University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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The Falcons returned homo to beet St. Olaf in the most thrilling gome of the season. 35-34. After scoring five points in the final minute to tie the game, the Falcons got the decision in an overtime on Dimick's long shot, which was in the air as the final gun sounded. The next throe gomes wore played on tho road, the Falcons oasily defeating Superior Teachers before dropping a fast game to St. Thomas. 69-50. The Menion-men then rolled up their highest score of tho season in drubbing Concordia, 75-44. The Falcons rolled to two more victories at home over the Prescott Flyers and Bethel Junior College before drop- Sa thriller to St. Thomas, 46-45, for tho first defeat on the homo in two seasons. River Falls then travelled to La Crosse and couldn't get rolling as they were upset by the Indians in a rugged game, 30-29. St. Mary's handed the Falcons another dofeat at Winona the following niant, 48-32. Manion's men returned home to avenao the La Crosse defeat with a 58-35 victory, and then whippod Superior, 48-35, in tho feature of the 1945 combined Homecoming and Winter Carnival. Rivor Falls ended this home stand against St. Mary's and came within six points of tying the score in a late rally after being behind by fifteen points at the half, but St. Mary's managed to stall and the final minutes of the game found them victors. In the last road game, St. Olaf avenged her earlier defeat on the Falls floor, as tho Olos got hot in the second half and pulled away. 64-44. Tho final game was ployed before the largest home crowd of the season against Hamline Univorsity. The Pipers, who had piled up a good record against tho top teams in tho nation, were hard pressod to win and gained a safe load only in the final minutes, when their stalling game broke up the Falcons' defense. Dimick did a remarkable job in holding the giant Howie Schultz to twelve points, oho of the lowest totals for him in the season. Sam Young led River Falls in scoring with 290 points in tho twenty gamos, followed by Hitt and Dimick who had 192 and 182 points, respectively- IhiMvbtill The spring athletic program featured tho revival of baseball at River Falls after the sport had been allowod to lapse for a period of one year due to the low enrollment of men in the spring term of 1944. The 1945 squad was rather limited as to number and previous experience, although several candidates had had considerable high school experience. The only returning letterman was Joe Ott, who worked on the pitcher's mound and in the outfield for the Falcons in 1943. Squad mombors wore: Joe Ott, Sam Young, Don Miles, Wolly Hitt. Hap Dimick, Jim Redmond. Terry Hayes. Paul Rogness, Gene Wirz. Al. Har-tung, Ed Ausderau. and Yarn Hagen. Eight games were scheduled as follows: April 21 Balsam Lake City Team (here) April 28 St. Olaf (here—two games) May 2 Hemli'no (there) May 12 Concordia (here) May 16 Homline (here) May 18 Stillwater Prison (there) May 21. . Concordia (there) BASKETBALL SQUAD- lid ft .: Ce 6 Umm Kmhm. ft 4wo 4. N»i4»fUr . Inkn Bf T- Frost Re.: Min. Yeoof. SltH. PioicL Hitr. Wirz. W .

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Athletivn 1944 1945 FOOTBALL S ?UAO-D-cV «o-: HU«s. Moody. Middle Row: CoocH T. UnS.iro . Faiie.. Assist Coach -£ •••«£? Tl Wlk w,i,M. OMck Rom. ■ F'o»fc fe n‘ 1 In spite of the difficulty in scheduling game and the continued manpower shortage. River Foil -a again represented on the gridiron in 1944. The footbel squad consisted mainly of freshmen, several of whom lacked even high school footbel experience. Only three lettor-mon returned from lest year's squad. With this materiel the Manion-man opened tho season at Remor Field against a Nevy-bolstorod St. Olaf team composed largely of former college stars. Tho Olos used their weight and experience advantage to win by a 20-0 count. Tho Falcons got into the win column against tho Rod Wing Training School eleven in the second homo game of the season. 33-12. River °f « «a,|y • ‘f ■«' ever in danger, although the Tremors' diminutive halfback. Kuhn, was a constant scoring threat. In the next encounter the opposition was furnished by the undefeated Margaret Boosters Team, somi.pro league champions from St. Paul. Thaw rugged. w««|.balonced outfit dominated play through most Hnltldm. Nddnain. Hou. . Sseee. Yon-J. hdwd. f. Smirk . W„k Scelm.. Wi.,. R. Ma—fers. of the game to win 25-7. Hitt scored for the Falcons on a neatly executed quarterback play. Tho final game of tho season was played at Northneld against a powerful St. Olaf dub that had bean running rough-shod over other Navy-strengthened teams in the latter part of the season. The Oles tricky reverses and effective down-field blocking gave them several long scoring dashes and an easy 66-6 victory. The Falcons got thoir only score in the second quarter after a sustained drive from deep in their T na kvtbaU The 1944-1945 Falcon basketball team began the season as an unknown quantity, as only one veteran of last year's team returned, but the newcomers proved they had something as they swept to five straight victories in tho opening games. Those victories included homo-and-homo wins ovor Augsburg and Macalester and a victory over Concordia on tho Rivor Fall floor. Tho first defeat of the season was suffered at tho Hamline field house at the hands of the powerful Hemline Pipers by a 66-29 score.

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Awards Voted by the Athletic Council in Footbel for the 1944 Season LETTERS NUMERALS 0Ul Ausdersu Win Freeh Needy WJcl HsrveH Stone •sue Nelson Hsus R. Smith Johnms Hugdehl Rudoll Wright Seohssi Linditrom Fenner Ks iters •««berg Redmond E. Smith Hendrick ion Noidermire Bsibeo Hitt Young Msyes Rom RESULTS OF THE SEASON River Falls - 0 St. Oiaf River Falls 13 Red Wing Training School River Falls „ 7 Margaret Boosters River Falls ... St. Oiaf 45 Awards Voted by the Athletic Council in Basketball for the 1944-1945 Season LETTERS OTHER SQUAD MEMBERS Di-id Is bee Neider-ire Hitt •Befcm Mass •Harwell •Psito— Stone •Kennel Redmond Young Ksners R. Smith Win Ken enkh •Wright •Entered ler.ico before live end of the playing lesion. RESULTS OF THE SEASON River Falls ....53 Augsburg 39 River Falls .41 Mecelester 32 River Falls 57 Augsburg 45 River Falls 50 Concordie 41 River FaDs ,4I Mecelester 35 River Fell 29 Hemline 55 River Folk- 35 St. Oiaf 34 River Falls 43 Superior 25 River Falk 50 St. Thornes 69 River Falls 75 Concordie ..... 44 River Falls 54 Prescott Flyers ....... 39 River Fells 47 Bethel 33 River Falls .. . 45 St. Thornes 46 River Falls 29 La Crosse 30 River Fells 32 St. Mery's 48 River Falls 5$ La Crosse 35 River Falk ... 4B Superior 35 River Falk 51 St. Mery's 62 River Falk 44 St. Oiaf 54 River Folk 32 Hamline 50 BASKETBALL SCORING Points Avenged Os—as Foist! Far Gams Young 20 290 , 14.5 Hitt 20 192 9.6 Dimtck 20 182 9.1 Stone 20 103 5.1 Miles 17 90 SJ Win 14 IS l.l Barbee 9 II IJ Henvelt .... 12 10 0.B Kessenick 9 8 0.9 Kannel 5 7 A Redmond II 6 0.5 Wright 1 1 1.0 915 45.7