1940 Yearbook
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Title
1940 Yearbook
Description
V. Nunamaker, End
Craine, Center
McConville, Back
Kerasiotis, Guard
Johnston, Tackle
One night last September one of the longest victory strings
in modern football reached the breaking point. Cornell
pounded out a hard-fought 6-0 win over St. Ambrose to give
the Bees their first set-back since 1935—their first defeat in 31
games.
Back in October, 1935, Coach "Dukes" Duford sent his team
on the field against one of the strongest squads in the history
of DePaul University. That day DePaul beat the Duford stalwarts, and this was the last time a St. Ambrose team came
off the field on the short end of the score until Cornell turned
the trick.
Bee players and supporters were surprisingly calm after
the upset because one and all believed that before the close
of the 1939 season the string would have to be snapped.
The only surprising factor was the decisiveness with which
the Purple squad administered the defeat to the Saints' green
squad. Sparked by Gene Tornquist, star half-back, the Cornell
team marched three times to within three yards of the Bee
goal before they were able to register the score.
A long pass from Tornquist to Len Wilson set the ball up
on the one-yard line and a minute Jim Sprague plunged over
for the touchdown. The Purple failed to convert the extra point
and the Bees trailed, 6-0. The third quarter featured little or
no offense on the part of either team and not until the final
period did the Bees make a serious threat. This was cut short,
however, when a forward pass misfired and shortly afterward the final gun sounded and an amazing string was gone.
The following week-end the Saints went into the Coe battle
decidedly the underdog. Determined to avenge the set-back
handed them in 1938 Moray Eby's squad had polished a passing attack destined to sink the Bees into oblivion. The Ko-
hawks opened with a bang throwing lateral and forward
passes to all corners of the lot but none of them came close
to connecting. The Coe contingent made one serious threat
late in the first period when Tess Leins picked up a fumble
deep in St. Ambrose territory but the Kohawks lost the ball
on downs.
FOOTBALL
Craine, Center
McConville, Back
Kerasiotis, Guard
Johnston, Tackle
One night last September one of the longest victory strings
in modern football reached the breaking point. Cornell
pounded out a hard-fought 6-0 win over St. Ambrose to give
the Bees their first set-back since 1935—their first defeat in 31
games.
Back in October, 1935, Coach "Dukes" Duford sent his team
on the field against one of the strongest squads in the history
of DePaul University. That day DePaul beat the Duford stalwarts, and this was the last time a St. Ambrose team came
off the field on the short end of the score until Cornell turned
the trick.
Bee players and supporters were surprisingly calm after
the upset because one and all believed that before the close
of the 1939 season the string would have to be snapped.
The only surprising factor was the decisiveness with which
the Purple squad administered the defeat to the Saints' green
squad. Sparked by Gene Tornquist, star half-back, the Cornell
team marched three times to within three yards of the Bee
goal before they were able to register the score.
A long pass from Tornquist to Len Wilson set the ball up
on the one-yard line and a minute Jim Sprague plunged over
for the touchdown. The Purple failed to convert the extra point
and the Bees trailed, 6-0. The third quarter featured little or
no offense on the part of either team and not until the final
period did the Bees make a serious threat. This was cut short,
however, when a forward pass misfired and shortly afterward the final gun sounded and an amazing string was gone.
The following week-end the Saints went into the Coe battle
decidedly the underdog. Determined to avenge the set-back
handed them in 1938 Moray Eby's squad had polished a passing attack destined to sink the Bees into oblivion. The Ko-
hawks opened with a bang throwing lateral and forward
passes to all corners of the lot but none of them came close
to connecting. The Coe contingent made one serious threat
late in the first period when Tess Leins picked up a fumble
deep in St. Ambrose territory but the Kohawks lost the ball
on downs.
FOOTBALL
Date
1940
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
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