Baton Rouge High School - Fricassee Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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Baton Rouge High had the best track team this year that has ever represented the Old Green and Gold in the State Athletic Association. The Bulldogs won dual meets from Boys High and Bolton High by scores of 77-40 and 79-52, respectively. At the Geoigia I ech Relay carnival, the Bulldogs copped second place in the open interscholastic mile relay from twenty-three other schools. The State Rally was the final contest and the Bulldogs loomed up as title winners. Captain Charles Aby, Rcdus Day, W. H Tillman, LaVern Day, Joe Tetlow, Gerald Wilson, Bert Babers, Sam Lambert, John Day, Francis Hammett, Clayton Rutledge, Louis Harrell, and Wade Randolph are the men who have worn the school’s colors in the meets. The most brilliant achievements of the season were the record breaking tosses of Bert Babers, in the shot and LaVern in the javelin. Babers threw the shot 47 feet, one inch and LaVern made a heave of 164.4 feet in the javelin. Charlie Aby ran the 440 in 52.1 and broke the state record of 14 years standing. Track scores. Bulldogs 77 Tech Carnival: Second in the mile Warren F.aston 40 relay. Bulldogs Bolton 79 52 State Rally: Bulldogs 40.1, as her three closest rivals put (as much together)

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Tracksters of 25 CAPTAIN CHARLES Paddock” ABY ran the 50. 100. 220. 440. and relay. During the entire year, this cinderpath artist lost but one race. His individual score for the year was 38 points or seven firsts and one second place. Charles was one of the greatest captains the Bulldog track teams have ever had. 1 le holds the State record in the 440 with 52.1 seconds. BERTRAM Big Mama BABERS put the shot away after winning it in three meets for a thousand per cent and I 5 points. LaVERN DAY, Redus Day’s little brother, threw the javelin away for a new state record of 164.4 feet. Good Work LaVcrn! JOSEPH “Speedy TETLOW preformed very creditably this season and will be a gem in Mr. Ed’s crown next year. Joe is a very good sprinter and broad-jumper. He won second in the Rally broad-jump. SAM LAMBERT entered into an agreement with Redus during the first week of track season and lived up to it. Sam won his 220 low hurdles in the State Rally. Excellent, Sam! GERALD WILSON is a high jumper de luxe and tied for third in the Rally. Next year he should be hard to beat at any height. LOUIS Bullet’’ HARRELL, that little bit of T. N. T. from Baton Rouge High fought hard to win fourth in the Rally pole vault. He is a fighter of never-say-die sort and will win laurels galore next season through his aviation stunts. CHARLES REDDY helped Coach Young out materially in the low hurdles and won them from Warren Easton in 28 flat. Some boy .Charlie! FRANCIS “Mule” MAMMETT ran a good many miles for Baton Rouge High and next year will be one of Coach Ed’s best bets. CLAYTON RUTLEDGE with this year’s experience under his belt is going to be a great 880 yard man next season. W. H. TILLMAN, Twenty-Five” stepped a mean quarter in the relay and will be back next next year to keep up his excellent work. JOHN DAY, Spencer’s younger brother, lived up to the family name and made “them all like it” in the rally, winning the hop, step, and jump. REDUS “Hero DAY was one of the high point men in the rally last year, winning the low hurdles, establishing a new record in the javelin, and running a lap of the record breaking relay team. This year he changed to the high hurdles and as a reward of his hard work, won this event at the rally over a field of classy steppers. “Hero also ran the first lap for the relay team and gave Tetlow over five yards lead on the other teams. 1 his rally was the last time Redus will wear the old gold and green, but his record will linger for quite a while.