Oct. 21.--Brooklyn Latin School _vs._ St. Paul's School, at Garden City. Oct. 24.--Brooklyn High-School _vs._ Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn. Oct. 31.--Poly. Prep. _vs._ St. Paul's School, at Garden City; Brooklyn Latin School _vs._ Brooklyn High-School, at Brooklyn. Nov. 7.--Brooklyn Latin School _vs._ Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn. Nov. 11.--Brooklyn High School _vs._ St. Paul's School, at Eastern Park. Nov. 14.--Poly. Prep. _vs._ Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn. Nov. 21.--Pratt Institute _vs._ St. Paul's School, at Garden City; Poly. Prep. _vs._ Brooklyn Latin School, at Brooklyn. Nov. 26.--Brooklyn High-School _vs._ Poly. Prep., at Eastern Park.
If we may judge from the character of the teams in the Long Island League the championship games this year ought to make pretty fair exhibitions of football playing. St. Paul's, Garden City, is going in even harder than customarily, and will have as strong a team as has ever worn the school colors. It will undoubtedly be the strongest eleven of the Long Island League, and will take the championship there, but St. Paul's chief ambition will be to defeat Lawrenceville, and even Andover, if a game can be arranged with the latter.
The make-up of the team, is about the same as it was last year, except, perhaps, that it is heavier. The rush-line is unusually heavy for a school team and the backs, excepting quarter, are also of good weight. Most of the men are veterans, only two being new to the team. These are Kinney, at right guard, and Blount, at quarter-back. This is Kinney's first year at football, but he is developing well, and has great strength, having cultivated this at shot-putting. He weighs 190 pounds. Blount, the other new man, is a Southerner who has never had much experience at football, but he is showing unusual ability for the game, and is rapidly improving under the coaching system prevalent at Garden City.
As full-back Captain Sidney Starr is doing good work, and is running the eleven in proper style. Starr is one of the most prominent of St. Paul's athletes, having played on the school teams ever since he entered school. He weighs 175 pounds, and besides being an excellent punter, he makes a good running full-back. Last year Starr played at quarter a good part of the time, alternating with Gardiner at full-back; but this year he has preferred to let Blount try for quarter, there being no first-class man among his candidates for the position he has taken himself.