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The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, October 7, 1968
Intram
urals b
oosted by student interest
Editor's Note This is the
third in a five-part series on
the University's intramural
department.
by Mark Gordon
Sports Editor
Strong student interest in
University intramurals has
been the program's biggest
asset, according to Joel
Meier, intramural director.
In assessing the in
tramural's strengths, Meier
said the University is in a
unique position since interest
at Nebraska is more than the
department can handle.
"MANY SCHOOLS have to
drum up support, but we have
more participants than we
can accommodate," he said.
- Meier noted that h i s
Master's thesis showed that
more than 91.4 per cent of
University fr aternity
members had participated in
at least one intramural ac
tivity sometime during their
college years.
Big Eight
Summary
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Games Nut Saturday
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Iowa Stale at Kansaa Btata
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Colorado at Missouri
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Tennis clinic
to help Biafra
A tennis clinic and exhibi
tion match to raise funds for
starving Biafrans will be held
at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on t h e
University tennis courts
between the Coliseum and
Men's Physical Education
Building.
Rudolph Nah Roberts,
coach and captain of the
Liberian Davis Cup Team,
will conduct the event which
is open to all University
students and faculty.
A special exhibition match
will feature Roberts against
William Roehrs, top-ranked
player on the University ten
nis squad.
The thesis, completed in
1964, also showed that more
than 80 per cent of fraternity
men competed in at least one
intramural sport during the
1963-64 academic year.
"I would estimate that
between 80 to 85 per cent of
the dormitory residents also
compete in at least one in
tramural sport each year," he
said.
He also estimated that
between 7-8,000 students
participated in intramurals
last year.
Interest is highest in team
activities such as football and
basketball, b u t individual
sports such as table tennis
and basketball free throws
also are popular, Meier
reports.
The wide diversity of sports
offered at the University is
also a strong point, Meier
said. Twenty-six sports rang
ing from horseshoes to
volleyball are available dur
ing the academic year.
"WE ARE also gaining
variety in our program with
such special interest groups
like karate, fencing and scuba
diving," he said.
Meier credited the
intramural team managers
from all organizations for
doing an exceptional job in
boosting University
intramurals.
He said the new Intramural
Advisory Council, composed
of six students, has helped
develope better relations
between the students and the
intramural administration.
The Council makes recom
mendations on problems and
offers suggestions on methods
to improve the University's
intramurals.
The erouD is also learning
some of the problems of ad
ministering the program ana
the a d m inistrators are
benefiting from obtaining the
students' desires, Meier saw.
Although the officiating is
not perfect, Meier said the
student referees are providing
better officiating than in past
"WE STILL have some
poor refs, but most of them
have improved our games
and have a good knowledge
of the rules," he said. He ad
ded that the referee's wage
of $2 per game is above
average when compared to
other school's salary for in
tramural officials.
He noted that the referee's
clinic, held prior to the start
of each sport, has reduced the
number of severity of injuries
since only three serious in
juries occurred during flag
football season last fall.
Other factors contributing
to the lack of injuries were
the presence of an intramural
trainer at all events to assist
the injured and the use of
a state station wagon to take
injured students to Student
Health.
Next The weaknesses of
the intramural program
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PHOTO BY DAN LADELY
Discussing upcoming intramural games are University intramural Director Joel
Meier, right and Ray Chatfield, assistant director.
Sports car rally
set for Oct. 26
A hare and hound sports
car rally sponsored by the
University Sports Car Rally
Club will be held at an un
determined site Oct. 26.
A uh sDokesman said the
race couse will be determined
one-half hour before the meet
starts when a lead car places
markers about two-tenths of
a mile from each intersection
on the course, fcacn anver
will then follow the markers
to the end of the course, but
if a driver chooses the wrong
street at the intersection, he
must return to the intersection
and drive until he picks the
street with the marker.
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