278 Talk About 7 Men's Intramurals Director Beck Leads Men's Intramurals H A sport for every man and every man in a sport" was the guiding concept of the men's intramural athletic program. Cecil Beck, director of the program for 28 years, worked untiringly to make the program the best possible. He began in the summer re· conditioning the intramural athletic fields that had been used heavily during the spring of 1980 and revi si ng the men 's intramural spo rts manual. "The intramural sports program at Har· ding University is designed to give all students an opportunity to participate in a variety of recreational activities," stated Beck. "The entire program is dedicated to the ideal that one who participates should be a better Christian for having done so. When we fail in this, we have failed in ac· complishing a major objective of the pro· gram. " Beck, who was an outstanding high school athlete in Pennsylvania, enrolled at Harding when there was no intercollegiate athletic program. He was greatly influenced by M. E. "Pinky" Berryhill who was chairman of the Physical Education Department and director of the intramural program at that time. The influence of Coach Berryhill made a very strong impact upon Beck, especially in the emphasis that should be placed on sportsmanship. "Those who participated in any of the activities will be expected to display true sportsmanship at all times ," emphasized Beck. "A student who finds himself unable to participate in the program without con· stant complaining or other unsportsmanlike conduct will be asked to discuss his problem with the director. Fai lure to conform to an acceptable degree of sportsmanship will render the st udent ineligible for further par· ttclpation In any given activity. Unsports· manlike conduct toward an official will not be tolerated. " Students were used to officiate games. Because the program was very extensive, Beck relied heavily upon student assistants in directing the program. He attended many of the games, especially the games where rivalry was keen . His impartial enforcement of the rules for sportsmanship earned him the respect of all participants. His require· ment that student assistants and officials be given proper respect added an important educational value to the program. The keenest competition and highest level of enthusiasm came in the competition bet· ween the men's social clubs. To facilitate the greatest measu re of participation, some clubs fielded "A," "B," "C," "D," and "E" teams in some sports. Several hundred fans came to watch some of the club games, especially champ'ionship games. A new feature of the 1980·81 school year was the "pot luck" softball tournament. Big and small clubs played against each other according to "pot luck" draw. "This event was very success ful," said Beck, "and it promoted good will among all clubs and helped small and big clubs to get acquainted." Titans won this event. Club sports activities included softball, flag football, basketball, volleyball, swimming, and track and fie ld. A host of in· dividual events increased the number of ac· tivities to more than 40. In track and field, Titans was the large club champion and Knights was the small club champion. In club swimming, TNT was the large club champion and Theta Tau was the small club champion. In club softball, big clubs had four diviMen's Intramurals -Ktn~/I .. sions. TNT won the"A" division, Sub·T the "B" and "D" divisions, and Kappa Sigma the "C" division. Small clubs had three divisions with King's Men winning the "A" division, Theta Tau the "B" division, and "Knights the "c" divison. In club basketball, the big clubs had five divisions. Titans won both the "A" and "B" divisions, Kappa Sigs won the "c" division, and Sub-T won the "D" and "E" divisions. In small club basketball, there were four divisions with the CCP men win· ning the "A" division, Knights the "B" and "c" divisions, and King's Men the "D" division. To encourage as wide participation as possible by all the men in all the sports, all sports awards were presented in club com· petition. In the big club divi sion, TNT received the award for the .. A" division and Sub·T won the "B," "C," and "0" divisions. In small club competition, Knights won the "A," "B," and "e" divisions and Knights and King's Men tied for the "D" division. In large club flag football, TNT won the ..A" division with Sub-Twinning the" B," "C," and "D" divisions. In small club flag football, Theta Tau won both the "A" and "B" divisions. In individual competition, Don Skinner won the horseshoe singles championship and Mark Copeland and Steve Ulrich won the horseshoe doubles championship. Steve Carter was the intramural handball singles champion for the second year and Carter teamed with Mike Neelin to win the hand· ball doubles championship. Winning the intramural three-man basketball championship was the team of Jimmy Allen, Steve Mars, and Marty
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