- 1916-1917

The Sarasota franchise transferred to an a team from Ballston, NewYork  on December 10, 1916. Record in Saratoga was 0-6. Ballston dropped out of the league on December 15, 1916.

Both the Saratoga and Balston teams played home games at the Olympian Hall in Saratoga Springs, New York.

S = Saratoga    B = Ballston

BALLSTON  NYSL 0-8 FRANCIS HENNESSY
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Francis Hennessey F 22 5:08 160 None 8 5 8 18 2.3 SB
Charles Hennessey F-G 24 5:11 170 None 8 3 9 15 1.9 SB
Min Bradshaw C 28 6:03 175 to Cohoes 5 2 1 5 1.0 SB
Eddie Matthews G-C 19 6:00 165 None to Schenectady 8 11 4 26 3.3 SB
Claude Posson G-F 21 5:07 150 None fr Cohoes 7 4 9 17 2.4 SB
Ernie Houghton G 23 5:09 160 Union (NY)’15 fr/to Hudson 1 1 4 6 6.0 S
Joe Bowe G 24 5:10 150 None to Glens Falls 2 3 4 10 5.0 S
Clarence Johnson F 25 Colgate’15 1 2 3 7 7.0 SB
### McNeill F 1 1 0 2 2.0 S
John Wiley F 24 5:08 155 None 2 1 0 2 1.0 S
Bill Leonard C 22 6:00 175 None to Glens Falls 1 0 0 0 0.0 S

The Bridgeport franchise was inactive during second half of season. Players were loaned to other teams: Eddie White (Hoboken), Stretch Harvey (Jersey City), Walt Swenson (Jersey City) and Johnny Beckman (Newark Turners). The  returned from second-half teams to represent Bridgeport in the playoffs. In addition, Joe Dryfus (Newark Turners) was signed for playoffs.

Home games were played at Colonial Hall in Bridgeport.

 

BRIDGEPORT BLUE RIBBONS  ISL 15-4   DNP JOHN LEAVY
REGULAR     SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Eddie White F-G 22 5:11 165 None to Hoboken 15 25 17 67 4.5
Jimmy Clinton F 28 5:11 160 None Injuried/ to Paterson 15 27 27 81 5.4
Stretch Harvey C 27 6:02 175 None to Jersey City 19 25 31 81 4.3
Walt Swenson G 27 5:10 160 None to Jersey City 19 28 58 114 6.0
Jack Murray G 24 5:08 165 None to Newark Turners 18 13 24 50 2.8
Johnny Beckman F 21 5:09 160 None to Newark Turners 6 19 21 59 9.8
### Anthony F 1 4 0 8 8.0
Hobby Fyfe F 25 5:10 165 None fr/to Jersey City 1 1 3 5 5.0
Mio Boggio G 31 5:07 150 None 1 1 1 3 3.0
Dinny Sheehan G 24 5:06 135 None to Newark Turners 1 1 1 3 3.0
Frank Bruggy F-G 25 5:11 195 Seton Hall fr/to Paterson 1 1 1 3 3.0
 2-0 PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Johnny Beckman F 21 5:09 160 None 2 4 6 14 7.0
Eddie White F 22 5:11 165 None 2 4 6 14 7.0
Stretch Harvey C 27 6:02 175 None 2 4 1 9 4.5
Walt Swenson G 27 5:10 160 None 2 0 5 5 2.5
Joe Dreyfus G 24 5:09 165 None 2 3 4 10 5.0

Played home games at the Camden Armory in Camden, New Jersey – Seating capacity – 3,500

 

CAMDEN SKEETERS  EBL 11-9  10-10 JACKIE ADAMS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Jackie Adams F 31 5:08 150 None 39 55 547 657 16.8
Roy Steele F-G 30 5:11 175 None Injured 36 76 0 152 4.2
Eddie Dolin C-G 24 6:02 185 Washington & Jefferson 39 84 0 168 4.3
Neil Deighan G-C 24 6:04 190 None 40 56 0 112 2.8
Jimmy Brown G 27 5:07 150 None 40 125 13 263 6.6
Frank Creely F-G 22 5:10 150 Temple’15 8 11 0 22 2.8
Hunk Hayney G-F 22 6:00 175 None 7 2 0 4 0.6
Dave Hall F 26 5:11 175 None 1 1 0 2 2.0

Played home games at the Carbondale Armory in Carbondale, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 2,200

 

CARBONDALE PIONEERS  PSL 33-7 ANDY SUILS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Jack Inglis F-G 29 5:09 180 RPI’09 39 129 133 391 10.0
Johnny Nolan F 30 5:11 165 None 39 79 21 179 4.6
Stretch McIntyre C 22 6:04 185 None 39 97 85 279 7.2
Elmer Ripley G 25 5:08 170 Brown 39 75 110 260 6.7
Andy Suils G 31 5:11 175 None 39 14 35 63 1.6
Sandy Phillips F-G 25 5:10 175 None 4 2 1 5 1.3

Played home games at the Cohoes Armory in Cohoes, New York – Seating Capacity – 2,000

 

COHOES  NYSL 5-13 JACK CALLAHAN 5-7
PIGGY BIGGANE 0-5
DIDO WILSON 0-1
 Leo Duval F 21 6:00 185  None 15 22 12 56 3.7
Frank Boyle F 19 5:08 160 None 8 9 2 20 2.5
Ben Kushner F-C 25 5:11 190 None 12 8 5 21 1.8
Min Bradshaw C 28 6:03 175 fr Ballston 3 1 0 2 0.7
Piggy Biggane G 27 5:09 165 None 16 21 12 54 3.4
John  McDermott G-F 21 5:09 155 None 6 3 2 8 1.3
Jack Callahan G 31 5:10 170 None to Hudson 12 14 11 39 3.3
Joe Johnson F 25 5:09 160 None 2 3 4 10 5.0
### Cushman C-F 1 2 3 7 7.0
Stretch Harvey C-F 27 6:02 175 None 1 2 2 6 6.0
A.  Johnson F 27 1 2 0 4 4.0
Leland Schell G 23 5:06 145 None 1 1 2 4 4.0
Harry Nealand C 24 5:10 150 None 1 1 2 4 4.0
Jerk Waters G 22 5:08 155 None fr Glens Falls 1 1 1 3 3.0
Frank Warnick G     30  5:05 140 None 1 1 1 3 3.0
Andy Sigler G 20 6:00 170 None 2 1 0 2 1.0
Skeets Wright C 27 6:02 180 Mercer 1 0 2 2 2.0
Chet Crell C     18 5:11 165 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
Brad Hall F 27 5:08 150 None to Utica 1 0 1 1 1.0
Carlton Ellms C 25 6:00 185 Tufts’13 2 0 1 1 0.5
Claude Posson F 21 5:07 150 None to Saratoga 1 0 0 0 0.0
Earl Scrafford G 31 RPI’09 1 0 0 0 0.0
Carl Fox F 18 5:11 170  None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Roland Lasher C 26 6:00 155 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Cy Chamberlain C 30 5:10 160 None fr Glens Falls 1 0 0 0 0.0
Andy Soulier F-G 28 5:09 155 1 0 0 0 0.0

Danbury did not participate in second-half of season.

Played home games in Danbury, Connecticut.

 

DANBURY DANBUARIANS  ISL 14-5     DNP CHRIS LEONARD
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Norman F-C 27 5:09 160 St.John’s’10 to Newark Turners 19 36 65 137 7.2
Bobby Hahn F 22 5:11 175 None 19 21 19 61 3.2
Chris Leonard C-G-F 26 6:03 190 Manhattan’12 19 25 56 106 5.6
Eddie Roach G 29 5:09 155 None to Newark Nat”lTurners 19 15 31 61 3.2
George Schoen G-F 32 5:11 175 None Injured 9 10 14 34 3.8
Edgar VonGal G 28 5:11 160 9 5 11 21 2.3
Joe Dreyfus G-F 24 5:09 165 None fr Stamford/to Newark T 2 2 6 10 5.0
Stretch Meehan C 18 6:07 225 Seton Hall’19 to Hoboken 1 0 1 1 1.0

The {Philadelphia-based De Neri franchise transferred to Allentown, Pennsylvania on December 21, 1916. Franchise returned to Philadelphia after posting 0-2 record in Allentown. Played  games in Allentown at Mealey’s Auditorium.

Played home games in Musical Fund Hall in Philadelphia – Seating capacity – 2,400

 

DE NERI DUDDIES  EBL 1-9 6-14 AMBROSE DUDLEY 1-13
WILLIAM MYERS 6-20
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Norman F 27 5:09 160 St.John’s(NY)’10 20 34 120 188 9.4
Ernie Reich F-C 22 6:00 165 None 8 7 0 14 1.8
Stretch Harvey C-F-G 27 6:02 175 None 13 14 0 28 2.2
Tom Barlow G-F 20 6:01 195 Rider/Drexel fr Trenton 26 20 0 40 1.5
Joe Dreyfus G-F 22 5:11 165 None 19 23 0 46 2.4
Kid Dark F-G 30 5:07 155 None to Jasper 31 46 383 475 15.3
Eggie Bilson C-F-G 22 5:11 165 None 25 21 0 42 1.7
Doc Newman G-F 26 5:09 170 None to Trenton 11 17 0 34 3.1
Army Thompson F-G 28 5:10 170 None 11 10 0 20 1.8
Charlie Hargreaves C-F-G 20 6:00 170 Trenton St. fr Trenton 5 4 7 15 3.0
Hill Zahn G 23 6:02 None 5 3 4 10 2.0
Joe Cavanaugh F 30 5:09 165 None Injured 10 5 0 10 1.0
Army Armstrong G 22 5:11 150 None 2 2 2 6 3.0
Rube Cashman C-F 24 6:00 170 None to Jasper 10 3 0 6 0.6
Billy Lloyd F 22 5:09 160 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
Charles Woerner G 27 5:07 150 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
Liz Powell F 23 5:08 145 None 2 1 0 2 1.0
Bill Lunden G 23  5:07   160 Cornell(NY)’16 4 1 0 2 0.5
Roy Geary F 28 5:09 155 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Murray Shelton F 23 6:01 175 Cornell(NY)’16 Football 1 0 0 0 0.0
Charles Deaver C 1 0 0 0 0.0
Alois Getzinger C-G 33 6:00 168 None fr/to Trenton

Freeland dropped out of the league on February 11, 1917.

Played home games at Timony Hall in Freeland, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 750

 

FREELAND TIGERS  PSL  4-26 JIMMY BROGAN
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Effie Welsh F 27 5:07 155 None 24 30 37 97 4.0
Art Steward F-C 24 5:10 170 None 21 27 54 108 5.1
Bill Van Osten C 30 5:09 155 Drexel/Pennsylvania’10 12 13 11 37 3.1
Johnny Novak G 32 5:07 145 None 25 22 78 122 4.9
Art Kramer G-F 23 5:08 155 None 16 14 14 42 2.6
Butch Schaub G-F 25 5:08 160 None to Hazleton 12 11 24 46 3.8
John Hudak G-F 21 5:07 145 None 11 8 18 34 3.1
Pete Barr F 27 5:08 185 None 8 8 16 32 4.0
Howard Fisher C 26 6:03 180 Bucknell/Dickinson’16 7 7 12 26 3.7
Jimmy Brogan F-G 27 5:10 155 East Stroudsburg Normal’o8 8 4 4 12 1.5
Joe Johnson F-G 22 5:08 155 East Stroudsburg Normal fr Nanticoke 4 3 2 8 2.0
### Schultz F 2 3 1 7 3.5
Alexander Marshall G-F-C 27 5:11 170 None 5 2 2 6 1.2
Willie Miller C 19 5:11 175 None 9 0 2 2 0.2
Alf Boczkowski C 30 6:00 175 None 2 0 2 2 1.0

Joined New York StateBasketball  League on December 18, 1916 as replacement for Ballston franchise.

Played home games at the Glens Falls Armory in Glens falls, New York – Seating capacity – 1,400

 

GLENS FALLS MAROONS  NYSL 3-6 LEO NOLAN
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Harold Murray F 26 5:07 150 None 7 7 9 23 3.3
Frank Moynihan F-C 24 5:08 150 Union(NY) 8 16 2 34 4.3
Bill Leonard C-F-G 22 6:00 175 None fr Saratoga 8 6 6 18 2.3
Joe Bowe G 24 5:10 150 None fr Saratoga 9 17 11 45 5.0
Jerk Waters G-F 22 5:08 155 None to Cohoes 8 12 6 30 3.8
Keiran Watters F-G 23 5:10 155 None 2 2 0 4 2.0
Leo Nolan G-F 27 5:10 160 None 4 1 1 3 0.8
Cy Chamberlain G-F 30 5:10 160 None to Cohoes 1 1 0 2 2.0
Abe Marks C 27 5:11 160 1 1 0 2 2.0
Howard Montgomery G 27 5:07 145 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Ed Long G 30 5:08 170 None fr Mohawk 1 0 0 0 0.0

Payed home games at Cooper Battalion Hall in Philadelphia.

 

GREYSTOCK GREYS EBL 12-8       14-6 JOE FOGARTY
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Lou Sugarman F-G 28 5:07 145 Syr/ND/Penn 40 77 0 154 3.9
Joe Fogarty F 31 5:09 165 None 40 89 576 754 18.9
Jack Lawrence C 22 6:00 180 None 40 55 0 110 2.8
Ray Cross G-C 27 6:01 190 None 39 106 0 212 5.4
Ally McWilliams G 26 6:00 160 None Injured 35 40 0 80 2.3
Mike Wilson F-G-C 33 5:11 175 None 5 3 1 7 1.4
Winnie Kinkaide G 35 5:10 180 None 3 2 0 4 1.3
Bill Keenan F 36 6:00 165 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
            PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Lou Sugarman F-G 28 5:07 145 Syr/ND/Penn 3 3 0 6 2.0
Joe Fogarty F 31 5:09 165 None 3 5 46 56 18.7
Jack Lawrence C 22 6:00 180 None 3 4 0 8 2.7
Ray Cross G-C 27 6:01 190 None 3 5 0 10 3.3
Ally McWilliams G 26 6:00 160 None 3 2 0 4 1.3

Played home games at Feeley Hall in Hazleton, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 2,400

 

HAZLETON MOUNTAINEERS  PSL 17-25 TRAY JONES
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Tray Jones F 30 5:11 170 None 38 50 111 211 5.6
Dick Smyth F-G 22 6:00 165 None 38 70 49 189 5.0
Jack Noll C 30 5:10 175 None fr Scranton 7 5 20 30 4.3
Patcher Pfaff G-C 22 5:11 170 None 38 55 59 169 4.4
Butch Schaub G-F 25 5:08 160 None fr Freeland 22 18 52 88 4.0
Ralph Herman F 25 5:07 145 None 24 25 27 77 3.2
Jack Russell C 25 6:01 175 None 34 19 17 55 1.6
Herm Bergkamp F-G 21 5:11 170 None 24 13 19 45 1.9
Chris Leonard C 26 6:03 190 Manhattan’12 2 1 9 11 5.5
Hodge Roland F  29  6:02  175 None 2 2 1 5 2.5

Hoboken was admitted to the Interstate Basketball  League on January 15, 1917 for the second-half of season.

 

HOBOKEN HOBS  ISL  DNP 7-12 BILL MANNING
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Nat Holman F-G-C 20 5:11 160 Savage Suspended 15 18 43 79 5.3
Joe Ashmead F-G 23 6:01 175 Cornell(NY)’16 Injured 9 18 26 62 6.9
Stretch McIntyre C 22 6:04 185 None 7 10 19 39 5.6
Eddie White G-F-C 24 5:11 165 None fr Bridgeport 14 47 37 131 9.4
Ecky Calder G-F 26 6:00 180 St.Lawrence’13/Columbia’14 13 26 21 73 5.6
Jerry Harrigan G 5:10 fr New York 15 13 25 51 3.4
Willie Carey F-G 20 5:08 155 None Suspended 8 11 13 35 4.4
Mike Smolick F-G 26 5:09 185 None fr New York 7 10 9 29 4.1
Elmer Ripley G-F 25 5:08 170 Brown 4 3 14 20 5.0
Eddie Gilhooley C Suspended 7 4 9 17 2.4
J.  Murray C 2 2 2 6 3.0
Stretch Meehan C 18 6:07 225 Seton Hall’19 fr Danbury 1 0 0 1 1.0
Harry Wallack G 24 6:00 170 None 2 0 0 0 0.o
Jay Doyle 22 5:07 145 None 1 0 0 0 o.0
James Storey 20 6:00 180 NYU’20    1       0      0     0   0.0

Played home games at the Hudson Armory in Hudson, New York – Seating capacity – 1,800

 

HUDSON Co.F  NYSL 13-9   TRIM McKINSTRY 7-4
JACK CALLIHAN 6-5
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Sandy Phillips F-G 25 5:10 170 None 17 13 15 41 2.4
Trim McKinstry F-G-C 23 5:10 155 Rutgers/Union(NY) 22 31 21 83 3.8
Jack Nugent C-G 29 6:02 170 None 22 16 16 48 2.2
Ernie Houghton G-F 23  5:09   160 Union(NY)’15 to/fr Saratoga 22 33 28 94 4.3
Jack Callahan G-F 31 5:10 170 None fr Cohoes 11 22 14 58 5.3
Toby Matthews C 37 6:01 180 None 8 11 8 30 3.8
Joe Evers F 25 5:09 135 None to Nanticoke PSL 4 7 6 20 5.0
Ed Wachter G-G-C 33 6:01 180 None 3 4 9 17 5.7
Everett Dakin G-F 20 5:08 150 None 3 1 2 4 1.3

Jasper played home games in Nonpareil Hall in Philadelphia – Seating capacity – 2,000

 

JASPER JEWELS  EBL 14-6     10-10 BILL KENNEDY
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Barney Sedran F 25 5:03 124 CCNY 38 91 109 291 7.7
Kid Dark F-G 30 5:07 155 None fr DeNeri 8 5 72 82 10.3
Dave Kerr C-G 20 6:02 195 None Injured 29 50 0 100 3.4
Marty Friedman G-F 27 5:07 140 None 39 71 0 142 3.6
Jack Fox G 34 5:11 180 None 38 25 0 50 1.3
Harry Hough F-G 33 5:07 145 Western(Pa) Injured 17 16 8 40 2.3
Rube Cashman C-F 24 6:00 170 None fr DeNeri 14 14 0 28 2.0
Chris Leonard C-G-F 26 6:03 190 Manhattan’12 13 12 0 24 1.8
Charlie MacGregor F-G 28 5:11 65 None 16 11 0 22 1.4
Billy Cohen F 26 5:10 160 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
Jake Fuller G-F 27 5:02 150 None 2 0 0 0 0.0
            PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Barney Sedran F 25 5:03 124 CCNY 2 2 0 4 2.0
Harry Hough F-G 33 5:07 145 Western(Pa) 3 1 52 54 18.0
Dave Kerr C-G 20 6:02 195 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
Marty Friedman G-F 27 5:07 140 None 3 3 0 6 2.0
Jack Fox G 34 5:11 180 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
Kid Dark F-G 30 5:07 155 None fr DeNeri 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played most home games in the Jersey City Armory. Played some games at the Elks Hall in Jersey City.

 

JERSEY CITY JERSEYS  ISL  8-11  13-7 HARRY WALLUM
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Ernie Reich F 22 5:08 155 None Injuried 33 42 65 149 4.5
Skeets Wright F-C-G 26 6:01 170 Mercer 39 38 99 175 4.5
Stretch Harvey C 27 6:02 175 None fr Bridgeport 15 22 19 63 4.2
Hobby Fyfe G-F 25 5:10 165 None to/fr Bridgeport 39 89 87 265 6.8
Walt Swenson G 27 5:10 160 None fr Bridgeport 20 38 87 163 8.2
Leo Malone C 21 6:04 190 None to National Turners 17 29 68 126 7.4
Jake Fuller G-F 27 5:03 150 None to Newark Turners 10 15 20 50 5.0
Sid Barger G 31 5:11 165 None 30 14 19 47 1.6
Patsy Corrigan G 28 5:11 160 St.Peter’s(NJ)’06 9 4 5 13 1.4
Chief Muller F-G 31 6:00 180 None 1 2 4 8 8.0
Dick Leary C 29 6:05 180 None also Nanticoke PSL 1 0 4 4 4.0
Harry Wallum G-F 35 5:11 200 None 1 1 0 2 2.0

Played home games at the Mohawk Armory in Mohawk, New York – Seating capacity – 1.800

 

MOHAWK INDIANS  NYSL 15-8 JACK NOLL
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Jimmy Doyle F 24 5:11 160 None to Archibald ICL 21 22 36 80 3.8
Jack Noll F-C-G 30 5:10 175 None 23 48 58 154 6.7
Dewey Sullivan C-G 18 6:01 175 None 18 19 14 52 2.9
Bill Dowd F-G 22 5:08 165 None 22 27 13 67 3.0
Will Clarke G 26 5:11 170 None to Pittston PSL 12 8 13 29 2.4
Jimmy Murnane G-F 33 5:07 160 None 14 14 12 40 2.9
Justin List G 25  5:08  155 None 13 4 16 24 1.8
### Davis C 2 4 2 10 5.0
Ed Long G 30 5:08 170 None to Glens Falls 2 2 3 7 3.5
### McHugh F-G 3 0 1 1 0.3

Home games played in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania at Kirmar Park – Seating capacity – 1,700

 

NANTICOKE NANS  PSL  26-14 LEW WACHTER 26-14
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Joe Evers F 22 5:09 135 None 27 32 46 110 4.1
Murray Simberg F 19 5:09 165 None (@ Paterson ISL) 24 41 22 104 4.3
Dick Leary C 29 6:04 180 None 40 75 122 272 6.8
Chief Muller G-F 31 6:00 170 None 39 109 103 321 8.2
Jake Schimmel G 22 5:10 160 None 32 16 24 56 1.8
Dave Beaver G-F 23 5:08 130 Union(NY)’15 17 17 29 63 3.7
Ray Schechterly G-F 22 5:09 155 None 10 11 7 29 2.9
Jake Beaver F 23 5:08 140 Union(NY)’15 4 4 3 11 2.8
John Bryant  C     27  6:00    165 1 1 1 3 3.0
David Jones G-F 22 None 2 0 2 2 1.0
Walter Keating F 25 5:09 155 None to Scranton
Joe Johnson F-C 24 5:08 155 None to Freeland

During the 1916-17 Interstate Basketball League season, three different team played under the the New York banner. The Cathedral Separate Five represented New York in the first half of the season and posted a 1-16 record.  The Cathedral Separate Five played home games  at Webster Hall in Manhattan.  At the beginning of the second half, the Manhattan All-Stars  took over the schedule,  but after posting a 1-10 record gave up the franchise.  The Manhattan All-stars played home games at the Manhattan Casino. The Yonkers Company G team, led by player-coach Dave Wassmer, filled out the final seven games of the season with a 1-6 record.

 

NEW YORK ALL STARS  ISL 1-16   2-16 THEODORE KENNY 1-16 JESSE MESSER 1-10 DAVE WASSMER 1-6
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Dave Wassmer F-G 22 5:11 180 None 14 12 15 39 2.8
John Tidaback F 22 5:08 145 None 8 13 11 37 4.6
Dave MacMillan C 30 6:01 180 Oberlin’12 8 9 22 40 5.0
Joe Acker G 31 5:07 145 None 7 2 6 10 1.4
### Healey G to/fr Newark Turners 8 11 11 33 4.1
Manhattan All Stars
Charlie Dondero F-G 23 5:04 130 None fr Paterson 27 47 60 154 5.7
Bob Griebe C-F 21 6:02 185 None 30 35 44 114 3.8
Jerry Sullivan G-F 20 6:02 185 None 10 10 10 30 3.0
Heine Henschell G 32 5:10 180 None fr Paterson 6 7 5 19 3.2
Jesse Messer G 27 5:11 165 None 11 17 9 43 3.9
Doc Newman G 26 5:09 160 None to Paterson 7 9 7 25 3.6
Lou Sugarman F-G 26 5:07 145 Syr/ND/Penn 1 1 5 7 7.0
Tony Caliguiri F   20 1 1 1 3 3.0
Bill Brunner G 29 5:11 170 None 1 1 1 3 3.0
Jake Beaver F 23 5:08 140 Union(NY)’15 1 1 0 2 2.0
Dave Beaver G 23 5:08 150 Union(NY)’15 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Rogers G 1 0 0 0 0.0
Cathedral Separate Five
Charlie Dondero F-G 23 5:04 130 None see Manhattan All Stars
Bob Griebe C-F 21 6:02 185 None see Manhattan All Stars
Theodore Kenny F-G 23 5:08 150 15 9 17 35 2.3
Joe DeRose F-G 22 5:11 165 13 10 12 32 2.5
Mike Smolick F 26 5:09 185 None to Hoboken 5 4 12 20 4.0
R.  McNamara G-F 6:01 8 6 4 16 2.0
### Ryan G-F 9 3 5 11 1.2
Piggy Biggane G-F 27 5:09 165 None 3 2 3 7 2.3
Jerry Harrigan G-F 5:10 to Hoboken 2 1 4 6 3.0

Newark Nationals were admitted to the Interstate Basketball Lague on January 15, 1917 for the second half of the season.

 

NEWARK NATIONAL TURNERS  ISL DNP   6-13 GIL SCHWAB
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Gil Schwab F 24 5:08 165 None fr Stamford 19 54 38 146 7.7
Frank Boyle F-G 24 5:08 155 None 19 39 42 120 6.3
Leo Malone C 21 6:04 190 None fr Jersey City 15 23 52 98 6.5
Harry Lapzien G-F-C 29 5:11 165 None 17 23 31 77 4.5
Eddie Roach G 32 5:09 155 None fr Stamford 18 10 20 40 2.2
Tom Barry F-G 25 5:08 170 None fr Stamford 12 6 4 16 1.3
Willie O’Toole G-F 23  5:04  155 5 1 0 2 0.4

Newark Turners were admitted to Interstate League on January 15, 1917 for the second-half of the season.

 

NEWARK TURNERS  ISL  DNP        15-6  JOE DREYFUS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Johnny Beckman F-C 21 5:09 160 None fr Bridgeport 16 24 37 85 5.3
George Norman F-G 27 5:09 160 St.John'(NY)’10 fr Danbury 21 28 46 102 4.9
Chris Leonard C 26 6:03 190 Manhattan’12 fr Danbury 18 19 70 108 6.0
Joe Dreyfus G-F 22 5:11 165 None fr Danbury 19 58 31 147 7.7
Jack Murray G 24 5:08 165 None fr Bridgeport 21 20 30 70 3.3
Dinny Sheehan F-G 24 5:06 135 None fr Bridgeport 17 25 39 89 5.2
Jake Fuller F-G 27 5:03 150 None fr Jersey City 2 4 5 13 6.5
Harold Dunbar G 26 5:05 160 None 1 4 0 8 8.0
Dave MacMillan C 30 6:01 180 Oberlin’12 fr/to New York 1 0 3 3 3.0
### Healey G fr/to New York 1 0 0 0 0.0
Willie McWalters F-G 25 5:08 140 None 2 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Paterson, New Jersey – Seating capacity – 5,000

 

PATERSON CRESCENTS  ISL  11-10 13-4 POP MORGENWECK
     REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Frank Bruggy F-C 25 5:11 195 Seton Hall to/fr Bridgeport 33 55 53 163 4.9
Jimmy Clinton F-C 28 5:11 160 None fr Bridgeport 20 40 53 133 6.7
Charlie Powers C-F 24 6:01 160 None 27 29 81 139 5.1
Joe Johnson G 27 5:10 160 None fr Stamford 22 26 47 99 4.5
Artie Powers G-F 22 5:10 170 None 37 36 69 141 3.8
Nick Harvey G-F 23 5:05 145 None Injuried 18 22 25 69 3.8
Heine Henschel G 32 5:10 180 None to New York 18 24 16 64 3.6
Doc Newman G 26 5:09 170 None fr New York 13 17 14 48 3.7
Murray Simberg G-F 19 5:09 165 None to Nanticoke PSL 8 10 13 33 4.1
Buck Miles G-C 27 6:03 195 Washington & Lee’15 9 9 6 24 2.7
Billy Cohen C-G-F 26 5:10 160 None 6 1 17 19 3.2
Roy Steele G 30 5:11 175 None 2 4 4 12 6.0
Bobby Vance F 23 5:09 160 Notre Dame’10 1 2 3 7 7.0
Joe Tripp C-F 19 6:01 175 None 2 2 1 5 2.5
Garry Schmeelk F 25 5:11 205 St.John’s(NY) 1 1 2 4 4.0
Bibbs Raymond G 18 5:08 155 None 1 0 3 3 3.0
Pete Jones F 24 5:09 175 Seton Hall 1 1 1 3 3.0
Charlie Dondero F 23 5:04 130 None to New York 1 1 1 3 3.0
Benny Borgmann F 18 5:07 155 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
Bob Wardell C-F 22 5:04 140 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
### Yates F 1 0 0 0 0.0
Ben Kushner F 25 5:11 190 None to Cohoes NYSL 1 0 0 0 0.0
           PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Frank Bruggy F-C 25 5:11 195 Seton Hall 2 4 6 14 7.0
Jimmy Clinton F 28 5:11 160 None 2 5 4 14 7.0
Charlie Powers C-F 24 6:01 160 None 2 2 2 6 3.0
Joe Johnson G 27 5:10 160 None 2 1 2 4 2.0
Artie Powers G-F 22 5:10 170 None 2 0 1 1 0.5
Nick Harvey G-F 23 5:05 145 None 1 1 0 2 2.0

Played home games at the Pittston Armory in Pittston, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 2,000

 

PITTSTON  PSL 24-17 GARRY SCHMEELK
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Merle Harris  F-G 27 5:09 155 None 37 80 152 312 8.4
Garry Schmeelk F 25 5:11 205 St.John’s(NY) 40 102 109 313 7.8
Ade Van Kampen C 22 6:03 175 None 40 54 58 166 4.2
Bucky Harris G 20 5:09 145 None 28 32 59 123 4.4
Tom MacLachlan G 26 5:10 170 None 37 21 27 69 1.9
Will Clarke G 26 5:11 170 None Voluntarily Retired 12 9 15 33 2.8
Hobby Fyfe G 28 5:10 165 None 6 10 14 34 5.7
Walter Margie G 20 5:11 170 None fr Scranton 3 0 1 1 0.3
Bill Troetschel F 26 5:11 185 None 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Plymouth Armory in Plymouth, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 1,600

 

PLYMOUTH SHAWNEES PSL 15-25 TURK JONES
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Johnny Haire F 23 5:09 165 40 77 75 229 5.7
Sam Dienes F 23 5:08 160 38 68 61 197 5.2
Swede Grimstead C 25 6:01 180 None 39 83 92 258 6.6
Cy Simendinger G-F 21 5:10 160 None 39 33 45 111 2.8
Alex Dick G-F 26 6:01 175 None 22 26 22 74 3.4
Joe Berger F 22 5:08 145 Lafayette 8 20 36 76 9.5
Ed Smith F-G 9 12 4 28 3.1
Jack Carson G-F 3 3 3 9 3.0
Red Hughes G 23 5:09 160 None 6 3 2 8 1.3
### Cummins G 2 2 1 5 2.5
Ken Guest F 21 None 3 0 1 1 0.3
Turk Jones G 23 5:09 135 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Dave Davis G 22 5:07 150 Albright’17 2 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Reading Armory – Seating capacity – 1,200

 

READING BEARS  EBL 12-8  10-10 ANDY SEARS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Johnny Beckman F 21 5:09 160 None 38 92 54 238 6.3
Charley O’Donnell F 31 6:00 170 None 40 62 0 124 3.1
Horse Haggerty C 25 6:04 225 None 40 29 0 58 1.5
Andy Sears G 30 5:09 175 None 32 43 424 510 15.9
George Morris G 30 5:08 155 None 40 42 0 84 2.1
Bushell Beggs F-G 33 5:09 165 Ursinus/Lehigh’04  Injured 12 21 18 60 5.0
Eddie White F 22 5:11 165 None 5 13 0 26 5.2

Played home games at the Schenectady Armory in Schenectady, New York – Seating Capacity –

 

SCHENECTADY DORPIANS  NYSL 15-7 BEN BUTCH
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Frank Fritz F-G 27 5:08 155 None 13 16 6 38 2.9
Herm Butch F 23 5:11 155 None 22 31 59 121 5.5
Hass Bradshaw C 28 6:03 175 Injured 20 20 13 53 2.7
Hugh Kling G 29 5:11 150 None 22 17 18 52 2.4
Hank McDermott G-C 22 5:10 180 None Injured 21 22 14 58 2.8
Garry Schmeelk F 25 5:11 205 St.John’s(NY)’11 1 6 2 14 14.0
Ben Butch C-G-F 29 5:11 165 None Injured 10 4 2 10 1.0
Frank Gill G 28 6:00 170 Princeton’15 3 3 4 10 3.3
Eddie Matthews F-C 19 6:00 165 None fr Ballston 4 0 0 0 0.0
Jake Cole C-G-F 24 6:00 160 None 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Town Hall in Scranton, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 2,500

 

SCRANTON MINERS  PSL  9-23 JACK NOLL 3-7
JIMMY KANE 6-25
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Eddie Berger F-G 25 5:07 145 None fr Wilkes Barre 22 22 42 86 3.9
Jimmy Kane F-C 35 6:01 220 St.Thomas(Pa) Injured 22 58 69 185 8.4
Leo Malone C 21 6:03 190 None 11 10 27 47 4.3
Tommo O’Neil G-F-C 22 5:09 165 None 30 12 24 48 1.6
Eddie Kearney G 18 6:00 170 Lafayette’24 11 6 10 22 2.0
Jack Noll C-F 30 5:10 175 None to Hazleton 22 35 37 107 4.9
Jimmy Mahon F 23 5:08 155 None to ProvidenceICL 20 24 38 84 4.3
Ed Long G-F 30 5:08 170 None to ProvidenceICL 26 17 39 73 2.8
Stanley Reese F-G 23 5:06 135 None 15 13 8 34 2.3
Joe Dreyfus F 24 5:11 165 None 7 11 9 31 4.4
Andy Gilpin F-G 23 5:08 145 Bucknell’16 11 6 10 22 2.0
Tom Barry F-G 25 5:08 175 None 5 3 5 11 2.2
Walter Keating F-G-C 25 5:09 155 None fr Nanticoke 7 1 4 6 0.9
Bill Dowd G-F-C 22 5:08 168 None 2 2 0 4 2.0
Buck Miles C 23 6:03 195 Wash’ton & Lee’15 to Wilkes Barre 2 0 1 1 0.5
Eddie Burke F 21 5:09 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Walter Margie G-F-C 20 5:11 170 to Pittston

Stamford did not participate in second-half of season.

Home games played at Stamford Armory in Stamford, Connecticut.

 

STAMFORD STAMFORDS  ISL 8-8 DNP JUSTUS FENNEL
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Gil Schwab F 24 5:08 165 None Inj/to National Turners 8 29 11 69 8.6
Joe Johnson F-G 27 5:10 160 to Paterson 16 25 30 80 5.0
George Smith C-F 26 6:03 220 None 16 29 42 100 6.3
Joe Dreyfus G-C-F 22 5:09 165 None to Danbury 14 19 29 67 4.8
Tom Barry G-F 25 5:08 170 None to National Turners 12 11 10 32 2.7
Jack Hogan G-C 20 5:08 130 None 8 8 11 27 3.4
Jimmy Morrison F 29 5:11 165 None Voluntarily Retired 5 4 2 10 2.0
Eddie Connolly F 22 6:00 180 None 1 1 1 3 3.0
James O’Meara F 22 5:05 140 None 1 1 1 3 3.0

Played home games at the Second regiment Armory in Trenton, New Jersey – Seating capacity – 3,500

 

TRENTON ROYAL BENGALS  EBL  10-10      10-10     AL COOPER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Kid Franckle F-G 28 5:07 145 None 40 77 2 156 3.9
Sam Curlett F 29 5:11 155 Banks Business(NJ) 40 39 533 611 15.3
Maurice Tome C 25 6:02 190 None 38 58 0 116 3.1
Fred Gieg G-F 26 6:01 205 Swarthmore’13 37 56 0 112 3.0
Doc Newman G-F 26 5:09 170 None fr DeNeri 29 56 2 114 3.9
Alois Getzinger C-G 33 6:00 168 None to/fr DeNeri 18 25 201 251 13.9
Lennie Frost G-F 28 5:09 160 Trenton St. 8 12 53 77 9.6
Leonard Norcross G 24 5:09 155 Brown/Princeton’19 7 17 0 34 4.9
Jack Inglis F 29 5:09 180 RPI’09 6 8 0 16 2.7
Tom Barlow G-F 20 6:01 195 Rider/Drexel to DeNeri 4 3 0 6 1.5
Charlie Hargreaves C-F-G 20 6:00 170 Trenton St. to DeNeri 2 0 4 4 2.0
 Winnie Kinkaide G 35 5:10 185 None to Greystock 2 0 0 0 0 0.0

 

Played home games at the Utica Armory in Utica, New York – Seating capacity – 1,300

 

UTICA UTES  NYSL 12-12  ALLIE BROWN
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Al Schuler F 22 5:09 165 None 23 61 47 169 7.3
Fay Inman F-C 24 6:00 170 None 16 17 16 50 3.1
Allie Brown C-G 29 6:02 180 None 23 18 42 78 3.4
Dewey Steffen G-F 20 5:09 155 Colgate’20 21 22 21 65 3.1
Mike Roberts G 29 5:08 165 None 15 14 15 43 2.9
Blubs Alberding F-G 27 5:09 165 None Injured 11 13 13 39 3.5
Brad Hall G-C 27 5:08 150 None Injured 8 8 6 22 2.8
Bill Filkins G-C-F 23 6:00 160 None 8 8 6 22 2.8
Charlie Powers C 24 6:01 160 None 6 8 6 22 3.7
Howard Laun F 27 5:08 155 None 1 1 0 2 2.0
Flash Maloy G 1 0 0 0 0.0
John Roberts C   23 6:02 1 0 0 0 0.0
Jack Cotter G   24  5:08 155 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Fred Van Tassell F 21 5:05 135 None 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Ninth Infantry Regiment Armory in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 3,000

 

WILKES BARRE-BARONS  PSL 28-12 WILLIE McCARTER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Lou Coopey F-G 25 5:09 165 None 39 59 98 216 5.5
Tom Dunleavy F 20 6:00 160 None 38 60 42 162 4.3
Bernie Dunn C 22 5:11 180 None 40 43 63 149 3.7
Willie McCarter G 23 5:09 170 None 40 40 155 235 5.9
Nig Foster G 23 5:10 165 None 39 30 83 143 3.7
George Simmers C 23 6:01 170 None 4 3 8 14 3.5
Skeets Wright C 30 6:01 170 Mercer 2 1 9 11 5.5
Buck Miles C 23 6:03 195 Wash’ton & Lee’15 to Scranton 1 1 3 5 5.0
Jack Barrett C 22 6:00 170 East Stroudsburg Normal’16 2 0 2 2 1.0
Eddie Berger F-G 25 5:07 145 None to Scranton 2 0 0 0 0.0
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