Appendix B

American Basketball League (ABL) Standings

1941–1942 to 1945–1946

1941–1942

American Basketball League

Team Won Lost PCT
First Half

Wilmington Blue Bombers

3

.769

Philadelphia SPHAS

8

6

.571

Washington Brewers

5

6

.455

Trenton Tigers

5

8

.385

New York Jewels

1

6

.143

Second Half

Wilmington Blue Bombers

8

4

.667

Trenton Tigers

6

6

.500

Philadelphia SPHAS

5

7

.417

Washington Brewers

5

7

.417

New York Jewels dropped out. Wilmington won both halves of regular season to claim championship.

1942–1943

American Basketball League

Team Won Lost PCT

Trenton Tigers

11

2

.846

Philadelphia SPHAS

8

6

.571

Camden/Brooklyn Indians

3

5

.375

Harrisburg Senators

4

8

.333

New York Jewels

1

6

.143

Philadelphia SPHAS defeated Trenton Tigers 4 to 3 to win title. Camden Indians transferred to Brooklyn Indians.

1943–1944

American Basketball League

Team Won Lost PCT
First Half

Wilmington Blue Bombers

12

4

.750

New York Americans

9

6

.600

Trenton Tigers

8

6

.571

Philadelphia SPHAS

4

9

.308

Brooklyn Indians

2

9

.182

Second Half

Philadelphia SPHAS

8

4

.667

Trenton Tigers

7

5

.583

Wilmington Blue Bombers

5

5

.500

New York Americans

2

8

.200

Wilmington Blue Bombers defeated Philadelphia SPHAS 4 to 3 to win title. Brooklyn dropped out.

1944–1945

American Basketball League

Team Won Lost PCT

Philadelphia SPHAS

22

8

.733

Trenton Tigers

21

9

.700

Wilmington Bombers

14

14

.500

Baltimore Bullets

14

16

.467

New York Westchesters/New York Gothams

11

15

.423

Washington Capitols/ Paterson Crescents

3

23

.115

ABL Playoff

Baltimore defeated Trenton 2 to 1.

Philadelphia defeated Wilmington 2 to 1.

Philadelphia SPHAS defeated Baltimore Bullets 2 to 1 to win title.

New York Westchesters transferred to New York Gothams.

Washington Capitols transferred to Paterson Crescents.

1945–1946

American Basketball League

Team Won Lost PCT

Baltimore Bullets

22

13

.629

Philadelphia SPHAS

21

14

.600

New York Gothams

18

16

.529

Wilmington Bombers

15

19

.441

Trenton Tigers

14

20

.412

Paterson Crescents

13

21

.382

ABL Playoff

Baltimore defeated New York 2 to 1.

Philadelphia defeated Wilmington 2 to 0.

Baltimore Bullets defeated Philadelphia SPHAS 3 to 1 to win title.

Information for tables taken from The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team by Douglas Stark (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2011).