TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY APRIL 18, 1947
STANLEY CUP FINALS
SID ABEL'S WINGS TO TAKE SERIES LEAD
Detroit Red Wing center Sid Abel scored a pair of third period goals to give his club a come from behind 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Wings lead the series 3 games to two and can hoist the Stanley Cup with a victory in Toronto on Thursday. Abel has 4 goals in the last three games including the overtime winner in Game Three.
The Wings outshot Toronto 23-10 in the opening period but managed just one goal, a power play marker from Roy Conacher. It was just the second goal in 18 man advantage situations for Detroit.
The Leafs looked much better in the second period and managed to score twice to take the lead. However, Detroit came out flying to start the third and 22 seconds into the period Gus Mortson was forced to haul down Billy Taylor to prevent a scoring chance. Sid Abel scored the first of his two goals of the game on the ensuing power play and just over a minute later Abel made it 3-2 Detroit on a nice 3-way passing play with Pete Horeck and rookie Gordie Howe. The Leafs came close a couple of times but could not get the equalizer past Detroit goalie Harry Lumley.
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SCORING SUMMARY
P E R I O D 1
DET Roy Conacher 6(Jim Conacher, Gerry Couture) 11:45 PP
Penalties: Kennedy Tor elbowing 5:25; Ezinicki Tor holding 10:18
P E R I O D 2
TOR Ted Kennedy 3(Wally Stanowski) 7:05
TOR Harry Watson 5(unassisted) 10:15
Penalties: Goldham Tor doubleminor charging 10:54
P E R I O D 3
DET Sid Abel 4(Ted Lindsay) 1:05 PP
DET Sid Abel 5(Pete Horeck, Gordie Howe) 2:22
Penalties: Mortson Tor holding 0:22; Taylor Det boarding 6:29; Barilko Tor high
sticking 13:24; Dewsbury Det holding 14:30
SHOTS ON
Broda Tor 23 15 10 = 48
Lumley Det 10 13 18 = 41
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 : Leafs 3-2
Tuesday April 17 at Detroit : Red Wings 3-2
Thursday April 19 at Toronto
Saturday April 21 at Detroit (if necc)
PLAYOFF LEADERS G A PTS
DET Billy Taylor 5 8 13
TOR Bill Ezinicki 7 3 10
DET Ted Lindsay 7 3 10
TOR Ted Kennedy 3 7 10
DET Roy Conacher 6 2 8
DET Sid Abel 5 2 7
DET Jim Conacher 3 4 7
DET Gerry Couture 0 7 7
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
CAPITOLS AND KNICKERBOCKERS TO MEET IN FINALS
The Washington Capitols and New York Knickerbockers will meet to determine the BAA champion after both clubs completed semi-final series victories last night. Washington, with guard Freddie Scolari back in the lineup and scoring 11 points, had little trouble eliminating Chicago 76-56. The Capitols had the best regular season record in the league and took care of Chicago in 6 games.
The Knickerbockers, on the other hand, had the worst record of the 6 playoff teams. After beating St Louis 2 games to one in the best of three quarterfinal they dumped Philadelphia in the exact same manner - winning game 3 on the road. The final score was 69-65 despite a 24 point effort from Philadelphia's Joe Fulks.
The best of seven final will begin Saturday evening in Washington.
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SCORING SUMMARIES
WASHINGTON PTS CHICAGO PTS
Bob Feerick G 14 Max*Zaslofsky G 17
Horace McKinney F 14 Chuck*Halbert C 15
Ken Keller G 11 Don*Carlson G 7
Freddie Scolari G 11 Tony*Jaros F 7
John Norlander F 9 Jim*Seminoff G 6
Irv Torgoff F 9 Doyle*Parrack F 3
Bob Gantt C 4 Chet*Carlisle F 1
Francis O'Grady G 4 Chuck*Gilmur F 0
Marty Passaglia G 0 Wilbert*Kautz G 0
John Mahnken C DNP Mickey*Rottner G DNP
76 56
SCORING SUMMARY
NEW YORK PTS ST LOUIS PTS
Sid*Hertzberg G 13 Joe Fulks F 24
Ossie*Schectman G 12 Howie Dallmar F 13
Lee*Knorek C 11 George Senesky G 8
Stan*Stutz G 10 Art Hillhouse C 7
Nat*Militzok F 8 Ralph Kaplowitz G 6
Leo*Gottlieb G 6 Angelo Musi G 6
Hank*Rosenstein F 6 Jerry Rulio G 1
John*Palmer F 3 Jerry Fleishman G 0
Marion*Cluggish C 0 Alex Rosenberg G 0
Tommy*Byrnes G 0 Fred Sheffield F 0
69 65
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 : Capitols 76-56
Washington wins series 4 games to two.
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 : Knicks 69-65
New York wins series 2 games to one
FINALS 'E'
WASHINGTON vs NEW YORK (best of 7)
Sat apr 21 at Washington
Mon Apr 23 at Washington
Wed Apr 25 at New York
Thur Apr 26 at New York
Sat Apr 28 at New York (if necc)
Tue Apr 30 at Washington (if necc)
Thur May 2 at Washington (if necc)
EDITOR'S NOTE: In real life the Philadelphia Warriors and New York Knickerbockers both advanced to the semi-finals but Philadelphia won 2 straight. The Warriors would go on to beat Chicago in the finals. The Stags knocked off Washington in 6 games in real life.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ROE SPINS ONE HIT SHUTOUT FOR BUCS
Preacher Roe threw a 1-hit shutout as the Pittsburgh Pirates blanked Cincinnati 1-0 in National League action. The 32 year old lefthander fanned 5 while walking just 2 Reds batters. The only Cincinnati hit was a 4th inning leadoff single off the bat of Joe Medwick but he was promptly retired by a doubleplay ball. Reds starting pitcher Arnold Carter was also sharp, allowing just 7 Pittsburgh hits including 3 to centerfielder Fern Bell. The only run was scored when Pirates rightfielder Jim Russell led off the fourth inning with a walk. Russell moved to third on a Ralph Kiner single and then scored on a Bob Elliott ground out.
The other two National League games both featured late inning heroics from the visiting team. In Chicago, Stan Musial hit a two-run homer in the top of the 10th to give St Louis a 4-2 win over the hometown Cubbies while in New York the Phillies rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth to nip the Giants 6-5. With two out in the top of the ninth Giants reliever Rube Fischer walked Bobby Estalella. A Del Ennis triple, a double from pinch-hitter Ron Northey and an rbi single from Pete Suder quickly gave the Phils the lead for the first time in the game.
No late inning heroics in the American League but there was a terrific pitching performance. On the day the Cleveland Indians received their World Series rings, Tribe ace Bill Lohrman tossed a 6-hit shutout as Cleveland blanked St Louis 3-0. After shutting out the Yankees twice it was the first time the Browns had allowed a run this season. Charlie English drove in two runs for Cleveland.
Elsewhere Chet Laabs had 2 hits and drove in a pair of runs as Philadelphia beat the White Sox 5-4 in Chicago. Former Brave Rudy York had a hit and scored a run in his Athletic's debut.
Home runs from infielders Billy Johnson, Jack Boiling and Calvin Chapman gave the New York Yankees their first win of the season, 6-3 over Detroit. Dizzy Dean allowed 6 hits over 8 innings for the victory. Dean hopes that last year's 16-7 record was not a fluke and he is fully recovered from the many arm problems that have plagued him throughout his career. A 25 game winner back in 1934, the 37 year old has spent most of the 1940's in the bullpen or on the DL.
In the other game Washington scored twice in the bottom of the 8th to beat Boston 4-3. Shortstop Cecil Travis had 3 hits for the Sens while Ted Williams had a pair of hits including a homer for the Red Sox. Joe Haynes allowed just 6 hits over 8 innings for the victory.
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AMERICAN W L PCT GB
CLEVELAND 1 0 1.000 x
PHILADELPHIA 1 0 1.000 x
WASHINGTON 1 0 1.000 x
ST LOUIS 2 1 .667 x
NEW YORK 1 2 .333 1.0
BOSTON 0 1 .000 1.0
CHICAGO 0 1 .000 1.0
DETROIT 0 1 .000 1.0
NATIONAL W L PCT GB
BROOKLYN 1 0 1.000 x
PHILADELPHIA 1 0 1.000 x
PITTSBURGH 2 1 .667 x
ST LOUIS 2 1 .667 x
BOSTON 0 1 .000 1.0
CHICAGO 0 1 .000 1.0
CINCINNATI 0 1 .000 1.0
NEW YORK 0 1 .000 1.0
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 4 Boston 3
New York 6 Detroit 3
Philadelphia 5 Chicago 4
Cleveland 3 St Louis 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 0
St Louis 4 Chicago 2
Philadelphia 6 New York 5
TODAY'S MATCHUPS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston (Bob Bowman 19-9) at Washington (Red Barrett 14-11)
New York (Jumbo Brown 13-15) at Detroit (Hal White 7-5)
Philadelphia (Ray Scarborough 12-23) at Chicago (Dick Errickson 8-9)
St Louis (Sam Zoldak 8-11) at Cleveland (Steve Gromek 26-12)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston (Ken Raffensberger 14-13) at Brooklyn (Don Black 17-13)
St Louis (Mort Cooper 1-1) at Chicago (Ed Head 2-1)
Philadelphia (Charley Schanz 2-1) at New York (Russ Bauers 8-17)
Cincinnati (Johnny Hutchings 21-6) at Pittsburgh (Jim Tobin 11-4)