Morgan City High School - Tiger Yearbook (Morgan City, LA)

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xe Q C' U I I i iw I -. L X A' to if lm, QU Liss xy The Morgan City Tiger Mittmen of 1942 did not win the State championship or even the district title, but they did win the respect of everyone who followed them. These boxers were not even what is known as a team, but they were a group of American boys possessing American fight, American spunk, and American sportsmenship. When Coach Giordano began training his squad this year, he did not have anything but a group of game, green boys to work with. When the season was ever, however, it was found that the squad had a .5OO average. A few of the boys look very promising. In this group are John Roe, who never dropped a fight during the season, Nolen nhickeyn Sutton, who dropped only oneg also Charles HChinkn Kullman, a boy who can always be counted eng and R. Verett, Alvin Boudreaux, Evans Hebert, and Owen Stansbury all having two more years of fighting. Coach Giordano uncovered a very promising and colorful scrapper in Carl Ellerbee. With these boys to work with and the new gym to train in, the Tigers may once again see a boxing team hold the athletic spotlight of the high school. All the Tigers' bouts were fought on the road. Their first trip took them to White Castle. That night the boys tried hard, but their lack of experience caused them a 7-2 set-back. The Tigers' received one win, two draws and six losses, but what pleased the fans was that not a one of them stopped fighting. The following week the Tiger mittmen invaded Franklin to meet the Hansen Tigers. This week, however, the story was different and the Tigers brought home their first ' vic- tory of the season. The Tigers chalked up five wins, one draw, and four losses to win by a 55-45 score. It was this fight that proved them worthy to carry the Tiger colors. After a full week of hard training, the Tigers again, invaded Franklin, this time to meet their old rivals the Franklin Hornets. Through ten' fights both teams battled hard and when the smoke cleared, the scores were t i e d: ' C't 5 The Tigers had gained four wins, Franklin 5, Lorgan 1 y . '. i Q Q . two draws, and four losses, thus giving them G 5-5 tle. This tie gave the Tigers a record of one win, one loss and one tie.

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1 The next battle came after n two week lay-off, when the Tigers met thc Henson Tigers in n return bout. Coach took his team to Henson knowing that he would be minus the serv- ices of beth John Hoe and little Fiekey Sutton, who were sick et the time. The Tigers, however, fought their way to s second victory over tne Hf1SOH squad. They Scored four wins, two draws, and three losses and thus came home tired but happy after e EV4 victory. The lest bout of the season took pleee again in Franklin as the Tigers went down before the much improved Franklin squed by e count of 8-5. The Tiger boys tried, but it' proved to be Frenklin's night sid they made the best of it, They emerged with two wins, four draws, and five los- SGS. The Tiger squad trained for three weeks before entering the District Tournament held in Plequemine. The entries in the tournament were Boudreeux, Kullmei, Mayer, Ellerby, R. Beadle, R. Verette, E. Hebert, and J. Bendle who ranged from the 90 lb. Class to the 145 lb. class. The Tigers gained six points in the tourne cnt to teke fourth place. 'GefKul1h men, in the 98 lb. class, r. Verette in the 126 lb. class, and E. Hebert in the 155 class took third places while Jack Bundle in the 145 lb. class took e second place. Plequenine again retained its district title with.n record breaking ten first places and a perfect fifty points. .Lutcher was second with fourteen aid White Castle third with thirteen. The Tigers for fourth place recieved e new pair of boxing 3195795 ' MORGAN cirr HI 1942 eexnxe scsteuts Fri. Jen. 9 White Castle Hi White Castle, L Thur. Jenl 22 Henson Hi Franklin, Ln. Thur. Jen. 29 Franklin Hi Franklin, Le. Wed. Feb. ll Hanson Franklin, Le. Thur. Feb. 19 Franklin Hi Franklin, Le. SCORES OF TALL DUAL LEETS 4 ,SUBMREGUJUQTICN Beers Mgrggn City Hi 1? WhltO CQ?tl0 Hi Morgan City Hi 52' THTISUT1 H1 Morgsn City Hi 2 H211 5011.151 Morgan City Hi ll Qfanklln Hi Morgan City Hi 25 brenklin Hi