- 1941-1942

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS WBT  1-1 BRUCE FERGUSON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Joe Hetra F 24 6:01 180 Penn State/Westminster’40 2 3 3 4 .750 9 4.5
Lou Romano F 25 5:06 160 Glenville State’41 2 6 6 6 1.000 18 9.0
Mark Haller C 25 6:02 180 Syracuse’39 2 8 11 14 .786 27 13.5
Marty Passaglia G 22 6:00 170 Santa Clara’41 2 5 6 8 .750 16 8.0
Moe Becker G-F 25 6:01 185 Duquesne’41 2 9 2 3 .667 20 10.0
Jim Powers F 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0

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

 

AKRON GOODYEAR WINGFOOTS  NBL 15-9 RAY DETRICK
      REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Gene Anderson F-G 24 6:03 190 Purdue’39 23 45 18 108 4.7
George Glamack F-C 24 6:06 225 North Carolina State’41 24 87 82 256 10.7
Floyd Ebaugh C 27 6:07 230 Nebraska’38 23 61 20 142 6.2
Ben Stephens G-F 25 6:00 175 Iowa’39 24 81 60 222 9.3
Rudy Debnar G 25 5:11 160 Duquesne’41 24 56 29 141 5.9
Howard Vocke G-F-C 26 6:03 190 St.John”s(NY)’39 24 34 13 81 3.4
Lee Huber G 22 6:01 Kentucky’41 Military Service 11 32 6 70 6.4
Bob Parsons G 26 6:02 175 Nebraska’38 15 12 4 28 1.9
John O’Brien G-F 25 6:01 180 Columbia’38 7 5 7 17 2.4
Harold Hull F-G 21 6:04 195 NW Missouri St’41 12 3 8 14 1.2
Ken Griffith G-F 23 6:02 195 Alderson-Broaddus’41 6 4 1 9 1.5
Harry Eich F 25 5″11 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
1-2 PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Gene Anderson F-G 24 6:03 190 Purdue’39 3 8 1 17 5.7
George Glamack F-C 24 6:06 225 North Carolina State’41 3 11 15 37 12.3
Floyd Ebaugh C 27 6:07 230 Nebraska’38 3 3 6 12 4.0
Ben Stephens G-F 25 6:00 175 Iowa’39 3 13 13 39 13.0
Rudy Debnar G 25 5:11 160 Duquesne’41 3 0 0 0 0.0
Howard Vocke G-F-C 26 6:03 190 St.John”s(NY)’39 3 5 3 13 4.3
John O’Brien G-F 25 6:01 180 Columbia’38 3 2 7 11 3.7
Harold Hull F-G 21 6:04 195 NW Missouri St’41 2 0 4 4 2.0
Bob Parsons G 26 6:02 175 Nebraska’38 3 1 2 4 1.3
Ken Griffith G-F 23 6:02 195 Alderson-Broaddus’41 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the International Amphitheater in Chicago – Seating capacity – 11,000

 

CHICAGO BRUINS  NBL  8-15 JACK TIERNEY
     REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Wibs Kautz F 27 6:00 180 Loyola(Ill)’39 20 85 40 210 10.5
Dick Evans F-C 21 6:03 200 Iowa’40 Football 18 17 20 54 3.0
Mike Novak C 26 6:09 212 Loyola(Ill)’39 19 58 31 147 7.7
George Hogan G 23 6:01 170 Loyola(Ill)’39 20 43 18 104 5.2
Ralph Vaughn G 23 6:01 175 USC’40 21 72 46 190 9.0
Otto Kolar G-F 30 6:03 180 None 18 27 14 68 3.8
George Ratkovicz C 19 6:06 210 None 13 9 14 32 2.5
John Drish F 21 6:01 165 Illinois’41 8 10 3 23 2.9
Ed Sachs G 23 6:02 175 DePaul’41 8 8 4 20 2.5
Vince McGowan F-C 28 6:06 210 Loyola/DePaul 6 4 5 13 2.2
Stan Szukala G 23 6:00 175 DePaul’40 6 5 0 10 1.7
Lou Possner F-C 24 6:03 175 DePaul’40 4 2 1 5 1.3
George Morse F-G 22 6:01 Marquette’38 3 0 2 2 0.7
Ted Strain G 24 6:00 155 Wisconsin’41 1 0 0 0 0.0
CHICAGO BRUINS  WBT  1-1 JACK TIERNEY  WBT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Forest Sprowl F 22 6:00 175 Purdue’42 2 18 0 1 .000 36 18.0
Wibs Kautz F 27 6:00 180 Loyola(Ill)’39 2 6 4 6 .667 16 8.0
Mike Novak C 26 6:09 212 Loyola(Ill)’39 2 2 1 3 .333 5 2.5
Mickey Tierney G 21 5:10 165 Purdue’42 2 7 0 3 .000 14 7.0
Ralph Vaughn G-F 24 6:01 175 USC’40 2 3 5 7 .714 11 5.5
Don Blanken C-F 21 6:02 180 Purdue’42 2 3 2 5 .400 8 4.0
George Hogan G 23 6:01 170 Loyola(Ill)’39 1 1 2 2 1.000 4 4.0
Clint Wager C 22 6:06 223 St.Mary’s(Mn)’42 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0

 

COLUMBUS BOBB CHEVROLETS  WBT 0-1 FRED WILE
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Red Foster F     24  6:03 180 None 1 4 0 2 .000 8 8.0
Glen Golden F 22  6:03 190 None 1 1 3 7 .429 5 5.0
Neil Mosser C 21 6:02 170 St.Joseph’s(In)’42 1 1 2 4 .500 4 4.0
### Roley G 1 2 1 3 .333 5 5.0
Bill Woolard G 20 5:09 150 None 1 2 0 2 .000 4 4.0
Herb Russell F 24 5:09 165 None 1 0 1 .000 0 0.0
Pierce Snyder C 25 6:02 165 None 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Bob Ertley G 5:08 190 Bowling Green’42 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Jim O’Neill G 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
DAVENPORT ROCKETS  WBT 0-1 DICK SIEGEL
Bob White F 25 5:09 155 Iowa 1 3 2 3 .667 8 8.0
Jerry Walter F 25 6:03 210 St.Ambrose 1 1 1 1 1.000 3 3.0
Bob Karstens C 27 6:03 185 None 1 4 1 3 .333 9 9.0
Jack Bills G 24 5:11 155 St.Ambrose’39 1 1 1 1 1.000 3 3.0
Bob Bickford G 24 6:01 180 St.Ambrose’37 1 2 1 5 .200 5 5.0
Edmund Lindley F 22 5:09 160 Augustana (IL) 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
Dud Plunkett F 23 6:01 205 Monmouth(Il)’40 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Bud Koehnke F 24 5:11 170 St.Ambrose’38 1 0 1 1 .000 1 1.0
DETROIT AAA  WBT 0-1 CINCY SACHS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Norm Borton F 31 6:01 195 Alma’33 1 2 0 3 .000 4 4.0
Howie McCarty F 23 6:02 190 Wayne State’41 1 3 2 3 .667 8 8.0
Frank Mekules C 23 6:04 220 Michigan State’41 1 1 0 0 .000 2 2.0
Walt Tanana G 21 6:02 195 Lawrence Tech’41 1 7 1 2 .500 15 15.0
Bob Roth G 26 5:08 145 Wayne State’39 1 6 1 1 1.000 13 13.0
Vaughn Waddell F 31 6:01 190 None 1 1 1 1 .000 3 3.0
Jack Piana G 23 6:02 190 U.Detroit’40 1 0 1 2 .000 1 1.0
Art LaPointe F 26 5:09 155 None 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Charlie Pink G 24 5:08 155 Michigan’40 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0

 

DETROIT EAGLES  WBT 3-1 DUTCH DEHNERT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Buddy Jeannette F 24 5:11 175 Washington & Jefferson’38 4 13 21 26 .808 47 11.8
Jake Ahearn F 23 6:02 190 St.John’s(NY)’40 4 12 5 5 1.000 29 7.3
Jake Pelkington C 26 6:06 230 Manhattan 4 6 4 14 .286 16 4.0
Jerry Bush G-C 28 6:03 205 St,John’s(NY)’38 4 17 4 5 .800 38 9.5
Ed Parry G-C 23 6:02 175 None 4 12 0 1 .000 24 6.0
Lou Kasparik G 22 6:04 185 Duquesne’41 4 7 3 5 .600 17 4.3
Steve Sharkey G 23 5:11 180 None 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Paul Widowitz C-G 24 6:01 170 Duquesne’41 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0

Played home games at North High School Gym in Fort Wayne, Indiana – Seating capacity 3,800

 

FORT WAYNE PISTONS NBL 15-9 CARL BENNETT
      REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Curly Armstrong F-G 23 5:11 170 Indiana’41 24 69 60 198 8.3
Paul Birch F 31 6:01 195 Duquesne’35 8 16 10 42 5.3
Blackie Towery C-F 21 6:04 210 Western Kentucky’41 24 64 35 163 6.8
Herm Schaefer G 22 6:00 185 Indiana’41 24 85 37 207 8.6
Bobby McDermott G 27 5:11 185 None 21 115 47 277 13.2
Elmer Gainer C 22 6:06 195 DePaul’41 24 36 28 100 4.2
Jack Keller F 19 6:03 185 None 18 18 16 52 2.9
Red Oberbrunner F-G 23 5:11 175 Notre Dame’40 19 17 8 42 2.2
Dale Hamilton F-G 23 6:00 180 Franklin(In)’39 16 10 16 36 2.3
Don Beery G 21 6:00 17o None 11 3 2 8 0.7
Jim Hilgemann G 25 6:00 170 Toledo 4 1 0 2 0.5
3-3 PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Curly Armstrong F-G 23 5:11 170 Indiana’41 6 25 21 71 11.8
Paul Birch F 31 6:01 195 Duquesne’35 6 15 7 37 6.2
Blackie Towery C-F 21 6:04 210 Western Kentucky’41 6 17 13 47 7.8
Herm Schaefer G 22 6:00 185 Indiana’41 6 13 5 31 5.2
Bobby McDermott G 27 5:11 185 None 6 28 16 72 12.0
Red Oberbrunner G 23 5:11 175 Notre Dame’40 6 4 4 12 2.0
Elmer Gainer C 22 6:06 195 DePaul’41 6 1 10 12 2.0
Dale Hamilton F-G 23 6:00 180 Franklin(In)’39 5 2 3 7 1.4
Jack Keller F 19 6:03 185 None 4 1 4 6 1.5
Don Beery G 21 6:00 170 None 2 1 0 2 1.0
FORT WAYNE ZOLLNER PISTONS WBT  0-1 CARL BENNETT  WBT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Curly Armstrong F-G 23 5:11 170 Indiana’41 1 0 2 2 1.000 2 2.0
Paul Birch F 31 6:01 185 Duquesne’35 1 2 0 0 .000 4 4.0
Blackie Towery C-F 21 6:04 210 Western Kentucky’41 1 3 1 3 .333 7 7.0
Bobby McDermott G 28 5:11 185 None 1 5 4 5 .800 14 14.0
Herm Schaefer G 22 6:00 185 Indiana’41 1 3 4 4 1.000 10 10.0
Red Oberbrunner F-G 23 5:11 175 Notre Dame’40 1 2 0 0 .000 4 4.0
Dale Hamilton F-G 23 6:01 185 Franklin(In) 1 0 0 2 .000 0 0.0
Elmer Gainer C 22 6:06 195 DePaul’41 1 0 1 1 1.000 1 1.0
Don Beery G 21 6:00 170 None 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Jack Keller F 19 6:03 185 None 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
HAGERSTOWN OILERS WBT  0-1 DICK SIEGEL
Fred Crum F 29 6:01 175 None 1 2 0 0 .000 4 4.0
Joe Fabel F 24 6:01 190 Pittsburgh’37 1 1 0 2 .000 2 2.0
Walt Miller C 26 6:02 190 Duquesne’37 1 2 1 3 .333 5 5.0
Joe Proksa G 27 6:01 185 Penn State’38 1 1 2 2 1.000 4 4.0
Ed Melvin G 26 5:09 170 Duquesne’41 1 5 4 4 1.000 14 14.0
Johnny Stevenson G    28 5:06    155 None 1 1 1 1 .000 3 3.0
Mel Henry F 26 6:01 190 Virginia Tech’38 1 0 1 1 .000 1 1.0
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS  WBT 2-2 ABE SAPERSTEIN
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Roosie Hudson F 27 6:00 165 None 4 17 6 9 .000 40 10.0
Ted Strong F-G 25 6:04 215 None 4 9 8 8 1.000 26 6.5
Bernie Price C-F 27 6:03 180 None 4 13 14 22 .636 40 10.0
Babe Pressley G 26 6:02 200 None 4 12 5 12 .417 29 7.3
Bill Ford F 26 5:10 195 4 3 4 7 .000 10 2.5
Agis Bray F 30 5:11 160 Wilberforce,33 4 2 1 1 1.000 5 1.3
Al Johnson F 29 6:04 210 None 4 1 1 1 .000 3 0.8
Tony Peyton G-C 21 6:01 200 Toledo 4 1 1 4 .250 3 0.8
Charley Young C-F  6:02    205  None 3 1 1 3 .333 3 1.0

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

 

INDIANAPOLIS KAUTSKYS  NBL 12-11 FRANK KAUTSKY
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Bob Dietz F-G 24 6:01 160 Butler’41 15 45 37 127 8.5
Scotty Armstrong F 28 6:03 195 Butler’36 22 32 43 107 4.9
Johnny Townsend C 25 6:04 205 Michigan’38 22 53 66 172 7.8
Jewell Young G 28 6:00 160 Purdue’38 23 93 15 201 8.7
Eddie Sadowski G 26 5:10 175 Notre Dame’39 22 52 54 158 7.2
Mark Ertel C-F 22 6:04 195 Notre Dame’40 20 20 19 59 3.0
Bob Dro G-F 23 6:00 190 Indiana’41 15 20 9 49 2.5
Woody Norris F-G 22 6:01 170 Butler’41 7 20 2 42 2.8
Johnny Sines F 27 6:01 190 Purdue’38 10 14 0 28 4.0
Frank Baird G 29 5:11 160 Butler’34 11 7 0 14 1.4
0-2         PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Woody Norris F 22 6:01 170 Butler’41 2 2 5 9 4.5
Mark Ertel F 22 6:04 195 Notre Dame’40 2 1 1 3 1.5
Johnny Townsend C-F 25 6:04 205 Michigan’38 2 6 11 23 11.5
Jewell Young G 28 6:00 160 Purdue’38 2 12 11 35 17.5
Eddie Sadowski G 26 5:10 175 Notre Dame’39 2 2 1 5 2.5
Hugh Carter G 2 2 1 5 2.5
Don Cleary F 2 0 1 1 0.5
Frank Baird G 29 5:11 160 Butler’34 2 0 0 0 0.0
INDIANAPOLIS KAUTSKYS  WBT 0-1 FRANK KAUTSKY  WBT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Jewell Young G 28 6:00 160 Purdue’38 1 3 5 9 .000 11 11.0
Woody Norris F-G 22 6:01 170 Butler’41 1 2 0 0 .000 4 4.0
Johnny Townsend C 25 6:04 205 Michigan’38 1 2 3 6 .500 7 7.0
 Scotty Armstrong F 28 6:03 195 Butler’36 1 2 2 2 1.000 6 6.0
Hugh Carter G 1 1 1 1 1.000 3 3.0
Frank Baird G 29 5:11 160 Butler’34 1 0 0 2 .000 0 0.0
Bob Dietz F-G 24 6:01 160 Butler’41 1 0 2 2 1.000 2 2.0
Don Cleary G 1 0 1 2 .500 1 1.0

 

LONG ISLAND FLYERS  WBT 3-1 BOB MASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Nat Frankel F-G 28 6:00 195 Brooklyn 4 8 6 8 .750 22 5.5
Irv Torgoff C-G 25 6:01 195 LIU’39 4 12 8 10 .800 32 8.0
Dolly King G 25 6:02 215 LIU’40 4 17 9 17 .529 43 10.8
Pop Gates G-F 24 6:01 205 Clark(Ga)’39 4 14 7 10 .700 35 8.8
Ossie Schectman G-F 22 6:00 175 LIU’41 4 7 3 8 .375 17 4.3
Butch Schwartz F 23 6:02 190 LIU’41 4 12 0 2 .000 24 6.0
Tarzan Cooper C-G 34 6:03 235 None 4 4 3 4 .750 11 2.8
Si Lobello G-F 22 6:02 190 LIU’41 3 1 0 0 .000 2 0.7
Frank Reilly G 23 6:01 170 Hofstra’41 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Bob Benn G 26 5:08 140 Hofstra’38 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0

New York dropped out of the league on January 15, 1942.

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

 

NEW YORK JEWELS  ABL 1-6 MAC KINSBRUNNER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Moe Spahn F 30 6:01 180 CCNY’33                   to Wilmington 7 6 8 20 2.9
Ace Goldstein F-C-G 24 6:01 190 CCNY’38                          to Trenton 7 25 7 57 8.1
Al Benson C 27 6:05 220 None                   to Wilmington 7 8 4 67 9.6
Willie Rubenstein G-F-C 29 5:11 175 NYU’36                  to Washington 7 13 15 41 5.9
Mac Kinsbrunner G 32 5:09 155 Syracuse/St.John’s(NY)’31                   to Wilmington 7 16 7 39 5.6
Hook Andersen F-G 29 5:11 185 NYU’34 7 7 1 15 2.1
Tony Kappen G-F 22 5:10 165 None 3 2 5 9 3.0
Tony Krygier G-F 26 5:11 170 None 3 3 0 6 2
Vince Capraro G 22 5:09 165 CCNY’41 1 2 1 5 5.0
Lou Simon G 25 5:11 155 LIU’41 2 0 0 0 0.0
Butch Schwartz F-G 23 6:02 190 LIU’41            fr / to Philadelphia 1 2 1 5 5.0
NEW YORK RENS  WBT 1-1 BOB DOUGLAS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Johnny Isaacs F 27 6:02 190 None 2 4 1 1 1.000 9 4.5
Hillery Brown F 30 6:02 210 None 2 2 3 3 1.000 7 3.5
Willie Smith C 31 6:05 235 None 2 1 5 6 .833 7 3.5
Sonny Boswell G 22 6:01 185 None 2 17 13 17 .765 47 23.5
Puggy Bell G 28 6:01 190 None 2 3 2 4 .500 8 4.0
Zack Clayton G 24 5:11 190 None 2 2 2 5 .400 6 3.0
Charlie Isles F-G 28 6:02 195 None 2 2 0 0 .000 4 2.0
Duke Cumberland F     28 6:02    195 Knoxville 2 1 2 3 .667 4 2.0
Sonny Wood G 19 5:10   180 None 2 0 1 3 .300 1 0.5

 

 

NORTHERN INDIANA STEELERS  WBT 0-1  STAN LAYER
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Bob Dille F 24 6:03 200 Valparaiso’46 1 3 8 8 1.000 14 14.0
Tubby Mahler F 20 6:02 None 1 2 2 5 .400 6 6.0
Bill Vergane C 25 6:06 245 Purdue’39 1 3 2 3 .667 8 8.0
Bob Kramer G 21 6:02 None 1 1 0 2 .000 2 2.0
Julius Dolnics G 22 6:04 195 Indiana Central’40 1 1 0 0 .000 2 2.0
Pete Vorkapich F 24 5:08 175 None 1 2 0 0 .000 4 4.0
Al Price F 19 6:03 190 Pepperdine’47 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Harley Sanders G 23 5:10 150 None 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Stan Shimala G 19 6:03 180 None 1 0 1 1 .000 1 1.0
Al Clappy G     27  5:07  150 None 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0

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

 

OSHKOSH All-STARS  NBL 20-4 LON DARLING
      REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Lou Barle F 25 6:01 200 Minnesota-Duluth’38 24 55 13 123 5.1
Connie Mack Berry F 26 6:04 210 N.Carolina State’38 Football 24 53 18 124 5.2
Leroy Edwards C 27 6:04 225 Kentucky’35 24 85 92 262 10.9
Herm Witasek G-F 28 6:02 215 North Dakota’35 Military Service 21 25 20 70 3.3
Charlie Shipp G 28 6:01 200 None 24 70 38 178 7.4
Gene Englund C-F 24 6:05 205 Wisconsin’41 22 61 42 164 7.5
Bill Komenich F 23 6:04 210 Marquette’41 24 31 18 80 3.3
Tommy Nisbet G 25 5:10 165 Illinois’39 24 24 28 76 3.2
Eddie Riska G 22 6:00 175 Notre Dame’41 Injured 16 24 15 63 3.9
Bud Engdahl G 23 6:01 210 Wis-Superior’41 Injured 19 10 16 36 1.9
Erv Prasse F 24 6:02 190 Iowa’40 5 3 1 7 1.4
4-1         PLAYOFFS
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Lou Barle F 25 6:01 200 Minnesota-Duluth’38 5 4 4 12 2.4
Connie Mack Berry F 26 6:04 210 N.Carolina State’38 Football 5 15 25 55 11.0
Leroy Edwards C 27 6:04 225 Kentucky’35 5 23 25 71 14.2
Tommy Nisbet G 25 5:10 165 Illinois’39 5 11 9 31 6.2
Charlie Shipp G 28 6:01 200 None 4 5 6 16 4.0
Gene Englund C-F 24 6:05 205 Wisconsin’41 4 11 7 29 7.3
Bill Komenich F 23 6:04 210 Marquette’41 5 7 11 25 5.0
Eddie Riska G 22 6:00 175 Notre Dame’41 Injury 5 3 12 18 3.6
Erv Prasse F 24 6:02 190 Iowa’40 5 4 5 13 2.6
Bud Engdahl G 23 6:01 210 Wis-Superior’41 Injury 4 2 0 4 1.0

 

OSHKOSH ALL-STARS  WBT 4-0 LON DARLING  WBT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Eddie Riska F-G 22 6:00 175 Notre Dame’41 4 16 13 20 .650 45 11.3
Gene Englund C-F 24 6:05 205 Wisconsin’41 4 20 14 18 .778 54 13.5
Leroy Edwards C 27 6:04 225 Kentucky’35 4 5 8 9 .889 18 4.5
Charlie Shipp G 28 6:01 200 None 4 6 6 10 .600 18 4.5
Bill Komennich G-F 23 6:04 210 Marquette’41 4 3 3 5 .600 9 2.3
Lou Barle F 25 6:01 200 Minnesota-Duluth’38 3 5 3 4 .750 13 4.3
Tommy Nisbet F 25 5:10 165 Illinois’39 4 4 1 4 .250 9 2.3
Connie Mack Berry F 26 6:04 210 N.Carolina State’38 3 2 2 3 .667 6 2.0
Bud Engdahl G 23 6:01 210 Wis-Superior’41 3 2 2 2 1.000 6 2.0
Erv Prasse  G 24 6:02 190  Iowa’40 4 2 2 2 1.000 2 0.5

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

 

PHILADELPHIA SPHAS  – ABL 8-6     5-7    EDDIE GOTTLIEB
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Shikey Gotthoffer F-G 30 6:00 195 26 55 28 138 5.3
Irv Torgoff F 25 6:01 195 LIU’39 22 67 70 204 9.3
Inky Lautman C-F 27 6:02 200 None 25 58 31 147 5.9
Red Rosan G-F 30 6:02 195 Temple’35 18 35 26 96 5.3
Ossie Schectman G 22 6:00 175 LIU’41                                 Injured 20 47 13 107 5.4
Pete Rosenberg G 23 5:10 165 St.Joseph’s’38   Military Service 14 31 12 74 5.3
Chink Morganstine G-F 23 6:00 200 Temple’41 10 18 17 53 5.3
Butch Schwartz F-G 23 6:02 190 LIU’41    to NewYork / fr NewYork 10 15 5 35 3.5
Red Wolfe G-F 36 5:11 165 NYU/St.John’s(NY) 23 13 6 32 1.4
Irv Davis F-C 26 6:02 195 NYU’41                          fr Trenton 6 10 5 25 4.2
Moe Goldman C 28 6:03 175 CCNY’34 16 10 5 25 1.6
Cy Kaselman G 32 5:10 165 Temple+                 Military Service 4 6 8 20 5.0
Dutch Newman F 26 6:02 180 LIU’39 2 4 6 14 7.0
Harry Platt F-G 23 6:03 205 Brown’40 2 2 2 6 3.0
Charles Mosicant G-C 29 6:01 205 LaSalle’35 4 2 1 5 1.3
### Cohen G 1 1 1 3 3.0
Billy Beckett G 24 5:07 130 None 1 0 3 3 3.0
Ed Trubin F-G 21 6:02 200 None 1 0 1 1 1.0
Moe Rappaport G 1 0 0 0 0.0
Eddie Gottlieb G 43 5:07 195 Phil School of Pedagogy 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium  in Sheboygan, Wisconsin – Seating capacity 3,500

 

SHEBOYGAN RED SKINS  NBL 10-14 FRANK ZUMMACH
     REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Paul Sokody F 27 6:01 185 Marquette’38 24 52 22 126 5.3
Rube Lautenschlager F 26 6:03 195 Wisconsin-Oshkosh’37 24 67 21 155 6.5
Ed Dancker C 27 6:07 210 None 24 98 47 243 10.1
Bill McDonald G 25 6:03 190 Marquette’40 24 39 25 103 4.3
Kenny Suesens G 25 6:01 185 Iowa’38 24 30 19 79 3.3
George Hesik F-C 28 6:02 195 Marquette’38 18 20 18 58 3.2
Thermon Blacklidge F-C 21 6:03 185 Delta State’41 11 17 17 51 4.6
Charlie Epperson F-G 22 6:02 190 Wisconsin’42 9 20 9 49 5.4
Babe Ziegenhorn G-F 23 6:00 185 Notre Dame’39 15 17 6 40 2.7
Paul Maki G-F 23 6:01 175 Minnesota’39 8 13 8 34 4.3
Jack Thornton C 27 6:05 200 Texas Wesleyan’41 2 0 3 3 1.5
SHEBOYGAN RED SKINS  WBT  1-1 FRANK ZUMMACH  WBT
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Rube Lautenschlager F 26 6:03 195 Wisconsin-Oshkosh’37 2 5 0 4 .000 10 5.0
Charlie Epperson F-G 22 6:02 190 Wisconsin’42 2 2 3 5 .600 7 3.5
Ed Dancker C 27 6:07 210 None 2 5 3 6 .500 13 6.5
Bill McDonald G 25 6:03 190 Marquette’40 2 3 2 1 2.000 8 4.0
Kenny Suesens G 25 6:01 185 Iowa’38 2 1 0 1 .000 2 1.0
Paul Sokody F 27 6:01 185 Marquette’38 2 5 5 5 1.000 15 7.5
George Hesik F-C 28 6:02 195 Marquette’38 2 2 3 3 .000 7 3.5
Babe Ziegenhorn G-F 23 6:00 185 Notre Dame’39 1 1 1 1 1.000 3 3.0
Paul Maki G-F 23 6:01 175 Minnesota’39 2 1 0 2 .000 2 1.0

Played home games at the University of Toledo Field House – Seating capacity – 9,000

 

TOLEDO JIM WHITE CHEVROLETS  NBL 3-21 TOMMY EDWARDS
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Chuck Chuckovits F 29 6:01 175 Toledo’39 22 143 120 406 18.5
Bill Thompson F-G 21 6:03 190 DeSales(Oh)’41 16 25 9 59 3.7
Ed Erban C-F 20 6:04 220 None 15 8 12 28 1.9
Scoop Putnam G 27 6:00 175 Tennessee’39 20 36 11 83 4.2
George Nelmark G 24 6:01 180 Kirksville STC’41 21 40 32 112 5.3
Pete Pederson C-G 31 6:04 Western State’36 9 12 8 32 3.6
Soup Cable F-C 28 6:03 200 Akron 5 10 9 29 5.8
Don Elser F-C 28 6:04 220 Notre Dame’36 6 10 7 27 4.5
Dave Williams C     25 6:03    210 Central Normal’38 7 9 6 24 3.4
Al Alvarez G 29 6:00 160 Toledo’39 4 8 5 21 5.3
Jack Ozburn G 27 6:01 170 Monmouth(ILL)’33 Military Service 3 7 1 15 5.0
Gene Brownell C     24 6:05 235 None 4 3 4 10 2.5
Jim Rae C 24 6:04 200 Michigan’40 Injured 3 5 0 10 3.3
Gran Edwards G     25  5:06   130 None 3 2 1 5 1.7
Bob Hassmiller G-C 25 6:02 200 Fordham’39 2 2 1 5 2.5
Tom Wukovitz G 26 6:00 165 Notre Dame’38 3 2 0 4 1.3
Glenn Roberts C 25 6:05 200 Emory & Henry’35 1 1 0 2 2.0
Benny Schall G 24 5:11 170 Toledo’37 2 0 1 1 0.5
Tommy Edwards F-C 30 5:10 170 None 1 0 1 1 1.0
Paul Nowak C 27 6:06 210 Notre Dame’38 1 0 0 0 0.0
Pat Hintz G 27 6:00 175 Toledo’41 1 0 0 0 0.0
Abe Yourist C 30 6:02 210 Heidelberg’32 1 0 0 0 0.0
Paul Wallace G 18 5:08 140 Toledo’48 1 0 0 0 0.0
TOLEDO WHITE HUTS  WBT 0-1 SID GOLBERG
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM FGA Pct PTS AVG
Chuck Chuckovits F 29 6:01 180 Toledo’39 1 3 5 7 .714 11 11.0
Benny Schall F 24 5:10 0:00 Toledo’37 1 0 1 2 .500 1 1.0
Vince McGowan C 28 6:05 225 DePaul 1 3 0 1 .000 6 6.0
Dutch Garfinkel G 23 6:00 190 St.John’s(NY)’41 1 3 0 1 .000 6 6.0
George Nelmark G 24 6:00 185 Missouri STC’41 1 2 3 3 1.000 7 7.0
Al Alvarez F 29 5:11 160 Toledo’39 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Gene Brownell F-C 23 6:05 235 None 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
Ed Erban G 20 6:03 220 Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0.0

Played home games at Trenton Arena in Trenton, New Jersey – Seating capacity – 2,300

 

TRENTON TIGERS  ABL 5-8     6-6 TEDDY KEARNS & RED SMITH
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Red Paris F 23 5:08 150 CCNY’38 25 56 57 169 6.76
Ace Goldstein F-C-G 24 6:01 190 CCNY’38                        fr New York 12 32 10 74 6.2
Bill Zubic C 26 6:05 205 Temple 12 28 29 85 7.1
Herbie Gershon G 27 5:10 165 None 25 72 20 164 6.6
Allie Esposito G 27 5:10 165 None 21 43 37 123 5.9
Mike Bloom C-F 26 6:06 190 Temple’38               Military Service 23 49 50 148 6.4
Matt Guokas F-G 26 6:03 195 St.Joseph’s(Pa)’38 11 16 7 39 3.5
Johnny Mroczkowski C-F 23 5:11 175 None 11 14 11 39 3.5
Dutch Garfinkel G 23 6:00 195 St.John’s(NY)’41                                 Injured 10 15 3 33 3.3
Cy Boardman F-C-G 26 6:02 185 NYU ’38 10 10 6 26 2.6
Steve Juenger F-C-G 26 6:03 195 Temple’36 8 5 5 15 1.9
Willie Flynn G-F 24 None 8 3 1 7 0.9
Rusty Saunders F-C 35 6:02 212 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Rip Gerson G 32 5:10 St.John’s(NY)’31 1 0 0 0 0.0
George Abel G 23 6:00 165 Rider’40 1 0 0 0 0.0
Rex Ellis F-G 25 6:03 185 Notre Dame’40 1 0 0 0 0.0
Sid Blair G 24 6:00 200 None 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Sigholtz G-F 22 6:01 185 None 3 0 0 0 0.0
Irv Davis F-C 26 6:02 195 NYU ’41 to Philadelphia

Played home games at Turner’s Arena in Washington D.C. – Seating capacity – 2,000

 

WASHINGTON BREWERS  ABL 5-6     5-7 MAC POSNACK
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Ben Goldfaden F-C 28 6:03 185 George Washington’37 23 47 30 124 5.4
Nat Frankel C-F 27 6:03 200 None 20 59 70 188 9.4
Al Benson C 27 6:05 220 None                    fr Wilmington 15 24 7 55 3.7
Ben Kramer G-F 27 6:01 195 LIU’37 22 40 38 118 5.4
Pete Berenson G-F 29 5:10 180 CCNY’34                       Injured 19 35 41 111 5.8
Willie Rubenstein G 29 5:11 175 NYU’36                      fr New York 7 8 10 26 3.7
Moe Dubilier F 26 6:02 210 John Marshall’35          Military Service 7 22 8 52 7.4
Whitey Wilson G 27 5:11 165 Pittsburgh’35 22 22 5 49 2.2
Hook Anderson F-G 29 5:11 175 NYU’34                      fr New York 3 11 6 28 9.3
Herm Knuppel C 25 6:08 240 Panzer(NJ)’41 14 7 9 23 1.6
George Slott F 29 5:11 185 St.John’s(NY)’33 20 10 16 36 1.8
Irv Rizzi G-F-C 22 5:11 180 Georgetown(DC)’41                                  Illness 8 7 2 16 2.0
Mac Posnack F 32 5:11 190 St.John’s(NY)31 2 0 1 1 0.5
### Hoffman G 1 0 0 0 0.0
Dom Restifo G 23 5:08 155 None 1 0 0 0 0.0

Played home games at the State Armory in Wilmington, Delaware – Seating capacity 2,300

 

WILMINGTON BLUE BOMBERS  –  ABL       10-3     8-4 BARNEY SEDRAN
PLAYER POS AGE HGT WGT COLLEGE TRANSACTIONS  GA FGM FTM PTS AVG
Moe Spahn F-G 30 6:00 185 CCNY’33                        fr New York 20 49 38 136 6.8
Bernie Fliegel F-C-G 23 6:03 195 CCNY’38 25 57 36 150 6.0
Ed Sadowski C 24 6:05 240 Seton Hall 24 65 34 164 6.8
Sam Kaplan G 24 5:11 190 None 25 55 31 141 5.6
Dutch Hoefer G-F 20 5:09 155 Queens’41 25 75 32 182 7.3
Chick Reiser F-G 25 5:11 165 NYU ’35            Voluntarily Retired 11 33 12 78 7.1
Mac Kinsbrunner G 32 5:09 155 Syracuse/St.John’s(NY)’31   fr New York 9 6 1 13 1.4
Jerry Bush F-C-G 25 6:03 205 St.John’s(NY)                        Injured 10 19 7 45 4.5
Moe Frankel G-F-C 24 5:11 190 None                        Injured 7 15 6 36 5.1
Nick Shaback G-F 22 5:11 180 None 16 13 4 30 1.9
Moe Becker F-G-C 26 6:01 180 Duquesne 2 2 0 4 2.0
Paul Chadick G-C 23 5:11 175 St.Joseph’s(Pa)’39 4 1 0 2 0.5
Corky Stanton G-F 27 6:00 178 Union(NY)’33 7 0 0 0 0.0
Al Benson C 27 6:05 220 None    fr NY / to Washington
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