1942–43 Harrisburg Senators season

Harrisburg Senators (basketball) Harrisburg Senators American Basketball League (revived original) 1943 4 8 Dutch Dehnert Dutch Dehnert(?) Dutch Dehnert(?) Madrid PalestraHARRISBURG SENATORS - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-30 2026-09-23 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/harrisburg-senators/ 4 Did not qualify 1 1948 The 1942–43 Harrisburg Senators season was the first season played by the Harrisburg Senators franchise that was operating in the capital city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as well as the only season of play by the Senators out in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania while competing in the revived version of the original American Basketball League (although it's suggested that they were the continuation of the Washington Brewers franchise that formerly were the works team of the Christian Heurich Brewing Company1938-1939 - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia May 30, 2014 July 19, 2026 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/seasons/1938-1939/1942-1943 - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-30 2026-09-23 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/seasons/1942-1943/). This season was one of the rare few seasons where the ABL would end up having more teams competing in their league than the rivaling National Basketball League, with five teams (including the Senators) competing in the ABL when compared to the four teams in the NBL. However, this would be due to the growing urgency of World War II resulting in trying times for the sport of basketball as a whole, to the point where both the ABL and the rivaling NBL had considered shutting down operations during this season instead, though they both ultimately went against that idea due to the federal government encouraging them both as a means of supporting morale at home.The 1942-43 NBL Season: A Foreshadowing of Professional Basketball 20 Years Forward https://cdm17103.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17103coll10/id/12453 2026-02-02 cdm17103.contentdm.oclc.org en Not only that, but both the ABL and the NBL went into an agreement alongside the minor Connecticut State Basketball League to prohibit the transfer of players between their leagues without due compensation in order to minimize the effects of many of the game's players joining the war effort during this period in time.Nelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2009 978-0-7864-4006-1, p. 114 In any case, due to the combination of the low amount of competitive teams within the ABL this season and the wartime limitations set within the U.S.A. during this period of time (notably the Office of Defense Transportation banning pleasure driving in 1943 in order to minimize civilian gasoline consumption, which made traveling for certain teams challenging during their seasonsFlamm Bradley 2006 Putting the brakes on 'non-essential' travel: 1940s wartime mobility, prosperity and the US Office of Defense. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233547720 The Journal of Transport History 27 1 71–92, 79 10.7227/TJTH.27.1.6 154113012Nelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2009 978-0-7864-4006-1, p. 119), the ABL was given its shortest set schedule of games in league history, with the Senators having the second-lowest amount of games played with seven total played this season. Unfortunately for them, outside of a few games that they won (two of which were against the eventual champion Philadelphia SphasThe SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team Stark Douglas Temple University Press 2011 978-1-59213-633-9 Philadelphia Appendix A, 259), their sole stint in the ABL was a dud since Harrisburg had a 4–8 record to conclude the season for a fourth-place finish, which later led to the Senators leaving the league the following season and not returning to play again until 1947 under the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (later known as the Eastern Professional Basketball 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.1942-43 Harrisburg Senators (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-09-23 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/03/1942-43-harrisburg-senators-abl.html1942 Harrisburg Senators basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-09-23 2026-09-23 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLHAS/y-1942 1942–43 Harrisburg Senators #347C17 #FDD017 #347C17 #FDD017 Hook Anderson 1 G 5 11 175 NYU 1912-04-08 Ben Auerbach G/F 6 1 190 NYU 1919-03-01 Cy Boardman 1 F 6 2 185 NYU 1915-08-24 Bill Bornheimer 1 F/C 6 3 225 Georgetown 1921-11-25 Bob Calihan G/F 6 3 200 Detroit 1918-08-02 Al Caruso 1 G/F 6 0 210 Manhattan 1916-07-08 Ben Goldfaden F 6 1 185 George Washington 1913-09-06 Steve Juenger 1 F/C 6 3 195 Temple 1915-02-10 Mac Kinsbrunner 1 G 5 9 155 St. John's 1909-03-21 Herm Knuppel 1 C 6 8 240 Panzer College 1915-02-20 Ben Kramer F 6 1 195 Long Island University 1913-05-03 Tony Krygier 1 G 5 11 170 Newtown HS (NY) 1915-09-25 Swede Masin 1 G/F 6 1 195 Panzer College 1920-06-07 Eddie Parry G/F 6 1 175 Southeastern HS (MI) 1918-01-29 Jackie Peters 1 G 5 10 170 St. John's 1916-04-17 Porky Rosenthal 1 G/F 6 1 180 No college 1917-10-22 Charlie Schmidli 1 G/F 6 2 185 Georgetown 1920-08-20 Bob Synnott F/C 6 3 190 Theodore Roosevelt HS (NY) 1912-09-27 Dutch Dehnert Note: There was also supposedly a player named Tom Matthews (whose position is currently unknown) that also played for the team as well,Tom Matthews en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-09-23 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/03/tom-matthews.html with there also being a played named Ed Barry on the team that likely was Eddie Parry in this case.ED PARRY - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-02-22 2026-09-23 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/Ed-Parry/Eddie Parry en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-09-23 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/11/ed-parry.html American Basketball League Standings Pos. League Standings Wins Losses Win %1 Trenton Tigers 11 2 .8462 Philadelphia SPHAs 9 6 .6003 Camden Indians / Brooklyn IndiansNote1 a a 3 5 .3754 Harrisburg Senators 4 8 .3335 New York Jewels 1 7 .125 AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-30 2026-09-26 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/league/american-basketball-league-20/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260923113142/https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/league/american-basketball-league-20/ 2026-09-23American Basketball League II - 1942-43 ABL Standings en RetroSeasons 2023-03-21 2026-09-26 https://www.retroseasons.com/leagues/abl/1943/standings/ Awards and honors By the end of the season, Steve Juenger would end up being the leading scorer of the entire league for the tenth season of its return and its sixteenth overall season of its existence. However, due to the shortened up number of games played this season, Juenger would record the lowest number of points scored in an ABL season for such an honor within an ABL season with 116 points scored for an average of 11.6 points per game, which would start the return of the first of the league's double digit points per game averages for the rest of the league's existence. Notes Note1 a a The Camden Indians moved from Camden, New Jersey to nearby Brooklyn, New York on January 18, 1943. References Harrisburg Harrisburg Senators Harrisburg Senators