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Show SIGNPOST October 7, 1960 Mesa Page 4 Score Weber Outscored by El Camino WIA Begins By Susan Parkinson WIA Reporter Freshman girls and Sophomores too! Now that that terrible week is over, and your little green beanies are home smashed in your scrapbooks, you're beginning to find Weber a fun and sports-minded as well as an academic school. The name W. I. A. has probably drifted to your attention and you've wondered what its all about. You and Sports The Women's Intra-mural Association is a combination of YOU and SPORTS the result being good wholesome American FUN. The motto is "A girl for every sport, and a sport for every girl." The Women's Intra-mural Association provides a planned compe-titve program for the girls who love sports and we know there are many at Weber. It provides wholesome entertainment and recreation, and is designed to create a feeling of friendliness, sportsmanship, and a love for all sports. Many Participants Participating teams this year will be drawn fnom the girls' social clubs, Nurses, Lamba Delta Sigma, a Faculty team, and the Independent girls. Girls who do not belong to clubs are encouraged to play with Independents and can do so by contacting Susan Parkinson. Outstanding participants are honored at a banquet held during Spring quarter and a trophy is given to the team winning the most games of the season coupled with participation. Ratings are determined on the basis of individual points and for team points. Officers The officers are Dixie Stanger, president; Ruth Walsh, Intramural manager; and Susan Parkinson, historian-reporter. If you have any questions, we'll be glad to answer them for you. Mrs. Russel B. Petty was the advisor of W. I. A. when it was organized in 1934. Other advisors have been Miss Margorie Merril and Mrs. Marva Gregory. The present advisor is Carol West moreland. Blocked Puraf Gives Filaveridis Tight Win Warriors Beat Wildcats 38-24 Weber's Wildcats dropped their second game in a row last Saturday night as they lost to the El Camino Warriors .of Los Angeles, 38-24. The Wildcat defense could not contain Warrior halfback Jim Valmore who personally carried the second half kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, later sprinted 73 yards from scrimmage on a D jaunt, and in all gained 307 yards in nine carries. Weber scored first in the open ing period when quarterback Lynn Smith plunged for one yard to climax a 65-yard drive. Fullback Dennis Kanter drove over left tackle for the two-pointconversion. Warriors Retaliate El Camino then retaliated with two second-quarter touchdowns to take the lead. The first of these climaxed a 67-yard drive when Warrior fullback Dav Anderson carried over from the one. A pass attempt for the conversion was unsuccessful. EI Camino scored its second touchdown in the second period when quarterback Ron Veres passed to Don Bruwner from four yards out to close a 75-yard drive in 11 plays. But Weber came back to take the first half lead as Kanter intercepted a pass on the Wildcat 42. With less than a minute re maining in the half, Mike Burke ended the drive with a quarterback sneak from the two.. Again Kanter powered in for the two-point conversion as the half ended with Weber in the lead, 16-12. Valmore Scores Then on the second half kick-off, Valmore broke through an open field of Wildcats to score. Soon after a quarterback sneak netted the Warriors another TD. Weber scored its final touchdown as Burke again carried on a quarterback sneak. Kent Phillips in the fullback position bulled over for the point after to cut the Warrior lead to 32-24. But with three minutes left, Veres engineered a Warrior 62-yard scoring drive with a one-yard TD pass to end Paul Burleson.Score by quarters: Weber 8 8 0 824 El Camino 0 12 14 1238 Weber touchdown Burke 2 run (Kanter.) The Mesa Mavericks book advantage of a block kick in the third quarter to pest a 7-6 victory and continue its mastery over the Wildcats of Weber College. Mesa now has won the last six games in the 15-game series between the two schools, thus giving them an over-all lead of 8-7. Brilliant Defense The Weber defensive line did a brilliant job stopping the Mesa backfield headed by John Whit-acre. Mesa was able to net only 10 yards rushing against the big Wildcat line, lead by Ron Wine-gar, Darl Smith, and Mose Wat-kins. Mesa could pick up one first down and had only 46 yards passing for a game total of 58 yards gained from scrimmage. But the week before, Mesa picked up 340 yards and lost. On the other hand, Weber 3CAC Teams Win -Lose Other teams in the ICAC have been losing more games than show on the winning slate. The powerful Boise Junior College Bnoncjos coasted over Olympic Junior College of Bremerton, Washington, but then was drubbed by Santa Monica Junior Col lege m uaniornia. Conference Play In conference play, Ricks of Rexburg, Idaho played at St. George against Dixie while Snow went to Price for a game with Carbon. Scores of recent games involving ICAC teams were: Boise over Olympic, 48-0, in which game Boise Halfback Frank Kaaa scored three touchdowns; Riverside, California over College of Southern Utah, 14-0; Carroll College of Montana over Ricks College, 20-7; Chaffee of California over Dixie, 27-0; Carbon over Snow, 14-13; Santa Monica over Boise, 26-7; and, Snow over Carbon, 13-7. League Standings: W L T Pts Op Boise 1 0 0 32 6 Carbon 1 0 0 14 13 Weber 0 0 0 0 0 Ricks 0 0 0 0 0 CSU 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 0 1 0 13 14 Dixie 0 1 0 6 32 Last Preseason Game Tomorrow night, Weber will host Northwest Community Col lege of Wyoming. This game will be the last of the pre-season games as the Wildcats open their defense of the ICAC championship at home next week against Boise. picked up 130 yards on the ground and 31 yards through the air while accumulating 11 first downs. Defensive Battle The first quarter was a defen sive battle as neither eleven was able to threaten. Early in the sec ond period, Weber took a punt on its own 23 and moved the ball to the Mesa; 34 where a fumble terminated the drive. The big gainer in the series was a 20-yard pass play from Lynn Smith to Marlin Brooks. Mesa muffed a scoring opportunity just before the end of the first half when Ken Fly intercepted a Weber pass on the Wildcat 45 and returned it to the nine But on the first play from scrim mage, Wildcat Darl Smith recov ered a fumble to cancel the threat. Mesa scored early in the second half when Maverick Dick Winder rushed in to block a Weber punt and carry it down to the Wildcat 16. The first play netted Mesa one yard, but on the next play, end Frank Sullivan caught a pass from quarterback Kelly McCartney for the touchdown. Whitacre kicked the deciding point. Cullars Sparkles Mesa kicked off and Ken Cullars performed the most spectacu-ar play of the evening as he re ceived the kick and cut down the sidelines and picked up some bril liant blocking to score on a 98- yard return. Weber attempted to tie the game with a placement kick but failed. Weber started another drive late in the third period after Cullars picked off a Maverick pass on the Weber 30. Mesa's line stiffened on their own 32 to stop the Wildcats. Blocked Punt Weber then got its only break of the evening when Tony Hassel broke through to block a Mesa punt on the Mesa 46. In three plays, Weber had moved to the Mesa 33, but again was stopped by the big Maverick line. Weber had its final chance with two minutes remaining in the game when they book a punt on their own 34. On the first play, however, Mesa intercepted a pass, and proceded to run out the clock. Score by quarters: Weber 0 0 6 06 Mesa 0 0 7 07 Mesa TD Sullivan (15-yard pass from McCartney). Mesa PAT Whitacre (placement).Weber TD Cullar (98-yard kick-off return). Placement try failed. |