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History of Crusader Football |
Athletic Director Brother Emmanuel, S.C., represented Aloysius at the annual league meeting on September 20. S. J. Peters Commercial High School transferred from Class B to Class A after winning the B championship in 1928. Warren Easton Annex, having added sophomores, would take Commy's place in the lower division. Delgado Trade School would no longer participate in the prep league.
Warren Easton Annex was a temporary remedy for the overcrowding at Warren Easton High School. Even with the commercial department moved to Peters High at Tulane and Broad, the Canal Street Boys High still had 1,500 students. So in 1928 the School Board moved the first year students to a building on Bayou Road near Claiborne Avenue. When those boys moved to the sophomore year, they were joined by a new freshman class. The overcrowding would not be permanently solved until Alcee Fortier opened on Freret Street in 1931. At that point, the Annex was closed.
New Orleans Prep League Divisions for 1929
Class A: Jesuit, Warren Easton, Holy Cross, S. J. Peters Commercial High
Class B: Isidore Newman Manual Training, New Orleans Academy ( NOA), Rugby Academy, St. Aloysius, Warren Easton Annex, and Westwego.
With few exceptions, games would be played at Tulane's Prep Stadium, which had opened during the '28 season.
In 1929 the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA), founded in 1916, finally voted to admit private schools provided they followed the constitution and bylaws of the organization. Jesuit and Holy Cross accepted the invitation in order to have the opportunity to compete for the state championship. However, none of the Class B schools joined the LHSAA at this time. Tension between public and private schools has plagued the LHSAA even to the present day.
Third-year coach Kip Kessler wanted to continue the improvement in the St. Aloysius football program that was shown from 1927 (2-4) to 1928 (4-3-1). Commentators gave the Saints a good shot at the Class B title. Kip showed confidence in his boys by scheduling games against Jesuit, Holy Cross, and St. Stanislaus.
1929 St. Aloysius Football Team
Front row: Leonard Estorge (so), Joseph Martina (jr), Alfred Frayle (jr), Harry Daniels (jr), Fabian Wambsgans (fr), Charles Cabibi (jr)
Second: Robert Ariatti (jr), Frank Thriffiley (fr), Gustave Miltenberger (so), George Sins (sr), Milton Fritch (jr), Charles Enderle (sr), Roy Lomax (so)
Third: Coach Kessler, Joseph Cuccia (jr), Howard Jaubert (jr), Jim Miltenberger (jr), Eddie Daigle (pre-fr), John Stumpf (sr), Louis Carite (fr), John Blasi (sr)
Fourth: Rene Fransen (sr), Charles Richardson (jr), Joseph Miller (so), Joseph Carriere (sr)
Not pictured: Vincent Gambino (sr), Mike Smith (sr), Arthur Koorie (jr), Forrest Boutte (pre-fr)
Sunday, September 29: St. Aloysius vs Jesuit @ Loyola Stadium 3 pm |
SA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Jes |
13 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
26 |
TDs: Jes T. Daigle 2, Scheuring 2
PAT: Jes Daigle (pass to B. Brownson), Ballatin (plunge)
1st Downs: SA 2, Jes 16;
Penalties: SA 25, Jes 35 |
SA lineup: Sins LE, Gambino LT, Fritch LG, Enderle C, G. Miltenberger RG, Thriffiley RT, E. Daigle RE, Blasi QB, Stumpf (C) LH, M. Smith RH, J. Miltenberger FB
Subs: Carite LH, Jaubert FB, Cabibi RT, Lomax LE, Cuccia RH, Carriere QB, Daniels C, Estorge RE, Koorie LT, Boutte RG, Fransen QB [See roster under picture above for full names and grade levels.]
A crowd of 2,000 gathered under "summer-like skies" to watch a "speedy well-played tilt" on the "lightning fast gridiron." A highlight of the game was the "Daigle brothers duel" between Tom, the star RB of "Doc" Erskine's Blue Jays, and Eddie, starting at RE as a pre-freshman for the Saints. The Kesslermen played hard but were no match for the bigger, speedier Jays. SA did hold them to 26 as opposed to 31-0 in 1928.
In what was probably a compromise between the timing rules of the A and B divisions, the first and fourth quarters were 15 minutes in length while the second and third lasted 12 minutes.

Tom Daigle
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- Q1: Jesuit took over at midfield and quickly drove to the 21. From there, Tom Daigle skirted LE for the TD. Then he threw the extra point pass to B. Brownson to make it 7-0. Shortly afterwards, a Blue Jay recovered an errant lateral on the SA 20. Brownson passed to Kyle for 10y. Then, after a 5y penalty, Daigle took a pass from Brownson, juggling the ball but holding on as he fell over the goal. Matt Ballatin "bucked successfully" for the PAT, but the offensive line was offside. So the point was nullified - no second chance under the rules of that era. The Saints fought back with their only sustained drive of the day. Mike Smith, whose brother Clarence started at HB for the Loyola Wolf Pups, joined captain John Stumpf and battering ram Jimmy Miltenberger to move the ball for 30y and two first downs. Then a 15y penalty forced a pass, which Brownson intercepted on the Jesuit 40 and returned to the SA 20. The Saints would gain no more first downs the rest of the contest.
- Q2: After SA batted down a pass in the EZ to retake possession, a poor punt put Jesuit back in business at midfield. Second string backs Ray Scheuring and Daspit matriculated the ball to the 10, from where Scheuring scored around end. Ballatin's plunge for the PAT fell a little short, but this time SA was offside. So the point counted to make it 20-0. The Jay men were driving again when the half ended.
- Q3: The teams played "all-square" this period as Aloysius put up a good defensive front against Jesuit's second team, who were also thwarted by penalties.
- Q4: Erskine put the first team back in. Daigle and Ballatin gained big yardage to set up another TD by Scheuring. Then his line plunge for the extra point barely failed. Later in the period, Jesuit drove again but Aloysius held.
TP reporter Gene Thatcher cited the Miltenberger brothers as "a tower of strength for St. Aloysius," FB Jimmy with his punting and linebacking and RG Gus for smearing plays and opening holes.
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Gus Miltenberger
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Friday, October 11: St. Aloysius vs Holy Cross @ Holy Cross 3:30 |
SA |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
HC |
13 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
26 |
TDs: HC Seeber 2, Beach, Breaux;
SA Lomax
PAT: HC Seeber 2 (drop kicks) |
SA lineup: Ariatti LE, Daigle LT, Fritch LG, Sins C, G. Miltenberger RG, Enderle RT, Lomax RE, Blasi QB, Stumpf (C) LH, Jaubert RH, Carite FB
Subs: Smith LH, Stumpf RH, Gambino C, Carriere QB, Estorge LE
The Saints tested themselves against another Class A team, the "Blue and Gold Micks" of Coach Johnny Lynch. According to TP writer Sam Lang, "the game was replete with mid-season thrills" before a small crowd. Kessler made a number of lineup changes from the opening game. Several of them came back to haunt him.

Roy Lomax
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- Q1: SA started poorly. After receiving the opening kickoff, a bad pass from new C George Sins was recovered by HC at the 7. After Buck Seeber (later inducted into the LHSAA Hall of Fame as a coach) lost a yard, Joe Beach found an opening at LT for 6. Seeber's drop kick was blocked to keep the score 6-0. Toward the end of the period, freshman Louis Carite, starting at FB in place of Jimmy Miltenberger for some reason, fumbled, and HC recovered on the 20. Seeber gained 7, then scored on a shifty run up the middle. This time his drop kick sailed through the uprights. 13-0 HC
- Q2: Still another fumble early in the period led to the third Mick TD. This time Stanislaus-transfer Howard Jaubert was the culprit on fourth down. Breaux immediately ripped off a 27y gain off LT to the 8. After a 5y penalty and a no-gainer, Beach passed to Schloegel to the 3. Seeber then bucked over. His drop kick failed, making the score 19-0 at the half.
- Q3: Halfway through the period, Mike Smith returned a punt 50y down the sideline to the 15. On fourth down, he connected with sophomore E Roy Lomax for an 8y TD, the Saints' first of the young season. Lang: SA "seemed to take that TD as a source of joy practically unknown to a squad which trails by three times the amount." Miltenberger's drop kick went astray. HC was forced to punt on its next possession. With good field position, the Saints would have a good chance to pull within one TD. But this time Smith fumbled the boot, and a Mick recovered at the 50 as the quarter ended.
- Q4: Two passes from Beach to Schloegel, one for 30y, set up Breaux's RT plunge for the score. Seeber drop kicked the 26th point.
Lang: "Little 'Noddy' Siragusa, all-prep "B" center last year when he played with St. Aloysius, was the center of most of the firing [by the SA offense]. But he responded with rare battling."
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Thursday, October 17: St. Aloysius vs Manual Training @ Tulane Prep Field 3:30 |
SA |
0 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
MT |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
TDs: SA J. Miltenberger, Lomax; MT Simons
SA PAT: Manual offsides
1st Downs: SA 6, MT 8;
Penalties: MT 15y , SA 25 |
SA lineup: Lomax LE, Enderle LT, Fritch LG, Sins C, G. Miltenberger RG, Daigle RT, Ariatti RE, Blasi QB, J. Miltenberger FB, Stumpf (C) LH, Smith RH<
Subs: Jaubert RH, Carriere QB, Carite FB
In preparation for the first league game, Kessler scrimmaged the team hard on Tuesday but held only a light practice Wednesday. Experimentation with the lineup was over. He made only three substitutions (one more than MT). Coach Jack Orsley's squad entered the fray fresh off a non-league victory over the Jesuit Juniors 3 1-0.
Clifton Dreyfus covered this game and the remaining SA games for the TP. For some unknown reason, he referred to St. Aloysius as "the Micks," a name usually applied only to Holy Cross. Perhaps he thought all Catholics were called Micks since Notre Dame was commonly referred to by that name in this era.
- Q1: For the second game in a row, disaster struck SA right away, as Jimmy Miltenberger fumbled the kickoff. All-Prep T Walker Sullivan, a thorn in the Saints' side all afternoon, recovered on the 20. Three line plays gained little. But Claude "Little Monk" Simons passed to Labarus to the 7. After SA stopped two line plays, Simons skirted LE to pay dirt. His drop kick was blocked.
Simons' father, "Big Monk," ran the prep league. Little Monk would star for Tulane and earn election to the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Q2: In the first few minutes, Smith returned a punt to the MT 25. Runs by Smith and Miltenberger plus two offside penalties put the ball on the 1' line. Milty then crashed over. Jimmy's drop kick was blocked, but the go-ahead point was awarded because the "Jefferson Avenue boys" were offside.
- Q3: Late in the period, Simons recovered a second Miltenberger fumble. But Daigle hit Simons just as he attempted to pass. Lomax caught the ball on the run and streaked 40y to pay dirt, the second straight week he scored a TD. Jaubert's pass for the PAT failed.
- Q4: The period belonged to the Saints, but they scored no more points. After moving within the shadows of the goal posts, SA ran three successive plays over Sullivan but failed to make even an inch. Manual passed frequently to try to catch up, but completed none. Finally, Jaubert intercepted and ran it back to the 10 as the game ended.
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Claude Simons

Eddie Daigle
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Sunday, October 27: St. Aloysius vs St. Stanislaus @ Bay St. Louis MS aft. |
SA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SSC |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
24 |
TDs: Colotta, Taormina, Linam, Kidd
1st Downs: SA 4, SSC 21;
Passing: SSC 7-3-3, SA 22-3-4 |
SA lineup: Lomax LE, Enderle LT, Fritch LG, Sins C, Wambsgans RG, Daigle RT, Ariatti RE, Blasi QB, Smith LH, Stumpf (C) RH, Jaubert FB
Subs: G. Miltenberger LE, J. Miltenberger LT, Thriffiley LG, Cuccia C, Carite RG, Staub RT, Boutte RE, Carriere QB, Estorge RH, Franken FB
As he had done for the earlier non-league games, Kessler moved players around in the lineup - Jimmy Miltenberger at LT, for instance. Stanislaus had lost three regular to "light injuries" in their victory over Jesuit the previous week. But the sub backs did quite well, thank you. The game was played in a "light drizzle."

Charles Enderle

Howard Jaubert
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- Q1: Near the end of the period, SSC took over on the 40. Vallon gained 5, then Colotta (Culotta?) threw to DiBenedetto for 15. Kidd and Linam moved it into position for Colotta to score.
- Q2: Taormina's INT, one of four by the Rock-a-chaws, started the next scoring drive. Colotta connected with Kidd for 20. After three plunges by Linam to the 2, Taormina finished what he started.
- Q3: SSC started on its own 40. The backs alternated running the ball until Linam scored.
- Q4: The Rocks drove to the 1 but lost the ball on a bad pass from C. However, a feeble punt gave them another opportunity at the 25. Colotta drove through T for 12y . Then he passed to Kidd for the TD.
The reporter singled out Enderle and Jaubert as "the best men on the visitors' side."
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Friday, November 1: St. Aloysius vs New Orleans Academy @ Tulane Prep Field3:30 |
SA |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
NOA |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
TDs: NOA Ogden, Vreeland; SA J. Miltenberger
1st Downs: NOA 7, SA 17;
Penalties: NOA 10y , SA 5 |
SA lineup: Lomax LE, Daigle LT, Frisch LG, Sins C, Thriffiley RG, Enderle RT, G. Miltenberger RE, Blasi QB, J. Miltenberger FB, Jaubert RH, Stumpf (C) LH Subs: Ariatti RE, Carite FB, Carriere QB
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This meeting of two teams undefeated in the B division was widely expected to determine the champion, and it did. The game promised to be a duel between the opposing FB, Murray Cleveland of the Cadets and Jimmy Miltenberger for the Saints, who "hits the line like a ton of bricks and is a mainstay at backing up the line." SA also boasted a "brainy little QB" in John Blasi.
- Q1: NOA scored on its very first offensive play when little Mickey Ogden raced 60y around LE. Gus Vreeland failed by inches to convert the extra point. SA's second possession began on its 29 after Cleveland's 40y punt. The Saints began a relentless drive that straddled the quarter break.
- Q2: Kessler's squad drove all the way to the 1, from where Miltenberger scored. Jaubert hit the line hard but failed to cross the goal. So the score remained tied at 6. Ogden returned Jimmy's kickoff to the NOA 45. Then began a drive to the 17 thanks primarily to an 18y pass from Cleveland to Ogden. Then Murray faked an end run and passed to Vreeland on the goal line. Cleveland's pass to Horatio Eustis failed to add the extra point.
- Q3: As the quarter ended, the Saints drove to the 12 but lost the ball on downs.
- Q4: Stumpf returned Cleveland's 46y punt to the SA 48. The Saints then started another march that resulted in first-and-goal at the 3. Stumpf gained 2 at LG. But the Cadets stopped Miltenberger cold before Jaubert pushed several feet at RG. On fourth down, Miltenberger was stopped dead in his tracks. Cleveland then punted out of danger. The game ended shortly thereafter.
SA piled up first downs and yardage but couldn't push the tying TD across from point blank range in the second half. The Saints now needed to win out themselves and hope for someone to upset the Cadets. Unfortunately, that would not happen. In fact, the TD SA scored was the only one NOA surrendered in B play all season.
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Jimmy Miltenberger

Captain John Stumpf
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Friday, November 8: St. Aloysius vs Rugby Academy @ Tulane Prep Field 3:30 |
SA |
13 |
14 |
13 |
0 |
40 |
Rug |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TDs: Carite, Daigle 2, Richardson, Stumpf, Jaubert
PAT: Carite, J. Miltenberger, Jaubert (all plunges),
Richardson pass to Daigle
1st Downs: Rug 6 , SA 10;
Penalties: Rug 5y , SA 55
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SA lineup: Ariatti LE, Enderle LT, Frisch LG, Sins C, G. Miltenberger RG, Thriffiley RT, Lomax RE, Richardson QB, Cuccia LH, Daigle RH, Carite FB
Subs: Blasi QB, Stumpf LH, Jaubert RH, J. Miltenberger FB, Daniels RG, Boutte LG, Cabibi LT, Frayle RT, Fransen RH, Estorge RE
Rugby (1-1-1 in league play) had lost a number of players because of grades, including several key warriors. The replacements did have one game under their belts, but this Academy team was a shadow of the ones that had contended for league honors the previous seasons.
Kessler started his second string "pony backs." A key change found Eddie Daigle operating at RH after playing on the line the first five games. Eddie would be a mainstay in the backfield for the rest of his career.

Joe Cuccia |
- Q1: The first TD came after a 10y Rugby punt to the 30. (Whatever formation used was automatically "Rugby punting" in this case.) After a failed pass, Daigle gained 9 at LT before Joe Cuccia gained 1 for a first down. Cuccia hammered LG for 7, then Daigle got 6 at RG. Carite did the honors, pushing through RG into the EZ. Richardson's pass failed to add the point. Rugby gained 15y via passes and a plunge on its next possession. At that point, Sins pounced on a fumble at the 34. The Saints wasted no time pushing the second TD across. Daigle sprinted around LE for 27, then ran through the line to the 1. This time Richardson put up the TD. Carite then ran in the PAT.
- Q2: The first string backs entered the game when the teams changed sides. After receiving a Cadet punt at the Rugby 48, all four backs worked the ball to the 1. Captain Stumpf plunged over LG for the TD. Miltenberger rammed in the extra point over RG. Shortly thereafter, Jaubert intercepted a pass on his own 38 and tore through the entire Rugby team to the end zone. For his trouble, Howard was allowed to run over the extra point.
- Q3: Early in the half, Daigle ran 71y around LE. Richardson connected with Daigle for the PAT to make it 34-0. After Rugby made a first down on a 14y pass, SA forced a punt. On the first play, Daigle duplicated his 71y run, "by far the prettiest run of the game." The PAT pass was knocked down.
- Q4: Kessler put the regular backfield back in for a short time. They worked the pigskin inside the 10, but three penalties prevented any more scoring. Daniels intercepted a Cadet pass as time expired.
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The Class B standings looked like this: NOA (4-0), St. Aloysius (2-1), Manual Training (2-1), Rugby (1-2-1), Easton Annex (0-1-1), and Westwego (0-3).
SA was scheduled to play Westwego on Thursday, November 14. However, Coach Fairchild asked for a postponement because of a lack of healthy players. He had started the season with 15 boys, but four were lost in the last game, two for the season. Kessler readily agreed and quickly scheduled a game in Baton Rouge against Catholic High. It would be the first meeting between the two Brothers of the Sacred Heart schools. Brother James's Bears had lost only to Stanislaus and played a scoreless tie with Cottonport.
Sunday, November 17: St. Aloysius vs Catholic High @ Standard Park 2:00 |
SA |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
CHS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TDs: SA Daigle; PAT: J. Miltenberger (plunge)
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SA lineup: Lomax LE, Enderle LT, Frisch LG, Sins C, G. Miltenberger RG, Thriffiley RT, Ariatti RE, Blasi QB, Stumpf (C) LH, Daigle RH, J. Miltenberger FB;
Subs: Jaubert LH, Carite FB, Richardson QB
- The game was played on a muddy field at a baseball park with the skinned infield in the middle of the gridiron. As a result, the teams spent most of the afternoon mired down. The States Times Advocate article called the field "the worst that the writer has ever seen."
- Catholic High took the kickoff but, unable to gain, punted, Stumpf taking it at his 37 and returning to the CHS 42. On the first play, Daigle tore around RE and went all the way with a beautiful exhibition of broken field running. J. Miltenberger crashed over C for the EP.
- With the field between the 30s a bog, the yard markers and uniform numbers vanished.
- The locals' only threat came in the closing minutes of the contest when they partially blocked a punt and recovered on the SA 39. A lateral pass from Hoyt Strain to Captain Henry Hebert apparently gained 20y, but Hebert stepped out on the 36. Big Bruin FB Lawrence Uter crashed up the middle for a first down. After another pass failed, Uter burst through C to the 23. The workhorse gained 3 at LG, but two plays lost a yard. On fourth down, Hebert snagged a pass but gained only 1. Aloysius took over at the 20 and ran out the clock.
- Catholic actually gained four first downs to SA's three.
Thursday, November 21: St. Aloysius vs Warren Easton Annex @ Tulane Prep Field 3:30 |
SA |
13 |
20 |
13 |
21 |
67 |
WEA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TDs: Daigle 3, Stumpf 3, Lomax, Blasi, Enderle, Richardson
PAT: J. Miltenberger 3 (drop kick, 2 bucks), Carite (buck),
Cuccia to Martina, Blasi, Daigle
1st Downs: SA ?, WEA 1
Penalties: WEA 5y , SA ?
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SA lineup: Ariatti LE, Thriffiley LT, Frisch LG, Sins C, G. Miltenberger RG, Enderle RT, Lomax RE, Blasi QB, Stumpf (C) LH, Daigle RH, J. Miltenberger FB
Subs: Richardson QB, Jaubert LH, Carite FB, Wambsgans LG, Cuccia RH, Martina LE, Estorge RE, Cabibi RT, Daniels, Fransen
The Saints played the equivalent of a junior varsity team consisting of freshmen and sophomores. SA won in a manner reminiscent of what the Easton varsity had done to them in 1921 (68-0), 1922 (55-0), and especially 1923 (96-0), the last time the schools had played.
- Q1: SA moved snappily to five first downs and a 3y TD by Stumpf over LT. Miltenberger drop kicked the EP. The second TD drive started at the Annex 45. It culminated in a 25y dash by Stumpf. This time Milty's drop kick was too low.
- Q2: Blasi returned an INT to the 49. On the third play, Daigle ran 40y to the EZ. Blasi's pass failed. Stumpf then intercepted at midfield. Daigle immediately got loose for a 50y score. Jimmy made the point through RG. The final score of the half came when Cuccia shot a beautiful pass to Lomax for 33y. Cuccia then tossed to Martina for the PAT.
- Q3: The half had just started when Thriffiley returned a blocked pass to the 15. It took only two plays - Blasi for 10 at RT and Stumpf at LT - to score. Blasi connected with Stumpf for the EP. The next score was set up by a Daigle aerial to Lomax to the 3. Blasi romped into the EZ for his first TD of the season. Blasi couldn't connect with Daigle on the PAT try.
- Q4: On the first play, Enderle scored his first TD of the year over LT. Miltenberger bucked the center of the line for the point. Later, Daigle fielded a punt on the SA 45 and darted through the whole team for his third TD of the afternoon. Blasi threw to Daigle for the PAT. The final tally came when Richardson went 2y through the center after Jaubert gained 19 at LT. Carite ran up the middle for the point. Annex gained its only first down in the final minutes on a 20y pass.
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John Blasi |
Friday, November 29: St. Aloysius vs Westwego @ Tulane Prep Field 3:30 |
SA |
12 |
20 |
14 |
14 |
61 |
Wes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TDs: J. Miltenberger 2, G. Miltenberger, Daigle, Stumpf, Sins, Blasi, Thriffiley, Carite
PAT: J. Miltenberger 3, Carite 2, Stumpf, Cuccia (all bucks)
1st Downs: Wes 0 , SA 17
Penalties: Wes 5 y , SA 20 |
SA lineup: Lomax LE, Thriffiley LT, G. Miltenberger LG, Sins C, Fritch RG, Enderle RT, Martina RE, Blasi QB, Fransen LH, Cuccia RH, Daigle FB
Subs: Jaubert RH, Carite LH, Miller FB, Richardson QB, Carriere QB, Daniels C, Boutte LG, Wambsgans RG, Frayle RT, J. Miltenberger LH
Aloysius closed its season with the postponed game against Westwego on the day after Thanksgiving. The West Bank school played its 11 healthy players three days after losing to Easton Annex 21-0 in a battle for the cellar of Class B. Kessler played his sub backs most of the game. Eerily, the first down count finished the same as the first meeting between the schools in 1928: 17-0.

Frank Thriffiley |
- Q1: After a few minutes, Daigle tore through RT for a 55y TD. Blasi's pass was knocked down. Thriffiley blocked a punt, and G Gus Miltenberger picked up the ball and ran 20y for the first TD of his career. Carite tallied the point over LG.
- Q2: Early in the quarter, Jim Miltenberger matched his brother with a 4y TD over RG. Stumpf ran through RT for the EP. Then the captain scored the next TD on a 35y run, again at RT. Jimmy "walked through RG for the other point." Stumpf set up the next score by rambling 11y to the 1. Miltenberger then crashed over. Stumpf's PAT pass was knocked down.
- Q3: Three straight first downs put the ball on the 5. Sins, the senior C shifted to the backfield to give him a chance to score, ran in for his first TD ever. Miltenberger ran untouched for the PAT. Then Blasi scored on a 1y plunge. Jimmy scored the point.
- Q4: Thriffiley ran 14y over LT for one 6-pointer. Carite added the EP, then a few minutes later ran 10y over RG for the final TD. Cuccia plunged for the final point.
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St. Aloysius placed four on the Times Picayune Class B first team All-Prep:
- Jimmy Lomax E
- George Sins C
- Gus Miltenberger G
- Jim Miltenberger FB
The writer said Lomax "continually smeared every play that came in his direction" and that the older Miltenberger "looks ready for college" (although he had another year of high school eligibility).
Four more Saints made the second team:
- Charles Enderle T
- Milton Fritch G
- Robert Ariatti E
- Eddie Daigle HB (despite playing only half the season in the backfield)
John Blasi and John Stumpf made Honorable Mention.
St. Aloysius continued to improve under Kessler's leadership: from 4-3-1 in 1928 to 5-4, with three of the losses to Class A schools ( Jesuit, Easton, and Stanislaus). The last four opponents failed to put a point on the scoreboard. The frustrating 12-6 loss to NOA, when the Saints outgained the Cadets, cost the Esplanade contingent the Class B championship.
Kessler now felt confident that the school could move back to Class A for 1930.
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CONTENTS
1929 Season
Jesuit
Holy Cross
Manual Training
St. Stanislaus
NOA
Rugby Academy
Catholic High
Warren Easton Annex
Westwego
Summary
1921 Season
1922 Season
1923 Season
1924 Season
1925 Season
1926 Season
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