TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY APRIL 15, 1947
PLAY BALL! OPENING DAY TODAY
The 1947 major league baseball season gets underway today with a game in each league. In Pittsburgh, the defending National League champions will host the visiting St Louis Cardinals. Cliff Melton, who has 4 Cy Young Awards to his credit including the one he earned last season, starts on the hill for the Pirates. The 35 year old enjoyed the best season of his career in 1946, when he went 28-11 with a 2.28 era. His opponent will be Cardinals ace Ernie White who was 22-11 a year ago.
In the American League the New York Yankees will play host to the St Louis Browns. St Louis will start 33 year old Tom Baker on the mound. Baker was 19-11 last season for the Brownies and made the first allstar appearance of his career. The Yankees counter with Max Lanier, who was 17-11 last season.
GOLF: THE MASTERS
STAR STUDDED SUNDAY AHEAD AT AUGUSTA
Three of the biggest names in golf are seperated by just one stroke heading into today's final round at The Masters. Defending champion Ben Hogan and veteran Sam Snead are tied for the lead at 9 under par with the dean of Augusta, the incomparable Bobby Jones Jr. just one stroke off the pace. Lee Mackay Jr., who had the lead after Friday's round, shot a 73 yesterday and is still in the hunt.
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LEADERBOARD AFTER SATURDAY'S THIRD ROUND
NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 Total
HOGAN 66 71 70 -9
SNEAD 70 69 68 -9
JONES JR 69 69 70 -8
MACKAY JR 69 67 73 -7
HARBERT 71 71 68 -6
NELSON 70 69 73 -4
STRANAHAN 73 71 68 -4
MIDDLECOFF 70 72 71 -3
DEMARET 71 72 70 -3
LOCKE 73 68 74 -1
HEBERT 75 69 71 -1
WARD 75 71 69 -1
BULLA 67 72 77 E
VON NIDA 70 72 74 E
THOMSON 72 72 72 E
WEETMAN 69 75 72 E
BURTON 71 74 71 E
FURGOL 76 70 70 E
COTTON 70 72 75 1
RUNYON 74 70 73 1
BURKE JR 75 69 74 2
VAN DONCK 74 70 74 2
SHUTE 67 75 77 3
OLIVER 70 73 76 3
HARPER 70 75 74 3
WALL 72 73 74 3
HAEFNER 74 72 73 3
MANGRUM 70 76 75 5
BOLT 69 75 78 6
HORNE 75 71 76 6
LITTLE 75 71 76 6
STANLEY CUP FINALS
WINGS TAKE SERIES LEAD WITH OVERTIME VICTORY
Sid Abel capped off a Detroit comeback with an overtime goal to give the Red Wings a 4-3 victory over the Maple Leafs in Toronto. The win gives Detroit a two games to one lead in the best of seven Stanley Cup Final.
Toronto took a 3-1 lead in the first period and looked to be in complete control as the two clubs battled through a very defensive minded second stanza. The score remained 3-1 until Ted Lindsay got his second goal of the game for the Red Wings with just under 7 minutes to play. Detroit picked up the pace after that goal and peppered Leafs netminder Turk Broda until Billy Taylor finally managed to get the equalizer by jamming a rebound past the sprawling Toronto goaltender with less than two minutes remaining in regulation.
Abel's game winner came just 6 minutes into the extra frame and was assisted by rookie Gordie Howe and defenseman Bill Quakenbush. Game four is tomorrow night in Toronto.
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SCORING SUMMARY
P E R I O D 1
TOR Bill Ezinicki 7(Gus Mortson) 1:08
TOR Ted Kennedy 2(Harry Watson) 5:24
DET Ted Lindsay 6(Jim Conacher, Leo Reise) 15:08
TOR Wally Stanowski 1(Ted Kennedy, Bill Ezinicki) 17:33
Penalties: Barilko Tor high sticking 5:36
P E R I O D 2
NO SCORING
Penalties: R Conacher Det roughing 11:01; Ezinicki Tor holding 13:12
P E R I O D 3
DET Ted Lindsay 7(Leo Reise) 13:16
DET Billy Taylor 4(Roy Conacher, Gerry Couture) 18:02
Penalties: Stewart Det cross checking 3:46; Stewart Det interference 9:52
O V E R T I M E
DET Sid Abel 2(Bill Quakenbush, Gordie Howe) 6:20
SHOTS ON
LUMLEY DET 25 6 9 3 = 43
BRODA TOR 11 4 17 2 = 34
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 : Red Wings 4-3 (OT)
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 4 8 12
TOR Bill Ezinicki 7 2 9
DET Ted Lindsay 7 2 9
TOR Ted Kennedy 2 7 9
DET Roy Conacher 5 2 7
MON Billy Reay 5 1 6
DET Jim Conacher 3 3 6
DET Gerry Couture 0 6 6
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS
STAGS AND WARRIORS AVOID ELIMINATION
Both Basketball Asssociation of America semi-final playoff series will be prolonged at least one more night after the two teams facing elimination both came up with victories last night.
In Chicago, the Stags shaded Washington 74-71 despite a second straight 26 point effort from the Capitols Bob Feerick. Washington leads the series 3 games to 2 as they shift back to the nation's capital for Game 6 on Tuesday. There was some good news for Washington fans. Guard Freddie Scolari, who has missed the last 3 games with an injury, will likely be back in the lineup Tuesday. The other injured Capitol - center John Mahnken - is expected to miss at least one more game.
The Philadelphia Warriors evened their best of three series with New York but they needed overtime to do so, winning by an 84-80 count. Scoring champ Joe Fulks had 29 points for the winners. The deciding game will be Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
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WASHINGTON PTS CHICAGO PTS
Bob Feerick G 26 Max*Zaslofsky G 16
John Norlander F 19 Chuck*Halbert C 14
Horace McKinney F 11 Don*Carlson G 13
Irv Torgoff F 6 Mickey*Rottner G 10
Bob Gantt C 5 Tony*Jaros F 7
Francis O'Grady G 4 Chet*Carlisle F 7
Marty Passaglia G 0 Doyle*Parrack F 4
Ken Keller G 0 Jim*Seminoff G 3
John Mahnken C DNP Wilbert*Kautz G 0
Freddie Scolari G DNP Chuck*Gilmur F 0
71 74
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 : Stags 74-71
Tue Apr 17 at Wahington
Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc)
SCORING SUMMARY
NEW YORK PTS ST LOUIS PTS
John*Palmer F 14 Joe Fulks F 29
Sid*Hertzberg G 13 Angelo Musi G 14
Lee*Knorek C 12 Howie Dallmar F 14
Tommy*Byrnes G 11 Ralph Kaplowitz G 6
Ossie*Schectman G 11 Alex Rosenberg G 6
Stan*Stutz G 7 Art Hillhouse C 6
Hank*Rosenstein F 7 Fred Sheffield F 5
Nat*Militzok F 5 Jerry Fleishman G 4
Marion*Cluggish C 0 George Senesky G 0
Leo*Gottlieb G 0 Jerry Rulio G 0
80 84
SEMI FINAL 'D'
NEW YORK vs PHILADELPHIA (best of 3)
Thur Apr 12 at New York : Knicks 59-58
Sat Apr 14 at Philadelphia : Warriors 84-80 OT
Tue Apr 17 at Philadelphia