- 1933-1934

Played home games at the Holy Family Auditorium in Bronx.

 

BRONX AMERICANS  ABL 10-15  2-6 FRANK LOMBARDO
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Moe Frankel F-G 20 5:10 190 None 32 105 66 276 8.6
Dave Budnetz F-G 23  None to/fr Newark 18 33 26 92 5.1
Al Kellett C-F-G 32 6:03 200 None (Baseball 32 50 66 166 5.2
Fred Brunelli G-F 25 5:10 180 Manhattan’33 25 43 17 103 4.1
Sonny Gluck G-F 26 5:11 190 None 16 39 16 94 5.9
Mike Arrasate F-G 29 6:03 210 None 14 31 22 84 6.0
Bob Synnott F 21 6:03 205 None to Union City 16 22 9 53 3.3
Willie McDonald F-G 29 None 17 20 7 47 2.8
Tom Hutchinson G-F-C 21 5:10 160 Manhattan’33 20 10 17 37 1.9
Johnny Spellacy C 26 6:03 175 None 11 4 0 8 0.7
Mike Michelotti G-F 24 6:02 180 None 2 1 0 2 1.0
Frank Stanzi F 3 0 1 1 0.3

Played home games at the Arcadia Hall in Brooklyn – Seating capacity – 2,000. The Jewels also played some home games in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

 

BROOKLYN JEWELS  ABL     22-8  4-4 EDDIE WILDE
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Slott F-G 21 5:11 185 St.John’s(NY)’33 30 41 31 113 3.8
Jake Poliskin F-G 21 6:02 175 St.John’s(NY)’33 35 39 36 114 3.3
Matty Begovich C-G 23 6:05 200 St.John’s(NY)’31 35 37 29 103 2.9
Mac Kinsbrunner G-F 24 5:09 155 Syracuse/St.John’s(NY)’31 34 110 45 265 7.8
Allie Schuckman G-F 24 5:08 170 LIU/St.John’s(NY)’31 36 93 93 279 7.8
Mac Posnack F-G-C 24 5:11 190 St.John’s(NY)’31 35 23 15 61 1.7
Rip Gerson F-G-C 24 5:10 Brooklyn C. of Pharm/St.John’s(NY)’31 30 20 6 46 1.5
John McGuinness G-F 21 5:11 St.John’s(NY)’34 3 3 2 8 2.7
Nat Lazar G-F 23 5:09 155 St.John’s(NY)’33 3 1 0 2 0.7
Harry Walters G-F 19 6:00 None 2 0 1 1 0.5
Hank Knudsen C 28 6:05 180 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at Prospect Hall in Brooklyn – Seating capacity – 1,500

 

BROOKLYN VISITATION  ABL     12-12     1-8 JOHN DONLON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Milt Trupin F-G 23 5:10 160 CCNY’31 28 58 48 164 5.9
Frank Conaty F-C-G 23 6:02 165 None 26 45 24 114 4.4
Frank Moore C-F 24 6:03 190 Pierce JC’31 24 19 11 49 2.0
Willie Scrill G-F 26 5:10 175 None 32 92 39 223 7.0
Carlie Johnson G-F 24 5:08 150 None 31 52 43 147 4.7
Rody Cooney G 31 5:08 140 None 27 35 12 82 3.0
Happy Reilly G-F 26 5:08 165 None to Newark 13 29 7 65 5.0
Tom Carroll F-G 20 5:04 140  St.Francis(NY)’34 8 13 18 44 5.5
Pat Herlihy C-F 24 6:04 220 None 4 5 4 14 3.5
Bill Johnson G 30 5:09 160 None 1 2 1 5 5.0
Orville Terjesen C 22 6:04 195 None 3 1 1 3 1.0
Buster Dunne C-G-F 25 6:02 180 None 2 0 1 1 0.5
Harry Knoblauch C 35 6:02 190 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Tom Heath C-G 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Grody C 33 6:02 215 None to Trenton 3 0 0 0 0.0

Team began season as the Hoboken (NewJersey ) Thoutots. On November 28, 1933, the franchise was moved to Camden(New Jersey) where team was called the Brewers. On January 9, 1934, the franchise was moved to New Britain, Connecticut.

H = Hoboken    Played home games at the Edison Gymnasium

C = Camden      Played home games at the Convention Hall in Camden

NB = New Britain    Played home games at the New Britain Municipal Auditorium

 

NEW BRITAIN PALACE  ABL 5-19 7-5 DOC LISA 0-2
POP MORGENWECK 2-8
HENRY ZALESKI 10-14
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Dave Bass F-G 22 6:01 195 None fr Newark 24 45 37 127 5.3 NB
Moon Stetkewicz F-G 24 5:11 185 None 18 28 31 87 4.8 H-C-NB
Stan Entrup C 26 6:04 205 None fr Newark 17 8 13 29 1.7 NB
Moe Spahn G-F 21 6:00 185 CCNY’33 fr Newark 17 49 63 161 9.5 NB
Willie Putzer G-F 23 6:00 165 Fordham’31 24 46 22 114 4.8 NB
Paulie Adamo F 26 5:11 160 Panzer(NJ) to Union City 10 29 33 91 9.1 H-C
Gaza Chizmadia C-F 27 6:02 185 None fr Un City/to Newark 8 14 26 54 6.8 NB
Frank DePhillips F-G 25 6:00 195 CCNY’31 11 21 11 53 4.8 NB
Bill Bergin G 34 6:00 195 None 10 15 8 38 3.8 H-C
Carl Husta G 31 5:10 175 None 4 11 6 28 7.0 C
Babe Hurley F-G 23 6:02 180 Fordham’31 11 11 4 26 2.4 NB
Ray Kennedy G-F 36 5:09 160 None 4 6 5 17 4.3 C
Jim Picken F-G 30 5:10 165 Dartmouth’27 4 6 1 13 3.3 C
George Clift G-F 28 5:10 165 None 4 6 0 12 3.0 C
Hook Andersen F-G 21 5:11 175 NYU’34 7 4 4 12 1.7 NB
Jimmy Kent F 27 5:11 185  None to Union City 2 3 5 11 5.5 H
Mickey McNiff G-F 25 5:10 155 Pennsylvania’30 4 5 1 11 2.8 C
John Jacobs C 6:01 9 4 1 9 1.0 H-C
Eddie Taylor F-G 22 6:00 165 Pierce JC 2 3 1 7 3.5 C
Harry Hamilton C Fordham to Newark 2 3 1 7 3.5 C
Joe Davidoff G 23 5:07 140 CCNY’32 1 3 0 6 6.0 C
Henry Zaleski F-G 24 5:09 185 Fordham’31 9 1 2 4 0.4 NB
Bill Miles C 19 6:04 None 1 1 1 3 3.0 C
Hal Bosch G-F 25 6:00 165 None 2 1 0 2 1.0 H
Larry Dodick G 19 5:08 155 None 1 1 0 2 2.0 C
Hank Kurtyka F-G 24 6:02 170 None 1 0 1 1 1.0 C
Stretch Miller G 32 6:04 185 None 1 0 1 1 1.0 C
Hank Arbour F-G  26 5:09 None 4 0 1 1 0.3 NB
Worm Wearshing F 27 Temple 1 0 0 0 0.0 C
Rich Deighan C 33 6:04 195 None 1 0 0 0 0.0 C
### Deene F 1 0 0 0 0.0 C
Babe Liman F-G 265:08 150 NYU/Savage’28 1 0 0 0 0.0 NB
Heine Mueller F 2 0 0 0 0.0 NB
Joe McEnroe F-G 22 6:05 170 None 2 0 0 0 0.0 H
Jimmy Lennon C 26 6:02 to Newark 1 0 0 0 0.0 C

Played home games at Portuguese Hall in Newark, New Jersey.

 

NEWARK JOE FAYS  ABL 9-17  4-5 ABE SCHARTOFF
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Benny Borgmann F-G 34 5:07 160 None 32 120 81 321 10.0
Jimmy Gordon F-G 28 5:08  140 None Injured 25 70 33 173 6.9
Don Nagle C 23 6:03 None 15 11 5 27 1.8
Gaza Chizmadia G-C-F 27 6:02 185 None fr New Britain 12 19 48 86 7.2
Lefty Kintzing G-F 28 6:02 200 None 30 66 22 154 5.1
Moe Spahn G-F 21 6:00 185 CCNY’33 to New Britain 21 43 86 172 8.2
Harry Hamilton G-F-C Fordham fr Camden 13 12 8 32 2.5
Ernie McCoy F-G 29 6:02 175 Michigan’29 17 12 5 29 1.7
Happy Reilly F-G 26 5:08 165 None fr Booklyn Visitation 9 11 1 23 2.6
Stan Entrup C-G 26 6:04 205 None to New Britain 20 0 11 11 0.6
Red Conaty F-G 29 5:11 150 St.Francis(NY) 7 5 0 10 1.4
Jimmy Lennon F 26 6:02 fr Camden 1 1 1 3 3.0
Dave Budnetz F-G 23  None fr/to Bronx 2 0 2 2 1.0
Mooney Levine G 21 5:10 170 None Injured 2 1 0 2 1.0
Moe Weisman F 1 0 0 0 0.0
Skeets Lonoff G 35 5:06 145 None 2 0 0 0 0.0
Mickey Reichardt F-G 21 5:09 185 Rider’33 2 0 0 0 0.0
Dave Bass G-F 22 6:01 195 None to New Britain 2 0 0 0 0.0

PLayed home games at the Broadwood Hotel Ballroom in Philadelphia – Capacity – 3,000

 

PHILADELPHIA SPHAS  ABL 15-12   14-0 EDDIE GOTTLIEB
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Shikey Gotthoffer F-G 22 6:00 195 None 41 105 102 312 7.6
Inky Lautman F-C-G 19 6:02 210 None 39 89 50 228 5.8
Moe Goldman C 20 6:03 175 CCNY’34 12 27 19 73 6.1
Cy Kaselman G-F 24 5:10 165 Temple 39 115 102 332 8.5
Red Wolfe G-F 28 5:11 165 NYU/St.John’s(NY) 41 94 43 231 5.6
Harry Litwack G-F 26 5:07 170 Temple’29 35 60 39 159 4.5
Gil Fitch F-G 24 6:00 175 Temple’32 25 27 7 61 2.4
Lou Forman C-F-G 27 6:02 160 Dickinson 33 14 17 45 1.4
Ed Beron C-F-G 23 6:02 180 Temple’33 13 4 0 8 0.6
4-2         PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Shikey Gotthoffer F-G 22 6:00 195 None 6 10 14 34 5.7
Inky Lautman F-C-G 19 6:02 210 None 6 15 7 37 6.2
Moe Goldman C 20 6:03 175 CCNY’34 6 14 6 34 5.7
Cy Kaselman G-F 24 5:10 165 Temple 6 13 21 47 7.8
Red Wolfe G-F 28 5:11 165 NYU/St.John’s(NY) 5 10 4 24 4.8
Gil Fitch F-G 24 6:00 175 Temple’32 5 1 4 6 1.2
Lou Forman C-F-G 27 6:02 160 Dickinson 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at Moose Hall in Trenton – Seating capacity -1,500.   Also played games at the Trenton Arena – Seating capacity -2,300

 

TRENTON MOOSE  ABL 24-6  6-7 TEDDY KEARNS
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Glasco F-G 32 5:10 150 None Injured 35 82 24 188 5.4 6 14 5 33 5.5
Rusty Saunders F-C 27 6:02 212 None Baseball 43 140 76 356 8.3 6 26 14 66 11.0
Tiny Hearn C 26 6:09 230 Georgia Tech’29 Injured 41 24 13 61 1.5 6 3 1 7 1.2
Honey Russell G-F-C 30 6:00 187 Seton Hall/NYU/Savage 43 101 83 285 6.6 6 6 1 13 2.2
Lou Spindell G-F-C 25 5:09 169 None 42 123 109 355 8.5 6 16 11 43 7.2
Dutch Shudtz F-G 25 6:00 175 None 16 27 70 124 7.8 2 1 0 2 1.0
Bob Grody G-C-F 33 6:02 225 Cincinnati fr Brooklyn Visitation 12 4 3 11 0.9 2 0 0 0 0.0
Obie O’Brien F-G 24 5:06    120 Temple’32 5 3 2 8 1.6
2-4 PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Glasco F-G 32 5:10 150 None Injured 6 14 5 33 5.5
Rusty Saunders F-C 27 6:02 212 None Baseball 6 26 14 66 11.0
Tiny Hearn C 26 6:09 230 Georgia Tech’29 Injured 6 3 1 7 1.2
Honey Russell G-F-C 30 6:00 187 Seton Hall/NYU/Savage 6 6 1 13 2.2
Lou Spindell G-F-C 25 5:09 169 None 6 16 11 43 7.2
Dutch Shudtz F-G 25 6:00 175 None 2 1 0 2 1.0
Bob Grody G-C-F 33 6:02 215 None fr Brooklyn Visitation 2 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at Floral Park in Union City, New Jersey.

 

UNION CITY REDS  ABL 10-18  4-7 MUGGSY MILLER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Paulie Adamo F 26 5:11 160 Panzer(NJ) fr Camden 27 64 54 182 6.7
Tony Calland F-G 31 5:06 155 None 31 45 26 116 3.7
Howie Bollerman C 26 6:08 200 Colgate’29 39 51 52 154 3.9
Rip Collins G 26 St.John’s(NY)’29 37 74 41 189 5.1
Freddie Gerken G-F 20 5:09 150 None 36 99 34 232 6.4
Jimmy Kent G 27 5:11 185 fr Hoboken 26 36 45 117 4.5
Buddy Hassett G-F 22 5:11 175 Manhattan’33 Baseball 25 42 22 106 4.2
Lou Bender F 23 6:01 175 Columbia’32 9 28 12 68 7.6
Bob Synnott G-C-F 21 6:03 205 None fr Bronx 15 16 7 39 2.6
Gaza Chizmadia F-C 27 6:02 185 None to New Britain 12 14 35 63 5.3
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