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TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY APRIL 29, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FINALS
DALLAS TAKES CONTROL OF SERIES WITH GAME 5 WIN
The Dallas Chaparrals are one victory away from their first NBA championship after beating Baltimore 96-84 in Game Five. John Layton once again led the way with 19 points and 12 rebounds but it was terrible shot selection from Baltimore that doomed the Bullets. Baltimore's two go-to guys, Peter Warren and Joseph Mozell, were a combined 5-for-26 from the floor while as a team the Bullets shot just 33%. Dallas did not shoot much better, except from the charity stripe, where the Chaps were nearly perfect. The series shifts back to Baltimore for game six on Tuesday.

SCORING SUMMARY
BALTIMORE	POS MIN	FGM-A	3GM-A	FTM-A	REB AST	STL BLK	TO  FL	PTS	
Cory Vergara	     36  6-17	2-4	2-2	 9   1	0    0	 1   2	 16
Preye Pensyl	C    30	 7-15	0-0	2-2	 7   0	0    4	 2   5	 16		
Frank Soto	F    29	 4-7	1-2	7-10	 4   2	1    0	 0   4	 16
J ChristophersonG    21	 3-6	2-4	4-4	 3   1	0    3	 0   4	 12
Peter Warren	G    38	 2-15	2-8	6-9	 3   5	0    0	 3   3	 12
Joseph Mozell	F    37	 3-11	0-4	0-0	 5   2	0    0	 2   0	  6
Ryon Lynch	     19	 0-4	0-0	2-4	 4   0	0    1	 1   2	  2
Shanen Wooden	     20	 1-2	0-0	0-0	 2   2	0    0	 0   3	  2
Leo *Katkaveck	     11	 1-5	0-1	0-0	 3   2	0    0	 0   1	  2
Raynold Coca	      2	 0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	 0   0	  0
Lucas Kidd	      0	 0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	 0   0	  0	
Leo *Klier	      2	 0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	 0   0	  0
TOTAL			27-82   7-23	23-31	40  15  1    8	 9  24	 84	
			.329	.304	.742					


DALLAS		POS MIN	FGM-A	3GM-A	FTM-A	REB AST	STL BLK	TO  FL	PTS
John Layton	C   31	6-15	0-0	7-7	12   4	0    1	3   5	19
Steuart Granger	F   32	5-9	0-0	3-4  	 7   0  0    0  1   2	13
Cody Shaw	G   20	4-6	1-3	3-3	 2   1	0    3	1   3 	12
Joe Cunningham      17	3-10	0-3	3-3	 4   3	1    0	0   3	 9	
Hagen Ochoa         18	3-3	0-0	2-2	 6   3	0    2	2   2	 8
Trevonte Reed	    14	2-5	0-0	4-5	 2   2	0    0	1   3	 8
Fred *Scolari	G   32	2-12	1-3	3-4	 4   1	0    1	3   2	 8
Jarvis Ferguson	    17	3-4	0-1	0-0	 2   0	1    0	0   1	 6
T.J. Hackett	    27	1-3	1-2	2-2	 5   2	1    2	1   5	 5
Jelani Sides	F   32	1-8	0-3	2-2	 3   4	0    0	1   0	 4	
Chris Rojas	     5	1-2	0-0	2-2	 3   4	0    0	1   0	 4	
Michael Gonzales     0	0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	0   0	 0
TOTAL		       31-77	3-15	31-34	47  21	3    9 13  26   96	
			.403	.200	.912

NBA FINALS
BALTIMORE BULLETS VS DALLAS CHAPARRALS
GAME 1 Sunday Apr 22 at Baltimore : Chaps 97-77
GAME 2 Monday Apr 23 at Baltimore : Bullets 130-78
GAME 3 Wednesday Apr 25 at Dallas : Bullets 90-83
GAME 4 Friday Apr 27 at Dallas : Chaps 101-94
GAME 5 Saturday Apr 28 at Dallas : Chaps 96-84
GAME 6 Tuesday May 1 at Baltimore
GAME 7 Wednesday May 2 at Baltimore (if necessary)


MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
OH! NO NO-NO! WHITE LOSES NO-HITTER WITH 2 OUT IN 9TH
Ernie White came within one out of making history only to see his bid for a no-hitter broken up by a bloop single off the bat of Hank Lieber with 2 out in the ninth inning. The St Louis Cardinals easily prevailed 11-1 over the New York Giants but it was clearly a dejected Cards clubhouse following the game. The Cards failed to turn a doubleplay 2 batters before Lieber came up when shortstop Lynn Myers was a little slow on the relay to Frank McCormick at first base. Mel Ott fanned for out number two before Lieber ended the bid. A wild pitch moved Mickey Haslin to second and he scored on Lieber's single. White then retired Vince Dimaggio to finish the complete game. He struck out 5 and walked 4 in the 1-hit performance. Offensively Stan Musial and Walker Cooper each hit 3-run homers to lead the St Louis attack.

Only two Cardinals pitchers have ever thrown a no-hitter. Jack Powell was the first to do it in 1910 and Josh Billings turned the trick in 1940. In all, there have been 40 no-hitters tossed since 1901 including 2 last season. The last National League no-hitter was by the Braves Stan Ferens in 1943.


It was a wild game in Brooklyn where the hometown Dodgers outscored Cincinnati 11-10 in a slugfest. Stan Hack's 2-run homer in the 8th provided the margin of victory for the Dodgers. Carl Furillo also homered for the winners while Pete Reiser had 3 hits. Johnny Mize drove in 3 runs for the Reds while leadoff man Grady Hatton had 3 hits including a pair of doubles.


Warren Spahn took matters into his own hands to lead Boston past Cliff Melton and the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5. Spahn allowed 5 earned runs in 7 and 2/3 innings but at the plate he drove in 3 runs and had a pair of hits including a triple. Melton, who had allowed just 2 earned runs in his first 26 innings, was rocked for 8 runs and 12 hits in 6 innings work.


In Chicago Buster Adams had 5 rbi's to pace Philadelphia past the hometown Cubs. Adams hit a 3-run homer in the third inning and a bases loaded single in the 5th off of Cubs starter and losing pitcher Paul Erickson. 39 year old Bill Swift went the distance for his first win of the season. With 264 career victories Swift is second among active players behind the Giants Bob Weiland (301), although Weiland is in the minors at this time.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUND UP
BABICH 3-HITS RED SOX
Johnny Babich tossed a complete game 3-hitter as the Cleveland Indians blanked the last place Boston Red Sox 4-0. Johnny Pesky led off the game for Boston with a single but he was quickly retired on a doubleplay ball. The Red Sox would not get another hit until Ted Williams led off the top of the 7th with a single. Williams ended up stranded at second and was the only Red Sox hitter to advance that far. Jim Gleeson homer and Charlie English drove in a pair of runs for the Indians, who improved the majors best record to 9-2. Babich is 3-0 with a 0.68 era.


The White Sox' Gene Schott is also 3-0 and he lowered his era to 1.44 with a complete game 5-hit 3-0 shutout of the visiting New York Yankees. Catcher Harry Danning's 4th inning rbi single would be all the offense the White Sox would need but Chicago would plate two more in the 5th thanks to an error from Yankee second baseman Calvin Chapman.


In St Louis, the Washington Senators got to Archie McKain. The reigning AL player of the week lasted just 4 and 2/3 innings before being sent to the showers with 11 hits and 6 earned runs on his record. McKain had been 3-0 entering the game. Every Senator starter got at least one hit in the game with Mel Mazzera leading the way with 3 singles. Les Fleming, who won the batting title and was named Sporting News rookie of the year last season, finally showed signs of escaping his early-season funk. Fleming had 2 hits to raise his average to .156 this season. Dewey Adkins improved to 1-2 with the victory after allowing just 3 hits in 8 innings. Adkins also fanned a career high 8 batters.


It was a long day for the crowd at Tiger Stadium as they watched their hometown team get hammered 15-1 by the Philadelphia Athletics. Elmer Valo had 4 hits including a pair of homers for the A's. Dario Lodigiani and Rudy York also went deep for Philadelphia. For York, it was his first homer in an A's uniform since being acquired from Boston just prior to opening day. Les McCrabb improves to 2-1 with the win while Virgil Trucks drops to 0-3.

AMERICAN	W	L	PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	9	2	.818	 x
CHICAGO		7	5	.583	2.5
ST LOUIS	8	6	.571	2.5
NEW YORK	6	7	.462	4.0
DETROIT		5	6	.455	4.0
PHILADELPHIA	5	7	.417	4.5
WASHINGTON	5	7	.417	4.5
BOSTON		3	8	.273	6.0
				
NATIONAL	W	L	PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	8	5	.615	 x
ST LOUIS	8	5	.615	 x
CINCINNATI	7	5	.583	0.5
PHILADELPHIA	6	5	.545	1.0
CHICAGO		5	6	.455	2.0
BROOKLYN	5	7	.417	2.5
BOSTON		4	7	.364	3.0
NEW YORK	4	7	.364	3.0

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 15 Detroit 1
Chicago 3 New York 0
Cleveland 4 Boston 0
Washington 7 St Louis 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 11 Cincinnati 10
St Louis 11 New York 1
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 2
Boston 9 Pittsburgh 5

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (F Caligiuri 2-0, 1.85) at Detroit (F Hutchinson 0-2, 5.64)
New York (T Bonham 1-2, 2.42) at Chicago (F Biscan 1-2, 5.71)
Boston (E Johnson 0-1, 1.59) at Cleveland (C Passeau 1-0, 3.18)
St Louis (A Williams 0-2, 3.93) at Washington (J Haynes 1-1, 2.96)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati (A Carter 2-1, 1.04) at Brooklyn (L Webber 0-1, 7.24)
St Louis (A Jurisch 2-1, 3.00) at New York (D Koslo 0-3, 5.48)
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 0-1, 5.59) at Chicago (V Olsen 2-1, 1.61)
Boston (J Flores 0-1, 5.63) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 1-1, 7.00)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .432		P Reiser Bkn	.378
R Kress Det	 .417		P Reese Bkn	.375
P Cavarretta Wsh .410		P Masi Bsn	.371

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	5		A Vaughan Pit	4
T Hafey Cha	4		H Clift Chn	4
D Walker NYY	3		E Torgeson Bsn	4

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 13		A Vaughan Pit	18
P Cavarretta Wsh 12		B Elliott Pit	13
F Crosetti NYY	 11		R Kiner Pit	12

WINS				WINS
G Schott Cha	3-0		D Mauney Bkn	3-0
B Lohrman Cle	3-0		C Schanz Phi	3-0
H White Det	3-0		C Melton Pit	3-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.35		J Hutchings Cin	0.78
J Babich Cle	0.68		A Carter Cin	1.04
G Schott Cha  	1.44		V Olsen Chn	1.61

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
T Baker SLB	 17		E White StL	21
A McKain SLB	 17		R Barney Bkn	20
J Haynes Wsh 	 15		A Jurisch StL	18

GOLF: GREATER NEW ORLEANS INVITATIONAL
WIDE OPEN RACE HEADING INTO FINAL DAY AT NEW ORLEANS
Charles Ward and Jay Hebert are the co-leaders after three rounds of the Greater New Orleans Invitational but the race is wide open with 9 golfers within two strokes of the lead.

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	Total	
WARD		69	68	71	-8
HEBERT		68	71	69	-8
HOGAN		65	75	69	-7
FAULKNER	70	70	69	-7
BOROS		68	68	74	-6
HARRISON	67	70	73	-6
SHUTE		66	72	72	-6
LEES		66	73	71	-6
NELSON		67	75	68	-6
FLECK		67	71	73	-5
REES		66	73	72	-5
COTTON		67	71	74	-4
BOLT		69	72	71	-4
REVOLTA		64	74	75	-3
LITTLE		68	71	74	-3
SNEAD		68	71	74	-3
KING		67	74	72	-3
RUNYON		69	73	71	-3
BRADSHAW	68	72	75	-1
BURTON		69	71	75	-1
WOOD		71	69	75	-1
MACKAY JR	69	73	73	-1
MANGRUM		66	75	75	 E
DALY		70	71	75	 E
STRANAHAN	67	75	74	 E
METZ		69	72	76	 1
FERRIER		70	72	75	 1
CERDA		69	69	80 	 2
FURGOL		67	75	77	 3
ADAMS		67	75	77	 3
HAMILTON	69	73	77	 3

[webbie75]

This is great stuff as always, I am looking forward to some more, and to see if my Bosox can start turning things around and win a few games.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY APRIL 30, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
O'DEA LIFTS TRIBE PAST RED SOX 3-2 IN 10 INNINGS
Seldom used outfielder Paul O'Dea hit a pinch-hit rbi double in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Cleveland Indians past Boston 3-2. O'Dea, brought in to pinch-hit after the Red Sox gave the ball to Rube Melton with a runner on first and 2 out, promptly ripped Melton's third offering to deep right field allowing Ken Keltner to score all the way from first.

O'Dea has spent the better part of 4 seasons with the Tribe but has only 87 career major league at bats. Max Butcher got the win in relief while Woody Rich, who walked Keltner, was tagged with the loss. Tribe starter Bill Lohrman pitched 9 and 2/3 innings allowing just 2 runs and 6 hits while Boston starter Andy Karl gave up just 5 hits to go with 2 runs.

In Washington, Morrie Anderholt's bases loaded double led the Senators past St Louis 5-2. Tiny Bonham and 2 Yankee relievers combined on a 3-hitter as New York trimmed Chicago 3-2. Calvin Chapman's third homer of the season, a solo shot in the 7th inning, proved the difference. Finally, in Detroit Fred Hutchinson tossed a 3-hitter for his first win of the season as the Tigers blasted Philadelphia 7-2.

In the National League, Vern Olsen and the Cubs shutout Philadelphia 1-0. The winning run was scored on an rbi double from Cubs 2B Don Johnson in the 7th inning. In other games Pittsburgh thumped Boston 9-1 as catcher Bill Salkeld homered and drove in 4 runs for the Bucs. Dave Philley had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs in the Giants 11-5 win over St Louis at the Polo Grounds. Grady Hatton and Joe Dimaggio each homered to lead Cincinnati past Brooklyn 6-4 earning Reds starter Arnold Carter his third win of the season.

AMERICAN	 W	L	PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	10	2	.833	 x
CHICAGO		 7	6	.538	3.5
ST LOUIS	 8	7	.533	3.5
NEW YORK	 7	7	.500	4.0
DETROIT		 6	6	.500	4.0
WASHINGTON	 6	7	.462	4.5
PHILADELPHIA	 5	8	.385	5.5
BOSTON		 3	9	.250	7.0
				
NATIONAL	W	L	PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	9	5	.643	 x
CINCINNATI	8	5	.615	0.5
ST LOUIS	8	6	.571	1.0
CHICAGO		6	6	.500	2.0
PHILADELPHIA	6	6	.500	2.0
NEW YORK	5	7	.417	3.0
BROOKLYN	5	8	.385	3.5
BOSTON		4	8	.333	4.0

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 7 Philadelphia 2
New York 3 Chicago 2
Cleveladn 3 Boston 2 (10 inn)
Washington 5 StLouis 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 6 Brooklyn 4
New York 11 St Louis 5
Chicago 1 Philadelphia 0
Pittsburgh 9 Boston 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland (S Gromek 1-0, 4.76) at Washington (R Barrett 0-2, 7.71)
Detroit (H White 3-0, 2.63) at New York (D Dean 2-0, 2.63)
Boston (B Bowman 1-1, 3.15) at St Louis (S Zoldak 1-0, 3.92)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (G Dockins 2-1, 3.76) at Philadelphia (C Schanz 3-0, 2.16)
New York (M Salvo 1-1, 5.74) at Chicago (J Welch 1-1, 6.32)
Pittsburgh (P Roe 2-0, 3.48) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 2-0, 0.78)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .450		G Scharein StL	.476
R Kress Det	 .425		P Reese Bkn	.396
B Lewis Wsh 	 .385		V Dimaggio NYG	.381

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	5		A Vaughan Pit	4
T Hafey Cha	4		J Dimaggio Cin	4
D Walker NYY	3		E Torgeson Bsn	4

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 13		A Vaughan Pit	18
P Cavarretta Wsh 12		B Elliott Pit	14
W Judnich SLB	 12		R Kiner Pit	13

WINS				WINS
A McKain SLB	3-1		D Mauney Bkn	3-0
B Lohrman Cle	3-0		V Olsen Chi	3-1
H White Det	3-0		C Melton Pit	3-1

ERA				ERA
J Babich Cle	0.68		J Hutchings Cin	0.78
B Lohrman Cle	0.76		A Carter Cin	1.07
G Schott Cha  	1.44		V Olsen Chn	1.22

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 22		A Jurisch StL	26
F Hutchinson Det 19		E White StL	21
T Bonham NYY	 17		R Barney Bkn	20

BABICH WINS PLAYER OF WEEK AND PITCHER OF MONTH AWARDS
It was a special day for Cleveland pitcher Johnny Babich as he was named both the American League player of the week and pitcher of the month. Babich was 3-0 with a 0.68 era in April. The National League pitcher of the month award when to Johnny Hutchings of the Reds. Hutchings was 2-0 with a 0.78 era and came within one out of a no-hitter. The National League player of the week was Chicago pitcher Vern Olsen. Olsen pitched 18 innings without allowing an earned run and was 2-0 for the week.

The batter of the month awards went to Stan Musial and Danny Litwhiler. Musial hit .321 with 3 homers and 12 rbi's for the St Louis Cardinals. White Sox outfielder Litwhiler hit .367 with 1 homerun and leads the American League with 13 rbi's.

GIANTS RELEASE FORMER ROOKIE OF YEAR TAMULIS
Vito Tamulis, who won 42 games over his first two seasons with the New York Yankees, was released today from the Giants organization. The 35 year old spent nearly all of last season in the minors and was cut after allowing 4 earned runs in 1/3 of an inning at AAA.

A decade ago, Tamulis was pegged to be the next great superstar pitcher. He burst on to the scene in 1935, going 22-11 for the Yankees to win both the rookie of the year and American League Cy Young Award. In 1936 he was 20-16 but his era ballooned to 5.17. After going 12-13 the following season he would never again start a game for the Yankees. His skills suddenly vanished and injuries in the minor leagues made it impossible for him to regain them. Aside from 1945, when he went 8-11 for the Giants he would never start another major league game.

VITO TAMULIS CAREER STATS
Year	Teams	G   GS	 W-L	SV  ERA	 IP	HA    BB   K  CG SHO
1935	NYA,AL	40  40	22-11	0  3.86	 319	332  111  91  15  1
1936	NYA	41  41	20-16	0  5.17	 338	403  140  82  27  0
1937	NYA	35  25	12-13	0  5.83	 202	246   99  54  15  0
1938	NYA	13   0	 0-1	1  8.53	  12	 16    9   2   0  0
1943	NYA	 1   0	 0-0	0  0.00	   1	  0    0   0   0  0
1944	NYA NYG	 3   0	 0-0	0  2.08	   8	  9    2   3   0  0
1945	NYG	20  20	 8-11	0  4.58	 159	148   91  72  16  1
1946	NYG	 3   0	 0-0	0 12.27	   3	  7    2   2   0  0
-----	----   --- --- -----   -- ----- ----   ----  --- --- --- --
Total	       156 126 62-52	1  4.84	1044   1161  454 306  73  2

GOLF : NEW ORLEANS INVITATIONAL
HEBERT CRUISES TO VICTORY ON THE BAYOU
24 year old Jay Hebert had an easy time winning his first PGA Tour event when he carded a 3 under par 69 Sunday to finish 3 strokes ahead of Dutch Harrison. Defending event champion Byron Nelson finished third.

Hebert had entered the final day tied with Charley Ward, but the Englishman fell apart on the back 9 and shot a two over 74. For the victory Hebert claimed the top prize of $1500.

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	Total	      PRIZE $
HEBERT		68	71	69	69	277    -11     1500
HARRISON	67	70	73	70	280	-8	800
NELSON		67	75	68	71	281	-7	775
WARD		69	68	71	74	282	-6	700
BOROS		68	68	74	72	282	-6	700
COTTON		67	71	74	70	282	-6	700
HOGAN		65	75	69	73	282	-6	700
SNEAD		68	71	74	69	282	-6	700
FLECK		67	71	73	72	283	-5	613
REES		66	73	72	72	283	-5	613
MACKAY JR	69	73	73	69	284	-4	575
BOLT		69	72	71	73	285	-3	525
FERRIER		70	72	75	68	285	-3	525
LEES		66	73	71	75	285	-3	525
CERDA		69	69	80	68	286	-2	413
FAULKNER	70	70	69	77	286	-2	413
KING		67	74	72	73	286	-2	413
METZ		69	72	76	69	286	-2	413
RUNYON		69	73	71	73	286	-2	413
STRANAHAN	67	75	74	70	286	-2	413
LITTLE		68	71	74	74	287	-1	300
SHUTE		66	72	72	77	287	-1	300
WOOD		71	69	75	72	287	-1	300
BRADSHAW	68	72	75	73	288	 E	250
BURTON		69	71	75	76	291	 3	165
DALY		70	71	75	75	291	 3	165
FURGOL		67	75	77	72	291	 3	165
HAMILTON	69	73	77	72	291	 3	165
REVOLTA		64	74	75	78	291	 3	165
ADAMS		67	75	77	74	293	 5	 75
MANGRUM		66	75	75	77	293	 5	 75

TOP MONEY WINNERS 1947 (thru 3 events)
NAME		WINNINGS	Victories	Top 10	CutsMade
HOGAN		$3875		1	 	3	3
SNEAD		$2600		0		2	3
HEBERT		$2400	 	1		2	3
NELSON		$2150		0		2	3
REES		$2113		1	 	2	2

EVENT SCHEDULE
DATES		EVENT				WINNER
April 5-8	Greater Greensboro Open		Dai Rees
April  12-15	MASTERS				Ben Hogan
April 26-29	Greater New Orleans Invit.	Jay Hebert
May 3-6		Dallas Invitational	
May 10-13	Phoenix Open	
May 17-20	Bing Crosby Pro-Am	
May 24-27	San Diego Open	
May 31-Jun 3	Texas Open	
Jun 7-10	Memphis Open	
Jun 14-17	Canadian Open	
Jun 21-24	PGA	
Jun 28-Jul 1	Insurance City Open	
Jul 12-15	Irish Open	
Jul 19-22	BRITISH	
Aug 9-12	Colonial National Invitational	
Aug 16-19	US OPEN	
Aug 23-26	Tucson Open	
Aug 30-Sep 2	Western Open	
Sep 6-9	Los Angles Open	
Sep 13-16	RYDER	
Sep 20-23	Tournament of Champions

I CALL 'EM AS I SEE 'EM
COLUMNIST SMIL'IN MICKEY WELCH
Well, this is my first contribution to the Sports Daily. Hopefully you will find some interest in what the old Mick has to say. Today I just want to touch on several different topics.

Let's start with basketball. Did anyone forsee the Dallas Chaps biting down on the Bullets like they did the last two games? Baltimore has the best group of shooters in the league -witness their game two performance - but they looked awful in the 3 games in Dallas. Still, with homecourt and their backs against the wall do not expect the Bullets to go down without a fight.....Speaking of fights, can things get any worse in New Orleans. Basketball's powerhouse the past decade did a crash and burn this season and now just about everyone wants to abandon ship. Stars Ethan Milner and Cameron Belli have never seen eye to eye, word is it goes all the way back to 1933 when Belli was taken ahead of Milner first overall in the draft. Milner has had a chip on his shoulder for Belli ever since and even when they were winning it was never a peaceful clubhouse. Now that they suffered through an awful season everything fell apart. Expect one of them to be gone next season and it says here it will be Milner.

It has got to be tough to be a baseball fan in Beantown. The Braves have been terrible for as long as anyone can remember so there is no surprise seeing them at the bottom of the National League standings but what is wrong with the Red Sox? They nearly ended their 24 season drought without a pennant a year ago and this looked like it might be the year for the Red Sox. However, a 3-9 start has even the most diehard fan thinking when does football season begin.

Break out the mint julep's and the dames in the fancy hats, old Mick can smell spring and Derby time once again. If I was a gambling man, I'd be prone to lay a sawbuck down on Phalanx. Eddie Arcaro has already got 3 Derby wins and it says here he will be aboard a 4th come Saturday. If you are willing to taking a bit of a risk don't count out Jet Pilot. The quiet man, Tom Smith, did a whale of a job with old Seabiscuit and rumour has it the Pilot is ready to fly.

That's all from old Mick this time. See you at the Stadium.



BOXING NEWS
LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT SET FOR CLEVELAND STADIUM WEDNESDAY
This is the second of three straight weeks in boxing with a World Title on the line. This week's contest is in the lightheavyweight division where World Champion Lloyd Marshall defends his belt against Henry Hall. The event will take place Wednesday evening outdoors at the Cleveland Stadium. It appears, at least so far, that the weather will be co-operating for the event.

Marshall, a Cleveland native, makes his first title defense since winning the belt with a 9th round knockout of Tommy Yarosz in the post-war tournament championship. His record is 22-4-1. The challenger is from New Orleans and is 19-13-3. Hall has not fought since the end of the postwar tournament last fall.

Last week's World title fight was a featherweight contest in Boston where Willie Pep successfully defended his title against Ray Famechon. Next week it will be the bantamweights turn as Canadian Fernando Gagnon defends his title in Montreal against European Champ Luis Romero.

There is one other fight of note this week. The number one Heavyweight contender Ezzard Charles will face 6th ranked Clarence Henry in Cincinnati on Friday. Charles is 19-1 with his lone loss coming to world champion Joe Louis. Henry is 20-5-1 and he also lost to Louis. Charles last 8 rounds against the champ while Henry was knocked out in the second round.


AUTO RACING
DRIVER DISPUTE PUTS INDY FIELD IN DOUBT
There is just one month remaining until the 33rd running of the Indianapolis 500 but there remains much doubt as to who, if anyone, will be in the field. The drivers, represented by the American Society of Professional Auto Racers (ASPAR), are threatening to boycott pole day festivities and perhaps even the race itself in a dispute over prize money. However, track owner Anton 'Tony' Hulman Jr. is confidant the issue will be settled.

Hulman poured a ton of money into the track prior to last years race, which was the first Indy 500 since 1941. The track had fallen into disrepair during the war. The 1946 winner, George Robson, sadly will not be back to defend his title. Robson, along with another 1946 entrant, George Barringer, was fatally injured in a racing accident in Atlanta last September.

Favorites to win this year include 1946 runner-up Jimmy Jackson and veteran Ted Horn, who has never won but has finished in the top 4 in 7 of the 8 races he has entered.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY MAY 1, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT : TRIBE HAMMERS SENS 17-7
The defending World Series Champions are looking better and better every day. Cleveland improved it's major league best record to 11-2 by thumping the Senators in the nation's capital 17-7.

Ival Goodman and Don Gutteridge led the Indians attack with 5 rbi's each while Taffy Wright had 4 hits. Each of the first 5 batters in the Tribe lineup scored 3 runs. Steve Gromek wasn't outstanding on the mound but with plenty of run support he went the distance to improve his record to 2-0.

The Indians started the season with 8 straight victories before suffering back-to-back extra inning losses. The answer to the pair of defeats was a 3-game winning streak and what now stands as a 3.5 game lead atop the American League standings.


At the other end of the spectrum is the team the Indians battled down to the wire for the American League Pennant last season. April was a nightmare for the Boston Red Sox and the first day of May provided no relief at all. A 2-0 loss in the series opener at St Louis has dropped the Red Sox record to 3-10, worst in the majors. This game was a perfect illustration of what has gone wrong in Boston. The Red Sox outhit the Browns 8 to 6 but every thing that could go wrong did. Johnny Pesky was caught stealing a pitch before Roy Partee ripped a solid single. Pesky singles again but is picked off first. One Red Sox is thrown out at home and another at third. In short, Boston just can't get the breaks.

Meanwhile, St Louis gets the only two runs of the game thanks to a pair of walks and a double Cookie Lavagetto. Red Sox starter Bob Bowman allows just 4 hits and 2 walks in 7 innings work and both walks come back to haunt him.

CLASSIC DIZZY DEAN IN NEW YORK
Fans at Yankee Stadium were treated to a vintage Dizzy Dean performance as the 37 year old evoked memories of his play a decade ago by tossing a 3-hit shutout in a 4-0 win over Detroit. Dean, who hasn't had a 10 win season since 1939, improved to 3-0 and is looking like the legendary pitcher he was for the first 7 years of his career before injuries caught up with him. Frankie Crosetti, with his major league leading 6th homer of the season, and Sammy Byrd went deep to account for the New York scoring. Hal White pitched a complete game 8-hitter but suffered his first loss of the season.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Ralph Kiner and Arky Vaughan each homered and drove in 3 runs to lead Pittsburgh past the hometown Cincinnati Reds 8-3. Preacher Roe went the distance to improve his record to 3-0 while Johnny Hutchings fell to 2-1.

In Chicago, first baseman Eddie Waitkus homered and drove in 5 runs to lead the Cubs past New York 9-6 while in Philadelphia Del Ennis hit a 3-run homer to help the Phillies past St Louis 6-4. Charley Schanz pitched 8 innings for his league leading 4th victory of the season.

AMERICAN	W	L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND      11	2	.846	 x
ST LOUIS	9	7	.563	3.5
CHICAGO		7	6	.538	4.0
NEW YORK	8	7	.533	4.0
DETROIT		6	7	.462	5.0
WASHINGTON	6	8	.429	5.5
PHILADELPHIA	5	8	.385	6.0
BOSTON		3      10	.231	8.0
				
NATIONAL	W	L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH     10	5	.667	 x
CINCINNATI	8	6	.571	1.5
CHICAGO		7	6	.538	2.0
PHILADELPHIA	7	6	.538	2.0
ST LOUIS	8	7	.533	2.0
NEW YORK	5	8	.385	4.0
BROOKLYN	5	8	.385	4.0
BOSTON		4	8	.333	4.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 17 Washington 7
New York 4 Detroit 0
St Louis 2 Boston 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 6 St Louis 4
Chicago 9 New York 6
Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland (C Passeau 1-0,3.18) at Washington (M Candini 2-1, 3.24)
Detroit (S Overmire 1-1, 4.76) at New York (J Brown 1-2, 7.71)
Boston (E Johnson 0-1, 1.59) at St Louis (T Baker 2-2, 2.70)
Chicago (D Errickson 1-1, 2.74) at Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-2, 3.23)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (M Cooper 0-2, 6.65) at Philadelphia (V Lombardi 1-1, 5.28)
Brooklyn (D Black 0-3, 2.13) at Boston (K Raffensberger 1-2, 3.47)
New York (R Bauers 1-1, 2.42) at Chicago (E Head 2-1, 4.32)
Pittsburgh (J Tobin 2-1, 3.81) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 2-1, 5.30)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .419		G Scharein StL	.489
R Kress Det	 .395		P Reese Bkn	.396
B Lewis Wsh 	 .386		B Estalella Phi	.380

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	6		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Hafey Cha	4		J Dimaggio Cin	4
D Walker NYY	3		E Torgeson Bsn	4

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 13		A Vaughan Pit	21
F Crosetti NYY	 13		R Kiner Pit	16
W Judnich SLB	 12		B Elliott Pit	14

WINS				WINS
D Dean NYY	3-0		C Schanz Phi	4-0
B Lohrman Cle	3-0		D Mauney Bkn	3-0
J Babich Cle	3-0		C Melton Pit	3-1

ERA				ERA
J Babich Cle	0.68		A Carter Cin	1.07
B Lohrman Cle	0.76		V Olsen Chn	1.22
G Schott Cha  	1.44		D Black Bkn	2.13

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 22		A Jurisch StL	26
F Hutchinson Det 19		E White StL	21
D Dean NYY	 19		R Barney Bkn	20

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TWO WASHINGTON SOPHOMORES OPT FOR NBA
The University of Washington college basketball program suffered a big blow when sophomore guards George *Feigenbaum and Bob *Harrison both announced they will forego their final two years of college ball and enter the NBA draft. A third sophomore, Ray *Corely of Florida has also decided to enter the draft.

Harrison averaged 14.9 ppg for the Huskies this past season and started every game. Feigenbaum averaged 10.1 ppg as a freshman but was bothered by injuries last season and saw little action.

Corley is leaving Florida more out of frustration than anything else. After being named the National Freshman of the Year while playing over 31 minutes a game and averaged 11.6 ppg and 8.9 apg the point guard lost his starting job to Thomas McIntyre and played just 12 minutes a game this past season. There is no question he has the talent to play in the NBA but Corely's attitude is what cost him minutes with the Gators and it remains to be seen if a pro team will take a chance on him.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
The NBA Finals resume tonight with Game Six in Baltimore. The Bullets have dropped two straight and trail the series with the Dallas Chaparrals 3 games to two.

NBA FINALS
BALTIMORE BULLETS VS DALLAS CHAPARRALS
GAME 1 Sunday Apr 22 at Baltimore : Chaps 97-77
GAME 2 Monday Apr 23 at Baltimore : Bullets 130-78
GAME 3 Wednesday Apr 25 at Dallas : Bullets 90-83
GAME 4 Friday Apr 27 at Dallas : Chaps 101-94
GAME 5 Saturday Apr 28 at Dallas : Chaps 96-84
GAME 6 Tonight at Baltimore
GAME 7 Wednesday May 2 at Baltimore (if necessary)

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY MAY 2, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FINALS
DALLAS WINS NBA TITLE!
Another solid defensive effort has given the Dallas Chaparrals their first NBA championship. The Chaps held Baltimore, one of the best shooting teams in the league, to 36% from the field and were rewarded with an 88-80 victory in Game 6 of the finals. After three quarters the hometown Bullets appeared to have the game well in hand with a 69-59 lead. However, Dallas outscored the Bullets 29-11 in the final quarter to clinch the title.

Rookie center John Layton again led the Chaps in scoring with 22 points but it was the work of reserve PF Joseph Cunningham early in the 4th that carried Dallas to victory. Cunningham had 10 of his 17 points and 5 big rebounds in a 5 minute stretch early in the final quarter.

There will be plenty of finger pointing in Baltimore but few will take more heat than 2-time league MVP Peter Warren. The 11th year pro from Harvard all but vanished defensively during the final two games and was just 4-for-26 from the field. Veteran forward Joseph Mozell was also no where to be found when it mattered most.

SCORING SUMMARY
DALLAS		POS MIN	FGM-A	3GM-A	FTM-A	REB AST	STL BLK	TO  FL	PTS
John Layton	C   32	9-15	0-0	4-6	 7   2	0    0	0   4	22
Joe Cunningham      23	6-16	0-1	5-8	10   0	0    1	0   1	17
Steuart Granger	F   26	5-10	0-0	1-1  	 6   2  1    0  2   4	11
Cody Shaw	G   35	4-13	1-6	1-2	 3   5	0    2	3   1 	10
Fred *Scolari	G   32	4-7	0-2	1-1	 1   3	2    0	1   2	 9
Jelani Sides	F   32	3-14	2-9	0-0	 6   5	1    3	2   2	 8	
Hagen Ochoa         17	2-4	0-0	0-0	 3   3	0    1	0   2	 4
Jarvis Ferguson	    17	1-3	1-2	0-0	 2   2	0    0	0   0	 3
Trevonte Reed	    10	1-1	0-0	0-0	 1   1	0    0	0   3	 2
T.J. Hackett	    21	1-5	0-1	0-0	 1   5	1    3	1   2	 2
Chris Rojas	     0	0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	0   0	 0	
Michael Gonzales     0	0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	0   0	 0
TOTAL		       36-88	4-21	12-18	40  28	5   10  9  21   88	
			.409	.190	.667	
					
BALTIMORE	POS MIN	FGM-A	3GM-A	FTM-A	REB AST	STL BLK	TO  FL	PTS
Preye Pensyl	C    27	 5-6	0-0	5-6	 8   1	1    2	 0   3	 15
J ChristophersonG    35	 4-8	3-6	2-2	 9   3	0    0	 3   1	 13
Peter Warren	G    39	 2-11	2-7	6-6	 6   4	0    0	 0   4	 12
Frank Soto	F    28	 3-8	0-2	4-5	 2   2	0    0	 4   5	 10	
Cory Vergara	     24  4-10	0-2	0-2	 4   1	0    1	 3   2	  8
Lucas Kidd	     26	 4-10	0-2	0-0	 4   1	1    2	 2   3	  8		
Joseph Mozell	F    37	 3-12	2-6	0-0	 5   1	0    0	 4   2	  8
Ryon Lynch	     22	 1-7	0-0	4-4	 7   0	0    0	 2   2	  6
Shanen Wooden	      7	 0-1	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    1	 0   0	  0
Leo *Katkaveck	      0	 0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	 0   0	  0
Raynold Coca	      0	 0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	 0   0	  0
Leo *Klier	      0	 0-0	0-0	0-0	 0   0	0    0	 0   0	  0
TOTAL			26-73   7-25	21-25	45  13  2    6	18  22	 80	
			.356	.280	.840

NBA FINALS
BALTIMORE BULLETS VS DALLAS CHAPARRALS
GAME 1 Sunday Apr 22 at Baltimore : Chaps 97-77
GAME 2 Monday Apr 23 at Baltimore : Bullets 130-78
GAME 3 Wednesday Apr 25 at Dallas : Bullets 90-83
GAME 4 Friday Apr 27 at Dallas : Chaps 101-94
GAME 5 Saturday Apr 28 at Dallas : Chaps 96-84
GAME 6 Tuesday May 1 at Baltimore : Chaps 88-80




KENTUCKY DERBY
DERBY ODDS POSTED
13 horses are set to compete in Saturday's 73rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The winner is expected to receive close to the $96,000 paid out to 1946 champion Assault.

Phalanx, with veteran Derby jockey Eddie Arcaro aboard, is considered the favourite. Arcaro rode to victory in the 1938, 1941 and 1945 Derby's. Owner Cornelius Vanderbilt has had entries in two previous Derby's but the best showing was fifth. Most observers expect that to be greatly improved upon come Saturday.

Here is a brief look at each of the entries and the early odds:

2-1 Phalanx - with jockey Eddie Arcaro, a 3-time Derby winner, Phalanx is the favourite.

5-2 Faultless - from Calumet Farm, which won the Derby in '41 and '44 with Whirlaway and Pensive

4-1 On Trust - Jockey John Longden won in 1943 aboard Count Fleet but this is first Derby for owner E.O. Stice and breeder Louis B Mayer.

5-1 Jet Pilot - a rookie jockey in Eric Guerin but a famous trainer in Tom Smith - the man who trained Seabiscut.

6-1 Bullet Proof - Veteran jockey Wayne D Wright won the Derby in '42 aboard Shut Out

6-1 Star Reward - 8th time owner Dixiana has entered a Derby. No winners but 2 seconds including last year with Spy Song.

8-1 Double Jay - First Derby entry for Ridgewood Stable and trainer Walter McCue

10-1 Jett Jett - A Calumet Farm horse now owned by WM Peavey who is entering his first Derby

10-1 Cosmic Bomb - a long time between Derby's for trainer William Booth, who's only other entry was a 14th place finish in 1928.

12-1 Liberty Road - jockey Job Dean Jessop finished third in his first Derby last year.

12-1 Stepfather- W.L. Ranch has two longshot entries in this, their first Derby.

20-1 Riskolater - like Liberty Road, breeder was Clairborne Farm

25-1 W.L. Sickle - second longshot from owner W.L. Ranch

NOTE - In real life Jet Pilot barely held off a slow starting but hard charging down the stretch Phalanx for the win with Faultless coming in third.


MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
COMEBACKS THE STORY OF THE DAY IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
All four of yesterday's National League contests resulted in come-from-behind victories.

In Boston, the Braves tied Brooklyn on an 8th inning rbi single from reserve catcher Bill Drescher and won 4-3 on a 12th inning run scoring single from rookie Earl Torgeson. The hard luck continues for Dodger starter Don Black who despite a 2.43 era is 0-3 on the season. Black did not factor in the decision as he was lifted for a pinch hitter in the 9th.

In Chicago, the Cubs scored 6 times in the 8th inning to beat New York 6-2. Augie Galan's bases loaded double was the big blow to make a winner of Ed Head (3-1). Russ Bauers took the loss to fall to 1-2 despite allowing just 1 Chicago hit through the first 7 innings.

In Philadelphia, the Phillies built up a 3-1 lead only to see the visiting St Louis Cardinals score three times in the top of the 8th and hold on for a 4-3 victory. Marty Marion's 2-run double for the Cards proved to be the difference in the game. Mort Cooper went 8 innings for his first win of the season while relievers Fred Martin and Johnny Beazley combined to strike out the side in the bottom of the 9th.

The biggest comeback was staged in Cincinnati where the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates scored three times in the top of the ninth inning to tie the Reds at 6. In the top of the 10th Maurice Van Robays triple with 2 on base completed the comeback as Pittsburgh won 8-6.

DODGERS LOSE FURILLO FOR AT LEAST A MONTH
For the second year in a row promising Brooklyn outfielder Carl Furillo will miss substantial time because of an inury. Furillo tore a groin muscle in yesterday's game at Boston and will be sidelined indefinately. Last season, an achilles tendon injury suffered in AAA forced him to miss 6 weeks and delayed his major league debut until July. Furillo hit .271 in 28 games his rookie season. This year he was hitting just .170 after 14 games but did manage to hit his first career homerun over the weekend.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP
CAN THINGS GET ANY WORSE FOR THE RED SOX?
The Boston Red Sox suffered yet another loss in unusual fashion dropping them 8 games out of first place just over two weeks into the season. No one has felt the pain of this past month more than starting pitcher Earl Johnson.

Johnson, despite a 1.88 era saw his record drop to 0-2 after a 5-1 loss at St Louis yesterday. Working on a no-hitter through 6 innings, Johnson still had allowed just 2 hits heading into the bottom of the 8th inning when, after walking the first two Browns batters, he was pulled for reliever Rube Melton. Melton managed to retire the first hitter with a deep fly ball caught by Ted Williams at the warning track. The next 4 batters delivered a double, a walk, a single and a double. When Melton was pulled the score was now 5-1 St Louis. Woody Rich would retire the final two St Louis hitters to end the inning but the Red Sox had gone from the euphoria of a possible no-hitter to yet another crushing defeat. In 7 appearances Melton has an era of 22.50 and has blown both of his save opportunities.

In other American League action Washington outslugged Cleveland 10-7. Phil Cavarretta had 3 hits including a homer to raise his league leading average to .404. Right fielder Jim Gleeson doubled, tripled and homered for the Tribe.

First inning homeruns from Norm Schlueter and Danny Litwhiler stood up as Chicago held off Philadelphia 3-2. White Sox reliever Jack Hallett preserved the victory by getting Skeeter Newsome to ground out with 2-out and the bases loaded with A's to end the game.

Frankie Crosetti went 4-for-4 to help the Yankees past Detroit 7-3. Joe Gallagher drove in a pair of runs with a seventh inning triple that sealed the victory for New York.

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	11	 3	.786	 x
ST LOUIS	10	 7	.588	2.5
CHICAGO		 8	 6	.571	3.0
NEW YORK	 9	 7	.563	3.0
WASHINGTON	 7	 8	.467	4.5
DETROIT		 6	 8	.429	5.0
PHILADELPHIA	 5	 9	.357	6.0
BOSTON		 3	11	.214	8.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	11	5	.688	 x
CHICAGO		 8	6	.571	2.0
ST LOUIS	 9	7	.563	2.0
CINCINNATI	 8	7	.533	2.5
PHILADELPHIA	 7	7	.500	3.0
BOSTON		 5	8	.385	4.5
BROOKLYN	 5	9	.357	5.0
NEW YORK	 5	9	.357	5.0

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 10 Cleveland 7
New York 7 Detroit 3
St Louis 5 Boston 1
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3
Boston 4 Brooklyn 3 (12 inn)
Chicago 6 New York 2
Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati 6 (10 inn)

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland (J Babich 3-0, 0.68) at Washington (D Adkins 1-2, 4.09)
Detroit (V Trucks 0-3, 4.29) at New York (M Lanier 0-2, 3.21)
Boston (T Hughson 0-3, 5.21) at St Louis (A McKain 3-1, 2.67)
Chicago (E Lopat 2-1, 4.32) at Philadelphia (R Scarborough 0-3, 6.64)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (P Erickson 0-3, 5.73) at St Louis (E White 2-1, 3.00)
Brooklyn (R Barney 1-0, 5.60) at Boston (W Spahn 2-1, 4.94)
Pittsburgh (C Melton 3-1, 2.76) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 0-2, 10.26)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
P Cavarretta Wsh .404		P Reese Bkn	.414
D Wakefield Det	 .391		G Rosen Bkn	.377
B Lewis Wsh 	 .383		R Kiner Pit	.373

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	6		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Hafey Cha	4		J Dimaggio Cin	4
D Walker NYY	3		E Torgeson Bsn	4

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 15		A Vaughan Pit	21
F Crosetti NYY	 14		R Kiner Pit	17
P Cavarretta Wsh 13		B Elliott Pit	17

WINS				WINS
D Dean NYY	3-0		C Schanz Phi	4-0
B Lohrman Cle	3-0		E Head Chn	3-1
J Babich Cle	3-0		C Melton Pit	3-1

ERA				ERA
J Babich Cle	0.68		A Carter Cin	1.07
B Lohrman Cle	0.76		V Olsen Chn	1.22
G Schott Cha  	1.44		D Black Bkn	2.43

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 22		A Jurisch StL	26
T Baker SLB	 20		E White StL	21
D Dean NYY	 19		R Barney Bkn	20

BOXING NEWS
LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT TONIGHT IN CLEVELAND
The weather looks to be co-operating and tickets are going fast for tonight's World Lightheavyweight title fight at the Cleveland Stadium. Cleveland native Lloyd Marshall makes his first title defense since winning the post-war elimination tournament. His opponent will be 6th ranked Henry Hall, who hails from New Orleans.

[Vris]

Dallas wins the title. It must've been rigged. Baltimore was such a powerhouse there was no way they should've lost.


And those Red Sox are amazing. 3-11 and a different loss everytime. Crazy stuff man. Keep up the great work.

[BadluckinOOTP]

How hard is it to not sim ahead in a certain sport? The suspense would just kill me...

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by BadluckinOOTP

How hard is it to not sim ahead in a certain sport? The suspense would just kill me...

Takes a lot of restraint. I find myself all the time wanting to play Sunday's golf round a little early or zip through the Stanley Cup Finals but so far I have been able to force myself to wait. It does keep me motivated to get recaps done so I can get to the next day.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY MAY 3, 1947

BOXING NEWS
MARSHALL RETAINS LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
With a packed house at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium roaring in approval, Lloyd Marshall successfully defended his world lightheavyweight title with a 15 round unanimous decision over challenger Henry Hall. The Cleveland native dominated the fight, winning virtually every round and knocking the challenger to the canvas twice. It was amazing Hall survived the 15th round after getting knocked down 20 seconds into it. He rose at the count of 8 but was barely able to move, catching at least 15 strong scoring blows in the final 2 minutes while never landing a punch himself.

At 23-4-1, Marshall looks ahead to facing either Archie Moore or Billy Conn in the fall. Moore, ranked 2nd in the division is 31-2 while the third ranked Conn is 27-1-2.

On the undercard young middleweight Charley xSmith won his professional debut. The Utica, New York boxer scored an 8 round unanimous decision over Columbus, Ohio native Jimmy Welch. At 3-6, Welch is hardly considered much of a challenge for the 19 year old Smith.

NOTE - Smith is a boardmember named fighter submitted by Matt From Tenn. All board members will have a small "x" prior to their last name for easy identification.


MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
YANKEES ACQUIRE MITCHELL FROM ATHLETICS
To fill the void created by the season ending injury to Charlie Keller, the New York Yankees acquired rookie outfielder Dale Mitchell from Philadelphia for a pair of pitchers. The 25 year old Mitchell, a 2nd round pick of the A's in the offseason, had little chance of seeing much action in the Philadelphia outfield with the likes of Chet Laabs, Elmer Valo, Roy Cullenbine and young Wally Westlake ahead of him. In 4 at bats, all as a pinch-hitter, Mitchell had one base hit.

Going to the A's are major league reliever Steve Rosar and minor league starter Mike Budnick. The 29 year old Rosar has not allowed an earned run in 4 innings work this season. Last year he was 1-3 in 13 appearances for the Yankees. The 27 year old Budnick was signed as a free agent in the offseason by the Yankees after being released by the Giants. He was 3-1 with a 2.14 era in AA so far this season.

REDS RALLY PAST PIRATES 6-5
Cincinnati scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5. Johnny Mize tied the game with an rbi single before a pinch-hit sac fly off the bat of Frankie Hayes scored Eddie Lukon with the winning run. Johnny Hetki got the win in relief of Harry Feldman while Bucs reliever Ed Bahr took the loss. Cliff Melton allowed 4 runs in 8 innings work but escaped without a decision. Melton also had 2 rbi's in the game.

The Brooklyn Dodgers scored all their runs in the second inning of a 5-4 win in Boston. Braves starter Warren Spahn settled down nicely after the second inning but with 6 hits and an error in the second the damage was too much for the Braves. Jackie Robinson had 2 hits for the winners to increase his batting average to .250. Rex Barney pitched 8 innings for the win.

In the opener of a 5-game series in St Louis between the Cubs and Cardinals it was Chicago that drew first blood. Harlond Clift and Phil Rizzuto each homered in a 7-2 Chicago victory. Paul Erickson went the distance, allowing just 6 hits for his first win of the season.

RED SOX FIND A WAY TO LOSE ANOTHER BALLGAME
The Boston Red Sox once again see what looks like a sure victroy turned into a very bitter loss. The St Louis Browns completed a 3-game sweep at home over the Red Sox with a come from behind 7-6 victory. Thanks to a pair of Ted Williams homeruns the Red Sox led 6-1 entering the bottom of the 8th inning. Homeruns from Bruce Campbell and Vern Stephens led to a 5-run outburst in the 8th that tied the game for St Louis. The Browns won it with 2 singles and an error from Red Sox first baseman Babe Young in the bottom of the 9th. The Red Sox fall to 3-12 on the season while the surprising Browns are just a game and a half behind first place Cleveland.

The Indians lost 4-3 in Washington. Third baseman Spider Jorgenson paced the Sens with 3 hits, including a homer, and 3 rbi's. After starting the season 3-0, Johnny Babich suffered his first loss of the season for the Tribe.

Sammy Byrd and Joe Gallagher each homered as the Yankees scored all their runs in the 8th inning of a 5-4 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers. Max Lanier allowed just 2 runs in 8 innings work for the win. The Tigers nearly tied it in the ninth, scoring twice and stranding the tying run at third base.

Ray Scarborough pitched what was likely the best game of his career, a complete game 2-hit shutout to lead the A's past the visiting Chicago White Sox. It was Scarborough's first win of the season after getting rocked in each of his previous three starts.

AMERICAN	 W	L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	11	4	.733	 x
ST LOUIS	11	7	.611	1.5
NEW YORK	10	7	.588	2.0
CHICAGO		 8	7	.533	3.0
WASHINGTON	 8	8	.500	3.5
DETROIT		 6	9	.400	5.0
PHILADELPHIA	 6	9	.400	5.0
BOSTON		 3     12	.200	8.0
				
NATIONAL	W	L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH     11	6	.647	 x
CHICAGO		9	6	.600	1.0
CINCINNATI	9	7	.563	1.5
ST LOUIS	9	8	.529	2.0
PHILADELPHIA	7	7	.500	2.5
BROOKLYN	6	9	.400	4.0
BOSTON		5	9	.357	4.5
NEW YORK	5	9	.357	4.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 4 Cleveland 3
New York 5 Detroit 4
St Louis 7 Boston 6
Philadelphia 4 Chicago 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 7 St Louis 2
Brooklyn 5 Boston 4
Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 5

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (F Hutchinson 1-2, 4.60) at New York (T Bonham 2-2, 2.38)
Chicago (G Schott 3-0, 1.44) at Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 2-1, 3.81)
Washington (J Haynes 2-1, 2.78) at Boston (A KArl 1-1, 3.26)
Cleveland (B Lohrman 3-0, 0.76) at St Louis (A Williams 0-3, 4.62)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (V Olsen 3-1, 1.22) at StLouis (A Jurisch 2-2, 3.44)
New York (D Koslo 1-2, 5.34) at Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 0-2, 4.28)
Cincinnati (A Carter (3-1, 1.07) at Boston (J Flores 0-2, 8.20)
Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-2, 11.15) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman (2-1, 5.00)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .392		P Reese Bkn	.397
P Cavarretta Wsh .380		G Rosen Bkn	.386
B Lewis Wsh 	 .377		R Kiner Pit	.364

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	6		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Williams Bos	5		H Clift Chn	5
T Hafey Cha	4		J Dimaggio Cin	4

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 15		A Vaughan Pit	22
F Crosetti NYY	 14		B Elliott Pit	19
P Cavarretta Wsh 13		R Kiner Pit	17

WINS				WINS
D Dean NYY	3-0		C Schanz Phi	4-0
B Lohrman Cle	3-0		E Head Chn	3-1
M Candini Wsh	3-1		C Melton Pit	3-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.76		A Carter Cin	1.07
G Schott Cha  	1.44		V Olsen Chn	1.22
J Babich Cle	1.60		D Black Bkn	2.43

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 22		A Jurisch StL	26
T Baker SLB	 20		E White StL	25
D Dean NYY	 19		W Spahn Bsn	25

KENTUCKY DERBY
POST POSITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR SATURDAY'S DERBY
The post positions have been decided for for Saturday's 73rd running of the Kentucky Derby. A random draw was conducted this morning and the most highly regarded horses all ended up bunched on the outside. Favourite Phalanx has drawn the number 10 chute with Faultless, On Trust and Jet Pilot all towards the outside as well. Here are the post positions:

1- Cosmic Bomb
2- WL Sickle
3- Jett Jett
4- Star Reward
5- Liberty Road
6- Bullet Proof
7- Stepfather
8- On Turst
9- Double Jay
10- Phalanx
11- Jet Pilot
12- Riskolater
13- Faultless

PGA TOUR
DALLAS INVITATIONAL TEES OFF TODAY
The Lakewood Country Club in Dallas, Texas will be the site for this weekend's stop on the PGA Tour. The par 71 course hosts the tournament for the fourth year although the event was previously known as the Texas Victory Open and the Dallas Open before being renamed to the Dallas Invitational last year. In the future this event will be named after the man who won it in the first year - as it will be called the Byron Nelson Championship.

Here are the previous winners: (par 71 course)
DALLAS INVITATIONAL
	Winner			 Runner-up
 1944   Byron Nelson        276  Harold McSpaden     286
 1945   Sam Snead           276  Harold McSpaden     280
 1946   Ben Hogan           284  Herman Keiser       286
          			 Paul Runyan	     286

[jksander]

So what games are you using for this?

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by jksander

So what games are you using for this?

Baseball - OOTP
NFL Football - TPF
college football - Quick play football an excel based game
CFL - quick play football an excel based game
NBA - TPB2005
College hoops - TDCB
Hockey - WhatifSports
Boxing - TBCB
Horse Racing - Down the stretch a quick play dice game
Indy 500 - a Thomas Mink dos based game
Soccer - a dice game called Quick play soccer
Golf - a quick play golf cpu game

The main games I am sure you know about. Info and downloads for the quickplay games can be found at this site http://www.tabletop-sports.com/

However, most of the ratings had to be done by myself since aside from the college football none are available for this era.

[jksander]

Good lord ... I can't believe you can keep up with all that! By the way, I've bookmarked this thread, and if anyone ever dares to call me the dynasty king, I'll let them know that you've got me beat by about a hundred times

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by jksander

Good lord ... I can't believe you can keep up with all that! By the way, I've bookmarked this thread, and if anyone ever dares to call me the dynasty king, I'll let them know that you've got me beat by about a hundred times

Not on the college basketball front I dont.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MAY 4, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
BONHAM TOSSES 4-HITTER AS YANKS WIN 5TH STRAIGHT
The New York Yankees are closing in on the American League lead thanks to a 5-game winning streak. Tiny Bonham tossed a complete game 4-hitter yesterday to lead New York past Detroit 5-1 at Yankee Stadium. Newcomer Dale Mitchell, just acquired from Philadelphia, had 2 hits and scored a pair of runs in his New York debut.

In other American League action, Taffy Wright's 9th inning rbi single gave Cleveland a 2-1 victory over the Browns in St Louis. Bill Lohrman pitched 8 innings, allowing just 4 hits, to improve his record to 4-0. Vic Wertz had two of the 4 St Louis hits.

Washington hammered the slumping Red Sox 14-5 at Fenway. Cecil Travis had 4 rbi's for the Sens with Mel Mazzera and Phil Cavarretta each driving in 3. Joe Haynes went the distance to improve his record to 3-1. The news was even worse for Boston when they learned after the game that second baseman Bobby Doerr will miss at least 3 weeks with a shoulder injury. Doerr was hitting just .151 in 16 games this season.

In the only other American League game Fred Caliguiri and a pair of relievers combined to pitch Philadelphia past Chicago 3-2.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
In St Louis Hoot Evers and Marty Marion each had 3 hits to help the Cardinals past Chicago 6-1. St Louis pitcher Al Jurisch improved to 3-2 with a complete game 6-hitter. Vern Olsen falls to 3-2 with the loss.

Veteran backup catcher Bernie Warren's 2-run homer helped the Phillies to a 4-3 win over the visiting New York Giants. The Phillies managed just 5 hits off of losing pitcher Dave Koslo, who's record drops to 1-3.

Roy Hughes and seldom used first baseman Vance Dinges each had 3 hits and a pair of rbi's to pace Boston past Cincinnati 9-2. Reds starter Arnold Carter failed to last through the third inning after giving up 6 runs in that frame. Jesse Flores (1-2) earned his first win of the season.

In Pittsburgh, Bob Elliott's 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th gave the Pirates a 3-2 win over Brooklyn. The Dodgers had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the 8th on a Pete Reiser 2-run double. Reiser's hit was just the second Dodger basehit of the game off of winning pitcher Ken Heintzelman.

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	12	 4	.750	 x
NEW YORK	11	 7	.611	2.0
ST LOUIS	11	 8	.579	2.5
WASHINGTON	 9	 8	.529	3.5
CHICAGO		 8	 8	.500	4.0
PHILADELPHIA	 7	 9	.438	5.0
DETROIT		 6	10	.375	6.0
BOSTON		 3	13	.188	9.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	12	 6	.667	 x
CHICAGO		 9	 7	.563	2.0
ST LOUIS	10	 8	.556	2.0
PHILADELPHIA	 8	 7	.533	2.5
CINCINNATI	 9	 8	.529	2.5
BOSTON		 6	 9	.400	4.5
BROOKLYN	 6	10	.375	5.0
NEW YORK	 5	10	.333	5.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 5 Detroit 1
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2
Washington 14 Boston 5
Cleveland 2 St Louis 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 6 Chicago 1
Philadelphia 4 New York 3
Boston 9 Cincinnati 2
Pittsburgh 3 Brooklyn 2

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-1, 3.51) at New York (D Dean 3-0, 1.91)
Detroit (H White 3-1, 3.09) at Chicago (F Biscan 1-3, 4.97)
Washington (R Barrett 0-3, 8.78) at Boston (B Bowman 1-2, 3.00)
Cleveland (S Gromek 2-0, 4.83) at St Louis (S Zoldak 2-0, 2.83)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (J Welch 2-1, 6.26) at St Louis (G Dockins 2-2, 4.59)
New York (K Chase 2-1, 5.71) at Philadelphia (C Schanz 4-0, 2.45)
Cincinnati (J Hutchings 2-1, 2.76) at Boston ( B Donovan 0-1, 1.13)
Brooklyn (L Webber 0-2, 7.32) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 3-0, 3.00)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .392		P Reese Bkn	.379
P Cavarretta Wsh .382		G Rosen Bkn	.379
D Lodigiani Pha	 .380		B Elliott Pit	.368

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	6		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Williams Bos	5		H Clift Chn	5
T Hafey Cha	4		J Dimaggio Cin	4

RBI'S				RBI'S
P Cavarretta Wsh 16		A Vaughan Pit	22
F Crosetti NYY	 15		B Elliott Pit	21
D Litwhiler Cha	 15		R Kiner Pit	17

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	4-0		C Schanz Phi	4-0
D Dean NYY	3-0		E Head Chn	3-1
F Caliguiri Pha	3-1		C Melton Pit	3-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.82		V Olsen Chn	2.00
J Babich Cle	1.60		D Black Bkn	2.43
E Johnson Bos	1.88		C Schanz Phi	2.45

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 25		A Jurisch StL	28
F Hutchinson Det 24		E White StL	25
T Baker SLB	 20		W Spahn Bsn	25

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA HANDS OUT POSTSEASON AWARDS
For the second year in a row Indianapolis Olympians 7'0" center George Mikan has been named the NBA's most valuable player. Mikan, the first overall draft pick in 1945 became the first player to win both the rookie of the year award and league MVP last season. This season Mikan started all 74 games for the Olympians
and averaged 20.5 ppg, second only to Cleveland's Juan Harrison. Mikan was also second in rebounds with an average of 9.4 per game. The former New York University star also won an MVP award in 1944-45 when he was named the College Player of the Year and an All-American.

The rookie of the year award went to Milwaukee center Red *Rocha, who nosed out John Layton of Dallas and Jim *Pollard from Providence. Here is the complete list of award winners:

MVP - George *Mikan Indianapolis
Defensive Player of Year - Goodwin Wozniak Milwaukee
Rookie of the Year - Red *Rocha Milwaukee
6th Man of the Year - Mike Damon Kansas City
Coach of the Year - Hass Nicholson Philadelphia

ALL LEAGUE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
George *Mikan Indianapolis
Vin Concepcion Chicago
Joe *Fulks Minnesota
Ryan Brumsey Ft Wayne
Trevor Presgraves Kentucky

SECOND TEAM
Preye Pensyl Baltimore
Thalamus Butler New York
Liles Wilder Cincinnati
Gabriel Brown Kansas City
Peter Warren Baltimore

ALL-DEFENSE TEAM
Vernon Stout Indianapolis
Goodwin Wozniak Milwaukee
Ethan Batiste Buffalo
Jason Christopherson Baltimore
Trevor Presgraves Kentucky

ALL-ROOKIE FIRST TEAM
Red *Rocha Milwaukee
Will Pullar Kansas City
Bob *Brannum Cleveland
Gene *Rock St Louis
Carl *Braun Milwaukee

ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM
John Layton Dallas
Jack *Tingle Philadelphia
Walt Kincaid Boston
Jim *Pollard Providence
Acton McPherson Boston


The NBA draft lottery will be held next Tuesday in preparation for the June 4 draft.


PGA TOUR: DALLAS INVITATIONAL
KEISER ROLLS TO LEAD AT LAKEWOOD
With 4 consecutive birdies on the back 9, Herman Keiser has taken the lead after the opening round of the Dallas Invitational at Lakewood Country Club. Keiser shot a 6 under par 65 but made his move on the back 9 which he played at 5 under par.

Johnny Bulla, Horton Smith and amateur Joe Carr are tied for second one stroke behind Keiser. Cary Middlecoff and Sam Snead are at 4 under.

NAME		RD 1	TOTAL
KEISER		65	-6
BULLA		66	-5
CARR-a		66	-5
SMITH		66	-5
MIDDLECOFF	67	-4
SNEAD		67	-4
BUREN		68	-3
HAEFNER		68	-3
HEBERT		68	-3
GHEZZI		69	-2
LITTLE		69	-2
METZ		69	-2
VON NIDA	69	-2
CERDA		70	-1
DEMARET		70	-1
HARBERT		70	-1
HARPER		70	-1
HARRISON	70	-1
NELSON		70	-1
BURTON		71	 E
COTTON		71	 E
DUTRA		71	 E
FLECK		71	 E
HAMILTON	71	 E
KING		71	 E
REES		71	 E
SARAZEN		71	 E
STRANAHAN	71	 E
THOMSON		71	 E
WALL		71	 E
BARRON		72	 1
BOROS		72	 1
FAULKNER	72	 1
FAZIO		72	 1
LOCKE		72	 1
MCSPADDEN	72	 1
OLIVER		72	 1
REVOLTA		72	 1
ROSBURG-a	72	 1
SHUTE		72	 1
WARD		72	 1
WOOD		72	 1
BURKE JR	73	 2
FURGOL		73	 2
HOGAN		73	 2
HORNE		73	 2
TURNERSA	73	 2
WEETMAN		73	 2
DE VICENZO	74	 3
FERRIER		74	 3
VAN DONCK	74	 3
xWhistler-a	74	 3
ADAMS		75	 4
BRADSHAW	75	 4
FORD		75	 4
LEES		75	 4
MACKAY JR	75	 4
WORSHAM		75	 4
BYRD		76	 5
HARMON		76	 5
LAFFOON		76	 5
MANGRUM		76	 5
RUNYON		76	 5
BOLT		77	 6
RIEGEL		77	 6
DALY		80	 9

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NEWS
EAGLES SIGN EX-GIANT RECEIVER GEORGE
The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to a one year deal with veteran wideout Bubba George. The 7th year pro from Northern Arizona was a 4th round pick of the Giants prior to the inagural NFL season of 1941. He has 358 career catches including 69 last season when he started all 16 games for New York. George will replace Todd Vick in the Eagles starting lineup. Vick, a free agent who caught 68 passes a year ago, appears close to signing with Washington.

In other news Jacksonville has signed former Cincinnati offensive tackle Brian Mayberry. The veteran from Purdue started 5 games for the Bengals last season will likely be backup with the Jags. Mayberry has started 71 games in his career which also included a stop in Minnesota.


BOXING NEWS
TOP HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER CHARLES IN ACTION TONIGHT
Heavyweight Ezzard Charles, who's only postwar loss came at the hands of World Champion Joe Louis, enters the ring in Cincinnati this evening. His opponent will be 6th ranked Clarence Henry of Los Angeles. Henry is 20-5-1 and should provide a nice test for Charles, who is hoping to get a rematch with Louis in the fall. Nicknamed "The Cincinnati Cobra", Charles has a record of 19-1.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY MAY 5, 1947

BOXING NEWS
EZZARD CHARLES LOOKS READY FOR REMATCH WITH LOUIS
Number one heavyweight contender Ezzard Charles manhandled 6th ranked Clarence Henry in their bout in Charles' hometown of Cincinnati last night. The referee stopped the fight in the 14th round because of exessive bleeding around both of Henry's eyes. In truth, it probably should have been stopped 3 rounds earlier as Henry failed to register a meaningful punch after being knocked down in the 11th.

Henry did well early in the fight and even sent Charles to the canvas in the 6th. However, with the hometown crowd cheering him on Charles quickly rose to his feet and by the start of the 7th round began to take complete control of the bout.

At 20-1, Charles only loss was to heavyweight champion Joe Louis in the post-war elmination tournament title match. He is hopeful the unbeaten Louis will agree to a rematch in the fall.


73RD KENTUCKY DERBY
SLOPPY CONDITIONS FOR THE DERBY
With a heavy rain falling most of Friday the track at Churchill Downs will be quite slow. Because a lot of late money has been coming in on Faultless, that horse has moved to the favourite ahead of Phalanx.
Here is a look at recent betting trends:
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ad.php?t=84773

Here are the final odds:

2-1 Faultless
5-2 Phalanx 
3-1 Jet Pilot
5-1 On Trust 
6-1 Star Reward 
8-1 Bullet Proof 
12-1 Double Jay 
12-1 Jett Jett 
12-1 Cosmic Bomb 
12-1 Liberty Road 
15-1 Stepfather
25-1 Riskolater 
30-1 W.L. Sickle

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
REDS BEAT BRAVES BUT LOSE DIMAGGIO
The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-1 but the victory came at a cost. Veteran outfielder Joe Dimaggio was placed on the disabled list after injuring his hip while sliding into second. The Reds are hopeful their cleanup hitter will only miss 2 weeks. In the game, Johnny Hutchings tossed a 3-hit complete game to improve his record to 3-1 while 2B Grady Hatton had a pair of hits, an rbi and run scored.

In other National League action Ralph Kiner had a pair of rbi's as Pittsburgh topped Brooklyn 5-3. Maurice Van Robays and Bob Elliott each had 3 hits for the winners while Preacher Roe won his 4th game, allowing just 1 run and 6 hits in 7 innings work.

Charley Schanz is 5-0 after tossing a complete game 5-hitter in a 6-1 Philadelphia win over the New York Giants. Bennie Warren and Pete Suder each drove in two runs for the winners.

Rip Russell had 4 hits and drove in 4 runs to lead the Chicago Cubs past the Cardinals 9-4 in St Louis. Harlond Clift hit his league leading 6th homer for the Cubs.

"WILL IT EVER END?' LAMENT RED SOX FANS
As has been the case so often in this young season, the Boston Red Sox found yet another way to let what looked like a sure victory slip through their fingers. This time the Washington Senators scored twice in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 5 and won it with a run in the 10th inning. The loss is the Red Sox 14th in 17 games. Errors again played a big role in the loss as a pair of Johnny Pesky miscues in the first inning helped the Sens to a quick 3-0 lead.

"I don't understand it," said Red Sox first baseman Babe Young afterwards. "It is just weird things keep happening. Pesky is a gold glove third baseman with just one error this season and he goes and has two in one inning."

One thing that is not hard to understand is just how poor the Red Sox bullpen is. With a 5.16 team era the Red Sox are far and away worst in the American League. The bullpen has allowed 35 earned runs in 30 innings work.

The one sliver of hope for Red Sox fans is this very closely mirrors last season when Boston was 2-10 in April only to reel off 12 victories in their first 14 games in the month of May. The problem with hopes of history repeating is that we are already 5 days into May and the Red Sox have not start any sort of a positive streak.

In other American League action outfielder Ival Goodman homered and drove in 3 runs as Cleveland doubled the Browns 6-3 in St Louis. Tommy Henrich drove in 4 runs including the game winner with a 2-run homer in the top of the ninth as Detroit beat Chicago 7-6 and Dizzy Dean improved to 4-0 as New York topped Philadelphia 3-1. Frank Crosetti hit his 7th homer of the season for the Yankees.

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	13	 4	.765	 x
NEW YORK	12	 7	.632	2.0
WASHINGTON	10	 8	.556	3.5
ST LOUIS	11	 9	.550	3.5
CHICAGO		 8	 9	.471	5.0
DETROIT		 7	10	.412	6.0
PHILADELPHIA	 7	10	.412	6.0
BOSTON		 3	14	.176	10.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	13	 6	.684	 x
CHICAGO		10	 7	.588	2.0
PHILADELPHIA	 9	 7	.563	2.5
CINCINNATI	10	 8	.556	2.5
ST LOUIS	10	 9	.526	3.0
BOSTON		 6	10	.375	5.5
BROOKLYN	 6	11	.353	6.0
NEW YORK	 5	11	.313	6.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 3 Philadelphia 1
Detroit 7 Chicago 6
Washington 6 Boston 5 (10 inn)
Cleveland 6 St Louis 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 9 St Louis 4
Philadelphia 6 New York 1
Cincinnati 3 Boston 1
Pittsburgh 5 Brooklyn 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-3, 3.18) at New York (J Brown 2-2, 6.56)
Detroit (S Overmire 1-2, 6.50) at Chicago (D Errickson 2-1, 2.32)
Washington (M Candini 3-1, 3.69) at Boston (E Johnson 0-2, 1.88)
Cleveland (C Passeau 1-1, 5.94) at St Louis (T Baker 2-2, 2.57)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (E Head 3-1, 3.71) at St Louis (M Cooper 1-2, 5.76)
New York (R Bauers 1-2, 3.58) at Philadelphia (B Swift 1-1, 2.88)
Cincinnati (A Houtteman 2-1, 4.91) at Boston (K Raffensberger 1-2, 3.34)
Brooklyn (D Black 0-3, 2.43) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 2-1, 4.50)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .407		B Elliott Pit	.389
C Chapman NYY	 .375		G Rosen Bkn	.371
D Lodigiani Pha	 .370		P Reese Bkn	.371

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	6
T Williams Bos	5		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Hafey Cha	5		J Dimaggio Cin	4

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 19		A Vaughan Pit	22
F Crosetti NYY	 17		B Elliott Pit	22
P Cavarretta Wsh 16		R Kiner Pit	19

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	4-0		C Schanz Phi	5-0
D Dean NYY	4-0		P Roe Pit	4-0
H White Det	4-1		E Head Chn	3-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.82		V Olsen Chn	2.00
J Babich Cle	1.60		C Schanz Phi	2.14
D Dean NYY	1.76		B Donovan Bsn	2.25

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
D Dean NYY	 27		A Jurisch StL	28
J Haynes Wsh 	 25		E White StL	25
F Hutchinson Det 24		W Spahn Bsn	25

PGA TOUR: DALLAS INVITATIONAL
SNEAD TAKES THE LEAD
Sam Snead has a 2-stroke lead halfway through the Dallas Invitational. Snead shot a 2-under 69 and sits 6 strokes under par for the tournament. 5 golfers including amateur Joe Carr are tied for second. Round 1 leader Herman Keiser is in a group of 6 golfers at -3. Byron Nelson had a close call but barely made the cut at plus one. Others who weren't so lucky include Lawson Little and Lloyd Mangrum.

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	Total	
SNEAD		67	69	136	-6
CARR-a		66	72	138	-4
FAULKNER	72	66	138	-4
HAMILTON	71	67	138	-4
HARBERT		70	68	138	-4
THOMSON		71	67	138	-4
BURTON		71	68	139	-3
COTTON		71	68	139	-3
HOGAN		73	66	139	-3
KEISER		65	74	139	-3
LOCKE		72	67	139	-3
SMITH		66	73	139	-3
CERDA		70	70	140	-2
DEMARET		70	70	140	-2
HEBERT		68	72	140	-2
BUREN		68	73	141	-1
HARRISON	70	71	141	-1
REES		71	70	141	-1
SARAZEN		71	70	141	-1
STRANAHAN	71	70	141	-1
WARD		72	69	141	-1
WOOD		72	69	141	-1
FAZIO		72	70	142	E
FLECK		71	71	142	E
MIDDLECOFF	67	75	142	E
SHUTE		72	70	142	E
WALL		71	71	142	E
FERRIER		74	69	143	1
GHEZZI		69	74	143	1
HAEFNER		68	75	143	1
HARPER		70	73	143	1
KING		71	72	143	1
NELSON		70	73	143	1
VON NIDA	69	74	143	1
            MISSED CUT
DE VICENZO	74	70	144	2
HORNE		73	71	144	2
LEES		75	69	144	2
LITTLE		69	75	144	2
METZ		69	75	144	2
ROSBURG-a	72	72	144	2
WORSHAM		75	69	144	2
BOROS		72	73	145	3
BULLA		66	79	145	3
FORD		75	70	145	3
HARMON		76	69	145	3
OLIVER		72	73	145	3
WEETMAN		73	72	145	3
BARRON		72	74	146	4
DUTRA		71	75	146	4
xWhistler-a	74	72	146	4
BURKE JR	73	74	147	5
LAFFOON		76	71	147	5
RIEGEL		77	70	147	5
VAN DONCK	74	73	147	5
BYRD		76	72	148	6
FURGOL		73	75	148	6
MCSPADDEN	72	76	148	6
MANGRUM		76	73	149	7
REVOLTA		72	77	149	7
TURNERSA	73	76	149	7
RUNYON		76	74	150	8
BOLT		77	74	151	9
MACKAY JR	75	76	151	9
ADAMS		75	78	153	11
DALY		80	73	153	11
BRADSHAW	75	79	154	12

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NEWS
VIKINGS SIGN EX-SAINTS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN WHITE
Former New Orleans Saints DT Ellis White has agreed to a 3-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings. A second round pick of the Saints in 1942, White was a starter for 4 seasons before being relegated to a back-up role last year. His best season was 1945 when he had 9 sacks and forced three fumbles. Last year the former Texas Longhorn started 6 games for the Saints and had 5 sacks. He is expected to be backup in the Vikings 3-4 system.

In other signing news
the Cardinals signed former Carolina free safety Lewis Krager as a backup to all pro Booker Hasselbeck. An undrafted free agent out of Alabama, Krager spent for seasons with Jacksonville before signing with Carolina last year. He has 3 interceptions in his career but due to injuries appeared in just 5 games with the Panthers last season.

Veteran linebacker Dameane Bonner has left Houston for Cincinnati. Bonner started 9 games for the Texans last season and had 34 tackles. The ex-San Jose State linebacker enjoyed his best season as a pro two years ago when he had 58 tackles and 3 sacks.

Finally, former UTEP running back Choo-Choo *Roberts signed with Buffalo a day after being let go by the Steelers. Roberts was Pittsburgh 4th round draft pick last month. Neither the Steelers nor Roberts would say why he was cut. Roberts will back up Bills second round pick Buddy *Young this season.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY MAY 6, 1947

73RD KENTUCKY DERBY
JET PILOT WINS DERBY!
With a strong stretch run Jet Pilot galloped to victory in the 73rd Kentucky Derby making a winner of rookie Derby jockey Eric Guerin. The winning time of 2:06 3/5 was a fifth of a second faster than the real 1947 Kentucky Derby which was also won by Jet Pilot.

In the replay Stepfather, a 15-1 longshot, had the lead as they emerged from the final turn. However, Stepfather was out of gas and quickly faded. Jet Pilot made a huge charge on the outside and battled for the lead with Liberty Road. Phalanx, stuck in the pack early in the race, was making a hard charge but it appeared to be a little late. Jet Pilot overtook Liberty Road just before the 1 mile mark and would go on to win by a full length. Liberty Road, at 12-1 odds, managed to hold off Phalanx for second. On Trust was fourth and Cosmic Bomb finished fifth. Stepfather, which lead for much of the race slipped to 6th.

HERE ARE THE COMPLETE RESULTS
WIN 		JET PILOT  2:06 3/5
PLACE	 	LIBERTY ROAD
SHOW		PHALANX

4TH		ON TRUST
5TH		COSMIC BOMB
6TH		STEPFATHER
7TH		FAULTLESS
8TH		STAR REWARD
9TH		JETT-JETT
10TH		W.L. SICKLE
11TH		RISKOLATER
12TH		BULLETPROOF
13TH		DOUBLE JAY

The next stage of the Triple Crown will be the Preakness which will be held in two weeks time. The final event is the Belmont Stakes which runs on June 16th.


MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ROOKIE HOUTTEMAN OUTDUELS RAFFENSBERGER 1-0
Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Art Houtteman held the Boston Braves to just three hits over 8 innings as the Reds blanked the Braves in Boston 1-0. Houtteman held the Braves hitless until Butch Nieman and Roy Hughes hit back to back singles in the fifth inning. A ground out moved the runners to second and third with two out before Houtteman fanned Raffensberger to end the threat. It was the only time in the game the Braves had a runner advance past first base. The only run of the game was created by 3 Cincinnati singles in the third inning. Johnny Hetki and Tommy de la Cruz preserved the victory by pitching a scoreless ninth for the Reds.

PIRATES STAGE NINTH INNING RALLY TO BEAT BROOKLYN
Pittsburgh scored three times in the top of the ninth inning to rally past the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3. A 2-run homer from rookie Jackie Robinson, his second of the season, helped the Dodgers build up a 3-1 lead despite getting just 3 hits all game off of Pittsburgh hurler Jim Tobin. Don Black had held the Pirates to just 1 run through seven innings but once again Black, who is 0-3 with a solid 2.23 era, would not earn his first victory of the season. In the bottom of the 9th Brooklyn reliever Red Phillips took over for Ralph Branca, who had pitched a scoreless 8th. Phillips was greeted with 3 doubles and a walk and before the Dodgers could even get anyone ready in the bullpen the game was over.

In other National League action Del Ennis drove in a pair of runs and Bill Swift pitched a complete game 4-hitter as Philadelphia beat visiting New York 3-1. In St Louis, both the Cubs and Cards scored 4 times in the first inning but it was a 5th inning solo homer from Walker Cooper that proved the difference in a 5-4 St Louis win.


COMEBACK ALLOWS YANKEES TO STRETCH WINNING STREAK TO 7 GAMES
A Frank Crosetti rbi double followed by a run-scoring single from Sammy Byrd allowed the New York Yankees to score two runs in the bottom of the ninth to outlast Philadelphia 11-10. Bud Metheny led the Yankees offense with 3 hits including a homerun and 3 rbi's. The victory moves the Yankees to within 1 game of first place Cleveland atop the American League standings.

The Indians were victimized by a St Louis comeback. Vern Stephens hit a two run homer in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Browns a 4-3 victory.

Stop me if you have heard this one before. The Red Sox lost again, making it 15 defeats in 18 games this season. Washington beat the hometown Boston squad 5-3 as once again Red Sox starter Earl Johnson came out of the game empty handed. He pitched 5 shutout innings to lower his era to 1.52 but Johnson's record stands at 0-2.

In the other American League game Detroit scored 7 runs in the top of the 8th to beat the Chicago White Sox 10-1. Hal Trosky had 3 hits including a homer and drove in 3 runs to lead the Tigers. Stubby Overmire pitched a complete game 5-hitter for the win.

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	13	 5	.722	  x
NEW YORK	13	 7	.650	 1.0
WASHINGTON	11	 8	.579	 2.5
ST LOUIS	12	 9	.571	 2.5
CHICAGO		 8	10	.444	 5.0
DETROIT		 8	10	.444	 5.0
PHILADELPHIA	 7	11	.389	 6.0
BOSTON		 3	15	.167	10.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	14	 6	.700	 x
PHILADELPHIA	10	 7	.588	2.5
CINCINNATI	11	 8	.579	2.5
CHICAGO		10	 8	.556	3.0
ST LOUIS	11	 9	.550	3.0
BOSTON		 6	11	.353	6.5
BROOKLYN	 6	12	.333	7.0
NEW YORK	 5	12	.294	7.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 11 Philadelphia 10
Detroit 10 Chicago 1
Washington 5 Boston 3
St Louis 4 Cleveland 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 5 Chicago 4
Philadelphia 3 New York 1
Cincinnati 1 Boston 0
Pittsburgh 4 Brooklyn 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (R Scarborough 1-3, 4.60) at New York (M Lanier 1-2, 3.00)
Detroit (V Trucks 0-4, 4.66) at Chicago (E Lopat 2-2, 4.36)
Washington (D Adkins 1-2, 3.90) at Boston (T Hughson 0-3, 5.67)
Cleveland (J Babich 3-1, 1.60) at St Louis (A McKain 3-1, 3.72)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (P Erickson 1-3, 4.55) at St Louis (E White 2-2, 3.86)
New York (A Zabala 0-0, 0.00) at Philadelphia (V Lombardi 1-2, 4.81)
Cincinnati (H Feldman 0-2, 8.17) at Boston (W Spahn 2-2, 3.82)
Brooklyn (R Barney 2-0, 4.67) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 3-1, 3.10)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .397		B Elliott Pit	.395
D Lodigiani Pha	 .362		B Estalella Phi	.369
C Chapman NYY	 .358		P Reese Bkn	.361

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	6
T Williams Bos	5		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Hafey Cha	5		B Elliott Pit	5

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 20		A Vaughan Pit	24
F Crosetti NYY	 18		B Elliott Pit	24
P Cavarretta Wsh 16		R Kiner Pit	19

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	4-0		C Schanz Phi	5-0
D Dean NYY	4-0		P Roe Pit	4-0
H White Det	4-1		A Houtteman Cin	3-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.82		V Olsen Chn	2.00
E Johnson Bos	1.52		C Schanz Phi	2.14
J Babich Cle	1.60		D Black Bkn	2.23

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
D Dean NYY	 27		A Jurisch StL	28
J Haynes Wsh 	 25		E White StL	25
F Hutchinson Det 24		W Spahn Bsn	25

PGA TOUR: DALLAS INVITATIONAL
4-WAY TIE HEADING INTO FINAL ROUND OF DALLAS INVITATIONAL
With one round remaining in the Dallas Invitational things are wide open as four golfers are tied for the lead. Dai Rees, winner of the Greater Greensboro Open, shot the best round of the day with a 6 under 65. He shares the lead with Jay Hebert, who won last week's stop at New Orleans, Max Faulker and Bob Hamilton. Bobby Locke sits one stroke off the pace.

Sam Snead, the leader after Friday's round, struggled all day Saturday and shot a 75 to fall 5 strokes behind the leaders. Amateur Joe Carr also had a tough day Saturday and dropped from second place to near the bottom of the pack after shooting a 76.

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL	
FAULKNER	72	66	68	-7
HAMILTON	71	67	68	-7
HEBERT		68	72	66	-7
REES		71	70	65	-7
LOCKE		72	67	68	-6
BURTON		71	68	70	-4
CERDA		70	70	71	-2
COTTON		71	68	72	-2
SNEAD		67	69	75	-2
THOMSON		71	67	73	-2
VON NIDA	69	74	68	-2
BUREN		68	73	71	-1
FLECK		71	71	70	-1
HAEFNER		68	75	69	-1
HARRISON	70	71	71	-1
KEISER		65	74	73	-1
MIDDLECOFF	67	75	70	-1
FAZIO		72	70	71	 E
HARBERT		70	68	75	 E
NELSON		70	73	70	 E
WOOD		72	69	72	 E
CARR-a		66	72	76	 1
STRANAHAN	71	70	73	 1
HOGAN		73	66	76	 2
SMITH		66	73	76	 2
WARD		72	69	74	 2
DEMARET		70	70	76	 3
HARPER		70	73	73	 3
SARAZEN		71	70	75	 3
SHUTE		72	70	74	 3
KING		71	72	74	 4
WALL		71	71	75	 4
FERRIER		74	69	75	 5
GHEZZI		69	74	77	 7

[webbie75]

Man, I love this stuff so much, but it pains me to no end to see my Sox doing do poorly. In your recreation of Baseball history, what is the record for fewest wins in a season? I want to know what the sox have to shoot for to avoid that total disaster. None the less, this is great stuff as always!!! Go Sox!!!

[Tiger Fan]

1927 White Sox and 1929 Red Sox each finished at 45-109. In a shortended season the 1918 Cleveland Indians won just 41 games. Their record was 41-91 in a season shortened by WWI travel restrictions.

In the NL the Phillies of 1919 were just 52-88 while in a shorter season the 1918 Brooklyn club won only 46 games.

At the other end of the spectrum the best season belongs to the 1906 Red Sox who won 107 games against just 47 losses.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY MAY 7, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PIRATES WIN BUT LOSE MELTON
The Pittsburgh Pirates outscored the Boston Braves 10-9 yesterday but after the game all the attention was focused on the injured back of Pirates ace Cliff Melton. The 35 year old lefthander, a 4-time Cy Young Award winner, left the game in the first inning with back spasms. He has been placed on the 15-day disabled list and the Pirates hope to have him back in 3 weeks. Melton has been remarkably healthy the past 6 years but was troubled by back problems early in his career. It will be his 4th trip to the DL with the first two costing him 15 starts in 1940 due to back woes. The only other time he was injured was in 1943 when he missed 6 weeks with a fractured cheekbone after being hit with a batted ball.

As for the Pirates-Dodgers game, Ralph Kiner homered and drove in 4 runs to lead the Bucs. The Dodgers scored 9 runs despite getting just 8 hits in the game. However, 6 Pirate relievers ended up issuing 10 walks to Brooklyn batters.

In Philadelphia, Vic Lombardi tossed a 2-hit shutout as the Phillies blanked New York 2-0. Joe Gordon's solo homerun and a John O'Neil fielders choice accounted for all of the scoring. 29 year old Giant hurler Adrian Zabala looked impressive in his first major league start despite taking the loss. Zabala allowed 5 hits and just one walk.

EVERS DELIVERS WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM
The St Louis Cardinals scored a dramatic 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs. With two out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Cards down by 3 runs, Hoot Evers hit a grandslam homer off of Cubs reliever Johnny Schmitz to give St Louis the game and bragging rights in the 5 game series. The two clubs had split the previous 4 games.

In the other National League game, Johnny Mize's 2-run homer helped visiting Cincinnati past Boston 4-1. Harry Feldman and two relievers combined on a 6-hitter for the win. Warren Spahn took the loss to fall to 2-3.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP
It's about time Red Sox fans. Boston snapped an 8-game losing streak with a thrilling 9-8 victory over Washington. The Red Sox led 8-7 heading into the top of the ninth inning and when Mel Mazzera delivered a sac fly to tie the game I am sure Red Sox fans were thinking 'here we go again'. However, instead of another blown game by the Boston bullpen Rube Melton pitched a scoreless 10th and the Red Sox finally caught a break in the bottom of the inning, scoring a run without getting a base hit. A pair of walks and an error led to the winning run. For most of the season when you heard that statement you just assumed it was the Red Sox in the field. Maybe their luck is changing.

In St Louis, Clyde Kluttz hit a bases-loaded pinch-hit double in the top of the 14th to give Cleveland a 6-3 win over the Browns.

Roy Cullenbine had 4 hits as Philadelphia ended the Yankees 7-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory while in Chicago shortstop Red Kress had 2 homers and 6 rbi's to lead Detroit past the White Sox 10-2.

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	14	 5	.737	 x
NEW YORK	13	 8	.619	2.0
WASHINGTON	11	 9	.550	3.5
ST LOUIS	12	10	.545	3.5
DETROIT		 9	10	.474	5.0
CHICAGO		 8	11	.421	6.0
PHILADELPHIA	 8	11	.421	6.0
BOSTON		 4	15	.211	10.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	15	 6	.714	 x
PHILADELPHIA	11	 7	.611	2.5
CINCINNATI	12	 8	.600	2.5
ST LOUIS	12	 9	.571	3.0
CHICAGO		10	 9	.526	4.0
BOSTON		 6	12	.333	7.5
BROOKLYN	 6	13	.316	8.0
NEW YORK	 5	13	.278	8.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 5 New York 2
Detroit 10 Chicago 2
Boston 9 Washington 8 (10 inn)
Cleveland 6 St Louis 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 8 Chicago 7
Philadelphia 2 New York 0
Cincinnati 4 Boston 1
Pittsburgh 10 Brooklyn 9

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 3-1, 3.50) at New York (T Bonham 3-2, 1.88)
Detroit (F Hutchinson 1-3, 4.81) at Chicago (G Schott 3-1, 1.91)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (A Jurisch 3-2, 2.72) at Cincinnati (A Carter 3-2, 3.00)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .387		B Elliott Pit	.395
R Kress Det	 .365		B Estalella Phi	.358
W Judnich SLB	 .352		P Reese Bkn	.356

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	7
T Williams Bos	5		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Hafey Cha	5		B Elliott Pit	5

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 22		A Vaughan Pit	24
F Crosetti NYY	 18		B Elliott Pit	24
B Young Bos	 18		R Kiner Pit	23

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	4-0		C Schanz Phi	5-0
D Dean NYY	4-0		P Roe Pit	4-0
H White Det	4-1		A Houtteman Cin	3-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.82		V Olsen Chn	2.00
E Johnson Bos	1.52		C Schanz Phi	2.14
D Dean NYY	1.76		D Black Bkn	2.23

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
D Dean NYY	 27		W Spahn Bsn	31
J Haynes Wsh 	 25		E White StL	29
F Hutchinson Det 24		A Jurisch StL	28

DODGERS ACQUIRE MCCORMICK FROM CARDINALS
The Brooklyn Dodgers picked up veteran infielder Frank McCormick from the St Louis Cardinals in exchange for a pair of minor leaguers. The 35 year old McCormick never lived up to the potential most felt he had when he made his major league debut for Cincinnati in 1938. With the Cardinals the past three seasons he was restricted to mainly pinch-hit appearances since the Cardinals already had a stacked outfield and Stan Musial playing first baseman. This season McCormick had 6 hits in 12 at bats, all but two as a pinch-hitter. He will get the chance to start every day with the Dodgers after they demoted 38 year old first baseman Zeke Bonura to AAA Montreal to make room for McCormick.

Going to St Louis in the deal are 19 year old shortstop Tommy Brown and 22 year old pitcher Clyde King. Brown is entering his third season of A ball and has an outside chance at playing in the majors. He did get 2 major league at bats for the Dodgers as a September callup. King is 3-1 with a 1.03 era in AA but likely will not develop enough to be a major leaguer.

               FRANK MCCORMICK CAREER STATS
Year Teams	 G   AB	   R	  H	2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   K   AVG
1938 CIN	109  164  24	 56	10   1 	 2   17	  8   2  .341
1939 CIN	111  153  14	 41	 5   1	 1   17  10   0  .268
1940 CIN	 88  109  14	 31	 9   3	 2   23	  7   1  .284
1941 CIN/BKN	122  337  49	114	23   0	 6   58  18   7  .338
1942 BKN/NYG	117  373  38	103	26   1	 4   49  36  12  .276
1943 NYG	121  388  40	 97	23   3	 2   38  25   3  .250
1944 NYG	 77  205  25	 50	 8   0	 3   26	  9   8  .244
1945 NYG/SLN	 25   36   4	 11	 1   1   0    5	  2   0  .306
1946 SLN	 67   84   9	 26	 2   0	 0   16	  3   1  .310
1947 SLN/BKN	 11   12   3	  6	 0   1	 0    3	  2   0  .500
---- -------    --- ---- ---   ----    ---  --  --  --- ---  --  ----
Total		848 1861 220    535    107  11  20  252 120  34  .287

DEAN AND ELLIOTT CLAIM PLAYER OF WEEK AWARDS
Veteran New York Yankees pitcher Dizzy Dean and Pittsburgh third baseman Bob Elliott have been named the major league players of the week. On the strength of two victories including a complete game 3-hit shutout, Dean was named the American League's top performer over the past seven days. It is the first time in his 16 year career Dean has won a player of the week award. On the season he is 4-0 with a 1.76 era.

The 30 year old Elliott is named National League Player of the Week for the third time in his career. The 4-time allstar hit .524 with 3 homers and 10 rbi's last week. For the season he is hitting .395 with 5 homers and 24 rbi's in 20 games.




GOLF: DALLAS INVITATIONAL
HEBERT WINS SECOND STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT
For the second week in a row rookie Jay Hebert has won a PGA event. Last week the 24 year old claimed victory by three strokes in the New Orleans Open. This time he finished ahead of Dick Burton by just a single stroke. Burton tied for the best round of the day Sunday with a 5 under 66. Hebert finished 3 under for the day but needed a birdie on the par 5 17th to claim the win. Hebert and third place finisher Dai Rees entered the final day tied with 2 others for top spot at 7 under. Rees could only manage par in his final round while the two other co-leaders from Saturday, Max Faulker and Bob Hamilton shot one over and two over respectively to finish 4th and 5th.

The victory earned Hebert $1,800 and increases his season earnings to $4,000. Hebert trails only Ben Hogan atop the money winner list. Next week's PGA stop is the Phoenix Open.

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	Total	      PRIZE $
HEBERT		68	72	66	68	274    -10     1800
BURTON		71	68	70	66	275	-9     1000
REES		71	70	65	71	277	-7	950
FAULKNER	72	66	68	72	278	-6	900
HAMILTON	71	67	68	73	279	-5	850
HARRISON	70	71	71	69	281	-3	775
MIDDLECOFF	67	75	70	69	281	-3	775
SNEAD		67	69	75	70	281	-3	775
DEMARET		70	70	76	66	282	-2	663
FLECK		71	71	70	70	282	-2	663
KEISER		65	74	73	70	282	-2	663
LOCKE		72	67	68	75	282	-2	663
STRANAHAN	71	70	73	68	282	-2	663
VON NIDA	69	74	68	71	282	-2	663
BUREN		68	73	71	71	283	-1	550
FAZIO		72	70	71	70	283	-1	550
KING		71	72	74	66	283	-1	550
CARR-a		66	72	76	70	284	E	amat
HAEFNER		68	75	69	73	285	1	487
NELSON		70	73	70	72	285	1	487
CERDA		70	70	71	75	286	2	400
COTTON		71	68	72	75	286	2	400
FERRIER		74	69	75	68	286	2	400
HOGAN		73	66	76	71	286	2	400
THOMSON		71	67	73	75	286	2	400
HARPER		70	73	73	71	287	3	300
WARD		72	69	74	72	287	3	300
WOOD		72	69	72	74	287	3	300
SMITH		66	73	76	73	288	4	250
SARAZEN		71	70	75	73	289	5	213
WALL		71	71	75	72	289	5	213
HARBERT		70	68	75	77	290	6	150
GHEZZI		69	74	77	72	292	8	100
SHUTE		72	70	74	78	294	10	100

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA DRAFT LOTTERY TOMORROW
The NBA will hold it's draft lottery tomorrow. At stake is the right to pick first overall in the 1947 college draft. The Boston Celtics, by virtue of the league's worst regular season record, have the best odds at grabbing the top spot, followed by the New York Knickerbockers and New Orleans Jazz.

Among the players touted as the possible first overall selection are Washington guard George *Feigenbaum, Ohio State SF Paul *Huston, Alabama PF Odie *Spears and center Jack *Rocker from the national champion Kentucky Wildcats.




NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON
PACKERS INK TE HAROLD SUALUA
With all 3 of the tight ends employed by Green Bay a year ago announcing their retirement, the Packers have a big hole to fill at the position. They somewhat addressed the need over the weekend by signing for Miami TE Harold Sualua to a two year deal. Sualua has been with the Dolphins for 5 seasons but has never made an NFL reception as he was confined to special teams duties through his tenure. As of right now he is the only tight end on the Packers roster so expect them to make another annoucement in the near future.

The Packers are also rumoured close to signing free agent TE Dwight Elliott. Elliott started four games for the Lions last season and had 10 receptions. His best season was 1944 when he made 52 catches including 7 touchdown grabs.

One other signing over the weekend had Jacksonville ink former Washington cornerback Paul Coleman to a 3 year deal. Coleman has started 9 games in his 4 seasons with the Redskins. He will see action primarily in nickel situations for the Jags.

[Tiger Fan]

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY MAY 8, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LATE RALLY GIVES YANKEES ANOTHER WIN
The New York Yankees continue to be the hottest team in baseball. Jack Boiling's rbi single in the bottom of the ninth gave the Yankees a 6-5 win over Philadelphia. New York has won 10 of it's last 12 games and trails first place Cleveland by just a game and a half.

Boiling had 3 hits while pinch-hitter Bud Metheny delivered a 2-run double to pace the New York offense. Tiny Bonham lasted just 5 innings before being lifted for a pinch-hitter. Bonham allowed just 1 run on 4 hits but the win ended up going to reliver Marius Russo, who retired the final four A's hitters.

In the only other American League game Red Kress and Dick Wakefield each drove in a pair of runs as Detroit doubled Chicago 8-4. Wakefield had a pair of hits to improve his league leading batting average to .400.

In the lone National League game Al Jurisch improved his record to 4-2 after pitching the St Louis Cardinals past Cincinnati 4-1. Jurisch went 8 1/3, allowing 9 hits and 1 run. Fred Martin retired the final two Reds hitters for his first save of the season.

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	14	 5	.737	 x
NEW YORK	14	 8	.636	1.5
WASHINGTON	11	 9	.550	3.5
ST LOUIS	12	10	.545	3.5
DETROIT		10	10	.500	4.5
CHICAGO		 8	12	.400	6.5
PHILADELPHIA	 8	12	.400	6.5
BOSTON		 4	15	.211	10.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	15	 6	.714	 x
PHILADELPHIA	11	 7	.611	2.5
ST LOUIS	13	 9	.591	2.5
CINCINNATI	12	 9	.571	3.0
CHICAGO		10	 9	.526	4.0
BOSTON		 6	12	.333	7.5
BROOKLYN	 6	13	.316	8.0
NEW YORK	 5	13	.278	8.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 6 Philadelphia 5
Detroit 8 Chicago 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 4 Cincinnati 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (F Biscan 1-3, 4.45) at Boston (A Karl 1-2, 5.29)
Detroit (H White 4-1, 3.38) at St Louis (A Williams 0-4, 4.01)
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-2, 3.51) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 4-0, 0.82)
New York (D Dean 4-0, 1.76) at Washington (J Haynes 3-1, 3.05)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (D Koslo 1-3, 4.93) at Boston (J Flores 1-2, 6.18)
Chicago (V Olsen 3-2, 2.00) at Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-3, 8.10)
St Louis (G Dockins 2-3, 5.49) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 3-1, 2.35)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 5-0, 2.14) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 4-0, 2.70)

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .400		G Scharein StL	.406
R Kress Det	 .369		B Elliott Pit	.395
W Judnich SLB	 .352		B Estalella Phi	.358

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	7
T Williams Bos	5		A Vaughan Pit	5
T Hafey Cha	5		B Elliott Pit	5

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 22		A Vaughan Pit	24
F Crosetti NYY	 18		B Elliott Pit	24
B Young Bos	 18		R Kiner Pit	23

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	4-0		C Schanz Phi	5-0
D Dean NYY	4-0		P Roe Pit	4-0
H White Det	4-1		A Jurisch StL	4-2

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.82		V Olsen Chn	2.00
E Johnson Bos	1.52		C Schanz Phi	2.14
D Dean NYY	1.76		D Black Bkn	2.23

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
F Hutchinson Det 28		W Spahn Bsn	31
D Dean NYY	 27		A Jurisch StL	31
J Haynes Wsh 	 25		E White StL	29

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
BRAVES WIN DRAFT LOTTERY
The Buffalo Braves have won the NBA draft lottery and the right to select first overall in the June 4 NBA draft. Second choice will go to the Kentucky Colonels while the Syracuse Nationals will pick third. The league's worst regular season team, Boston, slips down to 4th.

Here is the draft order for non-playoff teams
1- Buffalo Braves
2- Kentucky Colonels
3- Syracuse Nationals
4- Boston Celtics
5- New York Knickerbockers
6- New Orleans Jazz
7- Cleveland Cavaliers
8- Minneapolis Lakers
9- Kansas City Kings
10- Milwaukee Hawks
11- Fort Wayne Pistons
12- St Louis Bombers


BOXING NEWS
GAGNON TO DEFEND WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIRDAY
Quebec native Fernando Gagnon will make his first Bantamweight title defense at the Montreal Forum. His opponent will be European champion Luis Romero.

The 26 year old Gagnon surprised Manuel Ortiz in the finals of the postwar elimination tournament by claiming an unanimous decision over the American. In two previous bouts with Ortiz, Gagnon had a loss and a draw. Gagnon's record is 32-3-1.

Romero is also 26 years old. The native of Arcila, Spain won the vacant European Title with a 9th round KO of Italian Guido Ferracin in Rome last October. This will be his first world title shot. Romero is 20-6-1.

Undercard bouts will have a pair of Canadian titles up for grabs. Canadian heavyweight champ Earl Walls from Windsor will face Al Delaney. Toronto's Jack Armstrong will face Montreal native Hubert Gagnier for the vacant Canadian Featherweight title.

GOLF NEWS
LEADING PGA MONEY WINNERS

NAME		PRIZE $		WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	CUTS made
HOGAN		4275		1	2	3	4
HEBERT		4200		2	2	3	4
SNEAD		3375		0	2	3	4
REES		3063		1	2	3	3
NELSON		2637		0	2	2	4
MIDDLECOFF	2475		0	0	3	3
DEMARET		2413		0	1	3	3
COTTON		2300		0	1	1	4
WARD		2063		0	1	2	4
BURTON		1865		0	1	1	3

DATES		EVENT				WINNER
April 5-8	Greater Greensboro Open		Dai Rees
April  12-15	MASTERS				Ben Hogan
April 26-29	Greater New Orleans Invit.	Jay Hebert
May 3-6		Dallas Invitational		Jay Hebert
May 10-13	Phoenix Open	
May 17-20	Bing Crosby Pro-Am	
May 24-27	San Diego Open