Fighting Words

ID: 804 ~ Source: St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune, October 1, 1960, newspapers.com.

This file appears in: KANE: Of Sugarcane (and Sports): How to Sack a Station Manager

A newspaper spread dedicated to the Hanson-Catholic game in which Hanson promised the rival team an "old-fashioned licking."

This file appears in: KANE: Of Sugarcane (and Sports): How to Sack a Station Manager

KANE: Of Sugarcane (and Sports): How to Sack a Station Manager

By Lindsey DeLaughter

On October 9, 1960, Franklin’s Hanson Memorial Tigers played against New Iberia’s Catholic Panthers in a high school football game. The Franklin area was convinced that the Tigers would win despite…