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VOL.XVIII. No 41
PENN STATE AND
HARVARD FIFTH AT
INTERCOLLEGIATES
Nitiany Runners Capture Second
in Two-Mile and Frosh Relays
and Third in Hurdles
HELFFRICH AND SHIPLEY
STAR RUNNERS FOR LION
Meadowbrook Meet Next Saturday
•Will Finish Indoor Season—
Outdoor Practice Begins
Penn Slate tied with Harvard for
fifth place in t,ie Intercollegiate In
door Track and Field meet, at New
York last Saturday. Bach team liud
■ eleven points. Captain Kauifman tin
bbed third in the high hurdles; the
.vanity relay team finished second; und
Ure_frosb - medley- reiay_iuen_ likewise
took the second position.
Helffrich and Shipley Star
Helffrich and Shipley wero the stel
lar , performers on the varsity anu
freshman relay teams. Both uggregu
dona were considerably behind at the
end'of the first three dashes, and the
task *of finishing the battles devolved
upon Helffrich in the hhH-milo and
Shipley in the mile. Helffrich did the
Mo-yards In 1:54 and 3-5. s
Harvurd Takes Fresh Belay
As Was expected, Harvard freshmen
wn, the, .frosh medley relay race,
Pena State finishing second, while the
Princeton yearlings came in third.
The-time made by the Harvard first
runners in this event was 8:00
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FROSH MATMEN DOWN
LEHIGH BY SIX FALLS
Yearling Grapplers Show Unusual
Ability and Lose Only One
- .is-Bout—Score 30 To 5
Displaying the fastest type of wrest
ling.seen in the Armory for some time,
the Nittany freshmen defeated the Le
high frosh by a score of 30 to S, se
curing six falls und losing one bout on
a fall, last Saturday evening. The I’enn
Btste fVeshmen litonilly rushed the
Brown and White representatives to
the mat, showing a skill in the grap
pling art more than could be expected
of an inexperienced team.
Each bout started off with a rush by
the Blue and White grapplcr, taking
the Lehigh opponent to the mat in a
short time. Every bout of the meet
resulting in a fall was an. unusual oc
currence in a wrestling meet, the Penn
State frosh losing the 158 pound class
on & fall.
" The 115 pound class was represented
by Pierce for the Blue and White and
Brown for Lehigli. Pierce, in his rush,
look Brown to the mat in about thirty
seconds; and immediately begun work
ing for-a full. Brown lay Hat on the
mat, making it difficult for Pierce to roll
him, but after five minutes arid twenty
five seconds, he put ids opponent's
•boulders to the mat.
The 125 pound bout was very much
•imilar to the first clash. Sands for the
Uon Cubs rushing Campbell to the
mat and then securing a fall by a Nel
son bold in four minutes and thirty
tight seconds.
W. C. Liggett in llte 135 pound class
••cured the quickest fall of the meet
for the Penn State frosh against Po-
After taking his upponent to the
mt, Liggett hud him in a position for
• fall for nearly a minute, laying on
Poliska until his shoulders were final
ly down. Time, 3 minutes, 5 seconds.
T.- B. Glordino of the Nittany team
*od Anderson of Lehigh, in the 145
Pound class, went to the mat in a few
•*s«»d« with the Blue and
grappler on top. The bout was
.•narked by the same hard work in so-
a fall as the previous ones. Gi
wdino finally threw his opponent in six
minutes.
® ec uring a head lock on Dowd in
|be 158 pound class, Williamson of
took him to the mat and ob-
a ecissorB on head. Dowd,
>L * teBerve °I strength, broke loose
for only a short time, for he fell
"•tit la; a bad position from which he
Cwdd . not eacapo and was thrown In
•*v«n minutes and six seconds.
AprU in the 175 pound class took Per-
r y,to the mat in a very short time and
T 0 immediately had him in a po-
for a fall, but was required to
*d him for almost four minues be
ore he forced the Lehigh wrestler’s
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Obtain athletes may
ATTEND SOPHOMORE HOP
.i.f of the fact that many upper?
r*y° en will be away on athletic trips
I®***?* the week of the Junior Prom,
AiJm C€n declded to Qllow these in
• duals to attend the social function
underclassmen, the Sophomore
Sim they 80 deaire * This _will apply.
'*Mi arly to members of the baseball
'•fcii ,^ teams which go south in.the
~T*iag of the year.
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TICKET SALE FOR
SOPHOMORE HOP
The ticket sale for the annual
Sophomore Hop will bo held from
six-thirty to seven-thirty o'clock
on Tuesday and Friday evenings
at Co-op. Spaces for booths will
he sold at five dollars, each, sale
to take place on Friday evening.
SOPHOMORES URGED TO
BOOST UNDERCLASS HOP
Two Orchestras To Furnish Music
. for Frosh-Soph Dance from
Nine Until .Two O’clock
As the outcome of the ticket sale
held inst week was not very satisfac
tory. the committee in charge of the
Sophomore Hop is urging every un
derclassman to get a girl, buy a ticket,
and come to the dance.. The advance
-icket sale .should be such as to give
.he committee an idea as to how large
—crbwa“WniT)<rin attendance!
The patrons and patronesses for the
niTair have been announced and are as
.o’lows: Honorable H. Walton Mitchell,
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Thomas, Dr. and
..lrs. E. E. Sparks, Dean and Mrs. W.
Cl. Chambers, Dean and Mrs. C. W.
otoddard,' Dean and Mrs.' Sack-.
_*tt, Dean and Mrs. E. A. 'Holbrook,
Dean and Mrs. R. L. Watts, Pean and
.Mrs. A. R. Warnock, Director'and Mrs.
R. W. Grant, Miss L. V. T. Simmons,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Dusham, Mr. and
Mrs. Hugo Bezdek, Mr. and Mrs. T. v I.
Alalrs, Air. and Mrs. N. M. Fleming,
.Mr. B. M. Hermann, Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Woodruff, Mr and Mrs. D. F. Mc-
Farland, Mr. and Airs. A. H. Espen
shade. Air. and Mrs. E. D. Walker,
Mr. and Airs. 1. H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
J. O Keller, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Sulli
van, and Acting Dean of Women, Char
lotte E Ray.
As has been announced, two orches
tras will furnish music throughout the
evening, dancing to start at nine o'-
clock and end at two. Mill’s Mary
landers, of Cumberland, .Maryland, and
Auchenbach's Seronaders, of Stale Col
lege, which ore the two orchestras on
gaged for the affair, are both well
known at Penn State for their enticing
quality of dance music.
Being of a strictly formal nature,
the Sophomore Hop is growing in pop
ularity and It Is predicted that the af
fair this year will rival the annual
Junior Prom, which is one of the big
gest social events of tho year.
Novelty programs have been ar
ranged by the committee and extra fea
tures have been promised to take place
throughout the evening. Nothing has
been left undone to make the dance
one that will long be remembered in
the history of the sophomore class.
SUMMER SESSION HAS
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Many Lecturers and Entertainers
To Visit Penn State During
Summer Term
Plans for a successful summer session
are well under way. A number of stud
ents have registered already, and many
Applications for catalogues hive been
received. The summer session school
plans to issue special bulletins In Geo
graphy, Social SLudies, English, Health
Education, Athletic Coaching, and Vo
cational Education. These bulletins will
be issued within two months, over a
thousand applications for each having
uecn received already.
Besides the regular faculty at the
summer session there Is also a long
.isl of visiting lecturers and entertain
ers. Among tho most prominent
speakers might bo mentioned Mrs.
Anna Botsford Comstock, Emeritus
Professor of Nature Study, Cornell Uni
versity, and Editor of tho Nature Study
Review; Katherine Emment Davie, Ph.
L)., LL. D, who is the General Secretary
of the Bureau of Social Hygiene; Sim
eon D. Fees, LL. D., United States Sen
ator from Ohio, C. Valentine Kirby, Di
rector of Art Education, State Depart
ment of Public Instruction; and Thom
as E. Finegun, Lilt. D., State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction for Penn
sylvania. There are many other well
known lecturers and entertainers who
will he at the summer session.
COL. AXTON DELIVERS
SUNDAY CHAPEL SERMON
Colonel John T. Axton of Washington,
D. C., Chief of the Chaplains of the
United States Army, gave a most forces
ful and energetic sermon at both ebapr
el services last Sunday. The theme of
Colonel Axtoris message was that the
chief cure for war and dther troubles,
between men Is a better understanding
among the individuals ebneerned.
Colonel Axton, in. speaking of the
Army as a whole, pointed out that the
two main purposes of tho Army are
first, to win wars and second, to pre
vent wars., He-said that over 900,000
men have laid claim for compensation
for direct or indirect injuries received
iii the late war. All but about ten per
cent of these claims have been adjust
ed already.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 6. 1923
CAMPAIGN DRIVE IS
LAUNCHED FOR NEW
WOMEN’S BUILDING
Emergency Fund Totals One Hun
dred-Thousand Dollars Over
Million Mark
CO-EDS PLEDGE ALMOST
$15,000 TOWARD BUILDING
New Mining Building Proposed As
Suitable Site for Centrally
Located Structure
The Emergency Building Fund Cam
paign receipts for the . week exceeded
$15,000 and the official total for the
drive Is now approximately $lOO,OOO o
ver the first million*
Ono of the outstanding features of
tho past week In Campaign develop
mentSTW3S“the-launchlng*of' a"move~
jr.ent to have the women of Pennsylva
nia combine in the erection of a dormi
tory for women.
The women’B committee of the cam
paign has recently asked the county
chairmen of the alumni campaign or
ganization to lend their cooperation in
securing subscriptions from women for
the purpose of erecting this building.
The women students have pledged al
most $15,000-toward the Campaign Fund
and other funds have come in for the
women's dorm. The present plan 19 to
obtain $200,000 and have the building
dedicated as a monument to the inter
est of women in the advancement of
higher education among their sex. Mias
Charlotte E. Ray, acting dean of wo
men, Is the chairman of this, comlttee
and other members afo Miss Lucretia
V. T. Simmons, head of the' German
Department, and Mrs. A. S. Hurrell.
Public spirited’women throughout the
state will be asked through the county
campaign to Join this special drive. -
ARMY RINGMEN HAND ~
NITTANY BOXERS DEFEAT
Houck’s . Proteges Outclassed by
Cadets—Frank Wins 175-Pound
Bout with Knockout
Leaving the Nittany valley for the
first time this year, tho-Penn State mit
men suffered their third setback .of
tho seuson at the hands of the Army,
at West Point, to’the tune of a 6-1 score.
Although the score seems to indicate
, that the disciples of Leo Houck were
badly outclassed, yet such is not the
truth.
Tali Loses By Default
In the 115-pound class, Tait had a
decisive lead over his opponent Bros
inun, throughout the first two rounds
but in coming out of a clinch In the
second round it was discovered that his
eye was badly cut. It was found that
this impaired his eyesight and the ref
oree refused to allow Talt to continue,
awarding the bout to tho Army man
by default..
J. B. Hagonbaeh ’25 piled up a big
load in the first minute with a.series of
straight lefts and right crosses to the
Juw and had his man groggy and swing
ing wildly. Ono of the wild swings
caught' the Fenn State boxer on the
point of the chin and sent him to the
mat. The second stanza was practic:
ally a repetiton of tho first, Haggen
bauh again stepping into a wild swing
and taking the count. Although he lost
this bout, yet Hoggenbach showed signs
of promise, and with a little more ex
perience should prove a welcome addi
tion to the Nittany ring squad.
Young, in the 135-pound section, was
up against the Army's captain. Harm
ony, who bos.not lost a bout in his four
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1923 GOLF SCHEDULE
IS NEARLY COMPLETED
Eastern and Western Trips Are
Included on Card—Candidates
Called Soon .
Golf will be a prominent spring sport
this season according to the'plans of
the \Penn State athletic authorities.
Excellent progress is being made on a
tentative schedule* that will include
games with * Pitt,' - Carnegie • Tech,
Princeton, and Pennsylvania. T.- -F.
Connell '23, manager of the golf team,
hopes to. announce, within the next two
weeks, the complete schedule of match-
In addition to an eastern trip that
will Include matches with Princeton and
Pennsylvania, the Nittany golfers may
also play Pitt and Carnegie Tech at
Pittsburgh. The majority of the match
es that have been- scheduled’ for'ithe
Penn State team will be away from
home’but some- golfing event will be
staged almost every week-end. on ttie
local course. An inter-class meet will
be held on Father’s Day, May fifth, and
tournaments will be arranged for.-other
week-ends.
EIGHT VETERANS REPORT
FOR LACROSSE PRACTICE
F. A. Coulter ’23 Elected Captain—
Football Candidates Urged To
Take Up Spring Sport
With a schedule of eight games, six
of which are to bo played in foreign
territory, the Penn State lacrosse team
will be confronted with keen competi
tion for the 1923 season. About thirty
men, eight of whom are veterans of
last year’s squad, reported for practice
yesterday afternoon. Coach R. H. Jor
dlne Is pleased with' the' showing and
expects a total of aUfty men before the
first week of practico Is terminated.
At the first meeting held Friday
night, F. A. Coulter '23 was olected cap
tain-of the 1923 team. Coach Bezdek
encouraged the* football candidates to
tako up lacrosso as a fore-runner of
the football season. It Is hoped that
football men such as Frank, 'Wilson,
*.rtelt, Wentz, Singer, Boyd, and Car
on wilt be out to strengthen the team.
First Game with U. of P.
___Wlth_n_3Ubstantial number of men
iround which to builjl his play.*!, Coach
Kinline intends to ’create two regular
lacrosse combinations who are to be
pitted against each other as full teams.
Individual work be the basis on
which thp candidates for tho varsity
squad will bo chosen) He is Interested
just now with the wbrk of F. E. Coul
ter, M. H. Gatchell, O. R. Elsler, I. A
Y.ost, J. R, Rowe. C. C. Morgan, L. E.
Hcgarty, and H. C.Bash who are vet
eruns of the 1922 squad.
Tho first game W April fourteenth
.with tho University-, of Pennsylvania
necessitates hard work In order to get
into shape. Penn’s; team is being
coached .by Edwin powers of profes
sional lacrosse fame, .and the Nlt
t .my mentor expects & keen battle.
Lack of equipment will bo something
of a handicap to the, Nittany stlckmen
during the first week of practice, but
additional supplies will be nvollablo be
fore- extensive practice is begun.
- The southern lacrosse championship
rating was awarded no the University
.of Pennsylvania last, year, while in
collegiate olrcles, Syracuse University
headed the list witji Johns Hopkins
second. Penn State will have met eight
of the hardest lacrosse teams in the
iContinued o.t&»n-Dage)
A. C. CLOETINGH TO
TALK ON THEATRE
“Present Day Tendencies of the
Theatre" Is Subject of
Tonight’s Lecture
ONE-ACT EXPRESSIONISTIC
PLAY TO FOLLOW TALK
“The Present Day Tendencies of the
Theatre" will be the subject of a lecture
to bo given by Mr. A. C. Cloetingh In
:ho Auditorium this evening, beginning
at seven o'clock. Following the lecture,
Mr. Cloetingh will present a one-act
expressionistic play by Eugene O’Neill.
Mr. Cloetlngh’s lecture will be most
interesting, especially to college stud
ents. He will spend some time dealing
with the influence which the college
atnnteur theatrical groups havo on the
theatre of today. Ho will then toko up
In detail some of tho recent plays on
Broadway, and discuss the Continental
influence on the play. The Continental
Influence is no Inconsiderate force at
the present time, particularly the Rus
sian Influence.
Mr. Cloetingh will then touch on ex
pressionism, the new note in the thea
tre of today. "Bound East for Cardiff"
s the name of tho play to be presented
directly following his lecture, it was
written by Eugene O'Neill, one of the
hest writers of this school, and the
chief exponent of this now thought.
The scene .of r the. play Is on board &
ship, and deals with a novel and inter
esting situation which will delight any
audience. The ..language and charac
ters of the play are of the lower strata
of humanity, and the entire situation is
well carried out by the author.
FIRST FIREMAN’S BALL
SINCE 1917 PLANNED
Preparations for the proposed Fire
man's Ball, the first of Ra kind since
1917, are now complete and April sixth
is the -day set aside’ for the dance
which • will be held la 'the Ar
mory from eight until twelve"o’clock.
Griffith's nine-piece orchestra has been
engaged and the programs and tickets
for the occasion have been made up.
The affair is being\ sponsored by the
Penn ptate . Student Fire Oonipany.
The Fireman’s Ball for a long time
prior to 1917 was an annual affair, but
due‘to tho discontinuing of the com
pany during the T. C. days, no
dances have been hsjd since time.
A ticket sale for the danced will be
held at the Music Store at a later date.
The. purpose of the dance Is . to raise
money for new equipment. The equip
ment which the student company now
has is decidedly inadequate for the pro
tection of the college buildings. The
members of. the company have nothing
to wear for protection as the smoke
masks, rubber bats., and. rubber coats
are an In bad'ooadltio*.
Wrestling Leader
CAPTAIN “DOC” EVANS
Tlio dean cut fnll on the Lehigh rec
ord of Captain “Doc” Evans of wrestling
fame Is but an example of the type of
work ho has been doing since his debat
In the sport.
In his frosh year, he.failed to make
nn Impression, bat he earned ills num
erals. Next year, he took the plAce of
“Jake” Garber and won his first three
meets. Garber who was Intercollegiate
Champion, came back and finished the
season.. In this year, Evans wrestled
In tho l&s*ponnd class. Last year, he
lost only to the Navy on a decision and
was handicapped in tho Intercolleglates
by n burned hip.'
This year. “Doc” has led hts team to
many a notable victory, and has easily
shown himself to bo superior to all 145
pound contenders. It will bo a genuine
surprise if he does not win laurels at
the Intercolleglates this year.
LEHIGH GRAPPLERS
DEFEATED IN HARD
CONTEST, 14 TO 8
Strong Brown and White Aggrega
tion Secures One Fall and
One Decision
CAPTAIN EVANS GETS
FALL FOR PENN STATE
Cary, Naito, and Emory Awarded
Decisions—l7s Pound Bout
Declared a Draw
Recovering from tho reversals met
at the hands of tho Naval Cadets, the
Penn State wrestling team came out bn
top last Saturday afternoon by defeat
ing the University of Lehigh matmen,
ono of the strongest teams in the East,
by a.clean score of 14 to 8. Every bout
was hard fought from the beginning,
'.ho veterans of the .Brown and ’White
.Arcing the less experienced Nittany
men to the utmost before losing.
Both contestants scored a solitary
fall, Lehigh being awarded one decision
while Penn State was credited with
three decisions by the referee. Ctiptain
Evans was the only Blue and White
.-i.prcHcntativc to secure a fall, L. A.
Cary ’25, K.* Naito ’23, and F. N.
Emory .*24 getting the decisions in the
115, 135 and heavyweight class respect
ively. One draw was declared, with T.
E. Ellwood ’24 and Burke in the 175
pound class.
Cary Draws First Blood
L. A. Cary *25 in the 115 pound class
met Reynolds of Lehigh, both working
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HIGH SCHOOL TOSSERS
WILL FIGHT FOR CROWN
Leading Cage Teams Will Strive
for State Championship at
Annual Scholastic Meet
The loading high school basketball
teams will again meet at Penn State
to strive for the championship of Penn
sylvania. Graduate Manager Neil Flem
ing recently announced that March
twenty-third and twenty-fourth are the
days that have. been selected for the
fourth annual Interscholastic Basket
ball Tournament.
As in previous 'years, the leading
teams In each of the four divisions of
the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Ath
letic Association will be selected to take
part in the State College meet. There
Is a possibility that the list this year
will include six quintets, for several
unattached teams have made excellent
records.
In the Central Pennsylv&na division.
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NEW BLEACHERS WILL
BE STARTED IN JUNE
New Stands Will Increase Seating
Capacity to Approximately
Sixteen Thousand
Construction of bleachers, with a
seating capacity of 6600, will be begun
on the west side of New Beaver Field
directly after Commencement this year,
and will be completed in time for the
first game this fall. Action on this
plan was taken recently by the Athletic
Advisory Committee, and the new
bleachers are now an assured fact.
The construction of these new bleach
ers is Jn preparation for the large
crowds which aro expected next year.
The now stand Is to ho thirty rows
high and three hundred feet long. It
is to be set on piers as the other large
stand, but will have certain advantages
which the old ones do not have. En*
•ra-ces will bo provided opposite each
'.o and will facilitate the emptying
of the stands at the end of the games.
There will also bo a much larger Press
Box, ample for the uses to which It
will be put. It Is estimated that with
ihe new stands, a crowd of sixteen
thousand persons can be seated. The
?nst bleachers have a capacity of ap
proximately 5400. Besides constructing
'these new bleachers, the college also
plans to build five or six-rows of tiers
of stoplng stands In front of tho two
big stands. Then by clos'ng In the
north and south ends as In previous
years, a record crowd can be hand
led. Even If as many as twenty
thousand persons are present, they
can be accomodated In somo way. It
is believed that this seating arrange
ment will be sufficient at least for next
year.
The bleachers and grand stand on
the west side of tyew Beaver will be
torn down, since the cost of moving
them would be prohibitive. The cost
of building the new stands will be a
round sixteen thousand dollars.
PROGRESS BEING MADE
IN THESPIAN PRODUCTION
Chorus of Eighteen Voices Has Se
lected Songs in Catchy Mus
ical Comedy
With rehearsals held almost every
evening during the week, the cast of
the new Thespian production *'Hls
Little Widows" Is making rapid pro
gress. The chorus In particular is mak
ing'great headway in the musical end
of the play.
Composed of eighteen selected voices,
the chorus has already worked Into the
spirit of the songs which occur
throughout the play. The music, com
posed by William Schroeder and writ
ten In his usual entertaining style, is
of a catchy variety and will especially
appeal to the student body.
Mr. Lang, who has charge of the new
Thespian production, Is well pleased
with tho pregross that the men are
making in tho interpretation of the
various parts. As Is generally known,
.\ir. Lang was the director of the Thes
lan production last year, "The Fair
Co-ed," which made such a hit with the
ludents of Penn State. Under his di
rection. which includes the experience
gained_from thirty years of both acting
and directing, "His Little Widows" will
-•e.a play bordering on the professional.
Depicting tiie getting Into and the
getting out of many peculiar situations
:>ml circumstances, F. Young '24, J. C.
Huffman '25, and H. E. Schlosser '23
aro making remarkable progress In the
.interpretation of their parts, which are
oy no means easy. W. J. O'Donnell '23,
L. Keller '25, W. C. Hesser '24, and
H. Murray '24 are gradually work
ing Into their roles of women charac
ters. *
Humorous, entertaining, and apeal
ing to the fun loving side of the stud
ents of Penn State, tho new Thespian
play promises to be one of the best ever
given at this institution.
I. E. SOCIETY TO HOLD
SEMESTER DANCE FRIDAY
As part of the program of social e
vents planned for this semes
ter by the active Industrial
Engineering society, a dance
will be held at the Phi Kappa Sigma
fraternity house on Friday evening,
March ninth. Dancing will continue
i from eight to twelve o'clock with Grif
fith's orchestra furnishing the music.
The Industrial Engineer's dance held
last semester was a decided success, and
no effort is being spared by the com
mittee In charge to moke this afTolr
surpass the previous one. The sale of
tickets will be limited to students of
the department, although friends may
secure them from members of the soci
ety.-
The dance will not only be a social
affair, but it will give freshmen and
sophomores of the department on op
portunity to meet the faculty members
and upperclassmen: The underclass
men do not have a chance to get In
close touch with the activities of the
department, and the social committee
has this In view when these affairs
are planned.
Annual Quwtkm:
Has Spring
Come Yet?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SWARTHMOREBOWS
TO LION TOSSERS
BY 41-25 SCORE
Penn State Cagers Add One Mora
Victory to String of Con
quests in Loose Game
REED AND KOEHLER ARE
HEAVY NITTANY SCORERS
Shane Proves Expert Foul Tosser
. for Garnet Five—Gets Perfect
Score in First Half
Defeating the scrappy Swarthmore
toAsers by a score of 41 to 25 in & loose
ly played game on the Armory court
last Saturday evening, the Penn State
quintet added another victory to its
long lino of conquests for the 1923 cage
season. Although the gams was inter
esting from start to finish, neither team
showed exceptional form and there was
nothing spectacular in the work of the:
Individual players.
Getting away to a good start when:
two field goals were registered In the.
first few minutes of play, the Blue and
White passers slowed up considerably
and allowed the visitors to creep wlth-i
in striking distance on several occa
sions. Reed drew first blood for the
( Uons on a beautiful over-arm shot
from a dlfflcut angle and Koehler added
another double-decker a few second#
later on a one-hand toss.
Shane Expert Foal Toiter
The fighting during the first half
was close and the Initial period ended
with the NUtany cagers leading by a
scant six-point margin, the score stand
ing 19 to 13 in favor of Hermann's pro
teges. Nine of the thirteen points gar
nered by the Swarthmore five in the
first frame were credited to Shane, vet
ean Garnet forward, who dropped seven
free tosses through, the basket out of
an equal number of chances in addi
tion to a beautiful shot from the floor.
In the second half there was a gen
eral tightening up on both sides with
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RIFLE TEAM TO ENTER
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
Riflemen Have Five Victories and
One Defeat—Columbia To
Be Met This Week
Entering the final part of the sea
son with a record of seven victories
and one defeat, the Penn State rifle
team promises to make a strong bid
for the championship of the Third
Corps Area. The team had won four
straight matches, until it encounter
ed a snag in Georgetown, which school
has a record for turning out excellent
shots.
Defeating the strong Drcxel team by
a score of 493 to 600 was the record of
the Lion rifle men last week. In a re
cent ''lnternational meet, in which
Penn State, Yale, Colgate, and Boston
University shot against Oxford, the
Nittany institution was the only entry
to make a perfect score. The meet with
Georgetown, which was lost by the
close score of 994 to 998, was shot in
two positions, sitting and prone.
Columbia University will be met this
week in a four position match. Not
much is known of tho strength of the
New Yorkers, but stiff opposition is
expected. This will be the second time
that Penn State has shot in four posi
tions, Northwestern having been en
countered lost week under the same
conditions. The Westerners were de
cisively beaten In this match by a score
of 3614 to 3793.
The intercollegiate rifle season ends
on the seventeenth of March, the Corps
Area match being held after the close
of the college season. Lieutenant LE.
Gruber, coach of the team, is optimistic
over the outcome of this match, which
will bring together the best R. O. T.
C. teams in the country.
This Is the first year at Penn State
that tho minor sports letter will be
awarded to members of the rifle team. To
win a letter, one must shoot ns a prin
cipal in two-thirds of the matches, or
his score must count in case of a tie.
Although conditions have been adverse,
Penn State has produced one of the
best rifle teams in the country, and
much of the success of the team Is due
to the coach. Lieutenant I. E. Gruber.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS '
HEAR TALK BY GRADUATE
Among the former Engineering grad
uates who were recent visitors to that
department were E. E. Pringle, E. E.
♦2l, and W. E. Miller, E. E. '2l. The
former, a Transmission Engineer with
the Bell Telephone Company of Penn
sylvania, spent several days here. Mr.
Pringle has been in charge of the land
wire radio service of the Bell Com
pany, but has just been transferred to
the Harrisburg district office
Mr. Miller spent a week at the col
lege interviewing senior students in
the Electrical Engineering department
and explaining their opportunities
with the General Electric Company*
by whom he to employed.