NOVEMBER 24, 1947
GOTHAMS ADD ANOTHER VETERAN ARM
What has come over the New York Gothams? A club that used to fear that anyone over the age of 30 was on a downslide quickly and could not move fast enough to trade such a player away has acquired four veteran players in the past three weeks. The latest is 20-game winner Buddy Long, who was jettisoned by the Brooklyn Kings in exchange for New York's second round selection and young pitchers Jake Roberts and Jerry Key.
Long joins an impressive group of new -but old, at least by Gothams standards- players in Lefty Allen, George Cleaves and Joe Brown. Together the three new pitchers combined for 45 victories last season and they will be pitching for arguably the most powerful offense in the Federal Association.
So why the sudden turnaround for a Gothams club that has always looked to move players by the time they hit their thirties? One Gothams spokesman said "we watch and learn" and while it was a very heavy price they paid in terms of 2 first round draft picks, a second rounder and a number of prospects the Gothams may now be the favourite to hoist the 1948 Federal Association flag.
The latest move brings the 33-year-old Long over from Brooklyn after an outstanding 20-11 season with a 3.41 era in which many felt should have been worthy of an Allen Award. Long came up short in the voting but the 3-time all-star now has a record of 57-39 over the past three seasons and Gothams fans are counting on him to join a rotation that already looked pretty solid with Ed Bowman, Lefty Allen and Joe Brown.
Going to Brooklyn will be the Gothams second round pick along with 23-year-old righthander Jake Roberts, who went 3-5 in a 10 game big league stint last year, along with Jerry Key, an 18-year-old 8th round pick last summer who went 1-6 at Class C this season. That was slight reworking of the deal that originally saw the Gothams parting with their final first round selection. Not too long ago the Gothams had owned three first rounders -two came in deadline deals with the Cougars and Chiefs- but the two they acquired over the summer were moved to Pittsburgh in the deal that brought Cleaves and Allen to the Big Apple. The Gothams do still, barring another deal, own their own first round selection.
JIGGS McGEE'S TAKE - Much news was made over New York Daily Mirror columnist John Brinker voicing his feelings the Gothams were taken to the cleaners on this deal and when you compare what Brooklyn received for the 33-year-old Long compared to what they dished out a year prior it does seem to be a stark difference. In March, the Kings acquired Long from St Louis for the price of a 24-year-old back of the rotation arm in Charlie Leist plus a marginal outfield prospect by the name of Otis Ballard. A year later they land a first round draft pick (later changed to a second rounder) and a pair of pitching prospects, both of whom are likely at worst Leist's equal. Now it is true that Long improved his stock nicely by winning 20 games last season, although it is also worth noting that he won 21 in 1944 but he was certainly not a bad pitcher when the Kings acquired him. Of course, that deal was adjusted when it was officially reported to send New York's second rounder, not their fist, to the Kings.
Regardless of the draft pick involved, my concern is much different from Brinker's issues with the deal. I am not going to disagree with Brinker's assessment that it is a large price to pay but my question is why would the Kings make this move when they may well have been pennant contenders with Long on the mound for them? Brooklyn management will say they felt their window for contention was still a couple years away and the pick and young arms may play a key role then but much like I admonished Cincinnati a couple of weeks ago for dealing Bob Arman to the Kings I must do the same to Brooklyn here.
I am only half-joking when I say it appears no one wants to win the Continental Association pennant. The Cannons did there best to make the Kings the favourites with the Arman trade and now it appears that the Kings are saying "no thanks, we are content waiting for our turn." Brooklyn may well be the huge winner when we look back at this deal in 4 years, but at the expense of wins in 1948. Speaking of 1948 only, in my mind the Kings made themselves less likely to contend with this deal. And to a fan base that has seen some very bad baseball over the past decade only to be given an awful lot of hope with last year's tremendous run, seeing Long deal for future help likely feels like a terrible punch in the gut.
PITCHERS HIT HARD BY OSA ASSESSMENT CHANGES
There were a lot of shocked FABL General Managers when they looked at the latest top prospect rankings from the OSA. Dan Barrell's scouting team made some changes on their assessment criteria (switch to OOTP24) and the results seem to have hit the young mound prospects pretty hard. Just a few days ago, prior to the switch, there were 15 young pitching protegees that the OSA felt were worthy of being included in the top fifty prospects overall. Today, there are only five.
That does not mean that those pitchers are any less likely to become solid big leaguer hurlers one day. Perhaps the OSA -which is not disclosing exactly what changed in its criteria- has simply started overvaluing hitters in comparison to pitchers. And not all pitchers were losers in this new system. Case in point is young Cleveland Foresters prospect John Jackson. A week ago Jackson was ranked 19th overall and 7th among pitchers. Today he is up to 13th and only Chicago Cougars 19-year-old Bob Allen is seen as a better pitching prospect by Dan Barrell's scouting team. Here is a before and after of the pitchers who cracked the top 75 last week vs those who land in the top 100 this time around.
And just for comparison purposes here are the position players who were in the top sixty prospects in the old system compared to the new. Not a lot of changes at the top although it is interesting to note the huge step up Cincinnati's Jim Stone made, jumping from #37 a week ago to #6 under the new system. Going the other way we have Montreal infield prospect Brett Mayes, who slipped from 9th to 25th.
The big challenge for FABL GM's will be to determine is there actually any change to the quality of the pitching. Are these young guys really that bad now or are they just as good in comparison to veteran arms, but the game weighs the strengths and weaknesses of late 1940s era pitchers differently now? And how will that translate into the draft in January? There had been talk this was a very weak class compared to less season. Is it exceptionally weak for pitching or do GMs need to readjust how they assess pitching talent in comparison to hitters when making their draft lists?
CUBAN LEAGUE DEBUTS
The second season of the Cuban Winter League began this week with the same structure as it used a year ago. Each of the 8 clubs will be stocked with 10 players from a Federal Association club and 10 players from a Continental Association outfit. The focus is on providing AA and AAA talent an opportunity to showcase their skills in hopes of aiding their chances of cracking big league rosters in the spring.
A year ago the Havana Sharks, populated with players from Cincinnati and Detroit, were declared league champions.
RECORD SETTING NIGHT FOR BURNS
When the headline reads 'record setting night for Burns' one just assumes it refers to Tommy Burns, the winner of the league scoring title last season and a two-time winner of the McDaniels Trophy as the NAHC's most valuable player. But no, it is actually his older brother Wes who smashed the modern era single game points total with a goal and 6 assists in a 7-3 Chicago Packers victory over the Detroit Motors Saturday evening.
Burns scored the Packers first goal on Saturday and then assisted on each of the other six Chicago markers to break the old record of 6 points established by Waldemar Rupp with Boston in 1940 and equalled at least once by another Bees player 4 years later when Larry Dees had a 6 assist night. That assist total was the record Burns equalled on Saturday. Burns brother Tommy scored two of the goals, as did winger Marty Mahoney with Pete Moreau and Jesse Santoro rounding out the Chicago scoring.
The four game winning streak by the Packers doubled their win total on the season and moved them into a 3-way tie for second place, just two points back of first place Montreal.
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NAHC Standings
TEAM GP W L T PTS GF GA
Montreal 15 9 6 0 18 46 47
Chicago 15 8 7 0 16 51 42
Boston 14 8 6 0 16 42 35
Toronto 15 8 7 0 16 40 43
New York 14 6 8 0 12 45 42
Detroit 15 5 10 0 10 38 53
SCORING LEADERS
NAME GP G A PTS
Mahoney, Chi 14 8 13 21
W Burns, Chi 15 7 14 21
T Burns, Chi 15 11 7 18
Albers, NY 14 2 14 16
Cabbell, NY 13 11 3 14
Gregg,, NY 9 8 6 14
Lanceleve, Mon 15 8 6 14
Chandler, Bos 14 6 8 14
Lynch, Mon 12 5 8 13
Seguin, Chi 15 3 10 13
Skinner, Mon 15 6 6 12
Carlson, Tor 15 4 8 12
GOALIE LEADERS
NAME GP W L T ShO GAA
Brockers, Bos 13 7 6 0 0 2.62
Tremblay, NY 11 5 5 0 1 2.73
Hanson, Chi 12 5 7 0 0 3.02
Broadway, Tor 13 6 7 0 0 3.03
Carter, Det 5 1 3 0 0 3.05
Touhey, Mon 14 8 6 0 0 3.23
Sorrell, NY 5 1 3 0 1 3.44
Chasse, Det 11 4 7 0 0 3.66
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19
Toronto 2 at 5 Boston : We start a busy Wednesday off with the defending cup champions snapping a 3-game losing streak with a 5-2 win at Denny Arena. Rookie Garrett Kauffeldt continued his strong play with a goal -his 5th of the season- and 2 assists for Boston. Veteran Wilbur Chandler scored a pair in the third period to secure the victory.
Montreal 2 at 5 Chicago : Rookie Derek Gubb scored twice to lead the Packers to their second straight victory, a 5-2 win over the visiting Valiants.
New York 2 at 5 Detroit: And making all 3 games on this day end in a 5-2 result was the Detroit Motors, who are suddenly hot with 3 straight victories in a win over the Shamrocks. Five different Motors goal scorers beat Greenshirt goaltender Etienne Tremblay, who had a rough outing in a game the Shamrocks outshot the home team 32-23.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22
Chicago 7 at 3 Detroit: Wes Burns broke the modern record for points in a game and tied the assist mark with a goal and 6 helpers to carry Chicago to a 7-3 victory over the Motors. The victory was the third in a row for the Packers and snapped a 3-game winning streak for the last place Motors. Wes Burns wasn't the only Chicago player to have a big night as Marty Mahoney had 2 goals and 3 helpers while Tommy Burns, Wes' brother, scored twice.
New York 3 at 6 Montreal: The Valiants handed the slumping Shamrocks their third straight loss despite two more goals from New York veteran Orval Cabbell, giving the 29-year-old a league high 11 on the season.
Boston 0 at 2 Toronto: The Dukes snapped a 3-game losing skid with 2-0 win over Boston thanks to a 21-save shutout from goaltender Gordie Broadway, who added to his modern era leading total of 43. Rookie forward Kurt Walz scored both of the Toronto goals.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
Montreal 0 at 6 Boston: The Bees bounced back from being shutout in Toronto 24 hours earlier by blanking the other Canadian team, the Montreal Valiants, by a 6-0 score. Wilbur Chandler scored twice while Mickey Bedard had a 4 point evening in support of rookie Oscar James, who made 14 saves for the clean sheet in his NAHC debut.
Detroit 1 at 3 Chicago: The offense slowed down a little for the Packers, who had scored 18 goals in their previous 3 games, but they did claim their fourth straight win in sweeping a home-and-home weekend series with Detroit. The 3-1 Packers victory was once more led by the Burns brothers as Wes and Tommy each had a goal and an assist in a game that saw Chicago outshoot the Motors 40-17.
UPCOMING REGULAR SEASON GAMES
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26
Boston at Chicago
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27
Boston at Detroit
Toronto at Montreal
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29
Montreal at Toronto
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30
Toronto at Boston
New York at Chicago
Montreal at Detroit
AROUND THE LEAGUE
- Oscar James of Boston blanked Montreal 6-0 in his NAHC debut making him the second goaltender this season to post a shutout in his first career NAHC game. The first was Alex Sorrell of New York, who blanked Toronto 6-0 in his debut.
- It is an interesting season when Montreal can be in first place at 9-6-0 with more goals against than they have scored and the Shamrocks are 5th at 6-8 despite have a +3 goal differential.
- Brett Bing of the Toronto Mail & Empire reports "The Dukes are improving but lack consistency, one good game, one questionable. Broadway is facing a challenge between the pipes from Russel after his Saturday night shutout of the Bees following Broadway's 5 goals against in Boston. Coach Barrell now has a decision to make going forward."
WILDCATS TAKE WEST LEAD
The Chicago Wildcats are all alone atop the tight American Football Association West Division after they won yesterday while both Detroit and Cleveland lost. The 7-2 Wildcats are a game up on both the Finches and Maroons following a convincing 47-17 pounding of the Pittsburgh Paladins. Gus Brown led the way for the Chicago eleven with a big day through the air. The Windy City quarterback threw for 343 yards and 3 touchdowns at Whitney Park. Meanwhile both Cleveland and Detroit were falling out of the tie for the top spot with road losses to teams they were favoured against.
Cleveland came up just short in a shootout in Boston, dropping a 42-38 decision to the Americans as Del Thomas threw for 3 Boston touchdowns and 329 yards total. In New York, the struggling Stars won for just the second time in 9 attempts this season, rallying with two touchdowns in the final four minutes to beat Detroit 17-7.
In other action the Washington Wasps kept their East Division title hopes alive by beating the first place Philadelphia Frigates 28-21 while in St Louis Tom Mellette ran for 113 yards and threw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Ramblers to a 42-0 victory over visiting Cincinnati.
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION STANDINGS
East Division W L T PCT
Philadelphia 7 2 0 .778
Washington 5 4 0 .556
Boston 3 6 0 .333
Pittsburgh 3 7 0 .300
NY Stars 2 7 0 .222
West Division W L T PCT
Chicago 7 2 0 .778
Cleveland 6 3 0 .667
Detroit 6 3 0 .667
Cincinnati 4 6 0 .400
St Louis 3 6 0 .333
WEEKEND RESULTS
Boston 42 Cleveland 38
New York 17 Detroit 7
Washington 28 Philadelphia 21
Chicago 47 Pittsburgh 17
St Louis 42 Cincinnati 0
UPCOMING GAMES
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27
Chicago at Cincinnati
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30
Detroit at St Louis
Boston at Washington
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Cleveland at New York
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AFA LEADERS
SCORING PTS
Balfour, Bos 74
Chick, Cin 56
LePage, Phi 54
Gipson, Chi 54
Watts, Cle 53
Krohn, Was 52
PASSING COMP-ATT YDS TD INT
D Thomas, Bos 165-286 2518 23 11
Marston, Pit 159-290 2275 12 34
Brown, Chi 147-243 2172 18 27
Colvin, Cle 94-221 1354 11 17
Krohn, Was 91-214 1171 11 15
RUSHING YDS TD
LePage, Phi 927 8
Mellette, StL 675 5
Ponder, Was 444 3
Belles, Det 443 1
Orlosky, Det 402 2
RECEIVING CAT YDS TD
Gipson, Chi 51 865 9
Holt, Pit 39 635 1
Ericksen, Bos 38 575 6
Tisdale, Pit 35 636 3
Carson, Cle 33 569 5
Douglas, Was 33 505 4
INERCEPTIONS #
Neilsen, Cle 9
Coleman, Det 7
Chick, Cin 6
Thompson, Cin 6
Krohn, Was 6
Watson, Was 6
Wynkoop, Det 6
REVENGE FOR COWBOYS IN NEW YORK
The Kansas City Cowboys proved that the New York Gothams are not quite there yet as Cowboys went into New York and downed the Gothams 17-10 for their sixth straight win. The victory keeps Buffalo's slim hopes of catching the Gothams for top spot in the Continental Football Conference's East Division still alive while also showing that the Cowboys are back.
There was some concern when the Kansas City eleven dropped back-to-back games at home, including one to the Gothams, after losing just once all of last season. Since then the Cowboys have been on a missing with six straight victories to run their record to a CFC best 10-2-1 and move them a step closer to clinching home field advantage for defense of their title in the CFC championship game.
It was far from a dominating performance from either of the two best offenses in the game but that was because the clubs also rank 1-2 in defensive proficiency as well. Kansas City struck early with a pair of first quarter Pat Chappell to Bill Tammaro touchdown passes and opened a 17 point lead on a 43 yard field goal from Reuben Watson as time expired at the half. New York struggled all day to move the ball with their only major coming on special teams when Jim Rose returned the second half kick-off 89 yards to cut the deficit to 17-7 and give the 50,000 fans in attendance at Gothams Stadium something to cheer for.
The two teams combined for a total of 400 yards of total offense with defensive play upstaging the high talented offensive stars on both clubs. Chappell completed just 10 of 22 passes for 125 yards while New York's multi-threat back Ken Hale ran for just 71, far below his usual average of over 100 per game. Hale also struggled throwing the ball, completing just 5 of his 22 attempts.
Like the Cowboys in New York, it was the road team that prevailed in each of the weekend's three other contests. Don Parmenter scored a pair of touchdowns -one on a 7 yard run and one on a 15 yard catch- to lead the Buffalo Bulls to a 20-13 victory in New Orleans. The Bulls are in New York next week to play the Gothams and need a victory to keep their hopes of reaching the title game alive. San Francisco scored two touchdowns in the final 1:34 of the game to beat Chicago 14-5 while Elton Raymond's two majors helped the Los Angeles Lobos dump Brooklyn 31-7.
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CONTINTENTAL CONFERENCE STANDINGS
EAST W L T PCT[/b]
NY Gothams 8 3 1 .727
Buffalo 7 5 0 .583
Brooklyn 4 8 0 .333
New Orleans 2 10 0 .167
WEST W L T PCT
Kansas City 10 2 0 .833
Los Angeles 6 5 1 .545
San Francisco 6 6 0 .500
Chicago 4 8 0 .333
WEEKEND RESULTS
San Francisco 14 Chicago 5
Buffalo 20 New Orleans 13
Kansas City 17 New York 10
Los Angeles 31 Brooklyn 7
UPCOMING GAMES
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27
San Francisco at Brooklyn
Kansas City at Los Angeles
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 30
Chicago at New Orleans
Buffalo at New York
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CFC LEADERS
SCORING PTS
Penna, LA 104
Wade, NY 100
Hale, NYG 84
Karaszewski, Buf 78
Watson, KC 75
Higman, Buf 61
PASSING COMP-ATT YDS TD INT
Chappell, KC 149-275 2491 28 14
Fuchs, LA 134-269 2289 10 22
Boettcher, NO 168-339 2125 11 25
Monday, Buf 138-286 1901 18 19
Walker, Chi 112-236 1605 8 15
RUSHING YDS TD
Hale, NYG 1294 12
Garner, SF 770 3
Matthews, KC 762 3
Rose, NYG 724 6
Karaszewski, Buf 707 11
Stone, SF 671 2
RECEIVING CAT YDS TD
Pruitt, NO 53 583 3
Mula, SF 49 579 7
Breig,Chi 43 665 4
Orr, KC 43 771 8
Mandish, NO 42 657 5
Tammaro, KC 41 699 8
INERCEPTIONS #
Dutton, Chi 8
Yardley, Bkn 6
J Smith, Chi 5
Carroll, SF 5
Alexander, Buf 5
Whisenant, LA 5
A TIE IS AS GOOD AS A WIN FOR CCLA
Tie Dolphins, Qualify For East-West Classic
Playing before a record-smashing crowd of 102,050 frenzied fans, southern California's two powerhouse collegiate football teams were unable to declare a winner as CC Los Angeles and Coastal California dueled to a 10-10 draw. The tie was enough to clinch the West Coast Athletic Association football championship for CCLA and allow them to next focus on facing mighty Detroit City College in the East-West Classic on New Year's Day.
At Thompson Field, Detroit City College -having already clinched the Great Lakes Alliance a week ago- rolled on with a 42-0 thrashing of Central Ohio to run their record to 9-0 with 45,000 spectators chanting, "California, Here I Come." The win was perhaps in doubt for all of 10 minutes as that is how long it took from Johnny Matthews to break free on a 17-yard run and score the first points of the day. A steady diet of Matthews and Bill Howlin pounding the ball quickly softened the resolve of the winless Aviators, who suffered through an awful 0-8-1 campaign just three years after a perfect 10-0 season.
The Knights continue to trail St. Blane in the eyes of the pundits who vote for the national rankings. The Fighting Saints scored three opening period touchdowns and rolled to a 37-10 victory over a bewildered Baton Rogue State team in their home finale at Latrobe. Four different backs figured in the Saints scoring and now they look forward to their last hurdle on the road to a perfect season - a trip to the coast on December 6 for a meeting with Coastal California. It will act as St Blane's classic game as the school has decided against accepting a New Year's Day invitation.
Daniel Boone College is the surprise winner of the Plains Athletic Association with a perfect 5-0 section record after they Frontiersmen waltzed into Kansas and shocked Lawrence State 20-17. It was the first loss of the year for the Chippewa and bumped them out of the national top ten. San Francisco Tech also lost for the first time, as Penn Catholic upended the Unions 28-20.
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AIAA COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL TOP TEN
RK SCHOOL LW WEEKEND RESULT
1 St Blane (8-0) 1 W 37-10 over Baton Rogue State (3-2-3)
2 Detroit City College (9-0) 2 W 42-0 over Central Ohio (0-8-1)
3 Travis College (9-0) 3 idle
4 CCLA (8-0-1) 4 tied 10-10 with Coastal California (6-1-1)
5 Pierpont (7-0) 5 idle
6 Alabama Baptist (7-1-1) 6 W 20-7 over Bayou State (4-4)
7 Coastal California (6-1-1) 7 tied 10-10 with CC Los Angeles (8-0-1)
8 Richmond State (8-1) 9 W 58-0 over Weston
9 Rome State (6-2) 10 idle
10 Huntington State (7-2) NR W 40-0 over Conwell College (2-5-2)
DROPPED OUT
Lawrence State (8-1) 7 L 20-17 to Daniel Boone College (7-3)
WEEKEND RESULTS
MAJOR GAMES
St. Blane 37 Baton Rouge State 10
Detroit City College 42 Central Ohio 0
Coastal California 10 CC Los Angeles 10
Alabama Baptist 20 Bayou State 7
Daniel Boone College 20 Lawrence State 17
Huntington State 40 Conwell College 0
Richmond State 58 Weston 0
Dickson 21 George Fox 20
Liberty College 33 Pittsburgh State 0
Sadler 14 Grafton 0
Henry Hudson 23 St. Pancras 0
Whitney College 24 Indiana A&M 10
Lincoln 19 St. Magnus 7
Minnesota Tech 21 Wisconsin State 21
Northern Mississippi 45 Mississippi Tech 0
Carolina Poly 10 North Carolina Tech 7
Coastal State 55 Opelika State 13
Noble Jones College 27 Western Tennessee 0
Central Kentucky 27 Cumberland 15
Georgia Baptist 31 Bulein 0
Portland Tech 13 Lane State 3
Rainier College 17 Spokane State 14
Northern California 23 Redwood 10
Penn Catholic 28 San Francisco Tech 20
OTHER SCORES
Cowpens State 27 Strub College 0
Commonwealth Catholic 44 Golden Gate University 14
Colorado Poly 19 Wyoming A&I 17
Mobile Maritime 13 Central Carolina 10
Miami State 18 Western Florida 7
St. Matthew's College 31 Potomac College 3
Hempstead 27 New York Maritime 20
St. Patrick's 30 Brooklyn State 3
Valley State 27 Wisconsin Catholic 17
Bluegrass State 22 Maryland State 7
Eastern State 7 Charleston Tech 0
Oklahoma City State 14 College of Omaha 9
Red River State 7 Amarillo Methodist 0
Utah A&M 40 California Missionary 7
Texas Gulf Coast 14 Lubbock State 0
College of Waco 30 South Valley State 24
Texas Panhandle 24 El Paso Methodist 7
Payne State 24 Northern Minnesota 10
Lexington State 35 Caesar Rodney 14
Canyon A&M 38 Tempe College 14
FALCONS FLYING HIGH IN ABC
After dropping their opening two games of the season the Pittsburgh Falcons have gone on a five game winning streak to take over top spot in the American Basketball Conference's West Division. Included in that streak was three victories last week with a pair coming over last place Rochester and the third against Richmond. Former Whitney College star Augie Schleicher and second year forward Max Lucia are leading the way for the front-runners, with each averaging over 20 points a game. In the East Division, Daniel Prescott's Brooklyn Red Caps are back on track, halting a two-game skid with wins over New York and Hartford this week.
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AMERICAN BASKETBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS
EAST W L PCT GB
Brooklyn 5 3 .625 -
Boston 4 4 .400 1.0
Hartford 3 4 .429 1.5
New York 2 4 .333 2.0
WEST W L PCT GB
Pittsburgh 5 2 .714 -
Washington 3 2 .600 1.0
Richmond 4 3 .571 1.0
Rochester 1 5 .267 3.5
SCORING LEADERS PPG
James Phillips, HAR 21.1
Max Lucia, PIT 20.7
Augie Scheicher, PIT 20.0
John Rodirgez, HAR 19.1
Morgan Melcher, BOS 18.8
Norm Yates, RIC 18.3
Ivory Mitchell, BKN 17.8
The story in the Federal loop continues to be the Baltimore Barons, who improved to a perfect 6-0 after two more wins last week. They began on Monday by crushing the Cleveland Crushers 96-75 behind a career high 16 points from Bobby Ray Cornett with Jack Hirst also adding 16. Two days later it was the winless Toronto Titans who were the Barons next victim. Hirst had 26 points as the Barons topped Toronto 99-89. It has been a rough start to the season for the lone Canadian entry as the 0-7 Titans have not been close in any of their losses since falling by 2 points to the Buffalo Brawlers in their season opener.
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FEDERAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
EAST W L PCT GB
Baltimore 6 0 1.000 -
Philadelphia 4 1 .800 1.5
Buffalo 2 4 .333 4.0
Toronto 0 7 .000 6.5
WEST W L PCT GB
Detroit 4 1 .750 -
Chicago 5 2 .714 -
Cincinnati 2 5 .286 3.0
Cleveland 1 4 .200 3.0
SCORING LEADERS PPG
Danny Hendon, PHI 22.0
Richard Campbell, CHI 21.9
Jack Hirst, BAL 21.7
David Reed, DET 19.2
Lary Yim, BUF 17.7
Jam Porter, TOR 16.9
Jack Kurtz, DET 16.8
The collegiate basketball season hit the ground running with nearly all of the teams having now seen action between the preseason tournaments and the opening week of scheduled games. There is no change at the top of the polls as Western Iowa, Carolina Poly and Rainier College all followed up preseason tournament wins with victories in their regular season openers.
The Canaries, behind 14 points from Willy Ludwick, had little trouble with Central Illinois yesterday, pulling out a 46-36 victory. Carolina Poly, after winning the Tournament of Champions last month, began their slate of regular campaign games with a 49-33 win over Granville. The backcourt duo of James Halle and Makor Belk combined for 25 points in the victory including a game high 15 from Halle.
Third ranked Rainier College, back from a victory in the King of the South tournament, welcomed a pair of Academia Alliance schools to the west coast. The Majestics rolled past Ellery 59-38 in their home opener with Tom Abbott, Syl Kellogg and Orlando Zanier all scoring in double figures in the Puyallup, Wa., debut of top recruit Don Higgins, who had 5 points. Yesterday, Abbott paced the Majestics with 12 points in a 45-32 win over Brunswick.
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AIAA COLLEGIATE CAGE RANKINS
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
1. Western Iowa (69) 3-0 1797 1 Great Lakes Alliance
2. Carolina Poly (2) 3-0 1719 2 South Atlantic Conference
3. Rainier College (1) 4-0 1665 3 West Coast Athletic Association
4. Lane State 3-0 1550 6 West Coast Athletic Association
5. Coastal California 1-0 1456 8 West Coast Athletic Association
6. Detroit City College 0-0 1419 7 Great Lakes Alliance
7. Whitney College 1-0 1368 10 Great Lakes Alliance
8. Garden State 1-0 1250 11 Liberty Conference
9. Indiana A&M 1-0 1172 12 Great Lakes Alliance
10. CC Los Angeles 1-0 1081 13 West Coast Athletic Association
11. Frankford State 6-0 969 19 Indy
12. Texas Gulf Coast 2-1 830 21 Southwestern Alliance
13. Lubbock State 4-0 816 16 Southwestern Alliance
14. Great Plains State 2-0 555 NR Indy
15. Alabama Baptist 2-0 505 22 Deep South Conference
16. Central Ohio 1-1 452 4 Great Lakes Alliance
17. Charleston Tech 1-0 389 23 South Atlantic Conference
18. Bayou State 0-1 345 5 Deep South Conference
19. Topeka State 3-0 319 NR Indy
20. Mississippi A&M 4-1 289 NR Deep South Conference
21. Johnston Tech 3-0 236 NR Indy
22. American Atlantic 3-0 217 NR Indy
23. Pittsburgh State 2-0 207 NR Indy
24. Annapolis Maritime 1-0 196 NR Indy
25. Chesapeake State 1-0 195 NR South Atlantic Conference
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS INVOLVING TOP 25 TEAMS
MONDAY NOVEMBER 17
at #7 Whitney College 54, Commonwealth Catholic 31
#5 Coastal California 49, at Tallmadge State 26
at Columbia Military Academy 43, #18 Bayou State 38
at #19 Topeka State 56, Grange College 49
at #10 CC Los Angeles 32, Maryland State 29
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18
#14 Great Plains State 45, at Kansas Agricultural 41
#17 Charleston Tech 46, at Daniel Boone College 41
#23 Pittsburgh State 50, at Armstrong 39
at #11 Frankford State 41, George Fox 30
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19
at #22 American Atlantic 46, Pueblo State 38
Brunswick 47, at #16 Central Ohio 30
at #21 Johnston Tech 47, Cuyahoga University 33
#9 Indiana A&M 45, at Allentown State 39
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20
#24 Annapolis Maritime 51, at Bliss College 43
#8 Garden State 47, at Smithfield College 39
#20 Mississippi A&M 46, at Red River State 39
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21
at #19 Topeka State 55, Elyria 54
at #3 Rainier College 45, Brunswick 32
at #21 Johnston Tech 51, NW New York State 39
#11 Frankford State 43, at Mile High State 37
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22
#12 Texas Gulf Coast 48, at Mississippi Tech 39
#22 American Atlantic 67, at Ogdensburg 62
#14 Great Plains State 51, at Alabama Gulf Coast 41
at #23 Pittsburgh State 45, Allentown State 41
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
#1 Western Iowa 46, at Central Illinois 36
at #25 Chesapeake State 49, Opelika State 42
at #19 Topeka State 45, Kansas Agricultural 36
#20 Mississippi A&M 45, at St. Patrick's 40
#16 Central Ohio 46, at Fond du Lac 36
#11 Frankford State 42, at Harrisburg State 39
#2 Carolina Poly 49, at Granville 33
UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS- Dec 12 - Lakeside Auditorium, Chicago: World Middleweight Champ John Edmonds (23-2) rematch with Frank Melanson (32-1-2)
- Jan 10 - Santa Ana Stadium, Los Angeles: World Heavyweight Champ Hector Sawyer vs Dan Miller
- Jan 15- Philadelphia: HW Scott Baker (15-3-2) vs Chris Sullivan (19-4-4)
- Jan 19- Portland, Oregon: WW contenders Mark Westlake (22-2-1) vs Carl Taylor (22-4-2)
- Jan 24 - Lake Erie Arena, Cleveland, OH: World Welterweight champion Harold Stephens (20-3-2) defends his title against Ira Mitchell (19-1)
- Jan 29 - Bigsby Garden, New York: HW contender Mark Fountain (22-4-1) vs Dave Kennedy (28-11-4) and HW contender Roy Crawford (25-3) vs Glenn Hairston (25-8-2)
- Jan 31- Detroit: rising HW Lewis Jones (14-1) vs Marvin Martin (18-10-4)
The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 11/23/1947
- President Truman called for Congress to restore authority for rationing important consumer goods "on a highly selective basis" and imposing limited price and wage controls once more.
- Republicans, led by Senator Taft of Ohio, a presidential aspirant, launched a bitter attack on the President's plea for price-wage controls.
- The Senate Appropriations Committee called for an inventory of American food supplies before Congress acts on the President's request of nearly $600 million in emergency aid to France, Italy and Austria.
- The French Army has recalled 140,000 troops to bring the army up to "nominal strength" amidst a growing crisis of strikes and government instability.
- An 8-nation Arab Subcommittee on Palestine formally challenged the authority of the United Nations in any attempt to partition the Holy Land in to separate Arab and Jewish countries.
- Princess Elizabth and Lieut. Phillip Mountbatten -now to be known as the Duke of Edinburgh- were married at Westminster Abby on Friday, drawing a crowd that surpassed that of even V-E day.