1929–30 Philadelphia Sphas season

American basketball team season Philadelphia Sphas Eastern Basketball League 1930 30 7 Eddie Gottlieb Eddie Gottlieb Eddie GottliebHarry PassonEdwin "Hughie" Black Broadwood Hotel 2nd (first half), 1st (second half) Eastern Basketball League Champions (won 3-2 over the Philadelphia Elks) yes The 1929–30 season was the first season of play for the Philadelphia Sphas while operating in the Eastern Basketball League (which was both established the previous season and was not to be confused with the Eastern League that the Sphas previously played in a few seasons ago), though it would officially be their twelfth season of play when including previous seasons they were operating in some different leagues as different team names by comparison to their final Sphas name. After previously playing primarily as an independently ran squad following a six-game losing streak to end their final season in the Philadelphia Basket Ball League, the Sphas would enter the Eastern Basketball League in the hopes of having some better structure there. Because of that, the Sphas would once again return to playing in over 30 games for a season, with the Sphas winning at least 30 total games in a season for the second time in three seasons within the franchise's history (with the season before this one not really counting due to the Sphas leaving the Philadelphia Basket Ball League early on in that season's brief, returning existence). However, game-by-game records are (currently) not available for this season and are therefore likely lost to time in the process.Stark, Douglas. The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 978-1-59213-633-9. 2011. Appendix B. 276–277. For the first half of their first season in the Eastern Basketball League, the Sphas would finish in second place with an impressive 16–4 record, though their above-average record would still fall short to their inner city rivals that season in the Philadelphia Elks, who had an incredible 17–3 record on their hands by comparison. Luckily for the Sphas, however, the second half of their first season in the Eastern Basketball League would see them have a first-place finish to have a better win percentage record with a 14–3 for a .824 win percentage that would not only be better overall than the Wilmington Cardinals, but also get them to compete in a championship series against their local rivals this season in the Philadelphia Elks. While the scores for the championship series are not 100% certain somewhere between Games 2 and 4 due to the only place showcasing the actual championship series publicly has a second Elks victory be mistaken as a Sphas victory somewhere,EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/league/eastern-basketball-league-16/ Pro Basketball Encyclopedia the result would showcase that the Sphas would win the first Eastern Basketball League championship over the Elks in a close 3–2 series victory. Unfortunately, due to the status of the Eastern Basketball League during this season, records of the first season of the Eastern Basketball League are less publicly known by comparison to the American Basketball League due to the Eastern Basketball League being seen as a minor basketball league, meaning knowledge of who was on this team's championship roster this is less known when compared to other championship rosters of theirs. Roster Due to information on older (professional) basketball leagues being generally hard (if not outright impossible these days) to find for players from leagues like the Eastern Basketball League, there are bound to be more gaps and/or inaccuracies found in certain areas on the team's roster spots than usual. In fact, because of the nature that the Eastern Basketball League was being regarded at the time (which was officially being regarded as a minor (professional) basketball league due to how it was stacked up and viewed in regards to comparisons with the earlier, more nationally established American Basketball League of that era at the time), there is currently no available source for the team's overall roster in terms of who was playing for the team officially throughout the season at the time, with the final listed roster being considered the roster that's considered "officially" listed at hand for the team's championship roster during their run at the Eastern Basketball League's championship series during this season. 1929–30 Philadelphia Sphas #4070C0 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #CC0000 Lou Forman 1 F/C 6 2 160 Dickinson 1906–08–05 Cy Kaselman 1 G 5 10 165 Temple 1909–05–01 Babe Liman 1 G/F 6 0 150 NYU 1907–01–01 Harry Litwack G 5 7 170 Temple 1907–09–20 Chickie Passon 1 G 5 7 165 Pennsylvania 1900–05–30 Reds Sherr 1 F/C 6 2 210 Pennsylvania 1905-02-02 Yock Welsh 1 G 5 6 No college Unknown Red Wolfe basketball G 5 11 165 St. John's 1905–07–18 Eddie Gottlieb Eastern Basketball League Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Philadelphia Elks173.850Philadelphia SPHAs164.800Pattison Coffee-Grinders1010.500Wilmington Cardinals713.360Camden Skeeters614.300Kennett Square Farmers416.200 +Second Half TeamWinsLossesWinning %Philadelphia SPHAs143.824Wilmington Cardinals108.556Philadelphia Elks88.500Camden Skeeters89.471Kennett Square Farmers511.313Pattison Coffee-Grinders511.313 Eastern Basketball League Championship Series Philadelphia Elks (1st Half Champions) Vs. Philadelphia Sphas (2nd Half Champions): Philadelphia Sphas win series 3–2. Game 1: The Elks defeated the Sphas 36–38. Game 2: The Elks defeated the Sphas 34–21. Game 3: Sphas defeated the Elks 33–29. Game 4: Sphas defeated the Elks 34–30. Game 5: Sphas defeated the Elks 32–24. References Philadelphia Sphas 1929–30 EBL champions background:#4070C0; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #CC0000; white Philadelphia Sphas white Eastern Basketball League 1929–30 EBL champions autocollapse hlist Forman Kasselman Liman Litwack Passon Sherr Welsh Wolfe Head coach Gottlieb Category:Philadelphia Sphas seasons Philadelphia Sphas Philadelphia Sphas