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APRIL' 4, 1949PUQUEMINE ISj /. . fOok Grove Places Secondi9 . «*■• s • • • * V • ' * IIn Louisiana StateBATON ROUGE, La., April 4.-OF)1 ’ . * \ •• . * * * •—Plaquemine High School’s Green Devils fought their way to the Louisiana state boxing championship for the fifth straight year in tourney finals here.A crowd estimated at 8,000 packed the house for the title bouts.The team victory with 20 pointsSaturday night also marked the ninth time in the last 10 annual tournaments that Plaquemine has taken the state crown.Coach Sam Distefano’s well-trained fighters scored heavily in the lighter divisions to stand off a determined bid by Oak Grove and take the overall title.Oak Grove totaled 16 points in the tourney. Opelousas was third with 12 and New Iberia fourth with 10 points.Other points totals gave Lafayette 8, Lagrange 5, Sacred Heart. 5, Crowley 3, Scott 4, Ville Platte 3, St. Paul and Loreauvillc, 1 each.Ordley Viator smashed his way to victory in the 165-pound class by a T. K. O. over Don Stevens of Oak Grove. Viator won the bout in one minute, four seconds of the firstround.Joe Bergeron of Scott, defending champ in the weight, who was defeated by Stevens, won the consolation with a brisk 46-second T, K. O. in the first round over Ear' Willis of Plaquemine.The Capt. Francis Brink Sportsmanship Trophy went to Carl Williams of Lagrange, who decisionecl Ray Perry of Lafayette for the state 98-pound title.Championship summaries;90 pounds: Earl Pardon of Oak Grove decisioned Ned Boudreaux of Scott; consolation, Curry Oubre of Loreauville, decisioned wade Borguc of Lagrange.98 pounds: Carl Williams of Lagrange decisioned Ray Perry of Lafayette; consolation, Andrew Quirk of Opelousas T. K. O, over LarryDaigle of White Castle in 22 secondsof third round.105 pounds: Robert Chachere ofCrowley decisioned Medrir Stein ofDe-• ** * . ' • ••laune of St. Peters decisioned Rhodric Savage of Forest.112 pounds; Jerry Besson of Plaquemine decisioned Calvin Clary of Opelousas; consolation, Lamar Hankins of Oak Grove decision Don Al-/ • . * . . * ’ * * 4 •• ' , 'len Breaux of Lagrange.118 pounds: Charles Peterson of Opelousas decisioned Donald Gascon of Plaquemine; consolation, Gene Segura of New Iberia decisioned Donald Saurage of White Castle.126 pounds: Tommy Gascon of Plaquemine decisioned Allen Mayer of Opelousas; consolation, Ben McFarlan of Oak Grove, won on forfeit over Louis Miller of Lagrange.135 pounds: Val Mayers of Lafayette decisioned Cecil Vidrine of Ville Platte; consolation, Jimmy Hopkins of Oak Grove decisioned Wilbur Ardoin of Vidrine.• * f t I ' ■145 pounds. Clarence Cook of Oak I Grove T. K. O. over Frank Banta of Plaquemine, in 44 seconds of first round; consolation, William Viator of New Iberia decisioned Herman Le-doux of Lagrange.155 pounds: Sonny Stephenson of Sacred Heart won by forfeit from Howard Broussard of New Iberia; consolation, Bobby Wilson of Plaquemine decisioned Joe Hampton ofOak Grove.lt;165 pounds: Ordley Viator of NewIberia T. K. O. over Don Stevens ofs * * %Oak Grove, in one minute, four seconds of first round; consolation, Joe Bergeron of Scott T. K. O. over Earl Willis of Plaquemine, in 46 seconds of first round.175 pounds: E. Robbins of Plaque-minc, only contestant.Heavyweight: William Ewing ofFranklin decisioned D. W. Walters of Oak Grove.OLYMPIA LIKELYTO BE FAVORITENEW YORK, April 4.-(/P)-Fred W.Hooper’s Olympia, who showed a lot of run in winning the first phase, probably will be favored in the Second edition of the experimental handicap at Jamaica Saturday.But the son of Heliopolis faces a considerably tougher task. The first experimental last Saturday was a six-furlong affair. The test coming up this week is for a mile and a sixteenth.Olvmoia ran awav from five rivals
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Monroe News Star
Monroe, Louisiana, US
Mon, Apr 04, 1949
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