BOXING NEWS AND NOTES
A number of bouts involving top 10 ranked fighters this week but none of the big names were in action.
Jeresey Joe Walcott, the 7th ranked heavyweight in the world, improved to 23-2-2 with a 13th round knock out of Jack Walker. The 33 year old native of Merchantville, New Jersey had little trouble with Walker in the 15 round bout at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Walker, a 27 year old from Columbus, Ohio, drops to 20-4 with the loss.
Joey Maxim is slowly moving up the lightheavyweight ladder after winning a unanimous decision over Bob Murphy on the same San Francisco fight card. Maxim is now 27-10 while Colorado native Murphy falls to 23-8 and drops out of the top 10 in his division.
Honolulu native Carl Olson is now the 6th ranked middleweight after improving his career record to 25-8-2 with an unanimous decision over Californian George Duke. Duke's record drops to 23-13-2.
Canadian Lightweight champ Arthur King disposed of his Australian counterpart Vic Patrick in a bout in Vancouver, British Columbia. King is 14-2 and ranked 8th in the world, a spot previously held by Patrick. The fighter from Sydney is 11-4 and has dropped his last two decisions including a November loss to top ranked contender Bob Montgomery.
Cocoa Kid of Puerto Rico defeated Miami native Bobby Dykes in a welterweight tilt from Tampa. Kid, at 24-3-1, is now considered the 7th best welterweight fighter in the world.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
CHARGERS HOPE JACKSON IS ANSWER TO THEIR QB TROUBLES
In what they hope will end the revolving door at quarterback, the San Diego Chargers have invested 37 million dollars, including an 18 million dollar signing bonus on Justin Jackson. It is, in the opinion of most observers, a huge gamble.
A year ago the San Diego Chargers used 4 different starting quarterbacks including Damoene Taylor who started 8 games and Leon Jones who looked good in 3 starts. Both will be back will fight for the backup role.
Jackson has all the tools but he he has missed 15 games over the past 3 seasons with injuries. A second round pick out of Nevada-Las Vegas, Jackson has been the Jaguars starter for the past 4 seasons but did not manage to get the club into even a single playoff game. However, he may be a perfect fit in San Diego where offensive co-ordinator Gary Davis runs the west coast offense - something Jackson seems far more suited to then the vertical passing game employed by Jacksonville.
Like Jackson, the Chargers have not made the playoffs in the past 4 seasons. Can they both end that streak this year?
RAIDERS DEFENSE GETS BIG BOOST WITH SHARPE SIGNING
The Bay Area made plenty of noise in the first few days of free agency signing as both the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers were quite busy.
The Raiders inked one of the most talented defensive tackles in the game with the signing of former Detroit Lion Frank Sharpe. Sharpe, a 6th year pro, had 8 sacks for the Lions last year. His talent has never been questioned but his work ethic and durability often have been. When he wants to Sharpe is an unstoppable force on the defensive line.
Across the Golden Gate Bridge the San Francisco 49ers announced two signings designed to shore up their line. He is not as talented as Sharpe but the 49ers are very happy with the signing of former Houston Texan DT Reggie Benson. Benson is the antithesis of Sharpe, a durable player with a burning drive to succeed. Benson is coming off the best season of his career. San Francisco upgraded the offensive line with the signing of former UCLA and St Louis Ram tackle George Derby. The 5th year pro started 14 games a year ago.
Other signings include:
The Denver Broncos solidified their offensive line with the signing of ex-Giant guard Dave Ramsey. A former first round pick Ramsey has spent his entire 6 year career with New York, starting all 16 games each of the last 4 seasons. Ramsey will take over for the retired Justin Williams.
Curvin Schafrath has left the Philadelphia Eagles to sign with Tennessee. Schafrath had 58 catches including 6 touchdown grabs a year ago.
The Jaguars improved their defensive line with the signing of DT Reggie Howard. Howard had 2 sacks in 12 games for the Lions last season but was bothered by nagging injuries all year. He will be entering his 5th NFL season after being taken bv Detroit in the second round from UCLA.
Kansas City added free safety Horace Flick, who has been a backup in Minnesota the past 5 years. Flick played in just 5 games last season but may be good enough to start in Kansas City where the Chiefs
The Cincinnati Bengals have resigned TE Ron Williams. The third round pick in 1943 has started every game for the Bengals since leaving Virginia Tech. Williams had 37 receptions a year ago.
STATS AND STANDINGS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NIT TOURNAMENT
FIRST ROUND MATCH-UPS
Tuesday March 6, 1947
Northeastern at VMI
Alabama State at Temple
Charlotte at Miami (Ohio)
Southern at Georgia
Arizona State at Bradley
Illinois-Chicago at Louisville
Florida State at Utah
Arkansas at Texas Tech
Wednesday March 7, 1947
Brown at Indiana
Rhode Island at Wichita State
Georgia State at Wake Forest
Louisiana State at Davidson
Massachusetts at Missouri
Kansas at Oklahoma
UNLV at La Salle
Creighton at Colgate
NCAA TOURNAMENT
EAST REGION
Thursday March 8, 1947
1 Holy Cross vs 16 Niagara
2 New York Univ vs 15 Boston Univ
7 Fordham vs 10 Harvard
8 Seton Hall vs 9 Delaware State
Friday March 9, 1947
3 Notre Dame vs 14 UNC Ashville
4 Florida vs 13 Texas A&M
5 Miami vs 12 North Carolina
6 Drake vs 11 Maryland
MIDWEST REGION
Thursday March 8, 1947
1 Oregon vs 16 Dartmouth
2 USC vs 15 Idaho
7 Middle Tenn State vs 10 Wyoming
8 Alabama vs 9 Ohio State
Friday March 9, 1947
3 Iowa State vs 14 Florida A&M
4 Illinois vs 13 Valparaiso
5 Indiana State vs 12 Providence
6 Purdue vs 11 Oklahoma A&M
SOUTH REGION
Thursday March 8, 1947
3 New Orleans vs 14 Colorado State
4 Richmond vs 13 George Washington
5 North Carolina State vs 12 Syracuse
6 Washington State vs 11 Iowa
Friday March 9, 1947
1 Kentucky vs 16 Tennessee Tech
2 Boston College vs 15 Jackson State
7 Western Kentucky vs 10 California
8 Baylor vs 9 Washington
WEST REGION
Thursday March 8, 1947
3 CCNY vs 14 Akron
4 Georgetown vs 13 Houston
5 Stanford vs 12 Old Dominion
6 UCLA vs 11 Princeton
Friday March 9, 1947
1 San Francisco vs 16 East Carolina
2 UTEP vs 15 Arizona
7 Texas Christian vs 10 Fresno State
8 Auburn vs 9 South Carolina
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Code:
Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit 52 31 14 7 69 162 135
New York 51 25 19 7 57 133 128
Montreal 53 23 23 7 53 154 128
Boston 52 21 24 7 49 133 137
Toronto 52 22 26 4 48 148 141
Chicago 50 14 30 6 34 116 176
NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS
Max Bentley CHI 50 33 45 78
Maurice Richard MON 53 59 14 73
Ted Kennedy TOR 52 26 38 64
Billy Taylor DET 52 16 34 50
Toe Blake MON 53 15 35 50
Elmer Lach MON 53 6 40 46
Bill Cowley BOS 52 20 25 45
Doug Bentley CHI 50 16 29 45
Milt Schmidt BOS 52 11 30 41
Ted Lindsay DET 52 29 11 40
Joe Carveth BOS 52 23 17 40
Bill Ezinicki TOR 52 22 16 38
Bobby Bauer BOS 52 22 15 37
Woody Dumart BOS 52 20 17 37
Sid Abel DET 52 23 13 36
George Gee CHI 50 21 15 36
Roy Conacher DET 52 27 8 35
Grant Warwick NY 51 19 15 34
Howie Meeker TOR 52 21 12 33
Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM
Gus Mortson TOR 52 113
M. Chamberlain MON 53 89
Kenny Reardon MON 53 88
Pat Egan BOS 52 84
Pete Horeck DET 52 80
John Maruicci CHI 50 77
GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA
Bill Durnan MON 53 23-23-7 6 2.29
Chuck Rayner NY 50 24-19-7 6 2.42
Harry Lumley DET 48 29-14-5 0 2.57
Frank Brimsek BOS 52 21-24-7 2 2.61
Turk Broda TOR 52 22-26-4 1 2.75
Paul Bibeault CHI 45 11-21-6 1 3.21
RESULTS
Wednesday February 28, 1947
Chicago 1 at 3 New York
Montreal 7 at 2 Toronto
Thursday March 1, 1947
Chicago 2 at 6 Montreal
Toronto 1 at 3 Detroit
Saturday March 3, 1947
Boston 1 at 6 Montreal
Detroit 2 at 3 Toronto
Sunday March 4, 1947
Boston 4 at 2 New York
Detroit 3 at 4 Chicago
UPCOMING GAMES
Monday March 5, 1947
Chicago at New York
Wednesday March 7, 1947
Toronto at Boston
New York at Chicago
Thursday March 8, 1947
Detroit at Montreal
Saturday March 10, 1947
Chicago at Toronto
Sunday March 11, 1947
Toronto at New York
Detroit at Boston
Montreal at Chicago
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Code:
EAST GP W L PCT GB
WSH 50 38 12 .760 x
PHI 50 32 18 .640 6.0
NY 48 24 24 .500 13.0
PROV 49 20 29 .408 17.5
BOS 49 17 32 .347 20.5
Tor 47 12 35 .255 24.5
WEST GP W L PCT GB
CHI 47 32 15 .681 x
STL 49 31 18 .633 2.0
CLE 48 27 21 .563 6.5
DET 49 19 30 .388 14.0
PIT 51 17 34 .333 17.0
SCORING TEAM GP PPG
Joe Fulks PHI 48 24.1
Ed*Sadowski CLE 45 18.6
Bob Feerick WSH 47 16.9
Ernie*Calverley PRO 43 14.1
Frank*Baumholtz CLE 47 13.7
Chuck*Halbert CHI 43 13.6
Stan Miasek DET 43 13.6
Freddie Scolari WSH 45 13.5
Johnny*Logan STL 42 13.3
Max*Zaslofsky CHI 45 13.2
Coulby*Gunther PIT 51 13.2
Belus*Smawley STL 47 12.3
John Janisch DET 44 12.1
Horace McKinney WSH 43 12.0
Leo Mogus TOR 47 11.9
Hank Beenders PRO 45 11.9
Donald*Martin PRO 42 11.8
Don Carlson CHI 40 11.6
Mel*Riebe CLE 40 11.4
RESULTS
Monday February 26, 1947
Boston 46 at 67 Washington
Philadelphia 68 at 369 Pittsburgh
Tuesday February 27, 1947
Providence 66 at 60 Toronto
St Louis 61 at 78 Cleveland
Wednesday February 28, 1947
Cleveland 68 at 77 Pittsburgh
St Louis 60 at 71 Philadelphia
Chicago 66 at 60 Detroit
Washington 49 at 62 New York
Thursday March 1, 1947
New York 71 at 82 Providence
Friday March 2, 1947
Philadelphia 74 at 62 Toronto
Cleveland 82 at 66 Boston
Saturday March 3, 1947
Detroit 69 at 51 Providence
Toronto 41 at 63 New York
Boston 50 at 61 Washington
Sunday March 4, 1947
St Louis 60 at 46 Chicago
Philadelphia 73 at 72 Cleveland (2 OT)
UPCOMING GAMES
Monday March 5, 1947
Providence at St Louis
Chicago at Pittsburgh
Toronto at Philadelphia
Tuesday March 6, 1947
Providence at Cleveland
Wednesday March 7, 1947
Detroit at Washington
Toronto at Pittsburgh
Thursday March 8, 1947
Pittsburgh at Chicago
Detroit at Boston
Friday March 9, 1947
Washington at Toronto
Saturday March 10, 1947
Detroit at New York
St Louis at Washington
Toronto at Boston
Providence at Chicago
Sunday March 11, 1947
Chicago at Cleveland