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James Naismith put together the essentials for the game of basketball
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250,000 members
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William G. Morgan invented volleball for elder people who couldn't play basketball
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208 Books by Gilbert Patten
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Public Schools Athletic League was formed by Gulick and Hall.
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Between 1906 and 1917 the number of cities with managed playgrounds grew from 41 to 504
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In 1907, 106 teams competed in the PSAL baseball championship held in the Polo Grounds. Over 15,000 fans attended the championship game.
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By 1908 7,000 boys competed for marksmanship badges. President Theodore Roosevelt wrote a letter of commendation to the boy receiving the highest marks.
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Henry F. Kallenberg argued that The Y "should promote a comprehensive sport program that would read the 'mass of young men and boys, [and] discourage prize winning and overtraining.'"
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The YMCA had essentially completed Kallenberg's reform agenda. Never again would the Y's attempt to compete at a championship level in athletics.
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National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations was formed by educators
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High schools started to put more money into the construction of gymnasiums and football fields that they did for laboratories or libraries.
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By 1923 only three states were without statewide interscholastic athletic organizations. By the end of the year 91 percent of the nation's high schools fielded football teams
