page_title: 1892 in sports
section_title: Basketball
hierarchical_section_title: 1892 in sports / Basketball
caption_attribution_description: English: James Corbett — boxer. Français&#160;: image publiée en 1890 aux états unis
context_page_description: 1892 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
context_section_description: Events
  January 15 – James Naismith's rules for basketball are published for the first time in the Springfield YMCA International Training School's  newspaper, in an article titled "A New Game." They said it was called "Basketball."
  March 11 –  First basketball game played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA.  The final score was 5–1 in favor of the students, with the only goal for the faculty being scored by Amos Alonzo Stagg.  A crowd of 200 spectators watched the game.
caption: James J. Corbett, known as "Gentleman Jim"
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