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Tiger Fan · 11-12-2004, 10:50 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NEWS
CHAMPION CHAPS COACH STEPS DOWN
Nick Woods, who coached the Dallas Chaparrals to the NBA championship last week has announced his retirement. The 74 year old Woods had a career coaching record of 488-474 and retires after winning his first NBA title. The Chaps are expected to announce a replacement next week. Rumour has it assistant Mickey Smith may be in line for the job.

Meanwhile, the other finalist has extended the contract of it's coach. Terms were not released but Baltimore will bring veteran coach Luke Ware back for at least one more season.

FORMER CCNY STAR MCCLINTIC RETIRES FROM NBA
Veteran New York Knickerbockers power forward Zaki McClintic has announced his retirement after a 13 year NBA career. McClintic never lived up to the hype surrounding him when he first entered the league after being named the NCAA player of the year in his final season at CCNY. A first round pick of Indianapolis (8th overall) in 1934 McClintic spent 4 seasons with the Olympians. He made the all-rookie team in 1934-35 by averaging 12.9 ppg and 7.0 rpg. He left Indianapolis for Buffalo in 1938 and was a key reserve on the Braves during his 4 years with that organization. He would then have stops in Syracuse, St Louis and Fort Wayne before winding up his career in the city he enjoyed his college success.

In 820 career games McClintic average 8.4 ppg. He played in 33 playoff games and was a key contributer in Indianapolis' run to the finals in 1935, a run that ulitmately fell short in a championship series 4-game sweep at the hands of Philadelphia.

BUCKEYE STARS HAVE EYES ON FIRST ROUND
In an effort to familiarize the readers with the top players available in the June 4th NBA draft, I will take a look back at the college careers of many of the potential first rounders. We start with a look at a couple of Ohio State Buckeyes who expect to hear their names called very early on June 4th.

Senior forward Paul *Huston is a possible first overall pick. Named to the Big 10 all-conference team, Huston was second in the conference in ppg (16.6) and third in rebounds (11.5). The one weak spot in his game has been his free throw shooting which has steadily got worse through his college career. After helping the Buckeyes to the elite 8 in 1945-46, Huston and his teammates were dissappointed to exit the NCAA tourney in the second round this season.

Huston holds the Ohio State record for points in a season with 643 in 1944-45 as well as the Big 10 record for field goals made in a season at 244.

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         PAUL *HUSTON'S CAREER STATS AT OHIO STATE
YEAR	GP	MPG	PPG 	 RPG	APG	TO	SPG	BPG	 FG%	 FT%	 3P%
43-44	 4	 2.0	 0.5	 0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
44-45	31	31.9	13.0	 9.8	1.7	1.4	1.8	1.0	.368	.716	.280
45-46	39	31.0	16.5	 9.6	1.8	1.2	1.2	0.9	.494	.619	.393
46-47	34	30.9	16.6	11.9	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.6	.427	.586	.319
        ---     ----    ----    ----    ---     ---     ---     ---     ----    ----    ----
career	108	30.1	14.9	10.0	1.6	1.2	1.4	1.1	.434	.635	.334

Junior Ohio State center Arnie *Risen decide to forego his final year of eligibilty and enter the NBA draft where, despite a large number of centers available, he should be a mid-first round pick. Risen was third on the Buckeyes with 12.4 ppg and 9.7 rpg. He also led the team in blocked shots and led the Big 10 in field goal percentage. Risen has decent potential but might have been a first overall pick if he spent one more season in college.

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		ARNIE *RISEN CAREER STATS AT OHIO STATE
YEAR	GP	 MPG	PPG     RPG	APG	TO	SPG	BPG	FG%	FT%	3P%
44-45	31	29.0	7.6	8.5	0.8	1.3	0.0	2.0	.444	.776	.000
45-46	39	15.5	5.8	5.4	0.5	0.4	0.0	1.4	.518	.804	.000
46-47	34	31.1	12.4	9.7	1.4	1.2	0.1	2.6	.576	.838	.000
        ---     ----    ----    ----    ---     ---     ---     ---     ----    ----    ----
career	104	24.6	8.5	7.7	0.9	0.9	0.0	2.0	.523	.809	.000

In real life Arnie Risen played 10 seasons in the NBA for Rochester and the Boston Celtics after leaving Ohio State. He is in the NBA hall of fame. In real life Paul Huston played just 46 NBA games, all in 1948 for the Chicago Stags.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
DEAN WINS AGAIN - YANKEES TOP SENS 3-2
Dizzy Dean improved his record to 5-0 and the New York Yankees continue to be the hottest team in baseball after a 3-2 win over the Senators in Washington. Veteran OF Dixie Walker delivered an rbi single in the first to give New York the early lead but Washington scored twice in the bottom half of the inning thanks to 4 singles off of Dean. From there Dean would settle down and allow just one more hit the rest of the way. The Yankees would scratch out a couple of runs in later innings off of losing pitcher Joe Haynes and Dizzy would have his 5th win of the season.

The 37 year old Dean is one of the biggest surprises of the season. He is 5-0 with a 1.85 era and putting up numbers that we have not seen from him since the late 1930's. The last time Dean won more than 9 games in a season was way back in 1939.

RED SOX WIN TWO IN A ROW
The Boston Red Sox are no longer the coldest team in the majors. That distinction now falls on the Chicago White Sox who suffered their 7th straight loss. The Red Sox got 4 rbi's from Stan Spence and 3 hits from Dom Dimaggio as they blasted the visiting White Sox 12-7 at Fenway.

In St Louis, Al Williams and Bob Muncrief combined on a 5-hitter as the Browns beat Detroit 2-1 in 10 innings. Sig Gryska drove in the winning run with a bases loaded single off of Red Lynn.

Jeff Heath's 2-run triple in the bottom of the first helped Bill Lohrman run his record to 5-0 as Cleveland doubled Philadelphia 4-2. Lohrman allowed 6 hits over 8 innings while Ray Poat pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP
ROE OUTDUELS SCHANZ AS PIRATES TOP PHILS 4-1
Preacher Roe improved to 5-0 with a complete game 4-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates handed Charley Schanz his first loss of the season. Pittsburgh managed 11 hits off of Schanz (5-1) and beat the Phillies by a 4-1 score.

In other National League action:

Sam Chapman's 3-run homer keyed a 5-run outburst in the bottom of the 8th as Boston handed the New York Giants their 7th straight loss, 9-6. Braves starting pitcher Jesse Flores left the game in the fourth inning with a back injury. He was placed on the DL and will miss the next two weeks.

Enos Slaughter and Walker Cooper homered as St Louis doubled Cincinnati 8-4 while in Brooklyn, the Chicago Cubs beat up the Dodgers 11-3. Harlond Clift hit a pair of homers for the Cubs to give him 9 on the season.

FERENS RETURNS TO MOUND TONIGHT FOR ST LOUIS
After nearly a full year recovering from back surgery St Louis Cardinals pitcher Stan Ferens returns to action today in Cincinnati. Ferens was 25-12 two seasons ago and off to a 5-1 start last year before rupturing a disk in his back. It was the first major injury the 32 year old ever suffered and the Cards are anxious to see if he can pick up where he left off.

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		STAN FERENS CAREER STATS
Year Teams	 G  GS	 w-l	ERA	IP    HA      ER   BB	 K   CG	SHO
1942 SLA/WSH	32 32	13-15	4.09	251   247    114    86	 79  20	 3
1943 WS,BSN,BRO 38 38	23-10	2.48	323   263     89   102	132  28	 7
1944 BRO/SLN	39 39	19-16	2.53	337   280     95   100	140  32	 8
1945 SLN	40 40	25-12	2.86	346   325    110   116	154  34	 4
1946 SLN	10 10	 5-1	2.89	 84    78     27    30	 45   4  1
---------      -- ---- -------  ----    ----  ---    ---   --- ---- --- --
Total	      159  159	85-54	2.92	1342  1193   435   434	550 118	23

National League allstar 1943,1944,1945
Pitched No-hitter against NYG July 6, 1943
Traded from St Louis(A) to Washington July 6, 1942 for P Dick Errickson
Traded from Washington to Boston(N) June 28, 1943 for P Red Barett
Traded from Boston(N) to Brooklyn June 29, 1943 for P Ed Head
Traded from Brooklyn to St Louis July 25, 1944 for P Max Lanier

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	  GB
CLEVELAND	15	 5	.750	  x
NEW YORK	15	 8	.652	 1.5
ST LOUIS	13	10	.565	 3.5
WASHINGTON	11	10	.524	 4.5
DETROIT		10	11	.476	 5.5
CHICAGO		 8	13	.381	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	 8	13	.381	 7.5
BOSTON		 5	15	.250	10.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	16	 6	.727	 x
ST LOUIS	14	 9	.609	2.5
PHILADELPHIA	11	 8	.579	3.5
CHICAGO		11	 9	.550	4.0
CINCINNATI	12	10	.545	4.0
BOSTON		 7	12	.368	7.5
BROOKLYN	 6	14	.300	9.0
NEW YORK	 5	14	.263	9.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 12 Chicago 7
St Louis 2 Detroit 1
Cleveland 4 Philadelphia 2
New York 3 Washington 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 9 New York 6
Chicago 11 Brooklyn 3
St Louis 8 Cincinnati 4
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (J Brown 2-2, 8.88) at Washington (R Barrett (0-3, 7.79)
Chicago (D Errickson 2-2, 3.76) at Boston (B Bowman 1-2, 2.60)
Detroit (S Overmire 2-2, 4.67) at St Louis (T Baker 2-2, 2.51)
Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-3, 4.58) at Cleveland (S Gromek 3-0, 4.54)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (R Bauers 1-3, 3.32) at Boston (K Raffensberger 1-3, 2.61)
Chicago (E Head 3-2, 4.07) at Brooklyn (L Webber 0-3, 6.51)
St Louis (S Ferens 0-0, 0.00) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman (3-1, 3.74)
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 1-2, 3.82) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 3-1, 4.37)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .397		G Scharein StL	.406
W Judnich SLB	 .360		B Elliott Pit	.400
B Lewis Wsh	 .354		R Kiner Pit	.361

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Williams Bos	5		W Cooper StL	6
T Hafey Cha	5		B Elliott Pit	5

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 23		B Elliott Pit	25
B Young Bos	 19		A Vaughan Pit	24
F Crosetti NYY	 18		R Kiner Pit	23

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

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.05		V Olsen Chn	2.17
E Johnson Bos	1.52		D Black Bkn	2.23
D Dean NYY	1.84		P Roe Pit	2.36

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 29		W Spahn Bsn	31
D Dean NYY	 29		A Jurisch StL	31
F Hutchinson Det 28		P Roe Pit	30

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NEWS
SEAHAWKS SIGN TE WILLIE MCKNIGHT
Former Baltimore Ravens tight end Willie McKnight has agreed to a 2 year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. McKnight, who has spent the last three seasons with the Ravens, started 15 games last year and had 48 catches incluidng a pair of touchdown grabs. His best year was 1945 when he had 62 catches during the season and another 16 in the playoffs as the Ravens won the NFL Championship. Originally drafted by Carolina in the 6th round of the 1941 draft, the former Temple start spent three seasons primarily on special teams for the Panthers before getting a chance to start when he joined the Ravens in 1944.

McKnight's arrival likely spells the end of Dale Heinrich's days as Seattle's starting tight end. The former Nebraska Cornhusker started every game in franchise history until losing his job to rookie Anthony LaFavor for a few weeks last season. Heinrich and LaFavor combined to make 40 catches a year ago.

In other signing news Oakland inked punter Steve Wrightster to a 1-year deal. Wrightster spent 6 seasons as the Lions punter but they choose not to renew his contract this season. Wrightster will compete with incumbant Erwin Ortego for the starting job in Oakland.

INDIANAPOLIS 500
EXCITEMENT STARTING TO BUILD AT THE BRICKYARD
Testing is underway all this week at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as drivers prepare for this weekend's first stage of qualifying. In practice runs Ted Horn appears to have the quickest car as he unofficially was approaching speeds of 128 miles an hour. The fastest time ever recorded in qualifying was 130.138 set by Jimmy Snyder in 1939.

In addition to Horn, other drivers who looked very good in Tuesday's practice include Rex Mays, Freddie Agabashian and Shorty Cantlon.

Tiger Fan · 11-13-2004, 10:27 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY MAY 10, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
HAVE THE RED SOX TURNED THINGS AROUND?
After a dreadful 3-15 start the Boston Red Sox celebrated their third straight victory when they topped Chicago 7-4. Johnny Pesky's bases loaded double led the Boston offense while pitcher Bob Bowman pitched 8 strong innings.

"I think we have finally shaken this thing," said outfielder Mel Almada who had 3 hits in the game. "In the past month it got to where we were all just waiting for something to go wrong each game. A few wins can cure that in a hurry."

The big test for the Red Sox comes this weekend when they host the New York Yankees in a 3 game series at Fenway. Unlike the White Sox, who are now stuck in an 8 game slump and likely feeling like the Red Sox did a week ago, the Yanks are the hottest team in the league.

Speaking of the Yankees, they did not win yesterday but came very close. New York scored once in the top of the ninth but could not get the tying runner past second base as they lost 6-5 to Washington. Dixie Walker's 3-run homer in the 5th got New York close after Washington had built a 5-1 lead. Red Barrett earned the victory for the Sens, his first of the season to go along with 3 losses. 40 year old Jumbo Brown falls to 2-3 for the Yanks.

Steve Gromek improved to 4-0 as Cleveland scored 3 times in the bottom of the 8th inning to beat Philadelphia 5-4. Lou Boudreau singled in the winning run off losing pitcher Bill Voiselle.

In St Louis, Detroit 3rd baseman Joe Wood drove in 5 runs and second baseman Joe Gantenbein had 3 hits in the Tigers 10-4 mauling of the Browns. Stubby Overmire went the distance to improve his record to 3-2.

ROOKIE HURLER HOUTTEMAN LEADS REDS
Art Houtteman is making quite an early case for the National League rookie of the year award. The Cincinnati Reds hurler reeled off his fourth straight victory as the Reds dropped St Louis 6-2. Houtteman helped his own cause by getting a pair of hits and his first major league rbi. Joe Medwick homered for the Reds, who are 3-2 since losing Joe Dimaggio for a couple of weeks with an injury. Houtteman showed veteran poise, pitching out of a couple of jams to improve to 4-1 on the season. His only loss came in his major league debut against reigning Cy Young Award winner Cliff Melton and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Despite the loss Stan Ferens can feel good about his first major league appearance in nearly a year. A 25 game winner 2 years ago, Ferens pronounced himself fully recovered from back surgery and ready to rejoin the Cardinals rotation full time.

In other action Joe Gordon homered and drove in 4 runs as Philadelphia dropped first place Pittsburgh 11-4.

In Boston, pinch-hitter Johnny Rucker's 2-run double in the 10th inning keyed an 8-5 New York victory over the Braves.

Dodgers hurler Les Webber tossed a complete game 4-hit shutout for his first victory of the season as Brooklyn blanked the visiting Chicago Cubs 5-0. Pee Wee Reese homered and newcomer Frank McCormick had 2 rbi's for the winners.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	16	 5	.762	 x
NEW YORK	15	 9	.625	2.5
WASHINGTON	12	10	.545	4.5
ST LOUIS	13	11	.542	4.5
DETROIT		11	11	.500	5.5
CHICAGO		 8	14	.364	8.5
PHILADELPHIA	 8	14	.364	8.5
BOSTON		 6	15	.286   10.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	16	 7	.696	 x
PHILADELPHIA	12	 8	.600	2.5
ST LOUIS	14	10	.583	2.5
CINCINNATI	13	10	.565	3.0
CHICAGO		11	10	.524	4.0
BOSTON		 7	13	.350	7.5
BROOKLYN	 7	14	.333	8.0
NEW YORK	 6	14	.300	8.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 6 New York 5
Boston 7 Chicago 4
Detroit 10 St Louis 4
Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 8 Boston 5
Brooklyn 5 Chicago 0
Cincinnati 6 St Louis 2
Philadelphia 11 Pittsburgh 4

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (M Lanier 1-3, 2.86) at Washington (M Candini 3-1, 3.79)
Chicago (E Lopat 2-3, 5.17) at Boston (T Hughson 0-3, 6.35)
Detroit (V Trucks 1-4, 4.03) at St Louis (A McKain 3-1, 3.57)
Philadelphia (R Scarborough 2-3, 4.03) at Cleveland (C Passeau 1-1, 4.74)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (K Chase 2-2, 6.04) at Boston (W Spahn 2-3, 3.86)
Chicago (P Erickson 1-3, 4.62) at Brooklyn (R Barney 2-0, 4.72)
St Louis (E White 3-2, 4.22) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 1-2, 6.48)
Philadelphia (B Swift 2-1, 2.38) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 3-1, 4.19)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .386		G Scharein StL	.403
W Judnich SLB	 .354		B Elliott Pit	.390
B Dilinger SLB	 .349		G Rosen Bkn	.361

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Williams Bos	5		W Cooper StL	6
T Hafey Cha	5		B Elliott Pit	5

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 23		B Elliott Pit	25
B Young Bos	 20		A Vaughan Pit	24
D Walker NYY	 19		R Kiner Pit	23

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

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.05		V Olsen Chn	2.17
E Johnson Bos	1.52		D Black Bkn	2.23
D Dean NYY	1.84		P Roe Pit	2.36

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 29		W Spahn Bsn	31
D Dean NYY	 29		A Jurisch StL	31
T Baker SLB 	 29		P Roe Pit	30

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION DRAFT PREVIEW
DEFENSIVE WHIZ SMITH LOOKS TO DRAFT
USC power forward Joseph Smith may not be one of the best offensive players available in the NBA draft but you would be hard pressed to find a more imposing defensive force than the 6'10" senior from Sebastopol, California. Smith, who finished 7th in the nation with 14.6 rebounds per game, was a major reason why the Trojans made a surprising run all the way to the NCAA title game. He had 14 rebounds and an NCAA title game record 10 blocked shots in that contest but it was not quite enough as Kentucky proved to be too powerful for the underdog USC squad.

Smith holds the PCC South record for blocked shots in a season with 152 this past year. He has the potential to be a dominant defensive presence in the NBA.

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		JOSEPH SMITH'S CAREER STATS AT USC
YEAR	 GP  MPG   PPG    RPG  APG   TO	 SPG  BPG  FG%	 FT%  3P%
43-44	 37  18.0   5.2	  4.6  0.6  0.6	 0.6  0.8 .429	.792 .000
44-45	 36  30.4   9.6	  9.5  0.9  0.6	 1.3  2.7 .462	.772 .000
45-46	 28  29.4  10.2	 11.1  0.7  1.1	 1.2  1.8 .510	.783 .000
46-47	 38  29.7  11.3	 14.6  1.1  0.4	 1.7  4.0 .445	.748 .000
        ---  ----  ----  ----  ---  ---  ---  --- ----  ---- ----
career	139  26.7   9.0	  9.9  0.8  0.7	 1.2  2.4 .460	.777 .000

Smith is a fictional player and therefore has no real life career to compare to.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTES
IT COULD BE A LONG YEAR FOR KENTUCKY
Every season college basketball teams must face the loss of a graduating player or two but few teams will have a tougher adjustment than the National Champion Kentucky Wildcats. Four of the Wildcats five starters and a key reserve have all graduated. In all 6 players are gone including potential NBA first round draft picks Cliff *Baker, Paul *Noel and Jack *Rocker. The others leaving are leading scorer Kenny Chilchote and backup forward Larry Hatthawy along with reserve center Dustan Stanback who have all used up their eligibility.

In there place the Wildcats will add a decent but not outstanding recruiting class. The newcomers include Kevin Warpool, 6'7" center from Atlanta who will likely see substantial minutes early because of the lack of big men on the roster. Point Guard, Dale *Barnstable likely will be the top recruit out of this class. Other newcomers include SG Walt xSmith from nearby Harlan, Kentucky, Adrin Coulter a PG from Royal Oak, Michigan and forwards Jarod Levick from Chicago an Anthony Jeansonne from Buena Vista, Colorado.

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Here is a look at the returning Wildcats stats from this past season.
			Pos 	Games 	MPG 	PPG 	RPG 	APG 	TOPG 	SPG 	BPG  YR
Bob 	*Donham 	PG 	40	26.6	9.1	0.2	7.0	2.0	1.3	0.1  SO
Zachary Britt 		PF 	38	20.9	8.5	3.9	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.1  SR
Jack 	*Coleman 	PF 	40	12.3	6.0	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.7	0.4  JR
Wesley 	Paladino 	SG 	11	 5.4	3.4	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.5  JR
Devonte Davis 		SG 	40	11.7	3.0	1.2	2.2	0.5	0.5	0.1  JR
Ian 	Niesman 	SF 	 8	 5.6	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0  SR
Mike 	Garris 		SF 	 0	 0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0  SR

The Newcomers
# 	NAME 		Pos 	Height 	Weight 	Year 	GPA 	High School (Hometown) 
45 Dale *Barnstable 	PG 	5'11"	151	Fr 	3.72	Kettering HS (Detroit,MI) 
15 Kevin Warpool 	C 	6'7"	224	Fr 	3.09	Douglass HS (Atlanta,GA) 
32 Jarod Levick 	SF 	6'6"	176	Fr 	2.11	Foreman HS (Chicago,IL) 
31 Walt xSmith 		SG 	6'"	180	Fr 	3.40	Harlan HS (Harlan Ky)
8  Anthony Jeansonne 	SF 	6'5"	179	Fr 	2.17	Buena Vista (Buena Vista,CO) 
38 Adrin Coulter 	PG 	6'2"	159	Fr 	2.10	Kimball (Royal Oak,MI) 

Here is what they are losing:
			Pos 	Games 	MPG 	PPG 	RPG 	APG 	TOPG 	SPG 	BPG 
Kenny 	Chilchote 	C 	27	29.0	16.1	11.6	0.3	0.4	1.6	2.9
Jack 	*Rocker 	C 	33	28.9	15.5	12.2	0.7	0.4	0.7	3.5
Paul 	*Noel 		SF 	40	30.4	14.9	12.5	2.5	1.2	2.4	1.9
Cliff 	*Baker 		SG 	40	28.0	12.9	 0.9	5.1	1.9	1.6	0.0
Larry 	Hathaway 	PF 	40	19.6	 8.5	 6.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.7
Dustan 	Stanback 	C 	20	 8.2	 2.0	 1.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.8

The starting five will likely be sophomore PG Bob *Donham, the only holdover starter from this past season, and *Barnstable in the backcourt. Senior PF Zachary Britt, who had 8.5 ppg last year, appears poised for a dominant season. Up front he will be joined by junior Jack *Coleman and likely freshman Kevin Warpool.

There is still some talent in Kentucky but just qualifying for the NCAA's rather than winning it all should be the goal this season.

GOLF: THE PHOENIX OPEN
CAN HEBERT MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW?
The Phoenix Open gets underway today and the big question on everyone's mind is can Jay Hebert win a third tournament in a row. The youngster is coming off back to back wins at New Orleans and Dallas and will look to make it three in a row with a win at the Phoenix Country Club.

One of the oldest events on the tour, the Phoenix Country Club in the heart of the city, has played host to the event since it's inception in 1932. Ben Hogan is the defending champ after winning in a playoff last year. Here are the previous winners of the event.

PHOENIX OPEN
1946 Ben Hogan 273 PW
1945 Byron Nelson 274
1944 Harold McSpaden 273 PW
1943 No Tournament
1942 Herman Barron 276
1941 Ed Oliver 275
1940 Ed Oliver 205
1939 Byron Nelson 198
1938 No Tournament
1937 No Tournament
1936 No Tournament
1935 Ky Laffoon 281
1933 Harry Cooper 281
1932 Ralph Guldahl 285

Tiger Fan · 11-14-2004, 11:21 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MAY 11, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PHILS LOSE SWIFT FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS
Veteran Philadelphia Phillies starter Bill Swift was lost to the club for at least 2 months after suffering a serious injury to his throwing arm in the Phillies 6-5 loss in Pittsburgh yesterday.

"I heard something pop and I knew immediately it was bad," said the 40 year old Swift afterwards. The injury was diagnosed as a ruptured bicep and there is some concern his career may be over. "Let's face it. At my age this might be tough to come back from," sighed Swift. "At least I know what it takes and maybe that will help."

Swift suffered a similiar injury in 1939 and was pitching again 5 weeks later. However, this time it does appear to be more serious. The dissappointing part for Swift is he was pitching so well, coming off of back to back 4-hit complete games.

The Bill Swift story is an interesting one. He began his career with the Pirates before being traded to the Giants for a rookie pitcher by the name of Cliff Melton. New Yorkers never really accepted him despite three 20-win seasons as they kept looking at what Melton accomplished in Pittsburgh. After nearly 6 years at the Polo Grounds he was dealt to the Phillies for pitcher Phil Gallivan in one of the most lobsided deals in league history. Gallivan would go 4-18 in two seasons with the Giants before retiring while Swift has 57 wins and still going strong for Philadelphia. It just seems funny the Giants were bested in both their deals with Swift - giving up a 4-time Cy Young winner to be for him and then 6 years later dealing him for pitcher with a career record of 26-51.

As for Swift the injury likely puts an end to the slim hopes he could become the 19th member of the 300 win club. Below are the pitchers with 300 career victories and also Bill Swift's career numbers.

300-WIN CLUB
# Career Wins W
1 - C. Young 499
2 - N. Hahn 484
3 - C. Mathewson 456
4 - W. Johnson 393
5 - J. St.vrain 382
6 - C. Bender 365
7 - K. Nichols 364
8 - S. Wood 363
9 - T. Hughes 347
10- A. Mamaux 342
11- P. Perritt 329
12- E. Walsh Sr 327
13- R. Collins 326
14- E. Plank 323
15- O. Overall 321
16- W. Henley 318
17- G. Uhle 316
18- B. Weiland* 301

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	BILL SWIFT CAREER STATS
Year	Teams	G  GS	 W-L	ERA	IP	HA	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1932	PIT 	38 38	19-14	4.14	313	364	144	36	57	24	2
1933	PIT	38 38	16-16	6.10	282	388	191	48	64	19	1
1934	PIT	34 33	15-14	3.83	278	312	119	29	47	23	1
1935	PIT	38 38	21-16	4.55	311	376	157	72	68	27	0
1936	PIT 	25 25	 15-7	3.23	215	214	77	39	46	20	1
1937	PIT NYG 30 30	 16-8	3.55	254	266	100	44	71	19	1
1938	NYG 	41 41	23-14	3.77	351	396	147	61	103	35	3
1939	NYG	22 22	 5-12	4.31	173	193	83	40	39	16	1
1940	NYG 	40 40	26-11	2.52	347	336	97	30	118	32	3
1941	NYG	40 39	20-19	3.90	325	365	141	51	91	33	1
1942	NYG	39 39	18-16	3.37	329	335	123	65	107	28	3
1943	NYG,PHI 35 35	18-13	3.22	296	307	106	68	93	27	4
1944	PHI	40 40	20-19	2.81	346	312	108	73	120	35	5
1945	PHI	40 40	18-16	2.99	328	315	109	88	129	26	2
1946	PHI	38 38	15-19	3.37	325	306	122	93	138	31	2
1947	PHI	 5  5	 2-1	2.82	 38	29	12	16	16	3	0
Total	       543 541 267-215	3.66	4513	4814	1836	853	1307	398	30

NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1932
NAMED TO NATIONAL LEAGUE ALLSTAR TEAM 1932,1936-38,1940,1943
Traded from Pittsburgh to Giants for P Cliff Melton Jul 27, 1937
Traded from Giants to Phillies for P Phil Gallivan Jul 25, 1943

NATIONAL LEAGUE RECAPS
Dick Siebert's 2-run single in the bottom of the 8th inning led the Pirates past the Phillies. Pirates pitcher Jim Tobin pitched 8 innings for the win to improve to 4-1. Tobin aided his own cause with 2 hits and a pair of rbi's. Orval Grove took the loss in relief of Bill Swift who, as mentioned above, was injured in the game.

Del Rice singled in Stan Musial with the winning run in the top of the 13th inning as St Louis edged Cincinnati 7-6. Musial hit his fifth homer of the season and scored three times in the game.

Bill Nicholson's 2-run homer in the 7th proved the difference as Chicago beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-1 at Ebbetts Field. Cubs pitcher Paul Erickson pitched a complete game 6-hitter to improve his record to 2-3.

In Boston, Earl Torgeson and Chet Ross homered to lead the Braves past New York 7-4. Second year pitcher Warren Spahn went 8 innings for Boston to even his record at 3-3.

BREAK UP THE RED SOX - BOSTON WINS 4TH IN A ROW
Shortstop Johnny Hudson hit a 3-run homer with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth to give the Boston Red Sox a 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was Boston's fourth straight victory after starting the season 3-15.

In other American League action, Ival Goodman's 3rd rbi of the game - a single with two out in the bottom of the ninth scored Charlie English with the winning run as Cleveland beat Philadelphia 6-5. The Indians scored three times in the 9th off the Philadelphia bullpen, ruining a solid performance from A's starter Ray Scarborough who allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in 8 innings. Claude Passeau went the distance for the Tribe to improve to 2-1 on the year.

In Washingtonm, Max Lanier pitched a 6-hit shutout as the Yankees blanked the Sens 3-0. Aaron Robinson's 2-run double in the 6th inning keyed the Yankees offense. Dixie Walker had an rbi single to score the final run - for Walker it was the 4th game in a row he had at least one rbi.

Ninth inning rbi's from Nig Lipscomb and Wally Judnich gave the Browns a 6-5 win over visiting Detroit. Archie McKain went the distance for St Louis to run his record to 4-1. Ellis Kinder took the loss in relief of Virgil Trucks.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	17	 5	.773	 x
NEW YORK	16	 9	.640	2.5
ST LOUIS	14	11	.560	4.5
WASHINGTON	12	11	.522	5.5
DETROIT		11	12	.478	6.5
CHICAGO		 8	15	.348	9.5
PHILADELPHIA	 8	15	.348	9.5
BOSTON		 7	15	.318   10.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	17	 7	.708	 x
ST LOUIS	15	10	.600	2.5
PHILADELPHIA	12	 9	.571	3.5
CHICAGO		12	10	.545	4.0
CINCINNATI	13	11	.542	4.0
BOSTON		 8	13	.381	7.5
BROOKLYN	 7	15	.318	9.0
NEW YORK	 6	15	.286	9.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 3 Washington 0
Boston 4 Chicago 1
St Louis 6 Detroit 5
Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 5

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 7 New York 4
Chicago 3 Brooklyn 1
St Louis 7 Cincinnati 6 (13 inn)
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 5

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (T Bonham 3-2, 1.88) at Boston (E Johnson 0-2, 1.52)
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-3, 3.70) at St Louis (S Zoldak 2-1, 3.58)
Detroit (S Overmire 3-2, 4.50) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-1, 1.90)
Chicago (G Schott 3-2, 3.27) at Washington (D Adkins 1-2, 3.94)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (A Zabula 0-1, 1.06) at Boston (B Donovan 0-2, 2.25)
Chicago (J Welch 3-1, 5.64) at Brooklyn (D Black 0-3, 2.23)
St Louis (A Jurisch 4-2, 2.45) at Cincinnati (A Carter 3-3, 3.27)
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-2, 3.51) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 0-0, 0.00)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .380		B Elliott Pit	.407
W Judnich SLB	 .373		G Scharein StL	.392
I Goodman Cle	 .361		G Rosen Bkn	.368

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Williams Bos	5		W Cooper StL	6
D Walker NYY	5		B Elliott Pit	5

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 23		B Elliott Pit	26
B Young Bos	 20		A Vaughan Pit	24
D Walker NYY	 20		R Kiner Pit	23

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

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.05		V Olsen Chn	2.17
E Johnson Bos	1.52		D Black Bkn	2.23
D Dean NYY	1.84		P Roe Pit	2.36

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh 	 29		W Spahn Bsn	34
D Dean NYY	 29		R Barney Bkn	34
T Baker SLB 	 29		E White StL	32

RASCHI TO MAKE MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT
Replacing a legend always comes with great pressure but it is even more so when it is your first major league start. That will be what rookie Pirates righthander Vic Raschi will face today when he takes the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies. Raschi, a second round pick of the Bucs over the winter will make his major league debut in place of injured 4-time Cy Young Award winner Cliff Melton. The 28 year old was 2-1 with a 3.00 era for AAA Indianapolis at the time of his promotion. Raschi had fanned 24 batters in 27 innings work.

PGA GOLF - PHOENIX OPEN
COLLEGE STUDENT SHARES LEAD AT PHOENIX OPEN
A little-known golfer from Pepperdine University playing in his first PGA tour event is the co-leader after one round of the Phoenix Open at the par 71 Phoenix Country Club.

Scott xTibbetts, a 21 year old who graduated just last month, shot a 5 under par 66 in his first PGA tournament round and shares the lead with New Haven native Doug Ford and Antonio Cerda of Argentina. xTibbetts eagled the par 5 18th to complete his dream round.

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RESULTS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND IN PHOENIX
NAME		RD 1	TOTAL
CERDA		66	-5
FORD		66	-5
xTibbetts-a	66	-5
NELSON		67	-4
HAMILTON	68	-3
KING		69	-2
OLIVER		69	-2
SMITH		69	-2
WALL		69	-2
BRUEN		70	-1
BURTON		70	-1
BYRD		70	-1
COTTON		70	-1
DEMARET		70	-1
DUTRA		70	-1
METZ		70	-1
RUNYON		70	-1
CARR-a		71	E
FAULKNER	71	E
FERRIER		71	E
HARRISON	71	E
SNEAD		71	E
TURNERSA	71	E
WORSHAM		71	E
BRADSHAW	72	1
BURKE JR	72	1
FAZIO		72	1
FLECK		72	1
HAEFNER		72	1
HOGAN		72	1
HORNE		72	1
LITTLE		72	1
LOCKE		72	1
MANGRUM		72	1
REVOLTA		72	1
VON NIDA	72	1
ADAMS		73	2
BOLT		73	2
BOROS		73	2
DALY		73	2
FURGOL		73	2
LAFFOON		73	2
REES		73	2
ROSBURG-a	73	2
STRANAHAN	73	2
KEISER		74	3
MCSPADDEN	74	3
RIEGEL		74	3
THOMSON		74	3
WARD		74	3
WEETMAN		74	3
WOOD		74	3
xDePore-a	74	3
BARRON		75	4
BULLA		75	4
GHEZZI		75	4
HARMON		75	4
HEBERT		75	4
LEES		75	4
MIDDLECOFF	75	4
SHUTE		75	4
xWhistler-a	75	4
HARBERT		76	5
MACKAY JR	76	5
DE VICENZO	77	6
HARPER		77	6
xScarborough-a	77	6
xWhite-a	77	6
xMartin-a	78	7
SARAZEN		79	8
VAN DONCK	82     11

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - RAY *LUMPP MARYLAND
In the latest of a series of previews on potential first round picks in next month's NBA draft we take a look at Maryland SG Ray *Lumpp. The junior elected to leave school early after finishing his college career with a most impressive tournament run - beginning as a 15 seed in the East and helping lead Maryland all the way to the regional final before falling to top seed Holy Cross.

Lumpp still needs some polish to refine his game but scouts are projecting him as a possible top five pick.

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	RAY *LUMPP'S CAREER STATS AT MARYLAND
YEAR   GP  MPG	PPG  RPG APG  TO SPG BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
44-45  29 28.6	13.5 2.2 2.8 1.4 1.9 0.1 .380 .789 .369
45-46  34 28.9	11.4 3.5 5.8 2.5 1.7 0.5 .402 .797 .328
46-47  28 27.7	12.5 5.0 4.8 3.1 2.0 0.4 .439 .806 .393
      --- ----  ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
career 91 28.4	12.4 3.6 4.5 2.4 1.8 0.3 .404 .798 .362

In real life after playing for New York University and winning a gold medal on the 1948 US Olympic Basketball team, Lumpp spent 5 seasons in the NBA, mainly with the New York Knicks.

VETERAN FORWARD COLE LARSON RETIRES
Cole Larson has decided to call it quits after a 13 year NBA career. The power forward was originally drafted out of Georgia Tech by Buffalo with the 14th pick of the first round in the 1934 college draft. His best seasons would be the Braves when the league was in it's infancy. He made the allstar game his rookie season and was named 2nd team all-defensive player in 1936-37. As the league evolved and the quality of play got better his size became a real detriment. At 6'5" he lacked the size to be a dominant rebounder and his shooting skills were not enough to keep him as an everyday player.

Larson would move to Baltimore in 1938 and on to Syracuse before winding up his career this past season as a backup on the woeful Celtics squad. He won an NBA championship with the Bullets in 1940-41 and scored 11 points in the championship clinching victory.

In his senior year at Georgia Tech, the Winter Springs, Florida native was named to the All-ACC team and led the nation in rebounds with 15.7 per game.

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	COLE LARSON CAREER NBA STATS
YEAR Team  G GS	MPG   PPG  RPG	APG SPG	TOPG FG%  FT%  3P%
34-35 BUF 71 68	35.8 11.4  7.0	2.6 1.5	3.5 .417 .812 .085
35-36 BUF 61 61	35.1 13.0  6.3	2.4 1.6	3.8 .427 .768 .057
36-37 BUF 74 74	35.1 11.3  6.1	2.4 1.6	4.0 .449 .789 .122
37-38 BUF 74 74	36.4 10.6  7.4	2.7 1.4	3.0 .416 .723 .089
38-39 BAL 72 72	28.8  8.2  5.6	2.1 1.0	2.3 .435 .779 .060
39-40 BAL 68 68	31.6  8.0  7.2	1.8 1.2	2.1 .466 .731 .167
40-41 BAL 70 10	21.6  5.3  4.3	1.5 0.6	1.3 .510 .674 .071
41-42 BAL 53  0	18.3  4.2  3.8	1.1 0.8	1.1 .434 .676 .125
42-43 SYR 72 72	29.2  6.3  6.3	2.0 0.8	1.8 .448 .787 .152
43-44 SYR 63 13	21.8  4.9  4.8	1.5 0.9	1.5 .436 .737 .125
44-45 SYR 66  1	20.4  4.6  4.6	1.3 0.6	1.6 .401 .813 .083
45-46 SYR 73  1	19.9  5.0  4.5	1.4 0.8	1.2 .451 .720 .125
46-47 BOS 57  0	14.4  3.6  3.1	1.1 0.4	1.4 .378 .829 .100
----- --------- ----  ---  ---  --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
CAREER  874 514 27.2  7.5  5.5  1.9 1.0 2.2 .436 .762 .098
PLAYOFF  40  17 25.1  7.2  5.1  1.6 0.8 2.3 .445 .681 .051

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NOTES
TITANS SIGN VETERAN FULLBACK BERRY
Bruce Berry, who spent the past two seasons as the starting fullback for the Kansas City Chiefs, has agreed to a 1 year deal with the Tennessee Titans. Primarily a blocking back Berry carried the ball 22 times for 40 yards last season. Before joining the Chiegs he spent 4 seasons with the Chicago Bears, who drafted him out of Notre Dame in the 6th round of the 1941 draft. Berry will battle last year's starter Mitch Adams for the number one job in Tennessee.

The Chiefs did not resign Berry after they picked up fullback Ted Turntine from Pittsburgh.

In other free agent news New England has decided to bring in some competition for kicker Brenna Armstead. Armstead received much of the blame for the Pats playoff loss to Cleveland last season. He missed a pair of third quarter field goal attempts in what ended up being a 24-20 loss to the Browns. The Pats decided to give free agent kicker Rick Wells a chance to take Armstead's job. Wells has been to camps with the Broncos, Lions and Redskins but has yet to kick in a regular season NFL game.

BOXING NEWS
WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT TONIGHT
Montreal will be the site of the World Bantamweight title fight this evening between Quebec native and reigning world champion Fernando Gagnon and European champion Luis Romero from Spain. Gagnon is 32-3-1 and claimed the title with a unanimous decision over Manuel Ortiz in the post-war tournament finals. Romero is 20-6-1 and making his first attempt at the World Title.

Tiger Fan · 11-15-2004, 02:57 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY MAY 12, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
RED SOX WIN FIFTH STRAIGHT - BLANK YANKS 2-0
Entering the game with a 1.52 ERA but an 0-2 record, you can't blame Boston starter Earl Johnson for not expecting much run support from his mates. Johnson took things into his own hands and notched his first victory of the season by throwing a 5-hit shutout as the Red Sox stretched their winning streak to 5 games with a 2-0 victory.

Johnson against Yankees starter Tiny Bonham had all the makings of a pitchers duel and while Johnson certainly did his part, Bonham did not dissappoint either. The Yankee starter allowed just 4 hits in the game. The first was an opening inning triple from Mel Almeda that was turned into a run by a Babe Young sacrifice fly. The final Boston run also came on a sac fly.

St Louis was also the site of a low scoring game as Philadelphia topped the Browns 2-0. Both A's runs came on rbi triples from Irv Hall and Ed Busch. Philadelphia managed 6 hits off of losing pitcher Sam Zoldak while winning pitcher Fred Caligiuri and two relievers combined on a 4-hitter.

A 4-run 4th inning highlighted by a 2-run double from Barney McCosky was enough for Detroit to trim Cleveland 4-3 while in Washington visiting Chicago broke out of a slump in a big way, blasting the Sens 13-4. Frank Demaree had 5 hits and 4 rbi's for the White Sox while Tom Hafey drove in 5 runs as the club halted a 9 game losing streak.

THE RIPPLE EFFECT LEADS REDS PAST CARDS
St Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Al Jurisch pitched 8 innings of shutout ball allowing just 2 hits but his Cincinnati counterpart Arnold Carter was just as good as the game was scoreless entering the 9th. Carter set down the Cards in order but Jurisch issued a walk to Grady Hatton and two batters later Jimmy Ripple deposited a fastball into the leftfield bleachers to give the Reds a 2-0 victory.

There was late inning drama in Boston as well as the New York Giants plated 4 in the top of the ninth to beat the Braves 6-2. Vince Dimaggio had 4 rbi's to pace the winners while Adrian Zabala went 8 innings for the victory in just his second ever major league start.

It wasn't pretty but rookie Vic Raschi won his major league debut. Raschi allowed 7 runs in 8 innings but just 3 were earned as the Pirates to Philadelphia 10-7. Alex Carrasquel earned his major league leading 6th save in the game. Phillies starter Vic Lombardi lasted just 3 innings but errors hurt his cause. The Phillies made 3 miscues while the Pirates committed 4 errors in the game.

In Brooklyn, Don Black finally got his first win of the season as the Dodgers topped Chicago 6-2. Black, who has a 2.19 era, lost his first three decision when Brooklyn scored a total of 1 run in the 3 games. Frank McCormick delivered a 3-run homer to lead Brooklyn on this day while Black aided his own cause with a 2-run single.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	17	 6	.739	 x
NEW YORK	16	10	.615	2.5
ST LOUIS	14	12	.538	4.5
DETROIT		12	12	.500	5.5
WASHINGTON	12	12	.500	5.5
CHICAGO		 9	15	.375	8.5
PHILADELPHIA	 9	15	.375	8.5
BOSTON		 8	15	.348	9.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	18	 7	.720	 x
ST LOUIS	15	11	.577	3.5
CINCINNATI	14	11	.560	4.0
PHILADELPHIA	12	10	.545	4.5
CHICAGO		12	11	.522	5.0
BOSTON		 8	14	.364	8.5
BROOKLYN	 8	15	.348	9.0
NEW YORK	 7	15	.318	9.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2 New York 0
Philadelphia 2 St Louis 0
Detroit 4 Cleveland 3
Chicago 13 Washington 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 6 Boston 2
Brooklyn 6 Chicago 2
Cincinnati 2 St Louis 0
Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 7

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (F Biscan 1-3, 5.55) at Washington (J Haynes 3-2, 2.86)
New York (D Dean 5-0, 1.84) at Boston (T Hughson 1-3, 5.02)
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-3, 3.70) at St Louis (A Williams 0-4, 3.38)
Detroit (H White 4-1, 2.98) at Cleveland (C Passeau 2-1, 4.81)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (C Schanz 5-1, 2.52) at Boston (B Brown 0-0, 1.50)
St Louis (G Dockins 3-3, 5.32) at Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-4, 7.71)
Chicago (V Olsen 4-2, 2.17) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 3-2, 3.30)
New York (D Koslo 1-4, 5.32) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 5-0, 2.36)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .387		B Elliott Pit	.407
W Judnich SLB	 .356		G Scharein StL	.372
I Goodman Cle	 .349		G Rosen Bkn	.368

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	6		W Cooper StL	6
D Walker NYY	5		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 24		B Elliott Pit	28
B Young Bos	 21		A Vaughan Pit	24
D Walker NYY	 20		R Kiner Pit	23

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	5-0		P Roe Pit	5-0
D Dean NYY	5-0		C Schanz Phi	5-1
H White Det	4-1		J Tobin Pit	4-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.05		A Zabala NYG	1.44
E Johnson Bos	1.16		V Olsen Chn	2.17
D Dean NYY	1.84		D Black Bkn	2.19

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
F Hutchinson Det 31		A Jurisch StL   36
D Dean NYY	 29		R Barney Bkn	34
T Baker SLB 	 29		W Spahn Bsn	34

BOXING NEWS
ROMERO STUNS GAGNON IN BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
Luis Romero shocked a sold out Montreal Forum crowd with a devastating cross that caught World Bantamweight Champion Fernando Gagnon flush and sent him to the canvas in the 11th round. Gagnon was unable to regain his feet before being counted out making the Spainard Romero the new World Bantamweight Champ. For Johnson, a converted reliever, it was just the 10th win of his 8 year career and the first complete game.

Up to that point Gagnon had been in complete control of the fight, flooring Romero once in the sixth round and twice in the seventh. Despite being totally dominated on the scorecards Romero refused to give up and was rewarded, catching Gagnon by surprise to silence a defeaning crowd and put the champ on his back.

Romero improves to 21-6-1 with the victory while Gagnon falls to 32-4-1. Romero will likely give up his European belt which will create a 4 man elimination to determine the new champion of Europe.

On the undercard Earl Walls successfully defended his Canadian Heavyweight title with a 10th round TKO of Al Delaney. The Windsor, Ontario native was in complete control of the bout and had Delaney on the canvas on three occassions. Jack Armstrong of Toronto won the vacant Canadian Featherweight title by mopping the floor with Montreal's Hubert Gagnier. Gagnier landed maybe a dozen scoring punches in the 10 round bout while Armstrong just pummelled him. Gagnier was down 4 times in the bout and recovered each time except for the final one.

PGA TOUR : PHOENIX OPEN
HOGAN SETS TOURNAMENT RECORD WITH A 63
Ben Hogan set a new record for the Phoenix Open by shooting an 8 under par 63. That performance moved him within a stroke of leader Doug Ford. Ford, who was the co-leader after Thursday's round, took sole possession of the lead with a 3 under 68 on Friday. However, all the talk centered on Hogan who surpassed the old tournament mark of 64 set by both Vic Ghezzi and Dutch Harrison last year.

Yesterday's other two co-leaders both slipped but will easily make the cut. Antonio Cerda of Argentina shot one over par while former Pepperdine student Scott xTibbetts carded a 73 to remain the low amateur. One other amateur also made the cut: Ed xWhite from Iola, Kansas shot 2 over par which was the cutoff number.

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NAME		RD 1	RD 2	
FORD		66	68	-8
HOGAN		72	63	-7
HAMILTON	68	68	-6
KING		69	69	-4
xTibbetts-a	66	72	-4
CERDA		66	73	-3
LAFFOON		73	66	-3
WEETMAN		74	65	-3
BOROS		73	67	-2
FAULKNER	71	69	-2
HAEFNER		72	68	-2
LOCKE		72	68	-2
NELSON		67	73	-2
RUNYON		70	70	-2
WORSHAM		71	69	-2
BYRD		70	71	-1
DUTRA		70	71	-1
STRANAHAN	73	68	-1
BURTON		70	72	E
BRADSHAW	72	71	1
DEMARET		70	73	1
FURGOL		73	70	1
HARRISON	71	72	1
LITTLE		72	71	1
METZ		70	73	1
SMITH		69	74	1
WALL		69	74	1
BRUEN		70	74	2
DALY		73	71	2
FERRIER		71	73	2
FLECK		72	72	2
KEISER		74	70	2
MANGRUM		72	72	2
OLIVER		69	75	2
SNEAD		71	73	2
VON NIDA	72	72	2
xWhite-a	77	67	2
              MISSED CUT
BOLT		73	72	3
BURKE JR	72	73	3
COTTON		70	75	3
GHEZZI		75	70	3
TURNERSA	71	74	3
xMartin-a	78	67	3
FAZIO		72	74	4
HORNE		72	74	4
REES		73	73	4
THOMSON		74	72	4
WARD		74	72	4
WOOD		74	72	4
ADAMS		73	74	5
CARR-a		71	76	5
HARBERT		76	71	5
LEES		75	72	5
MIDDLECOFF	75	72	5
REVOLTA		72	75	5
xDePore-a	74	73	5
xScarborough-a	77	70	5
xWhistler-a	75	72	5
BARRON		75	73	6
HARPER		77	71	6
HEBERT		75	73	6
MCSPADDEN	74	74	6
RIEGEL		74	74	6
BULLA		75	75	8
DE VICENZO	77	73	8
ROSBURG-a	73	77	8
SHUTE		75	75	8
HARMON		75	77	10
SARAZEN		79	73	10
MACKAY JR	76	79	13
VAN DONCK	82  withdrew	DQ

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - RAY *ELLEFSON IOWA
The only junior on the 1946-47 first team All-American roster, Ray *Ellefson decided to pass up his final year of eligibility with the Iowa Hawkeyes and turn pro. Ellefson finished fourth in the nation in rebounds per game and seventh in blocked shots. In each of the past two seasons he made the All Big 10 team after being named to the conference all-frosh team his first season.

His game has been compared to USC's Joseph Smith (who was previewed in Thursday's edition) but Ellefson has much more offensive upside.

Code:

	   RAY *ELLEFSON'S CAREER STATS AT IOWA
YEAR	GP MPG	PPG   RPG APG  TO SPG BPG  FG%	FT% 3P%
44-45	29 29.1	 9.5  9.8 0.4 1.1 0.2 2.3 .516 .818 .000
45-46	33 30.3	12.1 13.8 0.8 1.0 1.2 3.7 .600 .818 .000
46-47	35 29.8	14.5 15.3 0.8 0.9 1.2 4.4 .568 .802 .000
       --- ---- ---- ---  --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
CAREER	97 29.8	12.2 13.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 3.5 .567 .812 .000

In real life Ray Ellefson attended West Texas A&M and played 6 NBA games.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL RECRUITING CLASSES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR NYU
A season ending injury to star center Dolph *Schayes in the conference tournament derailed what were high hopes for New York University in the NCAA's. The Violets, a top 5 team virtually all season and a number 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, were upset 70-69 by 15 seed Boston University in the opening round of the NCAA's. The loss of Schayes proved too much to overcome but it left the returning members of the squad feeling they have some unfinished business.

If Schayes is fully recovered from his broken wrist NYU could become the team to beat as only one starter is gone from last year's club. Sophomore Kevin *O'Shea should be able to step up and fill the void at PG left by Andrew Rogers graduation. The rest of the key contributers are all back and while this recruiting class was not as strong as what NYU landed the past two seasons, the Violets did get a pair of talented players in PF Abraham *Becker and PG JJ xTurner.

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		1946-47 New York University Scoring
CLASS  Name 	 Pos GP MPG   PPG  RPG  APG TOPG SPG  BPG FG%  3P%  FT% 
SO Matt Blake  	  PF 32	31.6 15.4 12.9  0.9 0.9	 1.5  3.6 44%  36%  76%
SO Dolph *Schayes  C 29	30.4 14.9 11.6  0.6 0.4	 0.2  2.7 67%   0%  78%
FR Earl *Lloyd    SF 32	27.1 12.0  6.2  0.2 1.0	 1.5  1.1 42%  44%  71%
SR Andrew Rogers  PG 31 29.2 11.2  4.9  5.8 2.4  2.5  0.1 41%  27%  74%
SO Slater *Martin SG 32	29.2  9.9  2.0  5.0 2.0	 1.3  0.6 39%  26%  73%
FR Kevin *O'Shea  PG 32	13.2  7.3  0.7  1.7 0.7	 0.6  0.2 43%  48%  79%
SR Mak Friedline  SF 32	13.0  4.7  3.4	0.2 0.3	 0.4  0.1 34%  32%  68%
SR Radcliffe Brown C 32	17.3  4.0  4.1  0.3 0.6	 0.2  0.2 37%   0%  79%
JR Johnny Duke 	  PG 32	 8.7  1.8  0.2  2.5 1.0	 0.2  0.0 36%   0%  82%
JR Trever Tulley  SF 20	 3.4  1.0  0.5	0.0 0.2	 0.1  0.0 33%  50%  50%
SO Shawn Saunders  C 22	 2.6  0.4  0.2	0.1 0.0	 0.0  0.0 43%	0% 100%
FR Joe *Kaufman   SF  1	 2.0  0.0  0.0	0.0 0.0	 0.0  0.0  0%	0%   0%
SR Shaun Wise     PG  Did not play

			New Recruits for 1947-48
NAME		POS	 HT	 WT		SCHOOL(HOMETOWN)
Abraham *Becker PF 	6-10	213	Fr 	Edison Technical HS (Rochester,NY)
Josias 	Alaimo 	PF 	6-8	265	Fr 	Colstrip (Colstrip,MT) 	 
Zollie 	Blute 	SF 	6-7	194	Fr 	Wells Central School (Wells,NY)
JJ xTurner 	PG 	6-1	174	Fr 	Lincoln HS (Brooklyn,NY)

SOME BACKGROUND ON THE NYU roster
The players with * are all named after real players. I know little about Becker aside from the fact he is in the NYU hall of fame. Schayes I am sure you have heard of - he was a hall of famer with the Syracuse Nationals. Earl Lloyd went to West Virginia State in real life and played 9 NBA seasons, most with Schayes in Syracuse. Slater Martin is another NBA hall of famer who played 11 seasons after leaving the University of Texas. Btw, landing both Schayes and Martin made the NYU recruiting class 2 years ago one of the best all time in my replay. O'Shea in real life attended Notre Dame and played 3 seasons in the NBA. All I know about Joe Kaufman in real life is he attended NYU and was drafted by Philadelphia in the 9th round of the 1950 BAA draft but never played pro basketball.

JJ Turner is a board member created player from Khucke.

INDIANAPOLIS 500
POLE POSITION QUALIFYING TODAY
The first 12 slots for the May 26th running of the Indianapolis 500 will be decided today. Practice has been going on the last several days and based on those results it appears the drivers with the best shot at the pole are Rex Mays, Freddie Agabashian, Bill Holland and Shorty Cantlon.

Tiger Fan · 11-16-2004, 12:47 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY MAY 13, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ROE 4-HITS GIANTS TO IMPROVE TO 6-0
One of the best stories in baseball this young season is the sudden emergence of Pirates starter Preacher Roe as a dominating pitcher. After going 27-29 over his first two seasons with the Bucs, Roe has put it all together this year. He improved his record to 6-0 and lowered his era to 2.18 with an 8 inning 4-hit performance against the New York Giants. Reliever Ed Bahr pitched a 1-2-3 9th to preserve the 6-1 Pittsburgh victory.

In other National League action Bill Nicholson homered and drove in 3 runs as Chicago beat the Reds 6-2 in Cincinnati. Vern Olsen got the win for the Cubs to run his record to 5-2.

Enos Slaughter drove in a pair of runs as St Louis trimmed Brooklyn 5-4, handind Dodgers starter Mickey Haefner his 5th straight defeat in the process.

36 year old Bob Brown pitched 8 shutout innings in his first start of the season to lead Boston past Philadelphia 7-2. Bama Rowell hit a 3-run homer for the Braves, who handed Charley Schanz his second straight loss after Schanz started the season 5-0.

RED SOX WIN AGAIN - OUT OF LAST PLACE
The Boston Red Sox spotted the New York Yankees 5 runs in the top of the first only to battle back and beat the Yanks 9-6 for their sixth straight win. The victory moves the Red Sox out of last place in the American League. Dizzy Dean suffered his first loss of the season - a 5 run Boston outburst in the 5th inning did him in. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and Babe Young each drove in 2 runs to lead the Red Sox who are out of last place for the first time this season.

Vern Stephens 2-run double in the 6th snapped a tie and gave St Louis a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.

Danny Litwhiler and Frank Demaree each had 3 hits as Chicago beat Washington for the second day in a row, 6-2 was the final score.

In Cleveland, Indians hurler Bill Lohrman improved his record to 6-0 as the Tribe dumped Detroit 7-1.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	18	 6	.750	 x
NEW YORK	16	11	.593	3.5
ST LOUIS	15	12	.556	4.5
DETROIT		12	13	.480	6.5
WASHINGTON	12	13	.480	6.5
CHICAGO		10	15	.400	8.5
BOSTON		 9	15	.375	9.0
PHILADELPHIA	 9	16	.360	9.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	19	 7	.731	 x
ST LOUIS	16	11	.593	3.5
CHICAGO		13	11	.542	5.0
CINCINNATI	14	12	.538	5.0
PHILADELPHIA	12	11	.522	5.5
BOSTON		 9	14	.391	8.5
BROOKLYN	 8	16	.333   10.0
NEW YORK	 7	16	.304   10.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 6 Washington 2
Boston 9 New York 6
St Louis 3 Philadelphia 1
Cleveland 7 Detroit 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 7 Philadelphia 2
St Louis 5 Brooklyn 4
Chicago 6 Cincinnati 2
Pittsburgh 6 New York 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (D Errickson 2-3, 4.70) at Washington (R Barrett 1-3, 6.96)
New York (J Brown 2-3, 8.81) at Boston (B Bowman 2-2, 2.38)
Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-4, 4.37) at St Louis (T Baker 2-3, 3.51)
Detroit (S Overmire 3-2, 4.50) at Cleveland (S Gromek 4-0, 4.53)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 2-2, 3.86) at Boston (K Raffensberger 1-3, 3.04)
St Louis (S Ferens 0-1, 7.71) at Brooklyn (L Webber 1-3, 4.91)
Chicago (E Head 3-3, 4.14) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 4-1, 3.51)
New York (R Bauers 1-3, 3.14) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 3-2, 5.27)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .372		B Elliott Pit	.404
W Judnich SLB	 .352		G Scharein StL	.378
R Partee Bos	 .349		G Rosen Bkn	.359

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	6		W Cooper StL	6
D Walker NYY	5		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 26		B Elliott Pit	28
B Young Bos	 23		A Vaughan Pit	25
D Walker NYY	 21		R Kiner Pit	24

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	6-0		P Roe Pit	6-0
D Dean NYY	5-1		C Schanz Phi	5-2
A McKain SLB	4-1		V Olsen Chn	5-2

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.04		A Zabala NYG	1.44
E Johnson Bos	1.16		V Olsen Chn	2.03
T Bonham NYY	1.93		P Roe Pit	2.18

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
F Hutchinson Det 31		A Jurisch StL   36
J Haynes Wsh	 31		R Barney Bkn	34
D Dean NYY	 30		W Spahn Bsn	34

INDIANAPOLIS 500
BILL HOLLAND CLAIMS THE POLE AT INDY
Indy rookie Bill Holland has claimed the pole for the thirty-first running of the Indianapolis 500. His pace setting time was 126.604 mph. Most were surprised that Holland and not veteran teammate Mauri Rose had the quicker time of the two Blue Crown Spark Plug team drivers. Rose finished a dissappointing 15th and out of the 12 guarranteed spots announced Saturday.

Here are the top 12 :

1- Bill Holland - first Indy 500
2- Joie Chitwood - 4th race, best finish 5th last year
3- Shorty Cantlon - 11th race best finish 2nd, in real life died in 1947 Indy 500
4- Paul Russo - 4th race, best finish 9th
5- Rex Mays - 10th race, best finish 2nd (twice)
6- Ken Fowler - 2nd race, best finish 19th in 1937
7- Freddie Agabashian - first Indy 500
8- Henry Banks - 3rd race, best finish 21st
9- Tony Bettenhausen Sr. - 2nd race, finished 20th last year
10- Mel Hansen - 5th race, best finish 8th in 1940
11- Herb Ardinger - 6th race, best finish 6th in 1938
12- Al Miller - 11th race, best finish 6th in 1934

PGA TOUR - PHOENIX OPEN
FORD AND HAMILTON SHARE LEAD AT PHOENIX OPEN
New Haven's Doug Ford has had a share of the lead in each of the first three rounds of the Phoenix Open. After Saturday's action Ford is tied with Bob Hamilton at 8 under par, 2 strokes ahead of three golfers including Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.

After two mediocre rounds by his standards, Sam Snead gave himself an outside chance at victory by shooting the best round of the day Saturday, a 6 under par 65. Snead is 4 under for the tournament.

The two amateurs that made the cut are deadlocked at 2 under par. Scott xTibbetts had a share of the lead Thursday when he shot a 66 but has not broken par in the two days since. Ed xWhite followed up a terrible opening round with back to back 67's.

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NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL
FORD		66	68	71	-8
HAMILTON	68	68	69	-8
HOGAN		72	63	72	-6
NELSON		67	73	67	-6
WORSHAM		71	69	67	-6
KING		69	69	70	-5
WEETMAN		74	65	69	-5
SNEAD		71	73	65	-4
BOROS		73	67	70	-3
HAEFNER		72	68	70	-3
RUNYON		70	70	70	-3
STRANAHAN	73	68	69	-3
x-Tibbetts-a	66	72	73	-2
xWhite-a	77	67	67	-2
BRADSHAW	72	71	69	-1
BYRD		70	71	71	-1
DUTRA		70	71	71	-1
FERRIER		71	73	68	-1
FLECK		72	72	68	-1
HARRISON	71	72	69	-1
LOCKE		72	68	72	-1
FAULKNER	71	69	73	 E
LAFFOON		73	66	74	 E
OLIVER		69	75	69	 E
LITTLE		72	71	71	 1
BRUEN		70	74	71	 2
BURTON		70	72	73	 2
DEMARET		70	73	72	 2
VON NIDA	72	72	71	 2
CERDA		66	73	77	 3
DALY		73	71	72	 3
KEISER		74	70	72	 3
SMITH		69	74	73	 3
WALL		69	74	73	 3
MANGRUM		72	72	73	 4
METZ		70	73	75	 5
FURGOL		73	70	77	 7

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - FOUR KENTUCKY STARS LOOK TO NBA
National Collegiate Champion Kentucky's loss is the NBA's gain. Three and possibly four members of the Wildcats team could be selected in the June NBA draft. Center Jack *Rocker is an almost certain top 10 pick. Small forward Paul *Noel should also go in the first round while guard Cliff *Barker and PF/C Kenny Chilchote could both be selected in the second round.

In what has to go down as one of the greatest recruiting class in college basketball history, Kentucky got Rocker, Noel and Chilchote in 1943. Barker was added as an junior college transfer in 1945 and the four of them carved out an impressive resume at Kentucky: back to back appearances in the NCAA title game including winning it all this past season and going 73-6 over the past two seasons.

Jack *Rocker is probably the best all-round center available in the draft and it would not be a stretch to see him go first overall. He is Kentucky's all-time leader in career points, rebounds and blocked shots.

In real life Rocker went to the University of California and played just 9 career NBA games, all with Philadelphia in 1948.

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	JACK ROCKER'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY
YEAR	GP  MPG	  PPG   RPG  APG  TO	SPG  BPG   FG%	 FT%  3P%
43-44	32  31.0  11.9	 6.4 1.0  0.8	0.1  1.7  .523	.805 .000
44-45	36  31.0  13.0	10.0 0.6  1.1	0.1  2.8  .555	.772 .000
45-46	39  30.3  10.0	10.2 0.7  0.6	0.2  3.2  .449	.778 .000
46-47	33  28.9  15.5	12.2 0.7  0.4	0.7  3.5  .634	.782 .000
       --- -----  ----  ---- ---  ---   ---  ---  ----  ---- ----
career 140  26.7  12.5	 9.8 0.8  0.7	0.2  2.8  .541	.783 .000

Paul *Noel is a smooth shooter who rebounds well enough to play power forward. He is a liekly top 10 pick. In real life the native of Midway, Kentucky played 20 games for the Wildcats in 1942 before enlisting. He would play 5 seasons in the NBA with New York and Rochester.

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        PAUL NOEL'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY
YEAR	GP  MPG	   PPG  RPG  APG  TO	SPG  BPG   FG%	 FT% 3P%
43-44	30  11.5   3.5	 2.6 0.8  0.4	0.3  0.1  .337	.600 .345
44-45	36  30.7  14.1	 9.1 2.5  1.3	2.1  0.9  .451	.710 .363
45-46	38  29.2  12.5	11.3 2.1  1.3	1.9  1.4  .460	.628 .320
46-47	40  30.4  14.9	12.5 2.5  1.2	2.4  1.9  .454	.629 .366
       --- -----  ----  ---- ---  ---   ---  ---  ----  ---- ----
career 144  26.2  11.7	 9.3 2.0  1.1	1.8  1.2  .446	.649 .350

Cliff *Barker was the key to bring Kentucky's talented big men together. A smooth quarterback of the Wildcat offense, the former junior college star instantly clicked with his new mates and Kentucky won 73 of the 79 games he started. The MVP of the NCAA tournament this season, there is a chance Baker will sneak into the first round of the draft.

In real life Barker played 3 seasons for Kentucky and was second team All-SEC in both his junior and senior years. He was also a member of the USA 1948 gold medal winning olympic basketball team before playing 3 seasons in the NBA.

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        CLIFF BARKER'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY
YEAR	GP  MPG	   PPG  RPG  APG  TO	SPG  BPG   FG%	 FT% 3P%			
45-46	39  25.6  10.9	0.9  3.6  1.3	1.3  0.1  .438	.784 .424
46-47	40  28.0  12.9	0.9  5.1  1.9	1.6  0.0  .517	.705 .444
       --- -----  ----  ---- ---  ---   ---  ---  ----  ---- ----
career	79  26.8  11.9	0.9  4.4  1.6	1.4  0.0  .480	.745 .435

Kenny Chilchote seemed destined for NBA stardom from the day he first stepped on the court at Kentucky from Hoover High School in Des Moines, Iowa. He scored 23 points in his first college game but 3 games later tore up his knee and missed three months. Chilchote recovered from the knee injury and in his junior year was named the SEC's most valuable player. Injury struck again his senior season forcing him to miss 13 games with an injury to the same knee. He came back and looked very good as the regular season wound down but word is he reinjured the knee in the NCAA's and that is why he averaged just 7 points a game in the final 3 tournament contests. Teams will look very closely at that knee so don't be surprised if the can't miss college freshman becomes an undrafted NBA free agent.

Chilchote is a fictional player created by TDCB.

Code:

        KENNY CHILCHOTE'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY
YEAR	GP  MPG	   PPG   RPG APG  TO	SPG  BPG   FG%	 FT%  3P%
43-44	10  29.3  13.0	 6.2 0.4  0.8	0.9  0.9  .554	.839 .200
44-45	36  29.9  10.4	 9.1 0.9  0.6	1.4  2.3  .443	.786 .280
45-46	39  29.2  16.4	12.4 0.3  0.5	1.0  3.6  .569	.754 .391
46-47	27  29.0  16.1	11.6 0.3  0.4	1.6  2.9  .526	.747 .371
       --- -----  ----  ---- ---  ---   ---  ---  ----  ---- ----
career 112  29.4  14.1	10.6 0.5  0.5	1.3  2.8  .522	.773 .359

rudel.dietrich · 11-16-2004, 08:59 PM

I have read every post of this. This is an amazing feat. Thank you for all the wonderful reading you have given us.

A formula one sim is due for release soon. Maybe once it's out you can add in that sport as well. Im sure you have all the time in the world for it

Tiger Fan · 11-17-2004, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

I have read every post of this. This is an amazing feat. Thank you for all the wonderful reading you have given us.

A formula one sim is due for release soon. Maybe once it's out you can add in that sport as well. Im sure you have all the time in the world for it

thanks. I will consider the formula one at some point. Can you send me the link to the formula one game?

What I really am hoping to see someday soon is a hockey game similiar to OOTP or TPB2005 that allows me to customize league size and teams. A close second on my wish list is a college football game that feeds players directly to TPF but with .400 software basically gone I dont expect a game compatiable with TPF would be high on Grey Dog's priorities.

rudel.dietrich · 11-17-2004, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiger Fan

thanks. I will consider the formula one at some point. Can you send me the link to the formula one game?

What I really am hoping to see someday soon is a hockey game similiar to OOTP or TPB2005 that allows me to customize league size and teams. A close second on my wish list is a college football game that feeds players directly to TPF but with .400 software basically gone I dont expect a game compatiable with TPF would be high on Grey Dog's priorities.

Can you do this with NHL EHM?

http://www.f1cm.co.uk/
for the F1 game

Tiger Fan · 11-17-2004, 01:10 AM

thanks for the link. Nope, I do not believe I can run a 6 team league or anything close to it with EHM

Tiger Fan · 11-18-2004, 01:46 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY MAY 14, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
RED SOX LOSE GAME AND PITCHER BOB BOWMAN
Boston starting pitcher Bob Bowman will be sidelined for close to two months after suffering an arm injury in the Red Sox 6-0 loss to the New York Yankees. The 4-hit shutout tossed by 40 year old Jumbo Brown allowed the Yanks to salvage one game from their 3 game set in Beantown.

With the injury to Bowman the Red Sox recalled pitcher Rube Melton from AAA. Melton had been sent down a few days earlier after struggling terribly in the Sox bullpen. With the injury to Bowman, Melton will go in the starting rotation where he spent most of his 6 previous big league seasons.

In other American League action Steve Gromek improved to 5-0 as Cleveland topped Detroit 8-5. Catcher Clyde Kluttz had 4 hits and 3 rbi's to lead the Cleveland attack.

In St Louis Cookie Lavagetto and Frank Mancuso each drove in 3 runs as the Browns blasted Philadelphia 10-2 while in Washington, Red Barrett and a pair of relievers combined to 4-hit Chicago in a 4-3 Senators victory.

12 RUN 7TH LEADS PIRATES PAST GIANTS
Tony Cuccinello drove in 5 runs in one inning and Bob Elliott hit a 3-run homer the same inning as Pittsburgh scored 12 runs and sent 16 men to the plate in the 7th inning of a 16-7 win over the visiting New York Giants. This came after the Giants had scored 6 times in the second inning to take a 6-0 lead.

The other three National League games all ended up in a 7-1 score. Ed Head pitched a complete game as the Cubs won in Cincinnati. Stan Ferens won his first game in nearly a year as the Cards decked the Dodgers and Boston beat Philadelphia 7-1 despite getting only 5 hits.

DODGERS RELEASE FORMER ALLSTAR BONURA
38 year old first baseman Zeke Bonura, who made the National League allstar team last year, has been released by the Brooklyn Dodgers after a dreadful start to the season. The 14 year veteran was hitting just .156 through his first dozen games this season so the Dodgers sent him to AAA Montreal. After going 1-for-14 during his week in AAA Brooklyn management had seen enough and released Bonura.

Bonura had that greatest major league debut of any player in history. In his first pro game, the season opener in 1934 he homered and drove in 7 runs in a 10-9 Chicago win over Washington. His total career with the White Sox lasted just 7 games before he was dealt to Cincinnati for pitcher Roy Meeker. Bonura would hit .282 that season and be named the National League rookie of the year. He would make 2 allstar game appearances in his 9 and a half years in Cincinnati before the Reds dealt him to Brooklyn for SS Pete Coscarart in July of 1943. He made his third allstar team last year but slumped terribly in the second half of the season.

Code:

		ZEKE BONURA'S CAREER STATS
Year Teams     G    AB	 R    H	 2B 3B  HR  RBI	 BB  K  AVG
1934 CHA CIN  130  486	78  137	 41  3	14   76	 60  8	.282
1935 CIN,NL   147  521 110  156	 31  7	30  114	 72  6	.299
1936 CIN      142  498	86  155	 43  6	18   89	 81  7	.311
1937 CIN      147  540	80  138	 48  4	13   79	 77 16	.256
1938 CIN      145  496	93  155  43  5	18   88	 84  7	.313
1939 CIN,NL   148  531	89  159	 36  3	23   71	 75 10	.299
1940 CIN      146  519	80  145	 32  3	14   61	 79 16	.279
1941 CIN      140  466	77  134	 45  4	14   89	 53 12	.288
1942 CIN      147  518	70  113	 29  3	14   71	 84 13	.218
1943 CIN BRO  141  511	71  119	 29  5	 3   52	 61  7	.233
1944 BRO      119  421	52  114	 36  5	10   78	 54  6	.271
1945 BRO      146  550	85  152	 41  2	13   91	 65 12	.276
1946 BRO,NL   145  543	70  135	 16  6	 9   78	 63 35	.249
1947 BRO       12   45	 6    7	  0  0	 1    7	  5  9	.156
----------   ---- ---- ---- ---- --- -- ---  --- --- --- ----
Total	     1855 6645 1047 1819 470 56	194 1044 913 164 .274

NEWSOME AND ROE WIN PLAYER OF WEEK AWARDS
Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Skeeter Newsome was named the American League player of the week for the first time in his 13 year career. Newsome hit .500 in 20 at bats last week and drove in 6 runs. On the season he is hitting .287 with no homers and 9 rbi's.

For the second week in a row the National League's top performer was a Pittsburgh Pirate. This time the player of the week honour goes to pitcher Preacher Roe who was 2-0 with a 1.06 era last week. On the season Roe is a perfect 5-0. Last week the award went to Roe's teammate Bob Elliott.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	19	 6	.760	 x
NEW YORK	17	11	.607	3.5
ST LOUIS	16	12	.571	4.5
WASHINGTON	13	13	.500	6.5
DETROIT		12	14	.462	7.5
CHICAGO		10	16	.385	9.5
BOSTON		 9	16	.360   10.0
PHILADELPHIA	 9	17	.346   10.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	20	 7	.741	 x
ST LOUIS	17	11	.607	3.5
CHICAGO		14	11	.560	5.0
CINCINNATI	14	13	.519	6.0
PHILADELPHIA	12	12	.500	6.5
BOSTON		10	14	.417	8.5
BROOKLYN	 8	17	.320   11.0
NEW YORK	 7	17	.292   11.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 4 Chicago 3
New York 6 Boston 0
St Louis 10 Philadelphia 2
Cleveland 8 Detroit 5

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 7 Philadelphia 1
St Louis 7 Brooklyn 1
Chicago 7 Cincinnati 1
Pittsburgh 16 New York 7

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (R Scarborough 2-3, 3.91) at Washington (M Candini 3-2, 3.22)
Detroit (V Trucks 1-4, 3.91) at Boston (T Hughson 1-3, 5.02)
Chicago (E Lopat 2-4, 4.99) at St Louis (A McKain 4-1, 3.64)
New York (M Lanier 2-3, 2.38) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-2, 2.26)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (M Macon 1-0, 1.86) at Boston (W Spahn 3-3, 3.96)
St Louis (E White 3-2, 4.11) at Brooklyn (R Barney 2-1, 4.14)
Chicago (P Erickson 2-3, 3.94) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 1-2, 5.83)
New York (K Chase 2-3, 6.22) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 4-1, 4.41)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .370		B Elliott Pit	.398
J Heath Cle	 .356		G Scharein StL	.378
W Judnich SLB	 .352		G Rosen Bkn	.362

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	6		W Cooper StL	7
D Walker NYY	5		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 27		B Elliott Pit	31
B Young Bos	 23		A Vaughan Pit	26
D Walker NYY	 23		R Kiner Pit	24

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	6-0		P Roe Pit	6-0
S Gromek Cle	5-0		C Schanz Phi	5-2
D Dean NYY	5-1		V Olsen Chn	5-2

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.04		A Zabala NYG	1.44
E Johnson Bos	1.16		V Olsen Chn	2.03
T Bonham NYY	1.93		P Roe Pit	2.18

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
F Hutchinson Det 31		A Jurisch StL   36
J Haynes Wsh	 31		R Barney Bkn	34
S Gromek Cle	 31		W Spahn Bsn	34

PGA TOUR - PHOENIX OPEN
LOCKE COMES OUT OF NOWHERE TO WIN PHOENIX OPEN
South African Bobby Locke made up 7 strokes on the final day to win the Phoenix Open. Locke shot a 7 under par 64 to finish one stroke ahead of Ben Hogan and amateur Scott xTibbetts.

Locke birdied four holes on the back nine and that had to sit around to wait for Saturday's co-leaders Doug Ford and Bob Hamilton to finish. Hamilton self destructed on the front nine, shooting 4 over but when he birdied 12 and 13 he was witing 2 strokes off Locke. However, he could manage just even par the rest of the way. Ford, who led each of the previous 3 days was 4 over after the first three holes Sunday and could never recover. Ben Hogan also had a shot at the victory but a double bogey on the par-4 15th doomed him to second.

The biggest surprise of the tournament was the play of 21 year old Scott xTibbetts. The amateur, who just graduated from Pepperdine a month ago, was the co-leader with a 66 on Thursday. He was a combined 3 over par in Friday and Saturday's rounds before finishing strong with another 66 on Sunday. Tibbetts birdied both 17 and 18 to move up to the tie for second place. The performance will likely guarantee his spot in all of the non-major events the rest of the season and he has to be considered a favourite for the US Amateur.

It is Locke's first title of the season. A scratch golfer as a teenager, Locke choose to enter the mining industry in his native South Africa rather than turn professional. However, when his employer sent him to Britian on business in 1936, Locke entered the British Open. He won the Amateur Medal and turned professional two years later.

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		PHOENIX OPEN FINAL RESULTS
NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	Total		PRIZE $
LOCKE		72	68	72	64	276	-8     1500
HOGAN		72	63	72	70	277	-7	800
x-Tibbetts-a	66	72	73	66	277	-7	amat
HAMILTON	68	68	69	73	278	-6	750
NELSON		67	73	67	71	278	-6	750
SNEAD		71	73	65	69	278	-6	750
FORD		66	68	71	74	279	-5	687
KING		69	69	70	71	279	-5	687
BRADSHAW	72	71	69	68	280	-4	638
WORSHAM		71	69	67	73	280	-4	638
BOROS		73	67	70	71	281	-3	563
DUTRA		70	71	71	69	281	-3	563
FLECK		72	72	68	69	281	-3	563
WEETMAN		74	65	69	73	281	-3	563
FAULKNER	71	69	73	69	282	-2	500
BURTON		70	72	73	68	283	-1	450
RUNYON		70	70	70	73	283	-1	450
STRANAHAN	73	68	69	73	283	-1	450
FERRIER		71	73	68	72	284	E	400
BYRD		70	71	71	73	285	1	313
HAEFNER		72	68	70	75	285	1	313
KEISER		74	70	72	69	285	1	313
LITTLE		72	71	71	71	285	1	313
MANGRUM		72	72	73	68	285	1	313
SMITH		69	74	73	69	285	1	313
DALY		73	71	72	70	286	2	225
OLIVER		69	75	69	74	287	3	200
xWhite-a	77	67	67	76	287	3	amat
HARRISON	71	72	69	76	288	4	150
LAFFOON		73	66	74	75	288	4	150
METZ		70	73	75	70	288	4	150
VON NIDA	72	72	71	74	289	5	125
BRUEN		70	74	71	75	290	6	100
DEMARET		70	73	72	75	290	6	100
WALL		69	74	73	74	290	6	100
CERDA		66	73	77	75	291	7	 75
FURGOL		73	70	77	72	292	8	 50


	TOP 10 MONEY WINNERS (thru 5 events)
NAME		PRIZE$	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	CUTS made
HOGAN		5075	  1	 3	 4	 5
HEBERT		4200	  2	 2	 3	 4
SNEAD		4125	  0	 3	 4	 5
NELSON		3387	  0	 3	 3	 5
REES		3063	  1	 2	 3	 3
LOCKE		2913	  1	 1	 2	 3
DEMARET		2513	  0	 1	 3	 4
MIDDLECOFF	2475	  0	 0	 3	 3
BURTON		2315	  0	 1	 1	 4
STRANAHAN	2301	  0	 0	 1	 4

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - MISSOURI'S MIKE PANKEMAN
Missouri has only had one player selected in the NBA draft since the league was formed in 1932. Center Albert Grove was the first Tiger to be drafted, going in the second round to Indianapolis in 1933. Now another center, by the name of Mike Pankeman may double the number of former Missouri hoopsters to get drafted.
Pankeman has two things going against him. First this is a pretty deep draft for centers led by Kentucky's Jack *Rocker and Ray *Ellefson of Iowa. Other centers to watch include Holy Cross pivot Bob *Hubbard, Gary Taylor from Seton Hall, Arnie *Risen of Ohio State and Anthony Anderson of Western Kentucky. Pankeman likely fits a notch below each of those meaning if he does get selected it will likely be in the second round.

The second thing going against Pankeman is his size. At 6'6" he is just too small to play center in the NBA. He may have more of a future at forward in the NBA.

As for how the other Missouri alum fared in the NBA. Grove had an 11 year career but was a bench player for 8 of those seasons.

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		MIKE PANKEMAN'S CAREER STATS AT MISSOURI
YEAR	GP MPG	PPG  RPG  APG TO   SPG	BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
43-44	30 28.7	 4.9 8.1  0.3 1.4  1.0	0.6 .296 .796 .000
44-45	37 10.6  2.0 2.5  0.2 0.1  0.2	0.2 .325 .636 .000
45-46	31 27.1	 8.4 7.9  1.1 0.3  1.4	1.7 .474 .738 .000
46-47	33 29.5	 8.9 8.7  0.8 0.8  1.8	2.2 .465 .752 .000
       --- ----  --- ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ---- ----
career 131 23.4	 5.9 6.6  0.6 0.6  1.1	1.1 .416 .749 .000

COLLEGE BASKETBALL OFFSEASON NOTES
WOLVERINES STILL REBUILDING
Unlike the University of Michigan football team, the Wolverine hoopsters have had very little success to enjoy. From 1933-40 Michigan made 5 appearances in the NCAA tournament but last season extended their streak of missing the NCAA's to 7 years. With three starters back including Big 10 freshman of the year PF Don *Rehfeldt this may be the year Michigan ends that streak. However, they will have their work cut out for them. After a pair of 18-13 seasons Michigan slumped to 9-19 a year ago.

Leading scorer SG Al *Cervi and center Malcom *McMullan, who led the team in rebounds are the other two returning starters. *Rehfeldt may shift to the small forward spot allowing sophomore Daryll Brough to play PF. The big question mark is shooting guard where there is no replacement for the now graduated Max Heim. The choice likely comes down to freshamn Zila Gordon or Cervi moves to the point and another freshman by the name of Michael Scott steps in as the SG.

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			1946-47 MICHIGAN STATS (9-19)
CLASS	NAME	   Pos 	GP  MPG PPG   RPG APG  TOPG SPG BPG  FG%  3P%  FT% 
SO Al *Cervi 	    SG 	28 31.3	14.0  2.3 3.1	1.5 1.3	0.2 .422 .309 .707
SR Max Heim 	    PG 	28 30.0	11.7  0.8 6.1	5.1 1.6	0.0 .423 .268 .723
SR Xavier Brittian  SG 	28 31.3	11.4  7.8 0.6	1.1 1.1	0.5 .346 .315 .798
SO Malcolm *McMullan C 	28 31.5	 9.6 10.7 1.2	0.8 0.1	3.3 .429 .000 .822
FR Don *Rehfeldt    PF 	24 27.5	 8.0  8.9 0.3	1.3 1.0	1.5 .451 .500 .657
FR Daryll Brough    PF 	28 14.2	 3.6  2.8 0.1	0.4 0.2	0.2 .417 .714 .587
FR Mack*Suprunowicz PF 	28 13.5	 3.5  5.0 0.1	0.9 0.3	0.1 .337 .000 .714
SR Rob Guidry       PG 	28 11.7	 3.1  2.4 1.0	1.0 0.2	0.1 .211 .190 .690
JR Malachi Freeman  SF 	28 11.2	 1.6  2.5 0.4	0.5 0.0	0.0 .281 .500 .571
JR Samuel Elsner    SF 	13  3.3  1.4  0.3 0.0	0.0 0.0	0.0 .077 .000 .762
FR Misk	Russell     PF 	 5  3.2	 1.2  0.4 0.0	0.2 0.0	0.0 .400 .000 .500
SR Jerry Banks      PG 	 9  2.9	 0.9  0.1 0.8	0.1 0.0	0.0 .333 .000 .750
SR Kenny Duggan     PG 	 0  0.0	 0.0  0.0 0.0	0.0 0.0	0.0 .000 .000 .000

			1947-48 MICHIGAN ROSTER
#  	 Name  		Pos      Ht   Wt  Year    High School (Hometown)  
 3  Daryll  Brough  	PF  	6-9  230  So    Rossville HS (Indianapolis,IN
 4  Nicholas Armstrong  SF  	6-5  187  Fr    Randolph Clay HS (Cuthbert,GA)
14  Don *Rehfeldt  	PF  	6-6  176  So    Rogers HS (Detroit,MI)
17  Mack *Suprunowicz   PF  	6-5  214  So    Plainfield High School (Plainfield,IN)
19  Michael xScott  	SG  	6-1  161  Fr    Northern High School (Pontiac,MI)
24  Malcolm  *McMullan   C  	7-0  273  Jr  	C. R. Prairie (Norway,IA)	
27  Misk Russell  	PF  	6-9  203  So    Southfield High School (Detroit,MI)    
29  Kristopher HennesseyPF  	6-8  246  Fr  	Switzerland County HS (Vevay,IN)   
48  Zila Gordon  	PG  	5-9  144  Fr    Deer Park HS (Cincinnati,OH)   
54  Al *Cervi  		SG  	6-4  176  Jr    Battle Creek Central (Battle Creek, MI)    
40  Samuel Elsner  	SF  	6-7  199  Sr    Terre Haute North Vigo HS (Terre Haute,IN)   
43  Malachi Freeman  	SF  	6-5  193  Sr    Joliet High School (Joliet,IL) 
49  Deondrae  Xiong  	 C  	6-11 224  Fr    King City HS (King City,MO)

HORSE RACING
JET PILOT LOOKS TO CLAIM SECOND LEG OF TRIPLE CROWN
As expected Kentucky Derby winner Jet Pilot has been confirmed to participate in Saturday's running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Track near Baltimore. It looks like the entire field from the Derby will compete including favourite Phalanx, who will likely be the favourite again this weekend.

BOXING NEWS
MINI-TOURNAMENT SET TO DETERMINE NEW EUROPEAN BANTAMWEIGHT KING
As expected Spain's Luis Romero has stepped down as the European Bantamweight Champion after he won the world title by stopping Fernando Gagnon last week. To declare a new European champ, the four top rated contenders will stage a playoff. The 4 contenders are Benny Goldberg of Poland, Guido Ferracin of Italy, British champion Gus Foran and Johnny King of Britian.

The semi-final will be contested in Munich, Germany on May 26 with the final being set for the first or second week of July likely in Paris. By random draw it has been decided that Golberg will face King while Foran will meet Ferracin in the semi-final.

Goldberg is just coming off of a victory over Gus Foran in a non-title fight. Originally from Warsaw but now based in Detroit, Goldberg is 2-0 in post war action.

King is 35-6 and has previously fought all 3 of the other semi-finalists. He lost to Foran in the postwar British title fight and lost to Goldberg by majority decision in January. Two months ago King won a unanimous decision over Ferracin.

As mentioned above, Liverpool native Foran beat King but lost to Goldberg. He is 24-6.

Ferracin, from Rovigo Italy, had a European title shot against Romero but lost by 9th round KO. He also lost to King on a decision in January to fall to 27-6-2.

The undercard will also be used to try and rekindle some post war interest in German boxers. Two highly touted 20 year old will each fight. Heavyweight Jurgen xHucke, nicknamed Young Max presumably because of a style compared to Max Schmeling, will taken on Italian Gino Buonvino. Lightheavyweight Rudel xDietrich will fight a Spanish punching bag by the name of Paco Bueno. Neither are quality opponents for the two Germans. Bueno is 8-21-5 in his career while Buonvino 5-19-2.

Tiger Fan · 11-19-2004, 12:47 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY MAY 15, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PIRATES KEEP ON WINNING
Arky Vaughan had 4 rbi's and Jim Tobin tossed a 6-hit complete game as the Pittsburgh Pirates blasted the visiting New York Giants 9-1 to improve their major league leading record to 21-7. The key to Pittsburgh success so far has been the offense : a .308 team batting average is .037 better than the second best team in all of baseball; and with 192 runs the Pirates have scored 52 more than the number 2 team in the majors.

The majority of the offense comes from 3-4-5 hitters Bob Elliott (.396,6,31), Arky Vaughan (.327,5,30) and second year man Ralph Kiner (.337,3,24). However second baseman Tony Cuccinello (.284,2,23) and catcher Bill Salkeld (.262,2,14) have also got into the act of late. The starting rotation of Preacher Roe (6-0, 2.18), Jim Tobin (5-1, 3.73), Ken Heintzelman (3-2, 6.33) and Vic Raschi (1-0, 3.38) has been solid even with Cy Young winner Cliff Melton (3-1, 3.07) sidelined.

St Louis managed to stay with 3 and a half games of the Pirates by blanking Brooklyn 5-0 on a 5-hitter from Ernie White and reliever Joe Coleman. Whitey Kurowski homered and Ben Chapman had a pair of rbi's for the Cards who completed a 3-game sweep of the Dodgers.

After 6 seasons as a reliever Max Macon won in his first major league starting assignment, allowing 3 runs in 7 innings as the Philadelphia Phillies beat Boston 7-3. Macon held the Braves off the scoresheet until getting into trouble to begin the 7th.

Johnny Mize drove in 3 runs and Harry Feldman pitched a complete game as Cincinnati crushed Chicago 9-1.

In the American League rbi doubles from Johnny Hudson and Tommy Holmes in the bottom of the 8th inning lifted Boston past Detroit 5-4. The New York Yankees dropped first place Cleveland 9-1 behind a solid effort from pitcher Max Lanier. Ray Scarborough tossed a 5-hitter as last place Philadelphia beat Washington 5-3 while in St Louis, homers from Tom Hafey and Harry Danning led visiting Chicago past the Browns 8-6.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	19	 7	.731	 x
NEW YORK	18	11	.621	2.5
ST LOUIS	16	13	.552	4.5
WASHINGTON	13	14	.481	6.5
DETROIT		12	15	.444	7.5
CHICAGO		11	16	.407	8.5
BOSTON		10	16	.385	9.0
PHILADELPHIA	10	17	.370	9.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	21	 7	.750	 x
ST LOUIS	18	11	.621	3.5
CHICAGO		14	12	.538	6.0
CINCINNATI	15	13	.536	6.0
PHILADELPHIA	13	12	.520	6.5
BOSTON		10	15	.400	9.5
BROOKLYN	 8	18	.308   12.0
NEW YORK	 7	18	.280   12.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 5 Washington 3
Boston 5 Detroit 4
Chicago 8 St Louis 6
New York 9 Cleveland 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 7 Boston 3
St Louis 5 Brooklyn 0
Cincinnati 9 Chicago 1
Pittsburgh 9 New York 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (F Caliguire 4-1, 3.21) at Washington (D Adkins 1-3, 5.61)
Detroit (F Hutchinson 3-3, 4.39) at Boston (E Johnson 1-2, 1.16)
Chicago (G Schott 4-2, 3.50) at St Louis (S Zoldak 2-2, 3.35)
New York (T Bonham 3-3, 1.93) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-2, 2.26)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-3, 4.42) at Boston (B Donovan 0-3, 2.59)
St Louis (A Jurisch 4-3, 2.41) at Brooklyn (D Black 1-3, 2.19)
Chicago (J Welch 3-2, 5.59) at Cincinnati (A Carter 4-3, 2.72)
New York (A Zabala 1-1, 1.44) at Pittsburgh ( V Raschi 1-0, 3.38)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .366		B Elliott Pit	.396
J Heath Cle	 .354		G Rosen Bkn	.393
J Bolling NYY	 .347		G Scharein StL	.372

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	7		W Cooper StL	7
D Walker NYY	5		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 28		B Elliott Pit	31
B Young Bos	 24		A Vaughan Pit	30
D Walker NYY	 24		R Kiner Pit	24

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	6-0		P Roe Pit	6-0
S Gromek Cle	5-0		C Schanz Phi	5-2
D Dean NYY	5-1		V Olsen Chn	5-2

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.04		A Zabala NYG	1.44
E Johnson Bos	1.16		V Olsen Chn	2.03
T Bonham NYY	1.93		P Roe Pit	2.18

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
F Hutchinson Det 31		W Spahn Bsn	43
J Haynes Wsh	 31		R Barney Bkn	42
S Gromek Cle	 31		E White StL	38

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - FLORIDA'S RAY *CORLEY
From National Freshman of the Year to benchwarmer as a sophomore. Which is the real Ray *Corely? After averaging nearly 12 points and 9 assists as a freshman at the University of Florida, Corely spent most of last year sulking on the bench? Why is anyone's guess. Just like he did all last season, Corely is still not talking to the media about it and all the University of Florida would ever say was it was an internal issue. There is no question Corely has the talent to play at the NBA level but does he have the attitude? That will be up to NBA teams to decide next month. Odds are one team in the first round will decide his talent is too much to pass up and Corely will go in round one.

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	RAY *CORLEY'S CAREER STATS AT FLORIDA	
YEAR  GP  MPG   PPG  RPG  APG  TO SPG BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
45-46 32  31.5 11.8  1.3  8.5 2.8 1.6 0.1 .443 .697 .355
46-47 31   8.5	1.9  1.2  2.3 0.6 0.4 0.0 .286 .643 .308
      --  ---- ----  ---  --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
career 63 20.2	6.9  1.3  5.4 1.7 1.0 0.0 .419 .685 .347

In real-life Corley went to Notre Dame and Georgetown and played parts of 3 seasons in the NBA with 3 different teams between 1950-53.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL OFFSEASON NOTES
RICH TRADITION OF DEVELOPING PRO PLAYERS AT FLORIDA
The University of Florida has a couple of final four appearances to it's credit but the Gators are better known for developing top quality NBA talent than winning anything.

Certainly number one on everyone's list of Florida products is NBA superstar Cameron Belli but in all Florida has produced 15 NBA draft picks including first rounders Belli, Akins Adkisson, Dave Askew, Daniel Swanson, Daniel Knall, Breece Kutchin, Bruce Phillips, Billy *Hassett, Michael Gonzales, Chris Shover and 5 second round picks. The Gators are the only team to have two players selected first overall: Belli in 1934 and Knall in 1942.

Still with all of that talent you would expect the Gators to have more than three SEC tournament title banners hanging from the rafters. The banners themselves are getting dusty as the newest one was hoisted a decade ago.

Last season there was positive news like a 22-9 record and a run to the SEC tournament final before losing to national champion Kentucky, but the year ended on a sour note when the fourth seeded Gators were upset by Texas A&M in the opening round of the NCAA's.

Things look bright this year with all of the starters back and only substitute PF Dylan Loper and sophomore PG Roy *Corley gone. The backcourt will again feature Tyson Edwards and SEC freshman of the year Shaun Fluellen. Upfront there is Bill *Closs and Ward *Gibson along with recruit Harry *Hamilton who may be the best freshman player in the nation. With this looking like a down year for Kentucky this just might be the year Florida gets a fourth SEC title banner.

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		1947-48 FLORIDA GATORS ROSTER
#  Name 	Position 	Ht 	 Wt 	Year 	High School (Hometown) 
 4 Shaun Fluellen 	SG 	6-2	174	So 	Matewan HS (Matewan,WV) 
11 Tyson Edwards 	SG 	6-2	170	So 	Aquinas Institute School (Rochester,NY) 
13 Nicolas Deakins 	SF 	6-8	221	Jr 	Belleview HS (Belleview,FL) 
16 Clinton Sargent 	SF 	6-3	184	Sr 	Lee High (Jonesville,VA) 
21 Hans *Tanzler 	C 	6-11	191	Fr 	Lincoln HS (Shinnston,WV) 
22 Nick Ellsworth 	PF 	6-5	226	Jr 	Newcomers HS (Queens,NY)
24 Jovan Hull	 	PG 	5-11	163	Sr 	Gardena Serra HS (Carson,CA) 
25 Harry *Hamilton 	PF 	6-10	213	Fr 	Gulliver Prep (Miami,FL) 
31 Bill *Closs 		SF 	6-7	193	Jr 	Interlachen HS (Interlachen,FL) 
32 Thomas McIntyre 	SG 	6-5	173	So 	Upper Darby HS (Philadelphia,PA) 
52 Bob *Hahn 		C 	6-7	276	Jr 	Kirksville HS (Vilnius, Lithuania) 
53 Ward *Gibson 	C 	6-11	260	Jr 	McKinley HS (Baton Rouge,LA) 
54 Dominic Roeger 	PG 	6-1	180	Sr 	Northern Iowa (Milwaukee,WI) 

		1946-47 FLORIDA GATORS STATS
 Name 		Pos  GP MPG    PPG   RPG  APG  TOPG  SPG  BPG  FG%  3P% FT% 
Shaun Fluellen 	SG   31	31.8  13.6   1.2  4.8	2.3  1.5  0.1 .415 .420	.777
Ward *Gibson 	 C   31	27.6  13.6   9.8  0.6	0.2  1.3  1.4 .512 .458	.781
Bob *Hahn 	 C   31	24.6  12.9   7.4  0.6	0.3  0.2  2.8 .516 .349	.810
Bill *Closs 	SF   31	29.8  12.2   8.6  0.7	0.7  1.7  2.1 .396 .333	.733
Thomas McIntyre	SG   31	30.6   9.5   1.2  6.6	1.9  1.3  0.1 .408 .364	.763
Nicolas	Deakins	SF   31	21.7   8.0   6.7  0.4	0.2  1.1  0.8 .397 .371	.671
Tyson Edwards 	SG   31	12.8   6.3   0.8  1.3	0.4  0.5  0.0 .475 .532	.673
Ray *Corley 	PG   31	 8.5   1.9   1.2  2.3	0.6  0.4  0.0 .286 .308	.643
Dylan Loper 	PF   31	 9.5   1.3   2.2  0.2	0.3  0.1  0.2 .317 .000	.778
Clinton Sargent SF    8	 3.0   0.9   0.3  0.0	0.1  0.0  0.0 .429 .333	.000
Nick Ellsworth 	PF   14	 1.6   0.1   0.1  0.3	0.1  0.0  0.0 1.000.000	.000
Dominic	Roeger 	PG    2	 1.0   0.0   0.0  0.0	0.0  0.0  0.0 .000 .000	.000
Jovan Hull 	PG    0	 0.0   0.0   0.0  0.0	0.0  0.0  0.0 .000 .000	.000

In real life new recruits Tanzler and Hamilton were the first two 1000 career point scorers at Florida. Tanzler would later become mayor of Jacksonville. Ward Gibson attended Creighton before playing briefly in the National Professional Basketball League. Bob Hahn attended NC State before playing 10 games with Chicago of the NBA in 1950. Bill Closs went to Rice before playing 3 seasons in the NBA in the early fifties.

Tiger Fan · 11-19-2004, 07:47 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
YANKS CLOSE TO WITHIN GAME AND A HALF OF TRIBE
Cleveland Indians pitcher Johnny Babich tossed a complete game 2-hitter - and lost. Babich gave up a bloop single to Snuffy Stirnweiss in the top of the sixth that scored the first run of the game and a solo homer to Aaron Robinson in the 8th that gave New York a 2-1 victory over the Indians. The only Indians run came in the bottom of the 7th on a sacrifice fly. Tiny Bonham allowed just 7 Cleveland hits while Jimmy Deshong came on in relief to get the final two outs for his first save of the season.

The Yankee win moves New York to within a game and a half of the first place Indians atop the American League standings.

In other action: Chet Laabs homered and drove in 3 runs as Philadelphia waxed Washington 12-1. Mel Almada and Stan Spence each had 3 hits to lead the Boston Red Sox past Detroit 6-5 while in St Louis the Browns dropped Chicago 8-3.

ZABALA BAFFLES BUCS
Where did this guy come from? After 3 seasons spent mainly in the minors and exclusively in relief, New York Giants pitcher Adrian Zabala is making the most of his opportunity to be a starter. Zabala pitched 7 shutout innings as the lowly Giants blanked powerful Pittsburgh 2-0. In three starts the 30 year old is 2-1 with a 1.13 era. Johnny Rucker had 3 hits and scored the winning run to lead the Giants offense.

The Philadelphia Phillies won a wild one in Boston 13-7. The Braves tied the game at 5 when PH Vance Dinges hit a solo homer with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth but that was just the start of the drama. In the top of the 10th another pinch-hitter, Bobby Estalella hit a 2-run shot to put the Phillies ahead but an Earl Torgeson double in the bottom of the inning scored two tie once again tie the game. Philadelphia would put it away with 4 runs in the top of 11th and there was no Boston comeback this time as Orval Grove retired the Braves in order.

There were late inning heroics in Brooklyn as well. Despite having two men retired at the plate on throws from Cardinals OF Frankie Baumholz, Brooklyn scored 3 times in the bottom of the nith to tie the Cardinals at 5. The Dodgers then won the game in the bottom of the 10th on a sac fly from PH Red Nonnenkamp.

In Cincinnati, Grady Hatton's 3 run homer led the Reds past Chicago 5-2.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	19	 8	.704	 x
NEW YORK	19	11	.633	1.5
ST LOUIS	17	13	.567	3.5
WASHINGTON	13	15	.464	6.5
DETROIT		12	16	.429	7.5
BOSTON		11	16	.407	8.0
CHICAGO		11	17	.393	8.5
PHILADELPHIA	11	17	.393	8.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	21	 8	.724	 x
ST LOUIS	18	12	.600	3.5
CINCINNATI	16	13	.552	5.0
PHILADELPHIA	14	12	.538	5.5
CHICAGO		14	13	.519	6.0
BOSTON		10	16	.385	9.5
BROOKLYN	 9	18	.333   11.0
NEW YORK	 8	18	.308   11.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 12 Washington 1
Boston 6 Detroit 5
St Louis 8 Chicago 3
New York 2 Cleveland 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 13 Boston 7 (11 inn)
Brooklyn 6 St Louis 5 (10 inn)
Cincinnati 5 Chicago 2
New York 2 Pittsburgh 0

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-4, 3.47) at Washington (J Haynes 3-3, 3.22)
Detroit (H White 4-2, 3.44) at Boston (A Karl 2-2, 5.76)
Chicago (F Biscan 2-3, 5.10) at St Louis (A Williams 1-4, 2.96)
New York (D Dean 5-1, 2.93) at Cleveland (M Butcher 2-0, 1.46)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (V Olsen 5-2, 2.03) at Boston (B Brown 1-0, 0.64)
New York (D Koslo 1-5, 5.75) at Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-5, 7.15)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 5-2, 3.30) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 3-3, 3.61)
St Louis (G Dockins 4-3, 5.04) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 5-1, 3.75)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .379		B Elliott Pit	.400
W Judnich SLB	 .360		G Rosen Bkn	.386
J Heath Cle	 .350		G Scharein StL	.367

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	7		W Cooper StL	7
D Walker NYY	5		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 28		B Elliott Pit	31
B Young Bos	 25		A Vaughan Pit	30
D Walker NYY	 24		R Kiner Pit	24

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	6-0		P Roe Pit	6-0
S Gromek Cle	5-0		C Schanz Phi	5-2
D Dean NYY	5-1		V Olsen Chn	5-2

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.04		A Zabala NYG	1.13
T Bonham NYY	1.68		V Olsen Chn	2.03
E Johnson Bos	1.74		P Roe Pit	2.18

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
F Hutchinson Det 34		W Spahn Bsn	43
J Haynes Wsh	 31		R Barney Bkn	42
S Gromek Cle	 31		A Jurisch StL	39

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - SETON HALL'S GARY TAYLOR
Despite, or perhaps because of a back injury suffered in Seton Hall's final NCAA tournament game of the season, junior center Gary Taylor has decided to skip his senior year and enter the NBA draft. For his part Taylor says the injury had no bearing either way on his decision, he simply felt it was time to take his game to the pro ranks.

Taylor spent 3 seasons as the starting center for the Pirates and improved his game in each of those years. He led Seton Hall to two straight Big East tournament titles and was named to the conference allstar team this year.

There is plenty of competition at center in this year's draft but as long as his back is sound Taylor should hear his name called by the middle of the first round.

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		GARY TAYLOR'S CAREER STATS AT SETON HALL
YEAR    GP  MPG	  PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
44-45   33 31.4	  8.3  9.3  1.4 0.8  0.4  1.7 .397 .829 .000
45-46   34 31.6  10.1 11.8  1.6 1.1  0.1  2.0 .420 .813 .500
46-47   34 30.5  13.7 13.8  1.0 1.0  1.3  3.0 .644 .774 .000
       --- ----  ---- ----  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ---- ----
career 101 31.2	 10.7 11.7  1.3	1.0  0.6  2.2 .494 .804	.500

Gary Taylor is a fictional player created by TDCB.

GOLF
BING CROSBY PRO-AM BEGINS TOMORROW
Bing Crosby's annual pro-am tournament begins tomorrow in a brand new venue. After a decade at Rancho Santa Fe near San Diego the event will now be played on three courses in the Monterey Penninsula - Pebble Beach, Cypress Point and Del Monte. The event will also be extended from 36 holes to 54 with one round being contested at each of the courses.

HORSE RACING
PHALANX, JET PILOT CO-FAVOURITES IN PREAKNESS
Kentucky Derby winner Jet Pilot is a co-favourite at 2-1 along with the third place finisher in the Derby Phalanx for Saturday's Preakness Stakes. The next two most popular horses with the early bettor's are On Trust and Faultless, both at 5-1. Liberty Road's surprising second place finish at Churchill Downs is getting little respect at Pimlico - the horse is set at 10-1 as of Tuesday.

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Here are the mid-week odds

Jet Pilot 	2-1
Phalanx   	2-1
On Trust  	5-1
Faultless 	5-1
Bulletproof 	9-1
Liberty Road   10-1
Stepfather     10-1
Star Reward    12-1
Jett Jett      12-1
Riskolater     12-1
WL Sickle      15-1
Double Jay     20-1
Cosmic Bomb    20-1

Tiger Fan · 11-20-2004, 02:02 PM

edited to post as a poll instead.

Vris · 11-20-2004, 02:52 PM

I love the way it is now Tiger Fan, but I have no qualms with you moving faster.

I love the newspaper format, which gives the day to day detail that much more oomph. I know what you mean about moving into modern times, especially that the games you have don't accommodate for your time period. It works though, you've done a great job working it all in.

Your decision is ultimate, and I know whatever you decide will turn out fantastic. I know my analysis doesn't really help, but hey, this is one of my favorites and I know your going to do a great job with it.

Tiger Fan · 11-20-2004, 03:07 PM

thanks for the feedback Vris. I moved it into a poll so it did not get lost in the day to day recaps.

Your answer about sums up my thoughts. I love the day to day stuff but at the same time I want to see what happens with Otto Graham in Tampa, I want to see if Cousy can lead Holy Cross to an NCAA title and then dominate the NBA, what kind of career numbers Howe will put up in the NHL, will top draft picks Art Houtteman and Earl Torgeson become mlb stars. Futher down the road it will be great to see Cassius Clay enter the ring, and Johnny Unitias turn pro and Mantle and Mays and Orr and Chamberlain.

At my current pace I will likely never get there, but is that so bad? This is the first day to day historical sim I have done (the HOB's have always been quick sim the year) and the amount of detail I can focus on is incredible. Stuff that would go unnoticed in a quick sim. Chiefs QB Ulish Groce would never have been mentioned. John Layton, 3 time SWC player of the year was unnoticed while quick simming up to 1947 in college hoops, but now with the day to day aspect I can tell his story and watch his career unfold. Every Joe Louis title fight now has great anticipation for me as I build up to it. Golf gives me great stories like board member created Scott *Tibbetts improbbale performance at Phoenix.

I just can't decide.

Tib · 11-20-2004, 03:43 PM

YEAH!!! 2nd place as an amateur! Feels fantastic to finish with my hero, Ben Hogan!

Tiger Fan · 11-20-2004, 07:05 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY MAY 17, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SEVEN IN A ROE
Preacher Roe continues to baffle National League batters as he improved his record to 7-0 by leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past St Louis 3-2 at Forbes Field. Roe had allowed just 3 hits before Ben Chapman doubled to lead off the top of the ninth inning. Alex Carrasquel came on to replace Roe and, while Chapman did eventually score, he preserved the Pirates win and earned his 7th save of the season in the process. Two of Pittsburgh's runs came on a bases-loaded single from first baseman Bill Nagel in the 6th and the final one came on doubles from Ralph Kiner and Tony Cuccinello in the 8th. George Dockins took the loss to even his record at 4-4. At 22-8 the Pirates have a 4.5 game lead on second place St Louis in the National League.

Ron Northey had a career day for the Phillies in Cincinnati. The reserve outfielder, making his first start of the season, homered and drove in a career high 7 runs as the Phillies rocked the Reds 12-2. Northey was 3 rbi's shy of the National League single game mark of 10 set by Chick Hafey of St Louis in 1930 and equalled by Joe Dimaggio of the Reds in 1941. Northey hit a grand slam in the first inning, an rbi single in the second and a 2-run double in the sixth.

Tony Giuliani also had the game of his career. The seldom used Cubs catcher hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 8th inning to give Chicago a 7-5 victory over Boston. Just two innings earlier Giuliani tied the game at 5 with his first 2-run blast of the game. The longtime minor leaguer had just 5 career homeruns entering the game.

In the other National League game Stan Hack drove in 3 runs as Brooklyn dumped New York 4-1.

PLAYER PROFILE - TONY GIULIANI
Tony Giuliani is your classic bench player. Released by 4 teams the St. Paul, Minnesota native spent 9 seasons in the minors before finally earning a major league roster spot for a full season. Just like his real life career, his AllSports replay career has hardly been noteworthy but Giuliani is the type of player you love to see have that occassional moment of fame like he did by hitting a pair of homers in today's game.

His career is a testament to preservation. Given his first taste of major league action with the Browns in September of 1939, Giuliani went 1-for-13 in 4 games and was never recalled by the Browns again. St Louis released him in 1939 but he was picked up by the Giants almost immediately. After a year in their system he was released in May of 1940 only to get a chance with Brooklyn a couple of weeks later. The Dodgers would release him in 1941 without ever moving him above AA but in mid-June of that year the Phillies signed him. He would get his second shot at the majors in 1942 but would get just 2 hits in 12 at bats and was released by the Phillies in May of 1943. The Cubs signed him a month later and gave him a 4-game trial in September of 1943. He would see some major league action in 1944 due to injuries and in the spring of 1945 beat out Clyde McCullough for the backup catcher spot after Bob Scheffing was moved to the Yankees.

It was a case of being in the right spot at the right time as Giuliani did a decent job as the backup and won himself a World Series ring. He was 0-for-2 in his two series appearances but that did not diminish the excitement of being a member of a World Champion ballclub. Today was the first time in his career he ever hit two homers or had more than 2 rbi in a major league game.

In real life Giuliani hit .233 in 243 career major league games with the Browns, Senators and Dodgers. He never hit a homerun in real life and never played more than 71 games in a season. In researching his career I learned he actually just passed away a month ago at the age of 91. Other notes including he was the opposing catcher on the day Joe Dimaggio made his major league debut in 1936. He was a longtime scout for the Senators/Twins and among others was responsible for scouting Kent Hrbek and John Castino.

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	TONY GIULIANI'S CAREER STATS
Year Teams	 G   AB	  R	H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  AVG
1936    A	69  257  27    64  17	0   5   21 .249
       AA	50  193	 24    42   6	0   5	23 .218
      SLA	 4   13	  1	1   1	0   0	 3 .077
1937   AA      119  460	 59   123  22	0  31	80 .267
1938   AA      119  431	 74   121  17	1  30	86 .281
1939   AA      116  425	 57   117  13	0  32	80 .275
1940   AA      104  392	 54   128  18	3  24	72 .327
1941   AA      113  397	 56   124  18	2  22	49 .312
1942  AAA      112  374	 45    97  19	0  11	46 .259
      PHI	 4   12	  0	2   0	0   0	 0 .167
1943  AAA      102  313	 43    79   7	1  12	35 .252
    PHI-CHN	 4    9	  1	2   1	0   0	 3 .222
1944  AAA	40   51	  8    10   1	0   4	 7 .196
     CHN	32   67	  9    18   4	0   0   10 .269
1945 CHN	68  155	 15    43   2	0   2   20 .277
1946 CHN	78  171	 20    45   6	0   3   15 .263
1947 CHN	 8   30	  6    10   1	0   2	 5 .333
---- ---       ---  ---  --   ---  --  --  --   -- ----
MLB Totals     198  457	 52   121  15	0   7   56 .265

PLAYER PROFILE - RON NORTHEY
Journeyman outfielder Ron Northey enjoyed far and away the most productive day of his major league career today when he drove in 7 runs in a 12-2 Phillies win. While never released like Giuliani, Northey did have to spend a fair bit of time in the minors and a lot of time on the bench before his big day.

In real life Northey spent 12 seasons in the majors and was a career .276 hitter for the Phillies, Cards, Cubs and White Sox. His son Scott would play 20 games for the expansion Royals in 1969. His best season was 1944 with the Phillies when he hit 22 homers and drove in 104 runs.

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		RON NORTHEY'S CAREER MLB STATS
Year Teams	 G   AB	  R	H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  AVG
1942	PHI	15   16	  1	2   0	0   1	 3 .125
1943	PHI	24   25	  1	7   1	0   1	 8 .280
1944	PHI	67  105	 14    31   7	1   1	17 .295
1945	PHI    118  341	 39    88  16	1   6	44 .258
1946	PHI	67   77	 10    20   7	0   1	16 .260
1947	PHI	12   15	  2	6   2	0   1	 9 .400
---- ---       ---  ---  --   ---  --  --  --   -- ----
Total	       303  579	 67   154  33	2  11	97 .266

RED SOX INCH CLOSER TO .500
After starting the season 3-15 it is amazing that the Boston Red Sox are within 4 games of the .500 mark less than 2 weeks later. That is what going on a streak that sees you win 9 of 10 games will do for you. The Red Sox beat Detroit for the third straight time, dropping the Tigers 6-2 at Fenway behind an Andy Karl 6-hitter.

In other American League action Cleveland beat New York 5-3 handing Dizzy Dean his second straight loss after starting the season 5-0. Oscar Grimes and Mike Tresh each hit a 2-run homer to lead the Tribe.

Catcher Norm Schlueter, recalled just 5 days ago, hit his second homer of the season as the Chicago White Sox dumped St Louis 7-3. In Washington, Joe Haynes went the distance as the Senators topped Philadelphia 7-2

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	20	 8	.714	 x
NEW YORK	19	12	.613	2.5
ST LOUIS	17	14	.548	4.5
WASHINGTON	14	15	.483	6.5
BOSTON		12	16	.429	8.0
CHICAGO		12	17	.414	8.5
DETROIT		12	17	.414	8.5
PHILADELPHIA	11	18	.379	9.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	22	 8	.733	 x
ST LOUIS	18	13	.581	4.5
PHILADELPHIA	15	12	.556	5.5
CHICAGO		15	13	.536	6.0
CINCINNATI	16	14	.533	6.0
BOSTON		10	17	.370   10.5
BROOKLYN	10	18	.357   11.0
NEW YORK	 8	19	.296   12.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 7 Philadelphia 2
Boston 6 Detroit 2
Chicago 7 St Louis 3
Cleveland 5 New York 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 7 Boston 5
Brooklyn 4 New York 1
Philadelphia 12 Cincinnati 2
Pittsburgh 3 St Louis 2

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-5, 4.47) at Washington (R Barrett 2-3, 6.44)
Detroit (B Byerly 0-0, 6.00) at Boston (R Melton 1-1, 9.00)
Chicago (G Schott 4-3, 3.57) at St Louis (T Baker 3-3, 3.23)
New York (J Brown 3-3, 6.86) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 6-0, 1.04)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (E Head 4-3, 3.66) at Boston (K Raffensberger 2-3, 2.58)
New York (R Bauers 1-4, 3.74) at Brooklyn (L Webber 1-4, 5.20)
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-3, 4.43) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 4-2, 4.11)
St Louis (S Ferens 1-1, 3.94) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 3-2, 6.33)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .378		B Elliott Pit	.411
J Heath Cle	 .350		G Rosen Bkn	.391
W Judnich SLB	 .346		G Scharein StL	.355

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	7		W Cooper StL	7
T Williams Bos	6		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 29		B Elliott Pit	31
B Young Bos	 26		A Vaughan Pit	30
D Walker NYY	 24		R Kiner Pit	24

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	6-0		P Roe Pit	7-0
S Gromek Cle	5-0		C Schanz Phi	6-2
D Dean NYY	5-2		J Tobin	Pit	5-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.04		A Zabala NYG	1.13
T Bonham NYY	1.68		P Roe Pit	2.19
E Johnson Bos	1.74		V Olsen Chn	2.30

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh	 38		W Spahn Bsn	43
F Hutchinson Det 34		R Barney Bkn	42
S Gromek Cle	 31		A Jurisch StL	39

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - UCLA HAS A PAIR OF POTENTIAL PICKS
Two former UCLA Bruins could hear their names called on draft day. Senior forward Chet *McNabb was the team's leading scorer and it's top rebounder. A 4-year starter McNabb leaves UCLA as it's second highest career scorer.

PG Bruce *Hale saw limited action his first two seasons but really blossomed as a junior. While the Bruins would love to have him back for his senior campaign he does appear ready for the next level.

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	BRUCE *HALE'S CAREER STATS AT UCLA
YEAR    GP  MPG	  PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
44-45	32 15.6	  6.2  0.7  2.5	1.2  1.0  0.0 .366 .705	.306
45-46	32 11.4	  5.1  0.4  1.9	1.2  1.0  0.0 .427 .747	.308
46-47	35 26.9	  8.4  1.7  5.6	4.7  2.1  0.1 .369 .735	.324
        -- ----   ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ---- ----
career	99 18.3	  6.7  1.0  3.4	2.4  1.4  0.0 .380 .730	.315

	CHET *MCNABB'S CAREER STATS AT UCLA
YEAR    GP  MPG	  PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
43-44	37 25.4	  9.0  6.6  0.6	0.6  1.4  0.5 .441 .686	.407
44-45	32 28.6	 13.0 11.4  0.7	0.5  1.5  1.2 .442 .717	.372
45-46	32 29.8	 13.6 11.7  0.6	0.7  2.0  2.5 .432 .718	.297
46-47	35 30.0	 15.5 15.5  1.5	0.9  2.2  2.4 .464 .643	.352
       --- ----  ---- ----  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ---- ----
career 136 28.4	 12.7 11.2  0.8	0.7  1.8  1.6 .446 .686	.356

In real life Hale attended Santa Clara and played 3 seasons in the NBA with Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. He also coached Oakland of the ABA in 1968.

In real life McNabb attended Arizona State and West Texas State before playing 2 games for the Baltimore Bullets in 1947-48

BOXING NEWS
FLYWEIGHTS HERMAN AND KANE MEET IN GLASGOW
The flyweight division is dominated by the British and a pair of top fighters in that weight class meet in Glasgow, Scotland tonight. Vic Herman, ranked 5th in the world fights in his hometown against Liverpool native and 9th ranked Peter Kane.

Herman, who lost to Kane nearly two years ago early in the postwar title tournament, sports a 14-3-2 record. He most recently scored a first round knockout of then 16th ranked Dado Marino. Kane is 16-2-1 with both of his losses coming against Little Dado of the Phillippines.

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Here are the top 10 Flyweights:
RANK	NAME		HOMETOWN			RECORD
CH    Teddy Gardner   	West Hartlepool, England  	17-2-1
2     Jackie Patterson	Ayrshire, Scotland		20-2-0
3     Speedy Akira	Yokohama, Japan			15-4-2
4     Rinty Monaghan	Belfast, Ireland		17-4-1
5     Vic Herman	Glasgow, Scotland		14-3-2
6     Black Pico	Havana, Cuba			16-2-0
7     Little Dado	Phillippines			19-4-2
8     Yoshio Shirai	Tokyo, Japan			11-3-2
9     Peter Kane	Liverpool, England		16-2-1
10    Louis Skena	Nice, France			17-4-1

The top  Americans and their overall rank
13    Jackie Jurich	San Jose, California		15-4-0
20    Dado Marino	Honolulu, Hawaii		12-4-0

GOLF
BING CROSBY PRO-AM TEES OFF
After a 4 year hiatus the Bing Crosby Pro-Am resumes today with a new format and a new location. The tournament has been stretched from two rounds to three and will now be played in the Monterey Penninsula instead of San Diego. Sam Snead has won the tournament 3 times. The only amateur to win the tournament outright was John Dawson in 1942.

1946 No Tournament
1945 No Tournament
1944 No Tournament
1943 No Tournament
1942 John Dawson 133
1942 Lloyd Mangrum 133
1941 Sam Snead 136
1940 Ed Oliver 135
1939 Dutch Harrison 138
1938 Sam Snead 139
1937 Sam Snead 68

INDY 500
QUALIFYING RESUMES THIS WEEKEND
Final qualifying for next Saturday's Indy 500 autorace resumes this weekend. The first 12 positions are already handed out including the pole which will go to first time Indy 500 entrant Bill Holland. This will be the 31st running of the event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Tiger Fan · 11-21-2004, 09:31 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MAY 18, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LOHRMAN BLANKS YANKS FOR 16TH STRAIGHT WIN
Cleveland Indians righthander Bill Lohrman is about as close to a guaranteed victory as you will find. Lohrman improved to 7-0 this season and stretching back to last year has won his last 16 straight decisions after Cleveland blasted New York 7-0. Lohrman went the distance allowing just 4 hits and lowering his league leading era to 0.90. Mike Tresh hit his second homer in as many days to lead the Tribe offense.

The Chicago White Sox mounted a huge comeback to beat the St Louis Browns 4-3 in 10 innings. Trailing 3-0 in the top of the ninth outfielder Danny Litwhiler hit a 3-run homer to tie the game for Chicago and then St Louis starter Tom Baker threw a wild pitch in the top of the 10th that allowed pinch runner Bob Maier to score the winning run.

In other American League games Red Barrett tossed a 5-hit shutout as Washington blanked Philadelphia 9-0. In Boston, Joe Gantenbein and Dom Dallessandro homered as Detroit doubled the Red Sox 10-5.

In the National League Ken Raffensberger and the Braves blanked Chicago 2-0. Raffensberger tossed a complete game 4-hitter to even his record at 3-3.

Stan Ferens seems to be fully recovered from the back injury that cost him nearly a full year. The Cardinals veteran starter improved his record to 2-1 with his second straight complete game 5 hitter, this one a 4-0 win in Pittsburgh. Whitey Kurowski and Marty Marion each had 3 hits for St Louis.

Joe Medwick and Johnny Ripple homered as Cincinnati hammered Philadelphia 16-4 while Hank Leiber's 2-run double in the top of the ninth gave the New York Giants a 5-3 win in Brooklyn. Giants rookie catcher Yogi Berra enjoyed his first 3 hit game.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	21	 8	.724	 x
NEW YORK	19	13	.594	3.5
ST LOUIS	17	15	.531	5.5
WASHINGTON	15	15	.500	6.5
CHICAGO		13	17	.433	8.5
DETROIT		13	17	.433	8.5
BOSTON		12	17	.414	9.0
PHILADELPHIA	11	19	.367   10.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	22	 9	.710	 x
ST LOUIS	19	13	.594	3.5
CINCINNATI	17	14	.548	5.0
PHILADELPHIA	15	13	.536	5.5
CHICAGO		15	14	.517	6.0
BOSTON		11	17	.393	9.5
BROOKLYN	10	19	.345   11.0
NEW YORK	 9	19	.321   11.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 9 Philadelphia 0
Detroit 10 Boston 5
Chicago 4 St Louis 3 (10 inn)
Cleveland 7 New York 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 2 Chicago 0
New York 5 Brooklyn 3
Cincinnati 16 Philadelphia 4
St Louis 4 Pittsburgh 0

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (V Trucks 1-5, 4.17) at Washington (D Adkins 1-3, 5.12)
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-5, 4.08) at Boston (T Hughson 1-3, 5.04)
New York (M Lanier 3-3, 2.19) at St Louis (A McKain 4-1, 3.97)
Chicago (E Lopat 3-4, 5.24) at Cleveland (S Gromek 5-0, 4.53)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (P Erickson 2-4, 5.03) at Boston (W Spahn 3-4, 4.28)
New Yok (K Chase 2-4, 7.75) at Brooklyn (R Barney 2-2, 3.83)
Philadelphia (M Macon 2-0, 2.65) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 2-2, 4.97)
St Louis (E White 4-2, 3.63) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 5-1, 3.75)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .378		B Elliott Pit	.400
J Heath Cle	 .349		G Rosen Bkn	.389
C Travis Wsh	 .344		G Scharein StL	.361

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	7		W Cooper StL	7
T Williams Bos	6		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 32		B Elliott Pit	31
B Young Bos	 26		A Vaughan Pit	30
D Walker NYY	 24		R Kiner Pit	24

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	7-0		P Roe Pit	7-0
S Gromek Cle	5-0		C Schanz Phi	6-2
D Dean NYY	5-2		J Tobin	Pit	5-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.90		A Zabala NYG	     1.13
T Bonham NYY	1.68		P Roe Pit	     2.19
E Johnson Bos	1.74		K Raffensberger Bsn  2.24

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh	 38		W Spahn Bsn	43
B Lohrman Cle	 35		R Barney Bkn	42
T Baker SLB	 34		A Jurisch StL	39

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - TWO WASHINGTON GUARDS MAY GO IN ROUND 1
University of Washington hoops fans were more than a litte dissappointed to learn that guards Bob *Harrison and George *Feigenbaum were turning pro after their sophomore seasons. Harrison in particular will be missed after leading the team in assists and finishing second in scoring with 14.9 ppg. Feigenbaum was bothered by minor injuries all season and never did get in the starting lineup during his two years with the Huskies. However, he has a higher upside as far as NBA scouts are concerned.

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	BOB *HARRISON'S CAREER STATS AT WASHINGTON
YEAR    GP  MPG	  PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
45-46	31 15.7	  4.2  1.1  3.6	1.9  0.7  0.0 .398 .667	.298
46-47	34 31.0	 14.9  2.6  6.0	3.1  1.9  0.1 .482 .750	.449
        -- ----   ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ---- ----
career	65 23.7	  9.8  1.9  4.8	2.5  1.3  0.0 .462 .729	.416
    	
	GEORGE *FEIGENBAUM CAREER STATS AT WASHINGTON
YEAR    GP  MPG	  PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
45-46	31 21.0	 10.1  1.6  2.5	1.0  1.0  0.2 .405 .763	.387
46-47	33 11.3	  3.4  1.2  0.9	0.3  0.5  0.1 .232 .780	.188
        -- ----   ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ---- ----
career	64 16.0	  6.6  1.4  1.7	0.7  0.8  0.2 .340 .769	.346

In real life George Feigenbaum played at LIU before playing 17 NBA games over 2 seasons. Bob Harrison played 9 NBA seasons with the Lakers, Hawks and Nationals following a stellar career at Michigan.

GOLF - BING CROSBY PRO-AM
WEETMAN LEADS AFTER FIRST ROUND OF CROSBY
Britian's Harry Weetman has a 2 stroke lead after the opening round of the Bing Crosby Pro-Am. Weetman, who played on the Del Monte course has a 2 stroke lead on Sam King, who also played Del Monte. Half of the field played Del Monte and the other half played Cypress Point. They will switch for Friday's second round and then the entire field plus the top six amateurs will compete at Pebble Beach for Saturday's final round.

Among the amateurs Scott xTibbetts, who tied for second last week in Phoenix, contined his hot play with a 70 yesterday. xTibbetts played at Del Monte and he is tied with William Scarborough III, who also shot a 70 but at the tougher Cypress Point course. Among the celebrity amateurs, UCLA hoops star and possible NBA draft pick Chet McNabb carded an impressive 77 with host Bing Crosby just a stroke behind him.

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PROS		SCORE
WEETMAN		65
KING		67
OLIVER		68
ADAMS		69
CERDA		69
WORSHAM		69
BOROS		70
FURGOL		70
MACKAY JR	70
BURKE JR	71
DALY		71
WARD		71
BURTON		72
FORD		72
HARBERT		72
HARRISON	72
HORNE		72
KEISER		72
LEES		72
RIEGEL		72
SMITH		72
STRANAHAN	72
TURNERSA	72
VON NIDA	72
FERRIER		73
HAEFNER		73
HOGAN		73
LOCKE		73
SHUTE		73
SNEAD		73
BARRON		74
COTTON		74
GHEZZI		74
HAMILTON	74
HARPER		74
MIDDLECOFF	74
NELSON		74
WOOD		74
DE VICENZO	75
DEMARET		75
HEBERT		75
LITTLE		75
METZ		75
REES		75
RUNYON		75
BOLT		76
BRUEN		76
BULLA		76
BYRD		76
FAZIO		76
REVOLTA		76
THOMSON		76
VAN DONCK	76
BRADSHAW	77
FLECK		77
HARMON		77
MCSPADDEN	78
WALL		78
DUTRA		79
LAFFOON		79
FAULKNER	80
SARAZEN		80
MANGRUM		83

TOP AMATEURS	Score
xScarborough-a	70
x-Tibbetts-a	70
ROSBURG-a	71
xWhistler-a	71
DAWSON-a	72
CARR-a		75
Chet McNabb	77 (UCLA hoops star)
Bing Crosby	78
xMartin-a	78
xWhite-a	78
Don Schlereth	79 (49ers first round pick)
xDePore-a	79
Joseph Smith	80 (USC hoops star)
Bob Hope	81
Justin Jackson 	81 (Chargers QB)
Herm Fuetsch	82 (KC Kings PG -UCLA alum)
Johnny Cushing  83 (Raiders RB)
Sid Luckman	84 (Bears QB)
Hank Norberg	84 (Stanford DE)
Otto Graham	86 (Bucs first round pick QB)
Bob Fenimore	87 (Chargers first round pick RB)
Ken Kavanaugh   87 (Bears WR)

HORSE RACING
PREAKNESS POST POSITIONS ANNOUNCED
The starting grid has been announced for Saturday's running of the Preakness Stakes. Jet Pilot is looking to add the second leg of the Triple Crown to his Kentucky Derby victory but he will have to do it starting way outside. Jet Pilot drew the #10 spot. It may not bother him as he started in the 11th spot at the Derby.

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

BOXING
KANE WINS SLUGFEST WITH HERMAN
Peter Kane and Vic Herman went toe-to-toe for 9 rounds in Glasgow before the referee stopped their bantamweight bout due to heavy bleeding around both of Herman's eyes. With the TKO Kane, who was ahead on all 3 scorecards, moves to 17-2-1. Herman falls to 14-4-2 but he certainly gave the Liverpool lad some competition. Both fighters looked like they had been in a war when it was over as Kane was bleeding from the mouth and from a bad gash above his right eye.

There is boxing action in the USA tonight as a pair of top featherweight contenders will meet at National Hall in San Francisco. Seattle's Harold Hoshino will take on Charlie Riley. Hoshino, known as the Japanesse Sandman, is considered the top contender for World Champion Willie Pep's crown. Hoshino is 25-3-1 with 18 knockouts. Riley, who hails from St Louis, is 22-4 with 12 ko's and considered the 5th best featherweight in the world. Hoshino and Riley have met once before, early in the postwar tournament with Hoshino scoring a second round TKO. It is expected the winner of this fight will get a shot at Pep.

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Here are the top 10 featherweights
RANK	NAME		RECORD	HOMETOWN
CHAMP Willie Pep	18-0-0	Hartford, Conn.
2     Harold Hoshino	25-3-1	Seattle
3     Sandy Saddler	22-2-0	Boston
4     Ray Famechon	25-12-0 Sous-le-bois-Maubeurge, France
5     Charlie Riley	22-4-0	St Louis
6     Diego Sosa	27-11-0 Cuba
7     Georgie Hansford	21-12-0	Cedar Rapids, Iowa
8     Simon Vegara	37-6-2	Panama
9     Chalky Wright	25-6-1  San Bernardino, California
10    Pat Iacobucci	24-12-1	Cincinnati

Dargone · 11-23-2004, 03:50 AM

Great as always, keep up the good work...

Tiger Fan · 11-25-2004, 02:25 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY MAY 19, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
DEFENDING CHAMPS CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY
If the first month is any indication you can expect to see the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates meet in the World Series for the second straight year. Both the Tribe and Bucs have started quickly and enjoy the lead in their respective leagues.

Pittsburgh has been getting a tremendous pitching effort from Preacher Roe (7-0, 2.19) and plenty of offense led by Bob Elliott (.404,6,32), Arky Vaughan (.321,5,31) and Ralph Kiner (.323,3,24). The Pirates led the St Louis Cardinals by 4.5 games even though Cy Young winner Cliff Melton has been sidelined for the past 3 weeks.

Cleveland has the best 1-2 punch in the American League right now in starting pitchers Bill Lohrman (7-0, 0.90) and Steve Gromek (6-0, 4.24). The Indians offense is not as powerful as Pittsburgh's but they do lead in the American League in runs scored thanks to outfielders Jeff Heath (.356,4,20) and Ival Goodman (.304.2.18) and third baseman Oscar Grimes (.257,6,19).

In yesterday's action Jeff Heath hit his fourth homer of the season and Steve Gromek improved to 6-0 as Cleveland beat Chicago 3-2. The Pirates needed a 10th inning rbi single from Arky Vaughan to beat St Louis 3-2.

Other American League action had Detroit beat Washington 4-3, Fred Caliguiri improved his record to 5-1 as Philadelphia beat Boston 8-3 while in St Louis, the Yankees beat the Browns 7-5 thanks to a 4-rbi game from outfielder Sam Byrd.

In the National League pinch-hitter Butch Nieman's bases loaded double in the 7th inning helped Boston past the Cubs 6-5, the New York Giants edged Brooklyn 3-2 while Philadelphia outslugged Cincinnati 10-9.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	22	 8	.733	 x
NEW YORK	20	13	.606	3.5
ST LOUIS	17	16	.515	6.5
WASHINGTON	15	16	.484	7.5
DETROIT		14	17	.452	8.5
CHICAGO		13	18	.419	9.5
BOSTON		12	18	.400   10.0
PHILADELPHIA	12	19	.387   10.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	23	 9	.719	 x
ST LOUIS	19	14	.576	4.5
PHILADELPHIA	16	13	.552	5.5
CINCINNATI	17	15	.531	6.0
CHICAGO		15	15	.500	7.0
BOSTON		12	17	.414	9.5
NEW YORK	10	19	.345   11.5
BROOKLYN	10	20	.333   12.0

YESTRDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 4 Washington 3
Philadelphia 8 Boston 3
New York 7 St Louis 5
Cleveland 3 Chicago 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 6 Chicago 5
New York 3 Brooklyn 2
Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 9
Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (B Byerly 1-0, 6.60) at Washington (D Adkins 1-3, 5.12)
Philadelphia (R Scarborough 3-3, 3.83) at Boston (R Melton 1-2, 7.23)
New York (T Bonham 4-3, 1.68) at St Louis (S Zoldak 3-2, 3.29)
Chicago (G Schott 4-3, 3.57) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-3, 2.78)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (J Welch 3-3, 5.28) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 1-1, 2.25)
New York (A Zabala 2-1, 1.13) at Cincinnati (A Carter 5-3, 2.66)
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-3, 4.43) at Brooklyn (D Black 1-3, 2.62)
St Louis (A Jurisch 4-3, 2.39) at Boston (B Donovan 0-3, 2.64)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
D Wakefield Det	 .362		B Elliott Pit	.404
J Heath Cle	 .356		G Rosen Bkn	.398
C Travis Wsh	 .330		G Scharein StL	.363

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
F Crosetti NYY	7		H Clift Chn	9
T Hafey Cha	7		W Cooper StL	7
T Williams Bos	6		E Torgeson Bsn	6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 32		B Elliott Pit	32
B Young Bos	 26		A Vaughan Pit	31
D Walker NYY	 24		R Kiner Pit	24

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	7-0		P Roe Pit	7-0
S Gromek Cle	6-0		C Schanz Phi	6-2
D Dean NYY	5-2		J Tobin	Pit	5-1

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.90		A Zabala NYG	     1.13
T Bonham NYY	1.68		P Roe Pit	     2.19
E Johnson Bos	1.74		K Raffensberger Bsn  2.24

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
V Trucks Det	 40		W Spahn Bsn	46
S Gromek Cle	 39		R Barney Bkn	44
J Haynes Wsh	 38		E White StL	44

BOXING
RILEY EARNS SHOT AT WILLIE PEP
In a bout to determine who would get a shot at World Featherweight Champion Willie Pep, Charley Riley proved he wanted the opportunity more. Riley withstood an early barrage from number one ranked contender Harold Hoshino and gradually wore down the Japanesse Sandman before putting him to sleep for good with a 15th round knockout. St Louis native Riley was by far the better tactical boxer in the bout and improved his record to 23-4 with the victory.

Hoshino was sent to the canvas twice, in the 11th round and again a minute into the 15th and final round. He struggled to his knees but could not beat the count the second time. Hoshino's record falls to 25-4-1. Hoshino had beaten Riley by a second round TKO when they meet during the postwar tournament slightly over a year ago.

Prior to this bout Pep had said he would fight the winner in a title defense, likely in September. Pep, at 18-0, most recently defended his title with a unanimous decision over European champ Ray Famechon last month in Boston. It will be the first meeting between Pep and Riley in my replay.

In real life Pep and Riley met in January of 1950 in St Louis with Pep retaining his world title with a fifth round knock out of Riley.

ORTIZ TRIES TO GET BACK ON TRACK
Bantamweight Manny Ortiz was 37-0 before losing back to back fights including a huge upset loss at the hands of Canadian Fernando Gagnon that cost Ortiz the world title. The Corona, California native also lost to Cuban champ Luis Galvani in April. He will try to get back to his winning ways of old in a bout against another tough opponent. San Francisco native Tony Olivera is 25-2-2 and coming off of a majority draw against Galvani. Tonight's bout will take place in Los Angeles.

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TOP TEN BANTAMWEIGHTS

CHAMP	Luis Romero		21-6-1	Arcila, Spain
2	Luis Galvani		31-4-1	Havana, Cuba
3	Fernando Gagnon		32-4-1	Disaerli, Quebec
4	Hiroshi Horiguchi	23-12-2	Chigasaki, Japan
5	Gus Foran		24-6-0	Liverpool, England
6	Manny Ortiz		37-2-2	Corona, California
7	Luis Castillo		27-12-3	Mexico City
8	Tony Olivera		25-2-2	San Francisco, California
9	Guido Ferracin		27-6-2  Rovigo, Italy
10	Harold Dade		22-8-2	Chicago, Illinois

HORSE RACING
PHALANX FAVOURED IN PREAKNESS
Phalanx is favoured for today's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. The third place finisher in the Kentucky Derby remains a 2-1 favourite but Derby winner Jet Pilot has dropped to 5-2 odds.

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Here are the final odds for today's race.

Phalanx   	2-1
Jet Pilot 	5-2
On Trust  	4-1
Faultless 	5-1
Bulletproof 	7-1
Liberty Road    8-1
Stepfather     10-1
Star Reward    12-1
Jett Jett      12-1
Riskolater     12-1
WL Sickle      20-1
Double Jay     25-1
Cosmic Bomb    30-1

GOLF - BING CROSBY PRO-AM
LOCKE AND STRANAHAN SHARE LEAD
Bobby Locke and Frank Stranahan share the lead heading into the final round of the Bing Crosby Pro-Am. The finale of the 3-round event should be exciting as eight golfers including Byron Nelson are within 2 strokes of the lead. All golfers will compete at the fabulous Pebble Beach course after the first two rounds were contested at Monterey's other championship courses - Del Monte and Cypress Point.

The top 5 amateurs made the cut and they will be chasing California native John Dawson, who won the event in 1942, which was the last time it was held, and former Pepperdine student Scott xTibbetts. Dawson has his work cut out for him if he is to win the outright title again. He and xTibbetts are 4 strokes behind Locke and Stranahan. The top 5 amateurs automatically made the final round. In addition to the amateur co-leaders they are William Scarborough III from Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Britian's Joe Carr and California native Bob Rosberg.

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NAME		RD 1	RD 2	SCORE
LOCKE		73	66	-5
STRANAHAN	72	67	-5
COTTON		74	66	-4
MIDDLECOFF	74	66	-4
OLIVER		68	72	-4
RIEGEL		72	68	-4
HAEFNER		73	68	-3
KEISER		72	69	-3
MACKAY JR	70	71	-3
NELSON		74	67	-3
HEBERT		75	67	-2
KING		67	75	-2
WEETMAN		65	77	-2
DAWSON-a	72	71	-1
FURGOL		70	73	-1
HAMILTON	74	69	-1
HARPER		74	69	-1
LEES		72	71	-1
WARD		71	72	-1
x-Tibbetts-a	70	73	-1
ADAMS		69	75	 E
HOGAN		73	71	 E
SMITH		72	72	 E
VAN DONCK	76	68	 E
WORSHAM		69	75	 E
FERRIER		73	72	 1
HARBERT		72	73	 1
HARMON		77	68	 1
TURNERSA	72	73	 1
xScarborough-a	70	75	 1
CARR-a		75	72	 3
ROSBURG-a	71	79	 6

	MISSED CUT
BULLA		76	70	2
GHEZZI		74	72	2
METZ		75	71	2
SHUTE		73	73	2
VON NIDA	72	74	2
WOOD		74	72	2
BURKE JR	71	76	3
CERDA		69	78	3
DALY		71	76	3
FORD		72	75	3
HORNE		72	75	3
RUNYON		75	72	3
LITTLE		75	73	4
SNEAD		73	75	4
WALL		78	70	4
BOROS		70	79	5
DEMARET		75	74	5
HARRISON	72	77	5
MCSPADDEN	78	71	5
BOLT		76	74	6
BYRD		76	74	6
DE VICENZO	75	75	6
REVOLTA		76	74	6
THOMSON		76	74	6
BARRON		74	77	7
BRADSHAW	77	74	7
BRUEN		76	75	7
FLECK		77	74	7
xWhite-a	78	73	7
BURTON		72	80	8
DUTRA		79	73	8
FAULKNER	80	72	8
FAZIO		76	76	8
REES		75	77	8
LAFFOON		79	74	9
xWhistler-a	71	83	10
MANGRUM		83	72	11
xDePore-a	79	77	12
xMartin-a	78	78	12

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - VARUN HUNTER
CCNY senior forward Varun Hunter looks like a potential NBA all-star. Hunter has helped CCNY to the elite 8 each of the past 3 seasons and he certainly has plenty of experience playing for a winner, during his 3 years as a starter CCNY was 92-17 with a pair of Eastern Independant Conference titles. All-Conference each of the past two years, the native of Bow, New Hampshire led the EIC in scoring and finished second in rebounding this past season.

He is projected to be selected within the top 10 picks of next month's NBA draft.

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	VARUN HUNTER'S CAREER STATS AT CCNY
YEAR    GP  MPG	  PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%   FT%  3P%
43-44	 8  3.5	  0.6  0.4  0.2	0.0  0.2  0.0 .250 1.000 .000
44-45	31 25.9	 12.3  7.0  1.9	0.9  2.0  0.9 .493  .644 .360
45-46	39 32.1	 16.9 10.1  2.3	1.8  2.3  1.4 .436  .665 .321
46-47	33 30.5	 16.6 13.7  2.2	2.5  2.2  3.1 .476  .667 .366
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11-12-2004, 10:50 PM	#301
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 1947 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NEWS CHAMPION CHAPS COACH STEPS DOWN Nick Woods, who coached the Dallas Chaparrals to the NBA championship last week has announced his retirement. The 74 year old Woods had a career coaching record of 488-474 and retires after winning his first NBA title. The Chaps are expected to announce a replacement next week. Rumour has it assistant Mickey Smith may be in line for the job. Meanwhile, the other finalist has extended the contract of it's coach. Terms were not released but Baltimore will bring veteran coach Luke Ware back for at least one more season. FORMER CCNY STAR MCCLINTIC RETIRES FROM NBA Veteran New York Knickerbockers power forward Zaki McClintic has announced his retirement after a 13 year NBA career. McClintic never lived up to the hype surrounding him when he first entered the league after being named the NCAA player of the year in his final season at CCNY. A first round pick of Indianapolis (8th overall) in 1934 McClintic spent 4 seasons with the Olympians. He made the all-rookie team in 1934-35 by averaging 12.9 ppg and 7.0 rpg. He left Indianapolis for Buffalo in 1938 and was a key reserve on the Braves during his 4 years with that organization. He would then have stops in Syracuse, St Louis and Fort Wayne before winding up his career in the city he enjoyed his college success. In 820 career games McClintic average 8.4 ppg. He played in 33 playoff games and was a key contributer in Indianapolis' run to the finals in 1935, a run that ulitmately fell short in a championship series 4-game sweep at the hands of Philadelphia. BUCKEYE STARS HAVE EYES ON FIRST ROUND In an effort to familiarize the readers with the top players available in the June 4th NBA draft, I will take a look back at the college careers of many of the potential first rounders. We start with a look at a couple of Ohio State Buckeyes who expect to hear their names called very early on June 4th. Senior forward Paul Huston is a possible first overall pick. Named to the Big 10 all-conference team, Huston was second in the conference in ppg (16.6) and third in rebounds (11.5). The one weak spot in his game has been his free throw shooting which has steadily got worse through his college career. After helping the Buckeyes to the elite 8 in 1945-46, Huston and his teammates were dissappointed to exit the NCAA tourney in the second round this season. Huston holds the Ohio State record for points in a season with 643 in 1944-45 as well as the Big 10 record for field goals made in a season at 244. Code: PAUL HUSTON'S CAREER STATS AT OHIO STATE YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 4 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000 44-45 31 31.9 13.0 9.8 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.0 .368 .716 .280 45-46 39 31.0 16.5 9.6 1.8 1.2 1.2 0.9 .494 .619 .393 46-47 34 30.9 16.6 11.9 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.6 .427 .586 .319 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 108 30.1 14.9 10.0 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.1 .434 .635 .334 Junior Ohio State center Arnie Risen decide to forego his final year of eligibilty and enter the NBA draft where, despite a large number of centers available, he should be a mid-first round pick. Risen was third on the Buckeyes with 12.4 ppg and 9.7 rpg. He also led the team in blocked shots and led the Big 10 in field goal percentage. Risen has decent potential but might have been a first overall pick if he spent one more season in college. Code: ARNIE RISEN CAREER STATS AT OHIO STATE YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 31 29.0 7.6 8.5 0.8 1.3 0.0 2.0 .444 .776 .000 45-46 39 15.5 5.8 5.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.4 .518 .804 .000 46-47 34 31.1 12.4 9.7 1.4 1.2 0.1 2.6 .576 .838 .000 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 104 24.6 8.5 7.7 0.9 0.9 0.0 2.0 .523 .809 .000 In real life Arnie Risen played 10 seasons in the NBA for Rochester and the Boston Celtics after leaving Ohio State. He is in the NBA hall of fame. In real life Paul Huston played just 46 NBA games, all in 1948 for the Chicago Stags. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEAN WINS AGAIN - YANKEES TOP SENS 3-2 Dizzy Dean improved his record to 5-0 and the New York Yankees continue to be the hottest team in baseball after a 3-2 win over the Senators in Washington. Veteran OF Dixie Walker delivered an rbi single in the first to give New York the early lead but Washington scored twice in the bottom half of the inning thanks to 4 singles off of Dean. From there Dean would settle down and allow just one more hit the rest of the way. The Yankees would scratch out a couple of runs in later innings off of losing pitcher Joe Haynes and Dizzy would have his 5th win of the season. The 37 year old Dean is one of the biggest surprises of the season. He is 5-0 with a 1.85 era and putting up numbers that we have not seen from him since the late 1930's. The last time Dean won more than 9 games in a season was way back in 1939. RED SOX WIN TWO IN A ROW The Boston Red Sox are no longer the coldest team in the majors. That distinction now falls on the Chicago White Sox who suffered their 7th straight loss. The Red Sox got 4 rbi's from Stan Spence and 3 hits from Dom Dimaggio as they blasted the visiting White Sox 12-7 at Fenway. In St Louis, Al Williams and Bob Muncrief combined on a 5-hitter as the Browns beat Detroit 2-1 in 10 innings. Sig Gryska drove in the winning run with a bases loaded single off of Red Lynn. Jeff Heath's 2-run triple in the bottom of the first helped Bill Lohrman run his record to 5-0 as Cleveland doubled Philadelphia 4-2. Lohrman allowed 6 hits over 8 innings while Ray Poat pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save. NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP ROE OUTDUELS SCHANZ AS PIRATES TOP PHILS 4-1 Preacher Roe improved to 5-0 with a complete game 4-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates handed Charley Schanz his first loss of the season. Pittsburgh managed 11 hits off of Schanz (5-1) and beat the Phillies by a 4-1 score. In other National League action: Sam Chapman's 3-run homer keyed a 5-run outburst in the bottom of the 8th as Boston handed the New York Giants their 7th straight loss, 9-6. Braves starting pitcher Jesse Flores left the game in the fourth inning with a back injury. He was placed on the DL and will miss the next two weeks. Enos Slaughter and Walker Cooper homered as St Louis doubled Cincinnati 8-4 while in Brooklyn, the Chicago Cubs beat up the Dodgers 11-3. Harlond Clift hit a pair of homers for the Cubs to give him 9 on the season. FERENS RETURNS TO MOUND TONIGHT FOR ST LOUIS After nearly a full year recovering from back surgery St Louis Cardinals pitcher Stan Ferens returns to action today in Cincinnati. Ferens was 25-12 two seasons ago and off to a 5-1 start last year before rupturing a disk in his back. It was the first major injury the 32 year old ever suffered and the Cards are anxious to see if he can pick up where he left off. Code: STAN FERENS CAREER STATS Year Teams G GS w-l ERA IP HA ER BB K CG SHO 1942 SLA/WSH 32 32 13-15 4.09 251 247 114 86 79 20 3 1943 WS,BSN,BRO 38 38 23-10 2.48 323 263 89 102 132 28 7 1944 BRO/SLN 39 39 19-16 2.53 337 280 95 100 140 32 8 1945 SLN 40 40 25-12 2.86 346 325 110 116 154 34 4 1946 SLN 10 10 5-1 2.89 84 78 27 30 45 4 1 --------- -- ---- ------- ---- ---- --- --- --- ---- --- -- Total 159 159 85-54 2.92 1342 1193 435 434 550 118 23 National League allstar 1943,1944,1945 Pitched No-hitter against NYG July 6, 1943 Traded from St Louis(A) to Washington July 6, 1942 for P Dick Errickson Traded from Washington to Boston(N) June 28, 1943 for P Red Barett Traded from Boston(N) to Brooklyn June 29, 1943 for P Ed Head Traded from Brooklyn to St Louis July 25, 1944 for P Max Lanier Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 15 5 .750 x NEW YORK 15 8 .652 1.5 ST LOUIS 13 10 .565 3.5 WASHINGTON 11 10 .524 4.5 DETROIT 10 11 .476 5.5 CHICAGO 8 13 .381 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 8 13 .381 7.5 BOSTON 5 15 .250 10.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 16 6 .727 x ST LOUIS 14 9 .609 2.5 PHILADELPHIA 11 8 .579 3.5 CHICAGO 11 9 .550 4.0 CINCINNATI 12 10 .545 4.0 BOSTON 7 12 .368 7.5 BROOKLYN 6 14 .300 9.0 NEW YORK 5 14 .263 9.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 12 Chicago 7 St Louis 2 Detroit 1 Cleveland 4 Philadelphia 2 New York 3 Washington 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 9 New York 6 Chicago 11 Brooklyn 3 St Louis 8 Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 1 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (J Brown 2-2, 8.88) at Washington (R Barrett (0-3, 7.79) Chicago (D Errickson 2-2, 3.76) at Boston (B Bowman 1-2, 2.60) Detroit (S Overmire 2-2, 4.67) at St Louis (T Baker 2-2, 2.51) Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-3, 4.58) at Cleveland (S Gromek 3-0, 4.54) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (R Bauers 1-3, 3.32) at Boston (K Raffensberger 1-3, 2.61) Chicago (E Head 3-2, 4.07) at Brooklyn (L Webber 0-3, 6.51) St Louis (S Ferens 0-0, 0.00) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman (3-1, 3.74) Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 1-2, 3.82) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 3-1, 4.37) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .397 G Scharein StL .406 W Judnich SLB .360 B Elliott Pit .400 B Lewis Wsh .354 R Kiner Pit .361 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Williams Bos 5 W Cooper StL 6 T Hafey Cha 5 B Elliott Pit 5 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 23 B Elliott Pit 25 B Young Bos 19 A Vaughan Pit 24 F Crosetti NYY 18 R Kiner Pit 23 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 5-0 P Roe Pit 5-0 D Dean NYY 5-0 C Schanz Phi 5-1 H White Det 4-1 A Jurisch StL 4-2 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.05 V Olsen Chn 2.17 E Johnson Bos 1.52 D Black Bkn 2.23 D Dean NYY 1.84 P Roe Pit 2.36 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS J Haynes Wsh 29 W Spahn Bsn 31 D Dean NYY 29 A Jurisch StL 31 F Hutchinson Det 28 P Roe Pit 30 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NEWS SEAHAWKS SIGN TE WILLIE MCKNIGHT Former Baltimore Ravens tight end Willie McKnight has agreed to a 2 year deal with the Seattle Seahawks. McKnight, who has spent the last three seasons with the Ravens, started 15 games last year and had 48 catches incluidng a pair of touchdown grabs. His best year was 1945 when he had 62 catches during the season and another 16 in the playoffs as the Ravens won the NFL Championship. Originally drafted by Carolina in the 6th round of the 1941 draft, the former Temple start spent three seasons primarily on special teams for the Panthers before getting a chance to start when he joined the Ravens in 1944. McKnight's arrival likely spells the end of Dale Heinrich's days as Seattle's starting tight end. The former Nebraska Cornhusker started every game in franchise history until losing his job to rookie Anthony LaFavor for a few weeks last season. Heinrich and LaFavor combined to make 40 catches a year ago. In other signing news Oakland inked punter Steve Wrightster to a 1-year deal. Wrightster spent 6 seasons as the Lions punter but they choose not to renew his contract this season. Wrightster will compete with incumbant Erwin Ortego for the starting job in Oakland. INDIANAPOLIS 500 EXCITEMENT STARTING TO BUILD AT THE BRICKYARD Testing is underway all this week at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as drivers prepare for this weekend's first stage of qualifying. In practice runs Ted Horn appears to have the quickest car as he unofficially was approaching speeds of 128 miles an hour. The fastest time ever recorded in qualifying was 130.138 set by Jimmy Snyder in 1939. In addition to Horn, other drivers who looked very good in Tuesday's practice include Rex Mays, Freddie Agabashian and Shorty Cantlon. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

11-13-2004, 10:27 AM	#302
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY MAY 10, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAVE THE RED SOX TURNED THINGS AROUND? After a dreadful 3-15 start the Boston Red Sox celebrated their third straight victory when they topped Chicago 7-4. Johnny Pesky's bases loaded double led the Boston offense while pitcher Bob Bowman pitched 8 strong innings. "I think we have finally shaken this thing," said outfielder Mel Almada who had 3 hits in the game. "In the past month it got to where we were all just waiting for something to go wrong each game. A few wins can cure that in a hurry." The big test for the Red Sox comes this weekend when they host the New York Yankees in a 3 game series at Fenway. Unlike the White Sox, who are now stuck in an 8 game slump and likely feeling like the Red Sox did a week ago, the Yanks are the hottest team in the league. Speaking of the Yankees, they did not win yesterday but came very close. New York scored once in the top of the ninth but could not get the tying runner past second base as they lost 6-5 to Washington. Dixie Walker's 3-run homer in the 5th got New York close after Washington had built a 5-1 lead. Red Barrett earned the victory for the Sens, his first of the season to go along with 3 losses. 40 year old Jumbo Brown falls to 2-3 for the Yanks. Steve Gromek improved to 4-0 as Cleveland scored 3 times in the bottom of the 8th inning to beat Philadelphia 5-4. Lou Boudreau singled in the winning run off losing pitcher Bill Voiselle. In St Louis, Detroit 3rd baseman Joe Wood drove in 5 runs and second baseman Joe Gantenbein had 3 hits in the Tigers 10-4 mauling of the Browns. Stubby Overmire went the distance to improve his record to 3-2. ROOKIE HURLER HOUTTEMAN LEADS REDS Art Houtteman is making quite an early case for the National League rookie of the year award. The Cincinnati Reds hurler reeled off his fourth straight victory as the Reds dropped St Louis 6-2. Houtteman helped his own cause by getting a pair of hits and his first major league rbi. Joe Medwick homered for the Reds, who are 3-2 since losing Joe Dimaggio for a couple of weeks with an injury. Houtteman showed veteran poise, pitching out of a couple of jams to improve to 4-1 on the season. His only loss came in his major league debut against reigning Cy Young Award winner Cliff Melton and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite the loss Stan Ferens can feel good about his first major league appearance in nearly a year. A 25 game winner 2 years ago, Ferens pronounced himself fully recovered from back surgery and ready to rejoin the Cardinals rotation full time. In other action Joe Gordon homered and drove in 4 runs as Philadelphia dropped first place Pittsburgh 11-4. In Boston, pinch-hitter Johnny Rucker's 2-run double in the 10th inning keyed an 8-5 New York victory over the Braves. Dodgers hurler Les Webber tossed a complete game 4-hit shutout for his first victory of the season as Brooklyn blanked the visiting Chicago Cubs 5-0. Pee Wee Reese homered and newcomer Frank McCormick had 2 rbi's for the winners. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 16 5 .762 x NEW YORK 15 9 .625 2.5 WASHINGTON 12 10 .545 4.5 ST LOUIS 13 11 .542 4.5 DETROIT 11 11 .500 5.5 CHICAGO 8 14 .364 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 8 14 .364 8.5 BOSTON 6 15 .286 10.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 16 7 .696 x PHILADELPHIA 12 8 .600 2.5 ST LOUIS 14 10 .583 2.5 CINCINNATI 13 10 .565 3.0 CHICAGO 11 10 .524 4.0 BOSTON 7 13 .350 7.5 BROOKLYN 7 14 .333 8.0 NEW YORK 6 14 .300 8.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 6 New York 5 Boston 7 Chicago 4 Detroit 10 St Louis 4 Cleveland 5 Philadelphia 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 8 Boston 5 Brooklyn 5 Chicago 0 Cincinnati 6 St Louis 2 Philadelphia 11 Pittsburgh 4 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (M Lanier 1-3, 2.86) at Washington (M Candini 3-1, 3.79) Chicago (E Lopat 2-3, 5.17) at Boston (T Hughson 0-3, 6.35) Detroit (V Trucks 1-4, 4.03) at St Louis (A McKain 3-1, 3.57) Philadelphia (R Scarborough 2-3, 4.03) at Cleveland (C Passeau 1-1, 4.74) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (K Chase 2-2, 6.04) at Boston (W Spahn 2-3, 3.86) Chicago (P Erickson 1-3, 4.62) at Brooklyn (R Barney 2-0, 4.72) St Louis (E White 3-2, 4.22) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 1-2, 6.48) Philadelphia (B Swift 2-1, 2.38) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 3-1, 4.19) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .386 G Scharein StL .403 W Judnich SLB .354 B Elliott Pit .390 B Dilinger SLB .349 G Rosen Bkn .361 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Williams Bos 5 W Cooper StL 6 T Hafey Cha 5 B Elliott Pit 5 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 23 B Elliott Pit 25 B Young Bos 20 A Vaughan Pit 24 D Walker NYY 19 R Kiner Pit 23 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 5-0 P Roe Pit 5-0 D Dean NYY 5-0 C Schanz Phi 5-1 H White Det 4-1 A Jurisch StL 4-2 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.05 V Olsen Chn 2.17 E Johnson Bos 1.52 D Black Bkn 2.23 D Dean NYY 1.84 P Roe Pit 2.36 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS J Haynes Wsh 29 W Spahn Bsn 31 D Dean NYY 29 A Jurisch StL 31 T Baker SLB 29 P Roe Pit 30 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION DRAFT PREVIEW DEFENSIVE WHIZ SMITH LOOKS TO DRAFT USC power forward Joseph Smith may not be one of the best offensive players available in the NBA draft but you would be hard pressed to find a more imposing defensive force than the 6'10" senior from Sebastopol, California. Smith, who finished 7th in the nation with 14.6 rebounds per game, was a major reason why the Trojans made a surprising run all the way to the NCAA title game. He had 14 rebounds and an NCAA title game record 10 blocked shots in that contest but it was not quite enough as Kentucky proved to be too powerful for the underdog USC squad. Smith holds the PCC South record for blocked shots in a season with 152 this past year. He has the potential to be a dominant defensive presence in the NBA. Code: JOSEPH SMITH'S CAREER STATS AT USC YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 37 18.0 5.2 4.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 .429 .792 .000 44-45 36 30.4 9.6 9.5 0.9 0.6 1.3 2.7 .462 .772 .000 45-46 28 29.4 10.2 11.1 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.8 .510 .783 .000 46-47 38 29.7 11.3 14.6 1.1 0.4 1.7 4.0 .445 .748 .000 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 139 26.7 9.0 9.9 0.8 0.7 1.2 2.4 .460 .777 .000 Smith is a fictional player and therefore has no real life career to compare to. COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTES IT COULD BE A LONG YEAR FOR KENTUCKY Every season college basketball teams must face the loss of a graduating player or two but few teams will have a tougher adjustment than the National Champion Kentucky Wildcats. Four of the Wildcats five starters and a key reserve have all graduated. In all 6 players are gone including potential NBA first round draft picks Cliff Baker, Paul Noel and Jack Rocker. The others leaving are leading scorer Kenny Chilchote and backup forward Larry Hatthawy along with reserve center Dustan Stanback who have all used up their eligibility. In there place the Wildcats will add a decent but not outstanding recruiting class. The newcomers include Kevin Warpool, 6'7" center from Atlanta who will likely see substantial minutes early because of the lack of big men on the roster. Point Guard, Dale Barnstable likely will be the top recruit out of this class. Other newcomers include SG Walt xSmith from nearby Harlan, Kentucky, Adrin Coulter a PG from Royal Oak, Michigan and forwards Jarod Levick from Chicago an Anthony Jeansonne from Buena Vista, Colorado. Code: Here is a look at the returning Wildcats stats from this past season. Pos Games MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG YR Bob Donham PG 40 26.6 9.1 0.2 7.0 2.0 1.3 0.1 SO Zachary Britt PF 38 20.9 8.5 3.9 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.1 SR Jack Coleman PF 40 12.3 6.0 3.2 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.4 JR Wesley Paladino SG 11 5.4 3.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 JR Devonte Davis SG 40 11.7 3.0 1.2 2.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 JR Ian Niesman SF 8 5.6 0.9 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 SR Mike Garris SF 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SR The Newcomers # NAME Pos Height Weight Year GPA High School (Hometown) 45 Dale Barnstable PG 5'11" 151 Fr 3.72 Kettering HS (Detroit,MI) 15 Kevin Warpool C 6'7" 224 Fr 3.09 Douglass HS (Atlanta,GA) 32 Jarod Levick SF 6'6" 176 Fr 2.11 Foreman HS (Chicago,IL) 31 Walt xSmith SG 6'" 180 Fr 3.40 Harlan HS (Harlan Ky) 8 Anthony Jeansonne SF 6'5" 179 Fr 2.17 Buena Vista (Buena Vista,CO) 38 Adrin Coulter PG 6'2" 159 Fr 2.10 Kimball (Royal Oak,MI) Here is what they are losing: Pos Games MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG Kenny Chilchote C 27 29.0 16.1 11.6 0.3 0.4 1.6 2.9 Jack Rocker C 33 28.9 15.5 12.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 3.5 Paul Noel SF 40 30.4 14.9 12.5 2.5 1.2 2.4 1.9 Cliff Baker SG 40 28.0 12.9 0.9 5.1 1.9 1.6 0.0 Larry Hathaway PF 40 19.6 8.5 6.1 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.7 Dustan Stanback C 20 8.2 2.0 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 The starting five will likely be sophomore PG Bob Donham, the only holdover starter from this past season, and Barnstable in the backcourt. Senior PF Zachary Britt, who had 8.5 ppg last year, appears poised for a dominant season. Up front he will be joined by junior Jack Coleman and likely freshman Kevin Warpool. There is still some talent in Kentucky but just qualifying for the NCAA's rather than winning it all should be the goal this season. GOLF: THE PHOENIX OPEN* CAN HEBERT MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW? The Phoenix Open gets underway today and the big question on everyone's mind is can Jay Hebert win a third tournament in a row. The youngster is coming off back to back wins at New Orleans and Dallas and will look to make it three in a row with a win at the Phoenix Country Club. One of the oldest events on the tour, the Phoenix Country Club in the heart of the city, has played host to the event since it's inception in 1932. Ben Hogan is the defending champ after winning in a playoff last year. Here are the previous winners of the event. PHOENIX OPEN 1946 Ben Hogan 273 PW 1945 Byron Nelson 274 1944 Harold McSpaden 273 PW 1943 No Tournament 1942 Herman Barron 276 1941 Ed Oliver 275 1940 Ed Oliver 205 1939 Byron Nelson 198 1938 No Tournament 1937 No Tournament 1936 No Tournament 1935 Ky Laffoon 281 1933 Harry Cooper 281 1932 Ralph Guldahl 285 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

11-14-2004, 11:21 AM	#303
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MAY 11, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PHILS LOSE SWIFT FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS Veteran Philadelphia Phillies starter Bill Swift was lost to the club for at least 2 months after suffering a serious injury to his throwing arm in the Phillies 6-5 loss in Pittsburgh yesterday. "I heard something pop and I knew immediately it was bad," said the 40 year old Swift afterwards. The injury was diagnosed as a ruptured bicep and there is some concern his career may be over. "Let's face it. At my age this might be tough to come back from," sighed Swift. "At least I know what it takes and maybe that will help." Swift suffered a similiar injury in 1939 and was pitching again 5 weeks later. However, this time it does appear to be more serious. The dissappointing part for Swift is he was pitching so well, coming off of back to back 4-hit complete games. The Bill Swift story is an interesting one. He began his career with the Pirates before being traded to the Giants for a rookie pitcher by the name of Cliff Melton. New Yorkers never really accepted him despite three 20-win seasons as they kept looking at what Melton accomplished in Pittsburgh. After nearly 6 years at the Polo Grounds he was dealt to the Phillies for pitcher Phil Gallivan in one of the most lobsided deals in league history. Gallivan would go 4-18 in two seasons with the Giants before retiring while Swift has 57 wins and still going strong for Philadelphia. It just seems funny the Giants were bested in both their deals with Swift - giving up a 4-time Cy Young winner to be for him and then 6 years later dealing him for pitcher with a career record of 26-51. As for Swift the injury likely puts an end to the slim hopes he could become the 19th member of the 300 win club. Below are the pitchers with 300 career victories and also Bill Swift's career numbers. 300-WIN CLUB # Career Wins W 1 - C. Young 499 2 - N. Hahn 484 3 - C. Mathewson 456 4 - W. Johnson 393 5 - J. St.vrain 382 6 - C. Bender 365 7 - K. Nichols 364 8 - S. Wood 363 9 - T. Hughes 347 10- A. Mamaux 342 11- P. Perritt 329 12- E. Walsh Sr 327 13- R. Collins 326 14- E. Plank 323 15- O. Overall 321 16- W. Henley 318 17- G. Uhle 316 18- B. Weiland* 301 Code: BILL SWIFT CAREER STATS Year Teams G GS W-L ERA IP HA ER BB K CG SHO 1932 PIT 38 38 19-14 4.14 313 364 144 36 57 24 2 1933 PIT 38 38 16-16 6.10 282 388 191 48 64 19 1 1934 PIT 34 33 15-14 3.83 278 312 119 29 47 23 1 1935 PIT 38 38 21-16 4.55 311 376 157 72 68 27 0 1936 PIT 25 25 15-7 3.23 215 214 77 39 46 20 1 1937 PIT NYG 30 30 16-8 3.55 254 266 100 44 71 19 1 1938 NYG 41 41 23-14 3.77 351 396 147 61 103 35 3 1939 NYG 22 22 5-12 4.31 173 193 83 40 39 16 1 1940 NYG 40 40 26-11 2.52 347 336 97 30 118 32 3 1941 NYG 40 39 20-19 3.90 325 365 141 51 91 33 1 1942 NYG 39 39 18-16 3.37 329 335 123 65 107 28 3 1943 NYG,PHI 35 35 18-13 3.22 296 307 106 68 93 27 4 1944 PHI 40 40 20-19 2.81 346 312 108 73 120 35 5 1945 PHI 40 40 18-16 2.99 328 315 109 88 129 26 2 1946 PHI 38 38 15-19 3.37 325 306 122 93 138 31 2 1947 PHI 5 5 2-1 2.82 38 29 12 16 16 3 0 Total 543 541 267-215 3.66 4513 4814 1836 853 1307 398 30 NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1932 NAMED TO NATIONAL LEAGUE ALLSTAR TEAM 1932,1936-38,1940,1943 Traded from Pittsburgh to Giants for P Cliff Melton Jul 27, 1937 Traded from Giants to Phillies for P Phil Gallivan Jul 25, 1943 NATIONAL LEAGUE RECAPS Dick Siebert's 2-run single in the bottom of the 8th inning led the Pirates past the Phillies. Pirates pitcher Jim Tobin pitched 8 innings for the win to improve to 4-1. Tobin aided his own cause with 2 hits and a pair of rbi's. Orval Grove took the loss in relief of Bill Swift who, as mentioned above, was injured in the game. Del Rice singled in Stan Musial with the winning run in the top of the 13th inning as St Louis edged Cincinnati 7-6. Musial hit his fifth homer of the season and scored three times in the game. Bill Nicholson's 2-run homer in the 7th proved the difference as Chicago beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 3-1 at Ebbetts Field. Cubs pitcher Paul Erickson pitched a complete game 6-hitter to improve his record to 2-3. In Boston, Earl Torgeson and Chet Ross homered to lead the Braves past New York 7-4. Second year pitcher Warren Spahn went 8 innings for Boston to even his record at 3-3. BREAK UP THE RED SOX - BOSTON WINS 4TH IN A ROW Shortstop Johnny Hudson hit a 3-run homer with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth to give the Boston Red Sox a 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was Boston's fourth straight victory after starting the season 3-15. In other American League action, Ival Goodman's 3rd rbi of the game - a single with two out in the bottom of the ninth scored Charlie English with the winning run as Cleveland beat Philadelphia 6-5. The Indians scored three times in the 9th off the Philadelphia bullpen, ruining a solid performance from A's starter Ray Scarborough who allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in 8 innings. Claude Passeau went the distance for the Tribe to improve to 2-1 on the year. In Washingtonm, Max Lanier pitched a 6-hit shutout as the Yankees blanked the Sens 3-0. Aaron Robinson's 2-run double in the 6th inning keyed the Yankees offense. Dixie Walker had an rbi single to score the final run - for Walker it was the 4th game in a row he had at least one rbi. Ninth inning rbi's from Nig Lipscomb and Wally Judnich gave the Browns a 6-5 win over visiting Detroit. Archie McKain went the distance for St Louis to run his record to 4-1. Ellis Kinder took the loss in relief of Virgil Trucks. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 17 5 .773 x NEW YORK 16 9 .640 2.5 ST LOUIS 14 11 .560 4.5 WASHINGTON 12 11 .522 5.5 DETROIT 11 12 .478 6.5 CHICAGO 8 15 .348 9.5 PHILADELPHIA 8 15 .348 9.5 BOSTON 7 15 .318 10.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 17 7 .708 x ST LOUIS 15 10 .600 2.5 PHILADELPHIA 12 9 .571 3.5 CHICAGO 12 10 .545 4.0 CINCINNATI 13 11 .542 4.0 BOSTON 8 13 .381 7.5 BROOKLYN 7 15 .318 9.0 NEW YORK 6 15 .286 9.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 3 Washington 0 Boston 4 Chicago 1 St Louis 6 Detroit 5 Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 7 New York 4 Chicago 3 Brooklyn 1 St Louis 7 Cincinnati 6 (13 inn) Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 5 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (T Bonham 3-2, 1.88) at Boston (E Johnson 0-2, 1.52) Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-3, 3.70) at St Louis (S Zoldak 2-1, 3.58) Detroit (S Overmire 3-2, 4.50) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-1, 1.90) Chicago (G Schott 3-2, 3.27) at Washington (D Adkins 1-2, 3.94) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (A Zabula 0-1, 1.06) at Boston (B Donovan 0-2, 2.25) Chicago (J Welch 3-1, 5.64) at Brooklyn (D Black 0-3, 2.23) St Louis (A Jurisch 4-2, 2.45) at Cincinnati (A Carter 3-3, 3.27) Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-2, 3.51) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 0-0, 0.00) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .380 B Elliott Pit .407 W Judnich SLB .373 G Scharein StL .392 I Goodman Cle .361 G Rosen Bkn .368 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Williams Bos 5 W Cooper StL 6 D Walker NYY 5 B Elliott Pit 5 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 23 B Elliott Pit 26 B Young Bos 20 A Vaughan Pit 24 D Walker NYY 20 R Kiner Pit 23 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 5-0 P Roe Pit 5-0 D Dean NYY 5-0 C Schanz Phi 5-1 H White Det 4-1 A Jurisch StL 4-2 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.05 V Olsen Chn 2.17 E Johnson Bos 1.52 D Black Bkn 2.23 D Dean NYY 1.84 P Roe Pit 2.36 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS J Haynes Wsh 29 W Spahn Bsn 34 D Dean NYY 29 R Barney Bkn 34 T Baker SLB 29 E White StL 32 RASCHI TO MAKE MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT Replacing a legend always comes with great pressure but it is even more so when it is your first major league start. That will be what rookie Pirates righthander Vic Raschi will face today when he takes the mound against the Philadelphia Phillies. Raschi, a second round pick of the Bucs over the winter will make his major league debut in place of injured 4-time Cy Young Award winner Cliff Melton. The 28 year old was 2-1 with a 3.00 era for AAA Indianapolis at the time of his promotion. Raschi had fanned 24 batters in 27 innings work. PGA GOLF - PHOENIX OPEN COLLEGE STUDENT SHARES LEAD AT PHOENIX OPEN A little-known golfer from Pepperdine University playing in his first PGA tour event is the co-leader after one round of the Phoenix Open at the par 71 Phoenix Country Club. Scott xTibbetts, a 21 year old who graduated just last month, shot a 5 under par 66 in his first PGA tournament round and shares the lead with New Haven native Doug Ford and Antonio Cerda of Argentina. xTibbetts eagled the par 5 18th to complete his dream round. Code: RESULTS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND IN PHOENIX NAME RD 1 TOTAL CERDA 66 -5 FORD 66 -5 xTibbetts-a 66 -5 NELSON 67 -4 HAMILTON 68 -3 KING 69 -2 OLIVER 69 -2 SMITH 69 -2 WALL 69 -2 BRUEN 70 -1 BURTON 70 -1 BYRD 70 -1 COTTON 70 -1 DEMARET 70 -1 DUTRA 70 -1 METZ 70 -1 RUNYON 70 -1 CARR-a 71 E FAULKNER 71 E FERRIER 71 E HARRISON 71 E SNEAD 71 E TURNERSA 71 E WORSHAM 71 E BRADSHAW 72 1 BURKE JR 72 1 FAZIO 72 1 FLECK 72 1 HAEFNER 72 1 HOGAN 72 1 HORNE 72 1 LITTLE 72 1 LOCKE 72 1 MANGRUM 72 1 REVOLTA 72 1 VON NIDA 72 1 ADAMS 73 2 BOLT 73 2 BOROS 73 2 DALY 73 2 FURGOL 73 2 LAFFOON 73 2 REES 73 2 ROSBURG-a 73 2 STRANAHAN 73 2 KEISER 74 3 MCSPADDEN 74 3 RIEGEL 74 3 THOMSON 74 3 WARD 74 3 WEETMAN 74 3 WOOD 74 3 xDePore-a 74 3 BARRON 75 4 BULLA 75 4 GHEZZI 75 4 HARMON 75 4 HEBERT 75 4 LEES 75 4 MIDDLECOFF 75 4 SHUTE 75 4 xWhistler-a 75 4 HARBERT 76 5 MACKAY JR 76 5 DE VICENZO 77 6 HARPER 77 6 xScarborough-a 77 6 xWhite-a 77 6 xMartin-a 78 7 SARAZEN 79 8 VAN DONCK 82 11 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES *NBA DRAFT PRIMER - RAY LUMPP MARYLAND** In the latest of a series of previews on potential first round picks in next month's NBA draft we take a look at Maryland SG Ray Lumpp. The junior elected to leave school early after finishing his college career with a most impressive tournament run - beginning as a 15 seed in the East and helping lead Maryland all the way to the regional final before falling to top seed Holy Cross. Lumpp still needs some polish to refine his game but scouts are projecting him as a possible top five pick. Code: RAY LUMPP'S CAREER STATS AT MARYLAND YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 29 28.6 13.5 2.2 2.8 1.4 1.9 0.1 .380 .789 .369 45-46 34 28.9 11.4 3.5 5.8 2.5 1.7 0.5 .402 .797 .328 46-47 28 27.7 12.5 5.0 4.8 3.1 2.0 0.4 .439 .806 .393 --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 91 28.4 12.4 3.6 4.5 2.4 1.8 0.3 .404 .798 .362 In real life after playing for New York University and winning a gold medal on the 1948 US Olympic Basketball team, Lumpp spent 5 seasons in the NBA, mainly with the New York Knicks. VETERAN FORWARD COLE LARSON RETIRES Cole Larson has decided to call it quits after a 13 year NBA career. The power forward was originally drafted out of Georgia Tech by Buffalo with the 14th pick of the first round in the 1934 college draft. His best seasons would be the Braves when the league was in it's infancy. He made the allstar game his rookie season and was named 2nd team all-defensive player in 1936-37. As the league evolved and the quality of play got better his size became a real detriment. At 6'5" he lacked the size to be a dominant rebounder and his shooting skills were not enough to keep him as an everyday player. Larson would move to Baltimore in 1938 and on to Syracuse before winding up his career this past season as a backup on the woeful Celtics squad. He won an NBA championship with the Bullets in 1940-41 and scored 11 points in the championship clinching victory. In his senior year at Georgia Tech, the Winter Springs, Florida native was named to the All-ACC team and led the nation in rebounds with 15.7 per game. Code: COLE LARSON CAREER NBA STATS YEAR Team G GS MPG PPG RPG APG SPG TOPG FG% FT% 3P% 34-35 BUF 71 68 35.8 11.4 7.0 2.6 1.5 3.5 .417 .812 .085 35-36 BUF 61 61 35.1 13.0 6.3 2.4 1.6 3.8 .427 .768 .057 36-37 BUF 74 74 35.1 11.3 6.1 2.4 1.6 4.0 .449 .789 .122 37-38 BUF 74 74 36.4 10.6 7.4 2.7 1.4 3.0 .416 .723 .089 38-39 BAL 72 72 28.8 8.2 5.6 2.1 1.0 2.3 .435 .779 .060 39-40 BAL 68 68 31.6 8.0 7.2 1.8 1.2 2.1 .466 .731 .167 40-41 BAL 70 10 21.6 5.3 4.3 1.5 0.6 1.3 .510 .674 .071 41-42 BAL 53 0 18.3 4.2 3.8 1.1 0.8 1.1 .434 .676 .125 42-43 SYR 72 72 29.2 6.3 6.3 2.0 0.8 1.8 .448 .787 .152 43-44 SYR 63 13 21.8 4.9 4.8 1.5 0.9 1.5 .436 .737 .125 44-45 SYR 66 1 20.4 4.6 4.6 1.3 0.6 1.6 .401 .813 .083 45-46 SYR 73 1 19.9 5.0 4.5 1.4 0.8 1.2 .451 .720 .125 46-47 BOS 57 0 14.4 3.6 3.1 1.1 0.4 1.4 .378 .829 .100 ----- --------- ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- CAREER 874 514 27.2 7.5 5.5 1.9 1.0 2.2 .436 .762 .098 PLAYOFF 40 17 25.1 7.2 5.1 1.6 0.8 2.3 .445 .681 .051 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE OFFSEASON NOTES TITANS SIGN VETERAN FULLBACK BERRY Bruce Berry, who spent the past two seasons as the starting fullback for the Kansas City Chiefs, has agreed to a 1 year deal with the Tennessee Titans. Primarily a blocking back Berry carried the ball 22 times for 40 yards last season. Before joining the Chiegs he spent 4 seasons with the Chicago Bears, who drafted him out of Notre Dame in the 6th round of the 1941 draft. Berry will battle last year's starter Mitch Adams for the number one job in Tennessee. The Chiefs did not resign Berry after they picked up fullback Ted Turntine from Pittsburgh. In other free agent news New England has decided to bring in some competition for kicker Brenna Armstead. Armstead received much of the blame for the Pats playoff loss to Cleveland last season. He missed a pair of third quarter field goal attempts in what ended up being a 24-20 loss to the Browns. The Pats decided to give free agent kicker Rick Wells a chance to take Armstead's job. Wells has been to camps with the Broncos, Lions and Redskins but has yet to kick in a regular season NFL game. BOXING NEWS WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT TONIGHT Montreal will be the site of the World Bantamweight title fight this evening between Quebec native and reigning world champion Fernando Gagnon and European champion Luis Romero from Spain. Gagnon is 32-3-1 and claimed the title with a unanimous decision over Manuel Ortiz in the post-war tournament finals. Romero is 20-6-1 and making his first attempt at the World Title. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

11-15-2004, 02:57 AM	#304
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY MAY 12, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RED SOX WIN FIFTH STRAIGHT - BLANK YANKS 2-0 Entering the game with a 1.52 ERA but an 0-2 record, you can't blame Boston starter Earl Johnson for not expecting much run support from his mates. Johnson took things into his own hands and notched his first victory of the season by throwing a 5-hit shutout as the Red Sox stretched their winning streak to 5 games with a 2-0 victory. Johnson against Yankees starter Tiny Bonham had all the makings of a pitchers duel and while Johnson certainly did his part, Bonham did not dissappoint either. The Yankee starter allowed just 4 hits in the game. The first was an opening inning triple from Mel Almeda that was turned into a run by a Babe Young sacrifice fly. The final Boston run also came on a sac fly. St Louis was also the site of a low scoring game as Philadelphia topped the Browns 2-0. Both A's runs came on rbi triples from Irv Hall and Ed Busch. Philadelphia managed 6 hits off of losing pitcher Sam Zoldak while winning pitcher Fred Caligiuri and two relievers combined on a 4-hitter. A 4-run 4th inning highlighted by a 2-run double from Barney McCosky was enough for Detroit to trim Cleveland 4-3 while in Washington visiting Chicago broke out of a slump in a big way, blasting the Sens 13-4. Frank Demaree had 5 hits and 4 rbi's for the White Sox while Tom Hafey drove in 5 runs as the club halted a 9 game losing streak. THE RIPPLE EFFECT LEADS REDS PAST CARDS St Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Al Jurisch pitched 8 innings of shutout ball allowing just 2 hits but his Cincinnati counterpart Arnold Carter was just as good as the game was scoreless entering the 9th. Carter set down the Cards in order but Jurisch issued a walk to Grady Hatton and two batters later Jimmy Ripple deposited a fastball into the leftfield bleachers to give the Reds a 2-0 victory. There was late inning drama in Boston as well as the New York Giants plated 4 in the top of the ninth to beat the Braves 6-2. Vince Dimaggio had 4 rbi's to pace the winners while Adrian Zabala went 8 innings for the victory in just his second ever major league start. It wasn't pretty but rookie Vic Raschi won his major league debut. Raschi allowed 7 runs in 8 innings but just 3 were earned as the Pirates to Philadelphia 10-7. Alex Carrasquel earned his major league leading 6th save in the game. Phillies starter Vic Lombardi lasted just 3 innings but errors hurt his cause. The Phillies made 3 miscues while the Pirates committed 4 errors in the game. In Brooklyn, Don Black finally got his first win of the season as the Dodgers topped Chicago 6-2. Black, who has a 2.19 era, lost his first three decision when Brooklyn scored a total of 1 run in the 3 games. Frank McCormick delivered a 3-run homer to lead Brooklyn on this day while Black aided his own cause with a 2-run single. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 17 6 .739 x NEW YORK 16 10 .615 2.5 ST LOUIS 14 12 .538 4.5 DETROIT 12 12 .500 5.5 WASHINGTON 12 12 .500 5.5 CHICAGO 9 15 .375 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 9 15 .375 8.5 BOSTON 8 15 .348 9.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 18 7 .720 x ST LOUIS 15 11 .577 3.5 CINCINNATI 14 11 .560 4.0 PHILADELPHIA 12 10 .545 4.5 CHICAGO 12 11 .522 5.0 BOSTON 8 14 .364 8.5 BROOKLYN 8 15 .348 9.0 NEW YORK 7 15 .318 9.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 2 New York 0 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 0 Detroit 4 Cleveland 3 Chicago 13 Washington 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 6 Boston 2 Brooklyn 6 Chicago 2 Cincinnati 2 St Louis 0 Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 7 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago (F Biscan 1-3, 5.55) at Washington (J Haynes 3-2, 2.86) New York (D Dean 5-0, 1.84) at Boston (T Hughson 1-3, 5.02) Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-3, 3.70) at St Louis (A Williams 0-4, 3.38) Detroit (H White 4-1, 2.98) at Cleveland (C Passeau 2-1, 4.81) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (C Schanz 5-1, 2.52) at Boston (B Brown 0-0, 1.50) St Louis (G Dockins 3-3, 5.32) at Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-4, 7.71) Chicago (V Olsen 4-2, 2.17) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 3-2, 3.30) New York (D Koslo 1-4, 5.32) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 5-0, 2.36) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .387 B Elliott Pit .407 W Judnich SLB .356 G Scharein StL .372 I Goodman Cle .349 G Rosen Bkn .368 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 6 W Cooper StL 6 D Walker NYY 5 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 24 B Elliott Pit 28 B Young Bos 21 A Vaughan Pit 24 D Walker NYY 20 R Kiner Pit 23 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 5-0 P Roe Pit 5-0 D Dean NYY 5-0 C Schanz Phi 5-1 H White Det 4-1 J Tobin Pit 4-1 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.05 A Zabala NYG 1.44 E Johnson Bos 1.16 V Olsen Chn 2.17 D Dean NYY 1.84 D Black Bkn 2.19 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS F Hutchinson Det 31 A Jurisch StL 36 D Dean NYY 29 R Barney Bkn 34 T Baker SLB 29 W Spahn Bsn 34 BOXING NEWS ROMERO STUNS GAGNON IN BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE BOUT Luis Romero shocked a sold out Montreal Forum crowd with a devastating cross that caught World Bantamweight Champion Fernando Gagnon flush and sent him to the canvas in the 11th round. Gagnon was unable to regain his feet before being counted out making the Spainard Romero the new World Bantamweight Champ. For Johnson, a converted reliever, it was just the 10th win of his 8 year career and the first complete game. Up to that point Gagnon had been in complete control of the fight, flooring Romero once in the sixth round and twice in the seventh. Despite being totally dominated on the scorecards Romero refused to give up and was rewarded, catching Gagnon by surprise to silence a defeaning crowd and put the champ on his back. Romero improves to 21-6-1 with the victory while Gagnon falls to 32-4-1. Romero will likely give up his European belt which will create a 4 man elimination to determine the new champion of Europe. On the undercard Earl Walls successfully defended his Canadian Heavyweight title with a 10th round TKO of Al Delaney. The Windsor, Ontario native was in complete control of the bout and had Delaney on the canvas on three occassions. Jack Armstrong of Toronto won the vacant Canadian Featherweight title by mopping the floor with Montreal's Hubert Gagnier. Gagnier landed maybe a dozen scoring punches in the 10 round bout while Armstrong just pummelled him. Gagnier was down 4 times in the bout and recovered each time except for the final one. PGA TOUR : PHOENIX OPEN HOGAN SETS TOURNAMENT RECORD WITH A 63 Ben Hogan set a new record for the Phoenix Open by shooting an 8 under par 63. That performance moved him within a stroke of leader Doug Ford. Ford, who was the co-leader after Thursday's round, took sole possession of the lead with a 3 under 68 on Friday. However, all the talk centered on Hogan who surpassed the old tournament mark of 64 set by both Vic Ghezzi and Dutch Harrison last year. Yesterday's other two co-leaders both slipped but will easily make the cut. Antonio Cerda of Argentina shot one over par while former Pepperdine student Scott xTibbetts carded a 73 to remain the low amateur. One other amateur also made the cut: Ed xWhite from Iola, Kansas shot 2 over par which was the cutoff number. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 FORD 66 68 -8 HOGAN 72 63 -7 HAMILTON 68 68 -6 KING 69 69 -4 xTibbetts-a 66 72 -4 CERDA 66 73 -3 LAFFOON 73 66 -3 WEETMAN 74 65 -3 BOROS 73 67 -2 FAULKNER 71 69 -2 HAEFNER 72 68 -2 LOCKE 72 68 -2 NELSON 67 73 -2 RUNYON 70 70 -2 WORSHAM 71 69 -2 BYRD 70 71 -1 DUTRA 70 71 -1 STRANAHAN 73 68 -1 BURTON 70 72 E BRADSHAW 72 71 1 DEMARET 70 73 1 FURGOL 73 70 1 HARRISON 71 72 1 LITTLE 72 71 1 METZ 70 73 1 SMITH 69 74 1 WALL 69 74 1 BRUEN 70 74 2 DALY 73 71 2 FERRIER 71 73 2 FLECK 72 72 2 KEISER 74 70 2 MANGRUM 72 72 2 OLIVER 69 75 2 SNEAD 71 73 2 VON NIDA 72 72 2 xWhite-a 77 67 2 MISSED CUT BOLT 73 72 3 BURKE JR 72 73 3 COTTON 70 75 3 GHEZZI 75 70 3 TURNERSA 71 74 3 xMartin-a 78 67 3 FAZIO 72 74 4 HORNE 72 74 4 REES 73 73 4 THOMSON 74 72 4 WARD 74 72 4 WOOD 74 72 4 ADAMS 73 74 5 CARR-a 71 76 5 HARBERT 76 71 5 LEES 75 72 5 MIDDLECOFF 75 72 5 REVOLTA 72 75 5 xDePore-a 74 73 5 xScarborough-a 77 70 5 xWhistler-a 75 72 5 BARRON 75 73 6 HARPER 77 71 6 HEBERT 75 73 6 MCSPADDEN 74 74 6 RIEGEL 74 74 6 BULLA 75 75 8 DE VICENZO 77 73 8 ROSBURG-a 73 77 8 SHUTE 75 75 8 HARMON 75 77 10 SARAZEN 79 73 10 MACKAY JR 76 79 13 VAN DONCK 82 withdrew DQ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES *NBA DRAFT PRIMER - RAY ELLEFSON IOWA** The only junior on the 1946-47 first team All-American roster, Ray Ellefson decided to pass up his final year of eligibility with the Iowa Hawkeyes and turn pro. Ellefson finished fourth in the nation in rebounds per game and seventh in blocked shots. In each of the past two seasons he made the All Big 10 team after being named to the conference all-frosh team his first season. His game has been compared to USC's Joseph Smith (who was previewed in Thursday's edition) but Ellefson has much more offensive upside. Code: RAY ELLEFSON'S CAREER STATS AT IOWA YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 29 29.1 9.5 9.8 0.4 1.1 0.2 2.3 .516 .818 .000 45-46 33 30.3 12.1 13.8 0.8 1.0 1.2 3.7 .600 .818 .000 46-47 35 29.8 14.5 15.3 0.8 0.9 1.2 4.4 .568 .802 .000 --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- CAREER 97 29.8 12.2 13.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 3.5 .567 .812 .000 In real life Ray Ellefson attended West Texas A&M and played 6 NBA games. COLLEGE BASKETBALL RECRUITING CLASSES UNFINISHED BUSINESS FOR NYU A season ending injury to star center Dolph Schayes in the conference tournament derailed what were high hopes for New York University in the NCAA's. The Violets, a top 5 team virtually all season and a number 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, were upset 70-69 by 15 seed Boston University in the opening round of the NCAA's. The loss of Schayes proved too much to overcome but it left the returning members of the squad feeling they have some unfinished business. If Schayes is fully recovered from his broken wrist NYU could become the team to beat as only one starter is gone from last year's club. Sophomore Kevin O'Shea should be able to step up and fill the void at PG left by Andrew Rogers graduation. The rest of the key contributers are all back and while this recruiting class was not as strong as what NYU landed the past two seasons, the Violets did get a pair of talented players in PF Abraham Becker and PG JJ xTurner. Code: 1946-47 New York University Scoring CLASS Name Pos GP MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% SO Matt Blake PF 32 31.6 15.4 12.9 0.9 0.9 1.5 3.6 44% 36% 76% SO Dolph Schayes C 29 30.4 14.9 11.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 2.7 67% 0% 78% FR Earl Lloyd SF 32 27.1 12.0 6.2 0.2 1.0 1.5 1.1 42% 44% 71% SR Andrew Rogers PG 31 29.2 11.2 4.9 5.8 2.4 2.5 0.1 41% 27% 74% SO Slater Martin SG 32 29.2 9.9 2.0 5.0 2.0 1.3 0.6 39% 26% 73% FR Kevin O'Shea PG 32 13.2 7.3 0.7 1.7 0.7 0.6 0.2 43% 48% 79% SR Mak Friedline SF 32 13.0 4.7 3.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 34% 32% 68% SR Radcliffe Brown C 32 17.3 4.0 4.1 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 37% 0% 79% JR Johnny Duke PG 32 8.7 1.8 0.2 2.5 1.0 0.2 0.0 36% 0% 82% JR Trever Tulley SF 20 3.4 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 33% 50% 50% SO Shawn Saunders C 22 2.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 43% 0% 100% FR Joe Kaufman SF 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% 0% 0% SR Shaun Wise PG Did not play New Recruits for 1947-48 NAME POS HT WT SCHOOL(HOMETOWN) Abraham Becker PF 6-10 213 Fr Edison Technical HS (Rochester,NY) Josias Alaimo PF 6-8 265 Fr Colstrip (Colstrip,MT) Zollie Blute SF 6-7 194 Fr Wells Central School (Wells,NY) JJ xTurner PG 6-1 174 Fr Lincoln HS (Brooklyn,NY) SOME BACKGROUND ON THE NYU roster The players with are all named after real players. I know little about Becker aside from the fact he is in the NYU hall of fame. Schayes I am sure you have heard of - he was a hall of famer with the Syracuse Nationals. Earl Lloyd went to West Virginia State in real life and played 9 NBA seasons, most with Schayes in Syracuse. Slater Martin is another NBA hall of famer who played 11 seasons after leaving the University of Texas. Btw, landing both Schayes and Martin made the NYU recruiting class 2 years ago one of the best all time in my replay. O'Shea in real life attended Notre Dame and played 3 seasons in the NBA. All I know about Joe Kaufman in real life is he attended NYU and was drafted by Philadelphia in the 9th round of the 1950 BAA draft but never played pro basketball. JJ Turner is a board member created player from Khucke. INDIANAPOLIS 500 POLE POSITION QUALIFYING TODAY The first 12 slots for the May 26th running of the Indianapolis 500 will be decided today. Practice has been going on the last several days and based on those results it appears the drivers with the best shot at the pole are Rex Mays, Freddie Agabashian, Bill Holland and Shorty Cantlon. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

11-16-2004, 12:47 AM	#305
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY MAY 13, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ROE 4-HITS GIANTS TO IMPROVE TO 6-0 One of the best stories in baseball this young season is the sudden emergence of Pirates starter Preacher Roe as a dominating pitcher. After going 27-29 over his first two seasons with the Bucs, Roe has put it all together this year. He improved his record to 6-0 and lowered his era to 2.18 with an 8 inning 4-hit performance against the New York Giants. Reliever Ed Bahr pitched a 1-2-3 9th to preserve the 6-1 Pittsburgh victory. In other National League action Bill Nicholson homered and drove in 3 runs as Chicago beat the Reds 6-2 in Cincinnati. Vern Olsen got the win for the Cubs to run his record to 5-2. Enos Slaughter drove in a pair of runs as St Louis trimmed Brooklyn 5-4, handind Dodgers starter Mickey Haefner his 5th straight defeat in the process. 36 year old Bob Brown pitched 8 shutout innings in his first start of the season to lead Boston past Philadelphia 7-2. Bama Rowell hit a 3-run homer for the Braves, who handed Charley Schanz his second straight loss after Schanz started the season 5-0. RED SOX WIN AGAIN - OUT OF LAST PLACE The Boston Red Sox spotted the New York Yankees 5 runs in the top of the first only to battle back and beat the Yanks 9-6 for their sixth straight win. The victory moves the Red Sox out of last place in the American League. Dizzy Dean suffered his first loss of the season - a 5 run Boston outburst in the 5th inning did him in. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and Babe Young each drove in 2 runs to lead the Red Sox who are out of last place for the first time this season. Vern Stephens 2-run double in the 6th snapped a tie and gave St Louis a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Danny Litwhiler and Frank Demaree each had 3 hits as Chicago beat Washington for the second day in a row, 6-2 was the final score. In Cleveland, Indians hurler Bill Lohrman improved his record to 6-0 as the Tribe dumped Detroit 7-1. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 18 6 .750 x NEW YORK 16 11 .593 3.5 ST LOUIS 15 12 .556 4.5 DETROIT 12 13 .480 6.5 WASHINGTON 12 13 .480 6.5 CHICAGO 10 15 .400 8.5 BOSTON 9 15 .375 9.0 PHILADELPHIA 9 16 .360 9.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 19 7 .731 x ST LOUIS 16 11 .593 3.5 CHICAGO 13 11 .542 5.0 CINCINNATI 14 12 .538 5.0 PHILADELPHIA 12 11 .522 5.5 BOSTON 9 14 .391 8.5 BROOKLYN 8 16 .333 10.0 NEW YORK 7 16 .304 10.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 6 Washington 2 Boston 9 New York 6 St Louis 3 Philadelphia 1 Cleveland 7 Detroit 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 7 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 5 Brooklyn 4 Chicago 6 Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 6 New York 1 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago (D Errickson 2-3, 4.70) at Washington (R Barrett 1-3, 6.96) New York (J Brown 2-3, 8.81) at Boston (B Bowman 2-2, 2.38) Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-4, 4.37) at St Louis (T Baker 2-3, 3.51) Detroit (S Overmire 3-2, 4.50) at Cleveland (S Gromek 4-0, 4.53) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 2-2, 3.86) at Boston (K Raffensberger 1-3, 3.04) St Louis (S Ferens 0-1, 7.71) at Brooklyn (L Webber 1-3, 4.91) Chicago (E Head 3-3, 4.14) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 4-1, 3.51) New York (R Bauers 1-3, 3.14) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 3-2, 5.27) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .372 B Elliott Pit .404 W Judnich SLB .352 G Scharein StL .378 R Partee Bos .349 G Rosen Bkn .359 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 6 W Cooper StL 6 D Walker NYY 5 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 26 B Elliott Pit 28 B Young Bos 23 A Vaughan Pit 25 D Walker NYY 21 R Kiner Pit 24 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 6-0 P Roe Pit 6-0 D Dean NYY 5-1 C Schanz Phi 5-2 A McKain SLB 4-1 V Olsen Chn 5-2 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.04 A Zabala NYG 1.44 E Johnson Bos 1.16 V Olsen Chn 2.03 T Bonham NYY 1.93 P Roe Pit 2.18 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS F Hutchinson Det 31 A Jurisch StL 36 J Haynes Wsh 31 R Barney Bkn 34 D Dean NYY 30 W Spahn Bsn 34 INDIANAPOLIS 500 BILL HOLLAND CLAIMS THE POLE AT INDY Indy rookie Bill Holland has claimed the pole for the thirty-first running of the Indianapolis 500. His pace setting time was 126.604 mph. Most were surprised that Holland and not veteran teammate Mauri Rose had the quicker time of the two Blue Crown Spark Plug team drivers. Rose finished a dissappointing 15th and out of the 12 guarranteed spots announced Saturday. Here are the top 12 : 1- Bill Holland - first Indy 500 2- Joie Chitwood - 4th race, best finish 5th last year 3- Shorty Cantlon - 11th race best finish 2nd, in real life died in 1947 Indy 500 4- Paul Russo - 4th race, best finish 9th 5- Rex Mays - 10th race, best finish 2nd (twice) 6- Ken Fowler - 2nd race, best finish 19th in 1937 7- Freddie Agabashian - first Indy 500 8- Henry Banks - 3rd race, best finish 21st 9- Tony Bettenhausen Sr. - 2nd race, finished 20th last year 10- Mel Hansen - 5th race, best finish 8th in 1940 11- Herb Ardinger - 6th race, best finish 6th in 1938 12- Al Miller - 11th race, best finish 6th in 1934 PGA TOUR - PHOENIX OPEN FORD AND HAMILTON SHARE LEAD AT PHOENIX OPEN New Haven's Doug Ford has had a share of the lead in each of the first three rounds of the Phoenix Open. After Saturday's action Ford is tied with Bob Hamilton at 8 under par, 2 strokes ahead of three golfers including Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. After two mediocre rounds by his standards, Sam Snead gave himself an outside chance at victory by shooting the best round of the day Saturday, a 6 under par 65. Snead is 4 under for the tournament. The two amateurs that made the cut are deadlocked at 2 under par. Scott xTibbetts had a share of the lead Thursday when he shot a 66 but has not broken par in the two days since. Ed xWhite followed up a terrible opening round with back to back 67's. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 TOTAL FORD 66 68 71 -8 HAMILTON 68 68 69 -8 HOGAN 72 63 72 -6 NELSON 67 73 67 -6 WORSHAM 71 69 67 -6 KING 69 69 70 -5 WEETMAN 74 65 69 -5 SNEAD 71 73 65 -4 BOROS 73 67 70 -3 HAEFNER 72 68 70 -3 RUNYON 70 70 70 -3 STRANAHAN 73 68 69 -3 x-Tibbetts-a 66 72 73 -2 xWhite-a 77 67 67 -2 BRADSHAW 72 71 69 -1 BYRD 70 71 71 -1 DUTRA 70 71 71 -1 FERRIER 71 73 68 -1 FLECK 72 72 68 -1 HARRISON 71 72 69 -1 LOCKE 72 68 72 -1 FAULKNER 71 69 73 E LAFFOON 73 66 74 E OLIVER 69 75 69 E LITTLE 72 71 71 1 BRUEN 70 74 71 2 BURTON 70 72 73 2 DEMARET 70 73 72 2 VON NIDA 72 72 71 2 CERDA 66 73 77 3 DALY 73 71 72 3 KEISER 74 70 72 3 SMITH 69 74 73 3 WALL 69 74 73 3 MANGRUM 72 72 73 4 METZ 70 73 75 5 FURGOL 73 70 77 7 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES NBA DRAFT PRIMER - FOUR KENTUCKY STARS LOOK TO NBA National Collegiate Champion Kentucky's loss is the NBA's gain. Three and possibly four members of the Wildcats team could be selected in the June NBA draft. Center Jack Rocker is an almost certain top 10 pick. Small forward Paul Noel should also go in the first round while guard Cliff Barker and PF/C Kenny Chilchote could both be selected in the second round. In what has to go down as one of the greatest recruiting class in college basketball history, Kentucky got Rocker, Noel and Chilchote in 1943. Barker was added as an junior college transfer in 1945 and the four of them carved out an impressive resume at Kentucky: back to back appearances in the NCAA title game including winning it all this past season and going 73-6 over the past two seasons. Jack Rocker is probably the best all-round center available in the draft and it would not be a stretch to see him go first overall. He is Kentucky's all-time leader in career points, rebounds and blocked shots. In real life Rocker went to the University of California and played just 9 career NBA games, all with Philadelphia in 1948. Code: JACK ROCKER'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 32 31.0 11.9 6.4 1.0 0.8 0.1 1.7 .523 .805 .000 44-45 36 31.0 13.0 10.0 0.6 1.1 0.1 2.8 .555 .772 .000 45-46 39 30.3 10.0 10.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 3.2 .449 .778 .000 46-47 33 28.9 15.5 12.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 3.5 .634 .782 .000 --- ----- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 140 26.7 12.5 9.8 0.8 0.7 0.2 2.8 .541 .783 .000 Paul Noel is a smooth shooter who rebounds well enough to play power forward. He is a liekly top 10 pick. In real life the native of Midway, Kentucky played 20 games for the Wildcats in 1942 before enlisting. He would play 5 seasons in the NBA with New York and Rochester. Code: PAUL NOEL'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 30 11.5 3.5 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 .337 .600 .345 44-45 36 30.7 14.1 9.1 2.5 1.3 2.1 0.9 .451 .710 .363 45-46 38 29.2 12.5 11.3 2.1 1.3 1.9 1.4 .460 .628 .320 46-47 40 30.4 14.9 12.5 2.5 1.2 2.4 1.9 .454 .629 .366 --- ----- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 144 26.2 11.7 9.3 2.0 1.1 1.8 1.2 .446 .649 .350 Cliff Barker was the key to bring Kentucky's talented big men together. A smooth quarterback of the Wildcat offense, the former junior college star instantly clicked with his new mates and Kentucky won 73 of the 79 games he started. The MVP of the NCAA tournament this season, there is a chance Baker will sneak into the first round of the draft. In real life Barker played 3 seasons for Kentucky and was second team All-SEC in both his junior and senior years. He was also a member of the USA 1948 gold medal winning olympic basketball team before playing 3 seasons in the NBA. Code: CLIFF BARKER'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 45-46 39 25.6 10.9 0.9 3.6 1.3 1.3 0.1 .438 .784 .424 46-47 40 28.0 12.9 0.9 5.1 1.9 1.6 0.0 .517 .705 .444 --- ----- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 79 26.8 11.9 0.9 4.4 1.6 1.4 0.0 .480 .745 .435 Kenny Chilchote seemed destined for NBA stardom from the day he first stepped on the court at Kentucky from Hoover High School in Des Moines, Iowa. He scored 23 points in his first college game but 3 games later tore up his knee and missed three months. Chilchote recovered from the knee injury and in his junior year was named the SEC's most valuable player. Injury struck again his senior season forcing him to miss 13 games with an injury to the same knee. He came back and looked very good as the regular season wound down but word is he reinjured the knee in the NCAA's and that is why he averaged just 7 points a game in the final 3 tournament contests. Teams will look very closely at that knee so don't be surprised if the can't miss college freshman becomes an undrafted NBA free agent. Chilchote is a fictional player created by TDCB. Code: KENNY CHILCHOTE'S CAREER STATS AT KENTUCKY YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 10 29.3 13.0 6.2 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.9 .554 .839 .200 44-45 36 29.9 10.4 9.1 0.9 0.6 1.4 2.3 .443 .786 .280 45-46 39 29.2 16.4 12.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 3.6 .569 .754 .391 46-47 27 29.0 16.1 11.6 0.3 0.4 1.6 2.9 .526 .747 .371 --- ----- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 112 29.4 14.1 10.6 0.5 0.5 1.3 2.8 .522 .773 .359 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

11-16-2004, 08:59 PM	#306
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	I have read every post of this. This is an amazing feat. Thank you for all the wonderful reading you have given us. A formula one sim is due for release soon. Maybe once it's out you can add in that sport as well. Im sure you have all the time in the world for it

11-17-2004, 01:10 AM	#309
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	thanks for the link. Nope, I do not believe I can run a 6 team league or anything close to it with EHM __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

11-18-2004, 01:46 AM	#310
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY MAY 14, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RED SOX LOSE GAME AND PITCHER BOB BOWMAN Boston starting pitcher Bob Bowman will be sidelined for close to two months after suffering an arm injury in the Red Sox 6-0 loss to the New York Yankees. The 4-hit shutout tossed by 40 year old Jumbo Brown allowed the Yanks to salvage one game from their 3 game set in Beantown. With the injury to Bowman the Red Sox recalled pitcher Rube Melton from AAA. Melton had been sent down a few days earlier after struggling terribly in the Sox bullpen. With the injury to Bowman, Melton will go in the starting rotation where he spent most of his 6 previous big league seasons. In other American League action Steve Gromek improved to 5-0 as Cleveland topped Detroit 8-5. Catcher Clyde Kluttz had 4 hits and 3 rbi's to lead the Cleveland attack. In St Louis Cookie Lavagetto and Frank Mancuso each drove in 3 runs as the Browns blasted Philadelphia 10-2 while in Washington, Red Barrett and a pair of relievers combined to 4-hit Chicago in a 4-3 Senators victory. 12 RUN 7TH LEADS PIRATES PAST GIANTS Tony Cuccinello drove in 5 runs in one inning and Bob Elliott hit a 3-run homer the same inning as Pittsburgh scored 12 runs and sent 16 men to the plate in the 7th inning of a 16-7 win over the visiting New York Giants. This came after the Giants had scored 6 times in the second inning to take a 6-0 lead. The other three National League games all ended up in a 7-1 score. Ed Head pitched a complete game as the Cubs won in Cincinnati. Stan Ferens won his first game in nearly a year as the Cards decked the Dodgers and Boston beat Philadelphia 7-1 despite getting only 5 hits. DODGERS RELEASE FORMER ALLSTAR BONURA 38 year old first baseman Zeke Bonura, who made the National League allstar team last year, has been released by the Brooklyn Dodgers after a dreadful start to the season. The 14 year veteran was hitting just .156 through his first dozen games this season so the Dodgers sent him to AAA Montreal. After going 1-for-14 during his week in AAA Brooklyn management had seen enough and released Bonura. Bonura had that greatest major league debut of any player in history. In his first pro game, the season opener in 1934 he homered and drove in 7 runs in a 10-9 Chicago win over Washington. His total career with the White Sox lasted just 7 games before he was dealt to Cincinnati for pitcher Roy Meeker. Bonura would hit .282 that season and be named the National League rookie of the year. He would make 2 allstar game appearances in his 9 and a half years in Cincinnati before the Reds dealt him to Brooklyn for SS Pete Coscarart in July of 1943. He made his third allstar team last year but slumped terribly in the second half of the season. Code: ZEKE BONURA'S CAREER STATS Year Teams G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG 1934 CHA CIN 130 486 78 137 41 3 14 76 60 8 .282 1935 CIN,NL 147 521 110 156 31 7 30 114 72 6 .299 1936 CIN 142 498 86 155 43 6 18 89 81 7 .311 1937 CIN 147 540 80 138 48 4 13 79 77 16 .256 1938 CIN 145 496 93 155 43 5 18 88 84 7 .313 1939 CIN,NL 148 531 89 159 36 3 23 71 75 10 .299 1940 CIN 146 519 80 145 32 3 14 61 79 16 .279 1941 CIN 140 466 77 134 45 4 14 89 53 12 .288 1942 CIN 147 518 70 113 29 3 14 71 84 13 .218 1943 CIN BRO 141 511 71 119 29 5 3 52 61 7 .233 1944 BRO 119 421 52 114 36 5 10 78 54 6 .271 1945 BRO 146 550 85 152 41 2 13 91 65 12 .276 1946 BRO,NL 145 543 70 135 16 6 9 78 63 35 .249 1947 BRO 12 45 6 7 0 0 1 7 5 9 .156 ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- --- -- --- --- --- --- ---- Total 1855 6645 1047 1819 470 56 194 1044 913 164 .274 NEWSOME AND ROE WIN PLAYER OF WEEK AWARDS Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Skeeter Newsome was named the American League player of the week for the first time in his 13 year career. Newsome hit .500 in 20 at bats last week and drove in 6 runs. On the season he is hitting .287 with no homers and 9 rbi's. For the second week in a row the National League's top performer was a Pittsburgh Pirate. This time the player of the week honour goes to pitcher Preacher Roe who was 2-0 with a 1.06 era last week. On the season Roe is a perfect 5-0. Last week the award went to Roe's teammate Bob Elliott. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 19 6 .760 x NEW YORK 17 11 .607 3.5 ST LOUIS 16 12 .571 4.5 WASHINGTON 13 13 .500 6.5 DETROIT 12 14 .462 7.5 CHICAGO 10 16 .385 9.5 BOSTON 9 16 .360 10.0 PHILADELPHIA 9 17 .346 10.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 20 7 .741 x ST LOUIS 17 11 .607 3.5 CHICAGO 14 11 .560 5.0 CINCINNATI 14 13 .519 6.0 PHILADELPHIA 12 12 .500 6.5 BOSTON 10 14 .417 8.5 BROOKLYN 8 17 .320 11.0 NEW YORK 7 17 .292 11.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 4 Chicago 3 New York 6 Boston 0 St Louis 10 Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 8 Detroit 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 7 Philadelphia 1 St Louis 7 Brooklyn 1 Chicago 7 Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 16 New York 7 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (R Scarborough 2-3, 3.91) at Washington (M Candini 3-2, 3.22) Detroit (V Trucks 1-4, 3.91) at Boston (T Hughson 1-3, 5.02) Chicago (E Lopat 2-4, 4.99) at St Louis (A McKain 4-1, 3.64) New York (M Lanier 2-3, 2.38) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-2, 2.26) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (M Macon 1-0, 1.86) at Boston (W Spahn 3-3, 3.96) St Louis (E White 3-2, 4.11) at Brooklyn (R Barney 2-1, 4.14) Chicago (P Erickson 2-3, 3.94) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 1-2, 5.83) New York (K Chase 2-3, 6.22) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 4-1, 4.41) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .370 B Elliott Pit .398 J Heath Cle .356 G Scharein StL .378 W Judnich SLB .352 G Rosen Bkn .362 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 6 W Cooper StL 7 D Walker NYY 5 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 27 B Elliott Pit 31 B Young Bos 23 A Vaughan Pit 26 D Walker NYY 23 R Kiner Pit 24 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 6-0 P Roe Pit 6-0 S Gromek Cle 5-0 C Schanz Phi 5-2 D Dean NYY 5-1 V Olsen Chn 5-2 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.04 A Zabala NYG 1.44 E Johnson Bos 1.16 V Olsen Chn 2.03 T Bonham NYY 1.93 P Roe Pit 2.18 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS F Hutchinson Det 31 A Jurisch StL 36 J Haynes Wsh 31 R Barney Bkn 34 S Gromek Cle 31 W Spahn Bsn 34 PGA TOUR - PHOENIX OPEN LOCKE COMES OUT OF NOWHERE TO WIN PHOENIX OPEN South African Bobby Locke made up 7 strokes on the final day to win the Phoenix Open. Locke shot a 7 under par 64 to finish one stroke ahead of Ben Hogan and amateur Scott xTibbetts. Locke birdied four holes on the back nine and that had to sit around to wait for Saturday's co-leaders Doug Ford and Bob Hamilton to finish. Hamilton self destructed on the front nine, shooting 4 over but when he birdied 12 and 13 he was witing 2 strokes off Locke. However, he could manage just even par the rest of the way. Ford, who led each of the previous 3 days was 4 over after the first three holes Sunday and could never recover. Ben Hogan also had a shot at the victory but a double bogey on the par-4 15th doomed him to second. The biggest surprise of the tournament was the play of 21 year old Scott xTibbetts. The amateur, who just graduated from Pepperdine a month ago, was the co-leader with a 66 on Thursday. He was a combined 3 over par in Friday and Saturday's rounds before finishing strong with another 66 on Sunday. Tibbetts birdied both 17 and 18 to move up to the tie for second place. The performance will likely guarantee his spot in all of the non-major events the rest of the season and he has to be considered a favourite for the US Amateur. It is Locke's first title of the season. A scratch golfer as a teenager, Locke choose to enter the mining industry in his native South Africa rather than turn professional. However, when his employer sent him to Britian on business in 1936, Locke entered the British Open. He won the Amateur Medal and turned professional two years later. Code: PHOENIX OPEN FINAL RESULTS NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 Total PRIZE $ LOCKE 72 68 72 64 276 -8 1500 HOGAN 72 63 72 70 277 -7 800 x-Tibbetts-a 66 72 73 66 277 -7 amat HAMILTON 68 68 69 73 278 -6 750 NELSON 67 73 67 71 278 -6 750 SNEAD 71 73 65 69 278 -6 750 FORD 66 68 71 74 279 -5 687 KING 69 69 70 71 279 -5 687 BRADSHAW 72 71 69 68 280 -4 638 WORSHAM 71 69 67 73 280 -4 638 BOROS 73 67 70 71 281 -3 563 DUTRA 70 71 71 69 281 -3 563 FLECK 72 72 68 69 281 -3 563 WEETMAN 74 65 69 73 281 -3 563 FAULKNER 71 69 73 69 282 -2 500 BURTON 70 72 73 68 283 -1 450 RUNYON 70 70 70 73 283 -1 450 STRANAHAN 73 68 69 73 283 -1 450 FERRIER 71 73 68 72 284 E 400 BYRD 70 71 71 73 285 1 313 HAEFNER 72 68 70 75 285 1 313 KEISER 74 70 72 69 285 1 313 LITTLE 72 71 71 71 285 1 313 MANGRUM 72 72 73 68 285 1 313 SMITH 69 74 73 69 285 1 313 DALY 73 71 72 70 286 2 225 OLIVER 69 75 69 74 287 3 200 xWhite-a 77 67 67 76 287 3 amat HARRISON 71 72 69 76 288 4 150 LAFFOON 73 66 74 75 288 4 150 METZ 70 73 75 70 288 4 150 VON NIDA 72 72 71 74 289 5 125 BRUEN 70 74 71 75 290 6 100 DEMARET 70 73 72 75 290 6 100 WALL 69 74 73 74 290 6 100 CERDA 66 73 77 75 291 7 75 FURGOL 73 70 77 72 292 8 50 TOP 10 MONEY WINNERS (thru 5 events) NAME PRIZE$ WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 CUTS made HOGAN 5075 1 3 4 5 HEBERT 4200 2 2 3 4 SNEAD 4125 0 3 4 5 NELSON 3387 0 3 3 5 REES 3063 1 2 3 3 LOCKE 2913 1 1 2 3 DEMARET 2513 0 1 3 4 MIDDLECOFF 2475 0 0 3 3 BURTON 2315 0 1 1 4 STRANAHAN 2301 0 0 1 4 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES NBA DRAFT PRIMER - MISSOURI'S MIKE PANKEMAN Missouri has only had one player selected in the NBA draft since the league was formed in 1932. Center Albert Grove was the first Tiger to be drafted, going in the second round to Indianapolis in 1933. Now another center, by the name of Mike Pankeman may double the number of former Missouri hoopsters to get drafted. Pankeman has two things going against him. First this is a pretty deep draft for centers led by Kentucky's Jack Rocker and Ray Ellefson of Iowa. Other centers to watch include Holy Cross pivot Bob Hubbard, Gary Taylor from Seton Hall, Arnie Risen of Ohio State and Anthony Anderson of Western Kentucky. Pankeman likely fits a notch below each of those meaning if he does get selected it will likely be in the second round. The second thing going against Pankeman is his size. At 6'6" he is just too small to play center in the NBA. He may have more of a future at forward in the NBA. As for how the other Missouri alum fared in the NBA. Grove had an 11 year career but was a bench player for 8 of those seasons. Code: MIKE PANKEMAN'S CAREER STATS AT MISSOURI YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 30 28.7 4.9 8.1 0.3 1.4 1.0 0.6 .296 .796 .000 44-45 37 10.6 2.0 2.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 .325 .636 .000 45-46 31 27.1 8.4 7.9 1.1 0.3 1.4 1.7 .474 .738 .000 46-47 33 29.5 8.9 8.7 0.8 0.8 1.8 2.2 .465 .752 .000 --- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 131 23.4 5.9 6.6 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.1 .416 .749 .000 COLLEGE BASKETBALL OFFSEASON NOTES WOLVERINES STILL REBUILDING Unlike the University of Michigan football team, the Wolverine hoopsters have had very little success to enjoy. From 1933-40 Michigan made 5 appearances in the NCAA tournament but last season extended their streak of missing the NCAA's to 7 years. With three starters back including Big 10 freshman of the year PF Don Rehfeldt this may be the year Michigan ends that streak. However, they will have their work cut out for them. After a pair of 18-13 seasons Michigan slumped to 9-19 a year ago. Leading scorer SG Al Cervi and center Malcom McMullan, who led the team in rebounds are the other two returning starters. Rehfeldt may shift to the small forward spot allowing sophomore Daryll Brough to play PF. The big question mark is shooting guard where there is no replacement for the now graduated Max Heim. The choice likely comes down to freshamn Zila Gordon or Cervi moves to the point and another freshman by the name of Michael Scott steps in as the SG. Code: 1946-47 MICHIGAN STATS (9-19) CLASS NAME Pos GP MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% SO Al Cervi SG 28 31.3 14.0 2.3 3.1 1.5 1.3 0.2 .422 .309 .707 SR Max Heim PG 28 30.0 11.7 0.8 6.1 5.1 1.6 0.0 .423 .268 .723 SR Xavier Brittian SG 28 31.3 11.4 7.8 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.5 .346 .315 .798 SO Malcolm McMullan C 28 31.5 9.6 10.7 1.2 0.8 0.1 3.3 .429 .000 .822 FR Don Rehfeldt PF 24 27.5 8.0 8.9 0.3 1.3 1.0 1.5 .451 .500 .657 FR Daryll Brough PF 28 14.2 3.6 2.8 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 .417 .714 .587 FR MackSuprunowicz PF 28 13.5 3.5 5.0 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 .337 .000 .714 SR Rob Guidry PG 28 11.7 3.1 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.1 .211 .190 .690 JR Malachi Freeman SF 28 11.2 1.6 2.5 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 .281 .500 .571 JR Samuel Elsner SF 13 3.3 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .077 .000 .762 FR Misk Russell PF 5 3.2 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 .400 .000 .500 SR Jerry Banks PG 9 2.9 0.9 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 .333 .000 .750 SR Kenny Duggan PG 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 1947-48 MICHIGAN ROSTER # Name Pos Ht Wt Year High School (Hometown) 3 Daryll Brough PF 6-9 230 So Rossville HS (Indianapolis,IN 4 Nicholas Armstrong SF 6-5 187 Fr Randolph Clay HS (Cuthbert,GA) 14 Don Rehfeldt PF 6-6 176 So Rogers HS (Detroit,MI) 17 Mack Suprunowicz PF 6-5 214 So Plainfield High School (Plainfield,IN) 19 Michael xScott SG 6-1 161 Fr Northern High School (Pontiac,MI) 24 Malcolm McMullan C 7-0 273 Jr C. R. Prairie (Norway,IA) 27 Misk Russell PF 6-9 203 So Southfield High School (Detroit,MI) 29 Kristopher HennesseyPF 6-8 246 Fr Switzerland County HS (Vevay,IN) 48 Zila Gordon PG 5-9 144 Fr Deer Park HS (Cincinnati,OH) 54 Al Cervi SG 6-4 176 Jr Battle Creek Central (Battle Creek, MI) 40 Samuel Elsner SF 6-7 199 Sr Terre Haute North Vigo HS (Terre Haute,IN) 43 Malachi Freeman SF 6-5 193 Sr Joliet High School (Joliet,IL) 49 Deondrae Xiong C 6-11 224 Fr King City HS (King City,MO) HORSE RACING JET PILOT LOOKS TO CLAIM SECOND LEG OF TRIPLE CROWN As expected Kentucky Derby winner Jet Pilot has been confirmed to participate in Saturday's running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Track near Baltimore. It looks like the entire field from the Derby will compete including favourite Phalanx, who will likely be the favourite again this weekend. BOXING NEWS MINI-TOURNAMENT SET TO DETERMINE NEW EUROPEAN BANTAMWEIGHT KING As expected Spain's Luis Romero has stepped down as the European Bantamweight Champion after he won the world title by stopping Fernando Gagnon last week. To declare a new European champ, the four top rated contenders will stage a playoff. The 4 contenders are Benny Goldberg of Poland, Guido Ferracin of Italy, British champion Gus Foran and Johnny King of Britian. The semi-final will be contested in Munich, Germany on May 26 with the final being set for the first or second week of July likely in Paris. By random draw it has been decided that Golberg will face King while Foran will meet Ferracin in the semi-final. Goldberg is just coming off of a victory over Gus Foran in a non-title fight. Originally from Warsaw but now based in Detroit, Goldberg is 2-0 in post war action. King is 35-6 and has previously fought all 3 of the other semi-finalists. He lost to Foran in the postwar British title fight and lost to Goldberg by majority decision in January. Two months ago King won a unanimous decision over Ferracin. As mentioned above, Liverpool native Foran beat King but lost to Goldberg. He is 24-6. Ferracin, from Rovigo Italy, had a European title shot against Romero but lost by 9th round KO. He also lost to King on a decision in January to fall to 27-6-2. The undercard will also be used to try and rekindle some post war interest in German boxers. Two highly touted 20 year old will each fight. Heavyweight Jurgen xHucke, nicknamed Young Max presumably because of a style compared to Max Schmeling, will taken on Italian Gino Buonvino. Lightheavyweight Rudel xDietrich will fight a Spanish punching bag by the name of Paco Bueno. Neither are quality opponents for the two Germans. Bueno is 8-21-5 in his career while Buonvino 5-19-2. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

11-19-2004, 12:47 AM	#311
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY MAY 15, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PIRATES KEEP ON WINNING Arky Vaughan had 4 rbi's and Jim Tobin tossed a 6-hit complete game as the Pittsburgh Pirates blasted the visiting New York Giants 9-1 to improve their major league leading record to 21-7. The key to Pittsburgh success so far has been the offense : a .308 team batting average is .037 better than the second best team in all of baseball; and with 192 runs the Pirates have scored 52 more than the number 2 team in the majors. The majority of the offense comes from 3-4-5 hitters Bob Elliott (.396,6,31), Arky Vaughan (.327,5,30) and second year man Ralph Kiner (.337,3,24). However second baseman Tony Cuccinello (.284,2,23) and catcher Bill Salkeld (.262,2,14) have also got into the act of late. The starting rotation of Preacher Roe (6-0, 2.18), Jim Tobin (5-1, 3.73), Ken Heintzelman (3-2, 6.33) and Vic Raschi (1-0, 3.38) has been solid even with Cy Young winner Cliff Melton (3-1, 3.07) sidelined. St Louis managed to stay with 3 and a half games of the Pirates by blanking Brooklyn 5-0 on a 5-hitter from Ernie White and reliever Joe Coleman. Whitey Kurowski homered and Ben Chapman had a pair of rbi's for the Cards who completed a 3-game sweep of the Dodgers. After 6 seasons as a reliever Max Macon won in his first major league starting assignment, allowing 3 runs in 7 innings as the Philadelphia Phillies beat Boston 7-3. Macon held the Braves off the scoresheet until getting into trouble to begin the 7th. Johnny Mize drove in 3 runs and Harry Feldman pitched a complete game as Cincinnati crushed Chicago 9-1. In the American League rbi doubles from Johnny Hudson and Tommy Holmes in the bottom of the 8th inning lifted Boston past Detroit 5-4. The New York Yankees dropped first place Cleveland 9-1 behind a solid effort from pitcher Max Lanier. Ray Scarborough tossed a 5-hitter as last place Philadelphia beat Washington 5-3 while in St Louis, homers from Tom Hafey and Harry Danning led visiting Chicago past the Browns 8-6. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 19 7 .731 x NEW YORK 18 11 .621 2.5 ST LOUIS 16 13 .552 4.5 WASHINGTON 13 14 .481 6.5 DETROIT 12 15 .444 7.5 CHICAGO 11 16 .407 8.5 BOSTON 10 16 .385 9.0 PHILADELPHIA 10 17 .370 9.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 21 7 .750 x ST LOUIS 18 11 .621 3.5 CHICAGO 14 12 .538 6.0 CINCINNATI 15 13 .536 6.0 PHILADELPHIA 13 12 .520 6.5 BOSTON 10 15 .400 9.5 BROOKLYN 8 18 .308 12.0 NEW YORK 7 18 .280 12.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 5 Washington 3 Boston 5 Detroit 4 Chicago 8 St Louis 6 New York 9 Cleveland 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 7 Boston 3 St Louis 5 Brooklyn 0 Cincinnati 9 Chicago 1 Pittsburgh 9 New York 1 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (F Caliguire 4-1, 3.21) at Washington (D Adkins 1-3, 5.61) Detroit (F Hutchinson 3-3, 4.39) at Boston (E Johnson 1-2, 1.16) Chicago (G Schott 4-2, 3.50) at St Louis (S Zoldak 2-2, 3.35) New York (T Bonham 3-3, 1.93) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-2, 2.26) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-3, 4.42) at Boston (B Donovan 0-3, 2.59) St Louis (A Jurisch 4-3, 2.41) at Brooklyn (D Black 1-3, 2.19) Chicago (J Welch 3-2, 5.59) at Cincinnati (A Carter 4-3, 2.72) New York (A Zabala 1-1, 1.44) at Pittsburgh ( V Raschi 1-0, 3.38) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .366 B Elliott Pit .396 J Heath Cle .354 G Rosen Bkn .393 J Bolling NYY .347 G Scharein StL .372 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 7 W Cooper StL 7 D Walker NYY 5 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 28 B Elliott Pit 31 B Young Bos 24 A Vaughan Pit 30 D Walker NYY 24 R Kiner Pit 24 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 6-0 P Roe Pit 6-0 S Gromek Cle 5-0 C Schanz Phi 5-2 D Dean NYY 5-1 V Olsen Chn 5-2 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.04 A Zabala NYG 1.44 E Johnson Bos 1.16 V Olsen Chn 2.03 T Bonham NYY 1.93 P Roe Pit 2.18 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS F Hutchinson Det 31 W Spahn Bsn 43 J Haynes Wsh 31 R Barney Bkn 42 S Gromek Cle 31 E White StL 38 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES *NBA DRAFT PRIMER - FLORIDA'S RAY CORLEY** From National Freshman of the Year to benchwarmer as a sophomore. Which is the real Ray Corely? After averaging nearly 12 points and 9 assists as a freshman at the University of Florida, Corely spent most of last year sulking on the bench? Why is anyone's guess. Just like he did all last season, Corely is still not talking to the media about it and all the University of Florida would ever say was it was an internal issue. There is no question Corely has the talent to play at the NBA level but does he have the attitude? That will be up to NBA teams to decide next month. Odds are one team in the first round will decide his talent is too much to pass up and Corely will go in round one. Code: RAY CORLEY'S CAREER STATS AT FLORIDA YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 45-46 32 31.5 11.8 1.3 8.5 2.8 1.6 0.1 .443 .697 .355 46-47 31 8.5 1.9 1.2 2.3 0.6 0.4 0.0 .286 .643 .308 -- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 63 20.2 6.9 1.3 5.4 1.7 1.0 0.0 .419 .685 .347 In real-life Corley went to Notre Dame and Georgetown and played parts of 3 seasons in the NBA with 3 different teams between 1950-53. COLLEGE BASKETBALL OFFSEASON NOTES RICH TRADITION OF DEVELOPING PRO PLAYERS AT FLORIDA The University of Florida has a couple of final four appearances to it's credit but the Gators are better known for developing top quality NBA talent than winning anything. Certainly number one on everyone's list of Florida products is NBA superstar Cameron Belli but in all Florida has produced 15 NBA draft picks including first rounders Belli, Akins Adkisson, Dave Askew, Daniel Swanson, Daniel Knall, Breece Kutchin, Bruce Phillips, Billy Hassett, Michael Gonzales, Chris Shover and 5 second round picks. The Gators are the only team to have two players selected first overall: Belli in 1934 and Knall in 1942. Still with all of that talent you would expect the Gators to have more than three SEC tournament title banners hanging from the rafters. The banners themselves are getting dusty as the newest one was hoisted a decade ago. Last season there was positive news like a 22-9 record and a run to the SEC tournament final before losing to national champion Kentucky, but the year ended on a sour note when the fourth seeded Gators were upset by Texas A&M in the opening round of the NCAA's. Things look bright this year with all of the starters back and only substitute PF Dylan Loper and sophomore PG Roy Corley gone. The backcourt will again feature Tyson Edwards and SEC freshman of the year Shaun Fluellen. Upfront there is Bill Closs and Ward Gibson along with recruit Harry Hamilton who may be the best freshman player in the nation. With this looking like a down year for Kentucky this just might be the year Florida gets a fourth SEC title banner. Code: 1947-48 FLORIDA GATORS ROSTER # Name Position Ht Wt Year High School (Hometown) 4 Shaun Fluellen SG 6-2 174 So Matewan HS (Matewan,WV) 11 Tyson Edwards SG 6-2 170 So Aquinas Institute School (Rochester,NY) 13 Nicolas Deakins SF 6-8 221 Jr Belleview HS (Belleview,FL) 16 Clinton Sargent SF 6-3 184 Sr Lee High (Jonesville,VA) 21 Hans Tanzler C 6-11 191 Fr Lincoln HS (Shinnston,WV) 22 Nick Ellsworth PF 6-5 226 Jr Newcomers HS (Queens,NY) 24 Jovan Hull PG 5-11 163 Sr Gardena Serra HS (Carson,CA) 25 Harry Hamilton PF 6-10 213 Fr Gulliver Prep (Miami,FL) 31 Bill Closs SF 6-7 193 Jr Interlachen HS (Interlachen,FL) 32 Thomas McIntyre SG 6-5 173 So Upper Darby HS (Philadelphia,PA) 52 Bob Hahn C 6-7 276 Jr Kirksville HS (Vilnius, Lithuania) 53 Ward Gibson C 6-11 260 Jr McKinley HS (Baton Rouge,LA) 54 Dominic Roeger PG 6-1 180 Sr Northern Iowa (Milwaukee,WI) 1946-47 FLORIDA GATORS STATS Name Pos GP MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% Shaun Fluellen SG 31 31.8 13.6 1.2 4.8 2.3 1.5 0.1 .415 .420 .777 Ward Gibson C 31 27.6 13.6 9.8 0.6 0.2 1.3 1.4 .512 .458 .781 Bob Hahn C 31 24.6 12.9 7.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 2.8 .516 .349 .810 Bill Closs SF 31 29.8 12.2 8.6 0.7 0.7 1.7 2.1 .396 .333 .733 Thomas McIntyre SG 31 30.6 9.5 1.2 6.6 1.9 1.3 0.1 .408 .364 .763 Nicolas Deakins SF 31 21.7 8.0 6.7 0.4 0.2 1.1 0.8 .397 .371 .671 Tyson Edwards SG 31 12.8 6.3 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 .475 .532 .673 Ray Corley PG 31 8.5 1.9 1.2 2.3 0.6 0.4 0.0 .286 .308 .643 Dylan Loper PF 31 9.5 1.3 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 .317 .000 .778 Clinton Sargent SF 8 3.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 .429 .333 .000 Nick Ellsworth PF 14 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.000.000 .000 Dominic Roeger PG 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 Jovan Hull PG 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 In real life new recruits Tanzler and Hamilton were the first two 1000 career point scorers at Florida. Tanzler would later become mayor of Jacksonville. Ward Gibson attended Creighton before playing briefly in the National Professional Basketball League. Bob Hahn attended NC State before playing 10 games with Chicago of the NBA in 1950. Bill Closs went to Rice before playing 3 seasons in the NBA in the early fifties. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

11-19-2004, 07:47 PM	#312
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL YANKS CLOSE TO WITHIN GAME AND A HALF OF TRIBE Cleveland Indians pitcher Johnny Babich tossed a complete game 2-hitter - and lost. Babich gave up a bloop single to Snuffy Stirnweiss in the top of the sixth that scored the first run of the game and a solo homer to Aaron Robinson in the 8th that gave New York a 2-1 victory over the Indians. The only Indians run came in the bottom of the 7th on a sacrifice fly. Tiny Bonham allowed just 7 Cleveland hits while Jimmy Deshong came on in relief to get the final two outs for his first save of the season. The Yankee win moves New York to within a game and a half of the first place Indians atop the American League standings. In other action: Chet Laabs homered and drove in 3 runs as Philadelphia waxed Washington 12-1. Mel Almada and Stan Spence each had 3 hits to lead the Boston Red Sox past Detroit 6-5 while in St Louis the Browns dropped Chicago 8-3. ZABALA BAFFLES BUCS Where did this guy come from? After 3 seasons spent mainly in the minors and exclusively in relief, New York Giants pitcher Adrian Zabala is making the most of his opportunity to be a starter. Zabala pitched 7 shutout innings as the lowly Giants blanked powerful Pittsburgh 2-0. In three starts the 30 year old is 2-1 with a 1.13 era. Johnny Rucker had 3 hits and scored the winning run to lead the Giants offense. The Philadelphia Phillies won a wild one in Boston 13-7. The Braves tied the game at 5 when PH Vance Dinges hit a solo homer with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth but that was just the start of the drama. In the top of the 10th another pinch-hitter, Bobby Estalella hit a 2-run shot to put the Phillies ahead but an Earl Torgeson double in the bottom of the inning scored two tie once again tie the game. Philadelphia would put it away with 4 runs in the top of 11th and there was no Boston comeback this time as Orval Grove retired the Braves in order. There were late inning heroics in Brooklyn as well. Despite having two men retired at the plate on throws from Cardinals OF Frankie Baumholz, Brooklyn scored 3 times in the bottom of the nith to tie the Cardinals at 5. The Dodgers then won the game in the bottom of the 10th on a sac fly from PH Red Nonnenkamp. In Cincinnati, Grady Hatton's 3 run homer led the Reds past Chicago 5-2. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 19 8 .704 x NEW YORK 19 11 .633 1.5 ST LOUIS 17 13 .567 3.5 WASHINGTON 13 15 .464 6.5 DETROIT 12 16 .429 7.5 BOSTON 11 16 .407 8.0 CHICAGO 11 17 .393 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 11 17 .393 8.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 21 8 .724 x ST LOUIS 18 12 .600 3.5 CINCINNATI 16 13 .552 5.0 PHILADELPHIA 14 12 .538 5.5 CHICAGO 14 13 .519 6.0 BOSTON 10 16 .385 9.5 BROOKLYN 9 18 .333 11.0 NEW YORK 8 18 .308 11.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 12 Washington 1 Boston 6 Detroit 5 St Louis 8 Chicago 3 New York 2 Cleveland 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 13 Boston 7 (11 inn) Brooklyn 6 St Louis 5 (10 inn) Cincinnati 5 Chicago 2 New York 2 Pittsburgh 0 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-4, 3.47) at Washington (J Haynes 3-3, 3.22) Detroit (H White 4-2, 3.44) at Boston (A Karl 2-2, 5.76) Chicago (F Biscan 2-3, 5.10) at St Louis (A Williams 1-4, 2.96) New York (D Dean 5-1, 2.93) at Cleveland (M Butcher 2-0, 1.46) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (V Olsen 5-2, 2.03) at Boston (B Brown 1-0, 0.64) New York (D Koslo 1-5, 5.75) at Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-5, 7.15) Philadelphia (C Schanz 5-2, 3.30) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 3-3, 3.61) St Louis (G Dockins 4-3, 5.04) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 5-1, 3.75) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .379 B Elliott Pit .400 W Judnich SLB .360 G Rosen Bkn .386 J Heath Cle .350 G Scharein StL .367 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 7 W Cooper StL 7 D Walker NYY 5 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 28 B Elliott Pit 31 B Young Bos 25 A Vaughan Pit 30 D Walker NYY 24 R Kiner Pit 24 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 6-0 P Roe Pit 6-0 S Gromek Cle 5-0 C Schanz Phi 5-2 D Dean NYY 5-1 V Olsen Chn 5-2 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.04 A Zabala NYG 1.13 T Bonham NYY 1.68 V Olsen Chn 2.03 E Johnson Bos 1.74 P Roe Pit 2.18 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS F Hutchinson Det 34 W Spahn Bsn 43 J Haynes Wsh 31 R Barney Bkn 42 S Gromek Cle 31 A Jurisch StL 39 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES NBA DRAFT PRIMER - SETON HALL'S GARY TAYLOR Despite, or perhaps because of a back injury suffered in Seton Hall's final NCAA tournament game of the season, junior center Gary Taylor has decided to skip his senior year and enter the NBA draft. For his part Taylor says the injury had no bearing either way on his decision, he simply felt it was time to take his game to the pro ranks. Taylor spent 3 seasons as the starting center for the Pirates and improved his game in each of those years. He led Seton Hall to two straight Big East tournament titles and was named to the conference allstar team this year. There is plenty of competition at center in this year's draft but as long as his back is sound Taylor should hear his name called by the middle of the first round. Code: GARY TAYLOR'S CAREER STATS AT SETON HALL YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 33 31.4 8.3 9.3 1.4 0.8 0.4 1.7 .397 .829 .000 45-46 34 31.6 10.1 11.8 1.6 1.1 0.1 2.0 .420 .813 .500 46-47 34 30.5 13.7 13.8 1.0 1.0 1.3 3.0 .644 .774 .000 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 101 31.2 10.7 11.7 1.3 1.0 0.6 2.2 .494 .804 .500 Gary Taylor is a fictional player created by TDCB. GOLF BING CROSBY PRO-AM BEGINS TOMORROW Bing Crosby's annual pro-am tournament begins tomorrow in a brand new venue. After a decade at Rancho Santa Fe near San Diego the event will now be played on three courses in the Monterey Penninsula - Pebble Beach, Cypress Point and Del Monte. The event will also be extended from 36 holes to 54 with one round being contested at each of the courses. HORSE RACING PHALANX, JET PILOT CO-FAVOURITES IN PREAKNESS Kentucky Derby winner Jet Pilot is a co-favourite at 2-1 along with the third place finisher in the Derby Phalanx for Saturday's Preakness Stakes. The next two most popular horses with the early bettor's are On Trust and Faultless, both at 5-1. Liberty Road's surprising second place finish at Churchill Downs is getting little respect at Pimlico - the horse is set at 10-1 as of Tuesday. Code: Here are the mid-week odds Jet Pilot 2-1 Phalanx 2-1 On Trust 5-1 Faultless 5-1 Bulletproof 9-1 Liberty Road 10-1 Stepfather 10-1 Star Reward 12-1 Jett Jett 12-1 Riskolater 12-1 WL Sickle 15-1 Double Jay 20-1 Cosmic Bomb 20-1 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

11-20-2004, 02:02 PM	#313
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	edited to post as a poll instead. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 11-20-2004 at 02:52 PM.

11-20-2004, 02:52 PM	#314
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	I love the way it is now Tiger Fan, but I have no qualms with you moving faster. I love the newspaper format, which gives the day to day detail that much more oomph. I know what you mean about moving into modern times, especially that the games you have don't accommodate for your time period. It works though, you've done a great job working it all in. Your decision is ultimate, and I know whatever you decide will turn out fantastic. I know my analysis doesn't really help, but hey, this is one of my favorites and I know your going to do a great job with it. __________________ None Blog it.

11-20-2004, 03:07 PM	#315
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	thanks for the feedback Vris. I moved it into a poll so it did not get lost in the day to day recaps. Your answer about sums up my thoughts. I love the day to day stuff but at the same time I want to see what happens with Otto Graham in Tampa, I want to see if Cousy can lead Holy Cross to an NCAA title and then dominate the NBA, what kind of career numbers Howe will put up in the NHL, will top draft picks Art Houtteman and Earl Torgeson become mlb stars. Futher down the road it will be great to see Cassius Clay enter the ring, and Johnny Unitias turn pro and Mantle and Mays and Orr and Chamberlain. At my current pace I will likely never get there, but is that so bad? This is the first day to day historical sim I have done (the HOB's have always been quick sim the year) and the amount of detail I can focus on is incredible. Stuff that would go unnoticed in a quick sim. Chiefs QB Ulish Groce would never have been mentioned. John Layton, 3 time SWC player of the year was unnoticed while quick simming up to 1947 in college hoops, but now with the day to day aspect I can tell his story and watch his career unfold. Every Joe Louis title fight now has great anticipation for me as I build up to it. Golf gives me great stories like board member created Scott Tibbetts improbbale performance at Phoenix. I just can't decide. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 11-20-2004 at 03:08 PM.*

11-20-2004, 03:43 PM	#316
Tib All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Paso Robles, CA Posts: 995	YEAH!!! 2nd place as an amateur! Feels fantastic to finish with my hero, Ben Hogan!

11-20-2004, 07:05 PM	#317
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY MAY 17, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEVEN IN A ROE Preacher Roe continues to baffle National League batters as he improved his record to 7-0 by leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past St Louis 3-2 at Forbes Field. Roe had allowed just 3 hits before Ben Chapman doubled to lead off the top of the ninth inning. Alex Carrasquel came on to replace Roe and, while Chapman did eventually score, he preserved the Pirates win and earned his 7th save of the season in the process. Two of Pittsburgh's runs came on a bases-loaded single from first baseman Bill Nagel in the 6th and the final one came on doubles from Ralph Kiner and Tony Cuccinello in the 8th. George Dockins took the loss to even his record at 4-4. At 22-8 the Pirates have a 4.5 game lead on second place St Louis in the National League. Ron Northey had a career day for the Phillies in Cincinnati. The reserve outfielder, making his first start of the season, homered and drove in a career high 7 runs as the Phillies rocked the Reds 12-2. Northey was 3 rbi's shy of the National League single game mark of 10 set by Chick Hafey of St Louis in 1930 and equalled by Joe Dimaggio of the Reds in 1941. Northey hit a grand slam in the first inning, an rbi single in the second and a 2-run double in the sixth. Tony Giuliani also had the game of his career. The seldom used Cubs catcher hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 8th inning to give Chicago a 7-5 victory over Boston. Just two innings earlier Giuliani tied the game at 5 with his first 2-run blast of the game. The longtime minor leaguer had just 5 career homeruns entering the game. In the other National League game Stan Hack drove in 3 runs as Brooklyn dumped New York 4-1. PLAYER PROFILE - TONY GIULIANI Tony Giuliani is your classic bench player. Released by 4 teams the St. Paul, Minnesota native spent 9 seasons in the minors before finally earning a major league roster spot for a full season. Just like his real life career, his AllSports replay career has hardly been noteworthy but Giuliani is the type of player you love to see have that occassional moment of fame like he did by hitting a pair of homers in today's game. His career is a testament to preservation. Given his first taste of major league action with the Browns in September of 1939, Giuliani went 1-for-13 in 4 games and was never recalled by the Browns again. St Louis released him in 1939 but he was picked up by the Giants almost immediately. After a year in their system he was released in May of 1940 only to get a chance with Brooklyn a couple of weeks later. The Dodgers would release him in 1941 without ever moving him above AA but in mid-June of that year the Phillies signed him. He would get his second shot at the majors in 1942 but would get just 2 hits in 12 at bats and was released by the Phillies in May of 1943. The Cubs signed him a month later and gave him a 4-game trial in September of 1943. He would see some major league action in 1944 due to injuries and in the spring of 1945 beat out Clyde McCullough for the backup catcher spot after Bob Scheffing was moved to the Yankees. It was a case of being in the right spot at the right time as Giuliani did a decent job as the backup and won himself a World Series ring. He was 0-for-2 in his two series appearances but that did not diminish the excitement of being a member of a World Champion ballclub. Today was the first time in his career he ever hit two homers or had more than 2 rbi in a major league game. In real life Giuliani hit .233 in 243 career major league games with the Browns, Senators and Dodgers. He never hit a homerun in real life and never played more than 71 games in a season. In researching his career I learned he actually just passed away a month ago at the age of 91. Other notes including he was the opposing catcher on the day Joe Dimaggio made his major league debut in 1936. He was a longtime scout for the Senators/Twins and among others was responsible for scouting Kent Hrbek and John Castino. Code: TONY GIULIANI'S CAREER STATS Year Teams G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG 1936 A 69 257 27 64 17 0 5 21 .249 AA 50 193 24 42 6 0 5 23 .218 SLA 4 13 1 1 1 0 0 3 .077 1937 AA 119 460 59 123 22 0 31 80 .267 1938 AA 119 431 74 121 17 1 30 86 .281 1939 AA 116 425 57 117 13 0 32 80 .275 1940 AA 104 392 54 128 18 3 24 72 .327 1941 AA 113 397 56 124 18 2 22 49 .312 1942 AAA 112 374 45 97 19 0 11 46 .259 PHI 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 1943 AAA 102 313 43 79 7 1 12 35 .252 PHI-CHN 4 9 1 2 1 0 0 3 .222 1944 AAA 40 51 8 10 1 0 4 7 .196 CHN 32 67 9 18 4 0 0 10 .269 1945 CHN 68 155 15 43 2 0 2 20 .277 1946 CHN 78 171 20 45 6 0 3 15 .263 1947 CHN 8 30 6 10 1 0 2 5 .333 ---- --- --- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- ---- MLB Totals 198 457 52 121 15 0 7 56 .265 PLAYER PROFILE - RON NORTHEY Journeyman outfielder Ron Northey enjoyed far and away the most productive day of his major league career today when he drove in 7 runs in a 12-2 Phillies win. While never released like Giuliani, Northey did have to spend a fair bit of time in the minors and a lot of time on the bench before his big day. In real life Northey spent 12 seasons in the majors and was a career .276 hitter for the Phillies, Cards, Cubs and White Sox. His son Scott would play 20 games for the expansion Royals in 1969. His best season was 1944 with the Phillies when he hit 22 homers and drove in 104 runs. Code: RON NORTHEY'S CAREER MLB STATS Year Teams G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG 1942 PHI 15 16 1 2 0 0 1 3 .125 1943 PHI 24 25 1 7 1 0 1 8 .280 1944 PHI 67 105 14 31 7 1 1 17 .295 1945 PHI 118 341 39 88 16 1 6 44 .258 1946 PHI 67 77 10 20 7 0 1 16 .260 1947 PHI 12 15 2 6 2 0 1 9 .400 ---- --- --- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- ---- Total 303 579 67 154 33 2 11 97 .266 RED SOX INCH CLOSER TO .500 After starting the season 3-15 it is amazing that the Boston Red Sox are within 4 games of the .500 mark less than 2 weeks later. That is what going on a streak that sees you win 9 of 10 games will do for you. The Red Sox beat Detroit for the third straight time, dropping the Tigers 6-2 at Fenway behind an Andy Karl 6-hitter. In other American League action Cleveland beat New York 5-3 handing Dizzy Dean his second straight loss after starting the season 5-0. Oscar Grimes and Mike Tresh each hit a 2-run homer to lead the Tribe. Catcher Norm Schlueter, recalled just 5 days ago, hit his second homer of the season as the Chicago White Sox dumped St Louis 7-3. In Washington, Joe Haynes went the distance as the Senators topped Philadelphia 7-2 Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 20 8 .714 x NEW YORK 19 12 .613 2.5 ST LOUIS 17 14 .548 4.5 WASHINGTON 14 15 .483 6.5 BOSTON 12 16 .429 8.0 CHICAGO 12 17 .414 8.5 DETROIT 12 17 .414 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 11 18 .379 9.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 22 8 .733 x ST LOUIS 18 13 .581 4.5 PHILADELPHIA 15 12 .556 5.5 CHICAGO 15 13 .536 6.0 CINCINNATI 16 14 .533 6.0 BOSTON 10 17 .370 10.5 BROOKLYN 10 18 .357 11.0 NEW YORK 8 19 .296 12.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 7 Philadelphia 2 Boston 6 Detroit 2 Chicago 7 St Louis 3 Cleveland 5 New York 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 7 Boston 5 Brooklyn 4 New York 1 Philadelphia 12 Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 3 St Louis 2 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-5, 4.47) at Washington (R Barrett 2-3, 6.44) Detroit (B Byerly 0-0, 6.00) at Boston (R Melton 1-1, 9.00) Chicago (G Schott 4-3, 3.57) at St Louis (T Baker 3-3, 3.23) New York (J Brown 3-3, 6.86) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 6-0, 1.04) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (E Head 4-3, 3.66) at Boston (K Raffensberger 2-3, 2.58) New York (R Bauers 1-4, 3.74) at Brooklyn (L Webber 1-4, 5.20) Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-3, 4.43) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 4-2, 4.11) St Louis (S Ferens 1-1, 3.94) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 3-2, 6.33) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .378 B Elliott Pit .411 J Heath Cle .350 G Rosen Bkn .391 W Judnich SLB .346 G Scharein StL .355 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 7 W Cooper StL 7 T Williams Bos 6 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 29 B Elliott Pit 31 B Young Bos 26 A Vaughan Pit 30 D Walker NYY 24 R Kiner Pit 24 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 6-0 P Roe Pit 7-0 S Gromek Cle 5-0 C Schanz Phi 6-2 D Dean NYY 5-2 J Tobin Pit 5-1 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.04 A Zabala NYG 1.13 T Bonham NYY 1.68 P Roe Pit 2.19 E Johnson Bos 1.74 V Olsen Chn 2.30 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS J Haynes Wsh 38 W Spahn Bsn 43 F Hutchinson Det 34 R Barney Bkn 42 S Gromek Cle 31 A Jurisch StL 39 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES NBA DRAFT PRIMER - UCLA HAS A PAIR OF POTENTIAL PICKS Two former UCLA Bruins could hear their names called on draft day. Senior forward Chet McNabb was the team's leading scorer and it's top rebounder. A 4-year starter McNabb leaves UCLA as it's second highest career scorer. PG Bruce Hale saw limited action his first two seasons but really blossomed as a junior. While the Bruins would love to have him back for his senior campaign he does appear ready for the next level. Code: BRUCE HALE'S CAREER STATS AT UCLA YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 32 15.6 6.2 0.7 2.5 1.2 1.0 0.0 .366 .705 .306 45-46 32 11.4 5.1 0.4 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.0 .427 .747 .308 46-47 35 26.9 8.4 1.7 5.6 4.7 2.1 0.1 .369 .735 .324 -- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 99 18.3 6.7 1.0 3.4 2.4 1.4 0.0 .380 .730 .315 CHET MCNABB'S CAREER STATS AT UCLA YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 37 25.4 9.0 6.6 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.5 .441 .686 .407 44-45 32 28.6 13.0 11.4 0.7 0.5 1.5 1.2 .442 .717 .372 45-46 32 29.8 13.6 11.7 0.6 0.7 2.0 2.5 .432 .718 .297 46-47 35 30.0 15.5 15.5 1.5 0.9 2.2 2.4 .464 .643 .352 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 136 28.4 12.7 11.2 0.8 0.7 1.8 1.6 .446 .686 .356 In real life Hale attended Santa Clara and played 3 seasons in the NBA with Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. He also coached Oakland of the ABA in 1968. In real life McNabb attended Arizona State and West Texas State before playing 2 games for the Baltimore Bullets in 1947-48 BOXING NEWS FLYWEIGHTS HERMAN AND KANE MEET IN GLASGOW The flyweight division is dominated by the British and a pair of top fighters in that weight class meet in Glasgow, Scotland tonight. Vic Herman, ranked 5th in the world fights in his hometown against Liverpool native and 9th ranked Peter Kane. Herman, who lost to Kane nearly two years ago early in the postwar title tournament, sports a 14-3-2 record. He most recently scored a first round knockout of then 16th ranked Dado Marino. Kane is 16-2-1 with both of his losses coming against Little Dado of the Phillippines. Code: Here are the top 10 Flyweights: RANK NAME HOMETOWN RECORD CH Teddy Gardner West Hartlepool, England 17-2-1 2 Jackie Patterson Ayrshire, Scotland 20-2-0 3 Speedy Akira Yokohama, Japan 15-4-2 4 Rinty Monaghan Belfast, Ireland 17-4-1 5 Vic Herman Glasgow, Scotland 14-3-2 6 Black Pico Havana, Cuba 16-2-0 7 Little Dado Phillippines 19-4-2 8 Yoshio Shirai Tokyo, Japan 11-3-2 9 Peter Kane Liverpool, England 16-2-1 10 Louis Skena Nice, France 17-4-1 The top Americans and their overall rank 13 Jackie Jurich San Jose, California 15-4-0 20 Dado Marino Honolulu, Hawaii 12-4-0 GOLF BING CROSBY PRO-AM TEES OFF After a 4 year hiatus the Bing Crosby Pro-Am resumes today with a new format and a new location. The tournament has been stretched from two rounds to three and will now be played in the Monterey Penninsula instead of San Diego. Sam Snead has won the tournament 3 times. The only amateur to win the tournament outright was John Dawson in 1942. 1946 No Tournament 1945 No Tournament 1944 No Tournament 1943 No Tournament 1942 John Dawson 133 1942 Lloyd Mangrum 133 1941 Sam Snead 136 1940 Ed Oliver 135 1939 Dutch Harrison 138 1938 Sam Snead 139 1937 Sam Snead 68 INDY 500 QUALIFYING RESUMES THIS WEEKEND Final qualifying for next Saturday's Indy 500 autorace resumes this weekend. The first 12 positions are already handed out including the pole which will go to first time Indy 500 entrant Bill Holland. This will be the 31st running of the event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

11-21-2004, 09:31 PM	#318
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY MAY 18, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOHRMAN BLANKS YANKS FOR 16TH STRAIGHT WIN Cleveland Indians righthander Bill Lohrman is about as close to a guaranteed victory as you will find. Lohrman improved to 7-0 this season and stretching back to last year has won his last 16 straight decisions after Cleveland blasted New York 7-0. Lohrman went the distance allowing just 4 hits and lowering his league leading era to 0.90. Mike Tresh hit his second homer in as many days to lead the Tribe offense. The Chicago White Sox mounted a huge comeback to beat the St Louis Browns 4-3 in 10 innings. Trailing 3-0 in the top of the ninth outfielder Danny Litwhiler hit a 3-run homer to tie the game for Chicago and then St Louis starter Tom Baker threw a wild pitch in the top of the 10th that allowed pinch runner Bob Maier to score the winning run. In other American League games Red Barrett tossed a 5-hit shutout as Washington blanked Philadelphia 9-0. In Boston, Joe Gantenbein and Dom Dallessandro homered as Detroit doubled the Red Sox 10-5. In the National League Ken Raffensberger and the Braves blanked Chicago 2-0. Raffensberger tossed a complete game 4-hitter to even his record at 3-3. Stan Ferens seems to be fully recovered from the back injury that cost him nearly a full year. The Cardinals veteran starter improved his record to 2-1 with his second straight complete game 5 hitter, this one a 4-0 win in Pittsburgh. Whitey Kurowski and Marty Marion each had 3 hits for St Louis. Joe Medwick and Johnny Ripple homered as Cincinnati hammered Philadelphia 16-4 while Hank Leiber's 2-run double in the top of the ninth gave the New York Giants a 5-3 win in Brooklyn. Giants rookie catcher Yogi Berra enjoyed his first 3 hit game. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 21 8 .724 x NEW YORK 19 13 .594 3.5 ST LOUIS 17 15 .531 5.5 WASHINGTON 15 15 .500 6.5 CHICAGO 13 17 .433 8.5 DETROIT 13 17 .433 8.5 BOSTON 12 17 .414 9.0 PHILADELPHIA 11 19 .367 10.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 22 9 .710 x ST LOUIS 19 13 .594 3.5 CINCINNATI 17 14 .548 5.0 PHILADELPHIA 15 13 .536 5.5 CHICAGO 15 14 .517 6.0 BOSTON 11 17 .393 9.5 BROOKLYN 10 19 .345 11.0 NEW YORK 9 19 .321 11.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 9 Philadelphia 0 Detroit 10 Boston 5 Chicago 4 St Louis 3 (10 inn) Cleveland 7 New York 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 2 Chicago 0 New York 5 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 16 Philadelphia 4 St Louis 4 Pittsburgh 0 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (V Trucks 1-5, 4.17) at Washington (D Adkins 1-3, 5.12) Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-5, 4.08) at Boston (T Hughson 1-3, 5.04) New York (M Lanier 3-3, 2.19) at St Louis (A McKain 4-1, 3.97) Chicago (E Lopat 3-4, 5.24) at Cleveland (S Gromek 5-0, 4.53) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (P Erickson 2-4, 5.03) at Boston (W Spahn 3-4, 4.28) New Yok (K Chase 2-4, 7.75) at Brooklyn (R Barney 2-2, 3.83) Philadelphia (M Macon 2-0, 2.65) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 2-2, 4.97) St Louis (E White 4-2, 3.63) at Pittsburgh (J Tobin 5-1, 3.75) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .378 B Elliott Pit .400 J Heath Cle .349 G Rosen Bkn .389 C Travis Wsh .344 G Scharein StL .361 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 7 W Cooper StL 7 T Williams Bos 6 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 32 B Elliott Pit 31 B Young Bos 26 A Vaughan Pit 30 D Walker NYY 24 R Kiner Pit 24 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 7-0 P Roe Pit 7-0 S Gromek Cle 5-0 C Schanz Phi 6-2 D Dean NYY 5-2 J Tobin Pit 5-1 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 0.90 A Zabala NYG 1.13 T Bonham NYY 1.68 P Roe Pit 2.19 E Johnson Bos 1.74 K Raffensberger Bsn 2.24 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS J Haynes Wsh 38 W Spahn Bsn 43 B Lohrman Cle 35 R Barney Bkn 42 T Baker SLB 34 A Jurisch StL 39 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES NBA DRAFT PRIMER - TWO WASHINGTON GUARDS MAY GO IN ROUND 1 University of Washington hoops fans were more than a litte dissappointed to learn that guards Bob Harrison and George Feigenbaum were turning pro after their sophomore seasons. Harrison in particular will be missed after leading the team in assists and finishing second in scoring with 14.9 ppg. Feigenbaum was bothered by minor injuries all season and never did get in the starting lineup during his two years with the Huskies. However, he has a higher upside as far as NBA scouts are concerned. Code: BOB HARRISON'S CAREER STATS AT WASHINGTON YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 45-46 31 15.7 4.2 1.1 3.6 1.9 0.7 0.0 .398 .667 .298 46-47 34 31.0 14.9 2.6 6.0 3.1 1.9 0.1 .482 .750 .449 -- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 65 23.7 9.8 1.9 4.8 2.5 1.3 0.0 .462 .729 .416 GEORGE FEIGENBAUM CAREER STATS AT WASHINGTON YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 45-46 31 21.0 10.1 1.6 2.5 1.0 1.0 0.2 .405 .763 .387 46-47 33 11.3 3.4 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.1 .232 .780 .188 -- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 64 16.0 6.6 1.4 1.7 0.7 0.8 0.2 .340 .769 .346 In real life George Feigenbaum played at LIU before playing 17 NBA games over 2 seasons. Bob Harrison played 9 NBA seasons with the Lakers, Hawks and Nationals following a stellar career at Michigan. GOLF - BING CROSBY PRO-AM WEETMAN LEADS AFTER FIRST ROUND OF CROSBY Britian's Harry Weetman has a 2 stroke lead after the opening round of the Bing Crosby Pro-Am. Weetman, who played on the Del Monte course has a 2 stroke lead on Sam King, who also played Del Monte. Half of the field played Del Monte and the other half played Cypress Point. They will switch for Friday's second round and then the entire field plus the top six amateurs will compete at Pebble Beach for Saturday's final round. Among the amateurs Scott xTibbetts, who tied for second last week in Phoenix, contined his hot play with a 70 yesterday. xTibbetts played at Del Monte and he is tied with William Scarborough III, who also shot a 70 but at the tougher Cypress Point course. Among the celebrity amateurs, UCLA hoops star and possible NBA draft pick Chet McNabb carded an impressive 77 with host Bing Crosby just a stroke behind him. Code: PROS SCORE WEETMAN 65 KING 67 OLIVER 68 ADAMS 69 CERDA 69 WORSHAM 69 BOROS 70 FURGOL 70 MACKAY JR 70 BURKE JR 71 DALY 71 WARD 71 BURTON 72 FORD 72 HARBERT 72 HARRISON 72 HORNE 72 KEISER 72 LEES 72 RIEGEL 72 SMITH 72 STRANAHAN 72 TURNERSA 72 VON NIDA 72 FERRIER 73 HAEFNER 73 HOGAN 73 LOCKE 73 SHUTE 73 SNEAD 73 BARRON 74 COTTON 74 GHEZZI 74 HAMILTON 74 HARPER 74 MIDDLECOFF 74 NELSON 74 WOOD 74 DE VICENZO 75 DEMARET 75 HEBERT 75 LITTLE 75 METZ 75 REES 75 RUNYON 75 BOLT 76 BRUEN 76 BULLA 76 BYRD 76 FAZIO 76 REVOLTA 76 THOMSON 76 VAN DONCK 76 BRADSHAW 77 FLECK 77 HARMON 77 MCSPADDEN 78 WALL 78 DUTRA 79 LAFFOON 79 FAULKNER 80 SARAZEN 80 MANGRUM 83 TOP AMATEURS Score xScarborough-a 70 x-Tibbetts-a 70 ROSBURG-a 71 xWhistler-a 71 DAWSON-a 72 CARR-a 75 Chet McNabb 77 (UCLA hoops star) Bing Crosby 78 xMartin-a 78 xWhite-a 78 Don Schlereth 79 (49ers first round pick) xDePore-a 79 Joseph Smith 80 (USC hoops star) Bob Hope 81 Justin Jackson 81 (Chargers QB) Herm Fuetsch 82 (KC Kings PG -UCLA alum) Johnny Cushing 83 (Raiders RB) Sid Luckman 84 (Bears QB) Hank Norberg 84 (Stanford DE) Otto Graham 86 (Bucs first round pick QB) Bob Fenimore 87 (Chargers first round pick RB) Ken Kavanaugh 87 (Bears WR) HORSE RACING PREAKNESS POST POSITIONS ANNOUNCED The starting grid has been announced for Saturday's running of the Preakness Stakes. Jet Pilot is looking to add the second leg of the Triple Crown to his Kentucky Derby victory but he will have to do it starting way outside. Jet Pilot drew the #10 spot. It may not bother him as he started in the 11th spot at the Derby. 1- Double Jay 2- Cosmic Bomb 3- Phalanx 4- On Trust 5- WL Sickle 6- Stepfather 7- Star Reward 8- Bulletproof 9- Jett-Jett 10- Jet Pilot 11- Riskolater 12- Faultless 13- Liberty Road BOXING KANE WINS SLUGFEST WITH HERMAN Peter Kane and Vic Herman went toe-to-toe for 9 rounds in Glasgow before the referee stopped their bantamweight bout due to heavy bleeding around both of Herman's eyes. With the TKO Kane, who was ahead on all 3 scorecards, moves to 17-2-1. Herman falls to 14-4-2 but he certainly gave the Liverpool lad some competition. Both fighters looked like they had been in a war when it was over as Kane was bleeding from the mouth and from a bad gash above his right eye. There is boxing action in the USA tonight as a pair of top featherweight contenders will meet at National Hall in San Francisco. Seattle's Harold Hoshino will take on Charlie Riley. Hoshino, known as the Japanesse Sandman, is considered the top contender for World Champion Willie Pep's crown. Hoshino is 25-3-1 with 18 knockouts. Riley, who hails from St Louis, is 22-4 with 12 ko's and considered the 5th best featherweight in the world. Hoshino and Riley have met once before, early in the postwar tournament with Hoshino scoring a second round TKO. It is expected the winner of this fight will get a shot at Pep. Code: Here are the top 10 featherweights RANK NAME RECORD HOMETOWN CHAMP Willie Pep 18-0-0 Hartford, Conn. 2 Harold Hoshino 25-3-1 Seattle 3 Sandy Saddler 22-2-0 Boston 4 Ray Famechon 25-12-0 Sous-le-bois-Maubeurge, France 5 Charlie Riley 22-4-0 St Louis 6 Diego Sosa 27-11-0 Cuba 7 Georgie Hansford 21-12-0 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 8 Simon Vegara 37-6-2 Panama 9 Chalky Wright 25-6-1 San Bernardino, California 10 Pat Iacobucci 24-12-1 Cincinnati __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

11-23-2004, 03:50 AM	#319
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	Great as always, keep up the good work... __________________ I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.-Margaret Mitchell

11-25-2004, 02:25 AM	#320
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,779	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY MAY 19, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEFENDING CHAMPS CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY If the first month is any indication you can expect to see the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates meet in the World Series for the second straight year. Both the Tribe and Bucs have started quickly and enjoy the lead in their respective leagues. Pittsburgh has been getting a tremendous pitching effort from Preacher Roe (7-0, 2.19) and plenty of offense led by Bob Elliott (.404,6,32), Arky Vaughan (.321,5,31) and Ralph Kiner (.323,3,24). The Pirates led the St Louis Cardinals by 4.5 games even though Cy Young winner Cliff Melton has been sidelined for the past 3 weeks. Cleveland has the best 1-2 punch in the American League right now in starting pitchers Bill Lohrman (7-0, 0.90) and Steve Gromek (6-0, 4.24). The Indians offense is not as powerful as Pittsburgh's but they do lead in the American League in runs scored thanks to outfielders Jeff Heath (.356,4,20) and Ival Goodman (.304.2.18) and third baseman Oscar Grimes (.257,6,19). In yesterday's action Jeff Heath hit his fourth homer of the season and Steve Gromek improved to 6-0 as Cleveland beat Chicago 3-2. The Pirates needed a 10th inning rbi single from Arky Vaughan to beat St Louis 3-2. Other American League action had Detroit beat Washington 4-3, Fred Caliguiri improved his record to 5-1 as Philadelphia beat Boston 8-3 while in St Louis, the Yankees beat the Browns 7-5 thanks to a 4-rbi game from outfielder Sam Byrd. In the National League pinch-hitter Butch Nieman's bases loaded double in the 7th inning helped Boston past the Cubs 6-5, the New York Giants edged Brooklyn 3-2 while Philadelphia outslugged Cincinnati 10-9. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 22 8 .733 x NEW YORK 20 13 .606 3.5 ST LOUIS 17 16 .515 6.5 WASHINGTON 15 16 .484 7.5 DETROIT 14 17 .452 8.5 CHICAGO 13 18 .419 9.5 BOSTON 12 18 .400 10.0 PHILADELPHIA 12 19 .387 10.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 23 9 .719 x ST LOUIS 19 14 .576 4.5 PHILADELPHIA 16 13 .552 5.5 CINCINNATI 17 15 .531 6.0 CHICAGO 15 15 .500 7.0 BOSTON 12 17 .414 9.5 NEW YORK 10 19 .345 11.5 BROOKLYN 10 20 .333 12.0 YESTRDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 4 Washington 3 Philadelphia 8 Boston 3 New York 7 St Louis 5 Cleveland 3 Chicago 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 6 Chicago 5 New York 3 Brooklyn 2 Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 9 Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 3 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (B Byerly 1-0, 6.60) at Washington (D Adkins 1-3, 5.12) Philadelphia (R Scarborough 3-3, 3.83) at Boston (R Melton 1-2, 7.23) New York (T Bonham 4-3, 1.68) at St Louis (S Zoldak 3-2, 3.29) Chicago (G Schott 4-3, 3.57) at Cleveland (J Babich 3-3, 2.78) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (J Welch 3-3, 5.28) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 1-1, 2.25) New York (A Zabala 2-1, 1.13) at Cincinnati (A Carter 5-3, 2.66) Philadelphia (V Lombardi 2-3, 4.43) at Brooklyn (D Black 1-3, 2.62) St Louis (A Jurisch 4-3, 2.39) at Boston (B Donovan 0-3, 2.64) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING D Wakefield Det .362 B Elliott Pit .404 J Heath Cle .356 G Rosen Bkn .398 C Travis Wsh .330 G Scharein StL .363 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS F Crosetti NYY 7 H Clift Chn 9 T Hafey Cha 7 W Cooper StL 7 T Williams Bos 6 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 32 B Elliott Pit 32 B Young Bos 26 A Vaughan Pit 31 D Walker NYY 24 R Kiner Pit 24 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 7-0 P Roe Pit 7-0 S Gromek Cle 6-0 C Schanz Phi 6-2 D Dean NYY 5-2 J Tobin Pit 5-1 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 0.90 A Zabala NYG 1.13 T Bonham NYY 1.68 P Roe Pit 2.19 E Johnson Bos 1.74 K Raffensberger Bsn 2.24 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS V Trucks Det 40 W Spahn Bsn 46 S Gromek Cle 39 R Barney Bkn 44 J Haynes Wsh 38 E White StL 44 BOXING RILEY EARNS SHOT AT WILLIE PEP In a bout to determine who would get a shot at World Featherweight Champion Willie Pep, Charley Riley proved he wanted the opportunity more. Riley withstood an early barrage from number one ranked contender Harold Hoshino and gradually wore down the Japanesse Sandman before putting him to sleep for good with a 15th round knockout. St Louis native Riley was by far the better tactical boxer in the bout and improved his record to 23-4 with the victory. Hoshino was sent to the canvas twice, in the 11th round and again a minute into the 15th and final round. He struggled to his knees but could not beat the count the second time. Hoshino's record falls to 25-4-1. Hoshino had beaten Riley by a second round TKO when they meet during the postwar tournament slightly over a year ago. Prior to this bout Pep had said he would fight the winner in a title defense, likely in September. Pep, at 18-0, most recently defended his title with a unanimous decision over European champ Ray Famechon last month in Boston. It will be the first meeting between Pep and Riley in my replay. In real life Pep and Riley met in January of 1950 in St Louis with Pep retaining his world title with a fifth round knock out of Riley. ORTIZ TRIES TO GET BACK ON TRACK Bantamweight Manny Ortiz was 37-0 before losing back to back fights including a huge upset loss at the hands of Canadian Fernando Gagnon that cost Ortiz the world title. The Corona, California native also lost to Cuban champ Luis Galvani in April. He will try to get back to his winning ways of old in a bout against another tough opponent. San Francisco native Tony Olivera is 25-2-2 and coming off of a majority draw against Galvani. Tonight's bout will take place in Los Angeles. Code: TOP TEN BANTAMWEIGHTS CHAMP Luis Romero 21-6-1 Arcila, Spain 2 Luis Galvani 31-4-1 Havana, Cuba 3 Fernando Gagnon 32-4-1 Disaerli, Quebec 4 Hiroshi Horiguchi 23-12-2 Chigasaki, Japan 5 Gus Foran 24-6-0 Liverpool, England 6 Manny Ortiz 37-2-2 Corona, California 7 Luis Castillo 27-12-3 Mexico City 8 Tony Olivera 25-2-2 San Francisco, California 9 Guido Ferracin 27-6-2 Rovigo, Italy 10 Harold Dade 22-8-2 Chicago, Illinois HORSE RACING PHALANX FAVOURED IN PREAKNESS Phalanx is favoured for today's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. The third place finisher in the Kentucky Derby remains a 2-1 favourite but Derby winner Jet Pilot has dropped to 5-2 odds. Code: Here are the final odds for today's race. Phalanx 2-1 Jet Pilot 5-2 On Trust 4-1 Faultless 5-1 Bulletproof 7-1 Liberty Road 8-1 Stepfather 10-1 Star Reward 12-1 Jett Jett 12-1 Riskolater 12-1 WL Sickle 20-1 Double Jay 25-1 Cosmic Bomb 30-1 GOLF - BING CROSBY PRO-AM LOCKE AND STRANAHAN SHARE LEAD Bobby Locke and Frank Stranahan share the lead heading into the final round of the Bing Crosby Pro-Am. The finale of the 3-round event should be exciting as eight golfers including Byron Nelson are within 2 strokes of the lead. All golfers will compete at the fabulous Pebble Beach course after the first two rounds were contested at Monterey's other championship courses - Del Monte and Cypress Point. The top 5 amateurs made the cut and they will be chasing California native John Dawson, who won the event in 1942, which was the last time it was held, and former Pepperdine student Scott xTibbetts. Dawson has his work cut out for him if he is to win the outright title again. He and xTibbetts are 4 strokes behind Locke and Stranahan. The top 5 amateurs automatically made the final round. In addition to the amateur co-leaders they are William Scarborough III from Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Britian's Joe Carr and California native Bob Rosberg. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 SCORE LOCKE 73 66 -5 STRANAHAN 72 67 -5 COTTON 74 66 -4 MIDDLECOFF 74 66 -4 OLIVER 68 72 -4 RIEGEL 72 68 -4 HAEFNER 73 68 -3 KEISER 72 69 -3 MACKAY JR 70 71 -3 NELSON 74 67 -3 HEBERT 75 67 -2 KING 67 75 -2 WEETMAN 65 77 -2 DAWSON-a 72 71 -1 FURGOL 70 73 -1 HAMILTON 74 69 -1 HARPER 74 69 -1 LEES 72 71 -1 WARD 71 72 -1 x-Tibbetts-a 70 73 -1 ADAMS 69 75 E HOGAN 73 71 E SMITH 72 72 E VAN DONCK 76 68 E WORSHAM 69 75 E FERRIER 73 72 1 HARBERT 72 73 1 HARMON 77 68 1 TURNERSA 72 73 1 xScarborough-a 70 75 1 CARR-a 75 72 3 ROSBURG-a 71 79 6 MISSED CUT BULLA 76 70 2 GHEZZI 74 72 2 METZ 75 71 2 SHUTE 73 73 2 VON NIDA 72 74 2 WOOD 74 72 2 BURKE JR 71 76 3 CERDA 69 78 3 DALY 71 76 3 FORD 72 75 3 HORNE 72 75 3 RUNYON 75 72 3 LITTLE 75 73 4 SNEAD 73 75 4 WALL 78 70 4 BOROS 70 79 5 DEMARET 75 74 5 HARRISON 72 77 5 MCSPADDEN 78 71 5 BOLT 76 74 6 BYRD 76 74 6 DE VICENZO 75 75 6 REVOLTA 76 74 6 THOMSON 76 74 6 BARRON 74 77 7 BRADSHAW 77 74 7 BRUEN 76 75 7 FLECK 77 74 7 xWhite-a 78 73 7 BURTON 72 80 8 DUTRA 79 73 8 FAULKNER 80 72 8 FAZIO 76 76 8 REES 75 77 8 LAFFOON 79 74 9 xWhistler-a 71 83 10 MANGRUM 83 72 11 xDePore-a 79 77 12 xMartin-a 78 78 12 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES NBA DRAFT PRIMER - VARUN HUNTER CCNY senior forward Varun Hunter looks like a potential NBA all-star. Hunter has helped CCNY to the elite 8 each of the past 3 seasons and he certainly has plenty of experience playing for a winner, during his 3 years as a starter CCNY was 92-17 with a pair of Eastern Independant Conference titles. All-Conference each of the past two years, the native of Bow, New Hampshire led the EIC in scoring and finished second in rebounding this past season. He is projected to be selected within the top 10 picks of next month's NBA draft. Code: VARUN HUNTER'S CAREER STATS AT CCNY YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 8 3.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 .250 1.000 .000 44-45 31 25.9 12.3 7.0 1.9 0.9 2.0 0.9 .493 .644 .360 45-46 39 32.1 16.9 10.1 2.3 1.8 2.3 1.4 .436 .665 .321 46-47 33 30.5 16.6 13.7 2.2 2.5 2.2 3.1 .476 .667 .366 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 111 27.8 14.3 9.6 2.0 1.6 2.1 1.6 .462 .662 .342 Hunter is a fictional player created by TDCB. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles