TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1947
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PATRIOTS LOSE GLENN BUT BEAT TEXANS
The New England Patriots beat Houston 27-14 in the Monday Night Football game but the victory proved costly as the Pats lost running back Mario Glenn in the process. Glenn suffered a groin injury on the first series of the game and could miss three weeks. He leads the team with 578 yards rushing. Backup running back Bob *Jenkins did well in relief of Glenn gaining 97 yards on 24 carries.
The Pats took a quick 7-0 lead when Houston return man Gus Barton fumbled the opening kick-off. It was scooped up by Pats special teamer Rocky Taylor and he ran 21 yards into the endzone. Houston tied the game midway through the first quarter when Tony Brady picked off a Bob Irvin pass and returned it for a major.
Irvin redeemed himself on the next series, completing a 56 yard pass to rookie WR Fred Coleman which set up the go-ahead touchdown, a 3 yard toss to Dee Bolinger. Irvin would also throw a second half touchdown and complete 25-of-39 pass attempts for 268 yards. The Texans mounted little pressure in the second half.
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Jacksonville 28 Buffalo 14
Tennessee 34 Miami 14
Green Bay 21 Minnesota 9
Chicago 27 Detroit 24
Atlanta 24 NY Giants 21
Denver 41 Cleveland 28
Kanas City 17 Pittsburgh 14
Baltimore 31 Oakland 13
Cincinnati 24 San Diego 17
NY Jets 20 Indianapolis 10
Philadelphia 45 Tampa 30
Washington 28 New Orleans 7
Dallas 33 Carolina 21
MONDAY NIGHT GAME
New England 27 Houston 14
WEEK 9 GAMES
New York Giants (3-4) at Dallas Cowboys (1-6)
Houston Texans (4-3) at Indianapolis Colts (2-5)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-5) at Cleveland Browns (4-3)
Oakland Raiders (3-4) at San Diego Chargers (3-4)
Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) at Baltimore Ravens (6-1)
Miami Dolphins (2-6) at Buffalo Bills (1-7)
Washington Redskins (3-4) at Philadelphia Eagles (6-1)
San Francisco 49ers (5-2) at Arizona Cardinals (1-6)
Denver Broncos (3-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (5-2)
St. Louis Rams (4-3) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-3)
Carolina Panthers (1-7) at Atlanta Falcons (5-3)
New York Jets (5-3) at New England Patriots (3-5)
MONDAY NIGHT
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3) at Tennessee Titans (6-1)
Code:
NFC STANDINGS
North W L T PCT PF PA
Green Bay Packers 7 1 0 .875 257 127
Chicago Bears 6 2 0 .750 192 187
Detroit Lions 3 5 0 .375 176 212
Minnesota Vikings 2 6 0 .250 141 169
East W L T PCT PF PA
Philadelphia Eagles 6 1 0 .857 206 129
New York Giants 3 4 0 .429 125 164
Washington Redskins 3 4 0 .429 140 176
Dallas Cowboys 1 6 0 .143 144 172
South W L T PCT PF PA
Atlanta Falcons 5 3 0 .625 174 173
New Orleans Saints 5 3 0 .625 189 171
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 4 0 .500 179 184
Carolina Panthers 1 7 0 .125 155 196
West W L T PCT PF PA
San Francisco 49ers 5 2 0 .714 151 107
Seattle Seahawks 4 3 0 .571 112 104
St. Louis Rams 4 3 0 .571 151 159
Arizona Cardinals 1 6 0 .143 122 172
AMERICAN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
North W L T PCT PF PA
Baltimore Ravens 6 1 0 .857 175 116
Cincinnati Bengals 5 2 0 .714 137 105
Cleveland Browns 4 3 0 .571 169 170
Pittsburgh Steelers 2 5 0 .286 135 96
East W L T PCT PF PA
New York Jets 5 3 0 .625 164 134
New England Patriots 3 5 0 .375 114 165
Miami Dolphins 2 6 0 .250 174 209
Buffalo Bills 1 7 0 .125 121 213
South W L T PCT PF PA
Tennessee Titans 6 1 0 .857 157 105
Houston Texans 4 3 0 .571 117 111
Jacksonville Jaguars 4 3 0 .571 132 141
Indianapolis Colts 2 5 0 .286 131 148
West W L T PCT PF PA
Kansas City Chiefs 5 2 0 .714 191 151
Oakland Raiders 3 4 0 .429 134 182
San Diego Chargers 3 4 0 .429 155 140
Denver Broncos 3 4 0 .429 149 182
LEAGUE LEADERS
QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 240 163 67.9 2086 12 6 101.1
Charles *Trippi TEN 180 118 65.6 1501 10 5 98.4
Ryan Boyette NO 245 171 69.8 2021 9 8 93.3
Louis Webster CLE 180 104 57.8 1450 11 5 92.6
John Foster BAL 253 145 57.3 1915 15 8 88.0
RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
A. Anderson ATL 8 180 997 5.5 92 8
Stacey Jolley MIA 8 168 912 5.4 88 8
Harley Mitchell PHI 7 194 839 4.3 56 5
Todd Berger NO 8 188 821 4.4 48 6
Tony *Canadeo GRB 8 168 779 4.6 54 8
RECEPTIONS TM REC
Jim *Benton MIN 54
Lewis Smith JAX 49
Bob Sommer NO 48
Petis Neumann KC 47
Duane Whelihan ATL 47
RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Amos Hynoski DET 8 41 769 18.8 86 5
Pettis Neumann KC 7 47 733 15.6 55 4
Jerry Watson DEN 7 43 719 16.7 59 3
Duane Whelihan ATL 8 47 692 14.7 64 6
Jim *Benton MIN 8 54 691 12.8 62 4
TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Matt Truluck STL 7 81 59 22
Dale Cherry CAR 8 79 60 19
Joey Sloan MIA 8 78 55 23
James Sayler NYJ 8 76 65 11
Jeff Parent CIN 7 76 61 15
SACKS TM SACK
Bill *Hewitt CHI 8
John Beasley KC 8
Ade Coulter TEN 7
Mike Smith GB 7
Duval Van Buren CIN 7
Jim Curry BUF 7
INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Marion Dulaney PHI 8
Todd Elwell PIT 6
Mark Smith BAL 6
Jim Plum TB 5
10 tied with 4
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
HAWKS NEED OVERTIME TO BEAT INDY
Daniel Swanson scored 30 points to lead the Milwaukee Hawks to a 101-97 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Olympians. Veteran Cameron Belli was the overtime hero for the Hawks, scoring 5 of theeir 10 overtime points including a key 3-pointer that put the game away. The 37 year old Belli is considered to be one of the game's greatest players. This is his first year with Milwaukee after 13 seasons in New Orleans. Center George *Mikan led Indianapolis with 26 points and 13 rebounds. The Olympians were outscored 10-6 in the overtime.
Despite a triple double from guard Trevor Presgraves, Kentucky fell 97-88 in Baltimore. Presgraves had 23 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds. Peter Warren again led the Bullets scoring parade with 25 points. The difference in the game was Kentucky made just 4 of 24 3-point attempts including Presgraves going just 1-for-9 while the Bullets hit on 9 of their 18 3-pointers. Warren led the way sinking 4 of 5.
In the only other game Syracuse knocked off Philadelphia 106-89. Justin Hild led the Nationals with 26 points and 12 rebounds.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Syracuse 106 Philadelphia 89
Milwaukee 101 Indianapolis 97
Baltimore 97 Kentucky 89
TODAY'S GAMES
Boston at Providence
Chicago at Minneapolis
Cincinnati at Kansas City
Philadelphia at Indianapolis
Code:
STANDINGS
ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB
New York 5 4 1 .800 x
Providence 3 2 1 .667 1.0
Boston 4 2 2 .500 1.5
Baltimore 4 2 2 .500 1.5
Philadelphia 7 3 4 .429 2.0
NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB
Cleveland 4 3 1 .750 x
Buffalo 6 4 2 .667 x
Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 0.5
Fort Wayne 2 1 1 .500 1.0
Pittsburgh 3 0 3 .000 2.5
MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB
St Louis 6 4 2 .667 x
Milwaukee 5 3 2 .600 0.5
Chicago 2 1 1 .500 1.0
Indianapolis 6 2 4 .333 2.0
Minneapolis 4 1 3 .250 2.0
SOUTH GP W L PCT GB
Kentucky 6 4 2 .667 x
Dallas 7 3 4 .429 1.5
New Orleans 3 1 2 .333 1.5
Cincinnati 4 1 3 .250 2.0
Kansas City 2 0 2 .000 2.0
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CY YOUNG AWARDS HANDED OUT THIS WEEK
Major league baseball hands out two more awards this week. On Wednesday the American League pitcher of the year will be announced and Thursday it is the National League's turn to present it's Cy Young Award winner. Below are the leading candidates in each league.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Al Jurisch SLB 39 39 25 10 0 3.85 308 281 146 132 128 204
Earl Johnson Bos 38 38 22 10 0 3.11 298 247 115 103 129 114
Bill Lohrman Cle 30 30 17 4 0 2.11 247 212 65 58 42 139
Andy Karl Bos 41 40 18 10 0 4.10 279 296 145 127 105 103
Fred Hutchinson Wsh 39 39 19 16 0 3.80 310 305 146 131 93 183
NATIONAL LEGAUE G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Vern Olsen Chn 41 41 23 10 0 2.94 346 306 133 113 85 139
Ernie White StL 40 40 21 8 0 2.50 334 247 106 93 96 208
Charley Schanz Phi 40 40 20 15 0 3.83 312 312 145 133 120 138
Preacher Roe Pit 40 40 20 10 0 3.74 293 274 131 122 93 167
Cliff Melton Pit 38 38 17 12 0 2.20 307 248 84 75 59 116
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PATRIOT LEAGUE PREVIEW
Last season conference champ Boston University became the first Patriot school to win an NCAA tournament game. The conference has had a few NIT bids but only Northeastern in 1944 and Colgate last season were able to win as many as two NIT games in a single year.
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YEAR PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMP
1932-33 LEHIGH
1933-34 BOSTON UNIV
1934-35 LEHIGH
1935-36 NORTHEASTERN
1936-37 NORTHEASTERN
1937-38 LAFAYETTE
1938-39 BOSTON UNIV
1939-40 NORTHEASTERN
1940-41 BOSTON UNIV
1941-42 LAFAYETTE
1942-43 LAFAYETTE
1943-44 COLGATE
1944-45 NORTHEASTERN
1945-46 MAINE
1946-47 BOSTON UNIV
PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
NCAA NIT
Boston University 1-4 1-2
Northeastern 0-4 4-5
Lafayette 0-3 0-0
Lehigh 0-2 0-0
Colgate 0-1 2-1
Maine 0-1 0-0
American 0-0 0-1
Bucknell 0-0 0-0
PATRIOT LEAGUE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- NORTHEASTERN: Plenty of talent returning for a Huskies team that has 3 postseason berths in the last 4 years including an NIT invite last season. Senior PF Idan Galon has a shot at being the schools all-time leader in points and rebounds by the time his career ends.
2- AMERICAN: The Eagles were 10-4 in conference play last year but lost in Patriot tournament semi-finals. Only one starter is gone from last season and a pair of Eagles made the preseason all-conference team including sophomore guard Nick Egolf who averaged 8.1 ppg and 7.4 apg as a freshman.
3- BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Won the conference tournament and the first ever NCAA tournament game in conference history. However, 3 starters have graduated and this may be a rebuilding year. The Terriers feel they have a great one in freshman PG Naquan Hawthorne.
4- COLGATE: The Raiders are coming off a 24 win season and a trip to the NIT quarterfinals but have graduated three starters. Senior PG Fred *Nagy is back. He averaged 18.7 ppg last season and is a legitimate candidate for League MVP.
5- LAFAYETTE: Coming off three straight 9-21 seasons but things look a little brighter for the Leopards this season as four starters, including pre-season all-conference selection Oliver Wilson, return.
6- BUCKNELL: Won just 12 games a year ago but did finish 8-6 in conference play, their best conference record in 4 years. However, with 4 starters graduated it is back to square one for the Bison.
7- MAINE: After winning their first Patriot League title the Black Bears slumped to 4-10 in conference and 8-22 overall last year. Loaded with freshmen and sophomores the Black Bears have only one player, senior forward Neil Felton, with any noticable playing experience at all.
8- LEHIGH: Just 2-12 in conference each of the past two seasons so there is not much in the way of positives to discuss when it comes to the Mountain Hawks. Senior guard Tristen Hargis averaged nearly 17 points per game last season but had little help.
PRESEAON PATRIOT ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Nick Egolf American
G Fred *Nagy Colgate
F Sayyid Matthews American
F Idan Galon Norhteastern
C Oliver Wilson Lafayette