Another indoor sport, basketball, was catching on in the area, having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometres) away in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, only four years before.
Mchezo mwingine wa ndani, mpira wa vikapu, ulikuwa ukiendelea katika eneo hilo, ukiwa umevumbuliwa umbali wa maili kumi tu (kilomita kumi na sita) katika jiji la Springfield, Massachusetts, miaka minne tu kabla.