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Show Support Weber! Sideline Talk by Tom By LARRY TOMLINSON When the football year began at Weber there were many who felt that 1956 might be the turning point in a decade distinguished at this college as "The Fall from Nothingness into Complete Oblivion." Weber fielded some pretty good teams in the middle 1940's but. they still got knocked over by the better JC teams of that era. The past four or five years need no explanation for the readers who follow local athletics at all. Weber played the ICAC rinky-dinks until 'J54 and still lost considerably more than they won. Then in 1955, Weber went out to conquer Comp-ton, Mt. San Antonio, Pasadena, Mesa and Phoenix among others. Like & punch drunk middle-weight picking a fight with Jack Demp-sey, Weber got clobbered. Wally Nalder So when Wally Nalder rolled in from Eastern Arizona after coaching the Gila Monsters to a niche in the first ten JC teams of l!f)4, the hard-core followers at Weber cheered. Right away Nalder ran up against a student and community attitude of indifference. Coupled with a squad that hadn't been primed to play this year's schedule, Nalder and the rest of the coaching staff had their hands full. ' We seriously feel that the administration and coaching staff are cognizant of the school's past and current weaknesses in sports. But, as Milt Mecham would say, "gosh dang it, we can win fellas!" This stands as the understatement of the year. Weber is large enough to field a team at least good enough to best Snow, Dixie, CSU, Ricks and Dixie. None of these schools would ever beat Weber, if enrollment was the only determining factor. But sadly enough, if there aren't 45 good football players out of the 1,200 students at Weber, on one can expect the team to win. Why there isn't is a mystery to me? Some of the best athletes in the state come from Ogden, Weber, Ben Lomond, Davis, Bountiful, Box Elder, Bear River and Morgan High Schools. But Weber hasn't got a mere trickle of these boys lately. Only one all-region player from last year is playing football for Weber, Bill Smith. In the past Weber hasn't proselyted too heavily for players but now it looks like the college is going to try and build up a good, if not awesome, athletic reputation. Pitiful Cheers But when local high school students go up to Wildcat Stadium- on Friday night and listen to the pitifully ineffective cheers of the small college turnout, these boys don't want to play football here. Would you? Football is over and, for this year at least, it is useless to re-hash the season. But basketball is coming up and the football situation described here mildly parallels Coach Reed Swenson's troubles. (Weber lost nearly two-thirds of last year's basketball games.) Weber opens up basket ball with a game late this month against Hill Field. School and community spirit is contagious. When the students begin to make a big splash at the home games, the townsfolk might be shocked out of their letharagy. If the "Brown Jug" game between Ogden and Weber Highs can draw 8,000, there is no reason why only 7"i people show up at a Weber game. f i. ' -, . - - Steve Mecham, swift L. D. S. back, cuts toward tre goal line for another touchdown in the controversial L. D. S. vs. Sigma game. The results of this game and others were just a few of the problems laid before Coach Ray Rhead on his return last Monday. The big story in ICAC football this year was turned in by the surprising Dixie Rebels who slipped into first place by virtue of two more league wins than undefeated Boise. Never before has a team from that end of the state acquired such a lofty position, especially Dixie. Normally a classic force of passive resistance, the Rebs' haven't Congratulations to A. M. S. Queen Kathleen Giles, and 1st and 2nd attendants Dixie Burnett and Karen Fisher, respectively. MILLER Ski-School IVk 1 I 3i Skis 1 Boois ' 1 1 Sweaters Pants f After Ski Boots III I Parka's -5 V..v. -''-- .-..i been anywhere near the heady atmosphere of the first division in years. No Tie Boise won all four of its league games and percentagewise managed to tie Dixie. However, Dixie took six ICAC games and won the mythical title. By the same token that Boise's lack of games' indirectly won the championship for Dixie, two conference weak-sisters kept Weber out of the cellar. Both CSU and Snow managed to schedule more ICAC opponents than Weber. Although the Wildcats beat only one ICAC team (Ricks) this year, Weber finished in fifth by virtue of poorer league showings by CSU and Snow. The final ICAC standings are: Won Lost Pet, Dixie . 6 0 1.000 Boise 4 0 1.000 Carbon 2 2 .500 Ricks 2 3 .400 Weber 1 3 .250 CSU 1 4 .200 Snow 1 5 .107, BROWN. BARRETT. ONLY STARTERS SAYS SWENSON by Marv Protzman Local fans will get a pre-season peek at the 105G-57 Weber Wildcat Basketball team when they take on the Hill Hornets in a home game November 30. Although the Wildcats did not triumph over the Hornets last year they are favored in this encounter. Coach Swenson will not comment on this year's abilities or chances. Weber record last was eight wins and twenty-three losses. Starters? After the first few weeks of practice, the only starting positions that seem to be filled are the guard and forward positions on the left side. Jay Brown and Frank Barrett, both returning lettermen, tentatively are slated for these positions. The rest of the positions are wide open, according to Coach Reed Swenson. First Cut After the first cut, the squad now consists of twenty boys. "There will be no other cut in the near future," stated Coach Swenson. This game will be a home game so all students are urged to attend and support the team. 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