The Daily Iberian from New Iberia, Louisiana (2024)

December 28, 1956

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The Daily Iberiani

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New Iberia, Louisiana

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Friday, December 28, 1956

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THE DAILY IBERIAN SPORTS Volume 64 Number 122 New Iberia Louisiana Friday December 28 1956 5 Cents Per Copy SPORTS East Reigns One Touchdown Favorite To Cop Grid Tilt Rosi RuljChoice In Vasquez Fight By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO Battle lines were drawn today for the 32nd annual Shrine East-West grid classic here Saturday as head roachea Brennan of the Iberia Sports Best Worst bn SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF '56 '56 Claimed Local Scene Centenary Is 'Hot' Squad In St Cage SHREVEPORT La Centenary College overcame an early 10-0 Furman lead to race to an 83 to 73 victory in the first round of the third annual Louisiana Invitational Basketball tournament here last night gi Diamond Play Ended NIHS Won Crown Were Top Items Terry East and Burk Shaw of the West named their all-star starting lineups The East will go into the fray a one-touchdown favorite with a backfield composed of Paul Hor-nung Notre Dame quarterback Abe Woodsone Illinois left half back Terry 'Barr Michigan right half and Ray Alberigi Penn State full- Tiie West will counter with passing ace John Brodie Stanford quarterback Jon Arnett Southern California left half Pete O'Garro UCLA right half and Dean Derby Washington fullback The weather forecast Is for continued clear and warm but coach Brennan of the East isn't worried about that He can't figure the odds Both coaches have announced their plena will go mostly for end runs and a passing says' Shaw for the West use In trying to buck that big East Une" Brennan pTana to mix up more have about 10 plays going either to right or left plus the pass patterns says Terry the Notre Dame boss' MIAMI Fla Paolo Rosi the balding Italian who is as agile in the ring as he is on the dance floor ruled a 2-to-l favorite oyer Baby VaRquez in tonight's nationally televised 10-round bout at Bis cayne Arena Both lightweights are known to television fans for each won his last appearance before the cameras Bosi who has won several rhumba and cha-cha contests in his spare time has a record of 23 victories in 26 fights since he came here from Italy Vasquez has won 45 of 58 fights BALTIMORE Md Charlie Williams a 19-year-old right-handed pitcher was purchased today from the Birmingham Black Barons bv the Baltimore Orioles The Oriofes assigned Williams to their Aberdeen farm in the Northern League NEW ORLEANS Tickets for the Sugar Bowl game between Tennessee and Baylor were at a premium today The Mid-Winter Sports Association sponsor of the Sugar Bowl announced Tuesday that allotment of J4-170 tickets for the New Day classic have been sold Tarheels Aim At Duke Win Top Ranking By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer North Carolina aimed to follow up its most impressive victory of the season by beating Duke tonight and thereby make a strong bid to replace Kansas as the No 1 college basketball team The second-ranked unbeaten Tarheels never looked better in demolishing 16th-ranked Utah 97-76 in the opening round of the Dixie Classic Thursday night but they'll be running into a red-hot Duke team which beat eighth-ranked West Virginia 73-67 in the opening round The Blue Devils were the 12th-ranked team but were not expected to handle Rod Hundley Co Yet they out-rebounded and out-hustled the Mountaineers and even made Hundley look bad despite 24 points Duke also has beaten third-ranked Kentucky so Thursday victory could not in any way be regarded as a North Carolina however will go into game at Raleigh NC a heavy favorite on the basis of its velvet-smooth shellacking of Utah Len Rosenbluth who wound up with 36 points led a drive that put the Tarheels In front 42-32 at half-time and midway in the second half the lead had ballooned to 19 points Southerners Sweep Clean Defending champion North Carolina State upset 20lh-ranked Iowa 84-70 and Wake Forest whipped DePaul 74-68 to make it a clean sweep of the southern host teams into the semi-finals NC State and Wake Forest meet in their semifinal game this afternoon The Dixie Classic packs the greatest prestige of the 11 tournaments currently in progress but there were important results elsewhere WHOLESALE PRICES AT RETAIL ON INDIVIDUAL BOTTLES AND CASE LOTS Louisiana State defeated Virgin- la 7 the second nighttime contest The host squad Gentlemen coasted to the win on the strength of the rebounding and shooting of senior center Les Ralph and Guard Larry Teague who had 20 and 19 points respectively Furman's Tilitins were led by the scoring of Byran Pinson who dumped in 17 points and center Steve Ross who tallied 15 points The LSU combination of Dominick Merle and Roger Sigler carried the Tigers to a hard-fought win Merle who left the game with five minutes to go because of an injured ankle scored 25 points while Sigler shot in 24 In the opening games Loyola of New Orleans topped Louisiana Bulldogs 66 to 56 and Northwestern State College tumbled Hardin-Simmons of Abilene Tex 54 to 39 The Wolfpack from Loyola was led by a pair of 6-foot 5-inch Pete Gaudin and CheS' Military Institute 88 to 67 in ter who scored 12 individual points each The Pack led 34 to 32 at the half and never trailed after that although Bulldogs tied the score twice at 43-43 and 45-45 Tech produced the high scorer of the afternoon in Gary Richardson who chalked up 15 points 11 of them from the free throw line LOCAL boxing also saw the New Iberia Yellow Jackets coached by wily Batson Dugas complete their regular season with nine wins in dual-meet matching They completed the coup by going on to win the state Class A-AA boxing championship after their sweeping total of 57 points eclipsed rival 43 points in the boxing affair held in Blackham Coliseum Ronald Fremin completed a double sweep by winning his fourth straight 'high school boxing title (only the third man in history to do it) and the coveted Brink trophy OVER at St college the classy Eldridge (Pcgo) Smith was voted the most outstanding back at a banquet held for the players early ki tbe year The Frank Minvielle one of the best ends to ever play for the school was selected on the first place 5-A all-district and the Panthers managed to snare a ma Jority of spots on the first second and third place teams Yellow Jacket basketball lost me of the greatest coaches when Doc Hymel retired from the game and became principal of one of tbe local elementary schools But before he bowed out Doc aw hit charges led by Don Rogers capture their first 6-AA district championship by downing the Thibodaux Tigers 67-56 The night (Rogers bucketed 34 points -on 15 field goals and four free throws Doe Hymel was later chosen the top coach in District 5-AA and two cl his players Don Rogers and Larry Fowler gained first team berths Rogers was named the most outstanding player OTHER events mined there share of attention Bob Jackson probably the finest tennis player won the NlRD singles by polishing off Larry Dahl-strom and Faye Theriot reigned as the NIRD singles champion when slhe bested Dianne Voorhies 6-1 and 6-1 Youthful Burt Fontenot become the new cage coach at New Iberia High school and bids fair to continue the same pace as Doc Hymel William (Wild Bill) Viator saw his ring record stand et 4-1 and gave notice of becoming one of the best heavyweights in the area BATSON Dugas' youthful Junior Varsity football team won their district crown and boxing team won their first match over St In other events the Jeanerette Little League had one of their best seasons a local ski club the Pelican treated New Iberia to some fine amateur water siding the NIRD cage tourney the eighth such was highly successful and won by Evangeline Motors attempts to form a semi-pro baseball team failed and on Jan 28 the New Iberia Yellow cagers won their first tourney in the history of the school iedlmiti FURNITURE CO INC 150 Main Dial EM 9-6301 220 in 215 seconds two-tenths of second under the second place time turned in by great Billy Cannon Semar was one of the greatest to ever wear the Yellow Jacket uniform and he left behind him one of the moat envied records on the football field The Jackets continued their winning ways on the cinder track in 1956 by copping the majority of events at the annual Southwestern Louisiana Institute relays Samar also won the 100-yard dash breaking his old record of 103 while doing it ADDING to their cinder laurela the Jackets copped the Terrebonne High school relays In 1956 by tcor-ing a whopping 77 points But the biggest victory of all for the Jackets came when they beat the best that two triple-A Baton Rouge schools had to offer They scored a wafer-thin victory over Istrouma in i triangular meet The Jackets defending twin A track champion had 55 points Istrouma 54 and Baton Rouge 41 It was a banner year all the way around for the Jacket! in track and field It also saw them lose their competent coach John McGraw who pec a me prinicpal of the school when Wimberly atepped up to Superintendent of Iberia Parish schools ON the local fishing scene wet misty climes and a audden squall failed to dampen the spirits of thousands gathered for the fifth annual Iberia Rod and Gun Club fishing rodeo held in October Rodeo officials boasted that a record number of area fishermen well over the previous mark of 1112 and mark of 730 turned out to cast for the top fish and the record prizes amounting to $4000 That figure also topped the previous year's mark of $2-949 Kearns Voorhies of New Iberia came home from the two day event with the distinction of being the best all-around fisherman Voorhies won a set of travelling luggage for his efforts Ha booked a red fish weighing 30 pounds measuring 41 Inches another red fish weighing 23 pounds Voorhies waa the first day winner IN city bowling the short summer Classic league proved to be one of the best in bowling history in New Iberia It was a dowa-to-the-wire affair with Cafe coming out on top followed by Queen City Mattress second end Falstaff Boer third Nick Rowan had the season high individual series with a 664 and the high individual game with a 254 Sid GuUlot received the trophy for the high average of the season Falstaff received the high handicap team series Queen City received the trophy for high team handicap game and Miller received the trophy for high individual game ONE of the highlights of the winter play came when all five members of the team In the Classic League bowled a 300 or better game and all rolled a 500 or better series This was tbe first time that this feat had been accomplished during the season In bowling trophies went to deco for its first pace finiah after winning 53 and a half games Second place was garnered by Service Station with 46 games and third piece waa notched by Segura Buick which copped 45 games during the season Individual honors in bowling went to Mary Ann Molbert Elaine Wood and Dot Derouen The ladies contributed to the fine keg-ler play seen all season As was predicted the city bowling tourney was the most successful as well ss the highest ever bowled in the history of the local keg sports Sid Guillot emerged the city champion and Bill McKee the allevents champion Cafe was the leader in the weekly Petroleum league bowling and captured team honors DAVI NOTE In the following report the Daily Iberian reviews the athletic year and achievements In New Iberia and surrounding area By RAY BROUSSARD Iberian Sports Editor New Iberia and area sports for 195fl soared the heights and plumb ed the depths as the playing field saw a contrasting blend of all that was good and bad Iberia baseball for the first time since the inception of the Evangeline League in 1934 when the locals became a charter member writhed through the coils of strangulation that gradually threatened the entire minor setup Baseball on the local scene on May 19 when the Iberia Baseball Association the board of directors of the New Iberia entry in the Class Evangeline League announced that play had been abandoned because of that kept the Indians floundering since the beginning of the season IN sharp contrast the New Iberia Yellow Jacket football teanf under the direction of Coach Jim Williams and aides won a district championship for tne first time in the history of the school And the Jackets proved they deserved the 5-AA championship by copping five places on the alldistrict team selected by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Freddie Davidson Tommy Powell Warren Brasher James Conrad and James Grace were the five Yellow Jackets which made the first place team In addition Harold LeBlanc center and Gerald Kapp end just missed making the first team by the narrow margin of one vote The Yellow Jackets won the district championship by virtue of their scoreless deadlock with Crowley in game played in a of After that game the Jackets tromped back to their dressing room in Crowley smiles peering from masks of mud realizing that they owned the crown with a 1-0-2 record over 1-1-1 Jacket backs when there a sea of' mud spattering in their eyei ran as bird as they could with a slippery elusive pigskin James Conrad leading the vanguard Delahoussaye gaining stature at quarterback Sparks Viller-min Powell and Moss all gave evidence of their hard play when they strode off the field one almost indistinguishable from the other FROM there the Jackets went on to defeat Purple Tornadoes 27-13 but that was their last blaze of glory for 1956 they ran out of gas A week later they went out to do battle with Randy Brown and the Opelousas gridders and eine out of the game on the short end of a bitter 34-12 count It was truly the end of the football season for the Jackets but they had finally brought home the grid WITH regard to baseball the local entry suffered the bitterest pill it was ever confronted with when the New Iberia Indians on May 19 Iberia Baseball Association president A Bowab in commenting on the decision of the board to quit said mere trickling of fans averaging about 400 a game was the direct cause of the decision to suspend play decision grieves us said Bowab "The board of directors as well as players and officials of the team have spared no effort to bring the best of baseball to New Iberia felt the fan response was not there and we the board of director feel that operating a baseball club is too expensive an operation to continue at such a terrific Bowab averred THE year 1956 marked the end of baseball in New Iberia and perhaps meant the suspension of play far mote than just one year Several weeks ago the New York Yankees offered the local club a full working agreement But when Evangeline League president Ray (Moon) Mullins called for a public meeting on the matter a mere four people showed up Mullins said I guess they just want baseball here The franchise will just go to some other On Jan 6 1957 the Evangeline League will hold its regular meet- ing in New Iberia and Mullins is expected to announce which city will accept New franchise THERE was considerably better news in other sports The New Ibe-ria Yellow Jacket track team led by redoubtable Allen (The Horse)! Semar dominated most of the area track field records and figures New top individual performances were a pair 9f dashes by Semar the fine ter and a 5-foot 10-inch high jump by Don Rogers who also played great basketball for the Jackets Semar had the fastest century and furlong in times of :100 and :218 The Jackets tied with Lake Charles for the best time in 880 relay to account for their 4th top place SEMAR also ran the fastest 220-yard dash in the state A great football and track star (he gradu-j ated this year and was signed to a grant-in-aid by LSU) be ran the a New Orleans Miffmen Top Chi Glovers NEW A crack team of New Orleans boxers defeated a Chicago group to the tune of six bouts to two in tbe opening Sugar Bowl program last night at the Municipal Auditorium margin by the local fighters was the same in 1942 when it turned back a Chicago aquad In a dual meet Bobby Cline in the welterweight division and Bob Beal in the heavyweight class were the lone Chicago winners Cline out- unshed a willing Billy LeBouef three fast rounds while Beal made quick work of Monte Hendricks splattering the squatty Louisiana boy for the full count in one minute 33 eeconds of the first round Chicago defaulted in the 112-pound division when Tom Dunham came in five pounds over the weight limit Ronald Ratliff local flyweight then went on to outpunch Tony Corona in an exhibition Dunham moved up to the 118-pound class but was beaten by Shelton Bonnet whose body-punching proved too much for the Chicago bantam Brian a native of Dublin Ireland appeared to have a alight edge over Sidney Turner of the New Orleans team in the 126-pound division However was the victim of a close decision who had a decided edge in the first and third rounds bloodied nose and mouth with sharp hooka and counters Ray Conway New Orleans had too many guns for Bob Reilly Chicago and captured the 135-pound crown while Gene Hymel one of the best prospects in the tourney battered Joe Salerno in quick order A left hook to the jaw finished Salerno in the first round Reveree Pete Giaruso stopped the uneven af- In the light-heavyweight division Dewey Varnodo New Orleans rallied to whip Frank Rago for the 175-pound championship Following the bouts the winners and losers were presented with trophies Chairman Wil-mer Simpson presented the team championship trophy to coach Bill Rohichaux of the New Orleans team Croup SPORT la th thru photos ibovi irt shown somo of ths highest moments and some of the lowest In New Iberia sports for 1956 Top photo is an action shot from the New Iberia-Baton Rouge football game which the Jackets lost However they went on to win the first district crown bi the history of the school Middle photo shows William (Wild Bill) Viator who has a record of five wins and one loss is rapidly becoming one of the better heavyweights in the area Bottom photo shows a happier moment that took place Just before the beginning of the 1956 baseball a month prior to the death of local baseball Shown are left to right Jack O'Connor Walter Gordy and A1 Barrilari O'Connor was in charge of the Port Arthur baseball club and the Iberia dub while Barrilari managed the local club Gordy of course has been responsible for giving New Iberia some of the best in baseball (Daily Iberian Photos) Largest Selection of Imported and Domestic Wines in Southwest Louisiana Imported Bordeaux Wines From France 99c 5th RED or WHITE See our complete selection of gift items for the holidays such as fancy food boxes home bar supplies and an outstanding variety of Hors1 Doeuvres to make any party time of yours a ri FORMAT RENT your TUXEDO or Full Dress Suit newly styled garment immaculately cleaned and pressed! 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