Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

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INTRAMURAL o 0 l.l.17J I -' 'I.,.,,.,y Lf , I J , 5. c f lv would become the sure-passing combination, Tatala to Ortman, that aided. in the winning of several hard fought varsity games. In all probabilities had it not been for the opportunity for presenting skills and ability offered by the intramural program Coach would not be able to point with pride to the un- blemished victory list that is now his. Intramural football at Slippery Rock has long since been graduated from the experimental stage, and now occupies leadership in fall sport activities on the campus with the exception of the varsity team. Its history is packed with memorable incidents of hard fought battles, bitter victories and acrid losses. Intense rivalry characterizes every game in intramural competition, yet good sportsmanship always predominares. The greatest single advance in intramural football came in the past year when the college initiated its policy of furnishing equipment to the players. This important function of the system has been gradually developed until today equipment room for the class games resembles the plant of a large university. It is fighting spirit that has brought intramural football out of the obscurity that enshrouded it in earlier days into the limelight of campus popularity.

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0 0 MEN'S LL 19 '50, Everyone who so desires plays football at Slippery Rock. One might have distinctive qualifications and so merit a coveted position on the varsity squadg or perhaps he might not have marked ability, and so confines his talent to the intramural football league. Under the direction of Archie Dodds this plan is nothing more than an arrangement whereby players on the teams in the league are afforded an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the game without fear of embarrassment. The following spring and fall they are given the chance to display the results of their experienceg if worthy they are asked to join the varsity, if not, it is suggested that they return to the intramural league for further improvement. Many potential varsity players have been unearthed in intramural competition, later to become Slippery Rock stars of the gridiron. Can you give proper recognition to the intramural circles when we unveil the mystifying news that four regulars on Coach Thompson's champion grid eleven could have been found just a year ago giving their services to the Sophomore class? And who would have thought that the passing combination that won the 6-O victory over the juniors to decide the intramural championship,

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A A W. A. A. EXECUTIVE CABINET First Row: Bloomfield, Haines, White, Kuhen. Second Row: Aiken, 0'Brien, Wetter, Compton. Third Row: Gough, Walker, Burgess. WOMEN'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Women's Athletic Association is made up of girls who are interested in all types of athletics, and it aims to encourage co-operation, loyalty, fair play, and good sportsmanship among the participants. The membership this year was 125. In order that games may be on a more equal basis, we are divided into two groups: the college girls and the health education girls. There are many ways by which we may secure points toward the awards offered by the club. The fall sports in which we indulge are tennis, hiking, golf, archery, soccer, field ball, and hockey. The climax of our hockey season this year was the trip to Pitt, made by the Green and the White W. A. A. teams. The Green squad defeated the Pitt aggregation by a score of 3-2. The White lineup and the Slippery Rock Alumni tied with a score of 2-2. The winter activities, which leave us mere skeletons CPD, are basketball, volleyball, handball, and apparatus. CSome of us go ice-skatingj In the spring we frolic on the tennis courts, the baseball diamond, and the track field. Swimming is the all-year-round sport now. Besides our athletic program, we presented a moving picture in the chapel, preceded by a brilliant stage show under the direction of Alice White. Another event of importance to the W. A. A. members was the Annual Spring Party, considered a howling success by those who attended.