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TigerFan1

06-11-2004, 08:36 PM

THE COVER STORY - WHO IS BASEBALL'S GREATEST SLUGGER
The bible of baseball is dedicated to providing the reader with all the current baseball news and to try and spark some serious debate when it comes to deciding who the greatest team, pitcher or player of all-time was. We get one of those debates kick-started quickly with some thoughts on who was the greatest power hitter to grace the game. Without further ado, let's dive right in.

When it comes to the longball, only 3 names in major league baseball clear the fence. Those 3 men : Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth each hit over 600 homers. Others like Hack Wilson and Mel Ott made a go of it but compared to the big three they only have warning track power.

ALLTIME HR LEADERBOARD
Jimmie Foxx 622
Lou Gehrig 616
Babe Ruth 615
Hack Wilson 479
Mel Ott* 393
Wally Berger 340
Hank Greenberg* 318
Chick Hafey 312
Joe Hauser 304
Billy Dickey 303
*active

No one in the game has hit more homers in his career than Jimmie Foxx. Living up to his nickname Jimmie Foxx was truly a beast in the eyes of opposing pitchers. Foxx surpassed the 50 homer plateau on 4 occassions including his personal best total of 64 in 1937. Only Babe Ruth has hit more in a seasons than Double X. He made his major league debut at the tender age of 20 but surprisingly Foxx walked away from the game in 1944 at the age of 36. He hit 15 homers in his final season and possiby might have challenged the 650 mark had he so desired. Foxx truly is a great power hitter but in our books he is not the greatest.

Only 5 men have played more major league games than the 2617 that Lou Gehrig appeared in during his 19 years as a New York Yankee. Gehrig joined a Ruth-led New York club as a 22-year old in 1925 but it wasn't until after the Babe's retirement that Lou reached his peark. He won 4 straight MVP awards from 1931 to 1934 and hit a career best 55 homers in the '34 season.

Gehrig hung on until age 40 because he was trying to pass Ruth for the all-time homerun lead. He did so by hitting his 4th and final homer of the 1943 on September 25th off of Les McCrabb of the Athletics. Standing at first base for the A's when Gehrig hit his shot was no other than Jimmie Foxx who would surpass Gehrig as the all-time homerun leader less than a year later.

He may be number 3 all-time in homeruns but Babe Ruth gets our vote as the greatest power hitter to play the game. Quite simply the Babe revolutionized baseball. When he entered the HOB in 1918 as a 23 year old 15 homers seemed like a dream season. In Ruth's second pro season he hit 24 homers. Only one other man in either league managed double figures that season and his total was 11. For the next decade Ruth continued to lap the field, hitting 50 or more homers seven times when the next best player was barely breaking 30. In 1926 Ruth had the most dominant year in baseball history slugging 70 homers. Number two on the list that season was Cy Williams of the Cubs and Bob Meusel of Cleveland - each with 23 round-trippers. In fact Ruth's total of 70 was more homeruns than 7 other teams hit that season.

To say the 1920's belonged to Ruth was a huge understatement. He won 9 straight American League MVP awards from 1921-29, led the AL in homers every season from 1918 to 1929 and won the Triple Crown in 1926.

CONCLUSION
Foxx and Gehrig were outstanding hitters but it is clear that no one so thoroughly dominated the power categories like Babe Ruth. He would routinely hit twice as many homers as the next guy and on many occassions hit more homers in a season than other teams in the league hit. For those reasons it is clear to TSN that Ruth is the greatest slugger in major league baseball history.

AT BATS PER HOMERUN
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Babe Ruth 10.56
Jimmie Foxx 13.96
Lou Gehrig 15.12

AROUND THE MAJORS
The Boston Red Sox are the hottest team in baseball and moved to within 3 games of first place Washington in the American League. Could this finally be the year the Red Sox end their 23 year pennant drought and claim a title? As usual 27 year old Ted Williams (.332,11,34) is leading the Red Sox offense but the Splendid Splinter is getting plenty of support from first baseman Babe Young (.314,10,54) and speedy centerfielder Mel Almada (.280, 10 sb). Offense has seldom been an issue in Beantown but the big difference is that for a change the pitching is rock solid. 35 year old journeyman Bob Bowman (9-3, 2.27)looks like the second coming of Cy Young this season after showing little in his career prior to 1946. Bowman was named the AL pitcher of the month for June.

Don't expect the Senators to roll over for Boston. Washington has the most balanced offense in the league and reigning pitcher of the year winner Joe Beggs (12-5, 2.74) who is off to another strong start. The third place Yankees are also in the thick of things thanks to the re-emergence of pitcher Vito Tamulis (13-2, 2.26). Tamulis seems to have Brett Saberhagen syndrome as he consistantly alters between a good year and a terrible year. This one is turning out to be a great year.

It has been 9 years since Pirates fans lasted celebrated a National League championship and if pitcher Cliff Melton (16-2, 2.49) has any say the drought will end this year. Melton, who has won 23 games each of the past two seasons appears to have a shot at being the first 30 game winner since 1938.

GRIDIRON GRUMBLINGS - NEWS FROM COLLEGE AND THE NFL
During the off-season Gridiron Grumblings is a brief look at what's going on in both the college and the National Football League. During the season TSN will in-depth coverage on all the action, pro and college, during the week.

-----4 BUCKEYES SELECTED IN FIRST ROUND------
The Ohio State University Buckeyes have a lot of holes to fill if they wish to duplicate or improve upon their 12th place ranking in the College Football Coaches Poll from a year ago. 4 Ohio State players, including the top two overall were selected in the first round of the NFL draft this past spring. The four, guard Lou Groza (1st to Detroit), WR's Dante Lavelli (2nd to Washington) and Marquis Woodson (18th to San Diego), and DT Bill Willis (23rd to San Francisco) had all used up their college eligibility. However, do not count the Buckeyes out so quickly. There is still plenty of talent left in Columbus and another 4 Buckeyes could go in the first round of the NFL draft next year. They include standout QB Les Horvath, offensive linemen Warren Amling and Bill Hackett, and LB Jack Dugger. The preseason college poll will be released next month.

----FORD AND DAVIS SIT ATOP PROSPECT LIST ----
College teams have yet to report to training camp but NFL scouts are already busily preparing for next year's draft. TSN has surveyed a number of NFL executives in order to compile this exclusive list of the top college seniors. Opinions are divided but most of those we talked to feel if they had the first overall pick right now they would use it on either Michigan DE Len Ford or Army RB Glen Davis. A couple of QB's also received plenty of consideration. Otto Graham of Northwestern and Charles Trippi of Georgia. Graham does not appear to have the supporting cast to get Northwestern to a bowl game but Trippi's Bulldogs are favoured to win the SEC and could challenge Army for a National Championship.

GOLF GREATS PREPARE FOR RETURN TO ST. ANDREWS
The top golfers from around the world are travelling to St.Andrews, Scotland this week to prepare for next weekend's British Open championship. It will be the first championship after a five year hiatus due to the war with Germany. Dick Burton won at St.Andrews in 1939 and he will be back to defend his hold on the Claret Jug. Ben Hogan, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson are, as always among the favourites but they could receive stiff competition from South African Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson of Australia and Max Faulkner from England.

With the return of a major championship in Britian this year also marks the first of what the golf experts are calling the Grand Slam. The Masters Championship at Augusta, Georgia, along with the US Open and the match-play PGA championship round out the major foursome. The US Open will be contested at the Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland early next month while the PGA title will be determined at the Portland Country Club at the end of August.

The Masters was played in April with Ben Hogan claiming the title after finishing 9 under par. Herman Keiser and Lawson Little tied for second, three strokes off the pace. Dai Rees and Byron Nelson rounded out the top 5.

NEW PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LOOP TO BEGIN PLAY IN FALL
With the war over and more people with entertainment dollars to spend a group of business men have set their eyes on the formation of a professional basketball league. The new league to be called, the Basketball Association of America, is hoping to have at least 10 franchises ready to begin play this fall. Maurice Podoloff, the president of the American Hockey League, appears to be the driving force behind the new league. Podoloff was named commissioner of the BAA this week and thus becomes the first person to simultaneously lead two professional leagues.

Podoloff has announced that franchises will be granted to Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, St Louis, Washington and Toronto. Representatives from each city committed $1,000 for their franchise fee. However, it remains to be seen if all 13 cities will have teams ready for this season.

"Certainly, we will be ready," said Ned Irish of Madison Square Garden and a driving force behind the New York franchise. "The New York franchise, just like the Garden itself, will be first class all the way."

Walter Brown of Boston is another major force in creating this league. He, like the operators of other large sports arenas, feels that pro basketball could be a fine attraction to fill their venues on dates not taken by pro hockey and college basketball. Brown feels his new league will be able to compete head to head with the National Basketball League which operates mainly in small midwest cities.

-------FULKS SIGNS WITH PHILADELPHIA, AUREBACH TO COACH WASHINGTON-------
The league may have it's first superstar with the annoucement that former Marine and Murray State star Joe Fulks has signed with the Philadelphia club. Fulks, an all-American as a junior in 1943, left Murray State before his senior year to join the war effort.

Meanwhile, Washington has announced it's club will be known as the Capitols and that a 29 year old former high school coach named Red Aurebach will guide the squad. Aurebach's top player will likely be guard Bob Feerick, a superb floor general who jumped over from the NBL.

RED WINGS EXPECT BIG THINGS FROM ROOKIE
Hockey season is still a few months away but the Detroit Red Wings took some time to introduce what they feel will be their next star player to the local media. Gordie Howe, just 18 years old and a long way from his hometown of Floral, Saskatchewan, seemed overwhelmed by the reporters questions. The shy rightwinger was outgoing enough when was on the ice for the Omaha Knights a year ago. Howe scored 22 goals and added 26 assists in 51 games for the USHL runner-ups.
"The kid looks big enough," said third year pro Ted Lindsay, "but the NHL is a big jump from the bush leagues. Still he seems to have the right attitude."

Howe, who left a New York Ranger tryout a year ago because he reportedly was homesick, says he is ready to play pro hockey this time around. "The Red Wings have been really nice. They gave me a team jacket and everything as a signing bonus."

The NHL season starts in mid-October.

THE WEEK AHEAD IN SPORTS

BASEBALL - The season continues in full swing as we enter the last week before the all-star break. Next week's issue will feature an all-star game preview.

GOLF - The Claret Jug is up for grabs as golf greats vye for the coveted British Open title at historic St. Andrews.

FOOTBALL - News is starting to heat up from the NFL as teams beginning to assemble for training camp. The college's still have a couple of weeks before camps open.

BASKETBALL - The new BAA is expected to finalize it's franchise for the opening season.

HOCKEY - Not much going on in the NHL as we are still months away from the season opener in October.

TigerFan1

06-11-2004, 08:47 PM

BYRON NELSON WINS BRITISH OPEN AFTER MARATHON PLAYOFF
It took 23 holes on Monday but Byron Nelson finally disposed of Australian Peter Thomson to win the 1946 British Open Championship. It was an amazing finish to the tournament for Nelson as a final round 66 on Sunday allowed him to make up 5 strokes on the leader and force the extra days action. Nelson and Thomson each shot an even par 72 during the 18 hole playoff. At that point the two golfers returned to the first tee for a sudden death playoff. Both Nelson and Thomson parred each of the first 4 holes, all par fours. On the par 5 5th, Nelson sank a 30 foot birdie putt while Thomson came up short in his birdie effort

Here is a recap of what led up to the playoff.

On Thursday it was all Ben Hogan as the American birdied 7 of the first 9 holes and ended the day with a 9 under 63. Skee Reigel and Roberto de Vicenzo were tied for second 4 strokes back.

On Friday the winds picked up a little and the scores began to rise. However, Hogan was in an early group and got a strong round of 71 in before the weather started getting messy. After two days Hogan had a 3 stroke lead on HenryBradshaw who put together rounds of 69 and 68. Dai Reis, who finished in the top 5 at Augusta remains in the hunt with back to back 69's. Rees and Reigel are 4 strokes off the pace. de Vicenzo saw his game exploded on the front 9 and he limped home with a 77 to barely make the cut.

Saturday, as is so often the case at the British Open, weather played a big role. Just 10 of the 31 golfers who made the cut managed to break par and the race tightened up as Hogan's lead slipped to one stroke on Australian Peter Thomson. Thomson shot a 69 and made up four strokes on Hogan. Rees and Jimmy Demaret where two strokes off the pace while Reigel and Little are 3 back heading into Sunday. Bradshaw fell out of contention with a 74.

On Sunday Byron Nelson made a huge charge and finished with a 66 to give him a 4-round total of 278. However, his score of -10 did not appear to be good enough to win as Hogan and Thomson, on number 16 when Nelson parred the 18th were sitting at -12 and -11 respectively. Then the bottom fell out for Hogan as he double-bogeyed 16 and bogeyed 17 to fall one stroke behind Nelson. Thomson saved par on 16 but he too took a bogey on 17 and he entered the final hole tied with Nelson. Thomson had a chance to win it but his birdie putt lipped out setting the stage for Monday's playoff. Nelson also parred 18 to finish a stroke off the pace after leading each of the first 3 days.

Playoff round scores
Nelson .. 4 4 4 3 6 3 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 7 4 6 4 3 =72 4 4 4 4 4
Thomson 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 7 4 3 5 4 =72 4 4 4 4 5

The leaderboard
Final Scores - St. Andrews (1946 British Open)
B. Nelson -10* won playoff
P. Thomson -10
B. Hogan -9
D. Ford -8
S. Snead -7
B. Hamilton -6
C. Harbert -6
C. Harper -6
R. Horne -6
A. Cerda -6
J. Burke Jr -6

BONHAM AND MELTON TO START IN ALL-STAR GAME
It comes as no surprise that Cliff Melton of the Pirates has been named the National League starting pitcher for Tuesday's allstar game in Chicago. Melton took the loss in his only start last week but his record still stands at 16-3. The American League will counter with Tiny Bonham on the hill. The Yankees ace is 13-2 with a 2.31 era.

Washington will be the best represented AL club as 6 Senators will be on the allstar squad. All but one American League team will be represented as the host Chicago White Sox failed to have a player named to the team. The Chisox perhaps could have made a case for OF Danny Litwhiler (.263,9,32) but the outfielders that were selected over him have certainly put up better numbers. No one else on the last place pale hose belongs anywhere near Comiskey Park on Tuesday.

Brooklyn and Cincinnati led the National League with 5 players each. The Chicago Cubs will only be represented by pitcher Paul Erickson. The last place Boston Braves did not have anyone named to the team although perhaps slugging 1B Rudy York (.216,12,38) deserved inclusion over Brooklyn's Zeke Bonura.

Here is the complete roster for the game:

These players were selected for the AL OOTP-Allstar Team :

P Tiny Bonham from New York 13-2, 2.31
P Joe Beggs from Washington 13-5, 2.60
P Tom Baker from St. Louis(A) 12-6, 2.34
P Steve Gromek from Cleveland 12-8, 2.58
P Bob Bowman from Boston (A) 10-4, 2.54
P Red Barrett from Washington 10-7, 2.96
P Stubby Overmire from Detroit 11-7, 3.73
P Steve Roser from New York 1-3, 3.31
P Jack Wilson from Philadelphia (A) 1-1, 4.32 4 sv
P Ray Poat from Cleveland 1-1, 2.70
C Al Evans from Washington .298,3,28
C Bob Scheffing from New York .282,5,22
1B Babe Young from Boston (A) .296,10,54
2B Odell Hale from St. Louis(A) .253,5,38
3B Buddy Lewis from Washington .340,7,54
SS Skeeter Newsome from Philadelphia (A) .283,7,36
LF Ted Williams from Boston (A) .346,14,44
CF Phil Cavarretta from Washington .281,6,47
RF Roy Cullenbine from Philadelphia (A) .298,6,44
1B George Mcquinn from St. Louis(A) .272,7,40
LF Mel Mazzera from Washington .327,5,43
RF Tommy Henrich from Detroit .309,8,32
LF Jeff Heath from Cleveland .300,8,47
3B Oscar Grimes from Cleveland .303,13,40
3B Billy Johnson from New York .290,8,37

These players were selected for the NL OOTP-Allstar Team :
P Cliff Melton from Pittsburgh 16-3, 2.44
P Mickey Haefner from Brooklyn 11-7, 2.42
P Ernie White from St. Louis 10-6, 2.96
P Paul Erickson from Chicago (N) 10-6, 3.27
P Bill Voiselle from New York(N) 10-7, 3.35
P Dave Koslo from New York(N) 9-8, 2.99
P Don Black from Brooklyn 8-5, 2.66
P Jake Mooty from Cincinnati 2-2, 3.90
P Frank Seward from New York(N) 1-2, 2.66 5 sv
P Johnny Hetki from Cincinnati 3-2, 2.45 8 sv
C Walker Cooper from St. Louis .305,5,29
C Bennie Warren from Philadelphia (N) .280,4,23
1B Stan Musial from St. Louis .282,8,39
2B Tony Cuccinello from Pittsburgh .301,9,44
3B Bob Elliott from Pittsburgh .265,3,38
SS Pee wee Reese from Brooklyn .281,4,39
LF Pete Reiser from Brooklyn .337,4,50
CF Bobby Estalella from New York(N) .331,3,38
RF Enos Slaughter from St. Louis .260,8,59
1B Zeke Bonura from Brooklyn .261,8,48
CF Ben Chapman from St. Louis .355,3,37
LF Joe Medwick from Cincinnati .319,6,27
RF Ford Garrison from Cincinnati .328,2,28
2B Alex Kampouris from Cincinnati .320,5,35
SS Arky Vaughan from Pittsburgh .333,2,31

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, JOE DIMAGGIO?
Cincinnati Reds fans have been wondering that ever since Dimaggio was acquired in a blockbuster trade with the New York Yankees in 1940. Jolt'in Joe spent 4 and half years in New York and appeared to be destined for stardom until he missed 6 weeks of the 1939 season with a serious stomach muscle tear. Dimaggio never fully recovered from that injury and, while he has been a solid player and a 3-time allstar for the Reds, his batting average has steadily declined. This season, at the age of 31, he is hitting just .201 with 9 homers at the break. He has shown flashes of brilliance, such as a pair of 3 homer games a couple of years back and he won the NL MVP award in 1944 but he has never lived up to the great expectations we had for him. His career in Cincinnati seems to have stalled his development although I am sure the injury is the main factor. Sounds a lot like Ken Griffey Jr huh?

SENS AND PIRATES CLING TO LEADS AT BREAK
As we hit the symbolic halfway point of the season both the National and American Leagues have whittled the potential contenders down to 5 teams. The Washington Senators won just 3 of 7 games last week and saw Boston move to within 2 games of top spot. The Red Sox cooled a little from their torrid pace of late June but still managed to win 4 of 7 games. Ted Williams took over the batting lead from Washington's Buddy Lewis. Williams, who was named AL player of the week hit .500 with 3 homers and 10 rbi's last week. Williams is also the league leader in homers with 14 but his 44 rbi's are still 10 back of Lewis and Williams' teammate Babe Young.

Cleveland can pretty much kiss any chance of getting into the race good bye. The Indians lost ace Bill Lohrman (9-6, 2.80) for at least a month with a back injury. Lohrman won 21 games a year ago.

On Tuesday, St. Louis(A)'s Tom Baker overmatched the opposing hitters all day long. Chicago (A) had no chance, collecting just 2 hits against the right-hander. 'I felt early that I was on top of my game. Fortunately I was able to keep that feeling the entire game.' Baker (12-5) fanned 6 and walked 1, throwing 101 pitches. The hitting star for St. Louis(A) was third baseman Bob Dillinger, he got 3 hits in 4 AB, and driving in 2 runs. St. Louis(A) scored 6 runs on 11 hits.

Two days later Browns rightfielder Bruce Campbell hit a milestone, getting his 2000th career hit. With no outs in the 6th inning, Bruce drilled a double, causing a standing ovation from the crowd. In 13 years of big league action so far, Bruce has compiled a batting average of .290, along with 266 homeruns and 1144 RBI.

While the allstar game is forefront in most people's minds you can forgive Pittsburgh and Brooklyn players for looking beyond the game. The Pirates and Dodgers square off in a 4 game first place showdown starting Thursday in Pittsburgh.

Following that series Brooklyn has a 2-game set with the third place Cardinals so it is an important week for the Dodgers, who went 5-2 against Chicago and Boston last week. Pete Reiser of the Dodgers was named National League player of the week after hitting .571 with 8 rbi's. Reiser received some more good news this week when he learned he made the first all-star team of his 7 year career. The Dodgers did get some bad news when they learned that 25 year old rookie pitcher Hank Behrman is gone for 6 weeks after hurting his back on July 4th against the Cubs. Behrman, who was 6-6 with a 5.19 era, has been replaced in the rotation by another rookie - 29 year old Joe Hatten. Hatten looked good in his debut as a starter. He went the distance pitching a 6-hitter in a 5-3 win over the Braves. Hatten, who has made 9 relief appearances has an era of 1.56.

1946 NFL PREVIEW - Part 1 of 4
With training camps opening over the next couple of weeks it is time to take a look ahead at the 1946 NFL season. Over the next 4 weeks we will give you everything you need to know to prepare for the season opener in September. Each week we will take a look at two divisions. This week we start with the North Division from both the AFC and NFC. Before we get started here is a brief look at the history of the league.

(Editor's note: I began this league in 1941 to build up some game generated history so for our purposes it is deemed the league was formed that season. All real life NFL history will not be recognized in this sports world. Although the game will be mainly populated by fictional players certain real life players will show up. Each time they are mentioned there will be a * prior to their last name so you know they are real players I added to the game. Some of the real players will perform better than they did in real life and others will perform much poorer. Also, some real life college stars who did not play pro ball will nevertheless be included in this history.)

Here are the year by year league champions:

1941 Detroit 20-14 over Tennessee
1942 Philadelphia 24-13 over New York Jets
1943 Carolina 27-13 over Oakland
1944 Cincinnati 19-13 over Arizona in overtime
1945 Baltimore 45-14 over Chicago

Year by Year Offensive MVP
1941 Thomas Blades RB Atlanta
1942 Keith Musso RB Jacksonville
1943 Tony *Canadeo RB Green Bay
1944 Mario Glenn RB New England
1945 Johnny Cushing RB Oakland

Year by Year Defensive MVP
1941Justin Sanders DT Jacksonville
1942 Charles Smith DE Philadelphia
1943 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo
1944 Lamar Jackson DT Carolina
1945 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo

Year by Year Offensive ROY
1941 Harley Mitchell RB Philadelphia
1942 Terry Stephens QB New England
1943 Todd Berger RB New Orleans
1944 Tony Marsalis QB Arizona
1945 Antowain Anderson RB Atlanta

Year by Year Defensive ROY
1941 Andre Bostic LB Detroit
1942 Ed Philcox DE Dallas
1943 Damon Stamer DE St Louis
1944 Ade Coulter DE Tennessee
1945 Ruben Taylor DE Minnesota

Year by Year Coach of the Year
1941 Steve Jamieson San Francisco
1942 Bill McRae Tampa Bay
1943 Bill McRae Tampa Bay
1944 Tony Fenerty Carolina
1945 Bill Costa Minnesota

AFC NORTH PREVIEW
All 4 teams in this division finished at or above .500 a year ago. The defending league champion Baltimore Ravens have to once again be considered the favourite but Cincinnati and Cleveland could also contend for the division title.

BALTIMORE RAVENS - The Ravens will go as far as their defense will take them. Ranked 2nd in the league a year ago mainly due to the play of DE J.D. Cumby and LB Miller Rentzel. 6th year QB John Foster was named the MVP of the title game and the ex-Oklahoma star could be ready for a breakout season.

CINCINNATI BENGALS - CB Mac Wiley led the NFL with 13 interceptions a year ago and along with Johndale Rogers forms the best cornerback duo in the game. First round draft DT Speedy Garrity will add to an already strong defense. 4th year running back Bill *Dudley topped the 1000 yard rushing mark for the first time in his career. Wideouts Bob *Shaw and Bob Edwards combined for nearly 160 receptions. Veteran QB Bud Rutledge is a two-time first team allstar.

CLEVELAND BROWNS - The run-n-gun Browns are all offense. However they have a big hole to fill as league receiving leader Bryan Givens has decided to retire after making 110 catches a year ago. Zach Kriczek had 99 receptions a year ago and will now be the go-to guy. Free agent Jack Abraham was brought in from Kansas City to try and replace Givens. Givens was joined on the conference first team allstar list by QB Bob Slaughter and FB Tony Ellis. Kriczek and tackle Jim Moulds made the second team. Upgrading the defense is a priority if the Browns are to be taken seriously and they used their first two picks to upgrade a porous secondary.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS - It could be a long year for the Steelers. Not because they are that bad but rather because the rest of the division is so good. A pair of Notre Dame grads in RB Elmer *Angsman and WR Bud Neal were added thru the draft in an effort to improve the league's most anemic attack. QB Juqua Shirk had a terrible season and word is Tom Friede will take over under center. Friede spent all of last season holding the clipboard but he has started 10 games in his 5 year career.

NFC NORTH PREVIEW
CHICAGO BEARS - The Bears finished 13-3 and were NFC champions a year ago before getting blow out in a lopsided championship game loss to Baltimore. Led by QB Sid *Luckman the best offense in the NFL placed 6 players on the first or second All-NFC team. In addition to Luckman, who had the league's best QB rating, WR Ken *Kavanaugh, TE Dedric Darby, tackle Joe *Strydahr, WR Matt Sikahema and guard George *Musso made the all-pro team. The defense, led by ex-Michigan lineman Bill *Hewitt, is solid.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS - The Vikings finished the regular season tied with Chicago at 13-3 but were upset at home by Carolina in the divisional playoff game. Minnesota relies on workhorse rookie running back Gene Szott, who rushed for 1513 yards a year ago. The defense is among the best in the conference and was led by defensive rookie of the year Ruben Taylor and veteran linebacker Manch Jackson. The Vikings traded out of the first round but used a high second round pick on QB Jim Elliott from South Carolina. Elliott will probably need a year or two to grow into the job but he could end up being the steal of the draft.

GREEN BAY PACKERS - The Packers are a balanced club but just don't have the talent to compete with the Bears and Vikings. RB Tony *Canadeo, a former league MVP, rushed for 1687 yards and WR Don *Hutson made 92 catches. QB Ceicl *Isbell is steady but not a franchise QB. The Packers drafted Stanford QB Jordan Montana (perhaps a relative of you know who) in the third round and he looked good in mini-camp but for now the job belongs to Isbell. Linebacker Bulldog *Turner is the best of an average defense.

DETROIT LIONS - Some things never change. The Lions were 3-13 in 1945 and ranked dead last in defense and 31st in offense. However, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. . QB Bob *Waterfield was selected 4th overall a year ago and he looked good in 8 starts as a rookie. To protect their franchise QB the Lions used the first overall pick on tackle Lou *Groza. The future appears bright for Detroit. . Unfortunately the future is definately not now.

CAMPBELL REPLACES DUTTON AS NHL PRESIDENT
Clarence Campbell was named president of the National Hockey League just a few months after he had been hired as outgoing boss Mervyn "Red" Dutton's assistant. Dutton announced his resignation at the league's summer meeting in Montreal last week and Campbell was a unanimous choice to take over.

Born in Fleming, Saskatchewan in 1905, Campbell was an outstanding student and avid sportsman in his youth. In 1924 he graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in law and arts and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in the United Kingdom. During this period he studied refereeing and worked several hockey and lacrosse matches in Europe.

He returned to Canada after six years at Oxford when the country was in the throngs of the Great Depression. He took a low paying job with an Edmonton law firm and officiated for the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA).

Clarence Campbell's proficiency as a referee attracted NHL officials and he was hired by NHL president Frank Calder at the start of the 1936 season. He quickly established himself as one of the better referees in the league. By the spring of 1937, he was assigned to the Stanley Cup semifinals between the Red Wings and Canadiens. He was the referee the night Howie Morenz's career came to an end as a result of a broken leg on January 28, 1937.

Campbell enlisted as a private in the Canadian Army in 1940 but quickly rose through the ranks until he ended up commanding the 4th Armored Division. In 1945 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In the aftermath of the war he was appointed the prosecution lawyer for the Canadian War Crimes Commission at the Nuremberg trial of Nazi Kurt Meyer, convicted of executing innocent Canadian prisoners-of-war. Campbell was awarded the Order of the British Empire and made King's Counsel.

CELTICS AND KNICKERBOCKERS FORMED - BAA OFFICIALLY HAS 4 MEMBERS
The newly formed Basketball Association of America has now officially grown to four teams. Last week the league unvieled plans to have as many as 13 teams ready to play by November. Two teams, the Philadelphia Warriors and Washington Capitols, officially committed and even signed a few players and, in Washington's case a coach as high school coach Red Aurebach inked a deal with the Caps.

This week two more teams officially announced their membership and nicknames. The Boston club will be known as the Celtics while Madison Square Garden officially announced it's team would be known as the Knickerbockers. The Celtics nickname choice was designed to garner immediate interest from city's large Irish population. The Knickerbockers name traces it's origin back to the Dutch settlers who came to the New World - and in particular to what is now called New York - in the 1600's. It specifically refers to the style of pants the settlers wore, pants that rolled up just below the knee, which became known as "knickerbockers".

"The name came out of a hat," explained Garden Executive Fred Podesta. "We were all sitting in the office one day -- Irish, (public relations director) Lester Scott and a few others on the staff. We each put a name in the hat, and when we pulled them out, most of them said Knickerbockers, after Father Knickerbocker, the symbol of New York City."

Several other teams are expected to officially join the league next week. In all, 13 cities made a $1,000 deposit for a franchise at the league meeting 2 weeks ago.

TigerFan1

06-11-2004, 09:04 PM

7 RUN 8TH GIVES AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL STAR BRAGGING RIGHTS
the bottom of the 8th inning helped the American League overcome a 6-5 deficiet and turn the All-Star game into a laugher. Billy Johnson of the Yankees hit a bases loaded triple and Washington's Phil Cavarretta delivered a 2-run homer to key a 7 run outburst in the bottom of the 8th inning as the American Leaguers won 12-6. It was the third victory in the last 4 years for the Junior Circuit. Browns starter Tom Baker earned the victory while Mickey Haefner of the Dodgers was tagged with the loss after allowing 3 runs in 1/3 of an inning.

The NL jumped out to an early when leadoff man Arky Vaughan of the Pirates worked AL starter Tiny Bonham for a walk. The Cards Stan Musial singled and 2 batters later Tony Cuccinello of Pittsburgh hit a 3-run homer off of the New York Yankee ace.

The AL got one run back when Yankee catcher Bob Scheffing drew a one out walk from Giants starter Cliff Melton and moved to third on a double from Ted Williams of the Red Sox. Scheffing scored on a sacfly from Oscar Grimes of the Indians.

Veteran Cardinals outfielder Ben Chapman made it 4-1 Nationals in the second when he hit a 2-out rbi single but in the home half the American Leaguers took the lead after a 4-run outburst. A 2-run double off the bat of the A's Roy Cullenbine was the big blow. Bonham and Melton finally settled down in the third and each retired the side in order.

Washington pitcher Red Barrett was lit up for 2 runs in his only inning of work. Enos Slaughter of St Louis and Cuccinello drove in runs in the 5th to make it 6-5 Nationals.

It stayed 6-5 until the American League bats exploded in the 8th. Ted Williams led off with a single off Haefner. Buddy Lewis of the Sens fanned but then Tommy Henrich of Detroit singled and Cleveland's Jeff Heath drew a walk to load the bases. Cincinnati reliever Johnny Hetki took over on the hill but he was greeted by pinch-hitter Billy Johnson who ripped a triple into the rightfield corner. Skeeter Newsome of the A's followed with a single to plate Johnson to make it 9-6. The National's went to their third pitcher of the inning but Ernie White of the Cardinals had no more success than the previous two. White faced pinch-hitter Cavarretta, and the Senators outfielder greeted him with a 2 run. Singles from Babe Young of the Red Sox and Al Evans of Washington brought Ted Williams to the plate again. Williams drove in a run with his second single of the inning. Bill Voiselle of the Giants became the 4th pitcher of the inning for the NL and he struck out Buddy Lewis, who fanned for the second time in the inning, and then got Henrich to ground out to finally put an end to things.

Washington's Joe Beggs came on to pitch the 9th inning for the AL and, despite a double from Alex Kampouris of Cincinnati and a single from his Reds teammate Ford Garrison, held the Nationals scoreless in the 9th.

Ted Williams of Boston, who went 3-for-5 with an rbi and a run scored was named the game's MVP.

PIRATES TAKE 3 of 4 FROM DODGERS - LEAD IS NOW 4.5 GAMES
In a key showdown between the National League's top two clubs it was the the hometown Pittsburgh Pirates who came out on top. The Pirates won 3 of 4 games against the Dodgers to pad their lead. The opener on Thursday was a matchup of all-star pitchers but it became a rout quickly as the Bucs scored 6 runs off of Mickey Haefner (11-8, 2.76) in the first inning and cruised to an 11-2 win behind a complete game 8-hitter from Cliff Melton (17-3, 2.42). Bob Elliott had 4 hits to lead the attack and rookie outfielder Ralph Kiner hit his second career homer, and his first since May 18th.

Kiner did not wait long for his third homer as he hit it the next night to help Pittsburgh to a 9-5 victory. Kiner, Arky Vaughan and Dick Siebert each had 3 hits for the winners. Saturday's affair was a wild game. Pittsburgh scored 3 times in the bottom of the 8th to take a 7-6 lead only to have Brooklyn plate 5 in the top of the 9th. The Bucs answered with 4 of their own in the home half to tie the game and then won it on a Frankie Gustine single in the bottom of the 10th after Bill Elliott had doubled to lead off the inning. Brooklyn avoided the embarassment of a sweep with a 9-3 win yesterday.

The third place Cardinals took 3 of 4 from Chicago to remain in third place, 6 games back. The 4th place Reds swept four games
from Philadelphia and now are 7.5 games off the pace. Joe Medwick of the Reds was named NL player of the week after hitting .563 (9-for-16) with 6 rbi's in the 4 games. Medwick is riding an 11-game hitting streak.

RED SOX INCH CLOSER TO FIRST PLACE SENATORS
The Boston Red Sox have moved to within 1 game of first place Washington in the American League. The Red Sox split a 4-game set with the hapless White Sox in Fenway while the Senators were dropping 3 of 4 to the Browns at Sportsman's Park in St Louis. Johnny Pesky had a big series for the Red Sox and he was rewarded with the American Player of the Week Award. The 26 year old infielder hit .438 with a homer and 3 rbi's.

A 5-game series in New York against the Yankees is whats ahead for Boston while the Senators have one more against the Browns before returning home for a 4-game set with Chicago. After that Boston and Washington go head-to-head in the nation's capital for a 3-game set beginning next Sunday.

WEILAND JOINS 300 WIN CLUB
Bob Weiland of the Detroit Tigers became the 18th member of the 300-victory club when he was credited with the victory in Saturday's game against Cleveland. Weiland pitched just 1/3 of an inning in relief but was given the win after a Tiger rally. The 40 year old has five 20-win seasons to his credit and pitched a no-hitter in 1935. He is 5-2 this season working mainly out of the
bullpen.

Weiland began his career with the White Sox in 1929 but was dealt to the Athletics in July of his rookie year. He was moved to the Tigers in 1932 and has remained with Detroit ever since. He was named AL pitcher of the year in 1938 when he went 26-11.
He has also made 7 all-star teams and won 3 gold gloves.

Below is the list of all pitchers with 300 career wins
# Career Wins 
1 C. Young 499
2 N. Hahn 484
3 C. Mathewson 456
4 W. Johnson 393
5 J. St.vrain 382
6 C. Bender 365
7 K. Nichols 364
8 S. Wood 363
9 T. Hughes 347
10 A. Mamaux 342
11 P. Perritt 329
12 E. Walsh Sr 327
13 R. Collins 326
14 E. Plank 323
15 O. Overall 321
16 W. Henley 318
17 G. Uhle 316
18 B. Weiland* 300

NFL 1946 SEASON PREVIEW - Part 2 
Last week TSN previewed the North Divisions of both the NFC and AFC. This week we turn our attention to the East.

AFC EAST PREVIEW
BUFFALO BILLS -The Bills were the only AFC East club to finish above .500. The Bills won their first playoff game in franchise history before losing to eventual league champion Baltimore in the AFC title game. Running back Michael Williams is the key to the Buffalo offense. The two-time AFC 2nd team allstar rushed for 1706 yards a year ago and has topped the 1000 yard mark each of his four seasons in the league. Defensive lineman Julian Hughes leads the defense, which was suspect at times last year. Hughes was Defensive MVP last year for the second time in his career. To be a serious contender the Bills need to upgrade at the QB position and in the defensive backfield. The first round pick was used on safety Stephen Whitehead from North Carolina State who should help the defense.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - The 7-9 Pats rely on a punishing running game with Mario Glenn (1618 yards) following bruising blockers Andre Ellis and Derrick Elling. With the selection of tackle Dewitt Coulter out of Army this season the Pats offensive line will be even stronger. A healthy Bob Irwin could make a big difference this year. The Pats signal caller missed half the season year ago with various injuries.

MIAMI DOLPHINS - Dolphins fans had to put up with a second straight losing season from the 6-10 Dolphins. Defense was the weak spot but surprisingly the Dolphins focused on the offensive side of the ball in the draft. Most experts felt WR Hugh Vick out of Michigan was a real reach at 7th overall. The Dolphins brass feels Vick would be a perfect compliment to second year QB Woody Brooks. Brooks, the ex-UCLA star, started every game of his rookie season and he did improve as the year wore on. Running Back Stacey Jolley had another 1000 yard rushing season, making it 3 in a row for the 7th round pick out of Louisville in 1943. Ryan Burns is one of the best tight ends in the league. Lots of talent on offense. Unfortunately for the Dolphins there is little talent on the other side of the ball.

NEW YORK JETS - If you could combine the Jets defense and the Dolphins offense you would have a great team. New York, aside from 3rd year RB Steve *Van Buren, has little talent on offense. The o-line in particular is among the worst in the league. Third year QB Keith Reeves could eventually be a star - if he lives long enough. Reeves was sacked 75 times over his first two seasons with the Jets. There is a lot of talent on defense and if the offense can put things together the Jets could be a force, but with the offensive line they have it is highly unlikely.

NFC EAST DIVISION PREVIEW

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES - The Eagles have made the playoffs four of the last five seasons and won the East title a year ago with a 9-7 record. The defense is outstanding led by linebacker Ed LeBlanc and CB's Rob Meester and Marion Dulaney. The offense sputtered a little last year especially when RB Harley Mitchell was injured. A healthy season from the 1941 offensive rookie of the year is a must if the Eagles are to do much this year. QB Doug Bass also was injured for much of last season but ex-Oklahoma star Ken Neal filled in admirably. Big Clemson tackle Gary Bishop was the Eagles first round pick and will strengthen the offensive line.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS - Coach Scooter Hayes led the Redskins to their first playoff berth in 1944 but then he bolted to Carolina. Charley Woodson was the coach last year and a 4-12 season cost him his job and he was replaced by Tony Kopay who gets his first chance to be the head man. The 'Skins have some talent at the skill positions on offense, such as 10th year QB Sammy *Baugh, running back Bob *Seymour and wide receiver Wayne *Miller. Add in second overall pick Dante *Lavelli, a gifted wide receiver from Ohio State and this team looks far better than it performed a year ago. The defense is acceptable and if everyone stays healthy the Redskins could be back in the playoffs. TSN is picking Washington as our surprise team of the year.

NEW YORK GIANTS - The Giants have never played a postseason game and you can expect that trend to continue unless the Eagles run into major injury trouble. On offense New York has a lot of average players but no great ones. Three different QB's spent time under center a year ago and there was no clear marquee running back. The defense has a couple of Pro-Bowl quality players but there are some weaknesses as well particularily at linebacker. The Giants had a weird draft dealing their top 4 picks to the Jets to move up to number 3 overall where they selected center Vincent Uwaezouke from Michigan State.

DALLAS COWBOYS - The 6-10 Cowboys need help on both sides of the ball. They upgraded their offense with the selection of Tennessee RB Raymond Cash with the 6th pick of the draft. It has become clear that Doug Schroeder is not the man to guide the Cowboys offense. The 5th year pro from Auburn finally saw his first game action a year ago and he should terrible judgement averaging over 2 interceptions a game. Unless Cash can have an immediate impact it will be another long season in Dallas.

Next week we continue the NFL preview with a look at the South Division of each conference.

LEAGUE BACKGROUND - NCAA FOOTBALL
The college football landscape is much different in 1946 from today. Independant clubs play a much bigger role and the service academy's, in particular Army, are powerhouses. Many of the traditions are intact however, such as the Rose Bowl. It will feature the winner of what will become known as the PAC 10 and Big 10 conferences only those two groups go by different names in 1946. Here is the complete conference run-down.

Teams in conferences are listed in predicted order of finish

BIG 6 
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa State
Kansas State

BORDER
Hardin-Simmons
Texas Tech
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Northern Arizona
West Texas A&M

MOUNTAIN STATES
Utah
Utah State
Brigham Young
Colorado
Denver
Colorado State
Wyoming

MVC
Tulsa
Wichita State
St. Louis
Oklahoma State
Drake

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE
UCLA
Oregon State
Southern California
Stanford
Washington
Montana
Oregon
California
Idaho
Washington State

SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Louisiana State
Tennessee
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Tulane
Mississippi
Florida

MAJOR INDEPENDANTS
Army
Notre Dame
Rutgers
Detroit Mercy
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Villanova
Michigan State
West Virginia
Marquette
Bucknell
Pittsburgh
Princeton
Lafayette
Temple
Navy
Harvard
Yale
Boston College
Columbia
Cornell
Holy Cross
New York University
Colgate
Merchant Marine
Syracuse
Brown
Dartmouth
Fordham
Miami (Florida)
Nevada
St. Mary's
Georgetown
Montana State
Tennessee-Chattanooga
Virginia
San Francisco
Portland
Santa Clara

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
North Carolina
North Carolina State
William & Mary
Richmond
Wake Forest
South Carolina
Clemson
Davidson
Duke
George Washington
Virginia Military Institute
Citadel
Maryland
Virginia Tech
Furman
Washington & Lee

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
Rice
Texas
Arkansas
Southern Methodist
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Baylor

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Iowa
Minnesota
Northwestern
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Purdue

The NCAA football season begins Saturday, September 11th with 3 games: Beaumont Hospital at New Mexico State, Merchant Marine and Villanova and Williams Field at Northern Arizona. Most of the major teams take the field for the first time the following week including the likely number one overall Army squad. Army will host Villanova. The big game on everyone's calander is November 6th when Army and Notre Dame meet in Brooklyn.

CHICAGO, TORONTO AND DETROIT ARE IN AS BAA NOW HAS SEVEN TEAMS COMMITTED
Three more franchises have officially confirmed they will be joining the new pro basketball league called the Basketball Association of America. At a joint announcement this week it was announced that Chicago, Detroit and Toronto will join the league and all 3 teams will play out of the arenas owned by each cities National Hockey League team. With Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington already committed this brings the league to 7 teams. Up to 6 more cities are expected to have announcements in the next week or two. However, one city that has decided to back out at least for this year is Indianapolis. The ownership group apparently ran into difficulty securing an arena lease.

The Toronto team will be known as the Huskies, while the Chicago club will be called the Stags. The Detroit entry will be named after the hockey Red Wings former name and will be known as the Falcons.

Editors Note - None of these clubs are the forerunners of the current NBA teams in each city. The Falcons and Huskies will drop out of the league after just one season while the Stags will call it quits in 1950. The Fort Wayne Pistons will join the league with 3 other clubs from the National Basketball League in 1948 while the expansion Chicago Bulls will enter the league in 1966. The NBA does not return to Toronto until 1995.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Washington 47 34 .500 --
Boston 47 36 .566 1.0
New York 44 39 .530 4.0
Detroit 42 41 .506 6.0
Cleveland 43 42 .506 6.0
St. Louis 40 44 .476 8.5
Philadelphia 36 48 .429 12.5
Chicago 34 49 .410 14.0

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BATTING
T. Williams, Bos .351
L. Fleming, Wsh .338
M. Mazzera, Wsh .328
B. Lewis, Wsh .327
T. Henrich, Det .311

HR
T. Williams, Bos 17
O. Grimes, Cle 14
F. Crosetti NY 11

RBI
B. Young, Bos 56
B. Lewis, Wsh 56
T. Williams, Det 52

WINS
T. Bonham, NY 14-2
J. Beggs, Wsh 14-5
T. Baker, StL 13-6

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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 50 30 .625 -
Brooklyn 47 36 .566 4.5
St. Louis 45 37 .549 6.0
Cincinnati 44 39 .530 7.5
Chicago 39 42 .481 11.5
New York 37 47 .440 15.0
Philadelphia 36 48 .429 16.0
Boston 32 51 .386 19.5

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GOLF MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS 1946
Masters at Augusta - Ben Hogan
British Open at St. Andrews - Byron Nelson
US Open at Cleveland - August 3-6
PGA Title at Portland - August 24-27

NFL PRESEASON SCHEDULE
Begins August 5th

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 11
Beaumont Hospital at New Mexico State
Merchant Marine and Villanova
Williams Field at Northern Arizona.

NHL SCHEDULE
begins Mid October

BAA SCHEDULE
To be determined

PRO BOXING UPCOMING FIGHTS
HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT SEP 18 at New York
Joe Louis defends title against Tami Mauriello

MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT SEP 25 at New York
Tony Zale defends title against Rocky Graziano

TigerFan1

06-12-2004, 01:18 AM

RED SOX BEAT SENATORS TO TAKE OVER TOP SPOT
Babe Young had 4 hits including a homerun and drove in 4 runs to lead Boston to a 14-4 pasting of the Senators in the opener of their 3 game series. The win moves the Red Sox a half game ahead of Washington and puts them atop the American League standings. In addition to Young, Stan Spence and rookie catcher Roy Partee also homered for the Red Sox who chased Washington ace Joe Beggs (14-7) in the 6th. Ted Williams had 2 hits to raise his league leading average to .351. Bob Bowman pitched 7 innings for the Red Sox and improved his record to 12-5.

It was a bad week for the Senators who on Thursday lost starting pitcher Red Barrett for at least a month with a back injury. Barrett was 10-8 with a 2.95 era in 21 starts. Milo Candini (2-2, 3.80) was moved in to the rotation to replace Barrett.

On the other hand it was a very good week for the Red Sox who won 5 of 6 games including taking 3 of 4 from the Yankees which helped drop New York into 4th place, 6.5 games back. The Yankees won just 2 games last week but both of them were won with Tiny Bonham on the mound. Bonham was named the American League player of the week and improved his record to 16-2 with a 2.24 era.

In the National League the Pittsburgh Pirates continue to lead the way with the Dodgers, Reds and Cardinals all trying to keep pace. Joe Hatten of the 6th place Phillies was named player of the week in the senior circuit after pitching a pair of complete game victories over the Cards and Giants. Hatten, who was acquired from Brooklyn 2 weeks ago, is 3-1 in 4 starts since being dealt to the Phillies. The rookie had been used exclusively in relief by the Dodgers. 2nd year pro Dick Mauney went the other way in the deal and he has not looked bad in the Dodgers rotation either.

ARMY TOPS THE PRESEASON COLLEGE POLL
All eyes are squarely focused on November 9th when Army and Notre Dame meet in Brooklyn. Most experts feel that will be the game that decides the National College Football Championship for 1946. Army, which finished 1st in the polls each of the last two seasons begins 1946 as the preseason number 1. The Irish, who were ranked 1st in 1942 are number two to open the season.

The Cadets are led by a couple of Heisman candidates in running backs Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis. Army also features a solid QB in Arnold Tuck and a great line anchored by Tex Coulter, John Green and Albert Nemetz. All of the above are expected to go high in the NFL draft. Notre Dame relies on junior QB Johnny Lujack and a punishing defense.

Other Heisman candidates beside Blanchard, Davis and Lujack include St Mary's HB Herman Wedemeyer, Northwestern QB Otto Graham, Michigan RB Bob Chappas, Georgia QB Charles Trippi and QB Les Horvath of Ohio State.

Here is the Preseason Top 20 (1945 finish in brackets)
1- Army (1)
2- Notre Dame (9)
3. Georgia (18)
4. Pennsylvania (8)
5. Southern California (11)
6. Michigan (6)
7. Tennessee (14)
8. Louisiana State (15)
9. Texas (10)
10. Illimois (nr)
11. Georgia Tech (nr)
12. Yale (nr)
13. UCLA (nr)
14. Ohio State (12)
15. Oklahoma State (5)
16. Alabama (2)
17. Tulsa (17)
18. N. C. State (nr)
19. Navy (3)
20. Indiana (4)

NFL 1946 SEASON PREVIEW - Part 3
We turn our attention to the south this week as we present the third in our 4 part NFL preview.

NFC SOUTH DIVISION
The South Division features four very good teams and all have a stud running back who should easily top the 1000 yard mark. However, defense is no where near the level of the offense for each of these four teams.

CAROLINA PANTHERS - The always strong Panthers have slipped a little since their NFL Championship season of 1943 but they are still a team to be feared. Ex-University of Kentucky star Keith Meade leads the offense. Meade rushed for a career high 1678 yards last year, his third in the NFL. Javon Jamieson is a steady QB and 1943 championship game MVP Johnny Lisch is entering his prime as a receiver. The defense is solid and should be made better with the addition of first round pick DE Paul Molden from San Jose State and second round CB Joe Fuqua from Boise State.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - The Saints have made the playoffs two of the last 4 years but with the talent they have they should be a much better club. RB Todd Berger led the NFL in rushing with 2147 yards. He and wideout Bob Sommer are the keys to the New Orleans offense which is among the best in the league. Dick Boylan was barely adequate at QB last year so the Saints signed Ryan Boyette from Philadelphia in the off-season. Not sure if Boyette is the answer as he has started just 8 games in his 7 year career. On defense, all the starters are back including MLB Bill Howard, who led the team with 152 tackles and Pro Bowl free safety Jeff Klein who had 7 interceptions.

ATLANTA FALCONS - Coach Hank Williams is back for a second season after leading the Falcons to the playoffs a year ago. The offense is among the best in the league thanks to a strong line and second team all-Pro QB Arnie *Herber. Herber has started every game for the Falcons since being drafted 12th overall prior to the 1944 season. His numbers showed great improvement last year from his rookie campaign and Williams is expecting even more improvement this year. Offensive rookie of the year Antowain Anderson certainly made life easier for Herber. Anderson rushed for 1628 yards and made the second all-star team. WR Duane Whelihan was named to the first allstar team for the first time in his 5 year career. After having great draft success with offense players taken in the first round the Falcons decided to focus on defense this time. DT Dennis Pochman from Virginia is a terrific run stopper and should clog up the middle for an Atlanta defense that ranked in the bottom half of the league a year ago. The Falcons are still a player or two shy on the defensive side of the ball but this is a team to watch out for in the future.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS - Another team with a very good offense, the only thing keeping the Bucs from the playoffs the last two years is the high level of competition within their division. Tampa will again have their work cut out to avoiding finishing last in this strong group of teams. With the retirement of Gail Nagurski the QB job is wide open. Last year's backup Steve Quayle has the inside track but early word out of Bucs camp is that undrafted QB Paul Christman from Missouri looks very good. Second round pick Sammy Herron rushed for 1000 yards as a rookie but the Bucs felt Notre Dame's Darren McLeod was too good to pass up at number 11 so they made the RB their first round pick. The offensive line is very good so running the ball should not be a problem. Stopping the run, on the other hand, may be difficult. And in this division that will be a big problem.

AFC SOUTH DIVISION PREVIEW
Almost the opposite of the NFC South. Again four solid teams but each of them is better known for it's defense than what they do with the ball.

TENNESSEE TITANS - One of the best defenses in the league got even better with the addition of free agent CB Jake Spikes. The former Middle Tennessee star left the Redskins to return home to Tennessee. Offensively, the Titans are just average. QB Manfred Gayle made the second allstar team and the Titans added guard John F *Green from Army to strengthen their line. Special teams is outstanding as both kicker Bob Nobis and punter Jason Williams made the all-pro team. The Titans made the playoffs last season after a 3 year absence but bowed out to Buffalo in the first round.

HOUSTON TEXANS - The Texans, with the best offense but worst defense in the division, made the playoffs for the second time in 3 years but once again failed to win a postseason game. Veteran QB Vaughn Diedrick is entering his 14th season and has started every game since 1941. However, there is concern his skills are declining after his worst season as a pro. The Texans have 3 very good running backs who all see a fair share of playing time. WR Mel Ours has made the allstar team 4 years in a row. To upgrade the defense the Texans added Tony Brady from Pitt with their first round draft pick.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS - Reggie Elstrom takes over as Head Coach for the Colts who have just one playoff game to their credit. Elstrom hardly brings a reputation for success as he was 6-10 with Atlanta two years ago and was fired after a 6-10 year in Denver last season. RB Stephen Williams was drafted in the first round out of UCLA in order to improve the offense which ranked near the bottom of the league a year ago. The defense is solid.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS - Kim Searcy has been the Jags coach since the league started in 1941 but after following up two 8-8 seasons with a 5-11 campaign a year ago he is clearly on the hot seat. Keith Musso is one of the best running backs in the league but he is the Jags offense. QB Justin Jackson is in his 7th year but still makes rookie mistakes. Wide reciever Lewis Smith is talented but inconsistant and the offensive line is average at best. The defense looks good on paper but had a poor season although injuries did play a role.

Next week in the final installment of the NFL preview we look at the West Divisions of each conference.

STATS AND STANDINGS

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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Boston 52 37 .584 --
Washington 51 37 .580 .5
Cleveland 47 43 .522 5.5
New York 46 44 .511 6.5
Detroit 43 46 .483 9.0
St. Louis 43 48 .473 10.0
Philadelphia 39 51 .433 13.5
Chicago 37 52 .416 15.0

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BATTING
T. Williams, Bos .351
L. Fleming, Wsh .347
M. Mazzera, Wsh .331
B. Lewis, Wsh .317
J. Pesky, Bos .314

HR
T. Williams, Bos 18
O. Grimes, Cle 14
B. Young, Bos 11
F. Crosetti NY 11

RBI
B. Young, Bos 62
B. Lewis, Wsh 57
T. Williams, Det 57

WINS
T. Bonham, NY 16-2
J. Beggs, Wsh 14-7
S. Gromek, Cle 14-9

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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 53 33 .616 -
Brooklyn 50 40 .556 5.0
St. Louis 48 41 .539 6.5
Cincinnati 48 41 .539 6.5
Chicago 42 45 .483 11.5
Philadelphia 40 51 .440 15.5
New York 39 51 .433 16.0
Boston 35 53 .398 19.0

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BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .340
B. Estalella, NY .327
A. Kampouris, Cin .327
J. Medwick, Cin .326
F. Garrison, Cin .324

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 12
R. York, Bsn 12
S. Gordon, NY 12

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 62
P. Reiser Bkn 59
Z. Bonura Bkn 57

WINS
C. Melton, NY 17-5
M. Haefner, Bkn 13-8
E. White, Cin 12-7

TigerFan1

06-13-2004, 11:21 PM

RED SOX FALTER, DROP 2 BACK OF SENATORS
As Ted Williams goes, so go the Boston Red Sox. A few weeks ago the Splendid Splinter was ripping the cover off the ball and the Red Sox caught and briefly past the Senators for top spot in the American League. However, this past week Williams went into a 3-for-23 slump that saw him drop behind Washington's Les Fleming in the batting race. Not coincidentally, the Red Sox dropped 5-of-6 during the week and now trail first place Washington by two games. Williams can not solely be blamed for the past week's performance as the Boston pitching staff was absymal - allowing an average of 6.3 runs in the 5 losses. Only Andy Karl (13-7, 2.80), who beat Philadelphia 5-3 for the only victory, can be happy with his week. Meanwhile OF Mel Almada is mirred in a 4-for-21 slump and many other Boston hitters have suddenly had their bats go cold.

The Senators did not have a stellar week, taking 2 from Boston before winning just 2 of 5 against Detroit, but it was enough to regain first place. Milo Candini (3-3), forced into the rotation with the injury to Red Barrett, split his two games with Detroit. Joe Haynes (10-11) and Tot Pressnell (9-6) each beat Boston but lost against the Tigers while Joe Beggs (15-7) was outstanding in his one start of the week, stopping Detroit 9-1 on a 4-hitter. At the plate, Buddy Lewis, Al Evans amd Hillis Layne all hit over .400 for the week.

Elsewhere, Cleveland won 4 of 6 to move within 4.5 games of top spot. The Indians have a crucial week ahead of them as they travel to Washington for a 4 game set before hosting Boston for 4 games over the weekend. The Yankees also edged closer and now sit 5 games off the pace. Max Lanier (10-5, 2.72) became the secon Yankee hurler in two weeks to win the player of the week. Lanier was 2-0 with a shutout and a 1.00 era this week. Last week Tiny Bonham (17-2, 2.10) was the top performer and Bonham got a 4-hit shutout in his only decision of this week.

PIRATES STRETCH LEAD AFTER 6-1 WEEK
The Pittsburgh Pirates are doing their best to try and end the National League pennant race early. The Pirates reeled off 7 straight wins before losing 3-2 to the Cubs yesterday. That streak allowed Pittsburgh to build a 7.5 game lead on the second place Brooklyn Dodgers. Pittsburgh now boasts 3 10-game winning pitchers in Cliff Melton (18-6, 2.53), Ken Heintzelman (10-9, 3.54) and Preacher Roe (10-7, 3.41) but the real key to the Pirates this season has been the league's most potent offense. Infielders Tony Cuccinello (.303,11,60), Arky Vaughan (.332,3,41) and Bob Elliott (.283,5,52) along with outfielders Bill Norman (.305,1,41), Fern Bell (.297,4,49) and Ralph Kiner (.294,3,27) have all been quite consistant. Bill Salkeld (.277,1,5) and Tom Padden (.212,2,30) platoon behind the plate while Dick Siebert (.377,1,28) and George Archie (.250,0,23) do the same at first base.

Vern Olsen (11-11, 2.95) of the Cubs was named the National League player of the week. Olsen pitched a complete game 7-hit shutout against Philadelphia on Tuesday and then allowed just 6 hits in handing Pittsburgh their only loss of the week on Sunday. Olsen went the distance in that game - a 3-2 victory. Olsen was the National League pitcher of the year in 1942 when he went 25-11. Last year he was 26-7 and a major reason the Cubs won their 6th World Championship in franchise history.

The third place Cardinals will be without pitcher Harry Breechen (5-8, 3.05) for at least a month with a rotator cuff injury. He joins an already crowded disabled list for the Cardinals that includes pitcher Stan Ferens (5-1, 2.89) who is out for the year along with top catching prospect Andy Seminick. Pitchers Early Wynn and Mort Cooper are both eligible to come off the DL next month.

FLURRY OF DEALS AS TRADE DEADLINE APPROACHES
With one more day left before the trade deadline a number of teams got to work early as 8 deals were made last week. The Yankees and Cardinals were the only contenders who made any moves. New York added reliever Max Macon (0-2, 6.75) and minor league pitcher Charlie Sproull from the Cards in exchange for backup outfielder Cully Rickard, who was hitting .310 in 145 at bats. Rickard will replace the slumping Don Padgett in rightfield for the Cardinals. St. Louis also dealt rookie catcher Joe Garagiola to the Phillies for 2B George Scharein (.277,4,13). Scharein will replace Jimmy Brown (.227,1,25) at second for the Cards.

Other moves saw the Giants acquire former 20-game winner Ross Bauers (5-9, 5.28) from the Phillies and outfielder Vince Dimaggio (.237,5,24) from the Braves; the A's added pitcher Bill Voiselle (11-9, 3.28) from Giants thru the White Sox , the Phillies picked up outfielder Bobby Estalella (.338,4,47) from the Giants, and the White Sox added pitcher Ed Lopat (11-10, 3.57) from the A's.

 TSN BASEBALL FLASHBACK - 1930 WORLD SERIES HERO CHICK HAFEY
Chick Hafey played 45 World Series games and batted .370 in his postseason career but he was never better than he played for 7 games in the 1930 World Series. 1930 was a dominant year for Hafey's Cardinals as they set the single season NL record for victories with 104. The Cards were the best team in the National League for a decade, winning 6 pennants in 10 year starting in 1927, which coincidentally was Hafey's rookie season.

Hafey led the National League in homers with 23 and rbi's with 142 in 1930 but lost the MVP to teammate Rogers Hornsby (.377,19,120). Other Cardinal standouts included Jim Bottomley (.309,10,87), Specs Torporcer (.344,10,99), Austin McHenry (.335,10,69) and rookie of the year George Watkins (.372,17,105) . The rotation had 3 20-game winners in Flint Rhem, Al Grabowski and Watty Clark. I would be remiss in ignoring the fact that they also had Cliff Markle who was 5-3 before being sidelined for the season with an injury in June.

The Cards opponent in 1930 would be the New York Yankees who need a win on the final day of the season to hold off Philadelphia. The Yanks, who were making their first postseason appearance since 1905, did not have the greatest pitching staff but did have loads of power. New York's offense revolved around MVP Hack Wilson (.315,45,150), a declining Babe Ruth (.318,27,104) and Lou Gehrig (.307,24,102) who missed 30 games with injuries. The pitching staff did have pitcher of the year Carl Weilman (27-6) who at age 40 enjoyed the greatest season of his career. Ted Wingfield (21-15) and Leo Mangum (16-15) were the other main starters.

The series itself was a terrific 7 game affair.

Game 1- Lou Gehrig tied the game with an 8th inning homer and in the top of the 10th Bill Dickey drove in 2 runs to make it 8-6 Yankees. Hafey had 2 hits including an rbi single in the bottom of the 10th but he was stranded there and Yankees drew first blood with an 8-7 win.

GAME 2 - Hafey hit a 3-run homer in the second as the Cards opened up a 7-0 lead. Lou Gehrig had 3 doubles and he, Hack Wilson and Babe Ruth each drove in 2 runs as the Yanks tried to rally but fell short losing 11-9. Hafey finished the game with 3 hits and 4 rbi's.

GAME 3 - George Pipgras limited the Cards to 4 hits and Hack Wilson homered to lead New York to a 4-0 win as the series moved to Yankee Stadium.

GAME 4 - A 14-4 blowout for St Louis. Hafey had 4 hits including his second homer of the series and drove in 4 more runs bringing his series total to 9.

GAME 5 - Hack Wilson hits two homers including a 2-run shot in the bottom of the ninth to give New York a 9-7 victory, Hafey hit his third homer of the series and drove in 2 runs, one of which tied the game at 7 in the top of the ninth.

GAME 6 - Rogers Hornsby has 4 hits as the Cardinals force a 7th game with a convincing 10-4 win. Hafey went 2-for-4 but did not drive in a run.

GAME 7 - Hafey hits two solo homers and scores 3 runs as the Cardinals win big 13-7 to claim the World Series title. Hafey ended up hitting .485 with 5 homers and 13 rbi's. Both the home run and rbi totals are World Series records although Lou Gehrig would later equal the home run mark in the 1938 series. Hafey also set a record with 32 total bases in the series and is the alltime World Series career leader in triples (6), homers (10) rbi's (41) and total bases (124).

NFL SEASON PREVIEW - Part 4 of 4
Here is the final chapter of our four part NFL preview. This week we turn our attention to the west divisions in both the NFC and AFC.

AFC West
OAKLAND RAIDERS - The key to stopping the Raiders is stopping league MVP Johnny Cushing. Easier said than done. Cushing ran for 1841 yards, second only to Todd Berger of New Orleans and scored 21 touchdowns for the silver and black. The o-line is solid but quarterback is a weak spot. Tony Hall and Joe Bray split the job last year but neither looked especially effective so the Raiders brought in fomer Notre Dame signal caller Antwan Baker. Baker has been with the Texans the past 5 years but as Vaughan Diedrick's backup never took a snap in a regular season game. If he has a good camp expect Baker to earn the starting nod. Tight end Walter Van Galder is the best receiver on the club. Defensively the Raiders are solid.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - Coach Larry Berry led the Chargers to a 9-7 record but they missed the playoffs for the third straight season so you can expect Coach Berry's job to be on the line. The Chargers strength is the defense which placed 4 players on the allstar team. LB Sam Joe was a first team allstar for the 4th time in his career, while linemen Reggie White and Mike Claridge along with CB Adrian Cerqua made the second team. Offensively Josh Miller ran for 1333 yards without putting the ball on the ground. The QB situation is weak with longtime backup Leon Jones as the best option. First round pick Marquise Woodson from Ohio State gives the Chargers a big play receiver.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - The Chiefs have never made the playoffs but they hope that Ulish Groce will change that. The undrafted QB struck it rich after 3 years as a backup and signed a huge deal with the Chiefs. He started 3 games late last season and looked like the second coming of Sid Luckman. The Chiefs also drafted a QB with the 12th overall pick. They felt that Tulsa's Tommy Thompson was too good to pass up. The Chiefs do have some good young talent such as WR Pettis Neumann (taken 4th overall in 1944) and DE John Beasley (selected 3rd overall last year) but they still have a long way to go if they are to contend for a league championship.

DENVER BRONCOS - The Broncos missed the playoffs for the first time in 3 years and it cost coach Reggie Elstrom his job, although he did resurface in Indianapolis. The replacement is none other than Ryan McDonnell, the man who led the Bears to the Championship game. McDonnell favours a smash mouth style with the emphasis on defense, something that was totally foreign to the high-flying Bears. In Denver the Broncos have no choice but to grind it out as they lack the skill at quarterback and receiver to do much else. RB Oscar Hartings rushed for 1794 yards a year ago but he has to cut down on the fumbles. The defense was weak last year but should instantly be better with the addition of McDonnell and first round draft pick LB Rock Roberts from Purdue.

NFC West

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS - The 49ers won the division for the 4th time in 5 years but will face a stiff challenge from Arizona once again. The 49ers strength is it's defense led by allstars SS Earl Joyce, LB Ben Kinard and DT Ray Steele. Add to the mix first round pick Bill *Willis, a defensive tackle drafted 23rd overall out of Ohio State. If QB Koy Harris can minimize his mistakes and not turn the ball over this defense is strong enough to take care of the rest.

ARIZONA CARDINALS - The Cardinals missed the playoffs with a 9-7 record a year ago after making the title game the previous season. Like the 49ers, Arizona relies on it's defense to win games. Keep an eye on Trent Fenney in the preseason. The ex-Maryland Terrapins QB was selected 19th overall and will be the Cardinals QB of the future.

ST LOUIS RAMS - The Rams have some talent at the offensive skill positions but lack the wide bodies on the line to give QB Rod Dugas time to create. FB Rod O' Sullivan and WR Clarence Mulitalo made the allstar team and RB Steve France had his 5th straight 1000 yard rushing season. This might be the year Mike Largent replaces France as the go-to back. Largent was drafted in the second round of the 1944 draft out of Wisconsin. Wide receiver Richard *Duden Jr. was drafted out of Navy in the second round and should contribute. First round pick Jim Henderson was a star at Colorado and he will join a defense that has a lot of talent but did not play like it a year ago.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Looks like another long year for the Seahawks who have yet to play a postseason game. There are very few bright spots aside from first round draft pick Marion *Motley out of Nevada and Markus Collingsworth, a WR from Oklahoma taken in the second round. FS Mike Faulk and G Bruce Majkowski both made the allstar team.

ARMY BACKS ARE HEISMAN TROPHY FAVOURITES
College football fans take pride every season in debating who warrents the Heisman Trophy and this year should provide plenty of debate as there appear to be several deserving candidates. Certainly it is far too early to pick a winner since not a down of football has been played yet but defending champ Doc Blanchard of Army has to be a favourite to become the first two-time winner. However, Blanchard's teammate Glenn Davis, who finished second a year ago may also prove to be a top candidate. Davis, Mr. Outside to Blanchard's Mr. Inside, is one of the most dangerous half backs in the game.

Others to watch include Quarterbacks Arnie Tuckr of Army, Otto Graham from Northwestern, Johnny Lujack of Notre Dame, Charles Trippi of Georgia and running backs Herman Wedermeyer from St. Mary's and Oklahoma State's Bob Fenimore. Wideouts to keep an eye on include Hubert Bechtol of Texas, Cincinnati's Elbie Nichol and Hugh Taylor from Oklahoma. Rarely does a defensive player get much consideration but if any do this year it will likely be either Michigan lineman Len Ford or linebacker Burr Baldwin from UCLA.

BAA FIRMS UP MEMBERSHIP, ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
The Basketball Association of America is officially a go for this season after the new pro loop announced it will begin play in November with 11 teams. League executive had hoped to have 13 teams for the inagural season however bids to get franchises in Buffalo and Indianopolis off the ground failed.

The league will be alligned in two division and each club will play a total of 60 games. The league unveiled it's schedule which will begin in Toronto on Friday, November 3rd when the Huskies entertain the Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens.

The playoff format will be as follows: The first place team in each division will play a best of seven series with the winner advancing to the championship game. The second place teams in each division will play a best of 3 series as will the third place teams from each division. The two winners will then square off in a best of 3 with the winner of that series playing in the best of seven final.

The division and teams are as follows:

East Division
Boston Celtics
New York Knickerbockers
Philadelphia Warriors
Providence Steamers
Toronto Huskies
Washington Capitols

West Division
Chicago Stags
Cleveland Rebels
Detroit Falcons
Pittsburgh Ironmen
St Louis Bombers

Other rules announced by the league include having four 12-minute quarters for game play and a salary limit to $55,000 per club. The 48 minute game stirred some debate as several owners felt it was quite a departure from the 40 minute games favoured by the college ranks. Each team will be allowed to dress up to 12 players and must not dress less than 9. Toronto has been given a special exemption to add two Canadian born players to its roster limit in order to increase interest in the sport.

U.S. OPEN SET FOR THIS WEEKEND
The U.S. Open returns to the sporting scene for the first time since Craig Wood won in 1941. This years event will be held at the Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the second time Canterbury has hosted the Open. The first time was 1940 when Lawson Little needed a playoff to top Gene Sarazen. Opened in 1922, Canterbury is considered among the finest courses in the country. The course is a par 72.

STATS AND STANDINGS

BASEBALL HISTORY - PAST CHAMPIONS
1903 World Series Pittsburgh, beat New York 5 to 2
1904 No World Series
1905 World Series New York, beat Pittsburgh 4 to 0
1906 World Series Boston (N), beat Philadelphia (A) 4 to 1
1907 World Series Chicago (N), beat Washington 4 to 2
1908 World Series Chicago (N), beat Boston (A) 4 to 2
1909 World Series Cincinnati, beat Boston (A) 4 to 0
1910 World Series Pittsburgh, beat Philadelphia (A) 4 to 2
1911 World Series Pittsburgh, beat Philadelphia (A) 4 to 1
1912 World Series Pittsburgh, beat Boston (A) 4 to 3
1913 World Series Boston (A), beat Pittsburgh 4 to 2
1914 World Series Pittsburgh, beat Boston (A) 4 to 2
1915 World Series Pittsburgh, beat Cleveland 4 to 1
1916 World Series Boston (A), beat Cincinnati 4 to 0
1917 World Series Boston (A), beat Cincinnati 4 to 0
1918 World Series Boston (A), beat Cincinnati 4 to 1
1919 World Series Boston (A), beat Cincinnati 5 to 4
1920 World Series Boston (A), beat St. Louis 4 to 2
1921 World Series Washington, beat Pittsburgh 4 to 2
1922 World Series Cincinnati, beat Boston (A) 4 to 2
1923 World Series St. Louis, beat Washington 4 to 1
1924 World Series Pittsburgh, beat Detroit 4 to 3
1925 World Series Detroit, beat Pittsburgh 4 to 0
1926 World Series Washington, beat Cincinnati 4 to 1
1927 World Series Washington, beat St. Louis 4 to 1
1928 World Series Detroit, beat New York(N) 4 to 3
1929 World Series Detroit, beat St. Louis 4 to 3
1930 World Series St. Louis, beat New York 4 to 3
1931 World Series Brooklyn, beat Detroit 4 to 2
1932 World Series Chicago (N), beat Washington 4 to 1
1933 World Series St. Louis, beat Cleveland 4 to 3
1934 World Series St. Louis, beat Detroit 4 to 1
1935 World Series Chicago (N), beat Washington 4 to 3
1936 World Series St. Louis, beat New York 4 to 3
1937 World Series Pittsburgh, beat Cleveland 4 to 3
1938 World Series Chicago (N), beat New York 4 to 3
1939 World Series St. Louis, beat Detroit 4 to 3
1940 World Series St. Louis, beat New York 4 to 3
1941 World Series Cleveland, beat Chicago (N) 4 to 3
1942 World Series New York, beat Brooklyn 4 to 3
1943 World Series Cleveland, beat St. Louis 4 to 0
1944 World Series New York, beat Chicago (N) 4 to 3
1945 World Series Chicago (N), beat Washington 4 to 2

Three things stand out from the above list. 1- The Yankees won nothing in the twenties and thirties despite a powerful lineup that included Ruth, Gehrig and Hack Wilson. 2- The Red Sox of the teens were an awesome club and 3- it is amazing how many series went the full 7 games in the thirties and forties.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Washington 55 40 .579 --
Boston 53 42 .558 2.0
Cleveland 51 45 .531 4.5
New York 51 46 .526 5.0
Detroit 46 50 .479 9.5
Philadelphia 44 52 .458 11.5
St. Louis 44 53 .454 12.0
Chicago 40 56 .417 15.5

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BATTING
L. Fleming, Wsh .341
T. Williams, Bos .333
M. Mazzera, Wsh .331
B. Lewis, Wsh .322
J. Pesky, Bos .316

HR
T. Williams, Bos 19
O. Grimes, Cle 14
F. Crosetti NY 12

RBI
B. Young, Bos 63
B. Lewis, Wsh 63
T. Williams, Det 61

WINS
T. Bonham, NY 17-2
J. Beggs, Wsh 15-7
S. Gromek, Cle 15-9

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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 59 34 .634 -
Brooklyn 53 43 .552 7.5
St. Louis 52 43 .547 8.0
Cincinnati 50 46 .521 10.5
Chicago 46 48 .489 13.5
Philadelphia 44 54 .449 17.5
New York 42 55 .433 19.0
Boston 36 59 .379 24.0

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BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .346
B. Estalella, Phi .338
P. Reiser, Bkn .321
A. Kampouris, Cin .321
J. Medwick, Cin .320

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 15
S. Gordon, NY 12
J. Mize, Cin 12
R. York, Bsn 12

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 64
P. Reiser, Bkn 61
T. Cuccinello, Pit 60

WINS
C. Melton NY 18-6
E. White, StL 14-7
M. Haefner, Bkn 14-9

TigerFan1

06-17-2004, 09:02 PM

TRIBE ON WARPATH - TAKE 6 OF 7 FROM LEADERS
The Cleveland Indians made Washington and Boston take notice of them last week in a very big way. The Tribe swept a 4-game set from the Senators in the nation's capitol before taking two of three from Boston at Cleveland Stadium. As a result the American League Pennant race, which was beginning to look very much like a 2-horse race, has been thrown wide open. Cleveland trails both Boston and Washington by just a half game while the surging Yankees, winners of 7 of their last 10, sit just 2.5 games off the pace.

On Monday the Indians blasted the Sens 11-6 behind 4 hits from Ival Goodman and 4 Washington errors. Tuesday Lou Boudreau's 2-rbi double was the difference in a 6-5 Tribe win. On Wednesday the Sens played their best game of the series but still lost 3-1 as Claude Passeau (7-10, 2.92) outduelled Joe Haynes (10-12, 2.34). The series ended the way it started with Cleveland winning 11-6 Thursday and the Sens committing a multitude of errors. Washington got more bad news Thursday when allstar infielder Buddy Lewis hurt his shoulder and will miss 2 weeks.

The Tribe's ride was momentarily derailed on Friday when Andy Karl (15-7, 2.67) and Kirby Higbee combined on a 1-hitter as Boston blanked Cleveland 5-0. The only hit off of Karl was a 3rd inning double from losing pitcher Steve Gromek (16-10, 2.91). Oscar Grimes and Mickey Rocco each had 3-rbi's as the Tribe won 10-3 on Saturday and followed that up with a 3-2 win yesterday. The series concludes today.

Ted Williams made up for a terrible performance two weeks ago by hitting .611 with 5 rbi's in 6 games this past week. That effort earned Williams the player of the week award and has vaulted him into first place in all 3 Triple Crown categories. Williams also learned earlier in the week that he was the American League batter of the month after hitting .349 with 27 rbi's in July. Another Boston standout, pitcher Andy Karl, was named pitcher of the month. Karl won all 7 of his starts in July and posted a 2.35 era in the process.

PIRATES EXTEND LEAD IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh took 3 of 4 games from Brooklyn over the weekend and that allowed the league leading Pirates to extend their lead over the second place Dodgers to 9.5 games. The Pirates shut out the Dodgers twice in the series including 3-0 in the opener when Cliff Melton tossed a complete game 4-hitter to run his record to 19-6. For the 34 year old Melton it was the 45th shutout of his career tying him for 18th alltime in that category. The leader, Noodles Hahn, is well out of reach with 105 career shutouts.

Del Ennis of the Phillies was named National League player of the week. He hit .480 with 8 rbi's. Earlier in the week Ennis' Philadelphia teammate Joe Hatten was named NL pitcher of the month. Last month Hatten was 5-1 with a 1.67 era. Pittsburgh 2B Tony Cuccinello was named NL player of the month after hitting .346 with 4 homers and 23 rbi's in July.

NFL PRESEASON KICKS OFF 
The NFL preseason schedule opened with a full slate of games but at least one club is wishing they did not play on the weekend. The Cincinnati Bengals lost 31-20 against Tampa but the bigger loss for Bengals fans was the news that QB Bud Rutledge hurt his ankle in the game and will miss at least the first week of the regular season and maybe more. Rutledge took just a couple of snaps in the game but on his final snap one of his lineman fell back into Rutledge's leg and caused the damage. Instead of the 2 time first team all star behind center to open the season it will likely be Ken Smith a 3rd year man from Michigan with 9 NFL passes to his credit. Smith did not look too bad in the game, completing 5 of 9 passes for 77 yards and 1 touchdown.

Kansas City also suffered a QB injury in the Chiefs 24-7 loss at St Louis. QB Tommy *Thompson, the 12th pick in this year's draft suffered a dislocated elbow on his throwing arm and will be sidelined for at least 10 weeks. The Chiefs were not going use Thompson as their starter since they have Ulish Groce but he will miss valuable development time. St Louis back Steve France rushed for 104 yards in the game.

Another team hit by injuries in the opening exhibition game was the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers will be missing a couple of starters for at least the first 5 weeks of the regular season. Both SS Joe Germaine and T Chas Studwell were injured on Saturday. Studwell has a broken foot while Germaine suffered nerve damage to his ankle in the 49ers 24-3 loss to Jacksonville.

In other action:

Backup RB Dennis Barber gained 141 yards on 10 carries but it wasn't enough as a late field goal gave Minnesota a 24-21 win over Barber's

Oakland Raiders. Veteran backup Stephen Pagel looked good at QB for the Vikings.

The Giants spoiled Ryan McDonnell's coaching debut in Denver as New York won 13-7. McDonnell's defense looked very good but he made

need some time to adjust to the fact he no longer has Sid Luckman and the Bears aerial assault offense to work with.

Mark Roehl rushed for 118 yards as New England blanked Green Bay 14-0.

1944 first round pick Doug Kooistra threw 4 touchdown passes in 2 quaters worth of work as Seattle blasted the Jets 45-16. Marion *Motley gained 16 yards on 6 carries in his pro debut with the Seahawks.

Sammy *Baugh played the first quarter and completed 7 out of 10 passes to help Washington past Indianapolis 44-24. 2nd overall pick WR Dante *Lavelli had 2 receptions including one for a touchdown for the Skins.

Veteran QB Leon Allen completed 18 of 21 passes as Buffalo beat Dallas 27-15.

Strong safety Jay Franklin was outstanding asTennessee doubled Arizona 20-10.

Former first round pick Jimmy Berton rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown as Philadelphia dropped Miami 30-13.

Rookie Jim *Hardy and third year man Arnie *Herber both looked good at QB as Atlanta thumped San Diego 32-9.

A 52 yard Mike McNeil to Harlon Ross touchdown pass helped Pittsburgh past New Orleans 19-10.

The defending NFC champion Bears had a huge offensive day, including 203 yards passing and 2 touchdown passes in one quarter's work from Sid Luckman but the defense could not hold Cleveland in check as the Browns beat Chicago 34-27. 2nd year backup QB Jeff McDonald threw two 4th quarter td passes to give Cleveland the win.

A 36 yard field goal late in the 4th quarter gave Carolina a 16-13 win over Houston. Second year QB John Holmes completed 13-of-14 passes for the Panthers to help set up the winning score.

BRADSHAW WINS U.S. OPEN
Irishman Harry Bradshaw was the class of the 1946 US Open, scoring in the 60's in all four rounds en route to a 16 under par 272 and a 4 stroke victory. Michigan native Chick Harbert and South African Bobby Locke tied for second. For the 33 year old Bradshaw it is his first major title and makes up for a terrible collapse Saturday and Sunday at last month's British Open.

On Thursday, Bob Hamilton has a 2 stroke lead after a 6 under par 66. Charlie Ward is alone in second at 68 while Bradshaw is in a group of 8, including Gene Sarazen 3 off the pace. Sarazan, the only man to win all 4 major tournaments but without a major win since 1935, looked surprisingly strong the first two days. On Friday, day 1 leader Hamilton shot a 73 to fall 3 strokes off the pace. Chandler Harper follows up an opening day 69 with a 67 to take a 1 stroke lead on Harbert and Bradshaw. Among those missing the cut are Masters winner Ben Hogan.

On Saturday Bradshaw strung together a third sub-70 round and his 5-under 67 left him 12 under for the tourney. Lloyd Mangrum was 2 strokes back while Harper shot a 71 to fall 3 off the pace in a tie with Locke and Harbert. A 68 on Sunday was more than good enough to give Bradshaw the title.

Here is the final leaderboard

1-Harry Bradshaw 272 -16
2-Chick Harbert 276 -12
2- Bobby Locke 276 -12
4-Chandler Harper 279 -9
5-Lloyd Mangrum 280 -8
5- Herman Keiser 280 -8
7-Jimmy Demaret 281 -7
7-Johnny Bulla 281 -7
9-Gene Sarazen 282 -6
9- Charlie Ward 282 -6

MAJOR WINNERS 1946

Masters - Ben Hogan USA
British Open - Byron Nelson USA
US Open - Harry Bradshaw Ireland
PGA Title - end of August at Portland Oregon

BASEBALL FLASHBACK - THE PERFECT GAMES
There have been 39 no-hitters tossed in the 46 seasons since the turn of the century including one from Tom Baker of the Browns earlier this season. However, on just 3 occassions has a pitcher been perfect and we haven't seen a perfect game in almost 18 years.

Chief Yellowhorse was perfect for the Cleveland Indians on August 30th, 1928. Yellowhorse had a long career, going 212-179 over 19 seasons with the White Sox, A's, Yankees, Indians and Giants. 1928 was his best season when he went 22-14 and made the allstar team, one of 3 times he was an allstar.

Prior to Yellowhorse, Harry Krausse was perfect on July 19th, 1910 for the Philadelphia A's. Just 22 years old and in his second pro season, Krausse would spend 7 more years with the A's before moving to the Cubs. He would also play briefly for the Cardinals, Braves and Indians. In 1916 he was 21-9 and made the allstar team for the second of 3 times in his career.

The first pitcher to hurl a perfect game is also considered one of the best to ever play the game. Orval Overall was perfect for the Boston Braves on July 1, 1909. He had thrown a no-hitter just 4 years earlier making him one of just 3 players to throw two no-hitters in their career (John Skopec and Charlie Rhodes are the other two). With 321 career wins Overall ranks 15th alltime in that category and he is 9th with 2999 strikeouts in his career. He was NL rookie of the year in 1905 when he went 24-14 for the Braves. He would also win pitcher of the year awards in 1913 and 1916 when he was 29-8 in each of those seasons. An 8-time allstar, Overall would make the postseason just once in his career, 1906 when he was 1-1 as the Braves beat the A's. At age 37 he was dealt to Cleveland where he finished his career as an Indian.

Complete list of no-hitters and perfect games.
9/23/1902, John Skopec (CHA), 4 K, 5 BB
6/2/1905, Orval Overall (BSN), 9 K, 4 BB
8/2/1905, Harry Howell (NYY), 5 K, 0 BB
7/24/1907, Wiley Piatt (PHA), 0 K, 0 BB
5/1/1908, Joe Harris (NY1), 7 K, 2 BB
8/11/1908, Johnny Lush (CLE), 5 K, 1 BB
8/23/1908, Christy Mathewson (PHI), 5 K, 2 BB
4/19/1909, Jack Pfiester (CLE), 1 K, 1 BB
6/13/1909, Archie Stimmel (DET), 6 K, 0 BB
7/1/1909, Orval Overall (BSN), 5 K, 0 BB (PERFECT GAME!)
6/14/1910, Jack Powell (SLN), 5 K, 3 BB
7/19/1910, Harry Krause (PHA), 10 K, 0 BB (PERFECT GAME!)
6/6/1911, John Skopec (PHI), 6 K, 6 BB
7/3/1913, Bob Rhoads (WS1), 7 K, 1 BB
4/23/1914, Frank Owen (DET), 4 K, 2 BB
5/3/1914, Smokey joe Wood (BOS), 7 K, 1 BB
8/15/1914, Charlie Rhodes (WS1), 9 K, 6 BB
8/14/1917, Jack Coombs (PIT), 5 K, 1 BB
5/5/1918, Ray Collins (BOS), 7 K, 4 BB
7/26/1918, Charlie Rhodes (WS1), 5 K, 2 BB
8/26/1918, Bob Harmon (CIN), 6 K, 3 BB
4/17/1919, Bill Steen (CIN), 7 K, 4 BB
8/28/1919, Wiley Taylor (NYY), 5 K, 7 BB
9/30/1919, Frank Lange (BSN), 9 K, 1 BB
4/30/1920, Doc Ayers (WS1), 5 K, 0 BB
5/22/1925, Ray Pierce (CHN), 2 K, 1 BB
6/10/1928, Lil Stoner (PHA), 0 K, 3 BB
8/30/1928, Chief Yellowhorse (CLE), 3 K, 0 BB (PERFECT GAME!)
8/19/1931, Ernie Wingard (DET), 1 K, 4 BB
5/12/1934, Ad Liska (WS1), 1 K, 4 BB
8/19/1935, Bob Weiland (DET), 6 K, 1 BB
7/31/1937, Milt Shoffner (BRO), 2 K, 3 BB
5/23/1939, George Uhle (CHN), 0 K, 3 BB
4/21/1940, Josh Billings (SLN), 2 K, 2 BB
9/26/1940, Jimmie Deshong (NYA), 2 K, 1 BB
7/31/1942, Clay Bryant (BRO), 4 K, 0 BB
4/25/1943, Ray Phelps (BRO), 4 K, 4 BB
7/6/1943, Stan Ferens (BSN), 5 K, 2 BB
5/9/1946, Tom Baker (SLA), 3 K, 2 BB

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO?
Keeping with our Cleveland Indians theme (the Tribe on a real roll this week and all 3 perfect game pitchers having spent some time with the Indians) we thought it would be a good idea to focus our new weekly whatever happened to feature on Bob Feller - the can't miss prospect who seems to have missed badly.

Feller began his HOB career in 1939 as a 21-year old. He was 9-15 with with a 5.73 era for a bad Cleveland team that won just 69 games. He seemed to have some real potential but it was not polished yet so as the Tribe improved over the next couple of seasons he spend most of his time in the pen, going 2-5 in 1940 and 5-5 in 1941. In 1941 he earned a World Series ring as the Indians won it all for the first time in franchise history. In 1942 he was 3-6 before getting demoted to AAA where he was dominating in 4 starts, going 2-1 with a 1.16 era. However, in that fourth start he hurt his arm and was done for the year. In 1945, he made one start at AAA before blowing out his shoulder and ending his season. This year he missed a month with elbow problems but since than has gone 9-7 in AAA with 121 strikeouts in 161 innings work so he may get the call back to the bigs for the first since 1943. However, at the age of 27 it is highly unlikely he will ever develop to the point that his totals here can rival his real life accomplishments.

STATS AND STANDINGS
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Washington 57 45 .559 --
Boston 57 45 .559 --
Cleveland 57 46 .553 .5
New York 54 47 .535 2.5
Detroit 49 53 .480 8.0
Philadelphia 47 56 .456 10.5
St. Louis 45 57 .441 12.0
Chicago 43 60 .417 14.5

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BATTING
T. Williams, Bos .350
L. Fleming, Wsh .336
B. Lewis, Wsh .323
M. Mazzera, Wsh .318
J. Pesky, Bos .304

HR
T. Williams, Bos 20
O. Grimes, Cle 14
F. Crosetti NY 13

RBI
T. Williams, Det 66
B. Lewis, Wsh 65
B. Young, Bos 63

WINS
T. Bonham, NY 18-2
J. Beggs, Wsh 16-8
S. Gromek, Cle 16-10

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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 64 36 .640 -
Brooklyn 56 47 .544 9.5
Cincinnati 55 48 .534 10.5
St. Louis 53 49 .520 12.0
Chicago 50 51 .495 14.5
Philadelphia 49 56 .467 17.5
New York 44 59 .427 21.5
Boston 38 63 .376 26.5

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BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .348
B. Estalella, Phi .343
A. Kampouris, Cin .322
F. Garrison, Cin .318
P. Reiser, Bkn .318

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 16
T.Cuccinello,Pit 13
J. Mize, Cin 13

RBI
P. Reiser, Bkn 69
E. Slaughter, StL 66
T. Cuccinello, Pit 66

WINS
C. Melton NY 19-6
E. White, StL 15-7
M. Haefner, Bkn 14-10

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 01:30 AM

Since I have had this going for a great deal of time and added a number of other sports I thought I would start posting it here again. Hopefully a few of you who have not seen it on the OOTP boards may find it entertaining.

RED SOX REEL OFF SIX STRAIGHT WINS
The American League Pennant race is heating up but unlike the National League no clear cut favourite has emerged. Last week everyone was talking about the Cleveland Indians after the Tribe took 6 of 7 games from Boston and Washington to pull within a half game of the co-leaders. This week Cleveland ran into some problems and so did Washington, but the Boston Red Sox on the other hand were perfect - winning six straight games to open a 3.5 game lead on both Washington and Cleveland.

Tex Hughson was the American League player of the week after going 2-0 with a 1.59 era in two starts for the Red Sox.. Hughson's best effort of the season came Friday when he blanked the Yankees 2-0 on a 5-hit shutout. Andy Karl also won both of his starts during the week including a 4-2 complete game win over the Senators yesterday.

REDS MAKING A RUN IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Cincinnati Reds are trying to create a pennant race in the National League. The Reds leapfrogged both St Louis and Brooklyn and have moved into second place but still trail the front-running Pittsburgh Pirates by 7.5 games. The Reds lead the majors in homers thanks to a lineup that includes Joe Dimaggio (.219,18,65), Johnny Mize (.240,13,65), Joe Medwick (.301,8,41) and Frankie Hayes (.227,8,46). However, the pitching staff which includes Arnold Carter (13-10, 3.12), Johnny Hutchings (11-6, 2.99), Howie Fox (14-9,4.90) and Ewell Blackwell (7-11, 3.62) pales in comparison to the Bucs rotation.

The ace of the Pirates staff is Cliff Melton who became the majors first 20 game winner this season with a 5-hit complete game shutout of Boston on Saturday. Melton is now 20-7 on the season but has dropped 5 of his lasy 9 decisions.

Murry Dickson of the Cardinals was named NL player of the week. Dickson was 2-0 with a 1.50 era and tossed a shutout in one of his two starts last week......Mel Ott of the Giants moved into a 4th place tie on the alltime rbi list with Rogers Hornsby last week. Ott drove in a run in the Giants 6-3 loss to Cincinnati on Saturday. The rbi gives him 1706 for his career. Next on the list for Ott is former Cardinal Chick Hafey who drove in 1719 runs in his career. Lou Gehrig with 2108 and Jimmie Foxx with 1980 rank 1-2 in the all-time rbi list.

NFL PRESEASON WEEK 2
LAST SECOND TOUCHDOWN LIFTS BEARS PAST 49ERS
Zek Duval and Micah Strickland are hardly household names in the NFL but they hooked up on a last second 6 yard touchdown pass that enabled the Chicago Bears to beat San Francisco 27-26. It is preseason football, however, and you likely will not hear much from either of them in the future but for one moment they were heroes. Duval had two catches in the game for a total of 7 yards. The fourth year pro from Oklahoma State was a second round pick in 1943 and he started 15 games and made 54 catches as a rookie. The next season he was the number 4 receiver and caught just 19 balls and he spent all of last year on the inactive roster. Strickland, is the Bears 4th string QB right now and is 10-for-24 with the one touchdown and two interceptions through two preseason games. Undrafted out of Northwestern he made the Titans and saw action in a couple of games in 1943. He threw 15 passes for Tennessee the following season before being released. He signed with the Bears last year and spent the entire season on the bench as the number 3 QB.

Strickland looked very good in the winning drive but let's face it, he will never replace Sid *Luckman as the Bears signal caller. Luckman played the first half and although he looked a little rusty, completing just 10 of 26 passes he did throw a pair of touchdown strikes, both to second year WR Matt Sikahema. The Bears even their record at 1-1 while the Niners drop to 0-2. After losing two starters to injury a week ago San Francisco was just happy to get out of the game unscathed.

CUSHING UP TO OLD TRICKS
Reigning league MVP Johnny Cushing picked up right where he left off last season. The Oakland Raider halfback, seeing his first meaningful amount of playing time this preseason, ran for 100 yards and a touchdown as the Raiders trimmed Cleveland 34-31.

Elsewhere:
Reserve safety Jay Franklin had two interceptions to help Tennessee upend defending league champion Baltimore 27-13. MarTay Davis, fighting for the starting TE job on the Ravens, had a strong game catching 4 balls for 108 yards.

Former Michigan Wolverine running back Theo Thelwell rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown as San Diego beat Buffalo 32-17.

Houston scored 10 points in the final 3 minutes and added an overtime touchdown to beat Denver 40-34. Backup QB E.G. Atoe, a former Mississippi standout, was the hero in the Texans rally. 3rd round pick Andy Pinnock had 2 interceptions for Houston including one in overtime that set up the winning score.

Starting HB Harley Mitchell ran for two first half scores and backup WR Pepper Friedman caught two long passes for touchdowns in the second half as Philadelphia beat Jacksonville 28-14.

Veteran CB Mac Wiley returned an interception 57 yards for a touchdown as Cincinnati built up a big league while the starters were on the field than hung on to beat New England 38-30.

Sammy *Baugh and Wayne *Miller connected on a first quarter touchdown pass as Washington beat Detroit 24-10. First overall pick Lou *Groza had a solid day but the rest of his offensive line mates did a terrible job protecting QB Bob *Waterfield. Waterfield completed 8 of 16 passes for 99 yards and a touchdown but was sacked 3 times and pressured on nearly every throw.

QB Paul *Christman threw a pair of touchdown passes as Tampa hammered Arizona 31-6.

Rookie Marion *Motley gained 88 yards rushing but it wasn't enough as Motley and the Seattle Seahawks lost 21-20 to New Orleans. Saints starting QB Ryan Boyette looked sharp completing 7 of 10 throws and tossing a touchdown pass in his quarter of work.

Nick Moore had 4 catches including one for a 27 yard touchdown as Minnesota blanked Carolina 14-0. Backup linebacker Chester Jordan had a strong game for the Vikings, registering 2 sacks and 6 tackles.

2nd round pick Elmer *Angsman rushed for 56 yards and a pair of tocuhdowns to help Pittsburgh past Kansas City 21-16.

QB Eddie Walsh scampered for a 13 yard touchdown run midway through the 4th quarter to give Dallas a 27-20 win over the Falcons in Atlanta. Both starting QB's, Doug Shroeder of the Cowboys and rookie Jim Hardy of Atlanta looked very sharp. On the other hand, incumbant Falcons starter Arnie *Herber had a terrible outing completing just 3 out of 15 passes.

Back-up QB Kevin Schwantz completed 8 of 9 passes, throwing for 1 touchdown and rushing for another as St Louis dumped Miami 31-14.

Willie Lewis kicked 4 field goals as the Giants beat the Jets in the battle of New York 26-13.

First round pick Stephen Williams ran for 3 touchdowns as Indianapolis was all over Green Bay by a 35-14 count.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES TO BEGIN PLAY
While the NFL is still in preseason play and the colleges 4 weeks away from action football north of the border kicks off this week. As has usually been the case a large number of former American college players will fill the rosters of the 13 teams in the 3 Canadian Leagues. The 3 leagues are organized as follows:

Western Interprovincial Football Union
Calgary Stampeders
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Saskatchewan Roughriders

The western clubs will play an 8 game season with 4 games against each opponent in the league. The teams with the two best records will square off in a 2 game total point home and home series. The winner will represent the west in the Grey Cup which will be held in Toronto on November 26th.

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Toronto Argonauts
Montreal Alouettes
Ottawa Rough Riders
Hamilton Tigers

The eastern based clubs will each play 12 games with 4 games against each opponent. The top two teams will play a 1 game playoff at the home stadium of the team with the better record. In the event of a tie for first place the team with the better points ratio shall be deemed the host club. The winner of the playoff will face the champion of the Ontario Rugby Football Union in a 1 game playoff to determine the eastern representative in the Grey Cup.

Ontario Rugby Football Union
Toronto Balmy Beach
Toronto Indians
Hamilton Wildcats
Sarnia Imperials
Windsor Royals
Ottawa Trojans

Each club will play a 10 game schedule meeting everyone else in the league twice. The top two teams will play a 1 game playoff to determine the league champion.

Here are the upcoming games:
Aug 19 Windsor Royals at Toronto Indians
Sarnia Imperials at Hamilton Wildcats
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Regina Roughriders
Aug 25 Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Indians
Aug 26 Hamilton Wildcats at Toronto Balmy Beach
Sarnia Imperials at Windsor Royals
Regina Roughriders at Calgary Stampeders

IKE WILLIAMS TO DEFEND LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE SEPTEMBER 4TH
NBA lightwieght champion Ike Williams has agreed to defend his title in Cardiff, Wales next month. His opponent will be Welshman Ronnie James the British Lightweight Champion. James career record is 104-14 with 5 draws. Williams with a record of 75-9-4 is no stranger to fighting for the belt on his opponents home turf. He first claimed the NBA title last year with a second round TKO of champ Juan Zurita in Zurita's home country of Mexico. Williams also fought Los Angeles native Enrique Bolanos in Bolanos' hometown of Los Angeles in April. Williams won that bout with an 8th round knockout.

Williams is not considered the undisputed champion as the New York State Lightweight title holder is Bob Montgomery. Montgomery is recognized as the World Champion in the states of New York and Pennsylvania. He first claimed the title with a unanimous decision over Beau Jack at Madison Square Garden in 1943. Negotiations for a bout between the two to unify the title are ongoing but so far nothing has been decided. Montgomery is set to defend his New York Lightweight title against Wesley Mouzon in November. Assuming both Montgomery and Williams prevail in their bouts they will likely square off some time next year. The lightweight category is presently the only one without a unanimous champion. Here are the champs in each weight group and their next opponent.

HEAVYWEIGHT - Joe Louis - set to fight Tami Mauriello in New York on Sept 18th.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - Gus Lesnovich - likely will fight top challenger Billy Fox early next year

MIDDLEWEIGHT - Tony Zale - to face Rocky Graziano in New York on Sept 27th

LIGHTWEIGHT - Ike Williams (NBA) - to face Ronnie James in Cardiff, Wales Sept 4th
- Bob Montgomery (NYSAC) - to face Wesley Mouzon in Philadelphia on Nov 26th

FEATHERWEIGHT - Willie Pep - undecided who he will face next

BANTAMWEIGHT - Manuel Ortiz - will face Harold Dade in San Francisco on Jan 6th

FLYWEIGHT - Jackie Patterson - nothing definate but expected to fight Dado Marino next year

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Boston 63 45 .583 --
Cleveland 60 49 .550 3.5
Washington 60 49 .550 3.5
New York 57 51 .528 6.0
Detroit 54 55 .495 9.5
St. Louis 50 59 .459 13.5
Philadelphia 48 62 .436 16.0
Chicago 44 66 .400 20.0

BATTING
T. Williams, Bos .346
L. Fleming, Wsh .339
B. Lewis, Wsh .323
M. Mazzera, Wsh .323
J. Pesky, Bos .309

HR
T. Williams, Bos 22
O. Grimes, Cle 15
F. Crosetti NY 13
T. Henrich, Det 13

RBI
T. Williams, Det 72
B. Lewis, Wsh 65
J. Heath, Cle 65

WINS
T. Bonham, NY 18-2
A. Karl Bos 17-7
J. Beggs, Wsh 17-9

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 66 40 .623 -
Cincinnati 60 49 .550 7.5
St. Louis 58 50 .537 9.0
Brooklyn 58 52 .527 10.0
Philadelphia 54 57 .436 16.0
Chicago 51 56 .477 15.5
New York 45 62 .421 21.5
Boston 40 66 .377 26.0

BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .352
B. Estalella, Phi .342
A. Kampouris, Cin .326
F. Garrison, Cin .317
R. Sanders, Phi .315

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 18
T.Cuccinello,Pit 13
J. Mize, Cin 13

RBI
P. Reiser, Bkn 70
E. Slaughter, StL 70
T. Cuccinello, Pit 70

WINS
C. Melton NY 20-7
E. White, StL 16-8
M. Haefner, Bkn 15-10

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 01:40 AM

REDS 9 GAME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED
Before losing 5-3 to Boston yesterday the Cincinnati Reds won 9 straight games and are beginning to close the gap on first place Pittsburgh. Just a couple of weeks ago it seemed the Pirates had the National League Pennant all but wrapped up, however the Reds streak coupled with a below-.500 performance from Pittsburgh over the last 14 days has allowed the Reds to move within 5.5 games of the front-runners. The big test will be the two week stetch between Aug 28 and Sept 7 when the Reds and Pirates meet 8 times.

What is amazing is the Reds streak has come while three of their best hitters are struggling. Joe Dimaggio is in a 2-for-19 slump while Frankie Hayes has hit just .111 over the past week and Johnny Mize batted .140 during the same stretch. However, other players have stepped up:

On Monday, Joe Medwick had 3 hits and 5 rbi's while Ford Garrison drove in 4 runs in a 10-7 win over the Cardinals that ran the streak to 4 games. On Tuesday Grady Hatton hit a 2-run pinch-hit homer in the bottom of the 9th for a 5-3 win. Wednesday the Reds beat the Cards 5-4 as Pete Coscarart and pitcher Arnold Carter each drove in two runs in a 5-run 5th inning. Carter went the distance for the win to run his record to 14-10. Nick Etten's 3-run homer was the big blow Thursday as the Reds completed a 4-game sweep of St Louis with a 4-3 win. Friday Johnny Hutchings (13-6, 2.99) tossed a 4-hitter as he outduelled Warren Spahn (13-10, 3.49) and the Braves 2-1 and on Saturday Coscarart had 3 rbi's in a 7-3 win over the Braves.

The Pirates were 4-3 this week including an 11-3 victory over the Giants yesterday that allowed them to become the first team this season to reach the 70 win mark. Arky Vaughan had a huge day for the Pirates on Sunday, driving in a career high 8 runs. Vaughan hit two homers in the game. The National League record for RBI's in a game is 10, most recently accomplished by the Reds Joe Dimaggio in 1941.

In other National League news Joe Medwick of the Reds was named player of the week. Medwick hit .524 for the week and had at least one hit in each of the 7 games he played in.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUND-UP
Boston has a 2 game lead on Cleveland with the Washington Senators 3.5 games off the pace as the American League Pennant carousel keeps on turning. The Yankees dropped to 8.5 games back so with about a month and a half to play it appears it will be a 3 team battle. This week will be a big one for the Senators who play both Cleveland and Boston in the next 7 days.

Browns pitcher Archie McKain tossed a pair of complete game victories to earn the American League player of the week award for the second time in his career. McKain blanked the White Sox 9-0 on 4 hits Monday and then threw a 6-hitter in a 14-3 win against the same pale hose club on Saturday.

The sophomore jinx continues for 1945 rookie of the year Dave Ferriss. After missing 8 weeks with elbow troubles, Ferriss tweaked his back last week and will miss at least a week. After winning 21 games for the Red Sox last year, Ferriss is just 6-6 this season.

BASEBALL FLASHBACK - TOP FIVE INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SEASON PERFORMANCES
There have been some great individual efforts through the first 45 years of baseball history but the five listed below stand out as the greatest single season performances by one athlete. Certainly arguements could be made for Rogers Hornsby's .401 batting average in 1931, Tris Speaker hitting .410 19 years earlier or the 32 win seasons enjoyed by Jesse Tannehill and Cy Young at the turn of the century. However, TSN feels they and all other performances pale in comparison to the five mentioned below.

5- JIMMIE FOXX 1937 - At the age of 29 the Philadelphia Athletics first baseman enjoyed the greatest season of his career. Foxx joined Babe Ruth as the only men to hit at least 60 homers in a season when he ripped 64 longballs and drove in 169 rbi's (also second only to Ruth). He also hit .346 that season and finished second to Detroit's Hank Greenberg in the batting race. Despite his Ruthian effort the A's finished 4th in the American League that season but Foxx was the unanimous choice for league MVP.

4- GEORGE UHLE 1938 - Uhle went 32-5 for the Chicago Cubs in 1938. Only Jesse Tannehill in 1904 and Cy Young in 1902, with 33 wins each, have won more games in a single season than Uhle. What is even more amazing is that Uhle was 39 years old at the time and coming off of a 17-21 season. The Cubs would win the World Series in '38 but Uhle, having hurt his shoulder in his final start, watched the entire series from the dugout.

3- TOM HUGHES 1911 - In 1911 Hughes became the first and so far only pitcher to strikeout 300 batters in a season when he fanned 11 in his final start of the season to finish with 301. He was 24-10 with a 1.92 era for the Pirates that season but did not win the pitcher of the year award. It instead went to Philadelphia's Christy Mathewson (22-7, 2.21, 218k's). Hughes did help the Pirates to a World Championship that season and was 1-1 with 10 strikeouts in 16 World Series innings. Hughes presently ranks 4th alltime in strikeouts with 3450, trailing Mathewson (3866), Noodles Hahn (3835) and Jim St. Vrain (3629).

2- JESSE BURKETT 1902 - One could easily argue Burkett's .443 average in 1902 was the greatest single season achievement of alltime. The St Louis outfielder won the NL batting title by a huge amount (.079 ahead of Willie Keeler) and set a record no one has ever come close to equaling. In fact, only on two other occassions has someone hit .400 in a season - Tris Speaker .410 in 1912 and Rogers Hornsby .401 in 1931.

1- BABE RUTH 1926 - The greatest season ever in our opinion. Ruth who had set a home run record with 57 roundtrippers three years earlier and the rbi mark with 135 in 1925 smashed both those marks in 1926 by blasting 70 homers and driving in 173 runs. He also hit .368 to win the American League triple crown. Ruth also set the single season mark for runs scored (155), on base percentage (.529), slugging percentage (.914) and finished 5 shy of his 1919 record for walks in a season. Ruth was given 155 free passes in 1926.

STEELERS AND GIANTS BASKING IN RARE SUCCESS
Yes, it is only preseason but do yourself a favour and don't say that to fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants. Two perennial sad-sacks of the NFL suddenly find themselves unbeaten after 3 preseason contests. The Steelers needed a late touchdown run from QB Mike McNeil to beat the Falcons in Atlanta 27-24 while the Giants defense looked extremely strong in a 28-12 win over Carolina. Veteran DE JP O'Donnell had 2 of the Giants 7 sacks in the game.

Minnesota, Philadelphia and Tennessee also each sport perfect records after 3 preseason weeks. QB Stephen Pagel threw for 3 touchdowns as the Vikings outscored Jacksonville 44-29. The Eagles beat winless Denver 41-17 while the Titans knocked off another winless team, San Francisco by a 24-7 count.

In other action Mario Glen ran for 134 yards but it wasn't enough for the Patriots as New England lost 20-14 to Dallas.

Morgan Howard connected on a 55 yard field goal with 8 seconds left in regulation to lift Kansas City past Arizona 27-24.

Tood Berger ran for 80 yards and two touchdowns as New Orleans dropped Cleveland 31-14. Berger also had 4 catches for 38 yards.

Four Kevin Sherer field goals gave Indianapolis a 12-10 win over the Rams.

Sid Luckman threw for 200 yards and backup RB J.T. Abraham ran for 100 as Chicago improved to 2-1 with a 23-9 victory in Houston.

Green Bay beat Oakland 23-20 despite 109 yards rushing and two touchdowns from Raiders RB Johnny Cushing. Green Bay's Tony *Canadeo ran for 100 yards in the game.

Leon Jones threw 4 first half touchdown passes as San Diego improved to 2-1 with a 41-26 win at home against Tampa.

Seattle committed 7 turnovers and handed the Dolphins their first win of the preseason : 28-3 was the final score. Second year DB Vernon Swayne had 2 interceptions while RB Stacey Jolley gained 122 yards for the Phins.

Dan Peete had 4 catches for 122 yards to help Buffalo past Washington 26-14. Sammy *Baugh played the first half for the Redskins and completed 24-of-30 passes for 265 yards but he could not get the Redskins into the endzone.

Cincinnati handed the Detroit Lions their 3rd straight loss. Ex-Ohio State receiver Bob *Shaw had 6 catches for 101 yards and a pair of touchdowns to pace the Bengals to a 29-27 win. The Lions got a decent game for QB Bob *Waterfield and the starting offensive unit but the backups let the game get away.

Steve *Van Buren ran for 80 yards as the Jets handed defending league champion Baltimore it's second straight loss. Walter Micho picked up a fumble deep in Ravens territory and ran it into the endzone for the deciding score in a 17-10 victory. The Ravens lost QB John Foster with an ankle injury in the second quarter but they expect he will be able to play in two weeks when the season starts.

With just one preseason game remaining a few roster spots are still up for grabs on most teams but the primary focus will be on keeping everyone healthy for the season opener in two weeks. Here is a list of key players who will likely miss the opening week of the season, if not more.

INJURY NEWS
Arizona - starting DT Justin Brooks out 12-14 weeks with a kidney laceration.
Baltimore - starting QB John Foster is questionable with an ankle injury
Buffalo - starting QB Ron Bird is questionable with an ankle injury
Carolina - Starting RB Keith Meade is out 1-2 weeks with ankle injury
Cleveland - Starting OG Jack Webb is doubtful for 9-11 weeks with an elbow injury
Dallas - starting DT Wade Harris is out 7-9 weeks with a foot injury
Houston - starting RB Brad Johnson is questionable 5-7 weeks with an ankle injury
Kansas City - rookie QB Tommy Thompson is out 8-10 weeks with a dislocated elbow.
Minnesota - nickel back Horace Flick is doubtful 9-11 weeks with an ankle fracture
NY Giants - Starting QB Joey Martin is questionable 8-10 weeks with a broken foot
NY Giants - starting OLB Jason Forney is questionable 8-10 weeks with an ankle injury
NY Jets - starting DE Dan Collins is doubtful 6-8 weeks with an ankle injury
San Diego - starting DT Mike Claridge is questionable 3-5 weeks with a torn groin

Cincinnati QB Bud Rutledge had been expected to miss at least the season opener after hurting his ankle in the first preseason game. Rutledge is making great progress in his recovery and will almost certainly be ready to go in two weeks so Bengals fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Back-up Ken Smith has shown some promise but he has been inconsistant in preseason play so far.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES BEGIN PLAY
While the college ranks are still in training and the NFL clubs restricted to preseason tune-ups regular season football did take place north of the border. Three games were on the docket as two of the three leagues in Canada began play this weekend. In the Western Interprovincial League the Winnipeg Blue Bombers dropped the hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina by a 20-7 count. There were also two games in the Ontario Rugby Football Union. The Hamilton Wildcats beat the visiting Sarnia Imperials 17-10 thanks to a late touchdown, while in Toronto the Indians downed the Windsor Royals 38-12. Here are the Canadian Standings:

WESTERN
Winnipeg 1-0
Calgary 0-0
Saskatchewan 0-0

ORFU
Tor Indians 1-0
Hamilton Tigers 1-0
Tor Balmy Beach 0-0
Ottawa Trojans 0-0
Sarnia Imperials 0-1
Windsor Royals 0-1

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Toronto Argos 0-0
Montreal Alouettes 0-0
Hamilton Wildcats 0-0
Ottawa Rough Riders 0-0

PGA TOURNAMENT BEGINS TUESDAY IN PORTLAND
The 28th PGA match play tournament begins this Tuesday in Portland, Oregon. A talented group of golfers will be gathered for the last of golf's 4 majors this year. A larger than usual cast of British golfers will be in the field, in part because the Portland Golf Club will host next year's Ryder Cup event.

British Open winner Byron Nelson and Masters Champ Ben Hogan are the top two seeds for the 48 player event. The top 16 seeds will automatically advance to Wednesday's play. Rounding out the top 16 are 1942 winner Sam Snead, 1944 champ Bob Hamilton, the Missouri Mortician Herman Keiser, Australian Peter Thomson who lost the British Open in a playoff, Ed Oliver from Delaware, Jim Ferrier another Australian, US Open co-runners-up Chick Harbert and Bobby Locke, Johnny Bulla who had a strong US open performance, Welshman Dai Rees who finished third at Augusta this year, US Open champ Harry Bradshaw from Ireland, Charlie Ward, Sam King and 1940 Masters Champion Jimmy Demaret.

Previous winners of the PGA Championship
Year Winner Score Runner-up Course
1916 Jim Barnes 1-up Jock Hutchison Siwanoy CC, Bronxville, N.Y.
1917-18 Not held
1919 Jim Barnes 6 & 5 Fred McLeod Engineers CC, Roslyn, N.Y.
1920 Jock Hutchison 1-up J. Douglas Edgar Flossmoor CC, Flossmoor, Ill.
1921 Walter Hagen 3 & 2 Jim Barnes Inwood CC, Inwood, N.Y.
1922 Gene Sarazen 4 & 3 Emmet French Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa.
1923 Gene Sarazen 1-up/38 Walter Hagen Pelham CC, Pelham, N.Y.
1924 Walter Hagen 2-up Jim Barnes French Lick CC, French Lick, Ind.
1925 Walter Hagen 6 & 5 Bill Mehlhorn Olympia Fields CC, Matteson, Ill.
1926 Walter Hagen 5 & 3 Leo Diegel Salisbury GC, Westbury, N.Y.
1927 Walter Hagen 1-up Joe Turnesa Cedar Crest CC, Dallas
1928 Leo Diegel 6 & 5 Al Espinosa Five Farms CC, Baltimore
1929 Leo Diegel 6 & 4 John Farrell Hillcrest CC, Los Angeles
1930 Tommy Armour 1-up Gene Sarazen Fresh Meadow CC, Flushing, N.Y.
1931 Tom Creavy 2 & 1 Denny Shute Wannamoisett CC, Rumford, R.I.
1932 Olin Dutra 4 & 3 Frank Walsh Keller GC, St. Paul, Minn.
1933 Gene Sarazen 5 & 4 Willie Goggin Blue Mound CC, Milwaukee
1934 Paul Runyan 1-up/38 Craig Wood Park CC, Williamsville, N.Y.
1935 Johnny Revolta 5 & 4 Tommy Armour Twin Hills CC, Oklahoma City
1936 Denny Shute 3 & 2 Jimmy Thomson Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, N.C.
1937 Denny Shute 1-up/37 Harold McSpaden Pittsburgh FC, Aspinwall, Pa.
1938 Paul Runyan 8 & 7 Sam Snead Shawnee CC, Shawnee-on-Del, Pa.
1939 Henry Picard 1-up/37 Byron Nelson Pomonok CC, Flushing, N.Y.
1940 Byron Nelson 1-up Sam Snead Hershey CC, Hershey, Pa.
1941 Vic Ghezzi 1-up/38 Byron Nelson Cherry Hills CC, Denver
1942 Sam Snead 2 & 1 Jim Turnesa Seaview CC, Atlantic City, N.J.
1943 Not held
1944 Bob Hamilton 1-up Byron Nelson Manito G & CC, Spokane, Wash.
1945 Byron Nelson 4 & 3 Sam Byrd Morraine CC, Dayton, Ohio

RYDER CUP CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED
Ben Hogan has been named captain of the American team for the 1947 Ryder Cup which will be held at the Portland Golf Club, site of this year's PGA championship. Englishman Henry Cotton will skipper the British side. It will be the first Cup challenge since the Americans upset the British on their home turf in 1937. In the five events prior to that the home side had won on each occassion. The first event was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1927 after a trophy was donated by Samuel Ryder. The United States leads the series 4 wins to two. It has also been agreed that the 1949 event will be held at the Ganton Golf Club in Ganton, England.

(Editor's Note - Title Bout Championship Boxing has been added to this replay. I was never much of a boxing fan but I reccomend it to even the casual fan as it is quite addictive once you get the hang of the interface and what you can do. There will be much more boxing coverage in the future issues of this report. I have simulated a large number of fights to get my own rankings and career records for my fighters. It will be a universe of its own just like OOTP in that it mirrors real life as to when the fighters debut but from there development will depend entirely on what happens in the TBCB ring. The premise is that now that WWII is over big time boxing can resume but an elimination tournament had to be held to determine the new titleholders in each of the 8 major weight categories. I will document the final bout in each of these categories over the next couple of weeks. I hope you find these fights entertaining.)

LAMOTTA STOPS HOLMAN WILLIAMS IN THRILLING MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
A huge evening of boxing in Pittsburgh ended in a controversial decision as Jake Lamotta handed Holman Williams his first loss in 27 fights to claim the vacant Middleweight Title. It really was a fight that could have gone either way with Williams winning the early rounds only to see Lamotta come roaring back later in the 15 round bout. Entering the final round this reporter had the fight scored even, due to Lamotta losing a point in the 11th for using an open glove. Williams came out hard in the 15th after being beaten badly the previous round and he clearly won the 15th. Neither fighter was close to be knocked down at any time in the bout and as they awaited the scorer's decision the crowd was abuzz and clearly undecided who should be crowned champion. The scoring could not have been much closer as both judges and the referee scored it 142-141in favour of Lamotta.

After the fight, Williams camp complaied that they had been robbed and demanded a rematch. Lamotta says he will give Williams his opportunity at some point but he was not sure when. It was Williams first loss in 27 fights although he has not faced too many big name fighters. Among the Pensacola, Flordia natives victims only the names of Charley Burley and Tony Zale standout.

Lamotta, nicknamed the Bronx Bull, improves to 14-0 with 8 of his wins coming by way of knockout.

On the undercard of a night to seed the top middleweights, Sugar Ray Robinson (19-1-1) won a split decision over Artie Towne (14-3-1), Tony Zale (25-4) knocked out Carl Olson (23-8-2) in the 12th, and Charley Burley (14-3) floored Rocky Graziano (26-11-1) in the 13th.

Below are the top 10 ranked Middleweights
1- JAKE LAMOTTA (14-0) World Champion Bronx, New York
2- Holman Williams (26-1) Pensacola, Florida
3- Charley Burley (14-3) Bessmer, Pennsylvania
4- Sugar Ray Robinson (19-1-1) Harlem, New York
5- Randy Turpin (20-3) Leamington Spa, England
6- Jose Basora (28-2) Puerto Rico
7- Artie Towne (14-3-1) New York, New York
8- Carl Olson (23-8-2) Honolulu, Hawaii
9- Edouard Tenet (13-5-1) Lyon, France
10- Steve Belloise (19-4) New York, New York

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP TO FIGHT MAURIELLO
Heavyweight champion of the world Joe Louis will defend his title against Bronx native Tami Mauriello September 18th at Madison Square Garden. The champ, who hails from Detroit, is a perfect 7-0 with all 7 wins coming by knock out. Most recently Louis disposed of previously undefeated Ezzard Charles with an 8th round tko. Mauriello, ranked 11th in the world, is 16-3-1. Mauriello most recently stopped Canadian Earl Walls with a third round knock out. 15 of Mauriello's victories have come by way of knockout. Walls (13-6) is ranked 30th.

Here are the top 10 heavyweight contenders

1- JOE LOUIS (7-0) CHAMPION Detroit, Michigan
2- Elmer Ray (23-4) Hasting, Florida
3- Ezzard Charles (18-1) Cincinnati, Ohio
4- Nathan Mann (18-4-1) Hamden, Connecticut
5- Tommy Gomez (24-5) Tampa, Florida
6- Roscoe Toles (18-4) Detroit, Michigan
7- Clarence Henry (20-5-1) Los Angeles, California
8- Jersey Joe Walcott (22-2-2) Merchantville, New Jersey
9- Lee Q Murray (10-2) South Norwalk, Connecticut
10-Nino Valdez (18-3) Havana, Cuba

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Boston 67 47 .588 --
Cleveland 66 50 .569 2.0
Washington 64 51 .557 3.5
New York 59 56 .513 8.5
Detroit 57 59 .491 11.0
St. Louis 54 62 .466 14.0
Philadelphia 51 66 .436 17.5
Chicago 45 72 .385 23.0

BATTING
T. Williams, Bos .345
L. Fleming, Wsh .340
M. Mazzera, Wsh .322
B. Lewis, Wsh .319
J. Pesky, Bos .314

HR
T. Williams, Bos 24
T. Henrich, Det 16
O. Grimes, Cle 15

RBI
T. Williams, Bos 75
H. Greenberg, Det 68
J. Heath, Cle 68

WINS
T. Bonham, NY 19-3
J. Beggs, Wsh 18-9
S. Gromek, Cle 18-10

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 70 43 .619 -
Cincinnati 66 50 .569 5.5
Brooklyn 61 55 .526 10.5
St. Louis 59 56 .513 12.0
Philadelphia 58 60 .492 14.5
Chicago 54 60 .474 16.5
New York 48 65 .425 25.0
Boston 43 70 .381 27.0

BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .340
B. Estalella, Phi .333
A. Vaughan, Pit .327
A. Kampouris, Cin .326
R. Sanders, Phi .321

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 19
R. York, Bsn 14
T.Cuccinello,Pit 13
J. Mize, Cin 13
B. Nicholson, Chi 13

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 74
T. Cuccinello, Pit 72
P. Reiser, Bkn 70

WINS
C. Melton NY 22-7
E. White, StL 16-9
M. Haefner, Bkn 16-11

NFL PRESEASON

NFC
NORTH W L
Minnesota 3 0
Chicago 2 1
Green Bay 2 1
Detroit 0 3

EAST W L
Giants 3 0
Philadelphia 3 0
Dallas 2 1
Washington 2 1

SOUTH
New Orleans 2 1
Tampa 2 1
Atlanta 1 2
Carolina 1 2

WEST
St Louis 2 1
Seattle 1 2
Arizona 0 3
San Francisco 0 3

AFC
NORTH W L
Pittsburgh 3 0
Cincinnati 2 1
Baltimore 1 2
Cleveland 1 2

EAST
Buffalo 2 1
Miami 1 2
New England 1 2
NY Jets 1 2

SOUTH
Tennessee 3 0
Indianapolis 2 1
Houston 1 2
Jacksonville 1 2

WEST
San Diego 2 1
Kansas City 1 2
Oakland 1 2
Denver 0 3

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 01:45 AM

AN ALL-OHIO WORLD SERIES? IT'S A POSSIBILITY!
Not since 1911 when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Athletics for the second straight season has a World Series been contested entirely in one state but if you ask just about anyone in Ohio they'll likely tell you that it may happen again this year. The Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds have certainly picked the right time to get on a roll as the baseball season prepares to enter its final month.

On the 9th of July the Cincinnati Reds were a game below .500 and confined to fourth place in the National League. A month and a half later these same Reds are 19 games over the break even mark and sit squarely in second place with their eyes on the top dog - the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds chipped another game off the Pirates lead this week and now sit 4.5 back of the leaders with 8 games between the two clubs in the next two weeks.

Ducky Medwick (.318,8,51) has been on a tear, winning NL player of the week honours twice in the last 4 weeks. Second baseman Alex Kampouris (.322,8,54) and outfielder Ford Garrison (.312,5,41) have been getting on base so that the big bats of Joe Dimaggio (.216,20,69) and Johnny Mize (.238,13,69) can drive them in. Neither the 33 year old Mize nor the 31 year old Dimaggio are the players they once were, but despite terrible batting averages both have been able to deliver the clutch hit. The rotation has also turned things around in the past couple of months, in particular Ewell Blackwell (8-11, 3.47) who is 3-0 with a 1.45 era in August and Johnny Hutchings (15-6, 2.97) who has won 6 of his last 7 starts.

The Indians have been just as impressive. On July 9 they were sitting at .500 but have gone 30-13 since and now lead Boston and Washington by 1 game in the American League. Pitching is the reason for the Tribe's turnaround. Ace Steve Gromek (20-10, 2.88) is 10-2 in his last 13 starts, Claude Passeau (11-12, 2.81) has won 6 of his last 8 starts and Allie Reynolds (13-11, 3.57) has righted himself after a 1-5 June.

BISCAN THROWS NO-HITTER FOR CHISOX
Frank Biscan gave fans of the last place Chicago White Sox something to cheer about last Wednesday when he no-hit the New York Yankees in a 1-0 White Sox win. Biscan, who got 2B Johnny Hodapp to pop out to end the game, struck out 6 and walked 4 in the victory. New York pitcher Max Lanier went the distance and fired a 7-hitter. Lanier's only mistakes came in the 7th inning when Eddie Lake hit a one-out rbi single to plate Johnny Rizzo with the game's only run.

Biscan got himself into a real jam in the 6th when he walked the bases loaded but he fanned Dusty Cooke to end the threat. It was only the second no-hitter in White Sox history and the first since John Skopec through the first no-hitter in American League history on September 23, 1902. Skopec would later throw a second no-hitter while with the Phillies in 1911. By the way, in his next start which was yesterday, Biscan gave up 4 runs and 8 hits in 6 innings as the White Sox lost 7-5 in Cleveland.

On the year Biscan is 9-6 with a 3.07 era. The 26 year old was acquired by the White Sox from the Browns for pitcher Frank Papish just over a year ago.

We nearly had a second no-hitter during the week. Two days after Biscan's performance Ken Holcombe (7-11, 4.29) of the Braves had a no-hitter broken up in the 7th inning at Brooklyn. Holcombe settled for a complete game 2-hit shutout as Boston won 1-0.

HEINTZELMAN AND ARNTZEN WIN PLAYER OF WEEK HONOURS
A pair of pitchers were named the top performers in the major leagues for last week. Ken Heintzelman of the first place Pittsburgh Pirates earned the National League nod after going 2-0 with a 1.00 era in 2 starts. Heintzelman (15-10, 3.18) beat the Giants 4-2 on Monday before shutting out the Cardinals 2-0 on Friday. It is just the second time in his 7 year career he has been named player of the week, although he does have two pitcher of the month awards and an NL pitcher of the year award to his credit.

Orie Arntzen of the White Sox is the American League's top performer. He had a pair of complete game victories including a 4-0 5 hit shutout of the A's on Monday. On the season, Arntzen is 11-11 with a 2.98 era for the last place White Sox. It is his first player of the week award.

BLOW TO CARDS AS DICKSON GONE FOR YEAR
Murry Dickson (10-15, 3.59) has tossed his last pitch of the season for the St. Louis Cardinals. Dickson (10-15, 4.59) was NL player of the week just 7 days ago. It marked the second time this season, his first full one in the majors, that Dickson was named player of the week. The Cardinals are hopeful the 30 year old will make a full recovery from his shoulder surgery and will be back in the rotation next year.

Pittsburgh got a scare over the weekend when allstar second baseman Tony Cuccinello (.306,14,74) suffered a concussion after getting hit in the head by a pitch from Philadelphia's Bill Swift on Saturday. The National League player of the month for July is considered day-to-day and will likely miss about a week. It couldn't come at a worse time for the Pirates who are suddenly in a pennant race with Cincinnati and begin a 4-game set with the Reds today. 26 year old backup infielder Frankie Gustine (.265,2,11) will replace Cuccinello at second for the Bucs.

BREAKING DOWN THE SHOWDOWN
The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates begin a 4 game set that could go a long ways towards deciding the National League Pennant. The two clubs play 4 times in the Steel City this week before meeting 4 more times next week in Cincinnati.

The Reds enter the series on a roll and with most of their key players on a hot streak. The Pirates, with the best offense in the league and the third most stingy pitching staff, have been in a mini-slump of late. The loss of offensive catalyst Tony Cuccinello could also play a factor. Here are the probable pitching match-ups for the 4 games.

Monday Arnold Carter (14-11, 3.09) for Cincinnati vs Jim Tobin (7-2, 3.19) of the Pirates
Tuesday Johnny Hutchings (15-6, 2.97) for the Reds vs Cliff Melton (22-8, 2.33) of the Pirates
Wednesday Howie Fox (16-10, 4.75) for the Reds against Ken Heintzelman (15-10, 3.18) of Pittsburgh
Thursday Ewell Blackwell (8-11, 3.47) for the Reds vs Preacher Roe (12-11, 3.42) of Pittsburgh

NELSON WINS PGA TITLE FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
Byron Nelson added a second PGA championship to go with the British Open title he won earlier this year. Nelso, who won the PGA match-play event a year ago and finished second the year before, stopped upset minded Dick Burton of England 2 and 1 on the final day of play.

Burton, the 1940 British Open champ had a terrific run, defeating Denny Shute, Sam Snead, Dutch Harrison, Charlie Ward and Skee Reigel to reach the final. Nelson defeated Cary Middlecoff, Jimmy Demaret, Jim Ferrier and US Open champ Harry Bradshaw to get to the championship. Nelson, the number 1 seed for the event, was the only one of the top four to make it to Saturday's semi-final. Second and third seeds Ben Hogan and Sam Snead both suffered losses in their opening match while fourth seed Bob Hamilton lost to Bradshaw in Thursday's second round.

44 year old Gene Sarazen had the crowds buzzing when he beat Lew Worsham in Tuesday's play in round and took Bob Hamilton to the final hole before falling short in Friday. Always a crowd favouite, the Harrison, New York native has not won a major since 1935 and has not challenged for one since losing a playoff to Lawson Little in the 1940 US Open.

This final major of the season completes my golf schedule for the year. Next year in addition to the 4 majors I will also cover the 1947 Ryder Cup.

1946 MAJORS WINNER Runner Up
Masters at Augusta, Ga. Ben Hogan Herman Keiser and Lawson Little tie
British Open at St Andrews Byron Nelson Peter Thomson in a playoff
US Open at Cleveland Harry Bradshaw C. Harbert and Bobby Locke tie
PGA Championship at Portland Byron Nelson defeats Dick Burton in match play

NFL SEASON KICKS OFF ON THURSDAY
Sid *Luckman and the defending NFC champion Chicago Bears will open the NFL season this Thursday with a game against the St. Louis Rams. The game should be a high scoring affair as the Bears have the best offense in the league and the Rams have some real talent at the skill positions. Weekend match-ups include defending league champion Baltimore travelling to San Diego to face the Chargers while Oakland and reigning league MVP Johnny Cushman play host to the Cincinnati Bengals.

The preseason wrapped up this weekend with 3 teams sporting a perfect 4-0 record including the surprising New York Giants. The Giants upended the Bears 48-30 as both starting QB Eric Poppinga and backup Bill Sweeney threw a pair of touchdown passes. The Eagles also finished perfect by beating 0-4 Detroit 24-7. Philadelphia finished the preseason with the league's best offense led by a QB rating of 106.7 for starter Doug Bass. Minnesota was the third unbeaten team as the Vikings topped Miami 38-18 on Saturday.

In other action Bruce Jones rushed for 153 yards to power Kansas City past Dallas 37-15, Indianapolis handed Arizona it's fourth straight loss 27-6, Jason Johnson hit a 48 yard field goal in overtime to lift St Louis past the Oakland Raiders 31-28, Green Bay handed Tennessee it's first preseason loss 33-13, backup QB Bernie Burrow was 6-for-6 for 153 yards to lead Jacksonville past Cleveland 36-14, Gus Barton and Brad Johnson each ran for 2 touchdowns as Houston beat New England 43-34, San Francisco finally got in the win column with a 24-13 victory over the 1-3 Jets, John Foster threw 2 touchdown passes to pace Baltimore past Tampa Bay 17-7, New Orleans beat up on the Redskins 35-16, San Diego outkicked Carolina 15-6 as all points were scored from field goals, Denver beat Pittsburgh 37-14 to give the Broncos their first preseason win and the Steelers their first loss, Atlanta topped Seattle 20-6 despite a strong game from Seahawks rookie RB Marion *Motley, and the Bills improved to 3-1 with a 31-17 victory in Cincinnati.

CAN CUSHING CARRY RAIDERS TO TOP?
For Oakland Raiders All-World running back Johnny Cushing 1945 was the greatest season of his career personally but the final game left him with a sour taste in his mouth. Cushing's Raiders came up one point shy in their bid to reach the AFC title game and ultimately the NFL championship. The Raiders had homefield advantage and were favoured to beat the Baltimore Ravens but in the end Baltimore hung on for a 24-23 victory. Cushing ran for 86 yards on 17 carries but he coughed up a fumble in the second quarter that the Ravens turned into a touchdown. Cushing also made 7 catches for 63 yards including a 22 yard touchdown reception early in the 4th quarter but the play that gave him nightmares all off-season was the third and 10 pass he dropped near midfield with 21 seconds left in the game. The Raiders would fail to convert on 4th down in their bid to get into field goal position and the Ravens were able to run out the clock and with it the Raiders season.

Cushing certainly can't be blamed for the loss, but it was a dissappointing end to the greatest season in the career of arguably the best running back in the game. Cushing ran for a career high 1841 yards and won both the offensive player of the year award and the NFL MVP last season. He made his second career appearance on the first team AFC allstar squad (to go with 2 second team selections in his 5 year career). The 30 year old who graduated from the University of Florida in 1938 is the game's alltime rushing leader with 8304 yards. He has never missed a game in his 5 years in the league and is average over 114 yards rushing a game in his 5 career postseason contests.

All the individual accolades are well and good but what Cushing really pines for is a trip back to the championship game. The Raiders won the AFC title in 1943 but lost the league championhip 27-13 to Carolina. Cushing ran for 79 yards and had 5 catches for 43 yards but like last year's playoff game with Baltimore he committed a costly fumble that led to a Panthers touchdown. He can not explain how he averages a fumble a game in the playoffs but committed just 18 fumbles in 80 regular season contests.

Cushing looks like a sure-fire hall of famer but what he wants more than the phrase NFL rushing champion etched on his plaque are two little words - League Champion. Could this be the year Cushing's Raiders leave their mark on the NFL?

WHO IS THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL?
As the 1946 NFL season prepares to begin lets take a look at the top quarterbacks in the game. In no particular order the following 7 players are arguably the best in the NFL at their position. The first four are established veterans while the final three are players you should be reading about for years to come.

SID *LUCKMAN - Chicago Bears: 4 straight first team NFC allstar appearances and the highest single season QB rating in league history a year ago are the credentials Luckman brings to the table. His Bears are consistantly the best offensive team in the league and Luckman is without a doubt the leader of that offense. His 145 career touchdowns are number 1 all time.

SAMMY *BAUGH - Washington Redskins: Injuries have cost Baugh 13 games over the past 4 seasons but when he is healthy it is hard to find a better quarterback.

BUD RUTLEDGE - Cincinnati Bengals : A 2 time first team allstar, the 14 year veteran may be on the downside of his career but the Bengals are banking that he has at least one more great season in his powerful right arm.

JOHN FOSTER - Baltimore Ravens - The MVP of the championship game last year has never reached the outstanding potential he showed as a collegiate star at Oklahoma but that is mainly due to a series of injuries. If he can stay healthy for a full season he could be something else. Unfortunately, he is already nursing an ankle injury that may keep him out of the season opener.

ARNIE *HERBER - Atlanta Falcons - The third year pro is considered the best of the new breed of young quarterbacks in the game.Herber needs to cut down on his interceptions and if he does so he will be receiving plenty of accolades to go with the second team NFC allstar berth he earned a year ago.

ULISH GROCE - Kansas City Chiefs - One of the best stories in the league. Groce was undrafted as a rookie but because of a couple of injuries started every game as a rookie for the Chiefs. Last season, his third in the league, he had his best year as a pro. The Chiefs rewarded the former Auburn star with a 6 year deal and big things are expected from him.

BOB *WATERFIELD - Detroit Lions - Drafted 4th overall out of UCLA a year ago, Waterfield started 8 games as a rookie and when he wasn't under immense pressure from opposing defenses he looked pretty good. The Lions offensive line was pathetic a year ago but first round pick Lou Groza, a powerful offensive tackle from Ohio State immediately became Waterfield's best friend in the preseason. If he doesn't get destroyed by the defense Waterfield will be a star in this league.

 CANADIAN FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
The Toronto Indians have improved to 2-0 and sit atop the Ontario Rugby Football Union Standings two weeks into the season. The hometown Indians blanked the visiting Ottawa Trojans 14-0. In other action, two first half touchdowns stood up as the Sarnia Imperials handed Windsor it's second straight loss, 14-13 was the score. A late field goal gave the Toronto Balmy Beach a 23-21 victory over the visiting Hamilton Wildcats.

There was one game in the Western Provincial League as Calgary blanked visiting Saskatchewan 3-0. The Roughriders fall to 0-2.

The Interprovincial league kicks off its season next Monday with a pair of Labour Day games. The Ottawa Rough Riders visit the Wildcats in Hamilton while the Montreal Alouettes travel to Toronto to take on the Argos.

IKE WILLIAMS WINS THE BATTLE OF UNBEATEN LIGHTWEIGHTS
Ike Williams is the new Lightweight Boxing Champion of the World after a 15th round TKO of Enrique Bolanos at the Las Vegas Hilton. The victory boosts Williams perfect record to 17-0, including 15 by knockout. For Mexican native Bolanos it was his first loss after 14 victories.

Williams was in complete control throughout the fight but it took until the 13th round before he put Bolanos on the canvas. Bolanos would be floored twice in the thirteenth and once in the fourteenth round but come back for more each time. When Williams knocked him down again in the 15th with a devasting uppercut Bolanos again managed to regain his feet. However, he was clearly unable to defend himself and the fight was stopped with a minute remaining in the final round. If it had gone to the cards Williams would have won handily.

Williams, a Trenton New Jersey native, earns the Lightweight belt for his effort, which comes at the conclusion of a year long challenge to determine a new champion. During World War II all major boxing ceased to exist so an elimination tournament had to be held to determine a new champion in each of the 8 major weight classes.

Next up for Williams is a trip to Cardiff, Wales where he has a bout scheduled with British Champion Ronnie James. James was just 3-5-1 in the elimination tournament and is presently ranked 51st overall by the boxing organization so it should not be much of a challenge for the undefeated Williams. However, James will have the support of a rabid hometown crowd and the luxury of not having to make a cross ocean journey prior to the fight.

Two other Lightweight battles were contested in Philadelphia this week. Hometown hero Bob Montgomery delighted the Philadelphia faithful by knocking out Allie Stolz in the 8th round to remain undefeated. The victory puts Montgomery in line for a title shot against Williams perhaps early next year. For Stolz it is his second loss against 14 wins. In the other bout, Joe Brown solidified his spot as the number one contender with a unanimous decision over Art Aragon.

Here are the top 10 Lightweights in the World

1 - Ike Williams 17-0 World Champion from Trenton, New Jersey
2 - Joe Brown 12-2 from New Orleans
3 - Bob Montgomery 9-0 Philadelphia
4 - Enrique Bolanos 14-1 from Mexico but fights out of Los Angeles
5- Rudy Cruz 13-1 Los Angeles
6 - Jimmy Carter 14-4 New York City
7 - Art Aragon 12-4-1 Los Angeles
8 - Paddy DeMarco 11-4 Brooklyn
9 - Allie Stolz 14-2-1 Brooklyn
10 - Maxie Docusen 6-1 New Orleans

PEP WINS FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
Willie Pep completely dominated Sandy Saddler to capture the World Featherweight Title at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Depending on the scorecard Pep won either 12 or 13 of the 15 rounds against his counterpart. The victory keeps Pep as the only undefeated fighter among the leading featherweight contenders. Both of Saddler's losses have come against Pep with the first one being an especially spirited bout between the two New Englanders in New Haven, Connecticut.

On the undercard, Seattle native Harold Hoshino stopped Charlie Riley in the 2nd round of their bout. With the victory Hoshino is now considered the number 1 challenger for Pep's featherweight title.

Here are the top 10 Featherweights
1 - Willie Pep 17-0 Featherwight Champion from Hartford, Conn.
2 - Harold Hoshino 25-3-1 Seattle
3 - Sandy Saddler 22-2 Boston
4 - Charlie Riley 22-4 St Louis
5 - Henry Armstrong 30-1 Columbus, Mississippi
6 - Georgie Hansford 20-12 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
7 - Simon Vegara 36-6-2 Panama
8 - Tsuneo Horiguchi 28-9-2 Chigasaka, Japan
9 - Ray Famechon 24-11 Sous-le-Bois-Maubeurge, France
10- Chalky Wright 24-6-1 San Bernardino, California

Next week the Welterweight and Bantamweight champions will be announced plus Ike Williams defends his title against Ronnie James. The Williams-James fight will correspond with a real life bout between the two.

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Cleveland 70 53 .569 ---
Boston 68 53 .562 1.0
Washington 68 53 .562 1.0
Detroit 63 59 .516 6.5
New York 60 62 .492 9.5
St. Louis 59 64 .480 11.0
Philadelphia 52 70 .426 17.5
Chicago 49 75 .395 21.5

BATTING
L. Fleming, Wsh .348
T. Williams, Bos .333
M. Mazzera, Wsh .329
J. Pesky, Bos .317
B. Lewis, Wsh .316

HR
T. Williams, Bos 24
T. Henrich, Det 16
O. Grimes, Cle 15

RBI
T. Williams, Bos 77
H. Greenberg, Det 75
J. Heath, Cle 70
B. Lewis, Wsh 70

WINS
S. Gromek, Cle 20-10
T. Bonham, NY 19-4
A. Karl, Bos 18-8
J. Beggs, Wsh 18-10

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 74 46 .617 -
Cincinnati 71 52 .577 4.5
Brooklyn 65 58 .528 10.5
St. Louis 64 58 .525 11.0
Philadelphia 61 64 .488 15.5
Chicago 56 65 .463 18.5
New York 51 69 .425 23.0
Boston 45 75 .375 29.0

BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .328
B. Estalella, Phi .327
A. Kampouris, Cin .322
A. Vaughan, Pit .321
J. Medwick, Cin .318

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 20
R. York, Bsn 15
B. Nicholson, Chi 15

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 78
T. Cuccinello, Pit 74
P. Reiser, Bkn 74

WINS
C. Melton NY 22-8
E. White, StL 18-9
M. Haefner, Bkn 18-11

NFL PRESEASON FINAL STANDINGS

NFC
NORTH W L
Minnesota 4 0
Chicago 2 2
Green Bay 2 2
Detroit 0 4

EAST
Giants 4 0
Philadelphia 4 0
Dallas 2 2
Washington 2 2

SOUTH
New Orleans 3 1
Tampa 2 2
Atlanta 2 2
Carolina 1 3

WEST
St Louis 3 1
Seattle 1 3
San Francisco 1 3
Arizona 0 4

AFC
NORTH W L
Pittsburgh 3 1
Cincinnati 2 2
Baltimore 2 2
Cleveland 1 3

EAST
Buffalo 3 1
Miami 1 3
New England 1 3
NY Jets 1 3

SOUTH
Tennessee 3 1
Indianapolis 3 1
Houston 2 2
Jacksonville 2 2

WEST
San Diego 3 1
Kansas City 2 2
Oakland 1 3
Denver 1 3

REGULAR SEASON NFL SCHEDULE
Thursday Aug 31
St Louis at Chicago

Sunday Sep 3
San Francisco at Green Bay
Arizona at Minnesota
Washington at New Orleans
Philadelphia at Tampa
NY Giants at Atlanta
Dallas at Carolina
Jacksonville at New England
Houston at Buffalo
Indianapolis at Miami
Baltimore at San Diego
Pittsburgh at Denver
Cleveland at Kansas City
Cincinnati at Oakland
Seattle at Detroit
Tennessee at NY Jets

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

WESTERN
Winnipeg 1-0
Calgary 1-0
Saskatchewan 0-2

ORFU
Tor Indians 2-0
Tor Balmy Beach 1-0
Hamilton Tigers 1-1
Sarnia Imperials 1-1
Ottawa Trojans 0-1
Windsor Royals 0-2

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Toronto Argos 0-0
Montreal Alouettes 0-0
Hamilton Wildcats 0-0
Ottawa Rough Riders 0-0

LAST WEEKS RESULTS
Aug 25
Toronto Indians 14 Ottawa Trojans 0
Aug 26
Toronto Balmy Beach 23 Hamilton Wildcats 21
Sarnia Imperials 14 Windsor Royals 13
Calgary 3 Saskatchewan 0

NCAA FOOTBALL
UPCOMING GAMES
SEP 11, 1946
Beaumont Hospital at New Mexico State
Merchant Marine at Villanova
Williams Field at Northern Arizona

SEP 17, 1946
Detroit Mercy at Wayne State
Furman at Alabama
Missouri-Rolla at St. Louis

SEP 18, 1946
Camp McClelland at William & Mary
Catawba at Virginia Military Institute
Cincinnati at Indiana (20)
Colorado State at Fort Warren
Denver at Oklahoma State
Fresno State at Santa Clara
Illinois (10) at Pittsburgh
Iowa State at Colorado
Lehigh at Merchant Marine
Marquette at Wisconsin
McMurry at Hardin-Simmons
Miami (Ohio) at Purdue
Mississippi at Kentucky
Missouri at Texas(9)
North Dakota State at Iowa
North Texas at Texas A&M
Northern Arizona at New Mexico
Northern Colorado at Wyoming
Northwestern State at Arkansas
Otterbein at West Virginia
Presbyterian at Clemson
Randolph-Macon at Richmond
Southwestern (Texas) at Baylor
St.Ambrose at Drake
Texas Christian at Kansas
Tulsa(17) at Wichita State
Villanova at Army (1)
West Texas A&M at Texas Tech
Western New Mexico at New Mexico State
Williams Field at Arizona State

SEP 19, 1946
Western State at Brigham Young

BOXING WORLD CHAMPIONS
Heavyweight - Joe Louis
Lightheavyweight - TBD
Middleweight - Jake Lamotta
Welterweight- TBD
Lightweight - Ike Williams
Featherweight - Willie Pep
Bantamweight - TBD
Flyweight - TBD

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 01:48 AM

BASEBALL FEVER INFECTS CINCINNATI AFTER REDS TAKE 3 OF 4 FROM BUCS
Call them the Cincinnati Red-hots. The Redlegs took 3 of 4 games from the Pirates in Pittsburgh to start the week and enter a 4-game showdown at home against the Bucs trailing the league leaders by just two-and-a-half games.

The hottest team in baseball made life miserable for the Forbes Field faithful last week, at least from Tuesday thru Thursday. Pittsburgh won the opener as Cliff Melton was on the hill. Melton, as close to an automatic 'W' as you will ever find, improved to 23-8 with an 8-2 win. The Bucs got 4-rbi's from rookie outfielder Ralph Kiner in the game.

The rest of the week was all Cincinnati. On Tuesday Joe Medwick and Joe Dimaggio each had an rbi single in the top of the 9th to give the Reds a come-from-behind 7-6 victory that nulified a Pittsburgh 5 run outburst in the bottom of the 8th. On Wednesday Johnny Hutchings (16-6) pitched a 4-hit complete game as Cincinnati won a laugher 11-1. Thursday was the Howie Fox show as the Reds hurler won his 17th game and had 3 hits in Cincinnati's 5-3 victory. Over the weekend the Reds took two of three from the Phillies in Philadelphia while Pittsburgh won 2 of their 3 games at home against Brooklyn.

Cincinnati's final win in Philadelphia proved costly as Joe Dimaggio (.225,21,77) suffered a groin injury and had to be placed on the disabled list. Dimaggio had a huge game before the 9th inning injury which occurred while legging out a double. He homered and drove in 5 of the Reds runs in a 6-2 victory. The Pirates on the other hand have some good news for this week's 4-game set. Tony Cuccinello (.304,14,75) will be back in the lineup at second base. The allstar infielder was limited to one pinch-hit appearance in the series last week due to the effects of a concussion suffered 2 weeks ago.

The Reds gained another 2 games on the Pirates and now sport far and away the best record in baseball over the past month. Since August 1 Cincinnati is 25-8, or a .758 clip while in contrast the struggling Pirates are just 17-16 during the same period.

NATIONAL LEAGUE AWARDS
Cliff Melton of Pittsburgh was named the National League pitcher of the month after going 5-2 with a 1.57 era in August. Melton also won the award in June of this year as well. Pirates teammate Arky Vaughan was named the NL batter of the month. Vaughan hit .301 with 24 rbi's last month. He is presently second in the senior circuit in batting and 7th in rbi's.

Player of the week honours went to Vern Olsen of the Cubs. Olsen (14-14, 2.93) tossed a 2-hit shutout against the Braves on Friday and held the Giants to 8 hits in a 16-4 win on Monday. The 1942 pitcher of the year was 26-7 a year ago but like the rest of the Cubs roster has struggled for much of this season.

INDIANS EXTEND LEAD IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Cleveland Indians have now taken a 3.5 game lead on slumping Boston atop the American League standings. The Washington Senators are 4.5 back and, like Boston, appear to be fading. The key for Cleveland has been the league's best pitching staff led by 3rd year starter Steve Gromek (21-10, 2.79) who is looking more and more like a the favourite for AL pitcher of the year. The 26 year old has won 8 of his last 9 starts and has already surpassed his previous personal best for wins in a season. He was 17-18 a year ago after going 15-11 as a rookie. Gromek would have received serious consideration for rookie of the year had he not been sidelined for the season with a mid-August arm injury.

Red Sox first baseman Babe Young had a great week even though most of his teammates did not. Young (.303,16,75) was named player of the week after hitting .474 with 8 rbi's last week. Pitcher of the month honours went to Young's Boston teammate Andy Karl (19-8, 2.46). Karl was 5-1 in August but he hurt his back in his first September start and will likely be out of action for a week. The American League batter of the month is catcher Bob Scheffing (.303,14,45) of the Yankees. Sheffing hit .351 with 7 homers and 18 rbi's last month.

NFL ROUNDUP
BIG DAY FOR THE BIG NAME QUARTERBACKS AS NFL SEASON KICKS OFF
- Note in football coverage *by last name indicates real life player I created-
Sammy *Baugh and Sid *Luckman both had huge days Sunday during the NFL season opener. Baugh passed for 4 touchdowns and 394 yards as the Washington Redskins dropped New Orleans 35-23. Rookie Dante *Lavelli, the second overall pick in the draft, got his NFL feet wet early as Baugh connected with him on a 72 yard touchdown pass that opened the scoring midway through the first quarter. It was one of just 2 catches Lavelli would make in the game. Baugh's favourite receiver was as usual Wayne *Miller, who had 8 receptions including 1 for a touchdown. The Saints offense played well, led by 146 yards rushing from Todd Berger, but the defense was non-existant.

In Chicago, it was as usual the Sid *Luckman show. The veteran Bears QB completed 24 of 28 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns as the Bears held on to beat St Louis 23-20. The Rams made it close by scoring 10 points in the final 5 minutes but could not get the ball back in time for a final field goal drive. Luckman spread his passes around as 8 Bears had at least one reception. Wide Receiver Ken *Kavanaugh led with 6 catches while fellow wideout Matt Sikahema had 107 yards receiving. The St Louis defense had a decent game, sacking Luckman twice and pressuring him often, but it did not seem to bother the veteran signal caller. The Rams run defense was outstanding limiting the Bears to just 2.4 yards per carry and holding starting RB George *McAfee to 35 yards on 14 carries. On offense, the Rams were having great success with 3rd year back Mike Largent, who gained 107 yards on the ground but St Louis was abandoned the running game after the Bears opened up a 23-10 lead late in the 3rd quarter. Rams QB Rod Dugas passed for 168 yards but most of that came late in the fourth when the Bears where in a prevent defense.

One of the marquee QB's who did not have a great day was Cincinnati veteran Bud Rutledge who's Bengals were beaten 17-13 by the Raiders in Oakland. Rutledge completed just 15 of his 34 passes, was picked off twice and sacked 4 times. In his defense he really should not have been playing as he could barely walk due to the ankle injury he suffered early in the preseason. Realistically he should not be playing until week 3 at the earliest but the Bengals have no other capable quarterback. After a shaky first half in which he threw both of his interceptions and allowed the Raiders to take a 17-3 lead, Rutledge did get better late in the game but he got little support from his teammates. Running back Bill *Dudley was held to just 2 yards rushing on 11 carries and the receivers had several dropped balls.

The Raiders defense was very good and running back Johnny Cushing had his usual 100 yard game (101 rushing this time out plus another 82 yards receiving). Oakland QB Antwan Baker threw for 311 yards and aside from one interception he made the safe play all game and let Cushing and the defense do the rest.

WATERFIELD AND LIONS DELIGHT HOMETOWN CROWD WITH 44-38 WIN
Could the future be now for the Detroit Lions? Coming off a 3-13 season that followed a pair of 6-10 campaigns it was easy to see why there was little optimism in the Motor City but that may change after the Lions offense scored 44 points on Sunday. Now true it was against an equally inept Seattle Seahawks squad and yes the Lions defense did surrender 38 points but it is the first time they have been over .500 at any point in the season since 1942. Second year QB Bob *Waterfield was outstanding, throwing 4 touchdown passes while completing 20 of 33 for 259 yards. He did get picked off once but it was a tipped ball and the offensive line allowed 2 sacks but even that terrible Detroit O-line looked much better than last year especially considering the outstanding work of first overall pick Lou *Groza. The former Ohio State standout offensive tackle had 4 pancakes and made several key run blocks. Third year running back Fred Johnson gained 118 yards on the ground.

The Seahawks offense was very good as QB Doug Kooistra threw 4 tocuhdown passes and rookie RB Marion *Motley ran for 60 yards and had a 14 yard reception. Second round pick Marcus Collinsworth had 6 receptions including one for his first career NFL touchdown. The Seattle defense, just like Detroit's, was non-existant.

TITANS NEED OVERTIME TO GROUND JETS
Manfred Gayle's 3rd touchdown pass of the game, a 30 yarder to Wayne Scales in overtime, gave the Tennessee Titans an opening week 23-17 win over the Jets in New York. The game went back and fourth with the Jets tying it to force overtime on a 3 yard run from QB Keith Reeves with 41 seconds remaining in regulation time. Reeves passed for 239 yards and 1 touchdown. The touchdown strike was a 30 yarder in the second quarter to RB Steve *Van Buren. Van Buren had 6 catches for 77 yards and he ran for another 65. Linebackers Fran Farmer and James Saylor had terrific games for the Jets while for Tennessee the entire secondary had strong day.

MOORE HAS 3 INTERCEPTIONS AS GIANTS BLANK FALCONS 21-0
The Giants continued their strong play from the preseason while the Falcons offense never took flight in the season opener as New York blanked the birds 21-0. Cornerback Matt Moore looked like he was Falcons QB Arnie *Herber's favourite recevier. Moore picked off 3 Herber passes and returned one 90 yards for a touchdown. The Giants, who were 4-0 in preseason play, got most of their offense from running back Malcolm Lake who gained 102 yards on the ground and led the team with 4 catches.

SPARE PART CARPENTER LEADS VIKINGS PAST CARDINALS
You can forgive anyone except for the most diehard Minnesota Vikings fan if they do not know the name Kenyatta Carpenter. In 6 seasons the wide receiver has just 25 career receptions for the Vikings but his real value is as a punt returner. Entering this season he averages over 9 yards a punt return and has ran 10 punts back all the way for majors.

Today, he had the best game of his professional career. Carpenter returned 2 first half punts for touchdowns and caught his first NFL touchdown pass to pace Minnesota past the visiting Arizona Cardinals 24-17. His 2 td punt returns, of 87 and 88 yards, tie an NFL record for most punt returns for TD's in a game.

PACKERS BLITZ NINERS 31-17
It looks like it could be a long year for San Francisco quarterback Koy Harris...if he survives. The 49ers offensive line took the day off as Green Bay recorded 8 sacks en route to a 31-17 victory over the 49ers. New San Francisco head coach Anthony Cason told fans not to panic after the Niners dropped all four preseason games. Perhaps it is now time to panic after a loss to Green Bay, which is anything but a powerhouse.

Green Bay looked very good on this day. Running back Tony *Canadeo ran for 154 yards and caught four passes for 58 yards. He also scored a pair of touchdowns. QB Cecil *Isbell threw for 3 touchdowns but he was also picked off 3 times. Defensively linemen Mike Smith, with 4 sacks, and Brian Robinson with 2 led the way. Linebacker Bulldog *Turner also had a strong game.

The San Francisco defense did a decent job against the pass although they gave Isbell all day in the pocket. The run defense was also troubling. Despite being sacked 8 times and pressured all day Harris did manage to complete 28 of 38 passes for 223 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Imagine what he could do with some blocking.

EAGLES RIDE HARLEY TO VICTORY
Give the ball to Harley Mitchell. That appears to be the only play in the Philadelphia Eagles offensive playbook but when you have a play that works as well as that one why make any changes. Mitchell carried the ball 35 times, 1 shy of the league record, for 135 yards as the Eagles beat Tampa Bay 24-22. It was a dissappointing loss for the Bucs defense, which struggled between the 20's but was outstanding in the red zone. The Eagles managed just one touchdown, a 2 yard pass from Doug Bass to Scott Pearson. The rest of the Philadelphia scoring came from a first quarter safety and 5 field goals off the toe of kicker C.R. Evans.

PANTHERS SHUT DOWN COWBOYS
Keith Meade ran for 138 yards and 1 touchdown while cornerback Tom West chipped in a 67 yard interception return for a TD as Carolina beat Dallas 17-6. The Cowboys were unable to establish any form of a running game as ex-University of Tennessee star Raymond Cash gained just 37 yards on the ground. QB Doug Schroeder, who has a history of making bad decisions with the ball, was picked off twice including West's third quarter scamper that doomed the Cowboys to defeat.

CHARGERS CRUSH CHAMPS 
They were certainly ready for some football in San Diego where the Chargers spanked the defending champion Baltimore Ravens 27-3. San Diego QB Leon Jones threw for a pair of first half touchdowns including one on the Chargers opening possession of the game. The Baltimore defense, among the league's best a year ago when the Ravens went 10-6 enroute to their first league championship, never recovered San Diego controlled the entire game. Jones, who completed 17 out of 27 pass attempts for 244 yards was named the player of the game. It wasn't all good news for the Chargers however as their best defensive back, two time allpro CB Adrian Cerqua suffered a serious neck injury and could be out for the rest of the season.

GLENN LEAD PATS PAST JAGS
Veteran RB Mario Glenn scored all 3 touchdowns as New England beat Jacksonville 21-7. Glenn, an 8th year pro from UTEP, ran for 132 yards and 2 scores. He also had 4 receptions out of the backfield for 52 yards including a 21 yard touchdown reception. Aside from Glenn, no one on offense for either squad was very effective as the defenses did a terrific job stopping the pass. A 25-yard touchdown pass from Justin Jackson to Lewis Smith just before half time accounted for the Jaguars scoring. Jackson would complete just 11 of 29 passes for 91 yards.

BILLS LOSE TWO QB'S BUT STILL BEAT TEXANS
Starting QB Leon Allen and backup Rod Bird were both knocked out of the game but rookie Bob Parrish responded with a strong performance to help the Buffalo Bills past Houston 17-6. Allen left with a broken foot early in the second quarter and two plays later Bird, who was still injured from the preseason, hurt his ankle while handing the ball off. As a result, Parrish was thrown into the fray and looked quite good in his pro debut. The third round pick from Kutztown completed 8 of 11 passes for 129 yards and an early 4th quarter touchdown that put the game out of reach. Allen will likely miss a couple of weeks but Bird is probable for next week so Parrish will likely return to clipboard duties.

BRONCOS WIN DEBUT OVER STEELERS FOR COACH MCDONNELL
Ryan McDonnell left the NFC champion Chicago Bears partly because he considered himself a defensive specialist and could never get the high octane Bears offense to play his style of smash-mouth football. He went to Denver hoping to turn the hapless Broncos into his kind of team. Instead it looks like all that time with Sid Lickman rubbed off on Coach McDonnell as his new QB in Denver, Jay Cason, passed for 3 touchdowns and went deep early and often in a 27-10 win over the hometown Pittsburgh Steelers. The Broncos also had a strong ground game as Oscar Hartings gained 120 yards.

It was a dissappointing loss for the Steelers who were 3-1 in the preseason. QB Tom Friede was given the starting nod with the inconsistant Juqua Shirk sidelined, but Friede was awful completing just 16 over 47 attempts and getting picked off twice. Second round pick Elmer *Angsman must long for his Notre Dame days after being limited to 26 yards rushing.

In other action:

Issac Burke tossed 3 touchdown passes as visting Indianapolis beat Miami 27-13.

The Kansas City Chiefs did not get a great effort from newly resigned QB Ulish Groce but they did get enough to beat Cleveland 17-7. Groce, a cinderella story if there ever was one - undrafted free agent gets starting nod midway through rookie season after injuries and never lets go - completed 17 of 26 passes for 221 yards but threw one costly interception that led to the lone Cleveland score. Running back Bruce Jones ran for 76 yards and a touchdown. He also had 5 catches for 64 yards.

Cleveland contolled the clock and put up more yardage but QB Bob Slaughter threw a costly fourth quarter interception that Larry Barnett returned for a Chiefs touchdown that effectively ended the game for the Browns.

NCAA FOOTBALL BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
Good news college football fans. The long offseason is all but over and we are ready for some big time college gridiron action beginning next week. However, none of the marquee teams like top ranked Army or number two Notre Dame will being play in the opener. In fact, just 3 games are on the docket and none include a top 20 team.

Two of the games feature little known small colleges as Williams Field visits the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks. The Lumberjacks are members of the Border Conference, as is New Mexico State. The Aggies will be hosting Beaumont Hospital. The third game will feature a couple of independants from the east. The Merchant Marine Acadamy from King's Point visits the Villanova Wildcats. For the Wildcats it is a key tuneup for their game against the number one ranked Army squad the following week.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL RESULTS
the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union began its schedule with a couple of game on Monday. The visiting Ottawa Rough Riders scored a touchdown in the final minute to tie the Hamilton Tigers 13-13 while in Toronto that game that many feel is a preview of the league championship ended up being a blowout. The Montreal Alouettes dropped the hometown Toronto Argonauts 26-9.

In the Western Provincial League a pair of unbeaten teams hooked up and the home side came out on top. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the visiting Calgary Stampeders 20-12.

Earlier in the holiday weekend the Ontario Provicial League had a pair of games and in both cases the home side emerged victorious. The Toronto Indians topped their into rivals from Balmy Beach 17-7 while the Hamilton Wildcats dumped visting Ottawa 27-6.

IKE WILLIAMS MAKES IT LOOK EASY IN WIN OVER BRITISH CHAMP
Many were surprised when World Lightweight Boxing Champion Ike Williams agreed to travel across the pond to face British champ Ronnie James but Williams made the trip look like nothing more than a paid vacation with a 6th round knockout of the United Kingdom's best lightweight. Williams appeared like he had a little bit of rust in the first minute as the challenger connected on a pair of uppercuts. That seemed to quickly shake the rust off of the champ and James barely touched him the rest of the way. In fact, James did not connect with a solid blow from the 1 minute mark of round 1 until midway through the 5th round. By that time the Welshman had picked himself up off the canvas twice. James did land a couple of punches late in the fifth but Williams floored him for good a minute in to the 6th round when he connected with a flurry of punches to James head.

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON CLAIMS WELTERWEIGHT CROWN
Sugar Ray Robinson knocked out Marty Servo in the 11th round of their matchup at Madison Square Garden to determine the post war Welterweight Boxing Champion of the World. Robinson was in control of the fight throughout and simply wore down Servo.

The 11-1 Robinson suffered just one loss in the year long tournament to determine a champion after boxing was virtually non-existant during World War II. The only fighter to beat Robinson was Charley Fusari, who stopped the champ in 10 rounds nearly a year ago. Since then Robinson has won 7 straight while Fusari has dropped 3 of his last 4 bouts including one on the undercard of the Robinson-Servo fight. Fusari's loss, a 4th round TKO by Jackie Wilson, drops him out of the top 10 in the welterweight category.

Here are the top 10 Welterweights
1 - Sugar Ray Robinson WORLD CHAMPION 11-1 Harlem, NY
2 - Jackie Wilson 28-3-1 Los Angeles
3 - Johnny Bratton 21-3-1 Chicago
4 - Marty Servo 29-4-1 New York City
5 - Billy Graham 17-3-2 New York City
6 - Tommy Bell 27-2 Youngstown, Ohio
7 - Cocoa Kid 23-3-1 Puerto Rico
8 - Jimmy Doyle 13-4 Los Angeles
9 - Izzy Jannazzo 26-2-1 New York City
10- Cliff Curvis 17-8-5 Swansea, Wales United Kingdom

UNBEATEN ORTIZ SHOCKED BY CANADIAN GAGNON
Manuel Oritz was an overwhelming favourite heading into his Bantamweight Title bout against 4th ranked contender Fernando Gagnon. Ortiz was 37-0-2 after a year of qualifying bouts in an effort to determine the post war champion for the Bantamweight division. He was the only unbeaten fighter and after a draw against Gagnon early in qualifying last spring he responded with a dominating performance ko'ing Gagnon in the 9th round 4 months ago.

This time around the 15 round bout went to the scorecards and although all three were close it was an unanimous decision for the French-Canadian. The native of Disraeli, Quebec is the biggest surprise winner out of all the weight categories that have been decided so far. The Lightheavyweight and Flyweight titles are the final two of the eight major categories and they will have a champion crowned next week.

Here are the top Bantamweight Fighters

1- Fernando Gagnon WORLD CHAMPION 32-3-1 Disraeli, Quebec Canada
2 - Tony Olivera 25-2-2 San Francisco
3 - Luis Galvani 29-4-1 Havana, Cuba
4- Manuel Ortiz 37-1-2 Corona, California
5 - Luis Romero 19-6-1 Arcila, Spain
6 - Luis Castillo 26-11-3 Mexico City, Mexico
7 - Gus Foran 22-5 Liverpool, England
8 - Guido Ferracin 27-4-2 Rovigo, Italy
9 - Hiroshi Horiguchi 22-12-2 Chigasaki, Japan
10 - Stan Rowan 28-8-4 Liverpool, England.

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Cleveland 75 54 .581 ---
Boston 71 57 .555 3.5
Washington 70 58 .547 4.5
Detroit 67 61 .523 7.5
New York 64 64 .500 10.5
St. Louis 63 66 .488 12.0
Philadelphia 55 74 .426 20.0
Chicago 50 81 .382 26.0

BATTING
L. Fleming, Wsh .343
T. Williams, Bos .326
M. Mazzera, Wsh .326
J. Pesky, Bos .317
B. Lewis, Wsh .309

HR
T. Williams, Bos 25
T. Henrich, Det 18
B. Young, Bos 16
B. Campbell, SLB 16

RBI
T. Williams, Bos 80
H. Greenberg, Det 76
B. Youing, Bos 75

WINS
T. Bonham, NY 21-4
S. Gromek, Cle 21-10
A. Karl, Bos 19-8
J. Beggs, Wsh 19-11

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 77 50 .606 -
Cincinnati 76 54 .585 2.5
Brooklyn 69 60 .535 9.0
St. Louis 69 60 .535 9.0
Chicago 62 66 .484 15.5
Philadelphia 62 69 .473 17.0
New York 53 74 .417 24.0
Boston 46 81 .362 31.0

BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .325
A. Vaughan, Pit .322
B. Estalella, Phi .322
R. Sanders, Phi .315
F. Garrison, Cin .314

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 21
R. York, Bsn 17
S. Musial, StL 17

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 82
J. Dimaggio, Cin 77
P. Reiser, Bkn 76

WINS
C. Melton NY 24-8
E. White, StL 18-9
M. Haefner, Bkn 18-12

NFL STANDINGS

NFC
NORTH W L
Minnesota 1 0
Chicago 1 0
Green Bay 1 0
Detroit 1 0

EAST
Giants 1 0
Philadelphia 1 0
Washington 1 0
Dallas 0 1

SOUTH
Carolina 1 0
New Orleans 0 1
Tampa 0 1
Atlanta 0 1

WEST
St Louis 0 1
Seattle 0 1
San Francisco 0 1
Arizona 0 1

AFC
NORTH W L
Pittsburgh 0 1
Cincinnati 0 1
Baltimore 0 1
Cleveland 0 1

EAST
Buffalo 1 0
New England 1 0
Miami 0 1
NY Jets 0 1

SOUTH
Tennessee 1 0
Indianapolis 1 0
Houston 0 1
Jacksonville 0 1

WEST
San Diego 1 0
Kansas City 1 0
Oakland 1 0
Denver 1 0

REGULAR SEASON NFL SCHEDULE

WEEK 1 RESULTS
Chicago 23 St Louis 20
Green Bay 31 San Francisco 17
Minnesota 24 Arizona 17
Washington 35 New Orleans 23
Philadelphia 24 Tampa 22
NY Giants 21 Atlanta 0
Carolina 17 Dallas 6
New England 21 Jacksonville 7
Buffalo 17 Houston 6
Indianapolis 27 Miami 13
San Diego 27 Baltimore 3
Denver 27 Pittsburgh 10
Kansas City 17 Cleveland 7
Oakland 17 Cincinnati 13
Detroit 44 Seattle 38
Tennessee 23 NY Jets 17 (OT)

WEEK 2 SCHEDULE
Sept 10, 1946
Chicago at Detroit
Washington at Philadelphia
New Orleans at Tampa
St Louis at Seattle
New England at New York Jets
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Denver at Kansas City
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Green Bay at Miami
Minnesota at Buffalo
Dallas at Houston
New York Giants at Indianapolis
Carolina at Cincinnati
Arizona at Oakland
Atlanta at Baltimore
San Francisco at San Diego

NCAA FOOTBALL
SEP 9, 1946
Beaumont Hospital at New Mexico State
Merchant Marine at Villanova
Williams Field at Northern Arizona

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

WESTERN
Winnipeg 2-0
Calgary 1-1
Saskatchewan 0-2

ORFU
Tor Indians 3-0
Tor Balmy Beach 1-1
Hamilton Tigers 2-1
Sarnia Imperials 1-1
Ottawa Trojans 0-2
Windsor Royals 0-2

Interprovincial Rugby Football Union
Montreal Alouettes 1-0
Hamilton Wildcats 0-0-1
Ottawa Rough Riders 0-0-1
Toronto Argos 0-1

RESULTS
Sept 2
Toronto Indians 17 Toronto Balmy Beach 7
Hamilton Wildcats 27 Ottawa Trojans 6

Sept 4
Hamilton 13 Ottawa 13
Montreal 26 Toronto 9
Winnipeg 20 Calgary 12

UPCOMING GAMES
Sept 8
Hamilton Tigers at Toronto Argos
Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Rough Riders

Sept 9
Toronto Indians at Sarnia Imperials
Toronto Balmy Beach at Ottawa Trojans
Windsor Royals at Hamilton Wildcats
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Calgary Stampeders

BOXING WORLD CHAMPIONS
Heavyweight - Joe Louis
Lightheavyweight - TBD
Middleweight - Jake Lamotta
Welterweight- Sugar Ray Robinson
Lightweight - Ike Williams
Featherweight - Willie Pep
Bantamweight - Fernando Gagnon
Flyweight - TBD

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 01:56 AM

INDIANS LEAD IS 3 GAMES WITH LESS THAN A MONTH TO PLAY
After a dissappointing 5th place finish a year ago the Cleveland Indians are now just 3 weeks away from making their 3rd World Series appearance of the decade. The Tribe hold a 3 game lead on Boston atop the American League standings. The Washington Senators, who led the league a month ago, now find themselves 6 and half games back and fading fast.

One thing against the Indians is that after playing 4 home games this week, they are on the road for their final 15 contests which include stops in both Boston and Washington. The Red Sox will also need to be road warriors as 16 of their remaining 21 games will be away from Fenway Park. The Senators have the friendliest schedule with their final 13 games at home including a 4-game series to end the season against last place Chicago. The problem for Washington is they are likely too far back for it to matter. Washington has lost 9 of it's last 13 games.

Last week Cleveland went 5-2 while the Red Sox won 5 of their 6 games. Included in that was a short two game series between the two clubs in Boston. They split the series with the Tribe winning 11-5 on Tuesday thanks to 4 rbi's from Charlie English and 3 from Lou Boudreau. On Wednesday, Boston won a blowout 13-0, as Babe Young had 3 hits and drove in 4 runs.

Speaking of Young, for the second week in a row he was named the AL performer of the week. Young hit .500 with 3 homers and 12 rbi's in 6 games this week. Other notable performances from the week including a 6 hit game from A's catcher Tommy Heath against the Browns on September 7th. Heath homered, doubled and scored 4 runs in the A's 12-11 win. Don Gutteridge of the Indians tied the AL single game mark for doubles with 4 in the Tribe's 17-1 taming of the Tigers on Friday. It was a career high 5 hit day for the backup infielder.

PIRATES HANGING ON TO NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAD
The Cincinnati Reds crept another half game closer but the Pittsburgh Pirates continue to lead the National League pennant race. The Pirates and Reds split a 4 game series to start the week with Pittsburgh winning the first two 8-1 and 3-1. The second game was Cliff Melton's major league leading 25th victory of the season for the Bucs. The Reds got back in the race when Ewel Blackwell and Johnny Hetki combined on a 5-hit 3-2 victory Wednesday and on Thursday Alex Kampouris hit 2 homers to lead the Reds to a 10-1 win.

The split kept Cincinnati 2 and a half games behind the Bucs but that difference shrank to 2 games the following day when the Pirates lost 6-2 in Philadelphia while the Reds were travelling to Brooklyn. Both clubs won easily on Saturday: Cliff Melton got win number 26 in the Pirates 11-4 victory in Philadelphia while Arnold Carter 2-hit the Dodgers in a 10-0 Reds win. Both the Reds and Pirates lost yesterday to keep the spread at 2 games.

Here are the remaining games for each club. Pittsburgh does have a couple of more home games left but for the most part the schedule is pretty even for each club. If either team can sweep the 2-game set they play against each other later this week it could mean the difference.

PITTSBURGH - Home (4 ) Cin Sep 14,15, Phi Sep 16,17
Road( 15) Phi Sep 11, Bkn Sep 12,13 StL Sep 19-22, Bsn Sep 23,24 ChC Spe 25-27 NYG Sep28-Oct 1

CINCINNATI - Home (2) Bkn Sep 16,17
Roaad(16) Bkn Sep 11, Pit Sep 14,15, ChC Sep 18-21, NYG Sep 23,24 StL Sep 25-27 Bsn Sep28-Oct1

If the Reds are going to overtake the Pirates and win their first pennant since 1926 they will have to do so without Joe Dimaggio. Dimaggio is eligible to come off the Disabled List next Sunday but word is his groin injury will keep him sidelined for the rest of the month. The Pirates, who last won a pennant in 1937 but have 3 second place finishes since then, have an injury of their own to contend with although to a far less important player. Catcher Tom Padden is done for the year with a broken foot. The 37 year old played 85 games this season and hit .226. Backup Bill Salkeld and Mickey Owen will platoon in Padden's absence.

COOPER HITS FOR CYCLE
St. Louis' catcher Walker Cooper accomplished a difficult feat in a game against the Cubs, hitting for the cycle to improve his career batting average to .281! In the 2nd inning he belted a double off Ken Raffensberger. A single in the 4th off Raffensberger accounted for his 2nd hit. His 3rd hit, a two-run homerun offRaffensberger in the 6th inning, landed an estimated 395 feet from home plate. A triple off Raffensberger in the 8th inning, accounted for his 4th hit. That drive completed the cycle, causing a smile on his face! Walker did drive in 2 while scoring 2 runs on his own. He now has a total of 134 hits this season, accounting for a .297 batting average. He's now the 63rd player in league history to hit for the cycle! Mel Ott was the last player to hit for the cycle, doing it 5/6/1946.

Meanwhile, Braves pitcher Ken Holcombe was named NL player of the week. Holcombe was 2-0 with a 1.59 era and threw a shutout. For the season, the second year pro is 9-11 with a 4.00 era.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES
With the season winding down here is a look at the candidates for rookie of the year in each league:

NATIONAL LEAGUE - Some decent pitchers making a real contribution and a couple of good young outfielders. At this stage the race for top rookie in the National League appears to still be wide open.

Warren Spahn Boston Braves - The 25 year old is the most consistant starter on the last place Braves. Presently Spahn is 14-14 with a 3.69 era

Dave Koslo New York Giants - Only pitcher on the hapless Giants to be in double digit victories, Koslo also has far and away the best era on the staff. He was rewarded for a quick start with an allstar berth. 14-15 with a 3.48 era

Joe Hatten Philadelphia - At 29 a little old for a rookie but Hatten has improved greatly as the season wore on. He was pitcher of the month in July after going 5-1 with a 1.64 era. Began the season in Brooklyn but was traded to the Phillies. 11-5 with a 3.41 era so far.

Johnny Hetki Cinncinnati The 24 year old made the allstar team and has been the Reds closer. He is 3-2 with 11 saves and a 2.76 era. Saved two very big games against Pittsburgh in the last two weeks to keep the Reds in the pennant chase.

Del Ennis Philadelphia - Just 21, Ennis has had no problem adapting to the major leagues. He was player of the week in early August and is hitting .279 with 10 homers and 66 rbi's as an everyday outfielder for the Phillies.

Ralph Kiner Pittsburgh The 23 year old outfielder became an everyday player in late June and has not looked back. In 96 games is hitting .280 with 9 homers and 55 rbi's for the first place Pirates.

AMERICAN LEAGUE - A slim crop in the Junior Circuit with just 4 rookies seeing any large amount of playing time. Fleming appears to be the overwhelming favourite for the rookie of the year award.

Les Fleming Washington - The Senators have gone into a slump but you can't blame the 31 year old career minor leaguer who is making the most of his first real opportunity in the majors. Fleming is leading the league in batting by hitting .333 in 117 games. Prior to this season he played just 34 major league games and spent 8 seasons in the minors with 3 organizations.

Fred Hutchinson Detroit - 27 year old rookie is 14-14 with a 3.69 era for the Tigers this season. He has not missed a start and has 156 strikeouts compared to just 97 walks.

Eddie Morgan Philadephia 31 year old Eddie Morgan spent 11 seasons in the minors before getting a shot with the A's this year. He is hitting .260 with 4 homers and 38 rbi's in 118 games at centerfield. He was released by Cleveland at the start of the season before being picked up by the Athletics. The Cardinals, Pirates and Reds have also cut him lose over the years. Had 21 major league games under his belt prior to this season.

Roy Partee Boston - Before a broken wrist ended the Red Sox catcher's season he was hitting .285 with 6 homers and 55 rbi's in 77 games. Parteee spent 3 seasons in the minors before finally getting his shot this year with the big club.

NFL ROUND UP - WEEK TWO
GIANTS AND EAGLES KEEP ON WINNING
The New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles were two of only 3 teams that went 4-0 in the preseason (Minnesota was the third) and now are two of just 7 teams that sit at 2-0 in the regular season. Few are surprised to see the Eagles on such a roll, especially now that RB Harley Mitchell is healthy again, but this is in a rare spot to find the Giants - a franchise that has never played a postseason game. The Eagles topped division rival Washington (1-1) 34-16 while the Giants won their second straight road game 27-20 over Indianapolis (1-1) .

Offensively for the Giants no one stands out. They are for the most part a group of castoffs from other clubs. Joey Martin was brought in from Cleveland along with ex-49er Eric Poppinga to compete for the starting job against incumbant Bill Sweeney. Between the 3 of them they have 26 career starts in 17 combined years of play. Poppinga got the nod when Martin went down with a broken foot in the preseason. In two starts he has been adequate. For example yesterday he completed 17 of 36 passes for 256 yards and 2 touchdowns while getting picked off once.

Running back is the same for the Giants. Malcolm Lake gained over a 1000 yards each of his first 4 seasons in the league but was limited to just 554 yards a year ago and it appeared the ex-Georgia Tech star was wearing down. He has 175 yards in two starts this season so if he can stay healthy, and that is a big enough, another 1000 yard season may be in the cards. However, he is nowhere near in the class of some of the marquee backs in the league.

You can say the same about the receiver position as the Giants do not have a star player at an offensive skill position. However, the line is solid and the players they do have seem to be playing within themselves, at least so far.

Where the Giants do stand out so far this season is on defense. The have been a ballhawking machine and are plus 7 in turnovers after two games. Yesterday, the defense which is being dubbed "The Big Blue Wrecking Crew" by some fans, picked off 3 Issac Burke passes. Cornerback Matt Moore who had 3 interceptions for the Giants in the season opener, did not get a pick this game but he is certainly making an early bid for defensive MVP after he forced 3 Colts fumbles, 2 of which were recovered by his teammates. The Giants were never in total control of the game but did just enough at exactly the right time. It is only week two but there is already a feeling in the Giant clubhouse that things are different this season for the perennial also-ran.

The Eagles, on the other hand, are used to winning and in fact expect to win every game. A proud franchise that has missed the playoffs just once in the past 5 years. The Redskins focused their attention on stud running back Harley Mitchell, who missed much of last season with an injury, but was a force in week 1. Mitchell was limited to just 69 yards rushing but he scored two touchdowns on the ground and caught a Ken Neal pass for a third one. Neal was outstanding, completing 30 of 37 for 318 yards as the Redskins dared him to beat them by stacking the line to stop Mitchell. The writing was on the wall for the Redskins when QB Sammy *Baugh was forced to leave the game with a leg injury in the second quarter. Backup Bart Thompson did connect with rookie Dante *Lavelli on a touchdown strike but was generally ineffective. Bob *Seymour was the offensive leader for Washington with 136 yards rushing.

BEARS TAME LIONS 41-17
After an opening week victory over Seattle the lowly Detroit Lions were feeling pretty good about themselves. Nothing can put an end to that feeling quicker than a visit from Sid *Luckman and the Chicago Bears. Luckman threw for 347 yards and 4 touchdowns while running back George *McAfee ran for 113 in the Bears 41-17 mauling of Detroit. Young Detroit QB Bob *Waterfield, who looked so poised a week ago, was confused all game by the Bears defense and completed just 15 of 35 passes for 137 yards.

MCDONNELL A MIRACLE WORKER? BRONCOS 2-0
The Coaches graveyard that is Denver may have finally met it's Ghostbuster. Ryan McDonnell, the 4th coach in 5 years, suddenly has people talking football in Denver where the Broncos are 2-0 for the first time in franchise history. 17 fourth quarter points including a big interception return for a touchdwon from Edgerrin Newberry gave Denver a 23-17 win over division rival Kansas City (1-1). A divisional win on the road is something almost unheard of in Denver. Ulish Groce passed for nearly 300 yards as the Chiefs controlled the game for the most part but Denver's bend but don't break defense repeatedly did just enough to hold the Chiefs until Groce made a mistake that Newberry made him pay for.

BUFFALO AND NEW ENGLAND BOTH GO TO 2-0 IN AFC EAST
The New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills both improved to 2-0 with victories yesterday. Three interceptions helped the Pats topped the New York Jets(1-1) 13-3 in a tight defensive struggle. Steve *Van Buren ran for over 100 yards for the Jets but his fumble on the New England 4 yard line in the second quarter cost New York a chance for it's only touchdown of the game. The Bills, with backup QB Rod Bird at the helm, easily disposed of Minnesota (1-1) by a 24-3 count. Bills running back Michael Williams was a workhorse, gaining 131 yards on the ground and adding another 32 yards receiving. He also scored a pair of touchdowns. Buffalo's defense was all over Minnesota signal caller Stephen Pagel, sacking him 4 times and forcing 2 interceptions.

In other action

The Tennessee Titans improved to 2-0 with a 31-16 victory over visiting Jacksonville (0-2). Tennessee QB Manfred Gayle tossed 4 touchdown passes.

Tyson Pittman's 85 yard punt return in the fourth quarter lifted New Orleans (1-1) past Tampa 24-23. The winless Bucs have two losses by a combined total of 3 points. Running back Todd Berger had another strong game for the Saints, gaining 132 yards rushing and scoring the games first touchdown.

The Rams got their first win, beating hapless Seattle 27-10. It was another bad day for Seahawks first round pick Marion *Motley. The back gained just 19 yards on 12 carries before being benched.

Rookie Elmer *Angsman from Notre Dame gained 87 yards and scored the game's only touchdown as Pittsburgh (1-1) beat Cleveland (0-2) in a tight-defensive battle 10-6. The only touchdown came on the opening drive of the second half, a drive that was prolonged because of an unnecessary roughness penalty on Browns DB Bob Holt.

The Packers benched QB Cecil *Isbell after he threw 3 interceptions in the week one win over San Francisco. Instead rookie Jordan Montana, a 3rd round pick from Stanford, was named the starter for this weeks game in Miami. Montana completed 15-of -30 passes for 207 yards and 1 touchdown. He was also intercepted once in the game and that touchdown made the score 21-14 Dolphins. Miami would add a pair of field goals and win their first of the season 27-14. Should we expect to see Isbell at QB next week for the Packers?

The Dallas Cowboys (1-1) overcame a 10-0 first half deficiet and rebounded to win the battle of Texas 24-13 over hometown Houston.

Rick Streets kicked a 55 yard field goal as time expired to lift the Atlanta Falcons to a 10-7 victory over the winless Baltimore Ravens. The defending league champions had led 7-0 since early in the second quarter before the Falcons tied the game on a 2 yard pass from Arnie *Herber to TE Brian Harden with just under 6 minutes to play.

Mac Wiley and Johndale Rogers each returned an interception for a touchdown as Cincinnati (1-1) beat the 1-1 Carolina Panthers 24-6. Bengals starting QB Bud Rutledge was still nursing an injury but looked much sharper this week, completing 21 of 33 passes for 158 yards and one touchdown. Keith Meade ran for 120 yards in a losing cause for Carolina.

Arizona surprised Oakland 24-17 as both teams go to 1-1 on the season while San Francisco beat San Diego 21-17. They also each go to 1-1.

VILLANOVA SINKS MERCHANT MARINE AS COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS
Fourth year head coach Jordan Olivar had the Villanova Wildcats ready to go in the season opener. The Wildcats thumped Key's Point Merchant Marine Acadamy 37-3 in the first game of the 1946 college football season. Two other games were played out west with both involving schools from the Border Conference. New Mexico State beat Beaumont Hospital 26-6 while the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks were felled by Williams Field 14-6.

The games take on a little more meaning this week as 5 of the top 20 are in action. Number 1 ranked Army hosts Villanova, 9th ranked Texas entertains Missouri, number 10 Illinois visits the University of Pittsburgh, 17th ranked Tulsa travels to Wichita State in a Missouri Valley Conference matchup while number 20 Indiana is home to Cincinnati.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL ACTION
The Toronto Indians improved to 4-0 in Ontario Rugby Football Association action after a come from behind 14-13 win over the Sarnia Imperials at Norm Perry Park in Sarnia. The Hamilton Wildcats are 3-1 and in second place after blanking winless Windsor 17-0. In the other contest a late field goal gave the Ottawa Trojans their first victory of the season, 18-16 over Toronto Balmy Beach.

In the Interprovincial league the Toronto Argos blanked Hamilton 24-0 while Ottawa upended Montreal 23-14. The lone game out west this week saw Calgary top Winniepg 21-14. The Stampeders and Blue Bombers are tied atop the Western standings with 2-1 records.

NHL PREVIEW - BOSTON BRUINS
The NHL season is just 6 weeks away and in order to get everyone up to speed TSN will preview one of the six clubs each week. First up the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins are the league's longest running American team as they joined the NHL under the guidance of Art Ross in 1924. The Boston Garden opened in 1928 and a year later the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup, beating the Rangers in the finals. The Bruins finished second to Montreal during the regular season a year ago and after beating Detroit in five games in the semi finals, the Bruins lost in 5 to Montreal for the Stanley Cup.

Here is the expected lineup for Boston:

GOAL - Two-time Vezina Trophy winner Frank Brimsek is back between the pipes for Boston. The Eveleth, Minnesota native is one of the few American born players in the National League. Nicknamed Mr. Zero because of his penchant for shutting out the opposition, Brimsek has arguably the best glove hand in the game although he is not quite the same goalie he was before missing two seasons due to the war.

DEFENSE -
BABE PRATT - Scored a record for defensemen 57 points two seasons ago and won the Hart Trophy as league MVP. Pratt was suspended by NHL President Red Dutton for most of last season for betting on games. He was reinstated after there was no proof he bet in games involving his own team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs dealt him to Boston in the offseason. The Manitoba native's son Tracy will eventually play in the NHL also.

FERN FLAMAN - a hard-nosed stay at home defenseman from Saskatchewan. Just 19 he has played 2 games for the Bruins over the last two season.

JACK CRAWFORD - The Dublin, Ontario native is best known as the only player in the league to wear a helmet. He wears it not for safety but rather for cosmetic reasons - to hide the fact he is very bald. A steady defenseman for the Bruins for nearly a decade.

MURRAY HENDERSON - A Toronto native, Henderson joined the Bruins last year after playing for the Royal Candian Air Force team. He had 15 points in 48 games as a rookie.

PAT EGAN - Entering his 7th year in the league, the former NY American and Detroit Red Wing joined the Bruins in 1942. The Blackie, Alberta native missed the 43-44 season when he joined the armed forces but scored 18 points in 41 games a year ago.

FORWARDS -
MILT SCHMIDT, WOODY DUMART and BOBBY BAUER - It makes sense to keep all 3 of these players together as they became famous as the Kraut Line. However, during and after World War II the line was renamed the Kitchener Kids after the Ontario city all three grew up in. Schmidt is the center of the line and the team captain. Dumart was a flashy leftwinger while Bauer was a crafty rightwinger. All three teamed on Kitchener's Memorial Cup winner of 1935 before moving up to the Bruins where they would win Stanley Cups in 1939 and 1941. Each of the 3 joined the Canadian Air Force in 1942 and returned to the Bruins last season.

BILL COWLEY - Veteran winger from Bristol, Quebec who was NHL MVP in 1941 and 1943.

JOE CARVETH - Just acquired from Detroit in exchange for Roy Conacher. The Regina native had 17 goals for the Red Wings last season and will likely play on the second line with Cowley and Gallinger.

DON GALLINGER - A swift skating center from tiny Port Colborne, Ontario, Gallinger had 40 points for the Bruins a year ago after, like many other Bruins joining the RCAF for the war.

BEP GUIDOLIN - Originally made the Bruins in 1942 as a 16 year old. Spent two seasons in Boston before joining the war effort. He returned to the NHL last year and had 32 points in 50 games. The Thorold, Ontario native would eventually be blacklisted after fighting for a players union in the 1950's. Later he would coach in the NHL and also be Bobby Orr's junior coach at Oshawa.

KENNY SMITH - Originally from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Smith scored 79 points in 26 games to lead Oshawa to the Memorial Cup in 1944. He scored 20 goals for the Bruins as a rookie the following season but scored just twice in 23 games a year ago.

JACK MCGILL - An aggressive forward, McGill was brought in during wartime to make up for the player shortage. He had 6 goals and 14 assists in 46 games last year.

MARK MARQUESS - 20 year old led the Moose Jaw Canucks to the Memorial Cup finals a year ago. He will be making his Bruins debut this season.

Next week's preview takes a look at the Chicago Black Hawks.

MARSHALL TOO MUCH FOR YAROSZ IN LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
Lloyd Marshall proved to be too powerful for Tommy Yarosz in the World Lightheavyweight Boxing title match at the Boston Gardens this week. Marshall sent Yarosz to the canvas with a powerful uppercut in round 1 but Monaca, Pennsylvania native recovered and actually started carrying the fight to Marshall. Yarosz was clearly the busier of the two fighters but every now and again Marshall would connect with a powerful blow. In round 9 the final damage was done when Yarosz leaned into an uppercut and caught it right on the button. A couple more quick punches from Marshall and it was lights out for Tommy Yarosz.

With the victory, Marshall improves to 22-4-1 and claims the title. On the undercard Archie Moore won a unanimous decision over Jimmy Bivins to move into the number one contender position. One other Lightheavyweight bout was staged last week. In London, England Freddie Mills claimed the European Title with a first round knockout of German Adolph Heuser.

Here are the top ranked lightheavyweights.

1- Lloyd Marshall WORLD CHAMPION 22-4-1 Cleveland, Ohio
2- Archie Moore 31-2 Benoit, Mississippi
3- Billy Conn 27-1-2 Pittsburgh
4 - Henry Hall 19-13-3 New Orleans
5 - Tommy Yarosz 26-7-2 Monaca, Pa
6 - Jimmy Bivins 28-3 Cleveland, Ohio
7 - Harry Mathews 28-3 Emmett, Idaho
8 - Bob Murphy 23-7 Flagler, Colorado
9 - Anton Christoforidis 26-7 Greece
10- Jimmy Slade 23-6-1 New York City

FLYWEIGHT POST WAR TITLE FIGHT ENDS IN A DRAW
A thrilling 15 round bout to determine the post WWII Flyweight Boxing Champion of the World ended in a majority draw between Little Dado of the Phillipines and Britian's Teddy Gardner. Since the title is vacant after boxing virtually ceased to exist during the war, there is no champion in the division at the moment. Dado and Gardner will fight again at the end of October in a effort to determine who will be crowned champion.

Despite being the Main Event in the card at Toyko, Japan the Dado-Gardner contest took a backseat with the fans who were there mainly to see Yoshio Shirai and Speedy Akira battle. The two Japanesse fighters also battled to a draw with one judge giving the victory to each fighter and the referee scoring it as even.

One other flyweight contest, this one in London England had Jackie Patterson score a 9th round TKO of Rinty Monaghan to claim the British title.

Here are the top 10 ranked fighters in the Flyweight Division

1- Little Dado 19-2-2 Phillippines
2- Speedy Akira 15-3-2 Yokohama, Japan
3 - Teddy Gardner 15-2-1 West Hartlepool, England
4 - Yoshio Shirai 11-2-2 Tokyo, Japan
5 - Jackie Paterson 19-2 Ayrshire, Scotland
6 - Black Pico 15-2 Cuba
7 - Rinty Monaghan 16-3-1 Belfast, Ireland
8 - Vic Herman 13-3-2 Glasgow, Scotland
9 - Peter Kane 16-2-1 Liverpool, England
10 -Louis Skena 17-4-1 Nice, France
The top ranked American is Dado Marino from Honolulu who is ranked 16th with a 10-3 record.

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Clev 79 56 .585 -
Boston 75 58 .564 3.0
Wash 72 62 .537 6.5
Detroit 70 64 .522 8.5
NYY 70 65 .519 9.0
St. L 66 70 .485 13.5
Phil 57 78 .422 22.0
Chicago 50 86 .368 29.5

BATTING
L. Fleming, Wsh .333
T. Williams, Bos .328
M. Mazzera, Wsh .323
J. Pesky, Bos .314
B. Lewis, Wsh .314

HR
T. Williams, Bos 26
B. Young, Bos 19
T. Henrich, Det 18

RBI
B. Youing, Bos 87
T. Williams, Bos 83
B. Campbell, SLB 79

WINS
S. Gromek, Cle 23-10
T. Bonham, NY 21-5
A. Karl, Bos 20-8

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pit 80 54 .597 -
Cin 79 57 .581 2.0
Bkn 74 61 .548 6.5
StL 71 63 .530 9.0
Chn 67 67 .500 13.0
Phi 64 72 .471 17.0
NYG 53 80 .398 26.5
Bsn 50 84 .373 30.0

BATTING
B. Chapman, StL .333
A. Vaughan, Pit .332
A. Kampouris, Cin .320
J. Mediwck, Cin .319
B. Estalella, Phi .315
R. Sanders, Phi .315

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 21
R. York, Bsn 18
S. Musial, StL 17

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 82
P. Reiser, Bkn 81
T. Cuccinello, Pit 81

WINS
C. Melton NY 26-8
E. White, StL 19-9
M. Haefner, Bkn 19-12

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

National Football Conference
North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 2 0 0 1.000 64 37
Det 1 1 0 .500 61 79
Gr Bay 1 1 0 .500 45 44
Minn 1 1 0 .500 27 41

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phi 2 0 0 1.000 58 38
NY G 2 0 0 1.000 48 20
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 30 30
Wash 1 1 0 .500 51 57

South W L T PCT PF PA
N Orl 1 1 0 .500 47 58
Atl 1 1 0 .500 10 28
Car 1 1 0 .500 23 30
T B 0 2 0 .000 45 48

West W L T PCT PF PA
StL 1 1 0 .500 47 33
Ariz 1 1 0 .500 41 41
SF 1 1 0 .500 38 48
Sea 0 2 0 .000 48 71

American Football Conference
North W L T PCT PF PA
Pitt 1 1 0 .500 20 33
Cincy 1 1 0 .500 37 23
Bal 0 2 0 .000 10 37
Clev 0 2 0 .000 13 27

East W L T PCT PF PA
N Eng 2 0 0 1.000 34 10
Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 41 9
Miami 1 1 0 .500 40 41
NY Jets 0 2 0 .000 20 36

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 2 0 0 1.000 54 33
Indy 1 1 0 .500 47 40
Hou 0 2 0 .000 19 41
Jax 0 2 0 .000 23 52

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 2 0 0 1.000 50 27
K C 1 1 0 .500 34 30
Oak 1 1 0 .500 34 37
S D 1 1 0 .500 44 24

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Chicago 41 Detroit 17
Philadelphia 34 Washington 16
New Orleans 24 Tampa 23
St Louis 27 Seattle 10
New England 13 NY Jets 3
Pittsburgh 10 Cleveland 6
Denver 23 Kansas City 17
Tennessee 31 Jacksonville 16
Miami 27 Green Bay 14
Buffalo 24 Minnesota 3
Dallas 24 Houston 13
NY Giants 27 Indianapolis 20
Cincinnati 24 Carolina 6
Arizona 24 Oakland 17
Atlanta 10 Baltimore 7
San Francisco 21 San Diego 17

WEEK 3 GAMES
Sunday September 17
Detroit at Tampa
Atlanta at Green Bay
Washington at St Louis
Philadelphia at Seattle
San Francisco at NY Giants
Arizona at Dallas
New England at Denver
Houston at Cincinnati
NY Jets at Kansas City
Oakland at Buffalo
San Diego at Miami
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Cleveland at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Baltimore
Carolina at Minnesota
Chicago at New Orleans

NFL LEADERS

QB RATING
Player TM GS AT COMP CP% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 2 71 54 76.1 648 6 0 131.7
Sammy *Baugh WAS 2 44 26 59.1 514 4 1 120.8
Manfred Gayle TEN 2 59 33 55.9 441 7 0 119.4
Leon Jones SD 2 44 26 59.1 380 3 0 110.0
Ken Neal PHI 1 37 30 81.1 318 2 1 109.2
Jay Cason DEN 2 66 36 54.5 507 3 0 94.7
Paul *Christman TB 2 49 26 53.1 342 4 1 94.1
Ryan Boyette NO 2 47 32 68.1 395 1 1 92.1
Eric Poppinga NYG 2 67 35 52.2 470 4 1 88.5
Koy Harris SF 2 73 49 67.1 474 3 2 87.4

RUSHING YARDS
Player TM GS RUSH YDS YPG YPC LG TD
Todd Berger NO 2 53 278 139 5.2 47 2
Keith Meade CAR 2 49 258 129 5.3 22 1
Tony *Canadeo GRB 2 40 244 122 6.1 48 2
Bob *Seymour WAS 2 32 230 115 7.2 65 2
M Williams BUF 2 57 216 108 3.8 18 1

RECEIVING YARDS
Player TM GS REC YDS YAC YPC LG TD
Jerry Watson DEN 2 12 254 47 21.2 58 1
Matt Sikahema CHI 2 10 239 42 23.9 56 1
Dante *Lavelli WAS 2 9 226 87 25.1 72 2
Chuck Myers NYG 2 8 222 56 27.8 75 1
Lewis Smith JAX 2 11 196 80 17.8 70 2

TACKLES
Player TM GS TAK SOLO AST
B Hasselbeck ARZ 2 25 17 8
Fran Farmer NYJ 2 21 17 4
Bob Hall TB 2 20 11 9
Jason Haik TB 2 20 17 3
Jimmy Conklin WAS 2 20 15 5
Mark Smith BAL 2 20 14 6
Mike Faulk SEA 2 20 14 6

SACKS
Kevin Merkins Den 6
Mike Smith GB 4
Reggie White SD 7 4

INTERCEPTIONS
Matt Moore NYG 3
6 tied with 2

NCAA FOOTBALL
New Mexico State 26 Beaumont Hospital 6
Villanova 37 Merchant Marine 3
Williams Field 14 Northern Arizona 6

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
SEP 15, 1946
Detroit Mercy at Wayne State
Furman at Alabama
Missouri-Rolla at St. Louis

SEP 16, 1946
Camp McClelland at William & Mary
Catawba at Virginia Military Institute
Cincinnati at Indiana (20)
Colorado State at Fort Warren
Denver at Oklahoma State
Fresno State at Santa Clara
Illinois (10) at Pittsburgh
Iowa State at Colorado
Lehigh at Merchant Marine
Marquette at Wisconsin
McMurry at Hardin-Simmons
Miami (Ohio) at Purdue
Mississippi at Kentucky
Missouri at Texas(9)
North Dakota State at Iowa
North Texas at Texas A&M
Northern Arizona at New Mexico
Northern Colorado at Wyoming
Northwestern State at Arkansas
Otterbein at West Virginia
Presbyterian at Clemson
Randolph-Macon at Richmond
Southwestern (Texas) at Baylor
St.Ambrose at Drake
Texas Christian at Kansas
Tulsa(17) at Wichita State
Villanova at Army (1)
West Texas A&M at Texas Tech
Western New Mexico at New Mexico State
Williams Field at Arizona State

SEP 17, 1946
Western State at Brigham Young

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

WESTERN
Team W L T PTS
Wpg 2 1 0 4
Calg 2 1 0 4
Sask 0 2 0 0

ORFU
Team W L T PTS
Toronto Indians 4 0 0 8
Hamilton Tigers 3 1 0 6
Tor Balmy Beach 1 2 0 2
Sarnia 1 2 0 2
Ottawa Trojans 1 2 0 2
Windsor 0 3 0 0

IPRU
Team W L T PTS
Ottawa RR 1 0 1 3
Montreal 1 1 0 2
Toronto Argos 1 1 0 2
Ham Wildcats 0 1 1 1

RESULTS
Sept 8
Hamilton Tigers 0 at 24 Toronto Argos
Montreal Alouettes 14 at 23 Ottawa Rough Riders

Sept 9
Toronto Indians 14 at 13 Sarnia Imperials
Toronto Balmy Beach 16 at 18 Ottawa Trojans
Windsor Royals 0 at 17 Hamilton Wildcats
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 at 21 Calgary Stampeders

UPCOMING GAMES
Sept 16
Ottawa Rough Riders at Toronto Argos
Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tigers

Sept 17
Windsor Royals at Toronto Balmy Beach
Sarnia Imperials at Ottawa Trojans

Sept 19
Toronto Argos at Hamilton Tigers
Winnipeg at Saskatchewan

BOXING
BOXING WORLD CHAMPIONS
Heavyweight - Joe Louis
Lightheavyweight - Lloyd Marshall
Middleweight - Jake Lamotta
Welterweight- Sugar Ray Robinson
Lightweight - Ike Williams
Featherweight - Willie Pep
Bantamweight - Fernando Gagnon
Flyweight - TBD

UPCOMING BOUTS
Sep 16 at Madison Square Garden Joe Louis defends World Heavyweight Title against 11th ranked Tami Mauriello
Sep 23 at Madison Square Garden Middleweights Tony Zale (ranked 4th) vs Rocky Graziano (ranked 49th)
Sep 23 and 24 in London England British Weekendt of Champions:
Tommy Farr vs Bruce Woodcock for vacant British Heavyweight Title
Freddie Mills vs Alex Buxton fot vacant British LightHeavyweight Title
Billy Bird vs Randy Turpin for vacant British Middleweight Title
Cliff Curvis vs Ernie Roderick for vacant British Welterweight Title
Ronnie James defends British Lightweight Title against Frank Johnson
Frankie Kelly vs Al Phillips for vacant British Featherweight Title
Gus Foran vs Johnny King for vacant British Bantamweight Title
Oct 27 in France Little Dado meets Teddy Gardner for vacant World Flyweight Title
Nov 24 in Philadelphia Bob Montgomery faces Austalian Vic Patrick in a Lightweight bout

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08-14-2004, 02:06 AM

PENNANT RACES HEATING UP
PIRATES AND INDIANS CLING TO LEADS WITH 2 WEEKS TO PLAY
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians each moved another week closer to a World Series berth. The Pirates lead on Cincinnati remains at 2 games while in the American League Cleveland lost a half game off it's cushion but the Tribe still lead second place Boston by 2.5 games.

Pittsburgh won just 3 of 7 games during the week but two of the wins were over the second place Reds, who went 2-3 last week. Bill Norman's 2-run triple in the first inning of Wednesday's game was all the offense Ken Heintzelman (17-12, 3.09) needed to give the hometown Pirates a 5-1 victory. Thursday was an awful day for the Reds and may ultimately prove to be the day that cost them a shot at their first pennant since 1926. Tony Cuccinello and Arky Vaughan each had 2 rbi's in the Pirates 7-1 win that moved Pittsburgh 3 games ahead of the Reds. Cincinnati did get one game back over the weekend but the Reds are running out of time and will not play against the Pirates again this season.

This week the Reds have 4 games in Chicago before playing a 2 game set over the weekend against the Giants in New York. The Pirates are off to St Louis for a 4 game set and finish the week with 2 games in Boston. The two teams remain on the road for the final week with Pittsburgh playing 3 in Chicago before finishing with 4 against the Giants while the Reds have 3 in St Louis and 4 at Boston.

In the American League the Boston Red Sox took two of three games from Cleveland last week but what they really needed was a sweep. In the opener Mel Amada and Ted Williams, with his league leading 27th, homered to give Boston a 6-4 victory. Cleveland took the next game 8-1 as Bill Lohrman pitched a 3-hitter. Lohrman won both of his starts this week and was named American League player of the week. On Sunday, the Red Sox stayed in the race with a 4-2 win as Bob Bowman (19-9, 3.07) handed Tribe ace Steve Gromek (24-11, 2.95) his first loss in 9 decisions.

This week the Red Sox have 4 games against Philadelphia and 3 in St Louis. Next week they are on the road for 3 games in Washington before finishing up with 4 against the Yankees. The Indians play 3 in Washington starting today before having an off day Thursday and wrapping up the week with a 3-game set at Yankee Stadium. Next week the season finishes for Cleveland with 3 games in St Louis and 4 at Philadelphia. Realistically if the Red Sox are going to make a run at their first Pennant since 1922 they will need to do so this week while the Indians have a couple of tough opponents in the Sens and Yanks.

OTHER NOTES: Jack Kraus of Brooklyn was named National League player of the week after going 2-0 with an era of 0.50. He is 11-17 with a 4.02 era this season. As mentioned above, Cleveland's Bill Lohrman claimed the AL honour.

 NFL WEEK 3
BREAK UP THE BRONCOS - DENVER ONE OF JUST 4 UNBEATEN TEAMS
Three weeks into the 1946 season and their are just 4 teams with perfect records. The Bears, of course with Sid *Luckman and an explosive offense. The Eagles, easy to accept with RB Harley Mitchell healthy once again. The Bills are a mild surprise but they are a solid team. Finally the Denver Broncos round out the list of 3-0 clubs. The Broncos? Wait a minute. How can they be 3-0?

Denver beat the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 18-15 yesterday to stay unbeaten for new coach Ryan McDonnell. The Broncos have been finding ways to win football games. Running back Oscar Hartings gained 118 yards and scored a touchdown. QB Jay Cason, who was picked off 30 times a year ago, is making better decisions. However, the real improvement is on defense where the Broncos have drastically improved from last year. DE Kevin Merkins already has 6 sacks after getting just 4 all of last season. Rookie LB Rock Roberts is second on the team in tackles and has given the Broncos the run stopper they needed inside and the secondary, led by Edgerrrin Newberry who had an interception for the second straight game, is playing much better.

In New Orleans all anyone could talk about was Sid *Luckman and how the Chicago Bears QB may be enjoying the best season of his career. Luckman increased his QB rating to 144.8 after completing 20 of 25 passes for 361 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 38-6 thumping of the Saints.

The Buffalo Bills got a last minute 31 yard field goal from Ken Wilkins to beat Oakland 13-10. Buffalo was held to under 200 yards of offense but a 24 yard fumble return for a touchdown by CB Glen Fletcher and a pair of field goals was all the offense the Bills needed. 5 Oakland turnovers proved all the difference in the world in this game. The Raiders did not manage much offense themselves as RB Johnny Cushing was held to 56 yards rushing but he did have 7 receptions.

In Seattle, Harley Mitchell ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns plus made 7 catches for 83 yards to lead Philadelphia past the hometown Seahawks 24-13. It is still far too early to call Marion *Motley a bust but the 4th overall pick has gained just 96 yards on 41 carries and his getting very frustrated with the Seahawks offensive line. He was limited to 17 yards on 12 carries yesterday.

In other action:

3 turnovers led to a pair of defensive touchdowns as San Francisco surprised the Giants in New York 31-16. The Giants, who had been winning games with turnovers prior to this week, ran into problems early as QB Eric Poppinga was picked off twice in the first half leading to 10 Niners points. The Giants defense, a strong point to start the season, did a good job keeping San Francisco in check but it was a case of the 49ers getting very good field position to start drives far too often. The loss leaves the Giants at 2-1 and improves San Francisco to the same record.

Tampa got it's first win of the season 31-24 over Detroit but it came at a price. The Bucs had 2 more quarterbacks injured in the game and have lost 3 signal callers in two weeks. Last week starter Paul Christman broke his foot and is out for two months. This week's starter John Jordan, a rookie from UCLA, tore up his knee and is out for a month. Jordan had a great game in his pro debut prior to the injury, completing 23 out of 37 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns. Stephen Quayle completed just one pass before going down with an ankle injury leaving 4th stringer Al Wiley to mop up. Next week's bye could not have come at a better time for the Bucs.

In Green Bay, Rick Streets third field goal of the day, a 41 yarder in overtime, gave Atlanta a 38-35 win over the hometown Packers.

Sammy *Baugh and Wayne *Miller hooked up on two 4th quarter touchdown strikes to lift Washington past St Louis 29-16.

Arizona built a quick 21-0 lead and then hung on to beat Dallas 21-14. Doug Schroeder completed 29 of 38 passes for 224 yards and both Dallas touchdowns but was stopped just short in a desperate last second drive to tie the game. Arizona SS Booker Hasselback brought down Cowboys receiver Willie Nelson at the Cardinals 5 yard line as time expired. Hasselback had 10 tackles to give him a league leading total of 35 on the season.

Vaughn Diedrick and Jonathon Brown connected on a 41 yard pass play midway through the 4th quarter to give Houston it's first win, 20-13 over Cincinnati. The Bengals fall to 1-2.

Bruce Jones ran for 156 yards and scored 2 touchdowns as Kansas City beat the winless Jets 17-9.

San Diego is 2-1 after Buford DeRonde kicked 3 field goals in a 9-7 win against the Dolphins in Miami.

Justin Jackson tossed a pair of 4th quarter touchdowns as Jacksonville rallied to beat Pittsburgh 30-26 leaving both teams with 1-2 records. RB Keith Musso gained 90 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Jags. Pittsburgh QB Tom Friede had another awful day, completing just 14 of 33 passes and getting picked off twice. Friede's 34.0 QB rating is the lowest among all starters in the league.

Backs Tony Ellis and Art Basnight combined for 156 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns as Cleveland earned it's first win of the season, knocking off previously unbeaten Tennessee 27-24. Titans QB Manfred Gayle threw 3 touchdown passes but was picked off twice.

The defending champs finally got a win as Baltimore beat Indianapolis 15-10. There was very litlte offense out of the Ravens once again but Fabien Montgomery did run for 91 yards and a touchdown. A first quarter safety and a pair of Leonard Allen field goals rounded out the scoring for the Ravens.

After throwing 4 interceptions in the last 2 games the Minnesota Vikings benched QB Stephen Pagel. Rookie Jim Elliott, a second round pick out of South Carolina, got the starting nod and completed 27 of 34 passes for 185 yards in his pro debut as the Vikings improved to 2-1 with a 21-14 win over Carolina.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUND UP
ARMY MAKES SHORT WORK OF VILLANOVA
Number 1 ranked Army had little trouble with Villanova as the college football schedule had it first full week of games. Army build up a 13-0 half time lead and increased it in the third quarter to 25-0. The final score was 25-7.

Here is how the rest of the top 20 fared.

#9 - Texas - The Southwest Conference favourite Longhorns blasted Big 6 weakling Missouri 45-7

#10 Illinois - Illinois began preparing for a strong Western Conference schedule by topping independant University of Pittsburgh 17-6.

#15 Oklahoma State - Little trouble in beating Denver of a weak Mountain States Conference by a 31-14 score.

#16 Alabama - The Crimson Tide decided not to run up the score against small college Furman, settling for a 16-0 shutout.

#17 Tulsa - beat Wichita State 21-7 in a Missouri Valley Conference game. Tulsa and Oklahoma State are the teams to beat in the MVC.

#20 Indiana - not very impressive but the Hoosiers did beat small college Cincinnati 10-0.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. With most of the top 20 off their was very little change. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) --1-0 after beating Villanova (1-1) 25-7, hosts Oklahoma (0-0) this week
2- Notre Dame (2) --opens season at #10 Illinois (1-0)
3. Georgia (3) --hosts Clemson (1-0) in Friday's season opener
4. Pennsylvania (4)-- opens at home against Lafayette (0-0) in 2 weeks
5. Southern California (5)-- opens at home Friday against PCC rival Wash. St.(0-0)
6. Michigan (6) --home opener Saturday against Western Conference foe Indiana (1-0)
7. Tennessee (7)-- hosts #11 Georgia Tech Saturday in SEC opener for both
8. Louisiana State (8)-- opens on the road against Rice (0-0) Saturday
9. Texas (9) -- 1-0 blasted Missouri 45-7, host Colorado (0-1) Saturday
10. Illimois (10)--- beat Pittsburgh (0-1) 17-6, host #2 Notre Dame (0-0) this Saturday
11. Georgia Tech (11)-- open the season against SEC rival #7 Tennessee
12. UCLA (13) -- open season against PCC rival Oregon State (0-0) this weekend
13. Oklahoma State (15) --- 1-0 beat Denver 31-14, host Arkansas on Saturday
14. Ohio State (14) (0-0) -- open the season against 0-1 Missouri Saturday
15. Yale (12) -- host Merchant Marine (0-1-1) in season opener Saturday
16. Tulsa (17) -- 1-0 beat Wichita State 21-7 in MVC opener. Host New Mexico State (2-0) Saturday
17. Alabama (16) -- 1-0 beat Furman 16-0, play on the road against Tulane (0-0) in SEC opener
18. N. C. State (18) -- host Duke in Southern League opener for both
19. North Carolina (nr) -- host Virginia Tech in Southern League opener for both
20. Navy (19) -- open season Saturday against Villanova (1-1)

dropping out of the top 20 is Indiana (20)

CONFERENCE SCHEDULES GET INTO FULL SWING THIS WEEK
Although a couple of in-conference matchups were scheduled last week most of the major conference action gets under way this coming weekend. In our weekly notebook for each conference we will preview the upcoming games and highlight some of the top players. One thing to keep in mind is that the conference schedules were far less rigid in 1946 than they are today. In most conferences teams did not play a similiar number of games within the conference. For example in the PCC teams would play as few as 4 or as many as 8 in conference games, the SEC between 5 and 7 and in the Western either 6 or 7 games against conference foes. In this the first installment of the conference notebook we will simply familiarize you with the conference allignments.

BIG 6 The Big 6 Conference is the forerunner of today's Big 12. Teams include Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

BORDER A lower tier conference with 9 schools from the southwest: Arizona, Arizona State, Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, UTEP, Texas Tech and West Texas A&M

MVC The Missouri Valley Conference consists of Drake, Oklahoma State, St Louis, Tulsa and Wichita State.

MOUNTAIN STATESThe Mountain States Conference contains schools from the Rockies including Brigham Young, Colorado, Colorado State, Denver, Utah, Utah State and Wyoming.

PCC Now known as the Pac 10 the Pacific Coast Conference in 1946 consisted of California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington and Washington State.

SEC The Southeastern Conference looked quite similiar in 1946 to how it looks today. 1946 members are Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt.

SOUTHERN A forerunner of the ACC, the Southern Conference is the largest conference with 16 members. North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Maryland, Duke, Virginia Tech and Clemson are joined by William & Mary, Richmond, Davidson, George Washington, VMI, Citadel, Furman and Washington &Lee.

SWC The Southwest Conference contains Arkansas, Baylor, Rice, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M and TCU

WESTERN Know today as the Big 10 the Western Conference features 9 teams: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin. Missing from the current Big 10 lineup are Michigan State and Penn State which currently are independants.

PLAYOFFS ALL BUT SET IN WESTERN CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers bombed Saskatchewan 31-0 in Western Canadian Football action. It was the third straight loss for the hapless Roughriders, who have been outscored 58-7 on the season. The win moves the Bombers 2 points ahead of Calgary but the Stampeders have a game in hand. At this rate the Stampeders and Bombers will have playoff spots wrapped up by the end of the month.

Things are a little tighter in the East. In the Interprovincial League the Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argos each won on Saturday and share top spot with 4 points, one ahead of the Ottawa Roughriders. Ottawa was beaten 24-14 by the Argos in Toronto while the Alouettes outscored last place Hamilton 17-3.

In the ORFU the first place Toronto Indians and second place Hamilton Wildcats each had the week off. Two games were played yesterday with the Toronto Balmy Beach club blasting Windsor 42-14 while the Ottawa Trojans scored a late touchdown to top Sarnia 24-17.

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP LOUIS SURVIVES A SCARE AND KO'S MAURIELLO
11th ranked Tami Mauriello nearly stole the Heavyweight Championship of the World from Joe Louis but the Brown Bomber recovered to successfully defend his title before a sold out fight crowd at Madison Square Garden. Louis looked a little out of shape coming into the fight while it appeared Bronx native Mauriello was in the best shape of his career.

Mauriello landed a couple of blows early in round one before Louis hurt the challenger with a devasting hook. Louis reigned down punches for the rest of the round and Mauriello was lucky to escape on his feet. Louis began round 2 right where he left off round one and had Mauriello in big trouble but somehow he could not quite finish him off.

With Mauriello's left eye nearly swollen shut, Louis looked confident he would end the fight in round 3 and he worked on Mauriello's eye right away. However, Louis must have been a little over-confident and he opened himself up at the same instant Mauriello put everything he had into an uppercut. Louis stepped into the full brunt of the blow and found himself on the canvas with the referee counting over him. Louis barely struggled to his feet as the count reached 9 and he spent the rest of the round hiding from Mauriello as he tried to regain his bearings. If Mauriello had anything left at that point he would surely have been the new champion but he could not muster any sort of an attack to finish off the champ. The crowd was going nuts as Louis someone stayed alive enough to regroup.

Louis got his bearings back between rounds and early in the fourth he stunned Mauriello with a straight right. Mauriello could do nothing except try and aviod the champ. He was unsuccessful as Louis came after him, although just a little more cautiously than he did the previous round. Finally with 10 seconds to go in the round Louis found an opening and landed a solid uppercut that floored Mauriello. With rules prohibiting the bell from saving a fighter it was all over for Mauriello and Louis remained Heavyweight Champion of the World.

With the victory Joe Louis is now 8-0 while Mauriello's record falls to 16-4-1. Louis is expected to next defend his title in January or February likely against 4th ranked Nathan Mann (18-4-1) at the Olympia in his hometown of Detroit.

EDITOR'S NOTE - I have just started getting into TBCB but this was far and away the most exciting bout I have witnessed. I thought for sure Mauriello was going to win it in the third round. If you have even a moderate interest in boxing you should do yourself a favour and get this game if you haven't already. As I mentioned early I am barely a casual boxing fan but the game is extremely entertaining.

NHL SEASON PREVIEW - Part 2
THE CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS
On 25 September 1926 Major Frederic McLaughlin, a coffee millionaire, invested $200,000 to purchase the Portland Rosebuds of the Western Hockey League. The Major promplty renamed the team after a unit he had served with during World War I, the Blackhawk Field Gun Battalion. The battalion itself had been named after a famous Indian Chief in the Midwest during the early nineteenth century.

The Chicago Black Hawks played their initial NHL game on 17 November 1926, at the now defunct Chicago Coliseum. On 15 December 1929 the team played its first game in historic Chicago Stadium. Famous for its Barton pipe organ, the Stadium housed the loudest and most loyal fans in the hockey world. The Hawks won the Stanley Cup in 1934 and again in 1938. Last season the Hawks finished 3rd but were eliminated in the semi-finals in 4 straight games by eventual Stanley Cup Champion Montreal.

Here is the Black Hawks roster for this season:

GOAL
PAUL BIBEAULT - Montreal native has played goal for the Canadiens, Toronto and Boston before joining the Black Hawks this season.

EMILE FRANCIS - Later to be well known as a Ranger coach and executive, Francis will be making his NHL debut this season. Nicknamed "The Cat" because of his amazing reflexes, Francis also pioneered the use of a valuable piece of goalie equipment. During the 1945-46 season in the minors Francis, who was an avid baseball player and manager, began experimenting with a first baseman's glove by adding a cuff to protect the rest of his hand and wrist. This innovation was the prototype of the present day catching glove used by netminders all over the world.

DEFENSE:
BILL GADSBY - A 20 year old rookie from Calgary, Gadsby will be making his NHL debut. He would play over 1200 NHL games in his career but never win a Stanley Cup. He became as famous for his cuts as his play. He reputedly recieved more than 600 stitches to his face in his career. He would also coach Detroit for a brief period in the late sixties.

LEO REISE JR. - When Leo made his NHL debut last season for the Hawks it became the first time a father and son had both made the NHL. The elder Reise played 8 seasons for Hamilton, the NY Rangers and NY Americans in the 1920's.

JACK JACKSON - From Windsor, Jackson will be making his NHL debut this season. A gifted scorer in the minors Jackson did not have the same success in the NHL and would spend just this one season in the big leagues.

RALPH NATTRASS - The Gainsboro, Saskatchewan native will be making his NHL debut this season. In 1950 he would be traded to Montreal but rather than report to the Canadiens he went into the auto sales business.

EDDIE WARES - Wares, from Calgary, begin his NHL career with the Rangers in 1936. He would be a regular with Detroit from 1940 until he joined the Navy in 1943. Upon his return he was dealt by the Wings to Chicago where he would pick up 15 points in 45 games last season.

FORWARDS:

DOUG BENTLEY - a 3 time first team all-star, the winger from Delisle, Saskatchewan led the NHL in scoring in 1942-43. He had 40 points in 36 games a year ago.

MAX BENTLEY- Center of the Pony Line (with his brother Doug and Bill Mosienko) he became the first Chicago player to win the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP. He won the Award last season after scoring 31 goals in 47 games. Known as the 'Dipsy Doodle Dandy from Delisle" because of his fancy skating and superb stickhandling.

BILL MOSIENKO - The Winnipeg native joined the Black Hawks in 1941. He was one of the smallest players in the league but also one of the quickest. He scored 48 points in 40 games a year ago and won the Lady Byng award for gentlemanly play. He would eventually become best known for scoring the fastest 3 goals in NHL history - 21 seconds in a game against the Rangers.

ADAM BROWN - A native of Scotland Brown emigrated to Canada in his youth. He won a Stanley Cup with Detroit in 1943 before being dealt to the Hawks this offseason. He had 31 points in 40 games with Detroit last year.

ALEX KALETA - The Cranmore, Alberta native missed 3 season serving in WWII otherwise he would have likely been much better known. He scored 46 points last season. One story has it that the term "hat trick" was allegedly coined when a Toronto haberdasher named Sammy Taft told Kaleta that he would give him the hat that he had been eyeing if Alex would score 3 goals in that night's game. Kaleta did so, and the term has been used ever since.

CLINT SMITH - Began his career with the Rangers in 1936 and was a key contributer to their 1940 Cup winning team. In 1943-44 he set a record for assists with 49. A two time winner of the Lady Byng Award he is rarely penalized.

GEORGE GEE - Stratford, Ontario native made his NHl debut with the Hawks last year and collected 29 points in 35 games.

JOHN MARIUCCI - The Minnesota native helped the Golden Gophers to an NCAA football championsjip as well as being an All-American Hockey player. He joined the Black Hawks in 1941 but missed two seasons during the war. A solid defensive forward Mariucci would eventually coach the 1956 US Olympic Hockey team.

TOM FOWLER - Winnipeg native spent last season with Kansas City of the USHL. He will be making his NHL debut this year.

RED HAMILL - Began his NHL career with Boston and won a Stanley Cup with the Bruins before coming to Chicago in 1942. Had 37 points last season after missing 2 years while in the Army.

HANK BLADE - Long time minor leaguer from Peterborough, Ontario will be making his NHL debut this season.

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Clev 83 58 .589 -
Bost 80 60 .571 2.5
Wash 75 66 .532 8.0
Det 73 68 .518 10.0
NYY 73 68 .518 10.0
SLB 68 73 .482 15.0
Pha 60 80 .429 22.5
Cha 51 90 .362 32.0

BATTING
L. Fleming, Wsh .329
T. Williams, Bos .327
M. Mazzera, Wsh .321
B. Lewis, Wsh .317
B. Young, Bos .309

HR
T. Williams, Bos 28
B. Young, Bos 19
T. Henrich, Det 18
B. Campbell SLB 18

RBI
B. Youing, Bos 90
T. Williams, Bos 86
B. Campbell, SLB 85

WINS
S. Gromek, Cle 24-11
T. Bonham, NY 22-6
A. Karl, Bos 21-9

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
Pit 83 58 .589 -
Cin 81 60 .574 2.0
Bkn 78 64 .549 5.5
StL 76 65 .539 7.0
Chn 72 69 .511 11.0
Phi 67 74 .475 16.0
NYG 55 85 .393 27.5
Bsn 52 89 .369 31.0

BATTING
A. Vaughan, Pit .329
B. Chapman, StL .323
J. Mediwck, Cin .319
A. Kampouris, Cin .317
R. Sanders, Phi .313

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 21
S. Musial, StL 19
R. York, Bsn 18

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 86
T. Cuccinello, Pit 83
P. Reiser, Bkn 82

WINS
C. Melton Pit 26-10
J. Hutchings, Cin 20-6
E. White, StL 19-10
M. Haefner, Bkn 19-13

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NFC STANDINGS
North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 3 0 0 1.000 102 43
Min 2 1 0 .667 48 55
Det 1 2 0 .333 85 110
GB 1 2 0 .333 80 82

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 3 0 0 1.000 82 51
NYG 2 1 0 .667 64 51
Wash 2 1 0 .667 80 73
Dal 1 2 0 .333 44 51

South W L T PCT PF PA
Atl 2 1 0 .667 48 63
NO 1 2 0 .333 53 96
Car 1 2 0 .333 37 51
TB 1 2 0 .333 76 72

West W L T PCT PF PA
Ariz 2 1 0 .667 62 55
SF 2 1 0 .667 69 64
StL 1 2 0 .333 63 62
Sea 0 3 0 .000 61 95

AFC STANDINGS
North W L T PCT PF PA
Pit 1 2 0 .333 46 63
Bal 1 2 0 .333 25 47
Cin 1 2 0 .333 50 43
Cle 1 2 0 .333 40 51

East W L T PCT PF PA
Buf 3 0 0 1.000 54 19
NE 2 1 0 .667 49 28
Mia 1 2 0 .333 47 50
NYJ 0 3 0 .000 29 53

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 2 1 0 .667 78 60
Hou 1 2 0 .333 39 54
Indy 1 2 0 .333 57 55
Jax 1 2 0 .333 53 78

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 3 0 0 1.000 68 42
KC 2 1 0 .667 51 39
SD 2 1 0 .667 53 31
Oak 1 2 0 .333 44 50

LAST WEEKS SCORES
Tampa 31 Detroit 24
Atlanta 38 Green Bay 35 (OT)
Washington 29 St Louis 16
Philadelphia 24 Seattle 13
San Francisco 31 NY Giants 16
Arizona 21 Dallas 14
Denver 18 New England 15
Houston 20 Cincinnati 13
Kansas City 17 NY Jets 9
Buffalo 13 Oakland 10
San Diego 9 Miami 7
Jacksonville 30 Pittsburgh 26
Cleveland 27 Tennessee 24
Baltimore 15 Indianapolis 10
Minnesota 21 Carolina 14
Chicago 38 New Orleans 6

NEXT WEEKS GAMES
Green Bay Packers (1-2) at Chicago Bears (3-0)
Minnesota Vikings (2-1) at Detroit Lions (1-2)
Dallas Cowboys (1-2) at Philadelphia Eagles (3-0)
San Francisco 49ers (2-1) at St Louis Rams (1-2)
Arizona Cardinals (2-1) at Seattle Seahawks (0-3)
Buffalo Bills (3-0) at New England Patriots (2-1)
Indianapolis Colts (1-2) at Tennessee Titans (2-1)
Houston Texans (1-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2)
San Diego Chargers (1-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (2-1)
Oakland Raiders (1-2) at Denver Broncos (3-0)
Cincinnati Bengals (1-2) at Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2)
Miami Dolphins (1-2) at New York Jets (0-3)
New York Giants (2-1) at Washington Redskins (2-1)
Baltimore Ravens (1-2) at Cleveland Browns (1-2)

NFL STAT LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 96 74 77.1 1009 10 0 144.8
Sammy *Baugh WAS 75 46 61.3 840 6 2 115.4
Leon Jones SD 44 26 59.1 380 3 0 110.0
Terry Stephens NE 43 27 62.8 332 3 0 109.8
Manfred Gayle TEN 88 48 54.5 701 10 2 109.1

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Todd Berger NO 3 73 361 4.9 47 2
Harley Mitchell PHI 3 92 338 3.7 22 4
Bruce Jones KAN 3 77 332 4.3 63 4
Oscar Hartings DEN 3 71 327 4.6 19 2
Mike Largent STL 3 67 319 4.8 21 2

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Matt Sikahema CHI 3 15 348 23.2 56 2
Wayne *Miller WAS 3 24 315 13.1 41 3
Jerry Watson DEN 3 18 307 17.1 58 2
Amos Hynoski DET 3 17 296 17.4 58 4
Brian Gardner DEN 3 22 285 13.0 43 2

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
B. Hasselbeck ARZ 3 35 25 10
Mel Hein NYG 3 31 23 8
Fran Farmer NYJ 3 30 24 6
Andre' Bostic DET 3 30 19 11
Tyrone Rayburn MIA 3 30 19 11

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 6
Reggie White SD 6
Mike Smith GB 5

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Greg Fletcher BUF 3
Matt Moore NYG 3
Ken Milloy JAX 3

NCAA FOOTBALL RESULTS
Detroit Mercy 17 Wayne State 0
Alabama 16 Furman 0
Missouri-Rolla 3 St. Louis 0
William & Mary 33 Camp McClelland 0
Virginia Military Institute 38 Catawba 0
Indiana 10 Cincinnati 0
Fort Warren 21 Colorado State 7
Oklahoma State 31 Denver 14
Santa Clara 20 Fresno State 13
Illinois 17 Pittsburgh 6
Iowa State 13 Colorado 10
Merchant Marine 17 Lehigh 17
Wisconsin 31Marquette 20
Hardin-Simmons 20 McMurry 0
Miami (Ohio) 27 Purdue 17
Kentucky 22 Mississippi 14
Texas 45 Missouri 7
Iowa 27 North Dakota State 0
Texas A&M 34 North Texas 0
New Mexico 10 Northern Arizona 6
Northern Colorado 13 Wyoming 6
Arkansas 31 Northwestern State 0
Otterbein 15 West Virginia14
Clemson 31 Presbyterian 0
Richmond 21 Randolph-Macon 3
Baylor 17 Southwestern (Texas) 0
Drake 23 St.Ambrose 14
Kansas 12 Texas Christian 10
Tulsa 21 Wichita State 7
Army 25 Villanova 7
Texas Tech 21 West Texas A&M 0
New Mexico State 13 Western New Mexico 3
Williams Field 30 Arizona State 17
Brigham Young 3 Western State 3

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Friday September 22
Clemson at Georgia
Drake at UTEP
Houston at West Texas A&M
Kansas at Denver
Southern Mississippi at Auburn
Wake Forest at Boston College
Washington State at USC
William & Mary at Miami (Fla)
Wofford at Furman

Saturday September 23
Alabama at Tulane
Arizona State at Arizona
Arkansas at Oklahoma State
Bainbridge NTS at Maryland
Baylor at TCU
Boston University at Syracuse
Brigham Young at Montana State
Bucknell at Cornell
Canisius at Brown
Colorado at Texas
Colorado Mines at Wyoming
Colorado State at Montana
Connecticut at Harvard
Dartmouth at Holy Cross
Duke at North Carolina State
Erskine at Davidson
Georgia Tech at Tennessee
Hampden-Sydney at Virginia
Hawaii All-Stars at Porland
Idaho at Stanford
Idaho State at Utah State
Indiana at Michigan
Iowa State at Northwestern
Kansas State at Hardin-Simmons
Kentucky at Cincinnati
Louisiana State at Rice
Merchant Marine at Yale
Mississippi at Florida
Missouri at Ohio State
Muhlenberg at Lafayette
Nebraska at Minnesota
New Mexico at Utah
New Mexico State at Tulsa
Notre Dame at Illinois
Oklahoma at Army
Oregon State at UCLA
Pacific at Oregon
Presbyterian at Citadel
Purdue at Iowa
Rutgers at Columbia
St. Louis at Marquette
St. Mary's at Washington
Tennessee Tech at Vanderbilt
Texas A&M at Texas Tech
Villanova at Navy
Virginia Military Institute at Richmond
Virginia Tech at North Carolina
Wayne State at Michigan State
West Virginia at Pittsburgh
Western New Mexico at Northern Arizona
Wichita State at Dayton
Wisconsin at California

Sunday, September 24
Nevada at San Francisco
Newberry at South Carolina
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Mississippi State

Monday September 25
Southern Methodist at Temple

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

ORFU W L T PTS
Tor Indians 4 0 0 8
Ham Tigers 3 1 0 6
Tor Balmy Beach 2 2 0 4
Ott Trojans 2 2 0 4
Sarnia 1 3 0 2
Windsor 0 4 0 0

IPRFU W L T PTS
Montreal 2 1 0 4
Toronto Argos 2 1 0 4
Ottawa RR 1 1 1 3
Ham Wildcats 0 2 1 1

WESTERN W L T PTS
Winnipeg 3 1 0 6
Calgary 2 1 0 4
Saskatchewan 0 3 0 0

RESULTS
Sept 16
Ottawa Rough Riders 14 at Toronto Argos 24
Montreal Alouettes 17 at Hamilton Tigers 3
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31 at Saskatchewan Roughriders 0

Sept 17
Windsor Royals 14 at Toronto Balmy Beach 42
Sarnia Imperials 17 at Ottawa Trojans 24

UPCOMING GAMES
Sept 19
Toronto Argos at Hamilton Tigers
Winnipeg at Saskatchewan

Sept 23
Toronto Argos at Ottawa Rough Riders
Hamilton Tigers at Montreal Alouettes
Calgary at Saskatchewan
Toronto Indians at Windsor Royals
Hamilton Wildcats at Sarnia Imperials

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 02:10 AM

NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT UP FOR GRABS
PIRATES LEAD REDS BY 1 GAME WITH 7 TO PLAY
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds may well go to the final day of the season before it is known which of the two clubs will make the World Series. With each club having 7 games remaining, the Bucs cling to a 1-game lead. Both of the clubs are on the road for the final week with Cincinnati playing 3 against 4th place St Louis and closing with 4 against last place Boston. The Pirates have 3 against 5th place Chicago and finish with 4 against the 7th place Giants in New York.

Tight finishes are nothing new in the National League as last season the Cubs needed a 1-game playoff to beat St Louis, while 9 years ago the Cardinals topped the Pirates in a 1 game playoff and the year before that it was Chicago over Brooklyn in an extra game. In all, on 8 different occassions the National League needed to play an extra game to determine it's champion. Could the 9th be a week away?

Here is a day-by-day recap for the NL contenders from last week:

Monday - The Reds lost 7-2 in Chicago while Pittsburgh had the day off.

Tuesday - Both clubs lost. The Pirates were beaten 5-1 in St Louis while the Cubs topped the Reds 4-3.

Wednesday - a thrilling day for both teams. Grady Hatton delivers a 10th inning rbi double to give Cincinnati a 2-1 win in Chicago. Johnny Hutching pitched 8 innings of 6 hit ball in the game. Meanwhile, in St Louis the Cardinals did the Reds a favour by coming back not once, but twice against the Pirates. First the Cards torched Bucs starter Preacher Roe for 4 runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and then after Pittsburgh scored once in the top of the 11th, the Cardinals scored twice in the bottom half for an 8-7 win. That allowed Cincinnati to creep within 1.5 games of the first place Pirates.

Thursday - Cliff Melton pitched a 5-hit shutout as Pittsburgh beat St Louis 2-0 while the Reds lost 6-2 to the Cubs to drop back 2.5 games.

Friday The Reds are off while Pittsburgh gets 3 hits including a 3-run homer from rookie Ralph Kiner in an 8-2 win over St Louis. The Pirates are now a full 3 games ahead of Cincinnati.

Saturday - The Reds stay alive as Johnny Mize drives in 3 runs in a 6-3 win over the Giants. Even better news for Cincinnati is the fact that the lowly Boston Braves got a 4-hit shutout performance from Ken Holcombe and they blank Pittsburgh 3-0. It is now a 2 game lead for the Pirates.

Sunday - Arnold Carter gets his 17th win of the season as Cincinnati beats the Giants 5-1 to sweep the 2 game series. It is also a sweep in Boston as Rudy York's 20th homer of the season snaps a 2-2 tie in the 8th inning and gives the Braves a 3-2 win over the Pirates. Pittsburgh sees its lead shrink to 1 game.

Brooklyn has also stayed alive, but just barely, in the pennant race. The Dodgers went 4-1 last week and are now 3 games back. Brooklyn has 3 games at the Polo Grounds vs the Giants and 4 in Chicago to finish the season and if both Pittsburgh and Cincinnati collapse could have a shot although it is highly unlikely.

Ernie White of the Cardinals was named player of the week after he went 2-0. White beat Pittsburgh 5-1 on a 3-hit complete game Tuesday and then shut out Brooklyn 4-0 on an 8 hitter yesterday.

INDIANS CLOSE TO CLINCHING AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT
The Cleveland Indians are a step closer to clinching the American League Pennant for the third time in 6 years. The Indians have a 3 game lead on second place Boston with each club having 7 games remaining. Cleveland has the easier schedule with 3 games in St Louis and 4 at Philadelphia while the Red Sox play 3 in Washington and finish in New York with 4 against the Yankees.

After leading in July only to have a terrible collapse in August it is a very dissappointing season for the Washington Senators. However, then can be proud of rookie Les Fleming who appears poised to win the batting crown. Fleming, hitting .333 after Sunday's game leads Boston's Ted Williams by .014 with a week to play. Williams with 28 homers will lead in that category while his Boston teammate Bade Young is number one in rbi's with 97.

Cleveland pitcher Bill Lohrman (18-8, 2.28) was named American League player of the week for the second time in a row. Lohrman threw a 2-hit shutout in New York and beat Washington 9-1 in his two starts this week. Hank Greenberg of Detroit joined the 2000 hit club on Friday. The 35 year old doubled off of Washington's Red Barrett for the milestone knock.

NFL WEEK 4
BRONCOS IMPROVE TO 4-0
The Denver Broncos just keep on finding ways to win. The Broncos improved to 4-0 with a 30-28 victory over the slumping Oakland Raiders despite a lackluster effort from QB Jay Cason. Cason threw for 253 yards and a pair of touchdowns but was picked off three times and those three int's led directly to 17 Oakland points. Still the Broncos won the game.

The key to stopping Oakland is to shut down league MVP Johnny Cushing. Cushing rushed for 116 yards and caught 7 passes for 82 yet still the Broncos won the game. Broncos running back Oscar Hartings gained 82 yards and the Denver defense used it's bend but don't break philosphy to perfection in handing the hard-luck Raiders their 3rd straight loss.

LIONS IMPROVE TO 2-2 WITH OT WIN
Another big step in the maturation process of QB Bob *Waterfield as the Detroit Lions beat Minnesota 26-20 in overtime. Waterfield completed 23-of-38 passes for 314 yards and despite being sacked 5 times and pressured all game he did not get picked off. He was at his best on the overtime drive when after some terrible work by the offensive line he was facing a 3rd and 24 near midfield. Waterfield hung in the pocket despite being sacked on each of the two previous plays and found his tight end Don Flugence for 30 yards. The next play he completed a nifty 14 yarder to running back Fred Johnson that gave the Lions first and goal on the Minnesota three yard line. Two plays later Johnson was in the endzone and the Lions had their second win.

Detroit is still a long way from challenging the Chicago Bears for division supremacy but with Waterfield the Lions appear to be on the right track. The Bears ran their record to 4-0 after a 30-17 victory over the visiting Green Bay Packers. Sid *Luckman threw for 306 yards and George *McAfee ran for 113 as the Bears offense had another big day.

SECOND HALF COMEBACK KEEPS EAGLES PERFECT
The Philadelphia Eagles spotted Dallas a 31-14 lead before they roared backed with 20 unaswered points to beat the Cowboys 34-31 and run the record to 4-0. QB Ken Neal, who has been alternating with Doug Bass, completed 15 of 24 passes for 206 yards. The Eagles did suffer a scare when often-injured running back Harley Mitchell left the game with an ankle problem. Mitchell had gained 68 yards before being sidelined. He was replaced quite nicely by Jimmy Berton who gained 55 yards on the ground. Mitchell is expected to be ready to play next week. Raymond Cash had a huge day for the Cowboys, rushing for 141 yards and two touchdowns

The Washington Redskins handed the New York Giants their second straight loss. Sammy *Baugh threw a pair of touchdown passes and Vai Logan returned a punt for a major in the 'Skins 27-6 victory. Bob *Seymour rushed for 117 yards against a Giants defense that looked so good to start the season but has struggled the last two weeks.

NINERS WIN THIRD IN A ROW
Quentin Morton threw a pair of 4th quarter touchdown passes to give San Francisco a come from behind 17-10 win over St Louis. The 1-3 Rams had dominated the game defensively for the first 3 quarters as LB Matt Truluck had 11 tackles and rookie lineman Wandy Pugh recorded his first 3 NFL sacks.

Seattle finally got it's first victory topping Arizona 23-13. Nicky Papac picked off a Tony Marsalis pass and raced 30 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the key play of the game for the Seahawks. Rookie RB Marion *Motley had his best game of the season, gaining 55 yards on the ground and catching 3 passes for 24 yards.

PATS AND BILLS BOTH 3-1 AFTER NEW ENGLAND OT WIN
A 5 yard pass from Terry Stephens to Brandon Hastings in overtime gave the New Englans Patriots a 19-13 win over Buffalo and put both teams in a tie for top spot in the AFC East. Running back Dick Todd scored a pair of touchdowns for the Pats in a game that was dominated by both defenses.

The Dolphins improved to 2-2 with a 27-13 victory over the winless New York Jets. Miami RB Stacey Jolley shreaded the Jets defense for 186 yards and two touchdowns.

In other action:

Tennessee blanked Indianapolis 27-0 as Manfred Gayle threw a pair of touchdown passes and Chris Brezina returned an interception for a touchdwon. The Titans lead the AFC South with a 3-1 record.

Keith Musso ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns as Jacksonville improved to 2-2 with a 26-10 victory over the Houston Texans. The Jags suffered a blow when QB Justin Jackson left the game with an ankle injury that looks to be quite serious. He could be sidelined for up to 2 months which means ex-Washington State QB Tommy Bledsoe should get his first start in 2 years.

Three fourth-quarter touchdown's lifted San Diego past the Kansas Chiefs 35-13. Dameane Taylor, starting his second game in place of the injured Leon Jones, threw 4 touchdowns on the day for the Chargers including a pair to Marquise Woodson in the final 15 minutes. Defensive End Reggie White (no not that Reggie White) had 2 more sacks giving him a league-leading 8 on the season, just one shy of his previous career high.

Bob Rutledge threw 4 touchdown passes as Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 38-17. Rutledge was quite inconsistant on the day though as he was also picked off 3 times. Bob Edwards was Rutledge's favourite receiver, making 7 catches including 2 for touchdowns.

Don Horn's 7th career special teams touchdown, a 48 yard punt return led Baltimore past Cleveland 20-3. The win evens the Ravens record at 2-2 while the Browns fall to 1-3.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
RICE SHOCKS LOUISIANNA STATE
The Rice University Owls pulled off the biggest upset of the week by beating 8th ranked LSU 13-6 in Houston. LSU led at halftime by a 6-0 nothing score before Rice took over in the second half. The Rice defense led by senior Weldon *Humble was outstanding. Humble had a terrific day with a number of NFL scouts in attendance. He had 2 sacks and 6 tackles and always seemed to be in the Tigers backfield. The bright spot for LSU was wide receiver Gary Sturm who had 7 catches in the game. Sturm's stock appears to be on the rise with NFL scouts. The loss drops LSU out of the top twenty while Rice moves in to the 12th slot in the college football poll.

Other upsets included number 15 Oklahoma State losing 27-14 to Arkansas while 20th ranked Navy lost to Villanova on a late field goal. Navy QB Tom Maddox was picked off 4 times in the game.

There is no change at the top as number one ranked Army improved to 2-0 with 57-10 destruction of Oklahoma. Army running back Glen *Davis is an early Heisman Trophy candidate after running for 203 yards in the game and scoring a pair of touchdowns. TE Hank *Foldberg made 6 catches and scored a touchdown while receiver Barney *Poole ha 8 receptions.

Number two ranked Notre Dame beat Illinois 26-10. The Fighting Illini fall from 10th to 14th with the loss. The number 3 ranked Georgia Bulldogs mauled Clemson 62-20. Michigan blew out Indiana 54-3 in their Western Conference opener. The victory moves the Wolverines up two spots to 4th while Tennessee takes over 5th place with a 28-14 win over then number 11 Georgia Tech. The Yellowjackets drop to 15th with the loss.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) --2-0 destroyed Oklahoma 57-10
2- Notre Dame (2) -- 1-0 beat Illinois 26-10
3. Georgia (3) -- 1-0 all over Clemson 62-20
4. Michigan (6) -- 1-0 blew out Indiana 54-3 in Western Conference opener
5. Tennessee (7)-- 1-0 beat Georgia Tech 28-14
6. Southern California (5)-- 1-0 shut out PCC rival Wash St 14-0
7. UCLA (12) -- 1-0 beat Oregon St 20-0
8. Pennsylvania (4)-- opens at home against Lafayette (1-0) next week
9. Texas (9) -- 2-0 59-0 win over Colorado
10. Ohio State (14) -- 1-0 beat Missouri 17-7
11. Tulsa (16) -- 2-0 beat beat New Mexico State 44-0
12 Rice (nr) - 1-0 beat LSU 13-6
13. Yale (15) -- 1-0 beat Merchant Marine 31-7
14. Illimois (10)--- 1-1 lost 26-10 to Notre Dame
15. Georgia Tech (11)-- 0-1 lost 28-14 to Tennessee
16. Alabama (17) -- 2-0 beat Tulane 21-13 in SEC play
17. N. C. State (18) -- 1-0 beat Duke 17-10 in Southern Conf opener
18. North Carolina (19) -- 1-0 beat Virginia Tech 24-0 in Southern Conf opener
19- Arkansas (nr) -- 2-0 beat Oklahoma St 27-14
20- Wisconsin (nr) -- 2-0 Beat California 28-21
Dropping out of top 20
Louisiana State (8)-- 0-1 lost 13-6 on road to Rice
Oklahoma State (15) --- 1-1 lost 27-14 to Arkansas
Navy (19) -- 0-1 lost 20-17 to Villanova

SEC NOTES
The marquee matchup in the SEC last weekend was Georgia Tech at Tennessee. The Volunteers came up with a 28-14 win and move up to number 5 in the polls. Tennessee WR Roger Clark was the big star on the day, making 8 catches including 3 for touchdowns. Two other conference matchups saw Florida and Mississippi play to a 6-6 tie while Alabama beat Tulane 21-13.
Last week in conference play Kentucky beat Mississippi 22-14

In non-conference action this week number 3 ranked Georgia was all over Clemson 62-20; Auburn blanked Southern Miss 14-0, Kentucky destroyed Cincinnati 55-3, Rice upset LSU 13-6, Vanderbilt beat Tennessee Tech 20-0 and it was Mississippi State 13-10 over Tennessee-Chattanooga.

This week's conference matchups are Florida at Tulane, Mississippi at Vanderbilt, Mississippi State at Louisiana State

SEC STANDINGS

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Tenn 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kent 1 0 0 2 0 0
Alab 1 0 0 2 0 0
Flo 0 0 1 0 0 1
Miss 0 1 1 0 1 1
Geo 0 0 0 1 0 0
LSU 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mis St 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vand 0 0 0 1 0 0
Aub 0 0 0 1 0 0
GaTech 0 1 0 0 1 0
Tul 0 1 0 0 1 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE
The Western Conference schedule kicked off on two fronts as Michigan beat up on Hoosiers in Indiana by a 54-3 count while Purdue topped Iowa 23-13. In the Michigan game, defensive back Tommy *Harmon returned two interceptions for touchdowns. The win moves the Wolverines to 4th in the National poll. Ohio State is ranked 10th after a non-conference win over Missouri 17-7. Illinois put up a valiant effort but fell short against number 2 Notre Dame. Illini RB Buddy *Young gained 156 yards and scored Illinois only touchdown in the 26-10 loss to the Irish that drops Illinois to 14th in polls.

Wisconsin improved to 2-0 with a 28-21 win over the Bears in California. The victory, led by an outstanding effort from Badgers QB Earl *Girard, moved the school into the national top 20.

Conference games next Saturday pit Indiana at Minnesota, Iowa at Michigan, Purdue at Illinois and Wisconsin visiting Northwestern. Ohio State heads west to play number 6 ranked USC.
WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Mich 1 0 0 1 0 0
Purd 1 0 0 1 1 0
Illin 0 0 0 1 1 0
Minn 0 0 0 1 0 0
Nrthwn 0 0 0 1 0 0
OSU 0 0 0 1 0 0
Wis 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ind 0 1 0 1 1 0
Iow 0 1 0 1 1 0

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE NOTES
As expected the two big boys in the PCC are ranked in the top 20 of the National polls. USC won it's conference opener 14-0 over Washington State but despite the victory the Trojans fell one spot in the polls and are ranked 6th. UCLA moved from 12th to 7th with a 20-0 victory over Oregan State. Carlos Jones threw a pair of touchdown passes to lead the Bruins but he was also intercepted twice in the game something that did not help his stock as a potential first round NFL draft pick. UCLA's real strength this season is it's defense led by senior linebackers Al *Sparlis and Burr *Baldwin. One other conference game had Stanford topping Idaho 47-19.

Out of conference, Oregon blanked Pacific 14-0 thanks to a strong defense led by pass rushing defensive ends Richard Pricer and Eric Terrell. The two combined for 5 sacks in the game. Other action saw California lose 28-21 at home to Wisconsin, Washington tied St. Mary's 7-7 and Montana trimmed Colorado State 21-20.

This week conference action sees Idaho travel to Washington State, UCLA visit Washington and California host Oregon. The big non-conference matchup has 6th ranked USC home to 10th ranked Ohio State of the Western Conference.
PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
UCLA 1 0 0 1 0 0
USC 1 0 0 1 0 0
Stan 1 0 0 1 0 0
Wash 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mont 0 0 0 1 0 0
Oreg 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cal 0 0 0 0 1 0
OreSt 0 1 0 0 1 0
Idaho 0 1 0 0 1 0
WshSt 0 1 0 0 1 0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NOTES
A banner weekend for the Southwest Conference as both Rice and Arkansas moved into the top 20 after beating ranked teams. The Owls shocked nmumber 8 LSU 13-6 thanks to an outstanding defensive effort. Rice, which was 5-6 a year ago, is now ranked 12th. Arkansas moved up to the 19th ranking after beating Oklahoma State 27-14. Texas remains ranked 9th after the Longhorns blasted unranked Colorado 59-0.
Conference play got underway this weekend as TCU beat Baylor 13-3. There is one conference matchup next weekend when Arkansas visits TCU.
SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
TCU 1 0 0 1 1 0
Rice 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tex 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ark 0 0 0 2 0 0
SMU 0 0 0 1 0 0
T A&M 0 0 0 1 1 0
Bayl 0 1 0 1 1 0

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NOTES
North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina remain ranked in the top 20 after conference wins this past weekend. The Wolfpack beat Duke 17-10 while the Tar Heels blanked Virginia Tech 24-0. North Carolina QB DeMarco Dickinson threw 3 touchdown passes in a terrific start to his senior season. In the other conference matchup over the weekend Richmond topped VMI 21-16.
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
NCar 1 0 0 1 0 0
NCSt 1 0 0 1 0 0
Rich 1 0 0 2 0 0
W&M 0 0 0 2 0 0
Wake 0 0 0 1 0 0
SCar 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clem 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dvdsn 0 0 0 1 0 0
G W 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cit 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mary 0 0 0 1 0 0
Furm 0 0 0 1 0 0
Wsh&L 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke 0 1 0 0 1 0
VMI 0 1 0 1 1 0
VaTec 0 1 0 0 1 0

Other conference weekly recaps will come as their seasons get a little further underway.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
NHL Season Preview - Part 3
THE DETROIT RED WINGS
When the Pacific Coast Hockey League folded in 1926 a deal was made that the league's best club, the Victoria Cougars, would jump to the NHL. Since there was not a suitable arena in Detroit at the time the franchise, now called the Detroit Cougars, played its first two season in Windsor, Ontario. In 1930 the team was renamed the Falcons but two years later after James Norris bought the team he renamed them the Red Wings. The Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 1936 and their second one a year later. In 1943 they won their third Cup and last season the Wings finished 4th with a .500 record. Detroit lost to Boston in the opening round of the playoffs.

This year there are high hopes in the Motor City, particularily revolving around a big rookie winger the club has called up from Omaha to start the season. Gordie Howe is poised to make his NHL debut. Here are the key players on this season's Red Wing squad.

GOALIE

HARRY LUMLEY - Known as Apple Cheeks for his complexion when he blushed, the Owen Sound, Ontario native made his NHL debut in 1943 at the age of 17. This will be his third season in what was a Hall of Fame career.

DEFENSE

AL DEWSBURY - At 6'2", 200 pounds he was one of the biggest players of his era. Just 20 years old he will be making his NHL debut this season.

HAROLD JACKSON - A stay out home defenseman Jackson is entering what would be the final season of his 8 year NHL career. He had 51 points in 219 career games.

DOUG MCCAIG - The Guelph, Ontario native has 15 NHL games to his credit prior to this season. He was an allstar in the American League before join RCAF teams during the war.

HUGH MILLAR - He will be making his debut with the Wings this season. The Stonewall, Manitoba native would play just 4 games in his real life NHL career.

BILL QUACKENBUSH - One of the best puck rushing defensemen of his era he was also outstanding in his own end. This will be his fourth full season in the NHL. He scored 21 points last year in the early stages of a 14 year career that would eventually take him to the Hall of Fame.

LEO REISE JR. Reise along with Pete Horcek would be dealt from Chicago to Detroit a month into the 1946 season in exchange for forward Adam Brown.

JACK STEWART - Black Jack Stewart was one of the most punishing bodycheckers of his day. He made the first allstar team in 1943 in helping the Wings win their third Stanley Cup.

FORWARDS

SID ABEL - The Melville, Saskatchewan native will be teamed with Ted Lindsay and rookie Gordie Howe. That line would stay together for many seasons and be regarded as one of the best in hockey history. He made his NHL debut in 1938-39 and is now the Wings Captain. Later Abel would coach the Wings and become a popular television commentator in Detroit.

TED LINDSAY - Nicknamed Terrible Ted for his robust, sometimes mean spirited play, Lindsay would be an 8-time first team allstar in his career which stretched for 20 years starting in 1944.

GORDIE HOWE - Not much needs to be said about the Floral, Saskatchewan native. This will be Mr. Hockey's first season in the NHL.

EDDIE BRUNETEAU - The younger brother of the more celebrated Mud Bruneteau, Eddie would play 181 games in his NHL career. 1945-46 was his most productive season when he lit the lamp 17 times and added 12 helpers in 47 games.

GERRY COUTURE - Most of Couture's 18 year pro career was spent in the minors but he did play 385 NHL games. Last season was his rookie year and he tallied 10 points in 43 games.

ROY CONACHER - Part of one of the first families of hockey, Roy was younger brother to legendary players Charlie and Lional Conacher. He would team with Billy Taylor to form an explosive combination for one season but was moved to Chicago the following year.

JIM CONACHER - Not related to the famed Concher family but Jim and Roy would be teammates in Detroit and later with the Black Hawks.

BILLY TAYLOR - A terrific playmaker, the Winnipeg native scored 23 goals for the Leafs last season but was dealt to the Wings in the offseason for Harry Watson. Following the 1947-48 season he would be suspended for gambling violations and never play in the NHL again.

BOXING ROUND-UP
ZALE STOPS GRAZIANO IN THE 5TH
Midleweight contender Tony Zale took another step towards a title shot by making short work of Rocky Graziano in their bout at Madison Square Garden. Zale, who improves to 35-4 with the victory, looked like he was going to end the fight very quickly when he knocked Graziano down twice in round one. Graziano recovered and even managed to floor Zale once in the fourth round although Zale was back on his feet very quickly.

Zale has won 11 straight bouts including two over Graziano. His last defeat came in a split decision loss to 8th ranked Billy Bird. Zale is hoping next to get a rematch with number 2 ranked Holman Williams, who knocked out Zale early in the post WWII qualifying phase.

Graziano's record drops to 30-14-1 and it appears his career is nearing its end.

BRITISH WEEKEND OF CHAMPIONS RESULTS
White City Stadium in London, England was packed over the weekend as the post-war British Boxing Champions were declared. The bouts matched the top two British contenders in a bout to determine Great Britian's new champs. Boxing all but dissappeared during the war years so all titles were declared vacant and elimination tournaments began in each weight class last year.

In the heavyweight division Bruce Woodcock stopped Tommy Farr by TKO in round 6. Woodcock is ranked 13th in the world and was coming off a solid effort despite losing a 15 round decision to Ezzard Charles.

Freddie Mills won by TKO in the 7th round over Alex Buxton for the lightheavyweight title of Britian. Mills was also putting his European Title on the line. With the victory he improves to 29-13-1 and is ranked 17th in the world.

Randy Turpin improved his career record to 21-3 after stopping Billy Bird with a 12th round TKO for the British Middleweight title.

Frank Johnson defeated Ronnie James for the British Lightweight title. Johnson is not considered to be a world championship contender although James did get a title fight a month ago but was destroyed by World Lightweight champion Ike Williams

Cliff Curvis took the Welterweight title in an unanimous decision over Ernie Roderick. Curvis is ranked the 10th best welterweight fighter in the world.

Frankie Kelly scored a 5th round tko over Al Phillips for the Featherweight title and in the bantamweight division Gus Foran successfully defended his British title with an unanimous decision over Johnny King. Foran is now ranked 5th in the world.

The flyweight title was not contested. Jackie Patterson presently holds the belt after beating Rinty Monaghan last month. Patterson wanted a fight against third ranked contender Teddy Gardner but Gardner refused because his is in training for next month's world title fight against Little Dado. 5 of the world's top 10 ranked Flyweights after from Great Britian.

UPCOMING BOUTS
Oct 27 in France Little Dado of the Phillipines meets Britian's Teddy Gardner for vacant World Flyweight Title
Nov 24 in Philadelphia Bob Montgomery faces Austalian Vic Patrick in a non-title Lightweight bout

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
CLE 86 61 .585 -
BOS 83 64 .565 3.0
WSH 78 69 .531 8.0
DET 76 71 .517 10.0
NYY 76 71 .517 10.0
SLB 70 77 .476 16.0
PHA 65 82 .442 21.0
CHA 54 93 .367 32.0

BATTING
L. Fleming, Wsh .333
T. Williams, Bos .319
M. Mazzera, Wsh .317
B. Lewis, Wsh .312
J. Pesky, Bos .308

HR
T. Williams, Bos 28
C. Keller, NYY 20
T. Henrich, Det 20

RBI
B. Youing, Bos 93
T. Williams, Bos 87
B. Campbell, SLB 87

WINS
S. Gromek, Cle 24-12
T. Bonham, NY 23-7
A. Karl, Bos 21-9
S. Overmire, Det 21-12

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L PCT GB
PIT 85 62 .578 -
CIN 84 63 .571 1.0
BKN 82 65 .558 3.0
STL 79 68 .537 6.0
ChC 76 71 .517 9.0
PHI 69 78 .469 16.0
NYG 58 89 .395 27.0
BSN 55 92 .374 30.0

BATTING
J. Mediwck, Cin .322
A. Vaughan, Pit .322
B. Chapman, StL .321
A. Kampouris, Cin .318
B. Estalella, Phi .310

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 21
S. Musial, StL 20
R. York, Bsn 20

RBI
E. Slaughter, StL 87
T. Cuccinello, Pit 85
P. Reiser, Bkn 84

WINS
C. Melton Pit 27-10
E. White, StL 21-10
J. Hutchings, Cin 20-6
M. Haefner, Bkn 20-13

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NFC STANDINGS
North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 4 0 0 1.000 132 60
Min 2 2 0 .500 68 81
Det 2 2 0 .500 111 130
GB 1 3 0 .250 97 112

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 4 0 0 1.000 116 82
Wash 3 1 0 .750 107 79
NYG 2 2 0 .500 70 78
Dallas 1 3 0 .250 75 85

South W L T PCT PF PA
Atl 2 1 0 .667 48 63
NO 1 2 0 .333 53 96
Car 1 2 0 .333 37 51
TB 1 2 0 .333 76 72

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 3 1 0 .750 86 74
Arz 2 2 0 .500 75 78
StL 1 3 0 .250 73 79
Sea 1 3 0 .250 84 108

AFC STANDINGS
North W L T PCT PF PA
Bal 2 2 0 .500 45 50
Cin 2 2 0 .500 88 60
Pit 1 3 0 .250 63 101
Cle 1 3 0 .250 43 71

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 3 1 0 .750 68 41
Buf 3 1 0 .750 67 38
Mia 2 2 0 .500 74 63
NYJ 0 4 0 .000 42 80

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 3 1 0 .750 105 60
Jax 2 2 0 .500 79 88
Hou 1 3 0 .250 49 80
Indy 1 3 0 .250 57 82

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 4 0 0 1.000 98 70
SD 3 1 0 .750 88 44
KC 2 2 0 .500 64 74
Oak 1 3 0 .250 72 80

LAST WEEK'S SCORES
Chicago 30 Green Bay 17
Detroit 26 Minnesota 20
Philadelphia 34 Dallas 31
Washington 27 NY Giants 6
San Francisco 17 St Louis 10
Seattle 23 Arizona 13
New England 19 Buffalo 13
Miami 27 NY Jets 13
Tennessee 27 Indianapolis 0
Jacksonville 26 Houston 10
San Diego 35 Kansas City 13
Denver 30 Oakland 28
Cincinnati 38 Pittsburgh 17
Baltimore 20 Cleveland 3
Bye week NFC South

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Cincinnati at Indianapolis
Tennessee at Pittsburgh
Jacksonville at Cleveland
Atlanta at New Orleans
Carolina at Tampa
St Louis at Philadelphia
Kansas City at New England
Seattle at Washington
Buffalo at San Diego
NY Giants at Arizona
Dallas at San Francisco
Denver at NY Jets
Baltimore at Houston
Miami at Oakland
Bye week NFC North

INDIVIDUAL NFL LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 134 98 73.1 1315 12 2 127.5
Manfred Gayle TEN 115 65 56.5 879 12 2 108.6
Sammy *Baugh WAS 102 61 59.8 1027 8 3 107.8
Ken Neal PHI 85 62 72.9 710 5 3 102.6
Bob *Waterfield DET 130 69 53.1 952 9 3 90.3

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Bruce Jones KC 4 100 485 4.8 70 5
Stacey Jolley MIA 4 91 466 5.1 66 5
Mike Largent STL 4 83 442 5.3 44 3
Bob *Seymour WAS 4 81 428 5.3 65 2
Keith Musso JAX 4 97 421 4.3 30 4

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Mel Ours HOU 4 27 416 15.4 60 2
Wayne *Miller WAS 4 30 409 13.6 41 4
Matt Sikahema CHI 4 18 403 22.4 56 2
Brian Gardner DEN 4 29 383 13.2 43 2
Amos Hynoski DET 4 24 381 15.9 58 4

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
B. Hasselbeck ARZ 4 47 35 12
Mel Hein NYG 4 43 31 12
Matt Truluck STL 4 40 39 1
Jeff Parent CIN 4 40 36 4
Fran Farmer NYJ 4 39 30 9

SACKS TM SACK
Reggie White SD 8
Kevin Merkins DEN 7
Leslie Hill PHI 6
Mike Smith GB 5
12 tied with - 4

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Greg Fletcher BUF 4
Ken Milloy JAX 4
7 tied with - 3

NCAA FOOTBALL RESULTS

Friday September 22, 1946
Georgia 62 Clemson 20
UTEP 35 Drake 14
West Texas A&M 24 Houston 0
Kansas 20 Denver 10
Auburn 14 Southern Mississippi 0
Wake Forest 27 Boston College 7
Southern California 14 Washington State 0
William & Mary 30 Miami (Florida) 0
Furman 20 Wofford 6

Saturday September 23, 1946
Alabama 21 Tulane 13
Arizona 24 Arizona State 6
Arkansas 27 Oklahoma State 14
Maryland 34 Bainbridge NTS 0
Texas Christian 13 Baylor 3
Syracuse 27 Boston University 0
Brigham Young 28 Montana State 3
Cornell 21 Bucknell 0
Brown 20 Canisius 3
Texas 59 Colorado 0
Wyoming 13 Colorado Mines 0
Montana 21 Colorado State 20
Harvard 22 Connecticut 0
Holy Cross 21 Dartmouth 7
North Carolina State 17 Duke 10
Davidson 31 Erskine 0
Tennessee 28 Georgia Tech 14
Virginia 37 Hampden-Sydney 7
Hawaii All-Stars 45 Portland 0
Stanford 47 Idaho 19
Utah State 17 Idaho State 0
Michigan 54 Indiana 3
Northwestern 37 Iowa State 9
Hardin-Simmons 41 Kansas State 0
Kentucky 55 Cincinnati 3
Rice 13 Louisiana State 6
Yale 31 Merchant Marine 7
Florida 6 Mississippi 6
Ohio State 17 Missouri 7
Lafayette 26 Muhlenberg 10
Minnesota 9 Nebraska 6
New Mexico 21 Utah 17
Tulsa 44 New Mexico State 0
Notre Dame 26 Illinois 10
Army 51 Oklahoma 10
UCLA 20 Oregon State 0
Oregon 14 Pacific 0
Citadel 0 Presbyterian 0
Purdue 23 Iowa 13
Rutgers 32 Columbia 17
Marquette 17 St. Louis 0
Washington 7 St. Mary's 7
Vanderbilt 20 Tennessee Tech 0
Texas Tech 17 Texas A&M 6
Villanova 20 Navy 17
Richmond 21 Virginia Military Institute 16
North Carolina 24 Virginia Tech 0
Michigan State 20 Wayne State 10
Pittsburgh 14 West Virginia 0
Northern Arizona 17 Western New Mexico 3
Wichita State 16 Dayton 0
Wisconsin 28 California 21

Sunday September 24, 1946
Nevada 34 San Francisco 17
South Carolina 34 Newberry 7
Mississippi State 13 Tennessee-Chattanooga 10

Monday September 25, 1946
Southern Methodist 14 Temple 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday September 29, 1946
Brigham Young at Denver
Georgia at Temple
Missouri at St. Louis
North Carolina at Miami (Florida)
Richmond at Maryland
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee-Chattanooga
Wake Forest at Georgetown
West Texas A&M at New Mexico

Saturday September 30, 1946
Alabama at South Carolina
Alameda NAS at St. Mary's
Arizona at Utah
Arkansas at Texas Christian
Boston College at Michigan State
Brown at Princeton
Bucknell at Penn State
Colgate at Yale
Colorado College at Montana State
Colorado State at Wyoming
Cornell at Army
Davidson at Wofford
Detroit Mercy at Holy Cross
Eastern Washington at Montana
Florida at Tulane
Furman at Auburn
George Washington at Merchant Marine
Hampden-Sydney at Washington & Lee
Idaho at Washington State
Indiana at Minnesota
Iowa at Michigan
Johns Hopkins at Rutgers
Kansas State at Nebraska
Lafayette at Pennsylvania
Marquette at Villanova
Mississippi at Vanderbilt
Mississippi State at Louisiana State
Navy at Columbia
New York University at Brooklyn
North Carolina State at Clemson
Northern Arizona at Fresno State
Northern Iowa at Iowa State
Ohio State at Southern California
Oklahoma State at Texas
Oregon at California
Pepperdine at Arizona State
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Portland at Oregon State
Purdue at Illinois
San Francisco at Stanford
San Jose State at Hardin-Simmons
Santa Clara at Nevada
Southwestern (Texas) at Rice
Syracuse at Dartmouth
Tennessee at Duke
Texas A&M at Oklahoma
Texas Tech at Southern Methodist
Tufts at Harvard
Tulsa at Drake
UCLA at Washington
Utah State at Colorado
Virginia at Virginia Tech
Virginia Military Institute at Georgia Tech
Waynesburg at West Virginia
Wichita State at Kansas
William & Mary at Citadel
Wisconsin at Northwestern
Xavier at Kentucky

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

ORFU W L T PTS
T Inds 4 1 0 8
HmCats 4 1 0 8
TorBBh 2 2 0 4
O Troj 2 2 0 4
Sarn 1 4 0 2
Wind 1 4 0 0

IPRFU W L T PTS
Argos 4 1 0 8
Mont 3 1 0 6
OttRR 1 2 1 3
HmTigs 0 4 1 1

WESTERN W L T PTS
Wpg 4 1 0 8
Calg 3 1 0 6
Sask 0 5 0 0

RESULTS
Sept 19
Toronto Argos 16 at 3 Hamilton Tigers
Winnipeg 14 at 3 Saskatchewan

Sept 23
Toronto Argos 17 at 7 Ottawa Rough Riders
Hamilton Tigers 6 at 37 Montreal Alouettes
Calgary 13 at 0 Saskatchewan
Toronto Indians 6 at 15 Windsor Royals
Hamilton Wildcats 24 at 13 Sarnia Imperials

UPCOMING GAMES
Sep 26
Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Rough Riders
Calgary at Winnipeg
Hamilton Tigers at Toronto Argos
Toronto Balmy Beach at Windsor Royals
Ottawa Trojans at Sarnia Imperials

Sept 30
Ottawa Rough Riders at Montreal Alouettes
Winnipeg at Calgary

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 02:19 AM

WORLD SERIES SET: PIRATES VS INDIANS
DESPITE REDS RUN THE PIRATES PREVAIL
The Pittsburgh Pirates survived a furious charge by the Cincinnati Reds but in the end the club that never relinquished first place since June 1 hung on to win the National League Pennant by two games. The Reds actually pulled into a first place tie as late as Monday but in the end did not have enough to stay with the Pirates.

On Monday, Cincinnati got 4 rbi's from Jimmy Ripple and 3 from rookie Grady Hatton in an 11-5 victory over St Louis. Johnny Hutchings ran his record to 21-6 in the process. That, coupled with the Pirates 4-1 loss in Chicago, left the two clubs tied with 6 games to play. The Pirates loss was a big surprise in that it came with Cliff Melton (27-11), a lock for pitcher of the year, on the hill. Melton lasted just over 4 innings in his quickest exit of the season. A 63 minute ran delay helped hasten that exit but Melton was clearly off the mark on this day.

Tuesday was the day that sealed the Reds fate. Arky Vaughan had 2 rbi's and Jim Tobin improved his record to 11-4 with a complete game 4-3 win over the Cubs. The Reds, on the strength of 3 rbi's from catcher Frankie Hayes, were leading the Cardinals 5-4 entering the bottom of the 8th. Marty Marion delivered a 2 out rbi single for St Louis to tie it in the bottom of the 8th and the Cardinals won it in the bottom of the 9th on a Walker Cooper rbi single. Both runs came off Reds starter Howie Fox and many will question the fact that Cincinnati did not go to the bullpen to try and preserve the win. The Pirates are now 1 game ahead.

On Wednesday the Reds got back on track as Johnny Mize hit 2 homers in a 7-6 win over St Louis. The Pirates kept their lead at 1 game with a 5-3 win in Chicago. All of the Pittsburgh runs came in the final two innings including a pinch-hit 2-run single off the bat of Ralph Kiner in the top of the ninth.

Thursday Ford Garrison had 4 hits and Joe Medwick three as the Reds beat Boston 3-2. Arnold Carter won his 18th game as he outduelled Braves rookie Warren Spahn (15-18). The Pirates stay a game ahead as Bill Elliott and pitcher Preacher Roe each homer in a 7-1 win over the Giants. Roe threw a complete game 4 hitter and is 14-16 on the season.

On Friday Cliff Melton 5-hit the Giants in a 6-1 Pittsburgh victory. For Melton it was his major league leading 28th win of the season. Bill Elliott doubled and drove in two runs for the Bucs. The Reds kept pace with a 10-6 win over Boston. It was a huge rally from Cincinnati that kept them just a game back of the Pirates - as the Reds scored twice in the top of the 8th and 5 more times in the ninth. 2 Boston errors in the 9th certainly did not hurt matters as far as Cincinnati was concerned. Rudy York hit his 21st homer for the Braves to move into a tie with Stan Musial of St Louis and injured Reds slugger Joe Dimaggio for the league lead. Dimaggio, who missed most of September with a groin injury, could have been the difference for the Reds had he been able to play. As it is Dimaggio will attempt to play in Saturday's game.

Joe Dimaggio does indeed play Saturday and goes 1-for-3 with an rbi but it is no where near enough as Boston blasts the Reds 9-3. Meanwhile in New York the Pirates can clinch the pennant with a win. Trailing 3-2 Tony Cuccinello launches a solo homer in the 8th to tie the game. Into extra innings we go and in the 10th Frankie Gustine socks a 2-run triple to give the Bucs a 5-3 lead. In the bottom of the 10th the Giants get one run back but cannot score the equalizer and Pittsburgh wins the National League Pennant with a 5-4 victory.

Sunday's games mean nothing but both the Reds and Pirates win so the final margin will be 2 games. Andy Kampouris goes 1-for-4 for the Reds and it is enough to cost him the batting title to teammate Joe Medwick. Medwick sat out the meaningless final game with a knee injury and he wins the batting title by .00014 over his teammate.

INDIANS HOLD OFF RED SOX
The Cleveland Indians won the American League Pennant for the fourth time in the past 10 years and in doing so extended the Red Sox title drought to 24 years. Cleveland finished 3 games ahead of Boston and the Red Sox never got closer than to within 2 games in the final week.

The Indians success came mainly from the game's best pitching staff, led by Steve Gromek (26-12, 2.97) and Bill Lohrman (19-8, 2.28). Gromek had far and away the best season of his three year career and appears to be the overwhelming favourite for American League pitcher of the year honours. Lohrman, who was AL player of the week twice in September, captured pitcher of the month honours after going 7-0 with a 1.29 era down the stretch. Indians outfielder Ival Goodman also had a great September, hitting .361 with 6 homers and 23 rbi's, and was named batter of the month. A third Cleveland player, 3B Oscar Grimes was named player of the week after hitting .435 with 3 homers and 11 rbi's in his last 7 games.

Washington rookie Les Fleming won the American League batting title and appears to be the favourite for rookie of the year honours. The 31 year old veteran of 8 minor league seasons hit .333 in 136 games for the Senators. The first baseman had played 34 major league games prior to this season including 25 games to end the 1945 season when he hit .370 in 27 at bats. Ted Williams of Boston went into a mini-slump in August and September (hitting just .301 over the final two months) and his average fell from .351 on July 17th to .322 at the end of the season. Williams finished third in the race behind Fleming and Washington OF Mel Mazzera, who hit .324.

WORLD SERIES PREVIEW - CLEVELAND INDIANS VS PITTSBURGH PIRATES
In a rematch of the 1937 series the Cleveland Indians will face the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 1946 World Championship. The Pirates beat the Indians in a thrilling 7 game series the last time these two clubs hooked up. Pittsburgh also triumphed in the first meeting between the two clubs back in 1915. The Pirates took the '15 series in 5 games.

CLEVELAND WORLD SERIES HISTORY
1915 lost to Pittsburgh 4 games to 1
1933 lost to St Louis 4 games to 3
1937 lost to Pittsburgh 4 games to 3
1941 beat Chicago 4 games to 3
1943 beat St Louis 4 straight

PITTSBURGH WORLD SERIES HISTORY
1901 and 1902 won NL but no World Series
1903 beat New York 5 games to 2
1905 lost to New York in 4 straight
1910 beat Philadelphia 4 games to 2
1911 beat Philadelphia 4 games to 1
1912 beat Boston 4 games to 3
1913 lost to Boston 4 games to 2
1914 beat Boston 4 games to 2
1915 beat Cleveland 4 games to 1
1921 lost to Washington 4 games to 2
1924 beat Detroit 4 games to 3
1925 lost to Detroit in 4 straight
1937 beat Cleveland 4 games to 3

Here is a comparison of the two teams as we prepare for the start of the 43rd World Series.

CATCHER
With starter Tom Padden (.226,3,31) out for the season with a broken foot the Pirates have been platooning Bill Salkeld (.237,3,17) and Mickey Owen (.253,0,8). Cleveland also platoons it's catchers with Vince Castino (.184,2,34) playing against righty's while Clyde Klutz (.231,0,2) draws the assignment against lefty's. Both Klutz and Castino are castoffs from other clubs and were signed as free agents a couple of years ago by the Tribe. Neither team has much talent here but the Pirates have a slight edge.

FIRST BASE
Pittsburgh splits the job between Dick Siebert (.315,1,39) and George Archie (.259,1,37). The 34 year old Siebert, who plays against righty's, was signed in spring training after the Giants waived him. 30 year old Mickey Rocco (.304,2,47) took over as the everyday first baseman for the Indians in July. Slight edge to the Indians.

SECOND BASE
Veteran Tony Cuccinello (.295,18,87) gives the Pirates an allstar at second base. The 17 year pro has won 8 gold gloves and was a member of the 1937 World Series winning Pirates. Charlie English (.273,1,57) just finished his 5th season as the Indians everyday second baseman. He played on both the 1941 and 43 world series winners. English is a solid player but the edge goes to Cuccinello and the Pirates.

SHORTSTOP
Arky Vaughan (.318,7,79) made his 5th allstar appearance this season. The 15 year veteran has won 8 gold gloves at shortstop and hit .370 in leading the Pirates to the 1937 World Series. 29 year old Lou Boudreau (.294,4,50) has had a couple of serious injuries in his career but is still an outstanding player. Hit .282 in 10 career World Series games. Again the Pirates have a slight edge but Cleveland has a solid player at the position.

THIRD BASE
Bill Elliott (.275,16,87) of Pittsburgh and Cleveland's Oscar Grimes (.302,18,88) are both outstanding players. Grimes, a 3 time allstar, has hit .310 in 11 World Series games while the 29 year old Elliott has 4 allstar appearances under his belt. He will be making his World Series debut. This position is considered even.

LEFTFIELD
Rookie Ralph Kiner (.279,12,68) has established himself as a bonafide big league outfielder. Kiner improved as the season progressed and hit 9 of his 12 homers after August 1st. 9 year veteran Jeff Heath (.282,14,81) patrols left for the Indians. The 5-time allstar hit just .125 in the 1941 World Series and missed the '43 series with a broken rib so he will be looking to redeem himself this time. The edge goes to Cleveland and is based solely on experience.

CENTERFIELD
Bill Norman (.287,3,67) spent 11 seasons in the minors before cracking the Pirates roster permanently. He made the allstar team in 1943 and again the following season. A broken hand in May cost Ival Goodman (.342,15,67) 6 weeks and a shot at the batting title. He was red-hot in September and was named AL batter of the month. The 38 year old has played in 3 World Series with the Tribe, hitting .258 in 18 games. Edge goes to Cleveland with a once again healthy Goodman

RIGHTFIELD
33 year old Fern Bell (.289,5,71) completed his second season as an everyday player for the Bucs. He won his first gold glove while playing leftfield last season. Taffy Wright (.319,3,38) had a tough season. He broke his wrist in April while with the Braves and missed 2 months. A week after his return to the lineup he was dealt to Cleveland but in late August bruised his heel and missed two more weeks. In all Wright played just 82 games this season but he hit .310 in September and appears ready for his first taste of postseason play. The edge goes to the Tribe but only slightly.

STARTING PITCHING
Pittsburgh has Cliff Melton (28-11, 2.28), Ken Heintzelman (19-14, 3.07) and either Preacher Roe (14-16, 3.34) or Jim Tobin (11-4, 3.72). Melton is a sure-fire Hall of Famer and the only one with postseason experience (1-1 in 1937). Cleveland counters with Bill Lohrman (19-8, 2.28), Steve Gromek (26-12, 2.97) and Allie Reynolds (15-15, 3.53). The 33 year old Lohrman is 2-0 in 4 postseason starts and is the hotest pitcher in either league right now with 7 straight wins and a 1.29 era in that time. 26 year old Gromek led the American League in wins in his third major league season while the 31 year old Reynolds was AL rookie of the year in 1943 and although he had a sore shoulder and did not pitch, was on the '43 Indians World Series winning roster. Edge - None as both teams are very equal.

BULLPEN
Either Roe or Tobin will join Dutch Dietz (4-0, 2.78) and Alex Carrasquel (1.62, 4 sv) in the Pittsburgh pen. Bill McGee (6-4, 3.89) may also see some work in long relief. Number 4 starter Claude Passeau (13-16, 3.47) will take the long relief role in the Cleveland pen where he will be joined by Johnny Babich (12-7, 3.29), Ted Wilks (0-0, 1.50) and Ray Poat (7 sv, 5.23). Pittsburgh has a slight edge here.

THE BENCH
Infielder Frankie Gustine (.262,2,16) is usually the first pinch-hitter off the Pirates bench. Jim Russell (.327,5,22), Lee Handley (.328,0,2) and Bill Nagel (.357,1,5) may also appear. 40 year old Gus Suhr (.355,1,2) is the Indians most dangerous pinch-hitter. He was released by the Pirates in July of this season after 16 seasons in Pittsburgh. The Indians will also count on OF Jim Gleason (.310,3,34) and longtime backup Ken Keltner (.268,4,17) With Suhr's experience the Indians get a slight nod in this area.

OUTLOOK
Should be a very close series but TSN see's the Tribe winning in 7 hard fought games.

NFL WEEK 5
EAGLES OFF TO 5-0 START
The Philadelphia Eagles have never had a losing season and 1946 does not look to change that 5 year trend. The Eagles improved to 5-0 with a 17-9 victory over the 1-4 St Louis Rams. QB Ken Neal, a second year pro from Oklahoma, looked very good in his second straight start in place of the injured Doug Bass. Neal completed 23 of 36 passes for 248 yards and scored a touchdown on a 3 yard run. His favourite receiving target was running back Harley Mitchell. The workhorse back made 5 catches for 48 yards and ran 29 times for 98 yards. Philadelphia's defense, always among the league's best limited the Rams offense to just 245 net yards. The Eagles D also provided a touchdown thanks to a 16 yard fumble return by Marion Dulaney.

BRONCOS SURPRISED BY JETS 34-13
Few expected the Denver Broncos to be 4-0 entering their game against the Jets this weekend. Even fewer expected the 0-4 Jets to beat the 4-0 Broncos but New York did so, and did it in convincing fashion dominating the Broncos on both sides of the ball. Steve *Van Buren ran for 2 fourth quarter touchdowns and gained 155 yards on the day, which was just shy of the Broncos total offense. Van Buren also had 6 receptions for 62 yards in what the former LSU star called "his greatest day as a pro".

Denver back Oscar Hartings was held to just 37 yards rushing on 18 carries. Denver QB Jay Cason completed 18 of 34 passes but could not find the end zone and was picked off once which led eventually to a Jets major.

PATRIOTS TAKE TOP SPOT IN AFC EAST AS BILLS DROP SECOND STRAIGHT
The New England Patriots beat Kansas City 31-7 to take over sole possession of first place in the AFC East. Buffalo, which lost to New England in week 4, was beaten for the second straight week. This time San Diego stopped the Bills 17-6.

In Foxboro, Pats RB Larry Villariel ran for 104 yards and two touchdowns while Kansas City QB Ulish Groce was picked off twice, including one that Taurus Redding returned for a New England touchdown. Groce, who was rewarded with a long term contract in the offseason, has now been picked off 8 times while throwing just 1 touchdown pass in 5 games. In his defense, the Chiefs offensive line has been downright offensive, surrendering a league high 22 sacks including 6 yesterday.

In San Diego it was the Sam Joe show. The Chargers linebacker tied a team record by picking off 3 Leon Allen passes. Joe also ran one back for an 80 yard touchdown and had 8 tackles on the day. Bills signal caller Allen was picked off 4 times and has lost 2 games since his return from an injury that forced him to miss week's 2 and 3. RB Rob Douglass had a strong game for San Diego gaining 99 yards on the ground and scoring a touchdown. The Chargers have won 3 straight and are tied with Denver at 4-1 atop the AFC West.

The Oakland Raiders did just enough to get their second win of the season, beating 2-3 Miami 16-10 in Oakland. Miami won pretty much every statistical category except for the one that counts the most - the Dolphins could not get the ball in the endzone despite numerous second half opportunities. Stacey Jolley ran for 102 yards for Miami while reigning MVP Johnny Cushing was held to just 68 on the ground for the Raiders. The Raiders defense was outstanding led by Jevon Love, with 13 tackles and 2 sacks, and rookie LB Pat *Harder's career high 9 tackles.

In other action

It was like two different games in Indianapolis. The Colts spotted Cincinnati a 19-3 lead before scoring 20 unanswered points in the second half to win 23-19. Both clubs are now 2-3 on the season.

The hometown Pittsburgh Steelers upset Tennessee 19-14 as Steelers QB Tom Friede threw for 262 yards and rookie Elmer *Angsman ran for a career best 88 yards. Titans QB Manfred Gayle tossed a pair of touchdown passes and threw for 274 yards but a late interception by Todd Elwell ended any chances for a game winning drive.

Bob Slaughter passed for 193 yards and the winning touchdown as the Browns beat Jacksonville 14-11at Cleveland Stadium. The Jags lost QB Tommy Bledsoe with a broken foot midway through the game. Bledsoe was replacing starter Justin Jackson who had been sidelined with an ankle injury. With a bye next week Jackson should be ready to start the next game. Bledsoe's injury forced Dale Robinson, a 5th year pro from Mississippi State, to take his first regular season snaps. Robinson, who was the number 3 QB for the Jets the last 5 seasons, never appeared in a regular season game. Signed by the Jags in the offseason and elevated to backup status last week with Jackson's injury, Robinson was 7 of 10 for 103 yards in his debut but he could not get the Jags into the endzone with the go-ahead score.

The Saints and Atlanta are both 2-2 and atop the NFC West after New Orleans beat the Falcons 20-14. Ryan Boyette threw for 326 yards and a touchdown to lead the Saints. Todd Berger scored the winning touchdown midway through the 4th quater and ran for 86 yards in the game. It spoiled a tremendous effort from Atlanta safety Joe Grant who had 12 tackles and returned a fumble for a touchdown.

Carolina is also 2-2 and tied for the NFC West lead after beating Tampa 29-20. Panthers QB Javon Jamieson was the hero, completing 27 of 46 passes for 311 yards and 3 touchdowns. With their top three QB's out of action, number 4 man Tim Moore made his first NFL start for Tampa. Moore, in his 6th pro season out of Indiana, had never appeared in a regular season game prior to yesterday. He was signed as a free agent during the bye week and it looked like he was unfamiliar with the offense, completing just 12 of 32 passes. The Bucs are hopeful that number 3 QB Steve Quayle will be healthy enough to start next week in Cincinnati.

The Seattle Seahawks won their second straight game, surprising Washington 27-20. It was almost like Sammy *Baugh and Dennis Hayes switched uniforms. Seattle QB Hayes threw for 343 yards and 3 touchdowns while Baugh completed just 18 of 33 passes and was intercepted once. Like Tampa, the Seahawks have lost 3 QB's to injury so Hayes was signed as a free agent two weeks ago. Since then he was won both of his starts for the previously winless Seahawks. The second year pro was drafted out of Mississippi State in the 4th round by New England. He started a couple of games for the Pats last season but was released at training camp. Markus Collingsworth made 3 catches for 120 yards including a pair of long touchdown passes to lead the Seahawks. First round pick Marion *Motley ran for 49 yards but continues to struggle as he fumbled twice and still has yet to score a touchdown in the NFL. Another rookie, Dante *Lavelli of the Redskins caught two passes, both for touchdowns.

Arizona handed the New York Giants their third straight loss, beating New York 35-21. Cardinals QB Tony Marsalis threw 4 touchdown passes while his counterpart with New York, Eric Poppinga was picked off twice leading to 14 Arizona points.

The 49ers are 4-1 after beating Dallas 24-17 in San Francisco. Russ Davis ran for 112 yards and scored two touchdowns for the 49ers, who have won 4 in a row.

Vaughn Diedrick and receiver John Weaterhall combined on a 1 yard pass with 6 seconds left in regulation to earn Houston a 13-13 tie against Baltimore. Neither team could score in overtime but it wasn't for a lack of chances. Diedrick was picked off twice in the extra frame including once in the Baltimore endzone while a fumble from Ravens receiver Doug Carter and some ill-timed penalties cost Baltimore a couple of chances. Fabien Montgomery ran for 125 yards for Baltimore including 44 yards in overtime.

NFL SCOUTING REPORT
The 1947 NFL draft is a long ways away but pro scouts are already hard at work following the top college athletes. Here are the top 10 players to watch in the next NFL draft according to a recent survey of NFL scouts. This list will be updated once a month.

#1 OT Tex *Coulter Army - The number 1 contender for the new Outland Trophy which will be award to the top interior lineman.
#2 CB Tom Morris Brigham Young - Solid cover cornerback.
#3 CB Ken Murphy Southern California Stock is on the rise after another great game vs Ohio State
#4 FS Vance Steele Boston College Has not received the publicity accorded to Murphy but may be a better NFL player.
#5 RB Herman *Wedemeyer St. Mary's - together with Davis the best running backs available
#6 RB Glen *Davis Army - Heisman favourite is a certain top 10 pick
#7 CB Neil *Armstrong Oklahoma State - a deep draft for defensive backs may knock him out of top 10.
#8 FS Frank Reagan Pennsylvania - a strong showing by his team could give him a ton of publicity.
#9 OT Art *McCaffrey Pacific - small school lineman could crack top 10
#10 OLB Bob *Forte Arkansas - does it all on defense for the Razorbacks.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
SOUTHERN CAL BEATS OHIO STATE 
The University of Southern California Trojans topped Ohio State 27-14 at the Rose Bowl in a battle between top 10 teams. WR Roy Williams caught a pair of touchdown passes and CB Ken Murphy returned an interception for a touchdown to lead the Trjoans. Buckeyes QB Les *Horvath, considered by many to be a serious Heisman Trophy contender, was picked off twice in the game. The victory vaults USC past Michigan and Tennessee and into 4th place in the polls. The loss drop Ohio State from 10th to 13th.

There were no surprises in the top 20 this week as everyone who should have won did so, with the exception of 19th ranked Arkansas. The Razorbacks were forced to settle for a 3-3 tie against TCU in Southwest Conference play and drop out of the top 20. The University of Kentucky, which improved to 3-0 with a 31-0 win over Xavier sneaks into the 20th spot. Kentucky's stay in the top 20 may be shortlived as the Wildcats visit number 3 Georgia this week.

The big game on everyone's calander for next week is number 1 Army travelling to the Big House to play 5th ranked Michigan. Both clubs had easy times this week with Army blanking Cornell 24-0 while Michigan took care of Western Conference rival Iowa 21-3.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) --3-0 beat Cornell 24-0 at #5 Michigan next week
2- Notre Dame (2) -- 2-0 beat Pittsburgh 44-3 host Purdue next week
3. Georgia (3) -- 2-0 all over Temple 37-0, host #20 Kentucky next week
4. Southern California (6)-- 2-0 beat #10 Ohio St 27-14, at Oregon State next week
5. Michigan (4) -- 2-0 topped Iowa 21-3 host #1 Army next week
6. Tennessee (5)-- 2-0 beat Duke 30-3 host Tenn-Chat next week
7. UCLA (7) -- 2-0 beat Washington 33-10, host Stanford next week
8. Texas (9) -- 3-0 44-10 win over Oklahoma State, host Oklahoma next week
9. Pennsylvania (8)-- 1-0 beat Lafayette 46-0, host Dartmouth next week
10. Tulsa (11) -- 3-0 beat Drake 45-3, host Texas Tech next week
11 Rice (12) - 2-0 beat Southwestern (Tx) 38-7, at Tulane next week
12. Yale (13) -- 2-0 beat Colgate 20-14, host Columbia next week
13. Ohio State (10) -- 1-1 lost to #6 USC 27-14, visit #19 Wisconsin next week
14. Illimois (14)--- 2-1 beat Purdue 38-6, at Indiana next week
15. Georgia Tech (15)-- 1-1 beat VMI 27-7, host Mississippi next week
16. Alabama (16) -- 3-0 shut out South Carolina 24-0, host Louisianna-Lafayette next week
17. N. C. State (17) -- 2-0 blanked Clemson 28-0, host Davidson next week
18. North Carolina (18) -- 2-0 beat Miami (Fla) 28-10, host Maryland next week
19- Wisconsin (20) -- 3-0 Beat Northwestern 17-9, host #13 Ohio State next week
20- Kentucky (nr)- 3-0 Beat Xavier 31-0, visit #3 Georgia this week

Dropping out of top 20
Arkansas (19) - tied TCU 3-3

SEC RECAP
With Kentucky sneaking in to the 20th spot the SEC now has 5 teams ranked in the top 20 led by number 3 Georgia. The Bulldogs beat up on independant Temple 37-0 this past weekend. Georgia's Heisman candidate QB Charlie *Trippi threw 4 touchdown passes in the win.

In coference action Saturday, LSU got back on track with a 21-13 victory over Mississippi State. The Tigers were beaten by Rice the previous week to fall out of the top 20. LSU receiver Gary Sturm continued his outstanding play, making 12 catches and scoring a pair of touchdowns. Vanderbilt beat Mississippi 6-0 in a defensive stuggle while Tulane routed Florida 37-7 in the other SEC game.

Next week's conference games include Kentucky at Georgia on Friday. Saturday Florida vists Vanderbilt and Mississippi is at Georgia Tech.

CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
W L T W L T
Kent 1 0 0 3 0 0
bama 1 0 0 3 0 0
Tenn 1 0 0 2 0 0
Geo 1 0 0 2 0 0
Vand 1 0 0 2 0 0
LSU 1 0 0 1 1 0
Tul 1 1 0 1 1 0
Aub 0 0 0 2 0 0
MisS 0 1 0 1 1 0
GeTech 0 1 0 1 1 0
Flor 0 1 1 0 1 1
Miss 0 2 1 0 2 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE RECAP
The University of Michigan improved to 2-0 in conference play with a 21-3 victory over Iowa. For the Wolverines it was really just a tuneup for their game against number 1 ranked Army next weekend. Other conference action saw Minnesota surprise Indiana 14-0, Wisconsin top Northwestern 17-9 while Illinois blasted Purdue 38-6. Fighting Illini RB Buddy *Young had his third straight 100 yard game and scored a pair of touchdowns.

Next week in conference action Illinois is at Indiana, Minnesota visits Northwestern and Ohio State travels to Wisconsin. In addition to the Michigan game with #1 Army, Purdue has a tough task as the Boilermakers take on number 2 ranked Notre Dame.

CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
W L T W L T
Mich 2 0 0 2 0 0
Wis 1 0 0 3 0 0
Illin 1 0 0 2 1 0
Minn 1 0 0 2 0 0
Purd 1 1 0 1 2 0
OhioSt 0 0 0 1 1 0
Nrthwrn 0 1 0 1 1 0
Ind 0 2 0 1 2 0
Iow 0 2 0 1 2 0

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE RECAP
The USC Trojans did the PCC proud by beating Western Conference rival Ohio State 28-13 in a battle of top 10 clubs. The win moves the Trojans up to 4th in the polls. UCLA kept pace and is ranked 7th after beating Washington 33-10 in a PCC matchup. QB Carlos Jones passed for over 300 yards and threw a pair of touchdown strikes but for the second week in a row he was also picked off twice. In other conference matchups Washington State evened it's record at 1-1 with a 31-7 victory over Idaho while Cal topped Oregon 13-7.

Next week in conference play USC is at Oregon State, UCLA hosts Stanford, Montana travels to Oregon and Washington State hosts rival Washington.

CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
W L T W L T
UCLA 2 0 0 2 0 0
USC 1 0 0 2 0 0
Stan 1 0 0 2 0 0
Cal 1 0 0 1 1 0
WshSt 1 1 0 1 1 0
Mont 0 0 0 1 1 0
Oreg 0 1 0 1 1 0
OreSt 0 1 0 1 1 0
Wash 0 1 0 0 1 1
Idah 0 2 0 0 2 0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NOTES
A quiet weekend in the SWC as just one conference game was played. The TCU Horned Frogs played to a 3-3 tie against the University of Arkansas. The tie knocked the Razerbacks out of the National top 20. Just one in-conference game next week as well. This one has Baylor visiting Arkansas.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
TCU 1 0 1 1 1 1
Texas 0 0 0 3 0 0
Rice 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ark 0 0 1 2 0 1
SMU 0 0 0 2 0 0
T A&M 0 0 0 1 2 0
Baylor 0 1 0 1 1 0

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NOTES
The University of Richmond is making a bid to join North Carolina and North Carolina State as Southern Conference representatives in the college football top 20. Richmond improved its record to 3-0 (2-0 in conference) with a 17-14 victory over Maryland. In other conference action North Carolina State blanked Clemson 28-0 while William & Mary shut out The Citadel 27-0.

Next week North Carolina is home to Richmond in a big test for the Spiders, NC State entertains Davidson, Virginia Tech is on the road to play William & Mary and Clemson visits Wake Forest.

CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
W L T W L T
Rich 2 0 0 3 0 0
NCSt 2 0 0 2 0 0
W&M 1 0 0 3 0 0
NCar 1 0 0 2 0 0
Wake 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dvdsn 0 0 0 2 0 0
S Car 0 0 0 1 1 0
GWsh 0 0 0 1 0 0
Furm 0 0 0 1 1 0
Wsh&Le 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clem 0 1 0 1 2 0
Mary 0 1 0 1 1 0
VMI 0 1 0 1 2 0
Citdl 0 1 0 0 1 1
Duke 0 1 0 0 2 0
VaTech 0 1 0 0 2 0

BIG 6 CONFERENCE NOTES
Conference play began in the Big 6 with one game as Nebraska dismantled Kansas State 41-7. There are two games next week as Kansas visits Iowa Stae while Missouri travels to Kansas State. Oklahoma plays 8th ranked Texas while Nebraska visits Iowa in non-conference action.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Neb 1 0 0 1 1 0
Kan 0 0 0 3 0 0
IowSt 0 0 0 2 1 0
Misso 0 0 0 1 2 0
Okla 0 0 0 1 1 0
K St 0 1 0 0 2 0

BORDER CONFERENCE NOTES
New Mexico beat West Texas A&M 17-13 to go 2-0 in Border Conference play. Next week New Mexico visits rival New Mexico State while Arizona hosts UTEP.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
NMex 2 0 0 3 0 0
TxTech 1 0 0 2 1 0
Ariz 1 0 0 2 0 0
H-Sim 0 0 0 3 0 0
NMSt 0 0 0 2 1 0
UTEP 0 0 0 1 0 0
NoAriz 0 1 0 2 2 0
ArizSt 0 1 0 1 1 0
WTxA&M 0 2 0 1 1 0

MVC NOTES
Tulsa improved to 2-0 in the MVC and is ranked 10th nationally after blasting Drake 45-3. Oklahoma State missed a chance to make an impression on the national season, getting blasted 44-10 by then number 9 Texas. Next week Drake entertains Wichita State in conference play.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Tulsa 2 0 0 3 0 0
OkSt 0 0 0 1 2 0
St.L 0 0 0 0 3 0
WichSt 0 1 0 1 2 0
Drak 0 1 0 1 2 0

MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE NOTES
The Conference schedule got underway with a pair of games this weekend. On Friday Denver blanked BYU 22-0 while Saturday Colorado beat Utah State 14-7. This week Colorado travels to Wyoming, Colorado State visits Denver and Brigham Young hosts Utah.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Col 1 0 0 1 2 0
Den 1 0 0 1 2 0
Wyo 0 0 1 1 1 1
Utah 0 0 0 0 2 0
ColSt 0 0 1 0 2 1
UtSt 0 1 0 1 1 0
BYU 0 1 0 1 1 1

MAJOR INDEPENDANTS
In this era many of the greatest teams are independants and 1946 is no exception. Army and Notre Dame are the class of the league but Villanova is a team to watch as the season unfolds. An early loss to Army hurt Villanova but they have looked strong in other games. St Mary's is also a team watch along with Pennsylvania and Yale.

W L T
Army 3 0 0
Villanova 3 1 0
Harvard 2 0 0
Holy Cross 2 0 0
Nevada 2 0 0
Notre Dame 2 0 0
Rutgers 2 0 0
Syracuse 2 0 0
Virginia 2 0 0
Yale 2 0 0
St. Mary's 1 0 1
Penn State 1 0 0
Pennsylvania 1 0 0
Princeton 1 0 0
Boston College 1 1 0
Brown 1 1 0
Columbia 1 1 0
Cornell 1 1 0
Detroit Mercy 1 1 0
Lafayette 1 1 0
Michigan State 1 1 0
Montana State 1 1 0
Santa Clara 1 1 0
Marquette 1 2 0
Pittsburgh 1 2 0
West Virginia 1 2 0
Merch. Marine 0 3 1
Fordham 0 0 0
Colgate 0 1 0
Georgetown 0 1 0
New York U 0 1 0
Bucknell 0 2 0
Dartmouth 0 2 0
Miami (Fla) 0 2 0
Navy 0 2 0
Portland 0 2 0
San Francisco 0 2 0
Temple 0 2 0
Tenn-Chat 0 2 0

DAVIS AND WEDEMEYER ARE EARLY HEISMAN FAVOURITES
Running backs Glen *Davis of Army and Herman *Wedemeyer from St Mary's are the early favourites in the Heisman Trophy race. Others who are off to a fast start include LB Bob *Forte of Arkansas, RB Buddy *Young of Illinois, QB DeMarco Dickinson from North Carolina and Tulsa signal caller Clyde *LeForce. Also entering the mix are LSU receiver Gary Strum, Michigan CB Tommy *Harmon, RB Don Porter of Arkansas, WR Barney *Poole of Army and WR Tank St. Pierre of Northern Arizona.

Here is a look at what each of the major contenders has accomplished

The Running Backs
Glen Davis - 528 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns for 3-0 Army
Herm Wedermeyer - gained 228 yards and scored 4 touchdowns in season opening rout of a division 2 school
Buddy Young - 366 yards rushing a 3 touchdowns for 2-1 Illinois
Don Porter - 453 yards and 4 touchdowns for 2-0-1 Arkansas

The Quarterbacks
Demarco Dickinson - 7 td passes and 763 yards passing for 2-0 North Carolina
Clyde LeForce - 737 yards, 8td's and 3 interceptions for leader of 3-0 Tulsa

The Receivers
Gary Sturm - 19 catches for 369 yards and 2 td's for 1-1 LSU
Tank St. Pierre - 19 catches for 385 yards and 3 td's for 2-2 Northern Arizona.
Barney Poole - 25 catches for 504 yards and 2 td's for 3-0 Army

The Defenders
Bob Forte - MLB has 34 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 int for 2-0-1 Arkansas.
Tommy Harmon - 18 tackles and 2 interceptions for 2-0 Michigan

NHL PREVIEW
NEW YORK RANGERS SEASON PREVIEW -part 4 of 6
The National Hockey League granted Madison Square Garden a franchise to operate its own team for the 1926-27 season, following the initial success of the New York Americans, who began play in the Garden for the 1925-26 season and would become the Rangers first arch-rivals. The Rangers made the playoffs in 15 of their first 16 seasons and by 1940 had sipped champagne from the Stanley Cup on three occassions. However, World War II would break up a very strong team and it would be decades before the Rangers recovered and even longer before they would win another Cup. The Rangers enter the 1946-47 season riding a dismal streak of 4 straight last place finishes.

Here are the Rangers key players:

GOALIE
JIM HENRY - Nicknamed Sugar Jim, Henry showed great promise when he first joined the Rangers in 1941 but was not the same when he returned last season after 3 years of military service. He would eventually have some strong years in Boston in the 50's but did not have the career originally envisioned after his rookie campaign.

CHUCK RAYNER - Known as the first wandering goaltender, the Saskatchewan native often made a save and skated up ice with the puck before hustling back to his net. Twice in particular he came right in on the opposition goalie in an NHL game and almost scored. Rayner will get the bulk of the work for the Rangers this season.

DEFENSE
JOE COOPER - Winnipeg native rejoins the team he began his career with after playing 7 seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks. Not much of a point producer but he is a tough stay at home defenseman.

BILL JUZDA - Another Winnipeg native, Juzda joined the Rangers in 1941 but missed 3 seasons during the war. Not the best skater or puck handler but he is a hard hitting defenseman who plays his poisition effectively.

HAL LAYCOE - The Sutherland, Saskatchewan native made his NHL debut last season, picking up 2 assists in 17 games. Another steady defender with little offensive ability. Eventually would coach 2 seasons in the NHL.

BILL MOE - A solid positional defenseman from Danvers, Massachusetts, Moe will eventually be inducted in the US Hockey Hall of Fame. Entering his third season with the Rangers.

NEIL COLVILLE - An allstar as a forward in the late thirties, Colville seamlessly made the switch to defense after returning from the Armed Forces. His brother Mac would also play a few games for the Rangers this season.

FORWARDS
TONY LESWICK- A skilled forward from Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Leswick tallied 24 points as a rookie with the Rangers last season.

GRANT WARWICK- Won NHL rookie of the year in 1941-42 and scored a career high 20 goals in 1944-45. The Regina native is one of the teams offensive leaders.

EDGAR LAPRADE - Named NHL rookie of the year last season after scoring 15 goals and adding 19 assists in 49 games. He would be considered one of the best forwards of the 1940's.

BRYAN HEXTALL - A Hockey hall of famer and the first of 3 generations of Hextall's in the NHL, sons Bryan Jr and Dennis along with grandson Ron. His overtime goal in game 6 won the Rangers the 1940 Stanley Cup but it would be 54 years before they would win another. Hextall played just 3 games last season before missing the rest of the year with liver trouble.

CAL GARDNER- Like teammate Hextall, Gardner would have two sons play in the NHL (Dave and Paul). He joined the Rangers late last season and scored 8 goals in 16 games. He, Church Russell and Rene Trudell formed the Atomic Line with the New York Rovers of the Eastern Hockey League.

CHURCH RUSSELL - The Winnipeg native joined joined the Rangers late last season with linemates Cal Gardner and Rene Trudell. He had 5 assists in 17 games as a rookie. His NHL career would last just 90 games.

RENE TRUDELL - Scored 8 points in 16 games when bought by the Rangers with Gardner and Russell late last season. Would spend two more seasons with the Rangers before being dealt to Toronto but he would never crack the Leafs roster.

AB DEMARCO - Joined the Rangers, his 4th NHL team, in 1943-44. He had 47 points, including 20 goals last season. His son, Ab Jr. would eventually make the NHL.

ALF PIKE - Spent his entire pro career in the Rangers organization, first joining the club in 1939-40 for their Cup run. Missed 2 seasons during the war but retured last year and notched 16 points in 33 games. He would coach the Rangers for a couple of season in the early 60's.

PHIL WATSON - Montreal native enters his 12th NHL season. He won a Cup with the Rangers in 1940 and also in 1944 during his only season with the Montreal Canadiens. He rejoined the Rangers the following year and last season scored 26 points.

STATS AND STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS
Team W L PCT GB
CLE 90 64 .584 -
BOS 87 67 .565 3.0
WSH 82 72 .532 8.0
DET 80 74 .519 10.0
NYY 80 74 .519 10.0
SLB 73 81 .474 17.0
PHA 68 86 .442 22.0
CHA 56 98 .364 34.0

BATTING
L. Fleming, Wsh .333
M. Mazzera, Wsh .324
T. Williams, Bos .322
B. Lewis, Wsh .314
J. Pesky, Bos .310

HR
T. Williams, Bos 31
T. Henrich, Det 23
C. Keller, NYY 22

RBI
B. Youing, Bos 95
T. Williams, Bos 93
B. Campbell, SLB 89
H. Greenberg, Det 89

WINS
S. Gromek, Cle 26-12
T. Bonham, NY 25-7
A. Karl, Bos 21-10
S. Overmire, Det 21-14
J. Beggs, Wsh 21-14
J. Haynes, Wsh 21-15

NATIONAL LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS
Team W L PCT GB
PIT 91 63 .591 -
CIN 89 65 .578 2.0
BKN 84 70 .545 7.0
STL 82 72 .532 9.0
ChC 79 75 .513 12.0
PHI 74 80 .481 17.0
NYG 61 93 .396 30.0
BSN 56 98 .364 35.0

BATTING
J. Mediwck, Cin .323 (.32293)
A. Kampouris, Cin .323 (.32289)
A. Vaughan, Pit .318
P. Reiser, Bkn .314
B. Chapman, StL .310

HR
J. Dimaggio, Cin 21
S. Musial, StL 21
R. York, Bsn 21

RBI
P. Reiser, Bkn 95
E. Slaughter, StL 90
T. Cuccinello, Pit 87
B. Elliott, Pit 87

WINS
C. Melton Pit 28-11
E. White, StL 22-11
J. Hutchings, Cin 21-6
M. Haefner, Bkn 21-13

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 4 0 0 1.000 132 60
Min 2 2 0 .500 68 81
Det 2 2 0 .500 111 130
GB 1 3 0 .250 97 112

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 5 0 0 1.000 133 91
Wash 3 2 0 .600 127 106
NYG 2 3 0 .400 91 113
Dallas 1 4 0 .200 92 109

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 2 2 0 .500 73 110
Car 2 2 0 .500 66 71
Atl 2 2 0 .500 62 83
TB 1 3 0 .250 96 101

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 4 1 0 .800 110 91
Arz 3 2 0 .600 110 99
Sea 2 3 0 .400 11 128
StL 1 4 0 .200 82 96

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North W L T PCT PF PA
Bal 2 2 1 .500 58 63
Cin 2 3 0 .400 107 83
Pit 2 3 0 .400 82 115
Cle 2 3 0 .400 57 82

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 4 1 0 .800 99 48
Buf 3 2 0 .600 73 55
Mia 2 3 0 .400 84 79
NYJ 1 4 0 .200 76 93

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 3 2 0 .600 119 79
Jax 2 3 0 .400 90 102
Indy 2 3 0 .400 80 101
Hou 1 3 1 .300 62 93

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 4 1 0 .800 111 104
SD 4 1 0 .800 105 50
KC 2 3 0 .400 71 105
Oak 2 3 0 .400 88 90

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Indianapolis 23 Cincinnati 19
Pittsburgh 19 Tennessee 14
Cleveland 14 Jacksonville 11
New Orleans 20 Atlanta 14
Carolina 29 Tampa 20
Philadelphia 17 St Louis 9
New England 31 Kansas City 7
Seattle 27 Washington 20
San Diego 17 Buffalo 6
Arizona 35 NY Giants 21
San Francisco 24 Dallas 17
NY Jets 34 Denver 13
Houston 13 Baltimore 13 (ot)
Oakland 16 Miami 10

WEEK 6 MATCHUPS
New England at Minnesota
NY Jets at Green Bay
Detroit at Buffalo
Washington at Dallas
St Louis at San Diego
Seattle at Oakland
Kansas City at San Francisco
New Orleans at Baltimore
Tampa at Cincinnati
Chicago at Miami
Pittsburgh at Carolina
Cleveland at Atlanta
Philadelphia at NY Giants
Denver at Arizona
Bye Houston, Indianapolis, Tennessee and Jacksonville.

NFL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 134 98 73.1 1315 12 2 127.5
Tony Marsalis ARZ 78 58 74.4 614 5 1 112.9
Manfred Gayle TEN 144 83 57.6 1153 14 3 107.2
Sammy *Baugh WAS 135 79 58.5 1296 10 4 103.2
Ken Neal PHI 121 85 70.2 958 5 4 93.6

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Bruce Jones KAN 5 117 570 4.9 70 6
Stacey Jolley MIA 5 114 568 5 66 5
F Montgomery BAL 5 117 507 4.3 21 2
Harley Mitchell PHI 5 129 504 3.9 48 5
Keith Musso JAX 5 120 504 4.2 30 4

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Mel Ours HOU 5 35 510 14.6 60 2
Wayne *Miller WAS 5 38 507 13.3 43 4
Brian Gardner DEN 5 37 463 12.5 46 2
Mark Hayman TEN 5 23 451 19.6 54 5
Matt Sikahema CHI 4 18 403 22.4 56 2

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
B Hasselbeck ARZ 5 56 42 14
Mel Hein NYG 5 56 40 16
Jeff Parent CIN 5 54 45 9
Matt Truluck STL 5 53 49 4
Javon Love OAK 5 48 38 10

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 10
Reggie White SD 8
Leslie Hill PHI 7
Jason Love OAK 6
Jeff Parent CIN 5
Mike Smith GB 5

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Mark Smith BAL 5
Sam Joe SD 4
Mac Wiley CIN 4
Kevin Waddle SD 4
Greg Fletcher BUF 4
Ken Milloy JAX 4

NCAA FOOTBALL RESULTS
Friday Sept 29
Denver 22 Brigham Young 0
Georgia 37 Temple 0
Missouri 27 St. Louis 7
North Carolina 28 Miami (Florida) 10
Richmond 17 Maryland 14
Tennessee Tech 24 Tennessee-Chattanooga 22
Wake Forest 20 Georgetown 0
New Mexico 17 West Texas A&M 13

Saturday Sept 30
Alabama 24 South Carolina 0
St. Mary's 47 Alameda NAS 6
Arizona 13 Utah 10
Texas Christian 3 Arkansas 3
Boston College 52 Michigan State 10
Princeton 27 Brown 17
Penn State 37 Bucknell 3
Yale 20 Colgate 14
Montana State 27 Colorado College 0
Wyoming 6 Colorado State 6
Army 24 Cornell 0
Davidson 20 Wofford 10
Holy Cross 20 Detroit Mercy 10
Eastern Washington 14 Montana 13
Tulane 37 Florida 7
Auburn 41 Furman 10
George Washington 27 Merchant Marine 13
Washington & Lee 17 Hampden-Sydney 0
Washington State 31 Idaho 7
Minnesota 14 Indiana 0
Michigan 21 Iowa 3
Rutgers 23 Johns Hopkins 0
Nebraska 41 Kansas State 7
Pennsylvania 46 Lafayette 0
Villanova 17 Marquette 3
Vanderbilt 6 Mississippi 0
Louisiana State 21 Mississippi State 13
Columbia 41 Navy 37
Brooklyn 30 New York University 0
North Carolina State 28 Clemson 0
Northern Arizona 14 Fresno State 0
Iowa State 24 Northern Iowa 21
Southern California 27 Ohio State 14
Texas 44 Oklahoma State 10
California 13 Oregon 7
Arizona State 21 Pepperdine 15
Notre Dame 44 Pittsburgh 3
Oregon State 21 Portland 0
Illinois 38 Purdue 6
Stanford 31 San Francisco 29
Hardin-Simmons 20 San Jose State 0
Nevada 30 Santa Clara 16
Rice 38 Southwestern (Texas) 7
Syracuse 19 Dartmouth 16
Tennessee 30 Duke 3
Oklahoma 21 Texas A&M 13
Southern Methodist 28 Texas Tech 6
Harvard 21 Tufts 0
Tulsa 45 Drake 3
UCLA 33 Washington 10
Colorado 14 Utah State 7
Virginia 14 Virginia Tech 3
Georgia Tech 27 Virginia Military Institute 7
West Virginia 21 Waynesburg 0
Kansas 7 Wichita State 3
William & Mary 27 Citadel 0
Wisconsin 17 Northwestern 9
Kentucky 31 Xavier 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday, October 6
Fordham at Georgetown
George Washington at Rollins
Kentucky at Georgia
Oklahoma State at Southern Methodist
South Carolina at Furman
Texas Christian at Miami (Florida)
Wichita State at Drake

Saturday, October 7
Arizona State at Nevada
Army at Michigan
Baylor at Arkansas
Citadel at Newberry
Clemson at Wake Forest
Colgate at Cornell
Colorado at Wyoming
Colorado College at West Texas A&M
Colorado State at Denver
Columbia at Yale
Dartmouth at Pennsylvania
Davidson at North Carolina State
Duke at Navy
Florida at Vanderbilt
Gettysburg at Lafayette
Hampden-Sydney at Richmond
Harvard at Princeton
Idaho at Marquette
Illinois at Indiana
Kansas at Iowa State
Louisiana-Lafayette at Alabama
Maryland at North Carolina
Merchant Marine at Boston College
Minnesota at Northwestern
Mississippi at Georgia Tech
Mississippi State at Michigan State
Missouri at Kansas State
Montana at Oregon
Montana State at Utah State
Muhlenberg at Bucknell
Nebraska at Iowa
New Mexico at New Mexico State
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Oklahoma at Texas
Penn State at Syracuse
Portland at Santa Clara
Purdue at Notre Dame
Rhode Island at Brown
Rice at Tulane
Rutgers at New York University
Southern California at Oregon State
St. Louis at Auburn
St. Mary's at California
Stanford at UCLA
Temple at Pittsburgh
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Tennessee
Texas A&M at Louisiana State
Texas Tech at Tulsa
Texas-El Paso at Arizona
Utah at Brigham Young
Villanova at Holy Cross
Virginia Military Institute at Virginia
Virginia Tech at William & Mary
Washington at Washington State
Washington & Lee at West Virginia

Sunday October 8
Detroit Mercy at San Francisco

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

ORFU W L T PTS
TorInd 4 1 0 8
HmWild 4 1 0 8
TBB 3 2 0 6
OttTr 2 3 0 4
Sarn 2 4 0 4
Wind 1 5 0 2

IPRFU W L T PTS
Argos 5 1 0 10
Mont 5 1 0 10
Ott RR 1 4 1 3
HTiger 0 5 1 1

WESTERN W L T PTS
Wpg 5 2 0 10
Calg 4 2 0 8
Sask 0 5 0 0

RESULTS
Sep 26
Montreal Alouettes 23 at 21 Ottawa Rough Riders
Calgary 3 at 20 Winnipeg
Hamilton Tigers 9 at 17 Toronto Argos
Toronto Balmy Beach 20 at 7 Windsor Royals
Ottawa Trojans 21 at 31 Sarnia Imperials

Sept 30
Ottawa Rough Riders 3 at 20 Montreal Alouettes
Winnipeg 24 at 28 Calgary

UPCOMING GAMES
October 3
Toronto Argos at Montreal Alouettes
Hamilton Tigers at Ottawa Rough Riders
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Calgary Stampeders
Toronto Indians at Toronto Balmy Beach

October 4
Hamilton Wildcats at Ottawa Trojans

October 7
Toronto Argos at Hamilton Tigers

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 02:25 AM

TRIBE IN CONTROL OF SERIES
BUCS STAY ALIVE WITH SUNDAY WIN BUT INDIANS LEAD 3-1
The Pittsburgh Pirates avoided the embarrassment of a 4 game sweep but it seems to be just a matter of time before the champagne corks pop in the Cleveland dressing room. It has been a very close series as 3 of the 4 games were decided by one run and the other one was only a 2 run difference but so far luck and good time have all been with the Indians.

GAME 1 Wednesday October 4, 1946
Game 1 in Pittsburgh was a classic pitching duel as Bill Lohrman (19-8, 2.28) faced Pittsburgh's Cliff Melton (28-11, 2.28) Heading to the bottom of the fifth the Indians had managed just 2 hits off of Melton and both runners had been erased by double plays. Pittsburgh was having even less success against Lohrman as just one Pirate had reached base but he was stranded at first.

In the bottom of the 5th the Pirates struck quickly. Tony Cuccinello led off with a single and Fern Bell followed with a double to score Cuccinello with the game's first run. Lohrman walked Bill Norman but recovered quickly and retired the next 3 Pittsburgh batters including Ralph Kiner who was caught looking for the final out with runners on second and third.

After Melton pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 6th the Pirates doubled their lead when Dick Siebert reached first on a throwing error by Lohrman. Arky Vaughn single to move Siebert up 90 feet and one out later Cuccinello's second single of the game scored Siebert to make it 2-0.

In the top of the 7th the Indians finally got to Melton. Oscar Grimes lined out to Vaughn to start the inning but then rookie leftfielder Ralph Kiner misplayed a routine fly ball from Jeff Heath into a two base error. With first base open the Pirates elected to give Lou Boudreau a free pass and set up the doubleplay. Ken Keltner came on to pinch-hit for Taffy Wright and he blooped a single over shortstop Vaughn and in front of leftfielder Kiner, who seemed perhaps a little cautious after his earlier miscue. The single scored Heath and allowed Boudreau to move to third. Mickey Rocco was up next and he ripped a hard grounder down the first base line that somehow a diving Dick Siebert came up with. Boudreau scored easily and Keltner moved to second base but Siebert got to his feet in time to beat Rocco to the bag for the second out. The game was now tied at 2. There was no action in the Pirates bullpen and it was up to Melton to retire catcher Clyde Klutz to end the inning. Klutz, with just 27 major league games under his belt and a career .175 average, dropped a seeing eye single into centerfield and Keltner beat the throw home to give the Indians a 3-2 lead. Bill Lohrman was up next and he flew out to end the inning.

Lohrman struck out pinch hitter Jim Gleason to start the bottom of the 7th but Ralph Kiner followed with a single. Lohrman was injured on the play and we would later learn he was likely out for the series. Max Butcher came on to replace Lohrman and he got an inning-ending doubleplay ball from Dick Siebert.

The 8th was uneventful as both Melton and Butcher set the side down in order. Klutz had his second single of the game in the 9th inning but the Indians could not score an insurance run.

In the bottom of the 9th Ray Poat took over on the mound for the Indians. The 28 year old Poat was 1-3 with 7 saves and a 5.23 era in 10 innings work this season. He has 24 saves in his 4 year career but this will be his first postseason appearance. Fern Bell led off for the Pirates and worked Poat for a free pass. Fred Brickell came up to pinch-hit for Norman and he hit into a fielder's choice retiring Bell. Catcher Bill Salkeld was up next with one out and a runner on first. Salkeld popped up to Cleveland second sacker Charlie English for out number 2. Lee Handley was up next pinch-hitting for Melton. Handley grounded out to 3B Oscar Grimes to end the game and give Cleveland a 3-2 win in the opener.

GAME 2 Thursday October 5, 1946
Another very good pitching matchup as the visiting Indians send Steve Gromek (26-12, 2.97) to the mound against Ken Heintzelman (19-14, 3.07). Catcher Clyde Klutz comes up big for the second day in a row as he hits a 2-out single in the top of the second to score Lou Boudreau, who had led off the inning with a double.

Cleveland threatens in the third when Oscar Grimes triples with 2 out but Jeff Heath is unable to cash him in. Meanwhile, through 3 innings the Pirates have managed just one hit off of Gromek. That hit, a single from Ken Heintzelman in the third, accomlishes nothing as he is stranded at first.

In the fourth Taffy Wright hits a 1-out double for the Indians but both Mickey Rocco and Clyde Klutz ground out to Arky Vaughn and the threat is averted. In the bottom of the 5th the Pirates get a 2-out double from Bill Norman but Bill Salkeld grounds out to end the inning.

Both pitchers have a 1-2-3 sixth inning but the Tribe strike in the top of the 7th. Centerfielder Bill Norman drops a fly ball that allows Taffy Wright to reach base to start the inning. Pinch-hitter Ken Keltner grounds out but Wright moves to second. Next Heintzelman gets Clyde Klutz to fly out and the Indians have a tough decision. Leading 1-0 with Wright on second and two out do they leave Steve Gromek in to hit or do they pull him for a pinch-hitter. Gromek is working on a 2-hitter and looks unstoppable so he stays in to hit and the Indians skipper looks like a genius a moment later when Gromek singles to short rightcenter scoring Wright with an insurance run. It is now 2-0 Indians.

In the bottom of the 7th Gromek sets the Pirates down in order. Grimes singles for Cleveland in the top of the 8th but advances no further. In the bottom of the 8th Gromek is again perfect, getting Fern Bell and Bill Norman to ground out and Bill Salkeld to pop out. In the top of the 9th the Indians get a leadoff single from Taffy Wright but he only gets as far as second thanks to a Gus Suhr sacrifice before the Tribe is retired.

The bottom of the 9th and Gromek is clearly exhausted so Ray Poat gets the ball once again. Fred Brickell greets Poat with a pinch-hit single to start the inning and when Ralph Kiner draws a walk it looks like the Pirates may be back in business. However, Poat gets Dick Siebert to ground into a 3-6-3 double play and then fans Arky Vaughan to preserve the 2-0 shutout victory.

GAME 3 Satuday October 7, 1946
The series shifts to Cleveland with the Indians up 2 games to none. The number 3 starters are on the hill as Pittsburgh's Preacher Roe (14-16, 3.34) faces Allie Reynolds (15-15, 3.53) for the Indians.

No pitching duel to start this time as Kiner leads off with a single and Siebert follows with an rbi double to start the first inning. Reynolds gets out of the jam without any more damage being done. In the home half it is much the same as Ival Goodman greets Roe with a leadoff double and he eventually scores on a throwing error by Pittsburgh third baseman Bob Elliott. The game is tied at 1 after the first inning.

Both catchers, Bill Salkeld of the Bucs and Clyde Klutz of the Tribe single in the second but neither club can take advantage. In the top of the third Siebert hits his second double of the game but he is stranded on base. In the bottom of the third Charlie English hits a one out single and Oscar Grimes follows with the first homerun of the series to make it 3-1 Indians.

Little offense is generated for the next 3 innings but Pittsburgh is poised for an attack in the top of the 7th. Bill Norman doubles to lead off the inning but is out at third on Bill Salkeld's failed sacrifice bunt attempt and the potential rally is snuffed.

The Tribe take to the offensive in the bottom of the 7th as Mickey Rocco works Preacher Roe for a walk and Clyde Klutz follows with a double. Rocco is held up at third but pitcher Allie Reynolds delivers a base hit to score him a moment later. After Ival Goodman is fanned Charlie English hits a ground ball that Pittsburgh 2B Tony Cuccinello knocks down but his only play is at first allowing Klutz to score and make it 5-1 Cleveland.

Pittsburgh mounts a comeback bid in the ninth as Bill Norman and Bill Salkeld hit back to back singles with one out. Pinch-hitter Fred Brickell hits an infield fly for out number two but Ralph Kiner follows with a double to score both Norman and Salkeld and it's a 1-run game when the next batter, Dick Siebert, singles in Kiner. However, the rally stops when Arky Vaughan grounds out to end the game. Final score 5-4 Cleveland and the Indians lead the series 3-0.

GAME 4 Sunday October 8, 1946
Pittsburgh came out with guns ablazing to start game 4. The Pirates scored 6 runs off Cleveland starter Claude Passeau (13-16, 3.47), who was forced into the rotation with the Game 1 injury to Bill Lohrman. Passeau survived the first but just barely as the first 7 Pittsburgh batters either singled or walked. Finally after 6 runs had been scored Passeau got Bill Salkeld to ground out, opposing pitcher Cliff Melton to fan and Ralph Kiner to fly out to the warning track in his second at bat of the inning.

The game looked like a blowout but that was not the case as the Indians solved Melton quickly, scoring twice in the bottom of the first. However, Melton made up those runs himself by hitting a 2-run homer in the top of the third to make it 8-2 Pirates.

Lou Boudreau's second rbi double of the game made it 8-3 in the bottom of the third and in the 6th the Indians added 2 more runs to make it an 8-5 game. In the bottom of the 8th Boudreau started a rally with a single which was followed up by rbi singles from Clyde Klutz and pinch-hitter Don Gutteridge that made the score 8-7. In the bottom of the ninth Melton had enough left to retire the heart of the Indians lineup - Charlie English, Oscar Grimes and Jeff Heath - in order to preserve the 8-7 win and give the Pirates one more breath.

The series resume today in Cleveland and if necessary will shift to Pittsburgh for games Wednesday and Thursday. A full recap will appear in next week's issue.

 NFL WEEK 6 ROUND UP
EAGLES SOAR TO 6-0 WITH WIN OVER GIANTS
RB Harley Mitchell ran for 125 yards and 2 touchdowns to help the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Giants 37-10 in New York and improve to 6-0 in NFL action. Mitchell, who has run for 629 yards this season, is now tied for the league lead in rushing touchdowns with 7. While Mitchell certainly is the key to the Eagles offense, QB Ken Neal had another solid outing (17-of-29 for 200 and a pair of touchdowns). Only the high-flying Chicago Bears have a better points per game ratio than the Eagles. Defensively, Philadelphia is solid and they shut the Giants down. For New York it was another dismal outing after a strong start to the season. The Giants looked very good winning their first two games but have dropped 4 straight since then.

Washington routed Dallas 34-14 but the price of victory was very expensive. Redskins veteran QB Sammy *Baugh hurt his ankle and will likely miss a month. Baugh, who missed 6 games with an injury to the same ankle last year, has managed to start all 16 games just once in his 6 year career. The good news for Washington is that rookie receiver Dante *Lavelli had his best game as a pro. Levelli made 7 catches for 143 yards including a 49 yarder for a touchdown from back-up QB Bart Thompson. Thompson was signed as a free agent from the Giants in the offseason and has 2 NFL starts to his credit. He was a 5th round pick out of Oregon State in 1940 and will be counted on to keep the Redskins in the playoff hunt until Baugh returns. Thompson looked good yesterday, completing 13 of 17 passes for 157 yards and 2 touchdowns after replacing Baugh. He also threw one interception. With Baugh out more of the offensive workload will fall to RB Bob *Seymour, who had a banner day yesterday gaining 120 yards on the ground.

BEARS OFFENSE KEEPS ON ROLLING
The Chicago Bears improved to 5-0 with a 33-20 win over the Dolphins in Miami. Tight End Dedric Darby caught 5 Sid *Luckman passes including a pair for touchdowns. Luckman threw for 254 yards and spead the ball among 9 receivers. Stacey Jolly had a solid game in a losing effort, running for 107 yards and making 4 catches.

JEKYLL AND HYDE CHARGERS LOSE TO RAMS
After looking so good against Kansas City and Buffalo each of the last two weeks the San Diego Chargers were embarrassed at home, falling 16-7 to the lowly St Louis Rams. Chargers QB Dameane Taylor could never get the offense untracked despite 117 yard rushing performance from RB Josh Miller. Taylor, who had won 3 straight as a starter in place of the injured Leon Jones, looked terrible on this day throwing a pair of interceptions while the Chargers were in the redzone.

The loss drops the Chargers to 4-2 and a game behind the Denver Broncos in the AFC West. The Broncos got a career day from RB Oscar Hartings in beating Arizona 34-17. Hartings ran for 147 yards and made 6 catches for another 107 yards. Broncos QB Jay Cason looked much better than in last week's horrible loss to the Jets. Cason threw 3 touchdown passes and completed 23 of 37 for 314 yards.

The other two AFC West teams came up victorious against their NFC West counterparts. Regning league MVP Johnny Cushing ran for 131 yards and caught 6 passes for 134 yards to lead Oakland past Seattle 29-19. Meanwhile Kansas City halted the 49ers 4 game winning streak with a 31-28 win in San Francisco. Morgan Howard's 3rd field goal of the game, a 45 yarder with under a minute to play proved to be the difference. League rushing leader Bruce Jones gained 124 yards on the ground for the Chiefs. Each club returned an interception for a touchdown but the 97 yarder from the Chiefs Kelvin Brown midway through the 4th quarter was a real difference maker.

LIONS HAND BILLS SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS
It was a game the hometown Buffalo Bills should have won but turnovers proved costly against a determined Detroit squad as the Lions prevailed 13-3. Neither offense was very effective. The Lions managed just 141 yards of total offense but 68 of them came on the initial drive of the game as Bob *Waterfield completed 3 passes and Fred Johnson capped the drive with a 4 yard touchdown run. Waterfield would complete just 7 passes the rest of the game and Johnson would gain just 20 more yards but that touchdown alone would have been enough for Detroit the way the Lion defense played. Linebacker Andre Bostic in particular was outstanding. He returned an interception 83 yards for a touchdown, recovered a fumble and had 8 tackles on the day.

In other action

New England improved to 5-1 with a 16-7 win over the Vikings in Minnesota. Larry Villarrial ran for 128 yards to lead the Patriots offense.

After an 0-4 start the New York Jets won their second straight game, beating the Packers in Green Bay 23-17. Jets QB Keith Reeves passed for 284 yards and a pair of touchdowns while Steve *Van Buren ran for 96 yards. The Jets defense was lead by an outstanding performance from CB Kenny Waters who had his first interception of the season and made several outstanding plays while being matched up against legendary receiver Don *Hutson. Hutson did make 8 catches but he was limited to 45 yards and did not score a touchdown.

The defending league champion Baltimore Ravens appear to be back on track after losing their first two games. The Ravens have 3 wins and a tie in their last 4 after beating New Orleans 24-10. Baltimore QB Larry Martin had his best game of the season, passing for 220 yards and a touchdown and scoring a touchdown run himself. It was Martin's third start in place of the injured John Foster.

A pair of fourth quarter field goals from Steve Modzelewski gave Cincinnati a 20-17 victory over the Bucs in Tampa. With Bengals QB Bud Rutledge sidelined with an injury, ex-University of Michigan star Ken Smith looked very good in his first NFL start. Smith passed for 274 yards and a pair of touchdowns although he was picked off twice. Second year man Bob *Shaw, who would have played against Smith while with Ohio State, became Smith's favourite receiver making 7 catches for 81 yards.

Tom Friede threw a pair of first half touchdown passes to lead Pittsburgh past Carolina 24-9. Lionel Levy accounted for all the Panthers scoring with 3 field goals as the Steelers defense held Carolina in the redzone all day.

Cleveland beat Atlanta 17-3 as Charley Carpenter passed for 297 yards before going down with an injury early in the fourth quarter. Cleveland receiver Zach Kruczek, a 3 time all star, had a big day making 7 catches for 114 yards.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUND-UP
ARMY BEATS MICHIGAN TO RETAIN NUMBER ONE RANKING
Army continues to be ranked number 1 after doubling the University of Michigan 20-10 in a game played at Ann Arbor. The win keeps Army number one but second ranked Notre Dame is closing the gap. The Fighting Irish looked outstanding as they overpowered Purdue 47-0. Georgia remains at number 3 after beating SEC rival Kentucky 27-3. The loss knocks the Wildcats out of the top 20. Tennessee and UCLA round out the top. Michigan dropped from 5th to 7th after the loss to Army. The biggest drop off this week came from USC, which needed a late field goal to tie Oregon State 13-13. The Trojans drop from 4th to 11th.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 4-0 beat #5 Michigan 20-10 host Columbia next week
2- Notre Dame (2) -- 3-0 beat Purdue 47-0 off next week
3. Georgia (3) -- 3-0 beat #20 Kentucky 27-3, host Oklahoma State next week
4. Tennessee (6)-- 3-0 beat Tenn-Chat 27-7, host #13 Alabama next week
5. UCLA (7) -- 3-0 beat Stanford 31-17, at California next week
6. Texas (8) -- 4-0 beat Oklahoma 21-7, host #18 Arkansas next week
7. Michigan (5) -- 2-1 lost to #1 Army 20-10, host Northwestern next week
8. Pennsylvania (9)-- 2-0 beat Dartmouth 45-17, host Virginia next week
9. Rice (11) - 3-0 beat Tulane 24-17, host SMU next week
10. Yale (12) -- 3-0 beat Columbia 25-3, at Cornell next week
11. Southern California (4)-- 2-0-1 tied Oregon State 13-13, host Washington next week
12. Ohio State (13) -- 2-1 beat #19 Wisconsin 21-13, host Purdue next week
13. Alabama (16) -- 4-0 shut out Louisianna-Lafayette 27-0, at #4 Tennessee next week
14. Georgia Tech (15)-- 2-1 beat Mississippi 21-3, at LSU next week
15. N. C. State (17) -- 3-0 beat Davidson 31-10, at Wake Forest next week
16. North Carolina (18) -- 3-0 beat Maryland 31-3, visit Navy next week
17. Holy Cross(nr) -- 3-0 beat Villanova 17-3, host Syracuse next week
18. Arkansas (nr) - blanked Baylor 27-0, at #6 Texas next week
19. Illimois (14)--- 2-1-1 tied Indiana 13-13, host Wisconsin next week
20. Vanderbilt(nr) -- 3-0 blanked Florida 20-0, at Kentucky this week

Dropping out of top 20
Tulsa (10) -- 3-1 lost 21-17 to Texas Tech, at Detroit Mercy next week
Wisconsin (19) -- 3-1 lost to #13 Ohio State 21-13, at #19 Illinois next week
Kentucky (20)- 3-1 lost to #3 Georgia 27-3, host #20 Vanderbilt next week

SEC RECAP
Georgia as expected, and Vanderbilt, not as likely, lead the way as the SEC football schedule kicks into high gear. Ranked third Nationally the Bulldogs easily handled Kentucky 27-3 to improve to 2-0 in conference play. The Commodores are also 2-0 after blanking Florida 20-0. The win vaulted Vandy into the national top 20. Georgia Tech is ranked 15th after beating Ole Miss 21-3. Tennessee and Alabama are also in the top 20 as both won non-conference games over the weekend.

Next weekend's conference action as Vanderbilt visiting Kentucky, Georgia Tech at LSU and Alabama at Tennessee.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Geo 2 0 0 3 0 0
Vand 2 0 0 3 0 0
bama 1 0 0 4 0 0
Tenn 1 0 0 3 0 0
LSU 1 0 0 2 1 0
Kent 1 1 0 3 1 0
Tulan 1 1 0 1 2 0
G Tech 1 1 0 2 1 0
Aub 0 0 0 3 0 0
Flor 0 2 1 0 2 1
Miss 0 3 1 0 3 1
MissSt 0 1 0 2 1 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE RECAP
Most of the national attention focused on Ann Arbor where the Michigan Wolverines dropped a tough 20-10 decision to number one ranked Army. Purdue also had a tough non-conference challenge and the Boilermakers were simply overwhelmed by Notre Dame to the tune of 47-0. In conference play, the word of the day was tie as 2 matchups ended deadlocked. Indiana, which started the season in the top 20 but fell out after two losses, finally got on track with a 13-13 tie against Illinois. The tie dropped the Illini from 14th to 20th in the weekly polls. The other tie was in Chicago where Minnesota and Northwestern played to a 10-10 draw. In the other game, Ohio State won it's conference opener, beating Wisconsin 21-13.

Next week's conference action has Iowa at Indiana, Purdue at Ohio State, Northwestern visiting Michigan and Illinois hosting Wisconsin.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Mich 2 0 0 2 1 0
Illini 1 0 1 2 1 1
Minn 1 0 1 2 0 1
OhSt 1 0 0 2 1 0
Wisc 1 1 0 3 1 0
Purd 1 1 0 1 3 0
Nrtwst 0 1 1 1 1 1
Indi 0 2 1 1 2 1
Iowa 0 2 0 2 2 0

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE RECAP
The big news in the PCC came out of Corvalis where the Oregon State Beavers managed to tie the heavily favoured USC Trojans. Ken Williams, one of the top senior fullbacks in the nation, scored the Oregon State touchdown in the 13-13 tie. The Beavers nearly pulled off the upset but USC got a late field goal to earn the tie.

In other conference action, UCLA improved to 3-0 with a 31-17 win over Stanford. Oregon beat Montana 7-3 and Washington topped Washington State 13-10 to win the annual Apple Cup game.

Next week UCLA visits California, Washington State is at Oregon and Washington travels to Los Angeles to play USC.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
UCLA 3 0 0 3 0 0
USC 1 0 1 2 0 1
Cali 1 0 0 1 2 0
Stan 1 1 0 2 1 0
Oreg 1 1 0 2 1 0
Wash 1 1 0 1 1 1
WshSt 1 2 0 1 2 0
OreSt 0 1 1 1 1 1
Mont 0 1 0 1 2 0
Idaho 0 2 0 0 3 0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NOTES
Arkansas beat Baylor 27-0 in the only conference game last weekend. Razorbacks LB Bob *Forte, considered to be the best pro prospect in the SWC had another strong game while his teammate Don Porter, who is starting to generate some Heisman talk, rushed for 2 touchdowns and caught a pass for a third one.

Next week there is a full slate of games in conference play. Arkansas visits Texas, Texas A&M hosts Texas Christian and Southern Methodist travels to Rice.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
TCU 1 0 1 2 1 1
Ark 1 0 1 3 0 1
Tex 0 0 0 4 0 0
Rice 0 0 0 3 0 0
SMU 0 0 0 3 0 0
T A&M 0 0 0 1 3 0
Bayl 0 2 0 1 2 0

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NOTES
With a 31-10 win over Davidson, North Carolina State sits atop the Southern Conference standings with a 3-0 record. The Wolfpack are ranked 15th in the nation, just one spot ahead of North Carolina which beat Maryland 31-3 in conference play. Other action saw Wake Forest blank Clemson 35-0 and william & Mary top Viriginia Tech 30-2. on Friday South Carolina nipped Furman 12-9 in a kickers duel.

Next week Richmond visits Duke, North Carolina State is at Wake Forest, Virginia Tech is at Maryland, William & Mary visits Washington & Lee, Furman is at The Citadel and VMI entertains Davidson.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
NC St 3 0 0 3 0 0
Rich 2 0 0 4 0 0
W&M 2 0 0 4 0 0
N Car 2 0 0 3 0 0
Wake 1 0 0 3 0 0
S Car 1 0 0 2 1 0
GWash 0 0 0 2 0 0
W& Lee 0 0 0 2 0 0
David 0 1 0 2 1 0
Furm 0 1 0 1 2 0
VMI 0 1 0 1 3 0
Citad 0 1 0 1 1 1
Duke 0 1 0 1 2 0
Clem 0 2 0 1 3 0
Mary 0 2 0 1 2 0
Va Tech 0 2 0 0 3 0

BIG 6 CONFERENCE NOTES
2 conference games this weekend as Kansas topped Iowa State 17-7 while Missouri dumped Kansas State 33-20. The conference did not fare too well this week as both Nebraska and Oklahoma lost to non-conference foes. Iowa of the Western Conference beat the Cornhuskers 23-0 while 6th ranked Texas downed Oklahoma 21-7.

Next week in conference play there is a full slate of games. Iowa State travels to Missouri, Nebraska is at Kansas while Kansas State hosts Oklahoma.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Neb 1 0 0 1 2 0
Kan 1 0 0 4 0 0
Misori 1 0 0 2 2 0
Okla 0 0 0 1 2 0
IowSt 0 1 0 2 2 0
KanSt 0 2 0 0 3 0

BORDER CONFERENCE NOTES
New Mexico beat arch-rival New Mexico State 20-15 in Border Conference play. The Lobos are now 3-0 in conference play. One other game had Texas-El Paso beat Arizona 14-10.

This week Hardin-Simmons plays it conference opener at New Mexico. Other games have West Texas A&M at Texas-El Paso, New Mexico State at Northern Arizona,

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
NMex 3 0 0 4 0 0
TxTech 1 0 0 3 1 0
UTEP 1 0 0 2 0 0
Ariz 1 1 0 2 1 0
H-Sim 0 0 0 3 0 0
NMexSt 0 1 0 2 2 0
N Ariz 0 1 0 2 2 0
ArizSt 0 1 0 1 2 0
WTxA&M 0 2 0 2 1 0

MVC NOTES
Just one conference game saw Wichita State improve to 1-1 with a 20-0 shutout of Drake. Tulsa, which was ranked 10th Nationally, fell out of the poll after losing 21-17 to Texas Tech. St Louis visits Drake in this weeks only conference matchup.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Tulsa 2 0 0 3 1 0
WichSt 1 1 0 2 2 0
OklaSt 0 0 0 1 3 0
St. L 0 0 0 0 3 0
Drake 0 2 0 1 3 0

MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE
Colorado and Denver both improved to 2-0 in conference play. Colorado blanked Wyoming 6-0 while Denver shut out Colorado State 21-0. The other conference game saw Utah stop BYU 27-14.

This week Colorado is at BYU, Colorado State visits Utah State and Utah travels to Denver.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Color 2 0 0 2 2 0
Den 2 0 0 2 2 0
Utah 1 0 0 1 2 0
Wyom 0 1 1 1 2 1
ColSt 0 1 1 0 3 1
Ut St 0 1 0 2 1 0
BYU 0 2 0 1 2 1

MAJOR INDEPENDANTS
Army remained number one with a 20-10 win over Michigan. Other notable games included number 2 Notre Dame blanking Purdue 47-0 and Holy Cross sneaking into the top 20 with a 17-3 win over Villanova. Yale is undefeated playing mainly Ivy League schools. The Bulldogs beat Columbia 25-3 on Saturday. Harvard and Princeton played to a 13-13 tie. Pennsylvania is ranked 8th in the nation after beating Dartmouth 45-17. Out west, St. Mary's seems to be back on track after blowing out California 45-17 and Nevada is 3-0 after a 47-0 win over Arizona State.

W L T
Army 4 0 0
Holy Cross 3 0 0
Nevada 3 0 0
Notre Dame 3 0 0
Rutgers 3 0 0
Syracuse 3 0 0
Virginia 3 0 0
Yale 3 0 0
Villanova 3 2 0
Harvard 2 0 1
St. Mary's 2 0 1
Pennsylvania 2 0 0
Boston College 2 1 0
Cornell 2 1 0
Detroit Mercy 2 1 0
Santa Clara 2 1 0
Marquette 2 2 0
Pittsburgh 2 2 0
Princeton 1 0 1
Brown 1 1 1
Penn State 1 1 0
Georgetown 1 1 0
Columbia 1 2 0
Lafayette 1 2 0
Michigan State 1 2 0
Montana State 1 2 0
Bucknell 1 2 0
West Virginia 1 3 0
Merchant Marine 0 4 1
Fordham 0 1 0
Colgate 0 2 0
New York U 0 2 0
Dartmouth 0 3 0
Miami (Florida) 0 3 0
Navy 0 3 0
Portland 0 3 0
San Francisco 0 3 0
Temple 0 3 0
Tenn-Chat 0 3 0

NHL ROUND UP
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS PRESEASON PREVIEW part 5 of 6
The National Hockey League was formed in 1917 for one reason - to kick out Eddie Livingstone. The owner of the Toronto Blueshirts franchise of the forerunner National Hockey Association, Livingstone was accused of creating unfair advantages for himself and his team. Toronto was granted a new NHL team, the Arenas (run by the Arena Gardens), but Livingstone would still get to lease his players to the team. They won the Stanley Cup that first season.

The team would be renamed the St. Patricks in the midst of a losing stretch in 1919, but would once again reach the Cup in 1922, with Babe Dye (with an overtime winner in game two and four goals in the deciding fifth game) being the team's hero. They would narrowly miss the playoffs in 1923, despite Dye's 26 goals in 22 games.

In 1926, Conn Smythe, one of the team's best-known icons, purchased the St. Pats and renamed them the Maple Leafs. After five more lackluster seasons, Smythe and the Leafs debuted their new arena, Maple Leaf Gardens, in November 1931, and their Kid Line (Busher Jackson, Charlie Conacher and Joe Primeau) would propel them to Toronto's third Cup during the first season in their new digs. The Leafs also won the Stanley Cup in 1942 and again in 1945. After winning the Cup the year before the Leafs missed the playoffs last season by finishing 5th.

Here are the key Leaf players

GOALIE
TURK BRODA - Played just 15 games last season after returning from 2 and half years of service in England. Originally Detroit property, Conn Smythe bought the Manitoba natives contract from the Wings for just $7,500. He would play 15 seasons in the NHL and eventually be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

DEFENSE
BILL BARILKO - This would be the rookie season of the very short career Barilko enjoyed before it ended tragically just weeks after he became the Leafs Stanley Cup winning hero. In 1951, the Toronto-Montreal finals were the closest ever, with all five games going into overtime, the only such final series in Cup history. It was Barilko who scored the winner in that deciding game, hero for a city and country. But in the summer, he went on a fishing trip with a friend, taking a small plane into the remotest north of Ontario. On its return, the friends likely weighed the plane down with catch, and the plane crashed, killing the two men. It was not until 1962, that the plane and remains were discovered, shortly after the Leafs had won the Cup. It was their first victory since Barilko's heroics.

GARTH BOESCH - This will be Boesch's rookie season in the NHL. The Milestone, Saskatchewan native was all set to join the Rangers in 1942 but was not allowed into the United States because of wartime travel restrictions. After spending last season with Pittsburgh of the AHL he gets his chance at the big leagues.

BOB GOLDHAM - Probably best known as an analyst on Hockey Night in Canada during the 1970's, Goldham made his debut on the Leafs blueline in 1941-42 and won a Cup as a rookie. After the Cup win he spent three years in the Canadian Navy before returning to the Leafs last season.

GUS MORTSON - A stong skater who could rush the puck but is at his best playing a physical game. Mortson will be making his NHL debut with the Leafs this season.

WALLY STANOWSKI- A marvelous skater who was not afraid to join the rush, Stanowski was a first team allstar in 1940-41. After the Leafs Cup win in 1942 he spent 3 years in the Canadian Air Force before rejoining the Leafs last season.

JIMMY THOMSON - Another rookie on the Leaf blueline, the Winnipeg native did appear in 5 games for the Leafs last season after starting the year with Pittsburgh of the AHL.

FORWARDS

SYL APPS - Perhaps never has a finer man played in the NHL than Syl Apps. A remarkably skilled hockey player, he was big and strong and possessed one of the best shots in the league. He never drank or smoked, never swore and was as loyal to his boss, Conn Smythe, as to his team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 1936-37 and is presently the Leafs captain. His son Syl Jr. would spend a decade in the NHL mainly with Pittsburgh in the 1970's.

BILL EZINICKI - Up and down between Toronto and Pittsburgh of the AHL, Ezinicki appears ready to stick with the Leafs this time. Despite being relatively slight, he is one of the best bodycheckers in the league.

BUD POILE - From Fort William Ontario he formed the 'Flying Forts' line with fellow Fort William natives Gus Bodnar and Gaye Stewart. A fine player, he was better known as a builder and was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame as such. He played a major role in forming the nucleus of the Flyers Stanley Cup teams before moving to Vancouver as GM of the expansion Canucks. He would also be commissioner of the CHL and IHL in later years.

GAYE STEWART - Outdid Rocket Richard to win NHL rookie of the year in 1942-43. He would spend three years in the Navy before rejoining the Leafs last season where he would score 37 goals.

HARRY WATSON - Acquired from Detroit prior to the start of the season for Billy Taylor. Known as Whipper, Watson would eventually be inducted into the NHL hall of fame. He would enjoy his best seasons skating on a line with Syl Apps and Bill Ezinicki.

HOWIE MEEKER - Best known as a longtime broadcaster on Hockey Night in Canada, Meeker would win the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 1946-47.

NICK METZ - Nick and his younger brother Don both played their entire NHL careers with the Leafs. Nick made his debut with the Leafs in 1934-35.

DON METZ - Saskatchewan native played 172 games in his career with the Leafs.

TED KENNEDY - The Port Colborne native would become a Leaf captain and was a great leader as well as one of the game's best faceoff men. Known as Teeder, Kennedy was the leader of the Leafs in the 1950's nearly was a Montreal Canadien. The Habs held his rights but dealt him to Toronto in a trade for Frank Eddolls.

VIC LYNN - Has 6 NHL games under his belt prior to this season. Lynn was acquired by the Leafs from Montreal just before the season began. Would join Howie Meeker and Ted Kennedy to form the K-L-M Line for 3 seasons before he was dealt to Boston in 1950. Lynn holds the distinction of being one of the few men to play at least one game for all six NHL teams.

THE BOXING BEAT
Not a lot going on in the boxing world right now as all of the World Titles except for flyweight have been decided. As you may recall after major boxing all but ceased to operate during WWII it was determined that a year long elimination tournament be staged to decide upon a new champion from each of the weight classes. The only issue occurred in the flyweight division where the top two fighters, Little Dado of the Phillipines and Britian's Teddy Gardner battled to a 15 round majority draw. The two will stage a rematch in Paris, France on October 27.

Here are the plans for the title holder and number one contender in each of the weight classes.

HEAVYWEIGHT - Champion Joe Louis (8-0) will fight 4th ranked Nathan Mann (18-4-1) in late February while number one contender Elmer Ray (23-4) will fight Roscoe Coles (18-4) in early February. If both win it is expected Louis and Ray will meet in the early fall of next year.

LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT Champion Lloyd Marshall (22-4-1) is expected to face Henry Hall (19-13-3) in May while number one challenger Archie Moore (31-2) will fight Jimmy Blivins (28-3) in June.

MIDDLEWEIGHT - Champion Jake Lamotta (14-0) will meet Tony Zale (35-4) the second week of January while number one challenger Holman Williams (26-1) is expected to face 6th ranked George Abrams (31-4-2) in April.

WELTERWEIGHT - Champion Sugar Ray Robinson (11-1) is slated to face 6th ranked Tommy Bell (27-2) in May while top contender Jackie Wilson (28-3-1) will meet 4th ranked Marty Servo (29-4-1) a month later.

LIGHTWEIGHT - Number 3 ranked Bob Montgomery (9-0) puts his undefeated record on the line in his hometown of Philadelphia on November 24th against up and coming Australian fighter Vic Patrick (11-2). Champion Ike Williams (18-0) is expected to face Mexican Enrique Bolonas (14-1) in March while number 1 ranked challenger Joe Brown (12-2) is slated to face Jimmy Carter (14-4) a month later. Williams next defense will be in late July and likely against either Brown or Montgomery.

FEATHERWEIGHT - Undefeated champion Willie Pep (17-0) will face 4th ranked Charlie Riley (22-4) in May while top contender Harold Hoshino (25-3-1) meets 6th ranked George Hansford (20-12) a week or two later.

BANTAMWEIGHT - There was a European Title fight held this week in Rome, Italy for the vacant European Bantamweight belt. Luis Romero (20-6-1) of Spain beat Guido Ferracin (27-5-2) of Italy by a 9th round knockout. World champion Fernando Gagnon (32-3-1) of Canada will defend his title in April against Manuel Ortiz (37-1-2) while top contender Tony Olivera (25-2-2) is slated to meet new European champ Luis Romero a month later. .

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 5 0 0 1.000 165 80
Det 3 2 0 .600 124 133
Min 2 3 0 .400 75 97
GB 1 4 0 .200 114 135

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 6 0 0 1.000 170 101
Wash 4 2 0 .667 161 120
NYG 2 4 0 .333 101 150
Dallas 1 5 0 .167 106 143

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 2 3 0 .400 83 134
Car 2 3 0 .400 75 95
Atl 2 3 0 .400 65 100
TB 1 4 0 .200 113 121

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 4 2 0 .667 138 122
Arz 3 3 0 .500 127 133
Sea 2 4 0 .333 130 157
StL 2 4 0 .333 98 103

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North W L T PCT PF PA
Bal 3 2 1 .583 82 73
Cin 3 3 0 .500 127 100
Pit 3 3 0 .500 106 124
Cle 3 3 0 .500 74 85

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 5 1 0 .833 115 55
Buf 3 3 0 .500 76 68
Mia 2 4 0 .333 104 112
NYJ 2 4 0 .333 99 110

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 3 2 0 .600 119 79
Jax 2 3 0 .400 90 102
Indy 2 3 0 .400 80 101
Hou 1 3 1 .300 62 93

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 5 1 0 .833 145 121
SD 4 2 0 .667 112 66
KC 3 3 0 .500 102 133
Oak 3 3 0 .500 117 109

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
New England 16 Minnesota 7
NY Jets 23 Green Bay 17
Detroit 13 Buffalo 3
Washington 34 Dallas 14
St Louis 16 San Diego 7
Oakland 29 Seattle 19
Kansas City 31 San Francisco 28
Baltimore 24 New Orleans 10
Cincinnati 20 Tampa 17
Chicago 33 Miami 20
Pittsburgh 24 Carolina 9
Cleveland 17 Atlanta 3
Philadelphia 37 NY Giants 10
Denver 34 Arizona 17

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Chicago (5-0) at Minnesota (2-3)
Detroit (3-2) at Green Bay (1-4)
New Orleans (2-3) at Carolina (2-3)
Tampa (1-4) at Atlanta (2-3)
Tennessee (3-2) at Houston (1-3-1)
Jacksonville (2-3) at Indianapolis (2-3)
Kansas City (3-3) at Oakland (3-3)
St Louis (2-4) at Arizona (3-3)
Denver (5-1) at San Diego (4-2)
Cleveland (3-3) at Cincinnati (3-3)
Seattle (2-4) at San Francisco (4-2)
New England (5-1) at Miami (2-4)
NY Jets (2-4) at Buffalo (3-3)
Pittsburgh (3-3) at Baltimore (3-2-1)

Bye - NY Giants, Philadelphia, Washington and Dallas

NFL STATISTICAL LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 165 117 70.9 1569 14 2 124.0
Tony Marsalis ARZ 78 58 74.4 614 5 1 112.9
Manfred Gayle TEN 144 83 57.6 1153 14 3 107.2
Sammy *Baugh WAS 151 89 58.9 1519 11 4 106.4
Ken Neal PHI 150 102 68 1158 7 5 92.6

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Bruce Jones KAN 6 148 694 4.7 70 7
Stacey Jolley MIA 6 140 675 4.8 66 6
Harley Mitchell PHI 6 158 629 4.0 48 7
Bob *Seymour WAS 6 127 621 4.9 65 2
Oscar Hartings DEN 6 141 593 4.2 19 3

RECEPTIONS TM #
Wayne *Miller WAS 44
Brian Gardner DEN 44
Zach Kruczek CLE 41
Willie Nelson DAL 40
Johnny Cushing Oak 36

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 6 44 602 13.7 43 5
Brian Gardner DEN 6 44 555 12.6 46 3
Dante *Lavelli WAS 6 23 533 23.2 72 6
Mel Ours HOU 5 35 510 14.6 60 2
Zach Kruczek CLE 6 41 507 12.4 47 0

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Mel Hein NYG 6 68 49 19
B Hasselbeck ARZ 6 66 50 16
Matt Truluck STL 6 66 56 10
Jeff Parent CIN 6 63 51 12
James Williams SEA 6 58 43 15

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 12
Reggie White SD 8
Leslie Hill PHI 8
Ruben Taylor MIN 7
Javon Love OAK 6

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Mark Smith BAL 5
Greg Fletcher BUF 5
Mac Wiley CIN 4
Kevin Waddle SD 4
Sam Joe SD 4
Ken Milloy JAX 4
E Newberry DEN 4
Earl Joyce SF 4

COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
Friday October 6, 1946
Georgetown 45 Fordham 3
George Washington 14 Rollins 7
Georgia 27 Kentucky 3
Southern Methodist 24 Oklahoma State 10
South Carolina 12 Furman 9
Texas Christian 20 Miami (Florida) 10

Saturday October 7, 1946
Wichita State 20 Drake 0
Nevada 47 Arizona State 0
Army 20 Michigan 10
Arkansas 24 Baylor 0
Citadel 14 Newberry 3
Wake Forest 35 Clemson 0
Cornell 14 Colgate 6
Colorado 6 Wyoming 0
West Texas A&M 23 Colorado College 0
Denver 21 Colorado State 0
Yale 25 Columbia 3
Pennsylvania 45 Dartmouth 17
North Carolina State 31 Davidson 10
Duke 17 Navy 3
Vanderbilt 20 Florida 0
Gettysburg 21 Lafayette 7
Richmond 27 Hampden-Sydney 3
Princeton 13 Harvard 13
Marquette 47 Idaho 0
Indiana 13 Illinois 13
Kansas 17 Iowa State 7
Alabama 27 Louisiana-Lafayette 0
North Carolina 31 Maryland 3
Boston College 59 Merchant Marine 10
Northwestern 10 Minnesota 10
Georgia Tech 21 Mississippi 3
Mississippi State 27 Michigan State 13
Missouri 33 Kansas State 20
Oregon 7 Montana 3
Utah State 41 Montana State 6
Bucknell 33 Muhlenberg 6
Iowa 23 Nebraska 0
New Mexico 20 New Mexico State 15
Ohio State 21 Wisconsin 13
Texas 21 Oklahoma 7
Syracuse 28 Penn State 16
Santa Clara 34 Portland 0
Notre Dame 47 Purdue 0
Brown 7 Rhode Island 7
Rice 24 Tulane 17
Rutgers 37 New York University 6
Oregon State 13 Southern California 13
Auburn 20 St. Louis 19
St. Mary's 49 California 14
UCLA 31 Stanford 17
Pittsburgh 17 Temple 0
Tennessee 27 Tennessee-Chattanooga 7
Louisiana State 14 Texas A&M 0
Texas Tech 21 Tulsa 17
Texas-El Paso 14 Arizona 10
Utah 27 Brigham Young 14
Holy Cross 17 Villanova 3
Virginia 26 Virginia Military Institute 24
William & Mary 30 Virginia Tech 2
Washington 13 Washington State 10
Washington & Lee 20 West Virginia 7

Sunday October 9, 1946
Detroit Mercy 27 San Francisco 14

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday October 13, 1946
Hardin-Simmons at New Mexico
Murray State at Tennessee-Chattanooga
Tulsa at Detroit Mercy
Virginia Tech at Maryland
West Virginia at Temple

Saturday October 14, 1946
Alabama at Tennessee
Arkansas at Texas
Auburn at Tulane
Baylor at Texas Tech
Bucknell at Buffalo
Coast Guard at Harvard
Colorado at Brigham Young
Colorado State at Utah State
Columbia at Army
Dartmouth at Brown
Davidson at Virginia Military Institute
Furman at Citadel
George Washington at Wayne State
Georgetown at Villanova
Georgia Tech at Louisiana State
Iowa at Indiana
Iowa State at Missouri
Kansas State at Oklahoma
Louisiana Tech at Mississippi
Marquette at Pittsburgh
Merchant Marine at Colgate
Miami (Florida) at Florida
Michigan State at Penn State
Montana State at Montana
Nebraska at Kansas
Nevada at San Diego State
New Mexico State at Northern Arizona
New York University at Rochester
North Carolina at Navy
North Carolina State at Wake Forest
Northwestern at Michigan
Oklahoma City at Wichita State
Oklahoma State at Georgia
Pacific at Arizona
Portland at Arizona State
Purdue at Ohio State
Richmond at Duke
Rutgers at Princeton
San Francisco at Mississippi State
San Jose State at Idaho
Santa Clara at Stanford
Southern Methodist at Rice
St. Louis at Drake
St. Mary's at Fordham
Syracuse at Holy Cross
Texas Christian at Texas A&M
UCLA at California
Utah at Denver
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Virginia at Pennsylvania
Washington at Southern California
Washington & Jefferson at Lafayette
Washington State at Oregon
West Texas A&M at Texas-El Paso
William & Mary at Washington & Lee
Wisconsin at Illinois
Wyoming at Minnesota
Yale at Cornell

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

ORFU W L T PTS
T Ind 4 2 0 8
HWild 4 2 0 8
TBB 4 2 0 8
OtTroj 3 3 0 6
Sarnia 2 4 0 4
Windsor 1 5 0 2

IPRFU W L T PTS
Argos 7 1 0 14
Mont 5 2 0 10
Ott RR 2 4 1 5
HTigers 0 7 1 1

WESTERN W L T PTS
Wpg 5 2 0 10
Calg 5 2 0 10
Sask 0 6 0 0

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

October 3
Toronto Argos 14 at 3 Montreal Alouettes
Hamilton Tigers 7 at 13 Ottawa Rough Riders
Saskatchewan Roughriders 0 at 31 Calgary Stampeders
Toronto Indians 14 at 23 Toronto Balmy Beach

October 4
Hamilton Wildcats 17 at 24 Ottawa Trojans

October 7
Toronto Argos 16 at 2 Hamilton Tigers

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday October 11, 1946
Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tigers
Ottawa Rough Riders at Toronto Argos
Windsor Royals at Ottawa Trojans
Toronto Balmy Beach at Sarnia Imperials

Thursday October 12, 1946
Toronto Indians at Hamilton Wildcats

Sunday October 15, 1946
Ottawa Rough Riders at Montreal Alouettes

NHL SCHEDULE
Wednesday October 18, 1946
Toronto at Detroit

Thursday October 19, 1946
New York at Montreal

Saturday October 21, 1946
Boston at Montreal
Detroit at Toronto

Sunday October 22,1946
New York at Detroit
Chicago at Boston

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 02:30 AM

CLEVELAND INDIANS WIN WORLD SERIES
The Cleveland Indians celebrated their 3rd World Series title in franchise history with a 7-1 victory over Pittsburgh in Game 6 of the Fall Classic. All 3 of the Indians titles have come in the past 5 years. Prior to that the Indians had won 3 other American League titles but lost in the World Series on all 3 occassions, including twice to the Pirates in 1915 and 1937.

Indians pitcher Allie Reynolds, who tossed two complete game victories including a 4-hitter in the series finale, was named the World Series MVP. Other deserving candidates from the Indians included shortstop Lou Boudreau (.381,0,3) and catcher Clyde Klutz (.348,0,3). Aside from rookie Ralph Kiner, who hit .318. few of the Pirates performed up to expectations.

GAME 5 - Monday October 9, 1946
A sold out Cleveland Stadium was all set to celebrate a series clinching victory in game 5 but the visiting Pirates sent the crowd home unhappy. Arky Vaughan and Bill Elliott hit the first two Pittsburgh homers of the series as the Pirates won 5-3. Pittsburgh starter Ken Heintzelman held the Indians to just 4 hits in 8 innings work and Dutch Dietz earned the save despite allowing an Indian run on 2 hits in the bottom of the ninth. Steve Gromek, who blanked the Pirates on a 2-hit 8 inning performance in game 2, allowed 7 hits in taking the loss.

GAME 6 - Wednesday October 11, 1946
A rematch of game 3 when Allie Reynolds and the Indians beat Preacher Roe and the Pirates 5-4. This time the game was in Pittsburgh but once again the hometown fans went home dissappointed. Trailing 3 games to two entering the contest, the Pirates clung to a slim hope that they could win 2 straight at home to complete the comeback from a 3-0 deficeit.

The Cleveland first inning certainly put a damper on that hope. Arky Vaughan committed a rare throwing error that allowed leadoff man Ival Goodman to reach first. Charlie English followed with a double to make it 1-0 Cleveland and the Oscar Grimes delivered a sharp single to make it 2-0. Grimes moved to second on the play at the plate in a failed effort to retire English and a moment later he came around to score on a Jeff Heath single. It was 3-0 Indians before a single out had been recorded. Roe settled down and got out of the inning without further damage but it would turn out that 3 runs was more than enough offense for Cleveland pitcher Allie Reynolds.

Reynolds ran into a little trouble with nerves in the first inning, allowing the Pirates to load the bases on two walks and a single. He also walked in a run when he gave Tony Cuccinello a free pass but finally got out of the jam with no other problems. From that point on Reynolds would be nearly perfect - walking just one more Pirate and allowing just 3 hits the rest of the way.

Cleveland would add a run in the second on a Clyde Klutz doubled and an rbi single from English. In the 5th English would double and score on a double from Lou Boudreau to make it 5-1. A wild pitch from Roe in the 7th would allow Goodman to score another run and pitcher Reynolds would deliver a sack fly in the 8th to make the final score 7-1 Cleveland.

CHAMPS MAY HAVE SOME BIG HOLES TO FILL NEXT SEASON
Next season is a long way off but the Cleveland Indians could have some holes to fill in the offseason as age takes it toll. Leftfielder Ival Goodman has hinted he may retire and the Indians may also need to find a new number 4 starter and perhaps a second baseman.

Goodman is 38 and coming off a season where he missed 6 weeks with a broken hand. He had hinted before the series that winning it all for the third time in his career would be a nice way to go out. However, he hit a career best .342, albeit in just 94 games, and may have a change of heart once spring training rolls around. Teammate Charlie English will be 37 next month and there is a question as to how much the Cleveland second sacker has left in the tank. He hit a respectable .273 but his defense suffered a little this year. Pitching wise, the top 3 in the rotation should certainly be back but the Indians are facing the possibility that number 4 starter Claude Passeau may retire at the age of 37. Passeau won 21 games 4 years ago but since then has endured seasons of 12-13, 10-19 and 13-16.

As for replacements, the Indians have plenty of outfield depth so Goodman could be replaced if he leaves. 34 year old Jim Gleason hit .310 as a backup this season while 26 year old Paul O'Dea could be ready to make the full-time jump from AAA. For the rotation 3 pitchers in their mid-twenties could fight to replace Passeau. Injury prone Bob Feller, 27, was 12-8 at AAA this season. 26 year old Bob Lemon may need more seasoning and 25 year old Dick Fowler has 5 seasons of AAA under his belt. Second base could be a big problem spot if English chooses to retire. 34 year old Don Gutteridge would likely win the job by default despite hitting just .248 in 62 games this season.

NFL WEEK 7 ROUNDUP
NEWBERRY SHINES AS BRONCOS IMPROVE TO 6-1
What Edgerrin Newberry accomplished in one day is a career for some defensive backs. The Denver Broncos all-star strong safety played the game of his life in leading Denver to a big 41-10 win over AFC West rival San Diego. Newberry's stats are as follows - 9 tackles, 2 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and two defensive touchdowns. It will be remembered as one of the best games ever recorded by a defensive player.

Newberry, who graduated from TCU 11 years ago and has never missed a game in the Broncos 5 and a half NFL season, is the league's alltime leader in defensive touchdowns with 19. He has made either the first or second AFC allstar team each of the past 4 years and his 46 career interceptions are second only to Cincinnati's Mac Wiley. He is also third alltime in fumble recoveries with 30.

Denver built a 24-3 lead at the half and coasted to victory. QB Jay Cason threw for 211 yards and a pair of touchdowns while running back Oscar Hartings scored once and gained 75 yards rushing. The win puts the Broncos at 6-1 on the season and ties them with New England for the best record in the conference.

In other AFC action

The Kansas City Chiefs worked the clock to keep Oakland running back Johnny Cushing off the field as much as possible and it paid off in a 13-6 victory. Chiefs back Bruce Jones carried the ball 25 times for 127 yards and what would prove to be the winning touchdown. Jones, with 821 yards, is the league's leading rusher so far this season. Johnny Cushing of the Raiders gained 81 yards and caught 6 passes but was held out of the endzone. Cushing also turned the ball over twice but it was a fumble from Oakland TE Walter Van Galder that proved most costly. He fumbled the ball on the Chiefs 19 yard line with just under 3 minutes to play.

Bob Irvin threw 4 touchdown passes to help lead the New England Patriots past AFC East rival Miami by a 38-20 score.

Steve *Van Buren ran for 132 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns as the Jets surprised Buffalo 44-7. The Bills, who have dropped 4 straight after winning their first 3 games of the season, played one of the worst defensive games in franchise history. The Jets started 0-4 but have now won 3 straight including handing the 6-1 Broncos their only loss of the season. The Jets will face another 6-1 team next week - New England, who beat the Jets in New York 13-3 in week 2.

Mickey Marangi ran for 123 yards and Willie Smart returned an interception 56 yards for a touchdown as Pittsburgh beat Baltimore 23-14. Ravens QB Larry Martin was picked off 3 times in the game.

Cleveland is tied with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North at 4-3 after the Browns beat Cincinnati 38-21. Browns TE Ron Williams caught a pair of touchdown passes and RB Art Basnight picked up 126 yards on the ground to lead Cleveland.

Jacksonville scored 17 4th quarter points to rally past Indianapolis 24-11. Jags SS Ken Milloy had 10 tackles and one of 3 Jacksonville interceptions in the game.

Tennessee stayed a game ahead of Jacksonville in the AFC south with a 31-17 win in Houston. Brad Gibron had 7 catches for 157 yards and one touchdown to lead the Titans.

LUCKMAN LEADS AS BEARS MAUL VIKINGS 31-10
Just another day at the office for Sid *Luckman and the 6-0 Chicago Bears. Luckman completed 21 of 28 passes for 294 yards as Chicago remains perfect following a 31-10 win at Minnesota. George *McAfee helped the Bears cause with a pair of rushing touchdowns while safety Frankie Morrall had 8 tackles, a sack and returned an interception for a touchdown. The Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles, who had a bye this week, are the only unbeaten teams remaining in the league.

In other NFC play

Bob *Waterfield hit a snag in his development as a pro quarterback. The Detroit Lions signal caller was picked off 4 times as Green Bay humbled the Lions 24-6. The victory, just the second of the season for the Packers, was the first as a starter for Packers QB Jordan Montana. Montana completed just 11 of 27 passes but did connect with veteran Don *Hutson for a pair of touchdowns.

New Orleans and Atlanta are tied for top spot in the NFC South with 3-3 records. The Falcons blanked Tampa Bay 24-0 behind 184 yard rushing performance from Antowain Anderson. The total, while impressive, was a far cry from the individual game record of 268 yards rushing, set by Anderson last season against the same Bucs defense. Meanwhile in Carolina the Saints beat the Panthers 24-13. QB Ryan Boyette led the New Orleans offense with 326 yards passing and a pair of touchdown strikes to WR Cornelius Roundtree.

The San Francisco 49ers improved to 5-2 with a 28-10 victory over Seattle. Travis Henderson ran for 83 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the victory. Niners QB Quentin Morton, making the first start in his 6 year career in place of the injured Koy Harris and the benched Ike Meier, completed just 11 of 25 passes and was picked off once. However, the San Francisco defense easily handled the weak Seahawks offense. The nightmare rookie season for 4th overall pick Marion *Motley continues. The Seattle running back coughed up the ball deep in San Francisco territory ruining a scoring drive. Motley has gained just 282 yards in 7 games, has fumbled 5 times and has yet to reach the endzone.

Tuffy *Leemans ran for 102 yards to help Arizona improve to 4-3 with a 17-13 win over the St Louis Rams.

MIDSEASON ROOKIE REPORT
As the season approaches it's midway point TSN takes a look at how the rookies have fared so far. It will be a 3 part story with today's report looking at the best non-first round rookies. Next week we will look at the defensive players taken in the first round and the final installment will focus on the offensive players.

Here are the top performers from rounds 2 thru 7.

Round 2
SS Ken Milloy Jacksonville - second in the league with 5 interceptions, this ballhawking defensive back from Syracuse has fit in perfectly with the Jags defense.

WR -Markus Collingsworth Seattle - taken 36th from Oklahoma, Collingsworth has started every game and has 21 catches including 3 touchdowns for the Seahawks

CB Michael Banaszak New England - 42nd pick from Arkansas is starting for the AFC East leading Patriots. He has 2 interceptions and has not looked out of place.

G Regan Grant Houston - Has started 6 games for the Texans and has not allowed a sack. Drafted 58th out of Miami (Fla).

Round 3
QB Jordan Montana Green Bay - selected 80th out of Stanford, Montana has started three games for the Packers and has completed 51.2% of his passes including 3 for touchdowns. He has been picked off twice.

TE Jason Gagliano Cleveland - Started all 7 games for the Browns, the ex-Virgina star has 15 catches so far this season.

Round 4
RB Rob Douglas San Diego - drafted 114th out of Iowa State, Douglas has started 3 games for the Chargers and gained 286 yards rushing. He scored a pair of td's but has had a problem hanging on to the ball as his 6 fumbles indicate.

Round 5
OG Raheem Davis Chicago - started 5 games for the Bears before suffering a groin injury that will cost him two or three weeks. Drafted 131st out of Kansas.

DE Len Carson Cincinnati - former Virginia Tech lineman was taken 156th and has made 4 starts for the the Bengals. He has 5 tackles and a sack to his credit.

ROUND 6
DE Gary Wright Cincinnati - the second late round lineman starting for the Bengals, Wright was selected 161st from Iowa State. He has started all 7 games and recorded 2 sacks.

TE Anthony LeFavor Seattle - drafted 164th out of Michigan State, LeFavor has 8 catches including one for a touchdown. He started two games and has done a very good job run blocking.

T Torrin Sievers Houston - The Colorado State lineman was selected 186th and has started 6 games for the Texans alongside fellow rookie Regan Grant.

LB Shawn Baker Baltimore - taken 192nd from Richmond, Baker has started 4 games for the Ravens and has 8 tackles.

ROUND 7
LB Lawrence McNeill Jacksonville - the 197th pick from the University of Minnesota has started 3 games for the Jags. He has 9 tackles to his credit.

LB Jimmy Miles Tampa - taken 203rd from Illinois, Miles has started 3 games for the Bucs and has recorded 8 tackles.

<b. COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
ARKANSAS MAKES BIG JUMP IN POLLS
Linebacker Bob *Forte scooped up a 4th quarter fumble and rumbled 28 yards into the endzone to give the Arkansas Razorbacks a 14-13 upset victory over 6th ranked Texas. Forte, who is a highly touted pro prospect had another dominating day on defense, so much so that there is even more Heisman Trophy buzz circulating about the senior middle linebacker. Running Back Don Porter had another strong day for Arkansas, gaining 140 yards on the ground and scoring the Razorbacks other touchdown. The win boosts Arkansas from 18th to 10th in the polls and puts them in the drivers seat in the SWC title race. The loss drops Texas 6 places to 12th in the poll.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 5-0 beat Columbia 48-7, host Duke next week
2- Notre Dame (2) -- 3-0 off last week, at Iowa next week
3. Georgia (3) -- 4-0 beat Oklahoma State 47-10, at Furman next week
4. Tennessee (4)-- 4-0 beat #13 Alabama 17-6, host Wake Forest next week
5. UCLA (5) -- 4-0 beat California 45-14, host Santa Clara next week
6. Michigan (7) -- 3-1 beat Northwestern 27-7, host #17 Illinois next week
7. Pennsylvania (8)-- 3-0 beat Virginia 37-7, host Navy next week
8. Yale (10) -- 4-0 beat Cornell 13-10, host the Coast Guard next week
9. Southern California (11)-- 3-0-1 blanked Washington 31-0, at Stanford next week
10. Arkansas (18) - 4-0-1 upset then #6 Texas 14-13, at Mississippi next week
11. Ohio State (12) -- 3-1 beat Purdue 10-5, host Minnesota next week
12. Texas (6) -- 4-1 lost 14-13 to #18 Arkansas, at #14 Rice next week
13. North Carolina (16) -- 4-0 beat Navy 38-24, host Florida next week
14. Rice (9) - 3-0-1 tied SMU 3-3, host Texas next week
15. Alabama (13) -- 4-1 lost 17-6 to #4 Tennessee, host #19 Kentucky next week
16. Georgia Tech (14)-- 3-1 beat LSU 24-10, host Auburn next week
17. Illinois (19)--- 3-1-1 beat Wisconsin 20-6, at #6 Michigan next week
18 Kentucky (nr)- 4-1 beat then #20 Vanderbilt 28-3, at #15 Alabama next week
19 Kansas (nr) 5-0 beat Nebraska 21-10, at Tulsa next week
20 Southern Methodist (nr) 3-0-1 tied then #9 Rice 3-3, at Missouri next week

Dropping out of top 20
N. C. State (15) -- 3-1 lost 17-0 at Wake Forest, at Virginia Tech next week
Holy Cross(17) -- 3-0-1 tied Syracuse 7-7, at Harvard next week
Vanderbilt(20) -- 3-1 lost 28-3 at Kentucky, host LSU this week

The detailed conference by conference report will return next week.

NHL ROUNDUP
MONTREAL CANADIENS SEASON PREVIEW
The last of our 6 part NHL team previews takes a look at the Montreal Canadiens. Initially founded in 1909 the Montreal franchise joined Toronto and the now defunct Ottawa Senators and Montreal Wanderers as original members of the National Hockey League when it was formed in 1917. At this time, the Club Athlétique Canadien changes its name to officially become Club de Hockey Canadien and begins displaying the celebrated CH logo. The franchise had won the Stanley Cup for the first time the year before the NHL was formed and added championships in 1924, 1930, 1931 and 1944. Last season the Canadiens finished 1st during the regular season with a 28-17-5 record. They swept Chicago in the semi-finals and beat Boston in 5 games for their 6th Stanley Cup title in franchise history.

Here are the key Canadiens players.

GOALIE

BILL DURNAN - The Toronto native was ambidextrous in that he could catch the puck or use his stick equally well with either hand. A late starter, he did not play his first NHL game until a few months shy of his 29th birthday, Durnan would make the most of his time and won the Vezina Award as the league's top goalie in his rookie year of 1943-44. In all he would win the Vezina 6 times in his 7 year career. He would retire in 1950 at the age of 35 but in his 7 short seasons accomplished enough to earn enshrinement in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

DEFENSE
BUTCH BOUCHARD - Another of the many future hall of famers on this Montreal squad, Bouchard was a robust defenseman but also a skilled passer. His first name was Emile but everyone knew him as Butch. The Montreal native spent his entire 15 year career with the Habs and would also eventually see his son Pierre play on the Montreal defense.

GLEN HARMON - Made his debut on the Canadiens blueline in 1941-42, the Holland, Manitoba native would play a key role in the 1944 and 1946 Cup wins. He had 17 points in 49 games last year and another 5 in the 9 playoff games. His career with Montreal would span 9 seasons.

ROGER LEGER - Played 7 games for the Rangers in 1943-44 before being traded to Montreal in January of 1944. He would spend most of his career in the minors but will get a chance to play a full slate of NHL games this season.

KEN REARDON- Hall of Famer Ken Reardon was a fearless player who's headlong rushes and all-out physical left enemies in his wake and himself often injured. He had a short NHL career which was interrupted by several years overseas in combat during WWII. Originally Ranger property he was snatched up by Montreal when New York left him unprotected and he spent 7 seasons with the Canadiens before retiring at age 30 due to many injuries. The Winnipeg native's older brother Terry plays for Boston.

FORWARDS
GEORGE ALLEN -Debuted with the Rangers in 1938 before spending 6 seasons with Chicago. Allen was traded to Montreal last month for goaltender Paul Bibeault. This would be his final NHL season and only year with Montreal.

TOE BLAKE -Long before he became a coaching legend, left wing Hector "Toe" Blake was a talented scorer and NHL star. He totaled 235 career goals, including six 20-goal seasons and became known as "the Old Lamplighter" in honor of his skill for putting the puck in the net. During the 1940s he formed one of the league's most dangerous lines, the Punch Line, with Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach. As a coach he would win 8 Stanley Cups.

MURPH CHAMBERLAIN -Began his career with the Leafs in 1937-38. Chamberlain would play 12 NHL seasons and pot 275 career points. Last season with Montreal he had 12 goals and 14 assists in 40 games.

BOB FILLION - Would spend 7 years with the Canadiens, most of them on a checking line with Murph Chamberlain and Kenny Mosdell.

LEO GRAVELLE - Making his NHL debut this season, Gravelle would eventually play 223 NHL games. The Alymer, Quebec native would also play for Detroit in his 6 year NHL career

ELMER LACH - The Nokomis, Saskatchewan native is regarded as one of the best playmaking centers to ever compete in the NHL. The hall of famer spent his entire 14 year career with the Habs and was the center of the Punch Line with Toe Blake and Rocket Richard. He led the NHL in scoring twice in his career.

KEN MOSDELL - The Montreal native made his NHL debut as a 19 year old with the New York Americans in 1941. After the war he returned to the NHL and joined the Canadiens where the wiry centerman became known as a penalty-killing and defensive specialist. Late in his career he became much more of an offensive threat.

BUDDY O'CONNOR - Entering his 5th season with the Habs, O'Connor was named Canadian Male Athlete of the Year in 1948 - the season he was traded to the New York Rangers. He was never the same after suffering injuries in a car accident that offseason but he did make the Hall of Fame.

JIMMY PETERS - His career was delayed as he served overseas in WWII but Peters finally started his 9 year NHL career last season by tallying 30 points in 47 games. He also would play for Boston, Detroit and Chicago. His son Jimmy Jr. would play over 300 NHL games with Los Angeles and Detroit.

BILLY REAY - Best known as a longtime coach of the Black Hawks, Reay enjoyed a fine NHL career prior to joining the coaching ranks. The Winnipeg native played 4 games with Detroit before being acquired by the Canadiens. He would score 29 points as a rookie last season and would eventually play nearly 500 NHL games.

MAURICE RICHARD - Not much necessary to say about Richard, who is now entering his 5th season with the Habs and is 2 years removed from his amazing 50 goals in 50 games season. The Hall of Famer would spend 18 seasons with the Canadiens and later be joined by his younger brother Henri.

STATS AND STANDINGS

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

WORLD SERIES RESULTS
Game 1 - Cleveland 3 Pittsburgh 2
Game 2 - Cleveland 2 Pittsburgh 0
Game 3 - Cleveland 5 Pittsburgh 4
Game 4 - Pittsburgh 8 Cleveland 7
Game 5 - Pittsburgh 5 Cleveland 3
Game 6 - Cleveland 7 Pittsburgh 1

(Cleveland wins World Series 4 games to 2)

Series MVP Allie Reynolds Pitcher Cleveland (2-0, 2.50 era)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 6 0 0 1.000 196 90
Det 3 3 0 .500 130 157
GB 2 4 0 .333 138 141
Min 2 4 0 .333 85 128

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 6 0 0 1.000 170 101
Wash 4 2 0 .667 161 120
NYG 2 4 0 .333 101 150
Dallas 1 5 0 .167 106 143

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 3 3 0 .500 107 147
Atl 3 3 0 .500 89 100
Car 2 4 0 .333 88 119
TB 1 5 0 .167 113 145

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 5 2 0 .714 166 132
Arz 4 3 0 .571 144 146
Sea 2 5 0 .286 140 185
StL 2 5 0 .286 111 120

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Pit 4 3 0 .571 129 138
Cle 4 3 0 .571 112 106
Bal 3 3 1 .500 96 96
Cin 3 4 0 .429 148 138

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 6 1 0 .857 153 75
NYJ 3 4 0 .429 143 117
Buf 3 4 0 .429 83 112
Mia 2 5 0 .286 124 150

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 4 2 0 .667 150 96
Jax 3 3 0 .500 114 113
Indy 2 4 0 .333 91 125
Hou 1 4 1 .250 79 124

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 6 1 0 .857 186 131
KC 4 3 0 .571 115 139
SD 4 3 0 .571 122 107
Oak 3 4 0 .429 123 122

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Philadelphia Eagles (6-0) at San Francisco 49ers (5-2)
Washington Redskins (4-2) at Arizona Cardinals (4-3)
Miami Dolphins (2-5) at Buffalo Bills (3-4)
New York Jets (3-4) at New England Patriots (6-1)
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3) at Indianapolis Colts (2-4)
New Orleans Saints (3-3) at Minnesota Vikings (2-4)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-5) at Green Bay Packers (2-4)
Detroit Lions (3-3) at Atlanta Falcons (3-3)
Chicago Bears (6-0) at Carolina Panthers (2-4)
Seattle Seahawks (2-5) at New York Giants (2-4)
Jacksonville Jaguars (3-3) at Baltimore Ravens (3-3-1)
Tennessee Titans (4-2) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-4)
Cleveland Browns (4-3) at Houston Texans (1-4-1)
St. Louis Rams (2-5) at Dallas Cowboys (1-5)

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 193 138 71.5 1863 15 3 121.3
Manfred Gayle TEN 144 83 57.6 1153 14 3 107.2
Sammy *Baugh WAS 151 89 58.9 1519 11 4 106.4
Ken Neal PHI 150 102 68 1158 7 5 92.6
Bob Irvin NE 133 87 65.4 1001 6 4 90.5

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Bruce Jones KAN 7 173 821 4.7 70 8
Stacey Jolley MIA 7 153 771 5 66 8
S *Van Buren NYJ 7 151 720 4.8 65 4
Oscar Hartings DEN 7 162 668 4.1 19 4
Johnny Cushing OAK 7 145 655 4.5 81 2

RECEPTIONS TM #
Zach Kruczek CLE 48
Brian Gardner DEN 47
Bob Sommer NO 45
Wayne *Miller WSH 44
Mel Ours HOU 42
Johnny Cushing OAK 42
Sonny Pointer BUF 42

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Brian Gardner DEN 7 47 682 14.5 70 4
Zach Kruczek CLE 7 48 636 13.2 47 2
Wayne *Miller WAS 6 44 602 13.7 43 5
Mel Ours HOU 6 42 559 13.3 60 3
Dante *Lavelli WAS 6 23 533 23.2 72 6

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Matt Truluck STL 7 75 64 11
B Hasselbeck ARZ 7 74 57 17
James Williams SEA 7 73 50 23
Jeff Parent CIN 7 73 59 14
Mel Hein NYG 6 68 49 19

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 12
Reggie White SD 8
Leslie Hill PHI 8
Javon Love OAK 7
Wayne *Millner CLE 7
Ruben Taylor MIN 7

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 6
Mark Smith BAL 6
Greg Fletcher BUF 5
Ken Milloy JAX 5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
Friday October 13, 1946
Hardin-Simmons 34 New Mexico 10
Tennessee-Chattanooga 30 Murray State 7
Detroit Mercy 24 Tulsa 7
Maryland 17 Virginia Tech 17
Temple 10 West Virginia 3

Saturday October 14, 1946
Tennessee 17 Alabama 6
Arkansas 14 Texas 13
Tulane 24 Auburn 14
Texas Tech 30 Baylor 17
Bucknell 14 Buffalo 0
Harvard 23 Coast Guard 0
Brigham Young 10 Colorado 6
Utah State 26 Colorado State 7
Army 48 Columbia 7
Brown 20 Dartmouth 16
Virginia Military Institute 16 Davidson 10
Citadel 28 Furman 17
George Washington 14 Wayne State 0
Villanova 20 Georgetown 3
Georgia Tech 24 Louisiana State 10
Iowa 3 Indiana 0
Missouri 51 Iowa State 0
Oklahoma 40 Kansas State 0
Mississippi 14 Louisiana Tech 3
Pittsburgh 25 Marquette 13
Colgate 30 Merchant Marine 7
Miami (Florida) 29 Florida 23
Penn State 31 Michigan State 20
Montana State 14 Montana 7
Kansas 21 Nebraska 10
Nevada 30 San Diego State 0
Northern Arizona 20 New Mexico State 16
Rochester 31 New York University 0
North Carolina 38 Navy 24
Wake Forest 17 North Carolina State 0
Michigan 27 Northwestern 7
Wichita State 10 Oklahoma City 7
Georgia 47 Oklahoma State 10
Arizona 14 Pacific 10
Portland 17 Arizona State 14
Ohio State 10 Purdue 5
Duke 30 Richmond 0
Rutgers 24 Princeton 6
Mississippi State 31 San Francisco 3
Idaho 31 San Jose State 30
Stanford 28 Santa Clara 9
Rice 3 Southern Methodist 3
Drake 20 St. Louis 20
St. Mary's 38 Fordham 3
Holy Cross 7 Syracuse 7
Texas A&M 10 Texas Christian 3
UCLA 45 California 14
Denver 26 Utah 23
Kentucky 28 Vanderbilt 3
Pennsylvania 37 Virginia 7
Southern California 38 Washington 0
Washington & Jefferson 20 Lafayette 9
Oregon 26 Washington State 3
Texas-El Paso 21 West Texas A&M 7
William & Mary 36 Washington & Lee 10
Illinois 20 Wisconsin 6
Minnesota 28 Wyoming 0
Yale 13 Cornell 10

UPCOMING GAMES
Thursday October 19, 1946
Clemson at South Carolina

Friday October 20, 1946
Brigham Young at San Jose State
Drake at Detroit Mercy
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Miami (Florida)
Villanova at Boston College

Saturday October 21, 1946
Arizona at Marquette
Arizona State at Hardin-Simmons
Arkansas at Mississippi
Auburn at Georgia Tech
Boston University at Brown
California at Washington
Cincinnati at Michigan State
Coast Guard at Yale
Colorado College at Colorado State
Columbia at Dartmouth
Cornell at Princeton
Denver at Texas Tech
Duke at Army
Florida at North Carolina
Fordham at Merchant Marine
George Washington at Rutgers
Georgia at Furman
Gettysburg at New York University
Hampden-Sydney at Davidson
Holy Cross at Harvard
Houston at Texas-El Paso
Illinois at Michigan
Indiana at Nebraska
Kansas at Tulsa
Kentucky at Alabama
Lafayette at Bucknell
Louisiana State at Vanderbilt
Minnesota at Ohio State
Mississippi State at Tulane
Navy at Pennsylvania
New Mexico at Colorado
New Mexico State at West Texas A&M
North Carolina State at Virginia Tech
Northern Arizona at Western State
Northern Colorado at Montana State
Notre Dame at Iowa
Oklahoma at Iowa State
Oregon at Idaho
Oregon State at Washington State
Pacific at Northwestern
Penn State at Colgate
Purdue at Pittsburgh
Richmond at Washington & Lee
Santa Clara at UCLA
Southern California at Stanford
Southern Methodist at Missouri
St. Louis at Georgetown
Syracuse at West Virginia
Texas at Rice
Texas A&M at Baylor
Texas Christian at Oklahoma State
Utah State at Montana
Virginia Military Institute at William & Mary
Wake Forest at Tennessee
Wyoming at Utah

Sunday October 22, 1946
Nevada at St. Mary's
Scranton at Detroit Mercy

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

ORFU W L T PTS
TorBB 5 2 0 10
H Wild 5 2 0 10
T Ind 4 3 0 8
OttTr 3 4 0 6
Sarn 2 5 0 4
Wind 2 5 0 4

IPRFU W L T PTS
Argos 7 2 0 14
Mont 7 2 0 14
Ott RR 3 5 1 7
H Tiger 0 8 1 1

WESTERN W L T PTS
Wpg 5 2 0 10
Calg 5 2 0 10
Sask 0 6 0 0

PAST RESULTS
Wednesday October 11, 1946
Montreal Alouettes 27 at 0 Hamilton Tigers
Ottawa Rough Riders 17 at 14 Toronto Argos
Windsor Royals 30 at 9 Ottawa Trojans
Toronto Balmy Beach 27 at 7 Sarnia Imperials

Thursday October 12, 1946
Toronto Indians 17 at 20 Hamilton Wildcats

Sunday October 15, 1946
Ottawa Rough Riders 13 at 26 Montreal Alouettes

UPCOMING GAMES

Thursday October 19, 1946
Toronto Argos at Ottawa Rough Riders
Saskatchewan at Winnipeg
Hamilton Wildcats at Toronto Indians

Friday October 20, 1946
Sarnia Imperials at Toronto Balmy Beach
Ottawa Trojans at Windsor Royals

NHL SCHEDULE
THIS WEEKS GAMES
Wednesday October 18, 1946
Toronto at Detroit

Thursday October 19, 1946
New York at Montreal

Saturday October 21, 1946
Boston at Montreal
Detroit at Toronto

Sunday October 22,1946
New York at Detroit
Chicago at Boston

BAA SCHEDULE
Friday November 3, 1946
New York Knickerbockers at Toronto Huskies

Saturday November 4, 1946
Pittsburgh Ironmen at St Louis Bombers
Washington Capitols at Detroit Falcons
New York Knickerbockers at Chicago Stags
Boston Celtics at Providence Steamrollers

Sunday November 5, 1946
Toronto Huskies at Cleveland Rebels

Monday November 6, 1946
Washington Capitols at Pittsburgh Ironmen

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 02:43 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS
49ERS HAND EAGLES FIRST LOSS
And then there was one. The Chicago Bears are the NFL's only unbeaten team after the San Francisco 49ers handed the Philadelphia Eagles their first loss in 7 games. The 6-2 49ers did more than just hand the Eagles the loss, they slapped them upside the head with a thoroughly dominating 24-7 win. Only a late interception return for a touchdown spared the Eagles the embarassement of a shutout. One stat shows just how lobsided this game really was.

Total net yards
San Francisco 523
Philadelphia 128

San Francisco rookie QB Ike Meier, benched last week after a dreadful showing vs Kansas City two weeks ago, did a workmanlike job on this occassion. The 4th round pick forced into the starting role with the injury to Koy Harris, completed 19 of 33 for 333 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was also picked off twice. Meier, a very mobile QB, was not sacked all game and did manage to scramble for 43 yards. Running backs Travis Henderson and Russ Davis combined for 145 yards rushing and wide receiver Benny Pace had a huge game with 7 catches for 119 yards.

The Eagles got just 73 yards out of their feature back Harley Mitchell. However it was the performance of QB Doug Bass that really did in the Eagles. Bass, back in a starting role after missing 3 games with an injury, completed just 12 of 26 passes for 64 yards and was picked off twice. You have to expect the Eagles to go back to Ken Neal for next week's game at Washington. In Bass's absence, Neal was outstanding.

The only downside to the game for San Francisco was that veteran safety Earl Joyce suffered an elbow injury late in the game when he was tackled after recording his 6th interception of the season. Joyce could be done for the rest of the season. Veteran backup Joe Germaine will likely take Joyce spot in the starting lineup but it is a huge drop-off in talent.

BEARS JUST KEEP ON WINNING - DROP PANTHERS 38-7
The league's most potent offense had another huge day as the Chicago Bears improve to 7-0 and are the only undefeated team remaining in the NFL. No one is quite sure what got into Sid *Luckman but the four-time first team all-star must have decided he felt like a running back on Sunday. Luckman, who had rushed for 78 yards in the first 6 games this season carried the ball for 110 yards in this game. He also passed for 201 yards and 1 touchdown.

In other action
Washington lost QB Sammy *Baugh for at least a month with a leg injury and lost the game to the Arizona Cardinals. Tuffy *Leemans ran for 116 yards and Brook Hasselbeck added 10 more to his league leading tackle total as the Cardinals stopped the Redskins 24-17. The loss keeps Washington 2 games back of Philadelphia, which lost for the first time this season. Arizona remains 1 game back of the 6-2 49ers.

Todd Berger ran for 155 yards to lead New Orleans past Minnesota 24-12. The 4-3 Saints are tied with Atlanta atop the NFC South Division. The Falcons need 10 fourth quarter points to rally past Detroit 24-20. Antowain Anderson rushed for 98 yards including a 5 yard touchdown scamper with 5 minutes to play that proved to be the difference in the game.

Cecil *Isbell had his best game of the season as Green Bay beat up on Tampa 24-3. Isbell completed 29 of 38 for 311 yards and a pair of touchdowns, one to Don *Hutson who had 7 catches for 110 yards.

The misery continues for the New York Giants. After a 2-0 start the Giants have dropped 5 straight including a 27-20 loss at home to lowly Seattle yesterday. To add insult to injury, the defense that was dubbed the Big Blue Machine after a quick start, was shredded for 252 yards by a QB who 5 weeks ago was a free agent that nobody wanted. Dennis Hayes, released by New England over the summer, was signed when the Seahawks top 2 QB's went down with injury. He is 3-2 in his 5 starts for Seattle, a club that has averaged just over 5 wins a season for the past 4 years.

With starting RB Mike Largent sidelined backup Reggie Hoernschemeyer ran for a career high 126 yards as St Louis outscored Dallas 38-24.

VAN BUREN LEADS JETS TO 4TH STRAIGHT WIN
As bad as things have been for the cross-town Giants, it has been equally as good for fans of the New York Jets over the past month. The Jets after losing their first 4 games of the season, including a 13-3 week 2 loss to New England, have reeled off 4 straight wins. The Patriots were the latest victim falling 20-9 in game dominated by the Jets defense and Steve *Van Buren. The 3rd year running back from LSU ran for a career high 165 yards and scored a touchdown on an 81 yard run. He also gained another 33 yards on 3 receptions. The Jets defense held 6-2 New England to just 173 total yards and allowed only 3 field goals. With back-to-back wins over division rivals New England and Buffalo the Jets are back in the AFC East title hunt.

Buffalo finally halted it's 4-game losing streak with a 29-18 win over division doormat Miami. Michael Williams ran for 130 yards to lead the Bills who are tied with the improving Jets at 4-4, 2 games back of New England in the AFC East. Miami drops to 2-6.

Elsewhere in the AFC

Three fourth quarter touchdowns, including a pair of Tom Friede to Bud Neal passes gave Pittsburgh a come-from-behind 25-14 win over hometown Indianapolis. Mickey Marangi ran for 134 yards for the Steelers who lead the Central Division with a 5-3 record.

Baltimore kept pace with a 17-10 wn over Jacksonville. The 4-3-1 Ravens normally rely on an outstanding defense but it has struggled at times this season, although it looked good on this occassion.

Wide receiver Brad Gibron had 2 touchdown catches as Tennessee beat Cincinnati 22-14. Gibron had 7 receptions for 124 yards in a game that saw the Bengals lose their starting QB. Bud Rutledge of the Bengals, who has been battling an ankle injury all season finally had the injury sideline him for good - the ankle is broken and his season and possibly is 14 year career may well be over.

Vaughan Diedrick and Art Tasker connected on a 36 yard pass in overtime to give Houston a 29-23 victory over Cleveland. The winning strike came after Houston had forced the extra period on a 50 yard field goal from Laverne Bethea with just over a minute to play in regulation. Zack Kruczek had 9 receptions for the Browns to run his league leading total to 57. With the loss Cleveland falls to 4-4 while the Texans improve to 2-4-1.

MIDSEASON ROOKIE REPORT - PART 2 THE DEFENDERS
In the second of a three part series discussing how the rookies are adapting to the NFL we will focus strictly on the defensive side of the ball. Last years draft was dominated by the offense as all but thirteen of 32 first round picks made last April were offensive players but as you will see below some of those thirteeen defenders selected are making a quick impact on the league.

ROCK ROBERTS LB DENVER - The ex-Purdue Boilermaker was the first defensive player selected and he slid all the way down to 8th. The middle linebacker is a big reason why the Broncos are 6-1 and have one of the best defenses in the league. He has started every game and is second on the team with 53 tackles. A defensive rookie of the year candidate.

TOMMY TAYLOR FS GREEN BAY - Taken 10th by Green Bay Taylor has been a force in the Packers secondary. Has 52 tackles and 3 interceptions including a 2 pick game against Detroit a couple of weeks ago.

JIM HENDERSON DE ST LOUIS - The 14th pick out of Colorado, Henderson's play has been sporadic. He has started 5 of the 8 games but has just 4 tackles and 1 sack to his credit. Like the rest of the 3-5 Rams he has been a bit of a dissappointment.

BOB HOLT SS CLEVELAND - Former USC star went 15th overall. He had an interception in the season opener but is showing some frustration at being eased into the job. He has not started a game yet as the Browns have 8 year veteran Dick Lewis ahead of him. The initial impression was Holt could become a star if his attitude is focused on improving.

WALTER SCOTT FS NEW ORLEANS - A bit of a surprise pick at 17 for the Saints as they already had allstar Jeff Klein, a third year pro, at the position. Scott has seen plenty of action and has 1 interception to go with 22 tackles this season but like Holt the former Viriginia Tech defensive back is frustrated at his lack of playing time.

PAT *HARDER LB OAKLAND - It has been a rough season for the Raiders but you can't blame the former Wisconsin middle linebacker. Harder surprisingly dropped to 21st in the draft and has played like a man on a mission. He has started all 7 games for Oakland and has 40 tackles and an interception

PAUL MOLDEN DE CAROLINA - The former San Jose State standout was taken 22nd by the Panthers. A pass-rushing DE who had 12 sacks as a senior, has 3 so far in 7 starts as an NFL rookie. The 2-5 Panthers defense as a whole has not played up to expectations so far this year.

BILL *WILLIS DT SAN FRANCISCO - Projected to go in the top 15, Willis slid to the 49ers at pick 23. The former Ohio State Buckeye has spent most of the season on the San Francisco bench, watching and learning behind veteran allstars Joey Griese and Ray Steele. He is projected to replace Grieise, who is in his 10th pro year, next season.

DENNIS POOCHMAN DT ATLANTA - the third of three straight picks made on defensive linemen, the ex-Virginia Cavalier went 24th to the Falcons. He has started all 7 games and been a disrupting presence in the middle. He also has 4 sacks already this season.

STEPHEN WHITEHEAD SS BUFFALO - Fomer North Carolina State DB was selected 27th by the Bills. He has started all 8 games for a very good defensive unit and his 51 tackles place him second on the team in that category. He has yet to record an interception but, as his 8 picks as a senior attest, Whitehead has a terrific nose for the ball.

SPEEDY GARRITY DT CINCINNATI - Taken 28th from Temple, Garrity has started every game for the Bengals so far this season. He has 11 tackles and 1 sack to his credit.

JASON LEE DT CHICAGO - 4th DT selected in the draft went 31st to the Bears. Former University of Washington star has started all 7 games for the defending NFC champs and has 9 tackles and 8 QB hurries to his credit.

TONY BRADY SS HOUSTON - The final pick of the first round was used on this former Pitt Panther. Brady instantly became the best DB in the weak Texans secondary and has 42 tackles and 2 interceptions in 7 games so far. If he played on a better team he could be the favourite for the defensive rookie of the year award. As it is he will still get some notice.

Next week we check the progress of the first round picks on the other side of the ball.

RED WINGS OFF TO QUICK START AS NHL SEASON BEGINS
The Detroit Red Wings reeled off three consecutive victories to start the National Hockey League season and sit alone atop the standings. In Wednesday's season opener the Wings beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 as Eddie Bruneteau scored a pair of goals and Sid Abel counted the other marker. The game marked the NHL debut of highly touted Red Wing rookie Gordie Howe. While the winger did not factor in the scoring he did make his presence felt on the scoresheet, taking a minor penalty in his first shift of the game and mixing it up in a scrap with Leafs rearguard Bill Barilko in the second period. The Leafs outshot the Wings 37-31 but Detroit goaltender Harry Lumley was outstanding and was named the second star of the game.

The Wings and Leafs had a rematch in Toronto on Saturday and again the Motor City side came out on top. Sid Abel scored the game winner with 1:22 to play in the third period to give the Wings a 4-3 victory. Abel's goal came less than 5 minutes after Bud Poile scored to tie the game for the Leafs. Roy Conacher had 2 goals and an assist to pace the Wings who peppered Leaf goal Turk Broda with 47 shots.

On Sunday, Gordie Howe scored his first NHL goal as the Wings spanked the New York Rangers 6-2 at The Olympia. Jim Conacher had a 3 point game for the winners while linemate Billy Taylor notched a pair of assists.

For the Rangers it was their second straight lobsided loss as Montreal beat the blueshirts 6-1 at The Forum on Thursday. Chuck Rayner started both games in net for New York but was replaced by backup Sugar Jim Henry both times, although Henry fared no better in relief than Rayner did as a starter. Leo Gravelle scored a hat trick for the Habs in Thursday's contest with Billy Reay and Rocket Richard each picking up a goal and an assist. Bill Durnan turned aside 32 shots after Edgar Laprade beat him with the Rangers first shot just 25 seconds into the contest.

The Boston Bruins looked very good in Saturday night's opener on the road in Montreal. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 44-34 and would have won if not for some superb work from Bill Durnan between the Montreal pipes. The Canadiens tallied first early in the second period when Kenny Reardon's hard blast was stopped by Boston goalie Frank Brimsek but the rebound went directly to Habs forward George Allen who deposited the puck in the open side. The Bruins fired 20 shots at Durnan in the third period and were finally rewarded when Bill Cowley set up Joe Carveth for the equilizer.

On Sunday, the Chicago Black Hawks became the final team to start it's season. The Hawks doubled the Bruins in Boston 4-2 as the line of George Gee, Max Bentley and Adam Brown combined for 10 points including a hat trick from Gee. His final goal came into an empty net just moments after the Bruins hit the post while scrambling for the equalizer. Joe Carveth scored both Boston goals assisted on each occassion by Bill Cowley.

BASEBALL'S GOLD GLOVE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Major league baseball began it's offseason parade of awards this winning by naming the gold glove winners for both the American and National Leagues.

In the American League the Boston Red Sox led the way with 3 winners. Centerfielder Mel Almada and rightfielder Stan Spence each won for the third time while leftfielder Ted Williams made it a clean sweep of the outfield for the Bosox. For Williams it was the first fielding award of his 8 year career. The infield features a pair of St Louis Browns in first George McQuinn and shortstop Vern Stephens. For McQuinn, it is his 7th gold glove in the last 8 years (the White Sox' Dolph Camilli interrupted McQuinn's streak last year). The 25 year old Stephens wins for the third time in his 5 year career. All of the others are first time winners. Washington's Jerry Priddy because the third different winner at second base in the past three seasons. Yankee teammates Bob Scheffing and Billy Johnson win at catcher and third base respectiviely while the gold glove winning pitcher is Stubby Overmire of the Detroit Tigers. The World Series winning Cleveland Indians failed to have a single player win a gold glove.

Second baseman Tony Cuccinello of the National League champion won the 9th Gold Glove of his career. He is the active leader in gold gloves but remains three shy of the record 12 won by Cardinals shortstop Bobby Wallace between 1901 and 1914. Cuccinello's doubleplay partner Arky Vaughan remains stuck at 8 gold gloves after losing out to Brooklyn shortstop Pee Wee Reese. It was the first gold glove for the 27 year old Reese. Joining Cuccinello and Reese in the infield are St Louis third baseman Whitey Kurowski, with his third gold glove, and first time winner Phillies first sacker Roy Sanders. Pittsburgh pitcher Ken Heintzelman is a first time winner and he ends Jack Kraus' three-year hold on the award for hurlers. Cardinal catcher Walker Cooper wins for the second time in three years while two of the three outfielders are first time winners - centerfielder Joe Marty of the Cubs and right fielder Ford Garrison of the Reds. Rounding out the National League gold glove list is Reds leftfielder Joe Medwick, who wins for the second time in his career.

Next week the American and National League rookie of the year award winners will be announced.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUND UP
NOTRE DAME TAKES OVER NUMBER 1 RANKING
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have taken over the number 1 spot in the National College Football poll. The 4-0 Irish built up a 17-0 lead and cruised to a 17-6 victory on the road against Iowa. Previous number 1 ranked Army won to improve to 6-0 but Army needed two fourth quarter touchdowns at home to rally past a middle of the road Duke squad 14-6. Army's offense could accomplish nothing through 3 quarters against the Blue Devils and had linebacker John *Green not picked off a pass and returned it 57 yards for a touchdown midway through the 4th quarter we would likely be disecting an Army loss in this report.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Notre Dame (2) -- 4-0 beat Iowa 17-6, at Navy next week
2- Army (1) -- 6-0 beat Duke 14-6, host West Virginia next week
3. Georgia (3) -- 5-0 beat Furman 44-3, host #13 Alabama next week
4. Tennessee (4)-- 5-0 beat Wake Forest 14-7, host #12 North Carolina next week
5. UCLA (5) -- 5-0 beat Santa Clara 44-6, host St Mary's next week
6. Michigan (6) -- 4-1 beat then #17 Illinois 44-16, at Minnesota next week
7. Pennsylvania (7)-- 4-0 beat Navy 40-10, host Princeton next week
8. Yale (8) -- 5-0 beat Coast Guard 48-0, host Dartmouth next week
9. Arkansas (10) - 5-0-1 beat Mississippi 7-3, at Texas A&M next week
10. Ohio State (11) -- 4-1 beat Minnesota 17-3, at Northwestern next week
11. Rice (14) - 4-0-1 beat then #12 Texas 13-7, host #18 Texas Tech next week
12. North Carolina (13) -- 5-0 beat Florida 41-10, at #4 Tennessee next week
13. Alabama (15) -- 5-1 beat then #19 Kentucky 23-17, at #3 Georgia next week
14. Georgia Tech (16)-- 4-1 beat Auburn 37-0, at Duke next week
15 Southern Methodist (20) 4-0-1 beat Missouri 17-7, at #16 Texas next week
16. Texas (12) -- 4-2 lost to then #14 Rice 13-7, host #15 SMU next week
17. Stanford (nr) -- 4-1 beat then #9 USC 24-20, at Oregon State next week
18. Texas Tech (nr) -- 5-1 beat Denver 23-3, at #11 Rice next week
19. Southern California (9)-- 3-1-1 lost 24-20 to Stanford, host Oregon next week
20 William & Mary (nr)-- 6-0 beat VMI 38-6, host Maryland next week

Dropping out of top 20
17. Illinois (17)--- 3-2-1 lost to then #6 Michigan 44-16, at Iowa next week
18 Kentucky (18)- 4-2 lost 23-17 to then #15 Alabama, host Michigan State next week
19. Kansas 5-1 lost 23-17 to Tulsa, host Oklahoma State next week

SEC WEEKLY RECAP
It is beginning to look like Tennessee and Georgia may finish as co-champions of the SEC. The two squads will not meet each other and if Georgia can get past defending champion Alabama next week they each appear to have a clear path to a perfect 5-0 conference record. The Bulldogs and the Vols are ranked 3rd and 4th nationally after each won non-conference matchups last week. Louisianna State improved to 2-0 in conference play with a 14-9 win over Vanderbilt. In other conference action Alabama knocked off Kentucky 23-17, Georgia Tech blanked Auburn 37-0, Mississippi State shaded Tulane 21-20.

Alabama at Georgia is the big conference matchup next week. Other games send Mississippi to LSU and Auburn hosts Vanderbilt.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Geo 2 0 0 5 0 0
Tenn 2 0 0 5 0 0
LSU 2 0 0 3 1 0
bama 2 1 0 5 1 0
GeTech 2 1 0 3 1 0
Vand 2 2 0 3 2 0
Kent 2 2 0 4 2 0
Tulane 2 2 0 2 3 0
Miss St 1 1 0 4 1 0
Florida 0 2 1 0 4 1
Miss 0 3 1 1 4 1
Auburn 0 2 0 3 2 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE WEEKLY RECAP
Michigan and Ohio State keep on winning. The Wolverines got 141 yards and 2 touchdowns from RB Bob *Chappis in a 44-16 win over Illinois. It was the Fighting Illini's first conference loss. Ohio State dropped Minnesota 17-3 as Buckeye QB Les *Horvath passed for 2 touchdowns and 287 yards in the win. OSU offensive tackle Warren *Amling is making NFL scouts take notice. The senior is now considered the number one offensive line prospect as he has moved ahead of Notre Dame's George *Connor and Josh Critterdon of Michigan.

There is a full slate of conference action next week as Illinois visits Iowa, Michigan travels to Minnesota, Northwestern entertains Ohio State and Wisconsin is at Purdue.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Mich 4 0 0 4 1 0
OhioSt 3 0 0 4 1 0
Illin 2 1 1 3 2 1
Minn 1 1 1 3 1 1
Wisc 1 2 0 3 2 0
Purd 1 2 0 2 4 0
Iowa 1 2 0 3 3 0
Norwst 0 2 1 2 2 1
Ind 0 3 1 1 3 2

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE WEEKLY NOTEBOOK
A couple of weeks ago the PCC was shocked to learn that Oregon State managed to pull off a tie against mighty USC. This week, the shock was even bigger when it was learned that USC lost 24-20 to Stanford. There were plenty of heroes in the upset victory for the Cardinal but two in particular stand out. Senior QB Pete Sewell passed for 407 yards and a pair of touchdowns while cornerback Steve Williams had 2 interceptions including one that set up the winning score midway through the 4th quarter.

The USC loss appears to give the UCLA Bruins a clear path to the Rose Bowl. The Bruins are 4-0 in conference play and ranked 5th nationally after beating independant Santa Clara 44-6 on Saturday. In conference action Oregon improved to 3-1 with a 17-3 win over Idaho, Washington State topped Oregon State 17-7 and Washington outscored California 19-13.

Next week Idaho is at Montana, Oregon visits USC, Stanford travels to Oregon State and Washington State is at California,

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
UCLA 4 0 0 5 0 0
Oreg 3 1 0 4 1 0
USC 2 1 1 3 1 1
Stan 2 1 0 4 1 0
Wash 2 2 0 2 2 1
WshSt 2 3 0 2 3 0
Cali 1 2 0 1 4 0
OreSt 0 2 1 1 2 1
Mont 0 1 0 2 3 0
Idaho 0 3 0 1 4 0

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE WEEKLY NOTEBOOK
Believe it or not William & Mary University has managed to sneak into the national college football picture. 6-0 overall and 4-0 in conference play after beating VMI 38-6 the Tribe are now ranked 20th in the nation and have a great chance at a Southern Conference title. Sophomore running back Jack *Cloud has been the driving force behind the team. William & Mary plays Maryland next week then faces a big challenge the following week against 12th ranked North Carolina.

In other conference play Clemson topped South Carolina 27-14, Richmond dumped Washington & Lee 27-7 while North Carolina State blanked Virginia Tech 24-0. In a non-conference game Duke came very close to knocking off the number 1 team in the nation. Army finally prevailed 14-6 but not before the Blue Devils had carried a 6-0 lead into the 4th quarter and had shut the star-studded Army offense right down.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
W&M 4 0 0 6 0 0
NC St 4 1 0 4 1 0
Rich 3 1 0 5 1 0
N Car 2 0 0 5 0 0
Wake 2 0 0 4 1 0
S Car 1 1 0 2 2 0
Citadel 1 1 0 2 1 1
Duke 1 1 0 2 3 0
VMI 1 2 0 2 4 0
Clem 1 2 0 2 3 0
Mary 0 2 1 1 2 1
VaTech 0 3 1 0 4 1
GWas 0 0 0 3 1 0
Wsh&Le 0 2 0 2 2 0
David 0 2 0 3 2 0
Furman 0 2 0 1 4 0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE WEEKLY NOTEBOOK
The season is officially a bust for the University of Texas. The defending SWC champions lost for the second time in conference play and are out of both the national title race and the conference championship picture. Rice stopped the Longhorns on Saturday by a 13-7 count. One other conference game saw Texas A&M drop Baylor 14-0.

Next week Arkansas visits Texas A&M in a first place showdown. On other game has SMU at Texas

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Ark 2 0 1 5 0 1
Tx A&M 2 0 0 3 3 0
Rice 1 0 1 4 0 1
TCU 1 1 1 2 3 1
SMU 0 0 1 4 0 1
Texas 0 2 0 4 2 0
Baylor 0 3 0 1 4 0

BIG 6 CONFERENCE WEEKLY NOTEBOOK
There is a three-way tie atop the Big 6 standings as the conference schedule reaches the halfway point. Kansas lost a non-conference game to Tulsa 23-17 and that defeat drops the Jayhawks out of the top 20 which means the Big 6 do not have a representative in that illustrious group. In the only conference game on the weekend Oklahoma hammered Iowa State 61-9. Sooners senior wide receivers Hugh *Taylor and Don Schlereth each caught two touchdown passes in the win.

Next week Missouri visits Nebraska while Iowa State is at Kansas State.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Kan 2 0 0 5 1 0
Missri 2 0 0 3 3 0
Okla 2 0 0 3 2 0
Nebr 1 1 0 1 3 1
IowSt 0 3 0 2 4 0
KanSt 0 3 0 0 4 0

MVC WEEKLY NOTEBOOK
No conference games last week or this week.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Tulsa 2 0 0 4 2 0
WichSt 1 1 0 3 2 0
St.L 0 0 1 0 4 1
Drake 0 2 1 1 4 1
OklaSt 0 0 0 2 4 0

BORDER CONFERENCE WEEKLY NOTEBOOK
Hardin-Simmons blanked Arizona State 41-0 to remain undefeated overall. In the other conference game New Mexico State and West Texas A&M played to a 6-6 tie. Next week Arizona State is at New Mexico State, Hardin-Simmons visits Arizona, UTEP is at New Mexico and Northern Arizona visits North Texas A&M

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
N Mex 3 1 0 4 2 0
UTEP 2 0 0 4 0 0
Hdn-Sm 2 0 0 5 0 0
TxTech 1 0 0 5 1 0
Ariz 1 1 0 3 2 0
N Ariz 1 1 0 3 3 0
NMexSt 0 2 1 2 3 1
W T A&M 0 3 1 2 2 1
ArizSt 0 2 0 1 4 0

MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE WEEKLY NOTEBOOK
Utah beat Wyoming 17-0 in conference play last week. Next weekend Colorado is at Utah while Wyoming visits Brigham Young.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Den 3 0 0 3 3 0
Colo 2 1 0 3 3 0
Utah 2 1 0 2 3 0
UtSt 1 1 0 3 2 0
BYU 1 2 0 3 2 1
Wyom 0 2 1 1 4 1
Col St 0 2 1 0 5 1

MAJOR INDEPENDANTS STANDINGS

W L T
Army 6 0 0
Nevada 5 0 0
Rutgers 5 0 0
Yale 5 0 0
Detroit Mercy 5 1 0
Harvard 4 0 1
Syracuse 4 0 1
Notre Dame 4 0 0
Pennsylvania 4 0 0
Brown 3 1 1
Holy Cross 3 1 1
St. Mary's 3 1 1
Boston College 3 1 0
Penn State 3 1 0
Virginia 3 1 0
Bucknell 3 2 0
Cornell 3 2 0
Montana State 3 2 0
Marquette 3 3 0
Pittsburgh 3 3 0
Villanova 3 3 0
Georgetown 2 1 0
Columbia 2 3 0
Miami (Fla) 2 3 0
Michigan State 2 3 0
Santa Clara 2 3 0
Princeton 1 2 1
Merchant Marine 1 5 1
Colgate 1 3 0
Portland 1 3 0
Temple 1 3 0
Lafayette 1 4 0
Tenn-Chat 1 4 0
West Virginia 1 5 0
New York U 0 3 1
Fordham 0 3 0
San Francisco 0 4 0
Dartmouth 0 5 0
Navy 0 5 0

CANADIAN FOOTBALL ROUND UP
EASTERN RACES GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL
With just 2 weeks remaining in the season top spot in both the Ontario Rugby Football Union and Interprovincial Football Union remain very much up for grabs. A pair of losses in the past two weeks has hurt the Toronto Argos and allowed Montreal to pull into a tie for top spot in the Interprovincial loop. Meanwhile the Alouettes, since losing 14-3 to the Argos on October 3 have won 2 straight. Toronto and Montreal have clinched the two playoff berths in the league but at stake is the all-important home field advantage. It will go down to the wire as the Alouettes and Argos have 2 games remaining with each other - next Saturday in Montreal and the following week in Toronto.

In the Ontario League three teams are in a tight battle for the two playoff spots. The Toronto Indians climbed back into contention with a come-from-behind 26-20 win over the Hamilton Wildcats. That result leaves the Indians and Wildcats tied at 10 points apiece, 2 back of the first place Toronto Balmy Beach squad which defeated last palce Sarnia 27-7 on Friday. The Balmy Beach and Hamilton will meet this weekend in the Steel City while the Indians travel to Ottawa.

Out West the two finalists were known pretty much from the first week of the season. Winnipeg and Calgary split their 4 games against each other this season while each has had their way with lowly Saskatchewan. If Calgary beats Saskatchewan in next week's season finale they will finish tied with the Blue Bombers for top spot. Winnipeg is plus 79 points while Calgary is just plus 33 so it will take a major blowout on the Stamps part to win the first place tiebreaker with the Bombers. The Western playoff will be a home and home 2-game total point affair so first place does not mean a lot in this case.

 BOXING NEWS AND NOTES
FLYWEIGHT TITLE TO BE DECIDED IN PARIS THIS WEEK
The vacant World Flyweight Boxing Title will be decided this Friday in Paris, France when Little Dado of the Phillipines meets Britian's Teddy Gardner. The two fought to a 15 round majority draw in Tokyo in September. Flyweight is the only one of the 8 major weight classes that has still not crowned a new post-World War II champion. In the flyweight division, like each of the other 7, a year long elimination tournament was held to determine a champion but this was the only category that saw a draw in the final bout between the top two contenders.

Flyweight is the only category not presently dominated by American fighters. In fact there is not an American in the top 10 as British fighters dominate the class. The top American would be Dado Marino. The Hawaiian was projected to one day get a title shot but if Saturday's performance is any indication that will never come to pass. Marino agreed to fight top British challenger Vic Herman in Britian and Saturday's bout could not have gone any worse as Marino was knocked out in the first round. In truth it was a bad matchup for Marino and not just because of the trip half way around the world to fight. Marino is more of a tactician in the ring and always has trouble with sluggers. Herman is a slugger, at least by flyweight standards, who feasts on the more technically sound fighters because he does not have to fear powerful counterpunches and he did just that against Marino. The victory improves Herman to 14-3-2 and he is now considered the 6th best flyweight in the World. Marino's record is now 10-4.

STATS AND STANDINGS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 7 0 0 1.000 234 97
Det 3 4 0 .429 150 181
GB 3 4 0 .429 162 144
Min 2 5 0 .286 97 152

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 6 1 0 .857 177 125
Wash 4 3 0 .571 178 144
NYG 2 5 0 .286 121 177
Dallas 1 6 0 .143 130 181

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 4 3 0 .571 131 159
Atl 4 3 0 .571 113 120
Car 2 5 0 .286 95 157
TB 1 6 0 .143 116 169

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 6 2 0 .750 190 139
Arz 5 3 0 .625 168 163
Sea 3 5 0 .375 167 205
StL 3 5 0 .375 149 144

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North W L T PCT PF PA
Pit 5 3 0 .625 154 152
Bal 4 3 1 .562 113 106
Cle 4 4 0 .500 135 135
Cin 3 5 0 .375 162 160

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 6 2 0 .750 162 95
NYJ 4 4 0 .500 163 126
Buf 4 4 0 .500 112 130
Mia 2 6 0 .250 142 179

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 5 2 0 .714 172 110
Jax 3 4 0 .429 124 130
Hou 2 4 1 .357 108 147
Ind 2 5 0 .286 105 150

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 6 1 0 .857 186 131
KC 4 3 0 .571 115 139
SD 4 3 0 .571 122 107
Oak 3 4 0 .429 123 122

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
San Francisco 24 Philadelphia 7
Arizona 24 Washington 17
Buffalo 29 Miami 18
NY Jets 20 New England 9
Pittsburgh 25 Indianapolis 14
New Orleans 24 Minnesota 12
Green Bay 24 Tampa 3
Atlanta 24 Detroit 20
Chicago 38 Carolina 7
Seattle 27 NY Giants 20
Baltimore 17 Jacksonville 10
Tennessee 22 Cincinnati 14
Houston 29 Cleveland 23 (ot)
St Louis 38 Dallas 24

THIS WEEK'S GAMES
Indianapolis Colts (2-5) at Houston Texans (2-4-1)
Dallas Cowboys (1-6) at New York Giants (2-5)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-6) at New Orleans Saints (4-3)
Detroit Lions (3-4) at Chicago Bears (7-0)
Carolina Panthers (2-5) at Atlanta Falcons (4-3)
Arizona Cardinals (5-3) at San Francisco 49ers (6-2)
Tennessee Titans (5-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (3-4)
Kansas City Chiefs (4-3) at Denver Broncos (6-1)
Minnesota Vikings (2-5) at Green Bay Packers (3-4)
San Diego Chargers (4-3) at Oakland Raiders (3-4)
Baltimore Ravens (4-3-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-5)
Cleveland Browns (4-4) at Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3)
Seattle Seahawks (3-5) at St. Louis Rams (3-5)
Philadelphia Eagles (6-1) at Washington Redskins (4-3)

NFL STATISTICAL LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 226 160 70.8 2064 16 3 117.2
Manfred Gayle TEN 153 90 58.8 1330 16 3 114.0
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Ken Neal PHI 150 102 68.0 1158 7 5 92.6
Ryan Boyette NO 217 137 63.1 1677 6 4 88.4

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
S *Van Buren NYJ 8 179 885 4.9 81 5
Stacey Jolley MIA 8 169 832 4.9 66 8
Bruce Jones KAN 7 173 821 4.7 70 8
Todd Berger NO 7 156 768 4.9 47 4
Ml Williams BUF 8 197 758 3.8 23 2

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Zach Kruczek CLE 57
Wayne *Miller WSH 51
Bob Sommer NO 51
Mel Ours HOU 49
Brian Gardner DEN 47
Willie Nelson DAL 47
Lewis Smith JAX 46

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Zach Kruczek CLE 8 57 714 12.5 47 2
Wayne *Miller WAS 7 51 702 13.8 43 5
Brian Gardner DEN 7 47 682 14.5 70 4
Mel Ours HOU 7 49 659 13.4 60 3
Mark Hayman TEN 7 31 587 18.9 54 5

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
B. Hasselbeck ARZ 8 84 62 22
Matt Truluck STL 8 84 71 13
Jeff Parent CIN 8 81 66 15
James Williams SEA 8 79 56 23
Mel Hein NYG 7 77 57 20

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 12
Reggie White SD 8
Leslie Hill PHI 8
Ruben Taylor MIN 8
Wayne *Millner CLE 7
Javon Love OAK 7

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 6
Mark Smith BAL 6
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Earl Joyce SF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 5

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

NHL Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 3 3 0 0 6 13 6
Montreal 2 1 0 1 3 7 2
Chicago 1 1 0 0 2 4 2
Boston 2 0 1 1 1 3 5
Toronto 2 0 2 0 0 4 7
New York 2 0 2 0 0 3 12

RESULTS
Wednesday October 18, 1946
Detroit 3 Toronto 1

Thursday October 19, 1946
Montreal 6 New York 1

Saturday October 21, 1946
Boston 1 Montreal 1
Detroit 4 Toronto 3

Sunday October 22, 1946
Detroit 6 New York 2
Chicago 4 Boston 2

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday October 25, 1946
New York at Montreal
Toronto at Boston
Chicago at Detroit

Saturday October 28, 1946
New York at Boston
Detroit at Montreal
Chicago at Toronto

Sunday October 29, 1946
Montreal at Detroit

SCORING LEADERS

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
George Gee CHI 1 3 1 4
Ed Bruneteau DET 3 3 1 4
Roy Conacher DET 3 3 1 4
Jim Conacher DET 3 2 2 4
Max Bentley CHI 1 1 3 4
Leo Gravelle MON 2 3 0 3
Joe Carveth BOS 2 3 0 3
Bill Cowley BOS 2 0 3 3
Billy Taylor DET 3 0 3 3

American League Gold Glove Winners:
Pitcher: Stubby Overmire (DET)
Catcher: Bob Scheffing (NYA)
First Base: George Mcquinn (SLA)
Second Base: Jerry Priddy (WS1)
Third Base: Billy Johnson (NYA)
Shortstop: Vern Stephens (SLA)
Leftfield: Ted Williams (BOS)
Centerfield: Mel Almada (BOS)
Rightfield: Stan Spence (BOS)

National League Gold Glove Winners:
Pitcher: Ken Heintzelman (PIT)
Catcher: Walker Cooper (SLN)
First Base: Ray Sanders (PHI)
Second Base: Tony Cuccinello (PIT)
Third Base: Whitey Kurowski (SLN)
Shortstop: Pee wee Reese (BRO)
Leftfield: Joe Medwick (CIN)
Centerfield: Joe Marty (CHN)
Rightfield: Ford Garrison (CIN)

NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Thursday October 19, 1946
Clemson 27 South Carolina 14

Friday October 20, 1946
Brigham Young 20 San Jose State 17
Detroit Mercy 24 Drake 0
Miami (Florida) 35 Tennessee-Chattanooga 21
Boston College 31 Villanova 14

Saturday October 21, 1946
Marquette 14 Arizona 6
Hardin-Simmons 41 Arizona State 0
Arkansas 7 Mississippi 3
Georgia Tech 37 Auburn 0
Brown 20 Boston University 13
Washington 19 California 13
Michigan State 24 Cincinnati 0
Yale 48 Coast Guard 0
Colorado College 10 Colorado State 7
Columbia 24 Dartmouth 14
Cornell 14 Princeton 0
Texas Tech 23 Denver 3
Army 14 Duke 6
North Carolina 41 Florida 10
Merchant Marine 23 Fordham 10
Rutgers 34 George Washington 3
Georgia 44 Furman 3
New York University 10 Gettysburg 10
Davidson 20 Hampden-Sydney 3
Harvard 24 Holy Cross 13
Texas-El Paso 21 Houston 9
Michigan 44 Illinois 16
Nebraska 3 Indiana 3
Tulsa 17 Kansas 13
Alabama 23 Kentucky 17
Bucknell 21 Lafayette 7
Louisiana State 14 Vanderbilt 9
Ohio State 17 Minnesota 3
Mississippi State 21 Tulane 20
Pennsylvania 40 Navy 10
Colorado 16 New Mexico 10
West Texas A&M 6 New Mexico State 6
North Carolina State 24 Virginia Tech 0
Western State 17 Northern Arizona 10
Montana State 29 Northern Colorado 6
Notre Dame 17 Iowa 6
Oklahoma 61 Iowa State 9
Oregon 17 Idaho 3
Washington State 17 Oregon State 7
Northwestern 26 Pacific 0
Penn State 13 Colgate 6
Purdue 14 Pittsburgh 6
Richmond 27 Washington & Lee 7
UCLA 44 Santa Clara 6
Stanford 24 Southern California 20
Southern Methodist 17 Missouri 7
Georgetown 10 St. Louis 3
Syracuse 10 West Virginia 7
Rice 13 Texas 7
Texas A&M 14 Baylor 0
Oklahoma State 21 Texas Christian 16
Montana 14 Utah State 14
William & Mary 38 Virginia Military Institute 6
Tennessee 14 Wake Forest 7
Utah 17 Wyoming 0

Sunday October 22, 1946
Nevada 36 St. Mary's 27
Detroit Mercy 30 Scranton 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday October 27, 1946
Citadel at South Carolina
Marquette at Detroit Mercy
Miami(Florida) at Villanova
St. Mary's at UCLA
Wake Forest at Tennessee-Chattanooga

Saturday October 28, 1946
Alabama at Georgia
Arizona State at New Mexico State
Arkansas at Texas A&M
Boston College at New York University
Brown at Holy Cross
Cincinnati at Tulsa
Clemson at Virginia Tech
Colgate at Lafayette
Colorado at Utah
Cornell at Columbia
Dartmouth at Yale
Fordham at Penn State
Georgetown at George Washington
Georgia Tech at Duke
Gettysburg at Bucknell
Hardin-Simmons at Arizona
Idaho at Montana
Illinois at Iowa
Iowa State at Kansas State
Maryland at William & Mary
Michigan at Minnesota
Michigan State at Kentucky
Mississippi at Louisiana State
Missouri at Nebraska
Montana State at Nevada
Murray State at Mississippi State
North Carolina at Tennessee
North Carolina State at Virginia Military Institute
Northern Arizona at West Texas A&M
Notre Dame at Navy
Ohio State at Northwestern
Oklahoma at Texas Christian
Oklahoma State at Kansas
Oregon at Southern California
Pittsburgh at Indiana
Princeton at Pennsylvania
Rutgers at Harvard
San Francisco at Santa Clara
South Dakota at St. Louis
Southern Methodist at Texas
Stanford at Oregon State
Temple at Syracuse
Texas Tech at Rice
Texas-El Paso at New Mexico
Vanderbilt at Auburn
Virginia at Richmond
Wagner at Merchant Marine
Washington & Lee at Davidson
Washington State at California
West Virginia at Army
Wichita State at Washburn
Willamette at Portland
Wisconsin at Purdue
Wyoming at Brigham Young

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

ORFU W L T PTS
Tor Balmy Beach 6 2 0 12
Ham Wildcats 5 3 0 10
Tor Indians 5 3 0 10
Ott Trojans 3 5 0 6
Windsor 3 5 0 6
Sarnia 2 6 0 4

IPRFU W L T PTS
Montreal 7 2 0 14
Argos 7 3 0 14
Ottawa RR 4 5 1 9
Ham Tigers 0 8 1 1

WESTERN W L T PTS
Wpg 6 2 0 12
Calg 5 2 0 10
Sask 0 7 0 0

LAST WEEKS RESULTS

Thursday October 19, 1946
Toronto Argos 14 at 24 Ottawa Rough Riders
Saskatchewan 0 at 10 Winnipeg
Hamilton Wildcats 20 at 26 Toronto Indians

Friday October 20, 1946
Sarnia Imperials 7 at 27 Toronto Balmy Beach
Ottawa Trojans 17 at 27 Windsor Royals

NEXT WEEK'S ACTION
Tuesday October 24, 1946
Hamilton Tigers at Montreal Alouettes

Saturday October 28, 1946
Toronto Argos at Montreal Alouettes
Ottawa Rough Riders at Hamilton Tigers
Calgary Stampeders at Saskatchewan Roughriders
Toronto Indians at Ottawa Trojans
Toronto Balmy Beach at Hamilton Wildcats
Windsor Royals at Sarnia Imperials

TigerFan1

08-14-2004, 04:05 PM

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TSN HANDS OUT POSTSEASON AWARDS
TigerFan's Sporting News has unveiled it's award winners for the 1946 baseball season. We do not seperate our awards by league rather deciding to just choose one major league in each of the following categories - Player of the Year, Top Rookie and a 10 man allstar team.

Here are the receipiants of this years TSN Baseball Awards

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Cliff Melton Pittsburgh Pirates - A 28-11 season with a major league best 2.28 era was more than enough to convince TSN that Melton was the premier performer in major league baseball last season. He pitched 32 complete games this season and recorded 4 shutouts. Melton is a 3 time National League Cy Young Award winner and will likely make it 4 when the league announces the 1946 winner next week.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Les Fleming Washington Senators. The 31 year old surprised the baseball world by winning the American League batting title in his first full season in the majors. He finished second to Detroit pitcher Fred Hutchinson in the official American League Awards but was TSN's choice.

ALL STAR TEAM
C - WALKER COOPER St Louis Cardinals
1B- BABE YOUNG Boston Red Sox (.305,19,95)
2B- TONY CUCCINELLO Pittsburgh Pirates (.295,18,87)
3B- OSCAR GRIMES Cleveland Indians (.302,18,88)
SS- ARKY VAUGHAN Pittsburgh Pirates (.318,7,79)
OF- TED WILLIAMS Boston Red Sox (.322,31,93)
OF- PETE REISER Brooklyn Dodgers (.314,12,95)
OF- TOMMY HENRICH Detroit Tigers (.299,23,77)
RHP- STEVE GROMEK Cleveland Indians (26-12, 2.97)
LHP- CLIFF MELTON Pittsburgh Pirates (28-11) 2.28)

PITCHERS CAPTURE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Fred Hutchinson of the Detroit Tigers was the surprise choice as American League rookie of the year. Hutchinson edged out Leo Fleming of the Washington Senators despite the fact that Fleming won the American League batting title. Hutchinson, 27, had a strong debut season with the Tigers, going 17-17 with a 3.66 era. In 40 starts he fanned 189 while walking 119.

The National League race was also quite tight but in the end Giants pitcher Dave Koslo edged out pitcher Warren Spahn of the Braves and outfielders Ralph Kiner from Pittsburgh and the Phillies Del Ennis. The 26 year old Koslo compiled an ERA of 3.49, going 17-18 in 40 starts. He fanned 142 while giving up 322 hits in 330 innings. He pitched 24 complete games and had 2 shutouts. Koslo made the midseason allstar team and finished 7th in the National League in wins.

NHL ROUND UP
DURNAN BACKSTOPS HABS TO 3 STRAIGHT WINS
Montreal goaltender Bill Durnan baffled opposing shooters all week to lead the Montreal Canadiens to 3 straight victories and a position atop the National Hockey League standings. In four of his five starts this season Durnan has allowed just one goal. He can hardly be embarrassed about his performance in the 5th game as he surrendered just 2 in that contest. His 1.18 goals against average is far and away the best in the league.

The Canadiens opened the week with a 3-1 victory over the Rangers at the Montreal Forum. Maurice Richard and Toe Blake each had a goal and an assist while Durnan turned aside 32 Ranger shots. New York goaltender Chuck Rayner made 41 saves and kept the Rangers in the game until Leo Gravelle's empty net goal with 22 seconds to play.

Other Wednesday action saw the Leafs pick up their first win by beating Boston 3-2. Gaye Stewart, who led the league with 37 goals last season, got the winner for his first goal of this campaign. Jim Conacher had a goal and an assist to lead Detroit past Chicago 3-2 in the third game of the night.

On Saturday, the Rangers earned their first point of the season by tying Boston 3-3. Bill Juzda's goal late in the third gave the Blueshirts the tie. Both goaltenders were outstanding as Frank Brimsek faced 50 shots in the Boston net while Chuck Rayner made 40 saves. First period goals from Howie Meeker and Bud Poile helped Toronto win it's second straight as the Leafs beat Chicago 3-2. Max Bentley had a goal and an assist for the Black Hawks to increase his season point total to 8 in 4 games. Bentley led the league in scoring last season with 61 points in 47 games. Goaltender Emile 'The Cat" Francis made 48 saves for the Black Hawks in his NHL debut.

The Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings began a home and home series at the Forum. Maurice Richard scored twice and Durnan stopped 29 of 30 Detroit shots to lead the Habs to a 4-1 victory. The two clubs boarded the train for Detroit and staged a rematch 24 hours later. Montreal again came out on top, this time by a 6-2 margin as The Rocket notched a hat trick. Richard's linemates Toe Blake and Elmer Lach each picked up 2 assists. With 5 goals in his last two games Richard leads the league in scoring, 1 point ahead of Chicago's Max Bentley.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEK 9
CARDINALS BEAT 49ERS 10-0 TO FORCE TIE ATOP THE NFC WEST
The Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers are now tied atop the NFC West after the visiting Cardinals blanked the 49ers 10-0. All the offense came in the first half as Arizona kicker Tremayne LaFavor connected on a 26 yard field goal in the first quarter and Cardinals LB Neil Bledsoe picked off a Koy Harris pass on the San Francisco 6 yard line and waltzed untouched into the endzone. Harris, making his first start since being injured in week 5, completed 14 of 25 passes for 131 yards. Arizona QB Tony Marsalis was also returning from a 3 week injury layoff and he too looked rusty. Marsalis completed just 12 of 25 for 98 yards.

The big story for both teams was the defense. Veteran LB Ben Kinard had a huge game for San Francisco, recording 12 tackles but he was outdone by Arizona safety Booker Hasselbeck. Hasselbeck recorded 10 tackles, a sack, forced 1 fumble and recovered 2 others. Other than that the busiest players on the field were the punters, who each had 7 kicks.

BEARS SURVIVE A SCARE FROM DETROIT
The 8-0 Chicago Bears needed a 4th quarter touchdown pass from Sid *Luckman to Robert Feeley to avoid being upset by the Detroit Lions. The Luckman to Feeley strike, the third time the two hooked up on a touchdown pass in the game, came with just under 5 minutes to play and put the Bears ahead 23-21. The Lions blocked the extra-point but backup Detroit QB Billy Campbell could not get the Lions into field goal range. Campbell was called to action in the first quarter when Lions second year QB Bob Waterfield suffered a leg injury. Waterfield is expected to miss at least 5 weeks.

EAGLES OUTGUN REDSKINS
It was a shoot out in Washington but unfortunately for the Redskins they were unable to bring their biggest gun to the battle. With veteran QB Sammy *Baugh sidelined the Redskins were no match for the Philadelphia Eagles and fell 48-31. Eagles QB Ken Neal, who has had his share of injury problems this season, completed 28 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns. Neal also ran for 100 yards and scored a touchdown. Harley Mitchell with 104, gave the Eagles two 100 yard rushers in the game. Mitchell also scored 2 touchdowns and led all players with 7 catches. On the Washington side of the ball, running back Bob *Seymour gained 104 yards while backup QB Bart Thompson, making his first start in 3 years, passed for 229 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

GIANTS LOSE FOR THE 6 STRAIGHT TIME
Can things get any worse for the New York Giants? They were booed off their homefield following a 20-17 loss to Dallas that dropped them to 2-6 and into a last place tie with the Cowboys in the NFC East. LB Mel Hein is the lone bright spot in what has become a dismal season for the Giants. Hein had 14 tackles yesterday and is third in the league with 91 on the season. 2nd year RB Robert Strahan was the goat on this day. He fumbled 3 times inlcuding on the Giants final two possessions of the game, both times when they were just a first down away from field goal range.

AFC NORTH RACE GETS A SHAKE-UP
The AFC North Division is a logjam after Sunday's games. Bob Slaughter and Jack Abraham connected on a 56 yard touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter to give Cleveland a 17-10 win over Pittsburgh. The victory moves the Browns to 5-4 and ties them with the Steelers for top spot in the division. Meanwhile, in Cincinnati Steve Modzelewski's third field goal of the game, a 56 yarder that would not have been good from a yard further out, as time expired lifted Cincinnati to a 23-20 win over visiting Baltimore. The Bengals got a 315 yard passing day from ex-Michigan QB Ken Smith who was making his second career start in place of the injured Bud Rutledge. Smith was taken in the second round of the 1944 draft but has spent the past two seasons on the Bengals practice squad. The win improves Cincinnati to 4-5 while the Ravens are 4-4-1 in the tight AFC North.

 CHIEFS RIDING 3 GAME WINNING STREAK AFTER 13-6 WIN IN DENVER
The Kansas City Chiefs have quietly crept back into the AFC West race. After losing 3 of their first 5 games the Chiefs have now won 3 in a row and sit just one game back of the division leading Broncos. It was a day dominated by the defense as a first quarter Ulish Groce 16 yard pass to TE John Chamberlain was the only play to find the endzone. Turnovers also played a big role as both Groce and Denver QB Jay Cason were picked off twice. League leading rusher Bruce Jones of Kansas City was held to 80 yards by the Denver defense but the Chiefs did an even better job bottling up Bronco back Oscar Hartings who gained just 61 yards.

Elsewhere

Houston won a kicker's duel 9-6 over Indianapolis

Tampa Bay scored three 4th quarter touchdowns to shock New Orleans 39-28

Carolina beat Atlanta 21-9 despite the fact that Panthers QB Javon Jamieson was picked off 4 times in the game

Tennessee improved to 6-2 with a 20-6 victory over Jacksonville.

Minnesota and Green Bay are both 3-5 after the Vikings beat the Packers 33-21. Don *Hutson had a rough game for the Pack. QB Jordan Montana threw 20 passes in his direction but Hutson managed to snag just 4 of them.

The Chargers beat Oakland 16-12 to remain tied with Kansas City, a game back of Denver in the AFC West. Oakland linebacker Javon Love had 13 tackles, a sack and an interception in a losing cause.

A pair of defensive touchdowns helped Seattle win it's second in a row, beating the St Louis Rams 24-3 in a battle to get out of the NFC West cellar.

NFL ROOKIE WATCH - part 3
In the final of a 3 part report on this years rookies we take a look at the offensive players selected in the first round of the 1946 draft.

LOU *GROZA OT Detroit - Taken 1st overall out of Ohio State, Groza has been a great addition to the Detroit offensive line. He has started every game and has yet to allow a sack.

DANTE *LAVELLI WR Washington - the second overall pick also hails from Ohio State and has fit into the Redskins aerial offense quite well. He has 30 receptions, including 6 touchdowns, for 630 yards and is a serious contender for offensive rookie of the year.

VINCENT UWAEZUOKE C NY GIANTS - The Giants traded up to grab this skilled center from Michigan State third overall. He has played well but you have to question his selection this high.

MARION *MOTLEY RB Seattle - Selected 4th overall from Nevada. Motley, like the rest of the Seahawks has had a tough season, gaining 374 yards through the first 8 games. He has yet to score a touchdown.

JERRY ANDRUZZI OT Jacksonville - The 5th overall pick from San Diego State has started every game for the Jags. He has made a few mistakes but has great potential.

RAYMOND CASH RB Dallas - taken 6th overall from Tennessee, Cash has gained 524 yards and scored 5 touchdowns through 8 games as the Cowboys feature back. He is averaging 4.9 yards a carry.

HUGH VICK WR Miami - The 7th overall pick from Michigan has 22 catches for the Dolphins. His playing time has been limited on occassion because of a perceived lack of discipline on his route running.

RANDY PRICER WR NY JETS - 9th pick out of Oklahoma State missed 4 games with an injury and has just 12 catches so far. He is more than a little frustrated at the lack of balls thrown in his direction.

DARREN MCLEOD RB Tampa - The first of two Notre Dame first rounders selected, the 11th pick has gained 272 yards on 74 carrries and scored 1 touchdown for the Bucs as the backup running back. Has great potential.

TOMMY *THOMPSON QB Kansas City - 12th overall pick from Tulsa was injured in the preseason and placed on IR.

BUD NEAL WR Pittsburgh - The Notre Dame product was selected 13th by the Steelers. He has started every game so far and has 48 catches for 633 yards and 4 touchdowns. Next to Lavelli he is the skill player who has fit in the quickest.

DEWITT *COULTER OT New England - Former Army lineman has yet to allow a sack in 8 starts for the Pats.

MARQUISE WOODSON WR San Diego - Taken 18th Woodson is yet another Ohio State first rounder. Has 30 catches and 4 touchdowns in 8 starts with the Chargers including a career high 6 catches for 103 yards in Sunday's win over Oakland.

TRENT FENNEY QB Arizona - taken 19th from Maryland Fenney has started 5 games for the Cardinals and has completed 54% of his passes. He has 6 touchdown passes against 6 interceptions. The Cards are 3-2 in his 5 starts.

STEPHEN WILLIAMS RB Indianapolis - Former UCLA star was taken 20th by the Colts. He has ran for 325 yards and 1 touchdown. Also caught 6 passes including two for td's before missing 3 games with a broken foot.

GARY BISHOP OT Philadelphia - 25th pick from Clemson has allowed just 1 sack and has yet to take a holding penalty in 8 starts for the Eagles.

KENT JONES OT Baltimore - 26th pick from Texas A&M has done a decent job in starting all 9 games for the Ravens. Needs to work on discipline as he has taken numerous penalties.

JOHN F *GREEN OG Tennessee - 29th pick from Army had a good start but has struggled the last few games. He has started all 9 for the Titans.

MARK JACKSON FB Washington - 30th pick from Arizona State has been a very good fit for the Redskins. Does a decent job blocking and when called upon can make some nice catches. Started every game and has 14 receptions plus 153 yards rushing.

If we were picking an offensive rookie of the year right now the honour would go to WR Dante Lavelli with Lou Groza and Bud Neal close behind.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUND UP
THREE TOP 10 TEAMS GO DOWN TO DEFEAT IN WILD WEEKEND
The 4th ranked Tennessee Volunteers were one of three top 10 teams to lose over the weekend. North Carolina QB Demarco Dickinson tossed 3 touchdown passes and threw for over 350 yards as the #12 Tar Heels spanked Tennessee in Knoxville 24-6. The victory moves 6-0 North Carolina to 6th place in the polls. North Carolina faces a stiff challenge next week in a Southern Conference showdown with unbeaten William & Mary. The Tribe beat Maryland 22-7 to move up to 12th in the rankings.

Tennessee was not the only high profile schools to suffer a bad loss last week. Arkansas, which had moved to #9 in the polls was blanked 10-0 by Texas A&M while 10th ranked Ohio State saw it's Rose Bowl hopes all but vanish with a 30-10 loss to Northwestern. Wildcat QB Otto Graham threw for 412 yards and 3 touchdowns in the game. Further on down the list Georgia Tech fell out of the top 20 after being pummelled 34-3 by Duke. The 3-3 Blue Devils look like one of the most dangerous teams in the nation the past two weeks - they nearly upset Army on the road a week ago. A week after shocking USC, Stanford was beaten 25-17 by Oregon State in PCC action. The loss ends a short-lived stay in the top 20 for the Cardinal. USC came back with a vengance after that loss. The Trojans moved up to 17th after taking their frustrations out on Oregon 34-0. Trojan CB Ken Murphy grabbed his 6th interception in that game and also recovered two fumbles.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Notre Dame (1) -- 5-0 beat Navy 34-3 play #2 Army in New York next week
2- Army (2) -- 7-0 beat West Virginia 35-3 play #1 Notre Dame in New York next week
3. Georgia (3) -- 6-0 beat then #13 Alabama 27-16, host Florida next week
4. UCLA (5) -- 6-0 beat St Mary's 41-13, at Oregon next week
5. Michigan (6) -- 5-1 beat Minnesota 14-6, host Michigan State next week
6. North Carolina (12) -- 6-0 beat then #4 Tennessee 24-6, host #12 William and Mary next week
7. Pennsylvania (7)-- 5-0 beat Princeton 40-0, at Columbia next week
8. Yale (8) -- 6-0 beat Dartmouth 41-7, host Brown next week
9. Tennessee (4)-- 5-1 lost to then #12 North Carolina 24-6, host Mississippi next week
10. Rice (11) - 4-0-1 beat then #18 Texas Tech 10-3, at #13 Arkansas next week
11. Alabama (13) -- 5-2 lost 27-16 at #3 Georgia, at #20 LSU next week
12 William & Mary (20)-- 7-0 beat Maryland 22-7, at #6 North Carolina next week
13. Arkansas (9) - 5-1-1 lost 10-0 to Texas A&M, host #10 Rice next week
14. Ohio State (10) -- 4-2 lost 30-10 at Northwestern, host Pittsburgh next week
15 Southern Methodist (15) 4-0-2 tied 14-14 at #16 Texas, host Texas A&M next week
16. Texas (16) -- 4-2-1 tied 14-14 with #15 SMU, at Baylor next week
17. Southern California (19)-- 4-1-1 beat Oregon 34-0, host California next week
18 Kentucky (nr)-- 5-2 beat Michigan State 28-7, at Marquette next week
19. Illinois (nr)-- 4-2-1 beat Iowa 20-3, off next week
20 Louisianna State (nr) 4-1 beat Mississippi 24-7, host #11 Alabama next week

Dropping out of top 20
Georgia Tech (14)-- 4-2 lost 34-3 at Duke, host Navy next week
Stanford (17) -- 4-2 lost 25-17 at Oregon State, host Washington next week
Texas Tech (18) -- 5-2 lost 10-3, at #11 Rice, at New Mexico next week

GAME OF THE YEAR IN NEW YORK CITY AS NUMBER 1 MEETS NUMBER 2
The college football National Championship for 1946 might well be decided on the field at Yankee Stadium next Saturday as number 1 Notre Dame faces number 2 ranked Army. Despite the Irish now being ranked number 1 Army has to be a clear favourite entering the game. Army has won 25 straight and beat Notre Dame in their past two meetings by a combined score of 107-0. NFL scouts will be out in full force as ten of the top 100 college seniors in the nation (according to confidential NFL scouting documents) will be on the field. However Army fullback Doc Blanchard will not play in the game. He was injured two weeks ago and is expected to miss another week or two. Here are the key players to watch:

ARMY
Senior QB Arnold *Tucker 1334 yards passing , 62.9%, 10 TDs, 5 INTs
Senior RB Glen *Davis 704 yards rushing, 3.4 YPC, 9 TDs.
Senior TE Hank *Foldberg 16 catches, 329 yards, 2 TDs, 2 run blocks.
Senior WR Barney *Poole 48 catches, 1043 yards, 3 TDs, 21.7 YPC
Senior ILB John *Green 56 tackles, 2 sacks, 7 stuffs, 2 INTs.

NOTRE DAME
Junior QB Johnny *Lujack 1331 yards passing, 73.2%, 15 TDs, 3 INTs
Senior DE George *Strohmeyer 7 sacks, 7 stuffs, 26 tackles
Senior CB Morris Adams 24 tackles, 6 passes def, 0 sacks, 3 INTs
Senior SS Lance Saimes 28 tackles, 6 passes def, 1 sacks, 3 INTs.

The Army-Notre Dame matchup will be the biggest of the weekend but there is another very important games next week as well. 7-0 William & Mary visits 6-0 North Carolina in the game that will quite possibly decide the Southern Conference title.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS
The weekly conference notebook will return next week but here are the current standings in the major conferences.

SEC
CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Geo 3 0 0 6 0 0
LSU 3 0 0 4 1 0
Vandt 3 2 0 4 2 0
Tenn 2 0 0 5 1 0
GeTech 2 1 0 3 2 0
bama 2 2 0 5 2 0
Kent 2 2 0 5 2 0
Tulane 2 2 0 2 3 0
MissSt 1 1 0 5 1 0
Flor 0 2 1 0 4 1
Miss 0 4 1 1 5 1
Auburn 0 3 0 3 3 0

WESTERN
CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Mich 5 0 0 5 1 0
Illin 3 1 1 4 2 1
OhioSt 3 1 0 4 2 0
Purd 2 2 0 3 4 0
Minn 1 2 1 3 2 1
Nrthw 1 2 1 3 2 1
Wisc 1 3 0 3 3 0
Iowa 1 3 0 3 4 0
Indi 0 3 1 2 3 2

PACIFIC COAST
CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
UCLA 4 0 0 6 0 0
USC 3 1 1 4 1 1
Oreg 3 2 0 4 2 0
Stan 2 2 0 4 2 0
Wash 2 2 0 2 2 1
Calif 2 2 0 2 4 0
WshSt 2 4 0 2 4 0
OreSt 1 2 1 2 2 1
Mont 1 1 0 3 3 0
Idaho 0 4 0 1 5 0

SOUTHWEST
CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
T A&M 3 0 0 4 3 0
Ark 2 1 1 5 1 1
Rice 1 0 1 5 0 1
TCU 1 1 1 2 4 1
SMU 0 0 2 4 0 2
Texas 0 2 1 4 2 1
Baylor 0 3 0 1 4 0

SOUTHERN
CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
W & M 5 0 0 7 0 0
N Car 2 0 0 6 0 0
Wake 2 0 0 5 1 0
NC St 5 1 0 5 1 0
Rich 3 1 0 6 1 0
S Car 2 1 0 3 2 0
Va Tech 1 3 1 1 4 1
Duke 1 1 0 3 3 0
Citadel 1 2 0 2 2 1
Davidsn 1 2 0 4 2 0
VMI 1 3 0 2 5 0
Clem 1 3 0 2 4 0
Maryl 0 3 1 1 3 1
G Wsh 0 0 0 4 1 0
Furman 0 2 0 1 4 0
W& Lee 0 3 0 2 3 0

BIG 6
CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Kans 2 0 0 5 2 0
Okla 2 0 0 4 2 0
Missri 2 1 0 3 4 0
Nebr 2 1 0 2 3 1
K St 1 3 0 1 4 0
IowaSt 0 4 0 2 5 0

MAJOR INDEPENDANTS
W L T
Army 7 0 0
Nevada 6 0 0
Yale 6 0 0
Detroit Mercy 6 1 0
Rutgers 5 0 1
Notre Dame 5 0 0
Pennsylvania 5 0 0
Harvard 4 0 2
Holy Cross 4 1 1
Syracuse 4 1 1
Boston College 4 1 0
Penn State 4 1 0
Bucknell 4 2 0
Brown 3 2 1
St. Mary's 3 2 1
Virginia 3 2 0
Columbia 3 3 0
Cornell 3 3 0
Miami (Florida) 3 3 0
Montana State 3 3 0
Marquette 3 4 0
Pittsburgh 3 4 0
Villanova 3 4 0
Merchant Marine 2 5 1
Georgetown 2 2 0
Colgate 2 3 0
Portland 2 3 0
Temple 2 3 0
Michigan State 2 4 0
Santa Clara 2 4 0
Princeton 1 3 1
San Francisco 1 4 0
Lafayette 1 5 0
Tenn-Chat 1 5 0
West Virginia 1 6 0
New York U 0 4 1
Fordham 0 4 0
Dartmouth 0 6 0
Navy 0 6 0

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
JUST ONE PLAYOFF SPOT STILL UP FOR GRABS IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL
With the Canadian Football leagues down to their final week of regular season play, 5 of the 6 playoff spots have already been decided. The only exception is in the Ontario Rugby Football Union where the Toronto Indians and Hamilton Wildcats will go down to the final game in their battle for second place in the league. The Toronto Balmy Beach lead the ORFU with 14 points and have clinched a playoff spot. The Toronto Indians sport a 6-3 record for 12 points while the third place Wildcats are 5-4 after losing 24-17 to Balmy Beach over the weekend.

Hamilton is still alive but just barely. They will need to beat Windsor and have the Indians lose to Sarnia to be tied with the Indians. In the event of a tie the first tie-breaker is head to head record but the two clubs split their two games this season. The second tie-breaker is points for and against. Presently the Indians are +43 and Hamilton is +37. Realistically it is unlikely 3-6 Sarnia will win on the road against the Indians so we are looking at an all-Toronto championship game in the ORFU.

In the InterProvincial Rugby Football Union the Montreal Alouettes wrapped up first place and homefield advantage in the playoff game with a 10-0 victory on their home field against the Toronto Argos. The Alouettes and Argos meet again this week in Toronto but the game is meaningless as the two clubs are guaranteed to meet the following week in Montreal for the league title game.

The Western Canadian league season came to a close as Calgary blanked Saskatchewan 14-0. The Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers begin a 2 game total points series in Winnipeg November 11th. The winner will head east to play for the Grey Cup in Toronto on November 26th.

BOXING BEAT
GARDNER WINS FLYWEIGHT TITLE AMID CONTROVERSY
England's Teddy Gardner was crowned boxing World Flyweight Champion after winning a controversial 15 round decision in Paris over Little Dado of the Phillippines. Dado's corner was furious after that bout and with good cause. The referee took 4 points away from Dado for various infractions during the fight yet Gardner was never penalized despite being warned several times.

"It is a joke," said Dado afterwards. "Look at the scorecards. I should have won this fight. The ref gave it to him because of all the English fans here."

The referee Lou Moret and the American judge each scored it 142-140 for Gardner while the Italian judge had Gardner winning by just a single point. Removing the penalties from the equation Dado was certainly the better fighter on this night. The 26 year old Dado had said immediately after the fight that he will retire but quickly recanted that the next day.

For Gardner, who fought Dado to a 15-round draw in Japan in September which necessitated this rematch, the future is much clearer. Gardner will make his first title defense against the 4th ranked flyweight, Yoshio Shirai of Japan, in late March. A venue has not yet been determined by Gardner says it will be in Britian.

In other boxing news Earl Walls beat Larry Gaines by a 9th round TKO for the Canadian Heavyweight Title. The 19 year old Walls had little trouble with the 45 year old Gaines who announced his retirement following the fight.

NEW BASKETBALL LEAGUE TAKES FLIGHT THIS WEEK
The 11 team professional basketball loop that dubs itself the Basketball Association of America will tip-off it's inagural season this Friday as the New York Knickerbockers visit the Toronto Huskies. The league is the brainchild of several arena owners in the northeast who were looking for a way to fill additional dates in their large arenas.

Here is a brief look at the key players on each of the 11 teams.

EAST DIVISION

BOSTON CELTICS - The Celtics will be led by 6'8" center Connie Simmons, former Long Beach State star Al Brightman and Chuck Connors, who is also a budding baseball star and actor. John Russell, a longtime ABLer will coach the Celtics.

NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS - Composed almost exclusively of former New York area college stars including Sidney Hertzberg, John Palmer and Ossie Schectman.

PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS - Coach Eddie Gottlieb has assembled a fine cast led by former Murray State legend Joe Fulks. Fulks, who served in the Marines after graduating in 1943, has a machine gun jump shot and will be the key to the Warriors success.

PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLERS - Former Rhode Island guard Ernie Calverley will be the leader of this club. Center Hank Beenders, who played at Long Island and ex-Georgetown guard Donald Martin will add some offense.

TORONTO HUSKIES - Probably the riskiest gamble for a franchise's success, it remains to be seen if the Huskies will draw much interest from hockey-mad Toronto. A lack of talent will likely make it even harder to sell the team as Mike McCarron, who played at Seton Hall, and ex-Youngstown State guard Leo Mogus are the best of these dogs. Canadian Hank Biasatti, a minor league baseball player, has been added to the squad in an effort to increase local interest.

WASHINGTON CAPITOLS - The coaching reigns have been handed to a brash 29 year old high school coach named Red Aurebach. The team has loads of experience and should be a contender for top spot in the division. The leader is guard Bob Feerick, a superb floor general who jumped over from the N. B. L.. Joining Feerick in the backcourt will be Freddie Scolari, a top shooter. in the forecourt are ex-Rochester center John Mahnken, forward Johnny Norlander, and 27-year-old rookie Bones McKinney, who just completed his war-interripted career at North Carolina.

WEST DIVISION

CHICAGO STAGS - Chicago coach Ole Olsen has built a quick fast break around rebounding center Chick Halbert, feeder Mickey Rottner, and set-shooter Max Zaslofsky.

CLEVELAND REBELS - Center Ed Sadowski, who played his college ball at Seton Hall, will be the go-to guy on offense. The backcourt is strong with Frankie Baumholtz, a future major league baseball player, and rookie Kenny Sailors, who was a fine playmaker in college at Wyoming.

DETROIT FALCONS - Bulky forward Stan Miasek appears to have emerged as the Falcons leader. Seems to be a real lack of offense aside from Miasek and perhaps former Valparaiso foreward John Janisch.

PITTSBURGH IRONMEN - Not a lot of talent so it will likely be a real long season for the Ironmen. Coulby Gunther, who played at Boston College, and Etna, Pennsylvania native John Abramovic are the best of a weak lot.

ST LOUIS BOMBERS - Ex-Yale coach Ken Loeffler will guide the Bombers and he has assembled a running team with former Indiana Hoosier guard Johnny Logan as the leader. Belus Smawley, a guard from Applachian State and ex-Colorado forward Bob Doll will also be counted on.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

NHL Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Montreal 5 4 0 1 9 20 6
Detroit 6 4 2 0 8 19 18
Toronto 4 2 2 0 4 10 9
Chicago 3 1 2 0 2 8 8
Boston 4 0 2 2 2 8 11
New York 4 0 3 1 1 7 18

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Wednesday October 25, 1946
Montreal 3 New York 1
Toronto 3 Boston 2
Detroit 3 Chicago 2

Saturday October 28, 1946
Boston 3 New York 3
Montreal 4 Detroit 1
Toronto 3 Chicago 2

Sunday October 29, 1946
Montreal 6 Detroit 2

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Wednesday November 1, 1946
Boston at New York
Toronto at Chicago

Friday November 3, 1946
Toronto at Montreal

Saturday November 4, 1946
Boston at Toronto
New York at Detroit

Sunday November 5, 1946
Detroit at New York
Boston at Chicago

LEADERBOARD

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Maurice Richard MON 5 7 2 9
Max Bentley CHI 3 2 6 8
Leo Gravelle MON 5 6 0 6
Joe Carveth BOS 4 4 2 6
Roy Conacher DET 6 4 2 6
Jim Conacher DET 6 3 3 6
George Gee CHI 3 3 2 5
Toe Blake MON 5 1 4 5
Billy Taylor DET 6 0 5 5

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 5 4-0-1 0 1.18
Frank Brimsek BOS 4 0-2-2 0 2.42
Paul Bibeault CHI 2 1-1-0 0 2.52
Turk Broda TOR 4 2-2-0 0 2.76

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 8 0 0 1.000 257 118
Det 3 5 0 .375 171 204
GB 3 5 0 .375 183 177
Min 3 5 0 .375 130 173

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 7 1 0 .875 225 156
Wash 4 4 0 .500 209 192
Dal 2 6 0 .250 150 198
NYG 2 6 0 .250 138 197

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 4 4 0 .500 159 198
Atl 4 4 0 .500 122 141
Car 3 5 0 .375 116 166
TB 2 6 0 .250 155 197

West W L T PCT PF PA
Arz 6 3 0 .667 178 163
SF 6 3 0 .667 190 149
Sea 4 5 0 .444 191 208
StL 3 6 0 .333 152 168

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 5 4 0 .556 152 145
Pit 5 4 0 .556 164 169
Bal 4 4 1 .500 133 129
Cin 4 5 0 .444 185 180

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 6 2 0 .750 162 95
NYJ 4 4 0 .500 163 126
Buf 4 4 0 .500 112 130
Mia 2 6 0 .250 142 179

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 6 2 0 .750 192 116
Hou 3 4 1 .438 117 153
Jax 3 5 0 .375 130 150
Ind 2 6 0 .250 111 159

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 6 2 0 .750 192 144
KC 5 3 0 .625 128 145
SD 5 3 0 .625 138 119
Oak 3 5 0 .375 135 138

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Houston 9 Indianapolis 6
Dallas 20 NY Giants 17
Tampa 39 New Orleans 28
Chicago 23 Detroit 21
Carolina 21 Atlanta 9
Arizona 10 San Francisco 0
Tennessee 20 Jacksonville 6
Kansas City 13 Denver 6
Minnesota 33 Green Bay 21
San Diego 16 Oakland 12
Cincinnati 23 Baltimore 20
Cleveland 17 Pittsburgh 10
Seattle 24 St Louis 3
Philadelphia 48 Washington 31

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Chicago Bears (8-0) at Green Bay Packers (3-5)
Washington Redskins (4-4) at New York Giants (2-6)
Philadelphia Eagles (7-1) at Dallas Cowboys (2-6)
New Orleans Saints (4-4) at Atlanta Falcons (4-4)
Cincinnati Bengals (4-5) at Cleveland Browns (5-4)
Denver Broncos (6-2) at Oakland Raiders (3-5)
Kansas City Chiefs (5-3) at San Diego Chargers (5-3)
Jacksonville Jaguars (3-5) at Houston Texans (3-4-1)
New York Jets (4-4) at Miami Dolphins (2-6)
New England Patriots (6-2) at Buffalo Bills (4-4)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-6) at Carolina Panthers (3-5)
Baltimore Ravens (4-4-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (5-4)
Tennessee Titans (6-2) at Indianapolis Colts (2-6)
Detroit Lions (3-5) at Minnesota Vikings (3-5)

NFL STAT LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 255 182 71.4 2404 19 4 119.1
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Manfred Gayle TEN 183 106 57.9 1553 17 5 105.3
Tony Marsalis ARZ 103 70 68 709 5 2 95.5
Ken Neal PHI 189 130 68.8 1455 9 6 94.1

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Bruce Jones KAN 8 195 901 4.6 70 8
Todd Berger NO 8 178 890 5 47 5
S *Van Buren NYJ 8 179 885 4.9 81 5
Stacey Jolley MIA 8 169 832 4.9 66 8
Harley Mitchell PHI 8 201 806 4 48 9

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Zach Kruczek CLE 63
Bob Sommer NO 56
Mel Ours HOU 56
Wayne *Miller WSH 55
Brian Gardner DEN 55
Willie Nelson DAL 52
Lewis Smith JAX 52
Bob *Shaw CIN 52

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 8 55 843 15.3 79 7
Zach Kruczek CLE 9 63 785 12.5 47 2
Brian Gardner DEN 8 55 752 13.7 70 4
Mel Ours HOU 8 56 743 13.3 60 3
Chuck Myers NYG 8 47 696 14.8 80 3

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Matt Truluck STL 9 96 82 14
B Hasselbeck ARZ 9 94 71 23
Mel Hein NYG 8 91 70 21
Jeff Parent CIN 9 89 74 15
James Williams SEA 9 88 63 25

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 12
Reggie White SD 8
Leslie Hill PHI 8
Ruben Taylor MIN 8
Wayne *Millner CLE 8
Javon Love OAK 8

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 7
Mark Smith BAL 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Earl Joyce SF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 6
Todd Elwell PIT 5
Frankie Morrall CHI 5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Thursday October 26, 1946
South Carolina 17 Citadel 13
Detroit Mercy 38 Marquette 10
Miami (Florida) 21 Villanova 0
UCLA 41 St. Mary's 13
Wake Forest 38 Tennessee-Chattanooga 7

Satruday October 28, 1946
Georgia 27 Alabama 16
New Mexico State 33 Arizona State 9
Texas A&M 10 Arkansas 0
Boston College 40 New York University 6
Holy Cross 13 Brown 3
Tulsa 41 Cincinnati 0
Virginia Tech 14 Clemson 3
Colgate 26 Lafayette 0
Utah 24 Colorado 0
Columbia 17 Cornell 6
Yale 41 Dartmouth 7
Penn State 33 Fordham 7
George Washington 9 Georgetown 6
Duke 34 Georgia Tech 3
Bucknell 17 Gettysburg 7
Hardin-Simmons 19 Arizona 14
Montana 30 Idaho 7
Illinois 20 Iowa 3
Kansas State 23 Iowa State 6
William & Mary 22 Maryland 7
Michigan 14 Minnesota 6
Kentucky 28 Michigan State 7
Louisiana State 24 Mississippi 7
Nebraska 23 Missouri 14
Nevada 34 Montana State 14
Mississippi State 31 Murray State 7
North Carolina 24 Tennessee 6
North Carolina State 23 Virginia Military Institute 0
West Texas A&M 23 Northern Arizona 7
Notre Dame 34 Navy 3
Northwestern 30 Ohio State 10
Oklahoma 14 Texas Christian 10
Oklahoma State 34 Kansas 13
Southern California 34 Oregon 0
Indiana 21 Pittsburgh 0
Pennsylvania 40 Princeton 0
Harvard 14 Rutgers 14
San Francisco 28 Santa Clara 16
St. Louis 20 South Dakota 3
Texas 14 Southern Methodist 14
Oregon State 25 Stanford 17
Temple 21 Syracuse 17
Rice 10 Texas Tech 3
New Mexico 20 Texas-El Paso 17
Vanderbilt 17 Auburn 0
Richmond 20 Virginia 10
Merchant Marine 24 Wagner 3
Davidson 24 Washington & Lee 13
California 17 Washington State 3
Army 35 West Virginia 3
Washburn 7 Wichita State 7
Portland 27 Willamette 7
Purdue 17 Wisconsin 15
Brigham Young 13 Wyoming 3

UPCOMING GAMES
Friday November 3, 1946
Miami (OH) at Miami (FLA)
Texas A&M at Southern Methodist
Villanova at Detroit Mercy

Saturday November 4, 1946
Alabama at Louisiana State
Brigham Young at Utah State
Brown at Yale
California at Southern California
Citadel at George Washington
Clemson at Tulane
Colgate at Holy Cross
Colorado at Missouri
Delaware at Bucknell
Denver at Wyoming
Drake at Iowa State
Eastern New Mexico at Northern Arizona
Florida at Georgia
Fordham at West Virginia
Georgetown at Boston College
Harvard at Dartmouth
Idaho at Oregon State
Indiana at Northwestern
Iowa at Wisconsin
Kansas State at San Francisco
Kentucky at Marquette
Lafayette at Rutgers
Merchant Marine at Brooklyn
Michigan State at Michigan
Mississippi at Tennessee
Mississippi State at Auburn
Montana State at Portland
Navy at Georgia Tech
New York University at Lehigh
North Carolina State at Vanderbilt
Notre Dame at Army
Oklahoma at Kansas
Oklahoma State at Tulsa
Pennsylvania at Columbia
Pittsburgh at Ohio State
Purdue at Minnesota
Rice at Arkansas
Richmond at Davidson
Santa Barbara at Nevada
Santa Clara at Arizona
South Carolina at Maryland
Sul Ross State at New Mexico State
Syracuse at Cornell
Temple at Penn State
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Dayton
Texas at Baylor
Texas Tech at New Mexico
Texas-El Paso at Arizona State
UCLA at Oregon
Utah at Colorado State
Virginia at Princeton
Virginia Military Institute at Furman
Wake Forest at Duke
Washington at Stanford
Washington & Lee at Virginia Tech
West Texas A&M at Hardin-Simmons
Wichita State at St. Louis
William & Mary at North Carolina

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

ORFU W L T PTS
TBB 7 2 0 14
TInd 6 3 0 12
HWild 5 4 0 10
OTroj 3 6 0 6
Wind 3 6 0 6
Sarn 3 6 0 6

IPRFU W L T PTS
Mont 9 2 0 18
Argos 7 4 0 14
OttRR 5 5 1 11
HTig 0 10 1 1

WESTERN
FINAL STANDINGS W L T PTS
Winnipeg 6 2 0 12
Calgary 6 2 0 12
Saskatchewan 0 8 0 0

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Tuesday October 24, 1946
Hamilton Tigers 3 at 31 Montreal Alouettes

Saturday October 28, 1946
Toronto Argos 0 at 10 Montreal Alouettes
Ottawa Rough Riders 28 at 17 Hamilton Tigers
Calgary Stampeders 14 at 0 Saskatchewan Roughriders
Toronto Indians 17 at 10 Ottawa Trojans
Toronto Balmy Beach 24 at 17 Hamilton Wildcats
Windsor Royals 17 at 24 Sarnia Imperials

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday November 4, 1946
Montreal Alouettes at Toronto Argos
Hamilton Tigers at Ottawa Rough Riders
Sarnia Imperials at Toronto Indians
Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Balmy Beach
Hamilton Wildcats at Windsor Royals
End of Regular Season

PLAYOFFS
Saturday November 11, 1946
Western Final Game 1
Calgary at Winnipeg

Sunday November 12, 1946
IPRFU FINAL
Toronto Argos at Montreal Alouettes

ORFU FINAL
teams to be determined

Saturday November 18, 1946
Western Final Game 2
Winnipeg at Calgary (2 game total points)

Sunday November 19, 1946
ORFU champ at IPRFU champ

Sunday November 26, 1946
GREY CUP
Western Winner vs Eastern Winner at Toronto

GOLF

MAJOR TOURNEY WINNERS
The Masters - Ben Hogan
British Open - Byron Nelson in a playoff over Peter Thomson
US Open - Harry Bradshaw
PGA - Byron Nelson

The Golfer of the year will be announced on Saturday November 25
The USA and Britian will name their teams for the 1947 Ryder Cup the following week

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 12:02 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS - November 6, 1946

ARMY BEATS NOTRE DAME 16-7
COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
Army retakes the number one spot in the college football pool with a 16-7 victory over Notre Dame in what was billed 'The College Football Game of the Year'. Notre Dame struck early when junior quaterback Johnny *Lujack marched the Irish down the field midway through the first quarter. With a second and goal on the Army 4 yard line Lujack rolled out and seeing no one open tucked the ball under his arm and beat 3 Army defenders to the corner of the endzone. Army tied the score early in the second quarter when QB Arnold *Tucker connected with senior wide receiver Barney *Poole on a 12 yard touchdown strike. It remained tied at the half.

Army wore down the Notre Dame defense with a punishing ground game. While the Irish never did break the defense did bend enough to allow Army to connect on three second half field goals to make the final score 16-7. The key player for Army had to be offensive tackle Albert *Nemetz who opened up holes for running back Glen *Davis and QB Tucker all day. Tucker more than made up for injured fullback Doc *Blanchard, gaining 87 yards on the ground. Davis added 84 yards rushing to the Army offense.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (2) -- 8-0 beat then #1 Notre Dame 16-7, at #7 Pennsylvania next week
2. Georgia (3) -- 7-0 beat Florida 33-0, host Auburn next week
3. UCLA (4) -- 7-0 beat Oregon 34-13, host Montana next week
4- Notre Dame (1) -- 5-1 lost 16-7 to then #2 Army, host Northwestern next week
5. Michigan (5) -- 6-1 beat Michigan State 41-0, host Wisconsin next week
6. North Carolina (6) -- 7-0 beat then #12 William and Mary, 27-24, host Wake Forest next week
7. Pennsylvania (7)-- 6-0 beat Columbia 35-20, host #1 Army next week
8. Yale (8) -- 7-0 beat Brown 21-10, host Princeton next week
9. Tennessee (9)-- 6-1 beat Mississippi 24-3, at Boston College next week
10. Rice (10) - 5-0-1 beat then #13 Arkansas 14-3, at Texas A&M next week
11. Alabama (11) -- 6-2 beat then #20 LSU 27-20, host Vanderbilt next week
12 William & Mary (12)-- 7-1 lost 27-24 to then #6 North Carolina, at George Washington next week
13. Arkansas (13) - 5-1-1 lost 14-3 to then #10 Rice, host #18 Southern Methodist next week
14. Texas (16) -- 5-2-1 beat Baylor 27-3, at Texas Christian next week
15. Southern California (17)-- 5-1-1 beat California 30-3, off next week
16 Kentucky (18)-- 6-2 beat Marquette 12-3, host West Virginia next week
17. Illinois (19)-- 4-2-1 off, host Ohio State next week
18 Southern Methodist (15) 4-1-2 lost 17-3 to Texas A&M, at #13 Arkansas next week
19. Texas Tech(nr)-- 6-2 beat New Mexico 10-0, host Oklahoma State next week
20. Oklahoma (nr)-- 5-2 beat Kansas 41-6, host Missouri next week

Dropping out of top 20
Ohio State (14) -- 4-3 lost 24-14 to Pittsburgh, at #17 Illinois next week
Louisianna State (20) 4-2 lost 27-20 to then #11 Alabama, at Miami (Fla) next week

NFL WEEK 10 RECAP
CHICAGO STILL UNBEATEN BUT JUST "BEARLY"
For the second week in a row the Chicago Bears flirted with defeat but in the end managed to keep their unbeaten record intact. Sid *Luckman's fourth touchdown pass of the day, a 5 yard strike to Robert Feeley with 1:19 remaining in regulation gave the Bears a 38-37 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Last week the Bears needed a late td pass from the same Luckman to Feeley combination in order to nip Detroit 23-21. Feeley made 7 receptions including 2 for touchdowns while the other wideout Ken *Kavanaugh was the recepient of 2 Luckman td passes as well.

Defense was a bad word in this game as the two quarterbacks combined for 651 yards passing and 8 touchdown passes. Cecil *Isbell of the Packers threw 4 touchdown passes including a pair to WR Don *Hutson.

In other NFC action

Philadelphia improved to 8-1 with a 13-7 win over Dallas. Two second half field goals from Eagles kicker C.R. Evans proved the difference.

With Sammy *Baugh still sidelined the Washington Redskins relied on a ground game and had little trouble handing the Giants their 7th straight loss. Bob *Seymour ran for two touchdowns and 140 yards in Washington's 28-16 win. The Redskins are 5-4 and still in the thick of the wildcard race.

Todd Berger became the first back to top the 1000 yard rushing mark this season. Berger gained 115 yards to help the New Orleans Saints beat Atlanta 27-13 and take over sole possession of top spot in the NFC South. Berger, the 1943 offensive rookie of the year, has 1005 yards after 9 games. Last season he ran for 2147 yards to lead the league.

Tampa and Carolina are both 3-6 after the Buccaneers beat the Panthers 28-20.

In the other NFC game Minnesota beat Detroit 13-7 despite the fact the Lions had twice as many yards of offense. Back-up QB Billy Campbell, starting in place of the injured Bob *Waterfield, had a tough time in the red zone.

BIG BRONCOS RALLY ROCKS RAIDERS
The Denver Broncos spotted the Raiders a 24-0 lead before galloping back with 31 unaswered points in a 31-24 victory in Oakland. The Raiders dominated the first half and led 17-0 thanks to a pair of Antwan Baker touchdown passes. On the first possession of the third quarter Johnny Cushing made it 24-0 when he broke a screen pass for a 62 yard touchdown. Then the Broncos suddenly came to life. Jay Cason threw third quarter touchdown passes to Jerry Watson and Chuck Gillingham to cut the lead to 24-14. Early in the 4th quarter Vincent Davenport made a 29 yard field goal. Oakland fumbled the ensuing kickoff and 2 plays later Oscar Hartings' 3 yard td run tied the game up at 24. The next Oakland possession ended early when Broncos SS Ed Newberry picked off his league leading 8th pass of the season. Cason's third touchdown pass of the game, a 39 yarder to Brian Gardner sealed the fantastic comeback for Denver.

The win gives the Bronos a 7-2 record, which is tops in the AFC. The Raiders fall to 3-6 in what has been an awful season for them. Reigning MVP Johnny Cushing had a terrific game in a losing effort. Cushing ran 15 times for 78 yards and had 7 receptions for 146 yards.

In other AFC action

New England and Buffalo battled to a 24-24 draw. The Patriots forced overtime with a 17 point fourth quarter outburst but neither club could muster any offense in the extra session.

With Bob Slaughter and Charley Carpenter both nursing injuries Jeff McDonald got his first NFL start at QB for the Browns. He completed 15 of 28 passes and threw for 3 touchdowns as Cleveland improved to 6-4 with a 24-17 win over Cincinnati.

5 Morgan Howard field goals led Kansas City past San Diego 15-13. It was a sloppy game with 6 turnovers and plenty of penalties.

QB Justin Jackson threw for 4 touchdowns as Jacksonville corralled the Houston Texans 31-7.

The Jets were on a roll, winning 4 straight, until they came up with a terrible effort in Miami. The 3-6 Dolphins beat New York 35-25 as Stacey Jolley ran for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also caught a pass for a third major.

Pittsburgh improved to 6-4 with a 23-14 win over Baltimore. Major Dawson kicked 3 second half field goals to provide the margin of victory.

David Foster's fourth touchdown pass of the game allowed Indianapolis to upset Tennessee 32-31. The Colts scored 10 points in the final 8 minutes to earn their 3rd win of the season.

BASEBALL AWARDS
NO SURPRISE AS CY YOUNG AWARDS ARE HANDED OUT
As expected Cliff Melton of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steve Gromek of the Cleveland Indians were need Cy Young Award winners in their respective leagues. Gromek went 26-12 with a 2.97 era in leading the Cleveland Indians to a World Series title. Gromek narrrowly beat Yankee hurler Tiny Bonham (25-7, 2.87) in the balloting. Boston's Andy Karl (21-10, 2.59) finished third in the voting.

Melton led the majors with 28 wins this season. He was 28-11 with a National League best 2.28 era. Other National League hurlers to receive consideration for the award included Johnny Hutchings (21-6, 3.00) of Cincinnati, Ernie White (22-11, 2.80) of the Cardinals and Brooklyn's Mickey Haefner (21-13, 2.91) but Melton was the runaway winner.

Next week the American and National League's will name their respective Most Valuable Players.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RANGERS FINALLY PICK UP A VICTORY
After a very slow start in which they earned just one point in their first four games, the New York Rangers were on fire last week. New York began the week with a game Wednesday at Madison Square Garden against the Boston Bruins. Tony Leswick scored a pair of goals including the game winner as New York beat the Bruins 4-3 for their first win of the season. On Saturday they began a home and home weekend series with the Red Wings in Detroit. Leswick tallied once as New York rebounded from a 3-1 deficeit to earn a 3-3 tie. On Sunday, Lewick was again the hero as he scored with a little over a minute to play in the third period giving the Rangers a 4-3 win over the visiting Wings.

The Montreal Canadiens have passed Detroit for top spot thanks to a 3-0 victory over Toronto on Friday. Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach each had a goal and an assist for the Habs but the real star was Montreal netminder Bill Durnan. He turned aside all 31 Toronto shots he faced for his first shutout of the season. Durnan leads the league with a goals against average of just 1.00. Boston has also being getting some solid goaltending from Frank Brimsek and the Bruins finally rewarded him with some offense. After losing to the Rangers on Wednesday the Bruins beat Toronto and Chicago over the weekend. Forward Joe Carveth continues to hold the hot hand for the Bruins. He notched a hat trick against the Leafs Saturday and his 7 goals on the season trail only league leader Rocket Richard's total of 8. Max Bentley continues to pile up the points despite the fact the Black Hawks lost both their games last week. The defending league scoring champ is tied with Richard for the point lead with 11.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONFERENCE ROUND UP
SEC NOTEBOOK
As the season starts to wind down it is beginning to look like Tennessee and Georgia will tie for top spot. The Bulldogs beat Florida 33-0 last week while the Vols dumped Ole Miss 24-3. Both schools have two conference games left: Georgia plays Auburn this week and Georgia Tech in their final game. Tennessee has Kentucky in two weeks time and Vanderbilt the week after. LSU slipped from the ranks of the unbeaten in conference play with a 27-20 loss at home to Alabama over the weekend.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Geor 3 0 0 7 0 0
Tenn 3 0 0 6 1 0
LSU 3 1 0 4 2 0
Vand 3 2 0 4 3 0
bama 3 2 0 6 2 0
GaTech 2 1 0 4 2 0
Kent 2 2 0 6 2 0
Tulane 2 2 0 3 3 0
MissSt 1 2 0 5 2 0
Auburn 1 3 0 4 3 0
Flori 0 3 1 0 5 1
Miss 0 5 1 1 6 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE NOTES
Michigan can creep closer to a Rose Bowl bid with a win over last place Wisconsin next week but the key matchup has Ohio State visiting Illinois. The Buckeyes have lost 2 straight games including an in-conference upset at the hands of Northwestern two weeks ago. The loser of the OSU-Illinois tilt is eliminated from title contention while the winners hopes will likely ride on the traditional season ender between Michigan and Ohio State.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Mich 5 0 0 6 1 0
Illini 3 1 1 4 2 1
OhioSt 3 1 0 4 3 0
Minn 2 2 1 4 2 1
Purd 2 3 0 3 5 0
Iowa 2 3 0 4 4 0
Northw 1 3 1 3 3 1
India 1 3 1 3 3 2
Wisc 1 4 0 3 4 0

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE NOTES
A win next week at home over Montana will clinch a rose bowl bid for the Bruins. UCLA is now ranked third in the nation after bearing Oregon 34-13. USC still has a slim hope but they need to have UCLA lose to Montana and then the Trojans have to beat the Bruins in two weeks.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
UCLA 5 0 0 7 0 0
USC 4 1 1 5 1 1
Stan 3 2 0 5 2 0
Oreg 3 3 0 4 3 0
OreSt 2 2 1 3 2 1
Wash 2 3 0 2 3 1
Calif 2 3 0 2 5 0
WshSt 2 4 0 2 4 0
Mont 1 1 0 3 3 0
Idaho 0 5 0 1 6 0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NOTES
The conference title will be pretty much decided by next week's game that has Rice visiting Texas A&M. A win would clinch the title and a Cotton Bowl berth for the Aggies while Rice would go a long ways towards clinching with a victory. Rice still has conference games remaining with TCU and Baylor while A&M just has Texas after this week.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
TxA&M 4 0 0 5 3 0
Rice 2 0 1 6 0 1
Arkan 2 2 1 5 2 1
TCU 1 1 1 2 4 1
Texas 1 2 1 5 2 1
SMU 0 1 2 4 1 2
Baylor 0 4 0 1 5 0

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NOTES
With it's hard fought 27-24 victory over William & Mary, North Carolina appears poised to claim the conference title. It is an unbalanced conference schedule that sees some schools like North Carolina play only 5 conference games while others like William & Mary play 8. George Washingon only has two conference opponents on it's schedule. Wins over Wake Forest and Duke the next two weeks will guarantee a title for the Tar Heels.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
NCar 3 0 0 7 0 0
W& M 5 1 0 7 1 0
NC St 5 1 0 6 1 0
Rich 3 1 1 6 1 1
VaTech 2 3 1 2 4 1
Wake 2 1 0 5 2 0
Duke 2 1 0 4 3 0
SCar 2 2 0 3 3 0
VMI 2 3 0 3 5 0
David 1 2 1 4 2 1
Maryl 1 3 1 2 3 1
GWash 1 0 0 5 1 0
Citadel 1 3 0 2 3 1
Clem 1 3 0 2 5 0
Furm 0 3 0 1 5 0
W&Lee 0 4 0 2 4 0

BIG 6 CONFERENCE NOTES
Oklahoma controls it's destiny in the Big 6. The Sooners have two conference games remaining, against Missouri this week and Nebraska the following week. Should Oklahoma falter Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska all have a shot at the conference title and an automatic Orange Bowl berth.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Okla 3 0 0 5 2 0
Kans 2 1 0 5 3 0
Missori 2 1 0 4 4 0
Nebr 2 1 0 2 3 1
K St 1 3 0 1 5 0
IowaSt 0 4 0 3 5 0

BORDER CONFERENCE
With games remaining against UTEP and Texas Tech, conference leader Hardin-Simmons seems to have the best shot at a berth in the Raisin Bowl against the Mountain States Conference winner. However, Texas Tech which blanked New Mexico 10-0 on Saturday, is 2-0 and could win the conference with a victory of Hardin-Simmons in the season finale. UTEP also is still alive. Texas Tech has games remaining with Arizona and Hardin-Simmons while UTEP plays Hardin-Simmons and New Mexico State to finish the season.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
H-Simm 4 0 0 7 0 0
NwMex 4 2 0 5 3 0
UTEP 3 1 0 5 1 0
TxTech 2 0 0 6 2 0
NMexSt 1 2 1 3 3 2
WT A&M 1 4 1 3 3 1
Ariz 1 2 0 4 3 0
N Ariz 1 2 0 4 4 0
ArizSt 0 4 0 1 6 0

MOUNTAIN STATES
With a victory ealier in the season over Utah, Denver looks like the team to beat in the conference. Utah State will get that chance as they play Denver in early December to wrap up the season. Each team plays 6 conference games.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Denv 4 0 0 4 3 0
Utah 4 1 0 4 3 0
UtSt 2 1 0 4 2 0
Col 2 2 0 3 5 0
BYU 2 3 0 4 3 1
ColSt 0 3 1 0 6 1
Wyom 0 4 1 1 6 1

<v>MVC NOTES
With only one conference game remaining - between Drake and Oklahoma State, the conference title has already been decided. Tulsa will get a bowl bid but since the conference does not have an automatic affiliation where has not yet been decided. A win over Arkansas late in the season could move them up to a better bowl but the likely bet is the Harbor Bowl in San Diego against a mid-level independant team from the west or perhaps against the second place team from the Border Conference or Mountain States Conference.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Tulsa 3 0 0 6 2 0
St. L 1 0 1 2 4 1
WichSt 1 2 0 3 3 1
Drake 0 2 1 1 5 1
OklaSt 0 1 0 3 5 0

INDEPENDANTS
Certainly the big news is Army's win over Notre Dame but a number of other independant schools are making some noise. Yale and Harvard may enter their annual season-ending game with both squads unbeaten, although Harvard does have a pair of ties. Nevada, Rutgers, Pennsylvania and Detroit Mercy also seem to have a shot at a bowl game.

W L T
Army 8 0 0
Nevada 7 0 0
Yale 7 0 0
Rutgers 6 0 1
Pennsylvania 6 0 0
Harvard 5 0 2
Detroit Mercy 7 1 0
Boston College 5 1 0
Notre Dame 5 1 0
Penn State 5 1 0
Bucknell 5 2 0
Holy Cross 4 2 1
Syracuse 4 2 1
Cornell 4 3 0
Miami (Florida) 4 3 0
Montana State 4 3 0
Pittsburgh 4 4 0
St. Mary's 3 2 1
Brown 3 3 1
Colgate 3 3 0
Virginia 3 3 0
Columbia 3 4 0
Marquette 3 5 0
Villanova 3 5 0
Princeton 2 3 1
Merchant Marine 2 6 1
Georgetown 2 3 0
Portland 2 4 0
San Francisco 2 4 0
Temple 2 4 0
Michigan State 2 5 0
Santa Clara 2 5 0
West Virginia 2 6 0
Lafayette 1 6 0
Tenn-Chat 1 6 0
New York U 0 5 1
Fordham 0 5 0
Dartmouth 0 7 0
Navy 0 7 0

PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA BEGINS INAGURAL SEASON
Professional basketball made it's debut in the Canadian city of Toronto as the New York Knickerbockers beat the Toronto Huskies 74-48 in the very first professional game of the newly formed Basketball Association of America.

Guards Sidney Hertzberg, formerly of CCNY, and ex-Long Island University star Ossie Schectman paced the Knicks attack with 14 and 12 points respectively. Another New York guard, Stan Stutz also reached double figures. Leo Mogus, formerly a star a Youngstown State, led all Toronto scorers with 14 points.

7090 curious Canadians were in attendance, a far cry from a sellout at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. With the Maple Leafs' image to contend with and only one Canadian player on its roster, Toronto tried hard to promote the game. They ran three-column newspaper ads bearing a photo of 6-8 George Nostrand, Toronto's tallest player, that asked, "Can You Top This?" Any fan taller than Nostrand would be granted free admission to the season opener; regular tickets were priced from 75 cents to $2.50. Neither Norstrand or the lone Canadian on the Huskies roster, Hank Biasatti, figured in the scoring.

"It was interesting playing before Canadians," explained Hertzberg. "The fans really didn't understand the game at first. To them, a jump ball was like a face-off in hockey. But they started to catch on and seemed to like the action."

Below is the boxscore of the very first game from the B.A..A.

Friday, November 1, 1946 New York at Toronto
NEW YORK KNICKS TORONTO HUSKIES
NAME POS PPG NAME POS PPG
John Palmer F 9 Leo Mogus F 14
Sid Hertzberg G 14 Mike McCarron G 7
Ossie Schectman G 12 Kleggie Hemsen C 9
Stan Stutz G 10 Red Wallace G 6
Lee Knorek C 7 Bob Mullens F 2
Tommy Byrnes G 9 Dick Schulz G 6
Hank Rosenstein F 8 Roy Hurley G 4
Leo Gottlieb G 5 Dick Fitzgerald G 0
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74 48

CANADIAN FOOTBALL ACTION
FINAL WEEK GOES AS EXPECTED IN CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Ontario Rugby Football Union playoff fight came down to the final weekend but as expected it will be the two Toronto side's meeting for the league championship. The Toronto Balmy Beach had a playoff spot wrapped up entering Saturday's action and guaranteed themselves homefield for the title game with a 30-3 home win over Ottawa. The Hamilton Wildcats did their job by blasting Windsor 34-0 but the 6-4 Wildcats needed Sarnia to upset the Toronto Indians if they were going to make the postseason. That did not happen as the Indians had an easy time with the Imperials, winning 31-10 to finish at 7-3. The Indians and Balmy Beach meet next week to determine who will face the Interprovincial League Champion for the right to play in the Grey Cup.

The Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argos had already clinched the playoff berths for the IPRFU. The game in Toronto on Saturday was meaningless in that the Alouettes had already clinched homefield for next week's title contest but the Argos did boost their confidence with a 17-7 win over Montreal at Varsity Stadium.

Out west Calgary and Winnipeg spent the week preparing for next weekend's opener to their 2 game total point series for the right to represent their league in the Grey Cup.

STATS AND STANDINGS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 9 0 0 1.000 295 155
Min 4 5 0 .444 143 179
Det 3 6 0 .333 177 217
GB 3 6 0 .333 220 215

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 8 1 0 .889 238 163
Wash 5 4 0 .556 237 208
Dal 2 7 0 .222 157 211
NYG 2 7 0 .222 154 225

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 5 4 0 .556 186 211
Atl 4 5 0 .444 135 168
Car 3 6 0 .333 136 194
TB 3 6 0 .333 183 217

West W L T PCT PF PA
Arz 6 3 0 .667 178 163
SF 6 3 0 .667 190 149
Sea 4 5 0 .444 191 208
StL 3 6 0 .333 152 168

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 6 4 0 .600 176 162
Pit 6 4 0 .600 187 183
Bal 4 5 1 .450 147 152
Cin 4 6 0 .400 202 204

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 6 2 1 .722 186 119
Buf 4 4 1 .500 136 154
NYJ 4 5 0 .444 188 161
Mia 3 6 0 .333 177 204

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 6 3 0 .667 223 148
Jax 4 5 0 .444 161 157
Hou 3 5 1 .389 124 184
Ind 3 6 0 .333 143 190

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 7 2 0 .778 223 168
KC 6 3 0 .667 143 158
SD 5 4 0 .556 151 134
Oak 3 6 0 .333 159 169

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Chicago 38 Green Bay 37
Minnesota 13 Detroit 6
Washington 28 NY Giants 16
Philadelphia 13 Dallas 7
New Orleans 27 Atlanta 13
Tampa 28 Carolina 20
Cleveland 24 Cincinnati 17
Pittsburgh 23 Baltimore 14
Denver 31 Oakland 28
Kansas City 15 San Diego 13
Jacksonville 31 Houston 7
Indianapolis 32 Tennessee 31
Miami 35 NY Jets 25
Buffalo 24 New Englans 24

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Atlanta Falcons (4-5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-6)
Arizona Cardinals (6-3) at St. Louis Rams (3-6)
San Francisco 49ers (6-3) at Seattle Seahawks (4-5)
Miami Dolphins (3-6) at New England Patriots (6-2-1)
Buffalo Bills (4-4-1) at New York Jets (4-5)
Oakland Raiders (3-6) at Kansas City Chiefs (6-3)
New York Giants (2-7) at Philadelphia Eagles (8-1)
Indianapolis Colts (3-6) at Jacksonville Jaguars (4-5)
Green Bay Packers (3-6) at Detroit Lions (3-6)
Houston Texans (3-5-1) at Tennessee Titans (6-3)
Minnesota Vikings (4-5) at Chicago Bears (9-0)
Dallas Cowboys (2-7) at Washington Redskins (5-4)
Carolina Panthers (3-6) at New Orleans Saints (5-4)
San Diego Chargers (5-4) at Denver Broncos (7-2)

NFL STAT LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 278 198 71.2 2719 23 4 123.8
Manfred Gayle TEN 210 122 58.1 1875 20 6 107.5
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Ken Neal PHI 218 152 69.7 1616 10 6 94.9
Justin Jackson JAX 127 74 58.3 921 9 4 91.4

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Todd Berger NO 9 202 1005 5 47 6
Stacey Jolley MIA 9 191 987 5.2 77 10
Bruce Jones KAN 9 221 975 4.4 70 8
Bob *Seymour WAS 9 187 939 5 65 6
S *Van Buren NYJ 9 198 936 4.7 81 5

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Zach Kruczek CLE 69
Bob Sommer NO 62
Brian Gardner DEN 61
Wayne *Miller WSH 61
Mel Ours HOU 60
Lewis Smith JAX 58
Bob *Shaw CIN 58
Don *Hutson GB 56
Johnny Cushing OAK 56

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 9 61 901 14.8 79 7
Brian Gardner DEN 9 61 860 14.1 70 5
Zach Kruczek CLE 10 69 858 12.4 47 3
Chuck Myers NYG 9 53 823 15.5 80 3
Mel Ours HOU 9 60 770 12.8 60 3

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Jeff Parent CIN 10 101 84 17
Mel Hein NYG 9 98 75 23
Matt Truluck STL 9 96 82 14
B Hasselbeck ARZ 9 94 71 23
Mark Smith BAL 10 93 76 17

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 12
Ruben Taylor MIN 9
Javon Love OAK 9
Wayne *Millner CLE 8
Reggie White SD 8
Leslie Hill PHI 8

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 8
Mark Smith BAL 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Earl Joyce SF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 6
Marion Dulaney PHI 6
Frankie Morrall CHI 6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE BOWL PICTURE
The bowl picture is slowly beginning to take shape. There is still a long way to go and an awful lot can happen but here is a rundown of the bowl games and the most likely combatants in each.

CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
best of what's left when all other bowls decided. Perhaps Ohio State, LSU, maybe North Carolina State or an independant like Rutgers or Detroit Mercy

RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
Border winner vs Mountain States winner Hardin-Simmons vs Denver

HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
at large Tulsa or Nevada vs USC is a possibiility

SUN BOWL - El Paso
at large Tulsa may end up here vs an independant like Detroit Mercy or pehaps William & Mary

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
at large Texas would be big draw as long as they do not lose again. Kentucky or Illinois as possible opponent.

OIL BOWL - Houston
likely Southern Conference champ vs at large - perhaps North Carolina vs Rice or Arkansas

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
at large likely a top independant vs number 2 from major conference Yale if they accept, if not Pennsylvania vs Rice

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
Big 6 winner vs at large Oklahoma vs Notre Dame

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
SEC1 vs Independant Georgia vs Army

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
SWC1 vs at large leaning towards an SEC team Texas A&M vs Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
PCC winner vs Western Winner UCLA vs Michigan

RESULTS
Friday November 3, 1946
Miami (Florida) 28 Miami (Ohio) 6
Texas A&M 17 Southern Methodist 3
Detroit Mercy 37 Villanova 13

Saturday November 4, 1946
Alabama 27 Louisiana State 20
Utah State 17 Brigham Young 0
Yale 21 Brown 10
Southern California 30 California 3
George Washington 24 Citadel 14
Tulane 38 Clemson 21
Colgate 20 Holy Cross 17
Missouri 14 Colorado 6
Bucknell 14 Delaware 3
Denver 31 Wyoming 0
Iowa State 35 Drake 21
Northern Arizona 14 Eastern New Mexico 0
Georgia 33 Florida 0
West Virginia 39 Fordham 6
Boston College 43 Georgetown 0
Harvard 20 Dartmouth 0
Oregon State 17 Idaho 3
Indiana 14 Northwestern 7
Iowa 22 Wisconsin 17
San Francisco 36 Kansas State 13
Kentucky 12 Marquette 3
Rutgers 36 Lafayette 0
Brooklyn 32 Merchant Marine 3
Michigan 41 Michigan State 0
Tennessee 24 Mississippi 3
Auburn 28 Mississippi State 20
Montana State 31 Portland 20
Georgia Tech 25 Navy 10
Lehigh 17 New York University 10
North Carolina State 6 Vanderbilt 0
Army 16 Notre Dame 7
Oklahoma 41 Kansas 6
Tulsa 29 Oklahoma State 27
Pennsylvania 35 Columbia 20
Pittsburgh 24 Ohio State 14
Minnesota 7 Purdue 3
Rice 14 Arkansas 3
Davidson 14 Richmond 14
Nevada 33 Santa Barbara 3
Arizona 36 Santa Clara 6
Maryland 28 South Carolina 10
New Mexico State 3 Sul Ross State 3
Cornell 37 Syracuse 17
Penn State 16 Temple 0
Dayton 17 Tennessee-Chattanooga 13
Texas 27 Baylor 3
Texas Tech 10 New Mexico 0
Texas-El Paso 31 Arizona State 13
UCLA 34 Oregon 13
Utah 23 Colorado State 0
Princeton 6 Virginia 3
Virginia Military Institute 27 Furman 13
Duke 6 Wake Forest 0
Stanford 30 Washington 27
Virginia Tech 19 Washington & Lee 14
Hardin-Simmons 21 West Texas A&M 6
St. Louis 20 Wichita State 7
North Carolina 27 William & Mary 24

UPCOMING GAMES
Friday November 10, 1946
Detroit Mercy at St Louis
Louisiana State at Miami (Florida)
Newberry at Tennessee-Chattanooga
Wichita State at West Texas A&M

Saturday November 11, 1946
Arizona at New Mexico
Army at Pennsylvania
Auburn at Georgia
Baylor at Tulsa
Brigham Young at Colorado State
Brown at Harvard
Bucknell at Temple
Citadel at Virginia Military Institute
Colgate at Syracuse
Dartmouth at Cornell
Denver at Colorado
Drake at Northern Iowa
Duke at South Carolina
Furman at Clemson
Hardin-Simmons at Texas-El Paso
Iowa at Minnesota
Iowa State at Nebraska
Kansas at Kansas State
Lafayette at Columbia
Marquette at Michigan State
Missouri at Oklahoma
Montana at UCLA
New York University at Fordham
North Dakota State at Montana State
Northern Arizona at Arizona State
Northern Colorado at New Mexico State
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern State at Mississippi State
Ohio State at Illinois
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
Oregon at Washington
Oregon State at California
Penn State at Navy
Portland at Idaho
Princeton at Yale
Rice at Texas A&M
Rutgers at Lehigh
Scranton at Georgetown
Southern Methodist at Arkansas
St. Bonaventure at Merchant Marine
St. Mary's at Santa Clara
Tennessee at Boston College
Texas at Texas Christian
Tulane at Georgia Tech
Utah at San Francisco
Vanderbilt at Alabama
Villanova at Florida
Virginia at North Carolina State
Virginia Tech at Richmond
Wake Forest at North Carolina
Washington & Lee at Maryland
Washington State at Stanford
West Virginia at Kentucky
William & Mary at George Washington
Wisconsin at Michigan
Wyoming at Utah State

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Montreal 6 5 0 1 11 23 6
Detroit 8 4 3 1 9 24 24
Toronto 7 3 4 0 6 15 17
Boston 7 2 3 2 6 18 19
New York 7 2 3 2 6 17 26
Chicago 5 1 4 0 2 11 14

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Wednesday November 1, 1946
New York 4 Boston 3
Toronto 3 Chicago 1

Friday November 3, 1946
Montreal 3 Toronto 0

Saturday November 4, 1946
Boston 4 Toronto 2
New York 3 Detroit 3

Sunday November 5, 1946
New York 3 Detroit 2
Boston 3 Chicago 2

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Maurice Richard MON 6 8 3 11
Max Bentley CHI 5 4 7 11
Joe Carveth BOS 6 7 2 9
Bill Ezinicki TOR 7 5 3 8
Roy Conacher DET 8 5 2 7
George Gee CHI 5 4 3 7
Jim Conacher DET 8 3 4 7
Billy Taylor DET 8 1 6 7
Leo Gravelle MON 6 6 0 6
Ed Bruneteau DET 8 4 2 6
Rene Trudell NY 7 3 3 6
Toe Blake MON 6 1 5 6
Ted Kennedy TOR 7 0 6 6

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Pete Horek DET 8 16
Vic Lynn TOR 7 14
M Chamberlain MON 6 13

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 6 5-0-1 1 1.00
Frank Brimsek BOS 7 2-3-2 0 2.52
Turk Broda TOR 7 3-4-0 0 2.72
Paul Bibeault CHI 4 1-3-0 0 2.77

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 1 1 0 1.000 x
PROV 1 1 0 1.000 x
NY 2 1 1 .500 0.5
PHI 0 0 0 .000 0.5
BOS 1 0 1 .000 1.0
Tor 2 0 2 .000 1.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
STL 1 1 0 1.000 x
CHI 1 1 0 1.000 x
CLE 1 1 0 1.000 x
DET 1 0 1 .000 1.0
PIT 1 0 1 .000 1.0

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Friday November 3, 1946
New York 74 Toronto 48

Saturday November 4, 1946
St Louis 63 Pittsburgh 55
Washington 72 Detroit 63
Chicago 69 New York 61
Providence 62 Boston 56

Sunday November 5, 1946
Cleveland 78 Toronto 64

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday November 6, 1946
Washington at Pittsburgh

Tuesday November 7, 1946
Chicago at Boston
St Louis at Detroit

Thursday November 9, 1946
Chicago at Providence
New York at St Louis
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia

Friday November 10, 1946
Detroit at Toronto

Saturday November 11, 1946
Boston at Detroit
Pittsburgh at Providence
Washington at St Louis
Toronto at Chicago

Sunday November 12, 1946
Washington at Cleveland

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
ORFU W L T PTS
TorBB 8 2 0 16
TorInd 7 3 0 14
HWild 6 4 0 12
OttTr 3 7 0 6
Winds 3 7 0 6
Sarnia 3 7 0 6

IPRFU W L T PTS
Mont 9 3 0 18
Argos 8 4 0 16
OttRR 6 5 1 13
HTigers 0 11 1 1

WESTERN W L T PTS
Wpg 6 2 0 12
Calg 6 2 0 12
Sask 0 8 0 0

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Saturday November 4, 1946
Montreal Alouettes 7 at 17 Toronto Argos
Hamilton Tigers 3 at 23 Ottawa Rough Riders
Sarnia Imperials 10 at 31 Toronto Indians
Ottawa Trojans 3 at 30 Toronto Balmy Beach
Hamilton Wildcats 34 at 0 Windsor Royals
End of Regular Season

PLAYOFFS
Saturday November 11, 1946
Western Final Game 1
Calgary at Winnipeg

Sunday November 12, 1946
IPRFU FINAL
Toronto Argos at Montreal Alouettes

ORFU FINAL
Toronto Indians at Toronto Balmy Beach

Saturday November 18, 1946
Western Final Game 2
Winnipeg at Calgary (2 game total points)

Sunday November 19, 1946
ORFU champ at IPRFU champ

Sunday November 26, 1946
GREY CUP
Western Winner vs Eastern Winner at Toronto

korme

08-15-2004, 05:35 AM

nice job tf

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 07:41 AM

BASEBALL AWARDS
WILLIAMS NAMED AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP
27 year old Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox was named the American League's Most Valuable Player. It marks the first player of the year award for Williams, who also collected his first gold glove, following a splendid 1946 campaign.

Williams finished third in the American League in batting with a .322 average. He led the league in homers with 31 and was second in rbi's with 91. The American League rookie of the year in 1939, Williams has made the allstar team in each of his 8 major league seasons. He came very close to winning the MVP on a couple of earlier occassions but was always just outperformed by the now-retired Jimmie Foxx.

REISER NAMED NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP
Pete Reiser became just the fourth Brooklyn Dodger to be named National League MVP. Reiser led the National League with 95 rbi's and his .314 batting average was good for fourth place in the league. It was just the third season as an everyday player for the 27 year old outfielder. Reiser joins Babe Herman (1934), Zach Wheat (1916, 1920) and Joe Kelley (1905) as the only Brooklyn players to win the MVP award.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEK 11
RAIDERS SURPRISE CHIEFS IN AFC WEST
Don't count the Oakland Raiders out of the playoff hunt yet. Despite a 3-6 record entering their week 11 game the Raiders were 11th best in the NFL according to the league power rankings. They looked like the much better club on the field in Kansas City after a 27-17 win over the hometown Chiefs. The Oakland defense finally played up to it's capabilities and produced 6 turnovers that led to all but 3 of the Raider points. Johnny Cushing ran for just 90 yards and Oakland QB Antwan Baker completed just 15 of 30 passes for 154 yards but the Raiders offense did just what it had to do - not turn the ball over. In their 4 wins the offense turned the ball over just twice but in their 6 losses they have a -10 turnover ratio.

The Raiders still have their work cut out for them if they are to make the playoffs for the 4th time in 6 years but they are still in the hunt.

BRONCOS NEED OVERTIME TO STOP CHARGERS
The Denver Broncos scored the final 20 points of the game, including a 10 yard touchdown run from fullback Donald Rice in overtime, to rally past San Diego 23-17. The victory gives the 8-2 Broncos a 2-game lead over the Chargers atop the AFC West. Denver is also the only 8 win team in the AFC.

Denver QB Jay Cason threw for 351 yards despited being sacked 6 times, inclduing 3 by Chargers DE Reggie White.

In other AFC action
Mario Glenn ran for 82 yards and 1 touchdown plus he added 41 yards and a touchdown receiving to lead New England past Miami 20-10.

The Jets moved into second place in the East with a 20-7 over visiting Buffalo. All the scoring came in the first half including a pair of Keith Reeves touchdown passes for the Jets. Steve *Van Buren caught a 12 yard pass for a score and added 91 yards rushing.

Indianapolis beat Jacksonville 31-24. Issac Burke threw 3 touchdown passes for the Colts who are now tied with the Jags for second in the South Division with 4-6 records.

Derek Mason ran for 105 yards and a touchdown to lead Tennessee past Houston 21-9. The Titans lead the South Division with a 7-3 record. Veteran safety Cris Brezina had 2 interceptions to give him 35 in his 6 year career.

SEAHAWKS BEHIND MOTLEY CRUISE BY 49ERS
Rookie Marion *Motley finally had a game that made him look like a top 10 draft pick should. Motley ran for 78 yards and gained another 41 yards receiving to lead Seattle past San Francisco 20-3. The touchdown was the first of his career and the 78 yards was his best output of the season. The Seattle win tightens up the NFC West as the 5-5 Seahawks trail the 49ers and Arizona by 1 game.

The St Louis Rams did their part to contribute to the logjam in the west by beating the Cardinals 20-17. St Louis opened a quick 14-0 lead on a pair of Rod Dugans touchdown passes and then hung on for the win. Safety Booker Hasselbeck had another huge game for the Cards, recording 11 tackles and 1 interception.

Elsewhere

Atlanta beat Tampa 23-13 to move to 5-5 and into a tie for top spot in the NFC South. New Orleans is also 5-5 and the co-leader after losing to Carolina 30-15. Panthers QB Javon Jamieson threw 2 fourth quarter touchdown strikes to give his club their 4th win.

Philadelphia handed the New York Giants their 8th straight loss in a 48-17 blowout. Eagles star RB Harley Mitchell gained 98 yards rushing in the first half before leaving with an elbow injury that may sideline him for a couple of weeks. Backup Jimmy Berton filled in exceptionally well, gaining a career high 120 yards on the ground.

Billy Campbell threw for 302 yards and a pair of touchdowns as Detroit beat Green Bay 20-13.

The Chicago Bears improved to 10-0 with a 35-25 win at home over Minnesota. The Vikings actually led the game 25-13 early in the 4th quarter before FB Seth Hall scored two Chicago touchdowns and RB George *McAfee added a third.

Backup QB Bart Thompson did the job in place of injured starter Sammy *Baugh. Thompson threw a pair of touchdown passes while Bob *Seymour ran for 76 yards to lead Washington past Dallas 17-8.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 9-0 beat then #7 Pennsylvania 10-3, off next week
2. Georgia (2) -- 8-0 beat Auburn 62-17, at Tenn-Chat next week
3. UCLA (3) -- 8-0 beat Montana 41-3, host USC next week
4- Notre Dame (4) -- 6-1 beat Northwestern 26-0, at Tulane next week
5. Michigan (5) -- 7-1 beat Wisconsin 33-6, at Ohio State next week
6. North Carolina (6) -- 8-0 beat Wake Forest 12-10, host Duke next week
7. Yale (8) -- 8-0 beat Princeton 23-16, at Harvard next week
8. Tennessee (9)-- 7-1 beat Boston College 23-21, host #15 Kentucky next week
9. Pennsylvania (7)-- 6-1 lost 20-3 to #1 Army, off next week
10. Rice (10) - 7-0-1 beat Texas A&M 3-2, host TCU next week
11. Alabama (11) -- 7-2 beat Vanderbilt 20-0, at Boston College next week
12 William & Mary (12)-- 8-1 beat George Washington 55-0, off next week
13. Arkansas (13) - 6-2-1 beat then #18 Southern Methodist 10-3, off next week
14. Southern California (15)-- 5-1-1 off, visit UCLA next week
15 Kentucky (16)-- 7-2 beat West Virginia 9-3, at #8 Tennessee next week
16. Illinois (17)-- 5-2-1 beat Ohio State 17-3, at Northwestern next week
17. Oklahoma (20)-- 6-2 beat Missouri 24-9, at Nebraska next week
18 North Carolina State (nr)-- 7-1 beat Virginia 29-15, at Florida next week
19 Rutgers (nr)-- 7-0-1 beat Lehigh 51-3, host Bucknell next week
20 Stanford (nr) 6-2 beat Washington State 26-17, at California next week

Dropping out of top 20
Texas (14) -- 5-3-1 lost 9-0 to Texas Christian, off next week
Southern Methodist (18) 4-2-2 lost 10-3 to then #13 Arkansas, at Baylor next week
Texas Tech(19)-- 6-2-1 tied Oklahoma State 17-17, at Arizona next week

RIVALRY GAMES NEXT WEEK
A number of traditional rivals will square off next week but in many cases the game will mean far less than it normally does. For example the final week of the PCC and Western schedules usually means UCLA-USC and Michigan-Ohio State with Rose Bowl berths on the line. Not this year as both Michigan and UCLA enter the grudge match against their rivals having already clinched a conference title.

There are still some games next week that have a lot of importance attached to them. For example Duke at North Carolina means everything to the Tar Heels. A win will give them the Southern Conference title and likely a berth in the Oil Bowl. A Duke win would improve the Blue Devils to 6-3 and might be enough to get them into one of the lesser bowl games.

Oklahoma needs a win over Nebraska to clinch the Big 6 Title. A Cornhuskers victory and we could have a 3 way tie with those two schools and Kansas.

In the SEC there are still a couple of weeks left in the season. Tennessee needs to beat Kentucky this week to remain tied with Georgia at 4-0. The Bulldogs then finish the conference schedule against Georgia Tech while the Vols play Vanderbilt.

In the Southwest Conference Rice is in the driver's seat after a beating A&M 3-2 in a defensive struggle. The 3-0-1 Owls have games remaining with TCU and Baylor while 4-1 Texas A&M finishes up with Texas. The Longhorns are a dissappointing 1-3-1 in conference play.

Full conference standings and a much clearer bowl picture will appear in next week's issue.

TOP HEISMAN TROPHY CANDIDATES
Below are the top candidates for the Heisman Trophy. Right now it is a 3 way race with Georgia QB Charles Trippi, Army RB Glen Davis and St Mary's back Herman Wedermeyer leading the way. Here is how TSN presently sees the top 15 candidates.

1-QB Charles *Trippi Georgia 2760 yards, 72.2%, 23 TDs, 4 INTs.
2-RB Glen *Davis Army 1233 yards, 6.3 YPC, 10 TDs.
3-RB Herman *Wedermeyer St Mary's 1408 yards, 7.9 YPC, 17 TDs.
4-CB Tommy *Harmon Michigan 51 tackles, 9 passes def, 2 sacks, 7 INTs.
5-WR Barney *Poole Army 66 catches, 1426 yards, 4 TDs, 21.6 YPC
6-LB Bob *Ravensberg Indiana 100 tackles, 10 sacks, 11 stuffs, 2 INTs
7-QB Clyde *LeForce Tulsa 2596 yards, 66.6%, 18 TDs, 9 INTs.
8-RB Tony Johnson Maryland 1586 yards, 4.2 YPC, 11 TDs
9-QB Pete Sewell Stanford 2793 yards, 59.4%, 18 TDs, 6 INTs.
10-RB Bob *Fenimore Oklahoma State 1252 yards, 4.5 YPC, 10 TDs
11-QB Johnny *Lujack Notre Dame -JR- 2322 yards, 72.8%, 14 TDs, 9 INTs
12-LB Russell Johnson Georgia Tech 110 tackles, 7 sacks, 12 stuffs, 3 INTs.
13-QB Quincy Mabry Virginia 3176 yards, 61.5%, 21 TDs, 8 INTs.
14-WR Hubert *Bechtol Texas 47 catches, 1176 yards, 10 TDs, 25.0 YPC
15-WR Kenny Tuipala Kansas State 72 catches, 1179 yards, 11 TDs, 16.4 YPC.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BLACK HAWKS STRUGGLES GETTING WORSE
The Chicago Black Hawks losing streak reached 7 games as the Hawks beaten 3 times this week. In 2 of the games the Black Hawks were on the wrong end of embarrassing blowouts. Wednesday night Rene Trudell and Tony Leswick each notched hat tricks as New York bombed the Black Hawks 9-2 at the Chicago Stadium. The next night the Black Hawks dropped an 8-2 decision in Montreal. Maurice Richard had 4 points in the game as the Hawks had to pull starting goaltender Paul Bibeault for the second straight night. It was not quite as bad at home Sunday but the result was the same as Chicago lost 4-1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Black Hawks problem has been twofold. Goaltending has been terrible as neither ex-Canadien Paul Bibeault (3.97 gaa) or rookie Emile Francis (6.05) has been able to stop anything smaller than a beach ball. Just as troubling has been the offense as the Hawks have scored just 15 goals in 8 games. Max Bentley has been on fire with 6 goals and 8 assists but aside from him and linemate George Gee (8 points) there has been next to no offensive production.

Offense has not been an issue in Montreal where the first place Canadiens lead the league with 38 goals and have 5 of the top 12 point getters in the league including Maurice Richard who's 12 goals are just 3 shy of the entire Black Hawks team output. After beating Chicago on Thursday, the Habs trimmed Boston 4-3 Saturday before suffering their first loss of the season - 6-3 in Detroit. The Red Wings are second, 2 points back of the Canadiens, after winning both of their games last week.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
BOMBERS AND STAGS OFF TO 4-0 START
The St Louis Bombers and Chicago Stags are off to quick starts in the new BAA. The West Division co-leaders each sit at 4-0 and along with Philadelphia (1-0) are the only unbeaten teams remaining as the league completes it's second weekend of play. Guard Max Zaslofsky is averaging 15.5 points a game to lead the Stags powerful offense. Johnny Logan and Belus Smawley are each averaging 13.8 for the Bombers, who's success has been due to relentless defense. St Louis handed Washington it's first loss of the season by holding the Capitols to 50 points. Washington had average 77 points a game in it's 3 victories.

Joe Fulks of Philadelphia is the early scoring sensation. The Warriors have played just one game but Fulks became the first player to top the 20 point mark when he poured in 26 against Pittsburgh. Since then Don Carlson of Chicago picked up 22 points against Toronto.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
ARGONAUTS SURPRISE MONTREAL FOR IPRFU TITLE
The visiting Toronto Argos scored 14 points in the fourth quarter as they rallied to beat the Montreal Alouettes 17-6. The Als, who beat Toronto in Montreal 2 weeks ago, were slight favourites heading into the InterProvincial Rugby Football Union title game.

Next up for the Argos will be a game at home against Toronto Balmy Beach with the winner advancing to the Grey Cup game. That game will be held in Toronto on November 26th. Balmy Beach claimed the Ontario Rubgy Football Union title with a 10-3 win over the rival Toronto Indians. The game was tied at 3 until Balmy Beach put it away with a fourth quarter touchdown.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers went a long ways towards earning themselves the western berth in the Grey Cup game. The Bombers blanked the visiting Calgary Stampeders 17-0 in the first of a 2-game total point home and home series. The Stampeders will need to win big next weekend in Calgary if they are to make the trip east for the Grey Cup.

BOXING NOTEBOOK
The top European heavyweight fought in London, England last week. European Champion Bruce Woodcock of England put his title on the line against Frenchman Stephane Olek. It was a short fight as Woodcock nailed Olek with several devasting rights in the second round, opening a gash just under the Frenchman's left eye. By the middle of the third round the referee stopped the fight's as Olek's eye was far too bad for him to continue.

The victory helps Woodcock (10-5-1) in his bid to get a World Title shot. He has been very busy fighting 3 times since September and winning all 3. In June he lost a 15 round unanimous decision to Ezzard Charles near the end of the year long tournament to determine a post-war champion . A victory over the undefeated Charles would have given Woodcock a title fight against Joe Louis. In addition to the Charles, Woodcock lost 4 bouts early in the tournament to Clarence Henry and 3 tomato cans. He has greatly improved since those 4 losses

On the same fight card Britian's Freddie Mills defended his Euriopean light-heavyweight title with a 12th round TKO of Anton Christofodidis of Greece. Christofordis was ranked higher coming in, as the 9th best lightweight in the world while Mills was rated 17th. Like his fellow countryman Woodcock, Mills has been quite busy winning the European title in a bout with Adolph Heuser in September and then claiming the British title with a late September win over Alex Buxton.

In other fights

Bep Van Klaveren won the European Welterweight Title with a 15-round unanimous decision over Finland's Yrjo Pitulainen. Nicknamed "The Dutch Windmill", Van Klaveren improves to 20-9-1 overall and is ranked 11th in the world. Pitulainen's record drops to 12-11-2.

Arthur King (11-2) of Toronto successfully defended his Canadian Lightweight title with a 15-round majority decision over Danny Webb (8-8-1) of Montreal. The 20 year old King is considered an up and comer on the lightweight circuit and could one day be in line for a title shot.

In the United States a couple of promising young welterweights each won their first professional bout. 19 year old Vic Cardell defeated Dave Andrews (3-16-2) in Cardell's hometown of Hartford. In Chicago 18 year old Luther Rawlings won his debut over a tomato can named Tony Motisi (career record 11-19-1). It was a unanimous decision

Upcoming fights include number 3 ranked lightweight Bob Montgomery (9-0) puts his undefeated record on the line in his hometown of Philadelphia on November 24th against up and coming Australian fighter Vic Patrick (11-2). A victory would put Montgomery in line for a title shot next summer against Champion Ike Williams

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 10 0 0 1.000 330 180
Det 4 6 0 .400 197 230
Min 4 6 0 .400 168 214
GB 3 7 0 .300 233 235

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 9 1 0 .900 286 180
Wash 6 4 0 .600 254 216
Dal 2 8 0 .200 165 228
NYG 2 8 0 .200 171 273

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 5 5 0 .500 201 241
Atl 5 5 0 .500 158 181
Car 4 6 0 .400 166 209
TB 3 7 0 .300 196 240

West W L T PCT PF PA
Arz 6 4 0 .600 195 183
SF 6 4 0 .600 193 169
Sea 5 5 0 .500 211 211
StL 4 6 0 .400 172 185

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 6 4 0 .600 176 162
Pit 6 4 0 .600 187 183
Bal 4 5 1 .450 147 152
Cin 4 6 0 .400 202 204

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 7 2 1 .750 206 157
NYJ 5 5 0 .500 208 188
Buf 4 5 1 .450 143 215
Mia 3 7 0 .300 187 224

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 7 3 0 .700 244 157
Jax 4 6 0 .400 185 188
Ind 3 6 0 .400 174 214
Hou 3 6 1 .350 133 205

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 8 2 0 .800 246 185
KC 6 4 0 .600 160 185
SD 5 5 0 .500 168 157
Oak 4 6 0 .400 186 186

NFL Power Rankings

Rank Team Score SOS (Rank) Offense (Rank) Defense (Rank)
1 CHI 384.8 0.4574 (31) 421.8 (1) 277.1 (2)
2 PHI 331.4 0.4463 (32) 365.8 (5) 318.8 (13)
3 DEN 325.4 0.5134 (9) 335.8 (12) 311.7 (10)
4 NE 307.3 0.5025 (18) 320.8 (16) 301.2 (6)
5 TENN 306.3 0.4716 (29) 382 (3) 300.7 (5)
6 NYJ 284.5 0.5318 (4) 350.9 (9) 284.7 (4)
7 SF 284.1 0.5038 (14) 342.1 (11) 282.9 (3)
8 CLE 271.6 0.4786 (25) 375 (4) 309.4 (9)
9 WSH 268.2 0.4979 (19) 386 (2) 338.3 (20)
10 SD 250.1 0.5294 (6) 294.9 (25) 274.8 (1)
11 OAK 247.4 0.5337 (3) 352.4 (8) 315.7 (11)
12 ARZ 245.7 0.5038 (13) 326.6 (15) 342.5 (21)
13 KC 237 0.5388 (2) 297 (24) 343.9 (23)
14 JAX 234.7 0.5107 (10) 333.2 (13) 303.3 (7)
15 PIT 224.1 0.4943 (21) 287 (28) 321.1 (14)
16 STL 223.4 0.5455 (1) 315.5 (17) 322 (15)
17 BUF 211.5 0.5150 (8) 281.9 (30) 304.3 (8)
18 MIA 198.8 0.5302 (5) 329.7 (14) 326.6 (17)
19 NO 196.1 0.4785 (26) 361 (7) 375.4 (32)
20 BAL 192.6 0.4783 (27) 303.3 (21) 324.9 (16)
21 SEA 192 0.5096 (11) 284.4 (29) 348.4 (27)
22 CIN 185.6 0.4837 (23) 308.8 (19) 337.4 (19)
23 TB 183.3 0.5066 (12) 364.1 (6) 347.8 (26)
24 DET 180.9 0.5167 (7) 300 (22) 354.4 (29)
25 IND 178 0.4829 (24) 303.5 (20) 327.7 (18)
26 GB 175.2 0.5029 (17) 349.2 (10) 348.5 (28)
27 CAR 174.1 0.4771 (28) 299 (23) 316.8 (12)
28 ATL 172.3 0.4693 (30) 288.9 (26) 347 (25)
29 MIN 141.3 0.4951 (20) 274 (32) 359.7 (31)
30 NYG 129 0.5031 (16) 313.6 (18) 346.9 (24)
31 DAL 127.4 0.5031 (15) 287.6 (27) 343.8 (22)
32 HOU 127 0.4884 (22) 281.5 (31) 359.6 (30)

LAST WEEK'S GAMES
Chicago 35 Minnesota 25
Detroit 20 Green Bay 13
Washington 17 Dallas 8
Philadelphia 48 NY Giants 17
Carolina 30 New Orleans 15
St Louis 20 Arizona 17
Seattle 20 San Francisco 3
Atlanta 23 Tampa 13
New England 20 Miami 10
NY Jets 20 Buffalo 7
Oakland 27 Kansas City 17
Denver 23 San Diego 17
Indianapolis 31 Jacksonville 24
Tennessee 21 Houston 9

WEEK 12 GAMES
New England Patriots (7-2-1) at Detroit Lions (4-6)
New York Jets (5-5) at Chicago Bears (10-0)
Buffalo Bills (4-5-1) at Green Bay Packers (3-7)
San Diego Chargers (5-5) at Arizona Cardinals (6-4)
Tennessee Titans (7-3) at Washington Redskins (6-4)
Oakland Raiders (4-6) at San Francisco 49ers (6-4)
Cleveland Browns (6-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-5)
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-6) at Philadelphia Eagles (9-1)
Kansas City Chiefs (6-4) at St. Louis Rams (4-6)
Miami Dolphins (3-7) at Minnesota Vikings (4-6)
Indianapolis Colts (4-6) at Dallas Cowboys (2-8)
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-7)
Cincinnati Bengals (4-6) at Atlanta Falcons (5-5)
Baltimore Ravens (4-5-1) at Carolina Panthers (4-6)
Denver Broncos (8-2) at Seattle Seahawks (5-5)
Houston Texans (3-6-1) at New York Giants (2-8)

LEAGUE LEADERS
QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 313 223 71.2 3006 24 4 121.7
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Manfred Gayle TEN 243 143 58.8 2085 21 7 103.7
Ken Neal PHI 252 173 68.7 1806 14 7 96.1
Justin Jackson JAX 127 74 58.3 921 9 4 91.4

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Todd Berger NO 10 222 1092 4.9 47 6
Bruce Jones KAN 10 244 1084 4.4 70 8
Stacey Jolley MIA 10 209 1065 5.1 77 10
S *Van Buren NYJ 10 225 1027 4.6 81 5
Bob *Seymour WAS 10 209 1015 4.9 65 6

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Brian Gardner DEN 70
Zach Kruczek CLE 69
Bob Sommer NO 68
Wayne *Miller WSH 68
Lewis Smith JAX 66
Mel Ours HOU 65
Don *Hutson GB 64
Garland Brown IND 62
Jerry Watson DEN 61

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 10 68 985 14.5 79 9
Brian Gardner DEN 10 70 943 13.5 70 5
Chuck Myers NYG 10 56 890 15.9 80 3
Mel Ours HOU 10 65 869 13.4 60 3
Zach Kruczek CLE 10 69 858 12.4 47 3

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Mel Hein NYG 10 113 87 26
B Hasselbeck ARZ 10 105 81 24
Matt Truluck STL 10 103 88 15
Jeff Parent CIN 10 101 84 17
James Williams SEA 10 95 68 27

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 13
Reggie White SD 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 10
Leslie Hill PHI 10
Javon Love OAK 9
Wayne *Millner CLE 8

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 9
Mark Smith BAL 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Earl Joyce SF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 6
Marion Dulaney PHI 6
Frankie Morrall CHI 6
Cris Brezina TEN 6
Jimmy Conklin WSH 6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
Friday November 10, 1946
St. Louis 13 Detroit Mercy 10
Louisiana State 28 Miami (Florida) 20
Tennessee-Chattanooga 44 Newberry 0
West Texas A&M 14 Wichita State 3

Saturday November 11, 1946
New Mexico 7 Arizona 3
Army 20 Pennsylvania 3
Georgia 62 Auburn 17
Tulsa 38 Baylor 3
Brigham Young 19 Colorado State 0
Harvard 6 Brown 6
Temple 10 Bucknell 0
Virginia Military Institute 14 Citadel 7
Syracuse 21 Colgate 13
Cornell 14 Dartmouth 7
Colorado 21 Denver 21
Northern Iowa 31 Drake 3
Duke 17 South Carolina 7
Clemson 44 Furman 13
Hardin-Simmons 38 Texas-El Paso 10
Iowa 16 Minnesota 7
Nebraska 27 Iowa State 0
Kansas 24 Kansas State 10
Columbia 54 Lafayette 3
Michigan State 34 Marquette 14
Oklahoma 24 Missouri 9
UCLA 41 Montana 3
Fordham 27 New York University 6
Montana State 20 North Dakota State 10
Northern Arizona 24 Arizona State 3
New Mexico State 10 Northern Colorado 7
Notre Dame 26 Northwestern 0
Mississippi State 37 Northwestern State 0
Illinois 17 Ohio State 3
Texas Tech 17 Oklahoma State 17
Washington 20 Oregon 6
Oregon State 13 California 3
Navy 10 Penn State 10
Idaho 20 Portland 9
Yale 23 Princeton 16
Rice 3 Texas A&M 2
Rutgers 51 Lehigh 3
Georgetown 10 Scranton 3
Arkansas 10 Southern Methodist 3
Merchant Marine 17 St. Bonaventure 9
St. Mary's 50 Santa Clara 3
Tennessee 23 Boston College 21
Texas Christian 9 Texas 0
Georgia Tech 49 Tulane 13
Utah 31 San Francisco 20
Alabama 20 Vanderbilt 0
Villanova 28 Florida 17
North Carolina State 29 Virginia 15
Richmond 24 Virginia Tech 0
North Carolina 12 Wake Forest 10
Maryland 21 Washington & Lee 17
Stanford 26 Washington State 17
Kentucky 9 West Virginia 3
William & Mary 55 George Washington 0
Michigan 33 Wisconsin 6
Utah State 20 Wyoming 0

UPCOMING GAMES

Friday November 17, 1946
Brigham Young at Texas-El Paso
Fordham at Louisiana State
Loyola Marymount at Nevada
Washington & Lee at Miami (Florida)

Saturday November 18, 1946
Alabama at Boston College
Bucknell at Rutgers
Clemson at Auburn
Colgate at Brown
Dartmouth at Princeton
Davidson at Citadel
Drake at Oklahoma State
Duke at North Carolina
Fresno State at Idaho
Furman at Georgia Tech
Georgia at Tennessee-Chattanooga
Hofstra at Merchant Marine
Holy Cross at Temple
Howard Payne at Hardin-Simmons
Illinois at Northwestern
Indiana at Purdue
Kansas State at New Mexico
Kentucky at Tennessee
Lehigh at Lafayette
Maryland at Michigan State
Michigan at Ohio State
Minnesota at Wisconsin
Mississippi State at Mississippi
Montana at Washington
Montana State at Colorado Mines
Nebraska at Oklahoma
North Carolina State at Florida
Notre Dame at Tulane
Oregon at Oregon State
Penn State at Pittsburgh
Southern California at UCLA
Southern Methodist at Baylor
Stanford at California
Syracuse at Columbia
Texas Christian at Rice
Texas Tech at Arizona
Toledo at Wichita State
West Texas A&M at Arizona State
West Virginia at Virginia
Yale at Harvard

Sunday November 19, 1946
Wyoming at San Francisco

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Montreal 9 7 1 1 15 38 16
Detroit 10 6 3 1 13 33 28
New York 10 4 4 2 10 29 32
Toronto 9 4 5 0 8 20 20
Boston 10 3 5 2 8 25 27
Chicago 8 1 7 0 2 15 35

LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Maurice Richard MON 9 12 4 16
Max Bentley CHI 8 6 8 14
Joe Carveth BOS 10 7 5 12
Toe Blake MON 9 3 7 10
Leo Gravelle MON 9 9 0 9
Tony Leswick NY 10 8 1 9
Bill Ezinicki TOR 9 6 3 9
Billy Reay MON 9 6 3 9
Rene Trudell NY 10 6 3 9
Bill Cowley BOS 10 4 5 9
Elmer Lach MON 9 2 7 9
Billy Taylor DET 10 2 7 9

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Vic Lynn TOR 9 18
Pete Horek DET 10 16
Gus Mortson TOR 9 15
M Chamberlain MON 9 13

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 9 7-1-1 1 1.76
Turk Broda TOR 9 4-5-0 0 2.45
Frank Brimsek BOS 10 3-5-2 0 2.57
Harry Lumley DET 9 6-2-1 0 2.74

RESULTS
Wednesday November 8, 1946
New York 9 Chicago 2
Detroit 3 Boston 1

Thursday November 9, 1946
Montreal 8 Chicago 1

Saturday November 11, 1946
Montreal 4 Boston 3
New York 2 Toronto 1

Sunday November 13, 1946
Detroit 6 Montreal 3
Toronto 4 Chicago 1
Boston 3 New York 1

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 15, 1946
Montreal at New York
Detroit at Boston

Thursday November 16, 1946
Detroit at Montreal

Saturday November 18, 1946
Montreal at Toronto
Chicago at New York

Sunday November 19, 1946
Chicago at Detroit
Montreal at Boston
Toronto at New York

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PHI 1 1 0 1.000 x
WSH 4 3 1 .750 x
PROV 3 2 1 .667 x
NY 3 1 2 .333 1.5
BOS 3 0 3 .000 2.5
Tor 4 0 4 .000 3.0

WEST GP W L PCT GB
STL 4 4 0 1.000 x
CHI 4 4 0 1.000 x
DET 4 2 2 .500 2.0
CLE 2 1 1 .500 2.0
PIT 4 0 4 .000 4.0

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 1 26.0
Ed Sadowski CLE 2 19.5
Bob Feerick WSH 4 18.5
Donald Martin PROV 3 15.7
Max Zaslofsky CHI 4 15.5

RESULTS
Monday November 6, 1946
Washington 77 Pittsburgh 68

Tuesday November 7, 1946
Chicago 55 Boston 51
St Louis 62 Detroit 38

Thursday November 9, 1946
Chicago 91 Providence 76
St Louis 59 New York 42
Philadelphia 67 Pittsburgh 60

Friday November 10, 1946
Detroit 78 Toronto 60

Saturday November 11, 1946
Detroit 53 Boston 49
Providence 61 Pittsburgh 55
St Louis 61 Washington 50
Chicago 104 Toronto 49

Sunday November 12, 1946
Washington 99 Cleveland 70

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Monday November 13, 1946
Providence at Pittsburgh
Chicago at New York

Wednesday November 15, 1946
Boston at Chicago
Providence at Detroit

Thursday November 16, 1946
Boston at St Louis
Washington at Philadelphia

Friday November 17, 1946
Providence at Toronto

Saturday November 18, 1946
Detroit at Providence
Cleveland at St Louis
Washington at Chicago
Pittsburgh at New York
Toronto at Boston

Sunday November 19, 1946
Chicago at Cleveland

CANADIAN FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS
Saturday November 11, 1946
Western Final Game 1
Calgary 0 at 17 Winnipeg
Winnipeg leads two game total point series 17-0

Sunday November 12, 1946
IPRFU FINAL
Toronto Argos 17 at 6 Montreal Alouettes

ORFU FINAL
Toronto Indians 3 at 10 Toronto Balmy Beach

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday November 18, 1946
Western Final Game 2
Winnipeg at Calgary (2 game total points)

Sunday November 19, 1946
Toronto Balmy Beach at Toronto Argos

Sunday November 26, 1946
GREY CUP
Western Winner vs Eastern Winner at Toronto

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 07:55 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS November 20, 1946
VAN BUREN LEADS JETS PAST UNBEATEN BEARS
It was beginning to look like no one could beat the Chicago Bears after they won their first 10 games of the season and outscored their opponents on average by more than 2 touchdowns a game. No one that is until Steve *Van Buren entered Soldier Field. Van Buren almost singlehandedly carried the New York Jets past the Bears 24-13. The third year back out of LSU ran for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also returned 3 kicks for an average of 25 yards and to top it all of he recovered teammate Korey Tennell's fumble late in the third quarter to keep what would be the winning touchdown drive alive. Oh, and he caught a pair of passes for 37 yards as well.

The performance gives Van Buren 1173 yards rushing for the season, just 21 less than league leader Bruce Jones of Kansas City. He has already surpassed his total yards gained in 16 games last season and is just 224 shy of surpassing his career high set as a rookie.

As much as Van Buren carried the Jets you have to give a large dose of credit to the New York secondary which baffled Bears QB Sid *Luckman all day. Luckman endured his worst start of his career, completing just 15 of 34 for a season low 186 yards. The 4 time allstar was also picked off twice after throwing just 4 interceptions in the first 10 games.

EAGLES FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEARS LOSS
The Philadelphia Eagles missed a great chance to move into a first place tie in the NFC with Chicago. The Eagles were upended 18-10 by lowly Jacksonville. What hurt the Eagles most was the absence of workhorse running back Harley Mitchell. Back-up Jimmy Berton gained just 21 yards on 12 carries and QB Doug Bass faced too much pressure to mount any kind of offense for Philadelphia. Good news for the Eagles is that Mitchell is expected to be ready for next week's game with Detroit. QB Ken Neal, who has outperformed Bass this season, also sat out the game but should be ready to play next week.

Stacey Bennett kicked four field goals while QB Tommy Bledsoe completed 19-of-26 passes for 250 yards to lead the Jags. Bledsoe's performance was even more impressive considering the pressure he was under all game. He was sacked twice and had Eagles in his face all game. Most notable for Philadelphia was LB Ed Leblanc, who had 13 tackles, 1 sack, 4 qb pressures and an interception.

AFC LEADERS POST VICTORIES
Unlike the NFC where the top two clubs both lost, the AFC leaders each posted victories last week.

The Denver Broncos improved to 9-2 with a 45-10 pounding of the Seahawks in Seattle. Broncos running back Oscar Hartings ran for 131 yards and 3 touchdowns. Hartings also caught a touchdown pass and gained 103 yards receiving in the game. Broncos QB Jay Cason was knocked out of the game in the third quarter but he should be healthy for next week's game in Jacksonville.

After missing two starts with an injury QB Bob *Waterfield was back under center for the Detroit Lions and he nearly led his club to an upset win over New England. In the end the Patriots prevailed 28-24 thanks to a 14 yard Bob Irvin to Jim Houser touchdown pass with under a minute to play. Irvin threw for 301 yards and 3 touchdowns. The win improves the Pats record to 8-2-1.

Waterfield looked good despite being slowed by a lingering ankle injury, passing for 234 yards and one major. Detroit RB Fred Johnson had his best game since the season opener, running for 112 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

In other action
Green Bay took advantage of 4 Buffalo turnovers to beat the Bills 28-19. Don *Hutson had 7 catches including a touchdown grab to lead the Packers.while CB Rashod Dawson had 2 picks.

Tuffy *Leemans ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns to propel Arizona past San Diego 25-20.

Washington, still using a backup QB with Sammy *Baugh sidelined, beat Tennessee 16-10. Wayne *Miller caught a pair of touchdown passes from Mike Washington to lead the Redskins.

San Francisco outlasted Oakland 24-19 to win the Battle of the Bay Area. TE Walter Van Galder had another strong game, albeit in a losing effort. Van Galder, who was a second team AFC allstar a year ago, continued to show he is the best receiving TE in the game with a 5 catch, 117 yard effort on Sunday.

Tony Ellis ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns plus he added a touchdown reception to lead Cleveland past New Orleans 42-30. Jeff McDonald started his second straight for the Browns and threw for 315 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

St Louis beat Kansas City 27-10 behind a 128 yard rushing effort from Mike Largent. Ulish Groce, the undrafted QB who was a cinderella story for the Chiefs up until signing a huge extension in the offseason, threw 3 more interceptions. Groce has tossed just 5 touchdown passes compared with 18 picks this season. Chiefs RB Bruce Jones gained 110 yards on the ground and continues to lead the NFL in that category.

A last minute Woody Brooks to Ryan Burns touchdown pass gave Miami a 24-20 win over Minnesota. Brooks threw 3 touchdowns in the game.

LB Li Madison returned a fumble 87 yards for the winning score as Dallas beat Indianapolis 28-21.

Pittsburgh overcame a 20-7 halftime deficiet to rally past Tampa 27-20. Rookie Elmer Angsman gained 89 yards rushing for the Steelers.

Cincinnati embarrassed the Falcons in Atlanta to the tune of 42-13. Bill *Dudley ran for 3 touchdowns and caught a Ken Smith pass for a 4th score. Dudley gained a combined 165 yards rushing and receiving. It was his first start since being injured against Tennessee 4 weeks ago.

Baltimore beat Carolina 13-10 on a 46-yard overtime field goal from Leonard Allen. The only Ravens touchdown came on a 53 yard punt return from Don Horn with 5 minutes remaining in the game.

The New York Giants found a way once again to lose a game. The Giants led Houston 17-3 at the half but lost their 9th in a row after the Texans rallied for 17 unanswered 2nd half points to win 20-17. After getting picked off twice in the first half, Houston QB Vaughan Diedrick settled down after the break and finished the day with 272 yards passing including a 24 yard touchdown strike to Mel Ours. The other Texan touchdown came on a 44 yard interception return by CB Ollie Berzinski that tied the game at 17 early in the final quarter. The Texans won it on a 49 yard field goal from Laverne Bethea with 9 seconds to play.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 9-0 off, at Navy next week
2. Georgia (2) -- 9-0 beat Tenn-Chat 50-23, host Georgia Tech next week
3. UCLA (3) -- 9-0 beat USC 28-17, host Nebraska next week
4- Notre Dame (4) -- 7-1 beat Tulane 34-10, host USC next week
5. Michigan (5) -- 8-1 beat Ohio State 33-7, season over
6. North Carolina (6) -- 9-0 beat Duke 28-21, at Virginia next week
7. Yale (7) -- 9-0 beat Harvard 28-16, season over
8. Tennessee (8)-- 8-1 beat then #15 Kentucky 31-14, at Vanderbilt next week
9. Rice (10) - 8-0-1 beat TCU 20-0, host Baylor next week
10. Alabama (11) -- 8-2 beat Boston College 24-20, host #20 Mississippi State next week
11. Pennsylvania (9)-- 6-1 off, host Cornell next week
12 William & Mary (12)-- 8-1 off, at Richmond next week
13. Arkansas (13) - 6-2-1 off, at Tulsa next week
14 North Carolina State (18)-- 8-1 beat Florida 38-7, host Maryland next week
15. Illinois (16)-- 6-2-1 beat Northwestern 26-3, season over
16. Oklahoma (17)-- 7-2 beat Nebraska 37-7, at Oklahoma State next week
17 Rutgers (19)-- 8-0-1 beat Bucknell 31-0, season over
18. Southern California (14)-- 5-2-1 lost 28-17 to then #3 UCLA, at Notre Dame next week
19 Kentucky (15)-- 7-3 lost 31-14 to then #8 Tennessee, season over
20. Mississippi State (nr)-- 7-2 beat Mississippi 13-10, at #10 Alabama next week

Dropping out of top 20
Stanford (20) 6-2-1 tied 20-20 at California, season over

SEC RECAP
The SEC title will come down to the final week of the college season as both Georgia and Tennessee have one game remaining. The Bulldogs will host rival Georgia Tech while the Vols travel to Vanderbilt. If Georgia beats Georgia Tech we will likely see a 1-vs-2 showdown with Army and the Bulldogs meeting in the Sugar Bowl. Tennessee could go to the Cotton Bowl to face the Southwest Conference winner.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Geo 4 0 0 9 0 0
Tenn 4 0 0 8 1 0
bama 4 2 0 8 2 0
LSU 3 1 0 6 2 0
GaTech 3 1 0 6 2 0
Vand 3 3 0 4 4 0
MisSt 2 2 0 7 2 0
Kent 2 3 0 7 3 0
Tulane 2 3 0 3 5 0
Auburn 1 4 0 5 4 0
Florida 0 3 1 0 7 1
Miss 0 6 1 1 7 1

WESTERN CONFERENCE RECAP
Michigan completed a perfect season in-conference with a 33-7 win over a dissappointing Ohio State team. The Wolverines will face UCLA in the Rose Bowl. Illinois should get a bowl invitation but a terrible finish has

W L T W L T
Mich 7 0 0 8 1 0
Illin 5 1 1 6 2 1
OhSt 3 3 0 4 5 0
Iowa 3 3 0 5 4 0
Ind 2 3 1 4 3 2
Minn 2 4 1 4 4 1
Purd 2 4 0 3 6 0
Wisc 2 5 0 4 5 0
Nrthwn 1 4 1 3 5 1

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE RECAP
UCLA will meet Michigan in the Rose Bowl after finishing an unbeaten conference schedule with a 28-17 win over USC. USC likely needs to beat Notre Dame in South Bend next week to get a decent bowl bid. Stanford and Oregon State also have a shot at a bowl game.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
UCLA 7 0 0 9 0 0
USC 4 2 1 5 2 1
Stan 4 2 1 6 2 1
OreSt 4 2 1 5 2 1
Wash 4 3 0 4 3 1
Oreg 3 5 0 4 5 0
Cal 2 4 1 2 6 1
WshSt 2 5 0 2 5 0
Mont 1 3 0 3 5 0
Idah 0 5 0 2 7 0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE RECAP
Rice needs a win over Baylor next week or Texas A&M to lose against Texas for the Owls to clinch the conference title. The conference winner will play in the Cotton Bowl likely against Tennessee. Arkansas will also get a bowl bid but their destination is still unknown.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Rice 4 0 1 8 0 1
T A&M 4 1 0 5 4 0
Ark 3 2 1 6 2 1
TCU 2 2 1 3 5 1
Texas 1 3 1 5 3 1
Baylor 1 4 0 2 6 0
SMU 0 3 2 4 3 2

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE RECAP
North Carolina wins the conference with a 5-0 record. The Tar Heels finish up their schedule with a game against independant Virginia. Since there is no official affiliation with a bowl North Carolina will likely have a number of options for their bowl appearance. A good bet is the Oil Bowl against perhaps Arkansas.
As many as three other Southern Conference schools may also get a bowl bid with William & Mary and North Carolina State definates to be scheduled for a post season game.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
N Car 5 0 0 9 0 0
W&M 6 1 0 8 1 0
NC St 5 1 0 8 1 0
Rich 4 1 1 7 1 1
Duke 3 2 0 5 4 0
VMI 3 3 0 4 5 0
David 2 2 1 5 2 1
Mary 2 3 1 3 4 1
VaTech 2 4 1 2 5 1
Wake 2 2 0 5 3 0
S Car 2 3 0 3 4 0
Clem 2 3 0 3 6 0
GWsh 1 1 0 5 2 0
Citadel 1 5 0 2 5 1
Furm 0 4 0 1 7 0
Wsh&L 0 5 0 2 6 0

BIG 6 CONFERENCE RECAP
Conference winner Oklahoma will be going to the Orange Bowl likely against Notre Dame. Kansas has an outside shot at a bowl invitation.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Okla 5 0 0 7 2 0
Kans 3 1 0 6 3 0
Neb 3 2 0 3 4 1
Missri 2 2 0 4 5 0
K St 1 4 0 1 7 0
IowSt 0 5 0 3 6 0

BORDER CONFERENCE RECAP
Next Saturday's game between Hardin-Simmons and Texas Tech will determine who represents the conference in the Raisin Bowl against the Mountain States Conference winner. If Texas Tech prevails Hardin-Simmons will still likely get a bowl bid.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
H-Sim 5 0 0 9 0 0
TxTch 3 0 0 7 2 1
NMex 5 2 0 7 3 0
UTEP 3 2 0 6 2 0
WTx A&M 2 4 1 5 4 1
N Ariz 2 2 0 5 4 0
NMxSt 1 2 1 4 3 2
Ariz 1 4 0 4 5 0
ArizSt 0 6 0 1 8 0

MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE RECAP
Denver and Utah State each have two games remaining including a showdown between the 2 schools in 2 weeks. Utah lost to Denver earlier in the season but if they beat Utah State next week and have Denver lose both their remaining games than the Utes may have a shot. The conference winner meets the Border Conference champ in the Raisin Bowl.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Denv 4 0 1 4 3 1
Utah 4 1 0 5 3 0
UtSt 3 1 0 5 2 0
BYU 3 3 0 5 4 1
Color 2 2 1 3 5 1
ColSt 0 4 1 0 7 1
Wyom 0 5 1 1 8 1

MVC RECAP
The season is complete so Tulsa will get a bowl bid but since the conference does not have an automatic affiliation where has not yet been decided. A win over Arkansas Thursday could move them up to a better bowl but the likely bet is the Harbor Bowl in San Diego against a mid-level independant team from the west or perhaps against the second place team from the Border Conference.

W L T W L T
Tulsa 3 0 0 7 2 0
StL 1 0 1 3 4 1
WtchSt 1 2 0 3 5 1
Drake 0 3 1 1 7 1
OklaSt 1 1 0 4 5 1

INDEPENDANTS
Army and Yale, two clubs that normally do not accept bowl bids are both rumoured to be close to deciding to participate in a bowl game this season. College football fans should be especially excited about the possibility of a 1-vs-2 showdown between Army and Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Should Army decline than Notre Dame may accept the Sugar Bowl berth.

W L T
Army 9 0 0
Yale 9 0 0
Rutgers 8 0 1
Nevada 8 0 0
Notre Dame 7 1 0
Detroit Mercy 7 2 0
Penn State 6 1 1
Pennsylvania 6 1 0
Montana State 6 3 0
Harvard 5 1 3
Holy Cross 5 2 1
Syracuse 5 3 1
Boston College 5 3 0
Cornell 5 3 0
Bucknell 5 4 0
Columbia 5 4 0
Miami (Florida) 5 4 0
St. Mary's 4 2 1
Colgate 4 4 0
Virginia 4 4 0
Michigan State 4 5 0
Pittsburgh 4 5 0
Villanova 4 5 0
Merchant Marine 4 6 1
Georgetown 3 3 0
Brown 3 4 2
Princeton 3 4 1
San Francisco 3 5 0
Temple 3 5 0
Marquette 3 6 0
Portland 2 5 0
Santa Clara 2 6 0
Lafayette 2 7 0
Tenn-Chat 2 7 0
West Virginia 2 8 0
Fordham 1 6 0
New York U 0 6 1
Navy 0 7 1
Dartmouth 0 9 0

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ROUNDUP
CANADIENS IN FUNK - DROP THREE STRAIGHT GAMES
After losing just one of their first 10 games to start the season the Montreal Canadiens have dropped 3 straight and now trail the surging Detroit Red Wings for top spot in the National Hockey League. The Canadiens opened the week with a scoreless tie against the New York Rangers. Bill Durnan made 36 saves for his second shutout of the season but was upstaged by Ranger netminder Chuck Rayner who turned aside all 48 Montreal shots.

The next night it was rookie Gordie Howe's turn to shine against the Habs. Howe scored his first career hat trick and added an assist as Detroit beat Montreal 5-2. Durnan had his worst game of the season in the loss. Things did not get any better for the Canadiens who finished the week with a 3-1 loss in Toronto and a 4-2 defeat in Boston. The Red Wings beat lowly Chicago 2-1 on Sunday to move a point ahead of the Habs and into top spot.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BOSTON BRAVES
1946 was another bad season for the sad sack franchise that is the Boston Braves. The franchise has not won a pennant since 1906, heck they have only finished higher than 5th once since 1933. This season the Braves managed to hit a new low, losing a franchise record 98 games and marking the 5th straight season their win total has declined from the previous year. How bad has it been? Only twice since 1919 have they finished over .500.

Bright spots? Believe it or not there were a couple. 25 year old rookie pitcher Warren Spahn looks like the real deal. Spahn was 15-18 with a 3.57 era and received serious consideration for the rookie of the year award. The only other bright spot is that the Braves will get to select first in the newly implemented amateur player draft (EDITORS NOTE - I decided to go with a draft from now on because it will add far more interest to offseason articles.)

Other key Braves include 33 year old firstbaseman Rudy York (.206,21,72), ex-Yankee Phil Rizzuto (.276,3,22) at shortstop, and a decent catcher in 30 year old Phil Masi (.214,4,39).

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BROOKLYN DODGERS
After two sub-.500 seasons the Brooklyn Dodgers enjoyed an 84 win campaign and even though they were never in the pennant race there is cause for excitement. 27 year old outfielder Pete Reiser (.314,12,95) was named National League MVP and he heads a solid cast of hitters entering their prime. Shortstop Pee Wee Reese (.285,8,62) and rookie second baseman Jackie Robinson who is poised to become the first Negro to play in the major leagues give the Dodgers a solid infield. (EDITOR'S NOTE - I made Robinson exempt from the draft and automatically assigned him to the Dodgers because it did not seem right having him play elsewhere.) 24 year old outfielder Carl Furillo (.271,0,4) looked good in a brief September call-up and is likely here to stay. Veterans Goody Rosen (.289,7,64), Zeke Bonura (.249,9,78) and Stan Hack (.292,6,42) add leadership.

34 year old Mickey Haefner (21-13, 2.91) enjoyed the best season of his career while Don Black (17-13, 2.94) and Dick Mauney (16-17, 3,62) add depth to the rotation. The farm system looks good with young pitchers Rex Barney and Ralph Branca poised to make the jump to the big leagues but the Dodgers best prospect may be first baseman Ed Stevens.

Outlook for 1947. This is a club that could contend for the pennant if either Barney or Branca can deliver in the rotation.

BOXING BEAT
Billed as a night of future heavyweight contenders, the city of Philadelphia was treated to a fine evening of boxing over the weekend. It featured 4 bouts involving fighters on the verge of being considered one of the top 10 heavyweights in the world.

The main event saw New Jersey native Archie McBride stop Tami Mauriello with a fifth round knockout. The fight pretty much spells the end of the line for Mauriello who was destroyed 2 months ago in his hometown of New York in a title fight against World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. McBride improves to 16-7 and is ranked 11th in the world.

In other bouts Embrell Davidson of Detroit improved to 24-6 with 21 knockouts after stopping fellow Detroiter O'Dell Riley in the 14th round of their 15 rounder. Veteran Archie Moore improved to 16-6 after a split decision victory over Jack Walker (19-3). It was a real blow for Columbus native Walker who appeared poised to take the next step in to the upper level of heavyweight contenders. Pat Valentino narrowly defeated Henry Flakes by majority decision. Valentino, a San Francisco native, is 13-9-2 and did not do nearly enough against Flakes to warrent much future consideration in the division.

In other heavyweight action Alberto Santiago Lovell defeated Cesar Brion with a 12th round TKO to win the Argentine Heavyweight Title in Rosario, Argentina. The win improves Lovell's record to 18-7-1 while Brion falls to 7-10-2. Lovell is ranked 23rd in the World in his weight class.

In Germany Walter Neusel improved to 20-6 as he defended his German title against Hein Ten-Hoff. Neusel is likely in line to fight Englishman Bruce Woodcock for the European title but neither could hold a candle to the many great American fighters in the division right now.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL NEWS
ARGOS AND BLUE BOMBERS TO MEET IN GREY CUP
The Toronto Argonauts will meet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 34th Grey Cup championship game which will be held in Toronto next week. The Argos advanced with a 23-7 win over ORFU champion Toronto Balmy Beach. The Bombers lost 14-10 in Calgary on Saturday but won their 2 game total point Western Football title by a 27-10 score.

The defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argos will be looking to hoist the trophy for the 6th time. Winnipeg has won the trophy 3 times with the most recent victory coming in 1941. The Argos hammered the Bombers 35-0 in last years game which was also held in Toronto.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 10 1 0 .909 343 204
Det 4 7 0 .364 221 258
Min 4 7 0 .364 188 238
GB 4 7 0 .364 261 254

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 9 2 0 .818 296 198
Wash 7 4 0 .636 270 226
Dal 3 8 0 .273 193 249
NYG 2 9 0 .182 188 293

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 5 6 0 .455 231 283
Atl 5 6 0 .455 171 223
Car 4 7 0 .364 176 222
TB 3 8 0 .273 216 267

West W L T PCT PF PA
Arz 7 4 0 .636 220 203
SF 7 4 0 .636 217 188
Sea 5 6 0 .455 221 256
StL 5 6 0 .455 199 195

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 7 4 0 .636 218 192
Pit 7 4 0 .636 214 203
Bal 5 5 1 .500 160 162
Cin 5 6 0 .455 244 217

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 8 2 1 .773 234 153
NYJ 6 5 0 .545 232 181
Buf 4 6 1 .409 162 202
Mia 4 7 0 .364 211 244

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 7 4 0 .636 254 173
Jax 5 6 0 .455 203 198
Hou 4 6 1 .409 153 222
Ind 4 7 0 .364 195 242

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 9 2 0 .818 291 195
KC 6 5 0 .545 170 212
SD 5 6 0 .455 188 182
Oak 4 7 0 .364 205 210

RESULTS
New England 28 Detroit 24
NY Jets 24 Chicago 13
Green Bay 28 Buffalo 19
Arizona 25 San Diego 20
Washington 16 Tennessee 10
San Francisco 24 Oakland 19
Cleveland 42 New Orleans 30
Jacksonville 18 Philadelphia 10
St Louis 27 Kansas City 10
Miami 24 Minnesota 20
Dallas 28 Indianapolis 21
Pittsburgh 27 Tampa 20
Cincinnati 42 Atlanta 13
Baltimore 13 Carolina 10
Denver 45 Seattle 10
Houston 20 NY Giants 17

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
New England Patriots (8-2-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-4)
New York Jets (6-5) at Cleveland Browns (7-4)
Miami Dolphins (4-7) at Baltimore Ravens (5-5-1)
Denver Broncos (9-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-6)
Chicago Bears (10-1) at Washington Redskins (7-4)
Detroit Lions (4-7) at Philadelphia Eagles (9-2)
Kansas City Chiefs (6-5) at Tennessee Titans (7-4)
Oakland Raiders (4-7) at Houston Texans (4-6-1)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-8) at Seattle Seahawks (5-6)
Minnesota Vikings (4-7) at Dallas Cowboys (3-8)
New Orleans Saints (5-6) at St. Louis Rams (5-6)
San Diego Chargers (5-6) at Indianapolis Colts (4-7)
Atlanta Falcons (5-6) at San Francisco 49ers (7-4)
Carolina Panthers (4-7) at Arizona Cardinals (7-4)
Buffalo Bills (4-6-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (5-6)
Green Bay Packers (4-7) at New York Giants (2-9)

LEAGUE LEADERS

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 347 238 68.6 3192 25 6 114.4
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Manfred Gayle TEN 278 164 59 2295 22 7 101.5
Ken Neal PHI 252 173 68.7 1806 14 7 96.1
Steve Quayle TB 171 102 59.6 1402 6 3 90.3

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Bruce Jones KAN 11 268 1194 4.5 70 9
S *Van Buren NYJ 11 251 1173 4.7 81 7
Todd Berger NO 11 242 1170 4.8 47 6
Stacey Jolley MIA 11 234 1162 5 77 10
Bob *Seymour WAS 11 224 1070 4.8 65 6

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Brian Gardner DEN 77
Zach Kruczek CLE 74
Bob Sommer NO 74
Wayne *Miller WSH 74
Lewis Smith JAX 72
Mel Ours HOU 72
Don *Hutson GB 71
Garland Brown IND 70
Sonny Pointer BUF 67

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 11 74 1070 14.5 79 11
Brian Gardner DEN 11 77 1047 13.6 70 6
Zach Kruczek CLE 11 74 983 13.3 74 4
Chuck Myers NYG 11 61 957 15.7 80 3
Mel Ours HOU 11 72 947 13.2 60 4

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Mel Hein NYG 11 121 94 27
Matt Truluck STL 11 115 100 15
B Hasselbeck ARZ 11 112 87 25
Jeff Parent CIN 11 110 92 18
James Williams SEA 11 105 76 29

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 14
Reggie White SD 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 10
Leslie Hill PHI 10
Javon Love OAK 9
Wayne *Millner CLE 9

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 10
Mark Smith BAL 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Earl Joyce SF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 6
Marion Dulaney PHI 6
Frankie Morrall CHI 6
Cris Brezina TEN 6
Rashod Dawson GB 6
Jimmy Conklin WSH 6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
Friday November 17, 1946
Texas-El Paso 14 Brigham Young 3
Louisiana State 46 Fordham 3
Nevada 48 Loyola Marymount 3
Miami (Florida) 27 Washington & Lee 3

Saturday November 18, 1946
Alabama 24 Boston College 20
Rutgers 31 Bucknell 0
Auburn 23 Clemson 20
Colgate 27 Brown 3
Princeton 16 Dartmouth 16
Davidson 37 Citadel 3
Oklahoma State 34 Drake 0
North Carolina 28 Duke 21
Idaho 6 Fresno State 6
Georgia Tech 31 Furman 0
Georgia 50 Tennessee-Chattanooga 23
Merchant Marine 17 Hofstra 3
Holy Cross 17 Temple 16
Hardin-Simmons 33 Howard Payne 0
Illinois 26 Northwestern 3
Indiana 24 Purdue 3
New Mexico 28 Kansas State 7
Tennessee 31 Kentucky 14
Lafayette 14 Lehigh 13
Michigan State 13 Maryland 3
Michigan 33 Ohio State 7
Wisconsin 16 Minnesota 0
Mississippi State 13 Mississippi 10
Washington 21 Montana 7
Montana State 17 Colorado Mines 0
Oklahoma 37 Nebraska 7
North Carolina State 38 Florida 7
Notre Dame 34 Tulane 10
Oregon State 10 Oregon 6
Penn State 14 Pittsburgh 7
UCLA 28 Southern California 17
Baylor 6 Southern Methodist 0
California 20 Stanford 20
Columbia 47 Syracuse 14
Rice 20 Texas Christian 0
Texas Tech 23 Arizona 13
Toledo 20 Wichita State 7
West Texas A&M 37 Arizona State 0
Virginia 23 West Virginia 3
Yale 28 Harvard 16

Sunday November 19, 1946
San Francisco 9 Wyoming 9

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Georgetown at New York University

Thursday November 23, 1946
Arizona State at Wichita State
Arkansas at Tulsa
Colorado College at Denver
Colorado State at Colorado
Cornell at Pennsylvania
Furman at Davidson
Kansas at Missouri
New Mexico State at Texas-El Paso
Rollins at Tennessee-Chattanooga
South Carolina at Wake Forest
St Louis at Bradley
Texas A&M at Texas
Utah State at Utah
Virginia Military Institute at Virginia Tech
William & Mary at Richmond

Friday November 24, 1946
Detroit Mercy at Miami (Florida)
Portland at San Jose State

Saturday November 25, 1946
Army at Navy
Auburn at Florida
Baylor at Rice
Georgia Tech at Georgia
Holy Cross at Boston College
Kansas State at Arizona
Maryland at North Carolina State
Mississippi State at Alabama
Nebraska at UCLA
North Carolina at Virginia
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Southern California at Notre Dame
St Mary's at San Francisco
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Texas Christian at Southern Methodist
Texas Tech at Hardin-Simmons
Tulane at Louisiana State
Washington at Oregon State
Washington State at Michigan State

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 13 8 4 1 17 41 34
Montreal 13 7 4 2 16 43 28
New York 13 4 4 5 13 34 37
Boston 12 5 5 2 12 25 27
Toronto 11 5 5 1 11 33 27
Chicago 10 1 8 1 3 18 39

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Maurice Richard MON 13 13 4 17
Max Bentley CHI 10 6 11 17
Joe Carveth BOS 12 10 5 15
Bill Ezinicki TOR 11 7 5 12
Tony Leswick NY 13 9 2 11
Bill Cowley BOS 12 4 7 11
Billy Taylor DET 13 3 8 11
Ted Kennedy TOR 11 3 8 11
Leo Gravelle MON 13 9 1 10
Rene Trudell NY 13 6 4 10
Cal Gardner NY 13 6 4 10
Sid Abel DET 13 5 5 10
Toe Blake MON 13 3 7 10

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Bill Ezinicki TOR 11 26
Fern Flaman BOS 12 21
M Chamberlain MON 13 21

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 13 7-4-2 2 2.05
Turk Broda TOR 11 5-5-1 0 2.35
Frank Brimsek BOS 12 5-5-2 0 2.39
Harry Lumley DET 12 8-3-1 0 2.54

RESULTS
Wednesday November 15, 1946
Montreal 0 New York 0
Boston 3 Detroit 1

Thursday November 16, 1946
Detroit 5 Montreal 2

Saturday November 18, 1946
Toronto 3 Montreal 1
Chicago 2 New York 2

Sunday November 19, 1946
Detroit 2 Chicago 1
Boston 4 Montreal 2
Toronto 3 New York 3

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Toronto at Boston
Detroit at Chicago

Thursday November 23, 1946
New York at Detroit

Saturday November 25, 1946
New York at Montreal
Detroit at Toronto

Sunday November 26, 1946
Montreal at Boston
Toronto at Detroit
New York at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

STANDINGS
EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 6 5 1 .833 x
PROV 7 5 2 .714 0.5
PHI 2 1 1 .500 2.0
NY 5 2 3 .400 2.5
BOS 6 1 5 .167 4.0
Tor 6 1 5 .167 4.0

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 8 7 1 .875 x
STL 6 5 1 .833 1.0
CLE 4 2 2 .500 3.0
DET 6 2 4 .333 4.0
PIT 6 0 6 .000 6.0

LEAGUE SCORING LEADERS
SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 2 25.0
Ed Sadowski CLE 4 16.8
Bob Feerick WSH 5 18.4
F Baumholtz CLE 4 15.0
Johnny Logan STL 5 14.2
John Norlander WSH 5 14.2
Max Zaslofsky CHI 8 14.1
Horace McKinney WSH 6 14.0
Donald Martin PROV 7 13.3
Chuck Halbert CHI 7 13.1

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Monday November 13, 1946
Providence 64 Pittsburgh 53
Chicago 72 New York 71

Wednesday November 15, 1946
Chicago 70 Boston 63
Providence 57 Detroit 52

Thursday November 16, 1946
St Louis 61 Boston 46
Washington 68 Philadelphia 51

Friday November 17, 1946
Toronto 68 Providence 67

Saturday November 18, 1946
Providence 57 Detroit 52
Cleveland 67 St Louis 54
Washington 76 Chicago 62
New York 69 Pittsburgh 54
Boston 62 Toronto 53

Sunday November 19, 1946
Chicago 69 Cleveland 66

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES

Monday November 20, 1946
Toronto at Pittsburgh
Detroit at New York

Tuesday November 21, 1946
Cleveland at Toronto
St Louis at Philadelphia

Wednesday November 22, 1946
Pittsburgh at Detroit
St Louis at Washington
Chicago at New York

Thursday November 23, 1946
Chicago at Philadelphia
St Louis at Boston
Washington at Providence

Friday November 24, 1946
Boston at Toronto

Saturday November 25, 1946
St Louis at Providence
Cleveland at New York
Toronto at Washington
Boston at Detroit

Sunday November 26, 1946
Detroit at Chicago
Pittsburgh at Cleveland

CANADIAN FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS

Saturday November 18, 1946
Western Final Game 2
Winnipeg 10 at 14 Calgary
Winnipeg wins 2 game total point series 27-14

Sunday November 19, 1946
Toronto Balmy Beach 7 at 23 Toronto Argos

UPCOMING GAMES
Sunday November 26, 1946
GREY CUP
Winnipeg vs Toronto Argos at Toronto

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 08:02 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : November 27, 1946
COLLINS AND PLANK MAKE HALL OF FAME
Pitchers Ray Collins and Eddie Plank can now each add one more footnote to their outstanding major league careers - Hall of Famer. The two hurlers who combined for 10 pitcher of the year awards each received just over the mimimum 126 votes necessary for induction. The total number of Hall of Famers now swells to 15, including 7 pitchers.

Collins, who won 6 pitcher of the year awards and was instrumental in the Red Sox 9 pennants and 6 World Series titles during his 15 year career, led all candidates with 130 votes. He began his career in 1909 at the age of 22. He struggled through an 8-9 season and it would be 3 years before his career blossomed. And blossom it did. Collins won at least 21 games and never lost more than 12 each season between 1912 and 1922. He won a major league record 10 postseason games and finished his career in 1923 with a 326-139 record.

Plank finished with one vote less than Collins. A 4 time American League pitcher of the year and 9 time allstar, Plank spent his entire career with the Athletics. 5 times he led his league in wins and 3 times had the best era. He was 3-3 in World Series action but never played for a winner. His career era of 2.45 is the 6th lowest alltime. He also ranks 11th alltime in strikeouts with 2106 and is 14th in career wins with 323.

Among those just missing induction was Nap Lajoie who once again fell short. Many have long argued that Lajoie should have been among the initial group of inductees 13 years ago but here once again Lajoie is left wondering if his name will ever be called. Smokey Joe Wood, Ed Walsh and Zach Wheat all fell less than 15 votes shy of 75% needed for induction.

Anyone appearing on less than 10% of the ballots will be removed from consideration for next year. 9 time allstar outfielder Chick Hafey, who spent his entire 18 year career with the Cardinals, heads the list of players who will be eligible for the first time next year.

167 ballots cast VOTES PCT
Ray Collins 130 77.8%
Eddie Plank 129 77.2%
Ed Walsh Sr. 115 68.9%
Zach Wheat 113 67.7%
Joe Wood 112 67.1%
Nap Lajoie 103 61.7%
Chief Bender 100 59.9%
Bob Meusel 68 40.7%
Doc Ayers 34 20.4%
Al Bridwell 23 13.8%
Orval Overall 21 12.6%
Bill Steen 19 11.4%
George Uhle 18 10.8%
Harry Heilmann 17 10.2%
Bill Doak 15 9.0%
Weldon Henley 14 8.4%
Doc White 12 7.2%
Hugh Bedient 9 5.4%
Bob Harmon 8 4.8%
Jimmy Dygert 7 4.2%
Larry Gardner 6 3.6%
Bill Chappelle 5 3.0%
Bob Rhoads 5 3.0%
Al Mamaux 4 2.4%
Joe Judge 4 2.4%
Claude Hendrix 3 1.8%
Roy Patterson 2 1.2%
John Skopec 2 1.2%
Emmet Heidrick 2 1.2%
Johnny Mostil 2 1.2%
Pol Perritt 1 0.6%
Gene Demontreville 1 0.6%
Joe Hauser 1 0.6%
George Sisler 1 0.6%
Milt Stock 1 0.6%

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CHICAGO CUBS
After back-to-back National League Pennants the Chicago Cubs slipped to 5th place this past season. The biggest reason for the turnaround - the offense or rather lack thereof. In 1945 the Cubs were 3rd in runs scored and 5th in batting average in the major leagues while in 1946 they fell to 15th in each of those categories. It is hard to single one player out for the fall as it clearly was a case of virtually every regular having an off-year at the same time. The good news is most of the players are young enough that they could all just as easily have a career year next season.

Catcher Ken O'Dea (.266,13,67) saw his average dip nearly .050 but he will be just 34 next season and is being counted on to regain the form he showed during the pennant winning seasons when he made back to back allstar teams. 41 year old Don Hurst lost the first base job to 27 year old rookie Eddie Waitkus (.307,1,22) in August and Waitkus appears to have a bright future. The rest of the infield remains the same as during the pennant winning seasons: 30 year old Eddie Stanky (.240,1,32) at second, 29 year old Lenny Merullo (.226,0,42) at short and third baseman Harland Clift (.206,15,69) who will be 34 on opening day. All 3 are coming off the worst season of their careers offensively.

Outfielder Bill Nicholson (.232,18,72) still displayed power but the 32 year old saw his average plummet by .054. 34 year old Augie Galan (.259,4,59) and 33 year old Joe Marty (.243,8,61) round out the lineup. However, they will be pressed for playing time by 26 year old Andy Pafko, who hit .293 in AAA and appears ready for the Show.

Pitching is the Cubs strength as they again finished in the top four in earned runs allowed. Starters Vern Olsen (15-16, 2.93), Paul Erickson (16-17, 3.39), Hank Wyse (16-16, 3.84) and Ken Raffensberger (14-13, 3.41) return and all are between 29 and 31 years of age. 26 year old Johnny Schmitz (3-5, 4.05) and 29 year old Ed Head (2-1, 1.55) will press for a spot in the rotation. Head in particular is an interesting case. He went 21-14 for the Dodgers in 1942 and was named NL Rookie of the Year before a terrible start the following season prompted his being traded twice. He did win 19 games for the Cubs in 1944 but has not been able to crack the rotation since then.

1947 OUTLOOK - The Cubs are a strong team and if the hitters can perform like they did 2 years ago there is no reason why Wrigley Field won't be an exciting place to be in come late September.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CINCINNATI REDS
Pennant fever returned to Cincinnati last season for the first time since 1926. In the end the Reds finished two games back of Pittsburgh but their 89 wins was the most since they last celebrated a championship 20 years ago.

The hamstring injury to Joe Dimaggio that cost the slugger nearly all of September may well have been the difference in the pennant race. The 32 year old Dimaggio is clearly not the player he was in his early days with the Yankees before suffering a series of injuries but he can still mash the ball and has the uncanny ability to hit the big one at the right time. Dimaggio (.226,21,77) saw his average drop to a career low but he hit 12 homers in the 39 games just proceeding his injury to spark the Reds pennant run.

Ford Garrison (.310,10,57) and Joe Medwick (.323,11,70) will be 31 and 35 respectively as the 1947 season opens and both are coming off strong seasons. 34 year old first baseman Johnny Mize (.242,19,86) is still productive and 34 year old second sacker Alex Kampouris (.323,10,66) fashioned career best numbers. Veteran Pete Coscarart (.259,6,57) at short and 3B Grady Hatton (.250,8,54) round out the infield. Hatton is just 24 and is expected to improve upon a decent rookie season. 32 year old catcher Frankie Hayes (.223,11,62) wilted in the late summer after a strong start to his season.

The pitching staff in a quick glance looks good. But dig a little deeper and you can see why the Reds are a little worried. 30 year old Johnny Hutchings (21-6, 3.00) had everything go his way in his first full season as a starter. However, the jury is out on whether or not he can duplicate those numbers. Arnold Carter (18-15, 3.14) is far less of a concern. The 28 year old has improved each of his 3 seasons in the Reds rotation. Howie Fox (17-15, 4.96) is another question mark. The 26 year old had a far better record than his showing as a rookie two seasons ago but his era ballooned and poses some worry for the Reds front office. Rookie Evell Blackwell (12-15, 3.75) appears to have a bright future but can the 23 year old repeat his freshman performance? 24 year old Johnny Hetki (3-2, 2.67) led the National League with 11 saves.

1947 OUTLOOK - Everything went right for the Reds in 1946 until Dimaggio got hurt. Even then they nearly pulled off their first pennant in 20 years. The bet this season is things won't fall in to place quite as easily and the Reds will be a slightly above .500 ballclub. 3rd or 4th place at best.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
 ARMY FINISHES PERFECT SEASON: DECLINES BOWL OFFER
Army easily handled longtime for Navy 29-10 over the weekend at Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium but the bigger news came after the game when it was made official that Army would not accept the Sugar Bowl's invitation to play against Georgia. It has been a longtime standard that Army does not participate in postseason games but with WWII over and the excitement a number 1 vs number 2 matchup could have provided many were expecting the Cadets to accept the invitation. Head Coach Earl Blaik broke the news to the media immediately following the win over Navy.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after the final weekend of the season (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 10-0 won 29-10 at Navy
2. Georgia (2) -- 10-0 beat Georgia Tech 37-24 co-SEC winner
3. UCLA (3) -- 10-0 beat Nebraska 37-13 win PCC Title
4- Notre Dame (4) -- 8-1 beat USC 31-7 only loss to Army
5. Michigan (5) -- 8-1 off won Western Conference Title only loss to Army
6. North Carolina (6) -- 10-0 beat Virginia 22-13 won Southern Conference Title
7. Tennessee (8)-- 9-1 beat Vanderbilt 16-0 co-SEC champs only loss to North Carolina
8. Rice (9) - 9-0-1 beat Baylor 21-7 win SWC title only blemish a tie with SMU
9. Alabama (10) -- 9-2 beat Mississippi State 24-14 losses to Georgia and Tenn.
10. Yale (7) -- 9-0 off Finished as top Ivy League school although technically all are independants
11 William & Mary (12)-- 9-1 beat Richmond 17-7 only loss to North Carolina
12. Pennsylvania (11)-- 7-1 beat Cornell 21-14 only loss to Army
13 North Carolina State (14)-- 9-1 beat Maryland 38-6 loss was against Wake Forest
14. Arkansas (13) - 6-2-2 tied 6-6 at Tulsa
15. Illinois (15)-- 6-2-1 off 2nd in Western Conference losses to Notre Dame and Michigan
16 Rutgers (17)-- 8-0-1 season over tie was against Harvard
17. Oklahoma (16)-- 7-2-1 dissappointing 30-30 tie at Oklahoma State Won Big 6
18 Hardin-Simmons (nr)-- 10-0 beat Texas Tech 28-24. Won Border Conference title
19 Kentucky (19)-- 7-3 season over all 3 losses to SEC rivals
20 Tulsa (nr) -- 7-2-1 tied then #13 Arkansas 6-6. Won MVC title. losses to Detroit Mercy and Tx Tech

Dropping out of top 20
Southern California (18)-- 5-3-1 lost 31-7 at Notre Dame tied for second in PCC
Mississippi State (20)-- 7-3 lost at #10 Alabama 24-14 all 3 losses to SEC rivals

BOWL MATCHUPS DECIDED
Army's refusal to accept a Bowl bid sent a real shockwave through the entire bowl picture. However once the dust settled there will definately be some intriguing matchups even though there will not be a true number 1 vs number 2.

With Army out of the picture number 4 Notre Dame decided to pass on the Orange Bowl and take the Cadets spot in the Sugar Bowl against number 2 Georgia. If the Bulldogs beat the Irish it will be interesting to see if that can vault them past idle Army into the number 1 ranking.

Other games involving top 10 clubs including the Rose Bowl which features unbeaten number 3 UCLA against the 5th ranked Michigan Wolverines. #7 Tennessee will meet #8 Rice in the Cotton Bowl. 6th ranked North Carolina was a team being heavily wooed and with the Southern Conference not having a direct affiliation with a bowl the Tar Heels opted for the Orange Bowl against Big 6 champ #17 Oklahoma. The Oil Bowl should also be a good matchup with 9th ranked Alabama playing 11th ranked William & Mary.

Only 3 top 20 teams will not be participating in a bowl game. Army and #10 Yale both declined while 19th ranked Kentucky was not eligible because of a rule allowing just 3 teams per conference to participate in a bowl game. The SEC is already represented by Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. LSU, despite barely missing the top 20, would likely have been selected ahead of Kentucky had a 4th SEC school been eligible.

The only Bowl game undecided is the Raisin Bowl which features the champions from the Border and Mountain States Conferences. Hardin-Simmons went 10-0 and won the Border Conference title but the Mountain States will not be decided until next week's game between Utah State and Denver is completed. Utah State can not win the conference but if they beat Denver than the title will go to Utah.

THE BOWL PICTURE

SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
#16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Nevada vs Stanford

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver or Utah

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois vs Texas

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa vs New Mexico

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROUNDUP
PLAYOFF PICTURE STARTING TO COME IN FOCUS
With just 4 weeks remaining in the 1946 National Football League season the playoff picture is beginning to clear up. In the NFC the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles have already clinched berths while things are looking very good for the Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins. In the AFC only the Denver Broncos have clinched a playoff berth so far, but the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs all look to be in good shape.

In this weekend's games the Philadelphia Eagles clinched a playoff berth with a 34-26 win over a game Detroit Lions squad. Ken Neal returned from injury to throw 3 touchdown passes for the Eagles while RB Harley Mitchell, also back from injury, ran for 82 yards and caught 4 passes for 67 more. Losing QB Bob *Waterfield had another strong day for the Lions, throwing for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The Chicago Bears rebounded from last week's loss against the Jets by hammering Washington 44-24. Sid *Luckman threw 4 touchdown passes as the Bears clinched the NFC North Division title.

Tampa beat Seattle 24-15 despite a breakout game from Seahawks RB Marion *Motley. Motley ran for a career best 124 yards. All of Tampa's scoring came in the second quarter including a pair of Steve Quayle touchdown passes and a 77 yard interception return from Jim Plum.

5 turnovers cost Dallas bigtime against Minnesota. The Vikings won 31-27 despite Dallas having a huge advantage in total yards and time of possession. Cowboys QB Doug Shroeder was picked off twice and fumbled once. Dallas running back Raymond Cash ran for 127 yards.

New Orleans beat St Louis 35-18 to take over sole possession of top spot in the NFC South at 6-6. Todd Berger ran for 101 yards and scored 3 touchdowns to lead the Saints.

San Francisco and Arizona both won to remain tied atop the NFC West at 8-4. The 49ers beat Atlanta 30-7 while the Cardinals needed overtime to top Carolina 16-10. Trent Feeney's second touchdown pass of the game, a 49 yarder to WR Anthony Green accounted for the winning score.

The New York Giants finally ended their losing streak at 9 games as they beat Green Bay 13-9. Michael Lake ran for 138 yards for New York while the Giant defense completely dominated the Packers.

In the AFC Denver became the first team to clinch a playoff berth with a 13-3 victory over Jacksonville. LB Seth Walker had an incredible game for the Broncos, picking up a pair of sacks and recording 11 tackles. Aside from RB Oscar Hartings who gained 100 yards on the ground and another 49 receiving, the Broncos offense did not do a lot.

New England improved to 9-2-1 with a 24-17 win over Pittsburgh. Bob Irvin tossed 3 touchdown passes and threw for 281 yards for the Pats who turned all 3 Steelers turnovers into points. Pittsburgh falls to 7-5 and a game out of first in the AFC North.

Cleveland has sole possession of top spot in the North after laying a 31-10 beating on the 6-6 New York Jets. Art Basnight ran for 111 yards and Wayne *Millner had two sacks to lead the Browns. After such an incredible performance in upsetting Chicago a week ago, the Jets looked like a completely different - and uninspired - club. Steve *Van Buren was held to just 44 yards rushing and he had a fumble returned for a Cleveland touchdown.

League rushing leader Stacey Jolley scored 3 touchdowns and ran for a career high 250 yards to lead Miami past Baltimore 38-21. Jolley's 250 yards are just 18 shy of the single game record set by Antowain Anderson of Atlanta a year ago. The defending champion Ravens fall to 5-6-1 and are looking like they will not be making a postseason appearance this year.

Kansas City is in the thick of the wild card hunt at 7-5 after beating Tennessee 30-17. The Chiefs won despite 3 interceptions from QB Ulish Groce. However, the Chiefs certainly did not have a monopoly on turnovers. Manfred Gayle of the Titans was picked off twice and he fumbled once. Titan kick returner Flip McMillan fumbled 3 times. The Titans are also 7-5 and 2 games ahead of Jacksonville and Indianapolis atop the AFC South.

Johnny Cushing ran for 106 yards and had 6 catches for 72 yards to help Oakland past Houston 30-23. At 5-7 the Raiders are likely out of the postseason picture.

Indianapolis upended San Diego 27-6. James Harris had 10 tackles and an interception to lead the Colts defense to it's best showing of the season.

Buffalo remains alive in the wild card hunt at 5-6-1 after beatint Chicnnati 13-6. Bills QB Leon Allen connected with WR Thomas Glover for a 5 yard touchdown pass on Buffalo's opening possession to account for the only major on the day. Bills CB Greg Fletcher had 2 sacks and forced a pair of Cincinnati fumbles.

There are a number of games next week that can make a huge difference in the playoff picture including New Orleans (6-6) at Pittsburgh (7-5) and Arizona (8-4) at San Francisco (8-4) but the biggest matchup may be a potential title game preview as New England (9-2-1) entertains the Chicago Bears (11-1).

BOXING ROUNDUP
BOB MONTGOMERY TAKES STEP CLOSER TO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Promising lightweight Bob Montgomery improved to 10-0 with a victory in his hometown of Philadelphia over his toughest opponent to date. Montgomery looked to be in trouble early on against Australian Vic Patrick until he caught the Aussie with a devasting right in the 4th round that sent him to the canvas. Patick, ranked 11th in the World entering the fight recovered from the knockdown but he never did take control of the fight again. Montgomery won by unanimous decision dropping Patrick's record to 11-3.

The win moves Montgomery in to the role of number 1 contender for champion Ike Williams' World Lightweight belt. It is expected Williams and Montgomery will meet late next year for the title. Despite the loss Patrick showed enough to move up into the top 10 fighters in the division.

In other boxing news reigning British middleweight champ Randy Turpin added the European Middleweight belt to his collection after outpointing Frenchman Edouard Tenet in London England over the weekend. Turpin improves to 22-3 and is ranked XX overall while Tenet's record falls to 13-6-1. If his career continues along the same path expect Turpin to get a shot a World Middleweight champ Jake Lamotta in the next year or two.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RED WINGS STRETCH LEAD WITH 3 STRAIGHT WINS
The Detroit Red Wings have opened up an 8 point lead atop the National Hockey League standings after three straight wins last week. Meanwhile, Montreal dropped to a third place tie after going winless in their last 7 games.

The Wings started a busy 4 game week with an uninspired effort in a 1-1 tie with lowly Chicago. for the Black Hawks it was just their third point of the season and Chicago's goal was scored by, who else, Max Bentley. Bentley is tied with Rocket Richard for the scoring lead with 19 points and he has been involved in all but one of Chicago's 20 goals this season.

Thursday the Wings beat the Rangers at the Olympia by a 5-4 score. Sid Abel led the Red Wings with a pair of goals while Grant Warwick had two for the visitors. On Saturday the Red Wings held off a late charge from Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens to beat the Leafs 5-4. Howie Meeker had a hat trick for the Leafs while stay at-home defense Bill Quakenbush equalled his season point total with 3 helpers for the Detroiters. On Sunday, the Wings again beat the Leafs. This time it was a 5-3 score on the ice at The Olympia. Just as was the case the previous evening 5 different Red Wings beat struggling Toronto netminder Turk Broda.

Speaking of struggling, the Montreal Canadiens continue to plummet in the standings. The Habs have lost 5 in a row and have just 1 tie in their last 7 games after starting the season 7-0-1. The Canadiens lost a pair of 2-1 games last week, to the Rangers and Boston.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLING OPPOSITION
The Providence Steamrollers, riding a 7 game winning streak, are the hottest club in the BAA. The Steamrollers own the best record in the league thanks to a balanced offense led by guards Donald Martin and Ernie Calverley. The two are each averaging over 13 points a game but the offense is not restricted to the backcourt. Center Hank Beenders is averaging nearly 11 points a game and forward Earl Shannon contributes just over 12 points. The bench is the Steamrollers weak spot but with the current level of production from the starters it has hardly hurt the team.

Joe Fulks of Philadelphia set a record for the young league by pouring in 32 points against Chicago on November 23rd. It was a single game record but did little to help the Warriors on that night as Chicago outscored Philadelphia 82-59. Fulks is leading the league in scoring but his Warriors have played just 4 games so far.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
TORONTO ARGOS WIN GREY CUP IN OVERTIME
The Toronto Argonauts defeated Winnipeg 17-14 on an overtime field goal to win the Grey Cup, emblematic of football supremacy north of the border. The Argos led 7-0 at the half but Winnipeg tied the game in the third quarter and then took a 14-7 lead early in the fourth. The Argos tied things a few minutes later to send the game into extra time.

It marks the second year in a row the Argos beat Winnipeg to win the Cup. Last year Toronto won in convincing fashion, scoring a 35-0 shutout. This year's game in Toronto was much closer but it still marks the Bombers 4th Grey Cup defeat in the last 5 years. Winnipeg last won the Grey Cup in 1941 when the Bombers trimmed the Ottawa Rough Riders 18-16.

GOLF
BYRON NELSON NAMED TSN GOLFER OF THE YEAR
To no one's surprise Byron Nelson has been named the golfer of the year by TigerFan's Sporting News. The Fort Worth, Texas native won two majors to bring his career total to 6. It did not quite compare statistically to the run he had in 1945 when he won 11 consecutive tournaments and a total of 19 tour events. The performance has been disparaged by some because most of the other top professional golfers were serving in World War II. (Nelson wasn't qualified for military service because he had hemophilia.) His win in the British Open and the PGA Championship certainly goes a long way towards erasing some of that doubt.

The British Open win became a marathon as Nelson and Australian Peter Thomson needed just an extra round to break their tie but also 5 sudden-death playoff holes. Nelson birdied the 5th playoff hole to claim the Claret Jug for the first time in his career. He won the match-play PGA title at the Portland Golf Club by beating Dick Burton 2 and 1 in the final. His toughest match came in the quarterfinals when he needed an extra hole to top Jimmy Demaret. Nelson finished tied for 5th in the Masters 5 strokes behind winner Ben Hogan. He missed the cut for the US Open.

In other golf notes captains Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton are expected to name their rosters for the 1947 Ryder Cup which will be held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon. It will be the first Cup challenge since the Americans upset the British on their home turf in 1937. In the five events prior to that the home side had won on each occassion. The first event was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1927 after a trophy was donated by Samuel Ryder. The United States leads the series 4 wins to two. The event will return to the prewar format of being contested every second year. The 1949 event will be held at the Ganton Golf Club in Ganton, England.

STATS AND STANDINGS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 11 1 0 .917 387 228
Min 5 7 0 .417 219 265
Det 4 8 0 .333 247 292
GB 4 8 0 .333 270 267

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 10 2 0 .833 330 224
Wash 7 5 0 .583 294 270
Dal 3 9 0 .250 220 280
NYG 3 9 0 .250 201 302

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 6 6 0 .500 266 301
Atl 5 7 0 .417 178 253
Car 4 8 0 .333 186 238
TB 4 8 0 .333 240 282

West W L T PCT PF PA
Arz 8 4 0 .667 236 213
SF 8 4 0 .667 247 195
Sea 5 7 0 .417 236 280
StL 5 7 0 .417 217 230

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 8 4 0 .667 249 202
Pit 7 5 0 .583 231 227
Bal 5 6 1 .458 181 200
Cin 5 7 0 .417 250 230

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 9 2 1 .792 258 170
NYJ 6 6 0 .500 242 212
Buf 5 6 1 .458 175 208
Mia 5 7 0 .417 249 265

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 7 5 0 .583 271 203
Jax 5 7 0 .417 206 211
Ind 5 7 0 .417 222 248
Hou 4 7 1 .375 176 252

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 10 2 0 .833 304 198
KC 7 5 0 .583 200 229
SD 5 7 0 .417 194 209
Oak 5 7 0 .417 235 233

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
New England 24 Pittsburgh 17
Cleveland 31 NY Jets 10
Miami 38 Baltimore 31
Denver 13 Jacksonville 3
Chicago 44 Washington 24
Philadelphia 34 Detroit 26
Kansas City 30 Tennessee 17
Oakland 30 Houston 23
Tampa 24 Seattle 15
Minnesota 31 Dallas 27
New Orleans 35 St Louis 18
Indianapolis 27 San Diego 6
San Francisco 30 Atlanta 7
Arizona 16 Carolina 10
Buffalo 13 Cincinnati 6
NY Giants 13 Green Bay 9

WEEK 14 MATCHUPS
Chicago Bears (11-1) at New England Patriots (9-2-1)
Detroit Lions (4-8) at New York Jets (6-6)
Washington Redskins (7-5) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-7)
Philadelphia Eagles (10-2) at Tennessee Titans (7-5)
New Orleans Saints (6-6) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-8) at Cleveland Browns (8-4)
St. Louis Rams (5-7) at Denver Broncos (10-2)
Seattle Seahawks (5-7) at Kansas City Chiefs (7-5)
Green Bay Packers (4-8) at Minnesota Vikings (5-7)
New York Giants (3-9) at Dallas Cowboys (3-9)
Atlanta Falcons (5-7) at Carolina Panthers (4-8)
San Francisco 49ers (8-4) at Arizona Cardinals (8-4)
Buffalo Bills (5-6-1) at Miami Dolphins (5-7)
Cincinnati Bengals (5-7) at Baltimore Ravens (5-6-1)
Oakland Raiders (5-7) at San Diego Chargers (5-7)
Houston Texans (4-7-1) at Indianapolis Colts (5-7)

QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 375 255 68 3532 29 6 117.1
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Ken Neal PHI 273 189 69.2 1992 17 7 100.3
Manfred Gayle TEN 316 190 60.1 2553 24 9 99.3
Ryan Boyette NO 348 219 62.9 2614 14 9 88.5

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Stacey Jolley MIA 12 256 1412 5.5 97 13
Todd Berger NO 12 271 1271 4.7 47 9
Bruce Jones KAN 12 290 1263 4.4 70 10
S *Van Buren NYJ 12 262 1217 4.6 81 7
Bob *Seymour WAS 12 243 1148 4.7 65 8

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Bob Sommer NO 81
Zach Kruczek CLE 80
Wayne *Miller WSH 80
Lewis Smith JAX 80
Brian Gardner DEN 78
Mel Ours HOU 78
Don *Hutson GB 78
Garland Brown IND 74
Sonny Pointer BUF 74

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 12 80 1151 14.4 79 11
Chuck Myers NYG 12 66 1055 16 80 4
Brian Gardner DEN 12 78 1054 13.5 70 6
Zach Kruczek CLE 12 80 1035 12.9 74 4
Lewis Smith JAX 12 80 1023 12.8 70 3

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Mel Hein NYG 12 128 100 28
Matt Truluck STL 12 126 111 15
Jeff Parent CIN 12 120 100 20
B Hasselbeck ARZ 12 115 88 27
James Williams SEA 12 113 84 29

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 14
Reggie White SD 11
Wayne *Millner CLE 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 10
Leslie Hill PHI 10
Javon Love OAK 9

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 10
Mark Smith BAL 7
Cris Brezina TEN 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Earl Joyce SF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 6
Marion Dulaney PHI 6
Frankie Morrall CHI 6
Rashod Dawson GB 6
Jimmy Conklin WSH 6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Georgetown 16 New York University 7

Thursday November 23, 1946
Wichita State 24 Arizona State 12
Tulsa 6 Arkansas 6
Denver 24 Colorado College 0
Colorado 37 Colorado State 0
Pennsylvania 21 Cornell 14
Davidson 31 Furman 6
Missouri 10 Kansas 10
New Mexico State 21 Texas-El Paso 10
Tennessee-Chattanooga 41 Rollins 3
Wake Forest 48 South Carolina 7
St. Louis 24 Bradley 10
Texas 24 Texas A&M 0
Utah 17 Utah State 7
Virginia Tech 9 Virginia Military Institute 6
William & Mary 17 Richmond 7

Friday November 24, 1946
Miami (Florida) 26 Detroit Mercy 21
Portland 16 San Jose State 3

Saturday November 25, 1946
Army 29 Navy 10
Auburn 35 Florida 30
Rice 21 Baylor 7
Georgia 37 Georgia Tech 24
Boston College 20 Holy Cross 3
Arizona 38 Kansas State 13
North Carolina State 38 Maryland 6
Alabama 24 Mississippi State 14
UCLA 37 Nebraska 13
North Carolina 22 Virginia 13
Oklahoma State 30 Oklahoma 30
Notre Dame 31 Southern California 7
St. Mary's 31 San Francisco 30
Tennessee 16 Vanderbilt 0
Southern Methodist 10 Texas Christian 10
Hardin-Simmons 28 Texas Tech 24
Louisiana State 30 Tulane 0
Oregon State 14 Washington 13
Michigan State 24 Washington State 14

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday December 2, 1946
Nevada at Hawaii All Stars
Utah State at Denver

Saturday December 9, 1946
Portland at Hawaii All Stars
Southern California at Tulane

Saturday December 16, 1946
Utah at Hawaii All Stars

END OF REGULAR SEASON

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 17 12 4 1 25 58 46
New York 16 6 5 5 17 51 44
Boston 14 7 5 2 16 30 29
Montreal 15 7 6 2 16 45 32
Toronto 13 5 7 1 11 37 35
Chicago 12 1 10 1 3 20 48

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Maurice Richard MON 15 14 5 19
Max Bentley CHI 12 7 12 19
Billy Taylor DET 17 5 12 17
Tony Leswick NY 16 11 5 16
Joe Carveth BOS 14 10 6 16
Bill Ezinicki TOR 13 8 7 15
Ted Kennedy TOR 13 5 10 15
Bill Cowley BOS 14 6 8 14
Grant Warwick NY 16 6 8 14
Roy Conacher DET 17 10 3 13
Sid Abel DET 17 8 5 13
Cal Gardner NY 16 7 6 13
Toe Blake MON 15 4 8 12

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 13 32
Bill Ezinicki TOR 13 30
M Chamberlain MON 15 29
Vic Lynn TOR 13 26

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 15 7-6-2 2 2.05
Frank Brimsek BOS 14 7-5-2 0 2.19
Chuck Rayner NY 16 6-5-5 1 2.60
Harry Lumley DET 16 11-3-2 0 2.64
Turk Broda TOR 13 5-8-1 0 2.78

RESULTS
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Boston 3 Toronto 1
Detroit 1 Chicago 1

Thursday November 23, 1946
Detroit 5 New York 4

Saturday November 25, 1946
New York 2 Montreal 1
Detroit 5 Toronto 4

Sunday November 26, 1946
Boston 2 Montreal 1
Detroit 5 Toronto 3
New York 7 Chicago 1

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 29, 1946
Montreal at Detroit
Toronto at Chicago
New York at Boston

Saturday December 2, 1946
Chicago at Toronto
Detroit at Montreal

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit at Boston
New York at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PROV 9 8 1 .889 x
WSH 9 7 2 .778 1.0
NY 8 4 4 .500 3.5
PHI 4 2 2 .500 3.5
BOS 9 2 7 .222 6.0
Tor 10 1 9 .100 7.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 11 9 2 .818 x
STL 10 6 4 .600 2.5
CLE 7 4 3 .571 3.0
DET 10 4 6 .400 4.5
PIT 9 1 8 .111 7.0

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 4 25.3
Ed Sadowski CLE 7 18.6
Bob Feerick WSH 8 17.5
F Baumholtz CLE 7 14.6
Johnny Logan STL 7 14.1
Horace McKinney WSH 9 13.9
Stan Miasek DET 10 13.8
Donald Martin PRO 9 13.7
Ernie Calverley PRO 9 13.4
Chuck Halbert CHI 10 13.2

RESULTS
Monday November 20, 1946
Toronto 55 at Pittsburgh 67
Detroit 53 at New York 47

Tuesday November 21, 1946
Cleveland 64 at Toronto 47
St Louis 40 at Philadelphia 70

Wednesday November 22, 1946
Pittsburgh 59 at Detroit 70
St Louis 60 at Washington 63
Chicago 65 at New York 77

Thursday November 23, 1946
Chicago 82 at Philadelphia 59
St Louis 68 at Boston 40
Washington 59 at Providence 70

Friday November 24, 1946
Boston 52 at Toronto 58

Saturday November 25, 1946
St Louis 50 at Providence 69
Cleveland 65 at New York 76
Toronto 48 at Washington 74
Boston 64 at Detroit 63

Sunday November 26, 1946
Detroit 62 at Chicago 69
Pittsburgh 60 at Cleveland 71

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday November 27, 1946
New York at Pittsburgh
Providence at Boston

Tuesday November 28, 1946
Boston at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Detroit
Washington at Toronto

Wednesday November 29, 1946
Chicago at Washington
Cleveland at Pittsburgh
St Louis at New York

Thursday November 30, 1946
Detroit at Philadelphia
St Louis at Chicago
New York at Providence
Pittsburgh at Boston

Friday December 1, 1946
Cleveland at Toronto

Saturday December 2, 1946
Toronto at Providence
Detroit at St Louis
Philadelphia at New York
Pittsburgh at Washington

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit at Cleveland
Boston at Chicago

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

1946 GREY CUP GAME
Toronto Argos 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 (OT)

GOLF

MAJOR TOURNEY WINNERS
The Masters - Ben Hogan
British Open - Byron Nelson in a playoff over Peter Thomson
US Open - Harry Bradshaw
PGA - Byron Nelson

TSN Golfer of the year - Byron Nelson
The USA and Britian will name their teams for the 1947 Ryder Cup next week

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 08:18 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 4, 1946
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
VAN BUREN SETS SINGLE GAME RUSHING RECORD
New York Jets back Steve *Van Buren set a single game NFL rushing record by gaining 271 yards on 25 carries as the Jets beat Detroit 14-3. Van Buren, who had touchdown runs of 99 and 76 yards, also had 4 catches for 25 yards and returned a pair of kickoffs for 42 yards. The previous single game rushing record was 268 yards set by rookie Antowain Anderson of Atlanta last year against Tampa.

The win improves the Jets record to 7-6 and keeps them in the AFC playoff race. The Lions fall to 4-9 with the loss.

SAN FRANCISCO TAKES CONTROL OF NFC WEST
The San Francisco 49ers took over sole possession of first place in the NFC West after a convincing 20-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Tempe. The win improves the 49ers to 9-4, one game ahead of the second place Cardinals.

Koy Harris threw a pair of second quarter touchdowns to account for the majority of the San Francisco offense. Harris passed for 208 yards and did not throw an interception. He was also sacked just once as the 49ers controlled the line of scrimmage on offense and defense. Niner's defensive lineman Joey Griese was on a first name basis with Arizona QB Trent Feeney - sacking him 4 times. In all the 49ers sacked Feeney 5 times and pressured him all game.

For Griese it was a rare glimpse back at the form that made him a 4 time first-team allstar. The former South Dakota standout averaged 11 sacks a season during those 4 years but notched just 3 in a terrible season last year. He got off to a slow start again this year but with 6 sacks in his last 4 games he appears to finally be out of his slump.

The 49ers face a tough test next week when they travel to Denver to meet the 11-2 Broncos. Arizona visits 8-5 Kansas City.

BRONCOS HAVE FIRM CONTROL OF AFC HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
The Denver Broncos imrpoved to 11-2 and are in the driver's seat in the race for home field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. Oscar Hartings ran for 104 yards and gained another 49 receiving to help Denver beat the St Louis Rams 18-7. The Denver defense held St Louis in check all game - limiting the Rams to just 169 yards total offense. The Broncos defense forced a couple of turnovers and recorded a sack when Seth Walker sacked Rams QB Rod Dugas in the endzone.

New England failed to keep pace as the Pats fell to 9-3-1 after a 27-13 loss against a determined Chicago Bears club. Sid *Luckman snapped a 13-13 tie with a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes. Luckman had another big game, throwing for 317 yards.

EAGLES AND REDSKINS BOTH SUFFER OVERTIME LOSSES
No changes in the NFC race as both the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins suffered road overtime losses. The Eagles were upended by AFC South leader Tennessee 16-10 while Jacksonville stopped Washington 21-18. The Eagles drop to 10-3, 2 games back of Chicago in the race for the NFC's best record. The Redskins fall to 7-6 but remain in decent shape to grab the final wild card berth. As for the AFC clubs, the Titans have a 2 game lead on Jacksonville atop the South Division. The 6-7 Jags are still in the wild card race.

Jacksonville scored 11 points in the 4th quarter, including a 2 point conversion with under 2 minutes to play, to rally to tie Washington at 18 before Stacey Bennett connected on a 25 yard field goal to win it in overtime. RB Keith Musso led the Jags with 130 yards rushing and he also had 4 catches for 34 yards. The Jacksonville defense did a good job bottling up the Redskins offense led by backup QB Mike Washington who again replaced the injured Sammy *Baugh.

Bob Nobis made a 51 yard field goal with 8 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter to allow Tennessee to tie Philadelphia at 10. Manfred Gayle and receiver Mark Hayman hooked up on a 25 yard touchdown pass in overtime to complete the Titans comeback. Gayle threw for 412 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Harley Mitchell gained 158 yards rushing for the Eagles but both clubs had difficulty finding the endzone.

In other action

Tyson Pittman returned an interception 73 yards for a touchdown to help New Orleans past Pittsburgh 17-6. Both clubs are 7-6 and still in the playoff hunt. The Saints have a 2 game lead in the NFC South while the Steelers are fighting for a wild card berth.

Darren McLeod ran for 158 yards and a touchdown as Tampa surprised AFC North leading Cleveland 24-13. Because of injuries the Browns have used 4 different starting quarterbacks this season but at 8-5 they still have a 1 game lead on Pittsburgh.

Kansas City beat Seattle 28-13 as the 8-5 Chiefs solidified their grasp on a wild card berth.

Defensive tackle Mike Smith had 2 sacks and forced a fumble to help Green Bay past Minnesota 13-7. Both clubs are 5-8.

Eric Poppinga threw 4 touchdown passes as the 4-9 Giants won their second straight, 35-27 over Dallas. The Cowboys built a 21-7 lead before starting QB Doug Schroeder left the game with an injury. His replacement, rookie Avon Sandusky, threw 3 interceptions to cost the Cowboys the game.

Atlanta scored 17 points in the 4th quarter but came up just short in a 26-23 loss to Carolina. Both clubs are 5-8 and 2 games back of New Orleans in the NFC South.

Hugh Vick caught 3 passes for 155 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead Miami past Buffalo 27-9. The win allows the Dolphins to leapfrog past Buffalo and out of the AFC East cellar.

Defending league champion Baltimore moved a step closer to missing the playoffs altogether after a 37-15 loss to Cincinnati. Ken Smith threw 3 touchdown passes for the 6-7 Bengals. The Ravens fall to 5-7-1.

Johnny Cushing ran for 114 yards to help Oakland past San Diego 34-13.

Houston scored 23 second half points on two interception returns, a punt return and a safety to beat Indianapolis 30-6. LB Ron Shonta returned one of the picks for a touchdown and also had 2 sacks and a fumble recovery on the day.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TRIPPI WINS MAXWELL AWARD
Georgia quarterback Charles *Trippi was named the winner of the Maxwell Award as college football's top player. The award, handed out by the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia, is considered to be the second most prestigous college football award next to the Heisman Trophy.

Trippi, who is also a finalist for the Heisman, led Georgia to a perfect 10-0 record and a number 2 ranking nationally. He threw for 3325 yards and 28 touchdowns while being intercepted just 6 times.

The Heisman Trophy, awarded by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York, will be presented next week. Trippi, along with North Carolina QB DeMarco Dickinson and Army RB Glen *Davis are considered the front runners. St Mary's RB Herman *Wedemeyer and Army receiver Barney *Poole round out the five finalists.

Below are the past winners of the Maxwell Award
1946 - Charles Trippi (QB) Georgia
1945 - Doc Blanchard (FB) Army
1944 - Glenn Davis (HB) Army
1943 - Bob Odell (HB) Pennsylvania
1942 - Paul Governali (QB) Columbia
1941 - Bill Dudley (HB) Virginia
1940 - Tom Harmon (HB) Michigan
1939 - Nile Kinnick (HB) Iowa
1938 - Davey O'Brien (QB) Texas Christian
1937 - Clint Frank (HB) Yale

STROHMEYER WINS OUTLAND TROPHY
Notre Dame defensive end George *Strohmeyer has been named the first winner of the Outland Trophy. The trophy was created to recognize the top interior lineman in college football. John H. Outland played football at the University of Kansas for two years, then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania to study medicine. Walter Camp named him an All-American at tackle in 1897 and at halfback in 1898. After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Outland returned to Kansas to practice surgery. He also coached the university's football team in 1901. This year Dr. Outland donated a trophy to be awarded to the outstanding interior lineman in college football, as selected by the Football Writers Association of America.

Strohmeyer was the key cog in the 4th ranked Fighting Irish's defense. He had 15 sacks and 54 tackles in 9 games. Others who received consideration included Notre Dame offensive tackle George *Connor, Army OT Albert *Nemetz, California OG Bill *Hatchen and Georgia Tech DT Paul *Duke. All are expected to be high NFL draft picks next April.

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER EARNS FINAL BOWL BID
Denver claimed the final bowl bid after a 23-7 victory over Utah State on Saturday. The victory gives the Fighting Parsons first place in the Mountain States Conference and an automatic berth in the Raisin Bowl against Border Conference champion Hardin-Simmons.

Denver finishes with a 5-0-1 record in Mountain States play, just ahead of 5-1 Utah. Had Utah State managed to upset Denver than the University of Utah would have claimed the conference title. There was just one other game involving major college teams over the weekend. Nevada beat a team of all-stars from the state of Hawaii 30-13. Nevada finishes it's season with a perfect 9-0 record however most of the independant school's games were against lower level colleges.

Next week Southern California tries to salvage a little from a dissappointing season when they visit Southeastern Conference weakling Tulane in one of two games. The other contest has the Hawaiian stars hosting Portland. The Bowl schedule gets under way Christmas Eve with Rutgers and North Carolina State meeting in the Cigar Bowl. With number 1 ranked Army passing on a bowl bid the two marquee games are #2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl and #3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE NEW YORK GIANTS
The New York Giants have now gone 18 seasons without a pennant after a 7th place finish with a 61-93 record a year ago. The near future does not look bright for the Giants as they rank near the bottom of the league in both batting and pitching and there is a real shortage of young talent. The lone exception is pitcher Dave Koslo (17-18, 3.49), a 26 year old who won the National League rookie of the year award last season. The rest of the rotation for next season will likely consist of three 33 year olds in Russ Bauers (8-17, 4.55), Manny Salvo (7-11, 4.51) and Ken Chase (7-18, 4.50).

Veteran Mel Ott (.280,12,59) still packs in the fans but he will be 38 when the season starts and clearly nearing the end of a great career that saw him hit over 400 home runs. The big concern in New York is the vast majority of the position players are in their mid to late thirties and there is only one everyday player under age 30. That would be 29 year old 3B Sid Gordon (.239,14,64). The rest of the infield consists of 37 year old Johnny McCarthy (.227,7,31) at first, 36 year old Lonny Frey (.288,2,34) at second and 37 year old shortstop Mickey Haslin (.271,4,41). Reserve outfielder Danny Gardella, a babe at age 27, may get his first chance to play regularly by taking over first base duties if McCarthy falters.

Aside from Ott, the outfield consists of 34 year old Vince Dimaggio (.261,10,50) and 36 year old Hank Leiber (.280,12,59). With catcher Frankie Pytlak retiring, the duties fall entirely to 37 year old Frank Reiber (.220,4,45).

Outfielder Charlie Mead, a 25 year old who missed half of last season with a broken hip, is the only talent the Giants have in their farm system. Mead hit .283 with 13 homers at AAA before his injury.

Judging by the age of the regulars and the lack of young talent things could get a whole lot worse in New York before they get better.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
The bad news is the 6th place Phillies finished in the bottom half of the National League for the 9th straight season and they have finished as high as third only once in the past 25 years. The good news is the Phillies 74 wins was their best output since 1937. There are also some good young prospects to build around. The best of which is outfielder Del Ennis (.287,14,75), who many felt should have been named National League rookie of the year. Ennis is just 21 and looks to have a great career ahead of him. 20 year old catcher Joe Garagiola came over from St Louis in a deadline deal. He may still be a year away from the majors but he did hit .235 in an 8 game major league trial in September. 22 year old second baseman Garvin Hammer spent the year in Class A but he may be a player to watch in the future. The Phillies also have a decent pitching prospect in Vic Lombardi, who went 11-12 with a 3.40 era in his second season in the majors. The 24 year old seems fully recovered from a torn tricep suffered as a rookie.

39 year old Bill Swift (15-19, 3.37) and his 265 career victories returns for another season as the Phillies number 1 starter. 29 year old Lefty Hoerst (8-10, 3.72) and 27 year old Charley Schanz (2-1, 2.23) will probably also make the rotation along with Lombardi.

35 year old Bennie Warren (.271,7,40) returns to handle the catching duties. 32 year old Joe Gordon (.262,1,561) is the offensive leader of the infield. 30 year old Ray Sanders (.301,4,61) is coming off a gold glove year at first base. Third baseman Pinky May (.260,2,52) will be 36 but looks like he may have a year or two left in the tank. Shortstop definately needs an upgrade as 38 year old Leo Norris (.215,4,45) is not the answer. Joining Ennis in the outfield are veterans Buster Adams (.281,13,67) and Bobby Estalella (.308,6,65).

It has been an awful long time but Phillies fans may finally see there club finish with a .500 record in 1947. The team is still several players away from contending but they are headed in the right direction for a change.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RED WINGS CONTINUE TO LEAD WAY
With a win and two ties this week the Detroit Red Wings have widened their lead atop the National League standings to 9 points over second place New York. However, the big story in the league continues to be the play of Max Bentley. The heart and soul of the Chicago Black Hawks was involved in 7 of the Hawks 10 goals this week to boost his league leading scoring total to 26 points. Four players are tied for second with 19 including Maurice Richard who, like his Montreal teammates, has been in a terrible slump the last couple of weeks after a very quick start.

GOLF ROUNDUP
RYDER CUP TEAMS ANNOUNCED
After a 10 year hiatus and some serious concerns that the exhibition would never be staged again the Ryder Cup is a go for next summer in Portland, Oregon. However, were it not for the efforts of one man it is doubtful the Ryder Cup Matches would have resumed in 1947. An Oregon fruit grower and canner, Robert A. Hudson, has come forward to fund the British team. Food rationing was still in force in Britain when Hudson, who also was a member of the PGA Advisory Committee, stepped up and offered his help and the use of Portland Golf Club as the host site.

Here are the members of each club and notable accomplishments from the 1946 season

UNITED STATES
Captain Ben Hogan - won 1946 Masters, 3rd in Britsh Open
Byron Nelson - won 1946 PGA and British Open, 1946 TSN golfer of the year
Jimmy Demaret - tied for 5th in 46 Masters, 6th in US Open
Sam Snead
Herman Barron
Lloyd Mangrum - finished 5th in 46 US Open
Ed Oliver
Lew Worsham
Dutch Harrison

BRITIAN
Captain Henry Cotton - tied for 5th in 46 Masters
Arthur Lees
Fred Daly won 1946 Irish Open
Charlie Ward
Jimmy Adams
Max Faulkner
Dai Rees - finished 4th in 46 Masters
Sam King

BOXING NEWS
A quiet week on the boxing front as there were no bouts of note in the United States. However, 2 more European champions were crowned. In the lightweight division Czech fighter George Latka won a unanimous decision over Charley Gomer of France to claim the European title. Latka actually fights out of San Jose, California but because he was born in Czechoslovakia he is eligible to fight for the European title. Neither Gomer nor Latka are expected to ever challenge for the world title.

Another Frenchman, Ray Famechon, made the Paris crowd a little happier. Famechon outpointed Ellis Ask to win the European Featherweight title. Ask, a fighter from Helsinki Finland who only fought one bout in the year long world title tourney, is just 20 years old and looks to have a bright future. Famechon improves to 25-11 and is considered to be among the top 5 or 6 in his weightclass worldwide.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 12 1 0 .923 414 241
GB 5 8 0 .385 283 274
Min 5 8 0 .385 226 278
Det 4 9 0 .308 250 306

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 10 3 0 .769 340 240
Wash 7 6 0 .538 312 291
NYG 4 9 0 .308 236 329
Dal 3 10 0 .231 247 315

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 7 6 0 .538 283 307
Car 5 8 0 .385 212 261
Atl 5 8 0 .385 201 279
TB 5 8 0 .385 264 295

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 9 4 0 .692 267 202
Arz 8 5 0 .615 243 233
Sea 5 8 0 .385 249 308
StL 5 8 0 .385 224 248

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 8 5 0 .615 262 226
Pit 7 6 0 .538 237 244
Cin 6 7 0 .462 287 245
Bal 5 7 1 .423 196 237

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 9 3 1 .731 271 197
NYJ 7 6 0 .538 256 215
Mia 6 7 0 .462 276 274
Buf 5 7 1 .423 184 235

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 8 5 0 .615 287 213
Jax 6 7 0 .462 227 229
Hou 5 7 1 .423 206 258
Ind 5 8 0 .385 228 278

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 11 2 0 .846 322 205
KC 8 5 0 .615 228 242
Oak 6 7 0 .462 269 246
SD 5 8 0 .385 207 243

RESULTS
Chicago 27 New England 13
NY Jets 14 Detroit 3
Jacksonville 21 Washington 18 (OT)
Tennessee 16 Philadelphia 10 (OT)
New Orleans 17 Pittsburgh 6
Tampa 24 Cleveland 13
Denver 18 St Louis 7
Kansas City 28 Seattle 13
Green Bay 13 Minnesota 7
Carolina 26 Atlanta 23
San Francisco 20 Arizona 7
Miami 27 Buffalo 7
Cincinnati 37 Baltimore 15
Oakland 34 San Diego 13
Houston 30 Indianapolis 6

WEEK 15 SCHEDULE
Green Bay Packers (5-8) at New England Patriots (9-3-1)
Minnesota Vikings (5-8) at New York Jets (7-6)
Buffalo Bills (5-7-1) at Chicago Bears (12-1)
New York Giants (4-9) at Jacksonville Jaguars (6-7)
Dallas Cowboys (3-10) at Tennessee Titans (8-5)
Carolina Panthers (5-8) at Cleveland Browns (8-5)
Cincinnati Bengals (6-7) at New Orleans Saints (7-6)
Baltimore Ravens (5-7-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-8)
San Francisco 49ers (9-4) at Denver Broncos (11-2)
Arizona Cardinals (8-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (8-5)
Oakland Raiders (6-7) at St. Louis Rams (5-8)
San Diego Chargers (5-8) at Seattle Seahawks (5-8)
Indianapolis Colts (5-8) at Philadelphia Eagles (10-3)
Houston Texans (5-7-1) at Washington Redskins (7-6)
Miami Dolphins (6-7) at Detroit Lions (4-9)
Atlanta Falcons (5-8) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6)

NFL LEADERBOARD
QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 408 277 67.9 3849 31 7 116.1
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Ken Neal PHI 273 189 69.2 1992 17 7 100.3
Manfred Gayle TEN 362 223 61.6 2965 26 10 100
Ryan Boyette NO 370 232 62.7 2708 14 10 86.2

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Stacey Jolley MIA 13 281 1520 5.4 97 14
S *Van Buren NYJ 13 287 1488 5.2 99 9
Todd Berger NO 13 296 1351 4.6 47 10
Bruce Jones KAN 13 313 1335 4.3 70 12
Bob *Seymour WAS 13 264 1233 4.7 65 9

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Zach Kruczek CLE 88
Bob Sommer NO 87
Lewis Smith JAX 87
Wayne *Miller WSH 86
Brian Gardner DEN 85
Don *Hutson GB 84
Mel Ours HOU 82
Sonny Pointer BUF 82

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 13 86 1279 14.9 79 11
Zach Kruczek CLE 13 88 1126 12.8 74 5
Chuck Myers NYG 13 73 1120 15.3 80 5
Brian Gardner DEN 13 85 1115 13.1 70 6
Lewis Smith JAX 13 87 1087 12.5 70 3

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Matt Truluck STL 13 139 121 18
Mel Hein NYG 13 135 104 31
B Hasselbeck ARZ 13 127 97 30
Jeff Parent CIN 13 127 106 21
Mark Smith BAL 13 123 100 23

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 14
Reggie White SD 11
Wayne *Millner CLE 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 10
Leslie Hill PHI 10
Javon Love OAK 9

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 10
Mark Smith BAL 7
Cris Brezina TEN 7
Earl Joyce SF 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 6
Marion Dulaney PHI 6
Frankie Morrall CHI 6
Rashod Dawson GB 6
Jimmy Conklin WSH 6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Saturday December 2, 1946
Nevada 30 Hawaii All Stars 13
Denver 23 Utah State 7

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday December 9, 1946
Portland at Hawaii All Stars
Southern California at Tulane

Saturday December 16, 1946
Utah at Hawaii All Stars

BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
#16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Nevada vs Stanford

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois vs Texas

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa vs New Mexico

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 20 13 4 3 29 65 51
New York 18 7 5 6 20 57 48
Boston 16 7 5 4 18 35 34
Montreal 17 7 7 3 17 48 37
Toronto 16 5 9 2 12 43 44
Chicago 15 2 11 2 6 30 57

LEAGUE LEADERS
NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 15 10 16 26
Maurice Richard MON 17 14 5 19
Tony Leswick NY 18 13 6 19
Ted Kennedy TOR 16 8 11 19
Billy Taylor DET 20 6 13 19
Joe Carveth BOS 16 11 7 18
Bill Cowley BOS 16 7 11 18
Bill Ezinicki TOR 16 9 8 17
Cal Gardner NY 18 8 7 15
Grant Warwick NY 18 7 8 15
Roy Conacher DET 20 11 3 14

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Bill Ezinicki TOR 16 34
Gus Mortson TOR 16 32
M Chamberlain MON 17 31
Pete Horeck DET 20 28

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 17 7-7-3 2 2.03
Frank Brimsek BOS 16 7-5-4 0 2.21
Harry Lumley DET 18 12-3-4 0 2.46
Chuck Rayner NY 18 7-5-6 1 2.52
Turk Broda TOR 16 5-9-2 0 2.98

RESULTS
Wednesday November 29, 1946
Montreal 1 at 3 Detroit
Toronto 3 at 6 Chicago
New York 3 at 3 Boston

Saturday December 2, 1946
Chicago 3 at 3 Toronto
Detroit 2 at 2 Montreal

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit 2 at 2 Boston
New York 3 at 1 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday December 5, 1946
Chicago at Montreal

Wednesday December 6, 1946
Montreal at New York
Toronto at Boston
Detroit at Chicago

Saturday December 9, 1946
Boston at Toronto

Sunday December 10, 1946
Montreal at Chicago
Toronto at Detroit
Boston at New York

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PROV 12 10 2 .857 x
WSH 12 9 3 .800 1.0
PHI 7 5 2 .778 2.5
NY 12 6 6 .667 4.0
BOS 13 2 11 .542 8.5
Tor 13 1 12 .520 9.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 14 11 3 .824 x
STL 13 9 4 .765 1.5
CLE 11 7 4 .733 2.5
DET 14 5 9 .609 6.0
PIT 13 2 11 .542 8.5

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 7 24.4
Ed Sadowski CLE 11 18.3
Bob Feerick WSH 11 17.1
Stan Miasek DET 13 14.4
F Baumholtz CLE 11 14.3
Johnny Logan STL 10 14.1
Ernie Calverley PRO 12 14.1
Max Zaslofsky CHI 14 14.1
Chuck Halbert CHI 13 13.5
Donald Martin PRO 11 13.3

RESULTS
Monday November 27, 1946
New York 73 at 72 Pittsburgh (ot)
Providence 68 at Boston 63

Tuesday November 28, 1946
Boston 43 at 60 Philadelphia
Cleveland 58 at 61 Detroit
Washington 71 at 66 Toronto

Wednesday November 29, 1946
Chicago 72 at 64 Washington
Cleveland 80 at 54 Pittsburgh
St Louis 68 at 56 New York

Thursday November 30, 1946
Detroit 42 at 71 Philadelphia
St Louis 82 at 72 Chicago
New York 66 at 51 Providence
Pittsburgh 54 at 53 Boston

Friday December 1, 1946
Cleveland 69 at 54 Toronto

Saturday December 2, 1946
Toronto 48 at 60 Providence
Detroit 42 at 56 St Louis
Philadelphia 69 at 60 New York
Pittsburgh 59 at 67 Washington

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit 61 at 63 Cleveland
Boston 56 at 74 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday December 4, 1946
Boston at Pittsburgh

Tuesday December 5, 1946
Providence at Philadelphia

Wednesday December 6, 1946
Detroit at New York
Providence at Washington
Chicago at Pittsburgh

Thursday December 7, 1946
Toronto at Chicago
Pittsburgh at St Louis
New York at Philadelphia
Detroit at Boston

Saturday December 9, 1946
Detroit at Washington
New York at Boston
Cleveland at Chicago
Toronto at Providence
Philadelphia at St Louis

Sunday December 10, 1946
Boston at New York
Philadelphia at Cleveland

1947 GOLF VENUES
Masters - Augusta in April
PGA - Plum Hollow CC Detroit late June
Britsh Open - Hoylake Royal Liverpool Golf Club mid July
US Open - St Louis CC Clayton, Missouri August
Ryder Cup - Portland GC Portland, Oregon early September.

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 08:19 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 11, 1946
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
49ERS CORRAL BRONCOS 13-7, SOLIDIFY HOLD ON NFC WEST LEAD
The San Francisco 49ers took advantage of 4 interceptions to beat the Denver Broncos 13-7. The win moves the 49ers to 10-4 and 2 games ahead of the Arizona Cardinals atop the NFC West. The Broncos are 11-3 and have a 2 game lead on Kansas City in the AFC West.

It was a terrible game for Denver QB Jay Cason. Two of the 4 interceptions he threw were picked off in the San Francisco endzone and a third occurred deep in Denver territory. The one deep in Denver territory by SS Earl Joyce eventually led to a 24 yard field goal from Niners kicker Otis Johnson that made the score 10-7 San Francisco at the time. San Francisco QB Koy Harris was also ineffective, getting picked off twice and completing just 15 of 30 passes but he did connect with receiver Sam Newman for a 57 yard touchdown in the first half.

Meanwhile, in Kansas City Bruce Jones ran for 121 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Chiefs beat Arizona 34-13 to keep their slim chance of an AFC West division title alive. The Chiefs are virtually assured a wild card berth with the win while the Cards also appear to be assured at least a wild card spot.

BILLS DEFENSE COMES ALIVE, MANHANDLES BEARS
The Buffalo Bills have made the playoffs each of the last 3 seasons because of one of the best defensive units in the game. This year the Bills defense has been terribly inconsistant but on Sunday they should the form that got them to the conference championship game a year ago. Buffalo's D just dominated the Chicago Bears in a 16-13 win. Sid *Luckman had the second worst game of his season although he did connect with receiver Ken *Kavanaugh for the Bears only touchdown.

The Bills offense continued to struggle but turnovers and key defensive stands left them with great field position all game. Ken Wilkins hit 3 long field goals and Tom Kennison scored on a 1 yard plunge 3 plays after a Luckman interception to account for all the Buffalo scoring.

EAGLES BACK INTO NFC EAST TITLE
Despite losing 27-13 to lowly Indianapolis the Philadelphia Eagles were assured of the best record in the NFC East after Washington was upset by Houston. Stephen Williams ran for 80 yards and 3 touchdowns to pace the Colts past an unispired Eagles club.

With a 10-4 record the Eagles are in danger of losing a first round bye after losing 3 of their last 4 games. Philadelphia finishes up at Houston and home to Arizona as they battle the Niners for the opening week rest break. San Francisco is home to St Louis and at Washington to end the season.

NFC STILL HAS A BATTLE FOR WILD CARD BERTHS
The Minnesota Vikings remain barely alive in their bid for a second straight playoff berth. The Vikings are 6-8 and just one game behind Washington for the last wild card spot after the Redskins were shocked at home by Houston 17-10. A 39 yard interception return for a touchdown by Roderick Lemons in the third quarter proved to be the winning score. With Sammy Baugh still sidelined at least one more week and games in Indianapolis and at home to San Francisco the Redskins could be in trouble. Minnesota finishes with 2 road games but they are against a pair of 5-9 teams in Atlanta and Tampa Bay.

SAINTS GO MARCHING INTO PLAYOFFS WITH WIN
The New Orleans Saints clinched the NFC South Division for the first time in franchise history with a 24-12 win over Cincinnati. Ryan Boyette passed for over 300 yards and Todd Berger ran for 109 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Saints. The loss officially eliminates the 6-8 Bengals from postseason play.

STEELERS MOVE CLOSER TO PLAYOFF BERTH
The Pittsburgh Steelers moved a step closer to securing the first playoff berth in franchise history with a 27-7 drubbing of the Atlanta Falcons. Elmer *Angsman and Mickey Marangi combined for 162 yards rushing to pace the Pittsburgh attack.

The Steelers are 8-6 and presently a game ahead of both the Jets and Oakland in the battle for the final wildcard spot. Pittsburgh has games remaining in Cincinnati and home to Houston. 2 wins and they are in. The Jets and Raiders play each other next week in a game that will all but eliminate the loser from the playoff race. Oakland finishes up with a tough game in New England while the Jets are home to San Diego in the final week.

The Raiders stayed in the hunt with a last minute 23-17 win over St Louis. Antwan Baker found Greg Kuechenberg with a 40 yard touchdown pass in the last minute to provide the margin of victory. It was one of 3 touchdown passes on the day for Baker.

The Jets playoff hopes suffered a real blow with a 24-18 loss at home to Minnesota. Wes Moore returned a kick 85 yards for a touchdown to open the second half and that seemed to spur the Vikings on to victory. The Jets need to win both of their remaining games including a tough one in Oakland next week if they are to make the playoffs for the 4th time in the last 6 years.

In other action:

Bob Irvin passed for 316 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead New England past Green Bay 31-24. The Pats had already clinched the AFC East title while the Packers are out of playoff contention.

The Giants won their 3rd straight beating Jacksonville 31-29 despite a 379 yard passing day from Jags QB Tommy Bledsoe. Neither club will make the postseason.

Tennessee clinched the AFC South title with a 20-16 squeker over Dallas. The Titans received a scare when QB Manfred Gayle left the game with an injury but he will be fine for next week.

Cleveland is in the playoffs after beating Carolina 31-10. Michael Jones had 2 interceptions including one he returned for a touchdown to pace the Browns. It will be the Browns second trip to the postseason in their franchise history. More good news is QB Bob Slaughter looked very good in the game and his injury woes appear to be behind him.

Baltimore QB John Foster threw for 367 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Ravens over Tampa 40-28. However, the defending league champions postseason hopes are long gone.

In battles involving teams already out of the playoff hunt San Diego beat Seattle 27-13 while Detroit topped Miami 26-16.

WILL THE 1947 DRAFT BE THE YEAR OF THE RECEIVER?
With the college season coming to a close most NFL scouts are in agreement that the deepest position in the draft, at least for elite level talent, will be the wideout spot. A survey of scouts reveals that 3 of the top 5 players and 7 of the top 20 are receivers. Headling the list are a pair of Oklahoma standouts in Hugh *Taylor and Don Schlereth. Between them they made 160 catches and scored 22 touchdowns to lead the Sooners to the Big 6 title and a berth in the Orange Bowl against North Carolina. Tennessee's Roger Clark, who had 85 catches, also ranks among the five best players in the draft.

Just a notch below are Elbie *Nichol and Walt *Schlinkman. Nichol is a bit more of a gamble since he played for small college Cincinnati and did not face elite competion. Schlinkman had 95 catches for Texas Tech and his stock is rising ever since a tremendous finish to his season.

Jim *Keane of Northwestern had the benefit of playing with highly touted QB Otto *Graham but he is a solid talent. Other names you can expect to see in the NFL next season include Army WR Barney *Poole, a Heisman Trophy finalist, Roy Williams of USC, Arizona State's Roger Whitley and Tulsa WR Camp *Wilson.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ARMY'S DAVIS WINS THE HEISMAN
For the second year in a row the Heisman Trophy has been awarded to an Army back. Last year fullback Doc *Blanchard narrowly beat backfield mate Glen *Davis for the New York Downtown Athletic Club's Award. This season, with Blanchard missing time with an injury, Davis was the man to lead Army to a perfect 10-0 record. He ran for 1761 yards and 15 touchdowns. With his senior season now complete, Davis is considered a likely first round pick in the NFL draft.

A pair of quarterbacks finished second and third in the voting. Both Georgia's Charles *Trippi and DeMarco Dickinson of North Carolina led their schools to 10-0 records entering the Bowls. Last week Trippi won the Maxwell Award with Davis and Dickinson finishing second and third.

TROJANS SALVAGE A LITTLE RESPECT
An impressive win over Tulane on the road did little to take the sting out of a terrible season for the University of Southern California but it will be the last game the Trojans play this season. USC easily handled Tulane 23-3 in one of just two games over the weekend. The Trojans finish the 1946 season with a 6-3-1 record and a dissappointing 4-2-1 record within the Pacific Coast Conference. A 13-13 tie against Oregon and losses to Stanford and UCLA long ago ended any hopes the Trojans had of a bowl game. Southern California was also embarrassed 31-7 by number 4 ranked Notre Dame. So much more was expected of a club that boasted potential All-Americans in WR Roy Williams and CB Ken Murphy. Both have used up their college eligibility and are likely first round draft picks of the NFL this April.

In the only other game a team of Hawaiian AllStars beat Portland 17-3. Portland finishes it's season with a 3-6 record. The allstar squad will play Utah next week in the final regular season game of the year.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LEAFS SWEEP HOME AND HOME SERIES FROM BOSTON
The Toronto Maple Leafs picked the right time to end their 6 game winless streak, beating Boston in back to back games to move within 2 points of the 4th place Bruins for the final playoff spot. Certainly it seems far too early to be talking playoffs but it is clear Chicago will not be a factor and until their showing this week it looked like the Leafs would be out of the playoff picture by Christmas.

On Wednesday Turk Broda turned aside all 37 Bruins shots for his first shutout of the season as the visiting Leafs blanked the B's 2-0. Ted Kennedy, who has 5 goals in the last 4 games, and Bud Poile scored for the Leafs. In Saturday's rematch at Maple Leaf Gardens Kennedy and Harry Watson were the heroes. Watson scored three goals and Kennedy assisted on all five as the Leafs beat Boston 5-2.

The Detroit Red Wings, despite losing to lowly Chicago on Wednesday, remain atop the standings with 31 points - 7 more than the second place Rangers. New York, with 2 games in hand on Detroit, beat Boston and Montreal this week to improve to 6-0-1 in their last 7 games.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE PITTSRUGH PIRATES
After 5 straight seasons of finishing either second or third the Pirates finally won another National League Pennant - their league leading 15th. Even better news is virtually the entire cast is back for another season.

The pitching staff led by Cy Young winner Cliff Melton (28-11, 2.28) will be unchanged from a year ago. Ken Heintzelman (19-14, 3.07), Preacher Roe (14-16, 3.32) and Jim Tobin (11-4, 3.72) round out the rotation. Bill Salkeld (.237,3,17) will be the everyday catcher after replacing Tom Padden at midseason. The 38 year old Padden (.226,3,31) is coming off a broken foot that ended his season at the midway point a year ago.

Veteran 2B Tony Cuccinello (.295,18,87) will turn 39 this season but is coming off the best year of his career. 35 year old Arky Vaughan (.318,7,79) is an 8-time gold glove winner. 30 year old Bob Elliott (.275,16,87) is the baby of the infielders at age 30. First base will be split between Dick Siebert (.315,1,39) and Bill Nagel (.357,1,5). The 31 year old Nagel spent most of last season in AAA after the Pirates signed him following his release by the A's in July.

The outfield features the Pirates only young talent in 24 year old Ralph Kiner (.279,12,68). Kiner was a runner-up in rookie of the year voting and improved greatly as the season wore on. 33 year old Fern Bell (.289,5,79) patrols rightfield while 36 year old Bill Norman (.287,3,67) mans center.

The defending league champions appear to be the favourite once again this season but with an aging lineup and little help in the minors hard times appear just around the corner in Pittsburgh.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE ST LOUIS CARDINALS
A very successful franchise of late, the Cardinals have finished in the upper half of the National League 25 of the last 27 seasons. Included in that stretch were 11 pennants and 7 World Championships. Injuries really derailed the Redbirds a year ago and they will still have an effect when the 1947 season begins.

Two of the Cardinals 4 starting pitchers will miss opening day. Stan Ferens (5-1,2.89) who was 25-12 in 1945 and off to a great start last year before suffering a season ending back injury likely won't be available until at least May. Murry Dickson (10-15, 4.59) is also out until May after undergoing shoulder surgery last August. Dickson looks to be back to normal but there is major concern in the Cards camp that the 32 year old Ferens may never regain his pre-injury form.

The Cardinals still have some talent on the mound including 30 year old Ernie White (22-11, 2.80) who enjoyed his second straight 20 win season. 39 year old Paul Derringer (14-11, 3.69) was convinced to play one more season to help the Cardinals depleted rotation. Mort Cooper (1-0, 4.32), a 34 year old who won 21 games as a rookie in 1939 but suffered through numerous injuries since then, will also get a chance to earn a job in the spring. Harry Breechen (7-13, 3.53), who is 32 years old and coming off an arm injury that forced him to miss a month of the season, and 25 year old Al Jurisich (7-8, 4.50) add depth.

Walker Cooper (.299,11,61) is 32 and one of the best catchers in the game. He will handle the bulk of the duty but may be pressed for playing time by 24 year old prospect Del Rice who hit .368 last year in AAA despite missing 2 months with a broken leg. The Cardinals other top catching prospect, Andy Seminick, has fallen off the radar after breaking his ankle in July. It will be at least May before he can resume playing. .

The infield is led by 26 year old first baseman Stan Musial (.260,21,79). Musial began his career as an outfielder but was shifted to first base because of the outfield depth. 32 year old George Scharein (.272,6,36) at second, 29 year old shortstop Marty Marion (.302,9,57) and 28 year old Whitey Kurowski (.259,13,50) round out a solid infield. The Cardinals also have an outstanding prospect in 23 year old second baseman Red Schoendienst, who hit .321 at AAA this past season.

The Cardinals are stacked in the outfield with starters Enos Slaughter (.277,10,90), Ben Chapman (.310,3,68) and Culley Rikard (.275,4,34) and a bench that includes Terry Moore (.309,0,13), Roy Weatherly (.217,3,47) and Johnny Hopp (.231,0,11). 25 year old Dick Sisler hit 19 homers at AAA last year and he will be looking for a spot in the majors this time around.

If the pitching can hold up until Ferens and Dickson returns and if Ferens is back to his old self the Cardinals could run away with the National League. However, the early word is Ferens will not be the same pitcher he was prior to the injury. Even so the Cardinals still have enough talent to contend.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Just a brief update on the BAA. The first year league is gaining some popularity in certain cities but for the most part remains a second class citizen. Providence and Washington lead the East Division although Philadelphia, with league scoring leader Joe Fulks, looks like a force to be reckoned with. Out west Chicago and St Louis jumped out to quick starts but lately Cleveland has been the hottest team in the league. The Rebels have a powerful offense led by Ed Sadowski and baseball player Frankie Baumholtz.

BOXING NEWS
Quiet week in boxing with no fights of any note. Schedule will remain quiet through the month of December but really picks up in January. The highlight next month occurs when Jake Lamotta puts his middleweight title on the line against Tony Zale. Here is a list of the main fights over the next couple of months.

Saturday January 6, 1947
Rinty Monaghan (16-3-1) vs Ed Doran (14-3)
bout in Belfast between the two Irish Flyweights.
Monaghan is ranked 8th in World and Doran 11th

Hiroshi Horiguchi (22-12-2) vs Mickey Miller (27-17-2)
bantamweight bout in Tokyo. Horiguchi is ranked 8th in World.

Wednesday January 10, 1947
from the Gardens in Cincinnati.
Ezzard Charles (18-1) vs Tommy Gomez (24-5)
Cincinnati native Charles looks to beat 5th ranked Heavyweight Gomez to get a shot at rematch with Joe Louis, who handed Charles his first pro defeat.

Friday January 12, 1947
MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD
Jake Lamotta (14-0) vs Tony Zale (35-4) at Madison Square Garden
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Friday January 19, 1947
Art Aragon (12-4-1) vs Mario Trigo (13-3)
Lightweight fight in Los Angeles between 8th ranked Aragon, an LA native
and 12th ranked Trigo who hails from Torreon, Mexico

Saturday January 27, 1947
Tsuneo Horiguchi (28-9-2) vs Carlos Chavez (23-11-1)
Featherweight fight in Los Angeles between Horiguchi, 8th ranked in world from Japan and Los Angeles fighter Chavez. Chavez beat Horiguchi in 15 round decision nearly a year ago in Tokyo.

Friday February 2, 1947
Elmer Ray (23-4) vs Rosco Toles (18-4)
Heavyweight fight from Miami, Florida. Ray is number 1 ranked contender and with a victory will fight champ Joe Louis next.

Saturday February 3, 1947
Randy Turpin (22-3) vs Marcel Cerdan (23-5) for European Middleweight Title in London England Turpin is presently ranked 8th best middleweight in the world. Cerdan is born in Algeria but fights out of Paris.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 12 2 0 .857 427 257
Min 6 8 0 .429 250 296
Det 5 9 0 .357 276 322
GB 5 9 0 .357 307 305

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 10 4 0 .714 353 267
Wash 7 7 0 .500 322 308
NYG 5 9 0 .357 267 358
Dal 3 11 0 .214 263 335

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 8 6 0 .571 307 319
Car 5 9 0 .357 222 292
Atl 5 9 0 .357 208 306
TB 5 9 0 .357 292 335

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 10 4 0 .714 280 209
Arz 8 6 0 .571 256 267
Sea 5 9 0 .357 262 335
StL 5 9 0 .357 241 271

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 9 5 0 .643 293 236
Pit 8 6 0 .571 264 251
Bal 6 7 1 .464 236 265
Cin 6 8 0 .429 299 269

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 10 3 1 .750 302 221
NYJ 7 7 0 .500 274 239
Buf 6 7 1 .464 200 248
Mia 6 8 0 .429 292 300

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 9 5 0 .643 307 229
Hou 6 7 1 .464 223 268
Jax 6 8 0 .429 256 260
Ind 6 8 0 .429 255 291

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 11 3 0 .786 329 218
KC 9 5 0 .643 262 255
Oak 7 7 0 .500 292 263
SD 6 8 0 .429 234 256

LAST WEEKS RESULTS
New England 31 Green Bay 24
Minnesota 24 New York Jets 18
Buffalo 16 Chicago 13
New York Giants 31 Jacksonville 29
Tennessee 20 Dallas 16
Cleveland 31 Carolina 10
New Orleans 24 Cincinnati 12
Baltimore 40 Tampa Bay 28
San Francisco 13 Denver 7
Kansas City 34 Arizona 13
Oakland 27 St Louis 17
San Diego 27 Seattle 13
Indianapolis 27 Philadelphia 13
Houston 17 Washington 10
Detroit 26 Miami 16
Pittsburgh 27 Atlanta 7

WEEK 16 GAMES
New Orleans Saints (8-6) at Detroit Lions (5-9)
Seattle Seahawks (5-9) at Arizona Cardinals (8-6)
Green Bay Packers (5-9) at Carolina Panthers (5-9)
Minnesota Vikings (6-8) at Atlanta Falcons (5-9)
Jacksonville Jaguars (6-8) at Dallas Cowboys (3-11)
Tennessee Titans (9-5) at New York Giants (5-9)
Philadelphia Eagles (10-4) at Houston Texans (6-7-1)
Washington Redskins (7-7) at Indianapolis Colts (6-8)
Kansas City Chiefs (9-5) at Buffalo Bills (6-7-1)
St. Louis Rams (5-9) at San Francisco 49ers (10-4)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-9) at Chicago Bears (12-2)
Pittsburgh Steelers (8-6) at Cincinnati Bengals (6-8)
New York Jets (7-7) at Oakland Raiders (7-7)
New England Patriots (10-3-1) at San Diego Chargers (6-8)
Denver Broncos (11-3) at Miami Dolphins (6-8)
Cleveland Browns (9-5) at Baltimore Ravens (6-7-1)

LEADERBOARD
QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 443 294 66.4 4066 32 9 111.2
Manfred Gayle TEN 371 228 61.5 2991 27 10 99.9
Ken Neal PHI 308 207 67.2 2236 17 8 95.9
Antwan Baker OAK 490 298 60.8 3660 22 14 86.9
Ryan Boyette NO 402 252 62.7 3012 15 11 86.6

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
S *Van Buren NYJ 14 310 1570 5.1 99 9
Stacey Jolley MIA 14 295 1552 5.3 97 14
Todd Berger NO 14 326 1460 4.5 47 12
Bruce Jones KAN 14 338 1456 4.3 70 14
Bob *Seymour WAS 14 277 1327 4.8 65 9

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Zach Kruczek CLE 94
Bob Sommer NO 94
Lewis Smith JAX 94
Brian Gardner DEN 90
Don *Hutson GB 90
Sonny Pointer BUF 90
Wayne *Miller WSH 89
Jim *Benton MIN 87

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 14 89 1316 14.8 79 11
Chuck Myers NYG 14 80 1251 15.6 80 7
Lewis Smith JAX 14 94 1229 13.1 70 4
Zach Kruczek CLE 14 94 1174 12.5 74 5
Brian Gardner DEN 14 90 1148 12.8 70 6

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Matt Truluck STL 14 151 130 21
Mel Hein NYG 14 141 109 32
B Hasselbeck ARZ 14 137 104 33
Jeff Parent CIN 14 137 113 24
Nu Walters MIN 14 130 97 33

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 14
Mike Smith GB 12
Reggie White SD 11
Wayne *Millner CLE 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 10
Leslie Hill PHI 10

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 11
Earl Joyce SF 8
Mark Smith BAL 7
Cris Brezina TEN 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 7
Hank Coleman TEN 7
Rashod Dawson GB 7

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 22 14 5 3 31 69 57
New York 20 9 5 6 24 64 52
Montreal 20 9 8 3 21 57 41
Boston 19 7 8 4 18 39 45
Toronto 19 7 10 2 16 51 48
Chicago 18 3 13 2 8 36 66

RESULTS
Tuesday December 5, 1946
Chicago 0 at 2 Montreal

Wednesday December 6, 1946
Montreal 2 at 3 New York
Toronto 2 at 0 Boston
Detroit 2 at 5 Chicago

Saturday December 9, 1946
Boston 2 at 5 Toronto

Sunday December 10, 1946
Montreal 5 at 1 Chicago
Toronto 1 at 2 Detroit
Boston 2 at 4 New York

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday December 13, 1946
Detroit at New York
Chicago at Boston
Montreal at Toronto

Saturday December 16, 1946
New York at Toronto

Sunday December 17, 1946
Montreal at New York
Toronto at Chicago
Detroit at Boston

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 18 11 20 31
Ted Kennedy TOR 19 9 16 25
Maurice Richard MON 20 17 5 22
Bill Cowley BOS 19 7 14 21
Tony Leswick NY 20 14 7 21
Joe Carveth BOS 19 12 8 20
Billy Taylor DET 22 6 13 19
Bill Ezinicki TOR 19 9 9 18
Grant Warwick NY 20 8 9 17
George Gee CHI 18 11 4 15
Howie Meeker TOR 19 10 5 15

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Pete Horeck DET 22 42
Bill Ezinicki TOR 19 38
Gus Mortson TOR 19 38
Pat Egan BOS 19 37

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 20 9-8-3 3 1.93
Frank Brimsek BOS 19 7-8-4 0 2.39
Chuck Rayner NY 20 9-5-6 1 2.47
Harry Lumley DET 20 13-4-4 0 2.51
Turk Broda TOR 19 7-10-2 1 2.72

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Saturday December 9, 1946
Hawaii All Stars 17 Portland 3
Southern California 23 Tulane 3

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday December 16, 1946
Utah at Hawaii All Stars

BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
#16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Nevada vs Stanford

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois vs Texas

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa vs New Mexico

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PROV 15 11 4 .733 x
WSH 14 10 4 .714 0.5
PHI 11 7 4 .636 2.0
NY 16 8 8 .500 3.5
BOS 17 5 12 .294 7.0
Tor 15 3 12 .200 8.0

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CLE 13 9 4 .692 x
STL 15 10 5 .667 x
CHI 17 11 6 .647 x
DET 17 6 11 .353 5.0
PIT 16 3 13 .188 7.5

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 10 24.9
Ed Sadowski CLE 13 18.3
Bob Feerick WSH 13 17.2
Ernie Calverley PRO 14 14.8
Stan Miasek DET 16 14.0
F Baumholtz CLE 13 13.8
Johnny Logan STL 12 13.8
Chuck Halbert CHI 16 13.7
Donald Martin PRO 14 13.6
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 17 13.5

RESULTS
Monday December 4, 1946
Boston 57 Pittsburgh 48

Tuesday December 5, 1946
Philadelphia 66 Providence 45

Wednesday December 6, 1946
New York 59 Detroit 37
Providence 75 Washington 61
Pittsburgh 82 Chicago 72

Thursday December 7, 1946
Toronto 67 Chicago 65
St Louis 54 Pittsburgh 49
New York 60 Philadelphia 52
Detroit 64 Boston 57

Saturday December 9, 1946
Washington 81 Detroit 58
Boston 62 New York 52
Cleveland 75 Chicago 70
Toronto 85 Providence 84 (2 OT)
Philadelphia 66 St Louis 53

Sunday December 10, 1946
Boston 55 New York 38
Cleveland 58 Philadelphia 53

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday December 11, 1946
Detroit at Pittsburgh

Tuesday December 12, 1946
Philadelphia at Toronto
St Louis at Cleveland

Wednesday December 13, 1946
Providence at New York
Cleveland at Chicago
Detroit at Washington

Thursday December 14, 1946
Detroit at Boston
Chicago at St Louis
Washington at Philadelphia

Friday December 15, 1946
Pittsburgh at Toronto

Saturday December 16, 1946
Cleveland at Washington
Philadelphia at Boston
Detroit at Providence

Sunday December 17, 1946
New York at Cleveland
Toronto at St Louis
Pittsburgh at Chicago

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 08:26 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 18, 1946
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
WILD FINAL WEEKEND AHEAD FOR AFC WITH TWO PLAYOFF SPOTS UP FOR GRABS
No less than five teams are still in the running for the final 2 playoff berths in the American Football Conference. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Houston and Oakland will go down to the wire to determine who gets the two remaining openings.

Here is what has been decided so far. Denver, with a 12-3 record has won the west division and can clinch homefield throughout the playoffs with a win at home against Buffalo (6-8-1) in the final week. New England has won the AFC East and has a chance at home field throughout the playoffs. The 11-3-1 Patriots need to beat Oakland and have the Broncos lose. Either way both the Broncos and Patriots have earned a first round bye.

Tennessee (10-5) has clinched the South Division and will host a playoff game in two weeks. 10-5 Kansas City is assured of a wild card berth leaving 2 spots open.

The AFC North will come down to the wire. Cleveland (9-6) has a 1 game lead on Pittsburgh (8-7). The two clubs split their regular season games and if Pittsburgh beats Houston while the Browns lose to Indianapolis they will have identical divsion and conference records. Both could get in if they both win and the Raiders lose in New England. Houston (7-7-1) and Baltimore (7-7-1) are both still alive in the wild card hunt but they will need some help. The Texans have a little more control of their own destiny because they are playing in Pittsburgh. The Ravens play a Tennessee squad that the game means nothing to.

JUST ONE WILDCARD BERTH STILL UNDECIDED IN NFC
Five of the six playoff positions in the NFC are already filled. Chicago (13-2) has a first round bye and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. San Francisco (11-4) likely will get the second opening week bye. Philadelphia (10-5) has dropped 3 straight but still wins the NFC East Division. 9-6 New Orleans rounds out the 4 division winners. Arizona, with an 8-7 record has clinched a wildcard berth leaving just the second wildcard spot open.

Washington gets one more chance to clinch it with a win at home against San Francisco in the final week. The 7-8 Redskins have lost 4 straight and 6 of 9 since Sammy *Baugh went down with an injury. Baugh was back this week but could not end the losing skid. If Washington loses again the race is wide open. Carolina, Atlanta, Minnesota and Seattle are all at 6-9 and could sneak in to the playoffs depending upon the tiebreaker.

WEEK 16 GAME RECAPS
Pittsburgh suffered a heartbreaking 30-27 overtime loss in Cincinnati as the Bengals rallied for a last second touchdown to tie and won the game on a 53 yard Steve Modzelewski field goal. Bengals QB Ken Smith passed for 327 yards and 3 touchdowns. Smith's performance may spell the end of Bud Rutledge's days as Bengals QB.

Baltimore denied Cleveland a chance to clinch the AFC North by beating the Browns 21-14. Fabien Montgomery ran for 109 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Ravens.

Denver spanked Miami 26-3 to move a step closer to securing homefield advantage for the postseason. Ed Newberry had 3 interceptions for the Broncos to raise his league leading total to 14, a new league record.

New England blasted San Diego 45-10 dashing the Chargers slim playoff hopes. Mario Glenn ran for 115 yards and a pair of New England touchdowns.

The Raiders kept their playoff chances alive and ended the Jets hopes by beating New York 24-15. After starting the season 1-3 the Raiders have rebounded nicely, winning 4 straight and are a team to fear should they get into the postseason.

Ulish Groce passed for 319 yards as Kansas City outscored Buffalo 33-26. It was a fine effort by the inconsistant Groce, who despite throwing 2 interceptions, shredded a Buffalo defense that completely shut down Chicago a week ago.

Speaking of the Bears, Sid *Luckman had another 4 touchdown passing day as Chicago mauled Tampa 38-13.

Safety Earl Joyce had an interception and a fumble recovery to help San Francisco to it's 5th straight win, 27-22 over St Louis.

Sammy *Baugh had a terrible day, throwing 5 interceptions in his first start in 8 weeks, as Washington lost 33-31 to Indianapolis. Baugh was nowhere near fully recovered from the injury he suffered at the midway point of the season, but with the Redskins playoff hopes slipping away the club decided to give him the start.

What is wrong with the Eagles? After starting the season 9-1 Philadelphia has dropped four of it's last 5 games including a 17-10 loss to Houston this past weekend.

Tennessee beat the Giants 26-16 in a game that means nothing to either club. The 10-5 Titans are in the playoffs while the 5-10 Giants are spending most of their time looking forward to the draft. One note of concern for the Titans, QB Manfred Gayle was picked off 3 times. Gayle was hurt the previous week and is not fully recovered yet.

WR Willie Nelson caught 8 passes for 129 yards and 2 touchdowns as Dallas destroyed Jacksonville 52-17. The Cowboys got 3 defensive touchdowns in the game.

Despite throwing 4 interceptions Arnie *Herber and the Atlanta Falcons hung on to beat Minnesota 27-23.

Lionel Levy kicked 7 field goals as Carolina beat Green Bay 35-13 to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

Seattle also has a longshot chance at a playoff spot after beating Arizona 16-9. Rookie Marion *Motley ran for 80 yards and made a career best 5 catches.

and New Orleans needed overtime to beat Detroit 16-13.

ULISH GROCE : OVERCOMING ADVERSITY BUT CAN HE OVERCOME INTERCEPTIONS?
Undrafted in 1942, the former Auburn signal caller spent a year playing semi-pro ball before being invited to the Chiefs training camp prior to the 1943 season. It was a mild surprise he did not get selected as Groce had some potential according to many scouts. However, it was a very raw player that entered the 1942 draft and no team seemed willing to take a chance on him mainly because of his tendancy for throwing interceptions in college.

"I'm aggressive out there," Groce said at the time. "Yes, I take chance but that's who I am. I want to be the guy who wins the game for my team. I may force it from time to time but the guys who refuse to go for victory usually seem much less turned off by the taste of defeat. I can't stand that taste."

When he was invited to the Chiefs camp in 1943 it was almost as an afterthought. Kansas City, having lost both their second and third string QB from the previous season needed a warm body to help get them through training camp. Groce was signed for the league minimum and entered camp hoping he could earn a spot on the practice squad. The Chiefs had hired their third coach in 3 years that offseason and it was clear from the beginning new boss Peyton Otto was not happy with the club's qb situation.

Veteran Bill Hill was brought in from Tampa to be the new starter despite the fact that Donnie Alley started 10 games as a rookie for the 8-8 Chiefs in 1942. A third round pick was spent on former Penn State signal caller Terrill Hennigan who in Otto's mind might surpass Alley as the backup. Groce, as mentioned above, was merely a warm body to add depth in the preseason.

As fate would have it Ulish Groce just happened to be a man in the right place at exactly the right time. He tossed a pair of touchdown passes in a mop up role in the first preseason game and looked good in the second one as well. In the third preseason game Bill Hall suffered an injury that would end his season. Alley did not look sharp through the first 3 games but he was given the starter's job with Groce moved up to the number two slot due to inconsistant play from rookie Hennigan.

In the final preseason game Alley got hurt. It was serious enough he would miss the first 3 weeks of the season so all of a sudden Ulish Groce was the opening week starter. It was hardly a fairytale debut for Groce who completed just 6 of 23 passes in a 35-22 season opening loss at home to Buffalo. He was also intercepted twice, something that would continue to haunt him throughout his career. He settled down and won his next two starts and that would be enough to give Coach Otto the confidence to let Groce take every snap of the 1943 season for the Chiefs. The highlight of his rookie season would be a 4-touchdown day in a win at Tennessee.

The job has been his ever since. Otto would last just two seasons as head coach in Kansas City but new coach Jermaine Nott kept Groce as the starter and he responded with a career best performance in 1945, lowering his interception total from 40 to 23. After three years making the league minimum Groce was rewarded with a huge contract extension prior to the 1946 season. However, he better not get too comfortable as just weeks after the extension was inked the Chiefs selected a QB with their first round pick. Some felt Tommy *Thompson, the 12th overall selection from Tulsa, would wrestle the starting gig away from Groce but once again lady luck smiled on Ulish. Thompson was injured during an exhibition game serious enough to be placed on injured reserve meaning Groce would have the starter's job without a challenger.

Groce, while occassionally showing flashes of brilliance appears to lack the decision-making skills necessary to be a front-line QB in the NFL. In 64 career starts he has been picked off 120 times. This season he threw just 12 touchdown passes and was intercepted 24 times. Yet somehow he helped the Chiefs to an 11-5 record and the first playoff berth in franchise history.

Coaches fall in love with the rocket arm and the odd outstanding performance such as the impressive wins over Seattle in week 14 this season or Arizona the following week. The problem is coaches are never sure when the poised superstar Groce will show up or if we will be forced to endure another 4 interception day like he suffered through twice this season. It may come down to what he does in the postseason as to whether or not the starting job will be his next season. Tommy Thompson will be raring to go and he has the first round pedigree. However, Groce appears to have luck - or perhaps something more - on his side and based on what he has accomplished so far in his career it would be foolish to bet against him.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ALL AMERICAN TEAM ANNOUNCED
5 members of Army's powerful offense dominate the 1946 College Football All-American team. Running Back Glen *Davis, the Heisman Trophy winner, joins blockers Albert *Nemetz and Tex *Coulter along with wideout Barney *Poole and tight end Hank *Foldberg as Army representatives. Notre Dame with 3 players and Pennsylvania with 2 were the only other institutions with more than one representative.

The 1946 All-America team
QB DeMarco Dickinson North Carolina
RB Glen *Davis Army
RB Herman *Wedemeyer St Mary's
OL Albert *Nemetz Army
OL Bill *Hackett Ohio State
OL Dave Fadule Illinois
OL George *Connor Notre Dame
OL Tex *Coulter Army
WR Don Schlereth Oklahoma
WR Barney *Poole Army
TE Hank *Foldberg Army

DL George *Strohmeyer Notre Dame
DL Paul *Duke Georgia Tech
DL George *Savitsky Pennsylvania
DL Richard Pricer Oregon
LB Gary Reich Georgia
LB Bob *Ravensberg Indiana
LB Al *Sparlis UCLA
DB Tony *Minisi Pennsylvania
DB Ken Murphy USC
DB Tommy *Harmon Michigan
DB Lance Saimes Notre Dame

COLLEGE SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE BUT BOWL GAMES JUST AROUND THE CORNER
Utah pasted the Hawaiian allstars 38-7 in the lone college football game this weekend. It also marked the final regular season contest of the year. With the win Utah finishes 7-3 on the season but because they finished second to Denver in the Mountain States Conference they will not be playing in a bowl game.

The Bowl season gets underway next Sunday as 8-0-1 Rutgers takes on a 9-1 North Carolina State squad in the Cigar Bowl at Greensboro. Christmas Day has independant Nevada (9-0) put it's perfect record on the line against PCC second place finisher Stanford (6-2-1). All the major bowl games of course are scheduled for New Years Day including UCLA-Michigan in the Rose Bowl and number 2 Georgia vs 4th ranked Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
COLLEGE BASKETBALL MAKES IT'S DEBUT IN TSN
With Tournament Dreams basketball added to my gaming collection I have decided to include college basketball in this dynasty report. This game is not designed to mirror basketball of the 1940's and 50's so your imagination will need to give me a little leeway. Three point shots and shot clocks will force the scoring up compared to what really happened in that era but I did my best to make the top teams of the era be the top teams in my replay. I will also be creating every NBA player as a high school senior and begin his career in the college ranks before he graduates to the NBA and Total Pro Basketball which I will add to my dynasty report next season.

To start with the college hoops recap I figured I would post the Top 25 and a brief sentence or two on each of those clubs.

UPI TOP 25
1 USC (10-0) Won it's first outright PCC South title a year ago. Preseason number 1
2 Kentucky (11-1) Hasn't won an SEC title since 36-37. Lost in National Championship game last year
3 New York Univ (10-0) Perennial title contender is strong this season led by sophmore Dolph *Schayes
4 Boston College (11-1) Won or shared Big East title 5 times in last 14 years.
5 Iowa State (8-0) Still in search of first Big 8 title in a conference dominated by Oklahoma A&M
6 Oregon (10-1) Lou Groza's brother Alex *Groza and Dick *Triptow lead strong Ducks team in search of PCC North title
7 UTEP (10-0) Final Four team a year ago
8 Alabama (8-1) Defending National champs have won SEC three of last 4 years
9 Holy Cross (11-2) Made 4 straight final four appearances to start the 1940's
10 New Orleans (10-0) Privateers are off to surprising start
11 Washington St. (9-2) PCC North powerhouse lost all-american Bud *Milliken but replaced him with freshman Ed *Gayda.
12 UCLA (8-2) Bruins have won 10 PCC South titles in last 15 years.
13 N.C. State (9-1) Final four team two years ago is always a threat in March
14 Auburn (9-1) traditional weak sister of the SEC is off to a fine start
15 Illinois (8-2) back to back Big Ten champs
16 Washington (9-3) yet another representative from the powerful PCC North
17 Ohio State (9-2) Paul *Huston and Arnie *Risen lead Buckeyes in quest for first Big 10 title in 8 years
18 Drake (9-2) look to be the team to beat in Missouri Valley Conference
19 Stanford (8-2) overshadowed by UCLA and USC in PCC South. Did win conference 2 years ago.
20 CCNY (8-2) battle with Holy Cross and NYU for top of East Independant conference.
21 Notre Dame (8-2) Won National Championship 2 years ago - 2nd win in 8 years
22 Georgia (8-2) Won SEC title 2 years ago. Junior Mel *McGaha is a candidate for conference player of the year
23 Baylor (7-2) Won 3 SWC titles in past 7 years
24 Iowa (8-2) - middle of the road Big 10 club off to fast start but real test is conference play
25 Louisiana State (7-2) - Like Iowa off to a quick start but real test occurs when conference play begins.

Others Receiving Votes: San Francisco 158, Texas Tech 147, Western Kentucky 126, South Carolina 105, Bradley 84, Florida 62, Creighton 42, Miami 21, Middle Tenn St. 10, Oklahoma 6, Wake Forest 2, VMI 2, Purdue 1, California 1, Gonzaga 1, Seton Hall 1, Vanderbilt 1, Texas Christian 1, Richmond 1, Georgetown 1, Indiana State 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 22 Oklahoma, No. 15 California, No. 13 Vanderbilt

College basketball coverage will get much more detailed as the season progresses.

HOLY CROSS ON CRUSADE FOR NATIONAL TITLE
The Holy Cross Crusaders have some unfinished business to attend to during the 1946-47 college basketball season. With four trips to the NCAA tournaments final four, the Crusaders have been one of the most successful schools over the past decade but the one thing that has eluded them is a victory on the final Monday of the college season. This year with the addition of two fabulous freshman guards Holy Cross fans feel the championship crusade may finally be a success.

No school has ever recruited a better backcourt than the pair that Holy Cross added this season. Bob *Cousy looks like a surefire BAA star down the road while Frank *Oftring also has great potential. Both have been thrown into the starting lineup right off the bat and after an 11-2 start the two guards are already playing like seasoned veterans rather than raw teenagers.

Cousy is averaging 10.3 points a game and nearly 6 assists. Oftring his averaging 7.2 points but has struggled with his shooting in the early going. He showed a glimpse of what he can become last week when he lit up Fordham for 23 points.

With a playoff savy group of big men including senior center Bob *Hubbard and junior forward Phil *Farbman to guide them, don't be surprised if the young guards get their squad to the final four yet again. The question is can they finally win it all?

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RED HOT LEAFS HAVE OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
The Toronto Maple Leafs offense came alive last week winning three games by a combined score of 19-4. That performance, keyed by the play of captain Teeder Kennedy, moved the Leafs right into the thick of the National Hockey League playoff race. Things are looking much brighter around Maple Leaf Gardens than they did just two weeks ago when the Leafs, riding a 4-game losing streak plummetted to 5-9-1. Since then Toronto has accumulated 5 wins and a tie in their past 7 games. The reason: improved team defense in front of goaltender Turk Broda plus the play of Kennedy. The veteran center has 14 points in his last 7 games and trails only the Blackhawks Max Bentley for the NHL scoring lead.

BOXING RECAP
ARCHIE MOORE'S CAREER APPEARS TO BE NEARING END
What was supposed to be the bout that helped Archie Moore climb up the heavyweight ranks ended up becoming the fight that possibly put an end to his career. Embrell Davidson a 22 year old fighter with some promise took a big step forward by stopping Moore with a second round TKO in the headliner of a Friday night fight card at The Olympia in Detroit.

Davidson, who hails from the Motor City, improved his record to 25-6 while Moore falls to 16-7. Davidson is considered a future force in the heavyweight division and he is on the verge of cracking the top 10 in his weight class worldwide.

On the undercard, in a battle of middleweights Rocky Graziano won a unanimous decision in a very entertaining fight over Youngstown, Ohio middleweight Tony Janiro. Both fighters spent some time on the canvas in a spirited effort The win improves Graziano's record to 31-14-1 while Janiro falls to 17-12-3. Graziano has won the bouts he should win but he just hasn't been able to come up with the big effort when given a great opportunity. He has had plenty of opportunities, losing to middleweight champ Jake Lamotta on 3 occassions, twice each to Tony Zale and Ray Robinson and once to Charley Burley. Burley, Zale and Robinson are considered to be among the top 5 active middleweights.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 13 2 0 .867 465 270
Min 6 9 0 .400 273 323
Det 5 10 0 .333 289 338
GB 5 10 0 .333 320 340

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 10 5 0 .667 363 284
Wash 7 8 0 .467 353 341
NYG 5 10 0 .333 283 384
Dal 4 11 0 .267 315 352

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 9 6 0 .600 323 332
Car 6 9 0 .400 257 305
Atl 6 9 0 .400 235 329
TB 5 10 0 .333 305 373

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 11 4 0 .733 307 231
Arz 8 7 0 .533 265 283
Sea 6 9 0 .400 278 344
StL 5 10 0 .333 263 298

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 9 6 0 .600 307 257
Pit 8 7 0 .533 291 281
Bal 7 7 1 .500 257 279
Cin 7 8 0 .467 329 296

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 11 3 1 .767 347 231
NYJ 7 8 0 .467 289 263
Buf 6 8 1 .433 226 281
Mia 6 9 0 .400 295 326

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 10 5 0 .667 333 245
Hou 7 7 1 .500 240 278
Ind 7 8 0 .467 288 322
Jax 6 9 0 .400 273 312

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 12 3 0 .800 355 221
KC 10 5 0 .667 295 281
Oak 8 7 0 .533 316 278
SD 6 9 0 .400 244 301

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
New Orleans 16 Detroit 13
Seattle 16 Arizona 9
Carolina 35 Green Bay 13
Atlanta 27 Minnesota 23
Dallas 52 Jacksonville 17
Tennessee 26 New York Giants 16
Houston 17 Philadelphia 10
Indianapolis 33 Washington 31
Kansas City 33 Buffalo 26
San Francisco 27 St Louis 22
Chicago 38 Tampa Bay 13
Cincinnati 30 Pittsburgh 27 (OT)
Oakland 24 New York Jets 15
New England 45 San Diego 10
Denver 26 Miami 3
Baltimore 21 Cleveland 14

WEEK 17 SCHEDULE
Buffalo Bills (6-8-1) at Denver Broncos (12-3)
Atlanta Falcons (6-9) at Chicago Bears (13-2)
Indianapolis Colts (7-8) at Cleveland Browns (9-6)
Green Bay Packers (5-10) at New Orleans Saints (9-6)
Miami Dolphins (6-9) at Kansas City Chiefs (10-5)
Minnesota Vikings (6-9) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-10)
Oakland Raiders (8-7) at New England Patriots (11-3-1)
Carolina Panthers (6-9) at Detroit Lions (5-10)
New York Giants (5-10) at St. Louis Rams (5-10)
Dallas Cowboys (4-11) at Seattle Seahawks (6-9)
San Francisco 49ers (11-4) at Washington Redskins (7-8)
San Diego Chargers (6-9) at New York Jets (7-8)
Arizona Cardinals (8-7) at Philadelphia Eagles (10-5)
Cincinnati Bengals (7-8) at Jacksonville Jaguars (6-9)
Baltimore Ravens (7-7-1) at Tennessee Titans (10-5)
Houston Texans (7-7-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (8-7)

NFL LEADERS
QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 472 314 66.5 4258 36 10 111.7
Ken Neal PHI 308 207 67.2 2236 17 8 95.9
Manfred Gayle TEN 407 242 59.5 3105 27 13 92.2
Sammy *Baugh WAS 196 111 56.6 1815 12 9 89.1
Antwan Baker OAK 513 311 60.6 3878 24 14 88.3

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
S *Van Buren NYJ 15 332 1646 5 99 10
Stacey Jolley MIA 15 311 1603 5.2 97 14
Todd Berger NO 15 357 1556 4.4 47 12
Bruce Jones KAN 15 360 1549 4.3 70 15
Harley Mitchell PHI 14 337 1426 4.2 59 11

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Zach Kruczek CLE 101
Bob Sommer NO 101
Lewis Smith JAX 101
Don *Hutson GB 98
Sonny Pointer BUF 98
Wayne *Miller WSH 97
Willie Nelson DAL 95
Jim *Benton MIN 94

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 15 97 1449 14.9 79 12
Chuck Myers NYG 15 87 1334 15.3 80 7
Lewis Smith JAX 15 101 1317 13 70 5
Zach Kruczek CLE 15 101 1309 13 74 6
Brian Gardner DEN 15 93 1244 13.4 70 6

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Matt Truluck STL 15 164 140 24
Mel Hein NYG 15 150 118 32
B. Hasselbeck ARZ 15 145 110 35
Jeff Parent CIN 15 144 120 24
James Williams SEA 15 141 103 38

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 15
Mike Smith GB 13
Reggie White SD 11
Wayne *Millner CLE 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 11

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 14
Earl Joyce SF 9
Greg Fletcher BUF 8
Hank Coleman TEN 8
Matt Moore NYG 8
Mark Smith BAL 7
Cris Brezina TEN 7
Rashod Dawson GB 7
Jimmy Conklin WSH 7
Mike Jones CLE 7

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Saturday December 16, 1946
Utah 38 Hawaii All Stars 7

UPCOMING GAMES
BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
#16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Nevada vs Stanford

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois vs Texas

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa vs New Mexico

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 24 15 6 3 33 73 64
New York 23 10 7 6 26 72 64
Montreal 22 10 9 3 23 61 49
Toronto 22 10 10 2 22 70 52
Boston 21 7 10 4 18 41 49
Chicago 20 4 14 2 10 39 71

RESULTS
Wednesday December 13, 1946
Detroit 1 at New York 5
Chicago 1 at Boston 0
Montreal 1 at Toronto 6

Saturday December 16, 1946
New York 1 at Toronto 8

Sunday December 17, 1946
Montreal 3 at New York 2
Toronto 5 at Chicago 2
Detroit 3 at Boston 2

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday December 20, 1946
Detroit at Chicago
New York at Boston

Thursday December 21, 1946
Detroit at Toronto

Saturday December 23, 1946
Boston at Montreal
Chicago at Toronto

Sunday December 24, 1946
Toronto at New York
Boston at Chicago
Montreal at Detroit

NHL LEADERS
SCORING TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 20 13 21 34
Ted Kennedy TOR 22 12 19 31
Maurice Richard MON 22 19 5 24
Tony Leswick NY 23 17 7 24
Bill Cowley BOS 21 8 14 22
Joe Carveth BOS 21 12 8 20
Bill Ezinicki TOR 22 10 10 20
Billy Taylor DET 24 6 14 20
Howie Meeker TOR 22 11 8 19
Grant Warwick NY 23 8 10 18
Toe Blake MON 22 6 11 17
Sid Abel DET 24 9 7 16
Cal Gardner NY 23 7 9 16

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Pete Horeck DET 24 50
Garth Boesch TOR 22 46
Gus Mortson TOR 22 44
Bill Ezinicki TOR 22 40

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 22 10-9-3 3 2.12
Frank Brimsek BOS 21 7-10-4 0 2.35
Turk Broda TOR 22 10-10-2 1 2.53
Harry Lumley DET 23 15-5-3 0 2.60
Chuck Rayner NY 22 10-6-6 1 2.65

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PHI 14 10 4 .714 0.5
PROV 17 12 5 .706 x
WSH 17 12 5 .706 x
NY 18 8 10 .444 4.5
BOS 19 5 14 .263 8.0
Tor 18 3 15 .167 9.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
STL 18 12 6 .667 x
CHI 20 13 7 .650 x
CLE 17 11 6 .647 0.5
DET 21 8 13 .381 5.5
PIT 19 5 14 .263 7.5

LEADERS

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 13 24.5
Ed Sadowski CLE 17 19.1
Bob Feerick WSH 15 17.5
Ernie Calverley PRO 15 14.9
Stan Miasek DET 20 14.4
F Baumholtz CLE 17 14.1
Chuck Halbert CHI 19 13.8
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 20 13.5
Donald Martin PRO 16 13.4
Johnny Logan STL 15 13.1

LAST WEEK RESULTS
Monday December 11, 1946
Detroit 56 at 58 Pittsburgh

Tuesday December 12, 1946
Philadelphia 57 at 44 Toronto
St Louis 56 at 79 Cleveland

Wednesday December 13, 1946
Providence 61 at 54 New York
Cleveland 65 at 77 Chicago
Detroit 47 at 74 Washington

Thursday December 14, 1946
Detroit 55 at 44 Boston
Chicago 53 at 79 St Louis
Washington 62 at 75 Philadelphia

Friday December 15, 1946
Pittsburgh 67 at 58 Toronto

Saturday December 16, 1946
Cleveland 71 at 94 Washington
Philadelphia 59 at 48 Boston
Detroit 80 at 53 Providence

Sunday December 17, 1946
New York 71 at 78 Cleveland
Toronto 45 at 61 St Louis
Pittsburgh 46 at 73 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday December 18, 1946
St Louis at Pittsburgh

Tuesday December 19, 1946
Toronto at Cleveland
Detroit at Philadelphia

Wednesday December 20, 1946
Cleveland at New York
St Louis at Washington

Thursday December 21, 1946
Chicago at Providence
Cleveland at Philadelphia
St Louis at Boston

Friday December 22, 1946
New York at Toronto

Saturday December 23, 1946
Philadelphia at Washington
New York at Providence

Sunday December 24, 1946
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Detroit at Chicago
Boston at St Louis

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 08:35 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 25, 1946
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BROWNS, TEXANS AND REDSKINS ARE IN! PLAYOFFS BEGIN NEXT WEEK
The Washington Redskins and Houston Texans claimed the final two wildcard berths while Cleveland prevailed in the AFC North as the NFL season came to a close.

After 4 straight losses the Washington Redskins finally got on track and surprised San Francisco 27-10 but the win came at an awful price. Redskins quarterback Sammy *Baugh, who missed half the season with an injury, was sidelined in the second quarter and is doubtful for next week's wildcard game. The Redskins opponent in that game will be a rematch with the 49ers although next week's contest will be on the west coast. The 49ers loss, coupled with Philadelphia beating Arizona 45-22, cost San Francisco a first round bye. Ken Neal looked good in a playoff tuneup, tossing 4 touchdown passes for the Eagles. The loss meant little to 8-8 Arizona as the Cardinals had already clinched a wildcard.

It seemed like no one wanted to win the AFC North. Cleveland needing a win to clinch looked terrible in losing 21-12 to Indianapolis. However, the Browns backed into the playoffs because Pittsburgh lost 28-23 at home to Houston. The loss not only cost the Steelers the AFC North but also a wildcard berth which ended up going to the Texans after Oakland also lost. The Raiders were beaten 30-20 by New England.

Next week it will be 8-8 Washington visting San Francisco (11-5) while New Orleans (10-6) hosts Arizona (8-8) in NFC wild card action. In the AFC Houston (8-7-1) travels to Tennessee (11-5) while 11-5 Kansas City visits Cleveland (9-7). Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and New England draw the first round byes.

In other week 17 action Stacey Jolley of Miami gained 141 yards rushing but it wasn't enough as the Dolphins fell 27-10 to Kansas City. It was enough, however, to give Jolley the league rushing title as he finished the season with 1744, 20 more than Steve *Van Buren of the Jets. Van Buren was held to just 78 yards rushing in a 34-17 loss to San Diego.

Denver handled Buffalo rather easily in a 28-19 win. Broncos DB Ed Newberry strengthened his candidacy for NFL defensive player of the year with 2 forced fumbles and 9 tackles.

Sid *Luckman threw 4 more touchdown passes to give him 40 on the season as the Bears beat Atlanta 38-21. Chicago finishes with a league best 14-2 record.

Todd Berger rushed for 92 yards and added 49 yards receiving to propel New Orleans past Green Bay 21-13.

Minnesota beat Tampa 23-7 but the Vikings slim playoff hopes dissappeared with the Washington victory.

Detroit topped Carolina 23-16 as both teams finished with 6-10 records.

St Louis beat the Giants 38-24 ending a season that started so well before just crumbling for New York.

Seattle dropped Dallas 31-17. The loss gives the Cowboys a 4-12 record and first pick in the college draft. Who they draft is anyone's guess right now because Dallas looks awful on both sides of the ball.

Keith Musso ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns to help Jacksonville past Cincinnati 30-24

and Tennessee dumped Baltimore 35-24.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES
The Bowl season kicked off Christmas Eve with North Carolina State beating Rutgers 14-3 in the Cigar Bowl at Greensboro. The Wolfpack finish with a 10-1 record while Rutgers suffers it's first defeat after 8 wins and a tie.

There is one game today which has 9-0 independant Nevada meeting PCC runner-up Stanford (6-2-1) in the Harbor Bowl from San Diego. The complete bowl schedule can be found in the stats and standings section of this issue.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
A SMALL MEASURE OF REVENGE FOR WILDCATS AS SEC SEASON OPENS
It certainly does not make them even but the Kentucky Wildcats had to feel like it was more than just another win when they dropped Alabama 93-76 in the opening week of SEC play. Alabama, of course, retains bragging rights after beating UK to win the NCAA championship last March. However, Kentucky is looking more and more like the favourite to win it all this time around. The Wildcats are 13-1 after wins over Alabama and Auburn this week and are ranked number 1 in both the AP and Coaches poll.

What makes Kentucky's start even more impressive is that senior center Kenny Chichote, who averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds a year ago, has missed all but 4 games with a torn bicep. 6th man Joe *Rocker has also missed the last 5 games. Rocker who was averaging over 14 points a game before suffering an eye injury should be back in early January. Chichote is hoping to return by the end of January.

Senoirs Paul Noel (15.9 ppg, 11.6 reb) and Cliff Baker (14.3 ppg, 4.1 apg) have picked up the slack while Larry Hathaway (10.4 ppg) and freshman Bob *Donham (10.1 ppg) have stepped up to fill the void.

Besides the SEC, the Big Ten is the only other conference to begin play prior to Christmas. Indiana and Minnesota both jumped out to 2-0 starts while Michigan is 1-0. The Hoosiers, behind a career high 22 points from sophomore guard Dick *McGuire nipped Ohio State 66-64 in a mild upset. An even bigger upset in the Big 10 occurred Monday when Minnesota embarrassed number 20 Illinois on it's homecourt 80-49.

SOUTHERN CAL FALLS FROM NUMBER ONE RANKING
The USC Trojans basketball team dropped from number one in the polls after losing 67-61 in Missouri on Friday. One other involving top 25 teams as Massachusetts surpised Boston College 62-54. The win knocks BC from 4th to 7th in the AP Poll.

Here is the top 25 released this morning:

Rank School Record
1 Kentucky 13-1
2 New York Univ 12-0
3 UTEP 12-0
4 Oregon 12-1
5 USC 11-1
6 Holy Cross 13-2
7 Boston College 12-2
8 UCLA 10-2
9 Washington St. 11-2
10 New Orleans 12-0
11 N.C. State 11-1
12 Iowa State 9-1
13 Washington 11-3
14 Alabama 9-2
15 CCNY 10-2
16 Stanford 10-2
17 Notre Dame 10-2
18 Auburn 10-2
19 Western Kent. 10-3
20 Illinois 9-3
21 Baylor 9-2
22 Drake 10-3
23 Texas Tech 9-2
24 Ohio State 10-3
25 Creighton 10-2

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 22 Georgia, No. 24 Iowa, No. 25 Louisiana St.

RECRUITING TRAIL
PREP STARS HUTCHINS AND MCGUIRE MAKE VERBAL COMMITMENTS
Two of the most coveted high school seniors have announced where they plan to spend the next four years. Al *McGuire decided not to join his brother Dick at Indiana. Instead the New York native will stay in his hometown and play for CCNY. McGuire had narrowed his choices down to Indiana, NYU and St John's before deciding on CCNY. He becomes the second bluechip prospect to decide on CCNY. Earlier in the month Charlie *Share, a 6'11" center from Cincinnati, Ohio choose CCNY over Ohio State, Notre Dame and Holy Cross.

Meanwhile Mel *Hutchins, a scoring machine from San Francisco passed on the hometown Dons to sign with Oregon. In addition to those two schools Hutchins was also considered UCLA and Brigham Young.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE AND BAYLOR FANS GET EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
There are still a large number of undecided players but judging by the early going North Carolina State and Baylor are the big winners in the recruiting wars. Each school has received verbal committments from three bluechip prospects. Baylor will be adding center Neil *Johnson, a Chillicothe Ohio native who passed on Ohio State to join the Bears, along with guards Mel *Payton and Bob *Wilson.

The Wolfpack recruits are guard George *King and forwards Paul *Horvath and Sam *Ranzino. King is from Charlston, West Virginia where he is average 28 points a game for Stonewall Jackson High. Gary, Indiana native Ranzino is considered the best of the three while Horvath can play center as well as forward.

The biggest name player who has yet to commit is Loy *Doty. The Preston, Idaho native is leaning towards North Carolina but is also heavily considering Fresno State and Wyoming.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BOSTON RED SOX
The Red Sox came tantlizingly close to claiming their first pennant since 1922 but in the end Boston just ran out of steam. The good news for Red Sox fans is that the core of the team's offense is in it's prime. What could be bad news is last season virtually every Red Sox pitcher enjoyed a career best year and Boston was still a quality starter away from becoming a truly dominant team. If the pitchers revert to earlier form it could be a long season. On the other hand, the Red Sox offense may just be strong enough to prevent that from happening.

The offense is rock solid led by 28 year old Ted Williams (.322,31,93) and 31 year old Babe Young (.305,19,95). The outfield consists of Williams in left, 34 year old Mel Almada (.290,8,46) in center and 32 year old Stan Spence (.277,9,71). Dom Dimaggio (.278,0,5) and Tommy Holmes (.246,2,28) add depth. The infield features Young at first base, light hitting 25 year old Ben Steiner (.197,2,44) at second, 34 year old Johnny Hudson (.284,6,59) at shortstop and 2-time gold glove winner 27 year old Johnny Pesky (.310,3,45) at third. Catcher Roy Partee (.285,6,45) is just 29 but coming off of a broken wrist so it remains to be seen if he can recover fully. If not veterans Bill Atwood (.235,0,6) and Sammy Holbrook (.220,4,26) will fight for the starting position.

If 32 year old Andy Karl (21-10, 2.59) can duplicate his breakout season of a year ago it will go a long way towards easing concerns about the rotation. Bob Bowman (19-9, 3.07) will be 37 and it is unlikely he will duplicate last years results. Bowman had never won more than 7 games entering last season. 31 year old Tex Hughson (10-4, 3.29) and 30 year old Rube Melton (14-12, 4.45) also enjoyed career best years last season. 24 year old Dave Ferriss (9-10, 3.70) is a pitcher to watch and 25 year old Jim Wilson may be ready for the majors after two seasons in AAA.

OUTLOOK - It's up to the pitching. The bats are strong enough to get the Red Sox into the postseason. If the pitching can be as good or better than last year they could finally get that pennant that has eluded the franchise for 25 years.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Can things get any worse for a franchise that has not won a pennant since the inagural season of the American League in 1901? The White Sox finsihed dead last for the fifth straight year. They have not even finished a year at .500 since going 70-70 in the shortened 1919 campaign. There is also little hope of things improving in the near future. The core players are all in their late thirties and the farm system is barren.

29 year old Eddie Lopat (13-21, 4.44) is the closest thing the White Sox have to a number one starter. Originally White Sox property Lopat spent 2 seasons with the A's before getting dealt (or if you prefer banished) back to the Windy City. Frank Biscan (10-10, 3.06) is just 27 and may still reach the potential the Browns originally saw in him before giving up on his ever reaching it. 36 year old Orie Arntzen (11-18, 3.64) is another Athletics castoff. The rest of the staff will be an assortment of broken down veterans and rookies with little potential.

Last season the White Sox finished 14th in runs allowed and dead last in runs scored. Not a good stat if you are trying to win ballgames. The offense is downright offensive. Danny Litwhiler (.287,11,64) is 30 years old and probably wondering who he ticked off in the Phillies system to cause them to trade him to Chicago 2 years ago. 36 year old catcher Harry Danning (.291,3,40) is the only other veteran worth mentioning.

OUTLOOK - It will be another long season at Comiskey. The White Sox problem is the few decent young players they managed to develop through the years are always traded off for broken down veterans in an effort to give the team a quick fix and get out of the basement. Of course it never works in Chicago for a club that has finished no better than 6th for each of the past 16 years. Make that soon to be 17 years.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LEAFS WINNING STREAK UP TO 6 GAMES
The Toronto Maple Leafs remain the hottest team in the National Hockey League as wins over Detroit, Chicago and New York this week increased their winning streak to 6 straight games. Ted Kennedy led the way once again, notching 6 points to take over the league scoring lead from Chicago's Max Bentley.

However, the hottest scorer for the week was not Kennedy, but rather rugged Detroit winger Ted Lindsay. Lindsay scored 6 goals in three games this week including a 4-goal effort in Detroit's 6-3 victory over last place Chicago on Wednesday. In addition to Chicago, the Red Wings beat slumping Montreal but lost to the Leafs. Detroit with 37 points, still has a 9 point lead on the now-second place Maple Leafs but Toronto does have two games in hand.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
BIG THREE IN WEST DIVISION CONTINUE TO DOMINATE
The St Louis Bombers, Chicago Stags and Cleveland Rebels continue to set the pace in the BAA West Division. Each of the three has enjoyed particularily good success against East Division foes and last week was no exception.

Cleveland won all three of it's games against the East beating Toronto, New York and Philadelphia. The key to the Rebels success has been the offensive contributions provided from Ed Sadowski (18.8 ppg) and Frankie Baumholtz (13.9). The Rebels lone loss on the week came against Western cellar dweller Pittsburgh in a game Sadowski missed with a minor injury.

St Louis split a home and home series with Boston and won on the road in Washington. The Bombers are not a high scoring lot although guards Johnny Logan and Belus Smawley are each averaging more than 10 points a game. St. Louis has enjoyed success so far mainly because of having one of the best defenses in the league.

Chicago, the third team in the Western race has enjoyed some solid offensive production from Max Zaslofsky (13.4), Chuck Halbert (13.4) and Don Carlson (11.6) plus a tenacious defense. The Stags won both their contests this week, a close win in Providence and an easy victory at home over Detroit.

BOXING BEAT
CAN ANYONE TAME THE RAGING BULL?
On Friday January 12th Tony Zale will attempt to do something no man has done since the postwar era of professional boxing began - bring down Jake Lamotta. Many fight experts give Zale little to no chance of winning the 15 round bout at the famed Madison Square Garden. A small minority feel that if anyone can knock off the champ it is the veteran Zale. For proof they point to Zale and Lamotta's performances against one of their two common opponents - Rocky Graziano.

Graziano, at 31-14-1, lost to both Zale and Lamotta twice. In the first Lamotta-Graziano bout early in the post war elimination tournament Lamotta won easily with a ninth round TKO but in their second meeting Lamotta needed a split decision win to keep his perfect record intact. Meanwhile Zale has had a pair of slugfests with Graziano, winning both by knockout, one in the 5th and the other in the 11th round.

However, the other common opponent for Lamotta and Zale is top contender Holman Williams. Williams gave Lamotta all he could handle but the champ prevailed in a 15 round unanimous decision in a September bout that decided the middleweight title. Zale, on the other hand, was decimated by Williams losing via a third round tko.

TSN has to go with the majority of the so-called experts and predict Lamotta will win the fight.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS

North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 14 2 0 .875 503 291
Min 7 9 0 .438 296 330
Det 6 10 0 .375 312 354
GB 5 11 0 .312 333 361

East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 11 5 0 .688 408 306
Wash 8 8 0 .500 380 351
NYG 5 11 0 .312 307 422
Dal 4 12 0 .250 332 383

South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 10 6 0 .625 344 345
Car 6 10 0 .375 273 328
Atl 6 10 0 .375 256 367
TB 5 11 0 .312 312 396

West W L T PCT PF PA
SF 11 5 0 .688 317 258
Arz 8 8 0 .500 287 328
Sea 7 9 0 .438 309 361
StL 6 10 0 .375 301 322

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS

North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 9 7 0 .562 319 278
Pit 8 8 0 .500 314 309
Bal 7 8 1 .469 281 314
Cin 7 9 0 .438 353 326

East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 12 3 1 .781 377 251
NYJ 7 9 0 .438 306 297
Buf 6 9 1 .406 245 309
Mia 6 10 0 .375 305 353

South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 11 5 0 .688 368 269
Hou 8 7 1 .531 268 301
Ind 8 8 0 .500 309 334
Jax 7 9 0 .438 303 336

West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 13 3 0 .812 383 240
KC 11 5 0 .688 322 291
Oak 8 8 0 .500 336 308
SD 7 9 0 .438 278 318

WEEK 17 RESULTS
Denver 28 Buffalo 19
Chicago 38 Atlanta 21
Indianapolis 21 Cleveland 12
New Orleans 21 Green Bay 13
Kansas City 27 Miami 10
Minnesota 23 Tampa 7
New England 30 Oakland 20
Detroit 23 Carolina 16
St Louis 38 NY Giants 24
Seattle 31 Dallas 17
Washington 27 San Francisco 10
San Diego 34 NY Jets 17
Philadelphia 45 Arizona 22
Jacksonville 30 Cincinnati 24
Tennessee 35 Baltimore 24
Houston 28 Pittsburgh 23

WILDCARD PLAYOFF ROUND
Saturday December 30, 1946
Houston at Tennessee
Washington at San Francisco

Sunday December 31, 1946
Arizona at New Orleans
Kansas City at Cleveland

FINAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 503 331 65.8 4474 40 11 111.4
Ken Neal PHI 339 227 67 2508 21 9 98.3
Sammy *Baugh WAS 203 115 56.7 1949 13 9 92.2
Manfred Gayle TEN 431 257 59.6 3313 28 14 91.9
Antwan Baker OAK 549 332 60.5 4132 26 14 89.0

RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Stacey Jolley MIA 16 339 1744 5.1 97 14
S *Van Buren NYJ 16 347 1724 5 99 10
Bruce Jones KAN 16 386 1655 4.3 70 15
Todd Berger NO 16 388 1648 4.2 47 13
A Anderson ATL 16 359 1595 4.4 81 8

RECEPTIONS TM REC
Lewis Smith JAX 108
Zach Kruczek CLE 106
Bob Sommer NO 106
Don *Hutson GB 105
Sonny Pointer BUF 104
Wayne *Miller WSH 102
Jim *Benton MIN 102
Willie Nelson DAL 101
Brian Gardner DEN 101

RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 16 102 1533 15 79 12
Lewis Smith JAX 16 108 1430 13.2 70 6
Zach Kruczek CLE 16 106 1421 13.4 74 6
Chuck Myers NYG 16 92 1413 15.4 80 7
Brian Gardner DEN 16 101 1373 13.6 70 7

TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Matt Truluck STL 16 177 147 30
Mel Hein NYG 16 160 127 33
B Hasselbeck ARZ 16 154 118 36
Jeff Parent CIN 16 154 128 26
James Williams SEA 16 151 112 39

SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 16
Mike Smith GB 13
Reggie White SD 12
Wayne *Millner CLE 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 11

INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 14
Earl Joyce SF 9
Greg Fletcher BUF 8
Hank Coleman TEN 8
Matt Moore NYG 8
Mark Smith BAL 8
Cris Brezina TEN 8
Jimmy Conklin WSH 8
Rashod Dawson GB 7
Mike Jones CLE 7

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 27 17 7 3 37 84 71
Toronto 25 13 10 2 28 80 56
New York 25 10 9 6 26 74 70
Montreal 24 11 10 3 25 65 55
Boston 24 8 11 5 21 49 55
Chicago 23 4 16 3 11 46 84

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Ted Kennedy TOR 25 14 23 37
Max Bentley CHI 23 13 23 36
Maurice Richard MON 24 21 5 26
Tony Leswick NY 25 18 7 25
Bill Ezinicki TOR 25 12 10 22
Howie Meeker TOR 25 11 11 22
Bill Cowley BOS 24 8 14 22
Billy Taylor DET 27 7 15 22
Joe Carveth BOS 24 13 8 21
Grant Warwick NY 25 9 11 20
Jim Conacher DET 27 7 13 20
Ted Lindsay DET 27 15 4 19
Roy Conacher DET 27 14 5 19
Toe Blake MON 24 6 13 19

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Pete Horeck DET 27 52
Garth Boesch TOR 25 46
Gus Mortson TOR 25 46
Pat Egan BOS 24 45

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 24 11-10-3 3 2.19
Frank Brimsek BOS 24 8-11-5 0 2.30
Turk Broda TOR 25 13-10-2 1 2.39
Harry Lumley DET 25 16-6-3 0 2.55
Chuck Rayner NY 24 10-8-6 1 2.68

RESULTS
Wednesday December 20, 1946
Detroit 6 at 3 Chicago
New York 1 at 4 Boston

Thursday December 21, 1946
Detroit 1 at 3 Toronto

Saturday December 23, 1946
Boston 2 at 3 Montreal
Chicago 2 at 5 Toronto

Sunday December 24, 1946
Toronto 2 at 1 New York
Boston 2 at 2 Chicago
Montreal 1 at 4 Detroit

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday December 26, 1946
Toronto at Montreal

Wednesday December 27, 1946
Montreal at New York
Toronto at Detroit
Chicago at Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
Chicago at Montreal
Boston at Toronto
New York at Detroit

Sunday December 31, 1946
Boston at New York

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
North Carolina State 14 Rutgers 3

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Nevada vs Stanford

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois vs Texas

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa vs New Mexico

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PHI 17 12 5 .706 -
PROV 19 12 7 .632 1.0
WSH 19 12 7 .632 1.0
NY 21 9 12 .429 5.0
BOS 21 6 15 .286 8.0
Tor 20 4 16 .200 9.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
STL 22 15 7 .682 -
CHI 22 15 7 .682 -
CLE 21 14 7 .667 0.5
DET 23 8 15 .348 5.5
PIT 21 6 15 .286 8.5

BAA LEADERS
SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 16 24.0
Ed*Sadowski CLE 20 18.8
Bob Feerick WSH 17 17.4
Ernie*Calverley PRO 17 14.6
Stan*Miasek DET 22 14.1
F.*Baumholtz CLE 21 13.9
Chuck*Halbert CHI 21 13.4
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 22 13.4
Donald*Martin PRO 17 13.2
Johnny*Logan STL 19 12.7
Coulby*Gunther PIT 21 12.7
Hank*Beenders PRO 18 12.4

RESULTS
Monday December 18, 1946
St Louis 81 at 51 Pittsburgh

Tuesday December 19, 1946
Toronto 67 at 68 Cleveland
Detroit 57 at 63 Philadelphia

Wednesday December 20, 1946
Cleveland 71 at 62 New York
St Louis 46 at 45 Washington

Thursday December 21, 1946
Chicago 71 at 68 Providence
Cleveland 74 at 56 Philadelphia
St Louis 49 at 52 Boston

Friday December 22, 1946
New York 46 at 59 Toronto

Saturday December 23, 1946
Philadelphia 62 at 56 Washington
New York 58 at 48 Providence

Sunday December 24, 1946
Pittsburgh 80 at 71 Cleveland
Detroit 53 at 70 Chicago
Boston 53 at 68 St Louis

UPCOMING GAMES

Monday December 25, 1946
Boston at Pittsburgh

Thursday December 28, 1946
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Detroit at St Louis
Washington at Providence

Friday December 29, 1946
Chicago at Toronto
Philadelphia at Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
New York at Washington
Boston at Providence

Sunday December 31, 1946
Toronto at Detroit
Philadelphia at St Louis
Chicago at Cleveland

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 08:37 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 1, 1947
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
MIRACLE FINISH AS TEXANS KNOCK OFF TENNESSEE
The Houston Texans pulled off the greatest comeback in NFL playoff history as they overcame a 23-0 deficiet to rally past Tennesse 31-23. Tennessee fans were left shaking their heads in disbelief as they filed out of Music City Stadium. With 1 minute remaining in the third quarter the score was 23-0 Titans and Tennessee had dominated all facets of the game, limiting Houston to just 60 yards of total offense. The hometown fans had already begun the victory celebration when kicker Laverne Bethea finally put the Texans on the board with a 49 yard field goal in the final minute of the third quarter.

The celebration quieted a little when Tennessee return man Flip McMillan fumbled the ensuing kick-off and it was Houston ball on the Tennessee 12 yard line. Three plays later Brad Johnson's five yard touchdown run cut the Tennessee lead to 23-10. Still there seemed little cause for concern as the Titans had so thoroughly dominated the game thus far.

Titans QB Manfred Gayle proceeded to put the fans at ease as he marched the offense down the field, eating up the clock as he went. With a first and ten on the Houston 13 Gayle tossed a short pass to fullback Mitch Adams. Adams tucked the ball under his arm and just as he turned towards the Houston endzone he was drilled by Texans CB Roderick Lemons. The ball flew out of his arms and Ollie Berzinski scooped it up on the run and raced 95 yards for another Houston touchdown. The score was now 23-17 Titans.

Four plays later with just over 5 minutes to play in the game Tennessee was forced to punt. Houston return man Andy Pinnock gathered the ball in on his own 20 and promptly returned the 80 yards to tie the game. A moment later Bethea's point after attempt split the uprights and the Texans led 24-23. You could have heard a pin drop in Music City Stadium - unless you were standing on the Houston sideline.

On the ensuing kickoff McMillan, perhaps attempting to do too much in an effort to attone for his earlier fumble, was stripped of the ball again and Houston took over. This time Bethea missed a 37 yard field goal attempt and with 1:56 remaining Manfred Gayle and the Titans would have one more chance to pull out a win.

However, Gayle's second pass of the drive was picked off by Berzinski and the Houston defensive back returned it 40 yards for his second touchdown of the quater. The game ended 31-23 and you can bet there will be some big changes in Tennessee after this one. For Houston, you can bet that their first playoff win in franchise history will never be forgotten. It will be much tougher to get the second win as they visiting 13-3 Denver next week.

BROWNS TOP CHIEFS 17-6
The Cleveland Browns won their first playoff game in franchise history by beating the Kansas City Chiefs 17-6 at Cleveland Stadium. 4 Kansas City turnovers, including 3 Ulish Groce interceptions proved the difference in the game. Groce was picked off in the Cleveland endzone twice. In his defense the Chiefs offensive line was dreadful, allowing 6 sacks and numerous pressures.

Cleveland receiver Zach Kruczek, who was second in the league with 106 catches, led the offense with 6 receptions for 104 yards. Cleveland will visit New England next week.

49ERS HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH REDSKINS THE SECOND TIME AROUND
Last week the Washington Redskins clinched a playoff berth with a victory over San Francisco in D.C. Their reward was a rematch with the 49ers, this time in San Francisco. Washington, led by a battered Sammy *Baugh did not have a chance and the 49ers coasted to a 30-10 victory. San Francisco QB Koy Harris threw 3 touchdown passes and passed for over 250 yards. Baugh, on the other, completed just 19 of 42 passes and was intercepted twice. It has been a tough season for the ex-TCU star. Baugh missed 8 games with a broken ankle and reaggraveted the injury last week against San Francisco. He was nowhere near 100% for this game.

WR Benjy Pace was the hero for the winners, hauling in 7 passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns. San Francisco faces a tough challenge next week when they travel to Philadelphia to meet the East Division champion Eagles.

CARDINALS DEFENSE TOO MUCH FOR SAINTS
The Arizona Cardinals beat the Saints in New Orleans 17-10 in the other NFC wildcard game. Tony Marsalis and wide receiver Frank Nickel connected on a pair of long second half touchdown passes to provide the margin of victory for Arizona.

The prize is a date in Chicago against the NFL's best regular season club, the Bears.

NFL ANNOUNCES LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS
AS EXPECTED SID LUCKMAN NAMED LEAGUE MVP
To the surprise of absolutely no one Sid *Luckman of the Chicago Bears was named the National Football League's Most Valuable Player and Offensive player of the year. It was a busy week for the quarterback as he was named TSN's Athlete of the Year for 1946 earlier in the week. Luckman led the Bears to a 14-2 record and equalled his league record for QB rating set last year.

The defensive player of the year was also from the NFC North. Green Bay defensive lineman Mike Smith, who had 13 sacks, was named the league's top defensive player. The announcement came as a bit of a surprise as many felt Ed Newberry of Denver, who set a record with 14 interceptions, who be a lock to win the award.

Dallas Running Back Raymond Cash who ran for 953 yards was named the league's offensive rookie of the year while the top newcomer on the defensive side of the ball was Jacksonville safety Ken Milloy. Jim Jordan of Tennessee won the coach of the year award. These are the awards presented by the NFL itself. TSN will announce it's award winners the week after the NFL Championship game is played.

Here are the year by year winners of the major awards

Year by Year Offensive MVP
1941 Thomas Blades RB Atlanta
1942 Keith Musso RB Jacksonville
1943 Tony *Canadeo RB Green Bay
1944 Mario Glenn RB New England
1945 Johnny Cushing RB Oakland
1946 Sid *Luckman QB Chicago

Year by Year Defensive MVP
1941 Justin Sanders DT Jacksonville
1942 Charles Smith DE Philadelphia
1943 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo
1944 Lamar Jackson DT Carolina
1945 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo
1946 Mike Smith DT Green Bay

Year by Year Offensive ROY
1941 Harley Mitchell RB Philadelphia
1942 Terry Stephens QB New England
1943 Todd Berger RB New Orleans
1944 Tony Marsalis QB Arizona
1945 Antowain Anderson RB Atlanta
1946 Raymond Cash RB Dallas

Year by Year Defensive ROY
1941 Andre Bostic LB Detroit
1942 Ed Philcox DE Dallas
1943 Damon Stamer DE St Louis
1944 Ade Coulter DE Tennessee
1945 Ruben Taylor DE Minnesota
1946 Ken Milloy SS Jacksonville

Year by Year Coach of the Year
1941 Steve Jamieson San Francisco
1942 Bill McRae Tampa Bay
1943 Bill McRae Tampa Bay
1944 Tony Fenerty Carolina
1945 Bill Costa Minnesota
1946 Jim Jordan Tennessee

NFL NAMES ITS ALL STAR TEAMS

1946 NFC First Team All Stars
Pos Name Team Stats
QB Sid *Luckman Chicago 331-503, 65.8%, 4474 yds, 40 TD, 11 INT, 378 yds, 1 TDs
RB Todd Berger New Orleans 388 car, 1648 yds, 4.2 ypc, 13 TDs,72 rec, 554 yds, 2 TDs
FB Mark Jackson Washington 59 car, 242 yds, 4.1 ypc, 1 TDs,26 rec, 350 yds, 2 TDs4 rb
WR Wayne *Miller Washington 202 att, 102 rec, 1533 yds, 15 ypc, 518 YAC, 12 TDs
WR Chuck Myers Giants 152 att, 92 rec, 1413 yds, 15.4 ypc, 473 YAC, 7 TDs
TE Curv Schafrath Philadelphia 91 att, 58 rec, 598 yds, 10.3 ypc, 6 TDs, 8 rb
OT Bruiser *Kinard Washington 23 rb, 40 pan, 0 sa, 4 fs, 2 hold
OT Otis Ross Carolina 23 rb, 40 pan, 1 sa, 6 fs, 0 hold
OG Bruce Majkowski Seattle 24 rb, 23 pan, 0 sa, 2 fs, 2 hold
OG Alonzo Kunz San Francisco 17 rb, 26 pan, 2 sa, 0 fs, 2 hold
C Doug Meilinger New Orleans 19 rb, 26 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 1 hold
DE Damon Stamer St. Louis 8 sacks, 31 tak ( 25 solo), 25 hur, 7 stfs, 7 dp
DE J.P. O'Donnell Giants 6 sacks, 47 tak ( 41 solo), 15 hur, 8 stfs, 2 dp
DT Mike Smith Green Bay 13 sacks, 67 tak ( 60 solo), 22 hur, 13 stfs, 9 dp
DT Dan Dulaney St. Louis 6 sacks, 52 tak ( 46 solo), 12 hur, 12 stfs, 12 dp
ILB Matt Truluck St. Louis 4 sacks, 177 tak ( 147 solo), 30 stfs, 2 ints, 12 pd
ILB Bill Howard New Orleans 6 sacks, 144 tak ( 107 solo), 20 stfs, 0 ints, 2 pd
OLB Ed LeBlanc Philadelphia 9 sacks, 126 tak ( 98 solo), 9 stfs, 5 ints, 7 pd
OLB James Williams Seattle 6 sacks, 151 tak ( 112 solo), 18 stfs, 0 ints, 7 pd
CB Jim Plum Tampa Bay 1 sacks, 90 tak ( 51 solo), 19 pd, 5 ints, 181 yds, 2 TDs
CB Kevin Colclough Detroit 2 sacks, 101 tak ( 64 solo), 16 pd, 4 ints, 36 yds, 0 TDs
FS Jeff Klein New Orleans 0 sacks, 130 tak ( 97 solo), 6 pd, 4 ints, 10 yds, 0 TDs
SS Earl Joyce San Francisco 4 sacks, 122 tak ( 101 solo), 10 pd, 9 ints, 156 yds, 2 TDs
P Charles Ilkin Minnesota 43.9 gross, 37.3 net, 70 long, 22 in20
K Arnie Curtis Chicago 32 FGM - 34 FGA, 56 long, 55 XPM - 56 XPA

1946 AFC First Team All Stars
Pos Name Team Stats
QB Manfred Gayle Tennessee 257-431, 59.6%, 3313 yds, 28 TD, 14 INT, 501 yds, 2 TDs
RB Stacey Jolley Miami 339 car, 1744 yds, 5.1 ypc, 14 TDs,45 rec, 388 yds, 2 TDs
FB Donald Rice Denver 32 car, 211 yds, 6.6 ypc, 4 TDs,7 rec, 70 yds, 0 TDs3 rb
WR Mark Hayman Tennessee 126 att, 77 rec, 1213 yds, 15.8 ypc, 348 YAC, 9 TDs
WR Zach Kruczek Cleveland 189 att, 106 rec, 1421 yds, 13.4 ypc, 501 YAC, 6 TDs
TE Jon Chamberlain Kansas City 83 att, 53 rec, 788 yds, 14.9 ypc, 4 TDs, 22 rb
OT Curt O'Dwyer Houston 30 rb, 29 pan, 3 sa, 3 fs, 3 hold
OT Cris Johnson Buffalo 24 rb, 24 pan, 0 sa, 4 fs, 7 hold
OG Justin Daniels Denver 29 rb, 38 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 3 hold
OG Charlie Pearson Tennessee 28 rb, 38 pan, 1 sa, 4 fs, 4 hold
C Kelley Hall Baltimore 30 rb, 33 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 5 hold
DE Ade Coulter Tennessee 10 sacks, 58 tak ( 55 solo), 16 hur, 7 stfs, 9 dp
DE Kevin Merkins Denver 16 sacks, 34 tak ( 31 solo), 25 hur, 3 stfs, 5 dp
DT Julian Hughes Buffalo 8 sacks, 42 tak ( 39 solo), 16 hur, 8 stfs, 13 dp
DT Na Griffin Houston 3 sacks, 54 tak ( 43 solo), 10 hur, 5 stfs, 11 dp
ILB Sam Joe San Diego 6 sacks, 119 tak ( 95 solo), 12 stfs, 7 ints, 14 pd
ILB Jon Quinn New England 3 sacks, 142 tak ( 105 solo), 11 stfs, 2 ints, 11 pd
OLB Javon Love Oakland 9 sacks, 143 tak ( 109 solo), 13 stfs, 5 ints, 14 pd
OLB James Sayler NY Jets 10 sacks, 125 tak ( 105 solo), 10 stfs, 2 ints, 5 pd
CB Greg Fletcher Buffalo 4 sacks, 74 tak ( 51 solo), 22 pd, 8 ints, 204 yds, 3 TDs
CB Todd Elwell Pittsburgh 2 sacks, 92 tak ( 58 solo), 22 pd, 6 ints, 184 yds, 2 TDs
FS Hank Coleman Tennessee 4 sacks, 111 tak ( 78 solo), 7 pd, 8 ints, 10 yds, 0 TDs
SS Ed Newberry Denver 3 sacks, 112 tak ( 81 solo), 13 pd, 14 ints, 275 yds, 3 TDs
P Darris Hammond Buffalo 44.1 gross, 37.5 net, 61 long, 21 in20
K Vince Davenport Denver 31 FGM - 34 FGA, 53 long, 34 XPM - 34 XPA

TSN COMMENTARY - IS GROCE DONE IN KANSAS CITY?
One of football's greatest rags to riches story maybe coming to end. How Ulish Groce went from undrafted scrub to the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs has been well documented but it now appears the Groce era in K.C. is coming to an end.

The combination of a dissappointing exit from the playoffs yesterday in Cleveland and a first round quarterback waiting in the wings may prove to much for the man who was always in the right spot at the right time to overcome.

Groce's arm is legendary. He routinely piles up 300 yard passing days and yesterday was no exception. However, he is equally well known for trying to force the ball into an opening that does not exist and yesterday he got burned for it. Groce was picked off 3 times by the Browns including twice in the Cleveland endzone on first and goal plays. In 17 games this season he threw just 12 touchdown passes and was intercepted 27 times.

If Groce could ever develop the restraint to know when to tuck the ball in and play it safe he could be an allstar. However, after 4 years of trying to get him to develop that skill it may be time for the Chiefs to try and move him and turn their attention to developing Tommy *Thompson. Kansas City desperately needs help at offensive line and on defense. Groce is a loose cannon on the field but you can bet there will be a team somewhere that wants to try and tame that cannon of an arm so this may be the best time for the Chiefs to deal him and address some of their other needs.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES
ILLINOIS AND STANFORD WIN IN OVERTIME
All of the big games are being played later today but it will be tough for them to surpass the excitement generated by this past week's college bowl game action.

First on Monday Stanford needed an overtime field goal to beat previously unbeaten Nevada 37-34 in the Harbor Bowl. Senior cornerback Steve Williams had an interception and return a punt for a 4th quarter touchdown that allowed Stanford to force the overtime.

On Saturday there were three bowl games with the most exciting one being the Sun Bowl in El Paso. Western Conference runner-up Illinos needed overtime to stop Texas 23-20. Illini running back Buddy *Young improved upon his draft status by rushing for 148 yards. On the other hand Texas WR Hubert *Bechtol had a rough game and that will likely drop him to the second day of the draft.

Hardin-Simmons finished 11-0 on the season after blasting Mountain States Conference champion Denver 38-6 in the Raisin Bowl at Fresno. Hardin-Simmons, winners of the Border Conference, seemed on a mission to prove to the pollsters they belonged much higher than 18th in the final regular season poll.

The final bowl game of the weekend was the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. Tulsa spanked New Mexico 38-6 in that one. Tulsa QB Clyde *LeForce is bidding to have a qb from that school go in the first round of the NFL draft two years in a row. LeForce threw 4 touchdown passes including two to senior wideout Camp *Wilson, another possible first round NFL pick. Last year's Tulsa QB Tommy Thompson was selected by Kansas City with the 12th pick of the 1946 NFL draft.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SCHAYES DRAWING RAVE REVIEWS AT NYU
Nick Stokes has been the head basketball coach at New York University since 1932 and during that time he has coached some great players but he feels sophomore forward Dolph *Schayes could surpass them all. Heady talk when you consider among the players Stokes has tutored include former National College Player of the Year George *Mikan, 1934 National Freshman of the Year Mike Seymour, and former Eastern Independant player of the year Joe *Fulks who is presently tearing up the pro ranks.

"I don't want to put undue pressure on this kid (Schayes)" says the coach who has won 4 conference titles and made a final four appearance, "but he really is that good. And I keep forgetting he is just a sophomore."

After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Schayes had offers from virtually every major college in the nation but he decided to stay close to home and play for Coach Stokes. Schayes played in every game last year, averaging 14.0 points and 10.2 rebounds a game and being named to the National All-Freshman team. It was quite a recruiting year for NYU, as guard Slater *Martin (15.1 ppg, 5 apg) and forward Matthew Blake (12.8 ppg, 11.4 rpg) also made the all-conference freshman team. With a 21-9 record New York University made the NCAA tournament but as a 7th seed lost to 10th seed Iowa 85-58 in the opening round.

The tournament appearance gave the three freshman a small taste of postseason play but left them longing for more. Bluechip small forward Earl *Lloyd joined the mix this year and the four youngsters along with senior guard Andrew Rogers have just one goal in mind...a National Championship. Off to a 14-0 start including an impressive 87-66 win over conference rival CCNY on Friday you will find very few people who doubt that this group has the potential to reach it's lofty goal.

Here are this week's top 25 rankings

Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Kentucky 14-1 1,941 1
2. New York Univ 14-0 1,818 2
3. UTEP 14-0 1,715 3
4. USC 12-1 1,591 5
5. Holy Cross 14-3 1,443 6
6. Oregon 13-2 1,365 4
7. New Orleans 14-0 1,291 10
8. Boston College 13-3 1,184 7
9. Iowa State 10-1 1,131 12
10. Washington St. 12-3 1,059 9
11. Washington 12-3 987 13
12. Auburn 12-2 920 18
13. UCLA 10-4 868 8
14. Alabama 10-3 803 14
15. Baylor 10-2 738 21
16. Ohio State 12-3 693 24
17. CCNY 11-3 648 15
18. Florida 9-3 539 26
19. Stanford 11-3 472 16
20. N.C. State 11-3 383 11
21. Notre Dame 11-3 318 17
22. Western Kentucky 11-4 254 19
23. Seton Hall 10-3 209 28
24. Illinois 9-4 188 20
25. Texas Tech 10-3 167 23

Others Receiving Votes: Richmond 156, Bradley 145, Drake 124, Creighton 104, Middle Tenn St. 83, Wake Forest 62, San Francisco 41, Arkansas 20, Georgia 10, Fordham 6, Georgetown 2, Iowa 2, Utah 1, South Carolina 1, Miami 1, Clemson 1, Indiana State 1, Rhode Island 1, Providence 1, La Salle 1, North Carolina 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 22 Drake, No. 25 Creighton

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CLEVELAND INDIANS
Every thing went right over the last half of the 1946 season for the Cleveland Indians and they were rewarded with their World Series title in franchise history.

Steve Gromek (26-12, 2.97) is the key to the pitching staff that had the lowest era in baseball a year ago. The 27 year old won his first Cy Young Award and anchored a strong rotation that included Bill Lohrman (19-8, 2.28), Johnny Babich (12-7, 3.29) and Allie Reynolds (15-15, 3.53). All are in their early thirties and will be back next season. Claude Passeau (13-16, 3.47) will be 39 shortly after opening day but he returns to add depth.

Aside from the retirement of 40 year old Gus Suhr (.355,1,2)all the key players from the World Series win will be back. Jeff Heath (.282,14,81), Ival Goodman (.342,15,67) and Taffy Wright (.319,3,38) patrol the outfield. The infield will consist of Mickey Rocco (.304,2,47) at first, Charlie English (.273,1,57) playing second, shortstop Lou Boudreau (.294,4,50) and third baseman Oscar Grimes (.302,18,88). Midseason call-up Clyde Klutz (.231,0,2) is expected to be the everyday catcher.

The farm system is not deep but most of the Indians key players are still in their peak years. Barring some major injuries the Indians will right in the pennant race again in 1947.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE DETROIT TIGERS
After a dreadful 1945 season that saw them slip to 7th in the American League the Detroit Tigers rebounded with an 80 win season last year. A lack of pitching depth ultimately kept the Tigers from contending for the pennant last season and there does not seem to be a solution to that problem in sight.

Stubby Overmire (21-14, 3.52), Fred Hutchinson (17-17, 3.66) and Virgil Trucks (17-19, 4.66) are all in their late-twenties and all are decent starters but Detroit is lacking that top of the rotation guy who can carry the team.

The offense led by outfielder Tommy Henrich (.299,23,77) is among the best in the game. Henrich is joined in the outfield by a group that includes Dick Wakefield (.344,4,62), Barney McCoskey (.269,4,41) and Hoot Evers (.320,2,20). First baseman Hank Greenberg (.270,14,89) is slowing down a little at age 36 and could be pressed for playing time by Hal Trosky (.331,6,30)who can also play third. Red Kress (.276,3,54), Joe Gantenbein (.280,5,69) and minor leaguer Joe Wood round out the candidates for starting infield assigments. 32 year old Buddy Rosar (.258,2,62) is a solid major league catcher.

OUTLOOK - The Tigers are a number one starter away from contending. They are a solid ballclub but until they get that ace who practically guarantees a win every fourth day they will be a step below the American League elite.

BOXING BEAT
QUIET WEEK AS WE PREPARE FOR A BUSY JANUARY
The boxing world came to a virtual standstill the week between Christmas and New Years but it is merely the calm before the storm. There are some great fights coming up in January including the World Middleweight title fight from New York between champ Jake Lamotta (14-0) and challenger Tony Zale (35-4) on January 12th. Two days prior to that bout Ezzard Charles (18-1) makes his first appearance since losing the post-war Heavyweight elimination tournament finale to Joe Louis. Charles will fight Tommy Gomez (24-5) in his hometown of Cincinnati in what is expected to be a tuneup for a rematch with Louis.

Next weekend there is little action in the United States but there are a pair of important fights overseas. Two Irish flyweights with their eyes on a World Title shot square off in Belfast. Rinty Monaghan (16-3-1) is favoured over Ed Doran (14-3). In Japan 8th ranked bantamweight Hiroshi Horiguchi (22-12-2) faces Australian Mickey Miller (27-17-2).

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
San Francisco 30 Washington 10
Houston 31 Tennessee 23
Arizona 17 New Orleans 10
Cleveland 17 Kansas City 6

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Saturday January 6, 1947
San Francisco at Philadelphia
Houston at Denver

Sunday January 7, 1947
Cleveland at New England
Arizona at Chicago

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
North Carolina State 14 Rutgers 3

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Stanford 37 Nevada 34 (OT)

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons 38 Denver 6

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois 23 Texas 20 (OT)

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa 38 New Mexico 6

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 29 17 8 4 38 88 78
Toronto 28 15 11 2 32 87 62
New York 28 12 9 7 31 79 74
Montreal 27 13 11 3 29 69 60
Boston 27 8 13 6 22 54 64
Chicago 25 4 17 4 12 48 87

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Ted Kennedy TOR 28 16 26 42
Max Bentley CHI 25 15 23 38
Maurice Richard MON 27 22 5 27
Tony Leswick NY 28 19 7 26
Bill Ezinicki TOR 28 14 11 25
Howie Meeker TOR 28 13 11 24
Bill Cowley BOS 27 9 14 23
Toe Blake MON 27 8 14 22
Billy Taylor DET 29 7 15 22
Joe Carveth BOS 27 13 8 21
Grant Warwick NY 28 9 12 21
Jim Conacher DET 29 8 13 21
Ted Lindsay DET 29 15 5 20

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 28 60
Fern Flaman BOS 27 56
Pat Egan BOS 27 56
Pete Horeck DET 29 52

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 27 13-11-3 4 2.13
Turk Broda TOR 28 15-11-2 1 2.35
Frank Brimsek BOS 27 8-13-6 0 2.37
Chuck Rayner NY 27 12-8-7 1 2.53
Harry Lumley DET 27 16-7-4 0 2.61

RESULTS
Tuesday December 26, 1946
Toronto 1 at 2 Montreal

Wednesday December 27, 1946
Montreal 1 at 4 New York
Toronto 5 at 2 Detroit
Chicago 2 at 2 Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
Chicago 0 at 1 Montreal
Boston 2 at 4 Toronto
New York 2 at 2 Detroit

Sunday December 31, 1946
Boston 1 at 3 New York

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday January 2, 1947
New York at Detroit

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Detroit at Toronto
New York at Boston
Montreal at Chicago

Thursday January 4, 1947
Toronto at New York

Saturday January 6, 1947
Boston at Montreal
New York at Toronto

Sunday January 7, 1947
Chicago at New York
Boston at Detroit

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PHI 20 14 6 .700 x
WSH 21 13 8 .619 1.5
PROV 21 12 9 .571 2.5
NY 22 10 12 .455 5.0
BOS 24 8 16 .333 8.0
Tor 22 5 17 .227 10.0

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CLE 22 15 7 .682 x
STL 24 16 8 .667 x
CHI 24 16 8 .667 x
DET 25 8 17 .320 8.5
PIT 23 7 16 .304 8.5

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 19 23.6
Ed*Sadowski CLE 21 18.8
Bob Feerick WSH 19 17.7
Ernie*Calverley PRO 19 14.8
Stan*Miasek DET 23 14.0
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 22 13.7
Chuck*Halbert CHI 22 13.5
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 24 13.4
Donald*Martin PRO 18 13.1
Coulby*Gunther PIT 23 12.7
Johnny*Logan STL 21 12.7
Hank*Beenders PRO 19 12.4
Freddie Scolari WSH 18 12.4
Horace McKinney WSH 19 12.3
Leo Mogus TOR 21 12.1

RESULTS
Monday December 25, 1946
Boston 55 at 58 Pittsburgh

Thursday December 28, 1946
Pittsburgh 49 at 68 Philadelphia
Detroit 41 at 62 St Louis
Washington 90 at 63 Providence

Friday December 29, 1946
Chicago 68 at 57 Toronto
Philadelphia 45 at 49 Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
New York 64 at 60 Washington
Boston 57 at 45 Providence

Sunday December 31, 1946
Toronto 47 at 40 Detroit
Philadelphia 64 at 62 St Louis
Chicago 65 at 75 Cleveland

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday January 1, 1947
Washington at Boston
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh

Tuesday January 2, 1947
Chicago at Toronto
St Louis at Cleveland

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Washington at Detroit
St Louis at Chicago
Cleveland at Pittsburgh

Thursday January 4, 1947
Providence at Philadelphia
Washington at St Louis

Friday January 5, 1947
Boston at Toronto

Saturday January 6, 1947
New York at Detroit
Cleveland at Washington
Philadelphia at Providence

Sunday January 7, 1947
New York at St Louis

TigerFan1

08-15-2004, 08:42 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : 1946 IN REVIEW

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
SID LUCKMAN CHICAGO BEARS QB
There were certainly a large number of candidates worthy of consideration for the title of 1946 Sportsman of the Year but no one athlete totally dominated his position the way Sid *Luckman of the Chicago Bears stood out above all others in the National Football League.

It was quite a year for the veteran Chicago Bears signal-caller. Back in January Luckman led the Bears to the NFC title and a berth in the championship game against Baltimore. The Bears came up short in that game but to start the 1946 NFL season Luckman looked like a man on a mission. He started all 16 games and led the Bears to a 14-2 record and a first round bye in the playoffs.

Almost a certainty to win the TSN NFL MVP Award this season, Luckman tied the league record for QB rating in a season (which he set last year) and threw a career best 40 touchdown passes while being picked off just 11 times. He will be selected to the league allstar team as well as named league offensive MVP and player of the year. Luckman is the NFL career leader in yards passing and touchdown passes.

Others who received consideration included boxers Joe Louis and Jake Lamotta, college football players Glen Davis and Charlie Trippi, Pittsburgh Pirate Cy Young Award winning pitcher Cliff Melton and golfer of the year Byron Nelson.

1946 YEAR IN REVIEW- A LOOK BACK AT THE FIVE GREATEST MOMENTS OF THE YEAR
With 1946 coming to a close TSN takes a look back at the five greatest one day events over the past year in sports. Because we restricted our choices to events that occurred on a single day the exciting baseball pennant races are not included on this list. The next special report will name the Athlete of the Year.

5- THE FIRST GAME OF THE NBA
It was not much of a contest as the New York Knickerbockers manhandled the Toronto Huskies 74-48 but it is a moment that marked the birth of the NBA and for that reason alone it deserves inclusion on this list. The league is known as the BAA rather than the NBA at this stage and it will undoubtedly have to endure some growing pains but on Friday November 3, 1946 (note in real life it was Friday November 1) the NBA was formed.

4- JOE LOUIS KO's EZZARD CHARLES
With World War II over and boxing back in business it was decided a championship tournament would be held in each weight division to determine a postwar title. The marquee division of boxing - the Heavyweight class - came down to a showdown between a pair of unbeaten boxers. When the dust cleared Joe Louis had improved to a perfect 7-0 after flattening Charles in the 8th round.

3 - BRITISH OPEN MARATHON PLAYOFF
It took 23 playoff holes before Byron Nelson finally beat Australian Peter Thomson to win the British Open at historic St. Andrews. As one reader of TSN commented "I never knew golf could be this exciting." Nelson made a terrific charge on Sunday making up 5 strokes to force an 18-hole playoff on Monday. Nelson and Thomson each shot an even par 72 during the 18 hole playoff. At that point the two golfers returned to the first tee for a sudden death playoff. Both Nelson and Thomson parred each of the first 4 holes, all par fours. On the par 5 5th, Nelson sank a 30 foot birdie putt while Thomson came up short in his birdie effort

2 - STEVE VAN BUREN SHREDS THE DETROIT DEFENSE
New York Jets back Steve *Van Buren set a single game NFL rushing record by gaining 271 yards on 25 carries as the Jets beat Detroit 14-3. Van Buren, who had touchdown runs of 99 and 76 yards, also had 4 catches for 25 yards and returned a pair of kickoffs for 42 yards. The previous single game rushing record was 268 yards set by rookie Antowain Anderson of Atlanta last year against Tampa.

1 - THE ARMY - NOTRE DAME COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN AT YANKEE STADIUM
Army retakes the number one spot in the college football pool with a 16-7 victory over Notre Dame in what was billed 'The College Football Game of the Year'. Notre Dame struck early when junior quaterback Johnny *Lujack marched the Irish down the field midway through the first quarter. With a second and goal on the Army 4 yard line Lujack rolled out and seeing no one open tucked the ball under his arm and beat 3 Army defenders to the corner of the endzone. Army tied the score early in the second quarter when QB Arnold *Tucker connected with senior wide receiver Barney *Poole on a 12 yard touchdown strike. It remained tied at the half.

Army wore down the Notre Dame defense with a punishing ground game. While the Irish never did break the defense did bend enough to allow Army to connect on three second half field goals to make the final score 16-7. The key player for Army had to be offensive tackle Albert *Nemetz who opened up holes for running back Glen *Davis and QB Tucker all day. Tucker more than made up for injured fullback Doc *Blanchard, gaining 87 yards on the ground. Davis added 84 yards rushing to the Army offense.

TigerFan1

08-19-2004, 02:42 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 8, 1947
ARMY WINS NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL TITLE
NOTRE DAME WINS SUGAR AND IT'S ROSES FOR MICHIGAN
The University of Notre Dame eliminated all doubt in the final college football rankings by easily handling number 2 ranked Georgia 37-26 in the Sugar Bowl. Had the Bulldogs beaten the Fighting Irish there would have been real controversy as to whether Georgia or Army deserved the number 1 spot in the postseason poll. Instead Army remains number one, a position they have held since beating Notre Dame in mid-season. With the loss Georgia falls to fifth in the rankings.

The other big bowl game saw Western Conference champion Michigan handle hometown UCLA 28-13 at the Rose Bowl. The win moves the Wolverines to third in the year end poll. Michigan's only loss was to Army.

In other bowl games North Carolina completed a perfect season with a 27-23 win over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Tar Heels QB DeMarcus Dickinson scored on a 3 yard touchdown run with under a minute to play in the game. The Tar Heels move to fourth in the final rankings while the Sooners remain 17th.

Pennsylvania beat Arkansas 24-14 in the Gator Bowl. The 9th ranked Quakers suffered their only loss in an 8-1 season to Army. In the Cotton Bowl, Rice overcame a 14-3 halftime deficiet to beat Tennessee 20-14. Finally in the Oil Bowl, Alabama needed overtime to stop William & Mary 17-14.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the year end top 20. (end of regular season ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 10-0
2- Notre Dame (4) -- 9-1
3- Michigan (5) -- 9-1
4- North Carolina (6) -- 11-0
5- Georgia (2) -- 10-1
6- Rice (8) -- 10-0-1
7- UCLA (3) -- 10-1
8- Alabama (9) -- 10-2
9- Pennsylvania (12) -- 8-1
10- Yale (10) 9-0
11- North Carolina State (13) 10-1
12- Tennessee (7)-- 9-2
13- Hardin-Simmons (18)-- 11-0
14- William & Mary (11)-- 9-2
15- Illinois (15)-- 7-2-1
16- Arkansas (14) - 6-3-2
17- Oklahoma (17)-- 7-3-1
18- Stanford (nr) -- 7-2-1
19- Rutgers (16)-- 8-1-1
20- Tulsa (20) -- 8-2-1

Dropped out of top 20 - Kentucky (19)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
MEL OURS LEADS TEXANS TO UPSET WIN IN DENVER 
All Star Wide receiver Mel Ours caught 3 touchdown passes to lead the Houston Texans to a surprising 37-13 win over the hometown Denver Broncos. Surprising is not strong enough a word to describe what happened to the team with the best regular season record in the AFC. Despite having the worst passing offense in the league during the season Houston QB Vaughn Diedrick picked apart the conference's best defense for 345 yards through the air. Ours had 6 catches, including the three touchdown grabs, for 110 yards while fellow wideout Art Tasker gained 124 yards on 6 receptions. Ballhawking safety Ed Newberry did have an interception for the Broncos but otherwise the Denver secondary was totally dominated in the game.

Houston got off to a great start as Brad Johnson returned the opening kickoff to mid-field and 4 plays later RB Walt Williams scored on a 2 yard touchdown plunge. After Denver was forced to punt Diedrick and Tasker connected on a 74 yard pass play that would set up the second Houston touchdown - a 1 yard pass to Ours. Before the second quarter was 3 minutes old Ours had his second touchdown catch - an 82 yarder- and it was 21-0 Houston. The Broncos never recovered.

It will be Houston's first trip to the AFC title game.

BROWNS TRIM PATRIOTS 24-20
The Cleveland Browns made the road teams a perfect two-for-two in AFC playoff action by nipping New England 24-20. New England had a 17-10 lead at the half but Cleveland running back Bill Green, forced into action when starter Tony Ellis was sidelined with an injury, scored two second half touchdowns to get the Browns into their first AFC title game.

Green, in his second season out of Miami(FLA) finished the game with a career high 100 yards rushing. In 12 regular season games this year he gained just 288 yards.

For New England it was a case of bad breaks and missed opportunities. Patriots kicker Brennan Armstead missed two third quarter field goal attempts and quarterback Mel Houston was intercepted with 4 minutes to play in the game and the Pats on the Browns 22 yard line. Houston, the third string QB all season was forced into action when Terry Stephens suffered a groin injury on the opening series. Stephens was starting in place of Bob Irvin who was hurt in the season ending win over Oakland.

Speaking of injuries it looks like the Browns will have to rely on Green having another big game next week against Houston. Starting RB Tony Ellis is likely done for the season with an ankle injury.

After finishing with the worst record among the 4 division winners, the Cleveland Browns are presently surprised to have homefield advantage against Houston in the conference final. In Week 8 Houston beat Cleveland 29-23 in overtime on a Vaughn Diedrick to Art Tasker pass play which came after a 50 yard field goal with just over a minute to play tied the contest for the hometown Texans.

The oddsmakers have little respect for the underdog Texans, making Cleveland an early 8 point favourite for next Sunday's contest.

NO SURPRISES IN CHICAGO AS BEARS MAUL CARDINALS 20-0
Sid *Luckman passed for 276 yards and the Chicago defense held Arizona to 149 total yards as the Bears blanked Arizona 20-0 in NFC playoff action. Luckman completed 24 of 41 passes including a 4th quarter touchdown that back George *McAfee turned into a 20 yard screen play. The touchdown finally allowed Bears fans to feel more at ease, as despite dominating the game Chicago led just 9-0 up to that point.

Arizona's offense was non-existant. QB Tony Marsalis completed just 3 passes all day and Tuffy *Leemans, with 75 yards, was the only rushing threat. Safety Frankie Morrall had 7 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble to lead the Chicago defense. Arizona safety Brock Hasselbeck, with 9 tackles was one of the few bright spots for the Cardinals.

The Bears, with the league's best record, will host San Francisco in next week's NFC title game.

SLUMPING EAGLES NO MATCH FOR FIRED-UP 49ERS
After starting the season 9-1, the Philadelphia Eagles dropped 4 of their final 6 games. Make that five of seven as the visiting San Francisco 49ers had little difficulty disposing of an unispired Eagles team 24-6.

Quarterback Koy Harris threw 3 touchdown passes for the second straight playoff game and passed for 241 yards. Stan Newman caught a pair of the Harris td strikes and had 6 receptions in total for 116 yards. Meanwhile the Eagles benched QB Ken Neal after his second interception of the game and gave the ball to Doug Bass, who had missed several games with an elbow injury. Bass did not get picked off but he completed just 5 of 12 passes. Another player who had a subpar game was Eagles running back Harley Mitchell. Mitchell gained a season low 67 yards on the ground as Philadelphia was never able to establish it's trademark running game.

Things get much tougher next week for the 49ers. After beating a pair of slumping East Division teams in the first two weeks they will have to play the defending NFC champion Chicago Bears on the road. It will be San Francisco's first trip to the league title game. Both teams appear healthy and ready to go but the Bears are an early 5 point favourite.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NYU, UTEP AND NEW ORLEANS STILL PERFECT
With January upon us and the conference schedules in full swing we turn our eyes towards the teams that have so far managed to remain perfect. Just three schools are sporting unbeaten records at this stage of the season and they are New York University, UTEP and New Orleans.

New York University, a powerhouse in the Eastern Independant conference, beat rival Manhatten and Villanova on the road to run it's record to 16-0. The NYU roster was dicusssed in great detail in last week's issue so we won't go into more detail about them here.

It is no surprise to see UTEP in the list of unbeaten teams. Coach Rick Miller's squad went to the final four a year ago and finished with a 31-7 record. With 5 seniors starting this is an experienced club that is expected to make noise in the tournament again this year. The leaders for the Miners are center Randall Carick and power forward Tamari Braggs, each of whom is averaging over 17 points a game.

New Orleans, on the other hand, is a surprise at 16-0. The Privateers made the NCAA tourney last season for the first time in 3 years but were knocked out in the first round. They have had a relatively easy schedule to start with their only victory over a ranked opponent being a 71-66 win at Middle Tennessee State.

Below is this week's TSN top 25

Rank School Record Points Prev.Wk.
1. Kentucky 16-1 1,939 1
2. New York Univ 16-0 1,813 2
3. UTEP 16-0 1,716 3
4. Holy Cross 16-3 1,572 5
5. Oregon 15-2 1,447 6
6. New Orleans 16-0 1,362 7
7. USC 13-2 1,286 4
8. Boston College 13-4 1,153 8
9. Washington St. 12-4 1,096 10
10. Iowa State 11-2 1,030 9
11. Ohio State 14-3 964 16
12. UCLA 11-4 919 13
13. Western Kentucky 13-4 858 22
14. Auburn 13-3 788 12
15. Washington 12-5 723 11
16. Alabama 11-4 679 14
17. Baylor 11-3 636 15
18. CCNY 12-4 528 17
19. Texas Tech 12-3 464 25
20. Florida 10-4 379 18
21. Stanford 12-4 315 19
22. Wake Forest 12-4 252 31
23. Middle Tenn St. 14-4 210 30
24. N.C. State 12-4 188 20
25. Notre Dame 12-4 166 21

Others Receiving Votes: San Francisco 156, Illinois 144, Richmond 123, Seton Hall 102, Georgia 82, Georgetown 61, Utah 41, Drake 20, Miami 10, La Salle 6, Oklahoma 2, Fordham 2, Texas Christian 1, Oklahoma A&M 1, Indiana 1, Iowa 1, Arkansas 1, Indiana State 1, South Carolina 1, Rhode Island 1, Providence 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 24 Illinois, No. 23 Seton Hall

WAKE FOREST PERFECT IN ACC ACTION
With three sophomores in their starting five many expected next season rather than this year would be when the Deamon Deacons mounted a serious charge for their second final four appearance in franchise history. However, for 22nd ranked Wake Forest it may prove to be that the future is now. Ed *Peterson, Jonson Page and Frank *Brien all were recruited in the season the Deamon Deacons made their final four appearance and after suffering through a 12-18 season as freshman they are ready to make their mark.

Page was named the conference player of the week after scoring 40 points and adding 8 assists in wins over Clemson and South Carolina. Maryland guard Brian Conyers was named the top freshman last week.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Wake Forest 4 0 1.000 12 4 .750
North Carolina 2 1 .667 9 6 .600
Duke 2 1 .667 8 7 .533
South Carolina 2 2 .500 11 5 .688
Maryland 1 2 .333 10 8 .556
Georgia Tech 1 2 .333 5 10 .333
N.C. State 1 3 .250 12 4 .750
Clemson 1 3 .250 10 6 .625

ANOTHER TIGHT RACE IN BIG 8
With 9 conference titles in past 14 years Oklahoma A&M is always expected to be in the thick of the conference race. Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa State each have won one title during that span. However, despite A&M's dominance in titles, each year the Big 8 race seems to come right down to the wire.

Iowa State junior forward Jack Cable is making his presence felt in the conference player of the year race. Cable leads the conference in both points per game with 17.0 and rebounds with 15.2. Iowa State, with 5, has had more Big 8 conference player of the year winners than any other school.

Oklahoma forward Joseph Brown was named conference player of the week while Jack *Shelton of Oklahoma A&M was the top newcomer for the past 7 days.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Oklahoma 3 1 .750 10 4 .714
Missouri 3 1 .750 9 5 .643
Oklahoma A&M 3 1 .750 8 6 .571
Iowa State 2 1 .667 11 2 .846
Nebraska 1 2 .333 7 8 .467
Kansas 1 2 .333 5 8 .385
Kansas State 1 3 .250 8 6 .571
Colorado 0 3 .000 2 11 .154

BIG EAST
Joshua Camacho is a big reason why Georgetown is off to a 3-1 start in Big East play. The senior forward averaged 29.5 points in wins over St John's and Syracuse including 41 points against Syracuse on Thursday.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Georgetown 3 1 .750 14 5 .737
Connecticut 3 1 .750 11 5 .688
Seton Hall 2 1 .667 11 4 .733
St. John's 2 1 .667 9 6 .600
Providence 2 2 .500 10 6 .625
Boston College 1 2 .333 13 4 .765
Syracuse 1 2 .333 8 8 .500
Rutgers 0 4 .000 4 12 .250

OHIO STATE OFF TO QUICK START IN BIG TEN
Ohio State is 5-1 but the first place Buckeyes have not been doing things the easy way. Four of Ohio States wins have been by less than 5 points and their only loss was 68-66 at Indiana.

Iowa center Ray *Ellefson has been named Big Ten player of the week. Ellefson had 47 points in two games last week including a career best 32 against Wisconsin on Saturday.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Ohio State 5 1 .833 14 3 .824
Indiana 4 1 .800 8 5 .615
Northwestern 3 2 .600 9 5 .643
Michigan 3 2 .600 4 9 .308
Iowa 3 3 .500 11 5 .688
Minnesota 3 3 .500 7 8 .467
Illinois 2 3 .400 10 5 .667
Wisconsin 2 4 .333 6 8 .429
Purdue 1 4 .200 8 7 .533
Michigan State 1 4 .200 5 8 .385

EASTERN INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE
A pair of conference unbeaten's meet next Thursday at NYU as Duquense visits the Big Apple. After losing it's conference opener at home to CCNY, Holy Cross has reeled off three impressive victories behind strong play from guard Bob *Cousy who was named conference freshman of the week and player of the week Reggie Filer.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
New York Univ 4 0 1.000 16 0 1.000
Duquesne 3 0 1.000 10 4 .714
Holy Cross 3 1 .750 16 3 .842
CCNY 2 2 .500 12 4 .750
Villanova 1 2 .333 8 7 .533
Manhattan 1 3 .250 5 11 .312
Army 0 3 .000 3 12 .200
Navy 0 3 .000 2 12 .143

IVY LEAGUE
Princeton and Brown are both off to 3-0 starts in Ivy League play. The two schools will not meet until playing a home and home series the weekend of February 15th. Brown was in the NCAA tourney last year but Princeton after making the tourney 10 of the first 12 years have missed each of the last two.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Princeton 3 0 1.000 9 6 .600
Brown 3 0 1.000 9 6 .600
Harvard 2 2 .500 9 7 .562
Cornell 2 2 .500 7 9 .438
Dartmouth 2 2 .500 5 11 .312
Pennsylvania 1 2 .333 6 9 .400
Yale 1 3 .250 4 12 .250
Columbia 0 3 .000 3 12 .200

MIDWEST INDEPENDANT

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Louisville 3 1 .750 9 7 .562
Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 9 6 .600
Penn State 2 1 .667 6 9 .400
Marquette 2 1 .667 5 10 .333
Notre Dame 2 2 .500 12 4 .750
Detroit 2 2 .500 8 8 .500
Memphis 1 3 .250 8 8 .500
Cincinnati 0 3 .000 7 8 .467

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE
Actually two seperate conferences the PCC North and PCC South each receive an automatic NCAA tournament bid and hold seperate conference tournaments.

A last second buzzer beater from Alex *Groza gave Oregon a 65-63 victory at Washington State in the most exciting PCC North contest of the week. The brother of NFL lineman Lou Groza had 15 points and 22 boards in the game. Oregon is ranked 5th and Washington State 9th in the TSN poll.

In the South Stanford upset USC 66-56 on the Trojans home floor. That loss dropped USC from 4th to 7th in the polls.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
NORTH W L PCT W L PCT
Oregon 3 1 .750 15 2 .882
San Francisco 2 1 .667 10 6 .625
Portland 2 1 .667 8 7 .533
St. Mary's 2 2 .500 8 8 .500
Oregon State 2 2 .500 7 9 .438
Washington 1 2 .333 12 5 .706
Washington St. 1 2 .333 12 4 .750
LMU 1 3 .250 7 9 .438

CONFERENCE OVERALL
SOUTH W L PCT W L PCT
USC 2 1 .667 13 2 .867
Gonzaga 2 1 .667 11 4 .733
Pepperdine 2 1 .667 10 5 .667
Stanford 2 2 .500 12 4 .750
California 2 2 .500 10 6 .625
Santa Clara 2 2 .500 6 10 .375
UCLA 1 2 .333 11 4 .733
San Diego 1 3 .250 5 11 .312

KENTUCKY LEADS THE WAY IN SEC
Led by the performance of National Player of the Week Jack *Rocker, Kentucky improved to 5-0 in conference play with wins over Florida and LSU. Rocker tallied 27 points in each of the two wins and added 28 boards in the victory over Florida. On the season Rocker ranks third in the conference in scoring with 16.6 ppg, trailing Alabama forward Harry *Gallatin (17.1) and Auburn center Matthew Purdy (17.0). Flordia guard Shaun Fluellen was named SEC freshman of the week.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Kentucky 5 0 1.000 16 1 .941
Florida 4 1 .800 10 4 .714
Auburn 4 2 .667 13 3 .812
Georgia 3 2 .600 11 4 .733
Alabama 3 3 .500 11 4 .733
Vanderbilt 3 3 .500 9 6 .600
Louisiana St. 2 3 .400 9 5 .643
Tennessee 2 4 .333 6 9 .400
Mississippi 1 4 .200 4 11 .267
Mississippi St 0 5 .000 2 13 .133

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
With road wins over Texas and Texas A&M, TCU has moved to a perfect 4-0 in conference play. TCU won it's only SWC title in 1942-43. Baylor forward Tyson Henkel was named conference player of the week while Layton Lelker of Texas Tech was the top freshman.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Tex. Christian 4 0 1.000 10 5 .667
Texas Tech 3 1 .750 12 3 .800
Baylor 2 1 .667 11 3 .786
Arkansas 2 1 .667 10 4 .714
Texas A&M 1 2 .333 7 7 .500
Rice 1 2 .333 4 10 .286
SMU 1 3 .250 6 9 .400
Texas 0 4 .000 4 11 .267

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE NEW YORK YANKEES
After 12 straight seasons above .500 the New York Yankees slipped to 5th place in the American League in a dissappointing 1946 campaign. Injuries and age seemed to catch up to the Bronx crew and with 5 position players over the age of 35 and several pitchers coming off serious injuries things could get worse before they get better.

33 year old Tiny Bonham (25-7, 2.87)had his first 20 win season since his rookie year and made up a lot of the slack created when Max Lanier (17-11, 2.32) and Dizzy Dean (7-9, 2.63) were sidelined. For Dean it was the third straight year he missed at least a month and at age 37 the end appears to be near. Butch Wensloff is just 31 but his career appears to be over before it really began. After a 15-4 start to his rookie season of 1943 Wensloff was sidelined for the season in August with bone chips. Injuries limited him to just 14 appearances the following year and last season he blew out his back in his first start and was done for the year. Jumbo Brown rejoined the rotation last season and went 13-15 but he will be 40 years old in April.

The offense is in a little better shape. Charlie Keller (.258,22,72) had another strong year in leftfield. 39 year old Sammy Byrd (.268,9,74) and 36 year old Dixie Walker (.283,9,74) complete the outfield. 33 year old catcher Bob Scheffing (.287,15,51) won his first gold glove. The infield consists of 35 year old first baseman Buddy Hassett (.243,2,37), third baseman Billy Johnson (.247,10,64) who is the baby of the team at age 28 and 36 year old shortstop Frankie Crosetti (.233,17,67). With Johnny Hodapp's retirement second base is wide open but it will likely go to 36 year old reserve outfielder Calvin Chapman (.253,2,24).

OUTLOOK - With a barren farm system and an aging team the Yankees appear to be in trouble, if not this year then the following season. They just hope they can avoid a stretch like from 1906 to 1924 when they never finished higher than 6th in the American League.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
The bad news for Philadelphia fans is the A's have not won a pennant since 1911. However, this club does have some good young talent and with a couple of smart drafts they could quickly become a contender.

28 year old Bill Voiselle (19-14, 3.53) was acquired at the trade deadline and looks like he could be the number one starter the A's have been missing since Eddie Plank retired in 1916. Heady praise for a third year pitcher but Voiselle was considered to be a potential superstar just two years ago before blowing out his arm. He looks to be fully recovered and the Giants may end up kicking themselves for giving up on him.

Other starters include Ray Scarborough (12-23, 3.81), a 29 year old who deserved far better than his record from last year. The A's are also rumoured to be toying with the idea of moving closer Fred Caligiuri out of the pen and into the rotation. The 27 year old has a live arm and could be an ideal number 3 or 4 starter. 25 year old Bill McCahn, who was 13-5 at AAA a year ago, should also get a long look in the spring.

With starting infielders Did Williams and Pinky Higgins retiring there are some holes to fill. Fortunately, the A's have three very good young prospects. 24 year old third baseman George Kell seems ready for the majors this time around while 24 year old shortstop Bobby Wilkins likely needs another year in the minors. Further away is 22 year old Vern Benson, a natural third baseman who may be shifted to second.

Eddie Morgan (.262,5,45) will likely start at first base with Skeeter Newsome (.295,10,68) returning at shortstop. Kell will challenge 30 year old Dario Lodigiani (.264,6,23) for playing time at the hot corner while Irv Hall (.296,0,6) will likely man second unless Benson is ready. Tommy Heath (.294,8,48) and Hal Wagner (.263,1,36) do a decent job platooning behind the plate.

The outfield includes veterans Roy Cullenbine (.286,12,73) and Chet Laabs (.247,14,76) along with 25 year old Elmer Valo (.269,7,60), who with 5 seasons under his belt qualifies for veteran status as well.

OUTLOOK - No pennant again this year of course, but the A's seem to be heading in the right direction.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RANGERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BUSY WEEK
With 5 games in 6 nights the schedulemakers did little to help the New York Rangers but despite the hectic week New York did manage to gain three victories and move into second place in the standings.

The week got started early as New York blanked the Red Wings 3-0 in a New Years Day contest. Church Russell contributed a goal and an assist while Chuck Rayner turned aside all 21 Detroit shots for his second shutout of the season.

The next night in Boston Cal Gardner and Grant Warwick scored third period goals to lift the Blueshirts to a 2-1 victory over the Bruins. New York's defense limited Boston to just 22 shots at Rayner.

On Thursday the Rangers made it 3 wins in 3 nights as Edgar Laprade's third period marker gave New York a 4-3 win over Toronto at Madison Square Garden. Cal Gardner had a pair of goals for the Rangers.

After an off day Friday, the Rangers finished the week on a down note losing to Toronto 4-1 at Maple Leaf Gardens and falling 3-2 at home to lowly Chicago on a last minute Black Hawk tally.

The Rangers are now 5 points behind first place Detroit but three ahead of the third place Maple Leafs. After a shaky starter Chuck Rayner has been outstanding between the pipes and the New York defense led by Bill Moe and Joe Cooper has certainly made Rayner's job easier. Up front the Rangers have two strong lines: Edgar Laprade (6-10-16) centering Rene Trudell (10-8) and Tony Leswick (19-8) on one and a second line with Cal Gardner (15-8-23), Bryan Hextall (10-5-15) and Church Russell (9-4-13).

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON AND PHILADELPHIA PULLING AWAY IN EAST DIVISION
The east division is quickly becoming a two-horse race as Washington and Philadelphia are starting to put some distance on the rest of the pack. Between them the two clubs went 7-0 last week and although their styles of play are different, both are getting similiar results.

The Warriors have one philosophy on offense and it is quite simple. Find Joe Fulks for the open shot. The former NYU star forward is tearing up opposing defenses, averaging a league best 23.7 points per game. He is Philadelphia's first, last and only option on offense. Opposing teams know it but they still can't stop him from getting open for the quick jumper. The number two scorer on the Warriors, guard Angelo Musi is averaging just 8.8 ppg.

In Washington, coach Red Aurebach is preaching teamwork and the smooth shooting Capitols have 4 players in double-figures in scoring. Guard Bob Feerick leads the way averaging 18.0 ppg, third best in the league. Guard Freddie Scolari, with 12.8 ppg and forwards Horace McKinney (12.4) and Johnny Norlander (10.4) round out the double digit crew. The fifth starter, center John Mahnken is putting in 9.0 ppg.

While Providence appears to be on the verge of vanishing from the East Division race, the west is still a three time battle as just a half game seperates St Louis, Chicago and Cleveland.

BOXING NEWS
LAMOTTA - ZALE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
Hype continues to build in anticipation of the middleweight championship fight between undefeated champion Jake Lamotta and challenger Tony Zale (35-4). Next Friday's bout will be the pinnacle of a huge week in boxing which also includes number one heavyweight challenger Ezzard Charles (18-1) facing Tommy Gomez (24-5) in what should be a tuneup for a Charles rematch with champion Joe Louis.

Another heavyweight to keep an eye on is Jack Walker from Columbus, Ohio. The 27 year old improved his record to 20-3 with second round knockout of Belgium's Pierre Van Deuren over the weekend. Walker appears ready to step up into the top 10 of his weight class. On the same card promising middleweight Carl Olson knocked out Spider Belloise to improve his record to 24-8-2. Just 20 years old, Olson suffered most of his losses early in his career when he was overmatched against fighters like Tony Zale and Marcel Cerdan in the post-war elimination tournament. However, the Hawaiian native seems to be a win or two away from perhaps getting a title shot.

In a flyweight contest from Belfast a pair of Irish contenders did battle. Ed Doran improved his record to 15-3 with a second round TKO of Rinty Monaghan. Monaghan who had been rated the 8th best flyweight fighter in the world coming into the fight, falls to 16-4-1 with the loss.

In Tokyo bantamweight contender Hiroshi Horiguchi improved to 23-12-2 with a 5th round knockout of Australian Mickey Miller. Miller's record drops to 27-17-2.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
AFC PLAYOFF RESULTS
Cleveland 24 at New England 20
Houston 37 at Denver 13

NFC PLAYOFF RESULTS
San Francisco 24 at Philadelphia 6
Arizona 0 at Chicago 20

UPCOMING GAMES
SATURDAY JANUARY 13, 1947
NFC TITLE GAME
San Francisco at Chicago

SUNDAY JANUARY 14, 1947
AFC TITLE GAME
Houston at Cleveland

SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 1947
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEW YEARS BOWL RESULTS
MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
Alabama 17 William & Mary 14 (ot)

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
Pennsylvania 24 Arkansas 14

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
North Carolina 27 Oklahoma 23

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
Notre Dame 37 Georgia 26

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
Rice 20 Tennessee 14

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
Michigan 28 UCLA 13

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 32 19 9 4 42 98 85
New York 33 15 11 7 37 91 85
Toronto 31 16 13 2 34 95 71
Montreal 29 13 13 3 29 73 67
Boston 30 9 15 6 24 63 75
Chicago 27 6 17 4 16 53 90

LEADERBOARD
NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Ted Kennedy TOR 31 17 28 45
Max Bentley CHI 27 18 25 43
Maurice Richard MON 29 23 5 28
Tony Leswick NY 33 19 8 27
Bill Ezinicki TOR 31 15 12 27
Billy Taylor DET 32 8 18 26
Howie Meeker TOR 31 14 11 25
Bill Cowley BOS 30 10 14 24
Joe Carveth BOS 30 9 15 24
Cal Gardner NY 33 15 8 23
Grant Warwick NY 33 11 12 23
Toe Blake MON 29 8 15 23
Roy Conacher DET 33 16 6 22
Jim Conacher DET 32 8 14 22
Ted Lindsay DET 32 16 5 21

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 31 64
Fern Flaman BOS 30 60
Pat Egan BOS 30 60
Garth Boesch TOR 31 60

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 29 13-13-3 4 2.23
Turk Broda TOR 31 16-13-2 1 2.41
Chuck Rayner NY 32 15-10-7 2 2.47
Frank Brimsek BOS 30 9-15-6 0 2.50
Harry Lumley DET 29 17-8-4 0 2.64
Paul Bibeault CHI 23 5-12-4 0 3.04

RESULTS
Tuesday January 2, 1947
Detroit 0 at New York 3

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Detroit 4 at 1 Toronto
New York 2 at 1 Boston
Montreal 1 at 2 Chicago

Thursday January 4, 1947
Toronto 3 at 4 New York

Saturday January 6, 1947
Boston 5 at 3 Montreal
New York 1 at 4 Toronto

Sunday January 7, 1947
Chicago 3 at 2 New York
Boston 3 at 6 Detroit

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday January 10, 1947
Detroit at Montreal
Chicago at Toronto
New York at Boston

Thursday January 11, 1947
Chicago at Detroit

Saturday January 13, 1947
Chicago at Montreal
Boston at Toronto

Sunday January 14, 1947
Toronto at New York
Boston at Detroit
Montreal at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
PHI 23 17 6 .739 x
WSH 25 17 8 .680 1.0
PROV 23 12 11 .522 4.0
NY 24 10 14 .417 7.5
BOS 26 8 18 .308 10.5
Tor 24 6 18 .250 11.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CLE 25 17 8 .680 x
CHI 26 17 9 .654 0.5
STL 28 18 10 .643 0.5
DET 27 9 18 .333 9.0
PIT 25 7 18 .280 10.0

LEADERBOARD
SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 22 23.7
Ed*Sadowski CLE 24 18.8
Bob Feerick WSH 23 18.0
Ernie*Calverley PRO 21 14.7
Stan*Miasek DET 25 14.0
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 25 13.7
Chuck*Halbert CHI 24 13.5
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 26 13.2
Johnny*Logan STL 24 12.8
Freddie Scolari WSH 22 12.8
Coulby*Gunther PIT 25 12.6
Donald*Martin PRO 20 12.6
Horace McKinney WSH 23 12.4
Hank*Beenders PRO 21 12.4
Leo Mogus TOR 23 12.3

RESULTS
Monday January 1, 1947
Washington 91 at 75 Boston
Philadelphia 69 at 66 Pittsburgh

Tuesday January 2, 1947
Chicago 71 at 42 Toronto
St Louis 67 at 70 Cleveland

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Washington 62 at 44 Detroit
St Louis 72 at 52 Chicago
Cleveland 78 at 55 Pittsburgh

Thursday January 4, 1947
Providence 42 at 63 Philadelphia
Washington 68 at 59 St Louis

Friday January 5, 1947
Boston 46 at 54 Toronto

Saturday January 6, 1947
New York 44 at 55 Detroit
Cleveland 75 at 76 Washington
Philadelphia 56 at 52 Providence

Sunday January 7, 1947
New York 49 at 68 St Louis

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday January 8, 1947
Detroit at Toronto
Cleveland at Boston
Washington at Pittsburgh

Wednesday January 10, 1947
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Toronto at New York
Chicago at Detroit
Providence at Washington

Thursday January 11, 1947
Toronto at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Providence
Chicago at St Louis

Friday January 12, 1947
New York at Boston

Saturday January 13, 1947
Philadelphia at Detroit
Toronto at Washington
Boston at Providence

Sunday January 14, 1947
Philadelphia at Chicago
Pittsburgh at St Louis

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08-21-2004, 01:33 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 15, 1947

BOXING UPSET!
ZALE WINS MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD
In what only can be described as a major upset Tony Zale beat Jake LaMotta for the middleweight championship of the world at Madison Square Garden on Friday. The referee stopped the fight with just over a minute to go in the 5th round because of an ugly gash over LaMotta's left eye.

Zale landed 3 huge uppercuts in the final round and LaMotta's legs were close to giving out when the ref stopped the bout. It marked the third straight round Zale had dominated the previously unbeaten champion.

The bout had started slowly, as both fighters were feeling each other out. In the second round Lamotta landed a couple of big body blows but Zale stunned the champ with a combination as the round came to a close. It seemed Lamotta was still hurting from that combination as the third began and it appeared to give Zale confidence as he came out swinging in the third and totally dominated the round. At one point the champ appeared close to going down but he hung on and escaped the third.

In the fourth Zale again took control and landed some dangerous blows to LaMotta's head while the champ tried to work the body. The fifth, just like the previous 2 rounds was all Zale.

With the win, the Chicago born Zale improves to 36-4 while LaMotta's record is now 14-1. The 32 year old Zale is unsure who his first title defense will be against but it is expected LaMotta will have to wait a while for a shot to regain the title as number one challenger Holman Williams is likely first in line.

LOUIS TO DEFEND TITLE FEBRUARY 9TH IN DETROIT
World Heavyweight champion Joe Louis has agreed to defend his title on February 9th against 4th ranked challenger Nathan Mann. The fight will take place at The Olympia Stadium in Louis' hometown of Detroit. The 35 year old champ is 8-0 since the postwar era of boxing began. All 8 of his victories were by knock out including an 8th round TKO of previously unbeaten Ezzard Charles in the final of the post-war title elimination tournament. That victory earned the Brown Bomber the title belt. Louis successfully defended his title in September against Tami Mauriello, knocking him out in the 4th round.

Mann, from Hamden, Connecticut, is 18-4-1 including a 3rd round TKO loss to Louis in the semi-finals of the post-war title tournament. Each of the other losses the 31 year old Mann suffered came in preliminary bouts to determine the postwar champ. After starting his career 2-3, Mann is 16-1-1 in his last 18 bouts.

CHARLES EYES REMATCH WITH LOUIS AFTER HOMETOWN VICTORY
Ezzard Charles, who's only loss of his career came to Joe Louis in the postwar tournament finale last fall, solidified his case for another title shot with an impressive 9th round knockout of Tommy Gomez. Charles improves to 19-1 with the victory over Gomez, who had been ranked the 5th best heavyweight in the world entering the bout. Before his hometown crowd the man known as the Cincinnati Cobra picked apart Gomez's defenses opening cuts above both eyes before knocking his opponent to the canvas with a vicious uppercut in the closing seconds of the ninth round. With the bell unable to save him, and his wits nowhere to be found, Gomez could not rise before the 10 count.

With the loss, the Tampa native Gomez sees his record fall to 24-6. He may also drop out of the top 10 heavyweight contenders. Charles remains the number 3 ranked heavyweight in the world behind Louis and Elmer Ray.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
BEARS SURVIVE SCARE AND RALLY PAST 49ERS
San Francisco played about as good a road football game as you would ever see but in the end it was just not quite enough to stop Sid *Luckman and the Chicago Bears. Despite the 49ers controlling the clock and field possession, Chicago overcame a 10-0 hole to beat San Francisco 17-13.

Koy Harris, who completed 20-of-31 passes for 197 yards and one touchdown looked poised and in control all game despite the fact the Bears defense chased him all over the field. The Bears got to Harris 5 times but despite the pressure he continuously racked up first down after first down. However, after a first quarter 13 yard touchdown pass to JT Dillard, the Bears defense refused to allow the 49ers to muster any offense inside the Chicago 30.

"Do all you want out there," the Bears defense seemed to say, "but inside the thirty you aren't going anywhere." Four of the five sacks came while the Niners were hovering right around field goal range and on three occassions ended up costing San Francisco a field goal attempt.

Luckman did not have a strong game, at least not by his standards. He completed 20-of-31 passes for 305 yards and 2 touchdowns but was picked off twice. Running back George *McAfee was no where to be found, gaining no yards on 13 carries leaving the entire offense up to Luckman. McAfee did catch a 5 yard pass for a second quarter touchdown that closed the gap to 10-7 San Francisco. Kicker Arnie Curtis tied the game with a 47 yard field goal as the first half wore down.

Chicago took the lead early in the fourth quarter when Harris made his one big mistake in the game. With a third and five on his own 27 yard line he tried to force a long pass into double coverage and it was picked off by Bears DB Frankie Morrall. Morrall returned 25 yards to the San Francisco 10 and 2 plays later Luckman found Matt Sikahema in the back of the endzone for what would prove to be the winning score.

The Niners responded with a field goal on their next drive to cut the gap to 17-13 but could not get any closer. When the two-minute warning arrived the 49ers had a first and 10 on the Chicago 22 yard line but a minute later San Francisco wideout Sam Newman was stopped a yard short on 4th-and-6 allowing the Bears offense to run out the clock. Chicago enters the championship game for the second straight season. The Bears lost to Baltimore a year ago.

BROWNS BURST BALLOON OF FAIRYTALE HOUSTON TEXANS
Charley Carpenter's second touchdown pass of the game with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation lifted the Cleveland Browns into the NFL Championship game by giving them a 24-20 win over the surprising Houston Texans.

Carpenter is the most unlikely of heroes, a second year pro who was one of 4 starters the Browns used at quarterback this season. Injuries to Bob Slaughter and Jeff McDonald gave the ex-Michigan State star the opportunity. He was no where near perfect, getting picked off twice and completing just half of his passes but Carpenter made the big plays late in the game when needed.

Houston, which snuck into the playoffs on the seasons final day and then produced two surprising upsets saw the clock finally strike midnight. The Browns, a bit of an underdog themselves with wins over Kansas City and New England - two clubs with better regular season records than Cleveland - will be a bigtime underdog against the powerful Bears offense in next week's title game from Charlotte.

NFL CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW - IS THERE ANYWAY THE BEARS WON'T WIN?
by TSN Columnist Scoop McGrew
With the best quarterback in the league and the best offense there is just no way an unheralded team from the AFC North can stop the Chicago Bears. They are just too strong. Wait a minute! Stop me if you heard this one before. This has an all too familiar ring to it.

It was exactly one year ago when every sportswriter in the land, including yours truly, was telling anyone who would listen how the Bears would dismantle the Baltimore Ravens in last years title game. Sure Baltimore had an excellent defense but Sid *Luckman was used to picking apart defenses and there was no way the Ravens inexperienced popgun offense could keep it close. Well, we got that part right anyway. The game was not close, but it was the Ravens who orchestrated a blowout of hurricane proportions - blasting the Bears 45-14.

Fast forward to today and we have a very similiar situation. The Bears, if it could be possible, are even better this season while the Browns have a strong defense but are beat up offensively. Let's start by comparing the two offenses.

Possibly the greatest QB to ever play the game is under center for the Bears. Sid Luckman equalled his QB rating record that he set a year ago and has thrown 40 touchdown passes against just 11 interceptions this season. Cleveland will start either Bob Slaughter, who was benched for ineffective play after returning from an early season injury or Charley Carpenter, a second year pro who has more than twice as many career interceptions than touchdowns.

At running back it is just as lobsided. Chicago has a healthy George *McAfee who surpassed the 1000 yard mark for the 6th straight season. Cleveland's top back is Tony Ellis who rushed for a career high 867 yards but missed the last 2 games with an ankle injury and is questionable for Sunday. Backup Art Basnight is done for the year with a ruptured achilles tendon meaning the Cleveland starter will likely be number 3 man Bill Green who gained just 288 yards this season.

At the receiver position Cleveland finally has an edge. Zach Kruczek caught 106 balls this season and is a 4-time allstar. However, he is the only real threat the Browns have so Chicago can key on him all game long. If the Browns defense decides to double team Bears wideout Ken *Kavanaugh, who led the club with 79 catches, then they will likely get burned by Robert Feeley who had a team high 12 touchdown receptions.

Both offensive lines are solid and each club has some real talent on the defensive side of the ball. Cleveland's defense ranked 6th in the league while the Bears were ranked 4th. Chicago's leaders are safety Frankie Morrall, who had 6 picks, and pass rushing lineman Jason Lee who along with linebacker William Swanson tied for the team lead with 7 sacks. However, Cleveland gets a break in that Lee will likely not be able to start due to a knee injury. Defensive end Wayne *Millner led the Browns with 11 sacks and it is essential he gets to Luckman for the Browns to have any success at all.

Even with Millner in his face that will not be enough to stop Luckman and the Bears. The early line has Chicago as a 6 point favourite but that is far too low. My prediction is the Bears win it 31-14. Of course I have been wrong before.

COWBOYS RUMOURED TO BE EYEING *RAVENSBERG
The NFL draft is still a few months away but the NFL's worst club, the Dallas Cowboys may have already decided who they will take first overall. Defense is definately a major need for the team, in particular the defensive line, but word has it the Cowboys are not even considering Navy DE Ben *Chase who is considered the top d-lineman available.

It is reported that while they would prefer a lineman, the Cowboys have their eye on the man many scouts feel is the best defensive player available in the draft -- linebacker Bob *Ravensberg. The All-American from Indiana had 120 tackles and 12 sacks in 9 games with a weak Hoosiers squad. According to Dallas insiders the Cowboys feel Ravensberg is just too good a player to pass up despite bigger needs elsewhere.

Below are the top 10 draft eligible players as determined by a survey of NFL scouts. As you can see there is little change from the early season concensus that this is the 'year of the wide receiver'.

1 WR Hugh *Taylor Oklahoma
2 RB Bob *Fenimore Oklahoma State
3 ILB Bob *Ravensberg Indiana
4 WR Don Schlereth Oklahoma
5 WR Roger Clark Tennessee
6 CB Tom Morris Brigham Young
7 WR Elbie *Nichol Cincinnati
8 OT Rich Vlasic Georgia
9 DE Ben *Chase Navy
10 FS Vance Steele Boston College

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY
As they have been since winning the Hawaii Classic in November, the Kentucky Wildcats remain the number one ranked team in the nation. Last week Kentucky ran it's SEC record to 7-0 with a 104-43 dismantling of lowly Mississippi on Wednesday and then spanked Georgia on Saturday 91-62. Kentucky's lone defeat was to Georgetown at home on December 3rd.

Speaking of losses, two more teams fell from the ranks of the unbeaten leaving NYU as the only college not to have tasted defeat this season. UTEP was surprised 98-65 by Drake on Wednesday while New Orleans was uspet 71-65 by Charlotte the same day.

TSN TOP 25
Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Kentucky 18-1 1,941 1
2. New York Univ 18-0 1,810 2
3. Oregon 17-2 1,688 5
4. UTEP 17-1 1,552 3
5. Holy Cross 17-4 1,426 4
6. New Orleans 17-1 1,325 6
7. USC 14-3 1,254 7
8. Ohio State 15-3 1,145 11
9. Boston College 14-5 1,090 8
10. Washington St. 13-5 1,014 9
11. CCNY 14-4 946 18
12. Iowa State 12-3 897 10
13. San Francisco 12-6 847 26
14. Notre Dame 14-4 783 25
15. Middle Tenn St. 16-4 720 23
16. Western Kentucky 14-5 676 13
17. N.C. State 14-4 634 24
18. Illinois 12-5 525 27
19. Alabama 12-5 460 16
20. Auburn 14-4 375 14
21. UCLA 11-6 312 12
22. Baylor 12-4 249 17
23. Richmond 16-5 207 28
24. Florida 11-5 186 20
25. Stanford 13-5 165 21

Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown 155, Drake 144, Texas Tech 124, Miami 103, Washington 81, Oklahoma 61, Fordham 41, Texas Christian 20, Seton Hall 10, Georgia 6, Wake Forest 2, Indiana State 2, Utah 1, South Carolina 1, VMI 1, Bradley 1, Missouri 1, North Carolina 1, Oklahoma A&M 1, Wyoming 1, California 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 19 Texas Tech, No. 15 Washington, No. 22 Wake Forest

ACC NEWS
Stops in Chapel Hill and Raleigh certainly taught the Wake Forest Deamon Deacons young starters a thing or two about basketball. After winning their first 4 games in conference play, Wake Forest was hammered 73-58 by North Carolina on Thursday. They fared a little better against NC State but still came out on the short end of a 73-70 score.

South Carolina forward Xavier McCollum was named ACC player of the week. McCollum had 26 points and 21 boards in a win over Georgia Tech on Monday and scored 22 points to lead the Gamecocks past Maryland 86-63 yesterday.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
North Carolina 4 1 .800 11 6 .647
South Carolina 4 2 .667 13 5 .722
Wake Forest 4 2 .667 12 6 .667
N.C. State 3 3 .500 14 4 .778
Maryland 2 3 .400 11 9 .550
Duke 2 3 .400 8 9 .471
Georgia Tech 2 3 .400 6 11 .353
Clemson 1 5 .167 10 8 .556

BIG 8 NEWS
Oklahoma and Missouri each improved to 5-1 with a pair of home wins during the week. The Sooners got 31 points from Joseph Brown in a 91-78 win over Colorado on Thursday and beat a game Iowa State club 77-69 yesterday. Brown was named Big 8 player of the week for the second week in a row. Senior guard Addison Fisher led the way for Missouri last week, pouring in 35 points in an 81-69 win over Kansas while junior center Brandon Sharpe was the big man setting. Sharpe scored 29 for the Tigers in their 75-56 victory over Kansas State.

Oklahoma A&M fell a game behind the co-leaders with a 66-49 loss on their home floor to 12th ranked Iowa State. A&M did recover Saturday with a 77-61 win over lowly Colorado. A&M's skilled forward Jack *Shelton was named frosh of the week for the second straight week.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Oklahoma 5 1 .833 12 4 .750
Missouri 5 1 .833 11 5 .688
Oklahoma A&M 4 2 .667 9 7 .562
Iowa State 3 2 .600 12 3 .800
Nebraska 2 3 .400 8 9 .471
Kansas 2 3 .400 6 9 .400
Kansas State 1 5 .167 8 8 .500
Colorado 0 5 .000 2 13 .133

BIG EAST NOTES
With wins over Seton Hall and Rutgers, the Georgetown Hoyas moved into sole possession of top spot in the Big East. UConn fell a game back after being embarrassed by Syracuse 105-61 at home.

Senior forward Ben *Schadler of Providence was named the Big East player of the week. Schadler had 30 points in a loss to Syracuse and followed that up with a 21 point effort in a win over St. John's on the weekend.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Georgetown 5 1 .833 16 5 .762
Connecticut 4 2 .667 12 6 .667
Seton Hall 3 2 .600 12 5 .706
Syracuse 3 2 .600 10 8 .556
Providence 3 3 .500 11 7 .611
Boston College 2 3 .400 14 5 .737
St. John's 2 3 .400 9 8 .529
Rutgers 0 6 .000 4 14 .222

BIG TEN NOTES
With road wins over Michigan and Michigan State, the University of Minnesota is suddenly right in the middle of the Big 10 race. It is an unusual place for the Golden Gophers who have not had a winning season in 5 years and have never won a Big 10 title. Their leading scorer is Abelino Young, a senior small forward from Peoria, Illinois who was overlooked by all the major schools. Young was named Big Ten player of the week for the first time in his career and is averaging 15.3 points per game.

Ohio State beat Iowa 72-62 to improve to a conference best 6-1. After a 4-1 start Indiana had a rough week, losing 69-49 at Illinois and 71-58 on the road against Northwestern.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Ohio State 6 1 .857 15 3 .833
Minnesota 5 3 .625 9 8 .529
Illinois 4 3 .571 12 5 .706
Northwestern 4 3 .571 10 6 .625
Indiana 4 3 .571 8 7 .533
Michigan 4 3 .571 5 10 .333
Iowa 3 4 .429 11 6 .647
Wisconsin 3 5 .375 7 9 .438
Purdue 2 5 .286 9 8 .529
Michigan State 1 6 .143 5 10 .333

EASTERN INDEPENDANT NOTES
The showdown between conference unbeatens Duquesne and NYU was extremely one-sided as NYU won easily 73-45. Dolph *Schayes had 22 points and Kevin *O'Shea 18 to lead the number 2 ranked team in the country. NYU also sank Navy 76-55 later in the week to keep their unbeaten record intact.

The big star of the week was Holy Cross freshman guard Bob *Cousy. Cousy was named the player of the week after pouring in 29 points and adding 12 assists in an 85-44 win over Navy on Thursday. He also has 22 points and 8 assists in a 77-70 loss to Duquesne on Sunday.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
New York Univ 6 0 1.000 18 0 1.000
Duquesne 4 1 .800 11 5 .688
Holy Cross 4 2 .667 17 4 .810
CCNY 4 2 .667 14 4 .778
Manhattan 2 4 .333 6 12 .333
Villanova 1 4 .200 8 9 .471
Army 1 4 .200 4 13 .235
Navy 0 5 .000 2 14 .125

IVY LEAGUE NOTES
With road wins over Dartmouth and Princeton, Cornell moved closer to the Ivy League lead. Guard Rahmon Djujic was named the conference frosh of the week mainly on the strength of a 29 point effort in Cornell's 85-62 win at Princeton.

Brown also fell from the ranks of the unbeaten in conference play, losing 89-70 at Harvard. On the weekend, Brown and Princeton both got on track with road wins. Devin Collins of Brown had a career high 39 points in Sunday's win over Yale, helping him earn player of the week accolades.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Princeton 4 1 .800 10 7 .588
Brown 4 1 .800 10 7 .588
Cornell 4 2 .667 9 9 .500
Harvard 3 3 .500 10 8 .556
Pennsylvania 2 3 .400 7 10 .412
Yale 2 4 .333 5 13 .278
Dartmouth 2 4 .333 5 13 .278
Columbia 1 4 .200 4 13 .235

MIDWEST INDEPENDANT NOTES
Each of the top 3 teams in the conference had perfect weeks. Louisville and Marquette each came up with road wins over Cincinnati and Detroit while Notre Dame had home wins over Pittsburgh and Penn State.

After winning the National Title 2 years ago, the Irish fell to 10-19 last season and finished dead last in the conference. This year is supposed to be a transition year for Notre Dame as they are starting one junior, 3 sophomores and a freshman. The front court led by sophomore forwards George *Ratkovicz (14.9 ppg, 10.9 rpg) and Leo *Barnhorst (17.5 ppg, 10.1 rpg) has matured much quicker than expected. Freshman center Ryan Gardner (14.2 ppg, 9.4 rpg) is also improving nicely and it looks like Notre Dame may be ready to add to its collection of two National titles, 4 final four appearances and 7 conference titles.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Louisville 5 1 .833 11 7 .611
Marquette 4 1 .800 7 10 .412
Notre Dame 4 2 .667 14 4 .778
Pittsburgh 3 2 .600 10 7 .588
Penn State 2 3 .400 6 11 .353
Memphis 2 4 .333 9 9 .500
Detroit 2 4 .333 8 10 .444
Cincinnati 0 5 .000 7 10 .412

PACIFIC COAST NORTH NOTES
Oregon survived a scare from Portland before hanging on for a 63-60 victory Tuesday. The Ducks made short work of their other in-state rival by blasting Oregon State 92-47 Saturday. The two victories moved the Ducks to third in the National poll. Washington State sits 10th and San Francisco is now 13th in the nation after home wins over Oregon State and Portland. Dons senior center Jack *Toomay was named player of the week in the PCC North. Toomay had 29 points against Oregon State and 36 vs Portland. The outburst moved him to third in the conference scoring race, behind David *Johnson of Washington and Oregon'a Laird White.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Oregon 5 1 .833 17 2 .895
San Francisco 4 1 .800 12 6 .667
LMU 3 3 .500 9 9 .500
St. Mary's 3 3 .500 9 9 .500
Washington St. 2 3 .400 13 5 .722
Portland 2 3 .400 8 9 .471
Oregon State 2 4 .333 7 11 .389
Washington 1 4 .200 12 7 .632

PACIFIC COAST SOUTH NOTES
For the second time in two weeks USC suffered an upset loss in conference play. Santa Clara beat the Trojans 72-64 and completed a solid week with a win over another ranked team - dropping UCLA 91-64.

After opening the season with a 10-2 start the Bruins have fallen on hard times, losing all 4 of their in-conference road games. UCLA's only win in PCC South play came at home against Stanford. Quite a departure from the Bruins past, where they have dominated the conference, winning or sharing the regular season title 10 times in the past 14 years and winning the conference tournament 8 times.

Santa Clara has never won the conference tournament and only made 1 NCAA appearance in 14 years, losing in the first round in 1939-40.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
California 4 2 .667 12 6 .667
Santa Clara 4 2 .667 8 10 .444
USC 3 2 .600 14 3 .824
Pepperdine 3 2 .600 11 6 .647
Stanford 3 3 .500 13 5 .722
Gonzaga 2 3 .400 11 6 .647
San Diego 2 4 .333 6 12 .333
UCLA 1 4 .200 11 6 .647

SEC NOTES
Junior forward Harry *Gallatin of Alabama continues to lead the conference in scoring. He is averaging 18.0 ppg after a 32 point effort vs Florida on the weekend. However, it is Kentucky that continues to be the class of the SEC. A pair of Wildcats are 2-3 in league scoring including last year's SEC MVP Kenny Chilchote. Chilchote with 16.8 ppg and Jack *Rocker with 17.8 are 2 big reasons why Kentucky is 7-0 in conference play and ranked number one in the nation. Rocker had 20 points and Chilchote 16 as the Wildcats blasted Mississippi 104-43 on Tuesday. Saturday Rocker had 29 and Chilchote 21 in a 91-62 drubbing of Georgia.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Kentucky 7 0 1.000 18 1 .947
Florida 5 2 .714 11 5 .688
Auburn 5 3 .625 14 4 .778
Georgia 4 3 .571 12 5 .706
Vanderbilt 4 3 .571 10 6 .625
Alabama 4 4 .500 12 5 .706
Louisiana St. 3 4 .429 10 6 .625
Tennessee 2 5 .286 6 10 .375
Mississippi 1 6 .143 4 13 .235
Mississippi St 1 6 .143 3 14 .176

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NOTES
Texas Christian is dominating the Southwest Conference but is still getting little respect from the national media. The Horned Frogs got 18 points from Steadman Graleski as they beat #22 Baylor 66-56 to start the week. A 109-54 hammering of Arkansas two nights later should have moved TCU into the top 25 but it did not. Perhaps voters are looking at two early season losses to Holy Cross and New Orleans as proof that TCU is not as good as it's record indicates. A string of 5 straight road games beginning next week at Arkansas and Baylor will go a long ways towards determining just how much respect TCU deserves.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Texas Christian 6 0 1.000 12 5 .706
Texas Tech 4 2 .667 13 4 .765
Baylor 3 2 .600 12 4 .750
Texas A&M 3 2 .600 9 7 .562
Arkansas 2 3 .400 10 6 .625
Rice 2 3 .400 5 11 .312
SMU 2 4 .333 7 10 .412
Texas 0 6 .000 4 13 .235

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RED WINGS SHOW NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN
With the most productive offense in the National Hockey League, the high-flying Detroit Red Wings continue to set the pace as the schedule passes the halfway mark. Detroit picked up 4 points last week and it's hold on first place remains at 5 points over the second place New York Rangers.

Boasting a balanced offense that can burn you so many ways, the Wings have been extremely difficult to stop this season. Playmaking center Billy Taylor leads the team with 31 points, most coming while setting up winger Roy Conacher for some of his team high 19 goals. Joining Conacher and Taylor on the big line has been Eddie Bruneteau, who already has 10 goals and is on pace for a career best output. If opposing teams choose to play a checking unit against those three then the trioka of Sid Abel, Ted Lindsay and Jim Conacher can roam free. Between them they have tallied 71 points. Rookie Gordie Howe is coming on strong and has increased his point total to 14 while playing alongside Gary Couture and Pete Horeck on the third unit.

Detroit's weakness is defensive zone coverage as only lowly Chicago has surrendered more goals than the Red Wings. Harry Lumley is steady but certainly not spectacular between the pipes and the defense led by Bill Quakenbush is shaky at times. However, if the high-octane Detroit offense keeps reving on all cylinders the defensive shortcomings won't matter a bit.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE ST LOUIS BROWNS
The only American League club never to win a pennant, the Browns are a consistant second division club. They have only finished as high as third twice in their 45 year history, and the last time was in 1911.

The ace of a very mediocre pitching staff is 33 year old Tom Baker (19-16, 3.31) who enjoyed the most productive season of his career a year ago. Mace Brown had been a fixture in the rotation for several years but the 37 year old has decided to retire rather than attempt to rehab a back injury that cost him virtually the entire season a year ago. That leaves Archie McKain (13-14, 3.87), Sam Zoldak (8-11, 2.80), Frank Papish (14-14, 3.58), Al Williams (12-10, 3.87) and 22 year old Cliff Fanin (0-1, 5.23)to fight for the remaining 3 spots in the rotation.

28 year old Frank Mancuso (.224,4,34) and 25 year old Hank Riebe (.253,1,13) are an effective catching tandem. The infield has some talent with 36 year old first baseman George McQuinn (.282,10,70), 26 year old shortstop Vern Stephens (.260,10,47) and 34 year old Cookie Lavagetto (.281,7,45) at third base. With the retirement of Odell Hale there is a big hole at second. 36 year old Nig Lipscomb (.289,0,4) who saw limited action last season is a possible candidate to take over at second but a more likely move is for Lavagetto to shift to second and have 28 year old Bill Dillinger (.316,1,31) play third.

37 year old Bruce Campbell (.241,18,89) will join a pair of 30 year olds in the outfield. Wally Judnich (.269,11,59)has been unable to duplicate the numbers he put up in 1940 as a rookie while Milt Byrnes (.266,4,37) shows promise at times but has yet to have a true break-out year.

OUTLOOK FOR 1947 - More of the same for the Browns. The pitching is terrible outside of Baker and there are not enough big bats to make up for it.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE WASHINGTON SENATORS
What might have been. The Senators got off to a great start and led the American League through July. Even in early September Washington was still in the hunt but a late swoon cost the Senators a chance to repeat as American League champs and instead doomed them to a third place finish.

The offense, already good, was made better by the exceptional season of 31 year old rookie Les Fleming (.333,4,43). The longtime minor leaguer won the American League batting crown and was named TSN rookie of the year. Second baseman Jerry Priddy (.288,7,51), shortstop Cecil Travis (.263,6,58) and third baseman Buddy Lewis (.314,8,86) form the best hitting infield in the league. Catcher Al Evans (.269,7,53) made his first all-star appearance last year and the outfield is very talented with Phil Cavarretta (.282,11,87), Mel Mazzera (.324,12,82) and Mike Chartak (.269,7,35).

Joe Haynes (21-15, 3.08) and Joe Beggs (21-14, 3.57) give the Sens two number-one starters. Red Barrett (14-11, 3.15), Milo Candini (7-10, 3.65) and Tot Pressnell (11-10, 4.64) will also play key roles.

OUTLOOK FOR 1947 - The Senators will once again be in the thick of things in 1947. If the bats are as good as they were last year and another pitcher can step up and perform like Haynes and Beggs, then Washington could run away with the pennant.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
CONFERENCE FINALS
Chicago 17 San Francisco 13
Cleveland 24 Houston 20

NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Cleveland vs Chicago from Charlotte, NC

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 35 21 10 4 46 109 93
New York 35 17 11 7 41 101 91
Toronto 34 17 15 2 36 105 84
Montreal 32 14 14 4 32 84 74
Boston 33 10 17 6 26 72 87
Chicago 31 7 19 5 19 64 106

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 31 22 27 49
Ted Kennedy TOR 34 18 29 47
Maurice Richard MON 32 24 7 31
Billy Taylor DET 35 9 22 31
Tony Leswick NY 35 20 10 30
Bill Ezinicki TOR 34 17 12 29
Howie Meeker TOR 34 17 11 28
Grant Warwick NY 35 13 14 27
Bill Cowley BOS 33 12 15 27
Roy Conacher DET 35 19 7 26
Joe Carveth BOS 33 16 10 26
Toe Blake MON 32 10 16 26
Ted Lindsay DET 35 17 8 25
Jim Conacher DET 35 9 15 24
Cal Gardner NY 35 15 8 23
Elmer Lach MON 32 5 18 23

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 34 64
Pete Horeck DET 35 63
Pat Egan BOS 33 62
Fern Flaman BOS 33 62

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 32 14-14-3 4 2.20
Chuck Rayner NY 34 17-10-7 2 2.50
Turk Broda TOR 34 17-15-2 1 2.55
Frank Brimsek BOS 33 10-17-6 0 2.63
Harry Lumley DET 32 19-9-4 0 2.64
Paul Bibeault CHI 27 6-14-4 0 3.07

RESULTS
Wednesday January 10, 1947
Detroit 4 at 2 Montreal
Chicago 6 at 3 Toronto
New York 5 at 3 Boston

Thursday January 11, 1947
Chicago 2 at 4 Detroit

Saturday January 13, 1947
Chicago 1 at 7 Montreal
Boston 2 at 4 Toronto

Sunday January 14, 1947
Toronto 3 at 5 New York
Boston 4 at 3 Detroit
Montreal 2 at 2 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday January 17, 1947
Montreal at Toronto
Detroit at New York
Chicago at Bosotn

Thursday January 18, 1947
Toronto at Montreal

Saturday January 20, 1947
New York at Montreal
Detroit at Toronto
Chicago at Boston

Sunday January 21, 1947
Chicago at New York
Montreal at Detroit
Toronto at Boston

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 28 20 8 .714 x
PHI 27 19 8 .704 0.5
PROV 26 13 13 .500 6.0
NY 26 11 15 .423 8.0
BOS 29 9 20 .310 11.5
Tor 28 7 21 .250 13.0

WEST GP W L PCT GB
STL 30 20 10 .667 x
CLE 27 18 9 .667 0.5
CHI 29 19 10 .655 0.5
DET 30 10 20 .333 10.0
PIT 28 8 20 .286 11.0

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 26 23.9
Ed*Sadowski CLE 25 18.6
Bob Feerick WSH 26 17.7
Ernie*Calverley PRO 23 14.5
Stan*Miasek DET 28 13.9
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 27 13.8
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 29 13.3
Chuck*Halbert CHI 26 13.3
Johnny*Logan STL 26 13.0
Coulby*Gunther PIT 28 13.0
Freddie Scolari WSH 24 12.9
Donald*Martin PRO 21 12.5
Horace McKinney WSH 26 12.4
Hank*Beenders PRO 24 12.3
Leo Mogus TOR 27 12.0

RESULTS
Monday January 8, 1947
Detroit 46 at 44 Toronto
Cleveland 61 at 45 Boston
Washington 54 at 47 Pittsburgh

Wednesday January 10, 1947
Philadelphia 56 at 67 Pittsburgh
Toronto 56 at 40 New York
Chicago 76 at 63 Detroit
Providence 43 at 81 Washington

Thursday January 11, 1947
Toronto 39 at 82 Philadelphia
Cleveland 60 at 67 Providence
Chicago 49 at 67 St Louis

Friday January 12, 1947
New York 64 at 61 Boston

Saturday January 13, 1947
Philadelphia 67 at 48 Detroit
Toronto 45 at 73 Washington
Boston 58 at 35 Providence

Sunday January 14, 1947
Philadelphia 63 at 69 Chicago
Pittsburgh 54 at 55 St Louis

UPCOMING GAMES

Monday January 15, 1947
New York at Pittsburgh

Tuesday January 16, 1947
Philadelphia at Toronto
Providence at Cleveland

Wednesday January 17, 1947
Washington at New York
Providence at Pittsburgh
Chicago at Detroit

Thursday January 18, 1947
Washington at Boston
Chicago at Philadelphia
Cleveland at St Louis

Friday January 19, 1947
Detroit at Toronto

Saturday January 20, 1947
Chicago at Washington
Boston at New York

Sunday January 21, 1947
Providence at St Louis
New York at Cleveland

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08-23-2004, 07:02 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 22, 1947

CHICAGO BEARS WIN NFL CHAMPIONSHIP!
LUCKMAN'S TWO TD PASSES LEAD BEARS PAST CLEVELAND 34-20
Charlotte- The Chicago Bears won their first National Football League championship downing the Cleveland Browns 34-20. For the Bears it was the end of a dominating season that saw them go 14-2 during the regular season. It is also redemption for a surprising loss in last year's title game. The Browns deserve credit for a solid effort that, were it not for the final two minutes of the first half, could have resulted in a Cleveland victory.

The game as it turns out was decided late in the first half. With 1:26 left before the break Chicago took over on the Bears 42 yard line with the score knotted at 10. On first down Bears QB Sid *Luckman found wide receiver Robert Feeley behind the defense on a streak pattern and Feeley took the ball 58 yards for a touchdown. After Arnie Curtis made the point after he lined up for the kick-off. Browns return man LaDamien McKellar caught the ball on his own 3 yard line and broke a couple of tackles before having the ball jarred loose Zek Duval. Chicago offensive tackle Paul Shedd scooped it up in full stride and sauntered 31 yards into the endzone. In a matter of 20 seconds of playing time the score changed from 10-10 to 24-10 in Chicago's favour. Cleveland never recovered.

The Bears struck first to begin the game in vintage Luckman fashion. So often the Bears offense would lull you to sleep with little dink passes and runs only to all of a sudden go for broke and air it out. The result more often than not was a touchdown or at the very least a huge gain. In this case it was a touchdown as Luckman's third pass attempt of the game was a 70 yard touchdown strike to Matt Sikahema. Arnie Curtis would add a 30 yard field goal on the next possession and at the end of the first quarter it was 10-0 Chicago.

The Browns made a game of it early in the second when Corey Dixon connected on a 48 yard field goal and on the next possession Bob Slaughter marched the Browns 71 yards in a drive that finished with a 1 yard touchdown strike to Zach Kruczek. Slaughter was a bit of a surprise starter. He had started 8 regular season games but injuries and sporadic play caused management to lose confidence in him. Other than a fourth quarter interception, he did nothing to hurt the Browns in this contest. Slaughter never made a big play when needed, in all honesty he is not that type of quarterback, but he was steady completing 20 of 36 passes for 156 yards.

Luckman was named the game's MVP mainly on the strength of those two long touchdown passes. He completed just 16 of his 31 pass attempts and was sacked four times including twice by Browns pass rusher extraordinare Wayne *Millner. Nearly half of Luckman's 308 passing yards came on the two touchdown passes. Luckman was picked off twice but both occurred late in the contest when the game was out of reach.

SCORING SUMMARY
First Quarter
CHI - TD (13:01)Play: Matt Sikahema 70 YD Pass from Sid *Luckman (Arnie Curtis Kick). Drive: 4 plays, 82 yards in 01:41
CHICAGO 7-0

CHI - FG (03:04)Play: Arnie Curtis 30 YD. Drive: 13 plays, 83 yards in 06:19
CHICAGO 10-0

Second Quarter
CLE - FG (14:07)Play: Corey Dixon 48 YD Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards in 03:36
CHICAGO 10-3

CLE - TD (07:18) Play: Zach Kruczek 1 YD Pass from Bob Slaughter (Corey Dixon Kick).
Drive: 16 plays, 71 yards in 06:28
TIED 10-10

CHI - TD (00:54)Play: Robert Feeley 58 YD Pass from Sid *Luckman (Arnie Curtis Kick). Drive: 2 plays, 80 yards in 00:43
CHICAGO 17-10

CHI - TD (00:48)Play: 31 YD Fumble Return by Pat Shedd (Arnie Curtis Kick).
Drive: 1 plays, 31 yards in 00:06
CHICAGO 24-10

Third Quarter
CHI - FG (12:37) Play: Arnie Curtis 38 YD. Drive: 5 plays, -2 yards in 01:44
CHICAGO 27-10

CLE - FG (05:39)Play: Corey Dixon 32 YD. Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards in 06:38
CHICAGO 27-13

Fourth Quarter
CHI - TD (10:35)Play: Ed Kane 4 YD Run (Arnie Curtis Kick). Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 03:52
CHICAGO 34-13

CLE - TD (07:37)Play: 60 YD Int Return by Dick Lewis (Corey Dixon Kick). Drive: 1 plays, 60 yards in 00:29
CHICAGO 34-20

CHICAGO BEARS INDIVIDUAL STATS
PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG Sack
QB S. *Luckman 16/31 308 2 2 70 4-12
P M. Strickland 0/1 0 0 0 0 0-0

RUSHING AT YDS YPC TD LG
HB G. *McAfee 14 42 3.0 0 11
HB M. Brown 9 28 3.1 0 11
QB S. *Luckman 4 16 4.0 0 7
FB S. Hall 1 15 15.0 0 15
FB E. Kane 2 7 3.5 1 4

RECEIVING AT REC YDS YPC TD LG DRP
WR K.*Kavanaugh 11 6 112 18.7 0 53 0
WR R. Feeley 8 3 82 27.3 1 58 0
WR M. Sikahema 3 2 76 38.0 1 70 0
TE B. Butz 4 2 15 7.5 0 12 1
RB G. *McAfee 4 2 12 6.0 0 6 0
FB S. Hall 1 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
DE R. Houston 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD
OLB W. Swenson 5-5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
ILB C.Buckhalter 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SS F. Morrall 5-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
CB H. Mack 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FS S. Smith 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DT C. Gandy 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
DE B. *Hewitt 2-0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0
WR Z. Duval 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OLB G. Carver 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DE D. Winder 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CB R. Biekert 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FUMBLES LOST REC YDS
CB H. Mack 0 1 0
OT P. Shedd 0 1 31

KICKING FG LG XP PTS
K A. Curtis 2/3 38 4/4 10
PUNTING NO AVG NET I20 TB LG
P A. Pickett 3 43.7 38.3 0 0 49

Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG
FB E. Kane 5 19.2 0 26
Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG FC
CB R. Biekert 2 1.0 0 4 0
WR B. Wade 0 0.0 0 0 2
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CLEVELAND BROWNS INDIVIDUAL STATS
PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG Sack
QB B. Slaughter 20/36 156 1 1 38 2-10

RUSHING AT YDS YPC TD LG
HB B. Green 14 77 5.5 0 14
HB M. Johnson 5 19 3.8 0 13
FB C. Smith 1 10 10.0 0 10
QB B. Slaughter 2 5 2.5 0 4

RECEIVING AT REC YDS YPC TD LG DRP
RB M. Johnson 2 2 49 24.5 0 38 0
WR Z. Kruczek 17 8 38 4.8 1 9 1
WR M. Clark 6 3 27 9.0 0 12 1
TE J. Gagliano 5 3 19 6.3 0 12 1
WR J. Abraham 3 2 10 5.0 0 10 0
WR S. Gros 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
RB B. Green 2 1 4 4.0 0 4 0

DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD
ILB L. Carter 7-0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
ILB J. Stuber 5-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
DE W. *Millner 4-1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
OLB D. Robinson 4-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
FS R. Lavender 3-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
SS B. Holt 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DT M. Dusenbery 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CB D. Lewis 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SS D. Lewis 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
CB B. Humphrey 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CB M. Jones 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
OLB C. Johnson 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

FUMBLES LOST REC YDS
CB L. McKeller 1 0 0
QB B. Slaughter 1 0 0

KICKING FG LG XP PTS
K C. Dixon 2/2 48 2/2 8
PUNTING NO AVG NET I20 TB LG
P J. Hull 6 38.2 33.7 0 1 6

Kickoff Returns NO AVG TD LG
CB L. McKeller 6 18.3 0 36
Punt Returns NO AVG TD LG FC
CB L. McKeller 2 8.0 0 9 0

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NEVER TO EARLY TO BEGIN TOURNEY TALK
As January prepares to wind down we look ahead to the end of February for conference tournament week and then to the Big Show - March Madness. Certainly there is a lot of time left but it appears barring a major collapse Kentucky and NYU are locks for two of the four number one seeds.

However, it is not the top of the brackets we want to focus on this week. Instead let's take a look much further down and see who is on the bubble and pay particular attention to teams that are normally a lock for the tournament but may have some trouble getting in this time around.

North Carolina (12-7)- Winners of the first NCAA championship in 1932-33 the Tar Heels rarely miss post season action but an 0-4 record against top 25 clubs, including last week's 81-63 loss at home against North Carolina State, puts them in a bit of trouble this time around.

Syracuse (12-8)- A long time fixture in the tournament throughout the 1930's and early 40's the Orangemen have fallen on hard times and missed it each of the last two years. With a young team - 3 of their five starters are freshmen or sophomores - it could be a third straight year of going to the NIT instead.

Indiana (10-7)- National champions in 1936 and runner-up in both 1941 and 1942, the Hoosiers have also struggled of late missing postseason play altogether in 1945 and settling on an NIT bid last year. Junior guard Paul *Armstrong is one of the best players in the country but the supporting cast is weak.

Princeton (12-7) - After making the tournament 10 of the first 12 years the Tigers have had to go to the NIT each of the last two seasons. A weak schedule coupled with some losses to very bad schools leads one to believe the only hope Princeton has of getting in is to win it's conference tournament.

Oklahoma A&M (10-7)- A streak of 7 straight NCAA tournament appearances is in danger of coming to an end. With 4 trips to the Final Four including a title in 1933, this is one of the most storied schools in college basketball. A young team this year which included two freshman starters, the Cowboys got off to a terrible 2-5 start but have picked things up of late.

TSN COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Kentucky 20-1 1,943 1
2. New York Univ 19-0 1,814 2
3. UTEP 18-1 1,673 4
4. Oregon 18-3 1,541 3
5. Holy Cross 17-5 1,403 5
6. USC 16-3 1,329 7
7. Boston College 16-5 1,241 9
8. New Orleans 18-2 1,137 6
9. CCNY 16-4 1,089 11
10. Ohio State 16-4 1,018 8
11. Iowa State 14-3 952 12
12. San Francisco 14-6 904 13
13. N.C. State 16-4 857 17
14. Notre Dame 15-4 789 14
15. Washington St. 14-6 723 10
16. Drake 15-5 671 27
17. Richmond 17-5 626 23
18. Middle Tenn St. 17-5 522 15
19. Miami 16-4 458 29
20. Illinois 13-6 374 18
21. Texas Tech 14-4 311 28
22. Alabama 13-6 248 19
23. Auburn 15-5 206 20
24. Seton Hall 14-5 184 34
25. Wake Forest 14-6 164 36

Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown 153, Florida 143, Georgia 122, Stanford 102, Western Kentucky 81, Indiana State 61, Baylor 40, Washington 20, Utah 10, Texas Christian 6, Oklahoma A&M 2, Wyoming 2, Fordham 1, UCLA 1, Delaware St. 1, Oklahoma 1, Iowa 1, Providence 1, Creighton 1, North Carolina 1, Missouri 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 24 Florida, No. 25 Stanford, No. 16 Western Kentucky, No. 22 Baylor, No. 21 UCLA

ACC NEWS
Just 3 conference games as most teams spent the week playing out of conference matchups. Wake Forest improved to a conference best 5-2 with an 87-79 win at home over Duke while Georgia Tech topped Maryland 73-66 on Tuesday. On Thursday, North Carolina State won a big road game at North Carolina, 81-63 was the final.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Wake Forest 5 2 .714 14 6 .700
South Carolina 4 2 .667 13 6 .684
North Carolina 4 2 .667 12 7 .632
N.C. State 4 3 .571 16 4 .800
Georgia Tech 3 3 .500 8 11 .421
Maryland 2 4 .333 12 10 .545
Duke 2 4 .333 8 11 .421
Clemson 1 5 .167 10 9 .526

BIG 8 NEWS
Backup forward Kowan Bearden had 17 points to lead Nebraska to a 76-61 upset win over Missouri in a light conference schedule week. The other games had 11th ranked Iowa State drop Colorado 74-63 while Kansas beat rival K-State 87-52.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Oklahoma 5 1 .833 12 5 .706
Missouri 5 2 .714 12 6 .667
Iowa State 4 2 .667 14 3 .824
Oklahoma A&M 4 2 .667 10 7 .588
Nebraska 3 3 .500 9 10 .474
Kansas 3 3 .500 8 9 .471
Kansas State 1 6 .143 9 9 .500
Colorado 0 6 .000 2 15 .118

BIG EAST NEWS
Seton Hall did the conference proud knocking off 8th ranked New Orleans 67-66 on a last second jumper from junior guard Will Johnson. Earlier in the week Seton Hall topped Rutgers on the road 86-62 to move within a half game of Georgetown. The Hoyas lost 75-65 at Boston College.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Georgetown 5 2 .714 17 6 .739
Seton Hall 4 2 .667 14 5 .737
Syracuse 4 2 .667 12 8 .600
Connecticut 4 2 .667 12 7 .632
Boston College 3 3 .500 16 5 .762
Providence 3 3 .500 12 7 .632
St. John's 2 4 .333 10 9 .526
Rutgers 0 7 .000 5 15 .250

BIG TEN NEWS
After beating Michigan State to start the week the Ohio State Buckeyes had to settle for a split in their trip through the state of Michigan. The Wolverines got 25 points from senior guard Max Heim to lead them past Ohio State 87-63. Indiana improved it's slim tournament chances with wins over Minnesota and Wisconin. On other game of note, Northwestern upset Illinois on the road in overtime 88-84. Freshman center Larry *Faust had a career high 25 points to lead Northwestern.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Ohio State 7 2 .778 16 4 .800
Indiana 6 3 .667 10 7 .588
Northwestern 5 3 .625 12 6 .667
Iowa 5 4 .556 13 6 .684
Michigan 5 4 .556 6 11 .353
Illinois 4 4 .500 13 6 .684
Minnesota 5 5 .500 9 10 .474
Purdue 4 5 .444 11 8 .579
Wisconsin 3 7 .300 7 11 .389
Michigan State 1 8 .111 5 12 .294

EASTERN INDEPENDANT NEWS
NYU and Holy Cross had mixed results in their trip out west to play PCC foes. Behind 29 points each from Dolph *Schayes and Kevin *O'Shea NYU thumped Santa Clara 107-46 while Holy Cross came out on the short end of a 73-63 score at Stanford.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
New York Univ 6 0 1.000 19 0 1.000
CCNY 5 2 .714 16 4 .800
Holy Cross 4 2 .667 17 5 .773
Duquesne 4 2 .667 12 6 .667
Villanova 2 4 .333 9 10 .474
Manhattan 2 5 .286 7 13 .350
Army 1 5 .167 5 14 .263
Navy 1 5 .167 3 15 .167

IVY LEAGUE NEWS
Princeton, Brown and Cornell each added their fifth conference win of the season. Princeton shaded Dartmouth 73-70, Brown dumped Pennsylvania 84-56 while Cornell downed Columbia 69-45 in the only 3 conference games of the week.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Princeton 5 1 .833 12 7 .632
Brown 5 1 .833 12 7 .632
Cornell 5 2 .714 11 9 .550
Harvard 3 3 .500 11 8 .579
Pennsylvania 2 4 .333 7 12 .368
Yale 2 4 .333 5 14 .263
Dartmouth 2 5 .286 5 15 .250
Columbia 1 5 .167 5 14 .263

MIDWEST INDEPENDANT NEWS
Marquette continues to be the surprise team of the conference. After starting the season 3-9 the Warriors have won 5 of 6 conference games with a loss to Notre Dame being the only blemish. The latest victim was Louisville. Senior forward Darrell Looke had 27 points as the Warriors blasted the Cardinals 104-61. However, Marquette's recent success did not transfer out of conference as they lost 79-71 at home to Arizona State on the weekend.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Marquette 5 1 .833 8 11 .421
Louisville 5 2 .714 12 8 .600
Notre Dame 4 2 .667 15 4 .789
Pittsburgh 3 3 .500 11 8 .579
Penn State 3 3 .500 7 12 .368
Memphis 2 4 .333 9 10 .474
Detroit 2 5 .286 8 12 .400
Cincinnati 1 5 .167 9 10 .474

PCC NORTH NEWS
A big showdown last Wednesday as San Francisco beat Oregon 74-60. Senior center Jack *Toomay had 31 points to lead the Dons while the visiting Ducks got 23 from junior guard Andy *Tonkovich.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
San Francisco 5 1 .833 14 6 .700
Oregon 5 2 .714 18 3 .857
LMU 3 3 .500 10 9 .526
St. Mary's 3 3 .500 9 10 .474
Portland 3 3 .500 9 10 .474
Washington St. 2 4 .333 14 6 .700
Washington 2 4 .333 13 8 .619
Oregon State 2 5 .286 7 13 .350

PCC SOUTH NEWS
It is always exciting when UCLA and USC meet, well almost always. This one featuring teams going in different directions was a blow out. The Trojans won 87-47 and are in contention for a number 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The Bruins on the other hand have dropped 5 of 6 conference games and after a 10-3 start are in danger of missing post season play altogether.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
California 5 2 .714 13 7 .650
USC 4 2 .667 16 3 .842
Pepperdine 4 2 .667 12 7 .632
Santa Clara 4 2 .667 8 11 .421
Stanford 3 4 .429 14 6 .700
Gonzaga 2 4 .333 12 7 .632
San Diego 2 4 .333 6 13 .316
UCLA 1 5 .167 11 8 .579

SEC NEWS
Two more wins for the nations number 1 ranked team. Kentucky dumped Mississippi State 94-72 Wedneday and then hammered non-conference opponent San Diego State 102-66 on the weekend.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Kentucky 8 0 1.000 20 1 .952
Georgia 6 3 .667 14 5 .737
Florida 6 3 .667 12 6 .667
Auburn 6 4 .600 15 5 .750
Alabama 5 5 .500 13 6 .684
Louisiana St. 4 5 .444 11 7 .611
Vanderbilt 4 5 .444 10 8 .556
Tennessee 4 5 .444 8 10 .444
Mississippi St. 1 7 .125 4 15 .211
Mississippi 1 8 .111 4 15 .211

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NEWS
A very quiet week for the conference as just 6 teams saw action. Texas Tech moved into the top 25 with a 93-55 win over Rice. Freshman Art *Burris poured in 41 points to lead Texas A&M past Texas 97-86. That performance was enough to earn Burris National Freshman of the Week honours. Arkansas won 79-69 at Baylor in the only other game involving SWC teams this week.

CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Texas Christian 6 0 1.000 12 5 .706
Texas Tech 5 2 .714 14 4 .778
Texas A&M 4 2 .667 10 7 .588
Baylor 3 3 .500 12 5 .706
Arkansas 3 3 .500 11 6 .647
SMU 2 4 .333 7 10 .412
Rice 2 4 .333 5 12 .294
Texas 0 7 .000 4 14 .222

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
ROCKET LAUNCHES FIVE PAST LEAFS GOALIE BRODA
After suffering through an 8 game stretch when he only scored two goals, Maurice 'Rocket' Richard has taken his game to a new level over the past week and a half. The highlight was a 5-goal performance in a 7-4 victory over Turk Broda and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The offensive ouburst came right in the middle of a string of 5 games where Richard has scored at least one goal and lifts the Rocket's league leading total to 32 goals.

Another scoring sensation is Chicago Black Hawks superstar center Max Bentley. Despite playing on the league's worst club Bentley has an outside chance of recording the first 100 point season in league history. Presently Bentley has 55 points in 34 games.

Despite Richard's big game this week really belonged to the netminders as a total of 5 shutouts were recorded included two each from Boston's Frank Brimsek and Chuck Rayner of the Rangers. Brimsek's shutouts occurred in back to back games and he will look to make it three straight Wednesday night against Montreal.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
CAPITOLS OPEN UP SMALL LEAD IN EAST
The Washington Capitols moved 2 games ahead of the second place Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA East Division. Bob Feerick sank a buzzer beater yesterday to give the Capitols a 55-54 win over Chicago and complete a perfect 3-0 week. Feerick, averaging 17.6 points a game, is third in the league in score and unquestionably the leader of the Washington squad. Freddie Scolari and Horace McKinney are the other key offensive contributers.

Philadelphia fell 2 games behind Washington after a tough double-overtime loss to Chicago at home. League scoring leader Joe Fulks poured in 34 of the Warriors points in an 80-75 loss to the Stags. Chicago is tied with St Louis atop the West Division, 1 game ahead of third place Cleveland.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
BRAVES EXPECTED TO DRAFT CATCHER WITH FIRST PICK
The Boston Braves own the first pick in the inagural major league baseball draft which will be held at the league office in New York on Wednesday. (EDITOR'S NOTE - For the first 45 odd seasons I assigned rookies to their original teams in this league but I felt a draft would add some more content to my reports and also possibly balance the league a little.)

Prior to this season major league baseball squads were free to scour the country and sign whoever they chose to a contract. That all change effective April 1st of last year. Major league teams will now take turns selecting players and the club that drafts a youngster will have exclusive rights to sign that player.

A 21 year old St Louis native by the name of Lawrence Berra is expected to be the first player drafted. Berra, who goes by the nickname Yogi, appears to have allstar potential.

Other possible early picks include 19 year old pitcher Art Houtteman from Detroit; Earl Torgeson, a 23 year old first baseman from Snohomish, Washington; and smooth hitting 22 year old outfielder Vic Wertz from York, Pennsylvania.

BOXING
ARAGON TAKES STEP CLOSER TO TITLE SHOT
One of the more pleasant surprises during the postwar Lightweight qualifying tournament was the performance of a young Los Angeles native named Art Aragon. Just 20 years old Aragon was 12-4-1 in the tournament with all four of his losses coming against top 10 fighters. Aragon took a step closer to a title shot by breaking into the top 10 with a convincing 4th round TKO of Mexican Mario Trigo in Los Angeles on Friday. Dubbed boxing's Golden Boy, Aragon looks to be just two or three victories away from a possible title shot. Trigo's record drops to 13-4.

On the same card, another Los Angeles fighter came up with a victory. Carlos Chavez improved his record to 24-11-1 with a majority decision over Tsuneo Horiguchi of Japan. It was a spirited affair that saw Chavez sent to the canvas twice and Horiguchi floored four times. The 25 year old Chavez had beat Horiguchi in a 15 round majority decision in Tokyo a year ago during the postwar elimination tournament. Horiguchi falls 28-10-2 with the loss.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME At Charlotte
Chicago Bears 34 Cleveland Browns 20

PAST CHAMPIONS
1941 Detroit 20-14 over Tennessee
1942 Philadelphia 24-13 over New York Jets
1943 Carolina 27-13 over Oakland
1944 Cincinnati 19-13 over Arizona in overtime
1945 Baltimore 45-14 over Chicago
1946 Chicago 34-20 over Cleveland

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 38 22 11 5 49 115 100
New York 38 19 12 7 45 106 94
Toronto 38 18 18 2 38 112 96
Montreal 36 16 15 5 37 99 84
Boston 36 12 18 6 30 84 93
Chicago 34 8 21 5 21 70 118

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 34 24 31 55
Ted Kennedy TOR 38 19 30 49
Maurice Richard MON 36 32 9 41
Billy Taylor DET 38 9 24 33
Bill Ezinicki TOR 38 18 13 31
Tony Leswick NY 38 20 10 30
Howie Meeker TOR 38 18 12 30
Joe Carveth BOS 36 16 14 30
Bill Cowley BOS 36 14 16 30
Toe Blake MON 36 12 18 30
Roy Conacher DET 38 21 7 28
Ted Lindsay DET 38 19 9 28
Elmer Lach MON 36 5 23 28
Grant Warwick NY 38 13 14 27
Milt Schmidt BOS 36 8 18 26
Cal Gardner NY 38 15 9 24
Jim Conacher DET 38 9 15 24

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Pat Egan BOS 36 72
Pete Horeck DET 38 69
Garth Boesch TOR 38 68
Fern Flaman BOS 36 66
Gus Mortson TOR 38 66
Kenny Reardon MON 36 63

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 26 16-15-5 5 2.23
Chuck Rayner NY 37 19-11-7 4 2.38
Harry Lumley DET 35 20-10-5 0 2.58
Frank Brimsek BOS 36 12-18-6 2 2.58
Turk Broda TOR 38 18-18-2 1 2.63
Paul Bibeault CHI 28 6-14-5 0 3.11

RESULTS
Wednesday January 17, 1947
Montreal 1 at 2 Toronto
Detroit 0 at 2 New York
Chicago 6 at 5 Bosotn

Thursday January 18, 1947
Toronto 4 at 7 Montreal

Saturday January 20, 1947
New York 0 at 3 Montreal
Detroit 2 at 1 Toronto
Chicago 0 at 4 Boston

Sunday January 21, 1947
Chicago 0 at 3 New York
Montreal 4 at 4 Detroit
Toronto 0 at 3 Boston

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday January 24, 1947
Montreal at Boston
New York at Chicago

Thursday January 25, 1947
Chicago at Detroit

Saturday January 27, 1947
Boston at Montreal
New York at Toronto

Sunday January 28, 1947
Toronto at Chicago
Detroit at Boston

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 31 23 8 .742 x
PHI 29 20 9 .690 2.0
PROV 29 15 14 .517 7.0
NY 30 14 16 .467 8.5
BOS 31 9 22 .290 14.0
Tor 30 7 23 .233 15.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
STL 32 21 11 .656 x
CHI 32 21 11 .656 x
CLE 30 19 11 .633 1.0
DET 32 11 21 .344 10.0
PIT 30 8 22 .267 12.0

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 28 24.1
Ed*Sadowski CLE 27 18.6
Bob Feerick WSH 28 17.6
Ernie*Calverley PRO 25 14.4
Stan*Miasek DET 30 13.7
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 30 13.4
Chuck*Halbert CHI 29 13.4
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 32 13.3
Johnny*Logan STL 28 13.1
Freddie Scolari WSH 27 13.0
Coulby*Gunther PIT 30 12.7
Hank*Beenders PRO 27 12.4
Donald*Martin PRO 24 12.3
Horace McKinney WSH 28 12.3
Leo Mogus TOR 29 11.9

RESULTS
Monday January 15, 1947
New York 60 at 52 Pittsburgh

Tuesday January 16, 1947
Philadelphia 64 at 51 Toronto
Providence 60 at 77 Cleveland

Wednesday January 17, 1947
Washington 55 at 50 New York
Providence 58 at 51 Pittsburgh
Chicago 74 at 57 Detroit

Thursday January 18, 1947
Washington 56 at 45 Boston
Chicago 80 at 75 Philadelphia (2OT)
Cleveland 44 at 54 St Louis

Friday January 19, 1947
Detroit 49 at 44 Toronto

Saturday January 20, 1947
Chicago 54 at 55 Washington
Boston 37 at 64 New York

Sunday January 21, 1947
Providence 60 at 50 St Louis
New York 66 at 65 Cleveland

UPCOMING GAMES

Monday January 22, 1947
Detroit at Pittsburgh
Chicago at Boston

Tuesday January 23, 1947
St Louis at Toronto
Boston at Philadelphia

Wednesday January 24, 1947
Cleveland at Detroit
Philadelphia at Washington
Chicago at New York

Thursday January 25, 1947
Cleveland at Philadelphia
Providence at Chicago
Pittsburgh at Boston

Friday January 26, 1947
Providence at Toronto

Saturday January 27, 1947
Philadelphia at Detroit
Pittsburgh at Washington
Boston at New York

Sunday January 28, 1947
Philadelphia at Chicago
Detroit at St Louis

TigerFan1

08-27-2004, 01:50 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 29, 1947

BOXING NEWS
LOSS COSTS ELMER RAY TITLE SHOT
Roscoe Toles moved a step closer to a shot at Heavyweight champion Joe Louis by derailing Elmer Ray's title bid. Toles won a unanimous decision in a spirited battle with the 37 year old Ray in Miami on Friday. Ray would have likely got a title match with Joe Louis in the fall had he won the bout. Instead, it appears the Florida native's career is nearing it's conclusion. Ray is 23-5 in his career with two of his losses coming at the hands of Toles. Many questioned his decision to fight Toles but rumour is Louis promised Ray a title shot if he would fight and beat fellow Detroiter Toles.

Toles improves to 19-4 and being the fourth ranked contender in the heavyweight division may get a title matchup with his Detroit buddy Joe Louis a year from now.

CERDAN CLAIMS EUROPEAN TITLE - NOW A FORCE IN MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION
Marcel Cerdan is quickly become a force in the middleweight division. The Frenchman improved his record to 24-5 with a 12th round knockout of Randy Turpin in London, England over the weekend. The victory gives Cerdan the European Middleweight belt, a title Turpin held for just one bout. It is just the fourth loss of Turpin's career but it came as quite a shock. Turpin was intent on getting a shot at champion Tony Zale, who defeated Jake LaMotta last week. Turpin had beaten Zale during the post-war elimination tournament. Without the clout of a European belt it is unlikely Turpin will get another chance at Zale. Turpin does, however, still retain the British Middleweight title.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
LITTLE CHANGE ATOP THE TSN POLL
With just 4 weeks remaining in the college basketball season things seem to have stabilized atop the TSN poll. There is only one new entry in the top 10 this week as Iowa State creeps up from 11th to 10th after Ohio State suffered through a rough week. A 78-50 loss in Iowa dropped the Buckeyes to 15th and their lead in the Big 10 is down to a half game over Indiana.

Kentucky, with in-conference blowout wins over Mississippi and Georgia remains the number 1 ranked team in the nation with unbeaten New York University right behind them. NYU had to rally to beat Navy 66-58 on the road last week but then had an easier time in Pittsburgh with a 76-50 win over Duquesne.

Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Kentucky 22-1 1,943 1
2. New York Univ 21-0 1,813 2
3. Oregon 19-3 1,664 4
4. Holy Cross 19-5 1,531 5
5. UTEP 19-2 1,407 3
6. Boston College 18-5 1,322 7
7. USC 17-4 1,237 6
8. New Orleans 19-2 1,141 8
9. CCNY 17-4 1,094 9
10. Iowa State 16-3 1,026 11
11. San Francisco 16-6 959 12
12. Notre Dame 17-4 908 14
13. Washington St. 16-6 862 15
14. N.C. State 17-4 797 13
15. Ohio State 17-5 725 10
16. Drake 17-5 677 16
17. Richmond 19-5 633 17
18. Miami 18-4 525 19
19. Texas Tech 15-4 457 21
20. Florida 14-6 373 27
21. Illinois 14-7 309 20
22. Middle Tenn St. 17-6 246 18
23. Stanford 15-6 205 29
24. Western Kentucky 15-7 184 30
25. Alabama 14-7 163 22

Others Receiving Votes: UCLA 152, Auburn 142, Seton Hall 121, Wyoming 101, Delaware St. 80, Wake Forest 60, Indiana State 40, Georgetown 20, Washington 10, Georgia 6, North Carolina 2, Baylor 2, Texas Christian 1, Utah 1, Creighton 1, Fordham 1, Fresno State 1, Iowa 1, Providence 1, California 1, Princeton 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 23 Auburn, No. 24 Seton Hall, No. 25 Wake Forest

The full recap on each of the major conferences will return next week.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
WARRIORS AND STAGS BOTH HAVE BUSY WEEK BUT MIXED RESULTS
The Philadelphia Warriors are paying for a lot of off time early in the season by playing a large number of back to back games recently, including a 5 game week this time around. The Warriors started strong with home wins over Boston and Cleveland sandwiched around a tough 56-51 loss to division leading Washington in the nation's capital. However, the week ended on a sour note as the Warriors lost two close games on the road - falling 71-67 in Detroit and 59-58 in Chicago.

Speaking of Chicago, the Stags also had a tough week with four games on the slate. Chicago passed the test with flying colours winning all 4 games. On Monday, Chuck Halbert had 14 points to lead the Stags past Boston 65-52. Wednesday, Halbert scored 17 including the game winning basket in a 58-57 win in New York. After a long train ride home you could excuse the Stags if they came up flat against Providence. Instead they responded with one of their best efforts of the season, flatening the Steamrollers 71-55 behind 15 points each from Halbert and Max Zaslofsky. They rounded out the week with a 1 point win over Philadelphia on Sunday. Chicago is now 2 ahead of second place St Louis and 3 up on Cleveland in the West.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BRUINS BACK IN THICK OF PLAYOFF HUNT
Not long ago it looked like the Boston Bruins playoff chances were all but gone but what a difference a couple of weeks makes. Three weeks ago the 5th place Bruins trailed Montreal by 7 points in the race to make the top four and qualify for the postseason. The Bruins won 2 and tied one this week to give them a 5-1-1 record in their past 7 games and more importantly allowed them to creep to within one point of 4th place Montreal and just 2 back of third place Toronto. During the same stretch the Bruins won 5 of 7 Montreal managed just 2 wins and the slumping Leafs only one.

Boston's two victories came in a home and home series against Montreal. Bobby Bauer scored two goals and Frank Brimsek made 34 saves as the Bruins won 5-1 at the Gardens on Wednesday. On Saturday in Montreal, Brimsek was named the games first star after making 43 saves in a 4-2 Boston win. Woody Dumart had a pair of goals for the winners. On Sunday, the Bruins played well in a 2-2 tie at home against Detroit.

Toronto, on the other hand, is in a terrible slump. The Leafs have lost 5 straight and 9 of their last 12 games. On the weekend both New York and lowly Chicago had their way with the struggling Leafs. Chuck Rayner and the Rangers blanked Toronto 2-0 Saturday in the Leafs own building. Rayner stopped all 34 shots he faced for his 5th shutout of the season, tying him with Montreal's Bill Durnan for the lead in that category. The Rangers have closed to within 3 points of first place Detroit atop the league standings.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT
BRAVES NAB TORGESON FIRST OVERALL, BERRA SLIPS TO THIRD
To the surprise of many the Boston Braves passed on catching phenom Yogi Berra and selected slugging first baseman Earl Torgeson with the first overall pick in the inagural major league baseball draft.

Most expected the Braves to snap up Berra, a highly touted catcher out of St Louis. Instead the chose to go with Torgeson, who has tremendous power hitting potential. With slugger Rudy York entrenched at first it remains to be seen where Torgeson will play but he is expected to be on the major league roster come opening day.

The lowly Chicago White Sox took a step to improve their sad-sack offense by selecting 25 year old Texan Ferris Fain with the second pick. The first baseman will almost certainly be in the opening day lineup and while he does not seem to have great power potential he should hit for average.

Surprised he was available the New York Giants immediately grabbed Berra with the third pick. The 21 year old may need a year of seasoning but will be given a chance to compete for the starting job. Rounding out the top 5 the Athletics selected OF Wally Westlake while the Browns nabbed another outfielder, Vic Wertz.

In a weak draft for hurlers the first pitcher was not selected until late in the second round when Brooklyn took Larry Jansen.

Below is the complete list of the first 3 rounds:

Round 1:

Boston (N) pick: 1B Earl Torgeson.
Chicago (A) pick: 1B Ferris Fain.
New York(N) pick: C Yogi Berra.
Philadelphia (A) pick: RF Wally Westlake.
St. Louis(A) pick: RF Vic Wertz.
Philadelphia (N) pick: 1B Eddie Robinson.
Chicago (N) pick: 3B Eddie Yost.
New York pick: RF Gene Hermanski.
Detroit pick: CF Bobby Thomson.
Washington pick: LF Clyde Vollmer.
St. Louis pick: C Les Moss.
Brooklyn pick: 3B Bobby Brown.
Boston (A) pick: RF Joe Frazier.
Cincinnati pick: RF Sam Mele.
Cleveland pick: RF Allie Clark.
Pittsburgh pick: 3B Jack Lohrke.

Round 2 :

Boston (N) pick: RF Don Lund.
Chicago (A) pick: LF Cliff Aberson.
New York(N) pick: RF Dave Philley.
Philadelphia (A) pick: LF Dale Mitchell.
St. Louis(A) pick: CF Gary Gearhart.
Philadelphia (N) pick: C Sal Yvars.
Chicago (N) pick: 1B Jack Phillips.
New York pick: CF Paul Lehner.
Detroit pick: 1B Joe Lafata.
Washington pick: 3B Spider Jorgensen.
St. Louis pick: RF Frank Baumholtz.
Brooklyn pick: P Larry Jansen.
Boston (A) pick: C Dixie Howell.
Cincinnati pick: P Art Houtteman.
Cleveland pick: SS Jack Albright.
Pittsburgh pick: P Vic Raschi.

Round 3 :

Boston (N) pick: CF Marv Rackley.
Chicago (A) pick: 1B Chuck Kress.
New York(N) pick: RF Ray Coleman.
Philadelphia (A) pick: 3B Bobby Rhawn.
St. Louis(A) pick: SS Ralph Lapointe.
Philadelphia (N) pick: C Ralph Houk.
Chicago (N) pick: P Jim Hearn.
New York pick: P Doyle Lade.
Detroit pick: 1B Dick Adams.
Washington pick: CF Junior Wooten.
St. Louis pick: P Joe Coleman.
Brooklyn pick: P Spec Shea.
Boston (A) pick: P Karl Drews.
Cincinnati pick: P Harry Dorish.
Cleveland pick: SS Sam Dente.
Pittsburgh pick: P Carl Scheib.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 40 23 11 6 52 128 107
New York 40 21 12 7 49 112 96
Toronto 40 18 20 2 38 114 103
Montreal 38 16 17 5 37 102 93
Boston 39 14 18 7 35 95 98
Chicago 37 9 23 5 23 82 135

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 37 27 36 63
Ted Kennedy TOR 40 19 30 49
Maurice Richard MON 38 34 9 43
Billy Taylor DET 40 10 25 35
Ted Lindsay DET 40 22 10 32
Bill Ezinicki TOR 40 18 14 32
Bill Cowley BOS 39 15 17 32
Toe Blake MON 40 12 19 31
Tony Leswick NY 40 20 10 30
Howie Meeker TOR 40 18 12 30
Joe Carveth BOS 39 16 14 30
Milt Schmidt BOS 39 8 22 30
Roy Conacher DET 40 22 7 29
George Gee CHI 37 18 11 29
Grant Warwick NY 40 15 14 29
Elmer Lach MON 38 5 23 28
Cal Gardner NY 40 15 11 26

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Pat Egan BOS 39 74
Pete Horeck DET 40 69
Garth Boesch TOR 40 68
Gus Mortson TOR 40 68
Kenny Reardon MON 38 67
Fern Flaman BOS 39 66

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Chuck Rayner NY 39 21-11-7 5 2.31
Bill Durnan MON 38 16-17-5 5 2.32
Frank Brimsek BOS 39 14-18-7 2 2.51
Turk Broda TOR 40 18-20-2 1 2.64
Harry Lumley DET 36 21-10-15 0 2.65
Paul Bibeault CHI 33 6-15-5 0 3.25

RESULTS
Wednesday January 24, 1947
Montreal 1 at 5 Boston
New York 4 at 2 Chicago

Thursday January 25, 1947
Chicago 5 at 11 Detroit

Saturday January 27, 1947
Boston 4 at 2 Montreal
New York 2 at 0 Toronto

Sunday January 28, 1947
Toronto 2 at 5 Chicago
Detroit 2 at 2 Boston

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday January 30, 1947
Montreal at Chicago

Wednesday January 31, 1947
Detroit at Boston

Thursday February 1, 1947
Toronto at Montreal

Saturday February 3, 1947
Boston at Detroit
Chicago at Toronto
New York at Montreal

Sunday February 4, 1947
Boston at Chicago
Montreal at New York

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 33 25 8 .758 x
PHI 34 22 12 .647 3.5
PROV 31 15 16 .484 9.0
NY 32 14 18 .438 10.5
BOS 35 11 24 .314 15.0
Tor 32 9 23 .281 15.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 36 25 11 .694 x
STL 34 22 12 .647 2.0
CLE 32 20 12 .625 3.0
DET 36 12 24 .333 13.0
PIT 33 9 24 .273 14.5

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 33 23.8
Ed*Sadowski CLE 29 18.5
Bob Feerick WSH 30 17.6
Ernie*Calverley PRO 27 14.4
Stan*Miasek DET 31 14.0
Chuck*Halbert CHI 33 13.6
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 32 13.4
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 35 13.2
Freddie Scolari WSH 29 13.1
Johnny*Logan STL 30 13.0
Coulby*Gunther PIT 33 12.7
Leo Mogus TOR 31 12.3
Hank*Beenders PRO 29 12.3
Horace McKinney WSH 29 12.3
Donald*Martin PRO 26 12.3

RESULTS
Monday January 22, 1947
Detroit 48 at 61 Pittsburgh
Chicago 65 at 52 Boston

Tuesday January 23, 1947
St Louis 63 at 73 Toronto
Boston 46 at 63 Philadelphia

Wednesday January 24, 1947
Cleveland 68 at 55 Detroit
Philadelphia 50 at 56 Washington
Chicago 58 at 57 New York

Thursday January 25, 1947
Cleveland 60 at 77 Philadelphia
Providence 55 at 71 Chicago
Pittsburgh 43 at 51 Boston

Friday January 26, 1947
Providence 65 at 76 Toronto

Saturday January 27, 1947
Philadelphia 67 at 71 Detroit
Pittsburgh 53 at 71 Washington
Boston 56 at 52 New York

Sunday January 28, 1947
Philadelphia 58 at 59 Chicago
Detroit 43 at 53 St Louis

UPCOMING GAMES

Monday January 29, 1947
Washington at Boston
Providence at Pittsburgh
Cleveland at Toronto

Tuesday January 30, 1947
Toronto at Cleveland

Wednesday January 31, 1947
Providence at Detroit
Boston at Washington
Pittsburgh at New York

Thursday February 1, 1947
Pittsburgh at Boston
New York at Philadelphia
Providence at St Louis

Friday February 2, 1947
Washington at Toronto

Saturday February 3, 1947
Cleveland at St Louis
Philadelphia at New York
Pittsburgh at Providence

Sunday February 4, 1947
Washington at Cleveland
New York at Detroit
Toronto at Chicago

TigerFan1

08-28-2004, 11:06 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : February 5, 1947

BOXING NEWS
LOUIS SET TO DEFEND WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
All eyes in the boxing community will be focused on Detroit's Olympia Stadium next Friday when World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis puts his perfect post-war record of 8-0 on the line against 3rd ranked contender Nathan Mann. Judging by their previous meeting, a 3rd round knockout for Louis in Indianapolis just over a year ago in the post-war qualifying tournament, this should be an easy night for the champion. However, as Jake LaMotta found out a couple of weeks ago when he was upset by Tony Zale for the middleweight belt, you can't take anything for granted.

Still the 32 year old Louis looks to be unbeatable. 8 straight wins, all by knockout and half of them in 4 rounds or less. Mann, a 32 year old from Hamden, Connecticut is 18-4-1 and has won 14 of his bouts by knockout.

In boxing action over the weekend Billy Smith upset up-and-coming lightheavyweight contender Jimmy Slade with a third round KO. Slade, who now has a 23-7-1 record, looked ill prepared and out of shape and as a result never had a chance against journeyman Smith. The 22 year old Slade was looking at this bout as a stepping stone towards getting a shot at one of the top 5 of 6 contenders in the division. Instead it is Atlantic City native Smith who may get that opportunity after delighting the hometown crowd with a win over the young New Yorker. Smith, nicknamed Boardwalk, improves to 14-9 with the win.

Jimmy Doyle scored a 15 round majority decision over Frankie Fernandez in the headliner of a Saturday fight card in San Francisco. The 23 year old Doyle improves to 14-4 and is ranked the 9th best welterweight fighter in the world. 28 year old Honolulu native Fernandez falls to 21-6. On the same card former Olympic medal winner Simon Vegara from Panama improved to 37-6-2 as a pro with a 15 round decision over Pedro Hernandez. Vegara is ranked 8th in the featherweight division worldwide.

In Britian, 21 year old bantamweight Jimmy Green fought to a 15-round draw in his first pro fight against veteran Sammy Reynolds. Reynolds is 13-26-2. Another debut of sorts was a little more successful. 36 year old heavyweight Alf Robinson, who last saw action prior to WWII, looked good in his postwar debut winning by a 9th round TKO over 35 year old James Wilde. Neither fought chose to participate in the post war elimination tournament but each had a change of heart recently.

Finally in Denmark Carl Nielsen dropped Pierre Van Deuren of the Netherlands with a 5th round KO. A newcomer to professional boxing at age 28, Nielson evens his record at 1-1 and his camp is eyeing a shot at Bruce Woodcock and the European Heavyweight title in the near future.

LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT SET FOR FEBRUARY 23 IN NEW YORK
World Lightweight champ Ike Williams will defend his title against Joe Brown Friday February 23rd at New York's Madison Square Garden. The 24 year old Williams is a perfect 18-0 including title defense wins over Ronnie James and Enrique Bolanos. The Trenton, New Jersey has 16 knockouts to his credit.

His 21 year old opponent hails from New Orleans and has a postwar record of 12-2 and has climbed to 3rd in the world rankings. The knock on Brown is that he has not faced top level opponents and many feel his weaknesses will be quickly exposed by the veteran Williams. Williams reportedly passed on a rematch with Enrique Bolanos to take an easier payday against Brown. Bolanos has 14 victories to go with his only loss against Williams in the final of the lightweight postwar title tourney. Bolanos has apparently settled on a bout with 5th ranked Rudy Cruz that will likely take place in March in either Los Angeles or perhaps Mexico City.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NYU LOSES TWO IN A ROW
After starting the season 21-0 New York University suffered two setbacks last week and may not win their conference regular season title. A Thursday loss to Army was extremely shocking as the Black Knights overcame a 21 point deficiet to hand NYU it's first loss of the season 94-88. Two days later NYU was beaten again, this time by rival CCNY 69-66. The CCNY game was pegged as hurdle that NYU would have to overcome in it's quest for a perfect season so that loss is quite understandable but the collapse against Army left everyone in the Eastern Independant League dumbfounded.

Holy Cross appears to be the school that could benefit the most from the Army upset. The Crusaders are now tied with NYU for the conference lead at 8-2. Holy Cross is also ranked 4th in the TSN Poll after an overtime win at 12th ranked CCNY on Monday and an easy win over Army on Saturday. Holy Cross and NYU play each other twice in the four remaining conference games for each school including next Wednesday at NYU.

TSN TOP 25
Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Kentucky 24-1 1,941 1
2. Oregon 21-3 1,742 3
3. New York Univ 21-2 1,670 2
4. Holy Cross 21-5 1,544 4
5. UTEP 21-2 1,408 5
6. Boston College 20-5 1,331 6
7. USC 19-4 1,244 7
8. New Orleans 21-2 1,149 8
9. San Francisco 18-6 1,100 11
10. Iowa State 18-3 1,034 10
11. Notre Dame 19-4 959 12
12. CCNY 18-5 905 9
13. Washington St. 17-7 853 13
14. Richmond 21-5 788 17
15. N.C. State 18-5 722 14
16. Miami 20-4 676 18
17. Florida 16-6 632 20
18. Stanford 17-6 519 23
19. Middle Tenn St. 19-6 454 22
20. Ohio State 17-7 370 15
21. Texas Tech 16-5 307 19
22. Illinois 15-8 245 21
23. Auburn 17-6 204 27
24. Drake 17-7 183 16
25. Washington 16-9 163 34

Others Receiving Votes: Baylor 152, Delaware St. 142, Georgetown 122, Western Kentucky 101, Alabama 80, Seton Hall 60, Indiana State 40, Wake Forest 20, Wyoming 10, Indiana 6, Texas Christian 2, UCLA 2, Fordham 1, Creighton 1, Fresno State 1, Utah 1, South Carolina 1, Iowa 1, La Salle 1, Georgia 1, North Carolina 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 24 Western Kentucky, No. 25 Alabama

BUCKEYES FALLING OUT OF BIG 10 RACE
After starting the Big 10 schedule 7-1 the Ohio State Buckeyes have lost 4 straight conference games and if they are not careful they could miss the NCAA tournament altogether. The Buckeyes have gone from a 16-3 record and a possible 2 seed in the tournament to 17-7 with some tough games ahead which means there is a chance they could miss the tournament altogether if they can't turn things around quickly.

After making the elite 8 a year ago, fans in Columbus expected big things from this year's edition of the Buckeyes and the team delivered early in the season. Led by senior forwards Paul *Huston and Allen Dykema the Buckeyes advanced to the final of the preseason Hawaiian Classic before losing to Kentucky. They dominated opponents in November and December and got off to a strong start once the conference games began but then everything fell apart two and half weeks ago. Blown out on the road by Michigan, Iowa and Northwestern the string of losses reached 4 with an 80-68 Saturday defeat at the hands of #22 Illinois. The 12 point deficeit was the closest Ohio State has been in any of the four losses.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
FEERICK LEADS CAPITOLS TO 9TH STRAIGHT WIN
The Washington Capitols are quickly make the East Division a one team race. Behind solid play from team scoring leader Bob Feerick, the Capitols won 4 games last week to increase their winning streak to 9 in a row. That has allowed Washington to open a 5.5 game lead on second place Philadelphia.

Feerick, a 27 year old guard who hails from San Francisco, had 3 straight 20 point games last week and his 17.5 ppg is third best in the league. Coach Red Aurebach is also getting strong play from Feerick's backcourt mate Freddie Scolari and forward Horace McKinney.

In the West Division it remains a three team battle between Chicago, St Louis and Cleveland. Ed Sadowski of the Rebels had big week, scoring 88 points in 4 games but his performance could not prevent the Rebels from losing 3 of their 4 contests including a pair of 1 point losses to St Louis and Washington.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
THREE TEAMS FIGHTING FOR FINAL TWO PLAYOFF SPOTS
With the NHL season just passing the two-thirds mark an exciting race is developing as Boston, Montreal and Toronto do battle for the final 2 playoff spots. Just 2 points seperate the 3 clubs and each has 18 games left to play.

The Bruins are getting offense from each of their top two lines. The Kraut Line of Milt Schmidt (34pts), Woody Dumart (29) and Bobby Bauer (28) is starting to carry the team after a slow start. The second line of Bill Cowley (37), Joe Carveth (34) and Bep Guidolin (19) has been solid all season. Boston is also getting solid goaltending from Frank Brimsek.

Montreal is being carried almost exclusively by the goaltending of Bill Durnan and the offensive prowess of Rocket Richard and his linemates on the Punch Line. Richard, with 41 goals leads the NHL in that category and seems a lock to break the mark of 50 he set two seasons ago. The schedule is now 10 games longer than it was when he set the record so it will be closely watched to see if the Rocket can get to the 50 goal mark before his 50th game. Linemates Toe Blake and Elmer Lach have helped the Rocket by combining for 50 assists.

Toronto is a young team carrying 3 rookies on defense and 3 more up front. As you might expect from a young squad the Leafs have lacked consistancy, going on a good winning streak in December but suffering through a terrible January. Ted Kennedy and rookie Howie Meeker are two of the big guns offensively while Turk Broda has been steady between the pipes.

MEEKER LEADS CALDER TROPHY RACE
Leaf winger Howie Meeker seems to have had no trouble adjusting to the pace of the National Hockey League. The 23 year old from Kitchener leads all first year players with 19 goals and 31 points and appears to be a lock for the rookie of the year award. Other rookies who are playing well include Meeker's teammates Vic Lynn and Bill Barilko. Lynn is second in rookie scoring with 23 points while Barilko has been a force on the Toronto blueline.

Highly touted teenager Gordie Howe is holding his own in Detroit. The 18 year old winger from Floral, Saskatchewan has 11 goals and 10 assists for the Red Wings. At +12 and second on the team in plus-minus, Howe has shown he is not a liability defensively. He also has shown a willingness to get involved physically. Despite being the youngest player in the league Howe has 45 penalty minutes.

Montreal rookie Leo Gravelle had a hot start, notching a hat trick in his NHL debut and scoring 9 goals in his first 8 games but he has cooled off since then. Still, at only 22 years of age, he has a bright future.

STATS AND STANDINGS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDINGS

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
South Carolina 7 3 .700 16 7 .696
N.C. State 6 4 .600 18 5 .783
Maryland 6 4 .600 16 10 .615
Wake Forest 6 4 .600 15 8 .652
North Carolina 6 4 .600 14 9 .609
Clemson 3 7 .300 12 11 .522
Duke 3 7 .300 9 14 .391
Georgia Tech 3 7 .300 8 15 .348

BIG 8 CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Iowa State 8 2 .800 18 3 .857
Oklahoma 6 4 .600 13 8 .619
Kansas 6 4 .600 11 10 .524
Missouri 5 5 .500 12 9 .571
Nebraska 5 5 .500 11 12 .478
Oklahoma A&M 5 5 .500 11 10 .524
Kansas State 3 7 .300 11 10 .524
Colorado 2 8 .200 4 17 .190

BIG EAST CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Boston College 7 3 .700 20 5 .800
Georgetown 7 3 .700 19 7 .731
Seton Hall 6 4 .600 16 7 .696
Syracuse 6 4 .600 14 10 .583
Connecticut 5 5 .500 13 10 .565
Providence 4 6 .400 13 10 .565
St. John's 4 6 .400 12 11 .522
Rutgers 1 9 .100 6 17 .261

BIG TEN CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Indiana 9 4 .692 13 8 .619
Ohio State 7 5 .583 17 7 .708
Iowa 7 5 .583 15 8 .652
Northwestern 7 5 .583 14 8 .636
Purdue 7 6 .538 14 9 .609
Minnesota 7 6 .538 11 11 .500
Illinois 6 6 .500 15 8 .652
Michigan 6 7 .462 7 14 .333
Wisconsin 4 9 .308 8 13 .381
Michigan State 3 10 .231 7 14 .333

EAST INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Holy Cross 8 2 .800 21 5 .808
New York Univ 8 2 .800 21 2 .913
CCNY 7 3 .700 18 5 .783
Duquesne 6 4 .600 14 8 .636
Manhattan 4 6 .400 9 14 .391
Army 3 7 .300 7 16 .304
Villanova 2 8 .200 9 14 .391
Navy 2 8 .200 4 18 .182

IVY LEAGUE CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Princeton 8 2 .800 15 8 .652
Brown 8 2 .800 15 8 .652
Harvard 7 3 .700 15 8 .652
Cornell 5 5 .500 11 12 .478
Pennsylvania 4 6 .400 9 14 .391
Yale 3 7 .300 6 17 .261
Dartmouth 3 7 .300 6 17 .261
Columbia 2 8 .200 6 17 .261

MIDWEST INDEP CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Notre Dame 8 2 .800 19 4 .826
Marquette 8 2 .800 11 12 .478
Louisville 7 3 .700 14 9 .609
Penn State 6 4 .600 10 13 .435
Memphis 5 5 .500 12 11 .522
Pittsburgh 3 7 .300 11 12 .478
Detroit 2 8 .200 8 15 .348
Cincinnati 1 9 .100 9 14 .391

PCC NORTH CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
San Francisco 9 1 .900 18 6 .750
Oregon 8 2 .800 21 3 .875
Washington St. 5 5 .500 17 7 .708
Washington 5 5 .500 16 9 .640
LMU 4 6 .400 11 12 .478
Portland 4 6 .400 10 13 .435
St. Mary's 3 7 .300 9 14 .391
Oregon State 2 8 .200 7 16 .304

PCC SOUTH CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
USC 7 3 .700 19 4 .826
California 7 3 .700 15 8 .652
Stanford 6 4 .600 17 6 .739
Pepperdine 6 4 .600 14 9 .609
Santa Clara 6 4 .600 10 13 .435
Gonzaga 3 7 .300 13 10 .565
UCLA 3 7 .300 13 10 .565
San Diego 2 8 .200 6 17 .261

SEC CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Kentucky 12 0 1.000 24 1 .960
Florida 10 3 .769 16 6 .727
Auburn 8 5 .615 17 6 .739
Georgia 7 6 .538 15 8 .652
Tennessee 6 6 .500 11 11 .500
Alabama 6 7 .462 14 8 .636
Vanderbilt 5 7 .417 11 11 .500
Louisiana St. 5 8 .385 12 10 .545
Mississippi St 2 10 .167 5 18 .217
Mississippi 2 11 .154 5 18 .217

SOUTHWEST CONF CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Texas Christian 8 2 .800 14 7 .667
Texas Tech 7 3 .700 16 5 .762
Baylor 6 4 .600 15 6 .714
Arkansas 6 4 .600 14 7 .667
Rice 6 4 .600 9 12 .429
Texas A&M 5 5 .500 11 10 .524
SMU 2 8 .200 7 14 .333
Texas 0 10 .000 4 17 .190

COLLEGE LEADERS

SCORING PPG
Chris Gurule G Delaware 20.1
Jack *Nichols C California 19.5
Graham Kimpton F Fordham 19.5
Jes DiGregorio F UNC-Ashville 19.4
Isaias Adams F Pepperdine 19.4
Tyson Henkel F Baylor 18.9
Hersh Caldwell F Tennessee St. 18.8
Demarcus Verela G Hofstra 18.7
Jeremiah Brooks F Harvard 18.7
Tim Groat F Southern Ill. 18.3

REBOUNDS RPG
Chet *McNabb F UCLA 17.0
Robert Lewis C Houston 16.6
Ray *Ellefson C Iowa 16.0
Ben *Schadler F Providence 15.8
Garrett Johnson C N Carolina St 15.3

ASSISTS APG
Rhema Hill G Montana 9.7
Steven LaCroix G Arkansas 9.6
Sal Bell G Oral Roberts 9.3
Sebastien Vorbe G George Mason 8.9
Craig Welliver G Drexel 8.9

STEALS StPG
Pete Shover G CCNY 3.6
Ben Miller G Washington St 3.3
Tom Thompson G Charlotte 3.1

BLOCKED SHOTS BSPG
Garrett Johnson C N Carolina St 5.7
Jack Rivera F Georgia 5.5
Jay Hartman F Buffalo 5.3

FREE THROWS (min 50att) FTM FTA FT%
Fred *Nagy G Colgate 134 148 90.5
Rico Mares F Louisianna Tech 45 50 90.0
Don *Stroot C New Mexico 94 106 88.7

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 42 24 12 6 54 134 114
New York 42 21 14 7 49 113 103
Montreal 42 18 19 5 41 114 102
Toronto 42 19 21 2 40 119 108
Boston 42 16 19 7 39 106 106
Chicago 40 11 24 5 27 93 145

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 40 29 40 69
Ted Kennedy TOR 42 19 33 52
Maurice Richard MON 42 41 10 51
Billy Taylor DET 42 11 28 39
Bill Cowley BOS 42 16 21 37
Toe Blake MON 42 12 24 36
Joe Carveth BOS 42 19 15 34
Milt Schmidt BOS 42 10 24 34
Ted Lindsay DET 42 23 10 33
Roy Conacher DET 42 24 8 32
George Gee CHI 40 20 12 32
Bill Ezinicki TOR 42 18 14 32
Doug Bentley CHI 40 12 20 32
Elmer Lach MON 42 6 26 32
Howie Meeker TOR 42 19 12 31
Tony Leswick NY 42 20 10 30
Sid Abel DET 42 19 10 29
Woody Dumart BOS 42 16 13 29
Grant Warwick NY 42 15 14 29

ROOKIE SCORING TEAM GP G A PTS
Howie Meeker TOR 42 19 12 31
Vic Lynn TOR 42 5 18 23
Gordie Howe DET 42 11 10 21
Leo Gravelle MON 42 17 2 19
Roger Leger MON 42 2 13 15
Bill Barilko TOR 42 2 10 12

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Pat Egan BOS 42 74
Gus Mortson TOR 42 70
Pete Horeck DET 42 69
Garth Boesch TOR 42 68
Fern Flaman BOS 42 68
M. Chamberlain MON 42 67
Kenny Reardon MON 42 67

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 42 18-19-5 6 2.29
Chuck Rayner NY 41 21-13-7 5 2.39
Frank Brimsek BOS 42 16-19-7 2 2.52
Turk Broda TOR 42 19-21-2 1 2.64
Harry Lumley DET 38 22-11-5 0 2.69
Paul Bibeault CHI 36 8-16-5 0 3.26

RESULTS
Tuesday January 30, 1947
Montreal 4 at 5 Chicago

Wednesday January 31, 1947
Detroit 2 at 4 Boston

Thursday February 1, 1947
Toronto 3 at 1 Montreal

Saturday February 3, 1947
Boston 3 at 4 Detroit
Chicago 4 at 2 Toronto
New York 1 at 5 Montreal

Sunday February 4, 1947
Boston 4 at 2 Chicago
Montreal 2 at 0 New York

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday February 7, 1947
Montreal at Boston
New York at Chicago

Thursday February 8, 1947
Toronto at Montreal

Saturday February 10, 1947
Detroit at Montreal
Boston at Toronto

Sunday February 11, 1947
New York at Detroit
Boston at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 37 29 8 .784 x
PHI 36 23 13 .639 5.5
NY 36 17 19 .472 11.5
PROV 35 16 19 .457 12.0
BOS 38 11 27 .289 18.5
Tor 36 10 26 .278 18.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 37 26 11 .703 x
STL 36 24 12 .667 1.5
CLE 36 21 15 .583 4.5
DET 38 13 25 .342 13.5
PIT 37 11 26 .297 15.0

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 34 23.7
Ed*Sadowski CLE 33 18.9
Bob Feerick WSH 34 17.5
Ernie*Calverley PRO 30 14.3
Stan*Miasek DET 33 14.0
Chuck*Halbert CHI 34 13.7
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 36 13.4
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 36 13.3
Freddie Scolari WSH 32 13.0
Johnny*Logan STL 32 13.0
Coulby*Gunther PIT 37 12.9
Horace McKinney WSH 31 12.3
Hank*Beenders PRO 31 12.3
Leo Mogus TOR 35 12.2
Donald*Martin PRO 30 12.0
Belus*Smawley STL 35 11.9
John*Janisch DET 34 11.8
Don*Carlson CHI 32 11.5
John*Abramovic PIT 36 11.1

RESULTS
Monday January 29, 1947
Washington 51 at 49 Boston
Providence 64 at 44 Pittsburgh
Cleveland 73 at 49 Toronto

Tuesday January 30, 1947
Toronto 76 at 69 Cleveland

Wednesday January 31, 1947
Providence 60 at 71 Detroit
Boston 42 at 54 Washington
Pittsburgh 49 at 53 New York

Thursday February 1, 1947
Pittsburgh 67 at 45 Boston
New York 57 at 63 Philadelphia
Providence 52 at 76 St Louis

Friday February 2, 1947
Washington 60 at 51 Toronto

Saturday February 3, 1947
Cleveland 60 at 67 St Louis
Philadelphia 44 at 45 New York
Pittsburgh 63 at 52 Providence

Sunday February 4, 1947
Washington 72 at 71 Cleveland
New York 72 at 60 Detroit
Toronto 48 at 79 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday February 5, 1947
Boston at Philadelphia
St Louis at Pittsburgh

Tuesday February 6, 1947
Providence at Philadelphia

Wednesday February 7, 1947
St Louis at New York
Toronto at Pittsburgh
Washington at Detroit

Thursday February 8, 1947
Pittsburgh at Chicago
New York at Boston
Toronot at Philadelphia
St Louis at Providence

Saturday February 10, 1947
Philadelphia at Providence
Washington at St Louis
Toronto at New York
Pittsburgh at Detroit

Sunday February 11, 1947
Detroit at Cleveland
Washington at Chicago

TigerFan1

08-29-2004, 02:31 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : February 12, 1947

JOE LOUIS RETAINS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
KNOCKS OUT CHALLENGER NATHAN MANN IN 4TH ROUND
Joe Louis proved yet again he is the most dominant fighter in the heavyweight division, easily disposing of challenger Nathan Mann with a 4th round knock out.

The Brown Bomber dominated the fight from the opening bell, flooring Mann with a devasting uppercut just 30 seconds into the first round. Mann would recover and escape the first round but he would barely lay a glove on Louis throughout the fight. Mann managed to avoid hitting the canvas again until the 4th round. The 4th was Louis at his best. He stalked the challenger all around the ring and knocked him down 3 times with vicious combinations. The final knockdown came with 32 seconds left in the round and was one from which Mann could not recover.

The victory gives Louis a 9-0 postwar record with all 9 wins coming via knockout. Mann falls to 18-5-1 with two of his losses to Louis. Louis also beat Mann early in the postwar qualifying tournament. That time it was a third round knockout.

While the Louis camp has not officially announced any plans it is expected that his next fight will be in the fall against number one contender Ezzard Charles. Charles, 19-1, suffered his only loss in the final of the postwar tournament. Charles beat Tommy Gomez with a 9th round KO last month.

In other boxing action over the weekend bantamweight contender Luis 'The Pocket Battleship" Castillo of Mexico won an unanimous decision over Puerto Rican Carlos Cuebas in Acapulco, Mexico. Castillo, with a 27-11-3 record, is ranked 7th in the bantamweight division at the moment.

In Havana, Black Pico won a battle of Cuban flyweights, beating Luis Fuentes on points in a 15 round bout before 25,000 fans in Havana. Pico is now 16-2 and considered the 7th best flyweight in the world.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SEASON WINDING DOWN AND TOURNAMENT SCRAMBLE BEGINS
With just two weeks remaining in the regular season bubble schools are scrambling to get those last couple of wins in an effort to make the National Tournament. While there is plenty of uncertainty a couple of things can be taken for granted. Most obvious is the University of Kentucky will be a number one seed and the overwhelming favourite to win the 15th annual NCAA tournament. Further down in this issue we will take a look at each of the 31 conferences and see which teams have a shot at a berth in the Big Dance. However, before we get to that let's take a look at the current TSN Top 25 poll and the history of the NCAA tournament in my alternate replay.

TSN TOP 25 POLL
Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Kentucky 26-1 1,945 1
2. Oregon 23-3 1,752 2
3. Holy Cross 23-5 1,668 4
4. New York Univ 22-3 1,531 3
5. UTEP 23-2 1,410 5
6. Boston College 21-6 1,315 6
7. Iowa State 20-3 1,240 10
8. USC 20-5 1,139 7
9. CCNY 20-5 1,089 12
10. San Francisco 19-7 1,024 9
11. New Orleans 22-3 956 8
12. Notre Dame 20-5 904 11
13. Miami 22-4 850 16
14. Washington St. 18-8 783 13
15. Stanford 19-6 714 18
16. Richmond 22-6 672 14
17. Florida 17-7 625 17
18. Ohio State 19-7 519 20
19. Illinois 17-8 456 22
20. N.C. State 18-7 369 15
21. Georgetown 21-7 306 28
22. Middle Tenn St. 20-7 245 19
23. Alabama 16-8 203 30
24. Auburn 18-7 182 23
25. Indiana State 20-7 161 32

Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 151, Drake 141, Western Kentucky 120, Baylor 100, Texas Christian 80, Delaware St. 60, Fresno State 40, South Carolina 20, Oklahoma A&M 10, Washington 6, Seton Hall 2, Wake Forest 2, Princeton 1, California 1, UCLA 1, Harvard 1, Georgia 1, Fordham 1, Purdue 1, Indiana 1, Davidson 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 21 Texas Tech, No. 24 Drake, No. 25 Washington

NCAA TOURNAMENT CELEBRATING IT'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR
The National Collegiate Basketball Tournament is celebrating it's 15 season. Here is a look back at the previous 14 Final Fours.

YEAR NCAA WINNER SCORE RUNNER-UP SEMI FINALISTS
1932-33 NORTH CAROLINA 85-58 W Kentucky Washington Kansas
1933-34 OKLAHOMA A&M 74-61 Penn State Arkansas UCLA
1934-35 WASHINGTON 78-66 Tennessee CCNY Notre Dame
1935-36 INDIANA 72-61 Princeton San Francisco Yale
1936-37 SAN FRANCISCO 75-63 UCLA Boston College Florida
1937-38 NOTRE DAME 87-74 Oregon Harvard Oklahoma A&M
1938-39 OREGON 89-66 San Francisco Notre Dame Marquette
1939-40 WESTERN KENTUCKY 71-64 Oregon State Illinois Holy Cross
1940-41 ARKANSAS 91-72 Holy Cross San Francisco Oklahoma A&M
1941-42 HOLY CROSS 97-83 Indiana Florida Oklahoma A&M
1942-43 PROVIDENCE 88-77 Indiana Holy Cross St John's
1943-44 ALABAMA 97-59 Holy Cross Oregon NYU
1944-45 NOTRE DAME 80-69 Illinois Wake Forest N Carolina State
1945-46 ALABAMA 76-64 Kentucky Pittsburgh UTEP

BUBBLE WATCH - A COMPLETE GUIDE TO WHO IS IN, AND WHO IS ON THE BUBBLE
With 252 college basketball teams and only 64 spots available for the NCAA Tournament there will always be some teams that feel slighted come selection Sunday. Here is a look at each of the 31 conferences and thoughts on who might get good news when the brackets are announced on March 4th. Since each of the conference tournament winners get an automatic berth there could me some major changes during the next couple of weeks but here is how TSN sees it shaping up.

ACC - North Carolina State and South Carolina are in for sure. Maryland and Wake Forest are on the bubble while North Carolina is a long shot.

AMERICA EAST - Likely just Miami(FLA) unless someone else upsets the Hurricanes in the conference tournament. UT-Chattanooga is a very long shot.

ATLANTIC 8 - Fordham and LaSalle may both make it with Rhode Island as a long shot.

BIG 8 - Iowa State is a lock but this has been a down year for the rest of the conference.

BIG EAST - Boston College and Georgetown are in. A strong finish from Seton Hall could get them in the tourney as well.

BIG SOUTH - Only the conference tournament winner will qualify and will get a 15 or 16 seeding.

BIG TEN - Ohio State rebounded with a couple of wins this week so the Buckeyes are in. Illinois, Indiana and Iowa also stand a good chance.

BIG WEST - Just the conference tourney winner gets in. Best bet is Idaho.

BORDER - Arizona State may get in even if they don't win the conference but no one else aside from the tournament winner has a chance.

COLONIAL - Old Dominion has done enough to qualify regardless if they win the conference tournament or not.

EASTERN INDEPENDANT - Holy Cross, New York University and CCNY all will make the field.

HORIZON - If they don't win the conference it still may hard to bypass Indiana State and their 20-7 record.

IVY LEAGUE - Likely just 2 teams from the Ivy League will make the tournament which means someone out of Princeton, Brown and Harvard will go to the NIT dissappointed.

MAAC - Just the tourney winner. Best bet is Rider or Canisius.

MAC - Again just the conference tournament winner with Miami of Ohio or Western Michigan as the best bet.

MEAC - Delaware State is 20-3 and seemingly a lock to make the field.

MID-CONTINENT - Western Illinois is 17-6 but if they can't win the conference they will likely be left on the outside come selection time.

MID-LAND - Richmond and Middle Tennessee State could both make the field.

MIDWEST INDEPENDANT - Notre Dame seems to be the only team to have a chance to qualify for an at-large bid.

MISSOURI VALLEY - UTEP and Drake should both be in with Bradley and Creighton having a chance as well.

OHIO VALLEY - No team in the conference has a winning record overall but someone has to qualify.

PATRIOT - Colgate is in whether they win the conference or not.

PCC NORTH - Oregon, San Francisco, Washington State and Washington all belong in the field but depending on how conference tourney's play out the last two may not both make it.

PCC SOUTH - USC, Stanford and California all seem to be likely participants.

SEC - Kentucky is a number 1 seed. Florida, Auburn, defending champ Alabama and Georgia all can make a case for inclusion.

SKYLINE - Fresno State, Utah and Wyoming will be battling for the one automatic bid and the longshot chance of an at-large selection as well.

SOUTHWEST - Texas Tech, TCU and Baylor all can make a decent arguement for inclusion.

SOUTHERN - Davidson and VMI are both longshots for an at-large entry but likely only the conference winner will make it.

SOUTHLAND - The University of Houston is dominating the conference but they will likely need to win their tourney to get a berth in the NCAA's.

SUNBELT - New Orleans is in and Charlotte is a long shot.

SWAC - A weak schedule means the only way in for 20-5 Southern University is to win the SWAC tourney.

So who are the top 4 seeds in each region?

Here is how TSN sees it if the tournament was to start today.

EAST REGION SOUTH REGION MIDWEST REGION WEST REGION
1 Holy Cross 1 Kentucky 1 UTEP 1 Oregon
2 Boston Coll. 2 Iowa State 2 NYU 2 USC
3 CCNY 3 New Orleans 3 Drake 3 San Francisco
4 Richmond 4 Notre Dame 4 Stanford 4 Ohio State

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BIBEAULT LEADS HAWKS TO PAIR OF WINS
Aside from the scoring exploits of superstar Max Bentley there has been little good news coming out of the Windy City this hockey season. However, the recent play of goaltender Paul Bibeault may change that. Bibeault recorded the Hawks first shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over New York and followed that up with a 45 save performance in a 4-1 win over Boston. His goals against average may not show it but Bibeault has been outstanding all season. Bibeault and fellow Chicago netminder Emile Francis routinely face 40-50 shots a game as more often than not the porous Hawks defense is nowhere to be found.

Bibeault was aquired from Montreal during the offseason in exchange for forward George Allen. He has also spent time with Boston and Toronto as he bounced around during the war years as a replacement goalie wherever he was needed. The shutout over the Rangers was the 10th goose-egg of his career.

With 18 games to play it is highly unlikely the Hawks will be able to make up the 11 points that seperate them from a playoff spot but there is good news for the future if Bibeault continues to perform as he has this season.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
CAPITOLS WINNING STREAK FINALLY SNAPPED AT 11
It required two overtime periods but the Chicago Stags finally were able to accomplish something that on the previous 11 occassions BAA teams failed to do - beat the Washington Capitols. Don Carlson had 22 points and Max Zaslofsky and Chuck Halbert added 13 each to give the Stags an 85-79 doubleovertime win over the visiting Washington squad. Freddie Scolari led the Caps with 22 points before the strain of back-to-back games in St Louis and Chicago got to Washington.

"The guys were simply worn out by the time we hit overtime," explained Scolari. "It is tough to come out here and win all 4 (games)". Scolari was referring to a 4-game western swing that saw Washington emerge victorious in Cleveland, Detroit and St Louis before the loss to Chicago.

The winning streak may be over but while it lasted it boosted the Capitols into a 6 game lead over second place Philadelphia in the Eastern Division. Chicago leads St Louis in the Western Division by 2.5 games.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BROWNS COACH LATTA ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
After taking his team to the National Football League Championship game only to come up short against Chicao, Cleveland Browns head coach Tony Latta has announced his retirement. In his place the Browns have signed ex-Buffalo boss Jimmy McGinest. The 47 year old McGinest is considered a defensive guru and has consistantly had the Bills defense ranked among the league's best. Unfortunately their offense was a different story. In his place the Bills added ex-Atlanta coach Hank Williams.

FALCONS TIGHT END BRIAN HARDEN RETIRES
The most notable retirement announcement during the offseason was news out of Atlanta that tight end Brian Harden has decided to call it a career. Harden started 96 games for the Falcons and had 444 receptions including 40 touchdown catches. The former West Virginia standout was an NFC first team allstar in 1943 and 1944 after making the second team the two previous seasons.

Harden has started every game the Falcons played since the league was formed in 1940 but endured the worst season of his career in 1946 making just 19 catches. His best season was 1943 when he had 98 catches and led the team with 13 touchdown grabs.

STATS AND STANDINGS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDINGS

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
South Carolina 9 3 .750 18 7 .720
Maryland 7 5 .583 17 11 .607
Wake Forest 7 5 .583 16 9 .640
North Carolina 7 5 .583 15 10 .600
N.C. State 6 6 .500 18 7 .720
Georgia Tech 5 7 .417 10 15 .400
Clemson 4 8 .333 13 12 .520
Duke 3 9 .250 9 16 .360

BIG 8 CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Iowa State 10 2 .833 20 3 .870
Oklahoma 7 5 .583 14 9 .609
Oklahoma A&M 7 5 .583 13 10 .565
Missouri 6 6 .500 13 10 .565
Kansas 6 6 .500 11 12 .478
Nebraska 5 7 .417 11 14 .440
Kansas State 4 8 .333 12 11 .522
Colorado 3 9 .250 5 18 .217

BIG EAST CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Georgetown 9 3 .750 21 7 .750
Boston College 8 4 .667 21 6 .778
Seton Hall 7 5 .583 17 8 .680
Syracuse 7 5 .583 15 11 .577
Providence 6 6 .500 15 10 .600
Connecticut 5 7 .417 13 12 .520
St. John's 4 8 .333 12 13 .480
Rutgers 2 10 .167 7 18 .280

BIG TEN CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Ohio State 9 5 .643 19 7 .731
Indiana 9 5 .643 13 9 .591
Illinois 8 6 .571 17 8 .680
Iowa 8 6 .571 16 9 .640
Purdue 8 6 .571 15 9 .625
Northwestern 8 6 .571 15 9 .625
Minnesota 7 8 .467 11 13 .458
Michigan 6 9 .400 7 16 .304
Wisconsin 5 10 .333 9 14 .391
Michigan State 4 11 .267 8 15 .348

EAST INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Holy Cross 10 2 .833 23 5 .821
New York Univ 9 3 .750 22 3 .880
CCNY 9 3 .750 20 5 .800
Duquesne 7 5 .583 15 9 .625
Manhattan 4 8 .333 9 16 .360
Army 4 8 .333 8 17 .320
Villanova 3 9 .250 10 15 .400
Navy 2 10 .167 4 20 .167

IVY LEAGUE CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Princeton 10 2 .833 17 8 .680
Brown 10 2 .833 17 8 .680
Harvard 9 3 .750 17 8 .680
Cornell 6 6 .500 12 13 .480
Pennsylvania 4 8 .333 9 16 .360
Columbia 3 9 .250 7 18 .280
Yale 3 9 .250 6 19 .240
Dartmouth 3 9 .250 6 19 .240

MIDWEST INDEP CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Notre Dame 9 3 .750 20 5 .800
Marquette 9 3 .750 12 13 .480
Louisville 7 5 .583 14 11 .560
Memphis 7 5 .583 14 11 .560
Penn State 6 6 .500 10 15 .400
Pittsburgh 4 8 .333 12 13 .480
Cincinnati 3 9 .250 11 14 .440
Detroit 3 9 .250 9 16 .360

PCC NORTH CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Oregon 10 2 .833 23 3 .885
San Francisco 10 2 .833 19 7 .731
Washington St. 6 6 .500 18 8 .692
Washington 5 7 .417 16 11 .593
LMU 5 7 .417 12 13 .480
Portland 5 7 .417 11 14 .440
Oregon State 4 8 .333 9 16 .360
St. Mary's 3 9 .250 9 16 .360

PCC SOUTH CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
California 9 3 .750 17 8 .680
USC 8 4 .667 20 5 .800
Stanford 8 4 .667 19 6 .760
Santa Clara 8 4 .667 12 13 .480
Pepperdine 6 6 .500 14 11 .560
UCLA 4 8 .333 14 11 .560
Gonzaga 3 9 .250 13 12 .520
San Diego 2 10 .167 6 19 .240

SEC CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Kentucky 14 0 1.000 26 1 .963
Florida 11 4 .733 17 7 .708
Auburn 9 6 .600 18 7 .720
Georgia 8 6 .571 16 8 .667
Alabama 8 7 .533 16 8 .667
Vanderbilt 6 8 .429 12 12 .500
Tennessee 6 8 .429 11 13 .458
Louisiana St. 6 9 .400 13 11 .542
Mississippi St. 2 12 .143 5 20 .200
Mississippi 2 12 .143 5 19 .208

SOUTHWEST CONF CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Texas Christian 10 2 .833 16 7 .696
Texas Tech 8 4 .667 17 6 .739
Rice 8 4 .667 11 12 .478
Baylor 7 5 .583 16 7 .696
Arkansas 6 6 .500 14 9 .609
Texas A&M 6 6 .500 12 11 .522
SMU 2 10 .167 7 16 .304
Texas 1 11 .083 5 18 .217

SOUTHERN CONF CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
VMI 9 3 .750 18 7 .720
Davidson 8 4 .667 17 8 .680
G. Washington 7 5 .583 14 11 .560
Furman 7 5 .583 11 14 .440
The Citadel 6 6 .500 15 10 .600
Virginia 5 7 .417 9 16 .360
William & Mary 3 9 .250 11 14 .440
Virginia Tech 3 9 .250 7 18 .280

COLLEGE LEADERS

SCORING PPG
Isaias Adams F Pepperdine 19.8
Jack *Nichols C California 19.6
Chris Gurule G Delaware 19.3
Jeremiah Brooks F Harvard 19.3
Jes DiGregorio F UNC-Ashville 18.9
Kenny Stancliff G Charlston Sout.18.6
Graham Kimpton F Fordham 18.5
Tim Groat F Southern Ill. 18.5
Demarcus Verela G Hofstra 18.5
Hersh Caldwell F Tennessee St. 18.4

REBOUNDS RPG
Chet *McNabb F UCLA 16.6
Robert Lewis C Houston 16.3
Kumbuka Patin C Western Mich. 15.9
Ray *Ellefson C Iowa 15.8
Ben *Schadler F Providence 15.4

ASSISTS APG
Rhema Hill G Montana 9.9
Sal Bell G Oral Roberts 9.5
Steven LaCroix G Arkansas 9.1
Joe Fullwood G Arizona St. 8.8
Sebastien Vorbe G George Mason 8.8

STEALS StPG
Pete Shover G CCNY 3.8
Ben Miller G Washington St 3.3
Chevy Snyder G San Diego 3.0

BLOCKED SHOTS BSPG
Garrett Johnson C N Carolina St 5.6
Jack Rivera F Georgia 5.6
Jay Hartman F Buffalo 5.1

FREE THROWS (min 65 att) FTM FTA FT%
Don *Stroot C New Mexico 102 115 88.7
Fred *Nagy G Colgate 148 167 88.6
Raj Lockwood F VMI 95 109 87.2

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 44 26 12 6 58 140 117
New York 44 21 16 7 49 115 110
Montreal 45 19 21 5 43 120 111
Toronto 44 20 22 2 42 129 117
Boston 45 17 21 7 41 115 118
Chicago 42 13 24 5 31 101 146

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 42 32 42 74
Ted Kennedy TOR 44 23 34 57
Maurice Richard MON 45 42 12 54
Billy Taylor DET 44 11 30 41
Bill Cowley BOS 45 18 22 40
Toe Blake MON 45 14 24 38
Joe Carveth BOS 45 20 15 35
Doug Bentley CHI 42 12 23 35
Milt Schmidt BOS 45 11 24 35
Ted Lindsay DET 44 24 10 34
Bill Ezinicki TOR 44 19 15 34
Roy Conacher DET 44 25 8 33
George Gee CHI 42 20 13 33
Elmer Lach MON 45 6 27 33
Howie Meeker TOR 44 20 12 32
Sid Abel DET 44 20 11 31
Bobby Bauer BOS 45 17 14 31
Woody Dumart BOS 45 17 14 31
Tony Leswick NY 44 20 10 30
Grant Warwick NY 44 15 15 30

ROOKIE SCORING TEAM GP G A PTS
Howie Meeker TOR 44 20 12 32
Gordie Howe DET 44 12 11 23
Vic Lynn TOR 44 5 19 23
Leo Gravelle MON 45 18 3 21
Roger Leger MON 45 2 13 15
Bill Barilko TOR 44 2 10 12

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 44 83
Pat Egan BOS 45 76
M. Chamberlain MON 45 75
Pete Horeck DET 44 71
Garth Boesch TOR 44 70
Butch Bouchard MON 45 70
Kenny Reardon MON 45 69
Fern Flaman BOS 45 68

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 45 19-21-5 6 2.34
Chuck Rayner NY 43 21-15-7 5 2.44
Frank Brimsek BOS 45 17-21-7 2 2.62
Turk Broda TOR 44 20-22-2 1 2.72
Harry Lumley DET 40 24-11-5 0 2.63
Paul Bibeault CHI 38 10-16-5 1 3.09

RESULTS
Wednesday February 7, 1947
Montreal 1 at 3 Boston
New York 0 at 4 Chicago

Thursday February 8, 1947
Toronto 3 at 4 Montreal

Saturday February 10, 1947
Detroit 3 at 1 Montreal
Boston 5 at 7 Toronto

Sunday February 11, 1947
New York 2 at 3 Detroit
Boston 1 at 4 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday February 14, 1947
New York at Boston
Montreal at Chicago

Saturday February 17, 1947
Montreal at Toronto
Chicago at Detroit

Sunday February 18, 1947
Montreal at Boston
Toronto at New York
Detroit at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 40 31 9 .775 x
PHI 40 25 15 .625 6.0
NY 39 18 21 .462 12.5
PROV 38 17 21 .447 13.0
BOS 40 13 27 .325 18.0
Tor 39 11 28 .282 19.5

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 39 28 11 .718 x
STL 40 26 14 .650 2.5
CLE 37 21 16 .568 6.0
DET 41 15 26 .366 14.0
PIT 41 12 29 .293 17.0

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 38 23.8
Ed*Sadowski CLE 34 18.8
Bob Feerick WSH 37 17.2
Ernie*Calverley PRO 33 14.0
Stan*Miasek DET 35 14.0
Chuck*Halbert CHI 36 13.6
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 37 13.4
Freddie Scolari WSH 35 13.3
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 38 13.2
Coulby*Gunther PIT 41 13.1
Johnny*Logan STL 35 13.1
Belus*Smawley STL 38 12.3
Hank*Beenders PRO 34 12.2
Leo Mogus TOR 38 12.2
Horace McKinney WSH 34 12.1
Donald*Martin PRO 32 11.8
John*Janisch DET 37 11.8
Don*Carlson CHI 34 11.8
John*Abramovic PIT 37 11.2

RESULTS
Monday February 5, 1947
Boston 55at 52 Philadelphia
St Louis 66 at 67 Pittsburgh (ot)

Tuesday February 6, 1947
Providence 51 at 77 Philadelphia

Wednesday February 7, 1947
St Louis 56 at 53 New York
Toronto 55 at 49 Pittsburgh
Washington 73 at 51 Detroit

Thursday February 8, 1947
Pittsburgh 59 at 67 Chicago
New York 43 at 52 Boston
Toronot 51 at 81 Philadelphia
St Louis 79 at 61 Providence

Saturday February 10, 1947
Philadelphia 45 at 55 Providence
Washington 66 at 51 St Louis
Toronto 49 at 69 New York
Pittsburgh 48 at 53 Detroit

Sunday February 11, 1947
Detroit 51 at 47 Cleveland
Washington 79 at 85 Chicago (2OT)

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday February 12, 1947
Washington at Pittsburgh

Tuesday February 13, 1947
Providence at Cleveland
St Louis at Philadelphia

Wednesday February 14, 1947
Providence at Detroit
Chicago at Pittsburgh
Washington at New York

Thursday February 15, 1947
Cleveland at Philadelphia
Providence at Chicago
St Louis at Boston

Friday February 16, 1947
Pittsburgh at Toronto

Saturday February 17, 1947
Pittsburgh at Providence
Cleveland at New York
Philadelphia at Washington

Sunday February 18, 1947
New York at Detroit
Toronto at St Louis
Boston at Chicago
Philadelphia at Cleveland

TigerFan1

09-03-2004, 12:39 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : February 19, 1947

AUBURN SHOCKS KENTUCKY 100-47 
A WEEK FULL OF UPSETS AS MOST CONFERENCE SCHEDULES FINISH UP
The Auburn Tigers shocked the SEC and the world of college basketball by hammering number one ranked Kentucky in one of the most lobsided games of the SEC season. Auburn built a 51-23 haltime lead in front of their hometown crowd and did not let up in the second half cruising to a 100-47 victory over a Wildcats team that had not lost since December 3rd.

Senoir forward Ben Van Wagnor had a career high 29 to lead Auburn but it was a smothering defense that did Kentucky in. The Wildcats shot just 22% from the field and turned the ball over 10 times compared to Auburn's 3. The Kentucky bench contributed just 4 points in the game.

Two days later Kentucky took out it's frustration on Alabama, spanking the Crimson Tide by 51 points. With two games to play Kentucky has already clinched the SEC title with a 15-1 record. Kentucky finishes up with games at Vanderbilt and Tennessee next weekend. Auburn is 11-6 and in third place behind 12-4 Florida in the conference. The Tigers finish up at home against Alabama while Florida has road games at Mississippi and Georgia.

Auburn's blowout of Kentucky was just one upset in a week filled with surprises. Other ranked teams to taste defeat in the past 7 days include:

On Monday 15th ranked Richmond lost 66-54 to Georgia State. The win moved Georgia State to within a game of the Spiders in the Mid-Land Conference but Richmond would clinch the title with a win Sunday over Ohio.

Tuesday 18th ranked Ohio State was on the shortend of a 74-66 score at home to Purdue. The win forced a 3-way tie atop the Big Ten standings between Purdue, Ohio State and Illinois.

On Wednesday in addition to the Kentucky loss, 16th ranked Miami was dumped 78-62 by North Carolina A&T. Miami did manage to win on the weekend to take the America East Conference regular season title by one game over UT-Chattanooga.

By far the biggest day for surprises was Thursday 12th ranked Iowa State fell 88-82 at Missouri. 23rd ranked North Carolina State was a loser at home to Maryland 71-50. Washington won at #3 Oregon 80-75 in a game that cost Oregon a share of the PCC North regular season title which went to San Francisco. 5th ranked New York University was shocked at home 61-60 by Villanova. Also in the Eastern Independant Conference Duquesne won 91-58 at 11th ranked CCNY. The fourth ranked school, UTEP, lost 108-80 on it's homecourt to Bradley. The loss had no bearing on the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title as UTEP had already clinched.

Things settled down somewhat over the weekend but 7th ranked Boston College lost to Syracuse 72-57 and 12th ranked Iowa State fell for the second time, 92-72 at Kansas. Despite the two losses to end the conference schedule, Iowa State still was crowned Big 8 regular season champion.

BIG TEN RACE GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE
You can't ask for a better race than the Big Ten is providing fans this week. With 2 games to play no less than 5 teams have a shot at the championship. Ohio State, Illinois and Purdue all sit at 10-6 while Iowa and Indiana sport 9-7 records.

TSN COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
Rank School Record Points Previous
1. Kentucky 27-2 1,916 1
2. Holy Cross 25-5 1,743 3
3. Oregon 24-4 1,657 2
4. UTEP 24-3 1,499 5
5. New York Univ 22-5 1,370 4
6. USC 22-5 1,301 8
7. Boston College 22-7 1,234 6
8. San Francisco 21-7 1,142 10
9. New Orleans 24-3 1,091 11
10. Notre Dame 22-5 1,020 12
11. CCNY 21-6 949 9
12. Iowa State 20-5 895 7
13. Illinois 19-8 839 19
14. Florida 18-7 775 17
15. Richmond 23-7 705 16
16. Miami 22-6 658 13
17. Georgetown 23-7 617 21
18. Ohio State 20-8 514 18
19. Washington St. 18-10 452 14
20. Auburn 20-7 367 24
21. Drake 20-8 305 27
22. Stanford 19-8 244 15
23. N.C. State 19-8 203 20
24. Western Kentucky 19-9 183 28
25. Baylor 18-7 162 29

Others Receiving Votes: Alabama 151, Fresno State 140, Indiana State 120, Washington 100, South Carolina 80, Princeton 60, UCLA 40, Texas Christian 20, Middle Tenn St. 10, California 6, Harvard 2, Fordham 2, Purdue 1, Oklahoma A&M 1, Delaware St. 1, VMI 1, Seton Hall 1, Wyoming 1, Texas Tech 1, Georgia 1, Wake Forest 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 23 Alabama, No. 25 Indiana State, No. 22 Middle Tenn St.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 
IRONMEN STEAL WINS FROM LEAGUE LEADERS
The lowly Pittsburgh Ironmen had the unlikely distinction of being the league's surprise team of the past week. The West Division cellar-dwellers won 3 of their 4 games including homecourt victories over both division leaders. On Monday team scoring leader Colby Gunther had 13 points to lead the Ironmen to a 66-58 victory over Washington. Two nights later John Abramovic netted 16 points while Gunther chipped in 15 in a 72-64 win over Chicago. Pittsburgh would extend the streak to 3 wins with a 69-52 victory in Toronto on Friday before it ended the next night in Providence. At 15-30 on the season Pittsburgh has no illusions of making the playoffs but if they can play at the same level as this past week they could make life difficult for some of the clubs that do have playoff aspirations.

Chicago became the second team to reach the thirty win mark joining East Division leader Washington. After Monday's embarrassment in Pittsburgh, the Stags took out their frustrations on Providence and Boston. Max Zaslofsky poured in a game high 19 points in an 83-58 flattening of the Steamrollers on Thursday and three nights later 5 Stags players reached double-figures in a 71-53 win over Boston. Chicago's lead over second place St. Louis in the West Division now sits at 3.5 games. Washington, which lost 2 of three games this week, still leads Philadelphia in the East by 5.5 games.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE 
CAN ROCKET LAUNCH 50 IN 50 AGAIN?
With 5 goals in his last 4 games fans in Montreal and around the National Hockey League are watching closely to see if Maurice 'Rocket' Richard can reach the 50 goal mark in 50 games as he did 2 seasons ago. Richard scored 2 goals in a 6-1 win at Chicago on Wednesday and added 2 more in a 3-3 tie with the Maple Leafs on Saturday. That gave him a total of 48 goals in his first 47 games but the Rocket failed to light the lamp in a 3-2 loss in Boston yesterday. Montreal's next two games are at Detroit next Saturday and home to Toronto on Sunday.

With the schedule expanded to 60 games it is all but assured Richard will surpass his NHL record 50 goals scored in 1944-45 but while he will never admit it, everyone knows the Rocket wants to get 50 in his first 50 games. Some had felt the previous 50 goal season was a little tainted because many of the games best players were in the armed forces at the time and the NHL talent was diluted. Last season Richard slumped to 27 goals but with 12 goals in his first 8 games this season it was clear Richard was a man on a mission.

Richard's team has not looked like it was on the same mission through much of this season. After a 7-0-1 start the Canadiens have just 13 wins in their last 40 games and are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in 5 years.

BOXING NEWS 
PATERSON WANTS FLYWEIGHT TITLE SHOT AFTER WIN OVER DADO 
Englishman Jackie Paterson has his eye on fellow Brit Teddy Gardner's World Flyweight Title after an impressive win in the Philippines last week. Paterson won a split decision over Little Dado to improve his ranking to third Worldwide in the Flyweight Division. For Paterson the win avenges a loss to Dado in the postwar title tournament and improves his overall record to 20-2. Paterson won the British Flyweight title over Irishman Rinty Monaghan last September and is hopeful of getting a showdown with Gardner in the fall.

The 27 year old Dado suffered his third straight dissappointing outcome. He fought to a draw with Teddy Gardner in Japan last September in the final of the Flyweight postwar tournament and then suffered a controversial loss in the rematch. Dado was penalized 4 points by the British referee in the bout and that allowed Gardner to win the decision by 2 points on two of the cards and just one point on the third. Dado, who falls to 19-4-2, had hoped a win over Paterson would force Gardner to give him a rematch, something Gardner had said he had no plans to do. Instead Dado appears to be on his way down rather than up in the division.

Flyweight is the one division in which the United States has no presence whatsoever. The highest rated American flyweight is San Jose native Jackie Jurich and he is ranked 12th in the world.

Below are the top 10 Flyweight Boxers:

CHAMP Teddy Gardner West Hartlepool, England 16-2-1
2 Speedy Akira Yokohama, Japan 15-3-2
3 Jackie Paterson Ayrshire, Scotland 20-2-0
4 Yoshio Shirai Tokyo, Japan 11-2-2
5 Vic Herman Glasgow, Scotland 14-3-2
6 Black Pico Havana, Cuba 16-2-0
7 Little Dado Philippines 19-4-2
8 Rinty Monaghan Belfast, Ireland 16-4-1
9 Peter Kane Liverpool, England 16-2-1
10 Louis Skena Nice, France 17-4-1

STATS AND STANDINGS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDINGS

THE BIG TEN AND SEC STILL HAVE A WEEK REMAINING IN THEIR CONFERENCE SCHEDULES

BIG TEN CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Ohio State 10 6 .625 20 8 .714
Illinois 10 6 .625 19 8 .704
Purdue 10 6 .625 17 9 .654
Iowa 9 7 .562 17 10 .630
Indiana 9 7 .562 13 11 .542
Northwestern 8 8 .500 15 11 .577
Minnesota 8 9 .471 12 14 .462
Michigan 6 10 .375 7 17 .292
Wisconsin 6 11 .353 10 15 .400
Michigan State 5 11 .312 9 15 .375

REMAINING GAMES

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1947
Michigan State at Purdue

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1947
Minnesota at Wisconsin

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1947
Northwestern at Ohio State
Illinois at Iowa
Michigan at Indiana

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1947
Michigan at Purdue

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1947
Illinois at Ohio State
Northwestern at Iowa

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1947
Michigan State at Indiana

SEC CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Kentucky 15 1 .938 27 2 .931
Florida 12 4 .750 18 7 .720
Auburn 11 6 .647 20 7 .741
Georgia 9 7 .562 17 9 .654
Alabama 9 8 .529 17 9 .654
Vanderbilt 7 9 .438 13 13 .500
Tennessee 7 9 .438 12 14 .462
Louisiana St. 6 10 .375 13 12 .520
Mississippi 3 13 .188 6 20 .231
Mississippi St 2 14 .125 5 22 .185

REMAINING GAMES

MONDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1947
Mississippi State at Tennessee

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1947
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Florida at Mississippi
LSU at Georgia
Alabama at Auburn

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1947
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt
Florida at Georgia

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1947
Kentucky at Tennessee
LSU at Mississippi

THE FOLLOWING HAVE COMPLETED THEIR CONFERENCE SCHEDULES

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
South Carolina 11 3 .786 20 7 .741
Maryland 8 6 .571 18 12 .600
North Carolina 8 6 .571 16 11 .593
N.C. State 7 7 .500 19 8 .704
Wake Forest 7 7 .500 16 11 .593
Georgia Tech 6 8 .429 11 16 .407
Clemson 5 9 .357 14 13 .519
Duke 4 10 .286 10 17 .370

BIG 8 CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Iowa State 10 4 .714 20 5 .800
Missouri 8 6 .571 15 10 .600
Oklahoma 8 6 .571 15 10 .600
Oklahoma A&M 8 6 .571 14 11 .560
Kansas 8 6 .571 13 12 .520
Nebraska 6 8 .429 12 15 .444
Kansas State 4 10 .286 12 13 .480
Colorado 4 10 .286 6 19 .240

BIG EAST CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Georgetown 11 3 .786 23 7 .767
Boston College 9 5 .643 22 7 .759
Seton Hall 8 6 .571 18 9 .667
Syracuse 8 6 .571 16 12 .571
Providence 7 7 .500 16 11 .593
Connecticut 6 8 .429 14 13 .519
St. John's 5 9 .357 13 14 .481
Rutgers 2 12 .143 7 20 .259

EAST INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Holy Cross 12 2 .857 25 5 .833
CCNY 10 4 .714 21 6 .778
New York Univ 9 5 .643 22 5 .815
Duquesne 8 6 .571 16 10 .615
Villanova 5 9 .357 12 15 .444
Army 5 9 .357 9 18 .333
Manhattan 4 10 .286 9 18 .333
Navy 3 11 .214 5 21 .192

IVY LEAGUE CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Princeton 12 2 .857 19 8 .704
Harvard 11 3 .786 19 8 .704
Brown 10 4 .714 17 10 .630
Cornell 6 8 .429 12 15 .444
Pennsylvania 6 8 .429 11 16 .407
Columbia 4 10 .286 8 19 .296
Dartmouth 4 10 .286 7 20 .259
Yale 3 11 .214 6 21 .222

MIDWEST INDEP CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Notre Dame 11 3 .786 22 5 .815
Marquette 10 4 .714 13 14 .481
Louisville 8 6 .571 15 12 .556
Memphis 8 6 .571 15 12 .556
Penn State 6 8 .429 10 17 .370
Pittsburgh 5 9 .357 13 14 .481
Cincinnati 5 9 .357 13 14 .481
Detroit 3 11 .214 9 18 .333

PCC NORTH CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
San Francisco 12 2 .857 21 7 .750
Oregon 11 3 .786 24 4 .857
Washington 7 7 .500 18 11 .621
LMU 7 7 .500 14 13 .519
Washington St. 6 8 .429 18 10 .643
Portland 5 9 .357 11 16 .407
St. Mary's 4 10 .286 10 17 .370
Oregon State 4 10 .286 9 18 .333

PCC SOUTH CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
California 11 3 .786 19 8 .704
USC 10 4 .714 22 5 .815
Santa Clara 9 5 .643 13 14 .481
Stanford 8 6 .571 19 8 .704
UCLA 6 8 .429 16 11 .593
Pepperdine 6 8 .429 14 13 .519
Gonzaga 4 10 .286 14 13 .519
San Diego 2 12 .143 6 21 .222

SOUTHWEST CONF CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
Texas Christian 11 3 .786 17 8 .680
Rice 10 4 .714 13 12 .520
Baylor 9 5 .643 18 7 .720
Texas Tech 8 6 .571 17 8 .680
Texas A&M 7 7 .500 13 12 .520
Arkansas 6 8 .429 14 11 .560
Texas 3 11 .214 7 18 .280
SMU 2 12 .143 7 18 .280

SOUTHERN CONF CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L PCT W L PCT
VMI 11 3 .786 20 7 .741
Davidson 9 5 .643 18 9 .667
G. Washington 9 5 .643 16 11 .593
Furman 8 6 .571 12 15 .444
The Citadel 6 8 .429 15 12 .556
Virginia 6 8 .429 10 17 .370
Virginia Tech 4 10 .286 8 19 .296
William & Mary 3 11 .214 11 16 .407

MINOR CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS

AMERICA EAST : Miami (Fla)
ATLANTIC 8 : Fordham
BIG SOUTH : Birmingham-South & Coastal Carolina (tie)
BIG WEST : Nevada
BORDER : Montana State
COLONIAL : Old Dominion
HORIZON : Illinois-Chicago
MAAC : Rider
MAC : Miami of Ohio
MEAC : Delaware State
MID-CONTINENT : Valparaiso & Illinois State (tie)
MID-LAND : Richmond
MISSOURI VALLEY : UTEP
OHIO VALLEY: Tennessee State & Eastern Illinois (tie)
PATROIT : Colgate & American (tie)
SKYLINE : Fresno State
SOUTHLAND : Houston
SUN BELT : New Orleans
SWAC : Southern

COLLEGE LEADERS
SCORING PPG
Jeremiah Brooks F Harvard 19.3
Isaias Adams F Pepperdine 19.2
Tim Groat F Southern Ill. 18.9
Chris Gurule G Delaware 18.8
Jack *Nichols C California 18.7
Tyson Henkel F Baylor 18.6
Jes DiGregorio F UNC-Ashville 18.6
Graham Kimpton F Fordham 18.6
Kenny Stancliff G Charlston Sout.18.6
Talon Blankinship G Pennsylvania 18.5
Fred *Nagy G Colgate 18.5

REBOUNDS RPG
Robert Lewis C Houston 16.3
Chet *McNabb F UCLA 16.0
Kumbuka Patin C Western Mich. 16.0
Ray *Ellefson C Iowa 15.7
Garrett Johnson C N.Carolina St. 15.5
Ben *Schadler F Providence 15.5

ASSISTS APG
Rhema Hill G Montana 10.1
Sal Bell G Oral Roberts 9.8
Steven LaCroix G Arkansas 9.0
Joe Fullwood G Arizona St. 8.7
Sebastien Vorbe G George Mason 8.7
Mark Putnam G Colorado St. 8.7

STEALS StPG
Pete Shover G CCNY 3.7
Ben Miller G Washington St 3.2
Chevy Snyder G San Diego 2.9

BLOCKED SHOTS BSPG
Garrett Johnson C N Carolina St 6.0
Jack Rivera F Georgia 5.4
Jay Hartman F Buffalo 5.1

FREE THROWS (min 65 att) FTM FTA FT%
Fred *Nagy G Colgate 156 175 89.2
Don *Stroot C New Mexico 106 121 87.6
Ron White F Miami 104 120 86.7

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 46 27 12 7 61 146 122
New York 46 23 16 7 53 120 112
Montreal 48 20 22 6 46 131 118
Toronto 46 20 23 3 43 134 122
Boston 47 18 22 7 43 118 122
Chicago 45 13 26 6 32 107 158

NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 45 33 44 77
Ted Kennedy TOR 46 26 34 60
Maurice Richard MON 48 46 13 59
Billy Taylor DET 46 12 32 44
Toe Blake MON 48 15 27 42
Bill Cowley BOS 47 18 22 40
Doug Bentley CHI 45 14 25 39
Ted Lindsay DET 46 26 10 36
Joe Carveth BOS 47 21 15 36
Milt Schmidt BOS 47 11 25 36
Elmer Lach MON 48 6 30 36
Bill Ezinicki TOR 46 19 16 35
George Gee CHI 45 20 14 34
Roy Conacher DET 46 25 8 33
Woody Dumart BOS 47 18 15 33
Sid Abel DET 46 21 11 32
Howie Meeker TOR 46 20 12 32
Bobby Bauer BOS 47 18 14 32
Grant Warwick NY 46 17 15 32
Tony Leswick NY 46 20 11 31

ROOKIE SCORING TEAM GP G A PTS
Howie Meeker TOR 46 20 12 32
Vic Lynn TOR 46 5 22 27
Gordie Howe DET 46 12 11 23
Leo Gravelle MON 48 19 3 22
Roger Leger MON 48 2 13 15
Bill Barilko TOR 46 2 10 12

Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 46 91
M. Chamberlain MON 48 83
Pat Egan BOS 47 80
Pete Horeck DET 46 76
Kenny Reardon MON 48 74
Butch Bouchard MON 48 72
Garth Boesch TOR 46 70
Fern Flaman BOS 47 70

GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 48 20-22-6 6 2.33
Chuck Rayner NY 45 23-15-7 6 2.38
Frank Brimsek BOS 47 18-22-7 2 2.57
Harry Lumley DET 42 25-12-5 0 2.62
Turk Broda TOR 46 20-23-3 1 2.73
Paul Bibeault CHI 40 10-17-6 1 3.19

RESULTS
Wednesday February 14, 1947
New York 2 at 0 Boston
Montreal 6 at 1 Chicago

Saturday February 17, 1947
Montreal 3 at 3 Toronto
Chicago 4 at 4 Detroit

Sunday February 18, 1947
Montreal 2 at 3 Boston
Toronto 2 at 3 New York
Detroit 2 at 1 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday February 21, 1947
Toronto at Chicago
Boston at New York

Thursday February 22, 1947
Boston at Detroit

Saturday February 24, 1947
Montreal at Detroit
New York at Toronto

Sunday February 25, 1947
Boston at Chicago
Toronto at Montreal
Detroit at New York

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 43 32 11 .744 x
PHI 44 27 17 .614 5.5
NY 42 20 22 .476 11.5
PROV 42 18 24 .429 13.5
BOS 42 14 28 .333 17.5
Tor 41 11 30 .268 20.0

WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 42 30 12 .714 x
STL 43 27 16 .628 3.5
CLE 41 23 18 .561 6.5
DET 43 17 26 .395 13.5
PIT 45 15 30 .333 16.5

SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 42 23.6
Ed Sadowski CLE 38 18.5
Bob Feerick WSH 40 17.1
Stan Miasek DET 37 14.0
Ernie Calverley PRO 36 14.0
Chuck Halbert CHI 38 13.7
Frank Baumholtz CLE 40 13.7
Max Zaslofsky CHI 41 13.3
Johnny Logan STL 37 13.3
Coulby Gunther PIT 45 13.2
Freddie Scolari WSH 38 13.2
Belus Smawley STL 41 12.3
Leo Mogus TOR 40 12.2
Horace McKinney WSH 36 12.1
Hank Beenders PRO 38 12.1
John Janisch DET 39 11.9
Donald Martin PRO 36 11.8
Don Carlson CHI 37 11.7
Earl Shannon PRO 34 11.2

RESULTS
Monday February 12, 1947
Washington 58 at 66 Pittsburgh

Tuesday February 13, 1947
Providence 61 at 80 Cleveland
St Louis 51 at 64 Philadelphia

Wednesday February 14, 1947
Providence 47 at 57 Detroit
Chicago 64 at 72 Pittsburgh
Washington 64 at 67 New York

Thursday February 15, 1947
Cleveland 71 at 57 Philadelphia
Providence 58 at 83 Chicago
St Louis 56 at 59 Boston

Friday February 16, 1947
Pittsburgh 69 at 52 Toronto

Saturday February 17, 1947
Pittsburgh 47 at 63 Providence
Cleveland 51 at 76 New York
Philadelphia 69 at 77 Washington

Sunday February 18, 1947
New York 49 at 50 Detroit
Toronto 51 at 72 St Louis
Boston 53 at 71 Chicago
Philadelphia 59 at 58 Cleveland

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday February 19, 1947
Detroit at Pittsburgh

Tuesday February 20, 1947
St Louis at Toronto
Boston at Cleveland

Wednesday February 21, 1947
Providence at New York
Boston at Detroit
Toronto at Washington

Thursday February 22, 1947
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Washington at Providence
Detroit at Chicago

Friday February 23, 1947
Chicago at St Louis
Pittsburgh at New York
Boston at Toronto

Saturday February 24, 1947
Pittsburgh at Washington
Cleveland at Providence

Sunday February 25, 1947
Toronto at Detroit
New York at Chicago
Philadelphia at St Louis
Providence at Boston
Washington at Cleveland