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Show Page 4 SIGNPOST Friday, May 5, 19o0 Weber Forum 4, . "An open letter to the incoming Board of Control" It is no little secret that relations between the Board of Control and the Athletic Office this year have been strained. It would be well for the incoming Board of Control to note that there are more than two sides to every question. ' This situation has more than two sides to it as every member of the board will testify. But the side of the Athletic Office has not been stated in the scuttle-butt throughout the school. I believe the students of the school should know of some of the facts concerning Athletic expenditures. The board has done a fine job and the Athletic Office has done wonders with their allotment. Just pause for a moment and think of the colleges in the United States. Without anv classification at all you probably think of Notre Dame, California, Michigan, UCLA Stanford or Yale. Whv? The answer is obvious. It is because they have athletic teams that capture national attention and these teams make the colleges outstanding. To make teams like that Athletic Department's need money. ,The Athletic Department of Weber college is no exception. Athletics receive 27 per cent of the Student Body Funds here at Weber which totals to approximately $4,800. With that amount the students want us to compete against colleges like Compton, Glendale, Los Angeles City College, Mesa, etc. Compton for example has an athletic budget of $49,999.51 and uses 50 of the Student Body Funds. Tyler Junior college is alloted 67 of the Student Body Fund and it totals $35,000, Glendale had .$15,000 of Student Body Funds and Los Angeles college uses against us $60,380 per year. The top come at Mesa who has a Student Body about one-third the size of ours. It has a budget of $7,500. They draw from each student $15 for athletics while we draw about $3.20. That means each football, basketball and baseball game costs us about 16 cents each. Another important issue is that V I r V j I y i i- x " r I Basil Beech, yesterday's starting pitcher. athletic contracts are drawn up two to three years in advance. If they make a guarantee to a certain college at a certain time and the budget' is cut they cannot meet the guarantee., What is done? Nothing, you're like the man locked out of his car realizing the keys are inside.The athletic council does not want more money. They are satisfied with the 27 even though all our competitors get more. They would like to be devoid of so much undercover criticism and they do hope the board will not cut the allotment below 27. Such undercover criticism does nothing but create ill-will and hard feelings. " itSrTilv -J f;-T'f' Jackets 10.95 to 14.95 IIOIIHUI serves you handsomely The Original "Polka Jac" A bright new idea in sportswear. A lively lining, peppered with polka dots, sets ofi the rich, long-wearing doeskin outer fabric. Hand-stitched collar and pocket welts. Built-up shoulders. Tailored for comfort in seven smart colors. See k soon. BUEHLER - BinGHfllll Baseball and Track Spotlight Calendar Game Scheduled j Marvin Peterson Today At 1 p. m. Weber college baseballers will Idaho College of Education in a today at 1 p.m., John Affleck Park, Mecham has announced. voar's NCCA title will be playing minus two of their most stpl'ar it-'ormers. Sterling (Sterk) Gardner :tfir first hiseman and relief pitcher, and Keith Downs, ace twirler for the mirnle and white are away on a field trip. Coach Mecham plans to have Don Warner and Dale Young toeing the slab for this afternoon contests. Don pitched for Weber high last vear, and Dale was a standout hurler for Ogden high's 1948 state champs. Dale Gardner, who shares catching duties with Russ Carruth, will be covering first sack in the absence of his brother "Sterk". Grant Evans will be working at second. Chuck Edson wi'l handle the hot corner, and Llyod Draver is tabbed to plug the hole at shortstop. ' Ball shaggers in the out pasture will undoubtedly be Monte Frew, right field: Sherman Wayment, center field, and Dick Kap, left field. meet Southern double header Coach Milton Phoenix Closing Intramurals Gap Sigma's iron grip on the top rung of the intramural ladder was weakened recently as Phoenix webfoots paddled to first place in the annual swim fest. Phoenix has begun its yearly Spring pennant spurt and have strong hopes of ousting the trophy from defending champs, Sigma. Three water stars bore the brunt of their respective teams in the swimming meet. Jerry Nilsson led his Phoenix "sisters" to victory with firsts in the 40 yard free style, and the breast stroke, and as anchor man in their winning medley relay team. Larry Price was the big gun for Sigma, and barrell chested Henry Cranberg was practically the Dorms entire team garnering 10 of their 13 points. Phoenix's victory moves them into second place over Dorm with a margin of 58 points separating the two groups. Sigma has held securely onto first place since last October, and hold a substantia! lead of 194 points over Phoenix. The Softball race thus far is entirely Sigma Alpha Rho and Excelsior. Alpha Rho and Excelsior have been toppled only by power laden Sigma which has yet to meet defeat. Events besides softball remaining on the Spring agenda are tennis, horseshoes, and track and field. Total points for the five top teams including all events except those just listed are as follows: Sigma 1006 Phoenix 812 Dorm 712 Excelsior 540 Skull 464 Ross' Cafe HOME MADE PIES Fountain Service Over Forty Years Serving Ogden 364 - 25th Street if.--- - i " l " 4 v ; : f ' J ' i- ! , J Sparks AtB.Y.U. Capturing first place by hurling the javelin 175 ft. 3 in. Marvin Peterson led W.C.'s track team in the recent B.Y.U. Invitational. Rusty Muir was edged out in the quarter-mile by the width of a cat's whisker. Most of the fans thought Muir had won but the judges unable to test their own judgment decided the victory by a tossed coin. Muir guessed "tails" anJ ended up with the silver metal rather than the gold. Ted Martin took third in the mile, Dennis Cronin, fifth in the shot; Barry Napoleon took fifth in the century and fourth in the furlong; Jack Andrews placed second in javelin; Jim Coleman, second in pole vault; Dale Bowman, third in 880; Gordon Mortensen, fourth in the 120 High's; Ray Rhead, fourth in the 100; Gaynord Harvey, fifth in discuss. No team score was calculated. The track team this week journeyed to Rupert where they tested the best of the Northern Division ICAC. Marvin Peterson, Weber's star javelin tosser, showing the form which helped him drag in top honors in last week BYU invitational meet. Notice Instead of June as previously announced, the Lake Louise field trip by the Geodiscipulus club will be Aug. 22 to Sept. 4. Hill and Ashby Gain Place in Tennis Meet Jim Hill and Glen Ashby showered further honors on the Wildcat's Spring Sports Tennis by snagging runner-un position in the B.Y.U. Invitational Tennis Meet. They were defeated in the championship battle by Lee Decker and Don Frischkneckt of Snow, 6-4, 6-4. The battles were long and hard with each set be'ng decided after a deuce game. Hill and Ashby showed some signs of not being in tennis condition and should they play again, Weber's Duo should be victorious. They entered the finals after beating Quinn Washburn and Ronald Nelson, Dixie, 6-2, 6-4 and Peter Prout-Jim Denny, Westminister, 6-2, 6-2. 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