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Friday, March 10, 1939 THE RIMROCK ECHO Page Five Jackets Cagers Complete Seasons Conference Record Shows Four Wins In spite of the many defeats, the past basketball season has been the most successful in the Normal's his- tory. The Yellowjackets won fourth place in conference competition by winning four out of fifteen games. The team was handicapped by lack of height and experience in nearly every game, but in spite of this, opposing teams knew they had been in a basketball game at the final gun. The Yellowjackets opened their conference play against the defend- ing champion, Billings Polytechnic Institute with a resulting defeat, 47-28. The final conference game of the year was also played with the Poly, who boasted a record of 20 wins in 21 games. In this game the score was 43-35 in favor of the champions, but the Green and Gold boys were fighting with their backs to the wall the last few minutes, and the final gun was a welCome sound to their ears. A comparison of scores tells the story of improvements in the team during the season. The first game with Poly was lost by 19 points and the last by 8. The 'Jackets won their four con- ference games against Carroll col- lege of Helena and Montana Normal of Dillon, winning two from each team. In these games the Normal team completely outclassed their rivals to win. On the squad this year were eight second year men, four of whom were first team members. Those who have played their last game for E.M.S.N.S. are: Capt. Wayne Babcock, Joe Stark, Jimmie Minnie, Gib Johnson, Jack Johnson, Marion Ostby, Bill Swartz and Wayne Marcus. Lettermen re- turning next year are: Emery Ostby, who played an excellent game at guard throughout the year, Phil Fiske, a forward, Dwight Mason, a forward, Jack Lewis, guard, Dale Bryson, center, and Oscar Smith, forward. All the credit for a comparatively successful season does not go to the team alone. Coach Oscar Bjorgum deserves a large share of praise. His efforts were an inspiration to the team, and win or lose, he took it with a smile. BJORGUM ACTS AS REFEREE Coach Oscar Bjorgum refereed in the district 7 basketball tournament at Harlowton, February 23, 24 and 25. The tourney, which was won by Roundup by virtue of a one-point win over Klein in an overtime pe- riod saw 12 teams play a total of 20 games before a champion was determined. Playing in the meet were teams coached by two normal school grad- uates, Lowell Smith, '38, now coach- ing at Broadview, and Hilton Utter- back, '35, now at Lavina. One of the saddest things in life is how quick your new car gets looking old-fashioned when the next year's model comes out. All=State Team Will Be Picked by Coaches Montana Collegiate conference coaches will meet here next week during the state high school basket- ball tourney. Included in their bus- iness will be the selection of an all-conference team. Until something better comes along we nominate the following players from our opponents. However, we are not suggesting that the commit- tee forget the Yellowjackets. First Team Brown, Poly Forward Dahmer, Northern Forward Wilson, Poly Center Lundgren, Mines Guard Kangas, Poly Guard Second Team Barovich, Poly Forward Depuis, Dillon Normal Forward Timmons, Northern Center Weindl, Mines Guard Harrell, Carroll Guard At the meeting the coaches will also make plans for the annual spring athletic carnival. During this meet champions are determined in track, tennis, and baseball. Poly will be called to defend its titles in track and baseball, while there must be a new champion in tennis to replace Vern Clark, grad- uate of the Normal school. Those participating in the collegi- ate conference will be Herb Klindt, president; 0. M. Bjorgum, vice president; Chic Garner, secretary- treasurer; D. C. McAuliffe, R. W. Sandven and Ray C. Gallant. Dr. Hines, faculty representative in the conference, will also take part in the meeting. +- Dahmer of Northern Leads Opponents In Scoring The first eight high scorers against E. M. S. N. S. for all three games during the last basketball season rank in this order: Av. Per Name and School Points Game Dahmer, N. M. C 48 16. Timmons, N. M. C 46 15.3 Brown, Poly 38 12.67 Wilson, Poly 34 11.33 Weindl, Mines 33 11. Lundgren, Mines 33 11. Kato, N. M. C 32 10.67 Gallant, Mines 31 10.33 + BJORGUM SPEAKS TO GROUP Oscar Bjorgum delivered an ad- dress to the parent-teacher group at the Hawthorne grade school No. 50 on Wednesday night, March 1. His subject was \Physical Education in the Elementary Schools.\ During the program Rex Welton and James Minnie gave a fencing and tumbling exhibition which was enjoyed by all, especially the grade school boys. A lunch was served by the women of the club at the close of the pro- gram. Among the thirteen Billings men listed in \Who's Who In America\ are Dr. L. B. McMullen and Dr. Harlan C. Hines of the education department. Frances Ellen Wagner, of Colum- bus ,spent the week-end of February 24-26 as a guest at the home of Marietta Whitmyer of Park City. State Normal Lose Two Games Victories Boost Club to Fourth Place In the first game against Dillon Friday, February 17, the Yellow- jackets went on a scoring spree to trounce the western visitors 62 to 47. The Yellowjackets led all the way against the Dillon club. Captain Wayne Babcock took high- point honors with 22 points, Joe Stark with 18, and R. Johnson with 13. The contest was rough, as both teams played at a rapid pace and 35 personal fouls were called, Nor- mal losing Minnie, E. Ostby, and R. Johnson by the foul route. Nip and Tuck in Final Game In the second game, on Saturday night, the Yellowjackets had to come from behind in the last minute to clinch the victory. Up to the final minute of play Dillon led 40 to 37, when Captain Wayne Babcock and James Minnie each scored a goal to give the 'Jackets quintet the one point advantage. The game was nip and tuck all the way, with neither team main- taining a comfortable lead. Captain Wayne Babcock led all scorers with 13 points, followed closely by J. Minnie with 12 points and Joe Stark with 10. Of the three games played against Dillon, the Yellowjackets won two and lost one at Dillon, January 26, by a score of 36 to 37. This was a hard-fought battle, Dillon making their last seven points by free throws. Cost of Team Trips Kept to Low Figure The basketball season is over, bringing to light some interesting facts about the cost of the sport. The past season the Yellowjackets traveled a total distance of 2240 miles on their three road trips. Traveling by bus and car, cost of transportation amounted to $305.90 or $21.85 per man. The cost of lodging 14 men for nine nights amounted to $89.60 or $6.40 a man. Two hundred sixty-six meals were provided for $135.66, making the av- erage cost per meal 51 cents. It costs approximately $30 to pro- mote each home game; $11.50 of this goes for a basketball (a new one being bought for each game), $15 for officials and $3.50 for lights and janitor work. Actual figures concerning budgets for other schools in the conference are not available, but we are rea- sonably sure that ours is lower than any of them. The annual athletic budget for our school is $1000. Cost for participa- tion in conference basketball, track, tennis and baseball must not exceed that sum. Receipts for the ten home games amounted to about $50, which goes into the general fund. Hilfred Patterson, '29, county su- perintendent of Park county, was omitted from the list of graduates of this school who are now county superintendents as published in the last issue. McMullen Attends Cleveland Meet Dr. McMullen attended meetings of the American Association of Teachers Colleges, February 24 and 25. The theme of these meetings was \General Education\ which deals with the revamping of the four-year teacher college curricu- lum to meet the growing demand for more of a liberal arts school combined with the teachers college rather than a 100% professional school. Dr. McMullen states that one of the highlights of his trip was the mass music demonstrations held in the huge Cleveland Municipal audi- torium. At one time 2000 high school boys and girls were brought to- gether; at another time 2500 junior high school pupils, and at a third program there were 1000 band in- struments assembled in the hall, which seats about 15,000 people. Among dinners and luncheons at- tended by the president were: Amer- ican Association of Teachers Colleges; Michigan breakfast; Psi Delta Kappa, an honorary association of men in the field of research; Kappa Delta Psi, an honorary teachers college organization for both men and wom- en, and the Teachers College, Co- lumbia university banquet. Local Training Plan Praised Dr. McMullen found that many leading educators who said that the E.M.S.N.S. plan of teacher training would not work are now showing much interest in the plan. Most teachers colleges call for all observ- ing and student teaching to be done in one quarter instead of in parts of different quarters. On his return trip, Dr. McMullen visited his daughter, Mrs. R. A. Wil- liams in Chicago. FOURTEEN WILL GET LETTERS Coach Oscar Bjorgum has named 14 players who are to receive var- sity letters for their performance during the past basketball season. Those earning the award for the third time are Joe Stark and James Minnie. Those earning the award for the second time are Captain W. Babcock, G. Johnson, and W. Mar- cus. First year varsity awards will go to E. Ostby, P. Fiske, D. Mason, J. Lewis, W. Swartz, M. Ostby, P. Fiske, D. Mason, J. Lewis, W. Swartz, D. Bryson, Oscar Smith, and student manager, Rex Welton. GIRLS PLAY TOURNEYS Inter-section and class play-off in volleyball and basketball tourna- ments is almost complete. Thus far the class standings are as follows: The \A\ division has lost three bas- ketball games, lost one in volleyball and won one. The \C's\ have chalked up two wins in basketball and have two wins against one loss in volley- ball. The second year team has two losses and one win to its credit in basketball, and has broken even with one loss and one win in volleyball. Captains of the various sections are: Hogan for the group of nine \A\ players, N. Reukauf for the group of ten \B\ group, E. Sanaker for the ten \C\ players Yvonne Halsey and Hazel Reukauf as co- captains for the second year girls.
