Birth Of A New Sport Poem by Ima Ryma

In Massachusetts, James Naesmith
At school in eighteen ninety one,
A P.E. teacher, came up with
An indoor game for student fun.
A peach basket was hung at each
End of a large classroom and then,
Using a ball and not a peach,
Two teams competed to throw in
The basket, the ball - point to score.
It came to be a fav'rite game
When winter kept students indoor,
And soon spread to more schools in fame.

In winter time was heard the call,
'Good day to play some basketball.'