Hanan Elaraby
Period 3
6/3/04
The invention of basketball
In this essay I am going to explain when basketball was invented, also I am going to tell you how it changed over the years what stayed the same what didn't. That sort of thing.
Basketball was invented on December 21, 1891. By a man named James Naismith, who was a Canadian clergyman. The game stared out with two peach baskets, and a soccer ball. The two peach baskets did not have holes to start with, and each peach basket was on one side and the other on another side. The first back board was a wire mesh, the second was made ou…
