The Montana School of Mines
P·LIFIER VOL.
Published by the Associated Students the Montana School of Mines
IV, NO.8
FEBRUARY
A fired-up Oredigger team swept on to their first conference victory February 1 by downing Carroll College of Helena 76 to 70. The win, the first in three years: came only after overcoming a 38-30 half-time defect. The Miners burst open in the second half and tied the score after the first five minutes of play. Then, with the lead changing hands every hectic minute, the game developed into a rough contest with three players from each team leaving the floor with five personals. Free shots. in the final three minutes by Jim Freebourn and a basket by Don Mahagin gave the Orediggers the edge they needed for victory.
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The Miners won what may be the last game on Thursday, January 30, at the Civic Center. Five Missoula boys, Bob Tabor, Tom and Harold Uphill Ron Grekul, and Bob Van Bouse~ gave the Orediggers a shot in the arm and some needed bench strength.
Ed Simonich MSM Hero Ed Simonich, all-around coach and Director of Athletics at M.S.M., is probably the greatest booster and most interested person concerning sports at the school. Big Ed, as he is respectfully referred to by those who. know or work with him, is as well qualified for his position as anyone in his. field. He has been a coach for eighteen years. A stellar football player, Coach Simonich also participated in high school basketball and track for three years and, although never lettering, he was a member of his college track team. Being a sprintman, he competed against Ralph Metcalf, the title holder, in a 100-yard dash in 1939. Coach Simonich played football four years in high school; four years at Notre Dame, three of which he lettered; and one year with the professional Chicago Beats.
The first period was fast' ,,:ith R.ougioulis and McManus openl~lg the scoring for the Copper leafs With two fast goals. Larry Nelson Scored near the end of the period, taking a pass from Jack Hunter to make the tally 1-2 in favor of the Leafs.
Uphill scored again for the Min'ers at 3 :45 in the' second chukker to tie tl1'e score 2-2. Van Housen and Tabor scored later and the Mines led 4-2 at the end of the period. The Leafs were handicapped by penalties and couldn't keep up the pace. . Jack Hunter potted one early 111 the third period with an assist from George Blumfield and Tabor. -r:he Leafs made the score 5-3' a few rnmutes later when Tom McManus looped the puck around hard-working goalie Banghart. Full of pep, the 9rediggers pushed in two counters In 15 seconds, with Tabor netting the first and Hunter the second with , an assist from Blumfield and Poad. With 6 :40 left to play, Bronson Bi Mike Freebourn goes up for two against. Carroll as the Orediggers scored the last goal for the Leafs, .g their first basketball game in three years. Carroll players are Walsh nlaking the final score Mines· 7 and Pecora. Freebourn led the Mines scoring with' 17 while Pecora Copperleafs 4. tallied 23 for the losers .. The wild last, period also a beautiful exhibition of tripping, boarding, charging, and bare-knuckle boxing by members of both teams. Don Ogrin of the Mines was ahead on POints when the sheriff's deputies stopped a one-round battle of Ogrin "S. Me Manus in the penalty box. Charles C. Goddard, J r., mines ~-B-o-t-h-M-r.-G-o-d-d-a-r-d-a-n-d-M-r-.-O:_'_ Although bolstered by the MisSOula boys, the Mines regulars play- geologist since ~94~, has been pro- Brien are natives of Butte, gradui,d on even terms with the Leafs. moted to geologIst in charge of ~he ates of Montana School of Mines '3anghart played a big part in the Butte mines and Wallace A .. Obrien and veterans of The Anaconda Come has been advanced to the position of pany's geological department here. c()redigger victory with 29 saves. The game may be the last of the mines geologist, it was announced Their fathers, C. C. Goddard Sr. and were. prominent season for the regular Mines team, Thursday by Chester H. Steele; vice W.' A. O'Brien Com- early-day contractors who accountalthough some of the members may president of The Anaconda Play independently with the Butte pany in charge of Western opera- ed for much of the building in Butte. team. tions Mr. Goddard graduated in 1927 from the School of Mines where he was a leader in student affairs, serving as president of the student body COM I NG' EVENTS and of the Anderson-Carlisle TechPROF. ED SIMONICH February nical Society and also as editor of 21-Basketball; Nor the r n, the school paper and yearbook. Simonich's coaching career began here. While attending college he worked in the fall of 1939 at Carroll College 28--Basketball; W est e r. n, When student council president part-time as a miner. in Helena. That same year Carroll there. ~ene Lanier was questioned regardMr. O'Brien attended school in' won its first game in several years March h~g the problems of the A.S.S.M., Roseburg, Ore., and Butte before under a revised athletic program. ll-Ohio Oil Company interIS reply was "money." Gene stated entering the School of Mines from Leaving Carroll in 1944, Simonich view. RepresentatIve: Mr. that the additional $2.50 paid by which he graduated in 1923. He played one season with the Bears, L. C. Powell.' . . each student this semester is just joined the Anaconda Company that and in December of 1944 he return12-Student wives meeting m jUfficient to make up the amount same year as a sampler, went to the ed to Montana to coach at Boys the coed room. 8 :00.. Ost through the decreased enrollmining engineering department in Central High in Butte. In the spring l4-Shell Oil Company inter~ent. If the lost-enrollment deficit 1925 and to the geological depart- of 1947 he went to Sioux City where view. RepresentatIve: Mr. a ad not been made up, the amount ment in 1928. he coached until the spring of 1955. A. S. Grundy. hlioted to each organization would He is a past president of the Mon- The fall of 1955 marked Simonich's 17-My Three Angels, Musha"e had to be cut. This cut would School of Mines Alumni Assn., and return to Butte and Boys Central, eum Hall, 8:00 P.M. ha"e curtailed many activities that presently is a member of the execu- where he stayed until last fall. 18--My Three Angels, Musa"e been planned. tive committee of the School of During the last football season, eum I1a1l, 8:00 P.¥. . n The council is also working on a Mines Research and Development Coach Simonich's team (the Oredig24-Convocation, Ul11verslty bew health insurance plan which will Foundation. gers, of course) won no games. The Players, M~seu~ ~al1. ineof more help to the student. More Coach in looking back on the past 28--Science Fair, CIVIC Cenw~Wmation regarding this policy season states, "Although not winter. I be released as soon as' possible. Remember Engineering Day ning on the gridiron, I feel that 29-Science Fair, Civic Censc~he possibility of starting the much has been accomplished on the ter and Easter recess beMay 15 and 16, 1958. Tell eve C?ol year earlier and ending it football field towards the future degins. eryoQe you meet about it I I d;rher is being studied by the stuvelopment of the athletic program at nt Council. M.S.M."
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17, 1958
Miners Upset Carroll 76-70 To Set the New Pace for '58
Miners Whip (opperleafs 7-4 OREDIGGERS WIN FAST, ,ROUGH HOCKEY GAME
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The well-balanced scoring of the Miners; led by Mike Freebourn with 17, King and Bennett with 15 and Jimmy Freebourn with 13, was the big factor that proved too much for the Saints. . Louis Pecora was high for Carroll with 23. MINES (76) M. Freebourn Bennett Smart · Belanger : · J. Freebourn Coolidge Roberts Mahagin ..·..· King ..· McMillan · Lueck · ·..· Totals : CARROLL (70) Kelleher Walsh ..· · Kingston
G F P T 3 5 17
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:.7 5 :..1 1 .4 0 , 0 3 5 0 1
5 5 15 0 3 2 0 2 5 1 13 0 1 0 0 o 0 2 4 8 5 1~ 0 2 o 4.
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:.27 22 25 G F P T 7 0 3 14 5 3 5 13, 2 2 4 6 1 23 2 4 2 '3 4 7 :1 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
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27 19 26 70
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TEWTONG TO SPEAK The public is invited to attend the meeting of the International Club to be held the evening of 'February i7· at 8:00 P. M. in Museum Hall. Dej Tewtong, of Bangkok, Thailand, will give a talk about his country, 'including its history, language architecture, painting, literature re~ ligion, music, and customs, and' will show photographs of his nativ.e land., A coffee hour will follow the progrnm. ' , A little satisfaction was realized, so far during the present basketball season in the Mines defeat of Carroll. The Coach is happy the way the team has come along 'and developed, and believes that the win over Carroll has given the boys added incentive. The Coach believes, "Winning is brought about by every one working together to develop the desire and will to win." (It is the general consensus of the members of the team that the Coach's efforts and faith in the team have been the outstanding factor of the team's first win in three years.) Coach Simonich is deeply' interested in the intramural program at the School. He stresses that the physical education a man can obtain is just as important to that man, as an individual, as intellectual .education. This is especially true today, because of the widespread use of automobiles and the lack of physical exercise. . Concerning the intramural program itself, the Coach is disappointed in the number of students signed for the 'various sports this semester. He says, "It is important that everyone at the School of Mines plan to compete in one of the sports, because active participation in any form of athletics is necessary for the development of the whole man."
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