Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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taking the basketball championship, Psi Llpsilon, which was Heta's nearest competitor went on to take the swimming chant' pioiiship and Beta took a second in this competition. Theta Delt copped squash honors with lJ.K.E, second while Stearns IIaII, unheard ol 'til then, came through with a win in the track relays with Alpha Delt getting the rttnner-up spot Phi Gam copped the delegation average with the Lord ,letl Club grabbing a second while Beta copped another lirst in debating with Psi Ll, a close second. The Faculty dominated in the spring track events with Alpha Ijelt taking second place honors here. Theta Delt won the tennis Ieagtte with All once again repeating in the second slot. Beta gained its fourth lirst place by winning the softball leagtte. All placed second once again. An interesting tradition between the Intramttral Athletic Sys- tetn of Xlifilliams and Amherst was preserved this year with Beta Theta Pi of Amherst, the winners of tlte football leagtte, meeting tlte Xlfilliams' Betas, winner ot the satne contest at XY'ilIiams- town. The Amherst Iletas having a decided advantage over their brotherly foes because of the different rules ttsed in the two institutions, administered a beating to the Ephs and thereby became the undisputed winners ol the Midget Three and copped the Shaving Bowl. The home teatn, however, did not have an easy assignment on their hands and only atter a hard battle could they gain a I2-lm victory. The value of the Intratnttral System here at Amherst has been emphasized by the fact that the college has given lull recognition to the extracurricular activity and through the Ath- letic Fund has provided the hacking to obtain better equipment, The Intramttral Sports Program ot 1948--Ill saw the ultimate reached in organization when rule books and books ol eligi- bility were distribttted and when paid referees were introduced tu make the contests keener and as fair as possible, In order to allow as many students as possible to participate no student is allowed to participate in more than one particular sport in any one season This also enables the participants In become tnore adept at one sport and thus the quality ol intra- T H L E T I C S Final I948-49 Intramural Sports Standings IILIAA TIIISIA PI 3231 ALPIIA IJIiI.iIiA PIII .llli PSI LIPSILUN 31111 TIIETA IJIQLTA CIII 2Ht.1 IJIiI.TA KAPPA LPSILON 2371 CIII PIII 235 KAPPA TI IIiTA 2321 IDLLTA LIPSILON 21a PIII Ll.-LNINIA IJIELTA 2041 AIAXIIES IIALI. IW21 PIII ALPIIA PSI I'll CIII PSI ISS IfACl.ILTY 1701 PIII IJISLTA TIIIETA till LORD ,IIEFFISIIY ANIIIISRST CLLIII 145 STE.-XRNS IIALL 1421 TIIIETA Xl ll't1 mural competition is steadily on the increase, In coniunction with the increasing quality ot the intratnt sports, the Athletic Department Ims introtlucecl Ittti intratntt sports this year, golt and tennis Thus, the program tor stttc ' enioyment in athletics has been enlarged so that all sports included, Ilowever, athletics do not provide the only competitive slllllll tor intramural honors Bridge and debating have laeconte hi competitive, and along with the much coveted highest scho as average, provide other means ol endeavor than sports Tor this interested, A notable accomplishment ol the Intramttral Athletic Sys ci has been the piactice ol awarding trophies to the winners ol dillerent ctitttesls The Trophy ot Trophies is awarded to 1 Illllttlacl' UI pulllls lttl' J stftscill. Ittittse or other organization which has had a consistently high CHEER LEADERS FIRST Row: Kolvlluy, Fliitmlierlaiit, Jloitteitli. Sccoxo Row Beclcer, Hiller, Qrintes. t1eUiit 1!',ii.lit'i I Ttt'enlY ont

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First and Second Place Winners- I 948- I 949 TOUCH FOOTBALL B1 IX T111 It P1 P111 C111111 D11.'1'.1 GOLF Llll It li11'1-1 Ei-s11,oN T111 It D1L'1-1 C111 BRIDGE Psi Llitsirox llIII Iii I.I 1 T111 1,1 RELAY SH vkws H111 .X1,1'111D1L11P111 VOLLEYBALL PM iildtv lQ11'1'1 T111 1 1 BASKETBALL B1 IX T111 It P1 PN! I-IPNII-UN SWIMMING Psi Llpsirow H1 1 1 -PIII 1,1 P1 SQUASH T111 rt D1 1.1 1 C111 D1 1.11 lN1XI'I'X IE1's11.11x ACADEMIC AVERAGE P111 C111111 D1 1.1 1 L111111 ,li 1 1 1 111' .X11111 Rst Ct.t11z DEBATING B1 IX T111 IX P1 Psi LIvs11.oN SOFTBALL P11 lII,IY C111 P111 TRACK I3-11 III.IY 1-X1.1-111 D11.'1 1 P111 TENNIS T111r1D11,11C111 .eX1.1'111 IJ11.'11 P111 TABLE TENNIS il-IIIIX D11,11C111 P111 IJ11.'1.1T1111.1 TJ ' ' 7 41' nge Une fHi111tI1'ctI fivenlv TR MUR The .Xmherst Intiamural Athletic System 11'as inaugurated i11 1925 a11d since that time its popularity has risen to great heights, This lllgll standard ot student competition l1as been emulated bv manv other colleges and universities. Prior to IU-I3 Iraternie ties onlv Iielded teams to compete tor tI1e coveted trophy but following the termination of XY'orld XY'ar II the intraniural pro- gram 11as expanded to i11clude dormitories and tI1e Iacultv as 11ell, The 1947,-IH Intramural Sports program l1ad thirteen Iraterni- ties, tI1e Lord lei? Club, the Faculty, and t1vo dorms competing in tourteen events, Ot these Iourteen contests eleven 11ere atl1- Ietic CHILI tI1e other tI1ree 11ere Debating, Bridge and Acadeinic Average. The program, during the current season, 1vas under tI1e direction ot Professor Iili Marsh. The Intramural program has always been ellective here at 1-Xtnlterst because ot tI1e in- tense interest of tI1e participants. Thus, the success of the en- deavor has been a result ot, and is perpetuated Inv, the interest of the student bodv. It is 1vell to note lllfll over 852. of the student body enrolled at Amherst participated at one time or another during the school vear in some sort of intra111u1'al com- petition The scoring is a caretullv devised svstem WlIC'I'Ul1j' tl1e winners ol each competition were a11a1'ded a certain number of points according to 11l1ether the contest 11as UIIICIIOFN' sub-maior or minor '. The point sytstcllt is so arranged tI1at the 1vinner of the Trophy of Trophies must, of necessity, compile a consistently high ITLIIIIIUSF tit points throughout the year in all Iourteen e11- deavors, Beta Theta Pi, winning tour contests a11d coming i11 second in anotl1er Io cninpile 32313 points 11as able to repeat last vear's performance and retainecl the trophv, Alpha Delta Phi Hllll 3111 points Iinished second 1vhile Psi Llpsilon 1vitl1 31013 and Theta Delta Chi 1vith 28611 finished close behind in tI1e totals. As the season started 111th tall sports Beta Theta Pi started producing points 111tl1 a 11in IIT touch Ioothall 1vitl1 Phi Gamma Delta taking tI1e second slot. Theta Delta Cl1i IllILl Delta Kappa Ifpsilon took the laurels respectivelv in tI1e table tennis and goll tournaments while Phi Delta Theta took a second in table tennis a11d Tl1eta Delta Chi grabbed tI1e runner-up split in golf. In completing tI1e tall con1petition Psi Llpsilon turned in a victory in bridge with Phi Delta Theta taking another second. The Pacultv, perennial volleyball winners, sho1ved I9-III would be no evieption a11d cupped Iirst place 11ith Kappa Theta its closest opponent, Beta Theta Pi continued its strong drive hv I TRAMURAL BOARD '11s'1' lloxv: Pitrccll, Stiiuloit, Leritcr tfletiiz, Noettiltrtiler, ,lltliiiltle SECONU IQ1111: ,lIi11tt'1, .Tolter 7!'allce1, DIIII' 11111, Do11Il1t'Il, Stltlcv, Thies, Bril- ttnn, Suntv.

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