Peach Basket Society: 1935-36

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Monday, February 5, 2018

Sam Winograd

Samuel D. Winograd

Born:
November 28, 1913
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
July 25, 1998
Beverly Hills, CA

Career
1932-33 CCNY (College)
1933-34 CCNY (College)
1934-35 CCNY (College)
1935-36 Paterson Panthers (ABL)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 New York Jewels (ABL)
1946-47 Troy Celtics (ABL) Head coach

Winograd played baseball and basketball at CCNY and would play two years in the ABL. He would return to CCNY as a coach and athletic director. He served in Europe during World War 2 and was decorated with the "Order of the Chevalier of the Crown" from the Belgian government for his service.

Same and his wife, Teddi, had one son and one daughhter.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/sam-winograd/

Corky Stanton

Frederick Marvin "Corky" Stanton, Jr.

Born:
February 21, 1914
Schenectady, NY

Died:
October 13, 1961
Schenectady, NY

Career
1932-33 Union College - New York (College)
1934-35 Schenectady (NYSL)
1935-36 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1936-37 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1937-38 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1938-39 Troy Haymakers (ABL)
1939-40 Troy Celtics (ABL)
1941-42 Wilmington Blue Bombers (ABL)

A graduate of Union College, Stanton was a minor league baseball player as well as a pro basketball player. While spending six seasons on the courts with three teams in the ABL, he spent three summers in the Philadelphia Athletics' farm system. Outside of basketball, he worked at General Electric in his hometown of Schenectady,

In October of 1961, Stanton was found dead in his garage. He had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

He was married to Edith.

Minor League Baseball Stats
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=stanto001fre

Source:
Troy Times Record, October 13, 1961

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/corky-stanton/

Benny Selzer

Benjamin A. Selzer

Born:
August 29, 1912
Passaic, NJ

Died:
July 24, 1993
Passaic, NJ

Career
1928-29 Passaic High School - New Jersey (High School)
1929-30 Passaic High School - New Jersey (High School)
1932-33 University of Iowa (College)
1933-34 University of Iowa (College)
1934-35 Tulsa Oilers (AAU)
1935-36 Passaic Reds (ABL)

Born in Passaic to Romanian immigrants Samuel and Tillie Selzer, Benny graduated from Passaic HS and headed to midwest to play college ball at Iowa. He would play with the Tulsa Oilers before returning home to play with the Passaic Reds of the ABL. He would play some independent basketball around the Passaic area afterwards.

Benny married Lilyan Nathan (1919-2000) in 1949.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/benny-selzer/

Friday, February 2, 2018

Willie Schwartz

William Schwartz

Born:
October 11, 1915
New York City, NY

Died:
May 13, 1990
Wilmington, DE

Career
1929-30 New Utrecht High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1930-31 New Utrecht High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1931-32 New Utrecht High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1932-33 Long Island University (College) Freshmen
1933-34 Long Island University (College)
1934-35 Long Island University (College)
1935-36 Long Island University (College)
1935-36 New York Jewels (ABL)
1936-37 New York Jewels (ABL)
Dux - Brooklyn (AAU)
1936-37 Long Island University (College) Head coach - JV
1937-38 Long Island University (College) Head coach - JV
1938-39 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College) Head coach
1939-40 Brooklyn College of Pharmacy (College) Head coach
1942-43 Fort Monmouth (Military)

Schwartz starred on the hardwood at LIU before going pro with the New York Jewels. He was hired at LIU to coach the JV basketball team, and later was named head coach and athletic director at the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy. 1n 1943, he joined the U.S. Army and graduated from the OCS Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth. After the war, he went to Kansas State University to get his doctorate in veterinary medicine. He would settle near Wilmington, Delaware, and was a leader in animal welfare in the area. He died of cancer in 1990.

He married Patricia Young and they had a son and a daughter.

Source:
Jews In Sports
Morning News (Wilmington, DE), May 29, 1977
Morning News (Wilmington, DE), May 16, 1990

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/willie-schwartz/

Phil Rabin

Phil H. "Fishy" Rabinowitz (Rabin)

Born:
July 10, 1913

Died:
October 28, 2010
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Career
1932-33 Long Island University (College)
1933-34 Long Island University (College)
1934-35 Long Island University (College)
1934-35 Bridgeton (EBL)
1935-36 Bridgeton (EBL)
1935-36 Atlantic City (EBL)
1935-36 Paterson/Trenton/Passiac (ABL)
1936-37 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1937-38 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1937-38 Plymouth (NYPA)
1937-38 Hazleton (NYPA)
1938-39 Jersey Reds (ABL)
1939-40 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1939-40 Washington Brewers (ABL)
1940-41 Washington Brewers (ABL)
1941-42 Saratoga (NYSL)
1942-43 New York Jewels (ABL)
1943-44 Brooklyn Indians (ABL)
1944-45 Baltimore Bullets (ABL)
1944-45 Trenton Tigers (ABL)
1945-46 Paterson Crescents (ABL)

Rabin played professionally under an assumed name while still enrolled at LIU. After some time in the Eastern League, he signed with Paterson in the ABL and would play in the ABL through the 1945-46 season with a brief period in the military during World War 2.

He and his wife Bertha had two sons and two daughters.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/phil-rabin/

Sam Kaplan

Samuel E. Kaplan

Born:
December 22, 1912
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
July 1, 1998
Miami, FL

Career
1929-30 James Madison High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1930-31 James Madison High School - Brooklyn (High School)
1931-32 Dux Club (AAU)
1932-33 Dux Club (AAU)
1933-34 Dux Club (AAU)
1934-35 Dux Club (AAU)
1935-36 Dux Club (AAU)
1935-36 New York Jewels (ABL)
1935-36 New York Whirlwinds (Independent)
1936-37 New York Whirlwinds (Independent)
1936-37 Tunnhannock (PSL)
1937-38 New York Celtics (ABL)
1938-39 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1939-40 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1939-40 Troy Celtics (ABL)
1940-41 Brooklyn Celtics (ABL)
1941-42 Wilmington Blue Bombers (ABL)
1941-42 Glens Falls (NYSL)
1942-43 Camden Indians (ABL)
1942-43 New York Jewels (ABL)
1942-43 Brooklyn Indians (ABL)
1945-46 Wilmington Bombers (ABL)

Despite being highly recruited by colleges out of high school, Kaplan decided to go the professional route instead, playing for the Dux AAU club. This would turn into a very lengthy basketball career in the ABL.

For some reason, his name appears as "Chamberlain" in boxscore of a Kingston-Philly game printed in the Deceember 16, 1938 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/sam-kaplan/

Red Grower

Louis S. "Red" Grower

Born:
January 1, 1911
Paterson, NJ

Died:
November 22, 2007
Hackensack, NJ

Career
1927-28 Eastside High School - Paterson, NJ (High School)
1928-29 Eastside High School - Paterson, NJ (High School)
1929-30 New York Military Academy (Prep School)
1930-31 New York Military Academy (Prep School)
1931-32 Rutgers (College)
1932-33 Rutgers (College)
1933-34 Rutgers (College)
1934-35 Rutgers (College)
1935-36 Paterson Panthers (ABL)

Born in Paterson, New Jerse to William and Gussie Grower, Lou lettered at Eastside HS in football, basketball and track. After leaving high school, he spent two years at New York Military Academy where he continued to play those three sports as well as adding baseball to the mix. He was later named the most outstanding athlete in the academy's history. He would go to Rutgers where he continued his athletic prowess, playing football, basketball and running track. He would also pitch for the freshmen baseball team. After leaving Rutgers, he took a job at Central HS in Paterson (later renamed for John Kennedy) and taught phys-ed, retiring in 1969. He got his Masters Degree and PhD Equivalent from Columbia University and also served during World War 2.

Red and his wife, Shirley, had four daughters.

Source:
Obituary, The Record/Herald News, November 27, 2007

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/red-grower/

Bill Flanigan

William Edward Flanigan, Sr.

Born:
May 1, 1912
Rensselaer, NY

Died:
February 27, 2007
Washington, DC

Career
1932-33 St. Lawrence University - Canton, New York (College)
1933-34 St. Lawrence University - Canton, New York (College)
1934-35 Little Falls (NYSL)
1934-35 Schenectady (NYSL)
1934-35 Kingston (NYSL)
1935-36 Kingston Colonials (ABL)
1940-41 Albany (NYSL)
1946-47 Saratoga Indians (NYSL)

Flanigan played football and basketball at St. Lawrence and would play pro basketball and semi-pro football after graduating. He started working as a parole officer in 1936 and would follow that job into a career in the New York Prison System. He entered the U.S. Navy and served in the South Pacific during World War 2. After the war, he remained in the Navy Reserves and in 1960, left New York to go to Washington where he remained employed with the Navy. He would take a job with the Department of Housing, Education and Welfare where he administered applications for federal vocational studies grants. He retired in 1978.

Bill married Marjorie Dwyer (d. 1998) in 1942 and they had four sons and a daughter.

Source:
Washington Post Obituary

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/bill-flanigan/

Bud Clancy

James "Bud" Clancy

Born:

Died:

Career
1934-35 Camden (EL)
1935-36 Passiac Reds (ABL)
1935-36 Bridgeton-Germantown (EL)
1935-36 Rees-Maloy Wolves (Independent)
1936-37 Atlantic City Sandsnipers (ABL)
1936-37 Pittston (PSL)
1936-37 Brownstown (TCL)
1937-38 Reading Keys (TCL)
1937-38 Atlantic City (NLNP)
1937-38 Hazelton (NYPA)
1938-39 Hazelton (NYPA)
1938-39 Reading Keys (TCL)
1938-39 Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL)** Signed Jan 26, 1939. Did he play?
1939-40 Lancaster (TCL)
1939-40 Elmira (NYSL)

From Philadelphia.

Clancy signed (along with Bill Zunic) with Wilkes-Barre on January 26, 1939, but issues arose around the TCL as to whether he could still play with Reading while with the Barons. There were unclear rules as to how many major league players (i.e. ABL players) could be on a TCL roster. Eventually it was decided he was indeed eligible. However, I am not sure he ever suited up with Wilkes-Barre in a game.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/bud-clancy/

Johnny Cendo

John Charles Cendo

Born:
July 8, 1909
New York, NY

Died:
June 15, 1978
West New York, NJ

Career
West New York High School - New Jersey (High School)
1930-31 Montclair Teachers College - New Jersey (College)
1931-32 Montclair Teachers College - New Jersey (College)
1932-33 Weehawken - New Jersey (Independent)
1935-36 Jersey Reds (ABL)

Cendo played a little pro basketball after college while teaching history and social studies. He taught at Memorial High School in New Jersey and would later be the Director of Public Works for West New York, New Jersey.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/johnny-cendo/

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Rip Andrews

Adam "Rip" Andrews
born Adam Androwski

Born:
October 5, 1910
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
July 28, 1993
St. Petersburg, FL

Career
1930-31 Columbus Council - Brooklyn (Independent)
1931-32 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1931-32 Columbus Council - Brooklyn (Independent)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (Independent)
1932-33 Brooklyn Americans (MBL)
1935-36 Brooklyn Visitation (ABL)
1936-37 St. Peter's - Brooklyn (Independent)
1936-37 Columbus Caseys - Brooklyn (Independent)
1937-38 St. Peter's - Brooklyn (Independent)
1939-40 St Mary's All-Stars (Independent)

Here is how I came up with this information. Connecting a lot of dots. I would like confirmation, but feel pretty good about it.

Through various newspaper articles in the 1930's, I found that Rip Andrews first name was Adam, and his real name was Androwski. A Daily Eagle article mentioned that he worked at a brewery by day, played basketball at night. Birth Certificate gave me his parents name, and approximate birth year (1910).

So searching Ancestry.com for all combinations of his name, I found a Adam Andrews born in 1910 who died in Florida in 1983. From there, I found his obituary, which named his wife (Olga) and son (Robert G. and Dennis J. ). It also said he was from Brooklyn and was later a deputy sheriff in Suffolk Country for many years before retiring to Florida. Circumstantial so far, but worth looking deeper. I searched for any news on Andrews' career in law enforcement, but didn't find anything. I searched for Olga's obituary, but also nothing. I went back to Ancestry a search the 1940 census records. I found the man Adam Andrews who would later be Deputy Sheriff; census lists wife as Olga, son Robert G. His occupation listed in 1940? Compressor engineer. An occupation found at...... (wait for it....) BREWERIES! That ties in to the 1933 article, and is enough for me to call this guy identified.

Born to Benjamin and Mary Andowski.

Source:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 27, 1933

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/rip-androwski/

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

1935-36 Paterson Panthers / Trenton Moose / Passaic Reds (ABL)

1935-36 PATERSON PANTHERS / TRENTON MOOSE / PASSAIC REDS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (II)
First Half:
4-11 .267, 6th place
Second Half:
8-11 .421, 6th place

The team started in Paterson but moved to Trenton on December 12, 1935, after an 0-5 start. They finished the first with in Trenton, and then relocated to Passaic, New Jersey, for the second half.

Head Coaches:

Benny Borgmann (November 2, 1898 - November 11, 1978) 4-11 Also played. See below.
Freddie Romp (c.1884 - pre-1953) 8-11 Was also the team owner

PLAYERS:

Pete Barry (November 16, 1896 - August 29, 1968)

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