."/ . \,"/' University of Minnesota BLUELINE, BACK COURT CLUBS OFFER FANS OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRST -HAND, INSIDE INFORMATION - BASKETBALL - - HOCKEY- Basketball fans, here is your opportunity to be in on the The Gopher Blueline Club is in its sixth year of opera­ very latest word on college and professional basketball. tion. It has had five successful years of meetings on Fridays at Jax Cafe in northeast Minneapolis. All the Attend the fine luncheon meetings of the Gopher Back members and guests have had many enjoyable luncheon Court Club at Jax Cafe. meetings throughout the Gopher hockey seasons - good Bill Fitch, Minnesota's exciting new basketball coach, laughs, some entertaining speakers, and many high school is the featured speaker at each meeting and will keep you and Gopher stars. completely informed on the Gophers and their upcoming In five years, the club has donated nearly $2,000.00 to opponents. Visiting coaches will olso'take port in the hockey scholarships at Minnesota. programs. Many other outstandi ng sports personal ities participate. The area's top high school basketball players Hear current comments from Gopher Coach Glen Sonmor, are present to be honored. views from the visiting collegiate coaches, and also pay tribute to outstanding high school hockey athletes in the The remaining luncheon meetings: area who are worthy of recognition by our Blueline organi. Tuesday, January 21 zation. Tuesday, January 28 Tuesday, February 11 REMAINING BLUELINE SCHEDULE: Tuesday, February 18 Tuesday, March 4 Fri., Jan. 24 ( Mich Tech) Fri., Feb. 14 ( Michigan) Tuesday, March 11 Fri., Feb. 7 (UMD) Fri., Feb. 28 ( Colorado Coli.) Remember, the place is Jax Cafe, 1922 University Ave. All meetings at Jax Cafe, 1922 Un; versi ty Avenue N. E., N.E., Minneapolis. Minneapoli s, Minn. 55418. 3 WINTER SPORTS DAYS ATTRACT PREP ATHLETES The University of Minnesota Athletic department has BASKETBALL & HOCKEY invited high school athletes to attend three big Winter Sports Days in 1969. The special price is only $1.00 per BIG 10 SEASON BEGINS ON day. The schedule of events indicates the opportunities for seeing the Gophers in action in several sparts. For BASKETBALL SCHEDULE: information call 373-3181, Athletic Ticket Office. Saturday, January 25 11:30 a.m. TRACK - Frosh-Varsity Meet Sot., Feb. 1 - Northwestern 1:00 p.m. SWIMMING - Ohio St., III. (Triple Dual) Tue., Feb. 11 - Wisconsin 1:15 p.m. HOCKEY -PrelimWestvs.Marshall(Roch) Sot., Feb. 22 - Indiana 1:30 p.m. WRESTLING - Utah 2:00 p.m. GYMNASTICS - Mich. St. & Ind. St. Coil. Tue., Mar. 4 - Iowa 3:00 p.m. HOCKEY - Michigan Tech Sot., Mar. 8 - Mich. State 6: 15 p.m. BASKETBALL_ Prelim Marshall-U vs. 2-Harbors 8:00 p.m. BASKETBALL- purdue A STRONG HOCKEY LEAGU E Saturday, February 1 12:00 noon WRESTLING - Ariz. St., Nebr., N. lowo U FACES HOCKEY GOPHERS: 1:00 p.m. GYMNASTICS - Mich. & St. Clol,d State 2:30 p.m. SWIMMING _ Indiana 3:30 p.m. TRACK - Illinois(Coaches Clinic9 a.m.) Fri., Sot., Jon. 17, 18 - Michigan State 6: 15 p.m. BASKETBALL_ Prelim Frosh Intra-Squad Fri., Sot., Jon 24, 25 - Michigan Tech 8:00 p.m. BASKETBALL_ Northwestern Fri., Sot., Feb. 7, 8 - U ofM, Duluth Saturday, February 8 Fri., Sot., Feb. 14, 15 - Michigan 12:00 noon WRESTLING - Wis., Purdue, III. 2:00 p.m. SWIMMING - Wisconsin & Purdue Fri., Sot., Feb. 28, Mar.l - Colorado College 3:00 p.m. GYMNASTICS - Wisconsin 6: 15 p.m. HOCKEY - Prelim Hill vs. St. Paul Acad. 8:00 p.m. HOCKEY _U of M, Duluth Gymnasts in Heavy Traffic as 50-cents Youth Ticlcet to Admit to Pat Bird Takes Over Hoclcey I Baslcetball The Gopher gymnasts, with new coach Pat Bird Now available through the Athletic Ticket Office at moving up from assistant the University of Minnesota is a special youth admission coach, and switching spots ticket priced at 50 cents which will admit to Gopher home with his old boss, Ralph hockey and basketball games. Piper, are heading into the These tickets are available to grade school and junior heavy traffic of their high school groups; also scout groups. schedule. On Wednesday, January 22nd, Stout State Groups are not limited in number, and one adult super· invades Williams Arena, vi sor for each 10 boys wi II be admitted at the 50 cent rate. and then on Saturday, J anu­ These tickets must be ordered at least two weeks in ad­ ary 25th, Minnesota hosts vance of the dote of the desired event. They will not be Michigan State and Indiana sold at the gate. State. Bird's crew will then Application forms for these youth tickets are available do battle in nine other through the Athletic Ticket Office, 108 Cooke Hall, Uni· meets before the Confer­ versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455. Phone 373·3181. ence championships on March 20, 21, and 22. Larry Peterson, a two­ time letterman, returns to give the Gophers strength Mowerson Looks for in the floor exercise and Pat Bird long horse. Another top 1st Division Swim Team Finish performer back is junior letterman Fred Kueffer in the all-around, with his specialty the rings. Captain Dave Bob Mowerson has only been out of the first division Stande adds depth and experience as an all-around per­ once in his tenure as head swimming coach at Minnesota former, and several talented sophomores will push the and he doesn't expect 1969 to be the 2nd year for that veterans. failure to occur. The Gophers are facing four straight home meets against Big Ten opposition prior to the Big Ten championships the last weekend in February in Madison. As Mowerson puts it, ENDERLE BOOSTS WRESTLERS "Where we are good, we're very good, and where we The football season couldn't end soon enough to suit are bad, we're quite bad." wrestling coach Wally Johnson. Captain Marty Knight, a With star heavyweight, Dick Enderle, partIcIpating in strong 200 yard freestyler, the Shrine East-West game the Gophers encountered some is the best Gopher bet as rough going in early season matches without Enderle. a point-getter in all meets, with Dave Lundberg of This year's squad is built around Brian Taylor, 123 Hopkins, another free­ pound senior from Robbinsdale Cooper; Frank Nichols, 130 , styler, right up there in pound senior from Crosby-Ironton; Gary Pelcl, 145 pound Knight's class. Depth has junior from Hopkins; Terry Sworsky, 152 pound senior and been a problem for coach Tony Sworsky, 160 pound senior from Fridley; Mike Maas, Mowerson in the past, and 167 pound senior from Fridley; Jim Axtell, 167 pound so­ this year is no exception, phomore from Alexander Ramsey; and Enderle. although his prediction for Don Meyers, an outstanding Gopher wrestler in 1955-56­ a first division finish in :! the Big Ten meet should 57 and now assistant principal at Fridley High where he be accurate. coached many championship teams, is assisting Johnson. Marty Knight Pyle, Shannon Frosh Basketball Standouts capable of being an All-American," Kindall says. The 1968-69 Minnesota freshman basketball team has two of the finest individuals - Jerry Pyle and Ollie Other top prospects are 6 - 0 guard Roger Arnold, Ef­ Shannon _ to pi ay here in many years, accordi ng to coach fingham, 111., and 6 - 4 forward Jim Thompson, Richfield. Jerry Kindall. Arnold is the team's "quarterback" and is an excellent "We don't have the team scoring balance and height ball-handler and good shot. Thompson is a good shooter we've hod the last couple of years," Kinda" says, "but and Coach Kindall has been very pleased with his per­ we are fortunate to have two outstanding basketball formance. players in Pyle and Shannon," As last year, the freshmen play three games, two at Wi II iams Arena, against outside opposition. On Jan. 11, Pyle, a 6 - 7 center from Casselton, N.D., was a highly the Gopher frosh played Anoka-Ramsey Jr. College in a recruited high school All-American. "Jerry is an excellent prelim to the Minnesota-Michigan varsity game. On March ball-handl er althaugh he does need to work on hi s shoot­ 4, Normandale Jr. College will provide the opposition in a ing," Kindall says. "He can play any position and is a 6: 15 p.m. preIiminary game to the Minnesota-Iowa varsity great prospect," contest. The squad wi II travel to St. Cloud to play the St. Shannon, a 6 - 3 guard from Brooklyn, N.Y., is the Cloud St. College Junior Varsity on Jan. 22. team's best shooter and strongest player. "Ollie is quite Strong Distance Corps . .. INDOOR TRACK PROSPECTS GOOD Several large contributions arrived late in December to Minnesota's indoor track team may find it difficult to bolster the 1968 Williams Fund Campaign. Sincere thanks repeat last spring's outdoor championship, but the develop­ to our friends at West Publishing Company, the Gopher ment of several sophomores and the strength in the distance Blueline Club, Minneapolis Clearing House Association, events could find the Gopher thinclads finishing in a re­ the Twin City Iron Rangers Association and the St. Paul spectable position. Williams Scholarship Stag Committee. "We lost a lot of talent in the sprints and hurdles," ** *** coach Roy Griak said. "But if some of our sophomores Follow the Gopher Basketball team on WCCO Radio - Ray come through, we could have a very representative team." Christensen will be doing the play-by-play on most of the remaining conference games. Two te levis ed road games Sophomore sprinters Greg Lokken, Moorhead, and Al will be January 18th at IQwa and February 8th at Indiana Shapiro, St.