Penn State VOLUME 11 NUMBER 11 PENN STATE NEEDS EVERY AVAILABLE ROOTER FOR CRUCIAL GAME OF SEASON Records of Both Teams Indicate That Close Battle Will Result. State Stronger Than For Any Previous Game of Season. Pitt Loses Captain. Penn State Band and Rooters Big Factors. Statistics of Teams Captain Tobin and Warriors in Great PhysicaleShape. Why Cant You Go ? The greatest mass meeting of the year is over and every effort has beem made to urge you to go to Pitt. Your college needs you more than ever and your excuse to stay home must satisfy yourself that it is good. The glee club is ready for the Wednesday night concert; the varsity club holds its first annual banquet and a big time is waiting. When the college cheer is given when the team trots on the field, rtf*'.’.' «jLy KRATT, Our Chon the Pitt rooters must be drowned out. Last year’s score must be wiped out and this is our chance. The coaches have worked faith fully and feel that they have finally perfected the best possible combi nation. The team will average 172 2-11 pounds; the line 177 3-7 pounds and the backfield 163 pounds. Pitt will average 172 8-11 pounds, the line 176 pounds and the backfield 167 pounds. Thus it will be seen that neither team will have any weight advantage. Captain Smith of Pitt will be out of the game with a sprained ankle while State will have not only her captain but in him a brilliant open field runner, a sure catcher of punts and a great general. Captain Tobin will play quarter. Dippe will play fullback in view of his recent great improvement, At front half, Yerg er because of his great defensive ability will find a place. At rear half, the reliable kicker and ground gainer Clark will fill the place.. It will be seen that Dan Welty has been omitted, and this fact alone speaks wonders for the back field. It is almost an assured fact that this great inspirer of fight will play no small portion of the game :e for All-American at some position. The same un changeable and almost unbeatable line will start with Morris and Hig gins at end positions. If Pitt can hit our line or round our ends with any degree of proficiency, she will show better football than State has seen this year. On the offensive State will have Lamb to score field goals while Hastings who stars for Pitt in this department has a broken hand. Pitt certainly has no better receivers, of the forward pass than Morris and Higgins. We believe the greatly touted Carlson will have his lustre dimmed by the playing of our ends. Pitt also has a great team. At quarterback either Williamson or Heil will start with the chances favoring the former, Williamson STATE COLLEGE, PA., NOVEMBER 25, 1914 is playing his second year and weighs 163 pounds. He defeated us last year by a 66 yard run and Cornell was defeated this year by a similar perf rrmance. He has just recovered from a dislocated leg and will probably not be able to play very long. His substitute is also a P man, and is playing his second year. Heil weighs 135 pounds and form erly played on the University of Kansas toam. Both men are good passers and open field runners, but Williamson is the better team director. A freshman. Fry, is first choice for fullback. He weighs 173 pounds, is a good line bucker and a fair defender. He is not sen sational but very steady. Collins will be his substitute. While at Cornell, this man gave Lamb his only defeat in wrestling that he has ever received. He weighs 189 pounds. / At left half, Pitt beleives they have the sensation of, the year in Miller, 164 pounds. <HHe prepared at'7/yoiniug li- faster than De Harr, the old Kiski man; a great defensive back and a fine interferer. When carrying the ball he is used for end running. At the other half, Hastings is also a freshman. He is a fine for ward passer and drop kicker but will be of little service in that field because of a broken band which is still in splints. At center Pitt claims to have in AU-American candidate. Peck, playing his second year, weighs 180 pounds. Last year his defensive game alone kept us from scoring more points. He is especially good in breaking up forward passes. Soppitt at right guard with Peck is the mainstay of the Pitt team. He prepared at Greensburg high, the school which gave us Welty, a id weighs 187 pounds. Reese at left guard will sub for his captain. He is a junior, a Belle fonte Academy product and weighs 180 pounds. He is a good ag gressive guard. The tackles are the weakest men of the team. Jones, a sophomore weighing 162 pounds will probably play left tackle, playing a game similar to that played by Bob Reed. He is a good clean fighter, fast down the field, but entirely too light. His substitute Thornhill weighing 188 pounds is only a mediocre player. Hockensmith, right tackle, weighs 185 pounds, is a fair tackle and out played Patterson, the W & J star tackle. Herron, 163 pounds and a sopho more, is a good receiver of forward passes, a sure tackier, and good at boxing tackles. Carlson will play the other end position- He graduated from Bellefonte Academy last year and is the best all round man turned out by Bellefonte. He weighs 175 pounds; is a great breaker of inter ference and fast down the field. Collegian. CALENDAR Wednesday, November 23 11:00 a. m. Thanksgiving Recess Be- gins. 12:00 m. Special Leaves B C Station Pittsburgh. Thursday, November 20 2.30 p. m. Pitt-State Game, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh. 2.30 p. m Football Returns, Audi torium. Monday, November 20 Thanksgiving Recess 8:00 a. m. Ends. The weights of the State men are appended for comparison. Morris r. e., 150 pounds; Lamb r. t., 198 pounds; McDowell r. g., 178 pounds; Wood c„ 175 pounds; Miller 1. g., 184 pounds; Kratt 1. t, 182 pounds; Higgins 1. e., 175 pounds; Tobin q. b„ 155 pounds; Dippe f. b., 160 pounds; Clark 1. h. b., 17 1 pamis; Yerger r. h. b., 163 pounds. Bickcield substitutes: Welty 166 pounds, James 130 pounds, Edgerton 158 pounds, Yergei ISO pounds Line substitutes: 160 -*.« n <4 VJI7 a aK' A I*7*l **- - • ' f l Czarnecki 194 pounds, Fleck 184 pounds, Seamon 166 pounds, Sut ton 190 pounds, Locke 184 pounds Band Goes to Pitt. Following a precedent long established, the Pittsburgh Alumni will again take the band to “Pitt” game. The band, 40 pieces strong. Will leave here Wednes day afternoon and will arrive at Pittsburgh that evening. The next morning, that is Thanksgiving Day, a popular concert will be given’at Fort Pitt, at 10 00 o'clock. Mr. Thomson will be in charge of the band, and his new composition, "Penn State”, which has been re ceiving much favorable criticism lately will be played. Immediately after noon the band will proceed to Forbes’ Field where only marches and State music will be given. The “State” band has become a yearly event at Pittsburgh and has always been well received. A house-pai ty for those girls uho did not attend the housc d.mce, will lie gi\en Friday, Nov. 20, at the Cottage. THOMAS, Barred by Faculty Action PRICE FIVE CENTS Till!: DEBATING SQUAD CHOSEN Poor Turnout at Trials. Sixteen Men Picked. Scheduled for Year. Support of Students Needed for Successful Season. Excellent Coaching Sys- The trials for the Intercollegiate Debating team were held last. Friday night in the Old Chapel. But 22 men responded to the call, a most discouraging turnout when we consider the vast nunibir of students enrolled in the college. More trials may be held at a later date on the q :estion that will be debated against tie Western Penn sylvania colleges. Sixltrn men were chosen from the number that tried out Friday night and these men will be continued in a class by Professor Marshman. Later the t-ams and alternates for the league di-bites will be chosen. This year Penn State has the MTIUV.4I UUIA UiUJt t!AU.ll'j| > Ua IV t schedule in the history of the col riege. The Pennsylvania League is composed of coileges having a high scholastic standing, and the de bates encoutittred in these contests are always of an excellent calibre. The debates with W. and J., Pitt and Westminster are on a different question from the league debates andconsequently at least four teams must be developed. We have an excellent coach, a man who is particularly adapted to this work. Last year, when Pro fessor Marshman was in charge of the debating interests of Ohio Wes leyan, the record of the season showed five victories out of six contests. And the colleges engag ed were of the calibre of Syracuse, Colgate, Oberlin and other places where considerable pride is taken in mental contests. But the coach can do nothing unless he is support ed by the student body. There should have been 200 men out in the trials and at the later trials that many should really be counted on from which the teams could be chosen. Five Debates
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