NEW YORK - 1921-1922
Franchise transferred from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to New York City on November 14, 1921. Record in Harrisburg was 1-8.
On December 15, 1921, The New York (Giants) franchise was purchased by Jim Furey , owner of the New York Celtics.
The New York Giants posted a 0-8 record. During the remainder of the season the Celtics posted a 20-6 record.
Harrisburg played home games at the Chestnut Street Auditorium. New York Celtics played home games at Madison Square Garden – Seating capacity – 18,000
Harrisburg = * New York Giants = # New York Celtics = %
| NEW YORK CELTICS | EBL | 5-16 – 16-4 | HARRY HOUGH | 0-3 | GORDON FORD | 1-5 | CHARLES BRICKLEY | 0-6 | JOHNNY WHITTY | 20-6 | |||
| REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG | ||
| Johnny Beckman | F-G | 29 | 5:09 | 160 | None | 21 | 59 | 80 | 198 | 9.4 | % | ||
| Nat Holman | F-G | 25 | 5:11 | 170 | Savage | 25 | 46 | 79 | 171 | 6.8 | % | ||
| Horse Haggerty | C | 29 | 6:04 | 235 | None | fr/to/fr Reading | % | ||||||
| Chris Leonard | G-F-C | 31 | 6:03 | 190 | Manhattan’12 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 108 | 4.7 | % | ||
| Dutch Dehnert | G | 23 | 6:00 | 185 | None | fr Scranton | % | ||||||
| Ernie Reich | F-G | 28 | 5:08 | 155 | None | Died during season | 13 | 27 | 11 | 65 | 5.0 | # | |
| Garry Schmeelk | F | 30 | 6:00 | 220 | St.John’s(NY) | fr Scranton | 6 | 18 | 18 | 54 | 9.0 | # | |
| Kid Franckle | G-F | 33 | 5:07 | 145 | None | 12 | 17 | 14 | 48 | 4.0 | *# | ||
| Pete Barry | F-G | 25 | 5:10 | 170 | None | 14 | 18 | 11 | 47 | 3.4 | % | ||
| Eddie Wallower | F-G | 24 | 5:08 | 150 | None | 8 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 5.8 | * | ||
| Sam Moorehead | G | 23 | 6:01 | 185 | None | to Coatesville | 8 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 4.6 | * | |
| Jack Lawrence | C | 26 | 6:00 | 180 | None | to Wilkes Barre | 13 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 2.7 | *# | |
| Harry Riconda | F | 24 | 5:10 | 175 | None | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6.0 | # | ||
| Barney Sedran | F-G | 30 | 5:03 | 125 | CCNY | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6.0 | # | ||
| Dick Smyth | F-G | 27 | 6:00 | 165 | None | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4.0 | # | ||
| Davey Banks | F-G | 20 | 5:07 | 155 | None | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11.0 | # | ||
| Jimmy Doyle | F | 29 | 5:11 | 160 | None | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2.8 | * | ||
| Cy Simendinger | G-F | 23 | 6:00 | 175 | Lehigh/Holy Cross | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1.1 | * | ||
| Lou Goldie | F | 23 | 5:02 | 135 | None | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | # | ||
| Buddy Bushman | F-G | 18 | 6:00 | 170 | None | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | # | ||
| Marty Friedman | G-F | 32 | 5:08 | 135 | None | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3.0 | # | ||
| Bob Hilbert | G-F | 22 | 5:10 | 160 | 155None | to Reading | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | % | |
| Johnny Whitty | G-F | 25 | 5:09 | 175 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | % | ||
| Paul Meyers | G-F | 27 | 5:11 | 170 | Wisconsin(Milk)/Wisconsin FB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | # | ||
| Jimmy Jemail | F-G | 28 | 5:06 | 165 | Brown’17 | FB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | # | |
| Ike McCord | 29 | 5:08 | 170 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | * | |||
| Al Lehr | F | 27 | 6:02 | 185 | Temple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | * | ||
| Walter Griscom | F | 26 | 5:09 | 165 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | * | ||
| 2-1 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG | ||
| Johnny Beckman | F-G | 29 | 5:09 | 160 | None | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 6.3 | |||
| Nat Holman | F-G | 25 | 5:11 | 170 | Savage | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 6.7 | |||
| Horse Haggerty | C | 29 | 6:04 | 235 | None | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | |||
| Chris Leonard | G-F-C | 31 | 6:03 | 190 | Manhattan’12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2.0 | |||
| Dutch Dehnert | G | 23 | 6:00 | 185 | None | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | |||
| Pete Barry | F-G | 25 | 5:10 | 170 | None | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7.0 | |||
Played home games at the Palm Garden Court in New York City.
| NEW YORK MacDOWELL LYCEUM | MBL – 12-8 | FRANK McCORMACK | ||||||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG | |||
| Dick Smyth | F | 27 | 6:00 | 165 | None | 19 | 50 | 32 | 132 | 6.9 | ||||
| Garry Schmeelk | F | 30 | 6:00 | 220 | St.Johns'(NY)’12 | 16 | 36 | 43 | 115 | 7.2 | ||||
| Stretch Meehan | C | 23 | 6:07 | 225 | Seton Hall’19 | 17 | 19 | 66 | 104 | 6.1 | ||||
| Jerry Sullivan | G | 25 | 6:02 | 190 | None | 17 | 24 | 39 | 87 | 5.1 | ||||
| Ray Kennedy | G | 24 | 5:10 | 160 | None | 17 | 13 | 47 | 73 | 4.3 | ||||
| Dave Wassmer | F-G | 26 | 5:11 | 180 | None | 14 | 17 | 21 | 55 | 3.9 | ||||