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TIDBITS RELIVES THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL: NOTHING BUT NET!by Robyn DawsonHe was an orphan who went on to earn four different college degrees, including one in medicine. Nevertheless, James Naismith will always be remembered for nailing two peach baskets to the opposing walls of a gym on December 1, 1891, and inventing the game of basketball.
• JamesNaismithgrewupinOntario,Canada.Hedroppedoutofhighschool for a short while before returning to his studies and attending uni-versity in Quebec. When it came time for his post-graduate education, he chosetoheadsouth,whereheacceptedapositionatSpringfieldCollegein Massachusetts. There, he taught physical education while pursuing his Master’s Degree. The school’s gymnasium was shared by the local YMCA,andpartofNaismith’sjobwastocoachthoseyouthsandkeepthem occupied.
• WinterscanbeharshinMassachusetts,especiallyforteenageboyswho are geared up and “antsy” because it’s too cold to play outdoors. To prepare for the coming weather, Naismith hoped to devise an activity that would occupy the kids both physically and mentally, involving strategy as well as skill. To start, he pondered if there was a way to bring an out-door sport indoors.turn the page for more!
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pg. 2TIDBITS RELIVES THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL: NOTHING BUT NET!by Robyn DawsonHe was an orphan who went on to earn four different college degrees, including one in medicine. Nevertheless, James Naismith will always be remembered for nailing two peach baskets to the opposing walls of a gym on December 1, 1891, and inventing the game of basketball.
• JamesNaismithgrewupinOntario,Canada.Hedroppedoutofhighschool for a short while before returning to his studies and attending uni-versity in Quebec. When it came time for his post-graduate education, he chosetoheadsouth,whereheacceptedapositionatSpringfieldCollegein Massachusetts. There, he taught physical education while pursuing his Master’s Degree. The school’s gymnasium was shared by the local YMCA,andpartofNaismith’sjobwastocoachthoseyouthsandkeepthem occupied.
• WinterscanbeharshinMassachusetts,especiallyforteenageboyswho are geared up and “antsy” because it’s too cold to play outdoors. To prepare for the coming weather, Naismith hoped to devise an activity that would occupy the kids both physically and mentally, involving strategy as well as skill. To start, he pondered if there was a way to bring an out-door sport indoors.turn the page for more!NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• First,Naismithaskedtheschool’sjanitorforacoupleofemptyboxesto use as goals. The custodian came back with the only implements he couldfind–twohalf-bushelpeachbaskets.Inasuddenburstofinspira-tion, James fastened the baskets high on opposite walls of the gym and invited the students to try to throw a ball into them.
• TheballusedforthegamebackinDr.Naismith’stimelookedsome-thinglikeanoverinflatedfootball.Itwasround,butitwasbrownleatherand had laces along one seam. Players of that era referred to the ball as a “bigpumpkin”andcomplainedthateventhoughtheinflationvalvewaspusheddowntobeflushwiththerestofthesphere,itstillcausedasmalllumpontheball.Asexpected,thiscausedoccasionaldifficultywithdribbling, which meant the early game involved more passing than ball-handling.
• Thekidswereenthusiasticenoughatthechallengeof“sinking”theball that Naismith decided to come up with a set of rules for his new game. Many of his original 13 rules are still basic in basketball today: the ball must be held with the hands only, never the arms or body; players cannot run with the ball; and no shouldering, pushing or striking was al-lowed.Oneofthekeychangesinvolvesthebasketsthemselves.Itdidn’ttake long for players to tire of having to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball from the basket, so the bottoms were torn out. (Eventually, metal rims with fabric nets came into use.)
• Earlybasketballcourtswereenclosedwithchickenwiretokeepspectators from interfering with the game. That’s why those who played the sport were long referred to as “cagers.” By 1904, offset wooden back-boards became mandatory to reduce the incidences of players smashing into the walls.
NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• Intheearly1920s,Americanbasketballwasasegregatedsport.Lon-don-bornAbeSaperstein,whohadrelocatedtoChicagowithhisfamily
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TIDBITS RELIVES THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL: NOTHING BUT NET!by Robyn DawsonHe was an orphan who went on to earn four different college degrees, including one in medicine. Nevertheless, James Naismith will always be remembered for nailing two peach baskets to the opposing walls of a gym on December 1, 1891, and inventing the game of basketball.
• JamesNaismithgrewupinOntario,Canada.Hedroppedoutofhighschool for a short while before returning to his studies and attending uni-versity in Quebec. When it came time for his post-graduate education, he chosetoheadsouth,whereheacceptedapositionatSpringfieldCollegein Massachusetts. There, he taught physical education while pursuing his Master’s Degree. The school’s gymnasium was shared by the local YMCA,andpartofNaismith’sjobwastocoachthoseyouthsandkeepthem occupied.
• WinterscanbeharshinMassachusetts,especiallyforteenageboyswho are geared up and “antsy” because it’s too cold to play outdoors. To prepare for the coming weather, Naismith hoped to devise an activity that would occupy the kids both physically and mentally, involving strategy as well as skill. To start, he pondered if there was a way to bring an out-door sport indoors.turn the page for more!NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• First,Naismithaskedtheschool’sjanitorforacoupleofemptyboxesto use as goals. The custodian came back with the only implements he couldfind–twohalf-bushelpeachbaskets.Inasuddenburstofinspira-tion, James fastened the baskets high on opposite walls of the gym and invited the students to try to throw a ball into them.
• TheballusedforthegamebackinDr.Naismith’stimelookedsome-thinglikeanoverinflatedfootball.Itwasround,butitwasbrownleatherand had laces along one seam. Players of that era referred to the ball as a “bigpumpkin”andcomplainedthateventhoughtheinflationvalvewaspusheddowntobeflushwiththerestofthesphere,itstillcausedasmalllumpontheball.Asexpected,thiscausedoccasionaldifficultywithdribbling, which meant the early game involved more passing than ball-handling.
• Thekidswereenthusiasticenoughatthechallengeof“sinking”theball that Naismith decided to come up with a set of rules for his new game. Many of his original 13 rules are still basic in basketball today: the ball must be held with the hands only, never the arms or body; players cannot run with the ball; and no shouldering, pushing or striking was al-lowed.Oneofthekeychangesinvolvesthebasketsthemselves.Itdidn’ttake long for players to tire of having to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball from the basket, so the bottoms were torn out. (Eventually, metal rims with fabric nets came into use.)
• Earlybasketballcourtswereenclosedwithchickenwiretokeepspectators from interfering with the game. That’s why those who played the sport were long referred to as “cagers.” By 1904, offset wooden back-boards became mandatory to reduce the incidences of players smashing into the walls.
NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• Intheearly1920s,Americanbasketballwasasegregatedsport.Lon-don-bornAbeSaperstein,whohadrelocatedtoChicagowithhisfamilyas a youngster, absolutely loved thesport.Unfortunately,hisfive-foot-tall
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pg. 4stature dashed any hopes of playing the game professionally. But Abe learnedofalocalall-blackbasketballteamknownastheSavoyBigFive,and went to watch them play. He was very impressed with their prowess on the court and offered to become their manager.
• TheSavoyBigFivewerere-christenedtheHarlemGlobetrotters.Saperstein used the reference to New York’s ‘Harlem’ so that ticket buy-ersknewtheteamconsistedofAfrican-Americans.Headded“Globe-trotters” to make it seem as if the team was an internationally-famous, world-travelingorganization.The‘Trottershandilywonthefirstdozengames they played, so bored players began to “clown around” on the court to allow the opposing team to catch up. The audience response was so enthusiastic that Saperstein decided to incorporate the team’s antics intoafull-fledged“basketballshow”andtakeitontheroad.
• Whileafewprofessionalbasketballteamsexistedintheearly20thcentury,attemptstoorganizeleagueshadprovendifficult.TheAmericanBasketballLeagueandtheNationalBasketballLeaguecameandwent.Thingsfinallychangedin1946withtheformationoftheBasketballAs-sociationofAmerica.Theleague’sfirstgameoccurredonNovember1, 1946, between the Toronto Huskies and the New York Knickerbock-ers. The Huskies lost to the Knicks by two points, 68-66, but the game wentdowninhistoryasthefirstinwhatbecametheNBA.(Theleaguechanged its name to the National Basketball Association the following year.)
NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• FourdaysafterthatfirstNBAgame,theBostonCelticsheldtheirhomeopeneragainsttheChicagoStags.Duringwarm-ups,aCelt-ics player took a shot at the basket and shattered the glass backboard, sending his teammates scattering. The accident occurred because the boardhadbeenimproperlyinstalledwithoutitsrubbergaskets.OfficialsbroughtinareplacementbackboardfromBostonGarden(whichwouldlaterbecometheCeltics’home).What’sperhapsmostfascinatingaboutthis tale is the identity of the player who took the ill-fated shot. He was noneotherthanChuckConnors,whowentontostaronTV’sThe Rifle-man.• Whilewomen’sprofessionalbasketballisarelativelynewconcept,female involvement in the sport is not. Just one year after Naismith laid out his basic rules for the game, Senda Berenson, the PE teacher at Smith College,consultedwithhimtolearnthefinerpoints.Shewaswellawareof the inter-collegiate sports rivalries that had developed between Ivy Leagueuniversities,andwantedtoencouragethesamesenseofcompeti-tionbetweenwomen’scolleges.InMarch1893,SmithCollegehostedthefirstwomen’scollegebasketballgame.
• Asecondprofessionalleague,knownastheAmericanBasketballAssociation (ABA), was founded in 1967. Investors hoped to create a situationakintoMajorLeagueBaseball’stwoleagues(NationalandAmerican).Leagueofficialsknewthattheyhadtooffersomethingnewto make ABA games appeal to fans, so games were played with a colorful red, white and blue ball, and a three-point shooting line was added to the court. But eventually, the lack of TV coverage and commercial sponsors took its toll, and the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976.
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