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1905 part II

1905 - Other Sports


HOCKEY

For a change the Stanley Cup winner was not named the Montreal Wanderers. It was not because another club finally knocked off the 4-time champions but instead because the Wanderers franchise was sold to new owners. The team remained in Montreal, at least for the time being, and was rebranded as the Montreal Maroons. Call it what you want, the franchise still made the playoffs but this time they were in an unfamiliar spot as the Maroons finished second to the Ottawa Senators in the regular season.

It made no difference come playoff time as the Maroons won yet again, beating Ottawa 2 games to one with the deciding game ending on an overtime goal by Denis Ryan, who was named playoff MVP. Ryan also won the league scoring title but it was teammate Joseph Matheson who was named regular season MVP for the 3rd time in his career.

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ULCHL STANDINGS 1905-06
TEAM			GP  W  L  T  PTS
Ottawa Senators		40 21 11  8  50
Montreal Maroons        40 20 15  5  45
Toronto St Pats		40 19 17  4  42
Quebec Bulldogs		40 17 17  6  40
Hamilton Tigers		40 15 17  8  38
Montreal Canadiens      40 10 25  5  25

SCORING LEADERS	     TM     GP   G  A  PTS
Denis Ryan	    MonM    40  11 24  35
Samuel Sproule	    Que     40   8 27  35
Derek Edur	    Que	    35  18 16  34
Richard McVeigh     Tor     40  18 16  34
Patrick Harper	    MonM    40  12 21  33
Sailor Hilborn	    MonC    40  15 17  32

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Tiny Grinnell College in Iowa won a National Championship in 1905 following a perfect season. In real life Grinnell is now a D-3 team but they have a rich history including hosting the first college football game played west of the Mississippi in 1889. Grinnell was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference in the early days and actually tied for the conference title in 1929.

In this sim, Grinnell has had seasons of 7-5,6-6,7-5 and 9-3 before there perfect run this year. They don't play the toughest schedule in the MVC but a Cotton Bowl win over 11-1 (entering the game) Washington gave the Pioneers their perfect season. They beat the Huskies handily as well, with the final score 34-16. Grinnell's senior running back Tex Blanton had an outstanding season with 1,818 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns. In 49 career games at Grinnell, Blanton would rush for 6,396 yards which placed him second all-time.

Michigan and Notre Dame could perhaps each make a case for deserving the number one ranking as their schedule's were much harder. Unfortunately each club stumbled once during the regular season but both recovered with solid bowl wins. The Wolverines hammered Cal 40-3 in a Rose Bowl rematch while Notre Dame doubled Texas Tech 28-14 in the Sugar Bowl. Other bowl games saw Utah beat Duke 31-28 in the Orange Bowl, Harvard blasted North Carolina 50-17 in the Tangerine Bowl, Northwestern topped Villanova 39-10 in the Gator Bowl while New Mexico beat Furman 30-20 in the Citrus Bowl.

It must have been quite the season in the Western Conference as Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Minnesota all finished in the top 14 with Michigan State just outside the top twenty. Unfortunately, they all beat up on each other denying any of them a National Title.

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AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP TWENTY RANKINGS
    SCHOOL		RECORD   COACHES POLL 
 1  Grinnell		13-0		 1
 2  Michigan		12-1		 2
 3  Notre Dame		12-1		 3
 4  New Mexico		11-2		11
 5  California		11-2		15
 6  Texas Tech		11-2		 6
 7  Duke		12-1		 7
 8  Utah		11-2		 5
 9  Tennessee		10-2		 4
10  Northwestern	10-3		13
11  Washington		11-2		10
12  Stanford		10-2		14
13  Ohio State		10-2		17
14  Minnesota		10-2		 8
15  Kansas State	10-2		 9
16  Furman		11-2		12
17  Pittsburgh		 9-3		17
18  Fordham		 9-3		46
19  San Francisco	10-2		57
20  Kansas		 9-3		18


COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Defending National Champion Indiana had a huge season but it was a year of upsets in the NCAA tournament and for the first time in the tournament's 5 year history, the Hoosiers failed to make the Final Four. Indiana went 32-2 on the year, losing to Kansas in December and not dropping another game until they were upset by 3 seed Cincinnati in the Midwest Regional Final. It was a rough tournament for number one seeds as North Carolina was shocked in it's South Region opener by tiny Muhlenburg College as the 8th seed pulled out a 64-62 victory. In the end the four seed Bradley would come out of the South after the Braves beat 3 seed LSU handily in the regional final. It was the same in the East as number one seed Holy Cross lost to the 8th seeded Ivy League champs Dartmouth in the tournament opener. West Virginia, a 3 seed this year, would advance from the East Region. The only number one to reach the final four came from out west as Pacific Coast Conference champion Cal beat conference rival and 7 seed Washington in the West Final, after the Huskies had knocked off number 2 Oklahoma A&M and number 6 Kansas in successive games.

As the only 1 seed to make it to the Final Four, the California Bears were the favourites on the final weekend. Cal had a new head coach in Toby Rogers, who had spent the previous 4 seasons at West Virginia and won an NCAA title with the Mountaineers. Rogers would be named NCAA coach of the year this season but he inherited a ton of talent with the Bears including senior SF Jerry Winkler, who would be a first team all-american, and guards Dooley Conti and Joe Darling - both seniors who would be named 3rd team All-Americans. Their opponent would be Bradley, 25-6 and in it's second final four in three years. Despite a game high 30 points from junior forward Stewart Albers, the Braves fell 83-73 as Cal got 25 points from Conti and 20 from Winkler.

The other semi-final had Cincinnati making it's first final four appearance against West Virginia, which had won the National Championship two years ago and lost in the title game last season. The young Bearcats, led by 14 points each from sophomore Ensign Collins and true freshman Mem Charron, would upset the experienced Mountaineers 76-68 to advance to the title game.

After a tight first half that saw California leading by just 1 point, the Bears pulled away in the second half and ended up beating Cincinnati by 7 to win the National Championship. It was the experienced senior guards of Cal that made the difference as Dooley Conti had 24 points and Joe Darling added 18 to go along with 8 assists.



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1905-06 CONFERENCE STANDINGS
(T-in 32 team Tournament)
WESTERN      CW CL   W  L
Indiana	-T   12  0  31  2
Iowa -T	     10  2  23  7
Northwestern  7  5  18 12
Michigan      6  6  13 17
Ohio State    6  6  16 14
Minnesota     6  6  12 17
Illinois      5  7  14 15
Purdue        3  9   7 22
Wisconsin     3  9   9 20
Chicago	      3  9   7 22

IVY GROUP     CW CL   W  L 
Dartmouth -T   6  4  14 18
Yale           6  4  19 11
Columbia       6  4  14 15
Pennsylvania   5  5  12 18
Princeton      4  6  11 18
Cornell        3  7  10 19

MISSOURI VALLEY CW CL   W  L 
Kansas State -T 10  2  27  5
Kansas -T	 9  3  19 12
Missouri -T	 7  5  19 11
Oklahoma	 6  6  16 13
Iowa State	 5  7  12 18
Nebraska	 3  9   5 23
Drake   	 2 10   6 23

MOUNTAIN STATES  CW CL   W  L
Colorado -T	  7  1  21  9
Colorado A&M      3  5  16 13
Denver		  2  6   7 22

PACIFIC COAST    CW CL   W  L
Cal-T		  6  1  30  4
Idaho		  5  2  14 16
Washington -T	  4  3  21 11
Washington State  3  4  17 13
Stanford	  3  4  16 13
Oregon State	  3  4  17 12
Southern Cal      2  5  13 17
Oregon	-T  	  2  5  19 12

SOUTHERN	 CW CL   W  L
North Carolina-T 10  1  26  6
Kentucky -T	  9  2  25  9
N Carolina St -T  8  3  26  9
Virginia  -T	  7  4  25  8
Clemson		  6  5  12 18
Georgia Tech      6  5  16 15
Alabama 	  5  6  16 14
Alabama Polytech  5  6  13 18
Tennessee	  3  8   8 22
Georgia		  3  8   6 23
Virginia Tech	  2  9   7 22
Mississippi State 2  9   6 23

SOUTHWEST	 CW CL   W  L
Oklahoma A&M  -T  9  1  26  5
Rice		  6  4  15 14
Texas A&M  	  5  5  12 17
SMU  -T		  5  5  18 12
Texas		  3  7  12 17
Baylor		  2  8  12 17

TOP INDEPENDENTS	 W  L 
West Virginia	-T	28  6
Holy Cross  -T		27  4
Duquesne  -T		26  4
Utah	-T		26  6
Cincinnati -T		26  8
Bradley	-T		25  8
LSU	-T		25  8
South Carolina	-T	24  6
Notre Dame -T		23  7
Saint Louis  -T		22  9
Muhlenburg  -T		21 10
Michigan State	-T	20 10
TCU	-T		20 10
Miami(Oh)  -T		20 12
Dayton	  -T		20 12
Boston College		19 10
Arizona State		19 11
Louisville  -T		19 12
Georgetown		17 12
New York University	17 12
Ohio			17 12
UCLA			17 12
St John's		17 13
Pittsburgh		17 13
Duke			17 13
Bowling Green		16 13
Marshall		16 13
Rutgers			16 13
St Mary's		16 13
Tulsa			16 13
Northern Colorado	16 13
Wyoming			16 13
Maryland		16 13
George Washington	16 14
St Joseph's(Pa)		16 14
Florida			15 14
Marquette		15 14
Penn State		15 14
Santa Clara		15 14
Seton Hall		15 14
Temple			15 14
The National Player of the Year was Holy Cross center Wally Schmidt. The 6'10" junior from Burnt Hills, New York averaged 17.7 ppg for the 27-4 Crusaders this season. He was ranked the 51st best prospect in his high school senior year but made the National All-Freshman team before being named a 3rd team All-American last year as a sophomore. Schmidt was joined by one other Junior as first team All-Americans this year in Indiana guard John Lesley. The other three were all seniors but only two of them, Oklahoma A&M PF Big Roe and Kentucky guard Karl Hudson, would be selected in the EBL draft. Both were late second round picks with Roe going to Wilmington and Hudson to Patterson.

The Freshman of the Year was Kentucky guard Pug Marvin, who you may recall was talked about last year when he was the MVP of the High School all-star game. Marvin, from Buffalo, was a starter right away as a freshman at Kentucky, averaging 11.8 ppg on the season as he helped Kentucky to a 25-9 record and to the regional semi-finals.

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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
Despite missing the Final Four for the first time in school history, Indiana still had plenty to crow about in 1905-06. Not only did the Hoosiers win at least a share of the Western Conference title for the fourth time in 5 years, they also finished with the best record in college basketball at 31-2 and are 154-18 since the sim began in 1901. Indiana also came away with the top recruiting class this year led by 3 guards ranked in the top twenty players: Bob DeLuca, who was Mr. Basketball in Illinois, Fay Anthony the top player in Tennessee high school ball and Georgia high school player of the year LeGrant Bingham.

The second best recruiting class belong to Duquesne as the Dukes landed #5 Eddie Aldridge, a guard from Seneca, South Carolina, #6 Ed Patterson a forward from Newfield, New York and the 10th ranked player in Odenville, Alabama PG Luther Bracken. The top recruit in the nation was Rocky Mount, North Carolina forward Ralph Ridgway and he would choose Cincinnati with Duquesne also in the running.


PRO BASKETBALL

The Eastern Basketball League expanded to 11 teams this season with the addition of another Pennsylvania based team in the McKeesport Keys. The Keys would finish last overall in the league, compiling a 12-48 record on the season. However, McKeesport can take comfort in the potential for their future just by looking at what another expansion team in the Reading Bears accomplished in their second season. After finishing in the West Division cellar in their inaugural year last season, the Bears won the West Division with a 38-22 record. The Bears success can be pinned on three players: All-Star guard George Green who averaged 18.1 ppg and 10.2 assists per game, second year shooting guard Otho Legg, who averaged 18.9 ppg and rookie of the year Al Margolis. The West Virginia product led the Bears in scoring and was the league's top rookie despite not being drafted until the second round.

A big reason why Wilmington fell to second place in the West was the fact that center Dick Hauge missed the final 13 games due to injury. He was still a first team all-star and led the league in points per game but the time off cost Hauge a second straight MVP award. Instead the MVP went to Willard McNew of Pittsburgh Homesteaders, who fell to 4th this year. The Philadelphia Wheelers were third for the third year in a row with Josef Wettermann and Joe Hubbard again leading the way.

The East Division belonged to the New York Wanderers as they enjoyed their best season yet, going 43-17. The Wanderers had four solid scoring threats in returning stars Ciriaco Ferrer (21.7 ppg) and Chester Lee (19.0 ppg) plus Duane Taylor (14.9), a 3rd year center who came over from Camden, and rookie forward Deacon Mitchel, who averaged 16.7 ppg after being selected 10th overall out of Duquesne. The offensive firepower made the Wanderers the first EBL team to average over 100 points per game.

Second place Paterson was nearly as strong offensively as the Wanderers. The Crescents had 3 twenty-point per game scorers in Wally Baker, Al Humphry and Jimmy Hurlburt. Camden, led by Bennie Lent and Rufus Nickerson, finished third. Fourth place Bristol leaned heavily on Harvy Stevens but it looks like he may finally have someone to play with as newcomer Buddy Neville made the All-Rookie team after being selected first overall out of Bradley. Ed Brayton, a second year pro out of Indiana, also gives Bristol fans some hope for the future. The Trenton Potters dropped to last place after finishing second a year ago primarily because of an injury that cost Orlin Burdick more than half of the season. Corky Gipson (20.8 ppg) and Rags Hockett (19.1 ppg) still excelled but there was not enough depth with Burdick sidelined.

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1905-06 EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
EAST DIVISION		 W  L   GB
New York Wanderers	43 17   -
Paterson Crescents	39 21   4.0
Camden Electrics	29 31  14.0
Bristol Pile Drivers	28 32  15.0
Trenton Potters		20 40  23.0

WEST DIVISION		 W  L   GB
Reading Bears		38 22    -
Wilmington Peaches	36 24   2.0
Philadelphia Wheelers	34 26   4.0
Pittsburgh Homesteaders 32 28   6.0
Johnstown Johnnies	19 41  19.0
McKeesport Keys		12 48  26.0

SCORING LEADERS    TM    PPG
Dick Hauge	  WIL   28.8
Wally Baker	  PAT   26.2
Bennie Lent	  CAM   24.4
Willard McNew     PIT   23.2
Joe Hubbard	  PHI   21.7
Ciriaco Ferrer    NY    21.7
John Benda	  McK   21.7
Al Humphry        PAT   20.8
Corky Gipson      TRE   20.8
Jimmy Hurlburt    PAT   20.6
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1905-06 ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM		PPG    RPG  APG  SPG  BKPG
C Dick Hauge		Wilmington	28.8  10.9  1.9  0.5  4.8 
F Willard McNew	        Pittsburgh      23.2  11.1  2.2  1.1  3.0 MVP
F Wally Baker		Paterson        26.2   8.3  1.9  1.2  1.3
G George Green		Reading		18.1   5.6 10.2  1.6  0.2
G Bennie Lent	        Camden		24.4   5.1  3.1  1.2  0.9
With Dick Hauge still sidelined the Wilmington Peaches were no match for Reading in the West Semi-Final and the Bears prevailed in 4 games. The East semi-final went the distance with New York winning two at home, before dropping Games 3 and 4 in Paterson. With home court advantage again in the 5th game, the Wanderers squeaked out a 112-109 victory to clinch the series. Jimmy Cunningham, a little talked about third year PG, was on fire in the game, pacing the Wanderers with 25 points while Ciriaco Ferrer and Deacon Mitchell each added 20.

New York's high octane offense was too much for Reading in the finals as the Wanderers swept the series in 3 games. Game 1 saw Cunningham get 27 points and Ferrer 26 in a 117-99 win. Game Two New York won 109-103 behind 25 points from Ferrer and 21 from reserve forward Foster Shanks. The final game was 116-105 as Chester Lee scored 26 while Ferrer and center Duane Taylor each potted 20. Jimmy Cunningham, who enjoyed a breakout playoff, was named the post-season MVP. Cunningham played two seasons at Oklahoma A&M and was the Southwest Conference player of the year in his final season before being taken 4th overall by the Wanderers. He has spent 3 seasons in the New York backcourt and averaged 15.7 ppg and 9.7 apg while being overshadowed by stars Ferrer and Lee.


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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
GOLF


THE MASTERS
Calvin Baumgartner's dominance in Major Tournaments added another chapter as the 33 year old added a Green Jacket to his collection of titles that includes two British Open and two US Open championships. Baumgartner came to Augusta red-hot, having won in Arizona and finished in the top ten in both the Utah and Miami Beach Opens the month before. He would win The Masters by two strokes over another talented golfer in James Fox. Despite some strong showing in recent years, Fox remains glued on two major titles.

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1905 MASTERS LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	NAT  SC  MONEY
Cal Baumgartner  US  +4   $1,619
James Fox	 US  +6    $990
Mackenzie Smith SCO  +6    $990
Colin O'Higgins IRE  +6    $990
Lord Lovett     ENG  +7    $380
Zack Sullivan    US  +8    $341
Matthew Allan   SCO  +8    $341

US OPEN
Brae Burn in Massachusetts hosted it's first US Open in 1905 and the winner was Clem Jordan, an American golfer who had come close in the past but had never won a major. James Fox and Irishman Colin O'Higgins followed up strong showings at Augusta with another top five finish for each of them while last year's US Open runner-up Gordon Dendy was also in contention.

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1904 US OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	NAT   SC  MONEY
Clem Jordan      US   -7  $1,799
Allen Lane       US   -5  $1,100
Colin O'Higgins IRE   -3    $800
Finn Drysdale   AUS   -2    $500
James Fox	 US   -2    $500
Gordon Dendy     US   -1    $379
Luther Swartz    US   -1    $379
BRITISH OPEN
The British Open returned to St Andrews for the fourth time and native Scotsman and Euro Tour regular Angus Wilson came away with his first major victory. The 31 year old finished 2 strokes ahead of American Rudy Shaw. Frenchy Savard was in contention in a major for the first time since winning a pair of them a year ago. Savard finished in a tie for 6th place, 6 strokes back.

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1905 BRITISH OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	NAT  SC  MONEY
Angus Wilson    SCO  -3  $1,754
Rudy Shaw       US   -1  $1,072
Michael Tracis  US   +1   $780
Harris Crawford US   +2   $487
Floyd Foale     US   +2   $487
Frenchy Savard  US   +3   $370
Luther Swartz   US   +3   $370
Thomas Milne    SCO  +3   $370
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Flossmoor Country Club in Illinois played host to the 1905 PGA Championship. The course was also home to the initial PGA in 1896, an event won by James Fox. Fox had another strong showing this year, finishing in a tie for 10th with young German Albert Lichtman. The winner was a first-time major champ who has rarely been seen on the leaderboard of a major tournament. A 37 year old golfer by the name of Fritz Hobbs. Hobbs took the lead on Thursday with a 4-under par 68, dropped following back to back 75's on Friday and Saturday before finishing with a 71, the best round of the day, on Sunday to win by 3 strokes. Vince Cummins finished second on the strength of 3 straight par rounds, but a 76 on Thursday which left him 8 strokes back was too much to overcome. Ireland's Liam Hogan was the leader entering Sunday but he imploded with a final round 79 and remains in search of his first major.

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1905 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD
NAME	    	NAT  SC  MONEY
Fritz Hobbs      US  +1  $1,709
Vince Cummins    US  +4  $1,045
Liam Hogan      IRE  +7   $760
Michael Travis   US  +8   $475
Ike Hill	 US  +8   $475
Rip Olson	 US  +8   $475
Colin O'Higgins IRE  +9   $341
Jeff Lawrence    US  +9   $341 
Jordan Ritchie  SCO  +9   $341

Here is the list of all-time major winners thru 1905 (minimum 2 titles)
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MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Calvin Baumgartner	5
Frenchy Savard		2
James Foxx		2
Milo Lawrence		2
Walter Mathis		2
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