State
Vol. 11, No. 27
A Record=Breaking Contest.
On the recent base ball trip a
game was won, and another lost al
though the latter contest with Cor
nell was a sixteen inning game, and
the longest ever participated in by any
State nine in our base ball history.
Upon the day previous to the
Cornell game the Springfield pro
fessionals of Shamokin were played
in Sunbury, and although this aggre:
gation claimed that they were sure
winners over State's nine, bringing
over two hundred rooters over from
Shamokin to see them turn the trick,
nevertheless Captain M cllveen' s
men "got to going" early in the
game and fairly swamped the
Shamokinites, who started into the
contest at a fast clip. Thompson
twirled the f;rst six innings for State,
allowing but three hits and fanning
ten men, after which Mitinger
finished the game in good style.
Through an error and Coutt's hit
Springfield got their only runs in
the eighth inning, while State's batters
easily rolled-up twelve runs,•the fun
commencing in the third inning when
Kilmer walloped out a triple with
two men on the bases; while in the
fifth round the State hits descended
so thick and fast that the Spring
field fielders could not get their
bearings until six runs had crossed
the plate.
S'ate's 2 to 1, sixteen inning
struggle against Cornell on Percy
Field will unduobtedly prove the
longest and most exciting college
game for the season of 1906. With
both "Lefty" Mcllveen and
"Mick" Deshon twirling magnifi
cent ball, this memorable contest
progressed 15 innings without either
team being able to score, and inning
after inning was marked by sensa-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MAY 3, 1906
tional fielding on both sides
Time after time were almost cer
tain scores cut-off by the grand
work of the pitchers, or the mar
velous support afforded them; and
almost without cessation the Cornell
bleachers and grandstand were kept
in a continual thunder of cheering,
until finally when the victory fell to
Cornell, the entire field became one
huge Maelstrom of frenzied howling
undergrad s!
Splendid catches and stops for
State were made by Cree, Kilmer,
Mason, Thompson, Haverstick,
Ross, Pearce, Mahaffey—in fact
every man on the White and Blue
.nine fought every ounce of spirit to
land a victory for their Captain, Mc-
Ilveen, whose wonderful pitching
was cheered over and over again,
by not only the small contingent of
State men present, but by the fifteen
hundred courteous Cornell rooters.
For the Cornellians every player on
their team played championship ball
behind Deshon's masterful twirling;
so that, this game was indeed an
extraordinary exhibition from every
standpoint. Then at the tumultuous
climax in the sixteenth inning, Cor
nell's thousand frenzied undergrads
were hushed a moment, as State's
sons gathered about their captain,
and gallantly shouted forth a ring
ing cheer for their victorious oppon
ents. And Old Cornell responded
too in grand fashion by cheering
State's team to the echo ! Never
before has any State team fought
out a more courageous, manly battle
than this one, nor lost out in such
heart-breaking fashion, after ap
parently having landed the victory.
However, it was Cornell's day to
win, and the Ithacans have
Continued from fiage
Ilegian.
Price Five Cents.
State Takes Third Place
On Saturday State's relay team ran
a plucky race at the Relay Carnival
in Philadelphia, but lost to Lafayette
and Virginia, taking third place,
however, and beating out Lehigh,
Dickinson and the Indians.
Excuses are always objectionable
after the finish of a race, and none
need be made for State's team this
year. They ran a magnificent race,
after being so unfortunate as to draw
the outside place on the track, farth
est from the pole. Arnold, 'O6, ran
first for State, and distancing his
other competitors, ran stride and
stride down the back-stretch with
the Lafayette runner, and finished a
close second, when Stapler,'o7, took
up the race, and was followed by
Kaiser, 'O6, while "Hi" Henry
finished the last quarter. The finish
was exciting as Lafayette, Virginia
and State all finished within five
yards of each other in the fast time
of 3:28 4-5.
State's time as taken by "Pop!'
Golden was 3:30 2-5.
The next athletic event will be the
dual meet with the Carlisle Indians
on Saturday, and State has high
hopes of defeating the red men.
Trials were held for places for the
Carlisle trip on Monday, and though
at this writing the make-up of the
team is unknown it is expected that
a strong aggregation will represent
State on Saturday.
Waha, Captain
At a meeting of the Varsity Bas
ketball team last week Waha, 'O9,
was elected captain for next year
owing to the leaving of Captain-elect
Moorhead, 'OB.