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Hong Wah Kues
The Hong Wah Kues () were a San Francisco-based all Chinese American professional basketball team that participated in the barnstorming circuits during the late 1930s. They were also the first Chinese professional team. Started in 1939 with six players, the Hong Wah Kues became known for their speed and quick passing. Contemporaries of the Harlem Globetrotters, the Hong Wah Kues made inroads into the world of basketball before disbanding with the start of World War II. Playing only two season due to the disruption of war, the Hong Wah Kues drew players and fans from the Chinatown community. Other barnstormers included the New York Renaissance, Toledo Brown Bombers, Cleveland-Rosenbloom Celtics, Missouri-based Olson’s Terrible Swedes, South Philadelphia Hebrew Association, and Indianapolis Kautskys.〔Kathleen Yep. "The Fiendish Grin: Hong Wah Kues and (Re)defining Chinese American masculinities" in ''Outside the Paint: the Racial and Gender Politics of Chinese American Basketball (1930–1950)''〕
The characters representing Hong Wah Kue, which according to several accounts means "Brave (Great) Chinese Warriors" in Cantonese. In the transliteration, the 僑 suggests "compatriots" more so than "warriors." Consistency in use of "kue" also indicates direction towards the same character, as opposed to others like 過, which mean passing over.〔(Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen – An Excerpt )〕〔(» 2007 » June » 20 )〕
==Genesis==
With the growing popularity of sports in America during the 1920s, basketball spread quickly to major urban centers like SF. The Great Depression a decade later further cemented sport's role in American society because, at the time, few had significant disposable income. Sports were a cheap form of entertainment and further contributed to their expansion in American society. Occupying much of the North American consciousness at the time, sports helped provide opportunities for liberation as well as social reproduction. The idea to form an all-Chinese men's team came from accountant James W. Porter. Porter held tryouts at the Chinese Playground for the first ever Chinese professional team. The first team consisted of Fred Ming Gok, Fred Hong Wong, Albert Lee, George Lee, Robert "Doggie" Lum and Chauncey Yip. Members of the second season were Albert Lee, George Lee, Lum, Faye Lee, Douglas Quan and Arnold Lim.
Partly out of a desire to find more favorable conditions, the players joined up and left to see the world outside Chinatown after high school. During high school, it's likely they played pick up games with or knew members of the Mei Wahs through the shared site of the Chinese Playground.
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