University of St Thomas - Aquinas Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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THREE GIANTS FROM LACROSSE TEACHERS CONVERGE AS DIMINUTIVE DENNY MONAHAN EASILY SPRINTS OUT OF THEIR REACH Freshman Backs Spark Tommy Gridders Paced by an all-freshman backfield, The T953 Tom grid Team began preparing Tor TuTure seasons, The Team compiled a Three won, five losT record This pasT season, buT The TuTure looks brighT Tor Tommy TooTball. The season opened on The resounding noTe of The Tommy upseT oT highly-TouTed Loras, Tollowed wiTh The lop-sided vicTory over Augsburg. ATTer Two lean sea- sons, greaT Things were in The oTTing Tor Tommy Tans on The TooTball scene. BUT Then The roof Tell in. Conse-cuTive deTeaTs aT The hands of ST. John's and MacalesTer, The TirsT in 25 years To The ScoTs, were a blow To Tom championship hopes. Page Om' Hundred Thirty NexT The gridders eked ouT a comeback vicTory agains DuIuTh in a warm-up conTesT Tor The baTTle wiTh GusTavus BuT The Golden GusTies proved Too much Tor The Deigmer and again The Toms were on The shorT end. The Toms Tailed To HaunT' Hamline in The Homecom ing conTesT, buT in The season finale againsT LaCrosse Teachers, The gridders played The besT game of The year againsT The undeTeaTed Peds. The LaCrosse game marked The end of The collegiaTe careers Tor Tive Tom seniors, Chuck Broxmeyer, Jim Fleml ing, Len Horyza, Chuck Red MaTThews, and Bol: Mancuso.

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l l i l ii by i i Charlie Broxmeyer, Hans Vefrege Por Esselmon, and Bob Moncuso. DiJWciyne DeiTz, Frank Mickey Much, Chuck Red Matthews, Bill Morton, Front Row: Dick Soppc, Joe cmuTs Brandr, Jim Follow, Tim Millhouse, Paul Fcrouk Ehrhord, Jerry Style, ond Bill Rogan, Gridiron Greats Two of The currenT sTcirs OT The Tommy eleven ore Mickey Moch ond Denny Mondhon. Mickey Wos on esmblished sTor QT The beginning of The posT secison buT he odoled TurTher honors To his posT c1chieveme'nTs. Denny, only o Treshmon, won CJ sTorTing posiTion GT holibock ond disTinguished himself os C1 performer To Wc1Tch in The MIAC in TuTure yecirs. BoTh of These men were menTioned l l l l xprominenTly os oll-conference selecTions c1T Their irespedive posiTions, Tor Mcich iT wos The second lconsecuTive yeor cis .on dll-conference end. Moch Eond Monohon were boTh menTioned on The All CoTholic All-MidwesT Teom os TeommoTes To The renowned Poul Giel ond Johnny LoTTner. Mcich olso received lourels os on honoroble menTion se- iIecTion on The LiTTle All-American Teom. Page One Hundred Twzvzly-711110

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RESULTS St. Thomas Opponents I4 Lorcis 6 25 Augsburg O 6 St. .Iohn's I4 I3 Macalester 20 I6 Duluth I4 I 3 Gustavus 26 6 Hamline 25 I9 LaCrosse 34 I Monahan rides again could well be the'caption ot this picture as little Denny squirts through the hole left by Paul Ehrhard's proviclential block. MICKEY MACH AND DENNY MONAHAN PARTAKE IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO BRING TO A STAND-STILL A GUSTIE PROMENADE