Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

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Cowboys Star in Greek Tragedy 24 Student Life

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Students Cram for Difficult Subjects Spades and Ping Pong tournaments have become a tradition at Sul Ross. The games have been played at the SUB for years, but the participation reached a high in 1975. This was the year of the First Annual Spades and Ping Pong tournaments. During that year, students were known to cut classes not because they did not want to go, but because they were in the middle of a “hot game”. Others spent three or four hours playing without a break. It appeared that the majority of students knew how to play one of the games. If not, he or she learned quickly for they were often recruited to complete a team. Someone even went so far as to make a list of courses needed to complete a degree in Spades. The trend is dying, but there are still the “old faithfuls” hanging on to the traditiion. Student Life 23

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In the spirit of good sportsmanship and good natured rivalry the Rodeo Team challenged the combined TKE and AKL fraternities to a football match, the Greeks rose to the challenge in this same spirit and the first Cowboy-Greek game was born. There may have been a touch of avarice mixed in with the sportsmanship somewhere, as the game was intended as a money raising event for the three organizations. The game was played in four fifteen minute quarters by the intercolligiate rules, with high school referees officiating. The players wore full pads. The cowboys dominated the first half with a score of 21-6. The Greeks came back in the second half scoring an additional twenty points. It was a case of too little, too late, however, for the opposition matched the twenty points to end the game with a 41- 26 victory for the Rodeo team. Student Life 25