NOVEMBER 8, 1948
DEEP DRAFT CLASS PROMISES SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
The 1949 FABL draft is fast approaching and many scouts around the league believe this first round crop of talent promises to be one of the deepest seen in years. That will come as no surprise to long-time readers of this publication as well over a year ago, on September 1, 1947, in our "Way Too Early Look" at the 1947 draft class we had this to say:
If OSA's current scouting assessments hold up the 1949 draft class appears to be an extremely deep group, one that is absolutely loaded at the high school level. By the count of TWIFB staff there are 40 players that presently are worthy of being considered first round choices based upon their current OSA assessment. Now, that will certainly change as some players-especially young high schoolers- always drop off but this has the makings of being a draft class to remember. Instead of a mock list of just 16, we are going to list 30 players well worth keeping an eye on. They are roughly being ranked from best to worst but so many of them are so close it was tough coming up with an exact ranking for each of them.
We tempered our opinion slightly in the annual August series previewing the top prospect but only with regard to pitchers. While there seemed to be a large number of hurlers who' stock took a nosedive in the eyes of the league scouting agency, there were more than enough highly touted position players to step in and take their place.
Chicago Cougars Scouting Director Dixie Marsh is very exicted about the current crop. Marsh said he was "doing some final scouting for the coming draft and I have to say this pool looks way more exciting then last year. Seems to be a lot of talent overall.
Veteran Brooklyn Kings head scout John Spears is not easily impressed. Spears has been in his role running the Brooklyn scouting department since 1931 so he has seen a lot of draft classes, both good and bad, but on the '49 crop Spears -while cautious not to give away any Kings secrets- noted "I would quietly agree with that."
Detroit Dynamos SD Fred Barrell was a little more forthcoming, noting his organization has identified 17 position players that "suggest to me they are first round talent," although he does agree the pitching crop, while a little better than last year, is still "quite thin."
*** Elite Talent All Over the Diamond ***
The pitching group is not overly impressive notes Dan Barrell, Fred's brother and head of the league scouting service but there are a couple of guys worth watching very closely. Barrell identifies a pair of high school arms from the midwest as pitchers to watch. "I am not sure we will get a number one starter out of this group," Barrell admits, "but the lefty (Vern) Osborne out of Missouri and the South Bend Sling, a kid named Roy Patterson, both could be solid middle of the rotation arms if things break right."
While Barrell is cautious with the pitching crop, mention outfielders and his eyes light up and he will start throwing names out left, right and center. "There are a couple of very talented college guys at the top of this group. I can see Don Berry from Grange College making multiple trips to the All-Star Game and Joe Fulgham, a centerfielder, is just an amazing athlete. Anyone who knows my past knows I love football guys and Fulgham is a tremendous back for St Blane and has a very promsing future whether he chooses football or baseball."
Barrell also mentions a large number of high school outfielders that will draw a lot of attention, singling out Rick Masters, Ray Hughes and King Brucker.
There is plenty of talent in the infield as well led by a pair of terrific shortstop prospects in Lane State star Tom Perkins and Philadelphia high schooler John Wells. Barrell says it is tough to decide which will make the better big leaguer some day. "To be honest, I see them both as potential elite shortstops on a contender" says the OSA head. "FABL has been blessed with a run of great shortstop prospects the past couple of drafts including Tom Miller, who the Eagles took first overall last year."
Second basemen Buddy Byrd and Rube Simpson, both high schoolers, and Indiana A&M second sacker Harry Murray give the class some depth at that position as well. Singled out at third base where a trio of college players in Ed Bloom, Jim Bob Daniels and George Scott. Scott, who just begs for the nickname 'Boomer' is one of the many players who benefited from going to college as he was a third round selection of Cleveland out of high school in 1946 but opted to join Mississippi Tech instead. There may be a half dozen first baseman with first round talent noted Barrell, singling out high schoolers Ike Shafer, Jack Craig and Wayne Cottrill as well as Maryland State's Andy Green. Behind the plate the crop might not be as deep but high school talents Cliff Schuler and Roy Alexander will certainly draw some attention.
It looks to be a very interesting draft and with the crop as deep as it is this may be a year that teams will be more focused on drawing a high choice in the second round draft lottery and be less concerned if they fall to a lower spot in the round one lottery.
MOTORS EXPLODE FOR 17 GOALS IN TWO GAMES
The NAHC had a five-day break with no games from Monday to Friday but when the action resumed Saturday it became pretty evident the Detroit Motors had spent the week working on their offense. The Motors, who scored the fewest goals in the league last year and had scored just 13 in the previous six games combined, exploded for 19 goals in two games on the weekend. Detroit started the fireworks display with a 9-3 victory at Thompson Palladium over visiting Montreal on Saturday and the sticks stayed hot on the train ride to Boston where they doubled the Bees 8-4 last night.
A trio of second-year players have been carryig the mail for the Motors offense, led by Adam Vanderbilt's league best 9 goals to go with 13 points. Last season's rookie of the year Nick Tardif has 3 goals and 8 assists while Ben Witt, just 21 and the fourth overall pick in the 1947 draft, has 1o points including 3 goals. The Motors, who finished last in the NAHC last season and have missed the playoffs three of the last four seasons, are suddenly playing exciting hockey and with 9 points in 9 games, are just 3 back of first place Toronto.
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[b] NAHC STANDINGS
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Toronto 8 6 2 0 36 20 12
New York 7 4 1 2 26 16 10
Detroit 9 4 4 1 36 29 9
Boston 7 4 3 0 22 23 8
Montreal 8 2 4 2 20 32 6
Chicago 7 0 6 1 11 31 1
SCORING LEADERS GP G A PTS
Pollack, Tor 8 6 10 16
Vanderbilt, Det 9 9 4 13
Carlson, Tor 8 4 8 12
Sauer, Tor 8 7 4 11
Tardif, Det 9 3 8 11
Parker, Tor 8 5 5 10
Galbraith, Tor 8 4 6 10
Greenham, NY 7 3 7 10
Witt, Det 9 3 7 10
Sandford, Mon 8 6 3 9
GOALIE LEADERS GP W L T ShO GAA
Russell, Tor 3 2 1 0 1 2.01
Tremblay, NY 6 3 1 2 1 2.17
Beliveau, Mon 4 2 1 0 1 2.52
Broadway, Tor 5 4 1 0 0 2.60
Chasse, Det 3 2 1 0 0 3.02
Touhey, Det 6 2 3 1 0 3.17
James, Bos 6 3 3 0 2 3.26
Hanson, Chi 6 0 5 1 0 4.19
Carter, Mon 5 0 3 2 0 4.78
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6
Montreal 3 at 9 Detroit: The Motors gave a very unfriendly welcome back to Detroit for their former backup goaltender. Now the starter in Montreal, Brad Carter was shelled for 6 goals in two and a half periods as the Motors hammered Montreal 9-3. Pat Beliveau, who came on in relief of Carter, had even less luck allowing the final 3 Detroit markers on just 4 shots. It was "pad your stats" night for the hosts as Hank Walsh had a trick, rookie defenseman Dixon Butler earned 3 assists as did Spencer Larocque and Graham Comeau. Adam Sandford scored twice for the Vals. The win halted a 2-game losing skid for Detroit while Montreal fell for the third time in their last four outings.
Toronto 5 at 2 New York: Toronto won its fourth straight while the Shamrocks lost for the first time this season. Quinton Pollack, who leads the NAHC in scoring, had a big night with a goal and 3 assists while Lou Galbraith chipped in with 3 points as the Dukes outshot New York 38-16.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7
Chicago 2 at 5 New York: The Shamrocks bounced right back the next night with a 5-2 win that leaves the struggling Packers still in search of their first win this season. There was some good news for the Packers as Tommy Burns had both of their goals -his fourth and fifth of the season- and his brother Wes earned two assists for his first points of the campaign. But there was also plenty of bad news including goaltender Norm Hanson revealing after the game he had a minor injury and may need some time off over the few days. The Shamrocks were led by third year defenseman Paul Tetrealt as the 24-year-old had 2 goals and 2 assists while netminder Etiene Tremblay was outstanding in another busy night, turning aside 46 of 48 Packers shots.
Detroit 8 at 4 Boston: The suddenly high-flying Detroit offense was at it again as the Motors, who scored 17 goals over the weekend, doubled Boston 8-4 in the Bees first action in a week. Adam Vanderbilt scored twice to increase his league best goal total to 9 with Ben Witt also beating Bees netminder Tom Brockers for a pair. Tommy Hart had a hat trick in a losing cause for the Bees.
UPCOMING GAMES
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10
New York at Chicago
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11
Boston at Detroit
Montreal at Chicago
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 13
New York at Montreal
Toronto at Chicago
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14
Boston at Montreal
Chicago at Detroit
New York at Toronto
JUNIOR LEAGUE TAKES FLIGHT
The new national junior league, designed to bring the top junior age players across Canada into a single loop, opens its inaugural season today. Set up with the assistance and sponsorship of the NAHC, the 12 team league features teams based in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada and will recruit top players from across the country and northern United States.
The top team in the Eastern Division is predicted to be the Sherbrooke Industrials will the Western Division is expected to be a battle between the Kitchener Roosters and Kingston Cadets. The NAHC will restrict its amateur player draft beginning next summer to only players who participate in the CAHA. In that regard there is some disappointing early news as both Justin Limeirck, an American-born center for the Saint John Saints, and Windsor Dominions defenseman Mike Cotey, each suffered major injuries in the preseason and will both miss a good chunk of the regular season schedule. The two were considered possible candidates for selection in the first round by NAHC clubs in June.
AROUND THE LEAGUE
- The New York Shamrocks will be without the services of second year winger Sam Coates for three weeks after the 24-year-old broke his finger in Saturday's win over Chicago. Coates had a goal and two assists in 7 games this season after notching 32 points in 51 games as a rookie.
- In the same game veteran Chicago goaltender Norm Hanson tweaked his hamstring. Hanson played the entire game but is listed as day-to-day although the club trainer feels he should be back to full strength in a week. It has been a tough start to the season for the Packers, who are 0-6-1 after 7 games a year after posting the best regular season record in the league.
- A day after recording 3 points in his most productive outing of the season, Detroit Motors rookie defenseman Dixon Butler was injured against Boston. The 22-year-old defenseman is expected to miss a couple of weeks with an elbow issue. Butler joins fellow Detroit rearguard Mark Schlegel on the sidelines with elbow troubles, but Schlegel is out until likely February.
- In the same game the Motors lost 23-year-old winger Hank Walsh for at least two months after he cut in the leg by skate. Walsh had scored a hat trick the previous game against Montreal and had 6 points in 7 games with the Motors after scoring just 12 in 27 games a year ago.
BENGALS FALL FROM RANKS OF PERFECT TEAMS
Maryland State's hopes of earning an invitation to one of the big New Year's Day Classic Games were dealt a major blow Saturday when the Bengals were forced to settle for a 20-20 tie against Columbia Military Academy. It could have been worse as only a late drive in the closing minutes amidst blinding rain squalls even allowed the Bengals to remain unbeaten at 6-0-1. The Cadets were simply the hungrier team for much of the contest and an opponent the Maryland State eleven appeared to take a little too lightly with the focus for the Bengals a little too heavily concentrated on their game next week against number 2 North Carolina Tech.
The Techsters will enter that game in Baltimore next Saturday as one of just 4 teams who are unbeaten and untied this year, standing at 7-0 alongside topped ranked Detroit City College, Mississippi A&M and Kit Carson University. North Carolina Tech has survived some tight games this season with narrow wins over Cumberland and Travis College. You can add Richmond State to that list of narrow victories after the Techsters scratched out a 7-0 victory. The Techsters scored their only touchdown - a short-run from highly touted junior halfback Jackie Charles only because their drive was prolonged with the aid of two penalties. Heavy turf and a steady drizzle during the game robbed the celebrated Charles of his footing and he was as forlorn as an eagle with his wings clipped for most of the contest. Neither team enjoyed much success either on the ground or through the air as the weather robbed fans of what could have been a dazzling offensive display.
There won't be any New Year's activity for Detroit City College after recently enacted Great Lakes Alliance rules will preclude the back to back East-West Classic champions, or any other GLA team for that matter, from playing in successive games at Santa Ana but that does not seem to stand in the way of a third straight conference title and perhaps even a number one rating- something the Knights have never achieved before. DCC had a break from section play this week while delighting another sold out home crowd as the Knights rolled on to a 37-0 victory over Annapolis Maritime, thereby registering the twenty-third consecutive triumph for the school.
Except for a few minutes toward the end of the second period, when penalties and a fumble accounted for a loss of 52 yards, the mighty DCC eleven produced a versatile attack that clicked with clock-like regularity against the overmatch Navigators. In fact, the first two touchdowns were scored almost at the same time in the opening period and in the second. It was 6:06 when Paul Erdinger, the Knights ace passer, found dynamic end Ike Richards from 7 yards out to open the scoring in the first. It was 6:11 of the second frame when Erdinger carried over from the one-foot mark. The Navigators kept the deficit to 14 entering the break before they were overpowered in the second half. With just a home game against Indiana A&M and then a trip to Columbus for their year-end meeting with Central Ohio left on the docket the Knights seemed well positioned to retain their number one ranking.
St Blane softened up the Reapers on Saturday, downing Indiana A&M by a 30-7 margin. On a wet day in Terre Haute, the Fighting Saints football team skipped lightly over a muddy field, failing to score only in the third quarter as they outgained the hosts 291-44 on the ground. Halfback Joe Fulgham softened up the Reapers with a series of smashes early in the game culminating in a 23-yard scamper for the first Saints touchdown and it was just routine after that. The Christian Trophy candidate, who also excels for the Fighting Saints on the diamond, scored three times in total will rushing for 141 yards.
After falling off the pace early with a tie against Lincoln College, Rome State has won 4 straight to improve to 6-0-1 on the year and now is #4 in the rankings. The Centurions pitched a shutout for the second week in a row, blasting west coast outfit Redwood University 36-0 at the Bigsby Oval.
A crucial Deep South matchup saw Cumberland take advantage of foul weather conditions to nip Georgia Baptist 10-9 in a battle of top ten foes. The Explorers big, fast skirmish line continually operated in the Baptist backfield and worked to destroy the Gators passing aim. The light, high-speed Georgia Tech backs were forced to run instead of pass and their fumbles set up both Cumberland scores and ended several threats. A second quarter turnover on a fumbled punt return put the Explorers in great field position and led to the only touchdown on the afternoon. Despite that, the Gators had a chance to win by kicking a fourth field goal with less than 6 minutes remaining, but it sailed wide to the right and doomed Georgia Baptist to its first section loss of the season.
Henry Hudson's bid for an Academia Alliance title was derailed when the Grafton Scholars dominated in a 24-3 victory in the battle between the Academia Alliance's two squads that entered with perfect section records. It was also the first loss in 7 outings this season for Henry Hudson.
WEEKEND SCORES
EAST
St. Blane 30 Indiana A&M 7
Liberty College 24 Pierpont 12
Sadler 22 Dickson 7
Brunswick 32 Empire State 13
Grafton 24 Henry Hudson 3
George Fox 37 New York Maritime 13
Ellery 28 Lakeview (OH) 6
St. Matthew's College 30 Bigsby College 0
St. Patrick's 27 Strub College 21
Brooklyn State 17 Boston State 14
Garden State 40 Eastern Virginia 13
Conwell College 28 St. Pancras 3
SOUTH
Rome State 36 Redwood 0
North Carolina Tech 7 Richmond State 0
Noble Jones College 38 Western Florida 20
Maryland State 20 Columbia Military Academy 20
Alabama Baptist 20 Mississippi Tech 0
Mississippi A&M 21 Western Tennessee 0
Cumberland 10 Georgia Baptist 9
Bluegrass State 37 Bayou State 7
Central Kentucky 24 Penn Catholic 23
Charleston Tech 31 Eastern State 10
Carolina Poly 17 Cowpens State 17
Lexington State 20 Chesapeake State 12
Huntington State 38 Erie 3
Baton Rouge State 24 Alexandria 3
Northern Mississippi 24 Opelika State 3
Miami State 39 Queen City 3
Coastal State 21 Bulein 0
Mobile Maritime 27 Potomac College 7
Petersburg 12 Central Carolina 10
MIDWEST
Detroit City College 37 Annapolis Maritime 0
Minnesota Tech 40 Whitney College 10
St. Magnus 16 Wisconsin State 2
Central Ohio 13 Pittsburgh State 0
Lincoln 17 Western Iowa 3
Iowa A&M 17 Lambert College 7
College of Omaha 40 Eastern Kansas 17
Topeka State 34 Laclede 21
St. Ignatius 54 Wisconsin Catholic 7
Daniel Boone College 27 Oklahoma City State 23
SOUTHWEST
Texas Gulf Coast 31 Darnell State 3
Lubbock State 28 Travis College 14
College of Waco 23 Texas Panhandle 23
Red River State 20 Arkansas A&T 9
Eastern Oklahoma 42 Payne State 10
Abilene Baptist 58 Oklahoma Methodist 9
Valley State 20 South Valley State 12
FAR WEST
Northern California 34 CC Los Angeles 3
Portland Tech 30 Rainier College 3
Lane State 20 Spokane State 10
Custer College 23 College of San Diego 10
Idaho A&M 31 Western Montana 7
Kit Carson University 47 Sunnyvale 45
Tempe College 47 El Paso Methodist 16
California Catholic 33 San Francisco Tech 10
Minns College 24 Utah A&M 10
Cache Valley 14 Boulder State 13
Mile High State 23 Northern Minnesota 17
Shirley College 28 Flagstaff State 27
Golden Gate University 21 Stratton 0
Colorado Poly 24 Provo Tech 10
FINCHES FLYING HIGH
Outscored Opponents 161-16 Last 3 Weeks
Add the Pittsburgh Paladins to the list of teams that now realize just how powerful the Cleveland Finches offense is the season. For the second game in a row the Finches scored 56 points as they pounded the Paladins 56-7. The sensational Finches, led by Phil Colvin and Roy Carson, punched 28 points in the second quarter alone on their way to another victory, their 7th in a row without a defeat, thrilling a Forester Field crowd of over 30,000 with amazing passing and running.
It was a fairly quiet opening frame with the only score coming on an 8-yard gallop around the end by the Finches Tommy Thompson set up by a rare Carson run that turned into a 38-yard end around. The second quarter was a much different story as Colvin, filling in once more at quarterback for Jody Moten, threw 4 touchdown passes including 3 to Carson, who would finish the day with 8 catches for 157 yards. On the campaign Carson already has 12 scoring grabs and with 6 in his last two games there is talk he may just challenge Stan Vaught's 1942 record of 17 touchdown receptions. Carson and the Finches still have five games remaining including a season-ending showdown in Chicago with the Wildcats.
The Wildcats kept pace, improving to 6-1 on the season by pitching a 10-0 shutout in Washington over the Wasps. Dusty Sinclair, the rookie All-American from Travis College, saw his first taste of game action in the pros and ran for 64 yards while also completing 6 passes. Defense was the story on this day as Ricky McCallister's first quarter field goal accounted for all of the scoring until an interception by the Wildcats Jim Arends in the final minute set up a Ralph Manson 10-yard touchdown run to close out the game.
The Boston Americans beat Cincinnati for the second week in a row to improve to 5-2 and remain in to spot in the East Division. Eric Balfour, who also ran for 80 yards, kicked two field goals including the game winner, a 24-yarder midway through the final period, to give the Yanks a 13-10 win.
Archie Rawlings threw for 267 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the New York Football Stars to a 28-24 victory over the Philadelphia Frigates at Gothams Stadium while in St Louis the Ramblers dumped the struggling Detroit Maroons 17-6.
CRECENTS ROLL OVER COWBOYS
A little over a month ago there was great excitement as the New Orleans Crescents, at that time unbeaten, were set to host the mighty Kansas City Cowboys in a showdown in New Orleans. Unfortunately, the Crescents fine young rookie quarterback Vince Gallegos was injured and did not play in a game that saw the Cowboys reaffirm their dominance of the CFC once more with a 31-10 victory. Yesterday at Packer Park in Kansas City was the rematch and while Gallegos was back, the Crescents had lost much of their glow after being thumped in a pair of contests by the San Francisco Wings.
So far less was anticipated in this meeting in comparison to the excitement level prior to the Cowboys arrival in New Orleans. Perhaps, even the Cowboys themselves -with one eye focused squarely on a showdown with the Wings next weekend- took the Crescents lightly and Gallegos and his mates made them pay, with New Orleans pulling off an 19-7 upset.
In hindsight, you could sense something was wrong with the Cowboys on this day right away, when they meekly went 3 and out on their first series and then allowed Gallegos to engineer a 10-play drive that culminated in a 9-yard touchdown pass to Bo Mandish. It was the rookie QB at his best as Gallegos completed all 4 of his passes on the drive including a pair to his all-purpose halfback Mandish.
The Crescents increased their lead to 10-0 before the first period ended when, taking advantage of good field position and a personal foul penalty on the Cowboys, New Orleans kicker Willard Shaw made good on a 34-yard attempt.
Pat Chappell had by all accounts an awful day, but the Cowboys star did find Ernie Orr for a 21-yard score early in the second frame to cut the deficit to 3 points. However, the Crescents quickly answered with another 3-pointer off the foot of Shaw. The remainder of the game was a source of frustration for both offenses as neither could find the endzone and one more Shaw field goal late in the fourth quarter ended the scoring, and the Cowboys chances for a perfect season.
The outcome certainly makes next Sunday's showdown between the 9-1 San Francisco Wings and 8-1 Kansas City Cowboys even bigger. The Wings absolutely destroyed New Orleans twice and are coming off a 27-10 victory over the Chicago Comets - marking the 7th straight victory for the Bay Area eleven. Sam Metcalf threw for 188 yards and a touchdown in yesterday's Wings win at San Francisco's Hawks Stadium.
It has been a frustrating season for Mike Monday and the Buffalo Bulls, who expected far better than a 2-7 start. They picked up win number three in convincing fashion, taking their frustrations out on a tough go of things this season with 60-14 win in Brooklyn over the Football Kings. It was a game that saw the Bulls score what has to be a CFC record 34 points in the opening quarter. Five fumbles including one returned for a Buffalo touchdown made like miserable for the Kings.
After beating the Kings last week, the Los Angeles Lobos won in New York for the second week in a row with a 10-7 victory over the Grid Gothams. New York led 7-0 until Jackie Wendt evened the score with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Littlejohn early in the fourth quarter and then Don Penna won it with a 38-yard field goal with just over a minute remaining in the contest.
LIBERTY COLLEGE PREPARES FOR LIFE WITHOUT MESSER
A new era in Liberty College basketball tips-off when the Bells face Bayou State in their preseason tournament opener this week it will mark the first time in four years that Ward Messer was not on the court with the team. Messer, who was a first team All-American selection twice and the National Collegiate Player of the Year as a senior last season, has graduated and moved on to the pro ranks with the Detroit Mustangs.
That leaves the Bells with a big hole in their lineup, but Liberty College may be just fine with the addition of the number one recruit in the nation ready to step into Messer's sizeable shoes. That would Luther Gordon, who spent the last two seasons in a New York junior college after some struggles kept him out of major college basketball following his prep years at Brooklyn's Canarsie High School.
Gordon was heavily recruited last year and decided on the Philadelphia school in no small part because he was looking forward to being counted on to replace Messer. He will enter as a junior and the 6'11" behemoth will pair with Edgar Stillwell, a 6'8" junior out of Detroit who started all 33 games alongside Messer a year ago, to give Liberty College one of the most imposing pair of big men in all of collegiate basketball.
Stillwell is not the only returnee to a school that reached the quarterfinals of the AIAA tournament a year ago before bowing out to eventual champion Redwood University. Two other starters return in senior guard-small forward Simon Buchanan and junior shooting guard Scott Basile. Only Messer, who averaged 16.7 ppg -second highest in the nation- provided more offense last season than Buchanan's 10.4 ppg while Basile chipped in 8.8 per contest. The point guard spot is perhaps the biggest question mark, but senior Chris Frechette did see significant playing time a year ago and started 17 games.
Liberty College has had a tremendous run the past two decades but Messer, while leading the team to the National Championship Game twice, could not get the Bells their fourth AIAA title. That job now falls to Luther Gordon who has the potential to become the latest in a tradition of dominant big men for Liberty College that includes not just Messer, but also Win Dupre and Robert Grant.
UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS- Nov 16- Lakeside Auditorium, Chicago: HW Joey Tierney (12-0) vs Gil Hilliard (24-8-2)
- Nov 26- Baltimore, MD: HW Pete Sanderson (35-9-2) vs Jerry French (25-12-3)
- Nov 30- Portland, OR: rising WW Danny Rutledge (15-0) vs Scott Sorensen (23-9-2)
- Nov 30- St Louis: former WW champ Harold Stephens (21-5-2) vs Dale Roy (31-6)
- Jan 8 - Bigsby Garden: MW Frank Melanson (33-2-2) vs Edouard Desmarais (42-2)
The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 11/07/1948
- Gov Dewey conceded defeat Wednesday as President Truman won the most surprising of Presidential elections. It was the closest race for President since 1916 and Truman's victory, spurred on with his "Give 'Em Hell" campaign, attacks on the Taft-Hartley Act and his predictions of a price "bust for farmers, turned the tide which had seemingly run strong against him for weeks.
- The President's victory carried with it control of both Houses of Congress, apparently with material majorities. In the Senate it is expected when the count is complete the Democrats will probably have a 54-42 seat advantage while in the House the Democrats have gained twice the necessary increase of 30 to take control from the Republicans.
- Dewey blamed the Republican defeat on overconfidence in his postmortem on Tuesday's election. "It looks as if two or three million Republicans stayed at home out of overconfidence," the defeated GOP nominee said.
- No solution on the atomic problem as the United Nations Assembly continues to meet in Paris. Russia rejected the Western plan for control of atomic energy, calling it fantastic and unreal while a counterproposal from the Soviets was voted down 40-6.
- The United States gave approval to $5 million dollars' worth of arms purchases by China over the weekend as Communist forces won control on Manchuria. Government sources say disbursements from the $125 million voted by Congress for military aid to the hard-pressed Chinese nationalist government have mounted to about $110 million.
- Communist coal mine strikers fought French troops and police with bullets, fire and grenades. The miners walked out 4 weeks ago, demanding more pay while their leaders declared the strike was also against the European Recovery Program, opposed by Russia and financed by the United States.
- A United Nations source says four Arab governments have been advised their military position in Palestine is "hopeless" and that they had better make peace. The source said Brig. Gen. William Riley, A US Marine Corps general and chief of staff of the United Nations Truce Peace Mission in Palestine "minced no words" in a 3-hour conference with Syrian, Egyptian, Lebanese and Iraq representatives.