St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 17, 1948:
St. Ambrose had their undefeated string of four
games broken today by the undefeated Tommies from
St. Paul, Minnesota. The quick and powerful St.
Thomas eleven was out to get even for the 39-13 defeat handed them by…
"Nabbed!"
portant from several standouts: (1) it was the 1948
Homecoming tilt for St. Ambrose; (2) the Victory Bell,
the traveling trophy donated by the Chicago Club and
inaugurated with this game, was to go to the winner;
(3) and the Bees had a…
Bees offense had gained 162 yards by rushing as compared to 77 yards by Augie ball-carries.
Don Doody led the Bee ground-gainers as he rolled
up 65 yards in 9 tries, but he was very ably assisted
by "Red" Shipner, Don Berg, and Vince Carhn.…
Joe Petruzzi
Spring "Mud Bowl"
1948 Football Lettermen
Bill Newell, Sterling, Ill.
Joe Hendron, Chicago, Ill.
Rich McKillip, Galesburg, Ill.
Dan Maher, Iowa City, Iowa.
Leo Kilfoy, Chicago, Ill.
Ray Ambrose, Chicago, Ill.
Earl Riley, Des…
Statistics for the 1948 Football Season
Yards gained by Rushing Own: 2549 Opponents: 1801
Yards lost by Rushing Own: 290 Opponents: 375
Net Yards gained by Rushing Own: 2259 Opponents: 1426
Forward Passing Attempts Own: 133 Opponents: 147
Forward…
St. Ambrose 13, 18,16,21,19,18,6,7,18,15
Doane College 12, NW Missouri 14, Northern Ill. 13, St. Norbert 7, St. Thomas 53, St. Joseph (Ind.) 7, Loras 28, Bradley 33, Augustana (S.D.) 12, Univ. of Corpus Christi (Texas) 13
TOTALS 151 192
St. Ambrose…
Bee Quintet Receives Last Minute Instructions, Review of 1948-49 Cage Tilts, The St. Ambrose cagers opened the 1948-49 season against a strong and fast St. Thomas quintet from St. Paul, Minnesota, on the Rock Island Armory court. Both teams started…
Jack Donnelly Hits Again
Jack Donnelly
score. The Bees then moved to the consolation
bracket, where they set a new St. Ambrose
scoring record by swamping the Simpson Red-
men, 85-48. The consolation finals found the
Ambrosians having a strong…
The Hoosier Hot-shot Connects
downing a stubborn Central team from Pella,
Iowa, on the Armary floor. The Bees were
forced to play without their two tall men, Kirby
Lawlis and Jack Donnelly, most of the last half
as the two cagers fouled out. But the…
Len Czarnecki, Gola Waters
The powerful Regis Rangers were next for
the Bees on their western swing, and the Denver, Colorado, team showed why they had
won 18 out of 20 games for the eason by socking a 62-44 defeat on the St. Ambrose squad.
Bill…
