- 1899-1900

Played home games at the Bristol Auditorium  in Bristol, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 1,500

 

BRISTOL  NBL 4-6-1  6-14 HAMILTON CRISP
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Al Bennett F-G-C 22 5:08 140 None 17 22 19 63 3.7
Charlie Klein F 20 5:07 150 None Injured 24 88 12 188 7.8
Bill Everingham C-F 25 5:11 155 None Injured 22 26 74 126 5.7
Hamilton Crisp G-F 22 5:09 175 None Injured 23 14 1 29 1.3
John Plant C-C 22 5:09 185 None 28 11 0 22 0.8
Hal Snow C-F 22 6:00 170 None 18 25 15 65 3.6
Bunk Smith G-F 22 5:09 None Injured 11 12 1 25 2.3
Jack Madeley G 23 None Voluntarily Retired 5 6 2 14 2.8
Al Mellick G-F 25 5:06 140 None Injured 19 3 4 10 0.5
Jack Saunders C 26 5:10 205 None 7 4 0 8 1.1
Alfred Rambo F 23 5 3 0 6 1.2
Bert Madeley F 32 5:11 None 1 2 0 4 4.0
Charles Lempken F 21 2 1 0 2 1.0
John Johnson G-F 2 1 0 2 1.0
### Clark F 1 0 0 0 0.0
Choke Wright G 1 0 0 0 0.0
Mel Cline F 23 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Sixth Regiment Armory in Camden, New Jersey – Seating capacity  – 1,000

 

 

CAMDEN SKEETERS  NBL  4-5 11-9 BOB DIPPY
 
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Snake Deal F 20 6:00 165 None fr Chester 17 61 77 199 11.7
Randolph Cramer F 25 5:11 165 25 35 16 86 3.4
George Cartwright C 22 6:01 26 30 3 63 2.4
Hilly Wallace G 21 6:00 180 None 23 30 0 60 2.6
Bob Dippy G-F 27 5:06 145 Temple’96 26 16 0 32 1.2
George Beale F 24 5:09 None 14 13 28 54 3.9
Walt Thompson G-F 25 5:10 185 None fr Chester/to Penn BC 14 16 0 32 2.3
Charlie Carr C 19 5:11 175 None fr Penn BC 13 15 0 30 2.3
Eddie Ferat F-G 19 5:08 170 None 15 10 6 26 1.7
### O’Brien C 1 0 0 0 0.0
Ollie Bacon C 20 6:01 170 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
G.W. Bowers F-G 23 5:07 None Injured/to Penn BC 2 0 0 0 0.0
Budge Middleton C-G-F 20 6:01 160 None 3 0 0 0 0.0
Frank Bacon G 25 5:11 150 None 5 0 0 0 0.0

Chester dropped out of the league on December 18, 1889.

Played home games at the Chester Armory in Chester, Pennsylvania.

 

CHESTER BIG FIVE  NBL  0-6  DNP AL GEDDES
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Snake Deal F 20 6:00 165 None Injured/ to Camden 3 3 5 11 3.7
Frank Geddes F 20 5:08 145 None to Penn BC 6 8 2 18 3.0
Al Geddes C 24 5:11 170 None to Penn BC 6 3 6 12 2.0
Walt Thompson G 25 5:10 185 None to Camden 5 4 0 8 1.6
Charlie Bossert G-C 26 6:00 185 Temple’99 3 5 0 10 3.3
### Gerth G-F 3 6 0 12 4.0
Pop Shertel F-G 22 Temple’00 to Penn BC 3 2 0 4 1.3
Walt Kiefaber G 18 5:08 180 Temple’99 1 1 0 2 2.0
### Mastellar G-C 23 Temple’99 1 0 0 0 0.0
Percy Smith G-F 25  5:10 200 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Kurtz G 1 0 0 0 0.0
Tom McNally C 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the YMCA Gymnasium  and at Lyceum Hall,  in Fitchburg, Massachusetts

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FITCHBURG  MBL  20-8 ANTHONY CONLON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Charlie Noonan F-G 23 5:10 170 None 30 62 20 144 4.8
John Rourke F-G 19 5:05 135 None 30 40 2 82 2.7
Tom Marks C-F 19 22 27 75 129 5.9
Anthony Conlon G-F 22 5:10 170 None 26 32 25 89 3.4
Jake Sweeney G 18 5:06 130 None 27 11 0 22 0.8
James Spring G-C 16 5:11 160 Holy Cross’05 18 14 0 28 1.6
Bernard Ryan C 20 5:11 165 None        to/fr S.Worcester 3 3 0 6 2.0
Michael Fahey G 20 5:06 140 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
Fred Shattuck C 20 5:08 145 Fitchburg Normal’00          to S.Worcester 2 0 0 0 0.0
THomas Powers C 22 5:08 150 None 1 1 0 2 2.0

Played home games at the Opera House  in  Hudson, Massachusetts -Seating capacity – 750

 

HUDSON  MBL 15-12       JOE RODGER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Jack O’Neil F-C 21 5:09 165 23 34 0 68 3.0
Joe Rodger F 27 5:08 170 None 25 19 7 45 1.8
Elwin Green C 22 5;10 160 None 26 31 5 67 2.6
Elton Howe F-G 17 5:09 160 None            fr Marboro AC 23 21 0 42 1.8
Jack Porter G 23 5:09 185 None 27 33 133 199 7.4
Harlow Green G 27 5:09 None 11 4 0 8 0.7
Slats Healey F 22 5:11 175 None                to Webster 1 1 0 2 2.0
Charles Martens F 16 5:07 150 None 1 0 1 1 1.0
John Carruth F 21 5:10 155 None 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the City Hall in Marlboro, Massachusetts -Seating capacity – 1,000

 

MARLBORO BAA  MBL  20-10          TOM REID
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Albie Allard F 21 5:08 160 None                 fr Webster 15 32 56 120 8.0
Tom Robb F 22 24 29 16 74 3.1
Joe Kynoch C 21 5:10 165 None 27 32 9 73 2.7
Tom Reid G 25 5:11 160 27 12 42 66 2.4
Bill Halloran G-F 19 5:09 160 None 29 15 0 30 1.0
Charlie Doyle F 22 5:08 130 None 16 17 7 41 2.6
Billie Knox F 23 5:10 165 None        to/fr Marlboro AC 13 6 0 12 0.9
George Rogers F 27 1 1 0 2 2.0
Emile Dionne G-F 21 5:09 155 None        to Father Mathew 2 1 0 2 1.0
Bill Galbraith F                   to Milford 3 1 0 2 0.7
Harry Pratt F 22 5:07 145 Brown’00 2 0 0 0 0.0
Oscar McFarland F 19 5:11 180 None 2 3 0 6 3.0
Michael Godley G 22 5:10 160 None 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Town Hall in MIlford, Massachusetts – Seating capacity – 700

 

MILFORD  MBL 13-15 FRED BLACKNER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Allie Knox F-G 25 5:08 170 None              to/fr Millbury 22 23 11 57 2.6
George Kynoch F 18 5;11 160 None 26 33 1 67 2.6
Joe White C-F 32 5:10 170            fr Marboro AC 24 13 0 26 1.1
Fred Blackner G 24 5:06 150 None 24 29 80 138 5.8
Billy Parker G-C 20 6 0 12 0.6
Winfield Temple G 24 5:10 170 None            fr Marboro AC 2 0 6 6 3.0
Bill Neville G 21 5:09 160 None 3 2 2 6 2.0
Roy Tucker F-G 20 5:07 150 None 4 2 0 4 1.0
Bill Galbraith F-G           fr Marboro BAA 4 2 0 4 1.0
Jack Scott G 20 6:02 180 None                to Webster 1 1 0 2 2.0
Stanis Mathieu F 19 5:08 140 None                to Webster 1 0 2 2 2.0
Mike Thompson C 18 6:00 165                to Webster 3 1 0 2 0.7
### Dunbar G 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Donovan F 1 0 0 0 0.0
I.C.Trask G-C 27 5:09 175 None 2 0 0 0 0.0
George Gillon F-C 19   None           to Webster/fr Worcester Fr M 5 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Town Hall in Millbury, Massachusetts – Seating capacity – 900

 

MILLBURY  MBL 14-13  CHARLES CROSSMAN
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Henry Martens F 20 5:08 155 None 10 22 0 44 4.4
Charlie Crossman F 25 5:08 160 None 23 24 0 48 2.1
Charlie Burt C 25 5:10 180 25 23 2 48 1.9
Bill Horne G 19 6:00 170 None 25 38 102 178 7.1
George Williams G 17 10 0 20 1.2
Jack Ashton F 26 5:03 14 12 0 24 1.7
Everett Wood F-G 23 5:08 150 None 11 5 0 10 0.9
Alex McLean G-F 25 5:06 140 None to Worcester FrMathews 4 2 0 4 1.0
Allie Knox F 25 5:08 170 None                fr/to Milford 1 1 0 2 2.0
Fred Paine G 22 5:07 160 None                 to Webster 1 0 0 0 0.0
Don Windle G-F 21 5:06 150 None 3 0 0 0 0.0

On January 3, 1900, Millville re-joined the National Basketball League.

Played home games at  at YMCA Hall – in MIllville, New Jersey – Seating capacity – 2,000

 

MILLVILLE GLASSBLOWERS NBL DNP – 15-6-1    WALTER BARBER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Walter Barber F-C 22 5:11 160 None 22 65 77 207 9.4
Frank Bomhoff F 20 5:08 155 None 20 60 6 126 6.3
Firman Reeves C-G 22 5:11 175 None 21 40 14 94 4.5
Daniel Rieck G 22 5:11 170 None 18 2 0 4 0.2
John Wallace G-F 20 5:11 170 None 17 19 2 40 2.4
Jack Hitchens F-G 19 5:08 150 None 18 26 4 56 3.1
Herschel Adams F-G 23 5:08 160 None Voluntraily Retired 7 2 10 14 2.0
George Springer G-F 21 5:08 155 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
Mark Adams G 29 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Tom Mohr G-F 20 5:11 165 None 4 0 0 0 0.0

New York did not play any home games.

 

NEW YORK WANDERERS  NBL 4-2-1  13-7 BOB ABADIE
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Bobby Grief F 20 5:09 145 None 20 42 27 111 5.6
William Reed F-G 18 6:00 175 Columbia 22 41 36 118 5.4
John Wendelken C-F-G 23 6:00 175 Columbia 25 71 6 148 5.9
Bob Abadie G 24 6:02 190 None 22 13 0 26 1.2
Mother Dietrich G 26 5:10 170 None 25 10 0 20 0.8
Sandy Shields F 20 5:10 190 St.Francis(NY)/Savage         Vol. Retired 13 51 25 127 9.8
Kid Abadie G-C 21 5:10 165 None 21 30 2 62 3.0
Alex Moir G-F    20 6:00  180 None 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Battery A Armory in Philadelphia.

 

PENNSYLVANIA BICYCLE CLUB  NBL 4-7   =    0-20 HOWARD PRICE  4-7  AL GEDDES  0-20
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Clyde Keene F 17 5:08 165 None 25 42 4 88 3.5
Frank Geddes F-G-C 20 5:08 145 None fr Chester 15 12 6 30 2.0
Al Geddes C-G 24 5:11 170 None fr Chester/ Injured 13 8 8 24 1.8
Al Woodward G-F-C 23 5:07 Drexel’95 22 16 3 35 1.6
Bill THomas G-C 15 9 0 18 1.2
Louis Hinchcliff F 11 16 31 63 5.7
Howard Price F-G 26 5:07 145 None 7 8 20 36 5.1
Charlie Heite G-C 26 5:10 170 None 14 11 3 25 1.8
Bill Donley C 5:11 None 6 10 2 22 3.7
Howard Rudolph F 25 5:05 125 None 9 6 7 19 2.1
Amos Penrose G-F 21 5:08 150 None 13 6 4 16 1.2
J.  Mathers C-F 3 6 3 15 5.0
Carl Endebrock C 20 4 5 0 10 2.5
Jack Hedges F-G 26 5:07 150 Pennsylvania’01 Injured/ Vol. Retired 5 5 0 10 2.0
Charlie Carr C 17 5:11 Injured/to Camden 12 5 0 10 0.8
Bill Donlon F-C 25  5:11  160 None 2 1 5 7 3.5
Pop Shertel G-C-F 22 Temple’00 fr Chester 4 1 0 2 0.5
Reuben Oves G 18 5:11 160 None 5 2 0 4 0.8
### Mace C 1 0 1 1 1.0
Walt Thompson G 25 5:10 185 None fr Camden 1 0 0 0 0.0
Walter Whilt G 1 0 0 0 0.0
Robert Black F-G 23 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Weiss F 1 0 0 0 0.0
G.W. Bowers G 23 5:07 None fr Camden 3 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at Father Mathews Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts – Seating capacity -700

 

SOUTH WORCESTER CYML  MBL 12-16       DUCKY HOLMES
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Dorman F-G 20 5:07 132 None 26 20 2 42 1.6
Ed Connolly F 25 5:06 136 24 11 12 34 1.4
Tim Horan C 22 6:00 165 None 25 31 24 86 3.4
Johnny Sheehan G 23 5:07 145 25 22 50 94 3.8
Ducky Holmes G 23 5:08 190 None 26 7 0 14 0.5
Fred Shattuck G 20 5:08 145 Fitchburg Normal’00                fr Fitchburg 1 2 0 4 4.0
### Black F 1 1 0 2 2.0
Bernard Ryan F 20 5:11 165 None             fr/to Fitchburg 1 0 1 1 1.0
### Olson C 1 0 0 0 0.0
Tom Foley F 21 5:07 145           to Fr.Mathews 4 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at Masonic Temple in Trenton, New Jersey – Seating capacity – 1,600

 

TRENTON POTTERS  NBL  10-0   16-5-1        FRED COOPER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Al Cooper F-G 21 5:11 155 None Injured 23 69 75 213 9.3
Harry Stout F-C-G 20 5:09 160 None 29 65 28 158 5.4
Gus Endebrock C-F-G 23 5:11 165 None 27 50 1 101 3.7
George Cartlidge G-C 24 6:00 160 None 29 22 0 44 1.5
Chris Stinger G 23 5:07 165 None Injured 24 17 0 34 1.4
Bill Lindsay F 21 5:08 150 None Injured 23 26 30 82 3.6
Walter Lewis C-F 26 5:11 155 None 18 30 1 61 3.4
Pete Riley F 18 6:01 165 None 6 13 0 26 4.3
Newt Bugbee G 23 6:00 160 None Injured 14 6 1 13 0.9
Charles King F-C 5:11 1 2 0 4 4.0
Al Bratton G 24 5:07 145 None 2 2 0 4 2.0
Fred Cooper G 25 5:07 155 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
Joe McCormick G 22 5:10 150 None 2 0 0 0 0.0

On December 15, 1899, the Marlboro Athletic Club  franchise was transferred to Webster, Massachusetts. Record in Marlboro was 1-3.

Webster played home games at the Music Hall in Webster, Massachusetts –  Seating capacity – 800

Rosters: M = Marlboro A.C.      W = Webster

 

WEBSTER  MBL  6-20 6-20 GEORGE GREELEY 1-3
JOHN HICKEY 5-17
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Tommy Reilly F 21 5:06 140 None 22 19 1 39 1.8 W
Pete Reagan F 20 5:05 145 10 12 1 25 2.5 W
Mike Thompson C 18 6:00 165                    fr Milford 20 7 56 70 3.5 W
Billy Kelleher G 21 5:08 160 None 7 7 1 15 2.1 W
Stanis Mathieu G 19 5:08 140 None                   fr Milford 5 4 0 8 1.6 W
Joe Boyer G-F 19 5:05 140         to/fr Fr Mathews 8 8 0 16 2.0 W
Winfield Temple G-C 24 5:10 170 None                   to Milford 4 1 8 10 2.5 M
Frank Best C 24 None 2 0 8 8 4.0 M
Elton Howe G 17 5:09 160 None                  to Hudson 4 4 0 8 2.0 M
George Morse F       to Worcester Fr.M 4 2 0 4 1.0 M
Albie Allard G 22 5:08 170 None          to Marboro BAA 1 1 0 2 2.0 W
Billie Knox G 23 5:10 165 None       fr/to Marlboro BBA 1 1 0 2 2.0 M
Fred Jordan G 24  None 1 1 0 2 2.0 M
### O’Malley F 1 1 0 2 2.0 W
James Love F 22 5:06 140 None’ 2 1 0 2 1.0 W
Slats Healey C 22 5:11 175 None                 fr Hudson 2 1 0 2 1.0 W
Ed Bradley G 19 5:06 140 None            fr Fr Mathews 2 1 0 2 1.0 W
Cliff Russell C 29 2 0 2 2 1.0 M
Joe White F 32 5:10 170                   to Milford 4 1 0 2 0.5 W
Nick Branniff G 23 5:06 135 None 5 1 0 2 0.4 W
Andrew Madden G 19 5:07 135 None 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
Michael Godley G 23 5:10 160 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
A.R. Cannon F 26 5:09 155 None 2 0 0 0 0.0 M
Tommy Orr F 19 5:06 140 None 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
George Gillon F 19 None 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
Charles  Gillon G 23 5:09 160 None fr Milford/to Worcester 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
Harry Moultan G 20 5:08 150 Mass Aggies 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
### McDonald F 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
Jack Scott C 20 6:02 180 None                    fr Milford 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
### Hughes G 1 0 0 0 0.0 W
Frank Burr G 3 0 0 0 0.0 W
Fred Paine G 22 5:07 150 None                fr Millbury 4 0 0 0 0 W
Bill Bergner F-G 21 5:08 150 None 4 0 0 0 0.0 W
Bill Moore G-F 21 6 0 0 0 0.0 W

Played home games at Father Mathews Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts – Seating capacity -700

 

WORCESTER FATHER MATHEWS  –  MBL 9-18  PADDY HEHIR
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Joe Cullen F 23 5:08 160 None 23 36 16 88 3.8
Emile Dionne F 21 5:09 155 None  fr Marboro BBA 16 18 24 60 3.8
Tom Wiseman C 25 5:10 160 None 25 9 18 36 1.4
Paddy Hehir G-F 27 5:08 155 None 24 10 41 61 2.5
Jim Smith G 26 5:09 160 None                      Injured 15 1 0 2 0.1
Fred Burgoyne F-G 23 10 14 0 28 2.8
Ed Bradley G-F 19 5:06 140 None      Injuried/to Webster 10 3 0 6 0.6
### Collins F 1 1 1 3 3.0
George Morse G  fr Marboro BAA 1 1 0 2 2.0
Alex McLean F 25 5:06 140 None  fr Millbury 1 1 0 2 2.0
James McGeary F 22 1 0 0 0 0.0
George Gillon G 19 None     fr Webster/to Milford 1 0 0 0 0.0
Joe Boyer G 19 5:05 140              fr/to Webster 1 0 0 0 0.0
Tom Foley G 21 5:07 145 None      fr Worcester CYML 1 0 0 0 0.0
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