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Tiger Fan · 12-18-2004, 02:34 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 6, 1947

GOLF
xTIBBETTS WINS U.S. AMATEUR GOLF TITLE
Former Pepperdine golfer Scott xTibbetts won the US Amateur golf title by defeating E Harvie Ward Jr in the 36 hole finals on Sunday. xTibbetts clinched his victory with a birdie on the 34th hole to go up by 3 holes with just 2 to play. Prior to the final 9 it was an extremely close match. In the morning round neither golfer ever led by more than one hole and it was all even after the first 18. The afternoon round started much like the morning and 9 holes in the two golfers were still deadlocked.

However, things fell apart for Ward on the 10th hole when he bogeyed it while xTibbetts managed a par. xTibbetts took the first 2 hole lead of the finals when he parred the 11th while Ward had his second straight bogey.

The victory earns xTibbetts an invitation to all 4 major professional tournaments next year and, should he choose to turn pro, an automatic PGA tour card. xTibbetts has enjoyed some real success in the PGA events he has competed in as an amateur this season. His best showing was a second place tie at the Phoenix Open. He also finished 4th in Memphis.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ZOLDAK SHUTOUT PROPELS BROWNS INTO SECOND PLACE
Sam Zoldak pitched a 5-hit shutout to lead the St Louis Browns past Boston 2-0 and move the Browns ahead of the Red Sox and into second place in the American League. Zoldak also drove in one of the 2 St Louis runs off of Boston starter Earl Johnson. Johnson (13-8) also surrendered just 5 hits.

The Browns remain 4.5 games behind first place Cleveland after the Indians dropped the Senators in Washington by a 6-1 count. Jeff Heath doubled, tripled and drove in 3 runs to pace the Cleveland attack. Trade deadline pickup Warren Spahn tossed a 5-hit complete game to run his record to 12-9 but he is 2-0 with the Indians.

Shortstop Skeeter Newsome and catcher Tommy Heath each drove in 3 runs as Philadelphia beat up on the Yankees 12-3. Fred Caligiuri went 7 innings for the win to improve his record to 14-9.

In Chicago 29 year old career minor leaguer Tex Shirley won his first major league start as the White Sox topped Detroit 5-3. Shirley, who has been with 3 different organizations in his 5 year career, made his major league debut in relief earlier in the season. He allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings work.

PHILLIES PULL EVEN WITH PIRATES ATOP NATIONAL LEAGUE
A 3-run rally in the top of the 7th inning keyed by a 2-out 2-run Joe Gordon single led the Philadelphia Phillies past St Louis 4-2 and back into a tie with Pittsburgh atop the National League. Max Macon, who got the win to improve to 11-5, combined with 3 relievers to hold the Cardinals to just 6 hits.

Meanwhile in Brooklyn the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a rare loss with Cliff Melton on the hill. Melton allowed just 1 earned run but 3 Pirates error helped Brooklyn to a 3-2 victory and a second straight victory over Pittsburgh. Bob Elliott had a pair of hits for the Bucs to take over top spot in the National League batting race. Elliott was the only Buc to have much success against former teammate Alex Carrasquel. Carrasquel spent 3 and a half season in the Pirates bullpen before being dealt to the Dodgers last week. He pitched 8 innings to earn his first victory as a starter. Mickey Harris tossed a scoreless 9th inning for his 7th save of the year.

Johnny Mize's 11th homer of the season helped Cincinnati past Boston 6-5 and earned Reds starter Harry Feldman his 13th win of the year. In the other game Harlond Clift belted his 20th homer of the season while Paul Erickson pitched a 5-hit shutout as the Cubs blanked the Giants 6-0.

ZOLDAK AND HEAD NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
St Louis Browns pitcher Sam Zoldak was named the American League's top performer for the past seven days. Zoldak was 2-0 with a 2.20 era and threw a complete-game shutout. For the season his record sits at 10-9 with a 3.87 era. It was the second time in his three year career he has been named player of the week.

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		SAM ZOLDAK'S CAREER STATS
Year Team    G  GS    W-L   SV	ERA    IP  HA	ER   BB    K	CG  SHO
1945  SLA   36	27   13-12   1	2.78  236  215	73   64	  82	16   3
1946  SLA   25	25    8-11   0	3.80  196  207	83   61	  74	11   0
1947  SLA   24	24   10-9    0	3.87  183  192	79   46	  82	 7   1
---  ----   --  --   -----   -  ----  ---  --- ---  ---  ---    --   -
Total       85	76   31-32   1	3.43  616  614 235  171	 238	34   4

National League player of the week honours go to Cubs pitcher Ed Head. He was overpowering all week long, going 2-0 with a 2.50 era and he tossed his first shutout of the season. On the year Head is 12-10 with a 4.05 era. This is his first player of the week award although he was named NL Pitcher of the month in June of 1944.

Head has had an interesting career. He homered in his major league debut, made the allstar team and was named National League rookie of the year while with the Dodgers in 1942. Midway through the 1943 campaign he was dealt to the Braves for pitcher Stan Ferens and two weeks later the Braves dealt him to the Cubs for pitcher Al Javery. An injury cost Head a good part of the 1945 season and when he struggled upon his return he was moved to the bullpen. He spent all of last season in the pen before this year, at age 29, he is getting another shot in the rotation.

Head is 3-1 in 4 postseason starts with a 2.50 era. He completed all 4 of his World Series starts. Ironically the only season he was on a World Series winner was 1945 when he did not appear in the series. Two of his starts came for Brooklyn 1942 and 2 for the Cubs in 1944. In both of those season the National League entrant lost to the Yankees.

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		ED HEAD'S CAREER STATS
Year Team         G  GS    W-L   SV   ERA    IP   HA   ER   BB    K   CG  SHO
1942 BRO,NL      38  38   21-14   0  2.92   327  267  106  112   145  30   2
1943 BRO/BSN/CHN 37  37	  18-17	  0  3.30   322	 297  118  100	 159  33   0
1944 CHN	 31  31	  19-10	  0  3.01   266	 229   89   76	 135  28   1
1945 CHN	 24  13	   7-9	  3  4.25   125	 115   59   36	  61  13   1
1946 CHN	 22   0	   2-1	  3  1.55    29	  24	5    6	  16   0   0
1947 CHN	 26  26	  12-10	  0  4.05   204  198   92   67	  92  13   1
---- ---        --- ---   -----   -  ----  ---- ----  ---  ---   --- ---   -
Total		178 145	  79-61	  6  3.31  1273	1130  469  397	 608 117   5

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	59	43	.578	  x
ST LOUIS	55	48	.534	 4.5
BOSTON		54	48	.529	 5.0
WASHINGTON	52	51	.505	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	50	51	.495	 8.5
DETROIT		47	55	.461	12.0
CHICAGO		46	56	.451	13.0
NEW YORK	46	57	.447	13.5
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	  GB
PHILADELPHIA	59	42	.584	  x
PITTSBURGH	61	44	.581	  x
CHICAGO		56	46	.549	 3.5
ST LOUIS	52	51	.505	 8.0
CINCINNATI	51	52	.495	 9.0
BOSTON		49	51	.490	 9.5
NEW YORK	41	60	.406	18.0
BROOKLYN	40	63	.388	20.0

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6 Washington 1
St Louis 2 Boston 0
Philadelphia 12 New York 3
Chicago 5 Detroit 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6 New York 0
Cincinnati 6 Boston 5
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2
Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 2

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston (R Melton 11-7, 3.98) at St Louis (A McKain 10-5, 3.43)
New York (M Russo 4-3, 3.90) at Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-8, 4.06)
Chicago (B Byerly 5-7, 5.50) at Detroit (V Trucks 9-12, 2.78)
Clevleand (R Poat 6-10, 3.56) at Washington (J Haynes 12-8, 2.06)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (E Wright 2-4, 5.73) at Brooklyn (R Barney 6-8, 3.42)
Chicago (V Olsen 17-6, 2.92) at Boston (K Chase 9-11, 4.41)
Cincinnati (A Carter 13-12, 3.61) at Philadelphia (V Lombardi 12-8, 3.19)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
T Williams Bos	 .343		B Elliott Pit	.333
M Almada Bos	 .330		H Leiber NYG	.331
M Chartak Wsh	 .323		G Rosen Bkn	.330

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	23		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 71		S Chapman Bsn	73
T Williams Bos	 69		B Elliott Pit	69
B Young Bos	 69		H Clift Chn	63

WINS				WINS
A Karl Bos	 16-5		P Roe Pit	17-3
A Jurisch Det	 15-9		V Olsen Chn	17-6
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	16-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.25		C Melton Pit	     1.97
J Haynes Wsh	2.06		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.17		H Wyse Chn	     2.40

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 132		E White StL	138
W Spahn Cle	 131		R Barney Bkn	134
F Hutchinson Wsh 128		P Roe Pit	113

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
RAMS DROP CHARGERS 28-16
Rod Dugans led the St Louis Rams to an early 21-0 lead and the reserves hung on to beat San Diego 28-16 in week 1 preseason action. Dugans engineered two first quarter scoring drives while completing 7 out of 8 passes. Reserve RB Jimmy Tucker saw plenty of time with the first team and he rushed for 63 yards on 10 carries including a 16 yard touchdown scamper. The Chargers first team was unable to accomplish anything against the Rams defense but when Dameane Taylor took over at QB in the second half San Diego began to move the ball. Taylor, who started 8 games for the Chargers a year ago, is battling with Leon Jones and former Jacksonville signal caller Justin Jackson for the starting job.

BALTIMORE 20 WASHINGTON 17
In Washington, veteran backup JC Wulfeck passed for 150 yards and two touchdowns but Wulfeck's fumble with 41 seconds remaining cost the Redskins in a 20-17 loss to Baltimore. Wolfeck and fullback Dick Riffle botched a handoff and Ravens CB Joey German scooped up the loose ball and ran 62 yards for the winning score. It was German's second fumble recovery of the game.

SEATTLE 40 KANSAS CITY 17
Reserve running back Fred Nutter scored two touchdowns and picked up 102 combined rushing and receiving yards as Seattle dropped Kansas City 40-17. Nutter's performance overshadowed the debut of Heisman Trophy winner Glenn *Davis. The Seahawks first round pick ran 11 times for 64 yards and also had 3 receptions. The play of Davis and Nutter may mean last year's first round pick Marion *Motley will be the odd man out in the Seattle backfield. Motley had a dissappointing rookie season and gained just 6 yards on 4 carries yesterday.

Speaking of odd man out Chiefs QB Ulish Groce is in a battle to retain his starting job a year after leading Kansas City to it's first-ever playoff berth. Groce completed 7 of 12 passes for 65 yards but was intercepted once. His competion is Tommy *Thompson, the Chiefs first round pick a year ago who was hurt in the preseason and spent the entire year on the injured reserve list. Thompson completed 10 of 15 passes for 100 yards with one touchdown and an interception.

SAN FRANCISCO 17 NY JETS 6
Two second half touchdowns gave the San Francisco 49ers a 17-6 victory over the Jets in New York. RB Russ Davis led the 49ers attack with 66 yards rushing including a touchdown carry.

ATLANTA 36 OAKLAND 25
Antwain Anderson carried the ball just 7 times but two of his carries were for first quarter touchdowns. The Atlanta Falcons never looked back from that point and went on to beat Oakland 36-25. That spoiled the debut of rookie QB Tommy Maddox for the Raiders. The former Navy star was selected in the second round and is expected to give incumbant Antwan Baker a run for the starting job. In limited action Maddox completed 3 of 6 passes for 29 yards.

ARIZONA 27 TENNESSEE 23
A 46 yard touchdown pass from Dick Cappleman to Bob Zatkoff with just over a minute remaining gave Arizona a 27-23 victory over Tennessee.

PRESEASON WEEK 1 RESULTS
Thursday August 2
Miami 41 at 30 Chicago

Friday August 3
Buffalo 9 at 21 Dallas
Pittsburgh 25 at 28 New Orleans

Saturday August 4
Cleveland 0 at 13 Detroit
New England 27 at 30 Tampa Bay (ot)
Jacksonville 27 at 3 Philadelphia
Indianapolis 45 at 10 Green Bay
Cincinnati 24 at 10 New York Giants
Houston 21 at 0 Minnesota

Yesterday
Baltimore 20 at 17 Washington
Seattle 40 at 17 Kansas City
San Francisco 17 at 6 New York Jets
St Louis 28 at 16 San Diego
Atlanta 36 at 25 Oakland
Arizona 27 at 23 Tennessee

Today
Carolina at Denver

Tib · 12-19-2004, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TigerFan

GOLF
xTIBBETTS WINS U.S. AMATEUR GOLF TITLE
Former Pepperdine golfer Scott xTibbetts won the US Amateur golf title by defeating E Harvie Ward Jr in the 36 hole finals on Sunday. xTibbetts clinched his victory with a birdie on the 34th hole to go up by 3 holes with just 2 to play. Prior to the final 9 it was an extremely close match. In the morning round neither golfer ever led by more than one hole and it was all even after the first 18. The afternoon round started much like the morning and 9 holes in the two golfers were still deadlocked.

However, things fell apart for Ward on the 10th hole when he bogeyed it while xTibbetts managed a par. xTibbetts took the first 2 hole lead of the finals when he parred the 11th while Ward had his second straight bogey.

The victory earns xTibbetts an invitation to all 4 major professional tournaments next year and, should he choose to turn pro, an automatic PGA tour card. xTibbetts has enjoyed some real success in the PGA events he has competed in as an amateur this season. His best showing was a second place tie at the Phoenix Open. He also finished 4th in Memphis.

"I would like to thank the tournament committee for putting on a terrific event. I feel very fortunate to have won. My congratulations to Harvey on a wonderful display of golf skill. He is certainly a very good player and it took all I had to come out on top. It was a field full of terrific golfers and also really swell guys and I'm very pleased to be able to hold this prestigious trophy. Thank you all very much."

Tiger Fan · 12-19-2004, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tib

"I would like to thank the tournament committee for putting on a terrific event. I feel very fortunate to have won. My congratulations to Harvey on a wonderful display of golf skill. He is certainly a very good player and it took all I had to come out on top. It was a field full of terrific golfers and also really swell guys and I'm very pleased to be able to hold this prestigious trophy. Thank you all very much."

The big question is "Will Mr. Tibbetts turn pro or will he choose to remain an amateur in hopes of defending his title next year?"

Tib · 12-19-2004, 05:56 PM

Do I really need to decide that? And if so, when?

Tiger Fan · 12-19-2004, 06:22 PM

You can decide if you like or I will flip a coin. No rush. You will compete as an amateur in remaining tournaments unless you elect to turn pro. I am hoping to have enough fictional golfers added so I can have a Q-school tournament over the offseason to help fill out the tournament entries.

Tiger Fan · 12-21-2004, 11:54 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY AUGUST 7, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
REDS RALLY PAST PHILS 5-4
Andy Kampouris had 4 hits including a game-winning rbi single in the top of the 9th to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4. The loss drops the Phils a half game behind the idle Pittsburgh Pirates atop the National League standings. Joe Medwick also chipped in with 3 hits for the Reds who climb back to .500 on the season.

In other National League action the Chicago Cubs crept to within 3 games of Pittsburgh with a 7-2 win in Boston. Vern Olsen went the distance for the Cubs to earn his major league leading 18th victory of the season. Phil Rizzuto hit a leadoff homer, his 11th of the season, to spark a 4 run first inning and the Cubs never looked back.

In a battle between the basement dwellers Bill Rigney homered and drove in 4 runs as the New York Giants dumped Brooklyn 5-2.

In the American League the St Louis Browns took 3 of 4 games from the Boston Red Sox including a 9-2 thumping yesterday. St Louis pitcher Archie McKain allowed just 8 hits and had a pair himself, including a 2-run double.

The Cleveland Indians remain 4.5 games ahead of St Louis after beating Washington 5-1. Ray Poat and Johnny Babich combined on a 6-hitter for the winners. 5 different Indians had RBI's and only lead-off man Lou Boudreau had more than one hit.

In Detroit Virgil Trucks blanked the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on a 6-hitter. Tommy Henrich had 3 hits including a homerun for the winners. The only other game was a 13 inning marathon won 3-2 by the Yankees on a Bud Metheny rbi single.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	60	43	.583	  x
ST LOUIS	56	48	.538	 4.5
BOSTON		54	49	.524	 6.0
WASHINGTON	52	52	.500	 8.5
PHILADELPHIA	50	52	.490	 9.5
DETROIT		48	55	.466	12.0
CHICAGO		47	56	.456	13.5
NEW YORK	46	57	.447	14.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	61	44	.581	  x
PHILADELPHIA	59	43	.578	 0.5
CHICAGO		57	46	.553	 3.0
ST LOUIS	52	51	.505	 8.0
CINCINNATI	52	52	.500	 8.5
BOSTON		49	52	.485	10.0
NEW YORK	42	60	.412	17.5
BROOKLYN	40	64	.385	20.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St Louis 9 Boston 2
New York 3 Philadelphia 2 (13 inn)
Detroit 4 Chicago 0
Cleveland 5 Washington 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 5 Brooklyn 2
Chicago 7 Boston 2
Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 4

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (B Bevens 3-1, 4.07) at Philadelphia (A Williams 11-10, 3.38)
Chicago (B Fleming 0-1, 5.04) at Detroit (A Jurisch 15-9, 4.10)
Cleveland (B Feller 10-6, 2.17) at Washington (F Hutchinson 13-12, 3.64)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (S Emmerich 1-0, 2.01) at Brooklyn (D Black 3-14, 3.50)
Chicago (H Wyse 7-7, 2.40) at Boston (S Gromek 13-6, 3.50)
Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-3, 3.01) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 9-6, 3.60)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
T Williams Bos	 .339		B Elliott Pit	.333
M Almada Bos	 .339		G Rosen Bkn	.332
J Pesky Bos	 .324		H Leiber NYG	.331

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	23		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 71		S Chapman Bsn	74
T Williams Bos	 69		B Elliott Pit	69
B Young Bos	 69		H Clift Chn	63

WINS				WINS
A Karl Bos	 16-5		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Jurisch Det	 15-9		P Roe Pit	17-3
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	16-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.25		C Melton Pit	     1.97
J Haynes Wsh	2.11		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.17		H Wyse Chn	     2.40

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
V Trucks Det	 134		R Barney Bkn	139
A Jurisch Det	 132		E White StL	138
W Spahn Cle	 131		P Roe Pit	113

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
LAFLEEUR LEADS PANTHERS PAST BRONCOS 27-16
Carolina Panthers QB Jesse LaFleur showed signs of regaining the form that made him an NFC second team allstar in both 1943 and 1944. LaFleur, who has been bothered by injuries the past 3 seasons and attempted just 18 passes during that time, threw a pair of touchdown strikes to lead the Carolina Panthers past the Broncos in Denver 27-16. LaFleur completed 13 of 16 passes for 250 yards. The starting job likely will still belong to Javon Jamieson, who took over when LaFleur was injured in the preseason of 1945 and has been the starter ever since. Jamieson completed 3 of 6 passes in limited action. Panthers rookie RB Herm *Wedermeyer gained 24 yards on 7 carries.

The bright spot for Denver was the play of first round pick Elbie *Nichol. The former Cincinnati Bearcat receiver had 5 catches for 58 yards including his first touchdown. Starting QB Jay Cason is facing some competition from backup Gary Chase but neither looked impressive in a limited role yesterday.

PRESEASON WEEK 1 RESULTS
Thursday August 2
Miami 41 at 30 Chicago

Friday August 3
Buffalo 9 at 21 Dallas
Pittsburgh 25 at 28 New Orleans

Saturday August 4
Cleveland 0 at 13 Detroit
New England 27 at 30 Tampa Bay (ot)
Jacksonville 27 at 3 Philadelphia
Indianapolis 45 at 10 Green Bay
Cincinnati 24 at 10 New York Giants
Houston 21 at 0 Minnesota

Sunday August 5
Baltimore 20 at 17 Washington
Seattle 40 at 17 Kansas City
San Francisco 17 at 6 New York Jets
St Louis 28 at 16 San Diego
Atlanta 36 at 25 Oakland
Arizona 27 at 23 Tennessee

Yesterday
Carolina 27 at 16 Denver

BOXING
GAGNON TO MEET OLIVERA TONIGHT
Former World Bantamweight Champion Fernando Gagnon returns to action for the first time since losing his crown to Luis Romero in May. The Quebec native, with a 32-4-1 record, will face Tony Olivera in Vancouver. Olivera, from San Francisco, is 25-3-2 and coming off a unanimous decision loss to Manual Ortiz. Ortiz was the man Gagnon defeated to win the bantamweight title a year ago.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
STEAMROLLERS *POLLARD LEADS SUMMER LEAGUE SCORING
Second year Providence guard Jim *Pollard dominated play in the BAA summer league, leading the loop in scoring while finishing 5th in assists. He also was among the top 25 in rebounds averaging 7.5 a game. First overall pick PF Odie Spears averaged 16.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg for Buffalo. Here are the leaders from the summer league.

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	TOP 10 PPG
PRO	Jim *Pollard	SG	25.8
BAL	Leo *Katkaveck	SG	25.7
STL	Gene *Rock	SG	22.5
PIT	Herm *Klotz	SG	21.9
KEN	Varum Hunter	SF	21.6
NY	Paul *Huston	SF	21.3
NY	Bob *Harrison	SG	20.5
KC	Will Pullar	PF	20.1
SYR	Ray *Lumpp	SG	19.0
MIN	Bob *Kurland	PG	18.1

	TOP 5 RPG
NY	Paul *Huston	SF	12.1
NO	Jack *Rocker	C	11.7
KEN	Jody Geach	C	10.5
PHI	Jack *Tingle	PF	10.5
MIL	Red *Rocha	C	10.2

	TOP 5 APG
MIN	Bob *Kurland	PG	9.4
NY	Jared WashingtonPG	9.1
CIN	Bob *Davis	PG	8.9
SYR	Goebel *Ritter  PG	8.0
PRO	Jim *Pollard	SG	8.0

	TOP 5 BPG
KEN	Jody Geach	C	3.0
KC	Ray *Ellefson	C	2.8
KC	Lucas Valdez	PF	2.6
STL	Grant Loubiere	C	2.3
BUF	Rusty Purdue	C	2.3
KEN	Dick *Holub	C	2.3

	TOP 5 SPG
BUF	Nar Patiejunas	PG	2.2
BAL	Leo *Katkaveck	SG	2.1
BUF	Bruce *Hale	SG	2.0
CHI	Arnie *Ferin	SF	1.9
NY	Paul *Huston	SF	1.6

Tiger Fan · 12-22-2004, 01:21 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PIRATES WIN A WILD ONE IN CINCINNATI
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored three times in the top of the 8th inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-10 in National League play. The Pirates had led 8-4 in the 7th before the Reds erupted for 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th chasing Pirates starter Preacher Roe. Joe Medwick's bases-loaded double and a 2-run pinch-hit homer off the bat of Jimmy Ripple were the big blows for the Reds. The Reds lead was shortlived as Cincinnati reliever Ewell Blackwell quickly gave up a lead-off double to Billy Myers, walked Ralph Kiner and then served up a 3-run homer to Bob Elliott to make it 11-10 Bucs. Elliott had a huge game for the Pirates, getting 4 hits and scoring 4 runs to go with his 3 rbi's. The victory moves the Pirates a full game ahead of idle Philadelphia atop the National League standings.

In Boston, Hank Wyse tossed a 3-hitter as the Chicago Cubs dumped the Braves 9-1. Andy Pafko had 4 hits and catcher Ken O'Dea drove in 4 runs for the winners. In the only other National League game rookie Jackie Robinson had 3 hits and drove in 2 runs to lead Brooklyn past the New York Giants 3-1.

SENS STOP FELLER AND INDIANS 4-1
Fred Hutchinson outduelled Bob Feller to lead the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 4-1 in American League action. The win moves the Sens back over the .500 mark and gets them with 7.5 games of the front-running Indians. Hutchinson pitched 8 innings of 5-hit ball and contributed at the plate: his 2-run double with 2 out in the 6th inning snapped what was a 1-1 tie.

In other American League games George Staller's second career homer, a 3-run pinch-hit shot in the bottom of the 8th inning gave the Philadelphia Athletics a 6-3 win over New York. In Detroit Al Jurisch improved his record to 16-9 as he pitched the Tigers past Chicago 2-1. Outfielder Dick Wakefield had an rbi double for the Tigers but was injured sliding into second base and will be lost for the season with a torn stomach muscle. Wakefield was hitting .323 at the time of his injury, good for 5th in the league.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	60	44	.577	  x
ST LOUIS	56	48	.538	 4.0
BOSTON		54	49	.524	 5.5
WASHINGTON	53	52	.505	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	51	52	.495	 8.5
DETROIT		49	55	.471	11.0
NEW YORK	47	58	.448	13.5
CHICAGO		46	58	.442	14.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	62	44	.585	  x
PHILADELPHIA	59	43	.578	 1.0
CHICAGO		58	46	.558	 3.0
ST LOUIS	52	51	.505	 8.5
CINCINNATI	52	53	.495	 9.5
BOSTON		49	53	.480	11.0
NEW YORK	42	61	.408	18.5
BROOKLYN	41	64	.390	20.5

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 6 New York 3
Detroit 2 Chicago 1
Washington 4 Cleveland 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 3 New York 1
Chicago 9 Boston 1
Pittsburgh 11 Cincinnati 10

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (K Heintzelman 11-9, 4.11) at Washington (M Candini 12-12, 3.33)
Philadelphia (M Cooper 4-11, 5.09) at Boston (A Karl 16-5, 4.10)
Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-0, 2.25) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 11-1, 1.25)
New York (T Bonham 11-12, 2.70) at St Louis (T Baker 11-10, 2.87)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh (D Adkins 7-11, 3.79) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 5.00)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
T Williams Bos	 .339		B Elliott Pit	.340
M Almada Bos	 .329		G Rosen Bkn	.332
M Chartak Wsh	 .324		J Medwick Cin	.332

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	23		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 71		S Chapman Bsn	74
T Williams Bos	 69		B Elliott Pit	72
B Young Bos	 69		H Clift Chn	63

WINS				WINS
A Karl Bos	 16-5		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Jurisch Det	 16-9		P Roe Pit	17-3
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	16-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.25		C Melton Pit	     1.97
J Haynes Wsh	2.11		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.31		H Wyse Chn	     2.31

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 139		R Barney Bkn	139
V Trucks Det	 134		E White StL	138
B Feller Cle	 132		P Roe Pit	120

BOXING
GAGNON HAS EASY TIME WITH OLIVERA
Former World Bantamweight Champion Fernando Gagnon had little trouble outpointing San Francisco native Tony Olivera in a 10 round bout in Vancouver. All 3 judges scored it 99-92 for the Quebec fighter who improves to 33-4-1. The loss, Olivera's second straight, drops his record to 25-4-2.

Gagnon is hoping to get another shot at the world title which he lost to Luis Romero in May. Romero lost the title in his first defense to Cuba's Luis Galvani.

Upcoming bouts this week include Cuban flyweight Black Pico taking on Little Dado, who hails from the Phillipines. Pico is 16-2 and well on his way to a title shot. Dado had a title shot but after fighting to a draw with Teddy Gardner in the finals of the postwar tournament he lost by unanimous decision in the rematch. Since then Dado lost to Jackie Paterson, who would later beat Gardner for the flyweight title. Dado is 19-4-2. The fight will take place in Havana on Friday.

Saturday night in St Louis World Featherweight champion Willie Pep puts his 18-0 record on the line against Missouri native Charlie Riley. Riley, 23-4, is coming off a knockout victory over then number one contender Harold Hoshino. Pep's last fight was a unanimous decision over European champ Ray Famechon.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
PRESGRAVES RESIGNS WITH COLONELS
Trevor Presgraves, who averaged 18.8 ppg for the Kentucky Colonels last season, has agreed to a 6 year deal with the Colonels. The former standout PG at Notre Dame was named All-League first team a year ago. He started 72 games for the Colonels last season.

In other signing news the Boston Celtics inked center Hagen Ochoa. The 6'11 Ochoa was a member of Dallas' world championship team last year after spending the first four years of his career with Cleveland. He averaged 7.6 ppg and 6.7 rpg coming off the bench last year. The former Mississippi State star had expected to start for Dallas but lost his job due to the outstanding play from undrafted rookie John Layton.

JOHN LAYTON
Layton is also a free agent and probably the most interesting story in the league. A 3-time SWC player of the year and National Player of the Year his senior season, the University of Texas product was bypassed in the NBA draft as scouts felt his lack of athleticism would not allow him to compete at the pro level. Dallas gave him a chance in training camp and he showed enough to make the Chaps roster to start the season. By midseason he was seeing a fair amount of playoff time and he made the starting 5 in January. The rest is history. He averaged 15.7 ppg and 7.2 rpg in the playoffs leading the Chaps to their first league title. Despite starting just 29 games he was named 2nd team all-rookie. Since he just signed the one year deal with Dallas as a non-drafted free agent he is free to negotiate with any team and at age 24 he is the mostly highly sought free agent available.

FOOTBALL
CANADIAN FOOTBALL SEASON DEBUTS SEPTEMBER 1
The three Canadian Football Leagues have released their schedule for the upcoming season. The 6 team Ontario Rugby Football Union will kick off on Setember 1st with two games : Windsor Royals at Toronto Indians and the Sarnia Imperials visit Hamilton to take on the Wildcats. Defending league champion Toronto Balmy Beach will begin it's season the following week.

The 3 team Western League opens on September 4th with defending champion Winnipeg at Regina. The Interprovincial League starts September 6th as the Grey Cup champion Toronto Argos travel to Ottawa to meet the Rough Riders. This year's Grey Cup will be held Saturday December 1st in Toronto.

Tiger Fan · 12-23-2004, 01:34 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1947

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
LAYTON SIGNS WITH PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS
What a difference a year makes. After not being selected in last year's BAA draft former University of Texas standout John Layton had to settle for an invite to the training camp of the Dallas Chapparels as a non-roster player. He spent most of the first half of the season on the bench but when he finally did get a chance to start Layton made the most of it. He blossomed in the playoffs, averaging over 15 points and 7 rebounds a game, and led the Chaps to their first ever league title.

Because he was only signed to a 1 year deal by Dallas he was free to negotiate with any BAA team this offseason. Virtually every team in the league was interested in the 24 year old center but when the dust settled it was the Philadelphia Warriors who had him signed to a 5 year contract.

The Warriors hope the Clinton, Mississippi native will be the final piece to get the franchise it's third world championship, somthing that has eluded the Warriors for a decade. Last season they finished second to Baltimore in the Atlantic Division but lost to Pittsburgh in the opening round of the playoffs.

For Layton, leaving the state of Texas where he has become something of a basketball god, will certainly be a new experience. Layton led Texas to three staight NCAA appearances including their first ever elite 8 appearance. He graduated as the NCAA all-time career scoring leader with 2262 points. Three time SWC player of the year Layton is the conference career leader in points, rebounds and free throw attempts. Layton capped his college career by winning National Player of the Year Honours in 1945-46.

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	JOHN LAYTON'S STATS AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS	
YEAR   GP   MPG	PPG   RPG  APG   TO  SPG BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
42-43  32  31.8	10.8  8.4  0.6  1.3  0.3 1.0 .477 .786 .217
43-44  34  31.3	16.5 11.0  0.1	1.1  1.5 1.9 .546 .824 .311
44-45  36  32.2	18.3 13.8  0.4	1.0  1.1 1.9 .502 .862 .355
45-46  35  31.0	19.9 14.7  0.5	0.5  1.5 2.8 .565 .834 .360
      ---  ---- ---- ----  ---  ---  --- --- ---- ---- ----
TOTAL 137  31.6	16.5 12.0  0.4	0.9  1.1 1.9 .528 .832 .333

	JOHN LAYTON'S BAA STATS	
YEAR   TEAM  GP  GS   MPG  PPG  RPG  APG   TO  SPG BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
46-47  DAL   73  25  18.0  9.5  3.8  1.0  2.0  0.5 0.2 .569 .778 .000

			PLAYOFFS
YEAR   TEAM  GP  GS   MPG  PPG  RPG  APG   TO  SPG BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
46-47  DAL   16  14  27.9  15.7 7.2  1.4  2.7  0.5 0.6 .508 .827 .000

CELTICS PICK PAIR OF PIPERS
The Boston Celtics continue to make waves in the free agent pool agreeing to contracts with a pair of former Pittsburgh Pipers just a day after they signed ex-Dallas center Hagen Ochoa. SG Rob Rodriguez and PF Mash Prior are the two newest Celtics after both rejected offers to remain with the Pipers.

Rodriguez, a 9 year veteran, spent his entire career with the Pipers after being selected 5th overall in the 1938 draft from USC. He averaged a career best 14.6 ppg last season and was named to the All-Defensive second team. Prior also spent his entire career with the Pipers after being selected 15th overall from Oregon in 1940. He averaged 9.8 ppg and 5.5 rpg last season.

The Celtics also announced that veteran SF Leverne Jones has been resigned. Jones had 11.3 ppg for the Celtics a year ago, starting 65 games. The ex-UCLA Bruin has spent the past 3 seasons in Boston after 9 years with Providence.

The Pipers did not lose all of their free agents to Boston. 11 year veteran Byron Swygart, who has played 763 games in a Pipers uniform, has agreed to a 2 year deal to remain in Pittsburgh. The SF from Indiana will be entering his 12th BAA campaign. He started 74 games and averaged 14.9 ppg last year.

In other signing news Chicago has resigned 2 key pieces of it's division champion from a year ago. First team allstar PF Vin Concepcion has agreed to a 4 year deal with the Stags while SF Ray *Sundquist signed a 6 year deal.

Vernon Stout, who has spent his entire 10 year pro career in Indianapolis, agreed to another 3 years with the Olympics. The former University of Kentucky star averaged 12.1 ppg a year ago and teamed with center George *Mikan to form an imposing presence down low.

Kaanan Gochneaur plans to finish his career in Providence. Taken first overall 10 years ago by the Steamrollers, the PG agreed to a 5 year deal yesterday. The former Illinois star averaged 14.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg a year ago.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LOHRMAN IMPROVES TO 12-1 AS TRIBE STRETCH LEAD
Bill Lohrman ran his record to 12-1 and lowered his major league leading era to 1.18 as the Cleveland Indians beat Chicago 3-1 in American League action. Lohrman, who missed a month and a half with a shoulder injury, scattered 6 hits over 8 innings of work. Ed Klieman took over in relief for the Indians and pitched a scoreless 9th inning. Rightfielder Jim Gleeson led the Cleveland offense with 3 hits including an rbi triple, and scored a pair of runs. The victory allowed the Indians to stretch their lead on second place St Louis to 5 games after the Browns lost 5-2 to New York despite outhitting the Yankees 12-7.

Third place Boston also lost yesterday. Homeruns from Eddie Morgan and Buddy Blattner led the Philadelphia Athletics past the Red Sox 5-2 dropping Andy Karl's record to 16-6. After starting the season 13-3 the Boston ace has lost 3 of his last 6 starts.

The only other American League contest was a slugfest as Detroit beat Washington 15-11 in a game that saw 32 base hits. Bobby Thomson with 4 rbi's and Buddy Rosar with 3 led the Tigers offense. Les Fleming had 4 hits and scored 4 runs for the Senators. 11 pitchers made an appearance in the game.

In the lone National League game Joe Medwick delivered a rbi double in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Cincinnati a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Bucs had tied the game in the top of the ninth on a run scoring single off the bat of Arky Vaughan. The win moves the Reds back to .500 while the Pirates lead on Philadelphia shrinks to half a game.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	61	44	.581	  x
ST LOUIS	56	49	.533	 5.0
BOSTON		54	50	.519	 6.5
PHILADELPHIA	52	52	.500	 8.5
WASHINGTON	53	53	.500	 8.5
DETROIT		50	55	.476	11.0
NEW YORK	48	58	.453	13.5
CHICAGO		46	59	.438	15.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	62	45	.579	  x
PHILADELPHIA	59	43	.578	 0.5
CHICAGO		58	46	.558	 2.5
ST LOUIS	52	51	.505	 8.0
CINCINNATI	53	53	.500	 8.5
BOSTON		49	53	.480	10.5
NEW YORK	42	61	.408	18.0
BROOKLYN	41	64	.390	20.0

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 15 Washington 11
Philadelphia 5 Boston 2
Cleveland 3 Chicago 1
New York 5 St Louis 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 5

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (H White 5-8, 4.12) at Washington (D Errickson 8-14, 4.15)
Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.49) at Boston (B Bowman 5-5, 4.35)
Chicago (T Shirley 1-1, 2.45) at Cleveland (W Spahn 12-9, 3.24)
New York (M Lanier 10-15, 3.58) at St Louis (E Lopat 11-13, 4.43)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 12-11, 3.39) at Boston (J Flores 7-10, 4.92)
Chicago (E Head 12-10, 4.05) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 13-7, 4.36)
New York (D Koslo 7-15, 4.15) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 12-7, 1.97)
St Louis (E White 12-8, 2.91) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-1, 5.20)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
T Williams Bos	 .341		B Elliott Pit	.340
B McCosky Det	 .334		J Medwick Cin	.336
M Almada Bos	 .328		G Rosen Bkn	.332

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	24		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 71		S Chapman Bsn	74
T Williams Bos	 70		B Elliott Pit	73
J Heath Cle	 69		H Clift Chn	63

WINS				WINS
A Karl Bos	 16-6		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Jurisch Det	 16-9		P Roe Pit	17-3
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	16-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.18		C Melton Pit	     1.97
J Haynes Wsh	2.11		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.31		H Wyse Chn	     2.31

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 139		R Barney Bkn	139
V Trucks Det	 134		E White StL	138
B Feller Cle	 132		P Roe Pit	120

GOLF
COLONIAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY IN FORT WORTH
Ben Hogan will begin defense of his Colonial Invitational Tournament title today at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. The event's defending champion and all the other pro golfers are back on American soil after a July trip to Great Britian for the Irish and British Opens. Hogan is far and away the leader on the tour this year as he already has five victories to his credit including the Masters and PGA championship.

Here are the results from the first half of the year and the second half schedule.

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DATES		EVENT				WINNER
April 5-8	Greater Greensboro Open		Dai Rees
April  12-15	MASTERS				Ben Hogan
April 26-29	Greater New Orleans 		Jay Hebert
May 3-6		Dallas Invitational		Jay Hebert
May 10-13	Phoenix Open			Bobby Locke
May 17-20	Bing Crosby Pro-Am		Ed Oliver (playoff)
May 24-27	San Diego Open			Doug Ford
May 31-Jun 3	Texas Open			Ben Hogan (playoff)
Jun 7-10	Memphis Open			Harry Bradshaw
Jun 14-17	Canadian Open			Ben Hogan  
Jun 21-24	PGA				Ben Hogan
Jun 28-Jul 1	Insurance City Open		Dick Burton
Jul 12-15	Irish Open			Ben Hogan
Jul 19-22	BRITISH	OPEN			Herman Keiser
Aug 2-5		US AMATEUR			Scott xTibbetts
Aug 9-12	Colonial National Invitational			
Aug 16-19	US OPEN			St Louis CC, Clayton Mo.				
Aug 23-26	Tucson Open		Tucson National, Tucson Az				
Aug 30-Sep 2	Western Open		Salt Lake CC, Salt Lake Ut				
Sep 6-9		Los Angles Open		Los Angeles Cal.				
Sep 13-16	RYDER			Portland CC, Portland Ore.				
Sep 20-23	Tournament of Champions	Houston CC, Houston Tex				

		TOP 15 MONEY WINNERS
NAME		PRIZE$	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	CUTSmade
HOGAN		17300	5	10	11	13
SNEAD		 9800	0	 6	11	12
HEBERT		7813	2	 3	 5	11
NELSON		7713	0	 5	 8	12
LOCKE		7625	1	 3	 6	10
KEISER		7418	1	 2	 5	 9
DEMARET		6463	0	 4	 6	 8
THOMSON		6124	0	 2	 4	11
FURGOL		5878	0	 1	 3	10
HARRISON	5837	0	 2	 5	11
HARPER		5562	0	 3	 5	10
MIDDLECOFF	5425	0	 1	 6	 8
REES		5363	1	 2	 5	 7
BURTON		5252	1	 2	 2	10
HAMILTON	4967	0	 2	 3	10

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
SECOND WEEK OF PRESEASON
Week Two of the NFL preseason begins tonight with the Oakland Raiders visiting New England to take on the Patriots. Here is the complete slate of games for the week.

PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE
Thursday August 9
Oakland at New England

Friday August 10
Tennessee at Buffalo
Denver at Houston

Saturday August 11
Washington at Indianapolis
Kansas City at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at Carolina
New York Jets at Cincinnati
Minnesota at Seattle
Detroit at St Louis

Sunday August 12
Tampa Bay at Arizona
San Diego at Miami
Green Bay at Atlanta
New York Giants at San Francisco
Chicago at Baltimore
Dallas at Cleveland

Monday August 13
New Orleans at Jacksonville

Tiger Fan · 12-27-2004, 12:06 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 1947

BROWNS, RED SOX FADING FROM PENNANT RACE
The St Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox are watching their chances of overtaking the Cleveland Indians begin to fade away. The Indians won again yesterday while both the Browns and Red Sox lost leaving St Louis 6 games back and Boston 7.5 behind the front-runners.

St Louis, with just 4 wins in the their last 14 games, fell 4-1 at home to the New York Yankees. Eddie Lopat tossed a 5-hitter for the Browns but St Louis could give him little offensive support. The Red Sox have lost 5 straight after Philadelphia scored 3 times in the top of the 10th to beat Boston 5-2 yesterday. Meanwhile the Indians have won 5 of their last 6 games after beating Chicago 9-2 yesterday. Reserve 2B Lou Klein hit a bases-loaded triple and veteran outfielder Jeff Heath drove in a pair of runs to lead the Cleveland offense. Warren Spahn went the distance to run his record to 13-9.

In the other American League game Tommy Henrich had 3 hits to help Detroit double Washington 6-3.

MELTON AND MULCAHY SHINE FOR NL LEADERS
Cliff Melton tossed a 2-hit shutout to improve his record to 13-7 and lower his NL leading era to 1.89 as Pittsburgh blanked the New York Giants 7-0. Bob Elliott hit his 16th homer of the season to lead the Pirates who remain a half game ahead of Philadelphia atop the National League standings.

The Phillies got a tremendous pitching performance of their own as Hugh Mulcahy won his 13th game by tossing a complete game 3-hitter in a 4-0 win over Boston. Buster Adams bases loaded double in the first inning provided all the offense Mulcahy would require.

Pitching was also the word of the day in Brooklyn where the Cardinals and Dodgers hooked up in a 14 inning marathon. Starters Ernie White and Alex Carrasquel left in the 9th and 10th respectively with the game still scoreless. Both bullpens kept it 0-0 until the Cardinals ended the scoring drought with a Cully Rikard single followed by a Glenn Crawford RBI double to start the 14th inning. The Dodgers could not score in the home half and it ended 1-0 St Louis.

There was no shortage of offense in Cincinnati where the visiting Chicago Cubs outscored the Reds 12-7. Harlond Clift paced the Chicago attack with 3 hits and a pair of RBI's. Eddie Lukon drove in 5 runs in a losing cause for Cincinnati. Neither starting pitcher made it past the 4th inning, at which time the score was 8-7 Cubs.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	62	44	.585	  x
ST LOUIS	56	50	.528	 6.0
BOSTON		54	51	.514	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	53	52	.505	 8.5
WASHINGTON	53	54	.495	 9.5
DETROIT		51	55	.481	11.0
NEW YORK	49	58	.458	13.5
CHICAGO		46	60	.434	16.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	63	45	.583	  x
PHILADELPHIA	60	43	.583	 0.5
CHICAGO		59	46	.562	 2.5
ST LOUIS	53	51	.510	 8.0
CINCINNATI	53	54	.495	 9.5
BOSTON		49	54	.476	11.5
NEW YORK	42	62	.404	19.0
BROOKLYN	41	65	.387	21.0

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 6 Washington 3
Philadelphia 5 Boston 2 (10 inn)
Cleveland 9 Chicago 2
New York 4 St Louis 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 4 Boston 0
Chicago 12 Cincinnati 7
Pittsburgh 7 New York 0
St Louis 1 Brooklyn 0 (14 inn)

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (V Trucks 10-12, 2.66) at Washington (J Haynes 12-9, 2.11)
Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-8, 3.85) at Boston (E Johnson 13-8, 3.26)
Chicago (B Byerly 5-8, 5.44) at Cleveland (R Poat 7-10, 3.43)
New York (M Russo 4-3, 3.82) at St Louis (R Scarborough 10-9, 3.53)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (M Macon 11-5, 2.73) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-4, 3.79)
Chicago (V Olsen 18-6, 2.84) at Cincinnati (A Carter 13-12, 3.66)
New York (R Bauers 9-12, 3.45) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 4-11, 4.26)
St Louis (J Hutchings 10-10, 4.43) at Brooklyn (R Barney 6-9, 3.54)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
T Williams Bos	 .340		B Elliott Pit	.342
B McCosky Det	 .332		J Medwick Cin	.336
M Almada Bos	 .327		H Leiber NYG	.329

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	24		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 71		B Elliott Pit	75
J Heath Cle	 71		S Chapman Bsn	74
T Williams Bos	 70		H Clift Chn	65

WINS				WINS
A Karl Bos	 16-6		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Jurisch Det	 16-9		P Roe Pit	17-3
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	16-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.18		C Melton Pit	     1.89
J Haynes Wsh	2.11		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.31		H Wyse Chn	     2.31

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 139		E White StL	145
W Spahn Cle	 137		R Barney Bkn	139
V Trucks Det	 134		P Roe Pit	120

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
CUSHING LEADS RAIDERS PAST PATS 13-3
Johnny Cushing ran for 67 yards and the games only touchdown to lead the Oakland Raiders past the New England Patriots 13-3 in week two preseason action. The victory came at a heavy price for the Raiders who lost backup QB Tony Hall indefinately with a neck injury. One QB who looked very good for Oakland was rookie Tom Maddox. The second round pick from Navy threw for 97 yards and engineered the Oakland touchdown drive. Maddox is battling with Antwan Baker for the starting job. Baker completed just 3 of 7 pass attempts for 26 yards. The Pats defense, which was awful in a loss to Tampa last week, looked much better this time out but the offense failed to come up with any sort of consistancy all game. The victory evens the Raiders preseason record at 1-1 while the Pats fall to 0-2.

PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE
LAST NIGHT
Oakland 13 at 3 New England

TODAY
Tennessee at Buffalo
Denver at Houston

Saturday August 11
Washington at Indianapolis
Kansas City at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at Carolina
New York Jets at Cincinnati
Minnesota at Seattle
Detroit at St Louis

Sunday August 12
Tampa Bay at Arizona
San Diego at Miami
Green Bay at Atlanta
New York Giants at San Francisco
Chicago at Baltimore
Dallas at Cleveland

Monday August 13
New Orleans at Jacksonville

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
MILNER RESIGNS WITH JAZZ
The BAA's career scoring leader has decided he will finish his career with the New Orleans Jazz. Ethan Milner, who with 23,913 career points has scored over 5000 more than any other player in league history, agreed to a 1 year deal with the Jazz. The 36 year old hinted it would be his final season in the league. He has spent the past 4 seasons in New Orleans after 10 years with Dallas. While he was never named league MVP the former SMU star did make 7 postseason allstar teams and won a pair of World Championships in his career.

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			ETHAN MILNER's career stats
YEAR	TEAM G	GS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	TOPG	SPG	BPG   FG%  FT%	3P%
33-34	DAL 74	71	31.7	15.5	3.4	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.5  .373 .778 .300
34-35	DAL 74	72	36.6	28.1	4.9	3.1	3.5	2.0	0.6  .387 .679 .307
35-36	DAL 72	72	39.5	27.4	5.2	4.0	3.8	2.2	0.8  .386 .683 .302
36-37	DAL 74	74	39.9	29.3	5.0	2.9	3.9	1.9	0.7  .393 .744 .291
37-38	DAL 70	70	39.4	28.8	4.7	3.3	4.0	1.8	0.8  .411 .731 .321
38-39	DAL 74	74	35.4	23.6	4.0	4.8	4.8	1.3	0.5  .390 .757 .310
39-40	DAL 73	73	36.0	26.0	4.7	4.1	5.0	1.5	0.8  .387 .705 .311
40-41	DAL 72	72	38.6	26.8	4.4	4.5	4.8	1.5	0.8  .389 .743 .280
41-42	DAL 74	74	35.9	23.7	4.6	4.9	4.3	1.5	0.7  .393 .744 .307
42-43	DAL 65	65	36.3	23.0	4.8	4.4	4.1	1.4	0.8  .392 .695 .311
43-44	NO  72	72	35.8	19.3	4.0	2.6	2.6	1.3	0.8  .393 .740 .308
44-45	NO  74	74	36.4	19.9	4.1	2.7	2.8	1.4	0.8  .390 .770 .298
45-46	NO  74	74	36.8	21.0	4.4	2.9	3.5	1.2	0.7  .376 .788 .303
46-47	NO  72	72	33.5	17.9	4.2	2.8	3.7	1.2	0.4  .377 .741 .294
-----     ---- ----     ----    ----    ---     ---    ----     ---     ---  ---- ---- ----
TOTALS	  1014 1009	36.5	23.6	4.5	3.5	3.8	1.5	0.7  .389 .734 .303

New Orleans also signed reserve PF Carlos Ouk to a 4 year deal. He had spent the past 3 seasons in Buffalo after the Braves drafted him 15th overall in 1944.

In other signing news
The Minneapolis Lakers agreed to a 4 year deal with former Indianapolis PG Ahmed Williams. Williams, who has spent his entire 8 year career with the Olympians, averaged 9.3 ppg and 6.3 apg in starting 73 games last year. The 29 year old played his college ball at Mississippi State.

Small forward Jonathan Hackett has decided to remain in Indianapolis. Hackett, who has played the past 3 seasons with the Olympians after stints in Minneapolis and St Louis, agreed to a 3 year deal. He started 70 games for Indianapolis last season and averaged 11.7 ppg. Dallas resigned SF Jelani Sides. The Harvard grad started 68 games last season for the World Champion Chaparrals, averaging 10.6 ppg. He has spent two seasons in Dallas after 7 years with Indianapolis. PF Frank Soto will remain in Baltimore after agreeing to a 5 year extension with the Bullets. Soto scored 11.7 ppg and helped Baltimore reach the league championship series.

Former Oregon Duck John *Abramovic had his option picked up by the New York Knickerbockers. The third year SF averaged just 23.5 minutes a game last year but still scored 11.1 ppg. Finally Syracuse extended the contract of center Damond Bothman. Taken 3rd overall by Kansas City in 1944 Bothman was dealt to the Nationals his rookie season and has improved each of his 3 years in the league. Last season he started 69 games for Syracuse and averaged 8.8 ppg and 7.4 rpg.

GOLF
FORMER BASEBALL STAR BYRD SHARES LEAD AT COLONIAL
Art Wall and Sam Byrd share the lead after the first round of the Colonial Invitational Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. The pair each shot 6 under par 64 on the opening day of the 4 round event and enjoy a 1 stroke lead on Johnny Bulla and Charles Ward.

Byrd is better known as the centerfielder for the New York Yankees. The Yankees released him recently and he decided to concentrate full time on his golf career. Tour money winner Ben Hogan is in a group of 5 golfers two strokes off the pace.

Code:

Byrd		64
Wall		64
Bulla		65
Ward		65
Furgol		66
Hogan		66
Metz		66
Oliver		66
Sarazen		66
Boros		67
Ferrier		67
Harbert		67
xKeeler-a	67
xTibbetts-a	67
Burke Jr	68
Cotton		68
Dawson-a	68
Hebert		68
Locke		68
Middlecoff	68
Barron		69
Cerda		69
de Vicenzo	69
Faulkner	69
Fazio		69
Haefner		69
Hamilton	69
Harper		69
King		69
Lees		69
Mangrum		69
Shute		69
Stranahan	69
Wood		69
Worsham		69
xAnderson-a	69
xWhistler-a	69
Burton		70
Demaret		70
Ghezzi		70
Horne		70
Little		70
McSpadden	70
Smith		70
Snead		70
Weetman		70
xNehring-a	70
Daly		71
Rees		71
Thomson		71
Von Nida	71
Adams		72
Nelson		72
Revolta		72
Riegel		72
Bolt		73
Bradshaw	73
Carr-a		73
Dutra		73
Ford		73
Harmon		73
Mackay Jr	73
Turnesa		73
Van Donck	73
xDePore-a	73
xScarborough-a	73
xWhite-a	73
Harrison	74
Runyon		74
Bruen		75
Fleck		75
Keiser		75
Rosburg-a	75
xMulvenon-a	77
xMartin-a	79

Dargone · 12-27-2004, 07:33 PM

Amazing...

GForce · 12-27-2004, 07:44 PM

TF,

This is so good it's actually silly

Amazing work and detail!!! Well done!

GH

Tiger Fan · 12-28-2004, 12:01 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY AUGUST 11, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NL LEADERS KEEP WINNING
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies remain seperated by the narrowest margins atop the National League standings after both posted victories yesterday. In Pittsburgh Ralph Kiner homered and Dick Siebert drove in 3 runs to pace the Pirates past New York 8-2. Vic Raschi, now firmly entrenched in the Pirates rotation after a stint in the pen, pitched 8 innings of 6 hit ball to improve his record to 5-11. Meanwhile in Boston, Del Ennis hit a 3-run homer and Max Macon won his 12th game as the visiting Phillies downed the Braves 4-1.

In other National League action Jimmy Outlaw singled in Joe Dimaggio with the game winning run in the bottom of the 10th to give Cincinnati a 3-2 win over Chicago. Rex Barney pitched 8 solid innings to lead Brooklyn past St Louis 4-2.

In the American League the Cleveland Indians won again, scoring all their runs in the second inning and hanging on to beat Chicago 3-2. Danny Litwhiler had 3 hits including a homer and drove in both Chicago runs. Litwhiler leads the American League in rbi's.

The second place Browns lost 3-2 to New York. Dixie Walker's 7th inning homer accounted for all of the Yankee offense. Third place Boston managed to keep pace with the Indians by beating Philadelphia 9-2 at Fenway. Bobby Doerr had 3 hits including a homer and drove in 4 runs for the Red Sox. Earl Johnson got the win to improve his record to 14-8.

In the other game Washington outslugged Detroit 7-5 as Jimmy Haynes won his 13th game of the season for the Sens.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	63	44	.589	  x
ST LOUIS	56	51	.523	 7.0
BOSTON		55	51	.519	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	53	53	.500	 9.5
WASHINGTON	54	54	.500	 9.5
DETROIT		51	56	.477	12.0
NEW YORK	50	58	.463	13.5
CHICAGO		46	61	.430	17.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	64	45	.587	  x
PHILADELPHIA	61	43	.587	 0.5
CHICAGO		59	47	.557	 3.5
ST LOUIS	53	52	.505	 9.0
CINCINNATI	54	54	.500	 9.5
BOSTON		49	55	.471	12.5
NEW YORK	42	63	.400	20.0
BROOKLYN	42	65	.393	21.0

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 7 Detroit 5
Boston 9 Philadelphia 2
Cleveland 3 Chicago 2
New York 3 St Louis 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 4 Boston 1
Cincinnati 3 Chicago 2 (10 inn)
Pittsburgh 8 New York 2
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 2

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit (A Jurisch 16-9, 3.98) at Washington (F Hutchinson 14-12, 3.55)
Philadelphia (A Williams 12-10, 3.24) at Boston (R Melton 11-8, 4.13)
Chicago (B Fleming 0-2, 4.61) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-7, 2.31)
New York (B Bevens 3-2, 4.73) at St Louis (A McKain 11-5, 3.36)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (C Schanz 16-9, 3.66) at Boston (K Chase 9-12, 4.54)
Chicago (H Wyse 8-7, 2.31) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 9-6, 3.87)
New York (E Wright 3-4, 5.29) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-3, 3.27)
St Louis (B Voiselle 11-12, 4.42) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-12, 4.26)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
T Williams Bos	 .338		B Elliott Pit	.343
B McCosky Det	 .337		J Medwick Cin	.335
M Almada Bos	 .327		H Leiber NYG	.329

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	24		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 73		B Elliott Pit	75
J Heath Cle	 71		S Chapman Bsn	74
T Williams Bos	 71		H Clift Chn	65

WINS				WINS
A Karl Bos	 16-6		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Jurisch Det	 16-9		P Roe Pit	17-3
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	16-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.18		C Melton Pit	     1.89
J Haynes Wsh	2.19		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.31		H Wyse Chn	     2.31

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
V Trucks Det	 143		E White StL	145
A Jurisch Det	 139		R Barney Bkn	141
W Spahn Cle	 137		P Roe Pit	120

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
GAYLE BREAKS FOOT IN TITANS LOSS
Tennessee Titans starting QB Manfred Gayle, a first team AFC allstar a year ago, suffered a broken foot in the Titans 42-20 loss to Buffalo yesterday. The injury could cause the 6th year pro to miss up to the first 4 weeks of the regular season. With Gayle's injury the starting assignment likely falls to backup Terry Kocher, who started 3 games a year ago when Gayle was sidelined. Kocher threw for 109 yards and one touchdown yesterday. The big story aside from the Gayle injury was the running of Buffalo rookie Buddy *Young. The second round pick from Illinois gained 105 yards on 10 carries. He also scored 3 touchdowns. The Bills even their preseason record at 1-1 while the Titans fall to 0-2.

In Houston, the Texans intercepted 4 Denver passes enroute to a 30-17 victory over the Broncos. Brad Johnson ran for 87 yards and a touchdown while E.G. Atoe threw for 94 yards and a score to lead the Houston offense. Four different Houston defenders picked off a pass including DE William Lester who rambled 15 yards into the endzone after his pick. The Texans improve to 2-0 while Denver falls to 0-2. One of the few bright spots for Denver was rookie Elbie *Nichol who had 3 catches including a touchdown reception.

PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE
Thursday August 9
Oakland 13 at 3 New England

LAST NIGHT
Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo
Denver 17 at 30 Houston

TODAY
Washington at Indianapolis
Kansas City at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at Carolina
New York Jets at Cincinnati
Minnesota at Seattle
Detroit at St Louis

Sunday August 12
Tampa Bay at Arizona
San Diego at Miami
Green Bay at Atlanta
New York Giants at San Francisco
Chicago at Baltimore
Dallas at Cleveland

Monday August 13
New Orleans at Jacksonville

BOXING
PEP DEFENDS FEATHERWEIGHT CROWN TONIGHT
Willie Pep puts his 18-0 record and his World Featherweight title on the line tonight in St Louis against challenger Charlie Riley. Pep, from Hartford, is coming off of an easy decision win over European champion Ray Famechon last April. Riley, with a 23-4 postwar record, is rated the 6th best featherweight in the world. The St Louis native most recently defeated fellow top 10 contender Harold Hoshino by unanimous decision in May.

Last night in Havana flyweight contender Black Pico won a unanimous decision over Little Dado. With the win Pico improves to 17-2 and is certainly deserving of a shot at World Flyweight champion Jackie Paterson. For Dado the loss is his third straight and drops his record to 19-5-2. The 27 year old appears to be nearing the end of his career as he looks to have lost much of his quickness and has had trouble making weight for his recent bouts.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
PIPERS INK FRY
The Pittsburgh Pipers have resigned an old friend in Ryan Fry. The small forward, who spent 5 years in Pittsburgh beginning in 1939, has passed up an offer to remain with Philadelphia in order to return to the Pipers. The 12th year pro started 70 games for the Warriors last season and averaged 16.2 ppg. In addition to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Fry has also played for Baltimore and Chicago. He was selected first overall by the Stags out of North Carolina in the 1935 draft. While never an allstar, Fry has always been a solid player with a decent scoring touch. The big question is where will he play for the Pipers. With Byron Swygart already entrenched at SF there is a good chance Fry may be moved to SG.

The Pipers also inked former Minneapolis PF Kevin Stewart. The 8th year pro, who has also played for the Knickerbockers and Warriors since leaving the University of Kentucky, averaged 5.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg last year.

Indianapolis has signed 7-time MVP Draper Lytell to a 1 year contract. While the 37 year old, who spent most of his career with Philadelphia, is well past his prime, Lytell can still contribute off the bench. The point guard had 7.3 ppg coming off the bench for Chicago last season. Indianapolis also resigned SF Javier Meade to a 4 year deal. Meade average 6.3 ppg last season, his third year since being drafted 7th overall from Princeton.

The Kansas City Kings added former Providence SG Sol Cooper. The ex-Ohio State Buckeye began his career in Cleveland before joining the Steamrollers 2 years ago. Cooper started 20 games last season and averaged 10.2 ppg. He will backup Kings star SG Gabriel Brown.

In other signing news Minneapolis resigned backup center Logan Conyers to a 3 year deal. He averaged 4.7 ppg and 4.9 rpg for the Lakers a year ago.

GOLF
HOGAN MOVES INTO FIRST PLACE TIE AT THE COLONIAL
Ben Hogan and former major league baseball player Sammy Byrd share the lead midway through the Colonial Invitational at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Johnny Bulla, George Fazio and veteran Gene Sarazen are all 1 stroke back. US Amateur champion Scott xTibbetts continues his outstanding season, making the cut as the low amateur.

Code:

NAME		RD 1	RD 2   TOTAL
Byrd		64	68	-8
Hogan		66	66	-8
Bulla		65	68	-7
Fazio		69	64	-7
Sarazen		66	67	-7
Harbert		67	67	-6
Metz		66	68	-6
Ward		65	70	-5
Daly		71	65	-4
Little		70	66	-4
Wall		64	72	-4
Weetman		70	66	-4
Bolt		73	64	-3
Haefner		69	68	-3
Harper		69	68	-3
xTibbetts-a	67	70	-3
Burke Jr	68	70	-2
de Vicenzo	69	69	-2
Furgol		66	72	-2
Ghezzi		70	68	-2
Hebert		68	70	-2
Locke		68	70	-2
Middlecoff	68	70	-2
Oliver		66	72	-2
Rees		71	67	-2
Snead		70	68	-2
Boros		67	72	-1
Bradshaw	73	66	-1
Cotton		68	71	-1
Dawson-a	68	71	-1
Hamilton	69	70	-1
Lees		69	70	-1
Smith		70	69	-1
Wood		69	70	-1

	MISSED CUT
Adams		72	68	E
Ferrier		67	73	E
Mangrum		69	71	E
Revolta		72	68	E
Shute		69	71	E
xWhistler-a	69	71	E
xWhite-a	73	67	E
Burton		70	71	1
Carr-a		73	68	1
Demaret		70	71	1
Faulkner	69	72	1
Thomson		71	70	1
Van Donck	73	68	1
Worsham		69	72	1
xNehring-a	70	71	1
Barron		69	73	2
Dutra		73	69	2
Horne		70	72	2
Mackay Jr	73	69	2
Nelson		72	70	2
Von Nida	71	71	2
xAnderson-a	69	73	2
Ford		73	70	3
Harmon		73	70	3
King		69	74	3
Stranahan	69	74	3
Turnesa		73	70	3
xDePore-a	73	70	3
Cerda		69	75	4
xKeeler-a	67	77	4
xScarborough-a	73	71	4
McSpadden	70	75	5
Riegel		72	73	5
Rosburg-a	75	70	5
Keiser		75	71	6
Fleck		75	73	8
Runyon		74	74	8
Harrison	74	75	9
xMulvenon-a	77	72	9
Bruen		75	76	11
xMartin-a	79	74	13

Tiger Fan · 12-28-2004, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GForce

TF,

This is so good it's actually silly

Amazing work and detail!!! Well done!

GH

Thanks. The best part for me is just how engrossed I have become in this universe. There is so much more going on I would like to document but I fear it is already too detailed so I constantly pull back on the amount of coverage.

Tiger Fan · 12-28-2004, 03:28 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY AUGUST 12, 1947

BOXING
PEP RETAINS FEATHERWEIGHT CROWN WITH TKO WIN
Willie Pep improved his perfect record to 19-0 as he had little trouble beating Charlie Riley in the challenger's hometown of St Louis. Pep clearly won every round before the referee stopped the fight in the 13th when Riley was sent to the canvas for the third time in the bout. Riley did beat the count and get back on his feet but both of his eyes were such a mess the referee had no choice but to stop the bout.

Riley, who looked so good in his last fight against contender Harold Hoshino, was no match for the champion. The loss drops Riley's record to 23-5 and further illustrates just how dominant Pep is in the division. Each of Pep's three postwar title defenses have been extremely lobsided affairs. Next up for Pep is likely Henry Armstrong, who is 30-2. However, Armstrong is coming off of a loss to Sandy Saddler who was easily beaten by Pep last year. Before Pep fights a serious contender he has scheduled a pair of fights in Los Angeles over the next couple of months. He is slated to face Chico Rosa on August 30th and Georgie Hansford on September 22nd. Rosa is 25-10-2 while Hansford is 21-13.

The next big fight is Friday night when another undefeated champion puts his title on the line. Heavyweight champ Joe Louis (9-0) meets Ezzard Charles (20-1) at Madison Square Garden. Charles suffered his only postwar defeat at the hands of Louis last September in the post war tournament title matchup. Since then Charles has beaten top 10 fighters Tommy Gomez and Clarence Henry both via knockout. Louis, who beat Charles with an 8th round TKO, has won by 4th round knockout over both Tami Mauriello and Nathan Mann in his recent bouts.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PHILLIES MOVE AHEAD OF BUCS IN NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE
Charley Schanz and two relievers combined on a 7 hit shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies blanked Boston 2-0. Schanz also drove in a run as he improved his record to 17-9. The other Philadelphia run came on Ray Sanders 11th homer of the season. That win, coupled with Pittsburgh's 5-4 loss at home to New York, moved the Phillies a half game ahead of the Pirates atop the National League standings.

The Giants beat Pittsburgh with 2 runs in the top of the 9th after Tom Ferrick had taken over for Preacher Roe on the hill for the Bucs. Sid Gordon and Vince Dimaggio each had 3 hits, including rbi's singles in the 9th to pace the New York attack.

Elsewhere Gene Scharein homered and Walker Cooper had 3 hits as St Louis blasted Brooklyn 7-1 while Stan Ferens pitched a 4-hit shutout to improve his record to 10-6 in Cincinnati's 5-0 win over Chicago.

The top 3 teams in the American League all suffered losses yesterday so the Cleveland Indians lead remains at 7 games over St Louis and 7.5 on Boston. Danny Litwhiler drove in 3 runs as the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland 9-3. The Yankees completed a 4-game sweep of St Louis with a 3-2 win. In Boston, Rudy York homered twice to lead the Philadelphia A's past the Red Sox 10-5.

The other game saw Detroit score 3 unearned runs enroute to a 4-1 win over Washington. Al Jurisch allowed just 4 hits in 8 innings for the Tigers to get his 17th win of the season. Former Tiger Fred Hutchinson took the loss and falls to 14-13 despite allowing just 5 Detroit hits in the game. 3 Washington errors including two from 3B Buddy Lewis proved the difference in the game.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	63	45	.583	  x
ST LOUIS	56	52	.519	 7.0
BOSTON		55	52	.514	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	54	53	.505	 8.5
WASHINGTON	54	55	.495	 9.5
DETROIT		52	56	.481	11.0
NEW YORK	51	58	.468	12.5
CHICAGO		47	61	.435	16.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	62	43	.590	  x
PITTSBURGH	64	46	.582	 0.5
CHICAGO		59	48	.551	 4.0
ST LOUIS	54	52	.509	 8.5
CINCINNATI	55	54	.505	 9.0
BOSTON		49	56	.467	13.0
NEW YORK	43	63	.406	19.5
BROOKLYN	42	66	.389	21.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 4 Washington 1
Philadelphia 10 Boston 5
Chicago 9 Cleveland 3
New York 3 St Louis 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 2 Boston 0
Cincinnati 5 Chicago 0
New York 5 Pittsburgh 4
St Louis 7 Brooklyn 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (S Roser 2-2, 6.25) at Washington (M Candini 12-12, 3.60)
Detroit (K Heintzelman 11-9, 4.34) at Boston (A Karl 16-6, 4.09)
Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-1, 2.81) at St Louis (T Baker 11-11, 2.94)
New York (T Bonham 12-12, 2.64) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 12-1, 1.18)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 12-9, 3.28) at Boston (S Gromek 13-7, 3.75)
Chicago (P Erickson 8-14, 4.53) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 4.89)
New York (S Emmerich 1-1, 2.29) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 7-11, 3.85)
St Louis (G Dockins 7-9, 4.11) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-14, 4.52)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
T Williams Bos	 .333		B Elliott Pit	.342
B McCosky Det	 .333		J Medwick Cin	.335
M Almada Bos	 .329		G Rosen Bkn	.330

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	24		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 76		B Elliott Pit	76
J Heath Cle	 73		S Chapman Bsn	74
T Williams Bos	 71		H Clift Chn	65

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Karl Bos	 16-6		P Roe Pit	17-3
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	17-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.18		C Melton Pit	     1.89
J Haynes Wsh	2.19		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.51		H Wyse Chn	     2.49

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 144		E White StL	145
V Trucks Det	 143		R Barney Bkn	141
B Feller Cle	 140		P Roe Pit	124

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON WEEK TWO
GROCE MAKES BID TO KEEP STARTING JOB IN KC
Ulish Groce took a step forward in his battle with Tommy *Thompson for the starting quarterback job in Kansas City. Groce passed for 107 yards and engineered two scoring drives in the Chiefs 16-7 victory over Pittsburgh. *Thompson, who missed all of last season with an injury, did not fare too badly either. He completed 5 of 8 pass attempts for 60 yards but failed to put any points on the board. Bruce Jones 4 yard run in the first quarter finished off a 75 yard drive and accounted for the only touchdown of the game. Kansas City rookie DT Weldon *Humble notched his first sack. The win evens the Chiefs record at 1-1 while the Steelers drop to 0-2.

COLTS 30 REDSKINS 13
Free agent pickup Eric Poppinga had another big game for Indianapolis. The ex-Giants signal caller passed for 142 yards and 1 touchdown to help the Colts past a disinterested Washington squad 30-13. Sammy *Baugh was awful for the Redskins, overthrowing receivers consistantly and getting picked off twice. The Colts are 2-0 while the Redskins drop to 0-2.

PANTHERS 20 EAGLES 17
Running back Dee Irvin turned a little swing pass into a 54 yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to give the Carolina Panthers a 20-17 victory over Philadelphia. The Panthers pass rush had a dominant game, registering 5 sacks including two from DE Renaldo Lewis. On the down side for the Panthers, QB Jesse LaFleur, who looked so good a week ago against Denver, completed just 1 of 6 pass attempts and was picked off twice. LaFleur is trying to regain the starting job he lost to Javon Jamieson two years ago.

JETS 20 BENGALS 9
Despite passing for well over 300 yards the Cincinnati Bengals were held to just 3 field goals in a 20-9 loss to the New York Jets. The Jets got a 35 yard touchdown catch from superstar RB Steve *Van Buren and a 75 yard fumble return for a touchdown from all-pro defensive lineman Paul Jones. Jets QB Keith Reeves threw for 167 yards but he was overshadowed by Cincinnati's Bud Rutledge who threw for 177. Backup Bengals QB Sam Scarpitto had 147 yards in the air as well. Both clubs are now 1-1.

VIKINGS 22 SEAHAWKS 10
Wes Moore returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown and George Musgrave kicked three first half field goals, including a 51 yarder as the half came to an end, to lead Minnesota past Seattle 22-10. Both clubs are 1-1 after 2 preseason games. Neither team managed to generate much offense in the game.

RAMS 24 LIONS 20
Two fourth quarter touchdowns gave the St Louis Rams a 24-20 win over the Detroit Lions in preseason action. Rams QB Ron Dugans had an outstanding game, completing 11 of 15 passes for 146 yards and one touchdown. His Detroit counterpart, Bob *Waterfield, also looked good completing 8 of 14 for 86 yards. Lions running back Fred Johnson led all rushers with 74 yards on the ground. Rams FS Nathan Sehorn, in a battle to keep his starting job, provided the winning touchdown with a 45 yard interception return with 5 minutes remaining in the game.

PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE
Thursday August 9
Oakland 13 at 3 New England

Friday August 10
Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo
Denver 17 at 30 Houston

YESTERDAY
Washington 13 at 30 Indianapolis
Kansas City 16 at 7 Pittsburgh
Philadelphia 17 at 20 Carolina
New York Jets 20 at 9 Cincinnati
Minnesota 22 at 10 Seattle
Detroit 20 at 24 St Louis

TODAY
Tampa Bay at Arizona
San Diego at Miami
Green Bay at Atlanta
New York Giants at San Francisco
Chicago at Baltimore
Dallas at Cleveland

Monday August 13
New Orleans at Jacksonville

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
DALLAS LOSES ANOTHER MEMBER OF TITLE SQUAD
Point guard Freddie *Scolari is the lastest member of the World Champion Dallas Chaparrels to join another team. The former University of San Francisco star has signed a 3 year deal with the Pittsburgh Pipers. In 4 seasons with the Chaps, *Scolari averaged 8.7 pph and 5.3 apg. He started 63 regular season games last year and played in all 16 of Dallas' playoff contests. With Taro Devane already manning the point guard spot for the Pipers, *Scolari will likely split shooting guard duties with another newcomer, Ryan Fry.

Dallas did make a move to shore up the middle after centers John Layton and Hagen Ochoa chose to sign elsewhere. Dez Guglielmina returns to his home state after spending 13 seasons with the Knicks, Bombers and Cavs. A standout at the University of Texas, Guglielmina started just 7 games a year ago but should add leadership and will tutor first round pick Arnie *Risen, who as it stands now will be the starting center for the Chaps.

Minneapolis signed SF Taylor Bitzenhofer. The 10 year veteran has spent most of his career as a backup and that won't change this year as he will sit behind Joe *Fulks on the depth chart. The former first round pick from Boston College appeared in 47 games for New Orleans last season. He has also had stops in Buffalo and Cleveland during his career.

GOLF
FORMER BASEBALL STAR BYRD STILL HAS SHARE OF LEAD
Former New York Yankees outfielder Sammy Byrd continues to have a share of the lead at the Colonial Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. Byrd, who has played some winter events the past half dozen years, turned to golf full-time just a few weeks ago when the New York Yankees released him. In his 18 years with the Yankees the 39 year old batted .287 with 68 career homeruns. In 3 events on the tour this season Byrd has won $613. In real life Byrd won 23 professional tournaments after his baseball career.

Byrd is tied with George Fazio at 12 under par, 2 strokes ahead of Ben Hogan. Veteran Gene Sarazen is enjoying his best event of the year. He is tied with Sam Snead, 4 strokes off the pace heading into today's final round.

Code:

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	Total	
Byrd		64	68	66	-12
Fazio		69	64	65	-12
Hogan		66	66	68	-10
Sarazen		66	67	69	 -8
Snead		70	68	64	 -8
Hebert		68	70	65	 -7
Daly		71	65	68	 -6
Harbert		67	67	70	 -6
Rees		71	67	66	 -6
Wall		64	72	68	 -6
Metz		66	68	71	 -5
Oliver		66	72	67	 -5
Ward		65	70	70	 -5
Bulla		65	68	73	 -4
Haefner		69	68	69	 -4
Hamilton	69	70	67 	 -4
Locke		68	70	68	 -4
Little		70	66	71	 -3
Middlecoff	68	70	69	 -3
xTibbetts-a	67	70	70	 -3
Cotton		68	71	69	 -2
Harper		69	68	71	 -2
Lees		69	70	69	 -2
Weetman		70	66	72	 -2
Bolt		73	64	72	 -1
de Vicenzo	69	69	71	 -1
Ghezzi		70	68	71	 -1
Wood		69	70	70	 -1
Boros		67	72	71	  E
Bradshaw	73	66	71	  E
Smith		70	69	71	  E
Dawson-a	68	71	72	  1
Furgol		66	72	73	  1
Burke Jr	68	70	75	  3

TC Dale · 12-28-2004, 05:57 PM

Always a fantastic read, TF. Thanks for allowing me the chance to so enjoy this!

Tiger Fan · 12-30-2004, 02:27 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 13, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PHILLIES AND PIRATES BEGIN 4 GAME SET TODAY
The Philadelphia Phillies have never won the National League Pennant. In fact, they have not even been in a pennant race since they finished 1 game back of the Cubs in 1907. The Phillies did finish second in 1911 and 1917 but in both cases they were way behind the league winner. Since 1918 they have only finished as high as third once and have finished below .500 each of the last 8 seasons. Yet somehow the upstart Phillies find themselves in the thick of a National League Pennant race against the winningest team in baseball history - the defending champion Pittsburgh Pirates who boast 15 pennants and 6 World Series titles in their franchise history.

The next 4 days will go a long ways towards determining if this truly will be a miracle season for Philadelphia as the Phillies start a 4 game series with the Pirates at Forbes Field. After that the two clubs will have just 3 head to head contests left - in Philadelphia during the final week of the season.

The key to the Phillies success has been something that rarely is seen in this city - a dominant pitching staff. Charley Schanz (17-9, 3.52) has come out of nowhere to be a dominant starter. The 28 year old was 4-6 in his career heading into this season. The same can be said for 31 year old Max Macon (12-5, 2.85). Macon never started a major league game prior to this season and was 1-6 as a reliever. 24 year old Vic Lombardi (12-10, 3.33) is doing what was expected of his after a strong sophomore season a year ago and 33 year old veteran Hugh Mulcahy (13-11, 3.25) seems finally able to shake his nickname 'Losing Pitcher'. 39 year old Bill Swift, with a 268-215 career record, graciously moved to the bullpen early in the season and has added veteran leadership to the staff.

The Philadelphia offense is not overpowering but it is steady. Catcher Bennie Warren (.264,6,30), 1B Ray Sanders (.291,11,51), veteran 2B Joe Gordon (.218,18,52), 3B Jim Tabor (.251,4,19) and SS Mickey Witek (.286,3,27) man the infield while 22 year old Del Ennis (.272,8,53) and veterans Bobby Estalella (.289,5,52) and Buster Adams (.262,14,54) patrol the outfield.

In yesterday's action the Phillies dropped a half game back of Pittsburgh. Steve Gromek and the Boston Braves 6-hit the Phillies in a 6-2 Boston win while Pittsburgh scored 5 times in the bottom of the 8th to top New York 7-3. Arky Vaughan's bases loaded triple was the big blow of the inning. Ralph Kiner also hit a solo homer, his 12th.

The Cubs are just 3.5 games off the pace after Chicago scored 4 times in the top of the 13th to beat Cincinnati 9-5. Bill Nicholson and Eddie Waitkus each hit 2-run singles during the big inning. In the other National League game Walker Cooper's 3-run homer in the top of the 9th gave St Louis a 6-4 win over Brooklyn.

The St Louis Browns dropped their 5th straight game and are now 8 games behind Cleveland in the American League. Norm Schlueter's pinch-hit rbi single in the top of the 12th gave Chicago a 12-11 win over the Browns. Meanwhile the Indians scored 5 times in the bottom of the 9th and once in the 10th to beat New York 7-6. Lou Boudreau's 7th homer of the season ended the game.

In other American League action Detroit beat Boston 6-4 thanks to an 8th inning homerun from Tommy Henrich. Ken Heintzelman got the win to improve to 12-9 while Andy Karl fell to 16-7. There were late inning heroics in Washington as Cecil Travis delivered an rbi single with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth giving the Senators a 5-4 win over Philadelphia.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS
Detroit outfielder Tommy Henrich and Pittsburgh 3B Bob Elliott have been named the major league players of the week. Henrich had 12 hits in 24 at bats and drove in 7 runs while Elliott also hit .500 with 7 rbi's.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	64	45	.587	  x
ST LOUIS	56	53	.514	 8.0
BOSTON		55	53	.509	 8.5
PHILADELPHIA	54	54	.500	 9.5
WASHINGTON	55	55	.500	 9.5
DETROIT		53	56	.486	11.0
NEW YORK	51	59	.464	13.5
CHICAGO		48	61	.440	16.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	65	46	.586	  x
PHILADELPHIA	62	44	.585	 0.5
CHICAGO		60	48	.556	 3.5
ST LOUIS	55	52	.514	 8.0
CINCINNATI	55	55	.500	 9.5
BOSTON		50	56	.472	12.5
NEW YORK	43	64	.402	20.0
BROOKLYN	42	67	.385	22.0

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5 Philadelphia 4
Detroit 6 Boston 4
Chicago 12 St Louis 11 (12 inn)
Cleveland 7 New York 6 (10 inn)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 6 Philadelphia 2
Chicago 9 Cincinnati 5 (13 inn)
Pittsburgh 7 New York 3
St Louis 6 Brooklyn 4

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.46) at Washington (D Errickson 8-15, 4.14)
Detroit (H White 6-8, 4.01) at Boston (B Bowman 5-5, 4.25)
Chicago (M Stratton 0-0, 20.26) at St Louis (E Lopat 11-14, 4.24)
New York (M Lanier 11-15, 3.49) at Cleveland (W Spahn 13-9, 3.19)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (D Koslo 7-16, 4.27) at Boston (J Flores 7-11, 4.82)
Chicago (E Head 12-10, 4.17) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-1, 4.25)
St Louis (E White 12-8, 2.79) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 13-8, 4.65)
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 13-11, 3.25) at Pittsburgh (13-7, 1.89)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
B McCosky Det	 .333		B Elliott Pit	.342
T Williams Bos	 .331		J Medwick Cin	.335
M Almada Bos	 .328		G Rosen Bkn	.329

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	24		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	15		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 77		B Elliott Pit	76
J Heath Cle	 74		S Chapman Bsn	74
W Judnich SLB	 72		W Cooper StL	67

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7		P Roe Pit	17-3
F Caligiuri Pha  14-9		C Schanz Phi	17-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.46		C Melton Pit	     1.89
J Haynes Wsh	2.19		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.51		H Wyse Chn	     2.49

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 144		E White StL	145
V Trucks Det	 143		R Barney Bkn	141
B Feller Cle	 140		P Roe Pit	124

BOXING
MARCIANO WINS PRO DEBUT
Promising young heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano won his professional debut, scoring a first round TKO over Sonny Nichols in New Haven. The Brockton, Mass. native was all over his opponent and Nichols barely landed a punch. By the time the first round was 2 minutes old Nichols was 'out on his feet' and the referee wisely stopped the fight. Nichols, from Portland, Maine, sees his record drop to 0-4.

GOLF
HOGAN RALLIES TO WIN COLONIAL
When Ben Hogan is in contention on the final day of a tournament it is almost a given that the engraver can begin to work on the trophy. Yesterday was no different as Hogan overcame a 2 stroke deficeit entering the round and easily won his 6th tournament of the year. Hogan carded a 5 under par 65 to overtake Saturday's co-leaders: Sammy Byrd and George Fazio. Byrd, the former professional ballplayer, wilted under the pressure and finished with a 1 over 71 while Fazio shot a 69 to claim second place, two strokes back of Hogan.

Code:

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	Total		PRIZE $
Hogan		66	66	68	65	265    -15     1800
Fazio		69	64	65	69	267    -13     1000
Harbert		67	67	70	64	268    -12	950
Byrd		64	68	66	71	269    -11	900
Daly		71	65	68	67	271	-9	825
Rees		71	67	66	67	271	-9	825
Hebert		68	70	65	69	272	-8	750
Middlecoff	68	70	69	65	272	-8	750
Ward		65	70	70	67	272	-8	750
Sarazen		66	67	69	71	273	-7	700
Haefner		69	68	69	68	274	-6	650
Little		70	66	71	67	274	-6	650
de Vicenzo	69	69	71	66	275	-5	600
Snead		70	68	64	73	275	-5	600
Locke		68	70	68	70	276	-4	550
Wall		64	72	68	72	276	-4	550
xTibbetts-a	67	70	70	69	276	-4	amat
Boros		67	72	71	67	277	-3	500
Hamilton	69	70	67	71	277	-3	500
Lees		69	70	69	70	278	-2	450
Bolt		73	64	72	70	279	-1	400
Cotton		68	71	69	71	279	-1	400
Bradshaw	73	66	71	70	280	 E	350
Furgol		66	72	73	69	280	 E	350
Harper		69	68	71	72	280	 E	350
Oliver		66	72	67	75	280	 E	350
Bulla		65	68	73	75	281	 1	250
Burke Jr	68	70	75	68	281	 1	250
Smith		70	69	71	71	281	 1	250
Weetman		70	66	72	73	281	 1	250
Wood		69	70	70	72	281	 1	250
Dawson-a	68	71	72	71	282	 2	amat
Ghezzi		70	68	71	74	283	 3	150
Metz		66	68	71	78	283	 3	150


			MONEY LEADERS
NAME		PRIZE$	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	CUTS made
HOGAN		19100	  6	11	12	14
SNEAD		10400	  0	 6	11	13
HEBERT		 8563	  2	 3	 6	12
LOCKE		 8175	  1	 3	 6	11
NELSON		 7713	  0	 5	 8	12
KEISER		 7418	  1	 2	 5	 9
DEMARET		 6463	  0	 4	 6	 8
FURGOL		 6228	  0	 1	 3	11
REES		 6188	  1	 3	 6	 8
MIDDLECOFF	 6175	  0	 1	 7	 9


		           EVENT CALENDAR
DATES		EVENT			VENUE				WINNER
April 5-8	Greater Greensboro 	Forest Oaks CC Greensboro NC	Dai Rees
April 12-15	MASTERS			Augusta National		Ben Hogan
April 26-29	Greater New Orleans 	City Park, New Orleans 		Jay Hebert
May 3-6		Dallas Invitational	Lakewood CC, Dallas		Jay Hebert
May 10-13	Phoenix Open		Phoenix CC			Bobby Locke
May 17-20	Bing Crosby Pro-Am	Pebble Beach			Ed Oliver (p)
May 24-27	San Diego Open		Torrey Pines, San Diego		Doug Ford
May 31-Jun 3	Texas Open		Brackenridge GC San Antonio 	Ben Hogan (p)
Jun 7-10	Memphis Open		Memphis CC			Harry Bradshaw
Jun 14-17	Canadian Open		Scarboro CC, Toronto		Ben Hogan  
Jun 21-24	PGA			Plum Hollow CC Detroit		Ben Hogan
Jun 28-Jul 1	Insurance City Open	Edgewood CC, Hartford, 		Dick Burton
Jul 12-15	Irish Open		Portrush, Ireland		Ben Hogan
Jul 19-22	BRITISH			Hoylake Liverpool		Herman Keiser
Aug 9-12	Colonial Invitational	Colonial CC, Fort Worth		Ben Hogan
Aug 16-19	US OPEN			St Louis CC, Clayton Mo.				
Aug 23-26	Tucson Open		Tucson National, Tucson Az				
Aug 30-Sep 2	Western Open		Salt Lake CC, Salt Lake Ut				
Sep 6-9		Los Angles Open		Los Angeles 				
Sep 13-16	RYDER CUP		Portland CC, Portland Ore.				
Sep 20-23	Tournament of Champions	Houston CC, Houston Tex

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON WEEK TWO
DOLPHINS OFFENSE EXPLODES AGAINST SAN DIEGO
QB Woody Brooks threw for 187 yards and one touchdown to lead the Miami Dolphins to their second straight preseason victory, 38-14 over San Diego. In all the three Miami QB's in the game passed for 3 touchdowns and 309 yards. Starting WR Keyou Kinard was the biggest beneficiary of the qb success, catching 5 balls for 105 yards. The Dolphins also beat up San Diego on the ground as they ran for 184 yards including 82 from backup RB Mel Rogers. One of the few bright spots for the Chargers was the play of rookie QB Les *Horvath, who completed 8 of 13 passes for 82 yards.

BUCS 13 CARDINALS 6
Paul *Christman and John Zeno connected on the games only touchdown, a 20 yard pass just before half-time, as Tampa improved to 2-0 with a 13-6 win over Arizona. Cardinals allstar DB Booker Hasselbeck looked in midseason form, leading the team with 7 tackles and adding a sack and a forced fumble. Otto *Graham completed 5 of 10 pass attempts for 62 yards for the Bucs.

FALCONS 31 PACKERS 21
Atlanta tight end Aaron Carmichael had 2 touchdown catches including an 85 yarder to lead the Falcons to their second preseason win, topping Green Bay 31-21. Antowain Anderson had 92 yards rushing for the Falcons. Both QB's battling for the starting job in Green Bay looked sharp. Jordan Montana completed 13 of 15 passes for 122 yards while Stanford rookie Frank *Albert completed 8 of 10 for 100 yards. Each QB threw a touchdown pass to star receiver Don *Hutson.

49ERS 22 GIANTS 18
Third string QB Ike Meier's second touchdown pass of the game, a 31 yard strike to Art Adamson with less than 2 minutes to play, gave the San Francisco 49ers their second preseason win. Despite suffering their second straight loss the Giants can be happy with the play of Harry *Gilmer. The second round pick from Alabama appears to have the inside track on the starting QB job after passing for 152 yards and one touchdown. Veteran starting linebacker Mel Heim also had a big day for the Giants, notching 2 sacks and 6 tackles.

RAVENS 35 BEARS 28
Despite the positive final score the Baltimore Ravens had little to be happy about in their win over Chicago. With the first team in the game the Bears built a 21-0 lead before the scrubs took over and the Ravens pulled out a second half comeback. Frankie Morrall led the Bears defense with a pair of interceptions as Baltimore QB John Foster had a rough day. For the Bears George *McAfee ran for a pair of touchdowns and Sid *Luckman threw for 137 yards. In the second half it was backup Baltimore QB Shelton Wiley who got the Ravens moving, leading them to 4 touchdowns.

BROWNS 36 COWBOYS 28
The Browns offense had a far better showing than last week when Detroit held them to just 3 first downs. WR Zach Kruczek had 4 catches for 111 yards and 1 touchdown to lead Cleveland past Dallas 36-28. However, it was the defense that pulled out the win for Cleveland. Tommy Risien and LeRoy Strom each returned a 4th quarter interception for Cleveland touchdowns. In all Dallas backup QB Bart Thompson was picked off 4 times, spoiling a strong effort from starting signal-caller Doug Schroeder, who completed 15 out of 20 passes for 197 yards and 2 touchdowns. First overall draft pick George *Savitsky had another tough game. The DE from Pennsylvania managed just 1 tackle and constantly being double-teamed put little pressure on the Browns QB's.

PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE
Thursday August 9
Oakland 13 at 3 New England

Friday August 10
Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo
Denver 17 at 30 Houston

Saturday August 11
Washington 13 at 30 Indianapolis
Kansas City 16 at 7 Pittsburgh
Philadelphia 17 at 20 Carolina
New York Jets 20 at 9 Cincinnati
Minnesota 22 at 10 Seattle
Detroit 20 at 24 St Louis

YESTERDAY
Tampa Bay 13 at 6 Arizona
San Diego 14 at 38 Miami
Green Bay 21 at 31 Atlanta
New York Giants 18 at 22 San Francisco
Chicago 28 at 35 Baltimore
Dallas 28 at 36 Cleveland

TONIGHT
New Orleans at Jacksonville

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
NEW ORLEANS SIGNS BRUISING CENTER SANDERS
7'0" center Bam Sanders has agreed to a 1 year deal with the New Orleans Jazz. Sanders, who had 10.2 ppg and 8.2 rpg will be a tremendous tutor for rookie Jack *Rocker and may go a long way towards helping the Jazz back to respectability. After winning back to back league titles in 1945 and 1946 the Jazz dropped to the bottom of the Midwest Division a year ago and missed the playoffs entirely. However, Sanders joins a solid core of veterans including guards Ethan Miller and Daniel Gray along with PF Taliek Barraza. If the Jazz can find themselves a decent small forward they could be the most improved team in the league this season.

Sanders has played for Boston, Cleveland, Kentucky and Philadelphia in his 11 year pro career. He played his college ball at Oklahoma A&M and was the Big 8 player of the year as a junior. He made the all-conference team his senior season despite missing nearly two months with an injury. He played sparingly but was a member of the Cowboys only NCAA title team during his sophomore season.

Code:

		BAM SANDERS CAREER STATS AT OKLAHOMA A&M
YEAR  GP  MPG   PPG  RPG  APG	TO  SPG	 BPG  FG%  FT%	3P%
32-33 35 20.0  10.0  7.6  0.4  0.4  0.2  0.9 .663 .765  .000
33-34 40 13.5	4.9  5.9  0.5  0.5  0.6	 1.0 .485 .745	.000
34-35 34 30.1  14.8 13.4  1.6  1.6  1.3	 2.9 .595 .759	.000
35-36 19 28.8  11.0 17.3  0.6  0.6  2.0	 6.4 .484 .757 1.000
---  --- ----  ---- ----  ---  ---  ---  --- ---- ---- -----
car  128 22.0	9.8 10.1  0.8  0.9  0.9	 2.3 .574 .757 1.000


		BAM SANDERS CAREER STATS AS A PRO
YEAR  TEAM  G  GS MPG	 PPG  RPG APG TOPG SPG	BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
36-37 BOS  68  66 29.3	14.2  7.8 1.4 2.8  0.9	1.4 .502 .739 .000
37-38 BOS  66  63 27.3	12.9  7.2 1.6 2.8  0.6	1.3 .458 .707 .000
38-39 BOS  74  74 27.7	11.7  6.6 1.8 2.6  0.9	1.4 .508 .713 .000
39-40 BOS  65  64 29.1	13.4  7.4 1.4 2.3  1.0	1.5 .497 .744 .000
40-41 CLE  69  68 28.5	11.0  7.3 1.1 1.9  0.6	1.1 .470 .736 .000
41-42 CLE  73  73 29.8	10.1  8.0 1.6 2.2  0.7	1.2 .462 .743 .000
42-43 CLE  74  69 29.9	 9.4  7.4 1.4 2.1  0.7	1.4 .447 .739 .000
43-44 CLE  74  12 23.6	 8.4  6.1 1.3 1.5  0.7	1.1 .499 .713 .000
44-45 KEN  70  21 22.8	 7.7  5.6 1.2 2.0  0.5	1.2 .452 .729 .000
45-46 PHI  68  47 27.8	10.7  7.0 1.5 2.5  0.7	1.2 .506 .684 .500
46-47 PHI  67  67 30.2	10.2  8.2 1.6 2.0  0.6	1.4 .450 .720 .000
---   --- --- --- ----  ----  --- --- ---  ---  --- ---- ---- ----
TOTALS	  768 624 27.8	10.8  7.2 1.5 2.2  0.7	1.3 .478 .724 .500

The Indianapolis Olympians signed PG Kenneth Yumas to a 3 year deal. The 8th year pro from Seton Hall split last season between Pittsburgh and Kentucky. He spent his first six season in Minneapolis. Last year he averaged 2.3 ppg as he was used quite sparringly. However, with the Olympians he will have a chance to start, something he has not done since 1944, his final season in Minneapolis. With Ahmed Williams gone to Minneapolis the Olympians look to have just Yumas or veteran Draper Lytell to play point guard. Lytell is a 7 time MVP but his best days are well behind him so barring a late move Yumas will be the man in Indy.

Syracuse signed ex-Minneapolis backup SF Robert Stennis. The 12th year pro returns to the city where he played his college ball to wind up his BAA career. The ex-Orangeman spent 8 seasons with the Lakers after 4 seasons with the Kentucky Colonels. He averaged 7.2 ppg a year ago.

Tiger Fan · 12-30-2004, 10:24 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY AUGUST 14, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PIRATES TOP PHILLIES 6-1
Cliff Melton tossed a complete game 7-hitter while Phillies starter Hugh Mulcahy struggled with his control all game. The result was a 6-1 Pittsburgh victory allowing the Pirates to draw first blood in their 4 game homestand against the second place Phillies. Pittsburgh took a quick lead in the second inning when Bob Elliott led off with a triple and scored on a Tony Cuccinello ground out. The Phillies evened things in the fourth on an rbi single from catcher Bennie Warren but walks cost Philadelphia a run in each of the next 3 innings. In all, Phillies starter Hugh Mulcahy walked 11 Pittsburgh batters, a career worst for him. The win moves the Pirates a game and a half ahead of Philadelphia. The pitching matchup today definately favours the Phils as 12 game winner Max Macon takes the hill against Pittsburgh rookie Vic Raschi (5-11).

The Chicago Cubs are staying in the National League race thanks to their second straight 13 inning victory. This time Brooklyn was the victim as Eddie Waitkus hit a 2-run triple in the top of the 13th to give the Cubs a 6-4 win.

In other action Frankie Hayes hit a pair of homers and Johnny Mize delivered a game winning rbi single in the bottom of the 10th as Cincinnati beat St Louis 6-5 while Boston topped New York by the same 6-5 score.

St Louis and Boston both won in American League play but neither managed to gain any ground on front-running Cleveland as the Indians also emerged victorious. Oscar Grimes hit a 3-run homer and Warren Spahn won his 14th game of the season as the Tribe beat New York 9-7. Mel Almada had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs as Boston crushed Detroit 10-3 while in St Louis Vern Stephens homered and drove in 5 runs as the Browns outslugged Chicago 12-8. The other game had Philadelphia beat Washington 3-2 in 10 innings.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	65	45	.591	  x
ST LOUIS	57	53	.518	 8.0
BOSTON		56	53	.514	 8.5
PHILADELPHIA	55	54	.505	 9.5
WASHINGTON	55	56	.495	10.5
DETROIT		53	57	.482	12.0
NEW YORK	51	60	.459	14.5
CHICAGO		48	62	.436	17.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	66	46	.589	  x
PHILADELPHIA	62	45	.579	 1.5
CHICAGO		61	48	.560	 3.5
ST LOUIS	55	53	.509	 9.0
CINCINNATI	56	55	.505	 9.5
BOSTON		51	56	.477	12.5
NEW YORK	43	65	.398	21.0
BROOKLYN	42	68	.382	23.0

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 3 Washington 2 (10 inn)
Boston 10 Detroit 3
St Louis 12 Chicago 8
Cleveland 9 New York 7

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 6 New York 5
Chicago 6 Brooklyn 4 (13 inn)
Cincinnati 6 St Louis 5 (11 inn)
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (M Russo 5-3, 3.67) at Cleveland (R Poat 8-10, 3.30)
Chicago (B Byerly 5-9, 5.35) at Washington (J Haynes 13-9, 2.19)
Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-9, 4.16) at St Louis (R Scarborough 10-10, 3.55)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (R Bauers 9-13, 3.68) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-5, 3.81)
Chicago (V Olsen 18-6, 2.82) at Brooklyn (R Barney 7-9, 3.44)
St Louis (J Hutchings 10-11, 4.45) at Cincinnati (A Carter 13-12, 3.59)
Philadelphia (M Macon 12-5, 2.66) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-11, 4.05)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
B McCosky Det	 .333		B Elliott Pit	.345
M Almada Bos	 .331		G Rosen Bkn	.332
T Williams Bos	 .328		J Medwick Cin	.331

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	24		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	16		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 77		B Elliott Pit	77
J Heath Cle	 74		S Chapman Bsn	74
W Judnich SLB	 73		W Cooper StL	67

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7		P Roe Pit	17-3
W Spahn Cle	 14-9		C Schanz Phi	17-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.46		C Melton Pit	     1.85
J Haynes Wsh	2.19		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.51		H Wyse Chn	     2.49

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 144		E White StL	152
V Trucks Det	 143		R Barney Bkn	141
W Spahn Cle	 142		P Roe Pit	124

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON WEEK TWO
JAGS TRIM SAINTS IN PRESEASON PLAY
Keith Musso and Reggie Chancey each ran for a touchdown to lead the Jacksonville Jaguars past the New Orleans 24-23 in week two preseason action. New Orleans led 13-10 at the half as Saints allstar RB Todd Berger gained 141 yards on 11 carries. QB Ryan Boyette also had a good half for New Orleans, completing 11 of 19 for 94 yards including a 40 yard touchdown pass to Bob Sommer. New Orleans increased it's lead to 23-10 in the third quarter before the Jags got a 3 yard run for a score from Musso and a 15 yard Bennie Burrow to Bobby Wright TD pass late in the fourth quarter.
The win improves the Jags to 2-0 while New Orleans is 1-1.

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			NFC STANDINGS
North		W	L	T	 PCT	PF	PA
Detroit 	1	1	0	.500	33	24
Minnesota 	1	1	0	.500	22	31
Chicago 	0	2	0	.000	58	76
Green Bay 	0	2	0	.000	31	76

East		W	L	T	 PCT	PF	PA
Dallas 		1	1	0	.500	49	45
Giants		0	2	0	.000	28	46
Philadelphia 	0	2	0	.000	20	47
Washington 	0	2	0	.000	30	50

South		W	L	T	 PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta 	2	0	0	1.000	67	46
Carolina 	2	0	0	1.000	47	33
Tampa Bay 	2	0	0	1.000	43	34
New Orleans 	1	1	0	 .500	51	49

West		W	L	T	 PCT	PF	PA
San Francisco 	2	0	0	1.000	39	24
St. Louis 	2	0	0	1.000	52	36
Arizona 	1	1	0	 .500	34	36
Seattle 	1	1	0	 .500	50	39

			AFC STANDINGS
North		W	L	T	  PCT	PF	PA
Baltimore 	2	0	0	1.000	55	45
Cincinnati 	1	1	0	 .500	33	30
Cleveland 	1	1	0	 .500	36	41
Pittsburgh 	0	2	0	 .000	32	44

East		W	L	T	  PCT	PF	PA
Miami 		2	0	0	1.000	79	44
Buffalo 	1	1	0	 .500	51	41
NY Jets		1	1	0	 .500	26	26
New England 	0	2	0	 .000	30	43

South		W	L	T	  PCT	PF	PA
Houston 	2	0	0	1.000	51	17
Indianapolis 	2	0	0	1.000	75	23
Jacksonville 	2	0	0	1.000	51	26
Tennessee 	0	2	0	 .000	43	69

West		W	L	T	 PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City 	1	1	0	.500	33	47
Oakland 	1	1	0	.500	38	39
Denver 		0	2	0	.000	33	57
San Diego 	0	2	0	.000	30	66

PRESEASON WEEK TWO RESULTS
Thursday August 9
Oakland 13 at 3 New England

Friday August 10
Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo
Denver 17 at 30 Houston

Saturday August 11
Washington 13 at 30 Indianapolis
Kansas City 16 at 7 Pittsburgh
Philadelphia 17 at 20 Carolina
New York Jets 20 at 9 Cincinnati
Minnesota 22 at 10 Seattle
Detroit 20 at 24 St Louis

Sunday August 12
Tampa Bay 13 at 6 Arizona
San Diego 14 at 38 Miami
Green Bay 21 at 31 Atlanta
New York Giants 18 at 22 San Francisco
Chicago 28 at 35 Baltimore
Dallas 28 at 36 Cleveland

Last Night
New Orleans 23 at 24 Jacksonville

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Friday August 17
Houston at Green Bay
Pittsburgh at New York Giants
Miami at Minnesota

Saturday August 18
San Francisco at San Diego
St Louis at Oakland
Jacksonville at Chicago
Atlanta at Tennessee
New England at New Orleans
Seattle at New York Jets

Sunday August 19
Baltimore at Detroit
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Buffalo at Washington
Carolina at Kansas City
Cleveland at Denver
Arizona at Dallas

Monday August 20
Indianapolis at Tampa Bay

BOXING
PLENTY OF FUTURE STARS ENTERING RANKS
With Rocky Marciano having just made his pro debut I thought it would be interesting to profile a few of the up and coming boxers that should make some noise in the next few years. Here are the top 10 fighters with less than 5 professional bouts:

1- Rocky Marciano - The 24 year old from Brockton, Mass. appears to be well on his way to a shot at the heavyweight title. That title shot might be a couple of years down the road but Marciano plans on being very busy over the coming months. Presently he is 1-0 after a first round TKO over Sonny Nichols.

2- Duilio Loi - Just 18, the Italian lightweight is set to turn pro late this year. In real life he was often overlooked because he fought exclusively in Europe but his career record was 115-3-8. A tremendous defensive fighter, Loi did not possess knockout ability but was an Italian, European and World Champion.

3- Carmen Basilio - The 20 year old former Marine is an onion farmer from Canastota, New York. However, if all goes according to form the welterweight will contend for a World Championship. In real life he was one of the most popular fighters of his era due to a tough, gritty style. Basilio was 56-16-7 in his career. He will make his pro debut in my universe later this year.

4- Holly Mims - 19 year old is set to make his pro debut next year. The Washington DC native has a chance to be a factor in the middleweight division. In real life he was 62-27-6.

5- Joey Giradello - 19 year old from Philadelphia was a world middleweight champion in his real life career. He was 101-25-7. Described as a very clever boxer with not much of a knockout punch.

6- Lester Felton - The Detroit native is another 19 year old ready to turn pro in the middleweight division. Began his real life career 28-0 but never had a title shot. Finished with a 59-17-3 career record.

7- Gustav Scholz - 18 year old German light-heavyweight will turn pro later this year. In real life he was 86-2-6 with one of his losses coming in a World title shot against Harold Johnson.

8- Roland LaStarza - 20 year old from New York City may one day challenge Rocky Marciano for the heavyweight title of the world. In real life LaStarza won his first 37 fights before losing to Marciano. A second loss to Marciano, for the World title in 1953 was called the fight of the year. Was 57-9 for his career. LaStarza will make his TSN debut this week.

9- Phil Kim - 20 year old lightweight from Honolulu will also make his pro debut this week. He was 43-15-3 for his career in real life.

10- Jeffrey xSmith - 20 year old boardmember created fighter from LeClaire, Iowa is off to a 2-0 start in the heavyweight division. His next fight will be a big challenge when he takes on Turkey Thompson tonight.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
STEAMROLLERS ADD 3 PLAYERS
With just a few days remaining in the free agent signing period the Providence Steamrollers decided to make some noise. With all 5 of their starters from last season still under contract Providence added some depth by signing 3 key reserves. Veteran PG Ben Gosford had 7.8 ppg and 5.5 apg as the 6th man in Minneapolis a year ago. The 13th year pro from Indiana should see plenty of action spelling guards Kaanan Gochneaur and Jim *Pollard. Add in to the mix first round draft pick George *Feigenbaum and the Steamrollers are stacked in the backcourt.

Forwards Chuck *Halbert and Lourdes Aguero also were signed by Providence yesterday. *Halbert, a former second round pick from San Francisco, has developed nicely in his 3 seasons in the league. He had 8.2 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Pittsburgh last year. Aguero is entering his 9th season but has been bothered by injuries much of his career. With Indianapolis a year ago he played just 53 games and averaged 8.3 ppg. If he could ever stay healthy he could compete for a starting job at the small forward position.

In other signing news one of the league's most popular players, Cameron Belli, has signed with Milwaukee after 14 seasons in New Orleans. The former first overall pick from the University of Florida averaged a career worst 8.9 ppg a year ago. Belli is 6th in career points in league history and third all-time in steals. Eight times he was named the league's defensive player of the year and he was a member of 4 league championship teams with New Orleans. Belli was the first pick in the first college draft in league history.

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		CAMERON BELLI CAREER BAA STATS
     TEAM  G GS	 MPG   PPG RPG APG TOPG	SPG BPG	 FG%  FT%  3P%
33-34 NO  65 65	 14.8  4.8 2.6	1.1 1.4	0.6 0.8	.346 .740 .200
34-35 NO  74 74	 38.2 17.9 7.8	3.1 4.0	2.2 1.4	.357 .705 .198
35-36 NO  71 71	 36.7 20.0 6.7	2.3 3.9	2.0 1.7	.391 .755 .273
36-37 NO  74 74	 39.1 21.2 7.6	3.2 4.2	2.6 1.8	.382 .753 .271
37-38 NO  74 74	 37.7 20.4 6.9	2.3 3.9	1.9 1.8	.407 .781 .268
38-39 NO  74 74	 33.4 15.9 6.0	2.4 3.8	2.1 2.0	.352 .746 .236
39-40 NO  74 74	 35.0 17.6 6.5	2.3 4.1	1.9 1.8	.358 .740 .244
40-41 NO  74 74	 37.6 18.9 6.3	2.0 3.6	1.8 2.0	.388 .739 .251
41-42 NO  74 74	 34.0 15.0 6.5	2.2 3.4	1.5 1.9	.354 .771 .248
42-43 NO  74 74	 35.5 15.7 5.8	2.0 3.7	1.9 2.1	.369 .744 .277
43-44 NO  74 74	 35.1 13.6 6.3	2.1 2.8	1.7 1.7	.401 .767 .265
44-45 NO  74 74	 35.4 12.0 5.6	1.8 2.6	1.6 1.9	.372 .779 .235
45-46 NO  74 74	 35.3 12.8 6.2	2.1 3.3	1.7 2.0	.378 .745 .295
46-47 NO  63 63	 31.8  8.9 5.0	2.2 3.1	1.5 1.5	.372 .735 .190
       ---- ---- ---- ---- ---  --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
TOTALS 1013 1013 34.4 15.5 6.2	2.2 3.4	1.8 1.8	.375 .750 .251

Kentucky added PG Matt Butts, who played just 30 games for Syracuse last season. The 9th year pro from the University of Texas won't see a lot of action as he will be backing up one of the league's best young players in Colonels star Trevor Presgraves, who was a first team allstar last year, his third season in the league.

The St Louis Bombers now have 6 centers under contract after inking former Fort Wayne starter Bryan Courson. Courson averaged 8.8 ppg and 6.6 rpg last year, his first as a starter with the Pistons after 4 seasons as a backup in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia inked ex Boston guard Demarrio Johnson to a 2 year deal. Johnson averaged 7.8 ppg last season as he split the year between Dallas and Boston. Finally, the New York Knickerbockers have signed Caston Cook, who was a backup in Cleveland last year.

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    BAA ALL-TIME CAREER SCORING LEADERS
	NAME		PTS	TEAMS
 1 Ethan Milner		23913	Dal 33-42, NO 43-present
 2 Matt Graham		18721	Kent 34-present
 3 Draper Lytell	18063	Phi 33-45, Chi 45-46
 4 Ryan Brumsey		17394	FtW 35-present
 5 Moto Hybarger	16535	Cle 34-37, FtW 38-present
 6 Cameron Belli	15697	NO 33-46
 7 Justin Rhoad		15593	Buf 36-39, Syr 40-present
 8 Jim Cokley		15454	KC 36-present
 9 Peter Warren		15054	Bal 35-present
10 Joseph Mozell	14907	NY 35-38 Bal 39-present

Tiger Fan · 12-31-2004, 02:52 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CUBS EXTRA-EFFORT IS MAKING NL A 3 TEAM RACE
With their third straight extra-inning victory the Chicago Cubs have moved to within 2.5 games of the National League lead. Trailing 4-3 in the top of the ninth Phil Rizzuto delivered a one-out rbi triple to tie the game and then Rizzuto clobbered a solo homerun in the 15th to give the Cubs a 5-4 win in Brooklyn. Eddie Waitkus also homered for the Cubs who won each of their previous two games in the 13th inning. Cubs ace Vern Olsen was not around for the decision so he did not get his 19th win of the season but Olsen did pitch 9 strong innings. Jackie Robinson led the Dodgers with 3 hits and a pair of rbi's.

The Philadelphia Phillies evened their 4-game series in Pittsburgh at 1 win apiece after a 4-2 victory yesterday. Buster Adams hit a 2-run homer to key a 3 run opening inning outburst and Phillies starter Max Macon (13-5, 2.66) made the lead stand up. Pirates starter Vic Raschi settled down after the first inning but still saw his record drop to 5-12. The win moves the Phillies to within a half game of front running Pittsburgh.

In other National League action Grady Hatton and Johnny Mize each had 3 hits as Cincinnati trimmed St Louis 5-4. Arnold Carter won his 14th game of the season for the Reds. In Boston, Ross Bauers (10-13, 3.62) had his best game of the season, 5-hitting the Braves in a 5-2 New York Giants win.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Cleveland Indians continue to roll right along. The Tribe have won 9 of their last 11 games after a 5-1 win over visiting New York yesterday. Backup catcher Mike Tresh homered in a 4-run second inning to help Ray Poat improve his record to 9-10. Poat and 2 relievers combined to hold the Yankees to just 4 hits in the game.

Milt Byrnes hit a walk-off grand slam with one out in the 10th inning to give the St Louis Browns a 9-5 win over Philadelphia. In the only other American League game Morrie Anderholt hit 2 homers including a grand slam as Washington dumped Chicago 12-8. Jimmy Haynes got the win to improve to 14-9 as he bids for his third straight 20 win season.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	66	45	.595	  x
ST LOUIS	58	53	.523	 8.0
BOSTON		56	53	.514	 9.0
PHILADELPHIA	55	55	.500	10.5
WASHINGTON	56	56	.500	10.5
DETROIT		53	57	.482	12.5
NEW YORK	51	61	.455	15.5
CHICAGO		48	63	.432	18.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PITTSBURGH	66	47	.584	 x
PHILADELPHIA	63	45	.583	 0.5
CHICAGO		62	48	.564	 2.5
CINCINNATI	57	55	.509	 8.5
ST LOUIS	55	54	.505	 9.0
BOSTON		51	57	.472	12.5
NEW YORK	44	65	.404	20.0
BROOKLYN	42	69	.378	23.0

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 5 New York 1
Washington 12 Chicago 8
St Louis 7 Philadelphia 3 (10 inn)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 5 Boston 2
Chicago 5 Brooklyn 4 (15 inn)
Cincinnati 5 St Louis 4
Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (B Fleming 1-2, 4.40) at Washington (F Hutchinson 14-13, 3.45)
New York (B Bevens 4-2, 4.02) at Boston (E Johnson 14-8, 3.21)
Detroit (V Trucks 10-13, 2.77) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-8, 2.51)
Philadelphia (A Williams 13-10, 3.29) at St Louis (A McKain 11-6, 3.35)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (E Wright 4-4, 5.20) at Boston (K Chase 9-13, 4.21)
Chicago (H Wyse 8-8, 2.49) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-13, 4.45)
St Louis (B Voiselle 12-12, 4.27) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 10-6, 3.65)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 17-9, 3.52) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-3, 3.27)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
B McCosky Det	 .333		B Elliott Pit	.345
M Almada Bos	 .331		G Rosen Bkn	.330
T Williams Bos	 .328		H Leiber NY	.329

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	24		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	16		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	18

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 78		B Elliott Pit	77
J Heath Cle	 74		S Chapman Bsn	74
W Judnich SLB	 73		W Cooper StL	67

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7		P Roe Pit	17-3
W Spahn Cle	 14-9		C Schanz Phi	17-9

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.46		C Melton Pit	     1.85
J Haynes Wsh	2.43		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.51		H Wyse Chn	     2.49

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 144		E White StL	152
V Trucks Det	 143		R Barney Bkn	145
W Spahn Cle	 142		P Roe Pit	124

GOLF
US OPEN BEGINS TOMORROW IN ST LOUIS
Harry Bradshaw is set to begin defense of his US Open Golf Championship. The Irishman won last year's event in Cleveland. The fourth and final major of the year will tee off tomorrow at the St Louis Golf and Country Club in Clayton, Missouri. Ben Hogan, who has dominated the tour this year winning 6 events including the Masters and PGA championship, is once again the favourite to win at St Louis.

It was also announced this week that the Riveria Country Club in Los Angeles will host next year's tournament while in 1948 it will be held for the first time in Medinah, Illinois.

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Here are the recent major event winners:

	1947
MASTERS   Ben Hogan
PGA	  Ben Hogan
BRITISH	  Herman Keiser
US OPEN	  ?

	1946
MASTERS   Ben Hogan
PGA	  Byron Nelson
BRITISH	  Byron Nelson
US OPEN	  Harry Bradshaw

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
STAGS REACQUIRE MACEINA
The Chicago Stags signed free agent SG Narunas Maceina to a 2 year deal bringing the former Baylor star back to the team he began his pro career with. Maceina was taken 10th overall by the Stags in 1941 and spent 4 years in a Chicago uniform before playing in Philadelphia the past two seasons. His best year was 1944-45 when he started 64 games for the Stags and averaged 11.6 ppg. The last two seasons in Philadelphia he averaged less than 12 minutes a game coming off the bench. Maciena will not get a chance to start in Chicago as he will be backing up AJ Lambert, who averaged nearly 18 points a game last season.

No major signings announced yesterday as the free agent period winds down. There are just 3 days left so a couple of teams made some depth moves. Kentucky inked ex Kansas City center Jason Tello and former Pittsburgh PG Yohan Hyland to 1 year deals. Syracuse signed 11 year veteran SF Robert Aylworth to a 1 year deal. Aylworth averaged 3.4 ppg for Milwaukee last season. Finally Minneapolis resigned Art Morris to a 1 year deal. The 13 year pro averaged just 4 minutes a game for the Lakers last season. He has also played for Dallas, Syracuse and Washington in his career.

BOXING
UP AND COMING HEAVYWEIGHT xSMITH WINS AGAIN
After struggling in the early rounds 20 year old heavyweight Jeffrey xSmith finished with a flurry in his bout with veteran Turkey Thompson. Thompson seemed to clearly win the first 4 rounds of the 8 round bout before Smith caught him with a punishing shot to the ribs early in the 5th. Thompson dropped to the canvas after that blow and while he did get back up he was no match for the youngster from that point on as xSmith won a close but unanimous decision.

xSmith, a native of LeClaire, Iowa, improves to 3-0 and is considered one of the new breed of heavyweight contenders along with Rocky Marciano, Roland LaStarza and Bob Baker. Next up for xSmith will be a September matchup against Detroit native Marty Marshall. 22 years old and nicknamed the Michigan Bomber, Marshall won his pro debut last week over Dayton's Johnny Clemons.

Thompson's record falls to 13-11 but he has faced some very tough competition along the way. The 28 year old can count Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore among his losses and he took both of those men to a decision.

One other heavyweight bout last night saw JT 'The New York Assassin' xCampbell win by TKO over fellow New Yorker Carmine Vingo. The 18 year old xCampbell is now 2-0-1 and is also working his way up the division.

Carlton · 12-31-2004, 03:12 PM

I don't know how to feel

I won my fight, but the Phillies are choking again!

Tiger Fan · 12-31-2004, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Carlton

I don't know how to feel

I won my fight, but the Phillies are choking again!

It's not just the Pirates you have to worry about. Watch out for the Cubs.

As for xCampbell, there is some real tough young competition in the New York area right now. He will be seriously tested in the coming months - perhaps even against Marciano. The one advantage xSmith has is that he will face mainly young fighters from the midwest in the early going, and the talent level is no where near that of the East coast in the heavyweight division right now.

Btw, for anyone interested college football preseason top 20 is released in the next issue. Favourites for preseason #1 are Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame and Texas.

12-18-2004, 02:34 PM	#361
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 6, 1947 GOLF xTIBBETTS WINS U.S. AMATEUR GOLF TITLE Former Pepperdine golfer Scott xTibbetts won the US Amateur golf title by defeating E Harvie Ward Jr in the 36 hole finals on Sunday. xTibbetts clinched his victory with a birdie on the 34th hole to go up by 3 holes with just 2 to play. Prior to the final 9 it was an extremely close match. In the morning round neither golfer ever led by more than one hole and it was all even after the first 18. The afternoon round started much like the morning and 9 holes in the two golfers were still deadlocked. However, things fell apart for Ward on the 10th hole when he bogeyed it while xTibbetts managed a par. xTibbetts took the first 2 hole lead of the finals when he parred the 11th while Ward had his second straight bogey. The victory earns xTibbetts an invitation to all 4 major professional tournaments next year and, should he choose to turn pro, an automatic PGA tour card. xTibbetts has enjoyed some real success in the PGA events he has competed in as an amateur this season. His best showing was a second place tie at the Phoenix Open. He also finished 4th in Memphis. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ZOLDAK SHUTOUT PROPELS BROWNS INTO SECOND PLACE Sam Zoldak pitched a 5-hit shutout to lead the St Louis Browns past Boston 2-0 and move the Browns ahead of the Red Sox and into second place in the American League. Zoldak also drove in one of the 2 St Louis runs off of Boston starter Earl Johnson. Johnson (13-8) also surrendered just 5 hits. The Browns remain 4.5 games behind first place Cleveland after the Indians dropped the Senators in Washington by a 6-1 count. Jeff Heath doubled, tripled and drove in 3 runs to pace the Cleveland attack. Trade deadline pickup Warren Spahn tossed a 5-hit complete game to run his record to 12-9 but he is 2-0 with the Indians. Shortstop Skeeter Newsome and catcher Tommy Heath each drove in 3 runs as Philadelphia beat up on the Yankees 12-3. Fred Caligiuri went 7 innings for the win to improve his record to 14-9. In Chicago 29 year old career minor leaguer Tex Shirley won his first major league start as the White Sox topped Detroit 5-3. Shirley, who has been with 3 different organizations in his 5 year career, made his major league debut in relief earlier in the season. He allowed 7 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings work. PHILLIES PULL EVEN WITH PIRATES ATOP NATIONAL LEAGUE A 3-run rally in the top of the 7th inning keyed by a 2-out 2-run Joe Gordon single led the Philadelphia Phillies past St Louis 4-2 and back into a tie with Pittsburgh atop the National League. Max Macon, who got the win to improve to 11-5, combined with 3 relievers to hold the Cardinals to just 6 hits. Meanwhile in Brooklyn the Pittsburgh Pirates suffered a rare loss with Cliff Melton on the hill. Melton allowed just 1 earned run but 3 Pirates error helped Brooklyn to a 3-2 victory and a second straight victory over Pittsburgh. Bob Elliott had a pair of hits for the Bucs to take over top spot in the National League batting race. Elliott was the only Buc to have much success against former teammate Alex Carrasquel. Carrasquel spent 3 and a half season in the Pirates bullpen before being dealt to the Dodgers last week. He pitched 8 innings to earn his first victory as a starter. Mickey Harris tossed a scoreless 9th inning for his 7th save of the year. Johnny Mize's 11th homer of the season helped Cincinnati past Boston 6-5 and earned Reds starter Harry Feldman his 13th win of the year. In the other game Harlond Clift belted his 20th homer of the season while Paul Erickson pitched a 5-hit shutout as the Cubs blanked the Giants 6-0. ZOLDAK AND HEAD NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK St Louis Browns pitcher Sam Zoldak was named the American League's top performer for the past seven days. Zoldak was 2-0 with a 2.20 era and threw a complete-game shutout. For the season his record sits at 10-9 with a 3.87 era. It was the second time in his three year career he has been named player of the week. Code: SAM ZOLDAK'S CAREER STATS Year Team G GS W-L SV ERA IP HA ER BB K CG SHO 1945 SLA 36 27 13-12 1 2.78 236 215 73 64 82 16 3 1946 SLA 25 25 8-11 0 3.80 196 207 83 61 74 11 0 1947 SLA 24 24 10-9 0 3.87 183 192 79 46 82 7 1 --- ---- -- -- ----- - ---- --- --- --- --- --- -- - Total 85 76 31-32 1 3.43 616 614 235 171 238 34 4 National League player of the week honours go to Cubs pitcher Ed Head. He was overpowering all week long, going 2-0 with a 2.50 era and he tossed his first shutout of the season. On the year Head is 12-10 with a 4.05 era. This is his first player of the week award although he was named NL Pitcher of the month in June of 1944. Head has had an interesting career. He homered in his major league debut, made the allstar team and was named National League rookie of the year while with the Dodgers in 1942. Midway through the 1943 campaign he was dealt to the Braves for pitcher Stan Ferens and two weeks later the Braves dealt him to the Cubs for pitcher Al Javery. An injury cost Head a good part of the 1945 season and when he struggled upon his return he was moved to the bullpen. He spent all of last season in the pen before this year, at age 29, he is getting another shot in the rotation. Head is 3-1 in 4 postseason starts with a 2.50 era. He completed all 4 of his World Series starts. Ironically the only season he was on a World Series winner was 1945 when he did not appear in the series. Two of his starts came for Brooklyn 1942 and 2 for the Cubs in 1944. In both of those season the National League entrant lost to the Yankees. Code: ED HEAD'S CAREER STATS Year Team G GS W-L SV ERA IP HA ER BB K CG SHO 1942 BRO,NL 38 38 21-14 0 2.92 327 267 106 112 145 30 2 1943 BRO/BSN/CHN 37 37 18-17 0 3.30 322 297 118 100 159 33 0 1944 CHN 31 31 19-10 0 3.01 266 229 89 76 135 28 1 1945 CHN 24 13 7-9 3 4.25 125 115 59 36 61 13 1 1946 CHN 22 0 2-1 3 1.55 29 24 5 6 16 0 0 1947 CHN 26 26 12-10 0 4.05 204 198 92 67 92 13 1 ---- --- --- --- ----- - ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- - Total 178 145 79-61 6 3.31 1273 1130 469 397 608 117 5 Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 59 43 .578 x ST LOUIS 55 48 .534 4.5 BOSTON 54 48 .529 5.0 WASHINGTON 52 51 .505 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 50 51 .495 8.5 DETROIT 47 55 .461 12.0 CHICAGO 46 56 .451 13.0 NEW YORK 46 57 .447 13.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 59 42 .584 x PITTSBURGH 61 44 .581 x CHICAGO 56 46 .549 3.5 ST LOUIS 52 51 .505 8.0 CINCINNATI 51 52 .495 9.0 BOSTON 49 51 .490 9.5 NEW YORK 41 60 .406 18.0 BROOKLYN 40 63 .388 20.0 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 6 Washington 1 St Louis 2 Boston 0 Philadelphia 12 New York 3 Chicago 5 Detroit 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 6 New York 0 Cincinnati 6 Boston 5 Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2 Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 2 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston (R Melton 11-7, 3.98) at St Louis (A McKain 10-5, 3.43) New York (M Russo 4-3, 3.90) at Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-8, 4.06) Chicago (B Byerly 5-7, 5.50) at Detroit (V Trucks 9-12, 2.78) Clevleand (R Poat 6-10, 3.56) at Washington (J Haynes 12-8, 2.06) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (E Wright 2-4, 5.73) at Brooklyn (R Barney 6-8, 3.42) Chicago (V Olsen 17-6, 2.92) at Boston (K Chase 9-11, 4.41) Cincinnati (A Carter 13-12, 3.61) at Philadelphia (V Lombardi 12-8, 3.19) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING T Williams Bos .343 B Elliott Pit .333 M Almada Bos .330 H Leiber NYG .331 M Chartak Wsh .323 G Rosen Bkn .330 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 23 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 71 S Chapman Bsn 73 T Williams Bos 69 B Elliott Pit 69 B Young Bos 69 H Clift Chn 63 WINS WINS A Karl Bos 16-5 P Roe Pit 17-3 A Jurisch Det 15-9 V Olsen Chn 17-6 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 16-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.25 C Melton Pit 1.97 J Haynes Wsh 2.06 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.17 H Wyse Chn 2.40 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 132 E White StL 138 W Spahn Cle 131 R Barney Bkn 134 F Hutchinson Wsh 128 P Roe Pit 113 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON RAMS DROP CHARGERS 28-16 Rod Dugans led the St Louis Rams to an early 21-0 lead and the reserves hung on to beat San Diego 28-16 in week 1 preseason action. Dugans engineered two first quarter scoring drives while completing 7 out of 8 passes. Reserve RB Jimmy Tucker saw plenty of time with the first team and he rushed for 63 yards on 10 carries including a 16 yard touchdown scamper. The Chargers first team was unable to accomplish anything against the Rams defense but when Dameane Taylor took over at QB in the second half San Diego began to move the ball. Taylor, who started 8 games for the Chargers a year ago, is battling with Leon Jones and former Jacksonville signal caller Justin Jackson for the starting job. BALTIMORE 20 WASHINGTON 17 In Washington, veteran backup JC Wulfeck passed for 150 yards and two touchdowns but Wulfeck's fumble with 41 seconds remaining cost the Redskins in a 20-17 loss to Baltimore. Wolfeck and fullback Dick Riffle botched a handoff and Ravens CB Joey German scooped up the loose ball and ran 62 yards for the winning score. It was German's second fumble recovery of the game. SEATTLE 40 KANSAS CITY 17 Reserve running back Fred Nutter scored two touchdowns and picked up 102 combined rushing and receiving yards as Seattle dropped Kansas City 40-17. Nutter's performance overshadowed the debut of Heisman Trophy winner Glenn Davis. The Seahawks first round pick ran 11 times for 64 yards and also had 3 receptions. The play of Davis and Nutter may mean last year's first round pick Marion Motley will be the odd man out in the Seattle backfield. Motley had a dissappointing rookie season and gained just 6 yards on 4 carries yesterday. Speaking of odd man out Chiefs QB Ulish Groce is in a battle to retain his starting job a year after leading Kansas City to it's first-ever playoff berth. Groce completed 7 of 12 passes for 65 yards but was intercepted once. His competion is Tommy Thompson, the Chiefs first round pick a year ago who was hurt in the preseason and spent the entire year on the injured reserve list. Thompson completed 10 of 15 passes for 100 yards with one touchdown and an interception. SAN FRANCISCO 17 NY JETS 6* Two second half touchdowns gave the San Francisco 49ers a 17-6 victory over the Jets in New York. RB Russ Davis led the 49ers attack with 66 yards rushing including a touchdown carry. ATLANTA 36 OAKLAND 25 Antwain Anderson carried the ball just 7 times but two of his carries were for first quarter touchdowns. The Atlanta Falcons never looked back from that point and went on to beat Oakland 36-25. That spoiled the debut of rookie QB Tommy Maddox for the Raiders. The former Navy star was selected in the second round and is expected to give incumbant Antwan Baker a run for the starting job. In limited action Maddox completed 3 of 6 passes for 29 yards. ARIZONA 27 TENNESSEE 23 A 46 yard touchdown pass from Dick Cappleman to Bob Zatkoff with just over a minute remaining gave Arizona a 27-23 victory over Tennessee. PRESEASON WEEK 1 RESULTS Thursday August 2 Miami 41 at 30 Chicago Friday August 3 Buffalo 9 at 21 Dallas Pittsburgh 25 at 28 New Orleans Saturday August 4 Cleveland 0 at 13 Detroit New England 27 at 30 Tampa Bay (ot) Jacksonville 27 at 3 Philadelphia Indianapolis 45 at 10 Green Bay Cincinnati 24 at 10 New York Giants Houston 21 at 0 Minnesota Yesterday Baltimore 20 at 17 Washington Seattle 40 at 17 Kansas City San Francisco 17 at 6 New York Jets St Louis 28 at 16 San Diego Atlanta 36 at 25 Oakland Arizona 27 at 23 Tennessee Today Carolina at Denver __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-19-2004, 06:22 PM	#365
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	You can decide if you like or I will flip a coin. No rush. You will compete as an amateur in remaining tournaments unless you elect to turn pro. I am hoping to have enough fictional golfers added so I can have a Q-school tournament over the offseason to help fill out the tournament entries. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-21-2004, 11:54 AM	#366
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY AUGUST 7, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL REDS RALLY PAST PHILS 5-4 Andy Kampouris had 4 hits including a game-winning rbi single in the top of the 9th to lead the Cincinnati Reds past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4. The loss drops the Phils a half game behind the idle Pittsburgh Pirates atop the National League standings. Joe Medwick also chipped in with 3 hits for the Reds who climb back to .500 on the season. In other National League action the Chicago Cubs crept to within 3 games of Pittsburgh with a 7-2 win in Boston. Vern Olsen went the distance for the Cubs to earn his major league leading 18th victory of the season. Phil Rizzuto hit a leadoff homer, his 11th of the season, to spark a 4 run first inning and the Cubs never looked back. In a battle between the basement dwellers Bill Rigney homered and drove in 4 runs as the New York Giants dumped Brooklyn 5-2. In the American League the St Louis Browns took 3 of 4 games from the Boston Red Sox including a 9-2 thumping yesterday. St Louis pitcher Archie McKain allowed just 8 hits and had a pair himself, including a 2-run double. The Cleveland Indians remain 4.5 games ahead of St Louis after beating Washington 5-1. Ray Poat and Johnny Babich combined on a 6-hitter for the winners. 5 different Indians had RBI's and only lead-off man Lou Boudreau had more than one hit. In Detroit Virgil Trucks blanked the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on a 6-hitter. Tommy Henrich had 3 hits including a homerun for the winners. The only other game was a 13 inning marathon won 3-2 by the Yankees on a Bud Metheny rbi single. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 60 43 .583 x ST LOUIS 56 48 .538 4.5 BOSTON 54 49 .524 6.0 WASHINGTON 52 52 .500 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 50 52 .490 9.5 DETROIT 48 55 .466 12.0 CHICAGO 47 56 .456 13.5 NEW YORK 46 57 .447 14.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 61 44 .581 x PHILADELPHIA 59 43 .578 0.5 CHICAGO 57 46 .553 3.0 ST LOUIS 52 51 .505 8.0 CINCINNATI 52 52 .500 8.5 BOSTON 49 52 .485 10.0 NEW YORK 42 60 .412 17.5 BROOKLYN 40 64 .385 20.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE St Louis 9 Boston 2 New York 3 Philadelphia 2 (13 inn) Detroit 4 Chicago 0 Cleveland 5 Washington 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 5 Brooklyn 2 Chicago 7 Boston 2 Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 4 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (B Bevens 3-1, 4.07) at Philadelphia (A Williams 11-10, 3.38) Chicago (B Fleming 0-1, 5.04) at Detroit (A Jurisch 15-9, 4.10) Cleveland (B Feller 10-6, 2.17) at Washington (F Hutchinson 13-12, 3.64) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (S Emmerich 1-0, 2.01) at Brooklyn (D Black 3-14, 3.50) Chicago (H Wyse 7-7, 2.40) at Boston (S Gromek 13-6, 3.50) Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-3, 3.01) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 9-6, 3.60) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING T Williams Bos .339 B Elliott Pit .333 M Almada Bos .339 G Rosen Bkn .332 J Pesky Bos .324 H Leiber NYG .331 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 23 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 71 S Chapman Bsn 74 T Williams Bos 69 B Elliott Pit 69 B Young Bos 69 H Clift Chn 63 WINS WINS A Karl Bos 16-5 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Jurisch Det 15-9 P Roe Pit 17-3 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 16-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.25 C Melton Pit 1.97 J Haynes Wsh 2.11 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.17 H Wyse Chn 2.40 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS V Trucks Det 134 R Barney Bkn 139 A Jurisch Det 132 E White StL 138 W Spahn Cle 131 P Roe Pit 113 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON LAFLEEUR LEADS PANTHERS PAST BRONCOS 27-16 Carolina Panthers QB Jesse LaFleur showed signs of regaining the form that made him an NFC second team allstar in both 1943 and 1944. LaFleur, who has been bothered by injuries the past 3 seasons and attempted just 18 passes during that time, threw a pair of touchdown strikes to lead the Carolina Panthers past the Broncos in Denver 27-16. LaFleur completed 13 of 16 passes for 250 yards. The starting job likely will still belong to Javon Jamieson, who took over when LaFleur was injured in the preseason of 1945 and has been the starter ever since. Jamieson completed 3 of 6 passes in limited action. Panthers rookie RB Herm Wedermeyer gained 24 yards on 7 carries. The bright spot for Denver was the play of first round pick Elbie Nichol. The former Cincinnati Bearcat receiver had 5 catches for 58 yards including his first touchdown. Starting QB Jay Cason is facing some competition from backup Gary Chase but neither looked impressive in a limited role yesterday. PRESEASON WEEK 1 RESULTS Thursday August 2 Miami 41 at 30 Chicago Friday August 3 Buffalo 9 at 21 Dallas Pittsburgh 25 at 28 New Orleans Saturday August 4 Cleveland 0 at 13 Detroit New England 27 at 30 Tampa Bay (ot) Jacksonville 27 at 3 Philadelphia Indianapolis 45 at 10 Green Bay Cincinnati 24 at 10 New York Giants Houston 21 at 0 Minnesota Sunday August 5 Baltimore 20 at 17 Washington Seattle 40 at 17 Kansas City San Francisco 17 at 6 New York Jets St Louis 28 at 16 San Diego Atlanta 36 at 25 Oakland Arizona 27 at 23 Tennessee Yesterday Carolina 27 at 16 Denver BOXING GAGNON TO MEET OLIVERA TONIGHT Former World Bantamweight Champion Fernando Gagnon returns to action for the first time since losing his crown to Luis Romero in May. The Quebec native, with a 32-4-1 record, will face Tony Olivera in Vancouver. Olivera, from San Francisco, is 25-3-2 and coming off a unanimous decision loss to Manual Ortiz. Ortiz was the man Gagnon defeated to win the bantamweight title a year ago. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA *STEAMROLLERS POLLARD LEADS SUMMER LEAGUE SCORING** Second year Providence guard Jim Pollard dominated play in the BAA summer league, leading the loop in scoring while finishing 5th in assists. He also was among the top 25 in rebounds averaging 7.5 a game. First overall pick PF Odie Spears averaged 16.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg for Buffalo. Here are the leaders from the summer league. Code: TOP 10 PPG PRO Jim Pollard SG 25.8 BAL Leo Katkaveck SG 25.7 STL Gene Rock SG 22.5 PIT Herm Klotz SG 21.9 KEN Varum Hunter SF 21.6 NY Paul Huston SF 21.3 NY Bob Harrison SG 20.5 KC Will Pullar PF 20.1 SYR Ray Lumpp SG 19.0 MIN Bob Kurland PG 18.1 TOP 5 RPG NY Paul Huston SF 12.1 NO Jack Rocker C 11.7 KEN Jody Geach C 10.5 PHI Jack Tingle PF 10.5 MIL Red Rocha C 10.2 TOP 5 APG MIN Bob Kurland PG 9.4 NY Jared WashingtonPG 9.1 CIN Bob Davis PG 8.9 SYR Goebel Ritter PG 8.0 PRO Jim Pollard SG 8.0 TOP 5 BPG KEN Jody Geach C 3.0 KC Ray Ellefson C 2.8 KC Lucas Valdez PF 2.6 STL Grant Loubiere C 2.3 BUF Rusty Purdue C 2.3 KEN Dick Holub C 2.3 TOP 5 SPG BUF Nar Patiejunas PG 2.2 BAL Leo Katkaveck SG 2.1 BUF Bruce Hale SG 2.0 CHI Arnie Ferin SF 1.9 NY Paul *Huston SF 1.6 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-22-2004, 01:21 PM	#367
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PIRATES WIN A WILD ONE IN CINCINNATI The Pittsburgh Pirates scored three times in the top of the 8th inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-10 in National League play. The Pirates had led 8-4 in the 7th before the Reds erupted for 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th chasing Pirates starter Preacher Roe. Joe Medwick's bases-loaded double and a 2-run pinch-hit homer off the bat of Jimmy Ripple were the big blows for the Reds. The Reds lead was shortlived as Cincinnati reliever Ewell Blackwell quickly gave up a lead-off double to Billy Myers, walked Ralph Kiner and then served up a 3-run homer to Bob Elliott to make it 11-10 Bucs. Elliott had a huge game for the Pirates, getting 4 hits and scoring 4 runs to go with his 3 rbi's. The victory moves the Pirates a full game ahead of idle Philadelphia atop the National League standings. In Boston, Hank Wyse tossed a 3-hitter as the Chicago Cubs dumped the Braves 9-1. Andy Pafko had 4 hits and catcher Ken O'Dea drove in 4 runs for the winners. In the only other National League game rookie Jackie Robinson had 3 hits and drove in 2 runs to lead Brooklyn past the New York Giants 3-1. SENS STOP FELLER AND INDIANS 4-1 Fred Hutchinson outduelled Bob Feller to lead the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 4-1 in American League action. The win moves the Sens back over the .500 mark and gets them with 7.5 games of the front-running Indians. Hutchinson pitched 8 innings of 5-hit ball and contributed at the plate: his 2-run double with 2 out in the 6th inning snapped what was a 1-1 tie. In other American League games George Staller's second career homer, a 3-run pinch-hit shot in the bottom of the 8th inning gave the Philadelphia Athletics a 6-3 win over New York. In Detroit Al Jurisch improved his record to 16-9 as he pitched the Tigers past Chicago 2-1. Outfielder Dick Wakefield had an rbi double for the Tigers but was injured sliding into second base and will be lost for the season with a torn stomach muscle. Wakefield was hitting .323 at the time of his injury, good for 5th in the league. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 60 44 .577 x ST LOUIS 56 48 .538 4.0 BOSTON 54 49 .524 5.5 WASHINGTON 53 52 .505 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 51 52 .495 8.5 DETROIT 49 55 .471 11.0 NEW YORK 47 58 .448 13.5 CHICAGO 46 58 .442 14.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 62 44 .585 x PHILADELPHIA 59 43 .578 1.0 CHICAGO 58 46 .558 3.0 ST LOUIS 52 51 .505 8.5 CINCINNATI 52 53 .495 9.5 BOSTON 49 53 .480 11.0 NEW YORK 42 61 .408 18.5 BROOKLYN 41 64 .390 20.5 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 6 New York 3 Detroit 2 Chicago 1 Washington 4 Cleveland 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 3 New York 1 Chicago 9 Boston 1 Pittsburgh 11 Cincinnati 10 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (K Heintzelman 11-9, 4.11) at Washington (M Candini 12-12, 3.33) Philadelphia (M Cooper 4-11, 5.09) at Boston (A Karl 16-5, 4.10) Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-0, 2.25) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 11-1, 1.25) New York (T Bonham 11-12, 2.70) at St Louis (T Baker 11-10, 2.87) NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh (D Adkins 7-11, 3.79) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 5.00) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING T Williams Bos .339 B Elliott Pit .340 M Almada Bos .329 G Rosen Bkn .332 M Chartak Wsh .324 J Medwick Cin .332 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 23 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 71 S Chapman Bsn 74 T Williams Bos 69 B Elliott Pit 72 B Young Bos 69 H Clift Chn 63 WINS WINS A Karl Bos 16-5 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Jurisch Det 16-9 P Roe Pit 17-3 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 16-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.25 C Melton Pit 1.97 J Haynes Wsh 2.11 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.31 H Wyse Chn 2.31 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 139 R Barney Bkn 139 V Trucks Det 134 E White StL 138 B Feller Cle 132 P Roe Pit 120 BOXING GAGNON HAS EASY TIME WITH OLIVERA Former World Bantamweight Champion Fernando Gagnon had little trouble outpointing San Francisco native Tony Olivera in a 10 round bout in Vancouver. All 3 judges scored it 99-92 for the Quebec fighter who improves to 33-4-1. The loss, Olivera's second straight, drops his record to 25-4-2. Gagnon is hoping to get another shot at the world title which he lost to Luis Romero in May. Romero lost the title in his first defense to Cuba's Luis Galvani. Upcoming bouts this week include Cuban flyweight Black Pico taking on Little Dado, who hails from the Phillipines. Pico is 16-2 and well on his way to a title shot. Dado had a title shot but after fighting to a draw with Teddy Gardner in the finals of the postwar tournament he lost by unanimous decision in the rematch. Since then Dado lost to Jackie Paterson, who would later beat Gardner for the flyweight title. Dado is 19-4-2. The fight will take place in Havana on Friday. Saturday night in St Louis World Featherweight champion Willie Pep puts his 18-0 record on the line against Missouri native Charlie Riley. Riley, 23-4, is coming off a knockout victory over then number one contender Harold Hoshino. Pep's last fight was a unanimous decision over European champ Ray Famechon. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PRESGRAVES RESIGNS WITH COLONELS Trevor Presgraves, who averaged 18.8 ppg for the Kentucky Colonels last season, has agreed to a 6 year deal with the Colonels. The former standout PG at Notre Dame was named All-League first team a year ago. He started 72 games for the Colonels last season. In other signing news the Boston Celtics inked center Hagen Ochoa. The 6'11 Ochoa was a member of Dallas' world championship team last year after spending the first four years of his career with Cleveland. He averaged 7.6 ppg and 6.7 rpg coming off the bench last year. The former Mississippi State star had expected to start for Dallas but lost his job due to the outstanding play from undrafted rookie John Layton. JOHN LAYTON Layton is also a free agent and probably the most interesting story in the league. A 3-time SWC player of the year and National Player of the Year his senior season, the University of Texas product was bypassed in the NBA draft as scouts felt his lack of athleticism would not allow him to compete at the pro level. Dallas gave him a chance in training camp and he showed enough to make the Chaps roster to start the season. By midseason he was seeing a fair amount of playoff time and he made the starting 5 in January. The rest is history. He averaged 15.7 ppg and 7.2 rpg in the playoffs leading the Chaps to their first league title. Despite starting just 29 games he was named 2nd team all-rookie. Since he just signed the one year deal with Dallas as a non-drafted free agent he is free to negotiate with any team and at age 24 he is the mostly highly sought free agent available. FOOTBALL CANADIAN FOOTBALL SEASON DEBUTS SEPTEMBER 1 The three Canadian Football Leagues have released their schedule for the upcoming season. The 6 team Ontario Rugby Football Union will kick off on Setember 1st with two games : Windsor Royals at Toronto Indians and the Sarnia Imperials visit Hamilton to take on the Wildcats. Defending league champion Toronto Balmy Beach will begin it's season the following week. The 3 team Western League opens on September 4th with defending champion Winnipeg at Regina. The Interprovincial League starts September 6th as the Grey Cup champion Toronto Argos travel to Ottawa to meet the Rough Riders. This year's Grey Cup will be held Saturday December 1st in Toronto. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-23-2004, 01:34 AM	#368
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1947 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA LAYTON SIGNS WITH PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS What a difference a year makes. After not being selected in last year's BAA draft former University of Texas standout John Layton had to settle for an invite to the training camp of the Dallas Chapparels as a non-roster player. He spent most of the first half of the season on the bench but when he finally did get a chance to start Layton made the most of it. He blossomed in the playoffs, averaging over 15 points and 7 rebounds a game, and led the Chaps to their first ever league title. Because he was only signed to a 1 year deal by Dallas he was free to negotiate with any BAA team this offseason. Virtually every team in the league was interested in the 24 year old center but when the dust settled it was the Philadelphia Warriors who had him signed to a 5 year contract. The Warriors hope the Clinton, Mississippi native will be the final piece to get the franchise it's third world championship, somthing that has eluded the Warriors for a decade. Last season they finished second to Baltimore in the Atlantic Division but lost to Pittsburgh in the opening round of the playoffs. For Layton, leaving the state of Texas where he has become something of a basketball god, will certainly be a new experience. Layton led Texas to three staight NCAA appearances including their first ever elite 8 appearance. He graduated as the NCAA all-time career scoring leader with 2262 points. Three time SWC player of the year Layton is the conference career leader in points, rebounds and free throw attempts. Layton capped his college career by winning National Player of the Year Honours in 1945-46. Code: JOHN LAYTON'S STATS AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 42-43 32 31.8 10.8 8.4 0.6 1.3 0.3 1.0 .477 .786 .217 43-44 34 31.3 16.5 11.0 0.1 1.1 1.5 1.9 .546 .824 .311 44-45 36 32.2 18.3 13.8 0.4 1.0 1.1 1.9 .502 .862 .355 45-46 35 31.0 19.9 14.7 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.8 .565 .834 .360 --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- TOTAL 137 31.6 16.5 12.0 0.4 0.9 1.1 1.9 .528 .832 .333 JOHN LAYTON'S BAA STATS YEAR TEAM GP GS MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 46-47 DAL 73 25 18.0 9.5 3.8 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.2 .569 .778 .000 PLAYOFFS YEAR TEAM GP GS MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 46-47 DAL 16 14 27.9 15.7 7.2 1.4 2.7 0.5 0.6 .508 .827 .000 CELTICS PICK PAIR OF PIPERS The Boston Celtics continue to make waves in the free agent pool agreeing to contracts with a pair of former Pittsburgh Pipers just a day after they signed ex-Dallas center Hagen Ochoa. SG Rob Rodriguez and PF Mash Prior are the two newest Celtics after both rejected offers to remain with the Pipers. Rodriguez, a 9 year veteran, spent his entire career with the Pipers after being selected 5th overall in the 1938 draft from USC. He averaged a career best 14.6 ppg last season and was named to the All-Defensive second team. Prior also spent his entire career with the Pipers after being selected 15th overall from Oregon in 1940. He averaged 9.8 ppg and 5.5 rpg last season. The Celtics also announced that veteran SF Leverne Jones has been resigned. Jones had 11.3 ppg for the Celtics a year ago, starting 65 games. The ex-UCLA Bruin has spent the past 3 seasons in Boston after 9 years with Providence. The Pipers did not lose all of their free agents to Boston. 11 year veteran Byron Swygart, who has played 763 games in a Pipers uniform, has agreed to a 2 year deal to remain in Pittsburgh. The SF from Indiana will be entering his 12th BAA campaign. He started 74 games and averaged 14.9 ppg last year. In other signing news Chicago has resigned 2 key pieces of it's division champion from a year ago. First team allstar PF Vin Concepcion has agreed to a 4 year deal with the Stags while SF Ray Sundquist signed a 6 year deal. Vernon Stout, who has spent his entire 10 year pro career in Indianapolis, agreed to another 3 years with the Olympics. The former University of Kentucky star averaged 12.1 ppg a year ago and teamed with center George Mikan to form an imposing presence down low. Kaanan Gochneaur plans to finish his career in Providence. Taken first overall 10 years ago by the Steamrollers, the PG agreed to a 5 year deal yesterday. The former Illinois star averaged 14.1 ppg and 7.1 rpg a year ago. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOHRMAN IMPROVES TO 12-1 AS TRIBE STRETCH LEAD Bill Lohrman ran his record to 12-1 and lowered his major league leading era to 1.18 as the Cleveland Indians beat Chicago 3-1 in American League action. Lohrman, who missed a month and a half with a shoulder injury, scattered 6 hits over 8 innings of work. Ed Klieman took over in relief for the Indians and pitched a scoreless 9th inning. Rightfielder Jim Gleeson led the Cleveland offense with 3 hits including an rbi triple, and scored a pair of runs. The victory allowed the Indians to stretch their lead on second place St Louis to 5 games after the Browns lost 5-2 to New York despite outhitting the Yankees 12-7. Third place Boston also lost yesterday. Homeruns from Eddie Morgan and Buddy Blattner led the Philadelphia Athletics past the Red Sox 5-2 dropping Andy Karl's record to 16-6. After starting the season 13-3 the Boston ace has lost 3 of his last 6 starts. The only other American League contest was a slugfest as Detroit beat Washington 15-11 in a game that saw 32 base hits. Bobby Thomson with 4 rbi's and Buddy Rosar with 3 led the Tigers offense. Les Fleming had 4 hits and scored 4 runs for the Senators. 11 pitchers made an appearance in the game. In the lone National League game Joe Medwick delivered a rbi double in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Cincinnati a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Bucs had tied the game in the top of the ninth on a run scoring single off the bat of Arky Vaughan. The win moves the Reds back to .500 while the Pirates lead on Philadelphia shrinks to half a game. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 61 44 .581 x ST LOUIS 56 49 .533 5.0 BOSTON 54 50 .519 6.5 PHILADELPHIA 52 52 .500 8.5 WASHINGTON 53 53 .500 8.5 DETROIT 50 55 .476 11.0 NEW YORK 48 58 .453 13.5 CHICAGO 46 59 .438 15.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 62 45 .579 x PHILADELPHIA 59 43 .578 0.5 CHICAGO 58 46 .558 2.5 ST LOUIS 52 51 .505 8.0 CINCINNATI 53 53 .500 8.5 BOSTON 49 53 .480 10.5 NEW YORK 42 61 .408 18.0 BROOKLYN 41 64 .390 20.0 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 15 Washington 11 Philadelphia 5 Boston 2 Cleveland 3 Chicago 1 New York 5 St Louis 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 5 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (H White 5-8, 4.12) at Washington (D Errickson 8-14, 4.15) Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.49) at Boston (B Bowman 5-5, 4.35) Chicago (T Shirley 1-1, 2.45) at Cleveland (W Spahn 12-9, 3.24) New York (M Lanier 10-15, 3.58) at St Louis (E Lopat 11-13, 4.43) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 12-11, 3.39) at Boston (J Flores 7-10, 4.92) Chicago (E Head 12-10, 4.05) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 13-7, 4.36) New York (D Koslo 7-15, 4.15) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 12-7, 1.97) St Louis (E White 12-8, 2.91) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-1, 5.20) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING T Williams Bos .341 B Elliott Pit .340 B McCosky Det .334 J Medwick Cin .336 M Almada Bos .328 G Rosen Bkn .332 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 24 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 71 S Chapman Bsn 74 T Williams Bos 70 B Elliott Pit 73 J Heath Cle 69 H Clift Chn 63 WINS WINS A Karl Bos 16-6 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Jurisch Det 16-9 P Roe Pit 17-3 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 16-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.18 C Melton Pit 1.97 J Haynes Wsh 2.11 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.31 H Wyse Chn 2.31 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 139 R Barney Bkn 139 V Trucks Det 134 E White StL 138 B Feller Cle 132 P Roe Pit 120 GOLF COLONIAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY IN FORT WORTH Ben Hogan will begin defense of his Colonial Invitational Tournament title today at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. The event's defending champion and all the other pro golfers are back on American soil after a July trip to Great Britian for the Irish and British Opens. Hogan is far and away the leader on the tour this year as he already has five victories to his credit including the Masters and PGA championship. Here are the results from the first half of the year and the second half schedule. Code: DATES EVENT WINNER April 5-8 Greater Greensboro Open Dai Rees April 12-15 MASTERS Ben Hogan April 26-29 Greater New Orleans Jay Hebert May 3-6 Dallas Invitational Jay Hebert May 10-13 Phoenix Open Bobby Locke May 17-20 Bing Crosby Pro-Am Ed Oliver (playoff) May 24-27 San Diego Open Doug Ford May 31-Jun 3 Texas Open Ben Hogan (playoff) Jun 7-10 Memphis Open Harry Bradshaw Jun 14-17 Canadian Open Ben Hogan Jun 21-24 PGA Ben Hogan Jun 28-Jul 1 Insurance City Open Dick Burton Jul 12-15 Irish Open Ben Hogan Jul 19-22 BRITISH OPEN Herman Keiser Aug 2-5 US AMATEUR Scott xTibbetts Aug 9-12 Colonial National Invitational Aug 16-19 US OPEN St Louis CC, Clayton Mo. Aug 23-26 Tucson Open Tucson National, Tucson Az Aug 30-Sep 2 Western Open Salt Lake CC, Salt Lake Ut Sep 6-9 Los Angles Open Los Angeles Cal. Sep 13-16 RYDER Portland CC, Portland Ore. Sep 20-23 Tournament of Champions Houston CC, Houston Tex TOP 15 MONEY WINNERS NAME PRIZE$ WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 CUTSmade HOGAN 17300 5 10 11 13 SNEAD 9800 0 6 11 12 HEBERT 7813 2 3 5 11 NELSON 7713 0 5 8 12 LOCKE 7625 1 3 6 10 KEISER 7418 1 2 5 9 DEMARET 6463 0 4 6 8 THOMSON 6124 0 2 4 11 FURGOL 5878 0 1 3 10 HARRISON 5837 0 2 5 11 HARPER 5562 0 3 5 10 MIDDLECOFF 5425 0 1 6 8 REES 5363 1 2 5 7 BURTON 5252 1 2 2 10 HAMILTON 4967 0 2 3 10 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SECOND WEEK OF PRESEASON Week Two of the NFL preseason begins tonight with the Oakland Raiders visiting New England to take on the Patriots. Here is the complete slate of games for the week. PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE Thursday August 9 Oakland at New England Friday August 10 Tennessee at Buffalo Denver at Houston Saturday August 11 Washington at Indianapolis Kansas City at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Carolina New York Jets at Cincinnati Minnesota at Seattle Detroit at St Louis Sunday August 12 Tampa Bay at Arizona San Diego at Miami Green Bay at Atlanta New York Giants at San Francisco Chicago at Baltimore Dallas at Cleveland Monday August 13 New Orleans at Jacksonville __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-19-2004, 05:56 PM	#364
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12-27-2004, 12:06 PM	#369
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 1947 BROWNS, RED SOX FADING FROM PENNANT RACE The St Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox are watching their chances of overtaking the Cleveland Indians begin to fade away. The Indians won again yesterday while both the Browns and Red Sox lost leaving St Louis 6 games back and Boston 7.5 behind the front-runners. St Louis, with just 4 wins in the their last 14 games, fell 4-1 at home to the New York Yankees. Eddie Lopat tossed a 5-hitter for the Browns but St Louis could give him little offensive support. The Red Sox have lost 5 straight after Philadelphia scored 3 times in the top of the 10th to beat Boston 5-2 yesterday. Meanwhile the Indians have won 5 of their last 6 games after beating Chicago 9-2 yesterday. Reserve 2B Lou Klein hit a bases-loaded triple and veteran outfielder Jeff Heath drove in a pair of runs to lead the Cleveland offense. Warren Spahn went the distance to run his record to 13-9. In the other American League game Tommy Henrich had 3 hits to help Detroit double Washington 6-3. MELTON AND MULCAHY SHINE FOR NL LEADERS Cliff Melton tossed a 2-hit shutout to improve his record to 13-7 and lower his NL leading era to 1.89 as Pittsburgh blanked the New York Giants 7-0. Bob Elliott hit his 16th homer of the season to lead the Pirates who remain a half game ahead of Philadelphia atop the National League standings. The Phillies got a tremendous pitching performance of their own as Hugh Mulcahy won his 13th game by tossing a complete game 3-hitter in a 4-0 win over Boston. Buster Adams bases loaded double in the first inning provided all the offense Mulcahy would require. Pitching was also the word of the day in Brooklyn where the Cardinals and Dodgers hooked up in a 14 inning marathon. Starters Ernie White and Alex Carrasquel left in the 9th and 10th respectively with the game still scoreless. Both bullpens kept it 0-0 until the Cardinals ended the scoring drought with a Cully Rikard single followed by a Glenn Crawford RBI double to start the 14th inning. The Dodgers could not score in the home half and it ended 1-0 St Louis. There was no shortage of offense in Cincinnati where the visiting Chicago Cubs outscored the Reds 12-7. Harlond Clift paced the Chicago attack with 3 hits and a pair of RBI's. Eddie Lukon drove in 5 runs in a losing cause for Cincinnati. Neither starting pitcher made it past the 4th inning, at which time the score was 8-7 Cubs. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 62 44 .585 x ST LOUIS 56 50 .528 6.0 BOSTON 54 51 .514 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 53 52 .505 8.5 WASHINGTON 53 54 .495 9.5 DETROIT 51 55 .481 11.0 NEW YORK 49 58 .458 13.5 CHICAGO 46 60 .434 16.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 63 45 .583 x PHILADELPHIA 60 43 .583 0.5 CHICAGO 59 46 .562 2.5 ST LOUIS 53 51 .510 8.0 CINCINNATI 53 54 .495 9.5 BOSTON 49 54 .476 11.5 NEW YORK 42 62 .404 19.0 BROOKLYN 41 65 .387 21.0 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 6 Washington 3 Philadelphia 5 Boston 2 (10 inn) Cleveland 9 Chicago 2 New York 4 St Louis 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 4 Boston 0 Chicago 12 Cincinnati 7 Pittsburgh 7 New York 0 St Louis 1 Brooklyn 0 (14 inn) TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (V Trucks 10-12, 2.66) at Washington (J Haynes 12-9, 2.11) Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-8, 3.85) at Boston (E Johnson 13-8, 3.26) Chicago (B Byerly 5-8, 5.44) at Cleveland (R Poat 7-10, 3.43) New York (M Russo 4-3, 3.82) at St Louis (R Scarborough 10-9, 3.53) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (M Macon 11-5, 2.73) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-4, 3.79) Chicago (V Olsen 18-6, 2.84) at Cincinnati (A Carter 13-12, 3.66) New York (R Bauers 9-12, 3.45) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 4-11, 4.26) St Louis (J Hutchings 10-10, 4.43) at Brooklyn (R Barney 6-9, 3.54) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING T Williams Bos .340 B Elliott Pit .342 B McCosky Det .332 J Medwick Cin .336 M Almada Bos .327 H Leiber NYG .329 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 24 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 71 B Elliott Pit 75 J Heath Cle 71 S Chapman Bsn 74 T Williams Bos 70 H Clift Chn 65 WINS WINS A Karl Bos 16-6 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Jurisch Det 16-9 P Roe Pit 17-3 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 16-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.18 C Melton Pit 1.89 J Haynes Wsh 2.11 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.31 H Wyse Chn 2.31 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 139 E White StL 145 W Spahn Cle 137 R Barney Bkn 139 V Trucks Det 134 P Roe Pit 120 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUSHING LEADS RAIDERS PAST PATS 13-3 Johnny Cushing ran for 67 yards and the games only touchdown to lead the Oakland Raiders past the New England Patriots 13-3 in week two preseason action. The victory came at a heavy price for the Raiders who lost backup QB Tony Hall indefinately with a neck injury. One QB who looked very good for Oakland was rookie Tom Maddox. The second round pick from Navy threw for 97 yards and engineered the Oakland touchdown drive. Maddox is battling with Antwan Baker for the starting job. Baker completed just 3 of 7 pass attempts for 26 yards. The Pats defense, which was awful in a loss to Tampa last week, looked much better this time out but the offense failed to come up with any sort of consistancy all game. The victory evens the Raiders preseason record at 1-1 while the Pats fall to 0-2. PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE LAST NIGHT Oakland 13 at 3 New England TODAY Tennessee at Buffalo Denver at Houston Saturday August 11 Washington at Indianapolis Kansas City at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Carolina New York Jets at Cincinnati Minnesota at Seattle Detroit at St Louis Sunday August 12 Tampa Bay at Arizona San Diego at Miami Green Bay at Atlanta New York Giants at San Francisco Chicago at Baltimore Dallas at Cleveland Monday August 13 New Orleans at Jacksonville BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MILNER RESIGNS WITH JAZZ The BAA's career scoring leader has decided he will finish his career with the New Orleans Jazz. Ethan Milner, who with 23,913 career points has scored over 5000 more than any other player in league history, agreed to a 1 year deal with the Jazz. The 36 year old hinted it would be his final season in the league. He has spent the past 4 seasons in New Orleans after 10 years with Dallas. While he was never named league MVP the former SMU star did make 7 postseason allstar teams and won a pair of World Championships in his career. Code: ETHAN MILNER's career stats YEAR TEAM G GS MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 33-34 DAL 74 71 31.7 15.5 3.4 2.3 2.4 0.8 0.5 .373 .778 .300 34-35 DAL 74 72 36.6 28.1 4.9 3.1 3.5 2.0 0.6 .387 .679 .307 35-36 DAL 72 72 39.5 27.4 5.2 4.0 3.8 2.2 0.8 .386 .683 .302 36-37 DAL 74 74 39.9 29.3 5.0 2.9 3.9 1.9 0.7 .393 .744 .291 37-38 DAL 70 70 39.4 28.8 4.7 3.3 4.0 1.8 0.8 .411 .731 .321 38-39 DAL 74 74 35.4 23.6 4.0 4.8 4.8 1.3 0.5 .390 .757 .310 39-40 DAL 73 73 36.0 26.0 4.7 4.1 5.0 1.5 0.8 .387 .705 .311 40-41 DAL 72 72 38.6 26.8 4.4 4.5 4.8 1.5 0.8 .389 .743 .280 41-42 DAL 74 74 35.9 23.7 4.6 4.9 4.3 1.5 0.7 .393 .744 .307 42-43 DAL 65 65 36.3 23.0 4.8 4.4 4.1 1.4 0.8 .392 .695 .311 43-44 NO 72 72 35.8 19.3 4.0 2.6 2.6 1.3 0.8 .393 .740 .308 44-45 NO 74 74 36.4 19.9 4.1 2.7 2.8 1.4 0.8 .390 .770 .298 45-46 NO 74 74 36.8 21.0 4.4 2.9 3.5 1.2 0.7 .376 .788 .303 46-47 NO 72 72 33.5 17.9 4.2 2.8 3.7 1.2 0.4 .377 .741 .294 ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- --- --- ---- --- --- ---- ---- ---- TOTALS 1014 1009 36.5 23.6 4.5 3.5 3.8 1.5 0.7 .389 .734 .303 New Orleans also signed reserve PF Carlos Ouk to a 4 year deal. He had spent the past 3 seasons in Buffalo after the Braves drafted him 15th overall in 1944. In other signing news The Minneapolis Lakers agreed to a 4 year deal with former Indianapolis PG Ahmed Williams. Williams, who has spent his entire 8 year career with the Olympians, averaged 9.3 ppg and 6.3 apg in starting 73 games last year. The 29 year old played his college ball at Mississippi State. Small forward Jonathan Hackett has decided to remain in Indianapolis. Hackett, who has played the past 3 seasons with the Olympians after stints in Minneapolis and St Louis, agreed to a 3 year deal. He started 70 games for Indianapolis last season and averaged 11.7 ppg. Dallas resigned SF Jelani Sides. The Harvard grad started 68 games last season for the World Champion Chaparrals, averaging 10.6 ppg. He has spent two seasons in Dallas after 7 years with Indianapolis. PF Frank Soto will remain in Baltimore after agreeing to a 5 year extension with the Bullets. Soto scored 11.7 ppg and helped Baltimore reach the league championship series. Former Oregon Duck John Abramovic had his option picked up by the New York Knickerbockers. The third year SF averaged just 23.5 minutes a game last year but still scored 11.1 ppg. Finally Syracuse extended the contract of center Damond Bothman. Taken 3rd overall by Kansas City in 1944 Bothman was dealt to the Nationals his rookie season and has improved each of his 3 years in the league. Last season he started 69 games for Syracuse and averaged 8.8 ppg and 7.4 rpg. GOLF* FORMER BASEBALL STAR BYRD SHARES LEAD AT COLONIAL Art Wall and Sam Byrd share the lead after the first round of the Colonial Invitational Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. The pair each shot 6 under par 64 on the opening day of the 4 round event and enjoy a 1 stroke lead on Johnny Bulla and Charles Ward. Byrd is better known as the centerfielder for the New York Yankees. The Yankees released him recently and he decided to concentrate full time on his golf career. Tour money winner Ben Hogan is in a group of 5 golfers two strokes off the pace. Code: Byrd 64 Wall 64 Bulla 65 Ward 65 Furgol 66 Hogan 66 Metz 66 Oliver 66 Sarazen 66 Boros 67 Ferrier 67 Harbert 67 xKeeler-a 67 xTibbetts-a 67 Burke Jr 68 Cotton 68 Dawson-a 68 Hebert 68 Locke 68 Middlecoff 68 Barron 69 Cerda 69 de Vicenzo 69 Faulkner 69 Fazio 69 Haefner 69 Hamilton 69 Harper 69 King 69 Lees 69 Mangrum 69 Shute 69 Stranahan 69 Wood 69 Worsham 69 xAnderson-a 69 xWhistler-a 69 Burton 70 Demaret 70 Ghezzi 70 Horne 70 Little 70 McSpadden 70 Smith 70 Snead 70 Weetman 70 xNehring-a 70 Daly 71 Rees 71 Thomson 71 Von Nida 71 Adams 72 Nelson 72 Revolta 72 Riegel 72 Bolt 73 Bradshaw 73 Carr-a 73 Dutra 73 Ford 73 Harmon 73 Mackay Jr 73 Turnesa 73 Van Donck 73 xDePore-a 73 xScarborough-a 73 xWhite-a 73 Harrison 74 Runyon 74 Bruen 75 Fleck 75 Keiser 75 Rosburg-a 75 xMulvenon-a 77 xMartin-a 79 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-27-2004, 07:33 PM	#370
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	Amazing... __________________ 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

12-27-2004, 07:44 PM	#371
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12-28-2004, 12:01 PM	#372
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY AUGUST 11, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NL LEADERS KEEP WINNING The Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies remain seperated by the narrowest margins atop the National League standings after both posted victories yesterday. In Pittsburgh Ralph Kiner homered and Dick Siebert drove in 3 runs to pace the Pirates past New York 8-2. Vic Raschi, now firmly entrenched in the Pirates rotation after a stint in the pen, pitched 8 innings of 6 hit ball to improve his record to 5-11. Meanwhile in Boston, Del Ennis hit a 3-run homer and Max Macon won his 12th game as the visiting Phillies downed the Braves 4-1. In other National League action Jimmy Outlaw singled in Joe Dimaggio with the game winning run in the bottom of the 10th to give Cincinnati a 3-2 win over Chicago. Rex Barney pitched 8 solid innings to lead Brooklyn past St Louis 4-2. In the American League the Cleveland Indians won again, scoring all their runs in the second inning and hanging on to beat Chicago 3-2. Danny Litwhiler had 3 hits including a homer and drove in both Chicago runs. Litwhiler leads the American League in rbi's. The second place Browns lost 3-2 to New York. Dixie Walker's 7th inning homer accounted for all of the Yankee offense. Third place Boston managed to keep pace with the Indians by beating Philadelphia 9-2 at Fenway. Bobby Doerr had 3 hits including a homer and drove in 4 runs for the Red Sox. Earl Johnson got the win to improve his record to 14-8. In the other game Washington outslugged Detroit 7-5 as Jimmy Haynes won his 13th game of the season for the Sens. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 63 44 .589 x ST LOUIS 56 51 .523 7.0 BOSTON 55 51 .519 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 53 53 .500 9.5 WASHINGTON 54 54 .500 9.5 DETROIT 51 56 .477 12.0 NEW YORK 50 58 .463 13.5 CHICAGO 46 61 .430 17.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 64 45 .587 x PHILADELPHIA 61 43 .587 0.5 CHICAGO 59 47 .557 3.5 ST LOUIS 53 52 .505 9.0 CINCINNATI 54 54 .500 9.5 BOSTON 49 55 .471 12.5 NEW YORK 42 63 .400 20.0 BROOKLYN 42 65 .393 21.0 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 7 Detroit 5 Boston 9 Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 3 Chicago 2 New York 3 St Louis 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 4 Boston 1 Cincinnati 3 Chicago 2 (10 inn) Pittsburgh 8 New York 2 Brooklyn 4 St Louis 2 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit (A Jurisch 16-9, 3.98) at Washington (F Hutchinson 14-12, 3.55) Philadelphia (A Williams 12-10, 3.24) at Boston (R Melton 11-8, 4.13) Chicago (B Fleming 0-2, 4.61) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-7, 2.31) New York (B Bevens 3-2, 4.73) at St Louis (A McKain 11-5, 3.36) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (C Schanz 16-9, 3.66) at Boston (K Chase 9-12, 4.54) Chicago (H Wyse 8-7, 2.31) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 9-6, 3.87) New York (E Wright 3-4, 5.29) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-3, 3.27) St Louis (B Voiselle 11-12, 4.42) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-12, 4.26) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING T Williams Bos .338 B Elliott Pit .343 B McCosky Det .337 J Medwick Cin .335 M Almada Bos .327 H Leiber NYG .329 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 24 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 73 B Elliott Pit 75 J Heath Cle 71 S Chapman Bsn 74 T Williams Bos 71 H Clift Chn 65 WINS WINS A Karl Bos 16-6 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Jurisch Det 16-9 P Roe Pit 17-3 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 16-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.18 C Melton Pit 1.89 J Haynes Wsh 2.19 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.31 H Wyse Chn 2.31 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS V Trucks Det 143 E White StL 145 A Jurisch Det 139 R Barney Bkn 141 W Spahn Cle 137 P Roe Pit 120 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAYLE BREAKS FOOT IN TITANS LOSS Tennessee Titans starting QB Manfred Gayle, a first team AFC allstar a year ago, suffered a broken foot in the Titans 42-20 loss to Buffalo yesterday. The injury could cause the 6th year pro to miss up to the first 4 weeks of the regular season. With Gayle's injury the starting assignment likely falls to backup Terry Kocher, who started 3 games a year ago when Gayle was sidelined. Kocher threw for 109 yards and one touchdown yesterday. The big story aside from the Gayle injury was the running of Buffalo rookie Buddy Young. The second round pick from Illinois gained 105 yards on 10 carries. He also scored 3 touchdowns. The Bills even their preseason record at 1-1 while the Titans fall to 0-2. In Houston, the Texans intercepted 4 Denver passes enroute to a 30-17 victory over the Broncos. Brad Johnson ran for 87 yards and a touchdown while E.G. Atoe threw for 94 yards and a score to lead the Houston offense. Four different Houston defenders picked off a pass including DE William Lester who rambled 15 yards into the endzone after his pick. The Texans improve to 2-0 while Denver falls to 0-2. One of the few bright spots for Denver was rookie Elbie Nichol who had 3 catches including a touchdown reception. PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE Thursday August 9 Oakland 13 at 3 New England LAST NIGHT Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo Denver 17 at 30 Houston TODAY Washington at Indianapolis Kansas City at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Carolina New York Jets at Cincinnati Minnesota at Seattle Detroit at St Louis Sunday August 12 Tampa Bay at Arizona San Diego at Miami Green Bay at Atlanta New York Giants at San Francisco Chicago at Baltimore Dallas at Cleveland Monday August 13 New Orleans at Jacksonville BOXING PEP DEFENDS FEATHERWEIGHT CROWN TONIGHT Willie Pep puts his 18-0 record and his World Featherweight title on the line tonight in St Louis against challenger Charlie Riley. Pep, from Hartford, is coming off of an easy decision win over European champion Ray Famechon last April. Riley, with a 23-4 postwar record, is rated the 6th best featherweight in the world. The St Louis native most recently defeated fellow top 10 contender Harold Hoshino by unanimous decision in May. Last night in Havana flyweight contender Black Pico won a unanimous decision over Little Dado. With the win Pico improves to 17-2 and is certainly deserving of a shot at World Flyweight champion Jackie Paterson. For Dado the loss is his third straight and drops his record to 19-5-2. The 27 year old appears to be nearing the end of his career as he looks to have lost much of his quickness and has had trouble making weight for his recent bouts. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PIPERS INK FRY The Pittsburgh Pipers have resigned an old friend in Ryan Fry. The small forward, who spent 5 years in Pittsburgh beginning in 1939, has passed up an offer to remain with Philadelphia in order to return to the Pipers. The 12th year pro started 70 games for the Warriors last season and averaged 16.2 ppg. In addition to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Fry has also played for Baltimore and Chicago. He was selected first overall by the Stags out of North Carolina in the 1935 draft. While never an allstar, Fry has always been a solid player with a decent scoring touch. The big question is where will he play for the Pipers. With Byron Swygart already entrenched at SF there is a good chance Fry may be moved to SG. The Pipers also inked former Minneapolis PF Kevin Stewart. The 8th year pro, who has also played for the Knickerbockers and Warriors since leaving the University of Kentucky, averaged 5.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg last year. Indianapolis has signed 7-time MVP Draper Lytell to a 1 year contract. While the 37 year old, who spent most of his career with Philadelphia, is well past his prime, Lytell can still contribute off the bench. The point guard had 7.3 ppg coming off the bench for Chicago last season. Indianapolis also resigned SF Javier Meade to a 4 year deal. Meade average 6.3 ppg last season, his third year since being drafted 7th overall from Princeton. The Kansas City Kings added former Providence SG Sol Cooper. The ex-Ohio State Buckeye began his career in Cleveland before joining the Steamrollers 2 years ago. Cooper started 20 games last season and averaged 10.2 ppg. He will backup Kings star SG Gabriel Brown. In other signing news Minneapolis resigned backup center Logan Conyers to a 3 year deal. He averaged 4.7 ppg and 4.9 rpg for the Lakers a year ago. GOLF HOGAN MOVES INTO FIRST PLACE TIE AT THE COLONIAL Ben Hogan and former major league baseball player Sammy Byrd share the lead midway through the Colonial Invitational at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Johnny Bulla, George Fazio and veteran Gene Sarazen are all 1 stroke back. US Amateur champion Scott xTibbetts continues his outstanding season, making the cut as the low amateur. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 TOTAL Byrd 64 68 -8 Hogan 66 66 -8 Bulla 65 68 -7 Fazio 69 64 -7 Sarazen 66 67 -7 Harbert 67 67 -6 Metz 66 68 -6 Ward 65 70 -5 Daly 71 65 -4 Little 70 66 -4 Wall 64 72 -4 Weetman 70 66 -4 Bolt 73 64 -3 Haefner 69 68 -3 Harper 69 68 -3 xTibbetts-a 67 70 -3 Burke Jr 68 70 -2 de Vicenzo 69 69 -2 Furgol 66 72 -2 Ghezzi 70 68 -2 Hebert 68 70 -2 Locke 68 70 -2 Middlecoff 68 70 -2 Oliver 66 72 -2 Rees 71 67 -2 Snead 70 68 -2 Boros 67 72 -1 Bradshaw 73 66 -1 Cotton 68 71 -1 Dawson-a 68 71 -1 Hamilton 69 70 -1 Lees 69 70 -1 Smith 70 69 -1 Wood 69 70 -1 MISSED CUT Adams 72 68 E Ferrier 67 73 E Mangrum 69 71 E Revolta 72 68 E Shute 69 71 E xWhistler-a 69 71 E xWhite-a 73 67 E Burton 70 71 1 Carr-a 73 68 1 Demaret 70 71 1 Faulkner 69 72 1 Thomson 71 70 1 Van Donck 73 68 1 Worsham 69 72 1 xNehring-a 70 71 1 Barron 69 73 2 Dutra 73 69 2 Horne 70 72 2 Mackay Jr 73 69 2 Nelson 72 70 2 Von Nida 71 71 2 xAnderson-a 69 73 2 Ford 73 70 3 Harmon 73 70 3 King 69 74 3 Stranahan 69 74 3 Turnesa 73 70 3 xDePore-a 73 70 3 Cerda 69 75 4 xKeeler-a 67 77 4 xScarborough-a 73 71 4 McSpadden 70 75 5 Riegel 72 73 5 Rosburg-a 75 70 5 Keiser 75 71 6 Fleck 75 73 8 Runyon 74 74 8 Harrison 74 75 9 xMulvenon-a 77 72 9 Bruen 75 76 11 xMartin-a 79 74 13 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 12-28-2004 at 12:04 PM.

12-28-2004, 03:28 PM	#374
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY AUGUST 12, 1947 BOXING PEP RETAINS FEATHERWEIGHT CROWN WITH TKO WIN Willie Pep improved his perfect record to 19-0 as he had little trouble beating Charlie Riley in the challenger's hometown of St Louis. Pep clearly won every round before the referee stopped the fight in the 13th when Riley was sent to the canvas for the third time in the bout. Riley did beat the count and get back on his feet but both of his eyes were such a mess the referee had no choice but to stop the bout. Riley, who looked so good in his last fight against contender Harold Hoshino, was no match for the champion. The loss drops Riley's record to 23-5 and further illustrates just how dominant Pep is in the division. Each of Pep's three postwar title defenses have been extremely lobsided affairs. Next up for Pep is likely Henry Armstrong, who is 30-2. However, Armstrong is coming off of a loss to Sandy Saddler who was easily beaten by Pep last year. Before Pep fights a serious contender he has scheduled a pair of fights in Los Angeles over the next couple of months. He is slated to face Chico Rosa on August 30th and Georgie Hansford on September 22nd. Rosa is 25-10-2 while Hansford is 21-13. The next big fight is Friday night when another undefeated champion puts his title on the line. Heavyweight champ Joe Louis (9-0) meets Ezzard Charles (20-1) at Madison Square Garden. Charles suffered his only postwar defeat at the hands of Louis last September in the post war tournament title matchup. Since then Charles has beaten top 10 fighters Tommy Gomez and Clarence Henry both via knockout. Louis, who beat Charles with an 8th round TKO, has won by 4th round knockout over both Tami Mauriello and Nathan Mann in his recent bouts. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PHILLIES MOVE AHEAD OF BUCS IN NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE Charley Schanz and two relievers combined on a 7 hit shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies blanked Boston 2-0. Schanz also drove in a run as he improved his record to 17-9. The other Philadelphia run came on Ray Sanders 11th homer of the season. That win, coupled with Pittsburgh's 5-4 loss at home to New York, moved the Phillies a half game ahead of the Pirates atop the National League standings. The Giants beat Pittsburgh with 2 runs in the top of the 9th after Tom Ferrick had taken over for Preacher Roe on the hill for the Bucs. Sid Gordon and Vince Dimaggio each had 3 hits, including rbi's singles in the 9th to pace the New York attack. Elsewhere Gene Scharein homered and Walker Cooper had 3 hits as St Louis blasted Brooklyn 7-1 while Stan Ferens pitched a 4-hit shutout to improve his record to 10-6 in Cincinnati's 5-0 win over Chicago. The top 3 teams in the American League all suffered losses yesterday so the Cleveland Indians lead remains at 7 games over St Louis and 7.5 on Boston. Danny Litwhiler drove in 3 runs as the Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland 9-3. The Yankees completed a 4-game sweep of St Louis with a 3-2 win. In Boston, Rudy York homered twice to lead the Philadelphia A's past the Red Sox 10-5. The other game saw Detroit score 3 unearned runs enroute to a 4-1 win over Washington. Al Jurisch allowed just 4 hits in 8 innings for the Tigers to get his 17th win of the season. Former Tiger Fred Hutchinson took the loss and falls to 14-13 despite allowing just 5 Detroit hits in the game. 3 Washington errors including two from 3B Buddy Lewis proved the difference in the game. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 63 45 .583 x ST LOUIS 56 52 .519 7.0 BOSTON 55 52 .514 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 54 53 .505 8.5 WASHINGTON 54 55 .495 9.5 DETROIT 52 56 .481 11.0 NEW YORK 51 58 .468 12.5 CHICAGO 47 61 .435 16.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 62 43 .590 x PITTSBURGH 64 46 .582 0.5 CHICAGO 59 48 .551 4.0 ST LOUIS 54 52 .509 8.5 CINCINNATI 55 54 .505 9.0 BOSTON 49 56 .467 13.0 NEW YORK 43 63 .406 19.5 BROOKLYN 42 66 .389 21.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 4 Washington 1 Philadelphia 10 Boston 5 Chicago 9 Cleveland 3 New York 3 St Louis 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 2 Boston 0 Cincinnati 5 Chicago 0 New York 5 Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 7 Brooklyn 1 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (S Roser 2-2, 6.25) at Washington (M Candini 12-12, 3.60) Detroit (K Heintzelman 11-9, 4.34) at Boston (A Karl 16-6, 4.09) Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-1, 2.81) at St Louis (T Baker 11-11, 2.94) New York (T Bonham 12-12, 2.64) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 12-1, 1.18) NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia (V Lombardi 12-9, 3.28) at Boston (S Gromek 13-7, 3.75) Chicago (P Erickson 8-14, 4.53) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 4.89) New York (S Emmerich 1-1, 2.29) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 7-11, 3.85) St Louis (G Dockins 7-9, 4.11) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-14, 4.52) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING T Williams Bos .333 B Elliott Pit .342 B McCosky Det .333 J Medwick Cin .335 M Almada Bos .329 G Rosen Bkn .330 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 24 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 76 B Elliott Pit 76 J Heath Cle 73 S Chapman Bsn 74 T Williams Bos 71 H Clift Chn 65 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Karl Bos 16-6 P Roe Pit 17-3 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 17-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.18 C Melton Pit 1.89 J Haynes Wsh 2.19 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.51 H Wyse Chn 2.49 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 144 E White StL 145 V Trucks Det 143 R Barney Bkn 141 B Feller Cle 140 P Roe Pit 124 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON WEEK TWO GROCE MAKES BID TO KEEP STARTING JOB IN KC Ulish Groce took a step forward in his battle with Tommy Thompson for the starting quarterback job in Kansas City. Groce passed for 107 yards and engineered two scoring drives in the Chiefs 16-7 victory over Pittsburgh. Thompson, who missed all of last season with an injury, did not fare too badly either. He completed 5 of 8 pass attempts for 60 yards but failed to put any points on the board. Bruce Jones 4 yard run in the first quarter finished off a 75 yard drive and accounted for the only touchdown of the game. Kansas City rookie DT Weldon Humble notched his first sack. The win evens the Chiefs record at 1-1 while the Steelers drop to 0-2. COLTS 30 REDSKINS 13* Free agent pickup Eric Poppinga had another big game for Indianapolis. The ex-Giants signal caller passed for 142 yards and 1 touchdown to help the Colts past a disinterested Washington squad 30-13. Sammy Baugh was awful for the Redskins, overthrowing receivers consistantly and getting picked off twice. The Colts are 2-0 while the Redskins drop to 0-2. PANTHERS 20 EAGLES 17* Running back Dee Irvin turned a little swing pass into a 54 yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to give the Carolina Panthers a 20-17 victory over Philadelphia. The Panthers pass rush had a dominant game, registering 5 sacks including two from DE Renaldo Lewis. On the down side for the Panthers, QB Jesse LaFleur, who looked so good a week ago against Denver, completed just 1 of 6 pass attempts and was picked off twice. LaFleur is trying to regain the starting job he lost to Javon Jamieson two years ago. JETS 20 BENGALS 9 Despite passing for well over 300 yards the Cincinnati Bengals were held to just 3 field goals in a 20-9 loss to the New York Jets. The Jets got a 35 yard touchdown catch from superstar RB Steve Van Buren and a 75 yard fumble return for a touchdown from all-pro defensive lineman Paul Jones. Jets QB Keith Reeves threw for 167 yards but he was overshadowed by Cincinnati's Bud Rutledge who threw for 177. Backup Bengals QB Sam Scarpitto had 147 yards in the air as well. Both clubs are now 1-1. VIKINGS 22 SEAHAWKS 10* Wes Moore returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown and George Musgrave kicked three first half field goals, including a 51 yarder as the half came to an end, to lead Minnesota past Seattle 22-10. Both clubs are 1-1 after 2 preseason games. Neither team managed to generate much offense in the game. RAMS 24 LIONS 20 Two fourth quarter touchdowns gave the St Louis Rams a 24-20 win over the Detroit Lions in preseason action. Rams QB Ron Dugans had an outstanding game, completing 11 of 15 passes for 146 yards and one touchdown. His Detroit counterpart, Bob Waterfield, also looked good completing 8 of 14 for 86 yards. Lions running back Fred Johnson led all rushers with 74 yards on the ground. Rams FS Nathan Sehorn, in a battle to keep his starting job, provided the winning touchdown with a 45 yard interception return with 5 minutes remaining in the game. PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE Thursday August 9 Oakland 13 at 3 New England Friday August 10 Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo Denver 17 at 30 Houston YESTERDAY Washington 13 at 30 Indianapolis Kansas City 16 at 7 Pittsburgh Philadelphia 17 at 20 Carolina New York Jets 20 at 9 Cincinnati Minnesota 22 at 10 Seattle Detroit 20 at 24 St Louis TODAY Tampa Bay at Arizona San Diego at Miami Green Bay at Atlanta New York Giants at San Francisco Chicago at Baltimore Dallas at Cleveland Monday August 13 New Orleans at Jacksonville BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA* DALLAS LOSES ANOTHER MEMBER OF TITLE SQUAD Point guard Freddie Scolari is the lastest member of the World Champion Dallas Chaparrels to join another team. The former University of San Francisco star has signed a 3 year deal with the Pittsburgh Pipers. In 4 seasons with the Chaps, Scolari averaged 8.7 pph and 5.3 apg. He started 63 regular season games last year and played in all 16 of Dallas' playoff contests. With Taro Devane already manning the point guard spot for the Pipers, Scolari will likely split shooting guard duties with another newcomer, Ryan Fry. Dallas did make a move to shore up the middle after centers John Layton and Hagen Ochoa chose to sign elsewhere. Dez Guglielmina returns to his home state after spending 13 seasons with the Knicks, Bombers and Cavs. A standout at the University of Texas, Guglielmina started just 7 games a year ago but should add leadership and will tutor first round pick Arnie Risen, who as it stands now will be the starting center for the Chaps. Minneapolis signed SF Taylor Bitzenhofer. The 10 year veteran has spent most of his career as a backup and that won't change this year as he will sit behind Joe Fulks on the depth chart. The former first round pick from Boston College appeared in 47 games for New Orleans last season. He has also had stops in Buffalo and Cleveland during his career. GOLF* FORMER BASEBALL STAR BYRD STILL HAS SHARE OF LEAD Former New York Yankees outfielder Sammy Byrd continues to have a share of the lead at the Colonial Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. Byrd, who has played some winter events the past half dozen years, turned to golf full-time just a few weeks ago when the New York Yankees released him. In his 18 years with the Yankees the 39 year old batted .287 with 68 career homeruns. In 3 events on the tour this season Byrd has won $613. In real life Byrd won 23 professional tournaments after his baseball career. Byrd is tied with George Fazio at 12 under par, 2 strokes ahead of Ben Hogan. Veteran Gene Sarazen is enjoying his best event of the year. He is tied with Sam Snead, 4 strokes off the pace heading into today's final round. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 Total Byrd 64 68 66 -12 Fazio 69 64 65 -12 Hogan 66 66 68 -10 Sarazen 66 67 69 -8 Snead 70 68 64 -8 Hebert 68 70 65 -7 Daly 71 65 68 -6 Harbert 67 67 70 -6 Rees 71 67 66 -6 Wall 64 72 68 -6 Metz 66 68 71 -5 Oliver 66 72 67 -5 Ward 65 70 70 -5 Bulla 65 68 73 -4 Haefner 69 68 69 -4 Hamilton 69 70 67 -4 Locke 68 70 68 -4 Little 70 66 71 -3 Middlecoff 68 70 69 -3 xTibbetts-a 67 70 70 -3 Cotton 68 71 69 -2 Harper 69 68 71 -2 Lees 69 70 69 -2 Weetman 70 66 72 -2 Bolt 73 64 72 -1 de Vicenzo 69 69 71 -1 Ghezzi 70 68 71 -1 Wood 69 70 70 -1 Boros 67 72 71 E Bradshaw 73 66 71 E Smith 70 69 71 E Dawson-a 68 71 72 1 Furgol 66 72 73 1 Burke Jr 68 70 75 3 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-28-2004, 05:57 PM	#375
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12-30-2004, 02:27 AM	#376
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 13, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PHILLIES AND PIRATES BEGIN 4 GAME SET TODAY The Philadelphia Phillies have never won the National League Pennant. In fact, they have not even been in a pennant race since they finished 1 game back of the Cubs in 1907. The Phillies did finish second in 1911 and 1917 but in both cases they were way behind the league winner. Since 1918 they have only finished as high as third once and have finished below .500 each of the last 8 seasons. Yet somehow the upstart Phillies find themselves in the thick of a National League Pennant race against the winningest team in baseball history - the defending champion Pittsburgh Pirates who boast 15 pennants and 6 World Series titles in their franchise history. The next 4 days will go a long ways towards determining if this truly will be a miracle season for Philadelphia as the Phillies start a 4 game series with the Pirates at Forbes Field. After that the two clubs will have just 3 head to head contests left - in Philadelphia during the final week of the season. The key to the Phillies success has been something that rarely is seen in this city - a dominant pitching staff. Charley Schanz (17-9, 3.52) has come out of nowhere to be a dominant starter. The 28 year old was 4-6 in his career heading into this season. The same can be said for 31 year old Max Macon (12-5, 2.85). Macon never started a major league game prior to this season and was 1-6 as a reliever. 24 year old Vic Lombardi (12-10, 3.33) is doing what was expected of his after a strong sophomore season a year ago and 33 year old veteran Hugh Mulcahy (13-11, 3.25) seems finally able to shake his nickname 'Losing Pitcher'. 39 year old Bill Swift, with a 268-215 career record, graciously moved to the bullpen early in the season and has added veteran leadership to the staff. The Philadelphia offense is not overpowering but it is steady. Catcher Bennie Warren (.264,6,30), 1B Ray Sanders (.291,11,51), veteran 2B Joe Gordon (.218,18,52), 3B Jim Tabor (.251,4,19) and SS Mickey Witek (.286,3,27) man the infield while 22 year old Del Ennis (.272,8,53) and veterans Bobby Estalella (.289,5,52) and Buster Adams (.262,14,54) patrol the outfield. In yesterday's action the Phillies dropped a half game back of Pittsburgh. Steve Gromek and the Boston Braves 6-hit the Phillies in a 6-2 Boston win while Pittsburgh scored 5 times in the bottom of the 8th to top New York 7-3. Arky Vaughan's bases loaded triple was the big blow of the inning. Ralph Kiner also hit a solo homer, his 12th. The Cubs are just 3.5 games off the pace after Chicago scored 4 times in the top of the 13th to beat Cincinnati 9-5. Bill Nicholson and Eddie Waitkus each hit 2-run singles during the big inning. In the other National League game Walker Cooper's 3-run homer in the top of the 9th gave St Louis a 6-4 win over Brooklyn. The St Louis Browns dropped their 5th straight game and are now 8 games behind Cleveland in the American League. Norm Schlueter's pinch-hit rbi single in the top of the 12th gave Chicago a 12-11 win over the Browns. Meanwhile the Indians scored 5 times in the bottom of the 9th and once in the 10th to beat New York 7-6. Lou Boudreau's 7th homer of the season ended the game. In other American League action Detroit beat Boston 6-4 thanks to an 8th inning homerun from Tommy Henrich. Ken Heintzelman got the win to improve to 12-9 while Andy Karl fell to 16-7. There were late inning heroics in Washington as Cecil Travis delivered an rbi single with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth giving the Senators a 5-4 win over Philadelphia. PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS Detroit outfielder Tommy Henrich and Pittsburgh 3B Bob Elliott have been named the major league players of the week. Henrich had 12 hits in 24 at bats and drove in 7 runs while Elliott also hit .500 with 7 rbi's. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 64 45 .587 x ST LOUIS 56 53 .514 8.0 BOSTON 55 53 .509 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 54 54 .500 9.5 WASHINGTON 55 55 .500 9.5 DETROIT 53 56 .486 11.0 NEW YORK 51 59 .464 13.5 CHICAGO 48 61 .440 16.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 65 46 .586 x PHILADELPHIA 62 44 .585 0.5 CHICAGO 60 48 .556 3.5 ST LOUIS 55 52 .514 8.0 CINCINNATI 55 55 .500 9.5 BOSTON 50 56 .472 12.5 NEW YORK 43 64 .402 20.0 BROOKLYN 42 67 .385 22.0 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 5 Philadelphia 4 Detroit 6 Boston 4 Chicago 12 St Louis 11 (12 inn) Cleveland 7 New York 6 (10 inn) NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 6 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 9 Cincinnati 5 (13 inn) Pittsburgh 7 New York 3 St Louis 6 Brooklyn 4 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.46) at Washington (D Errickson 8-15, 4.14) Detroit (H White 6-8, 4.01) at Boston (B Bowman 5-5, 4.25) Chicago (M Stratton 0-0, 20.26) at St Louis (E Lopat 11-14, 4.24) New York (M Lanier 11-15, 3.49) at Cleveland (W Spahn 13-9, 3.19) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (D Koslo 7-16, 4.27) at Boston (J Flores 7-11, 4.82) Chicago (E Head 12-10, 4.17) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-1, 4.25) St Louis (E White 12-8, 2.79) at Cincinnati (H Feldman 13-8, 4.65) Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 13-11, 3.25) at Pittsburgh (13-7, 1.89) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING B McCosky Det .333 B Elliott Pit .342 T Williams Bos .331 J Medwick Cin .335 M Almada Bos .328 G Rosen Bkn .329 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 24 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 15 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 77 B Elliott Pit 76 J Heath Cle 74 S Chapman Bsn 74 W Judnich SLB 72 W Cooper StL 67 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-3 F Caligiuri Pha 14-9 C Schanz Phi 17-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.46 C Melton Pit 1.89 J Haynes Wsh 2.19 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.51 H Wyse Chn 2.49 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 144 E White StL 145 V Trucks Det 143 R Barney Bkn 141 B Feller Cle 140 P Roe Pit 124 BOXING MARCIANO WINS PRO DEBUT Promising young heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano won his professional debut, scoring a first round TKO over Sonny Nichols in New Haven. The Brockton, Mass. native was all over his opponent and Nichols barely landed a punch. By the time the first round was 2 minutes old Nichols was 'out on his feet' and the referee wisely stopped the fight. Nichols, from Portland, Maine, sees his record drop to 0-4. GOLF HOGAN RALLIES TO WIN COLONIAL When Ben Hogan is in contention on the final day of a tournament it is almost a given that the engraver can begin to work on the trophy. Yesterday was no different as Hogan overcame a 2 stroke deficeit entering the round and easily won his 6th tournament of the year. Hogan carded a 5 under par 65 to overtake Saturday's co-leaders: Sammy Byrd and George Fazio. Byrd, the former professional ballplayer, wilted under the pressure and finished with a 1 over 71 while Fazio shot a 69 to claim second place, two strokes back of Hogan. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 Total PRIZE $ Hogan 66 66 68 65 265 -15 1800 Fazio 69 64 65 69 267 -13 1000 Harbert 67 67 70 64 268 -12 950 Byrd 64 68 66 71 269 -11 900 Daly 71 65 68 67 271 -9 825 Rees 71 67 66 67 271 -9 825 Hebert 68 70 65 69 272 -8 750 Middlecoff 68 70 69 65 272 -8 750 Ward 65 70 70 67 272 -8 750 Sarazen 66 67 69 71 273 -7 700 Haefner 69 68 69 68 274 -6 650 Little 70 66 71 67 274 -6 650 de Vicenzo 69 69 71 66 275 -5 600 Snead 70 68 64 73 275 -5 600 Locke 68 70 68 70 276 -4 550 Wall 64 72 68 72 276 -4 550 xTibbetts-a 67 70 70 69 276 -4 amat Boros 67 72 71 67 277 -3 500 Hamilton 69 70 67 71 277 -3 500 Lees 69 70 69 70 278 -2 450 Bolt 73 64 72 70 279 -1 400 Cotton 68 71 69 71 279 -1 400 Bradshaw 73 66 71 70 280 E 350 Furgol 66 72 73 69 280 E 350 Harper 69 68 71 72 280 E 350 Oliver 66 72 67 75 280 E 350 Bulla 65 68 73 75 281 1 250 Burke Jr 68 70 75 68 281 1 250 Smith 70 69 71 71 281 1 250 Weetman 70 66 72 73 281 1 250 Wood 69 70 70 72 281 1 250 Dawson-a 68 71 72 71 282 2 amat Ghezzi 70 68 71 74 283 3 150 Metz 66 68 71 78 283 3 150 MONEY LEADERS NAME PRIZE$ WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 CUTS made HOGAN 19100 6 11 12 14 SNEAD 10400 0 6 11 13 HEBERT 8563 2 3 6 12 LOCKE 8175 1 3 6 11 NELSON 7713 0 5 8 12 KEISER 7418 1 2 5 9 DEMARET 6463 0 4 6 8 FURGOL 6228 0 1 3 11 REES 6188 1 3 6 8 MIDDLECOFF 6175 0 1 7 9 EVENT CALENDAR DATES EVENT VENUE WINNER April 5-8 Greater Greensboro Forest Oaks CC Greensboro NC Dai Rees April 12-15 MASTERS Augusta National Ben Hogan April 26-29 Greater New Orleans City Park, New Orleans Jay Hebert May 3-6 Dallas Invitational Lakewood CC, Dallas Jay Hebert May 10-13 Phoenix Open Phoenix CC Bobby Locke May 17-20 Bing Crosby Pro-Am Pebble Beach Ed Oliver (p) May 24-27 San Diego Open Torrey Pines, San Diego Doug Ford May 31-Jun 3 Texas Open Brackenridge GC San Antonio Ben Hogan (p) Jun 7-10 Memphis Open Memphis CC Harry Bradshaw Jun 14-17 Canadian Open Scarboro CC, Toronto Ben Hogan Jun 21-24 PGA Plum Hollow CC Detroit Ben Hogan Jun 28-Jul 1 Insurance City Open Edgewood CC, Hartford, Dick Burton Jul 12-15 Irish Open Portrush, Ireland Ben Hogan Jul 19-22 BRITISH Hoylake Liverpool Herman Keiser Aug 9-12 Colonial Invitational Colonial CC, Fort Worth Ben Hogan Aug 16-19 US OPEN St Louis CC, Clayton Mo. Aug 23-26 Tucson Open Tucson National, Tucson Az Aug 30-Sep 2 Western Open Salt Lake CC, Salt Lake Ut Sep 6-9 Los Angles Open Los Angeles Sep 13-16 RYDER CUP Portland CC, Portland Ore. Sep 20-23 Tournament of Champions Houston CC, Houston Tex NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON WEEK TWO DOLPHINS OFFENSE EXPLODES AGAINST SAN DIEGO QB Woody Brooks threw for 187 yards and one touchdown to lead the Miami Dolphins to their second straight preseason victory, 38-14 over San Diego. In all the three Miami QB's in the game passed for 3 touchdowns and 309 yards. Starting WR Keyou Kinard was the biggest beneficiary of the qb success, catching 5 balls for 105 yards. The Dolphins also beat up San Diego on the ground as they ran for 184 yards including 82 from backup RB Mel Rogers. One of the few bright spots for the Chargers was the play of rookie QB Les Horvath, who completed 8 of 13 passes for 82 yards. BUCS 13 CARDINALS 6* Paul Christman and John Zeno connected on the games only touchdown, a 20 yard pass just before half-time, as Tampa improved to 2-0 with a 13-6 win over Arizona. Cardinals allstar DB Booker Hasselbeck looked in midseason form, leading the team with 7 tackles and adding a sack and a forced fumble. Otto Graham completed 5 of 10 pass attempts for 62 yards for the Bucs. FALCONS 31 PACKERS 21 Atlanta tight end Aaron Carmichael had 2 touchdown catches including an 85 yarder to lead the Falcons to their second preseason win, topping Green Bay 31-21. Antowain Anderson had 92 yards rushing for the Falcons. Both QB's battling for the starting job in Green Bay looked sharp. Jordan Montana completed 13 of 15 passes for 122 yards while Stanford rookie Frank Albert completed 8 of 10 for 100 yards. Each QB threw a touchdown pass to star receiver Don Hutson. 49ERS 22 GIANTS 18 Third string QB Ike Meier's second touchdown pass of the game, a 31 yard strike to Art Adamson with less than 2 minutes to play, gave the San Francisco 49ers their second preseason win. Despite suffering their second straight loss the Giants can be happy with the play of Harry Gilmer. The second round pick from Alabama appears to have the inside track on the starting QB job after passing for 152 yards and one touchdown. Veteran starting linebacker Mel Heim also had a big day for the Giants, notching 2 sacks and 6 tackles. RAVENS 35 BEARS 28* Despite the positive final score the Baltimore Ravens had little to be happy about in their win over Chicago. With the first team in the game the Bears built a 21-0 lead before the scrubs took over and the Ravens pulled out a second half comeback. Frankie Morrall led the Bears defense with a pair of interceptions as Baltimore QB John Foster had a rough day. For the Bears George McAfee ran for a pair of touchdowns and Sid Luckman threw for 137 yards. In the second half it was backup Baltimore QB Shelton Wiley who got the Ravens moving, leading them to 4 touchdowns. BROWNS 36 COWBOYS 28 The Browns offense had a far better showing than last week when Detroit held them to just 3 first downs. WR Zach Kruczek had 4 catches for 111 yards and 1 touchdown to lead Cleveland past Dallas 36-28. However, it was the defense that pulled out the win for Cleveland. Tommy Risien and LeRoy Strom each returned a 4th quarter interception for Cleveland touchdowns. In all Dallas backup QB Bart Thompson was picked off 4 times, spoiling a strong effort from starting signal-caller Doug Schroeder, who completed 15 out of 20 passes for 197 yards and 2 touchdowns. First overall draft pick George Savitsky had another tough game. The DE from Pennsylvania managed just 1 tackle and constantly being double-teamed put little pressure on the Browns QB's. PRESEASON WEEK TWO SCHEDULE Thursday August 9 Oakland 13 at 3 New England Friday August 10 Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo Denver 17 at 30 Houston Saturday August 11 Washington 13 at 30 Indianapolis Kansas City 16 at 7 Pittsburgh Philadelphia 17 at 20 Carolina New York Jets 20 at 9 Cincinnati Minnesota 22 at 10 Seattle Detroit 20 at 24 St Louis YESTERDAY Tampa Bay 13 at 6 Arizona San Diego 14 at 38 Miami Green Bay 21 at 31 Atlanta New York Giants 18 at 22 San Francisco Chicago 28 at 35 Baltimore Dallas 28 at 36 Cleveland TONIGHT New Orleans at Jacksonville BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA* NEW ORLEANS SIGNS BRUISING CENTER SANDERS 7'0" center Bam Sanders has agreed to a 1 year deal with the New Orleans Jazz. Sanders, who had 10.2 ppg and 8.2 rpg will be a tremendous tutor for rookie Jack *Rocker and may go a long way towards helping the Jazz back to respectability. After winning back to back league titles in 1945 and 1946 the Jazz dropped to the bottom of the Midwest Division a year ago and missed the playoffs entirely. However, Sanders joins a solid core of veterans including guards Ethan Miller and Daniel Gray along with PF Taliek Barraza. If the Jazz can find themselves a decent small forward they could be the most improved team in the league this season. Sanders has played for Boston, Cleveland, Kentucky and Philadelphia in his 11 year pro career. He played his college ball at Oklahoma A&M and was the Big 8 player of the year as a junior. He made the all-conference team his senior season despite missing nearly two months with an injury. He played sparingly but was a member of the Cowboys only NCAA title team during his sophomore season. Code: BAM SANDERS CAREER STATS AT OKLAHOMA A&M YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 32-33 35 20.0 10.0 7.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.9 .663 .765 .000 33-34 40 13.5 4.9 5.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.0 .485 .745 .000 34-35 34 30.1 14.8 13.4 1.6 1.6 1.3 2.9 .595 .759 .000 35-36 19 28.8 11.0 17.3 0.6 0.6 2.0 6.4 .484 .757 1.000 --- --- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----- car 128 22.0 9.8 10.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 2.3 .574 .757 1.000 BAM SANDERS CAREER STATS AS A PRO YEAR TEAM G GS MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 36-37 BOS 68 66 29.3 14.2 7.8 1.4 2.8 0.9 1.4 .502 .739 .000 37-38 BOS 66 63 27.3 12.9 7.2 1.6 2.8 0.6 1.3 .458 .707 .000 38-39 BOS 74 74 27.7 11.7 6.6 1.8 2.6 0.9 1.4 .508 .713 .000 39-40 BOS 65 64 29.1 13.4 7.4 1.4 2.3 1.0 1.5 .497 .744 .000 40-41 CLE 69 68 28.5 11.0 7.3 1.1 1.9 0.6 1.1 .470 .736 .000 41-42 CLE 73 73 29.8 10.1 8.0 1.6 2.2 0.7 1.2 .462 .743 .000 42-43 CLE 74 69 29.9 9.4 7.4 1.4 2.1 0.7 1.4 .447 .739 .000 43-44 CLE 74 12 23.6 8.4 6.1 1.3 1.5 0.7 1.1 .499 .713 .000 44-45 KEN 70 21 22.8 7.7 5.6 1.2 2.0 0.5 1.2 .452 .729 .000 45-46 PHI 68 47 27.8 10.7 7.0 1.5 2.5 0.7 1.2 .506 .684 .500 46-47 PHI 67 67 30.2 10.2 8.2 1.6 2.0 0.6 1.4 .450 .720 .000 --- --- --- --- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- TOTALS 768 624 27.8 10.8 7.2 1.5 2.2 0.7 1.3 .478 .724 .500 The Indianapolis Olympians signed PG Kenneth Yumas to a 3 year deal. The 8th year pro from Seton Hall split last season between Pittsburgh and Kentucky. He spent his first six season in Minneapolis. Last year he averaged 2.3 ppg as he was used quite sparringly. However, with the Olympians he will have a chance to start, something he has not done since 1944, his final season in Minneapolis. With Ahmed Williams gone to Minneapolis the Olympians look to have just Yumas or veteran Draper Lytell to play point guard. Lytell is a 7 time MVP but his best days are well behind him so barring a late move Yumas will be the man in Indy. Syracuse signed ex-Minneapolis backup SF Robert Stennis. The 12th year pro returns to the city where he played his college ball to wind up his BAA career. The ex-Orangeman spent 8 seasons with the Lakers after 4 seasons with the Kentucky Colonels. He averaged 7.2 ppg a year ago. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-30-2004, 10:24 PM	#377
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY AUGUST 14, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PIRATES TOP PHILLIES 6-1 Cliff Melton tossed a complete game 7-hitter while Phillies starter Hugh Mulcahy struggled with his control all game. The result was a 6-1 Pittsburgh victory allowing the Pirates to draw first blood in their 4 game homestand against the second place Phillies. Pittsburgh took a quick lead in the second inning when Bob Elliott led off with a triple and scored on a Tony Cuccinello ground out. The Phillies evened things in the fourth on an rbi single from catcher Bennie Warren but walks cost Philadelphia a run in each of the next 3 innings. In all, Phillies starter Hugh Mulcahy walked 11 Pittsburgh batters, a career worst for him. The win moves the Pirates a game and a half ahead of Philadelphia. The pitching matchup today definately favours the Phils as 12 game winner Max Macon takes the hill against Pittsburgh rookie Vic Raschi (5-11). The Chicago Cubs are staying in the National League race thanks to their second straight 13 inning victory. This time Brooklyn was the victim as Eddie Waitkus hit a 2-run triple in the top of the 13th to give the Cubs a 6-4 win. In other action Frankie Hayes hit a pair of homers and Johnny Mize delivered a game winning rbi single in the bottom of the 10th as Cincinnati beat St Louis 6-5 while Boston topped New York by the same 6-5 score. St Louis and Boston both won in American League play but neither managed to gain any ground on front-running Cleveland as the Indians also emerged victorious. Oscar Grimes hit a 3-run homer and Warren Spahn won his 14th game of the season as the Tribe beat New York 9-7. Mel Almada had 3 hits and drove in 3 runs as Boston crushed Detroit 10-3 while in St Louis Vern Stephens homered and drove in 5 runs as the Browns outslugged Chicago 12-8. The other game had Philadelphia beat Washington 3-2 in 10 innings. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 65 45 .591 x ST LOUIS 57 53 .518 8.0 BOSTON 56 53 .514 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 55 54 .505 9.5 WASHINGTON 55 56 .495 10.5 DETROIT 53 57 .482 12.0 NEW YORK 51 60 .459 14.5 CHICAGO 48 62 .436 17.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 66 46 .589 x PHILADELPHIA 62 45 .579 1.5 CHICAGO 61 48 .560 3.5 ST LOUIS 55 53 .509 9.0 CINCINNATI 56 55 .505 9.5 BOSTON 51 56 .477 12.5 NEW YORK 43 65 .398 21.0 BROOKLYN 42 68 .382 23.0 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 3 Washington 2 (10 inn) Boston 10 Detroit 3 St Louis 12 Chicago 8 Cleveland 9 New York 7 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 6 New York 5 Chicago 6 Brooklyn 4 (13 inn) Cincinnati 6 St Louis 5 (11 inn) Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 1 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (M Russo 5-3, 3.67) at Cleveland (R Poat 8-10, 3.30) Chicago (B Byerly 5-9, 5.35) at Washington (J Haynes 13-9, 2.19) Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-9, 4.16) at St Louis (R Scarborough 10-10, 3.55) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (R Bauers 9-13, 3.68) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-5, 3.81) Chicago (V Olsen 18-6, 2.82) at Brooklyn (R Barney 7-9, 3.44) St Louis (J Hutchings 10-11, 4.45) at Cincinnati (A Carter 13-12, 3.59) Philadelphia (M Macon 12-5, 2.66) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-11, 4.05) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING B McCosky Det .333 B Elliott Pit .345 M Almada Bos .331 G Rosen Bkn .332 T Williams Bos .328 J Medwick Cin .331 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 24 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 16 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 77 B Elliott Pit 77 J Heath Cle 74 S Chapman Bsn 74 W Judnich SLB 73 W Cooper StL 67 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-3 W Spahn Cle 14-9 C Schanz Phi 17-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.46 C Melton Pit 1.85 J Haynes Wsh 2.19 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.51 H Wyse Chn 2.49 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 144 E White StL 152 V Trucks Det 143 R Barney Bkn 141 W Spahn Cle 142 P Roe Pit 124 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON WEEK TWO JAGS TRIM SAINTS IN PRESEASON PLAY Keith Musso and Reggie Chancey each ran for a touchdown to lead the Jacksonville Jaguars past the New Orleans 24-23 in week two preseason action. New Orleans led 13-10 at the half as Saints allstar RB Todd Berger gained 141 yards on 11 carries. QB Ryan Boyette also had a good half for New Orleans, completing 11 of 19 for 94 yards including a 40 yard touchdown pass to Bob Sommer. New Orleans increased it's lead to 23-10 in the third quarter before the Jags got a 3 yard run for a score from Musso and a 15 yard Bennie Burrow to Bobby Wright TD pass late in the fourth quarter. The win improves the Jags to 2-0 while New Orleans is 1-1. Code: NFC STANDINGS North W L T PCT PF PA Detroit 1 1 0 .500 33 24 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 22 31 Chicago 0 2 0 .000 58 76 Green Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 76 East W L T PCT PF PA Dallas 1 1 0 .500 49 45 Giants 0 2 0 .000 28 46 Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 20 47 Washington 0 2 0 .000 30 50 South W L T PCT PF PA Atlanta 2 0 0 1.000 67 46 Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 47 33 Tampa Bay 2 0 0 1.000 43 34 New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 51 49 West W L T PCT PF PA San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 39 24 St. Louis 2 0 0 1.000 52 36 Arizona 1 1 0 .500 34 36 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 50 39 AFC STANDINGS North W L T PCT PF PA Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 55 45 Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 33 30 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 36 41 Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 32 44 East W L T PCT PF PA Miami 2 0 0 1.000 79 44 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 51 41 NY Jets 1 1 0 .500 26 26 New England 0 2 0 .000 30 43 South W L T PCT PF PA Houston 2 0 0 1.000 51 17 Indianapolis 2 0 0 1.000 75 23 Jacksonville 2 0 0 1.000 51 26 Tennessee 0 2 0 .000 43 69 West W L T PCT PF PA Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 33 47 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 38 39 Denver 0 2 0 .000 33 57 San Diego 0 2 0 .000 30 66 PRESEASON WEEK TWO RESULTS Thursday August 9 Oakland 13 at 3 New England Friday August 10 Tennessee 20 at 42 Buffalo Denver 17 at 30 Houston Saturday August 11 Washington 13 at 30 Indianapolis Kansas City 16 at 7 Pittsburgh Philadelphia 17 at 20 Carolina New York Jets 20 at 9 Cincinnati Minnesota 22 at 10 Seattle Detroit 20 at 24 St Louis Sunday August 12 Tampa Bay 13 at 6 Arizona San Diego 14 at 38 Miami Green Bay 21 at 31 Atlanta New York Giants 18 at 22 San Francisco Chicago 28 at 35 Baltimore Dallas 28 at 36 Cleveland Last Night New Orleans 23 at 24 Jacksonville NEXT WEEK'S GAMES Friday August 17 Houston at Green Bay Pittsburgh at New York Giants Miami at Minnesota Saturday August 18 San Francisco at San Diego St Louis at Oakland Jacksonville at Chicago Atlanta at Tennessee New England at New Orleans Seattle at New York Jets Sunday August 19 Baltimore at Detroit Cincinnati at Philadelphia Buffalo at Washington Carolina at Kansas City Cleveland at Denver Arizona at Dallas Monday August 20 Indianapolis at Tampa Bay BOXING PLENTY OF FUTURE STARS ENTERING RANKS With Rocky Marciano having just made his pro debut I thought it would be interesting to profile a few of the up and coming boxers that should make some noise in the next few years. Here are the top 10 fighters with less than 5 professional bouts: 1- Rocky Marciano - The 24 year old from Brockton, Mass. appears to be well on his way to a shot at the heavyweight title. That title shot might be a couple of years down the road but Marciano plans on being very busy over the coming months. Presently he is 1-0 after a first round TKO over Sonny Nichols. 2- Duilio Loi - Just 18, the Italian lightweight is set to turn pro late this year. In real life he was often overlooked because he fought exclusively in Europe but his career record was 115-3-8. A tremendous defensive fighter, Loi did not possess knockout ability but was an Italian, European and World Champion. 3- Carmen Basilio - The 20 year old former Marine is an onion farmer from Canastota, New York. However, if all goes according to form the welterweight will contend for a World Championship. In real life he was one of the most popular fighters of his era due to a tough, gritty style. Basilio was 56-16-7 in his career. He will make his pro debut in my universe later this year. 4- Holly Mims - 19 year old is set to make his pro debut next year. The Washington DC native has a chance to be a factor in the middleweight division. In real life he was 62-27-6. 5- Joey Giradello - 19 year old from Philadelphia was a world middleweight champion in his real life career. He was 101-25-7. Described as a very clever boxer with not much of a knockout punch. 6- Lester Felton - The Detroit native is another 19 year old ready to turn pro in the middleweight division. Began his real life career 28-0 but never had a title shot. Finished with a 59-17-3 career record. 7- Gustav Scholz - 18 year old German light-heavyweight will turn pro later this year. In real life he was 86-2-6 with one of his losses coming in a World title shot against Harold Johnson. 8- Roland LaStarza - 20 year old from New York City may one day challenge Rocky Marciano for the heavyweight title of the world. In real life LaStarza won his first 37 fights before losing to Marciano. A second loss to Marciano, for the World title in 1953 was called the fight of the year. Was 57-9 for his career. LaStarza will make his TSN debut this week. 9- Phil Kim - 20 year old lightweight from Honolulu will also make his pro debut this week. He was 43-15-3 for his career in real life. 10- Jeffrey xSmith - 20 year old boardmember created fighter from LeClaire, Iowa is off to a 2-0 start in the heavyweight division. His next fight will be a big challenge when he takes on Turkey Thompson tonight. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA STEAMROLLERS ADD 3 PLAYERS With just a few days remaining in the free agent signing period the Providence Steamrollers decided to make some noise. With all 5 of their starters from last season still under contract Providence added some depth by signing 3 key reserves. Veteran PG Ben Gosford had 7.8 ppg and 5.5 apg as the 6th man in Minneapolis a year ago. The 13th year pro from Indiana should see plenty of action spelling guards Kaanan Gochneaur and Jim Pollard. Add in to the mix first round draft pick George Feigenbaum and the Steamrollers are stacked in the backcourt. Forwards Chuck Halbert and Lourdes Aguero also were signed by Providence yesterday. Halbert, a former second round pick from San Francisco, has developed nicely in his 3 seasons in the league. He had 8.2 ppg and 4.6 rpg for Pittsburgh last year. Aguero is entering his 9th season but has been bothered by injuries much of his career. With Indianapolis a year ago he played just 53 games and averaged 8.3 ppg. If he could ever stay healthy he could compete for a starting job at the small forward position. In other signing news one of the league's most popular players, Cameron Belli, has signed with Milwaukee after 14 seasons in New Orleans. The former first overall pick from the University of Florida averaged a career worst 8.9 ppg a year ago. Belli is 6th in career points in league history and third all-time in steals. Eight times he was named the league's defensive player of the year and he was a member of 4 league championship teams with New Orleans. Belli was the first pick in the first college draft in league history. Code: CAMERON BELLI CAREER BAA STATS TEAM G GS MPG PPG RPG APG TOPG SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 33-34 NO 65 65 14.8 4.8 2.6 1.1 1.4 0.6 0.8 .346 .740 .200 34-35 NO 74 74 38.2 17.9 7.8 3.1 4.0 2.2 1.4 .357 .705 .198 35-36 NO 71 71 36.7 20.0 6.7 2.3 3.9 2.0 1.7 .391 .755 .273 36-37 NO 74 74 39.1 21.2 7.6 3.2 4.2 2.6 1.8 .382 .753 .271 37-38 NO 74 74 37.7 20.4 6.9 2.3 3.9 1.9 1.8 .407 .781 .268 38-39 NO 74 74 33.4 15.9 6.0 2.4 3.8 2.1 2.0 .352 .746 .236 39-40 NO 74 74 35.0 17.6 6.5 2.3 4.1 1.9 1.8 .358 .740 .244 40-41 NO 74 74 37.6 18.9 6.3 2.0 3.6 1.8 2.0 .388 .739 .251 41-42 NO 74 74 34.0 15.0 6.5 2.2 3.4 1.5 1.9 .354 .771 .248 42-43 NO 74 74 35.5 15.7 5.8 2.0 3.7 1.9 2.1 .369 .744 .277 43-44 NO 74 74 35.1 13.6 6.3 2.1 2.8 1.7 1.7 .401 .767 .265 44-45 NO 74 74 35.4 12.0 5.6 1.8 2.6 1.6 1.9 .372 .779 .235 45-46 NO 74 74 35.3 12.8 6.2 2.1 3.3 1.7 2.0 .378 .745 .295 46-47 NO 63 63 31.8 8.9 5.0 2.2 3.1 1.5 1.5 .372 .735 .190 ---- ---- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- TOTALS 1013 1013 34.4 15.5 6.2 2.2 3.4 1.8 1.8 .375 .750 .251 Kentucky added PG Matt Butts, who played just 30 games for Syracuse last season. The 9th year pro from the University of Texas won't see a lot of action as he will be backing up one of the league's best young players in Colonels star Trevor Presgraves, who was a first team allstar last year, his third season in the league. The St Louis Bombers now have 6 centers under contract after inking former Fort Wayne starter Bryan Courson. Courson averaged 8.8 ppg and 6.6 rpg last year, his first as a starter with the Pistons after 4 seasons as a backup in Philadelphia. Philadelphia inked ex Boston guard Demarrio Johnson to a 2 year deal. Johnson averaged 7.8 ppg last season as he split the year between Dallas and Boston. Finally, the New York Knickerbockers have signed Caston Cook, who was a backup in Cleveland last year. Code: BAA ALL-TIME CAREER SCORING LEADERS NAME PTS TEAMS 1 Ethan Milner 23913 Dal 33-42, NO 43-present 2 Matt Graham 18721 Kent 34-present 3 Draper Lytell 18063 Phi 33-45, Chi 45-46 4 Ryan Brumsey 17394 FtW 35-present 5 Moto Hybarger 16535 Cle 34-37, FtW 38-present 6 Cameron Belli 15697 NO 33-46 7 Justin Rhoad 15593 Buf 36-39, Syr 40-present 8 Jim Cokley 15454 KC 36-present 9 Peter Warren 15054 Bal 35-present 10 Joseph Mozell 14907 NY 35-38 Bal 39-present __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-31-2004, 02:52 PM	#378
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CUBS EXTRA-EFFORT IS MAKING NL A 3 TEAM RACE With their third straight extra-inning victory the Chicago Cubs have moved to within 2.5 games of the National League lead. Trailing 4-3 in the top of the ninth Phil Rizzuto delivered a one-out rbi triple to tie the game and then Rizzuto clobbered a solo homerun in the 15th to give the Cubs a 5-4 win in Brooklyn. Eddie Waitkus also homered for the Cubs who won each of their previous two games in the 13th inning. Cubs ace Vern Olsen was not around for the decision so he did not get his 19th win of the season but Olsen did pitch 9 strong innings. Jackie Robinson led the Dodgers with 3 hits and a pair of rbi's. The Philadelphia Phillies evened their 4-game series in Pittsburgh at 1 win apiece after a 4-2 victory yesterday. Buster Adams hit a 2-run homer to key a 3 run opening inning outburst and Phillies starter Max Macon (13-5, 2.66) made the lead stand up. Pirates starter Vic Raschi settled down after the first inning but still saw his record drop to 5-12. The win moves the Phillies to within a half game of front running Pittsburgh. In other National League action Grady Hatton and Johnny Mize each had 3 hits as Cincinnati trimmed St Louis 5-4. Arnold Carter won his 14th game of the season for the Reds. In Boston, Ross Bauers (10-13, 3.62) had his best game of the season, 5-hitting the Braves in a 5-2 New York Giants win. AMERICAN LEAGUE The Cleveland Indians continue to roll right along. The Tribe have won 9 of their last 11 games after a 5-1 win over visiting New York yesterday. Backup catcher Mike Tresh homered in a 4-run second inning to help Ray Poat improve his record to 9-10. Poat and 2 relievers combined to hold the Yankees to just 4 hits in the game. Milt Byrnes hit a walk-off grand slam with one out in the 10th inning to give the St Louis Browns a 9-5 win over Philadelphia. In the only other American League game Morrie Anderholt hit 2 homers including a grand slam as Washington dumped Chicago 12-8. Jimmy Haynes got the win to improve to 14-9 as he bids for his third straight 20 win season. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 66 45 .595 x ST LOUIS 58 53 .523 8.0 BOSTON 56 53 .514 9.0 PHILADELPHIA 55 55 .500 10.5 WASHINGTON 56 56 .500 10.5 DETROIT 53 57 .482 12.5 NEW YORK 51 61 .455 15.5 CHICAGO 48 63 .432 18.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PITTSBURGH 66 47 .584 x PHILADELPHIA 63 45 .583 0.5 CHICAGO 62 48 .564 2.5 CINCINNATI 57 55 .509 8.5 ST LOUIS 55 54 .505 9.0 BOSTON 51 57 .472 12.5 NEW YORK 44 65 .404 20.0 BROOKLYN 42 69 .378 23.0 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 5 New York 1 Washington 12 Chicago 8 St Louis 7 Philadelphia 3 (10 inn) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 5 Boston 2 Chicago 5 Brooklyn 4 (15 inn) Cincinnati 5 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago (B Fleming 1-2, 4.40) at Washington (F Hutchinson 14-13, 3.45) New York (B Bevens 4-2, 4.02) at Boston (E Johnson 14-8, 3.21) Detroit (V Trucks 10-13, 2.77) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-8, 2.51) Philadelphia (A Williams 13-10, 3.29) at St Louis (A McKain 11-6, 3.35) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (E Wright 4-4, 5.20) at Boston (K Chase 9-13, 4.21) Chicago (H Wyse 8-8, 2.49) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-13, 4.45) St Louis (B Voiselle 12-12, 4.27) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 10-6, 3.65) Philadelphia (C Schanz 17-9, 3.52) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-3, 3.27) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING B McCosky Det .333 B Elliott Pit .345 M Almada Bos .331 G Rosen Bkn .330 T Williams Bos .328 H Leiber NY .329 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 24 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 16 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 18 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 78 B Elliott Pit 77 J Heath Cle 74 S Chapman Bsn 74 W Judnich SLB 73 W Cooper StL 67 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-3 W Spahn Cle 14-9 C Schanz Phi 17-9 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.46 C Melton Pit 1.85 J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.51 H Wyse Chn 2.49 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 144 E White StL 152 V Trucks Det 143 R Barney Bkn 145 W Spahn Cle 142 P Roe Pit 124 GOLF US OPEN BEGINS TOMORROW IN ST LOUIS Harry Bradshaw is set to begin defense of his US Open Golf Championship. The Irishman won last year's event in Cleveland. The fourth and final major of the year will tee off tomorrow at the St Louis Golf and Country Club in Clayton, Missouri. Ben Hogan, who has dominated the tour this year winning 6 events including the Masters and PGA championship, is once again the favourite to win at St Louis. It was also announced this week that the Riveria Country Club in Los Angeles will host next year's tournament while in 1948 it will be held for the first time in Medinah, Illinois. Code: Here are the recent major event winners: 1947 MASTERS Ben Hogan PGA Ben Hogan BRITISH Herman Keiser US OPEN ? 1946 MASTERS Ben Hogan PGA Byron Nelson BRITISH Byron Nelson US OPEN Harry Bradshaw BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA STAGS REACQUIRE MACEINA The Chicago Stags signed free agent SG Narunas Maceina to a 2 year deal bringing the former Baylor star back to the team he began his pro career with. Maceina was taken 10th overall by the Stags in 1941 and spent 4 years in a Chicago uniform before playing in Philadelphia the past two seasons. His best year was 1944-45 when he started 64 games for the Stags and averaged 11.6 ppg. The last two seasons in Philadelphia he averaged less than 12 minutes a game coming off the bench. Maciena will not get a chance to start in Chicago as he will be backing up AJ Lambert, who averaged nearly 18 points a game last season. No major signings announced yesterday as the free agent period winds down. There are just 3 days left so a couple of teams made some depth moves. Kentucky inked ex Kansas City center Jason Tello and former Pittsburgh PG Yohan Hyland to 1 year deals. Syracuse signed 11 year veteran SF Robert Aylworth to a 1 year deal. Aylworth averaged 3.4 ppg for Milwaukee last season. Finally Minneapolis resigned Art Morris to a 1 year deal. The 13 year pro averaged just 4 minutes a game for the Lakers last season. He has also played for Dallas, Syracuse and Washington in his career. BOXING UP AND COMING HEAVYWEIGHT xSMITH WINS AGAIN After struggling in the early rounds 20 year old heavyweight Jeffrey xSmith finished with a flurry in his bout with veteran Turkey Thompson. Thompson seemed to clearly win the first 4 rounds of the 8 round bout before Smith caught him with a punishing shot to the ribs early in the 5th. Thompson dropped to the canvas after that blow and while he did get back up he was no match for the youngster from that point on as xSmith won a close but unanimous decision. xSmith, a native of LeClaire, Iowa, improves to 3-0 and is considered one of the new breed of heavyweight contenders along with Rocky Marciano, Roland LaStarza and Bob Baker. Next up for xSmith will be a September matchup against Detroit native Marty Marshall. 22 years old and nicknamed the Michigan Bomber, Marshall won his pro debut last week over Dayton's Johnny Clemons. Thompson's record falls to 13-11 but he has faced some very tough competition along the way. The 28 year old can count Ezzard Charles and Archie Moore among his losses and he took both of those men to a decision. One other heavyweight bout last night saw JT 'The New York Assassin' xCampbell win by TKO over fellow New Yorker Carmine Vingo. The 18 year old xCampbell is now 2-0-1 and is also working his way up the division. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

12-31-2004, 03:12 PM	#379
Carlton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,765	I don't know how to feel I won my fight, but the Phillies are choking again! __________________ "I am at that stage of my life where I keep myself out of arguments. I am 100% self sufficient spiritually, emotionally & financially. Even if you say 1+1=5, you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Enjoy!"