1935–36 Chicago Duffy Florals season

MBC professional basketball team champion season Chicago Duffy Florals Midwest Basketball Conference yes 1936 3 2 Western 2nd* Tom BriceCHICAGO BRUINS https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/chicago-bruins-8 Pro Basketball Encyclopedia White City Stadium Won MBC Championship(Defeated Kautskys 39–35) 1 The 1935–36 Chicago Duffy Florals season was the inaugural season played by the Chicago Duffy Florals, a team owned and operated by a floral concern of sorts that joined the Midwest Basketball Conference (MBC) as a late, ninth team entry into its inaugural season of existence before it eventually rebranded itself into the United States' National Basketball League (NBL) by the 1937–38 season. However, if one were to include their independent seasons of play before joining the MBC late into this season alongside their only season of play in the Midwest Professional Basketball League,MIDWEST PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/league/midwest-professional-basketball-league/ Pro Basketball Encyclopedia this would end up becoming the Duffy Florals' sixth season of play instead.Wilk Mike Peach Basket Society: Johnny Ivers https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/03/johnny-ivers.html Peach Basket Society 22 March 2017 Regardless of that information, their late inclusion entering this season would mean that the inaugural season of the MBC would see five teams competing in the Western Division (including the Duffy Florals) and four teams in the Eastern Division instead of the originally planned four teams in each division that was had at the time. Due to them being a late entry into the MBC, the Duffy Florals could only feasibly play a small amount of games in that conference this season, which would turn out to be five total regular season games for this season. Despite the minuscule number of games played due to their (likely) late addition into the season (which would at least partially occur due to the blue laws in the United States being very significant at the time since the MBC had no set schedules in mind for their teams), the Duffy Florals would end up seeing some serious controversy in their first season that would go all the way into the conclusion of this season. Originally, the Midwest Basketball Conference had the set requirement of needing its teams to have a bare minimum of only twelve games being played in order for a team to qualify for the inaugural MBC playoffs, which was originally planned to be a "double-knockout" system where each of the four teams would host the respective playoff matches in mind for the month of March in 1936. However, due to a combination of the Duffy Florals having a better overall win percentage than the Detroit Hed-Aids (with Chicago's 3–2 record barely beating out Detroit's 9–7 record this season), Chicago beating Detroit in a decisive manner in the only scheduled match they had played against each other within the MBC, and the Detroit Hed-Aids franchise facing potential financial issues at the time (at least according to Rochester Seagrams team owner Les Harrison), the Chicago Duffy Florals would end up taking the runner-up spot in the Western Division over the Detroit Hed-Aids.Nelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 2009 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 978-0-7864-4006-1, p. 22 Not only that, but the originally planned "double-knockout" system that was planned to play out in Indianapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Akron to represent the Indianapolis Kautskys, Chicago Duffy Florals, Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A., and Akron Firestone Non-Skids respectively ultimately had to be converted into a round robin tournament format where every match in the tournament was played in the Chicago's White City Stadium on March 22, 1936, instead due to the four teams finding out that not everyone would have their respective venues available for their planned dates in the original tournament format the MBC had. In any case, despite the Duffy Florals being seen as the odd team out in the round robin tournament due to their small record, they would not only surprise and upset the planned favorites in the Akron Firestone Non-Skids through a close 33–30 victory, but also surprise and upset the Western Division champion Indianapolis Kautskys through a 39–35 victory to take the first ever league championship through what can be seen as controversial means. However, if one were to include the Midwest Basketball Championship as a part of the National Basketball League's history, then the Duffy Florals can be seen as the league's first ever champions before eventually being merged into the National Basketball Association in 1949. Following the conclusion of their second and final season in the MBC, the Duffy Florals would leave the MBC/NBL to become an independent team once again, with them lasting as a franchise up until 1940 for (likely) financial reasons.Wilk Mike Peach Basket Society: Edward Stege https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/09/edward-stege.html Peach Basket Society 15 September 2015Wilk Mike Peach Basket Society: Johnny Orr https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/01/johnny-orr.html Peach Basket Society 6 January 2016Wilk Mike Peach Basket Society: Glynn Downey https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/09/glynn-downey.html Peach Basket Society 24 September 2015 Roster Due to information on Midwest Basketball Conference players being generally hard to find, there are bound to be more gaps and/or inaccuracies found in certain areas on the team's roster spots than usual.Wilk Mike Peach Basket Society: 1935-36 Chicago Duffy Florals (MBC) https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/03/1935-36-chicago-duffy-florals-mbc.html Peach Basket Society 15 March 2017 Chicago Duffy Florals 1935–36 #c41e3a #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #c41e3a Frank Froschauer 1 F/G 6 4 185 Illinois 1920–05–11 Johnny Ivers 1 G/F 6 3 200 American 1918–08–02 John Jordan basketball F/C 6 6 250 Notre Dame 1920–12–29 Eddie Kolar F/C 6 1 170 Morton HS (IL) 1918–08–30 Otto Kolar G 5 11 180 Morton HS (IL) 1914–01–07 Harry Lucas 1 G/F 6 3 190 Englewood HS (IL) 1916–11–05 Vince McGowan C 6 10 245 DePaul 1924–06–18 Hal Motz 1 F/C 6 2 195 Loyola Chicago 1925–03–13 Joe Reiff F/C 6 0 180 Northwestern 1924–11–29 Willis Young F/G 6 2 185 Delphi HS (IN) 1922–05–05 Tom Brice Note: Frank Froschauer, Vince McGowan, and Hal Motz would (presumably) not take part in either one of the two games Chicago played while competing in the round-robin tournament that represented the playoffs for this season.CHICAGO DUFFY FLORALS https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/chicago-duffy-florals Pro Basketball Encyclopedia MBC Standings Eastern Division Pos. Eastern Division Wins Losses Win %1 Akron Firestone Non-Skids 11 7 .6112 Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A. 10 7 .5883 Buffalo Bisons 7 8 .4674 Dayton Metropolitans 4 6 .400 Western Division Pos. Western Division Wins Losses Win %1 Indianapolis Kautskys 9 3 .7502 Chicago Duffy Florals‡ 3 2 .6003 Detroit Hed-Aids‡ 9 7 .5634 Indianapolis U.S. Tires 5 9 .3575 Windsor Cooper Buses 2 11 .154 ‡ Chicago would gain the final playoff spot over Detroit despite not meeting the required minimum of 12 games played. MIDWEST BASKETBALL CONFERENCE https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/league/midwest-basketball-conference/ Pro Basketball Encyclopedia MBC Round-Robin Tournament All of the Midwest Basketball Conference's round-robin tournament matches would occur on March 22, 1936, at the White City Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. Semifinal Round: (2W) Chicago Duffy Florals Vs. (1E) Akron Firestone Non-Skids: Chicago Duffy Florals defeated the Akron Firestone Non-Skids 33–30. Championship Round: (2W) Chicago Duffy Florals Vs. (1W) Indianapolis Kautskys: Chicago Duffy Florals defeated the Indianapolis Kautskys 39–35. The Chicago Duffy Florals would win the 1936 MBC Round-Robin Tournament over the Pittsburgh Y.M.H.A., Akron Firestone Non-Skids, and the Indianapolis Kautskys franchises. References Chicago Duffy Florals Chicago Duffy Florals