| Show THE REAL DOPE g iJ By BILL COLTRIN im r Downtown quarterback clubs are aie great things and were we're all for them but this business down at the Newhouse hotel Friday noon when backers of Utah Utah St State tc and Brigham Young get together for some fun should top any quarterback club meeting for both fun and accomplishment Actually the fun aspect of this meeting has tremendous possibilities possibilities pos pos- especially with Smith handling the introductions of or the dignitaries For instance we will make a small wager and promise no fix that will build a little fire under Ev Shelton the Wyoming coach by bringing up Sheltons Shelton's early- early January statement This is the best basketball team I have ever er coached I Looking for Place to Hide The other coaches and athletic directors from the three Utah schools and Wyoming wont won't get off much easier easier in in fact if is in his usual fine fettle most of them will go hunting for some someplace someplace someplace place to hide But it will all be in fun and the former Utes the former Ag ies and the former Cougars present along with plenty of sidewalk sidewalk sidewalk side side- walk alumni of all three schools will be able to find out that some pretty good guys back the other schools too Give credit to the U Mans Man's club for sponsoring the deal with all proceeds going to the fieldhouse fund at BY BYU B Y U. U Dont Don't forget you dont don't need to be a member of anything anything- to come to the luncheon luncheon just just show up at noon Friday at the Newhouse Newhouse Newhouse New- New house hotel Those who miss this deal are going to to miss a lot of fun And things like this may put a damper on all the extracurricular extracurricular extracurricular fisticuffs among the onlookers at future games which would Indeed be a wonderful thing How About Officiating Now for some talk about the most maligned man in sports sports- the basketball official i E. E L. L Dick Romney Skyline conference commissioner is a aman aman aman man who w will fight for the Sl Skyline officials to his last breath But he wants to make things better and has written a letter to coaches and athletic directors containing some matter for thought Dick has some good points For instance A fA really good and very popular official can be run out of the business if he works too many times before the same crowd The fact that the Mountain States conference plays a double roun round J robin schedule and does not permit sending officials across the mountain to work means that our officials appear appear- too many times limes before the same people Next year Dick points out Montana and New Mexico will be bc added to the thc le league gue and there will be just a single round robin He asks the question Shall w we try using an official from each side of the conference in our conference games 1 Unfavorable Favorable-Unfavorable Then he points out the favorable and unfavorable aspects of such a system Favorable 1 Psychological Everyone interested including spectators might feel that it is ig more fair to the players and the schools 2 The officials would not appear before the same crowds so many times 3 The officials would not be required to work for forthe forthe forthe the same team so many times 4 A Amore more uniform interpretation might grow out of such a system of or exchanging officials Unfavorable 1 Cost It wo would ld cost more than the present system but not v very ry much more The travel would be split between between between be be- tween two schools 2 The traveling official would work two nights straight for the same traveling tra team 3 It might prove difficult to find lind officials who could leave their regular work as much a as would be needed |
