The evening times., 1901-03-30
THE FIGHT FOR THE BOWL.
Annual Contest at Pennsylvania Jni-
Nersity Declared a Draw

PHILADELPHIA, March 3o-The an
nual bowl fight" between the freshman
and sophomore college classes of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania took place yes
terday afternoon on the old athletic field
Despite the fact that the Thermometer
registered only q degrees, and that the
wind was blowing 3 gale across the field
the under-class men. bareheadeG and
barelegged- two of them in the cos
ing moments OF the struggle with few
| clothes on-baJtled bravely
After rushing, pulling tusging. and
struggling all over the old field Tor forty
minutes the officials announced she usual
resuiJ-a drdW-and both classes left the
neld. giving voice to shouts of victory and
yeilS OF deTianCa.
The bowl fight IS peculiar 10 Penn
Sy4FanIa- and is the last scheduled fight
OF the college year between these classes
for- this reason it is attended with more
than usual interest Fully .Gy9 people,
cfiie13y uPpeF-claSS men and members Of
lne professional departments OF the uni
YersIty, witnessed the scrap" from the
porttco of the new dormitories and on
either side OF the old field.
For weeks the "freshies'' and "SpDhs''
had been planning for this last contest Of
Drawn and muscle, After numerals com
mlttee meetings and conferences a set Of
rules, drawn up by the senior and junior
college classes, and approved by Vice Pro
TOst Smith, We're finally agreed upon and
the date for the event decided
ED1IBEt1E al L - CLOCK the rival EfdSSt-E
logged out in ali sorts OF clothes, came
upon the field. Football suits we're the
most numerous some of the more tin1id
participants taking the "'-+-E ecaution
OF "'@-.-'-E pSe pro-
clothes
athletic
d 70 the
s--. When
gone the
appear
a very
10 defeat
pleased
7.- il TO all
Z Il was
-~.a, and can hardly be told apart
II rank was selected as bowman The
! freshmen planned TO place Frank, accord
/ ing 10 RUE ten yards ia advance of the
main body Of students, but at the sigma
| 10 begin the light Edward was to rush
| forward to take his place, while Frank
was 10 De spirited away Al il was the
object Ia this half FOR the soDhenores 10
! place the bowl man IN the bowl it was
| calculated that II the SophoInores should
| succeed they would have the wrong man.
But The --SODhS We're foxy and To
| avoid any such complications they locked
Edward Diefendorf UP in the Phi Kama
! started
At the eleventh hour a L Cloud was
! selected as OHlman- and the TWO classes
lined up for the fray Referee Hare blew
/ his whistle at 1:l5 and the fight was on
The sophomores made good attempt in
their half and succeeded in getting the
| bowman near the bowl, bilt could not get
| him IN IL Accordingly this half was de
cIared IN favor of the freshmen
In the second half he freshmen were
the aggressors, It beng their duty 70
secure possession OF and to break the
! bowl The S0pAomores. however were
too strong, and, surrounding the bowl
they kept the freshmen away from Il
during the twenty minutes This half
to the SGnhDnDTe= he lot
was declared a draw.
During the fight about 800 of the upper
ClaSSmeG- rushed on the field and sur
rounding the "scrappe~s,'' urged them On
to their utmost II was difficult 10 tell
which was the fiercer Of the two fights
that Of the freshmen and sophomore or
that Of the upper-class men, who strUs
gIed for places OF vantage