CANADIAN FOOTBALL
TORONTO ARGOS WIN GREY CUP IN OVERTIME
The Toronto Argonauts defeated Winnipeg 17-14 on an overtime field goal to win the Grey Cup, emblematic of football supremacy north of the border. The Argos led 7-0 at the half but Winnipeg tied the game in the third quarter and then took a 14-7 lead early in the fourth. The Argos tied things a few minutes later to send the game into extra time.
It marks the second year in a row the Argos beat Winnipeg to win the Cup. Last year Toronto won in convincing fashion, scoring a 35-0 shutout. This year's game in Toronto was much closer but it still marks the Bombers 4th Grey Cup defeat in the last 5 years. Winnipeg last won the Grey Cup in 1941 when the Bombers trimmed the Ottawa Rough Riders 18-16.
GOLF
BYRON NELSON NAMED TSN GOLFER OF THE YEAR
To no one's surprise Byron Nelson has been named the golfer of the year by TigerFan's Sporting News. The Fort Worth, Texas native won two majors to bring his career total to 6. It did not quite compare statistically to the run he had in 1945 when he won 11 consecutive tournaments and a total of 19 tour events. The performance has been disparaged by some because most of the other top professional golfers were serving in World War II. (Nelson wasn't qualified for military service because he had hemophilia.) His win in the British Open and the PGA Championship certainly goes a long way towards erasing some of that doubt.
The British Open win became a marathon as Nelson and Australian Peter Thomson needed just an extra round to break their tie but also 5 sudden-death playoff holes. Nelson birdied the 5th playoff hole to claim the Claret Jug for the first time in his career. He won the match-play PGA title at the Portland Golf Club by beating Dick Burton 2 and 1 in the final. His toughest match came in the quarterfinals when he needed an extra hole to top Jimmy Demaret. Nelson finished tied for 5th in the Masters 5 strokes behind winner Ben Hogan. He missed the cut for the US Open.
In other golf notes captains Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton are expected to name their rosters for the 1947 Ryder Cup which will be held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon. It will be the first Cup challenge since the Americans upset the British on their home turf in 1937. In the five events prior to that the home side had won on each occassion. The first event was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1927 after a trophy was donated by Samuel Ryder. The United States leads the series 4 wins to two. The event will return to the prewar format of being contested every second year. The 1949 event will be held at the Ganton Golf Club in Ganton, England.
STATS AND STANDINGS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
Code:
North W L T PCT PF PA
Chi 11 1 0 .917 387 228
Min 5 7 0 .417 219 265
Det 4 8 0 .333 247 292
GB 4 8 0 .333 270 267
East W L T PCT PF PA
Phil 10 2 0 .833 330 224
Wash 7 5 0 .583 294 270
Dal 3 9 0 .250 220 280
NYG 3 9 0 .250 201 302
South W L T PCT PF PA
NO 6 6 0 .500 266 301
Atl 5 7 0 .417 178 253
Car 4 8 0 .333 186 238
TB 4 8 0 .333 240 282
West W L T PCT PF PA
Arz 8 4 0 .667 236 213
SF 8 4 0 .667 247 195
Sea 5 7 0 .417 236 280
StL 5 7 0 .417 217 230
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
Code:
North W L T PCT PF PA
Cle 8 4 0 .667 249 202
Pit 7 5 0 .583 231 227
Bal 5 6 1 .458 181 200
Cin 5 7 0 .417 250 230
East W L T PCT PF PA
NE 9 2 1 .792 258 170
NYJ 6 6 0 .500 242 212
Buf 5 6 1 .458 175 208
Mia 5 7 0 .417 249 265
South W L T PCT PF PA
Tenn 7 5 0 .583 271 203
Jax 5 7 0 .417 206 211
Ind 5 7 0 .417 222 248
Hou 4 7 1 .375 176 252
West W L T PCT PF PA
Den 10 2 0 .833 304 198
KC 7 5 0 .583 200 229
SD 5 7 0 .417 194 209
Oak 5 7 0 .417 235 233
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
New England 24 Pittsburgh 17
Cleveland 31 NY Jets 10
Miami 38 Baltimore 31
Denver 13 Jacksonville 3
Chicago 44 Washington 24
Philadelphia 34 Detroit 26
Kansas City 30 Tennessee 17
Oakland 30 Houston 23
Tampa 24 Seattle 15
Minnesota 31 Dallas 27
New Orleans 35 St Louis 18
Indianapolis 27 San Diego 6
San Francisco 30 Atlanta 7
Arizona 16 Carolina 10
Buffalo 13 Cincinnati 6
NY Giants 13 Green Bay 9
WEEK 14 MATCHUPS
Chicago Bears (11-1) at New England Patriots (9-2-1)
Detroit Lions (4-8) at New York Jets (6-6)
Washington Redskins (7-5) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-7)
Philadelphia Eagles (10-2) at Tennessee Titans (7-5)
New Orleans Saints (6-6) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-8) at Cleveland Browns (8-4)
St. Louis Rams (5-7) at Denver Broncos (10-2)
Seattle Seahawks (5-7) at Kansas City Chiefs (7-5)
Green Bay Packers (4-8) at Minnesota Vikings (5-7)
New York Giants (3-9) at Dallas Cowboys (3-9)
Atlanta Falcons (5-7) at Carolina Panthers (4-8)
San Francisco 49ers (8-4) at Arizona Cardinals (8-4)
Buffalo Bills (5-6-1) at Miami Dolphins (5-7)
Cincinnati Bengals (5-7) at Baltimore Ravens (5-6-1)
Oakland Raiders (5-7) at San Diego Chargers (5-7)
Houston Texans (4-7-1) at Indianapolis Colts (5-7)
Code:
QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT
Sid *Luckman CHI 375 255 68 3532 29 6 117.1
Sammy *Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7
Ken Neal PHI 273 189 69.2 1992 17 7 100.3
Manfred Gayle TEN 316 190 60.1 2553 24 9 99.3
Ryan Boyette NO 348 219 62.9 2614 14 9 88.5
RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD
Stacey Jolley MIA 12 256 1412 5.5 97 13
Todd Berger NO 12 271 1271 4.7 47 9
Bruce Jones KAN 12 290 1263 4.4 70 10
S *Van Buren NYJ 12 262 1217 4.6 81 7
Bob *Seymour WAS 12 243 1148 4.7 65 8
RECEPTIONS TM REC
Bob Sommer NO 81
Zach Kruczek CLE 80
Wayne *Miller WSH 80
Lewis Smith JAX 80
Brian Gardner DEN 78
Mel Ours HOU 78
Don *Hutson GB 78
Garland Brown IND 74
Sonny Pointer BUF 74
RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD
Wayne *Miller WAS 12 80 1151 14.4 79 11
Chuck Myers NYG 12 66 1055 16 80 4
Brian Gardner DEN 12 78 1054 13.5 70 6
Zach Kruczek CLE 12 80 1035 12.9 74 4
Lewis Smith JAX 12 80 1023 12.8 70 3
TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST
Mel Hein NYG 12 128 100 28
Matt Truluck STL 12 126 111 15
Jeff Parent CIN 12 120 100 20
B Hasselbeck ARZ 12 115 88 27
James Williams SEA 12 113 84 29
SACKS TM SACK
Kevin Merkins DEN 14
Reggie White SD 11
Wayne *Millner CLE 11
Ruben Taylor MIN 10
Leslie Hill PHI 10
Javon Love OAK 9
INTERCEPTONS TM INT
Ed Newberry DEN 10
Mark Smith BAL 7
Cris Brezina TEN 7
Greg Fletcher BUF 6
Earl Joyce SF 6
Ken Milloy JAX 6
Marion Dulaney PHI 6
Frankie Morrall CHI 6
Rashod Dawson GB 6
Jimmy Conklin WSH 6
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Georgetown 16 New York University 7
Thursday November 23, 1946
Wichita State 24 Arizona State 12
Tulsa 6 Arkansas 6
Denver 24 Colorado College 0
Colorado 37 Colorado State 0
Pennsylvania 21 Cornell 14
Davidson 31 Furman 6
Missouri 10 Kansas 10
New Mexico State 21 Texas-El Paso 10
Tennessee-Chattanooga 41 Rollins 3
Wake Forest 48 South Carolina 7
St. Louis 24 Bradley 10
Texas 24 Texas A&M 0
Utah 17 Utah State 7
Virginia Tech 9 Virginia Military Institute 6
William & Mary 17 Richmond 7
Friday November 24, 1946
Miami (Florida) 26 Detroit Mercy 21
Portland 16 San Jose State 3
Saturday November 25, 1946
Army 29 Navy 10
Auburn 35 Florida 30
Rice 21 Baylor 7
Georgia 37 Georgia Tech 24
Boston College 20 Holy Cross 3
Arizona 38 Kansas State 13
North Carolina State 38 Maryland 6
Alabama 24 Mississippi State 14
UCLA 37 Nebraska 13
North Carolina 22 Virginia 13
Oklahoma State 30 Oklahoma 30
Notre Dame 31 Southern California 7
St. Mary's 31 San Francisco 30
Tennessee 16 Vanderbilt 0
Southern Methodist 10 Texas Christian 10
Hardin-Simmons 28 Texas Tech 24
Louisiana State 30 Tulane 0
Oregon State 14 Washington 13
Michigan State 24 Washington State 14
UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday December 2, 1946
Nevada at Hawaii All Stars
Utah State at Denver
Saturday December 9, 1946
Portland at Hawaii All Stars
Southern California at Tulane
Saturday December 16, 1946
Utah at Hawaii All Stars
END OF REGULAR SEASON
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Code:
Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 17 12 4 1 25 58 46
New York 16 6 5 5 17 51 44
Boston 14 7 5 2 16 30 29
Montreal 15 7 6 2 16 45 32
Toronto 13 5 7 1 11 37 35
Chicago 12 1 10 1 3 20 48
Code:
NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Maurice Richard MON 15 14 5 19
Max Bentley CHI 12 7 12 19
Billy Taylor DET 17 5 12 17
Tony Leswick NY 16 11 5 16
Joe Carveth BOS 14 10 6 16
Bill Ezinicki TOR 13 8 7 15
Ted Kennedy TOR 13 5 10 15
Bill Cowley BOS 14 6 8 14
Grant Warwick NY 16 6 8 14
Roy Conacher DET 17 10 3 13
Sid Abel DET 17 8 5 13
Cal Gardner NY 16 7 6 13
Toe Blake MON 15 4 8 12
Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 13 32
Bill Ezinicki TOR 13 30
M Chamberlain MON 15 29
Vic Lynn TOR 13 26
GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 15 7-6-2 2 2.05
Frank Brimsek BOS 14 7-5-2 0 2.19
Chuck Rayner NY 16 6-5-5 1 2.60
Harry Lumley DET 16 11-3-2 0 2.64
Turk Broda TOR 13 5-8-1 0 2.78
RESULTS
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Boston 3 Toronto 1
Detroit 1 Chicago 1
Thursday November 23, 1946
Detroit 5 New York 4
Saturday November 25, 1946
New York 2 Montreal 1
Detroit 5 Toronto 4
Sunday November 26, 1946
Boston 2 Montreal 1
Detroit 5 Toronto 3
New York 7 Chicago 1
UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 29, 1946
Montreal at Detroit
Toronto at Chicago
New York at Boston
Saturday December 2, 1946
Chicago at Toronto
Detroit at Montreal
Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit at Boston
New York at Chicago
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Code:
EAST GP W L PCT GB
PROV 9 8 1 .889 x
WSH 9 7 2 .778 1.0
NY 8 4 4 .500 3.5
PHI 4 2 2 .500 3.5
BOS 9 2 7 .222 6.0
Tor 10 1 9 .100 7.5
WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 11 9 2 .818 x
STL 10 6 4 .600 2.5
CLE 7 4 3 .571 3.0
DET 10 4 6 .400 4.5
PIT 9 1 8 .111 7.0
Code:
SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 4 25.3
Ed Sadowski CLE 7 18.6
Bob Feerick WSH 8 17.5
F Baumholtz CLE 7 14.6
Johnny Logan STL 7 14.1
Horace McKinney WSH 9 13.9
Stan Miasek DET 10 13.8
Donald Martin PRO 9 13.7
Ernie Calverley PRO 9 13.4
Chuck Halbert CHI 10 13.2
RESULTS
Monday November 20, 1946
Toronto 55 at Pittsburgh 67
Detroit 53 at New York 47
Tuesday November 21, 1946
Cleveland 64 at Toronto 47
St Louis 40 at Philadelphia 70
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Pittsburgh 59 at Detroit 70
St Louis 60 at Washington 63
Chicago 65 at New York 77
Thursday November 23, 1946
Chicago 82 at Philadelphia 59
St Louis 68 at Boston 40
Washington 59 at Providence 70
Friday November 24, 1946
Boston 52 at Toronto 58
Saturday November 25, 1946
St Louis 50 at Providence 69
Cleveland 65 at New York 76
Toronto 48 at Washington 74
Boston 64 at Detroit 63
Sunday November 26, 1946
Detroit 62 at Chicago 69
Pittsburgh 60 at Cleveland 71
UPCOMING GAMES
Monday November 27, 1946
New York at Pittsburgh
Providence at Boston
Tuesday November 28, 1946
Boston at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Detroit
Washington at Toronto
Wednesday November 29, 1946
Chicago at Washington
Cleveland at Pittsburgh
St Louis at New York
Thursday November 30, 1946
Detroit at Philadelphia
St Louis at Chicago
New York at Providence
Pittsburgh at Boston
Friday December 1, 1946
Cleveland at Toronto
Saturday December 2, 1946
Toronto at Providence
Detroit at St Louis
Philadelphia at New York
Pittsburgh at Washington
Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit at Cleveland
Boston at Chicago
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
1946 GREY CUP GAME
Toronto Argos 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 (OT)
GOLF
MAJOR TOURNEY WINNERS
The Masters - Ben Hogan
British Open - Byron Nelson in a playoff over Peter Thomson
US Open - Harry Bradshaw
PGA - Byron Nelson
TSN Golfer of the year - Byron Nelson
The USA and Britian will name their teams for the 1947 Ryder Cup next week