1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

5^2 THE SCROLL.NEW YORK ALPHA, CORNELL UNIVERSITY.The baseball team is back after its hard southern trip, having acquitteditself as well as could be expected. We won only two of the sevfen games,most of which were with professionals. The men, however, were laboringunder heavy disadvantages in making the long jumps necessary and havinghad no outdoor practice previous to going south.Bro. Jennings, coach, says the prospect for the season is very bright andthe material developed on the trip exceptionally good. Bro. Wiley accompaniedthe team and played short stop. Bro. Tobin is also a promising candidate,having played last year on, the scrubs. After the sdasdn here Bi-o.Jennings will go to Baltimore, where he will manage ihe Orioles arid play hisposition of 2d base.The crew men, now that they are able to get on the watei:, aire rapidlycoming into shape. Two cuts have already been made and the number ofcandidates, which was exceedingly large, has been materially reduced. Bro.Coffin, captain, says he expects an unusually fine crew to be developed. Bro.Ballanger is also rowing in the-first varsity squad.The annual races of the second varsity will be held here on May 30. Itis not definitely known just what other colleges will compete. On the samedate we play Pennsylvania in baseball. It is said the interscholastic trackmeet will be held here at the same time. We Will, of course, have our usualhoiKeparty, which we hope and anticipate will be unusually fine.It goes witifiout saying that we will be at Poughkeepsie in June and attemptto win again the victory we have been fortunate enough to win so manytimes before.As to track, the material is very abundant, and it keeps trainer Moakleyarid Bro, Ketchtim, captain, very busy. The winter season was fairly successfulconsidering that we have no indoor track, and the^winter was so hardas to prevent training out of doore a great deal of the time. The wbrld'srfecOrd for the four mile relay race was bi-oken by the Cornell team at MadisonSquare Garden.Althoiigh several star men have been incapacitated either thrbiigh sicknessor work, yet the team as a whole is well balancisd and the outlook ifegood. Following is the schedule of the meets to be held Syfacuse, May 7,at SyrEicuse; Pennsylvania, May 14, at Ithaca; Princeton, May 21, at Princeton;Intercollegiate, May 27 and 28, at Philadelphia.The chapter is in flourishing condition and the freshman clasS is makinggood in every respect. We loSe quite a large contingent by graduation inJune. Bro. Ellis is on the senior ball committee and Bro. Henekins on thatof the senior banquet. Bro. McGee won on the freshman banqtiet, whichhappened on March 4, with more or less friendly conteaition on the part ofthe sophomores. About ** hundred and fifty "Fresh" were captured iindgrotesquely decorated, afterwards being marched about the town and finallyturned into the Armory where'the banquet was held. The affair was greatlydi^^Srstated in the newspapers, as only the most friendly rivalry prevailed.Bro, Albautrie had a toast.The annual banquet of New York Alpha was celebrated at the lodge onMarch 19, and was inost successful in every way. There were many guests,m&tiy toasts and tiiuch good fellowship. A large number of steins was addedto our collection by those present.Again the chapter wishes to extend to Phis on the visiting teams and allothers who may come this way the hospitality of New Yoik Alpha.Ithaca, April 7, 1904.E. R. MOSHER.