Lake Charles American-Press from Lake Charles, Louisiana • Page 9

Page If Amaricaa Prom. LaJm Charles. Jan. 13, 1955 McNeese Seeks to Keep Tradition Working Against Bulldogs Friday From The i Press Box By Truman Stacey PUTTING ONE LITTLE word after another and how's your golf game these days? better get it sharpened, because Bob Born- sciieuer, recreation director of Ward Four, reports that the new municipal nine-hole course at Sulphur is sluled to open March 1. The new course, built at a cost of $25,000 has been assessed at a worth of $185,000 by visiting pros when completed it will be a major feather in the cap of Ward Four, which has stolen a march on Lake Charles in the matter of a municipal course.

Eddie Douglas of Kaplan forwards a clipping from a Birmingham paper predicting Kiat Ed McKeever, the oltt LSU backfield boss, will be announced scon as the new grid coach at University of Houston. Credit the best rebuilding job in the Gulf States conference this year, judged off early returns in the basketball race, to Northeast State's Arnold Kilpatrick. Currently the Indians are rolling along with a 2-1 conference mark, and may wind up in the first division for the first time in history. A TOTAL OF 49 personal fouls were charged against Northeast and Northwestern in their meeting earlier this week, plus four technical fouls sounds as though the officials once more are getting too big for their trousers. whenever an official can influence the game so much as to decide which team will win (and Northeast was a contender until Mel Gibson and Bill Bradley fouled out), then the officials (and maybe the rules, too) should be changed.

something is radically wrong with any sport under such a setup. Prep received one of its biggest boosts recently when St. Landry parish high schools organized a parish league members are Opelousas, Palmetto, Washington, Port Barre, Morrow, Melville, Grand Prairie and AIC it Is high time that some similar organization be worked In Calcasieu? anyone hare any suggestions? Local cage officials say the only reason they were not registered with LHSAA T. H. Waters' state-wide organization, as recently reported here, was that they did not know about the organization until they were informed by the they are now all regis- public prints RAY MANIS.

former McNeese State plaver now coaching at Many, reports bis tournament last weekend was one of the most successful "The final was played after an all-day ram, but the nym was packed every Inch of standing room was utilized we used Bob Bornscheuer, B. F. Burns and Pat Patterson as our officials, and it was the beFt officiated tourney I've seen. The Lafayette chamber of commerce has formed a 27-ma sports committee with the avowed purpose of boosting sports in the area among the committee's activities will be aiding the Lafayette Oilers, cooperation with SLI ana the city's high schools in their sports programs, working for improved municipal recreation facilities, and development of special projects it is an activity that other city chambers might well copy. PORT NECHES and Lake Charles may have to give up their young football rivalry that already has produced two of the best-played games seen by area fans in years a new school has been added to the Port Neches district, and the Indians must play It on the date originally reserved for the Wildcats Coach Jimmie Austin Is attempting to switch dates on his own slate to keep the Indians on his 1955 list of opponents.

Basketball observers say that LaGrange Junior high school's basketball squad will furnish the high school with Its best basketball team In years within the next couple of seasons. Homer Prendergast. head grid coach of Fair Park for many years, is slated to resign, cording to reports from North Louisiana, and the Indians may look into the Southwest district to find bis successor. This department's recommendation for 1955: that McNeese's Cowboys vote a letter to Johnny Caldarera, probably the best friend McNeese basketball has in this area Johnny has spent more of his own time and money in helping McNeese basketball than any other person outside the Poke coaching staff. Prep Cage Roundup Wildcats Seek to Bounce Back Against Jennings Friday Night FRIDAY-S SCHEBUI.E Lake Charles at JCenalnfs.

Islroama at Boltn. Lecxrllle Tournament. Hackberry Tournament. Oberlln Tournament. THITKSDAY'S SCHEDULE LaGrante at Landry.

at Lees-HUe. Vinton at West Lake. Fenton at DcQalncj. Mrtville at Opeloasas. Chlcot at Eunice.

Iowa at Bel! City, biertit at Grand Lake. Lake Charles high school's rugged Wiidcats, hoping to bounce back from the surprise of their first defeat, will swing into their District 2-AAA basketball schedule Friday night in Jennings, when they take on Coach Gaudet'j Jennings Bulldogs. The Wildcats will carry a 7-1 season record into the battle with the Bulldogs, and will be attempting to measure up to their stature as pre-season favorites in the district race. The Wildcats marched along with an impressive exhibition of power, rolling over seven straight foes before West Lake surprised them, 45-43, earlier in the week. Inaccnrate shooting and poor bafl handling hart the Wildcats in that game, and Coach John Nicosia has driDed his crew in its floor game in an effort to erase aose faults in time for conference play.

Jennings, too, has shown an impressive pre conference slate. The Bulldogs hold a 7-3 record to date. The Bulldogs have been particnlarly impressive as a defensive team this fall. In the 10 games to date, only 300 points have been counted against the Bulldogs. That's an average of only 30 points per contest, an unusually low percentage for this age of "fire- wagon" basketball.

Top Bcorer for the Bulldogs has been Dale Simmons, 135- pound, 5-11 senior forward who Is in his second season as a Jennings regular. Simmons has counted 133 points ia the 10 games played so far, an average of 13.3 per contest Arrayed against him will be David Painter, the Wildcats' 6-7 center, and Arthur Jones, their 6-2 forward, who have scored 118 and 111 points, respectively, in eight games. No other conference game Rules Changed to Halt Unfair Grid Deception NEW YORK wffl be more honest next fall on the field, at the wishes of the NCAA Rules Committee are respected. Winding up days of deliberations, the committee Wednesday adopted six changes in the rules and mad etwo strong appeals to coaches for more honest and careful observance of other important rules. Two of the three rules changes were designed to prevent unfair deception oa outlawing of the "hideouT play and a new proviso concerning plays where a middle lineman (tackle, guard or center) becomes eligible lo receive forward passes.

Another will help keep the defense "honest 1 by providing more opportunities for Cake place kicks. SrtwttUtfc. Rote Changed The most important change was in the substitution short step backward from the "no-platoon" rule adopted two years ago. will pencil any player who starts quarter to leave the game and re-enter ooce during that quarter. Collaterally, the 4-minute "segment" in the second and fourth quarters was eliminated.

But ttie committee decided not to try this time to solve two of its biggest starts and elbow changing the rules. Instead, a strong appeal will be addressed to officials and commissioners for stricter enforcement of the rules and to coaches to observe them. It wa? the second straight year the committee had declined to change the rule on false starts after a hullabaloo over "sucker shifts" in 1953. Last year an appeal to coaches and officials, plus some fresh interpretations, brought "considerable according to Committee Chairman H. O.

(Fritz) Crisler of Michigan. is slated this week. Only class AAA team to see action Friday will be Bolton, which win entertain the Istrouma Indians. Otherwise, most of Friday's prep attention will be directed toward invitation tournaments. Southwest Louisiana crews wiU participate in two-day tournaments at Leesville, Oberlin and Hackberry, plus a one-day affair at Vinton on Saturday.

LaGrangt and DeRidder, In addition to the host Wampus Cats, will compete in fee Leesville Invitation Friday and Saturday. LaGrange drew Kisatchie for its first-round foe at on Friday. Leesville and DeHidder were slated to tangle at 7 p.m. Other teams entered are Pitkin, Anacoco, Robeline, Merryville, Negreet, Pickering and Winnsboro. Finals are slated Saturday 'at 8 p.m.

Eunice, one of the top teams of District 4-AA, one of the early favorites in the Oberlin Invitation. Eunice meets GJot- Diora at 3 pan. Friday In oae of three-first ronnrf games. Other entries are Dry Creek, Oakdale, Reeves, Elizabeth, Kinder, Sugartown, Basfle and Fairview. plus the host Oberlin team.

Finals are slated at 8 p.m., Saturday. Gfllis' Brones are favored In the Hackberry Invitation, draw- Ing a first round bye. Coach Glen Brones won't see action until Saturday at 1 p.m. when they tangle with the Hackberry-St, Joseph winner. Other teams entered the Hackberry action are Readhim- er, Grand Chenier, and St.

Francis (Iota). Finals are slated for 9 Saturday. Lafayette's Lions belted New Iberia, 52-42, in the only Wednesday night contest. Rafus Patin the Lions' rugged rebounder' topped the scoring with 22 points. The game was well-played and the two teams were deadlocked, 37-37, going into the fourth pe- nod.

The Lions pulled away final period to win. MfATBTTE JfK that discussion had taken up about a third of the committee's discussions, Crisler said (See Rules Changed, on Page 17) Tottl. ff BY Six Straight Losses Hang Heavy at SLI FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE SLI at MeNerie State THURSDAYS SCHEDULE Nortkwcitern State at Tech. college at Northeut SttU. McNeese State basketball forces, who lost their only Gulf States conference start to date, will attempt to keep alive a cherished Cowboy tradition Friday night.

Southwestern Louisiana Institute's Bulldogs will invade gym at 8 p.m. Friday, hoping to take home 3 victory over the Pokes something that no SLI five has ever done. McNeese has been a member of the GSC £or the past two seasons, and the season before that played an unofficial slate of makes six straight times that makes six straight time that McNeese fives have turned back SLI. Coach J. C.

(Dutch) Reinhardt, veteran SLI coach, has a record of two victories and two defeats in GSC play htus far this season. The Bulldogs have defeated Louisiana college twice, 76-71 and 73-70, and lost to Louisiana Tech, 79-78, and to Southeastern's Lioa, 74-60. Reinhardt will be able to start an all-veteran five against the Pokes. Reinhardt did not lose a a man from his 1953-54 starting five, and is expected to go Into action with Eddie McCauley (5-11) and Gilbert Dozier (6-3) at forwards, Dallas Wolf (6-5) at center and Art Bertrand (6-2) and Wilbert Touchet (6-0) at guards. Wolf is the team's top scorer to date, having hammered the nets for 205 points to date.

Coach Ralph Ward of McNeese probably will open with a lineup composed of Roy Moore (6-3) and Dudley Carver (6-5) at forwards, Bill Stoops (6-7) at forwards and Richard McNabb (5-10) and Ruble Scarbrough (5-10) and Ruble Scarbrough (5-IQ)- at guards. Moore, the team's top scorer and a leading candidate for an all-conference berth, will be trying to boost his point output over the 300 mark He has 287 points to date aeed ing 13 to reach 300. In a premilinary game at 7 the McNeese frosh will tangle with the Robert Lee junior college five from Bay Town. in a benefit tilt for the March of Dimes campaign. KC Fighters Invade Texas PORT ARTHUR, Texas (Spl fighters from st.

Margaret's Knights of Columbus box- mv team of Lake Charles will be In action here Friday night on an amateur boxing show at the National Gnard armory. Heading the Lake Charles contingent is hard-punching Floyd East, who vwH meet Dan Cira of Orange Navy base In the night's feature bout. East, holder of a host of Louisiana high school and amateur honors, plus the 1954 Beaumont Golden Gloves crown, win be facing probably the toughest fight of his career against the classy Ctra. Tie Navy welterweight won the Syracuse, N. Y.

GG title last year, was AAU Eastern -winner '53 and took the NAVY ETO title in 1950. Another Lake Charles boxer, lightweight Don Broussard. will be pitted against Port Arthur's classy Junior Flores in another headline attraction. Other fighters slated to see action for the Lake Charles clnb are heavyweight Harry Will- heimer. Tooney Hebert (138), R.

J. Duhon (140). Roland Manuel (135) Ray Thibodaux (118) and Nolan Breaux (80). SPORTf! nt URTEF By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCtSCO-Claire V. Oakland financial fiacre and toons on chostn president of the Pa Coast Loarw.

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The schedule: Sepu Sept. 24 HI in Oct. 8 Mlssl State, site Institnte. Oct. 0 "XT 0 1 st Athens.

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The Landry Memorial Tigers of Lake Charles will be out to boost their boxing record above the .500 mark when they tackle tough New Iberia high school here Friday night in a dual ring meet. The Tigers have a victory over Si. Edmund of Eunice and a loss to Crowley, by a 7V4-6Vi margin last on their record to date. New Iberia was victorious in its only match thus far, whipping Miltou by a 10-4 margin back in December. New Iberia Coach Batson Dugas tagged Landry as "one of the toughest dual match teams in the state," after watching the Tigers lose to Crowley last week.

Landry's top fighter, Richard Dailey, who won the state title at 95 pounds last year, will be out of action. The scrappy puncher lost four teeth in a bout with a dentist and will be sidelined for two weeks. Two top matches on the card will match Wayne Bayard of Landry and New Iberia's Billy Richard at 130 pounds. Bayard lost to the 'Jackets' Ronald Fremin In last year's state finals. Fremin will tackle another Landry standout, A.

J. LaRoe- ca, in the 125-pound scrap. Here is the probably lineup for Landry: 85 Tale! hltwiaiuci Veilnoli Bounjac or Herdie Reed; Ljteii East or Eddie Branson: Vfajnc Bayard: J. LaKoceai Dalleyi US-Leo Mlfuez; Johnson; Eajt; Smith. Homer Grid Coach Bill May Relieved HOMER, La.

Bill May will be relieved of his duties as head football coach at Homer High school after this term. May, Louisiana State ace of 1933-36, said he probably will stay through next year as basketball coach and assistant principal. His football teams won five games and lost 28 over' the last three years. WEDNESDAY'S FIGHTS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELASD-Rocky Caslellani. 159,,.

Cleveland, outpointed Holly Mlms, 155Vi. Washington, 32. Campo. 112. the Philip outpointed Hiroyuki Texaki.

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