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Vol. VI, No. 32
s I:eNio - Fz_ [i
A YEAR OF MOST
SUCCESSFUL TEAMS
State Occupies an Important Place
in " thel Intercollegiate Athletic
Worleihis Year. 1
, ti
The school year in Penn tate
athletics tias been characteristi of
us in that it has been success 1—
even more so than usual.' Captain
Vorhis' 'eleven began things right
when it vion five splendid victories
tied two tames and did not lOse a
contest; too much credit for; this
splendid record cannot be given coach
"Bill" Hollenback. The ties with
Penn and the Indians; overwhelm
ing triumphs over Bucknell 1 and
West Virginia, and a clever victory
over Pitt, I tel l the tale of what is Icon
sidered the most successful season
in twentyl-three years of varsity foot
ball. Ati the close of the gridiron
season "Alek" Gray was chosen to
lead the eleven next fall and' we are
expecting good things iri the Uew-
der his guidance.
fangled game
College, Swarthmore
twice) were the prin-
Allegheny
and Bucknell
e downed on the bas
by Capt. Hermann's
cipal foes to
ketball floor
The closest kind of
ut up against Penn,
st Point and Cornell
was completed with
on and six lost. The
in ,the class league
s won by the Juniors,
to the interest in the
.d it is generally bi-
five last winte
contests were
Columbia; W ,
and the easo ,
eight games
interest show
race, which
merely add -
varsity team,
STATE COLLEGE, PA., JUN
lieved that varsity basketball s ould
be continued here as it keeps athlet
ic interest alive during the winter
months. The next baketball cap
tain is Frank Blythe 'li2, who has
all the qualification of a 'good lead-, J
er. 1 , ,
Wrestling as a 1 branch of the: ath
letics of our college came to the fore
last winter cheifly through an over
whelming triumph over : the grap
plers from Old Penn. An excelldnt
showing against thd Navy was also
made by captain Brown's men.'
Our intercollegiate season on the
1 track has come to an end and there
only remains the interclass meet for
whice the Boston Alumni have fur
nished excellent medals. A tie score
With the Indians and an easy 'victory
over Dickinson, as well L as good
showings against Penn and\ the 'Na
vy, 'prove that captain Howarth's
team has spent a profitable season
;:.
on the , tder path. Wat s broke
the two- ile record, Lum - ` mashed
the one-mile record and Tal i of now
holds the State marki in the ham
mer throw, shot-put and discus
throw, , The second annual Inter
scholastic Field and Track Meet on
May 5 proved to be fat superior to
the'first one a year ago and the suc
cess
may be attributed pr i nc ipally to
the libeTality of the New York alum
ni and the energy of athletic-direc
tor Golden.
. ,
Prior to last Saturday's baseball
game with Buclmell, captain Mc-
Cleary's nine had won ellven games,
and tied two—a splendid) record, in
deo 1 Despite an unusually long
13, 1910
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list of cripples, our team has been
uniformly succeisfull this spring, the
defeats being suffered at the hands
of Villanova,'Brown and Princeton.
Lehigh, Fordham, Cornell, Navy
and Bucknell were among tiose who
fell easy prey Ito coach Mcllveen's
hard-hitting aggregation and it is
plain to all concerned that the Blue
and Whitenine is again in the fro&
rank of college teams. The inter
class league, won by tbe'Seniors this
year, has done its part in producing
'varsity material 'and interclass ath
letic 4 have beyond doubt benefited
our varsity teams.
THE CLASS DAY EXERCISES
Seniors Plan Impressive Ceremony
Befitting Memorable Occasion.
The Class i Day program of the
class of 1910 Ail be presented on ,
the front campus at one thirty
o' - ci p ck this afternoon. The exer
cises have , ..leen planned to make
the tst meeting of the class as joy
oust •
as possible, and at the same
time imposing and ceremonious.
The depression in the front campus
makes a good natural amphitheatre,
and the surrounding lawn and trees
form a splended stage setting. Al
thciugh the program is interesting'
and complete, it will be fairly brief,
and simple.
l' The Cadet Band will open the
exercises with an overture; and will
render several selections during the
afternoon. 1.... Y. Vorhis will deliver
Continued on Tge 5
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