NEW YORK - 1916-1917
During the 1916-17 Interstate Basketball League season, three different team played under the the New York banner. The Cathedral Separate Five represented New York in the first half of the season and posted a 1-16 record. The Cathedral Separate Five played home games at Webster Hall in Manhattan. At the beginning of the second half, the Manhattan All-Stars took over the schedule, but after posting a 1-10 record gave up the franchise. The Manhattan All-stars played home games at the Manhattan Casino. The Yonkers Company G team, led by player-coach Dave Wassmer, filled out the final seven games of the season with a 1-6 record.
| NEW YORK ALL STARS | ISL | 1-16 2-16 | THEODORE KENNY | 1-16 | JESSE MESSER | 1-10 | DAVE WASSMER | 1-6 | |||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
| Dave Wassmer | F-G | 22 | 5:11 | 180 | None | 14 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 2.8 | |
| John Tidaback | F | 22 | 5:08 | 145 | None | 8 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 4.6 | |
| Dave MacMillan | C | 30 | 6:01 | 180 | Oberlin’12 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 40 | 5.0 | |
| Joe Acker | G | 31 | 5:07 | 145 | None | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1.4 | |
| ### Healey | G | to/fr Newark Turners | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 4.1 | ||||
| Manhattan All Stars | |||||||||||
| Charlie Dondero | F-G | 23 | 5:04 | 130 | None | fr Paterson | 27 | 47 | 60 | 154 | 5.7 |
| Bob Griebe | C-F | 21 | 6:02 | 185 | None | 30 | 35 | 44 | 114 | 3.8 | |
| Jerry Sullivan | G-F | 20 | 6:02 | 185 | None | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | |
| Heine Henschell | G | 32 | 5:10 | 180 | None | fr Paterson | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 3.2 |
| Jesse Messer | G | 27 | 5:11 | 165 | None | 11 | 17 | 9 | 43 | 3.9 | |
| Doc Newman | G | 26 | 5:09 | 160 | None | to Paterson | 7 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 3.6 |
| Lou Sugarman | F-G | 26 | 5:07 | 145 | Syr/ND/Penn | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7.0 | |
| Tony Caliguiri | F | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | ||||
| Bill Brunner | G | 29 | 5:11 | 170 | None | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | |
| Jake Beaver | F | 23 | 5:08 | 140 | Union(NY)’15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | |
| Dave Beaver | G | 23 | 5:08 | 150 | Union(NY)’15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| ### Rogers | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Cathedral Separate Five | |||||||||||
| Charlie Dondero | F-G | 23 | 5:04 | 130 | None | see Manhattan All Stars | |||||
| Bob Griebe | C-F | 21 | 6:02 | 185 | None | see Manhattan All Stars | |||||
| Theodore Kenny | F-G | 23 | 5:08 | 150 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 2.3 | ||
| Joe DeRose | F-G | 22 | 5:11 | 165 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 2.5 | ||
| Mike Smolick | F | 26 | 5:09 | 185 | None | to Hoboken | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 4.0 |
| R. McNamara | G-F | 6:01 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 2.0 | ||||
| ### Ryan | G-F | 9 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1.2 | |||||
| Piggy Biggane | G-F | 27 | 5:09 | 165 | None | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | |
| Jerry Harrigan | G-F | 5:10 | to Hoboken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3.0 | |||