- lohn I. RAdcliffe weather also came spring softball. The small clubs that won softball trophies were: King's Men "A" and "B," and Theta Tau "C" team. Big clubs saw Bucs win "A" and Sub-Twin "8" . Kappa Sigs took both "C" and "0 " team trophies. With the return of school in th fall came fall softball. Knights started the new semester off with a bang by winning both "A" and "C" competition and Theta Tau captured the "8" team title for the small club division. In the big club scene , Sub-T took "A" team, but Titans laid claim to both "8" and "e" team softball titles. As the trees turned colors the clubs began to fight fo r foot ball supremacy. The hitting was hard but in the end King's Men had won small club "A" and Knights had wrestled away championships in both "8" and "C' divisions. On the big level, 8 ucs won "A", Kappa Sigs won "8" and "C ' and Titans won "0 " team trophies. When softball season was over and the weather go t colder it was time to move inside and play volleyball. King's Men was ready for the move indoors as they captured "A", "8", and "E" team championships. Kappa Tau won "C" and Theta Tau won "0 " spots. On the big club level, TNT won bo th "A" and "F" team trophies. Galaxy took "8" and Titans won "e. " Sub T fought their way to the championships in both "0 " and "E" division titles. As the weather took a turn for the colder, it was time for club basketball . Titans took the other big club teams winning "A", "8", "D" and "G" team championship. Kappa Sigs won "e" and "F" and 8ucs won "E" team championships. In the small ,club division , Theta Tau won the "A" team championship and Kappa Tau and King's Men divided the other divisions. Kappa Tau took both "8" and "C" and King's Men won "0" and "E" championships. With the conclusion of basketball , this marked the end of competition for 1983-84. And once again at least 85 percen t of the male students participated in intramurals. 16 1. Darryl Webb of King 's men drives in fo r a layup against Theta Tau . 2. Stephen Holloway of Kappa Tau delivers the ball to the plate . J . Sub-T takes timeout to discuss strategy in a "D" team football game . 4. Titan quarterback, Cary Daniel, drops back as the defense blitzes. The Deqicated Man Cecil Beck jokes w ith TOllY Daugherty over Daugherty 's officiating during hal/- time 0/ a basketball game. If you stay up late enough at night, you just might be lucky enough to see someone dragging the softball field, mowing the football field or putting messages on the men's intramural board after a 10:30 game in order to have the next day 's schedule up before chapel. Cecil Beck is the man. He began his 31st year with Harding in the fall of 1983 as the men's intramural director. Beck, along with his four intramural assistants, John Shelton, Scotty Valentine, Darrell Webb and Mark Weeks, have had the responsibility for fulfilling the athletic needs for the male students in dub and in tramural programs. The entire program is dedicated to the ideal that one who participates should be a better Christian for hav ing done so. "Failure in this denotes failure to achieve a major objective of the program," said Beck. Some of the responsibilities that Beck has include scheduling and posting men's games, preparing the fields for play, taking care of the equ ipment, totaling the number of points for the competitors and jacket earners and taking care of business in the old gym. The greatest change in the intramural program in the past 25 years has been the levels of participation. "Several years ago no one would have ever thought of having a C or D team," commented Beck . "Now it isn' t uncommon to have a F or even a G team in basketball or volleyball. The increase in participation has been due to the increased enrollment as well as the interest in the program. " "A Sport for Every Man and Every Man in a Sport ," has been the guiding theme of the program. "Everyone is encouraged to participate," said Beck. 'The program exists both for the beginner and for the expert." " - Brent Alexander Men's Intramurals 83
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