SPRINGFIELD - 1903-1904
At the completion of first half of season, the Springfield franchise was sold to G.W.Goodnow, the owner of the Chicopee franchise. Goodnow disbanded the existing Springfield team and moved his team to Springfield to compete in the second-half of the season.
Played home games at Whitney Rink in Springfield, Massachusetts – Seating capacity – 800
SPRINGFIELD | WMBL | 14-6 | JERE CORCORAN | ||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
Sandy Shields | F | 24 | 5:10 | 180 | None | 12 | 75 | 0 | 150 | 12.5 | |
Kid Eberlein | F | 24 | 5:09 | 175 | None | 11 | 57 | 0 | 56 | 5.1 | |
John Wendelken | C | 27 | 6:02 | 180 | None | 13 | 59 | 0 | 118 | 9.1 | |
Toby Matthews | G-C | 24 | 6:00 | 180 | None | to Springfield 2 | 19 | 97 | 0 | 194 | 10.2 |
Jere Corcoran | G-C | 23 | 5:09 | 165 | to Ware | 20 | 36 | 0 | 72 | 3.6 | |
Charles Martens | G-F | 20 | 5:07 | 145 | None | 2 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 17.0 | |
Jack Harding | G-F | 19 | None | to Springfield 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1.2 | ||
Zeke Michelman | F-C | 23 | 6:00 | 175 | to Springfield 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 | |
Dan Shea | G-F | 23 | 5:07 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 | |||
A.A. Huot | G | 23 | 5:08 | 155 | None | fr Westfield | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 |
Tom Riley | F-C | 24 | 6:02 | 210 | None | to Ware | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
Merritt Gebo | G | 28 | 5:07 | 135 | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Jimmy Williamson | F | 20 | 5:10 | 165 | None | fr/to Ware | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Edward Broderick | G | 36 | Hobart | fr N.Hampton/ to Thompville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
### Neemans | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||
Franchise began season in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. On November 16, 1903. the owners of the Pittsfield and Chicopee teams exchanged the location of their franchises. Each team assumed the other teams record in the standings. The new Chicopee team assumed a a 5-3 record and finished the first-half with a 16-3 record. The actual record of the team was 18-0. At the beginning of the second half of the season, the franchise was moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, replacing the existing team in that city.
Played Chicopee home games at the Town Hall. Played Springfield home games at Whitney Rink – Seating capacity – 800
SPRINGFIELD | WMBL | 18-0 | 28-13 | WINNIE KINKAIDE | |||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | PTS | AVG |
Harry Hough | F-G | 20 | 5:07 | 135 | Western | 45 | 241 | 37 | 519 | 11.5 | |
Snake Deal | F-C-G | 24 | 6:00 | 165 | None | Injured | 46 | 150 | 23 | 323 | 7.0 |
Fred Mulliner | C-G-F | 22 | 6:00 | 160 | None | 49 | 113 | 7 | 233 | 4.8 | |
Toby Matthews | G-C-F | 24 | 6:01 | 180 | None | fr Springfield-1 | 32 | 143 | 19 | 305 | 9.5 |
Winnie Kinkaide | G-C-F | 22 | 5:10 | 180 | None | Injured | 52 | 19 | 10 | 48 | 0.9 |
Eddie Ferat | G-F-C | 23 | 5:08 | 165 | None | 43 | 143 | 11 | 297 | 6.9 | |
Howard Thomas | G | 22 | 5:09 | 165 | None | 27 | 74 | 5 | 153 | 5.7 | |
Charlie Bossert | G-C | 30 | 6:00 | 185 | Temple’99 | Injured | 10 | 51 | 0 | 102 | 10.2 |
Joe Fogarty | F | 18 | 5:09 | 165 | None | to Northampton | 12 | 35 | 0 | 70 | 5.8 |
Bobby Mayham | G | 19 | 5:08 | 155 | None | to Northampton | 5 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 6.0 |
Jack Harding | F-G | 19 | None | fr Springfield-1 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 2.9 | ||
Zeke Michelman | G | 23 | 6:00 | 180 | None | fr Springfield-1/VR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |