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Download Article Gears in Sneakers Gear Technology's bimonthly aberration - gear trivia, humor, weirdness and oddments for the edification and amusement of our readers. Contributions are welcome. ....... ave over, Michael Jordan. The 'Gears existed as a team from .'r While the Addendum staff i l 944, when White obtained 'the fran- l~ as proud as any other chise, until 1947. Their short three-year ........ Chicagoans of our unbeata- tenure was filled with controversy, Bulls, we confess to a soft spot in our drama and even a little bit of success, hearts for the hometown's other cham- White was a bit of a basketball rebel pionship basketball team: The Chicago right from the start. He was used to American Gears. being in charge and applied his own par- That's right, the Gears. ticular style of management to his team. The Chicago American Gears played For example, in order to keep the fans in the National Basketball League dur- interested and the game fast-paced, he ing the late 1940 . They were led by tar reportedly offered his players an incen- center George Mikan and player-coach tive program that. included bonuses of Bobby McDermott to their only cham- $5 for each field goal and $2 for each pionship in 1947. The story of the Gears free throw. DURllNGi TIHE: ls told in The Dynasty That Never Was. But the learn didn't really take off LATE 1940S.. a book by Richard F. T~ipIOW, who until 1946, when While decided to played for the Gears for three seasons. spend what was then a small fortune to he tried to. leverage his way into a posi- Mow Does a Team IGet INamed sign college basketball's greatest tar, tion as league president. When Ihi The Gears? DePaul University'S George Mikan, to a attempt failed, he set out to form his The team was founded, owned and, five-year, $60,000 deal. own professional basketball league, for a while, coached by Maurice A. Then as now, professional athletics with the Gears as [he centerpiece team White, owner of the American Gear and was about big money and big egos. and himself as league president. Manufa.cturing Company in Chicago. When White abruptly cut four of tile Unfortunately for White and the This was in the early days when the Gears players, including Joe Mik.an. the Chicago American Gears, the new National Basketball League, one of the star center's brother; George quit the Professional Basketball League of precursors of the modern NBA. was Gears, filed a lawsuit against the team America folded just one month into the struggling to make :its transition from an and sat out for six weeks of the season. ]947-48 season .. Miffed at White's industrial league to' a professional one Without Mikan, things looked dismal audacity. the NBL refused to accept lh with team like the Oshko h .AU-Stars, for the Gears. But during MLKan'S hold- Gears back. as a team. A special draft the Indianapolis Kaurskys and the out, White acquired player-coach was held and each player went to Roche ter Royals. When you think Bobby McDermott, who was in his own another team. about it, wouldn't you rather cheer for right one of the game's biggest stars. Today, the Gears are a scarcely the Gears than the Kautskys? After Mikan's and the team's lawyers remembered footnote in basketball his- worked things out, Mikan returned to tory. But the Addendum staff can 'I help finish out the season. With the added wondering if it isn't time for a revival. help of McDennott, the Gears went on Somewhere out there, there must be to win 17 of their la t 23 game to make another Maurice White, the owner of a the playoffs. successfulgear manufacturing company The Gears charged through the play- wllo's wiI1ing to buy an NBA franchise. offs, defeating Indianapolis in the first We can almo t see the brightly colored round, Oshkosh in the eeond round and 'Gears logo. Sign us up for season tick- Rochester in the final roued to gain the ets. We'll be in the front row. NBL title. But White wasn't content with a The Addendometer: If vou've fcarl ttus "And [say you calf afford it!" far all the page ami enjoyed It. pluasu championship. Based 011 the success of circle 225. his learn and the status of his two stars, -- - -- n GEAR TECHNOLOGY.
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