A photograph of the 1896-97 Springfield College Basketball Team in a gymnasium, most likely East Gymnasium. The are seven players wearing sleeveless shirts with the Triangle on the front and a young man in a shirt and tie standing behind them. One player is sitting on the court with a basketball in his lap. The basketball has "96-7" written on it. On the back of the photograph is written"Left to right. Fish - 98 Saunders - 97. Hastings 97 Buxton '99 - Pryce '99. Clapp '98. Shoemaker '99 T. Browne 98. This team played the first B. B. teams of Yale and Weslyan. Al Sharpe Capt. Yale Bob Platt Capt. of wes."
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