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State
Vol. V, No 20
Interclass Basketball Prospects.
The annual interclass basketball
game will take place on Satur
day night at 7:30 in the Arm
ory. There is no need to tell
Penn State students how close and
hard•fought these yearly Sopho
more Freshman clashes always
prove, but to any outsider it will
show State class spirit in a conclu-
sive manner.
Captain Mclntyre and Manager
Cuthbert of the 1911 five have
finally boiled down their squad to
the following players : Mclntyre,
Davis, Amidon, Yeckley, Craig,
Metzger, O'Neil, Cameron, Brown,
Steinferth and Porter. Of these,
three are members of the team
which threw a great scare into the
camp of 1910 last winter and the
Sophomores, with abundant prac
tice, have developed a tast team.
Of the 'l2 representatives, James
is captain and Moffitt is manager.
Besides the leader, Armsby, L ove
ridge, Gotshall, Sheldon, Harring
ton, Lenchner, Etters, Coope and
Doster have been retained on the
squad until the eve of the battle.
Seldom has a sturdier lot of fresh
man material appeared on the
Armory floor and there is no doubt
that 1912 will give an excellent ac-.!
count of itself on Saturday night.
Junior Orators.
, The juniors who have been
chosen to take part in the Junior
Oratorical contest next commence
ment are J. H. Harrison, R. B.
Meridith, W. Ransom, B. G. Rum
spy, R. Buka, C. R. Steele; alter
nates, R. E. Disque, W. J. Santee,
- and R. B. Fehr.
Coll
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MARCH 4, 1909
The Meanest Man on Earth.
While you sit comfortably smok
ing your pipe of an evening, it has
probably never occurred to you that
the meanest man or' earth is now in
State College, or has visited us
quite recently. Whether he be
singular or plural, we can hardly
call him any gentler name than the
"Meanest Man." We refer to the
individuals who removed from
forty to fifty baseballs from the
trophy cases in the Track House.
These balls were mostly cheap ones,
painted with the colors of the de
feated college, and gave the date
and score of some of State's most
momentous diamond victories.
Even though money, time and care
had been used to prepare the
trophies for presentation, their
stated value is nothing as compared
to what they mean to old white and
blue alumni in sentiment and asso
ciation, as well as to ourselves who
are just as enthusiastic for Old Penn
State as any of the old boys.
The theft of the baseballs from
the trophy cases is but the most
flagrant of a series of petty thefts
which seems always to be connected
with the Track House. Football,
baseball and track uniforms, as well
as material from the physical di
rector's office, disappear with as
tonishing regularity. We would
gently hint that paraphernalia in the
Track House is not public goods and
we would add that the disappear
ance of the much-prized baseballs
is but one step farther than the tak
ing of any athletic stuff from the
Track House. If the student senti
ment is against such practices—and
who will dare say that it is not—then
let them cease!
egian.
The Eastern Basketball Trip
Our basketball five finished its
season last week when West Point,
Manhattan and Swarthmore were
met on an eastern journey. The
New York team was "taken over' .
by Manager Lindemuth's team in
good style; with but three' minutes
to play Manhattan had the score
tied at sixteen, but rapid shots by
Hoerle and Hermann clinched a
pretty victory after a hard fought
game. The struggles with the Army
and Swarthmore were both lost, yet
our men played their best game at
all times. The hard trip to West
Point, as well as the food at Uncle
Sam's school, put the State team in
poor shape and by the time the
Swarthmore game was reached, the
white and blue five was by no means
in its best fighting trim. After
what was termed the best game on
the Swarthmore floor in years, our
players dropped the final game of
the season.
It has been found impossible to
schedule Buckneil at Lewisburg for
the game postponed on 7et - _, F,1.1 -
twentieth and no retuln •
be played this year.
Here are the scores of the eastern
trip:
February 22 at West Point.
STATE -16 ARMY-37
Hermann.... ............ f.... Devers
Reed.. .... . . f ..... ...Conrad
Waha ..... .Surles
Blythe . ...... ...g. . ..... Beardslee
Harrington. .. g •• • • • . .Catron
Substitutions—Hoerle for Hermann; Milliken
for Conrad, Arnold for Beardslee, Hardy for
Catron. Field goals-- Reed 2, Waha 2. Blythe 2.
Hoerle; Devers 5, Conrad 4, Beardslee 5, Surles
Arnold. Milliken. Foul goals—Waha 2, Beard
slee 2, Devers 1. Referee —H H. Fisher, Colum
bia.
February 23 at Manhattan.
PENN STATE-22 MANHATTAN-16
Hermann ...... .... .. .f . ...... .. ... Murry
Reed . f .. Bolton
Waha c . Nugent
Blythe g Donahue
Harrington g . Conroy
Price Five Cents