This article tilted, "The Man Who Invented Basketball" gives the reader an insight into the creation of basketball. When the Dr. Naismith was in the process of creating the game of basketball, he asked the superintendent of buildings at the college for two boxes. "What do you want them for?", replied the superintendent. "I'm figuring out a game, and I need the boxes to put on pokes so that a large ball can be thrown into them". The superintendent responded by saying, "I've got to empty peach baskets at my house if they'll do you any good." With that brief conversation, the game of basketball was on its rise. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645
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Is part of a scrapbook of Naismith materials, collector unknown, that has been taken out of its binding and the pages separated by archival paper. It is the 19th item in the scrapbook.
