https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/files/original/24a1f13ded5bcd147947ed26bb47f941.pdf 907b53565f749e49c28ea86c935b7dcf PDF Text Text THE UNDECIDED TOURNAMENT Brad Morton The ball has been bounced, passed, kicked, and controlled many a time before on many a different floor for many a different tournament under many a different coach. And each time the pace has quickened un­ til the entire audience was frenzied to the state where colors and screams are no longer sufficient to satisfy their much too anxious, jealous, and greedy spirits. However, as the ball has been blurred by the speed with which the players have handled it, so too has it slowed to a dismal loft and thud while the assembly thinned to a scanty few. The glorious but vain trophies are toted away and put on display for all to see, but the players have returned to the sweat and callouses of labor only to await the sum­ mons of another play-off. This evening (evening is assumed for there seems to be no clock in this gymnasium) I sit at the mid-court watching the climatic action of the tournament. Although there is no posted bracket or schedule, everyone is confident this is the final minutes of the last game. The game is a see-saw battle as number 4 leads his Councils quite well against number 5O’s Independents. These two centers have been taking the majority of the shots all game, although 4 has been a little more suc­ cessful than 50. 50’s teamates seem a little more than stubborn about throw­ ing him the ball, while number 4’s crew instinctively focuses on its post man. Inversely, the Independent leader is very sharing with the ball, while the “quad” is a greedy maniac. At the moment the Councils have had great success with the particu­ lar play. The ball is moved into the lower right corner on a sneak play which has been meeting plausive success. The applause seems to be the goal of each team, and this is of course directly proportional to the number of people sitting on my left or on my right. No clock ticks off remaining time, nor have I heard a buzzer denote marked periods of time. Although the players never seem to tire, time­ outs are frequent. The Independents call time out every four minutes so that they might decide whether to maintain confidence in their present coach while the Councils change guidance only when his strategy begins to fail. Time has just been called back in and suddenly the tempo is quick­ ening with every second! Every man is making his moves with more pre­ caution and sharper intensity! The ball is now thundering against the floor with a deafening rapidty! Suddenly the crowd has risen to its feet, and it seems certain the ball will explode under the pressure!!! Oh Lord, I pray that it is filled with only hot air. —12— � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Print magazine story Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "The Undecided Tournament" Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/</a> The Casper College Archives has archived this story to encourage the use of its Expression Literary Arts Magazines for digital humanities and other related educational uses. Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1964 Description An account of the resource Story published by Brad Morton in the fall 1964 Casper College Expression magazine. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Brad Morton Language A language of the resource ENG Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 1964 Fall. Expression Literary and Arts Magazine, CCA 04.ii.c.2022.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCA_04.ii.c.01_Expression1964_Fall_Morton Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 page