NEW YORK JEWELS - 1937-1938

New Haven Jewels until November 30, 1937 when franchise moved to Brooklyn, NY. The team also played two “home” games in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Played home games at Prospect Hall in Brooklyn – Seating Capacity – 1,500

 

NEW YORK JEWELS  ABL     12-8     15-5 EDDIE WILDE
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Slott F-G-C 25 6:00 St.John’s(NY)’33                 fr Brooklyn 35 86 64 236 6.7
Mickey Kupperberg F-G 24 5:11 185 Minnesota’35 36 61 42 164 4.6
Matty Begovich C 25 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’31 35 26 19 71 2.0
Mac Kinsbrunner G 28 5:09 155 St.John’s(NY)’31 40 124 81 329 8.2
Willie Rubenstein G 25 5:11 175 NYU’36 40 76 84 236 5.9
Lou Spindell F-G-C 28 5:11 170 CCNY’30 35 71 44 136 5.3
Allie Schuckman G 28 5:08 170 St.John’s(NY)’31                  fr Kingston 35 30 33 93 2.7
Jake Pelkington C 20 6:06 215 Manhattan            fr NY Yankees 15 16 17 49 3.3
Honey Russell G-F 35 6:00 187 Seton Hall/NYU/Savage 23 5 5 15 0.7
Rusty Saunders F 31 6:02 212 None 4 4 1 9 2.3
Ken Norton F 23 6:02 200 LIU’37 10 3 2 8 0.8
Rip Gerson G 29 5:10 St.John’s(NY)’31                 to Brooklyn 2 2 1 5 2.5
Johnny Kane G 24 Fordham’36 2 1 1 3 1.5
Stan Entrup C 30 6:04 215 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
2-4 PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Slott F-G-C 25 6:00 St.John’s(NY)’33 5 9 8 26 5.2
Lou Spindell F-G-C 28 5:11 170 CCNY’30 6 11 12 34 5.7
Matty Begovich C 25 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’31 6 1 4 6 1.0
Mac Kinsbrunner G 28 5:09 155 St.John’s(NY)’31 6 13 12 38 6.3
Willie Rubenstein G 25 5:11 175 NYU’36 6 7 21 35 5.8
Mickey Kupperberg G 24 5:11 185 Minnesota’35 4 2 3 7 1.8
Allie Schuckman G 28 5:08 170 St.John’s(NY)’31 6 5 3 13 2.2
Jake Pelkington C 20 6:06 215 Manhattan+ 5 2 9 13 2.6
Honey Russell G-F 35 6:00 187 Seton Hall/NYU/Savage 3 2 2 6 2
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