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ntramural sports always have coaching abilities gained the respect of space for games. In addition to Alumni
been an important part of such luminaries as basketball coach Gym and old Buell Armory, local high
student activity at the Adolph Rupp and football coach Bear school gyms were often enlisted for
University, but about three Bryant. scheduled play. Basketball was so
  decades ago—in the late 1940s and Whatever the reason for campus popular in intramurals that in later
I earl 1950s-the ames became almost o ularit , intramural s orts in those ears almost ever floor of the men’s
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g a way of life ID themselves. days—before television entertained dorms had a team.
` Perha s this ostwar em hasis was students—was a maior activit on Remember, too, that intramurals in
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_ because many of the returning veterans campus. Every student who could those days were mostly for male
`l had been accustomed to letting off participate did so. Although there was StudeHtS. Coeds Still wore pleated skirts
physical steam. Intramural athletics competition in many areas, the major and angora sweaters, and either
5 was a perfect outlet for that excess sports were touch football, basketball attended intramural games to watch
»l energy. and softball. Every fraternity fielded their hero of the moment or waited in
  Or perhaps the emphasis was teams. Many other organizations and the Student Union Grill until he was
l brought on by a man who was not only independent student groups were through playing. That is, we assumed
a top-flight academician, but also represented. they were waiting in the Grill. There is
bowed to no one when it came to The late Dr. William McCubbin, reason to believe that often they were at
{ recruiting and coaching intramurals- professor of physical education, was the Tavern, Rose Street Confectionary
~ Bennett H. (Doc) Wall. This respected intramural director. He ran the show or Canary Cottage with some student
professor of history also was director of with an iron hand. He utilized every bit slicker who wasn’t athletically inclined.
men’s dormitories. His recruiting and of available acreage and hardwood A g00d example of McCubbin’s
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