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Jiggs McGee · 09-23-2022, 12:13 PM

DECEMBER 6, 1943

MINORS OUTLOOK BRIGHT DESPITE MOUNTING LOSSES

Meeting in New York this week the minor leagues found themselves faced once again with many vital wartime problems, as well as the necessity of planning for the postwar period. This was just the 7th time leaders from each of the professional minor leagues gathered in the Big Apple for their annual powwow, and for a change the little fellows were not confronted with any fighting issues with the majors, such as marked the minors first conference in Gotham in 1901. Back in 1901 there was no affiliation agreement with FABL clubs, nor any amateur draft which meant the minors were the main source of talent for the big league clubs. However, that often led to fights over players rights or a battle on a fair transfer fee.

Despite the fact there is plenty of harmony between FABL and the minor moguls now, once more the matter of ensuring the minors have enough players is front and center. This time it is a problem shared by both FABL and the minors instead of a wrestling match between the two. The cause of concern is, of course, the war effort and specifically the Selective Service draft. With the latest collection of players heading off to join the war the total number of professional ballplayers that have traded their gloves and bats for guns and bayonets presently numbers 1,233. That means each big league organization has surrendered an average of roughly 75 players to Uncle Sam - or the equivalent of more than 3 full-minor league teams each.

By any rational thinking with enough players to staff close to 50, or almost half of the 104 minor teams, gone for the duration the expectation is quite a fair share of minor league teams should be out of business right now. However, just as FABL has done, the minor leagues have managed to survive the war intact by employing whatever talent they can find. There is no question the quality of the minor league product -just as it has in FABL- has declined substantially since the war began but baseball somehow continues to march forward using every option at their disposal.

Older players that would under normal circumstances be forced out of the game continue to contribute and some, like 41 year old Curt Bean who won 19 games last season for Seattle of the Great Western League, make major contributions. Youngsters fresh out of high school, who have no business being professional ballplayers, can find gainful employment in the depths of Class B or C when they would in different times be forced to work the family farm or in a coal mine. Who knows maybe a handful of those youngsters given jobs out of necessity might be late bloomers and continue to enjoy a professional athletic career once the war ends and the regulars return, but odds are most will be back to the wheat field or assembly line.

As big an issue the shortage of players is right now for baseball, the prospects a couple of years from now when by all indications the war should end, are equally uncertain. There will be an awful lot of players scrambling for what will suddenly be far too few jobs in baseball unless, as the minor league executives touched on during their meeting, there are plans to grow to sport. It seems unthinkable at the moment, but perhaps there will be more independent minor leagues -similar to the Lone Star Association and Western Baseball League- which operate outside of the FABL affiliation system but are still recognized by the big leagues as Minor Leagues. Perhaps even FABL itself looks to expand, as there is certainly a growing demand for baseball on the west coast and with the advances in aviation maybe one day soon the Los Angeles Knights or Seattle Thunderbirds will be a part of FABL instead of the Great Western League. There is much to look forward to, but for now the primary focus for baseball is simply surviving until the war ends and the more than 1,200 absent players are able to return.

McELHENY LEADS FOOTBALL STARS TO WIN

Jerry McElheny ran for 109 yards and scored a touchdown to help the New York Stars past the Pittsburgh Paladins 21-0 in the season finale for each of the two AFA squads. The effort allows the Stars to continue a 11 year streak in that they have never finished below .500 since the two division format began with the 1933 season. There was some doubt that the Stars would keep that streak intact after they began the season with 3 straight losses but two wins and a draw in their final 3 contests secured the breakeven mark for the New York gridders.

McElheny finishes the season with 783 yards rushing, good enough for tops among ball carriers in the AFA but Dick Davis of the Philadelphia-St Louis combined club is within shouting distance. Not a bad showing for an undrafted rookie who was signed to fill out the roster due to war-related holes from the Georgia Baptist track team. McElheny did play football for the Gators, but that stopped in 1941 when he suffered a serious knee injury that put both his football and track careers on hold. The knee injury kept him out of the military but by late spring this year he was feeling pretty good and returned to track & field until the Stars got wind of him and inked him to a grid contract.

As for Dick Davis, who's club has one game remaining next weekend, the Philadelphia-St Louis back trails McElheny by 77 yards but does have one game remaining as he and his Friglers teammates will play Brooklyn for the second week in a row next Sunday. Davis might not be looking forward to it as yesterday the Kings defense held him to just 21 yards rushing yesterday in Brooklyn's 3-0 victory.

The Brooklyn rematch with the Friglers in Philadelphia is the only game remaining on the schedule before the Boston Americans prepare to defend their AFA title against the Chicago Wildcats in two weeks time.

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        AFA STANDINGS
EASTERN		W  L  T  PCT
Boston		9  1  0  .900
New York	4  4  2  .500
Phil-StL	3  4  2  .429
Brooklyn	2  7  0  .222

WESTERN		W  L  T  PCT
Chicago		7  3  0  .700
Detroit		5  4  1  .556
Pittsburgh	4  6  0  .400
Cleveland	2  7  1  .222

AFA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Sunday December 5
Brooklyn 3 Phil-StL 0
New York 21 Pittsburgh 0

Sunday December 12
Brooklyn at Philadelphia-St Louis
END OF REGULAR SEASON

COLLEGE AWARDS AND ALL-AMERICANS ANNOUNCED

St Blane quarterback Mike O'Rourke was named the winner of College Football's premier award when he was announced as the Christian Trophy winner. The senior from Springfield, Massachusetts was one of 5 Fighting Saints players named to the All-American team. St Blane had a slow start, dropping early season games to Pittsburgh State and Detroit City College, but finished strong to end the season with a 7-2-1 record.

The other two individual awards went to Bob Heath of Pierpont, as the fullback won the Bryan Award as the best All-Around player while the Ipswich Trophy, presented to the top linemen, went to Charlie Szymanski of Rome State.

Here are the 1943 All-Americans

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1943 ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
POS  NAME		CL  HOMETOWN   		SCHOOL
QB  Mike O'Rourke       SR Springfield, MA 	St Blane
HB  Jamie Hendershot    GD Minneapolis, MN	Detroit City College
HB  George Steinbrecht  SR Akron, OH		St Blane
FB  Bob Heath		SR Corning, IA		Pierpont
E   Don Goers		SR Los Angeles, CA	Coastal California
T   Steve Mielhke	SR Edgewater, NJ	St Blane
G   Dewey Mitchell	SR Chicago, IL		Whitney College
C   Charlie Szymanski	SR Chillicothe, OH      Rome State
G   Paul Fillmore	SR Chicago, IL		St Blane
T   David Glenn		SR Yarbrough, TN	Annapolis Maritime
E   Steve Terrio	JR Boston, MA		St Blane

NEW YEARS CLASSIC GAME MATCH-UPS
EAST-WEST CLASSIC: Wisconsin Catholic (8-0) vs Northern California (9-1)
SUNSHINE CLASSIC: Darnell State (8-1) vs North Carolina Tech (8-1)
DESERT CLASSIC: Travis College (5-2-1) vs Minnesota Tech (9-0)
CAJUN CLASSIC: Georgia Baptist (5-4) vs Amarillo Methodist (6-2)
LONE STAR CLASSIC: Provo Tech (5-1-1) vs Eastern State (6-2)

D.C. SMALL COLLEGE IS SURPRISE TEAM OF EARLY GOING

A look through the top teams in this weeks college basketball rankings reveals plenty of big name schools but also nestled right in between big conference powers Brooklyn State and Lincoln at #14 is Brookland University. Who? The Bears have long been overshadowed in their own city by fellow Washington D.C. schools St. Matthew's and Potomac College, and have never been invited to the year end tournament. The Bears football team plays a small school schedule and their baseball team is at the Division 3 level and has never had a player drafted by FABL. Each of the past two seasons the Brookland hardwood squad endured 9-20 seasons and they have only finished a season ranked in the top 25 once in school history dating back to 1913-14.

It likely won't last but Brookland students and supporters are flying high this season as their hoops team is suddenly 6-0 and just coming off a win over mighty St Blane. As a lower level independent team they do not play a lot of big name opponents - other than St Blane, Maryland State and powerhouse North Carolina Tech- so there are not a lot of games with big schools on the docket for Brookland. That has fans thinking the team could set a school record for wins, surpassing the 23-6 season they had 3 years ago. Their schedule is likely too weak to keep them in the polls but for now Brookland University is making a name for itself in college basketball.

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AIAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
1. Coastal California (64) 4-0 1792 1 West Coast Athletic Association
2. North Carolina Tech (7) 5-0 1708 3 South Atlantic Conference
3. Rainier College 6-0 1669 2 West Coast Athletic Association
4. Western Iowa (1) 5-0 1598 4 Great Lakes Alliance
5. St. Ignatius 2-0 1507 5 Great Lakes Alliance
6. Minnesota Tech 7-0 1438 7 Great Lakes Alliance
7. Frankford State 5-0 1336 11 Northeast Conference
8. Ohio Poly 5-0 1327 9 Independent
9. Detroit City College 6-1 1186 13 Great Lakes Alliance
10. St. Pancras 5-0 1041 22 Northeast Conference
11. Perry State College 5-0 988 19 Midwestern Association
12. Western Florida 3-1 918 6 Deep South Conference
13. Brooklyn State 3-1 908 21 Northeast Conference
14. Brookland 6-0 851 15 Independent
15. Lincoln 4-0 814 16 Great Lakes Alliance
16. Mobile Maritime 4-1 742 25 South Atlantic Conference
17. Annapolis Maritime 6-1 681 8 Independent
18. Whitney College 2-1 661 10 Great Lakes Alliance
19. Central Ohio 3-1 465 NR Great Lakes Alliance
20. Central Illinois 2-0 454 NR Central Athletic Alliance
21. Indiana A&M 4-1 275 NR Great Lakes Alliance
22. Hamman 9-1 246 NR Independent
23. Chesapeake State 4-2 196 NR South Atlantic Conference
24. CC Los Angeles 3-2 146 NR West Coast Athletic Association
25. Noble Jones College 5-1 125 NR Deep South Conference

RESULTS INVOLVING RANKED TEAMS
MONDAY NOV 29
#3 Rainier College 41 Kit Carson University 32
#16 Mobile Maritime 54 Kansas Agricultural 36
#18 Whitney College 54 Fond du Lac 32
#21 Indiana A&M 50 Northern Mississippi 21
TUESDAY NOV 30
#1 Coastal California 60 California Catholic 49
#4 Western Iowa 51 Opelika State 41
#10 St Pancras 51 Johnson Tech 23
#15 Lincoln 35 Cumberland 26
#19 Central Ohio 43 Rose Point(PA) 22
WEDNESDAY DEC 1
#2 North Carolina Tech 43 #18 Whitney College 42
#11 Perry State College 47 Kansas Agricultural 43
St Gordius 50 #17 Annapolis Maritime 49
THURSDAY DEC 2
#7 Frankford State 57 University of New Jersey 50
#13 Brooklyn State 43 Maryland State 33
#22 Hamman 53 Cleveland 40
FRIDAY DEC 3
#2 North Carolina Tech 55 Piedmont University 44
#6 Minnesota Tech 50 Northern Mississippi 43
#8 Ohio Poly 55 Cuyahoga University 34
$10 St Pancras 53 Pierpont 51
#20 Central Illinois 58 Grant(IN) 42
#21 Indiana A&M 50 Mississippi A&M 38
SATURDAY DEC 4
#14 Brookland 45 St Blane 42
#22 Hamman 37 Wyoming A&I 33
SUNDAY DEC 5
#7 Frankford State 46 Conwell College 44
#9 Detroit City College 66 Bluegrass State 56
#11 Perry State College 50 Plover College 42
Berwick 35 #12 Western Florida 34
#16 Mobile Maritime 50 Penobscot State 28
#23 Chesapeake State 51 Eastern Virginia 28
#25 Noble Jones College 45 St Patrick's 37

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  AIAA SCORING LEADERS
 #  NAME	  POS  PPG   SCHOOL
 1 Morgan Melcher  F  20.0  Coastal California
 2 Gerry Carter    G  19.6  Western Iowa
 3 Don Monday	   G  19.4  Idaho A&M
 4 Buddy Gore	   G  17.9  American Atlantic
 5 Darrell Surber  F  16.8  Central Maryland
 6 David Bobo	   G  16.6  Garden State
 7 Newt Mills	   G  16.5  Penn Catholic
 8 Norman Yates    G  16.5  St Ignatius
 9 Gerald Dorsey   F  16.2  Dudley
10 Don Epps        G  16.0  Lawrence State

The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 12/05/1943

Plans are being finalized on how to divvy up the Japanese empire after Japan is smashed in the war.
There is word that Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, during a meeting in Cairo, have put the final stamp of approval on plans for an invasion of western Europe and the complete defeat of Germany sometime next year. The three also discussed post-war plans aimed at crippling Germany to the point that it smashes her ability to make future wars similar to the plan by the President, Prime Minister and head of China towards Japan.
[*}Allied forces continue to make slow but steady progress in Italy, as do the Russians on the eastern Front.
It is now 30 days straight that large American bomber planes have blasted Berlin and other German cities.
US Secretary of State Hull says recurring peace rumours are false and are being circulated by enemy sources to create overconfidence among the Allies.

09-23-2022, 12:13 PM	#521
Jiggs McGee All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 677	December 6, 1943 DECEMBER 6, 1943 MINORS OUTLOOK BRIGHT DESPITE MOUNTING LOSSES Meeting in New York this week the minor leagues found themselves faced once again with many vital wartime problems, as well as the necessity of planning for the postwar period. This was just the 7th time leaders from each of the professional minor leagues gathered in the Big Apple for their annual powwow, and for a change the little fellows were not confronted with any fighting issues with the majors, such as marked the minors first conference in Gotham in 1901. Back in 1901 there was no affiliation agreement with FABL clubs, nor any amateur draft which meant the minors were the main source of talent for the big league clubs. However, that often led to fights over players rights or a battle on a fair transfer fee. Despite the fact there is plenty of harmony between FABL and the minor moguls now, once more the matter of ensuring the minors have enough players is front and center. This time it is a problem shared by both FABL and the minors instead of a wrestling match between the two. The cause of concern is, of course, the war effort and specifically the Selective Service draft. With the latest collection of players heading off to join the war the total number of professional ballplayers that have traded their gloves and bats for guns and bayonets presently numbers 1,233. That means each big league organization has surrendered an average of roughly 75 players to Uncle Sam - or the equivalent of more than 3 full-minor league teams each. By any rational thinking with enough players to staff close to 50, or almost half of the 104 minor teams, gone for the duration the expectation is quite a fair share of minor league teams should be out of business right now. However, just as FABL has done, the minor leagues have managed to survive the war intact by employing whatever talent they can find. There is no question the quality of the minor league product -just as it has in FABL- has declined substantially since the war began but baseball somehow continues to march forward using every option at their disposal. Older players that would under normal circumstances be forced out of the game continue to contribute and some, like 41 year old Curt Bean who won 19 games last season for Seattle of the Great Western League, make major contributions. Youngsters fresh out of high school, who have no business being professional ballplayers, can find gainful employment in the depths of Class B or C when they would in different times be forced to work the family farm or in a coal mine. Who knows maybe a handful of those youngsters given jobs out of necessity might be late bloomers and continue to enjoy a professional athletic career once the war ends and the regulars return, but odds are most will be back to the wheat field or assembly line. As big an issue the shortage of players is right now for baseball, the prospects a couple of years from now when by all indications the war should end, are equally uncertain. There will be an awful lot of players scrambling for what will suddenly be far too few jobs in baseball unless, as the minor league executives touched on during their meeting, there are plans to grow to sport. It seems unthinkable at the moment, but perhaps there will be more independent minor leagues -similar to the Lone Star Association and Western Baseball League- which operate outside of the FABL affiliation system but are still recognized by the big leagues as Minor Leagues. Perhaps even FABL itself looks to expand, as there is certainly a growing demand for baseball on the west coast and with the advances in aviation maybe one day soon the Los Angeles Knights or Seattle Thunderbirds will be a part of FABL instead of the Great Western League. There is much to look forward to, but for now the primary focus for baseball is simply surviving until the war ends and the more than 1,200 absent players are able to return. McELHENY LEADS FOOTBALL STARS TO WIN Jerry McElheny ran for 109 yards and scored a touchdown to help the New York Stars past the Pittsburgh Paladins 21-0 in the season finale for each of the two AFA squads. The effort allows the Stars to continue a 11 year streak in that they have never finished below .500 since the two division format began with the 1933 season. There was some doubt that the Stars would keep that streak intact after they began the season with 3 straight losses but two wins and a draw in their final 3 contests secured the breakeven mark for the New York gridders. McElheny finishes the season with 783 yards rushing, good enough for tops among ball carriers in the AFA but Dick Davis of the Philadelphia-St Louis combined club is within shouting distance. Not a bad showing for an undrafted rookie who was signed to fill out the roster due to war-related holes from the Georgia Baptist track team. McElheny did play football for the Gators, but that stopped in 1941 when he suffered a serious knee injury that put both his football and track careers on hold. The knee injury kept him out of the military but by late spring this year he was feeling pretty good and returned to track & field until the Stars got wind of him and inked him to a grid contract. As for Dick Davis, who's club has one game remaining next weekend, the Philadelphia-St Louis back trails McElheny by 77 yards but does have one game remaining as he and his Friglers teammates will play Brooklyn for the second week in a row next Sunday. Davis might not be looking forward to it as yesterday the Kings defense held him to just 21 yards rushing yesterday in Brooklyn's 3-0 victory. The Brooklyn rematch with the Friglers in Philadelphia is the only game remaining on the schedule before the Boston Americans prepare to defend their AFA title against the Chicago Wildcats in two weeks time. Code: AFA STANDINGS EASTERN W L T PCT Boston 9 1 0 .900 New York 4 4 2 .500 Phil-StL 3 4 2 .429 Brooklyn 2 7 0 .222 WESTERN W L T PCT Chicago 7 3 0 .700 Detroit 5 4 1 .556 Pittsburgh 4 6 0 .400 Cleveland 2 7 1 .222 AFA SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Sunday December 5 Brooklyn 3 Phil-StL 0 New York 21 Pittsburgh 0 Sunday December 12 Brooklyn at Philadelphia-St Louis END OF REGULAR SEASON COLLEGE AWARDS AND ALL-AMERICANS ANNOUNCED St Blane quarterback Mike O'Rourke was named the winner of College Football's premier award when he was announced as the Christian Trophy winner. The senior from Springfield, Massachusetts was one of 5 Fighting Saints players named to the All-American team. St Blane had a slow start, dropping early season games to Pittsburgh State and Detroit City College, but finished strong to end the season with a 7-2-1 record. The other two individual awards went to Bob Heath of Pierpont, as the fullback won the Bryan Award as the best All-Around player while the Ipswich Trophy, presented to the top linemen, went to Charlie Szymanski of Rome State. Here are the 1943 All-Americans Code: 1943 ALL-AMERICAN TEAM POS NAME CL HOMETOWN SCHOOL QB Mike O'Rourke SR Springfield, MA St Blane HB Jamie Hendershot GD Minneapolis, MN Detroit City College HB George Steinbrecht SR Akron, OH St Blane FB Bob Heath SR Corning, IA Pierpont E Don Goers SR Los Angeles, CA Coastal California T Steve Mielhke SR Edgewater, NJ St Blane G Dewey Mitchell SR Chicago, IL Whitney College C Charlie Szymanski SR Chillicothe, OH Rome State G Paul Fillmore SR Chicago, IL St Blane T David Glenn SR Yarbrough, TN Annapolis Maritime E Steve Terrio JR Boston, MA St Blane NEW YEARS CLASSIC GAME MATCH-UPS EAST-WEST CLASSIC: Wisconsin Catholic (8-0) vs Northern California (9-1) SUNSHINE CLASSIC: Darnell State (8-1) vs North Carolina Tech (8-1) DESERT CLASSIC: Travis College (5-2-1) vs Minnesota Tech (9-0) CAJUN CLASSIC: Georgia Baptist (5-4) vs Amarillo Methodist (6-2) LONE STAR CLASSIC: Provo Tech (5-1-1) vs Eastern State (6-2) D.C. SMALL COLLEGE IS SURPRISE TEAM OF EARLY GOING A look through the top teams in this weeks college basketball rankings reveals plenty of big name schools but also nestled right in between big conference powers Brooklyn State and Lincoln at #14 is Brookland University. Who? The Bears have long been overshadowed in their own city by fellow Washington D.C. schools St. Matthew's and Potomac College, and have never been invited to the year end tournament. The Bears football team plays a small school schedule and their baseball team is at the Division 3 level and has never had a player drafted by FABL. Each of the past two seasons the Brookland hardwood squad endured 9-20 seasons and they have only finished a season ranked in the top 25 once in school history dating back to 1913-14. It likely won't last but Brookland students and supporters are flying high this season as their hoops team is suddenly 6-0 and just coming off a win over mighty St Blane. As a lower level independent team they do not play a lot of big name opponents - other than St Blane, Maryland State and powerhouse North Carolina Tech- so there are not a lot of games with big schools on the docket for Brookland. That has fans thinking the team could set a school record for wins, surpassing the 23-6 season they had 3 years ago. Their schedule is likely too weak to keep them in the polls but for now Brookland University is making a name for itself in college basketball. Code: AIAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference 1. Coastal California (64) 4-0 1792 1 West Coast Athletic Association 2. North Carolina Tech (7) 5-0 1708 3 South Atlantic Conference 3. Rainier College 6-0 1669 2 West Coast Athletic Association 4. Western Iowa (1) 5-0 1598 4 Great Lakes Alliance 5. St. Ignatius 2-0 1507 5 Great Lakes Alliance 6. Minnesota Tech 7-0 1438 7 Great Lakes Alliance 7. Frankford State 5-0 1336 11 Northeast Conference 8. Ohio Poly 5-0 1327 9 Independent 9. Detroit City College 6-1 1186 13 Great Lakes Alliance 10. St. Pancras 5-0 1041 22 Northeast Conference 11. Perry State College 5-0 988 19 Midwestern Association 12. Western Florida 3-1 918 6 Deep South Conference 13. Brooklyn State 3-1 908 21 Northeast Conference 14. Brookland 6-0 851 15 Independent 15. Lincoln 4-0 814 16 Great Lakes Alliance 16. Mobile Maritime 4-1 742 25 South Atlantic Conference 17. Annapolis Maritime 6-1 681 8 Independent 18. Whitney College 2-1 661 10 Great Lakes Alliance 19. Central Ohio 3-1 465 NR Great Lakes Alliance 20. Central Illinois 2-0 454 NR Central Athletic Alliance 21. Indiana A&M 4-1 275 NR Great Lakes Alliance 22. Hamman 9-1 246 NR Independent 23. Chesapeake State 4-2 196 NR South Atlantic Conference 24. CC Los Angeles 3-2 146 NR West Coast Athletic Association 25. Noble Jones College 5-1 125 NR Deep South Conference RESULTS INVOLVING RANKED TEAMS MONDAY NOV 29 #3 Rainier College 41 Kit Carson University 32 #16 Mobile Maritime 54 Kansas Agricultural 36 #18 Whitney College 54 Fond du Lac 32 #21 Indiana A&M 50 Northern Mississippi 21 TUESDAY NOV 30 #1 Coastal California 60 California Catholic 49 #4 Western Iowa 51 Opelika State 41 #10 St Pancras 51 Johnson Tech 23 #15 Lincoln 35 Cumberland 26 #19 Central Ohio 43 Rose Point(PA) 22 WEDNESDAY DEC 1 #2 North Carolina Tech 43 #18 Whitney College 42 #11 Perry State College 47 Kansas Agricultural 43 St Gordius 50 #17 Annapolis Maritime 49 THURSDAY DEC 2 #7 Frankford State 57 University of New Jersey 50 #13 Brooklyn State 43 Maryland State 33 #22 Hamman 53 Cleveland 40 FRIDAY DEC 3 #2 North Carolina Tech 55 Piedmont University 44 #6 Minnesota Tech 50 Northern Mississippi 43 #8 Ohio Poly 55 Cuyahoga University 34 $10 St Pancras 53 Pierpont 51 #20 Central Illinois 58 Grant(IN) 42 #21 Indiana A&M 50 Mississippi A&M 38 SATURDAY DEC 4 #14 Brookland 45 St Blane 42 #22 Hamman 37 Wyoming A&I 33 SUNDAY DEC 5 #7 Frankford State 46 Conwell College 44 #9 Detroit City College 66 Bluegrass State 56 #11 Perry State College 50 Plover College 42 Berwick 35 #12 Western Florida 34 #16 Mobile Maritime 50 Penobscot State 28 #23 Chesapeake State 51 Eastern Virginia 28 #25 Noble Jones College 45 St Patrick's 37 Code: AIAA SCORING LEADERS # NAME POS PPG SCHOOL 1 Morgan Melcher F 20.0 Coastal California 2 Gerry Carter G 19.6 Western Iowa 3 Don Monday G 19.4 Idaho A&M 4 Buddy Gore G 17.9 American Atlantic 5 Darrell Surber F 16.8 Central Maryland 6 David Bobo G 16.6 Garden State 7 Newt Mills G 16.5 Penn Catholic 8 Norman Yates G 16.5 St Ignatius 9 Gerald Dorsey F 16.2 Dudley 10 Don Epps G 16.0 Lawrence State The Week That Was Current events from the week ending 12/05/1943 Plans are being finalized on how to divvy up the Japanese empire after Japan is smashed in the war. There is word that Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, during a meeting in Cairo, have put the final stamp of approval on plans for an invasion of western Europe and the complete defeat of Germany sometime next year. The three also discussed post-war plans aimed at crippling Germany to the point that it smashes her ability to make future wars similar to the plan by the President, Prime Minister and head of China towards Japan. [}Allied forces continue to make slow but steady progress in Italy, as do the Russians on the eastern Front. It is now 30 days straight that large American bomber planes have blasted Berlin and other German cities. US Secretary of State Hull says recurring peace rumours are false and are being circulated by enemy sources to create overconfidence among the Allies. __________________ Lead Columnist of The Figment Sporting Journal* The Scripture of Sports Last edited by Jiggs McGee; 09-23-2022 at 04:15 PM.