James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Mass. The goal was actually made of a peach basket and every time you made a shot you had to climb adn get it out, but later they made a pole that way you could tap it out. In the earlier times basketball was actually played with a soccer ball. The first game between two colleges was played on January 18, 1896 between the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago.
Basketball was founded in 1891 by a man named James Naismith. The first basketballs were made from panels of leather stitched together with a rubber bladder inside. A cloth lining was added to the leather for support and color (uniformaty) . A molded version of the early basketball was invented in 1942. The first basket for basketball was literally a basket. A peach basket to be specific. A ladder was used to retrieve the ball after a shot was made. Later a pole was utilized to poke the ball back out.
James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Mass. The goal was actually made of a peach basket and every time you made a shot you had to climb adn get it out, but later they made a pole that way you could tap it out. In the earlier times basketball was actually played with a soccer ball. The first game between two colleges was played on January 18, 1896 between the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago.
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