TIGER FAN'S SPORTING NEWS: A multi-sport dynasty - Page 8

Tiger Fan · 08-12-2004, 01:37 AM

ULISH GROCE : OVERCOMING ADVERSITY BUT CAN HE OVERCOME INTERCEPTIONS?
Undrafted in 1942, the former Auburn signal caller spent a year playing semi-pro ball before being invited to the Chiefs training camp prior to the 1943 season. It was a mild surprise he did not get selected as Groce had some potential according to many scouts. However, it was a very raw player that entered the 1942 draft and no team seemed willing to take a chance on him mainly because of his tendancy for throwing interceptions in college.

"I'm aggressive out there," Groce said at the time. "Yes, I take chance but that's who I am. I want to be the guy who wins the game for my team. I may force it from time to time but the guys who refuse to go for victory usually seem much less turned off by the taste of defeat. I can't stand that taste."

When he was invited to the Chiefs camp in 1943 it was almost as an afterthought. Kansas City, having lost both their second and third string QB from the previous season needed a warm body to help get them through training camp. Groce was signed for the league minimum and entered camp hoping he could earn a spot on the practice squad. The Chiefs had hired their third coach in 3 years that offseason and it was clear from the beginning new boss Peyton Otto was not happy with the club's qb situation.

Veteran Bill Hill was brought in from Tampa to be the new starter despite the fact that Donnie Alley started 10 games as a rookie for the 8-8 Chiefs in 1942. A third round pick was spent on former Penn State signal caller Terrill Hennigan who in Otto's mind might surpass Alley as the backup. Groce, as mentioned above, was merely a warm body to add depth in the preseason.

As fate would have it Ulish Groce just happened to be a man in the right place at exactly the right time. He tossed a pair of touchdown passes in a mop up role in the first preseason game and looked good in the second one as well. In the third preseason game Bill Hall suffered an injury that would end his season. Alley did not look sharp through the first 3 games but he was given the starter's job with Groce moved up to the number two slot due to inconsistant play from rookie Hennigan.

In the final preseason game Alley got hurt. It was serious enough he would miss the first 3 weeks of the season so all of a sudden Ulish Groce was the opening week starter. It was hardly a fairytale debut for Groce who completed just 6 of 23 passes in a 35-22 season opening loss at home to Buffalo. He was also intercepted twice, something that would continue to haunt him throughout his career. He settled down and won his next two starts and that would be enough to give Coach Otto the confidence to let Groce take every snap of the 1943 season for the Chiefs. The highlight of his rookie season would be a 4-touchdown day in a win at Tennessee.

The job has been his ever since. Otto would last just two seasons as head coach in Kansas City but new coach Jermaine Nott kept Groce as the starter and he responded with a career best performance in 1945, lowering his interception total from 40 to 23. After three years making the league minimum Groce was rewarded with a huge contract extension prior to the 1946 season. However, he better not get too comfortable as just weeks after the extension was inked the Chiefs selected a QB with their first round pick. Some felt Tommy *Thompson, the 12th overall selection from Tulsa, would wrestle the starting gig away from Groce but once again lady luck smiled on Ulish. Thompson was injured during an exhibition game serious enough to be placed on injured reserve meaning Groce would have the starter's job without a challenger.

Groce, while occassionally showing flashes of brilliance appears to lack the decision-making skills necessary to be a front-line QB in the NFL. In 64 career starts he has been picked off 120 times. This season he threw just 12 touchdown passes and was intercepted 24 times. Yet somehow he helped the Chiefs to an 11-5 record and the first playoff berth in franchise history.

Coaches fall in love with the rocket arm and the odd outstanding performance such as the impressive wins over Seattle in week 14 this season or Arizona the following week. The problem is coaches are never sure when the poised superstar Groce will show up or if we will be forced to endure another 4 interception day like he suffered through twice this season. It may come down to what he does in the postseason as to whether or not the starting job will be his next season. Tommy Thompson will be raring to go and he has the first round pedigree. However, Groce appears to have luck - or perhaps something more - on his side and based on what he has accomplished so far in his career it would be foolish to bet against him.

BadluckinOOTP · 08-12-2004, 01:41 AM

Just thought I'd say this is excellent and I have 1 question: Are you planning on stopping at a certain year or are you going as long as you feel like writing it?

Tiger Fan · 08-12-2004, 02:12 AM

Thanks, badluckinootp. To answer your question I plan on going as long as I feel like writing it and it appears there are at least a couple of people interested in reading about it. I honestly have no idea how long that will be but right now I am having a great time with this sports universe.

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Originally Posted by goroyals

TF, would you mind posting Ulish Groce's career stats and a brief history of Kentucky basketball?

Here is some of the UK info. More to come tomorrow - specifically year by year results and NCAA tourney history.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL HISTORY

FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES
1945-46 lost 76-64 to Alabama in National Championship game

COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
1936-37 Steven Moore G

ALL-AMERICANS
1934-35 Sal Ransom G
1936-37 Steven Moore G
1943-44 Paul Schmidt F

SEC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
1932-33 Marcus Lewis
1933-34 Sal Ransom
1936-37 Steven Moore
1945-46 Kenny Chilchote

SEC TITLES
1932-33
1935-36
1936-37

goroyals · 08-12-2004, 01:35 PM

Great write up on Groce, complete with picture! I'm following and looking foward the NCAA tourney and the Super Bowl.

Tiger Fan · 08-12-2004, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goroyals

Great write up on Groce, complete with picture!

If you look closely it is amazing how much Groce looks like a young Len Dawson. They even wore the same number

Tiger Fan · 08-12-2004, 10:47 PM

Here is the Kentucky basketball season by season history.

Code:

	CONFERENCE	OVERALL		 UPI    COACHES		
	W	L	W	L	POLL	POLL	SEC TOURNEY         NCAA TOURNEY
1932-33	12	6	28	7	6	7	Won SEC tourney	       lost regional final
1933-34	11	7	21	11	18	19	lost in SEC quarters	lost in first round
1934-35	10	10	24	11	15	15	lost in SEC semis	lost in third round
1935-36	14	4	31	6	1	1	Won SEC tourney	      lost regional final
1936-37	16	2	28	4	2	2	lost in SEC semis	lost in second round
1937-38	8	10	17	15	X	X	lost in SEC quarters	lost in third round
1938-39	11	7	17	14	X	X	lost in SEC semis	lost in second round
1939-40	4	14	10	21	X	X	lost in SEC quarters	Not Invited
1940-41	12	6	18	12	X	X	lost in SEC quarters	lost in first round
1941-42	6	12	12	18	X	X	lost play in game	       Not Invited
1942-43	9	9	20	13	X	X	lost in SEC quarters	lost in third round
1943-44	9	9	20	12	25	X	lost SEC final 	        lost in first round
1944-45	9	9	22	14	23	24	Won SEC tourney	        lost in second round
1945-46	15	3	35	4	2	2	lost in SEC quarters	lost national title game

Tiger Fan · 08-14-2004, 12:56 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 25, 1946
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
BROWNS, TEXANS AND REDSKINS ARE IN! PLAYOFFS BEGIN NEXT WEEK
The Washington Redskins and Houston Texans claimed the final two wildcard berths while Cleveland prevailed in the AFC North as the NFL season came to a close.

After 4 straight losses the Washington Redskins finally got on track and surprised San Francisco 27-10 but the win came at an awful price. Redskins quarterback Sammy *Baugh, who missed half the season with an injury, was sidelined in the second quarter and is doubtful for next week's wildcard game. The Redskins opponent in that game will be a rematch with the 49ers although next week's contest will be on the west coast. The 49ers loss, coupled with Philadelphia beating Arizona 45-22, cost San Francisco a first round bye. Ken Neal looked good in a playoff tuneup, tossing 4 touchdown passes for the Eagles. The loss meant little to 8-8 Arizona as the Cardinals had already clinched a wildcard.

It seemed like no one wanted to win the AFC North. Cleveland needing a win to clinch looked terrible in losing 21-12 to Indianapolis. However, the Browns backed into the playoffs because Pittsburgh lost 28-23 at home to Houston. The loss not only cost the Steelers the AFC North but also a wildcard berth which ended up going to the Texans after Oakland also lost. The Raiders were beaten 30-20 by New England.

Next week it will be 8-8 Washington visting San Francisco (11-5) while New Orleans (10-6) hosts Arizona (8-8) in NFC wild card action. In the AFC Houston (8-7-1) travels to Tennessee (11-5) while 11-5 Kansas City visits Cleveland (9-7). Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and New England draw the first round byes.

In other week 17 action Stacey Jolley of Miami gained 141 yards rushing but it wasn't enough as the Dolphins fell 27-10 to Kansas City. It was enough, however, to give Jolley the league rushing title as he finished the season with 1744, 20 more than Steve *Van Buren of the Jets. Van Buren was held to just 78 yards rushing in a 34-17 loss to San Diego.

Denver handled Buffalo rather easily in a 28-19 win. Broncos DB Ed Newberry strengthened his candidacy for NFL defensive player of the year with 2 forced fumbles and 9 tackles.

Sid *Luckman threw 4 more touchdown passes to give him 40 on the season as the Bears beat Atlanta 38-21. Chicago finishes with a league best 14-2 record.

Todd Berger rushed for 92 yards and added 49 yards receiving to propel New Orleans past Green Bay 21-13.

Minnesota beat Tampa 23-7 but the Vikings slim playoff hopes dissappeared with the Washington victory.

Detroit topped Carolina 23-16 as both teams finished with 6-10 records.

St Louis beat the Giants 38-24 ending a season that started so well before just crumbling for New York.

Seattle dropped Dallas 31-17. The loss gives the Cowboys a 4-12 record and first pick in the college draft. Who they draft is anyone's guess right now because Dallas looks awful on both sides of the ball.

Keith Musso ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns to help Jacksonville past Cincinnati 30-24

and Tennessee dumped Baltimore 35-24.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES
The Bowl season kicked off Christmas Eve with North Carolina State beating Rutgers 14-3 in the Cigar Bowl at Greensboro. The Wolfpack finish with a 10-1 record while Rutgers suffers it's first defeat after 8 wins and a tie.

There is one game today which has 9-0 independant Nevada meeting PCC runner-up Stanford (6-2-1) in the Harbor Bowl from San Diego. The complete bowl schedule can be found in the stats and standings section of this issue.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
A SMALL MEASURE OF REVENGE FOR WILDCATS AS SEC SEASON OPENS
It certainly does not make them even but the Kentucky Wildcats had to feel like it was more than just another win when they dropped Alabama 93-76 in the opening week of SEC play. Alabama, of course, retains bragging rights after beating UK to win the NCAA championship last March. However, Kentucky is looking more and more like the favourite to win it all this time around. The Wildcats are 13-1 after wins over Alabama and Auburn this week and are ranked number 1 in both the AP and Coaches poll.

What makes Kentucky's start even more impressive is that senior center Kenny Chichote, who averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds a year ago, has missed all but 4 games with a torn bicep. 6th man Joe *Rocker has also missed the last 5 games. Rocker who was averaging over 14 points a game before suffering an eye injury should be back in early January. Chichote is hoping to return by the end of January.

Senoirs Paul Noel (15.9 ppg, 11.6 reb) and Cliff Baker (14.3 ppg, 4.1 apg) have picked up the slack while Larry Hathaway (10.4 ppg) and freshman Bob *Donham (10.1 ppg) have stepped up to fill the void.

Besides the SEC, the Big Ten is the only other conference to begin play prior to Christmas. Indiana and Minnesota both jumped out to 2-0 starts while Michigan is 1-0. The Hoosiers, behind a career high 22 points from sophomore guard Dick *McGuire nipped Ohio State 66-64 in a mild upset. An even bigger upset in the Big 10 occurred Monday when Minnesota embarrassed number 20 Illinois on it's homecourt 80-49.

SOUTHERN CAL FALLS FROM NUMBER ONE RANKING
The USC Trojans basketball team dropped from number one in the polls after losing 67-61 in Missouri on Friday. One other large upset involving top 25 teams occurred as Massachusetts surpised Boston College 62-54. The win knocks BC from 4th to 7th in the AP Poll.

Here is the top 25 released this morning:

Code:

1	Kentucky 	13-1 
2	New York Univ 	12-0
3	UTEP 	        12-0
4	Oregon 	        12-1
5	USC 	        11-1
6	Holy Cross 	13-2 
7	Boston College 	12-2
8	UCLA 	        10-2
9	Washington St. 	11-2
10	New Orleans 	12-0
11	N.C. State 	11-1
12	Iowa State 	 9-1
13	Washington 	11-3
14	Alabama 	 9-2
15	CCNY 	        10-2
16	Stanford 	10-2
17	Notre Dame 	10-2
18	Auburn 	        10-2
19	Western Kent. 	10-3
20	Illinois 	 9-3
21	Baylor 	         9-2
22	Drake 	        10-3
23	Texas Tech 	 9-2
24	Ohio State 	10-3
25	Creighton 	10-2

Others Receiving Votes: Florida 158, San Francisco 146, Seton Hall 125, Georgia 104, Bradley 82, Richmond 62, Iowa 41, Rhode Island 21, South Carolina 10, Georgetown 6, La Salle 2, Clemson 2, Indiana State 1, Middle Tenn St. 1, Miami 1, Providence 1, Louisiana St. 1, Wake Forest 1, Temple 1, Fordham 1, Oklahoma 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 22 Georgia, No. 24 Iowa, No. 25 Louisiana St.

RECRUITING TRAIL
PREP STARS HUTCHINS AND MCGUIRE MAKE VERBAL COMMITMENTS
Two of the most coveted high school seniors have announced where they plan to spend the next four years. Al *McGuire decided not to join his brother Dick at Indiana. Instead the New York native will stay in his hometown and play for CCNY. McGuire had narrowed his choices down to Indiana, NYU and St John's before deciding on CCNY. He becomes the second bluechip prospect to decide on CCNY. Earlier in the month Charlie *Share, a 6'11" center from Cincinnati, Ohio choose CCNY over Ohio State, Notre Dame and Holy Cross.

Meanwhile Mel *Hutchins, a scoring machine from San Francisco passed on the hometown Dons to sign with Oregon. In addition to those two schools Hutchins was also considered UCLA and Brigham Young.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE AND BAYLOR FANS GET EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
There are still a large number of undecided players but judging by the early going North Carolina State and Baylor are the big winners in the recruiting wars. Each school has received verbal committments from three bluechip prospects. Baylor will be adding center Neil *Johnson, a Chillicothe Ohio native who passed on Ohio State to join the Bears, along with guards Mel *Payton and Bob *Wilson.

The Wolfpack recruits are guard George *King and forwards Paul *Horvath and Sam *Ranzino. King is from Charlston, West Virginia where he is average 28 points a game for Stonewall Jackson High. Gary, Indiana native Ranzino is considered the best of the three while Horvath can play center as well as forward.

The biggest name player who has yet to commit is Loy *Doty. The Preston, Idaho native is leaning towards North Carolina but is also heavily considering Fresno State and Wyoming.

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Tiger Fan · 08-14-2004, 12:59 AM

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BOSTON RED SOX
The Red Sox came tantlizingly close to claiming their first pennant since 1922 but in the end Boston just ran out of steam. The good news for Red Sox fans is that the core of the team's offense is in it's prime. What could be bad news is last season virtually every Red Sox pitcher enjoyed a career best year and Boston was still a quality starter away from becoming a truly dominant team. If the pitchers revert to earlier form it could be a long season. On the other hand, the Red Sox offense may just be strong enough to prevent that from happening.

The offense is rock solid led by 28 year old Ted Williams (.322,31,93) and 31 year old Babe Young (.305,19,95). The outfield consists of Williams in left, 34 year old Mel Almada (.290,8,46) in center and 32 year old Stan Spence (.277,9,71). Dom Dimaggio (.278,0,5) and Tommy Holmes (.246,2,28) add depth. The infield features Young at first base, light hitting 25 year old Ben Steiner (.197,2,44) at second, 34 year old Johnny Hudson (.284,6,59) at shortstop and 2-time gold glove winner 27 year old Johnny Pesky (.310,3,45) at third. Catcher Roy Partee (.285,6,45) is just 29 but coming off of a broken wrist so it remains to be seen if he can recover fully. If not veterans Bill Atwood (.235,0,6) and Sammy Holbrook (.220,4,26) will fight for the starting position.

If 32 year old Andy Karl (21-10, 2.59) can duplicate his breakout season of a year ago it will go a long way towards easing concerns about the rotation. Bob Bowman (19-9, 3.07) will be 37 and it is unlikely he will duplicate last years results. Bowman had never won more than 7 games entering last season. 31 year old Tex Hughson (10-4, 3.29) and 30 year old Rube Melton (14-12, 4.45) also enjoyed career best years last season. 24 year old Dave Ferriss (9-10, 3.70) is a pitcher to watch and 25 year old Jim Wilson may be ready for the majors after two seasons in AAA.

OUTLOOK - It's up to the pitching. The bats are strong enough to get the Red Sox into the postseason. If the pitching can be as good or better than last year they could finally get that pennant that has eluded the franchise for 25 years.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Can things get any worse for a franchise that has not won a pennant since the inagural season of the American League in 1901? The White Sox finsihed dead last for the fifth straight year. They have not even finished a year at .500 since going 70-70 in the shortened 1919 campaign. There is also little hope of things improving in the near future. The core players are all in their late thirties and the farm system is barren.

29 year old Eddie Lopat (13-21, 4.44) is the closest thing the White Sox have to a number one starter. Originally White Sox property Lopat spent 2 seasons with the A's before getting dealt (or if you prefer banished) back to the Windy City. Frank Biscan (10-10, 3.06) is just 27 and may still reach the potential the Browns originally saw in him before giving up on his ever reaching it. 36 year old Orie Arntzen (11-18, 3.64) is another Athletics castoff. The rest of the staff will be an assortment of broken down veterans and rookies with little potential.

Last season the White Sox finished 14th in runs allowed and dead last in runs scored. Not a good stat if you are trying to win ballgames. The offense is downright offensive. Danny Litwhiler (.287,11,64) is 30 years old and probably wondering who he ticked off in the Phillies system to cause them to trade him to Chicago 2 years ago. 36 year old catcher Harry Danning (.291,3,40) is the only other veteran worth mentioning.

OUTLOOK - It will be another long season at Comiskey. The White Sox problem is the few decent young players they managed to develop through the years are always traded off for broken down veterans in an effort to give the team a quick fix and get out of the basement. Of course it never works in Chicago for a club that has finished no better than 6th for each of the past 16 years. Make that soon to be 17 years.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
LEAFS WINNING STREAK UP TO 6 GAMES
The Toronto Maple Leafs remain the hottest team in the National Hockey League as wins over Detroit, Chicago and New York this week increased their winning streak to 6 straight games. Ted Kennedy led the way once again, notching 6 points to take over the league scoring lead from Chicago's Max Bentley.

However, the hottest scorer for the week was not Kennedy, but rather rugged Detroit winger Ted Lindsay. Lindsay scored 6 goals in three games this week including a 4-goal effort in Detroit's 6-3 victory over last place Chicago on Wednesday. In addition to Chicago, the Red Wings beat slumping Montreal but lost to the Leafs. Detroit with 37 points, still has a 9 point lead on the now-second place Maple Leafs but Toronto does have two games in hand.

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
BIG THREE IN WEST DIVISION CONTINUE TO DOMINATE
The St Louis Bombers, Chicago Stags and Cleveland Rebels continue to set the pace in the BAA West Division. Each of the three has enjoyed particularily good success against East Division foes and last week was no exception.

Cleveland won all three of it's games against the East beating Toronto, New York and Philadelphia. The key to the Rebels success has been the offensive contributions provided from Ed Sadowski (18.8 ppg) and Frankie Baumholtz (13.9). The Rebels lone loss on the week came against Western cellar dweller Pittsburgh in a game Sadowski missed with a minor injury.

St Louis split a home and home series with Boston and won on the road in Washington. The Bombers are not a high scoring lot although guards Johnny Logan and Belus Smawley are each averaging more than 10 points a game. St. Louis has enjoyed success so far mainly because of having one of the best defenses in the league.

Chicago, the third team in the Western race has enjoyed some solid offensive production from Max Zaslofsky (13.4), Chuck Halbert (13.4) and Don Carlson (11.6) plus a tenacious defense. The Stags won both their contests this week, a close win in Providence and an easy victory at home over Detroit.

BOXING BEAT
CAN ANYONE TAME THE RAGING BULL?
On Friday January 12th Tony Zale will attempt to do something no man has done since the postwar era of professional boxing began - bring down Jake Lamotta. Many fight experts give Zale little to no chance of winning the 15 round bout at the famed Madison Square Garden. A small minority feel that if anyone can knock off the champ it is the veteran Zale. For proof they point to Zale and Lamotta's performances against one of their two common opponents - Rocky Graziano.

Graziano, at 31-14-1, lost to both Zale and Lamotta twice. In the first Lamotta-Graziano bout early in the post war elimination tournament Lamotta won easily with a ninth round TKO but in their second meeting Lamotta needed a split decision win to keep his perfect record intact. Meanwhile Zale has had a pair of slugfests with Graziano, winning both by knockout, one in the 5th and the other in the 11th round.

However, the other common opponent for Lamotta and Zale is top contender Holman Williams. Williams gave Lamotta all he could handle but the champ prevailed in a 15 round unanimous decision in a September bout that decided the middleweight title. Zale, on the other hand, was decimated by Williams losing via a third round tko.

TSN has to agree with the majority of the so-called experts and predict Lamotta will win the fight.

Continued

Tiger Fan · 08-14-2004, 01:02 AM

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS

Code:

					
North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Chi	14	2	0	.875	503	291
Min	7	9	0	.438	296	330
Det	6	10	0	.375	312	354
GB	5	11	0	.312	333	361

East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Phil	11	5	0	.688	408	306
Wash 	8	8	0	.500	380	351
NYG	5	11	0	.312	307	422
Dal	4	12	0	.250	332	383

South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
NO	10	6	0	.625	344	345
Car	6	10	0	.375	273	328
Atl	6	10	0	.375	256	367
TB	5	11	0	.312	312	396

West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
SF	11	5	0	.688	317	258
Arz	8	8	0	.500	287	328
Sea	7	9	0	.438	309	361
StL	6	10	0	.375	301	322

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS

Code:

					
North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Cle	9	7	0	.562	319	278
Pit	8	8	0	.500	314	309
Bal	7	8	1	.469	281	314
Cin	7	9	0	.438	353	326

East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
NE 	12	3	1	.781	377	251
NYJ	7	9	0	.438	306	297
Buf	6	9	1	.406	245	309
Mia	6	10	0	.375	305	353

South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Tenn	11	5	0	.688	368	269
Hou	8	7	1	.531	268	301
Ind	8	8	0	.500	309	334
Jax	7	9	0	.438	303	336

West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Den 	13	3	0	.812	383	240
KC	11	5	0	.688	322	291
Oak	8	8	0	.500	336	308
SD	7	9	0	.438	278	318

WEEK 17 RESULTS
Denver 28 Buffalo 19
Chicago 38 Atlanta 21
Indianapolis 21 Cleveland 12
New Orleans 21 Green Bay 13
Kansas City 27 Miami 10
Minnesota 23 Tampa 7
New England 30 Oakland 20
Detroit 23 Carolina 16
St Louis 38 NY Giants 24
Seattle 31 Dallas 17
Washington 27 San Francisco 10
San Diego 34 NY Jets 17
Philadelphia 45 Arizona 22
Jacksonville 30 Cincinnati 24
Tennessee 35 Baltimore 24
Houston 28 Pittsburgh 23

WILDCARD PLAYOFF ROUND
Saturday December 30, 1946
Houston at Tennessee
Washington at San Francisco

Sunday December 31, 1946
Arizona at New Orleans
Kansas City at Cleveland

FINAL STATISTICAL LEADERS

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QB RATING	TM	AT	COMP	C%	YDS	TD	INT	RAT
Sid *Luckman	CHI	503	331	65.8	4474	40	11	111.4
Ken Neal	PHI	339	227	67	2508	21	9	98.3
Sammy *Baugh	WAS	203	115	56.7	1949	13	9	92.2
Manfred Gayle	TEN	431	257	59.6	3313	28	14	91.9
Antwan Baker	OAK	549	332	60.5	4132	26	14	89.0
								
RUSHING YARDS	TM	GS	RUSH	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Stacey Jolley	MIA	16	339	1744	5.1	97	14	
S *Van Buren	NYJ	16	347	1724	5	99	10	
Bruce Jones	KAN	16	386	1655	4.3	70	15	
Todd Berger	NO	16	388	1648	4.2	47	13	
A Anderson	ATL	16	359	1595	4.4	81	8	
								
RECEPTIONS	TM	REC						
Lewis Smith	JAX	108						
Zach Kruczek	CLE	106						
Bob Sommer	NO	106						
Don *Hutson	GB	105						
Sonny Pointer	BUF	104						
Wayne *Miller	WSH	102						
Jim *Benton	MIN	102						
Willie Nelson	DAL	101						
Brian Gardner	DEN	101						
								
RECEVING YARDS	TM	GS	REC	YDS	YPC	LG	TD	
Wayne *Miller	WAS	16	102	1533	15	79	12	
Lewis Smith	JAX	16	108	1430	13.2	70	6	
Zach Kruczek	CLE	16	106	1421	13.4	74	6	
Chuck Myers	NYG	16	92	1413	15.4	80	7	
Brian Gardner	DEN	16	101	1373	13.6	70	7	
								
TACKLES	TM	GS	TAK	SOLO	AST			
Matt Truluck	STL	16	177	147	30			
Mel Hein	NYG	16	160	127	33			
B Hasselbeck	ARZ	16	154	118	36			
Jeff Parent	CIN	16	154	128	26			
James Williams	SEA	16	151	112	39			
								
SACKS	        TM	SACK						
Kevin Merkins	DEN	16						
Mike Smith	GB	13						
Reggie White	SD	12						
Wayne *Millner	CLE	11						
Ruben Taylor	MIN	11						
								
INTERCEPTONS	TM	INT						
Ed Newberry	DEN	14						
Earl Joyce	SF	9						
Greg Fletcher	BUF	8						
Hank Coleman	TEN	8						
Matt Moore	NYG	8						
Mark Smith	BAL	8						
Cris Brezina	TEN	8						
Jimmy Conklin	WSH	8						
Rashod Dawson	GB	7						
Mike Jones	CLE	7

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

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Standings	GP	W	 L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Detroit	        27	17	 7	3	37	84	71
Toronto	        25	13	10	2	28	80	56
New York	25	10	 9	6	26	74	70
Montreal	24	11	10	3	25	65	55
Boston	        24	 8	11	5	21	49	55
Chicago	        23	 4	16	3	11	46	84

RESULTS
Wednesday December 20, 1946
Detroit 6 at 3 Chicago
New York 1 at 4 Boston

Thursday December 21, 1946
Detroit 1 at 3 Toronto

Saturday December 23, 1946
Boston 2 at 3 Montreal
Chicago 2 at 5 Toronto

Sunday December 24, 1946
Toronto 2 at 1 New York
Boston 2 at 2 Chicago
Montreal 1 at 4 Detroit

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday December 26, 1946
Toronto at Montreal

Wednesday December 27, 1946
Montreal at New York
Toronto at Detroit
Chicago at Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
Chicago at Montreal
Boston at Toronto
New York at Detroit

Sunday December 31, 1946
Boston at New York

Code:

NHL LEADERS	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
Ted Kennedy	TOR	25	14	23	37
Max Bentley	CHI	23	13	23	36
Maurice Richard	MON	24	21	 5	26
Tony Leswick	NY	25	18	 7	25
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	25	12	10	22
Howie Meeker	TOR	25	11	11	22
Bill Cowley	BOS	24	 8	14	22
Billy Taylor	DET	27	 7	15	22
Joe Carveth	BOS	24	13	 8	21
Grant Warwick	NY	25	 9	11	20
Jim Conacher	DET	27	 7	13	20
Ted Lindsay	DET	27	15	 4	19
Roy Conacher	DET	27	14	 5	19
Toe Blake	MON	24	 6	13	19
					
Penalty Leaders	TEAM	GP	PIM		
Pete Horeck	DET	27	52		
Garth Boesch	TOR	25	46		
Gus Mortson	TOR	25	46		
Pat Egan	BOS	24	45		
					
GOALIES	       TEAM	GP	W-L-T	 ShO	GAA
Bill Durnan	MON	24	11-10-3	  3	2.19
Frank Brimsek	BOS	24	8-11-5	  0	2.30
Turk Broda	TOR	25	13-10-2	  1	2.39
Harry Lumley	DET	25	16-6-3	  0	2.55
Chuck Rayner	NY	24	10-8-6	  1	2.68

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
North Carolina State 14 Rutgers 3

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

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Code:

EAST	GP	W	 L	 PCT	GB
PHI	17	12	 5	.706	 -
PROV	19	12	 7	.632	1.0
WSH	19	12	 7	.632	1.0
NY	21	 9	12	.429	5.0
BOS	21	 6	15	.286	8.0
Tor	20	 4	16	.200	9.5
					
WEST	GP	W	 L	 PCT	 GB
STL	22	15	 7	.682	 -
CHI	22	15	 7	.682	 -
CLE	21	14	 7	.667	0.5
DET	23	 8	15	.348	5.5
PIT	21	 6	15	.286	8.5

RESULTS
Monday December 18, 1946
St Louis 81 at 51 Pittsburgh

Tuesday December 19, 1946
Toronto 67 at 68 Cleveland
Detroit 57 at 63 Philadelphia

Wednesday December 20, 1946
Cleveland 71 at 62 New York
St Louis 46 at 45 Washington

Thursday December 21, 1946
Chicago 71 at 68 Providence
Cleveland 74 at 56 Philadelphia
St Louis 49 at 52 Boston

Friday December 22, 1946
New York 46 at 59 Toronto

Saturday December 23, 1946
Philadelphia 62 at 56 Washington
New York 58 at 48 Providence

Sunday December 24, 1946
Pittsburgh 80 at 71 Cleveland
Detroit 53 at 70 Chicago
Boston 53 at 68 St Louis

UPCOMING GAMES

Monday December 25, 1946
Boston at Pittsburgh

Thursday December 28, 1946
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Detroit at St Louis
Washington at Providence

Friday December 29, 1946
Chicago at Toronto
Philadelphia at Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
New York at Washington
Boston at Providence

Sunday December 31, 1946
Toronto at Detroit
Philadelphia at St Louis
Chicago at Cleveland

BAA LEADERS

Code:

SCORING	        TEAM	GP	 PPG
Joe Fulks	PHI	16	24.0
Ed*Sadowski	CLE	20	18.8
Bob Feerick	WSH	17	17.4
Ernie*Calverley	PRO	17	14.6
Stan*Miasek	DET	22	14.1
F.*Baumholtz	CLE	21	13.9
Chuck*Halbert	CHI	21	13.4
Max*Zaslofsky	CHI	22	13.4
Donald*Martin	PRO	17	13.2
Johnny*Logan	STL	19	12.7
Coulby*Gunther	PIT	21	12.7
Hank*Beenders	PRO	18	12.4

Tiger Fan · 08-14-2004, 01:08 AM

1946- A LOOK BACK AT THE FIVE GREATEST MOMENTS OF THE YEAR
With 1946 coming to a close TSN takes a look back at the five greatest one day events over the past year in sports. Because we restricted our choices to events that occurred on a single day the exciting baseball pennant races are not included on this list. The next special report will name the Athlete of the Year.

5- THE FIRST GAME OF THE NBA
It was not much of a contest as the New York Knickerbockers manhandled the Toronto Huskies 74-48 but it is a moment that marked the birth of the NBA and for that reason alone it deserves inclusion on this list. The league is known as the BAA rather than the NBA at this stage and it will undoubtedly have to endure some growing pains but on Friday November 3, 1946 (note in real life it was Friday November 1) the NBA was formed.

4- JOE LOUIS KO's EZZARD CHARLES
With World War II over and boxing back in business it was decided a championship tournament would be held in each weight division to determine a postwar title. The marquee division of boxing - the Heavyweight class - came down to a showdown between a pair of unbeaten boxers. When the dust cleared Joe Louis had improved to a perfect 7-0 after flattening Charles in the 8th round.

Tiger Fan · 08-14-2004, 01:28 AM

3 - BRITISH OPEN MARATHON PLAYOFF
It took 23 playoff holes before Byron Nelson finally beat Australian Peter Thomson to win the British Open at historic St. Andrews. As one reader of TSN commented "I never knew golf could be this exciting." Nelson made a terrific charge on Sunday making up 5 strokes to force an 18-hole playoff on Monday. Nelson and Thomson each shot an even par 72 during the 18 hole playoff. At that point the two golfers returned to the first tee for a sudden death playoff. Both Nelson and Thomson parred each of the first 4 holes, all par fours. On the par 5 5th, Nelson sank a 30 foot birdie putt while Thomson came up short in his birdie effort

2 - STEVE VAN BUREN SHREDS THE DETROIT DEFENSE
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.

Tiger Fan · 08-14-2004, 01:30 AM

1 - THE ARMY - NOTRE DAME COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN AT YANKEE STADIUM
Army retakes the number one spot in the college football pool with a 16-7 victory over Notre Dame in what was billed 'The College Football Game of the Year'. Notre Dame struck early when junior quaterback Johnny *Lujack marched the Irish down the field midway through the first quarter. With a second and goal on the Army 4 yard line Lujack rolled out and seeing no one open tucked the ball under his arm and beat 3 Army defenders to the corner of the endzone. Army tied the score early in the second quarter when QB Arnold *Tucker connected with senior wide receiver Barney *Poole on a 12 yard touchdown strike. It remained tied at the half.

Army wore down the Notre Dame defense with a punishing ground game. While the Irish never did break the defense did bend enough to allow Army to connect on three second half field goals to make the final score 16-7. The key player for Army had to be offensive tackle Albert *Nemetz who opened up holes for running back Glen *Davis and QB Tucker all day. Tucker more than made up for injured fullback Doc *Blanchard, gaining 87 yards on the ground. Davis added 84 yards rushing to the Army offense.

EDIT Anyone know how I can get more than 1 image to display in a post?

BadluckinOOTP · 08-14-2004, 01:33 AM

I use the IMG thing to do photos. But if you mean photos off of your own computer then I don't know.

I have a question unrelated to this thread that I wanted to ask you... check your PM box please.

Tiger Fan · 08-14-2004, 03:46 PM

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
SID LUCKMAN CHICAGO BEARS QB
There were certainly a large number of candidates worthy of consideration for the title of 1946 Sportsman of the Year but no one athlete totally dominated his position the way Sid *Luckman of the Chicago Bears stood out above all others in the National Football League.

It was quite a year for the veteran Chicago Bears signal-caller. Back in January Luckman led the Bears to the NFC title and a berth in the championship game against Baltimore. The Bears came up short in that game but to start the 1946 NFL season Luckman looked like a man on a mission. He started all 16 games and led the Bears to a 14-2 record and a first round bye in the playoffs.

Almost a certainty to win the TSN NFL MVP Award this season, Luckman tied the league record for QB rating in a season (which he set last year) and threw a career best 40 touchdown passes while being picked off just 11 times. He will be selected to the league allstar team as well as named league offensive MVP and player of the year. Luckman is the NFL career leader in yards passing and touchdown passes.

Others who received consideration included boxers Joe Louis and Jake Lamotta, college football players Glen Davis and Charlie Trippi, Pittsburgh Pirate Cy Young Award winning pitcher Cliff Melton and golfer of the year Byron Nelson.

Tiger Fan · 08-15-2004, 12:24 AM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 1, 1947
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
MIRACLE FINISH AS TEXANS KNOCK OFF TENNESSEE
The Houston Texans pulled off the greatest comeback in NFL playoff history as they overcame a 23-0 deficiet to rally past Tennesse 31-23. Tennessee fans were left shaking their heads in disbelief as they filed out of Music City Stadium. With 1 minute remaining in the third quarter the score was 23-0 Titans and Tennessee had dominated all facets of the game, limiting Houston to just 60 yards of total offense. The hometown fans had already begun the victory celebration when kicker Laverne Bethea finally put the Texans on the board with a 49 yard field goal in the final minute of the third quarter.

The celebration quieted a little when Tennessee return man Flip McMillan fumbled the ensuing kick-off and it was Houston ball on the Tennessee 12 yard line. Three plays later Brad Johnson's five yard touchdown run cut the Tennessee lead to 23-10. Still there seemed little cause for concern as the Titans had so thoroughly dominated the game thus far.

Titans QB Manfred Gayle proceeded to put the fans at ease as he marched the offense down the field, eating up the clock as he went. With a first and ten on the Houston 13 Gayle tossed a short pass to fullback Mitch Adams. Adams tucked the ball under his arm and just as he turned towards the Houston endzone he was drilled by Texans CB Roderick Lemons. The ball flew out of his arms and Ollie Berzinski scooped it up on the run and raced 95 yards for another Houston touchdown. The score was now 23-17 Titans.

Four plays later with just over 5 minutes to play in the game Tennessee was forced to punt. Houston return man Andy Pinnock gathered the ball in on his own 20 and promptly returned the 80 yards to tie the game. A moment later Bethea's point after attempt split the uprights and the Texans led 24-23. You could have heard a pin drop in Music City Stadium - unless you were standing on the Houston sideline.

On the ensuing kickoff McMillan, perhaps attempting to do too much in an effort to attone for his earlier fumble, was stripped of the ball again and Houston took over. This time Bethea missed a 37 yard field goal attempt and with 1:56 remaining Manfred Gayle and the Titans would have one more chance to pull out a win.

However, Gayle's second pass of the drive was picked off by Berzinski and the Houston defensive back returned it 40 yards for his second touchdown of the quater. The game ended 31-23 and you can bet there will be some big changes in Tennessee after this one. For Houston, you can bet that their first playoff win in franchise history will never be forgotten. It will be much tougher to get the second win as they visiting 13-3 Denver next week.

BROWNS TOP CHIEFS 17-6
The Cleveland Browns won their first playoff game in franchise history by beating the Kansas City Chiefs 17-6 at Cleveland Stadium. 4 Kansas City turnovers, including 3 Ulish Groce interceptions proved the difference in the game. Groce was picked off in the Cleveland endzone twice. In his defense the Chiefs offensive line was dreadful, allowing 6 sacks and numerous pressures.

Cleveland receiver Zach Kruczek, who was second in the league with 106 catches, led the offense with 6 receptions for 104 yards. Cleveland will visit New England next week.

49ERS HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH REDSKINS THE SECOND TIME AROUND
Last week the Washington Redskins clinched a playoff berth with a victory over San Francisco in D.C. Their reward was a rematch with the 49ers, this time in San Francisco. Washington, led by a battered Sammy *Baugh did not have a chance and the 49ers coasted to a 30-10 victory. San Francisco QB Koy Harris threw 3 touchdown passes and passed for over 250 yards. Baugh, on the other, completed just 19 of 42 passes and was intercepted twice. It has been a tough season for the ex-TCU star. Baugh missed 8 games with a broken ankle and reaggraveted the injury last week against San Francisco. He was nowhere near 100% for this game.

WR Benjy Pace was the hero for the winners, hauling in 7 passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns. San Francisco faces a tough challenge next week when they travel to Philadelphia to meet the East Division champion Eagles.

CARDINALS DEFENSE TOO MUCH FOR SAINTS
The Arizona Cardinals beat the Saints in New Orleans 17-10 in the other NFC wildcard game. Tony Marsalis and wide receiver Frank Nickel connected on a pair of long second half touchdown passes to provide the margin of victory for Arizona.

The prize is a date in Chicago against the NFL's best regular season club, the Bears.

NFL ANNOUNCES LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS
AS EXPECTED SID LUCKMAN NAMED LEAGUE MVP
To the surprise of absolutely no one Sid *Luckman of the Chicago Bears was named the National Football League's Most Valuable Player and Offensive player of the year. It was a busy week for the quarterback as he was named TSN's Athlete of the Year for 1946 earlier in the week. Luckman led the Bears to a 14-2 record and equalled his league record for QB rating set last year.

The defensive player of the year was also from the NFC North. Green Bay defensive lineman Mike Smith, who had 13 sacks, was named the league's top defensive player. The announcement came as a bit of a surprise as many felt Ed Newberry of Denver, who set a record with 14 interceptions, who be a lock to win the award.

Dallas Running Back Raymond Cash who ran for 953 yards was named the league's offensive rookie of the year while the top newcomer on the defensive side of the ball was Jacksonville safety Ken Milloy. Jim Jordan of Tennessee won the coach of the year award. These are the awards presented by the NFL itself. TSN will announce it's award winners the week after the NFL Championship game is played.

Here are the year by year winners of the major awards

Year by Year Offensive MVP
1941 Thomas Blades RB Atlanta
1942 Keith Musso RB Jacksonville
1943 Tony *Canadeo RB Green Bay
1944 Mario Glenn RB New England
1945 Johnny Cushing RB Oakland
1946 Sid *Luckman QB Chicago

Year by Year Defensive MVP
1941 Justin Sanders DT Jacksonville
1942 Charles Smith DE Philadelphia
1943 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo
1944 Lamar Jackson DT Carolina
1945 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo
1946 Mike Smith DT Green Bay

Year by Year Offensive ROY
1941 Harley Mitchell RB Philadelphia
1942 Terry Stephens QB New England
1943 Todd Berger RB New Orleans
1944 Tony Marsalis QB Arizona
1945 Antowain Anderson RB Atlanta
1946 Raymond Cash RB Dallas

Year by Year Defensive ROY
1941 Andre Bostic LB Detroit
1942 Ed Philcox DE Dallas
1943 Damon Stamer DE St Louis
1944 Ade Coulter DE Tennessee
1945 Ruben Taylor DE Minnesota
1946 Ken Milloy SS Jacksonville

Year by Year Coach of the Year
1941 Steve Jamieson San Francisco
1942 Bill McRae Tampa Bay
1943 Bill McRae Tampa Bay
1944 Tony Fenerty Carolina
1945 Bill Costa Minnesota
1946 Jim Jordan Tennessee

NFL NAMES ITS ALL STAR TEAMS

Code:

1946 NFC First Team All Stars			
Pos	Name		Team		Stats
QB	Sid *Luckman	Chicago 	331-503, 65.8%, 4474 yds, 40 TD, 11 INT, 378 yds, 1 TDs
RB	Todd Berger	New Orleans 	388 car, 1648 yds, 4.2 ypc, 13 TDs,72 rec, 554 yds, 2 TDs
FB	Mark Jackson	Washington 	59 car, 242 yds, 4.1 ypc, 1 TDs,26 rec, 350 yds, 2 TDs4 rb
WR	Wayne *Miller	Washington 	202 att, 102 rec, 1533 yds, 15 ypc, 518 YAC, 12 TDs
WR	Chuck Myers	Giants		152 att, 92 rec, 1413 yds, 15.4 ypc, 473 YAC, 7 TDs
TE	Curv Schafrath  Philadelphia 	91 att, 58 rec, 598 yds, 10.3 ypc, 6 TDs, 8 rb
OT	Bruiser *Kinard	Washington 	23 rb, 40 pan, 0 sa, 4 fs, 2 hold
OT	Otis Ross	Carolina 	23 rb, 40 pan, 1 sa, 6 fs, 0 hold
OG	Bruce Majkowski	Seattle 	24 rb, 23 pan, 0 sa, 2 fs, 2 hold
OG	Alonzo Kunz	San Francisco 	17 rb, 26 pan, 2 sa, 0 fs, 2 hold
C	Doug Meilinger	New Orleans 	19 rb, 26 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 1 hold
DE	Damon Stamer	St. Louis 	8 sacks, 31 tak ( 25 solo), 25 hur, 7 stfs, 7 dp
DE	J.P. O'Donnell	Giants		6 sacks, 47 tak ( 41 solo), 15 hur, 8 stfs, 2 dp
DT	Mike Smith	Green Bay 	13 sacks, 67 tak ( 60 solo), 22 hur, 13 stfs, 9 dp
DT	Dan Dulaney	St. Louis 	6 sacks, 52 tak ( 46 solo), 12 hur, 12 stfs, 12 dp
ILB	Matt Truluck	St. Louis 	4 sacks, 177 tak ( 147 solo), 30 stfs, 2 ints, 12 pd
ILB	Bill Howard	New Orleans 	6 sacks, 144 tak ( 107 solo), 20 stfs, 0 ints, 2 pd
OLB	Ed LeBlanc	Philadelphia 	9 sacks, 126 tak ( 98 solo), 9 stfs, 5 ints, 7 pd
OLB	James Williams	Seattle 	6 sacks, 151 tak ( 112 solo), 18 stfs, 0 ints, 7 pd
CB	Jim Plum	Tampa Bay 	1 sacks, 90 tak ( 51 solo), 19 pd, 5 ints, 181 yds, 2 TDs
CB	Kevin Colclough	Detroit 	2 sacks, 101 tak ( 64 solo), 16 pd, 4 ints, 36 yds, 0 TDs
FS	Jeff Klein	New Orleans 	0 sacks, 130 tak ( 97 solo), 6 pd, 4 ints, 10 yds, 0 TDs
SS	Earl Joyce	San Francisco 	4 sacks, 122 tak ( 101 solo), 10 pd, 9 ints, 156 yds, 2 TDs
P	Charles Ilkin	Minnesota 	43.9 gross, 37.3 net, 70 long, 22 in20
K	Arnie Curtis	Chicago 	32 FGM - 34 FGA, 56 long, 55 XPM - 56 XPA

1946 AFC First Team All Stars			
Pos	Name		Team		Stats
QB	Manfred Gayle	Tennessee 	257-431, 59.6%, 3313 yds, 28 TD, 14 INT, 501 yds, 2 TDs
RB	Stacey Jolley	Miami   	339 car, 1744 yds, 5.1 ypc, 14 TDs,45 rec, 388 yds, 2 TDs
FB	Donald Rice	Denver 		32 car, 211 yds, 6.6 ypc, 4 TDs,7 rec, 70 yds, 0 TDs3 rb
WR	Mark Hayman	Tennessee 	126 att, 77 rec, 1213 yds, 15.8 ypc, 348 YAC, 9 TDs
WR	Zach Kruczek	Cleveland 	189 att, 106 rec, 1421 yds, 13.4 ypc, 501 YAC, 6 TDs
TE	Jon Chamberlain	Kansas City 	83 att, 53 rec, 788 yds, 14.9 ypc, 4 TDs, 22 rb
OT	Curt O'Dwyer	Houston		30 rb, 29 pan, 3 sa, 3 fs, 3 hold
OT	Cris Johnson	Buffalo 	24 rb, 24 pan, 0 sa, 4 fs, 7 hold
OG	Justin Daniels	Denver 		29 rb, 38 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 3 hold
OG	Charlie Pearson	Tennessee 	28 rb, 38 pan, 1 sa, 4 fs, 4 hold
C	Kelley Hall	Baltimore 	30 rb, 33 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 5 hold
DE	Ade Coulter	Tennessee 	10 sacks, 58 tak ( 55 solo), 16 hur, 7 stfs, 9 dp
DE	Kevin Merkins	Denver 		16 sacks, 34 tak ( 31 solo), 25 hur, 3 stfs, 5 dp
DT	Julian Hughes	Buffalo 	8 sacks, 42 tak ( 39 solo), 16 hur, 8 stfs, 13 dp
DT	Na Griffin	Houston 	3 sacks, 54 tak ( 43 solo), 10 hur, 5 stfs, 11 dp
ILB	Sam Joe		San Diego 	6 sacks, 119 tak ( 95 solo), 12 stfs, 7 ints, 14 pd
ILB	Jon Quinn	New England 	3 sacks, 142 tak ( 105 solo), 11 stfs, 2 ints, 11 pd
OLB	Javon Love	Oakland 	9 sacks, 143 tak ( 109 solo), 13 stfs, 5 ints, 14 pd
OLB	James Sayler	NY Jets		10 sacks, 125 tak ( 105 solo), 10 stfs, 2 ints, 5 pd
CB	Greg Fletcher	Buffalo 	4 sacks, 74 tak ( 51 solo), 22 pd, 8 ints, 204 yds, 3 TDs
CB	Todd Elwell	Pittsburgh 	2 sacks, 92 tak ( 58 solo), 22 pd, 6 ints, 184 yds, 2 TDs
FS	Hank Coleman	Tennessee 	4 sacks, 111 tak ( 78 solo), 7 pd, 8 ints, 10 yds, 0 TDs
SS	Ed Newberry	Denver 		3 sacks, 112 tak ( 81 solo), 13 pd, 14 ints, 275 yds, 3 TDs
P	Darris Hammond	Buffalo 	44.1 gross, 37.5 net, 61 long, 21 in20
K	Vince Davenport	Denver 		31 FGM - 34 FGA, 53 long, 34 XPM - 34 XPA

TSN COMMENTARY - IS GROCE DONE IN KANSAS CITY?
One of football's greatest rags to riches story maybe coming to end. How Ulish Groce went from undrafted scrub to the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs has been well documented but it now appears the Groce era in K.C. is coming to an end.

The combination of a dissappointing exit from the playoffs yesterday in Cleveland and a first round quarterback waiting in the wings may prove to much for the man who was always in the right spot at the right time to overcome.

Groce's arm is legendary. He routinely piles up 300 yard passing days and yesterday was no exception. However, he is equally well known for trying to force the ball into an opening that does not exist and yesterday he got burned for it. Groce was picked off 3 times by the Browns including twice in the Cleveland endzone on first and goal plays. In 17 games this season he threw just 12 touchdown passes and was intercepted 27 times.

If Groce could ever develop the restraint to know when to tuck the ball in and play it safe he could be an allstar. However, after 4 years of trying to get him to develop that skill it may be time for the Chiefs to try and move him and turn their attention to developing Tommy *Thompson. Kansas City desperately needs help at offensive line and on defense. Groce is a loose cannon on the field but you can bet there will be a team somewhere that wants to try and tame that cannon of an arm so this may be the best time for the Chiefs to deal him and address some of their other needs.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES
ILLINOIS AND STANFORD WIN IN OVERTIME
All of the big games are being played later today but it will be tough for them to surpass the excitement generated by this past week's college bowl game action.

First on Monday Stanford needed an overtime field goal to beat previously unbeaten Nevada 37-34 in the Harbor Bowl. Senior cornerback Steve Williams had an interception and return a punt for a 4th quarter touchdown that allowed Stanford to force the overtime.

On Saturday there were three bowl games with the most exciting one being the Sun Bowl in El Paso. Western Conference runner-up Illinos needed overtime to stop Texas 23-20. Illini running back Buddy *Young improved upon his draft status by rushing for 148 yards. On the other hand Texas WR Hubert *Bechtol had a rough game and that will likely drop him to the second day of the draft.

Hardin-Simmons finished 11-0 on the season after blasting Mountain States Conference champion Denver 38-6 in the Raisin Bowl at Fresno. Hardin-Simmons, winners of the Border Conference, seemed on a mission to prove to the pollsters they belonged much higher than 18th in the final regular season poll.

The final bowl game of the weekend was the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. Tulsa spanked New Mexico 38-6 in that one. Tulsa QB Clyde *LeForce is bidding to have a qb from that school go in the first round of the NFL draft two years in a row. LeForce threw 4 touchdown passes including two to senior wideout Camp *Wilson, another possible first round NFL pick. Last year's Tulsa QB Tommy Thompson was selected by Kansas City with the 12th pick of the 1946 NFL draft.

continued

Tiger Fan · 08-15-2004, 12:27 AM

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SCHAYES DRAWING RAVE REVIEWS AT NYU
Nick Stokes has been the head basketball coach at New York University since 1932 and during that time he has coached some great players but he feels sophomore forward Dolph *Schayes could surpass them all. Heady talk when you consider among the players Stokes has tutored include former National College Player of the Year George *Mikan, 1934 National Freshman of the Year Mike Seymour, and former Eastern Independant player of the year Joe *Fulks who is presently tearing up the pro ranks.

"I don't want to put undue pressure on this kid (Schayes)" says the coach who has won 4 conference titles and made a final four appearance, "but he really is that good. And I keep forgetting he is just a sophomore."

After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Schayes had offers from virtually every major college in the nation but he decided to stay close to home and play for Coach Stokes. Schayes played in every game last year, averaging 14.0 points and 10.2 rebounds a game and being named to the National All-Freshman team. It was quite a recruiting year for NYU, as guard Slater *Martin (15.1 ppg, 5 apg) and forward Matthew Blake (12.8 ppg, 11.4 rpg) also made the all-conference freshman team. With a 21-9 record New York University made the NCAA tournament but as a 7th seed lost to 10th seed Iowa 85-58 in the opening round.

The tournament appearance gave the three freshman a small taste of postseason play but left them longing for more. Bluechip small forward Earl *Lloyd joined the mix this year and the four youngsters along with senior guard Andrew Rogers have just one goal in mind...a National Championship. Off to a 14-0 start including an impressive 87-66 win over conference rival CCNY on Friday you will find very few people who doubt that this group has the potential to reach it's lofty goal.

Here are this week's top 25 rankings

Code:

Rank  School          Record  Points  Previous  
1.  Kentucky           14-1  1,941     1  
2.  New York Univ      14-0  1,818     2  
3.  UTEP               14-0  1,715     3  
4.  USC                12-1  1,591     5  
5.  Holy Cross         14-3  1,443     6  
6.  Oregon             13-2  1,365     4  
7.  New Orleans        14-0  1,291    10  
8.  Boston College     13-3  1,184     7  
9.  Iowa State         10-1  1,131    12  
10.  Washington St.    12-3  1,059     9  
11.  Washington        12-3    987    13  
12.  Auburn            12-2    920    18  
13.  UCLA              10-4    868     8  
14.  Alabama           10-3    803    14  
15.  Baylor            10-2    738    21  
16.  Ohio State        12-3    693    24  
17.  CCNY              11-3    648    15  
18.  Florida            9-3    539    26  
19.  Stanford          11-3    472    16  
20.  N.C. State        11-3    383    11  
21.  Notre Dame        11-3    318    17  
22.  Western Kentucky  11-4    254    19  
23.  Seton Hall        10-3    209    28  
24.  Illinois           9-4    188    20  
25.  Texas Tech        10-3    167    23

Others Receiving Votes: Richmond 156, Bradley 145, Drake 124, Creighton 104, Middle Tenn St. 83, Wake Forest 62, San Francisco 41, Arkansas 20, Georgia 10, Fordham 6, Georgetown 2, Iowa 2, Utah 1, South Carolina 1, Miami 1, Clemson 1, Indiana State 1, Rhode Island 1, Providence 1, La Salle 1, North Carolina 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 22 Drake, No. 25 Creighton

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CLEVELAND INDIANS
Every thing went right over the last half of the 1946 season for the Cleveland Indians and they were rewarded with their World Series title in franchise history.

Steve Gromek (26-12, 2.97) is the key to the pitching staff that had the lowest era in baseball a year ago. The 27 year old won his first Cy Young Award and anchored a strong rotation that included Bill Lohrman (19-8, 2.28), Johnny Babich (12-7, 3.29) and Allie Reynolds (15-15, 3.53). All are in their early thirties and will be back next season. Claude Passeau (13-16, 3.47) will be 39 shortly after opening day but he returns to add depth.

Aside from the retirement of 40 year old Gus Suhr (.355,1,2)all the key players from the World Series win will be back. Jeff Heath (.282,14,81), Ival Goodman (.342,15,67) and Taffy Wright (.319,3,38) patrol the outfield. The infield will consist of Mickey Rocco (.304,2,47) at first, Charlie English (.273,1,57) playing second, shortstop Lou Boudreau (.294,4,50) and third baseman Oscar Grimes (.302,18,88). Midseason call-up Clyde Klutz (.231,0,2) is expected to be the everyday catcher.

The farm system is not deep but most of the Indians key players are still in their peak years. Barring some major injuries the Indians will right in the pennant race again in 1947.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE DETROIT TIGERS
After a dreadful 1945 season that saw them slip to 7th in the American League the Detroit Tigers rebounded with an 80 win season last year. A lack of pitching depth ultimately kept the Tigers from contending for the pennant last season and there does not seem to be a solution to that problem in sight.

Stubby Overmire (21-14, 3.52), Fred Hutchinson (17-17, 3.66) and Virgil Trucks (17-19, 4.66) are all in their late-twenties and all are decent starters but Detroit is lacking that top of the rotation guy who can carry the team.

The offense led by outfielder Tommy Henrich (.299,23,77) is among the best in the game. Henrich is joined in the outfield by a group that includes Dick Wakefield (.344,4,62), Barney McCoskey (.269,4,41) and Hoot Evers (.320,2,20). First baseman Hank Greenberg (.270,14,89) is slowing down a little at age 36 and could be pressed for playing time by Hal Trosky (.331,6,30)who can also play third. Red Kress (.276,3,54), Joe Gantenbein (.280,5,69) and minor leaguer Joe Wood round out the candidates for starting infield assigments. 32 year old Buddy Rosar (.258,2,62) is a solid major league catcher.

OUTLOOK - The Tigers are a number one starter away from contending. They are a solid ballclub but until they get that ace who practically guarantees a win every fourth day they will be a step below the American League elite.

BOXING BEAT
QUIET WEEK AS WE PREPARE FOR A BUSY JANUARY
The boxing world came to a virtual standstill the week between Christmas and New Years but it is merely the calm before the storm. There are some great fights coming up in January including the World Middleweight title fight from New York between champ Jake Lamotta (14-0) and challenger Tony Zale (35-4) on January 12th. Two days prior to that bout Ezzard Charles (18-1) makes his first appearance since losing the post-war Heavyweight elimination tournament finale to Joe Louis. Charles will fight Tommy Gomez (24-5) in his hometown of Cincinnati in what is expected to be a tuneup for a rematch with Louis.

Next weekend there is little action in the United States but there are a pair of important fights overseas. Two Irish flyweights with their eyes on a World Title shot square off in Belfast. Rinty Monaghan (16-3-1) is favoured over Ed Doran (14-3). In Japan 8th ranked bantamweight Hiroshi Horiguchi (22-12-2) faces Australian Mickey Miller (27-17-2).

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
San Francisco 30 Washington 10
Houston 31 Tennessee 23
Arizona 17 New Orleans 10
Cleveland 17 Kansas City 6

NEXT WEEK'S GAMES
Saturday January 6, 1947
San Francisco at Philadelphia
Houston at Denver

Sunday January 7, 1947
Cleveland at New England
Arizona at Chicago

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BOWL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946
CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro
North Carolina State 14 Rutgers 3

MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946
HARBOR BOWL - San Diego
Stanford 37 Nevada 34 (OT)

SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946
RAISIN BOWL - Fresno
#18 Hardin-Simmons 38 Denver 6

SUN BOWL - El Paso
#15 Illinois 23 Texas 20 (OT)

ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio
#20 Tulsa 38 New Mexico 6

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  	29	17	 8	4	38	88	78
Toronto	        28	15	11	2	32	87	62
New York	28	12	 9	7	31	79	74
Montreal	27	13	11	3	29	69	60
Boston	        27	 8	13	6	22	54	64
Chicago	        25	 4	17	4	12	48	87

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NHL LEADERS	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
Ted Kennedy	TOR	28	16	26	42
Max Bentley	CHI	25	15	23	38
Maurice Richard	MON	27	22	 5	27
Tony Leswick	NY	28	19	 7	26
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	28	14	11	25
Howie Meeker	TOR	28	13	11	24
Bill Cowley	BOS	27	 9	14	23
Toe Blake	MON	27	 8	14	22
Billy Taylor	DET	29	 7	15	22
Joe Carveth	BOS	27	13	 8	21
Grant Warwick	NY	28	 9	12	21
Jim Conacher	DET	29	 8	13	21
Ted Lindsay	DET	29	15	 5	20
					
Penalty Leaders	TEAM	GP	PIM		
Gus Mortson	TOR	28	60		
Fern Flaman	BOS	27	56		
Pat Egan	BOS	27	56		
Pete Horeck	DET	29	52		
					
GOALIES		TEAM	GP	 W-L-T	ShO	GAA
Bill Durnan	MON	27	13-11-3	  4	2.13
Turk Broda	TOR	28	15-11-2	  1	2.35
Frank Brimsek	BOS	27	 8-13-6	  0	2.37
Chuck Rayner	NY	27	12-8-7	  1	2.53
Harry Lumley	DET	27	16-7-4	  0	2.61

RESULTS
Tuesday December 26, 1946
Toronto 1 at 2 Montreal

Wednesday December 27, 1946
Montreal 1 at 4 New York
Toronto 5 at 2 Detroit
Chicago 2 at 2 Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
Chicago 0 at 1 Montreal
Boston 2 at 4 Toronto
New York 2 at 2 Detroit

Sunday December 31, 1946
Boston 1 at 3 New York

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday January 2, 1947
New York at Detroit

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Detroit at Toronto
New York at Boston
Montreal at Chicago

Thursday January 4, 1947
Toronto at New York

Saturday January 6, 1947
Boston at Montreal
New York at Toronto

Sunday January 7, 1947
Chicago at New York
Boston at Detroit

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Code:

EAST	GP	W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHI	20	14	 6	.700	  x
WSH	21	13	 8	.619	 1.5
PROV	21	12	 9	.571	 2.5
NY	22	10	12	.455	 5.0
BOS	24	 8	16	.333	 8.0
Tor	22	 5	17	.227	10.0
					
WEST	GP	W	 L	 PCT	 GB
CLE	22	15	 7	.682	  x
STL	24	16	 8	.667	  x
CHI	24	16	 8	.667	  x
DET	25	 8	17	.320	 8.5
PIT	23	 7	16	.304	 8.5

RESULTS
Monday December 25, 1946
Boston 55 at 58 Pittsburgh

Thursday December 28, 1946
Pittsburgh 49 at 68 Philadelphia
Detroit 41 at 62 St Louis
Washington 90 at 63 Providence

Friday December 29, 1946
Chicago 68 at 57 Toronto
Philadelphia 45 at 49 Boston

Saturday December 30, 1946
New York 64 at 60 Washington
Boston 57 at 45 Providence

Sunday December 31, 1946
Toronto 47 at 40 Detroit
Philadelphia 64 at 62 St Louis
Chicago 65 at 75 Cleveland

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday January 1, 1947
Washington at Boston
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh

Tuesday January 2, 1947
Chicago at Toronto
St Louis at Cleveland

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Washington at Detroit
St Louis at Chicago
Cleveland at Pittsburgh

Thursday January 4, 1947
Providence at Philadelphia
Washington at St Louis

Friday January 5, 1947
Boston at Toronto

Saturday January 6, 1947
New York at Detroit
Cleveland at Washington
Philadelphia at Providence

Sunday January 7, 1947
New York at St Louis

Code:

SCORING		TEAM	GP	 PPG
Joe Fulks	PHI	19	23.6
Ed*Sadowski	CLE	21	18.8
Bob Feerick	WSH	19	17.7
Ernie*Calverley	PRO	19	14.8
Stan*Miasek	DET	23	14.0
Frank*Baumholtz	CLE	22	13.7
Chuck*Halbert	CHI	22	13.5
Max*Zaslofsky	CHI	24	13.4
Donald*Martin	PRO	18	13.1
Coulby*Gunther	PIT	23	12.7
Johnny*Logan	STL	21	12.7
Hank*Beenders	PRO	19	12.4
Freddie Scolari	WSH	18	12.4
Horace McKinney	WSH	19	12.3
Leo Mogus	TOR	21	12.1

Tiger Fan · 08-19-2004, 08:41 PM

TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 8, 1947
ARMY WINS NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL TITLE
NOTRE DAME WINS SUGAR AND IT'S ROSES FOR MICHIGAN
The University of Notre Dame eliminated all doubt in the final college football rankings by easily handling number 2 ranked Georgia 37-26 in the Sugar Bowl. Had the Bulldogs beaten the Fighting Irish there would have been real controversy as to whether Georgia or Army deserved the number 1 spot in the postseason poll. Instead Army remains number one, a position they have held since beating Notre Dame in mid-season. With the loss Georgia falls to fifth in the rankings.

The other big bowl game saw Western Conference champion Michigan handle hometown UCLA 28-13 at the Rose Bowl. The win moves the Wolverines to third in the year end poll. Michigan's only loss was to Army.

In other bowl games North Carolina completed a perfect season with a 27-23 win over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Tar Heels QB DeMarcus Dickinson scored on a 3 yard touchdown run with under a minute to play in the game. The Tar Heels move to fourth in the final rankings while the Sooners remain 17th.

Pennsylvania beat Arkansas 24-14 in the Gator Bowl. The 9th ranked Quakers suffered their only loss in an 8-1 season to Army. In the Cotton Bowl, Rice overcame a 14-3 halftime deficiet to beat Tennessee 20-14. Finally in the Oil Bowl, Alabama needed overtime to stop William & Mary 17-14.

TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20
Here is the year end top 20. (end of regular season ranking in brackets)
1- Army (1) -- 10-0
2- Notre Dame (4) -- 9-1
3- Michigan (5) -- 9-1
4- North Carolina (6) -- 11-0
5- Georgia (2) -- 10-1
6- Rice (8) -- 10-0-1
7- UCLA (3) -- 10-1
8- Alabama (9) -- 10-2
9- Pennsylvania (12) -- 8-1
10- Yale (10) 9-0
11- North Carolina State (13) 10-1
12- Tennessee (7)-- 9-2
13- Hardin-Simmons (18)-- 11-0
14- William & Mary (11)-- 9-2
15- Illinois (15)-- 7-2-1
16- Arkansas (14) - 6-3-2
17- Oklahoma (17)-- 7-3-1
18- Stanford (nr) -- 7-2-1
19- Rutgers (16)-- 8-1-1
20- Tulsa (20) -- 8-2-1

Dropped out of top 20 - Kentucky (19)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
MEL OURS LEADS TEXANS TO UPSET WIN IN DENVER
All Star Wide receiver Mel Ours caught 3 touchdown passes to lead the Houston Texans to a surprising 37-13 win over the hometown Denver Broncos. Surprising is not strong enough a word to describe what happened to the team with the best regular season record in the AFC. Despite having the worst passing offense in the league during the season Houston QB Vaughn Diedrick picked apart the conference's best defense for 345 yards through the air. Ours had 6 catches, including the three touchdown grabs, for 110 yards while fellow wideout Art Tasker gained 124 yards on 6 receptions. Ballhawking safety Ed Newberry did have an interception for the Broncos but otherwise the Denver secondary was totally dominated in the game.

Houston got off to a great start as Brad Johnson returned the opening kickoff to mid-field and 4 plays later RB Walt Williams scored on a 2 yard touchdown plunge. After Denver was forced to punt Diedrick and Tasker connected on a 74 yard pass play that would set up the second Houston touchdown - a 1 yard pass to Ours. Before the second quarter was 3 minutes old Ours had his second touchdown catch - an 82 yarder- and it was 21-0 Houston. The Broncos never recovered.

It will be Houston's first trip to the AFC title game.

BROWNS TRIM PATRIOTS 24-20
The Cleveland Browns made the road teams a perfect two-for-two in AFC playoff action by nipping New England 24-20. New England had a 17-10 lead at the half but Cleveland running back Bill Green, forced into action when starter Tony Ellis was sidelined with an injury, scored two second half touchdowns to get the Browns into their first AFC title game.

Green, in his second season out of Miami(FLA) finished the game with a career high 100 yards rushing. In 12 regular season games this year he gained just 288 yards.

For New England it was a case of bad breaks and missed opportunities. Patriots kicker Brennan Armstead missed two third quarter field goal attempts and quarterback Mel Houston was intercepted with 4 minutes to play in the game and the Pats on the Browns 22 yard line. Houston, the third string QB all season was forced into action when Terry Stephens suffered a groin injury on the opening series. Stephens was starting in place of Bob Irvin who was hurt in the season ending win over Oakland.

Speaking of injuries it looks like the Browns will have to rely on Green having another big game next week against Houston. Starting RB Tony Ellis is likely done for the season with an ankle injury.

After finishing with the worst record among the 4 division winners, the Cleveland Browns are presently surprised to have homefield advantage against Houston in the conference final. In Week 8 Houston beat Cleveland 29-23 in overtime on a Vaughn Diedrick to Art Tasker pass play which came after a 50 yard field goal with just over a minute to play tied the contest for the hometown Texans.

The oddsmakers have little respect for the underdog Texans, making Cleveland an early 8 point favourite for next Sunday's contest.

NO SURPRISES IN CHICAGO AS BEARS MAUL CARDINALS 20-0
Sid *Luckman passed for 276 yards and the Chicago defense held Arizona to 149 total yards as the Bears blanked Arizona 20-0 in NFC playoff action. Luckman completed 24 of 41 passes including a 4th quarter touchdown that back George *McAfee turned into a 20 yard screen play. The touchdown finally allowed Bears fans to feel more at ease, as despite dominating the game Chicago led just 9-0 up to that point.

Arizona's offense was non-existant. QB Tony Marsalis completed just 3 passes all day and Tuffy *Leemans, with 75 yards, was the only rushing threat. Safety Frankie Morrall had 7 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble to lead the Chicago defense. Arizona safety Brock Hasselbeck, with 9 tackles was one of the few bright spots for the Cardinals.

The Bears, with the league's best record, will host San Francisco in next week's NFC title game.

SLUMPING EAGLES NO MATCH FOR FIRED-UP 49ERS
After starting the season 9-1, the Philadelphia Eagles dropped 4 of their final 6 games. Make that five of seven as the visiting San Francisco 49ers had little difficulty disposing of an unispired Eagles team 24-6.

Quarterback Koy Harris threw 3 touchdown passes for the second straight playoff game and passed for 241 yards. Stan Newman caught a pair of the Harris td strikes and had 6 receptions in total for 116 yards. Meanwhile the Eagles benched QB Ken Neal after his second interception of the game and gave the ball to Doug Bass, who had missed several games with an elbow injury. Bass did not get picked off but he completed just 5 of 12 passes. Another player who had a subpar game was Eagles running back Harley Mitchell. Mitchell gained a season low 67 yards on the ground as Philadelphia was never able to establish it's trademark running game.

Things get much tougher next week for the 49ers. After beating a pair of slumping East Division teams in the first two weeks they will have to play the defending NFC champion Chicago Bears on the road. It will be San Francisco's first trip to the league title game. Both teams appear healthy and ready to go but the Bears are an early 5 point favourite.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NYU, UTEP AND NEW ORLEANS STILL PERFECT
With January upon us and the conference schedules in full swing we turn our eyes towards the teams that have so far managed to remain perfect. Just three schools are sporting unbeaten records at this stage of the season and they are New York University, UTEP and New Orleans.

New York University, a powerhouse in the Eastern Independant conference, beat rival Manhatten and Villanova on the road to run it's record to 16-0. The NYU roster was dicusssed in great detail in last week's issue so we won't go into more detail about them here.

It is no surprise to see UTEP in the list of unbeaten teams. Coach Rick Miller's squad went to the final four a year ago and finished with a 31-7 record. With 5 seniors starting this is an experienced club that is expected to make noise in the tournament again this year. The leaders for the Miners are center Randall Carick and power forward Tamari Braggs, each of whom is averaging over 17 points a game.

New Orleans, on the other hand, is a surprise at 16-0. The Privateers made the NCAA tourney last season for the first time in 3 years but were knocked out in the first round. They have had a relatively easy schedule to start with their only victory over a ranked opponent being a 71-66 win at Middle Tennessee State.

Below is this week's TSN top 25

Code:

Rank  School  		Record  Points  Prev.Wk. 
1.   Kentucky  		16-1    1,939   1  
2.   New York Univ  	16-0    1,813   2  
3.   UTEP  		16-0    1,716   3  
4.   Holy Cross  	16-3    1,572   5  
5.   Oregon  		15-2    1,447   6  
6.   New Orleans  	16-0    1,362   7  
7.   USC  		13-2    1,286   4  
8.   Boston College  	13-4    1,153   8  
9.   Washington St. 	12-4    1,096  10  
10.  Iowa State 	11-2    1,030   9  
11.  Ohio State  	14-3      964  16  
12.  UCLA 		11-4      919  13  
13.  Western Kentucky  	13-4      858  22  
14.  Auburn  		13-3      788  12  
15.  Washington  	12-5      723  11  
16.  Alabama  		11-4      679  14  
17.  Baylor  		11-3      636  15  
18.  CCNY  		12-4      528  17  
19.  Texas Tech  	12-3      464  25  
20.  Florida  		10-4      379  18  
21.  Stanford  		12-4      315  19  
22.  Wake Forest  	12-4      252  31  
23.  Middle Tenn St.  	14-4      210  30  
24.  N.C. State  	12-4      188  20  
25.  Notre Dame  	12-4      166  21

Others Receiving Votes: San Francisco 156, Illinois 144, Richmond 123, Seton Hall 102, Georgia 82, Georgetown 61, Utah 41, Drake 20, Miami 10, La Salle 6, Oklahoma 2, Fordham 2, Texas Christian 1, Oklahoma A&M 1, Indiana 1, Iowa 1, Arkansas 1, Indiana State 1, South Carolina 1, Rhode Island 1, Providence 1.

Dropped out of Top 25: No. 24 Illinois, No. 23 Seton Hall

WAKE FOREST PERFECT IN ACC ACTION
With three sophomores in their starting five many expected next season rather than this year would be when the Deamon Deacons mounted a serious charge for their second final four appearance in franchise history. However, for 22nd ranked Wake Forest it may prove to be that the future is now. Ed *Peterson, Jonson Page and Frank *Brien all were recruited in the season the Deamon Deacons made their final four appearance and after suffering through a 12-18 season as freshman they are ready to make their mark.

Page was named the conference player of the week after scoring 40 points and adding 8 assists in wins over Clemson and South Carolina. Maryland guard Brian Conyers was named the top freshman last week.

Code:

		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	 L	PCT
Wake Forest 	4	0	1.000	12	 4	.750
North Carolina 	2	1	.667	 9	 6	.600
Duke 		2	1	.667	 8	 7	.533
South Carolina 	2	2	.500	11	 5	.688
Maryland 	1	2	.333	10	 8	.556
Georgia Tech 	1	2	.333	 5	10	.333
N.C. State 	1	3	.250	12	 4	.750
Clemson 	1	3	.250	10	 6	.625

ANOTHER TIGHT RACE IN BIG 8
With 9 conference titles in past 14 years Oklahoma A&M is always expected to be in the thick of the conference race. Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa State each have won one title during that span. However, despite A&M's dominance in titles, each year the Big 8 race seems to come right down to the wire.

Iowa State junior forward Jack Cable is making his presence felt in the conference player of the year race. Cable leads the conference in both points per game with 17.0 and rebounds with 15.2. Iowa State, with 5, has had more Big 8 conference player of the year winners than any other school.

Oklahoma forward Joseph Brown was named conference player of the week while Jack *Shelton of Oklahoma A&M was the top newcomer for the past 7 days.

Code:

		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Oklahoma 	3	1	.750	10	4	.714	
Missouri 	3	1	.750	9	5	.643	
Oklahoma A&M 	3	1	.750	8	6	.571	
Iowa State 	2	1	.667	11	2	.846	
Nebraska 	1	2	.333	7	8	.467	
Kansas 		1	2	.333	5	8	.385	
Kansas State 	1	3	.250	8	6	.571	
Colorado 	0	3	.000	2	11	.154

BIG EAST
Joshua Camacho is a big reason why Georgetown is off to a 3-1 start in Big East play. The senior forward averaged 29.5 points in wins over St John's and Syracuse including 41 points against Syracuse on Thursday.

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		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Georgetown 	3	1	.750	14	5	.737
Connecticut 	3	1	.750	11	5	.688
Seton Hall 	2	1	.667	11	4	.733
St. John's 	2	1	.667	9	6	.600
Providence 	2	2	.500	10	6	.625
Boston College 	1	2	.333	13	4	.765
Syracuse 	1	2	.333	8	8	.500
Rutgers 	0	4	.000	4	12	.250

OHIO STATE OFF TO QUICK START IN BIG TEN
Ohio State is 5-1 but the first place Buckeyes have not been doing things the easy way. Four of Ohio States wins have been by less than 5 points and their only loss was 68-66 at Indiana.

Iowa center Ray *Ellefson has been named Big Ten player of the week. Ellefson had 47 points in two games last week including a career best 32 against Wisconsin on Saturday.

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		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Ohio State 	5	1	.833	14	3	.824
Indiana 	4	1	.800	 8	5	.615
Northwestern 	3	2	.600	 9	5	.643
Michigan 	3	2	.600	 4	9	.308
Iowa 		3	3	.500	11	5	.688
Minnesota 	3	3	.500	 7	8	.467
Illinois 	2	3	.400	10	5	.667
Wisconsin 	2	4	.333	 6	8	.429
Purdue 		1	4	.200	 8	7	.533
Michigan State 	1	4	.200	 5	8	.385

EASTERN INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE
A pair of conference unbeaten's meet next Thursday at NYU as Duquense visits the Big Apple. After losing it's conference opener at home to CCNY, Holy Cross has reeled off three impressive victories behind strong play from guard Bob *Cousy who was named conference freshman of the week and player of the week Reggie Filer.

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		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
New York Univ 	4	0	1.000	16	0	1.000
Duquesne 	3	0	1.000	10	4	.714
Holy Cross 	3	1	.750	16	3	.842
CCNY 		2	2	.500	12	4	.750
Villanova 	1	2	.333	8	7	.533
Manhattan 	1	3	.250	5	11	.312
Army 		0	3	.000	3	12	.200
Navy 		0	3	.000	2	12	.143

IVY LEAGUE
Princeton and Brown are both off to 3-0 starts in Ivy League play. The two schools will not meet until playing a home and home series the weekend of February 15th. Brown was in the NCAA tourney last year but Princeton after making the tourney 10 of the first 12 years have missed each of the last two.

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		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Princeton 	3	0	1.000	9	6	.600
Brown 		3	0	1.000	9	6	.600
Harvard 	2	2	.500	9	7	.562
Cornell 	2	2	.500	7	9	.438
Dartmouth 	2	2	.500	5	11	.312
Pennsylvania 	1	2	.333	6	9	.400
Yale 		1	3	.250	4	12	.250
Columbia 	0	3	.000	3	12	.200

MIDWEST INDEPENDANT

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		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
Louisville 	3	1	.750	9	7	.562
Pittsburgh 	2	1	.667	9	6	.600
Penn State 	2	1	.667	6	9	.400
Marquette 	2	1	.667	5	10	.333
Notre Dame 	2	2	.500	12	4	.750
Detroit 	2	2	.500	8	8	.500
Memphis 	1	3	.250	8	8	.500
Cincinnati 	0	3	.000	7	8	.467

PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE
Actually two seperate conferences the PCC North and PCC South each receive an automatic NCAA tournament bid and hold seperate conference tournaments.

A last second buzzer beater from Alex *Groza gave Oregon a 65-63 victory at Washington State in the most exciting PCC North contest of the week. The brother of NFL lineman Lou Groza had 15 points and 22 boards in the game. Oregon is ranked 5th and Washington State 9th in the TSN poll.

In the South Stanford upset USC 66-56 on the Trojans home floor. That loss dropped USC from 4th to 7th in the polls.

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		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
NORTH		W	L	PCT	W	L	 PCT
Oregon 		3	1	.750	15	2	.882
San Francisco 	2	1	.667	10	6	.625
Portland 	2	1	.667	 8	7	.533
St. Mary's 	2	2	.500	 8	8	.500
Oregon State 	2	2	.500	 7	9	.438
Washington 	1	2	.333	12	5	.706
Washington St. 	1	2	.333	12	4	.750
LMU 		1	3	.250	 7	9	.438
						
		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
SOUTH		W	L	PCT	W	 L	 PCT				
USC 		2	1	.667	13	 2	.867
Gonzaga 	2	1	.667	11	 4	.733
Pepperdine 	2	1	.667	10	 5	.667
Stanford 	2	2	.500	12	 4	.750
California 	2	2	.500	10	 6	.625
Santa Clara 	2	2	.500	 6	10	.375
UCLA 		1	2	.333	11	 4	.733
San Diego 	1	3	.250	 5	11	.312

KENTUCKY LEADS THE WAY IN SEC
Led by the performance of National Player of the Week Jack *Rocker, Kentucky improved to 5-0 in conference play with wins over Florida and LSU. Rocker tallied 27 points in each of the two wins and added 28 boards in the victory over Florida. On the season Rocker ranks third in the conference in scoring with 16.6 ppg, trailing Alabama forward Harry *Gallatin (17.1) and Auburn center Matthew Purdy (17.0). Flordia guard Shaun Fluellen was named SEC freshman of the week.

Code:

		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	 W	 L	PCT
Kentucky 	5	0	1.000	16	 1	.941
Florida 	4	1	.800	10	 4	.714
Auburn 		4	2	.667	13	 3	.812
Georgia 	3	2	.600	11	 4	.733
Alabama 	3	3	.500	11	 4	.733
Vanderbilt 	3	3	.500	 9	 6	.600
Louisiana St. 	2	3	.400	 9	 5	.643
Tennessee 	2	4	.333	 6	 9	.400
Mississippi 	1	4	.200	 4	11	.267
Mississippi St 	0	5	.000	 2	13	.133

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
With road wins over Texas and Texas A&M, TCU has moved to a perfect 4-0 in conference play. TCU won it's only SWC title in 1942-43. Baylor forward Tyson Henkel was named conference player of the week while Layton Lelker of Texas Tech was the top freshman.

Code:

		   CONFERENCE		    OVERALL		
		W	L	PCT	W	 L	PCT
Tex. Christian 	4	0	1.000	10	 5	.667
Texas Tech 	3	1	.750	12	 3	.800
Baylor 		2	1	.667	11	 3	.786
Arkansas 	2	1	.667	10	 4	.714
Texas A&M 	1	2	.333	 7	 7	.500
Rice 		1	2	.333	 4	10	.286
SMU 		1	3	.250	 6	 9	.400
Texas 		0	4	.000	 4	11	.267

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Tiger Fan · 08-19-2004, 08:43 PM

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE NEW YORK YANKEES
After 12 straight seasons above .500 the New York Yankees slipped to 5th place in the American League in a dissappointing 1946 campaign. Injuries and age seemed to catch up to the Bronx crew and with 5 position players over the age of 35 and several pitchers coming off serious injuries things could get worse before they get better.

33 year old Tiny Bonham (25-7, 2.87)had his first 20 win season since his rookie year and made up a lot of the slack created when Max Lanier (17-11, 2.32) and Dizzy Dean (7-9, 2.63) were sidelined. For Dean it was the third straight year he missed at least a month and at age 37 the end appears to be near. Butch Wensloff is just 31 but his career appears to be over before it really began. After a 15-4 start to his rookie season of 1943 Wensloff was sidelined for the season in August with bone chips. Injuries limited him to just 14 appearances the following year and last season he blew out his back in his first start and was done for the year. Jumbo Brown rejoined the rotation last season and went 13-15 but he will be 40 years old in April.

The offense is in a little better shape. Charlie Keller (.258,22,72) had another strong year in leftfield. 39 year old Sammy Byrd (.268,9,74) and 36 year old Dixie Walker (.283,9,74) complete the outfield. 33 year old catcher Bob Scheffing (.287,15,51) won his first gold glove. The infield consists of 35 year old first baseman Buddy Hassett (.243,2,37), third baseman Billy Johnson (.247,10,64) who is the baby of the team at age 28 and 36 year old shortstop Frankie Crosetti (.233,17,67). With Johnny Hodapp's retirement second base is wide open but it will likely go to 36 year old reserve outfielder Calvin Chapman (.253,2,24).

OUTLOOK - With a barren farm system and an aging team the Yankees appear to be in trouble, if not this year then the following season. They just hope they can avoid a stretch like from 1906 to 1924 when they never finished higher than 6th in the American League.

1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
The bad news for Philadelphia fans is the A's have not won a pennant since 1911. However, this club does have some good young talent and with a couple of smart drafts they could quickly become a contender.

28 year old Bill Voiselle (19-14, 3.53) was acquired at the trade deadline and looks like he could be the number one starter the A's have been missing since Eddie Plank retired in 1916. Heady praise for a third year pitcher but Voiselle was considered to be a potential superstar just two years ago before blowing out his arm. He looks to be fully recovered and the Giants may end up kicking themselves for giving up on him.

Other starters include Ray Scarborough (12-23, 3.81), a 29 year old who deserved far better than his record from last year. The A's are also rumoured to be toying with the idea of moving closer Fred Caligiuri out of the pen and into the rotation. The 27 year old has a live arm and could be an ideal number 3 or 4 starter. 25 year old Bill McCahn, who was 13-5 at AAA a year ago, should also get a long look in the spring.

With starting infielders Did Williams and Pinky Higgins retiring there are some holes to fill. Fortunately, the A's have three very good young prospects. 24 year old third baseman George Kell seems ready for the majors this time around while 24 year old shortstop Bobby Wilkins likely needs another year in the minors. Further away is 22 year old Vern Benson, a natural third baseman who may be shifted to second.

Eddie Morgan (.262,5,45) will likely start at first base with Skeeter Newsome (.295,10,68) returning at shortstop. Kell will challenge 30 year old Dario Lodigiani (.264,6,23) for playing time at the hot corner while Irv Hall (.296,0,6) will likely man second unless Benson is ready. Tommy Heath (.294,8,48) and Hal Wagner (.263,1,36) do a decent job platooning behind the plate.

The outfield includes veterans Roy Cullenbine (.286,12,73) and Chet Laabs (.247,14,76) along with 25 year old Elmer Valo (.269,7,60), who with 5 seasons under his belt qualifies for veteran status as well.

OUTLOOK - No pennant again this year of course, but the A's seem to be heading in the right direction.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
RANGERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BUSY WEEK
With 5 games in 6 nights the schedulemakers did little to help the New York Rangers but despite the hectic week New York did manage to gain three victories and move into second place in the standings.

The week got started early as New York blanked the Red Wings 3-0 in a New Years Day contest. Church Russell contributed a goal and an assist while Chuck Rayner turned aside all 21 Detroit shots for his second shutout of the season.

The next night in Boston Cal Gardner and Grant Warwick scored third period goals to lift the Blueshirts to a 2-1 victory over the Bruins. New York's defense limited Boston to just 22 shots at Rayner.

On Thursday the Rangers made it 3 wins in 3 nights as Edgar Laprade's third period marker gave New York a 4-3 win over Toronto at Madison Square Garden. Cal Gardner had a pair of goals for the Rangers.

After an off day Friday, the Rangers finished the week on a down note losing to Toronto 4-1 at Maple Leaf Gardens and falling 3-2 at home to lowly Chicago on a last minute Black Hawk tally.

The Rangers are now 5 points behind first place Detroit but three ahead of the third place Maple Leafs. After a shaky starter Chuck Rayner has been outstanding between the pipes and the New York defense led by Bill Moe and Joe Cooper has certainly made Rayner's job easier. Up front the Rangers have two strong lines: Edgar Laprade (6-10-16) centering Rene Trudell (10-8) and Tony Leswick (19-8) on one and a second line with Cal Gardner (15-8-23), Bryan Hextall (10-5-15) and Church Russell (9-4-13).

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON AND PHILADELPHIA PULLING AWAY IN EAST DIVISION
The east division is quickly becoming a two-horse race as Washington and Philadelphia are starting to put some distance on the rest of the pack. Between them the two clubs went 7-0 last week and although their styles of play are different, both are getting similiar results.

The Warriors have one philosophy on offense and it is quite simple. Find Joe Fulks for the open shot. The former NYU star forward is tearing up opposing defenses, averaging a league best 23.7 points per game. He is Philadelphia's first, last and only option on offense. Opposing teams know it but they still can't stop him from getting open for the quick jumper. The number two scorer on the Warriors, guard Angelo Musi is averaging just 8.8 ppg.

In Washington, coach Red Aurebach is preaching teamwork and the smooth shooting Capitols have 4 players in double-figures in scoring. Guard Bob Feerick leads the way averaging 18.0 ppg, third best in the league. Guard Freddie Scolari, with 12.8 ppg and forwards Horace McKinney (12.4) and Johnny Norlander (10.4) round out the double digit crew. The fifth starter, center John Mahnken is putting in 9.0 ppg.

While Providence appears to be on the verge of vanishing from the East Division race, the west is still a three time battle as just a half game seperates St Louis, Chicago and Cleveland.

BOXING NEWS
LAMOTTA - ZALE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES
Hype continues to build in anticipation of the middleweight championship fight between undefeated champion Jake Lamotta and challenger Tony Zale (35-4). Next Friday's bout will be the pinnacle of a huge week in boxing which also includes number one heavyweight challenger Ezzard Charles (18-1) facing Tommy Gomez (24-5) in what should be a tuneup for a Charles rematch with champion Joe Louis.

Another heavyweight to keep an eye on is Jack Walker from Columbus, Ohio. The 27 year old improved his record to 20-3 with second round knockout of Belgium's Pierre Van Deuren over the weekend. Walker appears ready to step up into the top 10 of his weight class. On the same card promising middleweight Carl Olson knocked out Spider Belloise to improve his record to 24-8-2. Just 20 years old, Olson suffered most of his losses early in his career when he was overmatched against fighters like Tony Zale and Marcel Cerdan in the post-war elimination tournament. However, the Hawaiian native seems to be a win or two away from perhaps getting a title shot.

In a flyweight contest from Belfast a pair of Irish contenders did battle. Ed Doran improved his record to 15-3 with a second round TKO of Rinty Monaghan. Monaghan who had been rated the 8th best flyweight fighter in the world coming into the fight, falls to 16-4-1 with the loss.

In Tokyo bantamweight contender Hiroshi Horiguchi improved to 23-12-2 with a 5th round knockout of Australian Mickey Miller. Miller's record drops to 27-17-2.

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Tiger Fan · 08-19-2004, 08:47 PM

STATS AND STANDINGS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
AFC PLAYOFF RESULTS
Cleveland 24 at New England 20
Houston 37 at Denver 13

NFC PLAYOFF RESULTS
San Francisco 24 at Philadelphia 6
Arizona 0 at Chicago 20

UPCOMING GAMES
SATURDAY JANUARY 13, 1947
NFC TITLE GAME
San Francisco at Chicago

SUNDAY JANUARY 14, 1947
AFC TITLE GAME
Houston at Cleveland

SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 1947
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEW YEARS BOWL RESULTS
MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946
OIL BOWL - Houston
Alabama 17 William & Mary 14 (ot)

GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville
Pennsylvania 24 Arkansas 14

ORANGE BOWL - Miami
North Carolina 27 Oklahoma 23

SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans
Notre Dame 37 Georgia 26

COTTON BOWL - Dallas
Rice 20 Tennessee 14

ROSE BOWL - Pasadena
Michigan 28 UCLA 13

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Code:

Standings	GP	 W	 L	T	PTS	GF	GA
Detroit		32	19	 9	4	42	98	85
New York	33	15	11	7	37	91	85
Toronto		31	16	13	2	34	95	71
Montreal	29	13	13	3	29	73	67
Boston		30	 9	15	6	24	63	75
Chicago		27	 6	17	4	16	53	90

LEADERBOARD
NHL LEADERS	TEAM	GP	 G	 A	PTS
Ted Kennedy	TOR	31	17	28	45
Max Bentley	CHI	27	18	25	43
Maurice Richard	MON	29	23	 5	28
Tony Leswick	NY	33	19	 8	27
Bill Ezinicki	TOR	31	15	12	27
Billy Taylor	DET	32	 8	18	26
Howie Meeker	TOR	31	14	11	25
Bill Cowley	BOS	30	10	14	24
Joe Carveth	BOS	30	 9	15	24
Cal Gardner	NY	33	15	 8	23
Grant Warwick	NY	33	11	12	23
Toe Blake	MON	29	 8	15	23
Roy Conacher	DET	33	16	 6	22
Jim Conacher	DET	32	 8	14	22
Ted Lindsay	DET	32	16	 5	21
					
Penalty Leaders	TEAM	GP	PIM		
Gus Mortson	TOR	31	64		
Fern Flaman	BOS	30	60		
Pat Egan	BOS	30	60		
Garth Boesch	TOR	31	60		
					
GOALIES		TEAM	GP	 W-L-T	   ShO	GAA
Bill Durnan	MON	29	13-13-3	    4	2.23
Turk Broda	TOR	31	16-13-2	    1	2.41
Chuck Rayner	NY	32	15-10-7	    2	2.47
Frank Brimsek	BOS	30	9-15-6	    0	2.50
Harry Lumley	DET	29	17-8-4	    0	2.64
Paul Bibeault	CHI	23	5-12-4	    0	3.04

RESULTS
Tuesday January 2, 1947
Detroit 0 at New York 3

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Detroit 4 at 1 Toronto
New York 2 at 1 Boston
Montreal 1 at 2 Chicago

Thursday January 4, 1947
Toronto 3 at 4 New York

Saturday January 6, 1947
Boston 5 at 3 Montreal
New York 1 at 4 Toronto

Sunday January 7, 1947
Chicago 3 at 2 New York
Boston 3 at 6 Detroit

UPCOMING GAMES

Wednesday January 10, 1947
Detroit at Montreal
Chicago at Toronto
New York at Boston

Thursday January 11, 1947
Chicago at Detroit

Saturday January 13, 1947
Chicago at Montreal
Boston at Toronto

Sunday January 14, 1947
Toronto at New York
Boston at Detroit
Montreal at Chicago

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

Code:

EAST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	 GB
PHI	23	17	 6	.739	  x
WSH	25	17	 8	.680	 1.0
PROV	23	12	11	.522	 4.0
NY	24	10	14	.417	 7.5
BOS	26	 8	18	.308	10.5
Tor	24	 6	18	.250	11.5
					
WEST	GP	 W	 L	 PCT	  GB
CLE	25	17	 8	.680	  x
CHI	26	17	 9	.654	 0.5
STL	28	18	10	.643	 0.5
DET	27	 9	18	.333	 9.0
PIT	25	 7	18	.280	10.0


LEADERBOARD
SCORING		TEAM	GP	 PPG
Joe Fulks	PHI	22	23.7
Ed*Sadowski	CLE	24	18.8
Bob Feerick	WSH	23	18.0
Ernie*Calverley PRO	21	14.7
Stan*Miasek	DET	25	14.0
Frank*Baumholtz	CLE	25	13.7
Chuck*Halbert	CHI	24	13.5
Max*Zaslofsky	CHI	26	13.2
Johnny*Logan	STL	24	12.8
Freddie Scolari	WSH	22	12.8
Coulby*Gunther	PIT	25	12.6
Donald*Martin	PRO	20	12.6
Horace McKinney	WSH	23	12.4
Hank*Beenders	PRO	21	12.4
Leo Mogus	TOR	23	12.3

RESULTS
Monday January 1, 1947
Washington 91 at 75 Boston
Philadelphia 69 at 66 Pittsburgh

Tuesday January 2, 1947
Chicago 71 at 42 Toronto
St Louis 67 at 70 Cleveland

Wednesday January 3, 1947
Washington 62 at 44 Detroit
St Louis 72 at 52 Chicago
Cleveland 78 at 55 Pittsburgh

Thursday January 4, 1947
Providence 42 at 63 Philadelphia
Washington 68 at 59 St Louis

Friday January 5, 1947
Boston 46 at 54 Toronto

Saturday January 6, 1947
New York 44 at 55 Detroit
Cleveland 75 at 76 Washington
Philadelphia 56 at 52 Providence

Sunday January 7, 1947
New York 49 at 68 St Louis

UPCOMING GAMES
Monday January 8, 1947
Detroit at Toronto
Cleveland at Boston
Washington at Pittsburgh

Wednesday January 10, 1947
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Toronto at New York
Chicago at Detroit
Providence at Washington

Thursday January 11, 1947
Toronto at Philadelphia
Cleveland at Providence
Chicago at St Louis

Friday January 12, 1947
New York at Boston

Saturday January 13, 1947
Philadelphia at Detroit
Toronto at Washington
Boston at Providence

Sunday January 14, 1947
Philadelphia at Chicago
Pittsburgh at St Louis

rangers85 · 08-20-2004, 01:59 AM

That-a-way TCU. Hopefully they can keep going and pull off a national championship.

08-12-2004, 01:37 AM	#141
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	TSN PLAYER PROFILE - ULISH GROCE Chiefs QB ULISH GROCE : OVERCOMING ADVERSITY BUT CAN HE OVERCOME INTERCEPTIONS? Undrafted in 1942, the former Auburn signal caller spent a year playing semi-pro ball before being invited to the Chiefs training camp prior to the 1943 season. It was a mild surprise he did not get selected as Groce had some potential according to many scouts. However, it was a very raw player that entered the 1942 draft and no team seemed willing to take a chance on him mainly because of his tendancy for throwing interceptions in college. "I'm aggressive out there," Groce said at the time. "Yes, I take chance but that's who I am. I want to be the guy who wins the game for my team. I may force it from time to time but the guys who refuse to go for victory usually seem much less turned off by the taste of defeat. I can't stand that taste." When he was invited to the Chiefs camp in 1943 it was almost as an afterthought. Kansas City, having lost both their second and third string QB from the previous season needed a warm body to help get them through training camp. Groce was signed for the league minimum and entered camp hoping he could earn a spot on the practice squad. The Chiefs had hired their third coach in 3 years that offseason and it was clear from the beginning new boss Peyton Otto was not happy with the club's qb situation. Veteran Bill Hill was brought in from Tampa to be the new starter despite the fact that Donnie Alley started 10 games as a rookie for the 8-8 Chiefs in 1942. A third round pick was spent on former Penn State signal caller Terrill Hennigan who in Otto's mind might surpass Alley as the backup. Groce, as mentioned above, was merely a warm body to add depth in the preseason. As fate would have it Ulish Groce just happened to be a man in the right place at exactly the right time. He tossed a pair of touchdown passes in a mop up role in the first preseason game and looked good in the second one as well. In the third preseason game Bill Hall suffered an injury that would end his season. Alley did not look sharp through the first 3 games but he was given the starter's job with Groce moved up to the number two slot due to inconsistant play from rookie Hennigan. In the final preseason game Alley got hurt. It was serious enough he would miss the first 3 weeks of the season so all of a sudden Ulish Groce was the opening week starter. It was hardly a fairytale debut for Groce who completed just 6 of 23 passes in a 35-22 season opening loss at home to Buffalo. He was also intercepted twice, something that would continue to haunt him throughout his career. He settled down and won his next two starts and that would be enough to give Coach Otto the confidence to let Groce take every snap of the 1943 season for the Chiefs. The highlight of his rookie season would be a 4-touchdown day in a win at Tennessee. The job has been his ever since. Otto would last just two seasons as head coach in Kansas City but new coach Jermaine Nott kept Groce as the starter and he responded with a career best performance in 1945, lowering his interception total from 40 to 23. After three years making the league minimum Groce was rewarded with a huge contract extension prior to the 1946 season. However, he better not get too comfortable as just weeks after the extension was inked the Chiefs selected a QB with their first round pick. Some felt Tommy Thompson, the 12th overall selection from Tulsa, would wrestle the starting gig away from Groce but once again lady luck smiled on Ulish. Thompson was injured during an exhibition game serious enough to be placed on injured reserve meaning Groce would have the starter's job without a challenger. Groce, while occassionally showing flashes of brilliance appears to lack the decision-making skills necessary to be a front-line QB in the NFL. In 64 career starts he has been picked off 120 times. This season he threw just 12 touchdown passes and was intercepted 24 times. Yet somehow he helped the Chiefs to an 11-5 record and the first playoff berth in franchise history. Coaches fall in love with the rocket arm and the odd outstanding performance such as the impressive wins over Seattle in week 14 this season or Arizona the following week. The problem is coaches are never sure when the poised superstar Groce will show up or if we will be forced to endure another 4 interception day like he suffered through twice this season. It may come down to what he does in the postseason as to whether or not the starting job will be his next season. Tommy Thompson will be raring to go and he has the first round pedigree. However, Groce appears to have luck - or perhaps something more - on his side and based on what he has accomplished so far in his career it would be foolish to bet against him. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:39 AM.*

08-12-2004, 01:41 AM	#142
BadluckinOOTP All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: OKC Posts: 1,534	Just thought I'd say this is excellent and I have 1 question: Are you planning on stopping at a certain year or are you going as long as you feel like writing it? __________________

08-14-2004, 12:56 AM	#147
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Volume 1 Issue 26 Monday December 25, 1946 TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : December 25, 1946 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE BROWNS, TEXANS AND REDSKINS ARE IN! PLAYOFFS BEGIN NEXT WEEK The Washington Redskins and Houston Texans claimed the final two wildcard berths while Cleveland prevailed in the AFC North as the NFL season came to a close. After 4 straight losses the Washington Redskins finally got on track and surprised San Francisco 27-10 but the win came at an awful price. Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh, who missed half the season with an injury, was sidelined in the second quarter and is doubtful for next week's wildcard game. The Redskins opponent in that game will be a rematch with the 49ers although next week's contest will be on the west coast. The 49ers loss, coupled with Philadelphia beating Arizona 45-22, cost San Francisco a first round bye. Ken Neal looked good in a playoff tuneup, tossing 4 touchdown passes for the Eagles. The loss meant little to 8-8 Arizona as the Cardinals had already clinched a wildcard. It seemed like no one wanted to win the AFC North. Cleveland needing a win to clinch looked terrible in losing 21-12 to Indianapolis. However, the Browns backed into the playoffs because Pittsburgh lost 28-23 at home to Houston. The loss not only cost the Steelers the AFC North but also a wildcard berth which ended up going to the Texans after Oakland also lost. The Raiders were beaten 30-20 by New England. Next week it will be 8-8 Washington visting San Francisco (11-5) while New Orleans (10-6) hosts Arizona (8-8) in NFC wild card action. In the AFC Houston (8-7-1) travels to Tennessee (11-5) while 11-5 Kansas City visits Cleveland (9-7). Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and New England draw the first round byes. In other week 17 action Stacey Jolley of Miami gained 141 yards rushing but it wasn't enough as the Dolphins fell 27-10 to Kansas City. It was enough, however, to give Jolley the league rushing title as he finished the season with 1744, 20 more than Steve Van Buren of the Jets. Van Buren was held to just 78 yards rushing in a 34-17 loss to San Diego. Denver handled Buffalo rather easily in a 28-19 win. Broncos DB Ed Newberry strengthened his candidacy for NFL defensive player of the year with 2 forced fumbles and 9 tackles. Sid Luckman threw 4 more touchdown passes to give him 40 on the season as the Bears beat Atlanta 38-21. Chicago finishes with a league best 14-2 record. Todd Berger rushed for 92 yards and added 49 yards receiving to propel New Orleans past Green Bay 21-13. Minnesota beat Tampa 23-7 but the Vikings slim playoff hopes dissappeared with the Washington victory. Detroit topped Carolina 23-16 as both teams finished with 6-10 records. St Louis beat the Giants 38-24 ending a season that started so well before just crumbling for New York. Seattle dropped Dallas 31-17. The loss gives the Cowboys a 4-12 record and first pick in the college draft. Who they draft is anyone's guess right now because Dallas looks awful on both sides of the ball. Keith Musso ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns to help Jacksonville past Cincinnati 30-24 and Tennessee dumped Baltimore 35-24. COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES* The Bowl season kicked off Christmas Eve with North Carolina State beating Rutgers 14-3 in the Cigar Bowl at Greensboro. The Wolfpack finish with a 10-1 record while Rutgers suffers it's first defeat after 8 wins and a tie. There is one game today which has 9-0 independant Nevada meeting PCC runner-up Stanford (6-2-1) in the Harbor Bowl from San Diego. The complete bowl schedule can be found in the stats and standings section of this issue. COLLEGE BASKETBALL A SMALL MEASURE OF REVENGE FOR WILDCATS AS SEC SEASON OPENS It certainly does not make them even but the Kentucky Wildcats had to feel like it was more than just another win when they dropped Alabama 93-76 in the opening week of SEC play. Alabama, of course, retains bragging rights after beating UK to win the NCAA championship last March. However, Kentucky is looking more and more like the favourite to win it all this time around. The Wildcats are 13-1 after wins over Alabama and Auburn this week and are ranked number 1 in both the AP and Coaches poll. What makes Kentucky's start even more impressive is that senior center Kenny Chichote, who averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds a year ago, has missed all but 4 games with a torn bicep. 6th man Joe Rocker has also missed the last 5 games. Rocker who was averaging over 14 points a game before suffering an eye injury should be back in early January. Chichote is hoping to return by the end of January. Senoirs Paul Noel (15.9 ppg, 11.6 reb) and Cliff Baker (14.3 ppg, 4.1 apg) have picked up the slack while Larry Hathaway (10.4 ppg) and freshman Bob Donham (10.1 ppg) have stepped up to fill the void. Besides the SEC, the Big Ten is the only other conference to begin play prior to Christmas. Indiana and Minnesota both jumped out to 2-0 starts while Michigan is 1-0. The Hoosiers, behind a career high 22 points from sophomore guard Dick McGuire nipped Ohio State 66-64 in a mild upset. An even bigger upset in the Big 10 occurred Monday when Minnesota embarrassed number 20 Illinois on it's homecourt 80-49. SOUTHERN CAL FALLS FROM NUMBER ONE RANKING* The USC Trojans basketball team dropped from number one in the polls after losing 67-61 in Missouri on Friday. One other large upset involving top 25 teams occurred as Massachusetts surpised Boston College 62-54. The win knocks BC from 4th to 7th in the AP Poll. Here is the top 25 released this morning: Code: 1 Kentucky 13-1 2 New York Univ 12-0 3 UTEP 12-0 4 Oregon 12-1 5 USC 11-1 6 Holy Cross 13-2 7 Boston College 12-2 8 UCLA 10-2 9 Washington St. 11-2 10 New Orleans 12-0 11 N.C. State 11-1 12 Iowa State 9-1 13 Washington 11-3 14 Alabama 9-2 15 CCNY 10-2 16 Stanford 10-2 17 Notre Dame 10-2 18 Auburn 10-2 19 Western Kent. 10-3 20 Illinois 9-3 21 Baylor 9-2 22 Drake 10-3 23 Texas Tech 9-2 24 Ohio State 10-3 25 Creighton 10-2 Others Receiving Votes: Florida 158, San Francisco 146, Seton Hall 125, Georgia 104, Bradley 82, Richmond 62, Iowa 41, Rhode Island 21, South Carolina 10, Georgetown 6, La Salle 2, Clemson 2, Indiana State 1, Middle Tenn St. 1, Miami 1, Providence 1, Louisiana St. 1, Wake Forest 1, Temple 1, Fordham 1, Oklahoma 1. Dropped out of Top 25: No. 22 Georgia, No. 24 Iowa, No. 25 Louisiana St. RECRUITING TRAIL PREP STARS HUTCHINS AND MCGUIRE MAKE VERBAL COMMITMENTS Two of the most coveted high school seniors have announced where they plan to spend the next four years. Al McGuire decided not to join his brother Dick at Indiana. Instead the New York native will stay in his hometown and play for CCNY. McGuire had narrowed his choices down to Indiana, NYU and St John's before deciding on CCNY. He becomes the second bluechip prospect to decide on CCNY. Earlier in the month Charlie Share, a 6'11" center from Cincinnati, Ohio choose CCNY over Ohio State, Notre Dame and Holy Cross. Meanwhile Mel Hutchins, a scoring machine from San Francisco passed on the hometown Dons to sign with Oregon. In addition to those two schools Hutchins was also considered UCLA and Brigham Young. NORTH CAROLINA STATE AND BAYLOR FANS GET EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS* There are still a large number of undecided players but judging by the early going North Carolina State and Baylor are the big winners in the recruiting wars. Each school has received verbal committments from three bluechip prospects. Baylor will be adding center Neil Johnson, a Chillicothe Ohio native who passed on Ohio State to join the Bears, along with guards Mel Payton and Bob Wilson. The Wolfpack recruits are guard George King and forwards Paul Horvath and Sam Ranzino. King is from Charlston, West Virginia where he is average 28 points a game for Stonewall Jackson High. Gary, Indiana native Ranzino is considered the best of the three while Horvath can play center as well as forward. The biggest name player who has yet to commit is Loy *Doty. The Preston, Idaho native is leaning towards North Carolina but is also heavily considering Fresno State and Wyoming. continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

08-14-2004, 12:59 AM	#148
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Volume 1 Issue 26 Page 2 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE BOSTON RED SOX The Red Sox came tantlizingly close to claiming their first pennant since 1922 but in the end Boston just ran out of steam. The good news for Red Sox fans is that the core of the team's offense is in it's prime. What could be bad news is last season virtually every Red Sox pitcher enjoyed a career best year and Boston was still a quality starter away from becoming a truly dominant team. If the pitchers revert to earlier form it could be a long season. On the other hand, the Red Sox offense may just be strong enough to prevent that from happening. The offense is rock solid led by 28 year old Ted Williams (.322,31,93) and 31 year old Babe Young (.305,19,95). The outfield consists of Williams in left, 34 year old Mel Almada (.290,8,46) in center and 32 year old Stan Spence (.277,9,71). Dom Dimaggio (.278,0,5) and Tommy Holmes (.246,2,28) add depth. The infield features Young at first base, light hitting 25 year old Ben Steiner (.197,2,44) at second, 34 year old Johnny Hudson (.284,6,59) at shortstop and 2-time gold glove winner 27 year old Johnny Pesky (.310,3,45) at third. Catcher Roy Partee (.285,6,45) is just 29 but coming off of a broken wrist so it remains to be seen if he can recover fully. If not veterans Bill Atwood (.235,0,6) and Sammy Holbrook (.220,4,26) will fight for the starting position. If 32 year old Andy Karl (21-10, 2.59) can duplicate his breakout season of a year ago it will go a long way towards easing concerns about the rotation. Bob Bowman (19-9, 3.07) will be 37 and it is unlikely he will duplicate last years results. Bowman had never won more than 7 games entering last season. 31 year old Tex Hughson (10-4, 3.29) and 30 year old Rube Melton (14-12, 4.45) also enjoyed career best years last season. 24 year old Dave Ferriss (9-10, 3.70) is a pitcher to watch and 25 year old Jim Wilson may be ready for the majors after two seasons in AAA. OUTLOOK - It's up to the pitching. The bats are strong enough to get the Red Sox into the postseason. If the pitching can be as good or better than last year they could finally get that pennant that has eluded the franchise for 25 years. 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX Can things get any worse for a franchise that has not won a pennant since the inagural season of the American League in 1901? The White Sox finsihed dead last for the fifth straight year. They have not even finished a year at .500 since going 70-70 in the shortened 1919 campaign. There is also little hope of things improving in the near future. The core players are all in their late thirties and the farm system is barren. 29 year old Eddie Lopat (13-21, 4.44) is the closest thing the White Sox have to a number one starter. Originally White Sox property Lopat spent 2 seasons with the A's before getting dealt (or if you prefer banished) back to the Windy City. Frank Biscan (10-10, 3.06) is just 27 and may still reach the potential the Browns originally saw in him before giving up on his ever reaching it. 36 year old Orie Arntzen (11-18, 3.64) is another Athletics castoff. The rest of the staff will be an assortment of broken down veterans and rookies with little potential. Last season the White Sox finished 14th in runs allowed and dead last in runs scored. Not a good stat if you are trying to win ballgames. The offense is downright offensive. Danny Litwhiler (.287,11,64) is 30 years old and probably wondering who he ticked off in the Phillies system to cause them to trade him to Chicago 2 years ago. 36 year old catcher Harry Danning (.291,3,40) is the only other veteran worth mentioning. OUTLOOK - It will be another long season at Comiskey. The White Sox problem is the few decent young players they managed to develop through the years are always traded off for broken down veterans in an effort to give the team a quick fix and get out of the basement. Of course it never works in Chicago for a club that has finished no better than 6th for each of the past 16 years. Make that soon to be 17 years. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LEAFS WINNING STREAK UP TO 6 GAMES The Toronto Maple Leafs remain the hottest team in the National Hockey League as wins over Detroit, Chicago and New York this week increased their winning streak to 6 straight games. Ted Kennedy led the way once again, notching 6 points to take over the league scoring lead from Chicago's Max Bentley. However, the hottest scorer for the week was not Kennedy, but rather rugged Detroit winger Ted Lindsay. Lindsay scored 6 goals in three games this week including a 4-goal effort in Detroit's 6-3 victory over last place Chicago on Wednesday. In addition to Chicago, the Red Wings beat slumping Montreal but lost to the Leafs. Detroit with 37 points, still has a 9 point lead on the now-second place Maple Leafs but Toronto does have two games in hand. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA BIG THREE IN WEST DIVISION CONTINUE TO DOMINATE The St Louis Bombers, Chicago Stags and Cleveland Rebels continue to set the pace in the BAA West Division. Each of the three has enjoyed particularily good success against East Division foes and last week was no exception. Cleveland won all three of it's games against the East beating Toronto, New York and Philadelphia. The key to the Rebels success has been the offensive contributions provided from Ed Sadowski (18.8 ppg) and Frankie Baumholtz (13.9). The Rebels lone loss on the week came against Western cellar dweller Pittsburgh in a game Sadowski missed with a minor injury. St Louis split a home and home series with Boston and won on the road in Washington. The Bombers are not a high scoring lot although guards Johnny Logan and Belus Smawley are each averaging more than 10 points a game. St. Louis has enjoyed success so far mainly because of having one of the best defenses in the league. Chicago, the third team in the Western race has enjoyed some solid offensive production from Max Zaslofsky (13.4), Chuck Halbert (13.4) and Don Carlson (11.6) plus a tenacious defense. The Stags won both their contests this week, a close win in Providence and an easy victory at home over Detroit. BOXING BEAT CAN ANYONE TAME THE RAGING BULL? On Friday January 12th Tony Zale will attempt to do something no man has done since the postwar era of professional boxing began - bring down Jake Lamotta. Many fight experts give Zale little to no chance of winning the 15 round bout at the famed Madison Square Garden. A small minority feel that if anyone can knock off the champ it is the veteran Zale. For proof they point to Zale and Lamotta's performances against one of their two common opponents - Rocky Graziano. Graziano, at 31-14-1, lost to both Zale and Lamotta twice. In the first Lamotta-Graziano bout early in the post war elimination tournament Lamotta won easily with a ninth round TKO but in their second meeting Lamotta needed a split decision win to keep his perfect record intact. Meanwhile Zale has had a pair of slugfests with Graziano, winning both by knockout, one in the 5th and the other in the 11th round. However, the other common opponent for Lamotta and Zale is top contender Holman Williams. Williams gave Lamotta all he could handle but the champ prevailed in a 15 round unanimous decision in a September bout that decided the middleweight title. Zale, on the other hand, was decimated by Williams losing via a third round tko. TSN has to agree with the majority of the so-called experts and predict Lamotta will win the fight. Continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

08-14-2004, 01:08 AM	#150
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Special Pull-out Section : 1946 In Review 1946- A LOOK BACK AT THE FIVE GREATEST MOMENTS OF THE YEAR With 1946 coming to a close TSN takes a look back at the five greatest one day events over the past year in sports. Because we restricted our choices to events that occurred on a single day the exciting baseball pennant races are not included on this list. The next special report will name the Athlete of the Year. 5- THE FIRST GAME OF THE NBA It was not much of a contest as the New York Knickerbockers manhandled the Toronto Huskies 74-48 but it is a moment that marked the birth of the NBA and for that reason alone it deserves inclusion on this list. The league is known as the BAA rather than the NBA at this stage and it will undoubtedly have to endure some growing pains but on Friday November 3, 1946 (note in real life it was Friday November 1) the NBA was formed. 4- JOE LOUIS KO's EZZARD CHARLES With World War II over and boxing back in business it was decided a championship tournament would be held in each weight division to determine a postwar title. The marquee division of boxing - the Heavyweight class - came down to a showdown between a pair of unbeaten boxers. When the dust cleared Joe Louis had improved to a perfect 7-0 after flattening Charles in the 8th round. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:39 AM.

08-12-2004, 01:35 PM	#144
goroyals All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 930	Great write up on Groce, complete with picture! I'm following and looking foward the NCAA tourney and the Super Bowl.

08-14-2004, 01:28 AM	#151
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	3 - BRITISH OPEN MARATHON PLAYOFF It took 23 playoff holes before Byron Nelson finally beat Australian Peter Thomson to win the British Open at historic St. Andrews. As one reader of TSN commented "I never knew golf could be this exciting." Nelson made a terrific charge on Sunday making up 5 strokes to force an 18-hole playoff on Monday. Nelson and Thomson each shot an even par 72 during the 18 hole playoff. At that point the two golfers returned to the first tee for a sudden death playoff. Both Nelson and Thomson parred each of the first 4 holes, all par fours. On the par 5 5th, Nelson sank a 30 foot birdie putt while Thomson came up short in his birdie effort 2 - STEVE VAN BUREN SHREDS THE DETROIT DEFENSE 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. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:39 AM.*

08-14-2004, 01:30 AM	#152
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	1 - THE ARMY - NOTRE DAME COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN AT YANKEE STADIUM Army retakes the number one spot in the college football pool with a 16-7 victory over Notre Dame in what was billed 'The College Football Game of the Year'. Notre Dame struck early when junior quaterback Johnny Lujack marched the Irish down the field midway through the first quarter. With a second and goal on the Army 4 yard line Lujack rolled out and seeing no one open tucked the ball under his arm and beat 3 Army defenders to the corner of the endzone. Army tied the score early in the second quarter when QB Arnold Tucker connected with senior wide receiver Barney Poole on a 12 yard touchdown strike. It remained tied at the half. Army wore down the Notre Dame defense with a punishing ground game. While the Irish never did break the defense did bend enough to allow Army to connect on three second half field goals to make the final score 16-7. The key player for Army had to be offensive tackle Albert Nemetz who opened up holes for running back Glen Davis and QB Tucker all day. Tucker more than made up for injured fullback Doc Blanchard, gaining 87 yards on the ground. Davis added 84 yards rushing to the Army offense. EDIT Anyone know how I can get more than 1 image to display in a post? __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.

08-14-2004, 01:33 AM	#153
BadluckinOOTP All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: OKC Posts: 1,534	I use the IMG thing to do photos. But if you mean photos off of your own computer then I don't know. I have a question unrelated to this thread that I wanted to ask you... check your PM box please. __________________

08-14-2004, 03:46 PM	#154
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Special Report = 1946 Tsn Athlete Of The Year SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR SID LUCKMAN CHICAGO BEARS QB There were certainly a large number of candidates worthy of consideration for the title of 1946 Sportsman of the Year but no one athlete totally dominated his position the way Sid Luckman of the Chicago Bears stood out above all others in the National Football League. It was quite a year for the veteran Chicago Bears signal-caller. Back in January Luckman led the Bears to the NFC title and a berth in the championship game against Baltimore. The Bears came up short in that game but to start the 1946 NFL season Luckman looked like a man on a mission. He started all 16 games and led the Bears to a 14-2 record and a first round bye in the playoffs. Almost a certainty to win the TSN NFL MVP Award this season, Luckman tied the league record for QB rating in a season (which he set last year) and threw a career best 40 touchdown passes while being picked off just 11 times. He will be selected to the league allstar team as well as named league offensive MVP and player of the year. Luckman is the NFL career leader in yards passing and touchdown passes. Others who received consideration included boxers Joe Louis and Jake Lamotta, college football players Glen Davis and Charlie Trippi, Pittsburgh Pirate Cy Young Award winning pitcher Cliff Melton and golfer of the year Byron Nelson. __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 04-18-2007 at 12:40 AM.*

08-15-2004, 12:24 AM	#155
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Volume 2 Issue 1 Monday January 1, 1947 TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 1, 1947 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS MIRACLE FINISH AS TEXANS KNOCK OFF TENNESSEE The Houston Texans pulled off the greatest comeback in NFL playoff history as they overcame a 23-0 deficiet to rally past Tennesse 31-23. Tennessee fans were left shaking their heads in disbelief as they filed out of Music City Stadium. With 1 minute remaining in the third quarter the score was 23-0 Titans and Tennessee had dominated all facets of the game, limiting Houston to just 60 yards of total offense. The hometown fans had already begun the victory celebration when kicker Laverne Bethea finally put the Texans on the board with a 49 yard field goal in the final minute of the third quarter. The celebration quieted a little when Tennessee return man Flip McMillan fumbled the ensuing kick-off and it was Houston ball on the Tennessee 12 yard line. Three plays later Brad Johnson's five yard touchdown run cut the Tennessee lead to 23-10. Still there seemed little cause for concern as the Titans had so thoroughly dominated the game thus far. Titans QB Manfred Gayle proceeded to put the fans at ease as he marched the offense down the field, eating up the clock as he went. With a first and ten on the Houston 13 Gayle tossed a short pass to fullback Mitch Adams. Adams tucked the ball under his arm and just as he turned towards the Houston endzone he was drilled by Texans CB Roderick Lemons. The ball flew out of his arms and Ollie Berzinski scooped it up on the run and raced 95 yards for another Houston touchdown. The score was now 23-17 Titans. Four plays later with just over 5 minutes to play in the game Tennessee was forced to punt. Houston return man Andy Pinnock gathered the ball in on his own 20 and promptly returned the 80 yards to tie the game. A moment later Bethea's point after attempt split the uprights and the Texans led 24-23. You could have heard a pin drop in Music City Stadium - unless you were standing on the Houston sideline. On the ensuing kickoff McMillan, perhaps attempting to do too much in an effort to attone for his earlier fumble, was stripped of the ball again and Houston took over. This time Bethea missed a 37 yard field goal attempt and with 1:56 remaining Manfred Gayle and the Titans would have one more chance to pull out a win. However, Gayle's second pass of the drive was picked off by Berzinski and the Houston defensive back returned it 40 yards for his second touchdown of the quater. The game ended 31-23 and you can bet there will be some big changes in Tennessee after this one. For Houston, you can bet that their first playoff win in franchise history will never be forgotten. It will be much tougher to get the second win as they visiting 13-3 Denver next week. BROWNS TOP CHIEFS 17-6 The Cleveland Browns won their first playoff game in franchise history by beating the Kansas City Chiefs 17-6 at Cleveland Stadium. 4 Kansas City turnovers, including 3 Ulish Groce interceptions proved the difference in the game. Groce was picked off in the Cleveland endzone twice. In his defense the Chiefs offensive line was dreadful, allowing 6 sacks and numerous pressures. Cleveland receiver Zach Kruczek, who was second in the league with 106 catches, led the offense with 6 receptions for 104 yards. Cleveland will visit New England next week. 49ERS HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH REDSKINS THE SECOND TIME AROUND Last week the Washington Redskins clinched a playoff berth with a victory over San Francisco in D.C. Their reward was a rematch with the 49ers, this time in San Francisco. Washington, led by a battered Sammy Baugh did not have a chance and the 49ers coasted to a 30-10 victory. San Francisco QB Koy Harris threw 3 touchdown passes and passed for over 250 yards. Baugh, on the other, completed just 19 of 42 passes and was intercepted twice. It has been a tough season for the ex-TCU star. Baugh missed 8 games with a broken ankle and reaggraveted the injury last week against San Francisco. He was nowhere near 100% for this game. WR Benjy Pace was the hero for the winners, hauling in 7 passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns. San Francisco faces a tough challenge next week when they travel to Philadelphia to meet the East Division champion Eagles. CARDINALS DEFENSE TOO MUCH FOR SAINTS* The Arizona Cardinals beat the Saints in New Orleans 17-10 in the other NFC wildcard game. Tony Marsalis and wide receiver Frank Nickel connected on a pair of long second half touchdown passes to provide the margin of victory for Arizona. The prize is a date in Chicago against the NFL's best regular season club, the Bears. NFL ANNOUNCES LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS AS EXPECTED SID LUCKMAN NAMED LEAGUE MVP To the surprise of absolutely no one Sid Luckman of the Chicago Bears was named the National Football League's Most Valuable Player and Offensive player of the year. It was a busy week for the quarterback as he was named TSN's Athlete of the Year for 1946 earlier in the week. Luckman led the Bears to a 14-2 record and equalled his league record for QB rating set last year. The defensive player of the year was also from the NFC North. Green Bay defensive lineman Mike Smith, who had 13 sacks, was named the league's top defensive player. The announcement came as a bit of a surprise as many felt Ed Newberry of Denver, who set a record with 14 interceptions, who be a lock to win the award. Dallas Running Back Raymond Cash who ran for 953 yards was named the league's offensive rookie of the year while the top newcomer on the defensive side of the ball was Jacksonville safety Ken Milloy. Jim Jordan of Tennessee won the coach of the year award. These are the awards presented by the NFL itself. TSN will announce it's award winners the week after the NFL Championship game is played. Here are the year by year winners of the major awards Year by Year Offensive MVP 1941 Thomas Blades RB Atlanta 1942 Keith Musso RB Jacksonville 1943 Tony Canadeo RB Green Bay 1944 Mario Glenn RB New England 1945 Johnny Cushing RB Oakland 1946 Sid Luckman QB Chicago Year by Year Defensive MVP 1941 Justin Sanders DT Jacksonville 1942 Charles Smith DE Philadelphia 1943 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo 1944 Lamar Jackson DT Carolina 1945 Julian Hughes DT Buffalo 1946 Mike Smith DT Green Bay Year by Year Offensive ROY 1941 Harley Mitchell RB Philadelphia 1942 Terry Stephens QB New England 1943 Todd Berger RB New Orleans 1944 Tony Marsalis QB Arizona 1945 Antowain Anderson RB Atlanta 1946 Raymond Cash RB Dallas Year by Year Defensive ROY 1941 Andre Bostic LB Detroit 1942 Ed Philcox DE Dallas 1943 Damon Stamer DE St Louis 1944 Ade Coulter DE Tennessee 1945 Ruben Taylor DE Minnesota 1946 Ken Milloy SS Jacksonville Year by Year Coach of the Year 1941 Steve Jamieson San Francisco 1942 Bill McRae Tampa Bay 1943 Bill McRae Tampa Bay 1944 Tony Fenerty Carolina 1945 Bill Costa Minnesota 1946 Jim Jordan Tennessee NFL NAMES ITS ALL STAR TEAMS* Code: 1946 NFC First Team All Stars Pos Name Team Stats QB Sid Luckman Chicago 331-503, 65.8%, 4474 yds, 40 TD, 11 INT, 378 yds, 1 TDs RB Todd Berger New Orleans 388 car, 1648 yds, 4.2 ypc, 13 TDs,72 rec, 554 yds, 2 TDs FB Mark Jackson Washington 59 car, 242 yds, 4.1 ypc, 1 TDs,26 rec, 350 yds, 2 TDs4 rb WR Wayne Miller Washington 202 att, 102 rec, 1533 yds, 15 ypc, 518 YAC, 12 TDs WR Chuck Myers Giants 152 att, 92 rec, 1413 yds, 15.4 ypc, 473 YAC, 7 TDs TE Curv Schafrath Philadelphia 91 att, 58 rec, 598 yds, 10.3 ypc, 6 TDs, 8 rb OT Bruiser Kinard Washington 23 rb, 40 pan, 0 sa, 4 fs, 2 hold OT Otis Ross Carolina 23 rb, 40 pan, 1 sa, 6 fs, 0 hold OG Bruce Majkowski Seattle 24 rb, 23 pan, 0 sa, 2 fs, 2 hold OG Alonzo Kunz San Francisco 17 rb, 26 pan, 2 sa, 0 fs, 2 hold C Doug Meilinger New Orleans 19 rb, 26 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 1 hold DE Damon Stamer St. Louis 8 sacks, 31 tak ( 25 solo), 25 hur, 7 stfs, 7 dp DE J.P. O'Donnell Giants 6 sacks, 47 tak ( 41 solo), 15 hur, 8 stfs, 2 dp DT Mike Smith Green Bay 13 sacks, 67 tak ( 60 solo), 22 hur, 13 stfs, 9 dp DT Dan Dulaney St. Louis 6 sacks, 52 tak ( 46 solo), 12 hur, 12 stfs, 12 dp ILB Matt Truluck St. Louis 4 sacks, 177 tak ( 147 solo), 30 stfs, 2 ints, 12 pd ILB Bill Howard New Orleans 6 sacks, 144 tak ( 107 solo), 20 stfs, 0 ints, 2 pd OLB Ed LeBlanc Philadelphia 9 sacks, 126 tak ( 98 solo), 9 stfs, 5 ints, 7 pd OLB James Williams Seattle 6 sacks, 151 tak ( 112 solo), 18 stfs, 0 ints, 7 pd CB Jim Plum Tampa Bay 1 sacks, 90 tak ( 51 solo), 19 pd, 5 ints, 181 yds, 2 TDs CB Kevin Colclough Detroit 2 sacks, 101 tak ( 64 solo), 16 pd, 4 ints, 36 yds, 0 TDs FS Jeff Klein New Orleans 0 sacks, 130 tak ( 97 solo), 6 pd, 4 ints, 10 yds, 0 TDs SS Earl Joyce San Francisco 4 sacks, 122 tak ( 101 solo), 10 pd, 9 ints, 156 yds, 2 TDs P Charles Ilkin Minnesota 43.9 gross, 37.3 net, 70 long, 22 in20 K Arnie Curtis Chicago 32 FGM - 34 FGA, 56 long, 55 XPM - 56 XPA 1946 AFC First Team All Stars Pos Name Team Stats QB Manfred Gayle Tennessee 257-431, 59.6%, 3313 yds, 28 TD, 14 INT, 501 yds, 2 TDs RB Stacey Jolley Miami 339 car, 1744 yds, 5.1 ypc, 14 TDs,45 rec, 388 yds, 2 TDs FB Donald Rice Denver 32 car, 211 yds, 6.6 ypc, 4 TDs,7 rec, 70 yds, 0 TDs3 rb WR Mark Hayman Tennessee 126 att, 77 rec, 1213 yds, 15.8 ypc, 348 YAC, 9 TDs WR Zach Kruczek Cleveland 189 att, 106 rec, 1421 yds, 13.4 ypc, 501 YAC, 6 TDs TE Jon Chamberlain Kansas City 83 att, 53 rec, 788 yds, 14.9 ypc, 4 TDs, 22 rb OT Curt O'Dwyer Houston 30 rb, 29 pan, 3 sa, 3 fs, 3 hold OT Cris Johnson Buffalo 24 rb, 24 pan, 0 sa, 4 fs, 7 hold OG Justin Daniels Denver 29 rb, 38 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 3 hold OG Charlie Pearson Tennessee 28 rb, 38 pan, 1 sa, 4 fs, 4 hold C Kelley Hall Baltimore 30 rb, 33 pan, 0 sa, 3 fs, 5 hold DE Ade Coulter Tennessee 10 sacks, 58 tak ( 55 solo), 16 hur, 7 stfs, 9 dp DE Kevin Merkins Denver 16 sacks, 34 tak ( 31 solo), 25 hur, 3 stfs, 5 dp DT Julian Hughes Buffalo 8 sacks, 42 tak ( 39 solo), 16 hur, 8 stfs, 13 dp DT Na Griffin Houston 3 sacks, 54 tak ( 43 solo), 10 hur, 5 stfs, 11 dp ILB Sam Joe San Diego 6 sacks, 119 tak ( 95 solo), 12 stfs, 7 ints, 14 pd ILB Jon Quinn New England 3 sacks, 142 tak ( 105 solo), 11 stfs, 2 ints, 11 pd OLB Javon Love Oakland 9 sacks, 143 tak ( 109 solo), 13 stfs, 5 ints, 14 pd OLB James Sayler NY Jets 10 sacks, 125 tak ( 105 solo), 10 stfs, 2 ints, 5 pd CB Greg Fletcher Buffalo 4 sacks, 74 tak ( 51 solo), 22 pd, 8 ints, 204 yds, 3 TDs CB Todd Elwell Pittsburgh 2 sacks, 92 tak ( 58 solo), 22 pd, 6 ints, 184 yds, 2 TDs FS Hank Coleman Tennessee 4 sacks, 111 tak ( 78 solo), 7 pd, 8 ints, 10 yds, 0 TDs SS Ed Newberry Denver 3 sacks, 112 tak ( 81 solo), 13 pd, 14 ints, 275 yds, 3 TDs P Darris Hammond Buffalo 44.1 gross, 37.5 net, 61 long, 21 in20 K Vince Davenport Denver 31 FGM - 34 FGA, 53 long, 34 XPM - 34 XPA TSN COMMENTARY - IS GROCE DONE IN KANSAS CITY?* One of football's greatest rags to riches story maybe coming to end. How Ulish Groce went from undrafted scrub to the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs has been well documented but it now appears the Groce era in K.C. is coming to an end. The combination of a dissappointing exit from the playoffs yesterday in Cleveland and a first round quarterback waiting in the wings may prove to much for the man who was always in the right spot at the right time to overcome. Groce's arm is legendary. He routinely piles up 300 yard passing days and yesterday was no exception. However, he is equally well known for trying to force the ball into an opening that does not exist and yesterday he got burned for it. Groce was picked off 3 times by the Browns including twice in the Cleveland endzone on first and goal plays. In 17 games this season he threw just 12 touchdown passes and was intercepted 27 times. If Groce could ever develop the restraint to know when to tuck the ball in and play it safe he could be an allstar. However, after 4 years of trying to get him to develop that skill it may be time for the Chiefs to try and move him and turn their attention to developing Tommy Thompson. Kansas City desperately needs help at offensive line and on defense. Groce is a loose cannon on the field but you can bet there will be a team somewhere that wants to try and tame that cannon of an arm so this may be the best time for the Chiefs to deal him and address some of their other needs. COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES* ILLINOIS AND STANFORD WIN IN OVERTIME All of the big games are being played later today but it will be tough for them to surpass the excitement generated by this past week's college bowl game action. First on Monday Stanford needed an overtime field goal to beat previously unbeaten Nevada 37-34 in the Harbor Bowl. Senior cornerback Steve Williams had an interception and return a punt for a 4th quarter touchdown that allowed Stanford to force the overtime. On Saturday there were three bowl games with the most exciting one being the Sun Bowl in El Paso. Western Conference runner-up Illinos needed overtime to stop Texas 23-20. Illini running back Buddy Young improved upon his draft status by rushing for 148 yards. On the other hand Texas WR Hubert Bechtol had a rough game and that will likely drop him to the second day of the draft. Hardin-Simmons finished 11-0 on the season after blasting Mountain States Conference champion Denver 38-6 in the Raisin Bowl at Fresno. Hardin-Simmons, winners of the Border Conference, seemed on a mission to prove to the pollsters they belonged much higher than 18th in the final regular season poll. The final bowl game of the weekend was the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. Tulsa spanked New Mexico 38-6 in that one. Tulsa QB Clyde LeForce is bidding to have a qb from that school go in the first round of the NFL draft two years in a row. LeForce threw 4 touchdown passes including two to senior wideout Camp Wilson, another possible first round NFL pick. Last year's Tulsa QB Tommy Thompson was selected by Kansas City with the 12th pick of the 1946 NFL draft. continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

08-15-2004, 12:27 AM	#156
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Volume 2 Issue 1 page 2 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHAYES DRAWING RAVE REVIEWS AT NYU Nick Stokes has been the head basketball coach at New York University since 1932 and during that time he has coached some great players but he feels sophomore forward Dolph Schayes could surpass them all. Heady talk when you consider among the players Stokes has tutored include former National College Player of the Year George Mikan, 1934 National Freshman of the Year Mike Seymour, and former Eastern Independant player of the year Joe Fulks who is presently tearing up the pro ranks. "I don't want to put undue pressure on this kid (Schayes)" says the coach who has won 4 conference titles and made a final four appearance, "but he really is that good. And I keep forgetting he is just a sophomore." After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Schayes had offers from virtually every major college in the nation but he decided to stay close to home and play for Coach Stokes. Schayes played in every game last year, averaging 14.0 points and 10.2 rebounds a game and being named to the National All-Freshman team. It was quite a recruiting year for NYU, as guard Slater Martin (15.1 ppg, 5 apg) and forward Matthew Blake (12.8 ppg, 11.4 rpg) also made the all-conference freshman team. With a 21-9 record New York University made the NCAA tournament but as a 7th seed lost to 10th seed Iowa 85-58 in the opening round. The tournament appearance gave the three freshman a small taste of postseason play but left them longing for more. Bluechip small forward Earl Lloyd joined the mix this year and the four youngsters along with senior guard Andrew Rogers have just one goal in mind...a National Championship. Off to a 14-0 start including an impressive 87-66 win over conference rival CCNY on Friday you will find very few people who doubt that this group has the potential to reach it's lofty goal. Here are this week's top 25 rankings Code: Rank School Record Points Previous 1. Kentucky 14-1 1,941 1 2. New York Univ 14-0 1,818 2 3. UTEP 14-0 1,715 3 4. USC 12-1 1,591 5 5. Holy Cross 14-3 1,443 6 6. Oregon 13-2 1,365 4 7. New Orleans 14-0 1,291 10 8. Boston College 13-3 1,184 7 9. Iowa State 10-1 1,131 12 10. Washington St. 12-3 1,059 9 11. Washington 12-3 987 13 12. Auburn 12-2 920 18 13. UCLA 10-4 868 8 14. Alabama 10-3 803 14 15. Baylor 10-2 738 21 16. Ohio State 12-3 693 24 17. CCNY 11-3 648 15 18. Florida 9-3 539 26 19. Stanford 11-3 472 16 20. N.C. State 11-3 383 11 21. Notre Dame 11-3 318 17 22. Western Kentucky 11-4 254 19 23. Seton Hall 10-3 209 28 24. Illinois 9-4 188 20 25. Texas Tech 10-3 167 23 Others Receiving Votes: Richmond 156, Bradley 145, Drake 124, Creighton 104, Middle Tenn St. 83, Wake Forest 62, San Francisco 41, Arkansas 20, Georgia 10, Fordham 6, Georgetown 2, Iowa 2, Utah 1, South Carolina 1, Miami 1, Clemson 1, Indiana State 1, Rhode Island 1, Providence 1, La Salle 1, North Carolina 1. Dropped out of Top 25: No. 22 Drake, No. 25 Creighton MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL* 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE CLEVELAND INDIANS Every thing went right over the last half of the 1946 season for the Cleveland Indians and they were rewarded with their World Series title in franchise history. Steve Gromek (26-12, 2.97) is the key to the pitching staff that had the lowest era in baseball a year ago. The 27 year old won his first Cy Young Award and anchored a strong rotation that included Bill Lohrman (19-8, 2.28), Johnny Babich (12-7, 3.29) and Allie Reynolds (15-15, 3.53). All are in their early thirties and will be back next season. Claude Passeau (13-16, 3.47) will be 39 shortly after opening day but he returns to add depth. Aside from the retirement of 40 year old Gus Suhr (.355,1,2)all the key players from the World Series win will be back. Jeff Heath (.282,14,81), Ival Goodman (.342,15,67) and Taffy Wright (.319,3,38) patrol the outfield. The infield will consist of Mickey Rocco (.304,2,47) at first, Charlie English (.273,1,57) playing second, shortstop Lou Boudreau (.294,4,50) and third baseman Oscar Grimes (.302,18,88). Midseason call-up Clyde Klutz (.231,0,2) is expected to be the everyday catcher. The farm system is not deep but most of the Indians key players are still in their peak years. Barring some major injuries the Indians will right in the pennant race again in 1947. 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE DETROIT TIGERS After a dreadful 1945 season that saw them slip to 7th in the American League the Detroit Tigers rebounded with an 80 win season last year. A lack of pitching depth ultimately kept the Tigers from contending for the pennant last season and there does not seem to be a solution to that problem in sight. Stubby Overmire (21-14, 3.52), Fred Hutchinson (17-17, 3.66) and Virgil Trucks (17-19, 4.66) are all in their late-twenties and all are decent starters but Detroit is lacking that top of the rotation guy who can carry the team. The offense led by outfielder Tommy Henrich (.299,23,77) is among the best in the game. Henrich is joined in the outfield by a group that includes Dick Wakefield (.344,4,62), Barney McCoskey (.269,4,41) and Hoot Evers (.320,2,20). First baseman Hank Greenberg (.270,14,89) is slowing down a little at age 36 and could be pressed for playing time by Hal Trosky (.331,6,30)who can also play third. Red Kress (.276,3,54), Joe Gantenbein (.280,5,69) and minor leaguer Joe Wood round out the candidates for starting infield assigments. 32 year old Buddy Rosar (.258,2,62) is a solid major league catcher. OUTLOOK - The Tigers are a number one starter away from contending. They are a solid ballclub but until they get that ace who practically guarantees a win every fourth day they will be a step below the American League elite. BOXING BEAT QUIET WEEK AS WE PREPARE FOR A BUSY JANUARY The boxing world came to a virtual standstill the week between Christmas and New Years but it is merely the calm before the storm. There are some great fights coming up in January including the World Middleweight title fight from New York between champ Jake Lamotta (14-0) and challenger Tony Zale (35-4) on January 12th. Two days prior to that bout Ezzard Charles (18-1) makes his first appearance since losing the post-war Heavyweight elimination tournament finale to Joe Louis. Charles will fight Tommy Gomez (24-5) in his hometown of Cincinnati in what is expected to be a tuneup for a rematch with Louis. Next weekend there is little action in the United States but there are a pair of important fights overseas. Two Irish flyweights with their eyes on a World Title shot square off in Belfast. Rinty Monaghan (16-3-1) is favoured over Ed Doran (14-3). In Japan 8th ranked bantamweight Hiroshi Horiguchi (22-12-2) faces Australian Mickey Miller (27-17-2). STATS AND STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS San Francisco 30 Washington 10 Houston 31 Tennessee 23 Arizona 17 New Orleans 10 Cleveland 17 Kansas City 6 NEXT WEEK'S GAMES Saturday January 6, 1947 San Francisco at Philadelphia Houston at Denver Sunday January 7, 1947 Cleveland at New England Arizona at Chicago COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE SUNDAY DECEMBER 24, 1946 CIGAR BOWL - Greensboro North Carolina State 14 Rutgers 3 MONDAY DECEMBER 25, 1946 HARBOR BOWL - San Diego Stanford 37 Nevada 34 (OT) SATURDAY DECEMBER 30, 1946 RAISIN BOWL - Fresno #18 Hardin-Simmons 38 Denver 6 SUN BOWL - El Paso #15 Illinois 23 Texas 20 (OT) ALAMO BOWL - San Antonio #20 Tulsa 38 New Mexico 6 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 29 17 8 4 38 88 78 Toronto 28 15 11 2 32 87 62 New York 28 12 9 7 31 79 74 Montreal 27 13 11 3 29 69 60 Boston 27 8 13 6 22 54 64 Chicago 25 4 17 4 12 48 87 Code: NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Ted Kennedy TOR 28 16 26 42 Max Bentley CHI 25 15 23 38 Maurice Richard MON 27 22 5 27 Tony Leswick NY 28 19 7 26 Bill Ezinicki TOR 28 14 11 25 Howie Meeker TOR 28 13 11 24 Bill Cowley BOS 27 9 14 23 Toe Blake MON 27 8 14 22 Billy Taylor DET 29 7 15 22 Joe Carveth BOS 27 13 8 21 Grant Warwick NY 28 9 12 21 Jim Conacher DET 29 8 13 21 Ted Lindsay DET 29 15 5 20 Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM Gus Mortson TOR 28 60 Fern Flaman BOS 27 56 Pat Egan BOS 27 56 Pete Horeck DET 29 52 GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA Bill Durnan MON 27 13-11-3 4 2.13 Turk Broda TOR 28 15-11-2 1 2.35 Frank Brimsek BOS 27 8-13-6 0 2.37 Chuck Rayner NY 27 12-8-7 1 2.53 Harry Lumley DET 27 16-7-4 0 2.61 RESULTS Tuesday December 26, 1946 Toronto 1 at 2 Montreal Wednesday December 27, 1946 Montreal 1 at 4 New York Toronto 5 at 2 Detroit Chicago 2 at 2 Boston Saturday December 30, 1946 Chicago 0 at 1 Montreal Boston 2 at 4 Toronto New York 2 at 2 Detroit Sunday December 31, 1946 Boston 1 at 3 New York UPCOMING GAMES Tuesday January 2, 1947 New York at Detroit Wednesday January 3, 1947 Detroit at Toronto New York at Boston Montreal at Chicago Thursday January 4, 1947 Toronto at New York Saturday January 6, 1947 Boston at Montreal New York at Toronto Sunday January 7, 1947 Chicago at New York Boston at Detroit BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB PHI 20 14 6 .700 x WSH 21 13 8 .619 1.5 PROV 21 12 9 .571 2.5 NY 22 10 12 .455 5.0 BOS 24 8 16 .333 8.0 Tor 22 5 17 .227 10.0 WEST GP W L PCT GB CLE 22 15 7 .682 x STL 24 16 8 .667 x CHI 24 16 8 .667 x DET 25 8 17 .320 8.5 PIT 23 7 16 .304 8.5 RESULTS Monday December 25, 1946 Boston 55 at 58 Pittsburgh Thursday December 28, 1946 Pittsburgh 49 at 68 Philadelphia Detroit 41 at 62 St Louis Washington 90 at 63 Providence Friday December 29, 1946 Chicago 68 at 57 Toronto Philadelphia 45 at 49 Boston Saturday December 30, 1946 New York 64 at 60 Washington Boston 57 at 45 Providence Sunday December 31, 1946 Toronto 47 at 40 Detroit Philadelphia 64 at 62 St Louis Chicago 65 at 75 Cleveland UPCOMING GAMES Monday January 1, 1947 Washington at Boston Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Tuesday January 2, 1947 Chicago at Toronto St Louis at Cleveland Wednesday January 3, 1947 Washington at Detroit St Louis at Chicago Cleveland at Pittsburgh Thursday January 4, 1947 Providence at Philadelphia Washington at St Louis Friday January 5, 1947 Boston at Toronto Saturday January 6, 1947 New York at Detroit Cleveland at Washington Philadelphia at Providence Sunday January 7, 1947 New York at St Louis Code: SCORING TEAM GP PPG Joe Fulks PHI 19 23.6 EdSadowski CLE 21 18.8 Bob Feerick WSH 19 17.7 ErnieCalverley PRO 19 14.8 StanMiasek DET 23 14.0 FrankBaumholtz CLE 22 13.7 ChuckHalbert CHI 22 13.5 MaxZaslofsky CHI 24 13.4 DonaldMartin PRO 18 13.1 CoulbyGunther PIT 23 12.7 JohnnyLogan STL 21 12.7 HankBeenders PRO 19 12.4 Freddie Scolari WSH 18 12.4 Horace McKinney WSH 19 12.3 Leo Mogus TOR 21 12.1 __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 08-15-2004 at 12:30 AM.

08-19-2004, 08:41 PM	#157
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Volume 2 Issue 2 January 8, 1947 TIGERFAN'S SPORTING NEWS : January 8, 1947 ARMY WINS NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL TITLE NOTRE DAME WINS SUGAR AND IT'S ROSES FOR MICHIGAN The University of Notre Dame eliminated all doubt in the final college football rankings by easily handling number 2 ranked Georgia 37-26 in the Sugar Bowl. Had the Bulldogs beaten the Fighting Irish there would have been real controversy as to whether Georgia or Army deserved the number 1 spot in the postseason poll. Instead Army remains number one, a position they have held since beating Notre Dame in mid-season. With the loss Georgia falls to fifth in the rankings. The other big bowl game saw Western Conference champion Michigan handle hometown UCLA 28-13 at the Rose Bowl. The win moves the Wolverines to third in the year end poll. Michigan's only loss was to Army. In other bowl games North Carolina completed a perfect season with a 27-23 win over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Tar Heels QB DeMarcus Dickinson scored on a 3 yard touchdown run with under a minute to play in the game. The Tar Heels move to fourth in the final rankings while the Sooners remain 17th. Pennsylvania beat Arkansas 24-14 in the Gator Bowl. The 9th ranked Quakers suffered their only loss in an 8-1 season to Army. In the Cotton Bowl, Rice overcame a 14-3 halftime deficiet to beat Tennessee 20-14. Finally in the Oil Bowl, Alabama needed overtime to stop William & Mary 17-14. TSN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP 20 Here is the year end top 20. (end of regular season ranking in brackets) 1- Army (1) -- 10-0 2- Notre Dame (4) -- 9-1 3- Michigan (5) -- 9-1 4- North Carolina (6) -- 11-0 5- Georgia (2) -- 10-1 6- Rice (8) -- 10-0-1 7- UCLA (3) -- 10-1 8- Alabama (9) -- 10-2 9- Pennsylvania (12) -- 8-1 10- Yale (10) 9-0 11- North Carolina State (13) 10-1 12- Tennessee (7)-- 9-2 13- Hardin-Simmons (18)-- 11-0 14- William & Mary (11)-- 9-2 15- Illinois (15)-- 7-2-1 16- Arkansas (14) - 6-3-2 17- Oklahoma (17)-- 7-3-1 18- Stanford (nr) -- 7-2-1 19- Rutgers (16)-- 8-1-1 20- Tulsa (20) -- 8-2-1 Dropped out of top 20 - Kentucky (19) NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS MEL OURS LEADS TEXANS TO UPSET WIN IN DENVER All Star Wide receiver Mel Ours caught 3 touchdown passes to lead the Houston Texans to a surprising 37-13 win over the hometown Denver Broncos. Surprising is not strong enough a word to describe what happened to the team with the best regular season record in the AFC. Despite having the worst passing offense in the league during the season Houston QB Vaughn Diedrick picked apart the conference's best defense for 345 yards through the air. Ours had 6 catches, including the three touchdown grabs, for 110 yards while fellow wideout Art Tasker gained 124 yards on 6 receptions. Ballhawking safety Ed Newberry did have an interception for the Broncos but otherwise the Denver secondary was totally dominated in the game. Houston got off to a great start as Brad Johnson returned the opening kickoff to mid-field and 4 plays later RB Walt Williams scored on a 2 yard touchdown plunge. After Denver was forced to punt Diedrick and Tasker connected on a 74 yard pass play that would set up the second Houston touchdown - a 1 yard pass to Ours. Before the second quarter was 3 minutes old Ours had his second touchdown catch - an 82 yarder- and it was 21-0 Houston. The Broncos never recovered. It will be Houston's first trip to the AFC title game. BROWNS TRIM PATRIOTS 24-20 The Cleveland Browns made the road teams a perfect two-for-two in AFC playoff action by nipping New England 24-20. New England had a 17-10 lead at the half but Cleveland running back Bill Green, forced into action when starter Tony Ellis was sidelined with an injury, scored two second half touchdowns to get the Browns into their first AFC title game. Green, in his second season out of Miami(FLA) finished the game with a career high 100 yards rushing. In 12 regular season games this year he gained just 288 yards. For New England it was a case of bad breaks and missed opportunities. Patriots kicker Brennan Armstead missed two third quarter field goal attempts and quarterback Mel Houston was intercepted with 4 minutes to play in the game and the Pats on the Browns 22 yard line. Houston, the third string QB all season was forced into action when Terry Stephens suffered a groin injury on the opening series. Stephens was starting in place of Bob Irvin who was hurt in the season ending win over Oakland. Speaking of injuries it looks like the Browns will have to rely on Green having another big game next week against Houston. Starting RB Tony Ellis is likely done for the season with an ankle injury. After finishing with the worst record among the 4 division winners, the Cleveland Browns are presently surprised to have homefield advantage against Houston in the conference final. In Week 8 Houston beat Cleveland 29-23 in overtime on a Vaughn Diedrick to Art Tasker pass play which came after a 50 yard field goal with just over a minute to play tied the contest for the hometown Texans. The oddsmakers have little respect for the underdog Texans, making Cleveland an early 8 point favourite for next Sunday's contest. NO SURPRISES IN CHICAGO AS BEARS MAUL CARDINALS 20-0 Sid Luckman passed for 276 yards and the Chicago defense held Arizona to 149 total yards as the Bears blanked Arizona 20-0 in NFC playoff action. Luckman completed 24 of 41 passes including a 4th quarter touchdown that back George McAfee turned into a 20 yard screen play. The touchdown finally allowed Bears fans to feel more at ease, as despite dominating the game Chicago led just 9-0 up to that point. Arizona's offense was non-existant. QB Tony Marsalis completed just 3 passes all day and Tuffy Leemans, with 75 yards, was the only rushing threat. Safety Frankie Morrall had 7 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble to lead the Chicago defense. Arizona safety Brock Hasselbeck, with 9 tackles was one of the few bright spots for the Cardinals. The Bears, with the league's best record, will host San Francisco in next week's NFC title game. SLUMPING EAGLES NO MATCH FOR FIRED-UP 49ERS* After starting the season 9-1, the Philadelphia Eagles dropped 4 of their final 6 games. Make that five of seven as the visiting San Francisco 49ers had little difficulty disposing of an unispired Eagles team 24-6. Quarterback Koy Harris threw 3 touchdown passes for the second straight playoff game and passed for 241 yards. Stan Newman caught a pair of the Harris td strikes and had 6 receptions in total for 116 yards. Meanwhile the Eagles benched QB Ken Neal after his second interception of the game and gave the ball to Doug Bass, who had missed several games with an elbow injury. Bass did not get picked off but he completed just 5 of 12 passes. Another player who had a subpar game was Eagles running back Harley Mitchell. Mitchell gained a season low 67 yards on the ground as Philadelphia was never able to establish it's trademark running game. Things get much tougher next week for the 49ers. After beating a pair of slumping East Division teams in the first two weeks they will have to play the defending NFC champion Chicago Bears on the road. It will be San Francisco's first trip to the league title game. Both teams appear healthy and ready to go but the Bears are an early 5 point favourite. COLLEGE BASKETBALL NYU, UTEP AND NEW ORLEANS STILL PERFECT With January upon us and the conference schedules in full swing we turn our eyes towards the teams that have so far managed to remain perfect. Just three schools are sporting unbeaten records at this stage of the season and they are New York University, UTEP and New Orleans. New York University, a powerhouse in the Eastern Independant conference, beat rival Manhatten and Villanova on the road to run it's record to 16-0. The NYU roster was dicusssed in great detail in last week's issue so we won't go into more detail about them here. It is no surprise to see UTEP in the list of unbeaten teams. Coach Rick Miller's squad went to the final four a year ago and finished with a 31-7 record. With 5 seniors starting this is an experienced club that is expected to make noise in the tournament again this year. The leaders for the Miners are center Randall Carick and power forward Tamari Braggs, each of whom is averaging over 17 points a game. New Orleans, on the other hand, is a surprise at 16-0. The Privateers made the NCAA tourney last season for the first time in 3 years but were knocked out in the first round. They have had a relatively easy schedule to start with their only victory over a ranked opponent being a 71-66 win at Middle Tennessee State. Below is this week's TSN top 25 Code: Rank School Record Points Prev.Wk. 1. Kentucky 16-1 1,939 1 2. New York Univ 16-0 1,813 2 3. UTEP 16-0 1,716 3 4. Holy Cross 16-3 1,572 5 5. Oregon 15-2 1,447 6 6. New Orleans 16-0 1,362 7 7. USC 13-2 1,286 4 8. Boston College 13-4 1,153 8 9. Washington St. 12-4 1,096 10 10. Iowa State 11-2 1,030 9 11. Ohio State 14-3 964 16 12. UCLA 11-4 919 13 13. Western Kentucky 13-4 858 22 14. Auburn 13-3 788 12 15. Washington 12-5 723 11 16. Alabama 11-4 679 14 17. Baylor 11-3 636 15 18. CCNY 12-4 528 17 19. Texas Tech 12-3 464 25 20. Florida 10-4 379 18 21. Stanford 12-4 315 19 22. Wake Forest 12-4 252 31 23. Middle Tenn St. 14-4 210 30 24. N.C. State 12-4 188 20 25. Notre Dame 12-4 166 21 Others Receiving Votes: San Francisco 156, Illinois 144, Richmond 123, Seton Hall 102, Georgia 82, Georgetown 61, Utah 41, Drake 20, Miami 10, La Salle 6, Oklahoma 2, Fordham 2, Texas Christian 1, Oklahoma A&M 1, Indiana 1, Iowa 1, Arkansas 1, Indiana State 1, South Carolina 1, Rhode Island 1, Providence 1. Dropped out of Top 25: No. 24 Illinois, No. 23 Seton Hall WAKE FOREST PERFECT IN ACC ACTION With three sophomores in their starting five many expected next season rather than this year would be when the Deamon Deacons mounted a serious charge for their second final four appearance in franchise history. However, for 22nd ranked Wake Forest it may prove to be that the future is now. Ed Peterson, Jonson Page and Frank Brien all were recruited in the season the Deamon Deacons made their final four appearance and after suffering through a 12-18 season as freshman they are ready to make their mark. Page was named the conference player of the week after scoring 40 points and adding 8 assists in wins over Clemson and South Carolina. Maryland guard Brian Conyers was named the top freshman last week. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Wake Forest 4 0 1.000 12 4 .750 North Carolina 2 1 .667 9 6 .600 Duke 2 1 .667 8 7 .533 South Carolina 2 2 .500 11 5 .688 Maryland 1 2 .333 10 8 .556 Georgia Tech 1 2 .333 5 10 .333 N.C. State 1 3 .250 12 4 .750 Clemson 1 3 .250 10 6 .625 ANOTHER TIGHT RACE IN BIG 8 With 9 conference titles in past 14 years Oklahoma A&M is always expected to be in the thick of the conference race. Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa State each have won one title during that span. However, despite A&M's dominance in titles, each year the Big 8 race seems to come right down to the wire. Iowa State junior forward Jack Cable is making his presence felt in the conference player of the year race. Cable leads the conference in both points per game with 17.0 and rebounds with 15.2. Iowa State, with 5, has had more Big 8 conference player of the year winners than any other school. Oklahoma forward Joseph Brown was named conference player of the week while Jack Shelton of Oklahoma A&M was the top newcomer for the past 7 days. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Oklahoma 3 1 .750 10 4 .714 Missouri 3 1 .750 9 5 .643 Oklahoma A&M 3 1 .750 8 6 .571 Iowa State 2 1 .667 11 2 .846 Nebraska 1 2 .333 7 8 .467 Kansas 1 2 .333 5 8 .385 Kansas State 1 3 .250 8 6 .571 Colorado 0 3 .000 2 11 .154 BIG EAST* Joshua Camacho is a big reason why Georgetown is off to a 3-1 start in Big East play. The senior forward averaged 29.5 points in wins over St John's and Syracuse including 41 points against Syracuse on Thursday. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Georgetown 3 1 .750 14 5 .737 Connecticut 3 1 .750 11 5 .688 Seton Hall 2 1 .667 11 4 .733 St. John's 2 1 .667 9 6 .600 Providence 2 2 .500 10 6 .625 Boston College 1 2 .333 13 4 .765 Syracuse 1 2 .333 8 8 .500 Rutgers 0 4 .000 4 12 .250 OHIO STATE OFF TO QUICK START IN BIG TEN Ohio State is 5-1 but the first place Buckeyes have not been doing things the easy way. Four of Ohio States wins have been by less than 5 points and their only loss was 68-66 at Indiana. Iowa center Ray Ellefson has been named Big Ten player of the week. Ellefson had 47 points in two games last week including a career best 32 against Wisconsin on Saturday. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Ohio State 5 1 .833 14 3 .824 Indiana 4 1 .800 8 5 .615 Northwestern 3 2 .600 9 5 .643 Michigan 3 2 .600 4 9 .308 Iowa 3 3 .500 11 5 .688 Minnesota 3 3 .500 7 8 .467 Illinois 2 3 .400 10 5 .667 Wisconsin 2 4 .333 6 8 .429 Purdue 1 4 .200 8 7 .533 Michigan State 1 4 .200 5 8 .385 EASTERN INDEPENDANT CONFERENCE* A pair of conference unbeaten's meet next Thursday at NYU as Duquense visits the Big Apple. After losing it's conference opener at home to CCNY, Holy Cross has reeled off three impressive victories behind strong play from guard Bob Cousy who was named conference freshman of the week and player of the week Reggie Filer. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT New York Univ 4 0 1.000 16 0 1.000 Duquesne 3 0 1.000 10 4 .714 Holy Cross 3 1 .750 16 3 .842 CCNY 2 2 .500 12 4 .750 Villanova 1 2 .333 8 7 .533 Manhattan 1 3 .250 5 11 .312 Army 0 3 .000 3 12 .200 Navy 0 3 .000 2 12 .143 IVY LEAGUE* Princeton and Brown are both off to 3-0 starts in Ivy League play. The two schools will not meet until playing a home and home series the weekend of February 15th. Brown was in the NCAA tourney last year but Princeton after making the tourney 10 of the first 12 years have missed each of the last two. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Princeton 3 0 1.000 9 6 .600 Brown 3 0 1.000 9 6 .600 Harvard 2 2 .500 9 7 .562 Cornell 2 2 .500 7 9 .438 Dartmouth 2 2 .500 5 11 .312 Pennsylvania 1 2 .333 6 9 .400 Yale 1 3 .250 4 12 .250 Columbia 0 3 .000 3 12 .200 MIDWEST INDEPENDANT Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Louisville 3 1 .750 9 7 .562 Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 9 6 .600 Penn State 2 1 .667 6 9 .400 Marquette 2 1 .667 5 10 .333 Notre Dame 2 2 .500 12 4 .750 Detroit 2 2 .500 8 8 .500 Memphis 1 3 .250 8 8 .500 Cincinnati 0 3 .000 7 8 .467 PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE Actually two seperate conferences the PCC North and PCC South each receive an automatic NCAA tournament bid and hold seperate conference tournaments. A last second buzzer beater from Alex Groza gave Oregon a 65-63 victory at Washington State in the most exciting PCC North contest of the week. The brother of NFL lineman Lou Groza had 15 points and 22 boards in the game. Oregon is ranked 5th and Washington State 9th in the TSN poll. In the South Stanford upset USC 66-56 on the Trojans home floor. That loss dropped USC from 4th to 7th in the polls. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL NORTH W L PCT W L PCT Oregon 3 1 .750 15 2 .882 San Francisco 2 1 .667 10 6 .625 Portland 2 1 .667 8 7 .533 St. Mary's 2 2 .500 8 8 .500 Oregon State 2 2 .500 7 9 .438 Washington 1 2 .333 12 5 .706 Washington St. 1 2 .333 12 4 .750 LMU 1 3 .250 7 9 .438 CONFERENCE OVERALL SOUTH W L PCT W L PCT USC 2 1 .667 13 2 .867 Gonzaga 2 1 .667 11 4 .733 Pepperdine 2 1 .667 10 5 .667 Stanford 2 2 .500 12 4 .750 California 2 2 .500 10 6 .625 Santa Clara 2 2 .500 6 10 .375 UCLA 1 2 .333 11 4 .733 San Diego 1 3 .250 5 11 .312 KENTUCKY LEADS THE WAY IN SEC* Led by the performance of National Player of the Week Jack Rocker, Kentucky improved to 5-0 in conference play with wins over Florida and LSU. Rocker tallied 27 points in each of the two wins and added 28 boards in the victory over Florida. On the season Rocker ranks third in the conference in scoring with 16.6 ppg, trailing Alabama forward Harry Gallatin (17.1) and Auburn center Matthew Purdy (17.0). Flordia guard Shaun Fluellen was named SEC freshman of the week. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Kentucky 5 0 1.000 16 1 .941 Florida 4 1 .800 10 4 .714 Auburn 4 2 .667 13 3 .812 Georgia 3 2 .600 11 4 .733 Alabama 3 3 .500 11 4 .733 Vanderbilt 3 3 .500 9 6 .600 Louisiana St. 2 3 .400 9 5 .643 Tennessee 2 4 .333 6 9 .400 Mississippi 1 4 .200 4 11 .267 Mississippi St 0 5 .000 2 13 .133 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE With road wins over Texas and Texas A&M, TCU has moved to a perfect 4-0 in conference play. TCU won it's only SWC title in 1942-43. Baylor forward Tyson Henkel was named conference player of the week while Layton Lelker of Texas Tech was the top freshman. Code: CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT Tex. Christian 4 0 1.000 10 5 .667 Texas Tech 3 1 .750 12 3 .800 Baylor 2 1 .667 11 3 .786 Arkansas 2 1 .667 10 4 .714 Texas A&M 1 2 .333 7 7 .500 Rice 1 2 .333 4 10 .286 SMU 1 3 .250 6 9 .400 Texas 0 4 .000 4 11 .267 continued __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles

08-19-2004, 08:43 PM	#158
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,757	Volume 2 Issue 2 page 2 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE NEW YORK YANKEES After 12 straight seasons above .500 the New York Yankees slipped to 5th place in the American League in a dissappointing 1946 campaign. Injuries and age seemed to catch up to the Bronx crew and with 5 position players over the age of 35 and several pitchers coming off serious injuries things could get worse before they get better. 33 year old Tiny Bonham (25-7, 2.87)had his first 20 win season since his rookie year and made up a lot of the slack created when Max Lanier (17-11, 2.32) and Dizzy Dean (7-9, 2.63) were sidelined. For Dean it was the third straight year he missed at least a month and at age 37 the end appears to be near. Butch Wensloff is just 31 but his career appears to be over before it really began. After a 15-4 start to his rookie season of 1943 Wensloff was sidelined for the season in August with bone chips. Injuries limited him to just 14 appearances the following year and last season he blew out his back in his first start and was done for the year. Jumbo Brown rejoined the rotation last season and went 13-15 but he will be 40 years old in April. The offense is in a little better shape. Charlie Keller (.258,22,72) had another strong year in leftfield. 39 year old Sammy Byrd (.268,9,74) and 36 year old Dixie Walker (.283,9,74) complete the outfield. 33 year old catcher Bob Scheffing (.287,15,51) won his first gold glove. The infield consists of 35 year old first baseman Buddy Hassett (.243,2,37), third baseman Billy Johnson (.247,10,64) who is the baby of the team at age 28 and 36 year old shortstop Frankie Crosetti (.233,17,67). With Johnny Hodapp's retirement second base is wide open but it will likely go to 36 year old reserve outfielder Calvin Chapman (.253,2,24). OUTLOOK - With a barren farm system and an aging team the Yankees appear to be in trouble, if not this year then the following season. They just hope they can avoid a stretch like from 1906 to 1924 when they never finished higher than 6th in the American League. 1946 SEASON FLASHBACK - THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS The bad news for Philadelphia fans is the A's have not won a pennant since 1911. However, this club does have some good young talent and with a couple of smart drafts they could quickly become a contender. 28 year old Bill Voiselle (19-14, 3.53) was acquired at the trade deadline and looks like he could be the number one starter the A's have been missing since Eddie Plank retired in 1916. Heady praise for a third year pitcher but Voiselle was considered to be a potential superstar just two years ago before blowing out his arm. He looks to be fully recovered and the Giants may end up kicking themselves for giving up on him. Other starters include Ray Scarborough (12-23, 3.81), a 29 year old who deserved far better than his record from last year. The A's are also rumoured to be toying with the idea of moving closer Fred Caligiuri out of the pen and into the rotation. The 27 year old has a live arm and could be an ideal number 3 or 4 starter. 25 year old Bill McCahn, who was 13-5 at AAA a year ago, should also get a long look in the spring. With starting infielders Did Williams and Pinky Higgins retiring there are some holes to fill. Fortunately, the A's have three very good young prospects. 24 year old third baseman George Kell seems ready for the majors this time around while 24 year old shortstop Bobby Wilkins likely needs another year in the minors. Further away is 22 year old Vern Benson, a natural third baseman who may be shifted to second. Eddie Morgan (.262,5,45) will likely start at first base with Skeeter Newsome (.295,10,68) returning at shortstop. Kell will challenge 30 year old Dario Lodigiani (.264,6,23) for playing time at the hot corner while Irv Hall (.296,0,6) will likely man second unless Benson is ready. Tommy Heath (.294,8,48) and Hal Wagner (.263,1,36) do a decent job platooning behind the plate. The outfield includes veterans Roy Cullenbine (.286,12,73) and Chet Laabs (.247,14,76) along with 25 year old Elmer Valo (.269,7,60), who with 5 seasons under his belt qualifies for veteran status as well. OUTLOOK - No pennant again this year of course, but the A's seem to be heading in the right direction. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE RANGERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BUSY WEEK With 5 games in 6 nights the schedulemakers did little to help the New York Rangers but despite the hectic week New York did manage to gain three victories and move into second place in the standings. The week got started early as New York blanked the Red Wings 3-0 in a New Years Day contest. Church Russell contributed a goal and an assist while Chuck Rayner turned aside all 21 Detroit shots for his second shutout of the season. The next night in Boston Cal Gardner and Grant Warwick scored third period goals to lift the Blueshirts to a 2-1 victory over the Bruins. New York's defense limited Boston to just 22 shots at Rayner. On Thursday the Rangers made it 3 wins in 3 nights as Edgar Laprade's third period marker gave New York a 4-3 win over Toronto at Madison Square Garden. Cal Gardner had a pair of goals for the Rangers. After an off day Friday, the Rangers finished the week on a down note losing to Toronto 4-1 at Maple Leaf Gardens and falling 3-2 at home to lowly Chicago on a last minute Black Hawk tally. The Rangers are now 5 points behind first place Detroit but three ahead of the third place Maple Leafs. After a shaky starter Chuck Rayner has been outstanding between the pipes and the New York defense led by Bill Moe and Joe Cooper has certainly made Rayner's job easier. Up front the Rangers have two strong lines: Edgar Laprade (6-10-16) centering Rene Trudell (10-8) and Tony Leswick (19-8) on one and a second line with Cal Gardner (15-8-23), Bryan Hextall (10-5-15) and Church Russell (9-4-13). BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA WASHINGTON AND PHILADELPHIA PULLING AWAY IN EAST DIVISION The east division is quickly becoming a two-horse race as Washington and Philadelphia are starting to put some distance on the rest of the pack. Between them the two clubs went 7-0 last week and although their styles of play are different, both are getting similiar results. The Warriors have one philosophy on offense and it is quite simple. Find Joe Fulks for the open shot. The former NYU star forward is tearing up opposing defenses, averaging a league best 23.7 points per game. He is Philadelphia's first, last and only option on offense. Opposing teams know it but they still can't stop him from getting open for the quick jumper. The number two scorer on the Warriors, guard Angelo Musi is averaging just 8.8 ppg. In Washington, coach Red Aurebach is preaching teamwork and the smooth shooting Capitols have 4 players in double-figures in scoring. Guard Bob Feerick leads the way averaging 18.0 ppg, third best in the league. Guard Freddie Scolari, with 12.8 ppg and forwards Horace McKinney (12.4) and Johnny Norlander (10.4) round out the double digit crew. The fifth starter, center John Mahnken is putting in 9.0 ppg. While Providence appears to be on the verge of vanishing from the East Division race, the west is still a three time battle as just a half game seperates St Louis, Chicago and Cleveland. BOXING NEWS LAMOTTA - ZALE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES Hype continues to build in anticipation of the middleweight championship fight between undefeated champion Jake Lamotta and challenger Tony Zale (35-4). Next Friday's bout will be the pinnacle of a huge week in boxing which also includes number one heavyweight challenger Ezzard Charles (18-1) facing Tommy Gomez (24-5) in what should be a tuneup for a Charles rematch with champion Joe Louis. Another heavyweight to keep an eye on is Jack Walker from Columbus, Ohio. The 27 year old improved his record to 20-3 with second round knockout of Belgium's Pierre Van Deuren over the weekend. Walker appears ready to step up into the top 10 of his weight class. On the same card promising middleweight Carl Olson knocked out Spider Belloise to improve his record to 24-8-2. Just 20 years old, Olson suffered most of his losses early in his career when he was overmatched against fighters like Tony Zale and Marcel Cerdan in the post-war elimination tournament. However, the Hawaiian native seems to be a win or two away from perhaps getting a title shot. In a flyweight contest from Belfast a pair of Irish contenders did battle. Ed Doran improved his record to 15-3 with a second round TKO of Rinty Monaghan. Monaghan who had been rated the 8th best flyweight fighter in the world coming into the fight, falls to 16-4-1 with the loss. In Tokyo bantamweight contender Hiroshi Horiguchi improved to 23-12-2 with a 5th round knockout of Australian Mickey Miller. Miller's record drops to 27-17-2. 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: 9,757	Volume 2 Issue 2 page 3 STATS AND STANDINGS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AFC PLAYOFF RESULTS Cleveland 24 at New England 20 Houston 37 at Denver 13 NFC PLAYOFF RESULTS San Francisco 24 at Philadelphia 6 Arizona 0 at Chicago 20 UPCOMING GAMES SATURDAY JANUARY 13, 1947 NFC TITLE GAME San Francisco at Chicago SUNDAY JANUARY 14, 1947 AFC TITLE GAME Houston at Cleveland SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 1947 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEW YEARS BOWL RESULTS MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1946 OIL BOWL - Houston Alabama 17 William & Mary 14 (ot) GATOR BOWL - Jacksonville Pennsylvania 24 Arkansas 14 ORANGE BOWL - Miami North Carolina 27 Oklahoma 23 SUGAR BOWL - New Orleans Notre Dame 37 Georgia 26 COTTON BOWL - Dallas Rice 20 Tennessee 14 ROSE BOWL - Pasadena Michigan 28 UCLA 13 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Code: Standings GP W L T PTS GF GA Detroit 32 19 9 4 42 98 85 New York 33 15 11 7 37 91 85 Toronto 31 16 13 2 34 95 71 Montreal 29 13 13 3 29 73 67 Boston 30 9 15 6 24 63 75 Chicago 27 6 17 4 16 53 90 LEADERBOARD NHL LEADERS TEAM GP G A PTS Ted Kennedy TOR 31 17 28 45 Max Bentley CHI 27 18 25 43 Maurice Richard MON 29 23 5 28 Tony Leswick NY 33 19 8 27 Bill Ezinicki TOR 31 15 12 27 Billy Taylor DET 32 8 18 26 Howie Meeker TOR 31 14 11 25 Bill Cowley BOS 30 10 14 24 Joe Carveth BOS 30 9 15 24 Cal Gardner NY 33 15 8 23 Grant Warwick NY 33 11 12 23 Toe Blake MON 29 8 15 23 Roy Conacher DET 33 16 6 22 Jim Conacher DET 32 8 14 22 Ted Lindsay DET 32 16 5 21 Penalty Leaders TEAM GP PIM Gus Mortson TOR 31 64 Fern Flaman BOS 30 60 Pat Egan BOS 30 60 Garth Boesch TOR 31 60 GOALIES TEAM GP W-L-T ShO GAA Bill Durnan MON 29 13-13-3 4 2.23 Turk Broda TOR 31 16-13-2 1 2.41 Chuck Rayner NY 32 15-10-7 2 2.47 Frank Brimsek BOS 30 9-15-6 0 2.50 Harry Lumley DET 29 17-8-4 0 2.64 Paul Bibeault CHI 23 5-12-4 0 3.04 RESULTS Tuesday January 2, 1947 Detroit 0 at New York 3 Wednesday January 3, 1947 Detroit 4 at 1 Toronto New York 2 at 1 Boston Montreal 1 at 2 Chicago Thursday January 4, 1947 Toronto 3 at 4 New York Saturday January 6, 1947 Boston 5 at 3 Montreal New York 1 at 4 Toronto Sunday January 7, 1947 Chicago 3 at 2 New York Boston 3 at 6 Detroit UPCOMING GAMES Wednesday January 10, 1947 Detroit at Montreal Chicago at Toronto New York at Boston Thursday January 11, 1947 Chicago at Detroit Saturday January 13, 1947 Chicago at Montreal Boston at Toronto Sunday January 14, 1947 Toronto at New York Boston at Detroit Montreal at Chicago BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Code: EAST GP W L PCT GB PHI 23 17 6 .739 x WSH 25 17 8 .680 1.0 PROV 23 12 11 .522 4.0 NY 24 10 14 .417 7.5 BOS 26 8 18 .308 10.5 Tor 24 6 18 .250 11.5 WEST GP W L PCT GB CLE 25 17 8 .680 x CHI 26 17 9 .654 0.5 STL 28 18 10 .643 0.5 DET 27 9 18 .333 9.0 PIT 25 7 18 .280 10.0 LEADERBOARD SCORING TEAM GP PPG Joe Fulks PHI 22 23.7 EdSadowski CLE 24 18.8 Bob Feerick WSH 23 18.0 ErnieCalverley PRO 21 14.7 StanMiasek DET 25 14.0 FrankBaumholtz CLE 25 13.7 ChuckHalbert CHI 24 13.5 MaxZaslofsky CHI 26 13.2 JohnnyLogan STL 24 12.8 Freddie Scolari WSH 22 12.8 CoulbyGunther PIT 25 12.6 DonaldMartin PRO 20 12.6 Horace McKinney WSH 23 12.4 HankBeenders PRO 21 12.4 Leo Mogus TOR 23 12.3 RESULTS Monday January 1, 1947 Washington 91 at 75 Boston Philadelphia 69 at 66 Pittsburgh Tuesday January 2, 1947 Chicago 71 at 42 Toronto St Louis 67 at 70 Cleveland Wednesday January 3, 1947 Washington 62 at 44 Detroit St Louis 72 at 52 Chicago Cleveland 78 at 55 Pittsburgh Thursday January 4, 1947 Providence 42 at 63 Philadelphia Washington 68 at 59 St Louis Friday January 5, 1947 Boston 46 at 54 Toronto Saturday January 6, 1947 New York 44 at 55 Detroit Cleveland 75 at 76 Washington Philadelphia 56 at 52 Providence Sunday January 7, 1947 New York 49 at 68 St Louis UPCOMING GAMES Monday January 8, 1947 Detroit at Toronto Cleveland at Boston Washington at Pittsburgh Wednesday January 10, 1947 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Toronto at New York Chicago at Detroit Providence at Washington Thursday January 11, 1947 Toronto at Philadelphia Cleveland at Providence Chicago at St Louis Friday January 12, 1947 New York at Boston Saturday January 13, 1947 Philadelphia at Detroit Toronto at Washington Boston at Providence Sunday January 14, 1947 Philadelphia at Chicago Pittsburgh at St Louis __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 08-19-2004 at 09:48 PM.

08-20-2004, 01:59 AM	#160
rangers85 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX...home of the mighty TCU Horned Frogs Posts: 909	That-a-way TCU. Hopefully they can keep going and pull off a national championship.