Sports: C. J. Gilbert, 1930, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 30, 1930 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

C. J. Gilbert Wins Letters In Four Sports At Tech

Tech's Only Four Letter Man Honored By Diamondmen

C. J. Gilbert, sophomore at Louisiana Tech, has been elected captain of next
season's baseball team.  Gilbert is Tech's only four-letter man, having won
letters in football, basketball, track, and baseball in the past nine months. 
This is the first time in the history of athletics at Tech that an athlete has
made four letters in one season.

In football and baseball he is a star.  In track and basketball he is termed
fair and his friends expect him, with a little more practice to excel in all
four sports.

Gilbert played end on the football eleven and was responsible for one or two
touchdowns by taking fumbled balls across the goal line.  In the last game
of the season against Southwestern, he caught a fumbled ball out of the
air and twisting out of two would-be tacklers' arms ran for 35 yards for a
touchdown.  In the Centenary clash he was in almost every play.

On the cage team he did not get a regular berth but was considered a good
reserve, playing in several games.

He practiced track and baseball during the same season.  In the Southwestern
track meet he and his opponent tied for first place at five feet seven inches.
At the district meet held at Louisiana College he placed fourth, jumping five
feet nine inches.

In his high school days, Gilbert showed his possibilities by lettering
in track three years, in baseball two years, in basketball two years,
and in football three years.

Besides his activities in the Tech sports world, Gilbert takes part in many
class affairs and is a member of the O. K. Club.