Penn State
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2
FIRST GAME SATURDAY
Backfield Still a Problem -New
Men Give Promise—Lineup Un-
certain—Heat a Handicap.
The real test of scrimmage has
helped the coaches in finding the
possibilities of new men who have
entered without scholastic reputa-
tions. Four teams with substitutes
make up the present squad which
have daily afternoon practice. A
probable lineup for the start of the
game on Saturday will be Higgins
and Barron, ends; Kratt and Lamb,
tackles; McDowell and Miller,
guards; Wood, center; Captain Tob
in, quarterback; Clark, fullback;
Cubbage and Yerger, halfbacks
SEAMON and PARRISH, Tackleis
Unfortunately the coaches are
seriously handicapped in finding a
halfback. The logical man is
Welty but a torn muscle in the
back wjll keep him out of the early
games.
The defensive work of the team
is far more advanced than the of
fensive. Defensively the team
is nearly ready to take the field.
Offensively the-team is still green.
New combinations with new stu
dents of the State system work
against a smooth machine. At
present Clark is in better condition
than any other man. His work on
the field is very reminiscent of the
days of “Pete” Mauthe.
The coaches are working to de
velop a speedy offense and at the
same time retain the strong defen
sive strength. To obtain this result
BALBACH, Guard
numerous combinations have been
made up by the students at prac
tices. One combination that re
ceived commendation was Ewing at
quarter and Tobin in his old posi
tion at fullback. The possible rea
son for starting Cubbage is his
great ability to throw passes and
his speed.
The scrub team have a great line.
Parrish and Seamon are very fast at
tackles. Zarney, another heavy
man who resembles Lamb, is being
taught the tackle position by John
Clarke. Balbach at guard continues
to take off weight and may get a
chance to play Saturday.
The coaches alone know the
ability of the men and they decline
HARLOW, Graduate Coach
to predict, Men who will likely
play Saturday are Thomas and
Morris ends; Parrish and Zarney,
tackles; Oberle, center; Locke and
Balbach guards; Whetstone and
Dippe, backs. Ewing will get in
the game provided his ankles
which were injuied Saturday are
in condition.
Fail Practice
The fall baseball practice was
begun last Saturday. Captain-elect
Vogt issued a call principally for
the purpose of looking over the
freshmen.
Only two men were lost by grad
uation last June when Captain Mil
ler, an outfielder, and Craig, an in
fielder, graduated. These men were
of great value to the team and their
places will be hard to fill.
All the old men are either back
in school or coming back soon.
Leibert, Hesselbacher and Ward
well warmed up and looked like
a trio hard to beat. Blythe was
moved from third to short; Weber,
last year’s shortstop, not being in
school on account of sickness,
Eliffe played third and second
alternately with Bachman. Bach
man’s leg, which was broken, is
better and he showed his old pep
per. Robinson was not at practice
as he did not arrive in college until
Monday. All of the outfielders in
last year’s squad were out and with
Crawford, Josephson and Kommen
ars, State is sure of having a good
fielding and hard hitting outfield.
Besides these there was a host of
new men on the field. Moore, a
catcher from Blair Academy, show
ed up well. He is a big chap and
has an excellent arm. Johnson, a
left handed pitcher, Cerner and
Schullion, outfielders, and Jimeson,
an infielder, show up well. These
men have had a great amount of
experience and should develop into
varsity mateiial.
Student Council
The student council or the stu
dent governing board consisting of
fifteen seniors, nine juniors and two
sophomores, have for members, the
present year, the following men:
J. R. Mathers, president; G. V.
Luersson, secretary; A. M. Barron,
C. E. Wilson, D. E. Welty, C. W.
Clemmer, R. S. Hummel, F. K.
Hoehler, W. L. Kirk, H. T. Hill,
G. C. Kern, H. S. Comly, S. P.
Jones, H. C. Pringle, T. C. Sander
son, 1615; H. C. Yerger, R. A.
Love, H. P. Pickett, R. E. Geary,
R. H. Olmstead, A. R. Palmer,
G. H. Dippe, D. M. Brown, J. W.
Townsen, 1916; and G. J. Saurhoff,
R. W. Humble, 1917.
Registration Notes
Final registration of new students
show a total of 762 men distributed
as follows: Juniors 7, sophomores
6, freshmen 619, specials 15, two
year agriculturists 146, two-year
industrial education 2.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SEPTEMBER 23, 1914
TRACK PROSPECTS
Showing of New Men Gives Promise
of Strong Track Teams—Cross
Country With Penn.
Seventy-five under classmen re
ported to Coach Martin on Beaver
field Saturday and an abbreviated
program brought out a great
amount of ability in the freshman
class ranks. Hedricks, of Reading,
ran a steady race in the mile,
in 4 minutes and 59 seconds
and should with training add
strength to the distance squad.
The quarter mile was won in 57
seconds with six men closely
bunched. This time is,good con
sidering the season and lack of con
dition.
Wilson, of Indiana, had little dif
ficulty in clearing 5 feet 7?s inches
in the high jump. He has a record
in the broad jump of 22 feet. Two
other freshmen cleared 5 feet 6
inches. Ewing, who did not com
pete because of football duties, has
a record of 22 feet in the broad
jump and 16 2-5 seconds in the
high hurdles. Connell, of Wilkins
burg, showed good form in the high
hurdles, while Post, of Pittsburg,
did well in the dashes. Four men
cleared 10 feet in the pole vault.
No weight events were scheduled
because of football practice.
A pending cross country meet on
October 24 with Pennsylvania
necessitates starting practices at
once. The prospects are exceed
ingly bright. Shroeder, Hunter and
Entwistle form a good nucleus of
old men. Hedricks and Fisher,
TB, have had experience in this
sport.
Changes in Offices,
The Division of Engineering Ex
tension has been given additional
office room in room 203, Engineer
ing A.
The offices of the Electrical De
partment have been moved into the
new Unit, second floor.
The Department of Architectural
Drawing now occupies quarters on
the second floor of the frame build
ing formerly occupied by the De
partment of Electrical Engineering
and also the third fioor or the new
Unit.
Professor Breneman’s office is
now in room 209.
The wood working shops are now
in room 207 and new offices for the
Industrial Engineering department
have been built in the room form
erly occupied by the shops on the
first floor.
Room 205 will be used as a
drafting room by the Civil Engi
neering department.
Lacrosse
In order to develop varsity ma
terial for spring a strong series of
interclass games will be held this
fall. The climax of this series will
be the annual freshman-sophomore
game to be held in the late fall.
The department of Physical Ed
ucation will again lend its support
to this sport in its interclass stage
as it did last spring. Here is a
chance for freshmen to get into one
form of athletics and at the same
time earn their numerals, which can
also be acquired by members of the
other three classes according to the
schedule of games.
1916 La Vie Candidates
All candidates for the editorial
staff of the 1916 La Vie are re
quested to meet in the La Vie
room in the basement of the
Library at 7 p. m„ Friday, Septem
ber 25.
Collegian.
CALENDAR
Thursday, September 24
6:45 p. m. Civic Club, Room 202,
Engineering Building.
SATURDAY, SCI’TEMIIER 2(5
3:00 p. m. P'ootball, Westminster,
New Beaver.
Sunday, September 27
10:00 a. m. Freshman Service, Old
Chapel.
11:00 a.m. Chapel Service, Audi-
torium.
6:30 p. m. Y. M. C. A. Meeting,
Auditorium.
Saturday, October :t
1-30 p. m. Pushball Scrap, Old
Beaver.
THE PUSHBALL SCRAP
First Scrap of Year Set for Satur
day, October 3.
The first scrap of the yeai, the
pushball, will be held at precisely
1:30 p. m. Saturday, October 3,
on Old Beaver field. Both classes
are in high spirits and are equally
confident of the victory, all of
which is as it should be. The rules
for the contest are as follows:
The scrap shall be held on a field
which shall be so laid off as to give
neither side an advantage.
In laying off the field a center
line shall be drawn through its
length and on either side of it shall
be drawn two lines at distances of
five and fifteen yards, respectively.
The ball shall be an inflated rub
ber bladder, six feet in diameter, in
a leather cover.
At the beginning of the scrap the
sophomores shall line up on one of
the fifteen yard lines and the fresh
man on the other the choice being
decided by lot.
A picked team of five men from
each class shall group themselves
on their five yard line and at a pre
paratory signal shall advance and
raise the ball and poise it in the air.
At the report of a pistol the
scrap shall begin and shall continue
for three periods of ten minutes
each, the time between periods be
ing five minutes.
The object of the scrap shall be
to push the ball into the enemy's
territory and across his goal line.
If the ball falls to the giound or is
pushed out of bounds, the sides line
up at the start, twenty-five yards
inside the boundary.
A goal shall count for two points
and the side that has the ball in the
enemy’s territory at the end of each
period shall score one point.
The referee shall be a member of
the faculty and the judges shall
consist of the junior and senior
class piesidentsand one other chos
en by them.
All contestants must weai rubber
soled shoes.
By action of the Student Coun
cil at a meeting Tuesday evening
the following clause was added to
the pushball scrap rules.
That any man declared physical
ly unfit, by Director Lewis, to par
ticipate in the scrap be debarred.
In the College World
The Oberlin Review advises the
freshman to “go slow”. Self ad
vertising has blighted many a
promising career.
The Ohio State women have this
year adopted the senior counsellor
system for the first time.
The freshmen at Carnegie Tech
will hereafter be known as Plebes
and a number of rules go into effect
this year for their guidance.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE FOOTBALL RULES
The Following Changes in the Foot-
ball Rules Have Been Compiled
for Easy Reference
1. The head coach is no longer
allowed the ptivilege of walking up
and down the side lines during
play, but is compelled to remain on
the player's bench.
2. In one of the principal games
in 1913 a player failed to diagnose
between an ordinary punt in the
field and a free kick hitting the
goal post. In order to have no
complication of this kind arise
again, the rules have been altered
so that a free kick hitting the goal
post and bounding back .into
the field of play becomes auto
matically a touch back just as
though it was an ordinary punt.
3. The Field Judge is to be
brought back and is to act, as as
sistant to the Referee and Lines
man, in the big games but for the
smaller games this official is
optional.
4. The words “running into the
fullback after a kick” ha\e been
changed into “roughing the kicker"
in order that a man coming through
the line and trying to block the
kick will not necessarily incur a
penalty if he happens to run
againt the kicker.
5. Rouging a man who has just
made a forward pass. Penalty is
disqualification.
6. A forward pass that goes out
of bounds on the fly, oi after being
touched by an eligible player of
either side, goes to the opponents.
7. The receiver of a forward
pass in the end zone, regardless of
the position of his hands and the
ball, must have both his feet with
in the end line or side line to make
the catch legal.
8. The kickout has been elemi
nated and after a tonchback or
safety, the ball must always be
scrimmaged trom the 20 yard line
9. Intentional grounding of the
ball when an attempt is made to
make a forward pass and the man
is forced back is subject to a
penalty of 10 yards. Formerly if
a man saw he was unable to make a
pass he would ground the ball and,
with the loss of a down, the ball
would go back to the place where
it was scrimmaged.
10. If a player is out of bounds
the
play is not make ovei
again but a five yard penalty ex
acted.
11. “Hiding” on the side lines is
classed as unsportsmanlike conduct.
12. Teams will no longer be al
lowed to encroach up on the neutral
zone in making shift plays. As
soon as either team is lined up on
the offensive, any shift must be
made without a player passing into
this neutral zone under a penalty of
five yards.
13. Under tripping a clause is
inserted in the rules to include
"tripping by hand” which rule
formerly only included tripping
with the foot and leg.
Student Board
The members of the student
board for the ensuing year, consist
ing of the presidents of the three
upper classes, two seniors and one
junior together with the freshman
president to be elected later, are:
J. R. Mathers T 5, president; F. K.
Hoehler 'l5, secretary; D. E. Welty
T 5, H. C- Yerger T 6, H. A. Love
T 9, G. J. Saurhoff T 7,