The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1950 Page: 5 of 6
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Vanity, Slime Trackmen Expected
To Be Threats At Texas Relay Meet.
Both the varsity and the slime who took his lap in the very good
track teams are in Austin this week-
end for the Texas Relays, the out-
standing track and field meet of the
year in this section of the country.
And both should leave their mark.
The varsity will have top contenders
in several field events and relays.
Tobin Rote looks ready to throw
the javelin 200 feet, and he probably
will have to if he is going to win;
Tern McGrew will be out to gain
revenge on Bob Walters of Texas
who beat him in the high jump at
the West Texas Relays last week;
and Rice's three relay teams, the
mile relay, the sprint relay, and the
sprint medley relay will be definite
threats.
The mile relayers, Jim Hoff, Jack
Hudgins, Tom Cox, and Red Brown,
will be favored to win their special-
ty in this meet just as they will be
favored to win all of their meets
this year. Last week, they won at
Odessa with the fine time of 3:17.7
even with Brown coasting in the last
lap with a big lead. Jack Hudgins
has" been the pleasant surprise of
the year, showing steady improve-
ment, and will be a hard man to get
off the team. His time for his quar-
ter was 49.9 seconds, but the out-
standing time was that of Tom Cox
time of 47.4 seconds.
It would surprise no one if Cox
were awarded the Oustanding Per-
formance Award at the Relays as
he .plays an integral part in all the
relay events in which Rice is a
threat. He runs a good lap on the
sprint relay team composed of Cox,
Brown, Ralph Grawunder and eith-
er Drexell Vincent or Teddy Riggs—
a team which looks like it will fol-
low the UT relay team around all
year. Last week, they were timed
in 42.4 seconds, good enough to win
a lot of meets, but this week only
second to UT's 41.3.
Tommy also runs a very good
220-yard leg on the sprint medley
relay team of Brown, Cox, Hoff, and
either Hudgins ox* Otha Byrd. This
race, the finals of which will be
held today, could easily be the most
bitterly contested one of the meet, as
Rice will be out to whip the "UT
team which beat the Blue and Gray
at Odessa last week when Lowell
Hawkinson, the Steer anchorman,
turned a blistering 1:53.8 last leg to
overtake Byrd and win.
Other varsity point-getters in the
West Texas Relays were McGrew
who scored a fourth in the high
hurdles and Grawunder whose jump
Run-off Elections
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are: President, John McClane;
Vice President, Dorothy Kelly; Stu-
dent Council Representatives, Julia
Picton, Martha Hodge, Shirley Arm-
strong, and Carolyn Coy; Honor
Council Representatives, Bruce Wal-
lace and Oliver LeBlanc.
of 22 feet, 4 inches, took third in
the broad jump.
In freshmen competition, the event
in which the Slimes should shine
is the freshmen sprint medley re-
lay which will see Horton Nesrsta
and Bobby Dean running the 220's,
Billy Ed Daniels doing the 440, and
strong J. E. Franks finishing up
with the 880. Each one of these boys
is capable of doing very well, and
so, a record for them in this event
is not beyond the realm of possibility
The make-up of the other frosh
relay teams, the sprint and the mile
relays, is not known, but if it is the
same as those who ran against A&M,
Nesrsta, Bobby Allen, Dean and
Daniels will run on the sprint re-
lay and Bob Witt, Khleber Atwell,
Norman Saxer. and Daniels will run
on the mile relay.
The Slimes should sparkle in other
events, too: the 100, where Dean
has a good chance to win; the hurd-
les, where Allen is a top contender,
and the mile, where Franks and Hen-
ry Winston appear to be in fine
shape.
The organdy transparency that
speaks with perfection of Spring:
a Young Hollywood with Johnny
collar and cap sleeves . . . sizes
9-15. Showing off the inset pleats
are the white with blue, white with
red, or navy with white color com-
binations. $17.99 in Foley's Junior
Shop, 3rd Floor.
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The
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MARTIN and LOCKHART
Inramurals
It doesn't often happen that Owlookers concern themselves
with the intramural situation, neither being a participant.
But one thing has come up that deserves attention in a big
hurry.
After a talk with John Plumbley, Assistant Director of
Intramurals, several items of direct interest to quite a large
percentage of the student body came to light.
It seems that in the building of the new field house, plans
call for the tearing down of the old gym. Since the old building
isn't exactly the prettiest structure on the campus one doesn't
give a second thought to tearing it down.
That is, one doesn't think twice unless you belong to the
83'V of the student body that works in the intramural setup.
This staggering figure doesn't include girls who are now be-
coming more and more interested in sports.
A quick rundown of field-house sports show that there are
109 boys playing volleyball, 44 in table-tennis, 32 in badminton,
and 230 in basketball.
Add to this number Softball and football players, among
others, and you find that roughly 1000 male students are tak-
ing part in the RI intramural program. Any phys. ed. instruc-
tor will be quick to tell you that this is a terrific percentage.
More Space Needed
But the real story lies in the crowded conditions that the
intramurals are carried on under. During the winter months
when weather is bad and students are most interested in indoor
sports, they have the PT 100 classes, varsity and freshman bas-
ketball, and sometimes even indoor workouts for spring training
footballers to compete with for space. This means that during
the afternoon the little gym is open at 4:30 for intramurals,
and this, of course, cuts out any recreational basketball.
Coming in the winter it took 2^/4 months to crown one
basketball champion. By using more gyms better hours could
be worked, more games played in the various leagues, and even
possibly more than one "tournament" held.
This is a sad state of affairs which won't be corrected to
any great extent when the new field house is erected. By
leaving the old gym standing for intramural and recreational
purposes even more interest should be taken in student partici-
pation.
According to plans, sometime in the near future some
500 more students will be granted the privilege to enter Rice.
If 80f;< of the intake part in intramurals the facilities at the
new field house, no matter how modern and good lookin* will
be overtaxed to pitiful extent.
Of course management of 2 gyms would be a big problem,
but when something that concerns 5/6 of the student body as
vitally as intramural athletic activity it rests immediately on
the shoulders of the administration to "conjure up" a workable
scheme.
Rice Chemists
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work of the Student Affiliate Chap-
ter of the ACS.
At least 2,000 people registered at
the exhibit. They came from all over
the US and many from foreign
countries Canada, Japan, and Hol-
land have representatives at the
meeting. Dr. Naoto Kameyama, Pre-
sident of the Scientific Council of
Japan, and Professor at the Uni-
versity of Tokyo is a guest at the
home of Dr. Houston. Dr. Kameyama
and Dr. Houston met when the Rice
President visited the Far East at
General MacArthur's invitation. Dr.
Houston was believed to be a mem-
ber of a rice processing company
until he cleared up the mistake a
few days before his visit \^as over
There was a tour of the Fondrerr
&
Library and a reception and tea at
Cohen House Monday. March 27 as a
part of the Ladies' Program of the
ACS meeting. Mrs. A. D. Garrison,
Mrs. W. O. Milligan and Mrs. G.
Richter served on the Committee for
the Ladies' Program.
This is the first national pro-
gram ever held in Houston by the
seventy-four-year-old Society, and
the first in Texas since the Ninety-
fifth' national meeting in Dallas in ■
1938.
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