Saturday, August 1, 1953
SOUTH ISLAND BASEBALL AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The South Island First and Second Leagues put the finishing touches on the 1953 season with the awarding of the Most Valuable Player and Golden Glove trophies... the top players were Bobby Taylor of the St. Dominic Saints in the SI First League and Duke Rabouin of the Bar Harbor Acadians in the SI Second League.
SAINTS' TAYLOR VOTED MVP IN SIFL
St. Dominic's superb center fielder Bobby Taylor was acclaimed the 1953 South Island First League Most Valuable Player... Taylor was a dynamo racing like wildfires through the league... the 23-year-old Taylor topped the league with a .413 batting average, 32 runs and 23 stolen bases, while coming in second with 22 RBIs and third in roundtrippers with 5... despite his great season the Saints came up one game short of winning the pennant, falling to the Guedon Gators in a sudden-death playoff game.
South Island Second League Leaderboard
Bobby Taylor (St. Dominic) led the league in hitting with a .413 BA
Bobby Taylor (St. Dominic), Jean-Luc Jolissaint (Labadieville) and George Thomas (Guedon) had the most hits 31
Bobby Taylor (St. Dominic) was first with 32 runs
Anthony Stassi (Guedon) was tops with 9 doubles
Anthony Stassi (Guedon), Bobby Landry (Labadieville) and Adrien Duval (Opelousas) had the most triples with 2 each
Leon Renoir (Labadieville) had the most homers 8
Leon Renoir (Labadieville) also was first with 24 runs batted in
Bobby Taylor (St. Dominic) stole 23 bases
Anthony Balotelli (Opelousas) led the league with 18 walks
Chris Charlet (Guedon) posted the most wins with 11... he was 11-2 with a 2.74 ERA
Chris Charlet (Guedon) also had the best ERA at 2.74
Paul Amiss (St. Dominic) struck out 104 batters