- 1937-1938

  • Played home games at the Firestone Clubhouse in Akron, Ohio – Seating capacity – 1,500

 

AKRON FIRESTONE NON-SKIDS  NBL 14-4 PAUL SHEEKS
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Warren Whitlinger F 23 5:06 155 Ohio State’36 13 17 25 59 4.5
Soup Cable F-C 24 6:03 200 None 15 42 45 129 8.6
Duck Dowell C-F 25 6:03 200 NW Missouri State’32 14 15 19 49 3.5
Al Bonniwell G-F 26 6:03 185 Dartmouth’35 15 36 19 91 6.1
Jack Ozburn G-F 23 6:01 170 Monmouth(ILL)’33 15 59 26 144 9.6
Paul Tobin G-F 5:09 170 Akron # 14 20 22 62 4.4
Slim Shoun C 33 6:11 200 Carson-Newman’27 13 15 11 41 3.2
Mally Johnson F 28 5:09 North Carolina State’30 11 15 6 36 3.3
Jack Shaffer F-C    28 6:03 190 Grand Island(Ne)’29 6 16 2 34 5.7
Sew Leeka G 30 6:01 185 IWarrensburg STC’31 9 9 4 22 2.4
Bill Reeves G 33 5:10 165 Danville Normal’30 8 5 4 14 1.8
        PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
AKRON FIRESTONE NON-SKIDS 0-2
Warren Whitlinger F 23 5:06 155 Ohio State’36 2 2 0 4 2.0
Soup Cable F-C 24 6:03 200 None 2 6 10 22 11.0
Duck Dowell C-F 25 6:03 200 NW Missouri State’32 2 1 0 2 1.0
Al Bonniwell G-F 26 6:03 185 Dartmouth’35 2 0 1 1 0.5
Jack Ozburn G-F 23 6:01 170 Monmouth(ILL)’33 2 6 3 15 7.5
Paul Tobin G-F 5:09 170 Akron 2 0 3 3 1.5
Slim Shoun C 33 6:11 200 Carson-Newman’27 2 2 0 4 2.0
Mally Johnson F 28 5:09 North Carolina State’30 2 0 1 1 0.5
Sew Leeka G 30 6:01 185 Warrenburg STC’31 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at Goodyear Hall in Akron, Ohio – Seating capacity –  4,000

 

AKRON GOODYEAR WINGFOOTS  NBL 13-5 LEFTY BYERS
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Ray Morstadt F 24 6:02 220 Marquette’36 Injured 9 25 23 73 8.1
Wes Bennett F-C 24 6:03 175 Westminister(Pa)’36 15 28 31 87 5.8
Bob Cope C-F 26 6:04 190 Mt.Union’33 15 26 19 71 4.7
Charlie Shipp G 24 6:01 200 None 16 38 14 90 5.6
Chuck Bloedorn G-F 25 6:00 180 Lewis Institute’33 18 58 16 132 7.3
Russ Ochsenhirt F 25 6:03 195 Pittsburgh’34 17 24 21 69 4.1
Chelso Tamagno G 25 5:10 Michigan’36 17 17 4 38 2.2
Dean Mealy C 22 6:04 195 Muskingum’37 8 6 16 28 3.5
Wilson Fitts F 22 6:02 165 Akron’37 12 8 6 22 1.8
Mel Rush F 28 6:00 170 Bethany(WV)’32 7 6 6 18 2.6
Johnny McAdams G 22 5:10 145 Ohio Wesleyan’37 6 6 1 13 2.2
Leroy Lins G 24 6:01 175 Rutgers’37 8 1 2 4 0.5
3-2     PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Russ Ochsenhirt F 25 6:03 195 Pittsburgh’34 5 9 8 26 5.2
Wes Bennett F-C 24 6:03 175 Westminister(Pa)’36 5 10 5 25 5.0
Bob Cope C-F 26 6:04 190 Mt.Union’33 5 7 4 18 3.6
Charlie Shipp G 24 6:01 200 None 5 5 7 17 3.4
Chuck Bloedorn G-F 25 6:00 180 Lewis Institute’33 5 14 5 33 6.6
Mel Rush F 28 6:00 170 Bethany(WV)’32 4 4 3 11 2.8
Wilson Fitts F 22 6:02 165 Akron’37 5 2 6 10 2.0
Dean Mealy C 22 6:04 195 Muskingum’37 3 2 5 9 3.0
Chelso Tamagno G 25 5:10 Michigan’36 5 2 1 5 1.0
Johnny McAdams G 22 5:10 145 Ohio Wesleyan’37 3 2 0 4 1.3

Played home games At Arcadia Hall in Brooklyn – Seating capacity – 2,000

 

BROOKLYN VISITATIONS – ABL 13-10      2-15 JOHN DONLON
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Frank Conaty F 27 6:02 165 None 36 21 34 76 2.1
Bob Synnott F-C 25 6:03 205 None 36 57 30 144 4.0
Howie Bollerman C 30 6:08 200 Colgate’29 38 44 44 132 3.5
Rip Gerson G 28 5:10 St.John’s(NY)’31  fr New Haven 34 26 57 109 3.2
Allie Esposito G 23 5:10 165 None 39 90 61 241 6.2
Nat Frankel C 23 6:03 195 None  to NY Celtics 32 100 76 276 8.6
Joe Polcha F-G 21 5:11 170 None 26 36 24 96 3.7
Bill Nash F 24 6:02 Columbia’36   fr NY Celtics 8 19 13 51 6.4
Venty Leib G 25 5:09 160 NYU’34  fr NY Yankees 5 11 10 32 6.4
Matt Guokas F 22 6:03 195 St.Joseph’s(Pa)’38 4 6 11 23 5.8
Freddie Gerken G 24 5:09 150 None 6 7 8 22 3.7
Frank McGuire F 24 6:00 200 St.John’s(NY)’36 16 3 10 16 1.0
Jack O’Hare G 2 2 1 5 2.5
George Slott F-G-C 25 6:00 St.John’s(NY)’33              to NY Jewels 2 1 2 4 2.0
Dixie Lee F 20 6:00 170 None           to NY Yankees 1 0 1 1 1.0

Played home games at the Broadway Auditorium in Buffalo, New York – Seating capacity – 6,000

 

BUFFALO BISONS  NBL 3-6 AL HEERDT
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Bello Snyder F 25 5:09 185 None 8 18 10 46 5.8
Neil O’Donnell F-C 23 6:05 220 Canisius’37 9 14 7 35 3.9
Eddie Malanowicz C 27 6:04 220 Buffalo U’32 5 14 8 36 7.2
Al Cervi G 20 5:11 170 None 9 19 6 44 4.9
Paul Coleman G 22 6:02 160 Buffalo State’37 6 12 1 25 4.2
Dan Carnevale G 19 6:00 185 Canisius(Frosh) 9 10 6 26 2.9
Stan Raiman G-F 23 5:09 140 Buffalo35/Canisius’37 9 21 17 59 6.6
Bill Jackson F 5:11 160 BUffalo St’28 /Syracuse”33 7 8 2 18 2.6
Jim O’Donnell F-C 25 6:01 180 Canisius’37 8 3 4 10 1.3
Johnny Lenhart F 22 6:04 180 Colgate’37 3 0 0 0 0.0

Team known as the Richmond King Clothiers until January 5, 1938. Record in Richmond was 1-2. Initially played home games at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Indiana, After the transfer of the franchise to Cincinnati, played home games at  the Freeman Avenue Armory Gym.

 

CINCINNATI COMELLOS NBL 3-7 BOB McCONACHIE 1-4
JOHN WIETHE 2-3
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Stan Arnzen F 23 5:11 160 Morehead St’43 5 10 3 23 4.6 C
Carl Austing F-C 27 6:04 190 Cincinnati’35 5 16 5 37 7.4 RC
Norm Wagner C 25 6:05 200 Missouri’33 to/fr/to Columbus 4 9 2 20 5.0 RC
John Wiethe G-F 25 6:00 205 Xavier(Oh)’34 6 10 12 32 5.3 C
Leo Sack G 23 5:08 145 Xavier(Oh)’36 6 20 3 43 7.2 RC
Ken Jordan F 25 6:02 180 Xavier(Oh)’34 6 9 9 27 4.5 C
Joe Kruse G 23 6:02 200 Xavier(Oh)’37 6 8 4 20 3.3 RC
Gene Mechling G 28 6:01 215 Capitol’31 3 8 2 18 6.0 RC
Pete Jordan G 24 6:01 165 Earlham(In)’36 2 5 1 11 5.5 R
Frank Shamel F 25 6:00 200 Earlham(In)’34 3 5 0 10 3.3 R
Harold Bower G 25 5:10 165 Earlham(In)’34 2 4 1 9 4.5 R
Earl Thomas C 22 6:04 205 Ohio State’37 3 4 0 8 2.7 C
Loren Wright F 25 5:10 None 4 2 0 4 1.0 RC
Junior Saffer F 20 6:00 165 None 2 0 0 0 0.0 R

 

 

 

 

 

 

Played home games at the Ohi State Fairgrounds Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

 

COLUMBUS ATHLETIC SUPPLY NBL  1-12 COOKIE CUNNINGHAM
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Herbie Hutchisson F-G 22  Oberlein’33 7 25 6 56 8.0
Cookie Cunningham F-C 32 6:03 210 Ohio State’26 11 27 27 81 7.4
Sam Loucks C-F 22 6:04 195 Otterbein(Oh)’37 9 15 7 37 4.1
Woody Pitzer G 27 6:00 160 Wittenberg’35 11 20 10 50 4.5
Denny Elliot G 23 5:09 150 Otterbein’36 9 10 5 25 2.8
Clyde Anton G 7 4 2 10 1.4
Norm Wagner C-G 25 6:05 200 Missouri’33 fr/to/fr Cinn/to Dayton 3 3 3 9 3.0
### Price G 1 1 4 6 6.0
Bob McConnell G-F 25 5:10 185 Dennison’34 5 2 1 5 1.0
Jack Sullivan F 21 6:01 180 Notre Dame 2 1 1 3 1.5
Sam Busich G 24 6:03 190 Ohio State’36 1 1 1 3 3.0
Gene Scholz F 20 5:08 160 None 3 1 0 2 0.7
Bernie Berens C-G 24 6:05 190 Ohio U’35 1 0 1 1 1.0
Buck Lamme G 32 6:02 180 Ohio Wesleyan’28 1 0 0 0 0.0
### Miller F 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the NCR Fairgrounds Coliseum in Dayton, Ohio – Seating capacity – 4,200

 

DAYTON METROS  NBL 2-11 BILL HOSKET
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Bobby Colburn F 26 5:10 190 Ohio State’34 11 32 16 80 7.3
Glenn Roberts F-C 25 6:05 200 Emory & Henry’35 8 14 11 39 4.9
Bill Hosket C 26 6:06 205 Ohio State’33 10 11 12 34 3.4
Bud Moodler G 26 6:03 220 Defiance’32 7 4 9 17 2.4
Lou Rutter G 23 6:02 180 Otterbein’37 8 30 20 80 10.0
Clovis Stark F 23 6:03 175 Ohio Wesleyan’35 9 14 10 38 4.2
Howard Stammler G-F 26 5:10 155 Ohio Wesleyan’35 4 9 2 20 5.0
Curt McMahon G 22 6:00 150 None 10 8 3 19 1.9
Glenn Schlechty C 24 6:04 185 Findley’32 4 3 1 7 1.8
Wyman Roberts F 21 5:11 160 None 2 2 2 6 3.0
Norm Wagner C-G 25 6:05 200 Missouri’33 fr Columbus 1 2 1 5 5.0
Beryl Drummond G 19 6:01 185 None 2 1 0 2 1.0

Played home games at the General Electric Gymasium in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

 

FORT WAYNE GENERAL ELECTRICS   –   NBL   13-7 BYRON EVARD
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Bart Quinn F 20 6:02 210 None 18 71 28 170 9.4
Scotty Armstrong F-C 24 6:03 195 Butler’36 17 56 35 147 8.6
Pres Slack C 29 6:03 180 None 16 38 10 86 5.4
Jim Hilgemann G 21 6:00 170 None 17 50 30 130 7.6
Bud Lindenberg G 26 6:00 165 None 18 30 20 80 4.4
Willie Adams F-G 26 5:11 165 None 16 21 16 58 3.6
Ife Holmes G 30 5:06 150 15 17 7 41 2.7
Byron Evard G-F 29 5:05 145 St.Viator’30 10 7 2 16 1.6

Played home games at the Hinkle Field House in Indianapolis, Indiana – Seating capacity – 15,000

 

INDIANAPOLIS KAUTSKYS  NBL 4-9 FRANK KAUTSKY
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Bob Kessler F-G 23 6:00 165 Purdue’36 10 36 31 103 10.3
Cy Proffit F 26 6:03 190 Indiana State/Butler’33 12 19 13 51 4.3
George Chestnut C 23 6:05 210 Indiana State’33 12 15 23 53 4.4
Leo Crowe G 25 5:11 170 Notre Dame’34 12 30 14 74 6.2
Harlan Wilson G 23 5:11 180 Danville Normal’36 11 24 24 72 6.5
Frank Baird G 25 5:11 160 Butler’34 12 21 8 50 4.2
Bill Schrader C 27 6:07 210 Notre Dame’32 8 6 2 14 1.8
Everett Swank G 24 5:11 165 Indiana Central’37 4 4 2 10 2.5
Fred Fechtman C 27 6:08 210 Indiana’37 3 4 1 9 3.0

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

 

JERSEY REDS  ABL  16-6 13-7 MUGGSY MILLER
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Moe Spahn F 25 6:00 185 CCNY’34 40 118 127 363 9.1
Mike Michelotti F-C-G 28 6:02 180 None 40 96 36 228 5.7
Al Benson C 23 6:05 220 None 42 42 10 94 2.2
Moe Frankel G-F 24 5:10 190 None 40 111 51 273 6.8
Paulie Adamo F 30 5:11 160 None 39 68 87 223 5.7
Hook Andersen F-G 25 5:11 175 NYU’34 33 35 55 125 3.8
Bibby Martens G 23 5:09 165 John Marshall’36 14 8 6 22 1.6
Ace Goldstein F 20 6:02 190 CCNY’38 1 4 1 9 9.0
Cy Schneidman G 20 5:09 185 CCNY’37 5 3 1 7 1.4
Babe Maselan G 21 6:02 185 Farleigh Dickinson 7 1 2 4 0.6
Ed Hulton C-G-F 21 6:02 200 Georgetown(Frosh)                       Injured 6 0 2 2 0.3
4-2         PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS     GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
JERSEY REDS 16-6      13-7 MUGGSY MILLER (4-2)
Moe Spahn F 25 6:00 185 CCNY’34 6 19 21 59 9.8
Mike Michelotti F-C-G 28 6:02 180 None 6 10 13 33 5.5
Al Benson C 23 6:05 220 None 6 4 6 14 2.3
Moe Frankel G-F 24 5:10 190 None 6 6 11 23 3.8
Paulie Adamo F 30 5:11 160 None 6 3 9 15 2.5
Hook Andersen F-G 25 5:11 175 NYU’34 6 8 24 40 6.7

Played home games at the Kankakee National Guard Armory in Kankakee, Illinois.

 

KANKAKEE GALLAGHER TROJANS  NBL 3-11 DON BETOURNE
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Don Betourne F 22 6:01 200 St.Viator’37 12 30 16 76 6.3
Louie Sauer F-C 22 6:06 235 Valparaiso’36 12 31 17 79 6.6
Johnny Hoekstra C 22 6:05 225 None 12 27 16 70 5.8
Warren Hair G 6:00 175 None 11 15 16 46 4.2
Fred Grafft G 22 5:09 Gallagher Business’33 10 33 20 86 8.6
Big Moose Meyer F-C 6:07 None 9 14 2 30 3.3
Little Moose Meyer G 20 6:00 None 3 3 1 7 2.3
Don Walsh F 21 6:03 170 None 4 2 0 4 1.0
Bob DeWeese G 22 5:11 160 None 2 1 0 2 1.0
Tarzan Woltzen G-F 32 6:04 190 Bradley’29 8 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Kingston Auditorium in Kingston, New York – Seating capacity – 1,700

 

KINGSTON COLONIALS  ABL 5-15 9-10 POP MORGANWECK 8-20
DAVE BASS 6-5
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Corky Stanton F 23 6:00 178 Union(NY)’33 36 51 41 143 4.0
Moe Dubilier F-C 22 6:02 210 John Marshall’35 33 115 80 310 9.4
Tiny Hearn C 30 6:09 230 Georgia Tech’29 38 24 11 59 1.6
Carl Husta G-F 35 5:10 175 None 36 50 42 142 3.9
Phil Rabin G 24 5:09 160 None 39 203 1508 514 13.2
Mac Posnack F 28 5:11 190 St.John’s(NY)’31             fr NY Yankees 23 21 24 66 2.9
Milt Perkel G 22 5:09 165 Brooklyn’37 6 22 6 50 8.3
Jim Brown F-G 25 6:00 190 Temple’35 18 17 1 35 1.9
Dave Bass F 26 6:01 200 None 4 7 5 19 4.8
Sammy Van Hook G 19 5:10 200 St.Joseph’s(Pa)’38 3 6 4 16 5.3
Rip Kaplinsky G 25 5:06 150 St.John’s(NY)’36             fr NY Yankees 6 3 3 9 1.5
Jack McGuirk F-C 22 6:03 170 Manhattan’37                fr NY Celtics 3 4 1 9 3.0
Jack Cramer F-G-C 4 1 1 3 0.8
### Lambert F 1 0 0 0 0.0
Allie Schuckman G 28 5:08 170 St.John’s(NY)’31              to NY Jewels 1 0 0 0 0.0
Venty Leib G 25 5:09 160 NYU’34         fr/to NY Yankees 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Hippodrome in New York City – Seating capacity – 4,500

 

NEW YORK KATE SMITH CELTICS  ABL 11-10      7-11 PETE BARRY
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Pete Berenson F-G 25 5:10 180 CCNY’34 38 106 110 322 8.5
Chick Reiser F-G 21 5:11 165 NYU’35 19 42 24 108 5.7
Nat Frankel C 23 6:03 195 None                 fr Brooklyn 9 27 15 69 7.7
Carlie Johnson G 28 5:08 150 None 38 93 80 266 7.0
Sam Kaplan G-F 25 5:10 160 CCNY 39 73 75 221 5.7
Ben Kramer F 23 6:01 195 LIU’37 26 32 31 95 3.7
Julie Bender F-G 23 5:11 175 LIU’37 24 33 13 79 3.3
Al Kellett C 36 6:03 210 None 30 28 17 73 2.4
Jack McGuirk F-C 22 6:03 170 Manhattan’37                 to Kingston 19 19 16 54 2.8
Bill Nash F 24 6:02 Columbia’36                 to Brooklyn 13 9 5 23 1.8
Bernie Fliegel F 19 6:03 195 CCNY’38 4 8 6 22 5.5
Harry Fitzpatrick G 23 5:09 170 None             fr NY Yankees 10 5 11 21 2.1
Jerry Bush F 21 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’38 3 4 2 10 3.3

New Haven Jewels until November 30, 1937 when franchise moved to Brooklyn, NY. The team also played two “home” games in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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

 

NEW YORK JEWELS  ABL     12-8     15-5 EDDIE WILDE
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Slott F-G-C 25 6:00 St.John’s(NY)’33                 fr Brooklyn 35 86 64 236 6.7
Mickey Kupperberg F-G 24 5:11 185 Minnesota’35 36 61 42 164 4.6
Matty Begovich C 25 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’31 35 26 19 71 2.0
Mac Kinsbrunner G 28 5:09 155 St.John’s(NY)’31 40 124 81 329 8.2
Willie Rubenstein G 25 5:11 175 NYU’36 40 76 84 236 5.9
Lou Spindell F-G-C 28 5:11 170 CCNY’30 35 71 44 136 5.3
Allie Schuckman G 28 5:08 170 St.John’s(NY)’31                  fr Kingston 35 30 33 93 2.7
Jake Pelkington C 20 6:06 215 Manhattan            fr NY Yankees 15 16 17 49 3.3
Honey Russell G-F 35 6:00 187 Seton Hall/NYU/Savage 23 5 5 15 0.7
Rusty Saunders F 31 6:02 212 None 4 4 1 9 2.3
Ken Norton F 23 6:02 200 LIU’37 10 3 2 8 0.8
Rip Gerson G 29 5:10 St.John’s(NY)’31                 to Brooklyn 2 2 1 5 2.5
Johnny Kane G 24 Fordham’36 2 1 1 3 1.5
Stan Entrup C 30 6:04 215 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
2-4 PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
George Slott F-G-C 25 6:00 St.John’s(NY)’33 5 9 8 26 5.2
Lou Spindell F-G-C 28 5:11 170 CCNY’30 6 11 12 34 5.7
Matty Begovich C 25 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’31 6 1 4 6 1.0
Mac Kinsbrunner G 28 5:09 155 St.John’s(NY)’31 6 13 12 38 6.3
Willie Rubenstein G 25 5:11 175 NYU’36 6 7 21 35 5.8
Mickey Kupperberg G 24 5:11 185 Minnesota’35 4 2 3 7 1.8
Allie Schuckman G 28 5:08 170 St.John’s(NY)’31 6 5 3 13 2.2
Jake Pelkington C 20 6:06 215 Manhattan+ 5 2 9 13 2.6
Honey Russell G-F 35 6:00 187 Seton Hall/NYU/Savage 3 2 2 6 2
NEW YORK ORGINAL CELTICS 11-10      7-11 PETE BARRY
(New York Orginal Celtics were admitted to the league on January 3, 1937.)
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Pete Berenson F-G 25 5:11 180 CCNY’34 38 106 110 322 8.5
Chick Reiser F-G 21 5:11 165 NYU(Frosh)’34 19 42 24 108 5.7
Nat Frankel C 23 6:03 195 Brooklyn+                 fr Brooklyn 9 27 15 69 7.7
Carlie Johnson G 28 5:08 150 None 38 93 80 266 7.0
Sam Kaplan G-F 25 5:10 160 CCNY+ 39 73 75 221 5.7
Ben Kramer F 23 6:01 195 LIU’37 26 32 31 95 3.7
Jules Bender F-G 23 5:11 175 LIU’37 24 33 13 79 3.3
Al Kellett C 36 6:03 210 None 30 28 17 73 2.4
Jack McGuirk F-C 22 6:03 170 Manhattan’37                 to Kingston 19 19 16 54 2.8
Bill Nash F 23 6:02 Columbia’36                 to Brooklyn 13 9 5 23 1.769230769
Bernie Fleigel F 19 6:03 195 CCNY’38 4 8 6 22 5.5
Harry Fitzpatrick G 23 Fordham+             fr NY Yankees 10 5 11 21 2.1
Jerry Bush F 21 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)’38 3 4 2 10 3.333333333

Played home games at the Bronx Coliseum. The New York Yankees dropped out of the league on January 11, 1938.

 

NEW YORK YANKEES – ABL                      1-11      DNP MAC POSNACK
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Mac Posnack F 28 5:11 190 St.John’s(NY)’31    to Kingston 9 13 9 35 3.9
Venty Leib F-G 25 5:09 160 NYU’34     to/fr Kingston  to Brooklyn 5 9 6 24 4.8
Jake Pelkington C 20 6:06 210 Manhattan    to NY Jewels 11 10 8 28 2.5
Rip Kaplinsky G 25 5:06 150 St.John’s(NY)’36     to Kingston 10 13 25 51 5.1
Harry Fitzpatrick G 23 None      to NY Celtics 12 24 14 62 5.2
Tidy Millen G 24 5:08 170 None 4 10 7 27 6.8
Dixie Lee F 20 6:00 170 None     fr Brooklyn 8 9 5 23 2.9
George Christensen F 29 NYU’30 8 8 5 21 2.6
Jimmy McNally F 23 6:02 Manhattan’37 8 7 6 20 2.5
Larry Dodick G 23 5:08 155 None 2 4 2 10 5.0
Java Gotkin G 25 5:08 135 St.John’s(NY)’36 1 2 0 4 4.0
Tom Ryan C 23 6:04 215 Manhattan’37 2 1 2 4 2.0
Dave Bass F 26 6:01 195 None  to Kingston 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bernie Schiffer G 22 6:00 175 CCNY’35 3 0 0 0 0.0
Sol Kopitko C 23 6:06 CCNY’36 1 0 0 0 0.0
Leo Merson F 22 6:03 175 LIU’37 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Recreation Building Gym in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

 

OSHKOSH ALL-STARS  NBL 12-2 GEORGE HOTCHKISS
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Pete Preboske F 22 6:01 195 Wisconsin’35 11 25 13 63 5.7
Augie VanderMuelen F 28 6:04 175 Carroll(Wi)’32 10 29 19 77 7.7
Leroy Edwards C 23 6:04 225 Kentucky’35 13 83 44 210 16.2
Herm Witasek G 24 6:02 230 North Dakota’35 13 29 11 69 5.3
Frank Linskey G 24 6:02 180 DePaul’35 11 16 15 47 4.3
Ray Adams F 25 6:02 185 DePaul’36 12 26 10 62 5.2
Ray Hamann G-F 26 6:04 205 Wisconsin’35 11 22 5 49 4.5
George Svendsen C-F 24 6:04 230 Oregon State’32/Minnesota’35 11 18 9 45 4.1
Ed Mullen G 24 6:03 185 Wisconsin’34 9 8 0 16 1.8
Ed Stege F 24 6:06 220 Wisconsin’36 2 0 0 0 0.0
4-1         PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Pete Preboske F 22 6:01 195 Wisconsin’35 5 10 11 31 6.2
Augie VanderMuelen F 28 6:04 175 Carroll(Wi)’32 5 6 12 24 4.8
Leroy Edwards C 23 6:04 225 Kentucky’35 5 24 21 69 13.8
Herm Witasek G 24 6:02 230 North Dakota’35 5 4 1 9 1.8
Frank Linskey G 24 6:02 180 DePaul’35 4 2 1 5 1.3
Ray Adams F 25 6:02 185 DePaul’36 5 5 7 17 3.4
Ray Hamann G-F 26 6:04 205 Wisconsin’35 3 6 0 12 4.0
Ed Mullen G 24 6:03 185 Wisconsin’34 5 1 6 8 1.6
George Svendsen C-F 24 6:04 230 Oregon State’32/Minnesota’35 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Broadwood Hotel Ballroom in Philadelphia – Seating capacity -3,000

 

 

PHILADELPHIA SPHAS – ABL     12-10      11-9 EDDIE GOTTLIEB
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Shikey Gotthoffer F-G 26 6:00 195 None 40 95 93 283 7.1
Inky Lautman F-C 23 6:02 200 None 42 136 87 359 8.5
Moe Goldman C 24 6:03 175 CCNY’34 39 77 49 203 5.2
Red Rosan G-F 26 6:02 195 Temple’35 42 71 79 221 5.3
Cy Kaselman G 28 5:10 165 Temple 42 117 93 327 7.8
Gil Fitch F-G 28 6:00 175 Temple’32 39 45 28 118 3.0
Red Wolfe G-F 32 5:11 165 St.John’s(NY) 28 30 23 83 3.0
Mike Bloom C 22 6:06 190 Temple’38 5 8 4 20 4.0
Beano Resnick F-C 21 6:02  Pierce Business College 14 6 6 18 1.3
Lou Dubin F-G 25 6:00 180 Temple’36 6 3 3 9 1.5
Albie Weiner G 27 5:09 165 Rider’34 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Duquesne University Gym in Pittsburgh.

 

PITTSBURGH PIRATES  NBL 8-5 DUDEY MOORE
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Herb Bonn F 23 6:00 195 Duquesne’37 8 24 10 58 7.3
Walt Miller F 22 6:02 190 Duquesne’37 9 18 10 46 5.1
Eddie Wisbar C 21 6:06 200 None 13 27 22 76 5.8
Ted Rigg G 24 6:00 175 Carneige Tech’35 11 18 11 47 4.3
Hymie Ginsburg G 23 5:09 170 Geneva’35 13 36 12 84 6.5
Don Smith G 27 6:00 170 Pittsburgh’33 13 16 21 53 4.1
Bill Jesko F 22 5:10 170 Pittsburgh’37 10 14 14 42 4.2
Tim Lawry F 26 5:10 155 Pittsburgh’32 9 9 8 26 2.9
Dudey Moore G 27 5:09 180 Duquesne’34 8 10 5 25 3.1
Ed Kweller C 22 6:07 225 Duquesne’37 8 4 5 13 1.6
Marty Reiter G 26 5:07 160 Duquesne’34 1 3 1 7 7.0

Played home games at the Beaty High School Gym in Warren, Pennsylvania – Seating capacity – 1,000

 

WARREN PENNS  NBL 3-9 GERRY ARCHIBALD
   REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Johnny Pawk F-G 27 6:03 200 Westminster(Pa) 12 22 10 54 4.5
Deacon Stankey F-G 26 6:03 205 None 9 21 17 59 6.6
Jack Stirling C 20 6:05 195 Geneva(Pa)’38 6 13 10 36 6.0
Red Malackany G 24 5:09 165 Duquesne’37 11 13 8 34 3.1
Fran Maury G 27 5:06 155 None 12 31 13 75 6.3
Steve Pawk C-F 23 6:04 175 None 6 8 5 21 3.5
Emmett Morrison F-G 22 6:04 180 Pittsburgh’36 11 5 9 19 1.7
Bill Holland C 23 6:05 210 Edinboro State’35 2 3 1 7 3.5
Stub Jacobson C 21 5:10 165 Carnegie Tech’36 4 2 2 6 1.5
Gerry Archibald G 29 6:00 170 None 7 2 1 5 0.7
Bob Lytle F 24 6:04 180 Edinboro State 1 1 0 2 2.0

Played home games at the Whiting Community Building.

 

WHITING CIESAR ALL-AMERICANS  NBL 12-3 WHITEY WICKHORST
    REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Ken Gunning F 23 5:11 170 Indiana’38 15 60 34 154 10.3
Bill Haarlow F 24 6:01 170 Chicago’36 10 18 18 54 5.4
Vince McGowan C 24 6:06 200 Loyola/DePaul 15 6 12 24 1.6
Ed Campion G 22 6:02 185 DePaul’37 15 12 16 40 2.7
John Wooden G 27 5:10 182 Purdue’32 13 15 5 35 2.7
Joe Stack G 24 5:10 175 None 14 8 5 21 1.5
Bill Perigo F 26 6:00 180 Western Michigan’34 15 7 3 17 1.1
Joe Sotak G 23 6:02 210 None 5 2 1 5 1.0
0-2         PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Ken Gunning F 23 5:11 170 Indiana’38 2 3 5 11 5.5
Bill Haarlow F 24 6:01 170 Chicago’36 1 2 3 7 7.0
Vince McGowan C 24 6:06 200 Loyola/DePaul 2 5 1 11 5.5
Ed Campion G 22 6:02 185 DePaul’37 2 1 0 2 1.0
John Wooden G 27 5:10 182 Purdue’32 2 8 17 33 16.5
Joe Stack G 24 5:10 175 None 2 0 0 0 0.0
Bill Perigo F 26 6:00 180 Western Michigan’34 1 0 0 0 0.0
Joe Sotak G 23 6:02 210 None 2 1 2 4 4.0
Fred Arndt F 20 6:00 160  Purdue’36 2 1 0 2 1.0
Pat Malaska G-F 23 5:09 160 Purdue’38 2 0 1 1 0.5
Willie Young C 28 6:01 175 None 2 0 0 0 0.0
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