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Tiger Fan · 07-22-2004, 11:19 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS November 20, 1946

VAN BUREN LEADS JETS PAST UNBEATEN BEARS
It was beginning to look like no one could beat the Chicago Bears after they won their first 10 games of the season and outscored their opponents on average by more than 2 touchdowns a game. No one that is until Steve *Van Buren entered Soldier Field. Van Buren almost singlehandedly carried the New York Jets past the Bears 24-13. The third year back out of LSU ran for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also returned 3 kicks for an average of 25 yards and to top it all of he recovered teammate Korey Tennell's fumble late in the third quarter to keep what would be the winning touchdown drive alive. Oh, and he caught a pair of passes for 37 yards as well.

The performance gives Van Buren 1173 yards rushing for the season, just 21 less than league leader Bruce Jones of Kansas City. He has already surpassed his total yards gained in 16 games last season and is just 224 shy of surpassing his career high set as a rookie.

As much as Van Buren carried the Jets you have to give a large dose of credit to the New York secondary which baffled Bears QB Sid *Luckman all day. Luckman endured his worst start of his career, completing just 15 of 34 for a season low 186 yards. The 4 time allstar was also picked off twice after throwing just 4 interceptions in the first 10 games.

EAGLES FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEARS LOSS
The Philadelphia Eagles missed a great chance to move into a first place tie in the NFC with Chicago. The Eagles were upended 18-10 by lowly Jacksonville. What hurt the Eagles most was the absence of workhorse running back Harley Mitchell. Back-up Jimmy Berton gained just 21 yards on 12 carries and QB Doug Bass faced too much pressure to mount any kind of offense for Philadelphia. Good news for the Eagles is that Mitchell is expected to be ready for next week's game with Detroit. QB Ken Neal, who has outperformed Bass this season, also sat out the game but should be ready to play next week.

Stacey Bennett kicked four field goals while QB Tommy Bledsoe completed 19-of-26 passes for 250 yards to lead the Jags. Bledsoe's performance was even more impressive considering the pressure he was under all game. He was sacked twice and had Eagles in his face all game. Most notable for Philadelphia was LB Ed Leblanc, who had 13 tackles, 1 sack, 4 qb pressures and an interception.

AFC LEADERS POST VICTORIES
Unlike the NFC where the top two clubs both lost, the AFC leaders each posted victories last week.

The Denver Broncos improved to 9-2 with a 45-10 pounding of the Seahawks in Seattle. Broncos running back Oscar Hartings ran for 131 yards and 3 touchdowns. Hartings also caught a touchdown pass and gained 103 yards receiving in the game. Broncos QB Jay Cason was knocked out of the game in the third quarter but he should be healthy for next week's game in Jacksonville.

After missing two starts with an injury QB Bob *Waterfield was back under center for the Detroit Lions and he nearly led his club to an upset win over New England. In the end the Patriots prevailed 28-24 thanks to a 14 yard Bob Irvin to Jim Houser touchdown pass with under a minute to play. Irvin threw for 301 yards and 3 touchdowns. The win improves the Pats record to 8-2-1.

Waterfield looked good despite being slowed by a lingering ankle injury, passing for 234 yards and one major. Detroit RB Fred Johnson had his best game since the season opener, running for 112 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

In other action
Green Bay took advantage of 4 Buffalo turnovers to beat the Bills 28-19. Don *Hutson had 7 catches including a touchdown grab to lead the Packers.while CB Rashod Dawson had 2 picks.

Tuffy *Leemans ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns to propel Arizona past San Diego 25-20.

Washington, still using a backup QB with Sammy *Baugh sidelined, beat Tennessee 16-10. Wayne *Miller caught a pair of touchdown passes from Mike Washington to lead the Redskins.

San Francisco outlasted Oakland 24-19 to win the Battle of the Bay Area. TE Walter Van Galder had another strong game, albeit in a losing effort. Van Galder, who was a second team AFC allstar a year ago, continued to show he is the best receiving TE in the game with a 5 catch, 117 yard effort on Sunday.

Tony Ellis ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns plus he added a touchdown reception to lead Cleveland past New Orleans 42-30. Jeff McDonald started his second straight for the Browns and threw for 315 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

St Louis beat Kansas City 27-10 behind a 128 yard rushing effort from Mike Largent. Ulish Groce, the undrafted QB who was a cinderella story for the Chiefs up until signing a huge extension in the offseason, threw 3 more interceptions. Groce has tossed just 5 touchdown passes compared with 18 picks this season. Chiefs RB Bruce Jones gained 110 yards on the ground and continues to lead the NFL in that category.

A last minute Woody Brooks to Ryan Burns touchdown pass gave Miami a 24-20 win over Minnesota. Brooks threw 3 touchdowns in the game.

LB Li Madison returned a fumble 87 yards for the winning score as Dallas beat Indianapolis 28-21.

Pittsburgh overcame a 20-7 halftime deficiet to rally past Tampa 27-20. Rookie Elmer Angsman gained 89 yards rushing for the Steelers.

Cincinnati embarrassed the Falcons in Atlanta to the tune of 42-13. Bill *Dudley ran for 3 touchdowns and caught a Ken Smith pass for a 4th score. Dudley gained a combined 165 yards rushing and receiving. It was his first start since being injured against Tennessee 4 weeks ago.

Baltimore beat Carolina 13-10 on a 46-yard overtime field goal from Leonard Allen. The only Ravens touchdown came on a 53 yard punt return from Don Horn with 5 minutes remaining in the game.

The New York Giants found a way once again to lose a game. The Giants led Houston 17-3 at the half but lost their 9th in a row after the Texans rallied for 17 unanswered 2nd half points to win 20-17. After getting picked off twice in the first half, Houston QB Vaughan Diedrick settled down after the break and finished the day with 272 yards passing including a 24 yard touchdown strike to Mel Ours. The other Texan touchdown came on a 44 yard interception return by CB Ollie Berzinski that tied the game at 17 early in the final quarter. The Texans won it on a 49 yard field goal from Laverne Bethea with 9 seconds to play.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 9-0 off, at Navy next week
2. Georgia (2) -- 9-0 beat Tenn-Chat 50-23, host Georgia Tech next week
3. UCLA (3) -- 9-0 beat USC 28-17, host Nebraska next week
4- Notre Dame (4) -- 7-1 beat Tulane 34-10, host USC next week
5. Michigan (5) -- 8-1 beat Ohio State 33-7, season over
6. North Carolina (6) -- 9-0 beat Duke 28-21, at Virginia next week
7. Yale (7) -- 9-0 beat Harvard 28-16, season over
8. Tennessee (8)-- 8-1 beat then #15 Kentucky 31-14, at Vanderbilt next week
9. Rice (10) - 8-0-1 beat TCU 20-0, host Baylor next week
10. Alabama (11) -- 8-2 beat Boston College 24-20, host #20 Mississippi State next week
11. Pennsylvania (9)-- 6-1 off, host Cornell next week
12 William & Mary (12)-- 8-1 off, at Richmond next week
13. Arkansas (13) - 6-2-1 off, at Tulsa next week
14 North Carolina State (18)-- 8-1 beat Florida 38-7, host Maryland next week
15. Illinois (16)-- 6-2-1 beat Northwestern 26-3, season over
16. Oklahoma (17)-- 7-2 beat Nebraska 37-7, at Oklahoma State next week
17 Rutgers (19)-- 8-0-1 beat Bucknell 31-0, season over
18. Southern California (14)-- 5-2-1 lost 28-17 to then #3 UCLA, at Notre Dame next week
19 Kentucky (15)-- 7-3 lost 31-14 to then #8 Tennessee, season over
20. Mississippi State (nr)-- 7-2 beat Mississippi 13-10, at #10 Alabama next week

Dropping out of top 20
Stanford (20) 6-2-1 tied 20-20 at California, season over

SEC RECAP
The SEC title will come down to the final week of the college season as both Georgia and Tennessee have one game remaining. The Bulldogs will host rival Georgia Tech while the Vols travel to Vanderbilt. If Georgia beats Georgia Tech we will likely see a 1-vs-2 showdown with Army and the Bulldogs meeting in the Sugar Bowl. Tennessee could go to the Cotton Bowl to face the Southwest Conference winner.

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	CONFERENCE			    OVERALL
	W	L	T	W	L	T
Geo	4	0	0	9	0	0
Tenn	4	0	0	8	1	0
bama	4	2	0	8	2	0
LSU	3	1	0	6	2	0
GaTech	3	1	0	6	2	0
Vand	3	3	0	4	4	0
MisSt	2	2	0	7	2	0
Kent	2	3	0	7	3	0
Tulane	2	3	0	3	5	0
Auburn	1	4	0	5	4	0
Florida	0	3	1	0	7	1
Miss	0	6	1	1	7	1

WESTERN CONFERENCE RECAP
Michigan completed a perfect season in-conference with a 33-7 win over a dissappointing Ohio State team. The Wolverines will face UCLA in the Rose Bowl. Illinois should get a bowl invitation but a terrible finish has

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	W	L	T	W	L	T
Mich	7	0	0	8	1	0
Illin	5	1	1	6	2	1
OhSt	3	3	0	4	5	0
Iowa	3	3	0	5	4	0
Ind	2	3	1	4	3	2
Minn	2	4	1	4	4	1
Purd	2	4	0	3	6	0
Wisc	2	5	0	4	5	0
Nrthwn	1	4	1	3	5	1

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE RECAP
UCLA will meet Michigan in the Rose Bowl after finishing an unbeaten conference schedule with a 28-17 win over USC. USC likely needs to beat Notre Dame in South Bend next week to get a decent bowl bid. Stanford and Oregon State also have a shot at a bowl game.

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	CONFERENCE			    OVERALL		
	W	L	T	W	L	T
UCLA	7	0	0	9	0	0
USC	4	2	1	5	2	1
Stan	4	2	1	6	2	1
OreSt	4	2	1	5	2	1
Wash	4	3	0	4	3	1
Oreg	3	5	0	4	5	0
Cal	2	4	1	2	6	1
WshSt	2	5	0	2	5	0
Mont	1	3	0	3	5	0
Idah	0	5	0	2	7	0

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE RECAP
Rice needs a win over Baylor next week or Texas A&M to lose against Texas for the Owls to clinch the conference title. The conference winner will play in the Cotton Bowl likely against Tennessee. Arkansas will also get a bowl bid but their destination is still unknown.

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	CONFERENCE			    OVERALL		
	W	L	T	W	L	T
Rice	4	0	1	8	0	1
T A&M	4	1	0	5	4	0
Ark	3	2	1	6	2	1
TCU	2	2	1	3	5	1
Texas	1	3	1	5	3	1
Baylor	1	4	0	2	6	0
SMU	0	3	2	4	3	2

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE RECAP
North Carolina wins the conference with a 5-0 record. The Tar Heels finish up their schedule with a game against independant Virginia. Since there is no official affiliation with a bowl North Carolina will likely have a number of options for their bowl appearance. A good bet is the Oil Bowl against perhaps Arkansas.
As many as three other Southern Conference schools may also get a bowl bid with William & Mary and North Carolina State definates to be scheduled for a post season game.

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	CONFERENCE				OVERALL	
	W	L	T	W	L	T
N Car	5	0	0	9	0	0
W&M	6	1	0	8	1	0
NC St	5	1	0	8	1	0
Rich	4	1	1	7	1	1
Duke	3	2	0	5	4	0
VMI	3	3	0	4	5	0
David	2	2	1	5	2	1
Mary	2	3	1	3	4	1
VaTech	2	4	1	2	5	1
Wake	2	2	0	5	3	0
S Car	2	3	0	3	4	0
Clem	2	3	0	3	6	0
GWsh	1	1	0	5	2	0
Citadel	1	5	0	2	5	1
Furm	0	4	0	1	7	0
Wsh&L	0	5	0	2	6	0

BIG 6 CONFERENCE RECAP
Conference winner Oklahoma will be going to the Orange Bowl likely against Notre Dame. Kansas has an outside shot at a bowl invitation.

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	CONFERENCE			     OVERALL		
	W	L	T	W	L	T
Okla	5	0	0	7	2	0
Kans	3	1	0	6	3	0
Neb	3	2	0	3	4	1
Missri	2	2	0	4	5	0
K St	1	4	0	1	7	0
IowSt	0	5	0	3	6	0

BORDER CONFERENCE RECAP
Next Saturday's game between Hardin-Simmons and Texas Tech will determine who represents the conference in the Raisin Bowl against the Mountain States Conference winner. If Texas Tech prevails Hardin-Simmons will still likely get a bowl bid.

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	CONFERENCE			     OVERALL		
	W	L	T	W	L	T
H-Sim	5	0	0	9	0	0
TxTch	3	0	0	7	2	1
NMex	5	2	0	7	3	0
UTEP	3	2	0	6	2	0
WTxA&M	2	4	1	5	4	1
N Ariz	2	2	0	5	4	0
NMxSt	1	2	1	4	3	2
Ariz	1	4	0	4	5	0
ArizSt	0	6	0	1	8	0

MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE RECAP
Denver and Utah State each have two games remaining including a showdown between the 2 schools in 2 weeks. Utah lost to Denver earlier in the season but if they beat Utah State next week and have Denver lose both their remaining games than the Utes may have a shot. The conference winner meets the Border Conference champ in the Raisin Bowl.

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	CONFERENCE			     OVERALL
	W	L	T	W	L	T
Denv	4	0	1	4	3	1
Utah	4	1	0	5	3	0
UtSt	3	1	0	5	2	0
BYU	3	3	0	5	4	1
Color	2	2	1	3	5	1
ColSt	0	4	1	0	7	1
Wyom	0	5	1	1	8	1

MVC RECAP
The season is complete so Tulsa will get a bowl bid but since the conference does not have an automatic affiliation where has not yet been decided. A win over Arkansas Thursday could move them up to a better bowl but the likely bet is the Harbor Bowl in San Diego against a mid-level independant team from the west or perhaps against the second place team from the Border Conference.

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	W	L	T	W	L	T
Tulsa	3	0	0	7	2	0
StL	1	0	1	3	4	1
WtchSt	1	2	0	3	5	1
Drake	0	3	1	1	7	1
OklaSt	1	1	0	4	5	1

INDEPENDANTS
Army and Yale, two clubs that normally do not accept bowl bids are both rumoured to be close to deciding to participate in a bowl game this season. College football fans should be especially excited about the possibility of a 1-vs-2 showdown between Army and Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Should Army decline than Notre Dame may accept the Sugar Bowl berth.

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	       W 	L	T
Army	        9	0	0
Yale	        9	0	0
Rutgers	        8	0	1
Nevada	        8	0	0
Notre Dame	7	1	0
Detroit Mercy	7	2	0
Penn State	6	1	1
Pennsylvania	6	1	0
Montana State	6	3	0
Harvard	        5	1	3
Holy Cross	5	2	1
Syracuse	5	3	1
Boston College	5	3	0
Cornell	        5	3	0
Bucknell	5	4	0
Columbia	5	4	0
Miami (Florida)	5	4	0
St. Mary's	4	2	1
Colgate	        4	4	0
Virginia	4	4	0
Michigan State	4	5	0
Pittsburgh	4	5	0
Villanova	4	5	0
Merchant Marine	4	6	1
Georgetown	3	3	0
Brown	         3	4	2
Princeton	3	4	1
San Francisco	3	5	0
Temple	         3	5	0
Marquette	3	6	0
Portland	2	5	0
Santa Clara	2	6	0
Lafayette	2	7	0
Tenn-Chat	2	7	0
West Virginia	2	8	0
Fordham	         1	6	0
New York U	0	6	1
Navy	         0	7	1
Dartmouth	0	9	0

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Tiger Fan · 07-22-2004, 11:23 AM

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ROUNDUP
CANADIENS IN FUNK - DROP THREE STRAIGHT GAMES
After losing just one of their first 10 games to start the season the Montreal Canadiens have dropped 3 straight and now trail the surging Detroit Red Wings for top spot in the National Hockey League. The Canadiens opened the week with a scoreless tie against the New York Rangers. Bill Durnan made 36 saves for his second shutout of the season but was upstaged by Ranger netminder Chuck Rayner who turned aside all 48 Montreal shots.

The next night it was rookie Gordie Howe's turn to shine against the Habs. Howe scored his first career hat trick and added an assist as Detroit beat Montreal 5-2. Durnan had his worst game of the season in the loss. Things did not get any better for the Canadiens who finished the week with a 3-1 loss in Toronto and a 4-2 defeat in Boston. The Red Wings beat lowly Chicago 2-1 on Sunday to move a point ahead of the Habs and into top spot.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BOSTON BRAVES
1946 was another bad season for the sad sack franchise that is the Boston Braves. The franchise has not won a pennant since 1906, heck they have only finished higher than 5th once since 1933. This season the Braves managed to hit a new low, losing a franchise record 98 games and marking the 5th straight season their win total has declined from the previous year. How bad has it been? Only twice since 1919 have they finished over .500.

Bright spots? Believe it or not there were a couple. 25 year old rookie pitcher Warren Spahn looks like the real deal. Spahn was 15-18 with a 3.57 era and received serious consideration for the rookie of the year award. The only other bright spot is that the Braves will get to select first in the newly implemented amateur player draft (EDITORS NOTE - I decided to go with a draft from now on because it will add far more interest to offseason articles.)

Other key Braves include 33 year old firstbaseman Rudy York (.206,21,72), ex-Yankee Phil Rizzuto (.276,3,22) at shortstop, and a decent catcher in 30 year old Phil Masi (.214,4,39).

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BROOKLYN DODGERS
After two sub-.500 seasons the Brooklyn Dodgers enjoyed an 84 win campaign and even though they were never in the pennant race there is cause for excitement. 27 year old outfielder Pete Reiser (.314,12,95) was named National League MVP and he heads a solid cast of hitters entering their prime. Shortstop Pee Wee Reese (.285,8,62) and rookie second baseman Jackie Robinson who is poised to become the first Negro to play in the major leagues give the Dodgers a solid infield. (EDITOR'S NOTE - I made Robinson exempt from the draft and automatically assigned him to the Dodgers because it did not seem right having him play elsewhere.) 24 year old outfielder Carl Furillo (.271,0,4) looked good in a brief September call-up and is likely here to stay. Veterans Goody Rosen (.289,7,64), Zeke Bonura (.249,9,78) and Stan Hack (.292,6,42) add leadership.

34 year old Mickey Haefner (21-13, 2.91) enjoyed the best season of his career while Don Black (17-13, 2.94) and Dick Mauney (16-17, 3,62) add depth to the rotation. The farm system looks good with young pitchers Rex Barney and Ralph Branca poised to make the jump to the big leagues but the Dodgers best prospect may be first baseman Ed Stevens.

Outlook for 1947. This is a club that could contend for the pennant if either Barney or Branca can deliver in the rotation.

BOXING BEAT
Billed as a night of future heavyweight contenders, the city of Philadelphia was treated to a fine evening of boxing over the weekend. It featured 4 bouts involving fighters on the verge of being considered one of the top 10 heavyweights in the world.

The main event saw New Jersey native Archie McBride stop Tami Mauriello with a fifth round knockout. The fight pretty much spells the end of the line for Mauriello who was destroyed 2 months ago in his hometown of New York in a title fight against World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. McBride improves to 16-7 and is ranked 11th in the world.

In other bouts Embrell Davidson of Detroit improved to 24-6 with 21 knockouts after stopping fellow Detroiter O'Dell Riley in the 14th round of their 15 rounder. Veteran Archie Moore improved to 16-6 after a split decision victory over Jack Walker (19-3). It was a real blow for Columbus native Walker who appeared poised to take the next step in to the upper level of heavyweight contenders. Pat Valentino narrowly defeated Henry Flakes by majority decision. Valentino, a San Francisco native, is 13-9-2 and did not do nearly enough against Flakes to warrent much future consideration in the division.

In other heavyweight action Alberto Santiago Lovell defeated Cesar Brion with a 12th round TKO to win the Argentine Heavyweight Title in Rosario, Argentina. The win improves Lovell's record to 18-7-1 while Brion falls to 7-10-2. Lovell is ranked 23rd in the World in his weight class.

In Germany Walter Neusel improved to 20-6 as he defended his German title against Hein Ten-Hoff. Neusel is likely in line to fight Englishman Bruce Woodcock for the European title but neither could hold a candle to the many great American fighters in the division right now.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL NEWS
ARGOS AND BLUE BOMBERS TO MEET IN GREY CUP
The Toronto Argonauts will meet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 34th Grey Cup championship game which will be held in Toronto next week. The Argos advanced with a 23-7 win over ORFU champion Toronto Balmy Beach. The Bombers lost 14-10 in Calgary on Saturday but won their 2 game total point Western Football title by a 27-10 score.

The defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argos will be looking to hoist the trophy for the 6th time. Winnipeg has won the trophy 3 times with the most recent victory coming in 1941. The Argos hammered the Bombers 35-0 in last years game which was also held in Toronto.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

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North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Chi	10	1	0	.909	343	204
Det	4	7	0	.364	221	258
Min	4	7	0	.364	188	238
GB	4	7	0	.364	261	254

East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Phil	9	2	0	.818	296	198
Wash 	7	4	0	.636	270	226
Dal 	3	8	0	.273	193	249
NYG	2	9	0	.182	188	293

South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
NO	5	6	0	.455	231	283
Atl	5	6	0	.455	171	223
Car	4	7	0	.364	176	222
TB	3	8	0	.273	216	267

West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Arz	7	4	0	.636	220	203
SF	7	4	0	.636	217	188
Sea	5	6	0	.455	221	256
StL	5	6	0	.455	199	195

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

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North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Cle	7	4	0	.636	218	192
Pit	7	4	0	.636	214	203
Bal	5	5	1	.500	160	162
Cin	5	6	0	.455	244	217

East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
NE 	8	2	1	.773	234	153
NYJ	6	5	0	.545	232	181
Buf	4	6	1	.409	162	202
Mia	4	7	0	.364	211	244

South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Tenn	7	4	0	.636	254	173
Jax	5	6	0	.455	203	198
Hou	4	6	1	.409	153	222
Ind	4	7	0	.364	195	242

West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Den 	9	2	0	.818	291	195
KC	6	5	0	.545	170	212
SD	5	6	0	.455	188	182
Oak	4	7	0	.364	205	210

RESULTS
New England 28 Detroit 24
NY Jets 24 Chicago 13
Green Bay 28 Buffalo 19
Arizona 25 San Diego 20
Washington 16 Tennessee 10
San Francisco 24 Oakland 19
Cleveland 42 New Orleans 30
Jacksonville 18 Philadelphia 10
St Louis 27 Kansas City 10
Miami 24 Minnesota 20
Dallas 28 Indianapolis 21
Pittsburgh 27 Tampa 20
Cincinnati 42 Atlanta 13
Baltimore 13 Carolina 10
Denver 45 Seattle 10
Houston 20 NY Giants 17

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
New England Patriots (8-2-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-4)
New York Jets (6-5) at Cleveland Browns (7-4)
Miami Dolphins (4-7) at Baltimore Ravens (5-5-1)
Denver Broncos (9-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-6)
Chicago Bears (10-1) at Washington Redskins (7-4)
Detroit Lions (4-7) at Philadelphia Eagles (9-2)
Kansas City Chiefs (6-5) at Tennessee Titans (7-4)
Oakland Raiders (4-7) at Houston Texans (4-6-1)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-8) at Seattle Seahawks (5-6)
Minnesota Vikings (4-7) at Dallas Cowboys (3-8)
New Orleans Saints (5-6) at St. Louis Rams (5-6)
San Diego Chargers (5-6) at Indianapolis Colts (4-7)
Atlanta Falcons (5-6) at San Francisco 49ers (7-4)
Carolina Panthers (4-7) at Arizona Cardinals (7-4)
Buffalo Bills (4-6-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (5-6)
Green Bay Packers (4-7) at New York Giants (2-9)

LEAGUE LEADERS

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QB RATING	TM	AT	COMP	C%	YDS	TD	INT	RAT
Sid *Luckman	CHI	347	238	68.6	3192	25	6	114.4
Sammy *Baugh	WAS	152	89	58.6	1519	11	4	105.7
Manfred Gayle	TEN	278	164	59	2295	22	7	101.5
Ken Neal	PHI	252	173	68.7	1806	14	7	96.1
Steve Quayle	TB	171	102	59.6	1402	6	3	90.3
								
RUSHING YARDS	TM	GS	RUSH	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Bruce Jones	KAN	11	268	1194	4.5	70	9	
S *Van Buren	NYJ	11	251	1173	4.7	81	7	
Todd Berger	NO	11	242	1170	4.8	47	6	
Stacey Jolley	MIA	11	234	1162	5	77	10	
Bob *Seymour	WAS	11	224	1070	4.8	65	6	
								
RECEPTIONS	TM	REC						
Brian Gardner	DEN	77						
Zach Kruczek	CLE	74						
Bob Sommer	NO	74						
Wayne *Miller	WSH	74						
Lewis Smith	JAX	72						
Mel Ours	HOU	72						
Don *Hutson	GB	71						
Garland Brown	IND	70						
Sonny Pointer	BUF	67						
								
RECEVING YARDS	TM	GS	REC	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Wayne *Miller	WAS	11	74	1070	14.5	79	11	
Brian Gardner	DEN	11	77	1047	13.6	70	6	
Zach Kruczek	CLE	11	74	983	13.3	74	4	
Chuck Myers	NYG	11	61	957	15.7	80	3	
Mel Ours	HOU	11	72	947	13.2	60	4	
								
TACKLES	TM	GS	TAK	SOLO	AST			
Mel Hein	NYG	11	121	94	27			
Matt Truluck	STL	11	115	100	15			
B Hasselbeck	ARZ	11	112	87	25			
Jeff Parent	CIN	11	110	92	18			
James Williams	SEA	11	105	76	29			
								
SACKS		TM	SACK						
Kevin Merkins	DEN	14						
Reggie White	SD	11						
Ruben Taylor	MIN	10						
Leslie Hill	PHI	10						
Javon Love	OAK	9						
Wayne *Millner	CLE	9						
								
INTERCEPTONS	TM	INT						
Ed Newberry	DEN	10						
Mark Smith	BAL	7						
Greg Fletcher	BUF	6						
Earl Joyce	SF	6						
Ken Milloy	JAX	6						
Marion Dulaney	PHI	6						
Frankie Morrall	CHI	6						
Cris Brezina	TEN	6						
Rashod Dawson	GB	6						
Jimmy Conklin	WSH	6

continued

Tiger Fan · 07-22-2004, 11:24 AM

COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS
Friday November 17, 1946
Texas-El Paso 14 Brigham Young 3
Louisiana State 46 Fordham 3
Nevada 48 Loyola Marymount 3
Miami (Florida) 27 Washington & Lee 3

Saturday November 18, 1946
Alabama 24 Boston College 20
Rutgers 31 Bucknell 0
Auburn 23 Clemson 20
Colgate 27 Brown 3
Princeton 16 Dartmouth 16
Davidson 37 Citadel 3
Oklahoma State 34 Drake 0
North Carolina 28 Duke 21
Idaho 6 Fresno State 6
Georgia Tech 31 Furman 0
Georgia 50 Tennessee-Chattanooga 23
Merchant Marine 17 Hofstra 3
Holy Cross 17 Temple 16
Hardin-Simmons 33 Howard Payne 0
Illinois 26 Northwestern 3
Indiana 24 Purdue 3
New Mexico 28 Kansas State 7
Tennessee 31 Kentucky 14
Lafayette 14 Lehigh 13
Michigan State 13 Maryland 3
Michigan 33 Ohio State 7
Wisconsin 16 Minnesota 0
Mississippi State 13 Mississippi 10
Washington 21 Montana 7
Montana State 17 Colorado Mines 0
Oklahoma 37 Nebraska 7
North Carolina State 38 Florida 7
Notre Dame 34 Tulane 10
Oregon State 10 Oregon 6
Penn State 14 Pittsburgh 7
UCLA 28 Southern California 17
Baylor 6 Southern Methodist 0
California 20 Stanford 20
Columbia 47 Syracuse 14
Rice 20 Texas Christian 0
Texas Tech 23 Arizona 13
Toledo 20 Wichita State 7
West Texas A&M 37 Arizona State 0
Virginia 23 West Virginia 3
Yale 28 Harvard 16

Sunday November 19, 1946
San Francisco 9 Wyoming 9

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Georgetown at New York University

Thursday November 23, 1946
Arizona State at Wichita State
Arkansas at Tulsa
Colorado College at Denver
Colorado State at Colorado
Cornell at Pennsylvania
Furman at Davidson
Kansas at Missouri
New Mexico State at Texas-El Paso
Rollins at Tennessee-Chattanooga
South Carolina at Wake Forest
St Louis at Bradley
Texas A&M at Texas
Utah State at Utah
Virginia Military Institute at Virginia Tech
William & Mary at Richmond

Friday November 24, 1946
Detroit Mercy at Miami (Florida)
Portland at San Jose State

Saturday November 25, 1946
Army at Navy
Auburn at Florida
Baylor at Rice
Georgia Tech at Georgia
Holy Cross at Boston College
Kansas State at Arizona
Maryland at North Carolina State
Mississippi State at Alabama
Nebraska at UCLA
North Carolina at Virginia
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Southern California at Notre Dame
St Mary's at San Francisco
Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Texas Christian at Southern Methodist
Texas Tech at Hardin-Simmons
Tulane at Louisiana State
Washington at Oregon State
Washington State at Michigan State

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Code:

Standings	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Detroit	        13	8	4	1	17	41	34
Montreal	13	7	4	2	16	43	28
New York	13	4	4	5	13	34	37
Boston	        12	5	5	2	12	25	27
Toronto	        11	5	5	1	11	33	27
Chicago	        10	1	8	1	3	18	39

Code:

LEADERS	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
Maurice Richard	MON	13	13	4	17
Max Bentley	CHI	10	6	11	17
Joe Carveth	BOS	12	10	5	15
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	11	7	5	12
Tony Leswick	NY	13	9	2	11
Bill Cowley	BOS	12	4	7	11
Billy Taylor	DET	13	3	8	11
Ted Kennedy	TOR	11	3	8	11
Leo Gravelle	MON	13	9	1	10
Rene Trudell	NY	13	6	4	10
Cal Gardner	NY	13	6	4	10
Sid Abel	DET	13	5	5	10
Toe Blake	MON	13	3	7	10
					
Penalty Leaders	TEAM	GP	PIM		
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	11	26		
Fern Flaman	BOS	12	21		
M Chamberlain	MON	13	21		
					
					
GOALIES	TEAM	GP	W-L-T	ShO	GAA
Bill Durnan	MON	13	7-4-2	2	2.05
Turk Broda	TOR	11	5-5-1	0	2.35
Frank Brimsek	BOS	12	5-5-2	0	2.39
Harry Lumley	DET	12	8-3-1	0	2.54

RESULTS
Wednesday November 15, 1946
Montreal 0 New York 0
Boston 3 Detroit 1

Thursday November 16, 1946
Detroit 5 Montreal 2

Saturday November 18, 1946
Toronto 3 Montreal 1
Chicago 2 New York 2

Sunday November 19, 1946
Detroit 2 Chicago 1
Boston 4 Montreal 2
Toronto 3 New York 3

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Toronto at Boston
Detroit at Chicago

Thursday November 23, 1946
New York at Detroit

Saturday November 25, 1946
New York at Montreal
Detroit at Toronto

Sunday November 26, 1946
Montreal at Boston
Toronto at Detroit
New York at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

STANDINGS

Code:

EAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
WSH	6	5	1	.833	x
PROV	7	5	2	.714	0.5
PHI	2	1	1	.500	2.0
NY	5	2	3	.400	2.5
BOS	6	1	5	.167	4.0
Tor	6	1	5	.167	4.0
					
WEST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
CHI	8	7	1	.875	x
STL	6	5	1	.833	1.0
CLE	4	2	2	.500	3.0
DET	6	2	4	.333	4.0
PIT	6	0	6	.000	6.0

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Monday November 13, 1946
Providence 64 Pittsburgh 53
Chicago 72 New York 71

Wednesday November 15, 1946
Chicago 70 Boston 63
Providence 57 Detroit 52

Thursday November 16, 1946
St Louis 61 Boston 46
Washington 68 Philadelphia 51

Friday November 17, 1946
Toronto 68 Providence 67

Saturday November 18, 1946
Providence 57 Detroit 52
Cleveland 67 St Louis 54
Washington 76 Chicago 62
New York 69 Pittsburgh 54
Boston 62 Toronto 53

Sunday November 19, 1946
Chicago 69 Cleveland 66

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES

Monday November 20, 1946
Toronto at Pittsburgh
Detroit at New York

Tuesday November 21, 1946
Cleveland at Toronto
St Louis at Philadelphia

Wednesday November 22, 1946
Pittsburgh at Detroit
St Louis at Washington
Chicago at New York

Thursday November 23, 1946
Chicago at Philadelphia
St Louis at Boston
Washington at Providence

Friday November 24, 1946
Boston at Toronto

Saturday November 25, 1946
St Louis at Providence
Cleveland at New York
Toronto at Washington
Boston at Detroit

Sunday November 26, 1946
Detroit at Chicago
Pittsburgh at Cleveland

LEAGUE SCORING LEADERS

Code:

SCORING	     TEAM	GP	PPG
Joe Fulks	PHI	2	25.0
Ed Sadowski	CLE	4	16.8
Bob Feerick	WSH	5	18.4
F Baumholtz	CLE	4	15.0
Johnny Logan	STL	5	14.2
John Norlander	WSH	5	14.2
Max Zaslofsky	CHI	8	14.1
Horace McKinney	WSH	6	14.0
Donald Martin	PROV	7	13.3
Chuck Halbert	CHI	7	13.1

CANADIAN FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS

Saturday November 18, 1946
Western Final Game 2
Winnipeg 10 at 14 Calgary
Winnipeg wins 2 game total point series 27-14

Sunday November 19, 1946
Toronto Balmy Beach 7 at 23 Toronto Argos

UPCOMING GAMES
Sunday November 26, 1946
GREY CUP
Winnipeg vs Toronto Argos at Toronto

Matt from TN · 07-22-2004, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiger Fan

The SEC title will come down to the final week of the college season as both Georgia and Tennessee have one game remaining. The Bulldogs will host rival Georgia Tech while the Vols travel to Vanderbilt. If Georgia beats Georgia Tech we will likely see a 1-vs-2 showdown with Army and the Bulldogs meeting in the Sugar Bowl. Tennessee could go to the Cotton Bowl to face the Southwest Conference winner.

They're always so terrible at football, but go Vandy! 4-4 is not bad for them, but UT is 8th in the nation. Like most of there games IRL, it should be lopsided.

goroyals · 07-22-2004, 12:04 PM

Does Kentucky have any shot at a bowl bid?

Tiger Fan · 07-22-2004, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goroyals

Does Kentucky have any shot at a bowl bid?

Unfortunately not. As you can see from their schedule most of their wins were against poor teams or what I will call division 2 clubs (Cincinnati, Xavier and Marquette). They beat Michigan State, West Virginia and Mississippi but so did virtually everyone else who played those 3 teams. A win over any of Georgia, Alabama or Tennessee would have got them into a bowl and quite possibly the top 20.

Here are the results for Kentucky

Mississippi W 22-14
at Cincinnati W 56-3
Xavier W 31-0
at Georgia L 3-27
Vanderbilt W 28-3
Alabama L 17-28
Michigan State W 28-7
at Marquette W 12-3
West Virigina W 9-3
at Tennessee L 14-31

Some good news for Wildcat fans. They have two players in the NFL top 100 college prospects.

46 - QB Emmett Redman Kentucky 2645 yards, 79.1%, 19 TDs, 12 INTs.
67 - DE Washington *Serini Kentucky 6 sacks, 11 stuffs, 40 tackles

Tiger Fan · 07-23-2004, 05:13 PM

SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE
TRIPLE CROWN WILL RECEIVE TSN COVERAGE
TigerFan's Sporting News has announced that it will start to cover horse racing's most prestigous events beginning in the spring. The Kentucky Derby, the first jewel of the Triple Crown, will be our inagural event and it will take place in May. We will also file reports on the Preakness and Belmont Stakes events.

We are a year away from Citation's triple crown winning season of 1948 but 1947 still promises some excitement. Among the favourites will be Phalanx, with 1945 Derby winner Eddie Arcaro on board, Jet Pilot the real life Derby winner of 1947 and Faultless who is owned by two-time Derby winner Calumet Farm.

The Background
I will be using a freeware game called "Down the Stretch" created by Brien Martin. Here is a link to his site for anyone interested. http://www.geocities.com/aslplayer63...mes/index.html
The game comes with fictional horses but after watching a replay of the 1947 Derby and doing a fair bit of research I believe I have acceptable ratings for the horses involved in the 3 races. A little more tweaking on the ratings may be necessary but I am close to what I want with them. I believe horse racing was a major part of the sports scene in this era so I felt it was important to have it represented. That leaves college basketball and the Olympic games as the only major events not yet included in this dynasty.

As a side note the issues will probably come a little less quickly right now. The basketball games are being played out by hand using a dice game so it takes about 10 minutes per game to play which slows things down a little. Hockey is also a little more time consuming as I have to manually copy all of the stats for both sports into a spreadsheet. I am also focusing on getting my fictional Salt Lake City Bees dynasty going again.

Feel free to post any questions on a particular athlete, team or sport. Also any feedback on how I can improve this is much appreciated.

GForce · 07-23-2004, 07:06 PM

Simply insane, TF. I applaud your efforts here.

GH

Tiger Fan · 07-23-2004, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GForce

Simply insane, TF. I applaud your efforts here.

GH

LOL. Well, the history of baseball stuff is old hat now. There are plenty of them (and many that are quite good) so I had to come up with something different....

GForce · 07-23-2004, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiger Fan

LOL. Well, the history of baseball stuff is old hat now. There are plenty of them (and many that are quite good) so I had to come up with something different....

And that you did. I thought about something like this a while back but wasn't willing to take it on. You have and are doing a great job with it.

GH

Tiger Fan · 07-26-2004, 10:37 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : November 27, 1946
COLLINS AND PLANK MAKE HALL OF FAME
Pitchers Ray Collins and Eddie Plank can now each add one more footnote to their outstanding major league careers - Hall of Famer. The two hurlers who combined for 10 pitcher of the year awards each received just over the mimimum 126 votes necessary for induction. The total number of Hall of Famers now swells to 15, including 7 pitchers.

Collins, who won 6 pitcher of the year awards and was instrumental in the Red Sox 9 pennants and 6 World Series titles during his 15 year career, led all candidates with 130 votes. He began his career in 1909 at the age of 22. He struggled through an 8-9 season and it would be 3 years before his career blossomed. And blossom it did. Collins won at least 21 games and never lost more than 12 each season between 1912 and 1922. He won a major league record 10 postseason games and finished his career in 1923 with a 326-139 record.

Plank finished with one vote less than Collins. A 4 time American League pitcher of the year and 9 time allstar, Plank spent his entire career with the Athletics. 5 times he led his league in wins and 3 times had the best era. He was 3-3 in World Series action but never played for a winner. His career era of 2.45 is the 6th lowest alltime. He also ranks 11th alltime in strikeouts with 2106 and is 14th in career wins with 323.

Among those just missing induction was Nap Lajoie who once again fell short. Many have long argued that Lajoie should have been among the initial group of inductees 13 years ago but here once again Lajoie is left wondering if his name will ever be called. Smokey Joe Wood, Ed Walsh and Zach Wheat all fell less than 15 votes shy of 75% needed for induction.

Anyone appearing on less than 10% of the ballots will be removed from consideration for next year. 9 time allstar outfielder Chick Hafey, who spent his entire 18 year career with the Cardinals, heads the list of players who will be eligible for the first time next year.

Code:

167 ballots cast	VOTES	PCT
Ray Collins 	        130	77.8%
Eddie Plank  	        129	77.2%
Ed Walsh Sr.  	        115	68.9%
Zach Wheat  	        113	67.7%
Joe Wood   	        112	67.1%
Nap Lajoie   	        103	61.7%
Chief Bender  	        100	59.9%
Bob Meusel   	          68	40.7%
Doc Ayers 	          34	20.4%
Al Bridwell  	          23	13.8%
Orval Overall    	  21	12.6%
Bill Steen   	          19	11.4%
George Uhle  	          18	10.8%
Harry Heilmann  	  17	10.2%
Bill Doak  	          15	9.0%
Weldon Henley      	  14	8.4%
Doc White    	          12	7.2%
Hugh Bedient  	            9	5.4%
Bob Harmon  	            8	4.8%
Jimmy Dygert 	            7	4.2%
Larry Gardner	            6	3.6%
Bill Chappelle  	   5	3.0%
Bob Rhoads	            5	3.0%
Al Mamaux	            4	2.4%
Joe Judge	            4	2.4%
Claude Hendrix 	            3	1.8%
Roy Patterson	            2	1.2%
John Skopec	            2	1.2%
Emmet Heidrick  	   2	1.2%
Johnny Mostil	            2	1.2%
Pol Perritt	            1	0.6%
Gene Demontreville	   1	0.6%
Joe Hauser   	            1	0.6%
George Sisler	            1	0.6%
Milt Stock	           1	             0.6%

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CHICAGO CUBS
After back-to-back National League Pennants the Chicago Cubs slipped to 5th place this past season. The biggest reason for the turnaround - the offense or rather lack thereof. In 1945 the Cubs were 3rd in runs scored and 5th in batting average in the major leagues while in 1946 they fell to 15th in each of those categories. It is hard to single one player out for the fall as it clearly was a case of virtually every regular having an off-year at the same time. The good news is most of the players are young enough that they could all just as easily have a career year next season.

Catcher Ken O'Dea (.266,13,67) saw his average dip nearly .050 but he will be just 34 next season and is being counted on to regain the form he showed during the pennant winning seasons when he made back to back allstar teams. 41 year old Don Hurst lost the first base job to 27 year old rookie Eddie Waitkus (.307,1,22) in August and Waitkus appears to have a bright future. The rest of the infield remains the same as during the pennant winning seasons: 30 year old Eddie Stanky (.240,1,32) at second, 29 year old Lenny Merullo (.226,0,42) at short and third baseman Harland Clift (.206,15,69) who will be 34 on opening day. All 3 are coming off the worst season of their careers offensively.

Outfielder Bill Nicholson (.232,18,72) still displayed power but the 32 year old saw his average plummet by .054. 34 year old Augie Galan (.259,4,59) and 33 year old Joe Marty (.243,8,61) round out the lineup. However, they will be pressed for playing time by 26 year old Andy Pafko, who hit .293 in AAA and appears ready for the Show.

Pitching is the Cubs strength as they again finished in the top four in earned runs allowed. Starters Vern Olsen (15-16, 2.93), Paul Erickson (16-17, 3.39), Hank Wyse (16-16, 3.84) and Ken Raffensberger (14-13, 3.41) return and all are between 29 and 31 years of age. 26 year old Johnny Schmitz (3-5, 4.05) and 29 year old Ed Head (2-1, 1.55) will press for a spot in the rotation. Head in particular is an interesting case. He went 21-14 for the Dodgers in 1942 and was named NL Rookie of the Year before a terrible start the following season prompted his being traded twice. He did win 19 games for the Cubs in 1944 but has not been able to crack the rotation since then.

1947 OUTLOOK - The Cubs are a strong team and if the hitters can perform like they did 2 years ago there is no reason why Wrigley Field won't be an exciting place to be in come late September.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CINCINNATI REDS
Pennant fever returned to Cincinnati last season for the first time since 1926. In the end the Reds finished two games back of Pittsburgh but their 89 wins was the most since they last celebrated a championship 20 years ago.

The hamstring injury to Joe Dimaggio that cost the slugger nearly all of September may well have been the difference in the pennant race. The 32 year old Dimaggio is clearly not the player he was in his early days with the Yankees before suffering a series of injuries but he can still mash the ball and has the uncanny ability to hit the big one at the right time. Dimaggio (.226,21,77) saw his average drop to a career low but he hit 12 homers in the 39 games just proceeding his injury to spark the Reds pennant run.

Ford Garrison (.310,10,57) and Joe Medwick (.323,11,70) will be 31 and 35 respectively as the 1947 season opens and both are coming off strong seasons. 34 year old first baseman Johnny Mize (.242,19,86) is still productive and 34 year old second sacker Alex Kampouris (.323,10,66) fashioned career best numbers. Veteran Pete Coscarart (.259,6,57) at short and 3B Grady Hatton (.250,8,54) round out the infield. Hatton is just 24 and is expected to improve upon a decent rookie season. 32 year old catcher Frankie Hayes (.223,11,62) wilted in the late summer after a strong start to his season.

The pitching staff in a quick glance looks good. But dig a little deeper and you can see why the Reds are a little worried. 30 year old Johnny Hutchings (21-6, 3.00) had everything go his way in his first full season as a starter. However, the jury is out on whether or not he can duplicate those numbers. Arnold Carter (18-15, 3.14) is far less of a concern. The 28 year old has improved each of his 3 seasons in the Reds rotation. Howie Fox (17-15, 4.96) is another question mark. The 26 year old had a far better record than his showing as a rookie two seasons ago but his era ballooned and poses some worry for the Reds front office. Rookie Evell Blackwell (12-15, 3.75) appears to have a bright future but can the 23 year old repeat his freshman performance? 24 year old Johnny Hetki (3-2, 2.67) led the National League with 11 saves.

1947 OUTLOOK - Everything went right for the Reds in 1946 until Dimaggio got hurt. Even then they nearly pulled off their first pennant in 20 years. The bet this season is things won't fall in to place quite as easily and the Reds will be a slightly above .500 ballclub. 3rd or 4th place at best.

continued

Tiger Fan · 07-26-2004, 10:39 PM

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
ARMY FINISHES PERFECT SEASON: DECLINES BOWL OFFER
Army easily handled longtime for Navy 29-10 over the weekend at Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium but the bigger news came after the game when it was made official that Army would not accept the Sugar Bowl's invitation to play against Georgia. It has been a longtime standard that Army does not participate in postseason games but with WWII over and the excitement a number 1 vs number 2 matchup could have provided many were expecting the Cadets to accept the invitation. Head Coach Earl Blaik broke the news to the media immediately following the win over Navy.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the new Top 20 after the final weekend of the season (last weeks ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 10-0 won 29-10 at Navy
2. Georgia (2) -- 10-0 beat Georgia Tech 37-24 co-SEC winner
3. UCLA (3) -- 10-0 beat Nebraska 37-13 win PCC Title
4- Notre Dame (4) -- 8-1 beat USC 31-7 only loss to Army
5. Michigan (5) -- 8-1 off won Western Conference Title only loss to Army
6. North Carolina (6) -- 10-0 beat Virginia 22-13 won Southern Conference Title
7. Tennessee (8)-- 9-1 beat Vanderbilt 16-0 co-SEC champs only loss to North Carolina
8. Rice (9) - 9-0-1 beat Baylor 21-7 win SWC title only blemish a tie with SMU
9. Alabama (10) -- 9-2 beat Mississippi State 24-14 losses to Georgia and Tenn.
10. Yale (7) -- 9-0 off Finished as top Ivy League school although technically all are independants
11 William & Mary (12)-- 9-1 beat Richmond 17-7 only loss to North Carolina
12. Pennsylvania (11)-- 7-1 beat Cornell 21-14 only loss to Army
13 North Carolina State (14)-- 9-1 beat Maryland 38-6 loss was against Wake Forest
14. Arkansas (13) - 6-2-2 tied 6-6 at Tulsa
15. Illinois (15)-- 6-2-1 off 2nd in Western Conference losses to Notre Dame and Michigan
16 Rutgers (17)-- 8-0-1 season over tie was against Harvard
17. Oklahoma (16)-- 7-2-1 dissappointing 30-30 tie at Oklahoma State Won Big 6
18 Hardin-Simmons (nr)-- 10-0 beat Texas Tech 28-24. Won Border Conference title
19 Kentucky (19)-- 7-3 season over all 3 losses to SEC rivals
20 Tulsa (nr) -- 7-2-1 tied then #13 Arkansas 6-6. Won MVC title. losses to Detroit Mercy and Tx Tech

Dropping out of top 20
Southern California (18)-- 5-3-1 lost 31-7 at Notre Dame tied for second in PCC
Mississippi State (20)-- 7-3 lost at #10 Alabama 24-14 all 3 losses to SEC rivals

BOWL MATCHUPS DECIDED
Army's refusal to accept a Bowl bid sent a real shockwave through the entire bowl picture. However once the dust settled there will definately be some intriguing matchups even though there will not be a true number 1 vs number 2.

With Army out of the picture number 4 Notre Dame decided to pass on the Orange Bowl and take the Cadets spot in the Sugar Bowl against number 2 Georgia. If the Bulldogs beat the Irish it will be interesting to see if that can vault them past idle Army into the number 1 ranking.

Other games involving top 10 clubs including the Rose Bowl which features unbeaten number 3 UCLA against the 5th ranked Michigan Wolverines. #7 Tennessee will meet #8 Rice in the Cotton Bowl. 6th ranked North Carolina was a team being heavily wooed and with the Southern Conference not having a direct affiliation with a bowl the Tar Heels opted for the Orange Bowl against Big 6 champ #17 Oklahoma. The Oil Bowl should also be a good matchup with 9th ranked Alabama playing 11th ranked William & Mary.

Only 3 top 20 teams will not be participating in a bowl game. Army and #10 Yale both declined while 19th ranked Kentucky was not eligible because of a rule allowing just 3 teams per conference to participate in a bowl game. The SEC is already represented by Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. LSU, despite barely missing the top 20, would likely have been selected ahead of Kentucky had a 4th SEC school been eligible.

The only Bowl game undecided is the Raisin Bowl which features the champions from the Border and Mountain States Conferences. Hardin-Simmons went 10-0 and won the Border Conference title but the Mountain States will not be decided until next week's game between Utah State and Denver is completed. Utah State can not win the conference but if they beat Denver than the title will go to Utah.

THE BOWL PICTURE

SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
#16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Nevada vs Stanford

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver or Utah

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois vs Texas

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa vs New Mexico

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROUNDUP
PLAYOFF PICTURE STARTING TO COME IN FOCUS
With just 4 weeks remaining in the 1946 National Football League season the playoff picture is beginning to clear up. In the NFC the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles have already clinched berths while things are looking very good for the Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins. In the AFC only the Denver Broncos have clinched a playoff berth so far, but the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs all look to be in good shape.

In this weekend's games the Philadelphia Eagles clinched a playoff berth with a 34-26 win over a game Detroit Lions squad. Ken Neal returned from injury to throw 3 touchdown passes for the Eagles while RB Harley Mitchell, also back from injury, ran for 82 yards and caught 4 passes for 67 more. Losing QB Bob *Waterfield had another strong day for the Lions, throwing for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The Chicago Bears rebounded from last week's loss against the Jets by hammering Washington 44-24. Sid *Luckman threw 4 touchdown passes as the Bears clinched the NFC North Division title.

Tampa beat Seattle 24-15 despite a breakout game from Seahawks RB Marion *Motley. Motley ran for a career best 124 yards. All of Tampa's scoring came in the second quarter including a pair of Steve Quayle touchdown passes and a 77 yard interception return from Jim Plum.

5 turnovers cost Dallas bigtime against Minnesota. The Vikings won 31-27 despite Dallas having a huge advantage in total yards and time of possession. Cowboys QB Doug Shroeder was picked off twice and fumbled once. Dallas running back Raymond Cash ran for 127 yards.

New Orleans beat St Louis 35-18 to take over sole possession of top spot in the NFC South at 6-6. Todd Berger ran for 101 yards and scored 3 touchdowns to lead the Saints.

San Francisco and Arizona both won to remain tied atop the NFC West at 8-4. The 49ers beat Atlanta 30-7 while the Cardinals needed overtime to top Carolina 16-10. Trent Feeney's second touchdown pass of the game, a 49 yarder to WR Anthony Green accounted for the winning score.

The New York Giants finally ended their losing streak at 9 games as they beat Green Bay 13-9. Michael Lake ran for 138 yards for New York while the Giant defense completely dominated the Packers.

In the AFC Denver became the first team to clinch a playoff berth with a 13-3 victory over Jacksonville. LB Seth Walker had an incredible game for the Broncos, picking up a pair of sacks and recording 11 tackles. Aside from RB Oscar Hartings who gained 100 yards on the ground and another 49 receiving, the Broncos offense did not do a lot.

New England improved to 9-2-1 with a 24-17 win over Pittsburgh. Bob Irvin tossed 3 touchdown passes and threw for 281 yards for the Pats who turned all 3 Steelers turnovers into points. Pittsburgh falls to 7-5 and a game out of first in the AFC North.

Cleveland has sole possession of top spot in the North after laying a 31-10 beating on the 6-6 New York Jets. Art Basnight ran for 111 yards and Wayne *Millner had two sacks to lead the Browns. After such an incredible performance in upsetting Chicago a week ago, the Jets looked like a completely different - and uninspired - club. Steve *Van Buren was held to just 44 yards rushing and he had a fumble returned for a Cleveland touchdown.

League rushing leader Stacey Jolley scored 3 touchdowns and ran for a career high 250 yards to lead Miami past Baltimore 38-21. Jolley's 250 yards are just 18 shy of the single game record set by Antowain Anderson of Atlanta a year ago. The defending champion Ravens fall to 5-6-1 and are looking like they will not be making a postseason appearance this year.

Kansas City is in the thick of the wild card hunt at 7-5 after beating Tennessee 30-17. The Chiefs won despite 3 interceptions from QB Ulish Groce. However, the Chiefs certainly did not have a monopoly on turnovers. Manfred Gayle of the Titans was picked off twice and he fumbled once. Titan kick returner Flip McMillan fumbled 3 times. The Titans are also 7-5 and 2 games ahead of Jacksonville and Indianapolis atop the AFC South.

Johnny Cushing ran for 106 yards and had 6 catches for 72 yards to help Oakland past Houston 30-23. At 5-7 the Raiders are likely out of the postseason picture.

Indianapolis upended San Diego 27-6. James Harris had 10 tackles and an interception to lead the Colts defense to it's best showing of the season.

Buffalo remains alive in the wild card hunt at 5-6-1 after beatint Chicnnati 13-6. Bills QB Leon Allen connected with WR Thomas Glover for a 5 yard touchdown pass on Buffalo's opening possession to account for the only major on the day. Bills CB Greg Fletcher had 2 sacks and forced a pair of Cincinnati fumbles.

There are a number of games next week that can make a huge difference in the playoff picture including New Orleans (6-6) at Pittsburgh (7-5) and Arizona (8-4) at San Francisco (8-4) but the biggest matchup may be a potential title game preview as New England (9-2-1) entertains the Chicago Bears (11-1).

BOXING ROUNDUP
BOB MONTGOMERY TAKES STEP CLOSER TO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Promising lightweight Bob Montgomery improved to 10-0 with a victory in his hometown of Philadelphia over his toughest opponent to date. Montgomery looked to be in trouble early on against Australian Vic Patrick until he caught the Aussie with a devasting right in the 4th round that sent him to the canvas. Patick, ranked 11th in the World entering the fight recovered from the knockdown but he never did take control of the fight again. Montgomery won by unanimous decision dropping Patrick's record to 11-3.

The win moves Montgomery in to the role of number 1 contender for champion Ike Williams' World Lightweight belt. It is expected Williams and Montgomery will meet late next year for the title. Despite the loss Patrick showed enough to move up into the top 10 fighters in the division.

In other boxing news reigning British middleweight champ Randy Turpin added the European Middleweight belt to his collection after outpointing Frenchman Edouard Tenet in London England over the weekend. Turpin improves to 22-3 and is ranked XX overall while Tenet's record falls to 13-6-1. If his career continues along the same path expect Turpin to get a shot a World Middleweight champ Jake Lamotta in the next year or two.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RED WINGS STRETCH LEAD WITH 3 STRAIGHT WINS
The Detroit Red Wings have opened up an 8 point lead atop the National Hockey League standings after three straight wins last week. Meanwhile, Montreal dropped to a third place tie after going winless in their last 7 games.

The Wings started a busy 4 game week with an uninspired effort in a 1-1 tie with lowly Chicago. for the Black Hawks it was just their third point of the season and Chicago's goal was scored by, who else, Max Bentley. Bentley is tied with Rocket Richard for the scoring lead with 19 points and he has been involved in all but one of Chicago's 20 goals this season.

Thursday the Wings beat the Rangers at the Olympia by a 5-4 score. Sid Abel led the Red Wings with a pair of goals while Grant Warwick had two for the visitors. On Saturday the Red Wings held off a late charge from Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens to beat the Leafs 5-4. Howie Meeker had a hat trick for the Leafs while stay at-home defense Bill Quakenbush equalled his season point total with 3 helpers for the Detroiters. On Sunday, the Wings again beat the Leafs. This time it was a 5-3 score on the ice at The Olympia. Just as was the case the previous evening 5 different Red Wings beat struggling Toronto netminder Turk Broda.

Speaking of struggling, the Montreal Canadiens continue to plummet in the standings. The Habs have lost 5 in a row and have just 1 tie in their last 7 games after starting the season 7-0-1. The Canadiens lost a pair of 2-1 games last week, to the Rangers and Boston.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLING OPPOSITION
The Providence Steamrollers, riding a 7 game winning streak, are the hottest club in the BAA. The Steamrollers own the best record in the league thanks to a balanced offense led by guards Donald Martin and Ernie Calverley. The two are each averaging over 13 points a game but the offense is not restricted to the backcourt. Center Hank Beenders is averaging nearly 11 points a game and forward Earl Shannon contributes just over 12 points. The bench is the Steamrollers weak spot but with the current level of production from the starters it has hardly hurt the team.

Joe Fulks of Philadelphia set a record for the young league by pouring in 32 points against Chicago on November 23rd. It was a single game record but did little to help the Warriors on that night as Chicago outscored Philadelphia 82-59. Fulks is leading the league in scoring but his Warriors have played just 4 games so far.

continued

Tiger Fan · 07-26-2004, 10:51 PM

CANADIAN FOOTBALL
TORONTO ARGOS WIN GREY CUP IN OVERTIME
The Toronto Argonauts defeated Winnipeg 17-14 on an overtime field goal to win the Grey Cup, emblematic of football supremacy north of the border. The Argos led 7-0 at the half but Winnipeg tied the game in the third quarter and then took a 14-7 lead early in the fourth. The Argos tied things a few minutes later to send the game into extra time.

It marks the second year in a row the Argos beat Winnipeg to win the Cup. Last year Toronto won in convincing fashion, scoring a 35-0 shutout. This year's game in Toronto was much closer but it still marks the Bombers 4th Grey Cup defeat in the last 5 years. Winnipeg last won the Grey Cup in 1941 when the Bombers trimmed the Ottawa Rough Riders 18-16.

GOLF
BYRON NELSON NAMED TSN GOLFER OF THE YEAR
To no one's surprise Byron Nelson has been named the golfer of the year by TigerFan's Sporting News. The Fort Worth, Texas native won two majors to bring his career total to 6. It did not quite compare statistically to the run he had in 1945 when he won 11 consecutive tournaments and a total of 19 tour events. The performance has been disparaged by some because most of the other top professional golfers were serving in World War II. (Nelson wasn't qualified for military service because he had hemophilia.) His win in the British Open and the PGA Championship certainly goes a long way towards erasing some of that doubt.

The British Open win became a marathon as Nelson and Australian Peter Thomson needed just an extra round to break their tie but also 5 sudden-death playoff holes. Nelson birdied the 5th playoff hole to claim the Claret Jug for the first time in his career. He won the match-play PGA title at the Portland Golf Club by beating Dick Burton 2 and 1 in the final. His toughest match came in the quarterfinals when he needed an extra hole to top Jimmy Demaret. Nelson finished tied for 5th in the Masters 5 strokes behind winner Ben Hogan. He missed the cut for the US Open.

In other golf notes captains Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton are expected to name their rosters for the 1947 Ryder Cup which will be held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon. It will be the first Cup challenge since the Americans upset the British on their home turf in 1937. In the five events prior to that the home side had won on each occassion. The first event was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1927 after a trophy was donated by Samuel Ryder. The United States leads the series 4 wins to two. The event will return to the prewar format of being contested every second year. The 1949 event will be held at the Ganton Golf Club in Ganton, England.

STATS AND STANDINGS
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Code:

					
North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Chi	11	1	0	.917	387	228
Min	5	7	0	.417	219	265
Det	4	8	0	.333	247	292
GB	4	8	0	.333	270	267

East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Phil	10	2	0	.833	330	224
Wash 	7	5	0	.583	294	270
Dal 	3	9	0	.250	220	280
NYG	3	9	0	.250	201	302

South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
NO	6	6	0	.500	266	301
Atl	5	7	0	.417	178	253
Car	4	8	0	.333	186	238
TB	4	8	0	.333	240	282

West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Arz	8	4	0	.667	236	213
SF	8	4	0	.667	247	195
Sea	5	7	0	.417	236	280
StL	5	7	0	.417	217	230

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Code:

				
North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Cle	8	4	0	.667	249	202
Pit	7	5	0	.583	231	227
Bal	5	6	1	.458	181	200
Cin	5	7	0	.417	250	230

East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
NE 	9	2	1	.792	258	170
NYJ	6	6	0	.500	242	212
Buf	5	6	1	.458	175	208
Mia	5	7	0	.417	249	265

South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Tenn	7	5	0	.583	271	203
Jax	5	7	0	.417	206	211
Ind	5	7	0	.417	222	248
Hou	4	7	1	.375	176	252

West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Den 	10	2	0	.833	304	198
KC	7	5	0	.583	200	229
SD	5	7	0	.417	194	209
Oak	5	7	0	.417	235	233

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
New England 24 Pittsburgh 17
Cleveland 31 NY Jets 10
Miami 38 Baltimore 31
Denver 13 Jacksonville 3
Chicago 44 Washington 24
Philadelphia 34 Detroit 26
Kansas City 30 Tennessee 17
Oakland 30 Houston 23
Tampa 24 Seattle 15
Minnesota 31 Dallas 27
New Orleans 35 St Louis 18
Indianapolis 27 San Diego 6
San Francisco 30 Atlanta 7
Arizona 16 Carolina 10
Buffalo 13 Cincinnati 6
NY Giants 13 Green Bay 9

WEEK 14 MATCHUPS
Chicago Bears (11-1) at New England Patriots (9-2-1)
Detroit Lions (4-8) at New York Jets (6-6)
Washington Redskins (7-5) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-7)
Philadelphia Eagles (10-2) at Tennessee Titans (7-5)
New Orleans Saints (6-6) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-8) at Cleveland Browns (8-4)
St. Louis Rams (5-7) at Denver Broncos (10-2)
Seattle Seahawks (5-7) at Kansas City Chiefs (7-5)
Green Bay Packers (4-8) at Minnesota Vikings (5-7)
New York Giants (3-9) at Dallas Cowboys (3-9)
Atlanta Falcons (5-7) at Carolina Panthers (4-8)
San Francisco 49ers (8-4) at Arizona Cardinals (8-4)
Buffalo Bills (5-6-1) at Miami Dolphins (5-7)
Cincinnati Bengals (5-7) at Baltimore Ravens (5-6-1)
Oakland Raiders (5-7) at San Diego Chargers (5-7)
Houston Texans (4-7-1) at Indianapolis Colts (5-7)

Code:

QB RATING	TM	AT	COMP	C%	YDS	TD	INT	RAT
Sid *Luckman	CHI	375	255	68	3532	29	6	117.1
Sammy *Baugh	WAS	152	89	58.6	1519	11	4	105.7
Ken Neal	PHI	273	189	69.2	1992	17	7	100.3
Manfred Gayle	TEN	316	190	60.1	2553	24	9	99.3
Ryan Boyette	NO	348	219	62.9	2614	14	9	88.5
								
RUSHING YARDS	TM	GS	RUSH	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Stacey Jolley	MIA	12	256	1412	5.5	97	13	
Todd Berger	NO	12	271	1271	4.7	47	9	
Bruce Jones	KAN	12	290	1263	4.4	70	10	
S *Van Buren	NYJ	12	262	1217	4.6	81	7	
Bob *Seymour	WAS	12	243	1148	4.7	65	8	
								
RECEPTIONS	TM	REC						
Bob Sommer	NO	81						
Zach Kruczek	CLE	80						
Wayne *Miller	WSH	80						
Lewis Smith	JAX	80						
Brian Gardner	DEN	78						
Mel Ours	HOU	78						
Don *Hutson	GB	78						
Garland Brown	IND	74						
Sonny Pointer	BUF	74						
								
RECEVING YARDS	TM	GS	REC	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Wayne *Miller	WAS	12	80	1151	14.4	79	11	
Chuck Myers	NYG	12	66	1055	16	80	4	
Brian Gardner	DEN	12	78	1054	13.5	70	6	
Zach Kruczek	CLE	12	80	1035	12.9	74	4	
Lewis Smith	JAX	12	80	1023	12.8	70	3	
								
TACKLES	         TM	GS	TAK	SOLO	AST			
Mel Hein	NYG	12	128	100	28			
Matt Truluck	STL	12	126	111	15			
Jeff Parent	CIN	12	120	100	20			
B Hasselbeck	ARZ	12	115	88	27			
James Williams	SEA	12	113	84	29			
								
SACKS	          TM	SACK						
Kevin Merkins	DEN	14						
Reggie White	SD	11						
Wayne *Millner	CLE	11						
Ruben Taylor	MIN	10						
Leslie Hill	PHI	10						
Javon Love	OAK	9						
								
INTERCEPTONS	TM	INT						
Ed Newberry	DEN	10						
Mark Smith	BAL	7						
Cris Brezina	TEN	7						
Greg Fletcher	BUF	6						
Earl Joyce	SF	6						
Ken Milloy	JAX	6						
Marion Dulaney	PHI	6						
Frankie Morrall	CHI	6						
Rashod Dawson	GB	6						
Jimmy Conklin	WSH	6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Georgetown 16 New York University 7

Thursday November 23, 1946
Wichita State 24 Arizona State 12
Tulsa 6 Arkansas 6
Denver 24 Colorado College 0
Colorado 37 Colorado State 0
Pennsylvania 21 Cornell 14
Davidson 31 Furman 6
Missouri 10 Kansas 10
New Mexico State 21 Texas-El Paso 10
Tennessee-Chattanooga 41 Rollins 3
Wake Forest 48 South Carolina 7
St. Louis 24 Bradley 10
Texas 24 Texas A&M 0
Utah 17 Utah State 7
Virginia Tech 9 Virginia Military Institute 6
William & Mary 17 Richmond 7

Friday November 24, 1946
Miami (Florida) 26 Detroit Mercy 21
Portland 16 San Jose State 3

Saturday November 25, 1946
Army 29 Navy 10
Auburn 35 Florida 30
Rice 21 Baylor 7
Georgia 37 Georgia Tech 24
Boston College 20 Holy Cross 3
Arizona 38 Kansas State 13
North Carolina State 38 Maryland 6
Alabama 24 Mississippi State 14
UCLA 37 Nebraska 13
North Carolina 22 Virginia 13
Oklahoma State 30 Oklahoma 30
Notre Dame 31 Southern California 7
St. Mary's 31 San Francisco 30
Tennessee 16 Vanderbilt 0
Southern Methodist 10 Texas Christian 10
Hardin-Simmons 28 Texas Tech 24
Louisiana State 30 Tulane 0
Oregon State 14 Washington 13
Michigan State 24 Washington State 14

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday December 2, 1946
Nevada at Hawaii All Stars
Utah State at Denver

Saturday December 9, 1946
Portland at Hawaii All Stars
Southern California at Tulane

Saturday December 16, 1946
Utah at Hawaii All Stars

END OF REGULAR SEASON

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Code:

Standings	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Detroit	          17	12	4	1	25	58	46
New York	16	6	5	5	17	51	44
Boston	          14	7	5	2	16	30	29
Montreal	15	7	6	2	16	45	32
Toronto	          13	5	7	1	11	37	35
Chicago	          12	1	10	1	3	20	48

Code:

NHL LEADERS	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
Maurice Richard	MON	15	14	5	19
Max Bentley	CHI	12	7	12	19
Billy Taylor	DET	17	5	12	17
Tony Leswick	NY	16	11	5	16
Joe Carveth	BOS	14	10	6	16
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	13	8	7	15
Ted Kennedy	TOR	13	5	10	15
Bill Cowley	BOS	14	6	8	14
Grant Warwick	NY	16	6	8	14
Roy Conacher	DET	17	10	3	13
Sid Abel	DET	17	8	5	13
Cal Gardner	NY	16	7	6	13
Toe Blake	MON	15	4	8	12
					
Penalty Leaders	TEAM	GP	PIM		
Gus Mortson	TOR	13	32		
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	13	30		
M Chamberlain	MON	15	29		
Vic Lynn	TOR	13	26		
					
GOALIES	      TEAM	GP	W-L-T	ShO	GAA
Bill Durnan	MON	15	7-6-2	2	2.05
Frank Brimsek	BOS	14	7-5-2	0	2.19
Chuck Rayner	NY	16	6-5-5	1	2.60
Harry Lumley	DET	16	11-3-2	0	2.64
Turk Broda	TOR	13	5-8-1	0	2.78

RESULTS
Wednesday November 22, 1946
Boston 3 Toronto 1
Detroit 1 Chicago 1

Thursday November 23, 1946
Detroit 5 New York 4

Saturday November 25, 1946
New York 2 Montreal 1
Detroit 5 Toronto 4

Sunday November 26, 1946
Boston 2 Montreal 1
Detroit 5 Toronto 3
New York 7 Chicago 1

UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday November 29, 1946
Montreal at Detroit
Toronto at Chicago
New York at Boston

Saturday December 2, 1946
Chicago at Toronto
Detroit at Montreal

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit at Boston
New York at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Code:

EAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
PROV	9	8	1	.889	x
WSH	9	7	2	.778	1.0
NY	8	4	4	.500	3.5
PHI	4	2	2	.500	3.5
BOS	9	2	7	.222	6.0
Tor	10	1	9	.100	7.5
					
WEST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
CHI	11	9	2	.818	x
STL	10	6	4	.600	2.5
CLE	7	4	3	.571	3.0
DET	10	4	6	.400	4.5
PIT	9	1	8	.111	7.0

Code:

SCORING	TEAM	GP	PPG
Joe Fulks	 PHI	4	25.3
Ed Sadowski	CLE	7	18.6
Bob Feerick	WSH	8	17.5
F Baumholtz	CLE	7	14.6
Johnny Logan	STL	7	14.1
Horace McKinney	WSH	9	13.9
Stan Miasek	DET	10	13.8
Donald Martin	PRO	9	13.7
Ernie Calverley	PRO	9	13.4
Chuck Halbert	CHI	10	13.2

RESULTS
Monday November 20, 1946
Toronto 55 at Pittsburgh 67
Detroit 53 at New York 47

Tuesday November 21, 1946
Cleveland 64 at Toronto 47
St Louis 40 at Philadelphia 70

Wednesday November 22, 1946
Pittsburgh 59 at Detroit 70
St Louis 60 at Washington 63
Chicago 65 at New York 77

Thursday November 23, 1946
Chicago 82 at Philadelphia 59
St Louis 68 at Boston 40
Washington 59 at Providence 70

Friday November 24, 1946
Boston 52 at Toronto 58

Saturday November 25, 1946
St Louis 50 at Providence 69
Cleveland 65 at New York 76
Toronto 48 at Washington 74
Boston 64 at Detroit 63

Sunday November 26, 1946
Detroit 62 at Chicago 69
Pittsburgh 60 at Cleveland 71

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday November 27, 1946
New York at Pittsburgh
Providence at Boston

Tuesday November 28, 1946
Boston at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Detroit
Washington at Toronto

Wednesday November 29, 1946
Chicago at Washington
Cleveland at Pittsburgh
St Louis at New York

Thursday November 30, 1946
Detroit at Philadelphia
St Louis at Chicago
New York at Providence
Pittsburgh at Boston

Friday December 1, 1946
Cleveland at Toronto

Saturday December 2, 1946
Toronto at Providence
Detroit at St Louis
Philadelphia at New York
Pittsburgh at Washington

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit at Cleveland
Boston at Chicago

CANADIAN FOOTBALL

1946 GREY CUP GAME
Toronto Argos 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 (OT)

GOLF

MAJOR TOURNEY WINNERS
The Masters - Ben Hogan
British Open - Byron Nelson in a playoff over Peter Thomson
US Open - Harry Bradshaw
PGA - Byron Nelson

TSN Golfer of the year - Byron Nelson
The USA and Britian will name their teams for the 1947 Ryder Cup next week

Tiger Fan · 07-31-2004, 02:26 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 4, 1946
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
VAN BUREN SETS SINGLE GAME RUSHING RECORD
New York Jets back Steve *Van Buren set a single game NFL rushing record by gaining 271 yards on 25 carries as the Jets beat Detroit 14-3. Van Buren, who had touchdown runs of 99 and 76 yards, also had 4 catches for 25 yards and returned a pair of kickoffs for 42 yards. The previous single game rushing record was 268 yards set by rookie Antowain Anderson of Atlanta last year against Tampa.

The win improves the Jets record to 7-6 and keeps them in the AFC playoff race. The Lions fall to 4-9 with the loss.

SAN FRANCISCO TAKES CONTROL OF NFC WEST
The San Francisco 49ers took over sole possession of first place in the NFC West after a convincing 20-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Tempe. The win improves the 49ers to 9-4, one game ahead of the second place Cardinals.

Koy Harris threw a pair of second quarter touchdowns to account for the majority of the San Francisco offense. Harris passed for 208 yards and did not throw an interception. He was also sacked just once as the 49ers controlled the line of scrimmage on offense and defense. Niner's defensive lineman Joey Griese was on a first name basis with Arizona QB Trent Feeney - sacking him 4 times. In all the 49ers sacked Feeney 5 times and pressured him all game.

For Griese it was a rare glimpse back at the form that made him a 4 time first-team allstar. The former South Dakota standout averaged 11 sacks a season during those 4 years but notched just 3 in a terrible season last year. He got off to a slow start again this year but with 6 sacks in his last 4 games he appears to finally be out of his slump.

The 49ers face a tough test next week when they travel to Denver to meet the 11-2 Broncos. Arizona visits 8-5 Kansas City.

BRONCOS HAVE FIRM CONTROL OF AFC HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
The Denver Broncos imrpoved to 11-2 and are in the driver's seat in the race for home field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. Oscar Hartings ran for 104 yards and gained another 49 receiving to help Denver beat the St Louis Rams 18-7. The Denver defense held St Louis in check all game - limiting the Rams to just 169 yards total offense. The Broncos defense forced a couple of turnovers and recorded a sack when Seth Walker sacked Rams QB Rod Dugas in the endzone.

New England failed to keep pace as the Pats fell to 9-3-1 after a 27-13 loss against a determined Chicago Bears club. Sid *Luckman snapped a 13-13 tie with a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes. Luckman had another big game, throwing for 317 yards.

EAGLES AND REDSKINS BOTH SUFFER OVERTIME LOSSES
No changes in the NFC race as both the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins suffered road overtime losses. The Eagles were upended by AFC South leader Tennessee 16-10 while Jacksonville stopped Washington 21-18. The Eagles drop to 10-3, 2 games back of Chicago in the race for the NFC's best record. The Redskins fall to 7-6 but remain in decent shape to grab the final wild card berth. As for the AFC clubs, the Titans have a 2 game lead on Jacksonville atop the South Division. The 6-7 Jags are still in the wild card race.

Jacksonville scored 11 points in the 4th quarter, including a 2 point conversion with under 2 minutes to play, to rally to tie Washington at 18 before Stacey Bennett connected on a 25 yard field goal to win it in overtime. RB Keith Musso led the Jags with 130 yards rushing and he also had 4 catches for 34 yards. The Jacksonville defense did a good job bottling up the Redskins offense led by backup QB Mike Washington who again replaced the injured Sammy *Baugh.

Bob Nobis made a 51 yard field goal with 8 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter to allow Tennessee to tie Philadelphia at 10. Manfred Gayle and receiver Mark Hayman hooked up on a 25 yard touchdown pass in overtime to complete the Titans comeback. Gayle threw for 412 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Harley Mitchell gained 158 yards rushing for the Eagles but both clubs had difficulty finding the endzone.

In other action

Tyson Pittman returned an interception 73 yards for a touchdown to help New Orleans past Pittsburgh 17-6. Both clubs are 7-6 and still in the playoff hunt. The Saints have a 2 game lead in the NFC South while the Steelers are fighting for a wild card berth.

Darren McLeod ran for 158 yards and a touchdown as Tampa surprised AFC North leading Cleveland 24-13. Because of injuries the Browns have used 4 different starting quarterbacks this season but at 8-5 they still have a 1 game lead on Pittsburgh.

Kansas City beat Seattle 28-13 as the 8-5 Chiefs solidified their grasp on a wild card berth.

Defensive tackle Mike Smith had 2 sacks and forced a fumble to help Green Bay past Minnesota 13-7. Both clubs are 5-8.

Eric Poppinga threw 4 touchdown passes as the 4-9 Giants won their second straight, 35-27 over Dallas. The Cowboys built a 21-7 lead before starting QB Doug Schroeder left the game with an injury. His replacement, rookie Avon Sandusky, threw 3 interceptions to cost the Cowboys the game.

Atlanta scored 17 points in the 4th quarter but came up just short in a 26-23 loss to Carolina. Both clubs are 5-8 and 2 games back of New Orleans in the NFC South.

Hugh Vick caught 3 passes for 155 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead Miami past Buffalo 27-9. The win allows the Dolphins to leapfrog past Buffalo and out of the AFC East cellar.

Defending league champion Baltimore moved a step closer to missing the playoffs altogether after a 37-15 loss to Cincinnati. Ken Smith threw 3 touchdown passes for the 6-7 Bengals. The Ravens fall to 5-7-1.

Johnny Cushing ran for 114 yards to help Oakland past San Diego 34-13.

Houston scored 23 second half points on two interception returns, a punt return and a safety to beat Indianapolis 30-6. LB Ron Shonta returned one of the picks for a touchdown and also had 2 sacks and a fumble recovery on the day.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TRIPPI WINS MAXWELL AWARD
Georgia quarterback Charles *Trippi was named the winner of the Maxwell Award as college football's top player. The award, handed out by the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia, is considered to be the second most prestigous college football award next to the Heisman Trophy.

Trippi, who is also a finalist for the Heisman, led Georgia to a perfect 10-0 record and a number 2 ranking nationally. He threw for 3325 yards and 28 touchdowns while being intercepted just 6 times.

The Heisman Trophy, awarded by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York, will be presented next week. Trippi, along with North Carolina QB DeMarco Dickinson and Army RB Glen *Davis are considered the front runners. St Mary's RB Herman *Wedemeyer and Army receiver Barney *Poole round out the five finalists.

Below are the past winners of the Maxwell Award
1946 - Charles Trippi (QB) Georgia
1945 - Doc Blanchard (FB) Army
1944 - Glenn Davis (HB) Army
1943 - Bob Odell (HB) Pennsylvania
1942 - Paul Governali (QB) Columbia
1941 - Bill Dudley (HB) Virginia
1940 - Tom Harmon (HB) Michigan
1939 - Nile Kinnick (HB) Iowa
1938 - Davey O'Brien (QB) Texas Christian
1937 - Clint Frank (HB) Yale

STROHMEYER WINS OUTLAND TROPHY
Notre Dame defensive end George *Strohmeyer has been named the first winner of the Outland Trophy. The trophy was created to recognize the top interior lineman in college football. John H. Outland played football at the University of Kansas for two years, then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania to study medicine. Walter Camp named him an All-American at tackle in 1897 and at halfback in 1898. After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Outland returned to Kansas to practice surgery. He also coached the university's football team in 1901. This year Dr. Outland donated a trophy to be awarded to the outstanding interior lineman in college football, as selected by the Football Writers Association of America.

Strohmeyer was the key cog in the 4th ranked Fighting Irish's defense. He had 15 sacks and 54 tackles in 9 games. Others who received consideration included Notre Dame offensive tackle George *Connor, Army OT Albert *Nemetz, California OG Bill *Hatchen and Georgia Tech DT Paul *Duke. All are expected to be high NFL draft picks next April.

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER EARNS FINAL BOWL BID
Denver claimed the final bowl bid after a 23-7 victory over Utah State on Saturday. The victory gives the Fighting Parsons first place in the Mountain States Conference and an automatic berth in the Raisin Bowl against Border Conference champion Hardin-Simmons.

Denver finishes with a 5-0-1 record in Mountain States play, just ahead of 5-1 Utah. Had Utah State managed to upset Denver than the University of Utah would have claimed the conference title. There was just one other game involving major college teams over the weekend. Nevada beat a team of all-stars from the state of Hawaii 30-13. Nevada finishes it's season with a perfect 9-0 record however most of the independant school's games were against lower level colleges.

Next week Southern California tries to salvage a little from a dissappointing season when they visit Southeastern Conference weakling Tulane in one of two games. The other contest has the Hawaiian stars hosting Portland. The Bowl schedule gets under way Christmas Eve with Rutgers and North Carolina State meeting in the Cigar Bowl. With number 1 ranked Army passing on a bowl bid the two marquee games are #2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl and #3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE NEW YORK GIANTS
The New York Giants have now gone 18 seasons without a pennant after a 7th place finish with a 61-93 record a year ago. The near future does not look bright for the Giants as they rank near the bottom of the league in both batting and pitching and there is a real shortage of young talent. The lone exception is pitcher Dave Koslo (17-18, 3.49), a 26 year old who won the National League rookie of the year award last season. The rest of the rotation for next season will likely consist of three 33 year olds in Russ Bauers (8-17, 4.55), Manny Salvo (7-11, 4.51) and Ken Chase (7-18, 4.50).

Veteran Mel Ott (.280,12,59) still packs in the fans but he will be 38 when the season starts and clearly nearing the end of a great career that saw him hit over 400 home runs. The big concern in New York is the vast majority of the position players are in their mid to late thirties and there is only one everyday player under age 30. That would be 29 year old 3B Sid Gordon (.239,14,64). The rest of the infield consists of 37 year old Johnny McCarthy (.227,7,31) at first, 36 year old Lonny Frey (.288,2,34) at second and 37 year old shortstop Mickey Haslin (.271,4,41). Reserve outfielder Danny Gardella, a babe at age 27, may get his first chance to play regularly by taking over first base duties if McCarthy falters.

Aside from Ott, the outfield consists of 34 year old Vince Dimaggio (.261,10,50) and 36 year old Hank Leiber (.280,12,59). With catcher Frankie Pytlak retiring, the duties fall entirely to 37 year old Frank Reiber (.220,4,45).

Outfielder Charlie Mead, a 25 year old who missed half of last season with a broken hip, is the only talent the Giants have in their farm system. Mead hit .283 with 13 homers at AAA before his injury.

Judging by the age of the regulars and the lack of young talent things could get a whole lot worse in New York before they get better.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
The bad news is the 6th place Phillies finished in the bottom half of the National League for the 9th straight season and they have finished as high as third only once in the past 25 years. The good news is the Phillies 74 wins was their best output since 1937. There are also some good young prospects to build around. The best of which is outfielder Del Ennis (.287,14,75), who many felt should have been named National League rookie of the year. Ennis is just 21 and looks to have a great career ahead of him. 20 year old catcher Joe Garagiola came over from St Louis in a deadline deal. He may still be a year away from the majors but he did hit .235 in an 8 game major league trial in September. 22 year old second baseman Garvin Hammer spent the year in Class A but he may be a player to watch in the future. The Phillies also have a decent pitching prospect in Vic Lombardi, who went 11-12 with a 3.40 era in his second season in the majors. The 24 year old seems fully recovered from a torn tricep suffered as a rookie.

39 year old Bill Swift (15-19, 3.37) and his 265 career victories returns for another season as the Phillies number 1 starter. 29 year old Lefty Hoerst (8-10, 3.72) and 27 year old Charley Schanz (2-1, 2.23) will probably also make the rotation along with Lombardi.

35 year old Bennie Warren (.271,7,40) returns to handle the catching duties. 32 year old Joe Gordon (.262,1,561) is the offensive leader of the infield. 30 year old Ray Sanders (.301,4,61) is coming off a gold glove year at first base. Third baseman Pinky May (.260,2,52) will be 36 but looks like he may have a year or two left in the tank. Shortstop definately needs an upgrade as 38 year old Leo Norris (.215,4,45) is not the answer. Joining Ennis in the outfield are veterans Buster Adams (.281,13,67) and Bobby Estalella (.308,6,65).

It has been an awful long time but Phillies fans may finally see there club finish with a .500 record in 1947. The team is still several players away from contending but they are headed in the right direction for a change.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RED WINGS CONTINUE TO LEAD WAY
With a win and two ties this week the Detroit Red Wings have widened their lead atop the National League standings to 9 points over second place New York. However, the big story in the league continues to be the play of Max Bentley. The heart and soul of the Chicago Black Hawks was involved in 7 of the Hawks 10 goals this week to boost his league leading scoring total to 26 points. Four players are tied for second with 19 including Maurice Richard who, like his Montreal teammates, has been in a terrible slump the last couple of weeks after a very quick start.

GOLF ROUNDUP
RYDER CUP TEAMS ANNOUNCED
After a 10 year hiatus and some serious concerns that the exhibition would never be staged again the Ryder Cup is a go for next summer in Portland, Oregon. However, were it not for the efforts of one man it is doubtful the Ryder Cup Matches would have resumed in 1947. An Oregon fruit grower and canner, Robert A. Hudson, has come forward to fund the British team. Food rationing was still in force in Britain when Hudson, who also was a member of the PGA Advisory Committee, stepped up and offered his help and the use of Portland Golf Club as the host site.

Here are the members of each club and notable accomplishments from the 1946 season

UNITED STATES
Captain Ben Hogan - won 1946 Masters, 3rd in Britsh Open
Byron Nelson - won 1946 PGA and British Open, 1946 TSN golfer of the year
Jimmy Demaret - tied for 5th in 46 Masters, 6th in US Open
Sam Snead
Herman Barron
Lloyd Mangrum - finished 5th in 46 US Open
Ed Oliver
Lew Worsham
Dutch Harrison

BRITIAN
Captain Henry Cotton - tied for 5th in 46 Masters
Arthur Lees
Fred Daly won 1946 Irish Open
Charlie Ward
Jimmy Adams
Max Faulkner
Dai Rees - finished 4th in 46 Masters
Sam King

continued

Tiger Fan · 07-31-2004, 02:30 AM

BOXING NEWS
A quiet week on the boxing front as there were no bouts of note in the United States. However, 2 more European champions were crowned. In the lightweight division Czech fighter George Latka won a unanimous decision over Charley Gomer of France to claim the European title. Latka actually fights out of San Jose, California but because he was born in Czechoslovakia he is eligible to fight for the European title. Neither Gomer nor Latka are expected to ever challenge for the world title.

Another Frenchman, Ray Famechon, made the Paris crowd a little happier. Famechon outpointed Ellis Ask to win the European Featherweight title. Ask, a fighter from Helsinki Finland who only fought one bout in the year long world title tourney, is just 20 years old and looks to have a bright future. Famechon improves to 25-11 and is considered to be among the top 5 or 6 in his weightclass worldwide.

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Code:

		
North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
Chi	12	1	0	.923	414	241		
GB	5	8	0	.385	283	274		
Min	5	8	0	.385	226	278		
Det	4	9	0	.308	250	306
		
East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
Phil	10	3	0	.769	340	240		
Wash 	7	6	0	.538	312	291		
NYG	4	9	0	.308	236	329		
Dal	3	10	0	.231	247	315
		
South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
NO	7	6	0	.538	283	307		
Car	5	8	0	.385	212	261		
Atl	5	8	0	.385	201	279		
TB	5	8	0	.385	264	295
		
West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
SF	9	4	0	.692	267	202		
Arz	8	5	0	.615	243	233		
Sea	5	8	0	.385	249	308		
StL	5	8	0	.385	224	248

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Code:

			
North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
Cle	8	5	0	.615	262	226		
Pit	7	6	0	.538	237	244		
Cin	6	7	0	.462	287	245		
Bal	5	7	1	.423	196	237
		
East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
NE 	9	3	1	.731	271	197		
NYJ	7	6	0	.538	256	215		
Mia	6	7	0	.462	276	274		
Buf	5	7	1	.423	184	235
		
South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
Tenn	8	5	0	.615	287	213		
Jax	6	7	0	.462	227	229		
Hou	5	7	1	.423	206	258		
Ind	5	8	0	.385	228	278
		
West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA		
Den 	11	2	0	.846	322	205		
KC	8	5	0	.615	228	242		
Oak	6	7	0	.462	269	246		
SD	5	8	0	.385	207	243

RESULTS
Chicago 27 New England 13
NY Jets 14 Detroit 3
Jacksonville 21 Washington 18 (OT)
Tennessee 16 Philadelphia 10 (OT)
New Orleans 17 Pittsburgh 6
Tampa 24 Cleveland 13
Denver 18 St Louis 7
Kansas City 28 Seattle 13
Green Bay 13 Minnesota 7
Carolina 26 Atlanta 23
San Francisco 20 Arizona 7
Miami 27 Buffalo 7
Cincinnati 37 Baltimore 15
Oakland 34 San Diego 13
Houston 30 Indianapolis 6

WEEK 15 SCHEDULE
Green Bay Packers (5-8) at New England Patriots (9-3-1)
Minnesota Vikings (5-8) at New York Jets (7-6)
Buffalo Bills (5-7-1) at Chicago Bears (12-1)
New York Giants (4-9) at Jacksonville Jaguars (6-7)
Dallas Cowboys (3-10) at Tennessee Titans (8-5)
Carolina Panthers (5-8) at Cleveland Browns (8-5)
Cincinnati Bengals (6-7) at New Orleans Saints (7-6)
Baltimore Ravens (5-7-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-8)
San Francisco 49ers (9-4) at Denver Broncos (11-2)
Arizona Cardinals (8-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (8-5)
Oakland Raiders (6-7) at St. Louis Rams (5-8)
San Diego Chargers (5-8) at Seattle Seahawks (5-8)
Indianapolis Colts (5-8) at Philadelphia Eagles (10-3)
Houston Texans (5-7-1) at Washington Redskins (7-6)
Miami Dolphins (6-7) at Detroit Lions (4-9)
Atlanta Falcons (5-8) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6)

NFL LEADERBOARD

Code:

QB RATING	TM	AT	COMP	C%	YDS	TD	INT	RAT
Sid *Luckman	CHI	408	277	67.9	3849	31	7	116.1
Sammy *Baugh	WAS	152	89	58.6	1519	11	4	105.7
Ken Neal	PHI	273	189	69.2	1992	17	7	100.3
Manfred Gayle	TEN	362	223	61.6	2965	26	10	100
Ryan Boyette	NO	370	232	62.7	2708	14	10	86.2
								
RUSHING YARDS	TM	GS	RUSH	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Stacey Jolley	MIA	13	281	1520	5.4	97	14	
S *Van Buren	NYJ	13	287	1488	5.2	99	9	
Todd Berger	NO	13	296	1351	4.6	47	10	
Bruce Jones	KAN	13	313	1335	4.3	70	12	
Bob *Seymour	WAS	13	264	1233	4.7	65	9	
								
RECEPTIONS	TM	REC						
Zach Kruczek	CLE	88						
Bob Sommer	NO	87						
Lewis Smith	JAX	87						
Wayne *Miller	WSH	86						
Brian Gardner	DEN	85						
Don *Hutson	GB	84						
Mel Ours	HOU	82						
Sonny Pointer	BUF	82						
								
RECEVING YARDS	TM	GS	REC	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Wayne *Miller	WAS	13	86	1279	14.9	79	11	
Zach Kruczek	CLE	13	88	1126	12.8	74	5	
Chuck Myers	NYG	13	73	1120	15.3	80	5	
Brian Gardner	DEN	13	85	1115	13.1	70	6	
Lewis Smith	JAX	13	87	1087	12.5	70	3	
								
TACKLES	     TM	GS	TAK	SOLO	AST			
Matt Truluck	STL	13	139	121	18			
Mel Hein	NYG	13	135	104	31			
B Hasselbeck	ARZ	13	127	97	30			
Jeff Parent	CIN	13	127	106	21			
Mark Smith	BAL	13	123	100	23			
								
SACKS	         TM	SACK						
Kevin Merkins	DEN	14						
Reggie White	SD	11						
Wayne *Millner	CLE	11						
Ruben Taylor	MIN	10						
Leslie Hill	PHI	10						
Javon Love	OAK	9						
								
INTERCEPTONS	TM	INT						
Ed Newberry	DEN	10						
Mark Smith	BAL	7						
Cris Brezina	TEN	7						
Earl Joyce	SF	7						
Greg Fletcher	BUF	6						
Ken Milloy	JAX	6						
Marion Dulaney	PHI	6						
Frankie Morrall	CHI	6						
Rashod Dawson	GB	6						
Jimmy Conklin	WSH	6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
RESULTS
Saturday December 2, 1946
Nevada 30 Hawaii All Stars 13
Denver 23 Utah State 7

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday December 9, 1946
Portland at Hawaii All Stars
Southern California at Tulane

Saturday December 16, 1946
Utah at Hawaii All Stars

BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
#16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Nevada vs Stanford

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois vs Texas

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa vs New Mexico

MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
#11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
#12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
#17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
#2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
#8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
#3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Code:

Standings	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Detroit	        20	13	4	3	29	65	51
New York	18	7	5	6	20	57	48
Boston	         16	7	5	4	18	35	34
Montreal	17	7	7	3	17	48	37
Toronto	         16	5	9	2	12	43	44
Chicago	         15	2	11	2	6	30	57

LEAGUE LEADERS

Code:

NHL LEADERS	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
Max Bentley	CHI	15	10	16	26
Maurice Richard	MON	17	14	5	19
Tony Leswick	NY	18	13	6	19
Ted Kennedy	TOR	16	8	11	19
Billy Taylor	DET	20	6	13	19
Joe Carveth	BOS	16	11	7	18
Bill Cowley	BOS	16	7	11	18
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	16	9	8	17
Cal Gardner	NY	18	8	7	15
Grant Warwick	NY	18	7	8	15
Roy Conacher	DET	20	11	3	14
					
Penalty Leaders	TEAM	GP	PIM		
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	16	34		
Gus Mortson	TOR	16	32		
M Chamberlain	MON	17	31		
Pete Horeck	DET	20	28		
					
GOALIES	TEAM	GP	W-L-T	ShO	GAA
Bill Durnan	MON	17	7,7,3	2	2.03
Frank Brimsek	BOS	16	7,5,4	0	2.21
Harry Lumley	DET	18	12,3,4	0	2.46
Chuck Rayner	NY	18	7,5,6	1	2.52
Turk Broda	TOR	16	5,9,2	0	2.98

RESULTS
Wednesday November 29, 1946
Montreal 1 at 3 Detroit
Toronto 3 at 6 Chicago
New York 3 at 3 Boston

Saturday December 2, 1946
Chicago 3 at 3 Toronto
Detroit 2 at 2 Montreal

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit 2 at 2 Boston
New York 3 at 1 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday December 5, 1946
Chicago at Montreal

Wednesday December 6, 1946
Montreal at New York
Toronto at Boston
Detroit at Chicago

Saturday December 9, 1946
Boston at Toronto

Sunday December 10, 1946
Montreal at Chicago
Toronto at Detroit
Boston at New York

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Code:

EAST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
PROV	12	10	2	.857	x
WSH	12	9	3	.800	1.0
PHI	7	5	2	.778	2.5
NY	12	6	6	.667	4.0
BOS	13	2	11	.542	8.5
Tor	13	1	12	.520	9.5
					
WEST	GP	W	L	PCT	GB
CHI	14	11	3	.824	x
STL	13	9	4	.765	1.5
CLE	11	7	4	.733	2.5
DET	14	5	9	.609	6.0
PIT	13	2	11	.542	8.5

Code:

SCORING	   TEAM	GP	PPG
Joe Fulks	PHI	7	24.4
Ed Sadowski	CLE	11	18.3
Bob Feerick	WSH	11	17.1
Stan Miasek	DET	13	14.4
F Baumholtz	CLE	11	14.3
Johnny Logan	STL	10	14.1
Ernie Calverley	PRO	12	14.1
Max*Zaslofsky	CHI	14	14.1
Chuck Halbert	CHI	13	13.5
Donald Martin	PRO	11	13.3

RESULTS
Monday November 27, 1946
New York 73 at 72 Pittsburgh (ot)
Providence 68 at Boston 63

Tuesday November 28, 1946
Boston 43 at 60 Philadelphia
Cleveland 58 at 61 Detroit
Washington 71 at 66 Toronto

Wednesday November 29, 1946
Chicago 72 at 64 Washington
Cleveland 80 at 54 Pittsburgh
St Louis 68 at 56 New York

Thursday November 30, 1946
Detroit 42 at 71 Philadelphia
St Louis 82 at 72 Chicago
New York 66 at 51 Providence
Pittsburgh 54 at 53 Boston

Friday December 1, 1946
Cleveland 69 at 54 Toronto

Saturday December 2, 1946
Toronto 48 at 60 Providence
Detroit 42 at 56 St Louis
Philadelphia 69 at 60 New York
Pittsburgh 59 at 67 Washington

Sunday December 3, 1946
Detroit 61 at 63 Cleveland
Boston 56 at 74 Chicago

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday December 4, 1946
Boston at Pittsburgh

Tuesday December 5, 1946
Providence at Philadelphia

Wednesday December 6, 1946
Detroit at New York
Providence at Washington
Chicago at Pittsburgh

Thursday December 7, 1946
Toronto at Chicago
Pittsburgh at St Louis
New York at Philadelphia
Detroit at Boston

Saturday December 9, 1946
Detroit at Washington
New York at Boston
Cleveland at Chicago
Toronto at Providence
Philadelphia at St Louis

Sunday December 10, 1946
Boston at New York
Philadelphia at Cleveland

1947 GOLF VENUES
Masters - Augusta in April
PGA - Plum Hollow CC Detroit late June
Britsh Open - Hoylake Royal Liverpool Golf Club mid July
US Open - St Louis CC Clayton, Missouri August
Ryder Cup - Portland GC Portland, Oregon early September

Cuss16 · 07-31-2004, 05:24 AM

the code boxes have nothing showing inside them. Maybe it's because of firefox?

Tiger Fan · 07-31-2004, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cuss16

the code boxes have nothing showing inside them. Maybe it's because of firefox?

they show up for me. Can no one else see them? If so is there anything I need to change to get them to display?

Bobbuttons · 07-31-2004, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiger Fan

they show up for me. Can no one else see them? If so is there anything I need to change to get them to display?

I see them fine.

rangers85 · 08-01-2004, 05:11 AM

I get empty sometimes and filled ones other times. It's kind of weird. BTW, do you have a link to the sim you're using for the NCAA Football? I'd be interested in getting it and messing around some in it.

Tiger Fan · 08-01-2004, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rangers85

BTW, do you have a link to the sim you're using for the NCAA Football? I'd be interested in getting it and messing around some in it.

Links to all of the games I am using are found somewhere in this thread but to save you searching here is the NCAA link

The main excel based game
http://www.tabletop-sports.com/modul...q=getit&lid=24

and here is the data for the 1944-60 era
http://www.tabletop-sports.com/modul...=getit&lid=339

If you like the football you should check out the main site. There are a number of good freeware games on it.
http://www.tabletop-sports.com/index.php

07-22-2004, 11:19 AM	#101
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 21 Monday November 20, 1946 TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS November 20, 1946 VAN BUREN LEADS JETS PAST UNBEATEN BEARS It was beginning to look like no one could beat the Chicago Bears after they won their first 10 games of the season and outscored their opponents on average by more than 2 touchdowns a game. No one that is until Steve Van Buren entered Soldier Field. Van Buren almost singlehandedly carried the New York Jets past the Bears 24-13. The third year back out of LSU ran for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also returned 3 kicks for an average of 25 yards and to top it all of he recovered teammate Korey Tennell's fumble late in the third quarter to keep what would be the winning touchdown drive alive. Oh, and he caught a pair of passes for 37 yards as well. The performance gives Van Buren 1173 yards rushing for the season, just 21 less than league leader Bruce Jones of Kansas City. He has already surpassed his total yards gained in 16 games last season and is just 224 shy of surpassing his career high set as a rookie. As much as Van Buren carried the Jets you have to give a large dose of credit to the New York secondary which baffled Bears QB Sid Luckman all day. Luckman endured his worst start of his career, completing just 15 of 34 for a season low 186 yards. The 4 time allstar was also picked off twice after throwing just 4 interceptions in the first 10 games. EAGLES FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BEARS LOSS The Philadelphia Eagles missed a great chance to move into a first place tie in the NFC with Chicago. The Eagles were upended 18-10 by lowly Jacksonville. What hurt the Eagles most was the absence of workhorse running back Harley Mitchell. Back-up Jimmy Berton gained just 21 yards on 12 carries and QB Doug Bass faced too much pressure to mount any kind of offense for Philadelphia. Good news for the Eagles is that Mitchell is expected to be ready for next week's game with Detroit. QB Ken Neal, who has outperformed Bass this season, also sat out the game but should be ready to play next week. Stacey Bennett kicked four field goals while QB Tommy Bledsoe completed 19-of-26 passes for 250 yards to lead the Jags. Bledsoe's performance was even more impressive considering the pressure he was under all game. He was sacked twice and had Eagles in his face all game. Most notable for Philadelphia was LB Ed Leblanc, who had 13 tackles, 1 sack, 4 qb pressures and an interception. AFC LEADERS POST VICTORIES Unlike the NFC where the top two clubs both lost, the AFC leaders each posted victories last week. The Denver Broncos improved to 9-2 with a 45-10 pounding of the Seahawks in Seattle. Broncos running back Oscar Hartings ran for 131 yards and 3 touchdowns. Hartings also caught a touchdown pass and gained 103 yards receiving in the game. Broncos QB Jay Cason was knocked out of the game in the third quarter but he should be healthy for next week's game in Jacksonville. After missing two starts with an injury QB Bob Waterfield was back under center for the Detroit Lions and he nearly led his club to an upset win over New England. In the end the Patriots prevailed 28-24 thanks to a 14 yard Bob Irvin to Jim Houser touchdown pass with under a minute to play. Irvin threw for 301 yards and 3 touchdowns. The win improves the Pats record to 8-2-1. Waterfield looked good despite being slowed by a lingering ankle injury, passing for 234 yards and one major. Detroit RB Fred Johnson had his best game since the season opener, running for 112 yards and a pair of touchdowns. In other action Green Bay took advantage of 4 Buffalo turnovers to beat the Bills 28-19. Don Hutson had 7 catches including a touchdown grab to lead the Packers.while CB Rashod Dawson had 2 picks. Tuffy Leemans ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns to propel Arizona past San Diego 25-20. Washington, still using a backup QB with Sammy Baugh sidelined, beat Tennessee 16-10. Wayne Miller caught a pair of touchdown passes from Mike Washington to lead the Redskins. San Francisco outlasted Oakland 24-19 to win the Battle of the Bay Area. TE Walter Van Galder had another strong game, albeit in a losing effort. Van Galder, who was a second team AFC allstar a year ago, continued to show he is the best receiving TE in the game with a 5 catch, 117 yard effort on Sunday. Tony Ellis ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns plus he added a touchdown reception to lead Cleveland past New Orleans 42-30. Jeff McDonald started his second straight for the Browns and threw for 315 yards and a pair of touchdowns. St Louis beat Kansas City 27-10 behind a 128 yard rushing effort from Mike Largent. Ulish Groce, the undrafted QB who was a cinderella story for the Chiefs up until signing a huge extension in the offseason, threw 3 more interceptions. Groce has tossed just 5 touchdown passes compared with 18 picks this season. Chiefs RB Bruce Jones gained 110 yards on the ground and continues to lead the NFL in that category. A last minute Woody Brooks to Ryan Burns touchdown pass gave Miami a 24-20 win over Minnesota. Brooks threw 3 touchdowns in the game. LB Li Madison returned a fumble 87 yards for the winning score as Dallas beat Indianapolis 28-21. Pittsburgh overcame a 20-7 halftime deficiet to rally past Tampa 27-20. Rookie Elmer Angsman gained 89 yards rushing for the Steelers. Cincinnati embarrassed the Falcons in Atlanta to the tune of 42-13. Bill Dudley ran for 3 touchdowns and caught a Ken Smith pass for a 4th score. Dudley gained a combined 165 yards rushing and receiving. It was his first start since being injured against Tennessee 4 weeks ago. Baltimore beat Carolina 13-10 on a 46-yard overtime field goal from Leonard Allen. The only Ravens touchdown came on a 53 yard punt return from Don Horn with 5 minutes remaining in the game. The New York Giants found a way once again to lose a game. The Giants led Houston 17-3 at the half but lost their 9th in a row after the Texans rallied for 17 unanswered 2nd half points to win 20-17. After getting picked off twice in the first half, Houston QB Vaughan Diedrick settled down after the break and finished the day with 272 yards passing including a 24 yard touchdown strike to Mel Ours. The other Texan touchdown came on a 44 yard interception return by CB Ollie Berzinski that tied the game at 17 early in the final quarter. The Texans won it on a 49 yard field goal from Laverne Bethea with 9 seconds to play. COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20 Here is the new Top 20 after this weekends action. (last weeks ranking in brackets) 1- Army (1) -- 9-0 off, at Navy next week 2. Georgia (2) -- 9-0 beat Tenn-Chat 50-23, host Georgia Tech next week 3. UCLA (3) -- 9-0 beat USC 28-17, host Nebraska next week 4- Notre Dame (4) -- 7-1 beat Tulane 34-10, host USC next week 5. Michigan (5) -- 8-1 beat Ohio State 33-7, season over 6. North Carolina (6) -- 9-0 beat Duke 28-21, at Virginia next week 7. Yale (7) -- 9-0 beat Harvard 28-16, season over 8. Tennessee (8)-- 8-1 beat then #15 Kentucky 31-14, at Vanderbilt next week 9. Rice (10) - 8-0-1 beat TCU 20-0, host Baylor next week 10. Alabama (11) -- 8-2 beat Boston College 24-20, host #20 Mississippi State next week 11. Pennsylvania (9)-- 6-1 off, host Cornell next week 12 William & Mary (12)-- 8-1 off, at Richmond next week 13. Arkansas (13) - 6-2-1 off, at Tulsa next week 14 North Carolina State (18)-- 8-1 beat Florida 38-7, host Maryland next week 15. Illinois (16)-- 6-2-1 beat Northwestern 26-3, season over 16. Oklahoma (17)-- 7-2 beat Nebraska 37-7, at Oklahoma State next week 17 Rutgers (19)-- 8-0-1 beat Bucknell 31-0, season over 18. Southern California (14)-- 5-2-1 lost 28-17 to then #3 UCLA, at Notre Dame next week 19 Kentucky (15)-- 7-3 lost 31-14 to then #8 Tennessee, season over 20. Mississippi State (nr)-- 7-2 beat Mississippi 13-10, at #10 Alabama next week Dropping out of top 20 Stanford (20) 6-2-1 tied 20-20 at California, season over SEC RECAP The SEC title will come down to the final week of the college season as both Georgia and Tennessee have one game remaining. The Bulldogs will host rival Georgia Tech while the Vols travel to Vanderbilt. If Georgia beats Georgia Tech we will likely see a 1-vs-2 showdown with Army and the Bulldogs meeting in the Sugar Bowl. Tennessee could go to the Cotton Bowl to face the Southwest Conference winner. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Geo 4 0 0 9 0 0 Tenn 4 0 0 8 1 0 bama 4 2 0 8 2 0 LSU 3 1 0 6 2 0 GaTech 3 1 0 6 2 0 Vand 3 3 0 4 4 0 MisSt 2 2 0 7 2 0 Kent 2 3 0 7 3 0 Tulane 2 3 0 3 5 0 Auburn 1 4 0 5 4 0 Florida 0 3 1 0 7 1 Miss 0 6 1 1 7 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE RECAP Michigan completed a perfect season in-conference with a 33-7 win over a dissappointing Ohio State team. The Wolverines will face UCLA in the Rose Bowl. Illinois should get a bowl invitation but a terrible finish has Code: W L T W L T Mich 7 0 0 8 1 0 Illin 5 1 1 6 2 1 OhSt 3 3 0 4 5 0 Iowa 3 3 0 5 4 0 Ind 2 3 1 4 3 2 Minn 2 4 1 4 4 1 Purd 2 4 0 3 6 0 Wisc 2 5 0 4 5 0 Nrthwn 1 4 1 3 5 1 PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE RECAP UCLA will meet Michigan in the Rose Bowl after finishing an unbeaten conference schedule with a 28-17 win over USC. USC likely needs to beat Notre Dame in South Bend next week to get a decent bowl bid. Stanford and Oregon State also have a shot at a bowl game. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T UCLA 7 0 0 9 0 0 USC 4 2 1 5 2 1 Stan 4 2 1 6 2 1 OreSt 4 2 1 5 2 1 Wash 4 3 0 4 3 1 Oreg 3 5 0 4 5 0 Cal 2 4 1 2 6 1 WshSt 2 5 0 2 5 0 Mont 1 3 0 3 5 0 Idah 0 5 0 2 7 0 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE RECAP Rice needs a win over Baylor next week or Texas A&M to lose against Texas for the Owls to clinch the conference title. The conference winner will play in the Cotton Bowl likely against Tennessee. Arkansas will also get a bowl bid but their destination is still unknown. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Rice 4 0 1 8 0 1 T A&M 4 1 0 5 4 0 Ark 3 2 1 6 2 1 TCU 2 2 1 3 5 1 Texas 1 3 1 5 3 1 Baylor 1 4 0 2 6 0 SMU 0 3 2 4 3 2 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE RECAP North Carolina wins the conference with a 5-0 record. The Tar Heels finish up their schedule with a game against independant Virginia. Since there is no official affiliation with a bowl North Carolina will likely have a number of options for their bowl appearance. A good bet is the Oil Bowl against perhaps Arkansas. As many as three other Southern Conference schools may also get a bowl bid with William & Mary and North Carolina State definates to be scheduled for a post season game. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T N Car 5 0 0 9 0 0 W&M 6 1 0 8 1 0 NC St 5 1 0 8 1 0 Rich 4 1 1 7 1 1 Duke 3 2 0 5 4 0 VMI 3 3 0 4 5 0 David 2 2 1 5 2 1 Mary 2 3 1 3 4 1 VaTech 2 4 1 2 5 1 Wake 2 2 0 5 3 0 S Car 2 3 0 3 4 0 Clem 2 3 0 3 6 0 GWsh 1 1 0 5 2 0 Citadel 1 5 0 2 5 1 Furm 0 4 0 1 7 0 Wsh&L 0 5 0 2 6 0 BIG 6 CONFERENCE RECAP Conference winner Oklahoma will be going to the Orange Bowl likely against Notre Dame. Kansas has an outside shot at a bowl invitation. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Okla 5 0 0 7 2 0 Kans 3 1 0 6 3 0 Neb 3 2 0 3 4 1 Missri 2 2 0 4 5 0 K St 1 4 0 1 7 0 IowSt 0 5 0 3 6 0 BORDER CONFERENCE RECAP Next Saturday's game between Hardin-Simmons and Texas Tech will determine who represents the conference in the Raisin Bowl against the Mountain States Conference winner. If Texas Tech prevails Hardin-Simmons will still likely get a bowl bid. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T H-Sim 5 0 0 9 0 0 TxTch 3 0 0 7 2 1 NMex 5 2 0 7 3 0 UTEP 3 2 0 6 2 0 WTxA&M 2 4 1 5 4 1 N Ariz 2 2 0 5 4 0 NMxSt 1 2 1 4 3 2 Ariz 1 4 0 4 5 0 ArizSt 0 6 0 1 8 0 MOUNTAIN STATES CONFERENCE RECAP Denver and Utah State each have two games remaining including a showdown between the 2 schools in 2 weeks. Utah lost to Denver earlier in the season but if they beat Utah State next week and have Denver lose both their remaining games than the Utes may have a shot. The conference winner meets the Border Conference champ in the Raisin Bowl. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T W L T Denv 4 0 1 4 3 1 Utah 4 1 0 5 3 0 UtSt 3 1 0 5 2 0 BYU 3 3 0 5 4 1 Color 2 2 1 3 5 1 ColSt 0 4 1 0 7 1 Wyom 0 5 1 1 8 1 MVC RECAP The season is complete so Tulsa will get a bowl bid but since the conference does not have an automatic affiliation where has not yet been decided. A win over Arkansas Thursday could move them up to a better bowl but the likely bet is the Harbor Bowl in San Diego against a mid-level independant team from the west or perhaps against the second place team from the Border Conference. Code: W L T W L T Tulsa 3 0 0 7 2 0 StL 1 0 1 3 4 1 WtchSt 1 2 0 3 5 1 Drake 0 3 1 1 7 1 OklaSt 1 1 0 4 5 1 INDEPENDANTS Army and Yale, two clubs that normally do not accept bowl bids are both rumoured to be close to deciding to participate in a bowl game this season. College football fans should be especially excited about the possibility of a 1-vs-2 showdown between Army and Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Should Army decline than Notre Dame may accept the Sugar Bowl berth. Code: W L T Army 9 0 0 Yale 9 0 0 Rutgers 8 0 1 Nevada 8 0 0 Notre Dame 7 1 0 Detroit Mercy 7 2 0 Penn State 6 1 1 Pennsylvania 6 1 0 Montana State 6 3 0 Harvard 5 1 3 Holy Cross 5 2 1 Syracuse 5 3 1 Boston College 5 3 0 Cornell 5 3 0 Bucknell 5 4 0 Columbia 5 4 0 Miami (Florida) 5 4 0 St. Mary's 4 2 1 Colgate 4 4 0 Virginia 4 4 0 Michigan State 4 5 0 Pittsburgh 4 5 0 Villanova 4 5 0 Merchant Marine 4 6 1 Georgetown 3 3 0 Brown 3 4 2 Princeton 3 4 1 San Francisco 3 5 0 Temple 3 5 0 Marquette 3 6 0 Portland 2 5 0 Santa Clara 2 6 0 Lafayette 2 7 0 Tenn-Chat 2 7 0 West Virginia 2 8 0 Fordham 1 6 0 New York U 0 6 1 Navy 0 7 1 Dartmouth 0 9 0 continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

07-22-2004, 11:23 AM	#102
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 21 Page 2 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ROUNDUP CANADIENS IN FUNK - DROP THREE STRAIGHT GAMES After losing just one of their first 10 games to start the season the Montreal Canadiens have dropped 3 straight and now trail the surging Detroit Red Wings for top spot in the National Hockey League. The Canadiens opened the week with a scoreless tie against the New York Rangers. Bill Durnan made 36 saves for his second shutout of the season but was upstaged by Ranger netminder Chuck Rayner who turned aside all 48 Montreal shots. The next night it was rookie Gordie Howe's turn to shine against the Habs. Howe scored his first career hat trick and added an assist as Detroit beat Montreal 5-2. Durnan had his worst game of the season in the loss. Things did not get any better for the Canadiens who finished the week with a 3-1 loss in Toronto and a 4-2 defeat in Boston. The Red Wings beat lowly Chicago 2-1 on Sunday to move a point ahead of the Habs and into top spot. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BOSTON BRAVES 1946 was another bad season for the sad sack franchise that is the Boston Braves. The franchise has not won a pennant since 1906, heck they have only finished higher than 5th once since 1933. This season the Braves managed to hit a new low, losing a franchise record 98 games and marking the 5th straight season their win total has declined from the previous year. How bad has it been? Only twice since 1919 have they finished over .500. Bright spots? Believe it or not there were a couple. 25 year old rookie pitcher Warren Spahn looks like the real deal. Spahn was 15-18 with a 3.57 era and received serious consideration for the rookie of the year award. The only other bright spot is that the Braves will get to select first in the newly implemented amateur player draft (EDITORS NOTE - I decided to go with a draft from now on because it will add far more interest to offseason articles.) Other key Braves include 33 year old firstbaseman Rudy York (.206,21,72), ex-Yankee Phil Rizzuto (.276,3,22) at shortstop, and a decent catcher in 30 year old Phil Masi (.214,4,39). 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BROOKLYN DODGERS After two sub-.500 seasons the Brooklyn Dodgers enjoyed an 84 win campaign and even though they were never in the pennant race there is cause for excitement. 27 year old outfielder Pete Reiser (.314,12,95) was named National League MVP and he heads a solid cast of hitters entering their prime. Shortstop Pee Wee Reese (.285,8,62) and rookie second baseman Jackie Robinson who is poised to become the first Negro to play in the major leagues give the Dodgers a solid infield. (EDITOR'S NOTE - I made Robinson exempt from the draft and automatically assigned him to the Dodgers because it did not seem right having him play elsewhere.) 24 year old outfielder Carl Furillo (.271,0,4) looked good in a brief September call-up and is likely here to stay. Veterans Goody Rosen (.289,7,64), Zeke Bonura (.249,9,78) and Stan Hack (.292,6,42) add leadership. 34 year old Mickey Haefner (21-13, 2.91) enjoyed the best season of his career while Don Black (17-13, 2.94) and Dick Mauney (16-17, 3,62) add depth to the rotation. The farm system looks good with young pitchers Rex Barney and Ralph Branca poised to make the jump to the big leagues but the Dodgers best prospect may be first baseman Ed Stevens. Outlook for 1947. This is a club that could contend for the pennant if either Barney or Branca can deliver in the rotation. BOXING BEAT Billed as a night of future heavyweight contenders, the city of Philadelphia was treated to a fine evening of boxing over the weekend. It featured 4 bouts involving fighters on the verge of being considered one of the top 10 heavyweights in the world. The main event saw New Jersey native Archie McBride stop Tami Mauriello with a fifth round knockout. The fight pretty much spells the end of the line for Mauriello who was destroyed 2 months ago in his hometown of New York in a title fight against World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. McBride improves to 16-7 and is ranked 11th in the world. In other bouts Embrell Davidson of Detroit improved to 24-6 with 21 knockouts after stopping fellow Detroiter O'Dell Riley in the 14th round of their 15 rounder. Veteran Archie Moore improved to 16-6 after a split decision victory over Jack Walker (19-3). It was a real blow for Columbus native Walker who appeared poised to take the next step in to the upper level of heavyweight contenders. Pat Valentino narrowly defeated Henry Flakes by majority decision. Valentino, a San Francisco native, is 13-9-2 and did not do nearly enough against Flakes to warrent much future consideration in the division. In other heavyweight action Alberto Santiago Lovell defeated Cesar Brion with a 12th round TKO to win the Argentine Heavyweight Title in Rosario, Argentina. The win improves Lovell's record to 18-7-1 while Brion falls to 7-10-2. Lovell is ranked 23rd in the World in his weight class. In Germany Walter Neusel improved to 20-6 as he defended his German title against Hein Ten-Hoff. Neusel is likely in line to fight Englishman Bruce Woodcock for the European title but neither could hold a candle to the many great American fighters in the division right now. CANADIAN FOOTBALL NEWS ARGOS AND BLUE BOMBERS TO MEET IN GREY CUP The Toronto Argonauts will meet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 34th Grey Cup championship game which will be held in Toronto next week. The Argos advanced with a 23-7 win over ORFU champion Toronto Balmy Beach. The Bombers lost 14-10 in Calgary on Saturday but won their 2 game total point Western Football title by a 27-10 score. The defending Grey Cup champion Toronto Argos will be looking to hoist the trophy for the 6th time. Winnipeg has won the trophy 3 times with the most recent victory coming in 1941. The Argos hammered the Bombers 35-0 in last years game which was also held in Toronto. STATS AND STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Code: North W L T PCT PF PA Chi 10 1 0 .909 343 204 Det 4 7 0 .364 221 258 Min 4 7 0 .364 188 238 GB 4 7 0 .364 261 254 East W L T PCT PF PA Phil 9 2 0 .818 296 198 Wash 7 4 0 .636 270 226 Dal 3 8 0 .273 193 249 NYG 2 9 0 .182 188 293 South W L T PCT PF PA NO 5 6 0 .455 231 283 Atl 5 6 0 .455 171 223 Car 4 7 0 .364 176 222 TB 3 8 0 .273 216 267 West W L T PCT PF PA Arz 7 4 0 .636 220 203 SF 7 4 0 .636 217 188 Sea 5 6 0 .455 221 256 StL 5 6 0 .455 199 195 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Code: North W L T PCT PF PA Cle 7 4 0 .636 218 192 Pit 7 4 0 .636 214 203 Bal 5 5 1 .500 160 162 Cin 5 6 0 .455 244 217 East W L T PCT PF PA NE 8 2 1 .773 234 153 NYJ 6 5 0 .545 232 181 Buf 4 6 1 .409 162 202 Mia 4 7 0 .364 211 244 South W L T PCT PF PA Tenn 7 4 0 .636 254 173 Jax 5 6 0 .455 203 198 Hou 4 6 1 .409 153 222 Ind 4 7 0 .364 195 242 West W L T PCT PF PA Den 9 2 0 .818 291 195 KC 6 5 0 .545 170 212 SD 5 6 0 .455 188 182 Oak 4 7 0 .364 205 210 RESULTS New England 28 Detroit 24 NY Jets 24 Chicago 13 Green Bay 28 Buffalo 19 Arizona 25 San Diego 20 Washington 16 Tennessee 10 San Francisco 24 Oakland 19 Cleveland 42 New Orleans 30 Jacksonville 18 Philadelphia 10 St Louis 27 Kansas City 10 Miami 24 Minnesota 20 Dallas 28 Indianapolis 21 Pittsburgh 27 Tampa 20 Cincinnati 42 Atlanta 13 Baltimore 13 Carolina 10 Denver 45 Seattle 10 Houston 20 NY Giants 17 NEXT WEEK'S GAMES New England Patriots (8-2-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-4) New York Jets (6-5) at Cleveland Browns (7-4) Miami Dolphins (4-7) at Baltimore Ravens (5-5-1) Denver Broncos (9-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-6) Chicago Bears (10-1) at Washington Redskins (7-4) Detroit Lions (4-7) at Philadelphia Eagles (9-2) Kansas City Chiefs (6-5) at Tennessee Titans (7-4) Oakland Raiders (4-7) at Houston Texans (4-6-1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-8) at Seattle Seahawks (5-6) Minnesota Vikings (4-7) at Dallas Cowboys (3-8) New Orleans Saints (5-6) at St. Louis Rams (5-6) San Diego Chargers (5-6) at Indianapolis Colts (4-7) Atlanta Falcons (5-6) at San Francisco 49ers (7-4) Carolina Panthers (4-7) at Arizona Cardinals (7-4) Buffalo Bills (4-6-1) at Cincinnati Bengals (5-6) Green Bay Packers (4-7) at New York Giants (2-9) LEAGUE LEADERS Code: QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT Sid Luckman CHI 347 238 68.6 3192 25 6 114.4 Sammy Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7 Manfred Gayle TEN 278 164 59 2295 22 7 101.5 Ken Neal PHI 252 173 68.7 1806 14 7 96.1 Steve Quayle TB 171 102 59.6 1402 6 3 90.3 RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD Bruce Jones KAN 11 268 1194 4.5 70 9 S Van Buren NYJ 11 251 1173 4.7 81 7 Todd Berger NO 11 242 1170 4.8 47 6 Stacey Jolley MIA 11 234 1162 5 77 10 Bob Seymour WAS 11 224 1070 4.8 65 6 RECEPTIONS TM REC Brian Gardner DEN 77 Zach Kruczek CLE 74 Bob Sommer NO 74 Wayne Miller WSH 74 Lewis Smith JAX 72 Mel Ours HOU 72 Don Hutson GB 71 Garland Brown IND 70 Sonny Pointer BUF 67 RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD Wayne Miller WAS 11 74 1070 14.5 79 11 Brian Gardner DEN 11 77 1047 13.6 70 6 Zach Kruczek CLE 11 74 983 13.3 74 4 Chuck Myers NYG 11 61 957 15.7 80 3 Mel Ours HOU 11 72 947 13.2 60 4 TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST Mel Hein NYG 11 121 94 27 Matt Truluck STL 11 115 100 15 B Hasselbeck ARZ 11 112 87 25 Jeff Parent CIN 11 110 92 18 James Williams SEA 11 105 76 29 SACKS TM SACK Kevin Merkins DEN 14 Reggie White SD 11 Ruben Taylor MIN 10 Leslie Hill PHI 10 Javon Love OAK 9 Wayne Millner CLE 9 INTERCEPTONS TM INT Ed Newberry DEN 10 Mark Smith BAL 7 Greg Fletcher BUF 6 Earl Joyce SF 6 Ken Milloy JAX 6 Marion Dulaney PHI 6 Frankie Morrall CHI 6 Cris Brezina TEN 6 Rashod Dawson GB 6 Jimmy Conklin WSH 6 continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

07-22-2004, 11:24 AM	#103
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 21 Page 3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS Friday November 17, 1946 Texas-El Paso 14 Brigham Young 3 Louisiana State 46 Fordham 3 Nevada 48 Loyola Marymount 3 Miami (Florida) 27 Washington & Lee 3 Saturday November 18, 1946 Alabama 24 Boston College 20 Rutgers 31 Bucknell 0 Auburn 23 Clemson 20 Colgate 27 Brown 3 Princeton 16 Dartmouth 16 Davidson 37 Citadel 3 Oklahoma State 34 Drake 0 North Carolina 28 Duke 21 Idaho 6 Fresno State 6 Georgia Tech 31 Furman 0 Georgia 50 Tennessee-Chattanooga 23 Merchant Marine 17 Hofstra 3 Holy Cross 17 Temple 16 Hardin-Simmons 33 Howard Payne 0 Illinois 26 Northwestern 3 Indiana 24 Purdue 3 New Mexico 28 Kansas State 7 Tennessee 31 Kentucky 14 Lafayette 14 Lehigh 13 Michigan State 13 Maryland 3 Michigan 33 Ohio State 7 Wisconsin 16 Minnesota 0 Mississippi State 13 Mississippi 10 Washington 21 Montana 7 Montana State 17 Colorado Mines 0 Oklahoma 37 Nebraska 7 North Carolina State 38 Florida 7 Notre Dame 34 Tulane 10 Oregon State 10 Oregon 6 Penn State 14 Pittsburgh 7 UCLA 28 Southern California 17 Baylor 6 Southern Methodist 0 California 20 Stanford 20 Columbia 47 Syracuse 14 Rice 20 Texas Christian 0 Texas Tech 23 Arizona 13 Toledo 20 Wichita State 7 West Texas A&M 37 Arizona State 0 Virginia 23 West Virginia 3 Yale 28 Harvard 16 Sunday November 19, 1946 San Francisco 9 Wyoming 9 UPCOMING GAMES Wednesday November 22, 1946 Georgetown at New York University Thursday November 23, 1946 Arizona State at Wichita State Arkansas at Tulsa Colorado College at Denver Colorado State at Colorado Cornell at Pennsylvania Furman at Davidson Kansas at Missouri New Mexico State at Texas-El Paso Rollins at Tennessee-Chattanooga South Carolina at Wake Forest St Louis at Bradley Texas A&M at Texas Utah State at Utah Virginia Military Institute at Virginia Tech William & Mary at Richmond Friday November 24, 1946 Detroit Mercy at Miami (Florida) Portland at San Jose State Saturday November 25, 1946 Army at Navy Auburn at Florida Baylor at Rice Georgia Tech at Georgia Holy Cross at Boston College Kansas State at Arizona Maryland at North Carolina State Mississippi State at Alabama Nebraska at UCLA North Carolina at Virginia Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Southern California at Notre Dame St Mary's at San Francisco Tennessee at Vanderbilt Texas Christian at Southern Methodist Texas Tech at Hardin-Simmons Tulane at Louisiana State Washington at Oregon State Washington State at Michigan State NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Code: Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA Detroit 13 8 4 1 17 41 34 Montreal 13 7 4 2 16 43 28 New York 13 4 4 5 13 34 37 Boston 12 5 5 2 12 25 27 Toronto 11 5 5 1 11 33 27 Chicago 10 1 8 1 3 18 39 Code: LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Maurice Richard MON 13 13 4 17 Max Bentley CHI 10 6 11 17 Joe Carveth BOS 12 10 5 15 Bill Ezinicki TOR 11 7 5 12 Tony Leswick NY 13 9 2 11 Bill Cowley BOS 12 4 7 11 Billy Taylor DET 13 3 8 11 Ted Kennedy TOR 11 3 8 11 Leo Gravelle MON 13 9 1 10 Rene Trudell NY 13 6 4 10 Cal Gardner NY 13 6 4 10 Sid Abel DET 13 5 5 10 Toe Blake MON 13 3 7 10 Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM Bill Ezinicki TOR 11 26 Fern Flaman BOS 12 21 M Chamberlain MON 13 21 GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA Bill Durnan MON 13 7-4-2 2 2.05 Turk Broda TOR 11 5-5-1 0 2.35 Frank Brimsek BOS 12 5-5-2 0 2.39 Harry Lumley DET 12 8-3-1 0 2.54 RESULTS Wednesday November 15, 1946 Montreal 0 New York 0 Boston 3 Detroit 1 Thursday November 16, 1946 Detroit 5 Montreal 2 Saturday November 18, 1946 Toronto 3 Montreal 1 Chicago 2 New York 2 Sunday November 19, 1946 Detroit 2 Chicago 1 Boston 4 Montreal 2 Toronto 3 New York 3 UPCOMING GAMES Wednesday November 22, 1946 Toronto at Boston Detroit at Chicago Thursday November 23, 1946 New York at Detroit Saturday November 25, 1946 New York at Montreal Detroit at Toronto Sunday November 26, 1946 Montreal at Boston Toronto at Detroit New York at Chicago BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA STANDINGS Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB WSH 6 5 1 .833 x PROV 7 5 2 .714 0.5 PHI 2 1 1 .500 2.0 NY 5 2 3 .400 2.5 BOS 6 1 5 .167 4.0 Tor 6 1 5 .167 4.0 WEST GP W L PCT GB CHI 8 7 1 .875 x STL 6 5 1 .833 1.0 CLE 4 2 2 .500 3.0 DET 6 2 4 .333 4.0 PIT 6 0 6 .000 6.0 LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Monday November 13, 1946 Providence 64 Pittsburgh 53 Chicago 72 New York 71 Wednesday November 15, 1946 Chicago 70 Boston 63 Providence 57 Detroit 52 Thursday November 16, 1946 St Louis 61 Boston 46 Washington 68 Philadelphia 51 Friday November 17, 1946 Toronto 68 Providence 67 Saturday November 18, 1946 Providence 57 Detroit 52 Cleveland 67 St Louis 54 Washington 76 Chicago 62 New York 69 Pittsburgh 54 Boston 62 Toronto 53 Sunday November 19, 1946 Chicago 69 Cleveland 66 NEXT WEEK'S GAMES Monday November 20, 1946 Toronto at Pittsburgh Detroit at New York Tuesday November 21, 1946 Cleveland at Toronto St Louis at Philadelphia Wednesday November 22, 1946 Pittsburgh at Detroit St Louis at Washington Chicago at New York Thursday November 23, 1946 Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Boston Washington at Providence Friday November 24, 1946 Boston at Toronto Saturday November 25, 1946 St Louis at Providence Cleveland at New York Toronto at Washington Boston at Detroit Sunday November 26, 1946 Detroit at Chicago Pittsburgh at Cleveland LEAGUE SCORING LEADERS Code: SCORING TEAM GP PPG Joe Fulks PHI 2 25.0 Ed Sadowski CLE 4 16.8 Bob Feerick WSH 5 18.4 F Baumholtz CLE 4 15.0 Johnny Logan STL 5 14.2 John Norlander WSH 5 14.2 Max Zaslofsky CHI 8 14.1 Horace McKinney WSH 6 14.0 Donald Martin PROV 7 13.3 Chuck Halbert CHI 7 13.1 CANADIAN FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS Saturday November 18, 1946 Western Final Game 2 Winnipeg 10 at 14 Calgary Winnipeg wins 2 game total point series 27-14 Sunday November 19, 1946 Toronto Balmy Beach 7 at 23 Toronto Argos UPCOMING GAMES Sunday November 26, 1946 GREY CUP Winnipeg vs Toronto Argos at Toronto __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 07-22-2004 at 11:28 AM.

07-23-2004, 05:13 PM	#107
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE TRIPLE CROWN WILL RECEIVE TSN COVERAGE TigerFan's Sporting News has announced that it will start to cover horse racing's most prestigous events beginning in the spring. The Kentucky Derby, the first jewel of the Triple Crown, will be our inagural event and it will take place in May. We will also file reports on the Preakness and Belmont Stakes events. We are a year away from Citation's triple crown winning season of 1948 but 1947 still promises some excitement. Among the favourites will be Phalanx, with 1945 Derby winner Eddie Arcaro on board, Jet Pilot the real life Derby winner of 1947 and Faultless who is owned by two-time Derby winner Calumet Farm. The Background I will be using a freeware game called "Down the Stretch" created by Brien Martin. Here is a link to his site for anyone interested. http://www.geocities.com/aslplayer63...mes/index.html The game comes with fictional horses but after watching a replay of the 1947 Derby and doing a fair bit of research I believe I have acceptable ratings for the horses involved in the 3 races. A little more tweaking on the ratings may be necessary but I am close to what I want with them. I believe horse racing was a major part of the sports scene in this era so I felt it was important to have it represented. That leaves college basketball and the Olympic games as the only major events not yet included in this dynasty. As a side note the issues will probably come a little less quickly right now. The basketball games are being played out by hand using a dice game so it takes about 10 minutes per game to play which slows things down a little. Hockey is also a little more time consuming as I have to manually copy all of the stats for both sports into a spreadsheet. I am also focusing on getting my fictional Salt Lake City Bees dynasty going again. Feel free to post any questions on a particular athlete, team or sport. Also any feedback on how I can improve this is much appreciated. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 07-23-2004 at 05:18 PM.

07-26-2004, 10:37 PM	#111
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 22 Monday November 27, 1946 TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : November 27, 1946 COLLINS AND PLANK MAKE HALL OF FAME Pitchers Ray Collins and Eddie Plank can now each add one more footnote to their outstanding major league careers - Hall of Famer. The two hurlers who combined for 10 pitcher of the year awards each received just over the mimimum 126 votes necessary for induction. The total number of Hall of Famers now swells to 15, including 7 pitchers. Collins, who won 6 pitcher of the year awards and was instrumental in the Red Sox 9 pennants and 6 World Series titles during his 15 year career, led all candidates with 130 votes. He began his career in 1909 at the age of 22. He struggled through an 8-9 season and it would be 3 years before his career blossomed. And blossom it did. Collins won at least 21 games and never lost more than 12 each season between 1912 and 1922. He won a major league record 10 postseason games and finished his career in 1923 with a 326-139 record. Plank finished with one vote less than Collins. A 4 time American League pitcher of the year and 9 time allstar, Plank spent his entire career with the Athletics. 5 times he led his league in wins and 3 times had the best era. He was 3-3 in World Series action but never played for a winner. His career era of 2.45 is the 6th lowest alltime. He also ranks 11th alltime in strikeouts with 2106 and is 14th in career wins with 323. Among those just missing induction was Nap Lajoie who once again fell short. Many have long argued that Lajoie should have been among the initial group of inductees 13 years ago but here once again Lajoie is left wondering if his name will ever be called. Smokey Joe Wood, Ed Walsh and Zach Wheat all fell less than 15 votes shy of 75% needed for induction. Anyone appearing on less than 10% of the ballots will be removed from consideration for next year. 9 time allstar outfielder Chick Hafey, who spent his entire 18 year career with the Cardinals, heads the list of players who will be eligible for the first time next year. Code: 167 ballots cast VOTES PCT Ray Collins 130 77.8% Eddie Plank 129 77.2% Ed Walsh Sr. 115 68.9% Zach Wheat 113 67.7% Joe Wood 112 67.1% Nap Lajoie 103 61.7% Chief Bender 100 59.9% Bob Meusel 68 40.7% Doc Ayers 34 20.4% Al Bridwell 23 13.8% Orval Overall 21 12.6% Bill Steen 19 11.4% George Uhle 18 10.8% Harry Heilmann 17 10.2% Bill Doak 15 9.0% Weldon Henley 14 8.4% Doc White 12 7.2% Hugh Bedient 9 5.4% Bob Harmon 8 4.8% Jimmy Dygert 7 4.2% Larry Gardner 6 3.6% Bill Chappelle 5 3.0% Bob Rhoads 5 3.0% Al Mamaux 4 2.4% Joe Judge 4 2.4% Claude Hendrix 3 1.8% Roy Patterson 2 1.2% John Skopec 2 1.2% Emmet Heidrick 2 1.2% Johnny Mostil 2 1.2% Pol Perritt 1 0.6% Gene Demontreville 1 0.6% Joe Hauser 1 0.6% George Sisler 1 0.6% Milt Stock 1 0.6% 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CHICAGO CUBS After back-to-back National League Pennants the Chicago Cubs slipped to 5th place this past season. The biggest reason for the turnaround - the offense or rather lack thereof. In 1945 the Cubs were 3rd in runs scored and 5th in batting average in the major leagues while in 1946 they fell to 15th in each of those categories. It is hard to single one player out for the fall as it clearly was a case of virtually every regular having an off-year at the same time. The good news is most of the players are young enough that they could all just as easily have a career year next season. Catcher Ken O'Dea (.266,13,67) saw his average dip nearly .050 but he will be just 34 next season and is being counted on to regain the form he showed during the pennant winning seasons when he made back to back allstar teams. 41 year old Don Hurst lost the first base job to 27 year old rookie Eddie Waitkus (.307,1,22) in August and Waitkus appears to have a bright future. The rest of the infield remains the same as during the pennant winning seasons: 30 year old Eddie Stanky (.240,1,32) at second, 29 year old Lenny Merullo (.226,0,42) at short and third baseman Harland Clift (.206,15,69) who will be 34 on opening day. All 3 are coming off the worst season of their careers offensively. Outfielder Bill Nicholson (.232,18,72) still displayed power but the 32 year old saw his average plummet by .054. 34 year old Augie Galan (.259,4,59) and 33 year old Joe Marty (.243,8,61) round out the lineup. However, they will be pressed for playing time by 26 year old Andy Pafko, who hit .293 in AAA and appears ready for the Show. Pitching is the Cubs strength as they again finished in the top four in earned runs allowed. Starters Vern Olsen (15-16, 2.93), Paul Erickson (16-17, 3.39), Hank Wyse (16-16, 3.84) and Ken Raffensberger (14-13, 3.41) return and all are between 29 and 31 years of age. 26 year old Johnny Schmitz (3-5, 4.05) and 29 year old Ed Head (2-1, 1.55) will press for a spot in the rotation. Head in particular is an interesting case. He went 21-14 for the Dodgers in 1942 and was named NL Rookie of the Year before a terrible start the following season prompted his being traded twice. He did win 19 games for the Cubs in 1944 but has not been able to crack the rotation since then. 1947 OUTLOOK - The Cubs are a strong team and if the hitters can perform like they did 2 years ago there is no reason why Wrigley Field won't be an exciting place to be in come late September. 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CINCINNATI REDS Pennant fever returned to Cincinnati last season for the first time since 1926. In the end the Reds finished two games back of Pittsburgh but their 89 wins was the most since they last celebrated a championship 20 years ago. The hamstring injury to Joe Dimaggio that cost the slugger nearly all of September may well have been the difference in the pennant race. The 32 year old Dimaggio is clearly not the player he was in his early days with the Yankees before suffering a series of injuries but he can still mash the ball and has the uncanny ability to hit the big one at the right time. Dimaggio (.226,21,77) saw his average drop to a career low but he hit 12 homers in the 39 games just proceeding his injury to spark the Reds pennant run. Ford Garrison (.310,10,57) and Joe Medwick (.323,11,70) will be 31 and 35 respectively as the 1947 season opens and both are coming off strong seasons. 34 year old first baseman Johnny Mize (.242,19,86) is still productive and 34 year old second sacker Alex Kampouris (.323,10,66) fashioned career best numbers. Veteran Pete Coscarart (.259,6,57) at short and 3B Grady Hatton (.250,8,54) round out the infield. Hatton is just 24 and is expected to improve upon a decent rookie season. 32 year old catcher Frankie Hayes (.223,11,62) wilted in the late summer after a strong start to his season. The pitching staff in a quick glance looks good. But dig a little deeper and you can see why the Reds are a little worried. 30 year old Johnny Hutchings (21-6, 3.00) had everything go his way in his first full season as a starter. However, the jury is out on whether or not he can duplicate those numbers. Arnold Carter (18-15, 3.14) is far less of a concern. The 28 year old has improved each of his 3 seasons in the Reds rotation. Howie Fox (17-15, 4.96) is another question mark. The 26 year old had a far better record than his showing as a rookie two seasons ago but his era ballooned and poses some worry for the Reds front office. Rookie Evell Blackwell (12-15, 3.75) appears to have a bright future but can the 23 year old repeat his freshman performance? 24 year old Johnny Hetki (3-2, 2.67) led the National League with 11 saves. 1947 OUTLOOK - Everything went right for the Reds in 1946 until Dimaggio got hurt. Even then they nearly pulled off their first pennant in 20 years. The bet this season is things won't fall in to place quite as easily and the Reds will be a slightly above .500 ballclub. 3rd or 4th place at best. continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 07-26-2004 at 10:47 PM.

07-22-2004, 12:04 PM	#105
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07-23-2004, 07:06 PM	#108
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07-26-2004, 10:39 PM	#112
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 22 Page 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP ARMY FINISHES PERFECT SEASON: DECLINES BOWL OFFER Army easily handled longtime for Navy 29-10 over the weekend at Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium but the bigger news came after the game when it was made official that Army would not accept the Sugar Bowl's invitation to play against Georgia. It has been a longtime standard that Army does not participate in postseason games but with WWII over and the excitement a number 1 vs number 2 matchup could have provided many were expecting the Cadets to accept the invitation. Head Coach Earl Blaik broke the news to the media immediately following the win over Navy. TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20 Here is the new Top 20 after the final weekend of the season (last weeks ranking in brackets) 1- Army (1) -- 10-0 won 29-10 at Navy 2. Georgia (2) -- 10-0 beat Georgia Tech 37-24 co-SEC winner 3. UCLA (3) -- 10-0 beat Nebraska 37-13 win PCC Title 4- Notre Dame (4) -- 8-1 beat USC 31-7 only loss to Army 5. Michigan (5) -- 8-1 off won Western Conference Title only loss to Army 6. North Carolina (6) -- 10-0 beat Virginia 22-13 won Southern Conference Title 7. Tennessee (8)-- 9-1 beat Vanderbilt 16-0 co-SEC champs only loss to North Carolina 8. Rice (9) - 9-0-1 beat Baylor 21-7 win SWC title only blemish a tie with SMU 9. Alabama (10) -- 9-2 beat Mississippi State 24-14 losses to Georgia and Tenn. 10. Yale (7) -- 9-0 off Finished as top Ivy League school although technically all are independants 11 William & Mary (12)-- 9-1 beat Richmond 17-7 only loss to North Carolina 12. Pennsylvania (11)-- 7-1 beat Cornell 21-14 only loss to Army 13 North Carolina State (14)-- 9-1 beat Maryland 38-6 loss was against Wake Forest 14. Arkansas (13) - 6-2-2 tied 6-6 at Tulsa 15. Illinois (15)-- 6-2-1 off 2nd in Western Conference losses to Notre Dame and Michigan 16 Rutgers (17)-- 8-0-1 season over tie was against Harvard 17. Oklahoma (16)-- 7-2-1 dissappointing 30-30 tie at Oklahoma State Won Big 6 18 Hardin-Simmons (nr)-- 10-0 beat Texas Tech 28-24. Won Border Conference title 19 Kentucky (19)-- 7-3 season over all 3 losses to SEC rivals 20 Tulsa (nr) -- 7-2-1 tied then #13 Arkansas 6-6. Won MVC title. losses to Detroit Mercy and Tx Tech Dropping out of top 20 Southern California (18)-- 5-3-1 lost 31-7 at Notre Dame tied for second in PCC Mississippi State (20)-- 7-3 lost at #10 Alabama 24-14 all 3 losses to SEC rivals BOWL MATCHUPS DECIDED Army's refusal to accept a Bowl bid sent a real shockwave through the entire bowl picture. However once the dust settled there will definately be some intriguing matchups even though there will not be a true number 1 vs number 2. With Army out of the picture number 4 Notre Dame decided to pass on the Orange Bowl and take the Cadets spot in the Sugar Bowl against number 2 Georgia. If the Bulldogs beat the Irish it will be interesting to see if that can vault them past idle Army into the number 1 ranking. Other games involving top 10 clubs including the Rose Bowl which features unbeaten number 3 UCLA against the 5th ranked Michigan Wolverines. #7 Tennessee will meet #8 Rice in the Cotton Bowl. 6th ranked North Carolina was a team being heavily wooed and with the Southern Conference not having a direct affiliation with a bowl the Tar Heels opted for the Orange Bowl against Big 6 champ #17 Oklahoma. The Oil Bowl should also be a good matchup with 9th ranked Alabama playing 11th ranked William & Mary. Only 3 top 20 teams will not be participating in a bowl game. Army and #10 Yale both declined while 19th ranked Kentucky was not eligible because of a rule allowing just 3 teams per conference to participate in a bowl game. The SEC is already represented by Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. LSU, despite barely missing the top 20, would likely have been selected ahead of Kentucky had a 4th SEC school been eligible. The only Bowl game undecided is the Raisin Bowl which features the champions from the Border and Mountain States Conferences. Hardin-Simmons went 10-0 and won the Border Conference title but the Mountain States will not be decided until next week's game between Utah State and Denver is completed. Utah State can not win the conference but if they beat Denver than the title will go to Utah. THE BOWL PICTURE SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946 CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro #16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946 HARBOR BOWL - San Diego Nevada vs Stanford SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946 RAISIN BOWL - Fresno #18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver or Utah SUN BOWL - El Paso #15 Illinois vs Texas ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio #20 Tulsa vs New Mexico MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946 OIL BOWL - Houston #11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville #12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas ORANGE BOWL - Miami #17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans #2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame COTTON BOWL - Dallas #8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee ROSE BOWL - Pasadena #3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ROUNDUP PLAYOFF PICTURE STARTING TO COME IN FOCUS With just 4 weeks remaining in the 1946 National Football League season the playoff picture is beginning to clear up. In the NFC the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles have already clinched berths while things are looking very good for the Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins. In the AFC only the Denver Broncos have clinched a playoff berth so far, but the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs all look to be in good shape. In this weekend's games the Philadelphia Eagles clinched a playoff berth with a 34-26 win over a game Detroit Lions squad. Ken Neal returned from injury to throw 3 touchdown passes for the Eagles while RB Harley Mitchell, also back from injury, ran for 82 yards and caught 4 passes for 67 more. Losing QB Bob Waterfield had another strong day for the Lions, throwing for 347 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Chicago Bears rebounded from last week's loss against the Jets by hammering Washington 44-24. Sid Luckman threw 4 touchdown passes as the Bears clinched the NFC North Division title. Tampa beat Seattle 24-15 despite a breakout game from Seahawks RB Marion Motley. Motley ran for a career best 124 yards. All of Tampa's scoring came in the second quarter including a pair of Steve Quayle touchdown passes and a 77 yard interception return from Jim Plum. 5 turnovers cost Dallas bigtime against Minnesota. The Vikings won 31-27 despite Dallas having a huge advantage in total yards and time of possession. Cowboys QB Doug Shroeder was picked off twice and fumbled once. Dallas running back Raymond Cash ran for 127 yards. New Orleans beat St Louis 35-18 to take over sole possession of top spot in the NFC South at 6-6. Todd Berger ran for 101 yards and scored 3 touchdowns to lead the Saints. San Francisco and Arizona both won to remain tied atop the NFC West at 8-4. The 49ers beat Atlanta 30-7 while the Cardinals needed overtime to top Carolina 16-10. Trent Feeney's second touchdown pass of the game, a 49 yarder to WR Anthony Green accounted for the winning score. The New York Giants finally ended their losing streak at 9 games as they beat Green Bay 13-9. Michael Lake ran for 138 yards for New York while the Giant defense completely dominated the Packers. In the AFC Denver became the first team to clinch a playoff berth with a 13-3 victory over Jacksonville. LB Seth Walker had an incredible game for the Broncos, picking up a pair of sacks and recording 11 tackles. Aside from RB Oscar Hartings who gained 100 yards on the ground and another 49 receiving, the Broncos offense did not do a lot. New England improved to 9-2-1 with a 24-17 win over Pittsburgh. Bob Irvin tossed 3 touchdown passes and threw for 281 yards for the Pats who turned all 3 Steelers turnovers into points. Pittsburgh falls to 7-5 and a game out of first in the AFC North. Cleveland has sole possession of top spot in the North after laying a 31-10 beating on the 6-6 New York Jets. Art Basnight ran for 111 yards and Wayne Millner had two sacks to lead the Browns. After such an incredible performance in upsetting Chicago a week ago, the Jets looked like a completely different - and uninspired - club. Steve Van Buren was held to just 44 yards rushing and he had a fumble returned for a Cleveland touchdown. League rushing leader Stacey Jolley scored 3 touchdowns and ran for a career high 250 yards to lead Miami past Baltimore 38-21. Jolley's 250 yards are just 18 shy of the single game record set by Antowain Anderson of Atlanta a year ago. The defending champion Ravens fall to 5-6-1 and are looking like they will not be making a postseason appearance this year. Kansas City is in the thick of the wild card hunt at 7-5 after beating Tennessee 30-17. The Chiefs won despite 3 interceptions from QB Ulish Groce. However, the Chiefs certainly did not have a monopoly on turnovers. Manfred Gayle of the Titans was picked off twice and he fumbled once. Titan kick returner Flip McMillan fumbled 3 times. The Titans are also 7-5 and 2 games ahead of Jacksonville and Indianapolis atop the AFC South. Johnny Cushing ran for 106 yards and had 6 catches for 72 yards to help Oakland past Houston 30-23. At 5-7 the Raiders are likely out of the postseason picture. Indianapolis upended San Diego 27-6. James Harris had 10 tackles and an interception to lead the Colts defense to it's best showing of the season. Buffalo remains alive in the wild card hunt at 5-6-1 after beatint Chicnnati 13-6. Bills QB Leon Allen connected with WR Thomas Glover for a 5 yard touchdown pass on Buffalo's opening possession to account for the only major on the day. Bills CB Greg Fletcher had 2 sacks and forced a pair of Cincinnati fumbles. There are a number of games next week that can make a huge difference in the playoff picture including New Orleans (6-6) at Pittsburgh (7-5) and Arizona (8-4) at San Francisco (8-4) but the biggest matchup may be a potential title game preview as New England (9-2-1) entertains the Chicago Bears (11-1). BOXING ROUNDUP* BOB MONTGOMERY TAKES STEP CLOSER TO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE Promising lightweight Bob Montgomery improved to 10-0 with a victory in his hometown of Philadelphia over his toughest opponent to date. Montgomery looked to be in trouble early on against Australian Vic Patrick until he caught the Aussie with a devasting right in the 4th round that sent him to the canvas. Patick, ranked 11th in the World entering the fight recovered from the knockdown but he never did take control of the fight again. Montgomery won by unanimous decision dropping Patrick's record to 11-3. The win moves Montgomery in to the role of number 1 contender for champion Ike Williams' World Lightweight belt. It is expected Williams and Montgomery will meet late next year for the title. Despite the loss Patrick showed enough to move up into the top 10 fighters in the division. In other boxing news reigning British middleweight champ Randy Turpin added the European Middleweight belt to his collection after outpointing Frenchman Edouard Tenet in London England over the weekend. Turpin improves to 22-3 and is ranked XX overall while Tenet's record falls to 13-6-1. If his career continues along the same path expect Turpin to get a shot a World Middleweight champ Jake Lamotta in the next year or two. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE RED WINGS STRETCH LEAD WITH 3 STRAIGHT WINS The Detroit Red Wings have opened up an 8 point lead atop the National Hockey League standings after three straight wins last week. Meanwhile, Montreal dropped to a third place tie after going winless in their last 7 games. The Wings started a busy 4 game week with an uninspired effort in a 1-1 tie with lowly Chicago. for the Black Hawks it was just their third point of the season and Chicago's goal was scored by, who else, Max Bentley. Bentley is tied with Rocket Richard for the scoring lead with 19 points and he has been involved in all but one of Chicago's 20 goals this season. Thursday the Wings beat the Rangers at the Olympia by a 5-4 score. Sid Abel led the Red Wings with a pair of goals while Grant Warwick had two for the visitors. On Saturday the Red Wings held off a late charge from Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens to beat the Leafs 5-4. Howie Meeker had a hat trick for the Leafs while stay at-home defense Bill Quakenbush equalled his season point total with 3 helpers for the Detroiters. On Sunday, the Wings again beat the Leafs. This time it was a 5-3 score on the ice at The Olympia. Just as was the case the previous evening 5 different Red Wings beat struggling Toronto netminder Turk Broda. Speaking of struggling, the Montreal Canadiens continue to plummet in the standings. The Habs have lost 5 in a row and have just 1 tie in their last 7 games after starting the season 7-0-1. The Canadiens lost a pair of 2-1 games last week, to the Rangers and Boston. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PROVIDENCE STEAMROLLING OPPOSITION The Providence Steamrollers, riding a 7 game winning streak, are the hottest club in the BAA. The Steamrollers own the best record in the league thanks to a balanced offense led by guards Donald Martin and Ernie Calverley. The two are each averaging over 13 points a game but the offense is not restricted to the backcourt. Center Hank Beenders is averaging nearly 11 points a game and forward Earl Shannon contributes just over 12 points. The bench is the Steamrollers weak spot but with the current level of production from the starters it has hardly hurt the team. Joe Fulks of Philadelphia set a record for the young league by pouring in 32 points against Chicago on November 23rd. It was a single game record but did little to help the Warriors on that night as Chicago outscored Philadelphia 82-59. Fulks is leading the league in scoring but his Warriors have played just 4 games so far. continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 07-26-2004 at 10:41 PM.

07-26-2004, 10:51 PM	#113
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 22 Page 3 CANADIAN FOOTBALL TORONTO ARGOS WIN GREY CUP IN OVERTIME The Toronto Argonauts defeated Winnipeg 17-14 on an overtime field goal to win the Grey Cup, emblematic of football supremacy north of the border. The Argos led 7-0 at the half but Winnipeg tied the game in the third quarter and then took a 14-7 lead early in the fourth. The Argos tied things a few minutes later to send the game into extra time. It marks the second year in a row the Argos beat Winnipeg to win the Cup. Last year Toronto won in convincing fashion, scoring a 35-0 shutout. This year's game in Toronto was much closer but it still marks the Bombers 4th Grey Cup defeat in the last 5 years. Winnipeg last won the Grey Cup in 1941 when the Bombers trimmed the Ottawa Rough Riders 18-16. GOLF BYRON NELSON NAMED TSN GOLFER OF THE YEAR To no one's surprise Byron Nelson has been named the golfer of the year by TigerFan's Sporting News. The Fort Worth, Texas native won two majors to bring his career total to 6. It did not quite compare statistically to the run he had in 1945 when he won 11 consecutive tournaments and a total of 19 tour events. The performance has been disparaged by some because most of the other top professional golfers were serving in World War II. (Nelson wasn't qualified for military service because he had hemophilia.) His win in the British Open and the PGA Championship certainly goes a long way towards erasing some of that doubt. The British Open win became a marathon as Nelson and Australian Peter Thomson needed just an extra round to break their tie but also 5 sudden-death playoff holes. Nelson birdied the 5th playoff hole to claim the Claret Jug for the first time in his career. He won the match-play PGA title at the Portland Golf Club by beating Dick Burton 2 and 1 in the final. His toughest match came in the quarterfinals when he needed an extra hole to top Jimmy Demaret. Nelson finished tied for 5th in the Masters 5 strokes behind winner Ben Hogan. He missed the cut for the US Open. In other golf notes captains Ben Hogan and Henry Cotton are expected to name their rosters for the 1947 Ryder Cup which will be held at the Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon. It will be the first Cup challenge since the Americans upset the British on their home turf in 1937. In the five events prior to that the home side had won on each occassion. The first event was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1927 after a trophy was donated by Samuel Ryder. The United States leads the series 4 wins to two. The event will return to the prewar format of being contested every second year. The 1949 event will be held at the Ganton Golf Club in Ganton, England. STATS AND STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Code: North W L T PCT PF PA Chi 11 1 0 .917 387 228 Min 5 7 0 .417 219 265 Det 4 8 0 .333 247 292 GB 4 8 0 .333 270 267 East W L T PCT PF PA Phil 10 2 0 .833 330 224 Wash 7 5 0 .583 294 270 Dal 3 9 0 .250 220 280 NYG 3 9 0 .250 201 302 South W L T PCT PF PA NO 6 6 0 .500 266 301 Atl 5 7 0 .417 178 253 Car 4 8 0 .333 186 238 TB 4 8 0 .333 240 282 West W L T PCT PF PA Arz 8 4 0 .667 236 213 SF 8 4 0 .667 247 195 Sea 5 7 0 .417 236 280 StL 5 7 0 .417 217 230 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Code: North W L T PCT PF PA Cle 8 4 0 .667 249 202 Pit 7 5 0 .583 231 227 Bal 5 6 1 .458 181 200 Cin 5 7 0 .417 250 230 East W L T PCT PF PA NE 9 2 1 .792 258 170 NYJ 6 6 0 .500 242 212 Buf 5 6 1 .458 175 208 Mia 5 7 0 .417 249 265 South W L T PCT PF PA Tenn 7 5 0 .583 271 203 Jax 5 7 0 .417 206 211 Ind 5 7 0 .417 222 248 Hou 4 7 1 .375 176 252 West W L T PCT PF PA Den 10 2 0 .833 304 198 KC 7 5 0 .583 200 229 SD 5 7 0 .417 194 209 Oak 5 7 0 .417 235 233 LAST WEEK'S RESULTS New England 24 Pittsburgh 17 Cleveland 31 NY Jets 10 Miami 38 Baltimore 31 Denver 13 Jacksonville 3 Chicago 44 Washington 24 Philadelphia 34 Detroit 26 Kansas City 30 Tennessee 17 Oakland 30 Houston 23 Tampa 24 Seattle 15 Minnesota 31 Dallas 27 New Orleans 35 St Louis 18 Indianapolis 27 San Diego 6 San Francisco 30 Atlanta 7 Arizona 16 Carolina 10 Buffalo 13 Cincinnati 6 NY Giants 13 Green Bay 9 WEEK 14 MATCHUPS Chicago Bears (11-1) at New England Patriots (9-2-1) Detroit Lions (4-8) at New York Jets (6-6) Washington Redskins (7-5) at Jacksonville Jaguars (5-7) Philadelphia Eagles (10-2) at Tennessee Titans (7-5) New Orleans Saints (6-6) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-8) at Cleveland Browns (8-4) St. Louis Rams (5-7) at Denver Broncos (10-2) Seattle Seahawks (5-7) at Kansas City Chiefs (7-5) Green Bay Packers (4-8) at Minnesota Vikings (5-7) New York Giants (3-9) at Dallas Cowboys (3-9) Atlanta Falcons (5-7) at Carolina Panthers (4-8) San Francisco 49ers (8-4) at Arizona Cardinals (8-4) Buffalo Bills (5-6-1) at Miami Dolphins (5-7) Cincinnati Bengals (5-7) at Baltimore Ravens (5-6-1) Oakland Raiders (5-7) at San Diego Chargers (5-7) Houston Texans (4-7-1) at Indianapolis Colts (5-7) Code: QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT Sid Luckman CHI 375 255 68 3532 29 6 117.1 Sammy Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7 Ken Neal PHI 273 189 69.2 1992 17 7 100.3 Manfred Gayle TEN 316 190 60.1 2553 24 9 99.3 Ryan Boyette NO 348 219 62.9 2614 14 9 88.5 RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD Stacey Jolley MIA 12 256 1412 5.5 97 13 Todd Berger NO 12 271 1271 4.7 47 9 Bruce Jones KAN 12 290 1263 4.4 70 10 S Van Buren NYJ 12 262 1217 4.6 81 7 Bob Seymour WAS 12 243 1148 4.7 65 8 RECEPTIONS TM REC Bob Sommer NO 81 Zach Kruczek CLE 80 Wayne Miller WSH 80 Lewis Smith JAX 80 Brian Gardner DEN 78 Mel Ours HOU 78 Don Hutson GB 78 Garland Brown IND 74 Sonny Pointer BUF 74 RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD Wayne Miller WAS 12 80 1151 14.4 79 11 Chuck Myers NYG 12 66 1055 16 80 4 Brian Gardner DEN 12 78 1054 13.5 70 6 Zach Kruczek CLE 12 80 1035 12.9 74 4 Lewis Smith JAX 12 80 1023 12.8 70 3 TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST Mel Hein NYG 12 128 100 28 Matt Truluck STL 12 126 111 15 Jeff Parent CIN 12 120 100 20 B Hasselbeck ARZ 12 115 88 27 James Williams SEA 12 113 84 29 SACKS TM SACK Kevin Merkins DEN 14 Reggie White SD 11 Wayne Millner CLE 11 Ruben Taylor MIN 10 Leslie Hill PHI 10 Javon Love OAK 9 INTERCEPTONS TM INT Ed Newberry DEN 10 Mark Smith BAL 7 Cris Brezina TEN 7 Greg Fletcher BUF 6 Earl Joyce SF 6 Ken Milloy JAX 6 Marion Dulaney PHI 6 Frankie Morrall CHI 6 Rashod Dawson GB 6 Jimmy Conklin WSH 6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS Wednesday November 22, 1946 Georgetown 16 New York University 7 Thursday November 23, 1946 Wichita State 24 Arizona State 12 Tulsa 6 Arkansas 6 Denver 24 Colorado College 0 Colorado 37 Colorado State 0 Pennsylvania 21 Cornell 14 Davidson 31 Furman 6 Missouri 10 Kansas 10 New Mexico State 21 Texas-El Paso 10 Tennessee-Chattanooga 41 Rollins 3 Wake Forest 48 South Carolina 7 St. Louis 24 Bradley 10 Texas 24 Texas A&M 0 Utah 17 Utah State 7 Virginia Tech 9 Virginia Military Institute 6 William & Mary 17 Richmond 7 Friday November 24, 1946 Miami (Florida) 26 Detroit Mercy 21 Portland 16 San Jose State 3 Saturday November 25, 1946 Army 29 Navy 10 Auburn 35 Florida 30 Rice 21 Baylor 7 Georgia 37 Georgia Tech 24 Boston College 20 Holy Cross 3 Arizona 38 Kansas State 13 North Carolina State 38 Maryland 6 Alabama 24 Mississippi State 14 UCLA 37 Nebraska 13 North Carolina 22 Virginia 13 Oklahoma State 30 Oklahoma 30 Notre Dame 31 Southern California 7 St. Mary's 31 San Francisco 30 Tennessee 16 Vanderbilt 0 Southern Methodist 10 Texas Christian 10 Hardin-Simmons 28 Texas Tech 24 Louisiana State 30 Tulane 0 Oregon State 14 Washington 13 Michigan State 24 Washington State 14 UPCOMING GAMES Saturday December 2, 1946 Nevada at Hawaii All Stars Utah State at Denver Saturday December 9, 1946 Portland at Hawaii All Stars Southern California at Tulane Saturday December 16, 1946 Utah at Hawaii All Stars END OF REGULAR SEASON NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Code: Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA Detroit 17 12 4 1 25 58 46 New York 16 6 5 5 17 51 44 Boston 14 7 5 2 16 30 29 Montreal 15 7 6 2 16 45 32 Toronto 13 5 7 1 11 37 35 Chicago 12 1 10 1 3 20 48 Code: NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Maurice Richard MON 15 14 5 19 Max Bentley CHI 12 7 12 19 Billy Taylor DET 17 5 12 17 Tony Leswick NY 16 11 5 16 Joe Carveth BOS 14 10 6 16 Bill Ezinicki TOR 13 8 7 15 Ted Kennedy TOR 13 5 10 15 Bill Cowley BOS 14 6 8 14 Grant Warwick NY 16 6 8 14 Roy Conacher DET 17 10 3 13 Sid Abel DET 17 8 5 13 Cal Gardner NY 16 7 6 13 Toe Blake MON 15 4 8 12 Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM Gus Mortson TOR 13 32 Bill Ezinicki TOR 13 30 M Chamberlain MON 15 29 Vic Lynn TOR 13 26 GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA Bill Durnan MON 15 7-6-2 2 2.05 Frank Brimsek BOS 14 7-5-2 0 2.19 Chuck Rayner NY 16 6-5-5 1 2.60 Harry Lumley DET 16 11-3-2 0 2.64 Turk Broda TOR 13 5-8-1 0 2.78 RESULTS Wednesday November 22, 1946 Boston 3 Toronto 1 Detroit 1 Chicago 1 Thursday November 23, 1946 Detroit 5 New York 4 Saturday November 25, 1946 New York 2 Montreal 1 Detroit 5 Toronto 4 Sunday November 26, 1946 Boston 2 Montreal 1 Detroit 5 Toronto 3 New York 7 Chicago 1 UPCOMING GAMES Wednesday November 29, 1946 Montreal at Detroit Toronto at Chicago New York at Boston Saturday December 2, 1946 Chicago at Toronto Detroit at Montreal Sunday December 3, 1946 Detroit at Boston New York at Chicago BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB PROV 9 8 1 .889 x WSH 9 7 2 .778 1.0 NY 8 4 4 .500 3.5 PHI 4 2 2 .500 3.5 BOS 9 2 7 .222 6.0 Tor 10 1 9 .100 7.5 WEST GP W L PCT GB CHI 11 9 2 .818 x STL 10 6 4 .600 2.5 CLE 7 4 3 .571 3.0 DET 10 4 6 .400 4.5 PIT 9 1 8 .111 7.0 Code: SCORING TEAM GP PPG Joe Fulks PHI 4 25.3 Ed Sadowski CLE 7 18.6 Bob Feerick WSH 8 17.5 F Baumholtz CLE 7 14.6 Johnny Logan STL 7 14.1 Horace McKinney WSH 9 13.9 Stan Miasek DET 10 13.8 Donald Martin PRO 9 13.7 Ernie Calverley PRO 9 13.4 Chuck Halbert CHI 10 13.2 RESULTS Monday November 20, 1946 Toronto 55 at Pittsburgh 67 Detroit 53 at New York 47 Tuesday November 21, 1946 Cleveland 64 at Toronto 47 St Louis 40 at Philadelphia 70 Wednesday November 22, 1946 Pittsburgh 59 at Detroit 70 St Louis 60 at Washington 63 Chicago 65 at New York 77 Thursday November 23, 1946 Chicago 82 at Philadelphia 59 St Louis 68 at Boston 40 Washington 59 at Providence 70 Friday November 24, 1946 Boston 52 at Toronto 58 Saturday November 25, 1946 St Louis 50 at Providence 69 Cleveland 65 at New York 76 Toronto 48 at Washington 74 Boston 64 at Detroit 63 Sunday November 26, 1946 Detroit 62 at Chicago 69 Pittsburgh 60 at Cleveland 71 UPCOMING GAMES Monday November 27, 1946 New York at Pittsburgh Providence at Boston Tuesday November 28, 1946 Boston at Philadelphia Cleveland at Detroit Washington at Toronto Wednesday November 29, 1946 Chicago at Washington Cleveland at Pittsburgh St Louis at New York Thursday November 30, 1946 Detroit at Philadelphia St Louis at Chicago New York at Providence Pittsburgh at Boston Friday December 1, 1946 Cleveland at Toronto Saturday December 2, 1946 Toronto at Providence Detroit at St Louis Philadelphia at New York Pittsburgh at Washington Sunday December 3, 1946 Detroit at Cleveland Boston at Chicago CANADIAN FOOTBALL 1946 GREY CUP GAME Toronto Argos 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 14 (OT) GOLF MAJOR TOURNEY WINNERS The Masters - Ben Hogan British Open - Byron Nelson in a playoff over Peter Thomson US Open - Harry Bradshaw PGA - Byron Nelson TSN Golfer of the year - Byron Nelson The USA and Britian will name their teams for the 1947 Ryder Cup next week __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 07-26-2004 at 10:55 PM.

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Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 23 Monday December 4, 1946 TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 4, 1946 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE VAN BUREN SETS SINGLE GAME RUSHING RECORD New York Jets back Steve Van Buren set a single game NFL rushing record by gaining 271 yards on 25 carries as the Jets beat Detroit 14-3. Van Buren, who had touchdown runs of 99 and 76 yards, also had 4 catches for 25 yards and returned a pair of kickoffs for 42 yards. The previous single game rushing record was 268 yards set by rookie Antowain Anderson of Atlanta last year against Tampa. The win improves the Jets record to 7-6 and keeps them in the AFC playoff race. The Lions fall to 4-9 with the loss. SAN FRANCISCO TAKES CONTROL OF NFC WEST* The San Francisco 49ers took over sole possession of first place in the NFC West after a convincing 20-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in Tempe. The win improves the 49ers to 9-4, one game ahead of the second place Cardinals. Koy Harris threw a pair of second quarter touchdowns to account for the majority of the San Francisco offense. Harris passed for 208 yards and did not throw an interception. He was also sacked just once as the 49ers controlled the line of scrimmage on offense and defense. Niner's defensive lineman Joey Griese was on a first name basis with Arizona QB Trent Feeney - sacking him 4 times. In all the 49ers sacked Feeney 5 times and pressured him all game. For Griese it was a rare glimpse back at the form that made him a 4 time first-team allstar. The former South Dakota standout averaged 11 sacks a season during those 4 years but notched just 3 in a terrible season last year. He got off to a slow start again this year but with 6 sacks in his last 4 games he appears to finally be out of his slump. The 49ers face a tough test next week when they travel to Denver to meet the 11-2 Broncos. Arizona visits 8-5 Kansas City. BRONCOS HAVE FIRM CONTROL OF AFC HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE The Denver Broncos imrpoved to 11-2 and are in the driver's seat in the race for home field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. Oscar Hartings ran for 104 yards and gained another 49 receiving to help Denver beat the St Louis Rams 18-7. The Denver defense held St Louis in check all game - limiting the Rams to just 169 yards total offense. The Broncos defense forced a couple of turnovers and recorded a sack when Seth Walker sacked Rams QB Rod Dugas in the endzone. New England failed to keep pace as the Pats fell to 9-3-1 after a 27-13 loss against a determined Chicago Bears club. Sid Luckman snapped a 13-13 tie with a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes. Luckman had another big game, throwing for 317 yards. EAGLES AND REDSKINS BOTH SUFFER OVERTIME LOSSES* No changes in the NFC race as both the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins suffered road overtime losses. The Eagles were upended by AFC South leader Tennessee 16-10 while Jacksonville stopped Washington 21-18. The Eagles drop to 10-3, 2 games back of Chicago in the race for the NFC's best record. The Redskins fall to 7-6 but remain in decent shape to grab the final wild card berth. As for the AFC clubs, the Titans have a 2 game lead on Jacksonville atop the South Division. The 6-7 Jags are still in the wild card race. Jacksonville scored 11 points in the 4th quarter, including a 2 point conversion with under 2 minutes to play, to rally to tie Washington at 18 before Stacey Bennett connected on a 25 yard field goal to win it in overtime. RB Keith Musso led the Jags with 130 yards rushing and he also had 4 catches for 34 yards. The Jacksonville defense did a good job bottling up the Redskins offense led by backup QB Mike Washington who again replaced the injured Sammy Baugh. Bob Nobis made a 51 yard field goal with 8 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter to allow Tennessee to tie Philadelphia at 10. Manfred Gayle and receiver Mark Hayman hooked up on a 25 yard touchdown pass in overtime to complete the Titans comeback. Gayle threw for 412 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Harley Mitchell gained 158 yards rushing for the Eagles but both clubs had difficulty finding the endzone. In other action Tyson Pittman returned an interception 73 yards for a touchdown to help New Orleans past Pittsburgh 17-6. Both clubs are 7-6 and still in the playoff hunt. The Saints have a 2 game lead in the NFC South while the Steelers are fighting for a wild card berth. Darren McLeod ran for 158 yards and a touchdown as Tampa surprised AFC North leading Cleveland 24-13. Because of injuries the Browns have used 4 different starting quarterbacks this season but at 8-5 they still have a 1 game lead on Pittsburgh. Kansas City beat Seattle 28-13 as the 8-5 Chiefs solidified their grasp on a wild card berth. Defensive tackle Mike Smith had 2 sacks and forced a fumble to help Green Bay past Minnesota 13-7. Both clubs are 5-8. Eric Poppinga threw 4 touchdown passes as the 4-9 Giants won their second straight, 35-27 over Dallas. The Cowboys built a 21-7 lead before starting QB Doug Schroeder left the game with an injury. His replacement, rookie Avon Sandusky, threw 3 interceptions to cost the Cowboys the game. Atlanta scored 17 points in the 4th quarter but came up just short in a 26-23 loss to Carolina. Both clubs are 5-8 and 2 games back of New Orleans in the NFC South. Hugh Vick caught 3 passes for 155 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead Miami past Buffalo 27-9. The win allows the Dolphins to leapfrog past Buffalo and out of the AFC East cellar. Defending league champion Baltimore moved a step closer to missing the playoffs altogether after a 37-15 loss to Cincinnati. Ken Smith threw 3 touchdown passes for the 6-7 Bengals. The Ravens fall to 5-7-1. Johnny Cushing ran for 114 yards to help Oakland past San Diego 34-13. Houston scored 23 second half points on two interception returns, a punt return and a safety to beat Indianapolis 30-6. LB Ron Shonta returned one of the picks for a touchdown and also had 2 sacks and a fumble recovery on the day. COLLEGE FOOTBALL* TRIPPI WINS MAXWELL AWARD Georgia quarterback Charles Trippi was named the winner of the Maxwell Award as college football's top player. The award, handed out by the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia, is considered to be the second most prestigous college football award next to the Heisman Trophy. Trippi, who is also a finalist for the Heisman, led Georgia to a perfect 10-0 record and a number 2 ranking nationally. He threw for 3325 yards and 28 touchdowns while being intercepted just 6 times. The Heisman Trophy, awarded by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York, will be presented next week. Trippi, along with North Carolina QB DeMarco Dickinson and Army RB Glen Davis are considered the front runners. St Mary's RB Herman Wedemeyer and Army receiver Barney Poole round out the five finalists. Below are the past winners of the Maxwell Award 1946 - Charles Trippi (QB) Georgia 1945 - Doc Blanchard (FB) Army 1944 - Glenn Davis (HB) Army 1943 - Bob Odell (HB) Pennsylvania 1942 - Paul Governali (QB) Columbia 1941 - Bill Dudley (HB) Virginia 1940 - Tom Harmon (HB) Michigan 1939 - Nile Kinnick (HB) Iowa 1938 - Davey O'Brien (QB) Texas Christian 1937 - Clint Frank (HB) Yale STROHMEYER WINS OUTLAND TROPHY Notre Dame defensive end George Strohmeyer has been named the first winner of the Outland Trophy. The trophy was created to recognize the top interior lineman in college football. John H. Outland played football at the University of Kansas for two years, then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania to study medicine. Walter Camp named him an All-American at tackle in 1897 and at halfback in 1898. After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Outland returned to Kansas to practice surgery. He also coached the university's football team in 1901. This year Dr. Outland donated a trophy to be awarded to the outstanding interior lineman in college football, as selected by the Football Writers Association of America. Strohmeyer was the key cog in the 4th ranked Fighting Irish's defense. He had 15 sacks and 54 tackles in 9 games. Others who received consideration included Notre Dame offensive tackle George Connor, Army OT Albert Nemetz, California OG Bill Hatchen and Georgia Tech DT Paul Duke. All are expected to be high NFL draft picks next April. UNIVERSITY OF DENVER EARNS FINAL BOWL BID* Denver claimed the final bowl bid after a 23-7 victory over Utah State on Saturday. The victory gives the Fighting Parsons first place in the Mountain States Conference and an automatic berth in the Raisin Bowl against Border Conference champion Hardin-Simmons. Denver finishes with a 5-0-1 record in Mountain States play, just ahead of 5-1 Utah. Had Utah State managed to upset Denver than the University of Utah would have claimed the conference title. There was just one other game involving major college teams over the weekend. Nevada beat a team of all-stars from the state of Hawaii 30-13. Nevada finishes it's season with a perfect 9-0 record however most of the independant school's games were against lower level colleges. Next week Southern California tries to salvage a little from a dissappointing season when they visit Southeastern Conference weakling Tulane in one of two games. The other contest has the Hawaiian stars hosting Portland. The Bowl schedule gets under way Christmas Eve with Rutgers and North Carolina State meeting in the Cigar Bowl. With number 1 ranked Army passing on a bowl bid the two marquee games are #2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl and #3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan in the Rose Bowl. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE NEW YORK GIANTS The New York Giants have now gone 18 seasons without a pennant after a 7th place finish with a 61-93 record a year ago. The near future does not look bright for the Giants as they rank near the bottom of the league in both batting and pitching and there is a real shortage of young talent. The lone exception is pitcher Dave Koslo (17-18, 3.49), a 26 year old who won the National League rookie of the year award last season. The rest of the rotation for next season will likely consist of three 33 year olds in Russ Bauers (8-17, 4.55), Manny Salvo (7-11, 4.51) and Ken Chase (7-18, 4.50). Veteran Mel Ott (.280,12,59) still packs in the fans but he will be 38 when the season starts and clearly nearing the end of a great career that saw him hit over 400 home runs. The big concern in New York is the vast majority of the position players are in their mid to late thirties and there is only one everyday player under age 30. That would be 29 year old 3B Sid Gordon (.239,14,64). The rest of the infield consists of 37 year old Johnny McCarthy (.227,7,31) at first, 36 year old Lonny Frey (.288,2,34) at second and 37 year old shortstop Mickey Haslin (.271,4,41). Reserve outfielder Danny Gardella, a babe at age 27, may get his first chance to play regularly by taking over first base duties if McCarthy falters. Aside from Ott, the outfield consists of 34 year old Vince Dimaggio (.261,10,50) and 36 year old Hank Leiber (.280,12,59). With catcher Frankie Pytlak retiring, the duties fall entirely to 37 year old Frank Reiber (.220,4,45). Outfielder Charlie Mead, a 25 year old who missed half of last season with a broken hip, is the only talent the Giants have in their farm system. Mead hit .283 with 13 homers at AAA before his injury. Judging by the age of the regulars and the lack of young talent things could get a whole lot worse in New York before they get better. 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES The bad news is the 6th place Phillies finished in the bottom half of the National League for the 9th straight season and they have finished as high as third only once in the past 25 years. The good news is the Phillies 74 wins was their best output since 1937. There are also some good young prospects to build around. The best of which is outfielder Del Ennis (.287,14,75), who many felt should have been named National League rookie of the year. Ennis is just 21 and looks to have a great career ahead of him. 20 year old catcher Joe Garagiola came over from St Louis in a deadline deal. He may still be a year away from the majors but he did hit .235 in an 8 game major league trial in September. 22 year old second baseman Garvin Hammer spent the year in Class A but he may be a player to watch in the future. The Phillies also have a decent pitching prospect in Vic Lombardi, who went 11-12 with a 3.40 era in his second season in the majors. The 24 year old seems fully recovered from a torn tricep suffered as a rookie. 39 year old Bill Swift (15-19, 3.37) and his 265 career victories returns for another season as the Phillies number 1 starter. 29 year old Lefty Hoerst (8-10, 3.72) and 27 year old Charley Schanz (2-1, 2.23) will probably also make the rotation along with Lombardi. 35 year old Bennie Warren (.271,7,40) returns to handle the catching duties. 32 year old Joe Gordon (.262,1,561) is the offensive leader of the infield. 30 year old Ray Sanders (.301,4,61) is coming off a gold glove year at first base. Third baseman Pinky May (.260,2,52) will be 36 but looks like he may have a year or two left in the tank. Shortstop definately needs an upgrade as 38 year old Leo Norris (.215,4,45) is not the answer. Joining Ennis in the outfield are veterans Buster Adams (.281,13,67) and Bobby Estalella (.308,6,65). It has been an awful long time but Phillies fans may finally see there club finish with a .500 record in 1947. The team is still several players away from contending but they are headed in the right direction for a change. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE RED WINGS CONTINUE TO LEAD WAY With a win and two ties this week the Detroit Red Wings have widened their lead atop the National League standings to 9 points over second place New York. However, the big story in the league continues to be the play of Max Bentley. The heart and soul of the Chicago Black Hawks was involved in 7 of the Hawks 10 goals this week to boost his league leading scoring total to 26 points. Four players are tied for second with 19 including Maurice Richard who, like his Montreal teammates, has been in a terrible slump the last couple of weeks after a very quick start. GOLF ROUNDUP RYDER CUP TEAMS ANNOUNCED After a 10 year hiatus and some serious concerns that the exhibition would never be staged again the Ryder Cup is a go for next summer in Portland, Oregon. However, were it not for the efforts of one man it is doubtful the Ryder Cup Matches would have resumed in 1947. An Oregon fruit grower and canner, Robert A. Hudson, has come forward to fund the British team. Food rationing was still in force in Britain when Hudson, who also was a member of the PGA Advisory Committee, stepped up and offered his help and the use of Portland Golf Club as the host site. Here are the members of each club and notable accomplishments from the 1946 season UNITED STATES Captain Ben Hogan - won 1946 Masters, 3rd in Britsh Open Byron Nelson - won 1946 PGA and British Open, 1946 TSN golfer of the year Jimmy Demaret - tied for 5th in 46 Masters, 6th in US Open Sam Snead Herman Barron Lloyd Mangrum - finished 5th in 46 US Open Ed Oliver Lew Worsham Dutch Harrison BRITIAN Captain Henry Cotton - tied for 5th in 46 Masters Arthur Lees Fred Daly won 1946 Irish Open Charlie Ward Jimmy Adams Max Faulkner Dai Rees - finished 4th in 46 Masters Sam King continued __________________ 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: 9,748	Volume 1 Issue 23 Page 2 BOXING NEWS A quiet week on the boxing front as there were no bouts of note in the United States. However, 2 more European champions were crowned. In the lightweight division Czech fighter George Latka won a unanimous decision over Charley Gomer of France to claim the European title. Latka actually fights out of San Jose, California but because he was born in Czechoslovakia he is eligible to fight for the European title. Neither Gomer nor Latka are expected to ever challenge for the world title. Another Frenchman, Ray Famechon, made the Paris crowd a little happier. Famechon outpointed Ellis Ask to win the European Featherweight title. Ask, a fighter from Helsinki Finland who only fought one bout in the year long world title tourney, is just 20 years old and looks to have a bright future. Famechon improves to 25-11 and is considered to be among the top 5 or 6 in his weightclass worldwide. STATS AND STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Code: North W L T PCT PF PA Chi 12 1 0 .923 414 241 GB 5 8 0 .385 283 274 Min 5 8 0 .385 226 278 Det 4 9 0 .308 250 306 East W L T PCT PF PA Phil 10 3 0 .769 340 240 Wash 7 6 0 .538 312 291 NYG 4 9 0 .308 236 329 Dal 3 10 0 .231 247 315 South W L T PCT PF PA NO 7 6 0 .538 283 307 Car 5 8 0 .385 212 261 Atl 5 8 0 .385 201 279 TB 5 8 0 .385 264 295 West W L T PCT PF PA SF 9 4 0 .692 267 202 Arz 8 5 0 .615 243 233 Sea 5 8 0 .385 249 308 StL 5 8 0 .385 224 248 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE Code: North W L T PCT PF PA Cle 8 5 0 .615 262 226 Pit 7 6 0 .538 237 244 Cin 6 7 0 .462 287 245 Bal 5 7 1 .423 196 237 East W L T PCT PF PA NE 9 3 1 .731 271 197 NYJ 7 6 0 .538 256 215 Mia 6 7 0 .462 276 274 Buf 5 7 1 .423 184 235 South W L T PCT PF PA Tenn 8 5 0 .615 287 213 Jax 6 7 0 .462 227 229 Hou 5 7 1 .423 206 258 Ind 5 8 0 .385 228 278 West W L T PCT PF PA Den 11 2 0 .846 322 205 KC 8 5 0 .615 228 242 Oak 6 7 0 .462 269 246 SD 5 8 0 .385 207 243 RESULTS Chicago 27 New England 13 NY Jets 14 Detroit 3 Jacksonville 21 Washington 18 (OT) Tennessee 16 Philadelphia 10 (OT) New Orleans 17 Pittsburgh 6 Tampa 24 Cleveland 13 Denver 18 St Louis 7 Kansas City 28 Seattle 13 Green Bay 13 Minnesota 7 Carolina 26 Atlanta 23 San Francisco 20 Arizona 7 Miami 27 Buffalo 7 Cincinnati 37 Baltimore 15 Oakland 34 San Diego 13 Houston 30 Indianapolis 6 WEEK 15 SCHEDULE Green Bay Packers (5-8) at New England Patriots (9-3-1) Minnesota Vikings (5-8) at New York Jets (7-6) Buffalo Bills (5-7-1) at Chicago Bears (12-1) New York Giants (4-9) at Jacksonville Jaguars (6-7) Dallas Cowboys (3-10) at Tennessee Titans (8-5) Carolina Panthers (5-8) at Cleveland Browns (8-5) Cincinnati Bengals (6-7) at New Orleans Saints (7-6) Baltimore Ravens (5-7-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-8) San Francisco 49ers (9-4) at Denver Broncos (11-2) Arizona Cardinals (8-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (8-5) Oakland Raiders (6-7) at St. Louis Rams (5-8) San Diego Chargers (5-8) at Seattle Seahawks (5-8) Indianapolis Colts (5-8) at Philadelphia Eagles (10-3) Houston Texans (5-7-1) at Washington Redskins (7-6) Miami Dolphins (6-7) at Detroit Lions (4-9) Atlanta Falcons (5-8) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6) NFL LEADERBOARD Code: QB RATING TM AT COMP C% YDS TD INT RAT Sid Luckman CHI 408 277 67.9 3849 31 7 116.1 Sammy Baugh WAS 152 89 58.6 1519 11 4 105.7 Ken Neal PHI 273 189 69.2 1992 17 7 100.3 Manfred Gayle TEN 362 223 61.6 2965 26 10 100 Ryan Boyette NO 370 232 62.7 2708 14 10 86.2 RUSHING YARDS TM GS RUSH YDS YPC LG TD Stacey Jolley MIA 13 281 1520 5.4 97 14 S Van Buren NYJ 13 287 1488 5.2 99 9 Todd Berger NO 13 296 1351 4.6 47 10 Bruce Jones KAN 13 313 1335 4.3 70 12 Bob Seymour WAS 13 264 1233 4.7 65 9 RECEPTIONS TM REC Zach Kruczek CLE 88 Bob Sommer NO 87 Lewis Smith JAX 87 Wayne Miller WSH 86 Brian Gardner DEN 85 Don Hutson GB 84 Mel Ours HOU 82 Sonny Pointer BUF 82 RECEVING YARDS TM GS REC YDS YPC LG TD Wayne Miller WAS 13 86 1279 14.9 79 11 Zach Kruczek CLE 13 88 1126 12.8 74 5 Chuck Myers NYG 13 73 1120 15.3 80 5 Brian Gardner DEN 13 85 1115 13.1 70 6 Lewis Smith JAX 13 87 1087 12.5 70 3 TACKLES TM GS TAK SOLO AST Matt Truluck STL 13 139 121 18 Mel Hein NYG 13 135 104 31 B Hasselbeck ARZ 13 127 97 30 Jeff Parent CIN 13 127 106 21 Mark Smith BAL 13 123 100 23 SACKS TM SACK Kevin Merkins DEN 14 Reggie White SD 11 Wayne Millner CLE 11 Ruben Taylor MIN 10 Leslie Hill PHI 10 Javon Love OAK 9 INTERCEPTONS TM INT Ed Newberry DEN 10 Mark Smith BAL 7 Cris Brezina TEN 7 Earl Joyce SF 7 Greg Fletcher BUF 6 Ken Milloy JAX 6 Marion Dulaney PHI 6 Frankie Morrall CHI 6 Rashod Dawson GB 6 Jimmy Conklin WSH 6 COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS Saturday December 2, 1946 Nevada 30 Hawaii All Stars 13 Denver 23 Utah State 7 UPCOMING GAMES Saturday December 9, 1946 Portland at Hawaii All Stars Southern California at Tulane Saturday December 16, 1946 Utah at Hawaii All Stars BOWL SCHEDULE SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946 CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro #16 Rutgers vs #13 North Carolina State MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946 HARBOR BOWL - San Diego Nevada vs Stanford SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946 RAISIN BOWL - Fresno #18 Hardin-Simmons vs Denver SUN BOWL - El Paso #15 Illinois vs Texas ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio #20 Tulsa vs New Mexico MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946 OIL BOWL - Houston #11 William & Mary vs #9 Alabama GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville #12 Pennsylvania vs #14 Arkansas ORANGE BOWL - Miami #17 Oklahoma vs #6 North Carolina SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans #2 Georgia vs #4 Notre Dame COTTON BOWL - Dallas #8 Rice vs #7 Tennessee ROSE BOWL - Pasadena #3 UCLA vs #5 Michigan NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Code: Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA Detroit 20 13 4 3 29 65 51 New York 18 7 5 6 20 57 48 Boston 16 7 5 4 18 35 34 Montreal 17 7 7 3 17 48 37 Toronto 16 5 9 2 12 43 44 Chicago 15 2 11 2 6 30 57 LEAGUE LEADERS Code: NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Max Bentley CHI 15 10 16 26 Maurice Richard MON 17 14 5 19 Tony Leswick NY 18 13 6 19 Ted Kennedy TOR 16 8 11 19 Billy Taylor DET 20 6 13 19 Joe Carveth BOS 16 11 7 18 Bill Cowley BOS 16 7 11 18 Bill Ezinicki TOR 16 9 8 17 Cal Gardner NY 18 8 7 15 Grant Warwick NY 18 7 8 15 Roy Conacher DET 20 11 3 14 Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM Bill Ezinicki TOR 16 34 Gus Mortson TOR 16 32 M Chamberlain MON 17 31 Pete Horeck DET 20 28 GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA Bill Durnan MON 17 7,7,3 2 2.03 Frank Brimsek BOS 16 7,5,4 0 2.21 Harry Lumley DET 18 12,3,4 0 2.46 Chuck Rayner NY 18 7,5,6 1 2.52 Turk Broda TOR 16 5,9,2 0 2.98 RESULTS Wednesday November 29, 1946 Montreal 1 at 3 Detroit Toronto 3 at 6 Chicago New York 3 at 3 Boston Saturday December 2, 1946 Chicago 3 at 3 Toronto Detroit 2 at 2 Montreal Sunday December 3, 1946 Detroit 2 at 2 Boston New York 3 at 1 Chicago UPCOMING GAMES Tuesday December 5, 1946 Chicago at Montreal Wednesday December 6, 1946 Montreal at New York Toronto at Boston Detroit at Chicago Saturday December 9, 1946 Boston at Toronto Sunday December 10, 1946 Montreal at Chicago Toronto at Detroit Boston at New York BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB PROV 12 10 2 .857 x WSH 12 9 3 .800 1.0 PHI 7 5 2 .778 2.5 NY 12 6 6 .667 4.0 BOS 13 2 11 .542 8.5 Tor 13 1 12 .520 9.5 WEST GP W L PCT GB CHI 14 11 3 .824 x STL 13 9 4 .765 1.5 CLE 11 7 4 .733 2.5 DET 14 5 9 .609 6.0 PIT 13 2 11 .542 8.5 Code: SCORING TEAM GP PPG Joe Fulks PHI 7 24.4 Ed Sadowski CLE 11 18.3 Bob Feerick WSH 11 17.1 Stan Miasek DET 13 14.4 F Baumholtz CLE 11 14.3 Johnny Logan STL 10 14.1 Ernie Calverley PRO 12 14.1 MaxZaslofsky CHI 14 14.1 Chuck Halbert CHI 13 13.5 Donald Martin PRO 11 13.3 RESULTS Monday November 27, 1946 New York 73 at 72 Pittsburgh (ot) Providence 68 at Boston 63 Tuesday November 28, 1946 Boston 43 at 60 Philadelphia Cleveland 58 at 61 Detroit Washington 71 at 66 Toronto Wednesday November 29, 1946 Chicago 72 at 64 Washington Cleveland 80 at 54 Pittsburgh St Louis 68 at 56 New York Thursday November 30, 1946 Detroit 42 at 71 Philadelphia St Louis 82 at 72 Chicago New York 66 at 51 Providence Pittsburgh 54 at 53 Boston Friday December 1, 1946 Cleveland 69 at 54 Toronto Saturday December 2, 1946 Toronto 48 at 60 Providence Detroit 42 at 56 St Louis Philadelphia 69 at 60 New York Pittsburgh 59 at 67 Washington Sunday December 3, 1946 Detroit 61 at 63 Cleveland Boston 56 at 74 Chicago UPCOMING GAMES Monday December 4, 1946 Boston at Pittsburgh Tuesday December 5, 1946 Providence at Philadelphia Wednesday December 6, 1946 Detroit at New York Providence at Washington Chicago at Pittsburgh Thursday December 7, 1946 Toronto at Chicago Pittsburgh at St Louis New York at Philadelphia Detroit at Boston Saturday December 9, 1946 Detroit at Washington New York at Boston Cleveland at Chicago Toronto at Providence Philadelphia at St Louis Sunday December 10, 1946 Boston at New York Philadelphia at Cleveland 1947 GOLF VENUES* Masters - Augusta in April PGA - Plum Hollow CC Detroit late June Britsh Open - Hoylake Royal Liverpool Golf Club mid July US Open - St Louis CC Clayton, Missouri August Ryder Cup - Portland GC Portland, Oregon early September __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

07-31-2004, 05:24 AM	#116
Cuss16 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 2,994	the code boxes have nothing showing inside them. Maybe it's because of firefox? __________________

08-01-2004, 05:11 AM	#119
rangers85 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX...home of the mighty TCU Horned Frogs Posts: 909	I get empty sometimes and filled ones other times. It's kind of weird. BTW, do you have a link to the sim you're using for the NCAA Football? I'd be interested in getting it and messing around some in it.