Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-14
SCIENTIFIC
BASKET BALL.
How the Game Has Been
DeyelOped-The Champion
Team Of America New
Styles OF Play.

/ ANY man who can play through two
co minute periods In IA same % basket
ball and BE- comparatively fresh at the
end rs a first class flak Tor NE insur-
anco company. There IL no other game
which IN 20 iast and requires 10 much
oXnrtion ~ as short a time. Roller POLO
approaches nearest to u in this respect
na well AZ In many other. while foot
ball ~ not nearly 10 hard on fellows
wind.
For this reason basket BAN has be-
come recognized by athletes ne one NJ
the best possible means Tor keeping In
training during the winter months In
/ places whore outdoor work Ia barred on
account of the weather.
Haskell ball na played nowadays By
/ nrHt class teams u very different from
what II was when first invented. In the
winter Of isei-s. by Dr. James Nalsmith
~ Springfield. Mass. to serve nr -
change Ia training methods In gymna-
| Stun work.
The game caught on AZ once. especial.
| iy ia the Young Mons Christian ASSOC
/ citation. alt over tho country Wom-
ems colleges soon raw the value of the
game and adapted " to the needs ~
their students
In 1895 the athletic clubs. which until
then had not given the sport due recug-
milton. took II up. and Il NJ once became
a national game. but ~ Il II to the
credit Of the \. NJ. e. A. Tor having frat
taken up and fostorcd basket bali and
introduced science Into the plays ao
also u n fact that tho association
contains the best teams. The hnc team
7 led HfF saaIN
branch n the Y. NJ. G. \. ~ New York
n urfoubiodly the banner one Of the
United states. Last season they played
20 games. winning every one. Some Of
the other teams Of the association
throughout the country are also very
strong.
There are. broadly speaking. two
styles u play now general, one IL the
passing game. which IN the one fortcrcd
by tho v. N. g. A. The other II the
dribbllnR game. This form u play as
now carried on Il done almost cSclu-
Hlvciy by men catching the ball. hounc-
Ing II un the floor and running rapidly
toward the opponents goal. A heavy
man who " a rapid runner by this
means can generally succeed In setting
down the Held and having ny Tor goal
no matter what the opposition may be.
The greater part Of the rouEhness
complained of last season arose from
tho use 81 this illcgitimH'e dribhlinK.
there being no way Co stop man pro-
grcaalng In such u manner with the ball
except BY deliberately getting In his
path and being run down.
n the gamc were played outdoors on
turf. the drlbbling style of play might
he tolerated. but In gymnasium,
where falls are ON hard foor. SOME
times against apparatus u ~ out OF
the question.
Basket BAH n almost entirely an am
niour sport. though there h league
which II practically professional ana
which comprises teams IN the elites Of
Philadelphia, Trenton and Miliyille. n.
!. u b. called the National Basket
iiall league. and ~ rules differ only
slightly from those 90 tho A. \. q.
They play however. In cage Instead
uf having boundary lines. according Ia
tho A. \. q, rules.
The distinctive feature N tho cage II
that the field Of play Is surrounded by
u wire net pa that tho hnll never goes
out NJ bounds. and the play ~ only In
tcrruptcd Tor fouls. This makes m,
game an extremely rapid ono und II
very exhaustive Tor the players. Tor
durlnT tho 90 minutes or play there
win NOT nyrrugc over one minute In ten
Of opportunity fnr rest. II IL the Kind
nf rnmc best suited for professional