Horace Mann Lincoln High School - Lincolnian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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F4 Varsrty Football Revrew HE VARSITY eleven despite a schedule that brought it against two of the best teams in New York and New jersey, succeeded in winning a credit- able percentage of its games. Hamilton, McBurney, Montclair Academy were g. Q P :E ' , ' ' ' 5 : ,p-x.. .fs.r... ,f-ex., -xg. -f N-,-. ,.f-shi. ..fs...., Q,-s..- ids... .-W... defeated, Peekskill and the Maroon and White fought desperately to a score- less tie, while a fine Morristown School team triumphed over Horace Mann for the second consecutive year. The prospects for a successful season were first apparent in the early training period when seven of last year's regulars came out for the team. Five of these were linemen, and the H.M. forward wall soon took shape as a heavy, experienced, and well-trained group of players. In the backfield there were a number of positions to fill, but the material did not compare favorably with that available for the line. However, after a great deal of maneuvering during an exceptionally long practice season, the back- field finally assumed definite shape. The team displayed its power during this lengthy session of practice when it conquered Hackensack High in an unofficial scrimmage, 18-O. The score, while indicative of the superiority of the A Maroon and White team, does not fully represent the ad- W . vantage they had over the New jerseyites. The result of the game was marred by an injury to George Plews, who received a slight concussion of the brain. Plews was the regular quarterback, and it seemed at that time that he would be out for the remainder of the season. He re- turned, however, for the later contests. THE HAMILTON GAME. The season was inaugurated on October 25. Hamilton Institute, hopeful that with the loss of some of the Horace Mann backs through graduation, it would be possible for them to at last down the Maroon and White, found their expectations more potent than their ability-they were sent home with the short end of a 33-0 score. The game, however, was not particularly pleasing from a Horace Mann angle. The home eleven greatly disappointed those expecting an overwhelming H.M. triumph comparable to the 69-0 score of the preceding year. The team fumbled frequently, was penalized often, displayed an exceptionally weak interference, and did not complete a single forward pass. On the defensive, however, the home eleven showed to advantage. The line, suspected of being the strongest part of the machine, proved to be just that. Hamilton plays were . One hundred forty-four ,..f-x.. ,,.,-X., ..z s,. ,.,,.f-.1 ...f-M.. ..fx. ...P-.1 .Fe-X.. -...-rx... L.,-... X' I I P R R S R N. XX i '. I . 1 N J I 1 l I I N I X

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+,..,7,, . . 1.,,. . ..,...H..r-. ,-,. QQ PQ smothered before they were started, and the visitors never came near the Maroon and White goal line. THE MORRISTOWN GAME. Morristown Academy, untied, undefeated, and unscored upon, came from New jersey and found Horace Mann a difhcult opponent. The visitors man- aged to win 13-0 after a give and take battle that gripped the spectators' inter- est from the first to last whistles. Throughout the contest both teams threat- ened often, but Morristown, slightly the better eleven, managed to capitalize two of these threats and convert them into actual figures. A steady march down the field gave Morristown its first points, while an intercepted pass late in the final quarter accounted for the others. Horace Mann had four Q, ' excellent opportunities to score, but on each occasion Morristown held. Orsenigo twice broke through on off tackle plays with only one man between him and the Morristown goal, and each time the man succeeded in bringing Orsenigo to earth. The Morristown and Horace Mann lines fought a des- perate battle and for the only time during the season the H.M. forwards were outplayed. The H.M. secondary de- fense ,carried the brunt of the tackling. The game brought the Morristown series, which is rapidly becoming the most important from a Horace Mann perspective, to a tie-each having won two games during the four years of rivalry. THE MONTCLAIR ACADEMY GAME. The following week Horace Mann left its own gridiron for the only time during the season, and crossing the Hudson into New jersey, encountered Montclair Academy in another one of its traditional games. Montclair put up a stiff fight, but Horace Mann was victorious for the fourth successive year. The score was 12-0, Kahn and Plews scoring the points for the Maroon and White squad. Both of the Horace Mann scores were the result of capitalizing the opportunities offered by Montclair. The first points occurred in the initial minutes of play when Clark blocked a kick, and Kahn, the other end, catching the ball before it touched the ground, carried it across the Montclair goal line. The other score occurred immedi- ately before the termination of the contest when Plews intercepted a Montclair pass and ran 63 yards for another touchdown. Horace Mann, although both of its scores were the re- sults of breaks, easily played the better game. The ball was constantly in the territory of the New jersey team, but H.M. was not quite able to push it over on straight rushing plays. One hundred forty-five I . -Y -. .... T1-.i.....-.A