#5 Mr, John R, Tunis
February 27, 1955

 

 

 

Playground ball 8,506
Indoor ball 2,718
Soft ball 994
Diamond ball 979
Kittenball 876
Mushball 419 56,181
Football 12,517
Speed ball 2,925
Touch-football 1,700 17,142
Basket Bail 52,467
Free Throw 5,148 35,615
Bowling 3,298
Badminton 179
— Pong aoe
Horseshoes 5,507
Soccer 7, * 472
Squash 6 829
Tennis 17,549
i Raps (not mentioned)
10,316
rae 47
Number playing basket ball 55,615
playing all the games |
; waekeeiel in this list 59,544

I have just received some very inter-
esting figures from two of our largest manufacturers, jobbers
and wholesalers of athletic equipment in this country. They
stated that of their total business over a period of the last
four years basket ball represented the following percentages:

1931 “-_+- 12.5%
1932 “<== 13.5%
1933 a 14.1%
1934 “<= 145%

This shows that despite the depression their basket ball business
has inéreased.