JANUARY 20, 1947
WOLVES SELECT LEDBETTER
To no one's surprise the Toronto Wolves selected Michigan high school pitcher Les Ledbetter with the first choice of the 1947 FABL draft. The 18-year-old lefthander from Fowlerville High is a perfect 34-0 with a 0.62 era and 643 strikeouts in 346 innings of high school ball over the last three years. As a junior last summer he was named the winner of the Adwell Award as the top high school player in the nation.
OSA loves Ledbetter's 4 pitch arsenal that includes an exceptional fastball and cutter, adding he will rarely surrender a long-ball. With his excellent repertoire OSA feels he can become a great big league pitcher.
Ledbetter becomes the 12 pitcher selected first overall in the 23 drafts since the human GM era began with the 1925 rookie selection. The results delivered by those previous 11 hurlers have been mixed. Some of the positives include 3-time Allan Award winner Tom Barrell in 1929 by the Chicago Cougars or his nephew Deuce Barrell by the then Baltimore Cannons in 1935. Others have clearly been busts such s Bobo White by Washington in 1934 or Curly Jones by the New York Gothams in 1932. The verdict is still out on others such as Bob Arman, taken by Boston in 1942 or Roy Schaub, selected by the Detroit Dynamos in 1944. So yes, you can win big taking a pitcher with the top pick but it is also a very risky endeavor when compared to selecting a position player first overall.
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PITCHERS SELECTED FIRST OVERALL 1925-47
Name Draft DrTm W L Current Team
Tom Barrell 1929 Cougars 179-111 Retired
Joe Hancock 1933 Toronto 149-113 Toronto
Rufus Barrell II 1935 Cincinnati 126-66 Cincinnati
Tommy Wilcox 1928 Brooklyn 91-84 Retired
Curly Jones 1932 Gothams 56-66 San Diego
Bobo White 1934 Washington 44-58 Free Agent
Vic Carroll 1939 Cincinnati 30-19 Cincinnati
Bob Arman 1942 Boston 13-9 Cincinnati
Hiram Steinberg 1941 Cleveland 8-23 Cleveland
John Stallings 1946 Chiefs 7-5 Chiefs
Roy Schaub 1944 Detroit 0-0 Detroit (minors)
Les Ledbetter 1947 Toronto 0-0 Fowlerville High School
In comparison there is really just the one bust in Karl Stevens when you like at position players selected first overall although Dick Blaszak is looking like he may join that group soon. Note that Charlie Ross and Frank Bunch Jr. cannot be counted as official number one picks because they were selected during a special draft phase with a lottery assignment of top ranked players instead of an actual draft.
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Name Draft G H HR DrTm CurrentTM
Al Wheeler 1925 2846 3179 504 Detroit Cincinnati
Cliff Moss 1927 2203 2221 284 Montreal Retired
Harry Barrell 1931 1712 2072 33 Cleveland Boston
Sal Pestilli 1936 1033 1162 210 Detroit Gothams
Jack Flint 1930 990 1036 32 St. Louis Retired
Jim Adams Jr. 1943 451 438 11 Cleveland Cleveland
Charlie Ross 1937 453 210 11 Cincinnati Sailors
Dick Blaszak 1940 194 139 7 Cincinnati Detroit
Bob Riggins 1945 137 130 8 Stars Stars
Frank Bunch Jr. 1938 10 9 1 Gothams Toronto
Karl Stevens 1926 14 7 0 Cleveland Retired
Comparing those two lists above. Among the pitchers the two Barrell's and Joe Hancock had outstanding careers and the verdict is still out on Arman, Stallings, Steinberg, Schaub and of course Ledbetter. Injury ruined what could have been a great career for Tommy Wilcox and it is clear that Jones, White and Carroll are not going to deliver much. On the hitters side there is a better success rate. Wheeler will be a Hall of Famer. Pestilli potentially could be a Hall of Famer but if not he still joins a very good group with Moss and Harry Barell as multiple all-star game players. Even Flint is not a bad choice, at least compared to some of the arms selected #1 overall like White and Jones. Adams Jr and Riggins appear to have very bright futures. Ignoring Ross and Bunch and you are left with a complete bust in Karl Stevens and a likely bust in Dick Blaszak. Being selected first overall is never a guarantee of FABL stardom but we would suggest selecting a hitter with the top pick is a slightly less risky proposition.
***First Round Continues ****
The rest of the first round selections made at press time surprisingly did not include any pitchers in the top 10. The two highly touted college shortstops both went in the top 8 selections led by second team All-American Irv Clifford of Charleston Tech going second overall to Pittsburgh. A pair of power-hitting corner infielders in St Louis high school third baseman Ken Newman and Bronx, NY high school 1B John Morrison were chosen third and fourth by Brooklyn and Detroit with the Chicago Cougars rounding out the top five with another New York high school ballplayer in centerfielder Jerry Smith.
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ROUND 1 DRAFT SELECTIONS
PK TM PLAYER POS AGE SCHOOL HOMETOWN
1 TOR Les Ledbetter LHP 18 Fowlerville (MI)HS Fowlerville, MI
2 PIT Irv Clifford SS 20 Charleston Tech Covington, KY
3 BKN Ken Newman 3B 18 Christian Bros HS St Louis, MO
4 DET John Morrison 1B 17 Clinton HS, Bronx Lansdale, PA
5 CHC Jerry Smith CF 18 Jackson HS, Queens Hartford, CT
6 BOS Marshall Thomas 2B 18 Griffin (GA) HS Experiment, GA
7 CLE Frenchy Sonntag RF 18 Moorestown(NJ) HS Moorestown, NJ
8 NYG Cecil LaBonte SS 21 Constitution State Manchester, CT
9 PHS Al Farmer 2B 21 Amarillo Methodist Philadelphia, PA
10 BKN Charlie Rogers CF 17 Lockport (IL) HS Zion, IL
11 CIN Tony Britten RHP 20 Kit Carson Univ. New York, NY
12 PHK
13 MON
14 STL
15 NYS
16 BKN
THE NEXT AL WHEELER
Comparing anyone to legendary slugger Al Wheeler is a tough ask but that was the first name that popped into this columnist's head upon hearing the Detroit Dynamos had selected New York high school slugger John Morrison with the fourth overall pick in the draft. Morrison is an 18 year old, born in Pennsylvania but grew up in the Bronx, and has perhaps the most power potential of anyone in the draft. Being a righthanded version of Al Wheeler at the plate would be quite a sight to see at Thompson Field with its short 298-foot wall along the leftfield line.
The league scouting service says the light of Morrison's star could be blinding with his combination of plus power and plus contact potential. Dynamos scouting director Fred Barrell won't go as far to compare him to his old teammate in Brooklyn, noting "no one is Al Wheeler except for the Wonder Wheel himself" but does believe Morrison, at his peak, could develop into a Tim Hopkins, Chuck Adams type player. "If all breaks right, John could be a franchise conrnerstone at first base for us, noted Barrell.
Hmm. A comment like that certainly makes us remember the Dynamos had one of those just a few years ago, but he is now displaying his talents at Gothams Stadium.
*** Cajun Crusher Proves Critics Wrong****
So much for any thoughts that Hector Sawyer was washed up. The 32 year old world heavyweight champion was in complete control of his bout against top ranked challenger Mark Fountain Saturday night at the Thompson Palladium and claimed a knock out victory to retain the title he has held since winning it the same building in 1940. The fight lasted 12 of its scheduled 15 rounds but was over well before that as the Cajun Crusher was the clear scorecard winner of ten of the first 11 rounds, with Fountain being credited with claiming just the fourth round -and only by one judge as the other two declared that round a draw.
Sawyer, was surprisingly subdued in the ring immediately after the bout, perhaps simply taking a moment to feel vindicated after there had been so much talk that he had lost a step and his career was on the downswing. His long-time manager Chester Conley, on the other hand, was yelling, back slapping anyone in reach and smiling like the cat that ate the canary upon seeing that his meal ticket was still very much the best fighter in the world.
Afterwards the champ was quite reflective, talking like a fighter who felt the end was near rather than the dominating force that he once more proved he was in the ring. He was far more interested in taking a trip down memory lane than he was breaking down that evenings fisticufs.
"I just love the Palladium," mused Sawyer in a quiet moment. "I will never forget the noise of the crowd when I beat (Jochen) Schrotter in 1940 to win the belt. I mean, they were great tonight, but nothing will ever compare to that experience. It was not just me against him. It was our way of live against the Nazis. That is a fight I will never forget."
*** Motors Stalled ***
At least someone was having success at the Palladium. The primary tennant -the Detroit Motors hockey club- has fallen apart the past three weeks. It took them 8 games this month to get their first win and that was only because the Montreal Valiants have been just as bad and somebody had to win Saturday. Detroit went right back to its losing ways yesterday with a 4-3 loss in New York.
The Motors are still in a playoff spot -at least for now- holding a 1-point lead on 4th place New York and 4 up on the slumping Valiants but local ice fans know all too well the disappointment each of the last two campaigns have brought. Detroit missed the playoffs by a single point a year ago and were actually tied for fourth two years ago but lost out on a tie-breaker. Amazing what a terrible change of fortunes John Connelly's boys have had in the past month. Everyone was celebrating when the Motors beat Toronto on Christmas Day and moved to first place in the league. Less than a month later, making the playoffs is becoming a big concern and road games against the bottom two teams in the league -Brooklyn and Toronto- are as close to must-win as you can get at this time of the year.
- Between Adwell Award winner Les Ledbetter going first to Toronto and Cincinnati selecting Tony Britten out of Kit Carson University 11th, the FABL draft did not have a pitcher selected. If it seems like it has been a long time since only 1 pitcher went in the first 10 selections that is because it is. The last time that happened was in 1923 when Baltimore selected Rabbit Day 5th overall and the next pitcher to be chosen was Jim Wilson by Cleveland with the 12th pick. The only other two times just one pitcher went in the top ten was in 1917 (Eddie Baker 10th to Brooklyn) and 1913 (Red Adwell 8th to Pittsburgh).
- Last season five of the top 10 picks were pitchers including 3 of the first four selections in John Stallings (Chiefs), George Reynolds (Sailors) and Larry Beebe (Cleveland)
- Nice to see the Sailors grab a hometown kid in Philadelphia native Al Farmer, who was a 2-time first team All-American as a second baseman at Amarillo Methodist.
SAWYER SHUTS DOWN FOUNTAIN AS HEAVYWEIGHT KING REIGNS SUPREME
Mark Fountain was ready, or at least he said he was. The heavyweight challenger had said the champion, Hector Sawyer, was ducking him. As Sawyer enters another year at the top of the heap and cements his legacy as one of the best knockout artists of all time, it seems like Sawyer just wanted to feather his nest and take the money. Sawyer is the puncher he always was.
Fountain wanted Sawyer and after tonight’s bout at the Thompson Palladium in Detroit, he definitely got him. Sawyer dominated throughout the night, culminating in a technical knockout in the 12th round.
Sawyer took control from the start and never let up. Fountain only took one round – the fourth – according to one judge and the other two judges scored that round a draw. It was not even that Fountain won that round, the round was close because the big punch that Sawyer displayed all night long did not connect. But, that was only one round. In the other eleven rounds, the hits came early and often.
At the opening bell of the fight, Sawyer charged at Fountain, as if it was a direct response to Fountain’s pointed accusations in the press. About two minutes into the first round, Sawyer delivered a wake-up call with a big combination that stunned the challenger and put him back on his heels.
Sawyer was imposing and cornered Fountain time and time again. By my count, there were 11 occurrences of one fighter “trapping” or “cornering” the other fighter into a corner and Sawyer was the aggressor nine times.
The partisan crowd that witnessed a successful Sawyer title defense against Leo Carmichael knew what they were watching. The crowd rocked with every major blow and it was an easy night if you were a Sawyer supporter. The intensity heightened in the final minute the penultimate 11th round, as Fountain tried to get aggressive. Fountain tried to unleash a flurry of punches, but Sawyer answered a body shot that surely made Fountain ponder his future as a fighter. At the tail end of the round, a hard combination to Fountain’s head knocked the fighter off-balance and he dropped to the canvas for a quick one-count.
Sawyer’s performance in the final round was a continuation of the end of the previous round, with the volume of the crowd hitting a crescendo in the middle of the round. Sawyer opened a cut on a combination upstairs thanks to a wayward right that connected on Fountain’s left eyebrow. Still stunned from that combo came another one, causing Fountain to wobble at the knees and also causing first-time title match referee Jimmy Duncan to threaten to stop the bout.
About a minute later, Sawyer hit Fountain right on the button at the end of yet another combination and down went Fountain. Although he reached his feet after a four-count, he was unsteady. The physician inspected the challenger and allowed the fight to continue, but Fountain’s corner, surely looking after the well-being of the man, threw in the towel to stop the fight.
To sum up the evening statistically, Sawyer missed more punches (23.08 per round on average) than Fountain attempted (22.50 per round on average). Fountain was accurate with his shots, but they were infrequent and did very little damage, only connecting on an average of 16 shots per round, compared to almost 30 per round for Sawyer.
Sawyer moved to 55-3-1 with an unbelievable 50 by knockout or technical knockout. Fountain’s record dropped to 21-3-1 with his tail tucked firmly between his legs.
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I am unveiling the brand-new Bologna Big Bopper statistic and it helps tell the story of just how dominating the Cajun Crusher was throughout the bout. Fountain did not score one “big bopper”, which I define as a major punch that did damage, while Sawyer had at least one in 11 of 12 rounds and totaled 21 “big boppers”.
Round 1: Sawyer 2-0 (1:59 combo, 2:29 right/jaw)
Round 2: Sawyer 2-0 (1:06 combo, 1:48 uppercut)
Round 3: Sawyer 1-0 (2:08 uppercut/head)
Round 4: Sawyer 1-0 (0:41 uppercut)
Round 5: Sawyer 2-0 (0:40 cross, 1:45 hook/midsection)
Round 6: Sawyer 2-0 (0:28 hook/head, 0:52 cross)
Round 7: Sawyer 2-0 (0:52 hook/head, 2:49 hook/midsection)
Round 8: Sawyer 1-0 (2:40 right)
Round 9: None
Round 10: Sawyer 2-0 (1:41 hook/body, 2:56 cross)
Round 11: Sawyer 3-0 (0:33 combo, 2:27 jab/body, 3:00 combo/knockdown)
Round 12: Sawyer 3-0 (1:05 cross/head, 1:20 combo, 2:12 combo/chin/TKO)
TOTAL: Sawyer 21, Fountain 0
UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS- Jan 30- Union City, NJ: Rising welterweight Danny Rutledge (7-0) vs John Bolton (0-0)
- Feb 13 - New York City: Middleweight contender John Edmonds (21-2) vs Jack Rainey (22-3)
- Feb 22- St Louis, Mo: World Welterweight Champ Mark Westlake (20-2-1) vs Harold Stephens (18-3-2)
- Feb 24- Waterbury,Ct: Rising welterweight Ira Mitchell (15-1) vs Mitchell McFadden (23-6)
- Feb 25- Lakeside Arena, Chicago: Welterweight Carl Taylor (21-3-2) vs George Gibbs (16-2)
- March TBA - Middleweight champion Frank Melanson (31-0-2) vs Nick Harris (19-2-1)
SHAMROCKS MOVE INTO FOURTH PLACE
The New York Shamrocks are suddenly the hottest team in the NAHC and in the running for their first playoff appearance in 4 years. With 19 games remaining in the season the Shamrocks find themselves in the fourth and final playoff spot thanks to recent stretch that saw them take 13 out of a possible 16 points with a 6-1-1 record. The Greenshirts have picked up the pace ever since the trade that brought veteran center Laurel Albers to the Big Apple from Toronto. The 30 year old has 19 points in 15 games since joining the Shamrocks.
Albers acquisition gives New York secondary scoring which may have taken some of the opponents focus off the big line of Orval Cabbell between Gil Corbiel and Tom Brescia. Cabbell has moved up to second in the NAHC scoring parade with 33 points and is tied with Chicago's Tommy Burns for the goal lead at 18.
Speaking of Burns, if there is a team that is on a hotter streak than the Shamrocks it would be the Chicago Packers. Since the calendar has turned to 1947, almost everything has gone the Packers way. They've won six of their seven January games, including a stretch of five straight that ended with a 3-2 win over the first place Boston Bees. This brought the Packers within two points of first with two months left in the regular season. The offense continues to be a strength, as the Packers became the first team to top the 100 goal mark this season. Tommy Burns ranks first in points (38) and is tied for top spot in goals (18) while third in assists (20), but he's not the only Packer in the top 5. Marty Mahoney ranks 4th in points (30) and second in assists (23) while Wes Burns (14) is fifth in goals. With four teams making the playoffs, the Packers and Bees seem to have spots secured, but it should be an exciting race between these two teams to capture homefield in the playoffs.
Going the other way you have the Detroit Motors and Montreal Valiants. The Motors were briefly in first place as December came to a close but have been awful in January, struggling to a 1-7-1 record on the month. Montreal has not been much better, going 2-7-0 since December 31st.
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NAHC STANINGS
TEAM GP W L T PTS
Boston Bees 27 16 8 3 35
Chicago Packers 27 14 8 5 33
Detroit Motors 29 12 12 5 29
New York Shamrocks 29 13 14 2 28
Montreal Valiants 28 11 14 3 25
Toronto Dukes 27 9 14 4 22
Brooklyn Eagles 27 8 13 6 22
SCORING LEADERS
NAME TEAM GP G A PTS
Tommy Burns CHI 27 18 20 38
Orval Cabbell NY 29 18 15 33
Tommy Hart BOS 26 17 13 30
Marty Mahoney CHI 27 7 23 30
Laurel Albers NY 30 7 23 30
Bobbie Sauer TOR 27 13 16 29
Wes Burns CHI 27 14 14 28
Ed Delarue CHI 24 12 16 28
Graham Comeau DET 29 11 16 27
Quiton Pollack BKN 27 17 9 26
Joe Morey BOS 27 13 13 26
Claude Skinner MON 27 13 12 25
Garrett Ferrar DET 29 13 11 24
Jarrett McGlynn CHI 26 12 12 24
GOALIE LEADERS
NAME TEAM W L T ShO GAA
Norm Hanson CHI 14-8-2 3 2.48
Tom Brockers BKN 8-12-6 1 2.70
Pierre Melancon BOS 11-6-3 2 2.73
Henri Chasse DET 12-12-5 4 2.76
Etienne Tremblay NY 8-12-2 2 3.19
Gordie Broadway TOR 7-13-2 0 3.38
Millard Touhey MON 7-9-3 0 3.39
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
TUESDAY JANUARY 14
New York 4 Detroit 1
Laurel Albers (NY) 1 goal/3 assists
THURSDAY JANUARY 16
Chicago 7 Montreal 1
Ed Delarue, Marty Mahoney and Pete Moreau 3 points each for Chicago
New York 2 Boston 1
Shamrocks are 5-1-1 in last 7 games
SATURDAY JANUARY 18
Detroit 7 Montral 4
Motors snap 8-game winless streak with highest goal total of season. Graham Comeau has 5 point night
Boston 6 Toronto 5
Bobbie Sauer 2 goals in final 3 minutes (and 3 in total) but not enough for his Dukes
SUNDAY JANUARY 19
Chicago 3 Boston 2
5 straight wins for Packers
New York 4 Detroit 3
Four wins and a tie in last 5 games for Shamrocks, who move into 4th place.
Toronto 4 Brooklyn 0
Backup goalie Terry Russell with 27 save shutout
GAMBLERS, CLASSIC TILTS IMPERIL COLLEGE GRID, AIAA IS WARNED
The President of Minnesota Tech told delegates at the American Intercollegiate Athletic Association convention that he regretted the "Great Lakes Alliance had succumbed to the football classic craze." The GLA last Fall signed a 5-year agreement with the West Coast Athletic Association to send its champion to Santa Ana, Calif, for the East-West Classic.
In his speech the head of Minnesota Tech also declared that "intercollegiate football is ready for a killing by the gamblers and when that killing takes place it will rock our big stadiums to their very foundations." He added that Classic games "are not a help to protect football from evil influences."
The AIAA delegates will receive a five-point program that was drawn up at the convention in which the colleges that make up the organization are asked to apply sanctions against the schools which do not live up to code.
*** Pure Amateurism Urged ***
The threat of a schedule boycott would be the means of enforcing the basic code of amateurism in athletics, according to the recommendations drawn up by the AIAA's "conference of conferences" at the meeting. The principle of amateurism not only reaffirms the standard Amateur Athletic Union and Olympic definition of an amateur, but also adds that "any college athlete who takes pay for participation in athletics does not meet this definition of an amateur." Under this principle, room and board, usually supplied to scholarship athletes is outlawed unless an athlete actually works for it.
The Deep South Conference, which permits athletic scholarships including room and board, books and other necessities, is held up as the principal nonconformist group. However, the Deep South schools had previously indicated they would consider a change to their rules to conform with any adopted by the AIAA.
Other principles focused on institutional control and responsibility, sound academic standards for athletes, preventing undercover subsidies to players and finally a decree that no member of an athletic staff may engage in off-campus solicitation of students or offer financial aid to prospective students.
*** FBI Plan To Combat Gambling Also Tabled ***
The AIAA also heard a recommendation that all sports, amateur and professional co-operate in the formation of an FBI agency to police athletics in an effort to curb gambling. It also called for the AIAA to seek more stringent State and Federal statutes on gambling and specifically recommends that Congress be asked to enact a law making attempted bribery of a player a Federal offnce. This after there were charges a prominent New York gambler was involved in an alleged attempt to 'fix' last months American Football Association championship playoff.
ST BLANE CAGERS FOLLOWING IN FOOTSTEPS OF GRID SAINTS
The St Blane Fighting Saints won the school's first national championship in collegiate football this season and now there is plenty of excitement around the Latrobe, Pa., campus that the cage Saints may have a chance to also challenge for a national crown. While the football squad has been among the best in the AIAA for many years, the basketball team has taken a back seat and has never even won a single game in the year end cage championship tournament.
The Fighting Saints reached the tournament a year ago -for just the third time in school history and the first since 1928- but made a hasty exit with an opening round loss to Detroit City College. Just over a week ago the Saints got a small measure of revenge by beating the Knights 43-39 and they followed that up with wins over Strub College and College of Omaha this week to run their season record to 16-3 and break into the top five in the AIAA basketball poll for what is believed to be the first time in history after January 1st.
The scary thing for the rest of the AIAA is this St Blane club is full of underclassmen and likely to be even better next year. Their top three scorers in center Josh Samuels (10.0 ppg), forward Cy Worley (9.2) and guard Jim Canaday (7.3) all will be back next season and freshman forward Brian Threadgill (4.5 ppg) is rapidly improving.
Being an independent the Saints actually have a fairly easy slate of games remaining with only Huntington State presently ranked in the top 25 among St Blane's remaining opponents. The school record for wins in a season is 23 set in 1927-28 and with a 16-3 mark presently the Saints might just establish a new school standard.
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[b] AIAA COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL TOP TWENTY-FIVE
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Rainier College (69) 14-0 1797 1 West Coast Athletic Association
2. Liberty College (3) 19-3 1715 3 Indy
3. Carolina Poly 14-1 1669 2 South Atlantic Conference
4. St. Blane 16-3 1505 7 Indy
5. Noble Jones College 14-2 1484 6 Deep South Conference
6. Indiana A&M 13-0 1457 5 Great Lakes Alliance
7. Lane State 12-2 1423 9 West Coast Athletic Association
8. Chesapeake State 12-2 1250 15 South Atlantic Conference
9. CC Los Angeles 12-3 1226 4 West Coast Athletic Association
10. Miami State 15-3 1111 11 Indy
11. Northern California 13-1 1011 14 West Coast Athletic Association
12. Central Ohio 10-3 1006 8 Great Lakes Alliance
13. Coastal California 12-2 1004 19 West Coast Athletic Association
14. Western Iowa 12-2 830 17 Great Lakes Alliance
15. Bronx Tech 12-1 810 18 Liberty Conference
16. North Carolina Tech 12-4 711 22 South Atlantic Conference
17. Lexington State 12-2 600 12 South Atlantic Conference
18. Bayou State 11-3 598 21 Deep South Conference
19. Great Plains State 14-4 514 23 Indy
20. Detroit City College 10-4 409 13 Great Lakes Alliance
21. Mobile Maritime 11-3 408 25 South Atlantic Conference
22. Central Kentucky 12-3 240 NR Deep South Conference
23. Redwood 11-3 232 10 West Coast Athletic Association
24. Huntington State 15-3 171 24 Indy
25. Whitney College 11-3 113 NR Great Lakes Alliance
RESULTS INVOLVING TOP 25 SCHOOLS LAST WEEK
MONDAY JANUARY 13
at #22 Central Kentucky 43, Maryland State 30
#24 Huntington State 52, at NW New York State 46
#21 Mobile Maritime 36, at Western Florida 29
at #4 St. Blane 33, Strub College 25
at #9 CC Los Angeles 54, Kansas Agricultural 27
at #16 North Carolina Tech 41, Opelika State 33
at Georgia Baptist 47, #17 Lexington State 41
#2 Liberty College 44, at St. Gordius 28
#6 Indiana A&M 39, at Fond du Lac 22
TUESDAY JANUARY 14
at #15 Bronx Tech 25, Central Carolina 24
at #8 Chesapeake State 48, Brookland 30
at #12 Central Ohio 53, Granville 44
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15
#7 Lane State 49, at Mississippi A&M 33
at #1 Rainier College 49, Opelika State 31
at #9 CC Los Angeles 51, El Paso Methodist 38
at #3 Carolina Poly 60, St. Patrick's 58
at #14 Western Iowa 38, College of Omaha 29
at #2 Liberty College 58, St. Matthew's College 31
#19 Great Plains State 45, at Smithfield College 40
THURSDAY JANUARY 16
Golden Gate 52, at #23 Redwood 44
at #6 Indiana A&M 54, North Shore 47
at #8 Chesapeake State 56, University of New Jersey 37
at #17 Lexington State 45, Armstrong 31
#22 Central Kentucky 48, at Chicago Poly 30
FRIDAY JANUARY 17
at Ohio Poly 42, #20 Detroit City College 35
#5 Noble Jones College 48, at St. Patrick's 45
at #4 St. Blane 42, College of Omaha 36
at #19 Great Plains State 55, Wyoming A&I 46
at #21 Mobile Maritime 40, Potomac College 27
#2 Liberty College 46, at Flint 26
at #13 Coastal California 43, St. Martin's College 32
SATURDAY JANUARY 18
#18 Bayou State 51, at Brooklyn State 42
#25 Whitney College 52, at Chicago Poly 41
at #15 Bronx Tech 46, Harper College 45
at #16 North Carolina Tech 52, El Paso Methodist 37
at Richmond State 51, #12 Central Ohio 48
SUNDAY JANUARY 19
at #13 Coastal California 45, #23 Redwood 43
at Idaho A&M 35, #9 CC Los Angeles 24
at #11 Northern California 48, Portland Tech 21
at #1 Rainier College 47, Spokane State 38
at #7 Lane State 46, Custer College 35
at #21 Mobile Maritime 60, American Atlantic 45
at #22 Central Kentucky 40, Needham 38
#24 Huntington State 46, at Penobscot State 38
The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 1/19/1946
- In a predawn coup backed by National Guard officers and State highway patrolmen, Herman Talmadge, son of the deceased Governor-elect, seized Georgia's executive department and denied Ellis Arnall admission to the Governor's office or the official residence. Georgia's governor has been undecided since Eugene Talmadge, who ran unopposed, died last month before taking office. Arnall, the outgoing governor had stated he would remain in office until a successor was sworn in.
- The Senate Republican Policy Commttee voted unanimously to support continuance of the War Investigating Committee for a year.
- The Senate Labor Committee will hold hearings, starting January 23, on all bills intended to reduce industrial strife.
- Like America, England has been hit with a wave of strikes. The latest forced government troops and sailors to move strikebound for to hungry Londoners after truckmen and dock workers walked off the job.
- Legislation has been introduced to Congress calling for maximum penalties of $10,000 fine and 10 years in prison for any person attempting to bribe athletes or officials in interstate athletic contests.