OCTOBER 22, 1951
FORESTERS SWEEP CONTINENTAL PLAYER AWARDS
Third Straight Allen Award For Czerwinski
The Cleveland Foresters may have finished in second place in the Continental Association standings this past season but they dominated the postseason awards with Foresters players laying claim to each of the three trophies handed out to players. Highlighting the news was word that Adrian Czerwinski joined Hall of Famer Tom Barrell as the only pitchers ever to win the Allen Award in three consecutive seasons. Joining Allen were his teammates Sherry Doyal, winner of the Whitney Award as the Most Valuable Player in the Continental Association and Joe Wood, who claimed the Kellogg Award as the top rookie.
Czerwinski, who led the majors with a 22-7 record while posting a 3.26 era, was a near unanimous winner in collecting 14 of the 16 first place votes and finishing with 111 points, 55 more than the Cougars Duke Bybee who finished second and claimed the other two first place selections.
The race for the Whitney Award was a little tighter as Doyal, the 23-year-old two-time all-star who was named MVP of the 1950 World Championship Series, claimed 8 of the 16 first place votes after a season that saw him hit .329 with a league best .429 on-base percentage and tie for the CA homerun lead with 30 round-trippers. CA batting champ Fred Miller of the Kansas City (formerly Brooklyn) Kings finished second with 3 first place votes. This season's WCS MVP Al Farmer of the Philadelphia Sailors also had three first place votes and finished third with the remaining two votes at the top of the ballot going to Billy Forbes of the Sailors.
Outfielder Joe Wood, a 23-year-old who hit .315 in 118 games for the Foresters led the rookie balloting with Montreal hurler Ted Coffin finishing second.
The battle for Federal Association Whitney Award winner was as close as it possibly could be. Larry Gregory of the St. Louis Pioneers and Gothams homerun hitter Red Johnson each received 167 points in voting but Gregory, on the strength of 7 first place ballots compared to just 4 for Johnson, was declared the winner. It was the first Whitney Award win for the 28-year-old outfielder who led the Pioneers to their third pennant in five years. The MVP of the 1947 WCS hit .320 this season with a Federal Association leading 47 doubles. Johnson, who has won 4 Whitney Awards in his career, has had an eventful couple of weeks led by his near trade to the Chicago Cougars.
1948 winner Hal Hackney added a second Allen Award to his mantle with a strong 18-11 season and an impressive 2.76 era for the Pioneers this season. Hackney, who won the tiebreaker game over Detroit to give St Louis the pennant, had 10 first place votes with Gothams ace Ed Bowman and John Stallings of the Chiefs, who finished second and third, each claiming 3 first place selections.
Rod Shearer of the Chicago Chiefs was a near unanimous choice as the top rookie in the Federal Association. Shearer hit .290 with 104 rbi's to finish well ahead of Philadelphia Keystones pitcher Sam Ivey.
MANAGER AWARDS HANDED OUT
A new award debut this season to recognize the top skippers in each loop. Named after legendary Hall of Fame manager George Theobald, the first Theobald Trophy for the Continental Association was presented to Philadelphia Sailors rookie skipper Billy Rose. It capped a dream season for the first year FABL manager, who had piloted the San Francisco Hawks in the Great Western League for 7 seasons and won a Bigsby Cup in 1946. Against long odds, Rose guided the Sailors to an improbable pennant capped up with a victory over the St Louis Pioneers in the World Championship Series.
In contrast to Rose, who never played in the major leagues and was making his big league managerial debut, the winner in the Federal Association has been around FABL seemingly forever. That would be Dick York, the 55 year old Detroit Dynamos skipper who has piloted the team for a decade following a stellar 17 year career as the Dynamos catcher. Detroit finished with a 90-65 record but fell just short of the franchise's first pennant since 1929, falling in a playoff tiebreaker to the St Louis Pioneers.
LEFTY ALLEN RETURNING TO PITTSBURGH
After a four year stint in New York, future Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Allen will return to the Steel City after Pittsburgh reacquired the 37-year-old from the New York Gothams. Allen, who is second all-time in pitching victories by a Miners hurler with 195, spent a dozen seasons in Pittsburgh, winning a pair of Allen Awards (named after Allan Allen of course and not Lefty) as the top pitcher in the Federal Association before being dealt along with all-star catcher George Cleaves to the Gothams prior to the 1948 season.
Allen went 62-43 over those four years in the Big Apple but suffered a shoulder injury in August that ended his season prematurely. He hopes to be fully healed well before the start of spring training and Allen, with a 257-170 career big league record, is just 7 wins shy of Ike Bell's Miners franchise record.
Joining Allen in the move to New York is another 37-year-old hurler deemed expendable by the Gothams in Joe Brown. The righthander owns a 121-97 career record including a 13-8 season with a 4.35 era this past year. In return the Gothams receive three minor league prospects from Pittsburgh. They would be Harry Arthur,20, a third baseman who played in Class B Spokane last season and was a 1949 11th round pick, along with another 20-year-old in Class C pitcher Bill Howard, a 12th round selection of the Miners in 1950 and 22-year-old righthander Ralph Lefebvre, who split last season between Class A and AA and was originally a third round selection in the 1947 draft.
***Gothams Deal Two Veteran Hurlers but also Add One***
The Gothams cleared out a pair of veteran pitchers but the thoughts of rebuilding seem far removed as they also made a deal to bring in a veteran pitcher following a trade with the New York Stars. The pitcher would Ed Cornett, a 35-year-old fourteen year veteran who led the Stars in wins last season with a 16-15 record and a respectable 3.35 era while tying for the Continental Association lead in games started by a pitcher.
A top-25 prospect who was a third round selection of the St Louis Pioneers in the 1934 FABL draft, Cornett made his big league debut with St Louis in 1937 at the age of 21. He was dealt to the Stars following the 1944 season in exchange for a minor leaguer named Larry Gregory, who has gone on to be a key piece of the three Pioneers pennant winners. The trade was not all bad for the Stars as Cornett pitched out of the bullpen in 1946, helping New York to a World Championship Series win that season, and was named to the Continental Association All-Star team in 1948 and again in 1950. He has a career record of 76-96.
The Gothams also receive Nino Marini, a 28-year-old career minor league righthander who put up very good numbers at AAA Los Angeles last season, 15-10 with a 2.96 era.
In return the Gothams send 21-year-old first baseman/outfielder Bob Smith to the Stars. The 1948 seventh round selection split last season between Class B and C, batting .315 with 20 homers in just 73 games. OSA ranks Smith just outside its top 100 prospects.
*** Another Dynamos-Kings Deal ***
Despite the fact the Brooklyn franchise has shifted to Kansas City, the pipeline between the Detroit Dynamos and the Kings continues to flow after the two clubs agreed to another deal involving an outfielder. This one is far less flashy as it will see Tony Mullis, a 33-year-old Detroit native who never really got a chance to play regularly for his hometown team, head to the Kings in exchange for minor league pitcher Don Smith. Mullis, who always seemed caught in a numbers game in Detroit, hit .253 in 158 at bats last season and owns a career .289 big league batting average in 449 games. The move is seen purely as a cost cutting measure in Detroit, which has the highest payroll in the league. Mullis, who is slated to make $21,000 next season, will be given an opportunity to be a depth outfielder and pinch-hitter in Kansas City.
AROUND THE LEAGUE: CHECKING IN ON THE 1951 DRAFT FIRST ROUNDERS
Here is an update on how each of the 16 first round selections did in their first exposure to pro baseball.
BOSTON- MIKE QUIGLEY P - Tenth overall: The Chicago high school product joined a Boston organization deep on young hitting talent but in need of quality pitching prospects. A 6-5 showing with a 4.79 era in 13 starts at Class C Hattiesburg is a nice start for the 18-year-old that OSA feels can be a mid-rotation piece if all breaks right. Despite the high praise the scouting service only lists Quigley at #119 on its current prospect ranking report.
BROOKLYN- HANK WILLIAMS RF - Fifth overall: The high school outfielder from Kansas is 20th on the latest scouting service list. He played 66 games at Class B Tampa after a dominating week to begin his career at the C level. In Tampa he hit just .248 but did show a little power with 6 homeruns.
CHIEFS- HUGH FEREBEE CF - Twelfth overall: At #27 on the OSA list, the 18 year old is the lone Chicago Chief prospect to crack the top 130. OSA seems him as an outstanding talent one day but he has some work to do, batting just .182 although with 12 homers in 61 games at Class C Waterloo.
COUGARS- JACK CRAFT 3B - Eleventh overall: Craft did an acceptable job in the field and the 18 year old showed some power at Class C La Crosse, smacking 8 homers and slashing .202/.357/.403 in a 40 game introduction to pro ball. OSA has Craft at #34 on its prospect pipeline.
CINCINNATI- CHARLIE BARRELL 2B- First overall: Dominated in a very short stint at AA and AAA before leaving the team in September to return to Noble Jones College where he is quarterbacking the Colonels, who suffered back to back losses after opening their season with three consecutive victories. OSA has Barrell at #7 on its top prospects list.
CLEVELAND- AL BECK 2B - Fifteenth overall: Just 18, Beck was outstanding at Class C (.348,9,27 in 36 games) and earned a late promotion to Class B. OSA has him 43rd on its latest prospect rankings as part of a very deep group of young Cleveland talent.
DETROIT- DICK TUCKER SS/3B- Fourth overall: OSA had Tucker 29th on its list in July and despite some struggles in the minors he remains in that same vicinity, holding down the 28th slot on the latest prospect pipeline. A natural shortstop, his future path to the big leagues will likely be at the hot corner but it will be a slow process for the 18-year-old, who hit just .230 at the Class B level.
MONTREAL- BOB PORTER 3B- Third overall: The 18 year old had a great showing in Class A, batting .323 in 45 games before being promoted to AA where he hit .215 while also struggling with his defense. Very strong showing for his age and OSA has Porter at #5 on its prospect list.
NY STARS- DOC CLAY P - Seventh overall: The 18-year-old when 7-5 in 16 starts split between the Class B and C levels. OSA feels he can be a mid-rotation piece and lists him at #39 on its pipeline.
NY GOTHAMS- JIM ALLEN RF - Sixteenth overall: In the 23 year old Allen and 1950 first overall selection Earl Howe the Gothams have two outfielders ranked in the OSA top ten prospects overall. Allen, at 10th, looks close to big league ready after hitting .295 in 70 games with AAA Toledo. The scouting service predicts he will be an elite starting outfielder.
KEYSTONES- DICK GREEN 1B - Eighth overall: Perhaps the pressure of being compared to Rankin Kellogg before his first pro game was a little much for the 18 year old to handle. Green was tested though as the Keystones debuted him at Class A just days after his high school graduation. He batted just .206 with only 1 extra base hit in 205 plate appearances but his ceiling is still very high and Green is ranked 18th on the OSA list.
SAILORS- DON HILLSHIRE P - Ninth overall: One of the oldest players in the draft the Buckeye College graduate went straight to AAA San Francisco and had a decent showing, posting a 7-7 record with a 3.95 era in 16 starts. OSA lists him at #78 on the prospect pipeline but the scouting report is not very kind, suggesting he will be limited to an emergency starter if he does not develop a second pitch to match his solid slider. The Sailors always seem to work wonders with pitchers, so odds are Hillshire will make out just fine.
PITTSBURGH- SAM FITCHETT P -Sixth overall: Another tough break for the Miners. 1951 first rounder Tom Drill has disappointed early in his career and now the news on Fitchett is devastating as the teen suffered two serious injuries in two months as a pro and likely will not pitch again until at least June. OSA still feels he has the ceiling of an ace if he can stay healthy and the scouting service lists him at 79 overall and 13th among pitchers on its prospect list.
ST LOUIS- REX PILCHER LF - Second overall: Looks like he is going to become one of the top players in the game and quite possibly very quickly. Pilcher became the first member of his draft class to make it to the big leagues. An impressive debut as well as the 21-year-old hit .297 with 10 homers in 52 games to help the Pioneers win the Federal Association pennant. He went 4-for-21 in the World Championship Series.
TORONTO- JIM MONTGOMERY P- Thirteenth overall: The Wolves desperately need their young talent to succeed if they hope to rebound from two straight 100-loss seasons. OSA has the 19 year old at #84 on its latest prospect rankings but there is concern about his control, prompting the scouting service to wonder if he can develop into more than just a depth starter. He pitched mostly in relief at Class C after signing, going 3-7 with a 5.37 era.
WASHINGTON- BUSTER SCOTT P- Fourteenth overall: At 131 on the latest prospect pipeline, Scott is the lowest ranked of the 16 first rounders. The 18-year-old started 11 games at Class C, posting a 3-2 record with a 5.48 era. OSA feels his ceiling is that of a spot starter.
COWBOYS EXTEND PERFECT RECORD TO 4-0
The defending American Football Association champion Kansas City Cowboys continued their strong start to the season with a 21-7 victory over the Chicago Wildcats on Sunday in the Windy City. The victory runs the Cowboys record to 4-0, the only unbeaten team remaining after both Washington and Pittsburgh lost on Sunday. What is more impressive is the Cowboys have won all four of their games on the road as they waited for the finishing touches to be put on their new stadium. Prairie Park, which will be the new home for the Cowboys and the transplanted Kansas City Kings of baseball's Continental Association, will get its grand opening this Sunday when the Cowboys make their home debut this season against the Los Angeles Tigers.
The challenge teams face when playing the Cowboys is the fact that Kansas City has so many offensive weapons. Stack the middle of the line to try and slow down bruising fullback Mason Matthews and you also have to contend with shifty Pat Hill running to the outside. Manage to contain both ground threats and the Cowboys simply go to the air with the passing combo of Pat Chappell and his two talented ends in Bill Tammaro and Ernie Orr.
Chicago had its troubles on Sunday as while Hill was somewhat contained in being held to just 53 yards on 23 carries, Matthews bulled his way for 97 yards and Chappell threw for 149 including touchdown tosses to both Orr and Tammaro in the 21-7 victory. The outcome leaves the 0-4 Wildcats, not too long ago a powerhouse in the West Division, still searching for their first victory of the season.
The Pittsburgh Paladins and Washington Wasps each lost for the first time this season. The Wasps, despite 211 yards passing and two touchdown tosses from Tommy Norwood, came up on the short end of a 27-17 result in New York against the Stars while the Paladins, who were very lucky to escape with a victory last week, continued to struggle with star halfback Wally Dotson sidelined. Pittsburgh got off to a terrible start, spotting Philadelphia a 20-0 lead at the half and, despite a solid comeback effort after the break, fell just short in dropping a 20-17 decision to the Frigates.
Usually for an offensive lineman to have a strong game he needs to have his play not be noticed. Tim Oswald of the Los Angeles Tigers certainly was noticed on Sunday but it was for all the right reasons. The fourth year pro out of Lawrence State had a dominant blocking performance and was credited with 15 pancakes in the Tigers 23-17 victory over the San Francisco Wings in the first regular season game ever to go into overtime. The tiebreaker period, something new the league is experimenting with this season, lasted nearly 12 minutes before Nate Tyson ended it for the Tigers with an 8 yard touchdown carry.
Elsewhere, the Boston Americans blanked the Cleveland Finches 13-0 while Denny Andrews threw for 173 yards to lead the Detroit Maroons to a 23-0 shutout on the road in St Louis.
CUMBERLAND WINS ON ROAD OVER PANTHERS
Galloping Garland Churchwell passed Cumberland to two touchdowns and scampered 35 yards for the winner as the powerful Explorers beat down an inspired Alabama Baptist Panthers squad 30-21 before a rabid crowd in Tuscaloosa. The Panthers showed up primed for an upset of the top rated Cumberland eleven, but Churchwell, combined with halfback Billy Kirkwood, proved to be just a little too much for their hosts.
Cumberland remains number in the rankings followed by a pair of midwestern outfits in St. Ignatius and Lincoln. Both held steady at two and three in the polls after the Lancers had little trouble in 38-7 trouncing of Liberty College while the Presidents outlasted a tough west coast squad in Rainer College, hanging on for a 26-21 victory over the Majestics.
Another coast club, the Northern California Miners, dropped in the rankings -falling from 4th to 10th with a surprising 20-13 upset loss to Coastal California. The new number four is Georgia Baptist after the Gators manhandled Deep South Conference rival Opelika State 36-6.
WEEKEND COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
EAST
St. Blane 26 Pittsburgh State 14
Brunswick 19 George Fox 3
Dickson 24 Rome State 20
Pierpont 14 Henry Hudson 0
Sadler 62 Eastern Virginia 6
St. Patrick's 51 Bigsby College 0
St. Pancras 28 Grafton 17
Empire State 35 Ellery 14
Commonwealth Catholic 31 Northern Minnesota 20
Garden State 27 Bethlehem College 10
SOUTH
Cumberland 30 Alabama Baptist 21
Central Kentucky 24 Penn Catholic 10
Bayou State 17 Noble Jones College 7
Mississippi A&M 30 Baton Rouge State 10
Bluegrass State 13 Western Florida 10
Georgia Baptist 36 Opelika State 6
Maryland State 45 North Carolina Tech 9
Carolina Poly 26 Chesapeake State 7
Mobile Maritime 20 Bulein 17
Miami State 14 Lexington State 14
Cowpens State 16 Potomac College 3
Petersburg 17 Central Carolina 3
Conwell College 33 Caesar Rodney 7
Eastern State 38 Alexandria 3
Huntington State 24 Three Rivers State 17
Richmond State 28 Charleston Tech 14
MIDWEST
Detroit City College 14 Western Iowa 0
St. Ignatius 38 Liberty College 7
Lincoln 26 Rainier College 21
Central Ohio 17 Indiana A&M 16
Wisconsin State 24 Whitney College 0
St. Magnus 30 Annapolis Maritime 7
Iowa A&M 34 Daniel Boone College 27
College of Omaha 37 Minnesota Tech 20
Ferguson 37 Abilene Baptist 20
Central Illinois 51 El Paso Methodist 0
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas A&T 21 Travis College 3
Lubbock State 33 College of Waco 14
Red River State 10 Texas Gulf Coast 0
Amarillo Methodist 33 Darnell State 21
Oklahoma City State 34 Lawrence State 10
Eastern Oklahoma 28 Lambert College 13
Payne State 37 Wisconsin Catholic 27
FAR WEST
Coastal California 20 Northern California 13
Redwood 24 Sunnyvale 10
CC Los Angeles 48 Portland Tech 0
Spokane State 30 Lane State 27
College of San Diego 20 Boston State 3
Tempe College 45 California Missionary 7
Wyoming A&I 13 Utah A&M 3
Boulder State 34 Eastern Kansas 6
Idaho A&M 17 Minns College 7
Snake River State 31 Flagstaff State 9
Western Montana 20 Custer College 20
San Francisco Tech 20 Brooklyn State 17
South Valley State 27 Texas Panhandle 13
Mile High State 31 Provo Tech 23
Cache Valley 36 Colorado Poly 31
DUKES ARE CLASS OF NAHC IN EARLY GOING
The Toronto Dukes are out to prove last season was a fluke, when they missed the playoffs after winning the Challenge Cup in two of the previous three seasons. The Dukes have been the class of the league in the early going of this season, starting the season with five straight victories including back to back wins on the weekend over New York at Chicago.
The big line of Quinton Pollack between Les Carlson and Lou Galbraith has been on fire with the trio combining for 10 goals and 20 points over the past two weeks but team defensive play, long preached as they key to the club's success by head coach Jack Barrell, has also been outstanding with the Dukes surrendering just 11 goals in their five outings. Goaltender Gordie Broadway has been terrific and perhaps a key to the 37-year-old's success is that he has not been overworked as Barrell seems to be showing confidence in spelling the veteran with backup Scott Renes.
The Dukes will face a big test this week when they play a home and home series with the defending Cup champion Montreal Valiants as part of a busy week which will see the Toronto squad play four games in six nights.
NAHC RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17 Three unanswered third period goals lifted the hometown Dukes to a 4-2 victory. Toronto led 1-0 after twenty minutes on Alex Lavalliere's third goal of the season but Boston scored twice in the middle frame with Tommy Hart and Conn Cundiff solving Dukes netminder Gordie Broadway. Les Carlson evened the score midway through the third and Trevor Parker got the game winner with three and a half minutes remaining before Doug Zimmerman iced the victory with a late empty net tally.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 18
Detroit 4 at 3 Chicago : The Motors scored three times in the third period, two from defenseman Tyson Beddoes, to rally for their first victory of the season. Graham Comeau and Vincent Arsenault each scored their first of the season for Detroit, which entered the game with a loss and a tie while Tommy Burns, Marty Mahoney and Max Ducharme were the Packers goal producers.
New York 5 at 1 Montreal : The New York Shamrocks embarrassed the defending Challenge Cup champions on their home ice, spanking Montreal 5-1 while outshooting the Vals 56-22. Five different Greenshirts found the net behind Montreal goaltender Tom Brockers, including three in the first period. Montreal's lone goal, from Pat Coulter, came with less than three minutes remaining in the game and spoiled Alex Sorrell's shutout bid.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 20
Montreal 2 at 5 Detroit: The Valiants were sent reeling again as the Motors rolled to a 5-2 victory, outshooting the Vals 36-22. It was tied at one entering the third period but Detroit scored three times in a span of less than six minutes, including two by Louis Rocheleau, to put the game away. Rocheleau would complete the hat trick in the third period with a late empty net marker.
New York 1 at 2 Toronto : Gordie Broadway had a strong game, turning aside all but one of the 34 New York shots and Maurice Charette got the game winner just under eight minutes into the third period to lift the Dukes to their fourth straight victory, downing New York 2-1. Toronto's Lou Galbraith and Simon Savard of the Greenshirts traded first period goals.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 21
New York 3 at 2 Boston : The Boston Bees are still searching for the first victory of the season after a 3-2 loss to New York dropped the Bees record to 0-4-1. The Shamrocks built a 3-0 lead after forty minutes on goals from Eric Abbott, Orval Cabbell and Jocko Gregg before Boston coach Denny McLachlan tore the paint off the dressing room wall in the second intermission. The Bees, outshot 29-13 through two periods, dominated the third, firing 19 shots on New York goaltender Etienne Tremblay. The scored twice but could not get the equalizer.
Toronto 5 at 3 Chicago : Les Carlson scored twice and assisted on Quinton Pollack's goal to lift the Toronto Dukes to their fifth straight victory, a 5-3 road win in Chicago.
UPCOMING GAMES
MONDAY OCTOBER 22
Detroit at Montreal
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24
Boston at New York
THURSDAY OCTOBER 25
Montreal at Chicago
SATURDAY OCTOBER 27
Detroit at Toronto
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28
Boston at Chicago
Montreal at New York
DUKES OPEN SEASON WITH FIVE WINS
As baseball fans in Toronto begin to settle into the Hot Stove League after a disappointing season, the Wolves hockey fans are riding high with Dukes start. The men on the ice have opened the 1951-52 campaign winning their first five games. The Gardens was packed to the rafters for the team's home opener last Saturday night when 14,284 witnessed a 4-3 win over the Packers due to a four goal outburst in the middle period. Trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes the team lit the lamp 3 times before Chicago scored in the second. There were 3 goals scored in the last two minutes of the second, 2 by the Packers, to have the scoreboard show the Dukes leading 4-3 after 40. The Dukes tightened up defensively in the final frame to hang on to a 4-3 victory thanks in large part to Scott Renes 13 saves in the third period.
Dukes struck early and often in Detroit the next night, leading 3-0 before the game was 11 minutes old. Toronto won 4-2 when Quinton Pollack was in on all 4 markers with 3 goals and 1 assist. Returning to the Gardens on Wednesday to face Boston the team scored three in the third to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 win. Saturday night before 13104 of the faithful Gordie Broadway stole the show turning aside 33 shots to secure a 2-1 victory over New York in a game the Shamrocks controlled most of the play. Going into Lakeside Aud for a Sunday afternoon game with the Packers goaltending again was the key in 5-3 victory for the Dukes. Renes turned aside 42 pucks with 2 of 3 Chicago goals coming on the power play.
The rumours coming out of training camp were that the Dukes would lean towards a more offensive type game after last year's disappointing campaign in which Coach Barrell stressed defense first, last, always all season. Early returns are that the team is taking more chances with the puck trying to set up plays rather than dumping and chasing strategy of the past. There is an interesting battle shaping up in Toronto between the pipes. Broadway. 37. does not appear ready to handover control of the crease to Scott Renes, 26. Keeping two puck stoppers happy will be a difficult balancing act for the coaching staff. The goalkeepers have been the main reason the team is 5-0.
Coach Barrell- "How can you not be happy starting the season 5-0? Overall we are playing well after implementing a new more tilted towards goal scoring system in camp. I think we have surprised some teams early on with the new style. We have to make subtle changes over the season to keep the opposition off balance. Pollack is off to great start after the injury in February ended his season, Carlson is not far behind Quinton. That being said the goaltenders have been spectacular thus far, they stole both the weekend games. The message I give the team in practice is that the goal is have the team improve everyday, those 5 games are gone time to look ahead to the Motors on Saturday. We have a good week of practice ahead to add a few new wrinkles to the plan."
RECENT KEY RESULTS- Davis Owens came close to beating former ABF world middleweight champion John Edmonds in Chicago on Friday evening but had to settle for a majority draw. The 27-year-old Cleveland native finished strong, dominating the second half of the 10 round bout including sending Edmonds to the canvas in the 8th round. Edmonds had built a solid lead in the opening rounds and then hung on well enough that two of the three judges scored the bout even with the third giving Owens a slight advantage. Edmonds had been the number one contender to Mark McCoy's title entering the fight.
UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS- October 23- Buffalo, NY: rising welterweight Brian Pierce (18-4-1) faces Clarence Broderick (12-6-1)
- October 23- Oakland, CA.: veteran welterweight Artie Neal (30-10-1) meets California native Jamie Rotz (40-13)
- October 26- Keystone Arena, Philadelphia: heavyweight contenders John Jones (20-2-1) and Tommy Cline (19-4) square off.
- October 27- Pittsburgh, PA: welterweight Ben Burns (20-1) returns to ring for first time since his losing his shot at the title to champ Danny Rutledge in June. Burns will square off with John Bolton (22-6-2)
- October 30- Lakeside Auditorium, Chicago: former welterweight champ Mac Erickson (22-5) meets Dave Sullivan (28-13-1)
- November 3 - Kansas City, MO: Heavyweight contenders Brad Harris (20-2-1) and Evan Rivers (19-2-3) meet
The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 10/21/1951
- Egypt has rejected a proposal from the West that she become a keystone in the Middle East defense bloc against Communism, turning down flat the Western proposal that an international force supplant British troops now guarding the Suez Canal area, a vital point in defense plans for the region.
- More rioting in the Canal zone and anti-foreign demonstrations during the week forced Britain to reinforce its troops there.
- Iran has closed the doors on all further talks with the Britain in the oil dispute. This as Iran's Premier is preparing to address the United Nations to tell the organization it should stay out of the Iranian-British oil muddle.
- The 12 North Atlantic allies cleared the path to extend their defense pact to Russia's southern borders and over the whole Mediterranean by reaching an agreement for the admission of Greece and Turkey.
- American officials say they have concluded that Soviet Russia is more interested in propaganda than in serious efforts to settle issues causing world tensions, after Moscow rebuffed with a propaganda blast a secret US proposal to bring about a "realistic armistice" in Korea.
- Speaking at a ground breaking ceremony in North Carolina for a new $25 million dollar campus for Cowpens State, President Truman declared that war is not inevitable but warned the ultimate decision or war or peace rests with Russia. "The rulers of the Kremlin can plunge the world into carnage if they desire to do so," the Chief Executive asserted. "But that is something this country will never do."
- Senator Taft of Ohio announced he will be a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination next year.
- Congress adjourned after running into the weekend before appropriating nearly $14 billion for Foreign Aid and related defense activities in the final hours of the session.
- Two former Central Kentucky basketball players were arrested and charged with accepting bribes to shave points when they were leading the Tigers cagers to the Deep South Conference title in 1948.