- 1907-1908

Played home games at Tuxedo Hall in Philadelphia.

 

DE NERI  PBL    15-10 CHARLIE BOSSERT
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Howard Thomas F 26 5:09 165 Temple 20 50 238 338 16.9
George Bates F-G 32 5:09 170 None fr Stratton 20 32 26 90 4.5
Steve Ford C-F 22 6:00 165 None 23 72 0 144 6.3
Charlie Bossert G-C 34 6:00 185 Temple’99 24 36 32 104 4.3
John Halsall G 22 5:10 160 21 16 0 32 1.5
Dick Cole F fr East Falls 18 28 27 83 4.6
Charles Hetzel F 23 5:08 155 None 4 8 0 16 4.0
Al Bloom F 5 6 0 12 2.4
Gus Krueger G 27 5:09 170 fr Manayunk 4 2 0 4 1.0
David McBurney F-G 21 5:10 155 None 10 1 0 2 0.2
Hilly Wallace F 29 6:00 180 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
### Buckley to N.Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Specht F 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Scholtz 1 0 0 0 0.0
Whitey Schwer F     32 to East Falls

Played home games at Rock Springs Park in East Liverpool, Ohio  – Seating Capacity – 2,500. Also played some home games in Beaver Falls, Pa.

 

EAST LIVERPOOL POTTERS CBL  53-19  WINNIE KINKAIDE
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Snake Deal F-G 28 6:00 165 None 41 160 92 412 10.0
Eddie Ferat F 26 5:08 168 None 65 247 42 536 8.2
Bill Keenan C 27 6:00 165 None Injured 55 188 0 376 6.8
Joe Fogarty G-F 22 5:09 165 None 60 251 373 875 14.6
Winnie Kinkaide C 26 5:11 180 None 71 93 0 186 2.6
John Pennino C-F 27 6:01 175 None 66 137 0.0 274 4.2
Tommy Cartwright G 23 5:09 180 None 6 2 0.0 4 0.7
Samuel Bucher F 20 5:10 155 None 4 0 0.0 0 0.0

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Played home games at St.Vincent’s Hall in Germantown district of Philadelphia.

 

GERMANTOWN  PBL  21-7 AL GLASSEY
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Buck Reilly F    21 5:06  140 None 25 81 148 310 12.4
Maas Brooks F-C-G 5:08 23 36 0 72 3.1
Ivan Loos C 29 5:09 180 Ursinus(Pa) Fr Manayunk 26 61 0 122 4.7
Al Glassey G-F 25 5:11 170 Temple’00 26 46 134 226 8.7
John Featherstone G-F 23 6:01 165 None 21 36 0 72 3.4
Billy Loos F-G 23 5:11 155 None 28 16 0 32 1.1
Husky Stout G 9 5 0 10 1.1

Played home games at the Keaggy Theatre Rink in Greensburg, Pennsylvania – Seating Capacity – 1,200

 

GREENSBURG TUBERS  CBL  28-42  PETE LAMB 6-9
KID DARK 22-23
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS         GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Kid Dark F 21 5:06 150 None 55 126 45 297 5.4
Steve White G-F 26 5:06 140 None 65 157 668 982 15.1
Billy Kummer C-G 19 5:10 165 Butler Business Suspended 22 85 24 194 8.8
Eddie Miller G-C 26 6:02 175 None 67 96 0 192 2.9
Mike Wilson G-F-C 24 6:00 175 None 44 106 0 212 4.8
Judy McGregor F-G 25 5:09 165 Indiana Normal’04 51 68 0 136 2.7
Ed Toner G-F 24 5:11 160 None 14 52 8 112 8.0
Pete Lamb F 24 5:10 180 RPI to McKeesport 13 20 0 40 3.1
Bill McLafferty G 33 5:10 175 None 11 16 3 35 3.2
Gus Krueger G 23 5:09 170 None 11 11 0 22 2.0
Bill Powell C 22 6:02 180 None to Homestead 9 9 0 18 2.0
Mike Watson F 1 1 0 2 2.0
Earl Hostetter G 22 None 3 1 0 2 0.7

Played home games the Homestead Opera House in Homestead, Pennsylvania – Capacity – 1,200

 

HOMESTEAD YOUNG AMERICANS  CBL –  32-38  ROY STEELE
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Jackie Adams F 22 5:08 150 None 67 146 605 897 13.4
Roy Steele F-G 21 5:11 175 None 67 226 3 455 6.8
Bill Powell C 22 6:02 185 None (BB) (fr Greenburg) 53 135 1 271 5.1
Allie Brown G-F-C 23 6:02 180 None 58 99 0 198 3.4
Dutch Wohlfarth G 19 5:09 160 None 29 95 0 190 6.6
Thomas Lowery F 24 None 24 82 6 170 7.1
Bill Murray P-G 28 50 3 103 3.7
### Jones G 16 16 0 32 2.0
Bob Silvus C 25 6:02 170 None 2 1 0 2 1.0
George Lloyd G 24 5:09 155 Iron City Business School’02 2 0 0 0 0.0

Manayunk played home games at Loughlin Hall in Philadelphia.

 

MANAYUNK YUNKERS  PBL 13-11 M.J. McHALE
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Al McWilliams F-C 22 6:01 155 None fr North Wales 28 92 23 207 7.4
Jimmy Rumsey F-C 21 5:04 130 None 14 17 85 119 8.5
Joe Cavanaugh C-F 21 6:00 170 None 22 52 7 111 5.0
Archie Cavanaugh G-F 26 5:10 155 None 22 49 0 98 4.5
Willie Cavanaugh G-F 25 5:11 165 None 23 13 0 26 1.1
### Hope G-F 7 6 39 51 7.3
### Aikens F-G 16 19 5 43 2.7
### Murray F-C-G 5 3 9 15 3.0
Charlie Carr F 25 5:11 175 None 3 2 3 7 2.3
Bill Donley 5:11 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Gus Krueger G-F 27 5:09 170 None to DeNeri

Played home games in McKeesport, Pennsylvania at the Ninth Avenue Skating Rink -Seating capacity – 2,500

 

McKEESPORT MAJESTICS  CBL  21-49 ANDY SEARS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Jimmy Hann F-G 24 5:11 165 None 59 158 0 316 5.4
Pete Lamb F-G 24 5:10 180 RPI fr Greensburg 37 97 5 199 5.4
Alois Getzinger C-F 26 6:00 170 None 67 146 11 303 4.5
Andy Sears G-F-C 21 5:09 180 None 69 136 640 912 13.2
Ollie McLaughlin G 24 5:11 165 None Injured 56 31 0 62 1.1
Fred Mulliner C 26 6:00 160 None to South Side 27 30 0 60 2.2
Bob Wilson C-F 23 5:08 None 34 14 0 28 0.8
Fred Crawford C-F 5 6 0 12 2.4

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

 

NORTH PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES  PBL 6-18   SOG GRAULEY
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Louis Preusch F 23 5:08 150 None 20 27 96 150 7.5
Kidder Bourquin F-G 25 5:06 165 12 12 18 42 3.5
Lena Blackburne C 21 5:11 165 None 12 35 9 79 6.6
Pete Riley G-F 26 6:00 190 Trenton State 15 13 27 53 3.5
Dippy Obermeier G 26 5:08 145 None 21 13 3 29 1.4
John Cumming C-F 14 17 73 107 7.6
Dan Haggarty F 26 6:00 170 None 10 11 0 22 2.2
Billy Markward G 29 6:00 180 None 9 9 0 18 2.0
Frank McIlvaine 22 5:11 160 1 3 0 6 6.0
### Meyer G 6 2 0 4 0.7
Charlie Haug 20 5:05 130 None 1 1 1 3 3.0
Elwood Gowdy G-F 22 5:08 160 None to Stratton
Jack Reynolds F 30 5:10 170 None to North Wales

North Wales replaced the Conshohocken club on December 10, 1907.

North Wales played home games at North Wales Auditorium – Seating capacity – 800

Record in Conshohocken was 0-3.

Conshohocken = *   North Wales =#

 

NORTH WALES  PBL  16-11  BILL HERRON 0-3
GEORGE BELL 16-8
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE     GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Bill Lukens F 22 6:02 175 Swarthmore 23 91 7 189 8.2 *#
Jack Reynolds F-C 30 5:10 170 None fr N.Philadelphia 17 26 123 175 10.3 #
George Bell C-F 22 6:02 170 None 22 36 133 205 9.3 #
Bill Herron G 24 5:11 180 19 23 0 46 2.4 *#
Horace Hefelfinger G 6:00 21 19 0 38 1.8 #
### Woodward F-G 11 26 7 59 5.4 #
### Connor F-C 6 4 23 31 5.2 *#
### Hayes F 3 9 0 18 6.0 *
Edgar Corey G 24 5:05 155 None 2 2 0 4 2 #
### Heins F-G 3 1 0 2 0.7 #
### Speaker G 4 0 0 0 0 *#
### Johnson F to St.Luke #
Al McWilliams F 22 6:01 155 None to Manayunk #

Played home games at Market House Auditorium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Seating Capacity – 2,000

 

SOUTH SIDE  CBL 42-28  HARRY HOUGH
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Henry Liebau F-C-G 26 5:08 145 None Suspended 37 94 172 360 9.7
Harry Hough F-G 24 5:07 145 Western(Pa) 51 234 482 950 18.6
Fred Mulliner C 26 6:00 160 None fr McKeesport 24 88 0 176 7.3
Jimmy Kane G-F 26 6:01 220 St.Thomas (Pa) Baseball 49 222 11 455 9.3
Bobby Mayham G 23 5:08 160 None 66 107 0 214 3.2
Walter Brady G-F 22 5:09 160 None Injured 43 89 0 178 4.1
Henry Nickel C-F-G 23 6:02 170 None Injured 49 86 0 172 3.5
Charlie Gross F 5:09 155 4 12 4 28 7.0
Bill O’Boyle C-F-G 6:00 170 None 9 13 0 26 2.9
John Geisler G 20 5:06 135 None 13 9 0 18 1.4

East Falls franchise taken over by St.Luke Club on January 9, 1908. Record in East Falls was 2-9.

East Falls played home games in America Hall

St.Luke played home games at St.Luke’s Hall in Kensington district of Philadelphia.

Players: East Falls = #  St.Luke = @

 

ST.LUKE  PBL  3-23 DICK COLE 2-9
PHENOM SMITH 1-14  
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Mick Murphy F 26 6:00 220 None 15 7 30 44 2.9   #@
### Rhodes F-C 11 16 0 32 2.9  @
Buck Weaver C-F    22  None 11 14 9 37 3.4  @
### Johnson G  fr North Wales 15 6 2 14 0.9  @
### Kay G 11 4 8 16 1.5  @
 Chick Clayton F 35 5:07 140 None  8 17 51 85 10.6 #
Bill Armstrong 5 4 42 50 10.0 @
### White e 7 8 7 33 3.3 @
Joe Baron 22 5:11 190 None 8 8 2 14 2.3 #
John Wick G-F 7 7 0 14 2.0   #@
J.    Brown G 3 6 0 12 4.0 #
Eddie Schlereth F 22 None 6 6 0 12 2.0 #
###  Smith 2 2 3 7 3.5 @
Whitey Schwer      32 fr De Neri 2 2 3 7 3.5 #
Charlie Shock C-G 21 5:11 None 11 3 0 6 0.5 #
Jimmy Henry G 4 2 0 4 1.0 @
### Naulty F 2 1 0 2 1.0 #
Jack Redington F 23 5:08 140 None 1 1 0 2 2.0 #
### Poxtine C 1 0 2 2 2.0 #
### Trainor C-G  5:11 2 0 0 0 0.0 #
Jinks King G 27 5:09 155 None 2 0 0 0 0.0 #
Dick Cole F to DeNeri @
John Cumming C-F to N.Philadelphia @

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

 

ST.SIMEON SAINTS  PBL  17-11 LEW WINCH
PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Johnny McGraw F-G 25 5:07 145 None 28 70 97 237 8.5
Ed Toner F-G 6:00 14 54 65 173 12.4
John Donohue C 24 6:00 26 89 70 248 9.5
Lew Winch G-C 25 5:11 200 None 28 24 0 48 1.7
Andy Cameron G 26 5:08 145 None 11 5 0 10 0.9
Carl Harverson F 6:02 11 31 0 62 5.6
Whitey Mallon C 23 5:10 150 None 14 13 0 26 1.9
Jack Nugent F 5:11 11 5 0 10 0.9
### Newlin F 2 0 0 0 0.0

Stratton played home games at Stratton Hall in Philadelphia.

 STRATTON QUAKERS  PBL      13-13 GEORGE BATES

JOHNNY THOMAS

PLAYER MAKE POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Army Fitzgerald F-C 20 5:11 170 None 22 58 87 203 9.2
Clarence Enos F 25 14 30 9 69 4.9
### Reinhardt C-F 16 28 118 174 10.9
### Johnson G-F 26 60 0 120 4.6
John Eckhardt G-F 19 6:00 205 None 22 20 0 40 1.8
Elwood Gowdy G 22 5:08 160 None fr N.Philadelphia 15 30 6 66 4.4
Marwood Taylor G 22 5:11 160 None 18 13 0 26 1.4
Bill Neill F 23 5:11 170 None 3 4 0 8 2.7
George Bates F 32 5:09 170 None to DeNeri
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