Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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JOHNSON CROFOOT GILLEY The Warriors launched a 13-0 victory over the Bettiany Swedes ' with touchdowns by Bill Hunter and Deanie Anderson. The Chieftains' forward wall, sparked by Rich Clough, broke through repeated- ly to block five Bethany points. The Chieftains pulled a 6-6 draw with the Wayne Teachers on home soil when both teams scored in the second period. The Warriors won the game statistically but failed to make good in the air. The Midland gridders took their initial defeat from the favored Peru Bobcats in a 21-0 handout. The Bobcats displayed a powerful running attack that almost added two more tallies but the War- riors held them on the ten and 21. Bad passing and poor ball handling contributed to the Indian defeat. The Midland Redskins spun back in the fourth game of the season to hand out a 21-0 defeat to D. HILL HUNTER the weak York eleven. This marked the first War- rior N. C. C. victory of the year. Between touch- downs by Herman Smith and Deanie Anderson, the Warriors muffed five other tallies. Unable to cope with a strong Nebraska Wes- leyan attack. Midland's Warriors lost a 20-6 Home- coming game and all hope of bidding for the Ne- braska College Conference title. Unlike last year the Chadron Teachers issued a 25-0 decision over the hard fighting Warrior eleven. The Warriors commanded the game in the first period but three breaks in the second half gave the Eagles as many touchdowns. Although on the heavy end of the yardstick, the Orange and Black eleven did not have the final punch to drive out a touchdown against Morning- side. Several Warrior fumbles also decided the outcome of the 15-0 game. 97 LARSEN LUSCHE MARSHALL MATSON

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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

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Coach John Pfitsch talks to his Midland mon at the Hastings con- test, which the Broncos captured 6-0 in the last 40 seconds. Midland's mud war against Kear- ney in the Warriors' final game is watched by Stout, Lusche, Smith and Anderson. With 40 seconds left in the game, Hastings took a tie game and made it a 6-0 victory over the Indians. The heartbreaker was lost on an inter- cepted Midland pass and a bit of superbly exe- cuted dov nfield blocking. The Warriors battled their last game of the sea- son to a 0-0 stalemate with Kearney on home soil covered with snow and mud. The Chieftains out- charged and out-held the heavier visitor lino as they did against most of their seasonal opponents.