VMI Cadet. February 10, 1912

              THE CADET
VOL. V VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1912 NO. 17
HOW] THEY STAND
W. L. Pet.
Second Class 2 0 1,000
Third Class 1 1 .500
Fourth Clasp 0 1 .000
First Class 0 1 .000
CLASS BASKETBALL
First Class Lose to Third Class
Well, basketball may be a ladies'
gam'i, but we can't see it in that
way! Talk about your old lashioned
"ape scuffles," free for alls, Indian
massacres, etc., they don't get a
look in! Wait till you see one of
our class basketball gamns—then
you've got something to talk about
for future generations. Turn a
novice loone in the gym one of these
nights when one is in progress and
i t ' s ten to one hu couldn't tell
whether it was an opening night ol
'the French Revolution or an Indian
uprising. A game of football right
after il would look like taking candy
from a baby compared to tiddledy-winks,
pushpins, or any other of o r
national strenous pastimes.
And the grand father of all these
rough and tumbles was pulled off
last Saturday night, just before the
opening of the Varsity Virginia
game, when the first and third class
teams mixud up for a half hour or
no. And mixed it up is the proper
wora for it, and there were not»>ing
but mix ups. It was nothing at all
unusual to see all ten men of the
two teams piled up at one corner of
the room, legs and arms wildly
waving from beneath the pile, while
the much disputed ball went rolling
quietly and undisputed down to the
other end of the field. But during
all this pugilistic display a little
time was found for throwing at the
bftskets. Fouls were frequent, but
the game was too fast to stop for
l i t t l e things like that. However, a
good many were called, especially
on the first class, and few indeed
were the ones Quentin missed. He
was by far the star ol the game,
making a total of sixteen points cut
of the twenty chalked up for his
team.Youell also played a good game.
For the first class. Long, Throck-morton
and Purdte did the best
work. The latter at times seemed
to be unable to get it out ol his
hetd that he wasrn't tied up with
Virginia's or A. and M.'s football
center, and had many fouls called on
him as a consequence, but on the
whole he put up a good game.
These rough games may not appeal
to the scientific player, but they get
to the end they are out for—they
furnish amusement for the Keydets,
and that's all that's necessary.
The finhl score was, third class,
20: first class, 9.
The lineup:
1st Class Position
Long L. F.
Throckmorton, R. F.
Witt
Throckmorton, C.
McCormick, Carter
Purdie L. G.
Goodman R. G.
Field goals, Qu«ntin, 6; Amory, 1;
Ynuell 1; Throckmorton, 2; Long, 1.
Gonis rfom fouls, Quentin, 6; Long,
I ; Throckmorton, 1. Refeiee, Ew>
ing, D.
3rd Class
Quentin
Amory, T.
Youell
Karst
Coburn
VIRGINIA A WINNER BY ONE POINT
'Varsity Plays a Great Uphill Game, Overcoming Big: Lead Only
to Lose in Last Minute of Play
All arguments and contentions to
the contrary, Virgnia's hoodoo over
us is still in existence. Tajce the
Lexington high school team and put
blue jerseys decorated with a big
orange V on them, or Rollers, and
start them out from Charlottesville,
and we might just as well begin Sin
attempt at walking on water as to
try to heat them. V. M. I. just nat*
urally can't do anything with that
hoodoo. They come over here with
a team easily defeated by others
just as easy for us, get on the floor,
and by some means—we won't at-tempt
to analyze it—leave with the
heavy end of the score salely newed
up in their bags.
I t ' s a cinch we've lost our beat
chance of beating them for many
moons to come, and thia after a long
awaited chance to wipe out our for-mer
defeats.
The wires were certainly crossed
somewhere, whether our reports ia'
to their ability were misleading, or
whether they were just naturally
laying for us i t ' s not in our power
to say—certain it is that they "got
u s . " We gave them a mighty big
scare, but the fact can't be dodged
that they did get ua.
As far as the game was concerned
—that is not taking into considera-tion
the outcome—it was as good fli
anybody could possibly wish to see,
with the exception of the first Jew
minutes of play, when the aforesaid
big " V " hoodoo was very much in
evidence. They started out with a
quick get away, and by some beauti-ful
guarding and passing, succeeded
in not only keeping us away from
the much coveted basket, but were
able to shoot a good many for them
selves. Their passing was almost
perfect, and at no time during this
half did we have a chanae to do
anything. Fouls were frequent,
however, and in this manner we
were able to get a meaaly four
points as compared to a total of
eleven for them.
The game appeared to be hopeless
ly lost, but after the short rest, V.
M. I. came back with her old fight*
ing spirit, with a lead of seven
points to overcome for a chance of
no more than an even break, the
men started in to play like demons.
They were all over the floor at once,
passing the ball, and it was seldom
that a Virginia man got his handa on
th« ball for long.
Everybody was looking forward to
a rough game, from all reports, and
right here they began to get their
money's worth. Poula ware l o thick
that it was hardly worth while to
stop for them, and in many caaea
thay were overlooked. However,
this was just aa much on one aide aa
tha other, and no one could kick on
the referee's judgment. He did
good work on al oceaaions.
Clarkson was hurt in thia half,
and although able to continue the
game, Ewing, D. waa obliged to
take his place at throwing fouls.
We lost nothing from thia, however.
By splendid work the Variaty soon
overcame Virginia'a atrong lead, and
from then on, it waa nip and tuck
between the two teams—V. M.I. one
point in the lead at one moment and
their opponents in posBHSsion of the
same scant majority the next. It
waa a question of minutea—whioh
team had just made a goal when the
referee's whistle blew.
Virginia was one point ^o the
good, and just aa a foul waa called
on them, the whistle blew. Their
coach contended that the foul was
too lata to count, while Captain
Brummage held that time should
have been taken out for the foul.
After a long argument the referee
decided that a deetaion of a double
foul waa the only way out of the
difficulty, and so each team was
given a ahot at the goal. Ewing,
D. threw the one which tied the
score, and a pin dropped to the
floor would have sounded like a can*
nonball aa Kearns picked op the ball
for hia shot.
The ball 'went saili.ig through the
air and—what's the use—the Vir-ginia
hooaon was itill on the job!
The game was over and Virginia was
one point to the good.
For the Varaity,Clarkson, Ewing,
D., and Leech put up a splendid
game, while for the viistors, Kearns
and Rixey, E., showed up well.
The lineup:
V. M. I. Position Virginia
Bwing, L., L. F. Kearns
Ewing, D.
Leech R F. Rixey, E.
Stroud, Owen, C. Wixey, W.
Batton
Clarkson L. G. Chruchraan
Continued on pace 4
Basketball Schedule and Results
Dec. 16—At Lexington: V.M.I., 16; Lynchburg Y. xM. C. A.. 35
Jan. 6—At Lexington: V. M. I., 21; Emory and Henry, 25
Jan. 13—At Lexington: V. M. I., 33; Roanoke, 7
Jan. 20—At Lexington: V. M. I.. 45; Hampden-Sidney, 10
Jan. 27-At Lexington: V. M. I., 18; Guilford, 11
Feb. 3-At Lexington: V. M. L, 15; Virginia, 16
Feb. 10-At Lexington: V. M. I., Wake Forest
Feb. 17—At Lexington: V. M. I., William and Mary
Feb. 24-At Lexington: V. M. L, V. P. 1.
Feb. 29-At Lynchburg : V. M. I., Lynchburg Y. M, C. A.
Mar. 1—At Salem: V. M. I., Roanoke
Mar. 3-At Blacksburg: V. M. L, V. P. 1.
Totals-V. M. I., 148; Opponents, 104
The Old Musket in the Library
Mlaa Gibba, tha librarian; baa re.
cently received a letter from M^. B.
A. Colonna, '64, giving an account
of a trip made by tba eorpi of cadeta
in 1864 down to Lynchbarg, on two
canal boats, and of the Iota of a few
musketa by D company, of which at
the time he waa captain. Thia
probably is the explanation for tha
rifle found some years ago along the
same course, and now kept imong
the collection of curiositfea fa the
Library.
He speaks of the affair aa happen*
ing at a lock on the canal near Bal.
cony Falls and givea the following
account ol it in his latter,
" I think it was at the very next
lock that we lost the riflea which
came about in thia wise: we were
entering the lock and when her bow
waa about half way in, SOBM of
the rifles, the muzslea of wbfch had
come to atick beyond the edge oi the
deck house, caught in aome lose
boards in the aide of the lock. The
forward motion of the boat tore
them out from beneath the heaidb of
the sleeping cadeta and tbrisw tbem
overboard, awoke the boys rudely,
and caused aome hasty remarka. It
ia verv probable that the ralio of a
gun is one of theae."
He farther adds: "This watf the
first, last and only time that tha
corps of cadeta aa a body ever ven.
tured alone on the high aean, tbrea
nautical milea from the shore."
TheKcrlin Society
The first meeting of the Herlin
Literary society since reorganlu.
ton, waa held laat Friday Mg^t in
the Library, there were ahout
forty membera preaent and much tn-treest
was shown.
Dalton called the meeting t a order
and aftei a short talk aaxed for (be
report of the constitution committee,
which had teen workiag upon fha
laws of the society for a w««k or
more. Goodman, as chairman, rvad
the constitution and a bettet or
more complete do3umer.t cotild hafd-ly
have been drawn up. An^x^l-lent
system of rotation wa# adopted
by which all most work eqnalfy.
This is a directly good f«atfltre, aa
there is alwaya danger of the whole
work devolving upon a few. SOKie
few minor points drew forth conald*
erable discussion, but they were
soon adjusted, and the conatltvtion
was unanimously adoptad almeat ex*
actly as submitted by th» cotemH-tee.
Several other small mattera
were arranged and the meeting ^raa
adjourned. \
Because of the February ho^a the
next meeting was held last night.
No regular program waa followed aa
there was hardly time for prepwra-tion
of a debate. Several voluntary
speeches were made, however, ani
quite a spirited extemporaneoua de-bate
resulted. Altogether for the
first meeting it waa a decided sac-cess.
The costumes under the direetlon
ol Mies Annie White have been or-dered
for the Fancy Oreaa Ballmt
Washington and Les, and all prepa.
rations for this moat brilHant awial
event are well under way.