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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.
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Full Text Search | 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. |