JUNE 16, 1947
PACKERS LEAD WAY ON NAHC ALL-STAR LIST
The Chicago Packers may have come up just short in their bid for a first-ever Challenge Cup for the franchise but that did not stop the Packers from claiming three of the six slots on the inaugural NAHC all-star team as named by TWIFB. The Packers, who finished second in the league three points back of Boston, pushed the defending champion Bees to six games before eventually falling short in the Challenge Cup finals. Tommy Burns, who led the NAHC in scoring and seems a likely bet to win his second straight McDaniels Trophy as the NAHC's most valuable player, heads the list of three Packers on the all-league team. Joining Burns is his right winger Marty Mahoney, who finished 4th in league scoring with 48 points, and shutdown defenseman Jerry Finch, who had 25 points and was a pillar on the Packers blueline.
The champion Boston Bees placed two members on team in left winder Tommy Hart, who tied with Burns for the goal scoring lead with 30 while finishing second to the Packers pivot in points, as well as goaltender Pierre Melancon. Rounding out the team is 31-year-old Detroit defenseman Shel Herron, who led all rearguards in points with 30 as well as average game rating.
OTHER HEADLINES THIS WEEK- The field is set for the AIAA collegiate baseball world championship series. The 16-team event will be held in New York and Brooklyn this week with Bluegrass State claiming the top seed. Defending champion Lane State will be the 11th seed and face Eastern State in its opener.
- Michigan High school pitching phenom Les Ledbetter, taken first overall in the January portion of the FABL draft, is set to join the Toronto Wolves after breaking Hiram Steinberg's career prep strikeout mark. Ledbetter was 45-0 with 875 k's in 4 years with Fowlerville High School.
- Protesting the new labor legislation passed by Congress, 10,000 coal miners in Pennsylvania have voted to quit work, shutting down 14 mines.
- Noting he has thousands of letters on the tax and labor bills to study, President Truman announced he will withhold action on the bills until after he returns from a week-long goodwill trip to Canada.
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