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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Lou Schneiderman

Louis J. Schneiderman

Born:
January 10, 1899
Philadelphia, PA

Died:
December 18, 1972
Philadelphia, PA

Career
1915-16 Central High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1916-17 Central High School - Philadelphia (High School)
1917-18 Philadelphia YMHA (ALP)
1918-19 Philadelphia SPHA's (ALP)
1919-20 Philadelphia SPHA's (Independent)
1920-21 Philadelphia Hancock / SPHA's (ALP)
1921-22 Philadelphia SPHA's (Independent)
1922-23 Philadelphia SPHA's (PBL)
1922-23 St. Peters (PBL)
1923-24 St. Peters (PBL)
1923-24 Boyertown (Independent)
1923-24 South Arcadia AA (Independent)
1924-25 Philadelphia SPHA's (PBL)
1924-25 South Arcadia AA (Independent)
1925-26 Philadelphia SPHA's (EBL)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1926-27 Philadelphia SPHA's (ABL)
1927-28 Washington Palace Five / Brooklyn Visitation (ABL)
1927-28 Philadelphia SPHA's (PBL)
1928-29 Kennett Square Philadelphia SPHA's (PBL)
1930-31 Germantown (PBL)

The 5-foot-8, 140 pound (according to his WW1 draft card) played basketball for many various teams in the Philadelphia area through the 1920's. He played three seasons in the ABL, hopping between Boston, Philly, Washington and Brooklyn.

Lou was married to Bernice Schneiman and they had one son and two daughters.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Lou-Schneiderman/

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Nash

Nash

Born:

Died:

Career
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)

Played one game for Boston Whirlwinds.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/nash-2/

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Fiddle Morley

James S. "Fiddle" Morley

Born:
June 5, 1901
Boston, MA

Died:
August 24, 1968
Jamaica Plain, MA

Career
1916-17 Boston College High School - Boston (High School)
1917-18 Boston College High School - Boston (High School)
1918-19 Georgetown University (College)
1919-20 Boston College (College)
1920-21 Boston College (College)
1921-22 St. Alphonsus A.A. - Boston (Independent)
1921-22 Adams (IBL)
1921-22 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1922-23 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1923-24 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1924-25 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL) Head coach / player
1927-28 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1927-28 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1928-29 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1929-30 Boston University - Freshmen (College) Head coach
1929-30 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1930-31 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1931-32 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1932-33 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1933-34 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL) Head coach / player

After being captain of the high school team at BCHS, Morley went to Georgetown for one year where he played football and basketball. He then returned home to play for Boston College. He started a long professional career after that, joining independent Boston team St. Alphonsus and also played with Adams in the Interstate Basketball League. He became an intergral part of the Boston Whirlwinds for many years, including the first season of the ABL. The Whirlwinds returned to the ABL as the Boston Trojans in 1934. Morley died in 1968.

Source:
Warren Tribune, December 9, 1925

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Fiddle-Morley/

Leo Martin

Leo Joseph "Leather" Martin

Born:
June 21, 1899
Newport, RI

Died:
January 7, 1978

Career
1920-21 Newport Five (Independent)
1921-22 Newport Five (Independent)
1922-23 Newport Five (Independent)
1923-24 Fitchburg Pros (Independent)
1923-24 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1924-25 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1926-27 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1927-28 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)

Born in Newport to James and Katherine Martin. James was a state legislator in Rhode Island. Martin was an all-around athlete who played baseball and basketball.

Leo was married to Lucille Finn (1903-1985).

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Leo-Martin/

Henry Kiley

Henry Augustus Kiley

Born:
November 14, 1904
Boston, MA

Died:
November 10, 1988
Winthrop, MA

Career
1924-25 Dorchester Shawmuts (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1926-27 Washington Palace Five (ABL)
1926-27 Boston Nationals (Independent)
1927-28 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1928-29 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1929-30 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1930-31 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1931-32 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1932-33 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1933-34 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1934-35 Boston Trojans (ABL)

Born to Thomas and Bridget Kiley in Boston, Henry, the youngest of seven children, played basketball for many years with the Boston Whirlwinds. He played with the club when they were in the ABL in 1925-26, and played with the Palace Five in the next season before returning to Boston and the Whirlwinds. He managed to return to the ABL for one more season in 1934-35.

Kiley was married to Grace Hurley (1906-1988) and they had one daughter.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Henry-Kiley/

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Percy Jenkins

Percy Jenkins

Born:
October 2, 1899
Quincy, MA

Died:
August 20, 1947
Manhattan, NY

Career
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)

"Jenkins" appeared on one game for the Whirlwinds, on December 21, 1925. I believe he is Harvard athlete Percy Jenkins.

Jenkins was a highly-regarded athlete at Harvard in the early 1920's. Captain of the football team, he also ran track and played baseball. Due to his busy athletic schedule, he did not play basketball at Harvard. Graduated in 1924. He went on to be an executive with the Wickwire Spencer Steel Division of Colorado Fuel & Iron, a position he held at the time of his sudden death at the age of 47.

Source:
Boston Post, March 20, 1921

Boston Globe, August 21, 1947

Stats:

Nate Hurwitz

Nathaniel M. Hurwitz

Born:
March 24, 1893
Boston, MA

Died:
October 4, 1966
Cohasset, MA

Career
1919-20 Shawnut Club (Independent)
1920-21 Knights of Columbus - Nashua, MA (Independent)
1921-22 Knights of Columbus - Nashua, MA (Independent)
1922-23 Hartford Y.M.H.A. - Connecticut (Independent)
1923-24 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1924-25 Shawnut Club (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)

Hurwitz was later a State Representative, representing the Cohasset district in Boston as a Republican. He and his wife, Theresa, had a daughter, Mary (d. 2006), who also served Massachusetts in the state legislature. There is still a basketball tournament held at Northeastern University that bears his name.

Source:
Fitchburg Sentinel, June 6, 1949

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Nate-Hurwitz/

Earl Heal

Linwood Earle Heal

Born:
May 30, 1898
La Grange, ME

Died:
September 17, 1998
Polk, FL

Career
1920-21 Fitton AC (Independent)
1921-22 Belfast - Maine (Independent)
1923-23 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1924-25 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1924-25 Milford - Massachusetts (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1927-28 Penacock Yellowjackets - New Hampshire

Died at the age of 100 in 1998.

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/earl-heal/

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Dutch Guenther

Walter Emil "Dutch" Guenther

Born:
February 1, 1899
Fitchburg, MA

Died:
June 2, 1962

Career
1917-18 Springfield Fisk Red Tops (Independent)
1918-19 Springfield Fisk Red Tops (Independent)
1919-20 Springfield Fisk Red Tops (IBL)
1920-21 Springfield Fisk Red Tops (IBL)
1921-22 Springfield Fisk Red Tops (IBL)
1922-23 Springfield Fisk Red Tops (IBL)
1922-23 Greenfield AA Greens (IBL)
1922-23 Fitchburg (Independent)
1923-24 Amsterdam Flashes (NYSL)
1923-24 Fitchburg (Independent)
1923-24 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1924-25 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1925-26 Cleveland Rosenblums (ABL)
1926-27 Chicago Bruins (ABL)
1927-28 Waterbury (CSL)

Born to Emil and Annie Guenther, Dutch learned to play basketball in church leagues around his native Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the game. He signed on to play with the Red Tops when he was 18, and played pro basketball for the next decade with various teams, including Boston, Cleveland and Chicago of the ABL.

Source:
Warren Tribune, December 9, 1925
Harrisburg Telegraph, December 12, 1925

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/dutch-guenther/

Monday, October 16, 2017

Snooks Dowd

Raymond Bernard "Snooks" Dowd

Born:
December 20, 1897
Springfield, MA

Died:
April 4, 1962
Northampton, MA

Career
1913-14 Springfield High School - Massachusetts (High School)
1914-15 Springfield High School - Massachusetts (High School)
1915-16 Springfield High School - Massachusetts (High School)
1915-16 Springfield Vernons (Independent)
1916-17 Springfield Red Tops (Independent)
1917-18 Chicopee Fall Red Tops (Independent)
1918-19 Lehigh College (College) Did he play?
1918-19 Springfield Red Tops (Independent)
1919-20 Springfield Red Tops (IBL)
1920-21 Springfield Gunners (IBL)
1921-20 Springfield Gunners (IBL)
1922-23 Troy Trojans (NYSL)
1922-23 Springfield Gunners (IBL)
1922-23 Eddie Holly's Majors (Independent)
1923-24 Eddie Holly's Majors (Independent)
1924-25 Eddie Holly's Majors (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1926-27 Canton Orphans (CBL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)

Dowd played basketball, football and baseball in high school, and in 1918 signed to play baseball with Syracuse in the International League. He enrolled at Lehigh that fall and played on the football team, but left school in January of 1919. (Not sure he ever played basketball while there.) A very skilled athlete, Dowd found himself in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers in 1919 at age 21. After one game there, he managed three hits in 18 at bats for Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics, and then returned to the minor leagues where he played through 1927. He never returned to the major leagues, but in the off-season, Dowd kept playing pro basketball around Springfield and Massachusetts. He played two season in the ABL with the Boston Whirlwinds and the Baltimor Orioles.

Major League Baseball Stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dowdsn01.shtml

Source:

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Snooks-Dowd/

Friday, October 13, 2017

Jack Curtin

John Joseph "Jack" "Nig" "Johnny" Curtin

Born:
June 21, 1900
Cambridge, MA

Died:
June 18, 1968
Brighton, MA

Career
Boston College High School - Boston (High School)
1918-19 Boston College (College)
1920-21 Windsor - Vermont (Independent)
1920-21 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1921-22 Adams - Massachusetts (IBL)
1922-23 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1923-24 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1926-27 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1927-28 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)

Born and raised in Cambridge, Jack ran track and played basketball at BCHS and at Boston College before leaving school. He played pro basketball for a few years, and died in 1968.

Some biographical information differs from Pro Basketball Encyclopedia.

Source:
Evening News (Harrisburg, PA), December 11, 1925

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Johnny-Curtin/

Connolly

Connolly

Born:

Died:

Career
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)

Played one ABL game with Boston Whirlwinds on December 21, 1925

Source:

Stats:

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Whitey Bernot

Withold "Whitey" Bernot

Born:
June 15, 1901
Branford, CT

Died:
February 16, 1974
Worcester, MA

Career
1918-19 Worcester Classical High School - Massachusetts (High School)
1921-22 Worcester (IBL)
1921-22 Adams (IBL)
1921-22 Easthampton Hampers (IBL)
1922-23 Amsterdam (NYSL)
1922-23 Easthampton / Northhampton Hampers (IBL)
1922-23 Northampton (IBL)
1923-24 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1924-25 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)
1925-26 Washington Palace Five (ABL)
1926-27 Baltimore Orioles (ABL)
1927-28 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1928-29 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1928-29 Plainfield Pros - Connecticut (Independent)
1929-30 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1930-31 Boston Whirlwinds (Independent)
1931-32 Marlboro Bears (Independent)
1932-33 Fitton AC (Independent)

Born to Lithuanian immigrants, blonde Withold Bernot enjoyed a long professional basketball career

Source:
Harrisburg Telegraph, December 12, 1925

Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Whitey-Bernot/

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

1925-26 Boston Whirlwinds (ABL)

1925-26 BOSTON WHIRLWINDS
AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE (I)
First Half:
6-10 .375, tied for 6th place
Second Half:
Expelled (or dropped out) of league after first half

Head Coach: Fiddle Morley (June 5, 1901 - August 24, 1968) Also played. See Below

Box score on December 21, 1925, vs Washington, shows players name Jenkins and Connolly played. They also listed "Dodd" and "Burnett" but I am assuming that is actually "Dowd" and "Bernot." I think Jenkins is Harvard athlete Percy Jenkins. I don't know who Connolly was.

PLAYERS: