TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MAY 18, 1947
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LOHRMAN BLANKS YANKS FOR 16TH STRAIGHT WIN
Cleveland Indians righthander Bill Lohrman is about as close to a guaranteed victory as you will find. Lohrman improved to 7-0 this season and stretching back to last year has won his last 16 straight decisions after Cleveland blasted New York 7-0. Lohrman went the distance allowing just 4 hits and lowering his league leading era to 0.90. Mike Tresh hit his second homer in as many days to lead the Tribe offense.
The Chicago White Sox mounted a huge comeback to beat the St Louis Browns 4-3 in 10 innings. Trailing 3-0 in the top of the ninth outfielder Danny Litwhiler hit a 3-run homer to tie the game for Chicago and then St Louis starter Tom Baker threw a wild pitch in the top of the 10th that allowed pinch runner Bob Maier to score the winning run.
In other American League games Red Barrett tossed a 5-hit shutout as Washington blanked Philadelphia 9-0. In Boston, Joe Gantenbein and Dom Dallessandro homered as Detroit doubled the Red Sox 10-5.
In the National League Ken Raffensberger and the Braves blanked Chicago 2-0. Raffensberger tossed a complete game 4-hitter to even his record at 3-3.
Stan Ferens seems to be fully recovered from the back injury that cost him nearly a full year. The Cardinals veteran starter improved his record to 2-1 with his second straight complete game 5 hitter, this one a 4-0 win in Pittsburgh. Whitey Kurowski and Marty Marion each had 3 hits for St Louis.
Joe Medwick and Johnny Ripple homered as Cincinnati hammered Philadelphia 16-4 while Hank Leiber's 2-run double in the top of the ninth gave the New York Giants a 5-3 win in Brooklyn. Giants rookie catcher Yogi Berra enjoyed his first 3 hit game.
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AMERICAN W L PCT GB
CLEVELAND 21 8 .724 x
NEW YORK 19 13 .594 3.5
ST LOUIS 17 15 .531 5.5
WASHINGTON 15 15 .500 6.5
CHICAGO 13 17 .433 8.5
DETROIT 13 17 .433 8.5
BOSTON 12 17 .414 9.0
PHILADELPHIA 11 19 .367 10.5
NATIONAL W L PCT GB
PITTSBURGH 22 9 .710 x
ST LOUIS 19 13 .594 3.5
CINCINNATI 17 14 .548 5.0
PHILADELPHIA 15 13 .536 5.5
CHICAGO 15 14 .517 6.0
BOSTON 11 17 .393 9.5
BROOKLYN 10 19 .345 11.0
NEW YORK 9 19 .321 11.5
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 9 Philadelphia 0
Detroit 10 Boston 5
Chicago 4 St Louis 3 (10 inn)
Cleveland 7 New York 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 2 Chicago 0
New York 5 Brooklyn 3
Cincinnati 16 Philadelphia 4
St Louis 4 Pittsburgh 0
TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (V Trucks 1-5, 4.17) at Washington (D Adkins 1-3, 5.12)
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-5, 4.08) at Boston (T Hughson 1-3, 5.04)
New York (M Lanier 3-3, 2.19) at St Louis (A McKain 4-1, 3.97)
Chicago (E Lopat 3-4, 5.24) at Cleveland (S Gromek 5-0, 4.53)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (P Erickson 2-4, 5.03) at Boston (W Spahn 3-4, 4.28)
New Yok (K Chase 2-4, 7.75) at Brooklyn (R Barney 2-2, 3.83)
Philadelphia (M Macon 2-0, 2.65) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 2-2, 4.97)
St Louis (E White 4-2, 3.63) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 5-1, 3.75)
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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING BATTING
D Wakefield Det .378 B Elliott Pit .400
J Heath Cle .349 G Rosen Bkn .389
C Travis Wsh .344 G Scharein StL .361
HOME RUNS HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9
T Hafey Cha 7 W Cooper StL 7
T Williams Bos 6 E Torgeson Bsn 6
RBI'S RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha 32 B Elliott Pit 31
B Young Bos 26 A Vaughan Pit 30
D Walker NYY 24 R Kiner Pit 24
WINS WINS
B Lohrman Cle 7-0 P Roe Pit 7-0
S Gromek Cle 5-0 C Schanz Phi 6-2
D Dean NYY 5-2 J Tobin Pit 5-1
ERA ERA
B Lohrman Cle 0.90 A Zabala NYG 1.13
T Bonham NYY 1.68 P Roe Pit 2.19
E Johnson Bos 1.74 K Raffensberger Bsn 2.24
STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 38 W Spahn Bsn 43
B Lohrman Cle 35 R Barney Bkn 42
T Baker SLB 34 A Jurisch StL 39
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - TWO WASHINGTON GUARDS MAY GO IN ROUND 1
University of Washington hoops fans were more than a litte dissappointed to learn that guards Bob *Harrison and George *Feigenbaum were turning pro after their sophomore seasons. Harrison in particular will be missed after leading the team in assists and finishing second in scoring with 14.9 ppg. Feigenbaum was bothered by minor injuries all season and never did get in the starting lineup during his two years with the Huskies. However, he has a higher upside as far as NBA scouts are concerned.
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BOB *HARRISON'S CAREER STATS AT WASHINGTON
YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P%
45-46 31 15.7 4.2 1.1 3.6 1.9 0.7 0.0 .398 .667 .298
46-47 34 31.0 14.9 2.6 6.0 3.1 1.9 0.1 .482 .750 .449
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career 65 23.7 9.8 1.9 4.8 2.5 1.3 0.0 .462 .729 .416
GEORGE *FEIGENBAUM CAREER STATS AT WASHINGTON
YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P%
45-46 31 21.0 10.1 1.6 2.5 1.0 1.0 0.2 .405 .763 .387
46-47 33 11.3 3.4 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.1 .232 .780 .188
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career 64 16.0 6.6 1.4 1.7 0.7 0.8 0.2 .340 .769 .346
In real life George Feigenbaum played at LIU before playing 17 NBA games over 2 seasons. Bob Harrison played 9 NBA seasons with the Lakers, Hawks and Nationals following a stellar career at Michigan.
GOLF - BING CROSBY PRO-AM
WEETMAN LEADS AFTER FIRST ROUND OF CROSBY
Britian's Harry Weetman has a 2 stroke lead after the opening round of the Bing Crosby Pro-Am. Weetman, who played on the Del Monte course has a 2 stroke lead on Sam King, who also played Del Monte. Half of the field played Del Monte and the other half played Cypress Point. They will switch for Friday's second round and then the entire field plus the top six amateurs will compete at Pebble Beach for Saturday's final round.
Among the amateurs Scott xTibbetts, who tied for second last week in Phoenix, contined his hot play with a 70 yesterday. xTibbetts played at Del Monte and he is tied with William Scarborough III, who also shot a 70 but at the tougher Cypress Point course. Among the celebrity amateurs, UCLA hoops star and possible NBA draft pick Chet McNabb carded an impressive 77 with host Bing Crosby just a stroke behind him.
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PROS SCORE
WEETMAN 65
KING 67
OLIVER 68
ADAMS 69
CERDA 69
WORSHAM 69
BOROS 70
FURGOL 70
MACKAY JR 70
BURKE JR 71
DALY 71
WARD 71
BURTON 72
FORD 72
HARBERT 72
HARRISON 72
HORNE 72
KEISER 72
LEES 72
RIEGEL 72
SMITH 72
STRANAHAN 72
TURNERSA 72
VON NIDA 72
FERRIER 73
HAEFNER 73
HOGAN 73
LOCKE 73
SHUTE 73
SNEAD 73
BARRON 74
COTTON 74
GHEZZI 74
HAMILTON 74
HARPER 74
MIDDLECOFF 74
NELSON 74
WOOD 74
DE VICENZO 75
DEMARET 75
HEBERT 75
LITTLE 75
METZ 75
REES 75
RUNYON 75
BOLT 76
BRUEN 76
BULLA 76
BYRD 76
FAZIO 76
REVOLTA 76
THOMSON 76
VAN DONCK 76
BRADSHAW 77
FLECK 77
HARMON 77
MCSPADDEN 78
WALL 78
DUTRA 79
LAFFOON 79
FAULKNER 80
SARAZEN 80
MANGRUM 83
TOP AMATEURS Score
xScarborough-a 70
x-Tibbetts-a 70
ROSBURG-a 71
xWhistler-a 71
DAWSON-a 72
CARR-a 75
Chet McNabb 77 (UCLA hoops star)
Bing Crosby 78
xMartin-a 78
xWhite-a 78
Don Schlereth 79 (49ers first round pick)
xDePore-a 79
Joseph Smith 80 (USC hoops star)
Bob Hope 81
Justin Jackson 81 (Chargers QB)
Herm Fuetsch 82 (KC Kings PG -UCLA alum)
Johnny Cushing 83 (Raiders RB)
Sid Luckman 84 (Bears QB)
Hank Norberg 84 (Stanford DE)
Otto Graham 86 (Bucs first round pick QB)
Bob Fenimore 87 (Chargers first round pick RB)
Ken Kavanaugh 87 (Bears WR)
HORSE RACING
PREAKNESS POST POSITIONS ANNOUNCED
The starting grid has been announced for Saturday's running of the Preakness Stakes. Jet Pilot is looking to add the second leg of the Triple Crown to his Kentucky Derby victory but he will have to do it starting way outside. Jet Pilot drew the #10 spot. It may not bother him as he started in the 11th spot at the Derby.
1- Double Jay
2- Cosmic Bomb
3- Phalanx
4- On Trust
5- WL Sickle
6- Stepfather
7- Star Reward
8- Bulletproof
9- Jett-Jett
10- Jet Pilot
11- Riskolater
12- Faultless
13- Liberty Road
BOXING
KANE WINS SLUGFEST WITH HERMAN
Peter Kane and Vic Herman went toe-to-toe for 9 rounds in Glasgow before the referee stopped their bantamweight bout due to heavy bleeding around both of Herman's eyes. With the TKO Kane, who was ahead on all 3 scorecards, moves to 17-2-1. Herman falls to 14-4-2 but he certainly gave the Liverpool lad some competition. Both fighters looked like they had been in a war when it was over as Kane was bleeding from the mouth and from a bad gash above his right eye.
There is boxing action in the USA tonight as a pair of top featherweight contenders will meet at National Hall in San Francisco. Seattle's Harold Hoshino will take on Charlie Riley. Hoshino, known as the Japanesse Sandman, is considered the top contender for World Champion Willie Pep's crown. Hoshino is 25-3-1 with 18 knockouts. Riley, who hails from St Louis, is 22-4 with 12 ko's and considered the 5th best featherweight in the world. Hoshino and Riley have met once before, early in the postwar tournament with Hoshino scoring a second round TKO. It is expected the winner of this fight will get a shot at Pep.
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Here are the top 10 featherweights
RANK NAME RECORD HOMETOWN
CHAMP Willie Pep 18-0-0 Hartford, Conn.
2 Harold Hoshino 25-3-1 Seattle
3 Sandy Saddler 22-2-0 Boston
4 Ray Famechon 25-12-0 Sous-le-bois-Maubeurge, France
5 Charlie Riley 22-4-0 St Louis
6 Diego Sosa 27-11-0 Cuba
7 Georgie Hansford 21-12-0 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
8 Simon Vegara 37-6-2 Panama
9 Chalky Wright 25-6-1 San Bernardino, California
10 Pat Iacobucci 24-12-1 Cincinnati