TIGER FAN'S SPORTING NEWS: A multi-sport dynasty - Page 28

Bobbuttons · 04-05-2005, 12:33 PM

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Tiger Fan · 04-05-2005, 03:31 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1947

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PATRIOTS LOSE GLENN BUT BEAT TEXANS
The New England Patriots beat Houston 27-14 in the Monday Night Football game but the victory proved costly as the Pats lost running back Mario Glenn in the process. Glenn suffered a groin injury on the first series of the game and could miss three weeks. He leads the team with 578 yards rushing. Backup running back Bob *Jenkins did well in relief of Glenn gaining 97 yards on 24 carries.

The Pats took a quick 7-0 lead when Houston return man Gus Barton fumbled the opening kick-off. It was scooped up by Pats special teamer Rocky Taylor and he ran 21 yards into the endzone. Houston tied the game midway through the first quarter when Tony Brady picked off a Bob Irvin pass and returned it for a major.

Irvin redeemed himself on the next series, completing a 56 yard pass to rookie WR Fred Coleman which set up the go-ahead touchdown, a 3 yard toss to Dee Bolinger. Irvin would also throw a second half touchdown and complete 25-of-39 pass attempts for 268 yards. The Texans mounted little pressure in the second half.

SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Jacksonville 28 Buffalo 14
Tennessee 34 Miami 14
Green Bay 21 Minnesota 9
Chicago 27 Detroit 24
Atlanta 24 NY Giants 21
Denver 41 Cleveland 28
Kanas City 17 Pittsburgh 14
Baltimore 31 Oakland 13
Cincinnati 24 San Diego 17
NY Jets 20 Indianapolis 10
Philadelphia 45 Tampa 30
Washington 28 New Orleans 7
Dallas 33 Carolina 21

MONDAY NIGHT GAME
New England 27 Houston 14

WEEK 9 GAMES
New York Giants (3-4) at Dallas Cowboys (1-6)
Houston Texans (4-3) at Indianapolis Colts (2-5)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-5) at Cleveland Browns (4-3)
Oakland Raiders (3-4) at San Diego Chargers (3-4)
Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) at Baltimore Ravens (6-1)
Miami Dolphins (2-6) at Buffalo Bills (1-7)
Washington Redskins (3-4) at Philadelphia Eagles (6-1)
San Francisco 49ers (5-2) at Arizona Cardinals (1-6)
Denver Broncos (3-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (5-2)
St. Louis Rams (4-3) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-3)
Carolina Panthers (1-7) at Atlanta Falcons (5-3)
New York Jets (5-3) at New England Patriots (3-5)
MONDAY NIGHT
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3) at Tennessee Titans (6-1)

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	NFC STANDINGS
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Green Bay Packers	7	1	0	.875	257	127
Chicago Bears		6	2	0	.750	192	187
Detroit Lions		3	5	0	.375	176	212
Minnesota Vikings	2	6	0	.250	141	169

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia Eagles	6	1	0	.857	206	129
New York Giants		3	4	0	.429	125	164
Washington Redskins	3	4	0	.429	140	176
Dallas Cowboys		1	6	0	.143	144	172

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta Falcons		5	3	0	.625	174	173
New Orleans Saints	5	3	0	.625	189	171
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	4	0	.500	179	184
Carolina Panthers	1	7	0	.125	155	196

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 CONFERENCE STANDINGS
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Baltimore Ravens	6	1	0	.857	175	116
Cincinnati Bengals	5	2	0	.714	137	105
Cleveland Browns	4	3	0	.571	169	170
Pittsburgh Steelers	2	5	0	.286	135	96

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
New York Jets		5	3	0	.625	164	134
New England Patriots	3	5	0	.375	114	165
Miami Dolphins		2	6	0	.250	174	209
Buffalo Bills		1	7	0	.125	121	213
		
South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Tennessee Titans	6	1	0	.857	157	105
Houston Texans		4	3	0	.571	117	111
Jacksonville Jaguars	4	3	0	.571	132	141
Indianapolis Colts	2	5	0	.286	131	148

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City Chiefs	5	2	0	.714	191	151
Oakland Raiders		3	4	0	.429	134	182
San Diego Chargers	3	4	0	.429	155	140
Denver Broncos		3	4	0	.429	149	182

LEAGUE LEADERS
QB RATING	TM	AT	COMP	 C%	YDS	TD	INT	RAT
Sid *Luckman	CHI	240	163	67.9	2086	12	6      101.1
Charles *Trippi	TEN	180	118	65.6	1501	10	5	98.4
Ryan Boyette	NO	245	171	69.8	2021	9	8	93.3
Louis Webster	CLE	180	104	57.8	1450	11	5	92.6
John Foster	BAL	253	145	57.3	1915	15	8	88.0

RUSHING YARDS	TM	GS	RUSH	YDS	YPC	LG	TD
A. Anderson	ATL	8	180	997	5.5	92	8
Stacey Jolley	MIA	8	168	912	5.4	88	8
Harley Mitchell	PHI	7	194	839	4.3	56	5
Todd Berger	NO	8	188	821	4.4	48	6
Tony *Canadeo	GRB	8	168	779	4.6	54	8

RECEPTIONS	TM	REC
Jim *Benton	MIN	54
Lewis Smith	JAX	49
Bob Sommer	NO	48
Petis Neumann	KC	47
Duane Whelihan	ATL	47

RECEVING YARDS	TM	GS	REC	YDS	YPC	LG	TD
Amos Hynoski	DET	8	41	769	18.8	86	5
Pettis Neumann	KC	7	47	733	15.6	55	4
Jerry Watson	DEN	7	43	719	16.7	59	3
Duane Whelihan	ATL	8	47	692	14.7	64	6
Jim *Benton	MIN	8	54	691	12.8	62	4

TACKLES		TM	GS	TAK	SOLO	AST
Matt Truluck	STL	7	81	59	22
Dale Cherry	CAR	8	79	60	19
Joey Sloan	MIA	8	78	55	23
James Sayler	NYJ	8	76	65	11
Jeff Parent	CIN	7	76	61	15

SACKS		TM	SACK
Bill *Hewitt	CHI	8
John Beasley	KC	8
Ade Coulter	TEN	7
Mike Smith	GB	7
Duval Van Buren	CIN	7
Jim Curry	BUF	7

INTERCEPTONS	TM	INT
Marion Dulaney	PHI	8
Todd Elwell	PIT	6
Mark Smith	BAL	6
Jim Plum	TB	5
10 tied with		4

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
HAWKS NEED OVERTIME TO BEAT INDY
Daniel Swanson scored 30 points to lead the Milwaukee Hawks to a 101-97 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Olympians. Veteran Cameron Belli was the overtime hero for the Hawks, scoring 5 of theeir 10 overtime points including a key 3-pointer that put the game away. The 37 year old Belli is considered to be one of the game's greatest players. This is his first year with Milwaukee after 13 seasons in New Orleans. Center George *Mikan led Indianapolis with 26 points and 13 rebounds. The Olympians were outscored 10-6 in the overtime.

Despite a triple double from guard Trevor Presgraves, Kentucky fell 97-88 in Baltimore. Presgraves had 23 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds. Peter Warren again led the Bullets scoring parade with 25 points. The difference in the game was Kentucky made just 4 of 24 3-point attempts including Presgraves going just 1-for-9 while the Bullets hit on 9 of their 18 3-pointers. Warren led the way sinking 4 of 5.

In the only other game Syracuse knocked off Philadelphia 106-89. Justin Hild led the Nationals with 26 points and 12 rebounds.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Syracuse 106 Philadelphia 89
Milwaukee 101 Indianapolis 97
Baltimore 97 Kentucky 89

TODAY'S GAMES
Boston at Providence
Chicago at Minneapolis
Cincinnati at Kansas City
Philadelphia at Indianapolis

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
New York	5	4	1	.800	 x
Providence	3	2	1	.667	1.0
Boston		4	2	2	.500	1.5
Baltimore	4	2	2	.500	1.5
Philadelphia	7	3	4	.429	2.0
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	4	3	1	.750	 x
Buffalo		6	4	2	.667	 x
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	0.5
Fort Wayne	2	1	1	.500	1.0
Pittsburgh	3	0	3	.000	2.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	6	4	2	.667	 x
Milwaukee	5	3	2	.600	0.5
Chicago		2	1	1	.500	1.0
Indianapolis	6	2	4	.333	2.0
Minneapolis	4	1	3	.250	2.0
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	6	4	2	.667	 x
Dallas		7	3	4	.429	1.5
New Orleans	3	1	2	.333	1.5
Cincinnati	4	1	3	.250	2.0
Kansas City	2	0	2	.000	2.0

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CY YOUNG AWARDS HANDED OUT THIS WEEK
Major league baseball hands out two more awards this week. On Wednesday the American League pitcher of the year will be announced and Thursday it is the National League's turn to present it's Cy Young Award winner. Below are the leading candidates in each league.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE		 G GS  W  L SV  ERA  IP    HA  R   ER  BB   K 
Al Jurisch SLB 		39 39 25 10  0  3.85 308  281 146 132 128  204 
Earl Johnson Bos 	38 38 22 10  0  3.11 298  247 115 103 129  114 
Bill Lohrman Cle	30 30 17  4  0  2.11 247  212  65  58  42  139 
Andy Karl Bos		41 40 18 10  0  4.10 279  296 145 127 105  103 
Fred Hutchinson Wsh	39 39 19 16  0  3.80 310  305 146 131  93  183 

NATIONAL LEGAUE		 G GS  W  L SV  ERA  IP  HA   R   ER  BB   K 
Vern Olsen Chn		41 41 23 10 0  2.94 346  306 133 113  85  139 
Ernie White StL		40 40 21  8 0  2.50 334  247 106  93  96  208  
Charley Schanz Phi	40 40 20 15 0  3.83 312  312 145 133 120  138 
Preacher Roe Pit	40 40 20 10 0  3.74 293  274 131 122  93  167 
Cliff Melton Pit	38 38 17 12 0  2.20 307  248  84  75  59  116

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PATRIOT LEAGUE PREVIEW
Last season conference champ Boston University became the first Patriot school to win an NCAA tournament game. The conference has had a few NIT bids but only Northeastern in 1944 and Colgate last season were able to win as many as two NIT games in a single year.

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YEAR	PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMP	 	
1932-33	LEHIGH	
1933-34	BOSTON UNIV	
1934-35	LEHIGH	
1935-36	NORTHEASTERN	
1936-37	NORTHEASTERN	
1937-38	LAFAYETTE	
1938-39	BOSTON UNIV	
1939-40	NORTHEASTERN	
1940-41	BOSTON UNIV	
1941-42	LAFAYETTE	
1942-43	LAFAYETTE	
1943-44	COLGATE	
1944-45	NORTHEASTERN	
1945-46	MAINE	
1946-47	BOSTON UNIV	


PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
Boston University	1-4	1-2
Northeastern		0-4	4-5
Lafayette		0-3	0-0
Lehigh			0-2	0-0
Colgate			0-1	2-1
Maine			0-1	0-0
American		0-0	0-1
Bucknell		0-0	0-0

PATRIOT LEAGUE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- NORTHEASTERN: Plenty of talent returning for a Huskies team that has 3 postseason berths in the last 4 years including an NIT invite last season. Senior PF Idan Galon has a shot at being the schools all-time leader in points and rebounds by the time his career ends.

2- AMERICAN: The Eagles were 10-4 in conference play last year but lost in Patriot tournament semi-finals. Only one starter is gone from last season and a pair of Eagles made the preseason all-conference team including sophomore guard Nick Egolf who averaged 8.1 ppg and 7.4 apg as a freshman.

3- BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Won the conference tournament and the first ever NCAA tournament game in conference history. However, 3 starters have graduated and this may be a rebuilding year. The Terriers feel they have a great one in freshman PG Naquan Hawthorne.

4- COLGATE: The Raiders are coming off a 24 win season and a trip to the NIT quarterfinals but have graduated three starters. Senior PG Fred *Nagy is back. He averaged 18.7 ppg last season and is a legitimate candidate for League MVP.

5- LAFAYETTE: Coming off three straight 9-21 seasons but things look a little brighter for the Leopards this season as four starters, including pre-season all-conference selection Oliver Wilson, return.

6- BUCKNELL: Won just 12 games a year ago but did finish 8-6 in conference play, their best conference record in 4 years. However, with 4 starters graduated it is back to square one for the Bison.

7- MAINE: After winning their first Patriot League title the Black Bears slumped to 4-10 in conference and 8-22 overall last year. Loaded with freshmen and sophomores the Black Bears have only one player, senior forward Neil Felton, with any noticable playing experience at all.

8- LEHIGH: Just 2-12 in conference each of the past two seasons so there is not much in the way of positives to discuss when it comes to the Mountain Hawks. Senior guard Tristen Hargis averaged nearly 17 points per game last season but had little help.

PRESEAON PATRIOT ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Nick Egolf American
G Fred *Nagy Colgate
F Sayyid Matthews American
F Idan Galon Norhteastern
C Oliver Wilson Lafayette

Roulette God · 04-06-2005, 03:30 PM

The amount of work that goes into this sort of thing is simply exceptional.

Though I haven't had the chance to read through the entire thing yet, the stories that evolve out of your comprehensive newspaper style format are extremely engrossing.

Tiger Fan · 04-07-2005, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roulette God

The amount of work that goes into this sort of thing is simply exceptional.

Though I haven't had the chance to read through the entire thing yet, the stories that evolve out of your comprehensive newspaper style format are extremely engrossing.

thanks

Tiger Fan · 04-07-2005, 01:37 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 1947

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
GEORGIA TECH AND CALIFORNIA CLIMBING THE POLLS
Note- Due to an oversight the college rankings are being published one day late.

Georgia Tech and California made the biggest jumps in this weeks national college football poll. The 4-0 Yellow Jackets hammered Auburn 40-0 to climb from #20 last week to the 14th spot. California beat Pacific Coast Conference rival Washington State 17-7 to improve to 5-0 on the season and move up 5 spots to #13.

Utah and Missouri are the new entrants in the poll this week after UCLA and Arkansas dropped out. The Bruins lost 10-6 to Stanford while the Razorbacks were beaten 24-6 by #3 Texas. Speaking of Texas the Longhorns play yet another ranked school this week as they meet number 8 Rice. Two other games this weekend involving ranked teams have 7th rated USC visiting California while #17 Georgia entertains #18 Alabama.

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1947 TSN  TOP 20	REC	LAST WEEK			NEXT WEEK
1 Notre Dame (1) 	3-0	beat Nebraska 48-3		host Iowa
2 Michigan (2)   	4-0	beat Northwestern 28-3		host Minnesota
3 Texas (3)		5-0	beat #19 Arkansas 24-6		host #8 Rice
4 North Carolina (5)	3-1	beat William & Mary 14-7	at Florida
5 Penn State (6)	4-0	beat Syracuse 52-0		host West Virginia
6 Mississippi (7)	4-1	beat Tulane 14-9		host Arkansas
7 USC (8)		3-0-1	beat Oregon State 13-9		at #13 California
8 Rice (11)		3-0-1	beat #5 SMU 6-0			at #3 Texas
9 Oklahoma (10)		3-1	beat Kansas 20-0		host TCU
10 Virginia (12)	4-0	beat Wash & Lee 24-7		at VMI
11 Army (14)		3-1-1	beat Virginia Tech 34-7		at Columbia
12 SMU (4)		3-1	lost 6-0 to #11 Rice		at UCLA
13 California(18)	5-0	beat Washington St. 17-7	host #7 USC
14 Georgia Tech (20)    4-0     beat Auburn 40-0		host Citadel
15 Pennsylvania (17)	3-0	beat Columbia 24-7		host Navy
16 Utah(nr)		4-0	beat Denver 14-3		at Wyoming
17 Georgia (16)		3-2     beat Oklahoma A&M 17-10		host #18 Alabama
18 Alabama (13)		3-1-1	Tied Tennessee 20-20		at #17 Georgia 
19 Missouri (nr)	4-1	beat Kansas State 22-9		at Iowa State
20 Kentucky (9)		3-2	lost 10-0 at Vanderbilt		at Michigan State

Dropped out  UCLA (15) 2-1-1	lost 10-6 at Stanford
	 Arkansas(19)	4-1	lost 24-6 at #3 Texas

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
*MIKAN LEADS OLYMPIANS PAST WARRIORS
Two of the most dominant young centers in the league met in Indianapolis last night and George *Mikan was the clear winner. *Mikan had 22 points and 7 rebounds as the Olympians beat Philadelphia 97-74. Warriors second year center John Layton got into foul trouble early and played just 11 minutes, scoring just 2 points and hauling in just 1 rebound. To defend Layton slightly, it was Mikan who had the far better supporting cast under the hoop. Indianapolis power forward Vernon Stout is one of the best rebounders in the game and he and *Mikan made life miserable for young Layton. Stout had 14 boards and 11 points. Indianapolis improves to 3-4 with the win while the Warriors drop to 3-5.

Layton, a high priced free agent signing after a terrific playoff run for Dallas, has been very inconsistant through 8 games with Philadelphia. He had a 30 point, 11 rebound performance in his debut but was been held to 10 points or less in 3 of the next 7 games. He has looked dominant on some occassions but far less than ordinary on others. However, Philadelphia fans must keep in mind he is just 24 and has started less than 50 NBA regular season games in his career. The Warriors signed him to a 5 year deal knowing it might take 3 years for him to reach his full potential.

In other action Ben Gosford had 16 points off the bench to lead the Providence Steamrollers past Boston 90-72. Veteran Celtics guard Phil Hernandez left the game with a hamstring injury and will likely miss two weeks.

Vin Concepcion scored 29 points and added 10 rebounds to pace the visiting Chicago Stags to a 98-93 victory over the Minneapolis Lakers. The win improves the Stags record to 2-1 while Minneapolis falls to 1-4. Joe *Fulks led the Lakers with 25 points in the game.

Kansas City got it's first win of the season by beating Cincinnati 91-74. The Kings are 1-2 while the Royals fall to 1-4. Forward Jim Cokley had 28 points for the Kings while the Royals were led by guard Thor Thorlaksson and forward Liles Wilder, who each had 21 points.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Providence 90 Boston 72
Chicago 98 Minneapolis 93
Kansas City 91 Cincinnati 74
Indianapolis 97 Philadelphia 74

TODAY'S GAMES
Fort Wayne at Providence
Chicago at Indianapolis
Dallas at Kentucky
Pittsburgh at St Louis

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
New York	5	4	1	.800	 x
Providence	4	3	1	.750	0.5
Baltimore	4	2	2	.500	1.5
Boston		5	2	3	.400	2.0
Philadelphia	8	3	5	.375	2.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	4	3	1	.750	 x
Buffalo		6	4	2	.667	 x
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	0.5
Fort Wayne	2	1	1	.500	1.0
Pittsburgh	3	0	3	.000	2.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago		3	2	1	.667	 x
St Louis	6	4	2	.667	 x
Milwaukee	5	3	2	.600	 x
Indianapolis	7	3	4	.429	1.0
Minneapolis	5	1	4	.200	2.0
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	6	4	2	.667	 x
Dallas		7	3	4	.429	1.5
New Orleans	3	1	2	.333	1.5
Kansas City	3	1	2	.333	1.5
Cincinnati	5	1	4	.200	2.5

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PACIFIC COAST NORTH CONFERENCE PREVIEW
Because of the minimum number of conferences the game I am using (TDCB) requires I have divided the Pacific Coast Conference into two seperate conferences. San Francisco and Oregon have been the dominant teams in a conference that consistantly places 3 or 4 teams in the NCAA tournament. The Dons and Ducks have never missed an invite to the Big Dance and each have a National Championship to their credit. The greatest memory for the PCC North came in 1939 when Oregon and San Francisco both advanced to the national title game.

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YEAR	PCC NORTH CHAMP		   LEAGUE MVP	
1932-33	WASHINGTON  		Rex Yaskiewicz  Oregon	
1933-34	OREGON STATE		Alex Marlow  Washington St	
1934-35	WASHINGTON		Jason Salowitz   Washington St	
1935-36	WASHINGTON STATE	Rueben Kautz  Washington St	
1936-37	SAN FRANCISCO		Lucas Myers  St Mary's	
1937-38	OREGON			Greg McCoy  San Francisco	
1938-39	OREGON			Shamaine Wilkins Oregon	
1939-40	OREGON STATE		Justin Carter Oregon	
1940-41	SAN FRANCISCO		David Helsel San Francisco	
1941-42	PORTLAND		Oon-Gil Toepke  Oregon	
1942-43	WASHINGTON STATE	Greyson Slenn  Oregon	
1943-44	OREGON			Jase Dixon Washington State	
1944-45	OREGON STATE		Hayden Vik  San Francisco	
1945-46	WASHINGTON STATE	Samuel Hunt Portland	
1946-47	SAN FRANCISCO		Jack *Toomay San Francisco	


PCC NORTH TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
San Francisco		32-14	0-0
Oregon			30-14	0-0
Washington State	17-11	3-3
Washington		13-9	0-3
Oregon State		 8-7	6-3
Portland		 0-1	0-0
LMU			 0-1	0-0
St Mary's		 0-0	2-1


PCC NORTH FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES
1935-36  SAN FRANCISCO lost in semi-finals
1936-37  SAN FRANCISCO  won National Championship
1937-38  OREGON  lost national title game
1938-39  OREGON  Won National Championship over San Francisco
1938-39  SAN FRANCISCO lost national title game to Oregon
1939-40  OREGON STATE lost national title game
1940-41  SAN FRANCISCO lost in semi-finals
1943-44  OREGON  lost in semi-finals

PCC NORTH NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
1943-44  Jack *Toomay San Francisco

PCC NORTH ALL-AMERICANS
1932-33 Jacob German Washington
1938-39 Lowell Riebridger Washington
1943-44 Jason Dixin Washington State
1944-45 Hayden Vik San Francisco
1945-46 Bud *Milikan Washington State

PCC NORTH PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- OREGON: Oregon has never missed an an NCAA tournament and went to the Sweet 16 last season after a 27-7 season. The Ducks are the conference favourites this season thanks to 4 returning starters including preseason all-conference selections Dick *Triptow and Alex *Groza.

2- WASHINGTON: It has been hard times of late for Washington as the Huskies missed the postseason twice in the last 4 years after earning a tournament bid for the first 11 seasons of the league. Things look bright this year and with a few breaks the Huskies could challenge Oregon for the conference title. Both starting guards from last year's squad were first round NBA selections but the loss should not hurt the Huskies much as junior guards Johnny *Oldham and David *Johnson are ready to shine.

3- OREGON STATE: Beavers have made just 1 NCAA tourney appearance in past 6 years and won a school worst 10 games last year. However, last year's suffering may be rewarded this season as a trio of sensational sophomores have a full year's experience under their belt. Emmitt McLaughlin is one of the three and he was so impressive as a freshman that he has been named to the preseason all-conference team.

4- SAN FRANCISCO: The Dons have never missed an NCAA tournament and are coming off a 28-8 season with a trip to Sweet 16. However, conference MVP Jack *Toomay has graduated and there are 6 freshman on the roster with a good chance that two of them will be starters. This season an NIT bid seems more likely than another trip to the NCAA's.

5- LMU: The Lions only postseason appearance came in 1944 when they won 20 games for the first time in school history and received an at-large bid to the NCAA's. Were 16-14 last season and return 3 starters including sweet shooting senior guard Jose Driggers.

6- WASHINGTON STATE: The Cougars won 20 games last season but have lost 4 starters. With 2 freshman in the starting lineup this could be a long season.

7- ST MARY'S: The Gaels have never won the conference but after a 4-10 season made a surprising run to the conference tournament final last year. With a pair of talented sophomores in forward Don *Lofgren and guard Richard Bolaine along with freshman forward Eddie xKirkpatrick the future looks pretty good but they don't have the depth to do much this year.

8- PORTLAND: In 1942 the Pilots went 25-7 and won the only conference title in school history, since then they have not won more than 16 games in a year including 13-18 last season. They have some good balance this year but that is really just another way of saying no one on this roster stands out.

PCC NORTH PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Dick *Triptow Oregon
G Alex *Hannum San Francisco
F Alex *Groza Oregon
F Douglas Burton San Francisco
C Emmitt McLaughlin Oregon State

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
TWO GAMES ON THE SLATE TONIGHT
A busy week in the National Hockey League gets underway tonight with a pair of games. In Boston the Bruins entertain Montreal while the other game has New York travelling to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs. Saturday the Leafs host Chicago while Boston returns the favour to the Habs by visiting the Montreal Forum. On Sunday, Montreal heads to Detroit to face the Red Wings while Chicago is at Boston.

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STANDINGS  GP	W  L  T	 GF GA	PTS
Detroit	    3	2  1  0	 10  9	 4
Montreal    2	1  0  1	  4  3	 3
Boston	    1	1  0  0	  4  1	 2
Toronto	    2	1  1  0	  6  6	 2
Chicago	    2	0  1  1	  4  5	 1
New York    2	0  2  0	  3  7	 0

BOXING
SMITH AVENGES LOSS
Promising young heavyweight Jeffrey xSmith got his revenge against Freddie Schott. xSmith scored a 7th round TKO last night against in his bout with Schott, three weeks after Schott had handed the Iowa native his only professional loss. xSmith is now 7-1 as a pro and the 20 year old is on the verge of cracking the top 10 in his weightclass. Schott's record drops to 14-12-1.

Tiger Fan · 04-08-2005, 09:54 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LOHRMAN WINS AL CY YOUNG IN TIGHT RACE
Cleveland pitcher Bill Lohrman was named the American League Cy Young Award winner by the narrowest of margins over Earl Johnson of the Boston Red Sox. Out of the 10 ballots cast Lohrman and Johnson each appeared first on five of the them. The difference would be that Lohrman was in the top 3 on all 10 ballots while Johnson was only named on 9 of the 10. Points were awarded for first, second and third place on a 5,3,1 basis.

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NAME		TEAM	1ST   2ND  3RD    PTS
Bill Lohrman	CLE	 5     3    2     36
Earl Johnson	BOS	 5     3    1     35
Al Jurisch      SLB	 0     3    7     16
Fred Hutchinson WSH      0     1    0      3

Lohrman was 17-4 with a league best 2.11 era despite missing a month and a half with an injury. Prior to the late May injury he had won his first 9 starts and had an earned run average of well under 1.30. It marks the second straight season a Cleveland Indian hurler won the Cy Young Award. Last season it went to Steve Gromek, who the Tribe dealt to the Braves this season for Warren Spahn.

The National League Cy Young Award will be handed out tomorrow.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
BRUINS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT
Boston completely dominated Montreal in National Hockey League action. The final score of 4-2 was no where near representative of how much the Bruins carried the play. Only some stellar goaltending from Canadiens netminder Bill Durnan kept the score respectable as the Bruins outshot Montreal 31-15. Ed Sanford scored a pair of goals to pace the Bruins with Fern Flaman and Joe Carveth adding singles. Toe Blake and John Quilty replied for Montreal.

MONTREAL AT BOSTON
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
1- BOSTON BRUINS: Fern Flaman 1(Murray Henderson, Clare Martin) 6:03
2- MONTREAL Canadiens: Toe Blake 2(Maurice Richard, Butch Bouchard) 16:07
3- BOSTON BRUINS: Ed Sanford 1(Don Gallinger, Kenny Smith) 17:21
Period 2
4- BOSTON BRUINS: Ed Sanford 2(Don Gallinger, Paul Ronty) 19:48
Period 3
5- BOSTON BRUINS: Joe Carveth 1(Paul Ronty) 5:31
6- MONTREAL Canadiens: John Quilty 1(Jim Peters, Butch Bouchard) 13:59

SHOTS ON GOAL
MONTREAL Canadiens - 15
BOSTON BRUINS - 31

In Toronto Howie Meeker scored twice as the Leafs handed the Rangers their third straight loss, 3-1 was the score.

NEW YORK AT TORONTO
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
1- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Bill Ezinicki 1(Gus Mortson) 14:39
2- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 2(Jim Thomson, Max Bentley) 18:12
Period 2
3- NEW YORK RANGERS: Rene Trudell 1(Buddy OConnor) 4:11
4- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 3(Max Bentley, Bill Ezinicki) (PP) 4:57
Period 3
None

SHOTS ON GOAL
NEW YORK RANGERS - 21
TORONTO Maple Leafs - 41

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STANDINGS	GP  W	L  T	GF GA	PTS
Boston		2   2	0  0	8   3	 4
Detroit		3   2	1  0   10   9	 4
Toronto		3   2	1  0	9   7	 4
Montreal	3   1	1  1	6   7	 3
Chicago		2   0	1  1	4   5	 1
New York	3   0	3  0	4  10	 0

SCORING LEADERS
NAME		TM   GP	 G  A	PTS
Don Gallinger	BOS   2	 1  4	5
Max Bentley	TOR   3	 2  3	5
Jim McFadden	DET   3	 3  1	4
Howie Meeker	TOR   3	 3  1	4
Gordie Howe	DET   3	 1  2	3
Bill Ezinicki	TOR   3	 1  2	3
Ted Lindsay	DET   3	 2  1	3
Doug McCaig	DET   1	 0  3	3
Don Morrison	DET   3	 0  3	3
B. Quackenbush	DET   3	 0  3	3
Butch Bouchard	MON   3	 0  3	3

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
Boston 4 Montreal 2
Toronto 3 New York 1

UPCOMING GAMES
SATURDAY OCTOBER 25
Boston at Montreal
Chicago at Toronto

SUNDAY OCTOBER 26
Montreal at Detroit
Chicago at Boston

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
CHAPS TOP COLONELS IN SOUTH DIVISION BATTLE
The Dallas Chaparrals took the opener of a home-and-home series with Kentucky by beating the Colonels in their own barn 100-93. The victory moves Dallas (4-4) to within a half game of the South Division leading Colonels. The two clubs meet in Dallas tonight.

In other games Jim *Pollard had 20 points to help Providence past Fort Wayne 104-79. In Indianapolis George *Mikan had 19 points and 16 rebounds while John Hackett added 26 points as the Olympians beat Chicago 117-82. Pittsburgh is still searching for it's first victory after the Pipers were outplayed in St Louis. Mac Thorpe had 24 points in the Bombers 95-57 victory.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Providence 104 Fort Wayne 79
Indianapolis 117 Chicago 82
Dallas 100 Kentucky 93
St Louis 95 Pittsburgh 57

TODAY'S GAMES
Providence at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Fort Wayne
Kentucky at Dallas
Indianapolis at Kansas City
Pittsburgh at Minneapolis

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
New York	5	4	1	.800	 x
Providence	5	4	1	.800	 x
Baltimore	4	2	2	.500	1.5
Boston		5	2	3	.400	2.0
Philadelphia	8	3	5	.375	2.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	4	3	1	.750	 x
Buffalo		6	4	2	.667	 x
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	0.5
Fort Wayne	3	1	2	.333	1.5
Pittsburgh	4	0	4	.000	3.0
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	7	5	2	.714	 x
Milwaukee	5	3	2	.600	1.0
Chicago		4	2	2	.500	1.5
Indianapolis	8	4	4	.500	1.5
Minneapolis	5	1	4	.200	3.0
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	7	4	3	.571	 x
Dallas		8	4	4	.500	0.5
New Orleans	3	1	2	.333	1.0
Kansas City	3	1	2	.333	1.0
Cincinnati	5	1	4	.200	2.0

LEAGUE LEADERS
POINTS PER GAME
1- Miguel Dominguez Buffalo 	24.0
2- Mac Thorpe St Louis		23.6
3- Thal Butler New York		21.3
4- Peter Warren Baltimore	21.3
5- Justin Hild Syracuse		20.3
6- Jim Cokley Kansas City	20.3
7- Noah Baldin Fort Wayne	20.0
8- Vin Concepcion Chicago	20.0
9- Rod Rodriguez Boston		19.8
10-Trevor Presgraves Kentucky	19.7

REBOUNDS PER GAME
1- Terry Rowe Boston		13.3
2- Leonard Loch New York	12.6
3- Alex McMillan Cleveland	12.0
4- Kevin Stewart Pittsburgh	11.8
5- Joe Velazquez Providence	11.8

ASSISTS PER GAME
1- Trevor Presgraves Kentucky	 9.3
2- Daniel Gray New Orleans	 8.3
3- Ryan Brumsey Fort Wayne	 7.7
4- Mike Damon Kansas City	 7.3
5- Dave Askew St Louis	 	 7.3

STEALS PER GAME
1- Robert Stennis Syracuse	3.4
2- Lonnie Duncan Providence	3.2
3- Gabriel Brown Kansas City 	3.0
4- Trevor Presgraves Kentucky	3.0
5- Jaden Christopher Baltimore	2.8

BLOCKS PER GAME
1- Vernon Stout Indianapolis	3.1
2- AJ Lambert Chicago		2.5
3- Leonard Loch New York	2.4
4- Preye Pensyl Baltimore	2.3
5- Ethan Batiste Buffalo	2.2

FIELD GOAL PCT
1- Cory Vergara Baltimore	.643
2- AH Morris Fort Wayne		.621
3- George *Mikan Indianapolis	.607
4- Freddie *Scolari Pittsburgh	.594
5- Jaden Christopher Baltimore	.585

FREE THROW PCT
1-  Byron Swygart Pittsburgh     1.000
1-  Gabriel Brown Kansas City    1.000
1-  Braden Morrow Cleveland	 1.000
1-  Omar Robinson Cleveland	 1.000
1-  Jalon Isenberg Minnesota	 1.000

3-POINT PCT
1- Freddie *Scolari Pittsburgh	.750
2- Ethan Batiste Buffalo	.524
3- Ben Gosford Providence	.438
4- Lonnie Duncan Providence	.438
5- Gene *Rock St Louis		.435

ROOKIE SCORING LEADERS
1- Mel *McGaha Milwaukee	11.4
2- Varun Hunter Kentucky	 9.3
3- Paul *Huston New York	 8.8
4- Jack *Rocker New Orleans	 8.3
5- Ray *Corley Milwaukee	 5.6

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PACIFIC COAST SOUTH CONFERENCE PREVIEW
Like it's counterpart to the north, the Pacific Coast South Conference is composed primarily of schools from the old Pacific Coast Conference. Unlike the North, which has had 4 or 5 very strong schools, the PCC South has been dominated by UCLA as the Bruins have won 9 of the 15 conference titles and far and away lead the rest of the conference in NCAA tournament appearances. The University of Southern California has enjoyed some success in recent years including a trip to the national title game last season.

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YEAR	PCC SOUTH CHAMP		   LEAGUE MVP	
1932-33	USC			Wally Waltman  UCLA	
1933-34	UCLA			Dalton Cyree California	
1934-35	CALIFORNIA		Deshayne Caneer   UCLA	
1935-36	UCLA			Moises Holcomb   UCLA	
1936-37	UCLA			Chun Jordan  UCLA	
1937-38	UCLA			Walter Tuukanen  Pepperdine	
1938-39	STANFORD		Steven Segui   UCLA	
1939-40	CALIFORNIA		Pietro Cox   Stanford	
1940-41	CALIFORNIA		Kenton Lewis California	
1941-42	UCLA			Jimmy Skiffer UCLA	
1942-43	UCLA			Alex Chesham USC	
1943-44	UCLA			Andy Robertson UCLA	
1944-45	UCLA			Elliott Haaker California	
1945-46	USC			Dakota Widner USC	
1946-47	UCLA			Jack *Nichols California	


PCC SOUTH TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
	       NCAA	NIT
UCLA	      31-13	1-1
USC	      13-8	7-2
California     9-8	7-4
Stanford       2-6	4-5
Santa Clara    0-1	0-0
Pepperdine     0-0	0-2
Gonzaga	       0-0	0-1
San Diego      0-0	0-0

PCC SOUTH FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES
1933-34  UCLA  lost in semi-finals
1936-37  UCLA lost national title game
1946-47  USC  lost national title game

PCC SOUTH NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES
1934-35  USC won NIT tournament

PCC SOUTH NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
1932-33 DeShayne Carter UCLA
1938-39 Steven Segui UCLA

PCC SOUTH ALL-AMERICANS
1939-40 Steve Hemhill California
1945-46 Arnie *Ferrin USC

PCC SOUTH PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- USC: Much of the cast from last seasons run to the national title game has graduated including team leader Joseph Smith. However senior William *Towery, a preseason all-conference selection, and sophomores Chuck *Cooper and Joe *McNamee should keep the Trojans in the conference title hunt.

2- CALIFORNIA: Center Jack *Nichols could well be the best player in the nation and he will lead a veteran Golden Bears squad that should battle USC for the conference title and may be a force in the NCAA's.

3- UCLA: With Chet *McNabb and Bruce *Hale graduated this is a bit of a rebuilding season for the Bruins, who made the Sweet 16 last year. Senior guard Matt *Zunic and sophomore guard George *Starich will carry the team but a lack of quality big men may hurt come tournament time.

4- STANFORD: The Cardinal have plenty of experience returning and may overtake UCLA for third place in the conference if forwards Bill *Calhoun, Daniel Shivers and Richard Williams can make up for the loss of graduated center Jon Anderson.

5- GONZAGA: Senior forward Randy Davis is probably the best player in the conference not named to the all-preseason team. If everything goes right this could become the first Bulldogs team to win 20 games in a season.

6- PEPPERDINE: The Waves have never contended for a conference title but are coming off a 17 victory season last year. There is some decent talent at Pepperdine including sophomore guard Clark Smith but depth will be a problem.

7- SANTA CLARA: Sophomore guards Ryan Blanco and Chalmers Kallam give the Broncos some hope for the future but this will be another long season.

8- SAN DIEGO: Coming off back to back 6 win seasons and things do not look much better this year for the Toreros.

PCC SOUTH PRE-SEASON ALL CONFERENCE TEAM
G Matt *Zunic UCLA
G Bill *Calhoun Stanford
F Marshall Lake California
F William *Towery USC
C Jack *Nichols California

BOXING
BASILIO GETS A WIN AT SYRACUSE
20 year old welterweight hopeful Carmen Basilio scored a unanimous 10 round decision over Cliff Hart in Syracuse last night. The victory is Basilio's second straight as a professional and once again it was another strong outing from the man that many predict will one day contend for a world title. Basilio is 2-0-1 as a pro with his draw coming under questionable circumstances in his professional debut in August. The audience had booed heavily when the result was announced as it was clear Basilio had carried the fight to his opponent. There was no such questioning this time as all three scorecards rightly had Basilio beating Hart handily.

Tiger Fan · 04-08-2005, 06:40 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY OCTOBER 24, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CARDS WHITE DRAWS SECOND CY YOUNG AWARD
St Louis hurler Ernie White was named the National League Cy Young Award winner for the second time in his career. White, who also won the award in 1945, was 21-8 with a 2.50 era in 40 starts for the Cardinals. He gathered 8 of the 10 first place votes with Vern Olsen of the Cubs and Pittsburgh's Cliff Melton each getting one vote.

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VOTING RESULTS FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD

NAME		TEAM	1ST   2ND  3RD    PTS
Ernie White	SLN	 8     2    0      46
Vern Olsen	CHN	 1     6    2      25
Cliff Melton	PIT      1     1    7      15
Preacher Roe    PIT      0     1    1       4

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TIGERS BLANK SOUTH CAROLINA
In a rate Thursday night college football game the Clemson Tigers beat South Carolina 13-0. The win improves Clemson's Southern Conference record to 2-1 while the Gamecocks fall to 1-2 in conference play. Overall, the Tigers are 4-1 while South Carolina sits at 2-3.

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	SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W  L	T
Duke		2   0	0	2  1	1
North Carolina	2   0	0	3  1	0
Washi & Lee	2   0	0	2  3	0
VMI		1   0	1	2  1	1
William & Mary	3   1	0	3  1	0
Maryland	2   1	0	3  1	0
North Car State	2   1	0	3  1	0
Clemson		2   1	0	4  1	0
Virginia Tech	1   1	0	1  3	0
South Carolina	1   2	0	2  3	0
Furman		1   2	0	1  3	0
Wake Forest	1   2	0	2  2	0
Richmond	0   2	1	2  2	1
Citadel		0   2	0	2  2	0
Davidson	0   2	0	2  3	0
G Washington	0   3	0	0  4	0

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Clemson 13 South Carolina 0

TODAY'S GAMES
Dayton at Tennessee-Chat
Duquesne at Detroit Mercy
George Washington at Miami (Fla)
New York Univ at Georgetown
Villanova at Boston College
West Texas A&M at New Mexico State

SATURDAY'S GAMES
Alabama at Georgia
Arkansas at Mississippi
Army at Columbia
Auburn at Tulane
Baylor at Texas A&M
Brown at Colgate
Citadel at Georgia Tech
Colorado at Colorado State
Cornell at Princeton
Dartmouth at Harvard
Davidson at Washington & Lee
Duke at Wake Forest
Fordham at Merchant Marine
Furman at Wofford
Hampden-Sydney at Richmond
Hardin-Simmons at Mississippi State
Holy Cross at Syracuse
Idaho State at Montana State
Illinois at Purdue
Indiana at Northwestern
Iowa at Notre Dame
Kentucky at Michigan State
Lehigh at Rutgers
Loyola Marymount at St. Mary's
Marquette at Wisconsin
Maryland at Virginia Tech
Minnesota at Michigan
Missouri at Iowa State
Montana at Washington State
Navy at Pennsylvania
Nebraska at Kansas State
New Mexico at Arizona
North Carolina at Florida
Northern Arizona at Wichita State
Ohio State at Pittsburgh
Oklahoma State at Drake
Portland at Oregon State
Rice at Texas
San Francisco at Oregon
Southern California at California
Southern Methodist at UCLA
Springfield at Yale
Stanford at Washington
Temple at Bucknell
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee
Texas Christian at Oklahoma
Texas Tech at Denver
Tulsa at Nevada
Utah at Wyoming
Utah State at Brigham Young
Vanderbilt at Louisiana State
Virginia at Virginia Military Institute
West Virginia at Penn State
William & Mary at Boston University

SUNDAY'S GAME
St. Bonaventure at St. Louis

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
HUGE WEEK FOR TSN FORECASTER
Went out on a limb and made predictions for every game last week and came out with a stellar 10-3-1 record. That gets me over .500 on the season at 16-12-1. Might as well press my luck and take a stab at every game again this week.

Cowboys are coming off their first win and dare we say two in a row....Yes, the Giants are fading fast so I'll take the Cowboys. The Colts will get upset at home. An important game for the Browns and they will not dissappoint. The Raiders are inconsistant but they lost big last week so they should do the opposite this time, Oakland it is. I think Baltimore will win at home to Cincinnati but not by 8 points...I'll take the Bengals to cover. In the words of Marv Leavy were would you rather be than watching 1-7 Buffalo vs 2-6 Miami, well actually anywhere else would be preferable. Have to pick one of these two losers so lets go with the underdog Bills at home.

The Redskins have been playing much better since Sammy *Baugh returned and I am going to gamble that the overconfident Eagles are ripe for an upset. Washington may not win but I have a hunch they could cover.

Niners just a 1 point dog at awful Arizona. I am all over that pick. Broncos looked great at Cleveland last week but will have trouble in in Kansas City, take the Chiefs -6. Rams vs Seahawks. Two teams I have not followed too closelybut I'll take the boys from St Louis. Saints took a beating from Washington last week and will beat Tampa but the Bucs are a good team and will keep it close, so I am taking Tampa and the points. Falcons should cover against Carolina. Jets vs Pats should be a doozy. I think New England will prevail. Finally on Monday night I will give up 7 points and take the Titans.

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SUNDAY'S GAMES						SPREAD		MY PICK
New York Giants (3-4) at Dallas Cowboys (1-6)		-8		Cowboys -8
Houston Texans (4-3) at	Indianapolis Colts (2-5)	-3		Texans +3
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-5) at Cleveland Browns (4-3)	-5		Browns -5
Oakland Raiders (3-4) at San Diego Chargers (3-4)	-4		Raiders +4
Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) at Baltimore Ravens (6-1)	-8		Bengals +8
Miami Dolphins (2-6) at	Buffalo Bills (1-7)		 4		Bills +4
Washington Redskins (3-4) at Philadelphia Eagles (6-1)	-6		Skins +6
San Francisco 49ers (5-2) at Arizona Cardinals (1-6)	 1		Niners -1
Denver Broncos (3-4) at	Kansas City Chiefs (5-2)	-6		Chiefs -6
St. Louis Rams (4-3) at	Seattle Seahawks (4-3)		-1		Rams +1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-3)	-7		Bucs +7
Carolina Panthers (1-7)	at Atlanta Falcons (5-3)	-8		Falcons -8
New York Jets (5-3) at New England Patriots (3-5)	-1		Pats -1

	MONDAY NIGHT
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3) at Tennessee Titans (6-1)	-7		Titans -7

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
A busy Saturday lies ahead for the Canadian Football leagues. All 14 teams are in action Saturday including unbeaten Montreal visiting Hamilton in IPRFU action. The other game in that loop has the Toronto Argos home to the Ottawa Rough Riders. In the OPRFU the Toronto Indians travel to Ottawa to meet the Trojans, the Hamilton Wildcats entertain Toronto Balmy Beach while in southwestern Ontario Windsor travels to Sarnia to face the winless Imperials.

In the West first place Edmonton is home to Winnipeg while Regina travels to Calgary to face the Stampeders.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
HYBARGER'S 43 POINTS NOT ENOUGH FOR PISTONS
Mo Hybarger had 43 points for Fort Wayne last night but the Pistons needed one more shot to from their veteran point guard to drop. Hybarger's desperation shot from just over midcourt as time expired hit the rim and bounced out allowing Cleveland to hang on for a 97-95 victory at the Fort Wayne Arena. Juan Harrison and Bob *Brannum each had a double-double for the winners.
A strong fourth quarter allowed Providence to pull out a 92-89 victory in Philadelphia. The Steamrollers outscored the Warriors 29-18 in the final 12 minutes. Warriors guard Anthony Maggs led all scorers with 33 points while center John Layton had another rough game, scoring just 6 points in the loss.

Layton's former team, the Dallas Chaparrals, completed a home-and-home sweep of Kentucky by beating the Colonels 79-66. Joe Cunningham and Jarvis Ferguson each had 19 for the Chaps.

In other action: Despite a 28 point, 17 rebound effort from center George *Mikan, Indianapolis fell 96-89 to the Kings in Kansas City. Joe *Fulks had 19 points as Minneapolis handed Pittsburgh it's 4th straight loss, 102-79.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Providence 92 Philadelphia 89
Cleveland 97 Fort Wayne 95
Dallas 79 Kentucky 66
Kansas City 96Indianapolis 89
Minneapolis 102 Pittsburgh 79

TODAY'S GAMES
New York at Cleveland
Cincinnati at Minneapolis
New Orleans at Boston
Dallas at Providence
Fort Wayne at Chicago

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ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	6	5	1	.833	 x
New York	5	4	1	.800	0.5
Baltimore	4	2	2	.500	2.0
Boston		5	2	3	.400	2.5
Philadelphia	9	3	6	.333	3.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	5	4	1	.800	 x
Buffalo		6	4	2	.667	0.5
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	1.0
Fort Wayne	4	1	3	.250	2.5
Pittsburgh	5	0	5	.000	4.0
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	7	5	2	.714	 x
Milwaukee	5	3	2	.600	1.0
Chicago		4	2	2	.500	1.5
Indianapolis	9	4	5	.444	2.0
Minneapolis	6	2	4	.333	2.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Dallas		9	5	4	.556	 x
Kansas City	4	2	2	.500	0.5
Kentucky	8	4	4	.500	0.5
New Orleans	3	1	2	.333	1.0
Cincinnati	5	1	4	.200	2.0

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE PREVIEW
One of just two conferences with more than 8 members (the Big 10 is the other) the SEC is always a force to be reckoned with. Throughout the 15 year history of the league Kentucky and Florida have consistantly had strong teams while in the early years Tennessee and Georgia were also to be feared. The Vols and Bulldogs have had some lean years of late but Alabama has filled the void and become a national power, winning two National Titles in the past four years. Add in Kentucky's title last season and the SEC has won 3 of the past 4 NCAA tournaments and could make it four out of five years with the way Florida looks this season.

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YEAR	SEC CHAMP		   LEAGUE MVP	
1932-33	KENTUCKY		Marcus Lewis Kentucky	
1933-34	FLORIDA			Salvador Ransom Kentucky	
1934-35	TENNESSEE		Micah Norrell Florida	
1935-36	KENTUCKY		Jorrel Cooper  Mississippi State	
1936-37	FLORIDA			Steven Moore  Kentucky	
1937-38	FLORIDA			Tyson Oltremari  Tennessee	
1938-39	GEORGIA			Lonnie Duncan  Alabama	
1939-40	VANDERBILT		Jason Gordon   Alabama	
1940-41	MISSISSIPPI STATE	Saevion Reevers  Mississippi	
1941-42	MISSISSIPPI STATE	De Marcus Rivera Miss State	
1942-43	ALABAMA			Bobby Robinson Tennessee	
1943-44	TENNESSEE		Bobby Robinson Tennessee	
1944-45	KENTUCKY		Chamren Crowley Mississippi	
1945-46	ALABAMA			Kenny Chilchote Kentucky	
1946-47	KENTUCKY		Izak Waldman LSU	

SEC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
	       NCAA	NIT
Kentucky       26-12	0-0
Alabama	       21-9	2-3
Florida	       16-12	2-2
Tennessee      11-5	6-4
Georgia		7-6	5-6
Louisiana St	5-6	7-7
Mississippi	3-4	2-3
Mississippi St	2-5	4-5
Auburn	  	2-4	2-3
Vanderbilt	1-5	9-5

SEC FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES
1934-35 TENNESSEE lost national title game
1936-37 FLORIDA lost in semi-finals
1941-42 FLORIDA lost in semi-finals
1943-44 ALABAMA won National Championship
1945-46 ALABAMA won National Championship over Kentucky
	KENTUCKY lost to Alabama for National Championship
1946-47 KENTUCKY won National Championship

SEC NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES
1936-37 MISSISSIPPI STATE lost title game
1943-44 VANDERBILT won NIT 

SEC NCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNER
1936-37 Steven Moore Kentucky

SEC NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
1936-37 Kevin Stewart Kentucky
1945-46 Ray *Corley Florida
 
SEC ALL-AMERICANS
1934-35 Sal Ransom Kentucky
1936-37 Steven Moore Kentucky
1937-38 Wacey James Florida
1943-44 Paul Schmidt Kentucky

SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- FLORIDA: The Gators have made it a habit of sending first round picks to the NBA but all of that talent has not been parlayed into much recent success as they have just 1 NCAA tournament win in the past 5 years. Last season there was positive news like a 22-9 record and a run to the SEC tournament final before losing to national champion Kentucky, but the year ended on a sour note when the fourth seeded Gators were upset by Texas A&M in the opening round of the NCAA's. The NCAA tournament has been a source of heartache for Gator fans as they have made 4 trips to the elite 8, twice as the favourite, yet have never appeared in a national championship game.

That could all change this season as the Gators are loaded with all of the starters back. The backcourt will again feature Tyson Edwards and SEC freshman of the year Shaun Fluellen. Upfront there is Bill *Closs and Bob *Hahn along with recruit Harry *Hamilton who may be the best freshman player in the nation.

2- ALABAMA: Always a solid program, the Tide have rolled to a pair of National titles in the past four seasons. Odie *Spears is gone after being selected first overall in the NBA draft but the Crimson Tide have the depth to recover. Senior forward Harry *Gallatin is a likely first round NBA selection and sophomore center Nate *Clifton is full of potential.

3- KENTUCKY: After a bit of a down period early in the decade the Wildcats are once again a powerhouse, making the last two national championship games and winning it all this past season. Any program would have a tough time replacing three players good enough to be drafted by the NBA like Paul *Noel, Jack *Rocker and Cliff *Baker were but the Wildcats have the depth to do it and remain competitive. This year will likely not result in a third straight trip to the national title game but the Wildcats are once again expecting an invite to the Big Dance. Freshman guard Dale *Barnstable may be the best newcomer in the conference.

4- AUBURN: The Tigers won 22 games last season and made the NCAA tournament for the first time in 3 years but have lost 4 starters from that club. Up front they are solid with seniors Ian McGee, Nathan Lange and Guy Mouyerne but the backcourt is very inexperienced.

5- MISSISSIPPI: The Rebels suffered through a 6-23 season a year ago after two straight trips to the NCAA's. With 3 returning starters plus senior guard Hector Guzman, who missed most of last season with an injury, they will be an improved team this year.

6- MISSISSIPPI STATE: Won the SEC title in 1941 and 1942 but have never won more than 12 games in a season since, last year they were 6-24. Three starters return but the Bulldogs lack the depth necessary to be much of a force in the conference.

7- VANDERBILT: Always a good but never a great team the Commodores were 14-16 last year while playing a very tough schedule. Senior forward Trevor Cadiz made the preseason all-conference team but there is not enough talent around him. Freshman guard Mack xAlford has potential.

8- GEORGIA: A dominant team in the late 1930's but this decade has been tough on Bulldog fans as poor recruiting sent them into a downward spiral to start the decade. With 17 wins each of the past two seasons thanks to the play of Mel *McGaha, an NBA first round pick this past June, things may be looking up.

9- LOUISIANA STATE: Tigers have made three straight NIT appearances but that trend will end this season.

10-TENNESSEE: An NCAA tournament regular in the 1930's, the Volunteers have played just one tournament game since 1939 and have had a huge drop-off in recruiting talent over that period.

SEC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Bob *Donham Kentucky
G Bill *Closs Florida
F Trevor Cadiz Vanderbilt
F Harry *Gallatin Alabama
C Bob *Hahn Florida

Tiger Fan · 04-08-2005, 10:12 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
CAVS WIN ANOTHER CLOSE ONE
For the second night in a row the Cleveland Cavaliers barely escaped with a victory. New York Knicks forward Paul *Huston missed a 3-point attempt that would have tied the game with 3 seconds left to play as the Cavs beat the Knickerbockers 85-82. Despite battling a flu bug Cavs veteran forward Juan Harrison led the way for his club with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Braden Morrow also had a double-double with 11 points and 12 boards for the Cavs, who improve to 5-1 with the victory. The Cavs are two days into a grueling stretch where they play 5 games in as many nights.

Elsewhere Boston got 18 points and 11 assists from Rob Rodriguez as the Celtics beat New Orleans 97-92. The Jazz not only lost the game but they also lost guard Daniel Gray with a sprained toe. The 6th year pro from Wake Forest was averaging 15.5 ppg and 9.5 apg this season. He could miss a little over a week with the injury.

Visting Cincinnati topped Minneapolis 98-94 despite a 26 point, 11 rebound effort from Lakers forward Joe *Fulks. Providence steamrolled a tired Dallas squad 105-88. The defending champs were playing their third game in three nights. In the only other game Ryan Brumsey had 25 points to pace Fort Wayne past Chicago 95-85.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Cleveland 85 New York 82
Cincinnati 98 Minneapolis 94
Boston 97 New Orleans 92
Providence 105 Dallas 88
Fort Wayne 95 Chicago 85

TODAY'S GAMES
Providence at New York
Buffalo at Cleveland
Chicago at Indianapolis

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	7	6	1	.857	 x
New York	6	4	2	.667	1.5
Baltimore	4	2	2	.500	2.5
Boston		6	3	3	.500	2.5
Philadelphia	9	3	6	.333	4.0
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	6	5	1	.833	 x
Buffalo		6	4	2	.667	1.0
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	1.5
Fort Wayne	5	2	3	.400	2.5
Pittsburgh	5	0	5	.000	4.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	7	5	2	.714	 x
Milwaukee	5	3	2	.600	1.0
Indianapolis	9	4	5	.444	2.0
Chicago		5	2	3	.400	2.0
Minneapolis	7	2	5	.286	3.0
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kansas City	4	2	2	.500	 x
Kentucky	8	4	4	.500	 x
Dallas	       10	5	5	.500	 x
Cincinnati	6	2	4	.333	1.0
New Orleans	4	1	3	.250	1.0

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
VILLANOVA IMPROVES TO 4-1
Villanova got it's 4th win of the season on a light Friday night's slate of college football games. Villanova topped fellow independant Boston College 20-13 in one of 6 games. The only conference game on the schedule took place between Border Conference foes West Texas A&M and New Mexico State. West Texas A&M prevailed by a 26-6 score.

A busy day today in the college ranks including another stiff challenge for 3rd ranked Texas. The Longhorns entertain Rice in Southwest Conference play. Top ranked Notre Dame and number 2 Michigan are also in action. The Irish host Iowa while Michigan is home to Western Conference rival Minnesota.

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
Tennessee-Chattanooga 10 Dayton 10
Detroit Mercy 16 Duquesne 7
Miami (Florida) 16 George Washington 13
Georgetown 20 New York University 0
Villanova 20 Boston College 14
West Texas A&M 26 New Mexico State 6

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	BORDER CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		 W   L	T	W  L	T
Texas Tech	 1   0	0	2  3	0
New Mexico	 2   1	0	2  2	0
Texas-El Paso	 2   1	0	3  2	0
West Texas A&M	 2   1	0	4  2	0
Hardin-Simmons	 1   1	0	3  1	0
Arizona		 1   1  0	3  1    0
Arizona State	 1   1	0	2  3	0
Northern Arizona 0   2	0	1  4	0
New Mexico State 0   2	0	3  3	0

BOXING
KANE DEFENDS EUROPEAN TITLE
European flyweight champion Peter Kane retained his title after winning by technical knockout in the third round of his bout in London with fellow Brit Teddy Gardner. Gardner, the former World Champion, had the fight well under control or so it seemed until Kane opened a nasty cut above the challenger's left eye. With blood pouring out of the gash and Gardner clearly unable to see the referee stopped the fight. Afterwards, Gardner's camp claimed the cut had been caused by a head butt but most impartial observers disagreed.

Kane improves to 19-2-1 and is looking for a fight with World Champion Speedy Akira of Japan. Gardner, who was World Champion from October of last year until losing to Jackie Paterson in June, drops to 18-4-1.

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

rangers85 · 04-08-2005, 11:14 PM

I've got to pull for West Texas A&M as they're my hometown team. But TCU comes first for sure.

Tiger Fan · 04-10-2005, 01:45 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY OCTOBER 26, 1947

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RICE BEATS TEXAS 20-10
The University of Texas had climbed to the number 3 ranking by playing and beating some tough highly ranked opponents but the Longhorns finally met their match when 8th ranked Rice beat them 20-10. Rice QB Virgil *Ekenberg threw one touchdown pass and ran for another but it was the Owls defense that proved the difference, in particular defensive end John *Magee who sacked Longhorns QB Bobby *Layne 3 times in the game.

Another top 10 squad fell this weekend when #13 California edged the 7th ranked USC Trojans 24-23. Meanwhile 9th ranked Oklahoma was forced to settle for a 16-16 draw against Texas Christian.

Here are the standings of the major conferences:

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	SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W  L  T
Rice		2   0   0	4  1  0
Arkansas	2   1	0	4  2  0
Texas A&M	1   1	0	3  3  0
Texas		1   1	0	5  1  0
Baylor		1   1	0	4  1  0
SMU		0   1	0	4  1  0
Texas Christian	0   2	0	3  2  1

	WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W  L  T
Illinois	3   0	0	4  1  0
Ohio State	2   0	0	3  2  0
Wisconsin	2   0	0	3  2  0
Michigan	2   0	0	5  0  0	 
Northwestern	2   1	0	3  1  1
Iowa		1   2	0	2  4  0
Indiana		0   3	0	1  4  0
Minnesota	0   3	0	1  3  0
Purdue		0   3	0	1  4  0

	PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W  L  T
California	2   0	0	6  0  0
Montana		1   0	0	4  2  0
USC		2   1	0	3  1  1
Stanford	2   1	0	2  3  0
Idaho		1   1	1	3  1  1
UCLA		1   1	0	2  2  1
Oregon		1   1	0	4  2  0
Oregon State	1   2	0	2  3  0
Washington	1   2	0	2  3  0
Wash State	0   3	1	0  5  1

		SEC STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W  L  T
Georgia Tech	3   0	0	5  0  0
Louisiana State	1   0	0	3  1  0
Mississippi	3   1	0	5  1  0
Alabama		2   1	1	4  1  1
Vanderbilt	2   2	0	2  3  0
Tulane		2   2	0	2  3  0
Florida		1   1	0	2  3  0
Kentucky	1   2	0	4  2  0
Miss State	0   0	0	2  1  2
Tennessee	0   1	1	3  1  1
Georgia		0   2	0	3  3  0
Auburn		0   3	0	2  3  0

	SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W  L  T
Duke		3   0	0	3  1  1
North Carolina	2   0	0	4  1  0
VMI		1   0	1	2  2  1
William & Mary	3   1	0	4  1  0
Maryland	3   1	0	4  1  0
Washi & Lee	2   1	0	2  4  0
North Car State	2   1	0	3  1  0
Clemson		2   1	0	4  1  0
South Carolina	1   2	0	2  3  0
Virginia Tech	1   2	0	1  4  0
Furman		1   2	0	1  4  0	
Davidson	1   2	0	3  3  0
Wake Forest	1   3	0	2  3  0
Richmond	0   2	1	3  2  1
Citadel		0   2	0	2  3  0
G Washington	0   3	0	0  5  0

	BIG SIX CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W  L  T
Missouri	2   0	0	5  1  0
Oklahoma	1   0	0	3  1  1
Kansas		1   1	0	2  3  0
Nebraska	1   1	0	2  2  0
Iowa State	1   2	0	2  4  0
Kansas State	0   2	0	1  5  0

	BORDER CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		 W   L	T	W  L  T
Texas-El Paso	 2   1	0	3  2  0
West Texas A&M	 2   1	0	4  2  0
Arizona		 2   1 	0	4  1  0
New Mexico	 2   2	0	2  3  0
Texas Tech	 1   0	0	2  4  0
Hardin-Simmons	 1   1	0	4  1  0
Arizona State	 1   1	0	2  3  0
Northern Arizona 0   2	0	1  5  0
New Mexico State 0   2	0	3  3  0

	MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		CONFERENCE	 OVERALL	
		W   L	T	W   L   T
Wyoming		3   0	0	4   1	0
Utah		2   1	0	4   1	0
Colorado State	2   1	0	4   1	1
Utah State	1   1	1	4   1	1
Colorado	1   1	0	1   4	0
Denver		0   2	0	3   2	0
Brigham Young	0   3	1	1   3	2

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

SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Alabama 7 Georgia 0
Mississippi 20 Arkansas 7
Army 34 Columbia 7
Tulane 21 Auburn 2
Baylor 20 Texas A&M 14
Colgate 14 Brown 3
Georgia Tech 40 Citadel 0
Colorado State 21 Colorado 7
Cornell 14 Princeton 3
Harvard 14 Dartmouth 10
Davidson 34 Washington & Lee 17
Duke 7 Wake Forest 3
Merchant Marine 31 Fordham 16
Wofford 13 Furman 9
Richmond 29 Hampden-Sydney 10
Hardin-Simmons 21 Mississippi State 14
Holy Cross 14 Syracuse 7
Montana State 16 Idaho State 0
Illinois 20 Purdue 9
Northwestern 21 Indiana 13
Notre Dame 30 Iowa 6
Kentucky 28 Michigan State 6
Rutgers 38 Lehigh 3
St. Mary's 23 Loyola Marymount 13
Wisconsin 34 Marquette 10
Maryland 26 Virginia Tech 3
Michigan 44 Minnesota 7
Missouri 31 Iowa State 21
Montana 21 Washington State 13
Pennsylvania 23 Navy 3
Nebraska 34 Kansas State 20
Arizona 23 New Mexico 9
North Carolina 14 Florida 0
Wichita State 55 Northern Arizona 6
Ohio State 21 Pittsburgh 13
Oklahoma A&M 19 Drake 10
Oregon State 34 Portland 7
Rice 20 Texas 10
Oregon 16 San Francisco 10
California 24 Southern California 23
Southern Methodist 21 UCLA 7
Yale 34 Springfield 3
Washington 17 Stanford 3
Bucknell 10 Temple 10
Tennessee 14 Tennessee Tech 0
Oklahoma 16 Texas Christian 16
Denver 19 Texas Tech 17
Tulsa 21 Nevada 17
Wyoming 16 Utah 3
Brigham Young 20 Utah State 20
Louisiana State 17 Vanderbilt 7
Virginia 41 Virginia Military Institute 14
Penn State 21 West Virginia 14
William & Mary 52 Boston University 10

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
PROVIDENCE AND CLEVELAND EXTEND LEADS IN EAST
The two first place clubs in the eastern conference each come up with a victory over the second place team in their respective divisions. In the Atlantic Providence improved to 7-1 on the season and moved 2.5 games ahead of New York by beating the Knickerbockers 95-84 in overtime at Madison Square Garden. The overtime became a laugher as the Steamrollers outscored the Knicks 12-1 in the extra session. Second year man Jim *Pollard had another strong game for the Steamrollers, scoring 21 points. Lonnie Duncan chipped in with 19 for the winners.

In the Northeast Division Cleveland is now 6-1 after topping second place Buffalo 100-84. Braden Morrow had 22 and Juan Harrison 21 to lead the Cavs who have won 5 straight.

In the only other game Indianapolis went on a 24-1 run in the fourth quarter and hammered Chicago 114-78. The big difference in the game was the Olympians shot over 60% from the field while Chicago hit on just 28% of their attempts. George *Mikan led all scores with 22 points.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Baltimore guard Peter Warren was named the NBA player of the week. The 12th year pro out of Harvard scored 56 points and added 11 assists in 2 games last week. The two-time NBA MVP (1939-40 and 1943-44) made the All League second team a year ago. It marks the 15th time in his career he has been named player of the week.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Providence 95 New York 84
Cleveland 100 Buffalo 84
Indianapolis 114 Chicago 78

TODAY'S GAMES
Philadelphia at Baltimore
Cincinnati at Dallas
Indianapolis at Kentucky
Cleveland at Milwaukee

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	8	7	1	.875	 x
New York	7	4	3	.571	2.5
Baltimore	4	2	2	.500	3.0
Boston		6	3	3	.500	3.0
Philadelphia	9	3	6	.333	4.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	7	6	1	.857	 x
Buffalo		7	4	3	.571	2.0
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	2.0
Fort Wayne	5	2	3	.400	3.0
Pittsburgh	5	0	5	.000	5.0
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	7	5	2	.714	 x
Milwaukee	5	3	2	.600	1.0
Indianapolis   10	5	5	.500	1.5
Chicago		6	2	4	.333	2.5
Minneapolis	7	2	5	.286	3.0
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kansas City	4	2	2	.500	 x
Kentucky	8	4	4	.500	 x
Dallas	       10	5	5	.500	 x
Cincinnati	6	2	4	.333	1.0
New Orleans	4	1	3	.250	1.0

SCORING LEADERS
1   Miguel Dominguez Buffalo 	23.0
1   Mac Thorpe St Louis		23.0
3   Peter Warren Baltimore	21.3
4   Justin Hild Syracuse	20.3
5   Thalamus Butler New York	20.2
6   Joe *Fulks Minneapolis	20.1
7   Vin Concepcion Chicago	20.0
8   Jim Cokley Kansas City	19.8
8   George *Mikan Indianapolis	19.8
10  Noah Baldin Fort Wayne	19.6

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LEAFS AND HABS POST 5-2 VICTORIES
Saturday night always means hockey night in Canada and the hometown fans in both Toronto and Montreal went away happy as their respective heroes each scored 5-2 victories. At The Forum, Elmer Lach had a goal and 3 assists to pace the Canadiens past Boston. Lach's linemates Toe Blake and Maurice Richard each had 2 points on the night. The Canadiens won despite being outshot 45-27 by the Bruins as Montreal goaltender Bill Durnan was outstanding.

In Toronto the Leafs erupted for 4 goals in just over 2 minutes and cruised past Chicago. Last seasons rookie of th year Howie Meeker had a pair of goals while Max Bentley had a goal and 2 helpers for the Leafs. A pair of third period tally's from the Hawks spoiled Turk Broda's shutout bid.

BOSTON at MONTREAL
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
None
Period 2
1- MONTREAL Canadiens: Elmer Lach 1(Maurice Richard) 7:45
2- BOSTON BRUINS: Pete Babando 1(Don Gallinger, Wally Wilson) 8:52
3- MONTREAL Canadiens: Maurice Richard 2(Elmer Lach, Glen Harmon) (PP) 9:37
4- MONTREAL Canadiens: Jacques Locas 1(Billy Reay, Butch Bouchard) (PP) 9:56
5- BOSTON BRUINS: Woody Dumart 1(Unassisted) 12:21
Period 3
6- MONTREAL Canadiens: Toe Blake 3(Roger Leger, Elmer Lach) 0:32
7- MONTREAL Canadiens: Toe Blake 4(Elmer Lach, Roger Leger) (SH) 12:13

SHOTS ON GOAL
BOSTON BRUINS - 45
MONTREAL Canadiens - 27

CHICAGO at TORONTO
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
1- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Max Bentley 3(Syl Apps, Bill Ezinicki) 14:11
2- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 4(Ted Kennedy) 14:57
3- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Bill Ezinicki 2(Max Bentley, Bill Barilko) (PP) 15:55
4- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 5(Harry Watson, Ted Kennedy) (PP) 16:31
Period 2
5- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Syl Apps 1(Max Bentley, Jim Thomson) 4:51
Period 3
6- CHICAGO Black Hawks: Bud Poile 1(Bill Gadsby) 0:41
7- CHICAGO Black Hawks: Alex Kaleta 1(Bill Gadsby, Red Hamill) (PP) 17:24

SHOTS ON GOAL
CHICAGO Black Hawks - 21
TORONTO Maple Leafs - 46

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	NHL STANDINGS
TEAM		GP  W	L  T	GF  GA	 PTS
Toronto		4   3	1  0	14   9	  6
Montreal	4   2	1  1	11   9	  5
Boston		3   2	1  0	10   8	  4
Detroit		3   2	1  0	10   9	  4
Chicago		3   0	2  1	 6  10	  1
New York	3   0	3  0	 4  10	  0

		SCORING LEADERS
NAME		TM  GP	G  A  PTS
Max Bentley	TOR  4	3  5   8
Howie Meeker	TOR  4	5  1   6
Don Gallinger	BOS  3	1  5   6
Elmer Lach	MON  4	1  5   6
Bill Ezinicki	TOR  4	2  3   5
Toe Blake	MON  4	4  0   4
Jim McFadden	DET  3	3  1   4
Maurice Richard	MON  4	2  2   4
Bill Gadsby	CHI  3	1  3   4
Butch Bouchard	MON  4	0  4   4
Roger Leger 	MON  4	0  4   4

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
IPRFU
Montreal 26 Hamilton Tigers 15
Toronto Argos 33 Ottawa Rough Riders 25
WESTERN
Regina 27 Calgary 20
Winnipeg 14 Edmonton 11
OPRFU
Ottawa Trojans 27 Toronto Indians 14
Toronto Balmy Beach 14 Hamilton Wildcats 10
Windsor 24 Sarnia 10

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ORFU		W	L	T	PTS
Ham Wildcats	7	2	0	14
Tor Balmy Beach	6	2	0	12
Windsor		6	2	0	12
Ott Trojans	5	3	0	10
Tor Indians	1	8	0	 2
Sarnia		0	8	0	 0

IPRFU		 W	L	T	PTS
Montreal	10	0	0	20
Argos		 5	5	0	10
Ham Tigers	 3	7	0	 6
Ottawa RR	 2	8	0	 4
				
Western		W	L	T	PTS
Edmonton	8	3	0	16
Winnipeg	8	3	0	16
Regina		4	8	0	 8
Calgary		2	8	0	 4

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

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STANDINGS	GP  W	L  T	GF  GA	PTS
Blackpool       14 10	2  2	19   7	 22
Arsenal		13  7	0  6	18   8	 20
Man United	13  9	2  2	20  12	 20
Aston Villa     14  9	4  1	15   8	 19
Portsmouth      13  7	2  4	17   9	 18
Burnley 	13  5	1  7	14   8	 17
Sunderland 	14  8	5  1	22  17	 17
Huddersfield	14  6	4  4	22  18	 16
Liverpool       14  6	4  4	20  18	 16
Manchest. City  14  5	4  5	15  13	 15
Bolton   	13  4	3  6	17  15	 14
Preston NE      14  5	6  3	16  14	 13
Wolverhampton  	13  5	6  2	16  16	 12
Charlton Athl	13  5	6  2	17  20	 12
Derby County 	14  4	6  4	16  15	 12
Stoke City 	14  4	7  3	13  13	 11
Blackburn	13  4	7  2	14  20	 10
Middlesbrough	13  4	7  2	14  21	 10
Everton 	14  3	7  4	12  18	 10
Sheffield Untd 	14  4	8  2	21  27	 10
Chelsea 	13  2  11  0	14  26	  4
Grimsby Town	14  0  14  0	10  39	  0

jtb · 04-10-2005, 01:48 AM

TF,
I just wanted to bring to your attention that greydog studios is working on a college football game and from what I've read so far would work as far as at least starting from any calendar year. greydogstudios.com
JTB

Tiger Fan · 04-10-2005, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtb

TF,
I just wanted to bring to your attention that greydog studios is working on a college football game and from what I've read so far would work as far as at least starting from any calendar year. greydogstudios.com
JTB

thanks for mentioning it but I have been following the news closely. Can't wait and hopefully it has plenty of options for me to customize things as close to this era as possible.

Now if only someone would make a career based hockey game that gives me the same kind of customization - 6 team league, player editing etc.

Tiger Fan · 04-12-2005, 06:47 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY OCTOBER 27, 1947

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
CARDINALS SURPRISE SAN FRANCISCO 14-7
The Arizona Cardinals created a real logjam atop the NFC West after they beat the San Francisco 49ers 14-7. The victory, just the second of the season for Arizona, drops the 49ers into a first place tie with St Louis at 5-3. The Seattle Seahawks, who lost 24-17 to the Rams yesterday, are just a game back. The Niners, who earlier had looked like they might run away with the division, suffered their second straight loss. The Cardinals defense and in particular all-pro safety Booker Hassellbeck was the difference in the game. Hassellbeck had 12 tackles, a pair of sacks and a key fourth quarter interception that set up the winning score. The 6 time all-pro selection is the NFL's all-time leader in tackles.

In Seattle, the visiting Rams won their third straight game on the strength of 118 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns from running back Mike Largent. The win came at a cost however, as Rams QB Rod Dugas suffered a broken foot in the game and may miss up to two months. Veteran backup Kevin Schwantz completed 12-of-20 attempts in relief.

Jets running back Steve *Van Buren may have single-handedly ended the New England Patriots playoff hopes. Van Buren ran for 154 yards and two touchdowns plus he caught 6 passes for 54 yards and a third touchdown in leading the Jets past the Patriots 24-14. At 6-3 New York now has a 3 game lead on the Pats and in all likliehood wrapped up the division title with this win. In the other game involving AFC East clubs, Ken Wilkins hit a 39 yard field goal in overtime to lift Buffalo past Miami 34-31. Both teams are now 2-7.

Dallas won it's second game to improve to 2-6. The Cowboys beat the Giants 19-14 thanks to 4 Wesley Hodgins' field goals and 111 yards rushing from Raymond Cash. First overall pick George *Savitsky had a sack for the Cowboys to raise his season total to 3.

Philadelphia improved to 7-1 with a 22-17 win over Washington. The Skins had a 14-6 lead until often-injured QB Sammy *Baugh was knocked out of the game. *Baugh has failed to start more than 10 games each of the past two seasons and has missed 3 already this year. He is expected to be back next week.

A wild finish in New Orleans as the Saints and Tampa Bay combined for 30 fourth quarter points. In the end the hometown side prevailed 39-32 as Saints RB Todd Berger gained 207 yards rushing and scored 3 touchdowns. Rookie Otto *Graham threw 3 touchdown passes for the Bucs.

Atlanta improved to 6-3 as yet another running back had a huge game. Falcons back Antowain Anderson gained 199 yards and scored two touchdowns as the birds beat 1-7 Carolina 35-26.

Baltimore gained some breathing room atop the AFC North with a 35-21 win at home over second place Cincinnati. The usually defensive minded Ravens got a second straight 4-touchdown pass game from QB John Foster. The Bengals two quarterbacks combined for 5 interceptions.

The Browns playoff hopes suffered a blow with a 19-7 loss at home to arch-rival Pittsburgh. Browns QB Louis Webster had a terrible game, getting picked off 3 times which led to 10 of the Steelers points.

Ulish Groce threw for a pair of touchdowns and 286 yards as the Kansas City Chiefs beat Denver 34-20. Meanwhile, the Oakland Raiders remained 2 games back of the front running Chiefs in the AFC West with a 29-23 win over San Diego.

In the only other game Houston and Indianapolis battled to a 24-24 overtime tie. Colts QB Eric Poppinga threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns but was also intercepted twice. Tonight the top two teams in the AFC South meet in Tennessee as the 6-1 Titans host 4-3 Jacksonville.

SUNDAY'S RESULTS
Dallas 19 NY Giants 14
Indianapolis 24 Houston 24
Pittsburgh 19 Cleveland 7
Oakland 29 San Diego 23
Baltimore 35 Cincinnati 21
Buffalo 34 Miami 31
Philadelphia 22 Washington 17
Arizona 14 San Francisco 7
Kansas City 34 Denver 20
St Louis 24 Seattle 17
New Orleans 39 Tampa 32
Atlanta 35 Carolina 26
NY Jets 24 New England 14

TONIGHT'S GAME
Jacksonville at Tennessee

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			STANDINGS
		NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Green Bay Packers	7	1	0	.875	257	127
Chicago Bears		6	2	0	.750	192	187
Detroit Lions		3	5	0	.375	176	212
Minnesota Vikings	2	6	0	.250	141	169

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia Eagles	7	1	0	.875	228	146
New York Giants		3	5	0	.375	139	183
Washington Redskins	3	5	0	.375	157	198
Dallas Cowboys		2	6	0	.250	163	186

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta Falcons		6	3	0	.667	209	199
New Orleans Saints	6	3	0	.667	228	203
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	5	0	.444	211	223
Carolina Panthers	1	8	0	.111	181	231

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
San Francisco 49ers	5	3	0	.625	158	121
St. Louis Rams		5	3	0	.625	175	176
Seattle Seahawks	4	4	0	.500	129	128
Arizona Cardinals	2	6	0	.250	136	179

		AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Baltimore Ravens	7	1	0	.875	210	137
Cincinnati Bengals	5	3	0	.625	158	140
Cleveland Browns	4	4	0	.500	176	189
Pittsburgh Steelers	3	5	0	.375	154	103

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
New York Jets		6	3	0	.667	188	148
New England Patriots	3	6	0	.333	129	189
Buffalo Bills		2	7	0	.222	155	244
Miami Dolphins		2	7	0	.222	205	243

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Tennessee Titans	6	1	0	.857	157	105
Jacksonville Jaguars	4	3	0	.571	132	141
Houston Texans		4	3	1	.563	141	135
Indianapolis Colts	2	5	1	.313	155	172

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City Chiefs	6	2	0	.750	225	171
Oakland Raiders		4	4	0	.500	163	205
San Diego Chargers	3	5	0	.375	178	169
Denver Broncos		3	5	0	.375	169	216

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
CAVS STRETCH WINNING STREAK TO SIX GAMES
Braden Morrow had 20 points and Juan Harrison 19 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their 6th game in a row, 94-76 over Milwaukee. At 7-1, the Cavs are tied with Providence for the league's best record.

Cory Vergara had 22 points off the bench to help pace Baltimore past Philadelphia 106-79. It was another long night for Warriors fans as the club continues to struggle. Guard Anthony Maggs had a big game for the Warriors, scoring 24 points and chipping in on the boards with 7 rebounds but the big men remain inconsistant. John Layton had 11 points and just 6 rebounds playing against a center he dominated in the league finals with Dallas last year.

In Dallas, forward Liles Wilder had 17 points and 11 rebounds to pace Cincinnati to a 76-70 victory over the Chaps. In the only other contest Kentucky guard Trevor Presgraves had 23 points and 9 assists as the Colonels beat Indianapolis 83-77.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Baltimore 106 Philadelphia 79
Cincinnati 76 Dallas 70
Kentucky 83 Indianapolis 77
Cleveland 94 Milwaukee 76

TODAY'S GAMES
Boston at Baltimore
Cleveland at New York
St Louis at Kentucky
Cincinnati at Fort Wayne
Buffalo at Kansas City

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	 8	7	1	.875	 x
Baltimore	 5	3	2	.600	2.5
New York	 7	4	3	.571	2.5
Boston		 6	3	3	.500	3.0
Philadelphia	10	3	7	.300	5.0
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	8	7	1	.875	 x
Buffalo		7	4	3	.571	2.5
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	2.5
Fort Wayne	5	2	3	.400	3.5
Pittsburgh	5	0	5	.000	5.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	 7	5	2	.714	 x
Milwaukee	 6	3	3	.500	1.5
Indianapolis	11	5	6	.455	2.0
Chicago		 6	2	4	.333	2.5
Minneapolis	 7	2	5	.286	3.0
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	 9	5	4	.556	 x
Kansas City	 4	2	2	.500	0.5
Dallas		11	5	6	.455	1.0
Cincinnati	 7	3	4	.429	1.0
New Orleans	 4	1	3	.250	1.5

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
CANADIENS BEAT DETROIT BUT LOSE THE ROCKET
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Red Wings 6-5 in Detroit but the victory came at a heavy price. Habs scoring star Maurice 'Rocket' Richard suffered a leg injury and is expected to miss close to a month. He will be the second Canadiens forward sidelined for a length of time as winger Kenny Mosdell is out until mid-December after an offseason injury. Before he was hurt, Richard scored two goals and added an assist on the first of Elmer Lach's two markers.

The Red Wings outshot Montreal 56-34 but Bill Durnan had another strong game between the pipes for the Canadiens. Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel each scored twice for the Wings.

In the only othe game Boston topped the Chicago Black Hawks by a 3-1 score. Gaye Stewart put the Hawks ahead 21 seconds in to the game but that was the only puck to elude Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek, who turned aside 18 shots. Three defensemen - Clare Martin, Jack Crawford and Pat Egan - scored for the Bruins.

MONTREAL at DETROIT
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
1- MONTREAL Canadiens: Bob Fillion 2(Roger Leger, Ken Reardon) 16:09
2- MONTREAL Canadiens: Maurice Richard 3(Elmer Lach, Jim Peters) 16:56
Period 2
3- MONTREAL Canadiens: Maurice Richard 4(Jim Peters, Glen Harmon) 2:39
4- MONTREAL Canadiens: Jim Peters 1(Elmer Lach, Hal Laycoe) 8:17
5- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 3(Marty Pavelich, Gordie Howe) (SH) 8:59
6- DETROIT Red Wings: Sid Abel 2(Leo Reise, Ted Lindsay) 9:31
7- DETROIT Red Wings: Don Morrison 1(Pete Horeck, Jim McFadden) 11:45
8- MONTREAL Canadiens: Elmer Lach 2(Maurice Richard) 14:34
9- DETROIT Red Wings: Sid Abel 3(Unassisted) 15:59
10- MONTREAL Canadiens: Elmer Lach 3(Jim Peters, Glen Harmon) (SH) 19:01
Period 3
11- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 4(Gordie Howe) (PP) 13:54

SHOTS ON GOAL
MONTREAL Canadiens - 34
DETROIT Red Wings - 56

CHICAGO at BOSTON
SCORING SUMMARY
Period 1
1- CHICAGO Black Hawks: Gaye Stewart 2(Doug Bentley, Ernie Dickens) 0:21
Period 2
2- BOSTON BRUINS: Clare Martin 2(Milt Schmidt, Murray Henderson) 10:19
3- BOSTON BRUINS: Jack Crawford 1(Ed Sanford, Woody Dumart) 12:38
Period 3
4- BOSTON BRUINS: Pat Egan 1(Milt Schmidt, Clare Martin)17:57

SHOTS ON GOAL
CHICAGO Black Hawks - 19
BOSTON BRUINS - 32

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TEAM	 GP  W	L  T GF  GA  PTS
Montreal  5  3	1  1 17	 14   7
Toronto	  4  3	1  0 14	  9   6
Boston	  4  3	1  0 13	  9   6
Detroit	  4  2	2  0 15	 15   4
Chicago	  4  0	3  1  7	 13   1
New York  3  0	3  0  4	 10   0

SCORING LEADERS
NAME		TM  GP	G  A  PTS
Elmer Lach	MON  5	3  7   10
Max Bentley	TOR  4	3  5	8
Maurice Richard	MON  5	4  3	7
Howie Meeker	TOR  4	5  1	6
Ted Lindsay	DET  4	4  2	6
Don Gallinger	BOS  4	1  5	6
Jim McFadden	DET  4	3  2	5
Bill Ezinicki	TOR  4	2  3	5
Jim Peters 	MON  2	1  4	5
Gordie Howe	DET  4	1  4	5
Roger Leger 	MON  4	0  5	5
Toe Blake	MON  5	4  0	4
Sid Abel	DET  4	3  1	4
Clare Martin	BOS  4	2  2	4
Bill Gadsby	CHI  4	1  3	4
Don Morrison	DET  4	1  3	4
Butch Bouchard	MON  5	0  4	4
Glen Harmon	MON  5	0  4	4

GOALTENDING
NAME		TM	GAA
Turk Broda	TOR	2.25
Frank Brimsek	BOS	2.25
Bill Durnan	MON	2.81
Emile Francis	CHI	3.26
Jim Henry	NY	3.33
Harry Lumley	DET	3.75

Tiger Fan · 04-15-2005, 12:18 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
WILLIAMS NAMED A.L. MVP
To the surprise of absolutely no one Boston outfielder Ted Williams was named the American League Most Valuable Player. All Williams did was become just the third man in major league history to win the triple crown. Teddy Ballgame finished the season with a .347 batting average, .008 ahead of teammate Johnny Hudson. Williams' 38 homers were 15 more than anyone else in the American League and with 112 rbi's he had 4 more than Wally Judnich of the Browns.

Only George Stone of the Boston Braves in 1913 and the Yankees Babe Ruth in 1926 have managed to lead their league in batting average, homers and rbi's in the same season prior to Williams. Ruth was the only one to lead all three categories outright as Stone tied for the rbi lead. Rogers Horsnby came very close in 1923, missing by 1 home run.

For Williams it was his second straight Most Valuable Player award. He also won the American League rookie of the year award in 1939 and has made the all-star team each of his 9 seasons.

Tomorrow the National League MVP award will be announced. It should be a tight race between Bob Elliott of Pittsburgh and Joe Medwick of the Cardinals.

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  TED WILLIAMS CAREER STATS
YEAR  TEAM	G  AB   R   H   2B 3B HR  RBI   BB   K  SB CS  AVG  OBP  SLG
1939 BOS,AL   147 505 119 154	44  7 38  119  127  48	0  0 .305 .445 .646
1940 BOS,AL   113 381  98 130	29  8 28   95	86  22	0  0 .341 .463 .680
1941 BOS,AL   148 505 117 179	43  4 25  106  119  29	0  0 .354 .478 .604
1942 BOS,AL   128 445  83 144	40  4 13   72  101  18	0  1 .324 .449 .519
1943 BOS,AL   147 492  92 159	43 16 13   92  104  32	0  1 .323 .441 .555
1944 BOS,AL   122 410  78 133	31  4 13   70  104  24	1  0 .324 .461 .515
1945 BOS,AL   148 506  95 151	30  6 20   90  121  32	0  2 .298 .434 .500
1946 BOS,AL   147 469  94 151	33  3 31   93  140  35	0  0 .322 .478 .603
1947 BOS,AL   146 467 111 162	38  2 38  112  163  33	0  0 .347 .512 .681
            ---- ---- --- ---- --- -- --- --- ---- ---  -  - ---- ---- ----
Total	    1246 4180 887 1363 331 54 219 849 1065 273	1  4 .326 .462 .588

AL Rookie of the year 1939
AL MVP 1946, 1947
Gold Glove 1946
Won AL batting title 1942, 1947
Led AL in homers 1945, 1946, 1947
Won Triple Crown 1947

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BLEDSOE LEADS JAGS TO UPSET WIN OVER TITANS
Jacksonville quarterback Tommy Bledsoe enjoyed probably his finest day as a pro in leading the Jaguars to a 30-16 victory over the hometown Tennessee Titans in the Monday Night NFL game. Bledsoe completed 15 of 21 passes for 258 yards including a pair of 4th quarter touchdown strikes. After starting the year 0-3 the Jags have won 5 straight games and are the hottest team in the AFC. At 5-3 they move to within a game of the Titans in the race for first place in the AFC South.

Bledsoe has been booed, benched and very inconsistant for most of his 5 years in Jacksonville, but the former Washington State signal caller seems to have finally found the secret to sucess in the NFL. Thanks to a terrible start this season, Bledsoe still has more interceptions (8) than touchdown passes (7) on the year but he has been very good the past 4 games. Having a developing tight end in Carroll Costa to go along with all-pro receiver Lewis Smith has made things much easier on the Jags offense this season.

The Titans were forced to finish the game with Manfred Gayle under center after rookie Charles *Trippi left the game with a leg injury. *Trippi, a Heisman Trophy finalist at Georgia last season, has been enjoying a terrific rookie season but his status for next weeks game at Tennessee is doubtful.

MONDAY NIGHT RESULT
Jacksonville 30 Tennessee 16

WEEK 10 GAMES
San Diego Chargers (3-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (6-2)
Tennessee Titans (6-2) at Indianapolis Colts (2-5-1)
Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3) at Houston Texans (4-3-1)
Cleveland Browns (4-4) at Baltimore Ravens (7-1)
New Orleans Saints (6-3) at Carolina Panthers (1-8)
Arizona Cardinals (2-6) at Seattle Seahawks (4-4)
San Francisco 49ers (5-3) at St. Louis Rams (5-3)
Philadelphia Eagles (7-1) at Dallas Cowboys (2-6)
Detroit Lions (3-5) at Minnesota Vikings (2-6)
Chicago Bears (6-2) at Green Bay Packers (7-1)
Pittsburgh Steelers (3-5) at Cincinnati Bengals (5-3)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5) at Atlanta Falcons (6-3)
Washington Redskins (3-5) at New York Giants (3-5)

MONDAY NIGHT
Oakland Raiders (4-4) at Denver Broncos (3-5)

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			STANDINGS
		NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Green Bay Packers	7	1	0	.875	257	127
Chicago Bears		6	2	0	.750	192	187
Detroit Lions		3	5	0	.375	176	212
Minnesota Vikings	2	6	0	.250	141	169

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia Eagles	7	1	0	.875	228	146
New York Giants		3	5	0	.375	139	183
Washington Redskins	3	5	0	.375	157	198
Dallas Cowboys		2	6	0	.250	163	186

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta Falcons		6	3	0	.667	209	199
New Orleans Saints	6	3	0	.667	228	203
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	5	0	.444	211	223
Carolina Panthers	1	8	0	.111	181	231

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
San Francisco 49ers	5	3	0	.625	158	121
St. Louis Rams		5	3	0	.625	175	176
Seattle Seahawks	4	4	0	.500	129	128
Arizona Cardinals	2	6	0	.250	136	179

		AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
North			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Baltimore Ravens	7	1	0	.875	210	137
Cincinnati Bengals	5	3	0	.625	158	140
Cleveland Browns	4	4	0	.500	176	189
Pittsburgh Steelers	3	5	0	.375	154	103

East			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
New York Jets		6	3	0	.667	188	148
New England Patriots	3	6	0	.333	129	189
Buffalo Bills		2	7	0	.222	155	244
Miami Dolphins		2	7	0	.222	205	243

South			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Tennessee Titans	6	2	0	.750	173	135
Jacksonville Jaguars	5	3	0	.625	162	157
Houston Texans		4	3	1	.563	141	135
Indianapolis Colts	2	5	1	.313	155	172

West			W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Kansas City Chiefs	6	2	0	.750	225	171
Oakland Raiders		4	4	0	.500	163	205
San Diego Chargers	3	5	0	.375	178	169
Denver Broncos		3	5	0	.375	169	216

	LEAGUE LEADERS
		PASSING
Player		TM	AT	COMP	COMP%	YDS	TD	INT	RAT
Sid *Luckman	CHI	240	163	67.9	2086	12	6      101.1
Charles *Trippi	TEN	191	121	63.4	1567	10	5	95.6
Ryan Boyette	NO	277	192	69.3	2273	11	8	95.2
John Foster	BAL	291	170	58.4	2240	19	9	91.7
Otto *Graham	TB	138	 87	63.0	 963	 5	3	86.7

RUSHING YARDS
Player		  TM	GS	RUSH	YDS	YPC	LG	TD
Antowain Anderson ATL	9	205	1196	5.8	92	10
Todd Berger	   NO	9	212	1028	4.8	74	 8
Stacey Jolley	  MIA	9	196	1013	5.2	88	 9
Harley Mitchell	  PHI	8	222	 956	4.3	56	 6
Keyshawn Smith	  TB	9	160	 931	5.8	80	 9
Steve *Van Buren NYJ	9	185	 903	4.9	97	 9

RECEPTIONS	 TM	REC
Bob Sommer	 NO	55
Jim *Benton	 MIN	54
Lewis Smith	 JAX	54
Petis Neumann	 KC	53
Duane Whelihan	 ATL	53
George Donaldson DAL	52

RECEVING YARDS	TM	GS	REC	YDS	YPC	LG	TD
Pettis Neumann	KAN	8	53	803	15.2	55	4
Jerry Watson	DEN	8	51	789	15.5	59	4
Amos Hynoski	DET	8	41	769	18.8	86	5
Duane Whelihan	ATL	9	53	767	14.5	64	7
Bob Sommer	NO	9	55	730	13.3	52	5
Jim *Benton	MIN	8	54	691	12.8	62	4
Chuck Myers	NYG	8	45	689	15.3	64	4

TACKLES		TM	GS	TAK	SOLO	AST
Matt Truluck	STL	8	91	66	25
Joey Sloan	MIA	9	90	61	29
Dale Cherry	CAR	9	88	68	20
Jeff Parent	CIN	8	87	72	15
James Sayler	NYJ	9	86	74	12
Chester Wooten	ATL	9	79	65	14
James Williams	SEA	8	78	62	16

SACKS		TM	SACKS
Jeff Parent 	CIN	9
Bill *Hewitt	CHI	8
John Beasley	KC	8
Vincent Davis	SEA	8
Ade Coulter	TEN	7
Jim Curry	BUF	7
Mike Smith	GB	7
Reggie White	SD	7
Duval Van Buren CIN	7

INTERCEPTIONS 	TM	INT
Mark Smith	BAL	9
Marion Dunlaney PHI	8
Todd Elwell	PIT	7
B Hasselbeck	ARZ	5
Aaron Miller	OAK	5
Jim Plum	TB	5
Dave Richards	SF	5
Ken Murphy	STL	5

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				NFL POWER RANKINGS
Rank	Team	Score	 PCT	Margin	SOS (Rank)	Offense (Rank)	Defense(Rank)
1  Green Bay 	326.4	.875   16.2	0.4923 (21)	379.2 (7)	309.0 (6)
2  Baltimore 	303.9	.875	9.1	0.4865 (22)	350.8 (12)	305.8 (3)
3  Kansas City 	280.0	.750	6.8	0.4975 (19)	380.5 (6)	324.6 (10)
4  Philadelphia	277.6	.875   10.2	0.4678 (28)	354.8 (10)	359.6 (22)
5  Chicago 	274.1	.750	0.6	0.5239 (10)	405.1 (2)	348.8 (18)
6  New Orleans 	273.5	.667	2.8	0.5053 (14)	425.2 (1)	356.6 (21)
7  Tennessee	259.9	.750	4.8	0.4660 (30)	356.0 (9)	327.0 (11)
8  Atlanta 	254.0	.667	1.1	0.4933 (20)	400.1 (3)	368.4 (24)
9  San Fran. 	253.9	.625	4.6	0.4548 (31)	388.0 (4)	307.2 (4)
10 Cleveland 	251.2	.500	-1.6	0.5338 (7)	380.8 (5)	297.8 (1)
11 NY Jets	244.9	.667	4.4	0.4431 (32)	307.4 (26)	298.4 (2)
12 St. Louis 	225.0	.625	-0.1	0.4666 (29)	334.4 (17)	320.0 (9)
13 Cincinnati 	221.5	.625	2.2	0.5135 (13)	304.4 (29)	337.0 (14)
14 Jacksonville 215.9	.625	0.6	0.4763 (26)	305.2 (28)	312.5 (7)
15 Houston 	214.2	.563	0.8	0.4845 (23)	347.9 (14)	339.1 (16)
16 Pittsburgh	213.1	.375	6.4	0.5512 (1)	301.9 (30)	307.6 (5)
17 San Diego 	202.4	.375	1.1	0.5448 (2)	326.6 (22)	330.8 (13)
18 Tampa Bay	196.8	.444	-1.3	0.5042 (15)	378.6 (8)	388.4 (31)
19 Oakland 	191.7	.500	-5.2	0.5427 (3)	325.2 (24)	368.9 (25)
20 Denver 	185.7	.375	-5.9	0.5343 (5)	350.9 (11)	364.1 (23)
21 Seattle 	185.3	.500	0.1	0.4812 (24)	285.5 (32)	329.0 (12)
22 Dallas 	171.7	.250	-2.9	0.5287 (8)	349.5 (13)	355.9 (20)
23 Indianapolis 168.9	.313	-2.1	0.5261 (9)	326.1 (23)	353.9 (19)
24 Detroit 	167.9	.375	-4.5	0.5147 (12)	338.5 (16)	376.5 (28)
25 New England 	166.9	.333	-6.7	0.4686 (27)	333.0 (20)	318.3 (8)
26 Minnesota 	161.9	.250	-3.5	0.5363 (4)	305.9 (27)	337.5 (15)
27 NY Giants	161.1	.375	-5.5	0.5005 (18)	324.6 (25)	341.2 (17)
28 Washington 	160.5	.375	-5.1	0.5041 (16)	333.6 (18)	379.5 (29)
29 Arizona 	144.0	.250	-5.4	0.5225 (11)	332.6 (21)	370.9 (26)
30 Miami 	137.3	.222	-4.2	0.4810 (25)	345.6 (15)	374.6 (27)
31 Carolina	120.4	.111	-5.6	0.5339 (6)	333.4 (19)	402.7 (32)
32 Buffalo 	104.4	.222	-9.9	0.5032 (17)	297.3 (31)	387.8 (30)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
BULLETS BLAST CELTICS 124-91
Three Baltimore Bullets players topped the 20 point mark as Baltimore hammered the Boston Celtics 124-91 in NBA action. The heart of the Bullets squad, guard Peter Warren, had a big game scoring 23 points and getting 11 assists while his backcourt mate Jaden Christopherson led the scoring parade with 24 points. Forward Joseph Mozell chipped in with 22 while sixth man Cory Vergara was one point shy of the 20 mark. The win improves the Bullets record to 4-2 while their Atlantic Division rivals from Boston drop to 3-4 on the season.

In New York the Knickerbockers snapped Cleveland's 6 game winning streak with a 90-80 win over the Cavs. Rookie forward Paul *Huston led the Knicks with 19 points while center Leonard Loch scored 14 while adding 11 rebounds.

Buffalo gained some ground on Cleveland in the Northeast Division by winning 96-89 in Kansas City. The Braves were led by a 29 point, 13 rebound night from power forward Miguel Dominguez. Dominguez is currently the NBA scoring leader.

Cesar Whitsett had an 18 rebound, 17 point and 5 block shots performance as Cincinnati won 104-78 over the Pistons in Fort Wayne.

In the only other game Kentucky beat St Louis 73-62 as the Bombers shot just 24% from the field.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Baltimore 124 Boston 91
New York 90 Cleveland 80
Kentucky 73 St Louis 62
Cincinnati 104 Fort Wayne 78
Buffalo 96 Kansas City 89

TODAY'S GAMES
Philadelphia at Providence
New York at Fort Wayne
Kentucky at Milwaukee

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	8	7	1	.875	x
Baltimore	6	4	2	.667	2.0
New York	8	5	3	.625	2.0
Boston		7	3	4	.429	3.5
Philadelphia   10	3	7	.300	5.0
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	9	7	2	.778	x
Buffalo		8	5	3	.625	1.5
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	2.0
Fort Wayne	6	2	4	.333	3.5
Pittsburgh	5	0	5	.000	5.0
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	 8	5	3	.625	x
Milwaukee	 6	3	3	.500	1.0
Indianapolis	11	5	6	.455	1.5
Chicago		 6	2	4	.333	2.0
Minneapolis	 7	2	5	.286	2.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	10	6	4	.600	 x
Cincinnati	 8	4	4	.500	1.0
Dallas		11	5	6	.455	1.5
Kansas City	 5	2	3	.400	1.5
New Orleans	 4	1	3	.250	2.0

		LEAGUE LEADERS
SCORING LEADERS				PPG
1  Miguel Dominguez	Buffalo		23.8
2  Mac Thorpe		St Louis	21.4
3  Justin Hild		Syracuse	20.3
4  Peter Warren		Baltimore	20.2
5  Joe *Fulks		Minneapolis	20.1
6  Vin Concepcion	Chicago		20.0
7  Noah Baldin		Fort Wayne	20.0
8  George *Mikan	Indianapolis	19.5
9  Daniel Swanson	Milwaukee	19.2
10 Anthony Maggs	Philadelphia	19.2

	REBOUNDS			RPG
1  Terry Rowe		Boston		13.3
2  Bok Dillon		Kansas City	12.4
3  Kevin Stewart	Pittsburgh	12.2
4  Noah Baldin		Fort Wayne	12.2
5  Mac Thorpe		St Louis	11.0

	ASSISTS				APG
1  Daniel Gray		New Orleans	9.5
2  Trevor Presgraves	Kentucky	9.0
3  Ryan Brumsey		Fort Wayne	8.8
4  Brandon Griswold	Cincinnati	7.5
5  Peter Warren		Baltimore	7.0

	STEALS				SPG
1  Robert Stennis	Syracuse	3.4
2  Kan Gochneaur	Providence	3.0
3  Lonnie Duncan	Providecne	3.0
4  Gabriel Brown	Kansas City	2.8
5  Trevor Presgraves	Kentucky	2.8

	ROOKIE SCORING			PPG
1  Paul *Huston		New York	10.4
2  Mel *McGaha		Milwaukee	 9.5
3  Varun Hunter		Kentucky	 8.4
4  Jack *Rocker		New Orleans	 6.8
5  Bruce *Hale		Buffalo		 6.8

Tiger Fan · 04-15-2005, 04:32 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ELLIOT WINS NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP
Pittsburgh Pirates thirdbaseman Bob Elliott has been named the National League MVP. Elliott, who last week won the third gold glove of his career, led the senior circuit in rbi's with 105 and was tied with teammate Elmer Valo for the lead in runs scored. He finished second to Cincinnati's Joe Medwick in the batting race.

Medwick was second in the MVP ballotting with shortstop Phil Rizzuto of the World Champion Chicago Cubs coming in third.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP VOTING RESULTS
NAME			PTS	1st  2nd 3rd
Bob Elliott, Pittsburgh	 40	 6    3   1
Joe Medwick, Cincinnati	 25	 2    4   3
Phil Rizzuto, Chicago	 21      2    3   2
Walker Cooper, St Louis	  2      0    0   2
Elmer Valo, Pittsburgh	  2      0    0   2

 BOB ELLIOTT'S CAREER STATS
Year Team    G	AB   R	  H   2B 3B  HR  RBI   BB   SB  CS   AVG  OBP  SLG
1940 PIT    106	345  61	 114  28  2   3	  42   20    9   0  .330 .367 .449
1941 PIT,NL 145	548  70	 173  43  7   4	  78   46    8   4  .316 .369 .442
1942 PIT,NL 146	523  73	 150  40  3   6	  64   59    7   2  .287 .359 .409
1943 PIT,NL 145	480  71	 136  30  3   8	  59   73   11   0  .283 .378 .408
1944 PIT    145	516  74	 135  22  3   8	  58   77   11	 4  .262 .358 .362
1945 PIT    109	362  49	  90  17  3   4	  52   55    3	 2  .249 .348 .345
1946 PIT,NL 142	534  83	 147  35  4  16	  87   79   11	 5  .275 .369 .446
1947 PIT,NL 149 515 101	 174  25  4  22	 105   90   10	 1  .338 .433 .530
          ---- ---- --- ---- --- --  --  ---  ---   --  --  ---- ---- ----
Total	  1087 3823 582	1119 240 29  71	 545  499   70	18  .293 .374 .426

National League MVP 1947
Won Gold Glove in 1941, 1942 & 1947
Had 32 game hitting streak in 1941

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
STEAMROLLERS FLATTEN PHILADELPHIA
Jim *Pollard had 32 points as the Providence Steamrollers won their 6th straight game, blowing out Philadelphia 112-83. The win improves the Steamrollers record to 8-1, best in the league. *Pollard, a second year guard who two NCAA titles at Alabama, is a big reason for the Steamrollers early success. He leads the club in scoring with 18.0 ppg and has been the team's emotional leader early in the season.

*Pollard averaged 13.7 ppg his rookie season and made the all-rookie second team but he stepped his game up to the next level during the summer league when he averaged over 25 ppg and 8 assists per game.

In Fort Wayne, Noah Baldin had 21 points and 10 boards to lead the Pistons past New York 100-73 spoiling a career game from Knicks backup forward Caston Cook who had 20 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. In the only other game Milwaukee hung on to nip Kentucky 81-78.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Providence 112 Philadelphia 83
Fort Wayne 100 New York 73
Milwaukee 81 Kentucky 78

TODAY'S GAMES
New York at Pittsburgh
Milwaukee at Indianapolis
Kentucky at Philadelphia
Kansas City at Syracuse

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	9	8	1	.889	 x
Baltimore	6	4	2	.667	2.5
New York	9	5	4	.556	3.0
Boston		7	3	4	.429	4.0
Philadelphia   11	3	8	.273	6.0
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	9	7	2	.778	 x
Buffalo		8	5	3	.625	1.5
Syracuse	9	5	4	.556	2.0
Fort Wayne	7	3	4	.429	3.0
Pittsburgh	5	0	5	.000	5.0
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	8	5	3	.625	 x
Milwaukee	7	4	3	.571	0.5
Indianapolis   11	5	6	.455	1.5
Chicago		6	2	4	.333	2.0
Minneapolis	7	2	5	.286	2.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky       11	6	5	.545	 x
Cincinnati	8	4	4	.500	0.5
Dallas	       11	5	6	.455	1.0
Kansas City	5	2	3	.400	1.0
New Orleans	4	1	3	.250	1.5

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SKYLINE CONFERENCE PREVIEW
Considering the relatively small schools in the division, the Skyline Conference has enjoyed outstanding success. The regularly send an at-large entry or two to the NCAA's and more often than not a school from the Skyline 8 is still playing in the Sweet 16. Utah won the conference's only national title with a victory in the 1938 National Invitational Tournament. Wyoming and Utah were the dominant schools in the 1930's but in recent years the Utes have faded a little. Colorado State is the fastest rising school. After a decade of mediocrity the Rams have made four straight NCAA tournament appearances and won the last two conference titles. Fresno State also always has a competitive team.

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YEAR	SKYLINE CHAMP	 	
1932-33	WYOMING	
1933-34	FRESNO STATE	
1934-35	UTAH	
1935-36	WYOMING	
1936-37	UTAH	
1937-38	NEW MEXICO	
1938-39	WYOMING	
1939-40	FRESNO STATE	
1940-41	WYOMING	
1941-42	WYOMING	
1942-43	FRESNO STATE	
1943-44	UTAH STATE	
1944-45	FRESNO STATE	
1945-46	COLORADO STATE	
1946-47	COLORADO STATE	

SKYLINE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
		NCAA	NIT
Wyoming		9-12	0-1
Fresno State	7-10	5-5
Utah		6-5	6-5
New Mexico	4-3	3-6
Colorado State	1-4	1-1
Denver		2-1	3-4
Brigham Young	0-1	0-2
Utah State	1-1	0-0

SKYLINE NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES
1937-38  Utah won tournament
 
SKYLINE NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS
1934-35  Eli Thioune Wyoming
 
SKYLINE ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS
1933-34 Russell Thao Utah
1934-35 Russell Thao Utah
1936-37 Drew Seufer Brigham Young
1940-41 Connor Kitson Wyoming
1946-47 Mel *Thurston Wyoming

SKYLINE CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- WYOMING: All-American Mel *Thurston is gone but the Cowboys still have plenty of talent including a pair of preseason all-conference selections. The Cowboys have gone 5 years without a conference title, the longest such drought in school history.

2- UTAH: Ended a 4 year postseason drought last season with a 20-10 year and an NIT bid. Prior to the slump the Utes had made 11 straight trips to either the NCAA's or NIT. Nick Williams is a tremendous scorer and rebounder plus the addition of highly touted freshman Adam Collura should help. The Runnin' Utes have the talent to stay with Wyoming.

3- NEW MEXICO: After two straight 20 plus win seasons New Mexico sunk to 8-21 a year ago. With more experience this promises to be a much better season. Most of the offense will revolve around last season's Skyline freshman of the year Don *Stroot. The 6'8" center averaged 12.3 ppg and 8.7 rpg a year ago and should be even better this time around.

4- COLORADO STATE: Accomplished very little in the first decade of the league but have had four straight 20 win seasons and won the last two conference tournaments. Three starters return to defend their title including all-conference selection Nick Horst.

5- FRESNO STATE: The Bulldogs have never missed the postseason and have a streak of seven straight 20-victory seasons. There are some real questions about the backcourt this season but up front the Bulldogs are set with 6'7" senior Morgan Kinkead, 6'10" sophomore Ron Billebault and an impressive freshman from Woodbine, Iowa named Charles Buchanan. Only poor grades kept Buchanan out of a Big Ten school.

6- UTAH STATE: Won their only conference title in 1944 and it was the first and only season the Aggies had a winning record. Last year they finished 11-18 and while they have a shot at a .500 record this season they certainly will not be a contender for the conference title.

7- BRIGHAM YOUNG: The Cougars are coming off a dismal 9 win season. The good news is there is no one back from the starting five on that team except for sophomore center Anthony Pelletier. The bad news the lack of experience will make this another long season for BYU. Junior college transfers Roland *Minson and Dalon Kimball were brought in to try and stop the bleeding.

8- DENVER: Likely a fifth straight losing season for a school that has done very little in the last 15 years. Senior guard Neil Brown is a solid player but he will not get much help.

SKYLINE PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Thomas Huitt New Mexico
G Marko *Tordovich Wyoming
F Nick Williams Utah
F Tim Frei Wyoming
C Nick Horst Colorado State

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
FULL SLATE OF GAMES TONIGHT
For this first time this season all six National Hockey League teams are in action. You can always count on excitement when Montreal and Toronto meet as they do for the first time this season at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Canadiens are in first place with 7 points, one more than both Toronto and Boston, but the Habs will be without Maurice Richard. "The Rocket" was injured last weekend and is expected to be sidelined until mid-November. It is expected Ken Reardon will take Richard's place on the Habs big line with Elmer Lach and Toe Blake.

The Detroit Red Wings will be looking to tighten their defense when they travel to Chicago to take on the Blackhawks. Coming off a 6-5 loss to Montreal Sunday the defending Stanley Cup champs have allowed the most goals against so far this season.

The other game has Boston visiting Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers. The Bruins are off to a solid 3-1 start including a 4-1 victory over the Rangers in Boston's home opener. New York, on the other hand, is looking for it's first victory after opening the season with three straight losses. The problem is offense, or more precisely a lack of it, as the Rangers have scored just 4 goals in 3 games.

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TEAM	 GP  W	L  T GF  GA  PTS
Montreal  5  3	1  1 17	 14   7
Toronto	  4  3	1  0 14	  9   6
Boston	  4  3	1  0 13	  9   6
Detroit	  4  2	2  0 15	 15   4
Chicago	  4  0	3  1  7	 13   1
New York  3  0	3  0  4	 10   0

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
TONIGHT
Boston at New York
Detroit at Chicago
Montreal at Toronto

SATURDAY
Boston at Toronto
Detroit at New York

SUNDAY
Boston at Detroit
Toronto at New York
Montreal at Chicago

BOXING
JOHNSON WINS LHW BOUT
Philadelphia lightheavyweight Harold Johnson improved his career record to 30-8 with a split decision victory over Bob Murphy last night in Johnson's hometown. The 21 year old Johnson is now ranked 9th in his weight class world wide. Murphy, a 25 year old from Colorado, has lost 4 of his last 5 bouts and is 24-10 for his career.

There is plenty of activity in the light heavyweight division over the next couple of weeks including world champion Archie Moore defending his crown against Tommy Yarosz on November 12th. It will be Yarosz second title shot as he lost to then champion Lloyd Marshall last fall. Speaking of Marshall, he will make his first ring appearance since losing the title to Moore in August when he takes on Billy Conn next Wednesday. Conn is 29-1-2 as a pro and looking for a victory over Marshall as a springboard to a title fight.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
WINNIPEG AND EDMONTON BATTLE CONTINUES
The battle for first place in the Western Canada Football League will go down to the wire as Edmonton and Winnipeg each won yesterday and remain tied for the top spot. The Eskimoes beat Regina 20-16 thanks to a 110 yard, 2 touchdown effort from running back Billy Vessels. Winnipeg kept pace as kicker Bud Korckak scored 14 points including 4 field goals as the Bombers beat Calgary 20-13.

Edmonton and Winnipeg each have two games remaining. The Bombers visit Regina and Calgary while both of the Eskimoes games will be in Calgary against their provincial rivals. First place means little other than bragging rights as the top two teams play a home and home 2 game total points series with the winner advancing to Toronto for the Grey Cup game.

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Western		W   L	T PTS
Edmonton	9   3	0  18
Winnipeg	9   3	0  18
Regina		4   9	0   8
Calgary		2   9	0   4

Tiger Fan · 04-16-2005, 12:44 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 1947

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TSN UNVEILS IT'S ALL-STAR TEAM
It is little surprise that American League triple crown winner Ted Williams heads the list of players named to the TSN 1947 major league baseball all-star squad. Williams and his Boston Red Sox teammate Babe Young both made the squad. The World Champion Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals also each placed two players on the team. Shortstop Phil Rizzuto and lefthanded pitcher Vern Olsen are the representatives from the Cubs while St Louis sends catcher Walker Cooper and second baseman Gene Scharein. Rounding out the team are Pittsburgh third baseman Bob Elliott, who was the National League MVP, Cincinnati outfielder Joe Medwick, Browns outfielder Wally Judnich, Cleveland pitcher Bill Lohrman and reliever Jack Hallett of the Chicago White Sox.

1947 marked the second year TSN handed out the allstar honours. There are three players who appeared on both last year's and this season squad. They are Williams, Young and Cooper.

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   1947 TSN ALL STAR TEAM
C      Walker Cooper St Louis Cardinals
1B     Babe Young Boston Red Sox
2B     Gene Scharein St Louis Cardinals
SS     Phil Rizzuto Chicago Cubs
3B     Bob Elliott  Pittsburgh Pirates
OF     Ted Williams Boston Red Sox
OF     Joe Medwick Cincinnati Reds
OF     Wally Judnich St Louis Browns
RHP    Bill Lohrman Cleveland Indians
LHP    Vern Olsen Chicago Cubs
CLOSER Jack Hallett Chicago White Sox

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NO CHANGE ATOP THE POLLS
Notre Dame and Michigan remain 1-2 in the latest college football poll but Texas fell from 3rd to 8th after losing 20-10 to Rice last week. North Carolina moves up one spot to number three followed by Mississippi and then the Owls, who crack the top 5 thanks to the victory over the Longhorns.

As usual Texas is featured in the list of big games for the upcoming week. Bobby *Layne and the Longhorns seem to face a ranked team every week and this one is no different as they visit #12 Southern Methodist in an SWC game. Second ranked Michigan faces a stern test when the Wolverines travel to Illinois to face the 18th ranked Illini. The only other game involving two ranked teams as #19 Kentucky hosting #16 Alabama in an SEC tilt.

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1947 TSN  TOP 20	REC	LAST WEEK			NEXT WEEK
1 Notre Dame (1) 	4-0	beat Iowa 30-6			host Navy
2 Michigan (2)   	5-0	beat Minnesota 44-7		at #18 Illinois
3 North Carolina (4)	4-1	beat Florida 14-0		host Tennessee
4 Mississippi (6)	5-1	beat Arkansas 20-7		at Louisiana State
5 Rice (8)		4-0-1	beat #3 Texas 20-10		host Texas Tech
6 Penn State (5)	5-0	beat West Virginia 21-14	host Colgate
7 California(13)	6-0	beat #7 USC 24-23		at UCLA
8 Texas (3)		5-1	lost 20-10 to #8 Rice		at #12 SMU
9 Virginia (10)		5-0	beat VMI 41-14			host Richmond
10 Army (11)		4-1-1	beat Columbia 34-7		host Washington&Lee
11 USC (7)		3-1-1	lost 24-23 at #13 California	at Washington
12 SMU (12)		4-1	beat UCLA 21-7			host #8 Texas
13 Oklahoma (9)		3-1-1	tied TCU 16-16			host Iowa State
14 Georgia Tech (14)    5-0     beat Citadel 40-0		host Duke
15 Pennsylvania (15)	4-0	beat Navy 23-3			at Princeton
16 Alabama (18)		4-1-1	beat #17 Georgia 7-0		at #19 Kentucky
17 Missouri (19)	5-1	beat Iowa State 31-21		host Nebraska
18 Illinois (nr)	4-1	beat Purdue 20-9		host #2 Michigan
19 Kentucky (20)	4-2	beat Michigan State 28-6	host #16 Alabama
20 Wyoming (nr)		4-1	beat #16 Utah 16-3		at Northern Colorado

Dropped out  
 Utah(16)		4-1	lost 16-3 at Wyoming
 Georgia (17)		3-3     lost 7-0 to #18 Alabama

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LEAFS BLANK HABS 3-0
With Maurice Richard sidelined the Montreal Canadiens could mount no offensive attack at all and were embarrassed in a 3-0 loss to the Maple Leafs in Toronto. The score does not sound so bad but that is only because Habs goaltender Bill Durnan stood on his head as his club was outshot 49-7 in the game. Ted Kennedy, with a pair, and defenseman Gus Mortson were the only Leafs able to beat the Montreal netminder. Turk Broda turned aside the 7 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season.

Boston handed the New York Rangers their fourth straight loss, blanking the Blueshirts 4-0. Frank Brimsek had an easy time of things facing just 16 New York shots for the shutout. Wally Wilson and Milt Schmidt each had a goal and an assist for the Bruins, who chased New York goaltender just two minutes into the game. Chuck Rayner took over between the pipes for New York after each of the Bruins first two shots beat Henry.

Jim McFadden had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings as Detroit beat the Blackhawks 3-1 in Chicago. Ted Lindsay and Don Morrison also scored for the Wings while George Gee had the lone Chicago goal.

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
Boston 4 New York 0
Detroit 3 Chicago 1
Toronto 3 Montreal 0

SATURDAY'S GAMES
Boston at Toronto
Detroit at New York

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TEAM	 GP  W	L  T GF  GA  PTS
Toronto	  5  4	1  0 17	  9   8
Boston	  5  4	1  0 17	  9   8
Montreal  6  3	2  1 17	 17   7
Detroit	  5  3	2  0 18	 16   6
Chicago	  5  0	4  1  8	 16   1
New York  4  0	4  0  4	 14   0

	SCORING LEADERS
NAME		TM	GP  G	A  PTS
Elmer Lach	MON	6   3	7   10
Max Bentley	TOR	5   3	5    8
Ted Lindsay	DET	5   5	2    7
Maurice Richard	MON	5   4	3    7
Jim McFadden	DET	5   4	3    7
Don Gallinger	BOS	5   1	6    7
Howie Meeker	TOR	5   5	1    6
Clare Martin	BOS	5   2	4    6
Ted Kennedy	TOR	5   3	2    5
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	5   2	3    5
Don Morrison	DET	5   2	3    5
Jim Peters 	MON	3   1	4    5
Gordie Howe	DET	5   1	4    5
Roger Leger 	MON	6   0	5    5

GAME SUMMARIES
MONTREAL at TORONTO
Period 1
1- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Ted Kennedy 2(Gus Mortson) (PP)4:33
Period 2
2- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Ted Kennedy 3(Vic Lynn, Wally Stanowski) 1:48
Period 3
3- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Gus Mortson 1(Vic Lynn, Tod Sloan) 2:44
SHOTS ON GOAL
MONTREAL Canadiens - 7
TORONTO Maple Leafs - 49

DETROIT vs. CHICAGO
Period 1
1- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 5(Unassisted) (SH) 18:51
Period 2
2- DETROIT Red Wings: Jim McFadden 4(Pete Horeck) 2:23
3- DETROIT Red Wings: Don Morrison 2(Jim McFadden, Leo Reise) 14:02
Period 3
4- CHICAGO Blackhawks: George Gee 1(Bill Moisenko, Doug Bentley) (PP) 14:39
SHOTS ON GOAL
DETROIT - 24
CHICAGO - 22

BOSTON at NEW YORK
Period 1
1- BOSTON BRUINS: Woody Dumart 2(Clare Martin, Milt Schmidt) 0:39
2- BOSTON BRUINS: Wally Wilson 2(Joe Carveth, Don Gallinger) 2:05
Period 2
3- BOSTON BRUINS: Milt Schmidt 1(Clare Martin) (PP) 4:30
Period 3
4- BOSTON BRUINS: Joe Carveth 2(Wally Wilson) 16:28
SHOTS ON GOAL
BOSTON - 34
NEW YORK - 14

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
*MIKAN POWERS OLYMPIANS TO OT WIN
Center George *Mikan had 33 points and 14 rebounds to lead Indianapolis to a 92-86 overtime victory over the visiting Milwaukee Hawks. The Indy win leaves the two clubs tied for second in the Midwest Division, 1 game back of first place St Louis.

In other action the Pittsburgh Pipers finally got their first victory of the season, upending New York 91-78 at the Pittsburgh Arena. Ryan Fry had 24 points and Taro Devane 22 for the Pipers, who had dropped their first 5 games of the season.

The Philadelphia Warriors continue to struggle after dropping a 91-88 decision to Kentucky on their homecourt. The loss leaves the Warriors with a 3-9 record and 6.5 games behind Providence in the Atlantic Division. Trevor Presgraves led the Kentucky attack with 19 points. Kentucky leads the South Division with a 7-5 record.

In Syracuse, Justin Hild scored 29 points and Tuz Collins added 21 as the Nationals beat Kansas City 91-84.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Pittsburgh 91 New York 78
Indianapolis 92 Milwaukee 86
Kentucky 91 Philadelphia 88
Syracuse 91 Kansas City 84

TODAY'S GAMES
Syracuse at Cleveland
New York at Fort Wayne
Dallas at Indianapolis

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	9	8	1	.889	 x
Baltimore	6	4	2	.667	2.5
New York       10	5	5	.500	3.5
Boston		7	3	4	.429	4.0
Philadelphia   12	3	9	.250	6.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	9	7	2	.778	 x
Buffalo		8	5	3	.625	1.5
Syracuse       10	6	4	.600	1.5
Fort Wayne	7	3	4	.429	3.0
Pittsburgh	6	1	5	.167	4.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	8	5	3	.625	 x
Milwaukee	8	4	4	.500	1.0
Indianapolis   12	6	6	.500	1.0
Chicago		6	2	4	.333	2.0
Minneapolis	7	2	5	.286	2.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky       12	7	5	.583	 x
Cincinnati	8	4	4	.500	1.0
Dallas	       11	5	6	.455	1.5
Kansas City	6	2	4	.333	2.0
New Orleans	4	1	3	.250	2.0

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE PREVIEW
The Southwest Conference always has a strong flow of new talent and this season is no different as three SWC teams ranked in the top 20 recruiting classes nationally including Baylor which added the nation's most sought after big man in center Neil *Johnston.
A strong conference that always places several teams in the NCAA tournament field but unfortunately they seem to find a way to exit the tournament early. Only once, Arkansas in 1941, has a Southwest Conference squad won the National Championship. The Razorbacks look loaded this season and may just get their second National Title.

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YEAR	SOUTHWEST CHAMP   LEAGUE MVP	
1932-33	TEXAS		Tim John   SMU	
1933-34	TEXAS		Desmond Guglielmina Texas	
1934-35	ARKANSAS	Octavian Darby   Baylor	
1935-36	BAYLOR		Mike White  Arkansas	
1936-37	RICE		Tommy Irwin Texas A&M	
1937-38	TEXAS TECH	Joseph Garcia  Baylor	
1938-39	TEXAS TECH	Philip Hickerson SMU	
1939-40	TEXAS TECH	Gray Debarr    Baylor	
1940-41	ARKANSAS	Phillip Hickerson SMU	
1941-42	ARKANSAS	Kevin Fleming Texas Christian	
1942-43	TEXAS CHRISTIAN	Aaron Hunkin  Texas	
1943-44	ARKANSAS	John Layton Texas	
1944-45	TEXAS		John Layton Texas	
1945-46	TEXAS TECH	John Layton Texas	
1946-47	TEXAS A&M	Tyson Henkel Baylor	

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
Arkansas		13-7	3-4
Baylor			10-13	0-1
Southern Methodist	 7-9	4-2
Texas Tech	 	 7-6	5-3
Texas			 6-7	6-7
Texas Christian		 2-3	5-4
Texas A&M		 1-3	5-5
Rice			 0-1	0-0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NCAA FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES
1933-34 ARKANSAS lost in semi-final
1940-41 ARKANSAS Won National Championship
 
SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS
1945-46 John Layton Texas
 
SOUTHWEST NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS
1937-38 Gray Debarr Baylor
 
SOUTHWEST ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS
1934-35 Octavian Darby 	 Baylor
1935-36 Mike White 	 Arkansas
1935-36 Rutherford Soria Arkansas
1936-37 Tommy Irwin 	 Texas A&M
1945-46 John Layton	 Texas

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- ARKANSAS: After five straight 20-plus victory seasons the Razorbacks won just 12 games two years ago and 16 last season. However, with a year of experience this young team is now loaded. Junior forward Vern *Mikkelsen is likely ready for the NBA now but chose to stay for another year with the Razorbacks. He and fellow junior Terry Medford made the preseason All-SWC team. Sophomore PG Steven LaCroix had some growing pains last season but if he lives up to his potential the Razorbacks may be looking at their second National Title come April.

2- TEXAS CHRISTIAN: The Horned Frogs won 21 games last season including 11 of 14 conference games before bowing out early in the conference tournament. Center Chancy DePascuale is back for his senior season after averaging 13.5 ppg and 12.3 rpg as a junior. TCU had a good recruiting class including Amarillo native Todd xThompson but they will have a tough time keeping up with the Razorbacks.

3- TEXAS A&M: The Aggies have made 3 straight NCAA appearances after not getting a single invite in their first 12 years. Last season were just 7-7 in conference but got hot and won the conference tournament for the first time in school history. Senior swingman Duez Adams averaged over 15 points a game and is joined by sophomore Art *Burris on tbe preseason all-conference team.

4- BAYLOR: The Bears have won at least 20 games three straight seasons and 7 of the last nine years but lost 4 starters to graduation. In their place they have assembled possibly the greatest one season recruiting class in conference history. Among the 6 new recruits are 4 players who will likely be starters before the season is out including 7'1" center Neil *Johnston, who was one of the most prized recruits in the nation.

5- TEXAS TECH: Were 18-12 last season after winning a school record 27 games and reaching the Elite Eight the previous year. The Red Raiders have a good young team led by sophomore scoring whiz Josh Moran but a lack of experience may hurt this year.

6- SOUTHERN METHODIST: After being a postseason regular for most of the first 13 seasons of the league, SMU has gone two years without a tournament invite. Were last in the SWC with a 2-12 record a year ago but the Mustangs return 6 players who averaged at least 16 mpg a year ago.

7- TEXAS: Missed a postseason tournament bid for the first time in school history after a dismal 7-21 season including 3-11 in the SWC. This could be another long season for the Longhorns but they can take comfort in a strong recruiting class including guard Everett Onukogu.

8- RICE: Traditional conference doormat has made just one NCAA tournament appearance and have had 4 straight losing seasons including two years ago when they hit rock bottom after a 5-24 campaign. The Owls improved to 14-15 a year ago.

PRESEASON ALL-SWC TEAM
G Terry Medford Arkansas
G Duez Adams Texas A&M
F Vern *Mikkelsen Arkansas
F Art *Burris Texas A&M
C Chancey Depasquale Texas Christian

BOXING
TENNAGER FELTON WINS 3RD PRO BOUT
19 year old Detroit middleweight Lester Felton improved to 3-0 with a close but unanimous victory over veteran pugilist Sammy Walker at the Motor City Arena. Felton, who is considered one of the best young middleweights in the country, held off an early flurry from the veteran Massachusetts native before taking control in the later rounds. The 27 year old Walker drops to 12-10-1 with the loss.

The big boxing story of the week takes place Friday night with a Halloween evening title fight in New Orleans. Undefeated World Featherweight Champion Willie Pep puts his 22-0 record and his belt on the line against Henry Armstrong. Armstrong, a 35 year old with a 31-2 career mark, is considered the 3rd best featherweight in the world behind Pep and top contender Sandy Saddler. It will be Armstrong's first title shot.

Tiger Fan · 04-18-2005, 12:32 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 1947

BOXING
PEP TO DEFEND FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE TONIGHT
Between them Willie Pep and Henry Armstrong have a combined record of 53-2 and have beaten virtually every fighter of note in the Featherweight Division. Tonight they will meet for the first time in New Orleans as the undefeated Pep puts his title on the line. Armstrong is 31-2 with both losses coming under controversial circumstances. He was disqualified in a postwar tournament bout against Georgie Hansford and due to a nasty cut above his eye lost by technical knockout to Sandy Saddler last May.

Pep, a 26 year old from Hartford, has made 6 successful title defenses since claiming the belt by winning the postwar tournament. In truth Pep has not been seriously challenged in a fight since fellow New Englander Sandy Saddler gave him a run for his money in the postwar tourney championship bout over a year ago. Pep just seems head and shoulders above everyone else he has fought. Perhaps those easy fights make him ripe for an upset as Armstrong enters the fight having had several tough wins over the past year.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
NATIONALS WIN IN CLEVELAND
The Syracuse Nationals won their third straight game, beating the Cavaliers 97-71 in Cleveland. Justin Hild had 27 points to lead the Syracuse attack while center Damond Bothman had 11 points and 17 rebounds. The Cavs, who started the season 7-1, have lost two straight and now lead the Nationals by just a half game in the Northeast Division.

The defending league champion Dallas Chaparrals won 86-73 in Indianapolis to get back to the .500 mark. Forward Joseph Cunningham had 23 points and 14 rebounds to pace the Chaps, who are 6-6 on the season. Center George *Mikan had his 7th double-double in 13 games this season for Indianapolis.

In the only other game the New York Knickerbockers beat the Pistons 106-92 in Fort Wayne. The Knicks blew the game open in the fourth quarter, outscoring Fort Wayne 36-16 in the final 12 minutes.

LAYTON LASHES OUT AT WARRIORS
It appears the honeymoon is over in Philadelphia for John Layton. The pressure has been on the entire team after a dreadful 3-9 start but no one has felt it more than Layton who is struggling after signing a big contract in the off-season. Cleary frustrated, Layton hinted after practice today that everyone might be better off if the Warriors traded him.

"It's tough," said the obviously dissappointed center. "I wanted to do so much to prove to this organization and the fans that picking me up was the right decision. Unfortunately, it just hasn't worked out so far. I hope it will...but with the booing and what has been going on maybe it is best they made a move."

When pressed for an explaination on his thoughts of making a move, Layton decided he did not want to answer any more questions. The Warriors have dropped 6 straight and Layton was booed in each of the last two home games.

A three-time Southwest Conference player of the year and an All-American his senior season, Layton has never really been forced to go through a rough spot in his basketball career. He was eased into the lineup in Dallas last year and once he had some confidence he carried the Chaps to the NBA title. A free agent because he was not drafted and signed just a 1 year deal in Dallas, Layton was the subject of a furious bidding war during the offseason with the Warriors winning out.

So far, the chemistry between Layton and his teammates, particularily guard Anthony Maggs, has not been there and despite averaging 14.1 ppg and 7,3 rpg the second year star has been wildly inconsistant.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Syracuse 97 Cleveland 71
New York 106 Fort Wayne 92
Dallas 86 Indianapolis 73

TODAY'S GAMES
Syracuse at Fort Wayne
Buffalo at Pittsburgh
Kentucky at New Orleans
Milwaukee at Kansas City

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	 9	8	1	.889	 x
Baltimore	 6	4	2	.667	2.5
New York	11	6	5	.545	3.0
Boston		 7	3	4	.429	4.0
Philadelphia	12	3	9	.250	6.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	10	7	3	.700	 x
Syracuse	11	7	4	.636	0.5
Buffalo		 8	5	3	.625	1.0
Fort Wayne	 8	3	5	.375	3.0
Pittsburgh	 6	1	5	.167	4.0
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	 8	5	3	.625	 x
Milwaukee	 8	4	4	.500	1.0
Indianapolis	13	6	7	.462	1.5
Chicago		 6	2	4	.333	2.0
Minneapolis	 7	2	5	.286	2.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	12	7	5	.583	 x
Cincinnati	 8	4	4	.500	1.0
Dallas		12	6	6	.500	1.0
Kansas City	 6	2	4	.333	2.0
New Orleans	 4	1	3	.250	2.0

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW
A balanced conference but one that seldom makes noise come tournament time. This conference represents the second half of the real Southern Conference that had 16 teams playing football in the 1940's. The other half would in the early 1950's break off and become the Atlantic Coast Conference so I seperated the two early to have the proper number of conferences for the Tournament Dreams sim.

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YEAR	SOUTHERN CHAMP   	
1932-33	DAVIDSON	
1933-34	VIRGINIA	
1934-35	DAVIDSON	
1935-36	WILLIAM & MARY	
1936-37	VIRGINIA TECH	
1937-38	VIRGINIA	
1938-39	GEORGE WASHINGTON	
1939-40	THE CITADEL	
1940-41	VIRGINIA TECH	
1941-42	DAVIDSON	
1942-43	GEORGE WASHINGTON	
1943-44	VIRGINIA	
1944-45	DAVIDSON	
1945-46	THE CITADEL	
1946-47	GEORGE WASHINGTON	

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
Davidson		3-7	1-4
George Washington	4-5	10-6
Virginia		3-5	0-4
VMI			2-2	0-4
The Citadel		2-2	4-2
Virginia Tech		0-2	0-0
William & Mary		0-1	0-0
Furman			0-0	0-0

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS IN NIT TITLE GAME
1938-39 THE CITADEL  lost title game to Tulsa
1943-44 GEORGE WASHINGTON lost title game in overtime to Vanderbilt

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ALL-AMERICANS
1944-45 Jon Thomas George Washington

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- VMI: After just 1 NIT trip in the first 10 seasons, VMI has made 5 straight postseason appearances. Were 11-3 in conference last season before losing in the tournament title game. The Keydets should battle for the title again this year thanks to a strong club led by seniors Cody McCullum and Raj Lockwood.

2- DAVIDSON: The Wildcats have made 6 straight postseason appearances including a trip to the NIT last year after a 19-13 season. Plenty of talent up front led by senior forwards Don Villegas and Jonah Peterson but the backcourt may be a concern.

3- VIRGINIA: Just one tournament appearance in the past 6 seasons, the Cavaliers have struggled of late and were 12-18 last season. Sigfrid Lewis is a magician with the ball when he is healthy. Lewis missed all but one game last season with a broken leg after averaging 9.1 ppg as a freshman.

4- GEORGE WASHINGTON: Won 20 or more games four of the past five seasons. After a 9-5 conference record last season they won the Southern Conference tournament for the third time in school history. Freshman forwards Jon Fry and Logan McLarry will add depth and the Colonials should have another 20 win season ahead.

5- WILLIAM & MARY: Only postseason appearance for the Tribe came in 1936 when they got hot and won their only conference title. 11-19 last season but that was an improvement on the previous two years. Aside from senior center Cleveland Costa there just is not enough talent to compete for the conference title.

6- FURMAN: The Paladins have never played a postseason game and were 15-16 last year. This could be a long season as they have only two returning starters and little depth.

7- THE CITADEL: Claim to fame came at the turn of the decade when in successive years they went to the NIT title game and then the Sweet 16 the following season. The Bulldogs have won 15 games each of the past two seasons but may be hard pressed to do it again.

8- VIRGINIA TECH: Are 9-22 and 7-21 over the past two seasons with a 4-10 conference record each year. Aside from preseason all-conference selection Andre Bush, there is little talent here and it will be another long season for the Hokies.

PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAM
G Chad Robinson Furman
G Andre Bush Virginia Tech
F Jonah Peterson Davidson
F Cody McCullum VMI
C Raj Lockwood VMI

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BULLDOG FANS HOPE FOR TREAT AGAINST CLEMSON
This has been a rough year for fans of the University of Georgia football team but the Bulldog faithful are hoping for a Halloween treat when their squad hosts Clemson in one of 4 Halloween night games. Only a Sugar Bowl loss to #2 ranked Notre Dame spoiled a perfect season a year ago for Georgia but with star quarterback Charles *Trippi now plying his trade on Sunday's this season has not been kind to the Bulldogs. Georgia is just 3-3 including losses to SEC rivals Alabama and Kentucky. Clemson enters the game with a 4-1 record.

Clemson at Georgia
Portland at Washington State
South Carolina at Miami (Florida)
Virginia Tech at George Washington

SATURDAY
Alabama at Kentucky
Auburn at Vanderbilt
Brigham Young at Denver
California at UCLA
Colgate at Penn State
Columbia at Cornell
Dartmouth at Yale
Duke at Georgia Tech
Furman at Florida
Georgetown at Boston College
Hardin-Simmons at Houston
Holy Cross at Brown
Idaho at Oregon
Indiana at Ohio State
Iowa at Purdue
Iowa State at Oklahoma
Kansas State at Kansas
Marquette at Michigan State
Michigan at Illinois
Mississippi at Louisiana State
Mississippi State at Tulane
Navy vs Notre Dame at Cleveland
Nebraska at Missouri
New Mexico at Texas-El Paso
New Mexico State at Arizona State
Northern Iowa at Drake
Oklahoma State at Temple
Oregon State at Stanford
Pennsylvania at Princeton
Pittsburgh at Minnesota
Richmond at Virginia
Rutgers at Harvard
San Francisco at Santa Clara
Southern California at Washington
St. Mary's at Detroit Mercy
Syracuse at Lafayette
Tennessee at North Carolina
Tennessee-Chattanooga at North Carolina State
Texas at Southern Methodist
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Texas Christian at Baylor
Texas Tech at Rice
Utah at Colorado
Utah State at Montana State
Virginia Military Institute at Davidson
Wake Forest at William & Mary
Washington & Lee at Army
West Texas A&M at Northern Arizona
West Virginia at Maryland
Wichita State at Tulsa
Wisconsin at Northwestern
Wyoming at Northern Colorado
Nevada at St. Louis

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
TSN WEEKEND PICKS
Last week I was 7-5-1 to bring my total for the year to 23-17-2. Not outstanding but certainly acceptable. Let's see how this week plays out.

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	WEEK 11 PICKS				SPREAD	TSN PICK
San Diego Chargers (3-5)   at	Kansas City Chiefs (6-2)   -3    Chiefs -3
Tennessee Titans (6-2)	   at	Indianapolis Colts (2-5-1)  2    Titans -2
Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3) at	Houston Texans (4-3-1)	    1    Jags -1
Cleveland Browns (4-4)	   at	Baltimore Ravens (7-1)	   -6    Browns +6 to cover
New Orleans Saints (6-3)   at	Carolina Panthers (1-8)	    6    Saints -6
Arizona Cardinals (2-6)	   at	Seattle Seahawks (4-4)	   -7    Cards and the points +7
San Francisco 49ers (5-3)  at	St. Louis Rams (5-3)	   -6    Niners rebound +6
Philadelphia Eagles (7-1)  at	Dallas Cowboys (2-6)        2    Eagles too strong -2
Detroit Lions (3-5)	   at	Minnesota Vikings (2-6)    -5    Lions +5
Chicago Bears (6-2)	   at	Green Bay Packers (7-1)	   -8    huge spread Bears to cover
Pittsburgh Steelers (3-5)  at	Cincinnati Bengals (5-3)   -1    Bengals -1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5) at	Atlanta Falcons (6-3)	   -6    Bucs to cover +6
Washington Redskins (3-5)  at	New York Giants (3-5)	    3    Skins and points
Oakland Raiders (4-4)	   at	Denver Broncos (3-5)	    3    Broncos +3 at home

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
IMPERIALS FINALLY GET FIRST VICTORY
A late touchdown pass lifted the Sarnia Imperials past the Ottawa Trojans in Ontario Rubgy Football League action. The victory, Sarnia's first of the season, ends the Trojans chances of finishing second and getting homefield advantage for the first playoff game. In the only other game yesterday Toronto Balmy Beach beat Windsor 6-3 in a defensive struggle.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Sarnia 24 Ottawa Trojans 20
Toronto Balmy Beach 6 Windsor 3

TONIGHT'S GAME
Winnipeg at Calgary

SATURDAY'S GAMES
Toronto Argos at Ottawa Rough Riders
Hamilton Tigers at Montreal

SUNDAY'S GAMES
Edmonton at Calgary
Sarnia at Toronto Indians
Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Balmy Beach
Hamilton Wildcats at Windsor Royals

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ORFU		W	L	T	PTS
Ham Wildcats	7	2	0	14
Tor Balmy Beach	7	2	0	14
Windsor		6	3	0	12
Ott Trojans	5	4	0	10
Tor Indians	1	8	0	 2
Sarnia		1	8	0	 2

IPRFU		W	L	T	PTS
Montreal	10	0	0	20
Argos		 5	5	0	10
Ham Tigers	 3	7	0	 6
Ottawa RR	 2	8	0	 4
				
Western		W	L	T	PTS
Edmonton	9	3	0	18
Winnipeg	9	3	0	18
Regina		4	9	0	 8
Calgary		2	9	0	 4

Tiger Fan · 04-20-2005, 12:33 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1947

BOXING
PEP OUTPOINTS ARMSTRONG TO RETAIN TITLE
Willie Pep and Henry Armstrong waged what can best be described as a war for 15 rounds at the New Orleans Arena. When it was all said and done the superior conditioning of the champ won out as Pep took control in the later rounds to win a unanimous decision victory. Pep started quickly and shook the challenger with a pair of quick jabs seconds after the opening bell. After being in complete control of the opening round Pep sat back in the second round and Armstrong came to life.

From rounds two through eight it would be easy to make a case that the challenger won them all as Armstrong landed the better scoring blows despite being much more economical with his punches. The tide turned as we entered round 10 and Pep landed a quick combination that buckled the challengers knees. Armstrong managed to remain upright but from that point on he was completely outclassed by the energetic Pep.

Pep would retain his World Featherweight Title as the bout was scored 144-141, 143-142 and 145-140...all in his favour. With the victory Pep improves to 23-0 and has beaten everyone who is anyone in the division. It is expected his next meaningful defense will be against top contender Sandy Saddler but before then he will probably grab a couple of easy paydays against middle-level pugilists. Armstrong falls to 31-3 with the defeat.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
xKUFFREY LEADS BULLDOGS PAST CLEMSON
Having to fill the larger than life shoes of Maxwell Award winner Charles *Trippi has not been easy for Steve xKuffrey but the University of Georgia quarterback came up with a solid performance in the Bulldogs 26-7 victory over Clemson. xKuffrey threw a pair of touchdown passes to senior wideout Tyler xGriffin and ran for a third score as the Bulldogs improved to 4-3 on the season. The loss drops Clemson to 4-2.

In other action Washington State finally got it's first win of the year beating winless Portland 24-0. Fullback Ken *Roskie scored a pair of touchdowns as South Carolina improved to 3-3 with a 16-7 victory over Miami of Florida. In Southern Conference action Virginia Tech improved to 2-2 with 27-6 drubbing of last place George Washington.

FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Georgia 26 Clemson 7
Washington State 24 Portland 0
South Carolina 16 Miami (Florida) 7
Virginia Tech 27 George Washington 6

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	SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
		   CONFERENCE	OVERALL	
		     W	L  T	W  L  T
Duke		     3	0  0	3  1  1
North Carolina	     2	0  0	4  1  0
VMI		     1	0  1	2  2  1
William & Mary	     3	1  0	4  1  0
Maryland	     3	1  0	4  1  0
Washington & Lee     2	1  0	2  4  0
North Carolina State 2	1  0	3  1  0
Clemson		     2	1  0	4  2  0
Virginia Tech	     2	2  0	2  4  0
South Carolina	     1	2  0	3  3  0
Furman		     1	2  0	1  4  0
Davidson	     1	2  0	3  3  0
Wake Forest	     1	3  0	2  3  0
Richmond	     0	2  1	3  2  1
Citadel		     0	2  0	2  3  0
George Washington    0	4  0	0  6  0

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
BRUMSEY'S 39 POINTS LEAD PISTONS
After scoring just 8 points in a loss to New York the previous day, Fort Wayne Pistons field general Ryan Brumsey made up for things in a big way with a 39 point, 11 assist night to lead the Pistons past Syracuse 126-114. Brumsey's backcourt mate Mo Hybarger added 32 points in the victory which improves the Pistons record to 4-5.

After starting the season 0-5 the Pittsburgh Pipers won their second straight game, nipping Buffalo 83-81. Ryan Fry led the Pipers with 22 points in a sloppy game where neither side shot more than 35% from the field.

Ethan Milner had 25 points to lead the New Orleans Jazz to a 96-90 victory over visiting Kentucky. It was the highest output of the season for the NBA's all-time scoring leader and moved Milner to with 7 points of the 24,000 mark for his career. The next highest scorer is more than 5000 points behind the 14 year veteran.

In the only other game Kansas City staged a late rally to beat Milwaukee 82-78. The Kings just dominated the boards as Jim Cokley and Bokeem Dillon each had 17 rebounds. Cokley also paced the Kings with 18 points.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Fort Wayne 126 Syracuse 114
Pittsburgh 83 Buffalo 81
New Orleans 96 Kentucky 90
Kansas City 82 Milwaukee 78

TODAY'S GAMES
New York at Syracuse
Kentucky at Cincinnati
Indianapolis at New Orleans
Milwaukee at Fort Wayne

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	 9	8	1	.889	 x
Baltimore	 6	4	2	.667	2.5
New York	11	6	5	.545	3.0
Boston		 7	3	4	.429	4.0
Philadelphia	12	3	9	.250	6.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	10	7	3	.700	 x
Syracuse	12	7	5	.583	1.0
Buffalo		 9	5	4	.556	1.5
Fort Wayne	 9	4	5	.444	2.5
Pittsburgh	 7	2	5	.286	3.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	 8	5	3	.625	 x
Indianapolis	13	6	7	.462	1.5
Milwaukee	 9	4	5	.444	1.5
Chicago		 6	2	4	.333	2.0
Minneapolis	 7	2	5	.286	2.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Kentucky	13	7	6	.538	 x
Cincinnati	 8	4	4	.500	0.5
Dallas		12	6	6	.500	0.5
Kansas City	 7	3	4	.429	1.0
New Orleans	 5	2	3	.400	1.0

		LEAGUE LEADERS
POINTS PER GAME
Miguel Dominguez 	Buffalo 	22.7
Mac Thorpe		St Louis	21.4
Justin Hild		Syracuse	21.3
Noah Baldin		Fort Wayne	20.9
George *Mikan		Indianapolis	20.4

REBOUNDS PER GAME
Terry Rowe		Boston		13.3
Bokeem Dillon		Kansas City	12.9
Kevin Stewart		Pittsburgh	12.1
Noah Baldin		Fort Wayne	11.6
Mac Thorpe		St Louis	11.0

ASSISTS PER GAME
Daniel Gray		New Orleans	9.5
Ryan Brumsey		Fort Wayne	8.9
Trevor Presgraves	Kentucky	8.8
Brandon Griswold	Cincinnati	7.5
Mike Damon		Kansas City	7.1

BLOCKS PER GAME
Vernon Stout		Indianapolis	2.7
Chris Leon		Chicago		2.7
Ethan Batiste		Buffalo		2.3

STEALS PER GAME
Lonnie Duncan		Providence	2.8
Ken Gochneaur		Providence	2.8
Trevor Presgraves	Kentucky	2.8

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
Cory Vergara		Baltimore	.653
George *Mikan 		Indianapolis	.625
Tyson Richardson	Minneapolis	.592
Jaden Christopherson	Baltimore	.589
Bam Sanders		New Orleans	.561

ROOKIE SCORING
Paul Huston		New York	10.2
Varun Hunter		Kentucky	 8.3
Mel *McGaha		Milwaukee	 7.3
Bruce *Hale		Buffalo		 6.9
Ray *Corley		Milwaukee	 6.9

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PREVIEW
A rather insignificant conference that is rarely heard from come tournament time, aside from the obligitory one game and out showing from their automatic berth.

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YEAR	SOUTHLAND CHAMP   	
1932-33	SAM HOUSTON STATE	
1933-34	STEPHEN F AUSTIN	
1934-35	SW TEXAS STATE	
1935-36	HOUSTON	
1936-37	SW TEXAS STATE	
1937-38	SW TEXAS STATE	
1938-39	NICHOLLS STATE	
1939-40	SW TEXAS STATE	
1940-41	HOUSTON	
1941-42	SAM HOUSTON STATE	
1942-43	SAM HOUSTON STATE	
1943-44	SE MISSOURI STATE	
1944-45	SAM HOUSTON STATE	
1945-46	SW TEXAS STATE	
1946-47	HOUSTON	

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS
			NCAA	NIT
SW Texas State		2-5	0-0
Sam Houston State	0-4	0-0
Houston			0-3	4-3
SE Missouri State	1-1	0-0
Nicholls State		0-1	3-2
Stephen F Austin	0-1	0-0
Lamar			0-0	0-0
Northwestern State	0-0	0-0

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1- HOUSTON: Coming off a school record 24 victory season a year ago including 15-2 in conference play and a run to the Southland title. With a solid nucleus returing including preseason all-conference selections Prince Armstead and Robert Bowlet the Cougars should once again challenge for the conference title.

2- SAM HOUSTON STATE: The Bearkats were just 8-22 last season after making the conference championship game each of the previous two years. This year they figure to be much improved with 4 returning starters including guards Chad Whitt and Lavoris Tyler.

3- NICHOLLS STATE: The Colonels slumped to 12-17 after an 18 win season the previous year. Three starters are back including junior forward Daniel Rosario, a preseason all-conference pick.

4- NORTHWESTERN STATE: With 8 freshman a year ago the Demons won just 8 games and were 4-10 in conference, their worst showing since 1933. Now that they have some experience they should be much improved. Team leader is sophomore forward Grant Letendre, who had 12.5 ppg as a freshman.

5- STEPHEN F AUSTIN: After a 9-5 conference record last season the Lumberjacks made it to the conference tournament finals. It was their first appearance in the Southland Conference title game since they won their only title in 1934.

6- SE MISSOURI STATE: Three straight losing seasons including 9-21 a year ago. The Indians have plenty of experience coming back but they lack the talent to challenge for a conference title.

7- SW TEXAS STATE: The Bobcats surprised everyone by advancing to the Sweet 16 in 1938, the only such run in conference history. Struggled last season with a 7-22 record but have probably the best pure shooter in the conference in junior guard John Murdock.

8- LAMAR: The Cardinals never won more than 18 games in a season and the closest they came to the conference title was a loss in the tournament finals 3 years ago. Center Adam Richard is the best big man in the conference but the supporting cast is very weak.

SOUTHLAND PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
G Chad Whitt - Sam Houston State
G Robert Bowlet - Houston
F Daniel Rosario - Nicholls State
F Prince Armstead - Houston
C Adam Richard - Lamar

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
In the lone Canadian Football game yesterday Regina beat Winnipeg 12-10. The victory ends the season for the Roughriders while the Blue Bombers still have one game left against Calgary. Winnipeg and Edmonton have already clinched the top two spots and will meet in a home and home series to determine the western representative for the November 22nd Grey Cup in Toronto.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Regina 12 Winnipeg 10

SATURDAY'S GAMES
Toronto Argos at Ottawa Rough Riders
Hamilton Tigers at Montreal

SUNDAY'S GAMES
Edmonton at Calgary
Sarnia at Toronto Indians
Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Balmy Beach
Hamilton Wildcats at Windsor Royals

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ORFU		W	L	T	PTS
Ham Wildcats	7	2	0	14
Tor Balmy Beach	7	2	0	14
Windsor		6	3	0	12
Ott Trojans	5	4	0	10
Tor Indians	1	8	0	 2
Sarnia		1	8	0	 2

IPRFU		W	L	T	PTS
Montreal	10	0	0	20
Argos		 5	5	0	10
Ham Tigers	 3	7	0	 6
Ottawa RR	 2	8	0	 4
				
Western		W	L	T	PTS
Edmonton	9	3	0	18
Winnipeg	9	4	0	18
Regina		5	9	0	10
Calgary		2	9	0	 4

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

SCOTTISH FIRST DIVISION
TODAY'S GAMES
Queen of the South at Aberdeen
Airdrie at Clyde
Celtic at Falkirk
Third Lanark at Hibernian
Patrick Thistle at Dundee
St Mirren at Motherwell
Hearts at Queen's Park
Morton at Rangers

Tiger Fan · 04-21-2005, 06:32 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1947

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
MILNER SURPASSES 24,000 CAREER POINTS
Ethan Milner added another footnote to the greatest career in NBA history by becoming the first player ever to reach 24,000 career points. Milner had 10 to bring his career total to 24,003 but it was not enough to prevent his New Orleans Jazz from falling 108-105 in overtime to the visiting Indianapolis Olympians. Indy suffered some bad news in the game when center George *Mikan suffered a wrist injury and could be sidelined up to a week.

As for Milner, he is closing in on the end of a brilliant 14 year career. The 36 year old was drafted second overall out of SMU in the 1933 draft. He spent the first 10 years with Dallas, the club that drafted him, before signing with New Orleans prior to the 1943-44 campaign. He won two league champions after joining the Jazz and has made the midseason all-star team 13 straight years. Amazingly he has never won a league MVP. The knock on Milner was that he was simply a one dimensional player but he is such a pure shooter that most find it very easy to overlook his other flaws.

In other action Syraucse beat New York 109-88 on the strength of a 23 point performance from Justin Rhoad and 21 from Justin Hild. Daniel Swanson had 29 points including a buzzer beater that gave his Milwaukee Hawks a 91-89 victory in Fort Wayne. Ryan Brumsey had 28 in a losing effort for the Pistons. In the other game Brandon Griswold had 29 points to help Cincinnati blow out Kentucky 92-69

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Syracuse 109 New York 88
Cincinnati 92 Kentucky 69
Indianapolis 108 New Orleans 105
Milwaukee 91 Fort Wayne 89

TODAY'S GAMES
Philadelphia at New York
Providence at Cleveland
Chicago at Minneapolis
Cincinnati at Kansas City

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		STANDINGS
ATLANTIC	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Providence	 9	8	1	.889	 x
Baltimore	 6	4	2	.667	2.5
New York	12	6	6	.500	3.5
Boston		 7	3	4	.429	4.0
Philadelphia	12	3	9	.250	6.5
					
NORTHEAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cleveland	10	7	3	.700	 x
Syracuse	13	8	5	.615	0.5
Buffalo		 9	5	4	.556	1.5
Fort Wayne	10	4	6	.400	3.0
Pittsburgh	 7	2	5	.286	3.5
					
MIDWEST		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
St Louis	 8	5	3	.625	 x
Indianapolis	14	7	7	.500	1.0
Milwaukee	10	5	5	.500	1.0
Chicago		 6	2	4	.333	2.0
Minneapolis	 7	2	5	.286	2.5
					
SOUTH		GP	W	L	PCT	GB
Cincinnati	 9	5	4	.556	 x
Dallas		12	6	6	.500	0.5
Kentucky	14	7	7	.500	0.5
Kansas City	 7	3	4	.429	1.0
New Orleans	 6	2	4	.333	1.5

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT WEST
The University of California improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Pacific Coast Conference with a hard fought 7-3 victory over UCLA. Coupled with last week's thrilling 24-23 victory over USC the Bears are now considered the favourite to represent the PCC in this year's Rose Bowl. California has 3 conference games remaining, at home to Washington and Montana plus a season ending visit to Stanford.

In other PCC games USC suffered it's second straight defeat falling 13-10 to Washington, Oregon beat Idaho 17-3 and Oregon State topped Stanford 21-6

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 PCC STANDINGS
	      CONFERENCE  OVERALL		
		W  L T	 W  L	T
California	3  0 0	 7  0	0
Oregon		2  1 0	 5  2	0
USC		2  2 0	 3  2	1
Stanford	2  2 0	 2  4	0
Oregon State	2  2 0	 3  3	0
Washington	2  2 0	 3  3	0
Montana		1  0 0	 4  2	0
Idaho		1  2 1	 3  2	1
UCLA		1  2 0	 2  3	1
Wash State	0  3 1	 1  5	1

TEXAS FALLS AGAIN
The Texas Longhorns are falling into the same trap that caused their undoing last season. After a terrific non-conference portion of their schedule the Longhorns were just 2-3-1 against SWC opponents last year. This season they started 5-0 before dropping their last two conference games. Saturday it was Southern Methodist that put the hurt on Bobby *Layne's squad and scratched out a 13-10 victory. The SMU win really clouds a tight battle for the conference title with just Rice undefeated at this point. The Owls hammered non-conference opponent Texas Tech 47-0 over the weekend while in conference it was Texas A&M trimming Arkansas 21-20 and Texas Christian topping Baylor 14-3.

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 SWC STANDINGS
	      CONFERENCE  OVERALL		
		W  L T	 W  L  T
Rice		2  0 0   5  0  1
Texas A&M	2  1 0	 4  3  0	
Arkansas	2  2 0	 4  3  0	
SMU		1  1 0	 5  1  0	
Texas		1  2 0	 5  2  0	
Baylor		1  2 0	 4  2  0	
Texas Christian	1  2 0 	 4  2  1

MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN REMAIN PERFECT IN WESTERN CONFERENCE
2nd ranked Michigan and surprising Wisconsin sit atop the Western Conference standings after both won yesterday. The Wolverines dismantled Illinois 40-6 while the Badgers blanked Northwestern 20-0.

In other action Ohio State suffered a real setback as the Buckeyes fell 19-10 to Indiana, which had started 0-3 in conference play.

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 WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
	      CONFERENCE  OVERALL		
		W  L T	 W  L  T
Michigan	3  0 0	 6  0  0
Wisconsin	3  0 0	 4  2  0
Illinois	3  1 0	 4  2  0
Ohio State	2  1 0	 3  3  0
Northwestern	2  2 0	 3  2  1
Iowa		1  3 0	 2  5  0
Indiana		1  3 0	 2  4  0
Purdue		1  3 0	 2  4  0
Minnesota	0  3 0	 2  3  0

GEORGIA TECH CONTINUES TO CLIMB
While it did not count in the conference standings, Georgia Tech was quite happy to escape with a 17-10 victory over Duke to keep the Yellow Jackets unbeaten this season. At 3-0 Georgia Tech leads the SEC but Louisiana State is hot on their heels after the Tigers pulled off a 31-30 upset over Mississippi.

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

COMPLETE SCOREBOARD
Alabama 20 Kentucky 6
Vanderbilt 27 Auburn 0
Denver 27 Brigham Young 21
California 7 UCLA 3
Penn State 30 Colgate 0
Columbia 17 Cornell 14
Yale 22 Dartmouth 22
Georgia Tech 17 Duke 10
Florida 18 Furman 6
Georgetown 20 Boston College 7
Hardin-Simmons 6 Houston 0
Brown 17 Holy Cross 14
Oregon 17 Idaho 3
Indiana 19 Ohio State 10
Purdue 45 Iowa 10
Oklahoma 44 Iowa State 0
Kansas 36 Kansas State 0
Marquette 29 Michigan State 24
Michigan 40 Illinois 6
Louisiana State 31 Mississippi 30
Tulane 15 Mississippi State 3
Notre Dame 20 Navy 14
Missouri 20 Nebraska 3
Texas-El Paso 28 New Mexico 13
Arizona State 27 New Mexico State 6
Northern Iowa 10 Drake 7
Oklahoma A&M 24 Temple 7
Oregon State 21 Stanford 6
Pennsylvania 41 Princeton 0
Minnesota 24 Pittsburgh 3
Virginia 37 Richmond 0
Rutgers 28 Harvard 7
San Francisco 24 Santa Clara 14
Washington 13 Southern California 10
St. Mary's 30 Detroit Mercy 21
Syracuse 14 Lafayette 13
North Carolina 41 Tennessee 0
North Carolina State 17 Tennessee-Chattanooga 0
Southern Methodist 13 Texas 10
Texas A&M 21 Arkansas 20
Texas Christian 14 Baylor 3
Rice 47 Texas Tech 0
Utah 17 Colorado 13
Montana State 21 Utah State 17
Virginia Military Institute 24 Davidson 14
William & Mary 24 Wake Forest 3
Army 28 Washington & Lee 0
West Texas A&M 44 Northern Arizona 15
Maryland 17 West Virginia 0
Tulsa 28 Wichita State 14
Wisconsin 20 Northwestern 0
Wyoming 14 Northern Colorado 0
Nevada 51 St. Louis 9

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RANGERS WIN FIRST
A 4-goal outburst in the second period gave the New York Rangers their first victory of the season. The Rangers were trailing Detroit 2-0 at Madison Square Garden when Buddy O'Connor, Grant Warwick, Tony Leswick and Cal Gardner all scored with a 4-minute span midway through the second stanza. Ed Kullman's third period marker would complete the 5-2 victory for the Rangers. All was not rosy as Rangers goaltender Chuck Rayner left the game early in the third period after being hit in the head with an errant stick. Rayner, who took nearly 20 stitches to close the gash, is expected to miss at least three games.

In the only other Saturday night contest the Boston Bruins embarrassed Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens 5-1. Leaf goaltender Turk Broda was fighting the puck all game. Only Syl Apps' third period marker spoiled Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek's bid for a second straight shutout.

DETROIT 2 at 5 NEW YORK
Scoring Summary
Period 1
1- DETROIT Red Wings: Ed Bruneteau 1(Max McNab, Doug McCaig) 3:21
2- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 6(Sid Abel, Don Morrison) 7:44
Period 2
3- NEW YORK RANGERS: Buddy OConnor 1(Unassisted) 6:24
4- NEW YORK RANGERS: Grant Warwick 1(Unassisted) 7:11
5- NEW YORK RANGERS: Tony Leswick 2(Frank Eddolls, Buddy OConnor) (PP) 8:01
6- NEW YORK RANGERS: Cal Gardner 1(Grant Warwick, Bill Moe) 9:55
Period 3
7- NEW YORK RANGERS: Ed Kullman 2(Phil Watson, Edgar Laprade) (PP)

SHOTS ON GOAL
DETROIT - 29
NEW YORK - 36

BOSTON 5 at 1 TORONTO
GOAL SUMMARY
Period 1
1- BOSTON BRUINS: Kenny Smith 2(Don Gallinger, Pat Egan) 9:57
2- BOSTON BRUINS: Kenny Smith 3(Clare Martin, Pat Egan) (PP) 11:02
Period 2
3- BOSTON BRUINS: Woody Dumart 3(Clare Martin, Milt Schmidt) (PP) 3:29
4- BOSTON BRUINS: Ed Sanford 3(Billy Taylor, Murray Henderson) 6:14
5- BOSTON BRUINS: Johnny Peirson 1(Fern Flaman, Milt Schmidt) 7:41
Period 3
6- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Syl Apps 2(Howie Meeker) 11:39

SHOTS ON GOAL
BOSTON - 31
TORONTO - 23

TONIGHT'S GAMES
Boston at Detroit
Toronto at New York
Montreal at Chicago

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS
TEAM		GP  W	L   T	GF   GA	  PTS
Boston		6   5	1   0	22   10	  10
Toronto		6   4	2   0	18   14	   8
Montreal	6   3	2   1	17   17	   7
Detroit		6   3	3   0	20   21	   6
New York	5   1	4   0	 9   16	   2
Chicago		5   0	4   1	 8   16	   1

SCORING LEADERS
NAME		TM	GP  G	A  PTS
Elmer Lach	MON	6   3	7  10
Ted Lindsay	DET	6   6	2   8
Max Bentley	TOR	6   3	5   8
Clare Martin	BOS	6   2	6   8
Don Gallinger	BOS	6   1	7   8
Howie Meeker	TOR	6   5	2   7
Maurice Richard	MON	5   4	3   7
Jim McFadden	DET	6   4	3   7
Don Morrison	DET	6   2	4   6
Milt Schmidt	BOS	4   1	5   6
Ted Kennedy	TOR	6   3	2   5
Sid Abel	DET	6   3	2   5
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	6   2	3   5
Jim Peters 	MON	3   1	4   5
Gordie Howe	DET	6   1	4   5
Roger Leger 	MON	6   0	5   5

GOALTENDING
TEAM	NAME		GP MIN	GA ShO	GAA
BOS	Frank Brimsek	6  360	10   1	1.67
TOR	Turk Broda	6  360	14   1	2.33
NY	Chuck Rayner	2  102	 4   0	2.35
MON	Bill Durnan	6  359	17   0	2.84
CHI	Emile Francis	5  298	16   0	3.22
Det	Harry Lumley	6  360	21   0	3.50
NY	Jim Henry	5  198	12   0	3.64

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Hamilton Tigers snapped the Montreal Alouettes unbeaten streak thanks to a touchdown in the final minute of the game. Quarterback Butch Songin hit receiver Vito Ragazzo with a 41 yard bomb to give the Tigers a 19-12 victory in Montreal. It was the second time in the game that Songin and Ragazzo hooked up for a major. The victory keeps the Tigers playoff hopes alive as the Toronto Argonauts lost in Ottawa 28-23. If Hamilton can win the season finale in Ottawa next weekend and Toronto loses at Montreal then the Tigers and Argos will be tied forcing a one game showdown between the two clubs to see who meets Montreal for the league title.

The playoff participants are decided in the ORFU but there are still plenty of questions heading into tomorrow's season finale as to which teams will pair up in the semi-finals. The top 4 teams make the playoffs as first will host fourth while second entertains third.

Out west it has been common knowledge for quite some time that Edmonton and Winnipeg will meet in a 2-game total point final. Regina and Calgary are both eliminated from the playoffs but the Stampeders still have 3 games remaining.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Toronto Argos 23 Ottawa Rough Riders 28
Hamilton Tigers 19 Montreal 12

TODAY'S GAMES
Edmonton at Calgary
Sarnia at Toronto Indians
Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Balmy Beach
Hamilton Wildcats at Windsor Royals

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ORFU		W	L	T	PTS
Ham Wildcats	7	2	0	14
Tor Balmy Beach	7	2	0	14
Windsor		6	3	0	12
Ott Trojans	5	4	0	10
Tor Indians	1	8	0	 2
Sarnia		1	8	0	 2

IPRFU		W	L	T	PTS
Montreal	10	1	0	20
Argos		 5	6	0	10
Ham Tigers	 4	7	0	 8
Ottawa RR	 3	8	0	 6
				
Western		W	L	T	PTS
Edmonton	9	3	0	18
Winnipeg	9	4	0	18
Regina		5	9	0	10
Calgary		2	9	0	 4

BOXING
PHILADELPHIA FEATHERWEIGHT BASSETT WINS AGAIN
Tennage phenom Percy Bassett improved to 3-0 as a pro with a unanimous decision victory in his 8 round bout with veteran featherweight Jock Leslie. It was the first time Bassett had to go the distance as the 18 year old won each of his previous two bouts by knockout. Leslie,a 24 year old from Flint, Michigan falls to 18-17.

On the same card lightweight Paddy DeMarco improved to 13-6 with a split decision win over Maxie Docusen. The 19 year old Docusen was thought to be on his way up in the division but he has dropped 2 of his last 3 decisions and is now 8-3 as a professional.

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

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STANDINGS	GP  W	L  T	GF  GA	PTS
Blackpool      	15 11	2  2	21   8	 24
Arsenal		14  8	0  6	20   8	 22
Man United	14  9	2  3	20  12	 21
Aston Villa     15 10	4  1	17   9	 21
Burnley 	14  5	1  8	15   9	 18
Portsmouth      14  7	3  4	18  11	 18
Huddersfield	15  6	4  5	23  19	 17
Manchest. City  15  6	4  5	17  14	 17
Sunderland 	15  8	6  1	23  20	 17
Liverpool       15  6	5  4	21  20	 16
Bolton   	14  4	4  6	17  16	 14
Derby County 	15  5	6  4	19  17	 14
Wolverhampton  	14  5	6  3	16  16	 13
Charlton Athl	14  5	6  3	18  21	 13
Preston NE     	15  5	7  3	17  16	 13
Stoke City 	15  5	7  3	16  14	 13
Blackburn	14  5	7  2	15  20	 12
Everton 	15  4	7  4	14  18	 12
Middlesbrough	14  4	8  2	16  24	 10
Sheffield Untd 	15  4	9  2	21  29	 10
Chelsea 	14  2  12  0	14  28	  4
Grimsby Town	15  0  14  1	11  40	  1

SCOTTISH FIRST DIVISION
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
Queen of the South 1 Aberdeen 1
Airdrie 1 Clyde 1
Celtic 2 Falkirk 2
Hibernian 1 Third Lanark 0
Patrick Thistle 0 Dundee 0
St Mirren 1 Motherwell 1
Hearts 0 Queen's Park 0
Rangers 2 Morton 1

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STANDINGS	GP  W   L  T	GF  GA	PTS
Hibernian	11  8   1  2	26   6	 18
Rangers		11  6   1  4	15   7	 16
Partick		11  5   2  4	14   7	 14
Falkirk		11  3   1  7	11   9	 13
St Mirren	11  5   3  3	12  10	 13
Dundee		11  5   3  3	13  12	 13
Celtic		10  5	3  2	17  12	 12
Motherwell	11  4	3  4	12  12	 12
Queen of South	11  4	4  3	11  14	 11
Aberdeen	11  4	4  3	12  11	 11
Clyde		10  3	5  2	10  15	  8
Hearts		11  2	5  4	13  16	  8
Airdrie		11  2	6  3	14  21	  7
Third Lanark	10  2	6  2	 8  18	  6
Queens Park	10  1	6  3	 6  18	  5
Morton		11  1	7  3	12  18	  5

rangers85 · 04-21-2005, 06:40 PM

Finally TCU picks up a conference win after going 4-1 in OOC play. Over Baylor none the less. Take that you Baptist bears to the south

04-05-2005, 12:33 PM	#541
Bobbuttons Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Picturesque Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio Posts: 3,708	Thanks Tiger Fan! __________________ Frankenstein never scared me. Marsupials do....cause they're fast! Gibson swings, and a fly ball to deep right field! This is gonna be a home run! Unbelievable! A home run for Gibson! And the Dodgers have won the game, 5 to 4; I don't believe what I just saw! I don't believe what I just saw!

04-05-2005, 03:31 PM	#542
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 1947 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PATRIOTS LOSE GLENN BUT BEAT TEXANS The New England Patriots beat Houston 27-14 in the Monday Night Football game but the victory proved costly as the Pats lost running back Mario Glenn in the process. Glenn suffered a groin injury on the first series of the game and could miss three weeks. He leads the team with 578 yards rushing. Backup running back Bob Jenkins did well in relief of Glenn gaining 97 yards on 24 carries. The Pats took a quick 7-0 lead when Houston return man Gus Barton fumbled the opening kick-off. It was scooped up by Pats special teamer Rocky Taylor and he ran 21 yards into the endzone. Houston tied the game midway through the first quarter when Tony Brady picked off a Bob Irvin pass and returned it for a major. Irvin redeemed himself on the next series, completing a 56 yard pass to rookie WR Fred Coleman which set up the go-ahead touchdown, a 3 yard toss to Dee Bolinger. Irvin would also throw a second half touchdown and complete 25-of-39 pass attempts for 268 yards. The Texans mounted little pressure in the second half. SUNDAY'S RESULTS* Jacksonville 28 Buffalo 14 Tennessee 34 Miami 14 Green Bay 21 Minnesota 9 Chicago 27 Detroit 24 Atlanta 24 NY Giants 21 Denver 41 Cleveland 28 Kanas City 17 Pittsburgh 14 Baltimore 31 Oakland 13 Cincinnati 24 San Diego 17 NY Jets 20 Indianapolis 10 Philadelphia 45 Tampa 30 Washington 28 New Orleans 7 Dallas 33 Carolina 21 MONDAY NIGHT GAME New England 27 Houston 14 WEEK 9 GAMES New York Giants (3-4) at Dallas Cowboys (1-6) Houston Texans (4-3) at Indianapolis Colts (2-5) Pittsburgh Steelers (2-5) at Cleveland Browns (4-3) Oakland Raiders (3-4) at San Diego Chargers (3-4) Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) at Baltimore Ravens (6-1) Miami Dolphins (2-6) at Buffalo Bills (1-7) Washington Redskins (3-4) at Philadelphia Eagles (6-1) San Francisco 49ers (5-2) at Arizona Cardinals (1-6) Denver Broncos (3-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (5-2) St. Louis Rams (4-3) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-3) Carolina Panthers (1-7) at Atlanta Falcons (5-3) New York Jets (5-3) at New England Patriots (3-5) MONDAY NIGHT Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3) at Tennessee Titans (6-1) Code: NFC STANDINGS North W L T PCT PF PA Green Bay Packers 7 1 0 .875 257 127 Chicago Bears 6 2 0 .750 192 187 Detroit Lions 3 5 0 .375 176 212 Minnesota Vikings 2 6 0 .250 141 169 East W L T PCT PF PA Philadelphia Eagles 6 1 0 .857 206 129 New York Giants 3 4 0 .429 125 164 Washington Redskins 3 4 0 .429 140 176 Dallas Cowboys 1 6 0 .143 144 172 South W L T PCT PF PA Atlanta Falcons 5 3 0 .625 174 173 New Orleans Saints 5 3 0 .625 189 171 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 4 0 .500 179 184 Carolina Panthers 1 7 0 .125 155 196 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 CONFERENCE STANDINGS North W L T PCT PF PA Baltimore Ravens 6 1 0 .857 175 116 Cincinnati Bengals 5 2 0 .714 137 105 Cleveland Browns 4 3 0 .571 169 170 Pittsburgh Steelers 2 5 0 .286 135 96 East W L T PCT PF PA New York Jets 5 3 0 .625 164 134 New England Patriots 3 5 0 .375 114 165 Miami Dolphins 2 6 0 .250 174 209 Buffalo Bills 1 7 0 .125 121 213 South W L T PCT PF PA Tennessee Titans 6 1 0 .857 157 105 Houston Texans 4 3 0 .571 117 111 Jacksonville Jaguars 4 3 0 .571 132 141 Indianapolis Colts 2 5 0 .286 131 148 West W L T PCT PF PA Kansas City Chiefs 5 2 0 .714 191 151 Oakland Raiders 3 4 0 .429 134 182 San Diego Chargers 3 4 0 .429 155 140 Denver Broncos 3 4 0 .429 149 182 LEAGUE LEADERS QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT Sid Luckman CHI 240 163 67.9 2086 12 6 101.1 Charles Trippi TEN 180 118 65.6 1501 10 5 98.4 Ryan Boyette NO 245 171 69.8 2021 9 8 93.3 Louis Webster CLE 180 104 57.8 1450 11 5 92.6 John Foster BAL 253 145 57.3 1915 15 8 88.0 RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD A. Anderson ATL 8 180 997 5.5 92 8 Stacey Jolley MIA 8 168 912 5.4 88 8 Harley Mitchell PHI 7 194 839 4.3 56 5 Todd Berger NO 8 188 821 4.4 48 6 Tony Canadeo GRB 8 168 779 4.6 54 8 RECEPTIONS TM REC* Jim Benton MIN 54 Lewis Smith JAX 49 Bob Sommer NO 48 Petis Neumann KC 47 Duane Whelihan ATL 47 RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD* Amos Hynoski DET 8 41 769 18.8 86 5 Pettis Neumann KC 7 47 733 15.6 55 4 Jerry Watson DEN 7 43 719 16.7 59 3 Duane Whelihan ATL 8 47 692 14.7 64 6 Jim Benton MIN 8 54 691 12.8 62 4 TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST* Matt Truluck STL 7 81 59 22 Dale Cherry CAR 8 79 60 19 Joey Sloan MIA 8 78 55 23 James Sayler NYJ 8 76 65 11 Jeff Parent CIN 7 76 61 15 SACKS TM SACK Bill Hewitt CHI 8 John Beasley KC 8 Ade Coulter TEN 7 Mike Smith GB 7 Duval Van Buren CIN 7 Jim Curry BUF 7 INTERCEPTONS TM INT* Marion Dulaney PHI 8 Todd Elwell PIT 6 Mark Smith BAL 6 Jim Plum TB 5 10 tied with 4 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION HAWKS NEED OVERTIME TO BEAT INDY Daniel Swanson scored 30 points to lead the Milwaukee Hawks to a 101-97 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Olympians. Veteran Cameron Belli was the overtime hero for the Hawks, scoring 5 of theeir 10 overtime points including a key 3-pointer that put the game away. The 37 year old Belli is considered to be one of the game's greatest players. This is his first year with Milwaukee after 13 seasons in New Orleans. Center George Mikan led Indianapolis with 26 points and 13 rebounds. The Olympians were outscored 10-6 in the overtime. Despite a triple double from guard Trevor Presgraves, Kentucky fell 97-88 in Baltimore. Presgraves had 23 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds. Peter Warren again led the Bullets scoring parade with 25 points. The difference in the game was Kentucky made just 4 of 24 3-point attempts including Presgraves going just 1-for-9 while the Bullets hit on 9 of their 18 3-pointers. Warren led the way sinking 4 of 5. In the only other game Syracuse knocked off Philadelphia 106-89. Justin Hild led the Nationals with 26 points and 12 rebounds. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Syracuse 106 Philadelphia 89 Milwaukee 101 Indianapolis 97 Baltimore 97 Kentucky 89 TODAY'S GAMES Boston at Providence Chicago at Minneapolis Cincinnati at Kansas City Philadelphia at Indianapolis Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB* New York 5 4 1 .800 x Providence 3 2 1 .667 1.0 Boston 4 2 2 .500 1.5 Baltimore 4 2 2 .500 1.5 Philadelphia 7 3 4 .429 2.0 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 4 3 1 .750 x Buffalo 6 4 2 .667 x Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 0.5 Fort Wayne 2 1 1 .500 1.0 Pittsburgh 3 0 3 .000 2.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 6 4 2 .667 x Milwaukee 5 3 2 .600 0.5 Chicago 2 1 1 .500 1.0 Indianapolis 6 2 4 .333 2.0 Minneapolis 4 1 3 .250 2.0 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 6 4 2 .667 x Dallas 7 3 4 .429 1.5 New Orleans 3 1 2 .333 1.5 Cincinnati 4 1 3 .250 2.0 Kansas City 2 0 2 .000 2.0 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CY YOUNG AWARDS HANDED OUT THIS WEEK Major league baseball hands out two more awards this week. On Wednesday the American League pitcher of the year will be announced and Thursday it is the National League's turn to present it's Cy Young Award winner. Below are the leading candidates in each league. Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Al Jurisch SLB 39 39 25 10 0 3.85 308 281 146 132 128 204 Earl Johnson Bos 38 38 22 10 0 3.11 298 247 115 103 129 114 Bill Lohrman Cle 30 30 17 4 0 2.11 247 212 65 58 42 139 Andy Karl Bos 41 40 18 10 0 4.10 279 296 145 127 105 103 Fred Hutchinson Wsh 39 39 19 16 0 3.80 310 305 146 131 93 183 NATIONAL LEGAUE G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K Vern Olsen Chn 41 41 23 10 0 2.94 346 306 133 113 85 139 Ernie White StL 40 40 21 8 0 2.50 334 247 106 93 96 208 Charley Schanz Phi 40 40 20 15 0 3.83 312 312 145 133 120 138 Preacher Roe Pit 40 40 20 10 0 3.74 293 274 131 122 93 167 Cliff Melton Pit 38 38 17 12 0 2.20 307 248 84 75 59 116 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PATRIOT LEAGUE PREVIEW Last season conference champ Boston University became the first Patriot school to win an NCAA tournament game. The conference has had a few NIT bids but only Northeastern in 1944 and Colgate last season were able to win as many as two NIT games in a single year. Code: YEAR PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMP 1932-33 LEHIGH 1933-34 BOSTON UNIV 1934-35 LEHIGH 1935-36 NORTHEASTERN 1936-37 NORTHEASTERN 1937-38 LAFAYETTE 1938-39 BOSTON UNIV 1939-40 NORTHEASTERN 1940-41 BOSTON UNIV 1941-42 LAFAYETTE 1942-43 LAFAYETTE 1943-44 COLGATE 1944-45 NORTHEASTERN 1945-46 MAINE 1946-47 BOSTON UNIV PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Boston University 1-4 1-2 Northeastern 0-4 4-5 Lafayette 0-3 0-0 Lehigh 0-2 0-0 Colgate 0-1 2-1 Maine 0-1 0-0 American 0-0 0-1 Bucknell 0-0 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- NORTHEASTERN: Plenty of talent returning for a Huskies team that has 3 postseason berths in the last 4 years including an NIT invite last season. Senior PF Idan Galon has a shot at being the schools all-time leader in points and rebounds by the time his career ends. 2- AMERICAN: The Eagles were 10-4 in conference play last year but lost in Patriot tournament semi-finals. Only one starter is gone from last season and a pair of Eagles made the preseason all-conference team including sophomore guard Nick Egolf who averaged 8.1 ppg and 7.4 apg as a freshman. 3- BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Won the conference tournament and the first ever NCAA tournament game in conference history. However, 3 starters have graduated and this may be a rebuilding year. The Terriers feel they have a great one in freshman PG Naquan Hawthorne. 4- COLGATE: The Raiders are coming off a 24 win season and a trip to the NIT quarterfinals but have graduated three starters. Senior PG Fred Nagy is back. He averaged 18.7 ppg last season and is a legitimate candidate for League MVP. 5- LAFAYETTE: Coming off three straight 9-21 seasons but things look a little brighter for the Leopards this season as four starters, including pre-season all-conference selection Oliver Wilson, return. 6- BUCKNELL: Won just 12 games a year ago but did finish 8-6 in conference play, their best conference record in 4 years. However, with 4 starters graduated it is back to square one for the Bison. 7- MAINE: After winning their first Patriot League title the Black Bears slumped to 4-10 in conference and 8-22 overall last year. Loaded with freshmen and sophomores the Black Bears have only one player, senior forward Neil Felton, with any noticable playing experience at all. 8- LEHIGH: Just 2-12 in conference each of the past two seasons so there is not much in the way of positives to discuss when it comes to the Mountain Hawks. Senior guard Tristen Hargis averaged nearly 17 points per game last season but had little help. PRESEAON PATRIOT ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM* G Nick Egolf American G Fred *Nagy Colgate F Sayyid Matthews American F Idan Galon Norhteastern C Oliver Wilson Lafayette __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

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Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 1947 COLLEGE FOOTBALL GEORGIA TECH AND CALIFORNIA CLIMBING THE POLLS Note- Due to an oversight the college rankings are being published one day late. Georgia Tech and California made the biggest jumps in this weeks national college football poll. The 4-0 Yellow Jackets hammered Auburn 40-0 to climb from #20 last week to the 14th spot. California beat Pacific Coast Conference rival Washington State 17-7 to improve to 5-0 on the season and move up 5 spots to #13. Utah and Missouri are the new entrants in the poll this week after UCLA and Arkansas dropped out. The Bruins lost 10-6 to Stanford while the Razorbacks were beaten 24-6 by #3 Texas. Speaking of Texas the Longhorns play yet another ranked school this week as they meet number 8 Rice. Two other games this weekend involving ranked teams have 7th rated USC visiting California while #17 Georgia entertains #18 Alabama. Code: 1947 TSN TOP 20 REC LAST WEEK NEXT WEEK 1 Notre Dame (1) 3-0 beat Nebraska 48-3 host Iowa 2 Michigan (2) 4-0 beat Northwestern 28-3 host Minnesota 3 Texas (3) 5-0 beat #19 Arkansas 24-6 host #8 Rice 4 North Carolina (5) 3-1 beat William & Mary 14-7 at Florida 5 Penn State (6) 4-0 beat Syracuse 52-0 host West Virginia 6 Mississippi (7) 4-1 beat Tulane 14-9 host Arkansas 7 USC (8) 3-0-1 beat Oregon State 13-9 at #13 California 8 Rice (11) 3-0-1 beat #5 SMU 6-0 at #3 Texas 9 Oklahoma (10) 3-1 beat Kansas 20-0 host TCU 10 Virginia (12) 4-0 beat Wash & Lee 24-7 at VMI 11 Army (14) 3-1-1 beat Virginia Tech 34-7 at Columbia 12 SMU (4) 3-1 lost 6-0 to #11 Rice at UCLA 13 California(18) 5-0 beat Washington St. 17-7 host #7 USC 14 Georgia Tech (20) 4-0 beat Auburn 40-0 host Citadel 15 Pennsylvania (17) 3-0 beat Columbia 24-7 host Navy 16 Utah(nr) 4-0 beat Denver 14-3 at Wyoming 17 Georgia (16) 3-2 beat Oklahoma A&M 17-10 host #18 Alabama 18 Alabama (13) 3-1-1 Tied Tennessee 20-20 at #17 Georgia 19 Missouri (nr) 4-1 beat Kansas State 22-9 at Iowa State 20 Kentucky (9) 3-2 lost 10-0 at Vanderbilt at Michigan State Dropped out UCLA (15) 2-1-1 lost 10-6 at Stanford Arkansas(19) 4-1 lost 24-6 at #3 Texas NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION MIKAN LEADS OLYMPIANS PAST WARRIORS Two of the most dominant young centers in the league met in Indianapolis last night and George Mikan was the clear winner. Mikan had 22 points and 7 rebounds as the Olympians beat Philadelphia 97-74. Warriors second year center John Layton got into foul trouble early and played just 11 minutes, scoring just 2 points and hauling in just 1 rebound. To defend Layton slightly, it was Mikan who had the far better supporting cast under the hoop. Indianapolis power forward Vernon Stout is one of the best rebounders in the game and he and Mikan made life miserable for young Layton. Stout had 14 boards and 11 points. Indianapolis improves to 3-4 with the win while the Warriors drop to 3-5. Layton, a high priced free agent signing after a terrific playoff run for Dallas, has been very inconsistant through 8 games with Philadelphia. He had a 30 point, 11 rebound performance in his debut but was been held to 10 points or less in 3 of the next 7 games. He has looked dominant on some occassions but far less than ordinary on others. However, Philadelphia fans must keep in mind he is just 24 and has started less than 50 NBA regular season games in his career. The Warriors signed him to a 5 year deal knowing it might take 3 years for him to reach his full potential. In other action Ben Gosford had 16 points off the bench to lead the Providence Steamrollers past Boston 90-72. Veteran Celtics guard Phil Hernandez left the game with a hamstring injury and will likely miss two weeks. Vin Concepcion scored 29 points and added 10 rebounds to pace the visiting Chicago Stags to a 98-93 victory over the Minneapolis Lakers. The win improves the Stags record to 2-1 while Minneapolis falls to 1-4. Joe Fulks led the Lakers with 25 points in the game. Kansas City got it's first win of the season by beating Cincinnati 91-74. The Kings are 1-2 while the Royals fall to 1-4. Forward Jim Cokley had 28 points for the Kings while the Royals were led by guard Thor Thorlaksson and forward Liles Wilder, who each had 21 points. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Providence 90 Boston 72 Chicago 98 Minneapolis 93 Kansas City 91 Cincinnati 74 Indianapolis 97 Philadelphia 74 TODAY'S GAMES Fort Wayne at Providence Chicago at Indianapolis Dallas at Kentucky Pittsburgh at St Louis Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB* New York 5 4 1 .800 x Providence 4 3 1 .750 0.5 Baltimore 4 2 2 .500 1.5 Boston 5 2 3 .400 2.0 Philadelphia 8 3 5 .375 2.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 4 3 1 .750 x Buffalo 6 4 2 .667 x Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 0.5 Fort Wayne 2 1 1 .500 1.0 Pittsburgh 3 0 3 .000 2.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB Chicago 3 2 1 .667 x St Louis 6 4 2 .667 x Milwaukee 5 3 2 .600 x Indianapolis 7 3 4 .429 1.0 Minneapolis 5 1 4 .200 2.0 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 6 4 2 .667 x Dallas 7 3 4 .429 1.5 New Orleans 3 1 2 .333 1.5 Kansas City 3 1 2 .333 1.5 Cincinnati 5 1 4 .200 2.5 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PACIFIC COAST NORTH CONFERENCE PREVIEW Because of the minimum number of conferences the game I am using (TDCB) requires I have divided the Pacific Coast Conference into two seperate conferences. San Francisco and Oregon have been the dominant teams in a conference that consistantly places 3 or 4 teams in the NCAA tournament. The Dons and Ducks have never missed an invite to the Big Dance and each have a National Championship to their credit. The greatest memory for the PCC North came in 1939 when Oregon and San Francisco both advanced to the national title game. Code: YEAR PCC NORTH CHAMP LEAGUE MVP 1932-33 WASHINGTON Rex Yaskiewicz Oregon 1933-34 OREGON STATE Alex Marlow Washington St 1934-35 WASHINGTON Jason Salowitz Washington St 1935-36 WASHINGTON STATE Rueben Kautz Washington St 1936-37 SAN FRANCISCO Lucas Myers St Mary's 1937-38 OREGON Greg McCoy San Francisco 1938-39 OREGON Shamaine Wilkins Oregon 1939-40 OREGON STATE Justin Carter Oregon 1940-41 SAN FRANCISCO David Helsel San Francisco 1941-42 PORTLAND Oon-Gil Toepke Oregon 1942-43 WASHINGTON STATE Greyson Slenn Oregon 1943-44 OREGON Jase Dixon Washington State 1944-45 OREGON STATE Hayden Vik San Francisco 1945-46 WASHINGTON STATE Samuel Hunt Portland 1946-47 SAN FRANCISCO Jack Toomay San Francisco PCC NORTH TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT* San Francisco 32-14 0-0 Oregon 30-14 0-0 Washington State 17-11 3-3 Washington 13-9 0-3 Oregon State 8-7 6-3 Portland 0-1 0-0 LMU 0-1 0-0 St Mary's 0-0 2-1 PCC NORTH FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 1935-36 SAN FRANCISCO lost in semi-finals 1936-37 SAN FRANCISCO won National Championship 1937-38 OREGON lost national title game 1938-39 OREGON Won National Championship over San Francisco 1938-39 SAN FRANCISCO lost national title game to Oregon 1939-40 OREGON STATE lost national title game 1940-41 SAN FRANCISCO lost in semi-finals 1943-44 OREGON lost in semi-finals PCC NORTH NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 1943-44 Jack Toomay San Francisco PCC NORTH ALL-AMERICANS* 1932-33 Jacob German Washington 1938-39 Lowell Riebridger Washington 1943-44 Jason Dixin Washington State 1944-45 Hayden Vik San Francisco 1945-46 Bud Milikan Washington State PCC NORTH PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH* 1- OREGON: Oregon has never missed an an NCAA tournament and went to the Sweet 16 last season after a 27-7 season. The Ducks are the conference favourites this season thanks to 4 returning starters including preseason all-conference selections Dick Triptow and Alex Groza. 2- WASHINGTON: It has been hard times of late for Washington as the Huskies missed the postseason twice in the last 4 years after earning a tournament bid for the first 11 seasons of the league. Things look bright this year and with a few breaks the Huskies could challenge Oregon for the conference title. Both starting guards from last year's squad were first round NBA selections but the loss should not hurt the Huskies much as junior guards Johnny Oldham and David Johnson are ready to shine. 3- OREGON STATE: Beavers have made just 1 NCAA tourney appearance in past 6 years and won a school worst 10 games last year. However, last year's suffering may be rewarded this season as a trio of sensational sophomores have a full year's experience under their belt. Emmitt McLaughlin is one of the three and he was so impressive as a freshman that he has been named to the preseason all-conference team. 4- SAN FRANCISCO: The Dons have never missed an NCAA tournament and are coming off a 28-8 season with a trip to Sweet 16. However, conference MVP Jack Toomay has graduated and there are 6 freshman on the roster with a good chance that two of them will be starters. This season an NIT bid seems more likely than another trip to the NCAA's. 5- LMU: The Lions only postseason appearance came in 1944 when they won 20 games for the first time in school history and received an at-large bid to the NCAA's. Were 16-14 last season and return 3 starters including sweet shooting senior guard Jose Driggers. 6- WASHINGTON STATE: The Cougars won 20 games last season but have lost 4 starters. With 2 freshman in the starting lineup this could be a long season. 7- ST MARY'S: The Gaels have never won the conference but after a 4-10 season made a surprising run to the conference tournament final last year. With a pair of talented sophomores in forward Don Lofgren and guard Richard Bolaine along with freshman forward Eddie xKirkpatrick the future looks pretty good but they don't have the depth to do much this year. 8- PORTLAND: In 1942 the Pilots went 25-7 and won the only conference title in school history, since then they have not won more than 16 games in a year including 13-18 last season. They have some good balance this year but that is really just another way of saying no one on this roster stands out. PCC NORTH PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM G Dick Triptow Oregon G Alex Hannum San Francisco F Alex Groza Oregon F Douglas Burton San Francisco C Emmitt McLaughlin Oregon State NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE* TWO GAMES ON THE SLATE TONIGHT A busy week in the National Hockey League gets underway tonight with a pair of games. In Boston the Bruins entertain Montreal while the other game has New York travelling to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs. Saturday the Leafs host Chicago while Boston returns the favour to the Habs by visiting the Montreal Forum. On Sunday, Montreal heads to Detroit to face the Red Wings while Chicago is at Boston. Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Detroit 3 2 1 0 10 9 4 Montreal 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 Boston 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 Toronto 2 1 1 0 6 6 2 Chicago 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 New York 2 0 2 0 3 7 0 BOXING SMITH AVENGES LOSS Promising young heavyweight Jeffrey xSmith got his revenge against Freddie Schott. xSmith scored a 7th round TKO last night against in his bout with Schott, three weeks after Schott had handed the Iowa native his only professional loss. xSmith is now 7-1 as a pro and the 20 year old is on the verge of cracking the top 10 in his weightclass. Schott's record drops to 14-12-1. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-08-2005 at 11:15 AM.

04-08-2005, 09:54 AM	#546
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOHRMAN WINS AL CY YOUNG IN TIGHT RACE Cleveland pitcher Bill Lohrman was named the American League Cy Young Award winner by the narrowest of margins over Earl Johnson of the Boston Red Sox. Out of the 10 ballots cast Lohrman and Johnson each appeared first on five of the them. The difference would be that Lohrman was in the top 3 on all 10 ballots while Johnson was only named on 9 of the 10. Points were awarded for first, second and third place on a 5,3,1 basis. Code: NAME TEAM 1ST 2ND 3RD PTS Bill Lohrman CLE 5 3 2 36 Earl Johnson BOS 5 3 1 35 Al Jurisch SLB 0 3 7 16 Fred Hutchinson WSH 0 1 0 3 Lohrman was 17-4 with a league best 2.11 era despite missing a month and a half with an injury. Prior to the late May injury he had won his first 9 starts and had an earned run average of well under 1.30. It marks the second straight season a Cleveland Indian hurler won the Cy Young Award. Last season it went to Steve Gromek, who the Tribe dealt to the Braves this season for Warren Spahn. The National League Cy Young Award will be handed out tomorrow. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE BRUINS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT Boston completely dominated Montreal in National Hockey League action. The final score of 4-2 was no where near representative of how much the Bruins carried the play. Only some stellar goaltending from Canadiens netminder Bill Durnan kept the score respectable as the Bruins outshot Montreal 31-15. Ed Sanford scored a pair of goals to pace the Bruins with Fern Flaman and Joe Carveth adding singles. Toe Blake and John Quilty replied for Montreal. MONTREAL AT BOSTON SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 1- BOSTON BRUINS: Fern Flaman 1(Murray Henderson, Clare Martin) 6:03 2- MONTREAL Canadiens: Toe Blake 2(Maurice Richard, Butch Bouchard) 16:07 3- BOSTON BRUINS: Ed Sanford 1(Don Gallinger, Kenny Smith) 17:21 Period 2 4- BOSTON BRUINS: Ed Sanford 2(Don Gallinger, Paul Ronty) 19:48 Period 3 5- BOSTON BRUINS: Joe Carveth 1(Paul Ronty) 5:31 6- MONTREAL Canadiens: John Quilty 1(Jim Peters, Butch Bouchard) 13:59 SHOTS ON GOAL MONTREAL Canadiens - 15 BOSTON BRUINS - 31 In Toronto Howie Meeker scored twice as the Leafs handed the Rangers their third straight loss, 3-1 was the score. NEW YORK AT TORONTO SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 1- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Bill Ezinicki 1(Gus Mortson) 14:39 2- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 2(Jim Thomson, Max Bentley) 18:12 Period 2 3- NEW YORK RANGERS: Rene Trudell 1(Buddy OConnor) 4:11 4- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 3(Max Bentley, Bill Ezinicki) (PP) 4:57 Period 3 None SHOTS ON GOAL NEW YORK RANGERS - 21 TORONTO Maple Leafs - 41 Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Boston 2 2 0 0 8 3 4 Detroit 3 2 1 0 10 9 4 Toronto 3 2 1 0 9 7 4 Montreal 3 1 1 1 6 7 3 Chicago 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 New York 3 0 3 0 4 10 0 SCORING LEADERS NAME TM GP G A PTS Don Gallinger BOS 2 1 4 5 Max Bentley TOR 3 2 3 5 Jim McFadden DET 3 3 1 4 Howie Meeker TOR 3 3 1 4 Gordie Howe DET 3 1 2 3 Bill Ezinicki TOR 3 1 2 3 Ted Lindsay DET 3 2 1 3 Doug McCaig DET 1 0 3 3 Don Morrison DET 3 0 3 3 B. Quackenbush DET 3 0 3 3 Butch Bouchard MON 3 0 3 3 LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Boston 4 Montreal 2 Toronto 3 New York 1 UPCOMING GAMES SATURDAY OCTOBER 25 Boston at Montreal Chicago at Toronto SUNDAY OCTOBER 26 Montreal at Detroit Chicago at Boston NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION CHAPS TOP COLONELS IN SOUTH DIVISION BATTLE The Dallas Chaparrals took the opener of a home-and-home series with Kentucky by beating the Colonels in their own barn 100-93. The victory moves Dallas (4-4) to within a half game of the South Division leading Colonels. The two clubs meet in Dallas tonight. In other games Jim Pollard had 20 points to help Providence past Fort Wayne 104-79. In Indianapolis George Mikan had 19 points and 16 rebounds while John Hackett added 26 points as the Olympians beat Chicago 117-82. Pittsburgh is still searching for it's first victory after the Pipers were outplayed in St Louis. Mac Thorpe had 24 points in the Bombers 95-57 victory. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Providence 104 Fort Wayne 79 Indianapolis 117 Chicago 82 Dallas 100 Kentucky 93 St Louis 95 Pittsburgh 57 TODAY'S GAMES Providence at Philadelphia Cleveland at Fort Wayne Kentucky at Dallas Indianapolis at Kansas City Pittsburgh at Minneapolis Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB New York 5 4 1 .800 x Providence 5 4 1 .800 x Baltimore 4 2 2 .500 1.5 Boston 5 2 3 .400 2.0 Philadelphia 8 3 5 .375 2.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 4 3 1 .750 x Buffalo 6 4 2 .667 x Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 0.5 Fort Wayne 3 1 2 .333 1.5 Pittsburgh 4 0 4 .000 3.0 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 7 5 2 .714 x Milwaukee 5 3 2 .600 1.0 Chicago 4 2 2 .500 1.5 Indianapolis 8 4 4 .500 1.5 Minneapolis 5 1 4 .200 3.0 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 7 4 3 .571 x Dallas 8 4 4 .500 0.5 New Orleans 3 1 2 .333 1.0 Kansas City 3 1 2 .333 1.0 Cincinnati 5 1 4 .200 2.0 LEAGUE LEADERS POINTS PER GAME 1- Miguel Dominguez Buffalo 24.0 2- Mac Thorpe St Louis 23.6 3- Thal Butler New York 21.3 4- Peter Warren Baltimore 21.3 5- Justin Hild Syracuse 20.3 6- Jim Cokley Kansas City 20.3 7- Noah Baldin Fort Wayne 20.0 8- Vin Concepcion Chicago 20.0 9- Rod Rodriguez Boston 19.8 10-Trevor Presgraves Kentucky 19.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME 1- Terry Rowe Boston 13.3 2- Leonard Loch New York 12.6 3- Alex McMillan Cleveland 12.0 4- Kevin Stewart Pittsburgh 11.8 5- Joe Velazquez Providence 11.8 ASSISTS PER GAME 1- Trevor Presgraves Kentucky 9.3 2- Daniel Gray New Orleans 8.3 3- Ryan Brumsey Fort Wayne 7.7 4- Mike Damon Kansas City 7.3 5- Dave Askew St Louis 7.3 STEALS PER GAME 1- Robert Stennis Syracuse 3.4 2- Lonnie Duncan Providence 3.2 3- Gabriel Brown Kansas City 3.0 4- Trevor Presgraves Kentucky 3.0 5- Jaden Christopher Baltimore 2.8 BLOCKS PER GAME 1- Vernon Stout Indianapolis 3.1 2- AJ Lambert Chicago 2.5 3- Leonard Loch New York 2.4 4- Preye Pensyl Baltimore 2.3 5- Ethan Batiste Buffalo 2.2 FIELD GOAL PCT 1- Cory Vergara Baltimore .643 2- AH Morris Fort Wayne .621 3- George Mikan Indianapolis .607 4- Freddie Scolari Pittsburgh .594 5- Jaden Christopher Baltimore .585 FREE THROW PCT 1- Byron Swygart Pittsburgh 1.000 1- Gabriel Brown Kansas City 1.000 1- Braden Morrow Cleveland 1.000 1- Omar Robinson Cleveland 1.000 1- Jalon Isenberg Minnesota 1.000 3-POINT PCT 1- Freddie Scolari Pittsburgh .750 2- Ethan Batiste Buffalo .524 3- Ben Gosford Providence .438 4- Lonnie Duncan Providence .438 5- Gene Rock St Louis .435 ROOKIE SCORING LEADERS 1- Mel McGaha Milwaukee 11.4 2- Varun Hunter Kentucky 9.3 3- Paul Huston New York 8.8 4- Jack Rocker New Orleans 8.3 5- Ray Corley Milwaukee 5.6 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PACIFIC COAST SOUTH CONFERENCE PREVIEW Like it's counterpart to the north, the Pacific Coast South Conference is composed primarily of schools from the old Pacific Coast Conference. Unlike the North, which has had 4 or 5 very strong schools, the PCC South has been dominated by UCLA as the Bruins have won 9 of the 15 conference titles and far and away lead the rest of the conference in NCAA tournament appearances. The University of Southern California has enjoyed some success in recent years including a trip to the national title game last season. Code: YEAR PCC SOUTH CHAMP LEAGUE MVP 1932-33 USC Wally Waltman UCLA 1933-34 UCLA Dalton Cyree California 1934-35 CALIFORNIA Deshayne Caneer UCLA 1935-36 UCLA Moises Holcomb UCLA 1936-37 UCLA Chun Jordan UCLA 1937-38 UCLA Walter Tuukanen Pepperdine 1938-39 STANFORD Steven Segui UCLA 1939-40 CALIFORNIA Pietro Cox Stanford 1940-41 CALIFORNIA Kenton Lewis California 1941-42 UCLA Jimmy Skiffer UCLA 1942-43 UCLA Alex Chesham USC 1943-44 UCLA Andy Robertson UCLA 1944-45 UCLA Elliott Haaker California 1945-46 USC Dakota Widner USC 1946-47 UCLA Jack Nichols California PCC SOUTH TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT* UCLA 31-13 1-1 USC 13-8 7-2 California 9-8 7-4 Stanford 2-6 4-5 Santa Clara 0-1 0-0 Pepperdine 0-0 0-2 Gonzaga 0-0 0-1 San Diego 0-0 0-0 PCC SOUTH FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 1933-34 UCLA lost in semi-finals 1936-37 UCLA lost national title game 1946-47 USC lost national title game PCC SOUTH NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES 1934-35 USC won NIT tournament PCC SOUTH NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 1932-33 DeShayne Carter UCLA 1938-39 Steven Segui UCLA PCC SOUTH ALL-AMERICANS 1939-40 Steve Hemhill California 1945-46 Arnie Ferrin USC PCC SOUTH PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH* 1- USC: Much of the cast from last seasons run to the national title game has graduated including team leader Joseph Smith. However senior William Towery, a preseason all-conference selection, and sophomores Chuck Cooper and Joe McNamee should keep the Trojans in the conference title hunt. 2- CALIFORNIA: Center Jack Nichols could well be the best player in the nation and he will lead a veteran Golden Bears squad that should battle USC for the conference title and may be a force in the NCAA's. 3- UCLA: With Chet McNabb and Bruce Hale graduated this is a bit of a rebuilding season for the Bruins, who made the Sweet 16 last year. Senior guard Matt Zunic and sophomore guard George Starich will carry the team but a lack of quality big men may hurt come tournament time. 4- STANFORD: The Cardinal have plenty of experience returning and may overtake UCLA for third place in the conference if forwards Bill Calhoun, Daniel Shivers and Richard Williams can make up for the loss of graduated center Jon Anderson. 5- GONZAGA: Senior forward Randy Davis is probably the best player in the conference not named to the all-preseason team. If everything goes right this could become the first Bulldogs team to win 20 games in a season. 6- PEPPERDINE: The Waves have never contended for a conference title but are coming off a 17 victory season last year. There is some decent talent at Pepperdine including sophomore guard Clark Smith but depth will be a problem. 7- SANTA CLARA: Sophomore guards Ryan Blanco and Chalmers Kallam give the Broncos some hope for the future but this will be another long season. 8- SAN DIEGO: Coming off back to back 6 win seasons and things do not look much better this year for the Toreros. PCC SOUTH PRE-SEASON ALL CONFERENCE TEAM* G Matt Zunic UCLA G Bill Calhoun Stanford F Marshall Lake California F William Towery USC C Jack Nichols California BOXING BASILIO GETS A WIN AT SYRACUSE 20 year old welterweight hopeful Carmen Basilio scored a unanimous 10 round decision over Cliff Hart in Syracuse last night. The victory is Basilio's second straight as a professional and once again it was another strong outing from the man that many predict will one day contend for a world title. Basilio is 2-0-1 as a pro with his draw coming under questionable circumstances in his professional debut in August. The audience had booed heavily when the result was announced as it was clear Basilio had carried the fight to his opponent. There was no such questioning this time as all three scorecards rightly had Basilio beating Hart handily. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-08-2005 at 11:14 AM.

04-08-2005, 06:40 PM	#547
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY OCTOBER 24, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CARDS WHITE DRAWS SECOND CY YOUNG AWARD St Louis hurler Ernie White was named the National League Cy Young Award winner for the second time in his career. White, who also won the award in 1945, was 21-8 with a 2.50 era in 40 starts for the Cardinals. He gathered 8 of the 10 first place votes with Vern Olsen of the Cubs and Pittsburgh's Cliff Melton each getting one vote. Code: VOTING RESULTS FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARD NAME TEAM 1ST 2ND 3RD PTS Ernie White SLN 8 2 0 46 Vern Olsen CHN 1 6 2 25 Cliff Melton PIT 1 1 7 15 Preacher Roe PIT 0 1 1 4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL TIGERS BLANK SOUTH CAROLINA In a rate Thursday night college football game the Clemson Tigers beat South Carolina 13-0. The win improves Clemson's Southern Conference record to 2-1 while the Gamecocks fall to 1-2 in conference play. Overall, the Tigers are 4-1 while South Carolina sits at 2-3. Code: SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Duke 2 0 0 2 1 1 North Carolina 2 0 0 3 1 0 Washi & Lee 2 0 0 2 3 0 VMI 1 0 1 2 1 1 William & Mary 3 1 0 3 1 0 Maryland 2 1 0 3 1 0 North Car State 2 1 0 3 1 0 Clemson 2 1 0 4 1 0 Virginia Tech 1 1 0 1 3 0 South Carolina 1 2 0 2 3 0 Furman 1 2 0 1 3 0 Wake Forest 1 2 0 2 2 0 Richmond 0 2 1 2 2 1 Citadel 0 2 0 2 2 0 Davidson 0 2 0 2 3 0 G Washington 0 3 0 0 4 0 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Clemson 13 South Carolina 0 TODAY'S GAMES Dayton at Tennessee-Chat Duquesne at Detroit Mercy George Washington at Miami (Fla) New York Univ at Georgetown Villanova at Boston College West Texas A&M at New Mexico State SATURDAY'S GAMES Alabama at Georgia Arkansas at Mississippi Army at Columbia Auburn at Tulane Baylor at Texas A&M Brown at Colgate Citadel at Georgia Tech Colorado at Colorado State Cornell at Princeton Dartmouth at Harvard Davidson at Washington & Lee Duke at Wake Forest Fordham at Merchant Marine Furman at Wofford Hampden-Sydney at Richmond Hardin-Simmons at Mississippi State Holy Cross at Syracuse Idaho State at Montana State Illinois at Purdue Indiana at Northwestern Iowa at Notre Dame Kentucky at Michigan State Lehigh at Rutgers Loyola Marymount at St. Mary's Marquette at Wisconsin Maryland at Virginia Tech Minnesota at Michigan Missouri at Iowa State Montana at Washington State Navy at Pennsylvania Nebraska at Kansas State New Mexico at Arizona North Carolina at Florida Northern Arizona at Wichita State Ohio State at Pittsburgh Oklahoma State at Drake Portland at Oregon State Rice at Texas San Francisco at Oregon Southern California at California Southern Methodist at UCLA Springfield at Yale Stanford at Washington Temple at Bucknell Tennessee Tech at Tennessee Texas Christian at Oklahoma Texas Tech at Denver Tulsa at Nevada Utah at Wyoming Utah State at Brigham Young Vanderbilt at Louisiana State Virginia at Virginia Military Institute West Virginia at Penn State William & Mary at Boston University SUNDAY'S GAME St. Bonaventure at St. Louis NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE HUGE WEEK FOR TSN FORECASTER Went out on a limb and made predictions for every game last week and came out with a stellar 10-3-1 record. That gets me over .500 on the season at 16-12-1. Might as well press my luck and take a stab at every game again this week. Cowboys are coming off their first win and dare we say two in a row....Yes, the Giants are fading fast so I'll take the Cowboys. The Colts will get upset at home. An important game for the Browns and they will not dissappoint. The Raiders are inconsistant but they lost big last week so they should do the opposite this time, Oakland it is. I think Baltimore will win at home to Cincinnati but not by 8 points...I'll take the Bengals to cover. In the words of Marv Leavy were would you rather be than watching 1-7 Buffalo vs 2-6 Miami, well actually anywhere else would be preferable. Have to pick one of these two losers so lets go with the underdog Bills at home. The Redskins have been playing much better since Sammy Baugh returned and I am going to gamble that the overconfident Eagles are ripe for an upset. Washington may not win but I have a hunch they could cover. Niners just a 1 point dog at awful Arizona. I am all over that pick. Broncos looked great at Cleveland last week but will have trouble in in Kansas City, take the Chiefs -6. Rams vs Seahawks. Two teams I have not followed too closelybut I'll take the boys from St Louis. Saints took a beating from Washington last week and will beat Tampa but the Bucs are a good team and will keep it close, so I am taking Tampa and the points. Falcons should cover against Carolina. Jets vs Pats should be a doozy. I think New England will prevail. Finally on Monday night I will give up 7 points and take the Titans. Code: SUNDAY'S GAMES SPREAD MY PICK New York Giants (3-4) at Dallas Cowboys (1-6) -8 Cowboys -8 Houston Texans (4-3) at Indianapolis Colts (2-5) -3 Texans +3 Pittsburgh Steelers (2-5) at Cleveland Browns (4-3) -5 Browns -5 Oakland Raiders (3-4) at San Diego Chargers (3-4) -4 Raiders +4 Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) at Baltimore Ravens (6-1) -8 Bengals +8 Miami Dolphins (2-6) at Buffalo Bills (1-7) 4 Bills +4 Washington Redskins (3-4) at Philadelphia Eagles (6-1) -6 Skins +6 San Francisco 49ers (5-2) at Arizona Cardinals (1-6) 1 Niners -1 Denver Broncos (3-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (5-2) -6 Chiefs -6 St. Louis Rams (4-3) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3) -1 Rams +1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-4) at New Orleans Saints (5-3) -7 Bucs +7 Carolina Panthers (1-7) at Atlanta Falcons (5-3) -8 Falcons -8 New York Jets (5-3) at New England Patriots (3-5) -1 Pats -1 MONDAY NIGHT Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3) at Tennessee Titans (6-1) -7 Titans -7 CANADIAN FOOTBALL* A busy Saturday lies ahead for the Canadian Football leagues. All 14 teams are in action Saturday including unbeaten Montreal visiting Hamilton in IPRFU action. The other game in that loop has the Toronto Argos home to the Ottawa Rough Riders. In the OPRFU the Toronto Indians travel to Ottawa to meet the Trojans, the Hamilton Wildcats entertain Toronto Balmy Beach while in southwestern Ontario Windsor travels to Sarnia to face the winless Imperials. In the West first place Edmonton is home to Winnipeg while Regina travels to Calgary to face the Stampeders. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION HYBARGER'S 43 POINTS NOT ENOUGH FOR PISTONS Mo Hybarger had 43 points for Fort Wayne last night but the Pistons needed one more shot to from their veteran point guard to drop. Hybarger's desperation shot from just over midcourt as time expired hit the rim and bounced out allowing Cleveland to hang on for a 97-95 victory at the Fort Wayne Arena. Juan Harrison and Bob Brannum each had a double-double for the winners. A strong fourth quarter allowed Providence to pull out a 92-89 victory in Philadelphia. The Steamrollers outscored the Warriors 29-18 in the final 12 minutes. Warriors guard Anthony Maggs led all scorers with 33 points while center John Layton had another rough game, scoring just 6 points in the loss. Layton's former team, the Dallas Chaparrals, completed a home-and-home sweep of Kentucky by beating the Colonels 79-66. Joe Cunningham and Jarvis Ferguson each had 19 for the Chaps. In other action: Despite a 28 point, 17 rebound effort from center George Mikan, Indianapolis fell 96-89 to the Kings in Kansas City. Joe Fulks had 19 points as Minneapolis handed Pittsburgh it's 4th straight loss, 102-79. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Providence 92 Philadelphia 89 Cleveland 97 Fort Wayne 95 Dallas 79 Kentucky 66 Kansas City 96Indianapolis 89 Minneapolis 102 Pittsburgh 79 TODAY'S GAMES New York at Cleveland Cincinnati at Minneapolis New Orleans at Boston Dallas at Providence Fort Wayne at Chicago Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB* Providence 6 5 1 .833 x New York 5 4 1 .800 0.5 Baltimore 4 2 2 .500 2.0 Boston 5 2 3 .400 2.5 Philadelphia 9 3 6 .333 3.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 5 4 1 .800 x Buffalo 6 4 2 .667 0.5 Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 1.0 Fort Wayne 4 1 3 .250 2.5 Pittsburgh 5 0 5 .000 4.0 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 7 5 2 .714 x Milwaukee 5 3 2 .600 1.0 Chicago 4 2 2 .500 1.5 Indianapolis 9 4 5 .444 2.0 Minneapolis 6 2 4 .333 2.5 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Dallas 9 5 4 .556 x Kansas City 4 2 2 .500 0.5 Kentucky 8 4 4 .500 0.5 New Orleans 3 1 2 .333 1.0 Cincinnati 5 1 4 .200 2.0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE PREVIEW One of just two conferences with more than 8 members (the Big 10 is the other) the SEC is always a force to be reckoned with. Throughout the 15 year history of the league Kentucky and Florida have consistantly had strong teams while in the early years Tennessee and Georgia were also to be feared. The Vols and Bulldogs have had some lean years of late but Alabama has filled the void and become a national power, winning two National Titles in the past four years. Add in Kentucky's title last season and the SEC has won 3 of the past 4 NCAA tournaments and could make it four out of five years with the way Florida looks this season. Code: YEAR SEC CHAMP LEAGUE MVP 1932-33 KENTUCKY Marcus Lewis Kentucky 1933-34 FLORIDA Salvador Ransom Kentucky 1934-35 TENNESSEE Micah Norrell Florida 1935-36 KENTUCKY Jorrel Cooper Mississippi State 1936-37 FLORIDA Steven Moore Kentucky 1937-38 FLORIDA Tyson Oltremari Tennessee 1938-39 GEORGIA Lonnie Duncan Alabama 1939-40 VANDERBILT Jason Gordon Alabama 1940-41 MISSISSIPPI STATE Saevion Reevers Mississippi 1941-42 MISSISSIPPI STATE De Marcus Rivera Miss State 1942-43 ALABAMA Bobby Robinson Tennessee 1943-44 TENNESSEE Bobby Robinson Tennessee 1944-45 KENTUCKY Chamren Crowley Mississippi 1945-46 ALABAMA Kenny Chilchote Kentucky 1946-47 KENTUCKY Izak Waldman LSU SEC TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Kentucky 26-12 0-0 Alabama 21-9 2-3 Florida 16-12 2-2 Tennessee 11-5 6-4 Georgia 7-6 5-6 Louisiana St 5-6 7-7 Mississippi 3-4 2-3 Mississippi St 2-5 4-5 Auburn 2-4 2-3 Vanderbilt 1-5 9-5 SEC FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 1934-35 TENNESSEE lost national title game 1936-37 FLORIDA lost in semi-finals 1941-42 FLORIDA lost in semi-finals 1943-44 ALABAMA won National Championship 1945-46 ALABAMA won National Championship over Kentucky KENTUCKY lost to Alabama for National Championship 1946-47 KENTUCKY won National Championship SEC NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES 1936-37 MISSISSIPPI STATE lost title game 1943-44 VANDERBILT won NIT SEC NCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNER 1936-37 Steven Moore Kentucky SEC NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR 1936-37 Kevin Stewart Kentucky 1945-46 Ray Corley Florida SEC ALL-AMERICANS* 1934-35 Sal Ransom Kentucky 1936-37 Steven Moore Kentucky 1937-38 Wacey James Florida 1943-44 Paul Schmidt Kentucky SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- FLORIDA: The Gators have made it a habit of sending first round picks to the NBA but all of that talent has not been parlayed into much recent success as they have just 1 NCAA tournament win in the past 5 years. Last season there was positive news like a 22-9 record and a run to the SEC tournament final before losing to national champion Kentucky, but the year ended on a sour note when the fourth seeded Gators were upset by Texas A&M in the opening round of the NCAA's. The NCAA tournament has been a source of heartache for Gator fans as they have made 4 trips to the elite 8, twice as the favourite, yet have never appeared in a national championship game. That could all change this season as the Gators are loaded with all of the starters back. The backcourt will again feature Tyson Edwards and SEC freshman of the year Shaun Fluellen. Upfront there is Bill Closs and Bob Hahn along with recruit Harry Hamilton who may be the best freshman player in the nation. 2- ALABAMA: Always a solid program, the Tide have rolled to a pair of National titles in the past four seasons. Odie Spears is gone after being selected first overall in the NBA draft but the Crimson Tide have the depth to recover. Senior forward Harry Gallatin is a likely first round NBA selection and sophomore center Nate Clifton is full of potential. 3- KENTUCKY: After a bit of a down period early in the decade the Wildcats are once again a powerhouse, making the last two national championship games and winning it all this past season. Any program would have a tough time replacing three players good enough to be drafted by the NBA like Paul Noel, Jack Rocker and Cliff Baker were but the Wildcats have the depth to do it and remain competitive. This year will likely not result in a third straight trip to the national title game but the Wildcats are once again expecting an invite to the Big Dance. Freshman guard Dale Barnstable may be the best newcomer in the conference. 4- AUBURN: The Tigers won 22 games last season and made the NCAA tournament for the first time in 3 years but have lost 4 starters from that club. Up front they are solid with seniors Ian McGee, Nathan Lange and Guy Mouyerne but the backcourt is very inexperienced. 5- MISSISSIPPI: The Rebels suffered through a 6-23 season a year ago after two straight trips to the NCAA's. With 3 returning starters plus senior guard Hector Guzman, who missed most of last season with an injury, they will be an improved team this year. 6- MISSISSIPPI STATE: Won the SEC title in 1941 and 1942 but have never won more than 12 games in a season since, last year they were 6-24. Three starters return but the Bulldogs lack the depth necessary to be much of a force in the conference. 7- VANDERBILT: Always a good but never a great team the Commodores were 14-16 last year while playing a very tough schedule. Senior forward Trevor Cadiz made the preseason all-conference team but there is not enough talent around him. Freshman guard Mack xAlford has potential. 8- GEORGIA: A dominant team in the late 1930's but this decade has been tough on Bulldog fans as poor recruiting sent them into a downward spiral to start the decade. With 17 wins each of the past two seasons thanks to the play of Mel McGaha, an NBA first round pick this past June, things may be looking up. 9- LOUISIANA STATE: Tigers have made three straight NIT appearances but that trend will end this season. 10-TENNESSEE: An NCAA tournament regular in the 1930's, the Volunteers have played just one tournament game since 1939 and have had a huge drop-off in recruiting talent over that period. SEC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM* G Bob Donham Kentucky G Bill Closs Florida F Trevor Cadiz Vanderbilt F Harry Gallatin Alabama C Bob Hahn Florida __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-08-2005 at 06:42 PM.

04-06-2005, 03:30 PM	#543
Roulette God Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 15	The amount of work that goes into this sort of thing is simply exceptional. Though I haven't had the chance to read through the entire thing yet, the stories that evolve out of your comprehensive newspaper style format are extremely engrossing.

04-08-2005, 10:12 PM	#548
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 1947 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION CAVS WIN ANOTHER CLOSE ONE For the second night in a row the Cleveland Cavaliers barely escaped with a victory. New York Knicks forward Paul Huston missed a 3-point attempt that would have tied the game with 3 seconds left to play as the Cavs beat the Knickerbockers 85-82. Despite battling a flu bug Cavs veteran forward Juan Harrison led the way for his club with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Braden Morrow also had a double-double with 11 points and 12 boards for the Cavs, who improve to 5-1 with the victory. The Cavs are two days into a grueling stretch where they play 5 games in as many nights. Elsewhere Boston got 18 points and 11 assists from Rob Rodriguez as the Celtics beat New Orleans 97-92. The Jazz not only lost the game but they also lost guard Daniel Gray with a sprained toe. The 6th year pro from Wake Forest was averaging 15.5 ppg and 9.5 apg this season. He could miss a little over a week with the injury. Visting Cincinnati topped Minneapolis 98-94 despite a 26 point, 11 rebound effort from Lakers forward Joe Fulks. Providence steamrolled a tired Dallas squad 105-88. The defending champs were playing their third game in three nights. In the only other game Ryan Brumsey had 25 points to pace Fort Wayne past Chicago 95-85. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Cleveland 85 New York 82 Cincinnati 98 Minneapolis 94 Boston 97 New Orleans 92 Providence 105 Dallas 88 Fort Wayne 95 Chicago 85 TODAY'S GAMES Providence at New York Buffalo at Cleveland Chicago at Indianapolis Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 7 6 1 .857 x New York 6 4 2 .667 1.5 Baltimore 4 2 2 .500 2.5 Boston 6 3 3 .500 2.5 Philadelphia 9 3 6 .333 4.0 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 6 5 1 .833 x Buffalo 6 4 2 .667 1.0 Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 1.5 Fort Wayne 5 2 3 .400 2.5 Pittsburgh 5 0 5 .000 4.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 7 5 2 .714 x Milwaukee 5 3 2 .600 1.0 Indianapolis 9 4 5 .444 2.0 Chicago 5 2 3 .400 2.0 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 3.0 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kansas City 4 2 2 .500 x Kentucky 8 4 4 .500 x Dallas 10 5 5 .500 x Cincinnati 6 2 4 .333 1.0 New Orleans 4 1 3 .250 1.0 COLLEGE FOOTBALL VILLANOVA IMPROVES TO 4-1 Villanova got it's 4th win of the season on a light Friday night's slate of college football games. Villanova topped fellow independant Boston College 20-13 in one of 6 games. The only conference game on the schedule took place between Border Conference foes West Texas A&M and New Mexico State. West Texas A&M prevailed by a 26-6 score. A busy day today in the college ranks including another stiff challenge for 3rd ranked Texas. The Longhorns entertain Rice in Southwest Conference play. Top ranked Notre Dame and number 2 Michigan are also in action. The Irish host Iowa while Michigan is home to Western Conference rival Minnesota. LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Tennessee-Chattanooga 10 Dayton 10 Detroit Mercy 16 Duquesne 7 Miami (Florida) 16 George Washington 13 Georgetown 20 New York University 0 Villanova 20 Boston College 14 West Texas A&M 26 New Mexico State 6 Code: BORDER CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Texas Tech 1 0 0 2 3 0 New Mexico 2 1 0 2 2 0 Texas-El Paso 2 1 0 3 2 0 West Texas A&M 2 1 0 4 2 0 Hardin-Simmons 1 1 0 3 1 0 Arizona 1 1 0 3 1 0 Arizona State 1 1 0 2 3 0 Northern Arizona 0 2 0 1 4 0 New Mexico State 0 2 0 3 3 0 BOXING KANE DEFENDS EUROPEAN TITLE European flyweight champion Peter Kane retained his title after winning by technical knockout in the third round of his bout in London with fellow Brit Teddy Gardner. Gardner, the former World Champion, had the fight well under control or so it seemed until Kane opened a nasty cut above the challenger's left eye. With blood pouring out of the gash and Gardner clearly unable to see the referee stopped the fight. Afterwards, Gardner's camp claimed the cut had been caused by a head butt but most impartial observers disagreed. Kane improves to 19-2-1 and is looking for a fight with World Champion Speedy Akira of Japan. Gardner, who was World Champion from October of last year until losing to Jackie Paterson in June, drops to 18-4-1. SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION TODAY'S GAMES Everton at Arsenal Blackpool at Bolton Manchester City at Burnley Chelsea at Charlton Athletic Derby County at Liverpool Aston Villa at Manchester United Huddersfield at Middlesbrough Blackburn at Portsmouth Sunderland at Preston NE Wolverhampton at Sheffield United Grimsby Town at Stoke City __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

04-08-2005, 11:14 PM	#549
rangers85 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX...home of the mighty TCU Horned Frogs Posts: 909	I've got to pull for West Texas A&M as they're my hometown team. But TCU comes first for sure.

04-10-2005, 01:45 AM	#550
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY OCTOBER 26, 1947 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RICE BEATS TEXAS 20-10 The University of Texas had climbed to the number 3 ranking by playing and beating some tough highly ranked opponents but the Longhorns finally met their match when 8th ranked Rice beat them 20-10. Rice QB Virgil Ekenberg threw one touchdown pass and ran for another but it was the Owls defense that proved the difference, in particular defensive end John Magee who sacked Longhorns QB Bobby Layne 3 times in the game. Another top 10 squad fell this weekend when #13 California edged the 7th ranked USC Trojans 24-23. Meanwhile 9th ranked Oklahoma was forced to settle for a 16-16 draw against Texas Christian. Here are the standings of the major conferences: Code: SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T* Rice 2 0 0 4 1 0 Arkansas 2 1 0 4 2 0 Texas A&M 1 1 0 3 3 0 Texas 1 1 0 5 1 0 Baylor 1 1 0 4 1 0 SMU 0 1 0 4 1 0 Texas Christian 0 2 0 3 2 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Illinois 3 0 0 4 1 0 Ohio State 2 0 0 3 2 0 Wisconsin 2 0 0 3 2 0 Michigan 2 0 0 5 0 0 Northwestern 2 1 0 3 1 1 Iowa 1 2 0 2 4 0 Indiana 0 3 0 1 4 0 Minnesota 0 3 0 1 3 0 Purdue 0 3 0 1 4 0 PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T California 2 0 0 6 0 0 Montana 1 0 0 4 2 0 USC 2 1 0 3 1 1 Stanford 2 1 0 2 3 0 Idaho 1 1 1 3 1 1 UCLA 1 1 0 2 2 1 Oregon 1 1 0 4 2 0 Oregon State 1 2 0 2 3 0 Washington 1 2 0 2 3 0 Wash State 0 3 1 0 5 1 SEC STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Georgia Tech 3 0 0 5 0 0 Louisiana State 1 0 0 3 1 0 Mississippi 3 1 0 5 1 0 Alabama 2 1 1 4 1 1 Vanderbilt 2 2 0 2 3 0 Tulane 2 2 0 2 3 0 Florida 1 1 0 2 3 0 Kentucky 1 2 0 4 2 0 Miss State 0 0 0 2 1 2 Tennessee 0 1 1 3 1 1 Georgia 0 2 0 3 3 0 Auburn 0 3 0 2 3 0 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Duke 3 0 0 3 1 1 North Carolina 2 0 0 4 1 0 VMI 1 0 1 2 2 1 William & Mary 3 1 0 4 1 0 Maryland 3 1 0 4 1 0 Washi & Lee 2 1 0 2 4 0 North Car State 2 1 0 3 1 0 Clemson 2 1 0 4 1 0 South Carolina 1 2 0 2 3 0 Virginia Tech 1 2 0 1 4 0 Furman 1 2 0 1 4 0 Davidson 1 2 0 3 3 0 Wake Forest 1 3 0 2 3 0 Richmond 0 2 1 3 2 1 Citadel 0 2 0 2 3 0 G Washington 0 3 0 0 5 0 BIG SIX CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Missouri 2 0 0 5 1 0 Oklahoma 1 0 0 3 1 1 Kansas 1 1 0 2 3 0 Nebraska 1 1 0 2 2 0 Iowa State 1 2 0 2 4 0 Kansas State 0 2 0 1 5 0 BORDER CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Texas-El Paso 2 1 0 3 2 0 West Texas A&M 2 1 0 4 2 0 Arizona 2 1 0 4 1 0 New Mexico 2 2 0 2 3 0 Texas Tech 1 0 0 2 4 0 Hardin-Simmons 1 1 0 4 1 0 Arizona State 1 1 0 2 3 0 Northern Arizona 0 2 0 1 5 0 New Mexico State 0 2 0 3 3 0 MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Wyoming 3 0 0 4 1 0 Utah 2 1 0 4 1 0 Colorado State 2 1 0 4 1 1 Utah State 1 1 1 4 1 1 Colorado 1 1 0 1 4 0 Denver 0 2 0 3 2 0 Brigham Young 0 3 1 1 3 2 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Tulsa 1 0 0 4 1 0 St. Louis 1 0 0 3 3 0 Wichita State 1 0 0 5 1 0 Oklahoma A&M 1 0 0 2 4 0 Drake 0 4 0 1 4 1 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Alabama 7 Georgia 0 Mississippi 20 Arkansas 7 Army 34 Columbia 7 Tulane 21 Auburn 2 Baylor 20 Texas A&M 14 Colgate 14 Brown 3 Georgia Tech 40 Citadel 0 Colorado State 21 Colorado 7 Cornell 14 Princeton 3 Harvard 14 Dartmouth 10 Davidson 34 Washington & Lee 17 Duke 7 Wake Forest 3 Merchant Marine 31 Fordham 16 Wofford 13 Furman 9 Richmond 29 Hampden-Sydney 10 Hardin-Simmons 21 Mississippi State 14 Holy Cross 14 Syracuse 7 Montana State 16 Idaho State 0 Illinois 20 Purdue 9 Northwestern 21 Indiana 13 Notre Dame 30 Iowa 6 Kentucky 28 Michigan State 6 Rutgers 38 Lehigh 3 St. Mary's 23 Loyola Marymount 13 Wisconsin 34 Marquette 10 Maryland 26 Virginia Tech 3 Michigan 44 Minnesota 7 Missouri 31 Iowa State 21 Montana 21 Washington State 13 Pennsylvania 23 Navy 3 Nebraska 34 Kansas State 20 Arizona 23 New Mexico 9 North Carolina 14 Florida 0 Wichita State 55 Northern Arizona 6 Ohio State 21 Pittsburgh 13 Oklahoma A&M 19 Drake 10 Oregon State 34 Portland 7 Rice 20 Texas 10 Oregon 16 San Francisco 10 California 24 Southern California 23 Southern Methodist 21 UCLA 7 Yale 34 Springfield 3 Washington 17 Stanford 3 Bucknell 10 Temple 10 Tennessee 14 Tennessee Tech 0 Oklahoma 16 Texas Christian 16 Denver 19 Texas Tech 17 Tulsa 21 Nevada 17 Wyoming 16 Utah 3 Brigham Young 20 Utah State 20 Louisiana State 17 Vanderbilt 7 Virginia 41 Virginia Military Institute 14 Penn State 21 West Virginia 14 William & Mary 52 Boston University 10 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PROVIDENCE AND CLEVELAND EXTEND LEADS IN EAST The two first place clubs in the eastern conference each come up with a victory over the second place team in their respective divisions. In the Atlantic Providence improved to 7-1 on the season and moved 2.5 games ahead of New York by beating the Knickerbockers 95-84 in overtime at Madison Square Garden. The overtime became a laugher as the Steamrollers outscored the Knicks 12-1 in the extra session. Second year man Jim Pollard had another strong game for the Steamrollers, scoring 21 points. Lonnie Duncan chipped in with 19 for the winners. In the Northeast Division Cleveland is now 6-1 after topping second place Buffalo 100-84. Braden Morrow had 22 and Juan Harrison 21 to lead the Cavs who have won 5 straight. In the only other game Indianapolis went on a 24-1 run in the fourth quarter and hammered Chicago 114-78. The big difference in the game was the Olympians shot over 60% from the field while Chicago hit on just 28% of their attempts. George Mikan led all scores with 22 points. PLAYER OF THE WEEK Baltimore guard Peter Warren was named the NBA player of the week. The 12th year pro out of Harvard scored 56 points and added 11 assists in 2 games last week. The two-time NBA MVP (1939-40 and 1943-44) made the All League second team a year ago. It marks the 15th time in his career he has been named player of the week. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Providence 95 New York 84 Cleveland 100 Buffalo 84 Indianapolis 114 Chicago 78 TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at Baltimore Cincinnati at Dallas Indianapolis at Kentucky Cleveland at Milwaukee Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 8 7 1 .875 x New York 7 4 3 .571 2.5 Baltimore 4 2 2 .500 3.0 Boston 6 3 3 .500 3.0 Philadelphia 9 3 6 .333 4.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 7 6 1 .857 x Buffalo 7 4 3 .571 2.0 Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 2.0 Fort Wayne 5 2 3 .400 3.0 Pittsburgh 5 0 5 .000 5.0 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 7 5 2 .714 x Milwaukee 5 3 2 .600 1.0 Indianapolis 10 5 5 .500 1.5 Chicago 6 2 4 .333 2.5 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 3.0 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kansas City 4 2 2 .500 x Kentucky 8 4 4 .500 x Dallas 10 5 5 .500 x Cincinnati 6 2 4 .333 1.0 New Orleans 4 1 3 .250 1.0 SCORING LEADERS 1 Miguel Dominguez Buffalo 23.0 1 Mac Thorpe St Louis 23.0 3 Peter Warren Baltimore 21.3 4 Justin Hild Syracuse 20.3 5 Thalamus Butler New York 20.2 6 Joe Fulks Minneapolis 20.1 7 Vin Concepcion Chicago 20.0 8 Jim Cokley Kansas City 19.8 8 George Mikan Indianapolis 19.8 10 Noah Baldin Fort Wayne 19.6 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LEAFS AND HABS POST 5-2 VICTORIES Saturday night always means hockey night in Canada and the hometown fans in both Toronto and Montreal went away happy as their respective heroes each scored 5-2 victories. At The Forum, Elmer Lach had a goal and 3 assists to pace the Canadiens past Boston. Lach's linemates Toe Blake and Maurice Richard each had 2 points on the night. The Canadiens won despite being outshot 45-27 by the Bruins as Montreal goaltender Bill Durnan was outstanding. In Toronto the Leafs erupted for 4 goals in just over 2 minutes and cruised past Chicago. Last seasons rookie of th year Howie Meeker had a pair of goals while Max Bentley had a goal and 2 helpers for the Leafs. A pair of third period tally's from the Hawks spoiled Turk Broda's shutout bid. BOSTON at MONTREAL SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 None Period 2 1- MONTREAL Canadiens: Elmer Lach 1(Maurice Richard) 7:45 2- BOSTON BRUINS: Pete Babando 1(Don Gallinger, Wally Wilson) 8:52 3- MONTREAL Canadiens: Maurice Richard 2(Elmer Lach, Glen Harmon) (PP) 9:37 4- MONTREAL Canadiens: Jacques Locas 1(Billy Reay, Butch Bouchard) (PP) 9:56 5- BOSTON BRUINS: Woody Dumart 1(Unassisted) 12:21 Period 3 6- MONTREAL Canadiens: Toe Blake 3(Roger Leger, Elmer Lach) 0:32 7- MONTREAL Canadiens: Toe Blake 4(Elmer Lach, Roger Leger) (SH) 12:13 SHOTS ON GOAL BOSTON BRUINS - 45 MONTREAL Canadiens - 27 CHICAGO at TORONTO SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 1- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Max Bentley 3(Syl Apps, Bill Ezinicki) 14:11 2- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 4(Ted Kennedy) 14:57 3- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Bill Ezinicki 2(Max Bentley, Bill Barilko) (PP) 15:55 4- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Howie Meeker 5(Harry Watson, Ted Kennedy) (PP) 16:31 Period 2 5- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Syl Apps 1(Max Bentley, Jim Thomson) 4:51 Period 3 6- CHICAGO Black Hawks: Bud Poile 1(Bill Gadsby) 0:41 7- CHICAGO Black Hawks: Alex Kaleta 1(Bill Gadsby, Red Hamill) (PP) 17:24 SHOTS ON GOAL CHICAGO Black Hawks - 21 TORONTO Maple Leafs - 46 Code: NHL STANDINGS TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS Toronto 4 3 1 0 14 9 6 Montreal 4 2 1 1 11 9 5 Boston 3 2 1 0 10 8 4 Detroit 3 2 1 0 10 9 4 Chicago 3 0 2 1 6 10 1 New York 3 0 3 0 4 10 0 SCORING LEADERS NAME TM GP G A PTS Max Bentley TOR 4 3 5 8 Howie Meeker TOR 4 5 1 6 Don Gallinger BOS 3 1 5 6 Elmer Lach MON 4 1 5 6 Bill Ezinicki TOR 4 2 3 5 Toe Blake MON 4 4 0 4 Jim McFadden DET 3 3 1 4 Maurice Richard MON 4 2 2 4 Bill Gadsby CHI 3 1 3 4 Butch Bouchard MON 4 0 4 4 Roger Leger MON 4 0 4 4 CANADIAN FOOTBALL SATURDAY'S RESULTS IPRFU Montreal 26 Hamilton Tigers 15 Toronto Argos 33 Ottawa Rough Riders 25 WESTERN Regina 27 Calgary 20 Winnipeg 14 Edmonton 11 OPRFU Ottawa Trojans 27 Toronto Indians 14 Toronto Balmy Beach 14 Hamilton Wildcats 10 Windsor 24 Sarnia 10 Code: ORFU W L T PTS Ham Wildcats 7 2 0 14 Tor Balmy Beach 6 2 0 12 Windsor 6 2 0 12 Ott Trojans 5 3 0 10 Tor Indians 1 8 0 2 Sarnia 0 8 0 0 IPRFU W L T PTS Montreal 10 0 0 20 Argos 5 5 0 10 Ham Tigers 3 7 0 6 Ottawa RR 2 8 0 4 Western W L T PTS Edmonton 8 3 0 16 Winnipeg 8 3 0 16 Regina 4 8 0 8 Calgary 2 8 0 4 SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Everton 1 Arsenal 1 Blackpool 0 Bolton 0 Burnley 1 Manchester City 0 Charlton Athletic 2 Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2 Derby County 0 Manchester United 1 Aston Villa 0 Huddersfield 4 Middlesbrough 0 Portsmouth 1 Blackburn 0 Sunderland 2 Preston NE 0 Sheffield United 2 Wolverhampton 1 Stoke City 2 Grimsby Town 1 Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Blackpool 14 10 2 2 19 7 22 Arsenal 13 7 0 6 18 8 20 Man United 13 9 2 2 20 12 20 Aston Villa 14 9 4 1 15 8 19 Portsmouth 13 7 2 4 17 9 18 Burnley 13 5 1 7 14 8 17 Sunderland 14 8 5 1 22 17 17 Huddersfield 14 6 4 4 22 18 16 Liverpool 14 6 4 4 20 18 16 Manchest. City 14 5 4 5 15 13 15 Bolton 13 4 3 6 17 15 14 Preston NE 14 5 6 3 16 14 13 Wolverhampton 13 5 6 2 16 16 12 Charlton Athl 13 5 6 2 17 20 12 Derby County 14 4 6 4 16 15 12 Stoke City 14 4 7 3 13 13 11 Blackburn 13 4 7 2 14 20 10 Middlesbrough 13 4 7 2 14 21 10 Everton 14 3 7 4 12 18 10 Sheffield Untd 14 4 8 2 21 27 10 Chelsea 13 2 11 0 14 26 4 Grimsby Town 14 0 14 0 10 39 0 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-10-2005 at 01:46 AM.

04-10-2005, 01:48 AM	#551
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04-12-2005, 06:47 PM	#553
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : MONDAY OCTOBER 27, 1947 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CARDINALS SURPRISE SAN FRANCISCO 14-7 The Arizona Cardinals created a real logjam atop the NFC West after they beat the San Francisco 49ers 14-7. The victory, just the second of the season for Arizona, drops the 49ers into a first place tie with St Louis at 5-3. The Seattle Seahawks, who lost 24-17 to the Rams yesterday, are just a game back. The Niners, who earlier had looked like they might run away with the division, suffered their second straight loss. The Cardinals defense and in particular all-pro safety Booker Hassellbeck was the difference in the game. Hassellbeck had 12 tackles, a pair of sacks and a key fourth quarter interception that set up the winning score. The 6 time all-pro selection is the NFL's all-time leader in tackles. In Seattle, the visiting Rams won their third straight game on the strength of 118 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns from running back Mike Largent. The win came at a cost however, as Rams QB Rod Dugas suffered a broken foot in the game and may miss up to two months. Veteran backup Kevin Schwantz completed 12-of-20 attempts in relief. Jets running back Steve Van Buren may have single-handedly ended the New England Patriots playoff hopes. Van Buren ran for 154 yards and two touchdowns plus he caught 6 passes for 54 yards and a third touchdown in leading the Jets past the Patriots 24-14. At 6-3 New York now has a 3 game lead on the Pats and in all likliehood wrapped up the division title with this win. In the other game involving AFC East clubs, Ken Wilkins hit a 39 yard field goal in overtime to lift Buffalo past Miami 34-31. Both teams are now 2-7. Dallas won it's second game to improve to 2-6. The Cowboys beat the Giants 19-14 thanks to 4 Wesley Hodgins' field goals and 111 yards rushing from Raymond Cash. First overall pick George Savitsky had a sack for the Cowboys to raise his season total to 3. Philadelphia improved to 7-1 with a 22-17 win over Washington. The Skins had a 14-6 lead until often-injured QB Sammy Baugh was knocked out of the game. Baugh has failed to start more than 10 games each of the past two seasons and has missed 3 already this year. He is expected to be back next week. A wild finish in New Orleans as the Saints and Tampa Bay combined for 30 fourth quarter points. In the end the hometown side prevailed 39-32 as Saints RB Todd Berger gained 207 yards rushing and scored 3 touchdowns. Rookie Otto Graham threw 3 touchdown passes for the Bucs. Atlanta improved to 6-3 as yet another running back had a huge game. Falcons back Antowain Anderson gained 199 yards and scored two touchdowns as the birds beat 1-7 Carolina 35-26. Baltimore gained some breathing room atop the AFC North with a 35-21 win at home over second place Cincinnati. The usually defensive minded Ravens got a second straight 4-touchdown pass game from QB John Foster. The Bengals two quarterbacks combined for 5 interceptions. The Browns playoff hopes suffered a blow with a 19-7 loss at home to arch-rival Pittsburgh. Browns QB Louis Webster had a terrible game, getting picked off 3 times which led to 10 of the Steelers points. Ulish Groce threw for a pair of touchdowns and 286 yards as the Kansas City Chiefs beat Denver 34-20. Meanwhile, the Oakland Raiders remained 2 games back of the front running Chiefs in the AFC West with a 29-23 win over San Diego. In the only other game Houston and Indianapolis battled to a 24-24 overtime tie. Colts QB Eric Poppinga threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns but was also intercepted twice. Tonight the top two teams in the AFC South meet in Tennessee as the 6-1 Titans host 4-3 Jacksonville. SUNDAY'S RESULTS* Dallas 19 NY Giants 14 Indianapolis 24 Houston 24 Pittsburgh 19 Cleveland 7 Oakland 29 San Diego 23 Baltimore 35 Cincinnati 21 Buffalo 34 Miami 31 Philadelphia 22 Washington 17 Arizona 14 San Francisco 7 Kansas City 34 Denver 20 St Louis 24 Seattle 17 New Orleans 39 Tampa 32 Atlanta 35 Carolina 26 NY Jets 24 New England 14 TONIGHT'S GAME Jacksonville at Tennessee Code: STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE North W L T PCT PF PA Green Bay Packers 7 1 0 .875 257 127 Chicago Bears 6 2 0 .750 192 187 Detroit Lions 3 5 0 .375 176 212 Minnesota Vikings 2 6 0 .250 141 169 East W L T PCT PF PA Philadelphia Eagles 7 1 0 .875 228 146 New York Giants 3 5 0 .375 139 183 Washington Redskins 3 5 0 .375 157 198 Dallas Cowboys 2 6 0 .250 163 186 South W L T PCT PF PA Atlanta Falcons 6 3 0 .667 209 199 New Orleans Saints 6 3 0 .667 228 203 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 5 0 .444 211 223 Carolina Panthers 1 8 0 .111 181 231 West W L T PCT PF PA San Francisco 49ers 5 3 0 .625 158 121 St. Louis Rams 5 3 0 .625 175 176 Seattle Seahawks 4 4 0 .500 129 128 Arizona Cardinals 2 6 0 .250 136 179 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE North W L T PCT PF PA Baltimore Ravens 7 1 0 .875 210 137 Cincinnati Bengals 5 3 0 .625 158 140 Cleveland Browns 4 4 0 .500 176 189 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 5 0 .375 154 103 East W L T PCT PF PA New York Jets 6 3 0 .667 188 148 New England Patriots 3 6 0 .333 129 189 Buffalo Bills 2 7 0 .222 155 244 Miami Dolphins 2 7 0 .222 205 243 South W L T PCT PF PA Tennessee Titans 6 1 0 .857 157 105 Jacksonville Jaguars 4 3 0 .571 132 141 Houston Texans 4 3 1 .563 141 135 Indianapolis Colts 2 5 1 .313 155 172 West W L T PCT PF PA Kansas City Chiefs 6 2 0 .750 225 171 Oakland Raiders 4 4 0 .500 163 205 San Diego Chargers 3 5 0 .375 178 169 Denver Broncos 3 5 0 .375 169 216 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION CAVS STRETCH WINNING STREAK TO SIX GAMES Braden Morrow had 20 points and Juan Harrison 19 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their 6th game in a row, 94-76 over Milwaukee. At 7-1, the Cavs are tied with Providence for the league's best record. Cory Vergara had 22 points off the bench to help pace Baltimore past Philadelphia 106-79. It was another long night for Warriors fans as the club continues to struggle. Guard Anthony Maggs had a big game for the Warriors, scoring 24 points and chipping in on the boards with 7 rebounds but the big men remain inconsistant. John Layton had 11 points and just 6 rebounds playing against a center he dominated in the league finals with Dallas last year. In Dallas, forward Liles Wilder had 17 points and 11 rebounds to pace Cincinnati to a 76-70 victory over the Chaps. In the only other contest Kentucky guard Trevor Presgraves had 23 points and 9 assists as the Colonels beat Indianapolis 83-77. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Baltimore 106 Philadelphia 79 Cincinnati 76 Dallas 70 Kentucky 83 Indianapolis 77 Cleveland 94 Milwaukee 76 TODAY'S GAMES Boston at Baltimore Cleveland at New York St Louis at Kentucky Cincinnati at Fort Wayne Buffalo at Kansas City Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 8 7 1 .875 x Baltimore 5 3 2 .600 2.5 New York 7 4 3 .571 2.5 Boston 6 3 3 .500 3.0 Philadelphia 10 3 7 .300 5.0 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 8 7 1 .875 x Buffalo 7 4 3 .571 2.5 Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 2.5 Fort Wayne 5 2 3 .400 3.5 Pittsburgh 5 0 5 .000 5.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 7 5 2 .714 x Milwaukee 6 3 3 .500 1.5 Indianapolis 11 5 6 .455 2.0 Chicago 6 2 4 .333 2.5 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 3.0 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 9 5 4 .556 x Kansas City 4 2 2 .500 0.5 Dallas 11 5 6 .455 1.0 Cincinnati 7 3 4 .429 1.0 New Orleans 4 1 3 .250 1.5 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CANADIENS BEAT DETROIT BUT LOSE THE ROCKET The Montreal Canadiens beat the Red Wings 6-5 in Detroit but the victory came at a heavy price. Habs scoring star Maurice 'Rocket' Richard suffered a leg injury and is expected to miss close to a month. He will be the second Canadiens forward sidelined for a length of time as winger Kenny Mosdell is out until mid-December after an offseason injury. Before he was hurt, Richard scored two goals and added an assist on the first of Elmer Lach's two markers. The Red Wings outshot Montreal 56-34 but Bill Durnan had another strong game between the pipes for the Canadiens. Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel each scored twice for the Wings. In the only othe game Boston topped the Chicago Black Hawks by a 3-1 score. Gaye Stewart put the Hawks ahead 21 seconds in to the game but that was the only puck to elude Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek, who turned aside 18 shots. Three defensemen - Clare Martin, Jack Crawford and Pat Egan - scored for the Bruins. MONTREAL at DETROIT SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 1- MONTREAL Canadiens: Bob Fillion 2(Roger Leger, Ken Reardon) 16:09 2- MONTREAL Canadiens: Maurice Richard 3(Elmer Lach, Jim Peters) 16:56 Period 2 3- MONTREAL Canadiens: Maurice Richard 4(Jim Peters, Glen Harmon) 2:39 4- MONTREAL Canadiens: Jim Peters 1(Elmer Lach, Hal Laycoe) 8:17 5- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 3(Marty Pavelich, Gordie Howe) (SH) 8:59 6- DETROIT Red Wings: Sid Abel 2(Leo Reise, Ted Lindsay) 9:31 7- DETROIT Red Wings: Don Morrison 1(Pete Horeck, Jim McFadden) 11:45 8- MONTREAL Canadiens: Elmer Lach 2(Maurice Richard) 14:34 9- DETROIT Red Wings: Sid Abel 3(Unassisted) 15:59 10- MONTREAL Canadiens: Elmer Lach 3(Jim Peters, Glen Harmon) (SH) 19:01 Period 3 11- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 4(Gordie Howe) (PP) 13:54 SHOTS ON GOAL MONTREAL Canadiens - 34 DETROIT Red Wings - 56 CHICAGO at BOSTON SCORING SUMMARY Period 1 1- CHICAGO Black Hawks: Gaye Stewart 2(Doug Bentley, Ernie Dickens) 0:21 Period 2 2- BOSTON BRUINS: Clare Martin 2(Milt Schmidt, Murray Henderson) 10:19 3- BOSTON BRUINS: Jack Crawford 1(Ed Sanford, Woody Dumart) 12:38 Period 3 4- BOSTON BRUINS: Pat Egan 1(Milt Schmidt, Clare Martin)17:57 SHOTS ON GOAL CHICAGO Black Hawks - 19 BOSTON BRUINS - 32 Code: TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS Montreal 5 3 1 1 17 14 7 Toronto 4 3 1 0 14 9 6 Boston 4 3 1 0 13 9 6 Detroit 4 2 2 0 15 15 4 Chicago 4 0 3 1 7 13 1 New York 3 0 3 0 4 10 0 SCORING LEADERS NAME TM GP G A PTS Elmer Lach MON 5 3 7 10 Max Bentley TOR 4 3 5 8 Maurice Richard MON 5 4 3 7 Howie Meeker TOR 4 5 1 6 Ted Lindsay DET 4 4 2 6 Don Gallinger BOS 4 1 5 6 Jim McFadden DET 4 3 2 5 Bill Ezinicki TOR 4 2 3 5 Jim Peters MON 2 1 4 5 Gordie Howe DET 4 1 4 5 Roger Leger MON 4 0 5 5 Toe Blake MON 5 4 0 4 Sid Abel DET 4 3 1 4 Clare Martin BOS 4 2 2 4 Bill Gadsby CHI 4 1 3 4 Don Morrison DET 4 1 3 4 Butch Bouchard MON 5 0 4 4 Glen Harmon MON 5 0 4 4 GOALTENDING NAME TM GAA Turk Broda TOR 2.25 Frank Brimsek BOS 2.25 Bill Durnan MON 2.81 Emile Francis CHI 3.26 Jim Henry NY 3.33 Harry Lumley DET 3.75 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

04-15-2005, 04:32 PM	#555
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ELLIOT WINS NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP Pittsburgh Pirates thirdbaseman Bob Elliott has been named the National League MVP. Elliott, who last week won the third gold glove of his career, led the senior circuit in rbi's with 105 and was tied with teammate Elmer Valo for the lead in runs scored. He finished second to Cincinnati's Joe Medwick in the batting race. Medwick was second in the MVP ballotting with shortstop Phil Rizzuto of the World Champion Chicago Cubs coming in third. Code: NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP VOTING RESULTS NAME PTS 1st 2nd 3rd Bob Elliott, Pittsburgh 40 6 3 1 Joe Medwick, Cincinnati 25 2 4 3 Phil Rizzuto, Chicago 21 2 3 2 Walker Cooper, St Louis 2 0 0 2 Elmer Valo, Pittsburgh 2 0 0 2 BOB ELLIOTT'S CAREER STATS Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB CS AVG OBP SLG 1940 PIT 106 345 61 114 28 2 3 42 20 9 0 .330 .367 .449 1941 PIT,NL 145 548 70 173 43 7 4 78 46 8 4 .316 .369 .442 1942 PIT,NL 146 523 73 150 40 3 6 64 59 7 2 .287 .359 .409 1943 PIT,NL 145 480 71 136 30 3 8 59 73 11 0 .283 .378 .408 1944 PIT 145 516 74 135 22 3 8 58 77 11 4 .262 .358 .362 1945 PIT 109 362 49 90 17 3 4 52 55 3 2 .249 .348 .345 1946 PIT,NL 142 534 83 147 35 4 16 87 79 11 5 .275 .369 .446 1947 PIT,NL 149 515 101 174 25 4 22 105 90 10 1 .338 .433 .530 ---- ---- --- ---- --- -- -- --- --- -- -- ---- ---- ---- Total 1087 3823 582 1119 240 29 71 545 499 70 18 .293 .374 .426 National League MVP 1947 Won Gold Glove in 1941, 1942 & 1947 Had 32 game hitting streak in 1941 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STEAMROLLERS FLATTEN PHILADELPHIA Jim Pollard had 32 points as the Providence Steamrollers won their 6th straight game, blowing out Philadelphia 112-83. The win improves the Steamrollers record to 8-1, best in the league. Pollard, a second year guard who two NCAA titles at Alabama, is a big reason for the Steamrollers early success. He leads the club in scoring with 18.0 ppg and has been the team's emotional leader early in the season. Pollard averaged 13.7 ppg his rookie season and made the all-rookie second team but he stepped his game up to the next level during the summer league when he averaged over 25 ppg and 8 assists per game. In Fort Wayne, Noah Baldin had 21 points and 10 boards to lead the Pistons past New York 100-73 spoiling a career game from Knicks backup forward Caston Cook who had 20 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. In the only other game Milwaukee hung on to nip Kentucky 81-78. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Providence 112 Philadelphia 83 Fort Wayne 100 New York 73 Milwaukee 81 Kentucky 78 TODAY'S GAMES New York at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at Indianapolis Kentucky at Philadelphia Kansas City at Syracuse Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB* Providence 9 8 1 .889 x Baltimore 6 4 2 .667 2.5 New York 9 5 4 .556 3.0 Boston 7 3 4 .429 4.0 Philadelphia 11 3 8 .273 6.0 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 9 7 2 .778 x Buffalo 8 5 3 .625 1.5 Syracuse 9 5 4 .556 2.0 Fort Wayne 7 3 4 .429 3.0 Pittsburgh 5 0 5 .000 5.0 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 8 5 3 .625 x Milwaukee 7 4 3 .571 0.5 Indianapolis 11 5 6 .455 1.5 Chicago 6 2 4 .333 2.0 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 2.5 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 11 6 5 .545 x Cincinnati 8 4 4 .500 0.5 Dallas 11 5 6 .455 1.0 Kansas City 5 2 3 .400 1.0 New Orleans 4 1 3 .250 1.5 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SKYLINE CONFERENCE PREVIEW Considering the relatively small schools in the division, the Skyline Conference has enjoyed outstanding success. The regularly send an at-large entry or two to the NCAA's and more often than not a school from the Skyline 8 is still playing in the Sweet 16. Utah won the conference's only national title with a victory in the 1938 National Invitational Tournament. Wyoming and Utah were the dominant schools in the 1930's but in recent years the Utes have faded a little. Colorado State is the fastest rising school. After a decade of mediocrity the Rams have made four straight NCAA tournament appearances and won the last two conference titles. Fresno State also always has a competitive team. Code: YEAR SKYLINE CHAMP 1932-33 WYOMING 1933-34 FRESNO STATE 1934-35 UTAH 1935-36 WYOMING 1936-37 UTAH 1937-38 NEW MEXICO 1938-39 WYOMING 1939-40 FRESNO STATE 1940-41 WYOMING 1941-42 WYOMING 1942-43 FRESNO STATE 1943-44 UTAH STATE 1944-45 FRESNO STATE 1945-46 COLORADO STATE 1946-47 COLORADO STATE SKYLINE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Wyoming 9-12 0-1 Fresno State 7-10 5-5 Utah 6-5 6-5 New Mexico 4-3 3-6 Colorado State 1-4 1-1 Denver 2-1 3-4 Brigham Young 0-1 0-2 Utah State 1-1 0-0 SKYLINE NIT TITLE GAME APPEARANCES 1937-38 Utah won tournament SKYLINE NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS 1934-35 Eli Thioune Wyoming SKYLINE ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS 1933-34 Russell Thao Utah 1934-35 Russell Thao Utah 1936-37 Drew Seufer Brigham Young 1940-41 Connor Kitson Wyoming 1946-47 Mel Thurston Wyoming SKYLINE CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH* 1- WYOMING: All-American Mel Thurston is gone but the Cowboys still have plenty of talent including a pair of preseason all-conference selections. The Cowboys have gone 5 years without a conference title, the longest such drought in school history. 2- UTAH: Ended a 4 year postseason drought last season with a 20-10 year and an NIT bid. Prior to the slump the Utes had made 11 straight trips to either the NCAA's or NIT. Nick Williams is a tremendous scorer and rebounder plus the addition of highly touted freshman Adam Collura should help. The Runnin' Utes have the talent to stay with Wyoming. 3- NEW MEXICO: After two straight 20 plus win seasons New Mexico sunk to 8-21 a year ago. With more experience this promises to be a much better season. Most of the offense will revolve around last season's Skyline freshman of the year Don Stroot. The 6'8" center averaged 12.3 ppg and 8.7 rpg a year ago and should be even better this time around. 4- COLORADO STATE: Accomplished very little in the first decade of the league but have had four straight 20 win seasons and won the last two conference tournaments. Three starters return to defend their title including all-conference selection Nick Horst. 5- FRESNO STATE: The Bulldogs have never missed the postseason and have a streak of seven straight 20-victory seasons. There are some real questions about the backcourt this season but up front the Bulldogs are set with 6'7" senior Morgan Kinkead, 6'10" sophomore Ron Billebault and an impressive freshman from Woodbine, Iowa named Charles Buchanan. Only poor grades kept Buchanan out of a Big Ten school. 6- UTAH STATE: Won their only conference title in 1944 and it was the first and only season the Aggies had a winning record. Last year they finished 11-18 and while they have a shot at a .500 record this season they certainly will not be a contender for the conference title. 7- BRIGHAM YOUNG: The Cougars are coming off a dismal 9 win season. The good news is there is no one back from the starting five on that team except for sophomore center Anthony Pelletier. The bad news the lack of experience will make this another long season for BYU. Junior college transfers Roland Minson and Dalon Kimball were brought in to try and stop the bleeding. 8- DENVER: Likely a fifth straight losing season for a school that has done very little in the last 15 years. Senior guard Neil Brown is a solid player but he will not get much help. SKYLINE PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM* G Thomas Huitt New Mexico G Marko Tordovich Wyoming F Nick Williams Utah F Tim Frei Wyoming C Nick Horst Colorado State NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE* FULL SLATE OF GAMES TONIGHT For this first time this season all six National Hockey League teams are in action. You can always count on excitement when Montreal and Toronto meet as they do for the first time this season at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Canadiens are in first place with 7 points, one more than both Toronto and Boston, but the Habs will be without Maurice Richard. "The Rocket" was injured last weekend and is expected to be sidelined until mid-November. It is expected Ken Reardon will take Richard's place on the Habs big line with Elmer Lach and Toe Blake. The Detroit Red Wings will be looking to tighten their defense when they travel to Chicago to take on the Blackhawks. Coming off a 6-5 loss to Montreal Sunday the defending Stanley Cup champs have allowed the most goals against so far this season. The other game has Boston visiting Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers. The Bruins are off to a solid 3-1 start including a 4-1 victory over the Rangers in Boston's home opener. New York, on the other hand, is looking for it's first victory after opening the season with three straight losses. The problem is offense, or more precisely a lack of it, as the Rangers have scored just 4 goals in 3 games. Code: TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS Montreal 5 3 1 1 17 14 7 Toronto 4 3 1 0 14 9 6 Boston 4 3 1 0 13 9 6 Detroit 4 2 2 0 15 15 4 Chicago 4 0 3 1 7 13 1 New York 3 0 3 0 4 10 0 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE TONIGHT Boston at New York Detroit at Chicago Montreal at Toronto SATURDAY Boston at Toronto Detroit at New York SUNDAY Boston at Detroit Toronto at New York Montreal at Chicago BOXING JOHNSON WINS LHW BOUT Philadelphia lightheavyweight Harold Johnson improved his career record to 30-8 with a split decision victory over Bob Murphy last night in Johnson's hometown. The 21 year old Johnson is now ranked 9th in his weight class world wide. Murphy, a 25 year old from Colorado, has lost 4 of his last 5 bouts and is 24-10 for his career. There is plenty of activity in the light heavyweight division over the next couple of weeks including world champion Archie Moore defending his crown against Tommy Yarosz on November 12th. It will be Yarosz second title shot as he lost to then champion Lloyd Marshall last fall. Speaking of Marshall, he will make his first ring appearance since losing the title to Moore in August when he takes on Billy Conn next Wednesday. Conn is 29-1-2 as a pro and looking for a victory over Marshall as a springboard to a title fight. CANADIAN FOOTBALL WINNIPEG AND EDMONTON BATTLE CONTINUES The battle for first place in the Western Canada Football League will go down to the wire as Edmonton and Winnipeg each won yesterday and remain tied for the top spot. The Eskimoes beat Regina 20-16 thanks to a 110 yard, 2 touchdown effort from running back Billy Vessels. Winnipeg kept pace as kicker Bud Korckak scored 14 points including 4 field goals as the Bombers beat Calgary 20-13. Edmonton and Winnipeg each have two games remaining. The Bombers visit Regina and Calgary while both of the Eskimoes games will be in Calgary against their provincial rivals. First place means little other than bragging rights as the top two teams play a home and home 2 game total points series with the winner advancing to Toronto for the Grey Cup game. Code: Western W L T PTS Edmonton 9 3 0 18 Winnipeg 9 3 0 18 Regina 4 9 0 8 Calgary 2 9 0 4 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.

04-16-2005, 12:44 AM	#556
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 1947 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TSN UNVEILS IT'S ALL-STAR TEAM It is little surprise that American League triple crown winner Ted Williams heads the list of players named to the TSN 1947 major league baseball all-star squad. Williams and his Boston Red Sox teammate Babe Young both made the squad. The World Champion Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals also each placed two players on the team. Shortstop Phil Rizzuto and lefthanded pitcher Vern Olsen are the representatives from the Cubs while St Louis sends catcher Walker Cooper and second baseman Gene Scharein. Rounding out the team are Pittsburgh third baseman Bob Elliott, who was the National League MVP, Cincinnati outfielder Joe Medwick, Browns outfielder Wally Judnich, Cleveland pitcher Bill Lohrman and reliever Jack Hallett of the Chicago White Sox. 1947 marked the second year TSN handed out the allstar honours. There are three players who appeared on both last year's and this season squad. They are Williams, Young and Cooper. Code: 1947 TSN ALL STAR TEAM C Walker Cooper St Louis Cardinals 1B Babe Young Boston Red Sox 2B Gene Scharein St Louis Cardinals SS Phil Rizzuto Chicago Cubs 3B Bob Elliott Pittsburgh Pirates OF Ted Williams Boston Red Sox OF Joe Medwick Cincinnati Reds OF Wally Judnich St Louis Browns RHP Bill Lohrman Cleveland Indians LHP Vern Olsen Chicago Cubs CLOSER Jack Hallett Chicago White Sox COLLEGE FOOTBALL NO CHANGE ATOP THE POLLS Notre Dame and Michigan remain 1-2 in the latest college football poll but Texas fell from 3rd to 8th after losing 20-10 to Rice last week. North Carolina moves up one spot to number three followed by Mississippi and then the Owls, who crack the top 5 thanks to the victory over the Longhorns. As usual Texas is featured in the list of big games for the upcoming week. Bobby Layne and the Longhorns seem to face a ranked team every week and this one is no different as they visit #12 Southern Methodist in an SWC game. Second ranked Michigan faces a stern test when the Wolverines travel to Illinois to face the 18th ranked Illini. The only other game involving two ranked teams as #19 Kentucky hosting #16 Alabama in an SEC tilt. Code: 1947 TSN TOP 20 REC LAST WEEK NEXT WEEK* 1 Notre Dame (1) 4-0 beat Iowa 30-6 host Navy 2 Michigan (2) 5-0 beat Minnesota 44-7 at #18 Illinois 3 North Carolina (4) 4-1 beat Florida 14-0 host Tennessee 4 Mississippi (6) 5-1 beat Arkansas 20-7 at Louisiana State 5 Rice (8) 4-0-1 beat #3 Texas 20-10 host Texas Tech 6 Penn State (5) 5-0 beat West Virginia 21-14 host Colgate 7 California(13) 6-0 beat #7 USC 24-23 at UCLA 8 Texas (3) 5-1 lost 20-10 to #8 Rice at #12 SMU 9 Virginia (10) 5-0 beat VMI 41-14 host Richmond 10 Army (11) 4-1-1 beat Columbia 34-7 host Washington&Lee 11 USC (7) 3-1-1 lost 24-23 at #13 California at Washington 12 SMU (12) 4-1 beat UCLA 21-7 host #8 Texas 13 Oklahoma (9) 3-1-1 tied TCU 16-16 host Iowa State 14 Georgia Tech (14) 5-0 beat Citadel 40-0 host Duke 15 Pennsylvania (15) 4-0 beat Navy 23-3 at Princeton 16 Alabama (18) 4-1-1 beat #17 Georgia 7-0 at #19 Kentucky 17 Missouri (19) 5-1 beat Iowa State 31-21 host Nebraska 18 Illinois (nr) 4-1 beat Purdue 20-9 host #2 Michigan 19 Kentucky (20) 4-2 beat Michigan State 28-6 host #16 Alabama 20 Wyoming (nr) 4-1 beat #16 Utah 16-3 at Northern Colorado Dropped out Utah(16) 4-1 lost 16-3 at Wyoming Georgia (17) 3-3 lost 7-0 to #18 Alabama NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LEAFS BLANK HABS 3-0 With Maurice Richard sidelined the Montreal Canadiens could mount no offensive attack at all and were embarrassed in a 3-0 loss to the Maple Leafs in Toronto. The score does not sound so bad but that is only because Habs goaltender Bill Durnan stood on his head as his club was outshot 49-7 in the game. Ted Kennedy, with a pair, and defenseman Gus Mortson were the only Leafs able to beat the Montreal netminder. Turk Broda turned aside the 7 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season. Boston handed the New York Rangers their fourth straight loss, blanking the Blueshirts 4-0. Frank Brimsek had an easy time of things facing just 16 New York shots for the shutout. Wally Wilson and Milt Schmidt each had a goal and an assist for the Bruins, who chased New York goaltender just two minutes into the game. Chuck Rayner took over between the pipes for New York after each of the Bruins first two shots beat Henry. Jim McFadden had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings as Detroit beat the Blackhawks 3-1 in Chicago. Ted Lindsay and Don Morrison also scored for the Wings while George Gee had the lone Chicago goal. LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Boston 4 New York 0 Detroit 3 Chicago 1 Toronto 3 Montreal 0 SATURDAY'S GAMES Boston at Toronto Detroit at New York Code: TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS Toronto 5 4 1 0 17 9 8 Boston 5 4 1 0 17 9 8 Montreal 6 3 2 1 17 17 7 Detroit 5 3 2 0 18 16 6 Chicago 5 0 4 1 8 16 1 New York 4 0 4 0 4 14 0 SCORING LEADERS NAME TM GP G A PTS Elmer Lach MON 6 3 7 10 Max Bentley TOR 5 3 5 8 Ted Lindsay DET 5 5 2 7 Maurice Richard MON 5 4 3 7 Jim McFadden DET 5 4 3 7 Don Gallinger BOS 5 1 6 7 Howie Meeker TOR 5 5 1 6 Clare Martin BOS 5 2 4 6 Ted Kennedy TOR 5 3 2 5 Bill Ezinicki TOR 5 2 3 5 Don Morrison DET 5 2 3 5 Jim Peters MON 3 1 4 5 Gordie Howe DET 5 1 4 5 Roger Leger MON 6 0 5 5 GAME SUMMARIES MONTREAL at TORONTO Period 1 1- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Ted Kennedy 2(Gus Mortson) (PP)4:33 Period 2 2- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Ted Kennedy 3(Vic Lynn, Wally Stanowski) 1:48 Period 3 3- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Gus Mortson 1(Vic Lynn, Tod Sloan) 2:44 SHOTS ON GOAL MONTREAL Canadiens - 7 TORONTO Maple Leafs - 49 DETROIT vs. CHICAGO Period 1 1- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 5(Unassisted) (SH) 18:51 Period 2 2- DETROIT Red Wings: Jim McFadden 4(Pete Horeck) 2:23 3- DETROIT Red Wings: Don Morrison 2(Jim McFadden, Leo Reise) 14:02 Period 3 4- CHICAGO Blackhawks: George Gee 1(Bill Moisenko, Doug Bentley) (PP) 14:39 SHOTS ON GOAL DETROIT - 24 CHICAGO - 22 BOSTON at NEW YORK Period 1 1- BOSTON BRUINS: Woody Dumart 2(Clare Martin, Milt Schmidt) 0:39 2- BOSTON BRUINS: Wally Wilson 2(Joe Carveth, Don Gallinger) 2:05 Period 2 3- BOSTON BRUINS: Milt Schmidt 1(Clare Martin) (PP) 4:30 Period 3 4- BOSTON BRUINS: Joe Carveth 2(Wally Wilson) 16:28 SHOTS ON GOAL BOSTON - 34 NEW YORK - 14 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION MIKAN POWERS OLYMPIANS TO OT WIN Center George Mikan had 33 points and 14 rebounds to lead Indianapolis to a 92-86 overtime victory over the visiting Milwaukee Hawks. The Indy win leaves the two clubs tied for second in the Midwest Division, 1 game back of first place St Louis. In other action the Pittsburgh Pipers finally got their first victory of the season, upending New York 91-78 at the Pittsburgh Arena. Ryan Fry had 24 points and Taro Devane 22 for the Pipers, who had dropped their first 5 games of the season. The Philadelphia Warriors continue to struggle after dropping a 91-88 decision to Kentucky on their homecourt. The loss leaves the Warriors with a 3-9 record and 6.5 games behind Providence in the Atlantic Division. Trevor Presgraves led the Kentucky attack with 19 points. Kentucky leads the South Division with a 7-5 record. In Syracuse, Justin Hild scored 29 points and Tuz Collins added 21 as the Nationals beat Kansas City 91-84. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Pittsburgh 91 New York 78 Indianapolis 92 Milwaukee 86 Kentucky 91 Philadelphia 88 Syracuse 91 Kansas City 84 TODAY'S GAMES Syracuse at Cleveland New York at Fort Wayne Dallas at Indianapolis Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 9 8 1 .889 x Baltimore 6 4 2 .667 2.5 New York 10 5 5 .500 3.5 Boston 7 3 4 .429 4.0 Philadelphia 12 3 9 .250 6.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 9 7 2 .778 x Buffalo 8 5 3 .625 1.5 Syracuse 10 6 4 .600 1.5 Fort Wayne 7 3 4 .429 3.0 Pittsburgh 6 1 5 .167 4.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 8 5 3 .625 x Milwaukee 8 4 4 .500 1.0 Indianapolis 12 6 6 .500 1.0 Chicago 6 2 4 .333 2.0 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 2.5 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 12 7 5 .583 x Cincinnati 8 4 4 .500 1.0 Dallas 11 5 6 .455 1.5 Kansas City 6 2 4 .333 2.0 New Orleans 4 1 3 .250 2.0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE PREVIEW The Southwest Conference always has a strong flow of new talent and this season is no different as three SWC teams ranked in the top 20 recruiting classes nationally including Baylor which added the nation's most sought after big man in center Neil Johnston. A strong conference that always places several teams in the NCAA tournament field but unfortunately they seem to find a way to exit the tournament early. Only once, Arkansas in 1941, has a Southwest Conference squad won the National Championship. The Razorbacks look loaded this season and may just get their second National Title. Code: YEAR SOUTHWEST CHAMP LEAGUE MVP* 1932-33 TEXAS Tim John SMU 1933-34 TEXAS Desmond Guglielmina Texas 1934-35 ARKANSAS Octavian Darby Baylor 1935-36 BAYLOR Mike White Arkansas 1936-37 RICE Tommy Irwin Texas A&M 1937-38 TEXAS TECH Joseph Garcia Baylor 1938-39 TEXAS TECH Philip Hickerson SMU 1939-40 TEXAS TECH Gray Debarr Baylor 1940-41 ARKANSAS Phillip Hickerson SMU 1941-42 ARKANSAS Kevin Fleming Texas Christian 1942-43 TEXAS CHRISTIAN Aaron Hunkin Texas 1943-44 ARKANSAS John Layton Texas 1944-45 TEXAS John Layton Texas 1945-46 TEXAS TECH John Layton Texas 1946-47 TEXAS A&M Tyson Henkel Baylor SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Arkansas 13-7 3-4 Baylor 10-13 0-1 Southern Methodist 7-9 4-2 Texas Tech 7-6 5-3 Texas 6-7 6-7 Texas Christian 2-3 5-4 Texas A&M 1-3 5-5 Rice 0-1 0-0 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NCAA FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 1933-34 ARKANSAS lost in semi-final 1940-41 ARKANSAS Won National Championship SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS 1945-46 John Layton Texas SOUTHWEST NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS 1937-38 Gray Debarr Baylor SOUTHWEST ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS 1934-35 Octavian Darby Baylor 1935-36 Mike White Arkansas 1935-36 Rutherford Soria Arkansas 1936-37 Tommy Irwin Texas A&M 1945-46 John Layton Texas SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- ARKANSAS: After five straight 20-plus victory seasons the Razorbacks won just 12 games two years ago and 16 last season. However, with a year of experience this young team is now loaded. Junior forward Vern Mikkelsen is likely ready for the NBA now but chose to stay for another year with the Razorbacks. He and fellow junior Terry Medford made the preseason All-SWC team. Sophomore PG Steven LaCroix had some growing pains last season but if he lives up to his potential the Razorbacks may be looking at their second National Title come April. 2- TEXAS CHRISTIAN: The Horned Frogs won 21 games last season including 11 of 14 conference games before bowing out early in the conference tournament. Center Chancy DePascuale is back for his senior season after averaging 13.5 ppg and 12.3 rpg as a junior. TCU had a good recruiting class including Amarillo native Todd xThompson but they will have a tough time keeping up with the Razorbacks. 3- TEXAS A&M: The Aggies have made 3 straight NCAA appearances after not getting a single invite in their first 12 years. Last season were just 7-7 in conference but got hot and won the conference tournament for the first time in school history. Senior swingman Duez Adams averaged over 15 points a game and is joined by sophomore Art Burris on tbe preseason all-conference team. 4- BAYLOR: The Bears have won at least 20 games three straight seasons and 7 of the last nine years but lost 4 starters to graduation. In their place they have assembled possibly the greatest one season recruiting class in conference history. Among the 6 new recruits are 4 players who will likely be starters before the season is out including 7'1" center Neil Johnston, who was one of the most prized recruits in the nation. 5- TEXAS TECH: Were 18-12 last season after winning a school record 27 games and reaching the Elite Eight the previous year. The Red Raiders have a good young team led by sophomore scoring whiz Josh Moran but a lack of experience may hurt this year. 6- SOUTHERN METHODIST: After being a postseason regular for most of the first 13 seasons of the league, SMU has gone two years without a tournament invite. Were last in the SWC with a 2-12 record a year ago but the Mustangs return 6 players who averaged at least 16 mpg a year ago. 7- TEXAS: Missed a postseason tournament bid for the first time in school history after a dismal 7-21 season including 3-11 in the SWC. This could be another long season for the Longhorns but they can take comfort in a strong recruiting class including guard Everett Onukogu. 8- RICE: Traditional conference doormat has made just one NCAA tournament appearance and have had 4 straight losing seasons including two years ago when they hit rock bottom after a 5-24 campaign. The Owls improved to 14-15 a year ago. PRESEASON ALL-SWC TEAM* G Terry Medford Arkansas G Duez Adams Texas A&M F Vern Mikkelsen Arkansas F Art Burris Texas A&M C Chancey Depasquale Texas Christian BOXING TENNAGER FELTON WINS 3RD PRO BOUT 19 year old Detroit middleweight Lester Felton improved to 3-0 with a close but unanimous victory over veteran pugilist Sammy Walker at the Motor City Arena. Felton, who is considered one of the best young middleweights in the country, held off an early flurry from the veteran Massachusetts native before taking control in the later rounds. The 27 year old Walker drops to 12-10-1 with the loss. The big boxing story of the week takes place Friday night with a Halloween evening title fight in New Orleans. Undefeated World Featherweight Champion Willie Pep puts his 22-0 record and his belt on the line against Henry Armstrong. Armstrong, a 35 year old with a 31-2 career mark, is considered the 3rd best featherweight in the world behind Pep and top contender Sandy Saddler. It will be Armstrong's first title shot. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.

04-18-2005, 12:32 AM	#557
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : FRIDAY OCTOBER 31, 1947 BOXING PEP TO DEFEND FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE TONIGHT Between them Willie Pep and Henry Armstrong have a combined record of 53-2 and have beaten virtually every fighter of note in the Featherweight Division. Tonight they will meet for the first time in New Orleans as the undefeated Pep puts his title on the line. Armstrong is 31-2 with both losses coming under controversial circumstances. He was disqualified in a postwar tournament bout against Georgie Hansford and due to a nasty cut above his eye lost by technical knockout to Sandy Saddler last May. Pep, a 26 year old from Hartford, has made 6 successful title defenses since claiming the belt by winning the postwar tournament. In truth Pep has not been seriously challenged in a fight since fellow New Englander Sandy Saddler gave him a run for his money in the postwar tourney championship bout over a year ago. Pep just seems head and shoulders above everyone else he has fought. Perhaps those easy fights make him ripe for an upset as Armstrong enters the fight having had several tough wins over the past year. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION NATIONALS WIN IN CLEVELAND The Syracuse Nationals won their third straight game, beating the Cavaliers 97-71 in Cleveland. Justin Hild had 27 points to lead the Syracuse attack while center Damond Bothman had 11 points and 17 rebounds. The Cavs, who started the season 7-1, have lost two straight and now lead the Nationals by just a half game in the Northeast Division. The defending league champion Dallas Chaparrals won 86-73 in Indianapolis to get back to the .500 mark. Forward Joseph Cunningham had 23 points and 14 rebounds to pace the Chaps, who are 6-6 on the season. Center George Mikan had his 7th double-double in 13 games this season for Indianapolis. In the only other game the New York Knickerbockers beat the Pistons 106-92 in Fort Wayne. The Knicks blew the game open in the fourth quarter, outscoring Fort Wayne 36-16 in the final 12 minutes. LAYTON LASHES OUT AT WARRIORS* It appears the honeymoon is over in Philadelphia for John Layton. The pressure has been on the entire team after a dreadful 3-9 start but no one has felt it more than Layton who is struggling after signing a big contract in the off-season. Cleary frustrated, Layton hinted after practice today that everyone might be better off if the Warriors traded him. "It's tough," said the obviously dissappointed center. "I wanted to do so much to prove to this organization and the fans that picking me up was the right decision. Unfortunately, it just hasn't worked out so far. I hope it will...but with the booing and what has been going on maybe it is best they made a move." When pressed for an explaination on his thoughts of making a move, Layton decided he did not want to answer any more questions. The Warriors have dropped 6 straight and Layton was booed in each of the last two home games. A three-time Southwest Conference player of the year and an All-American his senior season, Layton has never really been forced to go through a rough spot in his basketball career. He was eased into the lineup in Dallas last year and once he had some confidence he carried the Chaps to the NBA title. A free agent because he was not drafted and signed just a 1 year deal in Dallas, Layton was the subject of a furious bidding war during the offseason with the Warriors winning out. So far, the chemistry between Layton and his teammates, particularily guard Anthony Maggs, has not been there and despite averaging 14.1 ppg and 7,3 rpg the second year star has been wildly inconsistant. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Syracuse 97 Cleveland 71 New York 106 Fort Wayne 92 Dallas 86 Indianapolis 73 TODAY'S GAMES Syracuse at Fort Wayne Buffalo at Pittsburgh Kentucky at New Orleans Milwaukee at Kansas City Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 9 8 1 .889 x Baltimore 6 4 2 .667 2.5 New York 11 6 5 .545 3.0 Boston 7 3 4 .429 4.0 Philadelphia 12 3 9 .250 6.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 10 7 3 .700 x Syracuse 11 7 4 .636 0.5 Buffalo 8 5 3 .625 1.0 Fort Wayne 8 3 5 .375 3.0 Pittsburgh 6 1 5 .167 4.0 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 8 5 3 .625 x Milwaukee 8 4 4 .500 1.0 Indianapolis 13 6 7 .462 1.5 Chicago 6 2 4 .333 2.0 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 2.5 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 12 7 5 .583 x Cincinnati 8 4 4 .500 1.0 Dallas 12 6 6 .500 1.0 Kansas City 6 2 4 .333 2.0 New Orleans 4 1 3 .250 2.0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW A balanced conference but one that seldom makes noise come tournament time. This conference represents the second half of the real Southern Conference that had 16 teams playing football in the 1940's. The other half would in the early 1950's break off and become the Atlantic Coast Conference so I seperated the two early to have the proper number of conferences for the Tournament Dreams sim. Code: YEAR SOUTHERN CHAMP 1932-33 DAVIDSON 1933-34 VIRGINIA 1934-35 DAVIDSON 1935-36 WILLIAM & MARY 1936-37 VIRGINIA TECH 1937-38 VIRGINIA 1938-39 GEORGE WASHINGTON 1939-40 THE CITADEL 1940-41 VIRGINIA TECH 1941-42 DAVIDSON 1942-43 GEORGE WASHINGTON 1943-44 VIRGINIA 1944-45 DAVIDSON 1945-46 THE CITADEL 1946-47 GEORGE WASHINGTON SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT Davidson 3-7 1-4 George Washington 4-5 10-6 Virginia 3-5 0-4 VMI 2-2 0-4 The Citadel 2-2 4-2 Virginia Tech 0-2 0-0 William & Mary 0-1 0-0 Furman 0-0 0-0 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAMS IN NIT TITLE GAME 1938-39 THE CITADEL lost title game to Tulsa 1943-44 GEORGE WASHINGTON lost title game in overtime to Vanderbilt SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ALL-AMERICANS 1944-45 Jon Thomas George Washington SOUTHERN CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- VMI: After just 1 NIT trip in the first 10 seasons, VMI has made 5 straight postseason appearances. Were 11-3 in conference last season before losing in the tournament title game. The Keydets should battle for the title again this year thanks to a strong club led by seniors Cody McCullum and Raj Lockwood. 2- DAVIDSON: The Wildcats have made 6 straight postseason appearances including a trip to the NIT last year after a 19-13 season. Plenty of talent up front led by senior forwards Don Villegas and Jonah Peterson but the backcourt may be a concern. 3- VIRGINIA: Just one tournament appearance in the past 6 seasons, the Cavaliers have struggled of late and were 12-18 last season. Sigfrid Lewis is a magician with the ball when he is healthy. Lewis missed all but one game last season with a broken leg after averaging 9.1 ppg as a freshman. 4- GEORGE WASHINGTON: Won 20 or more games four of the past five seasons. After a 9-5 conference record last season they won the Southern Conference tournament for the third time in school history. Freshman forwards Jon Fry and Logan McLarry will add depth and the Colonials should have another 20 win season ahead. 5- WILLIAM & MARY: Only postseason appearance for the Tribe came in 1936 when they got hot and won their only conference title. 11-19 last season but that was an improvement on the previous two years. Aside from senior center Cleveland Costa there just is not enough talent to compete for the conference title. 6- FURMAN: The Paladins have never played a postseason game and were 15-16 last year. This could be a long season as they have only two returning starters and little depth. 7- THE CITADEL: Claim to fame came at the turn of the decade when in successive years they went to the NIT title game and then the Sweet 16 the following season. The Bulldogs have won 15 games each of the past two seasons but may be hard pressed to do it again. 8- VIRGINIA TECH: Are 9-22 and 7-21 over the past two seasons with a 4-10 conference record each year. Aside from preseason all-conference selection Andre Bush, there is little talent here and it will be another long season for the Hokies. PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE TEAM G Chad Robinson Furman G Andre Bush Virginia Tech F Jonah Peterson Davidson F Cody McCullum VMI C Raj Lockwood VMI COLLEGE FOOTBALL BULLDOG FANS HOPE FOR TREAT AGAINST CLEMSON This has been a rough year for fans of the University of Georgia football team but the Bulldog faithful are hoping for a Halloween treat when their squad hosts Clemson in one of 4 Halloween night games. Only a Sugar Bowl loss to #2 ranked Notre Dame spoiled a perfect season a year ago for Georgia but with star quarterback Charles Trippi now plying his trade on Sunday's this season has not been kind to the Bulldogs. Georgia is just 3-3 including losses to SEC rivals Alabama and Kentucky. Clemson enters the game with a 4-1 record. Clemson at Georgia Portland at Washington State South Carolina at Miami (Florida) Virginia Tech at George Washington SATURDAY* Alabama at Kentucky Auburn at Vanderbilt Brigham Young at Denver California at UCLA Colgate at Penn State Columbia at Cornell Dartmouth at Yale Duke at Georgia Tech Furman at Florida Georgetown at Boston College Hardin-Simmons at Houston Holy Cross at Brown Idaho at Oregon Indiana at Ohio State Iowa at Purdue Iowa State at Oklahoma Kansas State at Kansas Marquette at Michigan State Michigan at Illinois Mississippi at Louisiana State Mississippi State at Tulane Navy vs Notre Dame at Cleveland Nebraska at Missouri New Mexico at Texas-El Paso New Mexico State at Arizona State Northern Iowa at Drake Oklahoma State at Temple Oregon State at Stanford Pennsylvania at Princeton Pittsburgh at Minnesota Richmond at Virginia Rutgers at Harvard San Francisco at Santa Clara Southern California at Washington St. Mary's at Detroit Mercy Syracuse at Lafayette Tennessee at North Carolina Tennessee-Chattanooga at North Carolina State Texas at Southern Methodist Texas A&M at Arkansas Texas Christian at Baylor Texas Tech at Rice Utah at Colorado Utah State at Montana State Virginia Military Institute at Davidson Wake Forest at William & Mary Washington & Lee at Army West Texas A&M at Northern Arizona West Virginia at Maryland Wichita State at Tulsa Wisconsin at Northwestern Wyoming at Northern Colorado Nevada at St. Louis NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TSN WEEKEND PICKS Last week I was 7-5-1 to bring my total for the year to 23-17-2. Not outstanding but certainly acceptable. Let's see how this week plays out. Code: WEEK 11 PICKS SPREAD TSN PICK San Diego Chargers (3-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (6-2) -3 Chiefs -3 Tennessee Titans (6-2) at Indianapolis Colts (2-5-1) 2 Titans -2 Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3) at Houston Texans (4-3-1) 1 Jags -1 Cleveland Browns (4-4) at Baltimore Ravens (7-1) -6 Browns +6 to cover New Orleans Saints (6-3) at Carolina Panthers (1-8) 6 Saints -6 Arizona Cardinals (2-6) at Seattle Seahawks (4-4) -7 Cards and the points +7 San Francisco 49ers (5-3) at St. Louis Rams (5-3) -6 Niners rebound +6 Philadelphia Eagles (7-1) at Dallas Cowboys (2-6) 2 Eagles too strong -2 Detroit Lions (3-5) at Minnesota Vikings (2-6) -5 Lions +5 Chicago Bears (6-2) at Green Bay Packers (7-1) -8 huge spread Bears to cover Pittsburgh Steelers (3-5) at Cincinnati Bengals (5-3) -1 Bengals -1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5) at Atlanta Falcons (6-3) -6 Bucs to cover +6 Washington Redskins (3-5) at New York Giants (3-5) 3 Skins and points Oakland Raiders (4-4) at Denver Broncos (3-5) 3 Broncos +3 at home CANADIAN FOOTBALL IMPERIALS FINALLY GET FIRST VICTORY A late touchdown pass lifted the Sarnia Imperials past the Ottawa Trojans in Ontario Rubgy Football League action. The victory, Sarnia's first of the season, ends the Trojans chances of finishing second and getting homefield advantage for the first playoff game. In the only other game yesterday Toronto Balmy Beach beat Windsor 6-3 in a defensive struggle. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Sarnia 24 Ottawa Trojans 20 Toronto Balmy Beach 6 Windsor 3 TONIGHT'S GAME Winnipeg at Calgary SATURDAY'S GAMES Toronto Argos at Ottawa Rough Riders Hamilton Tigers at Montreal SUNDAY'S GAMES Edmonton at Calgary Sarnia at Toronto Indians Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Balmy Beach Hamilton Wildcats at Windsor Royals Code: ORFU W L T PTS Ham Wildcats 7 2 0 14 Tor Balmy Beach 7 2 0 14 Windsor 6 3 0 12 Ott Trojans 5 4 0 10 Tor Indians 1 8 0 2 Sarnia 1 8 0 2 IPRFU W L T PTS Montreal 10 0 0 20 Argos 5 5 0 10 Ham Tigers 3 7 0 6 Ottawa RR 2 8 0 4 Western W L T PTS Edmonton 9 3 0 18 Winnipeg 9 3 0 18 Regina 4 9 0 8 Calgary 2 9 0 4 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

04-20-2005, 12:33 AM	#558
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1947 BOXING PEP OUTPOINTS ARMSTRONG TO RETAIN TITLE Willie Pep and Henry Armstrong waged what can best be described as a war for 15 rounds at the New Orleans Arena. When it was all said and done the superior conditioning of the champ won out as Pep took control in the later rounds to win a unanimous decision victory. Pep started quickly and shook the challenger with a pair of quick jabs seconds after the opening bell. After being in complete control of the opening round Pep sat back in the second round and Armstrong came to life. From rounds two through eight it would be easy to make a case that the challenger won them all as Armstrong landed the better scoring blows despite being much more economical with his punches. The tide turned as we entered round 10 and Pep landed a quick combination that buckled the challengers knees. Armstrong managed to remain upright but from that point on he was completely outclassed by the energetic Pep. Pep would retain his World Featherweight Title as the bout was scored 144-141, 143-142 and 145-140...all in his favour. With the victory Pep improves to 23-0 and has beaten everyone who is anyone in the division. It is expected his next meaningful defense will be against top contender Sandy Saddler but before then he will probably grab a couple of easy paydays against middle-level pugilists. Armstrong falls to 31-3 with the defeat. COLLEGE FOOTBALL xKUFFREY LEADS BULLDOGS PAST CLEMSON Having to fill the larger than life shoes of Maxwell Award winner Charles Trippi has not been easy for Steve xKuffrey but the University of Georgia quarterback came up with a solid performance in the Bulldogs 26-7 victory over Clemson. xKuffrey threw a pair of touchdown passes to senior wideout Tyler xGriffin and ran for a third score as the Bulldogs improved to 4-3 on the season. The loss drops Clemson to 4-2. In other action Washington State finally got it's first win of the year beating winless Portland 24-0. Fullback Ken Roskie scored a pair of touchdowns as South Carolina improved to 3-3 with a 16-7 victory over Miami of Florida. In Southern Conference action Virginia Tech improved to 2-2 with 27-6 drubbing of last place George Washington. FRIDAY'S RESULTS Georgia 26 Clemson 7 Washington State 24 Portland 0 South Carolina 16 Miami (Florida) 7 Virginia Tech 27 George Washington 6 Code: SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Duke 3 0 0 3 1 1 North Carolina 2 0 0 4 1 0 VMI 1 0 1 2 2 1 William & Mary 3 1 0 4 1 0 Maryland 3 1 0 4 1 0 Washington & Lee 2 1 0 2 4 0 North Carolina State 2 1 0 3 1 0 Clemson 2 1 0 4 2 0 Virginia Tech 2 2 0 2 4 0 South Carolina 1 2 0 3 3 0 Furman 1 2 0 1 4 0 Davidson 1 2 0 3 3 0 Wake Forest 1 3 0 2 3 0 Richmond 0 2 1 3 2 1 Citadel 0 2 0 2 3 0 George Washington 0 4 0 0 6 0 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION BRUMSEY'S 39 POINTS LEAD PISTONS After scoring just 8 points in a loss to New York the previous day, Fort Wayne Pistons field general Ryan Brumsey made up for things in a big way with a 39 point, 11 assist night to lead the Pistons past Syracuse 126-114. Brumsey's backcourt mate Mo Hybarger added 32 points in the victory which improves the Pistons record to 4-5. After starting the season 0-5 the Pittsburgh Pipers won their second straight game, nipping Buffalo 83-81. Ryan Fry led the Pipers with 22 points in a sloppy game where neither side shot more than 35% from the field. Ethan Milner had 25 points to lead the New Orleans Jazz to a 96-90 victory over visiting Kentucky. It was the highest output of the season for the NBA's all-time scoring leader and moved Milner to with 7 points of the 24,000 mark for his career. The next highest scorer is more than 5000 points behind the 14 year veteran. In the only other game Kansas City staged a late rally to beat Milwaukee 82-78. The Kings just dominated the boards as Jim Cokley and Bokeem Dillon each had 17 rebounds. Cokley also paced the Kings with 18 points. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Fort Wayne 126 Syracuse 114 Pittsburgh 83 Buffalo 81 New Orleans 96 Kentucky 90 Kansas City 82 Milwaukee 78 TODAY'S GAMES New York at Syracuse Kentucky at Cincinnati Indianapolis at New Orleans Milwaukee at Fort Wayne Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB Providence 9 8 1 .889 x Baltimore 6 4 2 .667 2.5 New York 11 6 5 .545 3.0 Boston 7 3 4 .429 4.0 Philadelphia 12 3 9 .250 6.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 10 7 3 .700 x Syracuse 12 7 5 .583 1.0 Buffalo 9 5 4 .556 1.5 Fort Wayne 9 4 5 .444 2.5 Pittsburgh 7 2 5 .286 3.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 8 5 3 .625 x Indianapolis 13 6 7 .462 1.5 Milwaukee 9 4 5 .444 1.5 Chicago 6 2 4 .333 2.0 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 2.5 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Kentucky 13 7 6 .538 x Cincinnati 8 4 4 .500 0.5 Dallas 12 6 6 .500 0.5 Kansas City 7 3 4 .429 1.0 New Orleans 5 2 3 .400 1.0 LEAGUE LEADERS POINTS PER GAME Miguel Dominguez Buffalo 22.7 Mac Thorpe St Louis 21.4 Justin Hild Syracuse 21.3 Noah Baldin Fort Wayne 20.9 George Mikan Indianapolis 20.4 REBOUNDS PER GAME* Terry Rowe Boston 13.3 Bokeem Dillon Kansas City 12.9 Kevin Stewart Pittsburgh 12.1 Noah Baldin Fort Wayne 11.6 Mac Thorpe St Louis 11.0 ASSISTS PER GAME Daniel Gray New Orleans 9.5 Ryan Brumsey Fort Wayne 8.9 Trevor Presgraves Kentucky 8.8 Brandon Griswold Cincinnati 7.5 Mike Damon Kansas City 7.1 BLOCKS PER GAME Vernon Stout Indianapolis 2.7 Chris Leon Chicago 2.7 Ethan Batiste Buffalo 2.3 STEALS PER GAME Lonnie Duncan Providence 2.8 Ken Gochneaur Providence 2.8 Trevor Presgraves Kentucky 2.8 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Cory Vergara Baltimore .653 George Mikan Indianapolis .625 Tyson Richardson Minneapolis .592 Jaden Christopherson Baltimore .589 Bam Sanders New Orleans .561 ROOKIE SCORING* Paul Huston New York 10.2 Varun Hunter Kentucky 8.3 Mel McGaha Milwaukee 7.3 Bruce Hale Buffalo 6.9 Ray Corley Milwaukee 6.9 COLLEGE BASKETBALL* SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PREVIEW A rather insignificant conference that is rarely heard from come tournament time, aside from the obligitory one game and out showing from their automatic berth. Code: YEAR SOUTHLAND CHAMP 1932-33 SAM HOUSTON STATE 1933-34 STEPHEN F AUSTIN 1934-35 SW TEXAS STATE 1935-36 HOUSTON 1936-37 SW TEXAS STATE 1937-38 SW TEXAS STATE 1938-39 NICHOLLS STATE 1939-40 SW TEXAS STATE 1940-41 HOUSTON 1941-42 SAM HOUSTON STATE 1942-43 SAM HOUSTON STATE 1943-44 SE MISSOURI STATE 1944-45 SAM HOUSTON STATE 1945-46 SW TEXAS STATE 1946-47 HOUSTON SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TEAMS TOURNAMENT RECORDS NCAA NIT SW Texas State 2-5 0-0 Sam Houston State 0-4 0-0 Houston 0-3 4-3 SE Missouri State 1-1 0-0 Nicholls State 0-1 3-2 Stephen F Austin 0-1 0-0 Lamar 0-0 0-0 Northwestern State 0-0 0-0 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 1- HOUSTON: Coming off a school record 24 victory season a year ago including 15-2 in conference play and a run to the Southland title. With a solid nucleus returing including preseason all-conference selections Prince Armstead and Robert Bowlet the Cougars should once again challenge for the conference title. 2- SAM HOUSTON STATE: The Bearkats were just 8-22 last season after making the conference championship game each of the previous two years. This year they figure to be much improved with 4 returning starters including guards Chad Whitt and Lavoris Tyler. 3- NICHOLLS STATE: The Colonels slumped to 12-17 after an 18 win season the previous year. Three starters are back including junior forward Daniel Rosario, a preseason all-conference pick. 4- NORTHWESTERN STATE: With 8 freshman a year ago the Demons won just 8 games and were 4-10 in conference, their worst showing since 1933. Now that they have some experience they should be much improved. Team leader is sophomore forward Grant Letendre, who had 12.5 ppg as a freshman. 5- STEPHEN F AUSTIN: After a 9-5 conference record last season the Lumberjacks made it to the conference tournament finals. It was their first appearance in the Southland Conference title game since they won their only title in 1934. 6- SE MISSOURI STATE: Three straight losing seasons including 9-21 a year ago. The Indians have plenty of experience coming back but they lack the talent to challenge for a conference title. 7- SW TEXAS STATE: The Bobcats surprised everyone by advancing to the Sweet 16 in 1938, the only such run in conference history. Struggled last season with a 7-22 record but have probably the best pure shooter in the conference in junior guard John Murdock. 8- LAMAR: The Cardinals never won more than 18 games in a season and the closest they came to the conference title was a loss in the tournament finals 3 years ago. Center Adam Richard is the best big man in the conference but the supporting cast is very weak. SOUTHLAND PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM G Chad Whitt - Sam Houston State G Robert Bowlet - Houston F Daniel Rosario - Nicholls State F Prince Armstead - Houston C Adam Richard - Lamar CANADIAN FOOTBALL In the lone Canadian Football game yesterday Regina beat Winnipeg 12-10. The victory ends the season for the Roughriders while the Blue Bombers still have one game left against Calgary. Winnipeg and Edmonton have already clinched the top two spots and will meet in a home and home series to determine the western representative for the November 22nd Grey Cup in Toronto. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Regina 12 Winnipeg 10 SATURDAY'S GAMES Toronto Argos at Ottawa Rough Riders Hamilton Tigers at Montreal SUNDAY'S GAMES Edmonton at Calgary Sarnia at Toronto Indians Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Balmy Beach Hamilton Wildcats at Windsor Royals Code: ORFU W L T PTS Ham Wildcats 7 2 0 14 Tor Balmy Beach 7 2 0 14 Windsor 6 3 0 12 Ott Trojans 5 4 0 10 Tor Indians 1 8 0 2 Sarnia 1 8 0 2 IPRFU W L T PTS Montreal 10 0 0 20 Argos 5 5 0 10 Ham Tigers 3 7 0 6 Ottawa RR 2 8 0 4 Western W L T PTS Edmonton 9 3 0 18 Winnipeg 9 4 0 18 Regina 5 9 0 10 Calgary 2 9 0 4 SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION TODAY'S GAMES Preston NE at Aston Villa Bolton at Blackburn Liverpool at Blackpool Arsenal at Chelsea Middlesbrough at Derby County Sheffield United at Everton Burnley at Grimsby Town Charlton Athletic at Huddersfield Portsmouth at Manchester City Stoke City at Sunderland Manchester United at Wolverhampton SCOTTISH FIRST DIVISION TODAY'S GAMES Queen of the South at Aberdeen Airdrie at Clyde Celtic at Falkirk Third Lanark at Hibernian Patrick Thistle at Dundee St Mirren at Motherwell Hearts at Queen's Park Morton at Rangers __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

04-21-2005, 06:32 PM	#559
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1947 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION MILNER SURPASSES 24,000 CAREER POINTS Ethan Milner added another footnote to the greatest career in NBA history by becoming the first player ever to reach 24,000 career points. Milner had 10 to bring his career total to 24,003 but it was not enough to prevent his New Orleans Jazz from falling 108-105 in overtime to the visiting Indianapolis Olympians. Indy suffered some bad news in the game when center George Mikan suffered a wrist injury and could be sidelined up to a week. As for Milner, he is closing in on the end of a brilliant 14 year career. The 36 year old was drafted second overall out of SMU in the 1933 draft. He spent the first 10 years with Dallas, the club that drafted him, before signing with New Orleans prior to the 1943-44 campaign. He won two league champions after joining the Jazz and has made the midseason all-star team 13 straight years. Amazingly he has never won a league MVP. The knock on Milner was that he was simply a one dimensional player but he is such a pure shooter that most find it very easy to overlook his other flaws. In other action Syraucse beat New York 109-88 on the strength of a 23 point performance from Justin Rhoad and 21 from Justin Hild. Daniel Swanson had 29 points including a buzzer beater that gave his Milwaukee Hawks a 91-89 victory in Fort Wayne. Ryan Brumsey had 28 in a losing effort for the Pistons. In the other game Brandon Griswold had 29 points to help Cincinnati blow out Kentucky 92-69 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Syracuse 109 New York 88 Cincinnati 92 Kentucky 69 Indianapolis 108 New Orleans 105 Milwaukee 91 Fort Wayne 89 TODAY'S GAMES Philadelphia at New York Providence at Cleveland Chicago at Minneapolis Cincinnati at Kansas City Code: STANDINGS ATLANTIC GP W L PCT GB* Providence 9 8 1 .889 x Baltimore 6 4 2 .667 2.5 New York 12 6 6 .500 3.5 Boston 7 3 4 .429 4.0 Philadelphia 12 3 9 .250 6.5 NORTHEAST GP W L PCT GB Cleveland 10 7 3 .700 x Syracuse 13 8 5 .615 0.5 Buffalo 9 5 4 .556 1.5 Fort Wayne 10 4 6 .400 3.0 Pittsburgh 7 2 5 .286 3.5 MIDWEST GP W L PCT GB St Louis 8 5 3 .625 x Indianapolis 14 7 7 .500 1.0 Milwaukee 10 5 5 .500 1.0 Chicago 6 2 4 .333 2.0 Minneapolis 7 2 5 .286 2.5 SOUTH GP W L PCT GB Cincinnati 9 5 4 .556 x Dallas 12 6 6 .500 0.5 Kentucky 14 7 7 .500 0.5 Kansas City 7 3 4 .429 1.0 New Orleans 6 2 4 .333 1.5 COLLEGE FOOTBALL CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT WEST The University of California improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Pacific Coast Conference with a hard fought 7-3 victory over UCLA. Coupled with last week's thrilling 24-23 victory over USC the Bears are now considered the favourite to represent the PCC in this year's Rose Bowl. California has 3 conference games remaining, at home to Washington and Montana plus a season ending visit to Stanford. In other PCC games USC suffered it's second straight defeat falling 13-10 to Washington, Oregon beat Idaho 17-3 and Oregon State topped Stanford 21-6 Code: PCC STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T California 3 0 0 7 0 0 Oregon 2 1 0 5 2 0 USC 2 2 0 3 2 1 Stanford 2 2 0 2 4 0 Oregon State 2 2 0 3 3 0 Washington 2 2 0 3 3 0 Montana 1 0 0 4 2 0 Idaho 1 2 1 3 2 1 UCLA 1 2 0 2 3 1 Wash State 0 3 1 1 5 1 TEXAS FALLS AGAIN The Texas Longhorns are falling into the same trap that caused their undoing last season. After a terrific non-conference portion of their schedule the Longhorns were just 2-3-1 against SWC opponents last year. This season they started 5-0 before dropping their last two conference games. Saturday it was Southern Methodist that put the hurt on Bobby Layne's squad and scratched out a 13-10 victory. The SMU win really clouds a tight battle for the conference title with just Rice undefeated at this point. The Owls hammered non-conference opponent Texas Tech 47-0 over the weekend while in conference it was Texas A&M trimming Arkansas 21-20 and Texas Christian topping Baylor 14-3. Code: SWC STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T* Rice 2 0 0 5 0 1 Texas A&M 2 1 0 4 3 0 Arkansas 2 2 0 4 3 0 SMU 1 1 0 5 1 0 Texas 1 2 0 5 2 0 Baylor 1 2 0 4 2 0 Texas Christian 1 2 0 4 2 1 MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN REMAIN PERFECT IN WESTERN CONFERENCE 2nd ranked Michigan and surprising Wisconsin sit atop the Western Conference standings after both won yesterday. The Wolverines dismantled Illinois 40-6 while the Badgers blanked Northwestern 20-0. In other action Ohio State suffered a real setback as the Buckeyes fell 19-10 to Indiana, which had started 0-3 in conference play. Code: WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Michigan 3 0 0 6 0 0 Wisconsin 3 0 0 4 2 0 Illinois 3 1 0 4 2 0 Ohio State 2 1 0 3 3 0 Northwestern 2 2 0 3 2 1 Iowa 1 3 0 2 5 0 Indiana 1 3 0 2 4 0 Purdue 1 3 0 2 4 0 Minnesota 0 3 0 2 3 0 GEORGIA TECH CONTINUES TO CLIMB While it did not count in the conference standings, Georgia Tech was quite happy to escape with a 17-10 victory over Duke to keep the Yellow Jackets unbeaten this season. At 3-0 Georgia Tech leads the SEC but Louisiana State is hot on their heels after the Tigers pulled off a 31-30 upset over Mississippi. Code: SEC STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Georgia Tech 3 0 0 6 0 0 Louisiana State 2 0 0 4 2 0 Alabama 3 1 1 5 1 1 Mississippi 3 2 0 5 2 0 Vanderbilt 3 2 0 3 3 0 Tulane 3 2 0 3 3 0 Florida 1 1 0 3 3 0 Kentucky 1 3 0 4 3 0 Tennessee 0 1 1 3 2 1 Miss State 0 1 0 2 2 2 Georgia 0 2 0 4 3 0 Auburn 0 4 0 2 4 0 COMPLETE SCOREBOARD Alabama 20 Kentucky 6 Vanderbilt 27 Auburn 0 Denver 27 Brigham Young 21 California 7 UCLA 3 Penn State 30 Colgate 0 Columbia 17 Cornell 14 Yale 22 Dartmouth 22 Georgia Tech 17 Duke 10 Florida 18 Furman 6 Georgetown 20 Boston College 7 Hardin-Simmons 6 Houston 0 Brown 17 Holy Cross 14 Oregon 17 Idaho 3 Indiana 19 Ohio State 10 Purdue 45 Iowa 10 Oklahoma 44 Iowa State 0 Kansas 36 Kansas State 0 Marquette 29 Michigan State 24 Michigan 40 Illinois 6 Louisiana State 31 Mississippi 30 Tulane 15 Mississippi State 3 Notre Dame 20 Navy 14 Missouri 20 Nebraska 3 Texas-El Paso 28 New Mexico 13 Arizona State 27 New Mexico State 6 Northern Iowa 10 Drake 7 Oklahoma A&M 24 Temple 7 Oregon State 21 Stanford 6 Pennsylvania 41 Princeton 0 Minnesota 24 Pittsburgh 3 Virginia 37 Richmond 0 Rutgers 28 Harvard 7 San Francisco 24 Santa Clara 14 Washington 13 Southern California 10 St. Mary's 30 Detroit Mercy 21 Syracuse 14 Lafayette 13 North Carolina 41 Tennessee 0 North Carolina State 17 Tennessee-Chattanooga 0 Southern Methodist 13 Texas 10 Texas A&M 21 Arkansas 20 Texas Christian 14 Baylor 3 Rice 47 Texas Tech 0 Utah 17 Colorado 13 Montana State 21 Utah State 17 Virginia Military Institute 24 Davidson 14 William & Mary 24 Wake Forest 3 Army 28 Washington & Lee 0 West Texas A&M 44 Northern Arizona 15 Maryland 17 West Virginia 0 Tulsa 28 Wichita State 14 Wisconsin 20 Northwestern 0 Wyoming 14 Northern Colorado 0 Nevada 51 St. Louis 9 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE RANGERS WIN FIRST A 4-goal outburst in the second period gave the New York Rangers their first victory of the season. The Rangers were trailing Detroit 2-0 at Madison Square Garden when Buddy O'Connor, Grant Warwick, Tony Leswick and Cal Gardner all scored with a 4-minute span midway through the second stanza. Ed Kullman's third period marker would complete the 5-2 victory for the Rangers. All was not rosy as Rangers goaltender Chuck Rayner left the game early in the third period after being hit in the head with an errant stick. Rayner, who took nearly 20 stitches to close the gash, is expected to miss at least three games. In the only other Saturday night contest the Boston Bruins embarrassed Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens 5-1. Leaf goaltender Turk Broda was fighting the puck all game. Only Syl Apps' third period marker spoiled Bruins goaltender Frank Brimsek's bid for a second straight shutout. DETROIT 2 at 5 NEW YORK Scoring Summary Period 1 1- DETROIT Red Wings: Ed Bruneteau 1(Max McNab, Doug McCaig) 3:21 2- DETROIT Red Wings: Ted Lindsay 6(Sid Abel, Don Morrison) 7:44 Period 2 3- NEW YORK RANGERS: Buddy OConnor 1(Unassisted) 6:24 4- NEW YORK RANGERS: Grant Warwick 1(Unassisted) 7:11 5- NEW YORK RANGERS: Tony Leswick 2(Frank Eddolls, Buddy OConnor) (PP) 8:01 6- NEW YORK RANGERS: Cal Gardner 1(Grant Warwick, Bill Moe) 9:55 Period 3 7- NEW YORK RANGERS: Ed Kullman 2(Phil Watson, Edgar Laprade) (PP) SHOTS ON GOAL DETROIT - 29 NEW YORK - 36 BOSTON 5 at 1 TORONTO GOAL SUMMARY Period 1 1- BOSTON BRUINS: Kenny Smith 2(Don Gallinger, Pat Egan) 9:57 2- BOSTON BRUINS: Kenny Smith 3(Clare Martin, Pat Egan) (PP) 11:02 Period 2 3- BOSTON BRUINS: Woody Dumart 3(Clare Martin, Milt Schmidt) (PP) 3:29 4- BOSTON BRUINS: Ed Sanford 3(Billy Taylor, Murray Henderson) 6:14 5- BOSTON BRUINS: Johnny Peirson 1(Fern Flaman, Milt Schmidt) 7:41 Period 3 6- TORONTO Maple Leafs: Syl Apps 2(Howie Meeker) 11:39 SHOTS ON GOAL BOSTON - 31 TORONTO - 23 TONIGHT'S GAMES Boston at Detroit Toronto at New York Montreal at Chicago Code: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS TEAM GP W L T GF GA PTS Boston 6 5 1 0 22 10 10 Toronto 6 4 2 0 18 14 8 Montreal 6 3 2 1 17 17 7 Detroit 6 3 3 0 20 21 6 New York 5 1 4 0 9 16 2 Chicago 5 0 4 1 8 16 1 SCORING LEADERS NAME TM GP G A PTS Elmer Lach MON 6 3 7 10 Ted Lindsay DET 6 6 2 8 Max Bentley TOR 6 3 5 8 Clare Martin BOS 6 2 6 8 Don Gallinger BOS 6 1 7 8 Howie Meeker TOR 6 5 2 7 Maurice Richard MON 5 4 3 7 Jim McFadden DET 6 4 3 7 Don Morrison DET 6 2 4 6 Milt Schmidt BOS 4 1 5 6 Ted Kennedy TOR 6 3 2 5 Sid Abel DET 6 3 2 5 Bill Ezinicki TOR 6 2 3 5 Jim Peters MON 3 1 4 5 Gordie Howe DET 6 1 4 5 Roger Leger MON 6 0 5 5 GOALTENDING TEAM NAME GP MIN GA ShO GAA BOS Frank Brimsek 6 360 10 1 1.67 TOR Turk Broda 6 360 14 1 2.33 NY Chuck Rayner 2 102 4 0 2.35 MON Bill Durnan 6 359 17 0 2.84 CHI Emile Francis 5 298 16 0 3.22 Det Harry Lumley 6 360 21 0 3.50 NY Jim Henry 5 198 12 0 3.64 CANADIAN FOOTBALL The Hamilton Tigers snapped the Montreal Alouettes unbeaten streak thanks to a touchdown in the final minute of the game. Quarterback Butch Songin hit receiver Vito Ragazzo with a 41 yard bomb to give the Tigers a 19-12 victory in Montreal. It was the second time in the game that Songin and Ragazzo hooked up for a major. The victory keeps the Tigers playoff hopes alive as the Toronto Argonauts lost in Ottawa 28-23. If Hamilton can win the season finale in Ottawa next weekend and Toronto loses at Montreal then the Tigers and Argos will be tied forcing a one game showdown between the two clubs to see who meets Montreal for the league title. The playoff participants are decided in the ORFU but there are still plenty of questions heading into tomorrow's season finale as to which teams will pair up in the semi-finals. The top 4 teams make the playoffs as first will host fourth while second entertains third. Out west it has been common knowledge for quite some time that Edmonton and Winnipeg will meet in a 2-game total point final. Regina and Calgary are both eliminated from the playoffs but the Stampeders still have 3 games remaining. SATURDAY'S RESULTS Toronto Argos 23 Ottawa Rough Riders 28 Hamilton Tigers 19 Montreal 12 TODAY'S GAMES Edmonton at Calgary Sarnia at Toronto Indians Ottawa Trojans at Toronto Balmy Beach Hamilton Wildcats at Windsor Royals Code: ORFU W L T PTS Ham Wildcats 7 2 0 14 Tor Balmy Beach 7 2 0 14 Windsor 6 3 0 12 Ott Trojans 5 4 0 10 Tor Indians 1 8 0 2 Sarnia 1 8 0 2 IPRFU W L T PTS Montreal 10 1 0 20 Argos 5 6 0 10 Ham Tigers 4 7 0 8 Ottawa RR 3 8 0 6 Western W L T PTS Edmonton 9 3 0 18 Winnipeg 9 4 0 18 Regina 5 9 0 10 Calgary 2 9 0 4 BOXING PHILADELPHIA FEATHERWEIGHT BASSETT WINS AGAIN Tennage phenom Percy Bassett improved to 3-0 as a pro with a unanimous decision victory in his 8 round bout with veteran featherweight Jock Leslie. It was the first time Bassett had to go the distance as the 18 year old won each of his previous two bouts by knockout. Leslie,a 24 year old from Flint, Michigan falls to 18-17. On the same card lightweight Paddy DeMarco improved to 13-6 with a split decision win over Maxie Docusen. The 19 year old Docusen was thought to be on his way up in the division but he has dropped 2 of his last 3 decisions and is now 8-3 as a professional. SOCCER ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Aston Villa 2 Preston NE 1 Blackburn 1 Bolton 0 Blackpool 2 Liverpool 1 Arsenal 2 Chelsea 0 Derby County 3 Middlesbrough 2 Everton 2 Sheffield United 0 Burnley 1 Grimsby Town 1 Charlton Athletic 1 Huddersfield 1 Manchester City 2 Portsmouth 1 Stoke City 3 Sunderland 1 Manchester United 0 Wolverhampton 0 Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Blackpool 15 11 2 2 21 8 24 Arsenal 14 8 0 6 20 8 22 Man United 14 9 2 3 20 12 21 Aston Villa 15 10 4 1 17 9 21 Burnley 14 5 1 8 15 9 18 Portsmouth 14 7 3 4 18 11 18 Huddersfield 15 6 4 5 23 19 17 Manchest. City 15 6 4 5 17 14 17 Sunderland 15 8 6 1 23 20 17 Liverpool 15 6 5 4 21 20 16 Bolton 14 4 4 6 17 16 14 Derby County 15 5 6 4 19 17 14 Wolverhampton 14 5 6 3 16 16 13 Charlton Athl 14 5 6 3 18 21 13 Preston NE 15 5 7 3 17 16 13 Stoke City 15 5 7 3 16 14 13 Blackburn 14 5 7 2 15 20 12 Everton 15 4 7 4 14 18 12 Middlesbrough 14 4 8 2 16 24 10 Sheffield Untd 15 4 9 2 21 29 10 Chelsea 14 2 12 0 14 28 4 Grimsby Town 15 0 14 1 11 40 1 SCOTTISH FIRST DIVISION YESTERDAY'S GAMES Queen of the South 1 Aberdeen 1 Airdrie 1 Clyde 1 Celtic 2 Falkirk 2 Hibernian 1 Third Lanark 0 Patrick Thistle 0 Dundee 0 St Mirren 1 Motherwell 1 Hearts 0 Queen's Park 0 Rangers 2 Morton 1 Code: STANDINGS GP W L T GF GA PTS Hibernian 11 8 1 2 26 6 18 Rangers 11 6 1 4 15 7 16 Partick 11 5 2 4 14 7 14 Falkirk 11 3 1 7 11 9 13 St Mirren 11 5 3 3 12 10 13 Dundee 11 5 3 3 13 12 13 Celtic 10 5 3 2 17 12 12 Motherwell 11 4 3 4 12 12 12 Queen of South 11 4 4 3 11 14 11 Aberdeen 11 4 4 3 12 11 11 Clyde 10 3 5 2 10 15 8 Hearts 11 2 5 4 13 16 8 Airdrie 11 2 6 3 14 21 7 Third Lanark 10 2 6 2 8 18 6 Queens Park 10 1 6 3 6 18 5 Morton 11 1 7 3 12 18 5 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.

04-21-2005, 06:40 PM	#560
rangers85 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX...home of the mighty TCU Horned Frogs Posts: 909	Finally TCU picks up a conference win after going 4-1 in OOC play. Over Baylor none the less. Take that you Baptist bears to the south