Basketball Basketball coach Ernie Anderson started the season with thiiteen retuming upperclassmen and high hopes for improving his team’s 1959-60 record of 15 wins and 9 losses. I'le faced a rugged 23 game schedule, including 16 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games. Augsburg 7l... Show moreBasketball Basketball coach Ernie Anderson started the season with thiiteen retuming upperclassmen and high hopes for improving his team’s 1959-60 record of 15 wins and 9 losses. I'le faced a rugged 23 game schedule, including 16 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games. Augsburg 7l—River Falls 66 as Co-Captain Dick Thompson led the team with 18 points as the Auggie’s polished off the Falcon’s on their home court in River Falls. The Plainsman Trophy. symbol of Aug- gies“ \'l('l(ll‘l(‘F at Huron. Wartburg over Augsburg as the other co-captain Pete Lier showed 19 points and sophomore guard Lloyd Ray- mond gained a position on the “top Seven” with 16 points. The Auggies lost in overtime at Waverly. The Augs 84, Luther 80, as Fred Halvorson, 6’7” junior center, had his best night scoring 27 points in the winning cause at Decorah, Iowa. The Auggies pulled an upset in their first conference game on December 10. The overtime win over Duluth saw Thompson pacing the team with both ball handling and a scoring total of 28, his highest point total for the season. The first home game was likewise a success as Co-cap- tains Lier and Thompson continued to lead the team in scoring. Final score, Augsburg 71, St. Mary’s 60. During Christmas vacation the Auggies swept through the Dakotas, taking nothing but victory with them. The team tromped over Valley City 80-58 in a non-conference game. Traveling to Huron, South Dakota, they came out on t0p of the Plainsman Tourney and brought home an- other trophy for the show case. Previously unbeaten Macalester fell to the Aug’s de- termination and sharp-shooting. The team shot an excep- tional 50% over the tightly zoned defense of the Scots. It was a game of basketball, even though some football tactics were used. This victory gave Augsburg an un- disputed claim to first place in the MIAC, even though it was just a temporary arrangement. Balanced scoring by four Auggie starters earned the team’s eighth straight victory, over St. John’s. Junior for- ward Bruce Gildseth, always a top team player, led the scoring with 13 points. The Gusties handed the team their first defeat of the conference season, winning the game at the foul line. But the team didn’t let this defeat bother them, and turned around to whip Concordia. The first half of the game was dominated by the Cobbers, but the Augsburg spirit came through during the second half. Dick Thompson led the team in scoring for the seventh time in thirteen games, as St. Thomas fell to Augsburg 63-60. Through the first thirteen games the top seven were forwards Lier and Gildseth, centers Halvorson and Ander- son, and guards Thompson, Raymond, and Phil Hanson. Hanson balanced the guard position with his 6’4” height as opposed to 5’9” Thompson and 5’8” Raymond. Hanson and Halvorson were ruled ineligible for the remaining ten games, and Coach Anderson’s balanced seven became an unbalanced five. The Duluth Bulldogs invaded the Amory, fired up for revenge against the defeat suffere'd early in the season. And they got their revenge—in 71-55 style. Low field goal percentage hurt the Auggies in this important game. Show less
'l‘hoinpson (lriu-s around \lae players. 'l‘he sen-onil wonseeiitiw tlt‘llt'tll was given the team hy the tll‘ll‘lltllllii \ll \(7 eliamps. llamline. who eapitalizetl on the poor shooting of the whole team to “hip them titl- lh. ln .u \xilul. high-si'oi'ing allair at the \rmory \iigshnrg non... Show more'l‘hoinpson (lriu-s around \lae players. 'l‘he sen-onil wonseeiitiw tlt‘llt'tll was given the team hy the tll‘ll‘lltllllii \ll \(7 eliamps. llamline. who eapitalizetl on the poor shooting of the whole team to “hip them titl- lh. ln .u \xilul. high-si'oi'ing allair at the \rmory \iigshnrg non their linal noireonl'erenee tilt. against Fan Claire. l lt‘t’.\ L3H [mints \\il\ltlf_1lt lot the night. l‘ailnie to malxe nine of their ele\en free throws re- \lllll'll in a loss to St. \larfs. Thompson tied his season st'lil'lllf; i‘eeoiil uith '38 points. The Srots ltt‘l'Jtllt‘ the thiril team to i'ewrse an earlier setliarlx. taking; .iil\anta;e of another of the ;\tij_'g:ie "off nights." to sroie 72 points to our (if. Two men seoretl well. lio\\e\er. \ntlerson “ltll l0 antl (:ililseth with 18. \iigslinr;‘s most nne\iieeteil \irtory of the season eame against the (:ll~l_l\lt\ team. 77-3 l. Charlie Anderson spear- headed the upset \xith 21 points. lip in one game. down in another. prmeil true .is the (ionemxlia team imatled the rit_\. l~‘\en though the men on the _\n;_'shnr;_' team scored in iloulvle figures the\ could not heat one of the Cohlners~ tinest et't-orts ot' the season. St. Thomas .Ulll St. John} lroth tell to the team‘s new energx .llltl determination. The St. Thomas game was .1 field tl.i_\ tor the reserxes. \xho played half of the game time. 46 ,\ final loss at the Armory. this time to Hamline, gave the \uggie team a l5 won and 8 lost record—1:;le for a fourth plaee in the eonferenee standings. '\ll;1s‘l)lll‘;.{ giiartl Diek Thompson was one of the three guards on the St. Paul Pioneer Press all-eonference team. Thompson was a senior and eo-eaptain of this year‘s taggers. Pete Lier. ('n-t'aptain. and sophomore Charlie An- derson were given honorahle mention. Final Standings ['niversity—Duluth Braneh l2-1 Custanis .\ilolphus 11-3 Hamline 11-5 AL'CSRL‘RC 9-7 St. Mary's T- (,lttnt'ltrtlltl V 7-9 \Iaealester , . 6-10 St. Thomas V _ 6-10 St. John's r, ..... ,7 r 3—13 Show less
\ugshurg's freshman hasketltall team enjoyed an unde- feated season under (loaeh Howard Pearson. Their record of ten straight \ietories ranks the l960-6l team as one of the lu-st in \ugsltur; history. The \uggie freslnnen defeated the frosh squads of Vlaeales- ler and St. ()laf onee. llamline... Show more\ugshurg's freshman hasketltall team enjoyed an unde- feated season under (loaeh Howard Pearson. Their record of ten straight \ietories ranks the l960-6l team as one of the lu-st in \ugsltur; history. The \uggie freslnnen defeated the frosh squads of Vlaeales- ler and St. ()laf onee. llamline twiee. and St. Thomas three times. They also heat \linnesota \lltllltfl' onee and the \linne- sota Hehool of llusiness tuiv-e. Their elosest game was against 5t. (llaf at \orthfield. a two-point win in overtime. (Ioaeh l’earson indieated that in addition to heing one of the lu-tter freshman squads he has eoaehed. the ‘60-61 team had good height and worked well together. Three of the fresluuell had some playingr time with the \arsiti'. 'l'heV are llill Slepanski. 6'3" forward. Jim Vadis U3" eeuler. and (iary lteuss. 3-H)" guard. Reuss averaged .‘tltoul :37 points per game for the frosh and sank ahont 50 per eent of his field goals. The other four memhers of a seven man team \xeie lleunis l‘irielxson. Ron l‘iriekson. l,es llalvorson. and l'ilroy t tlson. fautt'lI l’earson pointed out that he euts the freshman team to as few players as possilde lN‘ftH't‘ the season hegins. keep- ing only those whom he thinks will make the varsity squad within two _\I‘tlt‘.\. \Vith only seVen men on the team. each man gets a ma\imum of game experienee. These seven freshmen will hattle ne\t iear for six \arsity positions whieh will he opened ln gratluation. ' 7...." .- .’ tin. ‘ W.“ ' .4. . » 'wlu.‘ u n I ’. l loxd Hax mend catches a Gustie resting. \Vemlell Carlson seores against Valley City. Doug .Viemi put.s om.- in against Duluth. Show less
Wrestlin I T" Mike Marcy has a near pin! The fighting Auggies. led by senior captain Oscar Blegen, won the conference title and the state meet of the MIAC this year! The record showed eight victories against two defeats during the regular season. an individual championship in the Carleton... Show moreWrestlin I T" Mike Marcy has a near pin! The fighting Auggies. led by senior captain Oscar Blegen, won the conference title and the state meet of the MIAC this year! The record showed eight victories against two defeats during the regular season. an individual championship in the Carleton Invitational Wrestling meet, and two individual championships and’ a first place finish in the State Meet. Coach Edor Nelson had a large turnout at the be- ginning of the year, and more depth in some weight divi- sions than he has ever had before. Satoru Sudoh, how- ever, was Augsburg’s only wrestler at 123 pounds. Don Miller, one of the many freshman wrestlers who had a good year held down the 130 pound division. He won the individual championship in the State Meet. At 137 pounds Jeff Peterson, Andy Johnson, and Rollie Weigmann battled for position on the squad. There was competition between Gary Hall and Lance Lee in the 147 pound Class until Lee took over after the first semester. Captain Blegen and Al Duerr both wrestled at 157 pounds. Depth in this division proved necessary because Blegen was ready while Duerr was injured near the end of the regular season. Then, when ()sear was injured just before the State Meet. Duerr not only “filled in”, but went all the way to the 157 championship. Mike March was the second freshman to dominate both his position and alntost all his opponents. He wres- tled at 167 pounds. Chris Wagner began the year at 177. He won the individual championship in that division at the Carleton Invitational. Chuck Daggett moved down from 191 after the first semester, however. and finished the year wrestling 177. Daggett. a junior. this year has been elected captain for the 1961-62 season. Chuck Schultz finished the year wrestling in the 191 division. Heavyweights Jack ()sberg and Marv Husby vied for team position on the team all year. Husby wrestled in the State Meet. The toughest meets the Auggies had during the season were with St. John’s, St. Cloud, and unexpectedly, Gus- tavus. The most overwhelming Augsburg triumph was a 25-8 trouncing of St. Thomas. 53 ‘* '.Ii-'.--.‘..a.-u~n,vmiu_ 4: ~11: a; ‘m‘ Show less
One-way traffic toward the St. Thomas goal. ’uckster’s downfall With only five returning lettermen, the hockey team suffered in the win-loss column this year. Captained by Dave Shogren, along with alternate captain LeRoy Lee, the Auggies won three and lost eight over the whole season, with a two... Show moreOne-way traffic toward the St. Thomas goal. ’uckster’s downfall With only five returning lettermen, the hockey team suffered in the win-loss column this year. Captained by Dave Shogren, along with alternate captain LeRoy Lee, the Auggies won three and lost eight over the whole season, with a two and five MIAC conference record. Augsburg lost all of last year’s defensemen, and five of the ten regular players this year, Henry Antila, Roger Danielson, Dan Hanka, Mike Streed and Steve Sweetland, were freshmen. The freshmen were in need of experience, and even though they received much help from the line, the season record showed the lack of experience. After a successful non-conference opener against St. Olaf 8-4 on the Ole ice rink, the pucksters came home to top Hamline 5-3 in the MIAC opener. Roger Daniel- son, Dave Shogren, Henry Antila and Jim Ekstrand shared scoring honors in this game. The Auggies dropped the next five games, St. Thomas 0-4, Gustavus 5-4, Bemidji 3-2 in a tough overtime game, and Carleton 8-6. The second conference loss of the season came against Macalester, 7-2. The St. Thomas game was one of the most unusual in the sea- son, as it was played at eight o’clock in the morning. The afternoon sun had melted the ice on the previous day and the game had to be postponed. Warm weather put a cramp in many of the scheduled games and in some of the needed practice time also. The five game losing streak was broken when the Auggies defeated Concordia 3-2 in the final MIAC home game. St. Olaf had revenge for the early season loss as they defeated Augsburg 5-2. The last two games of the season were also losses, one to St. John’s 9-2, and one to the perenially strong Duluth Branch team. Outstanding players this year were Goalie Rich Kuehne, who made 52 saves in the Duluth game, Cap- tain Dave Shogren, LeRoy Lee, and Bruce Ranum. A...e._‘.'»"1:..»er ‘ fill-,1 I} 1113;.— .‘IA rjrlnh. xi..‘*a .- 'a i. L4”. 1.. .rw “A. J "1.: M £13.?) a A 5“ p ‘m'.“- W - v " , ‘~‘».‘Jc‘hllf’.‘i“."‘ Show less
Led by Captain Jim Holden the Auggies were unde- leated in conference play, and lost only two non-con- ferenee games. for a season total of twelve wins against two losses. With an infield made up of Lloyd Raymond at third. Ron l’oesehel at short, Jerry Alstead at second and Bruce Cildseth at... Show moreLed by Captain Jim Holden the Auggies were unde- leated in conference play, and lost only two non-con- ferenee games. for a season total of twelve wins against two losses. With an infield made up of Lloyd Raymond at third. Ron l’oesehel at short, Jerry Alstead at second and Bruce Cildseth at first, the Aliggies eomhined hitting and field- ing power to put down their foes with comparative ease. Only two losses upset a perfect season. One of these was against an extremely strong St. Cloud team, and the other oeenrred when the Auggies literally fell apart at the seams and committed eight errors in one game. For- tunater the two games were both non-conference. The season opened with four non-conference games. The team defeated St. Olaf A'l-l. They were rained out against llamline. and went on to defeat Carleton 8-3. Macalester fell to the strength of the Augsburg team 8-5. In conference play the Auggies beat Gustavus 6-1. They bombed Hamline 12-2, and edged St. Mary’s twice, 4-3 and 7-5. Then, the Auggie team suffered its first defeat of the season against St. Olaf 8-4. But they bounced back to smother Macalester 10-0 and Concordia 11-0. Next in the string of victories was St. John’s, whom they defeated 12-4. The first game of a double header against St. Cloud found the Augsburg team in the winning column, 6-3. but they lost the second game 6-7. The Diamondmen clinched the title by defeating St. Thomas 15-10 in the season finale. The performance of Shelly Johnson this year was outstanding. He ended up with an earned run average of only .73. Next year’s prospects look good, as several freshmen and sophomores came through in play. It looks like Roback’s safe as he begins his slide into third. Show less
Hockey Results AUCSBUHG OPPONENT 8 St. Olaf ,, 4 5 Hamline , ,, ,, 3 0 St. Thomas , , 4 44 Custavtls , _ , 5* 2 ’wmidji ,V 7 ,V ,, , . 3* 6 Curelton ,, ,, , 8 l} l iVlm'alester 7 3 Concordia 2 2 St. Olaf , ._ 5 l 3 St. Johns _ ,, 9 l 0 U.l\/[. Duluth 19 "(Her/[mo Rich Kuehm‘ in typical goalie... Show moreHockey Results AUCSBUHG OPPONENT 8 St. Olaf ,, 4 5 Hamline , ,, ,, 3 0 St. Thomas , , 4 44 Custavtls , _ , 5* 2 ’wmidji ,V 7 ,V ,, , . 3* 6 Curelton ,, ,, , 8 l} l iVlm'alester 7 3 Concordia 2 2 St. Olaf , ._ 5 l 3 St. Johns _ ,, 9 l 0 U.l\/[. Duluth 19 "(Her/[mo Rich Kuehm‘ in typical goalie pose. HOW I: Jvlf Sln-lslud. \like Slroml. llenr) Antilla. Dave Shogren. Leroy Lee. Roger Danielson, Jim Ekstrand. ROW 2: Bruce Ranum, (lerk lluuslu-r. Tom Wood. Dim-k Kuehne, Vern Johnson, Ron Larson, Ted Botten. Steve Sweetland. . — A ’- I n . . d I c y d 3" Show less
Wrestling Results AUCSBURG OPPONENT ’ 27 Concordia Jr. College a 10 24 Concordia ,, 13 27 Concordia ,,,,,,,,,,, ,, , , 7 21 Macalester ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,_ , ,,11 11 St. Cloud ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, 23 s 26 Concordia Jr. College , 12 1' 13 St. John’s 24‘ 19 Gustavus Adolphus ,, ,. ,, 16 . 25 St.... Show moreWrestling Results AUCSBURG OPPONENT ’ 27 Concordia Jr. College a 10 24 Concordia ,, 13 27 Concordia ,,,,,,,,,,, ,, , , 7 21 Macalester ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,_ , ,,11 11 St. Cloud ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, 23 s 26 Concordia Jr. College , 12 1' 13 St. John’s 24‘ 19 Gustavus Adolphus ,, ,. ,, 16 . 25 St. Thomas ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,7 8 I 23 St. Olaf ,, , 16 Next year’s Captain Chuck Daggett. itate MI AC Championships ROW 1: Al Duerr, Lance Lee, Jeff Peterson, Rollie Weigmann, Andy Johnson, Don Miller, Satoru Sudoh. ROW 2: Ingolf Kronstzld. statistician; Marv Husby, Chris Wagner, Jack Osberg, Chuck Daggett, Chuck Schultz, Mike Marcy, Oscar Blegen, captain: lidor Nel- son, coach. ~ ‘ Show less
Nuh‘i humps \l Huvrr and Hon Miller with Captain Oscar Blegen. Uwur tilvgvn t‘t‘Vt‘l'St‘S for two points. ‘ .“ g \ Satoru Sudoh waits for an opening against a Macal- aster opponent. Auggies win Chris \‘Vagner takt-s down a Convurdia man.
Those pinch-hitters and cnavhes from I] (Bunglulululiuns are in store for Jerry .-\lstead on his hit “hirh hm broken the game upon. Aags Baseball Team Captures the MIAC Champianship. 56
-x '1. a. n:- u ..-. ,jchLA. ’14: 51 Larry Gallagher slides into home safe for another run at the lVIm'nlcs- ter game. 1 xi’i'l I ‘ I’W 15-" “I; I 7 "If &%W§-JJ J a l ridge... k.‘ The scene is the St. Mary’s game where Lloyd Raymond has just blasted a home run. IL '1 59
Golf .\\‘ I Pictured here are senior members of the golf team, Jerry Peterson and Dick Thompson. The golf team finished the season with a one win, one tie, and five loss record for dual meets, which was good for a sixth place in the MIAC. Meets were held against St. Thomas, Gustavus, Hamline,... Show moreGolf .\\‘ I Pictured here are senior members of the golf team, Jerry Peterson and Dick Thompson. The golf team finished the season with a one win, one tie, and five loss record for dual meets, which was good for a sixth place in the MIAC. Meets were held against St. Thomas, Gustavus, Hamline, Macalester, Bethe], and St. John’s. Members of the team also participated in an open match play series which was sponsored by Macalester, and which was open to any individual interested in playing. The team also participated in the National Athletic In- tercollegiate Association tournament held in Bemidji. This twenty-seven hole tournament was held in a downpour. and was to determine who would attend the national tourna- ment. The Augsburg team came in twelfth, out of a field of fourteen. The low scorers for the season were Dick Thompson, Jerry Peterson, Ken K055, and Gary Bloomquist, all of whom averaged 83 in their games. Jerry Peterson was the big point winner for the team. The prospects for Coach Ernie Anderson’s ’62 golf team are not too good, for only three lettermen are returning for next year. 65 Show less