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18 The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, La Monday, October 31, 1949 Line for BengaisFall, 39-12 icfor HarrisonPacesTech To Second Half Win (Advertiser Sports Special) RUSTON Tailback Jimmy Harrison, a lad that does everything and does it well, paced his Louisiana Tech teammates to a 21-0 victory over the Southwestern Louisiana Institute Bulldogs before a homecoming crowd of 6,000 in Ruston Saturday afternoon. After a scoreless first half, Harrison provided the spark that set the Techmen afire and sent them on to three second half touchdowns against the out- Good For Five Yards 77 I Jf'- l' jj y. Ami itir fey 11 4v i tiM St. Martin Tigers Hit by Vinton, 38-0 Tex. Texas -tackle Ken Jackson (74) grabs him around the legs to make the tackle.

Other Texas players identified are back Bubba Shands (11) and guard Danny Wolfe (68). SMU won 7-6. (AP Wirephoto) Dick McKissack (38), Southern Methodist university fullback, drives hard through tackle to pick up five yards in the second period of the game with the University of Texas at Dallas, Morgan City Downs isers 13-6 hrics. On first down Harrison faded back and slung an aerial into tha waiting arms of End Tony Cefalu, who gathered it in on tha 20 and scampered the remaining distance to score. Midway in the final stanza Harrison and Humphries again combined their talents and produced the final touchdown.

Matthews tallied on a double reverse around left end to climax the sustained drive that covered 80 yards. SLI made a game or it in the first half when the once-proud Bull-dogg repelled two Tech scoring thrusts and put on a 64-yard march of their own in the opening stanza. A lack of reserve strength in the SLI line became evident in the closing minutes when Techs backs ripped through at will. The visitors stars in their moment of glory the first half were halfbacks Gerald Hodges and Dave Fisher, who gained 120 yards rushing between them during the afternoon. Fisher was on the receiving end of three Bulldog aerials.

Statistics show that the ever-present Harrison gained 112 yards in 20 tries, for an average of 5.6 yards per carry. He connected with two-passes in six attempts for an additional 58 yards, and kicked four times for a 35.0 average. SLIs new-found offensive weapon the forward pass was used liberally throughout the hard-fought ball game. Head Coach George Mitchells charges threw 21 aerials and completed 6 for 89 yards. Despite its relative dullness when compared with the final two frames, the first half had its bright spots.

The teams romped up and down the field but each lacked the scoring punch in the clinches. After a Harrison punt gave the Bulldogs the ball on their own 35, midway in the opening frame, SLI racked up four first downs and pounded its way to the Tech 8. Fishers slashes off tackle and Hodges fine 20-yard run around right end featured the drive that was halted when a fourth down pass fell uncomplete. Gene Yarborough, freshman tailback for Louisiana Tech, brought the crowd to its feet with a beautiful 69-yard punt return mid.vay in the second period. Yarborough grabbed an SLI punt on his own 15 and raced to the Bulldog 16 before Fisher pulled him down from behind.

The scoring threat was unified when Fullback Dick Pate grabbed a Harrison pass in the end zone for an automatic touchback. SLI threatened momentarily after Tech ta.lied its second touchdown in the third quarter. Quarterback Lucas Marcello tossed a 40-yard aerial to End John Falgout, who was dropped in his tracks on tha Tech 20. A fumble by halfbaegk F. G.

Mixon ended the scoring thrust. The punting toes of Hodges and halfback H. T. Shrimp Smith prevented the winners from running up a larger score in the second half. Hodges kicked four times and Smith booted twice, and between them compiled a 43.2 yard average.

Hodges 63-yard kick in the fourth quarter was the finest boot of the day. manned visitors. The 170-pound speedster set up two touchdowns with his elusive running, passed 44 yards to another tally and punted his team out of danger throughout the game. Harrison, Fullback Jewell Humphries and Wingback Arnold Matthews were the big guns in the powerful Tech running attack that ripped through the worn SLI defenses in the action-packed second half. Scoring honors for the day went to Matthews, who scored two touchdowns on sprints of 14 and 19 yards.

The Northerners delighted their SLI La. First Downs 12 Yds. Rushing 113 Yds. Passing 89 Total Yards Gained 202 Passes Attempted 21 Passes Completed 8 Had Intercepted 1 Kicks 6 Yds. on Kicks 254 Penalties 4 Yds.

Penalized 40 Tech 20 367 58 425 7 2 1 4 139 50 homecoming audience by marching 85 yards to score the first time they gained possession of the ball in the second half. Harrisons line plunges and a 37-yard scamper around left end by Humphries brought the ball to the SLI 14, from which point Matthews tallied on a spinner play. Fullback Ed Michael kicked the first of his three extra points of the day. In the waning minutes of the third period Tech counted again on an 83-yard drive. The winners took the ball over on downs on their own 17 and advanced to the SLI 44 behind Harrison and Hump- Tigers Get SEC Tidbit BATON ROUGE, (AP) Louisiana State university has gained its first southeastern conference football victory of the 1940 season with Mississippis Rebels the 34-6 victim.

The game, played here Saturday night, saw LSU score four times in the first half to build up a lead Ole Miss couldnt touch. Zollie Toth and Billy Baggett were the big guns in the LSU attack, each scoring twice. Toth went over on runs of 13 and two yards. A 9-yard pass play from Quarterback Charley Pevey to Halfback Lee Hedges accounted for the last score The lone Mississippi touchdown came when back Pat Massey stole a pass from the hands of LSUs Jimmy Roshto and ran 50 yards without being touched. LSU and Ole Miss each got 14 first downs, but the Louisianians out gained their opponents 261 to 149 yards on the ground.

(Adveriser Sports Special) LAKE CHARLES, La. What Cathedral High school's football team needs is more Geramis. Eleven of them would be a nice, round number, but Coach A1 Hatteberg probably would settle for any number he could get Some 2,000 Lake Charles grid fans, who saw Landry Memorial. High rchool blister the visiting Cathedral outfit 39-12, here Satur day night, feel the same way. Landry won the game, but Jerry Gerami, the Tigers midget fullback, stole the show.

The 15-year-old midget, who handled most of the fullback duties in Hatteberg T-formation offense, carried the ball 17 times against the Tigers. He picked up 129 yards on the ground, and came right back with 65 mcae on kick returns. Gerami didnt score but only because there is a limit to the amount of damage one individual can inflict -Lardrya eleven, also known as the Tigers, went into the game as three-touchdown favorite, but it took three quarters to prove it Cathedral started with a bang, took the opening kickoff and marched 68 yards for a touchdown without relinquishing the balL Joe Gossen clipped off five yards at guard for the tally, but Sheldon Blues kick for point was wide. Not satisfied with that Cathedral opened another drive, and this time rolled to the five, before a 15-yard penalty stopped them. Landry, awakening at last, scored the tying touchdown on the last play of the first period, when Martin Vincent broke through a hole at guard and raced 70 yards for a touchdown.

Roy Price converted. Two plays before the end of the halt Landry scored again. Ervin Roy shot a pass to Price, end the latter converted 82 yards to the goal. Price again converted. Cathedral scored in the third period, when Roy Domengeaux shot a 22-yard pass to Sheldon Blue, but it was a forlorn hope.

Four more Landry touchdowns poured across the goal, and Cathedral could do nothing about stemming the tide. Roy raced 47 yarda over right tackle for one TD, and Price followed with a 60-yard gallop on an end-around play. In the fourth quarter. Price passed to Roy for a touchdown, the play covering 20 yards. Price passed to Bryan Regan for the extra point Price got the last one, on an- i 211 Jefferson action was between the 30 yard stripes.

However in the opening moments of the final quarter a break came Morgan Citys way. Two costly fumbles set Hanson back and forced the Tigers to punt from their own 12 yard line. On an attempted kick off out of danger. Fullback Giroir had his punt blocked by Plassala, gigantic right guard of Morgan City, who continued across to recover for his team's winning touchdown. Hansons backfield clicked as well as ever and halfbacks Andee Ibert and Tom Sarradet were able to scamper for valuable yardage.

Full- Estimate Set On Stadium (Advertiser Sports Special) OPELOUSAS A $35,000 stock corporation to construct a baseball stadium in Opelousas in early 1950 will be organized Monday night at Busters club if business men and sports fans of this city take kindly to the project, it was announced by Charlie English, of Fort Worth, Texas and Jack Tessier, Chamber of Commerce manager. All interested persons are invited to attend the Dutch treat supper. English has posted fees for the Opelousas franchise in the Gulf Coast league and the city council has given permission to erect the stacium in city park. estimated that the approximate cost of the plant will be of which the following amounts will be expended: lighting plant with a 198,000 watt capacity, grand stand, fence, building up playing field and graveling parking space, each $1,000. The grand stand will have a seating capacity of 2,230 and bleachers down each base line will have a seating capacity of 1,000.

Showers, rest rooms and a concession booth are included in the grand stand. The city will reimburse the proposed corporation for any part of the entire plant that might be used towards a permanent stadium, when and if a bond Issue is carried in Opelousas to erect a stadium, Tesier said. (Advertiser Sports Special) ST. MARTINVILLE The strong Vinton High School Lions defeated the St. Martinville High School Tigers 38-0 Friday night here.

Playing in a steady drizzle the Vinton team showed a strong running attack and one of the most alert pass defenses the Tigers have faced all season. On the first play from scrimmage Dugas of St. Martinville fum bled and Vinton recovered on the St. Martinville 25 yard line. After two line plays Arsene Benoit pick' ed up 10 yards to the St.

Martin ville 10 then went through the cen ter of the line for Vintons first TD. Landrys try for extra point went wide to the right. Toniettes punting kept St. Martinville deep in their territory for the rest of the first quarter. About a minute before the half was over Alvin Toniette, quarterback, threw a 26 yard pass to Clyde Chesson, right end, for a touchdown to bring the score to 12-0 in favor of Vinton at the half.

Taking the second half kickoff on their own 20 yard line the Lions with W. J. Turpin, halfback, doing Tidwell Accepts Bid To Blue-Gray Game MONTGOMERY, (AP) Auburns Travis Tidwell, one of the outstanding T-quarterbacks in the south and the nations leading offensive back as a freshman in 1946, has accepted a bid to play in the annual Blue-Gray game, Dec. 31. Tidwell, a Birmingham, product, has sparked Coach Earl Browns Auburn club this season after an ankle injury hurt his effectiveness during the 1947 and 48 campaigns.

He is the first blue-gray player to be named to the 1950 game. other end around, on a 32-yard sprint midway of the final period. Cathedral led in first downs, 21 to 8, but after its second touchdown, was never in the ball game. St. Phone 5165 1 I I 1 most of the carrying worked the ball to the St.

Martinville 28 from where Turpin went all the way. Recovering a St Martinville fumble on the St. Martin 20-yard line the Lions scored again after Turpin worked the ball to the 18 yard line and Toniette completed an 18-yard pass to Sweeney, right half, for the score. The conversion was blocked, leaving the score Vinton 24, St Martinville 0 at the end of the third quarter. Taking Bobby Ounre-s punt on their own 40-yard line the Lions carried the ball all the way to the St Martinville 12 with Turpin doing most of the carrying.

From the 12, Patin, replacing Tor.Jette at quarterback, faked a handoff and went over for the score. Chessons placement was good. After the Tigers lost the ball on downs on the Vinton 40 yard line, Wifred Foreman, broke loose around right end and carried 47 yards before being knocked out of bounds. Turpin carried over for the score on the next play. Chesson again converted.

Nickie Durio played an outstanding game at end for St Martinville. St Martinville was hurt early in the game when they lost the services of Charley Laperouse their right halfback. Rayne Downs Jays (Advertiser Sports Special) RAYNE, Staging a brilliant show of form and strength before a large homecoming crowd, Rayne High school defeated the game and hard-fighting St Edmunds Blue Jays of Eunice by a score of 33-12 here Friday night The game was highlighted by beautiful half-time ceremonies which saw Miss Evelyn Sonnier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos.

A Sonnier, crowned Queen of Homecoming. Coach Vincent Chappuis Wolves stood 26-0 at the half-way mark in the game. During the last two quarters, practically every member of the Wolf squad saw action as the Blue Jays scored their two touch- downs. Fifteen maids were escorted by members of the Wolf football team and were formally presented to the crowds by Harold Hoffpauir, master of ceremonies. Interesting drills by the Wolfettes included formations honoring the visitors, the local team introduced the 14 Homecoming court.

Miss Sonnier, crowned queen by Principal William. Sonnier was officially saluted on behalf of the football team by Philip Baer, captain for the night. Nettie Mae Chiasson, Verna Navarre, Sylvia Faulk, Irene Thibodeaux, Betty Ann Smith, Bonnie Venable, Lois a Carolyn Rosenbaum, Barbara Roussell, June Miller, Betty Jean Couvillion, Arlene Kennedy, Clara Ann Lalande, and Carita Martin were maids of honor. Alexandria Falls To St. Stanislaus, 7-0 BAY ST.

LOUIS, (AP)-i Ray Ansar di scored a touchdown on an off tackle play from the 15 yard line Sunday to give St. Stanislaus a 7 to 0 victory over Menard High school of Alexandria. Schnel-ler converted for the extra point The lone touchdown came after a sustained drive from the rock-a-chaw 27, right after the opening of the fourth quarter. By Sterling Slappey Eight Southeastern conference football teams play close Saturday and no matter who wins, next weeks standings wont look much like they do today. Third place Tennessee meets fifth ranking Georgia Tech in Knoxville: fourth highest Vanderbilt takes on seventh place Louisiana State in Baton Rouge Saturday night; eighth ranking Georgia goes to Jacksonville to play tenth place lorida, and Mississippi State, No.

11, plays Auburn, No. 12, in Auburn. Of three inter-league games only Navys meeting with Tulane in New Orleans has the sound of a major a tir action. Purely sidelights will be the Kentucky-Xavier game in Cincinnati, and Chattanoogas Saturday afternoon in Oxford against Mississippi. The Tech-Tennessee game in Knoxville must rank as the southeasterns most promising because of what happened last Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.

C. Tennessees almost unbelievable 35-6 slaughterhouse caper through North Carolina, means that the Southeasterns best group of sophomores have begun to play footbalL Five games passed while those sophomores fiddled and occasional- By Morris Raphael Advertiser Sports Correspondent MORGAN CITY -In a game replete with thrills, which kept an overflow crowd in a continual uproar, Hansons Tigers were edged by a stalwart band of footballers here, 13-6 Friday night For three quarters Hanson was very much in the ball game and matched their Class A opponents touchdown for touchdown. It was not until the final quarter rolled by that the issue wap settled. Back to punt from his own 12-yard line, Hansons big fullback, Gene Giroir, had his kick blocked by Plassala, 230 pound right tackle of Morgan City, for a touchdown. This deciding touchdown ended the scoring for the night.

Morgan City scored first when Freia returned a Hanson punt down to the visitors 35 yard line. After a steady pounding the ball rested on Hansons 10 yard line from where Freia took it across. Fullback Lee tacked on the extra point. Not to be denied, Hanson came right back in the second quarter to score on a blistering 50 yard drive. Mixing his plays brilliantly quarterback Caprito sent Sarradet and Ibert through and around Morgan Citys heavy line for repeated gains.

Fullback Giroir bolted across from the 5 to score standing up. Belaires kick for conversion was blocked. Hanson left the field at hall-time trailing 7-6 and it ap peared anybodys ball game. The third-quarter went scoreless with neither team seeming able to out-maneuver the other. Most of the Deramee Is Re-Elected Mangy Prexy THIBODAUX, (AP) The Evangeline Baseball league, in a Sunday meeting at Thibodaux re-elected its President Edmond Deramee of Thibodeaux and Vice-President Malcolm Bollingr of Baton Rouge for new terms.

The club owners also discussed the recruiting of umpires but delayed action on this subject until the next meeting in January, 1950. ly flashed, often winning, but tying tna et.4 tar AMA fTka one and losing one. The sixth game showed the difference that comes over good first year men after they've found out that college football and high school football are two different sports. Tech must go the remainder of the season without two highly dependable players Quarterback Jimmy Southard and Center-Linebacker Gene Frizzle. They, and three others, were hurt in Techs 27-14 loss to Duke.

Tackle Tom Coleman, Center Bob Bossoms and End Jack Griffin hope to play Saturday. The Vandy-LSU game should be just about on a par with the Knoxville game. Louisiana State, despite two SEC losses, now ranks as one of the strongest teams in the south and Vandy finally is looking as it is supposed to look. L.S.U. won its first conference game of the year Saturday by running up.

down, over and through Mississippi 34-7. Vandy did far better than expected in whipping low ranking but high spirited Auburn 26-7. Usually when Georgia goes to Jacksonville a good record goes also. Not this year. Coach Wally Butts is having troubles and last Saturday Up back Giroir ran excellently and contributed his share by scoring Hansons only touchdown for the night His kicking was never better.

Quarterback Caprito guided his team well, having no passes intercepted, one completed and running the ball occasionally for short gains. Hansons line also claims its share of attention. It held Morgan City twice within its 20 yard zone and to all appearance was a wall of granite. Hanson registered nine first downs while limiting Morgan City to five. For Morgan City the playing of halfback Freia was tops.

He proved dangerous on returning punts and a fine line-backer. This defeat, Hansons first in seven starts, does not hurt its chances in the Class prep race since the team is undefeated in that class. Hansons next opponent will be last years district champion, the Sacred Heart Trojans of Ville Platte, at Franklin, Nov. 4. The game is called for 8 p.m.

Officials for the Hanson-Morgan City game were: Dexheimer, referee, Tulane; Lashley, headlinesman, Tulane; Pel Hughes, Field Judge, Loyola; and Lodrigues, umpire, Tulane. City Kegler League Rolls In the Camelia bowling league the Parkerson and Dupuis keglers suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of L. A. Frey Brothers bowlers, but neverthless stayed at the top of the pile by virtue of their 14-won, 4-lost record. The Falstaff brewers bowed to the J.

K. White service 3-0. The Nolan J. Viator keglers blanked Evangeline Maid team, 3-0, and Abshier Construction bowlers whitewashed the Seagram 7 Crowners, 3-0. The Evangeline Maid Bread team took high team series with 2,600.

Johnnie Prejean swept both high individual series and game honors by virtue of a 246 and a 587. League standings: Team Won Lost Parkerson and Dupuis 14 4 L. A. Frey Bros. 1 7 Evangeline Maid 10 8 J.

K. White 10 8 Falstaff Beer 8 9 Seagram 7 Crown 7 11 Abshire Construction 6 12 Nolan J. Viator 5 13 Wave Looks Gooh NEW ORLEANSlWAP) 1 Tulane universitys Green Vive came up with convincing argument to justify its pre-season ratirik by walloping helpless Mississippi State 54-6 here Saturday. The Greenies looked better than they have all year in their runaway victory. The loss was the worst for State since Alabamas 53-0 win in 1932.

Eddie Price, hampered most of the season with minor injuries, looked tee all-Southeastern back of last season as he galloped to two touchdowns. He made one on a 65V yard jaunt, Cliff Van Meter, the Greenies halfback that hasnt seen much action in two years, got three touchdowns on runs of 10 and 20-yards and a 15-yard pass. Others joining the scoring parade were Jimmy Glisson, A1 Burr and Bill Svoboda. State scored in the second period with quarterback Don Robinson going around end from the nine. Southerners, Tech Fight for GS Title Set seven after a 63-yard driv.

Bubber Phillips got another on a 41-yard run. Southern collected two more before halftime on the Bobby Holme to Cliff Coggin passing Com bo. Phillips went 46 yards and Spru-iell 48 to open the second half. However, Northwestern Art Lancaster took a big hunk out of the southern luster with scoring dashes of 83 and 75 yards. Other scores were mad by Boot McCormick, Morris Brown, Ed Kau-chich and a freshman quarterback, David Lee Walker of Alexandria, La.

Northwesterns last touchdown was contributed by fullback John Ropp. Tech and SLI fought to a 0-0 halftime score, but Tech went to work the last half. Arnold Mathews scored twice for Tech. He went around left end from 13 yards out for the first, then got the third on a 19-yard jaunt. Tony Cefalu ran ten yards for the second tally.

SLIs Dave Fisher and Gerry Hodges collaborated to drive to the Tech nine in the first quarter, but (By the Associated Press) History is repeating itself in the Gulf States conference. Mississippi Southern and Louisiana Tech served notice Saturday that they want to make the conference football championship the prize for the winner of the Tech-Southern game again this season. Tech pushed its conference record to three straight victories by whipping southwestern Louisiana institute 21-0. Southern got its second league victory ithout a loss at the expense of Northwestern State. The Mississippians won 67-28 in the kind of game that drives score-keepers mad.

Last year it was the Tech-Southern game that decided the first GSC football race. Southern won 20-6. This years game will be played on Nov. 12 at Tech. Tech still has one more hurdle to clear before the contest.

The team plays Southeastern this weekend. And its a Southeastern team that may not like the monopoly. Southeastern got off to a slow start, losing to SLI and tying Louisiana College. But the team got by Northwestern by a two-touendown margin, then scuttled the Pensacola Navy team 14-0 Saturday. Louisiana College, its conference season over, lost another tough jgame Saturday night to Stephen F.

Austin. The Texans gained the margin of their 13-6 victory on the lace-kicking of Billy Jack Rober-sjL who booted two field goals and iip extra point The Southern-Northwestern game was a battle of flashy backs all the score when guard Reggie Hebert caught a fumble in mid-air and raced 40 yards to a touchdown. Southern came back with Frankie Spruiell crashing over from the Tech-Southern 1 proved it. Alabama whipped Geor 4 gia 14-7. Usually Florida thinks it has a chance to whip Georgia, this year it does.

Florida, like Georgia and Mississipp, a hard disappointment for alumni to swallow, whipped Furman by one point Saturday when Southeastern teams usually whip Furman by a touchdown or considerably more. The score was 28-27. The Fourth conference game is the annual cellar battle. For years Auburn has participated and this year the other team is Mississippi State. Neither team has won this season and whoever loses likely will be on the bottom from now on.

Navy brings the second chapter of what was to have been a fine inter-sectional season for Tulane. Notre Dame was the first chapter and the Irish spoiled a perfect Tulane record. Meanwhile, Navy has defeated only two teams this year Princeton and Duke. The Southeasterns Intersectional score last week was three victories and one loss. Other than the Florida and Tennessee victories and Techs loss, the Kentucky Wildcats barely won from Cincinnati 14-7.

Alabama follows its victory over Georgia with an off-week. they could get no farther. Southeastern beat the Navy team on touchdowns set up by fumbles. Niilton Lavigne and Jerry Zimmer man combined to push the first across from the 15, and Lavigne took the second across aher the Southeastern team got the ball on the Pensacola 20. Louisiana College went ahead in the first quarter of its game against Stephen Austin.

The Louisianians counted after a 52-yard drive. Quarterback Frank Cicero scored from the two. Austin's Roberson got a field goal in the same period from the 2Sf The team won the game in the third with a touchdown and Robersons second field goal, this time from 21 yards away..