State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, October 11, 1906, Image 8

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    New. Scrap Rules
At the special meeting of the Ath
letic Association last week the fol
lowing rules regulating the Cider and
Flag Scraps were adopted:
CIDER SCRAP
1. To be held on the afternoon of the
last Saturday of October on the Athletic Field.
2. The Freshmen shall furnish a barrel of
cider of not less than 40 gallons. The same
shall be chained or fastened securely in a
vertical position, (on a platform if necessary)
so that the top of the barrel will be not less
than 4% feet, and not more than 5 feet above
the ground.
3. The scrap shall consist of two halves of
20 minutes each, with an intermission of 10
minutes between halves.
Each half shall be started by a given signal
from one of the officials.
4. Each class shall, at the start of each
half,be arranged about one half of the circum
ference of the forty foot (radius) circle of
which the barrel is the center.
5. , The halves shall close by a given
signal from the judges. All men having
hands on top of the barrel shall not move, all
others must promptly withdraw. The hands
on the barrel shall be counted at the close of
each half by the judges. All hands moved
after the signal is given shall be ruled out.
The class having the highest total number of
hands counted shall be declared the winner,
to have and to hold the barrel and contents.
6. The three judges shall be the two up
per class presidents and a third man chosen
by them who shall be a local alumnus or
member of the instructing force of the college.
The judges shall have power to arrange all
details not covered by these rules, and their
decision shall be final.
7. All non combatants except the judges
shall be kept back a definite distance from the
scrap, the distance to be fixed by the judges in
accordance with the sizes of the classes.
8. All athletes in training shall be de
barred from the scrap.
THE FLAG SCRAP
1. The flag scrap shall start at 6 a in of
the first Saturday of May, on some part of the
Campus to be chosen by the Freshmen.
2. At the beginning of the scrap, the flag
shall fly on a pole not more than 25 fcet long.
W. T. DUNN
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
The pole shall be thoroughly seasoned and
painted and meet the approval of the judges.
3. The scrap shall continue for one hour
and shall close at a given signal from the
judges.
4. Before the scrap the Freshmen shall be
allowed to place themselves unmolested about
the pole; but no Freshmen shall be stationed on
the pole.
5. Chains, wire, handcuffs, etc. shall be
barred but the use of soft cotton ropes shall be
permitted.
6. The use of knives, pliers, cutting in
struments of any sort, climbers or any other
mechanical devices shall not be permitted.
7. Any artificial means to make the pole
difficult to climb shall be debarred.
8. If the flag is on the pole at the end of
the scrap the Freshmen shall win, but if the
flag is taken from the pole the Sophomores
shall win.
9. The three judges shall be the two upper
class presidents and a third man chosen by
them, who shall be a local alumnus or mem
ber of the instructing force of the College.
10. The judges shall have power to ar
range all details not covered by these rules
and their decision shall be final.
11. All non-combatants except the judges
shall be kept back a definite distance from
the scrap, the distance to be fixed by the
judges in accordance with the size of the
classes.
12. All athletes in training shall be de
barred from the scrap.
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Amounts credited on your Co-op ticket.
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AT
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Choice Meats of all Kinds
Both Phones
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Furniture and Carpets
Picture Frames Made to Order
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Every Accomodation Extended Your
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