i ioneers on Dais With them on the dais were T. Duncan Patton, of Toronto; Wil- liam R. Chase, of New Bedford, Mass., and Lyman W. Archibald, of Warren, Pa., members of Dr. Nai- smith’s original team; Ray Kaighn, a New ~vorker who had the distinc- tion of being the game’s first cas- ualty—he cracked up a knee in the first scrimmage—and Dr. Lawrence Locke Doggett, president at Spring- field from 1896 to 1936 and a leader ae early propagation of basket- all, Nation-wide observance of the game’s fiftieth birthday by the play- ing of “Golden Ball” contests by college, high school, club and insti- tutional teams will be tied in with the efforts to raise funds for the construction of a basketball Hall of Fame. The first of these special events’ will take the form of a tournament in Madison Square Garden Nov. 19 ‘and 24, involving four outstanding A. A. U. teams—the national cham- pion Twentieth Century Fox quin- tet, of Hollywood; the 1940 title- holders, Phillips Oilers, of Bartles- ville, Okla.; Ohrbach A. A., rulers of the metropolitan district, and the Roanoke (Va.) Legionnaires, cham- pions of the Southern area. All-Star Game Set for Chicago Out in the Mid-West the drive for funds for the memorial will receive its impetus from the second annual “Chicago American” all-star game in the Chicago Stadium, Nov. 29. Even at this early date, it was an- nounced, 150 colleges and 115 high schools have scheduled “Golden Ball” games. Hundreds of others have signified their intention of so | doing. | An architect’s drawing of the pro- leasels in the luncheon salon. It is [the committee’s hope to erect a |building which not only will contain ja model playing court and spectator \facilities, but a Hall of Fame and ‘museum in which may be enshrined ‘records, souvenirs, documents and curios of the sport. “Dr. Naismith gave us a complete- ily democratic game,” Mayor Putnam \said in his talk, ‘one which knows neither sectarian nor national boundaries. It is played everywhere by men and women of all races and lereeds. We want this building to be a universal memorial to a man who was loved universally for his contri- bution to competitive athletics and democratic traditions and game, Springfield’s role in its devel- opment and turned over to Mayor Putnam a deed for the ground on) which the memorial is to be erected. Then he introduced the game’s first players and Dr. Doggett. Basketball in this area was rep- resented by Clair F. Bee, coach of Long Island University; Nat Hol- man, C. C. N. Y. coach; Jacques Coffey, graduate manager at Ford- ham; Captain Edward Messinger, basketball officer at West Point; Harry Henschel, head of the met- ropolitan A. A. U. basketball com- mittee, and Jerry Ohrbach, presi- dent of the Ohrbach A. A. NEWS RELEASE BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE THOMAS J. DEEGAN 4 Press Relations FOR RELEASE: 271 MADISON AVENUE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 14, 1941 NEW YORK, N. Y. WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 15, 1941 LExington 2-5048 The Golden Jubilee of Basketball, eae the fiftieth anniversary of the sport since it was originated in 1891 at Springfield, Massachusetts, by the late Dre James Naismith, will be observed during the next six months throughout the nation in one of the most far-reaching and comprehensive sports celebrations ever conducted in the United States. This announcement was made at a press luncheon in the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel yesterday (today) by Roger L, Putnam, Mayor of Springfield, and Chairman of the Naismith Memorial Committee, which has been organized to coordinate the event. Three members of the 1891 team attended--William R. Chase, Lyman W. Archibald and T. Duncan Patton. The celebration will be inaugurated in Madison Square Garden with a Golden Jubilee Tournament. This wild open on Wednesday, November 19, 1941, and conelude on November 24, and will bring together four of the outstanding amateur basketball teams in the country--20th Century Fox of Hollywood, national AAU Champions; Phillips 66 of pdtv ie, Oklahoma; Legionnaires of Roanoke, Southern and Middle Atlantic Champions; and Ohrbach A. A., metropolitan champions. Following this the Middle West, hotbed of the sport, will take up the spirit of the occasion and will launch the celebration there with the Chicago American All+Star game in the Chicago stadium on the nian of November 29, Thereafter, a network of thousands of college, high school, prep school, AAU, Y.IM.C.A., church and institutional games across the nation will be played as "Golden Ball" games, the net proceeds of which will be turned over to the fund being raised for this PUrpOses The nationwide observance will be geared to the ultimate purpose of establishing a Basketball Hall of Fame in a Temple of Basketball to be ereeted in Springfield, Mass., the birthplace of the sport. It also. will inelude an historical museum and a model court, This Temple of Basketball will bear the same relationship to the court game as baseball ts Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, bears to the diamond pastime and it will have the same commemorative significance in regard to the founder of the game as the Walter Camp Memorial at New Haven has for the father of the American football. The Temple of Basketball will not only be a permanent monument to Dr. Naismith, but in its Hall of Fame will be perpetuated the names and accomplishments of the game's foremost eiaaeeei past, present and futures Sescskrel and safe-guarded in the Temple of Basketball will be documents, curios, souvenirs, and records of the sporte And enshrined each year in a suitable manner will be the names of the recognized annual All-American basketball teams. The Committee feels that it is fitting that a sport which has captured the imagination of millions of people, young and old, of both sexes, should pay united tribute to the man who was its ponder: The Temple of Basketball will be more than a memorial to Dre Naismiths It will be a permanent monument to the youth of the world, to American idealism, to the joy of sportsmanship, fair play, and a wholesome games A National Jury of qualified leaders in the sport will be appointed to pass judgement on all candidates for the Hall of Fame, and only those worthy of the honor will be nominated for the distinctions Players, past and present, will be given careful consideration. The Hall of Fame committee will set up a list of qualifications which a player must have before he merits primary consideration. No area in the country will be overlooked in determining the names of the men who will be honored annuallye The enviable distinction of winning permanent recognition in basketball by being nominated to the Hall of Fame will prove a strong incentive to the players throughout the country, and will be a boom to the sport. Mythical teams will take a more concrete form when enshrined in the Temple of Basketball and what is now a passing interest, namely, the All-American team will become an important reality each year. The Hall of Fame, a long-hoped for dream of basketball series, will be finally realized, And in it basketball will have a permanent home where the immortals of the game will be forever honored. iMHRAARP HE es es 2 : Tue Naismira Memoriat Executive Committee cordially invites you to attend a LUNCHEON at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on October 14 at 1:00 P.M. to celebrate the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball RS. V-P: LExington 2-5048 ae a BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE Wenittes NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE THOMAS J. DEEGAN Springfield, Mass. Press Relations 271 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK, N. Y. LExington 2-5048 MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman October 9, 1941 Mr. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Coach: For your information, the Naismith Memorial Committee is launching the Golden Jubilee of Basketball campaign on Tuesday, October 14, with an impressive press luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Mayor Roger L. Putnam will be the principal speaker and present with him will be members of the Executive Committee, and two or three players from the original team organized by Dr. Naismith in 1891, Naturally we would like every committee member to attend, but we realize that distance will probably prevent your being present. However, you can appreciate I am sure how much a telegram from you would mean for the complete success of the luncheon. I can assure you that your wire will be read to the gathering, which by the way will include prominent basketball writers, commentators, columnists, and coaches. As a member of our National Coaches' Committee, we want to thank you for your cooperation. The wire should be directed to the Naismith Memorial Committee, in care of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. We will send you our first press release next week regarding this national campaign. Sincerely yours, GOLBEN BASRE A Year of Nation-wide Celebration to Erect a Temple of Basketball as a Memorial to Dr. James A. Naismith Founder of the Game f rae, , ie 4 Peach Baskets and Posterity A half century ago two peach baskets altered the course of sports history —two peach baskets in the provident hands of an able, courageous and far- seeing man named James Naismith. Today, the product of his athletic genius, occupies in whole- some endeavor millions upon millions of healthy young Americans engaged in the game of Basket- ball. W hat the late Dr. Naismith originated in Springfield, Mass., in the Winter of 1891 has come to be the nation’s leading sport in point of competitors and spectators with a brilliant history of constructive physical development wherever it has been played. Launched among colleges and schools, basketball rapidly spread to the recreation departments of churches, clubs, social agencies, industrial concerns and even won over the whole- hearted interest of the women, who now play an important role in the affairs of the game. No better time could exist than right now to pay homage to one man who brought so much joy into the hearts of Americans without worldly bene- fit to himself, while elsewhere about us other men are exploiting humanity for their own selfish gain. Dr. James Naismith has taken his place among the Immortals of Sports and the idea to perpetuate his memory and his vital contribution to the American scene in the Naismith Memorial at Springfield should receive the wholehearted support of every red-blooded player and fan in the country. Aussie The Golden Jubilee of Basketball HE season of 1941-42 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of basketball. In the short period of half a century, this truly American game has not only flourished here in its own country, but has found favor in virtually all the far flung places of the world. Quietly and steadily it has enlisted a vast army of millions of players and innumerable enthusiasts, until today it is the most popular sport in the entire category of competitive athletics. Basketball, even in its crude beginnings, was a friendly game, easy to play, yet difficult to master. It appealed to large and small, fast and slow, adept and clumsy, regardless of age or sex. Small wonder it caught the fancy of youth the world over, and spread the wholesome doctrine of fair play and good sportsmanship among its heterogeneous ad- herents. Because of the popularity of the game, its far reaching influence on youth, and its importance in the American scheme of things, the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of basketball by Dr. James A. Naismith at Springfield College in 1891 will be observed in a year of international celebration beginning in December, 1941. The focal point of the celebration will be the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, and it is from there that the Naismith Memorial Committee has arranged to direct the activities of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball on the widest possible scale. The United States, Canada, Mexico, and South American countries will take part in the memorial celebration. It is hoped conditions will make it possible for many other countries to participate in the Golden Jubilee of Basketball. Obviously, it is only fitting to do honor to the memory of a man who made such a generous con- tribution to American sports. And it is proper and just that this monument to Dr. James A. Naismith rise on the site where his far-reaching work was begun—in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, the Birthplace of Basketball. The First Team, consisting of nine players and their coach, on the steps of the Springfield College gymnasium in 1891. Dr. Naismith is in civilian attire and grouped about him are. left to right, back row, John G. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, Dr. Edwin P. Ruggles, William R. Chase, Captain T. Duncan Patton. Centre row, Frank Mahan and Dr. James A. Naismith. Front row, Finlay G. MacDonald, William H. Davis, Lyman W. Archibald. Origin of the Game of Basketball Rea came into existence fifty years ago. Dr. Gulick, the head of the Department of Physical Education of Springfield College, asked Dr. James A. Naismith, a young instructor, to design a game that could be played indoors as well as out, that was devoid of the physical contact of sports like soccer and lacrosse, yet possessed all the elements of skill, amusement and science. Dr. Naismith complied with the request by pre- scribing certain principles on which his new game was to be based. He decided not only to prohibit personal contact, but also decided there would be no kicking of the ball or striking of it with the fist. The goal was to be horizontal and above the reach of the players. All these fundamental principles were primar- ily to avoid injury on hard wood floor, in the limited confines of a small indoor gymnasium. The first game was a most successful experiment. The players immediately appreciated the un- limited possibilities the new sport offered. Skill, speed, cleverness, strategy and sportsmanship were intrinsic parts of the pastime. Its popularity was assured from the very beginning, but not even im- aginative Dr. Naismith ever dreamed it would flourish as it did, and as it does today. Today, basketball is played by thousands of high schools and colleges, not to mention amateurs and professional teams. In more than 1700 colleges it is a major athletic activity, and the same importance is given to it in more than 18,000 high schools and preparatory schools. To countless church teams, clubs, and social organizations it offers a constant form of sport and pleasure. Basketball, perhaps more than any other sport, appeals to youth of all ages and all classes. Easily played yet difficult to master it provides contest- ants with a constant challenge and gives spectators much amusement. No pastime has spread to all parts of the world as swiftly as basketball, and to- day there is scarcely a city or town anywhere that has not a court and a team. From the United States to distant China, and from Canada to South Amer- ica, Dr. Naismith’s game has its multitudes of ad- herents and followers. Statements vary as to the attendance at basket- ball games in a single year, but it is generally agreed that more than 90,000,000 people watched the games in the last twelve months. But today instead of peach baskets, steel rims and glass or wood backboards are used, and instead of a small red brick structure, huge palestras and modern field houses are the setting for the game. Take basketball out of the sport picture today and you would have an empty spot that nothing could fill. It is part and parcel of American life. It exudes the wholesome, healthy, free and fair com- petitive spirit which is one of the features of the American way of life. Reproduction of original drawing made at first game in Spring- field, Mass. in 1891 by a Japanese student, G.S. Ishikawa of Tokyo. THE FIRST CAME SOUT beepcamemn o. The purpose of the Naismith Memorial Com- mittee is to raise funds to erect a suitable memorial to Dr. James A. Naismith. This memorial will be known as the “TEMPLE OF BASKETBALL,” and will include basketball’s Hall of Fame, an historical museum, and a model basketball court. This Temple of Basketball will bear the same relationship to the court game as baseball’s Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, bears to the diamond pastime. And it will have the same com- memorative significance in regard to the founder of the game as the Walter Camp Memorial at New Haven has for the father of American football. The Temple of Basketball will not only be a permanent monument to Dr. Naismith, but in its Hall of Fame will be perpetuated the names and accomplishments of the game’s foremost players, past, present, and future. Deposited and safe- guarded in the Temple of Basketball will be docu- ments, curios, souvenirs, and records of the sport. And enshrined each year in a suitable manner will be the names of the recognized annual AII- America basketball teams. The Committee feels that it is fitting that a sport which has captured the imagination of millions of people, young and old, of both sexes, should pay united tribute to the man who was its founder. The Temple of Basketball will be more than merely a memorial to Dr. Naismith. It will be a permanent monument to the youth of the world, to American idealism, to the joy of sportsmanship, fair play, and a wholesome game. QRS ccuodia Eh mei | Architect's Drawing of Proposed Naismith Memorial and Hall of Fame. Designed by Collens, Willis & Hubbard of Boston. Nothing will do as much for basketball, down through the years, as the HALL OF FAME. Not only will it tie up the loose ends of the sport, but it will lend form and substance to the All-America teams, which at present are merely mythical. Once the names and records of All-America players are listed in the Hall of Fame, they become permanent and significant. A National Jury of qualified leaders in the sport will be appointed to pass judgment on all candi- dates for the Hall of Fame, and only those worthy of the honor will be nominated for the distinction. Players, past and present, will be given careful consideration. The Hall of Fame committee will set up a list of qualifications which a player must have before he merits primary consideration. No area in the coun- try will be overlooked in determining the names of the men who will be honored annually. The enviable distinction of winning permanent recognition in basketball by being nominated to the Hall of Fame will prove a strong incentive to players throughout the country, and will be a boon to the sport. Mythical teams will take a more concrete form when enshrined in the Temple of Basketball, and what is now a passing interest, namely, the All-America team, will become an important reality each year. The Hall of Fame a long-hoped-for dream of basketball authorities, will finally be realized. And in it the game will have a permanent home where the immortals of the game will be forever honored. Mechanics of the Campaign The Naismith Memorial Committee plans to es- tablish a network of GOLDEN BALL games throughout the Western Hemisphere in every lo- cality where the sport is played. These games will be conducted in colleges, high schools, Y.M.C.A.’s, preparatory schools, A.A.U. clubs, etc. In each in- stance of a Golden Ball game, the local authorities in charge of the game will be asked to donate as their contribution to the Naismith Memorial Com- mittee the proceeds of the contest.* It is the hope of the committee that one of the best home games of every basketball team be designated as that team’s GOLDEN BALL GAME. Quite naturally these Golden Ball games will tie in with the national as well as local publicity, thus enhancing the interest in the sport by focus- ing attention on the particular games. This result- ing increased interest and attendance will help the respective teams throughout the season and further the interests of the Golden Jubilee. Each team that conducts a Golden Ball Game: (a) Will receive a handsomely engraved scroll worthy of being framed and hung with athletic trophies indicating participation in the Naismith Memorial. (b) Will have the newspaper account and box score of the game placed in the archives of the museum. (c) Will have the picture of its team in the Temple of Basketball in a section devoted solely to Golden Ball Game Sponsors. As attractive features, the committee will make available official copyrighted souvenir programs and handsome memorial buttons for all Golden Ball Games. * Note: It is recognized that many conferences and institutions will have varied regulations concerning “‘benefit’’ events. To meet these regulations, the Committee has available a number of sug- gestions that will make it possible for any team to meet the condi- tions. These will be forwarded upon request. A Message from the Naismith Memorial Committee In undertaking to raise a fund of $300,000 to construct the Temple of Basketball in memory of Dr. James A. Naismith, we know we have the good wishes of sport lovers everywhere. We have al- ready been assured of help and cooperation of im- portant sport figures, sports editors, and college authorities, but we aim to make the Temple of Basketball a national institution, and as such it should be a monument erected by the efforts of all who ever played or watched the game. Just as the game is a nationally popular one, so we want the Temple of Basketball to be the result of popular national effort. We are not depending on one group in the sport, but on all groups. Ata time when the world is preoccupied with bitter- ness, recriminations and destruction, it is inspiring to feel that here at home we have not forgotten to pay permanent homage to a man whose ingenuity has brought joy to millions. AES Roger L. Putnam Mayor of Springfield Chairman, Executive Committee Direction of Golden Jubilee The Golden Jubilee of Basketball will be directed by the Naismith Memorial Executive Committee, whose chair- man, Roger L. Putnam, is Mayor of Springfield, Massachu- setts, and one of New England’s outstanding citizens. The Naismith Memorial Executive Committee will be assisted by two other committees in the work of the Golden Jubilee Campaign—the National Advisory Committee and the Committee of Coaches. Naismith Memorial Executive Committee ROGER L. PUTNAM Mayor, City of Springfield, Chairman HENRY A. FIELD Chairman of the Board, Springfield National Bank Treasurer JULIUS H. APPLETON Attorney DR. ERNEST M. BEST President, Springfield College SHERMAN H. BOWLES J. LORING BROOKS, Jr. Vice President, Brooks Bank Note Company PERCY O. DORR President, Percy O. Dorr & Co., Inc. WILLIAM H. FLOOD Vice President, Converse Carlisle Coal Company JOSEPH H. MARKSON President, Northeast Tea Co. ADRIAN L. POTTER Secretary, Convention and Visitors Publisher, Springfield Republican Bureau, Chamber of Commerce JAMES Y. SCOTT President, Van Norman Machine Tool Co. DR. A. LESTER CRAPSER Executive Secretary National Publicity: American Sports Press Relations 1 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. National Advisory Committee K. S. ADAMS Bartlesville, Okla. DAVID W. ARMSTRONG New York, N. Y. PHILIP O. BADGER New York, N. Y. MAJOR THEODORE P. BANK Washington, D. C. DR. JOHN BROWN, JR. Miami, Fla. ASA §. BUSHNELL New York, N. Y. TED COLLINS New York, N. Y. MIKE S. CONNER Jackson, Miss. ERNEST L. DAMKROGER Wailuku, Maui, T. H. CHARLES W. DAVIS Berkeley, Calif. DANIEL J. FERRIS New York, N. Y. DR. GEORGE J. FISHER New York, N. Y. RICH FOX Moscow, Idaho WILLIAM MAY GARLAND Los Angeles, Calif. A. N. GOLDBERG New Orleans, La. WILLARD N. GREIM Denver, Colorado MAJOR JOHN L. GRIFFITH Chicago, Ill. JOSEPH GROSJEAN Staten Island, N. Y. HARRY D. HENSHEL New York, N. Y. WILLIAM F. HUMPHREY San Francisco, Cal. NED IRISH New York, N. Y. ARTHUR S. LAMB Montreal, Canada ES. LISTON Baldwin, Kansas ARTHUR MORSE Chicago, Il. ARTHUR NOREN Elizabeth, N. J. JOHN J. O'BRIEN New York, N. Y. JEROME K. OHRBACH New York, N. Y. HV. PORTER Chicago, III. JAMES J. RICHARDSON Portland, Oregon DAN D. ROGERS Dallas, Texas THOMAS E. ROHAN New York, N. Y. G. OTT ROMNEY Washington, D. C. FLOYD ROWE Cleveland, Ohio JUDGE JOHN A. SBARBARO Chicago, Ill E. Ev SEILER Miami, Fla. REV. BERNARD J. SHEIL, D. D. Chicago, III. ARCHIE J. ae New York, N. OSWALD Soe Andover, Mass. LT. COMDR. GENE TUNNEY orfolk, Va. MRS. IRVIN VAN BLARCON Wichita, Kans. National Coaches’ Committee LOUIS A. ALEXANDER Univ. of Rochester FORREST C. ALLEN Univ. of Kansas LEWIS P. ANDREAS Syracuse Univ. MONTY BANKS Seward Park H. S. (N. Y.) J.-M; “SAM BARRY Univ. of So. California R. L. BAXTER Manual (Peoria, Ill.) H. S. CLAIR F. BEE Long Island Univ. R. D. BROWN Waukegan (Ill.) Township H. S. W. H. BROWNE Univ. of Nebraska EDDIE CAMERON Duke Univ. HOWARD CANN New York Univ. DR. H. C. CARLSON Univ. of Pittsburgh ARCHIE CHADD Anderson (Ind.) H. S. O. G. COWLES Dartmouth College FORREST B. COX Univ. of Colorado H. G. CRISP Univ. of Alabama CHARLES R. DAVIES Duquesne Univ. L. H. DAVIES Univ. of Western Ontario EVERETT S. DEAN Stanford Univ. MARSHALL DIEBOLD Carleton College CLARENCE S. EDMUNDSON Univ. of Washington GEORGE R. EDWARDS Univ. of Missouri HAROLD FOSTER Univ. of Wisconsin JOHN B. FRIEL Washington State College A, E GIEL Oregon State College JACK GRAY Univ. of Texas J. A. GRIMSLEY Mason City (Ia.) H. S. MORRIS H. GROSS San Diego State College BLAIR GULLION Cornell Univ. RAYMOND W. HANSON W. Ill. State Teachers College EDWARD J. HICKOX Springfield College PAUL D. HINKLE Butler Univ. HOWARD HOBSON Univ. of Oregon NAT HOLMAN City College of N. Y. H. P. IBA Oklahoma A. & M. College FRANK W. KEANEY Rhode Island State College E. A. KELLEHER Fordham University GEORGE E. KEOGAN Univ. of Notre Dame E. F. KIMBRELL Westminster College WARD C. LAMBERT Purdue University W. F. LANGE Univ. of North Carolina VAL LENTZ U. S. Military Academy JACK LIPE Thornton (Ill.) Township H. S. JOHN MAUER Univ. of Tennessee BRANCH McCRACKEN Indiana University H. T. McCULLOUGH Crawfordsville (Ind.) H. S. LOUIS E. MEANS Beliot College PAUL MOONEY Columbia University ROY M. MUNDORFF Georgia Tech NELSON H. NORGREN University of Chicago H. G. OLSEN Ohio State Univ. C. M. PRICE Univ. of California ELMER RIPLEY Georgetown University A. J. ROBERTSON Bradley Polytechnic Inst. GLEN ROSE Univ. of Arkansas A. Ee RUPP Univ. of Kentucky NORMAN W. SHEPARD Davidson College JOHN TRACY St. Ignatius H. S. (Chicago, Ill.) W. J. TRAUTWEIN Ohio University CLIFFORD WELLS Logansport (Ind.) H. S. GORDON C. WHITE Roanoke College E. O. WILLIAMS Drake University ROLLIE F. WILLIAMS State Univ. of Iowa J. N. WILSON U. S. Naval Academy cag 355 Printed in U. S. A. by Davis, Delaney & Harrs, Inc. BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE THOMAS J. DEEGAN Springfield, Mass. Press Relations 271 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK, N. Y. LExington 2-5048 MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman September 8, 1941 Mr. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Coach Allen: We are enclosing one of the first copies of the souvenir booklet describing the Golden Jubilee of Basketball which will take place this year. It tells the story of what we plan to do and how we hope to do it. The Naismith Memorial and Hall of Fame will serve as a great boon to the sport and will help to make this year one of the most important in basketball history. The national publicity on the entire campaign will not break until mid-October and we enlist your cooperation in this matter. Thanks for your grand cooperation and please call upon us if there is any further information you want or if we can help you in any waye Very sincerely yours, Ws TJD:GT Ence Daa a BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE Wenn NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Springfield, Mass. June 12, 1941 MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman Mr. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Coach Allen: As you already know, the coming season is the Golden Jubilee of Basketball, and extensive plans are already under way here in the City of Springfield -- the birth- place of the game -- to commemorate in fitting fashion the memory of Dr. James Naismith, founder of the sport. I am heading a national campaign to raise funds for the erection of a Naismith Memorial Building, which will include a museum and Hall of Fame. Two committees are being formed to help with the cam- paign -- a National Advisory Committee made up of the most prominent figures in the college, amateur and professional sports world -- and a Coaches' Committee, consisting of outstanding basketball coaches in the country. I would like very much to have you serve on the honorary committee of basketball coaches, and trust you will agree to lend the weight of your name to this very worthy enterprise. An early response will be appreciated. Very truly yours, eae a eee duly 14, 1841. Mayor Roger Le Putnans Gheirman, Naismith Memor{cl Comittee, Springfield, MaBSe Dear Mayor Putnen: ing to your kind letter ot ak tae contig we te cia ¢: ae bemnes aeled committee of basketball coaches iar tia aa 1 i eee See ie ae invitation, and shail be very happy to serve on this committee. Very sincerely yours, Birecter of Phys ice2 Eduostion end Recreation, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. GOLDEN JUBILEE OF BASKETBALL OFFICIAL PROGRAM FATHER OF BASKETBALL PRICE 15 CENTS LUCKY NO. 100 Dr. James Naismith who invented the game in 1891, is being honored this year by a Golden Jubilee campaign which will see thousands of basketball teams playing Golden Ball Games for the purpose of erecting a Temple of Basketball at Springfield, Mass.—site of the first game. The Temple of Basketball will house a Hall of Fame and an historical museum. In its archives will be preserved the records and data of the sport. TEMPLE vs WASHINGTON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1941 THiS SPACE FOR LOCAL AD TEMPLE vs. WASHINGTON No. Name Pos. Name No. L2> SRN ee Pie os ee FORD...... 5 16..... MORGANSTINE |... Pek eS FLIFLET...... 4 THIS SPACE FOR 3 GHCHEL? Ce GILMUR....15 Were teers 6. WAR CS Oe MORRIS......17 15: BECGHTILOFE 2.4 32 Re ee Oe eee LINDH....... 9 Color of Jerseys RED PURPLE Officials FRANK BRENNAN and CY KASELMAN TEMPLE TEMPLE OF BASKETBALL F. GOALS FOULS TOTAL NS: Ist HALF 2nd Ist HALF 2nd | POINTS 3—GORHAM GETCHELL, C ................ | 4—STANLEY NOCHIMSON, F ............ b—ANGELO: MUSIC <0 sete 7—SAMUEL ROSENBERG, F ................ 8—FRANK HALPEN, C 000... 9—WILLIAM FALLON, F ....0.0.0.. 10O—CHARLES FULLERTON, F .............. 1I—MORRIS SNYDER, G ou... 12—=ROBERT (DORN WE ave ek 13—MARTIN DIAMOND, C ow. 14—BRUCE DIETTERICK, F .......0.0... 15—WILLIAM BECHTLOFF, G ................ 16—WM. MORGANSTINE, F ............... 17—GEORGE: AEBEE; -C 28. ee This is the architect's conception of the Naismith Memorial Museum and Basketball Hall of Fame which will be erected at Springfield, Mass.—the site of the first game—in honor of Dr. James Naismith, who invented the game when he was a young instructor at Springfield College in 1891. In its archives will be preserved in perpetuity the names, records, and accomplishments of all the great players and teams of past, present, and future generations. The Naismith Memorial will be open to the public at all times. It will serve to give the great pastime of basketball substance and permanence. It will do honor to a man who has brought pleasure to millions all over the world. It will also be the finest edifice ever erected in honor of a sportsman. WASHINGTON TOTAL POINTS F. GOALS FOULS Ist HALF 2nd No Ist HALF 2nd 2—- GEORGE -FLIRERD, AF casi nk | BI ON 255 So aint | Goruicl Cris neanee, F 5.5 oor e 7—MERLIN GILBERTSON, C ................ Werne LINDE 9 eu ean SiO BUR oe ide jo stscee Fics seaes 11—NORM DALTHROP, F ...................... I2——WEBB: BROWN) Fi... sce eae IS—CHUCK GILMUR, C ou... L7-—BILE: MORRIS, Gioia kek TO—PMIARRY NELSON, F ooo. nck, THIS: SPACE FOR LOCAL AD EHS “SPACE: FOR Zs LOCAL AD THIS. SPACE FOR LOCAL AD THIS: SPACE FOR LOCAL AD FHIS SPACE FOR LOCAL AD THIS SPACE FOR LOCAL AD THIS SPACE FOR LOCAL AD THIS. SPACE FOR LOCAL AD re Nt Raa , BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE Wenn” NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Springfield, Mass. MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman December 31, 1941 ATTENTION: COMMITTEE MEMBER Enclosed is a copy of the Naismith Memorial Souvenir Program which will be sold at Golden Ball Games throughout the country this season, We are sending a copy to you as well as to every other committee member, not only in appreciation of your kind help in the Golden Jubilee of Basketball Campaign but also because we believe this to be the finest publication ever turned out on the subject of basketball, and we feel you may want to purchase copies for your friends. With this in mind, we are enclosing an order blank for your convenience. : While the Naismith Memorial Souvenir Program is, as you see, dedicated to honoring Dr. James Naismith, founder of the game, its effect is greater than originally intended. It not only tells the story of Dr. Naismith in whose honor the Golden Jubilee Campaign is being conducted, but also it is a compilation of the most interesting material ever gathered on the subject of the cage game. A large number of institutions are planning to use the Naismith Memorial Souvenir Program as a season program, and sell it at every home game, It is com- paratively simple to make this a regular game program. All that is necessary is to insert a four-page form with local advertising and the lineups and squad lists of each team. The institution retains all revenue from local advertising printed on the four-page inserts, Golden Ball Games are coming in steadily and more than 1100 have already been registered. These games, as you know, are the backbone of tho campaign and we want to impress upon you the importance of lending your cooperation wherever you can, to see to it that other institutions add their names to the list of teams staging Golden Ball Games, Every Golden Ball Game Helps! NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE PeSe A Happy and Victorious 1942! NAISMITH MEMORIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM One of the greatest aids to the success of the games, and to your own Golden Ball Game, is the Naismith Memorial Souvenir Program, The program will really make the Golden Ball Game a distinct event. It is designed particularly for Golden Ball Games and is a permanent souvenir not only of your particular game but also of the Golden Jubilee Campaign itself. The program will be an attractive 36-page publication which will be sold at all Golden Ball Games everywhere. One of the features of this program is that it can be sold any time during the course of the entire season, but its special significance lies in tying it up with your Golden Ball Game. A good many teams are going to use the Naismith Memorial Souvenir Program as a season program and will sell it at every home game. The front cover of the program will be a picture of Dr. Naismith in 4-color process. The program will provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of the growth and development of the pastime and will be liberally enhanced with additional features and articles on the game. Articles by nationally known writers, famous coaches and prominent basketball figures will add immeasurably to the program and make it easily saleable. The programs will be sold to you outright and not on a consignment basis. The price is 12¢ which goes to the Naismith Memorial Committee. The program is to be sold for 157, 3¢ of which goes to you. The program will be complete except for the squad lists which can be printed on @ separate four-page form and inserted into the center of the Naismith Memorial Souvenir Program. On this four-page form you can also include a story on your particular Golden Ball Game, and the two pages backing up the center spread can be devoted to local advertising. The size of the Naismith Memorial Souvenir Program is 7-3/4" x 10-1/2". All revenue from local advertising is to be retained by the organization staging that particular Golden Ball Game. The receipts from the national advertising and sales revenue will go to the Naismith Memorial Fund. The program will be sent to your institution at a cost of 12¢ each, or $12.00 per 100. Shipping charges will be prepaid. Payment for the programs need not be made until thirty days after delivery. You will be able to order as many programs as you wish during the season. Should you use the programs in games other than Golden Ball Games all that will be neces- sary to make the programs timely is to have a center spread inserted for each game, containing the lineups and rosters of each team. Don't forget to have the four-page inserts numbered by your printer so that the lucky number award of the ball used in your Golden Ball Game can be made, << Register your Golden Ball Game -- NOW! Golden Ball Game returns are pouring in daily from all over the country. By the time you receive this announcement, more than one 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- Alabama, Fordham-Columbia, North Carolina-Washington & Lee, Long Island U.-Springfield, Iowa-Minnesota, Davidson=-N. Ce State, and New York U.=-Lehigh are examples of the type of contests which are being designated as Golden Ball Games. 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, 4s 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! dica- n to week ious the apt es- brm- € as ree S Was k. in the mas been ime this eft half, ht half Wiback tering d ever fresh- veeping e from om Joe alf, to ade for ask of may be switch , come quar- ep a hation bn, as Bs they Sleeves, Sleepy smed to urther- , with ansing: , Alex nt the Larry oe Se- more an any seen or many a 99 i. ny prove or the e at ree at parly and mel- umph Crow- ring his fore he ice teams e signal orgot- d his they into ers for sn’t but he pard cer- mbout we're eir ah THE NEW YORK TIMES, ‘WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1941. Sports of the Cimvs 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 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 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. 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 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 i f , vit 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 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. 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 action, he looked the part. Anyway, it’s fine to find Hank Luisetti lending a hand ih the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of basketball and here’s hoping the whole program goes over in a big way. , Cod Princ? first ¢ what ! heavy cd There w: scrimmag prepara here ; or ard got gail shir erré Ww aeri passi Lawry Captait the back? injured sr The inj for the h and Qug throug said Satur Doug & AN Coac of Ni way fense work ©o fense. Clyde has reco jury. B running shakiy ga a CN BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE Wenn NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Springfield, Mass. MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman November 26, 1941. Memo to Committee Members: We are sending you, under separate cover, a copy of the 1941-42 Basketball Guide, which I am sure you will find most interesting. You will note that the Golden Jubilee of Basketball campaign is given a great deal of attention in the opening pages of the book. The Golden Jubilee Campaign is going along very well with whole-~ hearted and enthusiastic response coming in from all sections of the country. Army and Navy have designated their game on March 7, 1942, at West Point as a Golden Ball Game, and Pennsylvania, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, North Carolina, New York U., Tennessee, Iowa, Fordhem, Long Island U., and a host of other ropresentative institutions have named an outstanding game on their home schedule to be played in the intcrests of the campaign. I do, however, want to take the liberty of reminding you that if the campaign is to be completely successful, we need the help of every member of the committce. You can do a lot of good by furthering the interests of the Golden Jubilee in your own particuler area by talking to the athletic directors and coaches of the various institutions with which you come in contact and enlisting their support. AMERICAN SPORTS PRESS RELATIONS 271 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Spitaglicld, Wises. MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman September 27, 1941 Mr. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Coach Allen: Enclosed is a copy of the letter and booklet which we are sending to every college and high school in the country, to assure their complete and wholehearted cooperation in the Golden Jubilee campaign. If at any time you have suggestions that you feel might prove valuable in furthering the interests of the campaign, please do not hesitate to write me. We are counting on you for your generous support in further- ing the Golden Ball Games in your section of the country, and know you will do what you can in this regard. At this time, let me express my sincere gratitude for your continued assistance. Very truly yours, LTS NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Springfield, Mass. MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Cha irman September 27, 1941 This year, as you doubtless know, marks the fiftieth anniversary of basketball, and beginning in November the Naismith Memorial Executive Committee, of which I am chairman, will inaugurate a year of nationwide celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball, It is the plan of the executive committee to include every basketball player, coach and fan in the Golden Jubilee undertakings, the purpose of which is to erect here at Springfield, the birthplace of the game, a permanent monument to Dr. James Naismith, who invented the game when he was a young instructor at Springfield back in December, 1891. This Temple of Basketball will combine a model court, Hall of Fame, and historical museum, and in its archives will be preserved the records and data of the sport. You will be interested to know that the Naismith Memorial will be erected on a site overlooking beautiful Lake Massasoit which site has already been given to the Naismith Executive Committee. The Hall of Fame will be maintained in perpetuity. In order to help raise sufficient funds for this Memorial, the Naismith Execu- tive Committee plans to have a network of Golden Ball games throughout the country. Already we have been assured of the help and cooperation of many of the most important men in the sports world, the academic sphere and public life. In order to make the Golden Ball games a success, we need your cooperation and would appreciate a letter from you assuring us of your helpfulness in this worthwhile undertaking. It seems fitting and right that the entire country, which is so devoted to the great game of basketball, and the institutions and teams that have profited so materially from the game should honor the memory of the man who founded the pastime and brought so much joy to millions. Literature and instructions on the Golden Ball game will be sent to you upon request. Briefly, the plan is to have each team play one of its best home games as a Golden Ball game, the net proceeds to go to the Naismith Memorial Fund. The Naismith Executive Committee will give your game national publicity, and as an added attraction in keeping with the celebration it will supply to the institution conducting the game, free of charge, literature and directions for the staging of a replica of the "First Basketball Game" or Basketball Pageant. Every team staging a Golden Ball game will be rewarded by having its picture in the Hall of Fame, and the account of the game preserved in perpetuity in the archives of the museum at Springfield, Mass. This in itself is something every idealistic player will appreciate, but in addition his team will receive its share of national publicity in the Golden Ball campaign, and each team and coach will be awarded a scroll commemorating their participation in a Golden Bail contest. Basketball is the biggest sport in the country today, but it will be bigger than ever after this year of Golden Jubilee games and celebrations. The Golden Jubi- lee undertaking will crystalize the idealism and accomplishments of the game by means of the permanent monument to Dr. Naismith in the form of the Basketball Hall of Fame. We need your help to fulfill the purpose of the Golden Jubilee. May we suggest that you hold a conference with your basketball coach concerning the date and arrangements for your playing a Golden Ball game this coming season, and send in the enclosed post card so that we may list your institution in our national publicity campaign and officially register you for a "Golden Ball Game." Trusting you will join with us in making this campaign a success, I am Sincerely yours, _ BRU ‘aca Roger\L. Putnam a — ~ ‘a DID AS Na ear) 104 é a oJ BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE Wenn NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Springfield, Mass. July 14 . 1941 MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM Chairman Mr. Forrest C. Allen Basketball Coach University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Coach Allen: Enclosed herewith is an attractive button bearing the insignia of the Golden Jubilee Basketball campaign, which is being sent to every member of our National Coaches! Committee. In the very near future you will receive a copy of the Golden Jubilee of Basketball booklet which tells in comprehensive yet brief fashion the aims of the campaign, as well as the methods which will be used to attain the goal, namely, the erection of a memorial to Dr. James A. Naismith at Springfield, Mass., in the form of a Temple of Basketball which will house a Hall of Fame and basketball museum. While it is obvious that basketball right now is a little out of season and publicity on the campaign is not being distributed widely, we nevertheless ask and trust that you will further the interests of the cam- paign wherever you can, and that you will wear the button at all times. Very sincerely yours, Roger F Putnam we e . . F Be 2 ee es ~ ZA CLIN z = a —s Ze rd et? cel 1 100 allars: KZ. ar = is, % - KARL KLOOZ, BURSAR THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE BUSINESS OFFICE April 17th, 1942 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education and Recreation University of Kansas Dear Dr. Allen: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 16th enclosing checks totalling $45.00 to be placed to the credit of the Dr, James Naismith Memorial Fund, for which I am enclosing receipts to cover. Thanking you for this remittance, I am Karl Klooz Bursar