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Leroy Edwards finishes off the Rens for the unofficial World Championship in 1937

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There were likely hundreds if not thousands of basketball games that Leroy Edwards played during his career. Most of these were not part of the official NBL schedule but included games against non-league teams, games against barnstorming teams, games held in tournaments etc.

"Lefty's" career was one that spanned basketball during the critical years between when professional basketball was dominated from roving bands of barnstormers who criss-crossed the country looking to stir up competition and a paycheck, through the beginning of organized tournaments and championships and on to the very beginning of the formation of today's NBA. Edwards played against many great teams of the time period. Besides teams in the NBL, this included games against New York's Original Celtics, the Philadelphia SPHAS, the New York (Harlem) Rens, the Harlem Globetrotters among many others.

Some of the stars Edwards played against or with included Johnny Wooden, John Isaacs, Jack Mann, Lou Boudreau, Frank Baird, Buddy Jeannette, Eddie Riska, Charley Shipp, George Chestnut, George Mikan, Robert McDermott, 'Tarzan' Cooper, 'Wee' Willie Smith, 'Cy' Kaselman, Jewell Young, Dave DeJernett, Chuck Hyatt, Agis Bray, 'Sonny' Boswell, 'Pop' Gates, Chuck Chuckovits, Zach Clayton, John Moir, Paul Nowak, Mel Riebe and Bill Haarlow to name a few.

The purpose of this webpage is not to record every single game Edwards played in, but to give a flavor of some of the games he was involved in and opponents he faced. It provides a snapshot in time to a key period in the development of professional basketball which is oftentimes overlooked. To accomodate what is potentially a large amount of scattered information, this page was developed to be a place that specific (and hopefully noteworthy & interesting) game information can be added in chronological order in an open format. As additional information becomes available concerning particular games of interest, I would be happy to include it in the future.

1935-36

Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 15, 1935	Indianapolis, IN	U.S. Tire	Buffalo Bisons	U.S. Tire 33 Bisons 27	11
Game Summary: U.S. Tire Five beats Buffalo (Indianapolis Star, Monday December 16, 1935) The U.S. Tire basketball team triumphed over the Buffalo Bisons, 33 to 27, in a Midwest Conference game at the Armory yesterday afternoon. The Bisons staged a threatening second-half rally but baskets by Demmary, Edwards and Coffin extended the Tires' margin and put the contest out of reach of the visitors. U.S. Tire (33) Name FG FT PF Pts Hildebrand 2 0 2 4 Schaffer 0 0 0 0 Edwards 5 1 0 11 Demmry 1 0 2 2 Shipp 1 4 5 6 Gilmore 1 0 1 2 Coffin 4 0 0 8 Total 14 5 10 33 Buffalo Bisons (27) Name FG FT PF Pts Maury 0 0 1 0 Stankey 2 0 3 4 Williams 0 3 0 3 Cortelli 5 1 2 11 Maister 1 1 4 3 Seigel 3 0 5 6 Total 11 5 15 27
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 29, 1935	Indianapolis, IN	U.S. Tire	Akron Goodyears	U.S. Tire 43 Bisons 22	17
Game Summary: U.S. Tires Defeat Akron Five, 43-33 (Indianapolis Star, Monday December 30, 1935) The U.S. Tire basketball team triumphed over the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company five of Akron, O., at the Armory yesterday afternoon, 43 to 22. The teams played on even terms in the first half, with the local squad gaining a 12-to-10 edge. Leroy Edwards made all of his eight field goals in the second half to pace the locals as they piled up a big advantage.... U.S. Tires (43) Name FG FT PF Pts Yohler 6 1 0 13 Edwards 8 1 3 17 Demmry 1 1 3 3 Coffin 3 0 1 6 Shipp 2 0 0 4 Gilmore 0 0 0 0 Schaffer 0 0 0 0 Total 20 3 7 43 Akron Goodyears (22) Name FG FT PF Pts Porosky 1 0 0 2 Pontius 1 1 1 3 Cope 2 0 2 4 Popeko 0 1 3 1 Ochsenhirt 5 1 0 11 Preusse 0 1 0 1 Ginaven 0 0 0 0 Total 9 4 6 22
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 26, 1936	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis U.S. Tire	Chicago Crusaders	Crusaders 27 U.S. Tire 24	9
Game Summary: Tires Lose; Local Quintet Next Foe (Indianapolis Star, Monday January 27, 1936) The Chicago Crusaders triumphed over the U.S. Tire basketball team 27 to 24 at the Armory yesterday afternoon. Led by Yohler, who made six points in the first half, the Tires got away to a fast start and were ahead at the intermission, 11 to 7. The Windy City Negro squad gained the upper hand in the second half, however, with Patterson, who made all of his seven tallies in this period, showing the way. U.S. Tire (24) Name FG FT PF Pts Edwards 3 3 2 9 Yohler 3 2 0 8 Demmary 1 0 0 2 Coffin 1 3 2 5 Gilmore 0 0 1 0 Shipp 0 0 2 0 Schaefer 0 0 1 0 Total 8 8 8 24 Chicago Crusaders (27) Name FG FT PF Pts Young 2 0 1 4 Patterson 3 1 1 7 Mills 0 1 5 1 Mann 4 0 2 8 Matthews 1 0 0 2 Johnson 2 1 3 5 Total 12 3 12 27
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
February 2, 1936	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis U.S. Tire	Indianapolis Kautskys	Kautskys 36 U.S. Tire 32	9
George Chestnut Game Summary: Kautskys Defeat U.S. Tires, 36 to 32 (Indianapolis Star, Monday February 3, 1936) The Kautsky A.C. basketball team took first place in the mid-West Conference by defeating the U.S. Tires, 36 to 32, in a hard-fought game at the Armory yesterday afternoon. . . . Kautskys A.C. (36) Name FG FT PF Pts Baird 4 0 1 8 Perigo 0 0 1 0 Chestnut 6 5 3 17 J. Wooden 3 1 2 7 Shaver 0 1 4 1 Proffit 1 1 2 3 Total 14 8 13 36 U.S. Tire (32) Name FG FT PF Pts Edwards 3 2 3 8 Yohler 2 4 2 8 Demmary 3 2 3 8 Gilmore 1 1 1 3 Shipp 2 1 3 5 Total 11 10 12 32
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
February 15, 1936	Muncie, IN	Russel-Ball All Stars	Chicago Crusaders	Crusaders 33 All-Stars 29	5
Advertisement for game in Muncie Star Press on January 23, 1936. Game was later postponed to February 15. Game Summary: Crusaders Win Overtime Tilt (Muncie (IN) Star Press, Sunday February 16, 1936) The Chicago Crusaders, colored pro basketball team, skidded past the Muncie Russell-Ball All-Stars in an overtime duel last night at the fieldhouse, 33 to 29. Jack Mann's team showed plenty of power, but was never able to muster up the type of offense showed here a few weeks ago by the New York Renaissance. The Muncie team, managed by Tim Russell and Earl Ball, kept on even terms with the colored boys throughout the game, falling behind only when the Crusaders slipped in six quick points in the overtime period. The colored team built up a 26-to-20 lead with four minutes left to play in the final quarter, but Mel Wilson and Leroy Edwards tallied to make the score 27 to 26. ... ..Mann was an outstanding performer for the colored boys, breaking up dozens of Muncie plays by snatching the ball in his long arms. He was covered closely by George Chestnut, however, and tallied only one basket. The Crusaders succeeded in stopping big Leroy Edwards, Muncie forward, Mills holding him to one fielder and three fouls.... Russell-Ball All Stars (29) Name FG FT Pts Yohler 0 3 3 Wilson 1 0 2 Edwards 1 3 5 Chestnut 3 0 6 Fulmer 3 0 6 Shipp 3 1 7 Total 11 7 29 Chicago Crusaders (33) Name FG FT Pts Young 2 0 4 Matthews 2 1 5 Patterson 3 4 10 Mann 1 0 2 Johnson 2 0 4 Mills 2 4 8 Total 12 9 33
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
February 24, 1936	Indianapolis, IN	Indianapolis Kautskys	New York Renaissance	Kautskys 39 Renaissance 38	1
Game Summary: Kautsky Quintet Wins from Rens by Single Point (Indianapolis Star, Tuesday February 25, 1936) A third-quarter scoring spree enabled the Kautsky A.C. quintet to gain a 39-to-38 decision over the New York Renaissance courtmen in a professional basketball game at the Butler University fieldhouse last night. The Rens were in front at the intermission, 22 to 15, but Johnny Wooden and George Chestnut started a rally which placed the local quintet 31 to 27, at the start of the fourth quarter. Indianapolis Kautskys A.C. (39) Name FG FT PF Pts Edwards 0 1 1 1 Proffitt 0 1 2 1 Chestnut 5 6 2 16 Baird 2 1 4 5 J. Wooden 4 4 1 12 Shaver 2 0 0 4 Total 13 13 10 39 New York Renaissance (38) Name FG FT PF Pts Saitch 2 0 2 4 DeJernett 1 1 0 3 Cooper 5 5 4 15 Holt 2 4 1 8 Yancey 3 0 4 6 Bethards 0 0 1 0 Smith 1 0 3 2 Total 14 10 15 38 New York Renaissance basketball team from the 1930's. Clarence 'Fats' Jenkins, Bill Yancey, John Holt, 'Pappy' Ricks, Eyre Saitch, Charles 'Tarzan' Cooper and 'Wee' Willie Smith. Founder and owner Robert Douglas is shown in the inset.
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 21, 1936	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 45 Renaissance 30	5
Game Preview: All Stars, Rens Open the Series for World Title (Oshkosh Northwestern, Saturday March 21, 1936) Five games, at the end of which is the world's professional basketball championship, will open tonight on the Recreational gymnasium court when the Oshkosh All Stars meet the New York Renaissance, present title holders, in the first battle of the series. . . . Among the notables expected to be present to witness the game will be "Doc" Meanwell of the University of Wisconsin; "Bud" Foster Wisconsin basketball coach; and Gillie McDonald, Oshkosh, who is freshman coach at the University of Wisconsin. . . . Leroy Edwards, All-American while with Kentucky, arrived in the city Friday and was said to be in good condition. He will not start the game, but is bound to see action and will be a valuable addition for the series. Game Summary: All Stars, Rens Each Win Games in Opening Tilts (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 23, 1936) ...Edwards came into the game at this point, replacing Stege at center. it was the first chance for fans to see the All-American star in action and apparently they were well pleased.
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 25, 1936	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 54 Renaissance 45	8
Game Summary: All Stars End Season with Win Over the Rens - Pro Cage Quintet Defeats World's Champs, 54 to 45 (Oshkosh Northwestern, Thursday March 26, 1936) In a blaze of glory the Oshkosh All Stars ended their 1935-36 season Wednesday evening at the Recreational gymnasium by defeating the New York Renaissance, world's colored professional cage champions, by a score of 54 to 45. It was an empty victory in some respects, for the night before the Rens defeated the All Stars for the third consecutive time to retain the world title which the Oshkosh team tried to take from them. But it was a welcome victory, nevertheless, for a win from the Renaissance club is something about which to boast at any time. Oshkosh All-Stars (54) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 3 2 2 8 Thompson 0 0 0 0 Goff 0 0 1 0 Vander Meulen 5 5 0 15 Edwards 3 2 1 8 Mangan 2 0 2 4 Stege 0 1 0 1 Mullen 1 5 4 7 Hamann 5 0 3 10 Rubado 0 1 1 1 Total 19 16 14 54 New York Rens (45) Name FG FT PF Pts Bethards 6 1 4 13 Cooper 3 3 3 9 Smith 2 3 3 7 Saitch 1 3 4 5 Holt 5 1 4 11 Total 17 11 18 45

1936-37

Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 13, 1936	Dayton, OH	Dayton Bobbys	Indianapolis Kautskys	Bobbys 40 Kautskys 36	10
Game Summary: Pros' Rally Sinks Foe (Dayton (OH) Herald, Monday, December 14, 1936) Giant Leroy Edwards, late of the University of Kentucky, touched off the dynamite that spelled defeat for the visitors who having scored 31 counters in the opening two periods found themselves caught in the Bobby whirlwind which saw the local cagers run up 28 points and turn a lopsided Kautsky victory into a 4-point defeat. Helping the lanky center, Norm Wagner unleashed a deadly scoring eye in the third period and his fine shooting narrowed the lengthy margin between the two teams as the fourth quarter opened. Edwards, then, for the first time this season, opened up with the widely-publicized basket-aim which had preceded his arrival here last year. Five times, he tossed the basketball from the pivot circle, and five times he hit. It was the last three counters which brought the scoring to one point behind one point ahead, then then three points ahead, before Mechling split the meshes for the 40th and clinching point with 20 seconds left to play. Dayton Bobbys (40) Name FG FT Pts Colburn 2 0 4 Padlow 0 0 0 Edwards 5 0 10 Talos 0 1 1 Austing 3 2 8 Wagner 4 3 11 Mechling 3 0 6 Total 17 6 40 Indianapolis Kautskys (36) Name FG FT Pts Kessler 5 3 13 Miklozek 2 3 7 Chestnut 2 2 6 Proffitt 1 0 2 Baird 3 2 8 Bottema 0 0 0 Total 13 10 36
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 19, 1936	Muncie, IN	Muncie All-Stars	New York Celtics	Celtics 45 All-Stars 40	14
Game Preview: Panthers Will Oppose Wabash (Elwood (IN) Call-Leader, Monday, December 14, 1936) As a special attraction for coaches and players of Eastern Indiana, the Celtics will conduct an hour clinic of slow and fast motion plays, depicting the perfection of play that has enabled the Celtics to retain the world's title for eighteen years. The clinic will be conducted by "Dutch" Dehnert, originator of the famous pivot play. Included in the Muncie lineup will be Leroy Edwards, All-American of the University of Kent; Robert Kessler, All-American of Purdue University; Bob Montgomery, of Frankfort, All-State last season; Vic Dauer, Indiana University; George Chestnut, Indiana State Normal, and Buck Donovan, Purdue University. Game Summary: Celtics Whip All-Star Five Score of 46-40 (Muncie (IN) Star Press, Sunday, December 20, 1936) Banks, Hickey, Birch and Dehnert turned in a marvelous exhibition of passing, especially in the fourth period, when they tossed it around like a Christmas orange. Leroy Edwards, the Muncie center, was credited with a brilliant performance at the foul line, scoring eight fouls without a miss. He scored three fielders to win high-scoring honors for the home boys. New York Celtics (46) Name FG FT Pts Hickey 5 0 10 Birch 1 1 3 Herlihy 1 1 3 Banks 2 1 5 Dehnert 0 0 0 McDermott 11 3 25 Total 20 6 46 Muncie All-Stars (40) Name FG FT Pts Kessler 6 0 12 Montgomery 1 1 3 Edwards 3 8 14 Mason 0 0 0 Wilson 0 3 3 Chestnut 3 2 8 Total 13 14 40
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 30, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Philadelphia SPHAS	All-Stars 39 SPHAS 35	6
Game Preview: All Stars Face Philadelphia SPHAS Saturday (Oshkosh Northwestern, Friday January 29, 1937) With Leroy Edwards, all-American while at the University of Kentucky added to the lineup, the Oshkosh All Stars face the two-game series with the Philadelphia Hebrews that opens Saturday evening at 8:30 o'clock at the Recreational gymnasium with a determination to leap this difficult hurdle and proceed on to the world's championship among professional basketball teams. No greater obstacle could be in the path than the Sphas of the eastern city, who are generally conceded among the country's strongest teams and who are said to be so strong that they must be taken into consideration whenever there is any talk of a championship. All-American Edwards is no newcomer to followers of the Oshkosh All Stars, who saw him in action with the local team at the end of the season last year when the All Stars played the Celtics and the New York Renaissance, colored champions. Game Summary: All Stars Defeat Philadelphia SPHAS Twice (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday February 1, 1937) Praise for the All Stars came from the Philadelphians themselves who said the Oshkosh pros were the best in the country, a least the best they have played against, including the Rens. Green Bay fans also took kindly to the All Stars, just as the entire state of Wisconsin is adopting them for their own as they did the Packers in the football season. . . . The new Oshkosh men - All-American Leroy Edwards of the University of Kentucky and Jim Knoblauch, Carroll College ace showed to advantage. Edwards left both games on fouls, but was a factor in the wins with his pivot shot and control of the ball at center. He failed to score at Green Bay, being the only Oshkosh player not to enter the scoring column. Oshkosh All-Stars (39) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 2 0 0 4 Witasek 0 0 0 0 Edwards 2 2 5 6 Hamann 3 4 1 10 Mullen 0 1 1 1 Preboski 4 2 2 10 Knoblauch 1 0 0 2 Goff 3 0 1 6 Total 15 9 10 39 Philadelphia SPHAS (35) Name FG FT PF Pts Fitch 0 0 2 0 Wolfe 2 0 2 4 Goldman 4 5 3 13 Gotthofer 2 1 5 5 Lautman 4 3 0 11 Rosari 0 1 1 1 Kaselman 0 1 1 1 Total 12 11 14 35
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
February 7, 1937	Columbus, OH	Columbus	Whiting Ciesars	Whiting Ciesars 52 Columbus 49	8
Game Summary: Whiting Ciesars Take 52-49 Struggle at Columbus (Munster (IN) Times, Monday February 8, 1937) "Basketball fans were still agog after having watched the star-studded Whiting, Ind. Ciesars snatch a spectacular 52-48 game from the Columbus professionals here last night." The game was close all the way with the Columbus aggregation which include Cowboy Edwards, former University of Kentucky All-American, Fred Fechtman, who played center for Indiana university until last week, towering Jack Mann, Negro star from Muncie Ind., and Jack MacDonald, erstwhile all-conference guard at Ohio State University. Columbus was a prohibitive favorite before game time and the defeat was a stunning blow to local basketball experts." Columbus Pros (49) Name FG FT PF Pts Fechtman 4 2 2 10 Edwards 3 2 3 8 Mann 5 1 2 11 McDonald 5 3 2 13 Dye 2 3 2 7 Total 19 11 11 49 Whiting Ciesars (52) Name FG FT PF Pts Haarlow 6 4 2 16 Reiff 3 2 1 8 McGowan 4 3 3 11 Carp 3 0 1 6 Stack 4 5 4 13 Total 20 14 11 54
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
February 27, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 43 Renaissance 33	21
Game Summary: New York Rens Keep World's Pro Cage Crown (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 1, 1937) Any hopes for a national professional basketball championship for the Oshkosh All Stars were dashed on the rocks of despair Sunday afternoon when a superior New York Renaissance cage quintet took the fifth and deciding game of the world's series at the Columbus Community club at Green Bay by a lopsided 54 to 33 score. The All Stars had come through brilliantly Saturday evening at the Recreational Gymnasium here to even the series at two games each with a 45 to 33 victory. In that contest the All Stars were clicking in the manner that had indicated they were of championship material and might accomplish what has heretofore, and still is impossible - win a series of games from the Rens, who are champions of the world in pro circles in the cage sport. Led by Leroy Edwards, All-American while at the University of Kentucky, the All Stars were unbeatable Saturday. "Big Ed" tipped in rebounds and sank followup shots to the tune of eight field goals and five free throws for 21 points. He had only 13 shots during the game so that his record was better than 61 per cent. But Edwards made only one basket Sunday and none of the other Oshkosh players were on and as a result the hopes of a championship and an invitation to New York City were given a severe jolt. Edward's play Saturday was the more remarkable because he was playing with a smashed finger and against doctor's order to play. Oshkosh All-Stars (45) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 2 4 3 8 Knoblauch 0 0 0 0 Goff 0 1 1 1 Vander Meulen 2 0 0 4 Edwards 8 5 4 21 Hamann 1 1 0 3 Witasek 2 0 4 4 Mullen 2 0 1 4 Total 17 11 13 45 New York Rens (33) Name FG FT PF Pts Cooper 1 1 1 3 Isaacs 1 0 4 2 Smith 1 1 5 3 Bethards 2 0 1 4 Mann 4 0 5 8 Holt 5 2 4 12 Saitch 0 1 2 1 Total 14 5 22 33 New York (Harlem) Renaissance in 1937 Game Preview (February 19, Oshkosh Northwestern)
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 13, 1937	Sheboygan, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Sheboygan Art Imigs	All-Stars 26 Art Imigs 22	9
Jack Mann Game Summary: All Stars Defeat Art Imigs for State Title (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 15, 1937) The Oshkosh All Stars can now lay claim to the professional basketball title of Wisconsin, having disposed of the Art Imigs of Sheboygan by beating them on their home floor at the lake shore city Saturday evening by a 26 to 22 score. It was the third victory out of four games this season between the two teams. Last season the All Stars won from the Imigs in three straight contests. . . . Leroy Edwards had nine points before going out of the game on fouls. Big Jack Mann of the Imigs also went out on fouls. The game ended at 22-all and in the overtime period baskets by Preboski and Witasek put the game on ice. Oshkosh All-Stars (26) Name FG FT PF Pts Wegner 2 0 2 4 Preboski 4 2 1 10 Edwards 2 5 5 9 Mangan 0 0 0 0 Witasek 1 0 4 2 Mullen 0 0 2 0 Hamann 0 1 2 1 Total 9 8 16 26 Sheboygan Art Imigs (22) Name FG FT PF Pts J. Posewitz 2 1 4 5 Lonedon 1 0 2 2 Roth 0 0 0 0 Mann 2 2 5 6 S. Posewitz 1 1 2 3 Cinesh 1 0 0 2 Kuptic 2 0 2 4 Total 9 4 15 22
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 25, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 41 Rens 27	10
March 27, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 39 Rens 34	11
Game Summary: All Stars and Rens Even World Series, To Play Saturday (Oshkosh Northwestern, Friday March 26, 1937) "Wee" Willie Smith Squared up again with each having won three games and lost three as a result of a victory last night by the Oshkosh All Stars over the New York Renaissance by 41 to 27, the teams will go into a battle Saturday evening at the Recreational gymnasium with the unofficial world's professional cage championship at stake. . . . Of course there really isn't such a thing as an official world's championship in pro basketball, because the game is not organized and there is no one to award a championship unless it be fans and the newspapers. But these New York Rens are generally considered the class of the country and there are few who doubt their claim to the title after watching them play, and learning of their remarkable record over a period of years. Therefore, if the Oshkosh All Stars can successfully face the Negro team in one more game and come through with a victory, the local cagers will lay claim to the world's pro cage title. . . . Preboski at the other forward post was high scorer with 11 points. Edwards played a good game at center and Mullen and Hamann were again the invincible guard combination. Oshkosh All-Stars (41) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 4 3 0 11 Vander Meulen 5 0 2 10 Edwards 2 6 3 10 Hamann 2 2 0 6 Mullen 1 0 2 2 Witasek 1 0 2 2 Wegner 0 0 0 0 Mangan 0 0 0 0 Total 15 11 9 41 New York Rens (27) Name FG FT PF Pts Isaacs 1 0 1 2 Cooper 0 3 0 3 Smith 4 2 4 10 Holt 1 4 1 6 Saitch 2 0 4 4 Bethards 1 0 0 2 Total 9 9 10 27 Game Summary: All Stars Win the Pro cage Championship - Beat the Rens in Final Game for the Title (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 29, 1937) The series picture above of Leroy Edwards, All-American at the University of Kentucky, shows the lanky Oshkosh All-Stars center putting in the final basket in Saturday's title game against the New York Renaissance which the local pros won 39 to 34. Augie Vander Meulen had tapped the ball to Edwards, who was all alone under the basket when the shot was made. "By defeating the Negro five, 39 to 34, Saturday evening, at the Recreational gymnasium, the Oshkosh quintet took the seventh and last game between the two teams this season to make the record four victories and three defeats for the All Stars. The local aggregation is the first team to take a series of games from the New Yorkers in several years and, in fact, one of the few to hold any wins over them. . . . The Rens fought desperately to gain possession and in a jump ball Augie Vander Meulen tapped the ball to Edwards who dribbled under the basket and leaped high into the air to drop in a field goal and put the game on ice and the championship "in the bag." Edwards scored 43 points in the first five games and made a total of 21 in the sixth and seventh games, becoming high scorer with 64 points for the series." Oshkosh All-Stars (39) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 1 1 0 3 Vander Meulen 3 4 2 10 Edwards 4 3 2 11 Hamann 3 0 0 6 Mullen 2 0 2 4 Witasek 2 1 1 5 Mangan 0 0 0 0 Total 15 9 7 39 New York Rens (34) Name FG FT PF Pts Cooper 3 2 2 8 Isaacs 2 0 2 4 Smith 2 2 1 6 Holt 6 0 4 12 Bethards 2 0 5 4 Jenkins 0 0 0 0 Total 15 4 14 34

1937-38

Note: For additional game information from the 1938 season, including record-breaking scoring games and matchups with John Wooden, please see the following page.

Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
November 27, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	House of David	All-Stars 47 House of David 25	16
November 28, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	House of David	All-Stars 56 House of David 20	20
Game Preview: All Stars Open Home Schedule with the Davids (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday November 22, 1937) "Chop" Lyons The bearded boys of the House of David team will be the first opponent of the Oshkosh All Stars on their home floor Saturday evening, the game being scheduled for 8:30 o'clock at the Recreational gymnasium. . . . While the House of David team will not have the 8 foot 1 inch center it boasted last year in "Tiny" Reichert, it will have a man at the pivot post more than a foot taller than the tallest of the All Stars, and that's going some. He is Tiny Burnette, who towers up to the dizzy height of 7 feet 7 inches, just a half -foot short of Reichert's mark. And what's more, he is a basketball player, whereas Reichert was carried along with the team mostly as a drawing card, although he was able to drop the ball into the bucket when he could reach over the heads of his opponents. Burnette was all-conference center while at Miami University at Oxford, O. He is also a star athlete in football and track. Although he weighs 300 pounds, he really can move across the floor and he is a "whiz" at basketball. This is the first year as a professional, having only finished college the past season. Game Overview: All Stars Trim Davids; Play Cicero, Tuesday (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday November 29, 1937) "Go home and shave, boys those whiskers don't frighten the Oshkosh All Stars." That might be good advice to the House of David basketball team, which must still meet the local professionals, world's titleholders, in a game tonight at Ripon college gymnasium. . . . The new all Stars uniforms were worn for the first time Saturday, and gave the Oshkosh club the appearance of champions. In both Saturday's and Sunday's game with the House of David team there was never any doubt about the outcome. Oshkosh took commanding leads early and held them throughout, the bearded boys never threatening. There were a few instances of comedy to hand spectators a laugh. This was more true at Waupaca than in Oshkosh. Hopelessly outclassed, the House of David team began to "cut up" at Waupaca, with Bill Steinecke trying a dropkick and a few other tricks being uncovered. Not all of the humor was in the antics of the players. When an Oshkosh substitution was being made, the new player asked the man going out of the game which of the House of David players he was to guard and Ray Hamann pointed and said: "The man with the beard." . . . Leroy Edwards indicated how come he rated All-American while at the University of Kentucky. In the two games he scored 26 points, 16 here and 20 at Waupaca. His scoring was only nine buttons short of the total for the bearded boys for the two games. Saturday, November 27 (at Oshkosh) Oshkosh All-Stars (47) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 3 1 1 7 Overman 0 0 4 0 Preboski 0 1 0 1 Brownell 3 1 2 7 Edwards 7 2 0 16 Witasek 3 0 3 6 Hamann 5 0 0 10 Mullen 0 0 0 0 Total 21 5 10 47 House of David (25) Name FG FT PF Pts Koche 2 1 0 5 Klunder 1 0 3 2 Burnett 1 3 3 5 Lyons 0 1 2 1 Steinecke 0 0 2 0 Kolar 5 2 0 12 Total 9 7 10 25 Sunday, November 28 (at Waupaca) Oshkosh All-Stars (56) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 1 1 0 3 Overman 1 0 1 2 Preboski 3 1 0 7 Edwards 8 4 1 20 Brownell 2 0 0 4 Witasek 2 0 2 4 Mullen 3 0 0 6 Hamann 5 0 0 10 Total 25 6 4 56 House of David (20) Name FG FT PF Pts Koche 0 1 1 1 Klunder 4 2 1 10 Burnett 0 0 1 0 Lyons 0 0 2 0 Steinecke 1 0 2 2 Kolar 3 1 1 7 Total 8 4 8 20
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 4, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Harlem Globetrotters	All-Stars 50 Globetrotters 35	13
December 5, 1937	Waupaca, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Harlem Globetrotters	All-Stars 24 Globetrotters 22	7
Game Summary: All Stars Down Harlem Globe Trotters Twice (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday December 6, 1937) "Be Still My Heart" could be the theme song for any fans of the Oshkosh All Stars who saw the thrilling games over the weekend with the Harlem Globe Trotters, which tussles the local pro cagers won by a 50 to 35 score here Saturday evening, and by the narrow margin of two points, 24 to 22, Sunday afternoon at Waupaca. . . . Although Oshkosh won the game here Saturday evening by 15 points, the lead they held most of the time was not enough so that fans could sit back and say: "This is another victory," With diminutive Harry Rusan, an All-American colored forward at Paul quin college, Waco, Tex., a few years ago, dropping in some beautiful shots, the Trotters were always threatening. Rusan was one of the best players to show against the All Stars this season. In fact the entire team was "tops" being the cleanest team seen in these parts in years. Only five fouls were called against the colored players while eight were chalked up against Oshkosh. There were 19 personals on the Trotters at Waupaca and 11 on the All Stars, but some of them were due to the slippery condition of the floor, which had been used for a dance the night before. . . . Only seven points were scored in that last period, four by the Harlem quint on buckets by Rusan and Clayton, and three by the All Stars on a field goal by Preboski and a free throw by Edwards. That final free throw allowed fans to catch their breath. Oshkosh was leading 23 to 22 with 15 seconds left. Had Rusan got his hands on the ball and let go, as he tried several times, he might have won the game for his team. But "Big Ed" made the gift shot and the best the Trotters could do then would be to tie the score and play an overtime. But those 15 seconds ticked off and Oshkosh had won its seventh victory. Saturday, November 27 (at Oshkosh) Oshkosh All-Stars (50) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 3 0 0 6 Alford 1 0 0 2 Preboski 3 2 0 8 Edwards 4 5 2 13 Brownell 0 0 1 0 Svendsen 0 0 0 0 Hamann 5 1 0 11 Witasek 2 0 0 4 Mullen 3 0 0 6 Lester 0 0 0 0 Total 21 8 3 50 Harlem Globetrotters (35) Name FG FT PF Pts Rusan 5 1 1 11 Clayton 4 0 2 8 Strong 2 1 1 5 Haynes 1 0 1 2 Jackson 1 0 0 2 Ford 3 1 0 7 Total 16 3 5 35 Sunday, December 5 (at Waupaca) Oshkosh All-Stars (24) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 0 4 1 4 Witasek 0 4 2 4 Preboski 2 1 1 5 Alford 0 0 0 0 Edwards 1 5 3 7 Mullen 1 0 4 2 Hamann 1 0 0 2 Total 5 14 11 24 Harlem Globetrotters (22) Name FG FT PF Pts Rusan 5 0 2 10 Clayton 3 0 4 6 Strong 0 2 5 2 Ford 1 1 1 3 Jackson 0 0 5 0 Haynes 0 1 2 1 Lillard 0 0 0 0 Total 9 4 19 22
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 7, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Shamrocks	All-Stars 36 Shamrocks 23	12
Game Overview: Wallop Shamrocks (Appleton Post-Crescent, Wednesday December 8, 1937) "Big Chief" Rankin, giant full-blooded Sioux Indian, will be here with the New York Shamrocks, Tuesday evening, for their game with the undefeated Oshkosh All Stars. . . Rankin played college ball at Creighton, but gained fame while a member of the Rochester Centrals of the old American Basketball league. He is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds. (From Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday Dec. 6.) Oshkosh All Stars ran over the New York Shamrocks by a 36 to 23 score here last night at the Recreational gymnasium. The invaders played fair ball for the first quarter but then wilted under the speed flashed by the Stars and were no match. Oshkosh staged a spurt in the second quarter that brought a 19 to 2 lead at the half. Edwards, with five baskets and two free throws, led the All Stars scorers with 10 (sic) points. Vander Meulen was next with three field goals for six points. Oshkosh All-Stars (36) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 3 0 2 6 Adams 1 1 1 3 Preboski 0 0 1 0 Alford 0 0 0 0 Edwards 5 2 1 12 Lester 0 0 1 0 Hamann 1 3 1 5 Witasek 1 5 3 7 Mullen 1 0 1 2 Svendsen 0 1 2 1 Total 12 12 13 36 New York Shamrocks (23) Name FG FT PF Pts Wade 1 2 4 4 Hraba 2 1 2 5 Campbell 0 2 3 2 Rankin 3 2 4 8 Fash 1 2 1 4 Total 7 9 14 23
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 12, 1937	Madison, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 41 Renaissance 31	20
Game Overview: All Stars Take Two From the Rens, Head East (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday December 13, 1937) Leroy Edwards, Kentucky All-American, led the scoring again with eight points Saturday and 20 on Sunday, in spite of the fact "Wee Willie" Smith, who is not so "Wee," was "riding" him most of the time. And when the Rens thought Smith was tired they put Cooper on Edwards, but "Lefty" came through just the same and with his teammates feeding him the ball under the basket he pivoted, faked out his opponents or otherwise managed to turn and drop in a bucket when it was needed. He accounted for nine field goals at Madison Game Overview: Oshkosh All-Stars Beat 'Rens,' 41-31 in Charity Battle (The Wisconsin State Journal, Monday December 13, 1937) New York Rens' Charles "Tarzan" Cooper The mighty Oshkosh All-Stars professional basketball team scored an impressive 41-31 victory over the New York Renaissance "Big Five" Sunday afternoon at he university field house in a game that was played for the benefit of The State Journal's Empty Stocking fund, a crowd of close to 4,000 attended. Oshkosh now has won 12 straight games and has annexed four straight from the famous "Rens", two last year and two this year. The All-Stars defeated the "Rens" 34-30, Saturday night at Oshkosh, and they won even more decisively here Sunday afternoon on the big fieldhouse floor. . . . Edwards, a long-geared center with hands like baskets and a sharpshooter eye, paced the Oshkosh scoring with 20 points, he dropped in nine field goals and added a brace of free throws. Adams played a hard-driving game at forward, and Mullen directed the play in masterful fashion from the backcourt. John (Casey) Holt had nine points to lead the "Rens." . . . Edwards scored seven of Oshkosh's nine points in the first-quarter six on field goals and one on a gift toss. Edwards continued his fine shooting in the second quarter and added six more points on three baskets. . . . Edwards, who set an all-time scoring record for one game in collegiate ball with 34 points while at Kentucky, started the second half just like he finished the first. He added three more field goals in rapid order after the intermission to bring his total of field goals to nine. The Kentuckian then stopped shooting, using this threat to set up shots for his mates. Oshkosh All-Stars (41) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 1 1 4 3 Vander Meulen 2 0 0 4 Preboski 2 0 4 4 Edwards 9 2 3 20 Hamann 0 0 2 0 Witasek 1 4 2 6 Mullen 1 2 1 4 Total 16 9 16 41 New York Rens (31) Name FG FT PF Pts Isaacs 3 1 2 7 Johnson 0 0 2 0 Cooper 1 2 2 4 Smith 2 2 5 6 Saitch 2 1 1 5 Holt 3 3 3 9 Total 11 9 15 31 Game Commentary: No Foolin' Now by Henry McCormick (Wisconsin State Journal, Monday December 13, 1937) In Leroy Edwards, former All-American from Kentucky, Oshkosh has the greatest center in college or professional basketball. Weighing 210 pounds and standing 6 feet, 4 inches in height, Edwards is unbelievably clever for a big man, and he has a deceiving burst of speed. Equipped with a pair of hands that resemble grappling hooks and blessed with the strength of a horse, Edwards can meet any team at its own game and do a great job. He rolled in 20 points against the "Rens" on nine field goals and two free throws Sunday afternoon with some brilliant work around the basket, and when the colored players started shoving him, Edwards caught the spirit of hurly-burly fun and outshoved and outmauled them. . . . Edwards played only one year in college but gained All-American rating that one season by running wild against the best collegiate talent available. He is only 23 years old now and right at the top of his game. He is a naive big boy. He was telling about Saturday night's game against the "Rens" at Oshkosh. "That Smith sure was riding me," he observed. "Ah had to sort of halfback mah way into the basket." Well, Edwards is big enough and tough enough to "halfback' his way in if occasion demands, but he also is nifty and clever enough to gain the same end by finesse if the opposition abides by the rules. Another Game Preview with Caption (December 10, Oshkosh Northwestern)
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 19, 1937	New York, NY	Oshkosh All-Stars	Philadelphia SPHAS	SPHAS 28 All-Stars 27	8
Game Overview: All Stars Lose Two to SPHAS, to Play Celtics (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday December 20, 1937) New York City - the winning streak of the Oshkosh All Stars, professional basketball champions of te midwest, was stopped at 15 straight when the quintet lost two games over the weekend to the Philadelphia Hebrews, champions of the American Basketball league. The Sphas won Saturday night's game at Philadelphia, 48 to 35, before the biggest crowd of the season in that city, 2,000 people being turned away. Last night in the Hippodrome here, the Philadelphia team nosed out a 28 to 27 win over the midwestern "Giants." With the score tied in the last minute of play in Sunday's game, Capt. Eddie Mullen of the All Stars complained of what he considered was a violation of the rules by the Sphas. A technical foul was called on Mullen by Referee Pat Kennedy, New York City, and a free throw was tossed in by a Hebrews player to give his team the victory. More than 6,500 people saw the game at the Hipp, it being the largest crowd of the season for a professional basketball game. Philadelphia jumped to an early lead and at the half were out in front, 21 to 6. Philadelphia SPHAS (28) Name FG FT PF Pts Rosan 2 1 1 5 Gothoffer 0 1 1 1 Dubin 0 0 0 0 Goldman 3 2 2 8 Fitch 3 1 1 7 Kaselman 0 1 0 1 Lautman 2 2 2 6 Total 10 8 7 28 Oshkosh All-Stars (27) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 4 2 1 10 Adams 1 0 5 2 Preboski 1 1 0 3 Edwards 5 0 3 10 Witasek 0 0 4 0 Hamann 0 0 0 0 Mullen 1 0 3 2 Total 12 3 16 27 New York City's Hippodrome
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 22, 1937	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Original Celtics	All-Stars 40 Celtics 36	4
Game Preview: All Stars Lose Two to SPHAS, to Play Celtics (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday December 20, 1937) Celtic's Dave Banks Two games will be played again this year, one here Wednesday evening and the second at Green Bay as a benefit for the high school sweater fund Thursday evening. A large group of Oshkosh fans is expected to accompany the local team to the Bay. The Celtics will have a squad of seven capable players, head by Dave Banks, who is short of stature but long in basketball ability. Bob McDermott, who was added to the team last year because of his shooting ability, having made more than 20 buckets in one game, is still dropping the ball in from all angles. Other players are Nat Hickey, Paul birch, Pat Herlihy, giant center, and Rusty Saunders, an addition to the team this year. Coach of the aggregation is Dutch Dehnert. Game Summary: All Stars Beat Celtics; Play at Bay Tonight (Oshkosh Northwestern, Thursday December 23, 1937) Oshkosh All-Stars (40) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 0 1 0 1 Adams 2 1 1 5 Preboski 5 4 1 14 Alfords 1 1 0 3 Edwards 1 2 4 4 Mullen 0 0 3 0 Witasek 3 2 0 8 Hamann 2 1 2 5 Total 14 12 11 40 New York Celtics (36) Name FG FT PF Pts Banks 1 2 1 4 Birch 4 3 2 11 Saunders 3 0 5 6 Herlihy 1 2 5 4 Hickey 2 1 2 5 McDermott 3 0 3 6 Total 14 8 18 36
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 1, 1938	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Dayton Metropolitans	All-Stars 44 Metropolitans 43	13
Game Summary: All Stars Defeat Dayton in Initial National Loop Tilt (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday January 3, 1938) A game won after the final whistle had sounded. That is the highlight of the Oshkosh All-Stars debut in the National Basketball league, when they nosed out the Dayton, O. Metropolitans, 44 to 43 Saturday evening in a New Year's night attraction before a large crowd at the Recreational gymnasium. . . . It was knotted at 41-all when Augie tossed one in from the free throw line. Leroy Edwards dropped in a field goal for Oshkosh and with the seconds ticking away rapidly it looked good until Coburn tied it up against at 43-all with a bucket. Then with the clock running out and prospects of an overtime game in sight, Rutter committed his fifth personal foul with Edwards the victim. The horn blew on the play, ending the game, but "Big Ed" had a charity toss coming and All-American that he is he calmly stepped to the free throw line and proceeded to drop it in to give the All Stars their first National league victory by a 44 to 43 count. Oshkosh All-Stars (44) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 1 2 3 4 Vander Meulen 2 4 1 8 Adams 2 3 5 7 Edwards 5 3 1 13 Mullen 1 0 1 2 Svendson 0 0 0 0 Witasek 3 2 2 8 Hamann 1 0 0 2 Total 15 14 13 44 Dayton Metropolitans (43) Name FG FT PF Pts Stark 2 1 2 5 Colburn 4 1 2 9 Hosket 3 2 4 8 Moodler 2 2 5 6 Rudder 4 7 5 15 McMahon 0 0 2 0 Total 15 13 20 43
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 5, 1938	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 49 Renaissance 40	8
"Tarzan" Cooper Game Preview: Face Rens Tonight (Oshkosh Northwestern, Saturday March 5, 1938) Forgetting their disappointment in losing the championship of the National Basketball league, the Oshkosh All Stars tonight will begin a six-game series with the New York Renaissance, world's colored basketball champions. ... The fight for the championship in the National league meant a great deal to the All Stars and the series with the Rens is of almost as much importance. There is little love lost between the two clubs and the six games are expected to be ding-dong battles throughout. There is nothing at stake except satisfaction of defeating a rival of long standing. In the 16 games the teams have played during the last four seasons, each of the teams has taken eight victories. The All Stars have won the last four games played with the Rens, taking two at the end of the 1936-37 season and winning the two played earlier this year. . . . Some of the Renaissance players are short in stature, but they make up for this loss in speed. The tall players with the Rens are the match of any of the All Stars' "giants." "Wee Willie" Smith is 6 foot 5 inches tall and a great hulk of a man. Charles "Tarzan" Cooper is no midget as he measures 6 feet 4 inches in his stocking feet. Game Overview: All Stars Take First Two in Series with Rens (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 7, 1938) The mighty New York Renaissance, once the scourge of the Oshkosh All Stars, hold no more fear for the local professional basketball team. In games over the weekend, the All Stars won from the world's colored champions on the recreational gymnasium court Saturday evening, 49 to 40, and at the Milwaukee Auditorium, 49 to 38, Sunday afternoon. It was the fourth win for the All Stars over the Rens in as many games between the two teams this season and the sixth in a row over the New Yorkers, counting two Oshkosh won at the end of the 1936-37 season to give Lon Darling's quintet a four out of seven margin last season. The victories swung the balance in favor of the All Stars, as previous to the present series of six games each of the teams had won eight games in their 10 contests in the last four seasons. Oshkosh All-Stars (49) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 10 0 0 20 Adams 1 0 1 2 Svendsen 0 0 1 0 Vander Meulen 1 2 4 4 Edwards 3 2 3 8 Linskey 1 2 2 4 Mullen 1 1 2 3 Witasek 3 2 3 8 Total 20 9 16 49 New York Rens (40) Name FG FT PF Pts Johnson 4 1 4 9 Cooper 2 3 2 7 Smith 2 5 4 9 Isaacs 6 3 0 15 Saitch 0 0 5 0 Badger 0 0 0 0 Total 14 12 15 40
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 6, 1938	Milwaukee, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 49 Renaissance 38	19
Game Overview: All Stars Take First Two in Series with Rens (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 7, 1938) "Lefty" Edwards opened up in the third period, but the Stars were unable to widen the gap and at the end of the third period they were still leading by three points, 30 to 27. Oshkosh put on the pressure in the last quarter and put the game on ice with Edwards pacing the attack. Oshkosh All-Stars (49) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 1 5 1 7 Adams 1 0 4 2 Vander Meulen 4 1 1 9 Svendsen 1 0 1 2 Edwards 7 5 3 19 Mullen 1 0 5 2 Linskey 0 1 1 1 Witasek 1 1 3 3 Hamman 2 0 1 4 Total 18 13 20 49 New York Rens (38) Name FG FT PF Pts Cooper 2 5 2 9 Jenkins 0 1 0 1 Johnson 4 1 3 9 Badger 0 0 0 0 Smith 1 1 5 3 Saitch 3 1 4 7 Isaacs 3 3 1 9 Total 13 12 15 38
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 9, 1938	Menasha, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	Renaissance 40 All-Stars 39 (OT)	15
Game Overview: Renaissance Win From All Stars in Overtime Game (Oshkosh Northwestern, Thursday March 10, 1938) The recent jinx the Oshkosh All Stars held over the New York Renaissance, world's colored basketball champions, was broken last evening at West Green Bay high school gymnasium when the Rens defeated the local professional cagers by a 40 to 39 score. It took an overtime period, however, to decide the issue and a lot of basketball was displayed in that extra session with both teams fighting for an advantage. The regular playing time ended with the score knotted at 31-all and in the five minutes overtime, 17 pints were scored, the Rens managing to get one more than did the Stars. That one point, enough to win the ball game, was scored on a free throw by "Bruiser" Saitch with about 25 seconds left to be played. He had been fouled deliberately in an attempt to get the ball, but with Oshkosh in possession after the free throw they were not able to break through for another bucket. . . . Tonight's game should be a battle royal as the Rens, having tasted victory over the All Stars after a long drought of seven reversals, the longest they have ever suffered at the hands of any team, find that victory is sweet. . . . In last night's game at the Bay, Leroy Edwards and "Tarzan" Cooper were high point men for the Stars and Rens respectively, each having 15 points on seven buckets and a free throw. Cooper left the game early on five personal fouls, Isaacs also was chased to the showers. New York Rens (40) Name FG FT PF Pts Cooper 7 1 5 15 Badger 0 0 0 0 Jenkins 0 0 0 0 Johnson 3 1 1 7 Smith 1 4 4 6 Saitch 5 1 2 11 Isaacs 0 1 5 1 Total 16 8 17 40 Oshkosh All-Stars (39) Name FG FT PF Pts Svendsen 0 0 1 0 Adams 1 1 1 3 Preboski 2 2 1 6 Linskey 1 2 2 4 Edwards 7 1 1 15 Hamann 0 2 1 2 Hesik 0 1 1 1 Witasek 3 2 2 8 Mullen 0 0 2 0 Total 14 11 12 39
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 10, 1938	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 45 Renaissance 37	21
Game Overview: All Stars Defeat Famed New York Rens Again (Oshkosh Northwestern, Friday March 11, 1938) The Rens' Al "Big Train" Johnson in an earlier photo when he was with the Chicago Crusaders Avenging the defeat they suffered in an overtime game at Green Bay, Wednesday evening, the Oshkosh All Stars downed the New York Renaissance on the recreational gymn court here Thursday evening, by a 45 to 37 score. It was the fourth victory in five games of the "little world series" for the Oshkosh team and the sixth the local team has scored over the New Yorkers in seven contests played this season. . . . Leroy Edwards was again high scorer with 21 points on nine field goals and three free throws, although it was hardly apparent he was running up a high score as the buckets came easy and he rolled them in without much ado, being ready under the bucket whenever a teammate could feed him the ball. Oshkosh All-Stars (49) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 4 0 1 8 Adams 0 2 1 2 Svendsen 0 0 0 0 Linskey 2 1 0 5 Edwards 9 3 3 21 Hamann 1 2 3 4 Witasek 1 1 3 3 Mullen 0 2 3 2 Hesik 0 0 0 0 Total 17 11 14 45 New York Rens (37) Name FG FT PF Pts Cooper 3 1 4 7 Johnson 4 2 2 10 Smith 4 3 4 11 Isaacs 3 0 4 6 Saitch 1 1 3 3 Total 15 7 17 37
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 12, 1938	Fond du Lac, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	Renaissance 42 All-Stars 27	13
Game Overview: Rens Beat Stars in Final Contest of Series, 45-27 (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 14, 1938) Before the largest crowd to turn out for a "little world series" game between the Oshkosh All Stars and the New York Renaissance, the All Stars just couldn't 'get going' Saturday evening and the Rens defeated them by the one-sided score of 45 to 27 at the Fond du Lac High school gymnasium. About 1,600 people were in attendance, the game being delayed to 9:30 o'clock so that Fond du Lac Merchants could be present. It was the last of a series of six games with the world's colored champions, the All Stars having taken four of those six. One of the two games was lost by a one-point margin in an overtime game. Oshkosh's margin over the New Yorkers is six out of eight for the season as the all Stars won two other games earlier in the 1937-38 campaign. Last year Oshkosh wo four out of seven-game series. the all-time record shows Oshkosh with 12 victories to 10 for the Rens. New York Rens (45) Name FG FT PF Pts Cooper 4 3 1 11 Johnson 4 3 1 11 Smith 3 2 5 8 Isaacs 3 2 3 8 Saitch 3 1 3 7 Total 17 11 13 45 Oshkosh All-Stars (27) Name FG FT PF Pts Linskey 0 2 2 2 Adams 0 0 5 0 Svendsen 0 0 0 0 Preboski 2 0 1 4 Edwards 3 7 2 13 Hamann 0 1 2 1 Witasek 1 1 1 3 Hesik 0 0 0 0 Mullen 2 0 3 4 Total 8 11 16 27
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 27, 1938	Marshfield, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Wisconsin Collegians	All-Stars 73 Collegians 48	39
'Lefty' Sets New Scoring Record Against Badgers (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 28, 1938) Marshfield, Wis. - Leroy Edwards set a new record for himself here Sunday afternoon when he counted 39 points against the Badger Collegians as the Oshkosh All Stars won 73 to 48. The former University of Kentucky All-American had 16 field goals and seven free throws. His previous record had been 31 points in one game. Oshkosh All-Stars (73) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 2 0 0 4 Adams 3 0 3 6 Preboski 1 1 0 3 Linskey 3 0 0 6 Edwards 16 7 5 39 Hamann 4 0 2 8 Witasek 0 1 0 1 Mullen 0 0 3 0 Svendsen 3 0 1 6 Total 32 9 14 73 Wisconsin Collegians (48) Name FG FT PF Pts Powell 6 0 2 12 Rooney 5 4 0 14 Benz 6 1 3 13 Hesik 0 3 2 3 Frey 0 1 0 1 Mitchell 2 1 2 5 Total 19 10 9 48
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 28, 1938	Eau Claire, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Eau Claire	Oshkosh 45 Eau Claire 32	16
Edwards Exceeds Basketball Goal (Oshkosh Northwestern, Tuesday March 29, 1938) Eau Claire, Wis. - Paced by Leroy Edwards, who exceeded the total of 1,000 points this season by accumulating 16 markers last evening, the Oshkosh All Stars won from an Eau Claire team by a 45 to 32 score. . . . Edwards, All-American while at the University of Kentucky, now has 1,006 points for the season. He played in 72 games this year, averaging practically 14 points a game. In the last seven games he has averaged better than 26 points in a contest to achieve his total of 1,000 for the season. He scored 185 points during those seven games, including his one-game record of 39 in a contest scored Sunday at Marshfield.

1938-39 - (Note for information on the inaugural World Professional Championship played in February 1939 between Oshkosh and the Rens along with subsequent tournaments, please see this link.)

Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
November 17, 1938	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Harlem Globetrotters	All-Stars 44 Globetrotters 30	11
November 18, 1938	Waupaca, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Harlem Globetrotters	All-Stars 51 Globetrotters 46 (2 OT)	18
Game Preview: All Stars Face Globe Trotters in Game Tonight (Oshkosh Northwestern, Thursday November 17, 1938) The mettle of the Oshkosh All Stars will be tested tonight in the first of some strong competition expected at the hands of the Harlem Globe Trotters, a colored basketball team that has been beating some of the best of the pro teams throughout the country for years. . . . Coach George Hotchkiss will start four of his last year's regulars tonight along with Armstrong at center, who replaces "Lefty" Edwards, out of strenuous competition because of an injured knee. Game Summary: All Stars Beat Globe Trotters by 44-30 Score (Oshkosh Northwestern, Thursday November 18, 1938) Two of the seven defeats the Globe Trotters suffered last year were at the hands of Oshkosh, one of them here and the other at Waupaca. Oshkosh stands a chance of duplicating that feat tonight when they meet the Globe Trotters again at Waupaca in the Armory there at 8:15 o'clock. It really is a feat for a team to beat these Trotters two straight. The name signifies their extensive travels during the cage campaign, but it might refer to the fast pace at which they travel. They move about the floor with speed and handle the ball with dexterity. There were few times, however, when they got around or past the Oshkosh man guarding them. . . . "Lefty" Edwards took high scoring honors with four baskets and three free throws for 11 points. Oshkosh All-Stars (44) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 0 3 1 3 Birk 0 0 1 0 Preboski 3 1 1 7 Vander Meulen 0 2 4 2 Burton 0 0 0 0 Armstrong 1 3 2 5 Edwards 4 3 1 11 Hamann 0 1 2 1 Linskey 2 0 2 4 Mullen 1 0 3 2 Witasek 3 3 1 9 Total 14 16 18 44 Harlem Globetrotters (30) Name FG FT PF Pts Rusan 4 2 1 10 Watts 0 3 2 3 Jackson 0 1 4 1 Strong 1 5 1 7 Ford 1 2 5 4 Hood 2 1 1 5 Total 8 14 14 30 Game Summary: Oshkosh Cagers Take a Thriller from Trotters (Oshkosh Northwestern, Saturday November 20, 1938) Harlem Globetrotter's Ted Strong Waupaca, Wis. - Cold words in black and white the morning after lack fire enough to describe the thrilling game played here Friday evening on the armory court between the Oshkosh All Stars and the Harlem Globe Trotters, which was won by the All Stars in two overtime periods by a score of 51 to 46. Eleven times during that hectic battle the score was knotted up and 14 times the lead changed hands with first the colored team in front and then the Stars leading. At the end of te first quarter, Oshkosh had a six-point lead and just before the final basket in the second overtime period the Stars had a seven-point advantage, but at no other time was the margin over a point or two or three for either team. . . . The first five-minute overtime was productive of little good, Herman Witasek making a one-handed shot but Ted Strong tying it up with two charity tosses. In the second overtime, it was tied once at 44-all, but Preboski and Edwards, high scorers for the evening with 16 and 18 points respectively, took matter into their hands and put the game on ice. Oshkosh All-Stars (51) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 1 4 3 6 Preboski 7 2 4 16 Adams 0 0 2 0 Armstrong 0 3 2 3 Edwards 6 6 3 18 Mullen 1 1 3 3 Witasek 1 3 4 5 Linskey 0 0 3 0 Total 16 19 24 51 Harlem Globetrotters (46) Name FG FT PF Pts Rusan 4 3 3 11 Hood 4 3 4 11 Jackson 0 1 4 1 Strong 4 8 6 16 Ford 2 3 0 7 Total 14 18 17 46
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
November 22, 1938	De Pere, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Akron Firestones	All-Stars 37 Firestones 19	16
Firestone Non-Skid's Paul Nowak Game Overview: All Stars Trounce Akron Firestones, 37 to 19 (Oshkosh Northwestern, Wednesday November 23, 1938) The Oshkosh All Stars snapped back with a vengeance last night in a game with the Akron O., Firestones in St. Norbert's college gymnasium at De Pere, and atoned somewhat for two previous defeats handed them by the Non-skids by trouncing the Ohio team, 37 to 19. Both the previous games had been close, Oshkosh losing at Menasha, Sunday, 41 to 40 and at Antigo, Monday 48 to 45. . . . But even Akron's first string, including Johnny Moir and Paul Nowak, last year's All-Americans at Notre Dame, were unable to cope with the determined All Stars five. There were two times early in the game that the Firestones led and twice they were tied and at the end of te first period they were behind by only 9 to 8, but otherwise they were hopelessly outclassed. . . . "Lefty" Edwards was his usual self last night from a scoring standpoint although he still favors an injured knee. He was high point man with 16 points on four field goals and eight free throws. Oshkosh All-Stars (37) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 2 4 0 8 Birk 1 0 2 2 Armstrong 0 0 2 0 Edwards 4 8 3 16 Burton 0 0 0 0 Adams 0 2 4 2 Hamann 4 0 3 8 Linskey 0 0 3 0 Witasek 0 1 3 1 Total 11 15 20 37 Akron Firestone Non-Skids (19) Name FG FT PF Pts Moir 0 1 0 1 Johnson 0 0 0 0 Bush 1 0 1 2 Terjesen 0 0 4 0 Nowak 2 2 5 6 Shoun 0 3 4 3 Ozburn 0 0 2 0 Tobin 0 0 1 0 Cable 1 0 2 2 Roberts 2 1 1 5 Total 6 7 20 19
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 17, 1938	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	All-Stars 59 Renaissance 37	16
December 18, 1938	New London, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	Renaissance 43 All-Stars 38	5
Game Overview: All Stars Split Two-Game Series with Rens (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday December 19, 1938) The Oshkosh All Stars, on Saturday evening, looked like a team that could win the championship of the National Basketball league and defeat most any professional team in the country. They did defeat one of of the country's best traveling teams - the New York Renaissance - by a 59 to 37 score and in winning that game they did practically everything right, playing a brilliant brand of basketball. But Sunday evening they were a little less brilliant and the Rens were a little more rugged and the All Stars dropped a decision to the New Yorkers by a 43 to 38 count. Those who saw Saturday's game and the precision passes of the Stars and the accurate shooting and the fine floorwork wonder at Sunday's defeat. the Rens last night did play one of the best games they have ever shown against the Oshkosh cagers with Saitch, Isaacs, Cooper and Gates all dropping in some long ones. Gates, a newcomer to the colored five, was high point man for his team with 13 points on four buckets and five charity tosses. . . . William "Pop" Gates In Saturday's game, "Lefty" Edwards and Armstrong were the big guns with the former making 16 points on five buckets and six free throws and the latter accounting for 15 points on seven field goals and one free throw. Preboski was not far behind with four buckets and a free throw. All of his field goals were made in the first quarter. . . . The Rens tried some of their antics such as rolling the ball to a teammate on the floor, but with quick-eyed Herm Witasek on the job such tactics were unavailable as the "Jackrabbit" sent the ball almost out of Cooper's hands out of bounds. . . . At the half the All-Stars led Saturday by 27 to 18 and they widened this margin to 40 to 28 going into the last stanza. In the final period they really poured it on, scoring 19 points to nine for the Rens. Edwards accounted for four baskets and two free throws in that period. Oshkosh All-Stars (59) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 4 1 0 9 Adams 2 1 5 5 Vander Meulen 0 0 1 0 Birk 0 1 4 1 Armstrong 7 1 2 15 Edwards 5 6 0 16 Mullen 0 0 3 0 Linskey 1 0 2 2 Witasek 2 1 1 5 Hamann 3 0 2 6 Total 24 11 20 59 New York Renaissance (37) Name FG FT PF Pts Bell 0 1 1 1 Gates 0 0 1 0 Cooper 4 2 4 10 Clayton 0 1 1 1 Smith 2 2 3 6 Saitch 7 2 3 16 Isaacs 1 1 2 3 Total 14 9 15 37 Monday, December 18, 1938 New York Renaissance (43) Name FG FT PF Pts Cooper 3 4 5 10 Bell 0 1 1 1 Gates 4 5 2 13 Smith 1 1 4 3 Saitch 4 0 2 8 Isaacs 3 2 1 8 Total 15 13 15 43 Oshkosh All-Stars (38) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 1 2 5 4 Edwards 1 3 0 5 Preboski 8 0 0 16 Armstrong 4 0 3 8 Witasek 0 3 3 3 Mullen 0 2 4 2 Linskey 0 0 1 0 Hamann 0 0 2 0 Total 14 10 18 38
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 23, 1938	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Pittsburgh Pirates	All-Stars 36, Pirates 29	15
Billy Jesko Walt Miller Game Overview: All Stars Skyrocket Back into First Place (Oshkosh Northwestern, Saturday December 24, 1938) Back on top in the standings of the Western division of the National Basketball league as the result of the 36 to 29 victory Friday evening over the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Merrill Junior High school gymnasium, the Oshkosh All Stars are eagerly awaiting their next league game with the Indianapolis Kautskys to be played here Thursday evening. . . . "Lefty" Edwards was high scorer with 15 points, nine of which were made on free throws. He tossed in nine gift shots in 13 attempts. Pete Preboski was high scorer from the court, making four field goals, three of them in succession in the third period. Walt Miller paced the Pirates with three field goals and three charity throws for nine points. Oshkosh All-Stars (36) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 4 1 0 9 Adams 0 0 0 0 Armstrong 1 0 4 2 Edwards 3 9 2 15 Witasek 2 1 1 5 Linskey 0 1 1 1 Mullen 2 0 3 4 Hamann 0 0 1 0 Total 12 12 12 36 Pittsburgh Pirates (29) Name FG FT PF Pts Miller 3 3 2 9 Spotovich 3 2 2 8 Fortney 2 2 3 6 Moore 0 0 2 0 Bonn 1 0 3 2 Ginsberg 0 0 2 0 Malackney 0 0 2 0 Jesko 2 0 0 4 Total 11 7 16 29
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
December 29, 1938	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Indianapolis Kautskys	Kautskys 51 All Stars 46	12
Game Overview: All Stars Drop Game to Indianapolis Kautskys (Oshkosh Northwestern, Friday December 30, 1938) Jewell Young Led by peppery Jewell Young, who still holds the Big Ten all-time scoring record which he set at Purdue, the Kautskys have an aggregation that has size, speed, good shots and all the other things needed to make up a good ball club. Young was high scorer for the evening with 19 points on six field goals and seven free throws out of eight attempts. Scott Armstrong and Lefty Edwards tied for scoring honors for Oshkosh with 12 points each. . . . A gift to which fans and players of the All Stars team had contributed was given to Augie Vander Meulen, who retired from the Oshkosh team lineup last night. Presentation was made by Coach George Hotchkiss. Indianapolis Kautskys (51) Name FG FT PF Pts Young 6 7 3 19 Sines 3 3 2 9 Schussler 0 1 4 1 Williams 4 0 1 8 Birr 3 0 2 6 Biard 4 0 3 8 Swank 0 0 1 0 Total 20 11 16 51 Oshkosh All-Stars (46) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 3 3 2 9 Armstrong 4 4 3 12 Adams 1 0 0 2 Edwards 5 2 3 12 Hamann 1 2 2 4 Witasek 2 1 2 5 Linskey 1 0 0 2 Mullen 0 0 2 0 Total 17 12 14 46
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 2, 1939	Fond du Lac, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Philadelphia SPHAS	All-Stars 47, SPHAS 36	22
Game Overview: Oshkosh Pro Team Defeats SPHAS in Fond du Lac Tilt (Oshkosh Northwestern, Tuesday January 3, 1939) In the game at Fond du Lac last night, "Lefty" Edwards, Oshkosh center, played the best game of the season thus far. He got rebounds from the backboards, fought for loose balls and ran in midcourt like he has never run before. And like his former self and like, the star he has been proving himself in recent games, he was again high scorer with 22 points on nine field goals and four free throws. His nine buckets came on 24 attempts to give him an average of 37 1/2 percent, which is really good shooting, considering he is a marked man in every game in which he plays. Oshkosh All-Stars (47) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 2 1 5 5 Armstrong 1 0 5 2 Preboski 4 2 1 10 Edwards 9 4 1 22 Witasek 2 1 2 5 Mullen 0 0 0 0 Linskey 1 1 2 3 Hamann 0 0 0 0 Total 19 9 16 47 Philadelphia SPHAS (36) Name FG FT PF Pts Roson 2 5 2 9 Wolfe 4 1 3 9 Blum 2 0 4 4 Loutman 2 0 1 4 Gottofer 2 6 3 10 Rosenberg 0 0 0 0 Kuselman 0 0 0 0 Total 12 12 13 36
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 4, 1939	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Philadelphia SPHAS	All-Stars 36, SPHAS 31	9
Game Preview: All Stars Seek Third Win in Row from the SPHAS (Oshkosh Northwestern, Wednesday January 4, 1939) No other team has ever beaten the Sphas, as the Philadelphia team is known, two games i a row and Oshkosh has accomplished it twice and hope to make the record even better by winning the third tilt tonight. The All Stas first accomplished the feat in the 1936-37 season when the Sphas came west and Oshkosh beat them in two games here and at Green Bay. Last season Oshkosh went east and dropped two to the Hebrews at Philadelphia and in the Hippodrome in New York City. . . . The Hebrews are a hustling team and play a slam-bang type of ball for 40 minutes of the game, so that win or lose they are in there fighting all the way. They are expected to put everything they have tonight to prevent the Stars from making it a clean seep and Oshkosh is expected to do the same to boast thee wins over the eastern stars. Game Summary: Local Pros Make it a Clean Sweep in Hebrews Series (Oshkosh Northwestern, Thursday January 5, 1939) The Oshkosh All Stars polished up for the all-important game next Monday evening with the Sheboygan Redskins at the Milwaukee auditorium by defeating the Philadelphia Hebrews for the third consecutive time, a feat no other team in the country has been able to accomplish. . . . "Lefty" Edwards was high scorer for Oshkosh with nine points on three buckets and three gift tosses, but was followed closely by Ray Adams with eight points and Pete Preboski with seven. If "Lefty" ever starts dropping in hook shots like he did last season, the All Stars should have an easier time of it. He had 21 shots last night, the majority of them refusing to go in.
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 9, 1939	Milwaukee, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Sheboygan Redskins	All-Stars 36 Redskins 33	8
Game Overview: Oshkosh Beats Sheboygan to Take Loop Lead (Sheboygan Press, Monday January 10, 1939) The Oshkosh All-Stars, after trailing 17 to 14 at the half, put on a second half rally that defeated the Sheboygan Redskins 36 to 33 and boosted them into first place in the western division of the National Basketball league. The game, played at the Milwaukee Auditorium last night as a benefit for the Wisconsin Elks Crippled Children's Fund, attracted nearly 2,500 fans, half o f them from Sheboygan and Oshkosh. . . . Sheboygan and Oshkosh, court rivals for years, but meeting for the first time as members of the National Basketball league, squared off at 8:15 o'clock last night and after 10 minutes of play it looked as though the Sheboygan squad was gong to make mincemeat out of the Oshkosh delegation as they ran up a score of 9 to 2 and then 13 to 4 before the All-Stars knew they were in the ball game. . . . Edwards and Preboski topped the Oshkosh scorers with eight points apiece. Oshkosh All-Stars (36) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 1 1 4 3 Preboski 3 2 0 8 Armstrong 0 4 3 4 Edwards 4 0 2 8 Witasek 2 0 1 4 Hamann 2 1 1 5 Linskey 0 1 1 1 Mullen 1 1 3 3 Total 13 10 15 36 Sheboygan Redskins (33) Name FG FT PF Pts Sokody 3 3 2 9 Lautenschlager 5 1 4 11 Crowley 0 0 0 0 Dancker 1 1 3 3 John Posewitz 1 1 3 3 Joe Posewitz 0 0 3 0 Kuplic 0 0 1 0 Kolar 3 1 1 7 Total 13 7 17 33
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 14, 1939	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Akron Firestones	Firestones 46 All-Stars 44	18
Game Overview: Stars Lose Thriller to Akron (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday January 16, 1939) Three seconds is a short time. About as long as it would take you to read these first few lines. One couldn't do much in three seconds and when that much time remained in the National Basketball league game between the Oshkosh All Stars and the Akron O. Firestones at Merrill Junior High school gymnasium, Saturday evening, the Firestones were on top by a 46 to 44 score, put there by a miraculous shot from under the bucket by Howard "Soup" Cable, Firestones guard who broke a tie that seemed destined to send the game into an overtime contest. . . . Easily the largest crowd of the season in Oshkosh, it is believed the attendance was the largest ever to see a professional basketball game in the city. All seats were filled and many stood. The number of those standing was enlarged by practically the entire crowd in the fourth quarter when the All Stars came from behind to catch up with the Firestones for the first time since early in the game and to forge into the lead, only to lose it and the game at a time when the timer had the horn in his mouth ready to give the last shrill blast. . . . Howard "Soup" Cable Oshkosh's All-Americans - Ed Mullen and "Lefty" Edwards - demonstrated that the new crop has nothing on that of a few years back. Edwards was high scorer for both teams with 18 points on eight field goals, including a few of his patented hook shots, and two free throws. He eclipsed "Soup" Cable's mark by two. Howard's 16 points coming on five buckets and six free throws. Mullen, who rarely is among the high scorers, made 11 points on five buckets and a gift toss and not one of Eddie's field goals was by his own overhead method. Akron Firestones (46) Name FG FT PF Pts Moir 6 1 2 13 Bush 3 1 1 7 Nowak 0 1 2 1 Cable 5 6 1 16 Terjesen 2 3 5 7 Bonniwell 1 0 0 2 Total 17 12 11 46 Oshkosh All Stars (44) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 1 0 3 2 Armstrong 0 1 2 1 Preboski 3 0 4 6 Edwards 8 2 0 18 Linskey 0 1 0 1 Hamann 1 0 1 2 Witasek 1 1 4 3 Mullen 5 1 0 11 Total 19 6 14 44
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 15, 1939	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Hammond Ciesars	All-Stars 64 Ciesars 40	10
Game Overview: Pros Regain Form; Lose to Oshkosh (Hammond Times, Monday January 16, 1939) The Hammond Professionals regained their form yesterday in the Civic Center and looked on blithely and somewhat self-satisfied as the Oshkosh All Stars, again headed for the Western division title in the National league, burned the nets at both ends for a 64-40 triumph. Yes, it was that bad, and even worse. Oshkosh looked the part of the greatest basketball team that ever flipped a ball while the Hammods, swinging back to the style that cost them 14 straight defeats earlier in the season, did everything wrong until the last period when they rolled in 22 points to make the score more respectable. . . . Some of the home boys didn't try very hard in the first half yesterday but began to drive furiously in the last quarter on learning that Owner Eddie Ciesar had misplaced his checkbook. This bit of information, coupled with the obvious inclination of Oshkosh to coast in allowed McGowan and Yost to fatten their scoring averages. McGowan finished with nine points after spending most of the game shying away from Cowboy Edwards. Big Vince scares easily and Edwards knew it so well he no longer yell "boo" in McGowan's direction. Yost wound up with 19 points but 17 of them came in the last half. Oshkosh All-Stars (36) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 5 1 1 11 Armstrong 5 0 2 10 Preboski 4 0 0 8 Edwards 5 0 4 10 Witasek 8 1 1 17 Hamann 1 0 1 2 Linskey 3 0 1 6 Total 31 2 10 64 Hammond Ciesars (29) Name FG FT PF Pts Boudreau 3 0 1 6 Hashu 1 1 1 3 Sotak 0 1 0 1 Stack 0 0 2 0 Yost 9 1 0 19 McGowan 4 1 2 9 Campion 1 0 2 2 Total 18 4 8 40
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
January 18, 1939	Sheboygan, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Sheboygan Redskins	All-Stars 44 Redskins 40	8
Game Overview: Oshkosh Tips Redskins 44-40; Lead Division (Sheboygan Press, Thursday January 19, 1939) The Oshkosh all-Stars took over the lead in the western division of the National Basketball league here last night when they defeated the Sheboygan Redskins in a nip and tuck game by a score of 44 to 40. the score was 40 to 42 in favor the All-Stars with but a minute to go but the Skins failed to click on several long shots and Oshkosh finally added another two points on free throws before the gun sounded ending the game. . . . Leroy Edwards, Oshkosh center, stood out as the finest offensive Oshkosh player on the floor last night. His six baskets and four free throws led the visitors in points scored, and he made his buckets when they were needed. At times it seemed as though two or three Sheboygan men could hang on to his neck and he could still shake himself free to pivot and toss the famed hook shot. Oshkosh All-Stars (44) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 0 2 4 2 Preboski 2 3 0 7 Edwards 6 4 4 16 Hamann 2 1 0 5 Mullen 3 1 3 7 Witasek 2 3 2 7 Armstrong 0 0 1 0 Total 15 14 14 44 Sheboygan Redskins (40) Name FG FT PF Pts Sokody 4 2 2 10 Lautenschlager 5 2 4 12 Dancker 3 2 2 8 S. Posewitz 0 0 3 0 O. Kolar 1 0 3 3 Zadei 1 2 0 4 Kuplic 0 0 0 0 J. Posewitz 1 1 2 3 Roth 0 0 0 0 Total 15 9 16 40 Rube Lautenschlager, Sheboygan Redskin forward, has just taken the pot-shot at the hoop in last night's game between the Redskins and Oshkosh All-Stars, and it swished through the net without touching the hoop, making the score 7 to 5 in favor of the Skins. However the Stars went on to win the game 44 to 40 and take over first place in the western division of the National Basketball league. Sheboygan players, reading from left to right in the white suits are Paul Sakody 23, Rube Lautenschlager 29, Ed Dancker 31,. Oshkosh players, left to right are Hamann 22, Adams 15, Edwards 23, Mullen 24 and Preboski 16.
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
February 4, 1939	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Indianapolis Kautskys	All-Stars 57 Kautskys 45	17
Game Overview: All Stars Back in First in Western Division; Defeat Kautskys by 57 to 45 Score in Furious Fight (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday February 6, 1939) Bring on the Akron Firestones! Bring on any team in the National league! The Oshkosh All Stars have given noticed that they are a team of championship caliber and that they are headed for the title they dropped last year in the playoffs. Notice of their championship intention was given in a convincing manner Saturday evening at the Merrill Junior High school gymnasium when the Oshkosh professional cage quintet won from the Indianapolis Kautskys by a score of 57 to 45 and thus climbed into a tie for the Western division race with the Indians. . . . Augie Vander Meulen, who came out of retirement, started the game and played the entire first quarter and part of the second and fourth quarter and proved popular with fans, being given a big hand. He failed to score a bucket but speeded the game up and guarded closely the man assigned to him. Oshkosh All-Stars (57) Name FG FT PF Pts Vander Meulen 0 1 4 1 Adams 4 0 3 8 Preboski 2 3 2 7 Armstrong 0 1 1 1 Edwards 8 1 2 17 Mullen 1 2 3 4 Linskey 1 1 0 3 Hamann 5 0 1 10 Witasek 3 0 3 6 Total 24 9 19 57 Indianapolis Kautskys (45) Name FG FT PF Pts Young 3 2 4 8 Williams 1 1 1 3 Sines 5 2 2 12 Birr 2 2 3 6 Schussler 0 0 0 3 Wooden 2 3 2 7 Baird 3 3 0 9 Total 16 13 12 48
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
February 13, 1939	Indianapolis, IN	Oshkosh All-Stars	Indianapolis Kautskys	All-Stars 47 Kautskys 25	19
Game Overview: Kautsky All-Americans Fail in Bid for Western . . . (Indianapolis Star, Tuesday February 14, 1939) The Oshkosh All-Stars, playing throughout without a change in the starting lineup, coasted to any easy victory against Kausky's Indianapolis All-Americans at the Butler Field House last night. The score was 47 to 25 and the victory enabled the visitors to retain the leadership of the Western division of the National Professional Basketball league. Leroy Edwards, former local Technical High School and Kentucky University luminary, paced the visitors with 19 points to his credit, nine from the field and one from the charity line. He was closely pressed for scoring honors by another former Indianapolis player, Scott Armstrong, who attended Butler University. Armstrong tallied six two-pointers and two from the free mark. Jewell Young, the ex-Purdue star and high scoring ace for the Indianapolis outfit, could not hit the backboard with a sling shot and failed to tally a single field goal. His three points were made on charity tosses. . . . Oshkosh All-Stars (47) Name FG FT PF Pts Preboski 5 0 0 10 Armstrong 6 2 1 14 Edwards 9 1 3 19 Mullen 1 0 3 2 Witasek 1 0 4 2 Total 22 3 11 47 Indianapolis Kautskys (25) Name FG FT PF Pts Young 0 3 1 3 Sines 1 1 2 3 Schussler 2 0 1 4 Downey 1 1 0 3 Birr 4 1 3 9 Baird 1 0 1 2 Williams 0 0 2 0 Swank 0 1 0 1 Total 9 7 10 25
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 19, 1939	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Akron Firestones	All-Stars 49 Firestones 37	25
March 20, 1939	Oshkosh, WI	Oshkosh All-Stars	Akron Firestones	Firestones 37 All-Stars 30	9
Game Overview: Stars Even Playoff Series by 49-37 Win Over the Firestones (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 20, 1939) The hopes and ambition of one man might be - can be - realized tonight! That man is Lonnie Darling, owner and manager of the Oshkosh All Stars, and his ambition - to bring the championship of the National Basketball league to Oshkosh - is in the realm of possibility. Johnny Moir The All Stars, playing alert basketball of a championship caliber Saturday evening at the Merrill Junior High school gymnasium, evened the playoff series with the Akron O. Firestones at 2-all when they defeated the Eastern division champions by a score of 49 to 37. Tonight's game will determine which of the two contenders will rate as league champion, it bein a best three-out-of-five series for the title. During the last two years the pennant has been held at Akron, but by the Goodyears, who were defeated int he division race this year by their fellow townsmen. . . . And leading the parade was "Lefty" Edwards, Oshkosh center, who demonstrated how he won his National league individual scoring championship for two consecutive years. "Lil Abner" or "Cowboy" Edwards - call him what you will as long as you mention the fact he is one of basketball's greats - scored 25 points on nine field goals and seven free throws, not missing a single charity toss. Seventeen of his points came in the first half, in fact in 18 minutes of play, as he retired just before the intermission in favor of Augie Vander Meulen. Edwards went back into the game midway in the third quarter and finished out - without collecting the feared 5th foul that had caused his removal in the first half. There was a technical called on him, but that did not eject the big University of Kentucky All-American and he continued to roll in points. Oshkosh All-Stars (49) Name FG FT PF Pts Armstrong 2 0 5 4 Adams 1 2 2 4 Edwards 9 7 4 25 Linskey 1 0 3 2 Witasek 3 1 2 7 Preboski 0 2 0 2 Vander Meulen 2 1 3 5 Hamann 0 0 0 0 Mullen 0 0 0 0 Total 18 13 19 49 Akron Firestones (37) Name FG FT PF Pts Bonniwell 0 0 2 0 Bush 1 3 3 5 Moir 4 1 1 9 Cable 0 6 3 6 Ozburn 4 1 1 9 Terjesen 3 2 2 8 Tobin 0 0 1 0 Total 12 13 13 37 Game Overview: Akron Firestones Win National League Crown (Oshkosh Northwestern, Tuesday March 21, 1939) The Akron, O. Firestones are champions of the National Basketball league, having defeated the Oshkosh All Stars in the final game of the playoff series for the title Monday evening at the Merrill Junior High school gymnasium by a score of 37 to 30. The victory gave the Eastern division champions three out of the five games in the series, the score having stood at two-all up to last night. A near-capacity crowd jammed into the Merrill school gym for the final game with fans paying for the privilege of standing to watch these teams in action. But with the outcome unsatisfactory to the highly partisan Oshkosh fans, many of them readily admitted that the better team won. . . . The almost complete bottling up of "Lefty" Edwards by Akron players last night in strategy devised by Coal Paul Sheeks of the Nonskids was a factor in the All Stars' loss. Whereas the big Kentucky All-American had scored 25 points for Oshkosh in Saturday's 49 to 37 victory, last night he was held to two field goals and he made five of 10 free throw attempts to score nine points. The Firestones had one man constantly on Edwards, guarding him closer than his shadow and "Lefty" could not swing around to attempt his noted hook shot. He did get off 14 shots, but most them under difficulties. Akron Firestones (37) Name FG FT PF Pts Terjesen 1 0 2 2 Bonniwell 1 1 1 3 Moir 2 0 4 4 Bush 2 2 5 6 Ozburn 3 4 1 10 Tobin 0 1 1 1 Cable 4 3 3 11 Total 13 11 17 37 Oshkosh All-Stars (30) Name FG FT PF Pts Armstrong 1 1 1 3 Vander Meulen 0 0 2 0 Adams 1 0 4 2 Preboski 0 0 0 0 Edwards 2 5 5 9 Linskey 2 0 2 4 Mullen 0 1 3 1 Witasek 4 3 3 11 Hamann 0 0 0 0 Total 10 10 20 30 Series Preview from Oshkosh Northwestern, Friday March 17, 1939.
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 26, 1939	Chicago, IL	Oshkosh All-Stars	Clarksburg (WV) Oilers	All-Stars 40 Oilers 33	18
Game Overview: All Stars Play in Series Semifinals Tonight (Oshkosh Northwestern, Monday March 27, 1939) The Oshkosh All Stars, Western division champions of the National Basketball league, will appear in the semifinals of the professional basketball tournament at Chicago this evening by virtue of a 40 to 33 victory in the opening round game, Sunday evening, over the Clarksburg W. Va. Oilers. . . . The Oshkosh All Stars were inspired Sunday by four former members of the team who were on the bench rooting for them. They were Branch McCracken, now coach of the University of Indiana; "Bud" Foster, coach of the University of Wisconsin; "Feed" Murphy, and Bill Mangan. Coach Ruck (sic) of the University of Kentucky was also an interested spectator, especially in one fo his proteges, Leroy Edwards. "Lefty" Edwards set the individual scoring record for the tournament when he hooked in eight field goals and two free throws for 18 points. Oshkosh All-Stars (40) Name FG FT PF Pts Adams 2 1 4 5 Preboski 4 0 0 8 Armstrong 1 0 2 2 Edwards 8 2 2 18 Witasek 2 1 2 5 Mullen 0 0 3 0 Linskey 1 0 1 2 Total 18 4 14 40 Clarksburg (WV) Oilers (33) Name FG FT PF Pts Schmarr 3 0 4 6 Watson 2 2 0 6 Stydahar 1 0 4 2 Lothes 3 2 0 8 Phares 2 2 0 6 Jameson 1 1 1 3 Barnum 0 2 3 2 Total 12 9 12 33
Date	Location	Team	Opponent	Result	Points
March 28, 1939	Chicago, IL	Oshkosh All-Stars	New York Renaissance	Renaissance 34 Oshkosh 25	12

New York Rens (34) Player FG FT Pts Pop Gates 4 4 12 Tarzan Cooper 1 3 5 Willie Smith 2 2 6 Puggy Bell 1 2 4 Bruiser Saitch 1 0 2 Zack Clayton 0 0 0 Johnny Isaacs 2 1 5 Total 11 12 34

Oshkosh All-Stars (25) Player FG FT Pts Ray Adams 0 0 0 Pete Preboski 1 1 3 Ed McGroaty 0 0 0 Scotty Armstrong 2 3 7 Al Cafone 0 0 0 Leroy Edwards 3 6 12 Frank Linskey 1 1 3 Herm Witasek 0 0 0 Ed Muller 0 0 0 Total 7 11 25