TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1947
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
BONHAM NEARLY PERFECT FOR YANKEES
Tiny Bonham pitched a 1-hit gem leading the New York Yankees to a 3-0 shutout victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Bonham was as close to perfection as one could get without throwing a perfect game. He allowed just one baserunner, a second inning single to Paul Campbell, but faced the minimum 27 batters because Campbell was erased on a double play. For the season Bonham is 14-15 with a 2.79 era. Yankee outfielder Joe Gallagher drove in a pair of the New York runs with a first inning single.
Russ Derry's pinch-hit rbi single in the bottom of the 11th inning gave Boston a 3-2 victory over the St Louis Browns. Red Sox starter Earl Johnson held the Browns scoreless through 8 before St Louis evened the game with a 9th inning rally off the Boston bullpen. The win moves Boston to within 8 games of first place Cleveland after the Indians were blanked 4-0 by Washington. Red Barrett (11-10, 4.34) went the distance for the winners while Warren Spahn (16-12, 3.24) took the loss. The Tribe actually outhit Washington 8-7 but a pair of Senator homeruns from Phil Cavarretta (.258,14,65) and Mike Chartak (.296,10,59) proved to be the difference.
In the other American League game Detroit trimmed Chicago 4-3. Hal Trosky had 3 hits in the contest for Detroit including a first inning single off of Bill Fleming for the 2000th of his career.
CUBS TOP PHILLIES
Back-to-back-to-back rbi doubles in the 5th inning from Eddie Waitkus, Bill Nicholson and Ken O'Dea lifted the Chicago Cubs past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in National League action. Hank Wyse (13-9, 2.50) and Charlie Schanz (19-12, 3.45) each allowed 8 hits in going the distance but Phillies ace Schanz was denied his 20th victory of the season. The Cubs lead over Philadelphia is back to 2 games.
Pittsburgh is 3 off the pace after the Pirates were hammered 12-1 by Cincinnati. Joe Dimaggio(.239,19,69) had 3 hits including a pair of homers to lead the Reds while Joe Medwick (.352,10,77) had a 4-hit game. Medwick, with 19 hits in his last 8 games, is now dead even with the Pirates Bob Elliott in the batting average race. Pittsburgh's Preacher Roe (19-7, 3.68) took the loss and will have to wait a few more days before getting another chance at his first 20 win season.
In other action Marty Marion's 8th inning homerun snapped a 1-1 tie and propelled the St Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 win over the Giants in New York, while in Brooklyn Pee Wee Reese singled in his third rbi of the game in the bottom of the 10th to give the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over Boston.
Code:
AMERICAN W L PCT GB
CLEVELAND 77 53 .592 x
BOSTON 69 61 .531 8.0
ST LOUIS 68 63 .519 9.5
WASHINGTON 67 66 .504 11.5
NEW YORK 62 68 .477 15.0
PHILADELPHIA 62 68 .477 15.0
DETROIT 61 68 .473 15.5
CHICAGO 56 75 .427 21.5
NATIONAL W L PCT GB
CHICAGO 77 54 .588 x
PHILADELPHIA 74 55 .574 2.0
PITTSBURGH 75 58 .564 3.0
ST LOUIS 68 61 .527 8.0
CINCINNATI 69 62 .527 8.0
BOSTON 60 69 .465 16.0
BROOKLYN 51 81 .386 26.5
NEW YORK 48 82 .369 28.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 4 Chicago 3
Boston 3 St Louis 2 (11 inn)
Washington 4 Cleveland 0
New York 3 Philadelphia 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4
Brooklyn 5 Boston 4 (10 inn)
St Louis 4 New York 1
Cincinnati 12 Pittsburgh 1
TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (B Poffennerger 1-3, 5.08) at Detroit (A Jurisch 20-9, 3.82)
New York (M Russo 7-5, 3.98) at Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-12, 4.86)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (P Erickson 10-17, 4.89) at Philadelphia (V Lombardi 15-12, 3.23)
Boston (S Gromek 16-9, 3.72) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-17, 4.91)
St Louis (B Voiselle 15-13, 3.82) at New York (S Emmerich 1-6, 4.65)
Code:
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING BATTING
B McCosky Det .333 B Elliott Pit .352
W Judnich SLB .324 J Medwick Cin .352
J Heath Cle .322 G Rosen Bkn .329
HOME RUNS HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos 29 S Chapman Bsn 24
W Judnich SLB 21 H Clift Chn 22
T Henrich Det 18 J Gordon Phi 21
RBI'S RBI'S
W Judnich SLB 96 B Elliott Pit 87
T Williams Bos 87 S Chapman Bsn 82
D Litwhiler Cha 85 H Clift Chn 80
WINS WINS
A Jurisch Det 20-9 V Olsen Chn 21-7
E Johnson Bos 17-9 P Roe Pit 19-7
A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 19-12
ERA ERA
B Lohrman Cle 1.55 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh 2.56 C Melton Pit 2.07
T Bonham NYY 2.79 H Wyse Chn 2.50
STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle 177 E White StL 175
V Trucks Det 169 R Barney Bkn 168
F Hutchinson Wsh 167 P Roe Pit 145
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
1947 COULD BE THE YEAR OF THE LONGHORNS
1947 could be a great year for the Southwest Conference as three football teams start the season ranked in the top 20 nationally. The University of Texas had a terrible time with conference games last season but the Longhorns look ready to tear up the SWC this time around. With Heisman Trophy candidate Bobby *Layne at quarterback and Joe *Baumgardner and Al *Lawler in the backfield the Texas offense will be a force. The defense is also strong with Max *Baumgardner and Jim *Canady leading the way. When it is all said and done it would not be a huge surprise if Texas ends the season as the National Champion.
Arkansas, a greatly improved SMU squad, and Texas A&M will battle it out for second place in the division. The Razorbacks are led by running back Aubrey *Fowler while the big name for SMU is sophomore QB/RB Doak *Walker, who was a high school teammate of Texas QB Bobby *Layne. Do not count out Rice even though the Owls lost several key players while Texas Christian could also be a sleeper pick depending on how much success QB Scott xThompson has. TCU also has one of the best linebackers in the conference in senior Cornell Jones.
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CONF OVERALL
1946 STANDINGS W L T W L T
Rice 5 0 1 10 0 1
Texas A&M 4 2 0 5 5 0
Arkansas 3 2 1 6 3 2
Texas Christian 2 2 2 3 5 2
Texas 2 3 1 6 4 1
Baylor 1 5 0 2 7 0
SMU 0 3 3 4 3 3
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES
BOMBERS BEAT GREEN RIDERS 24-22
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers edged the Roughriders in Regina 24-22 thanks to an impressive performance from running back Gary James. He scored all 3 Winnipeg majors, two of them rushing and the third on a 6 yard touchdown pass from Jack Jacobs midway through the fourth quarter. James gained 100 yards rushing on the day but was second on his team to Leo Lewis, who rushed for 134 yards.
It was the Bombers second win in less than a week over Regina. On Saturday the Bombers prevailed 17-14 in the season opener for both teams in Winnipeg. The other two Western teams begin their seasons tomorrow in Calgary when the Stampeders entertain the Edmonton Eskimos.
Code:
IPRFU W L T PTS
Montreal 1 0 0 2
Argos 1 0 0 2
Ottawa RR 0 1 0 0
Ham Tigers 0 1 0 0
WESTERN W L T PTS
Winnipeg 2 0 0 4
Calgary 0 0 0 0
Edmonton 0 0 0 0
Regina 0 2 0 0
BOXING
AKIRA WINS WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
Trailing on points Japan's Speedy Akira mounted a rally in the 15th and final round, flooring Jackie Paterson twice and winning by TKO with 20 seconds remaining in their World Flyweight Title fight. Akira, with a record of 16-4-2, becomes the new World Champion after Paterson's reign lasted just one fight. Paterson is 21-3 for his career. After the victory Akira's manager announced they would honor the tenative contract that Paterson's camp had to defend the title against Frenchman Valentin Angelmann on October 9th. However, they plan to switch the venue from London to somewhere in Japan.
On the undercard Teddy Gardner, the man Paterson beat to become world champion, had little trouble winning a unanimous 10-round decision over Frenchman Honore Pratesi to improve his record to 18-3-1.
SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION
TODAY'S MATCHES
Charlton Athletic at Arsenal
Burnley at Derby
Wolverhampton at Grimsby Town
Manchester United at Liverpool
Everton at Manchester City
Sheffield United at Middlesbrough
Stoke City at Portsmouth