The Southern California
Official Organ of the Associated Students, University of Southern California
Vol. VIII
Los Angeles, California, Friday, February 2, 1917
No. 61
U.S.C. HOCKEY TEAM PLAYS FIRST GAME NEXT THURSDAY
Trojans to Meet Canadian Club in Their First League Game, Varsity Skaters Slowly Working Into Excellent Shape.
Important Practices to Be Held Tonight and Wednesday. Curran
Elected Temporary Captain Until
Wednesday.
U. S. C. has been admitted to the Southern California Ice Hockey league, and will be represented by a hockey team, at the Ice Palace, where this new sport will be a feature.
At a recent meeting of the hockey association, Karl Brown, Fred Curran and Robert Nathan, Jr., served as delegates to plead for U. S. C.’s entrance to the league, and successfully carried the cause through.
There will be five teams in the league—Los Angeles Athletic club, The University club, The Bankers’ club, the Canadian club, and U. S. C. Each team will play four games, and the team winning the greatest number of games will receive a large, handsome cup. The games will be played on Tuesday and Thursday nights, from eight to nine o’clock, and will be followed by the usual skating session.
V.	S C. will play its first league game Thursday evening, February 8, against the Canadian club.
The Trojan skaters have practiced at tlie Ice Palace several times and are slowly working into shape. Fred Curran has been elected temporary captain until Wednesday, February 7th, when a permanent captain will be elected and twelve men selected to wear tin varsity colors.
I	he Trojans will hold two important practices before their first game, and all those who intend to make the team must be present on both occasions”. says Manager Karl Brown.
Hock( v practice will be held tonight at 7 o'clock, and next Wednesday night at the same time.
bishop BASKFORD
TO SPEAK TO-DAY
SCHEDULES EVENTS
In order to overcome the crowding of events at the end of the semester, the student council has passed on the following schedule for student affairs next semester. Any student organization contemplating school functions is expected to notify Luther Sharp, Eileen O’Neill or Bernard Oertly as to the date of the functions.
February—
1-18—Class Picnic Period.
15-25—J.	O. C. We Boys’ Special. March—
1-10—Senior Road Show.
7-23—University Banquet.
23-30—Woman's Day.
April—
1-7—Spring Vacation.
10-20—Junior Circus.
16-26—Freshman-Sophomore	Day. 20-30—S.C.Greater University Affair
May—
1-5—May Festival.
10-17—Junior Senior Banquet.
15-25—A. W. S. Reception.
U.S.C. BASFBALL
Victorious Freshmen Meet
Poly Track Artists Today
STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOSEN
President Bovard yesterday announced the appointment of the Student council, which will serve for the second semester of the academic year, 1917.
Manfred Evans lias been appointed chairman. The members are: Kileen O’Neil, Bernhard Oertly, Edna Sedweek, Harry Sowden, Esther Welch, Luther Sharp, Telford Work, Phillips Murray, Helen Wallace, Ralph Jayne, Frieda Martens, Clark Chamberlain, Margaret Shamel, Henry W. Bruce, Rosalie Thielke, and W. Wright Hamilton.
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Coach Phil Koerner Wednesday afternoon sounded the first call for bis U. S. C. law school baseball men and had them out for practice for the first time that afternoon at Exposition park. A good-sized squad and some promising new material sums up the present outlook for the lawyers.
Wednesday afternoon the boys showed frequent signs of life, hitting the ball with precision and showing genuine speed on the bases.
While the team will be composed for the greater part of new material, Coach Koerner has one cause for rejoicing and that is the fact that the freshman rule has been abrogated except in regard to the tw'o games with the California nine. Levinson, Abies and Schmitz, all of whom made a
LOSES TO CARDS
Trojan fight could not withstand the fierce onslaught of the Stanford basketball five Wednesday night when U. S. C. was defeated by a score of 32 to 10 on the Stanford court. The contest marked the second game played by the Trojans on their invasion of the northern territory, but the results of the first game, which w'as played with Berkeley, have not been learned as yet.
The Trojan squad, eight strong, left for the North last Saturday on the steamer Yale. Immediately upon arriving at San Francisco, the members of the team were escorted to various fraternity houses, where they were royally entertained during their stay at Berkeley. Tuesday morning, the men took the train for Stanford university, where on the following evening they met the Cardinal five with
i	rather disastrous results. The team I will probably leave for home some
I'or the opening general assembly
01 ,'u‘ > cond semester, Friday, at
11	.'U. (| , acuity have secured a prom-lntnt 'I- ker. Bishop J. W. Baskford, "ne (,i t Methodist foreign Mission* ■ir> bi- ..ii, will give a talk on China,
1,1	whi' country lie has spent most his lit. working in the missions.
name on the field in their high school days, are thus eligible for battery I time today, and are expected to reach duty.	■ the southern city Saturday.
Eddie Marxen, captain of the vars- The men who made the trip were: ity, is enthusiastic. He said he was , Capt. Cliff Henderson, Harry Sowden,
gratified at the showing Wednesday, » . n* . n	u • i . r» »«
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Poly’s Strength Is an Unknown Quantity—Coach “Doc” Skinner Hopes to Surprise Fans
Freshman Team Is Composed of Many Former “Prep” Stars— Meets Lincoln Monday
Cinder path fans will have the opportunity of witnessing the second track meet of the 1917 season when the Trojan “frosh” and the Polytechnic high school runners clash on Bovard field this afternoon. The teams appear to be very evenly matched.
Coach Cromwell has gathered together a very promising array of material from the freshman class. In their first meet of the season against the strong Hollywood high school team last F'riday, they were victorious over the Foothillers by a score of 62^4 to 59V6. The squad consists of former high school stars, many of whom gained considerable fame in their “prep” school days.
Little is known of the ability of the boys from the Washington street school as this is their first appearance of the season. However, Coach “Doc” Skinner has had a large squad of recruits prancing around on the Praeger park field every afternoon for the last two or three weeks, and feels confident that his men will give the young Trojans a good run for their money. Captain Woodhatns and George Schiller will take care of the sprints for the high school lads, and “Doc” expects them to make a very good showing. Gene Davis, one of Poly’s best-known athletes, is showing wonderful form in the broad-jump this season, and is hoping to capture that event.
Against these men Coach Cromwell will send such former prep stars as Hughes, Lucas, Sarrail, Learned, and Lompoc in the sprints, Cook, former Manual Arts star; Wilson of Pomona, and Holland of Harvard, in the distance runs, and Harvey of Santa Paula and Chestnut of Redlands in the barrier events. George Maurer of Manual is being doped by Trojan fans to win the pole-vault without much trouble. Whitcomb, the former Monrovia
especially since lie can count on last
year’s outfield, Malette, Blake andIMillan’ Ben I5akcr’ Ben °er,ly alul Tbom**. “Scow" t uny will also be ,>aul Hackney. The squad was jn | star, will take care of the weight
back at his old position at first base. charge of Captain Henderson.	(Continued on Page 4)