Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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 Paul Kuonning copped the ping pong singlos title for Sigma Rho. thon wont on to win the city and state Y.M.C.A. table tennis tourneys. Sigma Rho. former defending intramural champions, took the first title of the year by win- ning four games, losing one and tying one in touch football. Ranking next in order were Kappa Phi, Wynns and Kals. The all-intramural touch football team listed Ham Manzel and Kuenning. Sigma Rhos; Hess and Youngerman, Wynns; Sturtevant. Gene Lenser and Mickel, Kappa Phis; and Les Shepard and Bob Eckert, Kals. Volleyball gave the Kappa Phi and Wynn A teams a tie for first honors, with five wins and one loss each. V ynn B and Kal A were second and third. In ping pong, Kuenning defeated Snuffy Smith, a Kappa Phi and twice the title-holder, in singles finals, and Manzel took third place. The Wynn ft and B teams copped first and sec- ond places in basketball, while Kappa Phi, defend- ing champions, monaged to rank third with their A team. The Midland's all-intramural tions were: A” team—Chaney, Wayne Hengl, Virgil Hengl, Wynns; Lyle Plugge, Sigma Rho; Lenser, Kappa Phi. B team—Gene Sucha and Parsons. Kal; Kuenning, Sigma Rho; Youngquist, Kappa Phi; Leo Jugler, Wynn. The intramural track and field meet also turned into an easy triumph for the Wynns, who earned 73 2 points for top honors. Kappa Phi had 33 2. Kals 321 2 and Sigma Rho 6] 2. Three Wynns—Bruce Young with 13 4 points. Hank Nissen with 13 and Hess with 11 —made the best individual showings. Rump and Chaney each earned IP 4 points to lead the Wynns to a 28-point team total for the championship in swimming. Waldo Hansen copped five points for Sigma Rho, second was a team total of 18 points. Kappa Phi managed ten points and the Kals none. The Kals fought their way to the top, however, in softball, outclassing Sigma Rho, Kappa Phi and Wynns in that order. Scenes like the one above were common in the Gymnasium during the men's intramural volleyball tour- nament. Tho Wynns' championship cago team: Front row (left to right), S. Gross, Schuler, Phillips, Haborlo. Back row: Marshall, Youngerman, Jugior. V. Hongl. Rump.

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Bud Parsons, shown posting a sports schodule on the bulletin board, was manager of the mons intramural program this year. Ifleh J J)h ttatnuraL Charlie Hess of the Wynns tackles Sigma Rho Ham Manzel in a touch football fracas. John Rump (loft) and Chris Chaney tallied five firsts and 28 points to lead the Wynns in captur- ing the fraternity's second straight aquatic championship. A highly successful year was recorded in Mid- land's intramural athletic program for men, with approximately two hundred men participating dur- ing the year. Bud Parsons was intramural man- ager, and the program was under the over-all supervision of Coach John Pfitsch and the athletic department. Wynn fraternity took championship honors among the four fraternities, with a total of 980 points for the year. Kappa Phi had 765, Sigma Rho 610 and Kal 490. Ted Youngerman, a Wynn, made the best indi- vidual showing with 90 points, while Howard Mickel of the Kappa Phis had 74. Other men in the top 16 included Charlie Hess, Paul Kuenning, Paul Rybarczyk, Edgar Menzies, Floyd Sturtevant, Jim Youngquist, Stan Gross. Chris Chaney, Art Phillips, Glen DeBower, John Rump, Walt Haberle, Jack Kraemer and Paul Henkel.

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Mrs. Wilma Gimmestad, W.A.A. sponsor, and Trudy Nolto. 1 9 4 8 president, look over the womon's intramural plaque. One of the most constantly busy and continuous- ly growing groups on Midland's campus is the Women's Athletic Association, which participated in a multitude of activities and sports this year. Mrs. Wilma Gimmestad, professor of physical education for women, sponsors the W.A.A., which is affiliated nationally with the American Federa- tion of College Women. From February, 1947, to February, 1948, W.A.A. officers were: Ruth Berg- felder, president; Loueva Pflueger, vice-president; Trudy Nolte, secretary; Aletha Pflueger, treasurer; and Darlene Feye, publicity chairman. This winter the following new slate of officers took over for a year: Trudy Nolte, president; Aletha Pflueger, vice-president; Esther Jensen, secretary; Margaret Stoltenberg, treasurer; and Lois Stigile, publicity chairman. A new column in The Midland, entitled Squaw Scrimmages and written by Dolores Mikkelsen and Mary Ann Rueter, reported W.A.A. activities this year. These included, in part, the following: a playday for Midland coeds September 20; sponsor- ing a Homecoming parade float on the Squaw Scrimmages theme, with Shirley Snyder, Grace Roemer and Dorothy Masengarb in Indian garb; inauguration of a Modern Dance Club; sponsorship of sorority competition in tennis, softball, table tennis, basketball, badminton, volleyball and archery; and a playday for Dodge county high school girls April 10. W.AJL Council: Front row (left to right). Wcdorgrcn. A. Pflueger, Stigile, Ladine, S. Liudahl. Socond row: Splintor, Bcrgfcldor, Sancha, Nolto, Munson. Jepsen, Vopalensky, Masengarb, Willcrs. Bleuel. Third row: L. Pflueger, Elliott. Jenson, Chafin. Stoltenberg, Giffin, Ottoman, Lutzelman, Feyo.