INTRAMURAL SPORTS Participation was high MAVI S Baldwin gels se t 10 make the tackle as Jerry Figgins gUides hard running Texan Wayman Epp toward him. Hapless Tennessee won no games but mode opponents eorn victories. 144 • every intramural event Although Intramural Sports Director Ceci l Beck had accepted the added responsibil ities of Dean of Men, he was still able to plan and direct one of the bes t intramural sports programs in recent years. It is largely due to his dili gent e ffort s that Harding is able to have one of th e finest intramural athle tic programs in any Amer ican college. Probably the most attractive part of the intramural sc hedule was ta ckle football. Shortly after school began in the fall , some 50 pl ayers began training for the four game schedule. Four temns were fashioJlrd from the playe rs. Playe r -coach Cu rry Peacock led hi s Oklahoma Sooners through a n undefeated season. John McCoy's Arkansas tea m battled the Sooners to a 0 to 0 tic in th e school championship, but Peacock's lcanl won because of an ca rli er 12 to 0 victory ovrr th e Razorbacks. Cli [f Boatri ght passed to Bruce Burton for th e decid ing tou chdown in th e East's upset of t he \Nest, 14 10 8. Walt Nelms coac hed the Eas tern Conference team 111 the All-Star class ic SelECTED as Outstanding Bock in the Bison AllSlor game, Cliff Boatright loined Arkansos ofter slorl of season and quarterbacked Hogs 10 second place and a 0 to 0 tie with school champions Oklahoma. EYES FIXED on pay·dirt, end John McCoy (13) desperately tries 10 shake Ranold Kersh, bu t Clifford Sharp (35) lunges to aid his team· mo te. Eastern AII·Slars won this post· season encoun ter, 14 to 8.
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