The "first public" Basketball Game News Report (March 12, 1892)
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This is a typed copy of a news report published on the newspaper Springfield Republican (now known as The Republican) on the "first public" basketball game in history. The title of the report is "Basket Football Game" and in the report basketball is called "basket ball". The game took place between the faculty and students of Springfield College, then known as International YMCA Training School. Students won the game with the score 5-1. Amos Alonzo Stagg, the assistant physical education instructor and football coach at Springfield College scored the only goal for the faculty team. This has long been considered the first public game of basketball or at least one of the first time the game was mentioned in the newspapers, but this is in dispute. An early listing of the game has since been found. That said, this is definitely the most famous listing of the game. "History Basketball" is written on the copy.
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