Northwest School of Agriculture - Red River Aggie Yearbook (Crookston, MN)

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N. W. S. A. R. J. CHRISTGAU Coach R. Christgau has proven himself to be a man who knows football and basketball. During his two years of administration as head of Physical Education, the Agricul- tural school conference title has come to our school twice. 'llhe first title came to us in basketball, during the season of 1929-1930. The second title came in football during the 1930 season. lt is not surprising that Coach Christgau has made this record of which we are all so proud as he came to us from the University of Minnesota with an enviable record as a player and leader of men. He played catcher on the Varsity baseball team for three years and he was captain in his senior year. He was also a member of the football and basketball squads. He has won a place in the heart of all the loyal players of the Northwest school, and they all join in wishing him much luck and success in whatever fields he may venture, in the future. Two Reasons Why We Win During his two years at the Northwest school, Coach Christgau has been assisted in the work of coaching of both football teams and basketball squads by Assistant Coach Elwyn Ocock who is a graduate of the University of Illinois. ln football, Assistant Coach Ocock has worked with the second team in such a satisfactory manner that they have PTO- vided some stiff competition for the first team. He is also the coach of the basketball second team who have proved to be worthy opponents for the first string men. lWr. Ocock also teaches a number of gym classes. Mr. Ocock comes to us with an enviable record, having played tackle four years on a high school team. He is also engaged in the teaching of Agricultural Engineering and Shop- work. The entire football and basketball teams and squads wish J 5 E. L. OcocK to extend to him nothing but the best of luck and success in the future. Forty-eight

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.N.W.S.A. 1 Twenty Years of Aggie Athletics ln looking back over the past twenty years of Aggie Athletics, many teams, incidents, and individuals stand out in bold relief in my memory. 1 shall make no attempt to choose All Star teams, but rather enumerate my impressions of the outstanding things 1 remember about the different teams. l do wish to say at the outset that during the years that good sportsmanship has been the outstanding characteristic of North- west School teams. Our teams have also been characterized by the great physical endurance of the players due to their clean habits of living. Our coaches during the years have been men of high ideals and they have been able to instill those ideals not only into the minds of the players but the student body as well. MR. MCCALL In the beginning : The basketball team of 1911-12 stands out in my memory because of the 569 points they accumulated as a season total and because of the two- man scoring machine in the persons of Elmer Saterstrom and John Bergh. The 1911-12 team had a record of playing sixteen games during the season. The teams of 1914-15 and 1915-16 were high scoring teams. The 1915-16 team under the tutelage of Martinus Stenseth made a clean sweep for the season by defeating all opponents, which included the Northwest School faculty and the second team of the University of North Dakota. Their highest game score for the season was 94 points against North Star Collegeg they also defeated the Farm Husbandry team from Fargo Agricultural College by a score of 72 to 7. The heaviest team of our basketball history was the team of 1917-18. ln that team we had a Big Four consisting of C. Lee, C. McRae, M. Rud, and O. Tun- heim, with Lee tipping the scales at 204, and a team average of 172 pounds. The Big Four team was made up of all new men but they were fastg they made a good record, and lost but one game that year. The 1918-19 team was the prize hard luck team. They started the season without a letterman, school was closed twice because of the l'l'lu and sickness together with small-pox vaccinations, kept from one to three of the first string men out of every game. The football team of 1919-20 was the hard luckl' football teamg the boys that year got a late start but because of the early snow our competitors disbanded before we could get snowshoes made for the players. Our athletic relationships with the Teachers' Colleges began in 1922 when we won two games from Bemidji in basketballg the following year our team gave Moor- head Teachers the surprise of their lives when they defeated the teachers on their own floor. Athletics took their greatest spurt at the Northwest School when relationships began with the VVest Central School at Morris in 192-1--25. Our decisive victories in our first encounters with hlorris in football in 1924- and in basketball the follow- ing year did more than anything else could do to stir up permanent interest in sports. Since this beginning of the contests with Morris, the whole idea of an Agricultural School Conference has developed which with its traditions already established, bids fair to put athletics on a substantial basis at all of the Agricultural Schools. -T. M. McCALL. Forly-seven X

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l N.W.S.A.. .z i if fsfit 1 Football Letter Men l.AWRliNC'lf Pl'iTl'fRSOfXl Gnry Captain Playim: his last year. Pete was the main stave in the line. 'lihis was his thircl year nl footlwall. and llc provccl to lic a litiini: Captain for the Aupics. .IOIIN ANDERSON Hallnrl' llallllwafli Playin: his hrsr year of football. -lohn shows much promise for next year. llc proveil to he a poonl tack- ler ancl lilockcr. aml also a uootl hall mu-r. Kl'iNNlfTll .XYFRY llnllmk Qtxartct'-lwacli llis ttrtcrrim: ifcnctitlsltip was an important factor in lvrinpinl: the Cliampionship to the N. YY. S. X. llc wlll Captain thc lflvl team, YHRYON l3RYXGl.l'lStlN ffallotmy Qt1gil'tciAliauk Playini: his hrst year, lit'ink prtvtml to lic a iulialvlc man. llc lilletl his position in a most lwrilllant manner. 'l'l lOXl.XS CXI X l'07t1'Ht1lf1 ltml Playinu his thirtl year ol lootlvall at thc .X. Li. Tom cmlctl his career in a llash of triumph. HARRY D.-XLLUM Ilmvlfy Playing his lirsi year of footliall at the fl. K1 plotc-tl to lic .t vvry Valli! alxlc man in the line. l..XlYRlfNK'l'i l'il.TON Hall-lwztrli Tony cnnlml his two year farccr at thc A. C. this year. llc provcnl to lic one of the hast hall-hacks this school has ever hatl, ROY l7lSllFR Rrltmmi Ftlll-lvaClc .Xlso cnclccl his two-year farcer at this sfhonl. Fish xxas notml for his cwccllvut passinu. KlfNXl2'l'll Fl.OlXl Twin Vallzy femur Playing his scfontl aml final year. has given him a reputation of heinp :tn excellent all arouml player. HARRY HAUGEN Pluminrr End lllayiniz his lirst year, llarry has clevclopctl into a goml ollcnsivc aml tlclcnsivc player. 4.5835- it.. . -'avg-1-K . K' .441-. -541 1 Q . 01 w--Q.-.I Forty-nine X