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Basketball was played for years outdoors and
in stuffy gymnasia and poorly lighted base-
ments of schools and churches. In such  sur-

roundings, the stars of the early days learned
the game.

Today basketball is played in settings such as
those shown here. Left, the Chicago-American
College All-Star Game. Below, Madison Square
Garden in New York City. Crowds of 20,000
are not exceptions. They would be larger if
there were accommodations for them. Basket-
ball is now the biggest sport in the sense of
drawing power.

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