Show A t S Sports p 0 orts r t Eby E f by Rod Ransome The Utah Tech bruin has a anew anew anew new collar to wear Hes He's now an intercollegiate sport The Utah State Board of Education recently placed Utah Tech's basketball and rodeo programs programs programs pro pro- grams on the intercollegiate competition competition competition com com- petition level when it authorized these sports with other year two-year colleges I Its It's been a long time coming and were we're happy for it bu but t now we need to be a different different different differ differ- ent breed of bear A bruin basketball team will play Snow College Ricks Elko Utah Tech at Provo Dixie and probably others in the I Intermountain Intermountain Inter Inter- mountain College Athletic Conference Conference Conference Con Con- ference This housed the nations nation's number 1 small college team last year the College of Southern Idaho Utah Tech undoubtedly will be tagged an independent Home games will have to be played in a nearby gym One can hope for a Utah Stars first year showing But something like the first five years of the N. N NY Y Mets is probable The bruins step into fast company Lets Let's hope our claws can find a amark amark amark mark high enough on the scratching scratching scratching scratch scratch- ing tree to be noticed What we need is a running start on the sports tradition What kind of a tradition are we after Lets Let's hope it includes winning games with do die door die or-die ba ballplayers some good old- old fashioned sportsmanship and a alot alot alot lot of rah from fans As this writer sees it the rah is scarce This makes it tough to have a winning team since any competitive sportsman knows some home team cheering sparks up an athletic showing Reed Parr school athletic director director di director di- di rector says he will form two man 12 teams One will represent the college in I CAC play and the theother theother theother other will enter the college league of the Salt Lake County Recreation Program He hopes to sell season tickets tickets tickets tick tick- ets for home games Parr says tryouts for the teams will be held at the start of fall quarter As far as the rodeo half of the intercollegiate competition the school was well-represented well in the small college rodeo circuit last year by members of the Rodeo Club The campus rodeo arena isn't finished yet In fact it hasn't really started except for President Nelson flinging a shovel full of dirt at groundbreaking The point is there is a lot of work ahead of the sports program program program pro pro- gram at the school to make Utah Tech an proud athletically-proud Undoubtedly the programs programs programs pro pro- grams will be ready far ahead of the fans r n t J r rr i s i ia is y a s Ji 1 IY v f fr r f r 1 EEE 3 w ti Io Ca aL Ik r d y a B 1 i j. j x I y L. L r s sUtah Utah Tech President Jay L. L Nelson recently received for two scholarships from Bonneville Kiwanis Club President L. L Gates Knight right and trust fund chairman Keith Anderson Others at the Presentation were club members Walter Boyden and George Pulver |