Penn State
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 3
CAPTAIN TOBIN STARS
New Team Steadied by Leader
Gives Great Exhibition in Last
Quarter—McLaughry Brothers of
Westminster Star.
Westminster gave the coaches a
great chance to pick out the weak
nesses of their new lineup before
the Muhlenberg game. The size of
the score did not surprise anyone
who knew the veteran Westminster
eleven.
Clark received the kickoff and
ran back thirty yards with good in
terference. He made first down
outside tackle and Barron added
fourteen around end. With a score
in sight a forward pass failed and
CAPTAIN TOBIN
Westminster received the ball when
James was thrown for a ten yard
loss. Neither side threatened to
score after this until Westminster
ran fifty yards after receiving a
fumble. Lamb..failed,.at .a field
goal a little later and holding pre
vented a State score in the third
period when Tobin carried the ball
within a few inches of the goal line.
The two scores came in the last
quarter. Higgins made fifteen
yards on a kick formation. James
added twenty and six yards on two
plays. Higgins made fifteen more
and Tobin eight. James then skirt
ed the left end for a tonchdown.
A. great run by Higgins and a
forward pass from James to Lamb
added the last score.
Few realize the value of Tobin
on Saturday. Whenever he took
the ball he made a gain, averaging
eight yards. This, however, was
only a small part of his usefulness.
J. B. CLARK, Freshman Coach
The success of end runs were gener
ally due to his fine interference.
On the defense he made a
majority of the tackles and unlike
the other members of the team he
tackled low and hard. Again,
while James called the plays, the
real director of the attack was the
Captain. Next Saturday when he
returns to his own position, full
back, we may look for a spectacu
lar exhibition.
James, who started his first game
at quarter, could only have been
improved upon by the great
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DEVINE, WHETSTONE and SCHRY
"Shorty." Wood and Kratt also
played well, being especially good
on the defense.
Of the new men Higgins stood
out above the rest. He proved to
be a great open field runner and
hard tackier.
The game still leaves three prob
lems for the coaches, right guard,
right end and halfback. At the
first position Locke gives the most
promise. At end Barron and Swain
seem to lead the field and the half
back will probably be picked from
Welty and Whetstone. The lineup:
State Westminste
Higgins I. e. McNnugher
Kratt I. t. Dart
Miller 1. g. Stewart
Wool! e. D. McZinston
McDowell r. g. C. McZinston
Lamb r. t. J. McLaughry
Barron r e. Wherry
James q. b. Buckley
Thomns r. h. b. Stoops
Tobin 1. h. b. Hum
Clark f. b. D. McLaughry
Substitutions—Neal for D. McZins
ton Hornjrl for Hum, Whetstone for
Thomas Morris, Ballback for McDow
ell, Welty for Whetstone, Ewing for
James, James for Ewing, Swain for
Thomas, Locke for Miller, Whetstone
for Welty, Zarney for Ballback, Morris
for Swain, Oberle for Wood, Hollins
for McLaughry, Cuhbage for Whet
stone. Officials—Morrow, W. andJ.,
umpire: Craver, Dickinson, referee;
Bibbey, linesman. Penalties - West
minster 80 yards, State 25 yards.
Bellefonte Beats Scrubs.
On a gridiron several inches deep
in dust Bellefonte won their first
game from the scrubs last Saturday
by the score 19-0.
The scrub line played brilliantly
and the academy was unable to
penetrate it.
The touch-downs, which were the
results of end runs, came in the first
and last quarters. Two of these
were credited to O'Hoolahan, one
on a 70 yard run, and the other to
Jones, who captured a fumble and
ran 60 yards for a touch-down.
Blakslee played a great game at
right end until taken out with a
badly injured eye. Klinger and
Watson also performed creditably.
The scrub lined up as follows:
Cochlan TB, left end; Yeager TB,
left tackle; Teas 'l6, left guard;
Watson T 6, center; Gill TB, right
guard; Seawon TB, right tackle;
Blakslee TB, right end; Colbus T 6,
quarter back; Achson 'l6, full back;
Bowman TB, left half back; Fair
T 7, right half back.
Football Firsts
Clarke receives first kick-off.
Clarke makes first first down.
First forward pass f ailes.
Clarke makes first punt.
James catches first forward pass.
Tobin makes first successful
Whetstone first substitute.
Lamb fails on first field goal.
James scores first touchdown.
Lamb kicks first goal from touch
down.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SEPTEMBER 30, 1914
Muhlenberg Saturday.
The Muhlenberg ream which
plays on New Beaver next Satur
urday will be a better team to test
our varsity strenght than last Satur
day’s opponents. It is coached by
the well known Lafayette fullback,
George McCaa, and while he is
handicapped by the ioss of Berry
who entered Penn and Copley who
went to Missouri, he is exceedingly
fortunate in having a great amount
of good freshman material.
Stipp, who plays fullback, is a
former Mercersburg star who play
ed there with Very. He weighs
over 190 pounds and is very fast.
Steele, quarterback, is' also excep
tionally fast. He played with
West Philadelphia High and later
with Bethlehem Prep. He has a
record of 50 3-5 seconds in the 440
yard dash. Both Muhelenbtrg
ends are stars. Theentire team
outweighs us, although our team
this year is 10 pounds per man
heavier than last year.
Glee Club
After the last cut of the Mando
lin and Glee Club the following
men were successful in retaining
positions: Tenors Mainwaring ’l6,
Manley ’l5, Kester, R. A. ’l5; Kes
ter, W. L. ’l6; Horrocks 'l5, Bacon,
Agri.; Cooling ’lB, Smith 'l6, Brig
ham ’l6, Saeta 'l7, Patrick 'l7.
Basses —Graham ’l5, Gill ’lB, Malt
by T 6, Baer ’l6, Wilkins ’l7, Sim
ler ’l6, Gillespie ’l7, Mac Main,
Agri.; Taylor ’lB, Cogswell ’lB,
Phillips ’l5, Horst ’lB, Ottmyer 'l5,
Hassert ’l5, Fisher ’l5, Logan ’l6,
Vail ’l6, Albert T 6, Cope T 7,
Jones ’l5, Walter ’l6, Neilson ’lB,
Lupoid ’l6, Williams, J. C., '18;
Mandolins—Seigler 'l5, Kerr ’l5,
Smith ’l6, Cogswell TB, Wilson
’lB, McCartney 'l6, Eaton ’lB, Sull
ivan 'lB, Mayes 'l6, Williams 'l6;
Guitars —Phillips ’l5, Stewart ’l5,
Gillespie ’l7, Oles ’lB.
The rehearsals for the Glee Club
are held Wednesday at 6:30 p. m.
in the Auditorium and the Mando
lin Club meets Thursday at 6:30
p. m. in the Auditorium.
Athletes Notice
Men who are excused from drill
for athletic teams are expected to
practice daily. Cross-country and
track men are required to report at
the office of the coach in the Arm
ory, No man will be checked un
less he appears in running togs.
Failure to report is equivalent to a
drill cut.
Physical director Lewis be
gan the physical examination of
freshmen on Wednesday of this
week. As much as possible, the
work will be scheduled in vacant
hours; but where such arrangement
is out of the question the student
may be excused from class long
enough to have the examination
made.
Collegian.
CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMIIEK HI)
Freshman Physical Examina-
tion Begins in Aimory.
6'30 p. m. Freshman Class Meet
ing, Old Chapel.
7:00 p.m. Hazing Tribunal Meet
ing. All complaints to be
handed to C. F. Kennedy at
402 Main.
TmmsiiAY, Ornimnt 1
7:10 p. m. Open Meeting of Le
Cercle Francais, 226 Main.
7:30 p. m. “Bob” Gailey speaks
in Old Chapel.
FitniAV, OcTonmt 2
700 p. m. Liberal Arts Society,
Room K, Library.
7:30 p. m. M. E. Society Meet
ing, Engineering Club Room.
,Satiii!i>ai, oiToiuut ::
1:30 p. rn. Cider Scrap.
3:00 p. m. Football, Muhlenburg,
New Beaver.
SUNDAV, Ol TOlll'.lt 1
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.
TUESDAY , OtTOHUII (>
7:00 p. m. Forum Society, Room
K, Library.
Soccer Practice Starts
Varsity soccer practice was start
ed on Saturday with 30 men pres
ent. More inducements are being
offered in this sport than ever be
fore. The Athletic Association has
appropriated some money and it
has been decided to” give a minor
sports letter if more than six games
are played. There will most likely
be a game the Saturday after Penn
sylvania Day and perhaps a trip to
Philadelphia just before Christmas.
Three places were left open by the
graduation of Capt. Savery, Buch
anan and Warr. New men will
hand their names to Vollmer T 5,
manager; Gregg T 5, captain; or the
assistant managers, Easby T 5,
Horner T 5, and Irwin T 6.
Any T 7 men desiiing to try out
for the positions of second assistant
manager may do so by handing
their names to Graduate Manager
Smith.
Mass Meeting
The first athletic mass meeting of
the year was held in the Old
Chapel last Friday evening, and
there was lots of the old spirit in it.
The yells were practiced, songs
revived, and the customary speech
es called for from the Track House
bunch. The attendance was good
but could have heen better. The
nearness to Postir Night and con
sequent loss of interest in things
worldly and material probably ac
counted for the absence of quite a
number of the lower classmen. It
is to be hoped that attendance, in
terest, and spirit will show a mark
ed increased in future gathering'.
Cosmopolitan Club
The Cosmopolitan Club, an or
ganization well known to all of us,
held its first meeting for this year
on last Saturday evening. The
meeting was a purely business one,
the most important action was the
election of officers for the coming
term. Horrocks was elected presi
dent; Szlupas, vice president; Rod
riguez. secretary; and Fiall; treasur
er. The membership of the club
now includes representatives from
Lithunia, Poland, Armenia, Greece,
Russia, China, Venezuela, Porto
Rico, and Cuba, as well as the
United States.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SCRAPS INTERCHANGED
Cider Scrap to be Held Saturday,
October 3 Condition of Pushball
Cause of Change
By action of the student council
on Monday night the cider scrap
will be substituted for the pushball
contest. It was found on examina
tion that the rubber bladder of the
pushball was in bad condition and
as it will take several weeks to get
a new one the dates of the two
scraps have been interchanged.
The revised rules of the cider
scrap are
1. The cider scrap shall be held
in the afternoon of Saturday, Octo
ber 3, at a place to be decided upon
by the judges.
2. The barrel shall be provided
by the present freshman class, and
shall contain not less than 40 gal
lons. The outside of the barrel
shall be six feet. The same shall
be chained or fastened securely in
a vertical position, (on a platform
if necessary!, so that the top of the
barrel will be not less than 4 1-2
feet, and not more than 5 feet
above the ground. Each class
shall sell the barrel to the freshman
class following it for at least $5.00
less than its cost to them.
3. The scrap shall last for a
period of 15 minutes. The scrap
shall be started hy the firing of one
shot by one of the judges. There
shall be no firing of guns during the
15 minutes interval of the scrap,
except by the judges.
4 Each class shall, at the start,
be arranged about one half of the
circumference of the forty foot
("radius) circle of which the barrel
is in the center.
5. The scrap shall be terminated
by 2 shots by the judges. All men
having hands on the top of the bar
rel shall not move; but all others
must promptly withdraw. The
number of men having hands on the
barrel shall be counted by the
judges at the close of the scrap.
All hands moved after the signal is
given shall be ruled out. The class
having the highest total number of
men with hands on the barrel shall
be declared the winner, to have and
to hold the barrel and contents.
6. The three judges shall be the
two upper class presidents and a
third man chosen by them who
shall be a local alumnus or member
of the instructing force of the col
lege. The judges shall have power
to arrange all details not covered
by these rules, and their decision
shall be final.
7. All non-combatants except the
judges shall be kept back a defi
nite distance from the scrap, the
distance to be fixed by the judges
with the size of the classes.
8. All athletes in training shall
be debarred from the scrap.
9. All combatants wearing
shoes with cleats will be debarred
by the judges.
10. Previous to, and during the
progress of this scrap, no member
of either class shall throw, hurl or
cast any object, of any material of
a powdered nature.
11. Any man who has been de
clared physically unfit by Director
Lewis shall be debarred from par
ticipaling in the scrap.
All underclassmen who think
they should not go into the scrap
next Saturday will report to Mr.
Lewis at the Gym, and if
conditions justify it, he will give
them excuses.