Montana Tech University of Montana - Magma Yearbook (Butte, MT)

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ALL-CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE ALL-CONFERENCE C E B11.1. OGLE ED Exum DON OSN R 1937-38 BASKETBALL SEASON The Bobcats opened the season lacking three members of the R. M. C. Champs of the last season: Taylor, Doyra, and Vavich. Coach Iohn Breeden built his team around the two all-conference men of last year, Eddie Exum and Bill Ogle. The team developed rapidly and in their tirst game of the season against the National Champs, Denver Safeways, gave a fine performance in holding the All-Americans to a Z and a 6 point victory in the series. Mon- tana opened their conierence season with a southern trip which included a series with Western State and Colorado College. The team then welcomed Gonzaga University by smash- ing the Bulldogs in two listless games. Con- lerence games monopolized the next two week-

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VARSITY SOUAD BREEDEN GUSTAFSEN WILLS BERG Knevlc ROTH ADAMS L C E M OGLE CORBIN ITTLE OSNER XU SHOEMAKER JOHNSON FELDMAN STRONG THE 1938 BASKETBALL RECORD Opponents Opponents Score Denver Safeway Nat'l. A. A. U. Champs .....,..... ............. ...... . . 48 ......,.. Ricks College .....,..... ....,. . .32 CPtexhurq, Idahol 27 ......Great Falls Iaycees CInd.D....,.....,.22 ...,,.Bearded Aces CTuckersl...,...,....26 .....,......Colorado College................,.39 11 ll llliilililllii-W9SiGIH siQi5'f.'fffffff fffffff 34 39 ,.........Gonzaqa University..,......... ...33 34 Bobcat opponent Score Opponents Score 74 ......, ...,..... W estern State ....... ......... 4 1 59 ....... ......v ' ' .....,... ,,...... . 55 65 ,.,.... .,...,,.... G reeley State ...,.................. 38 69 .....,.A,..,...,..,,.. .........,..,........ .38 47 .....,.... Montana State University ,......... 55 45 .......,.,., ......... ...55 64 .,.,.....,.......... Colorado Mines ...,,............... 35 76 ,,........,.,......... ......,.......,..... ..37 65 .,......,. Montana State University .,.....,.. 49 64 ........,... ,...,,... ...ESO 63 .... Big Horn Canners, Cowley, Wyo ....i 40 60 .... 59. 54 .... 25 .... 1539 A. A. U. Champs ..Greybull, Wyo. Independents ...., . ........,.....Arkansas Colleqe.,,..,........,.,, ..........,.New Mexico Norma1...,....,....... ,...Warrensburq Teachers CMo.J....,... 1094 33 46 45 43 159

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ends as Western State and Greeley State suc- cessively met defeat at the hands of the mighty Bobcats. Then came that catastrophic week- end at Missoula in which the Cats went down in two heartbreaking defeats, ln the Colorado Mines series at Bozeman the Bobacts took two easy victories to clinch a second conference ti- tle Without a loss. Eddie Exurn, the basket- bornbing baritone, set a new high scoring rec- ord by tallying 228 points in ten conference games for an average of 22.8 points per game. The high-flying Grizzlies then journeyed to Bozeman to wipe the Bobcats completely oft the basketball map for Montana, but were surprised to see the crowd prepared as the Cats took an easy victory the opening evening by a score THIRD ALL-CONFERENCE ALBERT FELDMAN 3 f if Q- tiny' Z .il, ax SECOND ALL-CONFERENCE DICK LITTLE it W it tw, .tt - it 4,1 , , 'twtttt