TIGER FAN'S SPORTING NEWS: A multi-sport dynasty - Page 12

seth70liz76 · 10-08-2004, 05:35 PM

NP--I hope to have the "draft" version done this weekend. I can tell you now it will definately need some tweaking as far as cell/sheet links. But I think it will be workable, just not as efficient as it could/will be.

Vris · 10-08-2004, 06:23 PM

Thanks for the response TigerFan. I love this report and I check it whenever it has been updated.

Your analysis of the New England teams was outstanding. Thanks for that report and looking forward to the next installment.

Tiger Fan · 10-08-2004, 07:08 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MARCH 30, 1947

BILLY REAY HAT TRICK HELPS HABS EVEN SERIES WITH DETROIT
Billy Reay scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-3 win over the Red Wings in Detroit. The Habs victory evens the best of seven semi-final at 1 game apiece with games 3 and 4 in Montreal this weekend. Reay scored the first three Montreal goals as the Canadiens built a 3-1 lead after two periods. The game was more lobsided than the score indicated as Montreal had outshot Detroit 42-18 through two periods. Only a second straight outstanding effort from Red Wings goaltender Harry Lumley kept the Canadiens from reaching double-digits on the scoreboard. For the game Montreal outshot Detroit 59-29.

Leo Gravelle, Jimmy Peters and Maurice Richard also scored for the Canadiens while Ted Lindsay, with a pair, and Jim Conacher where the Detroit marksmen.

GAME SUMMARY
P E R I O D 1
MON Billy Reay 2 (George Allen) 3:33
DET Jim Conacher 2 (Ted Lindsay) 14:15
MON Billy Reay 3(unassisted) 17:38
Penalties: Jackson Det roughing 9:41; Chamberlain Mon roughing 10:26; Mosdell Mon boarding 12:05

P E R I O D 2
MON Billy Reay 4 (Leo Gravelle) 16:25
Penalties: Reardon Mon elbowing 8:17

P E R I O D 3
MON Leo Gravelle 1 (Billy Reay) 1:11
DET Ted Lindsay 1 (unassisted) 5:58
DET Ted Lindsay 2 (Billy Taylor) 9:37
MON Maurice Richard 2 (Toe Blake, Elmer Lach) 13:17
MON Jimmy Peters 1 (Buddy O'Connor) 14:30
Penalties: Murph Chamberlain Mon major 17:32

SHOTS ON GOAL
MON Durnan 9 9 11=29
DET Lumley 19 23 17=59

LEAFS BLOWOUT RANGERS IN SERIES OPENER
Rookie Howie Meeker scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs shelled Chuck Rayner and the New York Rangers 5-1 in the opener of their best of seven semi-final series at Madison Square Garden. Meeker's goals both came in the second period with the first one being a shorthanded marker that took the wind out of the Rangers sails and gave Toronto a 3-0 lead at the time. Bill Ezinicki, Harry Watson and Bud Poile also scored for the Leafs who firesd 39 shots at Rayner and Sugar Jim Henry, who took over in the New York cage midway through the third period.

Game 2 of the series is Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

GAME SUMMARY
P E R I O D 1
4:55 TOR Bill Ezinicki 1 (T Kennedy, V Lynn)
Penalties: Boesch Tor elbowing 17:14; Boesch Tor slashing 19:20

P E R I O D 2
TOR Harry Watson 1 (T Kennedy, G Mortson) 7:54
TOR Howie Meeker 1 (G Bodnar, G Boesch) 12:09 SH
TOR Howie Meeker 2 (unassisted) 17:56
Penalties : Lynn Tor tripping 11:23

P E R I O D 3
TOR Bud Poile 1 (unassisted) 3:47
NY Rene Trudell 1 (C Russell) 4:16
Penalties: Leswick NY elbowing 0:20

SHOTS ON GOAL
Broda Tor 10 8 6=24
Rayner/Henry NY 9 19 11=39

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
WARRIORS SHOOT DOWN STAGS DIVISION TITLE HOPES
Joe Fulks scored 25 points as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Chicago Stags 66-47 and in the process kept the West Division title up for grabs. The Stags are now tied with St Louis for first place in the division with each club having one game remaining. Chicago finishes off the season in Providence on Saturday while the Bombers close out at home to Boston.

Just one game on the schedule for tonight as New York visits Toronto.

Code:

EAST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
WSH	59	46	13	.780	  x
PHI	59	38	21	.644	 8.0
NY	58	30	28	.517	15.5
PROV	59	21	38	.356	25.0
BOS	58	19	39	.328	26.5
Tor	57	14	43	.246	31.0
					
WEST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CHI	59	38	21	.644	  x
STL	59	38	21	.644	  x
CLE	58	33	25	.569	 4.5
DET	59	23	36	.390	15.0
PIT	60	23	37	.383	15.5

LAST NIGHT'S RESULT
Philadelphia 66 Chicago 47

TONIGHT'S GAME
New York at Toronto

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NOTES
JETS RESIGN QUARTERBACK REEVES
After letting him test free agency the New York Jets have decided to retain quarterback Keith Reeves, inking the fourth year pro to a 6 year deal. Reeves was a restricted free agent but received no offers aside from the Jets. He has started every game at quarterback for the Jets each of the last three seasons but his QB rating has gone down and his interceptions have gone up each of the three years. Last season his rating was just 67.5 and he tossed 24 interceptions. He was 12-4 and helped the Jets to the playoffs in his first season but the club suffered through a 5-11 campaign the following season. Last year New York was 7-9 and missed the playoffs for the second straight season - a first for the franchise that had been in the postseason three of the first four years of the league. The Jets had made a halfhearted effort at signing Vaughn Diedrick but after Diedrick signed with Philadelphia the Jets had to turn their attention back to Reeves.

The Jets also announced they have resigned punter Herb Bright who has been with the club for the past three seasons. The only other signing news came out of St Louis where the Rams resigned kicker Jason Johnson. Johnson was perfect on extra points and 25-for-35 on field goal attempts a year ago.

BOXING NEWS
Charley Williams knocked out Harry Mathews in the second round of their lightheavyweight bout in New York. Mathews seemed to be in control of the round until Williams landed a wild overhead right that landed flush. With a career record of 18-8-1, Williams is moving up the lightheavyweight rankings. Just 20 years old, the Kansas City native is now ranked 9th in his weight class. Mathews suffered his 4th loss to go with 28 victories and he has now slipped out of the top 10 in the weight class. In another lightheavyweight match on the same card Fitzie Fitzpatrick won a split decision over Gus Lesnovich.

In Cannes, Marcel Cerdan retained the European Middleweight Title with a 12th round TKO win over German Jupp Besselmann. Cerdan improves to 25-5 and may be in line for a shot at World Middleweight Champion Tony Zale next year. The loss drops Besselmann to 23-15.

GOLF NOTES
Ryder Cup captains Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton each practiced at the Bayshore Golf and Country Club in Miami Beach, Florida today in preparation for their 36 hole exhibition tournament this weekend. The friendly event, as it is being called, is designed to raise money for and draw attention to this fall's Ryder Cup event which will be held in Portland, Oregon.

Word has it Hogan looked exceptionally sharp and carded a 7 under par 65. Cotton's result from his practice round was not made public.

Tiger Fan · 10-09-2004, 03:30 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY MARCH 31, 1947

TSN NAMES IT'S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ALL-AMERICANS
CCNY RECRUITS CLAIM 2 OF THE 5 SPOT ON TEAM INCLUDING PLAYER OF YEAR MCGUIRE
New York City guard Al *McGuire has been named TSN's High School basketball player of the year. McGuire, who averaged 31.0 ppg, has committed to attend CCNY next year. McGuire's older brother Dick averaged 11.3 ppg as a sophomore for Indiana this season. Al, like his brother, had been heavily recruited by St John'sand Indiana before finally deciding on CCNY.

Joining McGuire in the backcourt on the high school All-America team is point guard Colby Cooper, who averaged 38.5 ppg and 12.6 apg from Prouty (Massachusetts) High School. Cooper will attend Boston College.

A pair of California natives are the forwards on the all-star team. Mel *Hutchins of Sacramento helped his school to the State Finals by averaging 20.0 ppg and 11.5 rpg. He has committed to Oregon. Don *Barksdale from Alisal High School in Salinas is the other forward. He will attend UCLA next year.

At center is Charlie *Share, a 7 footer from Paul Roberson High School in Brooklyn. He had 23.3 ppg and 15.6 rpg. Share will be joining McGuire at CCNY.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Just one game in the Association last night as Toronto surprised New York 56-54. Leo Mogus sent the small but enthusiastic crowd at Maple Leaf Gardens home happy by scoring the final 2 of his 9 points a split second before the final buzzer to give the lowly Huskies their 15th win of the season.

Attention tonight will be focused on Providence and St Louis as the West Division title is up for grabs. Chicago and St Louis are tied for top spot with the Stags visiting Providence for their final game while the Bombers end the season at home against Boston.

Code:

EAST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
WSH	59	46	13	.780	  x
PHI	59	38	21	.644	 8.0
NY	59	30	29	.508	16.0
PROV	59	21	38	.356	25.0
BOS	58	19	39	.328	26.5
Tor	59	15	44	.254	31.0
					
WEST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CHI	59	38	21	.644	  x
STL	59	38	21	.644	  x
CLE	58	33	25	.569	 4.5
DET	59	23	36	.390	15.0
PIT	60	23	37	.383	15.5

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
Toronto 56 New York 54

TONGHT'S GAMES
Toronto at Detroit
Boston at St Louis
Cleveland at Washington
Chicago at Providence

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Both semi-final series resume tonight in NHL playoff action. The Montreal Canadiens return home to the Forum with their series against Detroit knotted at 1-game apiece. The Habs have dominated the play in both games but Red Wing goaltender Harry Lumley has been outstanding. Meanwhile, the New York Rangers will try to turn things around against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The visiting Leafs embarrassed the New Yorkers 5-1 in the series opener on Thursday, chasing Ranger goaltender Chuck Rayner in the process.

HARD TO BELIEVE BUT GOLF SEASON IS HERE
One of the first signs of summer is when we start hearing about golf tournaments. It may be a little early to break out the sun tan lotion but golf is here, well at least it is here if you live in Miami Beach. The Bayshore Golf and Country Club is the host to a special exhibition that is being called a Ryder Cup preview. The Ryder Cup captains, Ben Hogan of the United States and England's Henry Cotton, are competing in a 36-hole event to raise money and attention for this fall's Ryder Cup event which will be held in Portland, Oregon.

The first 18 holes were played Friday in driving winds at the oceanside course. Ben Hogan carded an even par 72 while Cotton exploded on the back nine and finished with a 5 over par 77. "The winds really picked up on the back nine," explained Hogan. "Neither of us had a chance out there."

Hogan was 2 under and Cotton was even par after the front nine before the weather turned and the scores ballooned. They will complete their exhibition today. The PGA season gets underway next week in North Carolina with the Greater Greensboro Open at the Forest Oaks Country Club.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NOTES
STEELERS RESIGN MARANGI
Mickey Marangi has agreed to a 6 year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The running back gained a career high 1100 yards rushing last year, despite starting just 8 games. In 5 of his 8 starts he rushed for over 100 yards. Marangi missed 2 full games and parts of 2 others with injuries. He is expected to battle second year back Elmer *Angsman for the starting assignment.

In other signing news the Houston Texans resigned RFA Gus Barton. The backup running back gained 517 yards and started 4 games last season. Washington also signed a back-up running back. Art Richards agreed to a 4-year deal with the Redskins that keeps him as Bob *Seymour's understudy in the nation's capitol. Richards gained 213 yards on 56 carries last year. Finally the Bengals resigned kicker Steve Modzelewski to a 1 year deal.

Vris · 10-09-2004, 03:43 PM

"Joining McGuire in the backcourt on the high school All-America team is point guard Colby Cooper, who averaged 38.5 ppg and 12.6 apg from Prouty (Massachusetts) High School. Cooper will attend Boston College."

Wait, back it up. Is this a fictional player? I went to David Prouty High School in Massachusetts. Is this just a coincidence?

Tiger Fan · 10-09-2004, 05:22 PM

Co-incidence. All college players without an *asterisk beside their last name are fictional players created by TDCB. Hutchins, Barksdale, Share and McGuire (oops, forgot the * for McGuire) were all real life players I added to the high school pool at the beginning of the TDCB season. I was going to name another real-life player to round out the all-america team but the fictional game created Cooper's stats were too amazing to overlook.

TDCB uses real high school names in it's game but it is still quite a coincidence that one of the 5 players I mention went to the same high school as a reader of this thread.

On the bright side, I guess you have another player to follow through this dynasty.

Vris · 10-09-2004, 08:10 PM

That's pretty nuts. Well let's go Colby Cooper!

goroyals · 10-09-2004, 09:45 PM

Great idea to go to the daily formats, the amount of detail is just amazing.

Tiger Fan · 10-10-2004, 02:25 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY APRIL 1, 1947

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
BRODA SHUTOUT BACKSTOPS LEAFS TO SWEEP IN NEW YORK
Toronto goaltender Turk Broda turned aside all 35 New York shots as the Maple Leafs blanked the Rangers 1-0 to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven semi-final series. The only goal of the game was scored when Leaf forward Bill Ezinicki redirected a Garth Boesch shot from the point past New York netminder Chuck Rayner. Broda was the difference in the game, particularily in a third period in which the Rangers repeatedly buzzed the Toronto cage and outshot the Leafs 12-3.

The Leafs will look to complete the series sweep with wins on home ice in games 3 and 4 which are slated for Tuesday and Wednesday at Maple Leaf Gardens.

SCORING SUMMARY
P E R I O D 1
No scoring
Penalties- Mortson Tor holding 4:20

P E R I O D 2
TOR Bill Ezinicki 2 (G Boesch) 15:45
Penalties - Ezinicki Tor roughing 9:56

P E R I O D 3
No scoring
Penalties - Meeker Tor slashing 0:07; Kennedy Tor interference 2:47; Lynn Tor high sticking 12:16

SHOTS ON GOAL
Rayner NY 9 8 3=20
Broda Tor 13 11 12=36

SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto
Thursday March 29 at New York Leafs 5-1
Saturday March 31 at New York Leafs 1-0
Tuesday April 3 at Toronto
Wednesday April 4 at Toronto
Friday April 6 at New York (if necc)
Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc)
Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc)

WINGS TAKE 2-1 SERIES LEAD ON RARE GOAL BY DEWSBURY
Rookie Detroit Red Wings defenseman Al Dewsbury scored only 5 goals during the regular season but he could not have picked a better time to get the first playoff goal of his NHL career. Dewsbury's shot from the point with 1:31 remaining in regulation got through a maze of bodies and behind Montreal goaltender Bill Durnan to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 victory and a 2 games to one lead in their best of seven semi-final series with the Montreal Canadiens.

After a scoreless first period in which Detroit outshot Montreal 14-8 the Red Wings made Montreal pay for a high sticking penalty on Leo Gravelle. Ted Lindsay's one-timer on the powerplay beat Durnan to the stick side and gave the Wings a 1-0 lead midway through the second period. Montreal evened the score 7 minutes into the third period as Maurice Richard notched his third goal of the series.

Game 4 will be tonight in Montreal.

SCORING SUMMARY
P E R I O D 1
no scoring
Penalties: Reise Det tripping 2:05; Bouchard Mon unsportsmanlike 5:54; Bouchard Mon roughing 17:51; Couture Det high sticking 19:18

P E R I O D 2
DET Ted Lindsay 3 (Reise) 6:54 powerplay
Penalties: Gravelle Mon double minor high sticking 5:52; Harmon Mon cross-checking 11:43; Stewart Det roughing 14:47

P E R I O D 3
MON Maurice Richard 3 (Lach, Reardon) 7:51
DET Al Dewsbury 1 (Bruneteau, J Conacher) 18:29

SHOTS ON GOAL
Durnan MON 14 14 9=37
Lamley DET 8 12 11=31

SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal
Tuesday March 27 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2
Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Montreal 6-3
Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1
Sunday April 1 at Montreal
Wednesday April 4 at Detroit
Saturday April 7 at Montreal (if necc)
Sunday April 8 at Detroit (if necc)

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
STAGS AND BOMBERS BOTH LOSE, A 1-GAME PLAYOFF NEEDED IN WEST
The Chicago Stags and St Louis Bombers each lost their final regular season games last night to finish with identical 38-22 records and tied for top spot in the West Division. As a result a one game playoff will be needed to determine the division winner. Chicago won a coin toss last week and will host the playoff game Monday evening.

The Stags missed their chance to clinch the division when they fell 81-67 in Providence. Ernie Calverly had 17 points and Earl Shannon 16 for the upset minded Steamrollers. St Louis was beaten on its home court 56-52 by the Boston Celtics. Johnny Logan, with 16 points, was the only St Louis player to hit double figures in the game.

There were two other games last night. In Detroit, the Falcons dropped Toronto 60-52 while Bob Feerick had 27 points as Washington won a shootout 104-90 over Cleveland. The Washington-Cleveland game had no bearing on the playoff picture so the two teams seemed to be content to play as little defense as possible.

Only one playoff matchup is known. Philadelphia will open it's best of three quarterfinal series in Cleveland on Wednesday. Games two and three (if neccessary) will be Saturday and next Tuesday in Philadelphia.

EDITOR'S NOTE - In one issue earlier I mistakenly wrote that St Louis and Chicago finish the season with a game on Monday. It was not that I had simmed ahead but rather because I was using the real BAA schedule for this season and St Louis and Chicago tied in real life, just like in my sim, for top spot and required a one game playoff. Amazingly, the little quick play program I used to sim the season gave me incredibly accurate results. Below are current standings with real life numbers added at the end.

Code:

                                                  
EAST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB           REAL LIFE
WSH	60	47	13	.783	  x		49-11
PHI	59	38	21	.644	 8.5		35-25
NY	59	30	29	.508	16.5		33-27
PROV	60	22	38	.367	25.0		28-32
BOS	59	20	39	.339	26.5		22-38
Tor	60	15	45	.250	32.0		22-38
					
WEST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB	      REAL LIFE
CHI	60	38	22	.633	  x		39-22 won tiebreaker
STL	60	38	22	.633	  x		38-23 lost tiebreaker
CLE	59	33	26	.559	 4.5		30-30
DET	60	24	36	.400	14.0		20-40
PIT	60	23	37	.383	15.0		15-45

LAST NIGHT'S GAMES
Detroit 60 Toronto 52
Boston 56 St Louis 52
Washington 104 Cleveland 90
Providence 81 Chicago 67

TONIGHT'S GAMES
New York at Philadelphia
Boston at Cleveland
END OF REGULAR SEASON

MONDAY'S GAME
St Louis at Chicago (West tiebreaker)

HOGAN SHOOTS 65 IN RYDER CUP PREVIEW
What a difference a day makes. After Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton struggled through a very windy back nine at Miami Beach's Bayshore Golf Club Friday, the two had little trouble mastering the course on a calm day yesterday.

Hogan shot a 7 under 65 while Cotton carded a 4 under 68. For those keeping track that gave the American Ryder Cup team captain an 8 stroke victory over his British counterpart in the two day event. However, it was more about raising money to get the British team to Portland for the September event than about competitive golf.

PEP TO DEFEND WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE APRIL 26
Featherweight champion of the World Willie Pep will put his perfect 17-0 record and his title on the line April 26th against European Champion Ray Famechon. This will be the first title defense for Pep, who earned the belt last September after winning a 15-round unanimous decision over Sandy Saddler in the post-war tournament final. The Hartford native will defend his title close to home as the bout will be held at the Boston Gardens.

Famechon, a native of France, won the European Title in December when he outpointed Finland's Ellis Ask. His postwar record is 25-11 including a loss to Pep by unanimous decision early in the postwar tournament.

In other news, number one Bantamweight contender Luis Galvani of Cuba will face Mexican Luis Castillo in Mexico City this Tuesday. The 27 year old Galvani is coming off an impressive win over Manny Ortiz that improved his career record to 30-4-1. Castillo, a Mexico City native, is 27-11-3 and considered the 6th best bantamweight fighter in the world. The 25 year old has won his last 8 bouts against steadily improving competition. However, Galvani will be by far his biggest test.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DRAFT WATCH
The NFL draft is just six days away but the Dallas Cowboys are still not tipping their hand as to who they will take with the first overall pick. It appears the Cowboys are still leaning towards taking Michigan defensive end Len *Ford but the Cowboys did bring Northwestern quarterback Otto *Graham in for a second workout over the weekend. However, the Cowboys also brought in former Pennsylvania DE George *Savitsky as well. One thing is for certain, if the Cowboys pass on Graham it is almost a certainty the Tampa Bay Bucs will grab the potential franchise quarterback with the second overall pick.

Based on rumblings draft expert Syd Nyquist now feels the top 5 picks are expected to be:

1- Dallas: Len *Ford DE Michigan
2- Tampa: Otto *Graham QB Northwestern
3- New York Giants: George *Savitsky DE Penn
4- Green Bay: Ken Murphy CB USC
5- Carolina: Paul *Governalli QB Columbia

IT'S APRIL! MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY
The 1947 major league baseball season opens two weeks from today. One game from each league will be played on Sunday April 15th, before the rest of the teams get started over the following couple of days. The National League season opens in Pittsburgh where the pennant winning Pirates will entertain the St Louis Cardinals on opening day. The Bucs return most of the pieces from their pennant winning squad including Cy Young Award winner Cliff Melton who will be the opening day starter. Melton won a career best 28 games a year ago to claim his 4th career Cy Young Award.

The American League schedule opens in New York with the Yankees home to the St Louis Browns. The Browns will also be the visitor on Tuesday April 17th, when the World Series winning Cleveland Indians stage their season opener.

Tiger Fan · 10-10-2004, 11:00 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY APRIL 2, 1947

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
THIRD PERIOD OUTBURST GIVES WINGS COMMANDING LEAD
The Detroit Red Wings scored three goals in the third period to beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 and take a commanding 3 games to 1 lead in their best of seven NHL semi-final series. The Wings can wrap the series up with a win at home on Wednesday.

The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead in the second period when Maurice Richard scored his fourth goal of the series. The Detroit powerplay evened things early in the third when Ted Lindsay scored his 4th goal of the playoffs. Roy Conacher, who scored twice in game one, broke the tie with the eventual game winner on a nice setup from Billy Taylor midway through the third period. Sid Abel iced the game for the Wings with an empty net tally.

SCORING SUMMARY
P E R I O D 1
NO SCORING
Penalties: Bouchard Mon roughing 0:27; Horeck Det charging 12:33; Lach Mon cross-checking 14:59; Stewart Det roughing 14:59; Chamberlain Mon cross-checking 16:59

P E R I O D 2
MON Maurice Richard 4 (unassisted) 8:28
Penalties: Reardon Mon roughing 12:13; Chamberlain Mon fighting major and spearing major, Quakenbush Det fighting major 19:33

P E R I O D 3
DET Ted Lindsay 4 (Abel) 3:23 powerplay
DET Roy Conacher 3 (Taylor, Couture) 11:12
DET Sid Abel 1 (McCaig) empty net 19:58
Penalties: Harmon Mon slashing 6:52

SHOTS ON GOAL
Durnan Mon 8 12 15=35
Lumley Det 10 11 17=38

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
The regular season came to an end last night but there will still be one more game before the playoffs can start. Chicago entertains St Louis this evening in a tiebreaker to determine the West Division regular season champion. Both teams finished with identical 38-22 records after 60 games.

In last night's action Ed Sadowski had 17 points in a playoff tuneup as his Cleveland Rebels dumped Boston 67-62. Sadowski will finish second in the league scoring race behind Philadelphia's Joe Fulks. Fulks added 25 points to increase his league leading scoring average to 24.1 ppg as the Warriors topped New York 73-65. Philadelphia will open the playoffs at Cleveland on Wednesday. The Knickerbockers will also start the postseason Wednesday. They will be home to the loser of the St Louis-Chicago game.

Code:

EAST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
WSH	60	47	13	.783	  x
PHI	60	39	21	.650	 8.0
NY	60	30	30	.500	17.0
PROV	60	22	38	.367	25.0
BOS	60	20	40	.333	27.0
Tor	60	15	45	.250	32.0
					
WEST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CHI	60	38	22	.633	  x
STL	60	38	22	.633	  x
CLE	60	34	26	.567	 4.0
DET	60	24	36	.400	14.0
PIT	60	23	37	.383	15.0

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
Philadelphia 73 New York 65
Cleveland 67 Boston 62
end of regular season

TONIGHT'S GAME
West Division tiebreaker
St Louis at Chicago

NFL DRAFT PROFILE : GLEN DAVIS ARMY
Heisman Trophy winner Glen *Davis looks ahead to this weekend with a lot of excitement but also a little trepidation. The Army running back led his club to a national title and rushed for 1761 yards and 15 touchdowns but that may not be enough to get him selected in the first round of Saturday's NFL draft.

"I feel I have done everything I can," says the talented halfback. "Now it is out of my control."

There is a good chance with the depth at other positions that only one or two running backs will be selected in the first round of the draft. Davis has some stiff competition in St Mary's RB Herm *Wedemeyer and Bob *Fenimore, the standout runner from Oklahoma A&M. A couple of Big 10 backs may also sneak into the first round: Michigan's Bob *Chappuis and Buddy *Young from Illinois.

The most likely destination for Davis is Buffalo. The Bills lost RB Michael Williams to free agency and with the 10th pick are very likely to take a running back. It appears at this stage they favour Davis over Wedemeyer and Fenimore.

Tiger Fan · 10-10-2004, 12:41 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY APRIL 3, 1947

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
CHICAGO WINS TIEBREAKER TO CLAIM WEST DIVISION TITLE
Homecourt advantage helped the Chicago Stags trim the St Louis Bombers 70-67 in a thrilling 1-game playoff to determine the West Division champion. The victory moves Chicago into a best-of-7 semi-final series against the league's best team- the Washington Capitols. St Louis gets the consolation prize of an easier quarterfinal opponent. The Bombers will play New York in a best-of-3 with the winner advancing to the semi-finals against the winner of the Cleveland-Philadelphia series.

Mickey Rottner led the Stags with 15 points, while Don Carlson added 13 and Max Zaslofsky chipped in 12. St Louis got 14 points each from Johnny Logan and Bob Doll while Belus Smawley had 13.

Code:

FINAL BAA STANDINGS
EAST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
WSH	60	47	13	.783	  x
PHI	60	39	21	.650	 8.0
NY	60	30	30	.500	17.0
PROV	60	22	38	.367	25.0
BOS	60	20	40	.333	27.0
Tor	60	15	45	.250	32.0
					
WEST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CHI	61	39	22	.639	  x
STL	61	38	23	.623	 1.0
CLE	60	34	26	.567	 4.5
DET	60	24	36	.400	14.5
PIT	60	23	37	.383	15.5

PLAYOFF MATCHUPS
QUARTEFINAL 'A'
PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3)
Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland
Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia
Tue Apr 10 at Philadelphia (if necc)

QUARTERFINAL 'B'
NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3)
Wed Apr 4 at New York
Sun Apr 8 at St Louis
Tue Apr 10 at St Louis (if necc)

SEMI-FINAL 'C'
WASHINGTON vs CHICAGO (Best of 7)
Thu Apr 5 at Wahington
Sat Apr 9 at Wahington
Tue Apr 10 at Chicago
Thur Apr 12 at Chicago
Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc)
Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc)
Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc)

SEMI FINAL 'D'
Winners of series A and B (best of 3)
Thur Apr 12 at
Sat Apr 14 at
Tue Apr 17 at

FINALS 'E'
Winners of series C and D (best of 7)
dates tba

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FINAL BAA SCORING
SCORING		TEAM	GP	PPG
Joe Fulks	PHI	58	24.1
Ed*Sadowski	CLE	56	18.2
Bob Feerick	WSH	56	17.3
Max Zaslofsky	CHI	54	14.5
Ernie*Calverley	PRO	53	14.4
Stan*Miasek	DET	54	13.9
Freddie Scolari	WSH	55	13.7
Frank*Baumholtz	CLE	58	13.7
Chuck Halbert	CHI	57	13.4
Johnny*Logan	STL	53	13.4
Coulby*Gunther	PIT	60	13.4
John*Janisch	DET	55	12.3
Belus*Smawley	StL	58	12.2
Horace McKinney	WSH	52	12.1
Leo Mogus	TOR	59	12.0
Donald Martin	PRO	52	11.8
Hank Beenders	PRO	56	11.6
Don Carlson 	CHI	52	11.5
Mel Riebe	CLE	50	11.5

TEAM BY TEAM SCORING
WASHINGTON CAPITOLS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Bob Feerick	G	56	969	17.3
Freddie Scolari	G	55	755	13.7
Horace McKinney	F	52	631	12.1
John Norlander	F	52	547	10.5
John Mahnken	C	45	385	 8.6
Irv Torgoff	F	44	358	 8.1
Marty Passaglia	G	48	176	 3.7
Bob Gantt	C	47	142	 3.0
Francis O'Grady	G	39	99	 2.5
Ken Keller	G	42	57	 1.4
				
PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Joe Fulks	F	58	1399	24.1
Angelo Musi	G	52	479	 9.2
Howie Dallmar	F	55	454	 8.3
Ralph Kaplowitz	G	52	391	 7.5
George Senesky	G	49	285	 5.8
Art Hillhouse	C	48	256	 5.3
Jerry Fleishman	G	45	202	 4.5
Alex Rosenberg	G	44	141	 3.2
Fred Sheffield	F	39	118	 3.0
Jerry Rullo	G	38	98	 2.6
				
NEW YORK KNICKS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
John*Palmer	F	58	634	10.9
Sid*Hertzberg	G	54	513	 9.5
Ossie*Schectman	G	55	491	 8.9
Stan*Stutz	G	48	397	 8.3
Tommy*Byrnes	G	49	387	 7.9
Lee*Knorek	C	48	357	 7.4
Hank*Rosenstein	F	47	293	 6.2
Leo*Gottlieb	G	44	241	 5.5
Marion*Cluggish	C	37	150	 4.1
Nat*Militzok	F	37	131	 3.5
				
PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLERS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Ernie*Calverley	G	53	762	14.4
Donald*Martin	G	52	616	11.8
Hank*Beenders	C	56	650	11.6
Earl*Shannon	G	50	555	11.1
George*Mearns	F	49	295	 6.0
Wilfred*Goodwin	F	44	184	 4.2
Forest*Weber	C	48	199	 4.1
Georg*Pastushok	G	44	136	 3.1
George*Grimshaw	G	44	106	 2.4
Bob*Shea	F	41	67	 1.6
				
BOSTON CELTICS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Al*Brightman	F	60	626	10.4
Connie*Simmons	C	56	527	 9.4
Art*Spector	F	42	280	 6.7
Chuck*Connors	F	43	270	 6.3
Wyndol*Gray	G	50	300	 6.0
Adolph*Hoefer	G	54	315	 5.8
Gerard*Kelly	F	51	286	 5.6
Johnny*Simmons	G	43	239	 5.6
Jack*Garfinkel	G	41	208	 5.1
Harold*Kottman	C	40	133	 3.3
				
TORONTO HUSKIES				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Leo Mogus	F	59	708	12.0
Mike McCarron	G	56	519	 9.3
Kleggie Hemsen	C	50	396	 7.9
Red Wallace	G	53	342	 6.5
Roy Hurley	G	42	248	 5.9
Dick Schulz	G	48	283	 5.9
Bob Mullens	F	46	255	 5.5
Bob Fitzgerald	F	38	177	 4.7
Dick Fitzgerald	G	50	207	 4.1
Harry Miller	C	36	105	 2.9
				
CHICAGO STAGS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Max*Zaslofsky	G	54	785	14.5
Chuck*Halbert	C	57	762	13.4
Don*Carlson	G	52	599	11.5
Tony*Jaros	F	54	494	 9.1
Mickey*Rottner	G	41	328	 8.0
Jim*Seminoff	G	50	380	 7.6
Doyle*Parrack	F	42	226	 5.4
Chet*Carlisle	F	46	231	 5.0
Wilbert*Kautz	G	46	228	 5.0
Chuck*Gilmur	F	44	149	 3.4
				
ST LOUIS BOMBERS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Johnny*Logan	G	53	708	13.4
Belus*Smawley	G	58	709	12.2
Bob*Doll	F	51	499	 9.8
George*Munroe	G	49	340	 6.9
Cecil*Hankins	G	48	329	 6.9
Don*Putman	G	48	312	 6.5
Giff*Roux	F	53	322	 6.1
Aubrey*Davis	G	41	200	 4.9
John*Barr	F	46	196	 4.3
Don*Martin	C	42	139	 3.3
				
CLEVELAND REBELS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Ed*Sadowski	C	56	1021	18.2
Frank*Baumholtz	G	58	793	13.7
Mel*Riebe	G	50	575	11.5
Kenny*Sailors	G	48	483	10.1
George*Nostrand	F	46	358	 7.8
Bob*Faught	F	44	298	 6.8
Nick*Shaback	G	47	207	 4.4
Ray*Wertis	G	41	132	 3.2
Irv*Rothenberg	C	42	122	 2.9
Ben*Scharnus	F	48	93	 1.9
				
DETROIT FALCONS				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Stan*Miasek	F	54	753	13.9
John*Janisch	F	55	676	12.3
Ariel*Maughan	F	55	503	 9.1
Bob*Dille	F	51	295	 5.8
Harold*Brown	G	42	212	 5.0
Grady*Lewis	F	46	227	 4.9
Tom*King	G	49	213	 4.3
Art*Stolkey	G	47	197	 4.2
Moe*Becker	G	40	167	 4.2
Milt*Schoon	C	41	105	 2.6
				
PITTSBURGH IRONMEN				
NAME		POS	GP	PTS	PPG
Coulby*Gunther	F	60	801	13.4
John*Abramovic	F	55	599	10.9
Stan*Noszka	G	52	444	 8.5
Hank*Zeller	C	57	443	 7.8
Tony*Kappen	G	45	284	 6.3
John*Mills	C	43	224	 5.2
Peter*Maravich	G	35	163	 4.7
Ed*Melvin	F	52	219	 4.2
Noble*Jorgensen	C	46	187	 4.1
Mike*Bytzura	F	35	126	 3.6

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
The Toronto Maple Leafs look to take a 3-0 series lead over the New York Rangers tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Leafs won the first two games in New York to take a stranglehold on the series. Toronto took the opener 5-1 behind two goals from rookie Howie Meeker. Turk Broda was the hero in game 2 backstopping the Leafs to a 1-0 win as Bill Ezinicki's second period goal accounted for all the scoring.

The other series has Detroit leading Montreal 3 games to one. Game 5 in that series is tomorrow night at The Olympia.

BOXING ROUND-UP
A big fight in the bantamweight division this evening highlights the boxing activity for the week. Luis Galvani of Cuba, the number one contender for Canadian Fernando Gagnon's World Title, faces a stiff challenge in rising Mexican star Luis Castillo.

It is a busy week for boxing fans. Thursday lightweight Enrique Bolanos defends his Mexican title against Mario Trigo in Acapulco. Bolanos is 14-1 with his only loss coming to World Lightweight Champion Ike Williams. Trigo is 13-4 and coming off a loss in Los Angeles to rising lightweight Art Aragon.

Friday heavyweight Lee Q. Murray and Nino Valdes do battle in Hartford. Murray, a 28 year old from South Norwalk, Connecticut native is 10-2 and presently ranked 8th in his weightclass. The 23 year old Valedes is considered Cuba's top heavyweight fighter. His record is 18-3.

Finally on Saturday, top middleweight contender Holman Williams fights Australian Dave Sands in Miami. Williams is 26-1 with his only loss coming to Jake LaMotta in the final of the postwar tournament. Sands is 29-6-1 but has only faced a handful of recognizable fighters.

NFL DRAFT PREVIEW: TWO OUTSTANDING TIGHT ENDS LIKELY FIRST ROUND PICKS
It is conceivable when Saturday's NFL draft is done that a pair of tight ends will have been selected in the top 5 of the draft. The New York Giants, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers - picking third thru 5th - all have a need at tight end. Even if those clubs decide to address other needs then Atlanta at pick 6 or Buffalo at pick 10 may be in the market for a tight end.

There are two tight ends that stand head and shoulders above the pack. Army's Hank *Foldberg had 36 catches and is an outstanding run blocker. He should be ready to step in right away and make an impact in the NFL. The other marquee tight end is Indiana's Pete *Pihos. Blessed with incredible hands Pihos may need some work on his blocking technique but has the potential to be an All-Pro. The knock on Pihos is that some question his work ethic.

If a team does not grab one of those two players they will likely not be in the market for a tight end until at least the third round because beyond the first two there is just no talent available at the position. Which only seems to strengthen the draft position for Foldberg and Pihos.

Le Grande Orange · 10-10-2004, 02:18 PM

Man, gotta love that wacky, NHL-inspired BAA playoff system!

Great work as always, TF.

Tiger Fan · 10-11-2004, 12:42 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY APRIL 4, 1947

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
LEAFS TAKE 3-0 SERIES LEAD WITH WIN OVER RANGERS
Bill Ezinicki and Bud Poile each scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs trimmed the New York Rangers 4-3 to take a commanding 3 games to none lead in the best of seven semi-final series.

The Rangers scored first for the first time in the series as Rene Trudell gave New York a 1-0 lead just over two minutes into the game. The lead, New York's first of the series, was shortlived as 50 seconds later Ezinicki tied the game. By the time the first period was over the Leafs had a 3-1 lead as Poile scored a pair of unassisted goals.

Ezinicki made it 4-1 Toronto in the second period. The Rangers did mount a charge in a wide open third period as Church Russell and Cal Gardner scored to cut the Toronto lead to 4-3. However, Leaf goaltender Turk Broda held the fort in the final minutes to preserve the 4-3 Toronto victory.

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SCORING SUMMARY
 P E R I O D   1
NYR Rene Trudell 2(Hal Laycoe) 2:11
TOR Bill Ezinicki 3(Syl Apps, Wally Stanowksi) 3:01
TOR Bud Poile 2(unassisted) 6:23
TOR Bud Poile 3(unassisted) 14:57
Penalties: Mortson Tor, Moe NY roughing 4:03; Boesch Tor crosschecking 9:26
Meeker Tor rounging 10:18

 P E R I O D   2
TOR Bill Ezinicki 4(Bob Goldham, Wally Stanowski) 15:56
Penalties: Thomson Tor elbowing 0:07; Lynn Tor, Gardner NY roughing 2:53; Ezinicki 
Tor holding 9:53; Mortson Tor roughing 18:10

 P E R I O D   3
NY Church Russell 1(Rene Trudell, Bill Moe) 6:20
NY Cal Gardner 1(Bill Moe) 12:07
Penalties: none

SHOTS ON GOAL
Period         1   2   3  Total
Rayner NY     12  12  18 = 42
Broda Tor      9   5  28 = 42

The Leafs will look to complete the 4 game sweep tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens. Detroit can also wrap up the other semi-final series tonight. The Red Wings host Montreal leading their series 3 games to one.

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal
Tuesday March 27 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2
Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Canadiens 6-3
Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1
Sunday April 1 at Montreal : Red Wings 3-1
Wednesday April 4 at Detroit
Saturday April 7 at Montreal (if necc)
Sunday April 8 at Detroit (if necc)

SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto
Thursday March 29 at New York : Leafs 5-1
Saturday March 31 at New York : Leafs 1-0
Tuesday April 3 at Toronto : Leafs 4-3
Wednesday April 4 at Toronto
Friday April 6 at New York (if necc)
Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc)
Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc)

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
The BAA playoffs get underway tonight on two fronts. Cleveland hosts Philadelphia in game one of their best of 3 quarterfinal series. The key for Cleveland will be to shut down the league's leading scorer in Warriors forward Joe Fulks. The other quarterfinal also starts tonight with New York entertaining St Louis. The final series, a best of 7 semi-final between division winners Washington and Chicago opens in the nation's capital tomorrow night.

BOXING NEWS: GALVANI MOVES A STEP CLOSER TO FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE SHOT
Cuban fighter Luis Galvani looked extremely impressive in winning a unanimous decision over Mexican Luis Castillo in Castillo's hometown. Galvani took the fight to Castillo early and easily won the first three rounds. In round four the tide turned as Castillo worked to slow the fight down and turn it into a wrestling match. The Mexican had some success with that strategy until he began to tire around round 10. From there Galvani completely dominated and knocked Castillo down twice in the final round.

Galvani is the number one contender in the featherweight division and is eyeing a matchup with titleholder Fernando Gagnon of Canada.

NFL DRAFT PREVIEW: THE LINEMEN
If you are a team in need of help at offensive tackle or defensive end than this is the draft for you. The latest mock draft from Syd Nyquist has 4 defensive ends and 4 offensive tackles projected to go in the first round of Saturday's NFL draft.

There is a good chance the number one overall pick will be either Len *Ford of Michigan or George *Savitsky of Pennsylvania. It seems to be a foregone conclusion the Dallas Cowboys will take a defensive end first overall but the question remains which of these two very talented players do the Cowboys prefer?

Ford's Michigan teammate Elmer *Mader may be the third defensive end taken in the first round and before the round ends Navy's Ben *Chase may also hear his name called. If those four are gone in round one a team can still grab a quality pass rushing defensive end in the second round. The top candidates include Harold *Fischer from tiny Southerwestern (Tx) and the Oregon duo of Richard Pricer and Eric Terrell.

The offensive line may not have a top 10 pick but there are plenty of players worthy of a mid to late first round selection. First off the board will likely be Army's Tex *Coulter although Tom *Hughes of Purdue and Warren *Amling of Ohio State will also draw interest. Just a notch below those three are Army's Albert *Nemetz, Notre Dame's George *Connor and Mike *Castonis of Georgia.

Tiger Fan · 10-12-2004, 03:57 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY APRIL 5, 1947

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
RED WINGS ELIMINATE CANADIENS WITH GAME FIVE VICTORY
Billy Taylor and Ted Lindsay each had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings past the Montreal Canadiens 4-2. The victory gave the Red Wings the best-of-seven semi-final series in 5 games.

Once again the big story for Detroit was the play of goaltender Harry Lumley. The Canadiens dominated for most of the game, outshooting Detroit 54-34, but Montreal could only put 2 goals past Lumley.

The Red Wings struck quickly as Billy Taylor scored his first goal of the series just 41 seconds into the game and a minute later Ted Lindsay's power play marker made it 2-0. Montreal got one back late in the period on a Jimmy Peters goal but despite firing 24 shots on Lumley that was all the Canadiens could muster in the first stanza.

The teams traded goals in the second period as Jim Conacher scored for Detroit while Billy Reay replied on the powerplay for Montreal. Midway through the third period Jack Stewart sewed things up for Detroit with his first marker of the playoffs. The Canadiens outshot Detroit 19-7 in a desperate third period but Lumley once again was a brick wall between the pipes.

Detroit will meet the winner of the New York-Toronto series in the Stanley Cup Finals.

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SCORING SUMMARY
 P E R I O D   1
DET Billy Taylor 1(Roy Conacher) 0:41
DET Ted Lindsay 5(Sid Abel, Ed Bruneteau) 1:41 PP
MON Jimmy Peters 2 (unassisted)
Penalties: Reardon Mon roughing 0:57; Chamberlain Mon charging 8:47

 P E R I O D   2
DET Jim Conacher 3(Ted Lindsay) 8:27
MON Billy Reay 5(Leo Gravelle, Ken Reardon) 10:34 PP
Penalties: Lindsay Det holding 8:36; McCaig Det Chamberlain Mon roughing 19:02

 P E R I O D   3
DET Jack Stewart 1(Pete Horeck, Billy Taylor) 11:50
Penalties: Mosdell Mon roughing 4:54

SHOTS ON
Durnan Mon  15  12  7 = 34
Lumley Det  24  11 19 = 54

RANGERS AVOID SWEEP WITH 6-2 WIN IN TORONTO
The New York Rangers now have a pulse in their semi-final series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Trailing 3 games to one it is a very faint pulse but the Rangers played with heart for the first time in the series as they easily manhandled the Maple Leafs 6-2. The series now shifts back to New York for Game 5 on Friday.

The Leafs got on the scoresheet first as Harry Watson lit the lamp 5 minutes into the game but New York responded with a pair of goals of their own. The teams traded goals in the second period before the Rangers exploded for 3 goals in the final 20 minutes. Edgar Laprade led the New York offensive outburst with a goal and two assists while Tony Leswick had a pair of goals.

The key for the Rangers was a pair of powerplay goals. The Leafs are the most penalized team in the league and through the first three games of the series the Rangers were unable to make Toronto pay for it's aggessiveness. The Rangers were 0-for-11 with the man advantage prior to last night when they finally broke through the Toronto penalty killing.

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SCORING SUMMARY
 P E R I O D   1
TOR Harry Watson 2(unassisted) 5:06
NY  Edgar Laprade 1(Bill Moe) 12:16
NY  Bryan Hextall 1(unassisted) 14:19 PP
Penalties: Stewart Tor roughing 1:37; Meeker Tor hooking 13:11

 P E R I O D   2
NY  Tony Leswick 1(Edgar Laprade, Bill Moe) 10:19
TOR Howie Meeker 3(unassisted) 18:09
Penalties: Thomson Tor, Lamirande NY slashing 12:04

 P E R I O D   3
NY  Tony Leswick 2(Edgar Laprade) 7:48 PP
NY  Cal Gardner 2(Alf Pike) 15:18
NY  Church Russell 2(unassisted) 16:26
Penalties: Thomson Tor crosschecking 1:05; Mortson Tor major slashing 2:50; 
Gardner NY tripping 8:36; Lynn Tor delay of game 13:11

SHOTS ON
Broda Tor  10  17  18 = 45
Rayner NY  15  12   7 = 34

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal
Tuesday March 27 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2
Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Montreal 6-3
Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1
Sunday April 1 at Montreal : Red Wings 3-1
Wednesday April 4 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2
Detroit wins best of seven series 4 games to one

SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto
Thursday March 29 at New York : Leafs 5-1
Saturday March 31 at New York : Leafs 1-0
Tuesday April 3 at Toronto : Leafs 4-3
Wednesday April 4 at Toronto : Rangers 6-2
Friday April 6 at New York
Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc)
Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc)

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS
KNICKS AND WARRIORS STRIKE FIRST IN PLAYOFF ACTION
The East Division proved dominant in the first day of BAA playoff action as both Philadelphia and New York came up with opening game victories. The two clubs each hold a 1-0 lead in the short best-of-three quarter-final series.

New York dropped St Louis 69-60 at Madison Square Garden behind a 13 point effort from guard Sidney Hertzberg. Game two in the series will be Sunday night at St Louis. In Cleveland, Joe Fulks made the last two of his 22 points on a pair of free throws with 21 seconds to play giving the visiting Philadelphia Warriors a 77-75 victory over the Rebels. Game 2 will be Saturday night in Philadelphia.

The best-of-seven semi-final begins tonight in Washington with the East Division champion Capitols entertaining the West Division leading Chicago Stags.

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SCORING SUMMARIES
          NEW YORK	PTS	ST LOUIS		PTS
Sid*Hertzberg	G	13	Belus*Smawley	G	15
Lee*Knorek	C	10	Johnny*Logan	G	10
Hank*Rosenstein	F	10	George*Munroe	G	10
John*Palmer	F	 8	Don*Martin	C	 7
Stan*Stutz	G	 8	Bob*Doll	F	 5
Leo*Gottlieb	G	 8	Don*Putman	G	 5
Ossie*Schectman	G	 7	Cecil*Hankins	G	 4
Marion*Cluggish	C	 5	Aubrey*Davis	G	 4
Tommy*Byrnes	G	 0	Giff*Roux	F	 0
Nat*Militzok	F	 0	John*Barr	F	 0
                        69 				60

PHILADELPHIA           PTS	CLEVELAND              PTS
Joe Fulks	F	22	Ed*Sadowski	C	19
Angelo Musi	G	11	Frank*Baumholtz	G	18
George Senesky	G	11	Mel*Riebe	G	14
Howie Dallmar	F	10	Kenny*Sailors	G	 8
Ralph Kaplowitz	G	 8	Nick*Shaback	G	 7
Jerry Fleishman	G	 8	George*Nostrand	F	 5
Art Hillhouse	C	 7	Irv*Rothenberg	C	 2
Alex Rosenberg	G	 0	Ray*Wertis	G	 2
Fred Sheffield	F	 0	Bob*Faught	F	 0
Jerry Rullo	G	 0	Ben*Scharnus	F	 0
			77				75

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DRAFT PREVIEW
IS IT DALLAS OR TAMPA FOR OTTO GRAHAM?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have made no attempt to hide their desire to draft Northwestern quarterback Otto *Graham and barring a trade by Dallas it looks like the Bucs will get Graham with the number two pick in Saturday's NFL draft.

"The Cowboys have decided to go with a defensive end at number one and I highly doubt they will trade down," says TSN Daily draft guru Syd Nyquist. "Dallas loves both of the ends (Len *Ford and George *Savitsky) so they may consider moving down to pick three or four but would not risk go any lower for fear of losing them both. The Giants at pick three have said they will not trade up leaving just Green Bay, with the 4th pick,to throw a wrench into the Bucs plans. However, I cannot see the Packers willing to give up their second round pick to move up because Green Bay just has too many areas of need. As a result the Cowboys will take one of the defensive ends, likely Ford, leaving Graham for the Bucs."

Graham has the potential to be another Sid *Luckman, the type of quarterback that can carry a team to a championship. He is a tremendous athlete, as proven by his ability to start at point guard for the Northwestern basketball team, and has an outstanding arm plus is a very good leader.

Beyond Graham, there are three other quarterbacks who could in the first round. Frank *Albert of Stanford was outstanding in the senior all-star games after leading his school to a 7-2-1 record. Paul *Governali did not have a great supporting cast at Columbia but seems to have all the ingredients to be a solid pro. Charles *Trippi won the Maxwell Award and was a Heisman finalist and led Georgia to a perfect regular season before losing to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl.

RECEIVERS DROP THE BALL
Early in the college season many were projecting this would be one of the strongest group of wide receivers in a draft class in quite sometime. However, a combination of poor postseason play and/or bad combine results have really soured most scouts on this group of wideouts.

Hugh Taylor of Oklahoma and Roger Clark of Tennessee both dropped from potential top 10 picks to mid second rounders after posting some subpar 40 times at the combine. Barney *Poole of Army also suffered the same fate.

"I would still expect 4 or 5 wideouts to go in the first round," explained Nyquist. "But now you will find them in the bottom of the round rather than the top. To be fair it is not all the players fault for the drop-off. Most of the teams picking in the top 15 have far greater needs than receiver."

Look for Oklahoma's Don Schlereth, Hubert *Bechtol of Texas and Tulsa's Camp *Wilson to be the first receivers off the board. Jim Hawthorne of Clemson, Cincinnati's Elbie *Nichol and Army's Barney *Poole may also sneak into the first round.

GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN TEES OFF TODAY
The golf season gets into full swing today with the first official tournament of the year. The Greater Greensboro Open, a warm up to the Masters for nearly a decade, will be the first stop on the tour and the first event to receive the expanded TSN daily coverage in 1947. Unlike last year when we only focused on the 4 majors, TSN will provide coverage throughout the golf season of all 20 events plus the Ryder Cup.

Sam Snead is the defending champion in the event, which once again will be held at the par 71 Starmount Country Club.

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PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN
1946 Sam Snead 270    
1945 Byron Nelson 271   
1944 No Tournament    
1943 No Tournament    
1942 Sam Byrd 279 
1941 Byron Nelson 276    
1940 Ben Hogan 270    
1939 Ralph Guldahl 280   
1938 Sam Snead 272    

Here is the complete calendar of events.

DATE		EVENT			LOCATION		1946 Winner
-------		------------------	-------------		-----------
Apr 5-8 	Greater Greensboro Open	Greensboro		Sam Snead
Apr 12-15	The Masters		Augusta, Ga	 	Ben Hogan 
Apr 26-29	Greater New Orleans 	New Orleans		Byron Nelson
May 3-6		Dallas Invitational	Dallas	 		Ben Hogan
May 10-13	Phoenix Open		Phoenix			Ben Hogan
May 17-20	Bing Crosby Pro-Am	Pebble Beach		not held
May 24-27	San Diego Open		San Diego		not held
M31-Jun 3	Texas Open		San Antonio		Ben Hogan
Jun 7-10	Memphis Open		Memphis CC		not held
Jun 14-17	Canadian Open		Glen Abbey Toronto	George Fazio
Jun 21-24	PGA (match play)	Plum Hollow Detroit	Byron Nelson
Jn 28-Jul 1	Insurance City Open	Hartford CC		not held
Jul 12-15	Irish Open		Portrush		Fred Daly
Jul 19-22	British Open		Royal Liverpool GC	Byron Nelson
Aug 9-12	Colonial National	Colonial GC, Fort Worth	Ben Hogan
Aug 16-19	US Open			St Louis CC, Clayton Mo	Harry Bradshaw
Aug 23-26	Tucson Open		Tucson National		Jimmy Demaret
A30-Sep 2	Western Open		Salt Lake CC		Ben Hogan
Sep 6-9		Los Angeles Open	Los Angeles		Byron Nelson
Sep 13-16	Ryder Cup		Portland GC,  Ore 	 ------
Sep 20-23	Tournament of Champions	Houston	CC		Byron Nelson

BOXING NEWS
One of the top Lightweights in the World is in action tonight as Enrique Bolanos defends his Mexican Lightweight Title against Mario Trigo in Acapulco. Bolanos is 14-1 with his only loss coming to World Lightweight Champion Ike Williams. The 23 year old had won all 14 of his post-war tournament fights before losing to Williams in the championship final last September. This will be his first bout since that defeat. Trigo is 13-4 and coming off a loss in Los Angeles to rising lightweight Art Aragon.

Tiger Fan · 10-14-2004, 01:11 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY APRIL 6, 1947

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS
WASHINGTON TOPS CHICAGO IN OPENER
Bob Feerick had 19 points to lead the Washington Capitols to a 89-83 victory over the Chicago Stags in the opener of their best of seven semi-final series. The Capitols, who had the best record in the league during the regular season, built a big lead on the West Division champion Stags and then hung on for the victory. Game 2 will be Saturday night in Washington before the series shifts to Chicago for the next 3 games.

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SCORING SUMMARY
WASHINGTON             PTS      CHICAGO                PTS
Bob Feerick	G	19	Chuck*Halbert	C	17
Horace McKinney	F	14	Max*Zaslofsky	G	13
Bob Gantt	C	13	Tony*Jaros	F	10
John Norlander	F	12	Jim*Seminoff	G	10
Irv Torgoff	F	11	Chuck*Gilmur	F	10
John Mahnken	C	 7	Mickey*Rottner	G	 9
Marty Passaglia	G	 7	Don*Carlson	G	 8
Freddie Scolari	G	 6	Chet*Carlisle	F	 6
Francis O'Grady	G	 0	Wilbert*Kautz	G	 0
Ken Keller	G	 0	Doyle*Parrack	F	 0
			89				83

QUARTEFINAL 'A'
PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3)
Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland : Warriors 77-75
Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia
Tue Apr 10 at Philadelphia (if necc)

QUARTERFINAL 'B'
NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3)
Wed Apr 4 at New York : Knicks 69-60
Sun Apr 8 at St Louis
Tue Apr 10 at St Louis (if necc)

SEMI-FINAL 'C'
WASHINGTON vs CHICAGO (Best of 7)
Thu Apr 5 at Wahington : Capitols 89-83
Sat Apr 9 at Wahington
Tue Apr 10 at Chicago
Thur Apr 12 at Chicago
Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc)
Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc)
Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc)

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
RANGERS LOOK TO STAY ALIVE WITH A WIN AT HOME
The New York Rangers return to Madison Square Garden tonight with hopes that they will have to pack their bags and take the train back to Toronto immediately following the game. The Rangers beat the Leafs 6-2 Wednesday to stay alive in the best of seven NHL semi-final series. However, Toronto still has a commanding 3 games to one lead and the Leafs took both games in Madison Square Garden to start the series.

A New York win would force game six in Toronto tomorrow night while a Leaf victory would advance Toronto to the Stanley Cup Finals against Detroit. The Red Wings knocked off Montreal in 5 games in the other semi-final.

SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto
Thursday March 29 at New York : Leafs 5-1
Saturday March 31 at New York : Leafs 1-0
Tuesday April 3 at Toronto : Leafs 4-3
Wednesday April 4 at Toronto : Rangers 6-2
Friday April 6 at New York
Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc)
Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc)

GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN
3-WAY TIE AFTER FIRST ROUND OF GGO
Virginia native Chandler Harper was one of 3 golfers to shoot a 5 under par 66 and share the lead after the opening round of the Greater Greensboro Open at the Starmount Country Club.

Joining Harper atop the leaderboard are Herman Barron and Jimmy Adams. Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret are one stroke off the pace. Defending champion Sam Snead shot an even par 71. Those in danger of missing the cut include Byron Nelson and Herman Keiser, who each shot 73, as did British Ryder Cup team captain Henry Cotton.

At stake is over $43,000 in prize money including $7,500 for the winner. Here are the first round results.

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NAME		RD 1
HARPER		66
BARRON		66
ADAMS		66
HOGAN		67
DEMARET		67
REES		68
DALY		68
MIDDLECOFF	68
BURKE JR	68
SHUTE		68
HARRISON	68
VON NIDA	68
LOCKE		69
LAFFOON		69
VAN DONCK	69
REVOLTA		69
WALL		69
LEES		69
THOMSON		70
FERRIER		70
LITTLE		70
WOOD		70
CARR-a		70
RUNYON		70
SNEAD		71
HAMILTON	71
HARMON		71
FAZIO		71
BYRD		71
TURNERSA	71
FURGOL		71
ROSBERG		71
CERDA		72
WORSHAM		72
BOROS		72
BUREN		72
DUTRA		72
FLECK		72
HEBERT		72
NELSON		73
KEISER		73
OLIVER		73
COTTON		73
WARD		73
HORNE		73
FAULKNER	73
DE VICENZO	73
BURTON		73
KING		74
RIEGEL		74
GHEZZI		74
JONES JR	74
METZ		74
FORD		74
BRADSHAW	74
SARAZEN		74
WEETMAN		74
HARBERT		75
BULLA		75
HAEFNER		75
MACKAY JR	75
SMITH		75
MANGRUM		76
STRANAHAN	76
BOLT		77

BOXING
BOLANOS AND TRIGO BATTLE TO DRAW
Enrique Bolanos and Mario Trigo battled to a 15-round draw in a spirited fight for the Mexican Lighweight Championship. By the time it was over both fighter's looked like they had been through a war, and that wasn't far from the truth as it was one of the most active bouts of the year.

Bolanos appeared to have the defense of his title well in hand until Trigo surprised him in the 10th with an uppercut that floored the Mexican Champion. Bolanos recovered enough to keep going but lost the dominance he had in the early rounds. One judge scored it 144-141 Bolanos, a second judge had it 143-142 Trigo while the final judge scored the bout 143-143. A rematch is expected and it will likely be held in mid-June. Bolanos' record sits at 14-1-1 while Trigo is 13-4-1.

Connecticut native Lee Q Murray is set to face his toughest obstacle yet in his efforts to crack the top 5 heavyweight contenders. Murray, with a 10-2 postwar record, meets Cuban champion Nino Valdes, 18-3, in a 15 round bout in Hartford tonight.

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Here are the top 10 heavyweights
CHAMP 	Joe Louis  	 9-0 	Detroit
2	Ezzard Charles	19-1 	Cincinnait
3	Nino Valdes	18-3	Havana, Cuba
4	Nathan Mann	18-5-1	Hamden, Ct
5	Roscoe Toles 	19-4	Detroit
6	Elmer Ray	23-5	Hasting Fla
7	Walter Neusel	22-6	Bochum, Germany: European Champ
8	Joe Walcott	23-2-2	Merchantville, NJ
9	Lee Q Murray	10-2	South Norwalk, Ct
10	Alberto Lovell	20-7-1	Buenos Aires: South American Champ

Dargone · 10-14-2004, 07:29 PM

Tiger Fan is my hero! When I read his dynasty thread(s) it makes me laugh at the silly attempts I've made. You, sir, are the Willie Mays of dynasty reports...

Tiger Fan · 10-14-2004, 11:12 PM

Wow, thanks Dargone. I just try to find a league format that I find enjoyable to follow myself. It's flattering when others are interested in it as well.

Tiger Fan · 10-14-2004, 11:15 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY APRIL 7, 1947

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
LEAFS FINISH OFF RANGERS WITH STUNNING COMEBACK IN GAME 5
Three goals in the final 5 minutes of the third period gave Toronto an improbable come from behind 5-4 victory that ended the New York Rangers season. The Rangers seemed to have the game well in hand up to that point, leading the Leafs 4-2 and totally dominating the play. The a nifty mid ice pass from Ted Kennedy sent Howie Meeker between the New York defense and in alone on Ranger netminder Chuck Rayner. The rookie made no mistake and suddenly the Leafs had life. Toronto buzzed the Rangers net looking for the equalizer and 2 minutes later Bob Goldham's screen shot from the point found it's way behind Rayner to tie the game. The Leafs, sensing the Rangers were ready to fold, were not content to wait for overtime and instead continued to push for the game winning goal. Some terrific forechecking forced Ranger rearguard Joe Cooper to cough the puck up in his own end and Gaye Stewart took advantage blasting a 40-footer past a stunned Rayner with 26 seconds remaining in regulation. Stewart's goal gave the Leafs a 5-4 win and moved them into the Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Red Wings.

NOTES: Both Toronto and Detroit won their first round playoff series in 5 games. The Stanley Cup Finals will begin in Detroit on Tuesday...Leaf goaltender Turk Broda was named the game's first star after making 46 saves...Bill Ezinicki led all scorers with 5 goals in the series.

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SCORING SUMMARY
 P E R I O D   1
TOR Harry Watson 3(Ted Kennedy, Bill Barilko) 14:46
NY  JP Lamirande 1(Cal Gardner, Joe Cooper) 16:54
TOR Bill Ezinicki 5(Vic Lynn, Bill Barilko) 17:56
Penalties: Lynn Tor boarding 3:31; Lynn Tor roughing 5:53

 P E R I O D   2
NY  Bryan Hextall 2(Cal Gardner) 8:17
NY  Bryan Hextall 3(Cal Gardner) 13:36
NY  Church Russell 3(unassisted) 14:00
Penalties: Ezinicki Tor roughing 16:29

 P E R I O D   3
TOR Howie Meeker 4(Ted Kennedy) 15:09
TOR Bob Goldham 1 (Syl Apps) 17:04
TOR Gaye Stewart 1(unassisted) 19:34
Penalties: Thomson Tor elbowing 12:21

SHOTS ON
Broda Tor 10 17 23 =50
Rayner NY 15 13 13 =41

SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal
Tuesday March 27  at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2
Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Montreal 6-3
Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1
Sunday April 1    at Montreal : Red Wings 3-1
Wednesday April 4 at Detroit  : Red Wings 4-2
Detroit wins best of seven series 4 games to one

SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto  
Thursday March 29 at New York :  Leafs 5-1
Saturday March 31 at New York :   Leafs 1-0
Tuesday April 3   at Toronto :  Leafs 4-3
Wednesday April 4 at Toronto : Rangers 6-2
Friday April 6    at New York : Leafs 5-4

SERIES 'C' FINALS Detroit vs Toronto
Tuesday April 10 at Detroit
Thursday April 12 at Detroit
Saturday April 14 at Toronto
Sunday April 15 at Toronto
Tuesday April 17 at Detroit (if necc)
Thursday April 19 at Toronto (if necc)
Saturday April 21 at Detroit (if necc)

TEAM	PLAYOFF LEADERS	    G	A      PTS
DET	Ted Lindsay	    5	2	7
DET	Billy Taylor	    1	6	7
MON	Billy Reay	    5	1	6
TOR	Bill Ezinicki	    5	0	5
NY	Cal Gardner	    2	3	5

NFL DRAFT: COWBOYS PASS ON TRADE, WILL DRAFT SAVITSKY
The Dallas Cowboys reportedly turned down a final offer from the Green Bay Packers last night and will use the number one draft pick on Pennsylvania defensive end George *Savitsky. The deal would have sent young Packer QB Jordan Montana and the 4th pick overall to the Cowboys for the number one pick. According to draft guru Syd Nyquist the Cowboys were concerned that the Giants might grab Savitsky with the third pick so they did not want to risk trading down.

The happiest team at the non-trade news must be Tampa Bay which will get the man the Packers had coveted in Northwestern QB Otto *Graham with the second pick. Next up will be the Giants and who they pick is anyone's guess.

"New York has really played things close to the vest," explains Nyquist. "Many feel they will take either defensive lineman Len *Ford or Stanford QB Frank *Albert but I am hearing some rumbling about Pete *Pihos, the tight end from Indiana. The Giants certainly have needs at each of those positions."

Green Bay wanted Graham but they will likely settle on Albert if the Giants bypass the signal-caller. TSN Daily will have a full analysis of today's draft in tomorrow's issue.

BOXING
LEE Q MURRAY MAKES A STATEMENT
Heavyweight Lee Q Murray delighted the homestate crowd in Hartford by destroying Nino Valdes with a second round knockout. Murray was all over the Cuban, knocking him down 3 times in the second round after chasing him around the ring in the opening round. It was the 28 year old Murray's first real test against a top level opponent and he more than looked up to the challenge, stunning Valdes with a quick uppercut to start the fight and never looking back. Murray improves to 11-2 while Valdes, who entered the fight considered the third best heavyweight in the world, falls to 18-4.

There is a big fight in Miami tonight as top middleweight contender Holman Williams fights Australian Dave Sands. Williams is 26-1 with his only loss coming to Jake LaMotta in the final of the postwar tournament. Sands is 29-6-1 but has only faced a handful of recognizable fighters.

GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN
IRISHMAN DALY OPENS 3 STROKE LEAD
Fred Daly shot a six under par 65 to take a 3 shot lead in golf's season opening event - the Greater Greensboro Open. Coupled with a 68 on Thursday, the 35 year old Daly is 9 under par, 3 shots ahead of Chandler Harper and Peter Thomson. Daly is an unlikely leader, playing in his first North American event. He began his golfing career as a caddie at Royal Portrush Club. At 17 he became professional at Mahee Island, leaving in 1946 to join Balmoral, Belfast before joining the tour this season.

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Below is the list of golfers who made the cut:
NAME		RD1	RD2	TOTAL	
DALY		68	65	133	-9
HARPER		66	70	136	-6
THOMSON		70	66	136	-6
REES		68	69	137	-5
FURGOL		71	66	137	-5
BARRON		66	72	138	-4
MIDDLECOFF	68	70	138	-4
LEES		69	69	138	-4
DEMARET		67	72	139	-3
WALL		69	70	139	-3
RUNYON		70	69	139	-3
HARMON		71	68	139	-3
BYRD		71	68	139	-3
BURKE JR	68	72	140	-2
SHUTE		68	72	140	-2
HARRISON	68	72	140	-2
LITTLE		70	70	140	-2
SNEAD		71	69	140	-2
ROSBERG		71	69	140	-2
BOROS		72	68	140	-2
COTTON		73	67	140	-2
HOGAN		67	74	141	-1
CARR-a		70	71	141	-1
HAMILTON	71	70	141	-1
HEBERT		72	69	141	-1
ADAMS		66	76	142	 E
LAFFOON		69	73	142	 E
VAN DONCK	69	73	142	 E
FAZIO		71	71	142	 E
NELSON		73	69	142	 E
WORSHAM		72	71	143	 1
KEISER		73	70	143	 1
KING		74	69	143	 1

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS
Action resumes on two fronts tonight in the BAA playoffs. Washington entertains Chicago in Game two of the best of seven semi-final between the two division winners. The Capitols took the opener 89-83. League scoring champ Joe Fulks and the Philadelphia Warriors return home tonight looking to finish off the Cleveland Rebels. The Warriors won the opener of the best-of-3 quarterfinal series 77-75 on Wednesday in Cleveland. The other series resumes tomorrow with St Louis hosting New York. The Knickerbockers won the opener in that series Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST A WEEK AWAY
Major league teams are preparing to leave their spring training camps in Florida and head north this week in preparation for next Sunday's opening day. Among the highlights will be Jackie Robinson making his major league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Tiger Fan · 10-15-2004, 06:12 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY APRIL 8, 1947

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DRAFT
FEW SURPRISES IN NFL DRAFT AS SAVITSKY, GRAHAM GO 1-2
The first round of the NFL draft went as most experts expected it would, with the Dallas Cowboys starting things off by taking Pennsylvania DE George *Savitsky first overall and Tampa immediately grabbing franchise quarterback Otto *Graham second.

The biggest surprise was Michigan defensive lineman Len *Ford lasting until the second round. Tampa got him 34th overall after most mock drafts felt he was a top five pick. A questionable work ethic is said to be the cause for the drop-off. The Bucs with Graham and Ford, appear to have walked away with by far the best draft class. Syd Nyquist will have a team by team recap during the week but for now here is the complete first round with Nyquist's thoughts on each selection.

#1(1) Dallas George *Savitsky DE Pennsylvania This was the right pick for the Cowboys.
#2(2) Tampa Bay Otto *Graham QB Northwestern A rare talent who will be all-pro sooner rather than later.
#3(3) New York Pete *Pihos TE Indiana I think the Giants are going to disappointed with what *Pihos is going to be able to give them. Just my opinion.
#4(4) Green Bay Frank *Albert QB Stanford The Packers coveted *Albert, and probably thought he would be taken before their spot came up. I'll bet they are ecstatic.
#5(5) St. Louis Ken Murphy CB Southern California Could have an instant impact in St. Louis's defense scheme.
#6(6) Atlanta Red *Cochran SS Wake Forest *Cochran grew up rooting for the Falcons, and now his dream comes true.
#7(7) Minnesota Paul *Governali QB Columbia Consensus was that *Governali would go right about here.
#8(8) Seattle Glen *Davis RB Army Has "Franchise Player" written all over him.
#9(9) Jacksonville John *Podesto CB Pacific The Jaguars were salivating when they saw *Podesto was still available here.
#10(10) Buffalo Hank *Foldberg TE Army What were they thinking? There were better guys on the board.
#11(11) Detroit Elmer *Mader DE Michigan *Mader wanted to play in Detroit, and now he'll get his chance.
#12(12) Cincinnati Russell Johnson ILB Georgia Tech The Bengals coveted Johnson, and probably thought he would be taken before their spot came up. I'll bet they are ecstatic.
#13(13) Miami George *Connor OT Notre Dame This was a smart move for the Dolphins, given their needs at OT.
#14(14) Carolina Herman *Wedemeyer RB St. Mary's Panthers addresses need at RB with former St. Mary's standout *Wedemeyer.
#15(15) New York Albert *Nemetz OT Army Jets played the numbers, and went with *Nemetz here.
#16(16) San Diego Bob *Fenimore RB Oklahoma A&M No one expected San Diego to pass him up, but many scouts still aren't sold on *Fenimore.
#17(17) Baltimore Vance Steele FS Boston College Didn't need a FS, and didn't get the best one on the board. Bad pick.
#18(18) Indianapolis Bob *Chappis RB Michigan Colts gets a gifted RB who should contribute immediately.
#19(19) New Orleans Neil *Armstrong CB Oklahoma A&M Will fit in just nicely in New Orleans.
#20(20) Oakland Camp *Wilson WR Tulsa A good upgrade for Baker's offense.
#21(21) Washington Ben *Chase DE Navy The Redskins worked out *Chase privately a few weeks ago, and obviously liked what they saw.
#22(22) Arizona Hubert *Bechtol WR Texas Cardinals snags a good WR at a good spot in the draft.
#23(23) Houston Bob *Ravensberg ILB Indiana A good upgrade for McKinney's defense.
#24(24) New England Tom Morris CB Brigham Young With a late surge up the draft boards, Morris lands with Patriots in the 1 round.
#25(25) Philadelphia Harold *Fischer DE Southwestern Eagles played the numbers, and went with *Fischer here.
#26(26) San Francisco Don Schlereth WR Oklahoma This guy has superstar potential, and I will really be interested to see how he develops over his career.
#27(27) Tennessee Charles *Trippi QB Georgia What were they thinking? There were better guys on the board.
#28(28) Kansas City Weldon *Humble DT Rice *Humble wanted to play in Kansas City, and now he'll get his chance.
#29(29) Pittsburgh Bob *Forte OLB Arkansas *Forte is a really good fit for this defense
#30(30) Denver Elbie *Nichol WR Cincinnati I didn't really see WR as a top need for Broncos, but *Nichol is a good talent who could contribute.
#31(31) Cleveland Jim Hawthorne WR Clemson Hawthorne was well-coached at Clemson, and will need the same kind of nurturing in Cleveland to succeed at the pro level.
#32(32) Chicago Tom *Hughes OT Purdue I didn't really see OT as a top need for Bears, but *Hughes is a good talent who could contribute.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS
WARRIORS ELIMINATE CLEVELAND WITH 87-82 VICTORY
Joe Fulks had 27 points and Howie Dallmar added 13 as the Philadelphia Warriors completed a 2-game sweep of the Cleveland Rebels with an 87-82 win in Philadelphia. Ed Sadowski had another strong game in a losing effort for the Rebels, scoring 20 points. Philadelphia will meet the winner of the New York-St Louis series in a best of 3 semi-final. The Knicks lead 1-0 with game 2 in St Louis tonight.

Washington has taken a 2 game lead in their best of seven semi-final with Chicago however the victory came at a price. The Capitols lost both Freddie Scolari and John Mahnken with injuries. Each is expected to miss at least a game or two. As for the game, Bob Feerick had 18 points and Scolari 16 in an 80-66 Washington win. Game 3 is set for Tuesday in the Windy City.

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QUARTEFINAL 'A'
PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3)
Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland  : Warriors 77-75
Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia : Warriors 87-82
Philadelphia wins best of three series 2 games to 0

QUARTERFINAL 'B'
NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3)
Wed Apr 4 at New York : Knicks 69-60
Sun Apr 8 at St Louis : 
Tue Apr 10 at St Louis 

 
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
Thur Apr 12 at Chicago
Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc)
Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc)
Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc)

BOXING
HOLMAN WILLIAMS PUTS ON A CLINIC IN MIAMI
Middleweight Holman Williams fought a perfect tactical battle against heavyhitter Dave Sands and was rewarded with his 27th victory. Williams, who's only loss came to Jake LaMotta for the middleweight championship of the world, won a unanimous decision by wearing down Sands and taking the fight to the Australian in the later rounds.

Sands' strategy was to get to Williams early and with 26 knockouts in 36 career fights entering the night, Williams had to respect the right hand of Sands. With the victory Williams seems to put himself in line for a shot at Tony Zale, who beat LaMotta for the middleweight belt in January.

Below are the top 10 Middleweights in the World

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Champ 	Tony Zale  	Chicago    	 36-4
2	Jake LaMotta	Bronx      	 14-1
3	George Abrams	Roanoke, Va.   	 34-4-2
4 	Holman Williams Pensacola, Fla   27-1
5	Jose Basora	Puerto Rico	 28-2
6	Jupp Besselmann Germany		 23-15
7	Edouard Tenet	Lyon, France	 14-6-2
8	Carl Olson	Honolulu	 25-8-2
9	Charley Burley	Bessemer,Pa	 14-4
10	Marcel Cerdan	France 		 25-5 European Champ

GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN
REES SHOOTS 64 TO TAKE LEAD AT STARMOUNT
Dai Rees carded a 7 under par 64 to take a 3-stroke lead in the Greater Greensboro Open at the Starmount Country Club. Jimmy Demaret is second after shooting a 65. The best round on the day belonged to Herman Keiser who finshed the day with a 63.
Friday's leader, Irishman Fred Daly shot a two over 73 and sits 5 strokes off the pace, tied with Keiser. Defending champion Sam Snead is creeping into contention but he will have his work cut out for him Sunday. Snead shot a 67 yesterday after rounds of 71 Thursday and 69 Friday. He is six strokes behind Rees.

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NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	Total	
REES		68	69	64	-12
DEMARET		67	72	65	-9
MIDDLECOFF	68	70	67	-8
FURGOL		71	66	68	-8
HARPER		66	70	69	-8
KEISER		73	70	63	-7
DALY		68	65	73	-7
SNEAD		71	69	67	-6
ROSBERG		71	69	68	-5
LEES		69	69	70	-5
WALL		69	70	70	-4
KING		74	69	67	-3
HOGAN		67	74	69	-3
CARR-a		70	71	69	-3
RUNYON		70	69	71	-3
HARMON		71	68	71	-3
BARRON		66	72	72	-3
THOMSON		70	66	74	-3
NELSON		73	69	69	-2
BURKE JR	68	72	71	-2
COTTON		73	67	71	-2
ADAMS		66	76	70	-1
HARRISON	68	72	72	-1
LITTLE		70	70	72	-1
BOROS		72	68	72	-1
HAMILTON	71	70	72	 E
BYRD		71	68	74	 E
SHUTE		68	72	74	 1
WORSHAM		72	71	72	 2
VAN DONCK	69	73	73	 2
FAZIO		71	71	73	 2
HEBERT		72	69	74	 2
LAFFOON		69	73	77	 6

COLUMNIST COMMENTARY - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LACK OF POWERPLAY AND CLUTCH GOALTENDING DID IN RANGERS
Special report from Stan Fischler.
Another dissappointing season comes to an end for the New York Rangers as once more fans are left wondering what went wrong. The taste is so much more bitter this time around. Just two weeks ago the playoffs seemed so full of promise as the Rangers prepared for their first postseason in 5 years. After 4 straight seasons finishing dead last, Chuck Rayner looked like the second coming of Davey Kerr and the balanced offense seemed immune to a slump. A second place finish meant a first round match-up against undisciplined Toronto. With Raynor's goaltending and a solid power play the question was not would the Rangers win the series, but rather would they sweep Toronto in 4 games?

Instead, it was Toronto that nearly pulled off the sweep. The Leafs were true to form, taking bad penalty after bad penalty, but the Rangers offense was downright offensive. Team scoring leader Grant Warwick was no where to be found, not recording even a single point in the 5 games. Tony Leswick scored twice in the only win but accomplished little the rest of the series. Ab Demarco and Alfie Pike also did next to nothing. In net, Chuck Rayner was just plain ordinary. After recording 7 shutouts and the second best goals against average in the league, he was positively awful in game one and like the rest of the team, fell apart late in the final game.

Well, good fans of New York. Another year of mediocre hockey was thrust upon us. It seemed much easier to take the last 4 seasons when the Rangers were so bad no one cared. However, to let us down so badly in a season so full of promise is just so much harder to take. Remember the year 1940. Hard to believe that was our last Cup win. Seven years is far too long. How long can this drought last?

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFF STATS
	DETROIT		G	A	PTS	PIM
LW	Ted Lindsay	5	2	7	8
C	Billy Taylor	1	6	7	2
LW	Roy Conacher	3	1	4	0
C	Jim Conacher	3	1	4	0
C	Sid Abel	1	2	3	0
RW	Gerry Couture	0	3	3	4
LW	Pete Horeck	1	1	2	2
RW	Eddie Bruneteau	0	2	2	0
D	Jack Stewart	1	0	1	4
D	Al Dewsbury	1	0	1	0
D	Doug McCaig	0	1	1	2
D	Leo Reise Jr.	0	1	1	2
RW	Gordie Howe	0	0	0	0
D	Harold Jackson	0	0	0	0
D	B. Quackenbush	0	0	0	0
LW	Adam Brown	0	0	0	0

	MONTREAL	G	A	PTS	PIM
C	Billy Reay	5	1	6	 0
RW	Maurice Richard	4	0	4	 0
RW	Leo Gravelle	1	3	4	 4
C	Elmer Lach	0	3	3	 4
RW	Jimmy Peters	2	0	2	 0
D	Ken Reardon	0	2	2	 8
LW	Toe Blake	0	2	2	 0
D	Butch Bouchard	0	1	1	 6
LW	George Allen	0	1	1	 0
C	Buddy O'Connor	0	1	1	 0
D	Glen Harmon	0	0	0	 4
LW	M Chamberlain	0	0	0	22
D	Roger Leger	0	0	0	 0
C	Ken Mosdell	0	0	0	 4
LW	Bob Fillion	0	0	0	 0

	NEW YORK	G	A	PTS	PIM
C	Cal Gardner	2	3	5	4
LW	Church Russell	3	1	4	0
D	Bill Moe	0	4	4	2
RW	Bryan Hextall	3	0	3	0
RW	Rene Trudell	2	1	3	0
C	Edgar Laprade	1	2	3	0
LW	Tony Leswick	2	0	2	2
LW	JP Lamirande	1	0	1	2
D	Joe Cooper	0	1	1	0
D	Hal Laycoe	0	1	1	0
LW	Alf Pike	0	1	1	0
D	Bill Juzda	0	0	0	0
RW	Grant Warwick	0	0	0	0
C	Ab DeMarco	0	0	0	0
RW	Mac Colville	0	0	0	0
C	Neil Colville	0	0	0	0

	TORONTO		G	A	PTS	PIM
RW	Bill Ezinicki	5	0	5	 6
RW	Howie Meeker	4	0	4	 6
C	Ted Kennedy	0	4	4	 2
RW	Bud Poile	3	0	3	 0
LW	Harry Watson	3	0	3	 0
D	Bob Goldham	1	1	2	 0
LW	Vic Lynn	0	2	2	12
D	Bill Barilko	0	2	2	 0
D	Garth Boesch	0	2	2	 6
D	Wally Stanowski	0	2	2	 0
C	Syl Apps	0	2	2	 0
LW	Gaye Stewart	1	0	1	 2
D	Gus Mortson	0	1	1	11
C	Gus Bodnar	0	1	1	 0
D	Jimmy Thomson	0	0	0	 8
LW	Nick Metz	0	0	0	 0

   	GOALTENDING	MIN  GA SHOTS GAA     Sv% ShO W-L
DET 	Harry Lumley	300  12  226  2.40   .947  0  4-1
MON 	Bill Durnan	298  13  174  2.62   .925  0  1-4	
TOR	Turk Broda	300  14  197  2.80   .929  1  4-1	
NY	Chuck Rayner	282  17  148  3.62   .885  0  1-4		
NY	Jim Henry	 16   0    8  0.00  1.000  0  0-0

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TIGERS ACQUIRE PITCHER IN DEAL WITH CARDS
The Detroit Tigers filled a hole in their bullpen by acquiring 26 year old righthander Bud Byerly from the St Louis Cardinals. Byerly pitched a couple of innings of relief for the Cards last season but spent most of the year in AAA where he was 2-1 with a 2.81 era. Going to St Louis are 26 year outfielder Hoot Evers and a pair of minor leaguers.

Evers hit .320 in spot duty as a rookie with Detroit a year ago and will likely get a chance to play everyday in St Louis. The minor leaguers are 26 year old reliever Dick Conger, who has never pitched above Class AA, and first baseman John McHale. McHale hit .230 with no homeruns in 118 games at Class A a year ago. His future may be in management but it certainly won't be as a major league first baseman.

PHILLIES AND YANKS MAKE DEAL
The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees exchanged a couple of minor league players yesterday to fill out their AAA rosters. Reliever Max Macon, who split last season between the Cardinals, Yankees and AAA Kansas City was dealt to the Phils for first baseman Jack Boiling.

The 30 year old Boiling, who hit .226 in 323 career games with the Phillies over the last 9 years, will get the starting job in New York after the Yankees released 35 year old Buddy Hassett. Hassett, who hit just .243 a year ago, was picked up by the Cardinals.

Tiger Fan · 10-17-2004, 02:45 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY APRIL 9, 1947

NFL DRAFT REVIEW
PATS AND SEAHAWKS TOP AFC DRAFT RANKINGS
TSN draft guru Syd Nyquist says New England and Seattle came away with the best draft among the AFC clubs. Both clubs were given a grade of A while at the other end of the spectrum 4 AFC teams received failing marks from the outspoken Nyquist. Here is his take on how each of the AFC teams fared.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS : GRADE A
The Pats traded up to grab BYU cornerback Tom Morris with their first round pick. Morris might need a year as a back-up but Nyquist feels he will be an outstanding NFL defensive back. Wide receiver was not really an area of need but when Oklahoma's Hugh *Taylor was still available late in the second round the Pats grabbed him. He had been touted as a likely first round pick but a poor combine caused Taylor to slide.
Other players to watch are fourth round pick RB Bob *Jenkins from Navy and 7th round pick Fred Coleman: a big strong, receiver from Kentucky.
BOTTOM LINE - Getting Taylor in the second round wa a huge coup. Morris will match up against opponent's number one receivers for years to come.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS : GRADE A
The Seahawks went offense with this draft, trading up to grab Heisman Trophy winner Glen *Davis in the first round. The Army running back has the potential to be a franchise player but the selection really puts a question mark on last year's number one pick Marion *Motley. Motley struggled through a terrible rookie season but it is surprising the Seahawks would give up on him so quickly. Tulsa QB Clyde *LeForce was the Seahawks third round pick. He is considered a project but has some potential. The pick Nyquist really loved was 4th round selection Roger Clark. The former Tennesse wideout should never have lasted until the fourth round and said after being selected there were a lot of teams he wanted to prove wrong for bypassing him.
BOTTOM LINE: Nyquist says they earn the A because of the talent they added, however they had some big needs on both the offensive and defensive line that went unfilled.

BALTIMORE RAVENS :GRADE A-
3rd round pick RB Dick *Hoerner from Iowa may end up being the plum of this draft for the Ravens. He will likely spend this season as Fabien Montgomery's backup but Nyquist expects big things from Hoerner. Think defense first is always Baltimore's motto so it is no surprise that the Ravens added FS Vance Steele in the first round. The former Boston College starter will step right in a solidify what was a weak spot last season. Oregon defensive end Eric Terrell was the Ravens second round pick and he also should be starting this season. The sleeper pick is 5th rounder Shelton Wiley. The former Fresno State signal caller may have a solid career ahead of him.
BOTTOM LINE - A strong defense got a little better and Hoerner will press Montgomery for the starting role.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS : GRADE B
First round pick Bob *Forte is ready to step in immediately at outside linebacker. The former Arkansas star was a steal at pick 29. Second rounder Art *McCaffrey, a tackle from Pacific, has a good chance to start this season. Former Penn State defensive end Drew Adamson is a solid talent for a third round pick, but the Steelers did not have a need at the position. Choo-Choo *Roberts from UTEP and Northwestern's Max *Morris will challenge incumbant Mickey Marangi for playing time at halfback.
BOTTOM LINE: A great draft for the Steelers. Not only did they trade down twice and grab two extra third round picks but they also filled a big hole with the selection of Forte in the first round.

BUFFALO BILLS : GRADE B
The Bills wanted RB Davis but Seattle beat them to the punch. However, Buffalo did land a nice consolation prize in Illinois RB Buddy *Young. The second round pick will be given every opportunity to start in Buffalo. Army TE Hank *Foldberg was the Bills first rounder and he will also be a starter. The Bills grabbed North Carolina QB DeMarco Dickinson but it might have been a bit of a reach as Dickinson does not seem well suited for the pro game. Defensive ends George *Strohmeyer of Notre Dame and Washington Serini of Kentucky will compete for a starting role.
BOTTOM LINE - Addressed needs very well. Young and Foldberg both could become All-Pro's at positions the Bills desperately needed an upgrade.

CINCINNATI BENGALS : GRADE B
The Bengals were ecstatic to get LB Russell Johnson with the 12th pick. The former Georgia Tech standout has all-star written all over him. Second round pick Mike *Castonis may need some work but the Georgia offensive tackle has tremendous upside. Oregon State fullback Ken Williams, their third rounder, will challenge for a starting job. 7th rounder Bart Butler from West Virginia is not the most talented player but few in the league will outwork him.
BOTTOM LINE - Three outstanding picks.

MIAMI DOLPHINS : GRADE B-
The Dolphins did a great job upgrading both the offensive and defensive lines. Notre Dame offensive tackle George *Connor was a solid selection at pick 13. He will greatly improve the Dolphins line. On the defensive front four you have Oregon defensive end Richard Pricer, who saw his stock drop greatly in the weeks leading up to the draft. Pricer still looks like a solid second round pick. With their second pick of the 2nd round the Dolphins added defensive tackle Ray Apple from Baylor. There is a good chance both Pricer and Apple are starting come September. Third round pick Quincy Mabry seems to be a reach. The Virigina quarterback may have a hard time adjusting to the pro game. Cornerback Frank *Seno from George Washington adds depth at safety.
BOTTOM LINE : Dolphins did a good job addressing their needs.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS : GRADE C+
The Jags greatly enhanced their secondary with the addition of Pacific cornerback John *Podesto and BYU free safety Marcel Clatterbuck. Notre Dame defensive tackle Howard Gaiter may also contribute. Taking Army QB Arnold *Tucker in the fourth seems like a reach.
BOTTOM LINE - Podesto should help but the jury is out on Clatterbuck. No one else of value was added.

TENNESSEE TITANS : GRADE C+
Nyquist was all over the Titans on draft day for taking Georgia QB Charles *Trippi in the first round. Trippi has some potential but the Titans had a huge hole to fill at offensive tackle and would have been far better off taking Purdue's Tom *Hughes who went 5 picks later to the Bears. Aside from second round pick cornerback Todd Betterson from Auburn, the Titans draft was unimpressive. They include LB Brendan Dockery from UNLV, WR Roy Williams from USC and tackle Rashad Piccone from Cal.
BOTTOM LINE - Trippi may become a solid QB but the far bigger need on the line went unaddressed.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS : GRADE C+
The Chargers entered the draft with the goal of getting a solid running back in the first round. Mission accomplished with the selection of Oklahoma A&M's Bob *Fenimore who instantly improves one of the worst running games in the league. Second round pick Dick *Duden, a linebacker from Navy, has talent but is raw. The Chargers for some unknown reason took two QB's - Les *Horvath of Ohio State and Hawaii's Dalton Fonoti in the third and 4th rounds - despite having just signed free agent Justin Jackson to a big contract. 6th round pick Josh Phelps, a fullback from Central Florida and 5th rounder WR Darian Lewis of New Mexico State may contribute on special teams.
BOTTOM LINE -a good first two picks but the third and fourth round selections were wasted on middle of the road quarterbacks.

NEW YORK JETS : GRADE C
Steve *Van Buren must be one of the happiest men in New York today. The Jets star running back saw his club grab two punishing blockers over the weekend in first round pick Albert *Nemetz, a tackle from Army and second round pick Ohio State guard Bill *Hackett. Unfortunately the rest of the Jets draft looks suspect. South Carolina DT Mike Turner, the third round pick, lacks consistancy. Former Penn State QB Chris Caravello is a back-up at best and a real stretch in the fourth round.
BOTTOM LINE : Nemetz and Hackett will help but the rest of the draft was wasted.

HOUSTON TEXANS : GRADE C
Bob *Ravensberg and Joe Highsmith give the Texans one of the best group of linebackers in the league. Ravensberg, taken 23rd overall from Indiana, will be groomed to replace 11 year veteran Hunter Collins in the middle while second rounder Highsmith, from Baylor, may start right away on the outside. Third round pick Jerry Henley from San Diego State will join the mess of players trying to replace departed QB Vaughn Diedrick. Fourth rounder Walt *Schlinkman from Texas Tech will be a decent receiver.
BOTTOM LINE : Ravensberg and Highsmith are both exceptional talents but the Texans ignored their needs in the secondary.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS : GRADE D+
Rice defensive tackle Weldon *Humble is a steady player but does not have the upside of most other first rounders. The addition of second rounder Vaughn *Mancha, a center from Alabama, fills a huge void on the Chiefs offensive line. Third round Robbie Lebetter, from UC-Davis, is a real project at safety. The other picks are all unlikely to contribute including WR Jeremy Sayers from Georgia Tech, Notre Dame CB Jay Rambo and Florida State RB Jerry Jackson.
BOTTOM LINE : Mancha is a fantastic pick for the Chiefs but the rest of the selections are questionable.

CLEVELAND BROWNS : GRADE D
Picking 31st makes it tough to get a great talent but the Browns could have done far better than Clemson WR Jim Hawthorne with their first rounder. Georgia cornerback John Haynes also seems to be a bit of a reach in round two. There are concerns about the durability of TE Mike Vincent, the Browns third round pick from USC. Fourth rounder OJ Jackson from Penn State looks to be a solid backup DT and 5th rounder Morris Adams, a former Notre Dame CB, may become the best player the Browns selected in this draft.
BOTTOM LINE : A terrible draft for the Browns. If I was allowed to hand out an E they would get one.

OAKLAND RAIDERS : GRADE D
First round pick Camp *Wilson, a wide receiver from Tulsa, was a solid selection but the rest of the Raiders draft left most observers shaking their heads. Navy QB Tom Maddox went about 2 rounds to early when the Raiders took him in the second round. Notre Dame guard John *Mastrangelo is a big project, likely too big for a third round pick. Oregon State DT Tyrone Denney may have a shot to stick with the Raiders, which is likely more than can be said for the remaining picks.
BOTTOM LINE : Wilson is a good pick but the rest of the draft was wasted.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS : GRADE D
First round pick Bob *Chappuis is surrounded by questions. Can the former Michigan running back stand up to a season of punishment in the NFL? If he does he will be a solid player but his durability is a huge question mark. For that reason the Colts may find themselves wishing they took a back like Buddy *Young instead of Chappuis. Second round pick Ralph *Serpico of Illinois, may compete for a starting role. 5th round pick Dexter Thompson, a cornerback from Duke, is a player to watch.
BOTTOM LINE : Took a big risk on Chappuis' durability and the rest of the draft wa unimpressive.

DENVER BRONCOS : GRADE D
Taking Elbie *Nichol, a wide receiver from the University of Cincinnati, was an easy decision although the Broncos really did not need another receiver. Tony *Minisi, the cornerback from Pennsylvania has some potential but the rest of the class is quite weak.
BOTTOM LINE - Could of used some depth on the offensive and defensive lines but they ignored it except for third round Henry Thomas from Washington State, and he was picked far too early.

GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN
REES HANGS ON FOR WIN BUT AMATEUR NEARLY STEALS THE SHOW
Dai Rees shot a 1-under par 70 in yesterday's final round of the Greater Greensboro Open. It was good enough to give the Welshman a victory at the Starmount Country Club but just barely. An unknown 21 year old amateur by the name of Bob Rosburg shot a 64 on the final day and finished just one stroke back of Rees. Rosburg was so impressed with his showing he decided immediately after the event he will turn pro for his next event which will be the Masters in Augusta.

Rees entered the final round with a 3 stroke lead on Jimmy Demaret. Demaret, teamed with Rees in the final pairing, equalled the 1 under par 70 recorded by the champion. With the victory, Rees earns the $7500 winners cheque and an automatic entry in the year end Tournament of Champions. Next week's event will be the Masters at Augusta.

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Here are the final results and the money winnings:
NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	Total		PRIZE $
REES		68	69	64	70	271	-13	1500
ROSBURG-a	71	69	68	64	272	-12	amat
DEMARET		67	72	65	70	274	-10	 800
HARPER		66	70	69	69	274	-10	  775
NELSON		73	69	69	64	275	 -9	750
KEISER		73	70	63	70	276	 -8	725
MIDDLECOFF	68	70	67	72	277	 -7	700
HOGAN		67	74	69	67	277	 -7	675
FURGOL		71	66	68	74	279	 -5	650
DALY		68	65	73	73	279	 -5	625
SNEAD		71	69	67	72	279	 -5	 600
LEES		69	69	70	72	280	 -4	575
BARRON		66	72	72	70	280	 -4	 550
COTTON		73	67	71	69	280	 -4	525
SHUTE		68	72	74	66	280	 -4	500
WALL		69	70	70	72	281	 -3	475
HARMON		71	68	71	71	281	 -3	450
THOMSON		70	66	74	72	282	 -2	425
BURKE JR	68	72	71	72	283	 -1	 400
ADAMS		66	76	70	71	283	 -1	 375
CARR-a		70	71	69	74	284	  E	amat
LITTLE		70	70	72	72	284	  E	 350
BOROS		72	68	72	72	284	  E	 325
HAMILTON	71	70	72	71	284	  E	 300
FAZIO		71	71	73	69	284	  E	 275
KING		74	69	67	75	285	  1	 250
HARRISON	68	72	72	73	285	  1	 225
RUNYON		70	69	71	76	286	  2	 200
BYRD		71	68	74	74	287	  3	 175
WORSHAM		72	71	72	72	287	  3	 150
VAN DONCK	69	73	73	72	287	  3	 125
HEBERT		72	69	74	72	287	  3	 100
LAFFOON		69	73	77	71	290	  6	 50

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
ST LOUIS EVENS SERIES WITH NEW YORK
The St Louis Bombers evened their best of three quarterfinal series with the New York Knickerbockers after a 69-62 homecourt victory in Game 2. The deciding game will played tomorrow night in St Louis.

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                       SCORING SUMMARY
     NEW YORK   	PTS	ST LOUIS		PTS
Hank*Rosenstein	F	11	Johnny*Logan	G	12
Sid*Hertzberg	G	10	George*Munroe	G	11
Stan*Stutz	G	10	Belus*Smawley	G	10
John*Palmer	F	 9	Bob*Doll	F	10
Ossie*Schectman	G	 7	Aubrey*Davis	G	 9
Lee*Knorek	C	 7	Don*Putman	G	 7
Tommy*Byrnes	G	 6	Cecil*Hankins	G	 5
Nat*Militzok	F	 2	Giff*Roux	F	 5
Marion*Cluggish	C	 0	Don*Martin	C	 0
Leo*Gottlieb	G	 0	John*Barr	F	 0
                        62 				69

BAA PLAYOFF DATES
QUARTEFINAL 'A'
PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3)
Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland  : Warriors 77-75
Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia : Warriors 87-82
Philadelphia wins best of three series 2 games to 0

QUARTERFINAL 'B'
NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3 tied 1-1)
Wed Apr 4 at New York : Knicks 69-60
Sun Apr 8 at St Louis : Bombers 69-62
Tue Apr 10 at St Louis 

 
SEMI-FINAL 'C'
WASHINGTON vs CHICAGO (Washington leads best of 7 2-0)
Thu Apr 5 at Wahington : Capitols 89-83
Sat Apr 9 at Wahington : Capitols 80-66
Tue Apr 10 at Chicago
Thur Apr 12 at Chicago
Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc)
Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc)
Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
IOWA'S ALL-AMERICAN ELLEFSON SKIPPING SENIOR SEASON
Ray Ellefson, the All-American center from Iowa, has decided to give up his college eligibility a year early and enter the BAA draft. A likely first round pick, the 6'9" center led the Big 10 in rebounds with 15.9 per game and scored at a 15.4 clip. He led Iowa to a 22-13 record and a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16. He was the only junior named to this year's All-America Team.

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                        RAY ELLEFSON'S NUMBERS AT IOWA
YEAR	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	TO	FG%	FT%
44-45	29	29.1	 9.5	 9.8	0.4	1.1	51.6	81.8
45-46	33	30.3	12.1	13.8	0.8	1.0	60.1	81.8
46-47	35	29.8	14.5	15.3	0.8	0.9	56.8	80.2
        --      ----    ----    ----    ---     ---     ----    ----
TOTAL	97	29.8	12.2	13.1	0.7	1.0	56.7	81.2

10-08-2004, 05:35 PM	#221
seth70liz76 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,634	NP--I hope to have the "draft" version done this weekend. I can tell you now it will definately need some tweaking as far as cell/sheet links. But I think it will be workable, just not as efficient as it could/will be. __________________ It was a mistake to come back.

10-08-2004, 06:23 PM	#222
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	Thanks for the response TigerFan. I love this report and I check it whenever it has been updated. Your analysis of the New England teams was outstanding. Thanks for that report and looking forward to the next installment. __________________ None Blog it.

10-08-2004, 07:08 PM	#223
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MARCH 30, 1947 BILLY REAY HAT TRICK HELPS HABS EVEN SERIES WITH DETROIT Billy Reay scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-3 win over the Red Wings in Detroit. The Habs victory evens the best of seven semi-final at 1 game apiece with games 3 and 4 in Montreal this weekend. Reay scored the first three Montreal goals as the Canadiens built a 3-1 lead after two periods. The game was more lobsided than the score indicated as Montreal had outshot Detroit 42-18 through two periods. Only a second straight outstanding effort from Red Wings goaltender Harry Lumley kept the Canadiens from reaching double-digits on the scoreboard. For the game Montreal outshot Detroit 59-29. Leo Gravelle, Jimmy Peters and Maurice Richard also scored for the Canadiens while Ted Lindsay, with a pair, and Jim Conacher where the Detroit marksmen. GAME SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 MON Billy Reay 2 (George Allen) 3:33 DET Jim Conacher 2 (Ted Lindsay) 14:15 MON Billy Reay 3(unassisted) 17:38 Penalties: Jackson Det roughing 9:41; Chamberlain Mon roughing 10:26; Mosdell Mon boarding 12:05 P E R I O D 2 MON Billy Reay 4 (Leo Gravelle) 16:25 Penalties: Reardon Mon elbowing 8:17 P E R I O D 3 MON Leo Gravelle 1 (Billy Reay) 1:11 DET Ted Lindsay 1 (unassisted) 5:58 DET Ted Lindsay 2 (Billy Taylor) 9:37 MON Maurice Richard 2 (Toe Blake, Elmer Lach) 13:17 MON Jimmy Peters 1 (Buddy O'Connor) 14:30 Penalties: Murph Chamberlain Mon major 17:32 SHOTS ON GOAL MON Durnan 9 9 11=29 DET Lumley 19 23 17=59 LEAFS BLOWOUT RANGERS IN SERIES OPENER Rookie Howie Meeker scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs shelled Chuck Rayner and the New York Rangers 5-1 in the opener of their best of seven semi-final series at Madison Square Garden. Meeker's goals both came in the second period with the first one being a shorthanded marker that took the wind out of the Rangers sails and gave Toronto a 3-0 lead at the time. Bill Ezinicki, Harry Watson and Bud Poile also scored for the Leafs who firesd 39 shots at Rayner and Sugar Jim Henry, who took over in the New York cage midway through the third period. Game 2 of the series is Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. GAME SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 4:55 TOR Bill Ezinicki 1 (T Kennedy, V Lynn) Penalties: Boesch Tor elbowing 17:14; Boesch Tor slashing 19:20 P E R I O D 2 TOR Harry Watson 1 (T Kennedy, G Mortson) 7:54 TOR Howie Meeker 1 (G Bodnar, G Boesch) 12:09 SH TOR Howie Meeker 2 (unassisted) 17:56 Penalties : Lynn Tor tripping 11:23 P E R I O D 3 TOR Bud Poile 1 (unassisted) 3:47 NY Rene Trudell 1 (C Russell) 4:16 Penalties: Leswick NY elbowing 0:20 SHOTS ON GOAL Broda Tor 10 8 6=24 Rayner/Henry NY 9 19 11=39 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA WARRIORS SHOOT DOWN STAGS DIVISION TITLE HOPES Joe Fulks scored 25 points as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Chicago Stags 66-47 and in the process kept the West Division title up for grabs. The Stags are now tied with St Louis for first place in the division with each club having one game remaining. Chicago finishes off the season in Providence on Saturday while the Bombers close out at home to Boston. Just one game on the schedule for tonight as New York visits Toronto. Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB WSH 59 46 13 .780 x PHI 59 38 21 .644 8.0 NY 58 30 28 .517 15.5 PROV 59 21 38 .356 25.0 BOS 58 19 39 .328 26.5 Tor 57 14 43 .246 31.0 WEST GP W L PCT GB CHI 59 38 21 .644 x STL 59 38 21 .644 x CLE 58 33 25 .569 4.5 DET 59 23 36 .390 15.0 PIT 60 23 37 .383 15.5 LAST NIGHT'S RESULT Philadelphia 66 Chicago 47 TONIGHT'S GAME New York at Toronto NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NOTES JETS RESIGN QUARTERBACK REEVES After letting him test free agency the New York Jets have decided to retain quarterback Keith Reeves, inking the fourth year pro to a 6 year deal. Reeves was a restricted free agent but received no offers aside from the Jets. He has started every game at quarterback for the Jets each of the last three seasons but his QB rating has gone down and his interceptions have gone up each of the three years. Last season his rating was just 67.5 and he tossed 24 interceptions. He was 12-4 and helped the Jets to the playoffs in his first season but the club suffered through a 5-11 campaign the following season. Last year New York was 7-9 and missed the playoffs for the second straight season - a first for the franchise that had been in the postseason three of the first four years of the league. The Jets had made a halfhearted effort at signing Vaughn Diedrick but after Diedrick signed with Philadelphia the Jets had to turn their attention back to Reeves. The Jets also announced they have resigned punter Herb Bright who has been with the club for the past three seasons. The only other signing news came out of St Louis where the Rams resigned kicker Jason Johnson. Johnson was perfect on extra points and 25-for-35 on field goal attempts a year ago. BOXING NEWS Charley Williams knocked out Harry Mathews in the second round of their lightheavyweight bout in New York. Mathews seemed to be in control of the round until Williams landed a wild overhead right that landed flush. With a career record of 18-8-1, Williams is moving up the lightheavyweight rankings. Just 20 years old, the Kansas City native is now ranked 9th in his weight class. Mathews suffered his 4th loss to go with 28 victories and he has now slipped out of the top 10 in the weight class. In another lightheavyweight match on the same card Fitzie Fitzpatrick won a split decision over Gus Lesnovich. In Cannes, Marcel Cerdan retained the European Middleweight Title with a 12th round TKO win over German Jupp Besselmann. Cerdan improves to 25-5 and may be in line for a shot at World Middleweight Champion Tony Zale next year. The loss drops Besselmann to 23-15. GOLF NOTES Ryder Cup captains Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton each practiced at the Bayshore Golf and Country Club in Miami Beach, Florida today in preparation for their 36 hole exhibition tournament this weekend. The friendly event, as it is being called, is designed to raise money for and draw attention to this fall's Ryder Cup event which will be held in Portland, Oregon. Word has it Hogan looked exceptionally sharp and carded a 7 under par 65. Cotton's result from his practice round was not made public. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-09-2004, 03:30 PM	#224
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY MARCH 31, 1947 TSN NAMES IT'S HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ALL-AMERICANS CCNY RECRUITS CLAIM 2 OF THE 5 SPOT ON TEAM INCLUDING PLAYER OF YEAR MCGUIRE New York City guard Al McGuire has been named TSN's High School basketball player of the year. McGuire, who averaged 31.0 ppg, has committed to attend CCNY next year. McGuire's older brother Dick averaged 11.3 ppg as a sophomore for Indiana this season. Al, like his brother, had been heavily recruited by St John'sand Indiana before finally deciding on CCNY. Joining McGuire in the backcourt on the high school All-America team is point guard Colby Cooper, who averaged 38.5 ppg and 12.6 apg from Prouty (Massachusetts) High School. Cooper will attend Boston College. A pair of California natives are the forwards on the all-star team. Mel Hutchins of Sacramento helped his school to the State Finals by averaging 20.0 ppg and 11.5 rpg. He has committed to Oregon. Don Barksdale from Alisal High School in Salinas is the other forward. He will attend UCLA next year. At center is Charlie Share, a 7 footer from Paul Roberson High School in Brooklyn. He had 23.3 ppg and 15.6 rpg. Share will be joining McGuire at CCNY. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Just one game in the Association last night as Toronto surprised New York 56-54. Leo Mogus sent the small but enthusiastic crowd at Maple Leaf Gardens home happy by scoring the final 2 of his 9 points a split second before the final buzzer to give the lowly Huskies their 15th win of the season. Attention tonight will be focused on Providence and St Louis as the West Division title is up for grabs. Chicago and St Louis are tied for top spot with the Stags visiting Providence for their final game while the Bombers end the season at home against Boston. Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB WSH 59 46 13 .780 x PHI 59 38 21 .644 8.0 NY 59 30 29 .508 16.0 PROV 59 21 38 .356 25.0 BOS 58 19 39 .328 26.5 Tor 59 15 44 .254 31.0 WEST GP W L PCT GB CHI 59 38 21 .644 x STL 59 38 21 .644 x CLE 58 33 25 .569 4.5 DET 59 23 36 .390 15.0 PIT 60 23 37 .383 15.5 LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Toronto 56 New York 54 TONGHT'S GAMES Toronto at Detroit Boston at St Louis Cleveland at Washington Chicago at Providence NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Both semi-final series resume tonight in NHL playoff action. The Montreal Canadiens return home to the Forum with their series against Detroit knotted at 1-game apiece. The Habs have dominated the play in both games but Red Wing goaltender Harry Lumley has been outstanding. Meanwhile, the New York Rangers will try to turn things around against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The visiting Leafs embarrassed the New Yorkers 5-1 in the series opener on Thursday, chasing Ranger goaltender Chuck Rayner in the process. HARD TO BELIEVE BUT GOLF SEASON IS HERE One of the first signs of summer is when we start hearing about golf tournaments. It may be a little early to break out the sun tan lotion but golf is here, well at least it is here if you live in Miami Beach. The Bayshore Golf and Country Club is the host to a special exhibition that is being called a Ryder Cup preview. The Ryder Cup captains, Ben Hogan of the United States and England's Henry Cotton, are competing in a 36-hole event to raise money and attention for this fall's Ryder Cup event which will be held in Portland, Oregon. The first 18 holes were played Friday in driving winds at the oceanside course. Ben Hogan carded an even par 72 while Cotton exploded on the back nine and finished with a 5 over par 77. "The winds really picked up on the back nine," explained Hogan. "Neither of us had a chance out there." Hogan was 2 under and Cotton was even par after the front nine before the weather turned and the scores ballooned. They will complete their exhibition today. The PGA season gets underway next week in North Carolina with the Greater Greensboro Open at the Forest Oaks Country Club. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NOTES STEELERS RESIGN MARANGI Mickey Marangi has agreed to a 6 year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The running back gained a career high 1100 yards rushing last year, despite starting just 8 games. In 5 of his 8 starts he rushed for over 100 yards. Marangi missed 2 full games and parts of 2 others with injuries. He is expected to battle second year back Elmer Angsman for the starting assignment. In other signing news the Houston Texans resigned RFA Gus Barton. The backup running back gained 517 yards and started 4 games last season. Washington also signed a back-up running back. Art Richards agreed to a 4-year deal with the Redskins that keeps him as Bob Seymour's understudy in the nation's capitol. Richards gained 213 yards on 56 carries last year. Finally the Bengals resigned kicker Steve Modzelewski to a 1 year deal. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 10-09-2004 at 05:23 PM.

10-09-2004, 03:43 PM	#225
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	"Joining McGuire in the backcourt on the high school All-America team is point guard Colby Cooper, who averaged 38.5 ppg and 12.6 apg from Prouty (Massachusetts) High School. Cooper will attend Boston College." Wait, back it up. Is this a fictional player? I went to David Prouty High School in Massachusetts. Is this just a coincidence? __________________ None Blog it.

10-09-2004, 05:22 PM	#226
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	Co-incidence. All college players without an asterisk beside their last name are fictional players created by TDCB. Hutchins, Barksdale, Share and McGuire (oops, forgot the for McGuire) were all real life players I added to the high school pool at the beginning of the TDCB season. I was going to name another real-life player to round out the all-america team but the fictional game created Cooper's stats were too amazing to overlook. TDCB uses real high school names in it's game but it is still quite a coincidence that one of the 5 players I mention went to the same high school as a reader of this thread. On the bright side, I guess you have another player to follow through this dynasty. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-09-2004, 08:10 PM	#227
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	That's pretty nuts. Well let's go Colby Cooper! __________________ None Blog it.

10-09-2004, 09:45 PM	#228
goroyals All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 930	Great idea to go to the daily formats, the amount of detail is just amazing.

10-10-2004, 02:25 AM	#229
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY APRIL 1, 1947 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS BRODA SHUTOUT BACKSTOPS LEAFS TO SWEEP IN NEW YORK Toronto goaltender Turk Broda turned aside all 35 New York shots as the Maple Leafs blanked the Rangers 1-0 to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven semi-final series. The only goal of the game was scored when Leaf forward Bill Ezinicki redirected a Garth Boesch shot from the point past New York netminder Chuck Rayner. Broda was the difference in the game, particularily in a third period in which the Rangers repeatedly buzzed the Toronto cage and outshot the Leafs 12-3. The Leafs will look to complete the series sweep with wins on home ice in games 3 and 4 which are slated for Tuesday and Wednesday at Maple Leaf Gardens. SCORING SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 No scoring Penalties- Mortson Tor holding 4:20 P E R I O D 2 TOR Bill Ezinicki 2 (G Boesch) 15:45 Penalties - Ezinicki Tor roughing 9:56 P E R I O D 3 No scoring Penalties - Meeker Tor slashing 0:07; Kennedy Tor interference 2:47; Lynn Tor high sticking 12:16 SHOTS ON GOAL Rayner NY 9 8 3=20 Broda Tor 13 11 12=36 SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto Thursday March 29 at New York Leafs 5-1 Saturday March 31 at New York Leafs 1-0 Tuesday April 3 at Toronto Wednesday April 4 at Toronto Friday April 6 at New York (if necc) Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc) Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc) WINGS TAKE 2-1 SERIES LEAD ON RARE GOAL BY DEWSBURY Rookie Detroit Red Wings defenseman Al Dewsbury scored only 5 goals during the regular season but he could not have picked a better time to get the first playoff goal of his NHL career. Dewsbury's shot from the point with 1:31 remaining in regulation got through a maze of bodies and behind Montreal goaltender Bill Durnan to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 victory and a 2 games to one lead in their best of seven semi-final series with the Montreal Canadiens. After a scoreless first period in which Detroit outshot Montreal 14-8 the Red Wings made Montreal pay for a high sticking penalty on Leo Gravelle. Ted Lindsay's one-timer on the powerplay beat Durnan to the stick side and gave the Wings a 1-0 lead midway through the second period. Montreal evened the score 7 minutes into the third period as Maurice Richard notched his third goal of the series. Game 4 will be tonight in Montreal. SCORING SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 no scoring Penalties: Reise Det tripping 2:05; Bouchard Mon unsportsmanlike 5:54; Bouchard Mon roughing 17:51; Couture Det high sticking 19:18 P E R I O D 2 DET Ted Lindsay 3 (Reise) 6:54 powerplay Penalties: Gravelle Mon double minor high sticking 5:52; Harmon Mon cross-checking 11:43; Stewart Det roughing 14:47 P E R I O D 3 MON Maurice Richard 3 (Lach, Reardon) 7:51 DET Al Dewsbury 1 (Bruneteau, J Conacher) 18:29 SHOTS ON GOAL Durnan MON 14 14 9=37 Lamley DET 8 12 11=31 SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal Tuesday March 27 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2 Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Montreal 6-3 Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1 Sunday April 1 at Montreal Wednesday April 4 at Detroit Saturday April 7 at Montreal (if necc) Sunday April 8 at Detroit (if necc) BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA STAGS AND BOMBERS BOTH LOSE, A 1-GAME PLAYOFF NEEDED IN WEST The Chicago Stags and St Louis Bombers each lost their final regular season games last night to finish with identical 38-22 records and tied for top spot in the West Division. As a result a one game playoff will be needed to determine the division winner. Chicago won a coin toss last week and will host the playoff game Monday evening. The Stags missed their chance to clinch the division when they fell 81-67 in Providence. Ernie Calverly had 17 points and Earl Shannon 16 for the upset minded Steamrollers. St Louis was beaten on its home court 56-52 by the Boston Celtics. Johnny Logan, with 16 points, was the only St Louis player to hit double figures in the game. There were two other games last night. In Detroit, the Falcons dropped Toronto 60-52 while Bob Feerick had 27 points as Washington won a shootout 104-90 over Cleveland. The Washington-Cleveland game had no bearing on the playoff picture so the two teams seemed to be content to play as little defense as possible. Only one playoff matchup is known. Philadelphia will open it's best of three quarterfinal series in Cleveland on Wednesday. Games two and three (if neccessary) will be Saturday and next Tuesday in Philadelphia. EDITOR'S NOTE - In one issue earlier I mistakenly wrote that St Louis and Chicago finish the season with a game on Monday. It was not that I had simmed ahead but rather because I was using the real BAA schedule for this season and St Louis and Chicago tied in real life, just like in my sim, for top spot and required a one game playoff. Amazingly, the little quick play program I used to sim the season gave me incredibly accurate results. Below are current standings with real life numbers added at the end. Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB REAL LIFE WSH 60 47 13 .783 x 49-11 PHI 59 38 21 .644 8.5 35-25 NY 59 30 29 .508 16.5 33-27 PROV 60 22 38 .367 25.0 28-32 BOS 59 20 39 .339 26.5 22-38 Tor 60 15 45 .250 32.0 22-38 WEST GP W L PCT GB REAL LIFE CHI 60 38 22 .633 x 39-22 won tiebreaker STL 60 38 22 .633 x 38-23 lost tiebreaker CLE 59 33 26 .559 4.5 30-30 DET 60 24 36 .400 14.0 20-40 PIT 60 23 37 .383 15.0 15-45 LAST NIGHT'S GAMES Detroit 60 Toronto 52 Boston 56 St Louis 52 Washington 104 Cleveland 90 Providence 81 Chicago 67 TONIGHT'S GAMES New York at Philadelphia Boston at Cleveland END OF REGULAR SEASON MONDAY'S GAME St Louis at Chicago (West tiebreaker) HOGAN SHOOTS 65 IN RYDER CUP PREVIEW What a difference a day makes. After Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton struggled through a very windy back nine at Miami Beach's Bayshore Golf Club Friday, the two had little trouble mastering the course on a calm day yesterday. Hogan shot a 7 under 65 while Cotton carded a 4 under 68. For those keeping track that gave the American Ryder Cup team captain an 8 stroke victory over his British counterpart in the two day event. However, it was more about raising money to get the British team to Portland for the September event than about competitive golf. PEP TO DEFEND WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE APRIL 26 Featherweight champion of the World Willie Pep will put his perfect 17-0 record and his title on the line April 26th against European Champion Ray Famechon. This will be the first title defense for Pep, who earned the belt last September after winning a 15-round unanimous decision over Sandy Saddler in the post-war tournament final. The Hartford native will defend his title close to home as the bout will be held at the Boston Gardens. Famechon, a native of France, won the European Title in December when he outpointed Finland's Ellis Ask. His postwar record is 25-11 including a loss to Pep by unanimous decision early in the postwar tournament. In other news, number one Bantamweight contender Luis Galvani of Cuba will face Mexican Luis Castillo in Mexico City this Tuesday. The 27 year old Galvani is coming off an impressive win over Manny Ortiz that improved his career record to 30-4-1. Castillo, a Mexico City native, is 27-11-3 and considered the 6th best bantamweight fighter in the world. The 25 year old has won his last 8 bouts against steadily improving competition. However, Galvani will be by far his biggest test. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DRAFT WATCH The NFL draft is just six days away but the Dallas Cowboys are still not tipping their hand as to who they will take with the first overall pick. It appears the Cowboys are still leaning towards taking Michigan defensive end Len Ford but the Cowboys did bring Northwestern quarterback Otto Graham in for a second workout over the weekend. However, the Cowboys also brought in former Pennsylvania DE George Savitsky as well. One thing is for certain, if the Cowboys pass on Graham it is almost a certainty the Tampa Bay Bucs will grab the potential franchise quarterback with the second overall pick. Based on rumblings draft expert Syd Nyquist now feels the top 5 picks are expected to be: 1- Dallas: Len Ford DE Michigan 2- Tampa: Otto Graham QB Northwestern 3- New York Giants: George Savitsky DE Penn 4- Green Bay: Ken Murphy CB USC 5- Carolina: Paul Governalli QB Columbia IT'S APRIL! MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY* The 1947 major league baseball season opens two weeks from today. One game from each league will be played on Sunday April 15th, before the rest of the teams get started over the following couple of days. The National League season opens in Pittsburgh where the pennant winning Pirates will entertain the St Louis Cardinals on opening day. The Bucs return most of the pieces from their pennant winning squad including Cy Young Award winner Cliff Melton who will be the opening day starter. Melton won a career best 28 games a year ago to claim his 4th career Cy Young Award. The American League schedule opens in New York with the Yankees home to the St Louis Browns. The Browns will also be the visitor on Tuesday April 17th, when the World Series winning Cleveland Indians stage their season opener. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.

10-10-2004, 11:00 AM	#230
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY APRIL 2, 1947 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS THIRD PERIOD OUTBURST GIVES WINGS COMMANDING LEAD The Detroit Red Wings scored three goals in the third period to beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1 and take a commanding 3 games to 1 lead in their best of seven NHL semi-final series. The Wings can wrap the series up with a win at home on Wednesday. The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead in the second period when Maurice Richard scored his fourth goal of the series. The Detroit powerplay evened things early in the third when Ted Lindsay scored his 4th goal of the playoffs. Roy Conacher, who scored twice in game one, broke the tie with the eventual game winner on a nice setup from Billy Taylor midway through the third period. Sid Abel iced the game for the Wings with an empty net tally. SCORING SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 NO SCORING Penalties: Bouchard Mon roughing 0:27; Horeck Det charging 12:33; Lach Mon cross-checking 14:59; Stewart Det roughing 14:59; Chamberlain Mon cross-checking 16:59 P E R I O D 2 MON Maurice Richard 4 (unassisted) 8:28 Penalties: Reardon Mon roughing 12:13; Chamberlain Mon fighting major and spearing major, Quakenbush Det fighting major 19:33 P E R I O D 3 DET Ted Lindsay 4 (Abel) 3:23 powerplay DET Roy Conacher 3 (Taylor, Couture) 11:12 DET Sid Abel 1 (McCaig) empty net 19:58 Penalties: Harmon Mon slashing 6:52 SHOTS ON GOAL Durnan Mon 8 12 15=35 Lumley Det 10 11 17=38 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA The regular season came to an end last night but there will still be one more game before the playoffs can start. Chicago entertains St Louis this evening in a tiebreaker to determine the West Division regular season champion. Both teams finished with identical 38-22 records after 60 games. In last night's action Ed Sadowski had 17 points in a playoff tuneup as his Cleveland Rebels dumped Boston 67-62. Sadowski will finish second in the league scoring race behind Philadelphia's Joe Fulks. Fulks added 25 points to increase his league leading scoring average to 24.1 ppg as the Warriors topped New York 73-65. Philadelphia will open the playoffs at Cleveland on Wednesday. The Knickerbockers will also start the postseason Wednesday. They will be home to the loser of the St Louis-Chicago game. Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB WSH 60 47 13 .783 x PHI 60 39 21 .650 8.0 NY 60 30 30 .500 17.0 PROV 60 22 38 .367 25.0 BOS 60 20 40 .333 27.0 Tor 60 15 45 .250 32.0 WEST GP W L PCT GB CHI 60 38 22 .633 x STL 60 38 22 .633 x CLE 60 34 26 .567 4.0 DET 60 24 36 .400 14.0 PIT 60 23 37 .383 15.0 LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Philadelphia 73 New York 65 Cleveland 67 Boston 62 end of regular season TONIGHT'S GAME West Division tiebreaker St Louis at Chicago NFL DRAFT PROFILE : GLEN DAVIS ARMY Heisman Trophy winner Glen Davis looks ahead to this weekend with a lot of excitement but also a little trepidation. The Army running back led his club to a national title and rushed for 1761 yards and 15 touchdowns but that may not be enough to get him selected in the first round of Saturday's NFL draft. "I feel I have done everything I can," says the talented halfback. "Now it is out of my control." There is a good chance with the depth at other positions that only one or two running backs will be selected in the first round of the draft. Davis has some stiff competition in St Mary's RB Herm Wedemeyer and Bob Fenimore, the standout runner from Oklahoma A&M. A couple of Big 10 backs may also sneak into the first round: Michigan's Bob Chappuis and Buddy Young from Illinois. The most likely destination for Davis is Buffalo. The Bills lost RB Michael Williams to free agency and with the 10th pick are very likely to take a running back. It appears at this stage they favour Davis over Wedemeyer and Fenimore. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.*

10-10-2004, 12:41 PM	#231
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY APRIL 3, 1947 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA CHICAGO WINS TIEBREAKER TO CLAIM WEST DIVISION TITLE Homecourt advantage helped the Chicago Stags trim the St Louis Bombers 70-67 in a thrilling 1-game playoff to determine the West Division champion. The victory moves Chicago into a best-of-7 semi-final series against the league's best team- the Washington Capitols. St Louis gets the consolation prize of an easier quarterfinal opponent. The Bombers will play New York in a best-of-3 with the winner advancing to the semi-finals against the winner of the Cleveland-Philadelphia series. Mickey Rottner led the Stags with 15 points, while Don Carlson added 13 and Max Zaslofsky chipped in 12. St Louis got 14 points each from Johnny Logan and Bob Doll while Belus Smawley had 13. Code: FINAL BAA STANDINGS EAST GP W L PCT GB WSH 60 47 13 .783 x PHI 60 39 21 .650 8.0 NY 60 30 30 .500 17.0 PROV 60 22 38 .367 25.0 BOS 60 20 40 .333 27.0 Tor 60 15 45 .250 32.0 WEST GP W L PCT GB CHI 61 39 22 .639 x STL 61 38 23 .623 1.0 CLE 60 34 26 .567 4.5 DET 60 24 36 .400 14.5 PIT 60 23 37 .383 15.5 PLAYOFF MATCHUPS QUARTEFINAL 'A' PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3) Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia Tue Apr 10 at Philadelphia (if necc) QUARTERFINAL 'B' NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3) Wed Apr 4 at New York Sun Apr 8 at St Louis Tue Apr 10 at St Louis (if necc) SEMI-FINAL 'C' WASHINGTON vs CHICAGO (Best of 7) Thu Apr 5 at Wahington Sat Apr 9 at Wahington Tue Apr 10 at Chicago Thur Apr 12 at Chicago Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc) Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc) Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc) SEMI FINAL 'D' Winners of series A and B (best of 3) Thur Apr 12 at Sat Apr 14 at Tue Apr 17 at FINALS 'E' Winners of series C and D (best of 7) dates tba Code: FINAL BAA SCORING SCORING TEAM GP PPG Joe Fulks PHI 58 24.1 EdSadowski CLE 56 18.2 Bob Feerick WSH 56 17.3 Max Zaslofsky CHI 54 14.5 ErnieCalverley PRO 53 14.4 StanMiasek DET 54 13.9 Freddie Scolari WSH 55 13.7 FrankBaumholtz CLE 58 13.7 Chuck Halbert CHI 57 13.4 JohnnyLogan STL 53 13.4 CoulbyGunther PIT 60 13.4 JohnJanisch DET 55 12.3 BelusSmawley StL 58 12.2 Horace McKinney WSH 52 12.1 Leo Mogus TOR 59 12.0 Donald Martin PRO 52 11.8 Hank Beenders PRO 56 11.6 Don Carlson CHI 52 11.5 Mel Riebe CLE 50 11.5 TEAM BY TEAM SCORING WASHINGTON CAPITOLS NAME POS GP PTS PPG Bob Feerick G 56 969 17.3 Freddie Scolari G 55 755 13.7 Horace McKinney F 52 631 12.1 John Norlander F 52 547 10.5 John Mahnken C 45 385 8.6 Irv Torgoff F 44 358 8.1 Marty Passaglia G 48 176 3.7 Bob Gantt C 47 142 3.0 Francis O'Grady G 39 99 2.5 Ken Keller G 42 57 1.4 PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS NAME POS GP PTS PPG Joe Fulks F 58 1399 24.1 Angelo Musi G 52 479 9.2 Howie Dallmar F 55 454 8.3 Ralph Kaplowitz G 52 391 7.5 George Senesky G 49 285 5.8 Art Hillhouse C 48 256 5.3 Jerry Fleishman G 45 202 4.5 Alex Rosenberg G 44 141 3.2 Fred Sheffield F 39 118 3.0 Jerry Rullo G 38 98 2.6 NEW YORK KNICKS NAME POS GP PTS PPG JohnPalmer F 58 634 10.9 SidHertzberg G 54 513 9.5 OssieSchectman G 55 491 8.9 StanStutz G 48 397 8.3 TommyByrnes G 49 387 7.9 LeeKnorek C 48 357 7.4 HankRosenstein F 47 293 6.2 LeoGottlieb G 44 241 5.5 MarionCluggish C 37 150 4.1 NatMilitzok F 37 131 3.5 PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLERS NAME POS GP PTS PPG ErnieCalverley G 53 762 14.4 DonaldMartin G 52 616 11.8 HankBeenders C 56 650 11.6 EarlShannon G 50 555 11.1 GeorgeMearns F 49 295 6.0 WilfredGoodwin F 44 184 4.2 ForestWeber C 48 199 4.1 GeorgPastushok G 44 136 3.1 GeorgeGrimshaw G 44 106 2.4 BobShea F 41 67 1.6 BOSTON CELTICS NAME POS GP PTS PPG AlBrightman F 60 626 10.4 ConnieSimmons C 56 527 9.4 ArtSpector F 42 280 6.7 ChuckConnors F 43 270 6.3 WyndolGray G 50 300 6.0 AdolphHoefer G 54 315 5.8 GerardKelly F 51 286 5.6 JohnnySimmons G 43 239 5.6 JackGarfinkel G 41 208 5.1 HaroldKottman C 40 133 3.3 TORONTO HUSKIES NAME POS GP PTS PPG Leo Mogus F 59 708 12.0 Mike McCarron G 56 519 9.3 Kleggie Hemsen C 50 396 7.9 Red Wallace G 53 342 6.5 Roy Hurley G 42 248 5.9 Dick Schulz G 48 283 5.9 Bob Mullens F 46 255 5.5 Bob Fitzgerald F 38 177 4.7 Dick Fitzgerald G 50 207 4.1 Harry Miller C 36 105 2.9 CHICAGO STAGS NAME POS GP PTS PPG MaxZaslofsky G 54 785 14.5 ChuckHalbert C 57 762 13.4 DonCarlson G 52 599 11.5 TonyJaros F 54 494 9.1 MickeyRottner G 41 328 8.0 JimSeminoff G 50 380 7.6 DoyleParrack F 42 226 5.4 ChetCarlisle F 46 231 5.0 WilbertKautz G 46 228 5.0 ChuckGilmur F 44 149 3.4 ST LOUIS BOMBERS NAME POS GP PTS PPG JohnnyLogan G 53 708 13.4 BelusSmawley G 58 709 12.2 BobDoll F 51 499 9.8 GeorgeMunroe G 49 340 6.9 CecilHankins G 48 329 6.9 DonPutman G 48 312 6.5 GiffRoux F 53 322 6.1 AubreyDavis G 41 200 4.9 JohnBarr F 46 196 4.3 DonMartin C 42 139 3.3 CLEVELAND REBELS NAME POS GP PTS PPG EdSadowski C 56 1021 18.2 FrankBaumholtz G 58 793 13.7 MelRiebe G 50 575 11.5 KennySailors G 48 483 10.1 GeorgeNostrand F 46 358 7.8 BobFaught F 44 298 6.8 NickShaback G 47 207 4.4 RayWertis G 41 132 3.2 IrvRothenberg C 42 122 2.9 BenScharnus F 48 93 1.9 DETROIT FALCONS NAME POS GP PTS PPG StanMiasek F 54 753 13.9 JohnJanisch F 55 676 12.3 ArielMaughan F 55 503 9.1 BobDille F 51 295 5.8 HaroldBrown G 42 212 5.0 GradyLewis F 46 227 4.9 TomKing G 49 213 4.3 ArtStolkey G 47 197 4.2 MoeBecker G 40 167 4.2 MiltSchoon C 41 105 2.6 PITTSBURGH IRONMEN NAME POS GP PTS PPG CoulbyGunther F 60 801 13.4 JohnAbramovic F 55 599 10.9 StanNoszka G 52 444 8.5 HankZeller C 57 443 7.8 TonyKappen G 45 284 6.3 JohnMills C 43 224 5.2 PeterMaravich G 35 163 4.7 EdMelvin F 52 219 4.2 NobleJorgensen C 46 187 4.1 MikeBytzura F 35 126 3.6 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE The Toronto Maple Leafs look to take a 3-0 series lead over the New York Rangers tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Leafs won the first two games in New York to take a stranglehold on the series. Toronto took the opener 5-1 behind two goals from rookie Howie Meeker. Turk Broda was the hero in game 2 backstopping the Leafs to a 1-0 win as Bill Ezinicki's second period goal accounted for all the scoring. The other series has Detroit leading Montreal 3 games to one. Game 5 in that series is tomorrow night at The Olympia. BOXING ROUND-UP A big fight in the bantamweight division this evening highlights the boxing activity for the week. Luis Galvani of Cuba, the number one contender for Canadian Fernando Gagnon's World Title, faces a stiff challenge in rising Mexican star Luis Castillo. It is a busy week for boxing fans. Thursday lightweight Enrique Bolanos defends his Mexican title against Mario Trigo in Acapulco. Bolanos is 14-1 with his only loss coming to World Lightweight Champion Ike Williams. Trigo is 13-4 and coming off a loss in Los Angeles to rising lightweight Art Aragon. Friday heavyweight Lee Q. Murray and Nino Valdes do battle in Hartford. Murray, a 28 year old from South Norwalk, Connecticut native is 10-2 and presently ranked 8th in his weightclass. The 23 year old Valedes is considered Cuba's top heavyweight fighter. His record is 18-3. Finally on Saturday, top middleweight contender Holman Williams fights Australian Dave Sands in Miami. Williams is 26-1 with his only loss coming to Jake LaMotta in the final of the postwar tournament. Sands is 29-6-1 but has only faced a handful of recognizable fighters. NFL DRAFT PREVIEW: TWO OUTSTANDING TIGHT ENDS LIKELY FIRST ROUND PICKS It is conceivable when Saturday's NFL draft is done that a pair of tight ends will have been selected in the top 5 of the draft. The New York Giants, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers - picking third thru 5th - all have a need at tight end. Even if those clubs decide to address other needs then Atlanta at pick 6 or Buffalo at pick 10 may be in the market for a tight end. There are two tight ends that stand head and shoulders above the pack. Army's Hank Foldberg had 36 catches and is an outstanding run blocker. He should be ready to step in right away and make an impact in the NFL. The other marquee tight end is Indiana's Pete Pihos. Blessed with incredible hands Pihos may need some work on his blocking technique but has the potential to be an All-Pro. The knock on Pihos is that some question his work ethic. If a team does not grab one of those two players they will likely not be in the market for a tight end until at least the third round because beyond the first two there is just no talent available at the position. Which only seems to strengthen the draft position for Foldberg and Pihos. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.

10-10-2004, 02:18 PM	#232
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	Man, gotta love that wacky, NHL-inspired BAA playoff system! Great work as always, TF.

10-11-2004, 12:42 AM	#233
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY APRIL 4, 1947 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS LEAFS TAKE 3-0 SERIES LEAD WITH WIN OVER RANGERS Bill Ezinicki and Bud Poile each scored twice as the Toronto Maple Leafs trimmed the New York Rangers 4-3 to take a commanding 3 games to none lead in the best of seven semi-final series. The Rangers scored first for the first time in the series as Rene Trudell gave New York a 1-0 lead just over two minutes into the game. The lead, New York's first of the series, was shortlived as 50 seconds later Ezinicki tied the game. By the time the first period was over the Leafs had a 3-1 lead as Poile scored a pair of unassisted goals. Ezinicki made it 4-1 Toronto in the second period. The Rangers did mount a charge in a wide open third period as Church Russell and Cal Gardner scored to cut the Toronto lead to 4-3. However, Leaf goaltender Turk Broda held the fort in the final minutes to preserve the 4-3 Toronto victory. Code: SCORING SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 NYR Rene Trudell 2(Hal Laycoe) 2:11 TOR Bill Ezinicki 3(Syl Apps, Wally Stanowksi) 3:01 TOR Bud Poile 2(unassisted) 6:23 TOR Bud Poile 3(unassisted) 14:57 Penalties: Mortson Tor, Moe NY roughing 4:03; Boesch Tor crosschecking 9:26 Meeker Tor rounging 10:18 P E R I O D 2 TOR Bill Ezinicki 4(Bob Goldham, Wally Stanowski) 15:56 Penalties: Thomson Tor elbowing 0:07; Lynn Tor, Gardner NY roughing 2:53; Ezinicki Tor holding 9:53; Mortson Tor roughing 18:10 P E R I O D 3 NY Church Russell 1(Rene Trudell, Bill Moe) 6:20 NY Cal Gardner 1(Bill Moe) 12:07 Penalties: none SHOTS ON GOAL Period 1 2 3 Total Rayner NY 12 12 18 = 42 Broda Tor 9 5 28 = 42 The Leafs will look to complete the 4 game sweep tonight at Maple Leaf Gardens. Detroit can also wrap up the other semi-final series tonight. The Red Wings host Montreal leading their series 3 games to one. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal Tuesday March 27 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2 Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Canadiens 6-3 Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1 Sunday April 1 at Montreal : Red Wings 3-1 Wednesday April 4 at Detroit Saturday April 7 at Montreal (if necc) Sunday April 8 at Detroit (if necc) SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto Thursday March 29 at New York : Leafs 5-1 Saturday March 31 at New York : Leafs 1-0 Tuesday April 3 at Toronto : Leafs 4-3 Wednesday April 4 at Toronto Friday April 6 at New York (if necc) Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc) Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc) BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA The BAA playoffs get underway tonight on two fronts. Cleveland hosts Philadelphia in game one of their best of 3 quarterfinal series. The key for Cleveland will be to shut down the league's leading scorer in Warriors forward Joe Fulks. The other quarterfinal also starts tonight with New York entertaining St Louis. The final series, a best of 7 semi-final between division winners Washington and Chicago opens in the nation's capital tomorrow night. BOXING NEWS: GALVANI MOVES A STEP CLOSER TO FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE SHOT Cuban fighter Luis Galvani looked extremely impressive in winning a unanimous decision over Mexican Luis Castillo in Castillo's hometown. Galvani took the fight to Castillo early and easily won the first three rounds. In round four the tide turned as Castillo worked to slow the fight down and turn it into a wrestling match. The Mexican had some success with that strategy until he began to tire around round 10. From there Galvani completely dominated and knocked Castillo down twice in the final round. Galvani is the number one contender in the featherweight division and is eyeing a matchup with titleholder Fernando Gagnon of Canada. NFL DRAFT PREVIEW: THE LINEMEN If you are a team in need of help at offensive tackle or defensive end than this is the draft for you. The latest mock draft from Syd Nyquist has 4 defensive ends and 4 offensive tackles projected to go in the first round of Saturday's NFL draft. There is a good chance the number one overall pick will be either Len Ford of Michigan or George Savitsky of Pennsylvania. It seems to be a foregone conclusion the Dallas Cowboys will take a defensive end first overall but the question remains which of these two very talented players do the Cowboys prefer? Ford's Michigan teammate Elmer Mader may be the third defensive end taken in the first round and before the round ends Navy's Ben Chase may also hear his name called. If those four are gone in round one a team can still grab a quality pass rushing defensive end in the second round. The top candidates include Harold Fischer from tiny Southerwestern (Tx) and the Oregon duo of Richard Pricer and Eric Terrell. The offensive line may not have a top 10 pick but there are plenty of players worthy of a mid to late first round selection. First off the board will likely be Army's Tex Coulter although Tom Hughes of Purdue and Warren Amling of Ohio State will also draw interest. Just a notch below those three are Army's Albert Nemetz, Notre Dame's George Connor and Mike *Castonis of Georgia. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-12-2004, 03:57 PM	#234
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY APRIL 5, 1947 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS RED WINGS ELIMINATE CANADIENS WITH GAME FIVE VICTORY Billy Taylor and Ted Lindsay each had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings past the Montreal Canadiens 4-2. The victory gave the Red Wings the best-of-seven semi-final series in 5 games. Once again the big story for Detroit was the play of goaltender Harry Lumley. The Canadiens dominated for most of the game, outshooting Detroit 54-34, but Montreal could only put 2 goals past Lumley. The Red Wings struck quickly as Billy Taylor scored his first goal of the series just 41 seconds into the game and a minute later Ted Lindsay's power play marker made it 2-0. Montreal got one back late in the period on a Jimmy Peters goal but despite firing 24 shots on Lumley that was all the Canadiens could muster in the first stanza. The teams traded goals in the second period as Jim Conacher scored for Detroit while Billy Reay replied on the powerplay for Montreal. Midway through the third period Jack Stewart sewed things up for Detroit with his first marker of the playoffs. The Canadiens outshot Detroit 19-7 in a desperate third period but Lumley once again was a brick wall between the pipes. Detroit will meet the winner of the New York-Toronto series in the Stanley Cup Finals. Code: SCORING SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 DET Billy Taylor 1(Roy Conacher) 0:41 DET Ted Lindsay 5(Sid Abel, Ed Bruneteau) 1:41 PP MON Jimmy Peters 2 (unassisted) Penalties: Reardon Mon roughing 0:57; Chamberlain Mon charging 8:47 P E R I O D 2 DET Jim Conacher 3(Ted Lindsay) 8:27 MON Billy Reay 5(Leo Gravelle, Ken Reardon) 10:34 PP Penalties: Lindsay Det holding 8:36; McCaig Det Chamberlain Mon roughing 19:02 P E R I O D 3 DET Jack Stewart 1(Pete Horeck, Billy Taylor) 11:50 Penalties: Mosdell Mon roughing 4:54 SHOTS ON Durnan Mon 15 12 7 = 34 Lumley Det 24 11 19 = 54 RANGERS AVOID SWEEP WITH 6-2 WIN IN TORONTO The New York Rangers now have a pulse in their semi-final series with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Trailing 3 games to one it is a very faint pulse but the Rangers played with heart for the first time in the series as they easily manhandled the Maple Leafs 6-2. The series now shifts back to New York for Game 5 on Friday. The Leafs got on the scoresheet first as Harry Watson lit the lamp 5 minutes into the game but New York responded with a pair of goals of their own. The teams traded goals in the second period before the Rangers exploded for 3 goals in the final 20 minutes. Edgar Laprade led the New York offensive outburst with a goal and two assists while Tony Leswick had a pair of goals. The key for the Rangers was a pair of powerplay goals. The Leafs are the most penalized team in the league and through the first three games of the series the Rangers were unable to make Toronto pay for it's aggessiveness. The Rangers were 0-for-11 with the man advantage prior to last night when they finally broke through the Toronto penalty killing. Code: SCORING SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 TOR Harry Watson 2(unassisted) 5:06 NY Edgar Laprade 1(Bill Moe) 12:16 NY Bryan Hextall 1(unassisted) 14:19 PP Penalties: Stewart Tor roughing 1:37; Meeker Tor hooking 13:11 P E R I O D 2 NY Tony Leswick 1(Edgar Laprade, Bill Moe) 10:19 TOR Howie Meeker 3(unassisted) 18:09 Penalties: Thomson Tor, Lamirande NY slashing 12:04 P E R I O D 3 NY Tony Leswick 2(Edgar Laprade) 7:48 PP NY Cal Gardner 2(Alf Pike) 15:18 NY Church Russell 2(unassisted) 16:26 Penalties: Thomson Tor crosschecking 1:05; Mortson Tor major slashing 2:50; Gardner NY tripping 8:36; Lynn Tor delay of game 13:11 SHOTS ON Broda Tor 10 17 18 = 45 Rayner NY 15 12 7 = 34 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal Tuesday March 27 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2 Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Montreal 6-3 Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1 Sunday April 1 at Montreal : Red Wings 3-1 Wednesday April 4 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2 Detroit wins best of seven series 4 games to one SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto Thursday March 29 at New York : Leafs 5-1 Saturday March 31 at New York : Leafs 1-0 Tuesday April 3 at Toronto : Leafs 4-3 Wednesday April 4 at Toronto : Rangers 6-2 Friday April 6 at New York Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc) Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc) BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS KNICKS AND WARRIORS STRIKE FIRST IN PLAYOFF ACTION The East Division proved dominant in the first day of BAA playoff action as both Philadelphia and New York came up with opening game victories. The two clubs each hold a 1-0 lead in the short best-of-three quarter-final series. New York dropped St Louis 69-60 at Madison Square Garden behind a 13 point effort from guard Sidney Hertzberg. Game two in the series will be Sunday night at St Louis. In Cleveland, Joe Fulks made the last two of his 22 points on a pair of free throws with 21 seconds to play giving the visiting Philadelphia Warriors a 77-75 victory over the Rebels. Game 2 will be Saturday night in Philadelphia. The best-of-seven semi-final begins tonight in Washington with the East Division champion Capitols entertaining the West Division leading Chicago Stags. Code: SCORING SUMMARIES NEW YORK PTS ST LOUIS PTS SidHertzberg G 13 BelusSmawley G 15 LeeKnorek C 10 JohnnyLogan G 10 HankRosenstein F 10 GeorgeMunroe G 10 JohnPalmer F 8 DonMartin C 7 StanStutz G 8 BobDoll F 5 LeoGottlieb G 8 DonPutman G 5 OssieSchectman G 7 CecilHankins G 4 MarionCluggish C 5 AubreyDavis G 4 TommyByrnes G 0 GiffRoux F 0 NatMilitzok F 0 JohnBarr F 0 69 60 PHILADELPHIA PTS CLEVELAND PTS Joe Fulks F 22 EdSadowski C 19 Angelo Musi G 11 FrankBaumholtz G 18 George Senesky G 11 MelRiebe G 14 Howie Dallmar F 10 KennySailors G 8 Ralph Kaplowitz G 8 NickShaback G 7 Jerry Fleishman G 8 GeorgeNostrand F 5 Art Hillhouse C 7 IrvRothenberg C 2 Alex Rosenberg G 0 RayWertis G 2 Fred Sheffield F 0 BobFaught F 0 Jerry Rullo G 0 BenScharnus F 0 77 75 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DRAFT PREVIEW IS IT DALLAS OR TAMPA FOR OTTO GRAHAM? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have made no attempt to hide their desire to draft Northwestern quarterback Otto Graham and barring a trade by Dallas it looks like the Bucs will get Graham with the number two pick in Saturday's NFL draft. "The Cowboys have decided to go with a defensive end at number one and I highly doubt they will trade down," says TSN Daily draft guru Syd Nyquist. "Dallas loves both of the ends (Len Ford and George Savitsky) so they may consider moving down to pick three or four but would not risk go any lower for fear of losing them both. The Giants at pick three have said they will not trade up leaving just Green Bay, with the 4th pick,to throw a wrench into the Bucs plans. However, I cannot see the Packers willing to give up their second round pick to move up because Green Bay just has too many areas of need. As a result the Cowboys will take one of the defensive ends, likely Ford, leaving Graham for the Bucs." Graham has the potential to be another Sid Luckman, the type of quarterback that can carry a team to a championship. He is a tremendous athlete, as proven by his ability to start at point guard for the Northwestern basketball team, and has an outstanding arm plus is a very good leader. Beyond Graham, there are three other quarterbacks who could in the first round. Frank Albert of Stanford was outstanding in the senior all-star games after leading his school to a 7-2-1 record. Paul Governali did not have a great supporting cast at Columbia but seems to have all the ingredients to be a solid pro. Charles Trippi won the Maxwell Award and was a Heisman finalist and led Georgia to a perfect regular season before losing to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. RECEIVERS DROP THE BALL* Early in the college season many were projecting this would be one of the strongest group of wide receivers in a draft class in quite sometime. However, a combination of poor postseason play and/or bad combine results have really soured most scouts on this group of wideouts. Hugh Taylor of Oklahoma and Roger Clark of Tennessee both dropped from potential top 10 picks to mid second rounders after posting some subpar 40 times at the combine. Barney Poole of Army also suffered the same fate. "I would still expect 4 or 5 wideouts to go in the first round," explained Nyquist. "But now you will find them in the bottom of the round rather than the top. To be fair it is not all the players fault for the drop-off. Most of the teams picking in the top 15 have far greater needs than receiver." Look for Oklahoma's Don Schlereth, Hubert Bechtol of Texas and Tulsa's Camp Wilson to be the first receivers off the board. Jim Hawthorne of Clemson, Cincinnati's Elbie Nichol and Army's Barney Poole may also sneak into the first round. GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN TEES OFF TODAY* The golf season gets into full swing today with the first official tournament of the year. The Greater Greensboro Open, a warm up to the Masters for nearly a decade, will be the first stop on the tour and the first event to receive the expanded TSN daily coverage in 1947. Unlike last year when we only focused on the 4 majors, TSN will provide coverage throughout the golf season of all 20 events plus the Ryder Cup. Sam Snead is the defending champion in the event, which once again will be held at the par 71 Starmount Country Club. Code: PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN 1946 Sam Snead 270 1945 Byron Nelson 271 1944 No Tournament 1943 No Tournament 1942 Sam Byrd 279 1941 Byron Nelson 276 1940 Ben Hogan 270 1939 Ralph Guldahl 280 1938 Sam Snead 272 Here is the complete calendar of events. DATE EVENT LOCATION 1946 Winner ------- ------------------ ------------- ----------- Apr 5-8 Greater Greensboro Open Greensboro Sam Snead Apr 12-15 The Masters Augusta, Ga Ben Hogan Apr 26-29 Greater New Orleans New Orleans Byron Nelson May 3-6 Dallas Invitational Dallas Ben Hogan May 10-13 Phoenix Open Phoenix Ben Hogan May 17-20 Bing Crosby Pro-Am Pebble Beach not held May 24-27 San Diego Open San Diego not held M31-Jun 3 Texas Open San Antonio Ben Hogan Jun 7-10 Memphis Open Memphis CC not held Jun 14-17 Canadian Open Glen Abbey Toronto George Fazio Jun 21-24 PGA (match play) Plum Hollow Detroit Byron Nelson Jn 28-Jul 1 Insurance City Open Hartford CC not held Jul 12-15 Irish Open Portrush Fred Daly Jul 19-22 British Open Royal Liverpool GC Byron Nelson Aug 9-12 Colonial National Colonial GC, Fort Worth Ben Hogan Aug 16-19 US Open St Louis CC, Clayton Mo Harry Bradshaw Aug 23-26 Tucson Open Tucson National Jimmy Demaret A30-Sep 2 Western Open Salt Lake CC Ben Hogan Sep 6-9 Los Angeles Open Los Angeles Byron Nelson Sep 13-16 Ryder Cup Portland GC, Ore ------ Sep 20-23 Tournament of Champions Houston CC Byron Nelson BOXING NEWS One of the top Lightweights in the World is in action tonight as Enrique Bolanos defends his Mexican Lightweight Title against Mario Trigo in Acapulco. Bolanos is 14-1 with his only loss coming to World Lightweight Champion Ike Williams. The 23 year old had won all 14 of his post-war tournament fights before losing to Williams in the championship final last September. This will be his first bout since that defeat. Trigo is 13-4 and coming off a loss in Los Angeles to rising lightweight Art Aragon. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-14-2004, 01:11 AM	#235
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY APRIL 6, 1947 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS WASHINGTON TOPS CHICAGO IN OPENER Bob Feerick had 19 points to lead the Washington Capitols to a 89-83 victory over the Chicago Stags in the opener of their best of seven semi-final series. The Capitols, who had the best record in the league during the regular season, built a big lead on the West Division champion Stags and then hung on for the victory. Game 2 will be Saturday night in Washington before the series shifts to Chicago for the next 3 games. Code: SCORING SUMMARY WASHINGTON PTS CHICAGO PTS Bob Feerick G 19 ChuckHalbert C 17 Horace McKinney F 14 MaxZaslofsky G 13 Bob Gantt C 13 TonyJaros F 10 John Norlander F 12 JimSeminoff G 10 Irv Torgoff F 11 ChuckGilmur F 10 John Mahnken C 7 MickeyRottner G 9 Marty Passaglia G 7 DonCarlson G 8 Freddie Scolari G 6 ChetCarlisle F 6 Francis O'Grady G 0 WilbertKautz G 0 Ken Keller G 0 DoyleParrack F 0 89 83 QUARTEFINAL 'A' PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3) Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland : Warriors 77-75 Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia Tue Apr 10 at Philadelphia (if necc) QUARTERFINAL 'B' NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3) Wed Apr 4 at New York : Knicks 69-60 Sun Apr 8 at St Louis Tue Apr 10 at St Louis (if necc) SEMI-FINAL 'C' WASHINGTON vs CHICAGO (Best of 7) Thu Apr 5 at Wahington : Capitols 89-83 Sat Apr 9 at Wahington Tue Apr 10 at Chicago Thur Apr 12 at Chicago Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc) Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc) Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc) NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS RANGERS LOOK TO STAY ALIVE WITH A WIN AT HOME The New York Rangers return to Madison Square Garden tonight with hopes that they will have to pack their bags and take the train back to Toronto immediately following the game. The Rangers beat the Leafs 6-2 Wednesday to stay alive in the best of seven NHL semi-final series. However, Toronto still has a commanding 3 games to one lead and the Leafs took both games in Madison Square Garden to start the series. A New York win would force game six in Toronto tomorrow night while a Leaf victory would advance Toronto to the Stanley Cup Finals against Detroit. The Red Wings knocked off Montreal in 5 games in the other semi-final. SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto Thursday March 29 at New York : Leafs 5-1 Saturday March 31 at New York : Leafs 1-0 Tuesday April 3 at Toronto : Leafs 4-3 Wednesday April 4 at Toronto : Rangers 6-2 Friday April 6 at New York Saturday April 7 at Toronto (if necc) Tuesday April 10 at New York (if necc) GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN 3-WAY TIE AFTER FIRST ROUND OF GGO Virginia native Chandler Harper was one of 3 golfers to shoot a 5 under par 66 and share the lead after the opening round of the Greater Greensboro Open at the Starmount Country Club. Joining Harper atop the leaderboard are Herman Barron and Jimmy Adams. Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret are one stroke off the pace. Defending champion Sam Snead shot an even par 71. Those in danger of missing the cut include Byron Nelson and Herman Keiser, who each shot 73, as did British Ryder Cup team captain Henry Cotton. At stake is over $43,000 in prize money including $7,500 for the winner. Here are the first round results. Code: NAME RD 1 HARPER 66 BARRON 66 ADAMS 66 HOGAN 67 DEMARET 67 REES 68 DALY 68 MIDDLECOFF 68 BURKE JR 68 SHUTE 68 HARRISON 68 VON NIDA 68 LOCKE 69 LAFFOON 69 VAN DONCK 69 REVOLTA 69 WALL 69 LEES 69 THOMSON 70 FERRIER 70 LITTLE 70 WOOD 70 CARR-a 70 RUNYON 70 SNEAD 71 HAMILTON 71 HARMON 71 FAZIO 71 BYRD 71 TURNERSA 71 FURGOL 71 ROSBERG 71 CERDA 72 WORSHAM 72 BOROS 72 BUREN 72 DUTRA 72 FLECK 72 HEBERT 72 NELSON 73 KEISER 73 OLIVER 73 COTTON 73 WARD 73 HORNE 73 FAULKNER 73 DE VICENZO 73 BURTON 73 KING 74 RIEGEL 74 GHEZZI 74 JONES JR 74 METZ 74 FORD 74 BRADSHAW 74 SARAZEN 74 WEETMAN 74 HARBERT 75 BULLA 75 HAEFNER 75 MACKAY JR 75 SMITH 75 MANGRUM 76 STRANAHAN 76 BOLT 77 BOXING BOLANOS AND TRIGO BATTLE TO DRAW Enrique Bolanos and Mario Trigo battled to a 15-round draw in a spirited fight for the Mexican Lighweight Championship. By the time it was over both fighter's looked like they had been through a war, and that wasn't far from the truth as it was one of the most active bouts of the year. Bolanos appeared to have the defense of his title well in hand until Trigo surprised him in the 10th with an uppercut that floored the Mexican Champion. Bolanos recovered enough to keep going but lost the dominance he had in the early rounds. One judge scored it 144-141 Bolanos, a second judge had it 143-142 Trigo while the final judge scored the bout 143-143. A rematch is expected and it will likely be held in mid-June. Bolanos' record sits at 14-1-1 while Trigo is 13-4-1. Connecticut native Lee Q Murray is set to face his toughest obstacle yet in his efforts to crack the top 5 heavyweight contenders. Murray, with a 10-2 postwar record, meets Cuban champion Nino Valdes, 18-3, in a 15 round bout in Hartford tonight. Code: Here are the top 10 heavyweights CHAMP Joe Louis 9-0 Detroit 2 Ezzard Charles 19-1 Cincinnait 3 Nino Valdes 18-3 Havana, Cuba 4 Nathan Mann 18-5-1 Hamden, Ct 5 Roscoe Toles 19-4 Detroit 6 Elmer Ray 23-5 Hasting Fla 7 Walter Neusel 22-6 Bochum, Germany: European Champ 8 Joe Walcott 23-2-2 Merchantville, NJ 9 Lee Q Murray 10-2 South Norwalk, Ct 10 Alberto Lovell 20-7-1 Buenos Aires: South American Champ __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-14-2004, 07:29 PM	#236
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	Tiger Fan is my hero! When I read his dynasty thread(s) it makes me laugh at the silly attempts I've made. You, sir, are the Willie Mays of dynasty reports... __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

10-14-2004, 11:12 PM	#237
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	Wow, thanks Dargone. I just try to find a league format that I find enjoyable to follow myself. It's flattering when others are interested in it as well. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-14-2004, 11:15 PM	#238
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY APRIL 7, 1947 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS LEAFS FINISH OFF RANGERS WITH STUNNING COMEBACK IN GAME 5 Three goals in the final 5 minutes of the third period gave Toronto an improbable come from behind 5-4 victory that ended the New York Rangers season. The Rangers seemed to have the game well in hand up to that point, leading the Leafs 4-2 and totally dominating the play. The a nifty mid ice pass from Ted Kennedy sent Howie Meeker between the New York defense and in alone on Ranger netminder Chuck Rayner. The rookie made no mistake and suddenly the Leafs had life. Toronto buzzed the Rangers net looking for the equalizer and 2 minutes later Bob Goldham's screen shot from the point found it's way behind Rayner to tie the game. The Leafs, sensing the Rangers were ready to fold, were not content to wait for overtime and instead continued to push for the game winning goal. Some terrific forechecking forced Ranger rearguard Joe Cooper to cough the puck up in his own end and Gaye Stewart took advantage blasting a 40-footer past a stunned Rayner with 26 seconds remaining in regulation. Stewart's goal gave the Leafs a 5-4 win and moved them into the Stanley Cup Finals against the Detroit Red Wings. NOTES: Both Toronto and Detroit won their first round playoff series in 5 games. The Stanley Cup Finals will begin in Detroit on Tuesday...Leaf goaltender Turk Broda was named the game's first star after making 46 saves...Bill Ezinicki led all scorers with 5 goals in the series. Code: SCORING SUMMARY P E R I O D 1 TOR Harry Watson 3(Ted Kennedy, Bill Barilko) 14:46 NY JP Lamirande 1(Cal Gardner, Joe Cooper) 16:54 TOR Bill Ezinicki 5(Vic Lynn, Bill Barilko) 17:56 Penalties: Lynn Tor boarding 3:31; Lynn Tor roughing 5:53 P E R I O D 2 NY Bryan Hextall 2(Cal Gardner) 8:17 NY Bryan Hextall 3(Cal Gardner) 13:36 NY Church Russell 3(unassisted) 14:00 Penalties: Ezinicki Tor roughing 16:29 P E R I O D 3 TOR Howie Meeker 4(Ted Kennedy) 15:09 TOR Bob Goldham 1 (Syl Apps) 17:04 TOR Gaye Stewart 1(unassisted) 19:34 Penalties: Thomson Tor elbowing 12:21 SHOTS ON Broda Tor 10 17 23 =50 Rayner NY 15 13 13 =41 SERIES 'A' Detroit vs Montreal Tuesday March 27 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2 Thursday March 29 at Detroit : Montreal 6-3 Saturday March 31 at Montreal : Red Wings 2-1 Sunday April 1 at Montreal : Red Wings 3-1 Wednesday April 4 at Detroit : Red Wings 4-2 Detroit wins best of seven series 4 games to one SERIES 'B' New York vs Toronto Thursday March 29 at New York : Leafs 5-1 Saturday March 31 at New York : Leafs 1-0 Tuesday April 3 at Toronto : Leafs 4-3 Wednesday April 4 at Toronto : Rangers 6-2 Friday April 6 at New York : Leafs 5-4 SERIES 'C' FINALS Detroit vs Toronto Tuesday April 10 at Detroit Thursday April 12 at Detroit Saturday April 14 at Toronto Sunday April 15 at Toronto Tuesday April 17 at Detroit (if necc) Thursday April 19 at Toronto (if necc) Saturday April 21 at Detroit (if necc) TEAM PLAYOFF LEADERS G A PTS DET Ted Lindsay 5 2 7 DET Billy Taylor 1 6 7 MON Billy Reay 5 1 6 TOR Bill Ezinicki 5 0 5 NY Cal Gardner 2 3 5 NFL DRAFT: COWBOYS PASS ON TRADE, WILL DRAFT SAVITSKY The Dallas Cowboys reportedly turned down a final offer from the Green Bay Packers last night and will use the number one draft pick on Pennsylvania defensive end George Savitsky. The deal would have sent young Packer QB Jordan Montana and the 4th pick overall to the Cowboys for the number one pick. According to draft guru Syd Nyquist the Cowboys were concerned that the Giants might grab Savitsky with the third pick so they did not want to risk trading down. The happiest team at the non-trade news must be Tampa Bay which will get the man the Packers had coveted in Northwestern QB Otto Graham with the second pick. Next up will be the Giants and who they pick is anyone's guess. "New York has really played things close to the vest," explains Nyquist. "Many feel they will take either defensive lineman Len Ford or Stanford QB Frank Albert but I am hearing some rumbling about Pete Pihos, the tight end from Indiana. The Giants certainly have needs at each of those positions." Green Bay wanted Graham but they will likely settle on Albert if the Giants bypass the signal-caller. TSN Daily will have a full analysis of today's draft in tomorrow's issue. BOXING* LEE Q MURRAY MAKES A STATEMENT Heavyweight Lee Q Murray delighted the homestate crowd in Hartford by destroying Nino Valdes with a second round knockout. Murray was all over the Cuban, knocking him down 3 times in the second round after chasing him around the ring in the opening round. It was the 28 year old Murray's first real test against a top level opponent and he more than looked up to the challenge, stunning Valdes with a quick uppercut to start the fight and never looking back. Murray improves to 11-2 while Valdes, who entered the fight considered the third best heavyweight in the world, falls to 18-4. There is a big fight in Miami tonight as top middleweight contender Holman Williams fights Australian Dave Sands. Williams is 26-1 with his only loss coming to Jake LaMotta in the final of the postwar tournament. Sands is 29-6-1 but has only faced a handful of recognizable fighters. GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN IRISHMAN DALY OPENS 3 STROKE LEAD Fred Daly shot a six under par 65 to take a 3 shot lead in golf's season opening event - the Greater Greensboro Open. Coupled with a 68 on Thursday, the 35 year old Daly is 9 under par, 3 shots ahead of Chandler Harper and Peter Thomson. Daly is an unlikely leader, playing in his first North American event. He began his golfing career as a caddie at Royal Portrush Club. At 17 he became professional at Mahee Island, leaving in 1946 to join Balmoral, Belfast before joining the tour this season. Code: Below is the list of golfers who made the cut: NAME RD1 RD2 TOTAL DALY 68 65 133 -9 HARPER 66 70 136 -6 THOMSON 70 66 136 -6 REES 68 69 137 -5 FURGOL 71 66 137 -5 BARRON 66 72 138 -4 MIDDLECOFF 68 70 138 -4 LEES 69 69 138 -4 DEMARET 67 72 139 -3 WALL 69 70 139 -3 RUNYON 70 69 139 -3 HARMON 71 68 139 -3 BYRD 71 68 139 -3 BURKE JR 68 72 140 -2 SHUTE 68 72 140 -2 HARRISON 68 72 140 -2 LITTLE 70 70 140 -2 SNEAD 71 69 140 -2 ROSBERG 71 69 140 -2 BOROS 72 68 140 -2 COTTON 73 67 140 -2 HOGAN 67 74 141 -1 CARR-a 70 71 141 -1 HAMILTON 71 70 141 -1 HEBERT 72 69 141 -1 ADAMS 66 76 142 E LAFFOON 69 73 142 E VAN DONCK 69 73 142 E FAZIO 71 71 142 E NELSON 73 69 142 E WORSHAM 72 71 143 1 KEISER 73 70 143 1 KING 74 69 143 1 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS Action resumes on two fronts tonight in the BAA playoffs. Washington entertains Chicago in Game two of the best of seven semi-final between the two division winners. The Capitols took the opener 89-83. League scoring champ Joe Fulks and the Philadelphia Warriors return home tonight looking to finish off the Cleveland Rebels. The Warriors won the opener of the best-of-3 quarterfinal series 77-75 on Wednesday in Cleveland. The other series resumes tomorrow with St Louis hosting New York. The Knickerbockers won the opener in that series Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JUST A WEEK AWAY Major league teams are preparing to leave their spring training camps in Florida and head north this week in preparation for next Sunday's opening day. Among the highlights will be Jackie Robinson making his major league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-15-2004, 06:12 PM	#239
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY APRIL 8, 1947 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DRAFT FEW SURPRISES IN NFL DRAFT AS SAVITSKY, GRAHAM GO 1-2 The first round of the NFL draft went as most experts expected it would, with the Dallas Cowboys starting things off by taking Pennsylvania DE George Savitsky first overall and Tampa immediately grabbing franchise quarterback Otto Graham second. The biggest surprise was Michigan defensive lineman Len Ford lasting until the second round. Tampa got him 34th overall after most mock drafts felt he was a top five pick. A questionable work ethic is said to be the cause for the drop-off. The Bucs with Graham and Ford, appear to have walked away with by far the best draft class. Syd Nyquist will have a team by team recap during the week but for now here is the complete first round with Nyquist's thoughts on each selection. #1(1) Dallas George Savitsky DE Pennsylvania This was the right pick for the Cowboys. #2(2) Tampa Bay Otto Graham QB Northwestern A rare talent who will be all-pro sooner rather than later. #3(3) New York Pete Pihos TE Indiana I think the Giants are going to disappointed with what Pihos is going to be able to give them. Just my opinion. #4(4) Green Bay Frank Albert QB Stanford The Packers coveted Albert, and probably thought he would be taken before their spot came up. I'll bet they are ecstatic. #5(5) St. Louis Ken Murphy CB Southern California Could have an instant impact in St. Louis's defense scheme. #6(6) Atlanta Red Cochran SS Wake Forest Cochran grew up rooting for the Falcons, and now his dream comes true. #7(7) Minnesota Paul Governali QB Columbia Consensus was that Governali would go right about here. #8(8) Seattle Glen Davis RB Army Has "Franchise Player" written all over him. #9(9) Jacksonville John Podesto CB Pacific The Jaguars were salivating when they saw Podesto was still available here. #10(10) Buffalo Hank Foldberg TE Army What were they thinking? There were better guys on the board. #11(11) Detroit Elmer Mader DE Michigan Mader wanted to play in Detroit, and now he'll get his chance. #12(12) Cincinnati Russell Johnson ILB Georgia Tech The Bengals coveted Johnson, and probably thought he would be taken before their spot came up. I'll bet they are ecstatic. #13(13) Miami George Connor OT Notre Dame This was a smart move for the Dolphins, given their needs at OT. #14(14) Carolina Herman Wedemeyer RB St. Mary's Panthers addresses need at RB with former St. Mary's standout Wedemeyer. #15(15) New York Albert Nemetz OT Army Jets played the numbers, and went with Nemetz here. #16(16) San Diego Bob Fenimore RB Oklahoma A&M No one expected San Diego to pass him up, but many scouts still aren't sold on Fenimore. #17(17) Baltimore Vance Steele FS Boston College Didn't need a FS, and didn't get the best one on the board. Bad pick. #18(18) Indianapolis Bob Chappis RB Michigan Colts gets a gifted RB who should contribute immediately. #19(19) New Orleans Neil Armstrong CB Oklahoma A&M Will fit in just nicely in New Orleans. #20(20) Oakland Camp Wilson WR Tulsa A good upgrade for Baker's offense. #21(21) Washington Ben Chase DE Navy The Redskins worked out Chase privately a few weeks ago, and obviously liked what they saw. #22(22) Arizona Hubert Bechtol WR Texas Cardinals snags a good WR at a good spot in the draft. #23(23) Houston Bob Ravensberg ILB Indiana A good upgrade for McKinney's defense. #24(24) New England Tom Morris CB Brigham Young With a late surge up the draft boards, Morris lands with Patriots in the 1 round. #25(25) Philadelphia Harold Fischer DE Southwestern Eagles played the numbers, and went with Fischer here. #26(26) San Francisco Don Schlereth WR Oklahoma This guy has superstar potential, and I will really be interested to see how he develops over his career. #27(27) Tennessee Charles Trippi QB Georgia What were they thinking? There were better guys on the board. #28(28) Kansas City Weldon Humble DT Rice Humble wanted to play in Kansas City, and now he'll get his chance. #29(29) Pittsburgh Bob Forte OLB Arkansas Forte is a really good fit for this defense #30(30) Denver Elbie Nichol WR Cincinnati I didn't really see WR as a top need for Broncos, but Nichol is a good talent who could contribute. #31(31) Cleveland Jim Hawthorne WR Clemson Hawthorne was well-coached at Clemson, and will need the same kind of nurturing in Cleveland to succeed at the pro level. #32(32) Chicago Tom Hughes OT Purdue I didn't really see OT as a top need for Bears, but Hughes is a good talent who could contribute. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PLAYOFFS WARRIORS ELIMINATE CLEVELAND WITH 87-82 VICTORY Joe Fulks had 27 points and Howie Dallmar added 13 as the Philadelphia Warriors completed a 2-game sweep of the Cleveland Rebels with an 87-82 win in Philadelphia. Ed Sadowski had another strong game in a losing effort for the Rebels, scoring 20 points. Philadelphia will meet the winner of the New York-St Louis series in a best of 3 semi-final. The Knicks lead 1-0 with game 2 in St Louis tonight. Washington has taken a 2 game lead in their best of seven semi-final with Chicago however the victory came at a price. The Capitols lost both Freddie Scolari and John Mahnken with injuries. Each is expected to miss at least a game or two. As for the game, Bob Feerick had 18 points and Scolari 16 in an 80-66 Washington win. Game 3 is set for Tuesday in the Windy City. Code: QUARTEFINAL 'A' PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3) Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland : Warriors 77-75 Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia : Warriors 87-82 Philadelphia wins best of three series 2 games to 0 QUARTERFINAL 'B' NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3) Wed Apr 4 at New York : Knicks 69-60 Sun Apr 8 at St Louis : Tue Apr 10 at St Louis 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 Thur Apr 12 at Chicago Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc) Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc) Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc) BOXING HOLMAN WILLIAMS PUTS ON A CLINIC IN MIAMI Middleweight Holman Williams fought a perfect tactical battle against heavyhitter Dave Sands and was rewarded with his 27th victory. Williams, who's only loss came to Jake LaMotta for the middleweight championship of the world, won a unanimous decision by wearing down Sands and taking the fight to the Australian in the later rounds. Sands' strategy was to get to Williams early and with 26 knockouts in 36 career fights entering the night, Williams had to respect the right hand of Sands. With the victory Williams seems to put himself in line for a shot at Tony Zale, who beat LaMotta for the middleweight belt in January. Below are the top 10 Middleweights in the World Code: Champ Tony Zale Chicago 36-4 2 Jake LaMotta Bronx 14-1 3 George Abrams Roanoke, Va. 34-4-2 4 Holman Williams Pensacola, Fla 27-1 5 Jose Basora Puerto Rico 28-2 6 Jupp Besselmann Germany 23-15 7 Edouard Tenet Lyon, France 14-6-2 8 Carl Olson Honolulu 25-8-2 9 Charley Burley Bessemer,Pa 14-4 10 Marcel Cerdan France 25-5 European Champ GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN REES SHOOTS 64 TO TAKE LEAD AT STARMOUNT Dai Rees carded a 7 under par 64 to take a 3-stroke lead in the Greater Greensboro Open at the Starmount Country Club. Jimmy Demaret is second after shooting a 65. The best round on the day belonged to Herman Keiser who finshed the day with a 63. Friday's leader, Irishman Fred Daly shot a two over 73 and sits 5 strokes off the pace, tied with Keiser. Defending champion Sam Snead is creeping into contention but he will have his work cut out for him Sunday. Snead shot a 67 yesterday after rounds of 71 Thursday and 69 Friday. He is six strokes behind Rees. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 Total REES 68 69 64 -12 DEMARET 67 72 65 -9 MIDDLECOFF 68 70 67 -8 FURGOL 71 66 68 -8 HARPER 66 70 69 -8 KEISER 73 70 63 -7 DALY 68 65 73 -7 SNEAD 71 69 67 -6 ROSBERG 71 69 68 -5 LEES 69 69 70 -5 WALL 69 70 70 -4 KING 74 69 67 -3 HOGAN 67 74 69 -3 CARR-a 70 71 69 -3 RUNYON 70 69 71 -3 HARMON 71 68 71 -3 BARRON 66 72 72 -3 THOMSON 70 66 74 -3 NELSON 73 69 69 -2 BURKE JR 68 72 71 -2 COTTON 73 67 71 -2 ADAMS 66 76 70 -1 HARRISON 68 72 72 -1 LITTLE 70 70 72 -1 BOROS 72 68 72 -1 HAMILTON 71 70 72 E BYRD 71 68 74 E SHUTE 68 72 74 1 WORSHAM 72 71 72 2 VAN DONCK 69 73 73 2 FAZIO 71 71 73 2 HEBERT 72 69 74 2 LAFFOON 69 73 77 6 COLUMNIST COMMENTARY - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LACK OF POWERPLAY AND CLUTCH GOALTENDING DID IN RANGERS Special report from Stan Fischler. Another dissappointing season comes to an end for the New York Rangers as once more fans are left wondering what went wrong. The taste is so much more bitter this time around. Just two weeks ago the playoffs seemed so full of promise as the Rangers prepared for their first postseason in 5 years. After 4 straight seasons finishing dead last, Chuck Rayner looked like the second coming of Davey Kerr and the balanced offense seemed immune to a slump. A second place finish meant a first round match-up against undisciplined Toronto. With Raynor's goaltending and a solid power play the question was not would the Rangers win the series, but rather would they sweep Toronto in 4 games? Instead, it was Toronto that nearly pulled off the sweep. The Leafs were true to form, taking bad penalty after bad penalty, but the Rangers offense was downright offensive. Team scoring leader Grant Warwick was no where to be found, not recording even a single point in the 5 games. Tony Leswick scored twice in the only win but accomplished little the rest of the series. Ab Demarco and Alfie Pike also did next to nothing. In net, Chuck Rayner was just plain ordinary. After recording 7 shutouts and the second best goals against average in the league, he was positively awful in game one and like the rest of the team, fell apart late in the final game. Well, good fans of New York. Another year of mediocre hockey was thrust upon us. It seemed much easier to take the last 4 seasons when the Rangers were so bad no one cared. However, to let us down so badly in a season so full of promise is just so much harder to take. Remember the year 1940. Hard to believe that was our last Cup win. Seven years is far too long. How long can this drought last? Code: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFF STATS DETROIT G A PTS PIM LW Ted Lindsay 5 2 7 8 C Billy Taylor 1 6 7 2 LW Roy Conacher 3 1 4 0 C Jim Conacher 3 1 4 0 C Sid Abel 1 2 3 0 RW Gerry Couture 0 3 3 4 LW Pete Horeck 1 1 2 2 RW Eddie Bruneteau 0 2 2 0 D Jack Stewart 1 0 1 4 D Al Dewsbury 1 0 1 0 D Doug McCaig 0 1 1 2 D Leo Reise Jr. 0 1 1 2 RW Gordie Howe 0 0 0 0 D Harold Jackson 0 0 0 0 D B. Quackenbush 0 0 0 0 LW Adam Brown 0 0 0 0 MONTREAL G A PTS PIM C Billy Reay 5 1 6 0 RW Maurice Richard 4 0 4 0 RW Leo Gravelle 1 3 4 4 C Elmer Lach 0 3 3 4 RW Jimmy Peters 2 0 2 0 D Ken Reardon 0 2 2 8 LW Toe Blake 0 2 2 0 D Butch Bouchard 0 1 1 6 LW George Allen 0 1 1 0 C Buddy O'Connor 0 1 1 0 D Glen Harmon 0 0 0 4 LW M Chamberlain 0 0 0 22 D Roger Leger 0 0 0 0 C Ken Mosdell 0 0 0 4 LW Bob Fillion 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK G A PTS PIM C Cal Gardner 2 3 5 4 LW Church Russell 3 1 4 0 D Bill Moe 0 4 4 2 RW Bryan Hextall 3 0 3 0 RW Rene Trudell 2 1 3 0 C Edgar Laprade 1 2 3 0 LW Tony Leswick 2 0 2 2 LW JP Lamirande 1 0 1 2 D Joe Cooper 0 1 1 0 D Hal Laycoe 0 1 1 0 LW Alf Pike 0 1 1 0 D Bill Juzda 0 0 0 0 RW Grant Warwick 0 0 0 0 C Ab DeMarco 0 0 0 0 RW Mac Colville 0 0 0 0 C Neil Colville 0 0 0 0 TORONTO G A PTS PIM RW Bill Ezinicki 5 0 5 6 RW Howie Meeker 4 0 4 6 C Ted Kennedy 0 4 4 2 RW Bud Poile 3 0 3 0 LW Harry Watson 3 0 3 0 D Bob Goldham 1 1 2 0 LW Vic Lynn 0 2 2 12 D Bill Barilko 0 2 2 0 D Garth Boesch 0 2 2 6 D Wally Stanowski 0 2 2 0 C Syl Apps 0 2 2 0 LW Gaye Stewart 1 0 1 2 D Gus Mortson 0 1 1 11 C Gus Bodnar 0 1 1 0 D Jimmy Thomson 0 0 0 8 LW Nick Metz 0 0 0 0 GOALTENDING MIN GA SHOTS GAA Sv% ShO W-L DET Harry Lumley 300 12 226 2.40 .947 0 4-1 MON Bill Durnan 298 13 174 2.62 .925 0 1-4 TOR Turk Broda 300 14 197 2.80 .929 1 4-1 NY Chuck Rayner 282 17 148 3.62 .885 0 1-4 NY Jim Henry 16 0 8 0.00 1.000 0 0-0 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TIGERS ACQUIRE PITCHER IN DEAL WITH CARDS The Detroit Tigers filled a hole in their bullpen by acquiring 26 year old righthander Bud Byerly from the St Louis Cardinals. Byerly pitched a couple of innings of relief for the Cards last season but spent most of the year in AAA where he was 2-1 with a 2.81 era. Going to St Louis are 26 year outfielder Hoot Evers and a pair of minor leaguers. Evers hit .320 in spot duty as a rookie with Detroit a year ago and will likely get a chance to play everyday in St Louis. The minor leaguers are 26 year old reliever Dick Conger, who has never pitched above Class AA, and first baseman John McHale. McHale hit .230 with no homeruns in 118 games at Class A a year ago. His future may be in management but it certainly won't be as a major league first baseman. PHILLIES AND YANKS MAKE DEAL The Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees exchanged a couple of minor league players yesterday to fill out their AAA rosters. Reliever Max Macon, who split last season between the Cardinals, Yankees and AAA Kansas City was dealt to the Phils for first baseman Jack Boiling. The 30 year old Boiling, who hit .226 in 323 career games with the Phillies over the last 9 years, will get the starting job in New York after the Yankees released 35 year old Buddy Hassett. Hassett, who hit just .243 a year ago, was picked up by the Cardinals. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

10-17-2004, 02:45 AM	#240
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY APRIL 9, 1947 NFL DRAFT REVIEW PATS AND SEAHAWKS TOP AFC DRAFT RANKINGS TSN draft guru Syd Nyquist says New England and Seattle came away with the best draft among the AFC clubs. Both clubs were given a grade of A while at the other end of the spectrum 4 AFC teams received failing marks from the outspoken Nyquist. Here is his take on how each of the AFC teams fared. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS : GRADE A The Pats traded up to grab BYU cornerback Tom Morris with their first round pick. Morris might need a year as a back-up but Nyquist feels he will be an outstanding NFL defensive back. Wide receiver was not really an area of need but when Oklahoma's Hugh Taylor was still available late in the second round the Pats grabbed him. He had been touted as a likely first round pick but a poor combine caused Taylor to slide. Other players to watch are fourth round pick RB Bob Jenkins from Navy and 7th round pick Fred Coleman: a big strong, receiver from Kentucky. BOTTOM LINE - Getting Taylor in the second round wa a huge coup. Morris will match up against opponent's number one receivers for years to come. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS : GRADE A The Seahawks went offense with this draft, trading up to grab Heisman Trophy winner Glen Davis in the first round. The Army running back has the potential to be a franchise player but the selection really puts a question mark on last year's number one pick Marion Motley. Motley struggled through a terrible rookie season but it is surprising the Seahawks would give up on him so quickly. Tulsa QB Clyde LeForce was the Seahawks third round pick. He is considered a project but has some potential. The pick Nyquist really loved was 4th round selection Roger Clark. The former Tennesse wideout should never have lasted until the fourth round and said after being selected there were a lot of teams he wanted to prove wrong for bypassing him. BOTTOM LINE: Nyquist says they earn the A because of the talent they added, however they had some big needs on both the offensive and defensive line that went unfilled. BALTIMORE RAVENS :GRADE A- 3rd round pick RB Dick Hoerner from Iowa may end up being the plum of this draft for the Ravens. He will likely spend this season as Fabien Montgomery's backup but Nyquist expects big things from Hoerner. Think defense first is always Baltimore's motto so it is no surprise that the Ravens added FS Vance Steele in the first round. The former Boston College starter will step right in a solidify what was a weak spot last season. Oregon defensive end Eric Terrell was the Ravens second round pick and he also should be starting this season. The sleeper pick is 5th rounder Shelton Wiley. The former Fresno State signal caller may have a solid career ahead of him. BOTTOM LINE - A strong defense got a little better and Hoerner will press Montgomery for the starting role. PITTSBURGH STEELERS : GRADE B First round pick Bob Forte is ready to step in immediately at outside linebacker. The former Arkansas star was a steal at pick 29. Second rounder Art McCaffrey, a tackle from Pacific, has a good chance to start this season. Former Penn State defensive end Drew Adamson is a solid talent for a third round pick, but the Steelers did not have a need at the position. Choo-Choo Roberts from UTEP and Northwestern's Max Morris will challenge incumbant Mickey Marangi for playing time at halfback. BOTTOM LINE: A great draft for the Steelers. Not only did they trade down twice and grab two extra third round picks but they also filled a big hole with the selection of Forte in the first round. BUFFALO BILLS : GRADE B The Bills wanted RB Davis but Seattle beat them to the punch. However, Buffalo did land a nice consolation prize in Illinois RB Buddy Young. The second round pick will be given every opportunity to start in Buffalo. Army TE Hank Foldberg was the Bills first rounder and he will also be a starter. The Bills grabbed North Carolina QB DeMarco Dickinson but it might have been a bit of a reach as Dickinson does not seem well suited for the pro game. Defensive ends George Strohmeyer of Notre Dame and Washington Serini of Kentucky will compete for a starting role. BOTTOM LINE - Addressed needs very well. Young and Foldberg both could become All-Pro's at positions the Bills desperately needed an upgrade. CINCINNATI BENGALS : GRADE B The Bengals were ecstatic to get LB Russell Johnson with the 12th pick. The former Georgia Tech standout has all-star written all over him. Second round pick Mike Castonis may need some work but the Georgia offensive tackle has tremendous upside. Oregon State fullback Ken Williams, their third rounder, will challenge for a starting job. 7th rounder Bart Butler from West Virginia is not the most talented player but few in the league will outwork him. BOTTOM LINE - Three outstanding picks. MIAMI DOLPHINS : GRADE B- The Dolphins did a great job upgrading both the offensive and defensive lines. Notre Dame offensive tackle George Connor was a solid selection at pick 13. He will greatly improve the Dolphins line. On the defensive front four you have Oregon defensive end Richard Pricer, who saw his stock drop greatly in the weeks leading up to the draft. Pricer still looks like a solid second round pick. With their second pick of the 2nd round the Dolphins added defensive tackle Ray Apple from Baylor. There is a good chance both Pricer and Apple are starting come September. Third round pick Quincy Mabry seems to be a reach. The Virigina quarterback may have a hard time adjusting to the pro game. Cornerback Frank Seno from George Washington adds depth at safety. BOTTOM LINE : Dolphins did a good job addressing their needs. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS : GRADE C+ The Jags greatly enhanced their secondary with the addition of Pacific cornerback John Podesto and BYU free safety Marcel Clatterbuck. Notre Dame defensive tackle Howard Gaiter may also contribute. Taking Army QB Arnold Tucker in the fourth seems like a reach. BOTTOM LINE - Podesto should help but the jury is out on Clatterbuck. No one else of value was added. TENNESSEE TITANS : GRADE C+ Nyquist was all over the Titans on draft day for taking Georgia QB Charles Trippi in the first round. Trippi has some potential but the Titans had a huge hole to fill at offensive tackle and would have been far better off taking Purdue's Tom Hughes who went 5 picks later to the Bears. Aside from second round pick cornerback Todd Betterson from Auburn, the Titans draft was unimpressive. They include LB Brendan Dockery from UNLV, WR Roy Williams from USC and tackle Rashad Piccone from Cal. BOTTOM LINE - Trippi may become a solid QB but the far bigger need on the line went unaddressed. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS : GRADE C+ The Chargers entered the draft with the goal of getting a solid running back in the first round. Mission accomplished with the selection of Oklahoma A&M's Bob Fenimore who instantly improves one of the worst running games in the league. Second round pick Dick Duden, a linebacker from Navy, has talent but is raw. The Chargers for some unknown reason took two QB's - Les Horvath of Ohio State and Hawaii's Dalton Fonoti in the third and 4th rounds - despite having just signed free agent Justin Jackson to a big contract. 6th round pick Josh Phelps, a fullback from Central Florida and 5th rounder WR Darian Lewis of New Mexico State may contribute on special teams. BOTTOM LINE -a good first two picks but the third and fourth round selections were wasted on middle of the road quarterbacks. NEW YORK JETS : GRADE C Steve Van Buren must be one of the happiest men in New York today. The Jets star running back saw his club grab two punishing blockers over the weekend in first round pick Albert Nemetz, a tackle from Army and second round pick Ohio State guard Bill Hackett. Unfortunately the rest of the Jets draft looks suspect. South Carolina DT Mike Turner, the third round pick, lacks consistancy. Former Penn State QB Chris Caravello is a back-up at best and a real stretch in the fourth round. BOTTOM LINE : Nemetz and Hackett will help but the rest of the draft was wasted. HOUSTON TEXANS : GRADE C Bob Ravensberg and Joe Highsmith give the Texans one of the best group of linebackers in the league. Ravensberg, taken 23rd overall from Indiana, will be groomed to replace 11 year veteran Hunter Collins in the middle while second rounder Highsmith, from Baylor, may start right away on the outside. Third round pick Jerry Henley from San Diego State will join the mess of players trying to replace departed QB Vaughn Diedrick. Fourth rounder Walt Schlinkman from Texas Tech will be a decent receiver. BOTTOM LINE : Ravensberg and Highsmith are both exceptional talents but the Texans ignored their needs in the secondary. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS : GRADE D+ Rice defensive tackle Weldon Humble is a steady player but does not have the upside of most other first rounders. The addition of second rounder Vaughn Mancha, a center from Alabama, fills a huge void on the Chiefs offensive line. Third round Robbie Lebetter, from UC-Davis, is a real project at safety. The other picks are all unlikely to contribute including WR Jeremy Sayers from Georgia Tech, Notre Dame CB Jay Rambo and Florida State RB Jerry Jackson. BOTTOM LINE : Mancha is a fantastic pick for the Chiefs but the rest of the selections are questionable. CLEVELAND BROWNS : GRADE D Picking 31st makes it tough to get a great talent but the Browns could have done far better than Clemson WR Jim Hawthorne with their first rounder. Georgia cornerback John Haynes also seems to be a bit of a reach in round two. There are concerns about the durability of TE Mike Vincent, the Browns third round pick from USC. Fourth rounder OJ Jackson from Penn State looks to be a solid backup DT and 5th rounder Morris Adams, a former Notre Dame CB, may become the best player the Browns selected in this draft. BOTTOM LINE : A terrible draft for the Browns. If I was allowed to hand out an E they would get one. OAKLAND RAIDERS : GRADE D First round pick Camp Wilson, a wide receiver from Tulsa, was a solid selection but the rest of the Raiders draft left most observers shaking their heads. Navy QB Tom Maddox went about 2 rounds to early when the Raiders took him in the second round. Notre Dame guard John Mastrangelo is a big project, likely too big for a third round pick. Oregon State DT Tyrone Denney may have a shot to stick with the Raiders, which is likely more than can be said for the remaining picks. BOTTOM LINE : Wilson is a good pick but the rest of the draft was wasted. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS : GRADE D First round pick Bob Chappuis is surrounded by questions. Can the former Michigan running back stand up to a season of punishment in the NFL? If he does he will be a solid player but his durability is a huge question mark. For that reason the Colts may find themselves wishing they took a back like Buddy Young instead of Chappuis. Second round pick Ralph Serpico of Illinois, may compete for a starting role. 5th round pick Dexter Thompson, a cornerback from Duke, is a player to watch. BOTTOM LINE : Took a big risk on Chappuis' durability and the rest of the draft wa unimpressive. DENVER BRONCOS : GRADE D Taking Elbie Nichol, a wide receiver from the University of Cincinnati, was an easy decision although the Broncos really did not need another receiver. Tony Minisi, the cornerback from Pennsylvania has some potential but the rest of the class is quite weak. BOTTOM LINE - Could of used some depth on the offensive and defensive lines but they ignored it except for third round Henry Thomas from Washington State, and he was picked far too early. GOLF: GREATER GREENSBORO OPEN* REES HANGS ON FOR WIN BUT AMATEUR NEARLY STEALS THE SHOW Dai Rees shot a 1-under par 70 in yesterday's final round of the Greater Greensboro Open. It was good enough to give the Welshman a victory at the Starmount Country Club but just barely. An unknown 21 year old amateur by the name of Bob Rosburg shot a 64 on the final day and finished just one stroke back of Rees. Rosburg was so impressed with his showing he decided immediately after the event he will turn pro for his next event which will be the Masters in Augusta. Rees entered the final round with a 3 stroke lead on Jimmy Demaret. Demaret, teamed with Rees in the final pairing, equalled the 1 under par 70 recorded by the champion. With the victory, Rees earns the $7500 winners cheque and an automatic entry in the year end Tournament of Champions. Next week's event will be the Masters at Augusta. Code: Here are the final results and the money winnings: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 Total PRIZE $ REES 68 69 64 70 271 -13 1500 ROSBURG-a 71 69 68 64 272 -12 amat DEMARET 67 72 65 70 274 -10 800 HARPER 66 70 69 69 274 -10 775 NELSON 73 69 69 64 275 -9 750 KEISER 73 70 63 70 276 -8 725 MIDDLECOFF 68 70 67 72 277 -7 700 HOGAN 67 74 69 67 277 -7 675 FURGOL 71 66 68 74 279 -5 650 DALY 68 65 73 73 279 -5 625 SNEAD 71 69 67 72 279 -5 600 LEES 69 69 70 72 280 -4 575 BARRON 66 72 72 70 280 -4 550 COTTON 73 67 71 69 280 -4 525 SHUTE 68 72 74 66 280 -4 500 WALL 69 70 70 72 281 -3 475 HARMON 71 68 71 71 281 -3 450 THOMSON 70 66 74 72 282 -2 425 BURKE JR 68 72 71 72 283 -1 400 ADAMS 66 76 70 71 283 -1 375 CARR-a 70 71 69 74 284 E amat LITTLE 70 70 72 72 284 E 350 BOROS 72 68 72 72 284 E 325 HAMILTON 71 70 72 71 284 E 300 FAZIO 71 71 73 69 284 E 275 KING 74 69 67 75 285 1 250 HARRISON 68 72 72 73 285 1 225 RUNYON 70 69 71 76 286 2 200 BYRD 71 68 74 74 287 3 175 WORSHAM 72 71 72 72 287 3 150 VAN DONCK 69 73 73 72 287 3 125 HEBERT 72 69 74 72 287 3 100 LAFFOON 69 73 77 71 290 6 50 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ST LOUIS EVENS SERIES WITH NEW YORK The St Louis Bombers evened their best of three quarterfinal series with the New York Knickerbockers after a 69-62 homecourt victory in Game 2. The deciding game will played tomorrow night in St Louis. Code: SCORING SUMMARY NEW YORK PTS ST LOUIS PTS HankRosenstein F 11 JohnnyLogan G 12 SidHertzberg G 10 GeorgeMunroe G 11 StanStutz G 10 BelusSmawley G 10 JohnPalmer F 9 BobDoll F 10 OssieSchectman G 7 AubreyDavis G 9 LeeKnorek C 7 DonPutman G 7 TommyByrnes G 6 CecilHankins G 5 NatMilitzok F 2 GiffRoux F 5 MarionCluggish C 0 DonMartin C 0 LeoGottlieb G 0 JohnBarr F 0 62 69 BAA PLAYOFF DATES QUARTEFINAL 'A' PHILADELPHIA vs CLEVELAND (best of 3) Wed Apr 4 at Cleveland : Warriors 77-75 Sat Apr 7 at Philadelphia : Warriors 87-82 Philadelphia wins best of three series 2 games to 0 QUARTERFINAL 'B' NEW YORK vs ST LOUIS (best of 3 tied 1-1) Wed Apr 4 at New York : Knicks 69-60 Sun Apr 8 at St Louis : Bombers 69-62 Tue Apr 10 at St Louis SEMI-FINAL 'C' WASHINGTON vs CHICAGO (Washington leads best of 7 2-0) Thu Apr 5 at Wahington : Capitols 89-83 Sat Apr 9 at Wahington : Capitols 80-66 Tue Apr 10 at Chicago Thur Apr 12 at Chicago Sat Apr 14 at Chicago (if necc) Tue Apr 17 at Wahington (if necc) Wed Apr 18 at Wahington (if necc) COLLEGE BASKETBALL IOWA'S ALL-AMERICAN ELLEFSON SKIPPING SENIOR SEASON Ray Ellefson, the All-American center from Iowa, has decided to give up his college eligibility a year early and enter the BAA draft. A likely first round pick, the 6'9" center led the Big 10 in rebounds with 15.9 per game and scored at a 15.4 clip. He led Iowa to a 22-13 record and a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16. He was the only junior named to this year's All-America Team. Code: RAY ELLEFSON'S NUMBERS AT IOWA YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO FG% FT% 44-45 29 29.1 9.5 9.8 0.4 1.1 51.6 81.8 45-46 33 30.3 12.1 13.8 0.8 1.0 60.1 81.8 46-47 35 29.8 14.5 15.3 0.8 0.9 56.8 80.2 -- ---- ---- ---- --- --- ---- ---- TOTAL 97 29.8 12.2 13.1 0.7 1.0 56.7 81.2 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 10-18-2004 at 12:52 AM.