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

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The 1934 Fricassee

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■ u7:- : : The 1934 Fricassec FOOTBALL TEAM Will. 2') days i:i which to put a Bulldog varsity eleven on the gridiron to carry the Green and Gold colors. Coach Hcfley (Hank) Stovall drilled his many inexperienced candidates more than half this period on bare fundamental? as the 1933 season got under way. The team that played the first game of the '33 season was a far different aggregation than that which upset Jennings In the season's finals. 13-0. That a longer nncticc season to drill the Bulldogs was needed was obviously Indicated when the Baton Rouge High loot bail outtlt rose early in the season irom the worst ever produced during Stovall's administration to one of the best sounds put out by our mentor at the campaign's end. The Bulldogs won three games, lost four, ami tied one the past season. Holding tno always formidable Jesuit Blue Jays, state champions, to a 7-0 score and whipping the undefeated and un.M'orcu-on Jennings club to a 13-0 tune, the Green and Gold warriors redeemed themselves from the erratic play exhibited In other games.. The team that went on to win the state grid championship—the Jesuits—came to the Capital City an overwhelming favorite to beat the Bulldogs, who had won from Independence. 19-0. defeated Ponchatoula by a twire 6-0 verdict, and bowed to a scrapping bunch of Morgan City Tigers 12-0 at the Donaldsonvlllc Fair. But the pack of Bulldogs had sharpened their teeth for their bitter rivals, losing by only one touchdowi. and the extra point. With only 4.1 seconds to play la the opening half, and just about 35 yards to go. Eddie Torlbio. all-southern back, skirted left end. knocking off would-be taeklers and eluding them in great style to cross the line Into the promised land. It was Just a bad break that caused our griumon to go down In defeat after holding on tenaciously for almost a half and repulsing the Jays several times within the ten-yard stripe Cold facts pointed to a Jesuit victory by four touchdowns. After the Bulldogs hud played brilliantly against the Jay team, they went to Alexandria, where they were decisively beaten by a hard-blocking Bolton High team led by an all-state fullback. Guy (Cotton) Milner. The Bears beat the Bulldogs with a 26-0. In the sixth game on the Bulldog schedule. Baton Kouge High was tied by an aerial-minded Hammond eleven. 2-2. If It were not for the alertness of the crack Bulldog center. Gayle (Stormy) Monget. who played a fine brand of ball the entire season, our team would have come out on the short end. He blocked a punt behind the Hammond goal line, and the ball was recovered by u Hammond player, to give the Baton Rougear.s an automatic safety. The football game played last season on the Lake Charles gridiron will go down in the Wildcat annals as their hardest-earned victory. The 11-12 Lake Charles triumph wus a moral victory for our team, ns Frank Lewis, fast-stepping quarterback, ran wild. Although the Lake Charles men outweighed the Bulldogs about 10 pounds to a man. the locals were the aggressors on every play and outplayed the Cats the entire game. A highly touted Jennings team, with an unmarred record, came to battle Baton Kouge In Its only day game at home. However, when the visitors started back home they found one defeat and 13 points chalked against them. The Bulldog team that beat Jennings was an aggregation capable of whipping any grid team of the Pelican State, showing Incredible improvement over the play in its Initial contest. At the writing of this story, the Bulldog team of '31 may break all Baton Rouge High football precedent by turning out a championship team, having the orightest outlook in recent years. If the Green and Gold grid-mrn get a break next fall, there Is a strong chance for a championship. The fact that eleven Bulldog letter-men are returning this fall and the line play of the team during the last part of the 1933 season are the reasons for this optimistic remark. The following are the Bulldogs who will be missed next fall: Captain Kenner Day. half and quarterback: Alternate-Captain Frank Lewis, quarter and halfback: Albert Dutsch. tackle: Karl Bomar. halfback; David Johnston, fullback; James Thompson, tackle: Edwin Ficg. halfback: Howard Rube, tackle: and Lyle Elliot, tackle. Lettermen reporting lor football this fall will be Elmer Lee Harrison, end; AI Beckncr. tackle; D. H. • Buddy) Rug ill in. guard; Carroll Bo7eman. tackle; Gayle (Stormy) Monget, center; Archie McGraw. end; Hagler Sanchez, fullback: Emile Nolo, halfback; Bob Miller, fullback: B. W. Wax. halfback: and George Abraham, quarterback. •• O N V A B I). V « I It I I. I. I n a S'. m r»g (y il)tii ii::iSf: Eighteen

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BASKETBALL SQUAD The Green and Gold caKcrs won the Covington Invitational Basketball Tournament. The local boys were defeated in the finals by the rangy Wool Market team, but the Mlssissipplans were later disqualified for using an ineligible man. Due to the loss of Hagler Sanchez, flashy guard, a Bulldog quintet that was given an excellent chance to win a state championship went down in defeat in the fust round of the district tourney. Sanchez's loss came too late in the reason to train another man to replace him In the well-oiled precision of the winning squad. The lettermen: Henry Falconer, forward, was the team's high scorer and winner of the gold basketball presented each year lor the best percentage of foul goals made in games. Henry was also high scorer in the Covington meet, ringing up 71 points. Bob Hero” Miller, forward, played steadily all season, ringing in his share of goals and playing fine defensive ball. Woodrow Ding Dong Dumas also played a well-balanced ame at center, outstanding In no particular phase, but turning in good ball all around. Hagler Sanchez, guard, was thought by many to be the best defensive player on the squad, and was the runner-up to Falconer for high scoring honors. Sanchez s Injury late in the season was believed by many to be the cause of the Bulldogs' not winning the state crown. Elton Toble Graves, guard, did not contribute much toward the scoring end of the game, tut helped win ball games by keeping the opposition from dropping the ball In the basket. Lee Lockwood. Olvern Thompson, and Kmlle Xoto were reserves who might be called upon at any moment to do their part In giving the regulars a lest. Noto was the winner of the silver basketball for the best percentage of foul goals made In practice. Four men will be lost: Sanchez. Graves, and Falconer will graduate, while Dumas has Joined the U. S. navy K. McDonald. Pete Wade, and Don Lynch are three conscientious reserves who will be assets to the I93f varsity. BULLDOGS. ttSU; OPPONENTS. 3P3. WON. 14: LOST 3. . Twenty