Assertion: basketball | /r/CapableOf | help swell the membership of ymcas
Facets:
value: because of the availability of their gyms
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: While basketball helped swell the membership of YMCAs because of the availability of their gyms, within five years the game was outlawed by various associations because gyms that had been occupied by classes of 50 or 60 members were now monopolized by only 10 to 18 players.