TIGER FAN'S SPORTING NEWS: A multi-sport dynasty - Page 20

Tiger Fan · 01-01-2005, 04:56 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 1947

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL RELEASED : IRISH NUMBER 1!
Notre Dame heads the list as the 1947 college football preseason poll was released today. The Fighting Irish led by senior QB Johnny *Lujack are the favourites after finishing second to Army in last season's year end poll. In addition to Heisman candidate *Lujack, Notre Dame is loaded with senior HB Fred *Evans and WR James xDavis along with a solid defense lead by ends Bob *Dove and George *Sullivan.

The University of Michigan, which finished 3rd in the polls last year is ranked second to start the season. Key Michigan contributers will be QB Daryll xRansford and RB Bump *Elliott. Texas had a terrible season a year ago but with senior QB Bobby *Layne the Longhorns are looking to redeem themselves this year.

Despite losing quarterback Charles *Trippi to graduation the Georgia Bulldogs are the 4th ranked team heading into the season. Senior Steve xKuffrey will have his work cut out for him replacing Trippi under center but he has an outstanding supporting cast led by RB Andy *Dudish, WR Tyler xGriffin and LB Bill *Godwin.

Rounding out the top 5 is Penn State. The strength of the Nittany Lions is their offensive line led by tackle John *Nolan and G Steve *Suhey who should clear some big holes for HB David xHunter.

1947 TSN PRESEASON TOP 20 (last years final ranking in brackets)
1 Notre Dame (2)
2 Michigan (3)
3 Texas (nr)
4 Georgia (5)
5 Penn State (nr)
6 Southern California (nr)
7 North Carolina (4)
8 SMU (nr)
9 Army (1)
10 Mississippi (nr)
11 Alabama (16)
12 Oklahoma (17)
13 Rice (6)
14 Kansas (nr)
15 Kentucky (nr)
16 Virginia (nr)
17 Rutgers (16)
18 UCLA (7)
19 Pennsylvania (9)
20 Hardin-Simmons (13)

Over the next few weeks TSN will have a detailed look at each of the major conferences including the top independants.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SCHANZ WINS DUEL OF 17-GAME WINNERS
In a battle of 17 game winners Charley Schanz outduelled Preacher Roe and helped the Philadelphia Phillies move a half game ahead of Pittsburgh atop the National League with a 7-4 win over the Pirates. The game was hardly the classic pitching duel that was expected as Philadelphia scored a run in the first on Joe Gordon's 19th homer of the season before the Pirates answered with 3 runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. All 3 of the Pittsburgh runs were unearned as the Phillies committed a pair of miscues in the first inning. The scoring continued in the second inning as Philadelphia plated 3 runs, 2 on a Joe Gordon double, before Pittsburgh answered with one of their own in the home half to tie the game at 4 after 2 innings.

The Phillies settled down at that point as Schanz would allow just 2 more Pittsburgh hits the rest of the way and Lefty Wilkie would pitch a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save. Roe would have more trouble in the 6th and be chased after Philadelphia plated 3 more runs thanks to a Buster Adams homerun. Schanz improves his record to 18-9 while Roe falls to 17-4.

With 18 wins in their last 21 games the Chicago Cubs haved moved into the thick of the National League pennant race. Yesterday spare outfielder George Case was the hero for the Cubs as he had 3 hits including a homer and drove in 3 runs in an 8-4 Chicago win at Brooklyn. 29 year old Hank Wyse went the distance for the Cubs to improve his record to 9-8. The victory moves Chicago to within 2 games of first place Philadelphia atop the National League. Tough news for the Dodgers in the game as they lost 2B Jackie Robinson for a couple of weeks with a back injury. Robinson was hitting .253 with 10 homers and 50 rbi's at the time. He is also leading the majors with 25 stolen bases.

Former St Louis Cardinal Stan Ferens tossed a complete game shutout to lead Cincinnati past his old team 4-0. Joe Dimaggio had a pair of rbi's to lead the Reds. In the other National League game the New York Giants hammered Boston 14-8. Vince Dimaggio homered and drove in 6 runs for the Giants while Sid Gordon added a pair of solo homers. Whitey Kurowski had 5 rbi's in a losing cause for the Braves.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Cleveland Indians suffered a rare loss when leading entering the ninth. Detroit got a solo homerun from former Indian Hal Trosky in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 3 and then won it with 4 runs in the 10th inning. Bobby Thomson and Red Kress each hit 2 runs singles off of Indians reliever Johnny Babich to give Detroit the 7-3 win. Indians starter Bob Feller was forced to leave the game in the 6th inning with a tight shoulder but he is expected to be okay for his next start.

The St Louis Browns beat Philadelphia 6-4 to gain a little ground on the front-running Indians. Outfielder Eddie Silber had a pair of rbi's for the Browns while Archie McKain won his 13th game of the season. Third place Boston also won, hammering the Yankees 12-6. Red Sox slugger Ted Williams broke out of a 5-for-33 slump in a big way, hitting a double and a homer while driving in 5 runs. Mel Almada went 4-for-5 and has taken over the American League batting lead.

In the other American League contest Fred Hutchinson won his 15th game of the season and Cecil Travis hit a 3-run homer to lead Washington past Chicago 6-2.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	66	46	.589	  x
ST LOUIS	59	53	.527	 7.0
BOSTON		57	53	.518	 8.0
WASHINGTON	57	56	.504	 9.5
PHILADELPHIA	55	56	.495	10.5
DETROIT		54	57	.486	11.5
NEW YORK	51	62	.451	15.5
CHICAGO		48	64	.429	18.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	64	45	.587	  x
PITTSBURGH	66	48	.579	 0.5
CHICAGO		63	48	.568	 2.0
CINCINNATI	58	55	.513	 8.0
ST LOUIS	55	55	.500	 9.5
BOSTON		51	58	.468	13.0
NEW YORK	45	65	.409	19.5
BROOKLYN	42	70	.375	23.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 6 Chicago 2
Boston 12 New York 6
Detroit 7 Cleveland 3 (10 inn)
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 14 Boston 8
Chicago 8 Brooklyn 4
Cincinnati 4 St Louis 0
Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 4

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (T Shirley 1-2, 5.73) at Washington (M Candini 12-12, 3.53)
New York (T Bonham 12-12, 2.70) at Boston (A Karl 16-7, 4.10)
Detroit (A Jurisch 17-9, 3.87) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 12-1, 1.46)
Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.41) at St Louis (E Lopat 12-14, 4.33)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (S Emmerich 1-2, 3.28) at Boston (S Gromek 14-7, 3.68)
Chicago (P Erickson 8-14, 4.57) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-14, 4.44)
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 12-10, 3.33) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 8-11, 3.67)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .338		B Elliott Pit	.345
B McCosky Det	 .332		G Rosen Bkn	.334
T Williams Bos	 .331		H Leiber NY	.332

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	25		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	17		H Clift Chn	20
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	19

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 78		B Elliott Pit	77
T Williams Bos	 76		S Chapman Bsn	74
J Heath Cle	 74		J Mize Cin	68

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7		C Schanz Phi	18-9
F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13		P Roe Pit	17-4

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	2.53		H Wyse Chn	     2.58

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
V Trucks Det	 147		E White StL	152
A Jurisch Det	 144		R Barney Bkn	145
B Feller Cle	 144		P Roe Pit	131

BOXING
PROMISING HEAVYWEIGHT LASTARZA WINS DEBUT
Bronx native Roland LaStarza, a heavyweight with plenty of promise, lived up to the advance billing in his professional debut. LaStarza won an easy 8 round unanimous decision over journeyman Hank Cooper in Newart last night. LaStarza, who sent Cooper to the floor twice in the bout, won every round and by an unofficial count landed 212 punches to his opponents total of 27. LaStarza is expected to fight 3 more bouts before the end of the year including his next match on Sunday September 9th against an as of yet undetermined opponent.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
KNICKS SIGN BARUFALDI
The New York Knickerbockers have signed former St Louis starting center Brenden Barufaldi to a 1 year contract. The 9th year pro started 65 games for the Bombers a year ago, averaging 6.9 pph and 6.9 rpg. Prior to the Bombers the former University of California grad played with Philadelphia, Fort Wayne and Kansas City. He is expected to compete with Leonard Loch, who has been the Knicks starting center the past 4 seasons.

The Chicago Stags announced a couple of moves yesterday. First they resigned PF Johnny *Jorgensen. The third year pro from Mississippi State was a second round pick of the Stags. He averaged 7.3 ppg in a reserve role last season. Chicago also longtime backup guard Pete Lathrop to their roster. The 30 year old split last season between St Louis and Kansas City. The former Washington State star has also played with Pittsburgh and Syracuse in the BAA.

In other news Kansas City signed former Minneapolis backup PG Michael Burtch. Kentucky inked small forward James Stout, who spent last season with the Braves after 6 years in Dallas while Fort Wayne resigned 3rd year guard Billy *Hassett to a 1 year deal.

Tiger Fan · 01-02-2005, 02:35 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY AUGUST 17, 1947

BOXING
LOUIS-CHARLES HEAVYWEIGHT REMATCH TONIGHT
There is plenty of excitement in New York tonight as preparation is complete for what many feel will be the fight of the year as world heavyweight champion Joe Louis meets top ranked contender Ezzard Charles. Louis is a perfect 9-0 in his postwar career while Charles is 20-1 with his only loss coming to Louis on an 8th round TKO last year. There was so much demand for tickets that the fight has been shifted from Madison Square Garden to Yankee Stadium where it is completely sold out.

Last night Phil Kim, rated as one of the 10 best young fighters easily won his professional debut in San Francisco. The 21 year old from Honolulu scored a unanimous decision over Freddie Herman. The 22 year old Herman is 7-11 in his career.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PHIL'S ROY SANDERS SLAMS PIRATES
First baseman Roy Sanders hit a 9th inning grand slam to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past Pittsburgh 8-3 in National League play. The victory gave the Phillies 3 wins in their 4 game trip to Pittsburgh and increased their lead on the second place Pirates to a game and a half. Things do not get any easier for the Pirates who now have to regroup with 4 games against the red-hot Chicago Cubs while the Phillies head to Brooklyn to meet the last place Dodgers.

The Cubs completed a 4 game sweep of the Dodgers at Ebbetts Field with an 11-5 win yesterday. Harlond Clift with his 21st of the season and Bill Nicholson homered for the Cubs while catcher Ken O'Dea had his second straight 3-hit game. In the only other National League game Steve Gromek improved his record to 15-7 as Boston dumped New York 4-1.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
39 year old Ival Goodman was the hero in Cleveland. Trailing Detroit 3-0 Goodman hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 7th and won the game with a 2-run double with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth inning. The 4-3 victory improved Bill Lohrman's record to 13-1. Detroit reliever Frankie Biscan took the loss as he was unable to preserve the win for ace Al Jurisch who pitched 8 strong innings.

St Louis gave away a 5-0 lead after 5 innings against Philadelphia but the Browns pulled out the victory with an rbi single off the bat of Vic Wertz in the bottom of the 12th inning. Johnny Pesky drove in 3 runs as Boston beat New York 6-4 while in Washington Phil Cavarretta's 12th homer of the season helped the Senators past Chicago 5-4.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	67	46	.593	  x
ST LOUIS	60	53	.531	 7.0
BOSTON		58	53	.523	 8.0
WASHINGTON	58	56	.509	 9.5
PHILADELPHIA	55	57	.491	11.5
DETROIT		54	58	.482	12.5
NEW YORK	51	63	.447	16.5
CHICAGO		48	65	.425	19.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	65	45	.591	  x
PITTSBURGH	66	49	.574	 1.5
CHICAGO		64	48	.571	 2.0
CINCINNATI	58	55	.513	 8.5
ST LOUIS	55	55	.500	10.0
BOSTON		52	58	.473	13.0
NEW YORK	45	66	.405	20.5
BROOKLYN	42	71	.372	24.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5 Chicago 4
Boston 6 New York 4
Cleveland 4 Detroit 3
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 5 (12 inn)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4 New York 1
Chicago 11 Brooklyn 5
Philadelphia 8 Pittsburgh 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-1, 6.63) at Washington (D Errickson 8-15, 4.08)
New York (M Lanier 11-16, 3.65) at Boston (R Melton 11-9, 4.05)
Detroit (K Heintzelman 12-9, 4.24) at Cleveland (W Spahn 14-9, 3.31)
Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.41) at St Louis (E Lopat 12-14, 4.33)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (X Rescingo 3-2, 3.99) at Boston (J Flores 8-11, 4.85)
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 13-12, 3.38) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-14, 4.68)
New York (D Koslo 7-17, 4.36) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 5.06)
Chicago (E Head 12-10, 4.19) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 14-7, 1.85)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .337		B Elliott Pit	.346
B McCosky Det	 .331		G Rosen Bkn	.334
T Williams Bos	 .328		H Leiber NY	.330

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	25		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	17		H Clift Chn	21
W Judnich SLB	15		J Gordon Phi	19

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 78		B Elliott Pit	78
T Williams Bos	 77		S Chapman Bsn	75
J Heath Cle	 74		H Clift Chn	69

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7		C Schanz Phi	18-9
F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13		P Roe Pit	17-4

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.55		C Melton Pit	     1.85
J Haynes Wsh	2.43		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.53		H Wyse Chn	     2.58

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 150		E White StL	152
V Trucks Det	 147		R Barney Bkn	145
B Feller Cle	 144		P Roe Pit	131

GOLF
COURSE PROVIDING A REAL CHALLENGE AT US OPEN
Just 10 of the 64 golfers managed to break par on the opening day of the 1947 U.S. Open at the St Louis Country Club in Clayton, Missouri. There is a 3 way tie for the lead after Julius Boros, Fred Daly and Charles Ward each carded a 2 under par 69. Defending champion Harry Bradshaw is 5 strokes off the pace after shooting a 74.

Code:

Boros		69	-2
Daly		69	-2
Ward		69	-2
Adams		70	-1
Bolt		70	-1
Bruen		70	-1
Horne		70	-1
Little		70	-1
McSpadden	70	-1
Snead		70	-1
de Vicenzo	71	E
Demaret		71	E
Harrison	71	E
Hogan		71	E
Mangrum		71	E
Von Nida	71	E
Wall		71	E
Cerda		72	1
Faulkner	72	1
Fazio		72	1
Ford		72	1
Haefner		72	1
Harbert		72	1
Lees		72	1
Metz		72	1
Burke Jr	73	2
Burton		73	2
Ferrier		73	2
Fleck		73	2
Mackay Jr	73	2
Shute		73	2
Wood		73	2
xTibbetts-a	73	2
Barron		74	3
Bradshaw	74	3
Bulla		74	3
Byrd		74	3
Ghezzi		74	3
Hamilton	74	3
Rees		74	3
Riegel		74	3
Sarazen		74	3
Weetman		74	3
Harmon		75	4
Keiser		75	4
Locke		75	4
Nelson		75	4
Oliver		75	4
Stranahan	75	4
Van Donck	75	4
Cotton		76	5
Dutra		76	5
Furgol		76	5
King		76	5
Middlecoff	76	5
Worsham		76	5
Carr-a		77	6
Harper		77	6
Runyon		77	6
Turnesa		77	6
Revolta		78	7
Smith		78	7
Hebert		80	9
Thomson		80	9

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PACKERS NAME *ALBERT WEEK 3 STARTER
Traditionally the third preseason game is the contest where starters get the most preseason action they will see all month. That being said the Green Bay Packers caution we should not read anything into the fact that rookie Frank *Albert will be starting at quarterback tonight against Houston over second year man Jordan Montana. *Albert, selected 4th overall from Stanford last April, has looked very poised under center in his two appearances so far this season. Montana, who ironically was a year ahead of *Albert at Stanford, appeared ready to guide the team fulltime this year after Cecil *Isbell was not resigned by the Packers. Montana has played quite well this preseason but the Packers have simply been so impressed with *Albert that they feel they have to give the rookie a chance to show what he can do with the first team.

In addition to Houston visiting Green Bay, there are two other games slated for tonight. Another rookie quarterback will get the start in New York as it appears former Alabama signal-caller Harry *Gilmer has won the starting job with the Giants. Former Giant starter Eric Poppinga signed with Indianapolis during the off-season. The Giants host Pittsburgh. The Steelers hope to see a better performance out of first round pick Bob *Forte. Despite seeing plenty of action in the first two games the ex-Arkansas Razorback has just 7 tackles to his credit. The other game has Miami visiting Minnesota.

PRESEASON WEEK 3
Tonight
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

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
TULSA IS TEAM TO BEAT IN MVC
With an 8-2-1 record and a win in the Alamo Bowl the University of Tulsa brought some respect to the Missouri Valley Conference. However calling the loose association of 5 teams a conference may be a bit of a stretch. Only Drake plays each of the conference opponents during the season and 2 of the 5 schools only play two in-conference opponents.

Despite the graduation of QB Clyde *LeForce and WR Camp *Wilson, Tulsa still has plenty of talent. Senior RB's Scott xSmith and JR *Boone will lead the offense. Other players of note from the conference include RB Linwood Sexton and QB Eddie *Kriwiel from Wichita State and Oklahoma A&M FB Jim *Parmer.

Here are the final 1946 standings

Code:

		  CONFERENCE	OVERALL
		  W  L	T	W  L  T
Tulsa		  3  0	0	7  2  1
St. Louis	  1  0	1	4  4  1
Wichita State	  1  2	0	4  5  1
Drake		  0  3	1	1  7  1
Oklahoma A&M	  1  1	0	4  5  2

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PRESEASON NIT FIELD IS ANNOUNCED
An impressive collection of teams has been assembled for the 1947 Preseason National Invitational Tournament. The event, which will be held at Madison Square Garden Nov 8-10 will feature three teams that could be in the preseason top 10: Holy Cross, Indiana and Oklahoma A&M.

Holy Cross, a final four team a year ago and led by sophomore guards Bob *Cousy and Frank *Oftring, could be ranked number one when the preseason poll is released October 1st. Indiana is another potential number one and like Holy Cross the Hoosiers boost an impressive backcourt in senior Paul *Armstrong and junior Dick *McGuire. Ohlahoma A&M, which won the Big 8 tournament title 3 of the past 4 seasons, is also a possible preseason top 10 candidate. Senior guard Lonnie *Eggleston and sophomore forward Jack *Shelton will be the Cowboys key contributers.

Rounding out the top 4 in the field will be PCC South defending champ California led by reigning conference MVP senior center Jack *Nichols. Nichols is a candidate for National Player of the year.

Other teams include defending Sun Belt Conference champion New Orleans although the Privateers have lost their two best players to graduation; MAC champion Miami of Ohio led by forward Bob *Brown; Skyline Champion Wyoming led by sensational sophomore forward Marko *Tordovich and freshman recruit Loy *Doty; and Auburn which had one of the best recruiting classes in the nation highlighted by 6'9" center Jason Rush and PG Barrett Payne.

Here are the seeds for the preseason NIT
1 Indiana
2 Holy Cross
3 California
4 Oklahoma A&M
5 New Orleans
6 Miami Ohio
7 Wyoming
8 Auburn

The other two preseason tournaments will release their list of participating schools next month.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
JAZZ INK REED COBB TO FILL SF ROLE
The New Orleans Jazz have signed former University of Alabama star Reed Cobb to try and replace legendary forward Cameron Belli. Cobb, a former first round pick of the Warriors, ran into ankle problems and has never lived up to the potential he showed in college. He appeared in 62 games for the Chicago Stags a year ago but was played sparingly a year after undergoing his third ankle operation. Cobb has also played for Dallas, Kansas City and Philadelphia in his 9 year career. His best and only completely healthy season was his rookie year when he averaged 10.0 ppg for the Warriors. Belli was not resigned by the Jazz after 14 seasons in New Orleans. He signed with Milwaukee earlier in the week. The Jazz also announced the signing of veteran backup guard Tommy Brown. Brown was with Kansas City last year and averaged just 4.2 mpg.

Minneapolis has signed center Tyson Richardson to a 1 year deal. Richardson spent most of his 7 year career with Milwaukee but has also played for Indianapolis and Boston. Last season he started 37 games for the Celtics and averaged 8.5 ppg and 5.8 rpg.

Finally Buffalo announced the signing of former Wyoming guard Mel *Thurston. A strong defender and tremendous outside shooter, the 23 year old went undrafted this summer. An All-American this past season, *Thurston was the leading scorer in the Skyline Conference and was named the conference MVP. He also led the conference in steals. He graduates as the Skyline Conference's all-time leader in points, field goals made and steals.

sflcat · 01-03-2005, 10:58 AM

"Just hand me the pigskin, coach, and I'll win us some ballgames."

W. Scott Smith
RB, University of Tulsa

Tiger Fan · 01-03-2005, 09:35 PM

My All-Sports Dynasty has relocated. Al has been kind enough to allow me to have a little section on his new Big City Baseball site for me to keep a journal of the dynasty. I think it will make the dynasty much easier for anyone interested in it to read and follow along. He has also set up a section on the messageboard at BCB for comments and feedback on the dynasty. I hope those of you who have been reading will follow me over to BCB (http://www.bigcitybaseball.com)

I am by no means leaving this dynasty board. I am amazed at how much the quality and quantity of dynasties has increased since way back when we first got things going with OOTP2. I will still continue to post here and definately continue to read the many great dynasties.

Thank you Steve and Markus and the moderators here for thinking enough of my dynasty to sticky it. And thanks to everyone who has provided feedback for me. I hope that continues and you will find it even easier to follow along with the new format at BCB.

The direct link to my new dynasty section is in my signature. While you are there be sure and check out the rest of Big City Baseball. I know Al has plenty of great things in store in the coming months.

Dargone · 01-06-2005, 02:32 AM

I look forward to reading at the new place

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 12:36 AM

The All-Sports dynasty will go back to being posted here as well as at Big City Baseball. Since I moved it I have received a couple of emails including one asking me if the move was tied in to the rumours that the OOTP board may be shut down by SI at some point in the future.

Now, that was something that was never on mind but I can understand how the timing of my switch could be perceived that way. While I see that SI may feel there are business reasons why this forum should be intergrated in to their own board in the future as OOTP:FE moves closer to release, I think for the most of us losing this board is the last thing we want to happen.

If that is indeed something Markus and co. are considering we need to do everything in our power to make him realize the value of this board to his business. There are some great dynasty writers in this community and I like to think we help attract interest in OOTP when newbies browse our little section of the messageboard.

For that reason my dynasty will continue here. Now I also fully believe in Al's vision for a great meeting place for all baseball management gamers so I will also post at his site. And to hopefully encourage you to check out all the great things at BCB I will post some exclusive articles that will only appear at BCB. Hopefully, at whichever location you choose you will continue to follow my replay and I wholeheartedly apologize to any who felt I was protesting or abandoning this board. That was certainly not my intention.

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 01:51 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 1947

BOXING
EZZARD CHARLES KO'S JOE LOUIS
A shocking conclusion to the World Heavyweight championship as Ezzard Charles, after being knocked to the canvas 3 times in the first two rounds, recovered to knock out previously unbeaten Joe Louis in the third.

The first round was even in the early going as each fighter scored on several punches. With just under a minute remaining Louis spotted an opening and landed a devastating combination that knocked down the challenger. Charles regained his feet quickly but was clearly hurt. He spent the final 30 seconds of the round trying to run away from the champ.

Charles had not recovered fully heading into the second round and Louis again sent him to the canvas with a short, clean combination. Charles lurched to his feet on the count of 8 but there was no question he was in trouble. For the next minute and a half Louis reigned blows on Charles but few landed squarely until the champ connected with a tremendous shot under Charles' ribcage that sent him crumbling to the canvas. Charles again struggled to his feet and beat the count. The referee asked him if he wanted to continue and Charles nodded that he could. Louis would land a few more punches in the final seconds of the round but nothing that could finish off Charles.

As the bell rang to begin the third round Charles appeared to have regained his wits but looked in bad shape with his right eye nearly swollen shut. Louis sensing, as it would turn out falsely, that he could finish the fight right here charged in after Charles. Charles flailed wildly trying to hold the champ off. Louis dodged the blows and countered when all of a sudden one of Charles' wild swings caught Louis flush, nearly buckling the champ. Louis again lurched forward when Charles unleashed a lightning bolt and the champ was on his back. Unlike Charles, Louis could not regain his feet. His legs would not support him and as the referee counted 10 Louis rolled over on his back. Ezzard Charles was the new heavyweight champion of the world.

Charles, who's career record is now 21-1, says he will give Louis a rematch but not before the end of the year. Louis sees his record drop to 9-1 but vows he will get his title back.

ORTIZ AND CASTILLO CLASH TONIGHT
California native Manuel Ortiz hopes to take another step towards regaining the World Bantamweight Title he lost last fall when he faces Mexican champ Luis Castillo in San Francisco. Ortiz was 37-0-2 before falling to Canadian Fernando Gagnon in the post-war tournament title bout. He also lost a controversial decision in February to Luis Galvani, who is now the title holder in the division.

Castillo, 27-12-3, is among the 10 best bantamweights in the world and should provide a real test for Ortiz. He looked very good in his last fight but tired late and lost on points to Galvani.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CUBS KNOCK OFF PIRATES 6-5 IN SERIES OPENER
The Chicago Cubs continue to be the hottest team in major league baseball as they have now won 20 of their last 23 games after holding on to be the Pirates 6-5 in the opener of their 4 game series in Pittsburgh. Seldom used backup catcher Tony Giuliani was the hero for Chicago belting a pair of homers off of Pirates reliever Jim Tobin who entered the game in the second inning when reigning Cy Young winner Cliff Melton reaggraveted his back injury and was forced to leave the game. Melton, who missed 3 weeks early in the season with a sore back, is listed as day-to-day. The Cubs built a 6-1 lead before Pittsburgh mounted a comeback attempt with 4 runs in the final two innings. Johnny Schmitz bailed out starter Ed Head (13-10, 4.20) in the ninth for his 5th save of the season. The win moves the Cubs ahead of Pittsburgh and into second place in the National League.

The first place Philadelphia Phillies had what basically amounted to batting practice in Brooklyn, rapping out 18 hits in a 10-4 win over the Dodgers. Ray Sanders had 4 hits for the Phils while Joe Gordon and Buster Adams each homered.

In Cincinnati pinch-hitter Sam Mele delivered a 2-run double with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth giving the Reds a 3-2 win over the New York Giants. Dave Koslo had a 4-hitter over 8 innings work for New York but he did not factor in the decision. In Boston, Chuck Workman delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 12th to lift the Braves past St Louis 4-3.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
The front running Cleveland Indians lost yesterday but St Louis and Boston failed to take advantage as they each came up on the short end of the scoreboard as well. In Cleveland, Detroit second baseman Joe Wood had 3 rbi's and Ken Heintzelman outduelled Warren Spahn in the Tigers 4-1 win over the Tribe.

6 homeruns helped the Philadelphia Athletics blast St Louis 16-11. While he didn't homer, George Kell did have a big day for the A's, getting 4 hits and driving in 4 runs.

In Boston Max Lanier threw a 5-hit shutout as the Yankees blanked the Red Sox 7-0. Gene Hermanski had 4 hits including a homer for New York.

In the other American League game Washington trimmed Chicago 6-5. Dick Errickson (9-15, 4.05) pitched 8 solid innings for the win. He left after 8 with a 6-3 lead and the Sens bullpen nearly blew the game before Marino Pieretti got a strike out, a short pop fly and a ground out to end the inning with the bases drunk with Athletics.

[CODE]
AMERICAN W L PCT GB
CLEVELAND 67 47 .588 x
ST LOUIS 60 54 .526 7.0
BOSTON 58 54 .518 8.0
WASHINGTON 59 56 .513 8.5
PHILADELPHIA 56 57 .496 10.5
DETROIT 55 58 .487 11.5
NEW YORK 52 63 .452 15.5
CHICAGO 48 66 .421 19.0

NATIONAL W L PCT GB
PHILADELPHIA 66 45 .595 x
CHICAGO 65 48 .575 2.0
PITTSBURGH 66 50 .569 2.5
CINCINNATI 59 55 .518 8.5
ST LOUIS 55 56 .495 11.0
BOSTON 53 58 .477 13.0
NEW YORK 45 67 .402 21.5
BROOKLYN 42 72 .368 25.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 6 Chicago 5
New York 7 Boston 0
Detroit 4 Cleveland 1
Philadelphia 16 St Louis 11

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4 St Louis 3 (11 inn)
Philadelphia 10 Brooklyn 4
Cincinnati 3 New York 2
Chicago 6 Pittsburgh 5

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (B Byerly 5-10, 5.47) at Washington (J Haynes 14-9, 2.43)
New York (M Russo 5-4, 3.74) at Boston (B Bowman 6-5, 4.15)
Detroit (H White 6-9, 4.35) at Cleveland (R Poat 9-10, 3.18)
Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-9, 4.12) at St Louis (R Scarborough 10-10, 3.52)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (E White 12-8, 2.89) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-6, 3.91)
Philadelphia (M Macon 13-5, 2.66) at Brooklyn (R Barney 7-9, 3.46)
New York (R Bauers 10-13, 3.62) at Cincinnati (H feldman 13-8, 4.55)
Chicago (V Olsen 18-6, 2.86) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-12, 4.05)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .340		B Elliott Pit	.347
W Judnich SLB	 .329		G Rosen Bkn	.334
B McCosky Det	 .327		H Leiber NY	.328

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	25		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	17		H Clift Chn	21
T Hafey Cha	16		J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S				RBI'S
D Litwhiler Cha	 78		B Elliott Pit	80
T Williams Bos	 77		S Chapman Bsn	75
W Judnich SLB	 76		H Clift Chn	72

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	18-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7		C Schanz Phi	18-9
F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13		P Roe Pit	17-4

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.55		C Melton Pit	     1.84
J Haynes Wsh	2.43		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.53		H Wyse Chn	     2.58

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 150		E White StL	152
V Trucks Det	 147		R Barney Bkn	145
W Spahn Cle	 147		P Roe Pit	131

GOLF
DALY HAS LEAD AT U.S. OPEN

Irishman Fred Daly has a one stroke lead at the mid-point of the United States Open. The course again proved very tough as only 8 golfers sit below par after 36 holes.

Code:

	 US OPEN LEADERBOARD
		RD 1	RD 2	TOTAL
Daly		69	69	-4
Riegel		74	65	-3
Ward		69	70	-3
Boros		69	71	-2
Cerda		72	68	-2
de Vicenzo	71	69	-2
Fleck		73	67	-2
Horne		70	70	-2
Ferrier		73	69	E
Haefner		72	70	E
Bulla		74	69	1
Demaret		71	72	1
Harbert		72	71	1
Hogan		71	72	1
Little		70	73	1
Wall		71	72	1
xTibbetts-a	73	70	1
Hamilton	74	70	2
Middlecoff	76	68	2
Barron		74	71	3
Bolt		70	75	3
Bruen		70	75	3
Harrison	71	74	3
Keiser		75	70	3
Mangrum		71	74	3
Von Nida	71	74	3
Adams		70	76	4
Fazio		72	74	4
Ford		72	74	4
Harper		77	69	4
Lees		72	74	4
Nelson		75	71	4
Sarazen		74	72	4
Wood		73	73	4
Worsham		76	70	4

		MISSED CUT
Burton		73	74	5
Dutra		76	71	5
Metz		72	75	5
Oliver		75	72	5
Rees		74	73	5
Burke Jr	73	75	6
Carr-a		77	71	6
Cotton		76	72	6
Furgol		76	72	6
McSpadden	70	78	6
Snead		70	78	6
Turnesa		77	71	6
Harmon		75	74	7
King		76	73	7
Revolta		78	71	7
Weetman		74	75	7
Ghezzi		74	76	8
Shute		73	77	8
Smith		78	72	8
Faulkner	72	79	9
Mackay Jr	73	78	9
Bradshaw	74	78	10
Byrd		74	78	10
Thomson		80	72	10
Hebert		80	73	11
Runyon		77	76	11
Stranahan	75	78	11
Locke		75	79	12
Van Donck	75	79	12

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PACKERS WIN SHOOTOUT WITH TEXANS
Rookie Frank *Albert sure gave Green Bay management plenty to think about. Given a chance to make his first preseason start *Albert passed for 203 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 51-41 win over Houston. Playing the entire first half the Green Bay starting offense looked outstanding. RB Tony *Canadeo ran for 114 yards while all-pro receiver Don *Hutson had 7 catches including 2 touchdown grabs. The Houston offense was also on fire led by starting QB EJ Atoe's 226 yards passing.

The defense was another story as both teams starting units looked awful. The game was tied 24-24 at half time when the starters gave way to reserves.

GIANTS 19 STEELERS 13
The New York Giants got their first win of the preseason at the expense of winless Pittsburgh. Rookie New York signal caller Harry *Gilmer completed 16 of 22 passes for 186 yards including a pair of touchdown strikes to receiver Steve Hawkins. Veteran linebacker Mel Hein had a big game for New York, making 7 tackles and getting one of the club's 5 sacks on the day. Second year backup DE Bob Mayberry had 3 sacks for New York.

VIKINGS 13 DOLPHINS 10
The Vikings and Dolphins are both 2-1 after Minnesota won 13-10 thanks to a 39 yard touchdown pass from rookie Paul *Governalli to receiver Ken Carpenter late in the third quarter. Running back Stacy Jolley had a strong game for Miami, scoring the Dolphins only touchdown while rushing for 96 yards. Jolley also had an 18 yard reception. Dolphins first round pick, ex Notre Dame offensive tackle George *Connor had his best effort of the preseason, leading the way for Jolley and recording 3 pancakes.

PRESEASON WEEK 3
Last Night
Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay
Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants
Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota

Today
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

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA>
CELTICS RESIGN HERNANDEZ
A quiet day as the BAA free agent signing period came to a close. The biggest news was the Boston Celtics announcing that Phil Hernandez has decided to return to Boston for a 14th season. There had been rumours the former Boston College star was going to leave the New England area and sign with defending champion Dallas but Hernandez elected to finish his career in the same city he started it. Taken 5th overall by the Celtics in the 1934 draft Hernandez has played 921 games in a Boston uniform, only Cameron Belli who played in 1013 for New Orleans has appeared in more games with one team. The point guard averaged 10.3 ppg and 5.1 apg last season.

The Celtics resigned another local college product yesterday. Former Holy Cross G Holt Dodson inked a 1 year deal with Boston. He played in 24 games for Dallas and Boston last season but has played just 82 games since being drafted in the first round 3 years ago.

The Fort Wayne Pistons signed journeyman backup SF Justin Sorrells to a 1 year deal. Sorrells averaged 7.3 ppg for New Orleans last season. He has also played for Kansas City, Philadelphia and Boston since being selected from Oregon in the first round of the 1940 draft. Bigger news in Fort Wayne was the fact that the Pistons did not sign a veteran center as insurance in case Noah Baldin suffers another injury. The 6th overall pick in the 1945 draft, Baldin has been limited to just 62 games because of numerous injuries including a torn achillies tendon that cost him all but 5 games last season. All conference his final season at Oklahoma A&M the 6'10" center has outstanding potential and if he can stay healthy he is certainly a player to watch in the league.

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 02:04 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1947

NOTE - I have adjusted the dates in my replay to matchup with the real life 1947 calendar. As a result today is Sunday Aug 17 rather than the 19th as it was being displayed in my report. I did this for convience for me since I am using the real college football schedule for 1947 that will begin next month.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
WILLIAMS POWERS RED SOX PAST YANKEES
Ted Williams broke out of a 2 week long slump in a big way going 4-for-4 with 2 homers and 2 doubles to pace the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 9-6 in American League action. Williams drove in 4 runs to take over the league lead in rbi's. He also leads the majors with 27 homers and his .331 batting average trails only teammate Mel Almada.

The win moves the Red Sox to within 7 games of first place Cleveland after the Indians lost 3 out of four in their series with Detroit. Yesterday, Tommy Henrich had 3 hits and scored 3 runs to lead the Tigers to a 5-4 victory. Hal Trosky also had 3 hits, including a homerun for Detroit. The Indians did get some good news. Bob Feller, who injured his shoulder in his last start, is apparently healthy enough to pitch and he will get the start today against Philadelphia.

St Louis blanked the Athletics 4-0 as Wally Judnich drove in a pair of runs for the Browns. Ray Scarborough (11-10, 3.34) tossed a 5-hit shutout. The Browns are now 6 games behind Cleveland. In the only other game Mel Mazzera had 3 hits to help Washington edge Chicago 3-2 as Joe Haynes won his 15th game of the season for the Senators. Washington has won 6 out of 7 including a 5 game sweep of the White Sox and is now 7.5 games behind first place Cleveland.

NATIONAL LEAGUE<
OLSEN 3-HITS PIRATES AS CUBS WIN AGAIN
The Chicago Cubs continue to be the hottest team in baseball as they won their 7th straight game in convincing fashion, blasting Pittsburgh 12-0. Vern Olsen tossed the shutout and won his major league leading 19th game of the season in the process. Olsen also had 3 hits as did reserve shortstop Lou Merullo in a rare start. First baseman Eddie Waitkus had a pair of hits and extended his hitting streak to a career high 17 games.

The Cubs are now just 1 game out of first place after front running Philadelphia was pummelled 15-4 in Brooklyn. A 9-run 7th inning highlighted by Stan Hack's 3-run homer chased Phillies starter Max Macon (13-6, 2.82). 28 year old outfielder Luis Olmo, just recently recalled from AAA Montreal, had 6 rbi's to lead the Dodgers.

In other National League action Grady Hatton and Eddie Lukon homered as Cincinnati beat the New York Giants 8-3. Harry Feldman got his 14th win of the season for the Reds. In Boston rookie Earl Torgeson's 2-run homer helped St Louis beat his former team, the Braves, 4-2. Drafted first overall this year by Boston, Torgeson was dealt to St Louis at the deadline in a deal that brought Whitey Kurowski to Boston. Kurowski also hit a 2-run shot in the game to account for the Boston runs.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	67	48	.583	  x
ST LOUIS	61	54	.530	 6.0
BOSTON		59	54	.522	 7.0
WASHINGTON	60	56	.517	 7.5
DETROIT		56	58	.491	10.5
PHILADELPHIA	56	58	.491	10.5
NEW YORK	52	64	.448	15.5
CHICAGO		48	67	.417	19.0
				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	66	46	.589	  x
CHICAGO		66	48	.579	 1.0
PITTSBURGH	66	51	.564	 2.5
CINCINNATI	60	55	.522	 7.5
ST LOUIS	56	56	.500	10.0
BOSTON		53	59	.473	13.0
NEW YORK	45	68	.398	21.5
BROOKLYN	43	72	.374	24.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 3 Chicago 2
Boston 9 New York 6
Detroit 5 Cleveland 4
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 4 Boston 2
Brooklyn 15 Philadelphia 4
Cincinnati 8 New York 3
Chicago 12 Pittsburgh 0

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (B Bevens 4-3, 5.48) at Washington (F Hutchinson 15-13, 3.39)
Philadelphia (A Williams 13-11, 3.43) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-8, 2.53)
Chicago (B Fleming 1-3, 4.54) at Boston (R Melton 11-10, 4.01)
Detroit (V Trucks 10-13, 2.79) at St Louis (A McKain 12-6, 3.35)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (J Hutchings 10-12, 4.54) at Boston (K Chase 9-14, 4.73)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-9, 3.44) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-14, 4.68)
New York (E Wright 5-4, 5.47) at Cincinnati (A Carter 14-12, 3.59)
Chicago (H Wyse 9-8, 2.58) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-4, 3.43)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING				BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .339		B Elliott Pit	.349
T Williams Bos	 .331		G Rosen Bkn	.339
W Judnich SLB	 .329		H Leiber NY	.328

HOME RUNS			HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27		S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	17		H Clift Chn	21
T Hafey Cha	16		J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S				RBI'S
T Williams Bos	 81		B Elliott Pit	80
D Litwhiler Cha	 78		S Chapman Bsn	75
W Judnich SLB	 78		H Clift Chn	73

WINS				WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9		V Olsen Chn	19-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7		C Schanz Phi	18-9
F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13		P Roe Pit	17-4

ERA				ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.55		C Melton Pit	     1.84
J Haynes Wsh	2.43		K Raffensberger Bsn  1.99
B Feller Cle	2.53		H Wyse Chn	     2.58

STRIKEOUTS			STRIKEOUTS
A Jurisch Det	 150		E White StL	157
V Trucks Det	 147		R Barney Bkn	152
W Spahn Cle	 147		P Roe Pit	131

GOLF
FLECK AND FERRIER SHARE LEAD AT U.S. OPEN
With three rounds complete Jack Fleck and Jim Ferrier are the co-leaders at the United States Open Golf tournament. It was another rough day for most of the field as windy conditions coupled with an extremely difficult layout made things difficult. One person who seemed unaffected by the difficulty was Jim Ferrier. The Australian carded a 66, the second best round of the tournament and moved from 4 strokes off the pace yesterday into a share of the lead. His co-leader is Jack Fleck, a 24 year old Bettendorf, Iowa native who missed the cut in each of his 3 previous career majors.

Code:

	 US OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3   TOTAL
Ferrier		73	69	66	-5
Fleck		73	67	68	-5
Horne		70	70	69	-4
Riegel		74	65	70	-4
Ward		69	70	70	-4
Daly		69	69	73	-2
Boros		69	71	72	-1
Bulla		74	69	69	-1
Keiser		75	70	67	-1
Barron		74	71	68	E
Cerda		72	68	75	2
Demaret		71	72	72	2
Haefner		72	70	73	2
Mangrum		71	74	70	2
de Vicenzo	71	69	76	3
Harper		77	69	70	3
Hogan		71	72	73	3
Little		70	73	73	3
Sarazen		74	72	70	3
Wall		71	72	73	3
Ford		72	74	71	4
Harbert		72	71	74	4
Von Nida	71	74	72	4
Harrison	71	74	73	5
Middlecoff	76	68	74	5
Lees		72	74	73	6
Worsham		76	70	73	6
xTibbetts-a	73	70	76	6
Wood		73	73	74	7
Bolt		70	75	76	8
Fazio		72	74	75	8
Bruen		70	75	77	9
Hamilton	74	70	78	9
Nelson		75	71	77     10
Adams		70	76	79     12

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
JAGS HAND BEARS THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS
Is there cause for concern in the camp of the Chicago Bears? The struggling Bears look like anything but the defending league champions after dropping their third straight preseason game to the Jacksonville Jaguars by a 34-33 score. The Bears defense has been awful, allowing an average of over 37 points a game in the three losses. With the starters playing virtually the entire game the Bears defense allowed nearly 500 total yards.

There is some good news in Chicago and it is all on the offensive side of the ball. League MVP Sid *Luckman completed 21 of 26 passes for 297 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Bears offense had an outstanding performance. Three time allpro receiver Ken *Kavanaugh was in mid-season form, making 6 catches for 110 yards.

This kind of offensive display from the Bears is to be expected but the woes on the defensive side have to be of concern. Most of the same cast from last season is back with one major exception. The retirement of Danny Fortman coupled with the free agent departure of Gary Carver has left the Bears with a big hole at linebacker. So far rookies Ronnie Nussmeier and Mike Philyaw have not been able to fill the void. It is beginning to look like the Bears will regularly need to score 40 points a game if they are going to win. The good news is they have the offense that could do it.

49ERS 21 CHARGERS 17
San Francisco improved to 3-0 after spotting San Diego a 14-0 first quarter lead and rallying for a 21-17 victory. The first quarter was all Chargers, or more specifically all Bob *Fenimore. The rookie running back ran for one touchdown and caught a 33 yard pass for a second major. It was an outstanding day for *Fenimore, who had 74 yards rushing and 4 receptions in the first half. Koy Harris threw a pair of 2nd half touchdown passes for the 49ers, who were aided by 3 interceptions.

RAIDERS 23 RAMS 10
Rookie Tom Maddox threw for 209 yards while completing 21 of 29 passes to lead the Raiders to victory but it was Oakland backup running back Derrius Barber who stole the show. Barber ran for 102 yards and 1 touchdown in the win. Rookie Camp *Wilson was also impressive in the victory, catching all 6 balls thrown his way.

FALCONS 23 TITANS 20
A strong effort from QB Arnie *Herber helped the Falcons improve to 3-0. The 5th year Falcon QB completed 29 of 29 passes for 194 yards. Rookie Charlie *Trippi looked good for Tennessee starting in place of the injured Manfred Gayle. However, the Titans backup QB, Terry Kocher was picked off 3 times in the 4th quarter ending any hopes of a Tennessee comeback. Falcons first round pick SS Red *Cochran had two of the picks.

SAINTS 27 PATRIOTS 21 (OT)
Saints QB Kalimba Goode was picked off twice and completed just 2 passes but one of them was a 54 yard touchdown strike to Frank Coleman with 16 seconds remaining in overtime to give New Orleans a 27-21 win over New England. The two starting running backs, Todd Berger of the Saints and New England's Mario Glenn led their respective offenses. Berger had 125 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns while Glenn ran for 99 yards and made 6 catches for another 48 yards. New Orleans improves to 2-1 while the Pats drop their 3rd straight game.

JETS 38 SEAHAWKS 0
Steve *Van Buren ran for 141 yards and Keith Reeves threw 3 touchdown passes as the New York Jets hammered Seattle 38-0. *Van Buren also had 4 receptions for the Jets. New York's defense held the Seahawks to just 151 yards total offense while their offense racked up nearly 600 yards.

PRESEASON WEEK 3

Friday August 15
Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay
Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants
Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota

Yesterday
San Francisco 21at 17 San Diego
St Louis 10 at 23 Oakland
Jacksonville 34 at 33 Chicago
Atlanta 23 at 20 Tennessee
New England 21 at 27 New Orleans (OT)
Seattle 0 at 38 New York Jets

Today
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
ORTIZ HAS LITTLE TROUBLE WITH CASTILLO
Manuel Ortiz took another step towards getting another chance at the World Bantamweight title. Ortiz had little difficulty winning a unanimous decision over Mexican bantamweight champ Luis Castillo last night in San Francisco. Ortiz was in complete control of the bout and unofficially won 12 of the 15 rounds. He wore down Castillo, who ended up getting dropped in the 12th round but that was more from his own fatigue than Ortiz's punching power.

The victory improves Ortiz record to 39-2-2 and is his second straight convincing win after a pair of losses including one to Fernando Gagnon that cost Ortiz the World title. Castillo falls to 27-13-3.

SOCCER
TSN TO PROVIDE ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION RESULTS
TSN will begin publishing first division soccer fixtures and tables from England. The games will be simmed using a dice game called Quick Play soccer. After a 6 year hiatus due to the war the English First Division (there was no Premier League then) resumed play last season. Liverpool finished first in a tight race, just one point ahead of Manchester United and Wolverhampton with Stoke City 2 points off the pace. Manchester City and Burnley would make the leap to Division One this season after finishing first and second respectively in Division Two.

The season begins next Saturday with a full slate of games including defending league champion Liverpool playing host to Preston North End.

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 02:09 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 18, 1947

GOLF
JIM FERRIER WINS U.S. OPEN
Australian Jim Ferrier shot a 2 under 69 in Sunday's final round of the U.S. Open at the St Louis Country Club. That was good enough for Ferrier to win his first career major as he finished 1 stroke ahead of 24 year old Jack Fleck. Fleck, who hails from Bettendorf, Iowa, was tied with Ferrier entering the final round but he finished the final 18 holes at 1 under par. Ferrier becomes the first Australian to win a major. Americans Herman Keiser, Skee Riegel and Herman Barron rounded out the top five. Incidentally, Ferrier did win a major in 1947 in real life when he won the PGA Championship.

The low amateur was California Scott xTibbetts who finished 14 strokes off the pace. After his final round xTibbetts, who won the US Amateur Open this year, announced that he will turn pro in January of 1948. As reigning US Amateur Open champ he is automatically granted a tour card for next year.

Code:

NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	Total	PRIZE $
Ferrier		73	69	66	69	-7	2500
Fleck		73	67	68	70	-6	1500
Keiser		75	70	67	68	-4	1250
Riegel		74	65	70	71	-4	1250
Barron		74	71	68	70	-1	1100
Demaret		71	72	72	69	 E	1000
Hogan		71	72	73	68	 E	1000
Ward		69	70	70	76	 1	 900
Boros		69	71	72	74	 2	 800
Bulla		74	69	69	74	 2	 800
Horne		70	70	69	77	 2	 800
Harbert		72	71	74	70	 3	 725
Little		70	73	73	71	 3	 725
Haefner		72	70	73	73	 4	 700
Daly		69	69	73	78	 5	 600
Fazio		72	74	75	68	 5	 600
Harper		77	69	70	73	 5	 600
Mangrum		71	74	70	74	 5	 600
Sarazen		74	72	70	73	 5	 600
Von Nida	71	74	72	72	 5	 600
Wall		71	72	73	73	 5	 600
de Vicenzo	71	69	76	74	 6	 500
Middlecoff	76	68	74	72	 6	 500
Bruen		70	75	77	69	 7	 400
xTibbetts-a	73	70	76	72	 7	amat
Cerda		72	68	75	77	 8	 350
Lees		72	74	73	73	 8	 350
Ford		72	74	71	76	 9	 300
Hamilton	74	70	78	72	10	 250
Harrison	71	74	73	76	10	 250
Wood		73	73	74	74	10	 250
Nelson		75	71	77	72	11	 225
Worsham		76	70	73	79	14	 200
Bolt		70	75	76	78	15	 175
Adams		70	76	79	76	17	 150

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CUBS BEAT BUCS AGAIN. MOVE INTO FIRST PLACE TIE
The Chicago Cubs beat the Pirates for the third straight time in Pittsburgh and as a result moved into a virtual tie with the Philadelphia Phillies atop the National League. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-4 for their 8th win in a row while Pittsburgh has dropped 6 straight. The Cubs scored 5 times in the 7th inning to chase Pirates starter Preacher Roe, who has lost 3 straight decisions after starting the season 17-2. Andy Pafko homered twice for the Cubs and drove in 5 runs while Phil Rizzuto also went yard. Hank Wyse went the distance on the hill for Chicago to improve his record to 10-8.

While the Cubs were beating up Pittsburgh, Philadelphia fell for the second day in a row to last place Brooklyn. Les Webber and two relievers combined on a 6-hitter in a 6-1 Dodger victory. Philadelphia ace Charley Schanz (18-10) took the loss.

In other action Cincinnati blasted New York 8-1. Joe Dimaggio hit a pair of homers to lead the Reds. Walker Cooper had 3 hits and 5 rbi's to pace St Louis past Boston 8-3.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
BROWNS AND RED SOX GAIN ANOTHER GAME ON SLUMPING INDIANS
There may still be a pennant race in the American League as both the St Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox made up another game on Cleveland, a club that has dropped 3 straight. The 4th place Washington Senators were the only upper division club that failed to gain a game on the Indians.

In St Louis Archie McKain (13-6, 3.29) earned the win as the Browns dropped Detroit 8-2. Bruce Campbell, Eddie Robinson and Vern Stephens all homered off of losing pitcher Virgil Trucks (10-14, 2.82). Meanwhile in Boston, Earl Johnson tossed a 3-hit shutout for his 16th win of the season as Boston blanked Chicago 3-0. Babe Young had a pair of doubles and scored two runs to lead the Red Sox.

Bob Feller tied a 39 year old Cleveland Indians team record by fanning 14 batters but it wasn't enough as the Indians were blanked 3-0 by Philadelphia. Feller, who equalled the strikeout mark set by Ed Walsh Sr. in 1907, allowed just 6 hits but was outpitched by Al Williams who tossed a 4-hit shutout for the A's. Roy Cullenbine homered in the first inning for Philadelphia while Wally Westlake drove in the other two runs with a sixth inning double.

Washington out hit New York 20-11 but the Yankees came out on top with an 8-7 victory over the Senators in 11 innings. Washington tied the game at 5 when Buddy Lewis hit a 3-run homer in the sixth. New York took the lead again in the 8th and the Sens tied it with two out in the ninth on an rbi single off the bat of Cecil Travis. In the 11th the Yankees would plate 2 more on a Mike Garbark double. Washington tried to rally in the home half and got one run back but pinch-hitter Tom Turner grounded out to end the game with the tying run just 90 feet away.

BOSTON SWEEPS PLAYER OF WEEK AWARDS
Third baseman Whitey Kurowski of the Braves and Red Sox pitcher Earl Johnson were named the players of the week in their respective leagues. Kurowksi has been on fire since coming over to Boston in a trade with the Cardinals at the deadline. He hit .458 with 12 rbi's in 24 at bats last week to win his first-ever player of the week award. The 6th year pro his hitting .307 with 8 homers and 58 rbi's so far this season.

Johnson also claims player of the week honours for the first time in his career. He struck out 13 batters while winning both of his starts last week including a 3-hit shutout of Chicago yesterday. In his first year as a starter Johnson is 16-8 with a 3.19 era. He split the first 6 years of his career shuffling between the Red Sox bullpen and AAA.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	67	49	.578	  x
ST LOUIS	62	54	.534	 5.0
BOSTON		60	54	.526	 6.0
WASHINGTON	60	57	.513	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	57	58	.496	 9.5
DETROIT		56	59	.487	10.5
NEW YORK	53	64	.453	14.5
CHICAGO		48	68	.414	19.0

				
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	66	47	.584	  x
CHICAGO		67	48	.583	  x
PITTSBURGH	66	52	.559	 2.5
CINCINNATI	61	55	.526	 6.5
ST LOUIS	57	56	.504	 9.0
BOSTON		53	60	.469	13.0
NEW YORK	45	69	.395	21.5
BROOKLYN	44	72	.379	23.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York 8 Washington 7 (11 inn)
Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 0
Boston 3 Chicago 0
St Louis 8 Detroit 2

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

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (T Bonham 12-13, 3.80) at Washington (M Candini 13-12, 3.49)
Philadelphia (M Cooper 5-11, 4.93) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 13-1, 1.55)
Chicago (T Shirley 1-3, 5.79) at Boston (A Karl 16-7, 4.10)
Detroit (A Jurisch 17-9, 3.82) at St Louis (T Baker 11-11, 3.20)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis (B Voiselle 12-13, 4.19) at Boston (S Gromek 15-7, 3.57)
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 13-10, 3.29) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-15, 4.50)
New York (S Emmerich 1-3, 3.46) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 11-6, 3.46)
Chicago (P Erickson 9-14, 4.60) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 8-12, 3.66)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .338	 B Elliott Pit	.347
T Williams Bos	 .331	 G Rosen Bkn	.336
W Judnich SLB	 .331	 H Leiber NY	.328

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	17	 H Clift Chn	21
T Hafey Cha	16	 J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S			 RBI'S
T Williams Bos	 81	 B Elliott Pit	80
W Judnich SLB	 79	 S Chapman Bsn	75
D Litwhiler Cha	 78	 W Cooper StL	74

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 17-9	 V Olsen Chn	19-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
E Johnson Bos	 16-8	 P Roe Pit	17-5

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.55	 C Melton Pit	     1.84
J Haynes Wsh	2.43	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
B Feller Cle	2.53	 H Wyse Chn	     2.66

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 158	 E White StL	157
V Trucks Det	 150	 R Barney Bkn	152
A Jurisch Det	 150	 P Roe Pit	135

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
CHIEFS WIN IN OVERTIME
In the battle between Ulish Groce and Tommy *Thompson for the starting quarterback job in Kansas City it was unheralded 3rd stringer Rick Wozniak who stole the show. The 4th year pro has never thrown a regular season pass in the NFL but took over midway through the 4th quarter and marched the Chiefs into field goal range so they could tie the game with Carolina at 23 and force overtime.

In overtime Kansas City won the coin flip and Wozniak went to work, completing 4 straight passes for 73 yards including the game winning 7 yard touchdown strike to receiver Jamie Smith giving the Chiefs a 29-23 victory. The performance certainly gave Wozniak a leg up on Korey Floyd in the fight for the third string job but barring a run on injuries it will likely be the last we hear of Wozniak. The main focus in Kansas City was on Groce and *Thompson and their battle for the starting job. Groce got the start this game and completed 15-of-22 passes for 145 yards with 1 touchdown and an interception. *Thompson took over in the 3rd quarter and completed 5 of 10 passes for 116 yards with one pick. Through 3 games *Thompson seeems to have played slightly better but the guess is because he is still technically a rookie he will begin the season backing up Groce.

Groce is no slouch and really an amazing story. Undrafted in 1942 he spent the season on the Chiefs practice squad before injuries made him the starting quarterback opening week the next season. He has started every game in Kansas City since then and was rewarded with a huge signing bonus at the end of the 1945 season. The Chiefs then surprised everyone by taking former Tulsa star Tommy *Thompson with their first pick of the 1946 draft. It appeared the highly touted rookie might win the starting job from Groce last season but then *Thompson suffered a season ending injury late in the preseason. The starting job was once again Groce's and he responded by leading the Chiefs to their first ever playoff berth. Now this year *Thompson is healthy again and the competition is back on.

The Chiefs defense had a solid game against the Panthers led by rookie DT Weldon *Humble. This year's first round pick had a pair of sacks in the game and bottled up the middle all day. Where Carolina did have success was running outside and Panthers RB Keith Meade led the way with 135 yards on 25 carries. It was a good test for Meade, who after running for over 1600 yards the previous season, played just 5 games last year due to injuries.

RAVENS 31 LIONS 29
Baltimore QB John Foster was picked off three times but he also tossed three touchdown passes to lead the Ravens past Detroit 31-29. The difference in the game was an interception, but it was one thrown by Detroit backup Billy Campbell. Ravens safety Mark Smith returned it 47 yards for the winning score.

EAGLES 34 BENGALS 13
Philadelphia got it's first win of the preseason in convincing fashion as the Eagles beat up Cincinnati. Quarterback Doug Bass and running back Harley Mitchell both had outstanding games for the winners. The Bengals turned the ball over 4 times including an interception that Antoine Trafford returned 74 yards for a score. Cincinnati is also 1-2 in the preseason.

REDSKINS 29 BILLS 20
Sammy *Baugh threw for 235 yards to lead the Washington Redskins past the Buffalo Bills. Redskins receivers Wayne *Miller and Dante *Lavelli where in midseason form as they combined for 15 catches. After running for 105 yards a week ago against Tennessee, Bills first round pick Buddy *Young was limited to just 26 yards today.

BROWNS 37 BRONCOS 31
Cleveland scored the final 20 points of the game to rally past the winless Broncos in Denver. Browns QB Jeff McDonald tossed 3 touchdown passes including one to All-Pro WR Zach Kruczek, who had 10 receptions on the day. The Browns wore down the Denver defense by dominating the time of possession. Cleveland had the ball for over 37 minutes.

COWBOYS 24 CARDINALS 7
Cowboys running back Raymond Cash ran for 111 yards to lead Dallas past Arizona. The Cardinals defense played well but the offense could not get untracked. Between them Arizona quarterbacks Trent Fenney and Tony Marsalis completed just 9 of 33 pass attempts while starting running back Tuffey *Leemans was held to just 37 yards on 21 carries.

PRESEASON WEEK 3
Friday August 15
Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay
Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants
Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota

Saturday August 16
San Francisco 21at 17 San Diego
St Louis 10 at 23 Oakland
Jacksonville 34 at 33 Chicago
Atlanta 23 at 20 Tennessee
New England 21 at 27 New Orleans (OT)
Seattle 0 at 38 New York Jets

Yesterday
Baltimore 31 at 29 Detroit
Cincinnati 13 at 34 Philadelphia
Buffalo 20 at 29 Washington
Carolina 23 at 29 Kansas City
Cleveland 37 at 31 Denver
Arizona 7 at 24 Dallas

Today
Indianapolis at Tampa Bay

BUCS ROOKIE QB OTTO *GRAHAM TO GET FIRST START TONIGHT
Former Northwestern quarterback and point guard Otto *Graham will make his first NFL start tonight in Tampa when the Buccaneers host Indianpolis. The second overall pick in the NFL draft has played with the second team the first two games and completed 13 of 23 passes for 155 yards with one touchdown. It is expected *Graham will be the starting quarterback when the regular season begins.

BOXING
BUSY NIGHT OF BOXING ACTION AHEAD
It is an unusually busy Monday night in the boxing world with a number of bouts featuring up and coming pugilists along with a matchup involving a couple of top flyweights.

In Belfast, Ireland hometown boy Rinty Monaghan will face Glasgow native Vic Herman in a bout between flyweight contenders. Monaghan, 17-4-1, is rated the 6th best worldwide in his weight class. He is coming off a win in March over Japan's Speedy Akira. Herman is 14-4-2 and ranked 9th in the world. His most recent fight was a 9th round TKO loss to another top 10 fighter in Peter Kane.

There will be a battle of German heavyweights in Munich as Jurgen xHucke will face Arno Kolblin. The 21 year old xHucke is making his third professional appearance. His record is 1-1. Kolblin is 5-16 in his career. On the same card two German middleweights will make their professional debuts as 19 year old Hans Stretz will face 25 year Leo Starosch.

Another middleweight bout will pit veteran Freddie Apostoli against young Rocco xDiSaldo. Apostoli is making his first postwar appearance but the 35 year old saw plenty of ring action in the early 40's. The 24 year old DiSaldo is 0-2 in his young career.

In Sydney, promising Australian welterweight George Barnes makes his professional debut against Flashy Sebastian, who hails from the Philippines. The 29 year old Sebastian is 7-18-1 in his career. On the same card 18 year old Leo Espinosa of the Philippines meets Australian Johnny Gleeson in the professional debut for each of them. Espinosa is considered to have some potential in the bantamweight division.

Promising featherweight makes his debut tonight in his hometown of Philadelphia. 18 year old Percy Bassett meets New York City journeyman Ted Christie. Christie has an unimpressive to say the least postwar record - he is 5-33.

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 02:17 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY AUGUST 19, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CUBS FINALLY LOSE. FALL 12-6 TO PIRATES
Streaks came to an end for both Pittsburgh and Chicago after the Pirates beat the Cubs 12-6 at Forbes Field. Entering the game Chicago had won 8 straight including the last 3 from Pittsburgh while the Pirates were in midst of a 6 game slide. Tony Cuccinello had 4 hits including a homer and drove in 5 runs to lead the Pirates. Bob Elliott and Arky Vaughan each had 3 hit games. Vaughan and Elliott are each riding 16 game hitting streaks. Meanwhile Eddie Waitkus of the Cubs went two-for-four and now has had a base hit in 18 straight games. All are a far cry for the major league record of 39 games set by the Pirates Ginger Beaumont in 1903 and equalled by Detroit's Charlie Gehringer in 1931.

The loss drops the Cubs a game behind Philadelphia while the Pirates sit two and half games off the pace. The Phillies salvaged a split of their 4 game series with last place Brooklyn by taking a 5-2 victory in yesterday's series finale. Vic Lombardi(14-10, 3.21) pitched 8 solid innings for the win. Catcher Bennie Warren drove in a pair of runs.

In other National League play Cincinnati hammered New York 10-0 as Joe Medwick had a 3-hit game and pitcher Stan Ferens (12-6, 3.28) tossed a complete game 6 hit shutout. Rookie Earl Torgeson had the best game of his young career, getting 5 hits and driving in 4 runs as St Louis blasted Boston 7-0.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
The American League race continues to tighten as first place Cleveland lost for the fourth straight game. Rudy York had a pair of triples and drove in 3 runs as Philadelphia blanked the Tribe 4-0. Mort Cooper pitched a 7-hit shutout for his 6th win of the season. Bill Lohrman lost for just the second time this year.

Second place St Louis failed to gain ground as the Browns dropped a 7-0 decision to Detroit. Hal Trosky had 3 hits including a 3-run homer for the Tigers. Al Jurisch (18-9, 3.67) tossed a complete game 3-hitter for the win. Third place Boston also fell, losing 2-1 at home to Chicago thanks to a 9th inning rbi single from the White Sox' Mike McCormick. Andy Karl pitched 8 innings of 4 hit ball but did not factor in the decision as he was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 8th with the score tied at 1.

The other American League was in Washington where Milo Candini (14-12, 3.46) and 2 relievers combined to stop the Yankees 4-2. Catcher Al Evans had 3 hits and a pair of rbi's for the Senators who have won 8 of their last 11 games and are within 6.5 games of first place Cleveland.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	67	50	.573	  x
ST LOUIS	62	55	.530	 5.0
BOSTON		60	55	.522	 6.0
WASHINGTON	61	57	.517	 6.5
PHILADELPHIA	58	58	.500	 8.5
DETROIT		57	59	.491	 9.5
NEW YORK	53	65	.449	14.5
CHICAGO		49	68	.419	18.0
			
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	67	47	.588	  x
CHICAGO		67	49	.578	 1.0
PITTSBURGH	67	52	.563	 2.5
CINCINNATI	62	55	.530	 6.5
ST LOUIS	58	56	.509	 9.0
BOSTON		53	61	.465	14.0
NEW YORK	45	70	.391	22.5
BROOKLYN	44	72	.379	23.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 4 New York 2
Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 0
Chicago 2 Boston 1
Detroit 7 St Louis 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St Louis 7 Boston 0
Philadelphia 5 Brooklyn 2
Cincinnati 10 New York 0
Pittsburgh 12 Chicago 6

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York (M Lanier 12-16, 3.51) at Washington (D Errickson 9-15, 4.05)
Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.69) at Cleveland (W Spahn 14-10, 3.33)
Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-2, 5.74) at Boston (R Melton 11-10, 4.01)
Detroit (K Heintzelman 13-9, 4.11) at St Louis (E Lopat 12-14, 4.62)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (E Head 13-10, 4.20) at Boston (J Flores 8-11, 4.76)
New York (D Koslo 7-17, 4.25) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-2, 4.93)
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 14-12, 3.55) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 4.96)
St Louis (X Rescigno 3-2, 3.92) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 14-7, 1.84)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .337	 B Elliott Pit	.350
B McCosky Det	 .332	 G Rosen Bkn	.335
T Williams Bos	 .330	 J Medwick Cin	.330

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	17	 H Clift Chn	21
T Hafey Cha	16	 J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S			 RBI'S
T Williams Bos	 81	 B Elliott Pit	81
W Judnich SLB	 79	 S Chapman Bsn	75
D Litwhiler Cha	 78	 W Cooper StL	74

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 18-9	 V Olsen Chn	19-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
E Johnson Bos	 16-8	 P Roe Pit	17-5

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.62	 C Melton Pit	     1.84
J Haynes Wsh	2.43	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
B Feller Cle	2.55	 H Wyse Chn	     2.66

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 158	 E White StL	157
A Jurisch Det	 156	 R Barney Bkn	152
V Trucks Det	 150	 P Roe Pit	135

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
OTTO *GRAHAM LEADS BUCS PAST COLTS
In his first week as a starting quarterback Tampa Bay Buccaneers signal caller Otto *Graham displayed why many compare him to Bears great Sid *Luckman. Graham tossed 3 second quarter touchdown passes to lead the Bucs to a 28-17 victory over Indianapolis last night. In all he completed 17 of 28 passes for 168 yards while under intense pressure. If there is a negative to the rookie's performance it is that he had a tendancy to hang on to the ball too long. *Graham was sacked 4 times and knocked down countless others in his two quarters of action. The Bucs offensive line is suspect and Tampa better be careful their future star does not take too much of a beating.

Second year running back Darren McLeod helped the Bucs offense by running for 103 yards on 11 carries in the second half. Another second year Bucs back, ex-Ohio State star Keyshawn Smith ran for 79 yards in the first half. The Tampa defense looked great against the pass, getting decent pressure and coming up with 3 interceptions. However they had some issues stopping the run.

Colts first round pick Bob *Chappuis, the former Michigan star, ran for 101 yards after seeing little action the first two games. Starting QB Eric Poppinga was awful following solid performances each of the two previous weeks. The free agent lured away from the Giants in the off-season completed just 10 of 21 pass attempts and was picked off twice. 10 year veteran LB Ron James was one of the few bright spots on the Colts defense. He recorded 9 tackles and equalled his total all of last season by sacking Graham twice.

The victory keeps the Buccaneers unbeaten and they will finish the preseason next Sunday against another unbeaten team, the Baltimore Ravens. The 2-1 Colts host 2-1 Oakland on Saturday.

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  NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON STANDINGS
	  NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
Minnesota 	2  1  0	.667	35   41
Detroit 	1  2  0	.333	62   55
Green Bay 	1  2  0	.333	82  117
Chicago 	0  3  0	.000	91  110

East		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
Dallas 		2  1  0	.667	73   52
NY Giants	1  2  0	.333	47   59
Philadelphia 	1  2  0	.333	54   60
Washington 	1  2  0	.333	59   70

South		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
Atlanta 	3  0  0	1.000	90   66
Tampa Bay 	3  0  0	1.000	71   52
Carolina 	2  1  0	 .667	70   62
New Orleans	2  1  0	 .667	78   70

West		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
San Francisco 	3  0  0	1.000	60   41
St. Louis 	2  1  0	 .667	62   59
Arizona 	1  2  0	 .333	41   60
Seattle 	1  2  0	 .333	50   77

	AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
Baltimore 	3  0  0	1.000	86   74
Cleveland 	2  1  0	 .667	73   72
Cincinnati 	1  2  0	 .333	46   64
Pittsburgh 	0  3  0  .000	45   63

East		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
Miami 		2  1  0	.667	89   57
NY Jets		2  1  0	.667	64   26
Buffalo 	1  2  0	.333	71   70
New England 	0  3  0	.000	51   70

South		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
Jacksonville 	3  0  0	1.000	85   59
Houston 	2  1  0	 .667	92   68
Indianapolis	2  1  0	 .667	93   51
Tennessee	0  3  0	 .000	63   92

West		W  L  T	 PCT	PF   PA
Kansas City 	2  1  0	.667	62   70
Oakland 	2  1  0	.667	61   49
Denver 		0  3  0	.000	64   94
San Diego 	0  3  0	.000	47   87

PRESEASON WEEK 3 RESULTS
Friday August 15
Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay
Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants
Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota

Saturday August 16
San Francisco 21at 17 San Diego
St Louis 10 at 23 Oakland
Jacksonville 34 at 33 Chicago
Atlanta 23 at 20 Tennessee
New England 21 at 27 New Orleans (OT)
Seattle 0 at 38 New York Jets

Sunday August 17
Baltimore 31 at 29 Detroit
Cincinnati 13 at 34 Philadelphia
Buffalo 20 at 29 Washington
Carolina 23 at 29 Kansas City
Cleveland 37 at 31 Denver
Arizona 7 at 24 Dallas

Yesterday
Indianapolis 17 at 28 Tampa Bay

PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
Friday August 22
Minnesota at Jacksonville
Chicago at New England
Dallas at Atlanta

Saturday August 23
New Orleans at Houston
Oakland at Indianapolis
Tennessee at Pittsburgh
Green Bay at Cleveland
NY Giants at Miami
Denver at Seattle
Philadelphia at St Louis

Sunday August 24
NY Jets at Arizona
San Diego at Buffalo
Detroit at San Francisco
Tampa at Baltimore
Washington at Carolina
Kansas City at Cincinnati

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
UTAH IS THE CLASS OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE
The best team in the Mountain States conference this year should be the University of Utah. The Utes out of conference schedule is quite favourable and there is a chance they could go undefeated. With a solid defense and a tremendous offense led by HB Frank *Nelson, Utah should will have little trouble winning the conference. In addition to the running game the Utes also have a solid quarterback in senior Cannon *Parkinson and a decent pair of receivers in juniors Bernard *Hafen and Ralph *Olsen. Senior Middle Guard Bill *Angelos anchors the defense with help from junior MLB Bob *Summerhays.

In addition to Nelson, there is another running back to keep an eye on. Robert *Hazelhurst of Denver is considered a possible first round NFL draft pick. Denver has lost some key contributers and it will be very unlikely for them to repeat as conference champs. Last season Denver flirted with finishing the year in the top 25 but a Raisin Bowl blowout loss to Hardin-Simmons ended those hopes. This year Denver and Colorado should battle for second spot in the conference. Colorado OT Paul *Briggs and Utah State LB Frank *Williams are two other players to keep an eye on this season.

This will be the final year of the Mountain States Conference as the University of Colorado has announced it's plans to join the Big 6. The remaining 6 members of the Mountain States Conference are going to remain together but will change the name to the Skyline Conference next year.

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1946 Standings	W	L	T	W	L	T
Denver		5	0	1	6	3	1
Utah		5	1	0	7	3	0
Utah State	3	3	0	5	4	0
Brigham Young	3	3	0	5	4	1
Colorado	3	2	1	4	5	1
Colorado State	0	5	1	0	8	1
Wyoming		0	5	1	1	8	1

BOXING
PERCY BASSETT WINS DEBUT BY KNOCKOUT
18 year old Philadelphia featherweight Percy Bassett has quite a future in store for himself if last night's professional debut is any indication. Bassett came out swinging against veteran New York pugilist Ted Christie and pounded him into submission before the first round was over. Christie never landed a punch and was out cold when Bassett's final shot, a devastating uppercut, made contact with the New Yorker's chin.

In other action from a busy Monday night in boxing. Scotland's Vic Herman scored a 9th round knockout of Irishman Rinty Monaghan in a bout in Belfast between two flyweight contenders. Herman improves to 15-4-2 and is ranked 6th in the division. The loss drops Monaghan's record to 17-5-1. Monaghan has lost 3 of his last 4 bouts with his only victory coming by TKO when Speedy Akira broke his hand in their bout.

In Munich heavyweight Jurgen xHucke scored a technical knockout over Arno Kolblin. xHucke improves to 2-1 and may be in line for a shot at the German title. On the same card middleweights Leo Starosch and Hans Stretz fought to a draw. One judge had them even while the other two officials looked like they were watching different fights. The first had Starosch winning 78-74 and the second scored it 79-73 in favor of Stretz. It was the professional debut for each of them.

Still with middleweights, veteran Freddie Apostoli came out of retirement and made short work of young Rocco xDiSaldo. Apostoli won the scheduled 8 round bout when the referee stopped it in the 6th. Apostoli had handily won all 5 rounds leading up to the stoppage. The San Francisco native had not fought since the sport was reformatted following WWII but he did see plenty of action in the thirties and early-40's. Some had felt xDiSaldo, who made his mark fighting on the streets of Chicago, would do well in the sport but he falls to 0-3.

Finally in Sydney Australian welterweight George Barnes won his pro debut but just barely, claiming a split decision 12 round victory over Flashy Sebastian of the Philippines. In the co-feature Philippino Bantamweight Leo Espinosa scored a unanimous decision over Australian Johnny Gleeson in their 8 round bout. It was the debut pro fight for each of them.

Tonight, middleweight Lester Felton makes his pro debut. Recently rated the 6th best young boxer in the world, the 18 year old Detroit native will make his debut in the Motor City against Canadian Len Wadsworth. Wadsworth likely will not provide much of a test for Felton as the Torontonian is 2-27 as a professional. One other bout features German heavyweight champion Hein Ten-Hoff defending his national title against challenger Willie Muller. Ten-Hof is 18-7 in his career while Muller is 2-0.

GOLF
HOGAN DOMINATING AFTER 15 EVENTS ON PGA TOUR
With just 3 regular events remaining in the 1947 PGA schedule there is little doubt that Ben Hogan will be the leading money winner on the tour. Hogan finished tied for 6th in this past weekend's US Open and earned $1000 for his efforts to boost him past the $20,000 mark in season earnings. A winner in 6 of the 15 events and never missing the cut, Hogan has nearly double the prize money of the number two golfer, Sam Snead.

Rounding out the top 5 are 'The Missouri Mortician' Herman Keiser, who jumped up the chart with a win in the British Open and a third place finish at the US Open. Fourth place belongs to Jay Hebert who won in back to back events at New Orleans and Dallas in the spring. South African Bobby Locke, who claimed victory at Phoenix, is fifth.

In real life the 1947 money winner was Jimmy Demaret who earned $27,936. Demaret sits 7th at this stage of the replay. The Houston native has 4 top five finishes but has yet to win an event this year. The next stop on the tour is Tucson.

Code:

       LEADING MONEY WINNERS ON THE 1947 PGA TOUR
NAME		PRIZE$	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	CUTS 
HOGAN		20100	6	11	13	15
SNEAD		10400	0	6	11	13
KEISER		 8668	1	3	6	10
HEBERT		 8563	2	3	6	12
LOCKE		 8175	1	3	6	11
NELSON		 7938	0	5	8	13
DEMARET		 7463	0	4	7	 9
MIDDLECOFF	 6675	0	1	7	10
HARPER		 6512	0	3	5	12
WARD		 6288	0	2	5	11
FURGOL		 6228	0	1	3	11
REES		 6188	1	3	6	 8
THOMSON		 6124	0	2	4	11
HARRISON	 6087	0	2	5	12
HAMILTON	 5717	0	2	3	12
LITTLE		 5588	0	2	2	12
BURTON		 5252	1	2	2	10
HARBERT		 5162	0	2	4	 9
FERRIER		 5160	1	1	1	 7
FLECK		 5014	0	1	4	 9
BOROS		 4738	0	1	2	10
OLIVER		 4725	1	2	3	 9
COTTON		 4542	0	1	3	 9
LEES		 4400	0	1	1	 8
HAEFNER		 4250	0	0	0	10

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 Porky Oliver
May 24-27	San Diego Open		Doug Ford
May 31-Jun 3	Texas Open		Ben Hogan
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			HERMAN KEISER
Aug 9-12	The Colonial 	 	Ben Hogan
Aug 16-19	US OPEN			JIM FERRIER
Aug 23-26	Tucson Open	
Aug 30-Sep 2	Western Open	
Sep 6-9		Los Angles Open	
	END OF REGULAR PGA SCHEDULE
Sep 13-16	RYDER CUP	
Sep 20-23	Tournament of Champions

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 02:20 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PHILLIES WORK OVERTIME TO BEAT REDS
Ray Sanders delivered an rbi double with one out in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies past Cincinnati 2-1. The victory keeps the Phillies 1 game ahead of the Chicago Cubs atop the National League. Hugh Mulcahy (14-12, 3.23) pitched 8 scoreless innings for the Phillies who led the game 1-0 until reliever Lefty Wilkie allowed a pinch-hit homerun off the bat of Reds rookie Sam Mele (.212,2,12) with two out in the bottom of the ninth. It was just the second homerun of his career for Mele. Another Reds rookie, Art Houtteman (11-11, 4.84) pitched 7 strong innings before leaving the game with an arm injury. Houtteman was placed on the DL and will miss two weeks.

Phil Rizzuto hit his 14th homer of the season and Ed Head pitched a 5-hitter to improve his record to 14-10 as the Cubs beat Boston 6-1. Cubs 1B Eddie Waitkus had 2 hits to extend his hitting streak to 19 games. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh continues to slide. The Bucs have dropped 7 of their last 8 after falling 5-3 at home to St Louis. 32 year old Xavier Rescigno pitched 8 innings for the Cards to earn just his 5th career victory. Legendary Pirate hurler Cliff Melton took the loss to drop to 14-8 on the season. Enos Slaughter had 3 hits including a homer and a double to lead the Cardinals. In the only other National League game Stan Hack's 10th inning pinch-hit homer gave Brooklyn a 5-4 win over the New York Giants.

SPAHN 4 HITS ATHLETICS
Warren Spahn (15-10, 3.26) tossed a 4-hitter to help the Cleveland Indians trim the Philadelphia Athletics 3-2 in American League action. Jeff Heath had 3 hits and an rbi to lead the Indians offense. In other American League action Stan Spence hit a 2-run homer and Rube Melton went the distance for his 12th win of the season as Boston topped Chicago 3-1. A grand slam off the bat of Bruce Campbell lifted the St Louis Browns to a 9-4 win over Detroit and Max Lanier pitched a 5-hit complete game as New York dropped Washington 5-1.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	68	50	.576	  x
ST LOUIS	63	55	.534	 5.0
BOSTON		61	55	.526	 6.0
WASHINGTON	61	58	.513	 7.5
PHILADELPHIA	58	59	.496	 9.5
DETROIT		57	60	.487	10.5
NEW YORK	54	65	.454	14.5
CHICAGO		49	69	.415	19.0

			
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	68	47	.591	  x
CHICAGO		68	49	.581	 1.0
PITTSBURGH	67	53	.558	 3.5
CINCINNATI	62	56	.525	 7.5
ST LOUIS	59	56	.513	 9.0
BOSTON		53	62	.461	15.0
NEW YORK	45	71	.388	23.5
BROOKLYN	44	73	.376	24.5

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 6 Boston 1
Brooklyn 5 New York 4 (10 inn)
Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 1 (10 inn)
St Louis 5 Pittsburgh 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-10, 4.14) at Washington (J Haynes 15-9, 2.43)
Detroit (H White 7-9, 4.39) at Boston (B Bowman 6-5, 4.24)
Chicago (B Byerly 5-11, 5.37) at St Louis (R Scarborough 11-10, 3.34)
New York (M Russo 5-5, 4.14) at Cleveland (R Poat 9-11, 3.30)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (V Olsen 19-6, 2.77) at Boston (B McCahan 0-0, 2.25)
New York (R Bauers 10-14, 3.71) at Brooklyn (R Barney 8-9, 3.44)
Philadelphia (M Macon 13-6, 2.82) at Cincinnati (E Blackwell 5-5, 4.91)
St Louis (E White 13-8, 2.87) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-13, 4.30)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .338	 B Elliott Pit	.350
B McCosky Det	 .332	 J Medwick Cin	.335
T Williams Bos	 .331	 G Rosen Bkn	.332

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	22
O Grimes Cle	17	 H Clift Chn	21
T Hafey Cha	16	 J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S			 RBI'S
T Williams Bos	 82	 B Elliott Pit	81
W Judnich SLB	 79	 S Chapman Bsn	75
D Litwhiler Cha	 78	 W Cooper StL	74

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 18-9	 V Olsen Chn	19-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
E Johnson Bos	 16-8	 P Roe Pit	17-5

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.62	 C Melton Pit	     1.96
J Haynes Wsh	2.43	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
B Feller Cle	2.55	 H Wyse Chn	     2.66

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 158	 E White StL	157
A Jurisch Det	 156	 R Barney Bkn	152
V Trucks Det	 150	 P Roe Pit	135

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BIG SIX CONFERENCE PREVIEW
This could be a big year for the Big Six Conference as two of the teams are rated in the preseason top 20 and a third could be by years end. Last year only Oklahoma finished ranked in the top 20 and the Sooners were a dissappointing 17th after losing the Orange Bowl to North Carolina 27-23. This year the Sooners start the season ranked 12th in the nation. The Kansas Jayhawks also have high hopes after finishing 6-3-1 a year ago. Kansas is ranked 14th in the preseason poll. The the conference title could well be decided Saturday, October 18th when the two schools meet in Norman. However, Missouri hopes to have something to say about that. The Tigers received some consideration but did not quite make the preseason top 20.

Oklahoma is led on offense by junior quarterback Jack *Mitchell, senior RB Charlie *Sarratt and senior tight end Jim *Tyree. Junior OG Buddy *Burris anchors a solid offensive line. The key contributers on defense are lineman Ruben Castor and defensive back Joe *Golding. Kansas also has a strong offense behind senior QB Ray *Evans and wide receiver Otto *Schnellbacher. *Schnellbacher is also captain of the Jayhawks basketball team and may be drafted by both the NFL and the BAA. Fullback Forrest *Griffith will handle the rushing duties along with Evans. Linebacker Don *Ettinger is the Jayhawks best player and quite likely a first round NFL pick.

Missouri has high hopes for a strong season from junior QB Harold 'Bus' *Entsminger but there defense led by senior linebacker Ed *Quirk is inexperienced. One other player to keep an eye on is Nebraska defensive lineman Carl *Samuelson who may well be the first player from the conference selected in next year's NFL draft.

This will be the final year the conference will be known as the Big Six. The University of Colorado has been accepted as the seventh member in football and the Buffaloes will leave the Mountain States Conference at the end of this season. Next year the group will be known as the Big Seven Conference.

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		Confer    Overall
1946 Standings	W  L  T	  W  L	T
Oklahoma	5  0  0	  7  2	1
Kansas		3  1  1	  6  3	1
Nebraska	3  2  0	  3  5	1
Missouri	2  2  1	  4  5	1
Kansas State	1  4  0	  1  8	0
Iowa State	0  5  0	  3  6  0

BIG SIX PLAYER IN THE SPOTLIGHT : OTTO SCHNELLBACHER KANSAS
Well before Dion Sanders and Bo Jackson there were plenty of two sport stars. Recently selected QB Otto Graham of Tampa is a perfect example although Graham decided to give up basketball and concentrate solely on his NFL career. Another great example is Otto *Schnellbacher who captained the University of Kansas in both football and basketball in 1947.

In real life the native of Sublette, Kansas was known as "The Double Threat from Sublette" because of his proficiency in both sports. He led the Jayhawks footballers to a conference title and an Orange Bowl berth in 1947 and was a two-time all conference split end and an all-american his final year. He surpassed that in basketball by being named all-conference 4 times. He also played both pro football and basketball, splitting 4 seasons with the NY Yankees of the All-America Football Conference and the NFL's New York Giants, primarily as a defensive back. Schnellbacher played one year in the Basketball Association of America with St Louis and Providence.

In my allsports replay Schnellbacher may have a chance to be an all-american in both basketball and football this year. Kansas has a solid football team this year and may have an outside shot at a national championship. In basketball, the Jayhawks had to settle for the NIT last year after 3 straight trips to the NCAA's. Schnellbacher led the club in scoring and assists and was named to his first Big 8 All-Conference team. With 4 starters returning this could be a big season for the Jayhawk basketball squad as well. I can not track individual college football stats except for their senior season so only Schnellbacher's college basketball stats appear below.

Code:

YEAR   GP  MPG  PPG  RPG APG  TO SPG BPG  FG%  FT%  3P%
44-45  17  3.8  2.1  0.1 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 .370 .600 .500
45-46  34 15.1  5.1  0.4 3.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 .329 .653 .351
46-47  31 29.4 14.4  1.2 5.2 2.2 1.8 0.0 .434 .738 .337
-----  -- ---- ----  --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
career 82 18.1	8.0  0.6 3.5 1.2 0.9 0.1 .402 .690 .351

BOXING
FELTON WINS PRO DEBUT
It more resembled wrestling than a boxing match but middleweight Lester Felton won his professional debut by easily outpointing journeyman Len Wadsworth in their bout in Detroit. The 18 year old Felton did a nice job picking his spots for much of the fight but the crowd grew increasingly frustrated by his tendancy to hold on to his opponent and slow the bout to a standstill. Wadsworth, with a 2-28 record, seemed more interested in collecting a paycheque than fighting and was more than happy to dance with Felton instead of box. All in all it was not a great effort by Felton, who recently was named one of the top 10 newcomers to the pro ranks.

One other bout of note as Hein Ten-Hoff defeated Willi Muller for the vacant German Heavyweight title. Ten-Hoff won by a 14th round TKO and improved his career record to 19-7. The title was vacated when Walter Neusel, who also currently holds the European Heavyweight belt, declined to defend his German championship. Neusel will be in action tonight in Edinburgh, Scotland when he defends his European title against Scottish native Manuel Abrew. The 34 year old Abrew has fought just twice since the war as he declined to enter the postwar tournament.

In other action tonight lightweights Lulu Constantino and Arthur King will meet in Toronto. King, the Canadian champion at age 21 and a Toronto native, sports a pro record of 14-2. He is considered the 10th best lightweight in the world. Constantino will be a real challenge for the young Canadian as the 26 year old Far Rockaway, New York native is also 14-2 and ranked 5th in the world. On the same card two other Canadians will make their pro debuts. 19 year old Halifax lightweight Richard 'Kid' Howard faces Massachusetts veteran fighter Jackie Parker while heavyweight Don Eagle will take on Clint Conway, who hails from New York City.

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 02:59 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PHILS TITLE HOPES SUFFER SERIOUS BLOW
The Philadelphia Phillies learned today they will be without starting pitcher Max Macon for likely the rest of the season. The 31 year old Macon(13-6, 2.80) suffered a torn ligament in the elbow on his throwing arm in Philadelphia's 2-1 loss at Cincinnati yesterday. There is a slight chance he will be able to pitch in the postseason should the Phillies qualify. Despite getting outhit 12-7 the Reds managed to beat the Phillies thanks to some clutch pitching from Harry Feldman (15-8, 4.44) who put himself in a few jams but always managed to find a way out of them. Ford Garrison had 3 hits and an rbi to lead the Reds. Ron Northey had a 3-hit game for the Phillies who are once again tied with Chicago for top spot in the National League.

Vern Olsen became the first 20 game winner in the majors this season by pitching the Cubs past the Braves 3-2 in Boston. Olsen (20-6, 2.72) allowed 8 hits and just 1 earned run with Johnny Schmitz pitching the ninth for his 6th save of the season. Backup catcher Tony Giuliani, who had a pair of 3 hit games last week, had another strong game with a pair of hits including a 2-run triple for the Cubs.

Buddy Hassett hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 12th inning to lead St Louis past Pittsburgh 4-2. The Cards had tied the game in the top of the 8th on a 2-run shot from Enos Slaughter. The loss drops the Pirates 3.5 games behind the co-leaders. In the other National League game Bob Scheffing's rbi single in the 8th snapped a 1-1 tie and helped the Brooklyn Dodgers past the New York Giants 3-1. Mel Ott's 4th homer of the season accounted for the New York run. It was the 409th homer of the 38 year old Ott's career. He is 5th alltime in that category. He is also in the top 5 in rbi's and just 2 walks from passing Eddie Collins to move in to 5th place alltime in bases on balls.

GUTTERIDGE GIVES TRIBE EXTRA INNING WIN
Cleveland second baseman Don Gutteridge had 3 hits including a game winning rbi single with 2 out in the 11th inning to give Cleveland a 6-5 victory over the visiting New York Yankees. Jeff Heath and Mike Tresh also had 3 hit games for the Tribe, who remain 5 games ahead of the St Louis Browns atop the American League.

Wally Judnich hit two homers and drove in 5 rbis while Bruce Campbell had 4 rbi's as the Browns blasted Chicago 13-7. In Boston, shortstop Johnny Hudson hit a 3-run homer in the first inning to lead the Red Sox past Detroit 5-2 while Ernie Kish drove in 4 runs in Philadelphia's 6-1 victory at Washington.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	69	50	.580	  x
ST LOUIS	64	55	.538	 5.0
BOSTON		62	55	.530	 6.0
WASHINGTON	61	59	.508	 8.5
PHILADELPHIA	59	59	.500	 9.5
DETROIT		57	61	.483	11.5
NEW YORK	54	66	.450	15.5
CHICAGO		49	70	.412	20.0


			
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	68	48	.586	  x
CHICAGO		69	49	.585	  x
PITTSBURGH	67	54	.554	 3.5
CINCINNATI	63	56	.529	 6.5
ST LOUIS	60	56	.517	 8.0
BOSTON		53	63	.457	15.0
BROOKLYN	46	73	.387	23.5
NEW YORK	45	72	.385	23.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia 6 Washington 1
Boston 5 Detroit 2
St Louis 13 Chicago 7
Cleveland 6 New York 5 (11 inn)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3 Boston 2
Brooklyn 3 New York 1
Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 1
St Louis 4 Pittsburgh 2 (12 inn)

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-11, 4.64) at Washington (F Hutchinson 15-13, 3.44)
Detroit (V Trucks 10-14, 2.82) at Boston (E Johnson 16-8, 3.19)
Chicago (B Fleming 1-4, 4.42) at St Louis (A McKain 13-6, 3.29)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (H Wyse 10-8, 2.66) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-7, 3.86)
New York (E Wright 5-5, 5.85) at Brooklyn (D Mauney 3-1, 8.49)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-10, 3.46) at Cincinnati (A Carter 15-12, 3.45)
St Louis (J Hutchings 11-12, 4.51) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-5, 3.64)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .337	 B Elliott Pit	.348
W Judnich SLB	 .333	 J Medwick Cin	.333
B McCosky Det	 .332	 G Rosen Bkn	.331

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	22
W Judnich SLB	18	 H Clift Chn	21
O Grimes Cle	17	 J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S			 RBI'S
W Judnich SLB	 84	 B Elliott Pit	81
T Williams Bos	 81	 S Chapman Bsn	75
D Litwhiler Cha	 79	 W Cooper StL	74

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 18-9	 V Olsen Chn	20-6
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
E Johnson Bos	 16-8	 P Roe Pit	17-5

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.62	 C Melton Pit	     1.96
B Feller Cle	2.55	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh	2.56	 H Wyse Chn	     2.66

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 158	 E White StL	163
A Jurisch Det	 156	 R Barney Bkn	156
V Trucks Det	 150	 P Roe Pit	135

BOXING
ABREW SHOCKS NEUSEL FOR EUROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN
With a huge hometown crowd cheering him on and perhaps some questionable scoring, Scotland native Manny Abrew won a shocking decision over German Walter Neusel to claim the European Heavyweight title. The French judge scored the fight even while the British judge and the referee each gave Abrew a one-point victory. To say the 34 year old who was making just his third postwar fight was an upset winner is a huge understatement. Neusel, who knocked out Britian's Bruce Woodcock to win the title last March, falls to 23-7.

Here are the top 5 contenders for the European Title, a belt that no titleholder has ever been able to keep in his first defense.

CHAMPION Manuel Abrew Edinburgh, Scotland 3-0
1: Hein Ten-Hof Oldenberg,Germany 19-7 (German Champ)
2: Stephane Olek Paris,France 17-13
3: Johnny Williams Barmouth,Wales 22-7-1
4: Walter Neusel Bochum,Germany 23-7
5: Bruce Woodcock Doncaster, England 13-6-1 (UK Champ)

Canadian Lightweight champ Arthur King was in action last night but in a non-title bout. King moved closer to a date with World Champion Ike Williams after winning a unanimous decision over Lulu Constantino at Maple Leaf Gardens. The victory improves King's record to 15-2 and moves the Toronto native into the top 5 in the lightweight division world wide. Constantino drops to 14-3. On the same card Canadian lightweight Richard Howard and heavyweight Don Eagle won their professional debuts.

One other bout of note yesterday German lightheavyweight Rudel xDietrich won a unanimous decision in his 6 round bout with Detroit native Johnny Vorce. xDietrich improves to 2-1 while Vorce is 0-4 in his career.

The highlight of tonight's boxing schedule is the card from Madison Square Garden. The main event pits the Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta against Holman Williams while a co-feature will have world middleweight champ Tony Zale face relative unknown Joey DeJohn in a non-title bout. Zale won the title in an upset over previously undefeated LaMotta last January and then successfully defended it with a TKO of George Abrams in the 15th round of their bout in July. Zale has agreed to meet the winner of the LaMotta-Williams fight following his rematch with Abrams at the end of September. Between them Jake LaMotta and Holman Williams are 42-2. Each fighter has lost just once - LaMotta to Zale in January while Williams lost a 15 round unanimous decision to LaMotta in the finals of the post-war tournament.

Also on the same card will be the pro debut of welterweight Carmen Basilio. Basilio will meet Jimmy Evans in a 6 round bout. Basilio was recently rated the third best young boxing prospect in the world.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
BORDER CONFERENCE
Hardin-Simmons is once again the class of the Border Conference. After finishing a perfect 10-0 Hardin-Simmons defeated Denver in the Raisin Bowl and finished the season ranked 13th in the nation. They remain 13th in the preseason poll released last week. The top player for the Cowboys is senior RB Wilton *Davis. Tackle John *Treadaway is a tremendous blocker and in Tom *Johnson Hardin-Simmons may have the best punter in the nation.

This is a conference full of great running backs. In addition to *Davis there is Ralph *Earhart of Texas Tech, UTEP's Ed *Smith and Jerry *Nuzim of New Mexico State. The University of New Mexico, Texas Tech and Arizona led by QB Fred *Enke should fight it out for second place.

Code:

		Confer    Overall
1946 Standings		W  L  T	  W  L	T
Hardin-Simmons		6  0  0	 11  0	0
New Mexico		5  2  0	  7  3	0
Texas Tech		3  1  0	  7  3	1
Texas-El Paso		3  3  0	  6  3	0
West Texas A&M		2  4  1	  5  4	1
Northern Arizona	2  2  0	  5  4	0
New Mexico State	2  2  1	  5  3	2
Arizona			1  4  0	  5  5	0
Arizona State		0  6  0	  1  9	0

BORDER CONFERENCE PLAYER IN THE SPOTLIGHT : FRED ENKE ARIZONA QB
The son of the University of Arizona basketball coach who bared the same name, Enke is making his mark on the gridiron rather than the hardwood. He was a three-sport star at Tucson High during the early 1940s before joining the Wildcats where he has played football and basketball. This will be his first season as the starting QB at Arizona and he has spent parts of the past 3 years coming off the basketball Wilcats bench for his father. He is likely a third or fourth round NFL pick.

In real life Enke Jr was a Hall of Fame athlete at the University of Arizona, and the first quarterback from Arizona’s high school ranks to start in the National Football League. At Arizona he lettered in football, basketball and baseball, and played on three Border Conference championship basketball teams coached by his father. He was named all-conference as a quarterback in 1947, was a third team All-American, and set Wildcat school records for total offense with 2,973 yards. Enke played professional football from 1948 to 1954, with the Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Colts.

GOLF<
TUCSON OPEN BEGINS TODAY
The 1947 PGA Tour enters the home stretch as Tucson National Country Club will act as the host of the third annual Tucson Open. Jimmy Demaret is the defending champion and while his place is pretty secure in the top 20, many other golfers are scrambling to finish in the top 20 money winners and qualify for the postseason Tournament of Champions which will have the richest purse in golf history.

Following this stop there are just two more regular events remaining in the golf season. Next week Salt Lake City will be the site of the Western Open before the season concludes in Los Angeles with the LA Open.

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 03:03 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 1947
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
RED SOX POISED TO MAKE MOVE
The Boston Red Sox nudged ahead of the St Louis Browns and into second place in the American League yesterday. Next the Red Sox set their sights on the first place Cleveland Indians as those two clubs prepare to meet 7 times in the next 10 days. The Indians, who were off yesterday, hold a 5.5 game lead on Boston. Cleveland has won just 3 of it's last 8 games while the Red Sox have taken 8 of their last 10 including a 5-1 win over Detroit yesterday. Earl Johnson pitched a complete game 2 hitter for his 17th victory of the season. Today Andy Karl will attempt to become the second 17 game winner on the Red Sox but he will have a tough assignment since league era leader Bill Lohrman (13-2, 1.62) suits up for Cleveland.

In other American League action yesterday Buddy Lewis hit a dramatic 3-run homer with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th to lift Washington past Philadelphia 4-2. Fred Hutchinson earned his 16th win of the season in that game by pitching a complete game 4-hitter. Meanwhile in St Louis, Bill Fleming of the White Sox pitched his first career shut out as Chicago blanked the Browns 7-0.

There were late inning heroics for both Chicago and Philadelphia in National League play and as a results the Cubs and Phillies remain deadlocked atop the loop. Harold Clift's 3-run homer in the top of the 9th gave Chicago a 5-2 win in Boston. In Cincinnati, little used journeyman outfielder Le grant Scott delivered an rbi single in the 11th inning to help Philadelphia past the Reds 4-3. Del Ennis for the Phillies and Joe Medwick of the Reds each had 4 hits in the game.

In Pittsburgh, Preacher Roe suffered his 4th straight loss but you can hardly blame the Bucs hurler for the loss. Roe allowed just 2 runs and 7 hits but that was enough to drop his record to 17-6 after the Cardinals pulled out a 2-1 victory. Johnny Hutchings and 2 relievers combined on a 3-hitter for the Cards. In the other game Pee Wee Reese drove in a pair of runs to help seventh place Brooklyn past last place New York 5-4.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	69	50	.580	  x
BOSTON		63	55	.534	 5.5
ST LOUIS	64	56	.533	 5.5
WASHINGTON	62	59	.512	 8.0
PHILADELPHIA	59	60	.496	10.0
DETROIT		57	62	.479	12.0
NEW YORK	54	66	.450	15.5
CHICAGO		50	70	.417	19.5
			
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	69	48	.590	  x
CHICAGO		70	49	.588	  x
PITTSBURGH	67	55	.549	 4.5
CINCINNATI	63	57	.525	 7.5
ST LOUIS	61	56	.521	 8.0
BOSTON		53	64	.453	16.0
BROOKLYN	47	73	.392	23.5
NEW YORK	45	73	.381	24.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 4 Philadelphia 2
Boston 5 Detroit 1
Chicago 7 St Louis 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 5 Boston 2
Brooklyn 5 New York 4
Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 3 (11 inn)
St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston (A Karl 16-7, 3.98) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 13-2, 1.62)
Washington (M Candini 14-12, 3.46) at St Louis (T Baker 11-12, 3.30)
Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-11, 4.64) at Chicago (T Shirley 1-3, 4.98)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago (P Erickson 9-15, 4.88) at Boston (S Gromek 15-8, 3.70)
New York (S Emmerich 1-4, 3.94) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-16, 4.53)
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 14-10, 3.21) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 12-6, 3.28)
St Louis (B Voiselle 13-13, 4.01) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 9-12, 3.72)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .334	 B Elliott Pit	.346
W Judnich SLB	 .330	 J Medwick Cin	.339
B McCosky Det	 .329	 G Rosen Bkn	.331

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	22
W Judnich SLB	18	 H Clift Chn	22
O Grimes Cle	17	 J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S			 RBI'S
W Judnich SLB	 84	 B Elliott Pit	81
T Williams Bos	 81	 H Clift Chn	77
D Litwhiler Cha	 79	 S Chapman Bsn	75

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 18-9	 V Olsen Chn	20-6
E Johnson Bos	 17-8	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 P Roe Pit	17-6

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.62	 C Melton Pit	     1.96
B Feller Cle	2.55	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh	2.56	 H Wyse Chn	     2.59

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 158	 E White StL	163
A Jurisch Det	 156	 R Barney Bkn	156
V Trucks Det	 155	 P Roe Pit	136

BOXING
WILLIAMS WINS SPLIT DECISION OVER LAMOTTA
Holman Williams avenged his only career loss by winning a split decision victory over Jake LaMotta in a spirited battle of highly ranked middleweights at Madision Square Garden. Williams controlled the fight early before LaMotta made a huge charge in the later rounds but fell just short of knocking Williams out. Williams, at 28-1, suffered his only loss at the hands of LaMotta in the post-war tournament title match last September. He will get a title shot in December against Tony Zale assuming Zale wins his Oct 2nd rematch with George Abrams. LaMotta, who lost the title to Zale in January, falls to 15-2.

Speaking of Zale, on the same fight card he won an easy unanimous decision in an 8 round bout with journeyman Joey DeJohn. Zale sent DeJohn to the canvas twice in the bout and was awarded all 8 rounds by each of the judges.

On the undercard highly touted ex-Marine Carmen Basilio was the victim of a questionable decision as his bout with Jimmy Evans was declared a majority draw. The announcement was booed loudly by the Madison Square Garden crowd which felt the young welterweight had done more than enough to win the 6-round bout. Basilio did appear to have the fight in hand but his performance was far from the dominating effort we were expecting from his professional debut. In real life Basilio made his pro debut against Evans and won by a third round knockout.

The big fight tonight takes place in Philadelphia where Jimmy Carter, the third ranked lightweight in the world meets 6th raked Orlando Zulueta. Zulueta, with a record of 12-2-1, is the Cuban Champion. Carter, a 24 year old from New York City, is 15-4. He suffered a unanimous decision loss to Zulueta during the early stages of the post-war tournament.

GOLF
HEBERT SHOOTS 64 ON OPENING DAY AT TUCSON OPEN
Jay Hebert, who won PGA events at Dallas and Phoenix early in the season, took a big step towards winning his third title of the season by carding an 8 under par 64 in Thursday's opening round of the Tucson Open. Hebert has a 3 stroke lead on Jack Burke Jr and defending champion Jimmy Demaret. The top amateur is 24 year old Boston native Harry xWhistler, who sits five strokes off the pace at -3.

Code:

  TUCSON OPEN LEADERBOARD
Hebert		64	-8
Burke Jr	67	-5
Demaret		67	-5
Fleck		68	-4
Boros		69	-3
Byrd		69	-3
Fazio		69	-3
Mangrum		69	-3
Middlecoff	69	-3
Thomson		69	-3
Von Nida	69	-3
xWhistler-a	69	-3
Bulla		70	-2
Keiser		70	-2
Revolta		70	-2
Shute		70	-2
xScarborough-a	70	-2
Adams		71	-1
Faulkner	71	-1
Furgol		71	-1
Hamilton	71	-1
Harrison	71	-1
Hogan		71	-1
Locke		71	-1
Nelson		71	-1
Worsham		71	-1
xWhite-a	71	-1
Cotton		72	E
Dawson-a	72	E
Ford		72	E
Ghezzi		72	E
King		72	E
Riegel		72	E
Runyon		72	E
xTibbetts-a	72	E
Bolt		73	1
Carr-a		73	1
Dutra		73	1
Little		73	1
Mackay Jr	73	1
McSpadden	73	1
Metz		73	1
Rees		73	1
Smith		73	1
Snead		73	1
Van Donck	73	1
Weetman		73	1
Wood		73	1
xNehring-a	73	1
Burton		74	2
Daly		74	2
Haefner		74	2
Harmon		74	2
Harper		74	2
Horne		74	2
Stranahan	74	2
Turnesa		74	2
Wall		74	2
Bradshaw	75	3
Bruen		75	3
Cerda		75	3
de Vicenzo	75	3
Oliver		75	3
xKeeler-a	75	3
Ferrier		76	4
Lees		76	4
Rosburg-a	76	4
Sarazen		76	4
Ward		76	4
xDePore-a	76	4
Barron		77	5
xAnderson-a	77	5
Harbert		78	6
xMartin-a	79	7
xMulvenon-a	79	7

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
3 GAMES TONIGHT AS PRESEASON WINDS DOWN
The Chicago Bears will have one more dress rehearsal for their struggling defense tonight before the games start to matter next week. The defending league champions are 0-3 and rank 31st in team defense and dead last in passing yards allowed. The Bears opponent tonight will be another struggling team, the 0-3 New England Patriots.

Two other games this evening pit 2-1 Minnesota at 3-0 Jacksonville while unbeaten Atlanta entertains 2-1 Dallas.

PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
Friday August 22
Minnesota at Jacksonville
Chicago at New England
Dallas at Atlanta

Saturday August 23
New Orleans at Houston
Oakland at Indianapolis
Tennessee at Pittsburgh
Green Bay at Cleveland
NY Giants at Miami
Denver at Seattle
Philadelphia at St Louis

Sunday August 24
NY Jets at Arizona
San Diego at Buffalo
Detroit at San Francisco
Tampa at Baltimore
Washington at Carolina
Kansas City at Cincinnati

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW

1946 was a banner year for the Southern Conference with 3 schools finishing the season ranked in the top 14 including undefeated North Carolina at 11-0 and a winner in the Orange Bowl. The Tar Heels finished the season as the 4th ranked team in the nation and were more than a little dissapointed they did not end up ahead of Notre Dame and Michigan, who each lost 1 game. North Carolina starts this season off as the only ranked team from the Southern Conference. The Tar Heels may be hard pressed to hang on to their number 7 ranking with non conference games against Georgia, Texas and Tennessee. In addition, the hole created with the graduation of All-America QB DeMarco Dickinson will be difficult to replace. In his place will be sophomore Charlie *Justice. A running back as a freshman, Justice makes the switch to quarterback this season. Sophomore WR Art *Weiner should help make Justice's transition to QB easier, as well senior FB Walt Pupa.

William & Mary has a chance to go to a bowl game for the second straight year. Team captain Bob *Steckroth is one of the best receivers in the nation. The Tribe also have an outstanding offensive line led by senior guard Knox *Ramsay and junior center Tommy *Thompson who should make life easy for junior running back Jack *Cloud.

North Carolina State possesses one of the best defensive backs in the nation in senior Les *Palmer but the Wolfpack will have their work cut out for them if they wish to duplicate last season's success.

Code:

			Confer    Overall
1946 Standings		W  L  T	  W  L	T	
North Carolina		5  0  0	 11  0	0
William & Mary		7  1  0	  9  2	0
North Car State		6  1  0	 10  1	0
Richmond		4  2  1	  7  2	1
Duke			3  2  0	  5  4	0
VMI			3  4  0	  4  6	0
Davidson		3  2  1	  6  2	1
Maryland		2  4  1	  3  5	1
Virginia Tech		3  4  1	  3  5	1
Wake Forest		3  2  0	  6  3	0
South Carolina		2  4  0	  3  5	0
Clemson			2  3  0	  3  6	0
George Washington	1  1  0	  5  2	0
Citadel			1  5  0	  2  5	1
Furman			0  5  0	  1  8	0
Washinton & Lee		0  5  0	  2  6	0

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 03:17 AM

PRESS RELEASE:
OLYMPIC GAMES WILL JOIN ALL-SPORTS REPLAY

Thanks to a site I located today I now have a complete list of results for all athletes in the 1948 summer olympic games. That information combined with some ideas from an Olympic text game posted at Table-top Sports will allow me to create a simple game designed to generate results for the Olympics. I will likely just focus on swimming along with track and field but I may also have some ideas to include other sports as well. I also have partial results for the winter olympics and am considering adding it as well but it will be far less detailed than the summer games.

Either way, I think with the information that allows me to include the Olympics I now have every major sporting event of the era covered. The winter olympics at St Moritz will begin Jan 30, 1948 while the summer games in London start next July.

goroyals · 01-16-2005, 11:01 AM

Great job TF, good to see the Olympics in there. Keep up the fine work.

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 01:42 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY AUGUST 23, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
RED SOX CLOSE GROUND ON INDIANS WITH EXTRA-INNING WIN
Al Zarilla and Ben Steiner delivered rbi's in the top of the 11th innning to lift the Boston Red Sox past Cleveland 3-1 and move them to within 4.5 games of the front running Indians. The game started as a tremendous pitching duel between Boston's Andy Karl (16-7, 3.90) and Cleveland ace Bill Lohrman (13-2, 1.59). The two starters each gave way entering the 9th inning with the score tied at 1. At that point there had only been 5 hits in the ballgame.

The Indians had taken the lead in the bottom of the 6th when Andy Karl allowed 2 singles and a pair of walks including one to catcher Mike Tresh with the bases loaded. Karl made up for it with his bat a half inning when his rbi single off Lohrman scored Roy Partee. Boston infielder Johnny Pesky, with 3, was the only player on either side to get more than one base hit. Tex Hughson (7-9) got the win in relief while Ed Klieman (3-4) was tagged with the loss.

Milo Candini allowed just 3 hits over 8 innings to record his 15th victory of the season as Washington shaded the Browns 3-2 at St Louis. In the only other game Danny Litwhiler regained the American League rbi lead with 3 as Chicago blasted Philadelphia 11-3.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Both of the National League co-leaders lost yesterday allowing the third place Pittsburgh Pirates to creep a little closer. Arky Vaughan drove in a pair of runs as the Pirates squeked past St Louis 4-3. Bill Salkeld's rbi single in the bottom of the 9th plated Vaughan with the game's winning run. Chicago was beaten 6-2 in Boston as Braves hurler Steve Gromek went the distance to improve his record to 16-8. Ford Garrison and Johnny Mize each had 3 rbi's as fourth place Cincinnati knocked off the Philadelphia Phillies 9-1. In the other game Carl Furillo drove in 5 runs to help Brooklyn outslug the New York Giants 16-9.

Code:

AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	69	51	.575	  x
BOSTON		64	55	.538	 4.5
ST LOUIS	64	57	.529	 5.5
WASHINGTON	63	59	.516	 7.0
PHILADELPHIA	59	61	.492	10.0
DETROIT		57	62	.479	11.5
NEW YORK	54	66	.450	15.0
CHICAGO		51	70	.421	18.5

			
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHILADELPHIA	69	49	.585	  x
CHICAGO		70	50	.583	  x
PITTSBURGH	68	55	.553	 3.5
CINCINNATI	64	57	.529	 6.5
ST LOUIS	61	57	.517	 8.0
BOSTON		54	64	.458	15.0
BROOKLYN	48	73	.397	22.5
NEW YORK	45	74	.378	24.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 3 Cleveland 1 (11 inn)
Washington 3 St Louis 2
Chicago 11 Philadelphia 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 6 Chicago 2
Brooklyn 16 New York 9
Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 1
Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 3

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston (R Melton 12-10, 3.85) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-9, 2.55)
Washington (D Errickson 9-16, 4.11) at St Louis (E Lopat 13-14, 4.59)
Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-10, 3.67) at Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-3, 5.19)
Detroit (K Heintzelman 13-10, 4.34) at New York (M Lanier 13-16, 3.42)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston (J Flores 8-12, 4.82) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 14-8, 1.96)
New York (D Koslo 7-17, 4.26) at St Louis (X Rescigno 4-2, 3.61)
Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 14-12, 3.23) at Chicago (E Head 14-10, 4.03)
Cincinnati (E Blackwell 5-5, 4.91) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-2, 4.82)

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .332	 B Elliott Pit	.345
W Judnich SLB	 .329	 J Medwick Cin	.337
B McCosky Det	 .329	 G Rosen Bkn	.332

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	23
W Judnich SLB	18	 H Clift Chn	22
O Grimes Cle	17	 J Gordon Phi	20

RBI'S			 RBI'S
W Judnich SLB	 84	 B Elliott Pit	81
D Litwhiler Cha	 82	 H Clift Chn	77
T Williams Bos	 81	 S Chapman Bsn	76

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 18-9	 V Olsen Chn	20-6
E Johnson Bos	 17-8	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 P Roe Pit	17-6

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.59	 C Melton Pit	     1.96
B Feller Cle	2.55	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh	2.56	 H Wyse Chn	     2.59

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 158	 E White StL	163
A Jurisch Det	 156	 R Barney Bkn	156
V Trucks Det	 155	 P Roe Pit	136

MAJOR LEAGUE INJURY REPORT
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston - none
Chicago - P Gene Schott (9-11, 4.98) one week
Cleveland - none
Detroit - OF Dick Wakefield (.323,10,43) out for season
New York - P Dizzy Dean (11-12, 3.56) one week, OF Charlie Keller (.130,0,0) season
Philadelphia- OF Chet Laabs (.237,12,45) one week
St Louis - P Ray Scarborough (11-10, 3.34) 2 weeks, P Ed Hanyzewski (2-1, 2.57) 3 weeks
Washington - P Red Barrett (10-10, 4.60) 5 days

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston - P Bill Donovan (2-3, 2.79) season, P Ken Raffensberger (5-6, 1.99) season
Brooklyn - P Les Webber (8-14, 4.58) 1 week, 2B Jackie Robinson (.253,10,50) one week, OF Pete Reiser (.263,11,48) day to day
Chicago - none
Cincinnati - P Art Houtteman (11-11, 4.84) 7-10 days
New York - none
Philadelphia - P Max Macon (13-6, 2.80) 5 weeks
Pittsburgh - none
St Louis - Stan Musial (.263,13,41) season

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
BEARS GET FIRST PRESEASON WIN BUT AT A PRICE
The good news for the defending champion Chicago Bears is their defense played much better in a 35-13 pasting of New England, which earned Chicago it's first win of the preseason. The bad news is the Bears lost starting WR Robert Feeley for at least two months with a torn knee ligament. The 4th year receiver had 63 catches including 12 touchdown grabs a year ago. On the positive side the Bears do have some depth at wideout including 2nd round draft pick Jim *Keane. *Keane, who caught passes from Otto *Graham at Northwestern a year ago, will be the number 3 receiver while 3rd year man Matt Sikahema moves into a starting role alongside all-pro Ken *Kavanaugh. Sikahema had 46 catches a year ago. The Bears open the regular season next Sunday at home to Philadelphia. New England, which finished the preseason 0-4, hopes for better luck in their season opener at San Diego next Thursday night.

In other action rookie QB Paul *Governali passed for 289 yards and 2 touchdowns to help Minnesota edge Jacksonville 37-35. Both clubs finished the preseason with 3-1 records. The Vikings host the Giants while the Jags travel to Pittsburgh in next Sunday's season openers for the two squads.

Art Sampson returned a punt 90 yards for a score in a 17 point first quarter outburst by the Dallas Cowboys, who coasted to a 23-10 win in Atlanta. Rookie Johnny *Clement ran for 89 yards and last seasons offensive rookie of the year Raymond Cash gained 61 on the ground to lead the Dallas offense. Both teams finished the preseason at 3-1. Dallas visits Green Bay next Sunday while Atlanta travels to Arizona.

PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
Friday August 22
Minnesota 37 at 35 Jacksonville
Chicago 35 at 13 New England
Dallas 23 at 10 Atlanta

TODAY
New Orleans at Houston
Oakland at Indianapolis
Tennessee at Pittsburgh
Green Bay at Cleveland
NY Giants at Miami
Denver at Seattle
Philadelphia at St Louis

Sunday August 24
NY Jets at Arizona
San Diego at Buffalo
Detroit at San Francisco
Tampa at Baltimore
Washington at Carolina
Kansas City at Cincinnati

GOLF
DEMARET AND BURKE TIED FOR LEAD AT TUCSON OPEN
Defending champion Jimmy Demaret and Jack Burke Jr. are the co-leaders after two rounds of the Tucson Open. The big story was the collapse of first round leader Jay Hebert who, the day after carding an 8 under 64, saw his score balloon with a round of 79 on Friday. Tommy Bolt and Johnny Bulla are tied for second two strokes behind the co-leaders and the ever dangerous Ben Hogan lurks 4 off the pace. Among those who failed to make the cut you can include the name of Sam Snead who finished at 3 over par. Three amateurs made the field including US Amateur champ Scott xTibbetts who just snuck in at plus one. The low amateur through 2 rounds is William Scarborough III at 2 under par.

Code:

  TUCSON OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME		RD 1	RD 2	TOTAL
Burke Jr	67	69	-8
Demaret		67	69	-8
Bolt		73	65	-6
Bulla		70	68	-6
Von Nida	69	70	-5
Bradshaw	75	65	-4
Hogan		71	69	-4
Middlecoff	69	71	-4
Adams		71	70	-3
Furgol		71	70	-3
Worsham		71	70	-3
Cotton		72	70	-2
Fleck		68	74	-2
xScarborough-a	70	72	-2
de Vicenzo	75	68	-1
Hebert		64	79	-1
Keiser		70	73	-1
Nelson		71	72	-1
Thomson		69	74	-1
Van Donck	73	70	-1
Barron		77	67	E
Fazio		69	75	E
Harmon		74	70	E
Harrison	71	73	E
Mackay Jr	73	71	E
Mangrum		69	75	E
McSpadden	73	71	E
Riegel		72	72	E
Byrd		69	76	1
Carr-a		73	72	1
Ford		72	73	1
Ghezzi		72	73	1
King		72	73	1
Metz		73	72	1
Rees		73	72	1
Revolta		70	75	1
xTibbetts-a	72	73	1

	MISSED CUT
Faulkner	71	75	2
Ferrier		76	70	2
Locke		71	75	2
Shute		70	76	2
Ward		76	70	2
Boros		69	78	3
Lees		76	71	3
Oliver		75	72	3
Snead		73	74	3
Stranahan	74	73	3
Wall		74	73	3
Weetman		73	74	3
Wood		73	74	3
Cerda		75	73	4
Haefner		74	74	4
Horne		74	74	4
Rosburg-a	76	72	4
xWhistler-a	69	79	4
xWhite-a	71	77	4
Dawson-a	72	77	5
Dutra		73	76	5
Hamilton	71	78	5
Harbert		78	71	5
Harper		74	75	5
xAnderson-a	77	72	5
xMulvenon-a	79	70	5
xNehring-a	73	76	5
Bruen		75	75	6
Daly		74	76	6
Smith		73	77	6
Turnesa		74	76	6
Little		73	78	7
Runyon		72	79	7
Sarazen		76	75	7
Burton		74	78	8
xDePore-a	76	76	8
xKeeler-a	75	77	8
xMartin-a	79	74	9

BOXING
GRECO WINS CANADIAN WELTERWEIGHT CROWN
Montreal native Johnny Greco claimed the vacant Canadian Welterweight title with a unanimous decision over Gus Mell at the Montreal Forum. The 24 year old Greco improves his post-war record to 13-12-1. He is not considered a serious world title contender. Mell, who also hails from Montreal, falls to 11-21-4 with the loss.

In other boxing action last night the world's 3rd ranked lightweight won in a bout in New York City. New Yorker Jimmy Carter improves to 16-4 with a 12 round majority decision over Cuban Orlando Zulueta. Carter will likely get a shot at the winner of the Ike Williams-Art Aragon bout which is slated for Friday September 12th. Williams, the World Lightweight Champion, is a perfect 20-0. Carter has not faced Williams but he did lose a unanimous decision to Aragon during the post-war tournament qualifying stage. Carter's win over Zulueta avenged another qualify stage loss for the New York native. Zulueta's record drops to 12-3-1.

Highlighting tonight's action is a European Featherweight title matchup between Ray Famechon and Ronnie Clayton. Famechon makes his first appearance since being totally outclassed by Willie Pep in a world title fight last April. The 24 year old Clayton, sporting a 27-12-3 record, gets his first shot at the European belt.

UPCOMING WORLD TITLE FIGHTS
Thu Aug 28: Featherweight - Willie Pep (20-0) vs Chico Rosa (25-10-2) in San Francisco
Sat Aug 30: Lightheavyweight- Lloyd Marshall (23-4-1) vs Archie Moore (32-2) in Cleveland
Fri Sep 12: Lightweight - Ike Williams (20-0) vs Art Aragon (14-4-1) in New York City
Sat Sep 20: Featherweight - Willie Pep vs Georgie Hansford (21-13) in Los Angeles
Sat Sep 27: Bantamweight - Luis Galvani (32-4-1) vs Hiroshi Horiguchi (24-12-2) in Tokyo
Thu Oct 2: Middleweight - Tony Zale (38-4) vs George Abrams (32-5-2) in Chicago
Thu Oct 9: Flyweight - Jackie Paterson (21-2) vs Valentin Angelmann (12-5-2) in London
Sat Oct 11: Heavyweight - Ezzard Charles (21-1) vs Nathan Mann (19-5-1)

SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION MATCHES

START OF SEASON
TODAY'S GAMES
Sunderland at Arsenal
Everton at Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea at Blackpool
Stoke City at Bolton
Sheffield United at Charlton Athletic
Huddersfield at Derby County
Aston Villa at Grimsby Town
Preston NE at Liverpool
Wolverhampton at Manchester City
Manchester United at Middlesbrough
Burnley at Portsmouth

SCOTTISH FIRST DIVISION

Code:

           STANDINGS
CLUB		GP  W	L  T GF	GA PTS
Partick		4   3	0  1  8	1  10
Celtic		4   3	0  1  9	3  10
St Mirren	4   3	1  0  5	1   9
Queen of South	4   3	1  0  6	7   9
Hibernian	4   3	1  0  8	1   9
Aberdeen	4   3	1  0  7	2   9
Rangers		4   2	1  1  5	2   7
Dundee		4   2	2  0  6	6   6
Falkirk		4   1	0  3  5	4   6
Hearts		4   1	2  1  5	4   4
Third Lanark	4   1	3  0  2	8   3
Queens Park	4   1	3  0  2	10  3
Motherwell	4   1	3  0  4	8   3
Morton		4   0	3  1  1	6   1
Clyde		4   0	3  1  2	7   1
Airdrie		4   0	3  1  4	9   1

SUNDAY'S GAMES
Queen of South at Falkirk
Airdrie at Hibernian
Hearts at Motherwell
Morton at Dundee
Aberdeen at St Mirren

Tiger Fan · 01-16-2005, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goroyals

Great job TF, good to see the Olympics in there. Keep up the fine work.

thanks. Not quite sure how good the olympic games I create will be but I think I have a good basic plan in place for the design of each game. I have already tested basketball and yachting and got some pretty good results for each.

Events like hockey, soccer, basketball and all racing events will be easy to create a game for. However, I am still at a loss how I will create simple little dice games to simulate the figure skating, gymnastics and field events.

But I have a lot of time to come up with a plan.

Tiger Fan · 01-18-2005, 01:03 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY AUGUST 24, 1947

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BLACK HAWKS TRADE BENTLEY TO TORONTO
The Chicago Black Hawks have shocked the hockey world by dealing the reigning NHL scoring leader to Toronto in a 7 player deal. Bentley and Cy Thomas head to the Leafs in exchange for the Flying Forts line of Gaye Stewart, Bud Poile and Gus Bodnar along with defensemen Bob Goldham and Ernie Dickens.

Bentley was the first all-star team center and won the Lady Byng Award last season but the aging Hawks finished dead last with just 17 wins in 60 games. Hawks General Manager Johnny Gottselig felt the deal was necessary to allow his club to build for the future. The trade gives Toronto the strongest center ice combination in the league with Syl Apps, Teeder Kennedy and Bentley. Bentley had 37 goals and a league high 52 assists for Chicago last season. Cy Thomas spent last season with Edmonton of the Western Canada Senior League.

The Hawks depth is instantly upgraded with the addition of the three Fort William, Ontario natives. Gaye Stewart had 26 points and played most of the season at left wing with Gus Bodnar in the middle and Bud Poile on the right side. Poile had 23 points last year while Bodnar tallied 15. In the playoffs Stewart and Poile were teamed with Ted Kennedy and were a major reason why the Leafs forced Detroit to 7 games in the Stanley Cup finals. Stewart had 7 goals and 2 assists while Poile also had 9 playoff points. Bodnar, bothered by an injury had just 2 assists in the postseason. Goldham is a steady stay-at-home defenseman and tied for the team lead in plus-minus a year ago at plus 14. Dickens spent all of last season with Pittsburgh of the AHL but has 25 games of NHL experience under his belt.

Editor's note - In real life this trade occurred a couple of weeks into the season but because I am using whatifsports to simulate the games Bentley will appear with Toronto the entire year in my replay.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
EXTRA EFFORT ALLOWS CUBS TO DRAW FIRST BLOOD IN SHOWDOWN WITH PHILLIES
You can't blame the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates if they are feeling a little tense lately. The red-hot Chicago Cubs have made up 10 games in the standings over the past 32 days and have sole possession of first place after a 3-2 win over Philadelphia yesterday in the Windy City. Phillies 3B Jim Tabor's error allowed the Cubs to score twice in the bottom of the 11th erasing a 2-1 lead the Phillies gained on a Ron Northey homer half an inning earlier. The win allows the Cubs to draw first blood in a long 6 game series with the Phillies that could just decide the National League pennant race. The Phillies, already reeling with the injury to pitcher Max Macon (13-6, 2.80), got more bad news when Hugh Mulcahy (14-12, 3.15) suffered a shoulder injury and he may miss his next scheduled start against the Cubs on Wednesday.

The Phillies and Pirates have to be shaking there heads when it comes to what the Cubs have done. Here is the record of each of the 3 teams on July 22.

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PHILADELPHIA	54	34	 x
PITTSBURGH	55	39	 2
CHICAGO		45	45	10

The Cubs were in 5th place at the time but since then have won 26 of their last 31 games while both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have played below .500 ball. Even the great Cliff Melton could not help the Bucs, he was beaten 5-3 by Boston yesterday.

In other National League games Sid Gordon had 4 hits and veteran Mel Ott had 3 as the Giants topped St Louis 7-4. Ott also drew a walk in the game, the 1607th of his career leaving him just 1 shy of Eddie Collins for 5th alltime in that category. Ott is already in the top in both homers (5th, 409) and rbi's (3rd, 1748). He is also just 72 hits shy of becoming the 15th player in league history to record 3000 career hits. In Brooklyn, Carl Furillo had 3 hits and a pair of rbi's as Brooklyn edged Cincinnati 3-2.

SWIFT TO GET START TODAY FOR PHILLIES
With Max Macon sidelined the Philadelphia Phillies are turning to veteran Bill Swift in an effort to slow down Vern Olsen and the Chicago Cubs. Swift, who has 268 career victories including 26 in 1940 when he won the NL Cy Young Award will be making just his 6th start of this season. He was 3-2 before an arm injury in May cost him 2 months. Since his return he has been confined to the Phillies bullpen in part because of the job Macon has been doing. The 39 year old Swift won 15 games a year ago.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP
Ival Goodman had 3 hits including a 2-run single in the bottom of the 8th to lift Cleveland past Boston 7-5 in American League play. Lou Boudreau also had 3 hits for the Indians, who stretch their lead over the Red Sox to 5.5 games. Wally Judnich and Vic Wertz homered for St Louis as the Browns beat Washington 7-6 to move into a second place tie with Boston.

In the other American League games Max Lanier tossed a 6-hitter for his 14th win of the season as New York downed Detroit 7-2 while a 5-run third inning helped the Chicago White Sox past Philadelphia 6-2.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	70	51	.579	  x
BOSTON		64	56	.533	 5.5
ST LOUIS	65	57	.533	 5.5
WASHINGTON	63	60	.512	 8.0
PHILADELPHIA	59	62	.488	11.0
DETROIT		57	63	.475	12.5
NEW YORK	55	66	.455	15.0
CHICAGO		52	70	.426	18.5
			
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CHICAGO		71	50	.587	  x
PHILADELPHIA	69	50	.580	 1.0
PITTSBURGH	68	56	.548	 4.5
CINCINNATI	64	58	.525	 7.5
ST LOUIS	61	58	.513	 9.0
BOSTON		55	64	.462	15.0
BROOKLYN	49	73	.402	22.5
NEW YORK	46	74	.383	24.5

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 5 Pittsburgh 3
New York 7 St Louis 4
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 (11 inn)
Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston (B Bowman 7-5, 4.11) at Cleveland (W Spahn 15-10, 3.26)
Washington (J Haynes 15-10, 2.56) at St Louis (T Earley 0-1, 0.63)
Philadelphia (S Overmire 8-10, 3.96) at Chicago (B Byerly 5-12, 5.71)
Detroit (A Jurisch 18-9, 3.67) at New York (T Bonham 12-14, 2.86)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston (B McCahan 0-1, 2.77) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-13, 4.13)
New York (R Bauers 10-15, 3.70) at St Louis (E White 13-8, 2.84)
Philadelphia (O Grove 2-3, 4.71 or B Swift 3-2, 3.49) at Chicago (V Olsen 20-6, 2.72)
Cincinnati (H Feldman 15-8, 4.44) at Brooklyn (R Barney 8-9, 3.38)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .335	 B Elliott Pit	.348
W Judnich SLB	 .329	 J Medwick Cin	.337
B McCosky Det	 .328	 G Rosen Bkn	.331

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	23
W Judnich SLB	19	 H Clift Chn	22
O Grimes Cle	17	 J Gordon Phi	21

RBI'S			 RBI'S
W Judnich SLB	 86	 B Elliott Pit	82
D Litwhiler Cha	 82	 H Clift Chn	77
T Williams Bos	 81	 S Chapman Bsn	76

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 18-9	 V Olsen Chn	20-6
E Johnson Bos	 17-8	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 P Roe Pit	17-6

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.59	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh	2.56	 C Melton Pit	     2.04
B Feller Cle	2.69	 H Wyse Chn	     2.59

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 165	 E White StL	163
A Jurisch Det	 156	 R Barney Bkn	156
V Trucks Det	 155	 P Roe Pit	136


3000 CAREER HIT CLUB
#  Career Hits        H 
1   J. Burkett       4108 
2   J. Jackson       3523 
3   W. Keeler        3360 
4   R. Hornsby       3321 
5   E. Delahanty     3273 
6   N. Lajoie        3236 
7   T. Cobb          3218 
8   G. Demontreville 3199 
9   E. Collins       3193 
10  J. Beckley       3150 
11  G. Sisler        3078 
12  A. Bridwell      3075 
13  Z. Wheat         3070 
14  T. Speaker       3069 

17  M. Ott*          2928

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
MONTANA GIVES PACKERS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
The Green Bay Packers are said to be leaning towards making rookie Frank *Albert the starting quarterback when they open the season against Dallas next week but second year pro Jordan Montana is doing his best to change the Packers plan. Montana threw for 202 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead Green Bay past Cleveland 24-14 in their final preseason game. Montana took over to start the second half with the Packers trailing 14-0 and was in complete control of the Green Bay offense. Reserve cornerback Jamal McAlister had a pair of interceptions for the Pack who finish the preseason 2-2. Cleveland also finishes 2-2 and the Browns will open the season against Tennessee.

BERGER LEADS SAINTS PAST HOUSTON 31-7
All Pro running back Todd Berger scored a pair of first quarter touchdowns and ran for 137 yards to lead New Orleans to it's third win of the preseason. All the scoring came in the first half as the Saints marched up and down the field behind the steady guidance of QB Ryan Boyette. Houston's points came off of Boyette's only mistake, a 61 yard interception return for a touchdown by Tony Brady. New Orleans opens the regular season in Seattle while Houston travels to Cincinnati next week. The Texans finished the preseason with a 2-2 record.

In other preseason action Indianapolis took advantage of 5 Oakland turnovers to beat the Raiders 22-14. Third string QB Butch Morrow tossed a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes to help Pittsburgh win it's first preseason game 24-7 over winless Tennessee. The Miami Dolphins offense had the ball for over 43 minutes in their 39-17 spanking of the New York Giants. Dolphins QB Woody Brooks passed for over 200 yards and 3 Miami running backs combined for 173 rushing yards.

Second year back Marion *Motley gained 86 yards and scored a touchdown as Seattle improved to 2-2 in the preseason with a 23-7 victory over winless Denver. Finally, in St Louis Doug Bass looked to lock up the starting QB job with Philadelphia after leading the Eagles to a 35-17 victory over the Rams.

BILLS RELEASE 4TH ROUND PICK *STROHMEYER
As teams scrambled to get down to the roster limit a number of veterans will be let go in the next couple of days but it came as a big surprise when the Buffalo Bills decided to waive rookie defensive end George *Strohmeyer. An All-American and the Outland Trophy winner as a senior, Strohmeyer was a 4th round pick of the Bills but he showed very little in the two preseason games he appeared in. The Bills let him go two days in advance of the official release date to give Strohmeyer a chance to perhaps catch on with another team.

PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
Friday August 22
Minnesota 37 at 35 Jacksonville
Chicago 35 at 13 New England
Dallas 23 at 10 Atlanta

Saturday August 23
New Orleans 31 at 7 Houston
Oakland 14 at 22 Indianapolis
Tennessee 7 at 24 Pittsburgh
Green Bay 24 at 14 Cleveland
NY Giants 17 at 39 Miami
Denver 7 at 23 Seattle
Philadelphia 35 at 17 St Louis

Sunday August 24
NY Jets at Arizona
San Diego at Buffalo
Detroit at San Francisco
Tampa at Baltimore
Washington at Carolina
Kansas City at Cincinnati

GOLF

Ben Hogan has his sight set firmly on his 7th tournament win of the season. The PGA money leader carded a 7 under par 65 on Saturday to pull into a first place tie with Jack Burke Jr. through three rounds of the Tucson Open. Burke Jr., who co-led with Jimmy Demaret after Friday's round, shot a 69 yesterday. Demaret's score ballooned with a 76 on Saturday and he now sits 7 strokes off the pace.

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                 TUCSON OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL
Burke Jr	67	69	69	-11
Hogan		71	69	65	-11
Bradshaw	75	65	69	-7
Bulla		70	68	72	-6
Furgol		71	70	69	-6
Bolt		73	65	74	-4
Cotton		72	70	70	-4
Demaret		67	69	76	-4
Nelson		71	72	69	-4
Riegel		72	72	68	-4
Von Nida	69	70	73	-4
de Vicenzo	75	68	71	-2
Harrison	71	73	70	-2
Hebert		64	79	71	-2
Middlecoff	69	71	74	-2
Fleck		68	74	73	-1
Keiser		70	73	72	-1
Van Donck	73	70	72	-1
Adams		71	70	75	E
Mackay Jr	73	71	72	E
Metz		73	72	71	E
Worsham		71	70	75	E
Harmon		74	70	73	1
Mangrum		69	75	73	1
Byrd		69	76	73	2
Fazio		69	75	74	2
King		72	73	73	2
xTibbetts-a	72	73	73	2
xScarborough-a	70	72	77	3
Carr-a		73	72	75	4
McSpadden	73	71	76	4
Barron		77	67	77	5
Ford		72	73	76	5
Ghezzi		72	73	76	5
Rees		73	72	77	6
Revolta		70	75	77	6
Thomson		69	74	79	6

BOXING
CLAYTON WINS EUROPEAN FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE
Britian's Ronnie Clayton is the new European Featherweight champion after scoring a split-decision victory over Ray Famechon in Paris last night. Clayton improves his record to 28-12-3 with the win and is ranked 7th in the world in his weight class. For Famechon it is a second straight terrible outing as this comes on the heels of his loss to world champion Willie Pep. Famechon is 25-13 since the war.

In other boxing action from around the world yesterday, middleweight Charlie Burley beat Carl 'Bobo' Olson by a 4th round TKO. Burley improves to 15-4 with the win and is possibly in line for a world title shot. The Pennsylvania native had his opponent on the ropes all fight and knocked Olson down early in the 4th round. Olson did regain his feet but was defenseless as Burley reigned blow after blow upon him until the referee jumped in with 20 seconds remaining in the round. Olson falls to 25-10 and has suffered a TKO loss in each of his last two bouts.

In the lightweight division, Rudy Criz of Los Angeles won a unanimous decision over Texas native Lew Jenkins. The victory raises Cruz' record to 15-2 and keeps him as one of the top 10 contenders in the lighweight class. The loss was the first real test for the 31 year old Jenkins, who sees his record drop to 13-5-1.

In New Orleans, lightweight Joe Brown was successful in his first fight in 6 months. Brown, who lost by a third round knock out in a title shot against Ike Williams in February, easily outpointed Mexican Mario Trigo in their 8 round bout. Brown improves to 13-3 while Trigo falls to 14-5-1.

SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION MATCHES
START OF SEASON
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Sunderland 1 at 3 Arsenal
Everton 1 at 1 Blackburn Rovers
Chelsea 0 at 2 Blackpool
Stoke City 0 at 0 Bolton
Sheffield United 1 at 3 Charlton Athletic
Huddersfield 2 at 2 Derby County
Aston Villa 1 at 0 Grimsby Town
Preston NE 3 at 1 Liverpool
Wolverhampton 1 at 1 Manchester City
Manchester United 0 at 0 Middlesbrough
Burnley 1 at 0 Portsmouth

MONDAY'S GAMES
Bolton at Preston NE
Middlesbrough at Sheffield United
Portsmouth at Stoke City

SCOTTISH LEAGUE GAMES
TODAY
Queen of South at Falkirk
Airdrie at Hibernian
Hearts at Motherwell
Morton at Dundee
Aberdeen at St Mirren

Tiger Fan · 01-20-2005, 03:19 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 25, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
RED SOX WITHIN 4.5 GAMES OF INDIANS
Roy Partee and Al Zarilla snapped a 1-1 tie with rbi singles in the 9th inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland 4-1. The rally made a winner out of Red Sox pitcher Bob Bowman (8-5, 3.93) and allowed Boston to gain a game on the first place Red Sox. In other American League action Washington beat St Louis 4-1 but in the process lost pitcher Joe Haynes for the rest of the season. The 29 year old Haynes (15-10, 2.36) appeared to be on his way to a third straight 20 win season before blowing out his elbow.

White Sox pitcher Bud Byerly tossed a 6-hitter and drove in a pair of runs as Chicago beat Philadelphia 3-1 while in New York Hal Trosky homered and drove in 3 runs to lead visiting Detroit past the Yankees 11-6.

CUBS BLOWOUT PHILLIES: TAKE 2 GAME LEAD
Vern Olsen won his major league leading 21st game of the season while Phil Rizzuto had 4 hits in Chicago's 15-4 laugher over Philadelphia. The win moves the Cubs two games ahead of the Phillies atop the National League but the two teams will meet 7 times in the next 10 days. In St Louis Ernie White tossed a complete game 1-hit shutout as the Cardinals blanked New York 4-0. The only hit off of White was a 4th inning double from Mickey Haslin. Elsewhere, Bill Salkeld had 4-hits as Pittsburgh plastered Boston 11-3 while
Joe Medwick drove in all 5 runs including a pair on a 10th inning double as Cincinnati topped Brooklyn 5-3.

JURISCH, MEDWICK WIN PLAYER OF WEEK ACCOLADES
Detroit pitcher Al Jurisch and Cincinnati outfielder Joe Medwick have been named the players of the week in their respective leagues. Jurisch won both of his starts including a 3-hit shutout of the Browns. On the season the third year pro is 19-9 with a 3.78 era. He is 9-1 since joining the Tigers in a mid-July trade from the Cardinals.

Medwick hit .538 with 9 rbi's for the Reds last week. On the season the 35 year old is challenging for the National League batting crown with a .339 average. He has 9 homers and 66 rbi's. This is the 4th time in his career Medwick wins the player of the week award.

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AMERICAN	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLEVELAND	70	52	.574	  x
BOSTON		65	56	.537	 4.5
ST LOUIS	65	58	.528	 5.5
WASHINGTON	64	60	.516	 7.0
PHILADELPHIA	59	63	.484	11.0
DETROIT		58	63	.479	11.5
NEW YORK	55	67	.451	15.0
CHICAGO		53	70	.431	17.5

			
NATIONAL	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CHICAGO		72	50	.590	  x
PHILADELPHIA	69	51	.575	 2.0
PITTSBURGH	69	56	.552	 4.5
CINCINNATI	65	58	.528	 7.5
ST LOUIS	62	58	.517	 9.0
BOSTON		55	65	.458	16.0
BROOKLYN	49	74	.398	23.5
NEW YORK	46	75	.380	25.5

YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 4 Cleveland 1
Washington 4 St Louis 1
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 1
Detroit 11 New York 6

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 11 Boston 3
St Louis 4 New York 0
Chicago 15 Philadelphia 4
Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 3 (10 inn)

TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington (C Hartung 1-0, 3.60) at Boston (E Johnson 17-8, 3.10)
Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-12, 4.92) at Chicago (B Fleming 2-4, 3.96)
Detroit (H White 7-10, 4.45) at New York (M Russo 5-5, 4.11)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York (E Wright 5-6, 5.83) at St Louis (J Hutchings 12-12, 4.38)
Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-10, 3.38) at Chicago (H Wyse 11-8, 2.59)
Cincinnati (E Blackwell 5-6, 4.50) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-6, 3.59)
Brooklyn (S Shea 4-4, 5.29) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-8, 3.87)

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AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS	 NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING			 BATTING
M Almada Bos	 .335	 B Elliott Pit	.349
B McCosky Det	 .328	 J Medwick Cin	.339
W Judnich SLB	 .327	 G Rosen Bkn	.328

HOME RUNS		 HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos	27	 S Chapman Bsn	23
W Judnich SLB	19	 H Clift Chn	22
O Grimes Cle	17	 J Gordon Phi	21

RBI'S			 RBI'S
W Judnich SLB	 86	 B Elliott Pit	83
D Litwhiler Cha	 82	 H Clift Chn	77
T Williams Bos	 81	 S Chapman Bsn	76

WINS			 WINS
A Jurisch Det	 19-9	 V Olsen Chn	21-6
E Johnson Bos	 17-8	 C Schanz Phi	18-10
A Karl Bos	 16-7	 P Roe Pit	17-6

ERA			 ERA
B Lohrman Cle	1.59	 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh	2.56	 C Melton Pit	     2.04
B Feller Cle	2.69	 H Wyse Chn	     2.59

STRIKEOUTS		 STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle	 165	 E White StL	167
A Jurisch Det	 159	 R Barney Bkn	160
V Trucks Det	 155	 P Roe Pit	136

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON
RAVENS WIN IN O.T. AS PRESEASON SLATE COMES TO AN END
Starters saw very little action as the final day of the National Football League preseason was played out. The most exciting contest occurred in Baltimore where the visiting Tampa Bay Bucs tied the game in the final minute of regulation on a James Green field goal only to see Baltimore pull out a 32-29 victory on a 47 yard field goal from Jim Holmes as the 15 minute overtime came to a close.

The best individual effort was in Buffalo where a pair of rookie running backs took centre stage. Bills back Buddy *Young gained 171 yards and scored 3 touchdowns to lead Buffalo past San Diego 31-17. Young had TD carries of 2,60 and 70 yards. Chargers rookie Bob *Fenimore had a touchdown of his own and gained 112 yards rushing. Fenimore was the 16th pick from Oklahoma A&M while Young was a second round selection out of Illinois.

In other action Tommy *Thompson completed 5 of 6 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns as Kansas City topped Cincinnati 34-30. Despite the stellar performance in 1 quarter of action, *Thompson will start the season as the back-up to Ulish Groce. The Bengals gave veteran QB Bud Rutledge plenty of playing time and his effort was good enough that he will get the nod as starter next week against Houston. Some observers in Cincinnati had felt 3rd year pro Ken Smith had done enough to win the job from Rutledge.

In San Francisco, Otis Johnson connected on 3 second-half field goals to lead the 49ers past Detroit 16-13, Arizona blasted the Jets 27-3, and Sam Foster's 3 yard run accounted for the only touchdown in Washington's 13-9 win over Carolina.

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FINAL PRESEASON STANDINGS
	NFC
North			W	L	T	PCT	 PF	 PA
Minnesota Vikings	3	1	0	.750	 72	 76
Green Bay Packers	2	2	0	.500	106	131
Chicago Bears		1	3	0	.250	126	123
Detroit Lions		1	3	0	.250	 75	 71

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Dallas Cowboys		3	1	0	.750	96	63
Philadelphia Eagles	2	2	0	.500	89	77
Washington Redskins	2	2	0	.500	72	79
New York Giants		1	3	0	.250	64	98

South			W	L	T	PCT	 PF	PA
Atlanta Falcons		3	1	0	.750	101	89
New Orleans Saints	3	1	0	.750	109	77
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	1	0	.750	100	84
Carolina Panthers	2	2	0	.500	 79	75

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
San Francisco 49ers	4	0	0	1.000	76	54
Arizona Cardinals	2	2	0	.500	68	63
Seattle Seahawks	2	2	0	.500	73	84
St. Louis Rams		2	2	0	.500	79	94

	AFC
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Baltimore Ravens	4	0	0	1.000	118	103
Cleveland Browns	2	2	0	.500	 87	 96
Cincinnati Bengals	1	3	0	.250	 76	 98
Pittsburgh Steelers	1	3	0	.250	 69	 70
 
East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	 PA
Miami Dolphins		3	1	0	.750	128	 74
Buffalo Bills		2	2	0	.500	102	 87
New York Jets		2	2	0	.500	 67	 53
New England Patriots	0	4	0	.000	 64	105

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	 PA
Indianapolis Colts	3	1	0	.750	115	 65
Jacksonville Jaguars	3	1	0	.750	120	 96
Houston Texans		2	2	0	.500	 99	 99
Tennessee Titans	0	4	0	.000	 70	116

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City Chiefs	3	1	0	.750	96	100
Oakland Raiders		2	2	0	.500	75	 71
Denver Broncos		0	4	0	.000	71	117
San Diego Chargers	0	4	0	.000	64	118

PRESEASON WEEK 4 RESULTS
Friday August 22
Minnesota 37 at 35 Jacksonville
Chicago 35 at 13 New England
Dallas 23 at 10 Atlanta

Saturday August 23
New Orleans 31 at 7 Houston
Oakland 14 at 22 Indianapolis
Tennessee 7 at 24 Pittsburgh
Green Bay 24 at 14 Cleveland
NY Giants 17 at 39 Miami
Denver 7 at 23 Seattle
Philadelphia 35 at 17 St Louis

Sunday August 24
NY Jets 3 at 27 Arizona
San Diego 17 at 31 Buffalo
Detroit 13 at 16 San Francisco
Tampa 29 at 32 Baltimore
Washington 13 at 9 Carolina
Kansas City 34 at 30 Cincinnati

REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 SCHEDULE
Thursday August 28
New England at San Diego

Sunday August 31
Buffalo at Kansas City
Miami at Denver
Tennessee at Cleveland
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh
Indianapolis at Baltimore
Houston at Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Chicago
Dallas at Green Bay
NY Giants at Minnesota
Tampa at St Louis
Atlanta at Arizona
Carolina at San Francisco
New Orleans at Seattle
NY Jets at Oakland

Monday September 1
Washington at Detroit

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW
THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
The SEC had 3 teams ranked in the top 12 Nationally at the end of the 1946 season and this year should be more of the same. Georgia, Alabama and a rejuvinated Mississippi squad all could be in the top 10 by the end of the year with Tennessee and Georgia Tech not that far behind.

Georgia was unbeaten until a loss to number one Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl and despite losing QB Charles Trippi the Bulldogs appear loaded again this season. With Trippi gone, senior Steve xKuffrey gets his first chance to guide the offense. If he sputters there is junior John Rauch waiting in the wings. xKuffrey should be fine as he has a great running back in Andy *Dudish and a solid group of receivers led by seniors Dan *Edwards and Tyler xGriffin. The Georgia defense anchored by senior MLB Bill *Godwin will once again be punishing.

This may be a down year for last season's co-champs but the Tennessee Volunteers still have some talent on the defensive side of the ball. Cornerback Jack xRuvalcaba is one of the best ballhawks in the nation.

Halfback George *Gulyanics will be the key to Alabama's success. The Tide also have a solid offensive line led by certain NFL star Vaughn *Mancha. The most improved team in the conference should be Mississippi with two potential first round NFL picks in QB Charlie *Conerly and WR Joe *Johnson. Ole Miss also has a strong offensive line led by guard Bill *Erickson.

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SEC STANDINGS   CONF   OVERALL
		W L T	W L T
Georgia		5 0 0  10 1 0
Tennessee	5 0 0	9 2 0
Alabama		5 2 0  10 2 0
Louisiana State	4 1 0	7 2 0
Georgia Tech	3 2 0	6 3 0
Vanderbilt	3 4 0	4 5 0
Miss State	2 3 0	7 3 0
Kentucky	2 3 0	7 3 0
Tulane		2 4 0	3 7 0
Auburn		2 4 0	6 4 0
Florida		0 4 1	0 8 1
Mississippi	0 6 1	1 7 1

SEC PLAYER PROFILE - MISSISSIPPI QB CHARLIE CONERLY
Conerly is counted on to lead Mississippi from a terrible 0-6-1 conference mark a year ago to possibly a conference title in 1947. In real life he started his college career as a tailback in 1941 and 42. Conerly then spent three years with the Marines before returning to Mississippi in 1946. He became quarterback of the Rebels newly installed T Formation. He led Mississippi to a 9-2 record and a win over TCU in the Delta Bowl earning him All-American honours. He would then join the Giants and was named rookie of the year in 1948. Later he led the Giants to 4 championship game appearances before retiring following the 1961 season.

GOLF
BRADSHAW RALLIES TO WIN TUCSON OPEN
Harry Bradshaw came from 4 strokes back to win the Tucson Open and his comeback was against the most dominant golfer of the year. Entering the final round the Irish golfer sat 4 strokes back of Ben Hogan and Jack Burke Jr. Bradshaw carded a 5 under par 67 while Hogan, far and away the leading money winner on the tour, could do no better than par and finished one stroke behind Bradshaw. Burke exploded with a 75 and finished tied for third with Johnny Bulla.

It was Bradshaw's second tour win of the seaon - he previously won the Memphis Open. The $1500 first prize also moves him into 18th place on the season money list - important because the top 20 money winners qualify for the Tournament of Champions event which includes a record first prize of $3000. There are two more stops in the season: Salt Lake City for next weekend's Western Open and then in California for the Los Angeles Open the following week.

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NAME		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	RD 4	Total	PRIZE $
Bradshaw	75	65	69	67	-12    1500
Hogan		71	69	65	72	-11	800
Bulla		70	68	72	70	 -8	750
Burke Jr	67	69	69	75	 -8	750
Furgol		71	70	69	72	 -6	700
Middlecoff	69	71	74	68	 -6	700
Bolt		73	65	74	72	 -4	650
Von Nida	69	70	73	72	 -4	650
Riegel		72	72	68	73	 -3	625
Fleck		68	74	73	71	 -2	600
Nelson		71	72	69	74	 -2	600
Cotton		72	70	70	75	 -1	500
Demaret		67	69	76	75	 -1	500
Harrison	71	73	70	73	 -1	500
King		72	73	73	69	 -1	500
Mackay Jr	73	71	72	71	 -1	500
Mangrum		69	75	73	70	 -1	500
Fazio		69	75	74	70	  E	400
Van Donck	73	70	72	73	  E	400
Hebert		64	79	71	75	  1	350
Byrd		69	76	73	72	  2	300
de Vicenzo	75	68	71	76	  2	300
McSpadden	73	71	76	70	  2	300
Harmon		74	70	73	74	  3	250
xTibbetts-a	72	73	73	73	  3	amat
Adams		71	70	75	76	  4	150
Keiser		70	73	72	77	  4	150
Metz		73	72	71	76	  4	150
Worsham		71	70	75	76	  4	150
Carr-a		73	72	75	73	  5	amat
Rees		73	72	77	71	  5	125
Barron		77	67	77	73	  6	100
Ghezzi		72	73	76	73	  6	100
Thomson		69	74	79	72	  6	100
Ford		72	73	76	76	  9	 75
xScarborough-a	70	72	77	78	  9	amat
Revolta		70	75	77	76	 10	 50

BOXING
SADDLER AND WRIGHT WIN TUNEUP BOUTS
In preperation for their meeting on September 30, top featherweight contenders Sammy Saddler and Chalky Wright each fought a tune-up bout yesterday. In New Haven, Saddler had little trouble disposing of journeyman Al Reid, taking a unanimous 8-round decision. Saddler improves his career record to 24-2 while Reid falls to 15-24-2. Both of Saddler's losses have come against undefeated World Champion Willie Pep. Wright also won an easy 8 round decision, at Del Mar Racetrack in California over Fabela Chavez. Wright is 27-6-1 and will be looking to avenge a TKO loss to Saddler early in the postwar tournament.

Undefeated World Featherweight Champion Willie Pep will be looking for his 20th victory in San Francisco on Thursday when he puts his title on the line against Chico Rosa. It really is nothing more than another payday for Pep who should have little trouble with Rosa. A native of Hawaii but fighting out of Los Angeles Rosa has put together a streak of 9 straight wins and is 25-10-2 for his career.

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HERE ARE THE TOP 10 FIGHTERS IN THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION
CH	Willie Pep	19-0	Hartford
2	Sammy Saddler	24-2	Boston
3	Harold Hoshino  25-4-1  Seattle
4	Henry Armstong  30-2	Columbus, Mississippi
5	Chalky Wright	27-6-1	San Bernardino, California
6	Ronnie Clayton	28-12-3 Blackpool, England - European Champ
7	Simon Vegara	38-6-2	Panama
8	Charlie Riley	23-5	St Louis
9 	Eddie Compo	27-6-3	New Haven
10	Ray Famechon	25-13	Sous-le-Bois-Maubeurge, France

UPCOMING FEATHERWEIGHT BOUTS
Wed Aug 27 Henry Armstrong vs Harold Hoshino at Seattle
Thu Aug 28 Willie Pep vs Chico Rosa at San Francisco World Title Fight
Fri Sep 5 Charlie Riley vs Eddie Compo at New Haven
Thu Sep 11 Simon Vegara vs TBA
Sat Sep 20 Willie Pep vs Georgie Hansford at Los Angeles World Title Fight
Tue Sep 30 Sammy Saddler vs Chalky Wright at Boston

SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION MATCHES

Code:

STANDINGS	GP  W	L  T	GF  GA	PTS
Arsenal		1   1	0  0	3   1	3
Charlton Athl	1   1	0  0	3   1	3
Preston NE     	1   1	0  0	3   1	3
Blackpool      	1   1	0  0	2   0	3
Aston Villa    	1   1	0  0	1   0	3
Burnley 	1   1	0  0	1   0	3
Derby County 	1   0	0  1	2   2	1
Huddersfield 	1   0	0  1	2   2	1
Blackburn	1   0	0  1	1   1	1
Everton 	1   0	0  1	1   1	1
Manchester City	1   0	0  1	1   1	1
Wolverhampton  	1   0	0  1	1   1	1
Bolton  	1   0	0  1	0   0	1
Manchester Untd	1   0	0  1	0   0	1
Middlesbrough	1   0	0  1	0   0	1
Stoke City 	1   0	0  1	0   0	1
Grimsby Town	1   0	1  0	0   1	0
Portsmouth      1   0	1  0	0   1	0
Liverpool       1   0	1  0	1   3	0
Sheffield Untd 	1   0	1  0	1   3	0
Sunderland 	1   0	1  0	1   3	0
Chelsea 	1   0	1  0	0   2	0

TODAY'S GAMES
Bolton at Preston NE
Middlesbrough at Sheffield United
Portsmouth at Stoke City

TUESDAY'S GAME
Derby at Burnley

SCOTTISH LEAGUE GAMES
YESTERDAY
Queen of South 1 Falkirk 1
Hibernian 3 Airdrie 0
Hearts 1 Motherwell 1
Dundee 2 Morton 1
Aberdeen 0 St Mirren 0

Code:

STANDINGS	GP  W	L   T	GF  GA	PTS
Hibernian	5   4	1   0   11   1	12
Partick		4   3	0   1	 8   1	10
Celtic		4   3	0   1	 9   3	10
St Mirren	5   3	1   1	 5   1	10
Queen of South	5   3	1   1	 7   8	10
Aberdeen	5   3	1   1	 7   2	10
Dundee		5   3	2   0	 8   7	 9
Rangers		4   2	1   1	 5   2	 7
Falkirk		5   1	0   4	 6   5	 7
Hearts		5   1	2   2	 6   5	 5
Motherwell	5   1	3   1	 5   9	 4
Third Lanark	4   1	3   0	 2   8	 3
Queens Park	4   1	3   0	 2  10	 3
Clyde		4   0	3   1	 2   7	 1
Morton		5   0	4   1	 2   8	 1
Airdrie		5   0	4   1	 4  12	 1

Vris · 01-20-2005, 08:18 PM

I didn't know one single human being could process this much information.

Tiger Fan, where would we be without you?

01-01-2005, 04:56 PM	#381
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY AUGUST 16, 1947 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL RELEASED : IRISH NUMBER 1! Notre Dame heads the list as the 1947 college football preseason poll was released today. The Fighting Irish led by senior QB Johnny Lujack are the favourites after finishing second to Army in last season's year end poll. In addition to Heisman candidate Lujack, Notre Dame is loaded with senior HB Fred Evans and WR James xDavis along with a solid defense lead by ends Bob Dove and George Sullivan. The University of Michigan, which finished 3rd in the polls last year is ranked second to start the season. Key Michigan contributers will be QB Daryll xRansford and RB Bump Elliott. Texas had a terrible season a year ago but with senior QB Bobby Layne the Longhorns are looking to redeem themselves this year. Despite losing quarterback Charles Trippi to graduation the Georgia Bulldogs are the 4th ranked team heading into the season. Senior Steve xKuffrey will have his work cut out for him replacing Trippi under center but he has an outstanding supporting cast led by RB Andy Dudish, WR Tyler xGriffin and LB Bill Godwin. Rounding out the top 5 is Penn State. The strength of the Nittany Lions is their offensive line led by tackle John Nolan and G Steve Suhey who should clear some big holes for HB David xHunter. 1947 TSN PRESEASON TOP 20 (last years final ranking in brackets) 1 Notre Dame (2) 2 Michigan (3) 3 Texas (nr) 4 Georgia (5) 5 Penn State (nr) 6 Southern California (nr) 7 North Carolina (4) 8 SMU (nr) 9 Army (1) 10 Mississippi (nr) 11 Alabama (16) 12 Oklahoma (17) 13 Rice (6) 14 Kansas (nr) 15 Kentucky (nr) 16 Virginia (nr) 17 Rutgers (16) 18 UCLA (7) 19 Pennsylvania (9) 20 Hardin-Simmons (13) Over the next few weeks TSN will have a detailed look at each of the major conferences including the top independants. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCHANZ WINS DUEL OF 17-GAME WINNERS In a battle of 17 game winners Charley Schanz outduelled Preacher Roe and helped the Philadelphia Phillies move a half game ahead of Pittsburgh atop the National League with a 7-4 win over the Pirates. The game was hardly the classic pitching duel that was expected as Philadelphia scored a run in the first on Joe Gordon's 19th homer of the season before the Pirates answered with 3 runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. All 3 of the Pittsburgh runs were unearned as the Phillies committed a pair of miscues in the first inning. The scoring continued in the second inning as Philadelphia plated 3 runs, 2 on a Joe Gordon double, before Pittsburgh answered with one of their own in the home half to tie the game at 4 after 2 innings. The Phillies settled down at that point as Schanz would allow just 2 more Pittsburgh hits the rest of the way and Lefty Wilkie would pitch a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save. Roe would have more trouble in the 6th and be chased after Philadelphia plated 3 more runs thanks to a Buster Adams homerun. Schanz improves his record to 18-9 while Roe falls to 17-4. With 18 wins in their last 21 games the Chicago Cubs haved moved into the thick of the National League pennant race. Yesterday spare outfielder George Case was the hero for the Cubs as he had 3 hits including a homer and drove in 3 runs in an 8-4 Chicago win at Brooklyn. 29 year old Hank Wyse went the distance for the Cubs to improve his record to 9-8. The victory moves Chicago to within 2 games of first place Philadelphia atop the National League. Tough news for the Dodgers in the game as they lost 2B Jackie Robinson for a couple of weeks with a back injury. Robinson was hitting .253 with 10 homers and 50 rbi's at the time. He is also leading the majors with 25 stolen bases. Former St Louis Cardinal Stan Ferens tossed a complete game shutout to lead Cincinnati past his old team 4-0. Joe Dimaggio had a pair of rbi's to lead the Reds. In the other National League game the New York Giants hammered Boston 14-8. Vince Dimaggio homered and drove in 6 runs for the Giants while Sid Gordon added a pair of solo homers. Whitey Kurowski had 5 rbi's in a losing cause for the Braves. AMERICAN LEAGUE The Cleveland Indians suffered a rare loss when leading entering the ninth. Detroit got a solo homerun from former Indian Hal Trosky in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 3 and then won it with 4 runs in the 10th inning. Bobby Thomson and Red Kress each hit 2 runs singles off of Indians reliever Johnny Babich to give Detroit the 7-3 win. Indians starter Bob Feller was forced to leave the game in the 6th inning with a tight shoulder but he is expected to be okay for his next start. The St Louis Browns beat Philadelphia 6-4 to gain a little ground on the front-running Indians. Outfielder Eddie Silber had a pair of rbi's for the Browns while Archie McKain won his 13th game of the season. Third place Boston also won, hammering the Yankees 12-6. Red Sox slugger Ted Williams broke out of a 5-for-33 slump in a big way, hitting a double and a homer while driving in 5 runs. Mel Almada went 4-for-5 and has taken over the American League batting lead. In the other American League contest Fred Hutchinson won his 15th game of the season and Cecil Travis hit a 3-run homer to lead Washington past Chicago 6-2. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 66 46 .589 x ST LOUIS 59 53 .527 7.0 BOSTON 57 53 .518 8.0 WASHINGTON 57 56 .504 9.5 PHILADELPHIA 55 56 .495 10.5 DETROIT 54 57 .486 11.5 NEW YORK 51 62 .451 15.5 CHICAGO 48 64 .429 18.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 64 45 .587 x PITTSBURGH 66 48 .579 0.5 CHICAGO 63 48 .568 2.0 CINCINNATI 58 55 .513 8.0 ST LOUIS 55 55 .500 9.5 BOSTON 51 58 .468 13.0 NEW YORK 45 65 .409 19.5 BROOKLYN 42 70 .375 23.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 6 Chicago 2 Boston 12 New York 6 Detroit 7 Cleveland 3 (10 inn) St Louis 6 Philadelphia 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 14 Boston 8 Chicago 8 Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 4 St Louis 0 Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 4 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago (T Shirley 1-2, 5.73) at Washington (M Candini 12-12, 3.53) New York (T Bonham 12-12, 2.70) at Boston (A Karl 16-7, 4.10) Detroit (A Jurisch 17-9, 3.87) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 12-1, 1.46) Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.41) at St Louis (E Lopat 12-14, 4.33) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (S Emmerich 1-2, 3.28) at Boston (S Gromek 14-7, 3.68) Chicago (P Erickson 8-14, 4.57) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-14, 4.44) Philadelphia (V Lombardi 12-10, 3.33) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 8-11, 3.67) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .338 B Elliott Pit .345 B McCosky Det .332 G Rosen Bkn .334 T Williams Bos .331 H Leiber NY .332 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 25 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 20 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 19 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 78 B Elliott Pit 77 T Williams Bos 76 S Chapman Bsn 74 J Heath Cle 74 J Mize Cin 68 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-9 F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13 P Roe Pit 17-4 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 2.53 H Wyse Chn 2.58 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS V Trucks Det 147 E White StL 152 A Jurisch Det 144 R Barney Bkn 145 B Feller Cle 144 P Roe Pit 131 BOXING PROMISING HEAVYWEIGHT LASTARZA WINS DEBUT Bronx native Roland LaStarza, a heavyweight with plenty of promise, lived up to the advance billing in his professional debut. LaStarza won an easy 8 round unanimous decision over journeyman Hank Cooper in Newart last night. LaStarza, who sent Cooper to the floor twice in the bout, won every round and by an unofficial count landed 212 punches to his opponents total of 27. LaStarza is expected to fight 3 more bouts before the end of the year including his next match on Sunday September 9th against an as of yet undetermined opponent. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA KNICKS SIGN BARUFALDI The New York Knickerbockers have signed former St Louis starting center Brenden Barufaldi to a 1 year contract. The 9th year pro started 65 games for the Bombers a year ago, averaging 6.9 pph and 6.9 rpg. Prior to the Bombers the former University of California grad played with Philadelphia, Fort Wayne and Kansas City. He is expected to compete with Leonard Loch, who has been the Knicks starting center the past 4 seasons. The Chicago Stags announced a couple of moves yesterday. First they resigned PF Johnny Jorgensen. The third year pro from Mississippi State was a second round pick of the Stags. He averaged 7.3 ppg in a reserve role last season. Chicago also longtime backup guard Pete Lathrop to their roster. The 30 year old split last season between St Louis and Kansas City. The former Washington State star has also played with Pittsburgh and Syracuse in the BAA. In other news Kansas City signed former Minneapolis backup PG Michael Burtch. Kentucky inked small forward James Stout, who spent last season with the Braves after 6 years in Dallas while Fort Wayne resigned 3rd year guard Billy Hassett to a 1 year deal. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-02-2005, 02:35 AM	#382
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY AUGUST 17, 1947 BOXING LOUIS-CHARLES HEAVYWEIGHT REMATCH TONIGHT There is plenty of excitement in New York tonight as preparation is complete for what many feel will be the fight of the year as world heavyweight champion Joe Louis meets top ranked contender Ezzard Charles. Louis is a perfect 9-0 in his postwar career while Charles is 20-1 with his only loss coming to Louis on an 8th round TKO last year. There was so much demand for tickets that the fight has been shifted from Madison Square Garden to Yankee Stadium where it is completely sold out. Last night Phil Kim, rated as one of the 10 best young fighters easily won his professional debut in San Francisco. The 21 year old from Honolulu scored a unanimous decision over Freddie Herman. The 22 year old Herman is 7-11 in his career. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PHIL'S ROY SANDERS SLAMS PIRATES First baseman Roy Sanders hit a 9th inning grand slam to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past Pittsburgh 8-3 in National League play. The victory gave the Phillies 3 wins in their 4 game trip to Pittsburgh and increased their lead on the second place Pirates to a game and a half. Things do not get any easier for the Pirates who now have to regroup with 4 games against the red-hot Chicago Cubs while the Phillies head to Brooklyn to meet the last place Dodgers. The Cubs completed a 4 game sweep of the Dodgers at Ebbetts Field with an 11-5 win yesterday. Harlond Clift with his 21st of the season and Bill Nicholson homered for the Cubs while catcher Ken O'Dea had his second straight 3-hit game. In the only other National League game Steve Gromek improved his record to 15-7 as Boston dumped New York 4-1. AMERICAN LEAGUE 39 year old Ival Goodman was the hero in Cleveland. Trailing Detroit 3-0 Goodman hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 7th and won the game with a 2-run double with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth inning. The 4-3 victory improved Bill Lohrman's record to 13-1. Detroit reliever Frankie Biscan took the loss as he was unable to preserve the win for ace Al Jurisch who pitched 8 strong innings. St Louis gave away a 5-0 lead after 5 innings against Philadelphia but the Browns pulled out the victory with an rbi single off the bat of Vic Wertz in the bottom of the 12th inning. Johnny Pesky drove in 3 runs as Boston beat New York 6-4 while in Washington Phil Cavarretta's 12th homer of the season helped the Senators past Chicago 5-4. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 67 46 .593 x ST LOUIS 60 53 .531 7.0 BOSTON 58 53 .523 8.0 WASHINGTON 58 56 .509 9.5 PHILADELPHIA 55 57 .491 11.5 DETROIT 54 58 .482 12.5 NEW YORK 51 63 .447 16.5 CHICAGO 48 65 .425 19.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 65 45 .591 x PITTSBURGH 66 49 .574 1.5 CHICAGO 64 48 .571 2.0 CINCINNATI 58 55 .513 8.5 ST LOUIS 55 55 .500 10.0 BOSTON 52 58 .473 13.0 NEW YORK 45 66 .405 20.5 BROOKLYN 42 71 .372 24.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 5 Chicago 4 Boston 6 New York 4 Cleveland 4 Detroit 3 St Louis 6 Philadelphia 5 (12 inn) NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 4 New York 1 Chicago 11 Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 8 Pittsburgh 3 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-1, 6.63) at Washington (D Errickson 8-15, 4.08) New York (M Lanier 11-16, 3.65) at Boston (R Melton 11-9, 4.05) Detroit (K Heintzelman 12-9, 4.24) at Cleveland (W Spahn 14-9, 3.31) Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.41) at St Louis (E Lopat 12-14, 4.33) NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis (X Rescingo 3-2, 3.99) at Boston (J Flores 8-11, 4.85) Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 13-12, 3.38) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-14, 4.68) New York (D Koslo 7-17, 4.36) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 5.06) Chicago (E Head 12-10, 4.19) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 14-7, 1.85) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .337 B Elliott Pit .346 B McCosky Det .331 G Rosen Bkn .334 T Williams Bos .328 H Leiber NY .330 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 25 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 21 W Judnich SLB 15 J Gordon Phi 19 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 78 B Elliott Pit 78 T Williams Bos 77 S Chapman Bsn 75 J Heath Cle 74 H Clift Chn 69 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-9 F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13 P Roe Pit 17-4 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.55 C Melton Pit 1.85 J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.53 H Wyse Chn 2.58 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 150 E White StL 152 V Trucks Det 147 R Barney Bkn 145 B Feller Cle 144 P Roe Pit 131 GOLF COURSE PROVIDING A REAL CHALLENGE AT US OPEN Just 10 of the 64 golfers managed to break par on the opening day of the 1947 U.S. Open at the St Louis Country Club in Clayton, Missouri. There is a 3 way tie for the lead after Julius Boros, Fred Daly and Charles Ward each carded a 2 under par 69. Defending champion Harry Bradshaw is 5 strokes off the pace after shooting a 74. Code: Boros 69 -2 Daly 69 -2 Ward 69 -2 Adams 70 -1 Bolt 70 -1 Bruen 70 -1 Horne 70 -1 Little 70 -1 McSpadden 70 -1 Snead 70 -1 de Vicenzo 71 E Demaret 71 E Harrison 71 E Hogan 71 E Mangrum 71 E Von Nida 71 E Wall 71 E Cerda 72 1 Faulkner 72 1 Fazio 72 1 Ford 72 1 Haefner 72 1 Harbert 72 1 Lees 72 1 Metz 72 1 Burke Jr 73 2 Burton 73 2 Ferrier 73 2 Fleck 73 2 Mackay Jr 73 2 Shute 73 2 Wood 73 2 xTibbetts-a 73 2 Barron 74 3 Bradshaw 74 3 Bulla 74 3 Byrd 74 3 Ghezzi 74 3 Hamilton 74 3 Rees 74 3 Riegel 74 3 Sarazen 74 3 Weetman 74 3 Harmon 75 4 Keiser 75 4 Locke 75 4 Nelson 75 4 Oliver 75 4 Stranahan 75 4 Van Donck 75 4 Cotton 76 5 Dutra 76 5 Furgol 76 5 King 76 5 Middlecoff 76 5 Worsham 76 5 Carr-a 77 6 Harper 77 6 Runyon 77 6 Turnesa 77 6 Revolta 78 7 Smith 78 7 Hebert 80 9 Thomson 80 9 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE *PACKERS NAME ALBERT WEEK 3 STARTER** Traditionally the third preseason game is the contest where starters get the most preseason action they will see all month. That being said the Green Bay Packers caution we should not read anything into the fact that rookie Frank Albert will be starting at quarterback tonight against Houston over second year man Jordan Montana. Albert, selected 4th overall from Stanford last April, has looked very poised under center in his two appearances so far this season. Montana, who ironically was a year ahead of Albert at Stanford, appeared ready to guide the team fulltime this year after Cecil Isbell was not resigned by the Packers. Montana has played quite well this preseason but the Packers have simply been so impressed with Albert that they feel they have to give the rookie a chance to show what he can do with the first team. In addition to Houston visiting Green Bay, there are two other games slated for tonight. Another rookie quarterback will get the start in New York as it appears former Alabama signal-caller Harry Gilmer has won the starting job with the Giants. Former Giant starter Eric Poppinga signed with Indianapolis during the off-season. The Giants host Pittsburgh. The Steelers hope to see a better performance out of first round pick Bob Forte. Despite seeing plenty of action in the first two games the ex-Arkansas Razorback has just 7 tackles to his credit. The other game has Miami visiting Minnesota. PRESEASON WEEK 3* Tonight 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 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW TULSA IS TEAM TO BEAT IN MVC With an 8-2-1 record and a win in the Alamo Bowl the University of Tulsa brought some respect to the Missouri Valley Conference. However calling the loose association of 5 teams a conference may be a bit of a stretch. Only Drake plays each of the conference opponents during the season and 2 of the 5 schools only play two in-conference opponents. Despite the graduation of QB Clyde LeForce and WR Camp Wilson, Tulsa still has plenty of talent. Senior RB's Scott xSmith and JR Boone will lead the offense. Other players of note from the conference include RB Linwood Sexton and QB Eddie Kriwiel from Wichita State and Oklahoma A&M FB Jim Parmer. Here are the final 1946 standings Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Tulsa 3 0 0 7 2 1 St. Louis 1 0 1 4 4 1 Wichita State 1 2 0 4 5 1 Drake 0 3 1 1 7 1 Oklahoma A&M 1 1 0 4 5 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL* PRESEASON NIT FIELD IS ANNOUNCED An impressive collection of teams has been assembled for the 1947 Preseason National Invitational Tournament. The event, which will be held at Madison Square Garden Nov 8-10 will feature three teams that could be in the preseason top 10: Holy Cross, Indiana and Oklahoma A&M. Holy Cross, a final four team a year ago and led by sophomore guards Bob Cousy and Frank Oftring, could be ranked number one when the preseason poll is released October 1st. Indiana is another potential number one and like Holy Cross the Hoosiers boost an impressive backcourt in senior Paul Armstrong and junior Dick McGuire. Ohlahoma A&M, which won the Big 8 tournament title 3 of the past 4 seasons, is also a possible preseason top 10 candidate. Senior guard Lonnie Eggleston and sophomore forward Jack Shelton will be the Cowboys key contributers. Rounding out the top 4 in the field will be PCC South defending champ California led by reigning conference MVP senior center Jack Nichols. Nichols is a candidate for National Player of the year. Other teams include defending Sun Belt Conference champion New Orleans although the Privateers have lost their two best players to graduation; MAC champion Miami of Ohio led by forward Bob Brown; Skyline Champion Wyoming led by sensational sophomore forward Marko Tordovich and freshman recruit Loy Doty; and Auburn which had one of the best recruiting classes in the nation highlighted by 6'9" center Jason Rush and PG Barrett Payne. Here are the seeds for the preseason NIT 1 Indiana 2 Holy Cross 3 California 4 Oklahoma A&M 5 New Orleans 6 Miami Ohio 7 Wyoming 8 Auburn The other two preseason tournaments will release their list of participating schools next month. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA JAZZ INK REED COBB TO FILL SF ROLE The New Orleans Jazz have signed former University of Alabama star Reed Cobb to try and replace legendary forward Cameron Belli. Cobb, a former first round pick of the Warriors, ran into ankle problems and has never lived up to the potential he showed in college. He appeared in 62 games for the Chicago Stags a year ago but was played sparingly a year after undergoing his third ankle operation. Cobb has also played for Dallas, Kansas City and Philadelphia in his 9 year career. His best and only completely healthy season was his rookie year when he averaged 10.0 ppg for the Warriors. Belli was not resigned by the Jazz after 14 seasons in New Orleans. He signed with Milwaukee earlier in the week. The Jazz also announced the signing of veteran backup guard Tommy Brown. Brown was with Kansas City last year and averaged just 4.2 mpg. Minneapolis has signed center Tyson Richardson to a 1 year deal. Richardson spent most of his 7 year career with Milwaukee but has also played for Indianapolis and Boston. Last season he started 37 games for the Celtics and averaged 8.5 ppg and 5.8 rpg. Finally Buffalo announced the signing of former Wyoming guard Mel Thurston. A strong defender and tremendous outside shooter, the 23 year old went undrafted this summer. An All-American this past season, Thurston was the leading scorer in the Skyline Conference and was named the conference MVP. He also led the conference in steals. He graduates as the Skyline Conference's all-time leader in points, field goals made and steals. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 01-02-2005 at 02:37 AM.

01-03-2005, 10:58 AM	#383
sflcat Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: South Florida Posts: 119	"Just hand me the pigskin, coach, and I'll win us some ballgames." W. Scott Smith RB, University of Tulsa __________________ GM, Miami Sharks, IHOF Founder & President, SFL GM, Oklahoma Outlaws, GEFL Read my "Sports and History Dynasty" Last edited by sflcat; 01-03-2005 at 11:39 AM.

01-03-2005, 09:35 PM	#384
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	A new home for the All-Sports Dynasty My All-Sports Dynasty has relocated. Al has been kind enough to allow me to have a little section on his new Big City Baseball site for me to keep a journal of the dynasty. I think it will make the dynasty much easier for anyone interested in it to read and follow along. He has also set up a section on the messageboard at BCB for comments and feedback on the dynasty. I hope those of you who have been reading will follow me over to BCB (http://www.bigcitybaseball.com) I am by no means leaving this dynasty board. I am amazed at how much the quality and quantity of dynasties has increased since way back when we first got things going with OOTP2. I will still continue to post here and definately continue to read the many great dynasties. Thank you Steve and Markus and the moderators here for thinking enough of my dynasty to sticky it. And thanks to everyone who has provided feedback for me. I hope that continues and you will find it even easier to follow along with the new format at BCB. The direct link to my new dynasty section is in my signature. While you are there be sure and check out the rest of Big City Baseball. I know Al has plenty of great things in store in the coming months. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-06-2005, 02:32 AM	#385
Dargone Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Interwebs Posts: 2,862	I look forward to reading at the new place __________________ 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

01-16-2005, 12:36 AM	#386
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	The All-Sports dynasty will go back to being posted here as well as at Big City Baseball. Since I moved it I have received a couple of emails including one asking me if the move was tied in to the rumours that the OOTP board may be shut down by SI at some point in the future. Now, that was something that was never on mind but I can understand how the timing of my switch could be perceived that way. While I see that SI may feel there are business reasons why this forum should be intergrated in to their own board in the future as OOTP:FE moves closer to release, I think for the most of us losing this board is the last thing we want to happen. If that is indeed something Markus and co. are considering we need to do everything in our power to make him realize the value of this board to his business. There are some great dynasty writers in this community and I like to think we help attract interest in OOTP when newbies browse our little section of the messageboard. For that reason my dynasty will continue here. Now I also fully believe in Al's vision for a great meeting place for all baseball management gamers so I will also post at his site. And to hopefully encourage you to check out all the great things at BCB I will post some exclusive articles that will only appear at BCB. Hopefully, at whichever location you choose you will continue to follow my replay and I wholeheartedly apologize to any who felt I was protesting or abandoning this board. That was certainly not my intention. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-16-2005, 01:51 AM	#387
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 1947 BOXING EZZARD CHARLES KO'S JOE LOUIS A shocking conclusion to the World Heavyweight championship as Ezzard Charles, after being knocked to the canvas 3 times in the first two rounds, recovered to knock out previously unbeaten Joe Louis in the third. The first round was even in the early going as each fighter scored on several punches. With just under a minute remaining Louis spotted an opening and landed a devastating combination that knocked down the challenger. Charles regained his feet quickly but was clearly hurt. He spent the final 30 seconds of the round trying to run away from the champ. Charles had not recovered fully heading into the second round and Louis again sent him to the canvas with a short, clean combination. Charles lurched to his feet on the count of 8 but there was no question he was in trouble. For the next minute and a half Louis reigned blows on Charles but few landed squarely until the champ connected with a tremendous shot under Charles' ribcage that sent him crumbling to the canvas. Charles again struggled to his feet and beat the count. The referee asked him if he wanted to continue and Charles nodded that he could. Louis would land a few more punches in the final seconds of the round but nothing that could finish off Charles. As the bell rang to begin the third round Charles appeared to have regained his wits but looked in bad shape with his right eye nearly swollen shut. Louis sensing, as it would turn out falsely, that he could finish the fight right here charged in after Charles. Charles flailed wildly trying to hold the champ off. Louis dodged the blows and countered when all of a sudden one of Charles' wild swings caught Louis flush, nearly buckling the champ. Louis again lurched forward when Charles unleashed a lightning bolt and the champ was on his back. Unlike Charles, Louis could not regain his feet. His legs would not support him and as the referee counted 10 Louis rolled over on his back. Ezzard Charles was the new heavyweight champion of the world. Charles, who's career record is now 21-1, says he will give Louis a rematch but not before the end of the year. Louis sees his record drop to 9-1 but vows he will get his title back. ORTIZ AND CASTILLO CLASH TONIGHT California native Manuel Ortiz hopes to take another step towards regaining the World Bantamweight Title he lost last fall when he faces Mexican champ Luis Castillo in San Francisco. Ortiz was 37-0-2 before falling to Canadian Fernando Gagnon in the post-war tournament title bout. He also lost a controversial decision in February to Luis Galvani, who is now the title holder in the division. Castillo, 27-12-3, is among the 10 best bantamweights in the world and should provide a real test for Ortiz. He looked very good in his last fight but tired late and lost on points to Galvani. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CUBS KNOCK OFF PIRATES 6-5 IN SERIES OPENER The Chicago Cubs continue to be the hottest team in major league baseball as they have now won 20 of their last 23 games after holding on to be the Pirates 6-5 in the opener of their 4 game series in Pittsburgh. Seldom used backup catcher Tony Giuliani was the hero for Chicago belting a pair of homers off of Pirates reliever Jim Tobin who entered the game in the second inning when reigning Cy Young winner Cliff Melton reaggraveted his back injury and was forced to leave the game. Melton, who missed 3 weeks early in the season with a sore back, is listed as day-to-day. The Cubs built a 6-1 lead before Pittsburgh mounted a comeback attempt with 4 runs in the final two innings. Johnny Schmitz bailed out starter Ed Head (13-10, 4.20) in the ninth for his 5th save of the season. The win moves the Cubs ahead of Pittsburgh and into second place in the National League. The first place Philadelphia Phillies had what basically amounted to batting practice in Brooklyn, rapping out 18 hits in a 10-4 win over the Dodgers. Ray Sanders had 4 hits for the Phils while Joe Gordon and Buster Adams each homered. In Cincinnati pinch-hitter Sam Mele delivered a 2-run double with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth giving the Reds a 3-2 win over the New York Giants. Dave Koslo had a 4-hitter over 8 innings work for New York but he did not factor in the decision. In Boston, Chuck Workman delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 12th to lift the Braves past St Louis 4-3. AMERICAN LEAGUE The front running Cleveland Indians lost yesterday but St Louis and Boston failed to take advantage as they each came up on the short end of the scoreboard as well. In Cleveland, Detroit second baseman Joe Wood had 3 rbi's and Ken Heintzelman outduelled Warren Spahn in the Tigers 4-1 win over the Tribe. 6 homeruns helped the Philadelphia Athletics blast St Louis 16-11. While he didn't homer, George Kell did have a big day for the A's, getting 4 hits and driving in 4 runs. In Boston Max Lanier threw a 5-hit shutout as the Yankees blanked the Red Sox 7-0. Gene Hermanski had 4 hits including a homer for New York. In the other American League game Washington trimmed Chicago 6-5. Dick Errickson (9-15, 4.05) pitched 8 solid innings for the win. He left after 8 with a 6-3 lead and the Sens bullpen nearly blew the game before Marino Pieretti got a strike out, a short pop fly and a ground out to end the inning with the bases drunk with Athletics. [CODE] AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 67 47 .588 x ST LOUIS 60 54 .526 7.0 BOSTON 58 54 .518 8.0 WASHINGTON 59 56 .513 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 56 57 .496 10.5 DETROIT 55 58 .487 11.5 NEW YORK 52 63 .452 15.5 CHICAGO 48 66 .421 19.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 66 45 .595 x CHICAGO 65 48 .575 2.0 PITTSBURGH 66 50 .569 2.5 CINCINNATI 59 55 .518 8.5 ST LOUIS 55 56 .495 11.0 BOSTON 53 58 .477 13.0 NEW YORK 45 67 .402 21.5 BROOKLYN 42 72 .368 25.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 6 Chicago 5 New York 7 Boston 0 Detroit 4 Cleveland 1 Philadelphia 16 St Louis 11 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 4 St Louis 3 (11 inn) Philadelphia 10 Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 3 New York 2 Chicago 6 Pittsburgh 5 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago (B Byerly 5-10, 5.47) at Washington (J Haynes 14-9, 2.43) New York (M Russo 5-4, 3.74) at Boston (B Bowman 6-5, 4.15) Detroit (H White 6-9, 4.35) at Cleveland (R Poat 9-10, 3.18) Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-9, 4.12) at St Louis (R Scarborough 10-10, 3.52) NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis (E White 12-8, 2.89) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-6, 3.91) Philadelphia (M Macon 13-5, 2.66) at Brooklyn (R Barney 7-9, 3.46) New York (R Bauers 10-13, 3.62) at Cincinnati (H feldman 13-8, 4.55) Chicago (V Olsen 18-6, 2.86) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-12, 4.05) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .340 B Elliott Pit .347 W Judnich SLB .329 G Rosen Bkn .334 B McCosky Det .327 H Leiber NY .328 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 25 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 21 T Hafey Cha 16 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S D Litwhiler Cha 78 B Elliott Pit 80 T Williams Bos 77 S Chapman Bsn 75 W Judnich SLB 76 H Clift Chn 72 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 18-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-9 F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13 P Roe Pit 17-4 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.55 C Melton Pit 1.84 J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.53 H Wyse Chn 2.58 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 150 E White StL 152 V Trucks Det 147 R Barney Bkn 145 W Spahn Cle 147 P Roe Pit 131 GOLF DALY HAS LEAD AT U.S. OPEN Irishman Fred Daly has a one stroke lead at the mid-point of the United States Open. The course again proved very tough as only 8 golfers sit below par after 36 holes. Code: US OPEN LEADERBOARD RD 1 RD 2 TOTAL Daly 69 69 -4 Riegel 74 65 -3 Ward 69 70 -3 Boros 69 71 -2 Cerda 72 68 -2 de Vicenzo 71 69 -2 Fleck 73 67 -2 Horne 70 70 -2 Ferrier 73 69 E Haefner 72 70 E Bulla 74 69 1 Demaret 71 72 1 Harbert 72 71 1 Hogan 71 72 1 Little 70 73 1 Wall 71 72 1 xTibbetts-a 73 70 1 Hamilton 74 70 2 Middlecoff 76 68 2 Barron 74 71 3 Bolt 70 75 3 Bruen 70 75 3 Harrison 71 74 3 Keiser 75 70 3 Mangrum 71 74 3 Von Nida 71 74 3 Adams 70 76 4 Fazio 72 74 4 Ford 72 74 4 Harper 77 69 4 Lees 72 74 4 Nelson 75 71 4 Sarazen 74 72 4 Wood 73 73 4 Worsham 76 70 4 MISSED CUT Burton 73 74 5 Dutra 76 71 5 Metz 72 75 5 Oliver 75 72 5 Rees 74 73 5 Burke Jr 73 75 6 Carr-a 77 71 6 Cotton 76 72 6 Furgol 76 72 6 McSpadden 70 78 6 Snead 70 78 6 Turnesa 77 71 6 Harmon 75 74 7 King 76 73 7 Revolta 78 71 7 Weetman 74 75 7 Ghezzi 74 76 8 Shute 73 77 8 Smith 78 72 8 Faulkner 72 79 9 Mackay Jr 73 78 9 Bradshaw 74 78 10 Byrd 74 78 10 Thomson 80 72 10 Hebert 80 73 11 Runyon 77 76 11 Stranahan 75 78 11 Locke 75 79 12 Van Donck 75 79 12 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PACKERS WIN SHOOTOUT WITH TEXANS Rookie Frank Albert sure gave Green Bay management plenty to think about. Given a chance to make his first preseason start Albert passed for 203 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 51-41 win over Houston. Playing the entire first half the Green Bay starting offense looked outstanding. RB Tony Canadeo ran for 114 yards while all-pro receiver Don Hutson had 7 catches including 2 touchdown grabs. The Houston offense was also on fire led by starting QB EJ Atoe's 226 yards passing. The defense was another story as both teams starting units looked awful. The game was tied 24-24 at half time when the starters gave way to reserves. GIANTS 19 STEELERS 13 The New York Giants got their first win of the preseason at the expense of winless Pittsburgh. Rookie New York signal caller Harry Gilmer completed 16 of 22 passes for 186 yards including a pair of touchdown strikes to receiver Steve Hawkins. Veteran linebacker Mel Hein had a big game for New York, making 7 tackles and getting one of the club's 5 sacks on the day. Second year backup DE Bob Mayberry had 3 sacks for New York. VIKINGS 13 DOLPHINS 10* The Vikings and Dolphins are both 2-1 after Minnesota won 13-10 thanks to a 39 yard touchdown pass from rookie Paul Governalli to receiver Ken Carpenter late in the third quarter. Running back Stacy Jolley had a strong game for Miami, scoring the Dolphins only touchdown while rushing for 96 yards. Jolley also had an 18 yard reception. Dolphins first round pick, ex Notre Dame offensive tackle George Connor had his best effort of the preseason, leading the way for Jolley and recording 3 pancakes. PRESEASON WEEK 3 Last Night Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota Today 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 BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA> CELTICS RESIGN HERNANDEZ A quiet day as the BAA free agent signing period came to a close. The biggest news was the Boston Celtics announcing that Phil Hernandez has decided to return to Boston for a 14th season. There had been rumours the former Boston College star was going to leave the New England area and sign with defending champion Dallas but Hernandez elected to finish his career in the same city he started it. Taken 5th overall by the Celtics in the 1934 draft Hernandez has played 921 games in a Boston uniform, only Cameron Belli who played in 1013 for New Orleans has appeared in more games with one team. The point guard averaged 10.3 ppg and 5.1 apg last season. The Celtics resigned another local college product yesterday. Former Holy Cross G Holt Dodson inked a 1 year deal with Boston. He played in 24 games for Dallas and Boston last season but has played just 82 games since being drafted in the first round 3 years ago. The Fort Wayne Pistons signed journeyman backup SF Justin Sorrells to a 1 year deal. Sorrells averaged 7.3 ppg for New Orleans last season. He has also played for Kansas City, Philadelphia and Boston since being selected from Oregon in the first round of the 1940 draft. Bigger news in Fort Wayne was the fact that the Pistons did not sign a veteran center as insurance in case Noah Baldin suffers another injury. The 6th overall pick in the 1945 draft, Baldin has been limited to just 62 games because of numerous injuries including a torn achillies tendon that cost him all but 5 games last season. All conference his final season at Oklahoma A&M the 6'10" center has outstanding potential and if he can stay healthy he is certainly a player to watch in the league. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

01-16-2005, 02:04 AM	#388
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY AUGUST 17, 1947 NOTE - I have adjusted the dates in my replay to matchup with the real life 1947 calendar. As a result today is Sunday Aug 17 rather than the 19th as it was being displayed in my report. I did this for convience for me since I am using the real college football schedule for 1947 that will begin next month. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WILLIAMS POWERS RED SOX PAST YANKEES Ted Williams broke out of a 2 week long slump in a big way going 4-for-4 with 2 homers and 2 doubles to pace the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees 9-6 in American League action. Williams drove in 4 runs to take over the league lead in rbi's. He also leads the majors with 27 homers and his .331 batting average trails only teammate Mel Almada. The win moves the Red Sox to within 7 games of first place Cleveland after the Indians lost 3 out of four in their series with Detroit. Yesterday, Tommy Henrich had 3 hits and scored 3 runs to lead the Tigers to a 5-4 victory. Hal Trosky also had 3 hits, including a homerun for Detroit. The Indians did get some good news. Bob Feller, who injured his shoulder in his last start, is apparently healthy enough to pitch and he will get the start today against Philadelphia. St Louis blanked the Athletics 4-0 as Wally Judnich drove in a pair of runs for the Browns. Ray Scarborough (11-10, 3.34) tossed a 5-hit shutout. The Browns are now 6 games behind Cleveland. In the only other game Mel Mazzera had 3 hits to help Washington edge Chicago 3-2 as Joe Haynes won his 15th game of the season for the Senators. Washington has won 6 out of 7 including a 5 game sweep of the White Sox and is now 7.5 games behind first place Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE< OLSEN 3-HITS PIRATES AS CUBS WIN AGAIN The Chicago Cubs continue to be the hottest team in baseball as they won their 7th straight game in convincing fashion, blasting Pittsburgh 12-0. Vern Olsen tossed the shutout and won his major league leading 19th game of the season in the process. Olsen also had 3 hits as did reserve shortstop Lou Merullo in a rare start. First baseman Eddie Waitkus had a pair of hits and extended his hitting streak to a career high 17 games. The Cubs are now just 1 game out of first place after front running Philadelphia was pummelled 15-4 in Brooklyn. A 9-run 7th inning highlighted by Stan Hack's 3-run homer chased Phillies starter Max Macon (13-6, 2.82). 28 year old outfielder Luis Olmo, just recently recalled from AAA Montreal, had 6 rbi's to lead the Dodgers. In other National League action Grady Hatton and Eddie Lukon homered as Cincinnati beat the New York Giants 8-3. Harry Feldman got his 14th win of the season for the Reds. In Boston rookie Earl Torgeson's 2-run homer helped St Louis beat his former team, the Braves, 4-2. Drafted first overall this year by Boston, Torgeson was dealt to St Louis at the deadline in a deal that brought Whitey Kurowski to Boston. Kurowski also hit a 2-run shot in the game to account for the Boston runs. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 67 48 .583 x ST LOUIS 61 54 .530 6.0 BOSTON 59 54 .522 7.0 WASHINGTON 60 56 .517 7.5 DETROIT 56 58 .491 10.5 PHILADELPHIA 56 58 .491 10.5 NEW YORK 52 64 .448 15.5 CHICAGO 48 67 .417 19.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 66 46 .589 x CHICAGO 66 48 .579 1.0 PITTSBURGH 66 51 .564 2.5 CINCINNATI 60 55 .522 7.5 ST LOUIS 56 56 .500 10.0 BOSTON 53 59 .473 13.0 NEW YORK 45 68 .398 21.5 BROOKLYN 43 72 .374 24.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 3 Chicago 2 Boston 9 New York 6 Detroit 5 Cleveland 4 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis 4 Boston 2 Brooklyn 15 Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 8 New York 3 Chicago 12 Pittsburgh 0 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (B Bevens 4-3, 5.48) at Washington (F Hutchinson 15-13, 3.39) Philadelphia (A Williams 13-11, 3.43) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-8, 2.53) Chicago (B Fleming 1-3, 4.54) at Boston (R Melton 11-10, 4.01) Detroit (V Trucks 10-13, 2.79) at St Louis (A McKain 12-6, 3.35) NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis (J Hutchings 10-12, 4.54) at Boston (K Chase 9-14, 4.73) Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-9, 3.44) at Brooklyn (L Webber 7-14, 4.68) New York (E Wright 5-4, 5.47) at Cincinnati (A Carter 14-12, 3.59) Chicago (H Wyse 9-8, 2.58) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-4, 3.43) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .339 B Elliott Pit .349 T Williams Bos .331 G Rosen Bkn .339 W Judnich SLB .329 H Leiber NY .328 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 21 T Hafey Cha 16 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S T Williams Bos 81 B Elliott Pit 80 D Litwhiler Cha 78 S Chapman Bsn 75 W Judnich SLB 78 H Clift Chn 73 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 19-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-9 F Hutchinson Wsh 15-13 P Roe Pit 17-4 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.55 C Melton Pit 1.84 J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.53 H Wyse Chn 2.58 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS A Jurisch Det 150 E White StL 157 V Trucks Det 147 R Barney Bkn 152 W Spahn Cle 147 P Roe Pit 131 GOLF FLECK AND FERRIER SHARE LEAD AT U.S. OPEN With three rounds complete Jack Fleck and Jim Ferrier are the co-leaders at the United States Open Golf tournament. It was another rough day for most of the field as windy conditions coupled with an extremely difficult layout made things difficult. One person who seemed unaffected by the difficulty was Jim Ferrier. The Australian carded a 66, the second best round of the tournament and moved from 4 strokes off the pace yesterday into a share of the lead. His co-leader is Jack Fleck, a 24 year old Bettendorf, Iowa native who missed the cut in each of his 3 previous career majors. Code: US OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 TOTAL Ferrier 73 69 66 -5 Fleck 73 67 68 -5 Horne 70 70 69 -4 Riegel 74 65 70 -4 Ward 69 70 70 -4 Daly 69 69 73 -2 Boros 69 71 72 -1 Bulla 74 69 69 -1 Keiser 75 70 67 -1 Barron 74 71 68 E Cerda 72 68 75 2 Demaret 71 72 72 2 Haefner 72 70 73 2 Mangrum 71 74 70 2 de Vicenzo 71 69 76 3 Harper 77 69 70 3 Hogan 71 72 73 3 Little 70 73 73 3 Sarazen 74 72 70 3 Wall 71 72 73 3 Ford 72 74 71 4 Harbert 72 71 74 4 Von Nida 71 74 72 4 Harrison 71 74 73 5 Middlecoff 76 68 74 5 Lees 72 74 73 6 Worsham 76 70 73 6 xTibbetts-a 73 70 76 6 Wood 73 73 74 7 Bolt 70 75 76 8 Fazio 72 74 75 8 Bruen 70 75 77 9 Hamilton 74 70 78 9 Nelson 75 71 77 10 Adams 70 76 79 12 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE JAGS HAND BEARS THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS Is there cause for concern in the camp of the Chicago Bears? The struggling Bears look like anything but the defending league champions after dropping their third straight preseason game to the Jacksonville Jaguars by a 34-33 score. The Bears defense has been awful, allowing an average of over 37 points a game in the three losses. With the starters playing virtually the entire game the Bears defense allowed nearly 500 total yards. There is some good news in Chicago and it is all on the offensive side of the ball. League MVP Sid Luckman completed 21 of 26 passes for 297 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Bears offense had an outstanding performance. Three time allpro receiver Ken Kavanaugh was in mid-season form, making 6 catches for 110 yards. This kind of offensive display from the Bears is to be expected but the woes on the defensive side have to be of concern. Most of the same cast from last season is back with one major exception. The retirement of Danny Fortman coupled with the free agent departure of Gary Carver has left the Bears with a big hole at linebacker. So far rookies Ronnie Nussmeier and Mike Philyaw have not been able to fill the void. It is beginning to look like the Bears will regularly need to score 40 points a game if they are going to win. The good news is they have the offense that could do it. 49ERS 21 CHARGERS 17 San Francisco improved to 3-0 after spotting San Diego a 14-0 first quarter lead and rallying for a 21-17 victory. The first quarter was all Chargers, or more specifically all Bob Fenimore. The rookie running back ran for one touchdown and caught a 33 yard pass for a second major. It was an outstanding day for Fenimore, who had 74 yards rushing and 4 receptions in the first half. Koy Harris threw a pair of 2nd half touchdown passes for the 49ers, who were aided by 3 interceptions. RAIDERS 23 RAMS 10 Rookie Tom Maddox threw for 209 yards while completing 21 of 29 passes to lead the Raiders to victory but it was Oakland backup running back Derrius Barber who stole the show. Barber ran for 102 yards and 1 touchdown in the win. Rookie Camp Wilson was also impressive in the victory, catching all 6 balls thrown his way. FALCONS 23 TITANS 20* A strong effort from QB Arnie Herber helped the Falcons improve to 3-0. The 5th year Falcon QB completed 29 of 29 passes for 194 yards. Rookie Charlie Trippi looked good for Tennessee starting in place of the injured Manfred Gayle. However, the Titans backup QB, Terry Kocher was picked off 3 times in the 4th quarter ending any hopes of a Tennessee comeback. Falcons first round pick SS Red Cochran had two of the picks. SAINTS 27 PATRIOTS 21 (OT)* Saints QB Kalimba Goode was picked off twice and completed just 2 passes but one of them was a 54 yard touchdown strike to Frank Coleman with 16 seconds remaining in overtime to give New Orleans a 27-21 win over New England. The two starting running backs, Todd Berger of the Saints and New England's Mario Glenn led their respective offenses. Berger had 125 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns while Glenn ran for 99 yards and made 6 catches for another 48 yards. New Orleans improves to 2-1 while the Pats drop their 3rd straight game. JETS 38 SEAHAWKS 0 Steve Van Buren ran for 141 yards and Keith Reeves threw 3 touchdown passes as the New York Jets hammered Seattle 38-0. Van Buren also had 4 receptions for the Jets. New York's defense held the Seahawks to just 151 yards total offense while their offense racked up nearly 600 yards. PRESEASON WEEK 3 Friday August 15 Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota Yesterday San Francisco 21at 17 San Diego St Louis 10 at 23 Oakland Jacksonville 34 at 33 Chicago Atlanta 23 at 20 Tennessee New England 21 at 27 New Orleans (OT) Seattle 0 at 38 New York Jets Today 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 ORTIZ HAS LITTLE TROUBLE WITH CASTILLO Manuel Ortiz took another step towards getting another chance at the World Bantamweight title. Ortiz had little difficulty winning a unanimous decision over Mexican bantamweight champ Luis Castillo last night in San Francisco. Ortiz was in complete control of the bout and unofficially won 12 of the 15 rounds. He wore down Castillo, who ended up getting dropped in the 12th round but that was more from his own fatigue than Ortiz's punching power. The victory improves Ortiz record to 39-2-2 and is his second straight convincing win after a pair of losses including one to Fernando Gagnon that cost Ortiz the World title. Castillo falls to 27-13-3. SOCCER TSN TO PROVIDE ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION RESULTS TSN will begin publishing first division soccer fixtures and tables from England. The games will be simmed using a dice game called Quick Play soccer. After a 6 year hiatus due to the war the English First Division (there was no Premier League then) resumed play last season. Liverpool finished first in a tight race, just one point ahead of Manchester United and Wolverhampton with Stoke City 2 points off the pace. Manchester City and Burnley would make the leap to Division One this season after finishing first and second respectively in Division Two. The season begins next Saturday with a full slate of games including defending league champion Liverpool playing host to Preston North End. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-16-2005, 02:09 AM	#389
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 18, 1947 GOLF JIM FERRIER WINS U.S. OPEN Australian Jim Ferrier shot a 2 under 69 in Sunday's final round of the U.S. Open at the St Louis Country Club. That was good enough for Ferrier to win his first career major as he finished 1 stroke ahead of 24 year old Jack Fleck. Fleck, who hails from Bettendorf, Iowa, was tied with Ferrier entering the final round but he finished the final 18 holes at 1 under par. Ferrier becomes the first Australian to win a major. Americans Herman Keiser, Skee Riegel and Herman Barron rounded out the top five. Incidentally, Ferrier did win a major in 1947 in real life when he won the PGA Championship. The low amateur was California Scott xTibbetts who finished 14 strokes off the pace. After his final round xTibbetts, who won the US Amateur Open this year, announced that he will turn pro in January of 1948. As reigning US Amateur Open champ he is automatically granted a tour card for next year. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 Total PRIZE $ Ferrier 73 69 66 69 -7 2500 Fleck 73 67 68 70 -6 1500 Keiser 75 70 67 68 -4 1250 Riegel 74 65 70 71 -4 1250 Barron 74 71 68 70 -1 1100 Demaret 71 72 72 69 E 1000 Hogan 71 72 73 68 E 1000 Ward 69 70 70 76 1 900 Boros 69 71 72 74 2 800 Bulla 74 69 69 74 2 800 Horne 70 70 69 77 2 800 Harbert 72 71 74 70 3 725 Little 70 73 73 71 3 725 Haefner 72 70 73 73 4 700 Daly 69 69 73 78 5 600 Fazio 72 74 75 68 5 600 Harper 77 69 70 73 5 600 Mangrum 71 74 70 74 5 600 Sarazen 74 72 70 73 5 600 Von Nida 71 74 72 72 5 600 Wall 71 72 73 73 5 600 de Vicenzo 71 69 76 74 6 500 Middlecoff 76 68 74 72 6 500 Bruen 70 75 77 69 7 400 xTibbetts-a 73 70 76 72 7 amat Cerda 72 68 75 77 8 350 Lees 72 74 73 73 8 350 Ford 72 74 71 76 9 300 Hamilton 74 70 78 72 10 250 Harrison 71 74 73 76 10 250 Wood 73 73 74 74 10 250 Nelson 75 71 77 72 11 225 Worsham 76 70 73 79 14 200 Bolt 70 75 76 78 15 175 Adams 70 76 79 76 17 150 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CUBS BEAT BUCS AGAIN. MOVE INTO FIRST PLACE TIE The Chicago Cubs beat the Pirates for the third straight time in Pittsburgh and as a result moved into a virtual tie with the Philadelphia Phillies atop the National League. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-4 for their 8th win in a row while Pittsburgh has dropped 6 straight. The Cubs scored 5 times in the 7th inning to chase Pirates starter Preacher Roe, who has lost 3 straight decisions after starting the season 17-2. Andy Pafko homered twice for the Cubs and drove in 5 runs while Phil Rizzuto also went yard. Hank Wyse went the distance on the hill for Chicago to improve his record to 10-8. While the Cubs were beating up Pittsburgh, Philadelphia fell for the second day in a row to last place Brooklyn. Les Webber and two relievers combined on a 6-hitter in a 6-1 Dodger victory. Philadelphia ace Charley Schanz (18-10) took the loss. In other action Cincinnati blasted New York 8-1. Joe Dimaggio hit a pair of homers to lead the Reds. Walker Cooper had 3 hits and 5 rbi's to pace St Louis past Boston 8-3. AMERICAN LEAGUE BROWNS AND RED SOX GAIN ANOTHER GAME ON SLUMPING INDIANS There may still be a pennant race in the American League as both the St Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox made up another game on Cleveland, a club that has dropped 3 straight. The 4th place Washington Senators were the only upper division club that failed to gain a game on the Indians. In St Louis Archie McKain (13-6, 3.29) earned the win as the Browns dropped Detroit 8-2. Bruce Campbell, Eddie Robinson and Vern Stephens all homered off of losing pitcher Virgil Trucks (10-14, 2.82). Meanwhile in Boston, Earl Johnson tossed a 3-hit shutout for his 16th win of the season as Boston blanked Chicago 3-0. Babe Young had a pair of doubles and scored two runs to lead the Red Sox. Bob Feller tied a 39 year old Cleveland Indians team record by fanning 14 batters but it wasn't enough as the Indians were blanked 3-0 by Philadelphia. Feller, who equalled the strikeout mark set by Ed Walsh Sr. in 1907, allowed just 6 hits but was outpitched by Al Williams who tossed a 4-hit shutout for the A's. Roy Cullenbine homered in the first inning for Philadelphia while Wally Westlake drove in the other two runs with a sixth inning double. Washington out hit New York 20-11 but the Yankees came out on top with an 8-7 victory over the Senators in 11 innings. Washington tied the game at 5 when Buddy Lewis hit a 3-run homer in the sixth. New York took the lead again in the 8th and the Sens tied it with two out in the ninth on an rbi single off the bat of Cecil Travis. In the 11th the Yankees would plate 2 more on a Mike Garbark double. Washington tried to rally in the home half and got one run back but pinch-hitter Tom Turner grounded out to end the game with the tying run just 90 feet away. BOSTON SWEEPS PLAYER OF WEEK AWARDS Third baseman Whitey Kurowski of the Braves and Red Sox pitcher Earl Johnson were named the players of the week in their respective leagues. Kurowksi has been on fire since coming over to Boston in a trade with the Cardinals at the deadline. He hit .458 with 12 rbi's in 24 at bats last week to win his first-ever player of the week award. The 6th year pro his hitting .307 with 8 homers and 58 rbi's so far this season. Johnson also claims player of the week honours for the first time in his career. He struck out 13 batters while winning both of his starts last week including a 3-hit shutout of Chicago yesterday. In his first year as a starter Johnson is 16-8 with a 3.19 era. He split the first 6 years of his career shuffling between the Red Sox bullpen and AAA. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 67 49 .578 x ST LOUIS 62 54 .534 5.0 BOSTON 60 54 .526 6.0 WASHINGTON 60 57 .513 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 57 58 .496 9.5 DETROIT 56 59 .487 10.5 NEW YORK 53 64 .453 14.5 CHICAGO 48 68 .414 19.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 66 47 .584 x CHICAGO 67 48 .583 x PITTSBURGH 66 52 .559 2.5 CINCINNATI 61 55 .526 6.5 ST LOUIS 57 56 .504 9.0 BOSTON 53 60 .469 13.0 NEW YORK 45 69 .395 21.5 BROOKLYN 44 72 .379 23.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 8 Washington 7 (11 inn) Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 0 Boston 3 Chicago 0 St Louis 8 Detroit 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis 8 Boston 3 Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 8 New York 1 Chicago 8 Pittsburgh 4 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (T Bonham 12-13, 3.80) at Washington (M Candini 13-12, 3.49) Philadelphia (M Cooper 5-11, 4.93) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 13-1, 1.55) Chicago (T Shirley 1-3, 5.79) at Boston (A Karl 16-7, 4.10) Detroit (A Jurisch 17-9, 3.82) at St Louis (T Baker 11-11, 3.20) NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis (B Voiselle 12-13, 4.19) at Boston (S Gromek 15-7, 3.57) Philadelphia (V Lombardi 13-10, 3.29) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-15, 4.50) New York (S Emmerich 1-3, 3.46) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 11-6, 3.46) Chicago (P Erickson 9-14, 4.60) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 8-12, 3.66) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .338 B Elliott Pit .347 T Williams Bos .331 G Rosen Bkn .336 W Judnich SLB .331 H Leiber NY .328 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 21 T Hafey Cha 16 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S T Williams Bos 81 B Elliott Pit 80 W Judnich SLB 79 S Chapman Bsn 75 D Litwhiler Cha 78 W Cooper StL 74 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 17-9 V Olsen Chn 19-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-10 E Johnson Bos 16-8 P Roe Pit 17-5 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.55 C Melton Pit 1.84 J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.53 H Wyse Chn 2.66 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 158 E White StL 157 V Trucks Det 150 R Barney Bkn 152 A Jurisch Det 150 P Roe Pit 135 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON CHIEFS WIN IN OVERTIME In the battle between Ulish Groce and Tommy Thompson for the starting quarterback job in Kansas City it was unheralded 3rd stringer Rick Wozniak who stole the show. The 4th year pro has never thrown a regular season pass in the NFL but took over midway through the 4th quarter and marched the Chiefs into field goal range so they could tie the game with Carolina at 23 and force overtime. In overtime Kansas City won the coin flip and Wozniak went to work, completing 4 straight passes for 73 yards including the game winning 7 yard touchdown strike to receiver Jamie Smith giving the Chiefs a 29-23 victory. The performance certainly gave Wozniak a leg up on Korey Floyd in the fight for the third string job but barring a run on injuries it will likely be the last we hear of Wozniak. The main focus in Kansas City was on Groce and Thompson and their battle for the starting job. Groce got the start this game and completed 15-of-22 passes for 145 yards with 1 touchdown and an interception. Thompson took over in the 3rd quarter and completed 5 of 10 passes for 116 yards with one pick. Through 3 games Thompson seeems to have played slightly better but the guess is because he is still technically a rookie he will begin the season backing up Groce. Groce is no slouch and really an amazing story. Undrafted in 1942 he spent the season on the Chiefs practice squad before injuries made him the starting quarterback opening week the next season. He has started every game in Kansas City since then and was rewarded with a huge signing bonus at the end of the 1945 season. The Chiefs then surprised everyone by taking former Tulsa star Tommy Thompson with their first pick of the 1946 draft. It appeared the highly touted rookie might win the starting job from Groce last season but then Thompson suffered a season ending injury late in the preseason. The starting job was once again Groce's and he responded by leading the Chiefs to their first ever playoff berth. Now this year Thompson is healthy again and the competition is back on. The Chiefs defense had a solid game against the Panthers led by rookie DT Weldon Humble. This year's first round pick had a pair of sacks in the game and bottled up the middle all day. Where Carolina did have success was running outside and Panthers RB Keith Meade led the way with 135 yards on 25 carries. It was a good test for Meade, who after running for over 1600 yards the previous season, played just 5 games last year due to injuries. RAVENS 31 LIONS 29 Baltimore QB John Foster was picked off three times but he also tossed three touchdown passes to lead the Ravens past Detroit 31-29. The difference in the game was an interception, but it was one thrown by Detroit backup Billy Campbell. Ravens safety Mark Smith returned it 47 yards for the winning score. EAGLES 34 BENGALS 13 Philadelphia got it's first win of the preseason in convincing fashion as the Eagles beat up Cincinnati. Quarterback Doug Bass and running back Harley Mitchell both had outstanding games for the winners. The Bengals turned the ball over 4 times including an interception that Antoine Trafford returned 74 yards for a score. Cincinnati is also 1-2 in the preseason. REDSKINS 29 BILLS 20 Sammy Baugh threw for 235 yards to lead the Washington Redskins past the Buffalo Bills. Redskins receivers Wayne Miller and Dante Lavelli where in midseason form as they combined for 15 catches. After running for 105 yards a week ago against Tennessee, Bills first round pick Buddy Young was limited to just 26 yards today. BROWNS 37 BRONCOS 31 Cleveland scored the final 20 points of the game to rally past the winless Broncos in Denver. Browns QB Jeff McDonald tossed 3 touchdown passes including one to All-Pro WR Zach Kruczek, who had 10 receptions on the day. The Browns wore down the Denver defense by dominating the time of possession. Cleveland had the ball for over 37 minutes. COWBOYS 24 CARDINALS 7 Cowboys running back Raymond Cash ran for 111 yards to lead Dallas past Arizona. The Cardinals defense played well but the offense could not get untracked. Between them Arizona quarterbacks Trent Fenney and Tony Marsalis completed just 9 of 33 pass attempts while starting running back Tuffey Leemans was held to just 37 yards on 21 carries. PRESEASON WEEK 3* Friday August 15 Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota Saturday August 16 San Francisco 21at 17 San Diego St Louis 10 at 23 Oakland Jacksonville 34 at 33 Chicago Atlanta 23 at 20 Tennessee New England 21 at 27 New Orleans (OT) Seattle 0 at 38 New York Jets Yesterday Baltimore 31 at 29 Detroit Cincinnati 13 at 34 Philadelphia Buffalo 20 at 29 Washington Carolina 23 at 29 Kansas City Cleveland 37 at 31 Denver Arizona 7 at 24 Dallas Today Indianapolis at Tampa Bay *BUCS ROOKIE QB OTTO GRAHAM TO GET FIRST START TONIGHT** Former Northwestern quarterback and point guard Otto Graham will make his first NFL start tonight in Tampa when the Buccaneers host Indianpolis. The second overall pick in the NFL draft has played with the second team the first two games and completed 13 of 23 passes for 155 yards with one touchdown. It is expected Graham will be the starting quarterback when the regular season begins. BOXING BUSY NIGHT OF BOXING ACTION AHEAD It is an unusually busy Monday night in the boxing world with a number of bouts featuring up and coming pugilists along with a matchup involving a couple of top flyweights. In Belfast, Ireland hometown boy Rinty Monaghan will face Glasgow native Vic Herman in a bout between flyweight contenders. Monaghan, 17-4-1, is rated the 6th best worldwide in his weight class. He is coming off a win in March over Japan's Speedy Akira. Herman is 14-4-2 and ranked 9th in the world. His most recent fight was a 9th round TKO loss to another top 10 fighter in Peter Kane. There will be a battle of German heavyweights in Munich as Jurgen xHucke will face Arno Kolblin. The 21 year old xHucke is making his third professional appearance. His record is 1-1. Kolblin is 5-16 in his career. On the same card two German middleweights will make their professional debuts as 19 year old Hans Stretz will face 25 year Leo Starosch. Another middleweight bout will pit veteran Freddie Apostoli against young Rocco xDiSaldo. Apostoli is making his first postwar appearance but the 35 year old saw plenty of ring action in the early 40's. The 24 year old DiSaldo is 0-2 in his young career. In Sydney, promising Australian welterweight George Barnes makes his professional debut against Flashy Sebastian, who hails from the Philippines. The 29 year old Sebastian is 7-18-1 in his career. On the same card 18 year old Leo Espinosa of the Philippines meets Australian Johnny Gleeson in the professional debut for each of them. Espinosa is considered to have some potential in the bantamweight division. Promising featherweight makes his debut tonight in his hometown of Philadelphia. 18 year old Percy Bassett meets New York City journeyman Ted Christie. Christie has an unimpressive to say the least postwar record - he is 5-33. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-16-2005, 02:17 AM	#390
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY AUGUST 19, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CUBS FINALLY LOSE. FALL 12-6 TO PIRATES Streaks came to an end for both Pittsburgh and Chicago after the Pirates beat the Cubs 12-6 at Forbes Field. Entering the game Chicago had won 8 straight including the last 3 from Pittsburgh while the Pirates were in midst of a 6 game slide. Tony Cuccinello had 4 hits including a homer and drove in 5 runs to lead the Pirates. Bob Elliott and Arky Vaughan each had 3 hit games. Vaughan and Elliott are each riding 16 game hitting streaks. Meanwhile Eddie Waitkus of the Cubs went two-for-four and now has had a base hit in 18 straight games. All are a far cry for the major league record of 39 games set by the Pirates Ginger Beaumont in 1903 and equalled by Detroit's Charlie Gehringer in 1931. The loss drops the Cubs a game behind Philadelphia while the Pirates sit two and half games off the pace. The Phillies salvaged a split of their 4 game series with last place Brooklyn by taking a 5-2 victory in yesterday's series finale. Vic Lombardi(14-10, 3.21) pitched 8 solid innings for the win. Catcher Bennie Warren drove in a pair of runs. In other National League play Cincinnati hammered New York 10-0 as Joe Medwick had a 3-hit game and pitcher Stan Ferens (12-6, 3.28) tossed a complete game 6 hit shutout. Rookie Earl Torgeson had the best game of his young career, getting 5 hits and driving in 4 runs as St Louis blasted Boston 7-0. AMERICAN LEAGUE The American League race continues to tighten as first place Cleveland lost for the fourth straight game. Rudy York had a pair of triples and drove in 3 runs as Philadelphia blanked the Tribe 4-0. Mort Cooper pitched a 7-hit shutout for his 6th win of the season. Bill Lohrman lost for just the second time this year. Second place St Louis failed to gain ground as the Browns dropped a 7-0 decision to Detroit. Hal Trosky had 3 hits including a 3-run homer for the Tigers. Al Jurisch (18-9, 3.67) tossed a complete game 3-hitter for the win. Third place Boston also fell, losing 2-1 at home to Chicago thanks to a 9th inning rbi single from the White Sox' Mike McCormick. Andy Karl pitched 8 innings of 4 hit ball but did not factor in the decision as he was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 8th with the score tied at 1. The other American League was in Washington where Milo Candini (14-12, 3.46) and 2 relievers combined to stop the Yankees 4-2. Catcher Al Evans had 3 hits and a pair of rbi's for the Senators who have won 8 of their last 11 games and are within 6.5 games of first place Cleveland. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 67 50 .573 x ST LOUIS 62 55 .530 5.0 BOSTON 60 55 .522 6.0 WASHINGTON 61 57 .517 6.5 PHILADELPHIA 58 58 .500 8.5 DETROIT 57 59 .491 9.5 NEW YORK 53 65 .449 14.5 CHICAGO 49 68 .419 18.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 67 47 .588 x CHICAGO 67 49 .578 1.0 PITTSBURGH 67 52 .563 2.5 CINCINNATI 62 55 .530 6.5 ST LOUIS 58 56 .509 9.0 BOSTON 53 61 .465 14.0 NEW YORK 45 70 .391 22.5 BROOKLYN 44 72 .379 23.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 4 New York 2 Philadelphia 4 Cleveland 0 Chicago 2 Boston 1 Detroit 7 St Louis 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis 7 Boston 0 Philadelphia 5 Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 10 New York 0 Pittsburgh 12 Chicago 6 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York (M Lanier 12-16, 3.51) at Washington (D Errickson 9-15, 4.05) Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-9, 3.69) at Cleveland (W Spahn 14-10, 3.33) Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-2, 5.74) at Boston (R Melton 11-10, 4.01) Detroit (K Heintzelman 13-9, 4.11) at St Louis (E Lopat 12-14, 4.62) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (E Head 13-10, 4.20) at Boston (J Flores 8-11, 4.76) New York (D Koslo 7-17, 4.25) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-2, 4.93) Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 14-12, 3.55) at Cincinnati (A Houtteman 11-11, 4.96) St Louis (X Rescigno 3-2, 3.92) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 14-7, 1.84) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .337 B Elliott Pit .350 B McCosky Det .332 G Rosen Bkn .335 T Williams Bos .330 J Medwick Cin .330 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 21 T Hafey Cha 16 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S T Williams Bos 81 B Elliott Pit 81 W Judnich SLB 79 S Chapman Bsn 75 D Litwhiler Cha 78 W Cooper StL 74 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 18-9 V Olsen Chn 19-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-10 E Johnson Bos 16-8 P Roe Pit 17-5 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.62 C Melton Pit 1.84 J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.55 H Wyse Chn 2.66 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 158 E White StL 157 A Jurisch Det 156 R Barney Bkn 152 V Trucks Det 150 P Roe Pit 135 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON *OTTO GRAHAM LEADS BUCS PAST COLTS** In his first week as a starting quarterback Tampa Bay Buccaneers signal caller Otto Graham displayed why many compare him to Bears great Sid Luckman. Graham tossed 3 second quarter touchdown passes to lead the Bucs to a 28-17 victory over Indianapolis last night. In all he completed 17 of 28 passes for 168 yards while under intense pressure. If there is a negative to the rookie's performance it is that he had a tendancy to hang on to the ball too long. Graham was sacked 4 times and knocked down countless others in his two quarters of action. The Bucs offensive line is suspect and Tampa better be careful their future star does not take too much of a beating. Second year running back Darren McLeod helped the Bucs offense by running for 103 yards on 11 carries in the second half. Another second year Bucs back, ex-Ohio State star Keyshawn Smith ran for 79 yards in the first half. The Tampa defense looked great against the pass, getting decent pressure and coming up with 3 interceptions. However they had some issues stopping the run. Colts first round pick Bob Chappuis, the former Michigan star, ran for 101 yards after seeing little action the first two games. Starting QB Eric Poppinga was awful following solid performances each of the two previous weeks. The free agent lured away from the Giants in the off-season completed just 10 of 21 pass attempts and was picked off twice. 10 year veteran LB Ron James was one of the few bright spots on the Colts defense. He recorded 9 tackles and equalled his total all of last season by sacking Graham twice. The victory keeps the Buccaneers unbeaten and they will finish the preseason next Sunday against another unbeaten team, the Baltimore Ravens. The 2-1 Colts host 2-1 Oakland on Saturday. Code: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE North W L T PCT PF PA Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 35 41 Detroit 1 2 0 .333 62 55 Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 82 117 Chicago 0 3 0 .000 91 110 East W L T PCT PF PA Dallas 2 1 0 .667 73 52 NY Giants 1 2 0 .333 47 59 Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 54 60 Washington 1 2 0 .333 59 70 South W L T PCT PF PA Atlanta 3 0 0 1.000 90 66 Tampa Bay 3 0 0 1.000 71 52 Carolina 2 1 0 .667 70 62 New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 78 70 West W L T PCT PF PA San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 60 41 St. Louis 2 1 0 .667 62 59 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 41 60 Seattle 1 2 0 .333 50 77 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE North W L T PCT PF PA Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 86 74 Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 73 72 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 46 64 Pittsburgh 0 3 0 .000 45 63 East W L T PCT PF PA Miami 2 1 0 .667 89 57 NY Jets 2 1 0 .667 64 26 Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 71 70 New England 0 3 0 .000 51 70 South W L T PCT PF PA Jacksonville 3 0 0 1.000 85 59 Houston 2 1 0 .667 92 68 Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 93 51 Tennessee 0 3 0 .000 63 92 West W L T PCT PF PA Kansas City 2 1 0 .667 62 70 Oakland 2 1 0 .667 61 49 Denver 0 3 0 .000 64 94 San Diego 0 3 0 .000 47 87 PRESEASON WEEK 3 RESULTS Friday August 15 Houston 41 at 51 Green Bay Pittsburgh 13 at 19 New York Giants Miami 10 at 13 Minnesota Saturday August 16 San Francisco 21at 17 San Diego St Louis 10 at 23 Oakland Jacksonville 34 at 33 Chicago Atlanta 23 at 20 Tennessee New England 21 at 27 New Orleans (OT) Seattle 0 at 38 New York Jets Sunday August 17 Baltimore 31 at 29 Detroit Cincinnati 13 at 34 Philadelphia Buffalo 20 at 29 Washington Carolina 23 at 29 Kansas City Cleveland 37 at 31 Denver Arizona 7 at 24 Dallas Yesterday Indianapolis 17 at 28 Tampa Bay PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE Friday August 22 Minnesota at Jacksonville Chicago at New England Dallas at Atlanta Saturday August 23 New Orleans at Houston Oakland at Indianapolis Tennessee at Pittsburgh Green Bay at Cleveland NY Giants at Miami Denver at Seattle Philadelphia at St Louis Sunday August 24 NY Jets at Arizona San Diego at Buffalo Detroit at San Francisco Tampa at Baltimore Washington at Carolina Kansas City at Cincinnati COLLEGE FOOTBALL UTAH IS THE CLASS OF THE MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE The best team in the Mountain States conference this year should be the University of Utah. The Utes out of conference schedule is quite favourable and there is a chance they could go undefeated. With a solid defense and a tremendous offense led by HB Frank Nelson, Utah should will have little trouble winning the conference. In addition to the running game the Utes also have a solid quarterback in senior Cannon Parkinson and a decent pair of receivers in juniors Bernard Hafen and Ralph Olsen. Senior Middle Guard Bill Angelos anchors the defense with help from junior MLB Bob Summerhays. In addition to Nelson, there is another running back to keep an eye on. Robert Hazelhurst of Denver is considered a possible first round NFL draft pick. Denver has lost some key contributers and it will be very unlikely for them to repeat as conference champs. Last season Denver flirted with finishing the year in the top 25 but a Raisin Bowl blowout loss to Hardin-Simmons ended those hopes. This year Denver and Colorado should battle for second spot in the conference. Colorado OT Paul Briggs and Utah State LB Frank Williams are two other players to keep an eye on this season. This will be the final year of the Mountain States Conference as the University of Colorado has announced it's plans to join the Big 6. The remaining 6 members of the Mountain States Conference are going to remain together but will change the name to the Skyline Conference next year. Code: 1946 Standings W L T W L T Denver 5 0 1 6 3 1 Utah 5 1 0 7 3 0 Utah State 3 3 0 5 4 0 Brigham Young 3 3 0 5 4 1 Colorado 3 2 1 4 5 1 Colorado State 0 5 1 0 8 1 Wyoming 0 5 1 1 8 1 BOXING* PERCY BASSETT WINS DEBUT BY KNOCKOUT 18 year old Philadelphia featherweight Percy Bassett has quite a future in store for himself if last night's professional debut is any indication. Bassett came out swinging against veteran New York pugilist Ted Christie and pounded him into submission before the first round was over. Christie never landed a punch and was out cold when Bassett's final shot, a devastating uppercut, made contact with the New Yorker's chin. In other action from a busy Monday night in boxing. Scotland's Vic Herman scored a 9th round knockout of Irishman Rinty Monaghan in a bout in Belfast between two flyweight contenders. Herman improves to 15-4-2 and is ranked 6th in the division. The loss drops Monaghan's record to 17-5-1. Monaghan has lost 3 of his last 4 bouts with his only victory coming by TKO when Speedy Akira broke his hand in their bout. In Munich heavyweight Jurgen xHucke scored a technical knockout over Arno Kolblin. xHucke improves to 2-1 and may be in line for a shot at the German title. On the same card middleweights Leo Starosch and Hans Stretz fought to a draw. One judge had them even while the other two officials looked like they were watching different fights. The first had Starosch winning 78-74 and the second scored it 79-73 in favor of Stretz. It was the professional debut for each of them. Still with middleweights, veteran Freddie Apostoli came out of retirement and made short work of young Rocco xDiSaldo. Apostoli won the scheduled 8 round bout when the referee stopped it in the 6th. Apostoli had handily won all 5 rounds leading up to the stoppage. The San Francisco native had not fought since the sport was reformatted following WWII but he did see plenty of action in the thirties and early-40's. Some had felt xDiSaldo, who made his mark fighting on the streets of Chicago, would do well in the sport but he falls to 0-3. Finally in Sydney Australian welterweight George Barnes won his pro debut but just barely, claiming a split decision 12 round victory over Flashy Sebastian of the Philippines. In the co-feature Philippino Bantamweight Leo Espinosa scored a unanimous decision over Australian Johnny Gleeson in their 8 round bout. It was the debut pro fight for each of them. Tonight, middleweight Lester Felton makes his pro debut. Recently rated the 6th best young boxer in the world, the 18 year old Detroit native will make his debut in the Motor City against Canadian Len Wadsworth. Wadsworth likely will not provide much of a test for Felton as the Torontonian is 2-27 as a professional. One other bout features German heavyweight champion Hein Ten-Hoff defending his national title against challenger Willie Muller. Ten-Hof is 18-7 in his career while Muller is 2-0. GOLF HOGAN DOMINATING AFTER 15 EVENTS ON PGA TOUR With just 3 regular events remaining in the 1947 PGA schedule there is little doubt that Ben Hogan will be the leading money winner on the tour. Hogan finished tied for 6th in this past weekend's US Open and earned $1000 for his efforts to boost him past the $20,000 mark in season earnings. A winner in 6 of the 15 events and never missing the cut, Hogan has nearly double the prize money of the number two golfer, Sam Snead. Rounding out the top 5 are 'The Missouri Mortician' Herman Keiser, who jumped up the chart with a win in the British Open and a third place finish at the US Open. Fourth place belongs to Jay Hebert who won in back to back events at New Orleans and Dallas in the spring. South African Bobby Locke, who claimed victory at Phoenix, is fifth. In real life the 1947 money winner was Jimmy Demaret who earned $27,936. Demaret sits 7th at this stage of the replay. The Houston native has 4 top five finishes but has yet to win an event this year. The next stop on the tour is Tucson. Code: LEADING MONEY WINNERS ON THE 1947 PGA TOUR NAME PRIZE$ WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 CUTS HOGAN 20100 6 11 13 15 SNEAD 10400 0 6 11 13 KEISER 8668 1 3 6 10 HEBERT 8563 2 3 6 12 LOCKE 8175 1 3 6 11 NELSON 7938 0 5 8 13 DEMARET 7463 0 4 7 9 MIDDLECOFF 6675 0 1 7 10 HARPER 6512 0 3 5 12 WARD 6288 0 2 5 11 FURGOL 6228 0 1 3 11 REES 6188 1 3 6 8 THOMSON 6124 0 2 4 11 HARRISON 6087 0 2 5 12 HAMILTON 5717 0 2 3 12 LITTLE 5588 0 2 2 12 BURTON 5252 1 2 2 10 HARBERT 5162 0 2 4 9 FERRIER 5160 1 1 1 7 FLECK 5014 0 1 4 9 BOROS 4738 0 1 2 10 OLIVER 4725 1 2 3 9 COTTON 4542 0 1 3 9 LEES 4400 0 1 1 8 HAEFNER 4250 0 0 0 10 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 Porky Oliver May 24-27 San Diego Open Doug Ford May 31-Jun 3 Texas Open Ben Hogan 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 HERMAN KEISER Aug 9-12 The Colonial Ben Hogan Aug 16-19 US OPEN JIM FERRIER Aug 23-26 Tucson Open Aug 30-Sep 2 Western Open Sep 6-9 Los Angles Open END OF REGULAR PGA SCHEDULE Sep 13-16 RYDER CUP Sep 20-23 Tournament of Champions __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-16-2005, 02:20 AM	#391
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PHILLIES WORK OVERTIME TO BEAT REDS Ray Sanders delivered an rbi double with one out in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies past Cincinnati 2-1. The victory keeps the Phillies 1 game ahead of the Chicago Cubs atop the National League. Hugh Mulcahy (14-12, 3.23) pitched 8 scoreless innings for the Phillies who led the game 1-0 until reliever Lefty Wilkie allowed a pinch-hit homerun off the bat of Reds rookie Sam Mele (.212,2,12) with two out in the bottom of the ninth. It was just the second homerun of his career for Mele. Another Reds rookie, Art Houtteman (11-11, 4.84) pitched 7 strong innings before leaving the game with an arm injury. Houtteman was placed on the DL and will miss two weeks. Phil Rizzuto hit his 14th homer of the season and Ed Head pitched a 5-hitter to improve his record to 14-10 as the Cubs beat Boston 6-1. Cubs 1B Eddie Waitkus had 2 hits to extend his hitting streak to 19 games. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh continues to slide. The Bucs have dropped 7 of their last 8 after falling 5-3 at home to St Louis. 32 year old Xavier Rescigno pitched 8 innings for the Cards to earn just his 5th career victory. Legendary Pirate hurler Cliff Melton took the loss to drop to 14-8 on the season. Enos Slaughter had 3 hits including a homer and a double to lead the Cardinals. In the only other National League game Stan Hack's 10th inning pinch-hit homer gave Brooklyn a 5-4 win over the New York Giants. SPAHN 4 HITS ATHLETICS Warren Spahn (15-10, 3.26) tossed a 4-hitter to help the Cleveland Indians trim the Philadelphia Athletics 3-2 in American League action. Jeff Heath had 3 hits and an rbi to lead the Indians offense. In other American League action Stan Spence hit a 2-run homer and Rube Melton went the distance for his 12th win of the season as Boston topped Chicago 3-1. A grand slam off the bat of Bruce Campbell lifted the St Louis Browns to a 9-4 win over Detroit and Max Lanier pitched a 5-hit complete game as New York dropped Washington 5-1. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 68 50 .576 x ST LOUIS 63 55 .534 5.0 BOSTON 61 55 .526 6.0 WASHINGTON 61 58 .513 7.5 PHILADELPHIA 58 59 .496 9.5 DETROIT 57 60 .487 10.5 NEW YORK 54 65 .454 14.5 CHICAGO 49 69 .415 19.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 68 47 .591 x CHICAGO 68 49 .581 1.0 PITTSBURGH 67 53 .558 3.5 CINCINNATI 62 56 .525 7.5 ST LOUIS 59 56 .513 9.0 BOSTON 53 62 .461 15.0 NEW YORK 45 71 .388 23.5 BROOKLYN 44 73 .376 24.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 5 Washington 1 Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 2 Boston 3 Chicago 1 St Louis 9 Detroit 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 6 Boston 1 Brooklyn 5 New York 4 (10 inn) Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 1 (10 inn) St Louis 5 Pittsburgh 3 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (S Overmire 7-10, 4.14) at Washington (J Haynes 15-9, 2.43) Detroit (H White 7-9, 4.39) at Boston (B Bowman 6-5, 4.24) Chicago (B Byerly 5-11, 5.37) at St Louis (R Scarborough 11-10, 3.34) New York (M Russo 5-5, 4.14) at Cleveland (R Poat 9-11, 3.30) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (V Olsen 19-6, 2.77) at Boston (B McCahan 0-0, 2.25) New York (R Bauers 10-14, 3.71) at Brooklyn (R Barney 8-9, 3.44) Philadelphia (M Macon 13-6, 2.82) at Cincinnati (E Blackwell 5-5, 4.91) St Louis (E White 13-8, 2.87) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-13, 4.30) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .338 B Elliott Pit .350 B McCosky Det .332 J Medwick Cin .335 T Williams Bos .331 G Rosen Bkn .332 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 H Clift Chn 21 T Hafey Cha 16 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S T Williams Bos 82 B Elliott Pit 81 W Judnich SLB 79 S Chapman Bsn 75 D Litwhiler Cha 78 W Cooper StL 74 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 18-9 V Olsen Chn 19-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-10 E Johnson Bos 16-8 P Roe Pit 17-5 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.62 C Melton Pit 1.96 J Haynes Wsh 2.43 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 B Feller Cle 2.55 H Wyse Chn 2.66 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 158 E White StL 157 A Jurisch Det 156 R Barney Bkn 152 V Trucks Det 150 P Roe Pit 135 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BIG SIX CONFERENCE PREVIEW This could be a big year for the Big Six Conference as two of the teams are rated in the preseason top 20 and a third could be by years end. Last year only Oklahoma finished ranked in the top 20 and the Sooners were a dissappointing 17th after losing the Orange Bowl to North Carolina 27-23. This year the Sooners start the season ranked 12th in the nation. The Kansas Jayhawks also have high hopes after finishing 6-3-1 a year ago. Kansas is ranked 14th in the preseason poll. The the conference title could well be decided Saturday, October 18th when the two schools meet in Norman. However, Missouri hopes to have something to say about that. The Tigers received some consideration but did not quite make the preseason top 20. Oklahoma is led on offense by junior quarterback Jack Mitchell, senior RB Charlie Sarratt and senior tight end Jim Tyree. Junior OG Buddy Burris anchors a solid offensive line. The key contributers on defense are lineman Ruben Castor and defensive back Joe Golding. Kansas also has a strong offense behind senior QB Ray Evans and wide receiver Otto Schnellbacher. Schnellbacher is also captain of the Jayhawks basketball team and may be drafted by both the NFL and the BAA. Fullback Forrest Griffith will handle the rushing duties along with Evans. Linebacker Don Ettinger is the Jayhawks best player and quite likely a first round NFL pick. Missouri has high hopes for a strong season from junior QB Harold 'Bus' Entsminger but there defense led by senior linebacker Ed Quirk is inexperienced. One other player to keep an eye on is Nebraska defensive lineman Carl Samuelson who may well be the first player from the conference selected in next year's NFL draft. This will be the final year the conference will be known as the Big Six. The University of Colorado has been accepted as the seventh member in football and the Buffaloes will leave the Mountain States Conference at the end of this season. Next year the group will be known as the Big Seven Conference. Code: Confer Overall 1946 Standings W L T W L T Oklahoma 5 0 0 7 2 1 Kansas 3 1 1 6 3 1 Nebraska 3 2 0 3 5 1 Missouri 2 2 1 4 5 1 Kansas State 1 4 0 1 8 0 Iowa State 0 5 0 3 6 0 BIG SIX PLAYER IN THE SPOTLIGHT : OTTO SCHNELLBACHER KANSAS* Well before Dion Sanders and Bo Jackson there were plenty of two sport stars. Recently selected QB Otto Graham of Tampa is a perfect example although Graham decided to give up basketball and concentrate solely on his NFL career. Another great example is Otto Schnellbacher who captained the University of Kansas in both football and basketball in 1947. In real life the native of Sublette, Kansas was known as "The Double Threat from Sublette" because of his proficiency in both sports. He led the Jayhawks footballers to a conference title and an Orange Bowl berth in 1947 and was a two-time all conference split end and an all-american his final year. He surpassed that in basketball by being named all-conference 4 times. He also played both pro football and basketball, splitting 4 seasons with the NY Yankees of the All-America Football Conference and the NFL's New York Giants, primarily as a defensive back. Schnellbacher played one year in the Basketball Association of America with St Louis and Providence. In my allsports replay Schnellbacher may have a chance to be an all-american in both basketball and football this year. Kansas has a solid football team this year and may have an outside shot at a national championship. In basketball, the Jayhawks had to settle for the NIT last year after 3 straight trips to the NCAA's. Schnellbacher led the club in scoring and assists and was named to his first Big 8 All-Conference team. With 4 starters returning this could be a big season for the Jayhawk basketball squad as well. I can not track individual college football stats except for their senior season so only Schnellbacher's college basketball stats appear below. Code: YEAR GP MPG PPG RPG APG TO SPG BPG FG% FT% 3P% 44-45 17 3.8 2.1 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 .370 .600 .500 45-46 34 15.1 5.1 0.4 3.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 .329 .653 .351 46-47 31 29.4 14.4 1.2 5.2 2.2 1.8 0.0 .434 .738 .337 ----- -- ---- ---- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ---- ---- career 82 18.1 8.0 0.6 3.5 1.2 0.9 0.1 .402 .690 .351 BOXING* FELTON WINS PRO DEBUT It more resembled wrestling than a boxing match but middleweight Lester Felton won his professional debut by easily outpointing journeyman Len Wadsworth in their bout in Detroit. The 18 year old Felton did a nice job picking his spots for much of the fight but the crowd grew increasingly frustrated by his tendancy to hold on to his opponent and slow the bout to a standstill. Wadsworth, with a 2-28 record, seemed more interested in collecting a paycheque than fighting and was more than happy to dance with Felton instead of box. All in all it was not a great effort by Felton, who recently was named one of the top 10 newcomers to the pro ranks. One other bout of note as Hein Ten-Hoff defeated Willi Muller for the vacant German Heavyweight title. Ten-Hoff won by a 14th round TKO and improved his career record to 19-7. The title was vacated when Walter Neusel, who also currently holds the European Heavyweight belt, declined to defend his German championship. Neusel will be in action tonight in Edinburgh, Scotland when he defends his European title against Scottish native Manuel Abrew. The 34 year old Abrew has fought just twice since the war as he declined to enter the postwar tournament. In other action tonight lightweights Lulu Constantino and Arthur King will meet in Toronto. King, the Canadian champion at age 21 and a Toronto native, sports a pro record of 14-2. He is considered the 10th best lightweight in the world. Constantino will be a real challenge for the young Canadian as the 26 year old Far Rockaway, New York native is also 14-2 and ranked 5th in the world. On the same card two other Canadians will make their pro debuts. 19 year old Halifax lightweight Richard 'Kid' Howard faces Massachusetts veteran fighter Jackie Parker while heavyweight Don Eagle will take on Clint Conway, who hails from New York City. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

01-16-2005, 02:59 AM	#392
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PHILS TITLE HOPES SUFFER SERIOUS BLOW The Philadelphia Phillies learned today they will be without starting pitcher Max Macon for likely the rest of the season. The 31 year old Macon(13-6, 2.80) suffered a torn ligament in the elbow on his throwing arm in Philadelphia's 2-1 loss at Cincinnati yesterday. There is a slight chance he will be able to pitch in the postseason should the Phillies qualify. Despite getting outhit 12-7 the Reds managed to beat the Phillies thanks to some clutch pitching from Harry Feldman (15-8, 4.44) who put himself in a few jams but always managed to find a way out of them. Ford Garrison had 3 hits and an rbi to lead the Reds. Ron Northey had a 3-hit game for the Phillies who are once again tied with Chicago for top spot in the National League. Vern Olsen became the first 20 game winner in the majors this season by pitching the Cubs past the Braves 3-2 in Boston. Olsen (20-6, 2.72) allowed 8 hits and just 1 earned run with Johnny Schmitz pitching the ninth for his 6th save of the season. Backup catcher Tony Giuliani, who had a pair of 3 hit games last week, had another strong game with a pair of hits including a 2-run triple for the Cubs. Buddy Hassett hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 12th inning to lead St Louis past Pittsburgh 4-2. The Cards had tied the game in the top of the 8th on a 2-run shot from Enos Slaughter. The loss drops the Pirates 3.5 games behind the co-leaders. In the other National League game Bob Scheffing's rbi single in the 8th snapped a 1-1 tie and helped the Brooklyn Dodgers past the New York Giants 3-1. Mel Ott's 4th homer of the season accounted for the New York run. It was the 409th homer of the 38 year old Ott's career. He is 5th alltime in that category. He is also in the top 5 in rbi's and just 2 walks from passing Eddie Collins to move in to 5th place alltime in bases on balls. GUTTERIDGE GIVES TRIBE EXTRA INNING WIN Cleveland second baseman Don Gutteridge had 3 hits including a game winning rbi single with 2 out in the 11th inning to give Cleveland a 6-5 victory over the visiting New York Yankees. Jeff Heath and Mike Tresh also had 3 hit games for the Tribe, who remain 5 games ahead of the St Louis Browns atop the American League. Wally Judnich hit two homers and drove in 5 rbis while Bruce Campbell had 4 rbi's as the Browns blasted Chicago 13-7. In Boston, shortstop Johnny Hudson hit a 3-run homer in the first inning to lead the Red Sox past Detroit 5-2 while Ernie Kish drove in 4 runs in Philadelphia's 6-1 victory at Washington. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 69 50 .580 x ST LOUIS 64 55 .538 5.0 BOSTON 62 55 .530 6.0 WASHINGTON 61 59 .508 8.5 PHILADELPHIA 59 59 .500 9.5 DETROIT 57 61 .483 11.5 NEW YORK 54 66 .450 15.5 CHICAGO 49 70 .412 20.0 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 68 48 .586 x CHICAGO 69 49 .585 x PITTSBURGH 67 54 .554 3.5 CINCINNATI 63 56 .529 6.5 ST LOUIS 60 56 .517 8.0 BOSTON 53 63 .457 15.0 BROOKLYN 46 73 .387 23.5 NEW YORK 45 72 .385 23.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 6 Washington 1 Boston 5 Detroit 2 St Louis 13 Chicago 7 Cleveland 6 New York 5 (11 inn) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 3 Boston 2 Brooklyn 3 New York 1 Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 1 St Louis 4 Pittsburgh 2 (12 inn) TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-11, 4.64) at Washington (F Hutchinson 15-13, 3.44) Detroit (V Trucks 10-14, 2.82) at Boston (E Johnson 16-8, 3.19) Chicago (B Fleming 1-4, 4.42) at St Louis (A McKain 13-6, 3.29) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (H Wyse 10-8, 2.66) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-7, 3.86) New York (E Wright 5-5, 5.85) at Brooklyn (D Mauney 3-1, 8.49) Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-10, 3.46) at Cincinnati (A Carter 15-12, 3.45) St Louis (J Hutchings 11-12, 4.51) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-5, 3.64) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .337 B Elliott Pit .348 W Judnich SLB .333 J Medwick Cin .333 B McCosky Det .332 G Rosen Bkn .331 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 22 W Judnich SLB 18 H Clift Chn 21 O Grimes Cle 17 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S W Judnich SLB 84 B Elliott Pit 81 T Williams Bos 81 S Chapman Bsn 75 D Litwhiler Cha 79 W Cooper StL 74 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 18-9 V Olsen Chn 20-6 A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 18-10 E Johnson Bos 16-8 P Roe Pit 17-5 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.62 C Melton Pit 1.96 B Feller Cle 2.55 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 J Haynes Wsh 2.56 H Wyse Chn 2.66 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 158 E White StL 163 A Jurisch Det 156 R Barney Bkn 156 V Trucks Det 150 P Roe Pit 135 BOXING ABREW SHOCKS NEUSEL FOR EUROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN With a huge hometown crowd cheering him on and perhaps some questionable scoring, Scotland native Manny Abrew won a shocking decision over German Walter Neusel to claim the European Heavyweight title. The French judge scored the fight even while the British judge and the referee each gave Abrew a one-point victory. To say the 34 year old who was making just his third postwar fight was an upset winner is a huge understatement. Neusel, who knocked out Britian's Bruce Woodcock to win the title last March, falls to 23-7. Here are the top 5 contenders for the European Title, a belt that no titleholder has ever been able to keep in his first defense. CHAMPION Manuel Abrew Edinburgh, Scotland 3-0 1: Hein Ten-Hof Oldenberg,Germany 19-7 (German Champ) 2: Stephane Olek Paris,France 17-13 3: Johnny Williams Barmouth,Wales 22-7-1 4: Walter Neusel Bochum,Germany 23-7 5: Bruce Woodcock Doncaster, England 13-6-1 (UK Champ) Canadian Lightweight champ Arthur King was in action last night but in a non-title bout. King moved closer to a date with World Champion Ike Williams after winning a unanimous decision over Lulu Constantino at Maple Leaf Gardens. The victory improves King's record to 15-2 and moves the Toronto native into the top 5 in the lightweight division world wide. Constantino drops to 14-3. On the same card Canadian lightweight Richard Howard and heavyweight Don Eagle won their professional debuts. One other bout of note yesterday German lightheavyweight Rudel xDietrich won a unanimous decision in his 6 round bout with Detroit native Johnny Vorce. xDietrich improves to 2-1 while Vorce is 0-4 in his career. The highlight of tonight's boxing schedule is the card from Madison Square Garden. The main event pits the Raging Bull, Jake LaMotta against Holman Williams while a co-feature will have world middleweight champ Tony Zale face relative unknown Joey DeJohn in a non-title bout. Zale won the title in an upset over previously undefeated LaMotta last January and then successfully defended it with a TKO of George Abrams in the 15th round of their bout in July. Zale has agreed to meet the winner of the LaMotta-Williams fight following his rematch with Abrams at the end of September. Between them Jake LaMotta and Holman Williams are 42-2. Each fighter has lost just once - LaMotta to Zale in January while Williams lost a 15 round unanimous decision to LaMotta in the finals of the post-war tournament. Also on the same card will be the pro debut of welterweight Carmen Basilio. Basilio will meet Jimmy Evans in a 6 round bout. Basilio was recently rated the third best young boxing prospect in the world. COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW BORDER CONFERENCE Hardin-Simmons is once again the class of the Border Conference. After finishing a perfect 10-0 Hardin-Simmons defeated Denver in the Raisin Bowl and finished the season ranked 13th in the nation. They remain 13th in the preseason poll released last week. The top player for the Cowboys is senior RB Wilton Davis. Tackle John Treadaway is a tremendous blocker and in Tom Johnson Hardin-Simmons may have the best punter in the nation. This is a conference full of great running backs. In addition to Davis there is Ralph Earhart of Texas Tech, UTEP's Ed Smith and Jerry Nuzim of New Mexico State. The University of New Mexico, Texas Tech and Arizona led by QB Fred Enke should fight it out for second place. Code: Confer Overall 1946 Standings W L T W L T Hardin-Simmons 6 0 0 11 0 0 New Mexico 5 2 0 7 3 0 Texas Tech 3 1 0 7 3 1 Texas-El Paso 3 3 0 6 3 0 West Texas A&M 2 4 1 5 4 1 Northern Arizona 2 2 0 5 4 0 New Mexico State 2 2 1 5 3 2 Arizona 1 4 0 5 5 0 Arizona State 0 6 0 1 9 0 BORDER CONFERENCE PLAYER IN THE SPOTLIGHT : FRED ENKE ARIZONA QB The son of the University of Arizona basketball coach who bared the same name, Enke is making his mark on the gridiron rather than the hardwood. He was a three-sport star at Tucson High during the early 1940s before joining the Wildcats where he has played football and basketball. This will be his first season as the starting QB at Arizona and he has spent parts of the past 3 years coming off the basketball Wilcats bench for his father. He is likely a third or fourth round NFL pick. In real life Enke Jr was a Hall of Fame athlete at the University of Arizona, and the first quarterback from Arizona’s high school ranks to start in the National Football League. At Arizona he lettered in football, basketball and baseball, and played on three Border Conference championship basketball teams coached by his father. He was named all-conference as a quarterback in 1947, was a third team All-American, and set Wildcat school records for total offense with 2,973 yards. Enke played professional football from 1948 to 1954, with the Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Colts. GOLF< TUCSON OPEN BEGINS TODAY The 1947 PGA Tour enters the home stretch as Tucson National Country Club will act as the host of the third annual Tucson Open. Jimmy Demaret is the defending champion and while his place is pretty secure in the top 20, many other golfers are scrambling to finish in the top 20 money winners and qualify for the postseason Tournament of Champions which will have the richest purse in golf history. Following this stop there are just two more regular events remaining in the golf season. Next week Salt Lake City will be the site of the Western Open before the season concludes in Los Angeles with the LA Open. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

01-16-2005, 03:03 AM	#393
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RED SOX POISED TO MAKE MOVE The Boston Red Sox nudged ahead of the St Louis Browns and into second place in the American League yesterday. Next the Red Sox set their sights on the first place Cleveland Indians as those two clubs prepare to meet 7 times in the next 10 days. The Indians, who were off yesterday, hold a 5.5 game lead on Boston. Cleveland has won just 3 of it's last 8 games while the Red Sox have taken 8 of their last 10 including a 5-1 win over Detroit yesterday. Earl Johnson pitched a complete game 2 hitter for his 17th victory of the season. Today Andy Karl will attempt to become the second 17 game winner on the Red Sox but he will have a tough assignment since league era leader Bill Lohrman (13-2, 1.62) suits up for Cleveland. In other American League action yesterday Buddy Lewis hit a dramatic 3-run homer with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th to lift Washington past Philadelphia 4-2. Fred Hutchinson earned his 16th win of the season in that game by pitching a complete game 4-hitter. Meanwhile in St Louis, Bill Fleming of the White Sox pitched his first career shut out as Chicago blanked the Browns 7-0. There were late inning heroics for both Chicago and Philadelphia in National League play and as a results the Cubs and Phillies remain deadlocked atop the loop. Harold Clift's 3-run homer in the top of the 9th gave Chicago a 5-2 win in Boston. In Cincinnati, little used journeyman outfielder Le grant Scott delivered an rbi single in the 11th inning to help Philadelphia past the Reds 4-3. Del Ennis for the Phillies and Joe Medwick of the Reds each had 4 hits in the game. In Pittsburgh, Preacher Roe suffered his 4th straight loss but you can hardly blame the Bucs hurler for the loss. Roe allowed just 2 runs and 7 hits but that was enough to drop his record to 17-6 after the Cardinals pulled out a 2-1 victory. Johnny Hutchings and 2 relievers combined on a 3-hitter for the Cards. In the other game Pee Wee Reese drove in a pair of runs to help seventh place Brooklyn past last place New York 5-4. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 69 50 .580 x BOSTON 63 55 .534 5.5 ST LOUIS 64 56 .533 5.5 WASHINGTON 62 59 .512 8.0 PHILADELPHIA 59 60 .496 10.0 DETROIT 57 62 .479 12.0 NEW YORK 54 66 .450 15.5 CHICAGO 50 70 .417 19.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 69 48 .590 x CHICAGO 70 49 .588 x PITTSBURGH 67 55 .549 4.5 CINCINNATI 63 57 .525 7.5 ST LOUIS 61 56 .521 8.0 BOSTON 53 64 .453 16.0 BROOKLYN 47 73 .392 23.5 NEW YORK 45 73 .381 24.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 4 Philadelphia 2 Boston 5 Detroit 1 Chicago 7 St Louis 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 5 Boston 2 Brooklyn 5 New York 4 Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 3 (11 inn) St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston (A Karl 16-7, 3.98) at Cleveland (B Lohrman 13-2, 1.62) Washington (M Candini 14-12, 3.46) at St Louis (T Baker 11-12, 3.30) Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-11, 4.64) at Chicago (T Shirley 1-3, 4.98) NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (P Erickson 9-15, 4.88) at Boston (S Gromek 15-8, 3.70) New York (S Emmerich 1-4, 3.94) at Brooklyn (D Black 4-16, 4.53) Philadelphia (V Lombardi 14-10, 3.21) at Cincinnati (S Ferens 12-6, 3.28) St Louis (B Voiselle 13-13, 4.01) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 9-12, 3.72) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .334 B Elliott Pit .346 W Judnich SLB .330 J Medwick Cin .339 B McCosky Det .329 G Rosen Bkn .331 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 22 W Judnich SLB 18 H Clift Chn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S W Judnich SLB 84 B Elliott Pit 81 T Williams Bos 81 H Clift Chn 77 D Litwhiler Cha 79 S Chapman Bsn 75 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 18-9 V Olsen Chn 20-6 E Johnson Bos 17-8 C Schanz Phi 18-10 A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-6 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.62 C Melton Pit 1.96 B Feller Cle 2.55 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 J Haynes Wsh 2.56 H Wyse Chn 2.59 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 158 E White StL 163 A Jurisch Det 156 R Barney Bkn 156 V Trucks Det 155 P Roe Pit 136 BOXING WILLIAMS WINS SPLIT DECISION OVER LAMOTTA Holman Williams avenged his only career loss by winning a split decision victory over Jake LaMotta in a spirited battle of highly ranked middleweights at Madision Square Garden. Williams controlled the fight early before LaMotta made a huge charge in the later rounds but fell just short of knocking Williams out. Williams, at 28-1, suffered his only loss at the hands of LaMotta in the post-war tournament title match last September. He will get a title shot in December against Tony Zale assuming Zale wins his Oct 2nd rematch with George Abrams. LaMotta, who lost the title to Zale in January, falls to 15-2. Speaking of Zale, on the same fight card he won an easy unanimous decision in an 8 round bout with journeyman Joey DeJohn. Zale sent DeJohn to the canvas twice in the bout and was awarded all 8 rounds by each of the judges. On the undercard highly touted ex-Marine Carmen Basilio was the victim of a questionable decision as his bout with Jimmy Evans was declared a majority draw. The announcement was booed loudly by the Madison Square Garden crowd which felt the young welterweight had done more than enough to win the 6-round bout. Basilio did appear to have the fight in hand but his performance was far from the dominating effort we were expecting from his professional debut. In real life Basilio made his pro debut against Evans and won by a third round knockout. The big fight tonight takes place in Philadelphia where Jimmy Carter, the third ranked lightweight in the world meets 6th raked Orlando Zulueta. Zulueta, with a record of 12-2-1, is the Cuban Champion. Carter, a 24 year old from New York City, is 15-4. He suffered a unanimous decision loss to Zulueta during the early stages of the post-war tournament. GOLF HEBERT SHOOTS 64 ON OPENING DAY AT TUCSON OPEN Jay Hebert, who won PGA events at Dallas and Phoenix early in the season, took a big step towards winning his third title of the season by carding an 8 under par 64 in Thursday's opening round of the Tucson Open. Hebert has a 3 stroke lead on Jack Burke Jr and defending champion Jimmy Demaret. The top amateur is 24 year old Boston native Harry xWhistler, who sits five strokes off the pace at -3. Code: TUCSON OPEN LEADERBOARD Hebert 64 -8 Burke Jr 67 -5 Demaret 67 -5 Fleck 68 -4 Boros 69 -3 Byrd 69 -3 Fazio 69 -3 Mangrum 69 -3 Middlecoff 69 -3 Thomson 69 -3 Von Nida 69 -3 xWhistler-a 69 -3 Bulla 70 -2 Keiser 70 -2 Revolta 70 -2 Shute 70 -2 xScarborough-a 70 -2 Adams 71 -1 Faulkner 71 -1 Furgol 71 -1 Hamilton 71 -1 Harrison 71 -1 Hogan 71 -1 Locke 71 -1 Nelson 71 -1 Worsham 71 -1 xWhite-a 71 -1 Cotton 72 E Dawson-a 72 E Ford 72 E Ghezzi 72 E King 72 E Riegel 72 E Runyon 72 E xTibbetts-a 72 E Bolt 73 1 Carr-a 73 1 Dutra 73 1 Little 73 1 Mackay Jr 73 1 McSpadden 73 1 Metz 73 1 Rees 73 1 Smith 73 1 Snead 73 1 Van Donck 73 1 Weetman 73 1 Wood 73 1 xNehring-a 73 1 Burton 74 2 Daly 74 2 Haefner 74 2 Harmon 74 2 Harper 74 2 Horne 74 2 Stranahan 74 2 Turnesa 74 2 Wall 74 2 Bradshaw 75 3 Bruen 75 3 Cerda 75 3 de Vicenzo 75 3 Oliver 75 3 xKeeler-a 75 3 Ferrier 76 4 Lees 76 4 Rosburg-a 76 4 Sarazen 76 4 Ward 76 4 xDePore-a 76 4 Barron 77 5 xAnderson-a 77 5 Harbert 78 6 xMartin-a 79 7 xMulvenon-a 79 7 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON 3 GAMES TONIGHT AS PRESEASON WINDS DOWN The Chicago Bears will have one more dress rehearsal for their struggling defense tonight before the games start to matter next week. The defending league champions are 0-3 and rank 31st in team defense and dead last in passing yards allowed. The Bears opponent tonight will be another struggling team, the 0-3 New England Patriots. Two other games this evening pit 2-1 Minnesota at 3-0 Jacksonville while unbeaten Atlanta entertains 2-1 Dallas. PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE Friday August 22 Minnesota at Jacksonville Chicago at New England Dallas at Atlanta Saturday August 23 New Orleans at Houston Oakland at Indianapolis Tennessee at Pittsburgh Green Bay at Cleveland NY Giants at Miami Denver at Seattle Philadelphia at St Louis Sunday August 24 NY Jets at Arizona San Diego at Buffalo Detroit at San Francisco Tampa at Baltimore Washington at Carolina Kansas City at Cincinnati COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW 1946 was a banner year for the Southern Conference with 3 schools finishing the season ranked in the top 14 including undefeated North Carolina at 11-0 and a winner in the Orange Bowl. The Tar Heels finished the season as the 4th ranked team in the nation and were more than a little dissapointed they did not end up ahead of Notre Dame and Michigan, who each lost 1 game. North Carolina starts this season off as the only ranked team from the Southern Conference. The Tar Heels may be hard pressed to hang on to their number 7 ranking with non conference games against Georgia, Texas and Tennessee. In addition, the hole created with the graduation of All-America QB DeMarco Dickinson will be difficult to replace. In his place will be sophomore Charlie Justice. A running back as a freshman, Justice makes the switch to quarterback this season. Sophomore WR Art Weiner should help make Justice's transition to QB easier, as well senior FB Walt Pupa. William & Mary has a chance to go to a bowl game for the second straight year. Team captain Bob Steckroth is one of the best receivers in the nation. The Tribe also have an outstanding offensive line led by senior guard Knox Ramsay and junior center Tommy Thompson who should make life easy for junior running back Jack Cloud. North Carolina State possesses one of the best defensive backs in the nation in senior Les *Palmer but the Wolfpack will have their work cut out for them if they wish to duplicate last season's success. Code: Confer Overall 1946 Standings W L T W L T North Carolina 5 0 0 11 0 0 William & Mary 7 1 0 9 2 0 North Car State 6 1 0 10 1 0 Richmond 4 2 1 7 2 1 Duke 3 2 0 5 4 0 VMI 3 4 0 4 6 0 Davidson 3 2 1 6 2 1 Maryland 2 4 1 3 5 1 Virginia Tech 3 4 1 3 5 1 Wake Forest 3 2 0 6 3 0 South Carolina 2 4 0 3 5 0 Clemson 2 3 0 3 6 0 George Washington 1 1 0 5 2 0 Citadel 1 5 0 2 5 1 Furman 0 5 0 1 8 0 Washinton & Lee 0 5 0 2 6 0 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-16-2005, 03:17 AM	#394
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	PRESS RELEASE: OLYMPIC GAMES WILL JOIN ALL-SPORTS REPLAY Thanks to a site I located today I now have a complete list of results for all athletes in the 1948 summer olympic games. That information combined with some ideas from an Olympic text game posted at Table-top Sports will allow me to create a simple game designed to generate results for the Olympics. I will likely just focus on swimming along with track and field but I may also have some ideas to include other sports as well. I also have partial results for the winter olympics and am considering adding it as well but it will be far less detailed than the summer games. Either way, I think with the information that allows me to include the Olympics I now have every major sporting event of the era covered. The winter olympics at St Moritz will begin Jan 30, 1948 while the summer games in London start next July. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

01-16-2005, 11:01 AM	#395
goroyals All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 930	Great job TF, good to see the Olympics in there. Keep up the fine work.

01-16-2005, 01:42 PM	#396
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY AUGUST 23, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RED SOX CLOSE GROUND ON INDIANS WITH EXTRA-INNING WIN Al Zarilla and Ben Steiner delivered rbi's in the top of the 11th innning to lift the Boston Red Sox past Cleveland 3-1 and move them to within 4.5 games of the front running Indians. The game started as a tremendous pitching duel between Boston's Andy Karl (16-7, 3.90) and Cleveland ace Bill Lohrman (13-2, 1.59). The two starters each gave way entering the 9th inning with the score tied at 1. At that point there had only been 5 hits in the ballgame. The Indians had taken the lead in the bottom of the 6th when Andy Karl allowed 2 singles and a pair of walks including one to catcher Mike Tresh with the bases loaded. Karl made up for it with his bat a half inning when his rbi single off Lohrman scored Roy Partee. Boston infielder Johnny Pesky, with 3, was the only player on either side to get more than one base hit. Tex Hughson (7-9) got the win in relief while Ed Klieman (3-4) was tagged with the loss. Milo Candini allowed just 3 hits over 8 innings to record his 15th victory of the season as Washington shaded the Browns 3-2 at St Louis. In the only other game Danny Litwhiler regained the American League rbi lead with 3 as Chicago blasted Philadelphia 11-3. NATIONAL LEAGUE Both of the National League co-leaders lost yesterday allowing the third place Pittsburgh Pirates to creep a little closer. Arky Vaughan drove in a pair of runs as the Pirates squeked past St Louis 4-3. Bill Salkeld's rbi single in the bottom of the 9th plated Vaughan with the game's winning run. Chicago was beaten 6-2 in Boston as Braves hurler Steve Gromek went the distance to improve his record to 16-8. Ford Garrison and Johnny Mize each had 3 rbi's as fourth place Cincinnati knocked off the Philadelphia Phillies 9-1. In the other game Carl Furillo drove in 5 runs to help Brooklyn outslug the New York Giants 16-9. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 69 51 .575 x BOSTON 64 55 .538 4.5 ST LOUIS 64 57 .529 5.5 WASHINGTON 63 59 .516 7.0 PHILADELPHIA 59 61 .492 10.0 DETROIT 57 62 .479 11.5 NEW YORK 54 66 .450 15.0 CHICAGO 51 70 .421 18.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB PHILADELPHIA 69 49 .585 x CHICAGO 70 50 .583 x PITTSBURGH 68 55 .553 3.5 CINCINNATI 64 57 .529 6.5 ST LOUIS 61 57 .517 8.0 BOSTON 54 64 .458 15.0 BROOKLYN 48 73 .397 22.5 NEW YORK 45 74 .378 24.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 3 Cleveland 1 (11 inn) Washington 3 St Louis 2 Chicago 11 Philadelphia 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 6 Chicago 2 Brooklyn 16 New York 9 Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 3 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston (R Melton 12-10, 3.85) at Cleveland (B Feller 10-9, 2.55) Washington (D Errickson 9-16, 4.11) at St Louis (E Lopat 13-14, 4.59) Philadelphia (F Caliguiri 14-10, 3.67) at Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-3, 5.19) Detroit (K Heintzelman 13-10, 4.34) at New York (M Lanier 13-16, 3.42) NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston (J Flores 8-12, 4.82) at Pittsburgh (C Melton 14-8, 1.96) New York (D Koslo 7-17, 4.26) at St Louis (X Rescigno 4-2, 3.61) Philadelphia (H Mulcahy 14-12, 3.23) at Chicago (E Head 14-10, 4.03) Cincinnati (E Blackwell 5-5, 4.91) at Brooklyn (A Carrasquel 3-2, 4.82) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .332 B Elliott Pit .345 W Judnich SLB .329 J Medwick Cin .337 B McCosky Det .329 G Rosen Bkn .332 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 23 W Judnich SLB 18 H Clift Chn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 J Gordon Phi 20 RBI'S RBI'S W Judnich SLB 84 B Elliott Pit 81 D Litwhiler Cha 82 H Clift Chn 77 T Williams Bos 81 S Chapman Bsn 76 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 18-9 V Olsen Chn 20-6 E Johnson Bos 17-8 C Schanz Phi 18-10 A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-6 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.59 C Melton Pit 1.96 B Feller Cle 2.55 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 J Haynes Wsh 2.56 H Wyse Chn 2.59 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 158 E White StL 163 A Jurisch Det 156 R Barney Bkn 156 V Trucks Det 155 P Roe Pit 136 MAJOR LEAGUE INJURY REPORT AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston - none Chicago - P Gene Schott (9-11, 4.98) one week Cleveland - none Detroit - OF Dick Wakefield (.323,10,43) out for season New York - P Dizzy Dean (11-12, 3.56) one week, OF Charlie Keller (.130,0,0) season Philadelphia- OF Chet Laabs (.237,12,45) one week St Louis - P Ray Scarborough (11-10, 3.34) 2 weeks, P Ed Hanyzewski (2-1, 2.57) 3 weeks Washington - P Red Barrett (10-10, 4.60) 5 days NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston - P Bill Donovan (2-3, 2.79) season, P Ken Raffensberger (5-6, 1.99) season Brooklyn - P Les Webber (8-14, 4.58) 1 week, 2B Jackie Robinson (.253,10,50) one week, OF Pete Reiser (.263,11,48) day to day Chicago - none Cincinnati - P Art Houtteman (11-11, 4.84) 7-10 days New York - none Philadelphia - P Max Macon (13-6, 2.80) 5 weeks Pittsburgh - none St Louis - Stan Musial (.263,13,41) season NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON BEARS GET FIRST PRESEASON WIN BUT AT A PRICE The good news for the defending champion Chicago Bears is their defense played much better in a 35-13 pasting of New England, which earned Chicago it's first win of the preseason. The bad news is the Bears lost starting WR Robert Feeley for at least two months with a torn knee ligament. The 4th year receiver had 63 catches including 12 touchdown grabs a year ago. On the positive side the Bears do have some depth at wideout including 2nd round draft pick Jim Keane. Keane, who caught passes from Otto Graham at Northwestern a year ago, will be the number 3 receiver while 3rd year man Matt Sikahema moves into a starting role alongside all-pro Ken Kavanaugh. Sikahema had 46 catches a year ago. The Bears open the regular season next Sunday at home to Philadelphia. New England, which finished the preseason 0-4, hopes for better luck in their season opener at San Diego next Thursday night. In other action rookie QB Paul Governali passed for 289 yards and 2 touchdowns to help Minnesota edge Jacksonville 37-35. Both clubs finished the preseason with 3-1 records. The Vikings host the Giants while the Jags travel to Pittsburgh in next Sunday's season openers for the two squads. Art Sampson returned a punt 90 yards for a score in a 17 point first quarter outburst by the Dallas Cowboys, who coasted to a 23-10 win in Atlanta. Rookie Johnny Clement ran for 89 yards and last seasons offensive rookie of the year Raymond Cash gained 61 on the ground to lead the Dallas offense. Both teams finished the preseason at 3-1. Dallas visits Green Bay next Sunday while Atlanta travels to Arizona. PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE Friday August 22 Minnesota 37 at 35 Jacksonville Chicago 35 at 13 New England Dallas 23 at 10 Atlanta TODAY New Orleans at Houston Oakland at Indianapolis Tennessee at Pittsburgh Green Bay at Cleveland NY Giants at Miami Denver at Seattle Philadelphia at St Louis Sunday August 24 NY Jets at Arizona San Diego at Buffalo Detroit at San Francisco Tampa at Baltimore Washington at Carolina Kansas City at Cincinnati GOLF DEMARET AND BURKE TIED FOR LEAD AT TUCSON OPEN Defending champion Jimmy Demaret and Jack Burke Jr. are the co-leaders after two rounds of the Tucson Open. The big story was the collapse of first round leader Jay Hebert who, the day after carding an 8 under 64, saw his score balloon with a round of 79 on Friday. Tommy Bolt and Johnny Bulla are tied for second two strokes behind the co-leaders and the ever dangerous Ben Hogan lurks 4 off the pace. Among those who failed to make the cut you can include the name of Sam Snead who finished at 3 over par. Three amateurs made the field including US Amateur champ Scott xTibbetts who just snuck in at plus one. The low amateur through 2 rounds is William Scarborough III at 2 under par. Code: TUCSON OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME RD 1 RD 2 TOTAL Burke Jr 67 69 -8 Demaret 67 69 -8 Bolt 73 65 -6 Bulla 70 68 -6 Von Nida 69 70 -5 Bradshaw 75 65 -4 Hogan 71 69 -4 Middlecoff 69 71 -4 Adams 71 70 -3 Furgol 71 70 -3 Worsham 71 70 -3 Cotton 72 70 -2 Fleck 68 74 -2 xScarborough-a 70 72 -2 de Vicenzo 75 68 -1 Hebert 64 79 -1 Keiser 70 73 -1 Nelson 71 72 -1 Thomson 69 74 -1 Van Donck 73 70 -1 Barron 77 67 E Fazio 69 75 E Harmon 74 70 E Harrison 71 73 E Mackay Jr 73 71 E Mangrum 69 75 E McSpadden 73 71 E Riegel 72 72 E Byrd 69 76 1 Carr-a 73 72 1 Ford 72 73 1 Ghezzi 72 73 1 King 72 73 1 Metz 73 72 1 Rees 73 72 1 Revolta 70 75 1 xTibbetts-a 72 73 1 MISSED CUT Faulkner 71 75 2 Ferrier 76 70 2 Locke 71 75 2 Shute 70 76 2 Ward 76 70 2 Boros 69 78 3 Lees 76 71 3 Oliver 75 72 3 Snead 73 74 3 Stranahan 74 73 3 Wall 74 73 3 Weetman 73 74 3 Wood 73 74 3 Cerda 75 73 4 Haefner 74 74 4 Horne 74 74 4 Rosburg-a 76 72 4 xWhistler-a 69 79 4 xWhite-a 71 77 4 Dawson-a 72 77 5 Dutra 73 76 5 Hamilton 71 78 5 Harbert 78 71 5 Harper 74 75 5 xAnderson-a 77 72 5 xMulvenon-a 79 70 5 xNehring-a 73 76 5 Bruen 75 75 6 Daly 74 76 6 Smith 73 77 6 Turnesa 74 76 6 Little 73 78 7 Runyon 72 79 7 Sarazen 76 75 7 Burton 74 78 8 xDePore-a 76 76 8 xKeeler-a 75 77 8 xMartin-a 79 74 9 BOXING GRECO WINS CANADIAN WELTERWEIGHT CROWN Montreal native Johnny Greco claimed the vacant Canadian Welterweight title with a unanimous decision over Gus Mell at the Montreal Forum. The 24 year old Greco improves his post-war record to 13-12-1. He is not considered a serious world title contender. Mell, who also hails from Montreal, falls to 11-21-4 with the loss. In other boxing action last night the world's 3rd ranked lightweight won in a bout in New York City. New Yorker Jimmy Carter improves to 16-4 with a 12 round majority decision over Cuban Orlando Zulueta. Carter will likely get a shot at the winner of the Ike Williams-Art Aragon bout which is slated for Friday September 12th. Williams, the World Lightweight Champion, is a perfect 20-0. Carter has not faced Williams but he did lose a unanimous decision to Aragon during the post-war tournament qualifying stage. Carter's win over Zulueta avenged another qualify stage loss for the New York native. Zulueta's record drops to 12-3-1. Highlighting tonight's action is a European Featherweight title matchup between Ray Famechon and Ronnie Clayton. Famechon makes his first appearance since being totally outclassed by Willie Pep in a world title fight last April. The 24 year old Clayton, sporting a 27-12-3 record, gets his first shot at the European belt. UPCOMING WORLD TITLE FIGHTS Thu Aug 28: Featherweight - Willie Pep (20-0) vs Chico Rosa (25-10-2) in San Francisco Sat Aug 30: Lightheavyweight- Lloyd Marshall (23-4-1) vs Archie Moore (32-2) in Cleveland Fri Sep 12: Lightweight - Ike Williams (20-0) vs Art Aragon (14-4-1) in New York City Sat Sep 20: Featherweight - Willie Pep vs Georgie Hansford (21-13) in Los Angeles Sat Sep 27: Bantamweight - Luis Galvani (32-4-1) vs Hiroshi Horiguchi (24-12-2) in Tokyo Thu Oct 2: Middleweight - Tony Zale (38-4) vs George Abrams (32-5-2) in Chicago Thu Oct 9: Flyweight - Jackie Paterson (21-2) vs Valentin Angelmann (12-5-2) in London Sat Oct 11: Heavyweight - Ezzard Charles (21-1) vs Nathan Mann (19-5-1) SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION MATCHES START OF SEASON TODAY'S GAMES Sunderland at Arsenal Everton at Blackburn Rovers Chelsea at Blackpool Stoke City at Bolton Sheffield United at Charlton Athletic Huddersfield at Derby County Aston Villa at Grimsby Town Preston NE at Liverpool Wolverhampton at Manchester City Manchester United at Middlesbrough Burnley at Portsmouth SCOTTISH FIRST DIVISION Code: STANDINGS CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS Partick 4 3 0 1 8 1 10 Celtic 4 3 0 1 9 3 10 St Mirren 4 3 1 0 5 1 9 Queen of South 4 3 1 0 6 7 9 Hibernian 4 3 1 0 8 1 9 Aberdeen 4 3 1 0 7 2 9 Rangers 4 2 1 1 5 2 7 Dundee 4 2 2 0 6 6 6 Falkirk 4 1 0 3 5 4 6 Hearts 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 Third Lanark 4 1 3 0 2 8 3 Queens Park 4 1 3 0 2 10 3 Motherwell 4 1 3 0 4 8 3 Morton 4 0 3 1 1 6 1 Clyde 4 0 3 1 2 7 1 Airdrie 4 0 3 1 4 9 1 SUNDAY'S GAMES Queen of South at Falkirk Airdrie at Hibernian Hearts at Motherwell Morton at Dundee Aberdeen at St Mirren __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 01-16-2005 at 01:45 PM.

01-18-2005, 01:03 AM	#398
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY AUGUST 24, 1947 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE BLACK HAWKS TRADE BENTLEY TO TORONTO The Chicago Black Hawks have shocked the hockey world by dealing the reigning NHL scoring leader to Toronto in a 7 player deal. Bentley and Cy Thomas head to the Leafs in exchange for the Flying Forts line of Gaye Stewart, Bud Poile and Gus Bodnar along with defensemen Bob Goldham and Ernie Dickens. Bentley was the first all-star team center and won the Lady Byng Award last season but the aging Hawks finished dead last with just 17 wins in 60 games. Hawks General Manager Johnny Gottselig felt the deal was necessary to allow his club to build for the future. The trade gives Toronto the strongest center ice combination in the league with Syl Apps, Teeder Kennedy and Bentley. Bentley had 37 goals and a league high 52 assists for Chicago last season. Cy Thomas spent last season with Edmonton of the Western Canada Senior League. The Hawks depth is instantly upgraded with the addition of the three Fort William, Ontario natives. Gaye Stewart had 26 points and played most of the season at left wing with Gus Bodnar in the middle and Bud Poile on the right side. Poile had 23 points last year while Bodnar tallied 15. In the playoffs Stewart and Poile were teamed with Ted Kennedy and were a major reason why the Leafs forced Detroit to 7 games in the Stanley Cup finals. Stewart had 7 goals and 2 assists while Poile also had 9 playoff points. Bodnar, bothered by an injury had just 2 assists in the postseason. Goldham is a steady stay-at-home defenseman and tied for the team lead in plus-minus a year ago at plus 14. Dickens spent all of last season with Pittsburgh of the AHL but has 25 games of NHL experience under his belt. Editor's note - In real life this trade occurred a couple of weeks into the season but because I am using whatifsports to simulate the games Bentley will appear with Toronto the entire year in my replay. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL EXTRA EFFORT ALLOWS CUBS TO DRAW FIRST BLOOD IN SHOWDOWN WITH PHILLIES You can't blame the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates if they are feeling a little tense lately. The red-hot Chicago Cubs have made up 10 games in the standings over the past 32 days and have sole possession of first place after a 3-2 win over Philadelphia yesterday in the Windy City. Phillies 3B Jim Tabor's error allowed the Cubs to score twice in the bottom of the 11th erasing a 2-1 lead the Phillies gained on a Ron Northey homer half an inning earlier. The win allows the Cubs to draw first blood in a long 6 game series with the Phillies that could just decide the National League pennant race. The Phillies, already reeling with the injury to pitcher Max Macon (13-6, 2.80), got more bad news when Hugh Mulcahy (14-12, 3.15) suffered a shoulder injury and he may miss his next scheduled start against the Cubs on Wednesday. The Phillies and Pirates have to be shaking there heads when it comes to what the Cubs have done. Here is the record of each of the 3 teams on July 22. Code: PHILADELPHIA 54 34 x PITTSBURGH 55 39 2 CHICAGO 45 45 10 The Cubs were in 5th place at the time but since then have won 26 of their last 31 games while both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have played below .500 ball. Even the great Cliff Melton could not help the Bucs, he was beaten 5-3 by Boston yesterday. In other National League games Sid Gordon had 4 hits and veteran Mel Ott had 3 as the Giants topped St Louis 7-4. Ott also drew a walk in the game, the 1607th of his career leaving him just 1 shy of Eddie Collins for 5th alltime in that category. Ott is already in the top in both homers (5th, 409) and rbi's (3rd, 1748). He is also just 72 hits shy of becoming the 15th player in league history to record 3000 career hits. In Brooklyn, Carl Furillo had 3 hits and a pair of rbi's as Brooklyn edged Cincinnati 3-2. SWIFT TO GET START TODAY FOR PHILLIES With Max Macon sidelined the Philadelphia Phillies are turning to veteran Bill Swift in an effort to slow down Vern Olsen and the Chicago Cubs. Swift, who has 268 career victories including 26 in 1940 when he won the NL Cy Young Award will be making just his 6th start of this season. He was 3-2 before an arm injury in May cost him 2 months. Since his return he has been confined to the Phillies bullpen in part because of the job Macon has been doing. The 39 year old Swift won 15 games a year ago. AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP Ival Goodman had 3 hits including a 2-run single in the bottom of the 8th to lift Cleveland past Boston 7-5 in American League play. Lou Boudreau also had 3 hits for the Indians, who stretch their lead over the Red Sox to 5.5 games. Wally Judnich and Vic Wertz homered for St Louis as the Browns beat Washington 7-6 to move into a second place tie with Boston. In the other American League games Max Lanier tossed a 6-hitter for his 14th win of the season as New York downed Detroit 7-2 while a 5-run third inning helped the Chicago White Sox past Philadelphia 6-2. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 70 51 .579 x BOSTON 64 56 .533 5.5 ST LOUIS 65 57 .533 5.5 WASHINGTON 63 60 .512 8.0 PHILADELPHIA 59 62 .488 11.0 DETROIT 57 63 .475 12.5 NEW YORK 55 66 .455 15.0 CHICAGO 52 70 .426 18.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB CHICAGO 71 50 .587 x PHILADELPHIA 69 50 .580 1.0 PITTSBURGH 68 56 .548 4.5 CINCINNATI 64 58 .525 7.5 ST LOUIS 61 58 .513 9.0 BOSTON 55 64 .462 15.0 BROOKLYN 49 73 .402 22.5 NEW YORK 46 74 .383 24.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 7 Boston 5 St Louis 7 Washington 6 Chicago 6 Philadelphia 2 New York 7 Detroit 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 5 Pittsburgh 3 New York 7 St Louis 4 Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 (11 inn) Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 2 TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston (B Bowman 7-5, 4.11) at Cleveland (W Spahn 15-10, 3.26) Washington (J Haynes 15-10, 2.56) at St Louis (T Earley 0-1, 0.63) Philadelphia (S Overmire 8-10, 3.96) at Chicago (B Byerly 5-12, 5.71) Detroit (A Jurisch 18-9, 3.67) at New York (T Bonham 12-14, 2.86) NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston (B McCahan 0-1, 2.77) at Pittsburgh (V Raschi 5-13, 4.13) New York (R Bauers 10-15, 3.70) at St Louis (E White 13-8, 2.84) Philadelphia (O Grove 2-3, 4.71 or B Swift 3-2, 3.49) at Chicago (V Olsen 20-6, 2.72) Cincinnati (H Feldman 15-8, 4.44) at Brooklyn (R Barney 8-9, 3.38) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .335 B Elliott Pit .348 W Judnich SLB .329 J Medwick Cin .337 B McCosky Det .328 G Rosen Bkn .331 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 23 W Judnich SLB 19 H Clift Chn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 J Gordon Phi 21 RBI'S RBI'S W Judnich SLB 86 B Elliott Pit 82 D Litwhiler Cha 82 H Clift Chn 77 T Williams Bos 81 S Chapman Bsn 76 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 18-9 V Olsen Chn 20-6 E Johnson Bos 17-8 C Schanz Phi 18-10 A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-6 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.59 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 J Haynes Wsh 2.56 C Melton Pit 2.04 B Feller Cle 2.69 H Wyse Chn 2.59 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 165 E White StL 163 A Jurisch Det 156 R Barney Bkn 156 V Trucks Det 155 P Roe Pit 136 3000 CAREER HIT CLUB # Career Hits H 1 J. Burkett 4108 2 J. Jackson 3523 3 W. Keeler 3360 4 R. Hornsby 3321 5 E. Delahanty 3273 6 N. Lajoie 3236 7 T. Cobb 3218 8 G. Demontreville 3199 9 E. Collins 3193 10 J. Beckley 3150 11 G. Sisler 3078 12 A. Bridwell 3075 13 Z. Wheat 3070 14 T. Speaker 3069 17 M. Ott* 2928 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON MONTANA GIVES PACKERS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT The Green Bay Packers are said to be leaning towards making rookie Frank Albert the starting quarterback when they open the season against Dallas next week but second year pro Jordan Montana is doing his best to change the Packers plan. Montana threw for 202 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead Green Bay past Cleveland 24-14 in their final preseason game. Montana took over to start the second half with the Packers trailing 14-0 and was in complete control of the Green Bay offense. Reserve cornerback Jamal McAlister had a pair of interceptions for the Pack who finish the preseason 2-2. Cleveland also finishes 2-2 and the Browns will open the season against Tennessee. BERGER LEADS SAINTS PAST HOUSTON 31-7* All Pro running back Todd Berger scored a pair of first quarter touchdowns and ran for 137 yards to lead New Orleans to it's third win of the preseason. All the scoring came in the first half as the Saints marched up and down the field behind the steady guidance of QB Ryan Boyette. Houston's points came off of Boyette's only mistake, a 61 yard interception return for a touchdown by Tony Brady. New Orleans opens the regular season in Seattle while Houston travels to Cincinnati next week. The Texans finished the preseason with a 2-2 record. In other preseason action Indianapolis took advantage of 5 Oakland turnovers to beat the Raiders 22-14. Third string QB Butch Morrow tossed a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes to help Pittsburgh win it's first preseason game 24-7 over winless Tennessee. The Miami Dolphins offense had the ball for over 43 minutes in their 39-17 spanking of the New York Giants. Dolphins QB Woody Brooks passed for over 200 yards and 3 Miami running backs combined for 173 rushing yards. Second year back Marion Motley gained 86 yards and scored a touchdown as Seattle improved to 2-2 in the preseason with a 23-7 victory over winless Denver. Finally, in St Louis Doug Bass looked to lock up the starting QB job with Philadelphia after leading the Eagles to a 35-17 victory over the Rams. BILLS RELEASE 4TH ROUND PICK STROHMEYER** As teams scrambled to get down to the roster limit a number of veterans will be let go in the next couple of days but it came as a big surprise when the Buffalo Bills decided to waive rookie defensive end George Strohmeyer. An All-American and the Outland Trophy winner as a senior, Strohmeyer was a 4th round pick of the Bills but he showed very little in the two preseason games he appeared in. The Bills let him go two days in advance of the official release date to give Strohmeyer a chance to perhaps catch on with another team. PRESEASON WEEK 4 SCHEDULE* Friday August 22 Minnesota 37 at 35 Jacksonville Chicago 35 at 13 New England Dallas 23 at 10 Atlanta Saturday August 23 New Orleans 31 at 7 Houston Oakland 14 at 22 Indianapolis Tennessee 7 at 24 Pittsburgh Green Bay 24 at 14 Cleveland NY Giants 17 at 39 Miami Denver 7 at 23 Seattle Philadelphia 35 at 17 St Louis Sunday August 24 NY Jets at Arizona San Diego at Buffalo Detroit at San Francisco Tampa at Baltimore Washington at Carolina Kansas City at Cincinnati GOLF Ben Hogan has his sight set firmly on his 7th tournament win of the season. The PGA money leader carded a 7 under par 65 on Saturday to pull into a first place tie with Jack Burke Jr. through three rounds of the Tucson Open. Burke Jr., who co-led with Jimmy Demaret after Friday's round, shot a 69 yesterday. Demaret's score ballooned with a 76 on Saturday and he now sits 7 strokes off the pace. Code: TUCSON OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 TOTAL Burke Jr 67 69 69 -11 Hogan 71 69 65 -11 Bradshaw 75 65 69 -7 Bulla 70 68 72 -6 Furgol 71 70 69 -6 Bolt 73 65 74 -4 Cotton 72 70 70 -4 Demaret 67 69 76 -4 Nelson 71 72 69 -4 Riegel 72 72 68 -4 Von Nida 69 70 73 -4 de Vicenzo 75 68 71 -2 Harrison 71 73 70 -2 Hebert 64 79 71 -2 Middlecoff 69 71 74 -2 Fleck 68 74 73 -1 Keiser 70 73 72 -1 Van Donck 73 70 72 -1 Adams 71 70 75 E Mackay Jr 73 71 72 E Metz 73 72 71 E Worsham 71 70 75 E Harmon 74 70 73 1 Mangrum 69 75 73 1 Byrd 69 76 73 2 Fazio 69 75 74 2 King 72 73 73 2 xTibbetts-a 72 73 73 2 xScarborough-a 70 72 77 3 Carr-a 73 72 75 4 McSpadden 73 71 76 4 Barron 77 67 77 5 Ford 72 73 76 5 Ghezzi 72 73 76 5 Rees 73 72 77 6 Revolta 70 75 77 6 Thomson 69 74 79 6 BOXING CLAYTON WINS EUROPEAN FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE Britian's Ronnie Clayton is the new European Featherweight champion after scoring a split-decision victory over Ray Famechon in Paris last night. Clayton improves his record to 28-12-3 with the win and is ranked 7th in the world in his weight class. For Famechon it is a second straight terrible outing as this comes on the heels of his loss to world champion Willie Pep. Famechon is 25-13 since the war. In other boxing action from around the world yesterday, middleweight Charlie Burley beat Carl 'Bobo' Olson by a 4th round TKO. Burley improves to 15-4 with the win and is possibly in line for a world title shot. The Pennsylvania native had his opponent on the ropes all fight and knocked Olson down early in the 4th round. Olson did regain his feet but was defenseless as Burley reigned blow after blow upon him until the referee jumped in with 20 seconds remaining in the round. Olson falls to 25-10 and has suffered a TKO loss in each of his last two bouts. In the lightweight division, Rudy Criz of Los Angeles won a unanimous decision over Texas native Lew Jenkins. The victory raises Cruz' record to 15-2 and keeps him as one of the top 10 contenders in the lighweight class. The loss was the first real test for the 31 year old Jenkins, who sees his record drop to 13-5-1. In New Orleans, lightweight Joe Brown was successful in his first fight in 6 months. Brown, who lost by a third round knock out in a title shot against Ike Williams in February, easily outpointed Mexican Mario Trigo in their 8 round bout. Brown improves to 13-3 while Trigo falls to 14-5-1. SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION MATCHES START OF SEASON YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Sunderland 1 at 3 Arsenal Everton 1 at 1 Blackburn Rovers Chelsea 0 at 2 Blackpool Stoke City 0 at 0 Bolton Sheffield United 1 at 3 Charlton Athletic Huddersfield 2 at 2 Derby County Aston Villa 1 at 0 Grimsby Town Preston NE 3 at 1 Liverpool Wolverhampton 1 at 1 Manchester City Manchester United 0 at 0 Middlesbrough Burnley 1 at 0 Portsmouth MONDAY'S GAMES Bolton at Preston NE Middlesbrough at Sheffield United Portsmouth at Stoke City SCOTTISH LEAGUE GAMES TODAY Queen of South at Falkirk Airdrie at Hibernian Hearts at Motherwell Morton at Dundee Aberdeen at St Mirren __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 01:40 AM.

01-20-2005, 03:19 AM	#399
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,782	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY AUGUST 25, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RED SOX WITHIN 4.5 GAMES OF INDIANS Roy Partee and Al Zarilla snapped a 1-1 tie with rbi singles in the 9th inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland 4-1. The rally made a winner out of Red Sox pitcher Bob Bowman (8-5, 3.93) and allowed Boston to gain a game on the first place Red Sox. In other American League action Washington beat St Louis 4-1 but in the process lost pitcher Joe Haynes for the rest of the season. The 29 year old Haynes (15-10, 2.36) appeared to be on his way to a third straight 20 win season before blowing out his elbow. White Sox pitcher Bud Byerly tossed a 6-hitter and drove in a pair of runs as Chicago beat Philadelphia 3-1 while in New York Hal Trosky homered and drove in 3 runs to lead visiting Detroit past the Yankees 11-6. CUBS BLOWOUT PHILLIES: TAKE 2 GAME LEAD Vern Olsen won his major league leading 21st game of the season while Phil Rizzuto had 4 hits in Chicago's 15-4 laugher over Philadelphia. The win moves the Cubs two games ahead of the Phillies atop the National League but the two teams will meet 7 times in the next 10 days. In St Louis Ernie White tossed a complete game 1-hit shutout as the Cardinals blanked New York 4-0. The only hit off of White was a 4th inning double from Mickey Haslin. Elsewhere, Bill Salkeld had 4-hits as Pittsburgh plastered Boston 11-3 while Joe Medwick drove in all 5 runs including a pair on a 10th inning double as Cincinnati topped Brooklyn 5-3. JURISCH, MEDWICK WIN PLAYER OF WEEK ACCOLADES Detroit pitcher Al Jurisch and Cincinnati outfielder Joe Medwick have been named the players of the week in their respective leagues. Jurisch won both of his starts including a 3-hit shutout of the Browns. On the season the third year pro is 19-9 with a 3.78 era. He is 9-1 since joining the Tigers in a mid-July trade from the Cardinals. Medwick hit .538 with 9 rbi's for the Reds last week. On the season the 35 year old is challenging for the National League batting crown with a .339 average. He has 9 homers and 66 rbi's. This is the 4th time in his career Medwick wins the player of the week award. Code: AMERICAN W L PCT GB CLEVELAND 70 52 .574 x BOSTON 65 56 .537 4.5 ST LOUIS 65 58 .528 5.5 WASHINGTON 64 60 .516 7.0 PHILADELPHIA 59 63 .484 11.0 DETROIT 58 63 .479 11.5 NEW YORK 55 67 .451 15.0 CHICAGO 53 70 .431 17.5 NATIONAL W L PCT GB CHICAGO 72 50 .590 x PHILADELPHIA 69 51 .575 2.0 PITTSBURGH 69 56 .552 4.5 CINCINNATI 65 58 .528 7.5 ST LOUIS 62 58 .517 9.0 BOSTON 55 65 .458 16.0 BROOKLYN 49 74 .398 23.5 NEW YORK 46 75 .380 25.5 YESTERDAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 4 Cleveland 1 Washington 4 St Louis 1 Chicago 3 Philadelphia 1 Detroit 11 New York 6 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 11 Boston 3 St Louis 4 New York 0 Chicago 15 Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 3 (10 inn) TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington (C Hartung 1-0, 3.60) at Boston (E Johnson 17-8, 3.10) Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-12, 4.92) at Chicago (B Fleming 2-4, 3.96) Detroit (H White 7-10, 4.45) at New York (M Russo 5-5, 4.11) NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (E Wright 5-6, 5.83) at St Louis (J Hutchings 12-12, 4.38) Philadelphia (C Schanz 18-10, 3.38) at Chicago (H Wyse 11-8, 2.59) Cincinnati (E Blackwell 5-6, 4.50) at Pittsburgh (P Roe 17-6, 3.59) Brooklyn (S Shea 4-4, 5.29) at Boston (H Bithorn 7-8, 3.87) Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING BATTING M Almada Bos .335 B Elliott Pit .349 B McCosky Det .328 J Medwick Cin .339 W Judnich SLB .327 G Rosen Bkn .328 HOME RUNS HOME RUNS T Williams Bos 27 S Chapman Bsn 23 W Judnich SLB 19 H Clift Chn 22 O Grimes Cle 17 J Gordon Phi 21 RBI'S RBI'S W Judnich SLB 86 B Elliott Pit 83 D Litwhiler Cha 82 H Clift Chn 77 T Williams Bos 81 S Chapman Bsn 76 WINS WINS A Jurisch Det 19-9 V Olsen Chn 21-6 E Johnson Bos 17-8 C Schanz Phi 18-10 A Karl Bos 16-7 P Roe Pit 17-6 ERA ERA B Lohrman Cle 1.59 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99 J Haynes Wsh 2.56 C Melton Pit 2.04 B Feller Cle 2.69 H Wyse Chn 2.59 STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS B Feller Cle 165 E White StL 167 A Jurisch Det 159 R Barney Bkn 160 V Trucks Det 155 P Roe Pit 136 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON RAVENS WIN IN O.T. AS PRESEASON SLATE COMES TO AN END Starters saw very little action as the final day of the National Football League preseason was played out. The most exciting contest occurred in Baltimore where the visiting Tampa Bay Bucs tied the game in the final minute of regulation on a James Green field goal only to see Baltimore pull out a 32-29 victory on a 47 yard field goal from Jim Holmes as the 15 minute overtime came to a close. The best individual effort was in Buffalo where a pair of rookie running backs took centre stage. Bills back Buddy Young gained 171 yards and scored 3 touchdowns to lead Buffalo past San Diego 31-17. Young had TD carries of 2,60 and 70 yards. Chargers rookie Bob Fenimore had a touchdown of his own and gained 112 yards rushing. Fenimore was the 16th pick from Oklahoma A&M while Young was a second round selection out of Illinois. In other action Tommy Thompson completed 5 of 6 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns as Kansas City topped Cincinnati 34-30. Despite the stellar performance in 1 quarter of action, Thompson will start the season as the back-up to Ulish Groce. The Bengals gave veteran QB Bud Rutledge plenty of playing time and his effort was good enough that he will get the nod as starter next week against Houston. Some observers in Cincinnati had felt 3rd year pro Ken Smith had done enough to win the job from Rutledge. In San Francisco, Otis Johnson connected on 3 second-half field goals to lead the 49ers past Detroit 16-13, Arizona blasted the Jets 27-3, and Sam Foster's 3 yard run accounted for the only touchdown in Washington's 13-9 win over Carolina. Code: FINAL PRESEASON STANDINGS NFC North W L T PCT PF PA Minnesota Vikings 3 1 0 .750 72 76 Green Bay Packers 2 2 0 .500 106 131 Chicago Bears 1 3 0 .250 126 123 Detroit Lions 1 3 0 .250 75 71 East W L T PCT PF PA Dallas Cowboys 3 1 0 .750 96 63 Philadelphia Eagles 2 2 0 .500 89 77 Washington Redskins 2 2 0 .500 72 79 New York Giants 1 3 0 .250 64 98 South W L T PCT PF PA Atlanta Falcons 3 1 0 .750 101 89 New Orleans Saints 3 1 0 .750 109 77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 1 0 .750 100 84 Carolina Panthers 2 2 0 .500 79 75 West W L T PCT PF PA San Francisco 49ers 4 0 0 1.000 76 54 Arizona Cardinals 2 2 0 .500 68 63 Seattle Seahawks 2 2 0 .500 73 84 St. Louis Rams 2 2 0 .500 79 94 AFC North W L T PCT PF PA Baltimore Ravens 4 0 0 1.000 118 103 Cleveland Browns 2 2 0 .500 87 96 Cincinnati Bengals 1 3 0 .250 76 98 Pittsburgh Steelers 1 3 0 .250 69 70 East W L T PCT PF PA Miami Dolphins 3 1 0 .750 128 74 Buffalo Bills 2 2 0 .500 102 87 New York Jets 2 2 0 .500 67 53 New England Patriots 0 4 0 .000 64 105 South W L T PCT PF PA Indianapolis Colts 3 1 0 .750 115 65 Jacksonville Jaguars 3 1 0 .750 120 96 Houston Texans 2 2 0 .500 99 99 Tennessee Titans 0 4 0 .000 70 116 West W L T PCT PF PA Kansas City Chiefs 3 1 0 .750 96 100 Oakland Raiders 2 2 0 .500 75 71 Denver Broncos 0 4 0 .000 71 117 San Diego Chargers 0 4 0 .000 64 118 PRESEASON WEEK 4 RESULTS Friday August 22 Minnesota 37 at 35 Jacksonville Chicago 35 at 13 New England Dallas 23 at 10 Atlanta Saturday August 23 New Orleans 31 at 7 Houston Oakland 14 at 22 Indianapolis Tennessee 7 at 24 Pittsburgh Green Bay 24 at 14 Cleveland NY Giants 17 at 39 Miami Denver 7 at 23 Seattle Philadelphia 35 at 17 St Louis Sunday August 24 NY Jets 3 at 27 Arizona San Diego 17 at 31 Buffalo Detroit 13 at 16 San Francisco Tampa 29 at 32 Baltimore Washington 13 at 9 Carolina Kansas City 34 at 30 Cincinnati REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 SCHEDULE Thursday August 28 New England at San Diego Sunday August 31 Buffalo at Kansas City Miami at Denver Tennessee at Cleveland Jacksonville at Pittsburgh Indianapolis at Baltimore Houston at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Chicago Dallas at Green Bay NY Giants at Minnesota Tampa at St Louis Atlanta at Arizona Carolina at San Francisco New Orleans at Seattle NY Jets at Oakland Monday September 1 Washington at Detroit COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE The SEC had 3 teams ranked in the top 12 Nationally at the end of the 1946 season and this year should be more of the same. Georgia, Alabama and a rejuvinated Mississippi squad all could be in the top 10 by the end of the year with Tennessee and Georgia Tech not that far behind. Georgia was unbeaten until a loss to number one Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl and despite losing QB Charles Trippi the Bulldogs appear loaded again this season. With Trippi gone, senior Steve xKuffrey gets his first chance to guide the offense. If he sputters there is junior John Rauch waiting in the wings. xKuffrey should be fine as he has a great running back in Andy Dudish and a solid group of receivers led by seniors Dan Edwards and Tyler xGriffin. The Georgia defense anchored by senior MLB Bill Godwin will once again be punishing. This may be a down year for last season's co-champs but the Tennessee Volunteers still have some talent on the defensive side of the ball. Cornerback Jack xRuvalcaba is one of the best ballhawks in the nation. Halfback George Gulyanics will be the key to Alabama's success. The Tide also have a solid offensive line led by certain NFL star Vaughn Mancha. The most improved team in the conference should be Mississippi with two potential first round NFL picks in QB Charlie Conerly and WR Joe Johnson. Ole Miss also has a strong offensive line led by guard Bill Erickson. Code: SEC STANDINGS CONF OVERALL W L T W L T Georgia 5 0 0 10 1 0 Tennessee 5 0 0 9 2 0 Alabama 5 2 0 10 2 0 Louisiana State 4 1 0 7 2 0 Georgia Tech 3 2 0 6 3 0 Vanderbilt 3 4 0 4 5 0 Miss State 2 3 0 7 3 0 Kentucky 2 3 0 7 3 0 Tulane 2 4 0 3 7 0 Auburn 2 4 0 6 4 0 Florida 0 4 1 0 8 1 Mississippi 0 6 1 1 7 1 SEC PLAYER PROFILE - MISSISSIPPI QB CHARLIE CONERLY Conerly is counted on to lead Mississippi from a terrible 0-6-1 conference mark a year ago to possibly a conference title in 1947. In real life he started his college career as a tailback in 1941 and 42. Conerly then spent three years with the Marines before returning to Mississippi in 1946. He became quarterback of the Rebels newly installed T Formation. He led Mississippi to a 9-2 record and a win over TCU in the Delta Bowl earning him All-American honours. He would then join the Giants and was named rookie of the year in 1948. Later he led the Giants to 4 championship game appearances before retiring following the 1961 season. GOLF BRADSHAW RALLIES TO WIN TUCSON OPEN Harry Bradshaw came from 4 strokes back to win the Tucson Open and his comeback was against the most dominant golfer of the year. Entering the final round the Irish golfer sat 4 strokes back of Ben Hogan and Jack Burke Jr. Bradshaw carded a 5 under par 67 while Hogan, far and away the leading money winner on the tour, could do no better than par and finished one stroke behind Bradshaw. Burke exploded with a 75 and finished tied for third with Johnny Bulla. It was Bradshaw's second tour win of the seaon - he previously won the Memphis Open. The $1500 first prize also moves him into 18th place on the season money list - important because the top 20 money winners qualify for the Tournament of Champions event which includes a record first prize of $3000. There are two more stops in the season: Salt Lake City for next weekend's Western Open and then in California for the Los Angeles Open the following week. Code: NAME RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 Total PRIZE $ Bradshaw 75 65 69 67 -12 1500 Hogan 71 69 65 72 -11 800 Bulla 70 68 72 70 -8 750 Burke Jr 67 69 69 75 -8 750 Furgol 71 70 69 72 -6 700 Middlecoff 69 71 74 68 -6 700 Bolt 73 65 74 72 -4 650 Von Nida 69 70 73 72 -4 650 Riegel 72 72 68 73 -3 625 Fleck 68 74 73 71 -2 600 Nelson 71 72 69 74 -2 600 Cotton 72 70 70 75 -1 500 Demaret 67 69 76 75 -1 500 Harrison 71 73 70 73 -1 500 King 72 73 73 69 -1 500 Mackay Jr 73 71 72 71 -1 500 Mangrum 69 75 73 70 -1 500 Fazio 69 75 74 70 E 400 Van Donck 73 70 72 73 E 400 Hebert 64 79 71 75 1 350 Byrd 69 76 73 72 2 300 de Vicenzo 75 68 71 76 2 300 McSpadden 73 71 76 70 2 300 Harmon 74 70 73 74 3 250 xTibbetts-a 72 73 73 73 3 amat Adams 71 70 75 76 4 150 Keiser 70 73 72 77 4 150 Metz 73 72 71 76 4 150 Worsham 71 70 75 76 4 150 Carr-a 73 72 75 73 5 amat Rees 73 72 77 71 5 125 Barron 77 67 77 73 6 100 Ghezzi 72 73 76 73 6 100 Thomson 69 74 79 72 6 100 Ford 72 73 76 76 9 75 xScarborough-a 70 72 77 78 9 amat Revolta 70 75 77 76 10 50 BOXING SADDLER AND WRIGHT WIN TUNEUP BOUTS In preperation for their meeting on September 30, top featherweight contenders Sammy Saddler and Chalky Wright each fought a tune-up bout yesterday. In New Haven, Saddler had little trouble disposing of journeyman Al Reid, taking a unanimous 8-round decision. Saddler improves his career record to 24-2 while Reid falls to 15-24-2. Both of Saddler's losses have come against undefeated World Champion Willie Pep. Wright also won an easy 8 round decision, at Del Mar Racetrack in California over Fabela Chavez. Wright is 27-6-1 and will be looking to avenge a TKO loss to Saddler early in the postwar tournament. Undefeated World Featherweight Champion Willie Pep will be looking for his 20th victory in San Francisco on Thursday when he puts his title on the line against Chico Rosa. It really is nothing more than another payday for Pep who should have little trouble with Rosa. A native of Hawaii but fighting out of Los Angeles Rosa has put together a streak of 9 straight wins and is 25-10-2 for his career. Code: HERE ARE THE TOP 10 FIGHTERS IN THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION CH Willie Pep 19-0 Hartford 2 Sammy Saddler 24-2 Boston 3 Harold Hoshino 25-4-1 Seattle 4 Henry Armstong 30-2 Columbus, Mississippi 5 Chalky Wright 27-6-1 San Bernardino, California 6 Ronnie Clayton 28-12-3 Blackpool, England - European Champ 7 Simon Vegara 38-6-2 Panama 8 Charlie Riley 23-5 St Louis 9 Eddie Compo 27-6-3 New Haven 10 Ray Famechon 25-13 Sous-le-Bois-Maubeurge, France UPCOMING FEATHERWEIGHT BOUTS Wed Aug 27 Henry Armstrong vs Harold Hoshino at Seattle Thu Aug 28 Willie Pep vs Chico Rosa at San Francisco World Title Fight Fri Sep 5 Charlie Riley vs Eddie Compo at New Haven Thu Sep 11 Simon Vegara vs TBA Sat Sep 20 Willie Pep vs Georgie Hansford at Los Angeles World Title Fight Tue Sep 30 Sammy Saddler vs Chalky Wright at Boston SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION MATCHES Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Arsenal 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Charlton Athl 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Preston NE 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Blackpool 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Burnley 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Derby County 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 Huddersfield 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 Blackburn 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Everton 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Manchester City 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Wolverhampton 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 Bolton 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Manchester Untd 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Portsmouth 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 Sheffield Untd 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 Sunderland 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 Chelsea 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 TODAY'S GAMES Bolton at Preston NE Middlesbrough at Sheffield United Portsmouth at Stoke City TUESDAY'S GAME Derby at Burnley SCOTTISH LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY Queen of South 1 Falkirk 1 Hibernian 3 Airdrie 0 Hearts 1 Motherwell 1 Dundee 2 Morton 1 Aberdeen 0 St Mirren 0 Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Hibernian 5 4 1 0 11 1 12 Partick 4 3 0 1 8 1 10 Celtic 4 3 0 1 9 3 10 St Mirren 5 3 1 1 5 1 10 Queen of South 5 3 1 1 7 8 10 Aberdeen 5 3 1 1 7 2 10 Dundee 5 3 2 0 8 7 9 Rangers 4 2 1 1 5 2 7 Falkirk 5 1 0 4 6 5 7 Hearts 5 1 2 2 6 5 5 Motherwell 5 1 3 1 5 9 4 Third Lanark 4 1 3 0 2 8 3 Queens Park 4 1 3 0 2 10 3 Clyde 4 0 3 1 2 7 1 Morton 5 0 4 1 2 8 1 Airdrie 5 0 4 1 4 12 1 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 01-20-2005 at 03:21 AM.

01-20-2005, 08:18 PM	#400
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	I didn't know one single human being could process this much information. Tiger Fan, where would we be without you? __________________ None Blog it.