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              continued on third page tried desperately to score but le high's defense was too strong and time was called with the ball in the centre of the field the teams lined up as follows : lehigh positions orange okeson jl e koehler hale senior l t oppenheimer trafton l g oliver keys c , meher baldwin r g buell gunsolus r t marshall gass r e hopkins holderness q b dehart thurston r h b millard vanduyne l h b fielder fitzgerald f b bird scranton 18 scrub o on saturday afternoon the scran ton wheelmen defeated the lehigh scrub on the former's grounds be fore a crowd of 500 people the defeat was no disgrace the average weight of the scranton team being 178 pounds and most of their gains were made by drop ping the guards and tackles back and running them through the line carman was the bright particu lar star on the lehigh team time and again he downed the backs for a loss of 5 yards besides getting into every possible play mason sanders becerra also distinguished themselves lehigh's light backs were unable to buck the line successfully and their largest gains were made around the ends lehigh won tjh.e toss and chose the north goal johnson caught the kick off and gained 8 yards on the first down lehigh received 10 yards for off side play but im mediately lost the ball on a fumble carman threw posner for a 12-yard loss but then by steady plunges through the tackles and centre the ball was forced to lehigh's 5-yard line and conroy was shoved over the line for a touchdown decker kicked goal time 10 minutes lehigh kicked off scranton made 15 yards then lost the ball on down slade made one yard around the end not being able to gain the required distance scranton again obtained the ball and by steady gains the ball was again car ried over the line by conroy the goal was again kicked from that time lehigh braced up get ting the ball on downs they forced it for awhile slowly but surely to ward scranton's goal on scran ton's 25-yard line the ball was lost owens made 30 yards around left end but with a clear field be fore him was thrown by graff by a headlong tackle from the rear time was called shortly afterwards the ball being scranton's in mid field score 12-0 the second half opened with the ball in lehigh's possession pos ner was downed in his tracks by carman here scranton tried a trick three men would mass on the side lines and at a signal from the quarter would charge at full speed for lehigh's line on the first down lehigh was caught off side but on the next line-up threw football orange 2 ; lehigh o on a wet muddy field and in the driving rain lehigh played the strong team of the orange athletic club on the orange oval saturday afternoon and gave them one of the hardest fights they have had this season lehigh's play was a great im provement and all the men seemed to be imbued with the spirit of playing their hardest the field was so slippery that end runs were out of the question and in bucking the line the lehigh backs could not make much ground against the heavy orange line which averaged easily fifteen pounds more per man on the defensive however lehigh showed up very strongly and all of orange's gains were made by simply shoving and her backs were often thrown back for a loss in punting lehigh showed up stronger than orange although no long kicks were made owing to the con dition of the ball the game started about 3.45 p m with orange kicking off le high having won the toss and tak ing advantage of what wind there was bird kicked to lehigh's 25 yard line where keys caught and made 5 yards before being downed lehigh was unable to advance the ball and fitzgerald punted to the middle of the field where okeson fell on the ball it having been fumbled by the orange fullback lehigh was again unable to gain and the ball went to orange on downs then by a series of mass plays orange forced the ball right down to lehigh's 5-yard line where lehigh braced and secured the ball on downs thurston gained 3 yards through the centre and tried the same place again but failed the ball was then passed back to fitzgerald to kick while he was behind the line but several of the orange players broke through and compelled him to make a safety orange 2 lehigh 0 time 12 minutes lehigh kicked off from the 25 yard line and orange again began to work down towards the coveted goal but their progress was too slow and time for the first half was called with the ball on lehigh's 5-yard line the second half was even more closely contested than the first and lehigh braced up considerably in her play senior took hale's place at left tackle for the first ten minutes the play was in the centre of the field but then by a couple of good runs by vanduyne and a long punt of fitzgerald's lehigh ob tained the ball on orange's 5-yard line thurs.ton went through the centre for a yard but no further gains could be made so fitzgerald attempted a goal from the field it was a beautiful attempt the ball going about two feet to one side for the rest of the half orange lehigh university south bethlehem pa novembeb 4 1895 no 16 the brown and white vol 111 owens for a loss after which scran ton was content to play straight football the feature of this half was the stubborn defense of le high twice the ball was on her 5-yard line and twice she obtained the ball only to kick it to mid field finally on a blocked kick cleveland fell on the ball scoring the last touchdown one minute be fore the call of time decker kicked the goal sanders who had been hurt in the fore part of the game was compelled to give way to given in this half final score 18 0 the team lined up as follows : lehigh scrub scranton carman r e decker mason r t coggins becerra r g conroy wooden c cleveland graff l g zang johnson l.t allen slade l e ruddy hood i walsh pflueger r h posner sanders given l h owens gannon full necker game called at 3.45 p m time — two 20-minute halves referee — mr beamish umpire — mr phillips linesmen — dr stein and h r peck calendar monday nov 4 — glee club re hearsal in christmas hall 7 p m tuesday nov 5 — electrical en gineering society physical la boratory at 7.30 p m class book committee meet at phi gamma delta house at 9.30 p m agora meeting christmas hall at 7 p m banjo club rehearsal eagle hotel 7 p m c e society meeting in physical laboratory 7.30 p m wednesday nov 6 — eegular monthly class meeting of senior class eegular monthly class meet ing of junior class in eng lish room at 12.30 p m amendment to be voted on 96 epitome board meeting phi gamma delta house 7.30 p m thursday nov 7 — glee club re hearsal at christmas hall 7 p m saturday nov 9 — lehigh vs lafayette at south bethlehem 3 p m chess club in christmas hall at 8 p m banjo club rehearsal at eagle hotel 7 p m notices the regular monthly meeting of the senior class will be held in christmas hall wednesday nov 6 at 12.80 the committee on a class book will make its report and an amendment is to be voted upon pkesident the electrical engineering so ciety will meet at the physical laboratory tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock flory 96 will read a paper on " the theory of multi phase currents followed by a pa per on " the application of multi phase currents to commercial use by jackon 96 an especial effort will be ex erted to present the subject in a plain and impressive way it is very important to both seniors and juniors to get as many ideas on this subject as possible president class book committee will meet at phi gamma delta house tomor row tuesday evening at 9.30 o'clock given chairman the regular monthly class meet ing of the junior class will beheld in the english room in packer hall on wednesday nov 6 at 12.30 p m president there will be a meeting of the 97 epitome board at the phi delta theta house tonight at 7 p m every member must be present editor-in-chief tau beta pi the regular fall initiation into the honorary fraternity of tau beta pi was held on thursday evening oct 81 the men taken in were the second quota from the class of 96 the first eight having been admitted last spring the new members in order of their rank are as follows : flory 96 96 h b ayers 96 buvinger 96 morgan 96 bromer 96 thom son 96 miller 96 d w wilson jr 96 hall 96 carrington 96 e e taylor 96 jackson 96 after the initiation a banquet was held at the wyandotte hotel where covers were laid for twenty five the guests of the evening were president drown and pro fessor williams who sat on the right and left respectively of herr 96 president of the society the banquet being well under way mr herr arose and after a few introductory words called upon dr drown who is an honorary member of the society for a few remarks dr drown responded in his usual felicitous manner saying that he was glad to be a member of a society which represented the highest scholarship of the uni versity in closing he said that if he felt need of aid in carrying out any undertaking for the good of the college he was sure that he could rely on their ready assistance and hearty co-operation professor williams responded to the toast what tan beta pi could do in the line of special work he spoke briefly as follows : in the past circumstances have made it impossible to do work that the society desired as there are not many investigations of a short character which would not detract from the regulation college work original work however is the