NEW YORK - 1944-1945
NEW YORK RENS | WBT | 2-2 | BOB DOUGLAS | ||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FGA | Pct | PTS | AVG | |||
Eddie Wright | F | 19 | 5:04 | 140 | LIU | 4 | 14 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 34 | 8.5 | |||
Puggy Bell | F | 30 | 6:01 | 190 | None | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | .688 | 57 | 14.3 | |||
Hank DeZonie | C | 22 | 6:06 | 215 | Clark(Ga) | 4 | 19 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 43 | 10.8 | |||
Willie Smith | G | 33 | 6:06 | 235 | None | 4 | 13 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 30 | 7.5 | |||
Zack Clayton | G | 27 | 6:00 | 195 | Alabama State | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | .867 | 51 | 12.8 | |||
Len Pearson | C-F | 26 | 6:02 | 200 | None | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 12 | 3.0 | |||
Sonny Boswell | G-F | 25 | 6:02 | 175 | None | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.5 | |||
Bricktop Wright | G | 36 | 5:10 | 185 | Lincoln(Pa)’34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Benny Garrett | F-G | 28 | 5:11 | 175 | None | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
On January 20, 1945, the franchise moved from White Plains, New York to Brooklyn.
Played home games at the White Plains Community Center until move to Brooklyn.
Home games in Brooklyn were played at St.Nicholas Arena – Seating capacity – 5,000
NEW YORK WESTCHESTERS | ABL | 11-15 | HONEY RUSSELL | ||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
Dick Fitzgerald | F-G | 23 | 6:02 | 175 | Fordham’42 | 23 | 59 | 28 | 146 | 6.3 | |
Red Wallace | F-G | 26 | 6:01 | 185 | Scranton’41 | 13 | 48 | 27 | 123 | 9.5 | |
Howie Bollerman | C | 37 | 6:08 | 200 | Colgate’29 | 15 | 36 | 15 | 87 | 5.8 | |
Hook Andersen | G | 32 | 5:11 | 175 | NYU’34 | 18 | 47 | 42 | 136 | 7.6 | |
Sonny Hertzberg | G-F | 22 | 6:00 | 175 | CCNY’42 | 17 | 47 | 20 | 114 | 6.7 | |
Lou Spindell | G | 36 | 5:10 | 175 | CCNY’30 | 22 | 43 | 15 | 101 | 4.6 | |
John O’Brien | F-G | 28 | 6:01 | 180 | Columbia’38 | fr Paterson | 15 | 39 | 18 | 96 | 6.4 |
Bob Davies | G-F | 24 | 6:01 | 175 | Seton Hall’42 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 63 | 12.6 | |
Bob Fitzgerald | C | 21 | 6:05 | 190 | Seton Hall’43 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 54 | 9.0 | |
Warren Fenley | F-C | 22 | 6:03 | 190 | Manhattan’43 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 46 | 3.3 | |
Allie Schuckman | G | 35 | 5:08 | 170 | LIU/St.John’s(NY)’31 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 1.2 | |
Tony Bodego | F-C | 22 | 6:03 | 185 | None | 22 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 1.3 | |
Lee Craddock | F-C | 27 | 6:03 | 220 | Rice’40 | Military Service | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 2.8 |
Honey Russell | G | 41 | 6:00 | 185 | None | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | |
Tom Gorman | F | 24 | 6:03 | 210 | None | Baseball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mike McCarron | G | 22 | 5:11 | 180 | Seton Hall’43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
### Criss | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
### Merrill | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
Abe Gerchick | G | 26 | 5:06 | 140 | Brooklyn’40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Zeppy Feiter | G | 30 | 5:11 | 170 | None | to Trenton | |||||
Julie Bender | G | 30 | 5:11 | 175 | LIU’37 | to Paterson | |||||
Tommy Byrnes | F-C | 21 | 6:03 | 175 | Seton Hall’43 | to Paterson | |||||
Chubby Sherman | F | 25 | 6:03 | 175 | NYU | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 |