University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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Starting during the first week of lectures intramural continued till the Qth of April with the finishing of softball. Over -ll clubs competed fully in this yeai s program with many teams entered for only one or two events. VVith 20 sports to arrange Intra- mural Director Dick Penn had a tough time fitting them into a working schedule. 'Winners of the Intra-murals for the 1950-51 seasons was Redshirts. They entered teams in every event and although not very often top team in any event they were al- ways amongst the trip three. Intramural consisted of volleyball, golf, swimming, soccer, cross coun- try racing and table tennis. Qther sports were basketball, bad- minton, skiing, boxing, wrestling. gymnastics, track and field, touch football, and softball. Leading the volleyball series was Kappa Sigma Fraternity, last year's winners of the trophy. They beat out Phi Delta Theta in the finals. Engineers led all the way in the cross country, followed closely by Physical Education. Over 500 par- ticipated in the cross country, which was won by Termites last year. Table tennis, which was held on two nights was won by Fort Camp. They made a clean sweep when Norm Richards and Bruce McKay, both Fort Campers, played off for the individual championship. In the doubles the Fort Camp team i'Four major intramural sports are repre- sented by the pictures on this page. From top to bottom, volleyball, boxing, cross country and touch football. 122

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awiiy Swimmew On op year because of the large ratio of new men. No small part was played by Manager Bob Walker, who as an assistant to Whittle did an excellent job. DUAL MEETS Grays Harbour Iunior College .,.... 31 UBC 45 Vancouver YMCA .,...,..........,ss.. .,.. 2 6 UBC 40 Western Washington .cs... s.,, 2 4 UBC 51 Eastern Washington , ..s. .,,. 2 O UBC 61 Washington Frosh .,.scss ,,,, 4 O UBC 33 Western Washington rsscc .,sl 3 6 UBC 54 Gregon State College ssss...sss.s,s,,,...,s 60 UBC 32 TTRIANGULAR MEETS Washington Huskies ss..s,s...ssss,sc. -, .c........ .s.., 7 Z UBC ...,t.C.ss,s..,,,.s.ss,....ssssss s,,.., 2 0 Western VVashington CC........,CCC...............,....sssss.,ss.,,,.ss,s..,- 13 EVERGREEN CONFER ENCE MEET UBC .....sss.....s..scssss..,,scs 1 .sss.......,s...,....sssscc.......,.,.,......,sss..ss.,.. 76 Western Washington c...,, ..... 5 5 Eastern Washington ......,...sssC..ss..c1,,cs..,,...,ss..sss...... . s......... 44 Lack of talent resulted in Varsity's fem finmen engaging in only three meets during this year. , In their first meet. the splashers were thumped by a score of 49-7, thanks to the Vancouver Y torpedoes. All this, in spite of the efforts of Dianne Iohnson, Anne Winter and Margaret-Ann Henninger, who sparked the Thunderettes. The last named copped a bronze medal for UBC at the Provincial Championships later in the year. The Victoria Y edged the locals in the Ornamental Swimming Tourney, which saw last year's individual winner, Maureen Bray, only being able to capture a third place for Varsity. i'Swimmers practice leg kicking at side of pool. Swimmers com- plete fourth year of competition in Evergreen Conference as well as outside meets with University of Washington Huskies. cv'-fi. 1 14 ,C-L 1ii.Y 5 ' T, ' '.,n i 7-in i'At left, Pete Lutzig, Ubyssey Sports writer, looks as if he has three sets of teeth. Lutzig was standout on the team. He wrote swimming copy for Totem. i' Below, graduate works out with finners, but he was not allowed to participate in conference. --i-QQ ,, y 'E . 1 w -' V' 47-sri , 'ge 121

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N 1 ' ..., zz z . i'Over 300 men started in the cross country race which was won by Engineers. They were followed closely by the Physical Education enfree. cllnira ura go allzeacl aa Jeecfalziria 'win defeated the Meds. In golf the Phi Delts lost the trophy to Phi Gamma Delta. The Fiiis ran almost par throughout the entire course. Soccer was one of the last sports to finish up with Delta Upsilon and Betas in the finals. Touch football, which was added this year, was captured by Kappa Sigma. They heat out the Phi Delts in the finals. Biggest upset in the events this year was the New- man Club winning the basketball series. Team members were Linsley McCormack, Neal Kelly, Tilly Briggs, Tom Crain and Erwin Knight. Other members of the team were Archie and Angus Currie, Cal Murphy, Leo Scofield and Armound Paris. They defeated the Betas 20 to 16. Redshirts got 49 points when they walked off with badminton championship. Wilmer of the event was Bob Pierson with another engineer, Bill Stallard, run- ning second. ln the doubles the Engineers beat out the Chinese Varsity Club. The only tie this year was in swimming. Both the Physical Ed. and DU entries received 28 points. Individual champion of the ski meet held on Grouse mountain was VOC'er Pat Duffy. Meet championship, however, went to the Engin- eers. i'BasketbalI was one of the main sports in the intramual setup this year. A 'kAbove, Forestry and FE tangle in one of the games. Winners of the series was the Newman Club. Varsity Boy for 1950-51 was Paul Nichols. He captured more events in the Boxing than any other entry. VVinners of the boxing and wrestling was the Newman team with Kappa Sigmas as runnerups. 123