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NOVEMBER 26, 1962

ROME STATE HOLDS ON TO BEAT NAVIGATORS 22-20

The collegiate football regular season came to an end with a light final weekend schedule that was highlighted by the annual clash in Philadelphia between the two major service academy teams. The Rome State Centurions avenged a loss to Annapolis Maritime last year by holding off the Navigators 22-20 in a game that was decided by the foot of Kim Honeycutt when the senior Centurions kicker was successful on a 31-yard field goal attempt with 56 seconds remaining in regulation.

Rome State led 19-10 entering the final period before Rudy Althoff returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown to give the Navigators life. Johnny Brown put the sailors ahead 20-19 with a 45-yard field goal with a little less than four minutes left to play before Rome State's winning boot. Brown had a chance to win the game for Annapolis Maritime in the closing seconds but his desperation 48-yard field goal did not have the distance to clear the goal posts and the Centurions celebrated their 9th win over Annapolis Maritime in the past ten years.

Rome State finishes the season with a 7-3 record, a big step up from their awful 4-6 season a year ago while for the Navigators it is the end of a very disappointing 4-6 season a year after the posted their first perfect 10-0 campaign in school history.

Coastal California climbed back into the top twenty five after the Dolphins rebounded from a loss last week to rival CC Los Angeles with a narrow 23-20 victory over Commonwealth Catholic. Wes Moore ran for 142 yards for the Dolphins, scoring two touchdowns including the game winner on a 39-yard run with just 45 seconds left in the game.

There was also a late comeback for Liberty College as the Bells Earl Brown connected on a 45-yard field goal late in the game to give Liberty College a 23-20 victory over Oklahoma City State. Elsewhere, North Carolina Tech thumped Garden State 27-7 and Queen City outlasted Wisconsin Catholic 37-34 in overtime.

NEW YEARS CLASSIC GAMES ANNOUNCED

All eyes will be focused on Houston as the much anticipated showdown between undefeated and number one ranked Lubbock State and second ranked Mississippi A&M while the main course of a busy New Years Day of college football. The Hawks are favoured by 4 points to win the Oilman Classic but they have a less than stellar record on recent New Years Day games. Lubbock State has played in a Classic Game each of the past four years but lost in each of those games including a 23-21 defeat at the hands of Georgia Baptist last year in the Lone Star Classic. Prior to that the Hawks had lost three straight Oilman Classic games and also fell to St. Blane in the 1956 Lone Star Classic. The last time Lubbock State prevailed on New Years was back at the end of the 1955 season when they nipped Miami State 13-10 in the Lone Star Classic.

Mississippi A&M, which won its first Deep South Conference title since 1948, has not played on New Years since that 1948 season when they beat Texas Panhandle 38-3 to win the Oilman Classic. It seems a near certainty that the winner of this game will be the national champion.

Fans of St. Pancras may feel that if Mississippi A&M upends Lubbock State than perhaps the Lions will deserve the national title should they beat Lawrence State in the Sunshine Classic. St. Pancras enters the game with a 10-0 record and under that scenario would be the only unbeaten team in the nation. This will mark the first Classic game ever for the Syracuse school and they are almost certain to crack the top ten for the first time in school history. Lawrence State, ranked 6th after a 9-1 season and a Plains Athletic Association title, will be making its fourth appearance in the Miami classic game with the most recent one being a 16-3 victory over South Valley State following the 1957 season.

Fourth ranked Central Ohio and 10th ranked Lane State will meet in the East-West Classic in a battle of two schools with 9-1 records. It will be the third time in five years the Aviators have won the Great Lakes Alliance and made the trip to Santa Ana for New Years Day but they have lost each of the previous two and are 1-4 all-time in the East-West Classic. The Emeralds won the West Coast Athletic Association title for the first time since 1941 when they beat Eastern State in the East-West Classic. That game was held in New York due to fears of an attack on California by the Japanese shortly after Pearl Harbor. The only other East-West Classic for Lane State was the 1939 game when they tied Noble Jones College 14-14.

The Cajun Classic will feature 5th ranked Cumberland, which was ranked number one for much of the season until the Explorers suffered their only loss of the year to Mississippi A&M. Cumberland puts its 9-1 record on the line against 19th ranked Cowpens State (7-3), champions of the South Atlantic Conference.

The other Classic matchups see 8th ranked Chesapeake State (9-1) meet 9th ranked Texas Gulf Coast (8-2) in the Bayside Classic, 9-1 Eastern Oklahoma square off with Georgia Baptist (8-2) in a battle of teams ranked 11th and 12th and finally in El Paso, Tx. it will be 7th ranked Mile High State (9-1) facing local favourite El Paso Methodist (8-2) in the Desert Classic.

YANKS EXTEND EAST LEAD, RAMBLERS WIN AGAIN

The Boston Americans moved a step closer to finishing in first place in the American Football Association East Division since 1955 while the St. Louis Ramblers won for the fifth week in a row and have their eyes on the franchises first-ever West Division title.

The Ramblers still have plenty of work to do as their lead is just a half-game over a Chicago Wildcats team that has been nearly as hot as the Ramblers. The St. Louis performance was not pretty yesterday at Pioneer Stadium but they got the job done as they downed visiting San Francisco 12-3 for their fifth straight victory. The Ramblers moved the ball effectively, at least until they reached the redzone as quarterback Jim Driver threw for 103 yards while backs Dean Turgeon and Kevin Van Hook combined for 198 yards on the ground. Despite that, the Ramblers did not find the endzone and had to rely on the leg of Ted Bingaman, who was successful on each of his four field goal attempts, to provide the margin of victory.

Next up is a crucial game as the Ramblers head to the Windy City to face the Chicago Wildcats, who are just a half game back of front running St. Louis. The Ramblers started their current five game winning streak with a 38-27 victory over Chicago but that one was at Pioneer Stadium. Chicago has not lost in four games since that battle including a 16-14 road win over Kansas City yesterday that was not decided until Paul Chestnut made good on a 42-yard field goal in the final minute.

Third place Houston is 7-4 and still clinging to its playoff hopes as the second year franchise continued its impressive run with a 17-14 victory in Detroit yesterday. The Drillers win spoiled a 163-yard rushing day for veteran Detroit halfback Art Heal.

*** Americans Bounce Back ***

The East Division leading Boston Americans have some added breathing room after they bounced back from a loss in Philadelphia last week by rallying to beat struggling Washington 17-7. Bob McKoon's fourth quarter pass to Jack Amodeo put Boston ahead and Kim Ashe returned a Washington fumble for added insurance in the final minute. The Americans are 9-2 and now two full games ahead of the second place New York Stars after the Stars lost a game they were heavily favoured in for the second consecutive Sunday.

A week ago it was Washington and this time it was Buffalo that upended the two-time defending AFA champs. Turnovers were once more New York's undoing in absorbing a 28-6 defeat at the hands of the Red Jackets, but this time it was fumbles and not interceptions. Harris Kummer did get picked off once but the Stars lost four fumbles including three that were coughed up by back Reid McDuffy.

The Philadelphia Frigates, fresh off a win over first place Boston, missed a big opportunity to pull even with New York but instead the Frigates remain a game behind at 6-5 after losing 23-13 in Cleveland to the Finches. The two clubs will meet again this week in Philadelphia.

In the other game yesterday the Los Angeles Tigers downed Pittsburgh 34-20 to keep their slim playoff chances alive. End Tony Riat had a big game for the winners, catching five Garton Bird passes for 104 yards including a 7-yard touchdown strike just before the half.

11 Man Hall Ballot Announced

Last year it was first ballot member Joe Hancock who etched his name into baseball history, as the long-time Wolf and Dynamo was included on 92.3% of the ballots submitted by FABL sports writer. This year, no first ballot player seems to have a chance, but 1963 should be the year of Walt Messer. After posting 65% on two ballots, the career Gotham will look to earn votes elsewhere, though with such a consistent career, he shouldn't have to do much convicting.

The war took a pair of peak seasons from Messer, but in each season of his sixteen seasons he had an OPS+ and WRC+ above 100. One of the top sluggers of his time, he hit 20+ homers 13 times, 30+ 7 times, and a career high 41 homers in 1948. An 8-Time All-Star, Messer finished his career with exactly 1,500 RBIs and more walks (887) then strikeouts (598). Add in 430 homers, 358 doubles, and a .299/.363/.501 (138 OPS+) career line, and you have one of the most disciplined and dangerous sluggers. Doing it for just one team is impressive too, as the former 2nd Overall pick is the organization's home run and RBI leader, with his name all over the leaderboards. For FABL, he has the 7th most homers and 12th most RBIs, and when you're that high on the league leaderboards, your name deserves to be enshrined with the best of the bests.

Here are the other ten guys joining Messer, looking to join the company of the game's elite:

C Pete Casstevens (3rd, 14%): .248/.319/.409 (102 OPS+), 7,885 PA, 871 R, 271 2B, 19 3B, 274 RBI, 1,060 RBI, 754 BB, SB, 100 WRC+, 45.5 WAR: 4-Time All-Star catcher for the Gothams and Chiefs. Won two titles, one with both franchises. Skilled defender with some pop and a great eye.

RHP George Garrison (3rd, 41.3%): 234-199, SV, 3.34 ERA (119 ERA+), 3.21 FIP (80 FIP-), 4,017.2 IP, 1,283 BB, 1,797 K, 1.31 WHIP, 96.0 WAR: 1945 Allen Winner and 7-Time All-Star who played for the Wolves and Gothams, winning a ring with both teams. For over a decade, formed a dominant 1/2 punch with the recently elected Joe Hancock. 3-Time 20-game winner.

RHP Charlie Griffith (1st): 101-89, 10 SV, 4.03 ERA (97 ERA+), 4.17 FIP (105 FIP-), 1,858 IP, 770 BB, 659 K, 1.45 WHIP, 16.3 WAR: One of two surprise first ballot candidates. A somewhat uninspiring career, Griffith was a solid arm for the Cannons who missed three seasons due to the war. Most of his innings came after 1950, and he spent time with the Minutemen and Keystones as well.

LHP Jim Kenny (1st): 96-108, 46 SV, 4.01 ERA (100 ERA+), 3.85 FIP (96 FIP-), 1,601.2 IP, 526 BB, 513 K, 1.40 WHIP, 19.7 WAR: The other surprising first ballot option, Jim Kenny was elite for two seasons with the Kings, but then he dealt with the war and plenty of movement. He got time with the Cougars, Keystones, Miners, and Eagles. Each time, two separate stints. I guess that's pretty cool!

LF Leo Mitchell (4th, 23.7%): .322/.368/.442 (127 OPS+), 9,629 PA, 1,313 R, 356 2B, 46 3B, 205 HR, 1,170 RBI, 639 BB, 106 SB, 129 WRC+, 46.7 WAR: One of the most consistent FABL hitters, Leo Mitchell produced a WRC+ of 125 or better for nine consecutive seasons. After two below average ones, he put up three more, and aside from his 13 game sample at 42, he finished off with three more above average seasons. Robbed of two Whitney awards, he was selected to 8-All Star games and the career Cougar is the franchise home run leader. He also had a notable season in 1951, where at 38 he stole more bases (34) then the nine prior.

RHP David Molina (3rd, 32.3%): 99-78, 253 SV, 3.29 ERA (117 ERA+), 3.51 FIP (91 FIP-), 1,273 IP, 646 BB, 835 K, 1.38 WHIP, 13.0 WAR: A pioneer pitcher who proved that an elite stopper can make a huge difference. Selected to 6 All-Star games and pitched with the Sailors and Cougars. His 253 saves are the most in FABL history, and would be higher had he not missed three seasons serving his country. Led the Conti in saves in 9 of his 12 seasons.

C Adam Mullins (8th, 49.0%): .304/.393/.420 (127 OPS+), 6,993 PA, 848 R, 389 2B, 39 3B, 78 HR, 811 RBI, 909 BB, SB, 130 WRC+, 56.0 WAR: A top-5 catcher who was never the best due to some Hall-of-Famers, but always useful for his team. Part of two major blockbusters, the first after a trade was held up due to a player not wanting to move to Canada. An 11-Time All-Star, Mullins won the 1943 Whitney before serving his country for two years. In Montreal and Cincinnati, he was only an above average hitter, but later in his career with Detroit and Brooklyn, all the years of catching caught up to him. Crazy he's failed seven times when he has arguments for being a first ballot selection.

CF Sal Pestilli (4th, 19.0%): .271/.326/.464 (118 OPS+), 8,572 PA, 1,169 R, 271 2B, 153 3B, 311 HR, 1,222 RBI, 645 SB, 205 SB, 116 WRC+, 68.7 WAR: When he was being scouted out of college, scouts thought Pestilli would be an all-time great. Skipped the minor leagues and quickly looked like won, even winning a Whitney in his second season. Was selected to 9 All-Star games, but after serving his country, never quite looked the same. A rare power/speed combo, he spent time with the Dynamos, Gothams, Cougars, and Saints, still hitting 300 homers despite expectations for him to do so much more.

SS Skipper Schneider (3rd, 16.0%): .277/.330/.367 (98 OPS+), 9,180 PA, 989 R, 390 2B, 8 13B, 69 HR, 955 RBI, 685 BB, 149 SB, 96 WRC+, 88.4 WAR: One of the greatest defenders in FABL history, Skipper Schneider was a mainstay at the top of the CA shortstop leaders during his career, putting together a rare +54 zone rating in 1945. The 10-Time All-Star accumulated an absurd 407.5 zone rating at short, and his 1.100 efficiency at the position explains he was 100% better then the average shortstop. Add that with an average bat, and it's a shock he's gotten so few votes so far. Spent his whole career with the Cougars.

RF Al Tucker (5th, 40.3%): .323/.377/.426 (125 OPS+), 9,098 PA, 1,068 R, 341 2B, 31 3B, 150 HR, 1,205 RBI, 735 BB, 5 SB, 122 WRC+, 38.5 WAR: 6-Time All-Star and 2-Time World Champ who spent his entire career with the Pioneers. Won three batting titles and spent a decade and a half as a key contributor of the Pioneers lineup. Hit well over .300 for his career and 11 times in 14 full seasons.

Most of these guys have cases, some more then others, but each writer is only allowed to select five players for their ballot. TWIFS head baseball columnist Archie Irwin will continue to make his ballot public, and before votes are due in early January, other writers may share their thoughts and selections as well.

Cleveland claimed Ukrainian pitcher Rex Dziuk off waivers from Toronto. 33, Dzuik debuted in 1952 with the Miners, playing there until 1957, where he was 9-11 with a Fed high 23 saves. The Wolves traded for him in the offseason, where he spent the last five seasons. For his career, he's 61-45 with 94 saves, a 4.11 ERA (106 ERA+), 1.52 WHIP, and 457 strikeouts.
One of the teams with very little on their 40, Dzuik will make 30 for the Foresters, who may be extremely active in the coming Rule-5 draft. Once he is added, only the Minutemen (24), Millers (27), and Keystones (29) have fewer then 30 protected players, while none of the twenty FABL teams have a full 40.
Sticking with Cleveland, there are rumblings that they are engaged with top free agent outfielder Chief Lewis (.247, 14, 62, 11). The outfield is full with Sherry Doyal (.308, 26, 101, 6), Tom Carr (.299, 4, 83, 29), and Earl Howe (.264, 28, 94, 6), but the Foresters have never been shy about adding quality players to fill their bench.
Chicago Cougar fans may have a tough time picking who they want on their Hall of Fame ballot. Five of the eleven players spent at least three full seasons on the Cougars, while Leo Mitchell and Skipper Schneider spent the entirety of their careers, draft to retirement, in Cougar threads.
Along with Mitchell and Skipper, only Wally Messer can make this claim, though Al Tucker only played in FABL with the Pioneers. It's easy to forget, but he was selected by the Saints in the 3rd Round of the 1931 draft. If Tucker is inducted, he will be part of a rare swap of Hall of Famers, as him and Heinie Zimmer were traded for Hall-of-Famer Tom Bird, Jim Honeywood, and Jake DeYoung.

MOTORS REVVING UP IN NAHC

With a seven game unbeaten streak the Detroit Motors are suddenly the hottest team in the North American Hockey Confederation. The Motors, who won each of the past two Challenge Cups, have won five and tied two of their last seven games and have moved into first place in the NAHC, four points ahead of second place Montreal- the team Detroit beat in the Cup Finals last spring.

The Motors strength has been their defensive work and goaltending as Detroit's duo of Charlie Dell and Sebastien Goulet have been the talk of the league with a combined goals against average of 1.95, a half goal better than any other team in the league. Detroit has been impressed enough with the 34-year-old Dell, who was acquired from Toronto over the summer, that they offered him a one year contract extension. Dell never got the chance to be the number one guy in Toronto and was expendable because the Dukes had such goaltending depth, but he appears to have found a home in the Motor City.

NAHC RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21

Boston 8 at New York 1: After Boston's eight game unbeaten streak was snapped with a loss to Detroit on Sunday, the Bees came out with a vengeance on this night, firing 44 shots at the New York net and blasting the Shamrocks 8-1. Jimmy Rucks scored a hat track while Neil Wilson added a goal and an assist for the Bees, who led 4-0 after twenty minutes and 8-0 after forty.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22

New York 4 at Boston 1: Boston blew out the Shamrocks in New York last night but the Greenshirts earned a measure of revenge with a 4-1 road victory of their own at Denny Arena. Sam Arneil's first period goal stood up until Luke Mongeau evened things up for the Bees just under three minutes into the final frame. New York caught fire with goals from Sam LePage, Mitch Parsons and Ken Bouvette to claim the victory despite being outshot 47-25. It was Joe Echum's NAHC debut as the 31-year-old goaltender finally reached the show after a decade toiling in the minors.

Toronto 4 at Chicago 0: There had been workers in the Toronto papers about the Dukes lack of scoring of late but goalie Mike Connelly ensured the Dukes did not need much offense on this night. Connelly stopped all 27 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season as the Dukes blanked the Chicago Packers 4-0. Quinton Pollack scored for Toronto, but it was just his 6th of the season - a low total by his lofty standards- while Charles Brochu had a pair of assists.

Montreal 1 at Detroit 1: Waiver wire pickup Robert Ling, cast aside by the New York Shamrocks, continues to be the biggest surprise of the season for the Detroit Motors as the 24-year-old defenseman scored his 8th goal of the season, two more than he managed in 107 career games with New York. It was the only puck the Motors put past Nathan Bannister in the Montreal net as both he and Detroit's Sebastien Goulet had strong games between the pipes. Ling scored in the first period on the power play but Jim Drury equaled things for Montreal with an even strength marker in the middle frame.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24

Detroit 1 at Chicago 0: Detroit is unbeaten in six while Chicago is winless in six after Charlie Dell and the Motors blanked the Packers 1-0. Alex Guindon scored the only goal of the game early in the third period as Andrew Bomberry was outstanding in the Chicago net.

Boston 3 at Montreal 7: Montreal moved a point ahead of Chicago and into second place with a convincing 7-3 victory on home ice over the visiting Boston Bees. Dick Pepe scored once and added three assists for the Valiants, who also benefitted from three helpers courtesy of defensive stalwart Mark Moggy. Jack Adamle, in just his second game in Montreal this season after starting the year in Syracuse, scored twice as did Tony Delvecchio. Montreal is 2-0-2 in its last four games

New York 1 at Toronto 0: The Dukes offensive shortage was mentioned earlier in the week and it cropped up here as despite outshooting the Shamrocks 32-20, the Dukes lost 1-0 at Dominion Gardens. Marc-Antonio Huot scored on the powerplay in the first period for the only goal of the game. Shamrocks veteran Alex Sorrell earned his first shutout of the season and the 47th of his career. The Dukes have lost four of their last five games and scored only three times in those four defeats.

SUNDAY JANUARY 6

Toronto 3 at Boston 2: The Boston Bees took a 2-0 lead on visiting Toronto thanks to goals from Jesse Mayea and Jean Lebel before Ken Jamieson took over for Toronto. The veteran Dukes forward scored the final three goals of the game - a natural hat trick- to salvage a win for the Dukes. Dukes fans hope that gets the 32-year-old out of a slump that had seen him score just twice in Toronto's first 18 games.

Chicago 1 at Detroit 4: Seems to be no slowing down the Motors, who topped visiting Chicago 4-1 to run their unbeaten string to seven games. The Packers have dropped three in a row and are winless in six. Hobie Barrell, Robert Ling -who continues his torrid pace with his 9th of the season from the blueline-, Zach Roy and Charles Beauregard had the Detroit goals while Guy Bernier was the only Packer to beat Charlie Dell in the Detroit net.

Montreal 1 at New York 3: Things are looking up for the Shamrocks, who have won three in a row and have just one loss in their last seven outings. They ended Montreal's four-game unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Valiants. Fred Gallatin, James O'Reilly and Sam LePage scored for the winners with Adam Scanlan's first of the season being Montreal's only reply.

UPCOMING GAMES
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29
Chicago at Boston
New York at Detroit
Toronto at Montreal

SATURDAY DECEMBER 1
Chicago at Montreal
Boston at Detroit

SUNDAY DECEMBER 2
Montreal at Boston
New York at Chicago
Toronto at Detroit

Duke Rebound Win Two of Three

After a tough week trying to find the back of the net the Dukes snapped their losing streak starting in the Lakeside Aud Thursday night. Against the Packers before 15545 the teams played a closer to the vest game than has been the norm for the Dukes this season. A tight checking first 20 ended scoreless with neither Connelly nor Andrew Bomberry being forced to make tough stops. The visitors opened the scoring early in the second after Stukas returned to the penalty box to finish his roughing call when Andrew Williams beat Bomberry from in tight off a Poulin rebound.

Before the period was half over Knackstedt notched another man advantage goal from Brochu, Pollack. One of the turning points of the game came after Tim Brooks was assessed a major for a head shot with 2:16 left in the second. Leading by two Toronto managed to hold the Packers off the scoresheet for the entire five minutes, helped out when Morissette made it 4 on 4 after a tripping call early in the third. . Chicago pressed but could not beat Connelly, two goals in the final minute, one by Amesbury into an empty net then Pollack with 11 seconds remaining in the game. Connelly picked up the first star of the game making 27 saves for his first shutout of the year.

Toronto returned to Dominion Gardens to host the suddenly hot Shamrocks. NY took the lead early in the first when Marc-Antoine Huot converted passes from Fred Gallatin, Alex Breen after Knackstedt had been sent off for interference, a call Bear vehemently disagreed with in both words and actions behind the bench. Shamrocks know they are not gifted with offense so they finish every check while trying to force the play to the outside. They also effectively clear rebounds, a fact that Dukes fans witnessed on this night. Dukes controlled the puck, the tempo of the game but were not able to get many high quality shots from dangerous areas of the 32 on Alex Sorrell. After shutting out Chicago the Dukes were blanked 1-0 by Sorrell for his first whitewash of the year.

Denny Arena was the site of the Sunday game between the Bs and Dukes. The team's train was held up on the way into Boston by a derailment. The team did not arrive into South Station until after 9:00 with a grumpy group of players. The team seemed sluggish to start the game, they were victimized by Jesse Mayea's fourth goal of the season 8:16 into the game in a period in which Boston outshot Toronto 14-7. Dukes found their legs in the second after Jean Lebel put the Bs up 2-0 Ken Jamieson had two goals in the final six minutes to the tie the game going into the third. Boston could have been in worse shape after 40 minutes had it not been for Oscar James' heroics been the pipes in a period where the shots were 19-2 for Toronto. The final 20 was relatively tight checking with both teams looking for an opening to break the tie. Dukes finally got the chance they needed when Jamieson completed his hattrick tapping in a loose rebound at 14:01, this was way the game ended with the Dukes capturing the two points 3-2.

Coach Bear- " I had a feeling early this year that goals were going to tough to come by, it has proven out six weeks into the season. Look at Detroit, they are in first allowing less than two goals a game. Most year a team allowing 2.6 goals a game would be a force not struggling to get to .500 as we are through 20 games. We lead the league in goals for but it looks like we have to tighten down a little bit when we are defending, our goaltenders are playing well we just have to make it a little easier on them by taking care of rebounds limiting second chances. One game in November in Montreal with a goal of going into December with an even record."

*** Wolves Tales ***

The Wolves are busy finalizing their additions to the protected 40-man roster. The team had Rex Dzuik claimed off waiver by Cleveland after placing pitchers Danny Horne, Jimmy Blair, Charlie Davidson, Bob Campbell on the 40-man. Toronto now has 8 open spots on the 40-man inside word is that they will fill at least 5 or 6 more spots before the upcoming Rule 5 draft.

Full Court Press: November 19-25, 1962

Boston and Washington have played three of their four straight head-to-head games in Washington, with the Centurions coming out ahead twice before Washington won the most recent meeting. If Washington can split the series with a win tomorrow night, the Statesmen can push to within a half-game of the Cents for first place. As it stands now, Boston is a game-and-a-half in front at week’s end. Boston’s starting five all scored in double figures led by center George Stevens in an 89-72 victory on Wednesday. Point guard Steve Barrell turned in a triple-double with 21 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in an 86-68 win on Friday. On Sunday afternoon, the third game proved to be a defensive struggle with Washington coming out on top, 69-47. Ossie Waid racked up 24 points and 15 rebounds in the win, which saved Washington from losing three straight and further panicking the home crowd. The first three games each had over 6,000 fans in attendance, but each game ushered in a little less, telling a tale of a frustrated fan base that was just getting used to a return to relevance.
Detroit and Toronto faced off seven straight times in what felt like a playoff series. Each team won three before Detroit took the rubber match. Since that game, Toronto is doing its best to match Detroit game for game. The Mustangs are red-hot and off to a 10-3 start with four consecutive wins in the bank including both contests this week. The Falcons have reeled off three straight victories since playing Detroit to pop above .500 for the first time all year at 8-7. Toronto had a clean sweep this week over St. Louis in a pair of matchups and a game in Chicago. Fred Lillard averaged 25 points last week, boosting his candidacy in the scoring race to second place at 22.5 points per game. Lillard trails the Knights Howie Farrell by a half-point.
Toronto’s four-game streak is tied with New York for the longest current streak in the league. With their most recent win, the 8-7 Knights are above break-even for the first time this season. All four of the wins on this streak have been against Philadelphia. Howie Farrell averaged 25.8 points during the streak, but 30-year-old Lee Maroney has emerged as a scoring threat this season. Maroney is now getting consistent starts for the first time in his eighth pro season, all with the Knights. In 15 games – 14 starts – this year, he has averaged 15.3 points and 12.6 rebounds per contest. This week was Maroney’s coming out party. In Thursday night’s 90-84 win against the Phantoms, Maroney set a career high with 30 points to go with 19 rebounds, which tied a personal best. In Sunday’s 81-78 victory, Maroney helped pad the 53-to-44 rebounding lead for New York in the game with another 19 boards and he supplemented Farrell’s 25 points with 17 points of his own.

TECHSERS TAKE OVER TOP RANKING

After skipping the slate of preseason tournaments North Carolina Tech made its collegiate basketball season debut last week with a road win in Hartford, downing Constitution State 58-48 behind the hot hand of junior Joe Darnell. The 6'7" forward makes an imposing team when joined by senior All-American candidate Earl Arsenault, who plays center and is measured at a towering 6'11". Darnell scored 17 points and the duo combined for 16 rebounds in what proved to be a fairly easy time with the Senators. The Techsters led 27-13 at the half before taking the foot off the gas in the second half.

That victory convinced the pollsters to move North Carolina Tech up a spot to number one in the rankings. The preseason number two leapfrogs idle Central Ohio. The Aviators, who were crowned champions of the prestigious Jack Easton Tournament 10 days ago and are 4-0, will not return to action until December 7.

Central Ohio's Great Lakes Alliance rival Whitney College also tipped off its season last week. The preseason number seven has climbed up to third in the rankings with victories over Brooklyn State and Maumee State. The Engineers senior guard duo of Luke Pfingsten and Dan Munger each scored 14 points in the season opening 63-54 win over the Bears in Gary, IN., last Tuesday and they followed that up with a Thursday night trip to Toledo where they blasted the Maumee State Millers 67-35.

Lane State, which is credited with the best freshman recruiting class led by guard Red McKinnon, holds strong at number four in this weeks poll. The Emeralds had a pair of impressive wins two weeks ago in winning the Preseason Tournament of Champions which included wins over two ranked teams in Indiana A&M and preseason number one Carolina Poly, were off last week but they return to action tonight with a trip to Missouri to face the Lambert College Stags.

Redwood, which like Lane State competes in the West Coast Athletic Association, rounds out the top five as the Mammoths a win in the 8-team West Coast Classic preseason event with a 55-43 victory over George Fox University to improve to 4-0.

RECENT KEY RESULTS

Former World Heavyweight Champion Steve Leivers claimed a fifth round knockout win over Kyle Wynn in London, England. It marked the 33-year-old's 50th career victory against just 3 defeats. Leivers gained fame seven years ago when he beat Joe Brinkworth to claim the world title and then successfully defended it against the great Joey Tierney before eventually surrendering the belt to Brad Harris. Leivers had another shot at the belt a year and a half ago but came up short against George Galleshaw, prompting a return to his native England.

UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS

December 22- World Middleweight champion Lyman King puts his perfect 40-0 record on the line against former champion George Quisenberry in Los Angeles. King beat Quisenberry to claim the tile last January in New York and made successful defenses against Steve Bradshaw in May and George Hatchell in September. Quisenberry, a 27-year-old Canadian, held the title for nearly two and a half years before falling to King. He waited eight months after the loss to King before returning to the ring, knocking out Billy Randall in September to improve to 39-2-3.

The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 11/25/1962

President Kennedy finished his inspection of the atomic firepower of the 1st Armored Division in Fort Stewart, GA., by telling reporters he expressed the hope that a new round of East-West disarmament negotiations will end "the upward spiral of weapons competition."
The Castro government offered to allow UN inspection of Soviet withdrawal of offensive weapons but only if the UN confirms the dismantling of bases from which counter-revolutionaries are operating against the Castro regime.
India rejected the key provision of Communist China's proclamation of a cease-fire in the Himalayas. The plan called for Peking to keep its troops deep in Indian territory, something that India says it cannot allow.
At the same time, huge US military transport planes were airlifting supplies to Indian troops near the border area.
Something that has never happened before in the history of the French republic. Charles de Gaulle won a comfortable majority of the 482-member National Assembly. While it may be a normal occurrence elsewhere in the world, no party has ever had a majority in France.
A group of young Republicans have condemned leaders of their party for supporting the campaigns of "segregationist" candidates in the South.

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ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,012	November 26th, 1962 NOVEMBER 26, 1962 ROME STATE HOLDS ON TO BEAT NAVIGATORS 22-20 The collegiate football regular season came to an end with a light final weekend schedule that was highlighted by the annual clash in Philadelphia between the two major service academy teams. The Rome State Centurions avenged a loss to Annapolis Maritime last year by holding off the Navigators 22-20 in a game that was decided by the foot of Kim Honeycutt when the senior Centurions kicker was successful on a 31-yard field goal attempt with 56 seconds remaining in regulation. Rome State led 19-10 entering the final period before Rudy Althoff returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown to give the Navigators life. Johnny Brown put the sailors ahead 20-19 with a 45-yard field goal with a little less than four minutes left to play before Rome State's winning boot. Brown had a chance to win the game for Annapolis Maritime in the closing seconds but his desperation 48-yard field goal did not have the distance to clear the goal posts and the Centurions celebrated their 9th win over Annapolis Maritime in the past ten years. Rome State finishes the season with a 7-3 record, a big step up from their awful 4-6 season a year ago while for the Navigators it is the end of a very disappointing 4-6 season a year after the posted their first perfect 10-0 campaign in school history. Coastal California climbed back into the top twenty five after the Dolphins rebounded from a loss last week to rival CC Los Angeles with a narrow 23-20 victory over Commonwealth Catholic. Wes Moore ran for 142 yards for the Dolphins, scoring two touchdowns including the game winner on a 39-yard run with just 45 seconds left in the game. There was also a late comeback for Liberty College as the Bells Earl Brown connected on a 45-yard field goal late in the game to give Liberty College a 23-20 victory over Oklahoma City State. Elsewhere, North Carolina Tech thumped Garden State 27-7 and Queen City outlasted Wisconsin Catholic 37-34 in overtime. NEW YEARS CLASSIC GAMES ANNOUNCED All eyes will be focused on Houston as the much anticipated showdown between undefeated and number one ranked Lubbock State and second ranked Mississippi A&M while the main course of a busy New Years Day of college football. The Hawks are favoured by 4 points to win the Oilman Classic but they have a less than stellar record on recent New Years Day games. Lubbock State has played in a Classic Game each of the past four years but lost in each of those games including a 23-21 defeat at the hands of Georgia Baptist last year in the Lone Star Classic. Prior to that the Hawks had lost three straight Oilman Classic games and also fell to St. Blane in the 1956 Lone Star Classic. The last time Lubbock State prevailed on New Years was back at the end of the 1955 season when they nipped Miami State 13-10 in the Lone Star Classic. Mississippi A&M, which won its first Deep South Conference title since 1948, has not played on New Years since that 1948 season when they beat Texas Panhandle 38-3 to win the Oilman Classic. It seems a near certainty that the winner of this game will be the national champion. Fans of St. Pancras may feel that if Mississippi A&M upends Lubbock State than perhaps the Lions will deserve the national title should they beat Lawrence State in the Sunshine Classic. St. Pancras enters the game with a 10-0 record and under that scenario would be the only unbeaten team in the nation. This will mark the first Classic game ever for the Syracuse school and they are almost certain to crack the top ten for the first time in school history. Lawrence State, ranked 6th after a 9-1 season and a Plains Athletic Association title, will be making its fourth appearance in the Miami classic game with the most recent one being a 16-3 victory over South Valley State following the 1957 season. Fourth ranked Central Ohio and 10th ranked Lane State will meet in the East-West Classic in a battle of two schools with 9-1 records. It will be the third time in five years the Aviators have won the Great Lakes Alliance and made the trip to Santa Ana for New Years Day but they have lost each of the previous two and are 1-4 all-time in the East-West Classic. The Emeralds won the West Coast Athletic Association title for the first time since 1941 when they beat Eastern State in the East-West Classic. That game was held in New York due to fears of an attack on California by the Japanese shortly after Pearl Harbor. The only other East-West Classic for Lane State was the 1939 game when they tied Noble Jones College 14-14. The Cajun Classic will feature 5th ranked Cumberland, which was ranked number one for much of the season until the Explorers suffered their only loss of the year to Mississippi A&M. Cumberland puts its 9-1 record on the line against 19th ranked Cowpens State (7-3), champions of the South Atlantic Conference. The other Classic matchups see 8th ranked Chesapeake State (9-1) meet 9th ranked Texas Gulf Coast (8-2) in the Bayside Classic, 9-1 Eastern Oklahoma square off with Georgia Baptist (8-2) in a battle of teams ranked 11th and 12th and finally in El Paso, Tx. it will be 7th ranked Mile High State (9-1) facing local favourite El Paso Methodist (8-2) in the Desert Classic. YANKS EXTEND EAST LEAD, RAMBLERS WIN AGAIN The Boston Americans moved a step closer to finishing in first place in the American Football Association East Division since 1955 while the St. Louis Ramblers won for the fifth week in a row and have their eyes on the franchises first-ever West Division title. The Ramblers still have plenty of work to do as their lead is just a half-game over a Chicago Wildcats team that has been nearly as hot as the Ramblers. The St. Louis performance was not pretty yesterday at Pioneer Stadium but they got the job done as they downed visiting San Francisco 12-3 for their fifth straight victory. The Ramblers moved the ball effectively, at least until they reached the redzone as quarterback Jim Driver threw for 103 yards while backs Dean Turgeon and Kevin Van Hook combined for 198 yards on the ground. Despite that, the Ramblers did not find the endzone and had to rely on the leg of Ted Bingaman, who was successful on each of his four field goal attempts, to provide the margin of victory. Next up is a crucial game as the Ramblers head to the Windy City to face the Chicago Wildcats, who are just a half game back of front running St. Louis. The Ramblers started their current five game winning streak with a 38-27 victory over Chicago but that one was at Pioneer Stadium. Chicago has not lost in four games since that battle including a 16-14 road win over Kansas City yesterday that was not decided until Paul Chestnut made good on a 42-yard field goal in the final minute. Third place Houston is 7-4 and still clinging to its playoff hopes as the second year franchise continued its impressive run with a 17-14 victory in Detroit yesterday. The Drillers win spoiled a 163-yard rushing day for veteran Detroit halfback Art Heal. * Americans Bounce Back * The East Division leading Boston Americans have some added breathing room after they bounced back from a loss in Philadelphia last week by rallying to beat struggling Washington 17-7. Bob McKoon's fourth quarter pass to Jack Amodeo put Boston ahead and Kim Ashe returned a Washington fumble for added insurance in the final minute. The Americans are 9-2 and now two full games ahead of the second place New York Stars after the Stars lost a game they were heavily favoured in for the second consecutive Sunday. A week ago it was Washington and this time it was Buffalo that upended the two-time defending AFA champs. Turnovers were once more New York's undoing in absorbing a 28-6 defeat at the hands of the Red Jackets, but this time it was fumbles and not interceptions. Harris Kummer did get picked off once but the Stars lost four fumbles including three that were coughed up by back Reid McDuffy. The Philadelphia Frigates, fresh off a win over first place Boston, missed a big opportunity to pull even with New York but instead the Frigates remain a game behind at 6-5 after losing 23-13 in Cleveland to the Finches. The two clubs will meet again this week in Philadelphia. In the other game yesterday the Los Angeles Tigers downed Pittsburgh 34-20 to keep their slim playoff chances alive. End Tony Riat had a big game for the winners, catching five Garton Bird passes for 104 yards including a 7-yard touchdown strike just before the half. 11 Man Hall Ballot Announced Last year it was first ballot member Joe Hancock who etched his name into baseball history, as the long-time Wolf and Dynamo was included on 92.3% of the ballots submitted by FABL sports writer. This year, no first ballot player seems to have a chance, but 1963 should be the year of Walt Messer. After posting 65% on two ballots, the career Gotham will look to earn votes elsewhere, though with such a consistent career, he shouldn't have to do much convicting. The war took a pair of peak seasons from Messer, but in each season of his sixteen seasons he had an OPS+ and WRC+ above 100. One of the top sluggers of his time, he hit 20+ homers 13 times, 30+ 7 times, and a career high 41 homers in 1948. An 8-Time All-Star, Messer finished his career with exactly 1,500 RBIs and more walks (887) then strikeouts (598). Add in 430 homers, 358 doubles, and a .299/.363/.501 (138 OPS+) career line, and you have one of the most disciplined and dangerous sluggers. Doing it for just one team is impressive too, as the former 2nd Overall pick is the organization's home run and RBI leader, with his name all over the leaderboards. For FABL, he has the 7th most homers and 12th most RBIs, and when you're that high on the league leaderboards, your name deserves to be enshrined with the best of the bests. Here are the other ten guys joining Messer, looking to join the company of the game's elite: C Pete Casstevens (3rd, 14%): .248/.319/.409 (102 OPS+), 7,885 PA, 871 R, 271 2B, 19 3B, 274 RBI, 1,060 RBI, 754 BB, SB, 100 WRC+, 45.5 WAR: 4-Time All-Star catcher for the Gothams and Chiefs. Won two titles, one with both franchises. Skilled defender with some pop and a great eye. RHP George Garrison (3rd, 41.3%): 234-199, SV, 3.34 ERA (119 ERA+), 3.21 FIP (80 FIP-), 4,017.2 IP, 1,283 BB, 1,797 K, 1.31 WHIP, 96.0 WAR: 1945 Allen Winner and 7-Time All-Star who played for the Wolves and Gothams, winning a ring with both teams. For over a decade, formed a dominant 1/2 punch with the recently elected Joe Hancock. 3-Time 20-game winner. RHP Charlie Griffith (1st): 101-89, 10 SV, 4.03 ERA (97 ERA+), 4.17 FIP (105 FIP-), 1,858 IP, 770 BB, 659 K, 1.45 WHIP, 16.3 WAR: One of two surprise first ballot candidates. A somewhat uninspiring career, Griffith was a solid arm for the Cannons who missed three seasons due to the war. Most of his innings came after 1950, and he spent time with the Minutemen and Keystones as well. LHP Jim Kenny (1st): 96-108, 46 SV, 4.01 ERA (100 ERA+), 3.85 FIP (96 FIP-), 1,601.2 IP, 526 BB, 513 K, 1.40 WHIP, 19.7 WAR: The other surprising first ballot option, Jim Kenny was elite for two seasons with the Kings, but then he dealt with the war and plenty of movement. He got time with the Cougars, Keystones, Miners, and Eagles. Each time, two separate stints. I guess that's pretty cool! LF Leo Mitchell (4th, 23.7%): .322/.368/.442 (127 OPS+), 9,629 PA, 1,313 R, 356 2B, 46 3B, 205 HR, 1,170 RBI, 639 BB, 106 SB, 129 WRC+, 46.7 WAR: One of the most consistent FABL hitters, Leo Mitchell produced a WRC+ of 125 or better for nine consecutive seasons. After two below average ones, he put up three more, and aside from his 13 game sample at 42, he finished off with three more above average seasons. Robbed of two Whitney awards, he was selected to 8-All Star games and the career Cougar is the franchise home run leader. He also had a notable season in 1951, where at 38 he stole more bases (34) then the nine prior. RHP David Molina (3rd, 32.3%): 99-78, 253 SV, 3.29 ERA (117 ERA+), 3.51 FIP (91 FIP-), 1,273 IP, 646 BB, 835 K, 1.38 WHIP, 13.0 WAR: A pioneer pitcher who proved that an elite stopper can make a huge difference. Selected to 6 All-Star games and pitched with the Sailors and Cougars. His 253 saves are the most in FABL history, and would be higher had he not missed three seasons serving his country. Led the Conti in saves in 9 of his 12 seasons. C Adam Mullins (8th, 49.0%): .304/.393/.420 (127 OPS+), 6,993 PA, 848 R, 389 2B, 39 3B, 78 HR, 811 RBI, 909 BB, SB, 130 WRC+, 56.0 WAR: A top-5 catcher who was never the best due to some Hall-of-Famers, but always useful for his team. Part of two major blockbusters, the first after a trade was held up due to a player not wanting to move to Canada. An 11-Time All-Star, Mullins won the 1943 Whitney before serving his country for two years. In Montreal and Cincinnati, he was only an above average hitter, but later in his career with Detroit and Brooklyn, all the years of catching caught up to him. Crazy he's failed seven times when he has arguments for being a first ballot selection. CF Sal Pestilli (4th, 19.0%): .271/.326/.464 (118 OPS+), 8,572 PA, 1,169 R, 271 2B, 153 3B, 311 HR, 1,222 RBI, 645 SB, 205 SB, 116 WRC+, 68.7 WAR: When he was being scouted out of college, scouts thought Pestilli would be an all-time great. Skipped the minor leagues and quickly looked like won, even winning a Whitney in his second season. Was selected to 9 All-Star games, but after serving his country, never quite looked the same. A rare power/speed combo, he spent time with the Dynamos, Gothams, Cougars, and Saints, still hitting 300 homers despite expectations for him to do so much more. SS Skipper Schneider (3rd, 16.0%): .277/.330/.367 (98 OPS+), 9,180 PA, 989 R, 390 2B, 8 13B, 69 HR, 955 RBI, 685 BB, 149 SB, 96 WRC+, 88.4 WAR: One of the greatest defenders in FABL history, Skipper Schneider was a mainstay at the top of the CA shortstop leaders during his career, putting together a rare +54 zone rating in 1945. The 10-Time All-Star accumulated an absurd 407.5 zone rating at short, and his 1.100 efficiency at the position explains he was 100% better then the average shortstop. Add that with an average bat, and it's a shock he's gotten so few votes so far. Spent his whole career with the Cougars. RF Al Tucker (5th, 40.3%): .323/.377/.426 (125 OPS+), 9,098 PA, 1,068 R, 341 2B, 31 3B, 150 HR, 1,205 RBI, 735 BB, 5 SB, 122 WRC+, 38.5 WAR: 6-Time All-Star and 2-Time World Champ who spent his entire career with the Pioneers. Won three batting titles and spent a decade and a half as a key contributor of the Pioneers lineup. Hit well over .300 for his career and 11 times in 14 full seasons. Most of these guys have cases, some more then others, but each writer is only allowed to select five players for their ballot. TWIFS head baseball columnist Archie Irwin will continue to make his ballot public, and before votes are due in early January, other writers may share their thoughts and selections as well. Cleveland claimed Ukrainian pitcher Rex Dziuk off waivers from Toronto. 33, Dzuik debuted in 1952 with the Miners, playing there until 1957, where he was 9-11 with a Fed high 23 saves. The Wolves traded for him in the offseason, where he spent the last five seasons. For his career, he's 61-45 with 94 saves, a 4.11 ERA (106 ERA+), 1.52 WHIP, and 457 strikeouts. One of the teams with very little on their 40, Dzuik will make 30 for the Foresters, who may be extremely active in the coming Rule-5 draft. Once he is added, only the Minutemen (24), Millers (27), and Keystones (29) have fewer then 30 protected players, while none of the twenty FABL teams have a full 40. Sticking with Cleveland, there are rumblings that they are engaged with top free agent outfielder Chief Lewis (.247, 14, 62, 11). The outfield is full with Sherry Doyal (.308, 26, 101, 6), Tom Carr (.299, 4, 83, 29), and Earl Howe (.264, 28, 94, 6), but the Foresters have never been shy about adding quality players to fill their bench. Chicago Cougar fans may have a tough time picking who they want on their Hall of Fame ballot. Five of the eleven players spent at least three full seasons on the Cougars, while Leo Mitchell and Skipper Schneider spent the entirety of their careers, draft to retirement, in Cougar threads. Along with Mitchell and Skipper, only Wally Messer can make this claim, though Al Tucker only played in FABL with the Pioneers. It's easy to forget, but he was selected by the Saints in the 3rd Round of the 1931 draft. If Tucker is inducted, he will be part of a rare swap of Hall of Famers, as him and Heinie Zimmer were traded for Hall-of-Famer Tom Bird, Jim Honeywood, and Jake DeYoung. MOTORS REVVING UP IN NAHC With a seven game unbeaten streak the Detroit Motors are suddenly the hottest team in the North American Hockey Confederation. The Motors, who won each of the past two Challenge Cups, have won five and tied two of their last seven games and have moved into first place in the NAHC, four points ahead of second place Montreal- the team Detroit beat in the Cup Finals last spring. The Motors strength has been their defensive work and goaltending as Detroit's duo of Charlie Dell and Sebastien Goulet have been the talk of the league with a combined goals against average of 1.95, a half goal better than any other team in the league. Detroit has been impressed enough with the 34-year-old Dell, who was acquired from Toronto over the summer, that they offered him a one year contract extension. Dell never got the chance to be the number one guy in Toronto and was expendable because the Dukes had such goaltending depth, but he appears to have found a home in the Motor City. NAHC RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21 Boston 8 at New York 1: After Boston's eight game unbeaten streak was snapped with a loss to Detroit on Sunday, the Bees came out with a vengeance on this night, firing 44 shots at the New York net and blasting the Shamrocks 8-1. Jimmy Rucks scored a hat track while Neil Wilson added a goal and an assist for the Bees, who led 4-0 after twenty minutes and 8-0 after forty. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22 New York 4 at Boston 1: Boston blew out the Shamrocks in New York last night but the Greenshirts earned a measure of revenge with a 4-1 road victory of their own at Denny Arena. Sam Arneil's first period goal stood up until Luke Mongeau evened things up for the Bees just under three minutes into the final frame. New York caught fire with goals from Sam LePage, Mitch Parsons and Ken Bouvette to claim the victory despite being outshot 47-25. It was Joe Echum's NAHC debut as the 31-year-old goaltender finally reached the show after a decade toiling in the minors. Toronto 4 at Chicago 0: There had been workers in the Toronto papers about the Dukes lack of scoring of late but goalie Mike Connelly ensured the Dukes did not need much offense on this night. Connelly stopped all 27 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season as the Dukes blanked the Chicago Packers 4-0. Quinton Pollack scored for Toronto, but it was just his 6th of the season - a low total by his lofty standards- while Charles Brochu had a pair of assists. Montreal 1 at Detroit 1: Waiver wire pickup Robert Ling, cast aside by the New York Shamrocks, continues to be the biggest surprise of the season for the Detroit Motors as the 24-year-old defenseman scored his 8th goal of the season, two more than he managed in 107 career games with New York. It was the only puck the Motors put past Nathan Bannister in the Montreal net as both he and Detroit's Sebastien Goulet had strong games between the pipes. Ling scored in the first period on the power play but Jim Drury equaled things for Montreal with an even strength marker in the middle frame. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24 Detroit 1 at Chicago 0: Detroit is unbeaten in six while Chicago is winless in six after Charlie Dell and the Motors blanked the Packers 1-0. Alex Guindon scored the only goal of the game early in the third period as Andrew Bomberry was outstanding in the Chicago net. Boston 3 at Montreal 7: Montreal moved a point ahead of Chicago and into second place with a convincing 7-3 victory on home ice over the visiting Boston Bees. Dick Pepe scored once and added three assists for the Valiants, who also benefitted from three helpers courtesy of defensive stalwart Mark Moggy. Jack Adamle, in just his second game in Montreal this season after starting the year in Syracuse, scored twice as did Tony Delvecchio. Montreal is 2-0-2 in its last four games New York 1 at Toronto 0: The Dukes offensive shortage was mentioned earlier in the week and it cropped up here as despite outshooting the Shamrocks 32-20, the Dukes lost 1-0 at Dominion Gardens. Marc-Antonio Huot scored on the powerplay in the first period for the only goal of the game. Shamrocks veteran Alex Sorrell earned his first shutout of the season and the 47th of his career. The Dukes have lost four of their last five games and scored only three times in those four defeats. SUNDAY JANUARY 6 Toronto 3 at Boston 2: The Boston Bees took a 2-0 lead on visiting Toronto thanks to goals from Jesse Mayea and Jean Lebel before Ken Jamieson took over for Toronto. The veteran Dukes forward scored the final three goals of the game - a natural hat trick- to salvage a win for the Dukes. Dukes fans hope that gets the 32-year-old out of a slump that had seen him score just twice in Toronto's first 18 games. Chicago 1 at Detroit 4: Seems to be no slowing down the Motors, who topped visiting Chicago 4-1 to run their unbeaten string to seven games. The Packers have dropped three in a row and are winless in six. Hobie Barrell, Robert Ling -who continues his torrid pace with his 9th of the season from the blueline-, Zach Roy and Charles Beauregard had the Detroit goals while Guy Bernier was the only Packer to beat Charlie Dell in the Detroit net. Montreal 1 at New York 3: Things are looking up for the Shamrocks, who have won three in a row and have just one loss in their last seven outings. They ended Montreal's four-game unbeaten streak with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Valiants. Fred Gallatin, James O'Reilly and Sam LePage scored for the winners with Adam Scanlan's first of the season being Montreal's only reply. UPCOMING GAMES THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29 Chicago at Boston New York at Detroit Toronto at Montreal SATURDAY DECEMBER 1 Chicago at Montreal Boston at Detroit SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 Montreal at Boston New York at Chicago Toronto at Detroit Duke Rebound Win Two of Three After a tough week trying to find the back of the net the Dukes snapped their losing streak starting in the Lakeside Aud Thursday night. Against the Packers before 15545 the teams played a closer to the vest game than has been the norm for the Dukes this season. A tight checking first 20 ended scoreless with neither Connelly nor Andrew Bomberry being forced to make tough stops. The visitors opened the scoring early in the second after Stukas returned to the penalty box to finish his roughing call when Andrew Williams beat Bomberry from in tight off a Poulin rebound. Before the period was half over Knackstedt notched another man advantage goal from Brochu, Pollack. One of the turning points of the game came after Tim Brooks was assessed a major for a head shot with 2:16 left in the second. Leading by two Toronto managed to hold the Packers off the scoresheet for the entire five minutes, helped out when Morissette made it 4 on 4 after a tripping call early in the third. . Chicago pressed but could not beat Connelly, two goals in the final minute, one by Amesbury into an empty net then Pollack with 11 seconds remaining in the game. Connelly picked up the first star of the game making 27 saves for his first shutout of the year. Toronto returned to Dominion Gardens to host the suddenly hot Shamrocks. NY took the lead early in the first when Marc-Antoine Huot converted passes from Fred Gallatin, Alex Breen after Knackstedt had been sent off for interference, a call Bear vehemently disagreed with in both words and actions behind the bench. Shamrocks know they are not gifted with offense so they finish every check while trying to force the play to the outside. They also effectively clear rebounds, a fact that Dukes fans witnessed on this night. Dukes controlled the puck, the tempo of the game but were not able to get many high quality shots from dangerous areas of the 32 on Alex Sorrell. After shutting out Chicago the Dukes were blanked 1-0 by Sorrell for his first whitewash of the year. Denny Arena was the site of the Sunday game between the Bs and Dukes. The team's train was held up on the way into Boston by a derailment. The team did not arrive into South Station until after 9:00 with a grumpy group of players. The team seemed sluggish to start the game, they were victimized by Jesse Mayea's fourth goal of the season 8:16 into the game in a period in which Boston outshot Toronto 14-7. Dukes found their legs in the second after Jean Lebel put the Bs up 2-0 Ken Jamieson had two goals in the final six minutes to the tie the game going into the third. Boston could have been in worse shape after 40 minutes had it not been for Oscar James' heroics been the pipes in a period where the shots were 19-2 for Toronto. The final 20 was relatively tight checking with both teams looking for an opening to break the tie. Dukes finally got the chance they needed when Jamieson completed his hattrick tapping in a loose rebound at 14:01, this was way the game ended with the Dukes capturing the two points 3-2. Coach Bear- " I had a feeling early this year that goals were going to tough to come by, it has proven out six weeks into the season. Look at Detroit, they are in first allowing less than two goals a game. Most year a team allowing 2.6 goals a game would be a force not struggling to get to .500 as we are through 20 games. We lead the league in goals for but it looks like we have to tighten down a little bit when we are defending, our goaltenders are playing well we just have to make it a little easier on them by taking care of rebounds limiting second chances. One game in November in Montreal with a goal of going into December with an even record." * Wolves Tales * The Wolves are busy finalizing their additions to the protected 40-man roster. The team had Rex Dzuik claimed off waiver by Cleveland after placing pitchers Danny Horne, Jimmy Blair, Charlie Davidson, Bob Campbell on the 40-man. Toronto now has 8 open spots on the 40-man inside word is that they will fill at least 5 or 6 more spots before the upcoming Rule 5 draft. Full Court Press: November 19-25, 1962 Boston and Washington have played three of their four straight head-to-head games in Washington, with the Centurions coming out ahead twice before Washington won the most recent meeting. If Washington can split the series with a win tomorrow night, the Statesmen can push to within a half-game of the Cents for first place. As it stands now, Boston is a game-and-a-half in front at week’s end. Boston’s starting five all scored in double figures led by center George Stevens in an 89-72 victory on Wednesday. Point guard Steve Barrell turned in a triple-double with 21 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in an 86-68 win on Friday. On Sunday afternoon, the third game proved to be a defensive struggle with Washington coming out on top, 69-47. Ossie Waid racked up 24 points and 15 rebounds in the win, which saved Washington from losing three straight and further panicking the home crowd. The first three games each had over 6,000 fans in attendance, but each game ushered in a little less, telling a tale of a frustrated fan base that was just getting used to a return to relevance. Detroit and Toronto faced off seven straight times in what felt like a playoff series. Each team won three before Detroit took the rubber match. Since that game, Toronto is doing its best to match Detroit game for game. The Mustangs are red-hot and off to a 10-3 start with four consecutive wins in the bank including both contests this week. The Falcons have reeled off three straight victories since playing Detroit to pop above .500 for the first time all year at 8-7. Toronto had a clean sweep this week over St. Louis in a pair of matchups and a game in Chicago. Fred Lillard averaged 25 points last week, boosting his candidacy in the scoring race to second place at 22.5 points per game. Lillard trails the Knights Howie Farrell by a half-point. Toronto’s four-game streak is tied with New York for the longest current streak in the league. With their most recent win, the 8-7 Knights are above break-even for the first time this season. All four of the wins on this streak have been against Philadelphia. Howie Farrell averaged 25.8 points during the streak, but 30-year-old Lee Maroney has emerged as a scoring threat this season. Maroney is now getting consistent starts for the first time in his eighth pro season, all with the Knights. In 15 games – 14 starts – this year, he has averaged 15.3 points and 12.6 rebounds per contest. This week was Maroney’s coming out party. In Thursday night’s 90-84 win against the Phantoms, Maroney set a career high with 30 points to go with 19 rebounds, which tied a personal best. In Sunday’s 81-78 victory, Maroney helped pad the 53-to-44 rebounding lead for New York in the game with another 19 boards and he supplemented Farrell’s 25 points with 17 points of his own. TECHSERS TAKE OVER TOP RANKING After skipping the slate of preseason tournaments North Carolina Tech made its collegiate basketball season debut last week with a road win in Hartford, downing Constitution State 58-48 behind the hot hand of junior Joe Darnell. The 6'7" forward makes an imposing team when joined by senior All-American candidate Earl Arsenault, who plays center and is measured at a towering 6'11". Darnell scored 17 points and the duo combined for 16 rebounds in what proved to be a fairly easy time with the Senators. The Techsters led 27-13 at the half before taking the foot off the gas in the second half. That victory convinced the pollsters to move North Carolina Tech up a spot to number one in the rankings. The preseason number two leapfrogs idle Central Ohio. The Aviators, who were crowned champions of the prestigious Jack Easton Tournament 10 days ago and are 4-0, will not return to action until December 7. Central Ohio's Great Lakes Alliance rival Whitney College also tipped off its season last week. The preseason number seven has climbed up to third in the rankings with victories over Brooklyn State and Maumee State. The Engineers senior guard duo of Luke Pfingsten and Dan Munger each scored 14 points in the season opening 63-54 win over the Bears in Gary, IN., last Tuesday and they followed that up with a Thursday night trip to Toledo where they blasted the Maumee State Millers 67-35. Lane State, which is credited with the best freshman recruiting class led by guard Red McKinnon, holds strong at number four in this weeks poll. The Emeralds had a pair of impressive wins two weeks ago in winning the Preseason Tournament of Champions which included wins over two ranked teams in Indiana A&M and preseason number one Carolina Poly, were off last week but they return to action tonight with a trip to Missouri to face the Lambert College Stags. Redwood, which like Lane State competes in the West Coast Athletic Association, rounds out the top five as the Mammoths a win in the 8-team West Coast Classic preseason event with a 55-43 victory over George Fox University to improve to 4-0. RECENT KEY RESULTS Former World Heavyweight Champion Steve Leivers claimed a fifth round knockout win over Kyle Wynn in London, England. It marked the 33-year-old's 50th career victory against just 3 defeats. Leivers gained fame seven years ago when he beat Joe Brinkworth to claim the world title and then successfully defended it against the great Joey Tierney before eventually surrendering the belt to Brad Harris. Leivers had another shot at the belt a year and a half ago but came up short against George Galleshaw, prompting a return to his native England. UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS December 22- World Middleweight champion Lyman King puts his perfect 40-0 record on the line against former champion George Quisenberry in Los Angeles. King beat Quisenberry to claim the tile last January in New York and made successful defenses against Steve Bradshaw in May and George Hatchell in September. Quisenberry, a 27-year-old Canadian, held the title for nearly two and a half years before falling to King. He waited eight months after the loss to King before returning to the ring, knocking out Billy Randall in September to improve to 39-2-3. The Week That Was Current events from the week ending 11/25/1962 President Kennedy finished his inspection of the atomic firepower of the 1st Armored Division in Fort Stewart, GA., by telling reporters he expressed the hope that a new round of East-West disarmament negotiations will end "the upward spiral of weapons competition." The Castro government offered to allow UN inspection of Soviet withdrawal of offensive weapons but only if the UN confirms the dismantling of bases from which counter-revolutionaries are operating against the Castro regime. India rejected the key provision of Communist China's proclamation of a cease-fire in the Himalayas. The plan called for Peking to keep its troops deep in Indian territory, something that India says it cannot allow. At the same time, huge US military transport planes were airlifting supplies to Indian troops near the border area. Something that has never happened before in the history of the French republic. Charles de Gaulle won a comfortable majority of the 482-member National Assembly. While it may be a normal occurrence elsewhere in the world, no party has ever had a majority in France. A group of young Republicans have condemned leaders of their party for supporting the campaigns of "segregationist" candidates in the South.