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

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4 THE PEEKSKILL GAME Horace Mann and Peekskill, meeting on the Horace Mann gridiron on November 14, fought through four thrilling periods to a scoreless tie. It was the climax of the season for Horace Mann. Peekskill came down the Hudson expecting to walk off with an easy victory. Their record was an imposing one. Qi? C CL rx.. .ri- .fx...,. ,.f-'si ...a-s...- S.- They had gone through all their opposition without much trouble. Milford had been downed 25-0. An undefeated Curtis eleven had been crushed. The Horace Mann team was keyed up for this game. They remembered the score of the previous year. And, as the entire student body cheered lustily, the Maroon and White gave the best they had-a best good enough to stop Peekskill. Only once did the upstate team threaten. That was with but three minutes to go in the last period. Succes- sive runs around end and off-tackle carried the ball to Horace Mann's three yard line for a first down. On the first play Peekskill hit the center of the line for a one yard gain. On the following play there was a pile-up right on the goal line. When the referee had finally dove to the bottom and found the ball, it was just about on the white line. It simply could not have been closer to the goal without being a touchdown. The crowd standing around the field, somewhat indistinct in the dusk that had descended, went hysterical. There were two downs to go and Peekskill had to make about one inch! It seemed that after nearly four fierce periods Peekskill was finally going over. The-spectators waited breathlessly for the next play. The ball was snapped back. It was a little low and the Peekskill back, in his haste, fumbled. Blakes- lee, the H.M. tackle, fell on it. Comfort then kicked out of danger. Three minutes later the game was over. N F ,.f-x ...rx ,,.,fx,. ...,..r'-x. ifw... -..fr N Peekskill, for the first time, had met an opponent it could JL -W not defeat. ' THE MCBURNEY GAME. McBurney provided an anti-climax. The New York City school, defeated ve- a number of times throughout the year, never had a chance against a heavier 'fn and stronger team, yet it fought hard and held Horace Mann to a 26-0 score, 14 of the points being made in the last quarter. It was not as great a victory My as Horace Mann had hoped for, but the margin was fairly representative of the ,J Q ability of the two outfits. The play of the line fthe average weight of which was 170 poundsj throughout the year was conspicuous. Buckner at center, Keyes and Geb- M-l hardt at the guard positions, and Blakeslee and - Keeler as tackles formed a quintet that was al- most impenetrable. On the offensive they fre- Q- quently opened wide holes in the opposing line. ,Q-,I - Clark at end played exceptionally well One hundred forty-six . f t ' 1 2

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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

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.---,...-.,. . V .-, W - -V. --v- - V Y- ra' 'vu ' T ' fmx -.'ts.., tfs.-,,, ...xg ,,,-N., .-.rs...T. ,,,g.. throughout the year, ranking as one of the best ends inthe metropolitan area. Kahn, playing his first year of 'Varsity football, performed creditably at the other end. In the backfield Plews, Orsenigo, Freeman, and Comfort were the regulars. x F CQ f it Plews, although light and very susceptible to injury, led the team from quar- terback position masterly. Orsenigo was the most consistent ground-gainer. Upon Comfort fell most of the punting and line-plunging duties. Freeman played an excellent game, particularly on the defensive. In the Morristown game he made approximately fifty percent of the tackles. The team was fortunate in having a large number of capable substitutes. Mayo and Yankauet performed well as ends, Darling, Mossler, Harrison, Davies, Danzig, and Turner were all able substitutes on the line, while Smith could be depended upon to do well in the backneld when called upon to play. All of these players received letters. Magid as manager arranged an attractive schedule and performed the numerous other duties of a manager com- petently. As usual, the credit for coaching goes to Ump T ewhill, whose ability at rounding football teams into shape has long been recognized at Horace Mann. All in all it was a successful season, not as successful as in 1926 and 1927, but surely more so than last year. ...f'x.. ,.1-s.. ....f's.., ,..:-'x... ,..,.fg., ,.-fx-. ,-f-,,-, SCHEDULE Hamilton .... .... 0 H.M. .... ..... 3 3 Morristown .... .... 1 3 H.M. . . . . . . 0 Montclair . . . .... 0 H.M. . . .... .12 ..-N. Peekskill .... . . . . O H.M. . . . . . . 0 McBurney .... 0 H.M. ... .....26 ti-NH! L..-1-x... One hundred fariy-:even 'iff L, fl . V V V Y' L X5 Lg i 1- 1 x '