University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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f V Sinina Chi Jnterfraternity Track Champs Delta Tau Delta University Baseball Champs After being threatened by extermination, the Inter-fraternity council arranged for playing fields, and baseball was continued as a major intramural sport. Never in the history of the department have there been so many teams entered, and the rivalry was the very best that has held sway under the regime of Berry Whitaker. There were twenty-six fraternity teams entered, and six departmental teams. The schedule was run off in perfect order and the failure to make appearance cost the offending team a forfeiture of the game as well as a fine levied by the depart- ment. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity won the university championship, and each member of the team was presented with a gold medal as a token for the victors. The pitching of Ox Higgins and the hitting of Joe King and Gus Cook were the features of the race. Higgins was easily the best pitcher in the tournament, and he was picked on the all-university team. Both Cook and King were placed on the mythical team on their general all-round good play. The champions flashed a class of baseball that would make the average college team hustle to beat them. They were never headed, and the winning of the pennant was nothing more than was expected of so many stars. Fraternity Track The annual fraternity track meet was held by the department on the third of March; and after a hard-fought meet, featured by the lowering of a number of records, the Sigma Chi ' s won the most points. It was a thrilling meet from the spectators ' viewpoint, for there were really a number of potential stars, and a wealth of varsity material was uncovered. The dashes were won in the exceptional time of 10.1 seconds, and the field events were of a university type. Captain Rufus King of the winners showed that he had the makings of a real track star, through his great work with the weight and the discus. Every fraternity on the campus entered a team, and the champions had a hard fight before they finally nosed the other teams out by a slight margin of two points. There were a hundred and seventy-five men who participated in the events, and the interest shown was really surprising. The Kappa Sig ' s and the Sigma Nu ' s, last year champions, pushed the winners to the very end before a winning number of points were collected. The interest shown in this sport was gratifying to the department, and it will be continued as one of the major intramural activities. w LfD ini m X 7 O XIT CO 96 a- a r T TV lo C Ct -d n g° oc x-o DX XXX A- 0- X-X MO DD AX QD B- A° S- llJ- X9 33 =X D= x Page !}!

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IntraimuLral Athletics no OQ 1 n oc x-o e- c . XXX A- A Or x-x MO DD AX C ' j ' B Under the able supervision of Berry Whitaker, Intramural athletics in the University have grown two hundred per cent within the last four years. The progress made in this line of work is a tribute to Mr. Whitaker ' s ability in handling the different sports. He has worked hard and diligently in an effort to give the men students a different type of education — physical educa- tion. We take this occasion to commend the entire department in building up a great spirit of friendly competition, and we hope intramural athletics will grow in proportion to the size of our university. Boxing The boxing tournament was by far the most interesting intramural event of the year. There were large crowds on hand each night during the preliminaries and the finals, and the interest shown seems to indicate that this type of athletics will grow from year to year. This sport was open only to the departments of the University. The winners and their weights were as follows: The 115 pound class was won by P. Valdez of the engineers; G. Gottle, of the academs won the 125 pound class, and Stanley Co.x, academ, won the 135 pound class. Ben Reichert, a pre-law, won the 145 pound class; the 158 pound class was won by Johnnie Estes, academ. The 175 pound class was won by M. M. Merrick, of the engineers, and the heavy-weight champion- ship was won by Charles Reynolds, also of the engineers. Wrestling The wrestling tourney was held at the same time the boxing bouts were being run off. The tournament was held open only to the departments, and the rivalry was keen and hard-fought, with the academs winning the majority of the matches. The fighting engineers did not quite come up to their normal number of wins, but the winning of the majority of the boxing champion- ships offset the loss of points in this activity. M. L. Newsome won both the 115 pound class and the 125 pound class. He is an academic student. M. Allison won the 135 pound class after a hard-fought match — he is a pre-medic student. G. Blitch, and H. B. Phillips, both engineers, won the 145 pound class and the 175 pound class respectively. B. Eanes, aca- dem, won the 158 pound class, and R. A. Porter, of the engineers, won the heavyweight class. This marks the close of the most successful wrestling tournament ever held by the department. Ptgt If)

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w LfO mi m X y ±. r o XIT CO % B- (X r y- T n ril lo OQ CD Ct ■? -TV. a S° oc x-o DX XXX A- e- x-x MO DD AX GD B- A H- w- X9 Kappa Sigma Inlerfraternity Smmming Champs Engineers Dep ' t. Swimming Champs Fraternity Swimming The fraternity swimming meet was held at the Deep Eddy pool. There were seventeen entries with a total of ninety participants. This was the largest meet ever to be held, and there was much competition in the different events. After a hard-fought struggle with Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Theta, the Kappa Sigma fraternity won the meet. The deciding points were amassed through the winning of the relay, and through the great diving feats of the diminutive Winston Massey. Walter Howe showed great speed in winning the dashes, and Mac Burnett was a sen- sation in the backstroke. The entire team showed results of many weeks of constant prepara- tion, and the winner was never in doubt. The fraternity champions later took part in the all- University swimming meet, and again showed themselves to be a championship team. Though they did not win the meet outright, they did win a number of first places, and compared favorably with the other winning teams of the University. Departmental Swimming The departmental swimming meet was held at Deep Eddy the following week, and it was the most successful swimming competition that has ever been evidenced. Nearly every depart- ment took part in the meet, there being over a hundred contestants. Dean T. U. Taylor had his team of engineers well trained, and their condition and stamina put them in the lead from the very start. The Pre-Laws and the Academs threatened several times, but the winning of the relay and the diving put the Alecs well out in front. According to Berry Whitaker this meet was one of the best ever held, there being a great amount of interest shown. The teams showed that there had been considerable conditioning before the meet, and the stamina of some of the men was really wonderful. The diving was easily the most interesting event of the meet, and several youngsters were uncovered as potential stars. The results showed that each department won five or more points, and there was no time during the meet that the results could be ascertained. As a result of this showing, this branch of sport will be continued as a leading intramural sport in the years to come. This activity should enable the coaches of the varsity swimming team to find new material for the aquatic sport, for the records made in these meets will compare favorably with any made by the schools of the conference. The winning of this meet placed the Alecs in a position to win the departmental cup again in 1928. Page tjl