1937–38 New Haven / New York Jewels season

New York Jewels New Haven / New York Jewels American Basketball League (revived original) 1938 26 13 Eddie Wilde Eddie Wilde Eddie Wilde1939-40 New York Jewels (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-10-09 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/03/1939-40-new-york-jewels-abl.html Allentown Armory? (New Haven)Arcadia Hall (New York)NEW YORK JEWELS - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-30 2026-10-09 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/new-york-jewels-4/ 2nd (1st half for New Haven/New York); 1st (2nd half for New York) New York Jewels lost ABL championship 4–2 to the Jersey Reds. New York / Brooklyn Jewels New York Jewels The 1937–38 New Haven / New York Jewels season was the seventh professional basketball season played by the New York Jewels franchise, which was officially their fourth season played while representing the state of New York as a whole instead of a specific city there like the city of Brooklyn, though it was also their only season playing as the New Haven Jewels while competing in the city of New Haven, Connecticut (even though their home venue during that time would apparently be held in Allentown, Pennsylvania for some odd reason). Before the season began, the Jewels moved from Brooklyn, New York to New Haven, Connecticut to start out the season as the New Haven Jewels. However, by the end of November on November 30, 1937, the team would move back to the state of New York to become the New York Jewels once again for the rest of their existence (pretty much) going forward. As such, with their move back from New Haven to Brooklyn to represent the state of New York as a whole once again for essentially the rest of their existence going forward, the Jewels would end up getting back to the early successes they had in their history for this season, with the New Haven turned New York Jewels having an above-average 12–8 record to get them a second place finish for the first half of the season behind only the Jersey Reds. Meanwhile, in the second half of the season, the New York Jewels would end up performing even better for that half of the season, with their 14–5 record for that half resulting in them getting a first place finish this time around. As a result of that placement, the New York Jewels would qualify for the ABL's championship series for this season against the rivaling Jersey Reds for a shot at winning their first ever ABL championship. Unfortunately for the Jewels, following a 1–1 series tie, the Reds would end up winning three out of their next four games played afterward to have the Jersey Reds get a 4–2 series championship for their first ever championship, while the New York Jewels would be denied an ABL championship to their name for the fifth time in their overall history with that particular league. Roster Due to information on American Basketball League 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.1937-38 New Haven / New York Jewels (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-10-09 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/02/1937-38-new-haven-new-york-jewels-abl.html1937 New Haven/New York Jewels basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-10-09 2026-10-09 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLNYJ/y-1937 1937–38 New Haven / New York Jewels #0953a0 #FFFFFF #ff7518 #FFFFFF Matty Begovich 1 F/C 6 5 205 St. John's 1910-10-02 Stan Entrup 1 C 6 4 205 No college 1907-03-16 Rip Gerson 1 F 5 10 165 St. John's 1906-04-06 Johnny Kane 1 G Fordham 1913 Mac Kinsbrunner 1 G/F 5 9 155 St. John's 1909-03-21 Mickey Kupperberg 1 G 5 11 185 Minnesota 1914-03-17 Ken Norton basketball 1 F 6 2 200 Long Island University 1914-05-07 Jake Pelkington C/F 6 6 220 Manhattan 1916-01-03 Willie Rubenstein 1 G/F 5 11 175 NYU 1912-04-03 Honey Russell G/F 5 11 175 St. John's 1911-09-10 Rusty Saunders F 6 2 212 No college 1906-03-12 Allie Schuckman 1 G/F 5 8 155 St. John's 1907-11-25 George Slott 1 G/F 5 11 185 St. John's 1912-06-09 Lou Spindell 1 G/F 5 10 175 CCNY 1908-12-16 Eddie Wilde Note: The New York Jewels would not have any of Stan Entrup, Rip Gerson, Johnny Kane, Ken Norton, or Rusty Saunders be a part of their championship series roster for this season. American Basketball League Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Jersey Reds166.727New Haven Jewels / New York JewelsNote1 a a128.600Brooklyn Visitations1310.565Philadelphia SPHAs1210.545New York (Original) Celtics1110.524Kingston Colonials515.250New York YankeesNote1 b b111.083 +Second HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %New York JewelsNote1 a a145.737Jersey Reds137.650Philadelphia SPHAs119.550Kingston Colonials99.500New York (Original) Celtics711.389Brooklyn Visitations215.118 American Basketball League Championship Series Earlier in the season, the New York Jewels competed in the season as the New Haven Jewels. However, due to the Jewels winning the second half of the season while representing the state of New York instead of while competing in New Haven, Connecticut, they will be referred to properly as the New York Jewels only here.Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 414 Jersey Reds (1st Half Champions) Vs. New York Jewels (2nd Half Champions): Jersey Reds win series 4–2 +ABL Championship SeriesBradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 415GameDateOpponentScoreRecordGame 1April 2@ Jersey Reds34–350–1Game 2April 3Jersey RedsNote1 c c33–301–1Game 3April 9@ Jersey Reds22–301–2Game 4April 10Jersey RedsNote1 c c24–261–3Game 5April 13@ Jersey Reds37–332–3Game 6April 17Jersey RedsNote1 c c28–302–4 Notes Note1 a a Before the season began, the Brooklyn Jewels moved from Brooklyn, New York to New Haven, Connecticut to become the New Haven Jewels to start out the season. However, on November 30, 1937, the team moved back from New Haven to Brooklyn to once again return to their original New York Jewels name for the rest of the season.Team Standings by Year https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1937-1938&t=New%20York%20Jewels Pro Basketball Encyclopedia Note1 b b The New York Yankees basketball team would drop out of the ABL on January 11, 1938, during the first half of the season.Team Standings by Year https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1937-1938&t=New%20York%20Yankees Pro Basketball Encyclopedia Note1 c c Games were played in Brooklyn. References New Haven / New York Jewels New Haven / New York Jewels New Haven / New York Jewels New Haven / New York Jewels New Haven / New York Jewels New Haven / New York Jewels