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…
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 …