Pi:\N State i ~ ! .VOLUME 8 NUMBER 21 PENN STATE WINS FROM PENN Blue and White Team Scores 6-1 Victory—Captain Lesh, Very, Shollenberger and Lamb Get Falls. Coach Ed Lewis’ team of wrest lers won the first of two scheduled contests with the -University of Pennsylvania last Saturday night in the Armory. The six to one vic tory over Penn in the lost home contest in this year was even better than could have been expected by the most enthusiastic of the large audience present. The visitors made a good fight, but in all ex cepting the close bout between Williams, Penn, and McNamee, Penn State, our men seemed to be stronger and more aggressive. Park won by a decision from Franklin, Penn, in 12 minutes in the 115 pound class. The first period was spent in grappling, the men not going to the mat once. Park won on aggressiveness shown in the ex tra three minute period. The second bout, 125 pound class, between Williams, Penn, and McNamee was very evenly wrestled during the whole nine minutes. The men grappled for two minutes, then went to the mat with Williams on top. McNamee broke a neck hold in the early part of the mat work that would have thrown a weaker man. The decision was given to Williams on aggressive- Karcher defeated Boyd, Penn, in the 135 pound class. This was Karcher’s first varsity bout and he showed to advantage by being on top for six minutes and by throw ing Boyd to the mat in one half a minute. The bout was won by a decision. The most interesting contest of the meet was won by Shollenberger over Captain Mellon of Pennsyl vania. In defeating Mellon, the Penn State man gained a fall from an opponent who had previously beaten the intercollegiate champion in the 135 pound class. Shollen berger’s fall was the result of a bar and body lock hold. Time was 6 minutes, 12 seconds. Very secured a fall from Sharp of Penn in the 158 pound class. Both men were very fast and sever al times brilliant foot work was shown by each. After two. min utes Very went to the mat and was on top the greater part of the time. Very won a fall by a chancery and body-lock in 4 minutes, 5 seconds. Captain Lesh threw Bisbee of Penn in 1 minute, 14 seconds. Bis bee was on the defense all the time. Lesh’s bout in the light heavy weight class was the shortest that has been wrestled this year. The Blue and White captain had a leg and chancery hold. In the heavy weight class Lamb also got a fall. Hogg, of Penn, was thrown by a front Nelson and body-hold in 3 minutes, 20 seconds. Each bout counted one point, whether won by a decision or fall. The music furnished by the Cadet Band was appreciated by all who saw the contest. Summary : Penn State 6, Penn 1. 115 pound class—Won by Park, State, from Franklin, Penn, decis ton. Time, 12 minutes. 125 pound class —Won by Wil liams, Penn, from McNamee, State, decision. Time, 9 minutes. 135 pound class —Won by Karch er, State, from Boyd, Penn, decis ion. Time, 9 minutes. 145 pound class —Won by Shol lenberger, State, from Capt. Mellon, Penn, fall. Time, 6 minutes, 12 sec onds. Bar and body-lock. ' 158 pound class—Won by Very, State, from Sharp, Penn, fall Time, 4 minutes, 5 seconds. Chanc ery and body-lock. 175 pound class —Won by Capt. Lesh, State, from Bisbee, Penn, fall. Time, 1 minute, 14 seconds. Chancery and leg hold. Pleavy weight class—Won by Lamb, State, from Hogg, Pt nn, fall. Time, 3 minutes, 20 seconds. Front Nelson and body hold. Referee, W. N. Golden. Timers, Moor, Penn, and Kiefer, Penn State. PHARSONIANS REHEARSING. Penn State Minstrels Begin Prepa ration for Their Annual Show. The attention of the student body is called to the fact that the final trials foi the Pharsonians will be held this evening at 6:30 in Mc- Allister Hall. Any student wheth er fieshman or senior is eligible. All positions are decided by com petition. The spring show will be held April 26. The services of Mr. C. M. Couch, of Pittsburgh, who has coached the show very success fully in the past, have again been secured and he will have charge of the practice this evening. All those who aie talented as soloists or those who have in mind some specialty uiged to be present' Watch the bulletin boards for further particulars. Save Cast-Off Clothing. The ladies of the St. Margaret’s Guild hope the students are keep ing the cast-off winter clothing for the Gienfell Association of Labia dor. A collection will be made as soon as the weather is warm. Dr. If. A. Noble, the president of Dickinson college, is allowing the young women of that college many rights which they were deprived of under the past administration. The co-eds of that college aie now al lowed to attend college dances pio vided such social affairs do not in terfere with their studies. The physical welfare of the stud ents at the Univeisity of Wisconsin in considered exceedingly import ant. At this university there is a physical staff composed of twenty one persons whose salaries ag gregate $40,000 per year. Libeial Arts Society—Friday, 7:00 p. m. in Room K, Library. At the mass meeting on Wednes day morning the students voted that only the senior members of rhe baseball team should be allowed their uniforms upon graduation. Dean Weber addressed the Penn State Civic club at a meeting held last night in the Engineering Build- Don’t miss the game which de cides the championship in Interclass Basketball on Saturday night. Fellows consider carefully the bt sketball situation ahd present your ideas at the mass meeting next Wednesday night. Its up to everybody to be theie and its more important than the “movies." Hear Dr. Riis the “Battle of the Slums” next Saturday evening. STATE COLLEGE, PA., MARCH 14, 1912 BASKETBALL QUESTION Important Mass Meeting Will be Held Next Week—Pioposition on Foot to Make Baskeiball a Min- or Sport. Next Wednesday evrning an im portant mass meeting will be held in the Old Chapel to d’sciss the ques tion of basketball. As this branch of sport is now run the Athletic As sociation loses a great deal of mon ey that leally is not doing very much to advance our standing in athletic relations among the eastern universities. Last season the loss was six hundred dollais, and this year the deficit was about five hun dred dollars. Due to low guaran tees the basketball team is com pelled to make long trips, playing several teams on each trip. The guarantees are not enough to carry the sufficient number oE substitutes and as a rule only se\ en men are taken. The result when someone gets hurt and someone else s taken out, is that our team loses to a smaller team and our reputation is hun.. The managemertt has been unable to schedule big games at State College simply because of financial reasons. Thus for the last four years very few of what might be called the big games of the schedule are really played at home. In this way our team is forced to meet the strong est rivals on strange floors and away from the influence of the stu dent body. The great majority of games scheduled at State College does’ the college Vet y little good to win. Considering the present basketball relations, it is doubtful whether it is for the best interests of the college to con tinu-, even for another year, in the same way. The proposition that must be set tled Wednesday evening involves the interest of every wide awake man in the college. Ihe question may be settled in two ways. Eith' er the spoil will continue as it has for the last few years m which the student body is unable to see the best games, or basketball will be made a minor -sport. In the latter rase bv charging a small .nominal admission fee, it would be possible to play Penn, Columbia, Cornell and othci large teams just as it was possible to arrange wrestling meets with big teams this winter. Wheth er we aie going to continue in the future to advance basketball as a sport worthy of support or whether by letting it crawl along as it promises to do now, is the problem that will be placed before the stud ent body next week. ‘ Crisp Notes, On Saturday afternoon, March 30 the freshman class will give a public exhibition drill in the Armory. Last year a similar affair was very successful. The Penn State baseball team opens its season with the University of South Carolina at Columbia, S. C. on April 3. Carnegie Tech will be the first home attraction on April 13. • - j The intei collegiate athletic (cham pionships will be decided 1 on Frank lin Field, Philadelphia', May 31 and June 1. March 23 is the 1 date of the an nual sophomore—freshmen basket ball game. ,V. , . Prof. Pattec will lecture on “Maik Twain,” Thuisday at 4:20 p. m. in the Old Chapel. 1 ': Collegian. TRACK SCHEDULE. Three Meets at Home. Effort Be ing Made to Secure Pitt or W. and J. for Open Date. Manager Gordon has completed an interesting list for meets for the spring track season. May 4is still open and negotiations are under way for a meet either with the Uni versity of Pittsburg or Washington and Jefferson College, to fill that date. A call has been made for track candidates and about 40 men have reported. Under the supervision of Prof. Wright, they are running and practicing every afternoon. All those who have done any running are urged to report daily at 4:10 p. m., at'the Track House. The schedule follows: — April 25—Penn Relays at Phila delphia. May 4 —Open. May 11 —Colgate at Colgate. May 18 —Dickinson at State. May 25 —Pennsylvania Intercol legiates at Harrisburg. June I—lntercollegiate1—Intercollegiate Meet at Philadelphia. June 10—Carnegie Tech at State. Additional Donation to Track House Fund. The following donations have been made to the Track House Bene fit fund, making a total of $169.70 in addition to gifts of merchandise etc: — Ray D. Gilliland $5.00, J. P. Aikens $5.00, Geo. T. Graham $2.00, W. W. Stephens $2.00, J. P. Hagman $3.00, Harvey Bros. $5.00, Dr. P. H. Dale $5.00, Dr. Wilber Kipe, $5.00, J. C. Sheffler $3.00, E. E. Shuey $2.00, L. D. Fye $3.00, H. M. Myers $2.00, E.L.Graham & Co. $3.00, H.A .Sau ersss.oo, Dr.W. S.Glenn $5.00, Nit tany Printing & Publishing Co., $5.00, Claude Smith, one rug, W. W. Smith, photographs .of athletic teams, Sheasly and Gentzel, frames for above photographs. The above extra donations amount to $62. Juniors and Freshmen Defeated, In two most exciting games of in terclass basketball the sophomores downed the juniors by the score 30 to 24, while the seniors easily won from the freshmen a 33 to 17 vic tory last Tuesday evening. The last game of the season between 1912 and 1914 is to be played on Saturday night. If the seniors win this game, they will tie with the sophomores for first place; if they lose, 1914 will be interclass cham pion. Wrestlers Leave for Penn Meet. The Penn State wrestling team will leave for Philadelphia Thurs day at 11:50.. This return contest with the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night will be the last for our team. Park, McNamee, Fulk man, Shollenberger, Very, Captain Lesh and Lamb will wrestle their respective weights. They say -. Its a Bear. Freshman-Sophomore Game Mar. 23, Keep in mind the coming class scrap—the annual Sophomore- Freshmen basketball game on Sat urday March, 23 at the Armory.- Admissiou 25 cents. “The Breaking Point”, According to the Boston Globe of February 24, “The Breaking Point” by Professor Fred Lewis Pattee is one of the ten best selling books of fiction in Boston. PRICE FIVE CENTS THESPIANS AP PEAR TOMORROW Friday Night in the Auditorium the Thespians Will Produce the Brilliant Two Act Musical Come- dy, “The Commandant.” The show this year should be especially interesting to every State man as it is the first time the Thes pians have ever produced an original show written exclusively for them by a Penn State man. Mr. James Gibbs ’O5, of Harrisburg is the author of the comedy. The coach has been working with his proteges for the past six weeks and the acting and dancing, as pre viously stated, will surpass that of any other musical show given by the Thespians. The first scene is laid in Ameri ca, and in fact, at our Alma Mater. It portrays one of the former com mandants of cadets at a comman dant dance in masque costume. Report has it that the old com mant’s son will be commanding officer at the college next year, however, we are sure that he will not equal in fame and notoriety, The Thespians Commandant of Friday evening. Come and see for yourself. Students, if you want to get a line on a • new dance to spring on the fair ones at Easter time, be on hand on Friday evening and see the “Japanese Glide” and the “Cam el Ride.” The "Turkey Trot” and “Bunny Wiggle” and “Gorilla Hug” are poor as compared to the Glide and Ride. The scenery for the first act has been prepared in the Thespian stu dio at Penn State. That of the second act has been imported by the “Hong Took” Importing and The Joseph Boyenski company of Philadelphia. The temples, gar dens, flowers, and lanterns ate all very Japaneseish and there is sure a marked tendency of the spectator to “float” over to the sunny islands on Friday evening. The sensuous odors and flambuoyant colors of old Japan run riot. Dull care will have no place on the program, but fun, jollity, and good fellowship are on the job every minute starting at 8:15 p. m. The splendid ensemble of the en tire company is delirious, beautiful as well as remarkable. Come and look it over it for yourself. Professor Magruder Lectured. Professor William T. Magruder, Professor of Mechanical Engineer ing, Ohio State University, spent several days at the college last week examining the courses and methods, particularly in connection with the School of Engineering. He has been given a leave of absence this year and is spending the time inspecting the work of the engineering schools throughout the country. During his stay here, Professor Magruder delivered an able address before the senior engineers on “The Development of Mechanical Eng ineering in the Year 1911.” Cornell Wins Mile Relay. At the triangular one mile relay held last Saturday night in connec tion with the Pittsburgh A. A. meet, Cornell took first place with Penn second and Michigan third. The time for the winners was 3 minutes 40 and 3-5 seconds. They say : Its a Bear.
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