PENN STATIA: VOLUME 8 NUMBER 11 1911 FOOTBALL REVIEW Captain Very's Team Has Brought Great Credit to Penn State by Victories Over Cornell, Penn and Pitt—Coaches Have Excellent Material for Next Year—Harlow, Goedecke and Hermann Will be Lost. The Pennsylvania State College has just completed the greatest football record in the history of the Blue and White. With eight games won, one game tied and none lost, includ ing victories over Penn, Cornell and Pitt, Captain Very's team takes a place with the leading teams of the country, Princeton and the Navy. According to the opinion of football experts, Princeton is given the credit for having the most powerful de fense and the strongest attack, while Nsvy is given the second choice. However from statistics of the season, Penn State scored 199 points to Princeton's 179 and Navy's 116, while 15 points were scored upon both Princeton and Penn State, and 11 upon the Navy. As to victories, the Blue and White is credited with 3 and Princeton with 8, but we tied one game in compari son to tiA o games tied by Prince ton. The Navy won 6 games and tied 3. The victorious 1911 season start ed by the defeat of Geneva college 51-0. Then came a victory over Gettysburg by a score of 31-0. A week later our great football ma chine journeyed to_ Ithaca. The le -suit of itsvisit was a splen victory over Coinell which fact was made possible, when Harlow block ed a kick, and Engle ran fifteen yards for the only touchdown of the game. Following the 13-0 victory over Villanova, the greatest victory of the year came. In 1904 Penn was held to a 6-0 score, and in 1906 Captain McClesry's eleven dupli cated the result of 1904. Vorhis' team was the first to tie Penn, when in 1909 the score was 3-3. But the first Penn State team to win on Frank lin Field was led by Captain Very. Is this game, largely through the won derfully spectacular playing of Miller—the same making two touch downs in the first period—Penn was outplayed, outgeneraled and outspeeded by our superbly coached product of the new school of foot ball. St. Bonaventure proved them selves outclassed in as much as the varsity and the second team ran up a score of 46-0. The Colgate game followed and was the best game played on Beaver Field this fall. The representatives from Hamilton, New York, were a fast, cleancut team of athletes. Colgate has the distinction of being the first team to make a touchdown against the var sity on New Beaver, the score being .17-9. The Navy game was played on an exceedingly muddy field and the result, after sixty minutes of strife, was a scoreless tie. For the eleventh time in fourteen games we closed the season with a victory over the University of Pitts burg. The thousand or more under graduates and alumni who saw the struggle between these two teams, are the only ones who know how in tense was the playing and to what an extent our valiant heroes exerted themselves in order to hold Pitt scoreless after Mauthe had kicked a splendid field goal from the 35 yard line. The Spaulding Cup is now at Penn State and for all time. In the Pitt-State game, Harlow, Hermann and Goedecke played their final football game under the Blue and White. Never have three hard er working, more valuable players left us in one year; all praise is due them. Harlow, during the last two seasons has made a reputation for himself as a wonderful tackle. This year he was mentioned by sev eral eastern critics as an All-Amer ican linesman. Coming out for the 1911 team with valuable experience gained with such stars as Vorhis, Hirshman and McCleary, "Dutch" Hermann has made possible the fact of having two speedy, heady and consistent quarterbacks. Goedecke, who was injured at the opening of the season, recovered in time to use every ounce of his two hundred and five pounds to advantage in the last few games. Lesh, captain of var sity wrestling. also played his last game for Penn State. Lesh was a good substitute guard. According to the requirements cf the game this year, Captain Very and Wilson were both fast men, fol lowed the ball well , and above all were able to handle the ball when the opportunity came. Page who started out at an end, played in splendid style in both the Cornell and part of the Penn games, but was unfortunately put out of the game by a broken collar-bone in the lattei contest. The tackle positions on the Penn- State team were filled by Hal'ow and Engle. Both men started not only in bring able to hold their op ponents, but they could also break through, block kicks and smash plays in the beginning. Hallow es pecially showed wonderful ability in blocking kicks during the Pitts burgh game. Bebout and Hansen were varsity guards. Bebout has strength and height; Hansen, being the lighter of the pair, is a fast man who frequent ly got through opposing lin.s in time to hurry kicks. Both men were valuable on the defense and at times could be seen getting down tinder plays with the ends and tackles. Clarke had a good year at mite:. He played against many centers who were far heavier than he, yet in no game was he outclassed. The principal position on the Blue and White team was held by Miller. As a quarter-back "Shorty" is a clean handler, and perfect passer of the ball. He is fast, and has the ability of a sure tackler as shown in the Pittsburgh game when Wagner nearly got away for a touchdown. Above all Miller has sensationally carried the ball for touchdowns in the big games. Mauthe was a wonder in the backfield this season. Besides being a strong man on the defense and a fullback who could hit the line hard, Lester, in the games in which he played during the season, made fif teen goals from touchdowns and kicked five field goals, the last one being the only score made in the victory over Pitt. King, Barrett and Barry were a trio of brilliant half backs. Strong on the defense and brilliant in advancing the ball, these three men did much toward the splendid record achieved. Tobin and Berryman were also good sec- I and string men who were called up on several times for varsity service., One factor that went to help largely in giving Penn State such a remarkable representation on the ) ~ , I . ; 11. . " : 1. 177 4 fir / I L § 4 .' , ;:,..,,,,... dr.[, v/.*:. , _40g. cl , ;\ %......,--_-:_ ,:.,9 - 4. =,,no. STATE COLLEGE, PA., D;E.CEMBER 14, 1911 gridiron was the coaching that the team had. Besides Head Coach E. McCleary, Advisory Coach "Bill" Hollenback and Coaches "Henny" Weaver 'l2 and "Bob" Reed of Princeton, there returned to help whip the team into shape, "Mother" Dunn 'O7, "Eddie" Wooc ex-'O2 and Earl Hewitt 'Ol. Owing to the fact tha: only three men are lost by graduation this year and considering that sc many good men were in college lk lo did not have a chance to play Li but one or two games, the outlook for 1912 is exceedingly bright. T. e Collegian pays the highest respefts possible to the clean-cut sons o the Penn State 1911 football wan'. NEW NATIONAL FR 'TERNITY Phi Tau Local FraternLy Installed Into Delta Upsi-on. On last Friday the members of Phi Tau, a local fraternity establish ed at Penn State in 1906, were initiated into the natior al fraternity Delta Upsilon by the , ollowing in stallation officers : Goldwin Goldsmith, Columbia, '96, president of the executive coun cil of the fiatemity; Oland M. Swan, Technology, '99, treasurer of the council, John Patterson, Colum bia, '92, chairman of +he Board of Directors; Clifford G. F owe, Michi gan, '99, member of he council, Sheldon J. Howe, Brow 1, 'O7, secre tary of the fraternity; Al',a Agee. Marietta 'BO, George G Porcl, Am herst, 'Bl. Besides the installai on officers, the followiper rep, Delta Upsilon chapter , " were pi es ent: H. R. Smith, Syracuse, W. E Cox and J. S. Reid, Swarthmore; ; W. E. Brown. Tufts; J B. Leslie, Rutgers; C. J. Kippel, Colby, W. H. Akers, Western Reserve, Har rison Townsend, Penrutylvania; C. Dunn, Technology; R. M. Seabuiy, Y. P. Brundin, and S. A. Cuyken daws, New York University; D. L. etta, Lafayette; V. M. Boyle, Mari- Glover, M. V. Eddy, Amherst. The alumni members of Phi Tau who were present are; J. C. Got wals 'O6, F. G. Gartahan, G. W. Groff, G. E. Miller, B. D. Kunkle 'O7. B. S. Gramley, Johnson, C. D. Preston 'OB, I. 0. Noll, J. L. Elliott, P. B. Bennetch, L. D. Mat ter 'O9; K. B. Lohmann, W. M. Heim, J. H. Harrison, G. F. Speer, R. B. Fehr 'lO, W. M. Riddle, R. N. Bailey, L. R. Voris, R. C. Wal ton, M. B. Breese 'll. The installation took place in the foyer of the Auditorium at two in the afternoon, and was followed by a reception at the chapter house. A banquet was held at McAllis ter Hall at eight o'clock in the evening. Toasts were responded to by John Patterson, President Sparks, Goldwin Goldsmith, W. S. Kriebel and Harrison Townsend, the toastmaster being John C. Got wals. A student Communion will be held in the Lutheran Church on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 17th, at 2:30 o'clock. This service is not for Lutheran students exclusively, but also for others whose cle.,omi nations may not be represented in the town. All are welcome who have the privilege of communion in their home church. L. M. Fisher 'lO, who has been employed by the United States in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, has been ordered to transfer from Juneau, Alaska, to Manilla, P. I. OLLE lAN. WRESTLING SEASON OPENS AT ITHACA Manager C. C. Knight Announces His Schedule. February 16 the Date of First Meet. Managei C. C. Knight's wrestling schedule, although not yet com pleted, contains four big meets. Feb. 16 Cornell at Ithaca. Feb. 24 Yale at Penn State. March 2 Lehigh at Penn State• March 9 Pennsylvania at Penn State. Contests with the Navy and Columbia will also be secured, but, because of conflicting dates, no de finite time It.s been set for either of these two matches. In addition to the above mentioned engagements, guarantees have also been offered Brown, Lafayette, PrincetOn, Harv aid, Ohio State, and the Central Y. M. C. A. of Philadelphia. Owing to the fact that the wrest ling season is just at hand and that' the organization in the Minor Sports Constitution concerning wrestling has not been fully developed, it may be that the wrestling depart ment will be run independently of the Minor Sports Management. In case the finanical end of the Present ytar is run in dependently as for the last two veais, the geneial price for admis sion will be thirty-five cents and gland stand seats fifteen cents extra, "Ihe raise in door receipts that must be used toward defraying the extra cost of bringing so many big teams here, will also make it financially to scncl teath, at at bast a part of them to the Olym pic Trials. Coach Lewis expresses himself confident of having the material in school from which to develop a championship team. "Billy" Neidig, 'll, may return for a few weeks t 3 help coach the light weight can didates. The places of Diehl, Neidig, Glanville and Morrison must be tilled by new men. Captain Lesh's call has gone out to Very, Schollen berger, Engle and McVean of last year's team. Other candidates who are out are: —l9l2—Roger, Park, Hoskins, Fisher; Allison; 1915, Fulkman, Jarrett, Karcher, Warner, Elliott, Kurtz, Lynn; 1914, Grumb ling, Bebout, Vogel, Jones, Sharp, Doherty, Allen, Sayre, Callendar, Rishell; 1915, Gleason, Lamb, Hos kins, Kriebel, Smith, McNamee, Sorg, Stephens, and Burns. Interclass Basketball. Last Saturday evening, the Sophomores beat the Freshmen at basketball, to a tune of 3047. Al though the game wz s vigorously contested by both sides, yet the Sophomores pi oved that they hail profited by previous experience and practice. Their team work was better than that of tl e Freshmen, although thcir shooting was weak. On the whole, the game nay be said to have progressed more through the efforts of individuals than through combined forces. It was evident that both classes had very good material out. It is ccrt,,in that in the next game when hoth classes will he more proficient, by virtue of experience and prac tice, that a very close and interest ing contest wtll ensue. New Fraternity Formed Sigma Tau, a local fraternity of the Pennsylvania State college, organized November 17, 1911, is located at 306 Allen street and has a membership of twenty-one. PRICE FIVE CENTS CAPTAIN D. W. VERY Sterling Athlete Has made a Re markable Name For Himself at Penn State. Has Played in Every Varsity Game for Three Seasons. Penn State has just finished a truly wonderful fontball season. Considering the efficient staff of coaches and still the fact that a goodly number of old men returned besides the stars of the season, there is however one factor that did more for the splendid results achieved than any other,—that of having a Captain who could be in every game and inspire through courage and action the fellow mem bers of his team. MEE Very entered Penn State with the class of 1391. The two previous i l years had been spent at Mercers burg Academy—where he played halfback for two of the best teams that were ever turned out of that school. Very came out for ?the 1909 team of the Blue and White as practically an unknown quanity in spite of the fact that he had played good ball before entering college ranks. Under the splendid advice offered by the director of athletics and the coaches, the speedy lad quickly mastered the position of end and, when the season of 1909 opened, Very had won the place of varsity end. From that time until the close of the present season Very did not miss playing in one varsity game. Moreover, during the present season in which all the responsibilities that fall on the shoulders of a captain together with the physical requirements necessary to cope with other brilliant ends naturally tend to break down the fighting power of an individual. Very played the whole of every contest with the exception of the last half of the St. Bona venture game where the second team was sent in. Time was never taken out in a game for him. The first big game in which Very distinguished himself was the Indian contest in 1909. In the Penn game of the same season his indomitable courage and dash caus ed the fact to be published in two Philadelphia papers that Very had given the most brilliant exhibitio i Continued on page 4, column 1
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