Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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58 THE HARRIS ANNUAL completely outplayed them, and only carelessness kept the score down to 4 to l in our favor. Harris fans looked forward to the scrimmage with Commercial as a sure victory for the Crimson and Gold. The men from Brooklyn, however, had their own ideas about the matter, and, taking advantage of the over-confidence of the home team, turned a defeat into a tie. Clinton was the next to test our strength and was defeated in a one-sided game. Shifting winds kept our line from placing the ball more than twice between Clinton's posts. In the last game of the sea- son our men were too confident and fell down before the strong attack of Stuyvesant. Besides taking third place in the final record, we succeeded in get- ting two men on the all-scholastic soccer team-namely, Zimmerman, who played outside right, and Perrotti, our center. The team as a whole was awarded the block H for the brilliant work done through the entire season. The following are the scores of the games that were played : Score Score Harris. . . Curtis ...... . .. Harris... Commerce . . . .. Harris... Boys ....... . . . l 2 2 0 l 0 Harris.. .2 Morris ...... ...l Harris.. .l Columbia Zd. . . .0 Harris.. .O Manual ...... ..l Harris...l C. C. N. Y., 'l7.0 4 l l l 2 O 0 2 Harris.. . Erasmus .... . . . Harris.. . Commercial .. Harris.. . Clinton ..... ... Harris. . . Stuyvesant .. . . . 15 Total points 8 Games won, 73 lost, 35 tied l.

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NlNETEEN-THIRTEEN-FOURTEEN 57 X - t Sfiii i iili A . . 7 'iff t1r5'iffff??YiE A, ,A It ,,f:,f,:j q-, llpgfgif rjigygifl ' .s..- ,-,, Q-P'f f .., '-f S -'., N ' Q- I . il, f X ,. A',A, , if ' f ' 1'.'lf:ig5:g'5I: f? , if ....., V . . ,. . . . . hsdnf 4-3 g f LTHGUGH handicapped by many perplexing difficulties, the soccer team, under the fine instruction of Coach Michaelson and the able guidance of Mr. Canfield, com- f ,pleted a very successful season, upholding the name of Harris as one of the romoters of soccer. Pure rit and P S' excellent spirit, together with the support of the students and the assistance of the Athletic Association were the main factors in placing our team third in the race for the championship. At first there were some difficulties. Delay in regard to the estab- lishment of the team for the year and the absence of a coach pre- vented practice and choosing of positions. As a result our line-up for the first game was rather weak, and offered little or no resistance to the Curtis men. The only feature of the game was the goal scored by Zimmerman from a sharp scrimmage. At this point our brilliant coach got busy, set his men to hard practice, picked positions, and showed the result of his work in the next four games, Four great victories followed in quick succession, Commerce, Boys' High, Morris and Columbia's second team. Our speedy forward line swept everything in front of it, and had no diffi- culty in finding its opponentis goal. Mike featured in the Morris game by shooting two goals in the last seven minutes of play. Manual was our next visitor. VVhen the Brooklynites arrived jasper Oval was a cross between a swamp and a lake. Both teams were greatly handicapped in their kicking and passing. ln addition, our men lost all their speed in the slimy ooze, while our much heavier rivals seemed to force their way along by sheer strength. The fact that the superiority of our rivals was evident from the first only adds to the credit due to the crimson backfield for the resistance which they offered. Artie Cantrell's mighty right foot saved the day many a time. But the inevitable happened in the second half, when Clark, of Manual, made an excellent shot for the only tally of the game. A practice game with the C. C. N. Y. Freshmen helped to put our men in form and to strengthen our hopes. A penalty, scored by Mike, ended the game in our favor. The following Saturday, Erasmus came over and our boys made short work of them. VVe

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NINliTEEN-TH1RTlIEN- FQURTEEN 59 WLM' si ' - - , -- . a ' .' - , ' ' -,-, 1-.H .f . '-1'-'i:'i- ' J ' ,.,V - ' .gt A , , - . - . 4 ' ' A ' - if 5 If 57. lit' g L -. vfpti---.LN ,-,. - gp.: Q . 11, -.Iv .E-,,. , V, vvv- 'EF A! ' gf 1 -.fp ' ff' -5 ' ' lflylmaxzf'-1. 'Qi HE excellent showing of our basketball team, Rupp man- I aging, will serve as an example for this sport in Harris. li theless the team did fine work on the whole, and only 4' acknowledged defeat after a hard struggle marked by close scores The frames were well attended and much credit is due to the students for their loyalty shown in supporting the team. l fi Although the majority of the games were not won never- - -. g lYe started the season with four veterans, Capt. Curry, Michaelson, .Toffe and Bennett. Chief among the new men were Holman and Adler. The first conflict was with an old rival of ours, Hoboken, to whom we have paid tribute again and again. This season wit- nessed the same sad sight. Our boys piled up 19 points against the Alumni, in a fast game, a few days later. Erasmus forfeited their game to us and the next game with Ca- thedral College, Zd, was won only after a hard fight. Withiii the two following weeks, both Mt. Vernon and Fordham Prep. were forced to acknowledge our superiority. Mt. Vernon furnished plenty of excitement, but the Fordham boys were too far outclassed to offer much resistance. At this time we weakened and allowed Commercial to break our winning streak and defeat us by a 25 to 10 score. On January the 2nd we celebrated the New Year by defeating Commerce in our first P. S. A. L. game. Mussy Holman shared the honors of the game with his brother Nadie, of Commerce. Neither side could gain a decided advantage, as is shown by the final score of 19 to 18. The following week saw our third unsuccessful attack on the Jersey Jinx, North Plainfield came over to us and took things into their own hands. Our hopes for the P. S. A. L, Championship were jarred con- siderably when Stuyvesant defeated us by a clean-cut victory. At the end of the first half the score stood 12 to 10 in their favor, and in the second it looked as if a cyclone had struck us. In the scrimmage with Clinton on Ian. 16 we got the wrong end of a 26 to 24 score, but, when we consider the brilliant record of the Red and Black, this close score is something to be proud of. Little Kaufman was the mainstay of his team, and Capt. Curry's 14 points were a big help to US.