1938–39 New York Jewels season

New York Jewels American Basketball League (revived original) 1939 19 15 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 Arcadia HallNEW YORK JEWELS. - Pro Basketball Encyclopedia en-US Pro Basketball Encyclopedia 2014-05-30 2026-10-09 https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/season/new-york-jewels-5/ 4 ABL Champions (Won 3–0 over Jersey Reds) yes New Haven / New York Jewels The 1938–39 New York Jewels season was the eighth professional basketball season played by the New York Jewels franchise, which was their fifth season played while representing the state of New York as a whole instead of a specific city there like the city of Brooklyn or New Haven, Connecticut. Entering this season, the ABL would see eight teams competing in the league this season with two new teams in the Washington Heurichs works team and the Wilkes-Barre Barons (the latter of which had history dating as far back as 1914) being added to the league while the New York Celtics were technically replaced by the Troy Haymakers in the process. Not only that, but this would also be the ABL's first season where their league would operate under a proper regular season format similar to what the rivaling National Basketball League was doing (though the ABL's playoffs would be different from the NBL's since the ABL Playoffs would involve the four best teams in the league competing in the playoffs in a best-of-three semifinal round before the two remaining teams would compete in a best-of-five championship series). Unfortunately for the Jewels, they would look like they'd see a bit of a decline in performance with their overall season providing them an above-average 19–15 record, which got them a fourth place finish this time around behind that of the defending champion Jersey Reds (albeit barely on their case), the Philadelphia SPHAs, and the Kingston Colonials. Fortunately for them, however, due to the split season formatting being gone for this season, the Jewels would end up being the last team to qualify for the ABL Playoffs due to them being the last winning team in the ABL above that of the aforementioned Wilkes-Barre Barons, with the Jewels going up against the long-standing second-seeded Philadelphia SPHAs in the semifinal round. Surprisingly for the New York Jewels, in spite of their fourth place finish in the ABL, not only would the Jewels end up sweeping the SPHAs in the semifinal round, but they'd also get their revenge against the #3 seeded Jersey Reds by sweeping the defending champions to finally get their first ABL championship to go alongside the Metropolitan Basketball League championship that they got back when they were originally the Brooklyn Jewels back in the 1932–33 season. 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.1938-39 New York Jewels (ABL) en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-10-09 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/02/1938-39-new-york-jewels-abl.html1938 New York Jewels basketball Statistics en StatsCrew 2026-10-09 2026-10-09 https://www.statscrew.com/basketball/roster/t-ABLNYJ/y-1938 1938–39 New York Jewels #0953a0 #FFFFFF #ff7518 #FFFFFF Matty Begovich 1 F/C 6 5 205 St. John's 1910-10-02 Rip Gerson 1 F 5 10 165 St. John's 1906-04-06 George Goldsmith basketball 1 G 5 9 155 CCNY 1914-04-21 Ed Grote 1 G 6 2 220 No college 1915-10-06 Rip Kaplinsky 1 G 5 6 155 St. John's 1912-11-13 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 John Mardy 1 C 6 4 200 Pratt Institute 1915-07-11 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 Bernie Schiffer 1 G 6 0 175 CCNY 1915-07-29 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 Rocky Valvano 1 F 6 0 160 Savage School for Physical Education 1914-05-29 Nat Volpe 1 G 5 8 155 Manhattan 1916-05-15 Jim Whatley basketball 1 C 6 6 220 Alabama 1913-03-11 Tony Zaycek 1 G 5 10 155 Seton Hall 1916-07-06 Eddie Wilde Note: The roster for the team's playoff roster for this season would specifically include Rip Gerson, Mac Kinsbrunner, Mickey Kupperberg, Jake Pelkington, Willie Rubenstein, Lou Spindell, and George Slott. In addition to that, there was also an unknown guard with the last name of Dailey (who might have played for a Collegiates team in a doubleheader match) that briefly played for the Jewels in the regular season as well.Dailey en peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com Mike Wilk 2026-10-09 https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/02/dailey.html American Basketball League Standings Pos. League Standings Wins Losses Win %1 Kingston Colonials 28 7 .8002 Philadelphia SPHAs 24 9 .7273 Jersey Reds 19 14 .5764 New York Jewels 19 15 .5595 Wilkes-Barre Barons 14 22 .3896 Troy Haymakers 12 21 .3647 Brooklyn Visitations 7 20 .2598 Washington Heurichs 7 22 .241 The top four teams would later compete in a playoff format this season, with the best team competing against the third-best team and the second-best team competing against the fourth-best team through a best-of-three series in the semifinal round before the winning two teams from each round would go up against each other in a best-of-three championship series. American Basketball League Playoffs For the first time since the 1927–28 season (or ever in terms of its revived history), the American Basketball League would host a proper playoff series for their league by the end of the regular season instead of a championship series between the two best teams on each half-season of play (with potential tiebreaker series of match-ups going down after each half-season is over and done with). American Basketball League Semifinals Game Date Opponent Score RecordGame 1March 18@ Philadelphia SPHAs46–441–0Game 2March 19Philadelphia SPHAs31–242–0 The 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, 255 American Basketball League Championship Round Game Date Opponent Score RecordGame 1March 31Jersey Reds34–301–0Game 2April 2@ Jersey RedsNote1 a a40–362–0Game 3April 9@ Jersey RedsNote1 a a37–34 (OT)3–0 Bradley Grasso Robert John Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia 2003 SPORT Media Publishing, Inc. 1-894963-01-6, p. 415 Note Note1 a a Games were played in Brooklyn. References New York Jewels New York Jewels New York Jewels New York Jewels New York Category:American Basketball League (1925–1955) championship seasons