• Brother Lambert, S.C., President.
• Brother Martin, S.C., Vice-President (Principal) and Athletic Director.

However, the school session was less than two months old when a major change occurred.

• Brother Lambert was appointed director of D'Evereux Hall orphanage in Natchez MS.
• Brother Martin succeeded Brother Lambert as President while still serving as Principal.

Brother Martin would have an additional athletic duty for the new school year.

• At its annual meeting at the New Orleans Athletic Club (NOAC) on September 15, the New Orleans Preparatory School Athletic Association (commonly referred to as "the Prep league") elected him president.
• He replaced Irwin Poche of the NOAC who resigned after serving since 1936. The move signalled the principals' intention of disassociating the league from the NOAC and running it themselves. Further meetings were scheduled at the high schools.
• Brother Martin's vice-president was O. Perry Walker, principal of Nicholls High School.
• Wilmer Simpson, Jr., remained as secretary and treasurer for the 14th year.
• The league voted to start all night games at 8:15 and afternoon contests at 3 pm.
• Advance sale ticket prices were set at 25 cents for students and children and 60 cents for adults.

While the Aloysius administration remained stable, the football situation was anything but.

• Harry "Wop" Glover had entered the Navy in November 1942 just before the Crusaders' last game of that season.
• As the 1943-4 school year began, the school still had hired no permanent replacement for Glover.
• Brother Ralph, S.C., who had assisted Wop the previous year, worked out the squad starting in late August.

Finally, on September 15, Brother Martin announced that the school had hired a football coach.

• Roy Ary, head coach at Behrman, had accepted the post a week earlier. However, Brother Martin had given him permission to remain with the Algiers school until Behrman played its opening game against Peters.
• A native of Stigler, OK, where he was All-State on the gridiron, Ary came to Tulane in 1932 and played T on the '33, '34, and '35 Green Wave teams, participating in the first Sugar Bowl game against Temple on January 1, 1935.
• He began his prep coaching career in 1936 as an assistant at Ouachita Parish High in Monroe. In 1937, he returned to New Orleans and joined the staff at Fortier.
• In '39, the "Chief," as he was called because of his Indian ancestry, moved to Behrman as an assistant for one year before returning to Fortier. He jumped back to Behrman in '42 as top dog when head coach Nolan Richards entered the service.
• Age 32, Roy was married with two children, a boy four and a girl two.

Hap Glaudi, in his The Prep Parade column in the New Orleans Item, applauded the hire.

Brother Martin and St. Aloysius are to be congratulated on their hiring of Roy Ary as the Crusaders' new football leader. Coming during such a trying period, the appointment can be considered a master stroke. He is one of the finest young coaching prospects hereabouts and in time Aloysius will learn this fact for itself.

He spent eight years in the Public School system and the boys that he taught and coached at Fortier and Behrman have a great deal of respect for the ability of the former star Tulane tackle. So do several coaches who witnessed Ary's work with those fine Tarpon lines during Fortier's football hey-day.

He arrives at Aloysius at a time when practically all of its store of brilliant football prospects has been exhausted. Perhaps it is for the best. For when Ary has reconstructed the Crusaders' football fortunes, none can say he built on another's handiwork for his foundation.

"Wop" Glover and Sam "Monk" Zelden were good coaches who enjoyed much popularity at Aloysius. I believe that eventually Aloysius and its legion of staunch followers will hail Roy Ary as its finest.

A "speedy and accurate passing" attack paced the Bears victory. 3,000 saw the home team jump in front right away and never look back. CHS salvaged some Baton Rouge pride on a weekend when Jesuit defeated Baton Rouge and Holy Cross toppled Istrouma. The smaller but quicker Bruins held the Crusaders to 39y of offense.

• Q1: CHS scored in seven plays after taking the kickoff on their 31. Highlights were runs of 17y by Joe Swails and Cole McAndrews. The Crusaders held briefly on their 25 only to be penalized 15y to the 10 for roughness. On the next play, Swails gained half a yard, then Wiley Duke hit Tommy Day in the EZ. Swails' kick missed. Showing some offense, the Saints clicked off two first downs to midfield. But Swails broke through and tossed Chetta for a 10y loss to stop the threat. Chetta attempted to punt, but the kick was partially blocked and rolled to the CHS 30. From there, the Bears drove to their second TD. Septine Baron and Swails gained a first down on the 43 on two plunges, and Nat Jackson, sub WB, reversed for 15y into SA territory. Baron added another 12 to the 31 as the quarter ended.
• Q2: After gaining 6, Baron tossed a perfect pass to Warren Loupe. Once again, the PAT kick failed. The only threat the rest of the period came when CHS moved to the 16. But Jackson's 4th down sweep for a first down fell a foot short. In attempting to kick out, Hoffman booted only 10y out of bounds. But the SA line held for four downs to take back the pigskin just before intermission.
• Q3: Early on, CHS marched to the 16 before losing the ball on a fumble. A bad pass from C caused a 23y loss to the 3. After the visitors made a first down on a penalty, several Bear linemen caught Nick Matulich in his EZ when he tried to punt. McAndrews returned the free kick from his 40 to the SA 34. Duke gained 6 before Swails burst to the 15 around E. Baron and Roy Russell added 9. On a reverse, Swails went over LG for the score. This time, Baron's kick was good to make it 21-0. Late in the period, CHS went 47y for their final 6. McAndrews was the main cog of this drive, springing runs of 17 and 22 from SA 47 to the 8. Baron lost 4, but Bobby Tuminello and McAndrews added 10 to put the ball on the 2. The TD came on a QB sneak by Russell from the 2. The kick missed.
• Q4: With Coach Cassidy flooding the field with subs, Hoffmann's 41y punt put the home team in a hole on their 13. Jackson tried to punt, but his own blocker backed into the kick, causing the ball to travel only to the 25 where it was caught in the air by Bear G Joe Babin, which resulted in a 15y penalty. After two passes missed, Chetta ripped off a 9 1/2 y gain to put the pigskin a foot from the goal. After spinning around looking for a mate on a reverse, Matulich stumbled over the goal to avert the shutout.

• Q1: The Jays took the opening kickoff and drove for the first TD. Joe Johnston returned the kick from the 15 to the 36. Big and fast, Coates tore away for runs of 22, 15, and 12. Several times, S Hoffmann, much smaller, stopped Ray by horse collaring him and throwing him out of bounds. Coates also tossed a pass to Johnson for 31y in between his runs to place the ball on the 1. Hodgins went over for the score, then kicked the point. The Crusaders responded with a drive that gained two first downs but bogged down when a fourth down run failed at the Jay 33. SA would garner only one more first down the rest of the contest. Shortly after, Carol Prats fumbled, and Coates recovered. That led to a seven-play drive that culminated in a second period TD.
• Q2: Coates passed 24y to Caswell Brown for the 6, Hodgins adding the point. The next Jesuit tally came when Coates fielded a punt on his 31 and passed across field to Oliver Raymond, who rambled all the way to pay dirt. Hodgins again took care of the PAT.
• Q3: Aloysius got a break when Chetta intercepted a pass by Edmund Bordes on his 48 and sprinted to the Jay 16. However, a holding penalty put the ball back at midfield. The next Blue Jay TD came on another pass from Coates, this one to E Kirby Bernich for 19. In the closing minutes, Jesuit punted from its 43, and Hoffmann tried to take it in but fumbled the ball, which rolled into the EZ where Ralph "Putsy" Caballero fell on it for a TD.
• Q4: Coates and SA's Oscar Johnson were ejected for fighting, as was Prats. Jimmy Corcoran tore off a neat 25y run on the last play of the game for the Saints.

• Q1: No scoring occurred.
• Q2: SA drove 53y following an exchange of punts. Matulich, Carroll, Hoffmann, and Prats moved the ball to the 5. From there, Carroll took it over. Hoffmann booted the PAT. The lead was short-lived, however, as Fortier returned the ensuing kickoff from the 3 to the 35 and marched 65y to tie the score. Joe Caronna ran in from the 5 and also kicked the EP.
• Q3: The Tarpons received the kick but had little success. So John Frank punted from his own 42 to the 10. On fourth down, Mel Plauche broke through and tackled Chetta in the end zone for a safety to take a 9-7 lead. Later, Fortier drove 55y, the key play being a 35y end sweep by Thomas Andrieu, who also rammed off tackle the final 2y. Frank converted to make it 16-7.
• Q4: The Saints took to the air, but Captain Fritz Eagan intercepted and raced 55y for the score. The PAT try failed. In the waning minutes, the Crusaders, starting at midfield, drove for their second TD, Corcoran passing to Carroll.

The Picayune included this notice on October 28.

Brother Armand, S.C., has been appointed athletic director at St. Aloysius, replacing Brother Martin whose duties are too numerous for him to continue in that capacity.

This announcement came just before Brother Martin assumed the dual roles of President and Principal after Brother Lambert's transfer.

• Q1: The Crusaders outplayed the Wildcats the first half but got no points to show for it. Taking the opening kickoff, SA rolled up four first downs from their 10 to the Peters 45 before being forced to punt. Later in the period, Peters' LH Mumma passed from his own 45 to Tom Floyd who gathered in the pigskin on the SA 30 and crossed the goal only to have the play called back because of clipping on the 21.
• Q2: Chetta broke into the clear and raced 35y before being tackled on the Wildcat 20. Three plays gained 4y before a fourth-down pass fell incomplete. Peters then took a gamble that nearly cost them. They went for it on fourth down and a half-yard to go from their 25 but failed. Prats, Matulich, and Carroll alternated running the ball to the 5. But on fourth and goal, the Crusaders were stopped at the 3.
• Q3: Rejuvenated by a halftime pep talk from Coach Hickey, the Wildcats finally ended their scoring drought against the Crusaders after 10 quarters. Mumma again connected with Floyd, this time for a 39y TD that was not negated by penalty. It came after a fine kickoff by Ernie Conrad set the Crusaders deep in their own territory. The ensuing punt traveled only to the SA 40. After one running play picked up a yard, Floyd took in Mumma's aerial on the 30 and outran the safety to score standing up. The PAT try failed. Another good kickoff put the Saints at their 19. A 5y loss and a 5y penalty caused them to punt from the 9, but the ball traveled only to the 26. McCain sparked the short drive, which he climaxed by circling end for 7y. Hugh Dearie ran around end for the EP. (No 2-point conversion in those days.)
• Q4: Dearie scored the final Peters TD.

• Q1: The teams battled on even terms, the Tigers gaining 25y, just 3 more than the Crusaders.
• Q2: HC started the period with a bang when Spooky Johnson intercepted Carroll's pass and returned it to the Tiger 46. HC took to the air, reeling off three first downs to the 25 where the Crusaders took the ball back on downs. After an exchange of punts, Hoffmann got off a poor punt to the SA 27. The Tigers pounced, scoring in five plays. Ted Mace circled end to break the ice. The PAT try failed. After the kickoff, Brinker intercepted another Carroll aerial and returned it 15y to the Crusader 15. From there, Daly passed to QB Ray Espenan for the score. Johnson booted the PAT. The Saints couldn't move after the kickoff, and another poor punt gave the Bengals good field position on the 16. However, a fourth down pass from Daly to Espenan failed to gain the necessary yardage. So SA took over on the 8. The Tiger forward wall broke through and blocked Carroll's punt which Johnson recovered in the EZ. John McManus hit the line for the EP.
• Q3: The Tigers got on the board again midway through the period when McManus went over from the 3.
• Q4: Down 27-0, the Crusaders didn't give up. Utilizing passes from Carroll to Chetta, SA moved from their own 30 to the 2. After a loss of 4 on first down, Carroll connected with Bob Sykes for the TD. Forcing a punt, the Crusaders drove 60y for another score, which Carroll rang up with a 3y run. Chetta's 18y scamper around end highlighted the march.

The Picayune article previewing Aloysius's final game against Nicholls gave a glimpse of the challenges facing young men during the global conflict.

Three St. Aloysius seniors - Charles Cassisi, Anthony Chetta and Harold Trepagnier - will close their high school football careers tonight ...

Upon Uncle Sam will depend the future playing days of three additional players, namely, Nick Matulich, Bobby Sykes and Willie Huet. All three are juniors and have another year of competition ahead of them. They will be 18 years of age by the time the next football season rolls around. If the war is still going on Coach Roy Ary doesn't expect that he will have them back. Therefore tonight's game might be their last appearance in Crusader uniforms. A seventh player, Bobby Longmire, has another year ahead of him, but his return to school next season is questionable.