The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-20
Mays Performance Against Army Rated
As outstanding Sports Surprise Of 46
Cardinals Upset Victory
Over Boston Voted Al
No. z By Writers

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-P-The
year 1916 was a surprising one to
sports fans and experts alike and
the experts had a terrific time de-
Gliding which was the most surpris-
ing event.
In a showdown vote, 70 sports
writer's throughout the nation parti-
ciating in the Associated Press
year-end poll finally gave the Navy
football teams performance
against the mighty, unbeaten Army
squad an edge I'VE the St. Louis
Cardinals defeat of the Boston Red
Sox in the World Series.
Navy, losing the big game by a
21-18 score after being stopped on
the three yard line in the final
minute of play, drew 26 f~irst-place
ballots as providing the years
biggest surprise.
Fifteen more writers gave that
near-upset by a team which had
won only one. game their second
choice votes and one picked the
midshipmen third.
The Cardinals upset victory over
Boston was voted the No. i sur.
prise by 81 writer's with ten second.
place and n third : place vote
tossed in.
But various other surprises of the
world series also came in for at
tention, including Ted Williams
failure to aforementioned by five
experts-Rudy York's home runs,
Harry Brecheen's pitching and
Enos Slaughter's running.
Scoring the votes on a 3-2-1 basis,
the Navy footballers earned los
points and the various aspects oil
the World Series 103 points. Not all
the writer's cast second and third.
place ballots.
One listed the Red Sox runaway
victory in the American League
pennant race as an even bigger
surprise than their defeat in the
series and another gave his frs
choice to 1.-THE surprise experienced
by Boston's John Pesky as he
turned toward home plate in the
closing series came to see Enos
Slaughter streahing in with the
winning rum"
Princeton's football victory over
Pennsylvania received a one-point
margin over the Brooklyn Dodgers
feat of tieing the Cardinals for the
National League pennant and Their
losing in a playoff in the ballotins
for the third biggest surprise. The
Tigers received 10 points and the
Dodgers II.
By compiling an indicated sea
son and winning a place in the
Rose Bowl game, Bert Lab
rucherie's U. c. l.. A.. team earned
three tirst-place votes. The Dodg
ers and Phillies drew two apiece
and the others were scattered
among more than a dozen indivi
duals and events.
Football upsets, as usual, drew
considerable attention with ter
different games, including the
Army : Notre Dame ~scoreless tie
coming in for mention.
The outstanding surprises of 1916 (firs
place vote in parentheses) with points
based on three for first place, two fol
second and one for third:
Navy VS.. Army, football ------(26) 10!
Cardinals in World Series ---(2D 8.
Princeton VS.. Penn, footba1l--( u II
Brooklyn Dodgers. baseball----( y i
LEILA football ---- 81
Philadelphia Phillies, %baseball--( y
Mickey Vernon, baseball -- u
Lloyd Mangrum, golf ---
Ted Williams, baseball---
Texas Defeats, footbal1---( u
Michigan VS.. Ohio State,
Army VS.. Notre Dame, football y ,
Other first place votes: Enos Slaughter
baseball; release of Joe Mccarthy ane
Jimmy Dykes within "a hours, baseball
Louis-Conn fight; Ted Bishop, golf; Idaho
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