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HOCKEY

The league was much more balanced now than in it's infancy and the Montreal Canadiens proved that anyone could win by going from last place a year ago to first and then winning their first Stanley Cup. Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton both returned to the playoffs which left defending champion Quebec, as well as the Montreal Maroons, on the outside looking in. However, the margin was ever so slight as Quebec missed fourth place by a single point and the Maroons were just 2 points behind the Bulldogs.

Sailor Hilborn of the Canadiens was named league MVP after scoring a league high 23 goals to mark his third straight season leading in that category. Although, had he not missed 6 games with an injury Quebec's Derek Edur might have surpassed Hilborn's total.

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NHA STANDINGS 1908-09
TEAM			GP  W  L  T  PTS
Montreal Canadiens      50 29 13  8  66
Ottawa Senators		50 23 21  6  52
Toronto St Pats		50 22 21  7  51
Hamilton Tigers		50 19 24  7  45
Quebec Bulldogs		50 19 25  6  44
Montreal Maroons        50 18 26  6  42

SCORING LEADERS	     TM     GP   G  A  PTS
Bennett Hillman      Tor    50  18 35  53
Sailor Hilborn	     MonC   49  23 25  48
Derek Edur	     Que    44  21 25  46
Kyle Reed            MonC   50  14 31  45
Joseph Matheson	     MonM   50  17 25  42
The first place Canadiens dispatched fourth place Hamilton in 4 games in their series before needing the full five to beat the Toronto St. Pats in the finals. The St. Pats played the maximum 10 games as their semi-final with Ottawa also went the distance.

Veteran defenseman Philippe Lelievre was named the playoff MVP after scoring 4 goals and adding 3 assists in the post-season. While it was the Habs first taste of champagne from Lord Stanley's Mug, it was the second Cup win for the much travelled Lelievre, who won one in his time with the Montreal Maroons. He had also previously played for the Toronto St Pats as well.


COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Another unbeaten season for Denver but no bowl invite. They did get a little more respect in the polls, finishing 3rd in the AP and 5th in the coaches poll. Texas Tech finished number one for the second straight year and third time in the sim after beating Duke (11-2) 30-28 in the Sugar Bowl. The loss dropped Duke out of the top twenty.

West Virginia also finished 12-1 after the Mountaineers beat 11-2 North Carolina 31-27 in the Cotton Bowl. Cal finally got a bowl win, their first since going 0-4 since their 1903 Rose Bowl win over Minnesota, as the Bears finished 11-2 thanks to a 30-23 win over Army in the Citrus Bowl. Wisconsin won in it's first trip to Pasadena, beat UCLA 27-20 in the Rose Bowl. Notre Dame easily handled Penn State 45-20 in the Gator Bowl. Colorado beat Texas Mines 23-13 in the Orange Bowl, and Dartmouth topped Northwestern 20-9 in the Tangerine Bowl.

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AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP TWENTY RANKINGS
    SCHOOL		RECORD   COACHES POLL 
 1  Texas Tech		12-1		 1
 2  West Virginia	12-1		 2
 3  Denver		12-0		 5
 4  California		11-2		 4
 5  Alabama Polytech     9-3		 7
 6  Texas Mines		10-3		17
 7  Minnesota		 9-3		 8
 8  Fordham		10-2		14
 9  Ole Miss		 9-3		 3
10  Northwestern	10-3		15
11  Notre Dame		10-3		 9
12  TCU			 9-3		27
13  Colorado		10-3		11
14  Furman		 9-3		19
15  Wisconsin		10-3		 6
16  North Carolina	11-2		12
17  Army		10-3		10
18  Oklahoma		 9-3		16
19  Georgia		 8-4		18
20  Purdue		 8-4		22	

HISTORY OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1901  Notre Dame
1902  Duke
1903  Duke
1904  Texas Tech
1905  Grinnell
1906  Michigan
1907  Texas Tech
1908  Texas Tech
COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Like everyone else, Ohio State had been overshadowed in the Western Conference by Indiana but in 1908-09 the Buckeyes would break out of that shadow in a big way. Not in the regular season, where Ohio State finished at 7-5 in conference play, good for third place behind Indiana and Northwestern, but rather in the tournament.

At 21-9 on the season the Buckeyes claimed the 5th seed in the Midwest Region and faced Utah (21-9) in their regional opener. Senior forward Jack Groce had 18 points to help carry Ohio State to an 82-74 victory in the opening round and that was followed up by a 4-point win over upset-minded Colorado A&M, which had knocked off the region's top seed Oregon State in their opener. Groce had 14 while fellow senior Frank Tedder added 16 in a 57-43 win over New York University that earned the Buckeyes a trip to the Final Four.

It was a year for upsets as none of the number one seeds advanced. California fell to 4th seeded Iowa in the West Regional Sem-Final, number one seed Indiana lost to #2 Kentucky in the South Final with the 2 seed Holy Cross also prevailing in the East Region. Another senior on the veteran heavy Buckeyes, PG LeGrant Currier, led the way in an 83-73 win over Holy Cross. Currier had 18 points and 9 assists while junior center Ed Piccolo, the only non-senior starter, had a 20 point night.

That set up a showdown with 35-2 Kentucky, the reigning National Champion led by player of the year Pug Marvin, in the title game. Marvin led all scorers with 22 points but the Buckeyes held Kentucky to 35% shooting while hitting on %55 of their shots and won the game 69-59 to claim their first National Title. Center Vincent Parsons scored 14 points while Tedder had 12 and Groce added 10 on a team that would see 7 of it's top 8 minute producers graduating the program.

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1906-07 CONFERENCE STANDINGS
(T-in 32 team Tournament)
WESTERN      CW CL   W  L
Indiana	-T   11  1  28  4
N'thwestern-T 8  4  18 12
Ohio State-T  7  5  26  9
Illinois  -T  6  6  22  9
Purdue	      6  6  16 14
Iowa 	-T    6  6  25  9
Wisconsin     5  7  13 16
Minnesota     4  8   8 21
Michigan      4  8  12 17
Chicago	      3  9   5 24

IVY GROUP     CW CL   W  L 
Pennsylvania-T 9  1  19 11
Dartmouth      6  4  16 13
Cornell	       6  4  15 14
Yale           4  6  15 14
Princeton      3  7  13 16
Columbia       2  8   6 23

MISSOURI VALLEY CW CL   W  L 
Kansas	 -T	 8  4  19 11
Oklahoma	 8  4  15 14
Missouri	 7  5  16 14
Kansas State	 6  6  14 15
Iowa State	 5  7  13 16
Drake		 4  8   8 21
Nebraska	 4  8   8 21

MOUNTAIN STATES  CW CL   W  L
Colorado A&M -T   6  2  18 13
Denver		  3  5  13 17
Colorado	  3  5  14 15

PACIFIC COAST    CW CL   W  L
Cal	-T	  6  1  28  4
Washington  -T	  5  2  24  7
Oregon State -T   4  3  25  5
Oregon		  4  3  17 12
Idaho		  3  4  11 18
Stanford	  3  4  16 14
USC		  2  5  15 15
Washington State  1  6   7 22

SOUTHERN	 CW CL   W  L
Kentucky     -T	 10  1  35  3
Clemson	     -T	  8  3  22 11
Mississippi State 7  4  13 17
Georgia Tech	  7  4  17 13
Tennessee	  6  5  13 18
Georgia		  6  5  12 19
Alabama Poly	  5  6  14 17
Alabama		  5  6  15 15
Virginia	  4  7  11 18
N. Carolina State 4  7  12 18
North Carolina	  3  8  10 20
Virginia Tech	  1 10   2 28

SOUTHWEST	 CW CL   W  L
Oklahoma A&M  -T  6  4  22  9
Baylor		  6  4  12 17
Texas A&M	  5  5  14 16
SMU		  5  5  15 15
Texas		  5  5  16 13
Rice		  3  7   7 23

TOP INDEPENDENTS	 W  L 
Bradley	        -T	30  3
Holy Cross	-T	30  3
West Virginia	-T	27  5
Wake Forest	-T	26  5
Cincinnati	-T	26  5
Dayton		-T	25  8
Saint Louis	-T	24  8
New York University -T	22 10
Duquesne	-T	21  9
Notre Dame     -T       21 10
Utah 	       -T	21 10
TCU	       -T	20 11
Maryland       -T       20 10
Saint Joseph's		19 10
Colgate			19 10
Louisville    -T	19 11
LSU	      -T	19 12
Wyoming	      -T	19 12
Connecticut		18 11
UCLA			18 11
Xavier			18 11
Brigham Young		18 12
St John's      -T	18 12
Michigan State	-T	18 12
Arizona State		18 12
New Mexico A&M		17 12
St Mary's		17 12
Duke			17 12
Army			17 12
Canisius		17 12
Vanderbilt		17 12
Tulane			17 12
Bowling Green		16 13
Santa Clara		16 13
St Bonaventure		16 13
Temple			16 13
Bucknell		15 14
CCNY			15 14
Kent State		15 14
Muhlenburg		15 14
Utah State		15 14
Northern Arizona	15 15
Seton Hall		15 15

Pug Marvin capped off a tremendous college career at Kentucky by being named the National Player of the Year. Marvin helped Kentucky to 3 straight appearances in the National Title Game including a championship in 1907-08. The 6'4" guard was National Freshman of the Year in 1905-06, a second team All-American a year ago and a First Team member this season. The former High School All-American from Buffalo would also be the first pick of the 1909 Eastern Basketball League draft.
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			    NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
YR       WINNER         OPPONENT        SCORE   OTHER FINAL FOUR TEAMS
1901-02  BRADLEY	Indiana	        79-64    Holy Cross, Duquesne
1902-03  KENTUCKY       Iowa	        68-59    Indiana, Duquesne
1903-04  WEST VIRGINIA  Indiana         75-71    Bradley, California
1904-05  INDIANA        West Virginia   65-49    Holy Cross, Iowa
1905-06  CALIFORNIA     Cincinnati	68-61    Bradley, West Virginia
1906-07  BRADLEY	Kentucky	54-50    Indiana, Illinois
1907-08  KENTUCKY       Bradley		80-71    Indiana, Cincinnati
1908-09  OHIO STATE     Kentucky	69-59    Holy Cross, Iowa
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NCAA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
1901-02  Dick Hauge	Bradley
1902-03  Willard McNew	West Virginia
1903-04  Al Humphry	West Virginia
1904-05  John Benda	Kentucky
1905-06  Wally Schmidt	Holy Cross
1906-07  Wally Schmidt	Holy Cross
1907-08  Billy Egan	Dayton
1908-09  Pug Marvin	Kentucky

PRO BASKETBALL

Heading into the season the two big stories revolved around a pair of all-stars switching teams. Ciriaco Ferrer, a second team all-star a year ago, left New York to sign with Wilmington while first team all-star Al Humphry went from Paterson to Reading. With last seasons rookie of the year John Lesley already entrenched at small forward, Humphry switched to SG for the Bears. The addition of Humphry, along with power forward Roy Victor from McKeesport, allowed Reading to earn a playoff spot for the first time since reaching the finals 3 years ago.

McKeesport survived the loss of Victor quite easily, as the defending league champs were once again the class of the West Division. John Benda and Red Saba were their team leaders with center Rufus Kingsburgy coming over from Trenton to hep fill the void created when Victor left.

The Ferrer move to Wilmington did not pay off as the Peaches finished tied with Trenton for the worst record in the league despite the fact their new acquisition led the league in points per game as Ferrer averaged 34.5.

The loss of Ferrer was hardly felt in New York as the Wanderers finished first in the East for the fourth time in the past five years. Former North Carolina State star Duane Taylor had a dominant year at center for New York. Taylor led the league in blocked shots while averaging 20.4 ppg and was named both MVP and Defensive Player of the Year for the first time in his career. He also became the first MVP not to make the league first-team all-star squad as Dick Hague continued his stranglehold on the all-star center position. Bennie Lent, who was signed away from Camden, also played a key role for the Wanderers and finished fourth in league scoring. The Troy Trojans, with a balanced attack led by Willard McNew and Stewart Alberts, finished second in the East and made the playoffs in just their second season in the league.

The rookie of the year was Odalis Hernandez of Trenton. The first overall draft pick out of Notre Dame averaged 14.8 ppg and 9.5 rpg.


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1907-08 EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
EAST DIVISION		 W  L   GB
New York Wanderers	45 19   -
Troy Trojans		44 20   1.0
Bristol Pile Drivers	31 33  14.0
Paterson Crescents	27 37  18.0
Camden Electrics	27 37  18.0
Trenton Potters		22 42  23.0

WEST DIVISION		 W  L   GB
McKeesport Keys		41 23   -
Reading Bears		37 27   4.0
Pittsburgh Homesteaders 35 29   6.0
Johnstown Johnnies	27 27  14.0
Philadelphia Wheelers	26 38  15.0
Wilmington Peaches	22 42  19.0

SCORING LEADERS    TM    PPG
Ciriaco Ferrer    WIL   34.5
Dick Hauge	  BRI   27.3
Jimmy Hurlburt    PAT   24.4
Bennie Lent	  NY    23.1
Corky Gipson	  PIT   22.2
Al Humphry        REA   22.2
Red Seba	  McK   21.7
Cy Breese         TRE   20.9
Duane Taylor	  NY    20.4
Orlin Burdick	  CAM   20.3
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1907-08 ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM		PPG    RPG  APG  SPG  BKPG
C Dick Hauge		Bristol		27.3  12.2  1.9  0.4  4.1 
F Corky Gipson		Pittsburgh	22.2   7.3  3.8  1.9  0.8
F Roy Victor		Reading		19.1   7.4  2.5  2.0  0.8
G Al Humphry	        Reading		22.2   6.8  9.4  2.1  1.0
G Jimmy Hurlbert	Paterson        24.4   6.4 11.6  1.9  0.2

MVP Duane Taylor	New York	20.4  10.9  4.6  1.6  4.4
The McKeesport Keys won their second straight EBL title but it took them the maximum 14 games to accomplish the feat, as both their semi-final win over Reading and their title win over New York went the full seven games. The Keys had to come back from a 3 games to one deficit in the semi-finals and trailed New York 3 games to two before rallying to win the title. McKeesport center John Benda, who averaged 17.1 ppg and a playoff leading 11.0 rpg was named the playoff MVP for the second straight year.
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       EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
01-02   Paterson Crescents defeat Millville Glass Blowers
02-03   Wilmington Peaches defeat Millville Glass Blowers
03-04   Wilmington Peaches defeat Trenton Potters
04-05   Trenton Potters defeat Wilmington Peaches
05-06   New York Wanderers defeat Reading Bears
06-07   Bristol Pile Drivers defeat Philadelphia Wheelers
07-08   McKeesport Keys defeat Paterson Crescents
08-09	McKeesport Keys defeat New York Wanderers
GOLF

1908 was the season German born Albert Lichtman finally won his first major. The 33 year old had been in contention a number of times and dominated play on the European Tour the past few seasons but until this year's British Open he had never won a major championship. The question going forward is does this first win open the floodgates for more?

THE MASTERS
The Masters winner hailed from of all places Switzerland. Gael Andress had been a regular on the European Tour for a few years but his first golf trip to North America proved very successful as he won The Masters by 3 strokes over 5-time major winner Calvin Baumgarter. Derek Perkins, last years winner, finished in a tie for 5th while Albert Lichtman was tied for 7th with Canadian Hayden Gallant, another former Masters Champion.

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1908 MASTERS LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	NAT  SC  MONEY
Gael Andress    SWI  +1   $1,619
Cal Baumgartner	 US  +4    $990
Benedict Gleason ENG +6    $720
Mackenzie Smith SCO  +6    $720
Elliot Burton   ENG  +8    $360
Derek Perkins	US   +8    $360
US OPEN
A final round 69 propelled Jackie Adams to his first major title as he won the US Open at Brae Burn. Adams finished with a 1 stroke lead on Vince Cummins and Gordon Dendy, as the 31 year old Dendy had another near miss in his quest for his first major. Just outside the list posted below we had Lord Lovett, James Fox, Derek Perkins and Michael Killoran, an Irishman who has come close several times but never won a major.

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1908 US OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	NAT   SC  MONEY
Jackie Adams     US    -6  $1,799
Gordon Dendy     US    -5  $1,100
Vince Cummins    US    -5  $1,100
Clem Jordan      US    -4   $500
Luther Swartz    US    -4   $500
Albert Lichtman GER    -3   $379
BRITISH OPEN
Royal Edinburgh was the host of the 13th British Open and also the location Albert Lichtman finally won his first major. The German ran away with the event, finishing with a 5 stroke lead on England's Benedict Gleason. Derek Perkins continued his strong play as he finished tied for 8th with a pair of Spaniards in Roberto Estrada and Luis Campos.

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1908 BRITISH OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	NAT  SC  MONEY
Albert Lichtman GER   -7  $1,754
Benedict GleasonENG   -2  $1,072
Carlton Andrusiak AUS +1   $780
Thomas Milne    SCO   +1   $780
Henry Rosenbaum ENG   +3   $390
Gus Johnson      US   +3   $390
Walt Berry       US   +3   $390
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Oakmont in Pennsylvania hosted the 1908 PGA Championship which was won by Winston Hammonds. The English golfer finished two strokes up on Liam Hogan, Freeman Belanger and Gordon Dendy. For Hogan and Dendy the near misses without a major continue. Lord Lovett and James Fox were also in contention as was Calvin Baumgarter, who finished tied for 11th.

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1907 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	  NAT  SC  MONEY
Winston Hammonds  ENG  +15  $1,709
Liam Hogan        SCO  +17  $1,045
Freeman Belanger   US  +17  $1,045
Gordon Dendy       US  +17  $1,045
Lord Lovett       ENG  +18   $380
James Fox	  US  +19   $360
Carlton Andrusiak AUS +19   $360
Harris Murphy     SCO +19   $360
Clem Jordan       US  +19   $360

Here are the golfers who have won at least two majors. No changes to the list as all four winners this year claimed their first major titles.
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MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Calvin Baumgartner	5
Thomas Milne		3
Lord Lovett		3
Fritz Hobbs		2
Frenchy Savard		2
James Foxx		2
Milo Lawrence		2
Walter Mathis		2
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