THE FREE LANCE.
VoL. VIII
THE FREE LANCE.
Published monthly during the college year by the Students
of The Pennsylvania State College.
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EDITOR,
D. L: PATTERSON, '95
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AS is the custom at most colleges, the foot
ball season closed with the game on
Thanksgiving day, and the members of
our team as well as those of others look back and
reflect upon the games won and lost. Fortunate
ly there is not one of the latter class for a State
man to review. Instead he looks upon a list of
seven games, six victorious and one a tie. He
adds up the scores of the season, and finds that
where our opponents have scored one point we
have scored ten ; that the totals stand eighteen
points against and one hundred and seventy-nine
for us. Undeniably a brilliant record.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., DECEMBER, 1894
The first two games of the season were on the
home grounds and were both characterized by
large scores. No one entertained a thought that
we would lose the game with Gettysburg, but
players and all anticipated a closer game with
Lafayette. The overwhelming defeat inflicted
upon the latter college can be attributed, firstly
to the slight advantage entertained by the home
team; secondly, to the fact that our team, recogniz
ing that they were of lighter weight than in for
mer years, had determined to play a very quick,
snappy game; and thirdly, to the fact that Lafay
ette overestimated the strength of her team and
underestimated State's. Lafayette thought her
self unusually strong in that eight of her old men
were back and the three vacancies had been filled
by men from the teams of other colleges or
schools. With an ex-Princeton guard as coach
and a new athletic field upon which to practice,
Lafayette began the season with the false impres
sion that they ''had no superiors in the Middle
States except Princeton and U. of P." that they
fell short of their mark is evident; and is likewise
plain that State has the right to this distinction.
At this part of the season, games were arranged
with the U. of P. and Princeton. It is not hard
to conjecture why the University cancelled our
date immediately after their game with Lafayette.
It is also not hard to see that they could not have
played the game against us that they did against
that college and have been the victors. The
withdrawal of the date by the University was dis
heartening enough, but when coupled with that of
Princeton it left our team with practically noth
ing for which to look forward. They visably lost
interest, but managed to keep up a little enthusi
asm over the game with the Naval Cadets. The
good showing at Annapolis failed to revive the
lost vim, and State played the . last games of the
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