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

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SPORTS Hockey The Mines Hockey team had a three game schedule with the Copper Kings in Butte, and with the Great Falls VFW Jrs. The Orediggers beat the Copper Kings 8-3, and dropped two tough ones to the VFW 7-5, and 9-6 in Great Falls. The Miners lost second period leads in both cases as o result of poor condition and lack of reserves. Next year promises a big-season gs interest is spreading to the other Montana colleges. The Butte Civic Center will also spur big-time collegiate hockey here at Butte. Until then the lads are keeping the team together and looking to the future. Baseball The big year in Mines baseball came at last, with the Orediggers taking the Small College Conference crown in Billings. The squad met Western at Dillon in practice games, losing close ones 8-7 and l l-6. Carroll lost in Helena by a 6-5 count. Mines split a home series with Western 5-l, and then lost 6-3. The Conference meet saw the Miners in a bye in the opening round, then winning over Rocky Mountain by 8-4 and over Northern in the finals by l7-9. Four-year-man Reynolds had a 4-O record, with credit for all of the Orediggers wins in his pitching arm. Jack Gentry provided the batting spark, with Lee giving a top-notch catching job. The Magma gives the sports honors of the year to the whole baseball squad and Coach Cullen. Minor Sports P. K. Dos led the Miners to the Conference Tennis crown by taking the singles honors in straight sets, then teaming up with Tom Walker, the two took the doubles in the some efficient manner, straight sets. The golfers, Siegel and Price, got third and second respectively. Their team score was low for the meet. Track Lack of condition and the hottest competition in years from a one-man team robbed the Miners of a money spot in the conference meet ot Billings. Western's McMahon was the whale show in what are usually the Oredigger's spots. He took 23 points for a new individual mark :ind beat the second place squad by two points. Northern had 2l, Carroll, Eastern and the Mines followed. l57J

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OREDIGGER SPORTS ROUNDUP, 1950 Football The School of Mines finished in third place in the football race. The season opener was a practice game against Western at Dillon. The lack of practice and weather gave the lads a tough 13-O loss to the teachers. The opening game in conference play found a full Miner squad in shape to take the Bears 25-O for the top small college conference score of the season. Sensation was Kukay's score on an interception. The loss of key backs was felt as the Mines dropped a heart-breaker to Western, 14-6. The Mines walked over the opposition in statistics, but had ten-yard-line-itis. The Billings Eastern squad made the most of a terrible seven minutes to make three quick touchdowns over an injury-ridden Mines team. The rest of the game was all Mines, but the scoring punch at the opposition 11 was still missing. Renouard made a long runback at the start of the second half, but the jinx held-20-O. The Carroll game was a foregone conclusion with the backfield reduced to made-over ends and tackles. The result was 18-2 with the big Mines line taking a 2-point toll. Basketball The Miners took fourth on a last-of-the-season spurt. The squad looked at a peak in pre-season tourney play in Dillon, taking 2 of 3 for a first place tie. Season and conference standing was another story with iniury and school playing a big part. Mines Opponent A 39 Western 46 46 Eastern 57 43 Eastern 54 40 R M C 51 46 Western 57 46 Western 59 55 R M C 57 56 R M C 61 61 Northern 57 74 Eastern 62 53 Carroll 44 67 Carroll 56 62 Northern 52 51 Northern 62 58 Carroll 72 Conference record: Won 5, lost 10 for fourth place. Season record: Won 7, lost 13. C 56 1

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BASKETBALL Ili? I950 Basketball Team, left to right: Coach Tom Tobin, MacMasters, Toshoff Pressley Mattson, Aiken, Anderson, Baker, Bossard, Kranyak, Melrose, Walker Janny, Cooper, Johnson. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS, CONFERENCE GAMES Aiken ..,. Bossa rd .,s,... ..... Goddard ..... .- ,... - Graham ...,.. . Kranyak LL,L...,..... MacMasters Mattson .......,, . ..... Mel rose 22, Presley ,...,, Toshoff .... Total Point Games Av. I5 I6.2 I3 7.2 IO 0.7 8 0.4- I5 7.4 I5 4.6 I5 2.5 I3 2.5 I5 2.5 I2 I0.0 Free Throw Av. .6I .56 .20 .50 .35 .49 .37 .55 .43 .55 Fifty per cent of the crowd watches the lads on a good night. I 5 8 I