With the passing and signal calling of “Intramural Jim” Davies, Theta’s gridders rolled along to another near perfect season. The brothers exhibited so much spirit and fire that opponent sere often heard to say, “What do they feed those Betas to get them so fired up?” The Sig Alphs proved the only stumbling block in Theta’s charge to the league championship, but Theta defeated the surprising Chi Phi’s a second time and then on a sloppy, muddy field the Betas met and defeated a determined, but inadequate Fiji squad. This was the first time in over five years that it was not a sigma Chi vs. beta final.
Theta was a pre-season favorite to cop the volleyball crown, but after an early string of victories the bottom dropped out and a couple of points made the difference and Beta was edged out in a close race for the championship.
Beta’s success in the intramural swimming meet was largely due to an encouraging turnout of freshmen. Our neophytes took to the water like frog-men and splashed their way to third place behind some topflight competition.
Dale Rose, our all-round IM participant, stepped dripping from the swimming meet into the wrestling ring and promptly won the 137 pound title again. Dick currie found the Fuji a little too long in the finals of the 147 Ib. class, while Bruce Crittenden had his hands full keeping from being pinned by the repeating heavyweight champion.
Tom Tatham and Jim Davies combined their talents to become a formidable force in doubles competition in handball. Smashing and fighting their way to the finals, T-Square and J. D. were defeated by the defending Kappa Sig duo.
One bitter disappointment to our intramural hopes was the collapse of the “A’ bowling team. The first match against the Sig Alphs produced a team average of 173. With this, hopes rose to staggering heights. The second match was another victory over the Phi Games, Beta was on the move. The third match showed a tough, hard-rolling Sig Ep team which defeated the Betas. All was not lost yet, but the next match Tekes rolled over Beta and the Sigs fell to the Sig Eps.
Aside from their turnout in the swimming-meet, the freshmen have entered teams in volleyball, bowling and basketball. Their progress in learning to work together eventually paid off in wins in their various events. Barry Haas, a varsity letter winner in football, also chalked up points in the intramural swimming meet and dumped in points for the freshman basketball team.
Beta was second in the league in Class “A” basketball. We were undefeated until the final game when we met undefeated Sig Ep and lost in the final seconds by a single point. Credit goes to Ted Clarke who played a magnificent game on the boards.
Beta still has her eye on the all year trophy.
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