North Dakota State University - Bison Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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HOCKEY Introduced this year on the roster of intercollegiate sports, hockey has produced some very welcoming results. Under the direction of Don Bredell, the team has ripped through the season with a record of five wins and two defeats. The Bison pucksters piled up a season score of 37 to 29. Team members are: Lloyd Armstrong, Don Bredell, Richard Christenson, Leland Delger, George Effinger, Lloyd Forness, Dick Goehl, Bob Johnson, Paul Jones, Ken Larson, Fortune Martineau, Roger Meiiitzer, Ken Melin, Robert Olson Hugh Porter, Doug Schnell, Robert Shanks, Robert Zehern, and Jim Slingsby. Bison 2 Bemidji 1 Bison 9 Bemidji 3 Bison 10 Iamestown 1 Bison 6 Congo,-dia 1 Bison 4 St. Cloud 6 Bison 6 NDU 17 GYMNASTICS Under the direction of E. E. Kaiser, the Bison squads competed in intercollegiate gymnastics. Participating in three meets, they won a decision over ND University 2827, and in the TrifCollege Meet at Minneapolis, the Bison fin' ished second with 21 points, the University of Minnesota gained a top 49 and ND University had 10. At the Northwest Gym Meet, the Bison finished third in Class B , with Colorado University gaining first and North Dakota University coming in second. Top man at the Northwest Meet and winner of the allfaround medal for Class B was Jim Minette of the Bison. With Minette team members included: Lee Ebsen, Floyd Stevens, Richard Engebretson, and Harry Gellar. BOXI G C. C. Finnegan pointed out earlier in the season that one of the aims of the athletic department was to encourage those interested in boxing to learn the fundamentals and to give them a place to work out. Boxers who showed piriifi ciency in practice workfouts were given the opportunity to participate in the intercollegiate meets. Don Chambers handled the training in the pre-holiday workfouts, while Kirk Bellows assumed his coaching duties during the winter term. Squad members included: Frank Page, Wallace Linde, Dennis Drews, Bob Dobervich, john Kleijan, George Moilanen, and jerry Sauvageau. AS E B L L Finishing the 1947 season with a five won, three lost average, Bison baseball looked forward to a bigger schedule during the spring--one that included home and home games with the University of Minnesota. Bison baseball was tuf tored in the initial drills by Bobby Heer and was taken over later by Stan Kostka at the termination of spring football practice. 1947 game results were: Bison Concordia Z Bison Wahpeton Z Bison Mayville O Bison MSTC 9 Bison MSTC 6 Bison lvlayvilfe 2 Bison Concordia 1 Bison Wahpeton S 244

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A great amount of interest was shown this year in intramural basketballg twentyfseven teams were entered by fraf ternities and other independent campus organizations, and because of the large number of teams, four brackets were formed. The competition was very stiff in each bracket due to the large number of independent teams. Eight teams competed in the playoffs. The HookfEmfCows defeated the McLean County All Stars, and Theta Chi defeated the ATCs in the semiffinals. This placed the HookfEmfCows and the Theta Chis together for the championf ship match. A mighty battle ensued which remained close till the final seconds of play. The HookfEmfCows nipped Theta Chi, 3867, to take the basketball crown. Freddy Trowbridge's timely long field goals coupled with Bill Gal' lagher's floor play proved to be too much for the Joy Boys. Whitey Turner and Bob Murrie played standout ball for Theta Chi. The HookfEmfCows are the second independent team in intramural history to take the trophy. They sue' ceeded the Privateers, last year's championship team. Ten confident teams put in their bid for the volleyball crowng the play consisted of a roundfrobin tournament. Going into the finals were the Kilroy Kids with a record of 9 wins and no defeats, Sigma Chi, Independent Students Association, and Kappa Sigma Chi all with a record of 6 victories and 3 defeats. Wlieii the smoke of battle had cleared, the Kilroy Kids emerged triumphantly without a loss. The ATO basketball team which reached the SCIY1l'l1U3U5-

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KI CLUB ' FRONT ROW: Christensen, Skerlund, Lochen, Neby, Torgerson. 5 SECOND ROW: Larson, Dale, Severson, Askegaard Thacker, Lawson, Sampson. Organized in December last year, the NDAC Ski Club has proven to be a muchfawaitecl and popular group for the slatfsliders which are so prevalent in this part of the country. The original idea for the club came from Clink Mc' Cearyg Arne Lochen, Norwegian student, instilled his teaching ability into the idea and the result was a club that now numbers over thirty. Catering to beginners, the Ski Club is a good place for wouldfbe slalomers to cut their skiing teethg novices who joined the club at the start are now sporting some good skiing technique. The Ski Club meets at the College Y Wediiese day afternoons at four. On Saturday and Sunday the members adjourn to the wooded area southwest of the El Zagal golf course where they get downftofearth contact with the finer points of managing the hickory. The Ski Club has also journeyed to Hawley, Minnesota, which is enamored of the rolling, hilly type of terrain that is ideal for slalom and downfhill skiing. 245