Show basketball goes r B ig T ime K v A n I 1 I 1 I 1 hr in december 1891 a staff member of the springfield A mass lass YMCA training school invented a new game by corral ing two peach baskets a soccer ball and a smooth floor that man was teas dr james A naismith lh now a 76 year old professor emeritus at the university of kansas basketball now played by people each year got its real start at lawrencet lawrence kan A member of the first girls team organized there was the future mrs naismith now deceased the parents of this remarkable game are shown above in 1928 i Z NT I 1 A r 4 W A r here is basketballs fi team at springfield mass there are nine players I 1 i whose number was later re deuced to five below is an artists ar fists conception of the 7 first game played in black 7 1 ull sleeve wool jers ays eys avith long trousers not e the X I 1 ball retriever standing on the ladder beside the basket T I 1 r id 4 R I 1 1 1 IN basketball now attracts more fans than baseball or football partly responsible for this growth is ned irish inset who brings big college teams to new yorks madison square garden each year the above photo was taken during the fordham deiv york university game in january 1936 when people attended this lilt fill established a new attendance record |