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Show i Basketball Goes Big Time ' ' ' ' : . .. . -.. ; In December, 1891, a staff member of the Springfield (Mass.) Y'MCA training school invented a new game by corral-ing corral-ing two peach baskets, a soccer ball and a smooth floor. That man teas Dr. James A. ISaismith, note a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Kansas. Basketball, now played by 20,000,000 people each year, got its real start at Lawrence, Kan. A member of the first girls' team, organized there, was the future Mrs. ISaismith, now deceased. The "parents" of this remarkable game are shown above, in 1928. Here is basketbaWs first team, at Sprincfield, Mass. There are nine players, whose number teas later reduced re-duced to five. Below is an artist's conception of the first game, played in black, full-sleeve, wool jerseys, with long trousers. iSote the ball retriever standing on the ladder beside the basket. r f , ' ' M 'm sA t f " V I j fW 1 1 ' -f ' , ' Su-sf 3 , .. . , . ...ri t ,r . (.,w( ' Zf & ' 1 Here is basketbaWs first I f-. I team, at Sprinsfield, Mass. " ' i There are nine players, "j whose number was later re- fatmrU aaii,.:wCxWJ duced to five. Below is an j J artist's conception of the yprrynf--'-rS.C : : full-sleeve, wool jerseys, t-V.. -;..... -v " t with long trousers, hole the . J "j T3 "S'i fZ retriever standing on ! o, the ladder beside the basket. 1 . U I- fl P -ij, jiil.LJ Basketball now attracts more fans than baseball or football. Partly responsible for this growth is Ied Irish (inset), who brinas big college teams to A pip I ork's Madison Square Garden each year. The above photo teas taken during the Fordham-!ew I ork university game in January, 1936, when 10,074 people attended. This till established a new attendance record. - , f I 1 v rs s T s .- : J -V i til ' t !. Ss jf v s k. iii From old to new. SAf 4 V f viJ Above: a photo of the MktffA l J r&SJfatfft bZk-atLnVt rMfHS5 Xgir::; m0a the game's growth, jj J a sign on the Oar- I U - ' - I den's marquee. gt&? s j From old to new. Above: a photo of lite famous first girls' basketball team at Kansas university. Riglit: a symbol of the game's growth, a sign on the Garden's Gar-den's marquee. Dr. Naismith's first team at Kansas university. |