Isidore Newman School - Pioneer Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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gamed 56 polnts to Metalrle s 30 Then at Baton Rouge the track team took a second place to Bossler Clty and also copped the football shuttle relay cham plonshlp Another tltle was added to the school s collection when the netmen led bv D1ck Mayer successfully defended thelr Rlyer slde crown ln the annual tournament at the New Orleans Lawn Tennls Club Thus Newman has certalnly enjoyed more than her share of champlonshlps durmg the year and an mterestmg pomt to note IS the domlnance of the Semor class ln these sports Ten out of the eleven starters on the football team were Semors and the entlre A squad for the champlonshlp cagers was slmllarly com posed Eight of the twelve track letter men were graduatmg and there yy as only one non semor on the state track team Also playmg their last year for Newman were numbers one and three on the tenms team The most notable of all events yy as the placing of SIX Senlor athletes on All Rlverslde football and basketball teams vyhlle one Senior Charles Taylor was selected most valuable m the Rlyerslde League All State ln basketball and IS the class A state broad Jump champ He was also chosen on the All Coylngton In vltatlonal Tournament team along yylth another Senlor Ivan Vlctor Neyyman s success on the fleld thls year yy as caused largely by the graduatmg class of 1949 CLASS ATHLETES STEPHEN JENKINS Blg Steve Jenklns has excelled Ill ey ery major sport Newman can offer He has lettered ln football for the past three years and ln h1S fmal term was honored on the AllR1vers1de Second Team and recelved All State Honorable Mentzon Wlth the ald of hxs toyyermg form he made All Rlverslde ln basketball and yyas one of the leadlng scorers 1n both football and basketball for the Greemes He lettered m track the last two years Sp9Cl3.l1ZlIlg m the quarter mzle LYNN LEVY Lynn Levy IS one of the best all round athletes Newman has to offer Besldes be mg outstandmg ln basketball track and wrestlmg Lvnn was one of the best quar terbacks even seen at Newman Hls alert slgnal callmg and his rugged defenslye work were hard to beat He made Second Team All Rlverslde and All State Honor able Mentlon 1n his Semor year and also captured an Honorable M6Ht10n All Rlverslde berth for h1s capable reserve work on the champxonshlp basketball team DAN DURHAM Dan Durham has been outstandlng ln athletlcs at Newman slnce 1946 haymg held down flrst strmg center ln the Var s1ty football team begmmng wlth hls Sophomore vear Well llked on and off the fleld he was selected this year as co captain of the team Hls accurate cen merlted h1m Honorable Mentxon All Rlverslde 1n hls Sophomore and Jumor years and a flrst strlng berth 1n hls Senlor vear He also was Honorable Mentlon All State for three successlve years Further Danny has lettered ln track smce hls Sophomore term and ln basketball for tyyo years Thls past summer Dan yyas hon ored at Pellcan Boys State when he re celyed the Outstanding Athlete Ayyard ROBERT JONES Probably the quletest all round athlete at Newman IS Bobby Jones Smce h1s Sophomore year he has lettered m both football and basketball and also took a track 1n1t1al ln hls Jumor year Bob played first strmg tackle on the X3l'SltV ln hls Sophomore year but yyas later syyltched to end a posxtxon yyhlch better THE PIONEER JUNIE 1949 40 . . . . ,u - . u Q . . . , ' v Y ' y 7. K . v . ' - ' ' . ' - a n 1 7 . . I 9 . y . ' ' . . y - . . - - 1 . . ' ' u 17 I i . I Y ' K . ' . . . - . A n ' , I A X i 4 . ' 1 n V - vu 7 ' U 7 7 . , . . . . 1 1 vl w ' I . . . ' - , L L ' . , . . . . V . . termg, flne blockmg, and defenslve play , , , A , . . . . 1 . I v 1' 7 - , x n u 1 1 1 u U ' ' ' . V . 4 K ' y - , , . . s n . x To 1 , . . , , . , . . . V . t K. s ' , . . . , A I V 1 I I ' 2 . I v . Y . . . v v 1 V . . . . Y . . , . - u . x ' , 9 Q V I . 1 ' S f ' . v T ,-v- Y V P - A y

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o TE.NNl6 Tmycry Thls year Newman School enJoyed a banner year ln athletlcs when the varslty teams performed a feat that has never been accompllshed before by thls school In captuxlng four Rlverslde crowns ln as may stand ln xts league for many years It IS mdeed a record to be proud of one to remember and cherlsh Let us look over thls achleyement as lt gamed momentum throughout the year Flrst ln the parade of champlons comes the football team Runnmg through thexr regular season without a loss the Greenles spllt 1n post season affalrs when they de feated Westwego 1n the flrst annual Shrlmp Bowl 48 13 and dropped a hard fought 26 6 game to the W1ldCHt3 of Re serye 1n the state playoff The two blg gest tllts durlng the regular season were w 1th NOA and Meta1r1e The plgsklnners soundly trounced the rlyal Kaydets 32 14 In the Green team s best offenslye show lng of the year and went on to defeat the Xelnoyy Jackets 12 6 Other games of the 44 year were New man 13 Slldell 0 Newman 6CONlIlg't0l1 0 Newman 32 Gonzales 6 The txtle was rolled up at HOm9COmll1g when Nlewman put away the Behrman Bees 26 0 It yy as obyxous that the cagels set then slghts on the Rxyerslde Basketball crown at the beglnmng of the season when the dubblers bleeved through the flrst round of play ln the league w 1th comparable ease The campalgn s hlghhght was the game play ed w 1th St Paul at Coylngton 111 wh1ch the Greenles yyalloped the Wolves 51 22 It was by far the best showlng that New man turned out all season Hoyv ever the second round of play dxdnt go as fast or as easlly The Greenles drew a couple of scares ln slowlng their pace agamst teams like Westwego and St Paul but the champlonshlp team came through droppmg only a non league affaxr to Sll dell on lts court by two polnts Reahzmg that thev mlght lose the champlonshlp lf they relaxed too much the drxbblers went through the play offs wxthout an error 1n the1r column They pushed Slldell aslde ln the fmal game 65 44 In the annual Coymgton Invltatlonal Tournament New man lost out 1n the flrst round to Istrouma of Baton Rouge The same story was re peated ln the state tournament when the Greenles dropped the 1n1t1al game to M a n y wh1ch 1nc1dentally contlnued through the tourney to become Loulslana State Champlon These two br1ll1ant v1ctor1es 1n R1yer slde were the reasons for the thlrd one Eyeryone knew that lf Newman was to perform the hat trlck this was to be the year The thlnclads went through their regular track schedule wlthout a mlshap but It was the b1g meet that told the tale On the day of the operetta the Greenles after quallfylng thlrteen to 'yletalrle s sey enteen took the 1949 R1yer slde track crown by 21 polnts Newman THE PIONEER IUNE 1949 1 , 1 . ,' 1 . ' ' . - .- , . , ' , A ' L . . . 'C Q . 'I 1 'l 1 0 I4 Q1 1 . 1 1. 1 l v 1. 1 1 Y J . . 1 1 7 . . 1- 1 4 . 1 l V . I V- u 1 I I l ,1 . ' 7 Cl , - - , K. - v 1 y 1 . ' 7 y 7 3 Y bs u ' 1 l Y , 1 . . . . , ! . , - . J. K . 9 . . . . , 1 4 ' 1 y ' 1 n 1 1 9 ' ' . ' . , . 1 1 . 1 I .. . . . V , , ' K K . 1 many' trles, Newman has set a record that , , , ' . , V 7- .1 . g , ' v ' n n L Y ' .w . Y w . 6 . S ' 1 ' ' 1 . v 7 .s L a 1 1 w l 1 ' ' 7 , , -H N , V - N Y . . . . . .7 - ' , 1 1 1 ' v 1 - L - , S v . . ' ' ' S 1 . 1 ' Y - . L s ' 7 1 - ' 1 1 - . W . , ' 7, , ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' v' ' 1 n - ly . .Y ' V A ' I . y.' .' ' 1 . 7 ' ' ' 1 D , L, - I 1 K1' 4 1 .1 ' ' A 1 Y V Y A 'v ,

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sulted h1m He got Honorable Mentlon A1lR1xers1de football last ,year Then too Bobbs played flrst strxng for three seasons on the cage squad and was co captaln xn h1s Junlor and Senlor years the onlx person ex er to hold that honor at Newman On the court Jonesy occa slonallx took a long accurate shot but was usually content to be asslgned to the oppo sltlon s hlghest scorel Thls outstandlng defenslxe work earned Bobby an All Rlverslde Honorable Mentxon ln hls Senlor year CHARLES TAYLOR Charles Taylor after playmg behlnd All State Bob Wells 1n 1947 and havlng a broken hand whlch kept h1m out of most league games 1n 1948 fmally proved hxs worth as a Rlverslde basketball great th1s season Chuck was honored as the most valuable of all Rlverslde cagers and though playlng only one tourament game was p1Ck8d on the 1949 All State squad In h1s flrst season of football Charles was a sw lft half back accountlng for 45 pomts durlng the season To top off a sports career hlghllghted by speed Chuck captured the Rxverslde and State broad Jump champlonshlps placed thlrd 1n the 100 and 220 ward Rlverslde dashes and ran a leg on the wlnnlng R1vers1de relay team BUSH GAMBLE Durxng hls four years at Newman Bush Gamble has complled an unblem lshed record ln scholastlc work and ln sports He has been selected to many of f1C8S ln h1s class and IH the Student Coun cxl alwaxs f1ll1ng hls posltlons capably In two tears of end plav on Newmans football teams Bush was selected on the second team and the followlng year on flrst team AllR1vers1de Bush also was a two xear letterman on the basketball team belng noted for h1s long set shots One of the flne leaders of the class and al 46 ways respected bs other students Bush serx ed as co captaln of the Rlxersxde foot ball champlons He IS one of the truly great all round members of the Class of 49 1C0nt1nued from Page 341 A long tlme passed before we arrned at Frldge Isle so called because all 1n habltants were fresh men but ln Sep tember 1945 we fmally docked the shlp and on landmg recelved some useful les sons Flom Bush We learned how to Gamble on the football fleld Snagglng a pass from quarterback Lynn Levy he raced for a touchdown wh1le Carolyn Hodges and Walter Lee practlced cheer leadlng on the slde hnes Nearby rather bored with the game Dlane Fouchow Feulllan hlttlng her forehead 1n despalr labored to teach Lols wh1tIHOT0 how to play brldge LOIS ap parently though It was done w1th bulld mg blocks Gathermg these sheep to our already tremendous fold we turned our mhabltants ranged from sophlstlcate to sophomorlc Here we dlscovered that our ann al was not unexpected for Patsy Pm cus and Ivan D1ck Deadeye Uttal 1n Folds and Ann Slmpson and Lamar Steve Stephenson ln a Cadlllac had got ten lnto a wreck IH thelr enthuslasm to meet us They were now bemg admln 1stered flrst a1d by D1ck Wells practlclng for hls future Job of Red Cross presldent Shortly after leavlng this lsland W approached the last locatlon of our rescue work Here we found Bob Chlpman ut terlng wlttlclsms as ba1t for Harlan Falr and Blll Knlght to practlce their laugh mg Steve Brote tlred by Falr weather and Knlght l1fe lay asleep on the grass It proved an easy task to lnclude these people IH our happy famlly aboard ship and we soon found ourselves at our flnal stepplng stone Sxgnorclaus Isle Here only last September we docked We all THE PIONEER JUNE 1949 . . . H W, K. H - ' - w' s v v ' ' v ' - n , ' v ' w -w ' , ' ' . Y s ' P Q. . - - .. v V , X l , 44 H - ' V ' , 1' v . , ' , ' - K n 7 V 7 L Y i. - . N , , . - I A .. , t . . . . . , , . Al I ' , , x su' . . .. , i . . Y h - . . . - 1 ' ku ' I . . r v .1 , , , . . , , . . . v 4 ' ' 'w 7 u sy , v ' . , . . . - , Y . . . - , . . v w . . . . , , . . . . course to So h Isle so called because 1tS Y r - , . . . . ' ' U H ' ' ' 1 Y ' - . . , , Y as ' n ' . , , . ,I i KK 79 ' ' 7 , , . - , e . , , . . Y v ,u . . . nf u . , , , .. 1 v ' ' . . - V ' ' V ' - , . K 1 , , V V I - . , ' 'Q ,, . . , . . K' - V' S , . T' 1