Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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RODEO COWBOYS SEEK Left to right: John Tibbitts, Tom Buxton, Evan Goulding, Harold Wight, Dave Hart, Jim Hughes. Not pictured: John Fincher. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BYU ' s Tom Buxton, regional bareback and bull dogging champion, holds leather strap tightly and keeps right hand free (in accordance with rules) while trying to stay atop Paddle Foot. Jjrigham Young University ' s 1964 rodeo team was an unquestionable suc- cess. The team has consistently been close to becoming national champions a number of times and in 1964 they finished fourth. The Cougars had an excellent chance during the summer rodeo sea- son of 1965 to take the national title. Last year the team won seven straight rodeos in Montana, Idaho, and Utah, as well as winning the Rocky Mountain Rodeo Championship. John Fincher and Tom Buxton ac- counted for much of the team ' s success. John is the world champion collegiate calf roper. Tom is the regional bull dogging and bareback riding champion. Outside of a meet at home early in May, the team ' s schedule called for meets outside of the state of Utah for 1965. Included in the competition were Montana State, Boise Jr. College, Utah State, Idaho State, and Weber Jr. 298

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Skip Smith performs a moore on the parallel bars at the annual Western Athletic Conference Gymnastic Championships. GYMNASTICS V oach Rudy Moe ' s gymnastics team finished the year with a remarkable re- cord for a frosh centered group. The BYU squad, with twelve of the nineteen members still freshmen, came up with an excellent 12-6 mark for the year and a second place in the WAC Champion- ship meet. BYU hosted the third annual West- ern Athletic Conference Gymnastic Championships, March 5-6. Arizona, with 1721 2 points, easily took first place for the third straight year. The Cougar team, with 92 points, edged out Ari- zona State fo r second place. Utah placed fourth in the meet. Heading the list of talented BYU freshmen was Skip Smith. In WAC finals he took third in the all-around event, tied for second in the floor exer- cise, and he took fourth on the parallel bars. Others who did well during the regular season were Team Captain Ron Newson on the high bar, Dan Davis on trampoline, and Fred Gagon. GYMNASTS FINISH SECOND IN WAC First row: Dave Hoggan, Dan Davis, Fred Gagon, Bob Mullins, Ron Newson, Skip Smith, Ron Mills. Second row. Assistant coach Blauer Bangerter, Austin Thatcher, Dave Brimhall, Larry Fluharty, Chuck Reitz, Pete Llewellyn, Coach Rudy Moe. Back row: Coach Bruce Morgenegg, Barry Kennedy, Wayne Larson, Dennis Mills, Steve Allen, Mike Tovey. 297

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GOLF THE BEST YET B, ►righam Young University ' s golf coach Karl Tucker belives that the only way to test a golf team is to send it against the best competition available. This year, the best competition avail- able was in the Northern California Inter-collegiate Tournament in Santa Cruz, California. Thirty-two of the best teams in the West were available, in- cluding teams from Stanford, USC, UCLA, and defending tournament champion, Fresno State. BYU golfters refused to wilt under the pressure from all sides and walked away with the second place trophy. San Jose took the championship. The brightest spot for the Mountain Cats in the California tournament was Bud Allin. He finished second in the individual competition, losing in a sud- den death playoff. The Cougars were leading for the WAC Championship at this time, hav- ing beaten defending WAC Champion, New Mexico, Arizona, and Arizona State in the California tournament, and Nevada Southern, Montana, and Utah in the BYU links. Bud Allin tees off at the Provo Greens in quest of another BYU win. Left to right: Coach Karl Tucker, Mike Taylor, Kent Vernon, Bruce Difloure, Craig Ridd, Kean Ridd, Mike Smith. Not pictured: Bud Allin.