1940 Yearbook
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Title
1940 Yearbook
Description
FOOTBALL
Sonneville, Tackle
Janick, Back
Hoogerwurf, End
Scarpino, End
Bridge, Guard
year with a .500 rating with 4 triumphs balanced by a like
number of losses. In 1934 a more experienced contingent
trotted the chalk lines for the Blue and White and 6 decisions to
2 defeats showed the results of the season's efforts.
Duford's 1935 edition of the Bees started the year off with a
win and then ran into a red-hot DePaul team and was upset.
It was after this game that St. Ambrose teams under Duford
started a winning streak that was to bring the Davenport school
nationwide acclaim before it was finally broken. The Saints
won six games to close the 1935 season with a good start on
the first leg of the undefeated string. For the next three consecutive seasons, 1936, 1937, and 1938, the Bees met twenty-five
opponents without suffering a set-back. At the end of the 1938
season the Bees had a record of 31 games played without a
loss, a streak that ranks high among the undefeated strings in
modern football. Cornell upset the Saints in the opening game
of the 1939 march to end the streak but Duford sent his team
through seven more games without a loss and the record now
stands at one defeat in 39 games.
In addition to his amazing string of victories Duford ran up
a great list of individual records. His teams have not been
defeated in the Iowa Conference since 1933; they have been
Iowa Catholic champions since 1931; they have held the Tri-
City title since 1935. Duford is gone and it is difficult to forecast
the future, but the Bees still believe in an old adage: "By their
deeds you shall know them." They hope their deeds will speak ,
for them for many years to come.
Sonneville, Tackle
Janick, Back
Hoogerwurf, End
Scarpino, End
Bridge, Guard
year with a .500 rating with 4 triumphs balanced by a like
number of losses. In 1934 a more experienced contingent
trotted the chalk lines for the Blue and White and 6 decisions to
2 defeats showed the results of the season's efforts.
Duford's 1935 edition of the Bees started the year off with a
win and then ran into a red-hot DePaul team and was upset.
It was after this game that St. Ambrose teams under Duford
started a winning streak that was to bring the Davenport school
nationwide acclaim before it was finally broken. The Saints
won six games to close the 1935 season with a good start on
the first leg of the undefeated string. For the next three consecutive seasons, 1936, 1937, and 1938, the Bees met twenty-five
opponents without suffering a set-back. At the end of the 1938
season the Bees had a record of 31 games played without a
loss, a streak that ranks high among the undefeated strings in
modern football. Cornell upset the Saints in the opening game
of the 1939 march to end the streak but Duford sent his team
through seven more games without a loss and the record now
stands at one defeat in 39 games.
In addition to his amazing string of victories Duford ran up
a great list of individual records. His teams have not been
defeated in the Iowa Conference since 1933; they have been
Iowa Catholic champions since 1931; they have held the Tri-
City title since 1935. Duford is gone and it is difficult to forecast
the future, but the Bees still believe in an old adage: "By their
deeds you shall know them." They hope their deeds will speak ,
for them for many years to come.
Date
1940
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/4889