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
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