Brown and White Vol. 9 no. 59

              manhattan 5 lehigh 1 the base ball game with man hattan last wednesday resulted in a score of 5 to 1 in favor of man hattan the game was not an in teresting one the playing of both teams being neither very good or very bad lehigh's principal defi ciency lay in her poor batting only five hits being made during the game the hitting of the manhat tan team was not very heavy but they seemed to have the faculty of bunching their hits when they were needed most the visitors started in the first inning by putting a man on base and scoring two runs by a home run after this the outcome of the game was never very much in doubt lehigh's only run was scored in the fourth inning when de schweinitz pounded out a two bagger and came home on farabaugh's single stolen bases reese brush double play eisenhart reese sny der struck out by farabaugh 3 by callahan 1 two base hits de schweinitz rock home run huff bases on balls off farabaugh 1 off calahan 1 it is the duty of an educational institution to provide sound mental and physical training for the youth committed to its charge this train ing is generally uneventful now and then a student will show unus ual talent in some particular study or sport and his college will make extraordinary efforts to develop that talent for exhibition and for competition with other colleges the standing of an educational institu tion is determined by the average training of the student body not by the rank attained by the excep tional individual the value of the special development of an un usual talent is its tendency to raise the general average lehigh university now makes ade quate provision for general athletic training the gymnasium and athletic field have never had better attention but what about the athletic teams which represent the university in competition with other colleges ? here the cry is lack of support de ficit defeat what is the source of the trouble may it not be that we attempt too much ? perhaps the schedule calls for too many games perhaps we meet too many colleges above our class perhaps we try to support too many sports this year the athletic season has extended practically through the entire year men tire of seeing athletic contests week after week and few can afford either the time or the money a part of the col lege year should be devoted to the scientific literary and social organi zations now would it not be well to have one fall short and one spring sport and concentrate the athletic inter ests of the whole college to make these two sports a success the alumni are now contributing lib erally to the support of athletic teams and the alumni have a right to express an opinion on the best plan of conducting athletic sports with an expert foot ball coach and an expert base ball coach the alumni have a right to expect that the university will regain its proper place in intercollegiate athletic con tests phi beta kappa oration important notice the first day of sale of the 1903 epitome has been unavoidably de layed but the book will mostcertain ly be on sale by monday june 9 in a well-contested and interest ing meet the lehigh track team won from lafayette on saturday by the decisive score of 68 to 40 the victory clearly showed that al though the team was defeated in its previous contests it has some good material and is easily superior to lafayette's team the men deserve great credit for their fine work as they were under a disadvantage on lafayette's track which is covered with heavy cinders which have never been rolled and on which it is almost impossible to make good time especially for those who have been accustomed to running on a hard track despite this disadvan tage lehigh . secured first place in four of the seven track events le high also showed up well in the field events winning the high and broad jumps the pole vault and tying the shot put farabaugh also won second place in the ham mer throw the most important featues of the meet were the breaking of the lehigh pole vault and broad jump records by morgan and pentz re spectively the pole vault was won by sammis at eight feet and seven inches but in contesting third place which was a tie between morgan and ronk of lafayette morgan cleared ten feet and one inch which is exactly one inch better than the lehigh record which has stood for twelve years in the broad jump pentz made twenty-one feet and six inches breaking the former record by about eleven inches pentz did fine all-around work se curing a total of twelve points for lehigh the result of the meet was not in much doubt after the first events for it was ! easily seen that lehigh had the best men and had the meet cinched on the whole the meet was an unqualified success and should be a great encouragement to lehigh track athletics the winners of the various events follow : 120 yards hurdle 1 lord l u 2 dow l u 3 closs l c time 19 2-5 sec 440 yards dash 1 raub l c 2 brownell l u 3 williams l u time 55 4-5 sec mile run 1 klar l u 2 pierce l u 3 segur l c time 5 mm 4 sec 100 yards dash 1 harding l c 2 frick l u 3 serfass l u time 104-5 sec - continued on second page alumni day should be made in teresting and instructive for lehigh men who return to the scenes of their college life the business of the annual meeting of the alumni association the impromptu talks at the luncheon given to the alumni by the trustees and faculty and the ball game on the athletic field will this year be supplemented by a phi beta kappa oration in the university chapel at 8 p m of alumni day it is hoped that the oration of talcott williams on a demo cratic economy will be so well patronized by the alumni under graduates and town people that a the regular monthly meeting of the philadelphia lehigh club was called to order at 9 p m april 13 1902 at th university club 15 10 walnut street by president m h fehnel the report of the committee ap pointed to take action on the death of rufus k polk was read there was a general discussion about the annual planked shad dinner to be held next month and about the se lection of a foot ball coach i mr h w dußois exhibited some photographs and made some remarks on a camping expedition to be made this coming summer in the rockies of british columbia he also stated that a limited number of members of the club could join the expedition the meeting adjourned after the usual refreshments e m huggins secretary report of committee : the committee appointed to take action on the death of mr polk class of 87 reports as follows in the death of hon rufus k polk the philadelphia lehigh club has suffered a serious loss and his early end is much deplored by all his fellow alumni mr polk was the first represen tative of lehigh in congress and his honorable record there added credit to his alma mater as honorary alumni trustee he faithfully served the best interests of the university his efforts being always directed towards the better ment of its affairs it was with deep regret that the philadelphia lehigh club learned of the sudden death which removed him from a busy life and therefore it is resolved that the sympathy of the philadelphia lehigh club be ex tended to his widow and children the secretary is directed to send a copy of the resolution to his fam ily insert a record of it in the minutes of the club and have it pub lished in the brown and white howard w dv bois henry de huff j a jardine april 10 1902 a 3l tt nva ivr 1 nvr xj ivj b e fl . the brown and white lehigh university current notes south bethlehem pa thursday june 5 1902 track meet no 59 lehigh defeats lafay ette athletics again vol ix base ball similar literary treat in the form of a phi beta kappa oration will be come a permanent feature of com mencement week the evening of alumni day is the time for class reunions but the phi beta kappa oration comes so early in the even ing as not to interfere with re unions this is a splendid oppor tunity to spend an hour enjoyable and profitably calendar saturday june 7 — at 3 p m la fayette vs lehigh at lafayette ■ field saturday june 14 — at 3.30 p ivl lafayette vs lehigh at lehigh field at 8 p m calculus cremation in lehigh park meeting of philadel phia lehigh club 1 he score follows * lehigh reese 2b eisenhart ss r h o a e 00390 00163 lilley c de schweinitz rf . . . . brush cf farabaugh p davison if landefeld 3b snyder ib 012 i o 111 o o 01300 01040 001 o o 00000 o i l 6 o i total i 52720 4 manhattan r h o a e mullins 2b rock ss huff c kearns if 00430 22060 344 0 0 , o l 100 colter ib 01201 cohalan 3b fitzherny cf kilrov rf 00241 010 o o 00200 callahan p 01220 totals x to 27 ix 2