Wednesday, November 19, 1919 VERYBODY PLAYING AT PENN STATE'. 'ew York Periodical Publishes' Interesting Article by Noted Football_ Coach - (NOTC—The following nl licit , is re- Int.l film a recent number of luting". (Now 101 It), and ohnuld Ova 1;f °specie] Intel rat lo nil who o interested in Pentes State's athletic ;velem:lent its author, Sol Metrger, a gradual° of the University of POTIO 'II 1014 and 10110 COOOIIII of the war ty eleven during Ills SF nlar year. e Is well known as a coach and wiper ft.thall.. Among the Mum* which • developed are those of Ills Alma liter. the Unherslty of West Virginia. ul Washington and .leffe.on. Dus k the war hexas director of outlet at Camp Ct-i and Ills always been shone°us advocate of the ideas be g developed at Penn State) 1 CfirllODl PLATING Al' PININ STATI II) Sol NetOgor lhat leg the star he hood it great and about mass athletics. but no title to tense a definite Idea about tern True, out twining maths car ed on sprat to it greater degree than had user been so intensively followed America_ before, but no two camps Mowed the mane program. The varied lows of commanding officers. the (lif ting beret:mantles of athletic allicent, sometimes unfortunate &blunder s:l,llns. between ..Commbuslon" men sahletle °pi...lulls. of the var . %wirer° co casnleatlons—sa tangle bleb MVO! 000 wholly untangled-- emitted no in eod. definite Program At the name time an effort was made launch mates tableaus In our various lieges which had Student Army Train g Corps Tina Idea. died a. natural nth with the &mistier. and Bust an is launched An n. seven. the soar &s -loped nothing much along mass spurt es through sandal channels But ono Imaltutleln did get resultn. 11110.4 C half a sloven Yearn ago Roy Ills, then Graduate Manager of Mb- MN at the Peantalsanla. State Col ge, told me that they hod In mind Plan at State for Instructing. what termed, "educational ntideUce.. Hedy Penn State Was then trying to t at a natation or the one big evil our Intercollegiate athletic oyetem— c cneblect or the student who most We uncut. Hut Penn Slate, ideally mated for each a venture, never got r beyond the Idea. loot toll, llugo Detach, bent known . manager of 1110 Pittston 111 National ensue Case Dab Club, became head of iv Dept. Intent of Physical Training nd Athletics at Penn State. Dcttleit a graduate of the University of Chi go, on 1111110 Se. product ...of A A tagg In both football and baseball. o first coached collego trams at Ark.- arias and from there Jumped to the dem sits of Oregon Ho broke into natlonol athletic limelight a few Intern back when hts web-tooled elev n downed Idol, Foloeibu Pennsylvania Idlron hopes ut Panadons. on Now ear's Day. 13emleit faced an discouraging a sit atim at State College as any college thletic enach—nnti I lino "coach .. put °rely hero—ever (aced Not a member f the 'll and . 17 varsity football teams ere Wick These boys had answered to higher call of country as did no any young collegians. Football pros 01.W at this institution, long noted for pinning teams, were gloomy. Such as the situation In other sports us ell Not only that, but Bostick was %bout the services of Dick hurler, oduitts football coach And Lewis, In truetor and trainer extritordlnarY. malt men - hand won commissions I=ll=Mrl=l Worse null wits the S. A. T C. sit atlon. State, a land grant college, had liltary training 0. 0 ntuplo lino, but to 9 A. T C watt new—and moron, ho only good thing I ovor heard a out tho S. A. T C. In many tripe to taloan collegema was that It wae ahan oned. Still, St ado had It an lots of ue ad the "110" Ninety-nine college coaches I know ut of a hundred would have met the ligation confronting Ilcodek last fall U11011111110100U1111111111[2:111111111110111111111111411111111411131 9. FOR THE BEST liMI Sundaes Candies Whitman's a specialty Toilet-Articles Service Gilliland's Drug Store NITTANY INN BLOCK .tuttmimmutommomoniminturuniminututimunno6 The : Pennsylvania •. st - ate : College EDWIN ERLE SPARES, Ph.D., L.L. D., PRESIDENT Established and maintained by the joint action of the United States Government and the Commonwealth of P - onnsylvanle. 4:1 FIVE GREAT SClloOLS—Agriculture, Libersl Arts, Mining, and Natuml Science, offering thirty-eight courses of tour years eaoh—Also courses in Rome Economics, Industrial Art, and Physl • mil Education. TUITION FREE to both sexes, Incidental charges moderato. First semester begins middle of September; second semester the Brat of February, Summer Sossion•for Teachers about the third Monday In Juno of each year. For catalogue. bulletins, announeementsr eta, address THE REGISTRAR, Stabs College, Pennsylvania with columnu of alibi., invented and rent A plopugunda preparing alumni and well-al/diem fur the worst aim In or de: If ever nuch nubile publicity le In order. But Bentlek is the odd coach of the hundred Ito hod Wear—big nod broad. Be has courage, initiative, action, and o tuna direct way of do ileAlek In the 10111. Of a man witu would milt u for that Ilve "spot" 110 101111011 lOU 111111. week If you hanneitod' to 110 oveo due—and he .mould get It I3extlok veal-‘l,ll-viciod State in two montlig• time. Although his football eleven was mothered and monsioni, although It woe crushed and ',rushed osido, when ho tuft State hmt opting for 1110 Plntton It Wolin; tamp he had the natlsfactlon of hearing more ringing tributes about bin work there 1111111 "Big BIII" Ilol !unhook ever hwoil In the heyday of his most victorious football coaching 0111000 at that institution All thin cheetlng - of Bend°k by Plato men In due to tho fact - that ho dill the mot temarkable 'deco of uollo tiler e holt fall In sport that lam over been necompltched by any college or univerally in the country. Within a month after Mx debut, he had es tablittlied n metem of n athletics that lam proven practica oels ble and workable tilt mud] both a siege of 5 A T C and ordinary coiled° life All thin ho did uhile the rest of the tollege stolid dreamed and talked and fought about It within their oun colored °loin tors There uere 1000 male undergraduates at State last fall Best9ll hod 1100 of them playing competitive games ocety other day. There were football term,. baseball nines, banketball fives, track snood, tennis teams, and a long list of other athletic teams going in for competition with joy 11,1,1 !MI State literally uent mad over the sport-for all Idea. Students. alumni, trustees, and faculty Ilre solid on the proposi tion Slots 14 In the game for keens But before dealing with the future let me tell you loot how IleMelt wink ed It out Everyone gives him full credit nod reports to the contrary which appealed In the press last fall were In or, or on thin point. "I know that It ought to he done," Sondeit told me. 'but I hod not plan ned In detail. It didn't seem possible to get under way until the 9 A. T C. receiced scowl early In the fall that all members of the S A. T. C. were to have an hour a day of reereatlonnl ath letietl / noted at once The next day the entire 13 A. T. C. reported to me on the geld: "What to do with them wee the big ni oblem Necessity solved it for me. Immediately I norted the men accord ing to their preferences, tho football aspirants In one group, those cello pre ferred baseball In another And so on. Next I found out ',that man In each group knew how to play that game. These fellovw went made play leaden and put to cork immediately. "We had MO of tho 1 800 students In-various games loot fall Our aim was to hate them play only American sports, but 011103 w Inn competitive wily Thu object 1100 to givo each student a working knowledge of story game In the American cutriculum of play One of the moth reasons why collego grad uates fail to Iteen 1.111 an active inter est in sport in because they have hlther to Incited a knowledge of Buell of our sports us a man can get most enjoy ment out of at various Omen In M. life That in why wo Include and boost tan nin and golf "Our plan is to cover the whole fiold of sport for each four-year student In what ollTer attractive way is tho college-bled Yankee to Ito not only fit but kept sor There in no other nnsher to the question. 13 - eudek ban a far-sighted plan In operation 110 ban pnrimnelY omitted calisthenics, the "phynical tor t." of the 11, enigo collego man, from his curriculum and tilled it with the totice of competition. That 10 why Stato knows it will carry_on. Lest fall Bezdelt used the various ... • .: . : :.: : • . Billiards and Pocket Billiards Cigarettes ---Candies---Tobacco STATE COLLEGE BILLIARD PARLOR. . Dress Suits Made and Altered a Specialty Henry Grimm The TAILOR 206 East College Avenue unite of the S A T. C. for competi tive pm poses Leagues In football, baseball, basketball, (leek sports, cress country running, )ones' boil, punt; ball, boxing, and wreath= were plat lug out Welt schedules until the switch In time forted all Inductee As it cllnutz tu the nutiluor season a lIIPPO - Field Day W. held Saturday JO tot 110011. Nov. 2. Contests In ail of the above events nem ntstrted 0 lase pritelluthie, and 500 stu dents competed I nation. the madden, one ono of space. Moss boxing and ma tattling went along one Incidentally State oon the In tot eullehlitie wt waling championship Thli it-eight Osumi Pla)ed in sureral basket 10111 leagues. sae games 'a day being un 'rills miming 250 mutt It Itedule of baseball between forty leallig Al RN a marked feature During tin blurter and sating there woo no Si. A T. C. and comostuently 110 manpuiraint about the Plan The volunteer x}stem has proven a aurptise Tho hooka lath leanttu of forty teanat ompleted Its acheaulo n ithout the can cellation of a mune and baseball has been Juin tor suctessful As 1 Inn wit log thin at fort)-two team tennis bourn ontent ix In progtess In addition the urinal Inter-,!JINN competition Is (order ed In all moon/ One is intlined to draw the conclu- Mom helhatc previously ton med. that Penn Slate in only lade to featuto Nowt for nil in the tiny it does nit the evponne of vandt3 athletics. lie ulna no thinks in I,lllto %YOU . 11,11 000, 111,1 remat Laid(' pal t of lint whole 1.111,1 coo lants of the font that Beedek has hit the nail an tine he al 141 maw: lila mom tabletion tll a breeding mound for var . Idly material Lent fall no teas than nit virally football pittters mere devel oped on the intta-mend field and thin 'spring. intent In varsity catcher NON incit ing the Intraonural league produced the needed nen. All of o Melt lends to the future. to the ochenie Rohm to be practical? and alert pltuto are on foot to make It ou , are too pet Uncut queutlons Thu neat can be dealt olth in a felt lines Lot MU aunts Nell ht Fleming. tho prudent ;umlaute Intimater of Ponn Stltteli athletic 11.0elittiOn °A minment recently made to our floatd of Trustees to preside [lto bourn a reek In the college curriculum for physical education in olticlt college credit could ho gntnted wan favorably acted upon ° As to the future State In building a 100-acre play-field that should be com pleted when tills article appesni lye are informed quite casually that It will aceommmiate 2000 students at one time. that It hill contain a 0.11010 golf course. 12 gridirons. 40 tennis courts, 4 soccer Holds. C baseball diamonds. 10 basket ball touch.. 2 hockey rinks. 0 volley ball counts, and a half mile cinder track. Dm the big problem in the northern Institution in a Place for winter Inn). So enthusiastic are Stnte alumni, who ore building the field, that one of them, tt hone 'lime cannot be ghen, Is pres enting the college with a monster play pavilion, MOW'S feet, an a memorial to the Cons of this institution 1, Ito gave their Men In the World War This will contain a dit t running track. 100-yard straihht-an ay. Swimming Pool, and var ious Simeon for playing basket bell. baseball (indoor rOgnintion kind an C. E. Shuey JEWELER Repairing a Specialty PENN STATE COLLEGIAN nett), football in bad weather and for ether mllet. an well. A ninny will house lockers and simm ers and the tiso-story effect at the front will contain the slalom; Wilms needed for running such a gigantic athletic plant Tito trustees havo ac cepted this gift and they expect it to he hunt thls summer. Again Penn State han unmet the dope. The vent majority of int have been lab oring molar the Manion that the alumni of un inntitution %ill "coma sierww" in o addend want wily for winning triune, that they are at the buck of nil the pioxelyting In Intercollegiate sport. Slate hail proven that thin In tea no Tee ponstbililles twining friar, thin churnslng piece of fact are beyond tawonting. Ono can dream sonderful Menton for the future of our colleges 110. OWL .0 glen title belief the Ile. lit addition to the 100-acre Phtl deld Mute has long pun/awed a GO-acre athletic field, known an Beaver Field, chore pa Sunnily trine cavort and work out, not to Mention a training house a hero rho varioun varsity men lite, and a gymtianium lint the gym mmium hue annual plane In an Intnitu lion of low fling If the Berdek idea of /moat fur 1111 ' 111/rolldb. It will mum into the dineard 00 0110 of those unnecessary and cumbersome things that grow up In thu dark age. State'. sport for all piogram in the hlggent athletic fact that woo out of the World War. It gsves ovary Omn i. Of becoming knosit 118 the moot overahelming athletic nictory yet won by a college. Phillpn Andover Academy, That's as true in life as on the cinders ithnle In 17 lends, i"iceentlfirrpred.:l.4ooH-3.0, You had better take home a Cushion Top for Thanksgiving. We have a nice line of Penn State Pennants Table Covers and Cushion Tops Cleaning - - - Pressing H. W. SAUERS ROBISON BLOCK STATE COLLEGE, PA. New members for our Circulating Library Costs $l.OO to wish to drop out. you take out. A beautiful line of felt and leather goods suitable Robert Service Poems, Holiday ;i -v: for Christmas Gifts. Boxed Papers. kAisE*•Axawxmo: :wmwA.wii!-wawraraxw.Awiurtw It Is true, ens a pioneer In this thald of Nan t for aII, but tiro preparatory school does not have the prejudice to oovercome In such a radical move that faces the college. Iteadek, It aeons, has built llrtolv On tuck. Although odd. It Ix nevertheless true, that the mow athletic epitome eallzb liaized and noz king et both Anduver and INnut Stale a., cleated by for met college ntizietex and not by ithlzl eel ezlocationut tweeittllste Lithuti, alto inunthiel the Andover plan, nut& hit athletic record MI tnetnirer of the I).zt LIZIOUtiI troll). into IllrCadY Leon introdutzed in thin article There Ix town An thought here 'rho ques that'll:aura% 11l free whether the Owe le 11 tnzining Mell.ll product is really hitting 011 all eight zulintient when It 10111. 111 handling the big national ;Holden) er gth)slcal Lllleltney h Mel) aux brought to out attention so point.- ..di., by the mar. l'or the Prat time alnea Saclo Sant 3 extalabilled Wm family tho World War coaxed hint to fiend all of 1,111 beat blood to) the family plivilelan. The result pax a thirty-three per cent rejection. '. l inn Ber.delt utfenW the remedy fur that LoodIllon? That na :nay nail dal , to IM=l After their easy victory 'over Le high• the soccer tern[has been taking things halm, einih. hone, el.. daily practice has been hold during the limit nei.k in melioration for the games ns the race 000 , 3 /0," Dixon's Eldorado is the choice of the world's greatest engineers. It should be yours now. Ell i ji2AD N"s 0 The zrast,s,•cizaziagpena7 WANTED! 100 NEW BOOKS ADDED Ibin---75c refunded when you 2 cents per day for each book METZGER.IS 111 Allen Street and Post Office Building whICA Manager Hart expects to 'mod ule with Eastern Colleges. The Rome with elm Drown and White forced to shown that the lino has the necessary punch to score goals, while the back field was strong enough to ward off the dangerous olio:when started by Le high In the first period. Consequently some surprises will ho In store for Penn States future opponents In the kicking gumo Manager Grubs, of the Sophomore team, is getting his men in condition for the "scrap . ' with the Preslunen, to take place some time in December and 1110.1 the Freshmen produce some - dad it horse" the "Sophs" will redeem their showing of last year 'Phan they tinny defeated by the TI men. A PIPE'S the thing with men. Under the spell of 1;1 W D C Pipes men relax, fagged brains are reheied. The specially seasoned genuine French briar break, to meet and mellow. It will not crack or burn through. The WD C Triangle on the bowl is your guarantee. Ask any good dealer. • WM. DENIUTH Bf. CO.. NEW 'YORK WORLe's LARGEST MAKERS OF FINE PIPES ri There is a photographer in your town, and he is not as busy now as he will be in De cember. Make Your Appointment NOW 11E) ENN Q TATE HOTO HOP :.:El€m wil - :+.la•Av.wn. - -:i*.wwwv.ww:,:i.v.ww:<.i Page Three' inuimotionmaniumurnmin...m...m.mtm i rg g Pies ---Bread -- Cakes I N i 1 N 6 . a 1 Ice Cream a Specialty R 2 w llState College Bakery 1 . El umMmumumwMaMdMininMuMuMmummuma ::•. , :xc!wr;sx*.wiv:w.i.t
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