Show Student Life — Utah State University Page 6 Friday November 15 1968 Refs Job: Start - Perfect Improve ms f " With a roar of motors and the setting of stop watches final plans are going into effect for the Union Car Rally the first big rally of the year A final planning meeting is to be held today at 3:30 pm in Craig Hislop UB Room 329 All entrants are invited to come register and final general instructions This meeting is a must for all navigators and pilots entering the event to get a briefing of what will take place on Saturday All navigators or pimorning lots without teammates will be matched up at that time Saturday Nov 16 the Rally will begin in the Union parking lot Plans are as follows: 8 am — Questions answered and general instructions given 9 am — Late registration 10 am — Rally begins re-cei- What’s that Bunky? You say you’re the world’s unluckiest man? You’re rocking horse died when you were a boy? Then later you were old on an enough to drive so you traded in your dad’s Kaiser-Fraze- r Edsel? Then you put a tiger in the tank and it ate the muffler? Ah come on Bunky cast off that mask of gloom and slap a smile on those rosey cheeks Afterall you’ve got the rest of your life ahead of you What’s that? You’ve taken a new job as a what? a football referee? Forget it pal if you think you’ve had bad times before all I can say is that things will be getting worse before they get better Seriously folks "refereeisn’t all that tough Heck ing” no Just ask Dr Dale Nelson and Art Mendini a pair of staff members in USU’s Department of Health Physical Education and Recreation worked They high school the season for the fun it It’s a barof games during just past rel of laughs Like Bob Collins sports editor of the Indianapolis Star once said "He (the referee) is supposed to start the game perfect — and gradually improve” A la ex-co- entrants will be charged per car entry fee Rally plaques will be available to en tering cars The most skilled participants in two classes will be awarded with a trophy as well as a $5 cash prize Trophies for second and third in both divisions will also be given The spirit for the Rally is high Rally Master Keith Hill assist ant Ed Fisher and Relda Felix Recreation Council Chairman are working to make it a booming success It is still not too late to enter Come one come allfirst-timentrants are welcome girls are more than welcome and any type of car is welcome too All a $3 The football ref is the one in the striped shirt (you’ve seen n him he looks like a who is supposed to remain absolutely composed while 22 athletes try any method legal and sometimes otherwise to beat each others brains in While sidelines become model pictures of mass hysteria with coaches flailing there emotions every which way the guv with the funny red flag in his hind pocket is expected to keep his cool And if he makes one mistake oh brother! How would it be if just once the crowd actually started cheering the calls by the refeeres After all those years of being wrong the poor guy might get a superiority complex I can just hear it now The PA announcer: "That last questionable pass interference call was chalked up by Back Judge Herskowitz’” And then 40000 people rise to their feet to accord the decision with a standing ovation Fat chance Slippery Rock will beat Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl first It seems to me that athletic referees-n- ot just football ex-co- referees--don’- t STUDENT SALE IH SKIRTS 50 off it SWEATERS 20 off jV FAMOUS KNITS 40 off -- Many Other Super Bargains THE RED FOX 113N MAIN LOGAN UTAH a few mistakes being made by football players on the field all the times To the average fan they go unnoticed But those same fans just dare an official to make a mistake In other words his occupational 'margin of error’ isn’t the greatest in the world Coaches Can Blackball Ufag-Redsk- in Tickets Ready With Stadium And when a coach feels that he was the victim of an unAccording to Tom Moulton usually poor officiating job he can in a sense blackball the USU ticket manager nearly all particular referee with which he has his qualms In a written the seating will be completed in for the UtahUtah State en summary the coach can air his views to the conference that time counter Nov 23 assigned the referee to work his game Students will have 6000 seats With occupational hazards like these you might think the reserved for them on the en pay would be fairly good In most cases it is lower east side An actire In some cases in the professional ranks a football official tivity card will be required for can earn up to $10000 for five months of weekend wrork students First of all the pro officials are given a retainer at the There are only 400 reserved first of the year which ranges from $1800 to $3500 (depending seats left at four dollars each There will be 2000 general on experience in the particular league seats available at two ExThey earn $150 per game during the exhibition season dollars each perience again is the criteria for regular season salaries ReguReserved seat tickets will be lar season prices per game range from $250-$35- 0 held until Nov 18 Tickets may n playoff games are worth $750 per game to the be reserved by calling 7524100 and those lucky enough to work the Super ext 358 officials working Bowl are paid $1000 of Collegiate officials N HOUSE OF SOUND course do not rank as high on Around the Corner from Blocks the pay scale But so what fun for do it anyway they And beleive it or not most of whistle-tooter- s those actually like what t I I I they’re doing When you come to think ST 2 AM-Fof it the game couldn’t go on Multiplex receiver with without them (could it?) 2 Speakers They really are great N All walnut enclosed n no good low guys-thXV M sensitivity: Better than 4 mv 1 Jid rotten blind bums Post-seaso- jail-stripp- I A-1- two-face- d CLEANUP Y get enough credit There are honestly quite e PRE-HOLIDA- e n 10-wa- tt 25c CAR WASH BIST CAR WASH IN TOWN GASAV of Logan 78 West 1 st So |