Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-17
BASKET BALL Is z5
YEARS OLD THIS YEAR


One q the nsozt popular Of Writer
collegiate EporsE. IN Nezis0 as vel as
eisewherx, Basketball. wtish esu, hgW
ever b. Ens6s 81 exceileu. c.tSzesr
game. il basketball BHt few a he
spectators at baakefbzH game kroEE
that twenty-five years ago the gzrne
was crested ,or Araersean sol. b az
athlete instzleaor, IN Massachusetts,.
LEks baseball. Basketball Il pzrely AZ
Ar1ericEn game ForeigneEs who
wxteh the basket game Eay 1t is typo
ca pE the American spirif--asrrae-z.
alsrt. desnaradiaz accuracy ard great
spesd ~ the sarne time, instant dacis-
ion rEnntng 70 ssnrnaais4e aesaaa, and
vsthegs gers ~ le4-sp.
The gssss was aeq1se1 20 fA Ia
besssen zte fossaaE ard bzsebalE sea-
sln - me Y N. c. a.. sraising s-anool.
s1 Springfield, Mass, ans was roetaa
rp By Ia. Samss NaiEnith. teacher
~ fhs nchosl. win help Erun Or. /.
e. Eaiick-
A4 ErEt any ruzDeF n Fsrs0nx
esulE ysay tza1etlaail. and ruies wers
few Il was 1n ssaI tEas the gans
was zixEt Esapec
TIE sEles q me game, Nisict Een.
not plasaissss uE4g fss4 vere ody
Ezi-teez. The frs baE sses wzs az
endizazrg fsee1sA, which z1lshs b.
basseS ~ szrvwn Is any dszsszsos., k'st
p4iek EaE at 10 = bed zgzlnss fze
5sST. a sssre was naSe wlez he
aaA ~ss shxosr isso tias batket,
whsea wz3 ca Eae wass tez feet zbggs
zhs 60o<
i was found thzt too rnany pzzyers
kzn6ereS sze game; 40 he nrns,e'
~za est dszn 70 Efne A lzfxie Eateg
Ebs nunAer Of pazFe1 WIS deseTEnin.
81 by 1ss 6oor Space IL > yeax o
s~s fae pssaess usz5sg y Ers play.
en- beezns ~ stznazrd II the frs'
Ehrss yezrz cf ths gane the pasyerz
wess lized np st opposite easds n ths
so1x zn& ran for re bal when i VA
fnrvwn iz tbs nlsSis q tse sool
By lie oezcisl This was ehangsd i
1855 80 daas tae bah had 70 b.
Gonehes bT me ceuser snan before fhs
pazy HaS se&z
II Gas Essii Eeas ozf n s0sadz, Il
was te ~ te IL pssSsg zzs frE.
soaassS u &ss&r Is CROSSED tie lsae
Tbs 5ezgSh n tas halves wezs aas
a@1a - - present smsssy Hanpsea
~ ~ Iagsznssg n she gzmks Z esss-
= es1s Sss azss e9sserss8Fe fgsGs. >
gpas pas csunaea ~ tie epssxsnas-
ThSs waa aates ehan4sd No tkat q
1ase faxvw waa ausEds1 u the o.
yselszax raeE a Yizyer committed :
xesa-
& i99s Miss Bereasou, director d
pbyEicaa training a. Smith college
azw ths pee6.siiiflea n the game and
inszsaaesA Il - part u TIE gymna-
aSan sork fl gisis. The game 10
girss pna aafnoes the zanae "a f. !
t.Aays wssh very few ehanges, Tn
2eor sp4ee Nas marked ~ il thre
peri3, Eath esx plsye1 oa > side.
Basketball grew rapidly durin;
e0e hrst thres years of it's ezistenee
Doctor NassEiish IL the authority 70
ne statement that the game wag Dc
yesepe1 fn . sehsel that sent il stu
aents 70 al part of The world On
~ ehe players o. the first team wen
10 India sanosher, China; another, 4
Japan- The game was first played i
Canada Is 1se2 Il was afterward
taken % The Philippines by Ameri
ean sehoo teaeher1. Doctor Schmidt
VINO cav fhs game at the 81. Loui
Exposition II 1904 introduced It il
Gernany. The game has dsyeIOpe,
rapidly smong she members Of thl
r NJ 6. A. organizations and ha
been taken up by the schools and col
leseG ms larger universities in tn
East had tesms - early as 1888.