1906 - other sports
HOCKEY
The Toronto St Patrick's claimed their first ULCHL regular season title thanks to the league's most prolific offense led by veterans Bennett Hillman and Finley Elliott. The St. Pats emerged at the top of a very tight race that saw their playoff opponent not decided until the final day of the regular season. Heading into the final day the 5 time defending Cup champion Maroons were in second place with 41 points, one more than the Montreal Canadiens and 2 up on the Quebec Bulldogs. The Maroons had played their 40 games but the Canadiens and Bulldogs had one game remaining, against each other in Quebec City. A Bulldogs win or tie would give second place to the Maroons based on more victories, but a Canadiens win would vault the Habs past the Maroons and into second place. The game finished 3-1 in Montreal's favour thanks to 2 goals from Canadiens sniper Sailor Hilborn, which gave the Habs a playoff berth and left the Maroons on the outside looking in for the first time in franchise history.
The Maroons did have the league MVP as a now 36 year old Joseph Matheson took the honour for the 4th and final time in his career.
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ULCHL STANDINGS 1906-07
TEAM GP W L T PTS
Toronto St Pats 40 21 14 5 47
Montreal Canadiens 40 17 15 8 42
Montreal Maroons 40 18 17 5 41
Quebec Bulldogs 40 16 17 7 39
Ottawa Senators 40 15 18 7 37
Hamilton Tigers 40 12 18 10 34
SCORING LEADERS TM GP G A PTS
JP Rustad Ott 40 14 30 44
Finley Elliott Tor 38 12 29 41
Mike Obernesser MonC 40 11 26 37
Sailor Hilborn MonC 40 18 18 36
Bennett Hillman Tor 36 18 18 36
Serge Champlain Que 40 18 17 35
Joseph Matheson MonM 40 9 26 35
The Montreal Canadiens were making their 3rd attempt to win a Stanley Cup but, like the previous two, the Habs came up short as they were swept in 2 games by the Toronto St. Pats. The St. Pats won the opener 2-1 and then completed the sweep with a 4-3 victory in Game Two. Bennett Hillman, Toronto's 31 year old winger, was named MVP of the playoffs after being in on every Toronto goal in the series. Hillman had a goal and an assist in the opener including the game winner late in regulation and then scored 2 more while assisting on the other two Toronto markers in Game Two.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Duke fans felt their school had earned a third national title with their third unbeaten season after the Blue Devils improved to 13-0 with a 33-30 win over Northwestern in the Sugar Bowl. The problem for Duke is, unlike in 1902 and 1903 when they were the only unbeaten team, they had company at 13-0 after Michigan won the Western Conference, which included a win over Northwestern, and then ended their season with a third straight Rose Bowl win. Michigan not only won the game but they thumped Pacific Coast Conference champion USC 52-14 as Wolverines quarterback Tommy Rowland won his second straight Rose Bowl MVP award. That was more then enough to convince both the Associated Press and the Coaches Poll to vote Michigan #1.
In other Bowl Games Georgia Tech beat Notre Dame 29-23 in a down year for the 9-4 Irish. After losing two straight Rose Bowls, Cal tried it's hand at the Cotton Bowl and the Bears got thumped again- this time 30-20 by Furman. Army beat Missouri 31-24 in the Orange Bowl, Dartmouth topped Oklahoma 10-3 in the Tangerine Bowl and in the closest bowl game, Georgia nipped Villanova 35-34.
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AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP TWENTY RANKINGS
SCHOOL RECORD COACHES POLL
1 Michigan 13-0 1
2 Duke 13-0 2
3 Georgia Tech 12-1 3
4 UCLA 10-2 8
5 Texas Tech 10-2 9
6 Army 12-1 4
7 Furman 11-2 5
8 Georgia 10-3 7
9 Ole Miss 9-3 11
10 Texas Mines 10-2 15
11 USC 10-3 16
12 Dartmouth 12-1 12
13 Minnesota 9-3 10
14 Grinnell 10-2 14
15 Northwestern 10-3 6
16 California 10-3 13
17 Oklahoma 10-3 19
18 West Virginia 9-3 17
19 TCU 9-3 23
20 LSU 8-4 21
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
While teams in the Midwest and the East seem to be dominating the final four if there is a power conference in college basketball right now it has to be the Pacific Coast Conference. Six of the PCC's 8 teams earned a berth in this year's NCAA Tournament, by far the most for any one conference. The Western and Southwest Conferences were next with 3 teams qualifying while the largest conference, the 12 team Southern Conference, only sent two teams to the tournament.
I thought we should take a look at the PCC tournament teams for this year's recap. Let's start with California, the defending National Champs who are the only PCC team to make a final four - they have been to two of them. This year the Bears finished second to Washington in the PCC as they dropped their final two conference games (home against Washington and at Washington State) after starting conference play with 5 straight victories. Cal is best known for being coached by Toby Rogers, who won a National Championship with West Virginia before becoming the first coach to win with two different teams last year in his first season out west. Cal usually has a top 10-15 recruiting class and does very well staying in state. 3 players from this year's team made one of the 3 all-conference squads including Dink Cole, a sophomore PF who made the first team. With Cole and freshman Dizzy Jones and Vedro Kennedy, who each was named to the 3rd team, the future looks very bright for the Bears. In the tournament they drew the 4 seed in the Midwest Region. First up was independent Michigan State and it was a very tight game, with Cal winning in overtime as Dink Cole led the way with 16 points while Jones and Kennedy each added 13. Next up was #1 seed Indiana and it wasn't even close. All-American John Lesley had 25 points as the Hoosiers knocked off the Bears 83-58.
Next up is Washington as the Huskies won their first outright PCC title (shared it with Oregon in 1904) after a perfect 7-0 conference record and a team record 27-4 season that saw them ranked 3rd in the nation. Gus Capps, who has coached Washington every season and has not missed the NCAA tournament including Elite Eight berths each of the last two seasons, was named PCC coach of the year this season. Their on-court leader is William Rowe, a senior SF who topped all PCC players by averaging 18.2 ppg this season. Rowe is a Spokane native who was rated in the top five nationally in his recruiting class. He missed half of last season with an injury but otherwise started 102 out of the 104 games he dressed for as a Husky. The Huskies were the number one seed in the West Region and beat Colorado 70-52 in their tournament opener with Rowe leading the way with 25 points. Next up was 4 seed Notre Dame, a strong independent team that was thumped by Washington in a November match-up. The Huskies had a terrible start in this game and trailed 33-20 at the break. They had a much better second half but couldn't make up the deficit and ultimately fell 68-62 in the round of 16. Rowe's career comes to an end with 16 points. Very few western based players end up in the Eastern Basketball League so it will be interesting to see how much he plays professionally.
Soup Buhl's Oregon State Beavers return to the tournament after failing to get a berth a year ago. Coach Buhl has had some great success in Corvallis as the Beavers went undefeated in conference play the first two years of the league and shared a third title two years later. Last season Buhl, a three-time conference coach of the year, went 17-12 and missed the tournament for the first time. There best tournament finish was the elite 8 in 1904-05. Next year might be what they are building for as Oregon State has just one senior, center Chick Coffee, that plays any sort of minutes at all. Junior Guard Tige Polak, who was all-conference this year and a freshman all-american two seasons ago, is their leader. Oregon State gets the 4 seed in the South Region but there stay is very short as they exit with an opening round 78-66 loss to 5 seed Saint Louis. Polak scores 18 while sophomore PG Mickey Moor adds 15 in the loss as Oregon State finishes the season with a 24-7 record.
Stanford finished with a 19-11 record and makes the tournament for the first time in school history. A veteran club, the Indians start a junior and 3 seniors including PG Hal Ritenour who was the PCC player of the year. The future revolves around freshman John Townley, a 6'10" center from El Camino HS in San Francisco, who started every game and averaged 7.2 ppg. Stanford enters the tournament as the 6 seed in the Midwest and promptly gets beat 70-66 by Southwest Conference Champion Oklahoma A&M. Ritenour's college career ends on a down note as he shot just 4-of-13 from the field, and that was the undoing of the Indians as the team was just 32% in shooting in the game, well down from their .457 season shooting percentage.
We have not heard much from USC in this replay and that is because the Trojans have not been very good. There only winning season was a 17 victory showing 3 years ago and they are on to their second coach with Erwin Burns taking the job last year after 4 good seasons at North Carolina, were he coached the Tar Heels to 4 straight tournament bids including 3 appearances in the Elite Eight. This will be USC's first trip to the Big Dance. Senior G Lloyd Roan (11.1 ppg) and junior PF Bill Cahill (11.6), both southern California natives, are the team leaders. They were 18-11 during the season but only 1-6 vs ranked teams so it will likely be a short tournament. And it was, as USC has to go all the way to the East Region as the number 8 seed, and they lose to top seed Utah 65-57 in their tournament debut.
That leaves us with Washington State as the final hope for the conference. The Cougar's went 18-11 and are making their first trip to the tournament. Junior SF Erskine Searle, an Idaho native, is the team's top scorer, averaging 17.0 ppg while fellow junior Jim DuBose, a 6'8" center, doesn't score much but he is very good defensively. Washington State draws the 7 seed in the West Region and Pacific Northwest basketball fans are dreaming of a matchup with Washington in the Regional Final but it doesn't happen for either team. For the Cougars it ends quickly as Bradley, who would win the region, easily disposed of the Cougars by a 73-49 score. Senior Larry Ice led the Cougars with 11 points in the game but his shooting lived up to his name as he was ice cold, going 3-14 from the field.
An honorable mention to UCLA, which is still an independent at this time as they don't join the PCC until 1928. (Technically no one joins until the conference is formed in 1915 but I am using a 1922 league setup to start with and will move teams and conferences around beginning at that time.) Anyway, UCLA also made the 32-team tournament field this year but also exited in the first round, falling to 3 seed Iowa in the West Region 74-65. It was UCLA's second trip to the tournament, as they lost in the first round in 1901-02 as well.
So, as you can see, while the PCC certainly had numbers in this year's tournament, they did not have the results.
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1906-07 CONFERENCE STANDINGS
(T-in 32 team Tournament)
WESTERN CW CL W L
Indiana -T 12 0 33 1
Illinois -T 11 1 29 4
Iowa -T 9 3 25 7
Purdue 5 7 13 16
Wisconsin 5 7 15 16
Ohio State 5 7 16 13
Michigan 5 7 16 13
Northwestern 4 8 12 17
Minnesota 3 9 9 20
Chicago 1 11 6 23
IVY GROUP CW CL W L
Dartmouth -T 8 2 19 11
Princeton 6 4 11 18
Columbia 5 5 16 13
Yale 5 5 9 21
Cornell 4 6 13 16
Pennsylvania 2 8 10 20
MISSOURI VALLEY CW CL W L
Kansas -T 11 1 22 10
Kansas State 9 3 19 11
Missouri 8 4 20 10
Oklahoma 6 6 10 19
Nebraska 4 8 7 23
Drake 2 10 8 21
Iowa State 2 10 7 23
MOUNTAIN STATES CW CL W L
Colorado -T 6 2 17 13
Colorado A&M 4 4 12 18
Denver 2 6 14 15
PACIFIC COAST CW CL W L
Washington -T 7 0 27 4
Cal -T 5 2 23 8
Oregon State -T 4 3 24 7
Stanford -T 4 3 19 11
Southern Cal -T 3 4 18 12
Oregon 3 4 17 13
Washington St -T 2 5 18 12
Idaho 0 7 8 21
SOUTHERN CW CL W L
Kentucky -T 11 0 30 6
North Carolina -T 9 2 26 8
Georgia Tech 8 3 17 14
Georgia 7 4 15 15
N Carolina State 7 4 18 15
Alabama Poly 5 6 10 20
Clemson 4 7 13 17
Alabama 4 7 11 20
Virginia Tech 4 7 11 18
Tennessee 3 8 10 19
Mississippi State 2 9 9 20
Virginia 2 9 5 25
SOUTHWEST CW CL W L
Oklahoma A&M -T 7 3 23 8
Rice -T 6 4 18 12
SMU -T 5 5 20 11
Baylor 5 5 14 16
Texas A&M 5 5 12 17
Texas 2 8 15 15
TOP INDEPENDENTS W L
West Virginia -T 28 3
St John's -T 28 4
Duquesne -T 28 5
Bradley -T 28 6
Holy Cross -T 27 3
Utah -T 27 5
Cincinnati -T 26 7
Notre Dame -T 25 7
Saint Louis -T 24 8
TCU -T 23 7
Saint Joseph's(Pa) -T 23 9
Michigan State -T 22 8
UCLA -T 21 9
Western Kentucky 20 11
Mississippi 19 10
New York University 19 11
Wake Forest -T 19 12
Temple 18 11
LSU -T 18 13
Utah State 17 12
Maryland 17 12
St Bonaventure 17 12
Butler 17 12
Dayton 17 12
Louisville 17 12
Marquette 17 13
Duke 17 13
Kent State 17 13
Loyola (Ill) 16 13
Vanderbilt 16 13
Tulane 16 13
Connecticut 16 13
CCNY 16 13
Georgetown 16 14
George Washington 15 14
Arizona State 15 14
Boston College 15 14
Army 15 14
Muhlenburg 15 14
Ohio 15 14
Seton Hall 15 14
Brigham Young 15 14
Bradley became the first school to win a second NCAA Tournament as the 1901-02 champs beat Kentucky in the National Title game 54-50 to win another National Title. Outside of Indiana's Hick Johnson, Bradley's John Johnson (no relation) has been the most successful college coach through 6 seasons. The 50 year old New Jersey native has guided his Braves to 4 Final Fours and two National Titles while compiling a 190-38 career record. This season Bradley went 28-6 and were led by second team All-American Stewart Alberts. The senior SF averaged 17.7 ppg but was shut down in the title contest as Kentucky held him to 2-of-10 from the field and 6 points in the game. Instead it was sophomore guard Ted Shute who took over the game, scoring 21 points to lead Bradley to victory after trailing the Wildcats by 3 at the half.
Despite the loss it was a pretty good year for Kentucky and their new head coach Bill Garrett. An assistant first at North Carolina for two seasons and then with Kentucky the last two, the 36 year old took over the head job this year and coached the Wildcats to a Southern Conference title going 11-0 and 30-6 overall. The team leaders were sophomore guard Pug Marvin (13.9 ppg) and senior forward Clement Duquesnoy (16.5 ppg). Kentucky entered the tournament as the 4th seed in the East Region and advances with wins over Texas Christian, Utah and Duquesne before upsetting Indiana 57-51 in the semi-finals.
For the Hoosiers it was their only loss of the season as Indiana won 22 in a row before the loss to Kentucky in the Final Four. The other semi-finalist was also from the Western Conference as Illinois, which was 11-1 in conference play and 29-4 overall, was soundly beaten by Bradley 68-43 in the semis. Stewart Alberts put on a show for the Braves in that game, scoring 27 points and adding 13 rebounds. Despite the ending it was a very productive season for the Fighting Illini, there best yet for a team that like everyone else in the Western Conference has been overshadowed by Indiana. Illinois had a losing record last season, but turned things around this year as Spook Decker, who has led the team all 6 years, was named National Coach of the Year. It will be tough to repeat as their top three scorers are all seniors and will be gone next season.
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NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
YR WINNER OPPONENT SCORE OTHER FINAL FOUR TEAMS
1901-02 BRADLEY Indiana 79-64 Holy Cross, Duquesne
1902-03 KENTUCKY Iowa 68-59 Indiana, Duquesne
1903-04 WEST VIRGINIA Indiana 75-71 Bradley, California
1904-05 INDIANA West Virginia 65-49 Holy Cross, Iowa
1905-06 CALIFORNIA Cincinnati 68-61 Bradley, West Virginia
1906-07 BRADLEY Kentucky 54-50 Indiana, Illinois
This year's top recruiting class belongs to Holy Cross. Playing as an independent the Crusaders were 27-3 this season and finished 6th in the polls. The had a disappointing tournament, losing as a 2 seed to #7 Kansas in the opening game of the South Region but they have won at least 20 games every season and made the tournament 5 out of 6 years including a trip to the Final Four two years ago. The prize of their recruit class for next season is point guard Joe Smith, a Buffalo native ranked the #4 recruit in the nation. The All-American averaged over 25 ppg in his high school senior year. Holy Cross also got George Holt, a center from Brooklyn ranked #10 and two other New York State natives ranked in the top 27 in SF Walt Holcombe and SG Charlie Hunt.
Michigan, Bradley, Duquesne and Indiana rounded out the top five recruiting classes. Joining Holy Cross recruit Smith in the top five were Ed DiPasquale - a 6'9" power forward out of Piqua, Ohio who signed with Iowa as the number one recruit. Number two was an Illinois native by the name of Casper Wilson. The PF chose Michigan over several other Western Conference offers. PG Harry Cody out of Kingsport, Tennessee was the #3 ranked prospect and he took an offer from Bradley over Duke and a chance to stay home and play for the Volunteers. Finally after Smith at #4, we have Jonnie Cunningham rounding out the top five. The Seminole, Florida small forward had offers from all the big schools but decided on West Virginia.
PRO BASKETBALL
A shock wave was sent through the Eastern Basketball League in July when word came out that Dick Hauge had decided to leave Wilmington to play for the Bristol Pile Drivers. He was motivated by a previously unheard of sum of money to the tune of close to $3,000 per year for six years. Hauge paid immediate dividends for his new club, leading the Pile Drivers to the top of the East Division by Christmas. However, on December 29th Hauge suffered another knee injury and would miss the rest of the regular season. A year ago he also was injured late in the year and it cost Wilmington a shot at the championship. This time, Hauge would only appear in 26 regular season games but would be back for the playoffs. Without their 7'4" behemoth in the middle Bristol relied on guards Harvy Stevens (18.6 ppg) and Buddy Neville (17.8), who did just enough to allow them to sneak into the playoffs.
New York overcame a slow start to walk away with the East Division and finish first for the third straight season. The Wanderers matched their league leading win total of 43 from last year with virtually the same cast leading the way in PF Ciriaco Ferrer, C Duane Taylor, and guard Jimmy Cunningham. Otho Legg (19.1 ppg) was the one key newcomer, earning a 3rd team all-star nod after being signed from Reading.
For the third year in a row the Camden Electrics finished third in the division and just barely missed the playoffs. Newcomer Orlin Burdick (18.7), who came over from Trenton, led the way for the Electrics along with holdover Rufus Nickerson (17.8). Trenton finished in fourth despite three solid players leading the offense in Chester Lee (20.2 ppg), who was signed from New York, along with Rags Hockett (19.4) and Corky Gipson (18.3). Al Humphry (24.5 ppg) and Jimmy Hurlburt (22.9 ppg, 10.0 apg) both had big years but they lacked a supporting cast and their Paterson Crescents sank to the basement of the East Division. Rookie Jerry Winkler, an All-American out of the University of California, gives the Crescents some hope for the future.
The West Division featured a good playoff race with the Philadelphia Wheelers edging out Pittsburgh for top spot in the Division. The Wheelers division win gave them their first playoff berth in franchise history. PG Bud Towle was a first team all-star and he had plenty of scorers to take advantage of his terrific passing ability including Joe Hubbard (23.1 ppg) and Josef Wettermann (16.5) along with center Pretzel Tully (12.2 ppg, 9.4 rpg).
Willard McNew won his second league MVP award in 4 seasons with the Pittsburgh Homesteaders. He had a solid supporting cast in guards Chubby Aldridge and Roland McGinnis along with center Doc Hummer. The third year Johnstown Johnnies improved to third place and finished at .500 for the first time in franchise history thanks in a big part to the play of rookie of the year Jackie Grindstaff. The SG was selected second overall out of the University of Cincinnati and he led all newcomers with 18. ppg.
Last year's expansion club also had a big improvement as the McKeesport Keys finished just 2 games under .500. Second year center John Banda (23.6 ppg, 13.4 rpg) improved and was joined by first overall draft pick Red Saba (19.2 ppg), a guard who played his college ball at Indiana.
Without their big man Hauge in the middle, the Wilmington Peaches fell all the way to fifth place in the West. Papa Troutman (17.4 ppg, 10.6 rpg) tried to fill Hauge's shoes and did a decent job of it, but Hauge's absence proved just how one dimensional they really were. The Reading Bears went from last to first a year ago but returned to the cellar of the West Division again this year. The Bears lost both their guards as Otho Legg signed with New York and all-star George Green decided not to play this year. Al Margolis, who won rookie of the year last year while averaging over 20 points a game for the Bears, fell apart this season and lost his starting job to fellow second year pro Stan Pasterak, who did not come close to duplicating Margolis' totals from a year ago.
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1906-07 EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
EAST DIVISION W L GB
New York Wanderers 43 17 -
Bristol Pile Drivers 32 28 11.0
Camden Electrics 30 30 13.0
Trenton Potters 29 31 14.0
Paterson Crescents 25 35 18.0
WEST DIVISION W L GB
Philadelphia Wheelers 38 22 -
Pittsburgh Homesteaders 35 25 3.0
Johnstown Johnnies 30 30 8.0
McKeesport Keys 29 31 9.0
Wilmington Peaches 21 39 17.0
Reading Bears 18 42 20.0
SCORING LEADERS TM PPG
Dick Hauge BRI 27.8
Willard McNew PIT 26.1
Al Humphry PAT 24.5
Ciriaco Ferrer NY 24.1
Caleb O'Neil REA 24.0
John Benda McK 23.6
Joe Hubbard PHI 23.1
Jimmy Hurlburt PAT 22.9
Chester Lee TRE 20.2
Rags Hockett TRE 19.4
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1906-07 ALL LEAGUE FIRST TEAM PPG RPG APG SPG BKPG
C John Banda McKeesport 23.6 13.4 2.2 1.0 5.0
F Willard McNew Pittsburgh 26.1 11.1 1.9 1.0 2.6 MVP
F Ciriaco Ferrer New York 24.1 7.2 1.6 0.4 1.3
G Al Humphry Paterson 24.5 5.6 6.8 1.6 0.5
G Bud Towle Philadelphia 17.5 7.5 11.2 1.5 0.4
The defending champion Wanderers appeared poised for a repeat after posting the best regular season record and entering the playoffs with everyone healthy and having won 12 of their last 13 games. Perhaps that one loss, which came to the Bristol Pile Drivers, was an omen of how the series would go. The Pile Drivers were still without Dick Hauge, who was close to returning but would not be available for the series. On the final day of the regular season New York beat Bristol by 24 points. Perhaps they should have saved that performance as the Pile Drivers knocked off the Wanderers 113-94 in the semi-final opener behind 22 points from Ed Brayton, the third year pro from Indiana who lost his starting job at center with the signing of Hauge. New York would rebound to win the second game at home but then dropped games three and four on the road and Bristol moved on to the Finals.
The West Series was a Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh battle, and the Homesteadres led by league MVP Willard McNew took a 2-0 series lead by winning a pair of games on the road. The series seemed in the bag as Pittsburgh returned home for games three and four but the Wheelers had other plans. Joe Hubbard exploded for 36 points in Game Three to give Philadelphia life with a 98-89 victory and the following night, after Hubbard scored 25 more and Bud Towle added 20, the series was even as the Wheelers won 102-88. We went back to Philadelphia for game five and the Homesteaders, clearly in shock at the turn of events, fell behind 50-33 at the half. Pittsburgh had a strong 3rd quarter and closed the Philadelphia lead to 5 points but they could not fully recover and the Wheelers held on for an 88-84 victory. Hubbard was again the star of the show with 32 points while McNew had 30 to lead the Homesteaders.
The finals would feature two teams that had never played in the league title series before. It also marked the return of Dick Hauge for Bristol, who had been sidelined since late December with an injury. Hauge showed signs of rust in the opener, scoring just 14 points but getting 12 rebounds. It wasn't enough as Philadelphia won 92-78 behind 25 points from Hubbard and 20 from Josef Wettermann. In Game Two, also played in Philadelphia, Hauge looked closer to his old self and scored 22 points to lead Bristol to a 93-70 win and even the series. Hubbard was again lights out for the Wheelers, scoring a game high 26.
Back in Bristol for game three you could see Hauge was on a mission. The big center shot 13-19 from the field and made all 10 of his free throws for 36 points to go with 12 rebounds in leading the Pile Drivers to a 101-86 win and within 1 game of the championship. Hubbard had 23 to again lead the Wheelers.
The Pile Drivers only led by 3 at the half as Philadelphia put two and sometimes three men on Hauge. The plan didn't work as Hauge took over in the second half, scoring 19 of his game high 27 points after the break and leading Bristol to the championship with a 106-85 victory. Second year pro Ham Creel, out of Dayton, had one of the best games of his young career for Bristol, scoring 23 points. Hubbard again led Philadelphia with 25 but he had a terrible -15 +/- and was a negative in every game of the series.
The playoff MVP went not to Hauge, but instead to his teammate Ed Brayton, who shifted to power forward when Hauge returned for the finals. Brayton averaged 16.1 ppg and 9.0 rpg during the 8 playoff games. For Hauge it marked his third league championship, having won in 1902-03 and 03-04 with Wilmington.
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EASTERN BASKETBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
01-02 Paterson Crescents defeat Millville Glass Blowers
02-03 Wilmington Peaches defeat Millville Glass Blowers
03-04 Wilmington Peaches defeat Trenton Potters
04-05 Trenton Potters defeat Wilmington Peaches
05-06 New York Wanderers defeat Reading Bears
06-07 Bristol Pile Drivers defeat Philadelphia Wheelers
GOLF
1906 marked a break through for Luther Swartz, 3 more near misses for James Fox and gave us 3 golfers who each earned their second career major. Swartz, after losing the 1904 Masters in a playoff, finally got his Green Jacket at the age of 42. Fox, who always seems to be on the leaderboard but has still only won 2 majors, came close again but finished 3rd in Augusta, 4th in the PGA and 7th in the US Open. Meanwhile, Fritz Hobbs repeated at the PGA joining Thomas Milne and Lord Lovett as two-time major winners after the latter two won at the US and British Opens respectively.
Swartz had a very consistent tournament in Augusta and finished the event as the only golfer under par. He had a 3 stroke lead on Allen Lane and was 4 up on James Fox. The low European tour regular were Liam Hogan of Ireland and England's Lord Lovett, who tied for 8th. It was yet another tournament that Hogan finished in the top ten but has yet to win a major.
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1906 MASTERS LEADERBOARD
NAME NAT SC MONEY
Luther Swartz US -3 $1,619
Allen Lane US +1 $990
James Fox US +2 $720
Len Tucker US +6 $450
Clay James US +10 $360
Scotland's Thomas Milne was the winner in the US Open, held at Inwood Country Club in New York. It marked Milne's second US Open win as he also was the champion in 1898. James Fox was 7th, Lord Lovett finished tied for 13th and Masters winner Luther Swartz finished in a tie for 16th while defending US Open champion Clem Jordan tied for fourth this year.
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1906 US OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME NAT SC MONEY
Thomas Milne SCO +12 $1,799
Riley Carter ENG +17 $1,100
Clem Jordan US +17 $1,100
Burton Campbell ENG +18 $500
Clint James US +18 $500
Winston Hammonds ENG +19 $379
BRITISH OPEN
The British Open was held in Ireland and had a lot of familiar names on the leaderboard including the winner, Lord Lovett. Lovett also won the 1903 British Open. Fritz Hobbs, who won the PGA last year and would win it again this year, was second while others in the top ten included former major winners Joseph Power, Matthew Allan, Albert Lichtman and Clem Jordan.
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1906 BRITISH OPEN LEADERBOARD
NAME NAT SC MONEY
Lord Lovett ENG +12 $1,754
Fritz Hobbs US +14 $1,072
Benedict Gleason ENG +15 $780
Gordon Dendy US +16 $487
Joseph Power IRE +17 $390
Matthew Allan SCO +17 $390
ALbert Lichtman GER +18 $350
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Just as they did in this year's British Open, the PGA Championship at Pelham Country Club was a battle between Fritz Hobbs and Lord Lovett with a 2-time major champ in Frenchy Savard also in the fray. When the dust settled Hobbs had his second straight PGA championship. Five time major champ Calvin Baumgartner was in a group of 5 golfers tied for 6th place.
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1906 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD
NAME NAT SC MONEY
Fritz Hobbs US -1 $1,709
Lord Lovett ENG +1 $1,045
Frenchy Savard US +1 $1,045
James Fox US +6 $475
Walt Berry US +6 $475
The list of golfers with at least 2 majors under their belts swelled it's ranks by three this year with Hobbs, Lovett and Milne all joining the exclusive list.
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MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Calvin Baumgartner 5
Thomas Milne 2
Lord Lovett 2
Fritz Hobbs 2
Frenchy Savard 2
James Foxx 2
Milo Lawrence 2
Walter Mathis 2