- 1905-1906

Played homw games at Beacon Hall in the Kensington district of Philadelphia. Also played some games at Disston Hall.

 

BEACON  PBL  5-23  ### CASKY 3-15
FRED ECKHARDT 2-8
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT     COLLEGE     GA FG FT PTS AVG.
### McGarvey F 18 30 77 137 7.6
Carl Harverson F  20 6:02  200  Bucknell 23 47 5 99 4.3
John Donohue C 22 6:00 165 None 26 49 188 286 11.0
Charlie Haug G 18 5:05 130 None 26 24 9 57 2.2
### Nick F 9 4 0 8 0.9
George Bates F-C 30 5:09 170 None to Baldwin 5 5 9 19 3.8
Carl Krebs G 22 5:09 155 Drexel’02 5 4 2 10 2.0
Lem Walton F fr Trenton 1 2 0 4 4.0
Spike Craig G 26 12 2 0 4 0.3
Ed Toner C-F 24 5:07 160 None to St.Simeon 1 1 0 2 2.0
Eddie Bacon G 21 6:00 180 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
### Shibe F-G fr Jasper 1 1 0 2 2.0
Willie Dunn F 22 5:11 170 Penn State’05 fr Jasper 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Holmes G 7 0 0 0 0.0
Joe DeBarth G 18 5:05 130 None 7 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games  at Tuxedo Hall in Philadelephia – Seating capacity – 1,800

 

DE NERI  PBL  24-6 CHARLIE BOSSERT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Joe Fogarty F 20 5:09 165 None 12 74 83 231 19.3
Walter Brady F 20 5:09 160 None 30 74 0 148 4.9
Charlie Bossert C-G 32 6:00 185 Temple’99 30 94 185 373 12.4
Billy Markward G 27 6:00 180 None 28 50 0 100 3.6
Winnie Kinkaide G 24 5:10 185 None 28 14 0 28 1.0
Steve Ford F-C-G 20 6:00 165 None 26 87 0 174 6.7
Harry Smith F-G 21 5:04 125 None to Jasper 3 5 19 29 9.7
### Hyland F 8 1 0 2 0.3
### Miller F 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played at America Hall in East Falls district of Philadelphia.

 

EAST FALLS CLIFF CLIMBERS  PBL 17-11 M.W. HESS
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Chick Clayton F-G 33 5:07 140 None 26 59 149 267 10.3
Eddie Ferat F-G 24 5:09 165 None 25 72 6 150 6.0
Jinks King C-G-F 24 5:09 155 None 20 26 0 52 2.6
Charlie Devine G-C 23 5:10 165 Penn State’04 23 39 7 85 3.7
Mike Wilson G-F 22 6:00 175 None 25 63 49 175 7.0
Whitey Mallon G-F 21 5:10 150 None 11 31 0 62 5.6
Snake Deal F 26 6:00 165 None 4 12 30 54 13.5
Jack Redington F 21 5:08 140 None 3 5 11 21 7.0
Charlie Shock C-G-F 19 5:11 None 12 9 0 18 1.5
Bill Roth C 1 0 0 0 0.0

Bridesburg resigned from league on December 18, 1905 with 0-6 record. Bridesberg played home games at Petner’s Hall in Philadelphia.

Franchise transferred to Trenton, NJ on December 20, 1905. Played home games at Masonic Temple – Capacity – 1,600.

Resigned from the league with 1-9 record. Franchise was transferred back to Philadelphia. Team known as Baldwin

began play on January 26, 1906. Played home games at Stratton Hall in Fairmont district of Philadelphia.

Bridesburg = *   Trenton = #    Baldwin = @

 

BALDWIN  PBL 4-24 LEN PLANT 0-6
HARRY STOUT 1-9
GEORGE BATES 3-9
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT     COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Steve White F 24 5:06 145 None fr Beacon 6 19 58 96 16.0 @
George Bates F-C 30 5:09 170 None fr Beacon 17 25 35 85 5.0 @
Charlie Ritter C-F 21 5:10 150 None 14 60 0 120 8.6 # @
John McGowan G-F     29 5:08 8 8 19 35 4.4 @
Bobby Mayham G 21 5:08 160 None 15 15 0 30 2.0 @
Harry Stout F 26 5:09 160 None 4 13 18 44 11.0 #
Sam  Patterson C-F 5 7 13 27 5.4 *
Pete Riley G-C-F 24 6:00 190 3 10 6 26 8.7 *#
Len Plant F-G 22 5:10 170 None 2 1 23 25 12.5 *
Eddie Davis G 6 9 5 23 3.8 @
Fred Schipski G-F 22 5:08 150 None 3 7 2 16 5.3 #
Heine Henschel G 21 5:11 180 None 4 7 1 15 3.8 *
### Doyle F-C 4 5 5 15 3.8 *
Butch Grant F 1 4 0 8 8.0 #
J.McLaughlin G 9 3 0 6 0.7 @
George Beale G 30 5:09 None 2 1 1 3 1.5 @
Al Cooper G 28 5:11 155 None 1 1 0 2 2.0 #
Arthur Attwood G 22 5:10 155 None 1 1 0 2 2.0 #
### Jolly C 1 1 0 2 2.0 *
Alois Getzinger C 24 6:00 170 None 1 1 0 2 2.0 *
### Kline F-G 2 1 0 2 1.0 *
### Ackley G-C-F 4 1 0 2 0.5 *
Fred Eckhardt G 24 5:11 190 None 1 0 0 0 0.0 *
Jack McCullough G Temple’99 1 0 0 0 0.0 *
Jack Lloyd G 22 1 0 0 0 0.0 *
### Rope G 2 1 0 2 1.0 *
Lem Walton G 2 1 0 2 2.0 #
### McGarrity C-G 1 0 0 0 0.0 @
### Barker G 1 0 0 0 0.0 @

Played at Keystone Hall in East Falls district of Philadelphia.

 

JASPER  PBL  9-19 BILL KENNEDY
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Johnny McGraw F 23 5:07 145 None 25 65 131 261 10.4
Whitey Schwer F 21 29 84 142 6.8
Lew Winch C-G 23 5:11 200 None 26 32 0 64 2.5
Dippy Obermeier G 24 5:08 145 None 20 17 0 34 1.7
Andy Cameron G 24 5:08 145 None 19 13 0 26 1.4
Herm Baetzel C-F 24 5:10 170 None 16 34 0 68 4.3
Willie Dunn F 22 5:11 170 Penn State’05 to Beacon 3 4 20 28 9.3
### Stanger G 6 7 4 18 3.0
Harry Smith G 21 5:04 125 None fr De Neri 1 0 4 4 4.0
### Shibe G to Beacon 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games  at Masonic Hall in Manayunk district of Philadelphia.

 

MANAYUNK YUNKERS  PBL 22-8

M.J. McHALE
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Joe Scherer F-C 24 5:10 160 None 28 65 213 343 12.3
Al McWilliams F-C 20 6:01 155 None 30 102 1 205 6.8
Ivan Loos C-F 27 5:09 180 Ursinus(Pa) 28 58 0 116 4.1
Gus Krueger G 25 5:09 170 None 26 32 1 65 2.5
Billy Loos G-C 21 5:11 155 None 30 29 0 58 1.9
Al Bloom F 18 21 89 131 7.3
Al Glassey G-F 23 5:11 170 Temple’00 13 21 8 50 3.8
 ### Brown G 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Curry F 1 0 0 0 0.0
### O’Neill G 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at Natatorium Hall in Philadelphia – Seating capacity – 900

 

NORTH PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES PBL – 15-13 DAN HAGGARTY
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Howard Thomas F-G 24 5:09 165 23 17 164 198 8.6
Elwood Gowdy F 20 5:08 160 None 27 72 0 144 5.3
Dan Haggarty C-G 24 6:00 170 None 27 67 0 134 5.0
John Plant G-F 28 5:09 185 None 27 26 0 52 1.9
Dan Schaeffer G 25 5:06 155 None 21 9 18 36 1.7
Jack Reynolds F-C 28 5:10 170 None 13 15 124 154 11.8
John Kerswell G 20 5:08 175 None 7 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at St. Simeon Gymnasium, known as “the Pit” in Philadelphia.

 

ST.SIMEON SAINTS  PBL  18-12 JACK BOYD
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Kid Dark F 19 5:06 None 28 51 256 358 12.8
Dick Cole F-G 26 75 1 151 5.8
Ed Toner C-F 24  5:07  160 None fr Beacon 27 95 28 218 8.1
Ollie McLaughlin G-C 22 5:10 165 None 26 6 0 12 0.5
Jack Boyd G 23 5:09 150 None 24 9 0 18 0.8
### Devlin F-C-G 6:01 9 2 0 4 0.4
John Wick F-C-G Temple 5 2 0 4 0.8
Leo Haggarty G 22 5:10 155 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
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