THE FREE LANCE.
VOL.. VIII
THE FREE LANCE.
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1). L. PATTERSON, '95
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THE disappointment felt by the student body
when the telegram arrived announcing U.
of Pa's., intention of cancelling our game
there on Nov. 3rd, amounted to a righteous in•
dignation. The terms of the game were those of
manager Delabarre, and no excuse can be offered
that will justify the withdrawal of the date. The
reasons given to the press for their action, that
the team was over-trained and would only indulge
in sign practice until Nov. loth will not hold water
as the University played Warren A. C. two d4s
after the Lafayette game. Is it possible that the
STATE COLLEGE, P
R. L. 11,lioDoNALD,
, NOVEMBER, 1894
University team was afraid of not running up a
high score, or even entertained the thought of
being defeated by the team from "little State Col
lege ?" Let us sum up the pros and cons and note
the result •
Begin with a comparison of their games with
the one college that both have played this'season.
In the State-Lafayette game, the ball was in
Lafayette's possession four times and then only
once by downs. Lafayette secured the ball from
the University ten times, forcing her to kick five
times and getting possession of the ball the other
five by Quaker fumbles. The University team re
gained the ball one halfof the times by Lafayette's
offside plays, while State permitted her to kick
twice, and twice got the ball before the third
down. The sum total of the gains made by La
fayette against State would do little More than
carry the ball over the line from midfield while
a Lafayette halfback made a single run of sixty
yards through Pennsylvania's line.
An impartial judge, in reviewing these statistics
would undoubtedly say that the Centre Co., team
was the stronger. Is there anything further to
confirm him in this decision ? Let us, after the
manner 'of one of our great daily newspapers,
compare the respective scores, and gauge the
teams by this comparison. State wins a game by
seventy-two points while Pennsylvania defeats the
same college by twenty-six points. This would
indicate that State was forty•six points better than
U. of Pa. Divide this by two and there is stilt a
margin of three points above any defeat that State
has met at the hands of the Quaker team. After
the exhibition the University team gave on the
31st of October, their management probably
made a summation similar to the above and, con
cluding "that discretion is the better part of val
or," retired in disgrace. The frank acknowl-