TIGER FAN'S SPORTING NEWS: A multi-sport dynasty - Page 26

Tiger Fan · 03-17-2005, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by rangers85

I always hate the cliff hanger of leaving off on a Friday during college football season

lol. Hopefully I will have the Sunday edition released late tonight....complete even with the college football scores from the west coast.

jtb · 03-17-2005, 04:05 PM

Tiger Fan, Have you incorporated any of the two-sport athletes into this replay? I had an old Basebal Encyclopedia that had a few pages on two-sport athletes and I was surprised to see one was from my hometown.

Tiger Fan · 03-17-2005, 04:28 PM

There are a few. One that quickly comes to mind is Otto Graham who I had playing college basketball and football at Northwestern and now in the NFL with Tampa. Another is a little off the normal path. Sam Byrd was a major league outfielder in the 1940's before playing on the PGA tour. When he was released in OOTP in June I added him full time to the golf.

I am sure there are a few others particularily playing college basketball and either football or baseball. One more I just thought of is Dick Groat. He is a high school senior being recruited for my college basketball league and will be imported to OOTP in 1952 when he joined the Pirates. Groat is in the basketball replay because he played 26 games for the Fort Wayne Pistons immediately following his rookie year in Pittsburgh.

JTB...if you can please post the list of two sport athletes from this era and I will make sure they are all included.

They should all show up because I am adding every player ever drafted in the NBA or NFL along with all the major leaguers OOTP imports.

Tiger Fan · 03-17-2005, 08:49 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY OCTOBER 5, 1947

THE WORLD SERIES
ANOTHER CUBS COMEBACK VICTORY!
For the third straight game the Chicago Cubs rallied from behind to beat the Cleveland Indians and as a result the Cubs are just one game away from a World Series sweep. Saturday's loss was especially demoralizing for the Indians who led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the 7th before the Cubs scored three times in both the 7th and 8th innings to win 6-5.

Just like games one and two the Indians struck first, scoring a run in the second inning thanks to an rbi triple from Don Gutteridge. The Indians increased their lead to 2-0 in the 4th when Lou Boudreau singled and scored on Ival Goodman's rbi double. Cleveland scratched out another run in the fifth inning in a mini-rally that was started by Indians hurler Warren Spahn reaching first on a passed ball following strike three. Meanwhile Spahn was just rolling along on the hill, working on a 2-hitter through 5 innings.

In the top of the 7th Jeff Heath appeared to put the game away for the Indians when he hit a 2-run homer to make the score 5-0 Cleveland. That is when the Cubs bats woke up. Phil Rizzuto led off the bottom of the 7th with a single, just the 4th hit allowed by Spahn up to that point. Andy Pafko hit what looked like a doubleplay ball right at Tribe thirdbaseman Oscar Grimes. Likely 99 times out of 100 Grimes would turn two on the play but this time the ball skipped off the heel of his glove and there were runners on first and second with none out. Harlond Clift hit into a fielder's choice retiring Pafko but leaving runners on the corners for Bill Nicholson who promptly ripped a single to score Rizzuto. Don Johnson popped out to Indians catcher Hal Wagner for out number two but after Ken O'Dea worked Spahn for a free pass to load the bases Rip Russell delivered a single to score two runs and cut the Indians lead to 5-3.

In the bottom of the 8th Spahn immediately dug himself a hole by walking leadoff man George Case. When he got both Rizzuto and Pafko to pop out it appeared the walk would not hurt the Indians, until Harlond Clift smacked a 2-run homer over the ivy in centerfield to tie the game. For whatever reason the Indians left Spahn on the mound and he gave up a single to Bill Nicholson and then a double to Don Johnson that broke the tie and put the Cubs in front for the first time in the game.

Johnny Schmitz took over for Chicago starter Ed Head in the ninth and he got three straight groundouts to end the game and leaving the Cubs just one win away from winning the Series.

Code:


		GAME 3 BOXSCORE
  	    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E 
Cleveland   0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0   5 9 1 
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 X   6 9 2 
   
   
Cleveland       AB R H RBI BB K  AVG HR RBI 
H. Wagner C      5 2 1  0   0 0 .143 0  1 
T. Wright RF     4 0 2  0   0 0 .273 0  0 
   L. Klein 2B   1 0 0  0   0 0 .000 0  0 
J. Heath LF      4 1 1  3   0 0 .111 1  3 
O. Grimes 3B     4 0 0  0   0 3 .364 0  0 
L. Boudreau SS   4 1 1  0   0 0 .462 0  2 
I. Goodman CF    4 0 2  1   0 0 .385 0  2 
M. Rocco 1B      4 1 1  0   0 0 .167 0  0 
D. Gutteridge 2B 3 0 1  1   0 1 .100 0  2 
   J. Gleeson RF 1 0 0  0   0 0 .333 0  0 
W. Spahn P       3 0 0  0   0 2 .000 0  0 
   K. Keltner PH 1 0 0  0   0 0 .500 0  0 
Totals          38 5 9  5   0 6       
 
BATTING
Doubles: I. Goodman (1, 4th inning off Head, 1 on, 1 out.) 
Triples: D. Gutteridge (1, 2nd inning off Head, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Homeruns: J. Heath (1, 7th inning off Head, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: J. Heath 3 (3), I. Goodman (2), D. Gutteridge (2) 
Stolen Bases: I. Goodman 2 (2) 

FIELDING
Errors: O. Grimes 
 
   
Chicago (N)     AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI 
G. Case LF       3 1 0  0   1 0 .000 0  0 
P. Rizzuto SS    4 1 2  0   0 0 .417 0  0 
A. Pafko CF      4 0 0  0   0 0 .250 0  5 
H. Clift 3B      4 2 1  2   0 0 .083 1  2 
B. Nicholson RF  4 2 3  1   0 0 .455 0  2 
D. Johnson 2B    4 0 1  1   0 0 .182 0  2 
K. O'dea C       3 0 0  0   1 1 .222 0  4 
R. Russell 1B    3 0 1  2   0 0 .333 0  2 
E. Head P        3 0 1  0   0 2 .333 0  0 
   J. Schmitz P  0 0 0  0   0 0 .000 0  0 
Totals          32 6 9  6   2 3       
 
BATTING
Doubles: B. Nicholson (1, 5th inning off Spahn, 0 on,
 1 out.) D. Johnson (1, 8th inning off Spahn, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Homeruns: H. Clift (1, 8th inning off Spahn, 1 on, 2 out.) 
Runs Batted In: H. Clift 2 (2), B. Nicholson (2), D. Johnson
(2), R. Russell 2 (2) 

FIELDING
Errors: P. Rizzuto, E. Head 
 
 
  
Cleveland IP H R ER BB K HR  PI PS ERA RECORD 
W. Spahn L 8 9 6  4  2 3  1 124 76 4.50 0-1 
 
PITCHING
Batters Faced: W. Spahn 34 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W. Spahn 10-10 
  
Chicago (N) IP H R ER BB K HR  PI PS ERA  RECORD 
E. Head   W  8 9 5  3  0 6  1 122 72 3.38  1-0 
J. Schmitz S 1 0 0  0  0 0  0   9  6 0.00  1 SV 
 
PITCHING
Batters Faced: E. Head 35, J. Schmitz 3 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E. Head 10-9, J. Schmitz 3-0

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TEXAS THUMPS CAROLINA, IRISH WIN OPENER
Joe *Baumgardner ran for 142 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns as #3 ranked Texas improved to 3-0 with a relatively easy 31-7 victory over fourth ranked North Carolina. The win likely won't move the Longhorns up in the polls as both teams had of them had convincing victories.

Number one Notre Dame had no trouble beating Pittsburgh 38-6 as Johnny *Lujack and receiver James xDavis combined for three touchdowns. Second ranked Michigan hammered Stanford 47-0. Elsewhere in the top 20 number 7 USC played to a 21-21 tie at home against 10th ranked Rice. 8th ranked Mississippi improved to 3-0 with a 26-0 win over South Carolina while number 9 Oklahoma topped Texas A&M 21-9.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Abilene Christian 21 Arizona State 17
Alabama 28 Vanderbilt 0
Harvard 48 Boston University 20
Wichita State 24 Bradley 3
Wyoming 24 Brigham Young 22
Penn State 20 Bucknell 0
William & Mary 48 Citadel 0
Colgate 6 Merchant Marine 0
Army 26 Colorado 0
Navy 24 Columbia 10
Yale 24 Cornell 3
Syracuse 14 Dartmouth 13
North Carolina State 14 Davidson 3
Tulsa 17 Drake 7
Tennessee 24 Duke 3
Georgetown 38 Fordham 0
Santa Clara 14 Fresno State 6
Virginia Military Institute 13 George Washington 3
Georgia Tech 23 Tulane 14
Utah 22 Hawaii All-Stars 0
Illinois 20 Iowa 10
Kansas 48 Iowa State 0
Kentucky 49 Xavier 0
Pennsylvania 35 Lafayette 3
Georgia 24 Louisiana State 14
Auburn 37 Louisiana Tech 7
Minnesota 24 Nebraska 3
Michigan State 13 Mississippi State 13
Southern Methodist 28 Missouri 3
Arizona 41 Montana 17
Montana State 28 Northern Colorado 14
Oregon 34 Nevada 31
Kansas State 17 New Mexico 7
Brooklyn 17 New York University 6
Texas 31 North Carolina 7
Florida 21 North Texas 0
Texas-El Paso 34 Northern Arizona 0
Notre Dame 38 Pittsburgh 6
Ohio State 17 Purdue 13
Denver 10 Oklahoma A&M 3
Oregon State 14 Washington 13
Southern California 21 Rice 21
Richmond 17 Rollins 13
Mississippi 26 South Carolina 0
California 30 St. Mary's 14
Michigan 47 Stanford 0
Holy Cross 14 Temple 6
Oklahoma 21 Texas A&M 9
Arkansas 28 Texas Christian 7
Northwestern 17 UCLA 17
Utah State 34 Colorado State 14
Virginia 30 Virginia Tech 14
Clemson 21 Wake Forest 14
West Virginia 40 Washington & Lee 3
Idaho 7 Washington State 7
Texas Tech 28 West Texas A&M 17
Rutgers 30 Western Reserve 0
Wisconsin 33 Indiana 17

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Ottawa Rough Riders capitalized on 6 Toronto turnovers to beat the Argos 29-4 in the nation's capital. Out west Winnipeg trimmed Regina 15-13 while in Edmonton the Eskimoes avenged last week's loss in Calgary by beating the Stampeders 19-12. In Ontario Rugby Football League action the Hamilton Wildcats beat the Ottawa Trojans 34-14 while Toronto Balmy Beach topped the Toronto Indians 24-16.

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		STANDINGS
ORFU		W	L	T	PTS
Ham Wildcats	5	1	0	10
Windsor		3	1	0	 6
Tor Balmy Beach	3	1	0	 6
Ott Trojans	3	2	0	 6
Sarnia		0	4	0	 0
Tor Indians	0	5	0	 0

IPRFU		W	L	T	PTS
Montreal	5	0	0	8
Ham Tigers	2	3	0	4
Argos		2	4	0	4
Ottawa RR	2	4	0	4
				
Western		W	L	T	PTS
Edmonton	6	1	0	12
Winnipeg	5	3	0	10
Calgary		2	5	0	 4
Regina		2	6	0	 4

jtb · 03-17-2005, 11:59 PM

Tiger Fan,
Baseball-Football
Cliff Aberson
Dutch Bergman
Jim Castiglia
Steve Filipowicz
Bert Kuczynski
Pete Layden
Andy Tomasic
Frank Umont

Baseball-Basketball
Ernie Andres
Rex Barney
Frank Baumholtz
Hank Biasetti
Frank Carswell
Chuck Conners
George Crowe
Grant Dunlap
Les Fuchs
Johnny Gee
Tom Gorman
Don Grate
Mel McGaha
Irv Noren
Del Rice
Red Rolfe
John Scalzi
Howie Schultz
John Simmons
Hank Soar
Keith Thomas

Baseball_Hockey
Bill Stewart ---It says Referee/Coach
1928-37, 1940-44 NHL referee 1937-38Chicago,NHL coach.

This is all I could find for the decade of the 40's. If you need the 50's+ let me know.

Tiger Fan · 03-18-2005, 05:01 PM

Thanks jtb. Sure I will take the 1950's list whenever you get a chance.

Here are the two sport players I have found within my leagues so far from your list.

Cliff Aberson - made his mlb debut this year playing a couple of games. He is also a backup safety for the Packers in his second NFL season.

Howie Schultz- Just 22 he has played a handful of games with the Brooklyn Dodgers but spent most of his career in AAA. In the winter he is a junior forward at the University of Utah.

Chuck Connors - wont debut in baseball until he is imported in 1951 but the Rifleman is presently a junior forward at Seton Hall. Probably not NBA calibre though.

Irv Noren - will be imported for baseball in 1950 but right now he is a college basketball player for Niagara University.

Mel McGaha - was just a mgr in mlb, but presently is a senior Guard at Georgia. May have a good chance at being drafted by the NBA

Don Grate - only played a couple of baseball games in real life so not enough to be imported in OOTP but he is presently a junior guard on the Clemson basketball team.

Pete Layden should import as a baseball rookie this offseason. He is also slated to be created as a senior defensive back for the University of Texas in 1949.

Before purchasing TPB05 Baumholtz and Biasetti were in my NBA league. Afterwards when I reran it with imports from TDCB neither made the NBA but both were in my college game.
Frank Baumholtz 1947 mlb rookie attended Cincinnati for basketball
Hank Biasetti should import to mlb as a rookie in 1949. Had little success as a bench player on the Boston College basketball team.

jtb · 03-19-2005, 02:03 PM

From the 50's

Baseball-Football
Carroll Hardy
Vic Janowicz

Baseball-Basketball
Gene Conley
Dick Groat(I think he still is a broadcaster for PITT men's Basketball)
Steve Hamilton
Stan Landes (REF)
Dick Ricketts

Tiger Fan · 03-21-2005, 03:53 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY OCTOBER 6, 1947

THE WORLD SERIES
CUBS WIN!
The Chicago Cubs completed a 4-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians in the World Series with a 4-2 victory. Chicago outfielder Bill Nicholson, who hit a pair of triples yesterday, was named the series MVP. Nicholson batted .467 with 3 rbi's in the series to narrowly edge pitcher Vern Olsen for the MVP.

Unlike the previous three games, it was the Chicago Cubs who scored first. Ken O'Dea hit a two-out double in the bottom of the second off of losing pitcher Bill Lohrman and scored on a single from Barney Olsen. The Indians did manage to take the lead the next inning when Lohrman and infielder Don Gutteridge each had rbi singles. The Cubs immediately answered with a run in the bottom of the third when Nicholson hit his first of two tripes on the day, plating Eddie Waitkus who had reached on an error from Tribe second baseman Don Gutteridge.

Chicago took the lead for good the following inning with 3 singles, the last from pitcher Vern Olsen to score Ken O'Dea with what would be the series winning run. In the 5th Nicholson capped off the scoring by hitting a 1-out triple and coming home on Andy Pafko's sacrifice fly.

Vern Olsen had little trouble retiring the Indians from that point until he gave way to Johnny Schmitz for a 1-2-3 ninth inning.

Code:


		GAME FOUR BOXSCORE
  	    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H E 
Cleveland   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0   2  7 1 
Chicago (N) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X   4 12 0  
  
Cleveland       AB R H RBI BB K  AVG HR RBI 
D. Gutteridge 2B 4 0 2  1   0 1 .214 0  3 
T. Moore CF      4 0 0  0   0 0 .125 0  0 
O. Grimes 3B     4 0 0  0   0 2 .267 0  0 
J. Heath RF      3 0 0  0   0 2 .083 1  3 
   K. Keltner PH 1 0 0  0   0 1 .333 0  0 
L. Boudreau SS   4 0 0  0   0 0 .353 0  2 
H. Wagner C      4 0 1  0   0 0 .167 0  1 
I. Goodman LF    3 1 1  0   0 0 .375 0  2 
M. Rocco 1B      3 0 1  0   0 2 .200 0  0 
B. Lohrman P     3 1 2  1   0 0 .500 0  2 
Totals          33 2 7  2   0 8       
 
BATTING
Doubles: D. Gutteridge (1, 3rd inning off Olsen, 1 on, 
1 out.) B. Lohrman (1, 3rd inning off Olsen, 1 on, 1 out.) 
Runs Batted In: D. Gutteridge (3), B. Lohrman (2) 

FIELDING
Errors: D. Gutteridge 
   
Chicago (N)    AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI 
P. Rizzuto SS   4 0 2  0   0 0 .438 0  0 
E. Waitkus 1B   4 1 0  0   0 0 .231 0  0 
B. Nicholson RF 4 1 2  1   0 1 .467 0  3 
H. Clift 3B     3 0 0  1   0 0 .067 1  3 
A. Pafko LF     4 0 0  0   0 0 .188 0  5 
K. O'dea C      4 2 4  0   0 0 .462 0  4 
B. Olsen CF     2 0 1  1   0 1 .400 0  3 
   J. Marty CF  2 0 0  0   0 0 .000 0  0 
D. Johnson 2B   3 0 1  0   0 1 .214 0  2 
V. Olsen P      3 0 2  1   0 1 .429 0  1 
   J. Schmitz P 0 0 0  0   0 0 .000 0  0 
Totals         33 4 12 4   0 4       
 
BATTING
Doubles: P. Rizzuto (2, 1st inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 0 out.)
 K. O'dea 2 (4, 2nd inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 2 out, 6th 
inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 0 out.) 
Triples: B. Nicholson 2 (3, 3rd inning off Lohrman, 1 on, 2 out,
 5th inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 1 out.) 
Runs Batted In: B. Nicholson (3), H. Clift (3), B. Olsen (3), 
V. Olsen (1) 
Sacrifice Flies: H. Clift (1) 
 
 
  PITCHING
Cleveland   IP  H R ER BB K HR  PI PS ERA RECORD 
B. Lohrman L 8 12 4  3  0 4  0 140 85 6.75 0-2 
 
Batters Faced: B. Lohrman 34 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B. Lohrman 9-9 
  
Chicago (N) IP H R ER BB K HR  PI PS  ERA RECORD 
V. Olsen W   8 7 2  2  0 7  0 119 76  2.65 2-0 
J. Schmitz S 1 0 0  0  0 1  0  12  8  0.00 2 SV 
 
Batters Faced: V. Olsen 30, J. Schmitz 3 
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: V. Olsen 10-6, J. Schmitz 0-2

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PACKERS ROLL OVER RAIDERS 51-21
The Green Bay Packers improved to 5-1 with a decisive 51-21 thumping of the AFC West co-leaders. What was even more amazing was the beating was administered with a third string quarterback at the helm for the Pack. Robert Anderson took over for Jordan Montana on the first series of the game after Montana suffered an injury to his throwing arm. Montana had been filling in for rookie starter Frank *Albert who has an ankle injury. Anderson, the 7th year veteran who began his career with the Raiders, threw 4 touchdown passes in the win. RB Tony *Canadeo also played a key role for the Packers scoring 3 touchdowns.

The Raiders remain tied for top spot in the AFC West because Kansas City was upset at home by the Detroit Lions. Fred Johnson ran for 131 yards and two fourth quarter touchdowns to lead Detroit past the Chiefs 38-29.

Elsewhere
In Denver, Sid *Luckman threw a pair of TD passes and George *McAfee ran for 124 yards as the visiting Chicago Bears beat the Broncos 27-20.

Tennessee is the only 5 win team in the AFC after the Titans topped the Houston Texans 17-7.

Ken Murphy's 81 yard interception return for a touchdown helped the Rams past New England 15-7.

Steve *Van Buren ran for 95 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Jets beat Seattle 21-11

San Francisco needed a late touchdown to beat the winless Buffalo Bills 17-10. The 49ers are 5-1 and tied with Green Bay for the best record in the NFC.

The Cleveland Browns won their third straight, topping Tampa Bay 20-14 and spoiling rookie quarterback Otto *Graham's first NFL start. Graham completed 21 of 38 passes for 238 yards but was intercepted once which led to a Browns touchdown.

New Orleans improved to 4-2 with a 33-27 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

All the scoring came in the first half as San Diego doubled Minnesota 20-10.

Cincinnati looked strong against NFC South leader Atlanta, beating the Falcons 31-10. 3 Bengals interceptions and plenty of pressure on Atlanta QB Arnie *Herber proved the difference.

John Foster threw 3 touchdown passes as Baltimore beat Carolina 21-16.

Defensive lineman Bobby Lynch returned a fumble 22 yards for the winning score as Jacksonville beat Indianapolis 26-19.

SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Chicago 27 Denver 20
Detroit 38 Kansas City 29
Green Bay 51 Oakland 21
Tennessee 17 Houston 7
St Louis 15 New England 7
NY Jets 21 Seattle 11
San Francisco 17 Buffalo 10
Cleveland 20 Tampa Bay 14
New Orleans 33 Pittsburgh 27
San Diego 20 Minnesota 10
Cincinnati 31 Atlanta 10
Baltimore 21 Carolina 16
Jacksonville 26 Indianapolis 19

TONIGHT'S GAME
Arizona at Miami

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	NFC STANDINGS
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Green Bay Packers	5	1	0	.833	198	 94
Chicago Bears		4	2	0	.667	136	140
Detroit Lions		3	3	0	.500	128	147
Minnesota Vikings	2	4	0	.333	109	119

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia Eagles	4	1	0	.800	120	 86
New York Giants		3	2	0	.600	 91	 99
Washington Redskins	1	4	0	.200	 85	145
Dallas Cowboys		0	5	0	.000	 87	124

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta Falcons		4	2	0	.667	135	135
New Orleans Saints	4	2	0	.667	152	119
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	3	0	.500	132	124
Carolina Panthers	1	5	0	.167	110	133

West			W	L	T	PCT	 PF	 PA
San Francisco 49ers	5	1	0	.833	144	 94
Seattle Seahawks	3	3	0	.500	 99	 97
St. Louis Rams		3	3	0	.500	128	146
Arizona Cardinals	1	4	0	.200	 87	113

	AFC STANDINGS
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Cleveland Browns	4	1	0	.800	124	108
Baltimore Ravens	4	1	0	.800	138	103
Cincinnati Bengals	3	2	0	.600	 92	 71
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	3	0	.400	121	 73

East			W	L	T	PCT	 PF	 PA
New York Jets		4	2	0	.667	124	 97
New England Patriots	2	4	0	.333	 81	127
Miami Dolphins		0	5	0	.000	100	146
Buffalo Bills		0	6	0	.000	 80	165

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	 PA
Tennessee Titans	5	1	0	.833	123	 91
Houston Texans		4	2	0	.667	103	 84
Jacksonville Jaguars	3	3	0	.500	104	127
Indianapolis Colts	2	4	0	.333	121	128

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Oakland Raiders		3	2	0	.600	111	128
Kansas City Chiefs	3	2	0	.600	151	127
Denver Broncos		2	3	0	.400	 96	126
San Diego Chargers	2	3	0	.400	110	104

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
San Francisco 27 Duquesne 0
Hawaii 14 Portland 7

The new college top 20 will appear in tomorrow's edition.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
HABS WILL BE WITHOUT MOSDELL FOR 3 MONTHS
Montreal winger Kenny Mosdell finally reported to Canadiens training camp today but the Habs were extremely upset to see him arrive on crutches. Apparently the 25 year old suffered a serious knee injury during a softball game in August. The Canadiens team doctor checked him out and does not expect Mosdell to be fit for action until at least Christmas.

A defensive specialist Mosdell broke into the NHL with the old Brooklyn Americans as a 19 year old in 1941-42. After missing two seasons due to the war he made his Montreal debut in 1944-45 scoring 12 goals in 31 games with the Habs. Last season he had just 2 goals and 6 assists but was a terrific penalty killer.

The Canadiens season opens October 15 at home to the New York Rangers.

In other National Hockey League news the Boston Bruins have put Czech forward Jaroslav Drobny on their reserve list. Drobny, who will be a key component for the Czech olympic team this January in St. Moritz, becomes the first European trained player to be placed on an NHL team's reserve list. As good as he is at hockey, tennis is Drobny's primary sport and he is considered a possible future Wimbledon champ.

BOXING
SMITH WINS BY TKO
Atlantic City lightheavyweight Billy Smith scored an 11th round TKO victory over Henry Hall in their 12 round bout in New York last night. The referee stopped the bout because of swelling around both of the New Orleans natives eyes. With the win the 26 year old Smith improves to 16-9 while Hall, who lost a world title shot against Lloyd Marshall in May, falls to 19-15-3.

On the same card, Pennsylvania lightheavyweight Tommy Yarosz won by unanimous decision over Charley Williams. Yarosz is 27-8-2 while the 20 year old Williams drops to 18-9-1.

Tiger Fan · 03-21-2005, 11:09 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, 1947

BASEBALL
WORLD SERIES CHAMPION CUBS CELEBRATE
Led by manager Charlie Grimm and World Series MVP Bill Nicholson the Chicago Cubs paraded the World Series trophy through the streets of Chicago yesterday culminating in a huge rally inside Wrigley Field. Just 24 hours earlier the Cubs had won their 7th World Series title in franchise history, beating the Cleveland Indians in 4 straight games.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
DOLPHINS END LOSING STREAK
The Miami Dolphins finally got their first win of the season with a 36-22 victory at home over Arizona in the Monday Night game. Dolphins QB Woody Brooks completed 21 of 33 passes for 288 yards and a pair of second half touchdowns as Miami ended it's 5 game losing skid. Dolphins running back Stacey Jolly gained 105 yards and scored a touchdown.

Arizona got a great game from back Tuffy *Leemans, who had 21 carries for 110 yards and rookie receiver Hubert *Bechtol, who made 7 catches for 143 yards but it was turnovers that cost Arizona the game - 4 fumbles and an interception. Like Miami, the Cardinals are now 1-5 on the season.

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
San Diego Chargers (2-3) at Denver Broncos (2-3)
Oakland Raiders (3-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (3-2)
Cleveland Browns (4-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-2)
Washington Redskins (1-4) at Dallas Cowboys (0-5)
Philadelphia Eagles (4-1) at New York Giants (3-2)
San Francisco 49ers (5-1) at Seattle Seahawks (3-3)
New England Patriots (2-4) at Miami Dolphins (1-5)
Arizona Cardinals (1-5) at St. Louis Rams (3-3)
Carolina Panthers (1-5) at New Orleans Saints (4-2)
New York Jets (4-2) at Buffalo Bills (0-6)
Chicago Bears (4-2) at Minnesota Vikings (2-4)
Atlanta Falcons (4-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) at Baltimore Ravens (4-1)

MONDAY NIGHT
Detroit Lions (3-3) at Green Bay Packers (5-1)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IRISH REMAIN NUMBER ONE
The University of Notre Dame remains the top ranked college football team after the Irish had little trouble with Pittsburgh, winning their season opener over the Panthers 38-6. Number two Michigan kept pace by beating Stanford 47-0. In two games the Wolverines have outscored their opponents 91-0. Texas remains number 3 after an impressive victory over North Carolina that dropped the Tar Heels out of the top 5. SMU, with a convincing win over Missouri and Mississippi, which improved to 3-0 with a shutout victory over South Carolina, round out the top five.

Arkansas, which knocked Texas Christian out of the top 20 with a 28-7 victory, is the only newcomer to the top 20 but several teams are waiting in the wings including Wisconsin, Illinois and San Francisco.

Like last week, the big matchup on Saturday once again involves Texas as the Longhorns entertain 8th ranked Oklahoma. The other game involving two ranked teams has 10th ranked Georgia visiting #12 Kentucky in an SEC tilt.

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1947 TSN  TOP 20	REC	LAST WEEK		NEXT WEEK
1 Notre Dame (1) 	1-0	beat Pitt 38-6		  at Purdue
2 Michigan (2)   	2-0	beat Stanford 47-0	  host Pitt	
3 Texas (3)		3-0	beat North Carolina 31-7  host #8 Oklahoma
4 SMU (5)		2-0	beat Missouri 28-3	  at Oklahoma State
5 Mississippi (8)	3-0	beat South Carolina 26-0  at Vanderbilt
6 North Carolina (4)	1-1	lost 31-7 at Texas	  host Wake Forest
7 Penn State (6)	2-0	beat Bucknell 20-0	  at Fordham
8 Oklahoma (9)		2-0	beat Texas A&M 21-9	  at #3 Texas
9 USC (7)		1-0-1	tied Rice 21-21		  at Ohio State
10 Georgia (11)		2-1	beat LSU 24-14		  at #12 Kentucky
11 Rice (10)		1-0-1	tied USC 21-21		  host Tulane
12 Kentucky (12)	2-1	beat Xavier 49-0	  host #10 Georgia
13 Virginia (13)	2-0	beat Virginia Tech 30-14  host Harvard
14 Alabama (15)		2-1	beat Vanderbilt 28-0	  host Duquesne
15 Army (16)		1-1	beat Colorado 26-0	  host Illinois
16 UCLA (14)		1-0-1	tied Northwestern 17-17	  host Oregon
17 Pennsylvania (17)	1-0	beat Lafayette 35-3	  at Dartmouth
18 California(18)	3-0	beat St Mary's 30-14	  at Wisconsin
19 Hardin-Simmons (20)	1-0	beat San Jose St 34-10	  host Arizona
20 Arkansas(nr)		3-0	beat then #19 TCU 28-7    at Baylor

Dropping out of top 20 Texas Christian(19) 2-1

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MID ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PREVIEW
With just one tournament victory in 15 years and just one at large bid the MAAC will not make much noise in the postseason. It has been a fairly competitive conference but has been dominated in the 1940's by Niagara with Buffalo always having a solid team.

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YEAR	MAAC CHAMP	 	
1932-33	NIAGARA	
1933-34	NIAGARA	
1934-35	IONA	
1935-36	IONA	
1936-37	FAIRFIELD	
1937-38	FAIRFIELD	
1938-39	NIAGARA	
1939-40	BUFFALO	
1940-41	BUFFALO	
1941-42	CANISIUS	
1942-43	FAIRFIELD	
1943-44	SIENA	
1944-45	NIAGARA	
1945-46	BUFFALO	
1946-47	NIAGARA	


MAAC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
		NCAA	NIT
SIENA		1-1	2-2
NIAGARA		0-6	0-1
BUFFALO		0-3	0-0
FAIRFIELD	0-3	0-0
IONA		0-2	0-1
CANISIUS	0-1	0-0
MARIST		0-0	0-0
RIDER		0-0	0-0

MAAC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- NIAGARA: Despite finishing at .500 in conference play during the season, the Purple Eagles had a strong run in the conference tournament and made the NCAA's for the 6th time in school history. They are favoured this season with a veteran squad led by forwards Billy Flanigan and Eric Raub.

2- RIDER: The Brons equalled a school record with 19 wins last season but once again failed to win the conference tournamanet. Still in search of their first postseason invite, Rider will rely on senior center Rafi Dewoody to lead the way. Senior forward Don Johnson will also play a key role.

3- CANISIUS: With four returning starters including preseason all-conference selection Greg Page the Golden Griffins may improve on a school record 18 win season a year ago.

4- MARIST: Shooting guard Clay Boothby may be the most underrated player in the conference but that could change this season as the Red Foxes return 4 starters and plenty of players with experience.

5- BUFFALO: At 13-14 Buffalo finished under .500 for the first time since 1937-38. Preseason all-conference selection Vasily Jones is back as well as junior forward Cornell Wilson and center Greg Walker. Add in freshman forward Ben Gruber and this could be a solid team.

6- IONA: The Gaels were 7-7 in conference play a year ago but will have a very young squad on the court this season.

7- SIENA: Senior guard Norbert Rome may be the best player in the conference but aside him from him there is not a lot of experience on the roster.

8- FAIRFIELD: Pretty much everyone of consequence is gone from an 18 win season a year ago. The backcourt looks especially weak.

PRESEASON ALL-MAAC TEAM
G Vasilly Jones Buffalo
G Norbert Rome Siena
F Billy Flanigan Niagara
F Rafi Dewoody Rider
C Greg Page Canisius

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LINEUP SET FOR ALL-STAR GAME
For the first time since the games greats met at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1934 all of the National Hockey League's top players will be on the ice at one time when the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings play host to the stars from the rest of the league.

The first "all-star" game was held in 1934 as a benefit to raise money for Toronto's Ace Bailey, who's career was ended by an injury earlier that season. This will mark the first of what the NHL expects to become an annual event pitting the Cup winner from the previous season against a team of stars from the other five clubs.

Here is the allstar team roster for next Monday night's game at The Olympia.

GOALTENDERS
Bill Durnan Montreal
Turk Broda Toronto

DEFENSEMEN
Butch Bouchard Montreal
Glen Harmon Montreal
Bill Moe New York
Pat Egan Boston
Bill Barilko Toronto
Ralph Nattrass Chicago

FORWARD LINES
C Elmer Lach Montreal
RW Maurice Richard Montreal
LW Toe Blake Montreal

C Max Bentley Toronto
RW Milt Schmidt Boston
LW Doug Bentley Chicago

C Ted Kennedy Toronto
LW Bill Ezinicki Toronto
RW Grant Warwick New York

Tiger Fan · 03-23-2005, 01:02 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, 1947

BOXING
PHILY FEATHERWEIGHT BASSETT WINS 2ND PRO BOUT
18 year old Philadelphia native Percy Bassett showed why he is considered one of the up and coming young stars in the boxing world with a 4th round TKO victory over Freddie Russo. Bassett, a featherweight, improves to 2-0 as a professional with the victory. Russo, a New Jersey native, falls to 15-19 with the loss.

The bout kicks off a very busy weekend for boxing with 3 World Title fights on the schedule highlighted by Heavyweight Champ Ezzard Charles facing third ranked Nathan Mann on Saturday. On Friday evening undefeated featherweight champ Willie Pep will face little known challenger National Kid in Dallas while tomorrow evening in Tokyo flyweight champ Speedy Akira defends his title against Frenchman Valentin Angelmann.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
All 6 teams were in action playing exhibition games in preparation for next week's regular season opener. In New York the visiting Boston Bruins hammered the Rangers 6-0 as Milt Schmidt led the way for the Bruins with 2 goals and an assist. Paul Ronty, Pat Egan, Woody Dumart and Pete Babando had singles while Frank Brimsek turned aside all 16 Rangers shots he faced. In New York's defense, the Bruins started most of their regulars while the Rangers went with minor league goaltender Bob DeCourcy between the pipes and a roster composed primarily of players from their New Haven farm team.

In Kitchener, Ontario Max Bentley had a goal and an assist in his debut with Toronto. Bentley's goal with just under 4 minutes to play gave the Leafs a 3-3 tie with Montreal after Rocket Richard and Elmer Lach each had a goal and an assist in the third period to give the Habs the lead.

In Chicago, the Detroit Red Wings got third period goals from Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay to beat the Black Hawks 4-3. New Hawk Gus Bodnar, who was part of the trade that sent Max Bentley to Toronto, had a pair of assists for Chicago.

PRESEASON SCHEDULE
LAST NIGHT
Boston 6 New York 0
Monteal 3 Toronto 3
Detroit 4 Chicago 3

TOMORROW NIGHT
Boston at Montreal

FRIDAY
New York at Toronto
Chicago at Detroit

SATURDAY
Toronto at Montreal
New York at Detroit
Boston at Chicago

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MAC PREVIEW

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YEAR	MAC CHAMP	 	
1932-33	MIAMI (O)	
1933-34	BOWLING GREEN	
1934-35	CENTRAL MICHIGAN	
1935-36	BOWLING GREEN	
1936-37	BALL STATE	
1937-38	AKRON	
1938-39	MIAMI (O)	
1939-40	EASTERN MICHIGAN	
1940-41	EASTERN MICHIGAN	
1941-42	BOWLING GREEN	
1942-43	MIAMI (O)	
1943-44	EASTERN MICHIGAN	
1944-45	WESTERN MICHIGAN	
1945-46	MIAMI (O)	
1946-47	AKRON	

MAC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
		NCAA	NIT
MIAMI (OH)	0-6	2-4
EASTERN MICH	1-3	0-0
BALL STATE	1-2	2-2
BOWLING GREEN	0-3	0-0
AKRON		0-2	0-1
CENTRAL MICH	0-1	0-1	
WESTERN MICH	0-1	0-1
KENT STATE	0-0	1-2

MAC ALL AMERICANS
1940-41  George Gittens Miami(OH)

MAC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

1- CENTRAL MICHIGAN: There is plenty to be excited about for club that was 5-9 in conference play a year ago. All five starters return for the Chippewas including guard Kip Harris, who was named conference freshman of the year last season and made the preseason all-conference team this year along with center Patrick Hackyard. Hackyard averaged over 15 ppg and 13 rpg a year ago.

2- KENT STATE: Senior guard Cole Chamlee made the preseason all-conference team and is one of 3 returning starters for a Golden Flashes team that was 7-7 in the MAC last year. They have never won a conference tournament but with a few breaks that could change this season.

3- MIAMI(OH): The most successful team in the conference, the Redhawks have made the postseason each of the past two years including last season when they won 20 games and were invited to the NIT's. Mike *Novak was named to the preseason all-conference team

4- AKRON: The Zips, who earned just their second MAC title in school history last season, return virtually the entire cast from their championship squad. Look for sophomore PG Lou *Arko to take on a bigger role.

5- BOWLING GREEN: Coming off three straight 14-16 seasons the Falcons have a nice mix of veterans and youth. Look for Brian Peed, a shooting guard from Moduc, Indiana to compete for MAC freshman of the year honours.

6- WESTERN MICHIGAN: Despite an 18-12 season the Broncos missed the postseason for the first time in 3 years. There will be some growing pains this year as sophomore forwards Anthony Cho and Abel Davis, along with freshman point guard Nick Graves, are asked to assume key roles.

7- BALL STATE: After two straight 20+ win seasons, Ball State fell to 12-17 a year ago. The Cardinals lack talented upperclassman but do have a budding star in sophomore PF Jacey Fulgham, who averaged nearly 9 ppg coming off the bench as a freshman.

8- EASTERN MICHIGAN: The loss of conference MVP Stan *Brown to graduation will hurt. Center Omar Davis and forward Seth Binggeli each made the conference all-freshman team last year and combined with this year's top recruit, PF Ryan Kinney, give the Eagles optimism for the future.

MAC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Kip Harris Central Michigan
G Cole Chamlee Kent State
F Mike *Novak Miami (OH)
F Sham Kreider Akron
C Patrick Hackyard Central Michigan

Tiger Fan · 03-23-2005, 06:22 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 1947

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
WINGS DEAL TAYLOR TO BOSTON
The Detroit Red Wings have dealt their leading scoring from last season's Stanley Cup winning squad to the Boston Bruins. Billy Taylor, who had 16 goals and a total of 53 points, was dispatched to the Bruins in exchange for young forward Armand "Bep" Guidolin. Taylor, who played just one season for the Wings, began his career with 5 seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He led all playoff scorers with 15 points last season.

Guidolin, who holds the distinction of being the youngest player ever to suit up for an NHL game when he took the ice for the Bruins at age 16 in 1942, had 24 points and 69 penalty minutes for the Bruins last season.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NBA SEASON TIPS OFF SUNDAY
Another NBA season gets underway this Sunday with 6 games including the defending league champion Dallas Chaparrals travelling to Milwaukee to play the Hawks. It will be quite a different Dallas team from the club that defeated Baltimore for the NBA title just 5 months ago. Gone are two starters including young phenom John Layton. Starting shooting guard Freddie Scolari and key backups center Hagen Ochoa and guard Trev Reed have also moved on.

The exit of Layton to Philadelphia will be the biggest blow. A 3-time SWC player of the year and National Player of the Year his senior season, the University of Texas product was bypassed in the NBA draft as scouts felt his lack of athleticism would not allow him to compete at the pro level. Dallas gave him a chance in training camp and he showed enough to make the Chaps roster to start the season. By midseason he was seeing a fair amount of playoff time and he made the starting 5 in January. The rest is history. He averaged 15.7 ppg and 7.2 rpg in the playoffs leading the Chaps to their first league title. Despite starting just 29 games he was named 2nd team all-rookie. Since he only inked a 1 year deal with the Chaps and refused to extend the contract when Dallas offered prior to the playoffs, Layton was free to sign with any club without compensation.

A complete preview of the NBA Eastern Conference will appear tomorrow with the focus on the West in Saturday's issue.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The MEAC was dominated by Hampton for the first decade but the Pirates program has struggled in recent years. Delaware State has become the conference's dominant team in the last five years and last year the Hornets became the first MEAC team ever to earn an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament. No MEAC team has ever won an NCAA tournament game and only Hampton in 1938 managed to win one in the NIT.

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YEAR	MEAC CHAMP	 	
1932-33	HAMPTON	
1933-34	SOUTH CAROLINA STATE	
1934-35	HAMPTON	
1935-36	BETHUNE-COOKMAN	
1936-37	FLORIDA A&M	
1937-38	NORFOLK STATE	
1938-39	DELAWARE STATE	
1939-40	HAMPTON	
1940-41	HAMPTON	
1941-42	HAMPTON	
1942-43	FLORIDA A&M	
1943-44	MARSHALL	
1944-45	DELAWARE STATE	
1945-46	DELAWARE STATE	
1946-47	FLORIDA A&M	


MEAC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
Hampton			0-5	1-2
Delaware State		0-4	0-2
Florida A&M		0-3	0-0
Norfolk State		0-1	0-1
Marshall		0-1	0-1
Bethune-Cookman		0-1	0-0
South Carolina State	0-1	0-0
Coppin State		0-0	0-0

MEAC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- FLORIDA A&M: Reigning conference tournament champions enjoyed their first ever 20-win season a year ago. This season the Rattlers return 3 starters including juniors Ed *Stanczak (15.1 ppg) and William Mitchell (13.2 ppg)

2- NORFOLK STATE: Warren *Perkins made the All-MEAC team last season as a sophomore and hopes to lead the Spartans to just their second winning season in a decade. Freshman PF Larry Fishback and sophomore center Charles Ramey will also play be roles on this young team.

3- BETHUNE COOKMAN: have not had a double-digit win season since 1941-42 but that should change this season. The Wildcats future is bright with two good young freshmen in 6'11" Nick Scott and 6'8" Giotto Ruch. Seniors John Busby and Kyle Lucas made the preseason all-conference team.

4- DELAWARE STATE: Coming off three straight trips to the NCAA including last season as an at-large after going 25-7 but losing the conference tournament finals to Florida A&M. However, the graduation of a pair of all-conference players will make it very difficult for the Hornets to get back to the big dance.

5- MARSHALL: The talk for the Thundering Herd all focuses on freshman point guard Anthony Badu. The recruit from Philadelphia is the player they hope to build their team around. After never winning more than 17 games in a season Marshall topped the 18 win mark twice in the past three seasons.

6- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE: The Bulldogs have not played a postseason game since 1934 and are coming off a terrible 9-21 campaign last year.Point guard Nick Provost made the MEAC all-freshman team and he, along with fellow sophomore Edward Foster, give the Bulldogs a little hope for the future.

7- COPPIN STATE: The only MEAC school to never win a conference tournament, the finished with just a 4-10 conference record and only 9 wins overall. 4 starters return for the Eagles and there is a little excitement about freshman recruit Victor Arellano, a 6'5" forward from Greenbelt, Maryland.

8- HAMPTON: The dominant team in the conference until a down stretch starting 1943 when they won 10,13 and 16 games in successive years. Since then recruiting has not gone well and the Pirates lack the talent to challenge for the league title. Hampton did make the NIT with a 21-11 season two years ago but slumped to 13-17 last year when the last of their solid recruiting classes graduated.

MEAC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM:
G Warren *Perkins Norfolk State
G William Mitchell Florida A&M
F Kyle Lucas Bethune-Cookman
F Ed *Stanczak Florida A&M
C Josh Busby Bethune-Cookman

BOXING
CASTILLO WINS BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT
Mexico City native Luis Castillo ended his two fight losing streak with a unanimous decision over Cuba's Manuel Armenteros in Mexico City last night. Castillo, 28-13-3, is ranked 7th in the bantamweight division worldwide, and is looking for a rematch with World Champion Luis Galvani. Galvani had beaten Castillo on a decision last April just before winning the crown. After losing to Galvani, the 26 year old Castillo was also outpointed by Manuel Ortiz.

The loss is the first for the 21 year Armenteros, who had won his first 3 decisions since turning pro earlier this year.

Tonight in Tokyo flyweight champ Speedy Akira defends his title against Frenchman Valentin Angelmann in the first of three straight evenings with World Title Fights.

Tiger Fan · 03-24-2005, 09:36 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
EASTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW
We are two days away from the opening tip-off to another NBA season. To prepare you for it here is a quick look at the Eastern Conference teams. Tomorrow we will focus on the west.

Code:

			ATLANTIC DIVISION

			BALTIMORE BULLETS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG  PETER WARREN	 12	Harvard		17.1   6.6   4.9
SG  JADEN CHRISTOPHERSON  9	Syracuse	14.9   4.5   3.4
SF  JOSEPH MOZELL	 12	Notre Dame	14.5   5.7   2.4
PF  FRANK SOTO		  8	St Louis	11.7   6.4   2.7
C   PREYE PENSYL	  6	LSU		11.2   8.8   2.2

All 5 starters return for a squad that went to the NBA finals last
season.  The Bullets also made the finals in 1944-45 but again
came up short.  Their only NBAtitle in franchise history was won
in 1940-41. 

First round pick Paul *Noel from the national champion Kentucky
Wildcats will be eased into the rotation.  The Bullets also 
selected Joseph Smith in the second round.  Smith was the leader
of the USC squad that faced Noel's Wildcats in the National 
Title game last March. 


			BOSTON CELTICS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG  Leverne Jones	12	UCLA		11.3   4.7   1.9 
SG  Rob Rodriguez	 9      USC		14.6   5.0   3.2
SF  Hulin Lee		 6	Wichita St	14.0   4.8   2.3
PF  Matt Prior		 7	Oregon		 9.8   5.5   2.0
C   Terry Rowe		 4	Oklahoma	11.6   9.7   2.1

The Celtics have finished last in the Atlantic Division each of
the past 3 seasons and it's been 5 years since they had a .500 
record.  However, the did shake things up this offseason by signing
two starters away from Pittsburgh in Rodriguez and Prior, along
with a solid backup center in former Dallas pivot Hagen Ochoa.
The changes mean Leverne Jones moves from SF to point guard 
and Boston fixture Phil Hernandez becomes the 6th man.


			NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS
STARTING LINEUP:				   1946-47
POS   NAME		EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Jonathan Vasta  	11	Syracuse	9.9    2.5   3.9
SG Bruce Phillips	 3	Florida		6.8    2.9   3.5
SF John *Abramovic	 3	Oregon	       11.1    4.1   1.6	
PF Thal Butler		 7      Wichita St     15.3    7.8   2.8
C  Leonard Loch		 8	Penn	       10.3    6.7   1.7

It was a great draft for the Knicks.  5th overall pick Paul
*Huston was a standout at Ohio State and will likely be in the
starting five by Christmas while 18th overall selection Bob 
*Harrison from Washingston will press Phillips for playing time
at SG.  Veteran center Brenden Barufaldi was signed as a free 
agent from St Louis to add depth as the Knicks hope to get 
back to the top of the division, a spot they occupied two 
seasons ago before a terrible 23-51 season last year.

			PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG  Anthony Maggs	 8	N Carolina St	15.0   4.5    7.9
SG  Tony Bryant		13	N Carolina St	10.1   4.3    3.6
SF  Xavier Gordon	 6      Florida		12.4   5.0    2.5
PF  Connie *Simmons	 5	Baylor		12.9   7.1    2.6
C   John Layton		 1	Texas		 9.5   3.8    1.0

The Warriors ended an 8 year postseason drought last year and 
hope the addition of center John Layton takes them a step 
closer to adding a third championship trophy to go with the 
pair they won in 1936 and 1937.  Layton suddenly blossomed in 
the final third of the season and was dominating in the 
postseason, scoring 15.7 ppg in leading Dallas to the league
title.  An unrestricted free agent, Philadelphia won his 
services over the offseason inking Layton to a 5 year deal.


			PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLERS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Kanaan Gochneaur	10	Illinois	14.1   4.0   7.1
SG Jim *Pollard		 1	Alabama		13.7   3.4   2.3
SF Lonnie Duncan	 8	Alabama		13.9   5.7   2.2
PF Hector Dunkel	12	Mississippi St	12.9   7.9   2.5
C  Joe Velazquez	 9	Washington St	11.0   9.1   2.1

First round pick George *Feigenbaum, a guard from Washington 
will see plenty of playing time as the season wears on.  The 
Steamrollers are tied with Baltimore for the most playoff 
appearances in league history, but unlike Baltimore, Providence 
has never won a championship despite the 10 trips to the postseason.



			NORTHEAST DIVISION

			BUFFALO BRAVES
STARTING LINEUP:			             1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		 PPG    RPG   APG
PG Johnny *Logan	  4	Indiana		 9.0    4.3   6.8
SG Jassim Fowler	 10	Yale		10.8	1.8   3.2
SF Ethan Batiste	  6	Wisconsin	11.1	5.4   3.1
PF Miguel Dominguez	  9	N Carolina St	17.8	7.4   1.7
C  Kyle Wojna		  7	Washington	8.9     7.0   2.1

The Braves have only made the playoffs 4 times in their 15 year 
history but three of the postseason berths were in the past 4 years.
The Braves won the draft lottery and added a future star in first
overall pick Odie *Spears. 

			CLEVELAND CAVS
STARTING LINEUP:			              1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP  COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Braden Morrow	  8  Penn State		12.4   5.6   2.3 
SG Omar Robinson	  5  Clemson		10.0   4.6   4.5	
SF Juan Harrison	  7  Western Kentucky   21.8   5.8   2.1
PF Bob *Brannum		  1  Wake Forest	12.6   6.5   2.1
C  Alex McMillan	  2  Western Kentucky	 7.6   6.7   1.5

The league sad-sacks, Cleveland has never finished over .500 and 
has made the playoffs just once in the 15 year league history.
The entire 12 man roster has just 41 combined games of playoff 
experience and none of them were played in a Cleveland uniform.


			FORT WAYNE PISTONS
STARTING LINEUP:			             1946-47
POS   NAME		EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Mo Hybarger		13	CCNY		20.3   4.5   2.0
SG Ryan Brumsey		12	Iowa State	18.3   4.3   6.8
SF John Rodan		11	Oregon		12.2   6.8   2.5
PF A.H. Morris		 8	Wyoming		 9.5   5.5   2.2
C  Noah Baldin		 2	Oklahoma A&M	14.0   7.8   2.2

Another club with a sparse playoff history but in Fort Wayne 
things are looking up recently.  The Pistons have made the 
playoffs just 4 times in 15 years but three of them came in 
the last 4 years.  The player to watch is center Noah Baldin.  
He played just 5 games last season because of ankle and hand 
injuries yet he is the only true center on the Pistons roster 
after Bryan Courson left for St Louis.

			PITTSBURGH PIPERS
STARTING LINEUP:			             1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Taro Devane		  8     Wichita State   17.4   4.7   5.2
SG Ryan Fry		 12     North Carolina  16.2   4.8   2.5
SF Byron Swygart	 11     Indiana		14.9   6.3   3.1
PF Kevin Stewart	  8     Kentucky	 5.8   6.8   1.8
C  Liam Brogdon		  7     Penn		 7.2   6.8   1.5

The Pipers won the division title last season but lost two of their
starters to Boston as free agents.  To replace them Ryan Fry 
was signed away from Philadelphia and Kevin Stewart was added 
from Minneapolis.  In addition the Pipers strengthened their bench 
with the addition of Freddie *Scolari, who was a starter on Dallas'
championship team a year ago.

			SYRACUSE NATIONALS
STARTING LINEUP:			             1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Justin Rhoad		 11     Seton Hall	20.2   5.6   4.5
SG Tuz Collins		  6	Washington	10.0   3.0   5.8
SF Justin Hild		  9	Illinois	19.2   6.0   3.3
PF Robert Stennis	 12     Syracuse	 7.2   3.7   1.4
C  Damond Bothman	  3	Alabama		 8.8   7.4   2.1

The big news in Syracuse over the offseason was the return 
of former Syracuse University star Robert Stennis to the city.
Stennis was lured away from Minneapolis with the intention of 
finishing his career with the Nationals.  Syracuse missed the 
playoffs for the 4th time in the past five years.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MID-CONTINENT CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The Mid-Continent Conference is known for pulling off a major upset or two come tournament time. Led by NCAA MVP Booker Stokes Chicago State made the Sweet 16 in 1943 and Evansville did the same the following year.

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YEAR	MID-CONT CHAMP	 	
1932-33	VALPARAISO	
1933-34	WESTERN ILLINOIS	
1934-35	CHICAGO STATE	
1935-36	CHICAGO STATE	
1936-37	VALPARAISO	
1937-38	VALPARAISO	
1938-39	SOUTHERN ILLINOIS	
1939-40	NORTHERN ILLINOIS	
1940-41	SOUTHERN ILLINOIS	
1941-42	ILLINOIS STATE	
1942-43	CHICAGO STATE	
1943-44	EVANSVILLE	
1944-45	EVANSVILLE	
1945-46	NORTHERN ILLINOIS	
1946-47	VALPARAISO	

MID-CONT TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
Evansville		3-2	2-2
Chicago State		2-3	2-1
Western Illinois	1-2	2-1
Illinois State		0-1	1-1
Southern Illinois	0-2	0-2
Northern Illinois	0-2	0-1
Valparaiso		0-4	0-0
Oral Roberts		0-0	0-1

MID-CONT NCAA MVP'S
1943-44 Booker Stokes Chicago State

MID-CONT ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS
1943-44 Booker Stokes Chicago State

MID-CONTINENT PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1-SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: After 3 straight winning seasons the Salukies dipped to 13-16 a year ago. However, with preseason all-conference selections Colin Hayden and Link Vang leading the way Southern Illinois will challenge for the conference title.

2-EVANSVILLE: Two losing seasons including a terrible 8-20 campaign last season have tarnished the 4 straight 20 victory seasons which including a run to the Sweet 16 in 1944. The Aces look strong this season led by junior forward Brock Haginas and sophomore guard Kevin Schield.

3-NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Have had just single digit victory totals in 4 of the last five seasons. The only exception was two years ago when after going 6-8 in conference play they surprised everyone by winning the Mid-Con tournament. With 3 returning starters and a pair of promising freshman forwards in Phil Berg and Trevor Smith the Huskies looked like a contender for the league title.

4-ORAL ROBERTS: They have never won the conference tournament and consistantly hover around the .500 mark. Sal Bell is arguably the best player in the conference and he has a decent supporting cast this season.

5-CHICAGO STATE: After former NCAA player of the year Booker Stokes graduated the school had to endure 7-22 and 3-26 campaigns. Last season they improved to 11 wins but still have a long ways to go if they want to recapture the glory days of the early 1940's which included a Sweet 16 berth. This year the Cougars have a veteran squad that includes 7 seniors.

6-VALPARAISO: Earned their first conference title in a decade last season when they won a school record 21 games. It will be tough to repeat that performance after losing 7 players to graduation including 3 starters.

7-WESTERN ILLINOIS: Dipped to 17 wins and missed the postseason for the first time in 3 years last season. If he can stay healthy forward Rob McCall is one of the best shooters in the conference.

8-ILLINOIS STATE: Won 17 games last year, their first winning season in this decade but lost to Valparaiso in the conference title game after having the best regular season conference record. Just two starters return from that team and the bench is woefully thin.

PRESEASON ALL-MID CONTINENT TEAM
G Colin Hayden Southern Illinois
G Sal Bell Oral Roberts
F Rob McCall Western Illinois
F Kevin Herman Chicago State
C Link Vang Southern Illinois

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
CANADIENS BEAT BRUINS 2-0 IN PRESEASON ACTION
Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach each had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 2-0 in NHL exhibition action. The hometown Canadiens took a 1-0 lead in the second period when Richard deflected a point shot from Roger Leger past Boston goaltender Frank Brimsek. Lach would add an empty netter in the final minute after the Bruins had pulled their goaltender for an extra-attacker. Bill Durnan turned aside 20 Boston shots for the shutout.

The game marked the Boston debut for Billy Taylor, who the Bruins acquired in a deal with Detroit earlier in the week. There are two exhibition games tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs entertain New York while Chicago visits Detroit.

PRESEASON SCHEDULE
LAST NIGHT
Montreal 2 Boston 0

TONIGHT
New York at Toronto
Chicago at Detroit

SATURDAY
Toronto at Montreal
New York at Detroit
Boston at Chicago

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
WEEK 7 POINTSPREADS
Finally had a big week on the prediction front as I went three for three. Green Bay destroyed Oakland and easily covered the spreads. The underdog Lions not only covered but won outright in Kansas City and Miami did not dissappoint at home Monday night. The perfect weekend improves my record to a still dismal 4-8. Here are the matchups this week:

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San Diego Chargers (2-3) at Denver Broncos (2-3)	-4
Oakland Raiders (3-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (3-2)	-1
Cleveland Browns (4-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-2)	 3
Washington Redskins (1-4) at Dallas Cowboys (0-5)	-1
Philadelphia Eagles (4-1) at New York Giants (3-2)	 4
San Francisco 49ers (5-1) at Seattle Seahawks (3-3)	-2
New England Patriots (2-4) at Miami Dolphins (1-5)	-4
Arizona Cardinals (1-5)	at St. Louis Rams (3-3)		-8
Carolina Panthers (1-5)	at New Orleans Saints (4-2)	-8
New York Jets (4-2) at Buffalo Bills (0-6)		 7
Chicago Bears (4-2) at Minnesota Vikings (2-4)		 E
Atlanta Falcons (4-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3)	-4
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) at Baltimore Ravens (4-1)	-5

           MONDAY NIGHT
Detroit Lions (3-3) at Green Bay Packers (5-1)		-8

Now for this week's predictions.

First up I like the Eagles minus the 4 points at New York. Eagles RB Harley Mitchell is due for a huge game after gaing just 47 yards in his last start against Carolina. Also I cant see how the Giants offense can move the ball against Philadelphia.

The Bills have to win eventually so why not this weekend. Well, they may not win but we get 7 points at home against a one dimensional Jets team.

Finally I will pick the Cowboys to end their winless streak with a home win over a hurting Washington Redskins club.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Just three college games on a light Friday night schedule but there is plenty of action Saturday including a top 20 showdown as 3rd ranked Texas hosts number eight Oklahoma. Elsewhere, top ranked Notre Dame travels to Purdue to play the Boilermakers while number two Michigan entertains Pitt.

TONIGHT'S GAMES
Kansas State at Boston College
Richmond vs Maryland at Washington DC
Texas Christian at Miami (FLA)

SATURDAY'S GAMES
Arizona at Hardin-Simmons
Arizona State at Pepperdine
Arkansas at Baylor
Brigham Young at Utah
California at Wisconsin
Clemson at North Carolina State
Colorado Mines at Wyoming
Colorado State at Denver
Cornell at Colgate
Davidson at Wofford
Detroit Mercy at Marquette
Drake at Wichita State
Duke at Navy
Duquesne at Alabama
Florida at Auburn
Furman at South Carolina
George Washington at Washington & Lee
Georgetown at St. Louis
Georgia at Kentucky
Harvard at Virginia
Hawaii at Montana State
Illinois at Army
Indiana at Iowa
Merchant Marine at St. Bonaventure
Michigan State at Washington State
Mississippi at Vanderbilt
Mississippi State at San Francisco
Missouri at Colorado
Montana at Utah State
Nebraska at Iowa State
New Mexico State at New Mexico
New York University at Boston University
Newberry at Citadel
Northwestern at Minnesota
Notre Dame at Purdue
Oklahoma at Texas
Oregon at UCLA
Oregon State at Idaho
Penn State at Fordham
Pennsylvania at Dartmouth
Pittsburgh at Michigan
Portland at Nevada
Princeton at Rutgers
Rhode Island at Brown
Santa Clara at Stanford
South Dakota State at Kansas
Southern California at Ohio State
Southern Methodist at Oklahoma State
St. Mary's at Washington
Temple at Syracuse
Tennessee-Chattanooga at Tennessee
Texas A&M at Louisiana State
Texas-El Paso at West Texas A&M
Tulane at Rice
Tulsa at Texas Tech
Villanova at Holy Cross
Virginia Military Institute at Georgia Tech
Wake Forest at North Carolina
Waynesburg at West Virginia
Western State at Northern Arizona
William & Mary at Virginia Tech
Yale at Columbia

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
There is one Canadian Football game tonight to start a busy weekend. The Toronto Balmy Beach squad travels to Sarnia to face the winless Imperials. Here is the complete slate of game's this weekend including the Monday matchups on the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday.

TONIGHT'S GAME
Toronto Balmy Beach at Sarnia

SATURDAY
Windsor Royals at Ottawa Trojans
Toronto Indians at Hamilton Wildcats
Toronto Argos at Hamilton Tigers
Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Rough Riders
Edmonton at Winnipeg
Calgary at Regina

MONDAY
Ottawa Rough Riders at Montreal Alouettes
Hamilton Tigers at Toronto Argos
Edmonton at Regina

BOXING
HOMETOWN JUDGING ALLOWS AKIRA TO KEEP FLYWEIGHT BELT
If they fought anywhere else there is a good chance Valentin Anglemann would be hold the World Flyweight Championship belt but a decidedly hometown decision allowed Speedy Akira to keep the title. Despite being outboxed in the eyes of most impartial observers, the cheering of the wild Tokyo Arena crowd influenced two of the judges enough to give Akira a majority decision victory. The referee scored the match a tie while the two judges each favoured Akira by a single point. The victory, in his first bout since winning the title from Jackie Paterson, improves Akira's record to 17-4-2. Angelmann, a 36 year old Frenchman with a 12-6-2 record, was supposed to be an easy victory for the champion before he faced top challenger Teddy Gardner. Instead the veteran French pugilist took the bout to Akira and had the champ in trouble on several occassions.

Tonight's action includes World Featherweight champion Willie Pep facing National Kid in Dallas. Pep, with a perfect 21-0 record, makes his 4th title defense in two months against marginal opponents. Pep will face a challenge on Halloween night when he meets third ranked Henry Armstrong in New Orleans. Tonight's opponent for Pep goes by the name National Kid. He hails from Cuba and his real name is Adolfo Giz. Kid/Giz has a career record of 24-11-1 but has not really beat anyone of note.

Tiger Fan · 03-26-2005, 02:27 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY OCTOBER 11, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
WESTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The NBA season begins tomorrow. Here is part two of the league preview.

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			MIDWEST DIVISION

			 CHICAGO STAGS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Colby *Gunther 	  6	Boston Coll	 9.1   3.2   6.5
SG A.J. Lambert		  2	Alabama		17.9   5.0   2.8
SF Ray *Sundquist	  3	Washington St	12.7   6.9   2.7
PF Vin Concepcion	 10	Syracuse	16.7   8.7   2.2
C  Christopher Leon	  7	Ohio State	 7.5   7.7   1.6

The Stars are coming off their first ever Midwest Division title before 
falling to Dallas in the conference final.  PF Vin Concepcion was named 
to the all-league first team for the second time in his career.

			 INDIANAPOLIS OLYMPIANS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Draper Lytell	 14	Georgia Tech	 7.3   3.3   2.1
SG Javier Meade  	  3	Princeton	 6.3   1.2   2.4
SF Jonathan Hackett  	  9	Harvard		11.7   5.0   2.4
PF Vernon Stout  	 10     Kentucky	12.1   8.4   2.3
C  George *Mikan	  2	New York Univ	20.5   9.4   2.0  

The Olympians added 7 time MVP Draper Lytell to go with reigning
league MVP George *Mikan.  Lytell is well past his prime, but the
ex-Chicago Stag should add a steadying influence to the Indianapolis
line-up.

			 MILWAUKEE HAWKS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Benny Roberts 	   3	Washington	12.7   4.3   3.0
SG Daniel Swanson 	   6	Florida		14.5   4.9   5.9
SF Wesley Hall             8    Notre Dame	12.7   5.4   2.5
PF Goodwin Wozniak  	   8  Western Kentucky  13.8   8.7   2.1
C  Mike Jack		   7	Illinois	 6.2   6.3   1.5

Possibly the deepest bench in the division with addition of long time
New Orleans Jazz forward Cameron Belli and some great young players
like second year center Red *Rocha and rookies Ray *Corley and Mel
*McGaha.  Milwaukee has 8 playoff appearances in 15 years but is on
a two-year playoff drought at the moment. They were in the running for 
free agent John Layton but came up short leaving the center position as
a major weakness.

			 MINNEAPOLIS LAKERS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Jalon Isenberg   	  9	Michigan	11.6   4.8   2.0
SG Nurivan Inman	  9	Illinois	12.9   3.3   5.0
SF Joe *Fulks		  3	New York Univ	19.8   7.1   2.4
PF Akins Adkisson	 12  	Florida		14.8   8.3   2.0
C  Logan Conyers	  6	Alabama		 4.7   4.9   1.1

The team leader is 26 year old Joe *Fulks.  A scoring machine from NYU, Fulks
has made the first all-star team each of his three seasons in the league.
The Lakers are very deep in the backcourt.  First round pick Bob Kirkland,
from Oklahoma A&M will see plenty of playing time and longtime Indianapolis
PG Ahmed Williams also needs to fit into the mix.  At center, expect Conyers
to be pressured for playing time by ex-Celtic Tyson Richardson.

			ST LOUIS BOMBERS 
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Dave Askew		   8	Florida		11.8   4.7   6.9
SG Gene *Rock		   1	Oklahoma A&M	 9.7   4.3   3.1
SF Mike Sharkey		  11    CCNY		14.2   7.1   2.3
PF Macsen Thorpe	   9	Indiana		18.7   8.5   1.8
C  Bryan Courson	   5    Notre Dame	 8.8   6.6   1.5

The Bombers won the league championship in 1941-42 and again in 1943-44 
but have missed the playoffs each of the past two seasons.  Lack of a 
second big man to compliment Thorpe has been the problem of late.  Bryan
Courson was signed away from Fort Wayne and he will compete with rookies
Garrett Johnson (North Carolina St) and Grant Loubiere (Prairie View).

			SOUTH  DIVISION

			 CINCINNATI ROYALS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Brandon Griswold  	   3	Holy Cross	16.1   4.6   6.7
SG Thor Thorlaksson	   4    Baylor		13.7   5.7   2.7
SF Cesar Whitsett	  11    Iowa State	14.0   7.8   2.4
PF Liles Wilder		  11	Notre Dame	12.6   7.5   4.7
C  Mandek Backfisch	  10    Holy Cross	10.8   6.3   2.4

The Royals won the first three league titles but have never been back
to the finals since.  The franchise had some lean years in the late
1930's and early 1940's but seems back on solid footing thanks to new
ownership.  They have finished second in the South Division each of the
past three seasons.  First round pick Bob *Davis, a guard from Princeton
looks like a future star.

			 DALLAS CHAPARRALS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Cody Shaw   		   5	Harvard		13.5   3.3   6.4
SG Jarvis Ferguson	   5	California	 8.1   3.7   2.3
SF Jelani Sides		   9	Harvard		10.6   4.9   2.5
PF Joe Cunningham	   6	Holy Cross	11.6   4.8   1.6
C  Steuart Granger	   8	St Louis	11.5   6.7   2.2

It could be a long season for the defending champs as starting center 
John Layton and SG Freddie *Scolari left along with key backups Hagen
Ochoa and TJ Hackett.  In their place are former New York backup center
Des Gugliemina, a strong rebounder with little scoring touch, and rookies
Arnie *Risen (Ohio State) and Gary Taylor (Seton Hall).

			 KANSAS CITY KINGS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Mike Damon		   5	Holy Cross	8.5    2.5   5.6
SG Gabriel Brown	   8    Wisconsin      16.4    3.6   6.1
SF Winston Belin	   4    Holy Cross     15.3    5.8   2.8
PF Jim Cokley		  11    Holy Cross     18.6    5.5   2.2
C  Bokeem Dillon	   9	Yale		8.6    8.2   2.9

It has been 6 years since the Kings last played a postseason game, although
they did have their best record during that time last season when they went
34-40.  Looking at their starting lineup it is hardly a surprise to learn
that Kansas City's coach, Jason Asbury, used to run the Holy Cross program.
It will be just a matter of time before first round pick Ray *Ellefson, an
All-American from Iowa, replaces Dillon in the starting lineup.

			 KENTUCKY COLONELS
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		PPG    RPG   APG
PG Trevor Presgraves  	  3	Notre Dame	18.8   3.9   6.4
SG Matt Graham		 13	Pittsburgh	16.1   5.4   1.7
SF Varun Hunter		  0	CCNY		  in college
PF Zach Rivera		  4	Maryland	10.0   6.1   1.9
C  Jason Tello		  4	Princeton	 5.9   5.5   1.5

With three very good young players in second overall draft pick Varun 
Hunter along with Presgraves and Rivera the future finally looks bright
for the Colonels.  After missing the playoffs 8 straight seasons, the
franchise has certainly taken a back seat to the college game, with 
both the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky surpassing the
Colonels in popularity.

			 NEW ORLEANS JAZZ
STARTING LINEUP:				    1946-47
POS   NAME		 EXP	COLLEGE		 PPG   RPG   APG
PG Daniel Gray  	  6	Wake Forest	18.1   4.3   5.9
SG Ethan Milner		 14     SMU		17.9   4.2   2.8
SF Taliek Baraza	 14     St Louis	12.8   9.0   2.2
PF Carlos Ouk   	  3 	UCLA		15.5   2.3   1.1
C  Bam Sanders		 11	Oklahoma A&M	10.2   8.2   1.6

A last place finish a year ago was uncharted territory for the 4 time
league champions who won back to back titles in 1944-45 and 45-46.  The 
result was a gutting of an aging squad and a total of 6 new faces including
starter Ouk (from Buffalo) and Sanders (from Philadelphia).  The biggest
departure was that of 14 year veteran Cameron Belli, who had spent his
entire career with the Jazz and was the club's all-time scoring leader.  
After a much publicized feud with Ethan Milner, Belli was allowed to 
sign with Milwaukee in the off-season.

BOXING
PEP IMPROVES TO 22-0
World featherweight champion Willie Pep improved his record to 22-0 with an 11th round TKO victory over National Kid in Dallas. Pep had no trouble with the bout and seemed to be toying with his opponent for several early rounds. Next up for the champ will be a much tougher challenge. He faces Mississippi native Henry Armstrong (31-2) in New Orleans on Halloween night.

On the undercard Puerto Rican middleweight Jose Basora improved to 30-2 after his opponent, New Yorker Artie Towne, was disqualified for low blows. Basora is ranked 4th in the world in the middleweight division. Towne is 17-4-1 after the loss.

CHARLES DEFENDS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TONIGHT
World Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles will defend his belt against the third ranked fight in his hometown of Cincinnati tonight. Charles, 22-1, squares off against Nathan Mann (19-5-1). Mann has only two losses in his last 20 decisions and both of those were to then World Champion Joe Louis. Charles, who had lost to Louis last year, beat the champ in August to claim the title. This will be his second defense of that crown.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LINDSAY'S 4 GOAL GAME LEADS WINGS
Ted Lindsay scored four goals and added an assist to power the Detroit Red Wings to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks at the Olympia. Gordie Howe, rookie Red Kelly and Don Morrison also scored for the Wings while Gus Bodnar and George Gee replied for Chicago.

Max Bentley is certainly settling in with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Bentley, who was acquired from Chicago with Cy Thomas in exchange for 5 players, had a goal and 2 assists to help the Leafs past the New York Rangers 5-2 in NHL preseason action. Defenseman Bill Barilko also had a 3 point game for the Leafs while Syl Apps scored two goals. The Rangers have been outscored 11-2 in the two preseason games.

PRESEASON SCHEDULE
LAST NIGHT
Toronto 5 New York 2
Detroit 7 Chicago 2

TONIGHT'S GAMES
Toronto at Montreal
New York at Detroit
Boston at Chicago
end of preseason schedule

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Boston College 34 Kansas State 3
Maryland 13 Richmond 0
Texas Christian 7 Miami (Florida) 0

SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION

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

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STANDINGS	GP  W	L  T	GF  GA	PTS
Blackpool       11  9	1  1	18   5	 19
Aston Villa     11  8	2  1	12   4	 17
Arsenal		10  6	0  4	15   7	 16
Man United	10  7	1  2	14   7	 16
Burnley 	10  3	0  7	10   7	 13
Huddersfield	11  5	3  3	16  15	 13
Portsmouth      10  4	2  4	12   8	 12
Manchest. City  11  4	3  4	13  11	 12
Sunderland 	11  6	5  0	18  16	 12
Wolverhampton  	10  5	4  1	13  11	 11
Preston NE      11  4	4  3	13  11	 11
Liverpool       11  4	4  3	14  15	 11
Derby County 	11  4	4  3	14  10	 11
Bolton   	10  3	3  4	14  13	 10
Charlton Athl	10  3	5  2	11  15	  8
Blackburn	10  3	5  2	13  16	  8
Middlesbrough	10  3	5  2	11  13	  8
Stoke City 	11  3	6  2	10  10	  8
Everton 	11  2	6  3	 8  14	  7
Sheffield Untd 	11  3	7  1	18  23	  7
Chelsea 	10  1	9  0	 8  20	  2
Grimsby Town	11  0  11  0	 6  30	  0

Tiger Fan · 03-27-2005, 12:08 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY OCTOBER 12, 1947

BOXING
CHARLES RETAINS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE WITH TKO OVER MANN
Ezzard Charles completely dominated his World Heavyweight title fight with challenger Nathan Mann, and wrapped things up in the 7th round, when the referee stopped the bout shortly after Charles had sent Mann to the canvas for a second time that round. The victory, before his hometown crowd in Cincinnati, improves the 26 year old Charles' record to 23-1. Mann, who also lost a title fight against Joe Louis last February, falls to 19-6-1. The 32 year old Connecticut native hinted after the bout he may be close to retirement.

Next up for Charles will be a bout in Tampa on November 20th against Florida native Tommy Gomez. The 27 year old is 26-6 and coming off two straight knockout victories over decent opponents in Lee Q Murray and Embrell Davidson. Gomez and Charles have met twice previously with the champ winning both by knockout.

On the undercard, 20 year old Jeffrey xSmith scored an 8th round knockout of Pat Valentino in the biggest challenge of his young career. The victory, just 2 weeks after xSmith suffered his first defeat, a split decision loss to Freddie Schott, gets the Iowa native back on the fast track as he rises through the division. Valentino, had been ranked 8th in the world, but will surely drop out of the top 10 after the loss.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TEXAS HAMMERS OKLAHOMA 62-13
Bobby *Layne certainly made an early impression on Heisman Trophy voters by throwing 5 touchdown passes as third ranked Texas destroyed number 8 Oklahoma by a 62-13 score. Despite the lobsided win the Longhorns will likely not move up in the polls as number two Michigan blasted Pitt 51-0 while the top ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish built a 37-3 lead and then coasted past Purdue 40-24. Notre Dame QB Johnny *Lujack threw a pair of touchdown strikes in the Irish victory.

Some upheveal in the SEC as Georgia and Mississippi, both top 10 teams, lost. QB Steve xKuffrey was picked off twice as Kentucky blanked the Bulldogs 20-0 while Vanderbilt surprised Mississippi 17-7.

SATURDAY'S SCOREBOARD
Arizona 24 Hardin-Simmons 23
Pepperdine 13 Arizona State 3
Arkansas 17 Baylor 3
Utah 36 Brigham Young 13
California 33 Wisconsin 20
North Carolina State 10 Clemson 7
Wyoming 21 Colorado Mines 7
Colorado State 20 Denver 17
Colgate 25 Cornell 7
Wofford 10 Davidson 7
Marquette 42 Detroit Mercy 15
Wichita State 34 Drake 14
Navy 6 Duke 6
Alabama 76 Duquesne 0
Florida 14 Auburn 10
South Carolina 14 Furman 13
Washington & Lee 16 George Washington 6
Georgetown 27 St. Louis 10
Kentucky 20 Georgia 0
Virginia 33 Harvard 10
Montana State 24 Hawaii 7
Army 21 Illinois 14
Iowa 31 Indiana 14
St Bonaventure 17 Merchant Marine 0
Michigan State 14 Washington State 3
Vanderbilt 17 Mississippi 7
San Francisco 20 Mississippi State 20
Missouri 17 Colorado 7
Utah State 33 Montana 21
Iowa State 14 Nebraska 3
New Mexico 23 New Mexico State 17
Boston University 51 New York University 14
Citadel 17 Newberry 16
Northwestern 20 Minnesota 19
Notre Dame 40 Purdue 24
Texas 62 Oklahoma 13
UCLA 17 Oregon 6
Idaho 14 Oregon State 10
Penn State 37 Fordham 0
Pennsylvania 27 Dartmouth 10
Michigan 51 Pittsburgh 0
Nevada 45 Portland 9
Rutgers 21 Princeton 10
Brown 24 Rhode Island 0
Santa Clara 34 Stanford 27
Kansas 41 South Dakota State 7
Southern California 14 Ohio State 0
Southern Methodist 13 Oklahoma A&M 0
Washington 20 St. Mary's 13
Temple 24 Syracuse 7
Tennessee 10 Tennessee-Chattanooga 3
Louisiana State 28 Texas A&M 14
West Texas A&M 17 Texas-El Paso 6
Rice 47 Tulane 0
Texas Tech 31 Tulsa 21
Holy Cross 14 Villanova 0
Georgia Tech 17 Virginia Military Institute 0
North Carolina 27 Wake Forest 3
West Virginia 27 Waynesburg 0
Northern Arizona 16 Western State 14
William & Mary 27 Virginia Tech 14
Yale 14 Columbia 0

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NINERS LOOK TO IMPROVE TO 6-1
The San Francisco 49ers can become the first team to reach the 6 win mark this season when they travel to Seattle to meet the 3-3 Seahawks today. San Francisco sits atop the NFC West with a 5-1 record thanks to their always solid defense. The Niners are tied for the league lead in turnover ratio at +8 and have one of the stingiest defenses in the league. However, it is the San Francisco offense that has been noticed, even with some key injuries. Veteran QB Koy Harris missed a couple of games but both he and backup Ike Meier did what was expected of them: Nothing fancy, just avoid the turnovers, work the clock and don't do anything to lose the game. That strategy appeared in peril when RB Travis Henderson went down in week two with an ankle injury, but backup Russ Davis has been a capable replacement, rushing for 100 yards twice in the past 5 weeks.

At the other end of the spectrum are the Washington Redskins. Just 1-4, the Skins travel to Dallas in battle for last place in the NFC East against the 0-5 Cowboys. Nothing has gone right for Washington this year. QB Sammy *Baugh went down with an injury in week 3 and replacements Danny Peek and JC Wulfeck have been awful. The defense was also hit by the injury bug including first round pick CB Tommy *Harmon who ruptured his achillies tendon in the season opener.

TODAY'S GAMES
San Diego Chargers (2-3) at Denver Broncos (2-3)
Oakland Raiders (3-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (3-2)
Cleveland Browns (4-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-2)
Washington Redskins (1-4) at Dallas Cowboys (0-5)
Philadelphia Eagles (4-1) at New York Giants (3-2)
San Francisco 49ers (5-1) at Seattle Seahawks (3-3)
New England Patriots (2-4) at Miami Dolphins (1-5)
Arizona Cardinals (1-5) at St. Louis Rams (3-3)
Carolina Panthers (1-5) at New Orleans Saints (4-2)
New York Jets (4-2) at Buffalo Bills (0-6)
Chicago Bears (4-2) at Minnesota Vikings (2-4)
Atlanta Falcons (4-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) at Baltimore Ravens (4-1)

MONDAY NIGHT
Detroit Lions (3-3) at Green Bay Packers (5-1)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
SEASON TIPS-OFF TONIGHT WITH 5 GAMES
Another NBA season begins tonight with 10 of the 20 teams on the court. The defending champion Dallas Chaparrals open the season on the road in Milwaukee against the Hawks. The game will be a little different for Cameron Belli. The 14 year veteran will be playing his first pro game not in a New Orleans Jazz uniform. The Jazz legend, who helped the club win 4 league titles, signed with the Hawks as a free agent during the offseason.

Another much-anticipated debut occurs in Philadelphia where John Layton takes the court for the Warriors against the Chicago Stags. Layton, a 3-time Southwest Conference player of the year, was undrafted last season but signed with Dallas. By midseason he was in the starting lineup and played a major role leading the Chaps to their first ever league title. However, since he inked just a 1 year contract, Layton was a free agent over the summer and signed with Philadelphia after a bidding war involving half the league.

Elsewhere Providence steams into Indianapolis to play George *Mikan and the Olympians, Kentucky travels to Kansas City and Syracuse visits Buffalo.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON
BRUINS BLAST BLACK HAWKS 9-0 BUT LOSE SCHMIDT
The Boston Bruins fired beat up the Chicago Black Hawks to the tune of 9-0 but after the game it was the Bruins that were singing the blues. Veteran center Milt Schmidt was the receipient of a vicious slash from Hawks defenseman Bill Gadsby in the second period and will likely miss the first week of the season with a leg injury. Schmidt will be replaced on the NHL allstar team by teammate Billy Taylor for Monday's game in Detroit against the Stanley Cup champions. Pat Egan and Pete Babando each scored twice for the Bruins with Schmidt, Taylor, Paul Ronty, Kenny Smith and Woody Dumart adding singles.

Elmer Lach scored two goals including one on a penalty shot to help the Montreal Canadiens past the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 in NHL preseason action. Habs defenseman Glen Harmon also had a pair of goals while Maurice Richard and Roger Leger each added singles. Ted Kennedy and Joe Klukay replied for the Leafs. Leafs third line center Tod Sloan left the game with an undisclosed injury in the third period.

In Detroit, Buddy O'Connor had a goal and an assist to help the New York Rangers past the Red Wings 3-1. Bryan Hextall and Don Raleigh also scored for New York while second year winger Gordie Howe had the Detroit marker.

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	 FINAL PRESEASON STANDINGS
	 W  L  T   GF  GA  PTS
Montreal 2  0  1   11   5   5
Detroit  2  1  0   12   8   4
Boston   2  1  0   15   2   4
Toronto  1  1  1   10  11   3
New York 1  2  0    5  12   2
Chicago  0  3  0    5  20   0

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
In the Interprovincial League the Montreal Alouettes improved to 6-0 with a 24-6 victory over the Rough Riders in Ottawa. In Hamilton Ulyses Curtis ran for 209 yards as the Toronto Argonauts beat Tigers 15-11. Ontario League leading Hamilton Wildcats improved to 6-1 with a 10-7 victory over the winless Toronto Indians. In other ORFU games the Ottawa Trojans topped Windsor 24-10 while on Friday Toronto Balmy Beach handed Sarnia it's 5th straight loss by a score of 31-14.

Out West, Gerry James and Leo Lewis each surpassed 100 yards rushing and combined for 3 touchdowns as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Edmonton 30-13. In the other game Regina topped Calgary 27-16.

FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Toronto Balmy Beach 31 Sarnia 14

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
Ottawa Trojans 24 Windsor Royals 10
Hamilton Wildcats 10 Toronto Indians 7
Toronto Argos 15 Hamilton Tigers 11
Montreal Alouettes 24 Ottawa Rough Riders 6
Winnipeg 30 Edmonton 13
Calgary 16 Regina 27

MONDAY'S GAMES
Ottawa Rough Riders at Montreal Alouettes
Hamilton Tigers at Toronto Argos
Edmonton at Regina

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STANDINGS
ORFU		W  L  T PTS
Ham Wildcats	6  1  0  12
Tor Balmy Beach	4  1  0   8
Ott Trojans	4  2  0   8
Windsor		3  2  0   6
Sarnia		0  5  0   0
Tor Indians	0  6  0   0

IPRFU		W  L  T	PTS
Montreal	6  0  0	 12
Argos		3  4  0	  6
Ham Tigers	2  4  0	  4
Ottawa RR	2  5  0	  4

Western		W  L  T	PTS
Edmonton	6  2  0	 12
Winnipeg	6  3  0	 12
Regina		3  6  0	  6
Calgary		2  6  0	  4

SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 0
Bolton 2 Huddersfield 1
Blackpool 1 Burnley 0
Charlton Athletic 3 Wolverhampton 2
Liverpool 3 Chelsea 2
Manchester United 4 Grimsby Town 3
Middlesbrough 2 Everton 1
Portsmouth 2 Derby County 1
Manchester City 1 Preston NE 0
Sunderland 0 Sheffield United 0
Blackburn 1 Stoke City 0

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STANDINGS	GP  W	L  T	GF  GA	PTS
Blackpool       12 10	1  1	19   5	21
Arsenal		11  7	0  4	17   7	18
Man United	11  8	1  2	18  10	18
Aston Villa     12  8	3  1	12   6	17
Portsmouth      11  5	2  4	14   9	14
Manchest. City  12  5	3  4	14  11	14
Burnley 	11  3	1  7	10   8	13
Huddersfield	12  5	4  3	17  17	13
Liverpool       12  5	4  3	17  17	13
Sunderland 	12  6	5  1	18  16	13
Bolton   	11  4	3  4	16  14	12
Wolverhampton  	11  5	5  1	15  14	11
Preston NE      12  4	5  3	13  12	11
Derby County 	12  4	5  3	15  12	11
Charlton Athl	11  4	5  2	14  17	10
Blackburn	11  4	5  2	14  16	10
Middlesbrough	11  4	5  2	13  14	10
Stoke City 	12  3	7  2	10  11	 8
Sheffield Untd 	12  3	7  2	18  23	 8
Everton 	12  2	7  3	 9  16	 7
Chelsea 	11  1  10  0	10  23	 2
Grimsby Town	12  0  12  0	 9  34	 0

goroyals · 03-27-2005, 11:16 AM

Excellent, UK wins! Who's next?

Tiger Fan · 03-27-2005, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by goroyals

Excellent, UK wins! Who's next?

at Vanderbilt, who also pulled off an upset win yesterday. UK will definately move up from #12 when the polls are released Tuesday but likely just 1 or 2 spots.

Tiger Fan · 03-27-2005, 08:54 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY OCTOBER 13, 1947

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BEARS NEED OVERTIME TO BEAT VIKINGS
Sid Luckman and Larry Brewer combined on a 24 yard touchdown pass 2 minutes into overtime to give the Chicago Bears a 29-23 victory over Minnesota spoiling a tremendous Vikings comeback bid. The Vikings scored two touchdowns in the final 3 minutes of regulation to force the tie as Jim *Benton caught two Jim Elliot TD passes including a 62 yard desperation hail mary as the 4th quarter expired. The victory moves the Bears to 5-2 and a half game back of Green Bay in the NFC North. The Packers host Detroit in the Monday night game tonight.

Philadelphia improved to 5-1 with a 41-13 pasting of the New York Giants. Harley Mitchell ran for 125 yards to lead the Philadelphia attack. The Eagles built a 28-0 first quarter lead thanks in part to a pair of interceptions. Giants rookie QB Harry *Gilmer was picked off 4 times. In the other NFC East game Sammy *Baugh was a surprise starter returning from injury to lead the Redskins past Dallas 27-24.

In New Orleans, Todd Berger ran for 169 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the NFC South leading Saints beat Carolina 30-24. Tampa Bay and Atlanta each sit a game back of the division leaders after the Bucs beat the Falcons 17-15. Otto *Graham got his first NFL victory, completing 22 of 28 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown.

The NFC West is tighter after Seattle handed San Francisco it's second loss of the season. Rookie Glenn *Davis had a 4-yard touchdown run and Anthony Rice kicked a pair of field goals as the Seahawks prevailed 13-7 in a tight defensive struggle. *Davis had his best game of the season, gaining 106 yards on the ground. The St Louis Rams are tied with Seattle a game back of the 49ers after beating Arizona 23-13.

A tremendous defensive effort by both clubs in Baltimore where the hometown Ravens prevailed 6-0 over Pittsburgh. Cincinnati and Cleveland are each 4-2 and a game back of Baltimore after the Bengals beat the Browns 21-17.

Ulish Groce threw for 379 yards as the Kansas City Chiefs pulled into first place in the AFC West with a 23-10 victory over Oakland. The Chiefs should have won by an even larger margin the way the dominated the game, but Groce was picked off twice deep in Oakland territory. With both the first and second string quarterbacks sidelined, rookie San Diego signal-caller Les Horvath came up with a big game, tossing 4 touchdown passes as the Chargers beat Denver 28-12.

The two cellar dwellers in the AFC East came up with victories. Buffalo got it's first win of the season beating the New York Jets 27-20 as rookie running back Buddy *Young gained 167 yards on the ground for the Bills. After starting the season 0-5, the Miami Dolphins beat New England 24-7 for their second straight victory.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
San Diego 28 Denver 12
Kansas City 23 Oakland 10
Cincinnati 21 Cleveland 17
Washington 27 Dallas 24
Philadelphia 41 NY Giants 13
Seattle 13 San Francisco 7
Miami 24 New England 7
St Louis 23 Arizona 13
New Orleans 30 Carolina 24
Buffalo 27 NY Jets 20
Chicago 29 Minnesota 23 (OT)
Tampa Bay 17 Atlanta 15
Baltimore 6 Pittsburgh 0

TONIGHT'S GAME
Detroit at Green Bay

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 		   STANDINGS
		NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Green Bay Packers	5	1	0	.857	198	94
Chicago Bears		5	2	0	.714	165	163
Detroit Lions		3	3	0	.429	128	147
Minnesota Vikings	2	5	0	.286	132	148
 
East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA 
Philadelphia Eagles	5	1	0	.833	161	99
New York Giants		3	3	0	.500	104	140
Washington Redskins	2	4	0	.333	112	169
Dallas Cowboys		0	6	0	.000	111	151
 
South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA 
New Orleans Saints	5	2	0	.714	182	143
Atlanta Falcons		4	3	0	.571	150	152
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	3	0	.571	149	139
Carolina Panthers	1	6	0	.143	134	163
 
West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA 
San Francisco 49ers	5	2	0	.714	151	107
Seattle Seahawks	4	3	0	.571	112	104
St. Louis Rams		4	3	0	.571	151	159
Arizona Cardinals	1	6	0	.143	122	172
 	
			AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA 
Baltimore Ravens	5	1	0	.833	144	103
Cincinnati Bengals	4	2	0	.667	113	88
Cleveland Browns	4	2	0	.667	141	129
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	4	0	.333	121	79
 
East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA 
New York Jets		4	3	0	.571	144	124
New England Patriots	2	5	0	.286	88	151
Miami Dolphins		2	5	0	.286	160	175
Buffalo Bills		1	6	0	.143	107	185
 
South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA 
Tennessee Titans	5	1	0	.833	123	91
Houston Texans		4	2	0	.667	103	84
Jacksonville Jaguars	3	3	0	.500	104	127
Indianapolis Colts	2	4	0	.333	121	128
 
West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA 
Kansas City Chiefs	4	2	0	.667	174	137
Oakland Raiders		3	3	0	.500	121	151
San Diego Chargers	3	3	0	.500	138	116
Denver Broncos		2	4	0	.333	108	154

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
LAYTON HAS HUGE DEBUT IN PHILLY
If the season opener is any indication the Philadelphia Warriors are going to more than get their money's worth out of John Layton. The 24 year old, who was signed as a free agent after leading Dallas to the league title last year, scored 30 points and added 11 rebounds as the Warriors thumped Chicato 115-74. In all, six Philadelphia players scored in double figures.

In other action, Layton's former team, the Dallas Chaparrals, came out on the shortend of an 84-72 score at Milwaukee. Forward Goodwin Wozniak led the Hawks with 15 points while Daniel Swanson and Wesley Hall added 14 each.

Kaanan Gochneaur had 27 points and Hec Dunkel 20 to lead Providence past George *Mikan and the Indianapolis Olympians 100-81. Mikan scored 29 points in a losing cause for Indy before leaving the game late in the 4th quarter with a shoulder injury.

Elsewhere, Justin Hild had 22 points and 9 boards as Syracuse won in Buffalo by an 86-79 count while in Kansas City Zach Rivera and Trevor Presgraves combined for 49 points to lead visiting Kentucky past the Kings 101-86.

SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Syracuse 86 Buffalo 79
Milwaukee 84 Dallas 72
Kentucky 101 Kansas City 86
Philadelphia 115 Chicago 74
Providecne 100 Indianapolis 81

TONIGHT'S GAMES
New York at Baltimore
Providence at Syracuse
Kansas City at Indianapolis
Dallas at New Orleans
St Louis at Fort Wayne

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
ALL STAR GAME A HOMECOMING FOR TAYLOR
A week ago Billy Taylor was preparing for tonight's NHL all-star game from a totally different perspective than he has today. Taylor was expecting to get his Stanley Cup ring prior to the game and then suit up for the champion Detroit Red Wings as they faced a team of all-stars comprised of players from the other 5 clubs in the league in the first official all-star game.

Instead, last week Taylor learned he had been dealt from the Wings to Boston in exchange for winger Bep Guidilon. Taylor led all players in scoring during last years playoffs, tallying 15 points after a stellar regular season that saw him collect 53 points on the season.

Because the allstar team was announced prior to the trade it appeared Taylor would not be playing until his new Boston teammate Milt Schmidt was slashed by Bill Gadsby of Chicago in an exhibition contest over the weekend. Schmidt will miss the contest freeing the spot for Taylor and he will get his Stanley Cup ring with the rest of the Red Wings tonight.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OFFSEASON
FAIN AND THOMSON ARE FAVOURITES FOR AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
The parade of major league baseball offseason awards begins tomorrow when the American League Rookie of the Year is unveiled. Unlike the National League, which was just booming with decent quality newcomers, the junior circuit newcomer award is a two horse race between Ferris Fain and Bobby Thomson.

Fain, a 26 year old first baseman, was selected second overall last winter by the White Sox. He hit a respectable .271 with 10 homers and 61 rbi's in 146 games. Thomson was taken 9th overall by the Tigers in last year's draft. The 23 year outfielder was eased into the starting lineup and as a result played just 119 games. He hit .295 with 11 homers and 63 rbi's.

Other long shot candidates include Detroit second baseman Joe Wood, a 28 year old who has been in the Tigers system since 1943 and had 49 games of major league experience entering this season. As the everyday second sacker for Detroit Wood hit .274 with a pair of homers and 47 rbi's. He also had 27 doubles.

Pitcher Bud Byerly actually spent time in three organizations this season. In the final weeks of spring training the Cardinals dealt him to Detroit and he was in the Tigers rotation until a July trade to the Chicago White Sox. For the season the 26 year old was 9-14 with a 5.13 era.

The final long shot candidate is Athletics reliever Clem Dreisewerd. Originally signed by Boston in 1944, the 31 year old was released by the Red Sox 2 years later after just 8 major league innings and several injuries. The A's signed him and converted him to a reliever. After making the big club out of spring training he led the team with 13 saves and was 2-4 with a 4.53 era.

Tiger Fan · 03-29-2005, 02:28 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 1947

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PACKERS COMEBACK SLAYS LIONS
The Green Bay Packers scored 21 unanswered points in the final 9 minutes of the game to beat the Detroit Lions 38-24 in Monday Night Football. Jordan Montana had a strong game at quarterback for the Pack, passing for 290 yards and 3 touchdowns but once again it was running back Tony *Canadeo who stole the show. In addition to scoring two of the 4th quarter touchdowns, *Canadeo ran for 70 yards and had 6 catches for an additional 67 yards.

The Lions built a 24-17 lead despite the fact that starting QB Bob *Waterfield left the game when he reaggravated a knee injury on the first series. Backup Billy Campbell stepped in without missing a beat and passed for 295 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

The victory improves the Packers record to 6-1, best in either conference with a home game against struggling Minnesota next week. The 3-4 Lions visit Chicago next Sunday.

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Jacksonville Jaguars (3-3) at Buffalo Bills (1-6)
Tennessee Titans (5-1) at Miami Dolphins (2-5)
Minnesota Vikings (2-5) at Green Bay Packers (6-1)
Detroit Lions (3-4) at Chicago Bears (5-2)
Atlanta Falcons (4-3) at New York Giants (3-3)
Cleveland Browns (4-2) at Denver Broncos (2-4)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (4-2)
Oakland Raiders (3-3) at Baltimore Ravens (5-1)
San Diego Chargers (3-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (4-2)
New York Jets (4-3) at Indianapolis Colts (2-4)
Philadelphia Eagles (5-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3)
Washington Redskins (2-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-2)
Carolina Panthers (1-6) at Dallas Cowboys (0-6)
New England Patriots (2-5) at Houston Texans (4-2)

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	NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE STATISTICAL LEADERS
QB RATING	TM	AT	COMP	C%	YDS	TD	INT	RAT
Sid *Luckman	CHI	217	145	66.8	1703	10	5	96.2
Ryan Boyette	NO	207	142	68.6	1658	8	6	93.4
Louis Webster	CLE	149	85	57	1209	8	4	90.1
Charles *Trippi	TEN	148	96	64.9	1179	6	5	88.8
Doug Schroeder	DAL	199	119	59.8	1362	10	6	84.6

RUSHING YARDS	TM	GS	RUSH	YDS	YPC	LG	TD
A. Anderson	ATL	7	157	839	119.9	92	6
Stacey Jolley	MIA	7	148	816	116.6	88	8
Todd Berger	NO	7	168	763	109	48	6
Harley Mitchell	PHI	6	165	684	114	25	4
Tony *Canadeo	GRB	7	143	650	92.9	54	7

RECEPTIONS	TM	REC
Jim *Benton	MIN	46
Wayne *Miller   WAS     42
Benjy Pace	SF	42
Pettis Neumann  KC	41
Bob Sommer	NO	41
Lewis Smith     JAX	41

RECEVING YARDS	TM	GS	REC	YDS	YPC	LG	TD
Amos Hynoski	DET	7	34	678	19.9	86	4
Jerry Watson	DEN	6	36	624	17.3	59	2
Duane Whelihan	ATL	7	39	606	15.5	64	5
Pettis Neumann	KAN	6	41	593	14.5	53	4
Bob Sommer	NO	7	41	592	14.4	52	3

TACKLES		TM	#
Matt Trulock	STL	81
Dale Cherry	CAR	70
James Williams  SEA	69
Chester Wooten  ATL	68
Joey Sloan	MIA	68
Neil Bledsoe	ARZ	67

SACKS		TM 	#
Bill *Hewitt	CHI	7
Jim Curry	BUF	7
Ray Steele	SF	6
Ade Coulter	TEN	6
John Beasley	KC	6
Vincent Davis	SEA	6

INTERCEPTIONS	TM	#
Marion Dulaney	PHI	7
Mark Smith	BAL	6
Todd Elwell	PIT	5
Jim Plum	TB	5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE TOP 20
With four of it's seven teams in the top 20 it is hard to argue that the Southwest Conference may be the best in college football this season. The University of Texas, led by Heisman Trophy candidate QB Bobby *Layne, is the class of the loop at 4-0 and ranked 4th in the polls. After a tuneup win over lightly regarded Texas Tech, the Longhorns have beaten a decent Pacific Coast Conference club in 2-2 Oregon and then followed that up with successive wins over top 10 schools. First it was a 31-7 victory over then number 4 North Carolina and last week Texas hammered 8th ranked Oklahoma 62-13. Another top 20 opponent looms on the horizon this week for Bobby *Layne's squad as the Longhorns open the conference schedule with a game against 4-0 and 19th ranked Arkansas. SMU at number 4 and 11th ranked Rice round out the SWC representation in the top 20. They will square off this weekend in the conference opener for each school.

The only new entry in the top 20 this week is Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets improved to 3-0 with a 17-0 shutout of VMI last week. Georgia Tech had previously beaten SEC rivals Tulane and Tennessee.

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1947 TSN  TOP 20	REC	LAST WEEK		NEXT WEEK
1 Notre Dame (1) 	2-0	beat Purdue 40-24	host Nebraska
2 Michigan (2)   	3-0	beat Pitt 51-0		at Northwestern
3 Texas (3)		4-0	beat #8 Oklahoma 62-13	host #19 Arkansas
4 SMU (4)		3-0	beat Oklahoma A&M 13-0	host #11 Rice
5 North Carolina (6)	2-1	beat Wake Forest 27-3	at William & Mary
6 Penn State (7)	3-0	beat Fordham 37-0	host Syracuse
7 Mississippi (5)	3-1	lost17-7 to Vanderbilt	at Tulane
8 USC (9)		2-0-1	beat Ohio State 14-0	host Oregon State
9 Kentucky (12)		3-1	beat #10 Georgia 20-0	at Vanderbilt
10 Oklahoma (8)		2-1	lost 62-13 to #3 Texas	host Kansas
11 Rice (11)		2-0-1	beat Tulane 47-0	at #5 SMU
12 Virginia (13)	3-0	beat Harvard 33-10	host Wash & Lee
13 Alabama (14)		3-1	beat Duquesne 76-0	host Tennessee
14 Army (15)		2-1	beat Illinois 21-14	host Virginia Tech
15 UCLA (16)		2-0-1	beat Oregon 17-6	at Stanford
16 Georgia (10)		2-2   lost 20-0 to#12 Kentucky	at Oklahoma A&M
17 Pennsylvania (17)	2-0	beat Dartmouth 27-10	host Columbia
18 California(18)	4-0	beat Wisconsin 33-20	host Washington State
19 Arkansas(20)		4-0	beat Baylor 17-3	at #3 Texas
20 Georgia Tech (nr)    3-0     beat VMI 17-0		host Auburn

Dropped out of top 20 Hardin-Simmons (19)1-1 lost 24-23 to Arizona

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
WINGS TOP ALL-STARS 3-2
Ted Lindsay and Bep Guidolin scored goals less than 4 minutes apart in the second period to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the NHL All-Stars. A sold out crowd was on hand at Detroit's Olympia Stadium to witness the Red Wing players being awarded their Stanley Cup rings prior to the start of the game that featured the NHL's finest on the same ice surface for just the second time in history.

The only previous all-star game was a one-time affair a decade ago when the league organized a game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and stars from the other five teams to benefit Leaf forward Ace Bailey, who had been seriously injured in an on-ice incident earlier in the season. The NHL decide to test the idea of having the defending Stanley Cup champion meet stars from the other five teams this season and judging by the success it will certainly become an annual event to kick off the new season.

The Wings took an early lead just three and a half minutes into the game when defenseman Jack Stewart, who tallied just 6 goals all of last season, scored on a screen shot from the point. The All-Stars got the equalizer in the second period when the Bentley brothers combined for a power play marker. New York Ranger Grant Warwick would score the final goal for the All-Stars, also on the power play early in the third period.

The regular season opens Wednesday with Detroit hosting the Chicago Black Hawks. Thursday the Montreal Canadiens host the Rangers. Boston and Toronto get into action over the weekend.

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SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
1- DETROIT: Jack Stewart (Bill Quackenbush, Marty Pavelich)3:33
Period 2
2- ALLSTAR: Doug Bentley (Max Bentley, Glen Harmon) (PP)7:14
3- DETROIT: Ted Lindsay (Sid Abel, Gordie Howe) 11:02
4- DETROIT: Bep Guidolin (Red Kelly, Marty Pavelich)13:27
Period 3
5- ALLSTAR: Grant Warwick (Ted Kennedy, Glen Harmon) (PP) 4:21

SHOTS ON GOAL
ALLSTAR - 17
DETROIT - 26

GOALIES SAVE PERCENTAGE
ALLSTAR
Turk Broda 15-17 (.882) 
Bill Durnan 8-9 (.889) took over at 11:02 of second period

DETROIT
Harry Lumley 15-17 (.882)

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
FAIN NAMED AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Chicago White Sox first baseman Ferris Fain narrowly edged out Bobby Thomson of the Detroit Tigers for the American League rookie of the year award as voted on by the baseball writer's association. Selected second overall in last year's draft, the 26 year old Fain played 146 games for the White Sox this past season, hitting .271 with 10 homers and 61 rbi's.

Today the National League Rookie of the Year will be announced from a deep crop of candidates. The favourites include three Brooklyn Dodgers players:
- Jackie Robinson, who not only broke the color barrier but also finished second in the majors with 30 stolen bases while batting .263
- pitcher Rex Barney who was 13-12 with a 3.33 era
- outfielder Carl Furillo who hit .318 with 8 homers and 59 rbi's.

Other candidates include Cincinnati pitcher Art Houtteman, who was 14-12 with a 4.49 era in 34 starts for the Reds and outfielder Andy Pafko of the World Champion Chicago Cubs. Pafko hit .307 with 6 homers and 42 rbi's.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
STEAMROLLERS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT
Guard Jim *Pollard scored 7 of his 17 points in overtime to lead the Providence Steamrollers past the Syracuse Nationals 107-103. Back-up guard Ben Gosford had the hot hand for Providence, pouring in 19 points including 3-for-4 from three point land to lead the Steamrollers in scoring. Justin Rhoad led the Nationals with 24 points. Providence improves to 2-0 while Syracuse drops to 1-1.

Elsewhere, Indianapolis is also 2-0 after beating Kansas City 88-81. Olympians center George *Mikan, who was league MVP last season, did play 16 minutes despite a shoulder injury suffered in the season opener. The big center scored 12 points and was one of 6 Indianapolis players in double figures.

Dallas beat New Orleans 100-89 as the Jazz entered the post Cameron Belli era. Chaps center Stu Granger was hurt early in the third quarter and did not return.

The Fort Wayne Pistons scored 39 points in the third quarter en route to a 106-79 blowout of the St Louis Bombers. Forward A.H. Morris had a big day for the winners, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. He also had 4 steals and 2 blocked shots.

The New York Knickerbockers hung on to beat the Bullets 87-85 in Baltimore. Thal Butler paced the Knicks with 21 points while center Leonard Loch had 15 boards.

CHAPS SIGN FREE AGENT *HOEFNER
Dallas has agreed to a 1 year deal with former Buffalo guard Adolph *Hoefner. The four year veteran played 69 games for the Braves last year averaging 6.8 ppg. He was selected 8th overall by Minneapolis out of Western Kentucky in the 1943 draft and spent 3 seasons as a backup with the Lakers before moving to Buffalo.

With rookie pivot Ray *Ellefson sidelined for at least a week with a strained hamstring, the Kansas City Kings inked 14 year pro Noah Zerzan. Bothered by injuries last season, Zerzan played just 25 games in New Orleans socring 8.6 ppg while averaging 7.0 rebounds. Prior to signing with the Jazz he spent 13 seasons split between Milwaukee and Fort Wayne. He was a first round pick out of Georgia in 1933 and has played 902 pro games, averaging 9.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg for his career.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
New York 87 Baltimore 85
Providence 107 Syracuse 103 (OT)
Indianapolis 88 Kansas City 81
Dallas 100 New Orleans 89
Fort Wayne 106 St Louis 79

TODAY'S GAMES
Fort Wayne at Syracuse
Cincinnati at St Louis
Milwaukee at Dallas
Chicago at Baltimore
Indianapolis at New York
Buffalo at Minneapolis
Philadelphia at Kentucky

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	2	2	0	1.000	 x
New York	1	1	0	1.000	0.5
Philadelphia	1	1	0	1.000	0.5
Boston		0	0	0	.000	1.0
Baltimore	1	0	1	.000	1.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Fort Wayne	1	1	0	1.000	x
Syracuse	2	1	1	.500	0.5
Cleveland	0	0	0	.000	0.5
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	.000	0.5
Buffalo		1	0	1	.000	1.0
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	1	1	0	1.000	x
Indianapolis	2	1	1	.500	0.5
Minneapolis	0	0	0	.000	0.5
Chicago		1	0	1	.000	1.0
St Louis	1	0	1	.000	1.0
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	1	1	0	1.000	x
Dallas		2	1	1	.500	0.5
Cincinnati	0	0	0	.000	0.5
New Orleans	1	0	1	.000	1.0
Kansas City	2	0	2	.000	1.5

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MID-LAND CONFERENCE PREVIEW
A smaller level conference that has been dominated by two schools: Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State. Those two schools have made some noise in the postseason including Western Kentucky winning the NCAA tournament in 1940 and Middle Tennessee State claiming the NIT title two years ago.

Richmond has made 3 trips to the NCAA's but the remaining 5 times have played just one NCAA tournament game between them.

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YEAR	MID-LAND CHAMP	 	
1932-33	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1933-34	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1934-35	MIDDLE TENN STATE	
1935-36	MIDDLE TENN STATE	
1936-37	MIDDLE TENN STATE	
1937-38	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1938-39	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1939-40	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1940-41	MIDDLE TENN STATE	
1941-42	TOLEDO	
1942-43	MIDDLE TENN STATE	
1943-44	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1944-45	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1945-46	WESTERN KENTUCKY	
1946-47	RICHMOND	


MID-LAND TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
Western Kentucky       18-11	2-1
Middle Tennessee State	3-9	8-3
Richmond		4-3	2-5
Toledo			0-1	0-0
Georgia State		0-0	0-1
Jacksonville		0-0	0-0
Ohio			0-0	0-0
Arkansas State		0-0	0-0

MID-LAND NCAA FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES
1932-33 Western Kentucky lost National Title game
1939-40 Western Kentucky Won National Championship

MID-LAND NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES
1945-46 Middle Tennessee State beat St John's to win title

MID-LAND ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS
1936-37 Chase Black 	Middle Tennessee State
1939-40 Juan Harrison 	Western Kentucky

MID-LAND PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: The Blue Raiders won 24 games last season and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament a year after winning the NIT. This should be another 20 plus victory season as they placed 3 players on the preseason all-conference team including senior center Ed *Mikan, who is the younger brother of NBA MVP George *Mikan.

2- WESTERN KENTUCKY: The Hilltoppers run of 6 straight NCAA appearances may be in jeopardy with the loss of 7 players from last year's squad. Junior guard Job Derosier is the only returning starter but a strong freshman class led by 7'0" center Mike Baumann will keep the Hilltoppers competitive.

3- TOLEDO: A young club with plenty of talent led by forward Elliott Maxwell, a preseason all-conference selection. With two sophomores and two juniors in the starting lineup the Rockets may be a year away from challenging for their second ever conference title.

4- RICHMOND: Plenty to get excited about in Richmond where the Spiders are coming off of back to back sweet 16 appearances and their first conference title in school history. Senior guard Dick *Schrider averaged nearly 14 points per game last season and likely belongs on the preseason all-conference team.

5- JACKSONVILLE: The Dolphins are coming off a dismal 1-13 conference record last season. The good news is all the key players are back from last season including their top scorers in senior guard Amel Spitler and forward Thomas Lopez.

6- OHIO: The Bobcats won just 6 conference games each of the past 3 seasons. The knock on Ohio is a lack of scoring as only junior forward Dan Boles has any consistancy in that department.

7- ARKANSAS STATE: After a 17 win season two years ago the Indians dropped to 8-22 inlcuding just 3-11 in conference last season. This could be another long year as they have no returning starters and 5 freshman and 4 sophomores on the roster.

8- GEORGIA STATE: Won 18 games last season and got their first ever postseason invitation with a trip to the NIT. However, the Panthers graduated four starters from that team and are back to square one.

MID-LAND PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM:
G Emil Swisher Middle Tennessee State
G Jib Derosier Western Kentucky
F Adam Esquer Middle Tennessee State
F Elliott Maxwell Toledo
C Ed *Mikan Middle Tennessee State

Tiger Fan · 03-29-2005, 04:15 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 1947

BOXING
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON DEFENDS WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
Sugar Ray Robinson scored an easy 6th round knock victory in his title bout at Madison Square Garden against Los Angeles journeyman Jimmy Doyle. The win improves Robinson's record to 14-1-1 while Doyle falls to 16-6. Next up for Sugar Ray will be a bout with European champion Felix Wouters on November 6th. Following that Robinson will face a stiff challenge when he meets number one contender Johnny Bratton at Madison Square Garden in December.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ROBINSON WINS NL ROOKIE OF YEAR AWARD
Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson was named the National League's rookie of the year. In addition to the tremendous challenge of breaking baseball's color barrier, the 28 year old hit .263 with 15 homers and 68 rbi's. He also finished second in the National League in stolen bases with 30. Defensively, Robinson's .979 fielding percentage was 5th best in the League.

Robinson narrowly outpointed 22 year old teammate Rex Barney for the rookie honours. Barney, who pitched 8 innings for the Dodgers the previous season, began the year in Brooklyn's rotation and started 41 games, going 13-12 with a 3.33 era. A third Brooklyn player, outfielder Carl Furillo also received some support from the voters. Furillo led all rookies with 140 hits and a .318 batting average. The only non-Dodger to get a vote was Chicago outfielder Andy Pafko. The 26 year old finally made the majors full-time after 3 seasons in AAA. He hit .307 in 138 games with 6 homers and 42 rbi's. Pafko also drove in 5 runs during the Cubs 4 game World Series sweep of Cleveland.

Tomorrow the gold glove awards will be handed out.

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FINAL VOTES FOR NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Jackie Robinson Bkn 	5
Rex Barney 	Bkn 	4
Carl Furillo	Bkn 	2
Andy Pafko	Chc 	2

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
WINGS SET TO BEGIN CUP DEFENSE TONIGHT
The National Hockey League season gets underway this evening with one game as the defending champion Detroit Red Wings host Chicago.

The Red Wings return most of the core players from the championship club with one notable exception. Center Billy Taylor, who led the team in scoring with 53 points, was dealt to Boston last week for young winger Bep Guidolin. However, with rookies Jim McFadden and Red Kelly the Wings feel they have enough depth at center. The big line for Detroit should consist of Sid Abel between Ted Lindsay and second year winger Gordie Howe. United in the playoffs last season the trio combined for 29 points and quickly was dubbed "The Production Line."

The defense is still anchored by all-star Bill Quackenbush with Jack Stewart and Leo Reise providing support. Rookie Marty Pavelich won a job at training camp. Between the pipes 21 year old Harry Lumley prepares for his third NHL campaign.

After finishing dead last a year ago the Chicago Black Hawks shook things up with a huge trade with Toronto. The Hawks sent league scoring leader Max Bentley to Toronto with two minor leaguers in exchange for 5 Leaf regulars. The result is the Hawks certainly have more depth than they did a season ago but a team that had trouble scoring is now without a player who produced 89 points a year ago. Ex-Leafs Gaye Stewart, Bud Poile and Gus Bodnar will help holdovers Bill Mosienko, Roy Conacher and Doug Bentley with the offense but the Black Hawks defense and goaltending are huge question marks. After sharing the job a year ago Emile Francis is now the full-time goaltender but his defense aside from Bill Gadsby is suspect to say the least.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
ST LOUIS BOMBS CINCINNATI 101-49
In one of the most lobsided games in league history the St Louis Bombers hammered the Cincinnati Royals 101-49 in NBA action. Mac Thorpe lead the Bombers attack with 33 points while Dave Askew added 18 points and 9 assists. In the second half St Louis outscored Cincinnati 54-17.

In other action John *Abramovic had 19 points and 10 rebounds to pace the New York Knicks past Indianapolis 88-84. Noah Baldin had 27 points but it wasn't enough as his Fort Wayne Pistons fell 91-87 in Syracuse. Defending champion Dallas built a 27-13 first quarter lead on Milwaukee and never looked back in a 103-74 victory over the Hawks. Vin Concepcion had 19 points to help power visiting Chicago past Baltimore 90-81. Buffalo won 84-79 in Minneapolis spoiling the Lakers home opener. Miguel Dominguez led the Braves with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Finally Kentucky centers Jason Tello and Hank *Beenders did an excellent job keeping John Layton in check as the Colonels topped Philadelphia 80-74. After scoring 30 points in his debut for Philadelphia, Layton was held to just 10 points by Kentucky.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Syracuse 91 Fort Wayne 87
St Louis 101 Cincinnati 49
Dallas 103 Milwaukee 74
Chicago 90 Baltimore 81
New York 88 Indianapolis 84
Buffalo 84 Minneapolis 79
Kentucky 80 Philadelphia 74

TODAY'S GAMES
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
St Louis at Minneapolis
Cincinnati at Kentucky
New Orleans at Syracuse
Dallas at Cleveland

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	2	2	0	1.000	 x
New York	2	2	0	1.000	 x
Philadelphia	2	1	1	.500	1.0
Baltimore	2	0	2	.000	1.0
Boston		0	0	0	.000	2.0
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Syracuse	3	2	1	.667	 x
Fort Wayne	2	1	1	.500	0.5
Buffalo		2	1	1	.500	0.5
Cleveland	0	0	0	.000	0.5
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	.000	0.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	2	1	1	.500	 x
Chicago		2	1	1	.500	 x
St Louis	2	1	1	.500	 x
Indianapolis	3	1	2	.333	0.5
Minneapolis	1	0	1	.000	0.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	2	2	0	1.000	 x
Dallas		3	2	1	.667	0.5
Cincinnati	1	0	1	.000	1.5
New Orleans	1	0	1	.000	1.5
Kansas City	2	0	2	.000	2.0

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MIDWEST INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE PREVIEW
Notre Dame dominates the MidWest Independant Conference and is consistantly a National Championship contender. In fact the Irish, along with Alabama, are the only two time winners of the National Championship. Penn State used to be a national power in the 1930's but this decade the Nittany Lions have just one postseason appearance to their credit.

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YEAR	MIDWEST IND CHAMP	 	
1932-33	PENN STATE	
1933-34	NOTRE DAME	
1934-35	DETROIT	
1935-36	DETROIT	
1936-37	NOTRE DAME	
1937-38	NOTRE DAME	
1938-39	NOTRE DAME	
1939-40	MARQUETTE	
1940-41	NOTRE DAME	
1941-42	NOTRE DAME	
1942-43	PITTSBURGH	
1943-44	CINCINNATI	
1944-45	NOTRE DAME	
1945-46	PITTSBURGH	
1946-47	NOTRE DAME	

MIDWEST IND TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
Notre Dame	       29-10	6-1
Penn State		12-5	5-3
Marquette		9-5	0-3
Detroit			5-8	1-3
Pittsburgh		4-4	2-3
Louisville		2-4    11-8
Cincinnati		2-5    15-6
Memphis			0-0	0-1


MIDWEST IND NCAA FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES
1933-34 PENN STATE lost national title game
1934-35 NOTRE DAME lost national semi-finals
1937-38 NOTRE DAME Won National Title
1938-39 NOTRE DAME lost national semi-finals
1944-45 NOTRE DAME Won National Title
1945-46 PITTSBURGH lost national semi-finals

MIDWEST IND NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES
1932-33 NOTRE DAME won title over Georgetown 97-81
1935-36 CINCINNATI won title over Brown 83-81
1939-40 CINCINNATI won title over Rhode Island 84-71
1940-41 CINCINNATI lost title game to LaSalle 80-68

MIDWEST IND NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS
1935-36 Robert Aylworth 	Penn State
1941-42 Stan *Miasek		Notre Dame

MIDWEST IND NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS
1946-47 Ryan Gardner		Notre Dame

MIDWEST IND ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS
1935-36  Robert Aylworth 	Penn State
1938-39  Wesley Hall		Notre Dame
1941-42  Stan *Miasek		Notre Dame
1945-46  Trevor Klein		Pittsburgh

MIDWEST INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- NOTRE DAME: It is rare when the Irish go two straight seasons without making at least the Sweet 16 but that is the case and fans in South Bend are getting restless. The concern may be solved this season as Notre Dame looks prepared for a long run in March. Center Ryan Gardner was named national freshman of the year last season and was one of three Irish players named to the preseason All-Conference squad. Forwards Leo *Barnhorst and George *Ratkovicz each averaged over 14 points per game last year as sophomores. Junior guard Ronald Jenkins quarterbacks the offense while highly touted freshman Cody Anderson will be the only newcomer to the starting five.

2- PENN STATE: The past decade has been tough on the once proud Nittany Lions, a school that has not won more than 11 games each of the past three seasons. There may be some good news this year as all five starters are back and if Penn State is ever going to recapture the glory of the 1930's this would be the season to start on that path.

3- MEMPHIS: The Tigers are the only school in the conference to never play an NCAA tournament game but that could change this season as senior forwards Shannon Slay and Colt Greenwood are counted on to lead them to a secon straight winning season for the first time in school history.

4- PITTSBURGH: Just two years removed from a final four appearance, the Panthers won 16 games a year ago but return most of the key pieces from that squad. The leaders will be senior guard Herm *Schaefer, the most dangerous outside shooter in the league, and junior forward Colin DeGala.

5- DETROIT: After three straight years of postseason action the Titans fell to 9-20 overall and won just 3 conference games last year. Still a young squad, the Titans do have three returning starters but most of the talk centers on freshman guard True Clark and 7'0" sophomore Johnny Drummond.

6- MARQUETTE: It has been 5 years since the Golden Eagles finished above .500 or made a postseason appearance. Having a healthy Danny Shippee at point guard will help. The senior averaged 12.7 ppg two years ago but was bothered by injuries much of last season. Freshman power forward Jay Mumpas will see plenty of playing time but will go through some growing pains.

7- LOUISVILLE: Back to back 17-victory seasons and trips to the NIT have the excitement back in Louisville after three straight losing seasons. Junior guards Rashad Frazier and Julian McKinney will have to carry the Cardinals because all of the experienced big men are gone. With no talented big man to rely on it will likely be a long season for Louisville.

8- CINCINNATI: For the first time in 10 years the Bearcats were not invited to a postseason tournament. It will likely be more of the same this year as only two starters return and there is not a lot of depth on the roster.

MIDWEST INDEPENDANT PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Ronald Jenkins Notre Dame
G Herm *Schaefer Pittsburgh
F Leo *Barnhorst Notre Dame
F Shannon Slay Memphis
C Ryan Gardner Notre Dame

Thunder044 · 03-30-2005, 09:40 AM

Obviously I am a little late, but Goddamm you Vanderbilt. Mississippi didnt plan on that loss

03-17-2005, 04:28 PM	#503
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	There are a few. One that quickly comes to mind is Otto Graham who I had playing college basketball and football at Northwestern and now in the NFL with Tampa. Another is a little off the normal path. Sam Byrd was a major league outfielder in the 1940's before playing on the PGA tour. When he was released in OOTP in June I added him full time to the golf. I am sure there are a few others particularily playing college basketball and either football or baseball. One more I just thought of is Dick Groat. He is a high school senior being recruited for my college basketball league and will be imported to OOTP in 1952 when he joined the Pirates. Groat is in the basketball replay because he played 26 games for the Fort Wayne Pistons immediately following his rookie year in Pittsburgh. JTB...if you can please post the list of two sport athletes from this era and I will make sure they are all included. They should all show up because I am adding every player ever drafted in the NBA or NFL along with all the major leaguers OOTP imports. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 03-17-2005 at 04:30 PM.

03-17-2005, 08:49 PM	#504
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY OCTOBER 5, 1947 THE WORLD SERIES ANOTHER CUBS COMEBACK VICTORY! For the third straight game the Chicago Cubs rallied from behind to beat the Cleveland Indians and as a result the Cubs are just one game away from a World Series sweep. Saturday's loss was especially demoralizing for the Indians who led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the 7th before the Cubs scored three times in both the 7th and 8th innings to win 6-5. Just like games one and two the Indians struck first, scoring a run in the second inning thanks to an rbi triple from Don Gutteridge. The Indians increased their lead to 2-0 in the 4th when Lou Boudreau singled and scored on Ival Goodman's rbi double. Cleveland scratched out another run in the fifth inning in a mini-rally that was started by Indians hurler Warren Spahn reaching first on a passed ball following strike three. Meanwhile Spahn was just rolling along on the hill, working on a 2-hitter through 5 innings. In the top of the 7th Jeff Heath appeared to put the game away for the Indians when he hit a 2-run homer to make the score 5-0 Cleveland. That is when the Cubs bats woke up. Phil Rizzuto led off the bottom of the 7th with a single, just the 4th hit allowed by Spahn up to that point. Andy Pafko hit what looked like a doubleplay ball right at Tribe thirdbaseman Oscar Grimes. Likely 99 times out of 100 Grimes would turn two on the play but this time the ball skipped off the heel of his glove and there were runners on first and second with none out. Harlond Clift hit into a fielder's choice retiring Pafko but leaving runners on the corners for Bill Nicholson who promptly ripped a single to score Rizzuto. Don Johnson popped out to Indians catcher Hal Wagner for out number two but after Ken O'Dea worked Spahn for a free pass to load the bases Rip Russell delivered a single to score two runs and cut the Indians lead to 5-3. In the bottom of the 8th Spahn immediately dug himself a hole by walking leadoff man George Case. When he got both Rizzuto and Pafko to pop out it appeared the walk would not hurt the Indians, until Harlond Clift smacked a 2-run homer over the ivy in centerfield to tie the game. For whatever reason the Indians left Spahn on the mound and he gave up a single to Bill Nicholson and then a double to Don Johnson that broke the tie and put the Cubs in front for the first time in the game. Johnny Schmitz took over for Chicago starter Ed Head in the ninth and he got three straight groundouts to end the game and leaving the Cubs just one win away from winning the Series. Code: GAME 3 BOXSCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 9 1 Chicago (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 X 6 9 2 Cleveland AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI H. Wagner C 5 2 1 0 0 0 .143 0 1 T. Wright RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273 0 0 L. Klein 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 J. Heath LF 4 1 1 3 0 0 .111 1 3 O. Grimes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .364 0 0 L. Boudreau SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .462 0 2 I. Goodman CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .385 0 2 M. Rocco 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .167 0 0 D. Gutteridge 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 .100 0 2 J. Gleeson RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 W. Spahn P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 K. Keltner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 Totals 38 5 9 5 0 6 BATTING Doubles: I. Goodman (1, 4th inning off Head, 1 on, 1 out.) Triples: D. Gutteridge (1, 2nd inning off Head, 1 on, 2 out.) Homeruns: J. Heath (1, 7th inning off Head, 1 on, 2 out.) Runs Batted In: J. Heath 3 (3), I. Goodman (2), D. Gutteridge (2) Stolen Bases: I. Goodman 2 (2) FIELDING Errors: O. Grimes Chicago (N) AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI G. Case LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 P. Rizzuto SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .417 0 0 A. Pafko CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 5 H. Clift 3B 4 2 1 2 0 0 .083 1 2 B. Nicholson RF 4 2 3 1 0 0 .455 0 2 D. Johnson 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .182 0 2 K. O'dea C 3 0 0 0 1 1 .222 0 4 R. Russell 1B 3 0 1 2 0 0 .333 0 2 E. Head P 3 0 1 0 0 2 .333 0 0 J. Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 32 6 9 6 2 3 BATTING Doubles: B. Nicholson (1, 5th inning off Spahn, 0 on, 1 out.) D. Johnson (1, 8th inning off Spahn, 1 on, 2 out.) Homeruns: H. Clift (1, 8th inning off Spahn, 1 on, 2 out.) Runs Batted In: H. Clift 2 (2), B. Nicholson (2), D. Johnson (2), R. Russell 2 (2) FIELDING Errors: P. Rizzuto, E. Head Cleveland IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD W. Spahn L 8 9 6 4 2 3 1 124 76 4.50 0-1 PITCHING Batters Faced: W. Spahn 34 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W. Spahn 10-10 Chicago (N) IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD E. Head W 8 9 5 3 0 6 1 122 72 3.38 1-0 J. Schmitz S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0.00 1 SV PITCHING Batters Faced: E. Head 35, J. Schmitz 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E. Head 10-9, J. Schmitz 3-0 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEXAS THUMPS CAROLINA, IRISH WIN OPENER Joe Baumgardner ran for 142 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns as #3 ranked Texas improved to 3-0 with a relatively easy 31-7 victory over fourth ranked North Carolina. The win likely won't move the Longhorns up in the polls as both teams had of them had convincing victories. Number one Notre Dame had no trouble beating Pittsburgh 38-6 as Johnny Lujack and receiver James xDavis combined for three touchdowns. Second ranked Michigan hammered Stanford 47-0. Elsewhere in the top 20 number 7 USC played to a 21-21 tie at home against 10th ranked Rice. 8th ranked Mississippi improved to 3-0 with a 26-0 win over South Carolina while number 9 Oklahoma topped Texas A&M 21-9. SATURDAY'S RESULTS Abilene Christian 21 Arizona State 17 Alabama 28 Vanderbilt 0 Harvard 48 Boston University 20 Wichita State 24 Bradley 3 Wyoming 24 Brigham Young 22 Penn State 20 Bucknell 0 William & Mary 48 Citadel 0 Colgate 6 Merchant Marine 0 Army 26 Colorado 0 Navy 24 Columbia 10 Yale 24 Cornell 3 Syracuse 14 Dartmouth 13 North Carolina State 14 Davidson 3 Tulsa 17 Drake 7 Tennessee 24 Duke 3 Georgetown 38 Fordham 0 Santa Clara 14 Fresno State 6 Virginia Military Institute 13 George Washington 3 Georgia Tech 23 Tulane 14 Utah 22 Hawaii All-Stars 0 Illinois 20 Iowa 10 Kansas 48 Iowa State 0 Kentucky 49 Xavier 0 Pennsylvania 35 Lafayette 3 Georgia 24 Louisiana State 14 Auburn 37 Louisiana Tech 7 Minnesota 24 Nebraska 3 Michigan State 13 Mississippi State 13 Southern Methodist 28 Missouri 3 Arizona 41 Montana 17 Montana State 28 Northern Colorado 14 Oregon 34 Nevada 31 Kansas State 17 New Mexico 7 Brooklyn 17 New York University 6 Texas 31 North Carolina 7 Florida 21 North Texas 0 Texas-El Paso 34 Northern Arizona 0 Notre Dame 38 Pittsburgh 6 Ohio State 17 Purdue 13 Denver 10 Oklahoma A&M 3 Oregon State 14 Washington 13 Southern California 21 Rice 21 Richmond 17 Rollins 13 Mississippi 26 South Carolina 0 California 30 St. Mary's 14 Michigan 47 Stanford 0 Holy Cross 14 Temple 6 Oklahoma 21 Texas A&M 9 Arkansas 28 Texas Christian 7 Northwestern 17 UCLA 17 Utah State 34 Colorado State 14 Virginia 30 Virginia Tech 14 Clemson 21 Wake Forest 14 West Virginia 40 Washington & Lee 3 Idaho 7 Washington State 7 Texas Tech 28 West Texas A&M 17 Rutgers 30 Western Reserve 0 Wisconsin 33 Indiana 17 CANADIAN FOOTBALL The Ottawa Rough Riders capitalized on 6 Toronto turnovers to beat the Argos 29-4 in the nation's capital. Out west Winnipeg trimmed Regina 15-13 while in Edmonton the Eskimoes avenged last week's loss in Calgary by beating the Stampeders 19-12. In Ontario Rugby Football League action the Hamilton Wildcats beat the Ottawa Trojans 34-14 while Toronto Balmy Beach topped the Toronto Indians 24-16. Code: STANDINGS ORFU W L T PTS Ham Wildcats 5 1 0 10 Windsor 3 1 0 6 Tor Balmy Beach 3 1 0 6 Ott Trojans 3 2 0 6 Sarnia 0 4 0 0 Tor Indians 0 5 0 0 IPRFU W L T PTS Montreal 5 0 0 8 Ham Tigers 2 3 0 4 Argos 2 4 0 4 Ottawa RR 2 4 0 4 Western W L T PTS Edmonton 6 1 0 12 Winnipeg 5 3 0 10 Calgary 2 5 0 4 Regina 2 6 0 4 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

03-18-2005, 05:01 PM	#506
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	Thanks jtb. Sure I will take the 1950's list whenever you get a chance. Here are the two sport players I have found within my leagues so far from your list. Cliff Aberson - made his mlb debut this year playing a couple of games. He is also a backup safety for the Packers in his second NFL season. Howie Schultz- Just 22 he has played a handful of games with the Brooklyn Dodgers but spent most of his career in AAA. In the winter he is a junior forward at the University of Utah. Chuck Connors - wont debut in baseball until he is imported in 1951 but the Rifleman is presently a junior forward at Seton Hall. Probably not NBA calibre though. Irv Noren - will be imported for baseball in 1950 but right now he is a college basketball player for Niagara University. Mel McGaha - was just a mgr in mlb, but presently is a senior Guard at Georgia. May have a good chance at being drafted by the NBA Don Grate - only played a couple of baseball games in real life so not enough to be imported in OOTP but he is presently a junior guard on the Clemson basketball team. Pete Layden should import as a baseball rookie this offseason. He is also slated to be created as a senior defensive back for the University of Texas in 1949. Before purchasing TPB05 Baumholtz and Biasetti were in my NBA league. Afterwards when I reran it with imports from TDCB neither made the NBA but both were in my college game. Frank Baumholtz 1947 mlb rookie attended Cincinnati for basketball Hank Biasetti should import to mlb as a rookie in 1949. Had little success as a bench player on the Boston College basketball team. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

03-21-2005, 03:53 PM	#508
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY OCTOBER 6, 1947 THE WORLD SERIES CUBS WIN! The Chicago Cubs completed a 4-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians in the World Series with a 4-2 victory. Chicago outfielder Bill Nicholson, who hit a pair of triples yesterday, was named the series MVP. Nicholson batted .467 with 3 rbi's in the series to narrowly edge pitcher Vern Olsen for the MVP. Unlike the previous three games, it was the Chicago Cubs who scored first. Ken O'Dea hit a two-out double in the bottom of the second off of losing pitcher Bill Lohrman and scored on a single from Barney Olsen. The Indians did manage to take the lead the next inning when Lohrman and infielder Don Gutteridge each had rbi singles. The Cubs immediately answered with a run in the bottom of the third when Nicholson hit his first of two tripes on the day, plating Eddie Waitkus who had reached on an error from Tribe second baseman Don Gutteridge. Chicago took the lead for good the following inning with 3 singles, the last from pitcher Vern Olsen to score Ken O'Dea with what would be the series winning run. In the 5th Nicholson capped off the scoring by hitting a 1-out triple and coming home on Andy Pafko's sacrifice fly. Vern Olsen had little trouble retiring the Indians from that point until he gave way to Johnny Schmitz for a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Code: GAME FOUR BOXSCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Chicago (N) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X 4 12 0 Cleveland AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI D. Gutteridge 2B 4 0 2 1 0 1 .214 0 3 T. Moore CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 O. Grimes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .267 0 0 J. Heath RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .083 1 3 K. Keltner PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 L. Boudreau SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .353 0 2 H. Wagner C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167 0 1 I. Goodman LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .375 0 2 M. Rocco 1B 3 0 1 0 0 2 .200 0 0 B. Lohrman P 3 1 2 1 0 0 .500 0 2 Totals 33 2 7 2 0 8 BATTING Doubles: D. Gutteridge (1, 3rd inning off Olsen, 1 on, 1 out.) B. Lohrman (1, 3rd inning off Olsen, 1 on, 1 out.) Runs Batted In: D. Gutteridge (3), B. Lohrman (2) FIELDING Errors: D. Gutteridge Chicago (N) AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI P. Rizzuto SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 .438 0 0 E. Waitkus 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 .231 0 0 B. Nicholson RF 4 1 2 1 0 1 .467 0 3 H. Clift 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 .067 1 3 A. Pafko LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 0 5 K. O'dea C 4 2 4 0 0 0 .462 0 4 B. Olsen CF 2 0 1 1 0 1 .400 0 3 J. Marty CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 D. Johnson 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .214 0 2 V. Olsen P 3 0 2 1 0 1 .429 0 1 J. Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 33 4 12 4 0 4 BATTING Doubles: P. Rizzuto (2, 1st inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 0 out.) K. O'dea 2 (4, 2nd inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 2 out, 6th inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 0 out.) Triples: B. Nicholson 2 (3, 3rd inning off Lohrman, 1 on, 2 out, 5th inning off Lohrman, 0 on, 1 out.) Runs Batted In: B. Nicholson (3), H. Clift (3), B. Olsen (3), V. Olsen (1) Sacrifice Flies: H. Clift (1) PITCHING Cleveland IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD B. Lohrman L 8 12 4 3 0 4 0 140 85 6.75 0-2 Batters Faced: B. Lohrman 34 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B. Lohrman 9-9 Chicago (N) IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD V. Olsen W 8 7 2 2 0 7 0 119 76 2.65 2-0 J. Schmitz S 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 8 0.00 2 SV Batters Faced: V. Olsen 30, J. Schmitz 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: V. Olsen 10-6, J. Schmitz 0-2 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PACKERS ROLL OVER RAIDERS 51-21 The Green Bay Packers improved to 5-1 with a decisive 51-21 thumping of the AFC West co-leaders. What was even more amazing was the beating was administered with a third string quarterback at the helm for the Pack. Robert Anderson took over for Jordan Montana on the first series of the game after Montana suffered an injury to his throwing arm. Montana had been filling in for rookie starter Frank Albert who has an ankle injury. Anderson, the 7th year veteran who began his career with the Raiders, threw 4 touchdown passes in the win. RB Tony Canadeo also played a key role for the Packers scoring 3 touchdowns. The Raiders remain tied for top spot in the AFC West because Kansas City was upset at home by the Detroit Lions. Fred Johnson ran for 131 yards and two fourth quarter touchdowns to lead Detroit past the Chiefs 38-29. Elsewhere In Denver, Sid Luckman threw a pair of TD passes and George McAfee ran for 124 yards as the visiting Chicago Bears beat the Broncos 27-20. Tennessee is the only 5 win team in the AFC after the Titans topped the Houston Texans 17-7. Ken Murphy's 81 yard interception return for a touchdown helped the Rams past New England 15-7. Steve Van Buren ran for 95 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Jets beat Seattle 21-11 San Francisco needed a late touchdown to beat the winless Buffalo Bills 17-10. The 49ers are 5-1 and tied with Green Bay for the best record in the NFC. The Cleveland Browns won their third straight, topping Tampa Bay 20-14 and spoiling rookie quarterback Otto Graham's first NFL start. Graham completed 21 of 38 passes for 238 yards but was intercepted once which led to a Browns touchdown. New Orleans improved to 4-2 with a 33-27 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. All the scoring came in the first half as San Diego doubled Minnesota 20-10. Cincinnati looked strong against NFC South leader Atlanta, beating the Falcons 31-10. 3 Bengals interceptions and plenty of pressure on Atlanta QB Arnie Herber proved the difference. John Foster threw 3 touchdown passes as Baltimore beat Carolina 21-16. Defensive lineman Bobby Lynch returned a fumble 22 yards for the winning score as Jacksonville beat Indianapolis 26-19. SUNDAY'S RESULTS* Chicago 27 Denver 20 Detroit 38 Kansas City 29 Green Bay 51 Oakland 21 Tennessee 17 Houston 7 St Louis 15 New England 7 NY Jets 21 Seattle 11 San Francisco 17 Buffalo 10 Cleveland 20 Tampa Bay 14 New Orleans 33 Pittsburgh 27 San Diego 20 Minnesota 10 Cincinnati 31 Atlanta 10 Baltimore 21 Carolina 16 Jacksonville 26 Indianapolis 19 TONIGHT'S GAME Arizona at Miami Code: NFC STANDINGS North W L T PCT PF PA Green Bay Packers 5 1 0 .833 198 94 Chicago Bears 4 2 0 .667 136 140 Detroit Lions 3 3 0 .500 128 147 Minnesota Vikings 2 4 0 .333 109 119 East W L T PCT PF PA Philadelphia Eagles 4 1 0 .800 120 86 New York Giants 3 2 0 .600 91 99 Washington Redskins 1 4 0 .200 85 145 Dallas Cowboys 0 5 0 .000 87 124 South W L T PCT PF PA Atlanta Falcons 4 2 0 .667 135 135 New Orleans Saints 4 2 0 .667 152 119 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 3 0 .500 132 124 Carolina Panthers 1 5 0 .167 110 133 West W L T PCT PF PA San Francisco 49ers 5 1 0 .833 144 94 Seattle Seahawks 3 3 0 .500 99 97 St. Louis Rams 3 3 0 .500 128 146 Arizona Cardinals 1 4 0 .200 87 113 AFC STANDINGS North W L T PCT PF PA Cleveland Browns 4 1 0 .800 124 108 Baltimore Ravens 4 1 0 .800 138 103 Cincinnati Bengals 3 2 0 .600 92 71 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 3 0 .400 121 73 East W L T PCT PF PA New York Jets 4 2 0 .667 124 97 New England Patriots 2 4 0 .333 81 127 Miami Dolphins 0 5 0 .000 100 146 Buffalo Bills 0 6 0 .000 80 165 South W L T PCT PF PA Tennessee Titans 5 1 0 .833 123 91 Houston Texans 4 2 0 .667 103 84 Jacksonville Jaguars 3 3 0 .500 104 127 Indianapolis Colts 2 4 0 .333 121 128 West W L T PCT PF PA Oakland Raiders 3 2 0 .600 111 128 Kansas City Chiefs 3 2 0 .600 151 127 Denver Broncos 2 3 0 .400 96 126 San Diego Chargers 2 3 0 .400 110 104 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SUNDAY'S RESULTS San Francisco 27 Duquesne 0 Hawaii 14 Portland 7 The new college top 20 will appear in tomorrow's edition. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE HABS WILL BE WITHOUT MOSDELL FOR 3 MONTHS Montreal winger Kenny Mosdell finally reported to Canadiens training camp today but the Habs were extremely upset to see him arrive on crutches. Apparently the 25 year old suffered a serious knee injury during a softball game in August. The Canadiens team doctor checked him out and does not expect Mosdell to be fit for action until at least Christmas. A defensive specialist Mosdell broke into the NHL with the old Brooklyn Americans as a 19 year old in 1941-42. After missing two seasons due to the war he made his Montreal debut in 1944-45 scoring 12 goals in 31 games with the Habs. Last season he had just 2 goals and 6 assists but was a terrific penalty killer. The Canadiens season opens October 15 at home to the New York Rangers. In other National Hockey League news the Boston Bruins have put Czech forward Jaroslav Drobny on their reserve list. Drobny, who will be a key component for the Czech olympic team this January in St. Moritz, becomes the first European trained player to be placed on an NHL team's reserve list. As good as he is at hockey, tennis is Drobny's primary sport and he is considered a possible future Wimbledon champ. BOXING SMITH WINS BY TKO Atlantic City lightheavyweight Billy Smith scored an 11th round TKO victory over Henry Hall in their 12 round bout in New York last night. The referee stopped the bout because of swelling around both of the New Orleans natives eyes. With the win the 26 year old Smith improves to 16-9 while Hall, who lost a world title shot against Lloyd Marshall in May, falls to 19-15-3. On the same card, Pennsylvania lightheavyweight Tommy Yarosz won by unanimous decision over Charley Williams. Yarosz is 27-8-2 while the 20 year old Williams drops to 18-9-1. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

03-21-2005, 11:09 PM	#509
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, 1947 BASEBALL WORLD SERIES CHAMPION CUBS CELEBRATE Led by manager Charlie Grimm and World Series MVP Bill Nicholson the Chicago Cubs paraded the World Series trophy through the streets of Chicago yesterday culminating in a huge rally inside Wrigley Field. Just 24 hours earlier the Cubs had won their 7th World Series title in franchise history, beating the Cleveland Indians in 4 straight games. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DOLPHINS END LOSING STREAK The Miami Dolphins finally got their first win of the season with a 36-22 victory at home over Arizona in the Monday Night game. Dolphins QB Woody Brooks completed 21 of 33 passes for 288 yards and a pair of second half touchdowns as Miami ended it's 5 game losing skid. Dolphins running back Stacey Jolly gained 105 yards and scored a touchdown. Arizona got a great game from back Tuffy Leemans, who had 21 carries for 110 yards and rookie receiver Hubert Bechtol, who made 7 catches for 143 yards but it was turnovers that cost Arizona the game - 4 fumbles and an interception. Like Miami, the Cardinals are now 1-5 on the season. NEXT WEEK'S GAMES San Diego Chargers (2-3) at Denver Broncos (2-3) Oakland Raiders (3-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (3-2) Cleveland Browns (4-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-2) Washington Redskins (1-4) at Dallas Cowboys (0-5) Philadelphia Eagles (4-1) at New York Giants (3-2) San Francisco 49ers (5-1) at Seattle Seahawks (3-3) New England Patriots (2-4) at Miami Dolphins (1-5) Arizona Cardinals (1-5) at St. Louis Rams (3-3) Carolina Panthers (1-5) at New Orleans Saints (4-2) New York Jets (4-2) at Buffalo Bills (0-6) Chicago Bears (4-2) at Minnesota Vikings (2-4) Atlanta Falcons (4-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3) Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) at Baltimore Ravens (4-1) MONDAY NIGHT Detroit Lions (3-3) at Green Bay Packers (5-1) COLLEGE FOOTBALL IRISH REMAIN NUMBER ONE The University of Notre Dame remains the top ranked college football team after the Irish had little trouble with Pittsburgh, winning their season opener over the Panthers 38-6. Number two Michigan kept pace by beating Stanford 47-0. In two games the Wolverines have outscored their opponents 91-0. Texas remains number 3 after an impressive victory over North Carolina that dropped the Tar Heels out of the top 5. SMU, with a convincing win over Missouri and Mississippi, which improved to 3-0 with a shutout victory over South Carolina, round out the top five. Arkansas, which knocked Texas Christian out of the top 20 with a 28-7 victory, is the only newcomer to the top 20 but several teams are waiting in the wings including Wisconsin, Illinois and San Francisco. Like last week, the big matchup on Saturday once again involves Texas as the Longhorns entertain 8th ranked Oklahoma. The other game involving two ranked teams has 10th ranked Georgia visiting #12 Kentucky in an SEC tilt. Code: 1947 TSN TOP 20 REC LAST WEEK NEXT WEEK 1 Notre Dame (1) 1-0 beat Pitt 38-6 at Purdue 2 Michigan (2) 2-0 beat Stanford 47-0 host Pitt 3 Texas (3) 3-0 beat North Carolina 31-7 host #8 Oklahoma 4 SMU (5) 2-0 beat Missouri 28-3 at Oklahoma State 5 Mississippi (8) 3-0 beat South Carolina 26-0 at Vanderbilt 6 North Carolina (4) 1-1 lost 31-7 at Texas host Wake Forest 7 Penn State (6) 2-0 beat Bucknell 20-0 at Fordham 8 Oklahoma (9) 2-0 beat Texas A&M 21-9 at #3 Texas 9 USC (7) 1-0-1 tied Rice 21-21 at Ohio State 10 Georgia (11) 2-1 beat LSU 24-14 at #12 Kentucky 11 Rice (10) 1-0-1 tied USC 21-21 host Tulane 12 Kentucky (12) 2-1 beat Xavier 49-0 host #10 Georgia 13 Virginia (13) 2-0 beat Virginia Tech 30-14 host Harvard 14 Alabama (15) 2-1 beat Vanderbilt 28-0 host Duquesne 15 Army (16) 1-1 beat Colorado 26-0 host Illinois 16 UCLA (14) 1-0-1 tied Northwestern 17-17 host Oregon 17 Pennsylvania (17) 1-0 beat Lafayette 35-3 at Dartmouth 18 California(18) 3-0 beat St Mary's 30-14 at Wisconsin 19 Hardin-Simmons (20) 1-0 beat San Jose St 34-10 host Arizona 20 Arkansas(nr) 3-0 beat then #19 TCU 28-7 at Baylor Dropping out of top 20 Texas Christian(19) 2-1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL MID ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PREVIEW With just one tournament victory in 15 years and just one at large bid the MAAC will not make much noise in the postseason. It has been a fairly competitive conference but has been dominated in the 1940's by Niagara with Buffalo always having a solid team. Code: YEAR MAAC CHAMP 1932-33 NIAGARA 1933-34 NIAGARA 1934-35 IONA 1935-36 IONA 1936-37 FAIRFIELD 1937-38 FAIRFIELD 1938-39 NIAGARA 1939-40 BUFFALO 1940-41 BUFFALO 1941-42 CANISIUS 1942-43 FAIRFIELD 1943-44 SIENA 1944-45 NIAGARA 1945-46 BUFFALO 1946-47 NIAGARA MAAC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT SIENA 1-1 2-2 NIAGARA 0-6 0-1 BUFFALO 0-3 0-0 FAIRFIELD 0-3 0-0 IONA 0-2 0-1 CANISIUS 0-1 0-0 MARIST 0-0 0-0 RIDER 0-0 0-0 MAAC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- NIAGARA: Despite finishing at .500 in conference play during the season, the Purple Eagles had a strong run in the conference tournament and made the NCAA's for the 6th time in school history. They are favoured this season with a veteran squad led by forwards Billy Flanigan and Eric Raub. 2- RIDER: The Brons equalled a school record with 19 wins last season but once again failed to win the conference tournamanet. Still in search of their first postseason invite, Rider will rely on senior center Rafi Dewoody to lead the way. Senior forward Don Johnson will also play a key role. 3- CANISIUS: With four returning starters including preseason all-conference selection Greg Page the Golden Griffins may improve on a school record 18 win season a year ago. 4- MARIST: Shooting guard Clay Boothby may be the most underrated player in the conference but that could change this season as the Red Foxes return 4 starters and plenty of players with experience. 5- BUFFALO: At 13-14 Buffalo finished under .500 for the first time since 1937-38. Preseason all-conference selection Vasily Jones is back as well as junior forward Cornell Wilson and center Greg Walker. Add in freshman forward Ben Gruber and this could be a solid team. 6- IONA: The Gaels were 7-7 in conference play a year ago but will have a very young squad on the court this season. 7- SIENA: Senior guard Norbert Rome may be the best player in the conference but aside him from him there is not a lot of experience on the roster. 8- FAIRFIELD: Pretty much everyone of consequence is gone from an 18 win season a year ago. The backcourt looks especially weak. PRESEASON ALL-MAAC TEAM G Vasilly Jones Buffalo G Norbert Rome Siena F Billy Flanigan Niagara F Rafi Dewoody Rider C Greg Page Canisius NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LINEUP SET FOR ALL-STAR GAME For the first time since the games greats met at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1934 all of the National Hockey League's top players will be on the ice at one time when the Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings play host to the stars from the rest of the league. The first "all-star" game was held in 1934 as a benefit to raise money for Toronto's Ace Bailey, who's career was ended by an injury earlier that season. This will mark the first of what the NHL expects to become an annual event pitting the Cup winner from the previous season against a team of stars from the other five clubs. Here is the allstar team roster for next Monday night's game at The Olympia. GOALTENDERS Bill Durnan Montreal Turk Broda Toronto DEFENSEMEN Butch Bouchard Montreal Glen Harmon Montreal Bill Moe New York Pat Egan Boston Bill Barilko Toronto Ralph Nattrass Chicago FORWARD LINES C Elmer Lach Montreal RW Maurice Richard Montreal LW Toe Blake Montreal C Max Bentley Toronto RW Milt Schmidt Boston LW Doug Bentley Chicago C Ted Kennedy Toronto LW Bill Ezinicki Toronto RW Grant Warwick New York __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

03-17-2005, 04:05 PM	#502
jtb All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 595	Tiger Fan, Have you incorporated any of the two-sport athletes into this replay? I had an old Basebal Encyclopedia that had a few pages on two-sport athletes and I was surprised to see one was from my hometown.

03-17-2005, 11:59 PM	#505
jtb All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 595	Tiger Fan, Baseball-Football Cliff Aberson Dutch Bergman Jim Castiglia Steve Filipowicz Bert Kuczynski Pete Layden Andy Tomasic Frank Umont Baseball-Basketball Ernie Andres Rex Barney Frank Baumholtz Hank Biasetti Frank Carswell Chuck Conners George Crowe Grant Dunlap Les Fuchs Johnny Gee Tom Gorman Don Grate Mel McGaha Irv Noren Del Rice Red Rolfe John Scalzi Howie Schultz John Simmons Hank Soar Keith Thomas Baseball_Hockey Bill Stewart ---It says Referee/Coach 1928-37, 1940-44 NHL referee 1937-38Chicago,NHL coach. This is all I could find for the decade of the 40's. If you need the 50's+ let me know.

03-19-2005, 02:03 PM	#507
jtb All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 595	From the 50's Baseball-Football Carroll Hardy Vic Janowicz Baseball-Basketball Gene Conley Dick Groat(I think he still is a broadcaster for PITT men's Basketball) Steve Hamilton Stan Landes (REF) Dick Ricketts

03-23-2005, 01:02 AM	#510
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8, 1947 BOXING PHILY FEATHERWEIGHT BASSETT WINS 2ND PRO BOUT 18 year old Philadelphia native Percy Bassett showed why he is considered one of the up and coming young stars in the boxing world with a 4th round TKO victory over Freddie Russo. Bassett, a featherweight, improves to 2-0 as a professional with the victory. Russo, a New Jersey native, falls to 15-19 with the loss. The bout kicks off a very busy weekend for boxing with 3 World Title fights on the schedule highlighted by Heavyweight Champ Ezzard Charles facing third ranked Nathan Mann on Saturday. On Friday evening undefeated featherweight champ Willie Pep will face little known challenger National Kid in Dallas while tomorrow evening in Tokyo flyweight champ Speedy Akira defends his title against Frenchman Valentin Angelmann. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON All 6 teams were in action playing exhibition games in preparation for next week's regular season opener. In New York the visiting Boston Bruins hammered the Rangers 6-0 as Milt Schmidt led the way for the Bruins with 2 goals and an assist. Paul Ronty, Pat Egan, Woody Dumart and Pete Babando had singles while Frank Brimsek turned aside all 16 Rangers shots he faced. In New York's defense, the Bruins started most of their regulars while the Rangers went with minor league goaltender Bob DeCourcy between the pipes and a roster composed primarily of players from their New Haven farm team. In Kitchener, Ontario Max Bentley had a goal and an assist in his debut with Toronto. Bentley's goal with just under 4 minutes to play gave the Leafs a 3-3 tie with Montreal after Rocket Richard and Elmer Lach each had a goal and an assist in the third period to give the Habs the lead. In Chicago, the Detroit Red Wings got third period goals from Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay to beat the Black Hawks 4-3. New Hawk Gus Bodnar, who was part of the trade that sent Max Bentley to Toronto, had a pair of assists for Chicago. PRESEASON SCHEDULE LAST NIGHT Boston 6 New York 0 Monteal 3 Toronto 3 Detroit 4 Chicago 3 TOMORROW NIGHT Boston at Montreal FRIDAY New York at Toronto Chicago at Detroit SATURDAY Toronto at Montreal New York at Detroit Boston at Chicago COLLEGE BASKETBALL MAC PREVIEW Code: YEAR MAC CHAMP 1932-33 MIAMI (O) 1933-34 BOWLING GREEN 1934-35 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1935-36 BOWLING GREEN 1936-37 BALL STATE 1937-38 AKRON 1938-39 MIAMI (O) 1939-40 EASTERN MICHIGAN 1940-41 EASTERN MICHIGAN 1941-42 BOWLING GREEN 1942-43 MIAMI (O) 1943-44 EASTERN MICHIGAN 1944-45 WESTERN MICHIGAN 1945-46 MIAMI (O) 1946-47 AKRON MAC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT MIAMI (OH) 0-6 2-4 EASTERN MICH 1-3 0-0 BALL STATE 1-2 2-2 BOWLING GREEN 0-3 0-0 AKRON 0-2 0-1 CENTRAL MICH 0-1 0-1 WESTERN MICH 0-1 0-1 KENT STATE 0-0 1-2 MAC ALL AMERICANS 1940-41 George Gittens Miami(OH) MAC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- CENTRAL MICHIGAN: There is plenty to be excited about for club that was 5-9 in conference play a year ago. All five starters return for the Chippewas including guard Kip Harris, who was named conference freshman of the year last season and made the preseason all-conference team this year along with center Patrick Hackyard. Hackyard averaged over 15 ppg and 13 rpg a year ago. 2- KENT STATE: Senior guard Cole Chamlee made the preseason all-conference team and is one of 3 returning starters for a Golden Flashes team that was 7-7 in the MAC last year. They have never won a conference tournament but with a few breaks that could change this season. 3- MIAMI(OH): The most successful team in the conference, the Redhawks have made the postseason each of the past two years including last season when they won 20 games and were invited to the NIT's. Mike Novak was named to the preseason all-conference team 4- AKRON: The Zips, who earned just their second MAC title in school history last season, return virtually the entire cast from their championship squad. Look for sophomore PG Lou Arko to take on a bigger role. 5- BOWLING GREEN: Coming off three straight 14-16 seasons the Falcons have a nice mix of veterans and youth. Look for Brian Peed, a shooting guard from Moduc, Indiana to compete for MAC freshman of the year honours. 6- WESTERN MICHIGAN: Despite an 18-12 season the Broncos missed the postseason for the first time in 3 years. There will be some growing pains this year as sophomore forwards Anthony Cho and Abel Davis, along with freshman point guard Nick Graves, are asked to assume key roles. 7- BALL STATE: After two straight 20+ win seasons, Ball State fell to 12-17 a year ago. The Cardinals lack talented upperclassman but do have a budding star in sophomore PF Jacey Fulgham, who averaged nearly 9 ppg coming off the bench as a freshman. 8- EASTERN MICHIGAN: The loss of conference MVP Stan Brown to graduation will hurt. Center Omar Davis and forward Seth Binggeli each made the conference all-freshman team last year and combined with this year's top recruit, PF Ryan Kinney, give the Eagles optimism for the future. MAC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM* G Kip Harris Central Michigan G Cole Chamlee Kent State F Mike Novak Miami (OH) F Sham Kreider Akron C Patrick Hackyard Central Michigan __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 03-23-2005 at 01:04 AM.*

03-23-2005, 06:22 PM	#511
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 1947 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE WINGS DEAL TAYLOR TO BOSTON The Detroit Red Wings have dealt their leading scoring from last season's Stanley Cup winning squad to the Boston Bruins. Billy Taylor, who had 16 goals and a total of 53 points, was dispatched to the Bruins in exchange for young forward Armand "Bep" Guidolin. Taylor, who played just one season for the Wings, began his career with 5 seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He led all playoff scorers with 15 points last season. Guidolin, who holds the distinction of being the youngest player ever to suit up for an NHL game when he took the ice for the Bruins at age 16 in 1942, had 24 points and 69 penalty minutes for the Bruins last season. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION NBA SEASON TIPS OFF SUNDAY Another NBA season gets underway this Sunday with 6 games including the defending league champion Dallas Chaparrals travelling to Milwaukee to play the Hawks. It will be quite a different Dallas team from the club that defeated Baltimore for the NBA title just 5 months ago. Gone are two starters including young phenom John Layton. Starting shooting guard Freddie Scolari and key backups center Hagen Ochoa and guard Trev Reed have also moved on. The exit of Layton to Philadelphia will be the biggest blow. A 3-time SWC player of the year and National Player of the Year his senior season, the University of Texas product was bypassed in the NBA draft as scouts felt his lack of athleticism would not allow him to compete at the pro level. Dallas gave him a chance in training camp and he showed enough to make the Chaps roster to start the season. By midseason he was seeing a fair amount of playoff time and he made the starting 5 in January. The rest is history. He averaged 15.7 ppg and 7.2 rpg in the playoffs leading the Chaps to their first league title. Despite starting just 29 games he was named 2nd team all-rookie. Since he only inked a 1 year deal with the Chaps and refused to extend the contract when Dallas offered prior to the playoffs, Layton was free to sign with any club without compensation. A complete preview of the NBA Eastern Conference will appear tomorrow with the focus on the West in Saturday's issue. COLLEGE BASKETBALL MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PREVIEW The MEAC was dominated by Hampton for the first decade but the Pirates program has struggled in recent years. Delaware State has become the conference's dominant team in the last five years and last year the Hornets became the first MEAC team ever to earn an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament. No MEAC team has ever won an NCAA tournament game and only Hampton in 1938 managed to win one in the NIT. Code: YEAR MEAC CHAMP 1932-33 HAMPTON 1933-34 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 1934-35 HAMPTON 1935-36 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 1936-37 FLORIDA A&M 1937-38 NORFOLK STATE 1938-39 DELAWARE STATE 1939-40 HAMPTON 1940-41 HAMPTON 1941-42 HAMPTON 1942-43 FLORIDA A&M 1943-44 MARSHALL 1944-45 DELAWARE STATE 1945-46 DELAWARE STATE 1946-47 FLORIDA A&M MEAC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Hampton 0-5 1-2 Delaware State 0-4 0-2 Florida A&M 0-3 0-0 Norfolk State 0-1 0-1 Marshall 0-1 0-1 Bethune-Cookman 0-1 0-0 South Carolina State 0-1 0-0 Coppin State 0-0 0-0 MEAC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- FLORIDA A&M: Reigning conference tournament champions enjoyed their first ever 20-win season a year ago. This season the Rattlers return 3 starters including juniors Ed Stanczak (15.1 ppg) and William Mitchell (13.2 ppg) 2- NORFOLK STATE: Warren Perkins made the All-MEAC team last season as a sophomore and hopes to lead the Spartans to just their second winning season in a decade. Freshman PF Larry Fishback and sophomore center Charles Ramey will also play be roles on this young team. 3- BETHUNE COOKMAN: have not had a double-digit win season since 1941-42 but that should change this season. The Wildcats future is bright with two good young freshmen in 6'11" Nick Scott and 6'8" Giotto Ruch. Seniors John Busby and Kyle Lucas made the preseason all-conference team. 4- DELAWARE STATE: Coming off three straight trips to the NCAA including last season as an at-large after going 25-7 but losing the conference tournament finals to Florida A&M. However, the graduation of a pair of all-conference players will make it very difficult for the Hornets to get back to the big dance. 5- MARSHALL: The talk for the Thundering Herd all focuses on freshman point guard Anthony Badu. The recruit from Philadelphia is the player they hope to build their team around. After never winning more than 17 games in a season Marshall topped the 18 win mark twice in the past three seasons. 6- SOUTH CAROLINA STATE: The Bulldogs have not played a postseason game since 1934 and are coming off a terrible 9-21 campaign last year.Point guard Nick Provost made the MEAC all-freshman team and he, along with fellow sophomore Edward Foster, give the Bulldogs a little hope for the future. 7- COPPIN STATE: The only MEAC school to never win a conference tournament, the finished with just a 4-10 conference record and only 9 wins overall. 4 starters return for the Eagles and there is a little excitement about freshman recruit Victor Arellano, a 6'5" forward from Greenbelt, Maryland. 8- HAMPTON: The dominant team in the conference until a down stretch starting 1943 when they won 10,13 and 16 games in successive years. Since then recruiting has not gone well and the Pirates lack the talent to challenge for the league title. Hampton did make the NIT with a 21-11 season two years ago but slumped to 13-17 last year when the last of their solid recruiting classes graduated. MEAC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: G Warren Perkins Norfolk State G William Mitchell Florida A&M F Kyle Lucas Bethune-Cookman F Ed Stanczak Florida A&M C Josh Busby Bethune-Cookman BOXING CASTILLO WINS BANTAMWEIGHT BOUT Mexico City native Luis Castillo ended his two fight losing streak with a unanimous decision over Cuba's Manuel Armenteros in Mexico City last night. Castillo, 28-13-3, is ranked 7th in the bantamweight division worldwide, and is looking for a rematch with World Champion Luis Galvani. Galvani had beaten Castillo on a decision last April just before winning the crown. After losing to Galvani, the 26 year old Castillo was also outpointed by Manuel Ortiz. The loss is the first for the 21 year Armenteros, who had won his first 3 decisions since turning pro earlier this year. Tonight in Tokyo flyweight champ Speedy Akira defends his title against Frenchman Valentin Angelmann in the first of three straight evenings with World Title Fights. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

03-24-2005, 09:36 AM	#512
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 1947 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW We are two days away from the opening tip-off to another NBA season. To prepare you for it here is a quick look at the Eastern Conference teams. Tomorrow we will focus on the west. Code: ATLANTIC DIVISION BALTIMORE BULLETS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG PG PETER WARREN 12 Harvard 17.1 6.6 4.9 SG JADEN CHRISTOPHERSON 9 Syracuse 14.9 4.5 3.4 SF JOSEPH MOZELL 12 Notre Dame 14.5 5.7 2.4 PF FRANK SOTO 8 St Louis 11.7 6.4 2.7 C PREYE PENSYL 6 LSU 11.2 8.8 2.2 All 5 starters return for a squad that went to the NBA finals last season. The Bullets also made the finals in 1944-45 but again came up short. Their only NBAtitle in franchise history was won in 1940-41. First round pick Paul Noel from the national champion Kentucky Wildcats will be eased into the rotation. The Bullets also selected Joseph Smith in the second round. Smith was the leader of the USC squad that faced Noel's Wildcats in the National Title game last March. BOSTON CELTICS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG* PG Leverne Jones 12 UCLA 11.3 4.7 1.9 SG Rob Rodriguez 9 USC 14.6 5.0 3.2 SF Hulin Lee 6 Wichita St 14.0 4.8 2.3 PF Matt Prior 7 Oregon 9.8 5.5 2.0 C Terry Rowe 4 Oklahoma 11.6 9.7 2.1 The Celtics have finished last in the Atlantic Division each of the past 3 seasons and it's been 5 years since they had a .500 record. However, the did shake things up this offseason by signing two starters away from Pittsburgh in Rodriguez and Prior, along with a solid backup center in former Dallas pivot Hagen Ochoa. The changes mean Leverne Jones moves from SF to point guard and Boston fixture Phil Hernandez becomes the 6th man. NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG PG Jonathan Vasta 11 Syracuse 9.9 2.5 3.9 SG Bruce Phillips 3 Florida 6.8 2.9 3.5 SF John Abramovic 3 Oregon 11.1 4.1 1.6 PF Thal Butler 7 Wichita St 15.3 7.8 2.8 C Leonard Loch 8 Penn 10.3 6.7 1.7 It was a great draft for the Knicks. 5th overall pick Paul Huston was a standout at Ohio State and will likely be in the starting five by Christmas while 18th overall selection Bob Harrison from Washingston will press Phillips for playing time at SG. Veteran center Brenden Barufaldi was signed as a free agent from St Louis to add depth as the Knicks hope to get back to the top of the division, a spot they occupied two seasons ago before a terrible 23-51 season last year. PHILADELPHIA WARRIORS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG* PG Anthony Maggs 8 N Carolina St 15.0 4.5 7.9 SG Tony Bryant 13 N Carolina St 10.1 4.3 3.6 SF Xavier Gordon 6 Florida 12.4 5.0 2.5 PF Connie Simmons 5 Baylor 12.9 7.1 2.6 C John Layton 1 Texas 9.5 3.8 1.0 The Warriors ended an 8 year postseason drought last year and hope the addition of center John Layton takes them a step closer to adding a third championship trophy to go with the pair they won in 1936 and 1937. Layton suddenly blossomed in the final third of the season and was dominating in the postseason, scoring 15.7 ppg in leading Dallas to the league title. An unrestricted free agent, Philadelphia won his services over the offseason inking Layton to a 5 year deal. PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLERS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG* PG Kanaan Gochneaur 10 Illinois 14.1 4.0 7.1 SG Jim Pollard 1 Alabama 13.7 3.4 2.3 SF Lonnie Duncan 8 Alabama 13.9 5.7 2.2 PF Hector Dunkel 12 Mississippi St 12.9 7.9 2.5 C Joe Velazquez 9 Washington St 11.0 9.1 2.1 First round pick George Feigenbaum, a guard from Washington will see plenty of playing time as the season wears on. The Steamrollers are tied with Baltimore for the most playoff appearances in league history, but unlike Baltimore, Providence has never won a championship despite the 10 trips to the postseason. NORTHEAST DIVISION BUFFALO BRAVES STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG PG Johnny Logan 4 Indiana 9.0 4.3 6.8 SG Jassim Fowler 10 Yale 10.8 1.8 3.2 SF Ethan Batiste 6 Wisconsin 11.1 5.4 3.1 PF Miguel Dominguez 9 N Carolina St 17.8 7.4 1.7 C Kyle Wojna 7 Washington 8.9 7.0 2.1 The Braves have only made the playoffs 4 times in their 15 year history but three of the postseason berths were in the past 4 years. The Braves won the draft lottery and added a future star in first overall pick Odie Spears. CLEVELAND CAVS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG PG Braden Morrow 8 Penn State 12.4 5.6 2.3 SG Omar Robinson 5 Clemson 10.0 4.6 4.5 SF Juan Harrison 7 Western Kentucky 21.8 5.8 2.1 PF Bob Brannum 1 Wake Forest 12.6 6.5 2.1 C Alex McMillan 2 Western Kentucky 7.6 6.7 1.5 The league sad-sacks, Cleveland has never finished over .500 and has made the playoffs just once in the 15 year league history. The entire 12 man roster has just 41 combined games of playoff experience and none of them were played in a Cleveland uniform. FORT WAYNE PISTONS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG* PG Mo Hybarger 13 CCNY 20.3 4.5 2.0 SG Ryan Brumsey 12 Iowa State 18.3 4.3 6.8 SF John Rodan 11 Oregon 12.2 6.8 2.5 PF A.H. Morris 8 Wyoming 9.5 5.5 2.2 C Noah Baldin 2 Oklahoma A&M 14.0 7.8 2.2 Another club with a sparse playoff history but in Fort Wayne things are looking up recently. The Pistons have made the playoffs just 4 times in 15 years but three of them came in the last 4 years. The player to watch is center Noah Baldin. He played just 5 games last season because of ankle and hand injuries yet he is the only true center on the Pistons roster after Bryan Courson left for St Louis. PITTSBURGH PIPERS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG PG Taro Devane 8 Wichita State 17.4 4.7 5.2 SG Ryan Fry 12 North Carolina 16.2 4.8 2.5 SF Byron Swygart 11 Indiana 14.9 6.3 3.1 PF Kevin Stewart 8 Kentucky 5.8 6.8 1.8 C Liam Brogdon 7 Penn 7.2 6.8 1.5 The Pipers won the division title last season but lost two of their starters to Boston as free agents. To replace them Ryan Fry was signed away from Philadelphia and Kevin Stewart was added from Minneapolis. In addition the Pipers strengthened their bench with the addition of Freddie Scolari, who was a starter on Dallas' championship team a year ago. SYRACUSE NATIONALS STARTING LINEUP: 1946-47 POS NAME EXP COLLEGE PPG RPG APG* PG Justin Rhoad 11 Seton Hall 20.2 5.6 4.5 SG Tuz Collins 6 Washington 10.0 3.0 5.8 SF Justin Hild 9 Illinois 19.2 6.0 3.3 PF Robert Stennis 12 Syracuse 7.2 3.7 1.4 C Damond Bothman 3 Alabama 8.8 7.4 2.1 The big news in Syracuse over the offseason was the return of former Syracuse University star Robert Stennis to the city. Stennis was lured away from Minneapolis with the intention of finishing his career with the Nationals. Syracuse missed the playoffs for the 4th time in the past five years. COLLEGE BASKETBALL MID-CONTINENT CONFERENCE PREVIEW The Mid-Continent Conference is known for pulling off a major upset or two come tournament time. Led by NCAA MVP Booker Stokes Chicago State made the Sweet 16 in 1943 and Evansville did the same the following year. Code: YEAR MID-CONT CHAMP 1932-33 VALPARAISO 1933-34 WESTERN ILLINOIS 1934-35 CHICAGO STATE 1935-36 CHICAGO STATE 1936-37 VALPARAISO 1937-38 VALPARAISO 1938-39 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1939-40 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 1940-41 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1941-42 ILLINOIS STATE 1942-43 CHICAGO STATE 1943-44 EVANSVILLE 1944-45 EVANSVILLE 1945-46 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 1946-47 VALPARAISO MID-CONT TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Evansville 3-2 2-2 Chicago State 2-3 2-1 Western Illinois 1-2 2-1 Illinois State 0-1 1-1 Southern Illinois 0-2 0-2 Northern Illinois 0-2 0-1 Valparaiso 0-4 0-0 Oral Roberts 0-0 0-1 MID-CONT NCAA MVP'S 1943-44 Booker Stokes Chicago State MID-CONT ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS 1943-44 Booker Stokes Chicago State MID-CONTINENT PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1-SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: After 3 straight winning seasons the Salukies dipped to 13-16 a year ago. However, with preseason all-conference selections Colin Hayden and Link Vang leading the way Southern Illinois will challenge for the conference title. 2-EVANSVILLE: Two losing seasons including a terrible 8-20 campaign last season have tarnished the 4 straight 20 victory seasons which including a run to the Sweet 16 in 1944. The Aces look strong this season led by junior forward Brock Haginas and sophomore guard Kevin Schield. 3-NORTHERN ILLINOIS: Have had just single digit victory totals in 4 of the last five seasons. The only exception was two years ago when after going 6-8 in conference play they surprised everyone by winning the Mid-Con tournament. With 3 returning starters and a pair of promising freshman forwards in Phil Berg and Trevor Smith the Huskies looked like a contender for the league title. 4-ORAL ROBERTS: They have never won the conference tournament and consistantly hover around the .500 mark. Sal Bell is arguably the best player in the conference and he has a decent supporting cast this season. 5-CHICAGO STATE: After former NCAA player of the year Booker Stokes graduated the school had to endure 7-22 and 3-26 campaigns. Last season they improved to 11 wins but still have a long ways to go if they want to recapture the glory days of the early 1940's which included a Sweet 16 berth. This year the Cougars have a veteran squad that includes 7 seniors. 6-VALPARAISO: Earned their first conference title in a decade last season when they won a school record 21 games. It will be tough to repeat that performance after losing 7 players to graduation including 3 starters. 7-WESTERN ILLINOIS: Dipped to 17 wins and missed the postseason for the first time in 3 years last season. If he can stay healthy forward Rob McCall is one of the best shooters in the conference. 8-ILLINOIS STATE: Won 17 games last year, their first winning season in this decade but lost to Valparaiso in the conference title game after having the best regular season conference record. Just two starters return from that team and the bench is woefully thin. PRESEASON ALL-MID CONTINENT TEAM G Colin Hayden Southern Illinois G Sal Bell Oral Roberts F Rob McCall Western Illinois F Kevin Herman Chicago State C Link Vang Southern Illinois NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CANADIENS BEAT BRUINS 2-0 IN PRESEASON ACTION Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach each had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 2-0 in NHL exhibition action. The hometown Canadiens took a 1-0 lead in the second period when Richard deflected a point shot from Roger Leger past Boston goaltender Frank Brimsek. Lach would add an empty netter in the final minute after the Bruins had pulled their goaltender for an extra-attacker. Bill Durnan turned aside 20 Boston shots for the shutout. The game marked the Boston debut for Billy Taylor, who the Bruins acquired in a deal with Detroit earlier in the week. There are two exhibition games tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs entertain New York while Chicago visits Detroit. PRESEASON SCHEDULE LAST NIGHT Montreal 2 Boston 0 TONIGHT New York at Toronto Chicago at Detroit SATURDAY Toronto at Montreal New York at Detroit Boston at Chicago NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEK 7 POINTSPREADS Finally had a big week on the prediction front as I went three for three. Green Bay destroyed Oakland and easily covered the spreads. The underdog Lions not only covered but won outright in Kansas City and Miami did not dissappoint at home Monday night. The perfect weekend improves my record to a still dismal 4-8. Here are the matchups this week: Code: San Diego Chargers (2-3) at Denver Broncos (2-3) -4 Oakland Raiders (3-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (3-2) -1 Cleveland Browns (4-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-2) 3 Washington Redskins (1-4) at Dallas Cowboys (0-5) -1 Philadelphia Eagles (4-1) at New York Giants (3-2) 4 San Francisco 49ers (5-1) at Seattle Seahawks (3-3) -2 New England Patriots (2-4) at Miami Dolphins (1-5) -4 Arizona Cardinals (1-5) at St. Louis Rams (3-3) -8 Carolina Panthers (1-5) at New Orleans Saints (4-2) -8 New York Jets (4-2) at Buffalo Bills (0-6) 7 Chicago Bears (4-2) at Minnesota Vikings (2-4) E Atlanta Falcons (4-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3) -4 Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) at Baltimore Ravens (4-1) -5 MONDAY NIGHT Detroit Lions (3-3) at Green Bay Packers (5-1) -8 Now for this week's predictions. First up I like the Eagles minus the 4 points at New York. Eagles RB Harley Mitchell is due for a huge game after gaing just 47 yards in his last start against Carolina. Also I cant see how the Giants offense can move the ball against Philadelphia. The Bills have to win eventually so why not this weekend. Well, they may not win but we get 7 points at home against a one dimensional Jets team. Finally I will pick the Cowboys to end their winless streak with a home win over a hurting Washington Redskins club. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Just three college games on a light Friday night schedule but there is plenty of action Saturday including a top 20 showdown as 3rd ranked Texas hosts number eight Oklahoma. Elsewhere, top ranked Notre Dame travels to Purdue to play the Boilermakers while number two Michigan entertains Pitt. TONIGHT'S GAMES Kansas State at Boston College Richmond vs Maryland at Washington DC Texas Christian at Miami (FLA) SATURDAY'S GAMES Arizona at Hardin-Simmons Arizona State at Pepperdine Arkansas at Baylor Brigham Young at Utah California at Wisconsin Clemson at North Carolina State Colorado Mines at Wyoming Colorado State at Denver Cornell at Colgate Davidson at Wofford Detroit Mercy at Marquette Drake at Wichita State Duke at Navy Duquesne at Alabama Florida at Auburn Furman at South Carolina George Washington at Washington & Lee Georgetown at St. Louis Georgia at Kentucky Harvard at Virginia Hawaii at Montana State Illinois at Army Indiana at Iowa Merchant Marine at St. Bonaventure Michigan State at Washington State Mississippi at Vanderbilt Mississippi State at San Francisco Missouri at Colorado Montana at Utah State Nebraska at Iowa State New Mexico State at New Mexico New York University at Boston University Newberry at Citadel Northwestern at Minnesota Notre Dame at Purdue Oklahoma at Texas Oregon at UCLA Oregon State at Idaho Penn State at Fordham Pennsylvania at Dartmouth Pittsburgh at Michigan Portland at Nevada Princeton at Rutgers Rhode Island at Brown Santa Clara at Stanford South Dakota State at Kansas Southern California at Ohio State Southern Methodist at Oklahoma State St. Mary's at Washington Temple at Syracuse Tennessee-Chattanooga at Tennessee Texas A&M at Louisiana State Texas-El Paso at West Texas A&M Tulane at Rice Tulsa at Texas Tech Villanova at Holy Cross Virginia Military Institute at Georgia Tech Wake Forest at North Carolina Waynesburg at West Virginia Western State at Northern Arizona William & Mary at Virginia Tech Yale at Columbia CANADIAN FOOTBALL There is one Canadian Football game tonight to start a busy weekend. The Toronto Balmy Beach squad travels to Sarnia to face the winless Imperials. Here is the complete slate of game's this weekend including the Monday matchups on the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday. TONIGHT'S GAME Toronto Balmy Beach at Sarnia SATURDAY Windsor Royals at Ottawa Trojans Toronto Indians at Hamilton Wildcats Toronto Argos at Hamilton Tigers Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Rough Riders Edmonton at Winnipeg Calgary at Regina MONDAY Ottawa Rough Riders at Montreal Alouettes Hamilton Tigers at Toronto Argos Edmonton at Regina BOXING HOMETOWN JUDGING ALLOWS AKIRA TO KEEP FLYWEIGHT BELT If they fought anywhere else there is a good chance Valentin Anglemann would be hold the World Flyweight Championship belt but a decidedly hometown decision allowed Speedy Akira to keep the title. Despite being outboxed in the eyes of most impartial observers, the cheering of the wild Tokyo Arena crowd influenced two of the judges enough to give Akira a majority decision victory. The referee scored the match a tie while the two judges each favoured Akira by a single point. The victory, in his first bout since winning the title from Jackie Paterson, improves Akira's record to 17-4-2. Angelmann, a 36 year old Frenchman with a 12-6-2 record, was supposed to be an easy victory for the champion before he faced top challenger Teddy Gardner. Instead the veteran French pugilist took the bout to Akira and had the champ in trouble on several occassions. Tonight's action includes World Featherweight champion Willie Pep facing National Kid in Dallas. Pep, with a perfect 21-0 record, makes his 4th title defense in two months against marginal opponents. Pep will face a challenge on Halloween night when he meets third ranked Henry Armstrong in New Orleans. Tonight's opponent for Pep goes by the name National Kid. He hails from Cuba and his real name is Adolfo Giz. Kid/Giz has a career record of 24-11-1 but has not really beat anyone of note. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 03-25-2005 at 12:28 PM.

03-27-2005, 12:08 AM	#514
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY OCTOBER 12, 1947 BOXING CHARLES RETAINS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE WITH TKO OVER MANN Ezzard Charles completely dominated his World Heavyweight title fight with challenger Nathan Mann, and wrapped things up in the 7th round, when the referee stopped the bout shortly after Charles had sent Mann to the canvas for a second time that round. The victory, before his hometown crowd in Cincinnati, improves the 26 year old Charles' record to 23-1. Mann, who also lost a title fight against Joe Louis last February, falls to 19-6-1. The 32 year old Connecticut native hinted after the bout he may be close to retirement. Next up for Charles will be a bout in Tampa on November 20th against Florida native Tommy Gomez. The 27 year old is 26-6 and coming off two straight knockout victories over decent opponents in Lee Q Murray and Embrell Davidson. Gomez and Charles have met twice previously with the champ winning both by knockout. On the undercard, 20 year old Jeffrey xSmith scored an 8th round knockout of Pat Valentino in the biggest challenge of his young career. The victory, just 2 weeks after xSmith suffered his first defeat, a split decision loss to Freddie Schott, gets the Iowa native back on the fast track as he rises through the division. Valentino, had been ranked 8th in the world, but will surely drop out of the top 10 after the loss. COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEXAS HAMMERS OKLAHOMA 62-13 Bobby Layne certainly made an early impression on Heisman Trophy voters by throwing 5 touchdown passes as third ranked Texas destroyed number 8 Oklahoma by a 62-13 score. Despite the lobsided win the Longhorns will likely not move up in the polls as number two Michigan blasted Pitt 51-0 while the top ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish built a 37-3 lead and then coasted past Purdue 40-24. Notre Dame QB Johnny Lujack threw a pair of touchdown strikes in the Irish victory. Some upheveal in the SEC as Georgia and Mississippi, both top 10 teams, lost. QB Steve xKuffrey was picked off twice as Kentucky blanked the Bulldogs 20-0 while Vanderbilt surprised Mississippi 17-7. SATURDAY'S SCOREBOARD Arizona 24 Hardin-Simmons 23 Pepperdine 13 Arizona State 3 Arkansas 17 Baylor 3 Utah 36 Brigham Young 13 California 33 Wisconsin 20 North Carolina State 10 Clemson 7 Wyoming 21 Colorado Mines 7 Colorado State 20 Denver 17 Colgate 25 Cornell 7 Wofford 10 Davidson 7 Marquette 42 Detroit Mercy 15 Wichita State 34 Drake 14 Navy 6 Duke 6 Alabama 76 Duquesne 0 Florida 14 Auburn 10 South Carolina 14 Furman 13 Washington & Lee 16 George Washington 6 Georgetown 27 St. Louis 10 Kentucky 20 Georgia 0 Virginia 33 Harvard 10 Montana State 24 Hawaii 7 Army 21 Illinois 14 Iowa 31 Indiana 14 St Bonaventure 17 Merchant Marine 0 Michigan State 14 Washington State 3 Vanderbilt 17 Mississippi 7 San Francisco 20 Mississippi State 20 Missouri 17 Colorado 7 Utah State 33 Montana 21 Iowa State 14 Nebraska 3 New Mexico 23 New Mexico State 17 Boston University 51 New York University 14 Citadel 17 Newberry 16 Northwestern 20 Minnesota 19 Notre Dame 40 Purdue 24 Texas 62 Oklahoma 13 UCLA 17 Oregon 6 Idaho 14 Oregon State 10 Penn State 37 Fordham 0 Pennsylvania 27 Dartmouth 10 Michigan 51 Pittsburgh 0 Nevada 45 Portland 9 Rutgers 21 Princeton 10 Brown 24 Rhode Island 0 Santa Clara 34 Stanford 27 Kansas 41 South Dakota State 7 Southern California 14 Ohio State 0 Southern Methodist 13 Oklahoma A&M 0 Washington 20 St. Mary's 13 Temple 24 Syracuse 7 Tennessee 10 Tennessee-Chattanooga 3 Louisiana State 28 Texas A&M 14 West Texas A&M 17 Texas-El Paso 6 Rice 47 Tulane 0 Texas Tech 31 Tulsa 21 Holy Cross 14 Villanova 0 Georgia Tech 17 Virginia Military Institute 0 North Carolina 27 Wake Forest 3 West Virginia 27 Waynesburg 0 Northern Arizona 16 Western State 14 William & Mary 27 Virginia Tech 14 Yale 14 Columbia 0 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NINERS LOOK TO IMPROVE TO 6-1 The San Francisco 49ers can become the first team to reach the 6 win mark this season when they travel to Seattle to meet the 3-3 Seahawks today. San Francisco sits atop the NFC West with a 5-1 record thanks to their always solid defense. The Niners are tied for the league lead in turnover ratio at +8 and have one of the stingiest defenses in the league. However, it is the San Francisco offense that has been noticed, even with some key injuries. Veteran QB Koy Harris missed a couple of games but both he and backup Ike Meier did what was expected of them: Nothing fancy, just avoid the turnovers, work the clock and don't do anything to lose the game. That strategy appeared in peril when RB Travis Henderson went down in week two with an ankle injury, but backup Russ Davis has been a capable replacement, rushing for 100 yards twice in the past 5 weeks. At the other end of the spectrum are the Washington Redskins. Just 1-4, the Skins travel to Dallas in battle for last place in the NFC East against the 0-5 Cowboys. Nothing has gone right for Washington this year. QB Sammy Baugh went down with an injury in week 3 and replacements Danny Peek and JC Wulfeck have been awful. The defense was also hit by the injury bug including first round pick CB Tommy Harmon who ruptured his achillies tendon in the season opener. TODAY'S GAMES San Diego Chargers (2-3) at Denver Broncos (2-3) Oakland Raiders (3-2) at Kansas City Chiefs (3-2) Cleveland Browns (4-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (3-2) Washington Redskins (1-4) at Dallas Cowboys (0-5) Philadelphia Eagles (4-1) at New York Giants (3-2) San Francisco 49ers (5-1) at Seattle Seahawks (3-3) New England Patriots (2-4) at Miami Dolphins (1-5) Arizona Cardinals (1-5) at St. Louis Rams (3-3) Carolina Panthers (1-5) at New Orleans Saints (4-2) New York Jets (4-2) at Buffalo Bills (0-6) Chicago Bears (4-2) at Minnesota Vikings (2-4) Atlanta Falcons (4-2) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3) Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) at Baltimore Ravens (4-1) MONDAY NIGHT Detroit Lions (3-3) at Green Bay Packers (5-1) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION SEASON TIPS-OFF TONIGHT WITH 5 GAMES Another NBA season begins tonight with 10 of the 20 teams on the court. The defending champion Dallas Chaparrals open the season on the road in Milwaukee against the Hawks. The game will be a little different for Cameron Belli. The 14 year veteran will be playing his first pro game not in a New Orleans Jazz uniform. The Jazz legend, who helped the club win 4 league titles, signed with the Hawks as a free agent during the offseason. Another much-anticipated debut occurs in Philadelphia where John Layton takes the court for the Warriors against the Chicago Stags. Layton, a 3-time Southwest Conference player of the year, was undrafted last season but signed with Dallas. By midseason he was in the starting lineup and played a major role leading the Chaps to their first ever league title. However, since he inked just a 1 year contract, Layton was a free agent over the summer and signed with Philadelphia after a bidding war involving half the league. Elsewhere Providence steams into Indianapolis to play George Mikan and the Olympians, Kentucky travels to Kansas City and Syracuse visits Buffalo. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON* BRUINS BLAST BLACK HAWKS 9-0 BUT LOSE SCHMIDT The Boston Bruins fired beat up the Chicago Black Hawks to the tune of 9-0 but after the game it was the Bruins that were singing the blues. Veteran center Milt Schmidt was the receipient of a vicious slash from Hawks defenseman Bill Gadsby in the second period and will likely miss the first week of the season with a leg injury. Schmidt will be replaced on the NHL allstar team by teammate Billy Taylor for Monday's game in Detroit against the Stanley Cup champions. Pat Egan and Pete Babando each scored twice for the Bruins with Schmidt, Taylor, Paul Ronty, Kenny Smith and Woody Dumart adding singles. Elmer Lach scored two goals including one on a penalty shot to help the Montreal Canadiens past the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 in NHL preseason action. Habs defenseman Glen Harmon also had a pair of goals while Maurice Richard and Roger Leger each added singles. Ted Kennedy and Joe Klukay replied for the Leafs. Leafs third line center Tod Sloan left the game with an undisclosed injury in the third period. In Detroit, Buddy O'Connor had a goal and an assist to help the New York Rangers past the Red Wings 3-1. Bryan Hextall and Don Raleigh also scored for New York while second year winger Gordie Howe had the Detroit marker. Code: FINAL PRESEASON STANDINGS W L T GF GA PTS Montreal 2 0 1 11 5 5 Detroit 2 1 0 12 8 4 Boston 2 1 0 15 2 4 Toronto 1 1 1 10 11 3 New York 1 2 0 5 12 2 Chicago 0 3 0 5 20 0 CANADIAN FOOTBALL In the Interprovincial League the Montreal Alouettes improved to 6-0 with a 24-6 victory over the Rough Riders in Ottawa. In Hamilton Ulyses Curtis ran for 209 yards as the Toronto Argonauts beat Tigers 15-11. Ontario League leading Hamilton Wildcats improved to 6-1 with a 10-7 victory over the winless Toronto Indians. In other ORFU games the Ottawa Trojans topped Windsor 24-10 while on Friday Toronto Balmy Beach handed Sarnia it's 5th straight loss by a score of 31-14. Out West, Gerry James and Leo Lewis each surpassed 100 yards rushing and combined for 3 touchdowns as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Edmonton 30-13. In the other game Regina topped Calgary 27-16. FRIDAY'S RESULTS Toronto Balmy Beach 31 Sarnia 14 LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Ottawa Trojans 24 Windsor Royals 10 Hamilton Wildcats 10 Toronto Indians 7 Toronto Argos 15 Hamilton Tigers 11 Montreal Alouettes 24 Ottawa Rough Riders 6 Winnipeg 30 Edmonton 13 Calgary 16 Regina 27 MONDAY'S GAMES Ottawa Rough Riders at Montreal Alouettes Hamilton Tigers at Toronto Argos Edmonton at Regina Code: STANDINGS ORFU W L T PTS Ham Wildcats 6 1 0 12 Tor Balmy Beach 4 1 0 8 Ott Trojans 4 2 0 8 Windsor 3 2 0 6 Sarnia 0 5 0 0 Tor Indians 0 6 0 0 IPRFU W L T PTS Montreal 6 0 0 12 Argos 3 4 0 6 Ham Tigers 2 4 0 4 Ottawa RR 2 5 0 4 Western W L T PTS Edmonton 6 2 0 12 Winnipeg 6 3 0 12 Regina 3 6 0 6 Calgary 2 6 0 4 SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 0 Bolton 2 Huddersfield 1 Blackpool 1 Burnley 0 Charlton Athletic 3 Wolverhampton 2 Liverpool 3 Chelsea 2 Manchester United 4 Grimsby Town 3 Middlesbrough 2 Everton 1 Portsmouth 2 Derby County 1 Manchester City 1 Preston NE 0 Sunderland 0 Sheffield United 0 Blackburn 1 Stoke City 0 Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Blackpool 12 10 1 1 19 5 21 Arsenal 11 7 0 4 17 7 18 Man United 11 8 1 2 18 10 18 Aston Villa 12 8 3 1 12 6 17 Portsmouth 11 5 2 4 14 9 14 Manchest. City 12 5 3 4 14 11 14 Burnley 11 3 1 7 10 8 13 Huddersfield 12 5 4 3 17 17 13 Liverpool 12 5 4 3 17 17 13 Sunderland 12 6 5 1 18 16 13 Bolton 11 4 3 4 16 14 12 Wolverhampton 11 5 5 1 15 14 11 Preston NE 12 4 5 3 13 12 11 Derby County 12 4 5 3 15 12 11 Charlton Athl 11 4 5 2 14 17 10 Blackburn 11 4 5 2 14 16 10 Middlesbrough 11 4 5 2 13 14 10 Stoke City 12 3 7 2 10 11 8 Sheffield Untd 12 3 7 2 18 23 8 Everton 12 2 7 3 9 16 7 Chelsea 11 1 10 0 10 23 2 Grimsby Town 12 0 12 0 9 34 0 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

03-27-2005, 11:16 AM	#515
goroyals All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 930	Excellent, UK wins! Who's next?

03-27-2005, 08:54 PM	#517
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY OCTOBER 13, 1947 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE BEARS NEED OVERTIME TO BEAT VIKINGS Sid Luckman and Larry Brewer combined on a 24 yard touchdown pass 2 minutes into overtime to give the Chicago Bears a 29-23 victory over Minnesota spoiling a tremendous Vikings comeback bid. The Vikings scored two touchdowns in the final 3 minutes of regulation to force the tie as Jim Benton caught two Jim Elliot TD passes including a 62 yard desperation hail mary as the 4th quarter expired. The victory moves the Bears to 5-2 and a half game back of Green Bay in the NFC North. The Packers host Detroit in the Monday night game tonight. Philadelphia improved to 5-1 with a 41-13 pasting of the New York Giants. Harley Mitchell ran for 125 yards to lead the Philadelphia attack. The Eagles built a 28-0 first quarter lead thanks in part to a pair of interceptions. Giants rookie QB Harry Gilmer was picked off 4 times. In the other NFC East game Sammy Baugh was a surprise starter returning from injury to lead the Redskins past Dallas 27-24. In New Orleans, Todd Berger ran for 169 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the NFC South leading Saints beat Carolina 30-24. Tampa Bay and Atlanta each sit a game back of the division leaders after the Bucs beat the Falcons 17-15. Otto Graham got his first NFL victory, completing 22 of 28 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown. The NFC West is tighter after Seattle handed San Francisco it's second loss of the season. Rookie Glenn Davis had a 4-yard touchdown run and Anthony Rice kicked a pair of field goals as the Seahawks prevailed 13-7 in a tight defensive struggle. Davis had his best game of the season, gaining 106 yards on the ground. The St Louis Rams are tied with Seattle a game back of the 49ers after beating Arizona 23-13. A tremendous defensive effort by both clubs in Baltimore where the hometown Ravens prevailed 6-0 over Pittsburgh. Cincinnati and Cleveland are each 4-2 and a game back of Baltimore after the Bengals beat the Browns 21-17. Ulish Groce threw for 379 yards as the Kansas City Chiefs pulled into first place in the AFC West with a 23-10 victory over Oakland. The Chiefs should have won by an even larger margin the way the dominated the game, but Groce was picked off twice deep in Oakland territory. With both the first and second string quarterbacks sidelined, rookie San Diego signal-caller Les Horvath came up with a big game, tossing 4 touchdown passes as the Chargers beat Denver 28-12. The two cellar dwellers in the AFC East came up with victories. Buffalo got it's first win of the season beating the New York Jets 27-20 as rookie running back Buddy Young gained 167 yards on the ground for the Bills. After starting the season 0-5, the Miami Dolphins beat New England 24-7 for their second straight victory. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS* San Diego 28 Denver 12 Kansas City 23 Oakland 10 Cincinnati 21 Cleveland 17 Washington 27 Dallas 24 Philadelphia 41 NY Giants 13 Seattle 13 San Francisco 7 Miami 24 New England 7 St Louis 23 Arizona 13 New Orleans 30 Carolina 24 Buffalo 27 NY Jets 20 Chicago 29 Minnesota 23 (OT) Tampa Bay 17 Atlanta 15 Baltimore 6 Pittsburgh 0 TONIGHT'S GAME Detroit at Green Bay Code: STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE North W L T PCT PF PA Green Bay Packers 5 1 0 .857 198 94 Chicago Bears 5 2 0 .714 165 163 Detroit Lions 3 3 0 .429 128 147 Minnesota Vikings 2 5 0 .286 132 148 East W L T PCT PF PA Philadelphia Eagles 5 1 0 .833 161 99 New York Giants 3 3 0 .500 104 140 Washington Redskins 2 4 0 .333 112 169 Dallas Cowboys 0 6 0 .000 111 151 South W L T PCT PF PA New Orleans Saints 5 2 0 .714 182 143 Atlanta Falcons 4 3 0 .571 150 152 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 3 0 .571 149 139 Carolina Panthers 1 6 0 .143 134 163 West W L T PCT PF PA San Francisco 49ers 5 2 0 .714 151 107 Seattle Seahawks 4 3 0 .571 112 104 St. Louis Rams 4 3 0 .571 151 159 Arizona Cardinals 1 6 0 .143 122 172 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE North W L T PCT PF PA Baltimore Ravens 5 1 0 .833 144 103 Cincinnati Bengals 4 2 0 .667 113 88 Cleveland Browns 4 2 0 .667 141 129 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 4 0 .333 121 79 East W L T PCT PF PA New York Jets 4 3 0 .571 144 124 New England Patriots 2 5 0 .286 88 151 Miami Dolphins 2 5 0 .286 160 175 Buffalo Bills 1 6 0 .143 107 185 South W L T PCT PF PA Tennessee Titans 5 1 0 .833 123 91 Houston Texans 4 2 0 .667 103 84 Jacksonville Jaguars 3 3 0 .500 104 127 Indianapolis Colts 2 4 0 .333 121 128 West W L T PCT PF PA Kansas City Chiefs 4 2 0 .667 174 137 Oakland Raiders 3 3 0 .500 121 151 San Diego Chargers 3 3 0 .500 138 116 Denver Broncos 2 4 0 .333 108 154 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION LAYTON HAS HUGE DEBUT IN PHILLY If the season opener is any indication the Philadelphia Warriors are going to more than get their money's worth out of John Layton. The 24 year old, who was signed as a free agent after leading Dallas to the league title last year, scored 30 points and added 11 rebounds as the Warriors thumped Chicato 115-74. In all, six Philadelphia players scored in double figures. In other action, Layton's former team, the Dallas Chaparrals, came out on the shortend of an 84-72 score at Milwaukee. Forward Goodwin Wozniak led the Hawks with 15 points while Daniel Swanson and Wesley Hall added 14 each. Kaanan Gochneaur had 27 points and Hec Dunkel 20 to lead Providence past George Mikan and the Indianapolis Olympians 100-81. Mikan scored 29 points in a losing cause for Indy before leaving the game late in the 4th quarter with a shoulder injury. Elsewhere, Justin Hild had 22 points and 9 boards as Syracuse won in Buffalo by an 86-79 count while in Kansas City Zach Rivera and Trevor Presgraves combined for 49 points to lead visiting Kentucky past the Kings 101-86. SUNDAY'S RESULTS Syracuse 86 Buffalo 79 Milwaukee 84 Dallas 72 Kentucky 101 Kansas City 86 Philadelphia 115 Chicago 74 Providecne 100 Indianapolis 81 TONIGHT'S GAMES New York at Baltimore Providence at Syracuse Kansas City at Indianapolis Dallas at New Orleans St Louis at Fort Wayne NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE* ALL STAR GAME A HOMECOMING FOR TAYLOR A week ago Billy Taylor was preparing for tonight's NHL all-star game from a totally different perspective than he has today. Taylor was expecting to get his Stanley Cup ring prior to the game and then suit up for the champion Detroit Red Wings as they faced a team of all-stars comprised of players from the other 5 clubs in the league in the first official all-star game. Instead, last week Taylor learned he had been dealt from the Wings to Boston in exchange for winger Bep Guidilon. Taylor led all players in scoring during last years playoffs, tallying 15 points after a stellar regular season that saw him collect 53 points on the season. Because the allstar team was announced prior to the trade it appeared Taylor would not be playing until his new Boston teammate Milt Schmidt was slashed by Bill Gadsby of Chicago in an exhibition contest over the weekend. Schmidt will miss the contest freeing the spot for Taylor and he will get his Stanley Cup ring with the rest of the Red Wings tonight. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL OFFSEASON FAIN AND THOMSON ARE FAVOURITES FOR AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR The parade of major league baseball offseason awards begins tomorrow when the American League Rookie of the Year is unveiled. Unlike the National League, which was just booming with decent quality newcomers, the junior circuit newcomer award is a two horse race between Ferris Fain and Bobby Thomson. Fain, a 26 year old first baseman, was selected second overall last winter by the White Sox. He hit a respectable .271 with 10 homers and 61 rbi's in 146 games. Thomson was taken 9th overall by the Tigers in last year's draft. The 23 year outfielder was eased into the starting lineup and as a result played just 119 games. He hit .295 with 11 homers and 63 rbi's. Other long shot candidates include Detroit second baseman Joe Wood, a 28 year old who has been in the Tigers system since 1943 and had 49 games of major league experience entering this season. As the everyday second sacker for Detroit Wood hit .274 with a pair of homers and 47 rbi's. He also had 27 doubles. Pitcher Bud Byerly actually spent time in three organizations this season. In the final weeks of spring training the Cardinals dealt him to Detroit and he was in the Tigers rotation until a July trade to the Chicago White Sox. For the season the 26 year old was 9-14 with a 5.13 era. The final long shot candidate is Athletics reliever Clem Dreisewerd. Originally signed by Boston in 1944, the 31 year old was released by the Red Sox 2 years later after just 8 major league innings and several injuries. The A's signed him and converted him to a reliever. After making the big club out of spring training he led the team with 13 saves and was 2-4 with a 4.53 era. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

03-29-2005, 02:28 AM	#518
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 1947 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PACKERS COMEBACK SLAYS LIONS The Green Bay Packers scored 21 unanswered points in the final 9 minutes of the game to beat the Detroit Lions 38-24 in Monday Night Football. Jordan Montana had a strong game at quarterback for the Pack, passing for 290 yards and 3 touchdowns but once again it was running back Tony Canadeo who stole the show. In addition to scoring two of the 4th quarter touchdowns, Canadeo ran for 70 yards and had 6 catches for an additional 67 yards. The Lions built a 24-17 lead despite the fact that starting QB Bob Waterfield left the game when he reaggravated a knee injury on the first series. Backup Billy Campbell stepped in without missing a beat and passed for 295 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The victory improves the Packers record to 6-1, best in either conference with a home game against struggling Minnesota next week. The 3-4 Lions visit Chicago next Sunday. NEXT WEEK'S GAMES* Jacksonville Jaguars (3-3) at Buffalo Bills (1-6) Tennessee Titans (5-1) at Miami Dolphins (2-5) Minnesota Vikings (2-5) at Green Bay Packers (6-1) Detroit Lions (3-4) at Chicago Bears (5-2) Atlanta Falcons (4-3) at New York Giants (3-3) Cleveland Browns (4-2) at Denver Broncos (2-4) Pittsburgh Steelers (2-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (4-2) Oakland Raiders (3-3) at Baltimore Ravens (5-1) San Diego Chargers (3-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (4-2) New York Jets (4-3) at Indianapolis Colts (2-4) Philadelphia Eagles (5-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3) Washington Redskins (2-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-2) Carolina Panthers (1-6) at Dallas Cowboys (0-6) New England Patriots (2-5) at Houston Texans (4-2) Code: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE STATISTICAL LEADERS QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT Sid Luckman CHI 217 145 66.8 1703 10 5 96.2 Ryan Boyette NO 207 142 68.6 1658 8 6 93.4 Louis Webster CLE 149 85 57 1209 8 4 90.1 Charles Trippi TEN 148 96 64.9 1179 6 5 88.8 Doug Schroeder DAL 199 119 59.8 1362 10 6 84.6 RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD A. Anderson ATL 7 157 839 119.9 92 6 Stacey Jolley MIA 7 148 816 116.6 88 8 Todd Berger NO 7 168 763 109 48 6 Harley Mitchell PHI 6 165 684 114 25 4 Tony Canadeo GRB 7 143 650 92.9 54 7 RECEPTIONS TM REC* Jim Benton MIN 46 Wayne Miller WAS 42 Benjy Pace SF 42 Pettis Neumann KC 41 Bob Sommer NO 41 Lewis Smith JAX 41 RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD Amos Hynoski DET 7 34 678 19.9 86 4 Jerry Watson DEN 6 36 624 17.3 59 2 Duane Whelihan ATL 7 39 606 15.5 64 5 Pettis Neumann KAN 6 41 593 14.5 53 4 Bob Sommer NO 7 41 592 14.4 52 3 TACKLES TM # Matt Trulock STL 81 Dale Cherry CAR 70 James Williams SEA 69 Chester Wooten ATL 68 Joey Sloan MIA 68 Neil Bledsoe ARZ 67 SACKS TM # Bill Hewitt CHI 7 Jim Curry BUF 7 Ray Steele SF 6 Ade Coulter TEN 6 John Beasley KC 6 Vincent Davis SEA 6 INTERCEPTIONS TM #* Marion Dulaney PHI 7 Mark Smith BAL 6 Todd Elwell PIT 5 Jim Plum TB 5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE TOP 20 With four of it's seven teams in the top 20 it is hard to argue that the Southwest Conference may be the best in college football this season. The University of Texas, led by Heisman Trophy candidate QB Bobby Layne, is the class of the loop at 4-0 and ranked 4th in the polls. After a tuneup win over lightly regarded Texas Tech, the Longhorns have beaten a decent Pacific Coast Conference club in 2-2 Oregon and then followed that up with successive wins over top 10 schools. First it was a 31-7 victory over then number 4 North Carolina and last week Texas hammered 8th ranked Oklahoma 62-13. Another top 20 opponent looms on the horizon this week for Bobby Layne's squad as the Longhorns open the conference schedule with a game against 4-0 and 19th ranked Arkansas. SMU at number 4 and 11th ranked Rice round out the SWC representation in the top 20. They will square off this weekend in the conference opener for each school. The only new entry in the top 20 this week is Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets improved to 3-0 with a 17-0 shutout of VMI last week. Georgia Tech had previously beaten SEC rivals Tulane and Tennessee. Code: 1947 TSN TOP 20 REC LAST WEEK NEXT WEEK 1 Notre Dame (1) 2-0 beat Purdue 40-24 host Nebraska 2 Michigan (2) 3-0 beat Pitt 51-0 at Northwestern 3 Texas (3) 4-0 beat #8 Oklahoma 62-13 host #19 Arkansas 4 SMU (4) 3-0 beat Oklahoma A&M 13-0 host #11 Rice 5 North Carolina (6) 2-1 beat Wake Forest 27-3 at William & Mary 6 Penn State (7) 3-0 beat Fordham 37-0 host Syracuse 7 Mississippi (5) 3-1 lost17-7 to Vanderbilt at Tulane 8 USC (9) 2-0-1 beat Ohio State 14-0 host Oregon State 9 Kentucky (12) 3-1 beat #10 Georgia 20-0 at Vanderbilt 10 Oklahoma (8) 2-1 lost 62-13 to #3 Texas host Kansas 11 Rice (11) 2-0-1 beat Tulane 47-0 at #5 SMU 12 Virginia (13) 3-0 beat Harvard 33-10 host Wash & Lee 13 Alabama (14) 3-1 beat Duquesne 76-0 host Tennessee 14 Army (15) 2-1 beat Illinois 21-14 host Virginia Tech 15 UCLA (16) 2-0-1 beat Oregon 17-6 at Stanford 16 Georgia (10) 2-2 lost 20-0 to#12 Kentucky at Oklahoma A&M 17 Pennsylvania (17) 2-0 beat Dartmouth 27-10 host Columbia 18 California(18) 4-0 beat Wisconsin 33-20 host Washington State 19 Arkansas(20) 4-0 beat Baylor 17-3 at #3 Texas 20 Georgia Tech (nr) 3-0 beat VMI 17-0 host Auburn Dropped out of top 20 Hardin-Simmons (19)1-1 lost 24-23 to Arizona NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE WINGS TOP ALL-STARS 3-2 Ted Lindsay and Bep Guidolin scored goals less than 4 minutes apart in the second period to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the NHL All-Stars. A sold out crowd was on hand at Detroit's Olympia Stadium to witness the Red Wing players being awarded their Stanley Cup rings prior to the start of the game that featured the NHL's finest on the same ice surface for just the second time in history. The only previous all-star game was a one-time affair a decade ago when the league organized a game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and stars from the other five teams to benefit Leaf forward Ace Bailey, who had been seriously injured in an on-ice incident earlier in the season. The NHL decide to test the idea of having the defending Stanley Cup champion meet stars from the other five teams this season and judging by the success it will certainly become an annual event to kick off the new season. The Wings took an early lead just three and a half minutes into the game when defenseman Jack Stewart, who tallied just 6 goals all of last season, scored on a screen shot from the point. The All-Stars got the equalizer in the second period when the Bentley brothers combined for a power play marker. New York Ranger Grant Warwick would score the final goal for the All-Stars, also on the power play early in the third period. The regular season opens Wednesday with Detroit hosting the Chicago Black Hawks. Thursday the Montreal Canadiens host the Rangers. Boston and Toronto get into action over the weekend. Code: SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 1- DETROIT: Jack Stewart (Bill Quackenbush, Marty Pavelich)3:33 Period 2 2- ALLSTAR: Doug Bentley (Max Bentley, Glen Harmon) (PP)7:14 3- DETROIT: Ted Lindsay (Sid Abel, Gordie Howe) 11:02 4- DETROIT: Bep Guidolin (Red Kelly, Marty Pavelich)13:27 Period 3 5- ALLSTAR: Grant Warwick (Ted Kennedy, Glen Harmon) (PP) 4:21 SHOTS ON GOAL ALLSTAR - 17 DETROIT - 26 GOALIES SAVE PERCENTAGE ALLSTAR Turk Broda 15-17 (.882) Bill Durnan 8-9 (.889) took over at 11:02 of second period DETROIT Harry Lumley 15-17 (.882) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FAIN NAMED AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Chicago White Sox first baseman Ferris Fain narrowly edged out Bobby Thomson of the Detroit Tigers for the American League rookie of the year award as voted on by the baseball writer's association. Selected second overall in last year's draft, the 26 year old Fain played 146 games for the White Sox this past season, hitting .271 with 10 homers and 61 rbi's. Today the National League Rookie of the Year will be announced from a deep crop of candidates. The favourites include three Brooklyn Dodgers players: - Jackie Robinson, who not only broke the color barrier but also finished second in the majors with 30 stolen bases while batting .263 - pitcher Rex Barney who was 13-12 with a 3.33 era - outfielder Carl Furillo who hit .318 with 8 homers and 59 rbi's. Other candidates include Cincinnati pitcher Art Houtteman, who was 14-12 with a 4.49 era in 34 starts for the Reds and outfielder Andy Pafko of the World Champion Chicago Cubs. Pafko hit .307 with 6 homers and 42 rbi's. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STEAMROLLERS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT Guard Jim Pollard scored 7 of his 17 points in overtime to lead the Providence Steamrollers past the Syracuse Nationals 107-103. Back-up guard Ben Gosford had the hot hand for Providence, pouring in 19 points including 3-for-4 from three point land to lead the Steamrollers in scoring. Justin Rhoad led the Nationals with 24 points. Providence improves to 2-0 while Syracuse drops to 1-1. Elsewhere, Indianapolis is also 2-0 after beating Kansas City 88-81. Olympians center George Mikan, who was league MVP last season, did play 16 minutes despite a shoulder injury suffered in the season opener. The big center scored 12 points and was one of 6 Indianapolis players in double figures. Dallas beat New Orleans 100-89 as the Jazz entered the post Cameron Belli era. Chaps center Stu Granger was hurt early in the third quarter and did not return. The Fort Wayne Pistons scored 39 points in the third quarter en route to a 106-79 blowout of the St Louis Bombers. Forward A.H. Morris had a big day for the winners, scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. He also had 4 steals and 2 blocked shots. The New York Knickerbockers hung on to beat the Bullets 87-85 in Baltimore. Thal Butler paced the Knicks with 21 points while center Leonard Loch had 15 boards. *CHAPS SIGN FREE AGENT HOEFNER** Dallas has agreed to a 1 year deal with former Buffalo guard Adolph Hoefner. The four year veteran played 69 games for the Braves last year averaging 6.8 ppg. He was selected 8th overall by Minneapolis out of Western Kentucky in the 1943 draft and spent 3 seasons as a backup with the Lakers before moving to Buffalo. With rookie pivot Ray Ellefson sidelined for at least a week with a strained hamstring, the Kansas City Kings inked 14 year pro Noah Zerzan. Bothered by injuries last season, Zerzan played just 25 games in New Orleans socring 8.6 ppg while averaging 7.0 rebounds. Prior to signing with the Jazz he spent 13 seasons split between Milwaukee and Fort Wayne. He was a first round pick out of Georgia in 1933 and has played 902 pro games, averaging 9.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg for his career. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 87 Baltimore 85 Providence 107 Syracuse 103 (OT) Indianapolis 88 Kansas City 81 Dallas 100 New Orleans 89 Fort Wayne 106 St Louis 79 TODAY'S GAMES Fort Wayne at Syracuse Cincinnati at St Louis Milwaukee at Dallas Chicago at Baltimore Indianapolis at New York Buffalo at Minneapolis Philadelphia at Kentucky Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 2 2 0 1.000 x New York 1 1 0 1.000 0.5 Philadelphia 1 1 0 1.000 0.5 Boston 0 0 0 .000 1.0 Baltimore 1 0 1 .000 1.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Fort Wayne 1 1 0 1.000 x Syracuse 2 1 1 .500 0.5 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0.5 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0.5 Buffalo 1 0 1 .000 1.0 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB Milwaukee 1 1 0 1.000 x Indianapolis 2 1 1 .500 0.5 Minneapolis 0 0 0 .000 0.5 Chicago 1 0 1 .000 1.0 St Louis 1 0 1 .000 1.0 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 1 1 0 1.000 x Dallas 2 1 1 .500 0.5 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0.5 New Orleans 1 0 1 .000 1.0 Kansas City 2 0 2 .000 1.5 COLLEGE BASKETBALL MID-LAND CONFERENCE PREVIEW A smaller level conference that has been dominated by two schools: Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State. Those two schools have made some noise in the postseason including Western Kentucky winning the NCAA tournament in 1940 and Middle Tennessee State claiming the NIT title two years ago. Richmond has made 3 trips to the NCAA's but the remaining 5 times have played just one NCAA tournament game between them. Code: YEAR MID-LAND CHAMP 1932-33 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1933-34 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1934-35 MIDDLE TENN STATE 1935-36 MIDDLE TENN STATE 1936-37 MIDDLE TENN STATE 1937-38 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1938-39 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1939-40 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1940-41 MIDDLE TENN STATE 1941-42 TOLEDO 1942-43 MIDDLE TENN STATE 1943-44 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1944-45 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1945-46 WESTERN KENTUCKY 1946-47 RICHMOND MID-LAND TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Western Kentucky 18-11 2-1 Middle Tennessee State 3-9 8-3 Richmond 4-3 2-5 Toledo 0-1 0-0 Georgia State 0-0 0-1 Jacksonville 0-0 0-0 Ohio 0-0 0-0 Arkansas State 0-0 0-0 MID-LAND NCAA FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 1932-33 Western Kentucky lost National Title game 1939-40 Western Kentucky Won National Championship MID-LAND NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES 1945-46 Middle Tennessee State beat St John's to win title MID-LAND ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS 1936-37 Chase Black Middle Tennessee State 1939-40 Juan Harrison Western Kentucky MID-LAND PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: The Blue Raiders won 24 games last season and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament a year after winning the NIT. This should be another 20 plus victory season as they placed 3 players on the preseason all-conference team including senior center Ed Mikan, who is the younger brother of NBA MVP George Mikan. 2- WESTERN KENTUCKY: The Hilltoppers run of 6 straight NCAA appearances may be in jeopardy with the loss of 7 players from last year's squad. Junior guard Job Derosier is the only returning starter but a strong freshman class led by 7'0" center Mike Baumann will keep the Hilltoppers competitive. 3- TOLEDO: A young club with plenty of talent led by forward Elliott Maxwell, a preseason all-conference selection. With two sophomores and two juniors in the starting lineup the Rockets may be a year away from challenging for their second ever conference title. 4- RICHMOND: Plenty to get excited about in Richmond where the Spiders are coming off of back to back sweet 16 appearances and their first conference title in school history. Senior guard Dick Schrider averaged nearly 14 points per game last season and likely belongs on the preseason all-conference team. 5- JACKSONVILLE: The Dolphins are coming off a dismal 1-13 conference record last season. The good news is all the key players are back from last season including their top scorers in senior guard Amel Spitler and forward Thomas Lopez. 6- OHIO: The Bobcats won just 6 conference games each of the past 3 seasons. The knock on Ohio is a lack of scoring as only junior forward Dan Boles has any consistancy in that department. 7- ARKANSAS STATE: After a 17 win season two years ago the Indians dropped to 8-22 inlcuding just 3-11 in conference last season. This could be another long year as they have no returning starters and 5 freshman and 4 sophomores on the roster. 8- GEORGIA STATE: Won 18 games last season and got their first ever postseason invitation with a trip to the NIT. However, the Panthers graduated four starters from that team and are back to square one. MID-LAND PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM:* G Emil Swisher Middle Tennessee State G Jib Derosier Western Kentucky F Adam Esquer Middle Tennessee State F Elliott Maxwell Toledo C Ed Mikan Middle Tennessee State __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 03-29-2005 at 02:29 AM.*

03-29-2005, 04:15 PM	#519
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 1947 BOXING SUGAR RAY ROBINSON DEFENDS WELTERWEIGHT TITLE Sugar Ray Robinson scored an easy 6th round knock victory in his title bout at Madison Square Garden against Los Angeles journeyman Jimmy Doyle. The win improves Robinson's record to 14-1-1 while Doyle falls to 16-6. Next up for Sugar Ray will be a bout with European champion Felix Wouters on November 6th. Following that Robinson will face a stiff challenge when he meets number one contender Johnny Bratton at Madison Square Garden in December. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ROBINSON WINS NL ROOKIE OF YEAR AWARD Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson was named the National League's rookie of the year. In addition to the tremendous challenge of breaking baseball's color barrier, the 28 year old hit .263 with 15 homers and 68 rbi's. He also finished second in the National League in stolen bases with 30. Defensively, Robinson's .979 fielding percentage was 5th best in the League. Robinson narrowly outpointed 22 year old teammate Rex Barney for the rookie honours. Barney, who pitched 8 innings for the Dodgers the previous season, began the year in Brooklyn's rotation and started 41 games, going 13-12 with a 3.33 era. A third Brooklyn player, outfielder Carl Furillo also received some support from the voters. Furillo led all rookies with 140 hits and a .318 batting average. The only non-Dodger to get a vote was Chicago outfielder Andy Pafko. The 26 year old finally made the majors full-time after 3 seasons in AAA. He hit .307 in 138 games with 6 homers and 42 rbi's. Pafko also drove in 5 runs during the Cubs 4 game World Series sweep of Cleveland. Tomorrow the gold glove awards will be handed out. Code: FINAL VOTES FOR NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jackie Robinson Bkn 5 Rex Barney Bkn 4 Carl Furillo Bkn 2 Andy Pafko Chc 2 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE WINGS SET TO BEGIN CUP DEFENSE TONIGHT The National Hockey League season gets underway this evening with one game as the defending champion Detroit Red Wings host Chicago. The Red Wings return most of the core players from the championship club with one notable exception. Center Billy Taylor, who led the team in scoring with 53 points, was dealt to Boston last week for young winger Bep Guidolin. However, with rookies Jim McFadden and Red Kelly the Wings feel they have enough depth at center. The big line for Detroit should consist of Sid Abel between Ted Lindsay and second year winger Gordie Howe. United in the playoffs last season the trio combined for 29 points and quickly was dubbed "The Production Line." The defense is still anchored by all-star Bill Quackenbush with Jack Stewart and Leo Reise providing support. Rookie Marty Pavelich won a job at training camp. Between the pipes 21 year old Harry Lumley prepares for his third NHL campaign. After finishing dead last a year ago the Chicago Black Hawks shook things up with a huge trade with Toronto. The Hawks sent league scoring leader Max Bentley to Toronto with two minor leaguers in exchange for 5 Leaf regulars. The result is the Hawks certainly have more depth than they did a season ago but a team that had trouble scoring is now without a player who produced 89 points a year ago. Ex-Leafs Gaye Stewart, Bud Poile and Gus Bodnar will help holdovers Bill Mosienko, Roy Conacher and Doug Bentley with the offense but the Black Hawks defense and goaltending are huge question marks. After sharing the job a year ago Emile Francis is now the full-time goaltender but his defense aside from Bill Gadsby is suspect to say the least. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION ST LOUIS BOMBS CINCINNATI 101-49 In one of the most lobsided games in league history the St Louis Bombers hammered the Cincinnati Royals 101-49 in NBA action. Mac Thorpe lead the Bombers attack with 33 points while Dave Askew added 18 points and 9 assists. In the second half St Louis outscored Cincinnati 54-17. In other action John Abramovic had 19 points and 10 rebounds to pace the New York Knicks past Indianapolis 88-84. Noah Baldin had 27 points but it wasn't enough as his Fort Wayne Pistons fell 91-87 in Syracuse. Defending champion Dallas built a 27-13 first quarter lead on Milwaukee and never looked back in a 103-74 victory over the Hawks. Vin Concepcion had 19 points to help power visiting Chicago past Baltimore 90-81. Buffalo won 84-79 in Minneapolis spoiling the Lakers home opener. Miguel Dominguez led the Braves with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Finally Kentucky centers Jason Tello and Hank Beenders did an excellent job keeping John Layton in check as the Colonels topped Philadelphia 80-74. After scoring 30 points in his debut for Philadelphia, Layton was held to just 10 points by Kentucky. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Syracuse 91 Fort Wayne 87 St Louis 101 Cincinnati 49 Dallas 103 Milwaukee 74 Chicago 90 Baltimore 81 New York 88 Indianapolis 84 Buffalo 84 Minneapolis 79 Kentucky 80 Philadelphia 74 TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Pittsburgh St Louis at Minneapolis Cincinnati at Kentucky New Orleans at Syracuse Dallas at Cleveland Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 2 2 0 1.000 x New York 2 2 0 1.000 x Philadelphia 2 1 1 .500 1.0 Baltimore 2 0 2 .000 1.0 Boston 0 0 0 .000 2.0 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Syracuse 3 2 1 .667 x Fort Wayne 2 1 1 .500 0.5 Buffalo 2 1 1 .500 0.5 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0.5 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB Milwaukee 2 1 1 .500 x Chicago 2 1 1 .500 x St Louis 2 1 1 .500 x Indianapolis 3 1 2 .333 0.5 Minneapolis 1 0 1 .000 0.5 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 2 2 0 1.000 x Dallas 3 2 1 .667 0.5 Cincinnati 1 0 1 .000 1.5 New Orleans 1 0 1 .000 1.5 Kansas City 2 0 2 .000 2.0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL MIDWEST INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE PREVIEW Notre Dame dominates the MidWest Independant Conference and is consistantly a National Championship contender. In fact the Irish, along with Alabama, are the only two time winners of the National Championship. Penn State used to be a national power in the 1930's but this decade the Nittany Lions have just one postseason appearance to their credit. Code: YEAR MIDWEST IND CHAMP 1932-33 PENN STATE 1933-34 NOTRE DAME 1934-35 DETROIT 1935-36 DETROIT 1936-37 NOTRE DAME 1937-38 NOTRE DAME 1938-39 NOTRE DAME 1939-40 MARQUETTE 1940-41 NOTRE DAME 1941-42 NOTRE DAME 1942-43 PITTSBURGH 1943-44 CINCINNATI 1944-45 NOTRE DAME 1945-46 PITTSBURGH 1946-47 NOTRE DAME MIDWEST IND TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Notre Dame 29-10 6-1 Penn State 12-5 5-3 Marquette 9-5 0-3 Detroit 5-8 1-3 Pittsburgh 4-4 2-3 Louisville 2-4 11-8 Cincinnati 2-5 15-6 Memphis 0-0 0-1 MIDWEST IND NCAA FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 1933-34 PENN STATE lost national title game 1934-35 NOTRE DAME lost national semi-finals 1937-38 NOTRE DAME Won National Title 1938-39 NOTRE DAME lost national semi-finals 1944-45 NOTRE DAME Won National Title 1945-46 PITTSBURGH lost national semi-finals MIDWEST IND NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES 1932-33 NOTRE DAME won title over Georgetown 97-81 1935-36 CINCINNATI won title over Brown 83-81 1939-40 CINCINNATI won title over Rhode Island 84-71 1940-41 CINCINNATI lost title game to LaSalle 80-68 MIDWEST IND NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS 1935-36 Robert Aylworth Penn State 1941-42 Stan Miasek Notre Dame MIDWEST IND NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS* 1946-47 Ryan Gardner Notre Dame MIDWEST IND ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS 1935-36 Robert Aylworth Penn State 1938-39 Wesley Hall Notre Dame 1941-42 Stan Miasek Notre Dame 1945-46 Trevor Klein Pittsburgh MIDWEST INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH* 1- NOTRE DAME: It is rare when the Irish go two straight seasons without making at least the Sweet 16 but that is the case and fans in South Bend are getting restless. The concern may be solved this season as Notre Dame looks prepared for a long run in March. Center Ryan Gardner was named national freshman of the year last season and was one of three Irish players named to the preseason All-Conference squad. Forwards Leo Barnhorst and George Ratkovicz each averaged over 14 points per game last year as sophomores. Junior guard Ronald Jenkins quarterbacks the offense while highly touted freshman Cody Anderson will be the only newcomer to the starting five. 2- PENN STATE: The past decade has been tough on the once proud Nittany Lions, a school that has not won more than 11 games each of the past three seasons. There may be some good news this year as all five starters are back and if Penn State is ever going to recapture the glory of the 1930's this would be the season to start on that path. 3- MEMPHIS: The Tigers are the only school in the conference to never play an NCAA tournament game but that could change this season as senior forwards Shannon Slay and Colt Greenwood are counted on to lead them to a secon straight winning season for the first time in school history. 4- PITTSBURGH: Just two years removed from a final four appearance, the Panthers won 16 games a year ago but return most of the key pieces from that squad. The leaders will be senior guard Herm Schaefer, the most dangerous outside shooter in the league, and junior forward Colin DeGala. 5- DETROIT: After three straight years of postseason action the Titans fell to 9-20 overall and won just 3 conference games last year. Still a young squad, the Titans do have three returning starters but most of the talk centers on freshman guard True Clark and 7'0" sophomore Johnny Drummond. 6- MARQUETTE: It has been 5 years since the Golden Eagles finished above .500 or made a postseason appearance. Having a healthy Danny Shippee at point guard will help. The senior averaged 12.7 ppg two years ago but was bothered by injuries much of last season. Freshman power forward Jay Mumpas will see plenty of playing time but will go through some growing pains. 7- LOUISVILLE: Back to back 17-victory seasons and trips to the NIT have the excitement back in Louisville after three straight losing seasons. Junior guards Rashad Frazier and Julian McKinney will have to carry the Cardinals because all of the experienced big men are gone. With no talented big man to rely on it will likely be a long season for Louisville. 8- CINCINNATI: For the first time in 10 years the Bearcats were not invited to a postseason tournament. It will likely be more of the same this year as only two starters return and there is not a lot of depth on the roster. MIDWEST INDEPENDANT PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM* G Ronald Jenkins Notre Dame G Herm Schaefer Pittsburgh F Leo Barnhorst Notre Dame F Shannon Slay Memphis C Ryan Gardner Notre Dame __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

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Thunder044 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 120	Obviously I am a little late, but Goddamm you Vanderbilt. Mississippi didnt plan on that loss __________________