Right: Basketball's
First Team (1891), con-
sisting of nine players
and their coach, James
Naismithe

Above: Dre Naismith holding
a peach basket such as was used
for a goal in the first game.
The ball (a soccer ball) is sim-
ilar to the one used in 1691.

Below: Basketball replica of 1891.

Above: In the early days it was
necessary to use a ladder to re=
trieve the ball from the peach
baskets. This photo depicts a
reenactment of the first basket-
ball gamee