The Hyland Fling by Dick Hyland for the Jan. 24, 1955 Los Angeles Times Publication. This opnion article is about the YMCA's influence on America and how that is a good thing to have arrange. It starts off talking about Amos Alonzo Stagg and James Naismith graduating from Springfield College. He talks about Stagg's influence on Football and Naismith's creating Basketball. The rest of the article describes how he came up with the game. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645
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