The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-07

New York, Nov. 7-The Golden Jubilee of Basketball, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the sport since it was originated in 1891 at Springfield, Massachusetts by the late pr. James Naismith, will De observed during the next six months throughout the nation in one of the most far-reaching and compre- hensive sports celebrations ever conducted in the United States.
 This announcement was made at press luncheon in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City by Roger L. Putnam, Mayor of Spring. field, and Chairman of the Nail smith Memorial Committee, which has been organized to coordinate the event. Three members of the 1891 team attended-William R. Chase, Lyman w. Archibald and T, Duncan Patton.
 Big Four
 The celebration will be inaugural ed in Madison Square Garden with a Golden Jubilee Tournament. This will open on Wednesday, November i9, i94l, and conclude on November 24, and will. bring together four of the outstanding amateur basketball teams in the country-20th Century Fox of Hollywood, national AAU Champions; Philips 66 of Bartles- vile, Oklahoma; Legionnaires of Roanoke, Southern and Middle Att lantic Champions; and Ohrbach A. A., metropolitan champions.
 Following this the Middle West, hotbed of the sport, will take up the spirit of the occasion and will launch the celebration there with the Chi cago Herald-American College All- Star game in the Chicago stadium on the night of November 28th, Thereafter, a network of thousands of college, high school, prep school, A. A. U., Y. M. c. A., Y. M, H. A., Settlement House, Catholic Athletic League, N. Y. A., o. Y, O., semi-pro- fessional and organized professional, church and institutional games across the nation will be played as Golden Ball" games, the net pro- ceeds of which will be turned over to the fund being raised for this purpose
 Permanent
 The nationwide observance will be geared to the ultimate purpose of establishing Basketball Hall of Fame in Temple of Basketball to be erected in Springfield, Mass, the birthplace of the sport, It also will include an historical museum and a model court,
 Yhis Temple of Basketball will bear the same relationship to the court game as baseball's Hall of Fame . Cooperstown, New York, bears to the diamond pastime and 1t will have the same commemora- tive significance in regard to the founder of the game as the Walter Camp Memorial at New Haven has for the father of the American foot ball.
 The Temple of Basketball will not only be permanent monument to Dr. Naismith, but In It's Hall of Fame will be perypetuate the names and accomplishments of the games fore- most players, past, present and fu- ture. Deposited and safe-guarded in the Temple of Basketball will be doc cuments, curlos, souvenirs, and rec- ordS of the sport. And enshrined each year in a suitable manner will be the names of the recognized an- nual All.American basketball teams.
 Fitting Tribute
 The committee feels that 1t is fit- ting that a sport which has cap- tured the imagination of millions of people, young and old, ob both sexes should pay united tribute to the man who was it's founder. The Temple of Basketball will be more than a memorial to pr. Naismith. It will be a permanent monument to the youth of the world, to American ideaiIsm, to the Joy of sportsman ship, fair play, and 6 wholesome game.
 A National Jury of qualified lead- CTS in the sport will be appointed to pass judgment on all candidates for the Hall of Fame, and only those worthy of the honor will be nomirl- ated for the distinction. Players, past and present, will be given care fui consideration.
 The FIaM Of Eame committee VIII