"pepe of the Cimes Reg. U. &. Pat. Off. By JOHN KIERAN Manufactured in the U. S. A. HERE has come to hand the press booklet is- sued in connection with the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball, and a nice bit of work the booklet is, with a fine picture of the inventor of basketball, the late Dr. James Nai- smith, on the front cover. He was a fine man and a fine-looking man and he certainly started some- thing when he put a couple of peach baskets on brackets fifty years ago and enticed some stu- dents to try tossing a soccer ball into those * baskets. , Golf came to us from overseas. So did tennis, polo, billiards, soccer and most of our other popu- lar sports. Football traces back to the public schools of England and it is even asserted that our baseball is merely an outgrowth of the old English game of rounders. Without going into that debate, a fellow can move over to the basket- ball court and take a firm stand. There’s no doubt about basketball. It’s a native game, sprung from the soil—or, anyway, a hard floor—in Springfield, Mass. The official stamp can be put upon basketball: “Manufactured in the U. 8. A.” The chairman of the executive committee for the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball is Mayor Roger L. Putnam of Springfield, Mass., a Harvard alumnus, and it is to be hoped that he has appointed some sergeants-at-arms to repress the rooters for lacrosse who will be rushing around to prove that lacrosse is a better game than basketball and rooted deeper and longer in native soil, having been manufactured. by the North American Indians before Columbus sailed _ westward ho! for the New World. ae In Round Numbers But this is no time to give the lacrosse rooters the floor, Let them dig back in history or legend and come up with’ their own jubilee year when they please. But not now. Basketball has the floor. There’s no doubt about the evidence in the case, The date, place and very spot of its origin can be pointed out. Its growth in fifty years has been astonishing. It has not only covered this country but has spread far in foreign fields. The phrase “foreign fields” is used advisedly. They play basketball outdoors in many foreign coun- tries. - Often there are warm debates over what game has the greatest number of players in this coun- try. Since the government hasn't taken any offi- cial census in that direction and all other counts are largely guesswork, the issue has not been set- tled. Some say bowling has the greatest number of active addicts. Others howl for handball. Some claim it’s baseball, The hunting and fishing fel- lows step in with statistics on the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses to lodge something of.an.official claim for their forces in the field. This baffled bystander doesn’t know where basketball rates on the list, but does know that it is played all over the country by teams of all sizes and shapes. under a wide variety of con- ditions. Going Through the Hoop What was started as a fill-in, something to keep the boys warm through a cold New England _ Winter, is now played from Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore., and from Miami, Fla., to San Diego, Calif., with considerable fury, Boys and girls play basketball in grammar school gyms and on neighborhood playgrounds. It’s a high school game, a college game and an A. A. U. game. Athletic clubs and industrial organizations have teams in amateur competition. There are also some professional teams about, though, to date, the cash returns from that field have not been enough to cause a ew rush of athletes a that direction. But that’s the situation at the end of the first fifty years of basketball and the followers of the sport think, with reason, that it’s something worth celebrating. The celebrants are following the plan laid down by Naismith Memorial Executive Com- mittee at the Great General Headquarters, Spring- field, Mass. All the high schools and colleges that have teams—and what high school or college hasn’t ?7— have been asked to make one of their scheduled contests of this season a benefit game for the Naismith Memorial fund that will go to erect a Temple of Basketball at Springfield, Mass., on a site donated by Springfield College, the institution at which Dr. Naismith, as one of the instructors, invented a new game with two old peach baskets and a ball borrowed from another sport. The College Spirit The colleges are swinging in behind the pro- gram in large numbers. The Army-Navy basket- ball game of this indoor season will be for the benefit of the Naismith Memorial fund and the Golden Jubilee celebration, “Columbia, Penn, _ Fordham, C, ©. N, Y. and Long Island University have announced games for the fund, High schools and athletic clubs are in on it. The A. A. U. teams are contributing, too. For all this observer knows, they may be the very first to produce cash for the fund, This very eve- ning four A. A. U. teams will swing into action at Madison Square Garden for the benefit of the Naismith Memorial project and one outfit is the Twentieth Century-Fox team that won the Na- tional A. A, U. championship at Denver last March. The Hollywood squad will play the Roanoke American Legion team that won the Southern A, A. U. championship last year. The other teams that will take part in this program are the Ohrbachs, who won the Metropolitan A. A. U. championship last year, and the Phillips 66 outfit from Bartlesville, Okla., better known as “the Oilers.” It’s a short series in which these A. A. U. teams will indulge, a two-night tourna- ment. The winners of this evening will meet next Monday night on the same floor, and so will the losers, however discouraged they may be. The Shining Star The shining star of the Phillips 66 team from the oil fields of Oklahoma is Hank Luisetti, who used to play for Stanford. This observer saw Hank in his college days and was duly impressed. Those who know more about the bouncing game of basketball say that he’s the greatest player the game has produced to date. They have the sta- tistics to prove it. All that this observer can say is that, when last seen in riers he looked the part. Anyway, it’s fine to find Hank Luisetti lending a hand in the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of basketball and here’s hoping the whole program goes over in a big’ way. April 16, 1942. Mr. Karl Klooz, Bursar, University of Kansas. Pear Mr. Klooz: T am enclosing cheoks totalling $45.00 to be placed in the Dr. James a ere Fund at the University of Kansas. The checks in the amount of $40.00, which I have endorsed, wera sent to me by the manager of the Philbeosters (Phillips Petroleum Company), with the request that this money be placed in the above named fund * ' The check for $5.00 which I have signed is the amount given to me by Wesley Loomis two years ago. Wesley was feeling pretty good that evraning when he’ ' made this contribution, then six month leter he seid he would like to have his §5 back. I told him it had been put in the Naismith Find. eee The Chencellor and I are to get together soon and set out the conditions in which this money is afbe used. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA: AE Varsity Basketball and ens Coach. . Enc. Kansas City, Kansas February 20, 1942 Dr. F. C. Allen Department of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: Enclosed you will find checks in the amount of $40.00 which were the total funds realized for the Dr. Naismith Menorial from two Basket- ball games played on February 8, 1942, here in Kansas City. These games were between the Phillips Philboosters (K.C.K.) and Boeing Aireraft of Wichita and Union Wire Rope Company and the Fort Leaven- worth Reception Center Teams. The only money realized from these games was the referees' fees as they had previously agreed to turn them back to the Dr. Naismith Memorial Fund. The game itself was a money losing proposition, the expenses being absorbed by the Phiilips Petroleum Company. The referees, as you will note from the endorsed checks, were Parke Carroll, Tom Dorney, Jay Wallenstrom and your own Ray Ebling. This money really amounts to a personal donation irom these men. We are anxious to see that this money goes to this Dr. Naismith Memorial Fund and as I do not know who is heading up the Committee, I am sending it to you as you will probably know where to dispose of it. If the efforts to raise funds for a memorial at Lawrence have been dropped, we would like for this money to go to the nat- ional memorial at Springfield, Massachusetts. ) I wish to congratulate you and your team on the fine basketball that you have been playing so far this year and hope that you will go ahead to win the Big Six. With kindest regards, I am, Sincerely yours, Cle Cxetete Tom Pickell, Mgr. TDP :MF Philboosters PHILLIPS PETROLEUM:G Kansas City, Kansas April 10, 1942 Dr. F.. 0. Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: In reply to your letter of March 31, concerning the checks donated to the Dr. Naismith Memorial Fund, it will be all right for you to send the checks at any time as the money is all deposited at the Home State Bank in Kansas City, Kansas. We hope that this fund grows to large proportions and that a fine memorial is erected to Dr. Naismith. Congratulations on your fine season that your basketball team had this past year. With kindest regards, I am Very truly yours, Tom D. Pickell, Mgr. Philboosters TDP : MF Ur. Tom Pickell, Manager, Phillips Petroleum Co., Kansas City, Wo. Dear Tom: On February 24th I wrote you thanking you for the enclosed checks from Ray Ebling, Tom Dorney, Parke Carroll and Jay Wallenstrom which they donated to the Naismith Memorial Fund. These checks were all on the Home State Bank of Kensas City, Kansas. I thought I had better write you be- fore I turn them over to the University to be sure that ee ee I am very sure there is, but prudence is always a good thing. So if you will answer at your convenience I will then turn the checks over to our treasurer for this Dr. Naismith Memorial Fund. I spoke to our Chancellor Deane Ww, Malott and he approved the action and wished me to thank you and-your firm for this very thoughtful gift. With all good wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Biuoation and Recreation FCA:AL Varsity Besketball end Baseball Coach February 24, 1942. Mr. Tom Pickell, Menager, Philboosters, Phillips Petroleum “o., Kansas City, Mo. Dear Toms _ We perhaps will not start a drive until after the war, but we expect to put this money into defense bonds or some other place for safe keeping wtil such a Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCAsAH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. December 35, 1941 Mr. Don Spencer 271 Madison Ave. New York, H.¥. My dear Don, | I acknowledge with thanks your good letter of November 28. I assure you that I will not stand in the way of any memorial that Springfield is intending to build in honor of Dr. Naismith, nor will I write a word against it. ae However, you can understand, in view of his expressed wish to me that the memorial be placed at the University of Kansas, ny feeling in the matter. Hee Sincerely yours, — Director of Physical Education and Recreation FCA/pg Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach 4 CARA Re: aN BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Springfield, Mass. MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman November 28, 1941 Dr. Forrest C, Allen Director of Physical Education and Recreation University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: Your letter of November 22 troubles me no little. Naturally, I can well understand how you mst feel in view of your long association with Dr. Naismith, to find that the Memorial in his honor is planned for a site other than that which you had in mind -= namely, the University of Kansas. I know you had a great deal of respect for Dr. Naismith and that he was a dear friend of yours, and I can easily understand how upset you must be to see his picture which, as you say, was that of a kindly pedagogic scientist, transformed into a dapper-looking professional man. But you will agree with me, I am sure, that these are merely unavoidable accidents which are part and parcel of every campaign or undertaking, especially where a man is being immortalized by a monu- ment in his honor. Our artist wanted to present Dr. Naismith at his best, and the portrait is the artist's conception of him. I know how much you have done for Dr. Naismith, both in the way of seeing to it that he was given his due in life, and that justice be done to his Memorial. There are many like you who would like to see the Memorial placed at Kansas where Dr. Naismith lived and worked so long, but the motivation for the campaign as well as the initiative behind it came from Springfield, Mass., the site of the first game, and naturally, they have a just claim on Dr. Naismith as the founder of the Games The one consolation I have in this matter which affects you so personally is that I know your friendship and respect for Dr. Naismith is unselfish and that, as you yourself say, it is not a case of “sour grapes." The important thing to my mind is not that the place of the Memorial is to be at Springfield, Mass., but that the Memorial is to rise in Dr. Naismith's honor, regardless of where it happens to bee The sport which you love and he loved will profit immeasurably by reason of this campaign and the Temple of Ba all, and I feel sure you will not stand in the way of its success. With kind personal regards, I am, Sincerely yours, Don Spencer 271 Madison Ave., NeYeCe dica- to week the apt es- prImm- e@ as ree 8S Was ck, in the as been ime this eft half, ht half lback tering d ever fresh- veeping e from om Joe alf, to ade for ask of switch , come J quar- ep a hation on, as ES they Bleeves, Sleepy’ Pmed to urther- 9, with * S ing nt the more an any seen or 99 @ 5 y prove ‘or the ame at ee |. An at parly and mel- numph Crow- | ring his fore he pe teams | g signal |. 0 rgot- d his they Hid ers for sn’t but he pard cer- bout we're eir © ee THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, _ 1941, ious. May be , Alex | arry | oe Se-| many a/ Sports of the Tines Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off. By JOHN KIERAN Manufactured in the U. S. A. HERE has come to hand the press booklet is- sued in connection with the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball, and a nicé bit of work the booklet is, with a fine picture of the inventor of basketball, the late Dr. James Nai- smith, on the front cover. He was a fine man and — a fine-looking man and he certainly started some- thing when he put a couple of peach baskets on brackets fifty years ago and enticed some stu- dents to try tossing a soccer ball into those baskets. Golf came to us folk overseas. So did tennis, polo, billiards, soccer and most of our other popu- lar sports. Football traces back to the public schools of England and it is even asserted that our baseball is merely an outgrowth of. the old English game of rounders. Without going into that debate, a fellow can move over to the basket- ball court and take a firm stand. There’s no doubt about basketball. It’s a native game, sprung from the soil—or, anyway, a hard floor—in Springfield, Mass. The official stamp can be put upon basketball: “Manufactured in the U. S. A.” The chairman of the executive committee for the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball is Mayor Roger L. Putnam of Springfield, Mass., a Harvard alumnus, and it is to be hoped that he has appointed some sergeants-at-arms to repress the rooters for lacrosse who will be rushing around to prove that lacrosse is a better game than basketball and rooted deeper and longer in native soil, having been manufactured by the North American Indians before Columbus sailed westward ho! for the New World. In Round Numbers But this is,no time to give the lacrosse rooters the floor. Let them dig back in history or legend and come up with their own jubilee year when they please. But not now. Basketball has the floor. There’s no doubt about the evidence in the case. The date, place and very spot of its origin can be pointed out. Its growth in fifty years has been astonishing. It has not only covered this country but has spread far in foreign fields. The phrase “foreign fields” is used advisedly. They . play basketball outdoors in many foreign coun- tries, Often there are warm debates over what game hag the greatest number of players in this coun- try. Since the government hasn’t taken any offi- cial census in that direction and all other counts are largely guesswork, the issue has not been set- tled. Some say bowling has the greatest number ' of aétive addicts. Others howl for handball. Some claim it’s baseball. The hunting and fishing fel- lows step in with statistics on the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses to lodge something of an official claim for their forces in the field, This baffled bystander doesn’t know where - basketball rates on the list, but does know that it is played-all over the country by teams of all sizes and shapes under a wide variéty of con- _ ditions. Going Through the Hoop What was started as a fill-in, something to keep the boys warm through a cold New England Winter, is now played from Portland, Me., to Portland, Ore., and from Miami, Fla., to San Diego, Calif., with considerable fury. Boys and girls play basketball in grammar school gyms and on neighborhood playgrounds. It’s a high school game, a college game and an A. A. U. game. Athletic clubs and industrial organizations have teams in amateur competition. There are also some professional teams about, though, to date, the cash returns from that field haye not been enough to cause a general rush of athletes in that direction. - But that’s the situation at the end of the first fifty years of basketball and the followers of the sport think, with reason, that it’s something worth celebrating. The celebrants are following the plan laid down by Naismith Memorial Executive Com- mittee at the Great ore Headquarters, Spring- field, Mass. All the high schools and colleges that have teams—and what high school or college hasn’t ?— have been asked to make one of their scheduled contests of this season a benefit game for the Naismith Memorial fund that will go to erect a Temple of Basketball at Springfield, Mass., on a site donated by Springfield College, the institution at which Dr. Naismith, as one of the instructors, invented a new game with two old peach baskets and a ball borrowed from another sport. The College Spirit The colleges are swinging in behind the pro- gram in large numbers. The Army-Navy basket- ball game of this indoor season will be for the benefit of the Naismith Memorial fund and the Golden Jubilee celebration. Columbia, Penn, Fordham, C. C. N. Y. and Long Island University have announced games for the fund. High schools and athletic clubs are in on it. The A. A. U. teams: are contributing, too. For . all this observer knows, they may be the very first to produce cash for the fund: This very eve- ning four A. A. U. teams will swing into action at Madison Square Garden for the benefit of the Naismith Memorial project and one outfit is the Twentieth Century-Fox team that won the Na- tional A. A. U. championship. at Denver last March. The Hollywood squad will play the Roanoke American Legion team that won the Southern A. A. U. championship last year. The other teams that will take part in this program are the Ohrbachs, who won the Metropolitan A. A. U. championship last year, and the Phillips 66 outfit from Bartlesville, Okla., better known as “the Oilers.” It’s a short series in which these A. A. U. teams will indulge, a two-night tourna- ment. The winners of this evening will meet next Monday night on the same floor, “go will the losers, however discouraged they may be. . The Shining Star The shining star of the Phillips 66 team from the oil fields of-Oklahoma is Hank Luisetti, who used to play for Stanford. This observer saw Hank in his college days and was duly impressed. Those who know more about the bouncing game of basketball say that he’s the greatest player the game has produced to date. They have the sta- tistics to prove it. All that this observer can say is that, when last seen in action, he looked the part. Anyway, it’s fine to find Hank Luisetti lending a hand in the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of basketball and here’s hoping the whole program goes over in a big way. Satur | Coack of Na |, Cod Princ? first ? what 2 heavy cc There wi: scrimmag} prepare hére Yr ard got gail shir; err Ww aeri passi Lawry Captair the back? injured sk The inj for the bh ‘|and Qug throug said Doug way } fense — work ©: fense. ~ ~ recoy : Samia ga n —s ~ po POPLIN OTE BEG a Or eRe yg rt a eee Ei pide Fr rphat VS SEEN RAE al RE BAAY ess fp EST. eine ex" TEE to ae - - : Sid a ws , of ie f 4 74 4 ve Sa DO : ee hee 7 * = Register your Golden Ball Game -=- NOW! Golden Ball Game returns are pouring in daily from all over the er country. By the time you receive this announcement, more than one fs thousand teams will have named one of their best regularly scheduled home games as a Golden Ball Game, the receipts of which Will go to the Naismith Memorial Fund. Army-Navy, Pennsylvania-Cornell, Notre Dame-Washington, Tennessee= Alebama, Fordham-Columbia, North Carolina-Washington & Lee, Long Island U.-Springfield, Iowa-Minnesota, Davidson=-N. C. State, and New York U.-Lehigh are examples of the type of contests which are being designated as Golden Ball Gemes, In addition, hundreds of high school quintets have registered games with the Naismith Committee. Small schools are showing the same enthusiasm as large institutions whose student bodies run into thousands. Any basketball team, large or small (whether 100 or 10,000 people attend its contests), is eligible to play a Golden Ball Game. All the institution has to , do is send in its name and that of its opponent, together with the date and place of the game, to the Naismith Memorial Committee at Springfield, Mass. Never in the history of basketball, which in fifty years has spread round the world, has a united effort been made such as this, to tie together all the loose ends of the sport into one coordinated move- ment to honor the inventor of the game -- Dr. James Naismith. AND THE FOLLOWING IS IMPORTANT TO YOU If your team has not already sent in its entry blank designating its Golden Ball Game, please do so at once, in order that publicity material and a press book can be sent to you. Every team conducting a Golden Ball Game (by naming one of its best regularly scheduled home games as such) will receive a handsomely engraved scroll worthy of being framed and hung with athletic trophies, indicating participation in the Naismith Memorial; will have the newspaper account and box score of the game placed in the archives of the Museum at Springfield; will have a picture of its team with their coach in the Temple of Basketball in the section devoted solely to Golden Ball Game sponsors. The Hall of Fame, a long-hoped for dream of basketball authorities, is finally going to be realized. And in it basketball will have a permanent home where the immortals of the game will be forever honorede Register your Golden Ball Game NOW -= TODAY! ) \> June 27, 1942. “ Dre G. B. Affleck, Ba 208 Inmmoreland Ste, : Springfield, Masse Dear Dre Affleck: I am enolosing herewith the statement that 1 have prepared on Ur. Naismith, and am very sorry for | the delay. I trust, however, that it is not too late — I will be very happy if you will edit this scopy in any way you see fit. Assuring you of my pleasure 2n cooperating with you, end with best wishes, I an Singerely yours, Director of Physical Education, PCAs AU Varsity Basketball Coach. Ence ; i 208 Dunmoreland St. Springfield, Mass. June, 20, 1942. Dr. F. G. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Rear Dr. Allen, Here again comes that pest. I regret that the publishers are becoming so insistent that I fear they will refude copy unless it is debivered very soon. You see they want to publish in time to advertise and sell the text for the coming academic year,and you know something of how long it tales to set up the type,correct proof,repage,run thribugh the presses,fold,clip and bind. Believe me,I deeply appreciate your willingness to prepare a “write up"of Dr. Naismbth,and have same included among thos who habe contributed to our profession. Sincerely G. 13, ofl a G.B.Affleck,retired. DR. JAMES NAISMITH By Dr. Forrest ©. Allen, Director of Physical Education and Varsity Basketball Coach, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Frederick Froebel, a poor, unhappy German boy gave to the world the theory of the kindergarten - education through play. Dr. Naismith, an orphan boy at eight, gave to the youth basketball, ‘ game that takes the youngster from the eighth grade to maturity. Doubtless the poverty of play in a youth's life so emphasizes the need of play that these youths like Neismith and Froebel are able to prescribe for the world plays and games that are "necessary for men in order to refresh himself after labor? And to "flee from eupty idleness to active recreation in pley". ‘This is why the heart of youth goes out into play as into nothing else, as if in it man remembered a lost paradise. . Eight nationally known educators, speaking from the same platform, declared that basketball had all the qualities necessary to teach the educable child: poise, rhythn, erase, coordination, development of skills and develop- ment of a vigor. The speakers were not competitive coaches, nor were they athletes. This game, the only international game that is the produat of one man's brain, stamps Dr. Waisnith ag @ great educator, a kindly natn totem, and a practical Christian. He loved youth. He and his classmate, Alonzo Stagg, both working together, chose the profession of physical education over the ministry, in which they were ordained, because they felt they could do more for youth. The youth of the world will arise and call Dr. Naismith blessed. The game of basketball was originated in 1891 by Dr. Naismith at Springfield Y.M.C.A. College to fill the need of a winter sport. Two old peach baskets, @ soccer ball and thirteen rules were the original equipment of the game which has spread around the world, and was played in the 1956 Olympics in Berline A photostatic copy of the original rules hangs in my office, and the original copy of the rules is possessed by the Naismith heirs. At the bottom \\i @2- of these rules, in Dr. Matenith's own handwriting, is the following: "Piret draft of basketball rules, posted in the gym that the boys might learn the rules. Feb., 1892. James Naismith.” ‘The original rules have survived the impact of the years remarkably well. For the sake of history, the original rules are given herewith: | 1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. 2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, never with the fist. 3. A player cannot run with the ball; the player must throw it from the spot where he catches it, allowance being made for a man who catches the ball when running at a good speed. 4. The ball must be held in or between the hands; the arms or body must not be used for holding it. 5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping, or striking in any way the person of an opposmiit is to be allowed. The first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a fouls the sueend shall disqualify him until the next goal is made, or if there was evident intent +o injure the person, tie the whole game; no substitute allowed. * 6. A foul is striking the ball with the fist, violation of rules 5 and 4, and such as described in rule 5. 7. If either side makes three consecutive fouls it shall count for 4 goal for the opponents. (Consecutive means without the opponents sinclar i foul.) 8. A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown or batted fromthe grounds into the basket and stays there, providing those defending the goal to not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edge and the opponent moves the basket, it shall count as a goal. | 9. When the ball goes out of bounds it shall be thrown into the field, and played by the person first touching it. In case of a dispute, the umpire -S= shall throw it straight into the field. The thrower is allowed five seconds; if he holds it longer, it sha} go to the opponent, If any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on them. | 10. The umpire shall be the judge of the men, and shall note the fouls, and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall have power to disqualify men according to rule 5. il. The referee shall be judge of the ball, and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, and to which side it belongs, and shall keep time. He shall decide when a goal has been made, and keep account of the goals, with any other duties that are usually performed by a referee, 12. en ee two 15-minute halves, Give minutes between. 13. The side making the most goals shall be the winner. In case of a draw, the game may, by agreement of captains, be continued wtil another goal is made. The youth of the world lost a great benefactor in Dr. James Naismith. Eighteen million young men all over the world are playing his game of basketball -- a game which he originated for eighteen troublesome young men in Springfield College. Dr. Naismith is directly responsible for all the large field houses, the large auditoria and gymmasia sine basketball is vingnt Before this game was originated there were few large indoor arenas that were used for asey indoor sports. Thickly dotting the middle western states are high school gymasia that are much larger in size then the entire school buildings were thirty years ago. Dr. Naismith was indirectly responsible for the forward pass in foot- ball. Until the popularity of basketball began to spring up in the colleges in America in 1905, the forward pass in football was not thought of. Then the foot- ball rules dbase incorporated the forward pass, or basketball pass, in basketball, and immediately the open game | became the b loment that spread the defense. Basketball has become footballined, and football has become basketballized. i { : ‘inipaeeaks.. ap sie _ The forward pass of today is a Naismith innovation. Today it is the most _ spectacular of all plays on our gridjrons. “The happiest moment of uy life", Dr. Naismith said, "came in 1956", when he attended the Olympic games in Berlin and sew the game of basketball played for the first time in the international Olympic competition. The Father of Basketball was sent to Berlin following a drive for funds sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches among spectators, officials and players who wanted to have Dr. Naismith present when the teams of all nations filed in behind their respective flags. Dr. Naismith addressed the assembled players before the start of the tournament, and admitted that in so doing his eyes were misty. When Dr. Naismith was appraised of the gratuity and affectionate contribution of his friends toward the Olympic trip, his epic statement was, "Do not be afraid to serve humanity and wait for your reward". The words of Kipling seem most fitting to him: | | _ “And only the Master shall praise ‘is and only the Master shall blame, And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame. But each for the joy of the working, and each in his separate star, Shall draw the thing as he sees it for the God of tthings as they are." On November 28, 1939, Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, died at his home in the quiet college town of Lawrence, Kansas. He suffered .~ critical hemorrhage on Novenber 19, but rallied and returned to his home from “the hospital after four days. Two days later he was stricken with a heart attack which resulted in his death. — | Dr. Naismith, who fifty years ago gave the game of basketball to the world, was born in Altmonte, Canada, on November 6, 1861. Left an orphan an age of eight, he made his home with Peter Naismith, a bachelor uncle. He | attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and graduated with an A. B, degree in 1887. This was the first of his three degrees. In 1890 he graduated Sere perenne sam -5= from Presbyterian College, in 1891 he received his master of physical education degree from Y.M.C.A. College, Springfield, Mass., and in 1898 — earned his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Colorado. Dr. Naismith married Miss Maude E. Shermen in Springfield, Mass., in 1894. Three daughters and two sons, all of whom live in the middle west, were born to this marriage. Mrs. Naismith died in March, 1937. Four positions in physical education oceupied Dr. Naismith’s career. From 1887 to 1890 he was director at McGill University, and from 1890 to 1895 he assisted in directing the work at Springfield College, and from 1895 to 1898 he was director at the Denver Y.M.C.A. while studying medicine. In 1898 he came to the University of Kansas where he served for forty years. Dr. James Naismith wrote a rode in’ 1918 which had the dela, ne Basis of Clean Living”. Those five words characterized the life of the 78-year old professor emeritus of physical education at the University of Kansas, who retired from active teaching duty in 1957 after 40 years of "building character in the hearts of young man”. Mey 8, 1942. Dr. G. 3, Affleck, 208 Dummoreland St., Springfield, Mass. Dear Dr. Affleck: I have not forgotten your request for a statement on Dre Naismith, but I have been so tied up with teaching end administrative duties that I wanted to send you a note of explanation for not having it ready. ; ‘ Dre Be Re Blbel, a craduate of Springfield, and who later took his Ph.D. at Town, left for physical education work in the Army, and other faculty members have elso left. We have been carrying on with a short force. I am sure you. can appreciate what that means, as doubtless the same thing is happening at your college. Tt have therefore had to take over additional duties and have not had a chance to prepare the statement that you desire. This is merely a progress report, and I hope you have not been too greatly inconvenienced. dust as soon as I get re- adjusted in my schedule I shall prepare it for you. My , who has three children, has been here with her family from Louisville, Kentucky, for a couple of months prior to moving to the Pacific Coast. : This is my alibi, and I hope it is good enough’ I assure you that I am very desirous of cooperating with you in your assignment. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, PCA:Ali Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. 208 Dunmoreland St. Springfield,Mass. March 9, 1942. Dear Dr.Allen, I have beeb assigned the rather pleasant task of sir Dr.Fred Leomard's book on "History of Physical raining"with which are doubtless famaliar. The kast edition was in 1927 and the pub i are anxious to have the new edition available for the academie year 1p42-3,to be aed as a textbook by students majoring in that field. You have been closely associated with him for years wade of no one better qualified that your self to prepare a statement _ : 6 or 8 pages on Dr.Jas.Naismbth,whose contributions in ae being emphasised this year. This cooperation on your “part would appreciated,not only by yours truly but also by the sporting pub 4 so I hope you will find time to send along desired "sone at as a date as is convenient. Probably I can find a cut of him to use in the eeuiee yout if happen to have a fine-screened cut suitable for our purpose, I he every expectation that it could be used. We have followed with much interest you continued suecess in thia dield,and congratulate you again on the exceptional share you have had in promoting this,the most widely distributed sport in the whole calendar od athletics. Sincerely, March 26, 1942. Dr. G. 5, Affleok, 208 Dunmoreland St., Springfield, Masge _ Dear Dr. Affleck: I ask your pardon for the delay in answering your kind letter of March 9th. My administrative, teaching and coaching duties have been heavy this spring, which accoumts for the delay in writings I assure you it will be a greet pleasure for me to cooperate with you, and prepare a statement concerning the late Dr. Naismith. I shall send it along to you at a very early date. With best wishes for your continued success, I em Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FOAAH ' Yarsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. NEWS RELEASE BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Springfield, Mass.: The Naismith Memorial Executive Committee announced today that the University of Pennsylvania had designated its regularly scheduled basketball contest with Cornell University, on February 25, 1942 at the Palastra in Philadelphia, as a Golden Ball Game. Golden Ball Games are being played everywhere by teams this year as part of the Golden Jubilee campaign, ‘is order to raise funds for the construction of a Temple of Basketball at Springfield, Mass., to honor Dr. Naismith, who founded the game fifty years ago. The Committee also announced that the thirty-one members of the Public High School Athletic Association of Suffolk County, Long Island, passed unanimous resolution scmmbircine each schoal to play a Golden Ball Game, Since the start of the campaign, 426 games have been scheduled — in forty~two of the forty-eight states, as well as in Alaska and Puerto Rico. New York leads the list of states with 71 Golden Ball Games scheduled; Illinois is second with 26 games; Iowa third with 21; and Massachusetts fourth with 19, In the Temple of Basketball, which will consist of a Museum and Hall of Fame, will be preserved all the records of the leading - teams and players of past, present and future generations, as well as all the important memorabilia of the sport. Every team playing a Golden Ball Game will have its picture anda record of the game placed in the archives of the Hall of Fame.