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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1931
Page
6
The article lists twelve charity football games across regions with Tennessee and New York University headlining in New York. It notes Tulane vs Washington State and Southern California vs Washington as key contests, plus several regional matchups and a Rose Bowl implication for Tulane.
Boxing results from various cities list winners by knockout or points. Notable bouts include Kid Chocolate defeating Maxie Lerner in New York and Jackie Pilkington beating Benny Bass in Philadelphia. Several fighters scored decision wins or KOs across Toronto Philadelphia Pittsburgh Nottingham Sidney Clifton and other locales.
The Neville High School football banquet will be held Friday night in the school cafeteria. Invitations to attend are being sent to city officials several members of the slurm association and others.
Dr. L. Wood, local dentist and board member of the Louisiana State Dental Society, announced that the Dental Board will convene next Sunday at Hotel Virginia to discuss routine business and plans for the state society's annual meeting in April.
Ouachita Parish Lions and Neville High Tigers began basketball tryouts with about 30 players vying for spots. Neville issued equipment and announced an upcoming first practice session.Coach Hartman’s squad added football players to the cage group as training starts. Ouachita Junior College plans to begin once equipment arrives with the first call likely Wednesday afternoon.
Eight Tulane University players from the Southern Conference champion team will play their final college game in New Orleans on Saturday against Washington State. Captains Jerry Dalrymple and Vernon Haynes head a class of eight seniors, with possible postgame Rose Bowl invite or an exhibition match proposed in Knoxville between ex-Tulane and ex-Tennessee players.
Ferriday and Rayville High Schools meet for the District Two Class B championship at Rayville Field on Friday at 2 30 PM after a committee decided the site and split proceeds. Winnsboro was excluded. officials will be chosen from a list including Louisiana Tech and several local coaches.
Nellie Felts of Tulane tops the final scoring with 87 points, 21 more than Alabama’s Hillman Holley. Through November Felts held the lead, boosted by a three touchdown game against Auburn, and finished the season undefeated in Tulane’s scoring at the goal line. John Cain of Alabama added three touchdowns in the Clemson game, securing third place behind Holley and Felts.
Ruston High School Bearcats will face Byrd High of Shreveport next Saturday for the Class A football championship of North Louisiana at Shreveport starting at 2 30 p m The southern crown will be settled by Lake Charles High and Jesuits of New Orleans in Lake Charles on the same date Officials for the Ruston Byrd game were Allbright Binion Hugh Whatley and Joe Aillett with the committee including D Mariner H E Townsend Horace Williamson and L Hoffman The tiebreaker if needed will use first downs and Ruston and Shreveport were the only bidders today.
Officials from Shreveport and P C Rogers met in Principal Rogers office to arrange the playoff.
Gus Sonnenberg of Boston defeated Jack Ganson of Cleveland in one fall as Ganson did not return. Karl Pojello of Chicago threw Ivan Vakturoff of Russia in 29 58. George Zaranyoff of Russia threw Louis Allaire of France in 25 34. In Kansas City police halted a bout between Abe Coleman of Los Angeles and Everett Marshall after each had won a fall, match ruled no contest. Ray Steele of Glendale California defeated Al Giewicz of Scranton in 35 02. Dick Daviscourt of California threw John Maxos of Greece in 22 11.
West Baden notes a major minor league skirmish over 1932 rosters as Cubs leaders hint at big moves. Burleigh Grimes, ex-Cardinal star, Ed Brandt and Whitey Klein named as Cubs targets with White Sox scheduling quiet spring training and minor leagues delaying meetings.
New Haven Conn December 1 Yale football star Albie Booth will go to the Gaylord Farm Sanitorium Wallingford Conn for a period of rest doctors say pleurisy with effusion is the diagnosis no lung trouble found Booth captain of basketball and football teams and regular baseball outfielder was taken to the infirmary with fever last Tuesday then moved to New Haven Hospital
Twenty two light heavyweights signed for the National Boxing Association tournament to crown a new champion after Maxie Rosenbloom lost the title for not defending it. Signers include Umberto Curri from Argentina Tait Littman Cudahy Wisconsin Abie Bain Newark New Jersey Rosy Rosales Cleveland Ohio Bob Olin New York Willie Oster Boston Massachusetts. Opening round set for December 11 at Chicago Stadium with four hours of bouts.
Jose Estrada of Mexico City and Ray Kiser of Oklahoma tied in a New Orleans bout, with the result logged as a draw. The event featured both fighters exchanging blows without a decisive finish.
Henry McLemore reports the "All-America team of all time" assembled by a professor who spent 743000 in predictions. The list uses whimsical, non-player funds and names many absurd epithets for positions, ending with comments on Notre Dame and Pitt defeats.
New Orleans reports a rumor that Tulane might hire Chick Meehan of NYU as head coach if Bernie Bierman departs. Tulane officials and sources dismissed the speculation noting Bierman’s $8,000 salary versus Meehan’s around $17,500 and saying Ted Cox and Lester Lautenschlaeger would likely helm the Green Wave with possible help from Jerry Dalrymple after graduation.
Pelican Natural Gas Company reports a new well at RH. Alexandria No. 1 bringing in 22.938 million cubic feet daily. Located 660 feet north and west of the southeast corner of section 4 township 16 north range 6 east, the well produced from 2440 feet depth.
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