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Show THE SIGNPOST THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1942 Wildcats Defeat Favored Mesa Basketeers 46 to 44 In Conference Upset Weber Wildcats Prove Their Mettle in Scrappy Games . . . U B3 4 Squad to Tour S. Utah Will Meet Conference Leaders In Southern Journey Wildcat cagers of Weber college left today for a sojourn in southern Utah. The Wildcats will attempt to raise their league standings at the expense of two other college teams. Conference Leader During this invasion of foreign soil, the northern collegians will meet Dixie junior college on Friday, January 30, at St. George, Utah. Dixie now holds undisputed first place in the Intermountain Junior College Conference. Although Weber will be classed as the under-dog in this contest, like the proverb of the worm who turns, the under-dog may rise to the top in what promises to be an interesting and spirited contest. B. A. C. Game Despite the outcome of this game, the Weber team will journey to Cedar City, Utah for an engagement the following evening with the B. A. C. Aggies. The Aggies have a tall, rugged, and well-balanced aggregation, and from all previous reports have a better team than the Dixie Fliers. To improve their own standing in the league, Weber must win both of these games. Squad members are determined to return victoriously.Squad Members Courtiers who will make the trip are: Max Jensen, Wat Misaka, Ed Rose, Noel Nielson, Bill Bacon, and Dick Herrick, forwards, Jay Han-cey and Willie Thomas, centers, and Bob Bell, Norman Fox, Blair Johnston, Gene Groen, and Don Andrews, guards. Defaults Feature Intramural Water Baseball Sigma Delta Pi and Phoenix team members are scheduled to compete In the final, and only, intramural water baseball game of the season at noon today. Sigma and Phoenix gained the dubious honor of playing for the championship through default. Although games had been scheduled and interest shown In the sport at the beginning of the contest, all scheduled games have been forfeited by the failure of one or more of the teams to compete. Intramural competition promises to be reawakened by the beginning of basketball. According to Norman Fox, intramural manager, teams will be divided into A, B, and unaffiliated groups, with any Weber group eligible to participate. Social clubs and the faculty have been well represented in the past, and together with several teams representing the men's dormitory, will provide most of the competitors. The dormitory boys have organized several capable teams and have competed against each other. As a result they have obtained valuable practice and should be a real threat to the other teams. Reserves Win In Independent League Contest Weber college reserves doubled their opponent's score in an Independent league game on January 21 with a 26 to 18 triumph over Company I. Edison Rose, Weber center, obtained top scoring honors with a total of 11 points. Dick Herrick and Bill Bacon, forwards, and Noel Neilson, Louis Slagowski, and Thomas, guards, turned in creditable performances. Bob Sneddon and Phil Revell, former Weber stars, exhibited outstanding ability in helping to obtain victories for their respective teams in the league. M Students! f j If your full name is concealed in any j&$$m ad, take that ad immediately to the merchant. He will present you with a --Oj ticket to join the crowds at the Egyptian Weber's hoopsters (shown above) have won two games and lost two games in this season's fight for the Intermountain Junior college basketball championship title. Coach Reed Swenson's team has proved to be a hard one to beat. Pictured are (back row) Coach Reed Swenson, Junior Crase, guard; Bob Bell, guard; Jay Hancey, center; Norman Fox, forward; Gene Green, forward; Willie Thomas, center; Don AAndrews, guard; and Norman Hansen, forward. Front row: Blair Johnston, guard; Edison Rose, guard; Nelson Moku, forward; Bob Rees, guard; Bill Bacon, forward; Reed Page, forward; Wat Misake, forward; and Max Jensen, forward. Basketeer Cops 43 Points Childs Gets High Score In Industrial League Casaba Contest BY IRAN WATTS Weber faculty's amazing basketball squad avenged its defeat at the hands of Utah Power and Light in first half Industrial league play by triumphing 67 to 40 in the second game scheduled in last half play. Orlo Childs, geology genius and faculty center, dropped the ball through the hoop 21 times and tossed it in once to take advantage of a free throw, for a total of 43 points, more than enough to defeat his confused opponents.Teachers Discontented In spite of the outstanding success achieved in this and other recent games, there is an indication that faculty team mebers are not satisfied. One rumor attributes to Mr. Cluster Nilsson the statement that, quote: "I will never pass the ball to another forward for a number of reasons. These reasons are: They never throw it back." Behavior Explained Any mysterious or seemingly un-explainable behavior of Mr. Nils-son on the courts in the future, such as shooting wildly from the far end of the court, attempting to play catch with other guards, or politely and graciously presenting an opposing team member with the ball at every opportunity, may have its psychological explanation in this desire for receiving as well as giving. Discontent as to the actions of another outstanding team member was quite camouflaged in a conversation recently overheard on the campus. Gestures According to the report, one distinguished basketeer complained Average Mental Capacities Are Decreasing HAMILTON, N. Y. (ACP) The United States is changing from a democracy into a moronocracy, according to Dr. George H. Esta-brooks, Colgate university psychology professor. The professor views with alarm the fact that the birthrate of morons in America is two and a half times greater than that of citizens in the "above average intelligence" group. Dr. Estabrooks is even more pessimistic about man in general, his prediction being that the human race will end in extinction in from one to 10,000 years unless it takes steps to correct the differential birthrate and "the fatal effects of modern medicine." "The moron is inheriting the earth and the power of man's physical machine is being lowered continually through weaknesses passed on by individuals kept alive by the doctor's magic," he said. "n'o cap the climax, man has persuaded himself that he alone in nature's millions of species is not subject to nature's laws. This flat contradiction of the laws of heredity is the insanity of sanity and from nature's viewpoint, the unpardonable sin." that although Coach Ferron Losee often went through the gesture of shooting, he couldn't hit a barn door. Despite several requests that he do so, Coach Losee is definitely not required to contribute such an article to the gym in order to discredit the accuracy of the discontented basketeer. Many collegians feel that harmony can be restored and efficiency increased if the scoring responsibility be assigned to Mr. Childs and defensive work to the rest of the team. So Private Smith Married Them. All, Because an Affectionate Man Was He Susie Jonas of Siwask college buzzed down to the Union Pacific to meet her returning soldier boy, Homer Smith, grad of '40. Without even saying hello, Smith clinched and kissed her on the kisser. Then he said hello and threw his luggage into the car and they started for her home. Susie's mother came to the door. Again, without use of words, Smith kissed Mrs. Jones smack dab. Since he was what you might call something more than a prospect, she made no fuss. Later Smith was loafing around the living room quietly whistling "The White Cliffs of Dover" when he spied Grandma Jonas in her favorite rocking chair. Her head was nodding back and forth in time with the pendulum of the old fashioned clock nearby. So Private Smith made a sneak at tack and kissed the dear old lady when her head came up on the upward beat. Grandma woke with such a start that she knocked her spectacles down onto the tip of her nose. At this juncture the maid entered to announce dinner. What did the indomitable Smith do but walk up to the girl, wrap his arms around her, and give her one of his surprising smackers. When the maid was released and had caught her breath, she gave a happy sort of shriek which brought Papa Jonas into the room on the double trot. Smith started to explain. You can't down a doughboy, you know. Smith's alibi was that army life had "sure been lonesome," and anyway he liked the family. And Was Her Lipstick Red? A group of club girls hurried into the appointed room at noon time to begin their meeting. Moench 217, to be exact. Upon entry, they surprised a couple engrossed in English. For a while the couple thought they had fooled the girls into thinking War Robs Campus In U. S, Of Enrollment Bright spots in a darkening picture that confronts American colleges and universities are pointed out by editorialists of the New York Times after a recent study of the national situation. Despite enrollment decreases caused by defense emyployment and the draft, institutions of higher learning have at least three times as many students as they had 25 years ago. Further the Times envisions situations that may force education "to leave its ivory tower and adapt itself more fully to the realities of our common life." Here is the Times' analysis: "Enrollments in American colleges and universities, which rose to new levels as the country began to come out of the depression, are down again. President Raymond Walters of the University of Cincinnati, whose annual registration figures are the last word in this field, reports that out of 573 approved higher institutions in all parts of the United States, 125 have about the same number and only 117 have more. There are many variations within this general statement. Women's colleges have lost less than men's colleges, public institutions less than those under private control, independent colleges of arts and sciences less than the universities. The independent teachers' colleges have lost most heavily. Schools or colleges or medicine, engineering and applied science have gained. "Some of the missing students are in the army. Others are in defense jobs. If World war experience is a guide in the present emergency, many of these will find their way back to college when the crisis is over if it is over soon enough. The most drastic reces sion that can be expected this year will still have left us with at least that they had been studying all the time. It was not until snickers started coming forth that the girl gave the boy a horrified look, and his hand automatically shot upward to his face. The embarrassed couple, without a word but blushing their brightest, left the room, the fellow wiping at the numerous lipstick marks that covered the lower portion of his face. Edna Litchfield had one experience as a photography student in the "dark room" which was quite humorous, she says: Ruth Madsen and she were developing some film one afternoon lately when they were interrupted by a knock at the door. Litchfield turned on the light while her friend answered the door to admit a fellow student. After the usual greetings Litchfield prepared to go back to work on her film. The moment she flicked out the light their visitor, who had busied himself searching for something cn the floor, raised his head quick like and bumped it on the corner of the table. There was se.-ere pain between the eyes on the bridge of the nose and not realizing that the light had been switched off, he cried out with agony that fluttered the wall paper. "I'm blind! I can't see! Do you hear me? I'm blind!" "But really ne wasn t, Litchfield adds. There was a lull in the afternoon playing of the intramural games in the gym, which was filled with girls, all playing their best at service ball. At that moment two middle-aged gentlemen who had been in Students Decline Free Jackpots KENT, Ohio (ACP) That university students stay away from the movies when bingo, screeno, and bank night are held is revealed in a survey conducted by students of Dr. Harry D. Wolfe, associate professor of marketing at Kent state university. The poll shows that instead of boosting attendance, these gift attractions keep 35 per cent of university students from attending the movies more often than they do. Opinion is almost evenlv divided concerning double features with 35 per cent of the students opposed to twin bills and 26 per cent in favor of them. The remaining 29 per cent don't care. However, more than three-fourth of the students polled dislike movie programs to last over two and a half hours. The poll also reveals that men attend movies more often than women and that both sexes attend because of the picture and not the stars in it. Favorite types of pictures for university students are light comedies and musicals, the pollindicates. three times the number of undergraduates registered in American colleges and universities 25 years ago. "Financially the outlook is not bright for institutions dependent on endowments and tuition. It may not be much brighter for those dependent on public appropriations, for the non-defense tax dollar is shrinking. Educationally the situation has its hopeful side. Higher education, competing for youth in a war market, may be forced to leave its ivory tower and adapt it self more fully to the realities of our common life." (ACP) f ; the north part of the gym came walking down the edge of the floor, taking care to keep out of the way of the players but, nevertheless, watching them and smiling in a pleasant, friendly sort of way. These gentlemen, who were in street clothes including overcoats and hats, kept going in a direction toward the dressing rooms; but to everyone's amazement and shock, they stopped in front of the door marked Women's Dressing Room. The two doors were side by side and just alike except for the lettering on them, which the gentlemen had failed to notice.As the visitors turned the door knob, almost every feminine voice in the gym united in a scream of correction. This did not seem to have any effect because the gentlemen got fully inside amid a chorus of yells and wailings before they decided to come out and see what it was all about. They apparently got the straight directions from among the confusion of voices for they calmly, without embarrassment just grinning broad grins came out and entered the other door, and everyone on the floor breathed a sigh of genuine relief. Ross Hawkins Jack Crane ROSS & JACK Lunch and Dining Room 364 25th Street Air Conditioned Fountain Service Harry Mitchell OPEN ALL NIGHT OGDEN, UTAH Ability to Swim to Be Tested Tanksters' Ability Will Be Tested In Meets At Weber and Colorado Weber tanksters will have an opportunity to prove their ability in two meets scheduled for the weekend of February 11. The annual Intermountain A. A. U. junior swimming meet to be held February 11 and 12 at Weber's pool under the direction of Coach Ferron Losee will be followed by a meet with the University of Colorado paddlers at Boulder the following day. Swimmers from the Deseret gym, University of Utah, Utah State Agricultural college, Weber college, and Logan, Granite, Bear River, Box Elder and Ogden high schools will compete for awards in the A. A. U. meet. First place winners of previous A. A. U. meets are eligible only for events in which they have not won top rating. Swimmers Dorothy Terry, Marjorie Andelin, Madge Olsen, and Virginia Nelson will represent Weber's women in the contest while Albert Hobson, Boyd Farr, Bob Huggins, Mohr-land Eckhart, Joe Wedell, Noel Christenson, John Murphy, Ralph Barnard, Floyd Champneys, and Earl Francis will represent the men. During the meet, Marcene Whit-taker, Avis Wood, Saxon Rouse, Betty West, Louise England, Dorothy Terry, Marge Andelin, Marjorie McKee, Marge Olsen and Virginia Nelson will put on an exhibition of various formations, among which are the accordion, boiling pot, pin wheel, side tandem, back tandem, and the crawl tandem formations. Virginia Nelson and Ferron Losee are directing these drills. Colorado Meet Competition at the University of Colorado promises to be keen, as the Colorado swimmers have demonstrated outstanding ability in a series of meets with a number of eastern teams. Weber and Colorado tanksters will meet in a return contest at Boulder, Colorado, on February 27. During this jaunt to the eastern slope of the Rockies, the Wildcats will also meet the University of Wyoming paddlers on February 24 and Colorado State Teacher's college on the following day. Weber will be represented by the above named tanksters on this trip and, according to Coach Losee, will come off with more than her share of points. Wildcat Maulers Discontinue Mat Competition Weber's wrestling team has had to disband because of lack of competition. All junior colleges have discontinued the grunt and groan activity as a conference sport and as a result, the fearless band of mat maulers and bone crushers have discontinued training. Opportunity to compete with the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural college still exists, but the elimination of conference competition makes the maintainance of a team impracticable. The disbanding of the team released funds that can be used in the maintainance of other school activities. W. A. A. Sponsors Badminton In Tournament W. A. A. badminton competition is now underway. Applications from WE LOOK for Weber to beat B. A. C. this week (Caroline Hodson) COLLEGE BOOK a,j.:,j. cn, TT C3IIIIII1JICI I a 115 Under Weber's Superior Ability BY TED BOYLE Weber college attained the "heights" Friday when it upset the highly favored Mesa junior college team from Grand Junction, Colorado. The pre-game talk had been how far would Mesa beat Weber, but as the score of the game indicates Weber settled the outcome with a fighting team which didn't know when to quit. Mesa Scores The game opened with a sparse settling of fans scattered here and there throughout the gymnasium. Considerable tension was noticed as a deathly silence came over the audience as the referee tossed up the ball to begin the game. Mesa controlled the tip-off and went down the floor to set up a basket. Voegly, Mesa center, flipped one in over his head and activities had begun. From then on, Weber had to fight continually to get the ball, as they were out-ranged by the taller Mesa boys. The first quarter ended with Mesa on the long end of the score. Comfortable Lead After a brief rest, the teams resumed play with Mesa lengthening the breach between the two teams. As the half ended, Mesa still sported a comfortable lead and went to their lockers confident that they had shown too much power for Weber to make the game interesting. The second half resumed as the players came out for a final try at upsetting one of the most powerful teams in the loop's history. Suddenly like a flash, before anyone realized what had happened, Weber had scored 11 points to get ahead of Mesa. The crowd by this time was going wild, as they realized that Weber had scored in several lightning-like thrusts which had set the Mavericks back on their heels. From this point out, the battle raged back and forth with the lead see-sawing from one team to the other. Players were giving their utmost and pileups were numerous as body contacts and personal fouls were called. Final Score With a minute left to go, Max Jenson dropped ir two fouls to put Weber ahead 46 to 44. Weber retained this lead to the end of the game. Co-captain Bob Bell conimented, "We had planned the game for a week and had the will to. win. The fellows played their best and showed the critics that Weber has a classy ball team." Co-captain Jay Hancey, under a severe handicap during the game as he was weakened by a bad cold, played flawlessly in holding his rival center Voegly down. He also caged seven points during his spare time. Westminster Game Following this game, Weber journeyed to Salt Lake City for the purpose of playing the Westminster Parsons. The pre-game dope was for Weber to win as they pleased and that is exactly how the game turned out. Coach Reed Swe'ison started his second team, intending to give them experience against the weaker Parsons. The game was very close during the first quarter. Then the first team was sent in and Weber immediately began to pull away from their rivals. Starting the third quarter, Weber sported a sizeable lead and built it up even further in the later stages. The final score was 46 to 28 for Weber. This win boosted Weber up into a contending role for the cham- all women's social clubs, badminton classes and unaffiliated girls have been filed and points awarded for entries. Games will be played as soon as possible. Maxine Whittaker, director of the tourney, predicts an exciting and hotly contestedtournament. Cagers Have Slogan In Practice BY BOB BELL Like all other true Americans, the Wildcat cagers of Weber college have adopted a slogan which they follow with deadly precision. Although many patriotic fellows still believe in "Keep 'Em Flying," and "Keep 'Em Laughing," the favorite cry on the waxed court is "Keep 'Em Jabbing." According to the courtiers, a short definition of this three worded phrase would be, injustice to all, with injury and destruction to many. At approximately four o'clock every day, the basketeers of Weber college, a crude assortment of undisciplined, loose-jointed, ill-tem pered scholars, assemble in the gymnasium for batting practice. At the first signal for scrimmage, with utter disregard for Marquis of Queensbury rules, the purple engage the white in an all out effort fo rvictory or disaster. During the course of this slam bang tussle, many an inch of skin is lost when knees and hips dust off the floor. This, however, is a very minor detail, as the teams are only getting warmed up. In every mix-up under the basket, the elbow wielders take up their end of the battle, and punch out a heavy toll on the ribs of their opponents. Every long solo dribble usually ends with a nerve shattering body block, or a fractured arm or two. After this process of breaking down protoplasm has ended, the weary cagers retire to the seclusion of the dressing room, where they apply liniment and rubbing alcohol to soothe their many bruises, aches, and pains. pionship of the junior college tournament.Box Score: Weber G F TP Jenson 4 7 15 Misaka 3 6 12 Hancey 2 3 7 Johnston 0 2 2 Bell 1 1 3 Fox 2 1 5 Thomas 1 0 2 Green 0 0 0 Rose 0 0 0 Totals 16 14 46 'Mesa G F TP Bordegan 2 1 5 Wesley 2 2 6 Voegly 4 0 8 Wade 3 2 8 Strain 2 0 4 Scott 3 2 8 Christenson 1 1 3 Fatherdale 1 0 2 Totals 19 6 44 KEEP YOUR FIGURE TRIM Keep in shape by bowling regularly at our well-kept alleys, t's the healthy, enjoyable way to lose excess weight 'midst congenial surroundings. MAPLEWAY BOWLING ALLEYS STORE i ! |
