TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1947
NOTE - I have adjusted the dates in my replay to matchup with the real life 1947 calendar. As a result today is Sunday Aug 17 rather than the 19th as it was being displayed in my report. I did this for convience for me since I am using the real college football schedule for 1947 that will begin next month.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
WILLIAMS POWERS RED SOX PAST YANKEES
Ted Williams broke out of a 2 week long slump in a big way going 4-for-4 with 2 homers and 2 doubles to pace the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 9-6 in American League action. Williams drove in 4 runs to take over the league lead in rbi's. He also leads the majors with 27 homers and his .331 batting average trails only teammate Mel Almada.
The win moves the Red Sox to within 7 games of first place Cleveland after the Indians lost 3 out of four in their series with Detroit. Yesterday, Tommy Henrich had 3 hits and scored 3 runs to lead the Tigers to a 5-4 victory. Hal Trosky also had 3 hits, including a homerun for Detroit. The Indians did get some good news. Bob Feller, who injured his shoulder in his last start, is apparently healthy enough to pitch and he will get the start today against Philadelphia.
St Louis blanked the Athletics 4-0 as Wally Judnich drove in a pair of runs for the Browns. Ray Scarborough (11-10, 3.34) tossed a 5-hit shutout. The Browns are now 6 games behind Cleveland. In the only other game Mel Mazzera had 3 hits to help Washington edge Chicago 3-2 as Joe Haynes won his 15th game of the season for the Senators. Washington has won 6 out of 7 including a 5 game sweep of the White Sox and is now 7.5 games behind first place Cleveland.
NATIONAL LEAGUE<
OLSEN 3-HITS PIRATES AS CUBS WIN AGAIN
The Chicago Cubs continue to be the hottest team in baseball as they won their 7th straight game in convincing fashion, blasting Pittsburgh 12-0. Vern Olsen tossed the shutout and won his major league leading 19th game of the season in the process. Olsen also had 3 hits as did reserve shortstop Lou Merullo in a rare start. First baseman Eddie Waitkus had a pair of hits and extended his hitting streak to a career high 17 games.
The Cubs are now just 1 game out of first place after front running Philadelphia was pummelled 15-4 in Brooklyn. A 9-run 7th inning highlighted by Stan Hack's 3-run homer chased Phillies starter Max Macon (13-6, 2.82). 28 year old outfielder Luis Olmo, just recently recalled from AAA Montreal, had 6 rbi's to lead the Dodgers.
In other National League action Grady Hatton and Eddie Lukon homered as Cincinnati beat the New York Giants 8-3. Harry Feldman got his 14th win of the season for the Reds. In Boston rookie Earl Torgeson's 2-run homer helped St Louis beat his former team, the Braves, 4-2. Drafted first overall this year by Boston, Torgeson was dealt to St Louis at the deadline in a deal that brought Whitey Kurowski to Boston. Kurowski also hit a 2-run shot in the game to account for the Boston runs.
Code:
AMERICAN W L PCT GB
CLEVELAND 67 48 .583 x
ST LOUIS 61 54 .530 6.0
BOSTON 59 54 .522 7.0
WASHINGTON 60 56 .517 7.5
DETROIT 56 58 .491 10.5
PHILADELPHIA 56 58 .491 10.5
NEW YORK 52 64 .448 15.5
CHICAGO 48 67 .417 19.0
NATIONAL W L PCT GB
PHILADELPHIA 66 46 .589 x
CHICAGO 66 48 .579 1.0
PITTSBURGH 66 51 .564 2.5
CINCINNATI 60 55 .522 7.5
ST LOUIS 56 56 .500 10.0
BOSTON 53 59 .473 13.0
NEW YORK 45 68 .398 21.5
BROOKLYN 43 72 .374 24.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 3 Chicago 2
Boston 9 New York 6
Detroit 5 Cleveland 4
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 4 Boston 2
Brooklyn 15 Philadelphia 4
Cincinnati 8 New York 3
Chicago 12 Pittsburgh 0
TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (B Bevens 4-3, 5.48) at Washington (F Hutchinson 15-13, 3.39)
Philadelphia (A Williams 13-11, 3.43) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-8, 2.53)
Chicago (B Fleming 1-3, 4.54) at Boston (R Melton 11-10, 4.01)
Detroit (V Trucks 10-13, 2.79) at St Louis (A McKain 12-6, 3.35)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (J Hutchings 10-12, 4.54) at Boston (K Chase 9-14, 4.73)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-9, 3.44) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-14, 4.68)
New York (E Wright 5-4, 5.47) at Cincinnati (A Carter 14-12, 3.59)
Chicago (H Wyse 9-8, 2.58) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-4, 3.43)
Code:
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING BATTING
M Almada Bos .339 B Elliott Pit .349
T Williams Bos .331 G Rosen Bkn .339
W Judnich SLB .329 H Leiber NY .328
HOME RUNS HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 22
O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 21
T Hafey Cha 16 J Gordon Phi 20
RBI'S RBI'S
T Williams Bos 81 B Elliott Pit 80
D Litwhiler Cha 78 S Chapman Bsn 75
W Judnich SLB 78 H Clift Chn 73
WINS WINS
A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 19-6
A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-9
F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13 P Roe Pit 17-4
ERA ERA
B Lohrman Cle 1.55 C Melton Pit 1.84
J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
B Feller Cle 2.53 H Wyse Chn 2.58
STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det 150 E White StL 157
V Trucks Det 147 R Barney Bkn 152
W Spahn Cle 147 P Roe Pit 131
GOLF
FLECK AND FERRIER SHARE LEAD AT U.S. OPEN
With three rounds complete Jack Fleck and Jim Ferrier are the co-leaders at the United States Open Golf tournament. It was another rough day for most of the field as windy conditions coupled with an extremely difficult layout made things difficult. One person who seemed unaffected by the difficulty was Jim Ferrier. The Australian carded a 66, the second best round of the tournament and moved from 4 strokes off the pace yesterday into a share of the lead. His co-leader is Jack Fleck, a 24 year old Bettendorf, Iowa native who missed the cut in each of his 3 previous career majors.
Code:
US OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 TOTAL
Ferrier 73 69 66 -5
Fleck 73 67 68 -5
Horne 70 70 69 -4
Riegel 74 65 70 -4
Ward 69 70 70 -4
Daly 69 69 73 -2
Boros 69 71 72 -1
Bulla 74 69 69 -1
Keiser 75 70 67 -1
Barron 74 71 68 E
Cerda 72 68 75 2
Demaret 71 72 72 2
Haefner 72 70 73 2
Mangrum 71 74 70 2
de Vicenzo 71 69 76 3
Harper 77 69 70 3
Hogan 71 72 73 3
Little 70 73 73 3
Sarazen 74 72 70 3
Wall 71 72 73 3
Ford 72 74 71 4
Harbert 72 71 74 4
Von Nida 71 74 72 4
Harrison 71 74 73 5
Middlecoff 76 68 74 5
Lees 72 74 73 6
Worsham 76 70 73 6
xTibbetts-a 73 70 76 6
Wood 73 73 74 7
Bolt 70 75 76 8
Fazio 72 74 75 8
Bruen 70 75 77 9
Hamilton 74 70 78 9
Nelson 75 71 77 10
Adams 70 76 79 12
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
JAGS HAND BEARS THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS
Is there cause for concern in the camp of the Chicago Bears? The struggling Bears look like anything but the defending league champions after dropping their third straight preseason game to the Jacksonville Jaguars by a 34-33 score. The Bears defense has been awful, allowing an average of over 37 points a game in the three losses. With the starters playing virtually the entire game the Bears defense allowed nearly 500 total yards.
There is some good news in Chicago and it is all on the offensive side of the ball. League MVP Sid *Luckman completed 21 of 26 passes for 297 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Bears offense had an outstanding performance. Three time allpro receiver Ken *Kavanaugh was in mid-season form, making 6 catches for 110 yards.
This kind of offensive display from the Bears is to be expected but the woes on the defensive side have to be of concern. Most of the same cast from last season is back with one major exception. The retirement of Danny Fortman coupled with the free agent departure of Gary Carver has left the Bears with a big hole at linebacker. So far rookies Ronnie Nussmeier and Mike Philyaw have not been able to fill the void. It is beginning to look like the Bears will regularly need to score 40 points a game if they are going to win. The good news is they have the offense that could do it.
49ERS 21 CHARGERS 17
San Francisco improved to 3-0 after spotting San Diego a 14-0 first quarter lead and rallying for a 21-17 victory. The first quarter was all Chargers, or more specifically all Bob *Fenimore. The rookie running back ran for one touchdown and caught a 33 yard pass for a second major. It was an outstanding day for *Fenimore, who had 74 yards rushing and 4 receptions in the first half. Koy Harris threw a pair of 2nd half touchdown passes for the 49ers, who were aided by 3 interceptions.
RAIDERS 23 RAMS 10
Rookie Tom Maddox threw for 209 yards while completing 21 of 29 passes to lead the Raiders to victory but it was Oakland backup running back Derrius Barber who stole the show. Barber ran for 102 yards and 1 touchdown in the win. Rookie Camp *Wilson was also impressive in the victory, catching all 6 balls thrown his way.
FALCONS 23 TITANS 20
A strong effort from QB Arnie *Herber helped the Falcons improve to 3-0. The 5th year Falcon QB completed 29 of 29 passes for 194 yards. Rookie Charlie *Trippi looked good for Tennessee starting in place of the injured Manfred Gayle. However, the Titans backup QB, Terry Kocher was picked off 3 times in the 4th quarter ending any hopes of a Tennessee comeback. Falcons first round pick SS Red *Cochran had two of the picks.
SAINTS 27 PATRIOTS 21 (OT)
Saints QB Kalimba Goode was picked off twice and completed just 2 passes but one of them was a 54 yard touchdown strike to Frank Coleman with 16 seconds remaining in overtime to give New Orleans a 27-21 win over New England. The two starting running backs, Todd Berger of the Saints and New England's Mario Glenn led their respective offenses. Berger had 125 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns while Glenn ran for 99 yards and made 6 catches for another 48 yards. New Orleans improves to 2-1 while the Pats drop their 3rd straight game.
JETS 38 SEAHAWKS 0
Steve *Van Buren ran for 141 yards and Keith Reeves threw 3 touchdown passes as the New York Jets hammered Seattle 38-0. *Van Buren also had 4 receptions for the Jets. New York's defense held the Seahawks to just 151 yards total offense while their offense racked up nearly 600 yards.
PRESEASON WEEK 3
Friday August 15
Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay
Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants
Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota
Yesterday
San Francisco 21at 17 San Diego
St Louis 10 at 23 Oakland
Jacksonville 34 at 33 Chicago
Atlanta 23 at 20 Tennessee
New England 21 at 27 New Orleans (OT)
Seattle 0 at 38 New York Jets
Today
Baltimore at Detroit
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Buffalo at Washington
Carolina at Kansas City
Cleveland at Denver
Arizona at Dallas
Monday August 20
Indianapolis at Tampa Bay
BOXING
ORTIZ HAS LITTLE TROUBLE WITH CASTILLO
Manuel Ortiz took another step towards getting another chance at the World Bantamweight title. Ortiz had little difficulty winning a unanimous decision over Mexican bantamweight champ Luis Castillo last night in San Francisco. Ortiz was in complete control of the bout and unofficially won 12 of the 15 rounds. He wore down Castillo, who ended up getting dropped in the 12th round but that was more from his own fatigue than Ortiz's punching power.
The victory improves Ortiz record to 39-2-2 and is his second straight convincing win after a pair of losses including one to Fernando Gagnon that cost Ortiz the World title. Castillo falls to 27-13-3.
SOCCER
TSN TO PROVIDE ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION RESULTS
TSN will begin publishing first division soccer fixtures and tables from England. The games will be simmed using a dice game called Quick Play soccer. After a 6 year hiatus due to the war the English First Division (there was no Premier League then) resumed play last season. Liverpool finished first in a tight race, just one point ahead of Manchester United and Wolverhampton with Stoke City 2 points off the pace. Manchester City and Burnley would make the leap to Division One this season after finishing first and second respectively in Division Two.
The season begins next Saturday with a full slate of games including defending league champion Liverpool playing host to Preston North End.