TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY APRIL 13, 1947
STANLEY CUP FINALS
TAYLOR'S 4 POINT NIGHT HELPS WINGS EVEN SERIES
Billy Taylor had two goals and two assists to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at The Olympia, evening their best of seven Stanley Cup final at one victory apiece.
The Leafs struck first when Gaye Stewart gave them a 1-0 lead just 1:25 into the game. Detroit fought back with 3 first period goals including a pair from Roy Conacher and in the second period increased their lead to 5-1 on goals from Taylor and rookie Gordie Howe's first career playoff tally.
The Leafs did not fold however as Stewart's second of the game came before the second period ending and Ted Kennedy cut the Red Wing lead to 5-3 early in the third. With 4 and half minutes left Harry Watson had the sold out crowd in Detroti fidgeting when he made it a 1-goal game. The Leafs pressed for the equalizer, pulling goaltender Turk Broda in the final minute. The move backfired when Pete Horeck scored into an empty-net making it 6-4 Red Wings. Taylor would ice it with his second goal of the game with just one second to play.
Game three is set for Saturday in Toronto with the fourth game the following night also at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Code:
P E R I O D 1
TOR Gaye Stewart 3(Bill Barilko) 1:25
DET Eddie Bruneteau 1(unnassisted) 3:32
DET Roy Conacher 4(Jim Conacher) 6:29 Powerplay
DET Roy Conacher 5(Gerry Couture) 18:29
Penalties: Barilko Tor elbowing 6:15; Lynn Tor slashing 10:31
P E R I O D 2
DET Billy Taylor 2(Bill Quakenbush, Gerry Couture) 2:51
DET Gordie Howe 1(Billy Taylor, Bill Quakenbush) 12:10
TOR Gaye Stewart 4(unassited) 16:46
Penalties: Mortson Tor charging 4:41
P E R I O D 3
TOR Ted Kennedy 1(Bill Ezinicki, Bill Barilko) 2:19
TOR Harry Watson 4(Ted Kennedy) 15:34
DET Pete Horeck 2(Gordie Howe, Billy Taylor) 19:30 empty net
DET Billy Taylor 3(Pete Horeck) 19:59
Penalties: Lynn Tor roughing 6:17; Ezinicki Tor holding 10:13
SHOTS ON
Broda Tor 14 17 16 = 47
Lumley Det 12 11 12 = 35
SERIES 'C' FINALS Detroit vs Toronto
Tuesday April 10 at Detroit : Leafs 5-0
Thursday April 12 at Detroit : Red Wings 7-4
Saturday April 14 at Toronto
Sunday April 15 at Toronto
Tuesday April 17 at Detroit
Thursday April 19 at Toronto (if necc)
Saturday April 21 at Detroit (if necc)
PLAYOFF LEADERS G A PTS
DET Billy Taylor 3 8 11
TOR Bill Ezinicki 6 1 7
DET Ted Lindsay 5 2 7
TOR Ted Kennedy 1 6 7
MON Billy Reay 5 1 6
DET Roy Conacher 5 1 6
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS
UNDERMANNED CAPITOLS ROLL OVER STAGS
Bob Feerick certainly made up for the absence of his backcourt mate Freddie Scolari in the Washington Capitols game at Chicago. Feerick scored 26 points to lead Washington to a 73-63 victory and a 3 games to one lead over the Stags in their best of seven semi-final series. Horace McKinney was the only other Washington player in double figures. He had 11 points. Both Scolari and center John Mahnken are expected to miss at least one more game. The Capitols can wrap up the series with a victory in Chicago on Saturday.
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SCORING SUMMARY
WASHINGTON PTS CHICAGO PTS
Bob Feerick G 26 Mickey*Rottner G 11
Horace McKinney F 11 Chuck*Halbert C 10
John Norlander F 7 Max*Zaslofsky G 10
Irv Torgoff F 7 Don*Carlson G 10
Marty Passaglia G 7 Chet*Carlisle F 10
Bob Gantt C 6 Jim*Seminoff G 7
Francis O'Grady G 6 Tony*Jaros F 4
Ken Keller G 3 Doyle*Parrack F 1
John Mahnken C DNP Wilbert*Kautz G 0
Freddie Scolari G DNP Chuck*Gilmur F 0
73 63
SEMI-FINAL 'C'
WASHINGTON vs CHICAGO (Best of 7)
Thu Apr 5 at Wahington : Capitols 89-83
Sat Apr 9 at Wahington : Capitols 80-66
Tue Apr 10 at Chicago : Stags 74-66
Thur Apr 12 at Chicago : Capitols 73-63
Sat Apr 14 at Chicago
Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc)
Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc)
KNICKERBOCKERS GET ANOTHER VICTORY
The New York Knickerbockers are halfway towards knocking off another second place club. After disposing of West runner-up St Louis in the quarterfinals New York drew first blood in their 3 game series with Philadelphia, topping the Warriors 59-58. Philadelphia scoring star Joe Fulks led all scorers with 21 points but he missed a desperation jumper as time expired to cost his club the game. The Knickerbockers are just one win away from the BAA Finals despite having the worst record of the 6 playoff teams. Game 2 is Saturday in Philadelphia.
Code:
SCORING SUMMARY
NEW YORK PTS ST LOUIS PTS
John*Palmer F 12 Joe Fulks F 21
Ossie*Schectman G 12 Angelo Musi G 11
Sid*Hertzberg G 8 Ralph Kaplowitz G 10
Lee*Knorek C 8 Howie Dallmar F 6
Hank*Rosenstein F 8 George Senesky G 5
Stan*Stutz G 7 Art Hillhouse C 4
Marion*Cluggish C 3 Jerry Fleishman G 1
Nat*Militzok F 1 Fred Sheffield F 0
Tommy*Byrnes G 0 Alex Rosenberg G 0
Leo*Gottlieb G 0 Jerry Rulio G 0
59 58
SEMI FINAL 'D'
NEW YORK vs PHILADELPHIA (best of 3)
Thur Apr 12 at New York : Knicks 59-58
Sat Apr 14 at Philadelphia
Tue Apr 17 at Philadelphia (if necc)
GOLF : THE MASTERS
DEFENDING CHAMPION HOGAN TAKES FIRST DAY LEAD
Ben Hogan picked up yesterday right where he left off last spring in Augusta. The defending champion shot a 6 under par 66 and has the lead at the end of Thursday action in the Masters. Cleveland native Denny Shute, who the PGA in 1936 and 1937, is tied with Johnny Bulla one stroke off the pace.
Code:
HOGAN 66 -6
BULLA 67 -5
SHUTE 67 -5
BOLT 69 -3
JONES JR 69 -3
MACKAY JR 69 -3
WEETMAN 69 -3
COTTON 70 -2
HARPER 70 -2
MANGRUM 70 -2
MIDDLECOFF 70 -2
NELSON 70 -2
OLIVER 70 -2
SNEAD 70 -2
VON NIDA 70 -2
BURTON 71 -1
DEMARET 71 -1
HARBERT 71 -1
RIEGEL 71 -1
FAULKNER 72 E
THOMSON 72 E
TURNERSA 72 E
WALL 72 E
BOROS 73 1
BRUEN 73 1
CARR-a 73 1
DALY 73 1
GHEZZI 73 1
KEISER 73 1
LEES 73 1
LOCKE 73 1
METZ 73 1
REVOLTA 73 1
SMITH 73 1
STRANAHAN 73 1
ADAMS 74 2
DE VICENZO 74 2
FAZIO 74 2
FERRIER 74 2
FLECK 74 2
FORD 74 2
HAEFNER 74 2
HARRISON 74 2
RUNYON 74 2
VAN DONCK 74 2
BURKE JR 75 3
BYRD 75 3
HAMILTON 75 3
HEBERT 75 3
HORNE 75 3
LITTLE 75 3
REES 75 3
ROSBURG-a 75 3
WARD 75 3
WOOD 75 3
CERDA 76 4
FURGOL 76 4
LAFFOON 76 4
BRADSHAW 77 5
DUTRA 77 5
SARAZEN 77 5
BARRON 78 6
HARMON 78 6
WORSHAM 78 6
KING 79 7
BOXING
VAN KLAVEREN DEFENDS EUROPEAN WELTERWEIGHT TITLE TONIGHT
It is a slow week for boxing fans in North America but across the pond Bep Van Klaveren is set to defend his European Welterweight Title against British Champion Cliff Curvis. Von Klaveren will defend the title in his hometown of Rotterdam. He won the title, which had been vacant during WWII, with an unanimous decision over Finland's Yrjo Piitulainen last November. With a 21-9-1 record, this will be Van Klaveren's first title defense. The 37 year old is considered the 8th best welterweight fighter in the world rankings.
His opponent is just 20 years old. Curvis, with a lifetime record of 18-8-5, won the British championship from Ernie Roderick last September. His victory was a mild shock as Curvis has lost badly to the two 'name' fighters he has faced in his young career: Jackie Wilson and Kid Galivan.