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Max Kase (July 21, 1897 – March 20, 1974) was an American newspaper writer and editor. He worked for the Hearst newspapers from 1917 to 1966 and was the sports editor of the ''New York Journal-American'' from 1938 to 1966. In 1946, he was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the New York Knicks and the Basketball Association of America, predecessor to the NBA. He won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for his work exposing corruption in men's college basketball, primarily the CCNY Point Shaving Scandal.〔 ==Childhood== Kase was born in July 1897.〔 His parents, Solomon and Fannie Kase, emigrated from Austria to New York in the late 1880s.〔 (obituary for Mrs. Fannie Kase, mother of Max Kase)〕〔 At the time of the 1900 United States Census, Kase was living on Willett Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with his parents and six siblings – Moses (born 1884 in Austria), Annie (born 1889 in New York), Benjamin (born 1891 in New York), Lena (born 1895 in New York), and twins Fannie and Rachel (born 1900 in New York). At that time, Kase's father was working as "cloak operator"—that is, a sewing machine operator working on ladies cloaks.〔Census entry for Solomon Kaise and family. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: T623_1098; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 369.〕〔Mercedes Steedman. (''Canada's New Deal in the Needle Trades'' ). ''Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations'', vol. 53, n° 3, 1998, p. 535-563. See Pg. 22: "To be an operator, to operate, was a man's job ... Most came from the old country, tailors, ladies tailors, and they became cloak operators and designers in the trade."〕 At the time of the 1910 United States Census, Kase was living with his parents and an older sister (Lena) at 334 Georgia Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. At that time, Kase's father was employed as a grocer in a retail store.〔Census entry for Solomon Kase and family. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 26, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_977; Page: 40B; Enumeration District: 0792; Image: 1101; FHL Number: 1374990.〕 By 1918, the family had moved to The Bronx and was living at 1558 Minford Place, near Crotona Park.〔Draft registration card for Max Kase, age 21, residing at 1558 Minford Place, The Bronx, born in New York, father born in Austria, employed by the International News Service at 63 Park Avenue. Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 (on-line ). Registration Location: Bronx County, New York; Roll: 1753997; Draft Board: 13.〕 At the time of the 1920 United States Census, Kase was living with his parents and two older siblings (Benjamin and Lena) at the same address in The Bronx. Max's profession was recorded at that time as a stenographer.〔Census entry for Solomon Kase and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Census Place: Bronx Assembly District 5, Bronx, New York; Roll: T625_1138; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 308; Image: 688.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Kase」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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