BROOKLYN - 1927-1928
On January 4, 1928, Brooklyn dropped out of the Metropolitan League. On the same day,the Visitation merged with the Washington team of the American Basketball League to form a new franchise in that league.
Played home games at Prospect Hall in Brooklyn – Seating capacity – 1,500
| BROOKLYN VISITATION | MBL | 9-6 | JOHN DONLON | ||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG | ||
| George Clough | F | 21 | 5:11 | 150 | None | 13 | 22 | 20 | 64 | 4.9 | |||
| John Frank | F-G-C 24 | 6:04 | None | fr Kingston | 8 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 3.1 | ||||
| Bob Grody | C-F | 27 | 6:02 | 215 | None | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4.0 | |||
| Willie Scrill | G-F | 21 | 5:10 | 175 | None | to Brooklyn ABL | 14 | 38 | 41 | 117 | 8.4 | ||
| Rody Cooney | G | 27 | 5:08 | 140 | St.Francis(NY)’20 | to Washington ABL | 12 | 29 | 28 | 86 | 7.2 | ||
| Harry McCrystal | G-F | 20 | 5:08 | 150 | None | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | |||
| Tom Purcell | F-G | 25 | 5:10 | 165 | Notre Dame’26 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 3.0 | |||
| Mike Arrasate | C-F | 23 | 6:03 | 210 | None | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4.3 | |||
| Eddie Stuchbury | F | 30 | 5:08 | 170 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4.5 | ||||
| Red Conaty | G | 23 | 5:11 | 160 | St.Francis(NY) | to Kingston | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| Marty Bobbenrieth | F | 21 | 5:07 | 165 | None | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | |||
| Dave Tobey | G | 29 | 5:09 | 145 | Savage’19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | |||
| ### Brooks | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | |||||||
| Frank Roxbury | G-F | 21 | 5:08 | 165 | None | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | |||
| ### Hillcrest | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||
| Willie Lapchick | C-F | 22 | 6:03 | 170 | None | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | |||
On January 2, 1928, Washington Palace-Five franchise was transferred to Brooklyn, New York.Record 1n Washington was 7-16.
Played home games at Tuner’s Arena in Washington – Seating capacity – 2,000
Played home games at Propect Hall in Brooklyn – Seating capacity – 1,500
Washington = W Brooklyn = B
| BROOKLYN VISITATION | ABL | 25-26 | RAY KENNEDY | 7-16 | ||||||||||
| JOHN DONLON | 18-10 | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG | |||
| Red Conaty | F-G | 23 | 5:11 | 160 | St.Francis(NY) | 47 | 148 | 28 | 324 | 6.9 | WB | |||
| Joe Brennan | F | 27 | 6:00 | 175 | None | 21 | 58 | 41 | 157 | 7.5 | B | |||
| Cliff Anderson | C | 24 | 6:02 | 180 | CCNY’22 | 13 | 31 | 18 | 80 | 6.2 | B | |||
| Willie Scrill | G | 20 | 5:10 | 175 | None | fr Brooklyn MBL | 28 | 78 | 29 | 185 | 6.6 | B | ||
| Rody Cooney | G-F | 25 | 5:08 | 140 | None | fr Brooklyn MBL | 26 | 50 | 12 | 112 | 4.3 | B | ||
| Rusty Saunders | F-C | 21 | 6:02 | 205 | None | to Fort Wayne | 28 | 81 | 51 | 213 | 7.6 | WB | ||
| Ray Kennedy | G | 30 | 5:09 | 160 | None | 41 | 70 | 31 | 171 | 4.2 | WB | |||
| Mark Harper | C | 23 | 6:04 | 220 | None | fr Chicago | 26 | 32 | 14 | 78 | 3.0 | WB | ||
| Elmer Ripley | G | 36 | 5:06 | 170 | Brown | to Cleveland | 20 | 25 | 11 | 61 | 3.1 | W | ||
| Chick Passon | F | 27 | 5:07 | 165 | Pennsylvania | 9 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 3.4 | W | |||
| Willie Carey | F-G | 31 | 5:08 | None | 15 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 2.0 | W | ||||
| Swede Grimstead | C | 36 | 6:03 | 190 | None | to Chicago | 11 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 2.1 | W | ||
| Bucky Williams | G-F | 23 | 5:07 | 155 | None | 11 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1.1 | B | |||
| Pat Herlihy | C | 18 | 6:04 | 220 | None | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2.4 | B | |||
| Howie Meyers | F-G | 19 | 5:08 | 160 | None | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1.4 | W | |||
| Jude Baesman | C | 20 | 6:05 | 200 | None | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | W | |||
| Gaza Chizmadia | C-G | 21 | 6:02 | 185 | None | to Detroit | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.4 | W | ||
| Lou Schneiderman | F | 29 | 5:08 | 150 | None | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | W | |||