But the court was almost 25 feet (7.6 meters) shorter and 15 feet (4.6 meters) narrower than today’s court. The ball was about the same size and weight as today’s ball. Each team had five players, a basket counted as two points, and a free throw counted as one point. The game as described in the 1917 World Book did resemble the modern game in some basics. “It is an excellent game not only for physical exercise but for mental training as well, as it calls for concentration, quickness of perception and thought and the ‘team work’ which is so valuable for all group play.” The 1917 article called the game “basket ball” and portrayed it as a form of self-improvement. When the first edition of The World Book Encyclopedia was published in 1917, basketball was barely 25 years old. By the end of the 1900’s, basketball was annually drawing millions of fans to gymnasiums and arenas throughout the world, along with millions more who regularly watched games on television. The game caught on and soon was being played in schools and colleges across the United States. The first game involved the peach baskets as goals and a soccer ball.
He wanted to develop an indoor game that could be played during those harsh Massachusetts winters.
Naismith, who had been born in Canada, was working as a physical education teacher at the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College). In 1891, a Canadian named James Naismith tacked two peach baskets onto a gymnasium balcony in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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