Show nof-H- o Field House Ready For Aggie Athletes c Ct — Fog Jlonday in tl C August ":- - 28 1939 :”"i — viee whe onot iff 'ige we are still wondering whether ought to register with Uncle Samuel’s pet army or Another term in college — yes of course as a freshman! Ies Vfowever it looks as though college gets- the nod not lhat “auVe have anything against petting though i y 1940’s football season will be opened with a tanglement Ke with San Jose in Logan The Aggies will play a return As this goes to press r t s PAGE THREE JINX HENINGER Sports Editor e Aggies Find Odd Summer Jobs - 3 61 J i en-ar- rc ly a i‘fe Jihout the possibilities of several additional basketball Janies with prominent com t teams being played this year Jim Biidger Ilunsaker mi By Ilunsaker congenial men’s intramural head turned Jim Bridger for a couple of weeks this summer as he took f up one of his favorite pastimes that of roughing it Leading took a wat ji bunch of explorer scouts from Cache Valley Hy r' eoi ten day hike through the wilds of Wyoming up in the mont Lake country in the Wyoming national forest which “ Is a long ways from civilization and about 9000 feet high i hough he didn’t return with a coonskin cap Hy seemed the ouite pleased with the trip as he goes about outlining plans that should top even the splendid piogram vn last ear Here is another department which completed pis jie be greatly enhanced wilh the field house’s eompe-ist should 'sm ” lot ti Proving to be' not much of an employment problem Utah Aggie athletes found summer jobs in a variety of fields as a matter of fact most of the Farmer crew took to the old standby of tilting the soil as a source of summer diversion while waiting for the call for fall grid practice to be issued by Mentor E L “Smiling Dick” Romney September 9 Hay Miners The Romney stalwarts who found "hay mining" to their liking included DeMont Walker reserve full- - Stoker j e c? lion ' At the present time Logan is busily engaged in playing nff a tennis Ineet with most people and local experts al- - J) ready handing the new Needham trophy to the top one of the three barnstorming Redlands California youths IIow- let it be noted that Raid Edison last year’s Aggie ten- ever c0(t nis captain seems to have been doing alright in competition i u this summer and may have a word to say to the boys from the sunny state Dedication services for the new Aggie field house January 8 will be carried forward in a manner that should bring out even the “most radical of the social function shy” with a bag of peanuts Leading off the evening’s festivities Utah University will try to stem the activities of a fast shooting St Mary’s university quint while in the feature event the Utah Aggie squad will try to even Tip things with the University of California Bruins for the beating administered them in Los Angeles last winter u llD ' lie Local Yokels f poc Other activities in Logan include getting over the last of the soft ball games and fishing There just ain’t been no contentment in any of the angler’s hearts since the Gi if fin kid nabbed onto the 30 pound German Hrown and rode it around a dam a couple of weeks ago for a new woilds record both for German Brown trout and fish riding in these parts ok hat t n 3 P v l’ f I Ran into another old Aggie pal over the summer Bob Bunker Bobbie Bunker as some of the seniors may recall was captain of the 193G Aggie squad wdiich won the Rocky Mountain title and from which Kent Ryan received all-- k 'American recognition Bunker played an end position Now coaching at South Cache he seems to be headed for a bril liant future His teammate in the coaching at the South 'Cache school is Con Watts rated as one of the greatest hoopsters ever to arrive out of the Logan school Whizzer White says that he will stay at Oxford after he turned down $7500 from the Pittsburg Pirates Well 'maybe by the time school starts he’ll be at Oxfoid all alone with Hitler ’ r m s “j Play Ball ““ Despite the thumbs down note by conference officials over the baseball issue last spring Aggie lovers of the all- Anteican sport are still hoping that it will continue to grow d it got on the campus Some classy base-i- t after the Rail games were played by the Phi Kaps Sigma Chis and v the Gas House gang Eddie Penn member of the gas house gang is pitching for a team down in Provo while Howard w Stone a Phi Kap does a chucking act for the Collegians 5 b toe-hol- “a Other players are around satisfying themselves with soft-- ’ ball And speaking of softball Freddie Aste has done all right in Salt Lake with his speed ball while Rao “Dawg” Baentan pitched a local club into a runner up spot in the 1 Valley league P E students will hardly recognize the men’s dressing room when they enter it this fall for the first time Changes !in it w'hich make things so much better and handier Makes ifone wonder w'hy it hadn’t been changed before (As though Ithey didn’t know that you can’t house P E classes and competitive athletics in one dressing room though its been done for fifty years) — A new diving board and some blue and black paint in the pool has made it look like it could be swam in if necessary Other improvements on the campus have added beauty but the sight of the new lawns gi'owing on the hills which we raked last “A” day has made a lot of people overlook a lot of things even the “A” day lunches That program arranged for the dedication of the new field house has really got the sports world (around here) all fLgog Imagine seeing St Mary’s University of California t Los Angeles University of Utah and Utah Aggies on the ante program Before it would have been imagination and ii !a wild one at that but in these days of WPA anything is possible — now for the Union Building — we hope O'Gara shovels his way around the world k Fred Bohman right Bill Whitesides regular end Lawrence Slater right halfback and fullback Rex Hill guard Vern Bennion reserve right halfback reserve center and Dave Clark Vem Anderson reserve end Then too the versatile Aggie boys have picked up their share of odd jobs Duane Miller promising sophomore tackle prospect picked up a job as a barker m one of Lagoon’s concession stands Warren "Ogre” O’Gara regular guard on the grid eleven is shoveling his way around the world aboaiu a tramp steamer O'Gaea fires the engine and keeps his waistline in The last communication from O’Gara stated that he was headed for Japan Frank Olsen fancy a dition to the Aggie backfield for 1939 has been digging graves in the Ogden cemetery Mel Manning another sophomore signal-calldevotes his time to dishing out groceries in a grocery store in Garland Campus jobs fell to the two center and Seth "Whity" regular Maughans Murray quarterback from last year's up and down grid edition Ray Lindquist two-yecaptain of the hoop squad is their working companion All three find work not too strenuous but manage to keep themselves physically fit Carl Smith grid captam and left tackle reads meters for a light while Earl company in Preston Winger Aggie ace pole vaulter and hoop forward climbs poles for the same company back naif-bac- er “Soft Jobbers” Down in the Utah parks tourists ride busses piloted by Wally Braeg-ge- r reserve quarterback and the Charlie Clark Aggie basketeers Delbert Bingham Calvin Agricola and the Morris brothers Clyde and Floyd One of the most envied jobs is held by Alton Mollerup sophomore end candidate Mollerup is one of the courtesy boys for the D & R G W railroad ndmg the trains and entertaining the si ht Half Mile Track Removable Hoop Floor in Structure Field House Dedication Features Coast Hoop Teams k Aggie Grid Council Gridsters Dust Off Moleskins And Return For Training Camp With completion of the new Aggie field house assuied by the time school starts the outlook for future Farmer teams has assumed a very cheerful aspect No longer will the wearers of the blue and white be forced to continue football drills in elements that dety the very existence of life while trackmen will be given an even break to round mto form for the early track meets Basketball adherents will also be given an even break and the student body will at least he given a chance to witness a game sitting down The contractor has set September 1 as the date for completion of the much needed structure and Coach Dick Romney and his staff will have moved their personal and set up house keeping in their new offices by September 9 opening day for football training camp On the floor of the field house which is 137 teet wide and 337 feet long will be a mixtui e or clay and sand Tne hoop floor will be removable and is being built to the maximum regulation size A mile cinder track will be built within the structure and on the west side of the huge affair a 337 foot straight-awa- y is being completed and will be used for the dashes to be run off in the early season indoor track meets scheduled between the Aggies and Utah University Under the balcony in the south end of the building hereby nicknamed Logan s Madison Square are two team rooms two dressing looms and two shower rooms to accommodate both the home and visiting teams Romney’s office is next to the home team rooms and an office will be finished for visiting coaches to use during their stay in Logan with their teams The next evening January 9 the Utes and the Aggies will put on A another sister act at Salt Lake City and exchange pardners in an effort to do justice to the new Ute field house The Aggies will start things off with a barrage While Aggie students are busily at the St Marys hoop and the school engaged in doing their Redskins against the Californians duties the Aggie captains will be Under the terms of the contract anxiously awaiting their turns which has been signed sealed for the sports spotlight delivered and salted away for Lead-of- f Man some time the two Utah teams Heading the list will be Carl must play return engagements Smith a former grid luminary California teams in 1941 the with school Preston from high wi) will lead the Aggie eleven onto the University of California wxil gridiron m quest of a suicessful have practically a veteran squad season He replaces Cliff Poole back for play next winter and star Preston former another see some exSmith cavorts at the tackle posi- local fans should tion citing ball games It was this hoop Aggie basketball fans will once squad which went to the finals again see Ray Lindquist direct in the intercollegiate Pacific coast the hoop play from the guard line were barely beaten a product of Logan playoffs and Lindquist displays a stellar out of the title by Oregon This high school detensive game and does his best years California aggregation in the pinches Although he is a should prove to be one of the comparatively low scorer Lind- strongest teams in the country quist proves his value at retrievProspects on the Aggie side of ing the spheroid from the op- the fence appear pretty good position s bankboard for the Farmer squad lost To lead the 1940 edition of though none of its mam team members Coach George Nelson’s wrestling center will team will be Dave Greene and and only Clyde Morris be missing from the bench as he Ace Rollo Larsen who replaces on an LDS mission Sevis Roundy the pride of the western en going men are coming back letter division for the past two years in number of outthe 165 lb class Greene former- and an equal standing frosh stars are coming ly of American Fork high school of age and eligible for varsity this finished the cuirent wrestling seaE No wonder Romney smiles son in a blaze of glory by cap- winter not will these course Of games division turing both the western and the mtermountain AAU titles be the first hoop events to take Larsen who comes to Utah State plate as several games by barnarfrom Richfield displays his mat storming teams have been talents in the 135 lb weight and ranged for Rumor has it that Eight of Utah State’s outstandOregon State has been contacted ing athletes were given contracts promises to be an inspirational over the possibilities of appearing to coach athletics m various leader through his ability and dehigh here about the middle of Decem- schools of Utah and Idaho The termination ber Paddlers announcement was made by Coach A hasty glance at the track Joseph R Jensen head of the Captain of the aquatic perform16 reveals schedule March that ers for the coming year will be education physical depaitment Bill Stockdale who replaces Bud has been set aside for the first after final arrangements had been meet on this side of made The men will assume active indoor track 50 who per Congdon represents cent of the Congdon brother act the Big Seven Utah U is the in- coaching duties with the opening that has compiled many points for vader and the Aggies go south for of the high school session the Aggies during their foui years a repeat on March 23 Captain Rates duration on the Utah State campCliff Poole of Preston Idaho us and former Aggie football captam Stockdale specializes m the will take over the reins at Pans backstroke event high school m Idaho Lloyd JacobFacing the problem of leading sen of Ogden has accepted a posinext year’s track and field team tion on the coaching staff at into the upper bracket of the Big Seven will be Leonard James Spanish Fork high school Tracy James won the high jump event in Macro former Brigham Cityite the conference finale at Denver With four leagues to handle will assume coaching duties at Edmonds high school in Idaho Another product of the local high the fellows the intramural deschool he is also a performer on partment has laid plans for its Rondy Tobler who hails from St the waxed courts playing a for- biggest season according to Hy George will teach in the athletic ward position Hunsaker head of the men’s in- department at Altera high school Replaces Cardon tramurals Highlight of this year's Max Snow of Lava Hot Springs James will take the place of activities will be the annual open Idaho wUl Join the coaching staff Lee Cardon who has house which will probably be at Moreland Idaho Odeil Peterson physical educawalked Off with high point hon- held in the field house ors in the majority of dual meets Softball schedules and other tion major has been named ec T in the past two years Cardon al- fall sports will be drawn up and and ityaicai education diretf sr so has another year of com- ready for almost immediate action at CSrc’ov7 ITh acl? L r f fy Harvey petition so intramural managers for the This leaves only the racquet various organisations had better ob the cLatrpL’P-- 1 t ' 1 eleven ef "I I sport which represents one of the start laying plans X w ' 4 t I Hun- position major sports of this college ChosAccording to Professor en to replace Joe Geddes last saker Intramural awards will be educa a C f year’s captain for- the coming greatly Increased over last year school It ( r Del year was Month Bailey of Nephi Each league will have a complete Geddes has another year at the set of awards including medals back! I college but will not be able to for men masrer hlghpolnt participate in the tennis sport sweaters and team trophies ” M inasmuch as he has already had which featleague three years at collegiate compe- ures individual rather than team tition Dailey will confront the competition will fcave a complete problem of attempting to put Ag- -' f t Of Jr RR ' J a ware j git tennis once again on tut t t‘ wiasa's d — Captains Await Sports Spotlight With the dust being- swept out of the training quarters the moth balls taken from the pockets in the moleskins everything is in readiness for the official call to varsity duty to be issued by Mentor E L Romney September and 9 ardent football players out Romney had sixty-fiv- e for spring practice last spring and it is expected that about fifty of these will respond to the scheduled practice the first day Graduation reaped five of Romney’s players taking four players from the backfield and one regular from the line The old Smart gym will probabs ly house the hard working during the two weeks of prefor pigskin liminary preparing parade while grub will come from the cafeteria With a squad which “displayed more enthusiasm than grid-ster- Sept 30 College of Idaho at Logon Oct 7 Colorado University at Boulder Oct 2L Denver University at Logan Oct 28 Colorado Aggies at Logan Nov 4 University of Idaho at Boise or Moscow Nov 11 Brigham Young University at Logan Nov 18 Wyoming University aJ Laramie Nov 30 University of Utah at Salt Lake City three-eight- d P Graduates SigoAsCcactes Irtrar’jral H::d Plans Big Year r'aaJ I1 j j u ’ - t J ft- t'l li til t I f‘ fr ' CARL SMITH After two years of stming on the field and patiently sitting on a bench last year Carl Smith at last achieved the ambition of every gridder that of be oming captain of the team A captain acts as the mouthof the piece and official director team while on the field and it is often his influence steadying which can mean the difference between defeat and victory for the team In being elected into this envied position Carl is in a spot with which some great names in Aggie grid history are associated Preston is the home town of Carl Smith and was the home town of the captain whom he succeeds Cliff Poole Car! was chosen because of his steady playing He is not an obtrusive fellow but is the type who wilt look out for his teams rights when the occasion warrants It lhen the opening gun sounds for that first game and when it again echos on the close of the grid season Cart Smith will be found fighting on steadily and doing his share of playing from his tackle post ever before” according to Romney the Aggie team should really buckle down into some serious the workouts during training camp Coach Dick Romney will be on hand to welcome the players when they report Kenneth Vanderhoff and Joe Whitesides will act as assistants and George Nelson Will again fulfill the role of "Doc” to the squad from the trainer’s shoes Romney’s biggest task is golry to come when he tries to fill the hole in the line left by the graduation of Ted Hanks veteran tackle and in trying to overtook the power used by Cliff Poole and Tracy Maero who alternated at the fullback post Backfield men when the camp opens are fiUto be plenty thick and the I mentor won’t do r yeh ercry j r about who will pa the I this year The scrimm i t held last year showed eo&e j i good prospects but Bothl j be certain until the season HI n ' letter-meThirteen were i to graduation and two 1 vi x ” ment will not be back I ' termen will be Hrttff’ wars and it is fre s 1 Romney wUl i i to The leia of E season r ped La Vlr r - I '-- —’5 A- -4 1 1 t fy‘ ' vn ti ” r t M s J 'is ‘M’lti’ I t' i i 1 if i I 1 t in t t' ’ ‘ |