Brown and White Vol. 5 no. 6

              the general playing of the teams was very even williams trusting chiefly to her advantage in weight while lehigh played a much su perior game as regards quick and snappy play the tackling of denise and captain gunsolus was especially good and holderness was much ahead of his opponent in kicking the lineup is as follows : williams positions lebigh chadwell left end chamberlain simmons left tackle gledhill easton left guard becerra biler centre mccarthy lot right guard gilbert camp rfght tackle '. gunsolus rutter right end w james davis quarter denise c . davis right halfback gerhard bra ™ halfback ... i g an j d eg denman fullback holderness umpire — patterson yale referee — thompson princeton linesmen alden williams ; white le high timekeepers — twitchell williams ; knight lehigh goal from field holderness time of halves — twenty minutes elections the election for baseball mana ger and athletic representative was held on friday in christmas hall and resulted as follows . wett laufer manager ; reed 98 ath letic representative the junior class election was held at the same time as the ath letic election and resulted in no election for president vice-presi dent secretary treasurer or ath letic representative robinson was chosen class historian football williams o lehigh 5 lehigh defeated williams by the above score at albany saturday the game was exciting and well contested and the result was in doubt until the last down was called lehigh scored her only points on a goal from the field which was kicked by holderness from the 25-yard line four minutes after the opening of the game the game started by williams kicking off holderness caught the ball and returned the kick williams then had the ball in their posses si on on their 45 yard line being unable to gain on bucking they were forced to kick lehigh by short gains both through the line and around the ends takes the ball up the field until when on the 25 yard line they are held for three downs and holderness was forced to attempt a drop kick the ball was directly in front of the goal but even then the try was difficult for as the ball was kicked it was touched by a williams player this did not prevent its clearing the goal by at least two feet denman kicks off for williams and denise advances the ball a few yards before being downed holder ness and gerhard make short cams through the center and canfield makes five yards around right end williams holds for three downs and holderness punts it is williams ball on their 20-yard line denman makes three yards through the centre and branch gains his length through right tackle chadwell the star colored end makes a nice twenty-yard run around right end ; c davis follows this up by eight yards through left guard and the ball is on lehigh's 10 yard line heavy line bucking carries the ball down to within two yards of the goal where lehigh gets the ball on a fumble ilolderness punts the ball out of danger and the williams fullback is downed on lehigh's 40 yard line the ball goes to lehigh on downs williams backs being unable to gain either through the line or around the end denise makes a pretty run around the left end for fifteen yards on the quarter back trick canfield is injured and is forced to withdraw 11 james going in at left half the ball now is in the center of the field being unable to gain five yards lehigh kicks wil liams makes a few unsuccessful at tempts to advance the ball but the lehigh line holds firm and denman kicks to lehigh's 30-yard line gerhard makes the prettiest run of the day on a fake kick through right tackle he gains at least thirty yards and would have un doubtedly made a touchdown had he passed the williams fullback as it was however his run counted for little as time was called a few seconds later the ball being in le the senior electrical drawing room has been newly equipped with adjustable drawing tables the starvation and delmonico eating clubs played their annual game of football on saturday morn ing resulting in a victory for the latter by a score of 10 to 0 the forum the regular meeting of the for um was held friday evening in saucon hall the attendance was not as large as desired but was an improvement over the last meeting chickering 1901 was nominated for membership the usual pro gram was carried out with the ex ception of the essay and criticism which were omitted starkey 1900 delivered the extemporaneous speech on the annexation of ha waii mr starkey did not ap pear to be in favor of the step and cited instances of the downfall of nations caused by greed for pos sessions the debate " resolved that it would be a benefit to can ada to be separated from england followed and was also extempor aneous the speakers on the affirmative were paddock 98 and huggins 1900 while the neg ative was supported by starkey 98 and freeman 1900 the affirmative speakers spoke of can ada's resources her national facili ties and of the fact that no nation has ever become great while under the rule of another their op ponents contended that canada being liberally governed and well protected by the mother country was better off in her present con dition the resume of national events was given by schwecke 98 the judges decided in favor of the negative and the house on the merits of the question in favor of the affirmative manager farwell took seventeen players to albany friday the team was accompanied by coach hammond and a dozen students the following alumni attended the lehigh-wiiliams game : mos man 92 holcombe 94 perm'an ex-'94 frank,'9±,twiner 94 eden 96 trip 96 reed 95 badgley 96 and kennedy ex-'97 with the possible exception of the half-backs the line-up for the dickinson game wednesday will be the same as against williams great improvement is noted in the play of the team the team may be expected to make a good showing against dickinson lehigh university south bethlehem pa monday october 18 1897 vol v no 6 the brown and white calendar tuesday oct 19 — meeting of the mathematical club physical laboratory at 7.15 p m wednesday oct 20 — football dickinson at south bethle hem thursday oct 21 — meeting of electrical engineering society at 7.30 p m in physical laboratory saturday oct 23 football bucknell at williamsport re-examination in entrance english at 8.30 a m , in dr semple's room sunday oct 24 — regular meet ing of the christian associa tion at 6.15 p m in christ mas hall baseball fall practice of the baseball team began last saturday when about twenty men appeared on the field heretofore this practice stopped with the games on founder's day and was not revived until the reg ular spring work began in the cage captain grace has decided to take advantage of the early fall days and have practice on the field the good results from fall practice of the lacrosse team has prompted this move and it is believed that in this way a better idea of new material may be had than in the short and unsatisfactory practice before the southern trip satur day morning the men were given practice in batting and fielding two teams were picked and played about five innings the follow ing are the new men who took part and the positions played smith capt c carman rodney p alder lawrence lb j grace wood 2 b parsons farnham 3 b pomeroy wettlaufer s s musselman harleman r f hollingsworth morrow cf reed stenfouse \ lf e ' grace > <&*■ regular practice every evening this week at 4 o'clock on the ath letic field every man who has played ball is requested to be on the field especially every man wno has played on a class team notices there will be an important meeting of the mustard and cheese association on wednesday even ing oct 20 at 7.30 in christmas hall all members are urged to be present as it is most important we have a full attendance something of the utmost importance and in terest to the members will be dis cussed r e lee george pres re examinations to remove en trance c(j iditions — oct 23 at 8.30 a m in dr sem pie's recitation room ail freshmen who have any such conditions are expected to be there re examinations entrance subjects english oct 23 geometry — oct 30 physics — nov 6 history — nov 13 algebra — dec 4 re-examinations h s s e saturday oct 23 at 9.30 a m mech tech b c saturday oct 30 at 9.80 a m high's possession on williams 25-yard line holderness kicks off for lehigh in the second half and the ball is downed on williams 15-yard line williams gains the neces sary five yards by line bucking but later loses the ball on a fumble james falling upon it holderness three yards through the centre and gerhard six around left end an other line buck carries the ball to williams 5-yard line and^it looks very much like a touchdown for lehigh but with the third down and only one yard to gain holderness is thrown back for a loss and the ball goes to williams for the next few minutes the play is very even and holderness at tempts another goal from the field but the ball goes wide of the mark five minutes before time is called williams obtains possession of the ball and by terrific rushing carries the ball from their own 20-yard line to lehigh's 15 yard line it looks dark for lehigh but by a tremen dous rally for four downs williams is shoved back not only failing to gain but losing ground a few line bucks by lehigh's backs and holderness punts into williams territory when time is called