Bee cager opens up Pumas defense
February 18th, where they engaged the Central
cagers. The Bees fast offensive maneuvers kept
them in command of the game from the start
as they rolled to a 42-27 first half lead. Don
Morris clicked on his first five…
1948-49 St. Ambrose Cage Squad
nets for 22 markers before fouling out in the
last quarter.
Returning home for the last home tilt of the
season, the Blue and White cagers tied their
ceason high for one game by swamping the
helpless Wm. Penn basketball…
Front Row (left to right): Paul Gebhardt, Bill Caffery, Art Michalik, Earl Riley, Charles Logic
Top Row (left to right): Coach Matt Starecebich, Harry Dexter Jim Hartman, Dick Colson, Dick Simmons
1949 Wrestling Squad
The 1948-49 season record and…
"A Near Pin for Bee Grappler"
Art Michalik
Two St. Ambrose wrestlers finished the 1949 season with
clean slates. Art Michalik, sophomore 225-lb. grappler from
Chicago, finished his second season without a defeat in collegiate wrestling, and Harry…
Earl Riley
Paul Gebhardt
Jim Hartrnan
Three Bee grapplers won
Iowa Conference titles during
the season. Harry Dexter and
Dick Simmons, former Davenport High wrestlers, carried off
top honors in the 128 and 136
pound departments, respectively. In…
1948 BASEBALL TEAM
Baseball Results of '48
St. Ambrose 17 Univ. of Ill. Extension 1
(Galesburg)
St. Ambrose 10 Western Ill. State (Macomb) 8
(11 innings)
St.
Ambrose 6 Upper Iowa 3
St.
Ambrose 3 …
Golf Review of 1948
Prospects for a very successful season in
1949 were quite noticeable to Rev. Father
Kamerick as nine letter men returned from the
1948 golf squad that won 6 out of 8 matches
and captured the Iowa Conference golf title,
besides…
1948 St Ambrose Tennis Results
1948 St. Ambrose Tennis Team
Facing one of the toughest tennis schedules in the
history of the school, the St. Ambrose court squad
was forced to end the eason without sighting victory once, although they were…
Leo Deutsch
Intramural Sports
Any time of the day or night you will
probably find Leo Deutsch, intramural
director, rushing around the St. Ambrose campus keeping tab of the sports
program which he inaugurated at St.
Ambrose in 1947.
Deutsch, who is…
has also held tournaments in pinochle,
euchre, and checkers. Last year over
120 men competed in the pinochle tournament.
Much work is involved each year in
organizing and arranging the intramural sports program. For instance, during the 1948-49…
