TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 25, 1947
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
RED SOX WITHIN 4.5 GAMES OF INDIANS
Roy Partee and Al Zarilla snapped a 1-1 tie with rbi singles in the 9th inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland 4-1. The rally made a winner out of Red Sox pitcher Bob Bowman (8-5, 3.93) and allowed Boston to gain a game on the first place Red Sox. In other American League action Washington beat St Louis 4-1 but in the process lost pitcher Joe Haynes for the rest of the season. The 29 year old Haynes (15-10, 2.36) appeared to be on his way to a third straight 20 win season before blowing out his elbow.
White Sox pitcher Bud Byerly tossed a 6-hitter and drove in a pair of runs as Chicago beat Philadelphia 3-1 while in New York Hal Trosky homered and drove in 3 runs to lead visiting Detroit past the Yankees 11-6.
CUBS BLOWOUT PHILLIES: TAKE 2 GAME LEAD
Vern Olsen won his major league leading 21st game of the season while Phil Rizzuto had 4 hits in Chicago's 15-4 laugher over Philadelphia. The win moves the Cubs two games ahead of the Phillies atop the National League but the two teams will meet 7 times in the next 10 days. In St Louis Ernie White tossed a complete game 1-hit shutout as the Cardinals blanked New York 4-0. The only hit off of White was a 4th inning double from Mickey Haslin. Elsewhere, Bill Salkeld had 4-hits as Pittsburgh plastered Boston 11-3 while
Joe Medwick drove in all 5 runs including a pair on a 10th inning double as Cincinnati topped Brooklyn 5-3.
JURISCH, MEDWICK WIN PLAYER OF WEEK ACCOLADES
Detroit pitcher Al Jurisch and Cincinnati outfielder Joe Medwick have been named the players of the week in their respective leagues. Jurisch won both of his starts including a 3-hit shutout of the Browns. On the season the third year pro is 19-9 with a 3.78 era. He is 9-1 since joining the Tigers in a mid-July trade from the Cardinals.
Medwick hit .538 with 9 rbi's for the Reds last week. On the season the 35 year old is challenging for the National League batting crown with a .339 average. He has 9 homers and 66 rbi's. This is the 4th time in his career Medwick wins the player of the week award.
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AMERICAN W L PCT GB
CLEVELAND 70 52 .574 x
BOSTON 65 56 .537 4.5
ST LOUIS 65 58 .528 5.5
WASHINGTON 64 60 .516 7.0
PHILADELPHIA 59 63 .484 11.0
DETROIT 58 63 .479 11.5
NEW YORK 55 67 .451 15.0
CHICAGO 53 70 .431 17.5
NATIONAL W L PCT GB
CHICAGO 72 50 .590 x
PHILADELPHIA 69 51 .575 2.0
PITTSBURGH 69 56 .552 4.5
CINCINNATI 65 58 .528 7.5
ST LOUIS 62 58 .517 9.0
BOSTON 55 65 .458 16.0
BROOKLYN 49 74 .398 23.5
NEW YORK 46 75 .380 25.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 4 Cleveland 1
Washington 4 St Louis 1
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 1
Detroit 11 New York 6
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 11 Boston 3
St Louis 4 New York 0
Chicago 15 Philadelphia 4
Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 3 (10 inn)
TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington (C Hartung 1-0, 3.60) at Boston (E Johnson 17-8, 3.10)
Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-12, 4.92) at Chicago (B Fleming 2-4, 3.96)
Detroit (H White 7-10, 4.45) at New York (M Russo 5-5, 4.11)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (E Wright 5-6, 5.83) at St Louis (J Hutchings 12-12, 4.38)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-10, 3.38) at Chicago (H Wyse 11-8, 2.59)
Cincinnati (E Blackwell 5-6, 4.50) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-6, 3.59)
Brooklyn (S Shea 4-4, 5.29) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-8, 3.87)
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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING BATTING
M Almada Bos .335 B Elliott Pit .349
B McCosky Det .328 J Medwick Cin .339
W Judnich SLB .327 G Rosen Bkn .328
HOME RUNS HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 23
W Judnich SLB 19 H Clift Chn 22
O Grimes Cle 17 J Gordon Phi 21
RBI'S RBI'S
W Judnich SLB 86 B Elliott Pit 83
D Litwhiler Cha 82 H Clift Chn 77
T Williams Bos 81 S Chapman Bsn 76
WINS WINS
A Jurisch Det 19-9 V Olsen Chn 21-6
E Johnson Bos 17-8 C Schanz Phi 18-10
A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-6
ERA ERA
B Lohrman Cle 1.59 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh 2.56 C Melton Pit 2.04
B Feller Cle 2.69 H Wyse Chn 2.59
STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle 165 E White StL 167
A Jurisch Det 159 R Barney Bkn 160
V Trucks Det 155 P Roe Pit 136
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
RAVENS WIN IN O.T. AS PRESEASON SLATE COMES TO AN END
Starters saw very little action as the final day of the National Football League preseason was played out. The most exciting contest occurred in Baltimore where the visiting Tampa Bay Bucs tied the game in the final minute of regulation on a James Green field goal only to see Baltimore pull out a 32-29 victory on a 47 yard field goal from Jim Holmes as the 15 minute overtime came to a close.
The best individual effort was in Buffalo where a pair of rookie running backs took centre stage. Bills back Buddy *Young gained 171 yards and scored 3 touchdowns to lead Buffalo past San Diego 31-17. Young had TD carries of 2,60 and 70 yards. Chargers rookie Bob *Fenimore had a touchdown of his own and gained 112 yards rushing. Fenimore was the 16th pick from Oklahoma A&M while Young was a second round selection out of Illinois.
In other action Tommy *Thompson completed 5 of 6 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns as Kansas City topped Cincinnati 34-30. Despite the stellar performance in 1 quarter of action, *Thompson will start the season as the back-up to Ulish Groce. The Bengals gave veteran QB Bud Rutledge plenty of playing time and his effort was good enough that he will get the nod as starter next week against Houston. Some observers in Cincinnati had felt 3rd year pro Ken Smith had done enough to win the job from Rutledge.
In San Francisco, Otis Johnson connected on 3 second-half field goals to lead the 49ers past Detroit 16-13, Arizona blasted the Jets 27-3, and Sam Foster's 3 yard run accounted for the only touchdown in Washington's 13-9 win over Carolina.
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FINAL PRESEASON STANDINGS
NFC
North W L T PCT PF PA
Minnesota Vikings 3 1 0 .750 72 76
Green Bay Packers 2 2 0 .500 106 131
Chicago Bears 1 3 0 .250 126 123
Detroit Lions 1 3 0 .250 75 71
East W L T PCT PF PA
Dallas Cowboys 3 1 0 .750 96 63
Philadelphia Eagles 2 2 0 .500 89 77
Washington Redskins 2 2 0 .500 72 79
New York Giants 1 3 0 .250 64 98
South W L T PCT PF PA
Atlanta Falcons 3 1 0 .750 101 89
New Orleans Saints 3 1 0 .750 109 77
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 1 0 .750 100 84
Carolina Panthers 2 2 0 .500 79 75
West W L T PCT PF PA
San Francisco 49ers 4 0 0 1.000 76 54
Arizona Cardinals 2 2 0 .500 68 63
Seattle Seahawks 2 2 0 .500 73 84
St. Louis Rams 2 2 0 .500 79 94
AFC
North W L T PCT PF PA
Baltimore Ravens 4 0 0 1.000 118 103
Cleveland Browns 2 2 0 .500 87 96
Cincinnati Bengals 1 3 0 .250 76 98
Pittsburgh Steelers 1 3 0 .250 69 70
East W L T PCT PF PA
Miami Dolphins 3 1 0 .750 128 74
Buffalo Bills 2 2 0 .500 102 87
New York Jets 2 2 0 .500 67 53
New England Patriots 0 4 0 .000 64 105
South W L T PCT PF PA
Indianapolis Colts 3 1 0 .750 115 65
Jacksonville Jaguars 3 1 0 .750 120 96
Houston Texans 2 2 0 .500 99 99
Tennessee Titans 0 4 0 .000 70 116
West W L T PCT PF PA
Kansas City Chiefs 3 1 0 .750 96 100
Oakland Raiders 2 2 0 .500 75 71
Denver Broncos 0 4 0 .000 71 117
San Diego Chargers 0 4 0 .000 64 118
PRESEASON WEEK 4 RESULTS
Friday August 22
Minnesota 37 at 35 Jacksonville
Chicago 35 at 13 New England
Dallas 23 at 10 Atlanta
Saturday August 23
New Orleans 31 at 7 Houston
Oakland 14 at 22 Indianapolis
Tennessee 7 at 24 Pittsburgh
Green Bay 24 at 14 Cleveland
NY Giants 17 at 39 Miami
Denver 7 at 23 Seattle
Philadelphia 35 at 17 St Louis
Sunday August 24
NY Jets 3 at 27 Arizona
San Diego 17 at 31 Buffalo
Detroit 13 at 16 San Francisco
Tampa 29 at 32 Baltimore
Washington 13 at 9 Carolina
Kansas City 34 at 30 Cincinnati
REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 SCHEDULE
Thursday August 28
New England at San Diego
Sunday August 31
Buffalo at Kansas City
Miami at Denver
Tennessee at Cleveland
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh
Indianapolis at Baltimore
Houston at Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Chicago
Dallas at Green Bay
NY Giants at Minnesota
Tampa at St Louis
Atlanta at Arizona
Carolina at San Francisco
New Orleans at Seattle
NY Jets at Oakland
Monday September 1
Washington at Detroit
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
The SEC had 3 teams ranked in the top 12 Nationally at the end of the 1946 season and this year should be more of the same. Georgia, Alabama and a rejuvinated Mississippi squad all could be in the top 10 by the end of the year with Tennessee and Georgia Tech not that far behind.
Georgia was unbeaten until a loss to number one Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl and despite losing QB Charles Trippi the Bulldogs appear loaded again this season. With Trippi gone, senior Steve xKuffrey gets his first chance to guide the offense. If he sputters there is junior John Rauch waiting in the wings. xKuffrey should be fine as he has a great running back in Andy *Dudish and a solid group of receivers led by seniors Dan *Edwards and Tyler xGriffin. The Georgia defense anchored by senior MLB Bill *Godwin will once again be punishing.
This may be a down year for last season's co-champs but the Tennessee Volunteers still have some talent on the defensive side of the ball. Cornerback Jack xRuvalcaba is one of the best ballhawks in the nation.
Halfback George *Gulyanics will be the key to Alabama's success. The Tide also have a solid offensive line led by certain NFL star Vaughn *Mancha. The most improved team in the conference should be Mississippi with two potential first round NFL picks in QB Charlie *Conerly and WR Joe *Johnson. Ole Miss also has a strong offensive line led by guard Bill *Erickson.
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SEC STANDINGS CONF OVERALL
W L T W L T
Georgia 5 0 0 10 1 0
Tennessee 5 0 0 9 2 0
Alabama 5 2 0 10 2 0
Louisiana State 4 1 0 7 2 0
Georgia Tech 3 2 0 6 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 4 0 4 5 0
Miss State 2 3 0 7 3 0
Kentucky 2 3 0 7 3 0
Tulane 2 4 0 3 7 0
Auburn 2 4 0 6 4 0
Florida 0 4 1 0 8 1
Mississippi 0 6 1 1 7 1
SEC PLAYER PROFILE - MISSISSIPPI QB CHARLIE CONERLY
Conerly is counted on to lead Mississippi from a terrible 0-6-1 conference mark a year ago to possibly a conference title in 1947. In real life he started his college career as a tailback in 1941 and 42. Conerly then spent three years with the Marines before returning to Mississippi in 1946. He became quarterback of the Rebels newly installed T Formation. He led Mississippi to a 9-2 record and a win over TCU in the Delta Bowl earning him All-American honours. He would then join the Giants and was named rookie of the year in 1948. Later he led the Giants to 4 championship game appearances before retiring following the 1961 season.
GOLF
BRADSHAW RALLIES TO WIN TUCSON OPEN
Harry Bradshaw came from 4 strokes back to win the Tucson Open and his comeback was against the most dominant golfer of the year. Entering the final round the Irish golfer sat 4 strokes back of Ben Hogan and Jack Burke Jr. Bradshaw carded a 5 under par 67 while Hogan, far and away the leading money winner on the tour, could do no better than par and finished one stroke behind Bradshaw. Burke exploded with a 75 and finished tied for third with Johnny Bulla.
It was Bradshaw's second tour win of the seaon - he previously won the Memphis Open. The $1500 first prize also moves him into 18th place on the season money list - important because the top 20 money winners qualify for the Tournament of Champions event which includes a record first prize of $3000. There are two more stops in the season: Salt Lake City for next weekend's Western Open and then in California for the Los Angeles Open the following week.
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NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 Total PRIZE $
Bradshaw 75 65 69 67 -12 1500
Hogan 71 69 65 72 -11 800
Bulla 70 68 72 70 -8 750
Burke Jr 67 69 69 75 -8 750
Furgol 71 70 69 72 -6 700
Middlecoff 69 71 74 68 -6 700
Bolt 73 65 74 72 -4 650
Von Nida 69 70 73 72 -4 650
Riegel 72 72 68 73 -3 625
Fleck 68 74 73 71 -2 600
Nelson 71 72 69 74 -2 600
Cotton 72 70 70 75 -1 500
Demaret 67 69 76 75 -1 500
Harrison 71 73 70 73 -1 500
King 72 73 73 69 -1 500
Mackay Jr 73 71 72 71 -1 500
Mangrum 69 75 73 70 -1 500
Fazio 69 75 74 70 E 400
Van Donck 73 70 72 73 E 400
Hebert 64 79 71 75 1 350
Byrd 69 76 73 72 2 300
de Vicenzo 75 68 71 76 2 300
McSpadden 73 71 76 70 2 300
Harmon 74 70 73 74 3 250
xTibbetts-a 72 73 73 73 3 amat
Adams 71 70 75 76 4 150
Keiser 70 73 72 77 4 150
Metz 73 72 71 76 4 150
Worsham 71 70 75 76 4 150
Carr-a 73 72 75 73 5 amat
Rees 73 72 77 71 5 125
Barron 77 67 77 73 6 100
Ghezzi 72 73 76 73 6 100
Thomson 69 74 79 72 6 100
Ford 72 73 76 76 9 75
xScarborough-a 70 72 77 78 9 amat
Revolta 70 75 77 76 10 50
BOXING
SADDLER AND WRIGHT WIN TUNEUP BOUTS
In preperation for their meeting on September 30, top featherweight contenders Sammy Saddler and Chalky Wright each fought a tune-up bout yesterday. In New Haven, Saddler had little trouble disposing of journeyman Al Reid, taking a unanimous 8-round decision. Saddler improves his career record to 24-2 while Reid falls to 15-24-2. Both of Saddler's losses have come against undefeated World Champion Willie Pep. Wright also won an easy 8 round decision, at Del Mar Racetrack in California over Fabela Chavez. Wright is 27-6-1 and will be looking to avenge a TKO loss to Saddler early in the postwar tournament.
Undefeated World Featherweight Champion Willie Pep will be looking for his 20th victory in San Francisco on Thursday when he puts his title on the line against Chico Rosa. It really is nothing more than another payday for Pep who should have little trouble with Rosa. A native of Hawaii but fighting out of Los Angeles Rosa has put together a streak of 9 straight wins and is 25-10-2 for his career.
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HERE ARE THE TOP 10 FIGHTERS IN THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION
CH Willie Pep 19-0 Hartford
2 Sammy Saddler 24-2 Boston
3 Harold Hoshino 25-4-1 Seattle
4 Henry Armstong 30-2 Columbus, Mississippi
5 Chalky Wright 27-6-1 San Bernardino, California
6 Ronnie Clayton 28-12-3 Blackpool, England - European Champ
7 Simon Vegara 38-6-2 Panama
8 Charlie Riley 23-5 St Louis
9 Eddie Compo 27-6-3 New Haven
10 Ray Famechon 25-13 Sous-le-Bois-Maubeurge, France
UPCOMING FEATHERWEIGHT BOUTS
Wed Aug 27 Henry Armstrong vs Harold Hoshino at Seattle
Thu Aug 28 Willie Pep vs Chico Rosa at San Francisco World Title Fight
Fri Sep 5 Charlie Riley vs Eddie Compo at New Haven
Thu Sep 11 Simon Vegara vs TBA
Sat Sep 20 Willie Pep vs Georgie Hansford at Los Angeles World Title Fight
Tue Sep 30 Sammy Saddler vs Chalky Wright at Boston
SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION MATCHES
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STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS
Arsenal 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
Charlton Athl 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
Preston NE 1 1 0 0 3 1 3
Blackpool 1 1 0 0 2 0 3
Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Burnley 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Derby County 1 0 0 1 2 2 1
Huddersfield 1 0 0 1 2 2 1
Blackburn 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Everton 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Manchester City 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Wolverhampton 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Bolton 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Manchester Untd 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Stoke City 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Portsmouth 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Liverpool 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
Sheffield Untd 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
Sunderland 1 0 1 0 1 3 0
Chelsea 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
TODAY'S GAMES
Bolton at Preston NE
Middlesbrough at Sheffield United
Portsmouth at Stoke City
TUESDAY'S GAME
Derby at Burnley
SCOTTISH LEAGUE GAMES
YESTERDAY
Queen of South 1 Falkirk 1
Hibernian 3 Airdrie 0
Hearts 1 Motherwell 1
Dundee 2 Morton 1
Aberdeen 0 St Mirren 0
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STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS
Hibernian 5 4 1 0 11 1 12
Partick 4 3 0 1 8 1 10
Celtic 4 3 0 1 9 3 10
St Mirren 5 3 1 1 5 1 10
Queen of South 5 3 1 1 7 8 10
Aberdeen 5 3 1 1 7 2 10
Dundee 5 3 2 0 8 7 9
Rangers 4 2 1 1 5 2 7
Falkirk 5 1 0 4 6 5 7
Hearts 5 1 2 2 6 5 5
Motherwell 5 1 3 1 5 9 4
Third Lanark 4 1 3 0 2 8 3
Queens Park 4 1 3 0 2 10 3
Clyde 4 0 3 1 2 7 1
Morton 5 0 4 1 2 8 1
Airdrie 5 0 4 1 4 12 1