Marshall Page, from Trinity, makes a gritty, sandy player, and is well calculated to give a good account of himself. He is another young man, being only fifteen years of age. His weight is only 165 pounds, but he makes up for his lightness by agility and strength. Under all conditions he is a cool and heady player, aggressive and determined, and by his quickness alone outplayed Rand in the final game for the N.Y.I.S.A.A. championship. He will be pounds better next year.
Behind the line the All-New-York team shows great strength in her ground-gainers and generalship. S. Starr, of St. Paul's, at quarter, is the right man in the right place. Had he played quarter-back for his team the entire season, taking into consideration the later changes in the team, St. Paul's would probably have retained the championship. His work is of a high order, and he is most conscientious in doing it. He is nineteen years old, and weighs 166 pounds. His passing is steady and true, and he is sure to get the ball promptly to the runner, and just at the proper time. He follows the ball closely, gets into every play, and tackles well.
At right half no one can displace Carey of Columbia Grammar. He is seventeen years old, and weighs 165 pounds. His playing this season, on a team that failed to make any showing other than to demonstrate its sportsmanship and sand, drew the attention of the entire League to him. Fleet of foot, strong, and aggressive, and withal a very heady player, he has honestly won a place on the All-New-York team. Higgins of Pratt, at left half, is in a class by himself. He is twenty years of age, weighs 170 pounds, and is over six feet in height. As a line-backer he has few equals, and with such a line in front of him as this year's team proves itself to be, could, with the aid of his other backs, tear up opponents in great shape. He has a record of .10³ for 100 yards, and is a good general athlete.
The substitute half-backs are clever players too. Lutkins should be ranked first, with Bannerman and Homans following. Lutkins is stockily built, and reminds me of a pocket-edition of McClung. He resembles the Yale man in the peculiar way in which he runs, seeming to go faster with one foot than the other. He runs very low and hard, and when tackled has a trick of twisting himself away from the tackler and eventually shaking him off.
The all-important position of full-back goes to Franklin Bien, Jun., of Berkeley. His work this year stands out in clear contrast to that of his opponents as superior in every detail. His development has been very fast, and for the simple reason that he has been willing to learn, and has listened to the advice given him. He is seventeen years old, and weighs 155 pounds. Captain Bayne has entrusted to him several times this season the giving of the signals and running of the team, and in every instance he has proved himself to be a general who thoroughly appreciated the strength of his own team and the weakness of his opponents. Not only is he a sure tackle, but he is one of the most dogged line-breakers, and a most valuable man in interference. His catching is sure, and his punting of a very high order. With Bien giving the signals it is safe to predict that no interscholastic team of this season in the New York or Brooklyn League could score against the All-New-York eleven for 1895. For substitute full-back I should choose Mason of Poly. Prep. He is the best man that has played the position in Brooklyn for some time. His kicking, running, and plunging are of a high order. He is large for his age, and weighs 165 pounds. The average weight of the team is 170 pounds, most uniformly divided. Add to this the playing-strength of each member of the team, and it will very readily be seen that the eleven is a remarkable one to represent the composite playing-strength of New York and Brooklyn preparatory schools.
Of the formation of the National Interscholastic Amateur Athletic Association I can only say a few words this week, but I shall go into it more extensively at an early date. For the benefit of the many readers of this Department who may have no other means of learning what progress was made at the convention held in this city on December 28th, we give here the constitution which was adopted on that occasion by the delegates present from the New York, Massachusetts, Long Island, New Jersey, and Maine associations:
CONSTITUTION OF THE N.I.S.A.A.A.
Article 1.—This organization shall be known as the National Interscholastic Amateur Athletic Association of the United States.
Article 2.—The objects of this association shall be to foster and promote physical exercise among all public, private, and preparatory schools of the United States.
Article 3.—Any interscholastic league, association, or club, composed of at least two schools, shall be eligible to membership.
Article 4.—The management of this association shall be entrusted to an Executive Committee, of which the President shall be a member ex-officio. They shall be elected for a term of one year, and no league, association, or club shall have more than one representative in the Executive Committee. Vacancies in the membership of the Executive Committee arising from any cause whatever shall be filled by the league, association, or club of which said student is a member.
Article 5.—Any league, association, or club desiring to join this association shall send to the Secretary a written application for membership, said application to be acted upon by the Executive Committee at the next Convention.
Article 6.—The annual Convention of this association shall be held on the evening of the annual meet at 8 o'clock, in the same city where the annual meet is held. The annual field meeting shall be held on the afternoon of the last Saturday in June of each year.
Article 7.—A special meeting may be called by the Secretary at a written request of any league, association, or club belonging to the National Interscholastic Athletic Association, provided that notice of such meeting be sent to every league, association, or club at least fifteen days before the date assigned for such meeting.
Article 8.—At all meetings each league, association, or club may be represented by no more than three delegates, each of whom may take part in a discussion, but in the discussion of any matter each league, association, or club shall be entitled to only one vote. No voting by proxies shall be allowed.
Article 9.—The annual dues shall be $25, payable at the annual meeting, but no league, association, or club shall be considered a member until its first annual dues have been paid.
Article 10.—Any violation of the rules of this association by members shall render them liable to suspension by the Executive Committee until the next meeting of the association, and to expulsion by a two-thirds vote of the league, association, or club representing such meeting.
Article 11.—No one should represent any league, association, or club at the annual field meeting who has attained the age of twenty-one years.
Article 12.—The Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present only.
In addition to this constitution the following by-laws were adopted:
The Executive Committee shall assume entire control of the annual games, and shall decide all the protests.
The annual meeting of the Executive Committee shall be held the evening before the annual field meeting.
Winners and second men in each event in the field meeting in the league, association, or club may compete at the annual field meeting of this association.