ure ▁talked ▁about ▁building ▁a ▁new ▁ar ena . ▁The ▁ar ena ▁was ▁not ▁built ▁and ▁D w yer ▁bought ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁Tig ers ' ▁players ▁from ▁Thompson ▁for ▁$ 7 5 , 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁gave ▁the ▁players ▁ra ises , ▁some ▁as ▁high ▁as ▁ 2 0 0 % ▁of ▁their ▁previous ▁sal ary . ▁D w yer ' s ▁team ▁was ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" New ▁York ▁Hamilton ▁Tig ers " ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁it ▁reached ▁training ▁camp , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Americans . ▁ ▁The ▁Hamilton ▁franch ise ▁was ▁officially ▁rev oked ▁at ▁the ▁September ▁ 2 2 ▁league ▁meeting ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁and ▁the ▁matter ▁of ▁the ▁players ' ▁susp ensions ▁and ▁fin es ▁dropped ▁with ▁little ▁additional ▁comment . ▁Although ▁D w yer ▁was ▁ost ens ibly ▁the ▁owner , ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁under world ▁t ies ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁public ly ▁named ▁by ▁the ▁N HL ▁at ▁the ▁meeting ▁announ cing ▁the ▁team . ▁Instead , ▁Colonel ▁Hamm ond ▁of ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden , ▁D ug gan , ▁and ▁former ▁Ott awa ▁manager ▁Tommy ▁G orm an ▁were ▁announced ▁as ▁the ▁officers . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁Americans ' ▁ro ster ▁was ▁composed ▁almost ▁entirely ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁Tig ers ▁players , ▁despite ▁popular ▁mis con ception s ▁to ▁the ▁contrary , ▁the ▁N HL ▁does ▁not ▁consider ▁the ▁Americans ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁continu ation ▁of ▁the ▁Bul ld ogs / T