Show I i I II II Ii I I I FRANK K BAKER BAKER- One of the most enlightening sidelights to the bas- bas last week-end week between the k series at Logan 1 n and 4 the Cougars was the general practicability demon- demon by the electrically controlled Scoreboard The giant board designed and built under the personal direction of James of the A. A C. C faculty staff is the most complete scoring apparatus in the country Basketball leaders have dreamed of the various features In the Aggie board but no one has ever combined them all In one pi piece ce of mechanism as successfully as lyle Ivic has done i. i Y The Aggie board board displays thc lineup which can be Af changed from the official scoring table simply b by pressing pressing press press- ing ine- inea a button It even shows how many points each man manin in fl the game has scored It shows the team scores and lists the time left leet to play on an electrically controlled I clock 0 1 w. As a final stroke of perfection the board shoots the thet t V gun denoting the end of each period All these features V add to the spectators spectator's enjoyment of the game Instead of of- knowing vaguely that there is less than a minute minute to togo togo go the spectator can tell exactly to the n number of sec sec- V 1 I W ends left sim simply ly by looking at the board There is no noV V guessing ing on the time no speculating on how many points V a a certain certain player has made Its It's all plainly visible on the board V. V II The A. A C. C appropriated lo to buy materials for i Ivies Ivie's experiments His countless hours as well as those of his volunteer aides have all been gratis V. V Expense is therefore a handicap at the present that V must be overcome before the board can be marketed V for a price within reach of most schools or gymnasiums V That problem will no doubt be worked out too in due duei i V time i. i When it is the basketball world will find that vies Ivies V invention has been one of the finest contributions to the game r V V V V Ivic and the A. A C. C would do much to establish the practicability of their venture if they could arrange to operate the board during the annual state high school h r rI I t 97 jJ k basketball tournament here in Salt Lake City in March Players coaches and fans will be surprised to observe V how much it adds to the enjoyment of a game from the sidelines Major 1 league officials have frowned on stars barnstorming barnstorming barnstorming barn barn- V storming after the regular season due to that injury Jimmy Foxx c sustained in Canada last fall fail fall but they V ought to do something about BilI Billy Ro Rogell elI the Tiger infielder in- in fielder who's playing hocke hockey the most dangerous game in sports lo to keep in condition this winter |