Right end should be taken care of by Schoellenburger of Englewood. He is the heaviest player for the position, but he is fairly quick, and seldom allows a gain around his end. He is unusually good at breaking up interference, carries the ball well, and seldom allows the runner to get outside of him. If Freedlander, the captain of the North Division team, had played this year as he did last, I should have given him the position, but his work has fallen off, and he may now only rank as substitute.
Of all the difficulties of choice for this eleven, the selection of guards seems to be the greatest. There are four players of nearly equal rank, but taking everything into consideration, Mitchell of Evanston and Gram of Lake View seem to have the best claims for the All-Chicago team. Mitchell is the cleverest of all in running with the ball, and he knows his defensive work perfectly. Gram does the best offensive work. He is rather light, but exceedingly quick, and takes advantage of every opportunity offered. In defensive work Dowd of Englewood or Eberling of Evanston may equal him, but they do not excel.
The other substitutes of this team are Orchard of Evanston at quarter-back; Johnson and Becker, of North Division, half-backs; Miller of Hyde Park and Sutler of Lake View, tackles.
SHADY SIDE ACADEMY (PITTSBURG) FOOTBALL TEAM.
The Shady Side Academy Football team of Pittsburg finished the season with five victories and two defeats to its credit. This record places them second among the Pittsburg schools, with Kiskiminetas first. At the opening of the season things did not look very bright, as there were several important positions to fill and a scarcity of material. In the first game the team played very fast and snappy football, but against Braddock High-School the work was poor, and the coach was somewhat discouraged. However, the eleven showed some improvement when they met Pittsburg High-School, and easily defeated them.
In the game with Kiskiminetas the team was in poor condition, and was easily defeated; but when Kiskiminetas played the return game, both teams were in good condition, and Kiskiminetas again won. In the second contest with Pittsburg High-School both teams showed improvement over their form in the first game, and it was only after a hard straggle that Shady Side won, 4 to 0.
As to the best playing on the team, perhaps McConnel should be mentioned first. He was the best tackler on the team, and demonstrated this fact a number of times by the way he prevented opponents from scoring, and his interference was also good. He played his position at quarter-back better than any of the other quarter-backs among the schools. Scheldecker and Kirke were both hard tacklers, and the former was the best man in the line to run with the ball.
The Brooklyn Association has begun early to prepare for the baseball season, and the baseball committee has completed the schedule for the games that must decide the championship next spring. Unless something turns up to modify the schedule, it will be played as follows:
| April 28—Adelphi vs. Brooklyn Latin. |
| May 1—Brooklyn High vs. Pratt, and Poly. Prep. vs. Adelphi. |
| May 5—Adelphi vs. Pratt, Brooklyn High vs. Brooklyn Latin, and Poly. Prep. vs. St. Paul. |
| May 8—Brooklyn Latin vs. Pratt, St. Paul vs. Adelphi, and Brooklyn High vs. Poly. Prep. |
| May 12—Pratt vs. Poly. Prep., and St. Paul vs. Brooklyn High. |
| May 15—St. Paul vs. Pratt, Poly. Prep. vs. Brooklyn Latin, and Adelphi vs. Brooklyn High. |