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General and Mrs. Edward W.
Age And Experience In Hard Bouts, 7-0.
General Nichols a f ew days ago.
due to the expense of upkeep.
cleanly played of the entire sea-son.
characteristic of the fleet en-tries.
entries making use of all time.
in China, the U. S.
decision over Jarrold (N. C.).
responsible for a V. M. I. vic-tory.
Quinlan is entirely pleased with always came back game for"
up by a green team. the Army entry any unusual!
advantage of 1 min. and 11 sec-onds.
and came near throwing Young.
decision over Smith, W. C., o f ' F i r s t Class Establishes $1,000?
and 45 seconds of hard wrest-ling.
lever lock and a far half-nelson.
f i g h t was a wonder.
decision over Cleiand in the 145.
Full Text Search A T T E N D THE MEETINGS THE CADET IN J. M. H A LL THIS W E EK PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE CORPS OF CADETS VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE VOL. XVIII. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MONDAY, FEB. 16, 1925 No. 17 SEKI HOLDS INSTITUTE IN HIGH REGARD; INTER-VIEW REVEALS OPINIONS RED AND WHITE ARE WINNING COLORS IN FOX TROT HANDICAP Japanese Language Officer Dis- Bob Iula Orchestra Plays For cusses His Own Country and U. S. Mid-Winters. "Another race hath boen, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live."—Wordsworth. When interviewed Thursday night, Major K. Seki of the Jap-anese Army said that he holds the Virginia Military Institute in high regard and he is s u r e ! w e r e n e i a in t h e Wmnasium that several schools of this type j F r i d*y and Saturday of would be a national asset to his The Mid-Winter fox-trot races !were held in the own country. Major Seki, who is the Language Officer of the Japanese legation in Washing-ton, has been stationed here since shortly after his arrival in this country on February 6, 1924. His mission is primarily i week. The track was beautifully dec-orated with red and white streamers, from which hung hearts of varying sizes, indicat GEN. NICHOLS WRITES FROM KOBE, JAPAN; IS WELL ENJOYING SELF Vessel Encountered Difficulty In Leaving Shanghai, Re-ports State. Party Should Be Nearing Calcutta. General and Mrs. Edward W. Nichols are in excellent health and are enjoying their world ARMY VICTOR IN WRESTLING AND BOXING MATCHES AT WEST POINT Wrestlers Get Flying Start But Are Unable To Maintain Lead, Dropping Meet By 14-9 Score. Boxers Lose Against Age And Experience In Hard Bouts, 7-0. West Point, N. Y., Feb. 14.— West Point, N. Y., Feb. 14.— The wrestlers of the United In a meet with V. M. I. at three States Military Academy defeat- o'clock this afternoon the Army ed the matmen f r om V. M. I. by boxers scored a 7-0 victory. The cruise to the utmost according1 a 14-9 count. The matches were, West Pointers as a team seemed to a letter received here from unusually fast. At the opening j older and more experienced than: General Nichols a f ew days ago. Their voyage had taken them as f a r as Japan at the time of the ing the kind of entries, namely | writing and they were prepar- Big Heart, L i t t l e Heart, and No i n g t o g a i l f o r C h i n a> Heart. The grand stand was to learn the language, but he has enclosed with a f r i e z e of white, utilized his opportunity to study the customs, people, and history of this country, and to watch the development of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. In speaking of the lattef, Major Seki praised the American sys-tem for providing for the na-tional defense, but said that he doubted whether Japan would be able to adopt a similar one, due to the expense of upkeep. Major Seki shea-some very in-teresting light on subjects which interest him. He declares that although it is the general opinion in this country that his people are of a war-like nature, the educated classes hold very Continued on Page Six) FLYING QUINT TROUNCES HAMPDEN-SIDNEY 26-16 Game Cleanly Played Though Slow—Substitutes Look Good. The Flying Quint sent the visitors from Hampden-Sidney College down in defeat last Thursday night by a score 26 to 16. The game was rather slow, with poor passing by both teams. Neither seemed to be able to locate the basket with more than a f a i r degree of suc-cess, the visitors in particular missing several easy shots from under the basket. The ball changed hands rapidly during both halves. As a whole the game was perhaps the most cleanly played of the entire sea-son. Only six f r e e tries f o r goal were made by the combined teams. Of this number two were successful. It is out of the ordinary for a team to go through an entire game with a perfect record for throwing fouls. Harper opened the scoring with a field goal f r om a position well out on the floor. This opening tally only came after four minutes of play, and almost trimmed with red and decorat-ed with wing-hearts, to show a characteristic of the fleet en-tries. Bob" Iula, with his co-part-ner, Cupid, struck the heart strings with irrestible syncopa-tion and fair entries took their post. Good start! Never befort has such fine trotting been equalled on any track. The entfies were the pick of the country, with several foreign entries. The race had a characteristic all of its own, be-ing divided into periods in which the orchestra rested, but it should be borne in mind that only the orchestra rested, the entries making use of all time. The Judge has as yet not de-clared any winners, as he claims that he was blinded by the beau-ty of the contestants, but fur-ther states that all cannot be winners. The betting was heavy; the stakes high. Weather, cloudy; track, fast. Judge, St. Valentine. Time—Ask the ONE who made it. (By the Law of Proportions there SHOULD at least be O N E ! ) Those entered in the handicap were: Miss Katherine Perry of Staunton, Virginia, with Cadet Perkins. Miss Lelia Monk of Hollins with Cadet Willey. Miss Dorothy Walker of Washington with Cadet West. Miss Lucille Anderson of Win-chester with Cadet McCauley. Miss Helen Stevenson of Nor-folk with Cadet Lipscomb. Miss Mary McGuire of Rad-ford, Virginia, with Cadet Suth-erland. Miss Newall Neale of Lynch-burg College with Cadet Neale. Miss Mary Meade of Sweet Briar with Cadet Shelley. of the meet it looked as though! their opponents and it was* General and Mrs. Nichols left Kobe, Japan, on January 17, ac-cording to the letter, on the Bel-genland for Shanghai. Because of the political and military dis-turbances in China, the U. S. Consul at Kobe deemed it desir-able to have the vessel convoy-ed when she neared China. Ac-cordingly a destroyer was de-patched to accompany tha Bel-genland into port. Newspaper reports have stated that the ar-rival at Shangh&j on J.anuary 27 was without untoward inci-dent ancl the passengers were al-lowed to go ashore unmolested. Some friction was encountered when the sailing time came, clue to the suspicion of Shanghai authorities that spies of the the Lexingtonians were going to repeat the performance of last year's team, for White ancl Wise registered time decisions agreed that it was the best box-- ing team tJhat ever represented the U. S. M. A. The V. M. L Cadets, in spite of the fact that Continued on Page Six) CAROLINA BOXES BOW TO CADETS WEDNESDAY, 5-1 Captain Warren Responsible For N.' C.'s Single Victory. The boxing team of the Uni-versity of North Carolina went down in defeat before the Cadets Wednesday evening by a score of six to one. Carolina forfeited the unlimited class by entering no candidate. The entire au-dience commented on the excel-lent spirit and good nature of V. M. I.'s opponents. Carolina's captain was responsible for their only victory. In the 115 pound class Hard-enburg (V. M. I.) won a judges' decision over Jarrold (N. C.). In the first round Hardenburg showed only a slight edge on his opponent. However, he regis-tered some very; e f f e c t i v e ab-dominal blows, followed by a vig-orous offensive during the sec-ond and third rounds, which was responsible for a V. M. I. vic-tory. A fast bout followed in which Duncan of V. M. I. won a judges' decision over Gray of N. C. Dun-can's lightning blows in the lead and Gray's potent left swing over their men. This 6-0 V . M. j several were underweight,, I. lead gradually dwindled u n t i l fought hard battles. Their de-the score was practically tied, termined fighting spirit was The result of the meet was in seen with admiration, total doubt until the unlimited, It was at once apparent how men came on the mat. In the; the Army secured their 7-0 win battle of the giants neither con-1 over Boston Tech's squad, and testant could secure even a time their coming meet with Penrt advantage. At the end of the State, which has six intercolleg-match both wrestlers were still iate ancl one national champion, on their feet. The match was will be anticipated with consid-presented to West Point by tlie erable interest, referee, who declared the Army Meet by bouts: heavy afeiressor. The tables Grizzard (Army) out-pointed would in all probability have1 Boogher (V. M. I.) in the 115- been turned had this and the | pound battle. Grizzard's straight 158 a f f a i r been allowed to go left jab drove Boogher to the f o r an extra period. Coach ropes several times, though he Quinlan is entirely pleased with always came back game for" such a creditable exhibition put more. His blows did not cause up by a green team. the Army entry any unusual! White (V. M. I . ) , 115-pound- trouble, for the latter possessed, er, won from Young by a time [greater strength and endurance, advantage of 1 min. and 11 sec-onds. The V. M. I. Captain out-classed his opponent in every department of the sport. He was the aggressor throughout and came near throwing Young. Wise, 125 pounds, secured a This go was a fast spirited f i g h t - In the 125-pound fracas, Dun- (Continued on Page Eight) 0. B. ANDREWS ELECTED VALEDICTORIAN BY '25 decision over Smith, W. C., o f ' F i r s t Class Establishes $1,000? the Army by a time of 1 min-' V. M. I. Scholarship, ute and 53 seconds. Wise be- A t a m e e t i n g of the First gan the match with his usual Q a s s l a s t W e d n e s d a y evening-rush and put his man on the' c a d e t O. B. Andrews, Jr., of mat right o f f . It seemed that C h a t t a n o o g a , Tennessee, was Wise, too, was going to pin his enthusiastically elected class man's shoulders to the mat, but Smith managed to slip out of the hold. Selby, 135, of West Point, threw Nelson after 8 minutes and 45 seconds of hard wrest-ling. The hold was an inside lever lock and a far half-nelson. This was Selby's fifty-seventh consecutive victory and his su-perior experience told. Nelson's f i g h t was a wonder. Rugh, of V. M. I., won a time decision over Cleiand in the 145. his f r a y with the Army Captain was very interesting. The first part of it was even-Stephen, but after four minutes Rugh decid-edly waded in, exhibiting great-er strength than his opponent could muster. Rugh's time was (Continued on Page Eight) valedictorian. A foretaste of the spirit of the last Finals swept the class as Andrews ac-cepted this signal honor. Twen-t y - f i v e has chosen wisely, know-ing well that the qualities of the man fit him perfectly for the position. The First Class voted favor-ably on the suggestion of its president, Tyree Almond, to es-tablish a scholarship aggregat-ing $1,000.00. This will be con-ferred on some worthy cadet, the benefits therefrom being spread over a period four years. Cadet M. P. Watkins was made Chair-man of the "Class of 1925 Scho-larship Committee" and was in-vested with powers to appoint an assistant.

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