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Show Page 6 SIGNPOST March 6, 1964 On the Sidelines By Leon Brace It has been a big season for the Wildcats of WSC. However, it is just about over. For a few of the members of the team it has been a rough season, what with broken fingers, painful injuries to the ribs and all. But victory is glory and the Wildcats did their best to bring the glory to Weber. Our plaudits and thanks to the Wildcats: Mike Sivulich, Jon O'Dell, Jerry Trice, Jim Lyon, Gene Young, John Silbernagel, Dave Erickson, Doug Powell, DeVere McKay, and Lorenzo "Granny" Carter, and also to those who were lost early in the season for various reasons, who did much to contribute to WSC's second-place position in the Big Sky: Bob Lewis, Parker Jenkins and Jim Mount. To the coach of the WSC Wildcats, Dick Motta, who has done a terrific job of coaching these men into this position, our thanks and sincere appreciation. Gaining little recognition for a job well done around WSC, has been the Frosh team under the coaching of Don Spainhower. These boys, some of whom will return to play for the Wildcats next year, have performed very well. The members of the Wild-kittens, to whom we would like to give thanks, are: Wayne Baker, Barry Ball, Doug Broadhead, John Crandall, Allen Hall, Joe Johnson, Greg Harrop, Jim Wilson, Jim Wise, Ken Colledge, Bruce Gilbert and Art Whitaker. Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, in the swimming pool of the WSC Field House, there will be a Big Sky Conference meet held, including teams from University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Montana State University and Weber State. Idaho is favored to walk away with the championships. Coach Vermon Barney's team has been in practice for the last two weeks for this meet. The wrestling team travels to the Big Sky Conference, meet in Bozeman, Montana, tomorrow, but are not too optimistic, about their chances. Coach Belnap is hoping that two or three of his boys are ready for possible points in the meet. Lynn Foxley at 167 is one of the possible winners for WSC in the conference. CORRECTION: Last week the writer confused two of the four colleges from Montana that WSC plays. Thursday night we played the conference leaders, and tomorrow night at 8 p.m., WSC plays the Grizzlies from Missoula. Even though it is a little late, this correction should be made. AROUND THE CAMPUS The Recreation Committee is still lacking two entrants to begin the play-off in the pool tourney. This is an excellent chance to make off with one or more very good prizes. Those interested are invited to register at the games desk in the Union Building anytime. Skiers are expecting to find the slopes in excellent condition again this weekend, with snow depth up by several inches. SK! TEAM PLACES FOURTH The first Weber State ski team finished fourth in the Big Sky Conference ski meet in Bozeman, Montana over the weekend. The Wild- STANI EV If DAMCD & PR. m PRESENTS IN . MAR ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY NIGHTLY AT 8:30 Son., Thru Thurs. S1.50-S1.99 fri. and Sat. S1.99-S2.50 MATIMEES WED., SAT., SUN. AND HOLIDAYS AT 2 Wed. and San. S1.25-S1.50 Sat. and Holiday! S1.50-S1.99 s ul u in ADnrnc nnrn bdaudtiwM cats followed Idaho, Montana State, and Montana in the final standings for 1964. Top Wildcat performers were: Fred Van Dyke who finished ninth in the downhill and Steve Farr who tied for twelfth in the same event. Weber State participated in only the Alpine events and next year will include Nordic performers. Coaches Earl Miller and LeRoy Overstreet were pleased with the initial showing of Weber State's first year ski team and anticipate much growth in the program in the coming years. Next year the team will be bolstered by the talents of Dale Miller, who captured the Alpine combined junior national championships in 1963. Miller is a freshman at Weber State this year. The Wildcats participated in only two meets this year and plan to compete in a full schedule of ski meets next year. IHTRAMURALS League Standings at the end of Team Won Faculty "A" 6 Sigma "A" 4 Phoenix "A" 4 Morgan County 3 Excels "A" 2 Footballers 2 Group "A" 0 Games of the Last Week of February : 1. Sigma "A" won by forfeit from Morgan. 2. Excels "A" won by a score of 34-33 from Footballers. 3. Salt Lakers won by a score of 32-29 over Faculty "B". 4. Group "B" won by a score of 51-29 over Excels "B". 5. Faculty "A" defeated Group "A" by a 24-21 score. 6. Replay game Phoenix "A" won, 43-30, from Sigma "A". Overall high point man for the Intramural basketball games was Phoenix "A" member, Melesco, 88. BASEBALL PREPARATION UNDERWAY By Don Spainhower The February sun has produced a bit of spring fever in baseball coach Dick Williams. Williams is currently working 35 prospective baseballers into condition for the up-coming horsehide season. Ten of the 35 candidates are returning lettermen from last year's 21-7 team and will form the nucleus of what should be a pretty good contender for the Big Sky Conference baseball crown. The pitching corps seems to be the strong point at this stage of the campaign as four experienced hurlers retuin for 1964 action. Senior basketball player Jim Lyon will be out to duplicate or improve (if possible) his 7-0 mark of last season and junior Dennis Anderson will attempt to repeat his fine 6-1 record of 1963. Both Lyon and Anderson are right-handers and will be backed up my Jerry Hard, a right-hander, and southpaw Ron Jancek. Jancek is a young, strong left with plenty of potential. Perhaps the top new prospect is freshman Frank Mower of Clearfield who plays the outfield and sometimes is on the mound. Mower played in last year's North-South all-star game in Ogden. Two or three players from last year's champion and runner-up high school teams, Davis and Tooele, are trying out for the Wildcat starting nine. Coach Williams is working his team through fundamentals and general body conditioning in order to be ready for the March 16th openers with Nevada Southern in Las Vegas, Nevada. Athletic Director Dr. Reed K. Swenson has just released a 30-game baseball schedule which includes games with the state's major universities and members of the Big Sky Conference. The first home game is March 27 with Mesa Junior College of Grand Junction, Colorado. All home games will be played in Ogden's John Affleck Park. The May 5 and 9 double-headers with Idaho State and BYU will be two-night affairs. Home game schedule: March 27 Mesa Junior College, 1 p.m. April 6 Montana State College, 1 p.m. April 11 - University of Utah, 1 pm. April 18 Brigham Young University, 1:30 p.m. May 5 Idaho State University, 6 p.m. May 13 Brigham Young University, 6 p.m. It's not too bad to run out of gas but it sure is terrible when you run out of steam. Intramural Basketball: Lost Team AVon Lost 0 Faculty "B" 5 1 2 Sigma "B" 5 1 2 Mets 4 2 3 Salt Lakers 3 3 4 Group "B" 3 3 4 Excels "B" 1 5 6 LAST CHANCE Tomorrow, March 7, will be the last chance for the students of Weber State College to see the Wildcats of WSC perform. The Wildcats can do no better than to cinch their hold on the second place position, when they meet the Montana U. Grizzlies, of Missoula, Montana. This will be the last league encounter of the year, and for Weber will be the last game of the year. As things stood Monday, Montana State was holding firmly to their first place berth in the Big Jim Lyon, recovering from a mid-season slump, goes up for one of his many baskets in the game last week against the Westminster Parsons. WSC DEFEATS Last Thursday in the WSC Field House, the Wildcats clawed over the Parsons of Westminster by a score of 101-63. This makes the win-loss record of the Wildcats 15-8. After the first 12 minutes of play, ' the Parsons were never in the game. Weber State, playing without the help of Mike Sivulich who had suffered a painful injury to the ankle in practice, started as if they were shooting cold again. But after the first few minutes, began finding the mark, and on several occasions in the first half led the Parsons by as much as 20 points. Jim Lyon, who had been accused of half-hearted interest and "lackluster play," once again was put in the starting line-up and appeared to be back in excellent form. Lyon counted the high-point total for the game with 23 arid also hauled down a high of 17 rebounds.The 1,239 in attendance had little to yell for after the half except for WSC to hit the century mark, which gave Weber their 10th 100-point game of the season, and their eighth at home. Of the 1,239 attending, 687 were students. POSSELLI'S ARCTIC CIRCLE Congratulates Jon O'Dell On Being Outstanding Player of the Week For after-game snacks or a fast, convenient lunch try our delicious 19c hamburgers, fries and malts. RIVERDALE ROAD, OGDEN TOMORROW Sky, holding a perfect 8-0 league record- Weber held the second position with a 5-3, however, the game Thursday altered this standing somewhat. The Grizzlies on the other hand have a league record of 1-6, and are last in the Sky standings, after their defeat by the Zags of Gon-zaga last week. They are not to be under-rated however, and this could be a tough finish for the WSC season. Game time will be at 8 p.m. and students will be admitted by activity card. WESTMSNSTER FROSH PLAY PRELIMINARY Before the Wildcats' game, the Frosh of WSC won one of their most thrilling victories of the year over the favored Frosh from Utah State University. The Kittens were behind from early in the first half, until late in the second period of play. About midway in the second half, Coach Spainhower's Wild-kittens started hitting from all over the floor. With 9 minutes showing on the clock, Weber took the lead, which they held for the balance of the game, although most of the time, not by a comfortable margin. The final score: 107-103. SEWELL'S UNION 76 SERVICE STATION Free Pick-up, Delivery Close to Campus 3605 Harrison |