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JACK CURTICE

Head Coach

Left 10 right, first row: T. Hollenshead, B. Johnston, S. Arriola, B. Hyde, B. Sord, D.Thompson.Second row: T. Wisehart, manager; B. Mewhorter, J. De Groat, K. Stevens, L.Robinson, S. Jenkins, Coach Curtice.

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THE BASKETBALLSEASONgot its big start at Mines when Lt. Com-mander Jack Curtice came to the school to be head athletic coach. Afterhe became well situated in his new position, he had twenty-one boys,six of which were returning lettermen, to work with. Practices were heldevery afternoon at a rapid pace, and in no time at all, the Mucker teambegan to take shape.

AFTER MANY MONTHS of training and practice, a Miner quintetfaced the Aggies from New Mexico A and M and won by a score of41 to an Aggie 36. This indeed started the 1945-1946 season off witha bang.

Roy JONESAssistant Coach

SAMMYJENKINSCaptain

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KEN STEPHENSCenter

HIGH POINT MAN for the Miners was SergioArriolo with 11 points, and he was followedclose behind by Ken Stephens who chalked up10 tallies.THE MINERS, in their second game, dropped

a close decision to the aggies at Las Cruces,by a score of 41-22.

SERGIOARRIOLOGuard

BILL MEWHORTERGuard

JIM DEGROATCenter

THEN THE CAGERSfrom TCM took a tripto Chihuahua City and played a Mexico teamthere.

ALTHOUGHTHE MINERSplayed one of theirbest games of the season, they lost by a thinmargin of 70-60. After this game, all otherbasketball tilts were postponed until afterfinals.

BILL SORDForward

THOMPSON shooting fortwo points in one of theAggie games.

DUDLEY THOMPSONForward

THE MINER FIVE lost their next two gameswith the New Mexico Lobos in two fast, action-packed games.

FIRST GAME SCORE was 61-27, and the secondgame, 45 to 28, the Lobos in high spot eachtime. Pacing the Muckers in these games wereJenkins, Baca, and Mewhorter.

ACTION PICTURE takenduring one of the Lobotilts.

TOMMY HOLLINGSHEADForward

THE MUCKERS later received a licking by theboys from Texas Tech to the tune of 52 to 39in the opening conference game at Albuquer-que. DeGroat led the Miners with 14 pointsto his credit.

LELAND ROBINSONF01"1iJtJfd

B. DAVID HYDE

Guard

SCENE FROM ONE of theMucker-Aggie games

THE MINERS closed their basketball season

with two victories over Army teams. Jenkins,Captain of the team, led in individual scoringhonors with an average of 11 points per game.

THE SEASONRECORDstood at eight gameswon and ten lost. In the Border Conference,the Muckers won four and lost seven.

BILLYJOHNSTONGuard

TOM WISEHARTManage1'

MANUEL BACAForward

MINES COACHING STAFF for '45

to '46 season basketball, foot-

ball, and track. Left to right,

Coaches Christian, Waters,

Curtice, and Jones.

FOOTBALL IS BACK on the College of Mines Campusafter an absence of three years. Football has always been thepredominate sport on the campus, and now it is going tomake its debut in September, 1946. This year, Coach Curticepromises to have a Miner eleven out on the field to win forthe orange and white.

SPRING PRACTICEwas put through the paces, and nowthe boys are waiting for the summer to come around so theymay resume practice for a big, on-coming season that willsurely put TCM on the map of American colleges anduniversities.

First row: Caldwell, Irby, Hartford, Bryant.Second row: Miller, Edmondsen, Carameros,

Emmett, Redmond.

1946 MUCKER FOOTBALL TEAM

• First rou/, left to right: Mgr. Wisehart, Evans, Epstein, Loras, Caldwell, Williams,Salem, Hartford, and Klein.

Middle Row: Miller, Redmond, Lavis, Irby, Abdou, Mott, Emmett, Bryant.

Back row: Coach Curtice, Carameros, Eppler, Barrett, Gilland, Stevens, Gill, Mewhorter,Edmonsen, Black, Mgr. Gattis, Mgr. DeArmon

One of the line-ups that will face Border Conference teams

FRED WENDT in position

Two MINERS in a 440-yard dash

riM" Club members, left to right, first row: Gill, Dr. Knapp, sponsor; Clark,Salem, Mangan, ArnoldSecond row: Redmond, Thompson, Cotton, Fitzgerald, Arriola, Hyde

Cheerleaders for the 1945-46 basketball season are shown above. Left to right,Sally McKinney, Maryon Chapman, and Lucille Crysler. Not pictured areFrank Weidner and Gabriel Cordova.

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Left to right, first row: Becky Armijo, Elena Alvarez, Lupe Esparza,Ellen RiveraSecond row: Carmen Cuenca, Gloria Armijo, Josephine Valenzuela,Eloise Smith

THE ZETAS took top basketball honors for the secondconsecutive year, by winning out over the MuEpsilon Chis.

BOBBIE NELL TURNER led the Zeta team, and alsotook honors as the high-point player of the five teamsparticipating.

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Left to right: Betty Mitcham, Jane House, Betsy Haninger, JoanPearce, Kay Anderson, Dorothy Kennedy

KANDYGRAVESplaced second as high-point player,and honorable mention went to Jeannette Harper,Elena Alvarez, Barbara Hamlin, Mary Maros andSybil Tipton.

THE CHI OMEGA'Stook third place on the schedule,winning two games to the Zeta's five and the MEX'sthree.

Left to right, first row: Jeanette Harper, Susie Fleming, Kandy Graves, BettyRogers, Nancy Burns, Bobbie Nelle Turner

Recond row: Rita Russell, Jean Ferguson, Bebe Tighe, Marian Rogers, LouWilliams, Marion Henning

First row: Sybil TiptonSecond row: Mary Hart, Vance WattThird row: Georgette Wardy, Yvonne Carrera, Genevieve Draeger

Left to right: Barbara Hamlin, Yvette Menard, LenaStallings, Bobby Lane Wiggins

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SYLVIA LERNER took the title as women's singlestennis queen over Louise Williams, last year's cham-pion with a score of 6-0, 6-1.RUNNERS-UP were Alice Clendenin and Betty Rogers.

SYLVIA LERNER

PING-PONG CHAMPION Bobbie NelleTurner (left) shakes hands with run-ner-up Sylvia Lerner after the cham-pionship match.

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YJJllEFirst row: Marion Henning, Lou Williams, Bebe TigheSecond row: Rita Russell, Betty Rogers, Nancy BurnsThird row: Marian Tatum, Jean Ferguson, Susie Fleming,Bobbie Turner, Marian Rogers

BOBBIENELL TURNER again led the Zetasto victory in the volleyball intramurals overthe strong competition of the MEXs, ashigh point scorer.

Lou WILLIAMSacted as captain of the team,and was supported by two tall lasses, Turnerand Susie Fleming.

Pirst row: Vance Watt, Genevieve Draeger,Sybil TiptonSecond row: Mary Hart, Yvonne Carrera,Georgette Wardy

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Left to right: Kay Anderson, Stella Ann Hesler, BetsyHaninger, Betty Mitcham, Joan Pearce, Jane House

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OUTSTANDING PLAYERS of thematches were Vance Watt, SybilTipton, Jane House, Stella AnnHesler, Carmen Cuenca and LillianPalafox.

First rota: Eloise Smith, Gloria Armijo,Carmen Cuenca, Lupe Esparza . .Second rota: Josephine Valenzuela, LillianPalafox, Mary Ellen Rivera

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TRI DEL TS took all honors inthe horseshoe matches nosingout all other contestants be-fore the semi-finals.FREEMAN AND BIGGERS de-feated their opponents withthe scores of ~21-18, 15-2121-13.

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Runners-u p Ann Gumaer and Kay Anderson

Tournament uiin n er s JaneFreeman and Averil Biggerssmile obligingly after playingoff their championship match.

THE ZETAS warm-upfor intramural bas-ketball matches.

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MEX AND TRI DELTSpractice before play-ing their scheduledgame in the volley-ball intramurals.

ROGERS hits a homerpitched by BettyMitcham, judged out-standing pitcher inthe baseball tourna-ment.

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First rour: Rita Russell, Betty Rogers, Women's Intramural Director;Mrs. Kathleen Stewart, sponsor; Genevieve DraegerSecond rota: Lillian Palafox and Joan Pearce

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MRs. JULIA KANEDirector of Women's Athletics

MRS. KATHLEEN STEWARTAssistant Director