COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
SOUTHERN CAL BEATS OHIO STATE
The University of Southern California Trojans topped Ohio State 27-14 at the Rose Bowl in a battle between top 10 teams. WR Roy Williams caught a pair of touchdown passes and CB Ken Murphy returned an interception for a touchdown to lead the Trjoans. Buckeyes QB Les *Horvath, considered by many to be a serious Heisman Trophy contender, was picked off twice in the game. The victory vaults USC past Michigan and Tennessee and into 4th place in the polls. The loss drop Ohio State from 10th to 13th.
There were no surprises in the top 20 this week as everyone who should have won did so, with the exception of 19th ranked Arkansas. The Razorbacks were forced to settle for a 3-3 tie against TCU in Southwest Conference play and drop out of the top 20. The University of Kentucky, which improved to 3-0 with a 31-0 win over Xavier sneaks into the 20th spot. Kentucky's stay in the top 20 may be shortlived as the Wildcats visit number 3 Georgia this week.
The big game on everyone's calander for next week is number 1 Army travelling to the Big House to play 5th ranked Michigan. Both clubs had easy times this week with Army blanking Cornell 24-0 while Michigan took care of Western Conference rival Iowa 21-3.
TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) --3-0 beat Cornell 24-0 at #5 Michigan next week
2- Notre Dame (2) -- 2-0 beat Pittsburgh 44-3 host Purdue next week
3. Georgia (3) -- 2-0 all over Temple 37-0, host #20 Kentucky next week
4. Southern California (6)-- 2-0 beat #10 Ohio St 27-14, at Oregon State next week
5. Michigan (4) -- 2-0 topped Iowa 21-3 host #1 Army next week
6. Tennessee (5)-- 2-0 beat Duke 30-3 host Tenn-Chat next week
7. UCLA (7) -- 2-0 beat Washington 33-10, host Stanford next week
8. Texas (9) -- 3-0 44-10 win over Oklahoma State, host Oklahoma next week
9. Pennsylvania (8)-- 1-0 beat Lafayette 46-0, host Dartmouth next week
10. Tulsa (11) -- 3-0 beat Drake 45-3, host Texas Tech next week
11 Rice (12) - 2-0 beat Southwestern (Tx) 38-7, at Tulane next week
12. Yale (13) -- 2-0 beat Colgate 20-14, host Columbia next week
13. Ohio State (10) -- 1-1 lost to #6 USC 27-14, visit #19 Wisconsin next week
14. Illimois (14)--- 2-1 beat Purdue 38-6, at Indiana next week
15. Georgia Tech (15)-- 1-1 beat VMI 27-7, host Mississippi next week
16. Alabama (16) -- 3-0 shut out South Carolina 24-0, host Louisianna-Lafayette next week
17. N. C. State (17) -- 2-0 blanked Clemson 28-0, host Davidson next week
18. North Carolina (18) -- 2-0 beat Miami (Fla) 28-10, host Maryland next week
19- Wisconsin (20) -- 3-0 Beat Northwestern 17-9, host #13 Ohio State next week
20- Kentucky (nr)- 3-0 Beat Xavier 31-0, visit #3 Georgia this week
Dropping out of top 20
Arkansas (19) - tied TCU 3-3
SEC RECAP
With Kentucky sneaking in to the 20th spot the SEC now has 5 teams ranked in the top 20 led by number 3 Georgia. The Bulldogs beat up on independant Temple 37-0 this past weekend. Georgia's Heisman candidate QB Charlie *Trippi threw 4 touchdown passes in the win.
In coference action Saturday, LSU got back on track with a 21-13 victory over Mississippi State. The Tigers were beaten by Rice the previous week to fall out of the top 20. LSU receiver Gary Sturm continued his outstanding play, making 12 catches and scoring a pair of touchdowns. Vanderbilt beat Mississippi 6-0 in a defensive stuggle while Tulane routed Florida 37-7 in the other SEC games.
Next week's conference games include Kentucky at Georgia on Friday. Saturday Florida vists Vanderbilt and Mississippi is at Georgia Tech.
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CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
W L T W L T
Kent 1 0 0 3 0 0
bama 1 0 0 3 0 0
Tenn 1 0 0 2 0 0
Geo 1 0 0 2 0 0
Vand 1 0 0 2 0 0
LSU 1 0 0 1 1 0
Tul 1 1 0 1 1 0
Aub 0 0 0 2 0 0
MisS 0 1 0 1 1 0
GeTech 0 1 0 1 1 0
Flor 0 1 1 0 1 1
Miss 0 2 1 0 2 1
WESTERN CONFERENCE RECAP
The University of Michigan improved to 2-0 in conference play with a 21-3 victory over Iowa. For the Wolverines it was really just a tuneup for their game against number 1 ranked Army next weekend.
Other conference action saw Minnesota surprise Indiana 14-0, Wisconsin top Northwestern 17-9 while Illinois blasted Purdue 38-6. Fighting Illini RB Buddy *Young had his third straight 100 yard game and scored a pair of touchdowns.
Next week in conference action Illinois is at Indiana, Minnesota visits Northwestern and Ohio State travels to Wisconsin. In addition to the Michigan game with #1 Army, Purdue has a tough task as the Boilermakers take on number 2 ranked Notre Dame.
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CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
W L T W L T
Mich 2 0 0 2 0 0
Wis 1 0 0 3 0 0
Illin 1 0 0 2 1 0
Minn 1 0 0 2 0 0
Purd 1 1 0 1 2 0
OhioSt 0 0 0 1 1 0
Nrthwrn 0 1 0 1 1 0
Ind 0 2 0 1 2 0
Iow 0 2 0 1 2 0
PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE RECAP
The USC Trojans did the PCC proud by beating Western Conference rival Ohio State 28-13 in a battle of top 10 clubs. The win moves the Trojans up to 4th in the polls. UCLA kept pace and is ranked 7th after beating Washington 33-10 in a PCC matchup. QB Carlos Jones passed for over 300 yards and threw a pair of touchdown strikes but for the second week in a row he was also picked off twice. In other conference matchups Washington State evened it's record at 1-1 with a 31-7 victory over Idaho while Cal topped Oregon 13-7.
Next week in conference play USC is at Oregon State, UCLA hosts Stanford, Montana travels to Oregon and Washington State hosts rival Washington.
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CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
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UCLA 2 0 0 2 0 0
USC 1 0 0 2 0 0
Stan 1 0 0 2 0 0
Cal 1 0 0 1 1 0
WshSt 1 1 0 1 1 0
Mont 0 0 0 1 1 0
Oreg 0 1 0 1 1 0
OreSt 0 1 0 1 1 0
Wash 0 1 0 0 1 1
Idah 0 2 0 0 2 0
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NOTES
A quiet weekend in the SWC as just one conference game was played. The TCU Horned Frogs played to a 3-3 tie against the University of Arkansas. The tie knocked the Razerbacks out of the National top 20. Just one in-conference game next week as well. This one has Baylor visiting Arkansas.
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CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
TCU 1 0 1 1 1 1
Texas 0 0 0 3 0 0
Rice 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ark 0 0 1 2 0 1
SMU 0 0 0 2 0 0
T A&M 0 0 0 1 2 0
Baylor 0 1 0 1 1 0
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE NOTES
The University of Richmond is making a bid to join North Carolina and North Carolina State as Southern Conference representatives in the college football top 20. Richmond improved its record to 3-0 (2-0 in conference) with a 17-14 victory over Maryland. In other conference action North Carolina State blanked Clemson 28-0 while William & Mary shut out The Citadel 27-0.
Next week North Carolina is home to Richmond in a big test for the Spiders, NC State entertains Davidson, Virginia Tech is on the road to play William & Mary and Clemson visits Wake Forest.
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CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL
W L T W L T
Rich 2 0 0 3 0 0
NCSt 2 0 0 2 0 0
W&M 1 0 0 3 0 0
NCar 1 0 0 2 0 0
Wake 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dvdsn 0 0 0 2 0 0
S Car 0 0 0 1 1 0
GWsh 0 0 0 1 0 0
Furm 0 0 0 1 1 0
Wsh&Le 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clem 0 1 0 1 2 0
Mary 0 1 0 1 1 0
VMI 0 1 0 1 2 0
Citdl 0 1 0 0 1 1
Duke 0 1 0 0 2 0
VaTech 0 1 0 0 2 0
BIG 6 CONFERENCE NOTES
Conference play began in the Big 6 with one game as Nebraska dismantled Kansas State 41-7.
There are two games next week as Kansas visits Iowa Stae while Missouri travels to Kansas State. Oklahoma plays 8th ranked Texas while Nebraska visits Iowa in non-conference action.
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CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Neb 1 0 0 1 1 0
Kan 0 0 0 3 0 0
IowSt 0 0 0 2 1 0
Misso 0 0 0 1 2 0
Okla 0 0 0 1 1 0
K St 0 1 0 0 2 0
BORDER CONFERENCE NOTES
New Mexico beat West Texas A&M 17-13 to go 2-0 in Border Conference play. Next week New Mexico visits rival New Mexico State while Arizona hosts UTEP.
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CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
NMex 2 0 0 3 0 0
TxTech 1 0 0 2 1 0
Ariz 1 0 0 2 0 0
H-Sim 0 0 0 3 0 0
NMSt 0 0 0 2 1 0
UTEP 0 0 0 1 0 0
NoAriz 0 1 0 2 2 0
ArizSt 0 1 0 1 1 0
WTxA&M 0 2 0 1 1 0
MVC NOTES
Tulsa improved to 2-0 in the MVC and is ranked 10th nationally after blasting Drake 45-3. Oklahoma State missed a chance to make an impression on the national season, getting blasted 44-10 by then number 9 Texas. Next week Drake entertains Wichita State in conference play.
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CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Tulsa 2 0 0 3 0 0
OkSt 0 0 0 1 2 0
St.L 0 0 0 0 3 0
WichSt 0 1 0 1 2 0
Drak 0 1 0 1 2 0
MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE NOTES
The Conference schedule got underway with a pair of games this weekend. On Friday Denver blanked BYU 22-0 while Saturday Colorado beat Utah State 14-7. This week Colorado travels to Wyoming, Colorado State visits Denver and Brigham Young hosts Utah.
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CONFERENCE OVERALL
W L T W L T
Col 1 0 0 1 2 0
Den 1 0 0 1 2 0
Wyo 0 0 1 1 1 1
Utah 0 0 0 0 2 0
ColSt 0 0 1 0 2 1
UtSt 0 1 0 1 1 0
BYU 0 1 0 1 1 1
MAJOR INDEPENDANTS
In this era many of the greatest teams are independants and 1946 is no exception. Army and Notre Dame are the class of the nation but Villanova is a team to watch as the season unfolds. An early loss to Army hurt Villanova but they have looked strong in other games. St Mary's is also a
team to keep an eye on along with Pennsylvania and Yale.
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W L T
Army 3 0 0
Villanova 3 1 0
Harvard 2 0 0
Holy Cross 2 0 0
Nevada 2 0 0
Notre Dame 2 0 0
Rutgers 2 0 0
Syracuse 2 0 0
Virginia 2 0 0
Yale 2 0 0
St. Mary's 1 0 1
Penn State 1 0 0
Pennsylvania 1 0 0
Princeton 1 0 0
Boston College 1 1 0
Brown 1 1 0
Columbia 1 1 0
Cornell 1 1 0
Detroit Mercy 1 1 0
Lafayette 1 1 0
Michigan State 1 1 0
Montana State 1 1 0
Santa Clara 1 1 0
Marquette 1 2 0
Pittsburgh 1 2 0
West Virginia 1 2 0
Merchant Marine 0 3 1
Fordham 0 0 0
Colgate 0 1 0
Georgetown 0 1 0
New York U 0 1 0
Bucknell 0 2 0
Dartmouth 0 2 0
Miami (Florida) 0 2 0
Navy 0 2 0
Portland 0 2 0
San Francisco 0 2 0
Temple 0 2 0
Tenn-Chat 0 2 0
DAVIS AND WEDEMEYER ARE EARLY HEISMAN FAVOURITES
Running backs Glen *Davis of Army and Herman *Wedemeyer from St Mary's are the early favourites in the Heisman Trophy race. Others who are off to a fast start include LB Bob *Forte of Arkansas, RB Buddy *Young of Illinois, QB DeMarco Dickinson from North Carolina and Tulsa signal caller Clyde *LeForce. Also entering the mix are LSU receiver Gary Strum, Michigan CB Tommy *Harmon, RB Don Porter of Arkansas, WR Barney *Poole of Army and WR Tank St. Pierre of Northern Arizona.
Here is a look at what each of the major contenders has accomplished
The Running Backs
Glen Davis - 528 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns for 3-0 Army
Herm Wedermeyer - gained 228 yards and scored 4 touchdowns in season opening rout of a division 2 school
Buddy Young - 366 yards rushing a 3 touchdowns for 2-1 Illinois
Don Porter - 453 yards and 4 touchdowns for 2-0-1 Arkansas
The Quarterbacks
Demarco Dickinson - 7 td passes and 763 yards passing for 2-0 North Carolina
Clyde LeForce - 737 yards, 8td's and 3 interceptions for leader of 3-0 Tulsa
The Receivers
Gary Sturm - 19 catches for 369 yards and 2 td's for 1-1 LSU
Tank St. Pierre - 19 catches for 385 yards and 3 td's for 2-2 Northern Arizona.
Barney Poole - 25 catches for 504 yards and 2 td's for 3-0 Army
The Defenders
Bob Forte - MLB has 34 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 int for 2-0-1 Arkansas.
Tommy Harmon - 18 tackles and 2 interceptions for 2-0 Michigan
NHL PREVIEW
NEW YORK RANGERS SEASON PREVIEW -part 4 of 6
The National Hockey League granted Madison Square Garden a franchise to operate its own team for the 1926-27 season, following the initial success of the New York Americans, who began play in the Garden for the 1925-26 season and would become the Rangers first arch-rivals. The Rangers made the playoffs in 15 of their first 16 seasons and by 1940 had sipped champagne from the Stanley Cup on three occassions. However, World War II would break up a very strong team and it would be decades before the Rangers recovered and even longer before they would win another Cup. The Rangers enter the 1946-47 season riding a dismal streak of 4 straight last place finishes.
Here are the Rangers key players:
GOALIE
JIM HENRY - Nicknamed Sugar Jim, Henry showed great promise when he first joined the Rangers in 1941 but was not the same when he returned last season after 3 years of military service. He would eventually have some strong years in Boston in the 50's but did not have the career originally envisioned after his rookie campaign.
CHUCK RAYNER - Known as the first wandering goaltender, the Saskatchewan native often made a save and skated up ice with the puck before hustling back to his net. Twice in particular he came right in on the opposition goalie in an NHL game and almost scored. Rayner will get the bulk of the work for the Rangers this season.
DEFENSE
JOE COOPER - Winnipeg native rejoins the team he began his career with after playing 7 seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks. Not much of a point producer but he is a tough stay at home defenseman.
BILL JUZDA - Another Winnipeg native, Juzda joined the Rangers in 1941 but missed 3 seasons during the war. Not the best skater or puck handler but he is a hard hitting defenseman who plays his poisition effectively.
HAL LAYCOE - The Sutherland, Saskatchewan native made his NHL debut last season, picking up 2 assists in 17 games. Another steady defender with little offensive ability. Eventually would coach 2 seasons in the NHL.
BILL MOE - A solid positional defenseman from Danvers, Massachusetts, Moe will eventually be inducted in the US Hockey Hall of Fame. Entering his third season with the Rangers.
NEIL COLVILLE - An allstar as a forward in the late thirties, Colville seamlessly made the switch to defense after returning from the Armed Forces. His brother Mac would also play a few games for the Rangers this season.
FORWARDS
TONY LESWICK- A skilled forward from Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Leswick tallied 24 points as a rookie with the Rangers last season.
GRANT WARWICK- Won NHL rookie of the year in 1941-42 and scored a career high 20 goals in 1944-45. The Regina native is one of the teams offensive leaders.
EDGAR LAPRADE - Named NHL rookie of the year last season after scoring 15 goals and adding 19 assists in 49 games. He would be considered one of the best forwards of the 1940's.
BRYAN HEXTALL - A Hockey hall of famer and the first of 3 generations of Hextall's in the NHL, sons Bryan Jr and Dennis along with grandson Ron. His overtime goal in game 6 won the Rangers the 1940 Stanley Cup but it would be 54 years before they would win another. Hextall played just 3 games last season before missing the rest of the year with liver trouble.
CAL GARDNER- Like teammate Hextall, Gardner would have two sons play in the NHL (Dave and Paul). He joined the Rangers late last season and scored 8 goals in 16 games. He, Church Russell and Rene Trudell formed the Atomic Line with the New York Rovers of the Eastern Hockey League.
CHURCH RUSSELL - The Winnipeg native joined joined the Rangers late last season with linemates Cal Gardner and Rene Trudell. He had 5 assists in 17 games as a rookie. His NHL career would last just 90 games.
RENE TRUDELL - Scored 8 points in 16 games when bought by the Rangers with Gardner and Russell late last season. Would spend two more seasons with the Rangers before being dealt to Toronto but he would never crack the Leafs roster.
AB DEMARCO - Joined the Rangers, his 4th NHL team, in 1943-44. He had 47 points, including 20 goals last season. His son, Ab Jr. would eventually make the NHL.
ALF PIKE - Spent his entire pro career in the Rangers organization, first joining the club in 1939-40 for their Cup run. Missed 2 seasons during the war but retured last year and notched 16 points in 33 games. He would coach the Rangers for a couple of season in the early 60's.
PHIL WATSON - Montreal native enters his 12th NHL season. He won a Cup with the Rangers in 1940 and also in 1944 during his only season with the Montreal Canadiens. He rejoined the Rangers the following year and last season scored 26 points.
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