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Main 1,1 , ,) .4 Sll ow Remarkable:
sdepgth did Escape Defeat on
--Beaver Field
Vor the lust time since 1906 a
college team played our vaisiry
eleven to a staptlstill on Beaver field
last S'ituid Gettysburg; held
Captaitt "Nilo her" Dunn's team to a
0-0 scot(' th,tt year and Villano , la
d u plicated the feat less than one
wee k ago 14'0,0 years ago the
Gettysbroger; tied us just one week
aC:tei a nctab',- victory over, the In
dim, avi Oat :ea , ,01 was corn
pleted-by he , l l : - Ig Yale to 10 points
an,' then <lo , ,..ming N vy, ackmson
:ha , an 1 P,tt' in succes
sion 'lice rectitit Villanova 'sting
& ye(t oit good showing at
Pen,n.an i wt. icel that this season
will be 'oni.,he,l in just such style as
Ghat of 1)0 - ) 'No have just such a
letic, .n "Ale,c" Gray as they had
:11"Moth , tt" ll , urr and our present
eleven his ) ISt as mach of the State
fighting spirit Opportimities will
beg in toe St. lionaventute and
ZiCkneil • , ,ailic<, Col the team to pull
together and then a victory over
Pitt will thot out eleven has
untted'y piaytdall the football its
udiv'clual ~ e rS •
J•ist row thele is no denying the
:act that 4 )lP , is.. is a good deal of dis
comagemeni Is% oat feotball, camp
Dt Ho and • "Henny"
ha ,s'ot the excellent lot 'of
second- lr:n; mate,ial to work with
f - iat "13 , 0" - Hohegback and "Trish'
Allctiveen had,i2.t year. 'Again our
old football slats has'c,not returned
to an! co, cia'n'4 as in former years
.and how ,stith the Pitt game just
three wee'ei ' aiiercl, there is the
greatest need I'm everyone' to pull
'togetLr as only sturdy State men
in this clean, manly college Can
It 1, a' ctt,i ,t Old State has ovei
come such diffict‘lties befote and
they can do It this time.
But to let= to the game, whieh
was eriou cll to ff , VC almost any Blue
and White room heart failure. It
would nev-'i do to tell :n detail how
out giiduomsts brought the ball
within Villan.wa's 'lO yaid line
eleven times clur , ng the game and
yet were unable to score. Indeed,
the main liner, never posessed the
pigskin cu tcle of their (mil '3O
.7,..rd mark in the first two quarters
and only looked clanu•ea ow; once.
That was in the fourth period
whet Kelly'. Ini wa,,l pass was in
tereepted but finnoled, Skelton le
covei.ng the p„r-,' c v:•,itcn
then ran th Ceti Item the middle of
the Et Id, to State's 15 yard line.
They could get .nothing thi ough mu
line donor!, the eni:ie game and
could riot in this came, either. Kelly
chopped back,, of •..) held goal with
wet-111mi), good chances of a score,
bet Watson and Glay bloek„-id the
drop kick a•i, I State iceovci ed - •thc
b
i,ow humb)Dl by VI la
Pl owo,, wit t( ta - 1 t tici - 1,..1 tt.c bill
(1, it the pi a mapnci th:t
' ht earn away
a. \ 41 t,l,
AO) ,rtitiled. for Engle,
sp,i,it i I the at btoak:-
rn !, <,pe,.:d 101 uo .1113-tant,al
'l'her , 1,11,
1 Vefy t ii,hl Mulct's to,
told 4 ydr. Is to
0,,t . c, 1 II 1 11110
'‘l; 11C1 t p l , l } ncl
A Cn, lino; I.te, of the hno
11,1 t :,ey Of the
„ii, hue - Pield judge
Cod( halle: Lad I Jt b:Cmh his
whistle, hbwevei, and ball was
taken back In three attempts we
still lacked a 'foot of 'first clown and
oUi most spdctaculdr opportunity to
cole r,os gone
Numeions costly fumbles robbed
Captain Clay's elevyn of a dozen
good chant es , to add another vic
tory to our 1910 record Workmen
and Piollet failed in three attempts
at goals from placements and the
fates were indeed "arranged against
us: The Main Lineis were a big
husky bunch of Irishmen who out
weighed our eleven fifteen pounds
ro a man and undoubtedly played a
hard, aggressive game. They were
guilty of delaying the game con
siderably when they ,had the ball
and the pO:;,tion of, .their coach,
Fic I k-iolins, in oiCiciating at the
'i3ta e-Pc nn game on Oct 22 although
prca 05tc..,1 at the last minute by ou:
car he; ehn hardly be commended
as leo.l spot tsman Undoubted
ly ',la. , itois handled our light
bat,crield Miller. and Barrett,
unnece.prily lough in certain in
stances and theii high tackling was
rather int:ended to pip:lace fumbles
than to bring doWn the runner.
HCILNI4VCI, tae team work neces
sary 101 vietoty was lacking on our
team. BarteLt and Miller made
some
,good dashes by open field
dodging but the interle'rence neces
sary t.) allow them to get a*ay for
runs was sadly lacking. Bairon
'displayed''' excellent headwork on
several occasions, while Piollet,
Very, Watson, and Harlow made
tackles. The charging of our whole
iline on the defense was unbeatable,
+ll!'..7lsitors' only (list downs cow
ing on well executed fOrward passes
by Skelton and Kelly : Indeed
every one of our men played a great
game individually but the team-
work was lacking.
Duffy punted well for Villanova,
Millei and Barlett handling his high,
long spirals well. Giay, Johnson
and Weave' charged especially low
and hard and our not winning can
be placed solely on the numerous
unfortunate fumbfes and the inabili
ty to gain when the goal line was
within easy stitking distance.
Much credit is due the new cheer
leaders foi the best cheering ever
produced' oa Beaver field. • The
work of the offic.als was good.
Tne lineup 'showing those who
played.in last Saturday's gruelling
battle follows.'
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F ler.agan,l t Harlow
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crorlillcy , I); GrAY ICµPC)
Curl. i, ( 1 / 4 . ai)l )Watson
Sinn n r ); , . Johnson
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U.l rd. ' 1.1" Yeetw C.,mell Umpire.
Sthei tu, ',w4ramture 1.1(.1(.1 Gudcharies,
I, if t o et., I mule' II minute gu.rttrs. Head
lee. snit n 1 . ),, Icher.
An Important Lecture for Engineers
Mr. G R. Hendelson, Mem. Am.
Soc. Mech. Eng , consulting engi
lir Baldwin locomotive works
and fol oth?.r lar companies, will
give an l'ustiat4d lectiitt in room
20 t ngineci ,Tlg building, 1 uesday,
Nov at. 730 p m
The Delphi hateimty gave an in
foimai dance m theh house on Sat
niday CA ening and the affait, which
was attcntii'd by many out-of-town
was vet y successful.
rI U. ' ,- N" wcnt
"Shot t v"
General,Athletic Elections
The election of the duce general
athletic managers will he held on
neat Monday mg,lit 'Hie time and
place will be announced on the bul
letin boards
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Barrt.tt, Barron
7:30 P. M
Delphi Dance
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STATE COLLE3E, PA.: NOVEMBER 3, 1910
CIDER SCRAP CLOSE
Sophomores Defeat the Freshmen
'by Narrow Margin, in Twenty
Minute scrap.
In one of the most exciting and '
closely-fought contests seen for
several years, the Sophomoies won;
the cider scrap from the Freshmen
by the score of 33-32. The close
ness of the score itself tells the stoi y I
of the fight. From start to finish,
the men of both classes struggled ;
with all their power to reach the
coveted prize; and to the spectators,i
the outcome was always in doubt..
According to custom, the men of
1913 appeared first upon the battle
ground below the Armory, and'
grouped themselves at the western
side of the circle. The confidence
which comes as the result of a
former year's experience was ap
parent in the faces of
; all. 'The
scrap appeared to them like a
good-natured rough-house; for
though the Fieshmen would un
doubtedly fight hard, 1913 would
surley win. The Freshmen on the
other hand showed. "a far different
aspect. When the long line of men
swarmed from the Armory, their
races held the expression 'of grim,
earnest determination.. Their was
no jesting, no certainty of victory.
Notwithstanding their superiority
in numbers, they felt themselveS
handicapped by lack of experience,
and lack of ability to recognize one
another. Their hope was to win if
possible, and if not, to make at least
a fair showing before the eyes of
the spectators.
A few tense moments of excite
ment, as'the classes waited on the
edge of the white-marked circle;
then the gun and the first rushl , The
scrapwas on. At the very outset
the Freshmen piofrted greatly by
the strategy of their wing move
ments. ChoS'en teams at the divid
ing lines between the classes, ex
ecuted a swift flank movement
which broke up the flying wings of
the Sophomores, prevented their
movement,' and gave 1914 a good
chance to reach the barrel. Although
a few Sophomores mounted the
barrel first, a mass of Freshmen im
mediately surrounded it on all sides,
and thus gained the first advantage.
When the fight was well under
way, the work of sending men by
the overhead route to the barrel be
gan in earnest. For purposes of
identification each 1914 man had a
strip of black tape about his wrist
Although this appeared to be one
of the best methods for that pur
pose that has been tried, it did
not-succeed in all cases; for very
often the men, particularly those
near the center of the mass, could
not free their hands to show the
distinguishing emblem. The
S ophomores,L--compart iv el y well
known to one another,—had little
difficulty in this respect, but used a
password in cases of necessity.
Man after man from both classes
fought his way to the barrel, only
to be pulled down and carried out
by his opponents. To the specta
tors, the fight seemed even, for
men from both classes clustelecl
about the barrel in nearly even
numbers.
At the edge of the circle, the Cllq-
tomary hand-to-hand' encounters
took place. Large numbers of men
busied themselves solely in the work
of pulling down oppiments, and
dragging them beyond the fighting
line. Though this pact ^of the
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struggle was hard' .and determined,
very little dirty work was in ev
i,dence A keen ,spirit of clean
rivalry seemed to pervade the men
of each class.
As the clock on Old Main gradual-1
ly approached the time when the
twenty minute scrap would be over
every man put new spirit into his
work. One man after another drew
himself over the heads of the
others until he had reached the
center. The mass of men there be
came more closely entangled, and
packed in, in the efforts of all to get
a hand upon the top of the barrel.
A cloud of steam rising in the cold
air showed the extent of the crowd
ed inner circle. The men at the
edges fought wildly to gain the cen-
Ter, or to keep out opponents whO
had the same desire. Then the
booming of the gun proclaimed the
end of the fight! After a few
moments delay, in which the con
testants made sure that the signal
was
,genuine, the outer men gave
way, and left to'the judges the ta,sk
of counting the hands.
The presence ,of over, sixty men
in so small a compass, ' makes it
difficult, almost impossible, to
judge accurately whether a man is
really touching the barrel. In this
matter the judges used great skill
and obtained' the best possible re
rults. When the final count was
rendered, the score stood 33 to 32
in favor of 1913, a result close,
enough to satisfy any lover of a.
close contest, All honor,then, to the
winners of a clean, hard scrap! And
honor also, to the men who made
sn gallant a, fight ..againat.
May Penn State see many more
scraps, just aS exciting, just as hotly
fought, just as clean. •
THE MASQUE BALL
Hallowe'en Party in Armory
. an
Event of General' Wit and Good
Humor.
The second annual Hallowe'en
ball, held in the Armory on Mon
day night, w,as a very enjoyable
affair. Although the attendance
was.not large, due probably to cel
eblations occulting elsewhere at the
same time, there were enough to pro
vide a goOd time for all. The walls
of the Armory, with their covering
of shocks of corn; the corn-stalk
bower of the orchestra; the round
golden moon; and the cider barrel;
all helped to give an impression of
good cheer that was in perfect
harmony with the season.
The dancers upon the floor surely
presented a varied spectacle: sport
ing gentlemen and "hard" western
ers mingle with elegant ladies, both
white and black; military men,
pirates, and even one representa
tive from the lower world, rubbed
shoulders with one another. A
double-faced man, and a lightly
clad bathing couple were also con
spicious among the crowd. An
Italian organ-grinder, with a most
amusing protege, kept the bystand
ers in good humor. The monk per
formed some clever antics, and ap
pealed to be quite at home in his
sulioundings. And in similar man
net, a long series of 'interesting
figures gave life and color to a most
interesting scene. ,
At the end of the ball, the prizes
for the best costumes were award
ed The team prize wa:, captured
by Mr. Stonerod and Mr.,Westorh
in the Italian musical specialty.
Mr. H. H Armsby was awarded
Centinued on page four
PRICE I , IVE CENTS
THE GYMNASIUM FEE
An Accniate Explanation of the
Present Athletic Financial Situ-
In the pi esent discussion of these
fees, a short history of their origin
may be of sere ice. Incidental and lab
oratory fees common to all colleges
have been collected in the Pennsyl
vaniania State college from its be=
ginuing. The matriculation fee
charged iri most colleges has never
been introduced hue; nor has any
tuition charge been made. In the
early days, before modern sports
were introduced, there was no ex=
pense necessary for physical educa
tion. Military was the only ,
form of exercise provided. The
Armory was built at state expense
since military di ill is required by
law to' be taught in the college, .
Some gymnasium apparatus was
purchased from the general funds. ,,
With the growth in the number.of s,
students and the introduction of
athletic games, it became necessary
to provide for the institiction, of 'all
students in some' form of exercise
and to enlarge the Arrnory into )
gymnasium This grew more feasi-„-,
ble when the size of the regime*',
made in-door drill no, longer,,,pos7r'
Accordingly in 18904 tOard
of Trustees of the 'college 'yOted' to t :
require each student to' pay six dol
lars annually for the support
, _9f ; a
department of Physical Education,
to include both athletic and 'arnnai
slum ,instructions, although` wai'
daign-ave) "of "e.. 11 "
' The sum thus obtained was ,barely ,
sufficient when the Timber of stud 7
ents was small to p 0 the salaries of
instructors and . the , up-keep of the
gymnas'urn and athletic grounds,
In later years it has in'oreased with
the number of students until it now,
affords means for; keeping
,the
gyinnasiuni in excellent repair and, ,
adding to the apparatus;, for, provid
ing a locker house and' additional
shower baths, completing the grad=
ing of the athletic field; tinsttuot
ing bleachers, placing tennisreourts
in order twice a , year,
,keeping the
athletic field in order, etc.
Meanwhile the voluntary, student
Athletic Association had eiperiene-''
ed difficulty in financing theValito
teams, because no large gate receipts,
were possible when games were
played at the college, Dues were,
difficult to collect. After repeated'
requests and after a
,pamphlet stat
ing the situation had been'presented
to the Board of Trustees, , that body
agreed in
,1902 to collect four dol
lars per year from each' `student.
turning the money over to the Ath-'
letic Association to do as•the latter
pleased with it In order, to avoid
the appearance of collecting
,too
many fees, the four dams Was:col
lected with the six dollars,under
the former name of 'gynanasitiin"
fee. At the same time; since Mr:
Carnegie had expressed a • willing
ness to construct a library building.
provided it was pi operly supported,
a library fee of $3 a year was order;
ed to he collected for each student.
From the fall of 1902 to the press _
ent - time, the ten dollar joint fee has
been collected at the 13ustness
Office, four dollais being turned
over to the Athlct;c Association or
to the Graduate Management to do
absolutely as it pleased with it; the
six dollais foi th'e gymnasium work
is spent by the college under the
direction of the Bocucl of Tiustees
the same as the incidental and other
fees.