Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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Jcctball ReVoo Hill, four timos all-stato halfback and a Midland senior this year, receivod the 1947 Petrow Memorial Trophy Award at the Homocoming football game, fin Army Air Corps veteran. “Rove completed his football eligibility in 1946. Last fall he coached Midland's B team. This was the second annual presenta- tion of tho trophy, a momorial to George “Babe Petrow, greatest all-around Mid- land athlete. The Midland Warriors wound up the 1947 season holding number seven spot in the N. C. C. stand- ings. The Orange and Black eleven began the slate with a bang by walloping Bethany 13-0. In the next two games the Chieftains held a tie with Wayne and pounded a 13-0 win over York. This high being temporary, the squad settled back to lose the next four and tie the fifth. Coach John Pfitsch, former Texan, with the ex- perienced help of Fremonter Art Stark, Sr., and ReVoe Hill, Little All-American halfback of '41, shaped the Warrior team for the toughest season since the war. The Warriors ended up the slippery season with 38 points and held opponents' points down to 93. Deanie Anderson took touchdown honors for the season by making four of the six touchdowns and added an extra point to total 25 markers. CHRISMAN R. CLOUGH Page