University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

L.»Ai.l-.f/i " .v».-r.TTTTTTTn Coach Foster GYMNASTICS Conference standings of tlic l!t24 season: riiicaoo. first; Minnesota, second; Pnrdiie. third; Wisconsin, fourth. Starting the 1924 season with the loss of four veterans. Doc. Foster showed his coaching ablhty by turning out a most successful team. The first meet of tlie season was wilii the Y. M. C. A., and tiie (;oi)hprs true to form were tlie winners witli a score of 2538 to 21(54. Next came the start of tlie Conference race with a meet at Iowa City. In this meet before a crowd of 1,500, the Gophers swamped the Hawkeyes under a deluge of first and second phaces. The final score was (((i:^ to 812 in favor of Minnesota. On Mardi 3, the first home meet was staged with Wi.sconsin as the oi)p()nents. In tliis con- test Maroon and Gold took first place in every event. Captain Terlt was the outstanding star of the meet, taking a first in theparallelbarsandtheside-hor.se, and a second on the horizontal bar. Monsen placed first on the horizontal bar as likewise did Skurdalsvold in tnnihling. Mueller took fir-st on the rings and the clubs. At the end of the meet the .score stood; Minnesota 1244i ' ' 2, AVis- consin 1089^. The 15th of March brought the Gophers to hicago for the Conference meet. This was the only meet of the season, in which Minnesota was forced to take second i)Iace. Chap- lain Perlt Monsen, Skur- dalsvold and Saxe, all showed nj) well for the Go- I)hers, and it was only with great effort that tlie Chica- go team was able to win the title. With the loss of but t wo men, ^lonsen and Heale. prosi)ects for next year ' s team are exceedingly bright and with all i)robabilities. Coach Foster will have a ( liain|iionsIii|i team. Tin ' Gym Sqiunl I ' uge 36.9 " ■i ' ■ ' ■. ' ■ ' :r ' . ' . " r. ' ;M. " .v;. ' - . . . » .v.rr. i A T