Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

Page 24 text:

he-W - ery lk Q .giv - s.g--,....,-u.zwef- TT , '+a,..e.-.A-:si L. ,.-:..f-. --- The annual spring football pair-off between the first and second string varsity teams ended spring training on the normal optimistic note. The scrimmage left most spectators with a favorable outlook for the coming season as both the first string offense and defense consistently, if not spec- tacularly, picked their counterparts into managable mouthfuls. As in the past rushing plays formed the vast majority of the team's repertoire, with passing relegated to a secondary fno pun intendedl role. Predictably the starters looked good against a group of primarily sophomores and freshmen, but the questions in every fan's mind dealt with how they would fare against some of the pow- ers ofthe MAC.

Page 23 text:

The other facilities at WMU are in od condition and have room for nd sized crowds, yet are not used to sir fullest extent. Read Fieldhouse th seating for eighty-nine hundred the only building that comes close filling for basketball games and thing else. Oakland Gym, where my of the women's athletic sports ents are held has never seen ough people to create more noise an the team itself as they go on to ztory. lt is questioned why, with such nited spectator interest, the ath- ,ic department gets new facilities ffore the hard pressed College of ne Arts for example, which is the stest growing yet, least equipped campus. One answer is that the ree athletic improvements fRecre- ion Building, Kanley Track, im- ovements on Waldo Stadiuml were r the three strongest sports on mpus, track, football, and hockey. ecause of the basicly unused seat- g added to Waldo Stadium the old ack was tom out and then of course eeded replacing. The hockey team npposedly needed a closer and bet- . 'Q A- 1 Q Q Q ffl.. ll - Y Q if 5, ' .. y- - l , v xxx s ning, .- X3 ter place to play than the Kalamazoo Ice Arena. Another answer was that these additions were planned before the College of Fine Arts was even started 119721 and therefore had been planned and financed before its es- tablishment. The last reason given was that the athletic department is self-supporting and basketball, foot- ball and hockey draw enough to keep it that way and one way to do it is to give them facilities in order to keep the money rolling in. All in all Westem's athletic facili- ties are in fine shape. Only the spo1'ts themselves in most instances are lacking in support from the students and if enough publicity is given to these sports possibly they too will generate most interest and garner more of the headlines. The other fa- cilities are used as follows: Gary Cen- ter, men's physical education, intra- muralsg Oakland Field, women's field hockey, women's physical edu- cationg Haymes Field, baseball, Goldsworth Field, soccer, and the I.M. Fields. All outdoor intramural sports are frequently used by West- ern's Athletic Department, both var- sity and intramural level and all of them deserve the support of West- ern's students.

Page 25 text:

,kfifffwff - WM, ' ' 4 wi'fJ?7?1 S1fM'-f Wv.. .- 1.Qgs,., 1 , ,,,:ff-qfxas-ru V N -,J1.Qlf.-Q .- 7,2 V ': -. J ' -1!'L1'hfVP54-'f7f? : ' -9' V 4 3 ',Q!5',f,'iw':.jig:'1 1. F1 'f 4: .1 ,' 1'f0'.-07 312+ x ,V ' T w 'I ,ty -,.wy:i,1,, Wx, I ul 5, ,t:.5, :,5,,5....23 , :fy '- , ' .gf--ggi--' 511 '1 ' fi ji? . 'V '51, , 2, rg... QQ-..,,.,g.,,wx A - f EU 0-.,w, ,,+'f?'l'F?: ' .4 ,xg .. . UQ-5 1 - .'..v - ...., ' ' '5Jf:j:.sg1:-.f- Au' , 1, ' 1 my-2 xy: , fx-- -15 a,:,gg4,Q,,i2:.-,fiviafflif 'Lf , , w 41,.f:' ZU1ffUg:5iig5f5f7ri ' ' +1 1 wi, , no ra fx ,yn 75 VV' . ' 'ii-if ' Q M '.j -1 f -- 'Wkqh :T , . we . ,,,,4,1,,. . ,Lg . v,:f,,A .S . J iq, f - war:-2-as-V ff: -mg ff 25.2 - 1 N ' if ::':ffrw,, -. 1 nah-d wg-L.--an -3417-1-:f 11 .-, ggi? 1-.L-535-:gig x ,F - - I. ' g'J4:- --ax-F' - 4 6 '- N752 'QR ,Q 1 1. X - M -- ,.ff,,H,,-'fwf N , ' 71+-fl 1En.':7?9f'51fCii5i.'JA ' ., Qe:?zf '1 ,- - 1: : ,. ' 1. Y. Q-,1.,f- ww, ,. 'Q' ,, ' ' Nawf, 'Q' nm' .- 4ff5-ff:Fuef1- , + 3 ' . ggi? . ..,m,5g.,.3 -- A H .. 'Sum - ,N f-wmv Nhwxg. FeD!.,.,1.. W,-.-V1 Y -- . 3011- . ' -mmm: V-vga. I Y 41 sh, iiimr' J- Ifffip 'A .. . -- W ' ,.., if-'flirfi-21:1 my T' , . -6211 - ve.,avu,Q3?.igfwA- -V ' V ' ' T 1: - , - : , .,, ni 1 91-33W5q5:: Q .,,gWE - ,, f 5' 'ffm 'ILQ3 . K- . . r , Wg, vw -44, WW'