Formal Challenge For Basketball Matches (January 11, 1894)
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Title
Formal Challenge For Basketball Matches (January 11, 1894)
Description
Four page document, containing copies of a letter written by a captain of the Springfield College basketball teams in 1894. Each captain writes a response to challenges for supremacy in the game by agreeing to meet for matches to determine the best team. Slam poetry ensues in response to the call for matches, perhaps the first documented trash talking in basketball. The captains were Dr. James Naismith (the creator of the game of Basketball), Albert B. Chase, Edwin P. Ruggles, and W. V. Dinman.
Date
1894-01-11
Identifier
ms506-01-22-028
Text Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Letters
Collection
Citation
Naismith, James,
Ruggles, Edwin P.
Chase, Albert B.
Dinman, W. V., “Formal Challenge For Basketball Matches (January 11, 1894),” The First Basket Ball Players, accessed April 26, 2024, https://basketballplayers.omeka.net/items/show/67.