KANSAS CITY, MO.- James Naismith thumbtacked the freshly typed 13 rules for his new game, Basket Ball, to a gymnasium bulletin board in December 1891. Now nearly 120 years later, the public will have a rare chance to see the landmark document that laun…
James Naismith’s Original Rules of Basket Ball to Be Shown at the Nelson-Atkins
KANSAS CITY, MO.- James Naismith thumbtacked the freshly typed 13 rules for his new game, Basket Ball, to a gymnasium bulletin board in December 1891. Now nearly 120 years later, the public will have a rare chance to see the landmark document that laun…
The Birth of an International Pastime: Sotheby’s to Sell the Rules that Invented The Game of Basketball
NEW YORK, NY.- In December 1891, a two-page typed document comprising a set of 13 rules to a new game was tacked up in a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA gym – and “Basket Ball” was born. The game was the invention of a 30-year old physic…
The Birth of an International Pastime: Sotheby’s to Sell the Rules that Invented The Game of Basketball
NEW YORK, NY.- In December 1891, a two-page typed document comprising a set of 13 rules to a new game was tacked up in a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA gym – and “Basket Ball” was born. The game was the invention of a 30-year old physic…