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Show Leader 3 the quarterback Clash Today -Moon . Volleyball teams from Sigma and faculty clash at 12 noon today in the Central Gymnasium. The winner of today's game will automatically go into the championship bracket of the double elimination tournament. The loser will have to play a team from the loser's bracket to earn the right to compete in the finals. Leaders Phoenix and Sigma continue to lead intramural sports at Weber, both teams with 235 points. Faculty is close behind with 220 points and defending champion Excelsior is third with 100. Behind them are the independents with 40 points and Diesels with 20. Lambda Beta Pi had not organized during intramural football and failed to enter a team in that sport. Paddleball singles and doubles started last week with all singles players participating in one giant, single elimination contest. The doubles players are separated into various leagues, with league winners scheduled to playoff for the championship. Wildcats Play Here Thursday Weber's nomadic basketball team returns home Sunday after eight days on the road and seven games in those eight days. Twelve players made the trip. They include, Eon Swen-son, Allen Holmes, Frank Berrett, Roger Tomlinson, Blair Fowers, Varge Christen-sen, Jim Pierson, Gary Gardner, Val Weathers, Vic Dur-bano, John Wanless and Jerry Hogge. The Cats' open the home season next Thursday night in the creaky Wildcat gymnasium against Hill Air Force Base. ELMO'S CYCLERY Harley Davidson MotorcyclesChushman Scooters Schwinn Bicycles Sales Service 2916 Washington Blvd. Dial EX 2-9651 I 23 By LARRY TOMLINSON The 1957 football season at Weber ended a week ago Wednesday exactly as it started a very sour note. The Wildcats were beaten by more than 26 points for the fourth time this year. Doing the honors was Everett Junior College of Washington, beating Weber 47-7 in the rain in the ninth annual Evergreen Shrine Bowl football game at Everett. But something else took place at the Everett game. The night before the game, head football coach Wally Nalder kicked seven players off the squad for "breaking ti-aining rules." The players allegedly were playing cards or trying to leave their hotel after hours. The seven players involved will lose their football scholarship and be stripped of their athletic letter in football. Coach Nalder said the players had been warned not to break training the week of the game. In an interview Wednesday, Nalder said he was being supported by the college administration in the case of the seven players and was going to stop the scholarships. The players themselves complained that Nalder had observed similar infractions already this year and had not penalized the other rebels in most cases. Nalder admitted that action should have been taken sooner but said he waited until he was sure who the players at fault were before clamping down. "That was a mistake on my part," he admitted. It is not this writer's concern whether Coach Nalder was justified in his action or whether the players are justified in their complaints. But this is not the first breeze of discontent in the wind this year. Several times earlier complaints have been heard from the football players, and although the "gripes" haven't come from a poll of all the players, most of the comments from some members have been highly negative. Why Wait? The players admit that several of them have been breaking training. And they claim to respect Coach Nalder but not his methods in this matter. Their chief gripe is that Nalder knew about the infractions vet waited until the i final game before cracking a few knuckles. If this is true then maybe everybody concerned, the coaches and players, deserved the poor season. elegant feet tuck into "ALASKANS 'hk0- 12.95 But not the fans and the college. Football players usually get scholarships to play football and not "carouse" at night. Coaches are paid to make better citizens out of the boys under their jurisdiction and to give them a good idea of fair play. Prove Different If some one would prove the football players, who voiced complaints, to be in the wrong, this writer will humbly retract their statements with an apology. However, if the situation is as they say, then Coach Nalder should start now to set up some rigid training rules which would apply to each and every member of the team and would be enforced rigidly after fair warning by the coaching staff. This column could very easily land the writer on the administrative carpet, a chance we don't mind taking if it clears up the situation mentioned by the footballers, if it exists. Season Totals Now that the football year is over perhaps we" should view the strictly statistical side of the story. In losing seven of ten games, the Wildcats scored 8!) points. The sin gle biggest output by Weber was against Mesa, a losing effort for the Cats' who were beaten 34-20. Powerful Compton scored the most points against Weber, racking up a G2-6 victory. The 10 Weber opponents chewed up the end zone for 265 points over an average of 2G.5 points in each game. In comparison Weber averaged 8.9 points a game. Volleyball Once again the faculty is proving that old athletes never die, they just get a "paunch." Paunch or not the faculty volleyball team is thumping its younger opponents in the intramural league. And it's the same crew that took second place in the intramural football race, Rhead, Larson, Gardner, Mikkelsen, Redford, Nalder, Peterson, and Mecham. Today at noon the faculty meets the same team that beat it in football, Sigma. The winner of today's game is assured of no worse than second place in volleyball while the loser must play a team from the loser's bracket to get back in the championship flight. - 1 5 I V -f $ - AWAY WE GO! Two members of the Excelsior Volleyball team reach for the sky in returning a shot by the Faculty team in last Monday's game between Faculty and Excelsior "B." The Faculty team won 15-9 and 15-13 and will meet Sigma "B" at noon today. IVY CORDUKOY Suits 24.95 Sport Coats ..19.95 Ivy Slacks ....6.95 There's a trim, new ALASKAN for every occasion where warmth and comfort as well as smart, good looks are Important. Drop in soon for a look at our complete selection of these famous cold weather favorites. SWANSON'S SHOES 2446 WASH. BLVD. a n V V V 4 k 3 I 1 Is il 3 6 3 2 Z n d S T K K K T 1' II O N E E A 1- - $ s ; 7 PARTS GLASS it a CCESSORIES 3 Auto Glass Specialists as Wear as Your Phone O Pickup and Delivery by Insured Drivers! "Home of Necessary and Unnecessary Auto Parts" |