NOVEMBER 23, 1942
ALL-MILITARY TEAM MIGHT WIN 120 GAMES
How severely has the war impacted the talent level in the big leagues? With well over 600 professional baseball players including closing in on 200 with big league experience already working for Uncle Sam, one could easily make an all-star team of players in the military and quite conceivably win 120 games in either the Federal or the Continental Association. In fact, one might be safe in wagering if two military teams were created - one for each loop- they most likely would be favoured to meet in the World Championship Series.
That, of course, will not happen but how would this team do in a big league season?
The scary part is one could easily come up with another half dozen pitchers and at least as many position players now in the service who warrant inclusion on this squad. We are not here to debate who belongs on the military team -and new names of worthy candidates seem to pop up weekly nowadays- but rather to simply illustrate just how much of a hit the war has inflicted on the quality of baseball at it's highest level in this country and Canada. On the above listed team alone we have a combined total of 48 all-star game selections, 11 World Championship Series winners, 8 Whitney Awards and a Allan Award. And once again there are plenty more where that came from.
Where is there a hole on this club? Maybe third base where John Lawson is certainly showing his age but in a pinch Tom Frederick could fill in, or we could summon young catcher turned third baseman Rick York from the Cincinnati Cannons originally but more recently the United States Navy. Or Mack Sutton from the Army Air Corps by way of Boston. Most likely though if we just wait a month or two the third base problem will solve it self when another big name player heeds the call of Uncle Sam. Either way, 120 wins might just be conservative for this group by the time the late additions arrive over the rest of the winter and into the spring.
THIS WEEK'S ENLISTMENTS/DRAFTEES BY TEAM
Only the New York Stars escaped without any losses this week as several clubs were hit hard with players leaving for military service. Among the biggest losses are pitchers Ray Dalpman from Boston and Charlie Stedman leaving Pittsburgh. Below is this week's list of players who have left FABL organizations to join in the war effort.
BOSTON- Ray Dalpman P, Bobby Montefusco P,
BROOKLYN- Bill Hooker 2B, Effa Bancroft P
CHIEFS- Skeeter Gray OF, Bill May OF
COUGARS- Danny Goff P/OF, Carlos Montes OF, Ed Wilkinson P
CINCINNATI- Glenn Payne P, Dick Blaszak OF, Ruben Sanchez OF
CLEVELAND- Dick Lamb P
DETROIT- Constantine Peters 3B
MONTREAL- Heinie Billings OF, Gordon McCarley OF
NY STARS- none
NY GOTHAMS- Bobby Boone OF, Bunny Edwards P
KEYSTONES- Davey Robicheaux 3B, Jack Smith OF
SAILORS- Bruce Lucas 2B, David Molina P
PITTSBURGH- Charlie Stedman P, Gary Ely SS
ST LOUIS- Dan Rivard P, Jerry Suber OF
TORONTO- Pat Reed SS
WASHINGTON- Lou Johnson P
- Looks like it is the end of the line for Charlie Stedman as the veteran pitcher told the Pittsburgh Miners he is joining the Marines as a physical fitness instructor. The 40-year old was a 3-time all-star and won the 1929 Allen Award as the top pitcher in the Continental Association back in his days with Montreal. Stedman, who has a 250-221 career record, also pitched for the New York Stars and Boston before joining the Miners in 1936. He is one of just 25 pitchers to notch 250 career wins in FABL.
- The latest scheme making the rounds to reduce travel and help with the shortage of players during the war suggests a 12-team Victory League would be the answer. The idea, apparently, is to merge the Federal and Continental Associations and eliminate four teams and convert their stadiums into some sort of war manufacturing or food processing center- one even calling for Foresters Field to be turned into a chicken ranch. Not sure if that was a comment on the quality of play amongst the Cleveland nine these days or not but Cleveland, along with St Louis because of their far western location, would be two of the clubs axed under the proposal. The other two? Depends who you ask with Cincinnati, Washington, Brooklyn, the two Canadian clubs and even the Chicago outfits being mentioned. I wouldn't worry as no one in the league would ever give this one a second look.
- We caught up with Del "Double-Duty" Thomas last week when he was at the Bigsby Oval pitching pigskins for the Boston Americans. He is having himself quite a season with the Yanks and has them on the verge of their second trip to the championship game. Thomas enjoys the old park on Broadway, noting he would have loved to have a chance to pitch baseballs at the Oval. "I spent some time in the minors with the Gothams too," Thomas added, "but didn't get to the bigs until after I was sent to St Louis and by then they had moved to that new stadium in Queens. Of course, nowadays I am happy to pitch in any big league park." Thomas has spent most of his time of late in AAA and you have to wonder how much longer the star quarterback will be content throwing baseball's for peanuts in Oakland. When asked if he ever dreamed what it would be like to play his baseball at Cunningham Stadium - the same place he calls home in the AFA- he was almost giddy in his response. "That would be something. Those fans are great and I've talked to a bunch of the (Minutemen players). They say (manager Bill) Boshart runs a smooth sailing ship."
- The Boston Americans quarterback shares something with the Boston Minutemens signal-caller as Del Thomas and Jack Flint were once traded for each other. That was a 1938 deal that brought Flint to the Gothams and eventually Boston where he won a World Championship Series in 1941.
- While on the topic of two-sport athletes it appears Joe Hampton is going to make it to St Louis this week. The 19 year old former Pioneers pitching prospect and son of long-time Chicago Chiefs outfielder Jim Hampton gave up baseball a couple months ago after two seasons in the low minors with the St Louis Pioneers. He went back to basketball, a sport he excelled at during his high school days in Chicago, and recently joined the Western Iowa cagers. Well, the Canaries first regular season game - after a pre-season tournament a couple of weeks ago- will be a visit to the campus of East Missouri Seminary, which is located in the heart of St Louis. No word on whether any of the Pioneers executives will take in the game but the thinking is no, as the club was not very happy to see the teenage pitcher jump ship.
- Word out of Chicago was there was a move being planned to create a 'Junior Major League.' Howard Millard, veteran sports editor of the Decatur Herald-Review who has been closely aligned with minor league ball since 1917 as a club president, business manager and sports writer, was advocating a league or leagues in Organized ball for youngsters. The idea was to make a league of the top high school ballplayers in the mid-west and perhaps also one in the east. They would then have them play out of some of the bigger minor league parks. Millard pitched it as an opportunity to keep the parks in use if the minors had to shut down because of a lack of players and the youth league would provide high quality baseball made up of all-star teams in the age bracket of 16 through 19 years, desiring to keep away from using boys eligible for Selective Service. "I contacted at least ten FABL club executives on the subject and found only one who couldn't see his way clear to join and it seemed we were making real headway for this summer." Unfortunately the recent lowering of the draft age to 18 stymied the plans but Millard is still considering trying to go forward for boys 16 and 17 years of age and even some who would be 18.
AMERICANS CLINCH EASTERN TITLE
There are still two weeks remaining in the American Football Association season but the participants in the loop's title game have been established. The Chicago Wildcats clinched the Western Division berth a week ago and they are now joined by the Boston Americans, who clinched the Eastern Division with a 14-3 win over Brooklyn on Sunday. The New York Football Stars are just two wins back of Boston with two games remaining but the Yanks hold the tiebreaker based on their sweep of the two game set with the Stars this season. The championship contest will be a rematch of the 1939 title game, one in which Boston emerged with a 21-14 victory on the road.
On Sunday it was Del Thomas who once again led the Boston attack. The veteran quarterback threw for 203 yards including a fourth quarter touchdown pass to Jim Sandera to seal a 14-3 win over the visiting Brooklyn Kings. The win improves Boston's record to 8-2 on the year in advance of their season-ending game in Pittsburgh next weekend.
The Chicago Wildcats are now 9-0 as they continue their bid to become the first team in modern AFA history to go a perfect 11-0. Their win yesterday in Pittsburgh was an easy one, with the Wildcats building a 29-0 lead at the break and finishing with a 29-7 win over the woeful Pittsburgh Paladins. Pittsburgh's fate was sealed early with 8 consecutive first half possessions ending in turnovers.
A fourth quarter rally at the Bigsby Oval gave the New York Stars a 17-14 win over visiting Detroit. The Stars scored a pair of late touchdowns including a 6 yard pass from Tom Jamason to Paul Watts for the go-ahead score with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game.
Finally rookie Bob Holt ran for 102 yards and two scores, while also passing for 94 yards and another touchdown to lead the St Louis Ramblers past Cleveland 35-14. Holt now has 879 yards rushing on the year and has two more games remaining- against Brooklyn and at Detroit- in an effort to set the modern single season rushing record. At his current total Holt already owns the fifth best rushing total.
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SINGLE SEASON RUSHING LEADERS
NAME, TM YDS YEAR
Warren Howard, Pit 981 1940
Tom Jamason, NY 973 1936
Hank Greshman, Pit 922 1936
Bernard Dishmon,Was 881 1940
Bob Holt, StL 879 1942
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AFA STANDINGS
EASTERN W L T PCT
Boston 8 2 0 .800
New York 6 3 0 .667
Washington 5 5 0 .500
Brooklyn 4 5 0 .444
Philadelphia 2 8 0 .200
WESTERN W L T PCT
Chicago 9 0 0 1.000
Detroit 5 3 1 .625
St Louis 4 5 0 .444
Cleveland 2 7 0 .222
Pittsburgh 1 8 1 .111
AFA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22
New York 17 Detroit 14
Boston 14 Brooklyn 3
Chicago 29 Pittsburgh 7
St Louis 35 Cleveland 14
SUNDAY NOVEMEBER 29
Brooklyn at St Louis
Detroit at Philadelphia
Washington at Chicago
Cleveland at New York
Boston at Pittsburgh
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AFA LEADERS
SCORING PTS
Vaught, Det 124
Stein, Bkn 81
Holt, StL 60
Kelly, Bos 48
Frum, WAS 48
Milatz, NYS 47
PASSING COMP-ATT YDS TD INT
Thomas, Bos 146-266 1,544 15 12
Burnett, Det 130-246 1,422 20 11
Boetcher, Cle 120-291 1,325 8 32
Proos, Was 95-222 1,310 11 35
J.Taylor, Phi 78-195 920 7 15
RUSHING YDS TD
Holt, StL 879 9
Stein, Bkn 733 6
Fitzgerald, Bos 610 4
Sadowski, Was 524 6
Frum, Was 449 5
RECEIVING CAT TD
Vaught, Det 72 16
Kelly, Bos 32 6
Hooper, Bos 26 3
Douglas, Was 25 2
G.Halladay, Pit 25 2
INERCEPTIONS #
Stein, Bkn 9
Vaught, Det 9
Murphy. Det 8
Burnett, Det 7
Spagna, Det 7
B McLean, Chi 7
NO SURPRISES AS GEORGIA SHOWDOWN LOOMS
Unlike a week ago, this time Saturday went very much as expected among the college football elite. No major upsets among the title contenders and we head to the end of the season with all eyes focused on one game and one game only. That would be the big showdown in Atlanta between in-state rivals Noble Jones College Colonels and the Georgia Baptist Gators. They lock horns every year with seemingly plenty at stake but all those previous Gators-Colonels tussles pale in comparison to what is on the line this time around, merely a berth in the East-West Classic and the big dollars that comes with it for the participating school and quite likely the number one ranking in the nation. Now Cumberland and it's perfect 9-0 record might having something to say about all of that but the truth is the Explorers do not stand a chance of being invited west. Only Commonwealth Catholic or Detroit City College could have denied the champion of Georgia a trip to sunny California and both of those schools lost their opportunity when they each came up short a week ago.
The Colonels are 10-0, including 6 wins in Deep South Conference play, after back Billy Bockhurst bolted for 137 yards and 3 scores to lead his Noble Jones mates past an overmatched Opelika State eleven by a count of 41-7. Georgia Baptist, reeling from that tie they suffered in Alabama a week ago, righted the ship with a 24-13 victory over Western Florida, running the Gators season mark to 8-0-1. Cumberland is 9-0 following a 33-6 drubbing of Central Kentucky and 4-0 in Deep South play but unless the Colonels fall to the Gators the best the Explorers can lay claim to is a share of the Deep South title, but even then many will point to Noble Jones having more conference wins than the 4 Cumberland earned. The good news for all three of those teams is they all stand a very strong chance of playing somewhere the day after we all bid farewell to 1942.
Like Cumberland, Miami State is perfect (8-0) following a 24-14 win over Columbia Military Academy. The Gulls have one more hurdle to overcome in the form of Huntington State next Saturday but even if they do run the table and finish 9-0 a New Year's invitation is not to be expected.
Detroit City College should get a Classic invite after the Knights ran their record to 8-1 with a convincing 31-14 win over Central Ohio. Wisconsin State finished out it's season with a 10-9 win at Minnesota Tech, improving the Brewers to 9-1 and a perfect 5-0 in Great Lakes Alliance play. The Knights will need to win their final game next weekend against Western Iowa to assure them a Classic invite and a share of the GLA title, otherwise a Detroit City loss allows Wisconsin State to claim both a classic bid and an Alliance title.
WEEKEND COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
KEY GAMES
Noble Jones College 41 Opelika State 7
Georgia Baptist 24 Western Florida 13
Miami State 24 Columbia Military Academy 14
Cumberland 33 Central Kentucky 6
St. Blane 34 St. Magnus 7
Detroit City College 31 Central Ohio 14
Commonwealth Catholic 41 Boston State 0
Great Lakes Navy 27 Lincoln 17
Rome State 30 Sadler 6
Iowa Pre-Flight 24 College of Omaha 3
Jacksonville Naval Air Station 27 Pensacola NAS 0
Richmond State 7 North Carolina Pre-Flight 7
Wisconsin State 10 Minnesota Tech 9
George Fox 7 Dickson 3
Grafton 34 Henry Hudson 21
CC Los Angeles 17 Rainier College 0
Lane State 17 Portland Tech 7
Redwood 20 Northern California 7
OTHER RESULTS
Lubbock State 14 Texas Gulf Coast 6
Canyon A&M 16 Lubbock Field 16
Alabama Baptist 17 Bluegrass State 7
Albuquerque Field 23 Tempe College 14
Valley State 28 Texas Panhandle 14
Arkansas A&T 13 Northern Minnesota 10
Central Carolina 16 Mobile Maritime 13
Coastal State 24 Bulein 3
Empire State 17 Ellery 0
Carolina Poly 24 Charleston Tech 3
Brooklyn State 20 Daniel Boone College 14
St. Matthew's College 20 Potomac College 0
College of Waco 12 Abilene Baptist 3
St. Patrick's 21 Bronx Tech 0
Idaho A&M 21 Stratton 21
Whitney College 13 Indiana A&M 7
Iowa A&M 28 Eastern Kansas 27
Maryland State 31 Lexington State 3
St. Ignatius 27 Huntington State 7
California Catholic 14 South Valley State 0
North Carolina Tech 17 Eastern State 14
Flagstaff State 20 El Paso Methodist 14
Eastern Oklahoma 33 Lambert College 7
Pittsburgh State 17 Liberty College 13
Amarillo Methodist 13 Red River State 7
Golden Gate University 33 Mather Field 0
Spokane State 17 Second Air Force (WA) 7
St. Pancras 21 Garden State 7
Oklahoma City State 27 Conwell College 0
Payne State 28 Fremont State 10
Cache Valley 31 Wyoming A&I 0
Boone College-St. Louis 26 Perry State College 20
Penn Catholic 17 Strub College 10
Wisconsin Catholic 27 Camp Grant 14
Sunnyvale 27 Golden Gate University Pre-Flight 0
Alameda Coast Guard 17 San Francisco Tech 13
COACHES: THERE WILL BE AIAA FOOTBALL NEXT YEAR
The American Association of Football Coaches pledged itself to carry on intercollegiate football next year with whatever means and materials are available under wartime conditions. The endorsement of football as a wartime sport was adopted by the executive board of the group, headed by Colonel Bill Ormand, former coach of Cumberland who now runs one of the Army All-Star outfits. The board recognized football's value in the training of young men for military service and leadership, as demonstrated in the preliminary training program of the armed forces. The group also promised to extend intramural football in colleges, using the template laid out by Patsy O'Callghan when he arrived at Maryland State last spring after a long-stint as Redwood's head man. The Association also cancelled it's annual meeting in compliance with the government's request to aid transportation problems.
*** FIGHTING SAINTS ALSO DOING THEIR PART TO SAVE TRAVEL ***
St Blane has made it known that the school will not accept a bid, if they were invited to a New Year's Day Classic game. The Saints, who improved to 7-2 on the season with a convincing win over St Magnus, made it be known they felt it was just far too difficult to arrange travel in order to get to one of the sites that host the college showcase games.
***BLACK SATURDAY COSTS COMMONWEALTH, DETROIT CITY BIG MONEY ***
November 14th will go down as the blackest of Saturday's in Commonwealth Catholic's football annals. That was the day the Knights , hitherto undefeated and untied and wealthy in power, saw $80,000 or thereabouts slip through their fingers. That was the day that unheralded Brooklyn State upended the Knights by a 28-20 count, wiping Commonwealth Catholic off the shortlist for the East-West game and left them just another disillusioned and beaten team. There is a consolation prize still on the table, in the form of a different New Year Classic game but the Knights had been focused on a trip to Santa Ana.
Detroit City College will get a New Year game as long as they can handle Western Iowa in their finale next week but they too lost a chance at the big payday in the East-West Classic. However, Detroit City College's loss was a little easier to take considering it came against a St Blane eleven that looks like world-beaters at the moment. The East in the East-West Classic now will certainly come from Georgia and all eyes will be on Atlanta next Saturday for that family tussle between the Baptist Gators and the Colonels.
*** WHO IS PLAYING ON JANUARY 1? ***
The winner in Atlanta gets the East-West game and it seems all but certain their opponent will be City College of Los Angeles. CCLA is 6-1-1 on the season after shutting out Rainer College 17-0 on Saturday. The Coyotes still have two games remaining, but not until December 5th when they play lowly Idaho A&M and December 12th against local rival Coastal California. A win on the fifth lets them play in the big game regardless of the outcome against the Dolphins as the West representative must be finalized by December 7th. The East-West game will be back in their backyard at Santa Ana, after a one year sojourn to New York City necessitated by the events at Pearl Harbor. If they Coyotes somehow trip up then 6-3 Redwood would get the call but likely over the objections of Daniel Boone College (8-2) and Boulder State (7-1).
Detroit City College, or Wisconsin State if the Knights lose next week, is likely off to El Paso to play in the Desert Classic against a team from the south, perhaps Carolina Poly or maybe even Abilene Baptist if travel becomes a factor. The loser from the Noble Jones/Georgia Baptist game and Cumberland will debate over who goes to New Orleans and who heads to Austin. Someone from the Southwest Alliance, likely Travis College or Red River State awaits in Austin at the Lone State Classic while the Cajun Classic in New Orleans seems to be leaning towards an invitation for Payne State.
With St Blane saying no, that likely opens the door back up for Commonwealth Catholic to get an invite and the Knights are likely going to end up in Miami for the Sunshine Classic.
*** TALK OF A VICTORY CLASSIC GAME ***
With the Hawaiian Classic postponed for the duration there is growing support to stage a 'Victory Classic" game in New York City on December 6th. The sponsors originally planned to stage the event as a post-season football game on the first anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor but December 7th falls on a Monday. The scene will either be the Bigsby Oval or Brooklyn's Kings County Stadium and all-star teams will be featured although there had been hopes of getting a strong military eleven to participate and play a squad of all-stars from the Northeast. Those plans were quickly shuddered when the organizers realized Great Lakes Navy, their top choice, plays the day before against St Blane in it's season finale.
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COLLEGE LEATHER-SPINNERS READY TO KEEP HOOPS HOT IN BIG SEASON FOR BASKET BALL
LIBERTY LOOMS AS EAST'S BEST. DETROIT CITY, ST IGNATIUS IN GREAT LAKES AND CCLA TOPS OUT WEST
As another college basket ball season tips off the immediate prospect is rosy, indeed. Throughout a nation at war there is every indication now of an unusually large crop of strong teams and possibly half a dozen that may attain greatness. Through double-header basketball and smart promotion in the large eastern and middle west centers, the game has grown in prestige and stature. Attendance figures are expected to remain close to boom levels.
The newly-enacted Selective Service law calling 18 and 19 year old youngsters is not likely to affect too many college teams because the vast majority of undergraduates today are already enlisted in the reserve and are taking prescribed courses to fit them for the Army, Navy or Marine Corps. The outstanding teams of a year ago have not lost more than a normal complement of graduating seniors, and these losses in most instances are made up by the incoming freshman.
Transportation is not the problem that it is in football or baseball for most basket ball parties can be cut down to 12 men, including the coach. Nineteen double-headers are booked for New York's Bigsby Gardens, 11 in Buffalo and there will be a dozen or more in Philadelphia, St Louis and Chicago. The spotlight naturally will be focused heavily on the big cities but, of course, the championships in most conferences will be decided on the smaller campuses.
*** THE TEAMS TO WATCH ***
Liberty College, North Carolina Tech, Carolina Poly and Garden State loom as the best of the eastern starters. Great Lakes Alliance powers Detroit City College, Whitney College and Western Iowa are joined by St Ignatius as clubs to be feared while CC Los Angeles, Coastal California and Lane State are expected to be among the best the west coast has to offer. Others that could turn a few heads include St Patrick's, Opelika State, Lubbock State and for a real darkhorse hitch your wagon to NW New York State. The Navigators from Annapolis Maritime also bear observing.
In reading the above some might ask what about the New York fives? Brooklyn State won it all two years ago and was a favorite entering the championship tournament last season but the Bears have suffered some key losses and will hard pressed to contend for the title in the tough Northeast Conference. Henry Hudson has been relevant in years as the entire Academia Alliance, save perhaps Grafton, has faded into mediocrity. New York hoops aficionados best push their focus towards Newark where Garden State once again looks solid.
OPENING WEEK OF AIAA SEASON
The AIAA basketball season kicked into full gear with a busy opening week of games. St Ignatius, which many considered to be a surprise choice for the pre-season #1 ranking, got off to a solid start with a win over Wyoming A&I on Sunday. The Lansing, Michigan school did not participate in one of the early tournaments so this was the first taste of action for Coach Russell Murray's boys. The Lancers were facing a Wyoming A&I team that had a tough schedule out of the gate: the Prospetors lost to 12th ranked Bulein earlier in the week and have #22 Jersey City Tech coming up on Wednesday. Sunday's game was all St Ignatius as the Lancers, led by 14 points from Norman Yates, won easily by a 62-39 count.
Defending National Champion Liberty College followed up a win in the Jack Easton Tip-Off Tournament with a 64-51 victory over Brunswick to improve to 4-0. The Bells, and 4th ranked CCLA, received some first-place votes in this week's poll. The Coyotes also won a preseason event, prevailing in the San Francisco tournament, and will not start their regular games until Thursday when they are in Arizona to face Flagstaff State.
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AIAA TOP 25 RANKINGS
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. St. Ignatius (61) 1-0 1779 1 Great Lakes Alliance
2. Liberty College (7) 4-0 1714 2 Northeast Conference
3. Detroit City College 3-0 1662 4 Great Lakes Alliance
4. CC Los Angeles (4) 3-0 1613 3 West Coast Athletic Association
5. North Carolina Tech 3-0 1510 5 South Atlantic Conference
6. Whitney College 3-0 1392 12 Great Lakes Alliance
7. Coastal California 2-1 1342 8 West Coast Athletic Association
8. Lane State 1-0 1273 10 West Coast Athletic Association
9. Carolina Poly 1-0 1245 11 South Atlantic Conference
10. Northern California 1-0 1104 13 West Coast Athletic Association
11. St. Patrick's 4-0 1096 17 Northeast Conference
12. Bulein 2-0 903 14 South Atlantic Conference
13. Alabama Baptist 3-0 865 18 Deep South Conference
14. Brooklyn State 0-1 789 6 Northeast Conference
15. Mobile Maritime 1-0 719 15 South Atlantic Conference
16. Lincoln 1-0 537 20 Great Lakes Alliance
17. Ohio Poly 5-1 489 23 Independent
18. Minnesota Tech 3-0 467 16 Great Lakes Alliance
19. Western Iowa 1-1 462 21 Great Lakes Alliance
20. Garden State 1-1 426 19 Northeast Conference
21. Rainier College 1-1 414 22 West Coast Athletic Association
22. Jersey City Tech 2-0 292 24 Independent
23. Chesapeake State 4-1 260 7 South Atlantic Conference
24. Great Plains State 2-1 172 9 Independent
25. Central Ohio 3-1 159 25 Great Lakes Alliance
RESULTS INVOLVING TOP TEAMS
Monday November 16
St Blane 42 Eastern State 40
#10 Northern California 56 Central Carolina 35
#7 Coastal California 39 Kit Carson Univ. 21
#24 Great Plains State 61 Laclede 30
Tuesday November 17
Baton Rogue State 59 Richmond 50
Tempe College 54 Ellery 52
Wednesday November 18
#22 Jersey City Tech 44 Eastern Virginia 42
#15 Mobile Maritime 51 Narragansett 36
Miami State 58 Travis College 55
#17 Ohio Poly 58 Brunswick 55
Mississippi A&M 48 Eastern Oklahoma 34
Thursday November 19
#5 North Carolina Tech 64 St Martin's College 43
#11 St Patrick's 54 Grafton 23
#13 Alabama Baptist 51 Glover(GA) 34
College of Omaha 57 #24 Great Plains State 25
#25 Central Ohio 54 St Blane 38
Friday November 20
#3 Detroit City College 58 Mahoning Valley State 52
#8 Lane State 49 Mississippi A&M 40
#9 Carolina Poly 59 #14 Brooklyn State 52
Rome State 41 Oklahoma City State 37
#12 Bulein 49 Wyoming A&I 38
Sadler 43 Redwood 35
#23 Chesapeake State 57 Brandywine 52
Chicago Poly 61 Wisconsin Catholic 33
Saturday November 21
#22 Jersey City Tech 53 Boulder State 32
#24 Great Plains State 55 Bigsby College 34
Northern Mississippi 50 St Pancras 43
Opelika State 47 Central Carolina 34
Sunday November 22
#1 St Ignatius 62 Wyoming A&I 39
St Blane 54 Troy state 47
#12 Bulein 47 North Carolina Atlantic 32
#17 Ohio Poly 46 Rose Point (PA) 23
Mississippi Tech 46 Darnell State 39
Topeka State 57 Spokane State 54
NOBLE JONES LANDS TOP RECRUIT
Noble Jones College had more than their football team to celebrate this week with news that Darrell Hanson, considered to be the best high school player in the south, has decided to stay in his home state for college and attend Noble Jones next season. The 17 year old Nahunta, Georgia native is a 6'6" forward that many call the top high school basketball player in the country. Jones was considering North Carolina Tech, Carolina Poly and Whitney College but ultimately decided he wanted to stay close to come and join what is considered to be a rising program with the Colonels.
After a lot of lean years, Noble Jones College won 22 games last season and was invited to the year end tournament for the third time in the past four years. Prior to March of 1931 the Colonels had never won a tournament game but they did earn one win each of the past years including last season when they upset Rainer College in the opening round before falling to Detroit City in the second round.
Several of the top twenty recruits have decided on a home for next season. Here is a look at each of them:
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TOP TEN RECRUITS POS HOMETOWN COMMITTED CHOICE (or considering)
1 Darrel Hanson F Nahunta,GA Yes NOBLE JONES COLLEGE
2 Marlin Patterson C Charleston,MS No Alabama Baptist, Noble Jones, Whitney College
3 William Archer F Cincinnati,OH Yes OHIO POLY
4 Kenny Sherman F Stockton,CA Yes COASTAL CALIFORNIA
5 Russell Freeman C New Iberia,LA No Mobile Maritime, Western Iowa, CCLA, Carolina Poly
6 Long Werth C Miami,FL No Miami State, Rainier College, Western Iowa, Western Florida
7 Darren Sizemore F Rochester,NY No Garden State
8 Jumbo Hinman F Azusa,CA YES CC LOS ANGELES
9 Ruben Gilbert F Rock Island,IL YES WHITNEY COLLEGE
10 Tony Keeney F Mahoney City,PA YES CHESAPEAKE STATE
11 Michael Allen F Liberal,KS No Western Iowa, Rainier College, CCLA, Liberty College
12 Buddy Eugene C Norwood,OH YES DETROIT CITY COLLEGE
13 Maynard Altmann F Wartburg,TN YES ANNAPOLIS MARITIME
14 Jock Malinowski G Hale Center,TX No Great Plains State, Lane State, CCLA, Rainer, Liberty
15 Stephen Carter C Audubon,IA YES WESTERN IOWA
16 John McAuley G Columbus,OH No Ohio Poly, Coastal California
17 Steve Martini C Hazlehurst,MS YES MOBILE MARITIME
18 Chris Sparks C Phillipsburg,NJ No St Patrick's, North Carolina Tech, Liberty, Detroit City
19 Murray Cole F Bellville,OH YES DETROIT CITY COLLEGE
20 Colin Overby F Bowden,GA YES ALABAMA BAPTIST
It was a big week on the recruiting front as the Knights landed two more top recruits to join center Buddy Eugene, who signed a week ago. With 5 seniors graduating, and perhaps some underclassmen leaving for the military, coach Dick Keegan has a busy job trying to fill spots for next season but much of the work is done with Eric Goforth and Murray Cole agreeing to attend next season. Keegan spent a number of years at Queen City and his Ohio connections seem to be paying off still with all three of the newcomers coming from the Buckeye state.
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DETROIT CITY COLLEGE RECRUITS
RK NAME POS HOMETOWN
12 Buddy Eugene C Norwood, OH
19 Murray Cole F Bellville, OH
30 Eric Goforth F Lima, OH
The Knights are also thought to be very close to securing a commitment from Stan Dewar, a Collingswood, New Jersey guard, who is ranked #31 on the top prospects board. This is already shaping up to be a much better recruiting class than the one that Detroit City College landed last season, when they were ranked just 31st in the nation.
On the court it was far from their best effort but the Knights came away with a victory in a 58-52 win over Mahoning Valley State. Roman Sollars had a huge game, shooting 9-for-16 and leading the team with 22 points. The only other Knight in double-figures was center Jack Kurtz, who had 10. Keegan was not impressed with the number of turnovers the Knights committed against a clearly inferior opponent.
THE WEEK AHEAD
They play just once next week and not until Saturday when Grafton comes to the Motor City. The Scholars are part of the Academia Alliance and have a rich history in the baseball feeder leagues as well as on the court. Unlike a number of Academia schools, Grafton never won a National Title in the early years but they did reach the championship game in 1915. The 1930's were not kind to the New Hampshire school but they have made the tournament each of the past two seasons thanks to upset victories in the conference tournament each of the past two seasons. The Academia Alliance, it should be noted, is the only section to play a conference tournament with all others awarding the automatic berth in the national tournament to their regular season champion. They are a veteran team with 4 seniors and a junior, led by senior forward John Morales, a New Jersey native. Grafton has played just once so far this year, getting blown out by #11 St Patrick's 54-23. They will play Coastal California, currently ranked #7, this week prior to their game in Detroit.
The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 11/22/1942
- A major naval battle is waging off the African shore and indications are Adolf Hitler may attempt to "shoot the works" in an effort to block Allied control of Africa and Mediterranean.
- Former French Premier Pierre Etienne Flanding and Pierre Pucheu, who was the Minister of Interior in one of the Vichy governments are the latest officials to free France and join the growing pro-Allied French regime in North Africa.
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, vows to eliminate all Japanese forces from Guadalcanal Island. "We are going to clean them out," vowed Nimitz after describing a 4-day engagement that saw 23 Japanese warships eliminated at a cost of two American light cruisers and six destroyers.
- Russian defenders of Stalingrad have improved their positions and killed an additional 3,000 Germans over in fighting over the past several days.
- R.A.F. bombers made a devastating night attack on Turin, one of Italy's three great war industry centers.
- The Army has given the go-ahead to stage the East-West Classic football game in southern California on New Year's Day. "We have no objections" says Col. H E Beal of the Western Defense Command.