JANUARY 17, 1949
PIONEERS OWNER INDICTED ON TAX EVASION
Feds and State Both Launching Cases Against Dee Rose
Dee Rose, the owner of the St. Louis Pioneers and football's Los Angeles Lobos, has been indicted in Federal court for tax evasion. Rose, 60, a native of Los Angeles, California, has been charged with five counts of tax evasion. Missouri state officials have also launched an investigation into the construction contracts for the proposed St. Louis Baseball Palace, a stadium project promised by Mr. Rose in 1940 that has yet to break ground despite "millions of dollars" being paid to a construction company owned by Rose.
"He's a crook," said a Treasury Department investigator, speaking anonymously. "The Federal government has no power to investigate racketeering, but I firmly believe that the Missouri State Police will find ample evidence of Rose's ties to organized crime."
Reached at his Washington office, Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues President Sam Belton admitted "these charges are serious and if Mr. Rose is found guilty, his ownership of the Pioneers would be at an end."
The government is expediting the trial and the Missouri investigation is proceeding apace. It very well may end up being a race to see which entity can be the first to put Mr. Rose behind bars.
PIONEERS ADD INFIELD DEFENSE
The two-time defending World Champion St Louis Pioneers made a move during the draft meetings to shore up their defense at shortstop. The move saw the Pioneers acquire Win Hamby from the Detroit Dynamos in exchange for minor leaguer slugging outfielder Bill Parker, who is currently playing in the Cuban Winter League.
Hamby is a potentially very big addition for a Pioneers club that saw both Homer Mills and Jackie Washington struggle to handle the defensive challenges of the position and it is quite possible that the sure-handed Hamby may further enhance the reputation of the Pioneers pitching staff, which features two starters that induce a large number of ground balls in Danny Herrn and Hiram Steinberg.
Defense has never been a concern for Hamby, who turned 26 last week and is equally adept with the glove on either side of second base and has looked very good in the field at the hot corner as well. In addition to being stuck behind Del Johnson and Stan Kleminski as Detroit's middle infield duo, what has held Hamby back from an everyday role is his lightweight .228 career batting average in 222 big league games.
Originally a second round pick of Cincinnati in the 1941 draft, Hamby rose as high as #32 on the OSA prospect rankings but was trade twice in a two month span leading up the 1943 trade deadline. The second trade set him in a large package of players and picks from the Gothams to Detroit in the deal that brought Red Johnson to the Big Apple. He made his big league debut two years ago.
Vetrean St Louis manager Hugh Luckey was excited at the addition and already planning how best to structure his infield with the new addition. "Hamby could slide Mills to third, with Jackie (Washington) at second," mused the Pioneers skipper.
In Detroit, Dynamos manager Dick York was sad to see Hamby leave but happy he would get an opportunity to play full-time. "We just have so much middle infield competition," explained the Dynamos bench boss. "He is great kid. Hard working. Humble. We felt we owed it to him to send him somewhere that had a chance to play everyday."
In return Detroit address a need for a power corner outfield bat in the 24-year-old Parker. A second round selection in 1943, Parker had very impressive numbers in AAA with 34 homers and a .304 batting average in Charleston last season and will be given every opportunity to win a job in the Dynamos outfield desperate for another big power bat. To that end the Dynamos hint there may still be more to come with rumours of talks with several clubs.
There is also a story circulating that Al Horton, who turns 40 today, is going to retire and become the head of the Dynamos scouting department when Fred Barrell leaves, as expected, for the managerial opening in Toronto. Horton has long-time ties to the Dynamos General Manager having played for him in Cincinnati before being selected from the Cannons in the rule five draft last season. A natural leader with a tremendous work ethic as a player, the College of San Diego graduate has been shadowing Barrell since the season came to an end.
- St Louis Pioneers improved their team defense with the addition of Win Hamby from Detroit. Team owner Dee Rose looks like he will need a good defensive team in the courthouse as well after the magnate, who also owns football's Los Angeles Lobos, was indicted in Federal Court for tax evasion. No word yet on what the impact will be to either the Pioneers or Lobos.
MOTORS STALLED - LOSE 9 STRAIGHT
A once very promising start to the season has quickly turned into a nightmare for the coach Badger Rigney and his Detroit Motors. The Motors have collapsed to the bottom of the NAHC standings with 9 straight losses and have not won a game since beating Boston on December 21. Injuries have played a role as the Motos have been without star sophomore winger Nick Tardif, who suffered a minor fracture in his shoulder, but much of it has just been poor puck luck for a Detroit team that lost yesterday on a late goal in Montreal and has suffered 5 losses by a single goal during the losing skid.
The Motors finished third in the then-7 team NAHC two years ago but missed the playoffs last season, prompting the dismissal of Mark Moore as coach and the arrival of Rigney, a long-time NAHC head man with plenty of experience, but also plenty of experience with tough times as he presided over some terrible Brooklyn teams early in the decade.
"We have had a couple of bad games during this stretch," admitted Rigney, "but we also had a few we really should have won with just a break here or there."
Rigney quickly dismissed the notion brought up by a Montreal reporter last night after the loss to the Vals, when the scribe asked if he believed that Millard Touhey was cursed. Touhey was the starting goaltender on Montreal clubs that suffered through terrible second half collapses each of the past two seasons before being cut loose by the Vals and signing with Detroit last summer.
"Don't be ridiculous," scoffed Rigney. "We, and I mean our entire team, just needs to keep working and the breaks will come."
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NAHC STANDINGS
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Toronto 35 18 11 6 116 92 42
Boston 35 18 13 4 107 98 40
New York 34 15 15 4 90 94 34
Montreal 34 15 15 4 95 105 34
Chicago 36 15 19 2 102 119 32
Detroit 36 12 20 4 113 115 28
SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS
Pollack, Tor 35 18 25 43
Galbraith, Tor 35 18 19 37
Cabbell, NY 34 21 15 36
Vanderbilt, Det 34 19 16 35
Sauer, Tor 35 15 19 34
Tardif, Det 34 15 18 33
Carlson, Tor 32 7 26 33
Chandler, Bos 30 13 19 32
Hart, Bos 34 14 17 31
T Burns, Chi 25 20 10 30
Skinner, Mon 34 14 15 29
Rocheleau, Det 31 5 23 28
GOALIE LEADERS GP W L T ShO GAA
Brockers, Mon 22 10 9 2 2 2.57
Broadway, Tor 31 15 10 6 3 2.58
Tremblay, NY 30 12 14 4 2 2.72
Chasse, Det 15 6 7 0 1 2.75
James, Bos 30 14 12 4 3 2.82
Cleghorn, Chi 11 6 4 1 1 3.01
Hanson, Chi 24 9 14 1 2 3.14
Touhey, Det 20 5 13 2 1 3.55
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12
Boston 7 at 4 Montreal: Boston hands Montreal its first loss since Christmas - ending a 5-0-1 stretch for the Vals- with a 7-4 victory at the Montreal Arena. It was the Wilbur Chandler show as the veteran Bees center scored 4 times and added an assist while his longtime wingman Tommy Hart had a 3 point night. A long evening for Montreal backup netminder Pat Beliveau, who was called on for the start and faced 60 Boston shots.
New York 4 at 3 Detroit: Two struggling teams met in the Motor City as the Shamrocks, losers of 5 of their last 6 faced a Detroit club that had lost 7 straight entering the game. Make it eight in a row as Adam Greenham's third period marker was the difference in a 4-3 win for the Greenshirts. Greemham also had two helpers on the night.
SATURDAY JANUARY 15
Montreal 2 at 4 Chicago: Tommy Burns scored a goal and added an assist while his brother Wes also scored to lift Chicago to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Valiants. The red-hot Packers have now gone 7-2-1 over their last ten games.
Toronto 1 at 3 New York: The Shamrocks won for the second time this week as Simon Savard scored a short-handed goal and added to assists to pace the Greenshirts. Orval Cabbell, with his 20th of the season, and Joe Martin also scored for New York while Phillippe Dubois replied for the Dukes.
SUNDAY JANUARY 16
Boston 0 at 6 Chicago: backup netminder Michael Cleghorn notched his first career NAHC shutout with a 27-save effort in the Packers 6-0 win on home ice over the Boston Bees. Six different players lit the lamp for the Packers, who are now just 2 points out of a playoff spot.
Detroit 2 at 3 Montreal: Another loss for the stalled Motors, their 9th in a row as Alex MacDonald beat Millard Touhey with just over a minute remaining in the third period to make a winner out of Montreal netminder Tom Brockers. Clarence Skinner had two goals for the Vals.
New York 4 at 1 Toronto: The Shamrocks complete a weekend home and home sweep with Toronto and remain tied with Montreal, two points up on fifth place Chicago following a 4-1 win at Dominion Gardens. Orval Cabbell scored his league leading 21st of the season and added two assists while Samuel Coates chipped in with 2 goals for the winners.
UPCOMING GAMES
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19
Detroit at Chicago
New York at Boston
Toronto at Montreal
THURSDAY JANUARY 20
Montreal at New York
SATURDAY JANUARY 22
Montreal at Boston
Toronto at Detroit
SUNDAY JANUARY 23
Boston at Montreal
Chicago at New York
Detroit at Toronto
Dukes Drop Two To Shamrocks --After digging out from the massive snowstorm that hit the area, the Toronto Dukes lose twice to make the NAHC race far tighter as Boston is now only 2 points behind the Dukes.
After 5 days off the Dukes came out flat in New York's Bigsby Gardens Saturday night losing 3-1. The home team dominated all aspects of the game from the opening puck drop to the final siren. The Shamrocks opened the scoring in the first with Joe Martin converting on passes from Orval Cabbell and Simon Savard almost 10 minutes into the first. New York added two more in the second when Cabbell beat Gordie Broadway on a early power play for his 20th of season then Savard notched a shorthanded goal during the last minute of play in the period. There would be no comeback for the Dukes in a uninspired effort from the team although Dukes rearguard Phillippe Dubois spoiled Alex Sorrell's shutout bid late in the game. Toronto was outshot 34-21, outhit 23-18 and outplayed overall by the Shamrocks.
Returning home to Dominion Gardens on Sunday the Dukes dug themselves in to a hole early allowing a goal by Samuel Coates at 3:09 from Mike Laforme and Adam Greenham on a shot from just outside the right side face off circle. Les Carlson tied the score for the Dukes just past the halfway point of the first on quick shot from the faceoff dot that beat Etienne Tremblay high to the glove side. Quinton Pollock and Lou Galbraith drew the assists.
Former Duke Laurel Albers restored the Shamrocks lead on passes from Cabbell and Deck Horton at 13:55. Chad Roy took it upon himself to try and bring a little life to the bench by engaging in a tilt with Sam Coates of the Greenshirts but it did not seem to wake the team up for any extended period of time. Cabbell put the Shamrocks up 2 when again the Dukes were victimized early in a period at 1:38 as the second frame was another listless period of hockey by the home side.
Coates, with his 5th, wrapped up the scoring in the third with Cabbell and Savard providing the helpers in a 4-1 victory in which Toronto was stifled by the Shamrocks checking and only tested New York netminder Etienne Tremblay 23 times in the game.
Coach Barrell was obviously frustrated with the weekend- "What do you want me say? Those were two uninspired games against a team trying to solidify a playoff position. We cannot play without tempo, an edge, a lot of grit. Being out hustled, generally outworked in all areas you see the results. A multitude of things to correct before we go into Montreal Wednesday followed by our archenemies, Detroit, for a back to back this upcoming weekend. I guarantee one thing, a lack of intensity will not be tolerated from anyone. If you don't show up to play our style, take a seat if we go with two lines, fine."
MUSTANGS STRUGGLES PALE IN COMPARISON TO MOTORS WOES
On December 4 the Detroit Mustangs were 9-3 and looking to challenge the Panthers for West Division dominance. We lost a heartbreaker 94-92 in the Windy City that evening and followed that up with two more losses by no more than 2 points each. That tough week, going 0-3 and losing by a combined total of 5 points seemed to take away all of the Mustangs momentum and we have stumbled since, posting a 5-8 mark including recent losses at the Thompson Palladium to a pair of teams below us in the standings in the Pittsburgh Pilots and Cincinnati Cyclones, both clubs we are trying to hold off in order to claim the first playoff berth in franchise history.
Rookie Ward Messer (20.7 ppg, 18.6 rpg) continues to lead the way and has combined with Jack Kurtz (18.3) to help the Mustangs become the second highest scoring team in the league. The Detroit defense, its Achilles heel a year ago, is now middle of the pack but the team needs more consistency and a little more luck in those tight games.
Tight games have also been bad news for the local ice quintet as well as the Motors have fallen on hard times. The Detroit hockey club has lost 9 consecutive games with five of those defeats by just a single goal including the heartbreaker in Montreal last night when the Valiants scored with 1:46 remaining in the game to win 3-2. One might say the team is falling apart but with a few breaks they could have easily won or tied any of those 5 games and, had that happened, Detroit would still be in a playoff spot.
A closer look may indicate that Badger Rigney's club may have overachieved in the early going and is simply returning to its proper level. Detroit was a bad team last year and really did not make a lot of big changes. However, the young guns took over up front and made the Motors an offensive power. The issue is there remain holes in the back end that need to be plugged and that is something that will take time. It is fair too early to forget about the playoffs this season as anything can happen but Nick Tardif's fractured bone in his shoulder, something he insists he can play through, may be the final straw that ends postseason dreams for the young club this season.
Tardif, who was the loop's top rookie a year ago, has averaged nearly a point a game this time around and combined with Adam Vanderbilt and Louis Rocheleau, none older than 24, to form the most dangerous trio the Palladium has seen since Ed Bowlin, Rupert Mohr and a young Miles Barfield carried the club to its first, and only Challenge Cup win a decade ago. There is hope for the future, but like the diamond Dynamos, it requires patience to give it time to mature.
- The Statesmen (21-7) win streak has reached seven and Washington has put a little space between themselves and second-place Brooklyn (20-9, 1.5 GB). Washington had no trouble with Cleveland, 82-61, with a runaway second half as both teams were tied at the half. After trouncing New York, Washington played well on the back-end of the back-to-back against Rochester. Marlin Patterson got into foul trouble for the Rockets, which freed up Ivan Sisco to score 26 for Washington on 11-for-21 shooting.
- Washington is now tied in the standings for the best record in the FBL with Chicago, which has the same record at 21-7. Panthers leading scorer Richard Campbell (19.6 ppg) will miss a week with a bruised jaw and it could not have happened at a worse time. His 13.6 rebounds per game will be sorely missed, as the power forward will not be there for the Panthers on Saturday night at Lakeside Auditorium when Washington makes its only trip to Chicago this regular season.
- Speaking of the injury bug, Washington's Blake Brooks is just returning from a broken finger, but there are a few impact injuries around the league. Michael Fricke, Brooklyn's third-leading scorer will miss seven weeks with plantar fasciitis. Starting small forward Tom Wilson will miss a month with a stress fracture in his foot, while a trio of Buffalo Brawlers will miss time. Rookie Gerald Cheek will miss a month with a torn ligament, center Larry Yim will be out four weeks with a broken foot, and starting point guard Miles Johnson will not return until early February with a dislocated shoulder.
PATRIOTS STRUGGLES EXPLAINED
The Hartford Patriots did not win a playoff series in their four seasons in the old American Basketball Conference and finished last in the Eastern Division a year ago. This season in the newly expanded Federal Basketball League they knew they would have their work cut out for them with plenty of stiff competition including former ABC powers Brooklyn and Washington along with FBL defending champion Baltimore and a strong Philadelphia quintet.
The results as the season approaches the midway point are decidedly middle of the pack (5th-12th in virtually every category, most 6th-9th), which perhaps suggests they should be slightly better than their 11-16 record shows. Until you look closer and see the Patriots do three things poorly, which costs them wins: assists, blocks, and FT%. We’re fourth in FT%, but it’s 66.4%.
Hartford will be without SG David Nations for the next ten days; Lionel Rice was activated; oddly enough, Rice posted great numbers (10.4/6.3/5.1, though with 4.4 TO, but also with 2.4 SPG). I’m not sure why he wasn’t activated before. But it’s clear Rice needs to be in the lineup.
Anyway, the Patriots are 11-16 and sitting in 6th place in the 9 squad Eastern Division, despite outscoring opponents (88.5-87.9). One could say tough luck, but if you look deeper, there are reasons for this record.
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FBL STANDINGS
EAST W L PCT
Washington 21 7 .750
Brooklyn 20 9 .690
Philadelphia 18 11 .621
Rochester 17 11 .607
Baltimore 15 12 .556
Hartford 11 16 .407
New York 9 18 .333
Boston 10 21 .323
Syracuse 4 24 .143
WEST W L PCT
Chicago 21 7 .750
Cleveland 17 9 .654
Detroit 14 11 .560
Cincinnati 16 13 .552
Pittsburgh 10 18 .357
Toronto 10 18 .357
Buffalo 9 17 .346
COLLEGE CAGES PRIMED, LOOK TO CONFERENCE FIGHTS
Most college basket ball teams have put away their big suitcases and brought out their overnight bags. The great mass migration of matchups with clubs on the other side of the country virtually has ended and the business at hand now is turned towards conference championships or back-yard rivalries.
They left behind mileage totals that rivaled Stanta Clause after hitting the trail in many cross country treks in search of marquee matchups. The non-section slate is about complete and several conferences have already started their schedule with more to follow this week.
The Academia Alliance and Southwestern Alliance both tipped off their section slate a week after the West Coast loop gave the section play contests their lid lifter. Defending National Champion Redwood is off to a quick 2-0 start in the WCAA with early wins over CC Los Angeles and Spokane State. The Dickson Maroons, who have just 3 Academia Alliance titles in 40 years, are the early leaders in that conference with a pair of road wins over Ellery and Pierpont.
*** Western Iowa Back On Top ***
There are still plenty of non-conference games being held as well including an upset in Philadelphia as the Maryland State Bengals invaded the Liberty College campus and pulled off a dominant 71-53 victory, snapping Liberty's 15 game winning streak and dropping the Bells out of the top spot in the polls. Liberty did not look overly impressive yesterday afternoon either, but the Bells did enough to run their record to 17-2 with a 61-56 victory over ligthweight Bliss College.
Western Iowa, which at 13-0 remains one of three unbeaten schools in the nation, regained the top spot in the polls with two more victories this week. The Canaries wrapped up their non-conference schedule with lobsided victories over St Patrick's and Bluegrass State but now must dive head first into the touch Great Lakes Alliance slate beginning with Thursday's visit to Terre Haute to face 11-2 and 13th ranked Indiana A&M in their section opener.
Frankford State is now 20-0 after Owls beat University of New Jersey and Three Rivers State this week. Their big test to entering the tournament unbeaten will come on the final day of this month when they are in Philadelphia to face #3 Liberty College. The other unbeaten is Mississippi A&M as the Deep South is 14-0 and ranked 5th in the polls.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS INVOLVING TOP 10 TEAMS
MONDAY JANUARY 10
#3 Liberty College 51 (Luther Gordon 16) Tallmadge State 36
#6 Carolina Poly 70 (James Halle 23) St Patrick's 47
TUESDAY JANUARY 11
#5 Mississippi A&M 47 (Greg Randle 10) Mobile Marine 36
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12
#1 Western Iowa 56 (Charlie Maynard 15) St Patrick's 31
THURSDAY JANUARY 13
#2 St Blane 57 (Jim Canaday 12) Manhattan Tech 36
#4 Frankford State 61 (David Aponte 18) University of New Jersey 33
FRIDAY JANUARY 14
#1 Western Iowa 58 (Charlie Maynard 15) Bluegrass State 40
Maryland State 71 #3 Liberty College 53 (Luther Gordon 14)
#6 Mississippi A&M 57 (Billy Bob Leveau 17) Ferguson 28
#7 North Carolina Tech 51 (Mike Carter 14) Brunswick 42
#8 Coastal California 62 (Tony Lincoln 12) Northern Cal 43
#9 Rainier College 60 (Abbott and Simpson 13 each) Portland Tech 34
SATURDAY JANUARY 15
#4 Frankford State 51 (David Aponte 20) Three Rivers State 37
#6 Carolina Poly 58 (James Halle 19) Michigan Lutheran 34
SUNDAY JANUARY 16
#3 Liberty College 61 (Luther Gordon 25) Bliss College 56
#8 Coastal California 60 (Chris Martines 24) #9 Rainier College 52 (Syl Kellogg 22)
CC Los Angeles 58 #10 Lane State 57 in OT (Carl Casswell 19)
CHAPPELL HAS THEM LAUGHING AT NEW YORK AWARDS GALA
You'd have to say the Continental Football Conference won rostrum attention from the American Association last week at the annual New York sportswriter's football gala when Pat Chappell swung into action after receiving an award as the best football player in his wheel.
"I just want to warn Jackie Charles that he'll have to take a tremendous cut in salary when he turns pro," cracked the star quarterback of the Kansas City Cowboys. There was a split-second of shocked silence. It's an old joke, of course, but it was placed in a new setting. People, as a rule, don't take whacks at big football college's so openly.
The period of quiet didn't disturb Chappell. "They say the president of North Carolina Tech heard that Charles was making $15,000 a year," went on Pat, "so he went to his football coach and asked if it were true."
"I should say not," the coach replied. "He doesn't make a cent over $12,500."
Charles, in attendance to receive a collegiate award, blushed and looked down at his plate as Chappell, who played against Charles when each was playing for a service team during the war, concluded with a word of advice to fathers in the audience.
"Brng up your boy to be a T-quarterback," urged Chappell. "He makes the most money, gets the most credit....and does the least work. Thanks for the award. I'll take it back to Kansas City and show it to the fellows who really earned it."
COLLEGES PONDER CLASSIC GAMES, TELEVISION & RULES
San Francisco - The American Intercollegiate Athletic Association sits down at the conference table today to ponder its multiple gridiron headaches:
Are there too many Classic games?
Will television cut collegiate gate receipts?
What about the "platoon system" of football substitutions?
Those are the big pieces in the puzzle. The AIAA not only makes the rules for college sports, nowadays it also sets up codes of behavior for its 300-odd member schools.
A special AIAA committee has been studying the football classic situation and is due to report in the coming weeks. Officially, no one is talking -yet- about classic games. Unoffically, one coach said: "Leave my name out and just say something will have to be done, sooner or later."
Some 16 'Classic' games were played between the end of the gridiron season and January 1 and it sounds like more are hoping to join the fray next year.
*** Classics Seen as Too Commerical ***
A group of university heads last year argued that colleges were building profits for commercial enterprises in some of the classics and they are concerned the sheer number of them has watered down the quality of competition. Some unofficial sources suggest that the AIAA might limit the number of post-season games, possibly to a few of the oldest classics, while others said a ban on all classics might be discussed. The oldest are four of the biggest in the East-West Classic, Cajun Classic, Lone Star Classic and Sunshine Classic.
Another AIAA committee will report on a survey it has made of the effect of television. Some eastern coaches would bar television cameras from football games, agreeing with the Athletic Director of St. Matthew's College in Washington DC, who concludes "why should anyone want to go to a small college game when he can see the biggest game of the day in his living room?"
Not all take this gloomy view, of course. And telecasters themselves argue that television helps the box office -presumably by giving stay-at-homes tantalizing glimpses of what they're missing."
*** Grid Rules to be Scanned ***
Although the week's AIAA conference also will consider baseball rules, principal debate seems to be centering around grid rules, with the vast majority of the focus centered squarely on the game's unlimited substitution rule. As it now stands, coaches with the manpower can field a complete defensive team, then run in a new offensive outfit en masse. That has drawn opposition from most of the coaches at smaller institutions, who argue it really hurts them because they lack the manpower or large enough coaching staffs to produce the platoons which are featuring modern football."
MILLER RINGS UP BELL ON POINTS
Dan Miller, the west coast fighter who was Hector Sawyer's victim in the most attended title fight of all-time last January, took his act east on the weekend and made his Florida debut a memorable one by hammering out a decision over Lynn Bell, formerly of Chelsa, Ma. but now fighting out of the Sunshine State. A crowd of 4,200 took in the Miami bout, witnessing a surprisingly entertain bout between the pair of 32-year-olds.
Bell tried to bear in on Miller throughout the fight but with mixed results. In the opening round he absorbed a pair of punshing blows to his head and face, that reopened an old wound above his left eye, but not enough to cause problems later on. In the fourth stanza Bell's persistence paid off when he floored Miller, but he also was knocked down once himself. For his part Miller, never the quickest fighter, seemed to be even slower than normal but in the end did more than enough to score a narrow, but unanimous victory to run his record to 38-9-1 and likely retain his place as one of the top heavyweight contenders for at least the next few months.
UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS- Jan 28- Dominion Gardens, Toronto: World MW champ Adrian Petrie (18-1-1) vs Danny Morse (35-8-1)
- Jan 28- Cleveland: MW Davis Owens (16-0) vs Dave Sizemore (21-11)
- Jan 29- Bigsby Garden, New York: HW Roy Crawford (25-3) vs Steve Manning (20-8-4)
- Feb 11- Bigsby Garden, New York: Former MW champ John Edmonds (27-3) vs Heath Nichols (15-4)
- Feb 13- Denny Arena, Boston: Rising WW Danny Rutledge (16-0) vs Ira Mitchell (20-3)
- Feb 19- Paris, France: World HW champ Hector Sawyer (59-3-1) vs Alain Noel (44-11-2)
- Feb 21- Bigsby Garden, New York: former WW champ Mark Westlake (25-3-1) vs Jack Watkins (24-10)
- Feb 26- Philadelphia: John Baker (21-5-1) vs Richard Pounds (15-4)
- Mar 18- Detroit: World WW champ Mac Erickson (18-0) vs Rudy Perry (27-4)
The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 1/16/1949
- The new budget asks for a peacetime record of $41.8 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1. More than half of the amount requested by President Truman would be for defense and foreign aid programs, and the President served notice that additional funds are likely to be needed to carry on the "cold war" by extending military assistance to Western Europe and other strategic areas.
- Sources indicate that Communists in China either have occupied the northern industrial city of Tientsin or that terms have been agreed on for its surrender.
- It is expected to be the biggest influx of people Washington DC has ever seen as 500,000 are expected for what promises to be the most spectacular Presidential inauguration in all the Nation's history on January 20.