NEW BRITAIN - 1934-1935

Franchise disbanded on January 18, 1935.

Played home games at the New Britain Municipal Auditorium.

 

NEW BRITAIN JACKAWAYS ABL 6-14 DNP HENRY ZALESKI
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Moe Spahn F-G 22 6:00 185 CCNY’33 to Boston 14 47 39 133 9.5
Willie Putzer F-G 24 6:00 165 Fordham’31 20 29 9 67 3.4
Stan Entrup C 27 6:04 205 None to Jersey 20 8 5 21 1.1
Moe Frankel G-F 21 5:10 190 None Injuried/ to Jersey 10 38 9 85 8.5
Art Kaufman G-F 22 6:00 CCNY’34 13 21 12 54 4.2
Dave Bass F-G 23 6:01 195 None to NB Mules 19 19 18 56 2.9
Lou Wisner G 24 5:06 140 CCNY’33 fr Newark 2 0 0 0 0.0
Dutch Dehnert G-C-F 36 6:00 200 None 6 5 9 19 3.2
Moon Stetkewicz F-G 25 5:11 185 None 14 12 7 31 2.2
Jerry Radice G 25 6:00 150 Fordham’33 to Boston 5 1 0 2 0.4
Al Sloman F-G 28 5:11 175 Arnold (Cn)’29 1 3 0 6 6.0
Henry Zaleski F-G 26 5:09 185 Fordham’31 2 1 0 2 1.0

On January 21, 1935, the Newark (Mules) franchise was transferred to New Britain, Connecticut. The new team  replaced the New Britain Jackaway franchise that had disbanded on January 18, 1935.

The Newark Mules played home games at Portuguese Hall in Newark, New Jersey. The New Britain Mules played home games at the New Britain Municipal Auditorium.

Newark = N   New Britain = NB

 

NEW BRITAIN MULES ABL 12-11 9-9 HONEY RUSSELL 9-10
JOE DREYFUS 12-10
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Benny Borgmann F-G 35 5:07 160 None 33 88 82 258 7.8 N+NB
Rusty Saunders F-C 28 6:02 212 None fr Boston 14 31 12 74 5.3 NB
Tiny Hearn C 27 6:09 230 Georgia Tech’29 42 21 8 50 1.2 N+NB
Moe Spahn G-F 22 6:00 185 CCNY’33 fr Boston 10 26 28 80 8.0 NB
Honey Russell G-F 31 6:00 187 Savage 40 77 35 189 4.7 N+NB
Lou Spindell G-F 26 6:00 185 CCNY’30 Injured 37 77 63 217 5.9 N+NB
Lefty Kintzing F-C-G 29 6:02 200 None to Boston 25 49 17 115 4.6 N+NB
Dave Bass F-C 22 6:01 195 St.John’s(NY) fr NB Jackaways 14 16 7 39 2.8 NB
Red Conaty F-G 30 5:11 150 St.Francis(NY) to Brooklyn 11 6 3 15 1.4 N
Lou Wisner G-F 24 5:06 140 CCNY’33 fr Jersey/toNBJacks 2 2 3 7 3.5 N
Fats Wyka F-G 27 6:01 190 None 3 1 0 2 0.7 N
Happy Reilly G-F …. 27 5:09 185 None fr Jersey 1 0 0 0 0.0 NB
Lute Share F-G 26 5:10 160 None 1 0 0 0 0.0 N
Gaza Chizmadia F-C-G 28 6:02 185 None to Boston N+NB
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