Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
70 Years of Basketball---The Springfield College basketball team 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 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.
Associated Press
