L. Montague; center, W. i: Dix; left zsuard, R. B. Hixon, (Cap- tain); left tackle, W. Hoysradt; left end, E. T. Savage, Robertson; quar- ter-back, R. Fincke; right half-back, T. Adams, Shaw; left half-back; D. Reynolds; fullback, D. C. Noyes. Good work throughout the season was done by Fincke and Hixon. Sev- en of the r2gular team graduate this year. Six men, Captain Hixon, Noyes, Reynolds, Savage, Hoysradt and Mon- vague, will enter Yale. Fincke will go to Harvard. Two of the substitutes, Coy and Robertson, graduate also and both will enter Yale. GROTON, The Groton eleven was rather quick- er and lighter than the average, and their game was characterized by run- ning plays, tricks and the absence of any mass formations. The work of the team for the season was most success- ful. The eleven scored 126 points to their opponents’ 4. The most import- ant game of the year was with St. Mark’s School, which Groton won by the score of 46-0. Other games of im- portance resulted as follows: Groton 0, English High School 0; Groton 4, Hopkinson 4; Groton 14, Harvard, 1900, 0; Groton 16, Brooklyn High School 0. The team consisted of the following: Ends, H. H. Whaples and N. Gillette; tackles, W. B. Allen and C. W. March: guards, EH. HE. Weeks and J E. Costello; center, EK. W. Smith; quarter-back, F. R. Sturtevant (Captain); half-backs, EK. A. Strong and R. Ballerstein; full- back, B. P. Twichell. Some of the best work was done by Sturtevant, Smith, Strong and Gillette, Seven men graduate next Spring. Six will enter Yale. They are: Smith, Gillette, Strong, Allen, Whaples and Twichell. Captain Sturtevant will go to Trinity. : DE LA SALLE. The championship of the New York Interscholastic League is disputed be- tween the Trinity School and De La Salle Institute. The schools are di- vided into two sections and the win- ners of each section play for the championship. De La Salle was the champion of the first section and Trin- ity of the second. The score of the final game is disputed. . tackle, J. Manning; enter Yale; - game. The De La Salle team played the following games as well as others of less importance: De La Salle 14, Dris- ler 0; De La Salle 4, Dwight 2; De La Salle 4, Barnard 6; De La Salle 6, Berkeley 0; De La Salle 10,.Barnard 4; De La Salle 2, Trinity 0. The last Score is disputed. The team follows: Right end, E. B. Davitt; right tackle, F. H. O’Dwyer; right guard, G. H. Miller; center, J. Ruddy; left guard, W. J. Rafter; left left end, J. W. Bennett; quarter-back, J. J. Corrigan; right half-back, F. J. Conlan; left half- back, H. D. Brennan; fullback, J. D. Silford (Captain). Captain Silford did the best work for the team and is an excellent fullback. Five men graduate. Silford will enter Yale; Bennett will go to Manhattan College; the rest will not go to college. BERKELEY. The Berkeley School team gave De La Salle a nard fight for the cham- pionship, playing one tie game, 6-6, and being defeated, 6-0. The school played eight games, winning four and losing three. The team was made up as follows: Right end, A. Boyesen; right tackle, J. B. Thomas; right guard, R. M. Gil- son; center, S. H. Walker; left guard, E. B. Irvine; left tackle, S. L. Hun- tington; left end, Harold Hasbrouch (Captain); quarter-back, E. C. Rice, Jr.; right half-back, N. N. Wiley; left half-back, T. R. Pell; fullback, F. Bien, Jr. The best player on the team was Bien. Seven of the team graduate this year. Bien, Gilson and Rice will Hasbrouch and Walker will go to Columbia; Wiley to Prince- ton; Pell will go into business. CUTLER. The Cutler team was exceptionally light, but nevertheless put up a plucky The most important game was that against Trinity for the cham- pionship of the second section of New York schools; Cutler was defeated 18-0. The team was composed of the fol- lowing: H. P. Homans (Captain); E. Lee, G. B. Kip, J. C. Kimball, S. Mc- Elroy, Joshua Sands, C. Hoffman, W. Pell, A. Talmadge, D. C. Leech and H. Talbot. The strongest work was done by Hoffman, Kimball, McElroy, Homans and Lee. Seven graduate. Homans, Lee, Kip and Kimball enter Yale; Sands and Hoffman, Harvard; McEl- roy, Columbia. DWIGHT. The Dwight School team played eight games, winning three. The game with the Montclair High School re- sulted in a tie, 10-10. Other important scores were: De La Salle 4, Dwight 2; Trinity 32, Dwight 0; Cutler 10, Dwight 8; Dwight 6, Cutler 0. The team played as follows: Right end, DeW. 8S. Adler; right tackle, J. D. Bogart; right guard, H. J. Love; cen- ter, J. W. Slawson; left guard, E. A. Lippe; left tackle, M. N. Clapp, Jr.; left end, G. Hickemeyer; quarter-back, A. E. Vinton; right half-back, J. Mc- Cabe; left half-back, W. P. McCord, (Captain); fullback, A. W. Cameron. Men who graduate going to the larger universities are: Captain Mc- Cord, Cameron, Vinton and Bogart to Yale; Slawson to Princeton; Adler to University of Pennsylvania; |Hick- emeyer to Columbia. DRISLER. The Drisler School team played six games, winning three. Important Scores were: De La Salle 14, Drisler 0; Drisler 20, Culter 0; Drisler 16, Berke- ley 4; Hamilton Institute 10, Drisler 0. The team follows: Right end, F. J. Agate; right tackle, W. B. Newlin; right guard, H. Ballin; center, J. S. Eakin; left guard, J. S. Langford; left tackle, R. Bartholomew; left end, Lee Gibbons; quarter-back, G. Curran; right half-back, Cramer; left half- back, R. B. Furnald; fullback, J. B. Wolff. Five men graduate. Four—Agate, Ballin, Wolff and Furnald—go to Co- lumbia. The best work on the team was done by Wolff. HAMILTON, ° The team of the Hamilton Institute made 72 points to their opponents’ 32, and won four games out of six. The best game of the year was played against Drisler School, in which Ham- ilton won, 10-0. Hamilton also tied Dwight, 8-8. The eleven played as follows: Right end, M. Foster; right tackle, H. Drake; right guard, F. T. Croffut; center, J- A. Brown; left guard, F. Keyes; left tackle, P, Colcord; left end, A. Le Mes- cam; quarter-back, W. Matteson; right half-back, H. Carey (Captain); left half-back, John Miller; full-back, Har- wav Brooks. The strongest players were Carey, Brooks, Brown and Le Mascom. Three men graduate. Carey will enter Prince- ton; Brooks, Columbia; Foster, Boston Tech. ST. PAUL’S (LONG ISLAND). Of the Long Island Interscholastic League, the championship was won by the St. Paul’s School of Garden City, N. Y., which played eleven games, winning ten. The team was rather better than the average in defensive work, and their play was characterized by frequent use of kicking. Some of the games played resulted as follows: Lawrenceville 28, St. Paul’s 0; St. Paul’s 39, Cutler 6; St. Paul’s 34, New York Military Academy 28; St. Paul’s 26, Berkeley 2; St. Paul’s 8, Brooklyn mn. - 8,0. The team follows: Right end, D. P. White; right tackle, H. J. Brown; right guard, B. Kinney; center, A. R. Cluett; left guard, E. G. Starr; left tackle, P. Symonds; left end, L. L. Loraine; quarter-back, W. A. Blount, Jr.; right half-back, T. B, Pettit; left half-back, H. C. Weller; fullback, S. L. M. Starr (Captain). Captain Starr proved himself an un- usually good full-back. White: and Loraine also filled their positions well. Three men, Loraine, Symonds and White, will go to Harvard; Cluett will enter Yale; Captain Starr will not go to college. The remainder do not graduate. BROOKLYN LATIN. The Brocklyn Latin School team scored 60 points to their opponents’ 80 The team follows: Right end, E. Cut- ter; right tackle, R. Lord; right guard, S. O. Lockwcod; center, W. McL.. Han- ford; left guard, C. Abbey; left tackle, EH. A. Wood; left end, F. B. Gibb; quarter-back, B. Newton; right half- back, G. Chadwick; left half-back, T. L. Lutkins (Captain); fullback, B. Hewitt. The team consisted of the following: End, W. W. Hoppin, Jr., and Edward Motley; tackles, Mr. C. S. Griswold and J. R. Swan; guards, F. Gordon Brown, Jr. (Captain), and W. R. Law- rence; center, J. C. Waterbury; quar- ter-back, A. L. Owens; half-backs, D. S. Hawkins and J. L. Motley; full- back, H. Auchincloss. Six of the team graduate. Three, E. Motley, J. L. Motley and Lawrence, will go to Harvard. The remaining three, Captain Brown, Hoppin and Au- chincloss, will enter Yale. ST. MARK’S. The St. Mark’s eleven was inferior to former teams of the school and did not make a very successful showing. The team won four games and lost four. Some of the scores were: St. Mark’s 6, Cambridge Manual 0; St. Mark’s 0, Harvard, ’99, 18; St. Mark’s 0, Groton 46. The team was made up of the fol- lowing: Right end, R. B. Patts; right tackle, Mr. F. A. Hichtner (tutor); right guard, Mr. W. K. Brice (tutor); center, Wall; left guard, T. T. Hare: left tackle, E. Lewis; left end, R. Cc. Watson, Jr.; quarter-back, W. Whit- temore; right half-back, S. P. Nash, (Captain); left half-back, C. Adams: fullback, R. B. Noyes. Some of the best playing was done by Hare, Nash and Whittemore. Four playeis graduate this year. Two, Nash and Hare, will probably enter Yale: Whittemore will go to Harvard, and Adams is preparing for the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. WESTMINSTER. The Westminster School of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., has generally a good eleven for a school of its size. This year’s was rather below the average Seven games were played, of which the school won two and lost four. The seventh game resulted in a tie. Some of the scores were: Westminster i¢. Cutler School 6; Dobbs Ferry 6, Wesi- minster 6; Holbrook’s Military Acagd- emy 10, Westminster 0. The team follows: Right end, oa. McLean; right tackle, H. F. Wells: right guard, E. S. Knapp; center, Ww.
