*1 Russell Sage said : "Your real estate will make your old age comfortable.” State Vol. V, No. 25 BASEBALL Carnegie Tech Easily., Bested. An Outline of the Two Trips. - Our baseball team opened the season with an excellent victory over the Midshipmen at Annapolis. In seven innings at. Georgetown captain Hirshman’s nine was de feated Bto 5, but a plucky uphill fight on our part with a good chance ot winning finally was stopped by the umpire who called the game when it was yet plenty light enough to play. The results of the games on the opening trip are here: April 1 at Annapolis R H E 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0-9 9 2 00000030 o—3 5 0 Three basq-hits—Eberlein, Jones. Ridgely. Hit by pitched ball—Lynch, Hirshman, Struck out—By Lynch 6, by*'McCleary 4, by Anderson 1. ' Bases on balls—Off McCieary 3. Anderson 1. Stolen bases— Eberlein, Carson, Lange,' Ridgely, Wakeman. Sacrifice hit—Vorhis. Umpire- Colliflower. Aprii 2 at Washington State.;-..'..; Georgetown Two base hit—McCieary. Three-basehit—Work man, Eberlein. Simon, McDonald. Hit by pitched ball -Hirshman, Mayock 2. Simon. Struck out - By Balzer 11, McCieary 1, Skemp 8. Passed ball— Thomas. Sacrifice hit —Murphy Stolen bases— Mc- Donald 2, Mayock. Bases on balls —Kelly 2, Mc- Cieary, * Skemp, Murphy, Cogan 2. Umpire— Colliflower. Not only was the final game of the trip at the University of Pennsyl vania cancelled on account of rain but the annual Princeton struggle had to be called off on the same ac count on the second journey of Manager Wilcox’s team. Follow ing are the results of the contests on the second jaunt: April 9 at Hoboken State R H H) „3100 2 1 0 0 -7. 8 1 Stevens livst 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—l 3 4 Two-base hits—Blythe, Cook. Stolen bases-Kelly, Eberlein, Hlrshman,' Workman, Hearsay. Sacri fice hits —Eberlein, McCleary. Bases on balls Off Saunders 6. Leidich 2. Hit by pitched ball—By Saunders 1 Struck out—By Leidich 7, by Saun ders 1. Passed balls—Fonda 3. Umpire—lchgeets. R H E 10120000 0-4 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-5 9.3 April 10 at Providence State Brown Two;base hits—Hirshman, Raymond, Staff Bases on balls —Off Nourse 5. Lynch 3. Struck out—By Nourse B, Lynch 7. Sacrifice hits—Den nie, Vorhis. Double play—Nash to' Budlong to Staff. Hit by pitched ball—Nourse. Um pire—Lanigan. Continued on pact 2 STATE COLLEGE, PA., APRIL 22, 1909. Senior and Junior Chemists Finish a Successful Eastern Trip. Beginning with Wednesday Mar. 31, the junior and senior chemists, 31 in number, in charge of Prof. Churchill and Prot. Rentschler made a tour of inspection through some of the important manufacturing establishments in and about Phila delphia and New York. The Corn Products Refining com pany was visited at Edgewater, N. J. where numerous coin products are manufactured and most of them exported. At Jersey City rhe latest improved methods for making toilet soaps and powders were seen in Colgate and Company's plant. On the roof of this plant is the larg est advertising sign in the world, the letters measuring twelve feet; also the largest clock in the world, the hands of which measure about 15 feet. At Bayonne, JN. J. the Tide water Oil company, the largest in dependent refinery in the world, was visited. The product is put into 6 gallon cans and exported to S. America and Euro'pe. In the same town the Pacific Coast Borax company, where the famous twenty mule team brand of borax is manu factured, The raw product comes from California. At Passaic, N. J., the Manhattan Rub ber Works were visited, where garden hose, fire hose, etc., are made. At Newark, the Murphy Varnish Works and the Carbona Products company’s plants were inspected. The Ameri can Smelting and Refining company which refines gold, silver, copper and lead, most of which comes R H E C 0 1 0 1 3 o—s 8 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 I—B • 8 1 If v • j| ! A. €JL Jl ml • m T KLi l V flra. Bh CHEMISTRY TRIP Contmuod on page 7 Price Five Cents THE THESPIANS A Big Performance Assured by our Dramatic Organization. The first performance of “Popo caterpillar VII” will be given to- morrow night by the Thespians in the Auditorium. The .play is a musical comedy and promises to be the best thing ever put on by the dramatic organization. No expense has been spared to make it a suc cess. Mr. Downing, the coach, has been working with the cast and chorus for over a month, and the performance Friday night will show the results of careful training. The finest kind of costumes have been secured. The chorus girls will ap pear in different dresses in each act. and the many beautiful gowns of the Queen and Princess will fairly dazzle the audience. Scenery from Bellefonte will be used for one act. The lines of the play are full of jokes from beginning to end and the funny situations that King Popo caterpillar and his court get into will keep things merry the whole even ing. The monotony of the fun is relieved by solos by Mr. Arm strong and other members of the cast and by the singing and dancing of the chorus. The chorus danc ing will be one of the finest features 01 the play. The music will be by an orchestra of eleven men picked from the college orchestra. On Tuesday morning the troupe, consisting of thirty-nine men, will leave for Bloomsburg, where the play will be given that night. After the performance they will all attend a dance. On Wednesday night they show in the Lycoming Opera Continned on page 3