. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association lacrosse guide. n school and in the other schools ofBrooklyn. Commercial started its team in 1921, due to theefforts of a former Erasmus player, and went through its sea-son with a creditable record, although it was its first seasonand disregarding the fact that it finished in last place in theborough. Poly Prep in 1919 started up with John ORourkeof the Crescents as their first coach. Since then they havehad some very fine teams and each year prove to be an aggre-gation to be reckoned with. Last year with the sport occupying such a promi
. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association lacrosse guide. n school and in the other schools ofBrooklyn. Commercial started its team in 1921, due to theefforts of a former Erasmus player, and went through its sea-son with a creditable record, although it was its first seasonand disregarding the fact that it finished in last place in theborough. Poly Prep in 1919 started up with John ORourkeof the Crescents as their first coach. Since then they havehad some very fine teams and each year prove to be an aggre-gation to be reckoned with. Last year with the sport occupying such a prominent placein scholastic athletics the Brooklyn Daily Eagle picked twoall-scholastic teams made up of the best players from all theschoolboy teams. Quoting the Eagle: Lacrosse, the game of vigor, energy,cunning, speed, litheness, impulse and endurance, is fasttaking a foremost place among the schools and colleges ofAmerica, and, a little further, It would seem that Lacrossehas come to stay in Brooklyn, with the scholastic ranks con-stantly filling with new Spalding s Athletic Library 37 The teams picked by the Eagle were: Goals, Craven, Man-ual, and Morelock, Commercial; points, Ruch, Erasmus,and Swartz, Commercial; cover-points. Barlow, Erasmus,and Wahle, Poly; at first defense, Kelly, Manual, and Mor-ris, Erasmus; at second defense, Burr, Poly, and Moore,Erasmus; at third defense, Farah, Poly, and Packenham,Manual; centers, Hargrove, Manual, and Chandler, Eras-mus; at third attack, Conway, Erasmus, and Kinloch, Poly;at second attack, Kilby, Manual, and Collins, Erasmus; atfirst attack, Gardiner, Erasmus, and Mylod, Boys; outsidehomes, Smith, Manual, and Phildius, Erasmus; inside homes,Hutchinson, Manual, and Monetti, Boys. Donald Kilby, captain of the champion Manual twelve,was selected captain of the first all-scholastic and RobertPhildius, a veteran member of the runner-up Erasmus team,was selected to head the second team. The order of rating ofteams last year w
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