BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME HARSH MEMORIAL LIBRARY SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE SPRINGFIELD, MASS. BASKETBALL
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A PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES Supported by Basketball-Minded People Everywhere Sandy beach left of pine, part of land Hall of Fame Building will occupy
The pictures on cover pages are views of the site of the new Basketball 11 all of Fame. Spring field College Campus, Springfield, Massachusetts was chosen in accordance with the expressed wishes of the late Or. Naismith. Views show backdrop of stately pines, the grounds sloping gently to the waters of Lake Massasoit. A natural setting unsurpassed for beauty.
Lake view from behind Administration Building • BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE
JOHN W. BUNN, Springfield College, Chairman
FORREST C. ALLEN, University of Kansas, PRIMARY ADVISORS Lawrence, Kansas EVERETT DEAN, Stanford University, H. C. CARLSON, University of Pittsburgh, Stanford, California Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A. O. DUER, George Pepperdine College, W. H. H. DYE, University of Washington, Los Angeles, California Seattle, Washington NED IRISH, Madison Square Garden, New HOWARD HOBSON, Yale University, New York, New York Haven, Connecticut H. V. PORTER, National Federation High ROY MUNDORF, University of Louisville, School A. A., Chicago, Illinois Louisville, Kentucky Louis G. WILKIE, A.A.U. HAROLD G. OLSON, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois K. L. WILSON, N.C.A.A. VADAL PETERSON, University of Utah, EDWARD J. HICKOX, Springfield College, Salt Lake City, Utah Springfield, Mass., Executive Secretary
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
FRANKLIN C. CAPPON, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey BRUCE DRAKE, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma HAROLD FOSTER, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin E. S. HICKEY, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri PAUL D. HINKLE, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana RAY OOSTING, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut CLIFF WELLS, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
This list represents only the organizing and steering committee of the present, with primary advisors. It will be enlarged to include others who have or have had active interest and influ ence in the game. Other committees to be set up and filled include those on Finance, Library, Mainte- nance, Games, Honors, and Public Relations. People with deep interest in basketball and special qualifications in the field of sports will be asked to serve on such committees. HOW THE Idea STARTED
The first National Honors to Dr. James Naismith for inventing basketball came with the 1936 Olympics, when the National Association of Basketball Coaches sponsored a drive to raise funds to send Dr. and Mrs. Naismith to Berlin. There, the honors heaped upon Dr. Naismith gave evidence of the world'wide spread and the importance of Basketball as an international game.
The Coaches began pondering ways and means for a permanent memorial to the game and its founder. World War II put a stop to all planning.
In 1948, during the presidency of Herbert W. Read, the first Basketball Hall of Fame Committee was appointed with William S. Chandler as Chair' man. The next year the committee was reorganised and enlarged and made permanent under the chairmanship of John W. Bunn. Funds were voted to carry on its activity and an office was set up at Springfield College where the college administration furnished the necessary facilities.
The choice of Springfield as the location for the Hall of Fame was unani' mous, because no uncertainty exists as to when and where the game of Basket' ball began.
The successful carrying out of this project will require the combined efforts of all the many interested individuals, groups and institutions working together harmoniously and industriously.
The efforts must be real and considerable, comparable to the greatness of the game and worthy to enshrine the immortal efforts of its inventor, James Naismith. What THE BUILDING WILL HOUSE
THtcaeum Basketball history in terms of souvenirs and mementos of the founder, of former players, coaches, teams and institutions. Pageantry of growth of game in terms of equipment, playing areas and spectator space. Near replica of gym room where the game was first played with markings indicative of changes to date, serving as the main display room.
^.vfaicviy Complete historical coverage to the present. Already promised to it are the basketball libraries of several men famous in the development of the game. Continuing collection of all books, magazines, papers, and other printed materials, pertaining to basketball for the purpose of providing a working library for students of the game.
/4ueUtaiCctm. With stage and equipment necessary to present movies, demon strations and addresses.
'TH^emotCal fZoam A room of beauty and quiet dignity set aside as a shrine for Dr. Naismith. This will include such effects of Dr. Naismith as had to do with the organisation of basketball, which his heirs may find and present to the Hall of Fame. The central item will be a small copy of the statue of Dr. Naismith and a case exhibiting the first draft of rules as typed for Dr. Naismith himself just previous to presenting the game to his class.
/4mfc6x-t&e Statue A large bronze statue of Dr. Naismith will be the center of the fore' grounds. This will catch the eye and attention of the visitors and pre' pare them to appreciate the building as a memorial to his game and to him. HOW WILL THIS HALL OF FAME OPERATE? The Hall of Fame for basketball will be operated under the direction of an executive committee selected from the members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and from other responsible groups and individuals vitally interested in basketball. The title to the property will be held in the name of Basketball Hall of Fame, Inc., a nonprofit organisation created to handle all legal, financial, con' tractual and business matters incident to the project. The physical maintenance will be covered through the budget of the corpc ration and carried on through cooperative arrangements with Springfield Coh lege. Janitorial and housekeeping duties will be under the supervision of the college, acting for the corporation. The annual financial budget will be provided from door fees, and conces' sion sales at the Museum, increased as needed by contributions, by receipts from special games, and income from endowment funds. Experience in similar projects indicates that when the Museum and Library become going concerns, the plant will be fully self'supporting. Every member of the corporation will have voice in the direction and man' agement of this tangible evidence of interest and appreciation — interest and appreciation not only of those directly connected with and engaged in basket' ball activities, but also of those millions who must engage vicariously as on' lookers and supporters. These millions deserve our finest efforts to present to them a full and pleasing picture of the invention, growth and present standing of our great game. HOW WILL THE PROJECT BE FINANCED? The estimated cost of the building is $400,000, as proposed by the archi' tect. The efforts to raise these funds will begin with the opening of the 1953 Basketball season. It will start first within the active membership of the Na' tional Association of Basketball Coaches, which is the sponsoring body. The minimum goal to aim at for each of the approximately four hundred active members of the association has been set at $1000. The following plans have been proposed as means of raising this quota: (Select the ones most appropriate to your situation) 1. Play one game scheduled as a Hall of Fame Building Fund Game. 2. Collect an additional 25c on each regular admission at some one game during reg ular season. (This is the plan used by many institutions for collecting funds for the Olympic games) 3. Use the Brochure with proper line-up insert* as a program and sell at one or more games. 4. Put on a demonstration of the first game as it was played in that gymnasium class under Instructor Naismith's supervision in 1891. (See Suggestions, page 7) 5. Put on an inter-squad, varsity vs. alumni, varsity-freshman game with special pro motional headliners. 6. Secure direct investments from institutions and individuals. 7. Have local sports radio reporters suggest to their hearers that they become Dollar Donors. Each donor of one dollar would receive a suitable card of recognition and thanks which would also entitle donor to one admission to the Hall of Fame Museum. Greater investment in the project will be sought by giving to the $5.00 donors, in addition to the card, a reprint of the very first printed rules of 1892. In addition an investment of $25 will entitle investor to a five year membership in the corporation. An investment of $100 will entitle investor to a life membership in the corpora tion. An institutional investment of $1000 makes that institution a permanent member of the corporation with voting privileges. After the membership of the National Association of Basketball Coaches has made sub stantial progress in its part of the drive, the program will be expanded to the other agen cies which are interested in and are conducting basketball activities: The A.A.U., the Y.M.C.A., the High Schools, Clubs, Officials Associations, Tournament Centers, Profes sional Teams, Equipment Dealers, and Old Timer groups with fine records of achievement in the past. Subscribers and contributors will receive proper certificates of appreciation and their names will be entered in the Gift Book, and inscribed on the permanent records of the Basketball Hall of Fame. * Copies of the Brochure for programs may be obtained in quantities from the printer who will also prepare and staple in such inserts as the ordering institution may desire. (The committee will not be able to handle this business.) Write directly to the Pond- Ekberg Company, Post Office Box 368, Highland Station, Springfield 9, Massachusetts. Here's HOW YOU CAN STAGE AN EXHIBITION "OLD TIMER'S GAME" TO RAISE FINANCES FOR THE BUILDING FUND Staying, a "pii&t ^>a&6e£&a(jL tyame 1. Choose 2 teams of 9 men each, listed as Home (goal thrower), Right Wing, Left Wing, Center, Right Center, Left Center, Goalie, Right Guard, Left Guard. 2. Dress boys in old-time uniforms (we furnish these — you pay only for cleaning and shipping charges) a. Long gymnasium trousers, with or without stripes, but with elastic at bottom to hold them to the feet. b. Long sleeved turtle necked sweaters, nine each of two different colors. c. Grease paint make-up for hirsute adornment — about half the young men of 1891 wore mustaches and some had side-burns or even whiskers. 3. Set up peach basket goals. Peach baskets of inverted frustum type half bushel size — original basket was 15" in diameter. Preferably this basket should be so set as not to allow backboard shooting. 4. Use Soccer ball panel covered, well used and not too tightly inflated. Players take, the designated juxtapositions which they tend to maintain throughout the game as do hockey and soccer players of today. The Official stands near mid-side line and tosses the ball so it will fall near the two players designated as centers who are at Court Center. (Long toss and high.) Players seek to advance ball without carrying, that is by passing. Passing probably means throwing mostly two handed underhand, overhead, or side. Also, throwing really meant throwing as the ball was a used soccer ball, hence, smaller than our basketball of today. r^CCtCd ta tie Sftfr^aAi^eC £ox t6e *)tttene 1. Play two halves of 5 minutes each with Have a narrator to give a two-minute 2 minutes rest between — while chang talk over loud speaker while Dr. Nai ing baskets. smith and Mr. Stebbins come in with stepladder, baskets,- etc. and put up 2. Do not recruit good basketball players. the baskets. Have everything ready of Men who do not know the game and course, beforehand, but not on court. do not have the techniques better repre sent those first players. Baskets up, Dr. Naismith blows whistle and by pantomime calls his class about 3. Comedy comes in on an out-of-bounds him, then designates two captains. The ball with accompanying pile ups or loud speaker can then locate players by when a boy holding ball back of head name as the captain points to them and ready for a two-handed overhead pass, to the proper positions on floor. Intro finds the ball suddenly taken out of his duction of one team usually is enough hands. to make the positions clear. 4. Nobody had ever "shot" a basket, so N. B. The players are members of a underhand toss or overhead throw or gym class, so they were gathering casu one-handed throw would be normal ally while the baskets were being put "shooting" for a first game. up. Some just talk, some do shadow boxing, some handwrestling, some hand 5. Rehearsals should be staged with official stands, some leg wrestling, some calis- and players all there. Probably good thenic movements, some stretching exer idea to assign certain types of foul to cises, etc. They straggle in singly and definite persons, otherwise all will be in pairs. "actors" and each will try to do every thing. Plan ahead what fouls to call, Do not make the game a joke or a what players to eject, and for what! grotesque show. It was a real attempt of an instructor to interest his class. It 6. Not many baskets will be made, but was really serious to him because a fail when they are, the audience enjoys see ure on that day meant that he had failed ing the Janitor climb the stepladder to to hold his class. It was the end of his dump out the ball. two-week probation period. See quotes and pictures of old timer games THOSE WHO HAVE STAGED AN Old Timer's EXHIBITION GAME ENTHUSIASTIC! For BOSTON GARDEN "Crowd surely enjoyed it," says Director If m. (!. Mokray, Basketball Director, Iloston Gar den-Arena. "I thought everything went off well — except possibly that the boys entered the program with a little t 0 much vigor. The crowd, however, surely enjoyed it. Our movie man said that his films re produced well, so I am looking forward to a preview . . . the Iloston Globe will have a series of pictures on the game in a Old Timer's Came, January iy, /o<->, Boston Garden. Put «« by comitig Sunday Magazine. That teams from Springfield College on a night Springfield College will be interesting to see." played St. Anselm's. For Y. M. C. A. For MADISON SQUARE GARDEN "Our demonstration was a great hit with A short Old Timer's game put on before the audience," says Lou Meyers, Assistant some fifteen thousand spectators between pe Y.M.C.A. Physical Education Director. riods of a regular double header. This was the first re-enactment of the game under the "The uniforms and material for the basket original rules. It celebrated the Golden Anni ball exhibition were a tremendous help. With versary Jubilee of the birth of the sport. out them our program would have been a total loss. Our demonstration lasted only about 10 minutes but seemed to be a great hit with the audience." For KANSAS CITY AUDITORIUM (NAIB) Old Timer's game very popular with final night crowd of 9000 NAIB Tournament. Old Timer's suits furnished by Springfield College were worn by high school players and old time rules were used to the delight of the crowd. Highlights of the game were two very cute and coy cheer leaders wear ing middies and bloomers. All in all, it was a very pleasant attraction. I recommend it to any col lege for the game. Ideal for half-time activities about eight minutes in length. — AL DUER, Executive Secretary, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics We're Counting on You! TO FALL IN LINE WITH BASKETBALL'S GREAT! SAYS SAYS FORREST C. ALLEN F. C. CAPPON Coach N.C.A.A. President (Champions 1952, N.A.B.C. A-st. Olympic Coach Founded N.A.B.C. and President first two years) We owe to the late Dr. James Naismith, a The N.A.B.C. Hall of Fame Committee has brilliant student and an unselfish benefactor, a quietly completed its first phase of operation. fitting memorial. He gave to all youth the great The second and most difficult phase of opera game of basketball — the only great team-game tion is now to start. This is the raiding of funds that is Dot a throw-back from war. to erect the building — a museum of Basketball Dr. Naismith did not patent nor syndicate the — a memorial to the founder of Basketball, Dr. game. In no way did he ever seek financial James Naismith. remuneration for his popular invention of basket To successfully complete this phase of opera ball. tion, help is needed from everyone interested in His great satisfaction came from the great job our game. Unified effort by all is the only way he had done for youth. He said, "Don't be afraid this goal can be reached. May we count on you? to serve humanity and wait for your reward." We can partially repay this cumulative debt by actively supporting this movement for the Basketball Hall of Fame.' Let's do for his memorv what he did for us. SAYS SAYS A. C. DUER HARRY A. COMBES Exec. Sec'y-Treas. Basketball coach Natl. Assn. of Univ. of Illinois Intercollegiate Basketball Coach, George Pepperdine College, Los Angeles, Calif. Personalities, historical growth and significant We certainly need a Hall of Fame for Basket traditions of the great game of basketball must ball to give recognition to those who have made be preserved for American youth. No finer in the game of basketball the finest spectator and spiration could be given for maintaining our player participant sport in America today. democracv. $400,000 FOR THE NEW BUILDING! VOIR INVESTMENT IS THE STARTING POINT . . . THE HISTORY OF BASKETBALL In December 1891, at Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts, Faculty Instructor, James Naismith, devised a new game to exercise the students in his physical education classes during the winter months. He nailed a peach basket to the balcony at each end of the gym as the goal. The drawing, on page 13, depicts the result as seen by the Japanese stu- dent. Ishikawa. From this situation came the game A replica of scrimmage and of the original Y.M.C. I. which is now played by more than gym, Springfield College, inhere first game actually took eighteen million persons throughout place in ISQI. Player has climbed a stepladder to release the world and viewed by more than ball after a goal has been made. ninety million enthusiastic spectators. *i¥ By T. DUNCAN PATTON (Member of first team — 1891) On November 6th, 1861, a child — afterwards course he was admitted to McGill University in to be known as James Naismith — first opened Montreal where he made a high standing. Not his eyes on the light of day. Both parents passed only was he brilliant in studies but he was prom away when he was eight years of age and he inent in football, lacrosse and other sports. Hav was brought up by an uncle and aunt who lived ing won several medals as a leader, he was on a farm. To them he was greatly indebted for placed in charge of Barjuni's Gymnasium from wise guidance. The place was the charming lit- 1887 to 1890. Graduating from the University, Today's game in any large field house tie village of Almonte, Ontario, situated about he entered the Presbyterian Theological College, forty miles west of Ottawa, Canada. He attended where his record secured for him the silver the public school, and subsequently the high medal. At this stage Naismith decided to go school, from which he was graduated. Attend to Springfield College. ance at these schools necessitated a walk of two In the fall of 1890 Dr. James Naismith regis and one-half miles each way. In his early days he tered at the Training School of The Y. M. C. A. decided to prepare for the ministry. In due College at Springfield and thus was brought into ing about 45 x 65 feet, with a playing field about 35 x 50. The ball used at first was a soccer ball. The referee for the initial game was the originator. Men were designated for different positions on the floor. The original rules as com piled by the originator are as follows: — 1. The ball may be thrown in any direction by one or both hands. 2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands (never with the fist). 3. A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on which he catches it, allowance to be made for a man who catches the ball when running, if he tries to stop. 4. The ball must be held by the hands; the arms or body must not be used for holding it. 5. No shouldering, holding, pushing, tripping or striking in any way the person of an opponent shall be allowed: the first infringement of the rule by any Game and equipment as used in 1&92. player shall count as a foul ; the second shall dis qualify him until the next goal is made, or. if there (From lecture material of Alonzo Stagg.) was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole game, no substitute allowed. close association with Dr. Luther Gulick, the 6. A foul is striking at the ball with the fist, vio lation of rules 3. 4 and such as described in rule 6. head of the Physical Education Department. Dr. 7. If either side makes three consecutive fouls it Gulick was never satisfied with following sys shall count a goal for the opponents (consecutive means without the opponents in the meantime making tems but was always exploring the possibilities a foul). of something better. He decided that more recre 8. A goal shall be made when the ball is thrown ative sports were necessary, especially to fill in or batted from the ground into the basket and stays there, providing those defending the goal do not the time when outdoor games could not be touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the played. In those days the number of games suit edges, and the opponents move the basket, it shall count as a goal. able for gymnasium work were few. He believed 9. "When the ball goes out of bounds it shall be that suitable games would give splendid recrea thrown into the field of play by the person first touching it. In case of a dispute the umpire shall tive work together with suppleness and the culti throw it straight into the field. The thrower-in is vation of team spirit. About the early part of allowed five seconds. If he holds it longer, it shall go to an opponent. If any side persists in delaying December, 1891, the Physical Education Depart the game, the umpire shall call a foul on that team. ment students were challenged to bring in sug 10. The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when gestions for new games which could be played three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall indoors. The games were to be for groups of have the power to disqualify the men according to rule 5. men, must be clean and free from rough play 11. The referee shall he the judge of the ball and and give exercise to all parts of the body and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. could be played by all. He shall decide when a goal has been made, and keep account of the goals, with any other duties that Naismith faced the problem in real earnest, as are usually performed by a referee. he usually did such challenges. His previous ex 12. The time shall be two 15 minute halves with 5 minutes' rest between. perience had brought him into knowledge of 13. The side making the most goals in that time outdoor games and the comparative values of shall be declared the winner. In case of a draw. the game may, by mutual agreement, be continued such games. Combinations of various games were until another goal is made. worked upon until he thought that he had dis Naismith had asked the Building Superintend covered something worthwhile. Rules were drawn ent (Stebbins) for two boxes 18 x 18 inches to be up and the next thing was to used as goals. He replied that test out the invention. One he could not supply such, but afternoon two members of the '.oss of Emms Throws American suggested that two half bushel Secretarial Department — Eu . i»U, DOCTOR. B» LMth I*OM«! I peach baskets be used. These gene S. Libby of Redlands, were accepted and used in the Cal., and T. Duncan Patton of .;* initial game. The goals sug Montreal — were heading for gested the name of the game, their rooms to dress for regular Basketball. gymnasium exercises when the) So quietly and gradually did were accosted by Naismith. He the game of basketball come requested them to captain the into general use and popularity two sides of a new game which that no early effort was made he had evolved. From his to secure photographs of the pocket he produced the set of setting of its beginning in the rules which he had drawn up building on Winchester Square. and in a very brief interview Before any authentic stories of explained what he wanted to the early days of the game have demonstrated on the gym were sought, memories of many nasium floor. They were quick little incidents had faded out ly on the floor and teams of and some who took a promi nine on each side were lined .7 tribute to Dr. J. A. Naismith nent part had passed into the great beyond. up in a gymnasium measur- by cartoonist Lank Leonard. THE MEN WHO HELPED MAKE HISTORY IH. Itimi tfaiimilt '91 • Lrmm .tl\\**U- Today, Basketball is played by to all parts of the world, and today thousands of high school and college scarcely a city or town or hamlet is teams. In more than 1700 colleges, without a court and a team. From it is a major athletic activity, and the United States to the Far East, equal importance is given it in more from Northern Canada to Cape Horn, than 18,000 high schools and prep' Dr. Naismith's game has become part aratory schools. Almost countless are of the recreational life of the youth. the teams representative of church, More than 90,000,000 people watch Y.M.C.A., club, and social organiza the game each year, while other mil' tions, with even a career in profes- lions become active participants. sional competition for those players Today Basketball is part and parcel of exceptional ability. of the American way of life. Born Basketball appeals to the youth of here, nurtured here, developed here all ages and all classes. Easily played, and from here carried to the peoples yet difficult to master it provides con- of Far Away Lands, it reflects the testants with a constant challenge and American way of life and gives ex' the spectator with keen enjoyment. pression to the aims and attitudes of No other game ever spread so swiftly youth in a free world. A LIVING HISTORY OF BASKETBALL Reproduction of original draining made at first game in Spring field, Mass. in r8or by a Japanese student, G. S. Ishikaiva of Tokyo. 952 H THE FIRST CAME 1905 As played by the Mayans EVOLUTION OF THE BASKET AND THE BACKBOARDS 1940 *.C, ASKET BALL OUTFITS. The bjiket* are Mronjr iron hoopa, with hrmidtrl cord netting, arranged to be nrcureri in .i ^vmn.i-iurti mllm or wall for ir.door us«, nf on !in upright pij>e ihe hotmm of which i» spiked to he driven into Ihe ground lor outdoor u>r. By meant of a roid the bail It eatilt dinchjr^-rd after a goal ft made. Indoor Gojl*. per pair, $ic.in Out.Umr final*, per pair, yvrm Nft to AalOCiHJ— Foot Bait, each. (.>5 American Rubber Fooi Rail, i.aj rVieea for Social l*ociable Raahcittor Ea • ' h'feitiont in Hill* or loo priced nutfiU (l>rx '±JL£- M application Scene of N.C.A.A. Tournament 1952 Seattle, Washington 1893 Any Time, Anywhere DR. JAMES NAISMITH, FOUNDER BORN DIED November 6, 1861 November 28, 1939 The Coaches Association sent Dr. community service. Here he had con' Naismith to the 1936 Olympics. ceived that ideal combination of ele' ments that made a perfect game. It He was Honorary President of the was grippingly interesting to the inept National Association of Basketball and to the adept, challenging to the Coaches from its organization in 1927 beginner and to the expert, demand' until his death in 1939. ing his best from the most awkward Just two years prior to his death, and from the most agile. It was a Dr. Naismith personally asked that game easy to play, but difficult to mas' any memorial to Basketball or himself, ter, and one requiring the optimum be placed at Springfield. He wished in self control. Here was the perfect this because here he had found the instrumentality through which to kind of work through which he felt teach Christian behavior to the youth he cbuld be most potent in influencing of the land. James Naismith, an or' and guiding young men into upright dained minister, thus preached to us living, strong character and fruitful for all time his greatest sermon. Dear . . . It was a prophetic afternoon in December, 1891 when Dr. Naismith offered his peach basket game to the regular gym class at Springfield College. In that few minutes of play an international sport was born. A sport des' tined to become, in a few short years, top ranking in the national picture. A crowd'busting sport played to 90,000,000 fans a year. A moneymaking sport, reaping untold millions in gate receipts for high schools and colleges, cities and villages — PLUS other millions represented in outstanding gym floors, stadiums, field houses, in equipment and uniforms. The vision of one man created the game of basketball. The vision of hun' dreds of forward thinking coaches, friends of basketball and players developed it through the years. Now here is your opportunity to join the ranks of these inspired men. Here is your opportunity to invest in the future of bas\ethall. By sharing in the financing of the BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, you honor those who long ago made an investment in a great new indoor game. You invest in the physical development of tomorrow's youth in a Free World. MAKE THAT INVESTMENT TODAY. $400,000 the goal. What will be your share? A pledge card is enclosed for your convenience. Fill out and return. Be first to enter your name and that of your institution in Basketball's new Hall of Fame. Send to John W. Bunn, Springfield College, Springfield, Mass. Enclosed is my check — money order — bill me later —. I want to invest in a 5-year membership in the Basketball Hall of Fame Corporation $ 25.00 I want to invest in a life membership in the corporation. $ 100.00 I want to make my institution a permanent member of the corporation with voting privileges $1,000.00 FLOOR PLANS SUBJECT TO AS ARCHITECT ALTERATION VISIONS THEM TO FIT i i i i i | NOW DEMANDS UPON SPACE ARCHITECT'S ORIGINAL DRAFT J I 1 L r I t lO'MID MM •«• T—i—r ft-' m I *l GROUND F LOOfc PLAN 1 c « L I ttSMBlM ' [ f BASKETBALL HALL Air view of campus with Hall of Fame site shown at circle. Portion of grounds neighboring Girls' Dormitory on right and Hall of Fame site on left *i v PRINTED BY THE POND-EKBERC CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. GV A2E101 1M547A 885 N32 B3 cop. 2 Archives m a »*.# **