and expect ow guidance in formulating their rules and in shaping their
ideals of the game. ,

In an official checkeup with Dre Naismith, we found that 49
nations and territories are now playing basketball; Africa, Alaska,
Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Ceylon,
Chile, Chim, Costa Rico, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Englend, France,
Germny, Greece, Guatemala, Hati, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Indie, Italy,
Japan, Korea, latvia, Madagascar, Mexico, lew Zealand, Panam, Paraguay,
Persia, the Philippines, Poland, Porto Rico, Portugal, Rumania, San Salvador,
Siam, Spain, Switserlend, Syria, Turkey, the United States, and Uruguays

Portugal, which introduced the game in 1927, went mad over ite In
lesa than two years 24 baskethall clubs were in existence and matches were
being played every Sunday ond were well patronized, Competition in the game
was so keen that a team immediately began training for the European chamion=
ship competitions This team was confident of victory because some of its
players had learned the game in the United States and had figured in some
important contests heres

Ta Ameriea, according to the All Sports Book for 1935, basketball
outdrew all other sports with a total of 80,000,000 paid attendances, Bases
ball was next with 50,000,000; football third with 40,000,000.

The author of this article, working with Dre Karl Diekn of Berlin,
Germany and Sohalu Ri of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, had the pleasure of
having basketball placed on the Olympic calondar in Berlin in 1936. Prior
to this action, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, through their
President, William Chandler, sold to the Basketballeconseious public of the
United States the idea of giving to Dre Naisnith and his family an honorariua,
so that they might go to Berlin to see basketball in ite great demonstration
before the nations of the earths Since Drs Nadamith had never made ® pemy from

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