THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Second Section Page 5 =e Ss IN THE HUDDLE ? Sena we have a 20-second huddle rule in curl- 2 ing? You can well imagine the furore that would be created among the fans if-a football team took from two to five minutes every time the quarter- back called his matés intd-@ conference to decide on | the next play. Yet in curling games, such intermin- | able huddles are quite permissible and in some cases all too frequent. When the Scots - returned |Play, a skip’s indecision required chome after their last tour of |Several minutes for him to make American curling clubs, they had|up his mind. The impatient ‘only one complaint about their|Scots were not offering this ‘hosts. ‘They were irritated and |eriticism as an alibi either, for. ‘even annoyed by the endless and |their American tour was a suc- time - consuming conferences|cessful one from a_ statistical -alled by the U.S. curlers in|viewpoint. But in all fairness almost every game. In some in-|to our friends South of the Bor-| ‘stances, when it was simply alder, its hould be’ pointed out smmatter of deciding what turn tolthat in Scotland curlers play against the clock. Each game|condone the dilatory actions at is so many hours and the canny/curlers no matter how uncon- seat Wants to play as many endssclously they are committed, 1 &8 possible tor his money. Woe|must take strong exception belide any lagging skip or|the fact that many unne . Player who wastes precious sec-|liuddles are still perpetrated by onds deliberating or who hap-|the few on the many. Coupled Dens to be visiting on the next/with these, to add to the Inex- ice when it is his turn to be in|cusable waste of time in today's the hack. curling matches, is the curier’s INEXPERIENCE A catsn blissful ignorance or of refusal ; to comply with Rule Number 20 & Second contributory cause! rich states in simple unambig- can certainly be laid to inexperi- uous terms, “Each player must bes audi heralUmuet personally | faay tec play whan his tare Meee culty for aa Younes skip) owes! How = wich plainer or outer meaty, teochasty in nig [OPE direct should this state- phe) Sections! “Al Sessoms: SKID | ae syed Pat have witnessed can size up the situation quick-| | i2-end gamé that required ly as well as expertly and call -_|three and one-half hours to pales oor UE wiereas) Bie Sarees: “Ou Mtiotlies occasion greener counterpart -will S28 80/5 ior contenders, Reg “Stone of many: vevietions aba combina: |.) sic: ana sisems Wcleko? tions staring at him that like a/ 77!) : novice chess player he will fee)| Vi=nipes, completed 12 ends in > 4 y |one hour and forty-five minutes. like pondering all possible al-| ternatives till the wee hours be-| FRIENDLY CHAPS fore he feels equal to making| I know it is cruel of me to his move. These two factors|hope that the two extroverts must have contributed greatly |who now comprise the front end to creating the unfortunate im-|of my rink rend this part of the pression gathered by the touring] script. They are both such nice Scotch curlers. friendly guys with, wonderful Irrespective of any attempt to| personalities. They like people land people just naturally like eee That is why they are hait- |Way up the ice convivially chat- tering to someone in the next {sheet when jt comes their, turn to play. This routine is parti larly buoyant to the skip’s frame of mind in sub-zero weather when he is slowly freezing to death while waiting patiently at the tee, As for the long huddle ,I think that the skips and thirds, who are the chief offenders, are sublimely unconscious that their indecisiveness and slow delibera- tion are marring the enjoyment of the others. Sometime ago a clubmate of mine, who can be overly frank on occasion, told the opposing skip at the end of a long drawn - out game that terminated an hour after all other rinks had left the ice, that he- would never again play against him hecause he did not enjoy curling under such cir- cumstances. Bvidently the of- fending skip was totally oblivi- ous of his irritating slowness in play; but since that day he has speeded up the tempo of his game to satisfy even his most Scholarship Set Up By Inland Home economies students in interior B.C. will have a new scholarship available to them at the end of the 1958 high school year. Donated to the University of British Columbia by Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., the scholarship will be awarded on a year to year basis to the student chosen by the university on a basis of academic standing and personal qualities. Amount of the award is $250, which will cover first year tuition fees for the winner. Known as The Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., Scholarship in Home Economics, it will be open only to students who reside in the Cariboo, Okanagan and Deennnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnronnnnne severe critics. Should there be a rule con- trolling the length of time taken in a huddle? No, definitely not. 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