70 Years of Basketball---The Springfield College basketball teeam of today pose on the same gray granite steps on a fading brick building just off Winchester Square, in Springfield, Mass., as the first team in history posed for a group picture early in 1892 after completing a season which started with the invention of basketball only a few months before, late in 1891. Formal ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of basketball will be held at Springfield College November 6. The first basketball team: left to right, back row: John G. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, Dr. Edwin P. Ruggles, William R. Chase, T. Duncan Patton; center, Frank Mahan, Dr. James Naismith, inventor the the game; front, Finlay G. MacDonald, William H. Davis, Lyman W. Archibald, Springfield's 1961 team: back row, Archie F. Moor, Donald R. Schriefer, Raymond J. Marinko, Robert F. Emrich, Kenneth F. Sarubbi, center, Thomas F. Zeranski Edward S. Steitz, coach; front. Bradford V. Ek (cq), Wallace B. Whittaker and Raymond R. Gilbert.
70 Years of Basketball---The Springfield College basketball teeam of today pose on the same gray granite steps on a fading brick building just off Winchester Square, in Springfield, Mass., as the first team in history posed for a group picture early in 1892 after completing a season which started with the invention of basketball only a few months before, late in 1891. Formal ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of basketball will be held at Springfield College November 6. The first basketball team: left to right, back row: John G. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, Dr. Edwin P. Ruggles, William R. Chase, T. Duncan Patton; center, Frank Mahan, Dr. James Naismith, inventor the the game; front, Finlay G. MacDonald, William H. Davis, Lyman W. Archibald, Springfields 1961 team: back row, Archie F. Moor, Donald R. Schriefer, Raymond J. Marinko, Robert F. Emrich, Kenneth F. Sarubbi, center, Thomas F. Zeranski Edward S. Steitz, coach; front. Bradford V. Ek (cq), Wallace B. Whittaker and Raymond R. Gilbert.
70 Years of Basketball---The Springfield College basketball teeam of today pose on the same gray granite steps on a fading brick building just off Winchester Square, in Springfield, Mass., as the first team in history posed for a group picture early in 1892 after completing a season which started with the invention of basketball only a few months before, late in 1891. Formal ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of basketball will be held at Springfield College November 6. The first basketball team: left to right, back row: John G. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, Dr. Edwin P. Ruggles, William R. Chase, T. Duncan Patton; center, Frank Mahan, Dr. James Naismith, inventor the the game; front, Finlay G. MacDonald, William H. Davis, Lyman W. Archibald, Springfield's 1961 team: back row, Archie F. Moor, Donald R. Schriefer, Raymond J. Marinko, Robert F. Emrich, Kenneth F. Sarubbi, center, Thomas F. Zeranski Edward S. Steitz, coach; front. Bradford V. Ek (cq), Wallace B. Whittaker and Raymond R. Gilbert.
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Then and Now-Springfield College's basketball team poses on the same granite steps of campus as the 1891 squad (above), which played the year Dr. James Naismith invented the game. Ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary are slated Nov. 6 at Springfield. The 1961 squad, front, left to right, Brad Ek, Wally Whittaker, Ray Gilbert. Center, Tom Zeranski and Coach Edward Steitz. Rear, Archie Moor, Don Schriefer, Ray Marinko, Bob Emrich, Ken Sarubbi.
