NROTC University of Minnesota - Gopher Log Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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I I I FOOTBALL Four men oT The UniT were on The Gopher TooTbalI squad lasT Tall. OuTsTanding was Hank Weber aT guard who raTed honorable menTion on several AII- American selecTions. Along wiTh DuTch were GiesT and Leversee who saw a loT oT gridiron acTion as guard and end, respecTively. GreaT promise was shown by DerDerian, Then a iunior, as end. WRESTLING AND HOCKEY Big plug on The maT Team was Swede Nelson along wiTh TeammaTe Gus Schroeder. Swede grunTed his way inTo The conTerence Tinals beTore being deTeaT- ed. Schroeder wresTled in The I45 and l55-pound class. Nelson sTarTed aT I55 and laTer compeTed in The l65-pound class. Only NROTC regular on The hoclcey Team was dee Tense man GuTTerson, alThough I-lolTer, Taylor and Dean LindguisT were also on The squad. The puclc- sTers crammed in an eleven-game season, dropping Tive and copping six. BASKETBALL The inTer-guarTers baslceTbalI TournamenT was chuck Tull oT close games and hoT buclceTbalIers, The TournamenT was divided inTo Teams oT Two groups, A and B The A group being made up oT The sTronger Teams. In The A group compeTiTion, QuarTers Easy's Team, made up oT NROTC and V-I2 men, copped The TiTle by nosing ouT QuarTers Able by a slim Two poinTs, Sparlcs oT The Easy Team were Spriggs and SWIMMING AlmosT all Navy-and appropriaTely so-was The varsiTy Tanlc Team capTained by Eraser. Erom The NorThwesTern conTerence meeT, Adams, Eraser, Robb and Thomssen broughT home a Third place. Robb and Gorgen swam The breasT evenTs while Thomssen handled The baclcsTroke. Weisner com- peTed in The disTance evenTs along wiTh Eraser. Adams specialized in Tree-sTyle evenTs. OYMNASTICS MosT amazing aThleTic Team oT The year was The Toureman gym Team which won Top honors in The NorThwesT classic. A very good halT oT The cham- pionship Team was GilberTson and lvlahachek who placed second and Third, respecTively, in The meeT, Injury Torced ouT a TiTTh poTenTial member, in The person OT Samuels, around midseason. During TooTball season, GilberTson, Samuels and lvlahachelc were The baclcbone oT The cheer leader squad led by Mahachelc as BooTer King. Tommeraasen, wiTh Danielson and Conley spurring Able on. QuarTers Charlie Toolc The B group playoTTs by de- TeaTing QuarTers Balcer by anoTher close margin. QroTh was usuaily high poinT man wiTh AI Biesang close behind. John Olsen managed The TournamenT, in which II Teams were enTered.

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Frank RuTherTord and Colin Samuelson draw a bead on The bull's-eye as lvlerTh lvlorTenson waTches in- TenTly. Samuelson and lvlorTenson were Two oT The mainsTays oT The riTle squad This semesTer. Frank graduaTed in February. Pistol Team Sparked by Three veTeran TirsT classmen, The pisTol Team won Two and dropped one ma+ch Tor an above average l943-44 season. Coach Fngle's sharpshooTers were handed Their lone deTeaT by a crack Annapolis Team. They came back To Top TuTT's College by The beTTer end oT 78l-608, and Colorado 8l8'784 in ThaT order. Big gun Tor The plebes was Pringle who was Top man in The TirsT Two maTches. SalTz and Mahachek Tied Tor Top honors againsT Colorado. FirsT classmen held down Tour spoTs on The pisTol squad wiTh DerDerian, lvlahachek, GilberTson, and Morjrenson. SalTz and Jamison Tired Tor The second classmen. The plebe Third classmen dominaTed Team posiTions wiTh Tire men. They were Pringle, EllioTT, Sparks, Goodman, and Nevine. ChieT Gunnens lVlaTe Engle Took over in mid-season aTTer ChieT Gunner STack's TransTer To The ElecTrical School. ChieT Engle whipped TogeTher his high- scoring ouTTiT around veTerans Derllerian, GilberT- son, and lvlorTenson plus seven underclassmen wiTh no previous experience. lvlerTh lvlorTenson, wiTh The sad sack look, seems Tired OT iT all, buT ClayTon Sonmore and Ed Carlson keep plugging away under The waTchTul eye oT Gunner STack. Rifle Team Coach LieuTenanT Commander Hasbrouck had prac- Tically The same Team on The Tiring line This winTer as he had during a successTul season lasT year. DerDerian, MorTenson, and Sonmore led The TirsT classmen wiTh some Tair scoring. And sharp scores were needed To keep ahead oT second classmen Carlson, Poehler, and Samuelson. Led by Nevins, The plebe class came Through wiTh enough To keep all oT The upper classmen on The ball. AT presenT, The squad has well Tounded hopes oT beTTering Their TwelTTh place sTanding oT lasT year in The lNlaTional NROTC RiTle lvlaTch. AlThough several maTches were called oTT lasT season because oT a shorTage oT ammuniTion, This year The ready boxes were Tilled To The brim, wiTh plenTy To spare. The only deTeaT oT The season was a close march wiTh Michigan. DerDerian was high man againsT The Wolverines wiTh a very Tine IS3 ouT OT 200.