1940 World Professional Basketball Tournament

Basketball tournament in Chicago, Illinois, US August 2023 World Professional Basketball Tournament 1940 Chicago, Illinois 18 March 22 March 132nd Infantry Armory 14 Harlem Globetrotters Chicago Bruins Washington Heurich Brewers Sonny Boswell 1939 1941 The 1940 World Professional Basketball Tournament was the second edition of the World Professional Basketball Tournament. It was held in Chicago, Illinois, during the days of 18–22 March 1940 and featured 14 teams, with the teams mostly being independently run teams (including the Rochester Seagrams, which had roots to the modern-day Sacramento Kings NBA team) which also competed alongside three teams in the National Basketball League and the Washington Heurich Brewers of the American Basketball League. The tournament gained a local interest when the Chicago Bruins of the NBL made it to the championship round after it beat the ABL's Washington Heurich Brewers in the semifinal round, which only gained further interest when the world famous Harlem Globetrotters (who were originally based in Chicago at the time before moving to New York and then Harlem permanently) made it to the championship round over the defending champion New York Renaissance. The second WPBT championship game was won by the world famous Harlem Globetrotters, which defeated the Chicago Bruins 31–29 in the title game.Harlem beat Bruins to win basket title https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99119280/ 5 April 2022 Chicago Tribune 21 March 1940 29 Newspapers.com The Washington Heurich Brewers came in third after beating the Syracuse Reds 41–30 in the third-place game. Sonny Boswell of the Harlem Globetrotters was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Results Bracket y y no 1 1/1/1/1 Round 1Rens win first in $15,000 tourney https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99119690/ 5 April 2022 The Pittsburgh Courier 23 March 1940 17 Newspapers.com Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Third place Sheboygan Red Skins 44 Rochester Seagrams 32 Harlem Globetrotters 50 Kenosha Royals 26 New York Renaissance 42 Canton Bulldogs 21 Waterloo Wonders 41 Clarksburg Oil 32 Chicago Bruins 45 Fort Wayne Harvesters 27 Oshkosh All-Stars 42 Brenton Harbor House of David 23 Syracuse Reds 39 Sheboygan Red Skins 30 Harlem Globetrotters 37 New York Renaissance 36 Washington Heurich Brewers 35 Waterloo Wonders 21 Chicago Bruins 40 Oshkosh All-Stars 38 Harlem Globetrotters 34 Syracuse Reds 25 Chicago Bruins 46 Washington Heurich Brewers 38 Harlem Globetrotters 31 Chicago Bruins 29 Washington Heurich Brewers 41 Syracuse Reds 30 Third place game #e3e3e3 22 March 1940 Box score Washington Heurich Brewers 41 Syracuse Reds 30 P. Rabin – 16 M. Haller – 10 132nd Infantry Armory Kriznecky, Kraft Championship game #e3e3e3 22 March 1940 Box score Harlem Globetrotters 31 Chicago Bruins 29 17–13 14–16 S. Boswell – 12 M. Novak – 7 132nd Infantry Armory Kennedy, Solodares Individual awards Wibs Kautz of the Chicago Bruins led this tournament in scoring with 57 points scored in four games played.Triptow Richard F. The Dynasty that Never Was: Chicago's First Professional Basketball Champions, The American Gears 1997 self-published Lake Bluff, Illinois 0-9659280-0-4, p. 217 All-Tournament Team C - Leroy Edwards, Oshkosh All-Stars F - Sonny Boswell, Harlem Globetrotters (MVP) F - Wibs Kautz, Chicago Bruins G - Phil Rabin, Washington Heurich Brewers G - Pop Gates, New York Renaissance See also 1939–40 National Basketball League (United States) season, a professional basketball season featuring three of the competing teams there References External links WPBT 1939-48 on apbr.org 1939-40 WPBT Tournament Overview on retroseasons.com WORLD BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: 1939-1940 on Pro Basketball Encyclopedia Category:World Professional Basketball Tournament