The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team

Index

Abbott, Ace, 190, 191 Adamo, Paul, 86, 90 Ahearn, Jake, 168, 190, 191, 194, 228 Aida, 106–107 Akron Beacon Journal, 4 Akron Goodyears, 5, 151 Allen, Phog, 70 American Basketball League, 1, 29, 41, 116, 126, 148, 213; Jack Garfinkel and, 161, 165, 167, 170; Mike Bloom and, 151; and 1940– 1941 season, 128, 134; Red Klotz and, 216, 218; Shikey Gotthoffer and, 65; after World War II, 204, 206, 207 Andersen, Hagan, 88, 190, 194, 195 Arcadia Hall, 34–35, 39–40, 76, 162, 165 Arena, The, 205 Atlantic City Sand Snipers, 75 Atlantic City Tides, 205 Badain, Al, 174 Balter, Sam, 71–72 Baltimore Bullets, 3, 132, 176, 178–179, 182, 189–190, 194, 199, 200, 204, 218 Baltimore Clippers, 118, 128–129, 151, 163 Banks, Davey, 19, 162 Basketball Association of America, 20, 173, 203–204, 234 Bee, Clair, 117, 128, 166, 181, 220 Begovich, Max, 120 Benson, Al, 83, 87–88, 90–91 Berenson, Pete, 47, 53–54, 67 Bernstein, Sam (Leaden), 9, 17, 22–23, 43, 50, 58, 75, 78, 94, 137, 146 Bismarck Phantoms, 134, 136 Black, Edwin (Hughie), 4, 10–13, 15–16, 28, 49, 209 Black, Marvin, 11–12, 49–50, 99, 224–225 Bloom, Meyer (Mike), 3, 119, 134–135, 145, 147–155, 172, 176, 189–191, 195, 207, 210, 225–226 Boardman, Simon (Cy), 109, 120, 218 Bolden, Ed, 113 Boston Red Sox, 56 Boston Trojans, 48, 50, 78 Boston Whirlwinds, 210, 213 Broadwood Hotel, 3, 49–50, 111–113, 143, 146, 163, 190–191, 193, 219; history of, 96–99; and 1933–1934 ABL season, 28, 35, 37; and 1934–1935 ABL season, 52–53; and 1936–1937 ABL season, 81, 86; as part of social and cultural Jewish community, 93–95, 99–104 Bronx Americans, 27, 35–36, 48 Brooklyn Celtics, 128–130, 138–139, 179 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 54 Brooklyn Jewels, 47–48, 50–51, 54, 57–58, 65, 102, 109, 110, 128–129, 134, 138, 151, 170, 192; Jack Garfinkel and, 161–162, 165; INDEx 322 • INDEx Brooklyn Jewels (continued) and 1933–1934 ABL season, 27, 29–35, 39; and 1936–1937 ABL season, 76–80, 82–85; and 1939–1940 ABL season, 117–119; and 1942–1943 ABL season, 142–144, 155 Brooklyn Visitations, 4, 27, 43, 75, 78–79, 118, 151, 154, 161, 170, 179; and 1933–1934 ABL season, 27, 35–36, 39; and 1934–1935 ABL season, 50–54, 57–58; and 1935–1936 ABL season, 66–69; and 1936–1937 ABL season, 81, 84–85; SPHAS players’ perception of hostility by, 45–48 Brown, Stan, 200, 205, 213 Broza, Stan Lee, 103 Bryan, William Jennings, 46 Bryant High School, 30 Bunin, Mark (Mockie), 13, 16 Bush, Jerry, 168, 171–172 Camden Brewers, 27 Camden Indians, 143 Cann, Howard, 64, 183 Capone, Al, 46 Carpenter, Robert, 136, 142 Carr, Joe, 19 Central High School, 95–96, 104 Chamberlain, Wilt, 16, 49, 104, 131, 172, 221 Chicago American Gears, 131 Chicago Cubs, 56 Chicago Herald-American, 130–131, 133 “Children’s Hour, The,” 103 City College of New York, 30–33, 35, 38, 62, 117, 161, 166, 170, 183 Cochrane, Edward W., 130 Collins, Ted, 171 Columbia Park, 79, 81–84 Commerce High School, 31 Conaty, Frank (Red), 36, 68, 152 Connors, Ed, 128 Connors, Marty, 128 Convention Hall, 78, 119, 129, 150, 200 Cooper, Tarzan, 126 Cossacks, 11 Coughlin, Father Charles, 1 Crescent Junior High School, 170 Daley, Arthur, 71 Dallas, Bill, 81 Davis, Irv, 127, 144, 145, 156, 177, 200 Deford, Frank, 18 Dehnert, Henry (Dutch), 5, 162 Dempsey, George, 211 DeNeri, 9 DeNeri Reserves, 10, 12 Detroit Eagles, 128, 131, 133 Detroit Tigers, 56–57 DeWitt Clinton High School, 160, 183 Dorsey, Jimmy, 103, 222–223 Douglas, Bob, 126–127, 213 Duke University, 62 Dyer, Bill, 193–194, 226 Eastern Basketball League, 3, 21, 23–25, 28, 41, 49, 95, 145, 199 Eastern League (1920s), 9, 15, 19, 21, 31 Eastern League (1940s–1950s), 48, 117, 199, 204 Eastern States Basketball League, 25, 37, 65, 95, 154 Edwards, LeRoy (Cowboy), 5, 131, 135 Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience, 45 Embry, Jake, 194 Entine, Jon, 7 Erasmus High School, 174–175 Erving, Julius, 104 Esposito, Allie, 145, 152 Fischer, Leo, 130–133 Fitch, Gil, 23, 37, 43–47, 67, 75–79, 86, 89, 94–96, 98–99, 102–104, 138, 176, 226 Fitzgerald, Dick, 145, 154–155 Fleishman, Jerry, 2, 17, 98–99, 168...