TIGER FAN'S SPORTING NEWS: A multi-sport dynasty - Page 17

khucke · 11-25-2004, 03:41 PM

Tiger Fan,
Just a quick question. Where did you get the boxing rating in the various weight classes? Are they historical or TBCB produced?

Tiger Fan · 11-25-2004, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by khucke

Tiger Fan,
Just a quick question. Where did you get the boxing rating in the various weight classes? Are they historical or TBCB produced?

TBCB produced.

Tiger Fan · 11-27-2004, 01:44 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY MAY 20, 1947

HORSE RACING
PHALANX WINS THE PREAKNESS
Veteran jockey Eddie Arcaro and Phalanx led from wire-to-wire to win the second leg of horse racing's triple crown. Phalanx, the favourite to win, covered the mile and 3/16 track at Pimlico in 1:59 2/5. He was a length and a half ahead of runner up On Trust. Star Reward a 12-1 longshot took third just ahead of Faultless. Derby winner Jet Pilot was slow out of the gate and then got boxed in on the final turn, finishing a dissappointing 7th.

The third and final leg of the Triple Crown, The Belmont, will be held at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 16th.

In real life Faultless won the Preakness in 1:59 even, with On Trust second and Phalanx finishing third.

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

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
BYRD LEADS YANKS TO AGAIN
Veteran New York Yankee outfielder Sammy Byrd drove in 5 runs as the Yanks doubled St Louis 8-4 in American League action. It has been quite a start to the weekend for the 39 year old as he drove in 4 runs against the Browns on Friday. For the season Byrd has 17 rbi's meaning he more than doubled his season production in the past 2 games.

Elsewhere, Ted Williams had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs as Boston topped Philadelphia 5-2. In Cleveland Tom Hafey hit a pair of solo homers and a bases loaded double as visiting Chicago dropped the Indians 8-2. Hafey leads the American League with 9 homeruns on the season. Barney McCoskey's grand slam led Detroit past the Senators in Washington by a 7-4 count.

In the National League Harlond Clift hit his major league leading 10th homerun as Chicago downed Pittsburgh 3-1. Arnold Carter tossed a 5-hitter in Cincinnati as the Reds blasted the Giants 10-0. Mike Kreevich's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th scored Jackie Robinson with the winning run as Brooklyn trimmed Philadelphia 3-2. Finally, in Boston Sam Chapman's 3 run homer in the 8th inning proved the difference as the Braves beat St Louis 5-2.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	22	 9	.710	 x
NEW YORK	21	13	.618	2.5
ST LOUIS	17	17	.500	6.5
DETROIT		15	17	.469	7.5
WASHINGTON	15	17	.469	7.5
CHICAGO		14	18	.438	8.5
BOSTON		13	18	.419	9.0
PHILADELPHIA	12	20	.375   10.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	23	10	.697	 x
ST LOUIS	19	15	.559	4.5
CINCINNATI	18	15	.545	5.0
PHILADELPHIA	16	14	.533	5.5
CHICAGO		16	15	.516	6.0
BOSTON		13	17	.433	8.5
BROOKLYN	11	20	.355   11.0
NEW YORK	10	20	.333   11.5

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 1
Cincinnati 10 New York 0
Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 2
Boston 5 St Louis 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (H White 4-3, 3.86) at Washington (J Haynes 4-3, 3.06)
Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-5, 4.08) at Boston (A Karl 3-2, 5.14)
New York (D Dean 5-2, 3.27) at St Louis (A Williams 1-5, 3.61)
Chicago (F Biscan 3-3, 4.50) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 7-0, 0.90)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (V Olsen 5-2, 2.30) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 7-0, 2.19)
New York (D Koslo 1-6, 5.58) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 3-4, 4.83)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 6-2, 3.03) at Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-5, 6.45)
St Louis (G Dockins 4-4, 4.83) at Boston (B Brown 1-0, 1.02)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
J Heath Cle	 .352		B Elliott Pit	.400
D Wakefield Det	 .351		G Rosen Bkn	.386
D Litwhiler Cha	 .342		G Scharein StL	.363

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Hafey Cha	9		H Clift Chn	10
F Crosetti NYY	7		W Cooper StL	 7
T Williams Bos	6		E Torgeson Bsn	 6

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 34		B Elliott Pit	32
B Young Bos	 26		A Vaughan Pit	31
D Walker NYY	 25		D Ennis Phi	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		A Carter Cin	6-3

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.90		P Roe Pit	     2.19
T Bonham NYY	1.60		K Raffensberger Bsn  2.24
E Johnson Bos	1.81		V Olsen Chi	     2.30

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
F Hutchinson Det 41		W Spahn Bsn	46
V Trucks Det	 40		A Jurisch StL	46
S Gromek Cle	 39		E White StL	44

BOXING
ORTIZ GETS BACK TO WINNING WAYS
Manuel Ortiz easily outpointed fellow Californian Tony Olivera in a 15 round bantamweight fight in Los Angeles last night. Ortiz, who was 38-0-2 before losing his last two fights, sent Olivera to the canvas on three occassions, twice with bruising body blows. Olivera, who's left eye was swollen shut midway through the bout, displayed tremendous courage carrying on until the final bell.

For Ortiz, the victory is important after back to back losses to Fernando Gagnon and Luis Galvani but it would have been much impressive had he been able to knock out Olivera. In several rounds he had the San Francisco native just barely hanging on but in each instance Ortiz was unable to finish off the job.

In other boxing notes 20 year old Jeffrey xSmith won his professional debut knocking out journeyman Colion Chaney in the 7th round of their scheduled 10 round bout in Indianapolis. The fight is noteworthy because xSmith, a native of LeClaire, Iowa was tabbed as a possible member of the US team for the 1948 Olympics before he elected to give up his amateur status.

GOLF - BING CROSBY PRO-AM
OLIVER WINS IN A PLAYOFF
Ed Oliver birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Bobby Locke and win the Bing Crosby Pro-Am Tournament at 3 courses in Monterey, California. Oliver carded a 3 on the par 4 16th hole to defeat the South African as darkness was setting in. Shortly before Locke birdied the last two holes to force the playoff with Oliver, who had birdied 18 himself a couple of groups ahead of Locke.

Ben Hogan finished third. The top amateur was William xScarborough III. The 25 year old from Bucks County, Pennsylvania shot 3 under 69 on the final day at the Pebble Beach Golf Links to finish one stroke ahead of Californian John Dawson.

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	FINAL RESULTS FROM BING CROSBY PRO-AM
NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL	PRIZE $
OLIVER		73	66	69	-8*    1100
LOCKE		68	72	68	-8	800
NELSON		74	67	68	-7	775
MIDDLECOFF	74	66	71	-5	725
RIEGEL		72	68	71	-5	725
WARD		71	72	68	-5	725
COTTON		74	66	72	-4	667
KEISER		72	69	71	-4	667
HARPER		74	69	70	-3	612
STRANAHAN	72	67	74	-3	612
ADAMS		69	75	70	-2	550
FURGOL		70	73	71	-2	550
HARMON		77	68	69	-2	550
xScarborough-a	70	75	69	-2	 a
DAWSON-a	72	71	72	-1	 a
FERRIER		73	72	70	-1	463
MACKAY JR	70	71	74	-1	463
HOGAN		73	71	72	 E	425
x-Tibbetts-a	70	73	73	 E	 a
CARR-a		75	72	70	 1	 a
HAMILTON	74	69	74	 1	337
LEES		72	71	74	 1	337
HAEFNER		73	68	77	 2	275
SMITH		72	72	74	 2	275
TURNERSA	72	73	73	 2	275
KING		67	75	77	 3	212
WEETMAN		65	77	77	 3	212
HARBERT		72	73	75	 4	162
WORSHAM		69	75	76	 4	162
HEBERT		75	67	79	 5	125
VAN DONCK	76	68	77	 5	100
ROSBURG-a	71	79	75	 9	 a
*won in a 1 hole playoff.

		  MONEY LEADERS AFTER SIX EVENTS
NAME	      PRIZE $  WINS   TOP 5   TOP 10  CUTS 
HOGAN		5500	1	3	4	6
HEBERT		4325	2	2	3	5
NELSON		4162	0	4	4	6
SNEAD		4125	0	3	4	5
LOCKE		3713	1	2	3	4
MIDDLECOFF	3200	0	1	4	4
REES		3063	1	2	3	3
COTTON		2967	0	1	2	5
STRANAHAN	2913	0	0	2	5
WARD		2788	0	2	3	5

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - ROB KIRKTON
For the first time in his 4 year college career Rob Kirkton did not play on a championship team as his Oklahoma A&M squad failed to win the Big 8 conference tournament for the first time in 4 years. Nevertheless, Kirkton still enjoyed a productive senior season and may just be a first round selection in next month's NBA draft. The 5'10" point guard is not expected to be a dominant NBA player, but he should have the skills to start somewhere in the league and with the lack of quality PG's in the draft he might just be the first one at his position to hear his name called.

Kirkton is Oklahoma A&M's all time leader in free throws made and attempted.

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	ROB KIRKTON'S CAREER STATS AT OKLAHOMA A&M
YEAR    GP  MPG	  PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
43-44	37 20.2	  5.9  0.3  3.8	2.1  1.1  0.1 .346 .747	.276
44-45	37 19.4	  8.8  0.9  4.0	1.8  1.6  0.1 .442 .820	.395
45-46	35 29.5	 14.2  4.4  3.8	1.5  2.1  0.1 .414 .748	.300
46-47	29 28.8	 11.7  2.2  3.6	4.4  2.4  0.5 .414 .751	.305
       --- ----  ---- ----  --- ---  ---  --- ----  --- ----
career 138 24.2  10.0  1.9  3.8	2.3  1.7  0.2 .407 .766	.316

Kirkton is a fictional player created by TDCB

MOTOR SPORTS
INDY QUALIFYING FINISHES TODAY
The rest of the starting grid for next Sunday's Indianapolis 500 will be filled out today. Last week the top 12 positions were decided with Indy rookie Bill Holland claiming the pole for the 31st running of the race.

Tiger Fan · 11-27-2004, 04:28 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY MAY 21, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INDIANS BEAT WHITE SOX BUT LOSE PASSEAU
The Cleveland Indians will be without pitcher Claude Passeau for 2 months after the righthander injured his back in a 3-1 win over Chicago. Passeau had made 9 appearances for the Tribe this season including 5 starts. He was 2-1 with a 4.15 era and had 3 saves. The 38 year old was 13-16 a year ago as the Tribe's number 4 starter. His best season was 1941 when he was 26-10 and won the American League Cy Young Award.

28 year old Bob Feller will take Passeau's spot in the rotation. Feller was 9-15 as a rookie in 1939 but because of a numbers game spent most of his first 4 seasons in the bullpen. A serious arm in 1942 derailed his career and he has been a minor leagues ever since.

In Boston, first baseman Babe Young drove in both runs as the Red Sox beat Philadelphia 2-1. Ted Williams had 2 more hits for the Red Sox making him 8 for 11 in his last 3 games.

Joe Haynes went the distance improving his record to 5-3 as Washington dumped Detroit 7-2 while Dizzy Dean suffered his third straight loss after starting the season 5-0 in the Yankees 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Browns in St Louis.

PREACHER KEEPS ROE-LLING ALONG
Preacher Roe improved his record to 8-0 as the Pittsburgh Pirates topped Chicago 5-3 in National League play. A three run double from catcher Tom Padden made the job much easier for his battery-mate.

Mel Ott hit his first homer of the season and 406th of his career as the New York Giants outslugged Cincinnati 10-6. The 38 year old Ott is fifth alltime in homers and number one among active players.

TOP 5 HOME RUN HITTERS
1- Jimmie Foxx 622
2- Lou Gehrig 616
3- Babe Ruth 615
4- Hack Wilson 481
5- Mel Ott 406

Joe Gordon hit a pair of homeruns and Charley Schanz improved his record to 7-2 as Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 7-4. In the other game Sam Chapman had 3 hits to help Boston double St Louis 4-2.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	23	 9	.719	 x
NEW YORK	21	14	.600	3.5
ST LOUIS	18	17	.514	6.5
WASHINGTON	16	17	.485	7.5
DETROIT		15	18	.455	8.5
BOSTON		14	18	.438	9.0
CHICAGO		14	19	.424	9.5
PHILADELPHIA	12	21	.364   11.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	24	10	.706	 x
PHILADELPHIA	17	14	.548	5.5
ST LOUIS	19	16	.543	5.5
CINCINNATI	18	16	.529	6.0
CHICAGO		16	16	.500	7.0
BOSTON		14	17	.452	8.5
NEW YORK	11	20	.355   11.5
BROOKLYN	11	21	.344   12.0

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 3
New York 10 Cincinnati 6
Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 4
Boston 4 St Louis 2

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (B Byerly 1-0, 6.60) at Washington (R Barrett 3-3, 5.46)
Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-6, 5.27) at Boston (R Melton 1-2, 7.23)
New York (J Brown 3-4, 7.09) at St Louis (T Baker 3-4, 3.15)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (E Head 4-4, 3.36) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 2-2, 5.98)
New York (R Bauers 2-4, 3.55) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 5-2, 4.33)
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 2-4, 5.47) at Brooklyn (L Webber 1-4, 5.02)
St Louis (S Ferens 2-1, 2.52) at Boston (K Raffensberger 3-3, 2.24)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
J Heath Cle	 .362		B Elliott Pit	.395
D Wakefield Det	 .351		G Rosen Bkn	.382
D Litwhiler Cha	 .339		G Scharein StL	.362

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Hafey Cha	9		H Clift Chn	11
F Crosetti NYY	7		W Cooper StL	 7
T Williams Bos	6		S Chapman Bsn	 7

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 34		B Elliott Pit	32
B Young Bos	 28		A Vaughan Pit	31
D Walker NYY	 26		S Chapman Bsn	25

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	7-0		P Roe Pit	8-0
S Gromek Cle	6-0		C Schanz Phi	7-2
D Dean NYY	5-3		A Carter Cin	6-3

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.90		K Raffensberger Bsn  2.24
T Bonham NYY	1.60		A Carter Cin	     2.31
E Johnson Bos	1.81		P Roe Pit	     2.36

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh	 44		W Spahn Bsn	46
F Hutchinson Det 41		A Jurisch StL	46
V Trucks Det	 40		E White StL	44

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - PROVIDENCE PF BEN *SCHADLER
Although he will be used as a power forward in the NBA, Ben *Schadler spent most of the last two seasons playing center for Providence. His play in the middle helped lead the Friars to the elite 8 in the NCAA tournament and he was rewarded with a spot on the All Big East team. He made the National All-Frosh team in 1943-44 but his sophomore season was ruined by a mid-season back injury. He led the conference in rebounds his senior season and retires as Providence's career rebound leader with 1300. Projected as an early second round pick in the NBA draft.

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		BEN *SCHADLER'S CAREER STATS AT PROVIDENCE
YEAR	GP  MPG	 PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%   3P%
43-44	31 29.9	10.9  9.7  0.5 0.9  1.2  2.1 .410 .744	.485
44-45	17 20.3	 7.8  8.8  0.3 0.3  0.8  2.0 .347 .673	.190
45-46	33 27.2	 9.9 10.7  0.2 0.9  1.1	 2.2 .441 .750	.415
46-47	34 26.8	13.9 14.3  0.6 0.7  1.2	 3.3 .435 .743	.263
       --- ----  ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ----  ----
career 115 26.5	11.0 11.3  0.4 0.7  1.1	 2.0 .418 .736	.343

In real life Schadler attened Northwestern before going on to play 37 games in the BAA with Chicago in 1947-48. A two-sport star in college he was also drafted by but never player for the Detroit Lions.

INDY 500
FIELD SET FOR SUNDAY'S EVENT AT BRICKYARD
Final qualifying for next weekend's Indianapolis 500 was completed over the weekend. A total of 30 drivers will be entered in the event including pole-sitter Bill Holland.

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               INDY 500 STARTING GRID 
       POS  CAR#   DRIVER            
      ------------------------------
         1   16  Bill Holland 
	 2    8  Joie Chitwood
	 3   24  Shorty Cantlon 
	 4   15  Paul Russo         
         5    9  Rex Mays 
         6   47  Ken Fowler   
	 7   41  Freddie Agabashian        
         8   43  Henry Banks    
  	 9   29  Tony Bettenhausen
        10   38  Mel Hansen
        11   54  Herb Ardinger 
        12   66  Al Miller              
        13   53  Milt Fankhouser
        14   58  Les Anderson        
        15   34  Cy Marshall 
        16   44  Charley Van Acker   
        17    7  Jimmy Jackson
        18   46  Duke Nalon 
        19   27  Mauri Rose 
        20    1  Ted Horn 
        21    3  Emil Andres 
    	22   25  Russ Snowberger       
        23   18  Cliff Bergere 
        24   59  Pete Romcevich       
        25   52  Hal Robson            
        26   10  Duke Dinsmore 
        27   31  Frank Wearne        
  	28   14  George Conner 
        29   28  Roland Free      
        30   33  Walt Brown

Tiger Fan · 11-28-2004, 11:50 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY MAY 22, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MELTON THROWS ONE-HITTER
After a terrible start to the season in the bullpen most observers thought the Boston Red Sox were nuts to put Rube Melton back in the starting rotation. The move certainly paid off yesterday as Melton did a near perfect imitation of his 4-time Cy Young Award winning cousin Cliff, 1-hitting the Philadelphia Athletics in a 1-0 Red Sox victory. The only A's hit was a first inning double off the bat of 3B Dario Lodigiani. Boston managed 7 hits off of Philadelphia starter Bill Voiselle with Johnny Hudson's 8th inning rbi single to score Johnny Pesky accounting for the only run of the game.

There were plenty of hits in Washington - 28 to be exact - as Detroit beat the Senators 12-10 in a wild game. Detroit, trailing 7-1, scored 3 times in the 8th and 5 more runs in the top of the 9th to take a 9-7 lead only to see the Sens tie the game with 2 in the bottom of the 9th. Rookie Bobby Thomson's second career homer, a 3-run shot in the 11th, gave the Tigers a 12-9 lead. Washington could only reply with one run in the home half and went down to defeat.

In St Louis, the Browns overcame an early 2-0 deficeit and rallied to beat the Yankees 3-2.

In the National League, Cincinnati rookie Art Houtteman ran his record to 6-2 after pitching 8 innings of 4-hit ball in the Reds 5-2 win over New York. Joe Dimaggio hit a 2-run double for the winners in his first game back after missing 2 weeks with a hip injury.

Pinch-hitter Joe Marty's 2 run homer in the top of the 7th proved the difference as the Chicago Cubs doubled Pittsburgh 4-2. Stan Ferens improved to 3-1 as the St Louis Cardinals beat Boston by the same 4-2 count while Joe Gordon's 8th homer of the season helped launch Philadelphia past Brooklyn 6-3.

Major league notes: Ted Williams of Boston and Reds pitcher Arnold Carter were the players of the week. Williams was 11 for 20 with a homerun and 5 rbi's to claim American League weekly honours for the 8th time in his career. Carter wins his 3rd career player of the week award after going 2-0 with a 1.06 era last week.....Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Cliff Melton comes off the disabled list today and will likely start in Philadelphia on Wednesday. The 4 time Cy Young winner was 3-1 with a 3.07 era before suffering back spasms a little over 2 weeks ago. The Pirates have yet to announce whether Ken Heintzelman (3-4, 5.77) or Jim Tobin (5-1, 3.74) will be bumped out of the rotation. They appear to be committed to keeping rookie Vic Raschi (1-2, 2.57) with the big club for now and as long as he is in Pittsburgh he will be in the rotation.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	23	 9	.719	 x
NEW YORK	21	15	.583	4.0
ST LOUIS	19	17	.528	6.0
DETROIT		16	18	.471	8.0
WASHINGTON	16	18	.471	8.0
BOSTON		15	18	.455	8.5
CHICAGO		14	19	.424	9.5
PHILADELPHIA	12	22	.353   12.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	24	11	.686	 x
PHILADELPHIA	18	14	.563	4.5
ST LOUIS	20	16	.556	4.5
CINCINNATI	19	16	.543	5.0
CHICAGO		17	16	.515	6.0
BOSTON		14	18	.438	8.5
NEW YORK	11	21	.344   11.5
BROOKLYN	11	22	.333   12.0

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 12 Washington 10 (11 inn)
Boston 1 Philadelphia 0
St Louis 3 New York 2

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

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland (B Lohrman 7-0, 0.90) at Chicago (E Lopat 3-5, 4.73)
St Louis (A McKain 4-2, 4.31) at Washington (M Candini 3-4, 3.23)
Boston (T Hughson 1-4, 5.28) at Detroit (V Trucks 2-5, 3.92)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (P Erickson 2-5, 5.11) at Philadelphia (M Macon 2-0, 3.86)
Brooklyn (R Barney 2-3, 3.81) at St Louis (E White 4-2, 3.66)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
J Heath Cle	 .362		G Rosen Bkn	.400
D Wakefield Det	 .343		B Elliott Pit	.395
D Litwhiler Cha	 .339		G Scharein StL	.358

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Hafey Cha	9		H Clift Chn	11
F Crosetti NYY	7		J Gordon Phi	 8
T Williams Bos	6		S Chapman Bsn	 7

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 34		B Elliott Pit	32
B Young Bos	 28		A Vaughan Pit	31
D Walker NYY	 26		S Chapman Bsn	26

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	7-0		P Roe Pit	8-0
S Gromek Cle	6-0		C Schanz Phi	7-2
F Caliguiri Pha	5-1		A Carter Cin	6-3

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	0.90		A Carter Cin	     2.31
T Bonham NYY	1.60		K Raffensberger Bsn  2.36
E Johnson Bos	1.81		P Roe Pit	     2.36

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
J Haynes Wsh	 44		W Spahn Bsn	46
F Hutchinson Det 41		A Jurisch StL	46
V Trucks Det	 40		E White StL	44

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES
NBA DRAFT PRIMER - 4 PRINCETON TIGERS MAY BE DRAFTED
In 1945 three members of the University of Illinois basketball team were selected in the NBA draft. It was the first time in the 13 year history of the draft three players from the same school were selected in the same year. Three Princeton Tigers have a good chance to duplicate that feat in next month's draft and may even go one better.

Junior SG Bob Davis is certain to be selected, likely in the middle of the first round while junior SG DC *Wilcutt is a likely second round pick. Senior center Lloyd Chambers and senior SF Saul *Mariaschin may also hear their names called in the second round.

Davis and Wilcutt are two of the very few basketball players at Princeton to play regularly as freshmen. Chambers seems to be a long shot to have much success in the NBA but at his height (6'11") a team will likely take a chance on him in the second round. *Mariaschin saw little action his first two years but finally became a starter as a junior. He emerged as the team leader his senior season.

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		BOB  DAVIS' CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON
YEAR	GP  MPG	 PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%   3P%
44-45	32 25.1	10.2  1.3  3.5 1.9  1.8	 1.0 .381 .716	.286
45-46	34 25.6	10.7  0.9  3.2 2.0  1.5	 0.4 .378 .759	.245
46-47	31 29.7	11.0  2.8  6.0 4.2  1.8	 0.5 .391 .721	.338
       --- ----  ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ----  ----
career	97 26.8	10.7  1.6  4.2 2.7  1.7	 0.3 .383 .731	.280


		D.C. *WILCUTT'S CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON
YEAR	GP  MPG	 PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%   3P%   
44-45	32 30.4	 8.4  0.6  7.3 2.7  2.2	 0.0 .349 .792	.319
45-46	28 29.2	 9.0  0.5  6.5 3.5  1.4	 0.1 .371 .709	.158
46-47	23 30.1	12.6  2.7  3.5 2.2  2.3	 0.0 .397 .747	.257
       --- ----  ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ----  ----
career	83 29.9	 9.8  1.1  6.0 2.8  2.0	 0.1 .373 .752	.244
     
		LLOYD CHAMBERS' CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON
YEAR	GP  MPG	 PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%   3P%  
43-44	 8  2.5	 0.5  0.4  0.0 0.4  0.0	 0.0 .400 .000	.000
44-45	32 16.0	 3.4  3.8  0.3 0.5  0.2  0.1 .354 .737	.000
45-46	34 22.6	 5.8  3.3  0.6 0.6  0.1	 0.2 .438 .762	.000
46-47	31 29.9	10.6  6.6  0.5 0.6  1.5	 0.6 .654 .771	1.000
       --- ----  ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ----  ----
career 105 21.2	 6.1  4.2  0.4 0.6  0.5	 0.3 .514 .760	.500
            
		SAUL *MARIASCHIN'S CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON
YEAR	GP  MPG	 PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  FT%   3P%          
43-44	31  6.5	 1.6  0.7  0.5 0.4  0.0	 0.0 .302 .583	.474
44-45	31 10.6	 4.2  3.3  0.8 0.2  0.3	 0.2 .423 .625	.250
45-46	34 31.9	11.9 10.0  1.2 0.6  1.3	 1.4 .371 .705	.226
46-47	31 32.1	14.5 11.3  1.3 0.8  1.9	 1.8 .430 .645	.369
       --- ----  ---  ---  --- ---  ---  --- ---- ----  ----
career 127 20.5	 8.1  6.4  1.0 0.5  0.9	 0.9 .399 .664	.306

In real life DC Wilcutt is from Patton, Alabama and after attending St Louis University he played two seasons with St Louis of the NBA. In real life Saul Mariaschin attended Harvard and played 43 games for the Boston Celtics in 1947-48. Davis and Chambers are fictional players.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL OFFSEASON NOTES
PLENTY OF HOLES TO FILL IN PRINCETON
With a first round exit in both the Ivy League and NCAA tournaments 1947 ended on a sour note for the Princeton Tigers despite a conference best 12-2 record during the season. The news went from bad to worse when Princeton fans learned that the club's two junior guards would both skip their senior season and turn pro. That news coupled with the graduation of center Lloyd Chambers and SF Saul *Mariaschin left the Tigers with just one returning starter.

The good news is, like every year, the Tigers have plenty of talent waiting in the wings. Tony *Lavelli, who started a PF last year, will likely shift to center to make room for Ernie *Vandeweghe. SF Devonte Firsch looks ready to step up and contribute full time. The backcourt may be cause for concern. If last years guard tandem of Bob *Davis and DC *Wilcutt had elected to return for their senior season, the Tigers would be looking at a National championship contender. As it is now, if sophomore Damon Barlau and one of the 6 freshman recruits don't step up the Tigers may be hard pressed to make the tournament field.

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		PRINCETON TIGERS 1947-48 PROJECTED ROSTER
No  Name 		Pos	Ht 	Wt 	Yr 	High School (Hometown) 
 4 Ernie *Vandeweghe 	PF 	6/5	204	Jr 	Adlai E. Stevenson HS (Bronx,NY)
11 Gary	Sykes 		 C 	6/9	207	Fr 	Northwood HS (Boyce,LA) 
12 Brent Sullivan 	SF 	6/5	200	Sr 	Bettendorf HS (Bettendorf,IA)
14 Stanton Smith 	PG 	5/10	141	Fr 	Cedar Shoals HS* (Athens,GA)
16 Scottie Johnson 	PF 	6/8	204	Fr 	Jordan High School (Long Beach,CA) 
17 Devonte Frisch 	SF 	6/7	227	Sr 	Shrewsbury HS (Shrewsbury,MA) 
18 Tony *Lavelli 	PF 	6/9	272	Jr 	Charlestown HS (Charlestown,MA) 
22 Damon Barlau 	PG 	6/1	167	So 	Berkshire Prep (Lanham,MD)  
23 Alrik Bareilles 	 C 	6/10	200	Jr 	Central HS (Bladensburg,MD)
48 Sascha Reochert 	PG 	6/1	169	Fr 	Wingate HS (Neubrandenburg, Germany) 
51 Rod Erickson 	SG 	6/1	171	Fr 	Fort Myers HS (Fort Myers,FL)
53 Cameron Morin 	 C 	6/11	260	Fr 	Englewood HS (Chicago,IL) 
54 Bernie *Adams 	SG 	6/2	158	So 	Brentwood HS (Pittsburgh,PA) 
 
		1946-47 PRINCETON TIGERS STATS
Name 		  Pos 	GP  MPG	 PPG  RPG  APG  TO  SPG  BPG  FG%  3P%   FT%
Saul *Mariaschin  SF 	31 32.1	14.5 11.3  1.3 0.8  1.9	 1.8 .430 .369	.645
DC *Wilcutt 	  PG 	23 30.1	12.6  2.7  3.5 2.2  2.3	 0.0 .397 .257	.747
Tony *Lavelli     PF 	31 28.9	11.9 11.5  0.3 0.8  1.1  1.5 .447 .385	.761
Bob Davis 	  PG 	31 29.7	11.0  2.8  6.0 4.2  1.8	 0.5 .391 .338	.721
Lloyd Chambers 	  C 	31 29.9	10.6  6.6  0.5 0.6  1.5	 0.6 .654 1.000	.771
Devonte Frisch 	  SF 	31 15.1  8.0  3.6  1.3 0.5  0.6	 0.0 .462 .319	.740
Ernie *Vandeweghe PF 	31 19.5	 6.0  6.7  0.2 0.6  1.0	 0.9 .392 .500	.659
Damon Barlau 	  PG 	31 11.9	 4.4  0.2  2.4 1.0  0.3	 0.0 .326 .405	.741
Bernie *Adams 	  SG 	 7  3.4	 2.1  0.0  0.1 0.3  0.0	 0.0 .667 1.000	.500
Armen Khachatryan C 	27  5.6	 1.4  0.9  0.1 0.1  0.0	 0.1 .355 .000	.882
Andrew Julian 	  SF 	26  5.7	 1.1  1.4  0.4 0.2  0.2	 0.3 .355 .000	.538
Brent Sullivan 	  SF 	 0  0.0	 0.0  0.0  0.0 0.0  0.0	 0.0 .000 .000	.000
Alrik 	Bareilles  C 	 1  3.0	 0.0  0.0  0.0 0.0  0.0	 0.0 .000 .000	.000

rudel.dietrich · 11-28-2004, 12:49 PM

I have an idea for your newspaper. You could perhaps start selecting sportsmen of the month, and at the end of the year select sportsmen of the year for all sports and then from those select a sportsmen of the year for all sports combined.
Just an idea.

Tiger Fan · 11-28-2004, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

I have an idea for your newspaper. You could perhaps start selecting sportsmen of the month, and at the end of the year select sportsmen of the year for all sports and then from those select a sportsmen of the year for all sports combined.
Just an idea.

I did already have the sportsman of the year (it was Sid Luckman of the Chicago Bears - see posts 150-154 in this thread for the 1946 year end issue) but the sportsman of the month is a good idea. It will debut on June 1 and I am certainly open to suggestions of who is worthy.

Right now for May I would think Preacher Roe of the Pirates and Indians hurler Bill Lohrman would be in the mix. With the other 3 big sports all in the offseason and no dominant horse in the first two legs of the triple crown I would think May will belong to the top baseball player - unless we see something special in the Indy 500 or the final PGA events of the month.

goroyals · 11-28-2004, 08:54 PM

Great work TF, wonderful idea to have the "celebs" in the charity golf tournament!

Have you decided to fast-forward yet?

Also, an award I would enjoy seeing would be "Best Sports City." I believe TSN does this IRL, and perhaps it would be a nice piece for one of your June editions.

Tiger Fan · 11-29-2004, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goroyals

Have you decided to fast-forward yet?

On the fast-forward idea. I think it would be very difficult time-wise for me to 'quick sim' to the 1970's or so simply because of the scope of things. Editing the TDCB and TPF rookie pools takes a few hours each year and adding in the real college football schedule also takes a fair amount of time. This means that I may go 3-4 months of real time with very little in the way of updates on this sports universe.

Plus I have developed a real attachment to the league at it's current state. As much as I want to see the final results on where the careers of Sid Luckman, Bob Cousy, Otto Graham and the rest end up, I think taking the time to enjoy the ride is far more gratifying than just seeing the final numbers.

A partial solution if no one objects is to speed through from May 1-August 20 each year simming the entire segment and post basic results in about a week or two of real time. The reason I suggest those months is aside from golf and the occassional boxing match, only the baseball season is in full swing. I do not think we would sacrifice a lot by getting just a once a month standing report during these months and come September my articles would fill in a lot of the back story on what happened over the summer in baseball.

I feel this would greatly speed up the replay without sacrificing much of the detail I have come to enjoy in doing this. Does anyone think this is a bad idea?

Tiger Fan · 11-29-2004, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goroyals

an award I would enjoy seeing would be "Best Sports City." I believe TSN does this IRL, and perhaps it would be a nice piece for one of your June editions.

Nice idea, but a tough decision. We have Pittsburgh and Cleveland as the baseball powerhouses recently, Chicago a dominant NFL team, Notre Dame and Army were dominant in college football but Texas may have a say in things this year. Detroit won the Stanley Cup. Kentucky is the class of college basketball but the New York schools (NYU, CCNY), Alabama and Holy Cross are consistantly strong. Dallas won the NBA title. Really no city right now with a couple of champions.

I know that is just one category in choosing best sports city but since I cant gauge attendance and fan excitement it is the only criteria I can go by.

I am open for suggestions if anyone feels which city is the Best Sports City of 1947.

seth70liz76 · 11-29-2004, 05:47 PM

Personally, I've enjoyed the pace of this replay. But the bottom line is what do you think is best--I understand because of the scope how a day to day (even week to week) is a strain on your time. My suggestion is keep it variable--don't lock yourself in. Some streches will lend itself to week to week or month to month, but a pennant race or an exciting golf tourny (oxymoron?) would be better served by a day to day. Stay flexible, work at a pace you think fits best for that time.

Vris · 11-29-2004, 06:19 PM

I second the notion, Tiger Fan. I understand you wanting to sim ahead for the summer and if that's what you feel best, by all means go for it. It's a great read as it is.

Tiger Fan · 11-30-2004, 12:52 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY MAY 31, 1947
As mentioned above I am going to move a little quicker through the summer months since there is much less going on. Here is a recap of the happenings over the final week of May. I will post info only on key events between now and mid-August. Then I will go back to the daily reports as there will be much more going on at that time with baseball pennant races heating up and the NFL getting underway. Hopefully no one minds this quick sim through the middle of the baseball season.

INDIANAPOLIS 500
ROSE TAKES CHECKERED FLAG AT THE BRICKYARD
Thanks to engine trouble from teammate Bill Holland, Mauri Rose managed to claim his first Indianapolis 500 title. Rose took the lead on lap 169 when Holland was forced to retire with a blown engine. Prior to that point Holland, who was the pole-sitter, led the entire race. Rose, who had a dissappointing qualifying weekend, started 19th on the grid but had moved up to 5th by lap 30 and on lap 37 took over second spot. He would remain in second until Holland's troubles occurred. The average speed was 119.552 mph and the race took 4 hours and 11 minutes to complete. There were 6 cautions and just the one lead change. Rex Mays finished second.

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			FINAL RESULTS: 1947 Indianapolis 500
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
        ST FIN                           LAPS  RUNNING or              
       POS POS  CAR   DRIVER             COMP  REASON OUT            PIT
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
        19   1   27  Mauri Rose           200  Winner                  3
         5   2    9  Rex Mays             200  Running                 3
        11   3   54  Herb Ardinger        197  Flagged                 3
        15   4   34  Cy Marshall          196  Flagged                 3
        24   5   59  Pete Romcevich       196  Flagged                 4
        14   6   58  Les Anderson         196  Flagged                 3
         7   7   41  Freddie Agabashian   195  Flagged                 4
         2   8    8  Joie Chitwood        195  Flagged                 4
        30   9   33  Walt Brown           194  Flagged                 3
        29  10   28  Roland Free          193  Flagged                 3
        17  11    7  Jimmy Jackson        193  Flagged                 4
         3  12   24  Shorty Cantlon       193  Flagged                 4
         6  13   47  Ken Fowler           192  Flagged                 4
         8  14   43  Henry Banks          183  Piston                  4
         1  15   16  Bill Holland         169  Engine failure          3
        21  16    3  Emil Andres          149  Lost power              4
        16  17   44  Charley Van Acker    108  Vibration               2
         9  18   29  Tony Bettenhausen    106  Lost power              2
        28  19   14  George Conner         87  Crash  3                2
        20  20    1  Ted Horn              71  Crash  2                2
        25  21   52  Hal Robson            68  Crash  2                2
        10  22   38  Mel Hansen            47  Joint                   1
         4  23   15  Paul Russo            43  Lost power              3
        22  24   25  Russ Snowberger       37  Transmission            1
        23  25   18  Cliff Bergere         24  Piston                  1
        27  26   31  Frank Wearne          21  Blown Engine            1
        26  27   10  Duke Dinsmore         18  Blown Engine            1
        12  28   66  Al Miller              4  Crash  1                1
        13  29   53  Milt Fankhouser        4  Crash  1                1
        18  30   46  Duke Nalon             2  Gearbox                 1
      ------------------------------------------------------------------

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INDIANS STRETCH LEAD TO 7.5 GAMES
The Cleveland Indians are running away with the American League but they did suffer a serious blow when ace Bill Lohrman (9-0, 1.15) was sidelined with a shoulder injury that will force him to miss at least 6 weeks. The Indians should still be fine with Steve Gromek (8-0, 3.68) and an impressive showing from longtime minor leaguer Bob Feller (2-0, 1.62) after a recent promotion to the big leagues. The Indians have won 11 of their last 14 games while second place New York is 5-9 during the same stretch.

Pittsburgh continues to hold down top spot in the National League but the hottest team in the senior circuit is Philadelphia. Behind the pitching of Charlie Schanz (8-3, 3.29) and the hitting of Bobby Estalella (.341,2,19),Joe Gordon (.206,8,22), Buster Adams (.281,7,27) and Del Ennis (.267,4,26) the Phillies have won 9 of their last 11 and now trail the Pirates by just 2 games.

LOHRMAN AND ROE WIN PITCHER OF MONTH AWARDS
For the 5th time in his career Bill Lohrman has been named the American League pitcher of the month. Lohrman was 6-0 for the Indians before being sidelined for 6 weeks in his final start of the month. Preacher Roe was 7-1 in 8 starts for Pittsburgh to claim the National League award for the first time in his career.

Babe Young of Boston was named the American League player of the month after hitting .333 with 6 homers and 25 rbi's in May. It is the second time Young has been so honoured. Pittsburgh 3B Bob Elliott is the National League's top performer. Elliot hit .387 with 5 homers and 22 rbi's last month.

CANDINI COMES WITHIN ONE OUT OF PERFECTION
Washington hurler Milo Candini came within one out of tossing the fourth perfect game in major league history last Saturday. Dario Lodigiani broke up the bid with a 2-out double in the bottom of the 9th inning. Roy Cullenbine would follow with a single to foil the shutout but Candini and the Senators would hang on for a 4-1 win.

PREVIOUS PERFECT GAMES:
July 1, 1909 Orval Overall Boston(N)
July 19, 1910 Harry Krause Philadelphia(A)
August 30, 1928 Chief Yellowhorse Cleveland

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	30	11	.732	 x
NEW YORK	24	20	.545	7.5
ST LOUIS	24	21	.533	8.0
BOSTON		21	21	.500	9.5
WASHINGTON	20	23	.465   11.0
DETROIT		19	24	.442   12.0
CHICAGO		17	25	.405   13.5
PHILADELPHIA	16	26	.381   14.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	28	15	.651	 x
PHILADELPHIA	25	16	.610	2.0
CHICAGO		22	20	.524	5.5
CINCINNATI	22	21	.512	6.0
ST LOUIS	22	22	.500	6.5
NEW YORK	18	22	.450	8.5
BOSTON		17	22	.436	9.0
BROOKLYN	13	29	.310   14.5


AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
B Dillinger SLB	 .354		G Rosen Bkn	.386
W Judnich SLB	 .342		B Elliott Pit	.372
J Pesky Bos	 .341		H Leiber NYG	.348

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Hafey Cha	10		H Clift Chn	11
F Crosetti NYY	 8		S Musial StL	11
T Williams Bos	 8		S Chapman Bsn	10

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 39		A Vaughan Pit	38
B Young Bos	 34		B Elliott Pit	36
D Walker NYY	 32		S Musial StL	34

WINS				WINS
B Lohrman Cle	9-0		P Roe Pit	9-1
S Gromek Cle	8-0		C Schanz Phi	8-3
A Karl Bos	6-2		V Olsen Chn	7-3

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.15		V Olsen Chn	     2.14
T Bonham NYY	2.27		A Zabala NYG	     2.15
J Haynes Wsh	2.50		K Raffensberger Bsn  2.22

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
V Trucks Det	 56		E White StL	67
J Haynes Wsh	 52		W Spahn Bsn	58
B Lohrman Cle	 48		A Jurisch StL	54

GOLF
SAN DIEGO OPEN
25 year old Doug Ford outplayed the legendary Ben Hogan on the final 18 holes to claim his first career PGA event. Ford entered Sunday's final round trailing Hogan by 3 strokes but ended up gaining 6 on Hogan to win the title easily. Born in West Haven, Connecticut, Ford originally dreamed of playing for the New York Yankees but instead followed in his father's footsteps, a club professional in Yonkers.

Next week's stop is the Texas Open in San Antonio.

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NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	TOTAL	PRIZE $
FORD		67	66	70	67	-18    1500
HOGAN		68	64	68	73	-15	800
DUTRA		69	67	71	68	-13	737
HARRISON	62	75	68	70	-13	737
LOCKE		72	69	68	66	-13	737
THOMSON		67	71	66	71	-13	737
HARBERT		72	67	68	69	-12	675
NELSON		67	68	72	70	-11	650
SHUTE		69	70	70	69	-10	613
WEETMAN		68	71	69	70	-10	613
LEES		69	71	68	71	-9	563
REVOLTA		70	69	68	72	-9	563
xWhistler-a	70	70	69	70	-9	amat
BURTON		68	70	72	70	-8	512
VAN DONCK	68	72	72	68	-8	512
xWhite-a	70	68	71	71	-8	amat
BURKE JR	71	67	71	72	-7	463
FURGOL		69	70	71	71	-7	463
GHEZZI		71	70	71	70	-6	400
KEISER		66	71	70	75	-6	400
WARD		69	70	70	73	-6	400
HAMILTON	70	71	71	71	-5	350
DALY		71	69	74	70	-4	300
HARMON		68	67	77	72	-4	300
MIDDLECOFF	69	71	72	72	-4	300
ROSBURG-a	71	70	72	71	-4	amat
DAWSON-a	74	66	73	72	-3	amat
FAZIO		71	69	71	74	-3	225
HORNE		70	69	71	75	-3	225
VON NIDA	67	72	75	71	-3	225
BOROS		71	70	72	73	-2	175
xMULVENON-a	69	72	75	72	 E	amat
COTTON		74	67	76	74	 3	150

		MISSED CUT
BOLT		71	71				
BULLA		74	68				
FERRIER		76	66				
REES		70	72				
RIEGEL		71	71				
RUNYON		68	74				
SARAZEN		69	73				
WOOD		69	73				
xKEELER-a	72	70				
ADAMS		72	71				
BRADSHAW	72	71				
DE VICENZO	73	70				
HEBERT		70	73				
LAFFOON		71	72				
OLIVER		71	72				
BARRON		72	72				
BYRD		71	73				
FAULKNER	74	70				
HAEFNER		70	74				
SNEAD		74	70				
xDePore-a	71	73				
xScarborough-a	72	72				
BRUEN		69	76				
FLECK		76	69				
x-Tibbetts-a	70	75				
DEMARET		70	76				
STRANAHAN	72	74				
TURNERSA	76	70				
WORSHAM		73	73				
CARR-a		73	74				
HARPER		75	72				
KING		73	74				
MCSPADDEN	72	75				
METZ		71	76				
xNEHRING-a	77	70				
LITTLE		73	75				
SMITH		72	76				
MACKAY JR	74	75				
MANGRUM		73	76				
WALL		79	71				
CERDA		79	73				
xMartin-a	72	81				


		LEADING MONEY WINNERS
NAME		PRIZE$	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	CUTS 
HOGAN		6300	1	4	5	7
NELSON		4812	0	4	5	7
LOCKE		4450	1	3	4	5
HEBERT		4325	2	2	3	5
SNEAD		4125	0	3	4	5
MIDDLECOFF	3500	0	1	4	5
WARD		3188	0	2	3	6
COTTON		3117	0	1	2	6
REES		3063	1	2	3	3
STRANAHAN	2913	0	0	2	5

BOXING
MOORE, BRATTON IN LINE FOR TITLE SHOTS
Lightheavyweight Archie Moore improved his record to 32-2 with a 15-round decision over Pennsylvania native Tommy Yarosz in Philadelphia. Moore, the number one contender for champion Lloyd Marshall's World title, was in complete control of the fight and won handily on all 3 scorecards. Yarosz, who was ranked 6th in the division entering the fight, falls to 26-8-2. He had a title shot against Marshall last September and lost to the champ by a 9th round knockout. With the victory Moore will get a title shot against Marshall likely in September.

A pair of top welterweight contenders squared off in Chicago for the right to meet Sugar Ray Robinson for the World Title. Chicago native Johnny Bratton won a hard fought unanimous decision over Jackie Wilson. Bratton improves to 23-3-1 with the victory and will face Robinson in the late fall or early winter. Wilson, a Los Angeles native, falls to 28-4-1.

On the undercard of the Bratton-Wilson fight, journeyman Ray Barnes scored a majority decision over Rocco xDiSaldo in a 10 round middleweight bout. One judge had it even while the other two favoured Barnes by a single point over the youngster who was making his professional debut.

LAMOTTA LOOKS SHARP IN RETURN TO RING
Former World Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta had an easy time at Madison Square Garden against fellow New Yorker Steve Belloise. LaMotta, at times looking like he was toying with his opponent, won a lobsided unanimous decision to improve to 15-1. It was his first fight since a surprising upset loss to Tony Zale for the Middleweight Title in January. Belloise is 19-6.

On the undercard promising middlweight Jose Basora of Puerto Rico scored a 6th round knockout of Australian Ron Richards. Basora improves to 29-2 and is moving towards a title shot. Richards is 8-2-1 and has not faced very stiff competition.

EUROPEAN BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE MATCHUP SET
Britian's Johnny King will meet Italian Guido Ferracin for the vacant European Bantamweight Title after each won a qualifying match last week. The title became vacant when Luis Romero of Spain defeated Fernando Gagnon for the World Bantamweight Title earlier in the month. When Romero stepped down a 4-man tournament was set up to determine a new European Champion.

King scored a narrow split decision victory over Poland's Benny Goldberg in one semi-final while Ferracin easily outpointed Joe Cornelis of Belgium in the other semi. King, with a record of 36-6, will face Ferracin, 28-6-2, for the European Title on July 5th in Paris. King and Ferracin met in the World post-war bantamweight tournament with King claiming a unanimous decision victory.

On the undercard a pair of German fighters had impressive pro debuts. Lightheavyweight Rudel xDietrich knocked out Spain's Paco Bueno in the first round of their scheduled 15 round bout. Bueno was sent to the floor with a punishing body blow from xDietrich 30 seconds into the bout. He managed to continue but just over a minute later was down for the count as xDietrich landed a vicious combination. Bueno is 8-22-1 in a certainly less than stellar career. Heavyweight Jurgen xHucke scored a majority decision by the narrowest of margins over Italian Gino Buonvino in his debut. Buonvino's record drops to 5-19.

In other bantamweight action last week, Japan's Hiroski Horiguchi improved to 24-12-2 with an unanimous decision over Cris Crispin of the Phillipines.

IRISHMAN DORAN WINS EUROPEAN BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE
Ed Doran recovered from a first round knockdown and went on to win a unanimous decision over Frenchman Louis Skena to claim the vacant European Bantamweight Title. Doran improves to 16-3 and is ranked 11th in the World. Skena falls to 17-5-1.

SADDLER SCORES VICTORY
In his first bout since losing the post-war Bantamweight Title tournament final to Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler looked very impressive stopping Henry Armstrong with a 10th round TKO. Saddler, who is 23-2 with both losses coming against Pep, is rated the number one contender for Pep's title. For Armstrong it was just his second loss to go against 30 victories and drops him behind Saddler in the featherweight rankings.

Speaking of Pep, the champion's camp has announced he will defend his World Title in St Louis on August 11 against Charlie Riley. A couple of weeks ago Riley beat Harold Hoshino to earn the title shot. Riley, a St Louis native, is 23-4. Pep has a perfect post-war record of 18-0. His last bout was an unanimous decision over European champ Ray Famechon in Boston on April 26th.

Tiger Fan · 11-30-2004, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by seth70liz76

Personally, I've enjoyed the pace of this replay. But the bottom line is what do you think is best.

thanks to you and Vris for the feedback. As I have mentioned a couple of times I am torn between wanting to take it slow and follow day by day and the desire to see how careers pan out.

I think the approach to quick sim through the summer works best because there is so much less going on then as compared to September-October when we get football in full swing and hockey and basketball preparing to begin plus hopefully a tight pennant race or two. Also I am dying to get to the next basketball season so I can get playing TPB05

Hopefully no one is upset with this slight format change. I will still have an article on each of the golf events, the Belmont, the NBA draft and any key baseball happenings over the next month.

rudel.dietrich · 11-30-2004, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tiger Fan

On the undercard a pair of German fighters had impressive pro debuts. Lightheavyweight Rudel xDietrich knocked out Spain's Paco Bueno in the first round of their scheduled 15 round bout. Bueno was sent to the floor with a punishing body blow from xDietrich 30 seconds into the bout. He managed to continue but just over a minute later was down for the count as xDietrich landed a vicious combination.

Nice

Hopefully ill get another bout in a few weeks since I took no damage from the first one.

Tiger Fan · 12-02-2004, 11:01 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY JUNE 5, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
BRAVES TAKE ALABAMA'S ODIE *SPEARS FIRST OVERALL
The Buffalo Braves selected Alabama power forward Odie *Spears with the first pick in the NBA draft. Spears, who decided to skip his senior season at Alabama and enter the draft, averaged 13.5 ppg and 12.0 rpg last year. He also played a key role on Bama's National Championship team two years ago.

The Kentucky Colonels dissappointed their hometown fans by passing on former UK stars Jack *Rocker and Paul *Noel. The Colonels instead opted for CCNY SF Varun Hunter with the second overall pick. Rocker went 6th to New Orleans while Noel slipped to 20th where he was taken by Baltimore.

Some of the surprises included the Boston Celtics grabbing Ben *Schadler with the 4th overall pick. Most experts had the former Providence star penciled in as a second round selection. There were surprises the other way as well. Oklahoma A&M PG Rob Kirkton was considered a first round talent but went undrafted. Kentucky's Paul *Noel was considered a top 10 pick but slipped all the way to 20th.

Code:

	1947 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION DRAFT
		        ROUND ONE
1- Buffalo	Odie *Spears 	PF 	Alabama
2- Kentucky	Varun Hunter	SF	CCNY
3- Syracuse	Ray *Lumpp	SG	Maryland
4- Boston	Ben *Schadler	PF	Providence
5- New York	Paul *Huston	SF	Ohio State
6- New Orleans	Jack *Rocker	 C	Kentucky
7- Cleveland	Mikal Williams	 C	Boston College
8- Minneapolis	Bob Kirkland	PG	Oklahoma A&M
9- Kansas City	Ray *Ellefson	 C	Iowa
10-Milwaukee	Ray *Corley	PG	Florida
11-Fort Wayne	Ardie Fusch	PF	Georgia
12-St Louis	Grant Loubiere	 C	Prairie View
13-Cincinnati	Bob *Davis	PG	Princeton
14-Dallas	Arnie *Risen 	 C	Ohio State
15-Washington	G. *Feigenbaum	SG	Washington
16-Indianapolis	Reggie Filer	SF	Holy Cross
17-Pittsburgh	Izak Waldman	PF	LSU
18-New York	Bob *Harrison	SG	Washington
19-Chicago	Donnie *Forman	PG	Harvard
20-Baltimore	Paul *Noel	SF	Kentucky

		        ROUND TWO
1- Dallas	Gary Taylor	 C	Seton Hall
2- St Louis	Leon Bidner	 C	Penn State
3- New Orleans	Arlen Webster	PF	Duke
4- Pittsburgh	Jess DiGregorio PF	UNC-Ashville
5- Buffalo	Bruce *Hale	PG	UCLA
6- Cleveland	Bob *Hubbard	 C	Holy Cross
7- Syracuse	Goebel *Ritter	PG	Western Kentucky
8- Minneapolis  Sean Amos	 C	Boston College
9- St Louis	Jon Anderson	 C	Stanford
10-Milwaukee	Mel *McGaha	SG	Georgia
11-Fort Wayne	Patrick Allen	PF	Indiana
12-St Louis	Garrett Johnson	 C	North Carolina State
13-Cincinnati	Anthony Anderson C	Western Kentucky
14-Dallas	Miakel Bowles	PG	SMU
15-Providence	Cliff *Baker	SG	Kentucky
16-Indianapolis	Edward Shatas	SG	LaSalle
17-Pittsburgh	Allen Beveredge PF	Connecticut
18-Philadelphia	DC *Wilcutt	PG	Princeton
19-Chicago	Lloyd Chambers	 C	Princeton
20-Baltimore	Joseph Smith	PF	USC

GOLF- TEXAS OPEN
HOGAN WINS IN PLAYOFF AT SAN ANTONIO
Ben Hogan completed a final day comeback by notching a birdie on the first playoff hole to win the Texas Open at Breckenridge Golf Club in San Antonio. Hogan trailed Ed Oliver by three strokes entering Sunday's action.

Code:

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4   TOTAL	PRIZE $
HOGAN		66	69	67	67	-19	1500
OLIVER		70	64	65	70	-19	800
LITTLE		69	66	65	71	-17	775
FORD		73	67	65	69	-14	750
CARR-a		67	66	74	69	-12	amat
HARBERT		70	69	71	66	-12	700
HARPER		66	70	68	72	-12	700
WEETMAN		67	71	71	67	-12	700
BULLA		67	75	68	68	-10	575
COTTON		70	68	70	70	-10	575
FAULKNER	70	66	68	74	-10	575
HARMON		68	68	74	68	-10	575
SNEAD		68	71	68	71	-10	575
HARRISON	69	71	69	70	-9	475
MANGRUM		73	66	69	71	-9	475
NELSON		71	71	70	67	-9	475
KEISER		68	69	72	71	-8	425
FERRIER		69	70	71	71	-7	382
SHUTE		68	74	69	70	-7	382
DAWSON-a	74	63	73	72	-6	amat
GHEZZI		65	71	73	73	-6	337
THOMSON		70	68	70	74	-6	337
FLECK		67	71	70	75	-5	250
HEBERT		65	71	75	72	-5	250
xWhite-a	69	70	73	71	-5	amat
BOROS		69	68	75	72	-4	175
MCSPADDEN	68	73	75	68	-4	175
SARAZEN		68	69	71	76	-4	175
xScarborough-a	71	70	70	73	-4	amat
VAN DONCK	71	71	73	71	-2	150
BARRON		69	73	71	74	-1	100
HAEFNER		72	70	69	76	-1	100
LEES		71	71	74	71	-1	100
RIEGEL		69	72	73	74	 E	75
BRUEN		67	74	73	75	 1	50

	MISSED CUT
BRADSHAW	72	71				
BURKE JR	74	69				
DALY		76	67				
LOCKE		72	71				
MACKAY JR	70	73				
METZ		72	71				
REVOLTA		73	70				
WALL		74	69				
WARD		68	75				
WOOD		72	71				
xNEHRING-a	69	74				
BOLT		73	71				
BURTON		73	71		
DEMARET		76	68		
DUTRA		71	73		
FAZIO		71	73		
MIDDLECOFF	70	74		
ROSBURG-a	71	73		
TURNERSA	73	71		
xDePore-a	71	73		
xKEELER-a	72	72		
ADAMS		72	73		
DE VICENZO	73	72		
RUNYON		73	72		
xWhistler-a	70	75		
BYRD		74	72		
HAMILTON	74	72		
HORNE		72	74		
LAFFOON		74	72		
REES		76	70		
x-Tibbetts-a	74	72		
CERDA		73	74		
KING		69	78		
xMULVENON-a	76	71		
WORSHAM		75	73		
xMartin-a	73	75		
STRANAHAN	77	72		
VON NIDA	75	74		
SMITH		79	76		
FURGOL		78	80	

MONEY LEADERS AFTER 8 EVENTS
NAME		PRIZE$	WINS	 T5	T10	CUTS made
HOGAN		7800	 2	 5	 6	  8
NELSON		5287	 0	 4	 5	  8
SNEAD		4700	 0	 3	 5	  6
HEBERT		4575	 2	 2	 3	  6
LOCKE		4450	 1	 3	 4	  5
COTTON		3692	 0	 1	 3	  7
MIDDLECOFF	3500	 0	 1	 4	  5
HARRISON	3212	 0	 2	 3	  6
KEISER		3193	 0	 0	 3	  6
WARD		3188	 0	 2	 3	  6

BOXING
BILLY CONN GETS NOTICED IN UK BOUT
After being unsuccessful in attempts to line up a bout with either World Lightheavyweight champion Lloyd Marshall or any of the top American contenders, Pittsburgh's Billy Conn had to head to England for a fight. Conn made people take notice after winning a unanimous decision over European champ Freddie Mills in London. The victory improves Conn's record to 28-1-2 and will make it even tougher for the World Champion to keep avoiding him. For Mills, who falls to 32-14-1, the loss all but ends any world title aspirations he might have.

Tiger Fan · 12-03-2004, 05:16 PM

Just some info as to why I havent added much the last few days. It appears my cpu is on it's last legs - it keeps shutting down for no apparent reason and will not restart for about 10 minutes afterwards - so I was busy trying to back up all of my TSN files to cd as well as update my baseball photos. Everything I believe I need is now safely stored on disk.

If I suddenly dissappear for a week or so it just means the old cpu has bit the dust and I am shopping around for a new one.

The plan, if things are working tonight, is to update everything to the end of July and go back to the daily reports August 1st. I found the day to day baseball recaps just a little dry as there was not enough else going on but by the beginning of August I will hopefully have a pennant race or two to cover, NFL and college football seasons preparing to start, with basketball and the NHL just over the horizon.

As I said earlier, I hope no one minds me skipping ahead through the mid-summer months of June and July.

Dargone · 12-03-2004, 08:14 PM

Great as always and I look forward to the next installments when you have the time

Vris · 12-04-2004, 12:05 AM

Hope everything works out for you Tiger Fan.

Tiger Fan · 12-04-2004, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Vris

Hope everything works out for you Tiger Fan.

thanks. Now that I have everything backed up all will be fine. Was planning on getting a new system in the next 6 months or so anyway so depending on how long this one hangs on it may just speed the process up.

11-27-2004, 01:44 AM	#323
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,755	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY MAY 20, 1947 HORSE RACING PHALANX WINS THE PREAKNESS Veteran jockey Eddie Arcaro and Phalanx led from wire-to-wire to win the second leg of horse racing's triple crown. Phalanx, the favourite to win, covered the mile and 3/16 track at Pimlico in 1:59 2/5. He was a length and a half ahead of runner up On Trust. Star Reward a 12-1 longshot took third just ahead of Faultless. Derby winner Jet Pilot was slow out of the gate and then got boxed in on the final turn, finishing a dissappointing 7th. The third and final leg of the Triple Crown, The Belmont, will be held at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 16th. In real life Faultless won the Preakness in 1:59 even, with On Trust second and Phalanx finishing third. Code: FINAL RESULTS 1- Phalanx 2- On Trust 3- Star Reward 4- Faultless 5- Stepfather 6- Bulletproof 7- Jet Pilot 8- Riskolater 9- Double Jay 10- Jett-Jett 11- Liberty Road 12- W.L. Sickle 13- Cosmic Bomb MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BYRD LEADS YANKS TO AGAIN Veteran New York Yankee outfielder Sammy Byrd drove in 5 runs as the Yanks doubled St Louis 8-4 in American League action. It has been quite a start to the weekend for the 39 year old as he drove in 4 runs against the Browns on Friday. For the season Byrd has 17 rbi's meaning he more than doubled his season production in the past 2 games. Elsewhere, Ted Williams had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs as Boston topped Philadelphia 5-2. In Cleveland Tom Hafey hit a pair of solo homers and a bases loaded double as visiting Chicago dropped the Indians 8-2. Hafey leads the American League with 9 homeruns on the season. Barney McCoskey's grand slam led Detroit past the Senators in Washington by a 7-4 count. In the National League Harlond Clift hit his major league leading 10th homerun as Chicago downed Pittsburgh 3-1. Arnold Carter tossed a 5-hitter in Cincinnati as the Reds blasted the Giants 10-0. Mike Kreevich's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th scored Jackie Robinson with the winning run as Brooklyn trimmed Philadelphia 3-2. Finally, in Boston Sam Chapman's 3 run homer in the 8th inning proved the difference as the Braves beat St Louis 5-2. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 22 9 .710 x NEW YORK 21 13 .618 2.5 ST LOUIS 17 17 .500 6.5 DETROIT 15 17 .469 7.5 WASHINGTON 15 17 .469 7.5 CHICAGO 14 18 .438 8.5 BOSTON 13 18 .419 9.0 PHILADELPHIA 12 20 .375 10.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 23 10 .697 x ST LOUIS 19 15 .559 4.5 CINCINNATI 18 15 .545 5.0 PHILADELPHIA 16 14 .533 5.5 CHICAGO 16 15 .516 6.0 BOSTON 13 17 .433 8.5 BROOKLYN 11 20 .355 11.0 NEW YORK 10 20 .333 11.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 7 Washington 4 Boston 5 Philadelphia 2 New York 8 St Louis 4 Chicago 8 Cleveland 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 10 New York 0 Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 2 Boston 5 St Louis 3 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (H White 4-3, 3.86) at Washington (J Haynes 4-3, 3.06) Philadelphia (L McCrabb 2-5, 4.08) at Boston (A Karl 3-2, 5.14) New York (D Dean 5-2, 3.27) at St Louis (A Williams 1-5, 3.61) Chicago (F Biscan 3-3, 4.50) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 7-0, 0.90) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (V Olsen 5-2, 2.30) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 7-0, 2.19) New York (D Koslo 1-6, 5.58) at Cincinnati (J Hutchings 3-4, 4.83) Philadelphia (C Schanz 6-2, 3.03) at Brooklyn (M Haefner 0-5, 6.45) St Louis (G Dockins 4-4, 4.83) at Boston (B Brown 1-0, 1.02) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING J Heath Cle .352 B Elliott Pit .400 D Wakefield Det .351 G Rosen Bkn .386 D Litwhiler Cha .342 G Scharein StL .363 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Hafey Cha 9 H Clift Chn 10 F Crosetti NYY 7 W Cooper StL 7 T Williams Bos 6 E Torgeson Bsn 6 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 34 B Elliott Pit 32 B Young Bos 26 A Vaughan Pit 31 D Walker NYY 25 D Ennis Phi 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 A Carter Cin 6-3 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 0.90 P Roe Pit 2.19 T Bonham NYY 1.60 K Raffensberger Bsn 2.24 E Johnson Bos 1.81 V Olsen Chi 2.30 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS F Hutchinson Det 41 W Spahn Bsn 46 V Trucks Det 40 A Jurisch StL 46 S Gromek Cle 39 E White StL 44 BOXING ORTIZ GETS BACK TO WINNING WAYS Manuel Ortiz easily outpointed fellow Californian Tony Olivera in a 15 round bantamweight fight in Los Angeles last night. Ortiz, who was 38-0-2 before losing his last two fights, sent Olivera to the canvas on three occassions, twice with bruising body blows. Olivera, who's left eye was swollen shut midway through the bout, displayed tremendous courage carrying on until the final bell. For Ortiz, the victory is important after back to back losses to Fernando Gagnon and Luis Galvani but it would have been much impressive had he been able to knock out Olivera. In several rounds he had the San Francisco native just barely hanging on but in each instance Ortiz was unable to finish off the job. In other boxing notes 20 year old Jeffrey xSmith won his professional debut knocking out journeyman Colion Chaney in the 7th round of their scheduled 10 round bout in Indianapolis. The fight is noteworthy because xSmith, a native of LeClaire, Iowa was tabbed as a possible member of the US team for the 1948 Olympics before he elected to give up his amateur status. GOLF - BING CROSBY PRO-AM OLIVER WINS IN A PLAYOFF Ed Oliver birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Bobby Locke and win the Bing Crosby Pro-Am Tournament at 3 courses in Monterey, California. Oliver carded a 3 on the par 4 16th hole to defeat the South African as darkness was setting in. Shortly before Locke birdied the last two holes to force the playoff with Oliver, who had birdied 18 himself a couple of groups ahead of Locke. Ben Hogan finished third. The top amateur was William xScarborough III. The 25 year old from Bucks County, Pennsylvania shot 3 under 69 on the final day at the Pebble Beach Golf Links to finish one stroke ahead of Californian John Dawson. Code: FINAL RESULTS FROM BING CROSBY PRO-AM NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 TOTAL PRIZE $ OLIVER 73 66 69 -8* 1100 LOCKE 68 72 68 -8 800 NELSON 74 67 68 -7 775 MIDDLECOFF 74 66 71 -5 725 RIEGEL 72 68 71 -5 725 WARD 71 72 68 -5 725 COTTON 74 66 72 -4 667 KEISER 72 69 71 -4 667 HARPER 74 69 70 -3 612 STRANAHAN 72 67 74 -3 612 ADAMS 69 75 70 -2 550 FURGOL 70 73 71 -2 550 HARMON 77 68 69 -2 550 xScarborough-a 70 75 69 -2 a DAWSON-a 72 71 72 -1 a FERRIER 73 72 70 -1 463 MACKAY JR 70 71 74 -1 463 HOGAN 73 71 72 E 425 x-Tibbetts-a 70 73 73 E a CARR-a 75 72 70 1 a HAMILTON 74 69 74 1 337 LEES 72 71 74 1 337 HAEFNER 73 68 77 2 275 SMITH 72 72 74 2 275 TURNERSA 72 73 73 2 275 KING 67 75 77 3 212 WEETMAN 65 77 77 3 212 HARBERT 72 73 75 4 162 WORSHAM 69 75 76 4 162 HEBERT 75 67 79 5 125 VAN DONCK 76 68 77 5 100 ROSBURG-a 71 79 75 9 a won in a 1 hole playoff. MONEY LEADERS AFTER SIX EVENTS NAME PRIZE $ WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 CUTS HOGAN 5500 1 3 4 6 HEBERT 4325 2 2 3 5 NELSON 4162 0 4 4 6 SNEAD 4125 0 3 4 5 LOCKE 3713 1 2 3 4 MIDDLECOFF 3200 0 1 4 4 REES 3063 1 2 3 3 COTTON 2967 0 1 2 5 STRANAHAN 2913 0 0 2 5 WARD 2788 0 2 3 5 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES* NBA DRAFT PRIMER - ROB KIRKTON For the first time in his 4 year college career Rob Kirkton did not play on a championship team as his Oklahoma A&M squad failed to win the Big 8 conference tournament for the first time in 4 years. Nevertheless, Kirkton still enjoyed a productive senior season and may just be a first round selection in next month's NBA draft. The 5'10" point guard is not expected to be a dominant NBA player, but he should have the skills to start somewhere in the league and with the lack of quality PG's in the draft he might just be the first one at his position to hear his name called. Kirkton is Oklahoma A&M's all time leader in free throws made and attempted. Code: ROB KIRKTON'S CAREER STATS AT OKLAHOMA A&M YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 37 20.2 5.9 0.3 3.8 2.1 1.1 0.1 .346 .747 .276 44-45 37 19.4 8.8 0.9 4.0 1.8 1.6 0.1 .442 .820 .395 45-46 35 29.5 14.2 4.4 3.8 1.5 2.1 0.1 .414 .748 .300 46-47 29 28.8 11.7 2.2 3.6 4.4 2.4 0.5 .414 .751 .305 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- --- ---- career 138 24.2 10.0 1.9 3.8 2.3 1.7 0.2 .407 .766 .316 Kirkton is a fictional player created by TDCB MOTOR SPORTS INDY QUALIFYING FINISHES TODAY The rest of the starting grid for next Sunday's Indianapolis 500 will be filled out today. Last week the top 12 positions were decided with Indy rookie Bill Holland claiming the pole for the 31st running of the race. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.

11-27-2004, 04:28 PM	#324
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,755	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY MAY 21, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INDIANS BEAT WHITE SOX BUT LOSE PASSEAU The Cleveland Indians will be without pitcher Claude Passeau for 2 months after the righthander injured his back in a 3-1 win over Chicago. Passeau had made 9 appearances for the Tribe this season including 5 starts. He was 2-1 with a 4.15 era and had 3 saves. The 38 year old was 13-16 a year ago as the Tribe's number 4 starter. His best season was 1941 when he was 26-10 and won the American League Cy Young Award. 28 year old Bob Feller will take Passeau's spot in the rotation. Feller was 9-15 as a rookie in 1939 but because of a numbers game spent most of his first 4 seasons in the bullpen. A serious arm in 1942 derailed his career and he has been a minor leagues ever since. In Boston, first baseman Babe Young drove in both runs as the Red Sox beat Philadelphia 2-1. Ted Williams had 2 more hits for the Red Sox making him 8 for 11 in his last 3 games. Joe Haynes went the distance improving his record to 5-3 as Washington dumped Detroit 7-2 while Dizzy Dean suffered his third straight loss after starting the season 5-0 in the Yankees 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Browns in St Louis. PREACHER KEEPS ROE-LLING ALONG Preacher Roe improved his record to 8-0 as the Pittsburgh Pirates topped Chicago 5-3 in National League play. A three run double from catcher Tom Padden made the job much easier for his battery-mate. Mel Ott hit his first homer of the season and 406th of his career as the New York Giants outslugged Cincinnati 10-6. The 38 year old Ott is fifth alltime in homers and number one among active players. TOP 5 HOME RUN HITTERS 1- Jimmie Foxx 622 2- Lou Gehrig 616 3- Babe Ruth 615 4- Hack Wilson 481 5- Mel Ott 406 Joe Gordon hit a pair of homeruns and Charley Schanz improved his record to 7-2 as Philadelphia beat Brooklyn 7-4. In the other game Sam Chapman had 3 hits to help Boston double St Louis 4-2. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 23 9 .719 x NEW YORK 21 14 .600 3.5 ST LOUIS 18 17 .514 6.5 WASHINGTON 16 17 .485 7.5 DETROIT 15 18 .455 8.5 BOSTON 14 18 .438 9.0 CHICAGO 14 19 .424 9.5 PHILADELPHIA 12 21 .364 11.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 24 10 .706 x PHILADELPHIA 17 14 .548 5.5 ST LOUIS 19 16 .543 5.5 CINCINNATI 18 16 .529 6.0 CHICAGO 16 16 .500 7.0 BOSTON 14 17 .452 8.5 NEW YORK 11 20 .355 11.5 BROOKLYN 11 21 .344 12.0 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 7 Detroit 2 Boston 2 Philadelphia 1 St Louis 4 New York 1 Cleveland 3 Chicago 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 3 New York 10 Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 4 Boston 4 St Louis 2 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (B Byerly 1-0, 6.60) at Washington (R Barrett 3-3, 5.46) Philadelphia (B Voiselle 1-6, 5.27) at Boston (R Melton 1-2, 7.23) New York (J Brown 3-4, 7.09) at St Louis (T Baker 3-4, 3.15) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (E Head 4-4, 3.36) at Pittsburgh (K Heintzelman 2-2, 5.98) New York (R Bauers 2-4, 3.55) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 5-2, 4.33) Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 2-4, 5.47) at Brooklyn (L Webber 1-4, 5.02) St Louis (S Ferens 2-1, 2.52) at Boston (K Raffensberger 3-3, 2.24) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING J Heath Cle .362 B Elliott Pit .395 D Wakefield Det .351 G Rosen Bkn .382 D Litwhiler Cha .339 G Scharein StL .362 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Hafey Cha 9 H Clift Chn 11 F Crosetti NYY 7 W Cooper StL 7 T Williams Bos 6 S Chapman Bsn 7 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 34 B Elliott Pit 32 B Young Bos 28 A Vaughan Pit 31 D Walker NYY 26 S Chapman Bsn 25 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 7-0 P Roe Pit 8-0 S Gromek Cle 6-0 C Schanz Phi 7-2 D Dean NYY 5-3 A Carter Cin 6-3 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 0.90 K Raffensberger Bsn 2.24 T Bonham NYY 1.60 A Carter Cin 2.31 E Johnson Bos 1.81 P Roe Pit 2.36 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS J Haynes Wsh 44 W Spahn Bsn 46 F Hutchinson Det 41 A Jurisch StL 46 V Trucks Det 40 E White StL 44 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES *NBA DRAFT PRIMER - PROVIDENCE PF BEN SCHADLER** Although he will be used as a power forward in the NBA, Ben Schadler spent most of the last two seasons playing center for Providence. His play in the middle helped lead the Friars to the elite 8 in the NCAA tournament and he was rewarded with a spot on the All Big East team. He made the National All-Frosh team in 1943-44 but his sophomore season was ruined by a mid-season back injury. He led the conference in rebounds his senior season and retires as Providence's career rebound leader with 1300. Projected as an early second round pick in the NBA draft. Code: BEN SCHADLER'S CAREER STATS AT PROVIDENCE YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 31 29.9 10.9 9.7 0.5 0.9 1.2 2.1 .410 .744 .485 44-45 17 20.3 7.8 8.8 0.3 0.3 0.8 2.0 .347 .673 .190 45-46 33 27.2 9.9 10.7 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.2 .441 .750 .415 46-47 34 26.8 13.9 14.3 0.6 0.7 1.2 3.3 .435 .743 .263 --- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 115 26.5 11.0 11.3 0.4 0.7 1.1 2.0 .418 .736 .343 In real life Schadler attened Northwestern before going on to play 37 games in the BAA with Chicago in 1947-48. A two-sport star in college he was also drafted by but never player for the Detroit Lions. INDY 500 FIELD SET FOR SUNDAY'S EVENT AT BRICKYARD Final qualifying for next weekend's Indianapolis 500 was completed over the weekend. A total of 30 drivers will be entered in the event including pole-sitter Bill Holland. Code: INDY 500 STARTING GRID POS CAR# DRIVER ------------------------------ 1 16 Bill Holland 2 8 Joie Chitwood 3 24 Shorty Cantlon 4 15 Paul Russo 5 9 Rex Mays 6 47 Ken Fowler 7 41 Freddie Agabashian 8 43 Henry Banks 9 29 Tony Bettenhausen 10 38 Mel Hansen 11 54 Herb Ardinger 12 66 Al Miller 13 53 Milt Fankhouser 14 58 Les Anderson 15 34 Cy Marshall 16 44 Charley Van Acker 17 7 Jimmy Jackson 18 46 Duke Nalon 19 27 Mauri Rose 20 1 Ted Horn 21 3 Emil Andres 22 25 Russ Snowberger 23 18 Cliff Bergere 24 59 Pete Romcevich 25 52 Hal Robson 26 10 Duke Dinsmore 27 31 Frank Wearne 28 14 George Conner 29 28 Roland Free 30 33 Walt Brown __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

11-28-2004, 11:50 AM	#325
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,755	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY MAY 22, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MELTON THROWS ONE-HITTER After a terrible start to the season in the bullpen most observers thought the Boston Red Sox were nuts to put Rube Melton back in the starting rotation. The move certainly paid off yesterday as Melton did a near perfect imitation of his 4-time Cy Young Award winning cousin Cliff, 1-hitting the Philadelphia Athletics in a 1-0 Red Sox victory. The only A's hit was a first inning double off the bat of 3B Dario Lodigiani. Boston managed 7 hits off of Philadelphia starter Bill Voiselle with Johnny Hudson's 8th inning rbi single to score Johnny Pesky accounting for the only run of the game. There were plenty of hits in Washington - 28 to be exact - as Detroit beat the Senators 12-10 in a wild game. Detroit, trailing 7-1, scored 3 times in the 8th and 5 more runs in the top of the 9th to take a 9-7 lead only to see the Sens tie the game with 2 in the bottom of the 9th. Rookie Bobby Thomson's second career homer, a 3-run shot in the 11th, gave the Tigers a 12-9 lead. Washington could only reply with one run in the home half and went down to defeat. In St Louis, the Browns overcame an early 2-0 deficeit and rallied to beat the Yankees 3-2. In the National League, Cincinnati rookie Art Houtteman ran his record to 6-2 after pitching 8 innings of 4-hit ball in the Reds 5-2 win over New York. Joe Dimaggio hit a 2-run double for the winners in his first game back after missing 2 weeks with a hip injury. Pinch-hitter Joe Marty's 2 run homer in the top of the 7th proved the difference as the Chicago Cubs doubled Pittsburgh 4-2. Stan Ferens improved to 3-1 as the St Louis Cardinals beat Boston by the same 4-2 count while Joe Gordon's 8th homer of the season helped launch Philadelphia past Brooklyn 6-3. Major league notes: Ted Williams of Boston and Reds pitcher Arnold Carter were the players of the week. Williams was 11 for 20 with a homerun and 5 rbi's to claim American League weekly honours for the 8th time in his career. Carter wins his 3rd career player of the week award after going 2-0 with a 1.06 era last week.....Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Cliff Melton comes off the disabled list today and will likely start in Philadelphia on Wednesday. The 4 time Cy Young winner was 3-1 with a 3.07 era before suffering back spasms a little over 2 weeks ago. The Pirates have yet to announce whether Ken Heintzelman (3-4, 5.77) or Jim Tobin (5-1, 3.74) will be bumped out of the rotation. They appear to be committed to keeping rookie Vic Raschi (1-2, 2.57) with the big club for now and as long as he is in Pittsburgh he will be in the rotation. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 23 9 .719 x NEW YORK 21 15 .583 4.0 ST LOUIS 19 17 .528 6.0 DETROIT 16 18 .471 8.0 WASHINGTON 16 18 .471 8.0 BOSTON 15 18 .455 8.5 CHICAGO 14 19 .424 9.5 PHILADELPHIA 12 22 .353 12.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 24 11 .686 x PHILADELPHIA 18 14 .563 4.5 ST LOUIS 20 16 .556 4.5 CINCINNATI 19 16 .543 5.0 CHICAGO 17 16 .515 6.0 BOSTON 14 18 .438 8.5 NEW YORK 11 21 .344 11.5 BROOKLYN 11 22 .333 12.0 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 12 Washington 10 (11 inn) Boston 1 Philadelphia 0 St Louis 3 New York 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 5 New York 2 Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 3 St Louis 4 Boston 2 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland (B Lohrman 7-0, 0.90) at Chicago (E Lopat 3-5, 4.73) St Louis (A McKain 4-2, 4.31) at Washington (M Candini 3-4, 3.23) Boston (T Hughson 1-4, 5.28) at Detroit (V Trucks 2-5, 3.92) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (P Erickson 2-5, 5.11) at Philadelphia (M Macon 2-0, 3.86) Brooklyn (R Barney 2-3, 3.81) at St Louis (E White 4-2, 3.66) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING J Heath Cle .362 G Rosen Bkn .400 D Wakefield Det .343 B Elliott Pit .395 D Litwhiler Cha .339 G Scharein StL .358 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Hafey Cha 9 H Clift Chn 11 F Crosetti NYY 7 J Gordon Phi 8 T Williams Bos 6 S Chapman Bsn 7 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 34 B Elliott Pit 32 B Young Bos 28 A Vaughan Pit 31 D Walker NYY 26 S Chapman Bsn 26 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 7-0 P Roe Pit 8-0 S Gromek Cle 6-0 C Schanz Phi 7-2 F Caliguiri Pha 5-1 A Carter Cin 6-3 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 0.90 A Carter Cin 2.31 T Bonham NYY 1.60 K Raffensberger Bsn 2.36 E Johnson Bos 1.81 P Roe Pit 2.36 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS J Haynes Wsh 44 W Spahn Bsn 46 F Hutchinson Det 41 A Jurisch StL 46 V Trucks Det 40 E White StL 44 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFSEASON NOTES NBA DRAFT PRIMER - 4 PRINCETON TIGERS MAY BE DRAFTED In 1945 three members of the University of Illinois basketball team were selected in the NBA draft. It was the first time in the 13 year history of the draft three players from the same school were selected in the same year. Three Princeton Tigers have a good chance to duplicate that feat in next month's draft and may even go one better. Junior SG Bob Davis is certain to be selected, likely in the middle of the first round while junior SG DC Wilcutt is a likely second round pick. Senior center Lloyd Chambers and senior SF Saul Mariaschin may also hear their names called in the second round. Davis and Wilcutt are two of the very few basketball players at Princeton to play regularly as freshmen. Chambers seems to be a long shot to have much success in the NBA but at his height (6'11") a team will likely take a chance on him in the second round. Mariaschin saw little action his first two years but finally became a starter as a junior. He emerged as the team leader his senior season. Code: BOB DAVIS' CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 32 25.1 10.2 1.3 3.5 1.9 1.8 1.0 .381 .716 .286 45-46 34 25.6 10.7 0.9 3.2 2.0 1.5 0.4 .378 .759 .245 46-47 31 29.7 11.0 2.8 6.0 4.2 1.8 0.5 .391 .721 .338 --- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 97 26.8 10.7 1.6 4.2 2.7 1.7 0.3 .383 .731 .280 D.C. WILCUTT'S CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 32 30.4 8.4 0.6 7.3 2.7 2.2 0.0 .349 .792 .319 45-46 28 29.2 9.0 0.5 6.5 3.5 1.4 0.1 .371 .709 .158 46-47 23 30.1 12.6 2.7 3.5 2.2 2.3 0.0 .397 .747 .257 --- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 83 29.9 9.8 1.1 6.0 2.8 2.0 0.1 .373 .752 .244 LLOYD CHAMBERS' CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 8 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 .400 .000 .000 44-45 32 16.0 3.4 3.8 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 .354 .737 .000 45-46 34 22.6 5.8 3.3 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 .438 .762 .000 46-47 31 29.9 10.6 6.6 0.5 0.6 1.5 0.6 .654 .771 1.000 --- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 105 21.2 6.1 4.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 .514 .760 .500 SAUL MARIASCHIN'S CAREER STATS AT PRINCETON YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 43-44 31 6.5 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 .302 .583 .474 44-45 31 10.6 4.2 3.3 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.2 .423 .625 .250 45-46 34 31.9 11.9 10.0 1.2 0.6 1.3 1.4 .371 .705 .226 46-47 31 32.1 14.5 11.3 1.3 0.8 1.9 1.8 .430 .645 .369 --- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 127 20.5 8.1 6.4 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.9 .399 .664 .306 In real life DC Wilcutt is from Patton, Alabama and after attending St Louis University he played two seasons with St Louis of the NBA. In real life Saul Mariaschin attended Harvard and played 43 games for the Boston Celtics in 1947-48. Davis and Chambers are fictional players. COLLEGE BASKETBALL OFFSEASON NOTES* PLENTY OF HOLES TO FILL IN PRINCETON With a first round exit in both the Ivy League and NCAA tournaments 1947 ended on a sour note for the Princeton Tigers despite a conference best 12-2 record during the season. The news went from bad to worse when Princeton fans learned that the club's two junior guards would both skip their senior season and turn pro. That news coupled with the graduation of center Lloyd Chambers and SF Saul Mariaschin left the Tigers with just one returning starter. The good news is, like every year, the Tigers have plenty of talent waiting in the wings. Tony Lavelli, who started a PF last year, will likely shift to center to make room for Ernie Vandeweghe. SF Devonte Firsch looks ready to step up and contribute full time. The backcourt may be cause for concern. If last years guard tandem of Bob Davis and DC Wilcutt had elected to return for their senior season, the Tigers would be looking at a National championship contender. As it is now, if sophomore Damon Barlau and one of the 6 freshman recruits don't step up the Tigers may be hard pressed to make the tournament field. Code: PRINCETON TIGERS 1947-48 PROJECTED ROSTER No Name Pos Ht Wt Yr High School (Hometown) 4 Ernie Vandeweghe PF 6/5 204 Jr Adlai E. Stevenson HS (Bronx,NY) 11 Gary Sykes C 6/9 207 Fr Northwood HS (Boyce,LA) 12 Brent Sullivan SF 6/5 200 Sr Bettendorf HS (Bettendorf,IA) 14 Stanton Smith PG 5/10 141 Fr Cedar Shoals HS* (Athens,GA) 16 Scottie Johnson PF 6/8 204 Fr Jordan High School (Long Beach,CA) 17 Devonte Frisch SF 6/7 227 Sr Shrewsbury HS (Shrewsbury,MA) 18 Tony Lavelli PF 6/9 272 Jr Charlestown HS (Charlestown,MA) 22 Damon Barlau PG 6/1 167 So Berkshire Prep (Lanham,MD) 23 Alrik Bareilles C 6/10 200 Jr Central HS (Bladensburg,MD) 48 Sascha Reochert PG 6/1 169 Fr Wingate HS (Neubrandenburg, Germany) 51 Rod Erickson SG 6/1 171 Fr Fort Myers HS (Fort Myers,FL) 53 Cameron Morin C 6/11 260 Fr Englewood HS (Chicago,IL) 54 Bernie Adams SG 6/2 158 So Brentwood HS (Pittsburgh,PA) 1946-47 PRINCETON TIGERS STATS Name Pos GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% 3P% FT% Saul Mariaschin SF 31 32.1 14.5 11.3 1.3 0.8 1.9 1.8 .430 .369 .645 DC Wilcutt PG 23 30.1 12.6 2.7 3.5 2.2 2.3 0.0 .397 .257 .747 Tony Lavelli PF 31 28.9 11.9 11.5 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.5 .447 .385 .761 Bob Davis PG 31 29.7 11.0 2.8 6.0 4.2 1.8 0.5 .391 .338 .721 Lloyd Chambers C 31 29.9 10.6 6.6 0.5 0.6 1.5 0.6 .654 1.000 .771 Devonte Frisch SF 31 15.1 8.0 3.6 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.0 .462 .319 .740 Ernie Vandeweghe PF 31 19.5 6.0 6.7 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.9 .392 .500 .659 Damon Barlau PG 31 11.9 4.4 0.2 2.4 1.0 0.3 0.0 .326 .405 .741 Bernie Adams SG 7 3.4 2.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 .667 1.000 .500 Armen Khachatryan C 27 5.6 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 .355 .000 .882 Andrew Julian SF 26 5.7 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 .355 .000 .538 Brent Sullivan SF 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 Alrik Bareilles C 1 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 11-28-2004 at 03:15 PM.*

11-29-2004, 05:47 PM	#331
seth70liz76 All Star Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,634	Personally, I've enjoyed the pace of this replay. But the bottom line is what do you think is best--I understand because of the scope how a day to day (even week to week) is a strain on your time. My suggestion is keep it variable--don't lock yourself in. Some streches will lend itself to week to week or month to month, but a pennant race or an exciting golf tourny (oxymoron?) would be better served by a day to day. Stay flexible, work at a pace you think fits best for that time. __________________ It was a mistake to come back.

11-29-2004, 06:19 PM	#332
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	I second the notion, Tiger Fan. I understand you wanting to sim ahead for the summer and if that's what you feel best, by all means go for it. It's a great read as it is. __________________ None Blog it.

11-25-2004, 03:41 PM	#321
khucke All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Düsseldorf, Germany Posts: 650	Tiger Fan, Just a quick question. Where did you get the boxing rating in the various weight classes? Are they historical or TBCB produced?

11-28-2004, 12:49 PM	#326
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	I have an idea for your newspaper. You could perhaps start selecting sportsmen of the month, and at the end of the year select sportsmen of the year for all sports and then from those select a sportsmen of the year for all sports combined. Just an idea.

11-28-2004, 08:54 PM	#328
goroyals All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 930	Great work TF, wonderful idea to have the "celebs" in the charity golf tournament! Have you decided to fast-forward yet? Also, an award I would enjoy seeing would be "Best Sports City." I believe TSN does this IRL, and perhaps it would be a nice piece for one of your June editions.

11-30-2004, 12:52 AM	#333
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,755	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY MAY 31, 1947 As mentioned above I am going to move a little quicker through the summer months since there is much less going on. Here is a recap of the happenings over the final week of May. I will post info only on key events between now and mid-August. Then I will go back to the daily reports as there will be much more going on at that time with baseball pennant races heating up and the NFL getting underway. Hopefully no one minds this quick sim through the middle of the baseball season. INDIANAPOLIS 500 ROSE TAKES CHECKERED FLAG AT THE BRICKYARD Thanks to engine trouble from teammate Bill Holland, Mauri Rose managed to claim his first Indianapolis 500 title. Rose took the lead on lap 169 when Holland was forced to retire with a blown engine. Prior to that point Holland, who was the pole-sitter, led the entire race. Rose, who had a dissappointing qualifying weekend, started 19th on the grid but had moved up to 5th by lap 30 and on lap 37 took over second spot. He would remain in second until Holland's troubles occurred. The average speed was 119.552 mph and the race took 4 hours and 11 minutes to complete. There were 6 cautions and just the one lead change. Rex Mays finished second. Code: FINAL RESULTS: 1947 Indianapolis 500 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ST FIN LAPS RUNNING or POS POS CAR DRIVER COMP REASON OUT PIT ------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 1 27 Mauri Rose 200 Winner 3 5 2 9 Rex Mays 200 Running 3 11 3 54 Herb Ardinger 197 Flagged 3 15 4 34 Cy Marshall 196 Flagged 3 24 5 59 Pete Romcevich 196 Flagged 4 14 6 58 Les Anderson 196 Flagged 3 7 7 41 Freddie Agabashian 195 Flagged 4 2 8 8 Joie Chitwood 195 Flagged 4 30 9 33 Walt Brown 194 Flagged 3 29 10 28 Roland Free 193 Flagged 3 17 11 7 Jimmy Jackson 193 Flagged 4 3 12 24 Shorty Cantlon 193 Flagged 4 6 13 47 Ken Fowler 192 Flagged 4 8 14 43 Henry Banks 183 Piston 4 1 15 16 Bill Holland 169 Engine failure 3 21 16 3 Emil Andres 149 Lost power 4 16 17 44 Charley Van Acker 108 Vibration 2 9 18 29 Tony Bettenhausen 106 Lost power 2 28 19 14 George Conner 87 Crash 3 2 20 20 1 Ted Horn 71 Crash 2 2 25 21 52 Hal Robson 68 Crash 2 2 10 22 38 Mel Hansen 47 Joint 1 4 23 15 Paul Russo 43 Lost power 3 22 24 25 Russ Snowberger 37 Transmission 1 23 25 18 Cliff Bergere 24 Piston 1 27 26 31 Frank Wearne 21 Blown Engine 1 26 27 10 Duke Dinsmore 18 Blown Engine 1 12 28 66 Al Miller 4 Crash 1 1 13 29 53 Milt Fankhouser 4 Crash 1 1 18 30 46 Duke Nalon 2 Gearbox 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INDIANS STRETCH LEAD TO 7.5 GAMES The Cleveland Indians are running away with the American League but they did suffer a serious blow when ace Bill Lohrman (9-0, 1.15) was sidelined with a shoulder injury that will force him to miss at least 6 weeks. The Indians should still be fine with Steve Gromek (8-0, 3.68) and an impressive showing from longtime minor leaguer Bob Feller (2-0, 1.62) after a recent promotion to the big leagues. The Indians have won 11 of their last 14 games while second place New York is 5-9 during the same stretch. Pittsburgh continues to hold down top spot in the National League but the hottest team in the senior circuit is Philadelphia. Behind the pitching of Charlie Schanz (8-3, 3.29) and the hitting of Bobby Estalella (.341,2,19),Joe Gordon (.206,8,22), Buster Adams (.281,7,27) and Del Ennis (.267,4,26) the Phillies have won 9 of their last 11 and now trail the Pirates by just 2 games. LOHRMAN AND ROE WIN PITCHER OF MONTH AWARDS For the 5th time in his career Bill Lohrman has been named the American League pitcher of the month. Lohrman was 6-0 for the Indians before being sidelined for 6 weeks in his final start of the month. Preacher Roe was 7-1 in 8 starts for Pittsburgh to claim the National League award for the first time in his career. Babe Young of Boston was named the American League player of the month after hitting .333 with 6 homers and 25 rbi's in May. It is the second time Young has been so honoured. Pittsburgh 3B Bob Elliott is the National League's top performer. Elliot hit .387 with 5 homers and 22 rbi's last month. CANDINI COMES WITHIN ONE OUT OF PERFECTION Washington hurler Milo Candini came within one out of tossing the fourth perfect game in major league history last Saturday. Dario Lodigiani broke up the bid with a 2-out double in the bottom of the 9th inning. Roy Cullenbine would follow with a single to foil the shutout but Candini and the Senators would hang on for a 4-1 win. PREVIOUS PERFECT GAMES: July 1, 1909 Orval Overall Boston(N) July 19, 1910 Harry Krause Philadelphia(A) August 30, 1928 Chief Yellowhorse Cleveland Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 30 11 .732 x NEW YORK 24 20 .545 7.5 ST LOUIS 24 21 .533 8.0 BOSTON 21 21 .500 9.5 WASHINGTON 20 23 .465 11.0 DETROIT 19 24 .442 12.0 CHICAGO 17 25 .405 13.5 PHILADELPHIA 16 26 .381 14.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 28 15 .651 x PHILADELPHIA 25 16 .610 2.0 CHICAGO 22 20 .524 5.5 CINCINNATI 22 21 .512 6.0 ST LOUIS 22 22 .500 6.5 NEW YORK 18 22 .450 8.5 BOSTON 17 22 .436 9.0 BROOKLYN 13 29 .310 14.5 AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING B Dillinger SLB .354 G Rosen Bkn .386 W Judnich SLB .342 B Elliott Pit .372 J Pesky Bos .341 H Leiber NYG .348 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Hafey Cha 10 H Clift Chn 11 F Crosetti NYY 8 S Musial StL 11 T Williams Bos 8 S Chapman Bsn 10 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 39 A Vaughan Pit 38 B Young Bos 34 B Elliott Pit 36 D Walker NYY 32 S Musial StL 34 WINS WINS B Lohrman Cle 9-0 P Roe Pit 9-1 S Gromek Cle 8-0 C Schanz Phi 8-3 A Karl Bos 6-2 V Olsen Chn 7-3 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.15 V Olsen Chn 2.14 T Bonham NYY 2.27 A Zabala NYG 2.15 J Haynes Wsh 2.50 K Raffensberger Bsn 2.22 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS V Trucks Det 56 E White StL 67 J Haynes Wsh 52 W Spahn Bsn 58 B Lohrman Cle 48 A Jurisch StL 54 GOLF SAN DIEGO OPEN 25 year old Doug Ford outplayed the legendary Ben Hogan on the final 18 holes to claim his first career PGA event. Ford entered Sunday's final round trailing Hogan by 3 strokes but ended up gaining 6 on Hogan to win the title easily. Born in West Haven, Connecticut, Ford originally dreamed of playing for the New York Yankees but instead followed in his father's footsteps, a club professional in Yonkers. Next week's stop is the Texas Open in San Antonio. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 TOTAL PRIZE $ FORD 67 66 70 67 -18 1500 HOGAN 68 64 68 73 -15 800 DUTRA 69 67 71 68 -13 737 HARRISON 62 75 68 70 -13 737 LOCKE 72 69 68 66 -13 737 THOMSON 67 71 66 71 -13 737 HARBERT 72 67 68 69 -12 675 NELSON 67 68 72 70 -11 650 SHUTE 69 70 70 69 -10 613 WEETMAN 68 71 69 70 -10 613 LEES 69 71 68 71 -9 563 REVOLTA 70 69 68 72 -9 563 xWhistler-a 70 70 69 70 -9 amat BURTON 68 70 72 70 -8 512 VAN DONCK 68 72 72 68 -8 512 xWhite-a 70 68 71 71 -8 amat BURKE JR 71 67 71 72 -7 463 FURGOL 69 70 71 71 -7 463 GHEZZI 71 70 71 70 -6 400 KEISER 66 71 70 75 -6 400 WARD 69 70 70 73 -6 400 HAMILTON 70 71 71 71 -5 350 DALY 71 69 74 70 -4 300 HARMON 68 67 77 72 -4 300 MIDDLECOFF 69 71 72 72 -4 300 ROSBURG-a 71 70 72 71 -4 amat DAWSON-a 74 66 73 72 -3 amat FAZIO 71 69 71 74 -3 225 HORNE 70 69 71 75 -3 225 VON NIDA 67 72 75 71 -3 225 BOROS 71 70 72 73 -2 175 xMULVENON-a 69 72 75 72 E amat COTTON 74 67 76 74 3 150 MISSED CUT BOLT 71 71 BULLA 74 68 FERRIER 76 66 REES 70 72 RIEGEL 71 71 RUNYON 68 74 SARAZEN 69 73 WOOD 69 73 xKEELER-a 72 70 ADAMS 72 71 BRADSHAW 72 71 DE VICENZO 73 70 HEBERT 70 73 LAFFOON 71 72 OLIVER 71 72 BARRON 72 72 BYRD 71 73 FAULKNER 74 70 HAEFNER 70 74 SNEAD 74 70 xDePore-a 71 73 xScarborough-a 72 72 BRUEN 69 76 FLECK 76 69 x-Tibbetts-a 70 75 DEMARET 70 76 STRANAHAN 72 74 TURNERSA 76 70 WORSHAM 73 73 CARR-a 73 74 HARPER 75 72 KING 73 74 MCSPADDEN 72 75 METZ 71 76 xNEHRING-a 77 70 LITTLE 73 75 SMITH 72 76 MACKAY JR 74 75 MANGRUM 73 76 WALL 79 71 CERDA 79 73 xMartin-a 72 81 LEADING MONEY WINNERS NAME PRIZE$ WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 CUTS HOGAN 6300 1 4 5 7 NELSON 4812 0 4 5 7 LOCKE 4450 1 3 4 5 HEBERT 4325 2 2 3 5 SNEAD 4125 0 3 4 5 MIDDLECOFF 3500 0 1 4 5 WARD 3188 0 2 3 6 COTTON 3117 0 1 2 6 REES 3063 1 2 3 3 STRANAHAN 2913 0 0 2 5 BOXING MOORE, BRATTON IN LINE FOR TITLE SHOTS Lightheavyweight Archie Moore improved his record to 32-2 with a 15-round decision over Pennsylvania native Tommy Yarosz in Philadelphia. Moore, the number one contender for champion Lloyd Marshall's World title, was in complete control of the fight and won handily on all 3 scorecards. Yarosz, who was ranked 6th in the division entering the fight, falls to 26-8-2. He had a title shot against Marshall last September and lost to the champ by a 9th round knockout. With the victory Moore will get a title shot against Marshall likely in September. A pair of top welterweight contenders squared off in Chicago for the right to meet Sugar Ray Robinson for the World Title. Chicago native Johnny Bratton won a hard fought unanimous decision over Jackie Wilson. Bratton improves to 23-3-1 with the victory and will face Robinson in the late fall or early winter. Wilson, a Los Angeles native, falls to 28-4-1. On the undercard of the Bratton-Wilson fight, journeyman Ray Barnes scored a majority decision over Rocco xDiSaldo in a 10 round middleweight bout. One judge had it even while the other two favoured Barnes by a single point over the youngster who was making his professional debut. LAMOTTA LOOKS SHARP IN RETURN TO RING Former World Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta had an easy time at Madison Square Garden against fellow New Yorker Steve Belloise. LaMotta, at times looking like he was toying with his opponent, won a lobsided unanimous decision to improve to 15-1. It was his first fight since a surprising upset loss to Tony Zale for the Middleweight Title in January. Belloise is 19-6. On the undercard promising middlweight Jose Basora of Puerto Rico scored a 6th round knockout of Australian Ron Richards. Basora improves to 29-2 and is moving towards a title shot. Richards is 8-2-1 and has not faced very stiff competition. EUROPEAN BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE MATCHUP SET Britian's Johnny King will meet Italian Guido Ferracin for the vacant European Bantamweight Title after each won a qualifying match last week. The title became vacant when Luis Romero of Spain defeated Fernando Gagnon for the World Bantamweight Title earlier in the month. When Romero stepped down a 4-man tournament was set up to determine a new European Champion. King scored a narrow split decision victory over Poland's Benny Goldberg in one semi-final while Ferracin easily outpointed Joe Cornelis of Belgium in the other semi. King, with a record of 36-6, will face Ferracin, 28-6-2, for the European Title on July 5th in Paris. King and Ferracin met in the World post-war bantamweight tournament with King claiming a unanimous decision victory. On the undercard a pair of German fighters had impressive pro debuts. Lightheavyweight Rudel xDietrich knocked out Spain's Paco Bueno in the first round of their scheduled 15 round bout. Bueno was sent to the floor with a punishing body blow from xDietrich 30 seconds into the bout. He managed to continue but just over a minute later was down for the count as xDietrich landed a vicious combination. Bueno is 8-22-1 in a certainly less than stellar career. Heavyweight Jurgen xHucke scored a majority decision by the narrowest of margins over Italian Gino Buonvino in his debut. Buonvino's record drops to 5-19. In other bantamweight action last week, Japan's Hiroski Horiguchi improved to 24-12-2 with an unanimous decision over Cris Crispin of the Phillipines. IRISHMAN DORAN WINS EUROPEAN BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE Ed Doran recovered from a first round knockdown and went on to win a unanimous decision over Frenchman Louis Skena to claim the vacant European Bantamweight Title. Doran improves to 16-3 and is ranked 11th in the World. Skena falls to 17-5-1. SADDLER SCORES VICTORY In his first bout since losing the post-war Bantamweight Title tournament final to Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler looked very impressive stopping Henry Armstrong with a 10th round TKO. Saddler, who is 23-2 with both losses coming against Pep, is rated the number one contender for Pep's title. For Armstrong it was just his second loss to go against 30 victories and drops him behind Saddler in the featherweight rankings. Speaking of Pep, the champion's camp has announced he will defend his World Title in St Louis on August 11 against Charlie Riley. A couple of weeks ago Riley beat Harold Hoshino to earn the title shot. Riley, a St Louis native, is 23-4. Pep has a perfect post-war record of 18-0. His last bout was an unanimous decision over European champ Ray Famechon in Boston on April 26th. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-03-2004, 05:16 PM	#337
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,755	Just some info as to why I havent added much the last few days. It appears my cpu is on it's last legs - it keeps shutting down for no apparent reason and will not restart for about 10 minutes afterwards - so I was busy trying to back up all of my TSN files to cd as well as update my baseball photos. Everything I believe I need is now safely stored on disk. If I suddenly dissappear for a week or so it just means the old cpu has bit the dust and I am shopping around for a new one. The plan, if things are working tonight, is to update everything to the end of July and go back to the daily reports August 1st. I found the day to day baseball recaps just a little dry as there was not enough else going on but by the beginning of August I will hopefully have a pennant race or two to cover, NFL and college football seasons preparing to start, with basketball and the NHL just over the horizon. As I said earlier, I hope no one minds me skipping ahead through the mid-summer months of June and July. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-03-2004, 08:14 PM	#338
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	Great as always and I look forward to the next installments when you have the time __________________ 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

12-04-2004, 12:05 AM	#339
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	Hope everything works out for you Tiger Fan. __________________ None Blog it.