1949 Yearbook
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1949 Yearbook
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"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 chance to clinch the 1948 Midlands Conference football title by winning this encounter.
The game was a battle from the opening whistle
with the Bees showing their offensive power in the
first few minutes of play before being stopped on the
Loras 10 yard line. But two plays later Mike Scheck
recovered a Loras fumble in the end zone to give the
Bees their only score and the first of the game. The
Duhawks came back on a 74-yard drive and a
safety to give them a 9-6 halftime lead.
The last half was a hard-fought stanza with the Bees
making several strong bids to score, but none of them
materialized. Then, in the final minutes of the last
quarter; the Duhawks smashed across three rapid,
touchdowns in a sudden outbreak of offensive power.
Two of the t. d.'s were made on an intercepted pass
and a recovered fumble deep in the Bees own territory.
This game gave Coach Wally Fromhart's Loras
eleven a share of the Midlands Conference football
title with the Mullins-coached squad.
Score by periods:
St. Ambrose 6 0 0 0 6
Loras 0 9 0 19 28
Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 6, 1948:
Uncorking a remarkable second half passing attack,
the Bradley Braves from Peoria, Ill., rolled up four
quick scores in the final period to defeat the St. Ambrose Bees, 33-7.
St. Ambrose scored first in the opening minutes of
play on a 60-yard drive with Jack Finigan scoring on
a quarterback sneak. Art Michalik booted the extra
point to give the Bees a 7-0 lead. Then injuries hit
the Bees again as Joe Petruzzi, second leading
ground-gainer this season, joined Don Whan, Ed
Spera, Art Michalik, and other Bees sidelined with
injuries.
Gib Carl was the big gun in the passing attack for
Bradley, his aerials to Billy Stone and Bob Flanagan
kept the Bees secondary on the move. All in all, the
Missouri Valley Conference school gained 166 yards
through the air, completing 11 out of 18 passes, with
most of these coming in the last quarter when the
Braves pulled away from the Bees.
Score by periods:
St. Ambrose
Bradley
7 0 0 0 7
7 0 13 13 33
Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 13, 1948:
With the temperature hovering around the freezing
point, the St. Ambrose gridders closed their home stay
for the season by downing the Augustana Vikings
from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, by the score of 18-12.
The Vikings from the North had a big and powerful
line, but the Bee forwards kept them on their toes by
out-charging the Dakota lads. In the first half the
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 chance to clinch the 1948 Midlands Conference football title by winning this encounter.
The game was a battle from the opening whistle
with the Bees showing their offensive power in the
first few minutes of play before being stopped on the
Loras 10 yard line. But two plays later Mike Scheck
recovered a Loras fumble in the end zone to give the
Bees their only score and the first of the game. The
Duhawks came back on a 74-yard drive and a
safety to give them a 9-6 halftime lead.
The last half was a hard-fought stanza with the Bees
making several strong bids to score, but none of them
materialized. Then, in the final minutes of the last
quarter; the Duhawks smashed across three rapid,
touchdowns in a sudden outbreak of offensive power.
Two of the t. d.'s were made on an intercepted pass
and a recovered fumble deep in the Bees own territory.
This game gave Coach Wally Fromhart's Loras
eleven a share of the Midlands Conference football
title with the Mullins-coached squad.
Score by periods:
St. Ambrose 6 0 0 0 6
Loras 0 9 0 19 28
Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 6, 1948:
Uncorking a remarkable second half passing attack,
the Bradley Braves from Peoria, Ill., rolled up four
quick scores in the final period to defeat the St. Ambrose Bees, 33-7.
St. Ambrose scored first in the opening minutes of
play on a 60-yard drive with Jack Finigan scoring on
a quarterback sneak. Art Michalik booted the extra
point to give the Bees a 7-0 lead. Then injuries hit
the Bees again as Joe Petruzzi, second leading
ground-gainer this season, joined Don Whan, Ed
Spera, Art Michalik, and other Bees sidelined with
injuries.
Gib Carl was the big gun in the passing attack for
Bradley, his aerials to Billy Stone and Bob Flanagan
kept the Bees secondary on the move. All in all, the
Missouri Valley Conference school gained 166 yards
through the air, completing 11 out of 18 passes, with
most of these coming in the last quarter when the
Braves pulled away from the Bees.
Score by periods:
St. Ambrose
Bradley
7 0 0 0 7
7 0 13 13 33
Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 13, 1948:
With the temperature hovering around the freezing
point, the St. Ambrose gridders closed their home stay
for the season by downing the Augustana Vikings
from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, by the score of 18-12.
The Vikings from the North had a big and powerful
line, but the Bee forwards kept them on their toes by
out-charging the Dakota lads. In the first half the
Publisher
Noram Press Coverse Milwaukee, WI
Date
1949
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/574