Jim John Jim John Jim John Jim John Jim John Jim John =Qee excluding only the students cut for that varsity sport. Competitive units in the various sports are dovermined by the age level. However, in box- ing the determinant is woight. In tennis, track and horseshoes there is no classification, John, your intramural track reet is always very interesting. The intramural treck mect is one of the outstanding school events. The two men's dormitories compete against each other. The results are usually very close. Last year the difference between the winner and loser was only 4 points! Yes, I remember that and all the enthusiastic schoolmates yelling for their dorm teamse John, I was rather interested in what you named the "open basketball tournament", Just how does it work and what is its purpose? In the fall, immediately after football season, we have what we call our "open elimination basketball tournament." i411 boys at Haskell Institute may compete with any team to determine a Haskell champion. A team is permitted to play as long as they lose only one game. After a loss they are automatically eliminated. The tournament serves a dual purpose; first, it gives the boys a chance to compete with a group of their own selection; secondly, it gives the basketball coach an opportunity to get a line on varsity materiale Boys showing sbility in this tournament are invited to check out for varsity basketballs If they accept this invitation then they may not compete in the regular intramural tournament. Sounds like a good idea. Are there any other sports that command a great deal of student interest? Yes, Boxing, both as an intramiral and versity sport, attracts not only e great deal of student interest, but also o high percentage of student participation. Usually before our varsity boxing s®%son begins we con= duct an intramural tournatnent to determine the champions in the various weight divisions. These champions usually form the mucleus for our var« sity boxing team. I know the Haskell Indian boxins teams are generally regarded very highly. Does your intramral boxing tournament help you in selecting successful candidates for the boxing team? Yes, It gives the ccach the opportunity to see the boys in action and know of their possibiis#ties. We've been very fortunate at Haskell in having « coach who has been able to make use of and develop boys who were eliminated in the intramurals, to a degree of skill which surpassed that of the intramural champion. a Well, what success does the Haskell boxing team enjoy? The boxing team has been more successful than our other teams. To what do you attribute their success, John? For one thing, the coaching has been goods Another reason for our success is that the competition in boxing is on a classified basis according to