Basketball Is 68 Years Old Today and Still Going Strong, article in the New York Herald Tribune, 1960
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This article, titled "Basketball is 68 Years Old Today and Still Going Strong", explains the lasting impact that the sport of basketball has had on the population. The article was published in the January 20th, 1960 New York Herald Tribune and written by Harold Rosenthal. It goes on to describe how due to fund-raising efforts of Dr. Forrest (Phog) Allen, enough money was raised to send Dr. Naismith to the Olympic games Berlin. 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 29th item in the scrapbook.
