Men taking the small club trophy. Spring softball quickly followed track and field. The competition was very intense, every team playing above and beyond its capability. The small club winners were King's Men, Theta Tau and Knights "A", "8" and "C", respectively_ Titans won "A" and "0 " team championships with Kappa Sigs taking "B" and "C" in the large club division. When the students returned after a restful summer vacation, fall softball was on the minds of everyone. After a few club practices it was time for the clubs sports program to high gear. The fall season began a new way for clubs to win trophies. No longer would there be an All-Sports Trophy but instead a trophy for every champion in every sport , thus reducing the intensity of club competition. Another major change was the move from two club The program is great. You can compete on both the club and intramural level. - Allen Diles divisions to three . The divisions were as follows: Big clubs-Alpha Tau , Bues, Kappa Sigs, Sub T , Titans and TNT; Intermediate clubs-Chi Sigs, Galaxy, Kappa Tau , King's Men, Knights and Theta Tau; Small clubsAlpha Kappa Omega, AGO , Alpha Omega, Beta Phi , Lambdas , Pikes, School of Biblical Studies and Sig Tau. With these changes it was hoped that sports would be fun again and not do or die as it had been before the changes. Fall softball was the first sport where the new divisions were used. Titans showed their muscle by winning "A", "8" and "C" big club championships with Sub T taking the "0" team trophy. In the middle or intermediate division Knights won the "A" and "C" championships and Theta Tau won the "B" team trophy. In the small clubs AGO won "A" and Beta Phi won "8 ". As the trees turned their majestic colors, Harding's flag football season started. This year there was a new opponent besides the clubs , the weather. The "Arkansas Monsoon" season began after the first week of club football . It rained and rained and rained. In between the down pours games were played. After two weeks of rain the ground was so saturated that playing was nearly impossible so games were postponed. Still it rained and the ground conditions went from bad to worse. It was decided that in order to finish before volleyball started, the games had to be played. Seven football championships were played in the "1984 Searcy Mud Bowl." After the teams wallowed for 40 minutes the following teams emerged mud soaked b.ut champs; big club "A" champs were Bues with Titans capturing the "B" team and Sub T taking the "C" team. Theta Tau won both intermediate club championships and Beta Phi won both small club championships. As the mud froze it was time to move indoors to play volleyball, where the clubs were protected from the eliments. Alpha Tau won big club "A", "8" and "e" championships with Titans winning "D" team. TNT won "E" team and Sub T won "F" and "G" team championships. Galaxy won "A", "e" and "D" medium size club championships with Kappa Tau winning "B" and King's Men "E" team championship. Lambdas won both small club trophies. Titans dominated the big club basketball court winning "A", "8". "e", "0", "E" and "G" team championships. Kappa Sigs captured the "F" team trophy. Theta Tau won the "An team championship in the intermediate club division with Kappa Tau taking "8", "e" and "0" and Galaxy won "E" team. AGO won small club "A" and Lambdas won "B" team championship. The completion of basketball play marked the end of the intramural competition for the 1985 Petit Jean. The program under went two major changes but was still physically sound with more clubs winning than ever before. ~ Explanations. Randy Smith tells Rod Teague how he missed the ball. - photo by Matt Wissinger. Sharing Responsibility New to the club sports program for men in the fall of 1984 was the Men's Club Sports Council composed of the Athletic Director of each men's social club on campus. For several years, Cecil Beck had considered organizing such a council to share in the governance of the club sports for men but the intensity in the spring of 1984 of recurring problems between a few clubs resulted in its fall implementation. The Council worked with Beck as the faculty sponsor in formulating the rules that regulated the club competition, thereby giving clubs direct input into what was done . The Council determined the condi· tions for eligibility to participate, recommended the changes in policy, and determined the disciplinary action for any violation of the rules. The Council met before the season began for each club sport, reviewed the policies for that sport , and informed the men's clubs of the poliCies. At the beginning of the fall semester, the Council elected Steve Hunter of Kappa Sigs to serve as president for the academic year and David Kent of Bucs to serve as vice president. A quorum was set at twothirds of the athletic directors and throughout 1984-85 a quorum was present at every meeting. Athletic directors were urged to confer regularly with their respective clubs regarding poliCies so that each director could speak for his club and not just for himself. Beck commented, "This has been a great year in club sports. The Council has done a very effective job and the clubs have responded favorably to the new system. The Council has removed almost all the headaches I experienced with club sports and has greatly reduced instances of unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of a few. If an athlete or club as a whole violates the rules and needs disciplining, the offender must now appear before the Council rather than just me. Also, if a club wants to add a new sport to the club program, the club must now gain the approval of the Council and this has improved my relationship with the clubs. This has been a great year in club sports and I wish that I had im· plemented the Council years ago. " For 30 years Beck made all the decisions himself and personally excercised all the discipline in the program although he did occasionally seek the advise of others; but it was his decision and "he took the heat" for it. The outstanding intramural and club program at Harding today stands as a dy· namic tribute to Cecil Beck who completed this year 31 years as the intamural director. He stated that as long as he is the director, he will keep the Council. ~ Men's Intramurals 161
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