Younger Set Club
Location: Harlem, New York City
Manager: Henry Creamer
Established: 1912
Home Court: Young’s Casino
The Younger Set Club was an all-Black women’s social and athletic club formed in New York City in September 1912.
Their basketball roster included many of the city’s best female athletes and became the unofficial sister team of the Smart Set Athletic Club.
The club’s name connected the team to their home court, the newly opened Young’s Casino, a beautiful venue located at East 134th Street and Park Avenue in Harlem.
The facility included a roof garden that could accommodate “entertainments, balls, picnics, and private parties.”
The Younger Set’s very first game, played in late October 1912, was at Pierson’s Hall in Newark, New Jersey against the Crescent Girls, who they defeated 4 to 2. The Younger Set, “under the able leadership of Miss Edith Trice, outwitted and outplayed the Jerseyites at every stage of the game.”
Their visionary organizer was Henry Creamer, who said of the squad, “I really believe it is the team that put the word ‘all’ in basketball.”
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