I'Vlday, Murcli 12, i!J2C.
ell-rounded
Followed Coi
In 1914 little Spi ingficld cpllcgo,
nugly situated in the Berkslmc Hills
f New England, did not possess a
wrestling team Befoie 1915 had
omc to a close, tins same Mnssachus
tts institution honsted of a team that*
loston newspapers acclaimed as the
ndisputed mat champions of the
nuntrj.
• One of the men responsible for
us sensational rise was .Ralph G.
thAt time only a sopho
i«re Lconnid and a fellow student
roused such enthusiasm foi the,
iceh sport that a squad soon leport
-1 duily to assimilate the rudiments
’ the pastime It was not until the
(applets had met and defeated sev
’al strong teams that the Athletic
ssociation in mid-season lecognucd
lestlmg as a minor sport.
With customary modesty and un
ilhng to accept ciedit for the pint
* played in the'successful innugu
ition of wrestling at Spnngfield,
ic piesent Nittany tn-spoit men
r i elated the last matches of the
itial season in which his Alma Mat
• faced tlnee strong teams on three
iccessivc days with each moot on
•reign mats Pimceton, Yalc.a’tld
imv were scheduled and it was at
ie Conclusion of the thud day that
ie sporting pages weie filled with
owing accounts of this hitheito un
umn wrestling combination as the
übes ictold the events in the vietoi
s o\er Yale and Princeton and ll.e
aw battle \\ ith Army. M. I T,
aivaid, Biown nnd'Tufts had pre
ously been'met and defeated in the
me season. '
Graduating from Diuiy High
chool in North Adams, wheic he
iok pait in track, swimming and
•i catling, the death of his paicnts
mde it necessaiy for Leonard to go
ito business Seceial ycais later
e icncwcd his academic putsuits lij
til oiling at Spnngfield
The icsults of his athletic activi
ty in his hist >car netted him five
its of numciais fm endeavors in
oss-countiy, swimming, gymnastics,
lostlmg and tinck
It
It was in his sophomoie >ciu that
onard’s ambitions for n place on
e \aisity football team loceived a
jw when he was foiced to erne up
e prrid name because of lack of
light He then turned his activi
?s toward soccoi, playing on the
am foi the icnuundct of his col
gc careei.
Spe-*
{peaking of the English sport, the
on cojhli stated, "Soccer has been a
101 1 m which Springfield has evcel
d for years Next year Penn State
tudents will be given an oppoitun
y to see the latest edition when they
mice the tup lieie to play us.” A
lance at old newspapei clippings
ot e out the coach’s statement and
idicated that the soccer lccoid at
piingficld has been equally as sue*
L'ssful as that of the Blue and White
While a junior at college, R. G. was
ae of six men who weie mstiumen
•i\ in introducing laciossc ns a sport,
'ho teams enjoyed but mediocie sue*
ess and the spoit finally succumoed
m mg the war penod
Wlost)ins: in the one hundred nnd
venty-fivc pound class, Leonard was
mornbei of teams that enjoyed a
honnmennl success. Graduation m
cbiuaiv IHI7 piolubitcd him from
mndinff out Ins tlmd jeni without
defeat dunnp which time he and
nernl teammates weic recognised
s intei collegiate champions in then
eights.
Came the wai penod which found
ic Penn State conch enlisted In the
nation service at Mincola. Later he
jil Unnsfeired to thfepifantiy win re
, V lieutenant lie served seventeen
ionths in the seivicc both this
luntiy and overseas.
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T _ „ too! Goldkette and Ilis Orchestra
After I Say I’m Sorry What Can I Say? 1
“Dinah” a success as a vocal selection—now a fine orchestration
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Teams Have
ch Leonard
At the conclusion of tho gient run
let, Coach Lconnid was called to the
liooklyn Polytechnic Countiy Day
ichoo] wheic he signed as conch of
soccer, wiobtlmg and l.icuv'b'*. As
>ne newspupei put it he wa*» engaged
to conch spoits which hud been lath
i new at Poly, m unpopula. ’
Taking hold of a soccer combina
tion that had won but one game in
three yeuis, Coach Leoniu-1 gn\e flic
Toly Pieppers their fust successful
team. Not satisfied with that, the
following two seasons '•nw chn.noion
ship teams at the Brooklyn institu
tion
He had prncticnlly a clean slate
during his legime with the wiest’eii,
having a championship combination
eVery yeai. ' As .1 pi op school spoit,
the Gieek game was rather in its in
fancy and it was Leonaid who was
instrumental in stinting teams at
ncighboung schools Foi that rea
son, the Poly Prep schedule consisted
for the most pa'xt of college fieshman
and \aisity teams
Five of his veterans weie elected
enptnins of then’fieshman teani> at
college It was Leonaid who coach
ed Hasbrook Wallis, Yale leader, who
defeated Naito, Penn State, in the
finals of the intercollegiates two years
ago Meislahn, present Princeton
heavyweight and mnner-up foi the
title last year, learned the ludiments
of the mat spoit fiom Leonard at
Biooklyn Polytechnic John Davis,
cuptam-clcct of the Punceton foot
ball team, was another of the Penn
State mentor’s pupils although Davis
luter devoted all his time to the gnd
uon for the Chance and Black
! Freshmen Elect I
j Class Officers j
| F B Jackson was elected i
| piesidcnt and C A. Witt vice- |
! president of the freshman class J
I at a meeting Tuesday evening. J
I Elections for secretary and •
I treasurer of the hrst-venr men j
| will be held next week. I
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FORENSIC ARTISTS MEET
RUTGfelftS AND LAFAYETTE
(Continued from first page)
nucstion The Blue and White will
again support the affirmative, Lafay
ette maintaining the negative. This;
will be the first time in recent yenis:
'that Penn State and Lafayette have
met in this style of competition
Conch A..P. Daggett of Lafayette
'expects to use ■against Penn State
'the name team that defended the neg
ative against Rutgers a week ago
Members of the team arc: R B. Cun
'mngham, W. E Hayes and W. R.
Foulkes. It is likely that Capt Giant
YanSaun may be shifted from the at
fit motive to the negative side foi this
debate.
A donate with Allegheny university
next Friday on the coal question, and
an extemporaneous contest with Wy
oming State college the following
week, will bung the debating season
to a close
LACROSSE CANDIDATES
START PRACTICE TODAY
Eight Veterans -Answer Coach
Leonard’s. Gall—Open
Season With Penn
Faced with the haulcst laciosse
schedule in Penn State history, the
Blue and White varsity laciosse team
will stait pmctice in the leai of the*
Ainioiy this afternoon at foui-tlur
ty o’clock. Coach Lconnid will have
eight vcteians frem Inst seasons ai
iny in the line-up when his men cbish
with the University of Pennsylvania
on Apiil fifteenth at Philadelphia,
and Stevens Institute of Technology
the next day at Hoboken, Now Jeisey,
in the opening matches of the yeai
Penn State will meet eight teams
this season, an increase of foui ovei
the number on last year’s schedule
While .noncommittal about the pios
pccts for the lacrosse team, Coach
Leonaid declared thnt lack of prac
tice has handicapped the men lie
urges nil who are handy with the
stick to leport foi daily practice at
four-thirty o’clock
Although eight veterans nit back,
the coach avers that no positions aie
certain Captain Hackctt will lead
the team against several league op
ponents and other college aggrega
tions this season. Stevens and Penn
sylvania have strong teams and have
had their workout sessions under way
foi several,weeks.
R G. TiRESSLER SPEAKS
R G.'Bresslcr, vice-dean and in
structor in Ag Economics delivered an
addiess at a meeting of the Kivvams
Club at Tyrone last Wednesday He
spoke on “The Relation of Agiicul
ture to’Urban Life"
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Cleaning Pressing
Repairing
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KAPPA GAMMA. PSI TO
GIVE SUNDAY RECITAL
(Continued from first page)
veni in New Aotk, will close the con
cei t -
The coippLlte -pingiam is as fol
lows.
1 Giand Ana foi Oignn and Piano
, Dcmni est
.1. M Kiumnne ’27 and
H. A,Wahl ’25
2 B.liitone Solos.
(a) Thou’it Like Unto .1 Lovely
Flowc-T - " Smith
(b) Bedouin Love Song Pm-suti
J. E. Dickson ’27
.1 „Violin and Viola Duet
'1 he Old Rcfimn Kroi«lei
Viola transaction bv C H
Shunlev ,
D II McKinley ’27 and F R,
hhanlev ’27. ,
4 Tilimpet Solo.
lionev suckle Polka Casey
R W. Swift
Tenui Solo
Recitative and Ana, “Duich die
Waeldei, duich die Auen,” fiom
Dei Ficischuot/ Webei
II N Woithley
6 Oichcsli.i*
Selection, “The Student Prince”
Romberg
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ltpd
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ers nould like In learn it
The UUltllKf I. SCHOOL of DAN
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for beginners and more advanced stu
dents in the CHARLESTON Classes
of six Mitli inu instructors for one
Hour niv lesson course >3 00 per pu
pil J urm >«ur onn group of sis or
join one of the groups non forming
Arrangements can he made far class
es of girls or mixed classes
The CIIAULI'STON is a clever
dance nhen correctly done We teach
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•Jean Goldkette Will
Play at Junior Prom
(Continued from fir*t page) /
also has an entertainer and tenor so
loist with his band.
Whitey Kaufman, versatile lendei
of the Scnioi Ball oichcstra speaks
of Goldkette troubndors ns “the Dost
dunce orchcstm in the countrv todav
and one which will retain its popu
larity for many’ yours to tome ”
I*. C- O’Keefe, Philudclphiu book
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ization in this manner “Goldkettc’i
nrehestm mnv be tated at the top nt
all the first-class musu.nl combina
tions of the United States including
those now wox king m Flonda ”
Checking and Posters
All students inteiested in seem
ing the checking privileges foi the
Junior Pionx me uiged to get in touch
with B T Conrad ’27.
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