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Show THE SIGNPOST Au-tist 27, l')3S vWf?-yv? , - ?is I-? 1-1 1 - txV-ivrX? - - 1 Many Track Men Back To Regain Lost Laurels Many of last year's track stars will be back bidding for positions on the track squad this spring. Byrne Fcrnelius, star mile, half mile, and 440 man will be back to carry W eber's colors in the distance runs. Bob Bagley is expected to pile up points in the sprints, broad jump, and high jump. Dec White-sides will represent the Wildcats in the sprints, broadjump, javelin, and shotput. Oilier men that are expected to get out their spike shoes and hit the cinder trail or the field events as soon as the track season opens are Don Hatch, shot put, javelin, and the mile run; 'Boner" Johnson, 440 yard dash and relay; Carl PARKER and I EVERSHARP I ! I FOUNTAIN PENS I i at i ! STEVE'S ! OFFICE SUPPLY 2414 Wash. Blvd. Greetings o College Book Store WEBER GYMNASIUM Intramurals Provide Athletic Opportunities Intramural act vilv has been given much stress at Weber College during the last few years. This activity is carried on so that students who do not care to participate in varsity athletics will have an opportunity to compete in organized sports. Last year the social and scholastic organizations and unattached groups of the college entered teams n the various events. By doing this, individual competition was eliminated and team cooperation stressed. Track and field events, swimming, p.'ng pong, boxing, wrestling, baseball, basketball, volley ball, paddle tennis are some of the many sports that were enjoyed by the participants.As an incentive, a large silver trophy is given to the organization with the largest number of points accumulated during the year. Worden, javelin; Floyd Giles, pole vault, discus, and javelin ; Oliver Parsons, 440 yard dash, half mile run, and relay; Frank Woollcy, sprints and relay; Nick Sweeney, half mile and mile, Robert Pell, f'eld events; Jack Wright, field events. Weber hopes to regain lost laurels in the B. Y. U.. invitational meet and the Rocky Mountain Junior Conference meet. The year before last Weber won several first places, but failed to retain the title because few men placed second and third. Last year's squad was composed mostly of freshmen and did well to place a few thirds and fourths in the two major meets. Hoop Artists Graduate Swenson Opitmistic The nucelus of the Weber College 1 938 basketball team that made athletic history for Weber College has graduated. The Wildcat squad that won the Utah-Idaho Jaysee crown, later annexed the Intcrmountain A. A. U. championship, and though eliminated in the first round of competition, were stamped by critics and fans alike as "one of the best college teams ever to appear in national A. A. U. competition at Denver" no longer is intact at Weber. The five regular two-year veterans of the squad, C. Morris, F. Morris, D. Bingham, M. Wilkins, and C. Clark, have enrolled at the Utah State College and will be plalying under A. C. colors this fall. However, despite this heavy loss by graduation, Coach Reed Swenson with his usual cheery smile looks forward to moulding another winning team from the eight men remaining from the colorful 1938 casaba squad plus basic material expected from high schools of the state. "I believe our prospects look good in spite of losing six men," Coach Swenson said today. We wonder if we can look for more headlines like those of last year : "Wildcats Annex Jaysee and A. A. U. Titles,'; "Wildcats Headed for Utah-Idaho Jaysee Title"; "Weber Spanks Aggies" ; "Wildcats Down Vikings"; Weber Downs U. A. C." Weber Club in Washington From Washington, D. C, comes word of a Weber club formed there by graduates of this college. The members, all former Weber College debaters, are Kleon Kerr, Bill Al-rop, Lawrence Sommerville, Spencer Van Dyke, and Frank Rose. All of these fellows were outsanding students during their years at We- BAGGS OIL COMPANY North side of Grant at 23rd St. Better Gasoline at Lower Prices i Spencsr Baggs Phone 552 i Weber to Play San Francisco Coaoch Boh Davis phn". to take " 1 1 members of the football team to his ranch in the Uintaii mounta.ns. September 11 to 18, for preliminary :uii iitioning. The W. Meats have a tough schedule this year and w.ll havj to play ang-up ball to close the season undefeated. The schedule includes games with Dixie, B. A. C, Westminister, Albion, Ricks, Mesa, and San Francirco junior colleges. Weber will be defend ng the state and intcrmountain championships, which they won during the 1937-38 season. The game with San Francisco will be played on Thanksgiving day, "ith the American Legion aiding Weber College in sponsoring the game. During the '37 season Dav's's ma-Irne met and defeated all teams in good standing in the conference. The Wildcats defeated B. A. C. 25 to 0, Dixie 18 to 0, Wc tmin'ster 7 to 0, and tied Ricks 13-13; however, the last game was awarded to Weber because Ricks had an ineligible man playing. Indications point to an equally uccessful season this 'year. Jack Thomas, who was chosen center on the Junior College all-star football eleven, and Dee Whitesides, who was chosen as fullback on the second all-star team, will be back in suits along with the following players from last season's squad : Bart Walthius. Chuck Woodcock. Oliver Parson, "Boner" Johnson, Carl Warden, ends; Don Hatch, tackle; Ken Reed, Bob Pell, backs : Sam Anderson, Harry McCool, guards. Tom Littlefield, backficld ace of two years ago, also plans to enroll this year. Besides these veterans of last year many star performers of var-ous high schools of Utah arc expected to answer the first call. Football schedule: September 11 to 18 preliminary conditioning at Coach Bob Davis's ranch (providing at least 30 players are able to attend). September 30 Dixie at St. George. October 1 B. A. C. at Cedar City. October 14 Mesa at Ogden (night game). October 21 Westminister at Salt Lake. October 29 Ricks at Kexburg. November 5 Trip to the West Coast. November 11 Albion at Ogden. November 24 San Francisco at Ogden. Weber's open date of October 7 w:ll probably be filled with a game with the new Junior College at Price, Utah. her, and they seem to he reaping the success that was predicted for them. In spite of the many re-spsonsibilities and duties which limit their time considerably, these fellows have made an effort to keep going the old fires of friendship which started here at Weber. We hope that this will be the start of a series of Weber College clubs all over the country, wherever the graduates of our school may be. thefl. inwErsnn phone 73 ecdes bldq g den, utah Good Luck . . . Weber AND REMEMBER FOR THE BEST IN PRINTING It's the Intermoimtain Publishers of the UTAH TRADES JOURNAL Swimmers May Compete With Senior Colleges Prospictss look very bright for a good year in the Weber College aquatic department. The Wildcats, who last year annexed the 1938 in-terscholatic intercollegiate swimming title by twice defeating every team in the league, expect to have eight regulars hack. Coach Ferron Losce, who last year moulded two junior A. A. U. champions' out of boys who had no prev'ous training, will be hack to direct the Weber swimming and div.ng activities. Losee invites every male student to register for a swimming class. Became of the exceptional record achieved by the team last year, the Wildcats have been asked to join the senior college swimming league. If this offer is accepted, Weber will compete with such senior colleges as the Utah State Agricultural College and the University of Utah. This expanded schedule and increased number of meets over last year will enable more men to participate and to win letters for swimming and diving. A swimmer or diver must participate in two in terschool meets and win a first place or its equivalent in order to be elegi-ble for a letter in water sports. Plans have been developed to take a trip to Colorado to compete with college teams of that state. Other inter and intra-state trips are being contemplated. Veterans expected back to swim for the Wildcats are Glen Christof-ferson, holder of the Weber tank record for the 100 yard dash ; Earnest Rowett, holder of the 40 yard free style record for the Weber tank; Parry Leavitt, winner of the 550 yard first and second place A. A. U. championships, and Byrne Fernelius, 550 yard and 220 yard third place A. A. U. champion. Grant Foulger, Bob Paul, Emmctt Clayton, Ralph Fuller, Nobel De Heart,. Clair Bender, Wendell Hansen, and others will be back to lead the We-berites to senior colleirc laurelsin-1938-39. Paul Drake, backstroke sensation, formerly of Weber College, is also expected to register for competitive swimming. The Season's SMART APPAREL FOR MEN i Watson-Tanner ! I I 370 - 24th St. Signpost Publishing Co. OIK ,-, .... ,-, ,-,4. |