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The ABL played three more seasons and then, with only five teams playing at the end of 1930–31, folded during the Great Depression. [1] After more than two years, the league was reorganized in 1933, but as an East Coast league, with teams in Pennsylvania and New York City metro area. [1] The league did take some measures to help modernize the ...
In the 1920s and 1930s, Eastern Basket Ball League (founded in 1909), [24] Metropolitan Basketball League (founded in 1921) [25] and American Basketball League (founded in 1925) [26] were the most important leagues.
The practice of enclosing basketball courts in chicken wire, chain-link fencing, or rope — giving basketball the nickname "the cage game" — ended.Intended to increase the tempo of play by keeping the ball from going out of bounds, to protect players and rowdy spectators from each other, and to prevent fans from throwing objects onto the court, the use of these "cages" had led to rough ...
The Rens were one of the dominant basketball teams of the 1920s and 1930s. They were originally known as the Spartan Braves, the basketball team of the Spartan Field Club, a Manhattan-based multi-sport amateur athletic organization whose initial focus was cricket.
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. / ... 1920 in basketball (3 C, 1 P) 1921 ...
On February 20, 1931, St. John's and Carnegie Tech met in the first college basketball game ever filmed for a newsreel. [2]In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Northwestern as its national champion for the 1930–31 season.
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; ... Pages in category "1920 in basketball" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
The AAU's annual tournament drew the best players in the world, as well as thousands of fans and dozens of sports writers and broadcasters. During the 1930s, the only professional basketball teams were barnstormers like the House of David and the Harlem Globetrotters. In all those years the 66ers played against teams fielded by various ...