Show STUDENT LIFE JUNE 2 1955 — 3 Melson s Name Given To Ag Fieldhoose Doc OLDEST AGGIE HONORED §VjAi Aggie coaches have come and gone and they wiU continue to come and go but as long as there is a Utah State George “Doc’’ Nelson TrinJ for‘k VuSt ?at“rdlay Doc had a field h°use named after him field house north of the Student Union will be known as the George ‘Doc’ Nelson Field House” L Mark Neuberger assistant to the president said that President Chase and the Utah Slate Board of Trustees named the field house after Doc because they think of Doc as symbolizing Aggie athletics The action was taken Saturday in Cedar City at the monthly board meeting President Chase recommended the move and Trustee Carl W (Stubby) Peter- §&®T$ -- Gats Swamp Field T alee League Meet JIM DEAN Time — 49 0 UK) yard dash — Don Brant Monran Brigham Young University tana Harry Andersoen BYU Ezra USAC Bobby Lee New Mexioughshod over all opposiUon to Smtih Yates Utah Time — 9 5 in its first conference title in co Bob conference record held bv Al(ties 19 years Scoring 85T4 points to ex Burl Colo A&M set in 195) 31 for second High Jump— Cal Clark Utah three place Montana way tie for second among Tom they completel dominated the Roe Montana John BYU meet with 22 men helping with and Doug SpainhowerGomirley BYU tie for fifth between Iarry DeFleld Denthe scoring and Don Johnson BYU Height Three records fell and two —ver6 ft 6 In others were tied during the meet High Hurdles— Willard Hlrschl B YU Oliver Lee New Mexico Tom Don Brant of Montana tied the Burr BYU Mike Moore Utah Gormark for the 100 yd dash at 95 don Shalla Colo A&M Time— 14 7 seconds as well as winning the Y 880 yard run — Ariin Finlinson B U Paul Anderson BYU Oscar By sen 220 New Record Larry Ross of Denver established a new mark in the shot put with a heave of 51 feet 6 and ti inches Harold Norton of Brigham Young threw the jave lin 2255 feet on his last throw to erase the mark set the day before by tcammaet Charlie Higgins Sherald James also of BYU tied his own record in the two mile run with a time of 9:328 after losing the mile because of a lost shoe The BYU relay team set a new mark in the mile relay of 3:198 bettering the old mark by 7 of a second Bright spots for the Aggie- were Cordell “Butch’' Brown with a win in the 440 and a second in the low hurdles Doug Anderson w'ith a second in the 440 and '7°v Smith with thirds in the 100 - 1 yard u dashes ' — 221 and ' The results: Shot put -- Larry Marv Roberson “““V"”: Jim Black Montana New Mexico - - tRb rlst-"75- i Gene Loomis Wyoming 65 in (New record Old record held 1951 at by Rosa Morris Utah State 50 ft 1 18 Inches) Bruce Mile run—Jim Elder WyoMontana James Johnson Utah DonMexico: John McJim Brooks New 4:204 Alister Utah Time— Brown — Cordell 440 yard dash Utah Utah State Doug Anderson rny State Jim Crittenden BYU A&M DeHart BYU Don Page Colo Anderson BYU Clif Miller Utah - Paul Purr tUah Time— 1 55 5Jaxelin Throw — Harold Norton Y B U: Charles Higgins BYU Gary Loosl! Utah Ron Lundquist Montana Claude Blanch BYU Distance — 225 5 feet (New record Old record set by Charles Higgins BYU Friday In Utah stadium trials at 220 feet ) 220 yard dash — Don Krant Montana Bobby Lee Now Mexico Ezra IT8AC Smith Lynn Parker New Mexico Harry Anderson BYU Time 21 4 Two mile run— Sherald James B Y U Jack Sarkshevt Colo A&M Shim Bok Suk BYUsky Mike Morris Utah Behunin Utah Time— Roy 9 32 8 (Ties record held Sherald James BYU set in 1954 ) by Broad jump— John Rushing Wvo-mln- g Mel Wilkes BYU Ben Brooks BYU Raynor Pearce BYU Gordon Stout New Mexico Dixl— 23 ft 9 14 in Low hurdles — Oliver Lee Now Mexico Cordell Brown USAC Tom Burr BYU: Willard Hirschi BYU Bob Yates Utah Time— 23 5 Pole Vault— BYU Joe Murphy Iwls New Chatterly Mexico for third between John Robinson tieDen-vCal Vaughn Colo A&M and Norris New Mexico Height —13 ft 6 In Discus throw— Dave Sheriff Mon-tan- a Dean Howes Utah Gordon Smith BYU Jim Rowland Montana Warning Dist— 1458 er feMlle (Arlln FlnUnsom Jirn Guy DeHrat Montana USAC v ree- 9- relav-B-YU Paul Anderson SinT"' UUh yo-31- (New 8 Time— s Monuna ordVd°ld recordhejd Don Archibald and Leon Connor at 3205 SeFinal19fc3o?e: Brigham verity 85 Montana 31 29 14’ Uiah 28 Colorado Utah State A&M 8 Young Uni-- " New Mexico 22 Wyoming Denver ij of an the board's athletic committee made it into a motion which was seconded by Trustee J V McLea Trustee is a former athletic star at the Agricultural College of Utah (USAC in 1918) Doc has had a fine career In ce ®orn in LaAik Norway on 8 1890 Doc celebrated his 16th birthday while sailing around August on his Horn Cape way to America Wrestling Champ y JD?° weight wrestling champion came to 1 Ume he was the Aa tr?icffrate education Oneida Academy Preston Idaho when he was R' Jen'Se" head ofthe AC PE 'VtxJ' who sugl contact E L “Dick” Romney department gested that and President E G aSked DoC t0 take the P°sition as trainer and he ac- cepfed°n At the start of his 34 years’ service to Utah State Doc’s training loom consisted of a crowded dressing room in which were three rolls of tape for the whole year and two board tables Doc had served under four Aggie coaches and some 25 to 30 aslst-° COa'hes were Romney George Mellnkovich John Ronmng and now Bv Faunce There have assistant coaches that Doc can’t remember them allbeen so many Goes Way Back Doc was asked to name some of the Aggie players that he could remember The list goes outstanding like something Butch Knowles Lew Faulk Elmer Ward (allAmerican) Kentthis: Ryan John Et-Wes- t d m an Shrine game) faiinACk ayf and Maughan Buss Williams He hesitated andRalph added the name of his son George Junior who was mentioned then on the aUAmencan ist and who Played in the 1948 East-WeDoc says that the best Aggie team was the 1946 were considered one of the best potential teams in theFarmers who country Salt Lake City with the track and field team whenCrasaction was taken He wasn’t Aggie informed of the move until Sunday morning when Ev Faunce went down to Kerr Hall to him Doc asked him what for and Ev replied that “Ther named the field house after you” Doc came back with “Quit your kidding nothing like that could happen to me” But it did and sometime next fall there is going UUh SUte campUs- - the George “Doc” Nelson lIousetCd FieW Fe-ters- en Ted Reynolds will be next intramural manager year’s Ted was chosen at the annual Intramural Banquet Ted Reynolds Appointed 'Mural Head Ted Reynolds junior from Clearfield has been named as the new intramural manager for the lie succeeds Jack year 1955-5(Skinney) Raymond in the posi6 tion Announcements of Intramural positions for the coming year were made by Ray Watters at the annual intramural banquet held at the Bluebird cafe Ted is a Physical Education major and has served as a freshman sophomore and junior manager on the Intramural staff He was student chairman of winter carnival this year as well as manager of the “A” basketball league He has also been the lifeguard at the student pool The following team managers chosen to serve next year: Carl Reynolds Ivan Christensen Marlin Shields Don Wortley Dale Geddes Ivan Davis Gary Williams Tony Welch Bill Davis Russell Garrett Glade Peterson Gary Evans Kent Larson Bob- Folk man Tom Parker and TooGary Iligley on serve will fellows These Reynolds staff to work with the faculty intramural head who as yet has not been named Ray Watters the present intramural head will take a leave from Utah State to do further study ’ V' 19' 'ight-heav- Ph-vsic- honor-gamement- l°n st con-gratul- - speedy 3 19 8 v WANTED: Deify ride to Eriifc — ped y jfl veljn rpcoi fl rTc man j was that it expected £ZtvWimmediotcly Charles Higgins set a new mark Friday in the trials but it was Harold Norton who scored the HAVE YOU SEEN one that counted Saturday with feet’ above 5'THIS MAH? his 2255 foot throw Sherald BYU’s mark Higgins e James tied his own mark at 1:323 and Don Brant of dash d Montana tied the Brant mark at 95 seconds swept the dashes to take high point honors for the dayto BYU Montana was second with only 32 points and other per school are as 28follows BYU As far points Utah 29 Utah Mexico New god out Utah and concernas the western division is 22 Wyoming 14 Colorado State ed this os one of the top golf A&M 8 and Denver 7V4 years for Utah State Three records were broken ands two were tied in Saturday e track meet It was BYU allin tthe extent a way even to great A- new individual achievements mile relay the in set record was with the “Y’s” quartet bestinga the old time of 3:205 with : w'"‘ two-mil- Skyline Conference Winds Years Sports Activities Up J a double header 5 and 7 from By FOY SWAIN th Utes and the championship Skyline golf tennis baseball with It a to and track and field came last close But one trophy wasn’t enough unusual smooth but Herd won weekend at Salt Lake city with for the Pokes as Jim 10-- 3-- university scorBrgham Young to take first w Vi points 85 ing a new Skyset and field track and line record for the greatest and second spread between first and field hisin Skyline track tory cinder-ma- n Cordell Brown top Aggie racked up second place high He point honors with 9440 pointsdash the in yard first placed hurdles and second in the ' third place the with participated mile relay team Utah State Wyoming claimed two trophies as their own in this Skyline spring a while i sports finale Forwould cop the Utah that seemed as they downbaseball cup of gold in Laramie at ed Wyoming Cowthe But the triple opener aside pokes brushed that defeatto take and came back Saturday 220-lo- w 15-1- 0 the singles tennis championship and doubled with Carlton Doe to win the doubles and the conference tennis cup for Wyoming Denver walked away with conference golf honors at the Fort ed- Douglas course Friday as they 100-yar- When YOU Eaf - YOU Want the Best! 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