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08-01-2019, 01:16 PM | #21 |
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1906 RECAP MLB OFF-SEASON MOVES The Chicago White Sox did not rest on their World Series championship, as they are likely the most improved club over the off-season. The Sox added 30 year old gold glove shortstop Zach Fitzpatrick (.259,8,60) in a trade with the Athletics and signed 36 year old free agent outfielder Dan Perkins (.312,29,95), who split last season between the Pirates and Reds. The best news for Sox fans is they did this without losing any of the key contributors from their championship squad. The Yankees added two players in free agency including the top hitter available in 30 year old outfielder Jason Barr (.345,27,104) who was with the Browns a year ago, but they also lost a pair of key player via free agency. The Cardinals fared the best in the National League, losing a couple of regulars but adding two talents in 30 year old pitcher Luffy Yazid (16-10, 2.34 with A's) and 34 year old free agent shortstop Eric Doerr (.235,17,68) from the Yankees. NCAA Another tight season in college baseball as three conferences went down to the wire with 2 of them needing a one-game playoff to determine a champion. The SEC was decided on the final day of the season when Mississippi State clinched it's first conference title with a 1-0 win over LSU while second place Florida was losing to Mississippi. The result game the Bulldogs a 1 game lead on the Gators with Alabama finishing 2 games off the pace. All 3 qualified for the tournament, which for Alabama marked the fourth straight season. Virginia beat North Carolina in a playoff to claim the ACC crown while Penn State needed 15 innings to beat South Carolina 7-5 and win the Big Eat. The Gamecocks would have to play the following day against Rice, to determine who gets the final wildcard berth. It would go to the Owls after an 8-2 win. Nebraska-Omaha, College World Series champs in 1904 and losers in the finals a year ago, punched their ticket back to the tournament with a 4th straight Big 8 title. With two of the best pitchers in the game in senior Jason Garrison (24-14, 1.90, 351 k's) and junior David Joint (26-7, 2.12, 276 k's) the Mavericks have to be considered one of the favourites to win this season. THE TOURNAMENT The brackets for the 1906 NCAA Tournament were as follows: Code:
EAST REGION ACC champ Virginia Cavaliers 72-55 IVY champ Harvard Crimson 69-57 At Large 8 Rice Owls 71-56 At Large 1 Kansas Jayhawks 78-48 SOUTH REGION SEC champ Mississippi State Bulldogs 74-52 Big East champ Penn State Nittany Lions 71-56 At Large 4 Illinois Illini 72-54 At Large 5 Alabama Crimson Tide 72-54 MIDWEST REGION Big10 champ Purdue Boilermakers 81-45 Big 8 champ Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 79-47 At Large 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 74-52 At Large 7 Washington State Cougars 71-56 WEST REGION PAC10 champ Oregon Ducks 73-53 SWC champ SMU Mustangs 73-53 At Large 3 Florida Gators 73-53 At Large 6 North Carolina Tar Heels 71-56 Purdue and Kansas survived to meet in the College World Series. Both were making their first championship appearances but the Boilermakers had been to the final four previously. Purdue gave up the second lowest run total in the NCAA this year but were missing one of their key starters with injury. They did still have sophomores Steve Arnold (22-8, 2.15) and Joe Kay (15-11, 2.62) and freshman closer Kevin Montana (0.95, 13 saves) along with offensive catalyst Luis Sanchez (.318,40,97) a power hitting junior outfielder. The Jayhawks were nearly as stingy, allowing the fifth lowest run total in the NCAA and were led by freshman Zack O'Dowd (26-9, 1.92) and sophomore John Polansky (22-10, 2.83). The Kansas offense is more balanced than Purdue's but they will likely be without junior outfielder Mike McMaster (.290,29,78) for at least the start of the series. Purdue took the first two games, both in extra innings with a 7-6, 13 inning win in the opener followed by a 1-0, 10 inning victory in game two. Kansas battled back to tie the series, winning 3-0 and then 4-3 in yet another extra inning game - this one going 11. Purdue would strike early with 4 runs in the first inning and cruise to the National Championship with a 7-3 victory in the deciding Game Five. THE DRAFT The Pittsburgh Pirates failed to sign first overall pick Andy Green last season but they get another chance this year as they own the top two picks. They once again selected the former Michigan pitcher with their first pick. With the second selection the Pirates took Mississippi State outfielder Juan Garcia (.339,38,93). The third pick was also a holdover from last year as Brooklyn took ex-Indiana Hoosier Zack Cupples, who failed to sign with the Phillies last season. MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON Despite losing some key pieces over the off-season and not really dominating in any category, the Philadelphia Athletics somehow managed to go from last place a year ago to winning the American League pennant. It was as much a case of injuries derailing the defending champion Chicago White Sox and the top contender Boston Red Sox as anything the A's did to enable them to claim their first pennant, but Philadelphia does deserve credit for developing some good young talent. Dave Alonso (.337,16,82), the first pick in the 1902 draft, had a breakout year in his fourth major league season, winning the American League batting title and providing the A's with another strong bat to join first baseman Jesse Booker (.306,19,78). Booker, acquired from the Cardinals in the off-season, did not become a regular until late May when Josh Clardy - who averaged 25 homers and 95 rbi's over his first 5 seasons with Philadelphia, went down with a hip injury. Lacking much offensive punch (A's were 5th in the AL in runs scored and 7th in homers) their pitching had to be on nearly every game. For the A's, their young prospects came up huge. 22 year old Antonio Martinez (23-6, 2.21) emerged as an ace just a year after being taken 6th overall out of Miami. Matt Simpson (17-12, 3.47) was another 22 year old who had a breakout season after the former 6th round pick was claimed on waivers from the Yankees. The Boston Braves were also an unlikely pennant winner. The Braves are no longer the highest salaried team in the major leagues as they were when they dominated in the first few years of the league. This Braves club ranks 15th in payroll and, like the Athletics, relies heavily on youth. Boston's top three starters and closer are all 24 or under including Nate Grimm (20-9, 2.39), the 21st pick of the 1905 draft and closer Nate Wert (24sv, 1.13) who went 17th in the same draft. Bill Gilpin (.333,23,61), who led the club in batting average as well as homeruns is also a product of a rich 1905 draft class for the Braves. Gilpin not only won the NL rookie of the year award but was also selected the loop's Most Valuable Player. WORLD SERIES The clubs split the first two games in Philadelphia with the home side winning the first game 2-1 thanks to a walk-off 9th inning homerun from Jesse Booker (.257,19,78) as Martinez outduelled Grimm while the Braves took Game Two 6-4 despite another homerun from Booker. Boston scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to stage an improbable Game Three comeback and win 6-5 but the Athletics took the fourth game 5-3 to again even the series. Game Five needed 13 innings to declare a winner and it was the hometown Braves who won 2-1 to take a 3 games to two lead in the series. The Braves tied the game in the bottom of the ninth and won it in the 13th with a solo homerun from Jesus Castillo (.275,13,48). Starters Martinez and Grimm battled to a stalemate for 9 innings before each gave way to their respective bullpens. I don't know if we could ask for any more drama in this series after game five but the 6th game certainly provided it. Tied at 5 after 9 innings the score would remain that way until the Braves Bobby England (.285,7,32) hit a bases-loaded infield single with two out in the top of the 12th to put Boston up 6-5. The A's would get out of the inning without further trouble and have runners on first and second with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th but be unable to get the equalizer, giving the World Series to the Boston Braves - their third such title in 4 years. OTHER NOTES For the first time a AAA player finished the season with a batting average over .400. Montreal Royals 24 year old first baseman Nick Kellner turned the trick, hitting .401 with 53 homers and 128 rbi's in 136 games to also claim the first triple crown in International League history. Kellner, a second round pick of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1905, played his college ball at Oregon but gave no indication of his future pro success by averaging just .283 in 336 games for the Ducks. He is considered to be the Dodgers top prospect. Another Dodger prospect had an even more impressive season in the Eastern League. First baseman Mike Bowen won the triple crown with a .410,61,184 season, setting minor league records for homers and rbi's in a season. The 24 year old former Nebraska Cornhusker played just 134 games at Williamsport before being promoted to AA Mobile, where he hit 2 more homers and drove in 13 runs in 17 games with the Bears. The Tampico Alijadores continue to be the class of the Mexican League as they won their 5th playoff championship in the 6 year history of the league. Despite finishing second to the Mexico City Red Devils in the regular season, Tampico claimed the playoff series in the maximum 7 games. The Victoria Royals won the Canadian Series after beating the St. Jean Canadians in the finals. Victoria won it's second straight and 4th Western Canada League pennant in six years while St. Jean was a first time winner of the Quebec Provincial League. Minor league champions were as follows: Code:
LEAGUE CHAMPION PARENT CLUB American Association Louisville Colonels Bos Red Sox International League Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Pacific Coast League Sacramento Solons Washington Southern Association Memphis Chickasaws Cincinnati Texas League Dallas Rebels Detroit Eastern League Scranton Red Sox Bos Red Sox SALLY League Columbia Reds Cincinnati Three I League Decatur Commodores Independent Interstate League Wilmington Blue Rocks Independent West Texas-New Mex L Pampa Oilers Independent
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1906 - other sports HOCKEY The Toronto St Patrick's claimed their first ULCHL regular season title thanks to the league's most prolific offense led by veterans Bennett Hillman and Finley Elliott. The St. Pats emerged at the top of a very tight race that saw their playoff opponent not decided until the final day of the regular season. Heading into the final day the 5 time defending Cup champion Maroons were in second place with 41 points, one more than the Montreal Canadiens and 2 up on the Quebec Bulldogs. The Maroons had played their 40 games but the Canadiens and Bulldogs had one game remaining, against each other in Quebec City. A Bulldogs win or tie would give second place to the Maroons based on more victories, but a Canadiens win would vault the Habs past the Maroons and into second place. The game finished 3-1 in Montreal's favour thanks to 2 goals from Canadiens sniper Sailor Hilborn, which gave the Habs a playoff berth and left the Maroons on the outside looking in for the first time in franchise history. The Maroons did have the league MVP as a now 36 year old Joseph Matheson took the honour for the 4th and final time in his career. Code:
ULCHL STANDINGS 1906-07 TEAM GP W L T PTS Toronto St Pats 40 21 14 5 47 Montreal Canadiens 40 17 15 8 42 Montreal Maroons 40 18 17 5 41 Quebec Bulldogs 40 16 17 7 39 Ottawa Senators 40 15 18 7 37 Hamilton Tigers 40 12 18 10 34 SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS JP Rustad Ott 40 14 30 44 Finley Elliott Tor 38 12 29 41 Mike Obernesser MonC 40 11 26 37 Sailor Hilborn MonC 40 18 18 36 Bennett Hillman Tor 36 18 18 36 Serge Champlain Que 40 18 17 35 Joseph Matheson MonM 40 9 26 35 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Duke fans felt their school had earned a third national title with their third unbeaten season after the Blue Devils improved to 13-0 with a 33-30 win over Northwestern in the Sugar Bowl. The problem for Duke is, unlike in 1902 and 1903 when they were the only unbeaten team, they had company at 13-0 after Michigan won the Western Conference, which included a win over Northwestern, and then ended their season with a third straight Rose Bowl win. Michigan not only won the game but they thumped Pacific Coast Conference champion USC 52-14 as Wolverines quarterback Tommy Rowland won his second straight Rose Bowl MVP award. That was more then enough to convince both the Associated Press and the Coaches Poll to vote Michigan #1. In other Bowl Games Georgia Tech beat Notre Dame 29-23 in a down year for the 9-4 Irish. After losing two straight Rose Bowls, Cal tried it's hand at the Cotton Bowl and the Bears got thumped again- this time 30-20 by Furman. Army beat Missouri 31-24 in the Orange Bowl, Dartmouth topped Oklahoma 10-3 in the Tangerine Bowl and in the closest bowl game, Georgia nipped Villanova 35-34. Code:
AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP TWENTY RANKINGS SCHOOL RECORD COACHES POLL 1 Michigan 13-0 1 2 Duke 13-0 2 3 Georgia Tech 12-1 3 4 UCLA 10-2 8 5 Texas Tech 10-2 9 6 Army 12-1 4 7 Furman 11-2 5 8 Georgia 10-3 7 9 Ole Miss 9-3 11 10 Texas Mines 10-2 15 11 USC 10-3 16 12 Dartmouth 12-1 12 13 Minnesota 9-3 10 14 Grinnell 10-2 14 15 Northwestern 10-3 6 16 California 10-3 13 17 Oklahoma 10-3 19 18 West Virginia 9-3 17 19 TCU 9-3 23 20 LSU 8-4 21 COLLEGE BASKETBALL While teams in the Midwest and the East seem to be dominating the final four if there is a power conference in college basketball right now it has to be the Pacific Coast Conference. Six of the PCC's 8 teams earned a berth in this year's NCAA Tournament, by far the most for any one conference. The Western and Southwest Conferences were next with 3 teams qualifying while the largest conference, the 12 team Southern Conference, only sent two teams to the tournament. I thought we should take a look at the PCC tournament teams for this year's recap. Let's start with California, the defending National Champs who are the only PCC team to make a final four - they have been to two of them. This year the Bears finished second to Washington in the PCC as they dropped their final two conference games (home against Washington and at Washington State) after starting conference play with 5 straight victories. Cal is best known for being coached by Toby Rogers, who won a National Championship with West Virginia before becoming the first coach to win with two different teams last year in his first season out west. Cal usually has a top 10-15 recruiting class and does very well staying in state. 3 players from this year's team made one of the 3 all-conference squads including Dink Cole, a sophomore PF who made the first team. With Cole and freshman Dizzy Jones and Vedro Kennedy, who each was named to the 3rd team, the future looks very bright for the Bears. In the tournament they drew the 4 seed in the Midwest Region. First up was independent Michigan State and it was a very tight game, with Cal winning in overtime as Dink Cole led the way with 16 points while Jones and Kennedy each added 13. Next up was #1 seed Indiana and it wasn't even close. All-American John Lesley had 25 points as the Hoosiers knocked off the Bears 83-58. Next up is Washington as the Huskies won their first outright PCC title (shared it with Oregon in 1904) after a perfect 7-0 conference record and a team record 27-4 season that saw them ranked 3rd in the nation. Gus Capps, who has coached Washington every season and has not missed the NCAA tournament including Elite Eight berths each of the last two seasons, was named PCC coach of the year this season. Their on-court leader is William Rowe, a senior SF who topped all PCC players by averaging 18.2 ppg this season. Rowe is a Spokane native who was rated in the top five nationally in his recruiting class. He missed half of last season with an injury but otherwise started 102 out of the 104 games he dressed for as a Husky. The Huskies were the number one seed in the West Region and beat Colorado 70-52 in their tournament opener with Rowe leading the way with 25 points. Next up was 4 seed Notre Dame, a strong independent team that was thumped by Washington in a November match-up. The Huskies had a terrible start in this game and trailed 33-20 at the break. They had a much better second half but couldn't make up the deficit and ultimately fell 68-62 in the round of 16. Rowe's career comes to an end with 16 points. Very few western based players end up in the Eastern Basketball League so it will be interesting to see how much he plays professionally. Soup Buhl's Oregon State Beavers return to the tournament after failing to get a berth a year ago. Coach Buhl has had some great success in Corvallis as the Beavers went undefeated in conference play the first two years of the league and shared a third title two years later. Last season Buhl, a three-time conference coach of the year, went 17-12 and missed the tournament for the first time. There best tournament finish was the elite 8 in 1904-05. Next year might be what they are building for as Oregon State has just one senior, center Chick Coffee, that plays any sort of minutes at all. Junior Guard Tige Polak, who was all-conference this year and a freshman all-american two seasons ago, is their leader. Oregon State gets the 4 seed in the South Region but there stay is very short as they exit with an opening round 78-66 loss to 5 seed Saint Louis. Polak scores 18 while sophomore PG Mickey Moor adds 15 in the loss as Oregon State finishes the season with a 24-7 record. Stanford finished with a 19-11 record and makes the tournament for the first time in school history. A veteran club, the Indians start a junior and 3 seniors including PG Hal Ritenour who was the PCC player of the year. The future revolves around freshman John Townley, a 6'10" center from El Camino HS in San Francisco, who started every game and averaged 7.2 ppg. Stanford enters the tournament as the 6 seed in the Midwest and promptly gets beat 70-66 by Southwest Conference Champion Oklahoma A&M. Ritenour's college career ends on a down note as he shot just 4-of-13 from the field, and that was the undoing of the Indians as the team was just 32% in shooting in the game, well down from their .457 season shooting percentage. We have not heard much from USC in this replay and that is because the Trojans have not been very good. There only winning season was a 17 victory showing 3 years ago and they are on to their second coach with Erwin Burns taking the job last year after 4 good seasons at North Carolina, were he coached the Tar Heels to 4 straight tournament bids including 3 appearances in the Elite Eight. This will be USC's first trip to the Big Dance. Senior G Lloyd Roan (11.1 ppg) and junior PF Bill Cahill (11.6), both southern California natives, are the team leaders. They were 18-11 during the season but only 1-6 vs ranked teams so it will likely be a short tournament. And it was, as USC has to go all the way to the East Region as the number 8 seed, and they lose to top seed Utah 65-57 in their tournament debut. That leaves us with Washington State as the final hope for the conference. The Cougar's went 18-11 and are making their first trip to the tournament. Junior SF Erskine Searle, an Idaho native, is the team's top scorer, averaging 17.0 ppg while fellow junior Jim DuBose, a 6'8" center, doesn't score much but he is very good defensively. Washington State draws the 7 seed in the West Region and Pacific Northwest basketball fans are dreaming of a matchup with Washington in the Regional Final but it doesn't happen for either team. For the Cougars it ends quickly as Bradley, who would win the region, easily disposed of the Cougars by a 73-49 score. Senior Larry Ice led the Cougars with 11 points in the game but his shooting lived up to his name as he was ice cold, going 3-14 from the field. An honorable mention to UCLA, which is still an independent at this time as they don't join the PCC until 1928. (Technically no one joins until the conference is formed in 1915 but I am using a 1922 league setup to start with and will move teams and conferences around beginning at that time.) Anyway, UCLA also made the 32-team tournament field this year but also exited in the first round, falling to 3 seed Iowa in the West Region 74-65. It was UCLA's second trip to the tournament, as they lost in the first round in 1901-02 as well. So, as you can see, while the PCC certainly had numbers in this year's tournament, they did not have the results. Code:
1906-07 CONFERENCE STANDINGS (T-in 32 team Tournament) WESTERN CW CL W L Indiana -T 12 0 33 1 Illinois -T 11 1 29 4 Iowa -T 9 3 25 7 Purdue 5 7 13 16 Wisconsin 5 7 15 16 Ohio State 5 7 16 13 Michigan 5 7 16 13 Northwestern 4 8 12 17 Minnesota 3 9 9 20 Chicago 1 11 6 23 IVY GROUP CW CL W L Dartmouth -T 8 2 19 11 Princeton 6 4 11 18 Columbia 5 5 16 13 Yale 5 5 9 21 Cornell 4 6 13 16 Pennsylvania 2 8 10 20 MISSOURI VALLEY CW CL W L Kansas -T 11 1 22 10 Kansas State 9 3 19 11 Missouri 8 4 20 10 Oklahoma 6 6 10 19 Nebraska 4 8 7 23 Drake 2 10 8 21 Iowa State 2 10 7 23 MOUNTAIN STATES CW CL W L Colorado -T 6 2 17 13 Colorado A&M 4 4 12 18 Denver 2 6 14 15 PACIFIC COAST CW CL W L Washington -T 7 0 27 4 Cal -T 5 2 23 8 Oregon State -T 4 3 24 7 Stanford -T 4 3 19 11 Southern Cal -T 3 4 18 12 Oregon 3 4 17 13 Washington St -T 2 5 18 12 Idaho 0 7 8 21 SOUTHERN CW CL W L Kentucky -T 11 0 30 6 North Carolina -T 9 2 26 8 Georgia Tech 8 3 17 14 Georgia 7 4 15 15 N Carolina State 7 4 18 15 Alabama Poly 5 6 10 20 Clemson 4 7 13 17 Alabama 4 7 11 20 Virginia Tech 4 7 11 18 Tennessee 3 8 10 19 Mississippi State 2 9 9 20 Virginia 2 9 5 25 SOUTHWEST CW CL W L Oklahoma A&M -T 7 3 23 8 Rice -T 6 4 18 12 SMU -T 5 5 20 11 Baylor 5 5 14 16 Texas A&M 5 5 12 17 Texas 2 8 15 15 TOP INDEPENDENTS W L West Virginia -T 28 3 St John's -T 28 4 Duquesne -T 28 5 Bradley -T 28 6 Holy Cross -T 27 3 Utah -T 27 5 Cincinnati -T 26 7 Notre Dame -T 25 7 Saint Louis -T 24 8 TCU -T 23 7 Saint Joseph's(Pa) -T 23 9 Michigan State -T 22 8 UCLA -T 21 9 Western Kentucky 20 11 Mississippi 19 10 New York University 19 11 Wake Forest -T 19 12 Temple 18 11 LSU -T 18 13 Utah State 17 12 Maryland 17 12 St Bonaventure 17 12 Butler 17 12 Dayton 17 12 Louisville 17 12 Marquette 17 13 Duke 17 13 Kent State 17 13 Loyola (Ill) 16 13 Vanderbilt 16 13 Tulane 16 13 Connecticut 16 13 CCNY 16 13 Georgetown 16 14 George Washington 15 14 Arizona State 15 14 Boston College 15 14 Army 15 14 Muhlenburg 15 14 Ohio 15 14 Seton Hall 15 14 Brigham Young 15 14 Despite the loss it was a pretty good year for Kentucky and their new head coach Bill Garrett. An assistant first at North Carolina for two seasons and then with Kentucky the last two, the 36 year old took over the head job this year and coached the Wildcats to a Southern Conference title going 11-0 and 30-6 overall. The team leaders were sophomore guard Pug Marvin (13.9 ppg) and senior forward Clement Duquesnoy (16.5 ppg). Kentucky entered the tournament as the 4th seed in the East Region and advances with wins over Texas Christian, Utah and Duquesne before upsetting Indiana 57-51 in the semi-finals. For the Hoosiers it was their only loss of the season as Indiana won 22 in a row before the loss to Kentucky in the Final Four. The other semi-finalist was also from the Western Conference as Illinois, which was 11-1 in conference play and 29-4 overall, was soundly beaten by Bradley 68-43 in the semis. Stewart Alberts put on a show for the Braves in that game, scoring 27 points and adding 13 rebounds. Despite the ending it was a very productive season for the Fighting Illini, there best yet for a team that like everyone else in the Western Conference has been overshadowed by Indiana. Illinois had a losing record last season, but turned things around this year as Spook Decker, who has led the team all 6 years, was named National Coach of the Year. It will be tough to repeat as their top three scorers are all seniors and will be gone next season. Code:
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY YR WINNER OPPONENT SCORE OTHER FINAL FOUR TEAMS 1901-02 BRADLEY Indiana 79-64 Holy Cross, Duquesne 1902-03 KENTUCKY Iowa 68-59 Indiana, Duquesne 1903-04 WEST VIRGINIA Indiana 75-71 Bradley, California 1904-05 INDIANA West Virginia 65-49 Holy Cross, Iowa 1905-06 CALIFORNIA Cincinnati 68-61 Bradley, West Virginia 1906-07 BRADLEY Kentucky 54-50 Indiana, Illinois Michigan, Bradley, Duquesne and Indiana rounded out the top five recruiting classes. Joining Holy Cross recruit Smith in the top five were Ed DiPasquale - a 6'9" power forward out of Piqua, Ohio who signed with Iowa as the number one recruit. Number two was an Illinois native by the name of Casper Wilson. The PF chose Michigan over several other Western Conference offers. PG Harry Cody out of Kingsport, Tennessee was the #3 ranked prospect and he took an offer from Bradley over Duke and a chance to stay home and play for the Volunteers. Finally after Smith at #4, we have Jonnie Cunningham rounding out the top five. The Seminole, Florida small forward had offers from all the big schools but decided on West Virginia. PRO BASKETBALL A shock wave was sent through the Eastern Basketball League in July when word came out that Dick Hauge had decided to leave Wilmington to play for the Bristol Pile Drivers. He was motivated by a previously unheard of sum of money to the tune of close to $3,000 per year for six years. Hauge paid immediate dividends for his new club, leading the Pile Drivers to the top of the East Division by Christmas. However, on December 29th Hauge suffered another knee injury and would miss the rest of the regular season. A year ago he also was injured late in the year and it cost Wilmington a shot at the championship. This time, Hauge would only appear in 26 regular season games but would be back for the playoffs. Without their 7'4" behemoth in the middle Bristol relied on guards Harvy Stevens (18.6 ppg) and Buddy Neville (17.8), who did just enough to allow them to sneak into the playoffs. New York overcame a slow start to walk away with the East Division and finish first for the third straight season. The Wanderers matched their league leading win total of 43 from last year with virtually the same cast leading the way in PF Ciriaco Ferrer, C Duane Taylor, and guard Jimmy Cunningham. Otho Legg (19.1 ppg) was the one key newcomer, earning a 3rd team all-star nod after being signed from Reading. For the third year in a row the Camden Electrics finished third in the division and just barely missed the playoffs. Newcomer Orlin Burdick (18.7), who came over from Trenton, led the way for the Electrics along with holdover Rufus Nickerson (17.8). Trenton finished in fourth despite three solid players leading the offense in Chester Lee (20.2 ppg), who was signed from New York, along with Rags Hockett (19.4) and Corky Gipson (18.3). Al Humphry (24.5 ppg) and Jimmy Hurlburt (22.9 ppg, 10.0 apg) both had big years but they lacked a supporting cast and their Paterson Crescents sank to the basement of the East Division. Rookie Jerry Winkler, an All-American out of the University of California, gives the Crescents some hope for the future. The West Division featured a good playoff race with the Philadelphia Wheelers edging out Pittsburgh for top spot in the Division. The Wheelers division win gave them their first playoff berth in franchise history. PG Bud Towle was a first team all-star and he had plenty of scorers to take advantage of his terrific passing ability including Joe Hubbard (23.1 ppg) and Josef Wettermann (16.5) along with center Pretzel Tully (12.2 ppg, 9.4 rpg). Willard McNew won his second league MVP award in 4 seasons with the Pittsburgh Homesteaders. He had a solid supporting cast in guards Chubby Aldridge and Roland McGinnis along with center Doc Hummer. The third year Johnstown Johnnies improved to third place and finished at .500 for the first time in franchise history thanks in a big part to the play of rookie of the year Jackie Grindstaff. The SG was selected second overall out of the University of Cincinnati and he led all newcomers with 18. ppg. Last year's expansion club also had a big improvement as the McKeesport Keys finished just 2 games under .500. Second year center John Banda (23.6 ppg, 13.4 rpg) improved and was joined by first overall draft pick Red Saba (19.2 ppg), a guard who played his college ball at Indiana. Without their big man Hauge in the middle, the Wilmington Peaches fell all the way to fifth place in the West. Papa Troutman (17.4 ppg, 10.6 rpg) tried to fill Hauge's shoes and did a decent job of it, but Hauge's absence proved just how one dimensional they really were. The Reading Bears went from last to first a year ago but returned to the cellar of the West Division again this year. The Bears lost both their guards as Otho Legg signed with New York and all-star George Green decided not to play this year. Al Margolis, who won rookie of the year last year while averaging over 20 points a game for the Bears, fell apart this season and lost his starting job to fellow second year pro Stan Pasterak, who did not come close to duplicating Margolis' totals from a year ago. Code:
1906-07 EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST DIVISION W L GB New York Wanderers 43 17 - Bristol Pile Drivers 32 28 11.0 Camden Electrics 30 30 13.0 Trenton Potters 29 31 14.0 Paterson Crescents 25 35 18.0 WEST DIVISION W L GB Philadelphia Wheelers 38 22 - Pittsburgh Homesteaders 35 25 3.0 Johnstown Johnnies 30 30 8.0 McKeesport Keys 29 31 9.0 Wilmington Peaches 21 39 17.0 Reading Bears 18 42 20.0 SCORING LEADERS TM PPG Dick Hauge BRI 27.8 Willard McNew PIT 26.1 Al Humphry PAT 24.5 Ciriaco Ferrer NY 24.1 Caleb O'Neil REA 24.0 John Benda McK 23.6 Joe Hubbard PHI 23.1 Jimmy Hurlburt PAT 22.9 Chester Lee TRE 20.2 Rags Hockett TRE 19.4 Code:
1906-07 ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM PPG RPG APG SPG BKPG C John Banda McKeesport 23.6 13.4 2.2 1.0 5.0 F Willard McNew Pittsburgh 26.1 11.1 1.9 1.0 2.6 MVP F Ciriaco Ferrer New York 24.1 7.2 1.6 0.4 1.3 G Al Humphry Paterson 24.5 5.6 6.8 1.6 0.5 G Bud Towle Philadelphia 17.5 7.5 11.2 1.5 0.4 The West Series was a Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh battle, and the Homesteadres led by league MVP Willard McNew took a 2-0 series lead by winning a pair of games on the road. The series seemed in the bag as Pittsburgh returned home for games three and four but the Wheelers had other plans. Joe Hubbard exploded for 36 points in Game Three to give Philadelphia life with a 98-89 victory and the following night, after Hubbard scored 25 more and Bud Towle added 20, the series was even as the Wheelers won 102-88. We went back to Philadelphia for game five and the Homesteaders, clearly in shock at the turn of events, fell behind 50-33 at the half. Pittsburgh had a strong 3rd quarter and closed the Philadelphia lead to 5 points but they could not fully recover and the Wheelers held on for an 88-84 victory. Hubbard was again the star of the show with 32 points while McNew had 30 to lead the Homesteaders. The finals would feature two teams that had never played in the league title series before. It also marked the return of Dick Hauge for Bristol, who had been sidelined since late December with an injury. Hauge showed signs of rust in the opener, scoring just 14 points but getting 12 rebounds. It wasn't enough as Philadelphia won 92-78 behind 25 points from Hubbard and 20 from Josef Wettermann. In Game Two, also played in Philadelphia, Hauge looked closer to his old self and scored 22 points to lead Bristol to a 93-70 win and even the series. Hubbard was again lights out for the Wheelers, scoring a game high 26. Back in Bristol for game three you could see Hauge was on a mission. The big center shot 13-19 from the field and made all 10 of his free throws for 36 points to go with 12 rebounds in leading the Pile Drivers to a 101-86 win and within 1 game of the championship. Hubbard had 23 to again lead the Wheelers. The Pile Drivers only led by 3 at the half as Philadelphia put two and sometimes three men on Hauge. The plan didn't work as Hauge took over in the second half, scoring 19 of his game high 27 points after the break and leading Bristol to the championship with a 106-85 victory. Second year pro Ham Creel, out of Dayton, had one of the best games of his young career for Bristol, scoring 23 points. Hubbard again led Philadelphia with 25 but he had a terrible -15 +/- and was a negative in every game of the series. The playoff MVP went not to Hauge, but instead to his teammate Ed Brayton, who shifted to power forward when Hauge returned for the finals. Brayton averaged 16.1 ppg and 9.0 rpg during the 8 playoff games. For Hauge it marked his third league championship, having won in 1902-03 and 03-04 with Wilmington. Code:
EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 01-02 Paterson Crescents defeat Millville Glass Blowers 02-03 Wilmington Peaches defeat Millville Glass Blowers 03-04 Wilmington Peaches defeat Trenton Potters 04-05 Trenton Potters defeat Wilmington Peaches 05-06 New York Wanderers defeat Reading Bears 06-07 Bristol Pile Drivers defeat Philadelphia Wheelers GOLF 1906 marked a break through for Luther Swartz, 3 more near misses for James Fox and gave us 3 golfers who each earned their second career major. Swartz, after losing the 1904 Masters in a playoff, finally got his Green Jacket at the age of 42. Fox, who always seems to be on the leaderboard but has still only won 2 majors, came close again but finished 3rd in Augusta, 4th in the PGA and 7th in the US Open. Meanwhile, Fritz Hobbs repeated at the PGA joining Thomas Milne and Lord Lovett as two-time major winners after the latter two won at the US and British Opens respectively. Swartz had a very consistent tournament in Augusta and finished the event as the only golfer under par. He had a 3 stroke lead on Allen Lane and was 4 up on James Fox. The low European tour regular were Liam Hogan of Ireland and England's Lord Lovett, who tied for 8th. It was yet another tournament that Hogan finished in the top ten but has yet to win a major. Code:
1906 MASTERS LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Luther Swartz US -3 $1,619 Allen Lane US +1 $990 James Fox US +2 $720 Len Tucker US +6 $450 Clay James US +10 $360 Code:
1906 US OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Thomas Milne SCO +12 $1,799 Riley Carter ENG +17 $1,100 Clem Jordan US +17 $1,100 Burton Campbell ENG +18 $500 Clint James US +18 $500 Winston Hammonds ENG +19 $379 The British Open was held in Ireland and had a lot of familiar names on the leaderboard including the winner, Lord Lovett. Lovett also won the 1903 British Open. Fritz Hobbs, who won the PGA last year and would win it again this year, was second while others in the top ten included former major winners Joseph Power, Matthew Allan, Albert Lichtman and Clem Jordan. Code:
1906 BRITISH OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Lord Lovett ENG +12 $1,754 Fritz Hobbs US +14 $1,072 Benedict Gleason ENG +15 $780 Gordon Dendy US +16 $487 Joseph Power IRE +17 $390 Matthew Allan SCO +17 $390 ALbert Lichtman GER +18 $350 Just as they did in this year's British Open, the PGA Championship at Pelham Country Club was a battle between Fritz Hobbs and Lord Lovett with a 2-time major champ in Frenchy Savard also in the fray. When the dust settled Hobbs had his second straight PGA championship. Five time major champ Calvin Baumgartner was in a group of 5 golfers tied for 6th place. Code:
1906 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Fritz Hobbs US -1 $1,709 Lord Lovett ENG +1 $1,045 Frenchy Savard US +1 $1,045 James Fox US +6 $475 Walt Berry US +6 $475 The list of golfers with at least 2 majors under their belts swelled it's ranks by three this year with Hobbs, Lovett and Milne all joining the exclusive list. Code:
MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINNERS Calvin Baumgartner 5 Thomas Milne 2 Lord Lovett 2 Fritz Hobbs 2 Frenchy Savard 2 James Foxx 2 Milo Lawrence 2 Walter Mathis 2
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1907 RECAP NCAA The 1907 season featured a 4-way tie for the final wildcard spot and two conferences that needed an extra game to determine a winner. The conference winners were UCLA, which beat Washington State to claim the Pac 10 title earn the Bruins first-ever tournament bid, and Kansas, which beat Nebraska-Omaha for their first Big 8 title and third straight post-season appearance. Michigan State would claim the final wildcard spot after beating Wake Forest in 10 innings. THE TOURNAMENT The brackets for the 1907 NCAA Tournament were as follows: Code:
EAST REGION ACC champ North Carolina Tar Heels 76-50 IVY champ Harvard Crimson 73-53 At Large 8 Michigan State Spartans 73-55 At Large 1 Wisconsin Badgers 81-45 SOUTH REGION SEC champ Ole Miss Rebels 71-55 Big East champ Notre Dame Fighting Irish 81-45 At Large 4 Washington State Cougars 75-52 At Large 5 Maryland Terrapins 73-54 MIDWEST REGION Big10 champ Purdue Boilermakers 82-44 Big 8 champ Kansas Jayhawks 82-45 At Large 2 Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 81-46 At Large 7 Dartmouth Indians 73-54 WEST REGION PAC10 champ UCLA Bruins 76-51 SWC champ Texas A&M Aggies 77-49 At Large 3 Illinois Illini 78-48 At Large 6 Virginia Tech Gobblers 73-54 Orlando would throw a 2-hit shutout as Virginia Tech knocked off Nebraska-Omaha 2 games to one in a quarterfinal. Wisconsin advanced with a sweep of Maryland while Purdue did the same to conference rival Illinois. Ole Miss needed two runs in the bottom of the ninth in game three to rally past Michigan State. Both Big Ten teams came out on the losing end in the semi-finals, meaning Ole Miss and Virginia Tech will each make their first appearance in the College World Series finals. The Rebels leader was 21 year old senior first baseman Jonathan Cresta (.373,38,112), who finished second in the nation in batting average and third in rbi's. Virginia Tech, which finished third in the ACC this season, relied on a balanced offense and the pitching of Orlando, Jose Cortez (15-8, 2.92) and Chris Beal (14-9, 2.50). In the end the Rebels offense would prove too much for Virginia Tech and Ole Miss took the series 3 games to one. THE DRAFT Four of the top ten picks were 22 year old players who were unable to agree to a contract last season and chose to sit out the year and re-enter the draft. Detroit took one of those players in reliever Pat Cerone 9th overall, but the Tigers also had the first overall pick which they used to select Purdue outfielder Leonard Smithers. Pittsburgh was up next and the Pirates drafted former Nebraska-Omaha pitcher Jason Garrison, who was taken 4th by the A's last season but refused to sign. MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON After a terrible 1906 season the St Louis Cardinals rebounded with 98 wins and their second National League pennant in 3 years. The Cardinals had the most prolific offense in the National League, with all 8 regulars recording double-digit homerun totals and at least 63 rbi's led by outfielder Bill Vincent (.312,29,101), who would win both the National League rookie of the year and MVP awards. The 23 year old was a second round pick out of Nebraska-Omaha last year. The Cardinals top hurler was also a 23 year old. Former Alabama pitcher Bryan Kleeman (21-4, 3.05) had a breakout year in his second full major league season. Kleeman finished second in the Cy Young voting to the Giants Mike Phaup (21-11, 2.28). While the Cardinals had little competition for the NL crown, the American League race was a three team affair that went right down to the final day of the season. The Chicago White Sox needed a 7-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians on that last day to finish a game up on Washington and 2 ahead of the Tribe. Ryan Joy (20-10, 2.32) won his fourth AL Cy Young Award for the White Sox while teammate Pete Moreno (.316,43,119) was named MVP after leading the majors in both homers and rbi's. The Philadelphia Athletics proved their 1906 pennant was a fluke, as they fell to 7th in the American League. They were last in 1905, the year prior to their miracle pennant run. WORLD SERIES The Cardinals started the series with a 2-0 victory behind a 2-hit shutout from 25 year old Ernie Shockey (16-12, 2.75) and followed that up with a 5-3 win as Kleeman outduelled Chicago ace Ryan Joy. A return to Comisky for Game Three did little to help the White Sox as St Louis hammered the home side 7-1. This time it was another of the Cards good young starting pitchers who dominated as 24 year old David Mulholland (12-7, 3.61) tossed a complete game 5-hitter. Chicago pulled out a 4-3 victory in 11 innings the next day to avoid the sweep but Game Five was all St Louis as the Cardinals clinched the Series with a 12-5 victory. Bull Vincent had 2 hits, including a 2-run triple and scored 4 runs in the game while Shockey got his second win of the series. OTHER NOTES The Tampico Alijadores run as Mexican League champion came to an end when they lost the Mexican Series in 6 games to the Aguilas de Veracruz. Tampico had the best regular season record and has appeared in all 7 Mexico Series to date, winning 5 of them. In the Canadian Series it was the Humboldt Giants who prevailed, beating the Drummondville Royals in the full seven games. Nana Dowell of the Pacific Coast League's San Diego Padres put up an incredible Triple Crown winning season. The 24 year old first baseman destroyed the PCL record book with a 77 homer, 170 rbi season while batting .378. A former Auburn Tiger who hit 108 career college homers, Dowell was an 18th round draft pick of the Braves but never signed by the organization so he joined the independent Padres in 1905. Minor league champions were as follows: Code:
LEAGUE CHAMPION PARENT CLUB American Association Milwaukee Brewers Bos Braves International League Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Pacific Coast League Seattle Rainiers Phi Phillies Southern Association Mobile Bears Brooklyn Texas League Shreveport Sports Chi White Sox Eastern League Wilkes-Barre Barons Cleveland SALLY League Columbia Reds Cincinnati Three I League Decatur Commodores Independent Interstate League Wilmington Blue Rocks Independent West Texas-New Mex L Pampa Oilers Independent
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1907 - Other Sports HOCKEY The league had a makeover for the 1907-08 campaign. That makeover included a new name, it was now called the National Hockey Association, a new playoff format which invited the top 4 teams and both the semi-finals and finals would be a best of five, and finally the schedule was expanded by 10 games so each club now played 50. The Ottawa Senators won the regular season title with a new record of 60 points (although it was in 10 more games) and there was a terrific battle for second place between Hamilton and Quebec. But that paled in comparison with the battle for fourth place and the final playoff spot. It ended up going to Toronto over the Montreal Maroons based on the St.Patrick's one more regular season victory. For the first time in league history both Montreal teams would miss the playoffs. League scoring champ Derek Edur of Quebec won his second career regular season Most Valuable Player award while Montreal's Sailor Hilborn led the league in goals for the second year in a row. Code:
NHA STANDINGS 1907-08 TEAM GP W L T PTS Ottawa Senators 50 24 14 12 60 Hamilton Tigers 50 21 15 14 56 Quebec Bulldogs 50 23 18 9 55 Toronto St Pats 50 18 22 10 46 Montreal Maroons 50 17 21 12 46 Montreal Canadiens 50 15 28 7 37 SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS Derek Edur Que 50 22 27 49 Sailor Hilborn MonC 50 23 24 47 Horace Parenteau Ham 50 19 26 45 Michael Ranger Ham 49 22 19 41 Mike Obernesser MonC 50 6 34 40 COLLEGE FOOTBALL If Duke fans were upset last year at not being ranked number one, it was nothing compared to what fans of the University of Denver thought about this season. There team went 12-0, but played in the lowly regarded Mountain States Conference. Despite being unbeaten they were not invited to a bowl game, which shows how little the conference is thought of. Denver wound up ranked 8th by the AP and even lower, at #11, in the coaches poll. Meanwhile, Furman also entered New Year's Day unbeaten, but the Paladins lost their chance at title when they fell 35-29 to Texas Tech in the Sugar Bowl. That win left the Red Raiders at 12-1, which was the same record for both Syracuse and Michigan after the Orange crushed San Francisco 54-21 in the Cotton Bowl and the Wolverines mauled California yet again in the Rose Bowl, winning 43-21. Both polls agreed that Texas Tech's win over previously unbeaten Furman was enough to give the Red Raiders the number 1 ranking, with Syracuse second and Michigan third. Notre Dame and Army, both 1 loss teams with Army falling to the Irish and Notre Dame losing to Michigan during the season, won their bowl games. Notre Dame beat Georgia easily in the Citrus Bowl by a 56-13 score while Army blanked Kansas 37-0 in the Orange Bowl. In the other two bowl games Kansas State shaded Harvard 28-23 in the Tangerine Bowl while Dartmouth nipped Penn State 21-20 in the Gator Bowl. Code:
AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP TWENTY RANKINGS SCHOOL RECORD COACHES POLL 1 Texas Tech 12-1 1 2 Syracuse 12-1 2 3 Michigan 12-1 3 4 Notre Dame 11-2 4 5 Army 11-2 5 6 Furman 12-1 6 7 Dartmouth 11-2 16 8 Denver 12-0 11 9 Utah 10-2 14 10 California 11-2 9 11 UCLA 10-2 10 12 Ole Miss 9-3 13 13 Kansas State 10-3 12 14 Northwestern 10-2 7 15 SMU 9-3 30 16 Yale 10-2 54 17 Texas Mines 9-3 15 18 Fordham 8-4 20 19 Georgia 9-4 18 20 Kentucky 8-4 17 HISTORY OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1901 Notre Dame 1902 Duke 1903 Duke 1904 Texas Tech 1905 Grinnell 1906 Michigan 1907 Texas Tech COLLEGE BASKETBALL After being runners-up a year ago, the Kentucky Wildcats claimed their first National Title with a victory over Bradley in a rematch of the 1906-07 championship game. The Wildcats, who only lost once all season, won the title despite not having a single player make one of the 3 All-American teams. Kentucky did have a couple of Southern Conference all-stars in guard Pug Marvin and forward Ted Morgan, with Morgan finishing among the NCAA leaders in ppg with 18.0. Code:
1906-07 CONFERENCE STANDINGS (T-in 32 team Tournament) WESTERN CW CL W L Indiana -T 12 0 31 2 Iowa -T 9 3 26 6 Ohio State -T 8 4 22 11 Illinois 7 5 17 13 Wisconsin 5 7 13 17 Purdue 5 7 17 13 Northwestern 4 8 15 14 Chicago 4 8 10 19 Minnesota 3 9 13 16 Michigan 3 9 10 20 IVY GROUP CW CL W L Princeton -T 7 3 18 12 Pennsylvania 5 5 12 17 Columbia 5 5 10 20 Dartmouth 5 5 10 20 Cornell 5 5 9 20 Yale 3 7 5 24 MISSOURI VALLEY CW CL W L Missouri -T 9 3 18 12 Kansas 9 3 16 13 Iowa State 7 5 13 17 Drake 6 6 13 16 Kansas State 6 6 12 17 Nebraska 3 9 5 24 Oklahoma 2 10 8 21 MOUNTAIN STATES CW CL W L Denver -T 6 2 16 15 Colorado 4 4 14 15 Colorado A&M 2 6 14 16 PACIFIC COAST CW CL W L Cal -T 7 0 27 4 Washington -T 6 1 25 6 Oregon State -T 5 2 27 6 Oregon 3 4 12 17 Southern Cal 3 4 13 16 Idaho -T 2 5 18 12 Washington State 1 6 16 13 Stanford 1 6 10 19 SOUTHERN CW CL W L Kentucky -T 11 0 36 1 Clemson -T 7 4 22 13 Georgia 7 4 16 15 Georgia Tech 6 5 15 16 N Carolina State 6 5 17 14 North Carolina 5 6 17 14 Alabama Poly 5 6 10 20 Mississippi State 5 6 10 20 Virginia Tech 4 7 11 18 Tennessee 4 7 11 18 Virginia 3 8 7 22 Alabama 3 8 10 20 SOUTHWEST CW CL W L Texas A&M -T 6 4 15 16 Rice 6 4 16 13 SMU 5 5 16 13 Baylor 5 5 13 16 Oklahoma A&M -T 4 6 18 12 Texas 4 6 14 15 TOP INDEPENDENTS W L Bradley -T 33 2 Cincinnati -T 32 2 Notre Dame -T 29 4 West Virginia -T 28 2 Dayton -T 28 3 Duquesne -T 27 5 St John's -T 26 6 Utah -T 24 7 Saint Louis -T 23 7 TCU -T 23 9 St Josephs (Pa) -T 22 8 New York University -T 22 9 Holy Cross -T 22 9 Pittsburgh 20 9 Georgetown 20 9 LSU -T 20 12 Maryland 19 10 St Bonaventure -T 19 11 Fordham -T 19 11 Marquette -T 19 12 George Washington -T 19 13 Navy 18 11 Wake Forest 17 12 Rutgers 17 12 Duke 17 12 Arizona State 17 13 Vanderbilt 17 13 Montana 16 13 Seton Hall 16 13 UCLA 16 13 Boston College 16 13 Niagara 16 13 St Mary's 16 13 Detroit Mercy 16 13 Harvard 15 14 Kent State 15 14 Western Kentucky 15 14 Utah State 15 14 Mississippi 15 14 Xavier 15 15 Villanova 15 15 In the semi-final game Kentucky would face the always tough Indiana Hoosiers. The Hoosier had a tough road to the final four as they won the Midwest region only after beating St John's by a single point and then Notre Dame in overtime in the regional final. Kentucky proved too much for Indiana to handle in the semi-final game as the Wildcats M&M boys, Marvin and Morgan, combined for 34 points, 8 assists and 12 rebounds in a 61-47 Kentucky victory. The other semi-final was a dandy, as Bradley edged Cincinnati 89-87 on a last second basket in double overtime from center Zeb Ennis. The senior Ennis, who was a transfer from Holy Cross, led Bradley with 18 points in the game. The player of the game was Evan Trump, a junior transfer shooting guard, who had 30 points for the Bearcats in a losing cause. The championship game could not compare to Bradley's semi-final contest for excitement as Kentucky built a 14 point lead at the half and went on to win 80-71, a year after losing by 4 to the Braves in the title game. Ted Morgan led the Kentucky offense with 20 points in the win with Pug Marvin adding 14 points to go with 5 assists. Marvin, a junior, would be back for another year in Kentucky but Morgan and PF Wally Woolley were playing their final game as Wildcats. Code:
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY YR WINNER OPPONENT SCORE OTHER FINAL FOUR TEAMS 1901-02 BRADLEY Indiana 79-64 Holy Cross, Duquesne 1902-03 KENTUCKY Iowa 68-59 Indiana, Duquesne 1903-04 WEST VIRGINIA Indiana 75-71 Bradley, California 1904-05 INDIANA West Virginia 65-49 Holy Cross, Iowa 1905-06 CALIFORNIA Cincinnati 68-61 Bradley, West Virginia 1906-07 BRADLEY Kentucky 54-50 Indiana, Illinois 1907-08 KENTUCKY Bradley 80-71 Indiana, Cincinnati PRO BASKETBALL The Eastern Basketball League grew to 12 teams with the addition of the expansion Troy Trojans. The Trojans had a solid first season, finishing just 4 games under .500 with a 30-34 record as the league scheduled expanded from 60 to 64 games. Troy signed center Willard McNew, a 2-time MVP, away from Pittsburgh and the 28 year old led the Trojans in points (21.4) and rebounds (10.6) per game. They also drafted forward Stewart Albers, who won a National Title with Bradley, and Albers had a strong season scoring 19.4 ppg. The East Division champions were the Paterson Crescents, who went from last place in the division a year ago to a 48-18 season. Starters Al Humphry and Jimmy Hulbert returned, and both were first team all-stars. Other than those two, the Crescents completely retooled with the additions of Ralph Colangelo (16.6) ppg from Camden and Tinsley Hoekstra (15.8 ppg) from Wilmington as well as the promotion of George Hansen - a seldom used back-up for 4 seasons, to the starting center position. New York finished second with Ciriaco Ferrer (28.3ppg) and Duane Taylor (18.8 ppg, 10.9 rpg) once again leading the way. Dick Hauge played the entire season but the big center could only lead the Bristol Pile Drivers to a 3rd place finish, 1 spot shy of a playoff berth. Camden signed George Green after the guard sat out last season and he showed no signs of rust, making the first all-star team for the fifth time in his career. The Electrics also had Rufus Nickerson (18.9 ppg) and Orlin Burdick (19.7 ppg) but somehow could only manage to finish in a tie for fourth with Troy. Despite a breakthrough season from second year forward Cy Breese (20.3 ppg), his Trenton Potters finished dead last in the East. The McKeesport Keys won the West Division thanks to a rapidly improving team led by center John Benda. The 26 year old, a former Kentucky Wildcat, had career highs in ppg (24.1) and rpg (9.3) to make the second all-star team. Benda's former teammate on the 1902-03 National Champion Wildcat team was Barry Rogan, and Rogan (19.8 ppg) also had the best year to date of his professional career. McKeesport's other good young player is 24 year old second year guard Red Saba, who had 18.1 ppg this year, but what really put it all together for the Keys was of PG Blix Fruge away from New York. Fruge, a 26 year old who played his college ball at Boston College, was a back-up for 3 years in the EBL before getting his chance to shine this season. With the Keys he had 9.2 assists per game while also scoring 11.2 ppg giving the club a 4th scoring option and a smart playmaker they had previously lacked. Pittsburgh took the second playoff spot in the West as Corky Gipson (18.8 ppg) joined the team after previously playing for Trenton. Bubba Gibson (24.7ppg) was the Homesteaders top scorer and he made the first all-star team to help alleviate the loss of of Willard McNew to Troy. Third place Wilmington was going through some changes as they added PF Dietrich Strummer (18.5 ppg) from Paterson and drafted guard William Rowe (16.2 ppg) second overall from the University of Washington. After reaching the finals last season the Philadelphia Wheelers dropped back to 4th place in the West Division. A big loss was the decision of Joe Hubbard to leave the team and not play this season after scoring 23.1 ppg a year ago. (NOTE - In this era I set the salary cap very low so some players would not resign to mimic other regional pro leagues being around at the time) The accolades for John Lesley continued as a pro. Drafted first overall by Reading after Lesley was a 3-time first team All-American and won an NCAA championship with Indiana, the 23 year old added the EBL Rookie of the Year Award to his trophy case. Lesley had 21.4 ppg to lead the fifth place Bears. Meanwhile, there was very little to be excited about in Johnstown as the Johnnies finished last in the West. Code:
1907-08 EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST DIVISION W L GB Paterson Crescents 46 18 - New York Wanderers 40 24 6.0 Bristol Pile Drivers 34 30 12.0 Troy Trojans 30 34 16.0 Camden Electrics 30 34 16.0 Trenton Potters 20 44 26.0 WEST DIVISION W L GB McKeesport Keys 48 16 - Pittsburgh Homesteaders 42 22 6.0 Wilmington Peaches 25 39 23.0 Philadelphia Wheelers 25 39 23.0 Reading Bears 23 41 25.0 Johnstown Johnnies 21 43 27.0 SCORING LEADERS TM PPG Dick Hauge BRI 29.0 Ciriaco Ferrer NY 28.3 Bubba Gibson PIT 24.7 Al Humphry PAT 24.2 John Benda McK 24.1 Jimmy Hurlburt PAT 22.6 Willard McNew TRO 21.4 John Lesley REA 21.4 Bud Towle PHI 20.7 Cy Breese TRE 20.3 Code:
1907-08 ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM PPG RPG APG SPG BKPG C Dick Hauge Bristol 29.0 13.6 1.8 0.6 4.8 F Bubba Gibson Pittsburgh 24.7 9.2 1.3 1.2 0.7 F Al Humphry Paterson 24.2 5.2 7.2 1.9 0.9 G Jimmy Hurlbert Paterson 22.6 6.4 12.9 1.7 0.2 MVP G George Green Camden 18.3 7.5 9.4 2.0 0.3 McKeesport followed that up with two convincing wins at home to start the finals. The Keys took game one 117-101 despite 36 points from Paterson's Jimmy Hurlburt and won game two by a 118-101 count even though Hurlburt scored 39 that night. Hurlburt's outstanding play continued in Game Three as he poured in 43 points to give Paterson it's first win of the series, by a 107-98 score, but the Keys went up 3 games to one with a 105-95 win the next night. John Benda had 25 points for McKeesport while Hurlburt again led the Crescents but was limited to 24 points. Back home for Game Five, McKeesport wrapped up the series as Benda had 29 points and 21 rebounds while forward Barry Rogan chipped in with 27 and guard Red Saba added 20 in a 98-88 victory. Hurlburt scored 21 in a losing cause for Paterson. John Benda, who averaged 23.6 ppg and led the way with 11.6 rebounds per game in the post-season, was named playoff MVP. Code:
EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 01-02 Paterson Crescents defeat Millville Glass Blowers 02-03 Wilmington Peaches defeat Millville Glass Blowers 03-04 Wilmington Peaches defeat Trenton Potters 04-05 Trenton Potters defeat Wilmington Peaches 05-06 New York Wanderers defeat Reading Bears 06-07 Bristol Pile Drivers defeat Philadelphia Wheelers 07-08 McKeesport Keys defeat Paterson Crescents GOLF The story of 1907 was the season put up by 35 year old Englishman Lord Lovett. Lovett, who had previously won the British Open in both 1903 and last season, added a US Open title to his resume this year. He also finished second in this year's PGA Championship and 7th in the British Open as well as winning two events on the European Tour this season. 41 year old Derek Perkins had never been a factor in a major before but he found some magic in his clubs in April of 1907, winning The Masters despite having never won a tour event prior to this. Interestingly, Perkins older brother Wes, who is now retired, also won a Masters title as he claimed the first event which was held in 1896. They are the first pair of brothers to each win a major. Luther Swartz, last year's winner and seemingly always a contender at Augusta, finished second for the second time in 4 years. Thomas Milne, who would win the British Open this year, also had a strong event. Code:
1907 MASTERS LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Derek Perkins US -1 $1,619 Luther Swartz US +3 $990 Rhys Holmes ENG +4 $720 Thomas Milne SCO +4 $720 Oscar Rhoden ENG +6 $360 David Holmes US +6 $360 Scotland's Thomas Milne, who won the US Open last year, blew a 3 shot lead with 9 holes to play and ended up in a playoff with last year's British Open winner Lord Lovett. Lovett would take the title with a win on the first playoff hole and increase his major win total to 3. James Fox, another two-time major winner, came in third in the event which was held at Congressional Country Club in Maryland. Code:
1907 US OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Lord Lovett ENG +16 $1,799 Thomas Milne SCO +16 $1,100 James Fox US +17 $800 Vince Cummins US +19 $500 Morton Moses US +19 $500 Liam Hogan SCO +19 $500 After blowing a chance at his third major in the US Open, Scotland's Thomas Milne gets his title with a 2-stroke win in the British Open. Derek Perkins, the surprise winner at Augusta in April, had another terrific payday as he finished second while another former Masters champion in Emil Stanway, who won in 1898, was third. Gordon Dendy, who has yet to win a major but comes close often, came in fourth. Code:
1907 BRITISH OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Thomas Milne SCO -10 $1,754 Derek Perkins US -8 $1,072 Emil Stanway US -7 $780 Gordon Dendy US -2 $487 Fritz Hobbs US E $390 Vince Cummins US E $390 Finn Drysdale AUS +1 $350 Lord Lovett ENG +4 $292 Firestone Course in Ohio played host to the 1907 PGA Championship. Scotland's Evan Henderson was the winner, claiming his first major with a two-stroke victory over Lord Lovett. Frenchy Savard, James Fox, Albert Lichtman and Calvin Baumgartner were other familiar names in the top 10. Code:
1907 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Evan Henderson SCO +4 $1,709 Lord Lovett ENG +6 $1,045 Frenchy Savard US +7 $760 David Holmes US +7 $760 James Fox US +8 $380 Evan Costello IRE +9 $360 ALbert Lichtman GER +9 $360 Here are the golfers who have won at least two majors. Both Milne and Lovett add to their totals this year. Code:
MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINNERS Calvin Baumgartner 5 Thomas Milne 3 Lord Lovett 3 Fritz Hobbs 2 Frenchy Savard 2 James Foxx 2 Milo Lawrence 2 Walter Mathis 2
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1908 RECAP MLB OFF-SEASON MOVES A moderately quiet off-season but the Cardinals did upgrade behind the plate as they lost catcher John Hoerner (.202,10,63) to the Red Sox via free agency but they signed Boston's former catcher in 7 time all-star Gabe Ruiz (.277,27,90). NCAA Neither of the teams that made the finals last year (champion Ole Miss or runner up Virginia Tech) qualified for this season's tournament but the two losing Final Four teams are back as Purdue won the Big Ten for the fourth straight season and runner-up Wisconsin claimed a wild card berth. The Boilermakers, with 6 tournament appearances in 8 years and one National Championship, are one of the NCAA's most successful teams. This year's club finished at 81-45 and is led by 3 outstanding youngsters in sophomore's Adam Vincent (.283,26,72) and Justin Murphy (.335,33,101) along with freshman Jeff Perret (.335,18,73). Add in senior pitchers Joe Kay (17-12, 3.14) and Steve Arnold (16-14, 2.41) and the Boilermakers are among the favourites in this years tournament. THE TOURNAMENT The brackets for the 1908 NCAA Tournament were as follows: Code:
EAST REGION ACC champ Maryland Terrapins 77-49 IVY champ Dartmouth Indians 70-56 At Large 8 Georgia Bulldogs 72-54 At Large 1 Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 80-46 SOUTH REGION SEC champ Tennessee Volunteers 78-48 Big East champ Florida State Seminoles 83-43 At Large 4 Washington State Cougars 73-53 At Large 5 Iowa Hawkeyes 73-53 MIDWEST REGION Big10 champ Purdue Boilermakers 81-45 Big 8 champ Kansas Jayhawks 83-43 At Large 2 Penn State Nittany Lions 79-47 At Large 7 Miam Hurricanes 72-54 WEST REGION PAC10 champ UCLA Bruins 79-47 SWC champ Baylor Bears 82-44 At Large 3 Wisconsin Badgers 78-48 At Large 6 Duke Blue Devils 72-54 So much for Purdue's title hopes as the Boilermakers won just 1 game in the Midwest Regional to end their tournament. Kansas (5-1) and Miami (4-2) came out of the Midwest while wildcards Duke and Wisconsin each went 4-2 to advance in the West Region. 4 wins were good enough for Florida State and Washington State to come out of the South while in the East Georgia and Maryland got through. Wisconsin would make the final four for the second straight season after sweeping Miami in the quarterfinals. The Badgers would play Kansas in the semi-finals after the Jayhawks swept Duke. The other Final Four matchup pits Georgia against Maryland. Kansas returned to the College World Series finals for the second time in 3 years after eliminating Wisconsin in one semi-final. Maryland would be their opponent after the Terps knocked off Georgia in 3 games. The Jayhawks are led by a pair of pitchers in junior Zack O'Dowd (20-4, 1.43) and sophomore Mark St. John (17-8, 1.82). Maryland is a slightly more balanced team but lacks star power outside of junior outfielder Bobby Corby (.337,24,83) It was Corby who stole the series, batting .611 (11-for-18) with 4 homers and 7 rbi's to lead Maryland to a 3 games to one series victory. The finals capped an amazing playoff run for Corby, who batted .391 with 8 homers and 14 rbi's in 16 games. THE DRAFT Pittsburgh, Detroit and Brooklyn always seem to be picking high in the draft and 1908 was no exception. The Tigers had the first overall pick and went with Purdue pitcher Steve Arnold, who went 84-42 with 2.41 era in his college career. Pittsburgh took another pitcher second with Georgia's Rob Perez being the Pirates choice despite the fact Perez has missed a lot of time with injury including over half of his draft year. MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON For the first time in league history the regular season ended in a tie for first place as the Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox each finished atop the American League with identical 86-68 records. It was a three team race with Cleveland for much of the summer but the Indians had a terrible swoon starting in early September and slid all the way to fifth place. The two dominant players in the American League race were Pete Moreno (.315,38,117) and Mike Stein (.350,36,102). Stein, a 25 year old Washington outfielder and 1906 rookie of the year, won his first American League batting title while Moreno, a 28 year old White Sox first baseman and 1907 AL MVP, led the majors in homeruns and rbi's. The White Sox would start a well rested Ryan Joy (20-11,2.34)- the 4 time Cy Young winner, against Washington's ace John Johnson (23-12, 3.26), who was going on just 2 days rest. Tied 1-1 through 5 innings, Moreno broke the contest open with a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 6th and the White Sox went on to win their second straight pennant with a 6-1 victory. There was less drama in the National League as the defending champion Cardinals led most of the way but were caught in late August by a hard charging Cincinnati Reds club. The Reds offense was among the least productive in the league but their pitching was dominant as the club shattered the record for fewest runs allowed in a season. Jerrod Reasons (18-7, 1.89), Jeremy Long (18-9, 2..72) and Mark Brickner (13-12, 2.46) anchored the rotation. WORLD SERIES For the second year in a row the American League champion Chicago White Sox were outclassed by their National League opponents in the World Series. Last season the White Sox managed to take one game from St Louis but this year it was even worse as the Cincinnati Reds swept Chicago in four games. The Reds won the opener 7-4 but it took 13 innings for them to do so after the White Sox had rallied to tie the game at 4 in the bottom of the ninth. Game Two saw the Reds Tony Sanchez (4-4, 1.69), who missed much of the season with shoulder stiffness, toss a complete game 4-hitter in a 2-1 Cincinnati victory. Game Three it was Mark Brickner with the 5-hit shutout as the Reds pitching dominated once again in a 3-0 victory and a day later the series was over when the Reds posted a 5-4 win. OTHER NOTES Nana Dowell continues to rewrite the Pacific Coast League record book. A year after an amazing 77 homer, 170 rbi season the San Diego Padres first baseman smacked 81 homers and had 185 rbi's as he led the independent Padres to their first PCL title. So far, no major league club has attempted to purchase the contract of the 25 year old former Auburn Tiger. The Boston Braves did draft Dowell in the 18th round in 1904 but released him before he suited up in a minor league game for the organization. The Mexico City Red Devils won their second Mexican League title after defeating league powerhouse Tampico 4 games to one in the championship series. The Red Devils also won in 1904. It marks the second straight year the Alijadores lost in the championship series. Tampico has never missed a playoff series and has won five of the 8 years the league has been in existence. The Humboldt Giants became the first repeat winner of the Canadian Series after they beat Quebec Provincial League champion Drummondville for the second straight year. Minor league champions were as follows: Code:
LEAGUE CHAMPION PARENT CLUB American Association Toledo Mud Hens StL Browns International League Newark Bears NY Yankees Pacific Coast League San Diego Padres Independent Southern Association Memphis Chickasaws Cincinnati Texas League Houston Buffaloes StL Cardinals Eastern League Albany Senators Pittsburgh SALLY League Augusta Tigers Detroit Three I League Quincy Gems Independent Interstate League Wilmington Blue Rocks Independent West Texas-New Mex L Abilene Blue Sox Independent
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1908 HOCKEY The league was much more balanced now than in it's infancy and the Montreal Canadiens proved that anyone could win by going from last place a year ago to first and then winning their first Stanley Cup. Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton both returned to the playoffs which left defending champion Quebec, as well as the Montreal Maroons, on the outside looking in. However, the margin was ever so slight as Quebec missed fourth place by a single point and the Maroons were just 2 points behind the Bulldogs. Sailor Hilborn of the Canadiens was named league MVP after scoring a league high 23 goals to mark his third straight season leading in that category. Although, had he not missed 6 games with an injury Quebec's Derek Edur might have surpassed Hilborn's total. Code:
NHA STANDINGS 1908-09 TEAM GP W L T PTS Montreal Canadiens 50 29 13 8 66 Ottawa Senators 50 23 21 6 52 Toronto St Pats 50 22 21 7 51 Hamilton Tigers 50 19 24 7 45 Quebec Bulldogs 50 19 25 6 44 Montreal Maroons 50 18 26 6 42 SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS Bennett Hillman Tor 50 18 35 53 Sailor Hilborn MonC 49 23 25 48 Derek Edur Que 44 21 25 46 Kyle Reed MonC 50 14 31 45 Joseph Matheson MonM 50 17 25 42 Veteran defenseman Philippe Lelievre was named the playoff MVP after scoring 4 goals and adding 3 assists in the post-season. While it was the Habs first taste of champagne from Lord Stanley's Mug, it was the second Cup win for the much travelled Lelievre, who won one in his time with the Montreal Maroons. He had also previously played for the Toronto St Pats as well. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Another unbeaten season for Denver but no bowl invite. They did get a little more respect in the polls, finishing 3rd in the AP and 5th in the coaches poll. Texas Tech finished number one for the second straight year and third time in the sim after beating Duke (11-2) 30-28 in the Sugar Bowl. The loss dropped Duke out of the top twenty. West Virginia also finished 12-1 after the Mountaineers beat 11-2 North Carolina 31-27 in the Cotton Bowl. Cal finally got a bowl win, their first since going 0-4 since their 1903 Rose Bowl win over Minnesota, as the Bears finished 11-2 thanks to a 30-23 win over Army in the Citrus Bowl. Wisconsin won in it's first trip to Pasadena, beat UCLA 27-20 in the Rose Bowl. Notre Dame easily handled Penn State 45-20 in the Gator Bowl. Colorado beat Texas Mines 23-13 in the Orange Bowl, and Dartmouth topped Northwestern 20-9 in the Tangerine Bowl. Code:
AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP TWENTY RANKINGS SCHOOL RECORD COACHES POLL 1 Texas Tech 12-1 1 2 West Virginia 12-1 2 3 Denver 12-0 5 4 California 11-2 4 5 Alabama Polytech 9-3 7 6 Texas Mines 10-3 17 7 Minnesota 9-3 8 8 Fordham 10-2 14 9 Ole Miss 9-3 3 10 Northwestern 10-3 15 11 Notre Dame 10-3 9 12 TCU 9-3 27 13 Colorado 10-3 11 14 Furman 9-3 19 15 Wisconsin 10-3 6 16 North Carolina 11-2 12 17 Army 10-3 10 18 Oklahoma 9-3 16 19 Georgia 8-4 18 20 Purdue 8-4 22 HISTORY OF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1901 Notre Dame 1902 Duke 1903 Duke 1904 Texas Tech 1905 Grinnell 1906 Michigan 1907 Texas Tech 1908 Texas Tech COLLEGE BASKETBALL Like everyone else, Ohio State had been overshadowed in the Western Conference by Indiana but in 1908-09 the Buckeyes would break out of that shadow in a big way. Not in the regular season, where Ohio State finished at 7-5 in conference play, good for third place behind Indiana and Northwestern, but rather in the tournament. At 21-9 on the season the Buckeyes claimed the 5th seed in the Midwest Region and faced Utah (21-9) in their regional opener. Senior forward Jack Groce had 18 points to help carry Ohio State to an 82-74 victory in the opening round and that was followed up by a 4-point win over upset-minded Colorado A&M, which had knocked off the region's top seed Oregon State in their opener. Groce had 14 while fellow senior Frank Tedder added 16 in a 57-43 win over New York University that earned the Buckeyes a trip to the Final Four. It was a year for upsets as none of the number one seeds advanced. California fell to 4th seeded Iowa in the West Regional Sem-Final, number one seed Indiana lost to #2 Kentucky in the South Final with the 2 seed Holy Cross also prevailing in the East Region. Another senior on the veteran heavy Buckeyes, PG LeGrant Currier, led the way in an 83-73 win over Holy Cross. Currier had 18 points and 9 assists while junior center Ed Piccolo, the only non-senior starter, had a 20 point night. That set up a showdown with 35-2 Kentucky, the reigning National Champion led by player of the year Pug Marvin, in the title game. Marvin led all scorers with 22 points but the Buckeyes held Kentucky to 35% shooting while hitting on %55 of their shots and won the game 69-59 to claim their first National Title. Center Vincent Parsons scored 14 points while Tedder had 12 and Groce added 10 on a team that would see 7 of it's top 8 minute producers graduating the program. Code:
1906-07 CONFERENCE STANDINGS (T-in 32 team Tournament) WESTERN CW CL W L Indiana -T 11 1 28 4 N'thwestern-T 8 4 18 12 Ohio State-T 7 5 26 9 Illinois -T 6 6 22 9 Purdue 6 6 16 14 Iowa -T 6 6 25 9 Wisconsin 5 7 13 16 Minnesota 4 8 8 21 Michigan 4 8 12 17 Chicago 3 9 5 24 IVY GROUP CW CL W L Pennsylvania-T 9 1 19 11 Dartmouth 6 4 16 13 Cornell 6 4 15 14 Yale 4 6 15 14 Princeton 3 7 13 16 Columbia 2 8 6 23 MISSOURI VALLEY CW CL W L Kansas -T 8 4 19 11 Oklahoma 8 4 15 14 Missouri 7 5 16 14 Kansas State 6 6 14 15 Iowa State 5 7 13 16 Drake 4 8 8 21 Nebraska 4 8 8 21 MOUNTAIN STATES CW CL W L Colorado A&M -T 6 2 18 13 Denver 3 5 13 17 Colorado 3 5 14 15 PACIFIC COAST CW CL W L Cal -T 6 1 28 4 Washington -T 5 2 24 7 Oregon State -T 4 3 25 5 Oregon 4 3 17 12 Idaho 3 4 11 18 Stanford 3 4 16 14 USC 2 5 15 15 Washington State 1 6 7 22 SOUTHERN CW CL W L Kentucky -T 10 1 35 3 Clemson -T 8 3 22 11 Mississippi State 7 4 13 17 Georgia Tech 7 4 17 13 Tennessee 6 5 13 18 Georgia 6 5 12 19 Alabama Poly 5 6 14 17 Alabama 5 6 15 15 Virginia 4 7 11 18 N. Carolina State 4 7 12 18 North Carolina 3 8 10 20 Virginia Tech 1 10 2 28 SOUTHWEST CW CL W L Oklahoma A&M -T 6 4 22 9 Baylor 6 4 12 17 Texas A&M 5 5 14 16 SMU 5 5 15 15 Texas 5 5 16 13 Rice 3 7 7 23 TOP INDEPENDENTS W L Bradley -T 30 3 Holy Cross -T 30 3 West Virginia -T 27 5 Wake Forest -T 26 5 Cincinnati -T 26 5 Dayton -T 25 8 Saint Louis -T 24 8 New York University -T 22 10 Duquesne -T 21 9 Notre Dame -T 21 10 Utah -T 21 10 TCU -T 20 11 Maryland -T 20 10 Saint Joseph's 19 10 Colgate 19 10 Louisville -T 19 11 LSU -T 19 12 Wyoming -T 19 12 Connecticut 18 11 UCLA 18 11 Xavier 18 11 Brigham Young 18 12 St John's -T 18 12 Michigan State -T 18 12 Arizona State 18 12 New Mexico A&M 17 12 St Mary's 17 12 Duke 17 12 Army 17 12 Canisius 17 12 Vanderbilt 17 12 Tulane 17 12 Bowling Green 16 13 Santa Clara 16 13 St Bonaventure 16 13 Temple 16 13 Bucknell 15 14 CCNY 15 14 Kent State 15 14 Muhlenburg 15 14 Utah State 15 14 Northern Arizona 15 15 Seton Hall 15 15 Pug Marvin capped off a tremendous college career at Kentucky by being named the National Player of the Year. Marvin helped Kentucky to 3 straight appearances in the National Title Game including a championship in 1907-08. The 6'4" guard was National Freshman of the Year in 1905-06, a second team All-American a year ago and a First Team member this season. The former High School All-American from Buffalo would also be the first pick of the 1909 Eastern Basketball League draft. Code:
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY YR WINNER OPPONENT SCORE OTHER FINAL FOUR TEAMS 1901-02 BRADLEY Indiana 79-64 Holy Cross, Duquesne 1902-03 KENTUCKY Iowa 68-59 Indiana, Duquesne 1903-04 WEST VIRGINIA Indiana 75-71 Bradley, California 1904-05 INDIANA West Virginia 65-49 Holy Cross, Iowa 1905-06 CALIFORNIA Cincinnati 68-61 Bradley, West Virginia 1906-07 BRADLEY Kentucky 54-50 Indiana, Illinois 1907-08 KENTUCKY Bradley 80-71 Indiana, Cincinnati 1908-09 OHIO STATE Kentucky 69-59 Holy Cross, Iowa Code:
NCAA PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 1901-02 Dick Hauge Bradley 1902-03 Willard McNew West Virginia 1903-04 Al Humphry West Virginia 1904-05 John Benda Kentucky 1905-06 Wally Schmidt Holy Cross 1906-07 Wally Schmidt Holy Cross 1907-08 Billy Egan Dayton 1908-09 Pug Marvin Kentucky PRO BASKETBALL Heading into the season the two big stories revolved around a pair of all-stars switching teams. Ciriaco Ferrer, a second team all-star a year ago, left New York to sign with Wilmington while first team all-star Al Humphry went from Paterson to Reading. With last seasons rookie of the year John Lesley already entrenched at small forward, Humphry switched to SG for the Bears. The addition of Humphry, along with power forward Roy Victor from McKeesport, allowed Reading to earn a playoff spot for the first time since reaching the finals 3 years ago. McKeesport survived the loss of Victor quite easily, as the defending league champs were once again the class of the West Division. John Benda and Red Saba were their team leaders with center Rufus Kingsburgy coming over from Trenton to hep fill the void created when Victor left. The Ferrer move to Wilmington did not pay off as the Peaches finished tied with Trenton for the worst record in the league despite the fact their new acquisition led the league in points per game as Ferrer averaged 34.5. The loss of Ferrer was hardly felt in New York as the Wanderers finished first in the East for the fourth time in the past five years. Former North Carolina State star Duane Taylor had a dominant year at center for New York. Taylor led the league in blocked shots while averaging 20.4 ppg and was named both MVP and Defensive Player of the Year for the first time in his career. He also became the first MVP not to make the league first-team all-star squad as Dick Hague continued his stranglehold on the all-star center position. Bennie Lent, who was signed away from Camden, also played a key role for the Wanderers and finished fourth in league scoring. The Troy Trojans, with a balanced attack led by Willard McNew and Stewart Alberts, finished second in the East and made the playoffs in just their second season in the league. The rookie of the year was Odalis Hernandez of Trenton. The first overall draft pick out of Notre Dame averaged 14.8 ppg and 9.5 rpg. Code:
1907-08 EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS EAST DIVISION W L GB New York Wanderers 45 19 - Troy Trojans 44 20 1.0 Bristol Pile Drivers 31 33 14.0 Paterson Crescents 27 37 18.0 Camden Electrics 27 37 18.0 Trenton Potters 22 42 23.0 WEST DIVISION W L GB McKeesport Keys 41 23 - Reading Bears 37 27 4.0 Pittsburgh Homesteaders 35 29 6.0 Johnstown Johnnies 27 27 14.0 Philadelphia Wheelers 26 38 15.0 Wilmington Peaches 22 42 19.0 SCORING LEADERS TM PPG Ciriaco Ferrer WIL 34.5 Dick Hauge BRI 27.3 Jimmy Hurlburt PAT 24.4 Bennie Lent NY 23.1 Corky Gipson PIT 22.2 Al Humphry REA 22.2 Red Seba McK 21.7 Cy Breese TRE 20.9 Duane Taylor NY 20.4 Orlin Burdick CAM 20.3 Code:
1907-08 ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM PPG RPG APG SPG BKPG C Dick Hauge Bristol 27.3 12.2 1.9 0.4 4.1 F Corky Gipson Pittsburgh 22.2 7.3 3.8 1.9 0.8 F Roy Victor Reading 19.1 7.4 2.5 2.0 0.8 G Al Humphry Reading 22.2 6.8 9.4 2.1 1.0 G Jimmy Hurlbert Paterson 24.4 6.4 11.6 1.9 0.2 MVP Duane Taylor New York 20.4 10.9 4.6 1.6 4.4 Code:
EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 01-02 Paterson Crescents defeat Millville Glass Blowers 02-03 Wilmington Peaches defeat Millville Glass Blowers 03-04 Wilmington Peaches defeat Trenton Potters 04-05 Trenton Potters defeat Wilmington Peaches 05-06 New York Wanderers defeat Reading Bears 06-07 Bristol Pile Drivers defeat Philadelphia Wheelers 07-08 McKeesport Keys defeat Paterson Crescents 08-09 McKeesport Keys defeat New York Wanderers GOLF 1908 was the season German born Albert Lichtman finally won his first major. The 33 year old had been in contention a number of times and dominated play on the European Tour the past few seasons but until this year's British Open he had never won a major championship. The question going forward is does this first win open the floodgates for more? THE MASTERS The Masters winner hailed from of all places Switzerland. Gael Andress had been a regular on the European Tour for a few years but his first golf trip to North America proved very successful as he won The Masters by 3 strokes over 5-time major winner Calvin Baumgarter. Derek Perkins, last years winner, finished in a tie for 5th while Albert Lichtman was tied for 7th with Canadian Hayden Gallant, another former Masters Champion. Code:
1908 MASTERS LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Gael Andress SWI +1 $1,619 Cal Baumgartner US +4 $990 Benedict Gleason ENG +6 $720 Mackenzie Smith SCO +6 $720 Elliot Burton ENG +8 $360 Derek Perkins US +8 $360 A final round 69 propelled Jackie Adams to his first major title as he won the US Open at Brae Burn. Adams finished with a 1 stroke lead on Vince Cummins and Gordon Dendy, as the 31 year old Dendy had another near miss in his quest for his first major. Just outside the list posted below we had Lord Lovett, James Fox, Derek Perkins and Michael Killoran, an Irishman who has come close several times but never won a major. Code:
1908 US OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Jackie Adams US -6 $1,799 Gordon Dendy US -5 $1,100 Vince Cummins US -5 $1,100 Clem Jordan US -4 $500 Luther Swartz US -4 $500 Albert Lichtman GER -3 $379 Royal Edinburgh was the host of the 13th British Open and also the location Albert Lichtman finally won his first major. The German ran away with the event, finishing with a 5 stroke lead on England's Benedict Gleason. Derek Perkins continued his strong play as he finished tied for 8th with a pair of Spaniards in Roberto Estrada and Luis Campos. Code:
1908 BRITISH OPEN LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Albert Lichtman GER -7 $1,754 Benedict GleasonENG -2 $1,072 Carlton Andrusiak AUS +1 $780 Thomas Milne SCO +1 $780 Henry Rosenbaum ENG +3 $390 Gus Johnson US +3 $390 Walt Berry US +3 $390 Oakmont in Pennsylvania hosted the 1908 PGA Championship which was won by Winston Hammonds. The English golfer finished two strokes up on Liam Hogan, Freeman Belanger and Gordon Dendy. For Hogan and Dendy the near misses without a major continue. Lord Lovett and James Fox were also in contention as was Calvin Baumgarter, who finished tied for 11th. Code:
1907 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD NAME NAT SC MONEY Winston Hammonds ENG +15 $1,709 Liam Hogan SCO +17 $1,045 Freeman Belanger US +17 $1,045 Gordon Dendy US +17 $1,045 Lord Lovett ENG +18 $380 James Fox US +19 $360 Carlton Andrusiak AUS +19 $360 Harris Murphy SCO +19 $360 Clem Jordan US +19 $360 Here are the golfers who have won at least two majors. No changes to the list as all four winners this year claimed their first major titles. Code:
MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINNERS Calvin Baumgartner 5 Thomas Milne 3 Lord Lovett 3 Fritz Hobbs 2 Frenchy Savard 2 James Foxx 2 Milo Lawrence 2 Walter Mathis 2
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