Toby Matthews learned the fundamentals of basketball playing with local teams in his native Catskill, NewYork . In 1902-03, Matthew’s was a key member of the Springfield, Massachusetts Central Basketball League championship team. The following season, when the league began importing Philadelphia stars such as Harry Hough and Eddie Ferat, many of the prominent 1902-03 players were relegated to minor roles. Matthews was one of the few holdovers to flourish in the more competitive environment. During the next few seasons, he blossomed into one of the top stars in professional basketball. He finished second in league scoring to Hough in 1903-04 and was the leading point scorer in the 1904-05 New England League. From 1906 to 1909, despite his status as one of basketball’s best performers, Matthews remained close to home rather than playing in the preeminent Central Basketball League. Mathews performed in the obscurity of upstate New York and in Vermont towns with strong independent teams such as the St.Johnsbury Co.D team. In 1909, Matthews returned to prominence when he signed with his hometown Catskill entry in the newly formed Hudson RiverLeague. He led the circuit in scoring by a wide margin. Matthews was a creative scorer who was a master of playing the ball off the net that surrounded courts of the era. During the course of next five seasons in the HRL and later the New York State League, Matthew’s consistently battled legendary Troy center Ed Wachter to a draw. The two friendly rivals engaged in some titanic struggles, but Matthews was always hampered by the weaker supporting cast and was inevitably on the losing end. After playing independent ball in 1914-15, Matthews returned to the NYSL the next season in top form until he was sidelined by a severe knee injury on New Year’s Day of 1916. While he never was the same player after the injury, Matthews played professionally for almost another decade, until he was 46-years- old, appearing with minor league teams and barnstorming throughout New England.

 

TOBY MATTHEWS		Height:	6:01		Weight:	180	180		College:		None
Walter James Matthews		Born: Feb 17, 1879			Died:   Nov 11, 1963				Hometown:		Catskill, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1898-99	Newburgh Fifth Separate Co.	Indep
1899-00	Newburgh Fifth Separate Co.	Indep
1900-01	Catskill Sixteenth Separate Co.	Indep
1901-02	Catskill Sixteenth Separate Co.	Indep
19o1-02	Poughkeepsie	Indep
1902-03	Springfield	MCL	29	44	33				121	4.2
1903-04	Springfield–Springfield	WML	51	240	19				499	9.8
1903-04	Lowell	NEL	26	126	0				252	9.7
1903-04	Kingston-Newburgh	HRL	1	4	2				10	10.0
1904-05	owell–Fall River–Portsmouth	NEL	57	262	0				524	9.2
1905-06	St.Johnsbury Co.D (Vt) Saints	Indep
1906-07	East Liverpool	CBL	3	17	9				43	14.3
1906-07	St.Johnsbury Co.D (Vt) Saints	Indep
1907-08	St.Johnsbury Co.D (Vt) Saints	Indep
1908-09	St.Johnsbury Co.D (Vt) Saints	Indep
1909-10	Catskill	HRL	27	71	140				282	10.4
1910-11	Catskill	HRL	38	83	30				196	5.2
1911-12	Catskill	NYSL	46	104	56				264	5.7
1912-13	Catskill–Cohoes–Albany	NYSL	48	116	67				299	6.2
1913-14	Newburgh/Syracuse	NYSL	35	58	28				144	4.1
1914-15	Catskill	Indep
1915-16	Kingston	IBL	1	1	0				2	2.0
1915-16	Hudson	NYSL	15	24	16				64	4.3
1915-16	Catskill	Indep
1916-17	Hudson	NYSL	8	11	8				30	3.8
1916-17	Mechanicville	Indep
1917-18	Mechanicville	Indep
1917-18	Catskill	Indep
1918-19	Mechanicville Halfmoons	Indep
1918-19	Catskill	Indep
1919-20	Mechanicville-Schulerville	NNYSL	10	35	16				86	8.6
1920-21	Catskill Co.E Howitzers	Indep
1921-22	Catskill Co.E Howitzers	Indep
1921-22	Toby Matthews All-Stars	Indep
1922-23	Catskill Co.E	Indep
1922-23	Quebec Half Moons	Indep
1923-24	Catskill Co.E Howitzers	Indep
1923-24	New York Crescents	Indep
1924-25	Catskill Co.E Howitzers	Indep
1925-26	Catskill	HRL	2	3	2				8	4.0
	Major League Totals		384	1157	406				2720	7.1
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1903-04	Lowell	NEL	4	4	0				8	2.0
	Major League Totals		4	4	0				8	2.0

 

Seymour “Swede” Masin was a legendary scholastic athlete at Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, Masin enrolled at Panzer College, a teacher’s college in nearby East Orange. At Panzer, Masin starred in three sports. He set shot put records in track and field, was named an All-American in soccer and led the basketball team to forty-four straight winning games—an all-time collegiate record at the time. Masin was the inspiration for the main character, Seymour “Swede” Levov, in Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel American Pastoral.

 

SWEDE MASIN		Height:	6:01		Weight:	195			College:		Panzer’42
Seymour Masin		Born:	Jun 7, 1920		Died:   Sep 10, 2005				Hometown:		Newark, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1939140	Panzer	College
1940-41	Panzer	College
1941-42	Panzer	College
1942-43	New York–Harrisburg	ABL	3	1	2				4	1.3
1942-43	New York Celtics	Indep
1942-46	Military Service
1946-47	Newark	ABL	7	9	9				27	3.9
1946-47	Troy	NYSL	3						10	3.3
	Major League Totals		3	1	2				4	1.3

Joel Mason played in the National Football League for five seasons, one with the Chicago Cardinals and four with the Green Bay Packers. In 1946,  he began a 32-year career at Wayne State University as a coach and administrator . Mason was the head basketball coach for 18 seasons and compiled 186-173 record.

 

JOEL MASON		Height:	6:00		Weight:		200		College:		Western Michigan
Joel Gregory Mason (Muleski)		Born: Mar 12, 1912			Died: Oct 31, 1995				Hometown:		Stamburgh, Mi.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1942-43	Shoboygan	NBL	1	0	0				0	0.0
	Major League Totals		1	0	0				0	0.0

 

RALPH MARTZOLF		Height:	6:01		Weight:	165			College:		Indiana’28
Ralph Edwin Martzolf		Born: Oct 4, 1906			Died:	Aug 21, 1998			Hometown:		Kokomo, In.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD								.
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1925-26	Indiana (Frosh)	College
1926-27	Indiana	College
1927-28	Indiana	College
1928-29	Kokomo Merchants	Indep
1929-30	Kokomo Collegians	Indep
1929-30	Kokomo Eagles	Indep
1930-31	Kokomo	Indep
1931-32	Los Angeles AC	Indep
1932-33	Kokomo	NPBL	4	8	3				19	4.8
	Major League Totals		4	8	3				19	4.8

 

 

Bill Martin joined Phillips Petroleum in 1939 after his graduation from the University of Oklahoma were he excelled on the basketball court and in the classroom. In his senior year, he was named All Conference in basketball and was the recipient of the Latzizer Award for scholarship excellence. Martin starred on the Phillips 66ers powerful AAU teams for five seasons interrupted by three years in the service during World War II. While stationed in Delaware, he played eight pro games for the Wilmington Bombers of the American Basketball League. Martin remained with Phillips Petroleum until 1982 , serving during the last ten years as President and Chairman of the Board.

 

BILL MARTIN		Height:	6:01		Weight:		185		College:		Oklahoma’38
William Frederick Martin		Born: Mar 31, 1917			Died:  Nov 24, 1996				Hometown:		Blackwell, OK.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1935-36-	Oklahoma	College
1936-37	Oklahoma	College
1937-38	Oklahoma	College
1938-39	Oklahoma City Parks	AAU
1939-40	Bartlesville Phillips Oilers	AAU
1940-41	Bartlesville Phillips Oilers	AAU
1941-42	Bartlesville Phillips Oilers	AAU
1942-45	U.S.Army	Military Service
1944-45	Wilmington	ABL	8	15	5				35	4.4
1945-46	Bartlesville Phillips Oilers	AAU
1946-47	Bartlesville Phillips Oilers	AAU
	Major League Totals		8	15	5				35	4.4