Basketball at the 1904 Summer Olympics
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Basketball
appeared at the 1904 Summer Olympics
for the first time, as a demonstration sport. There were four different events in Saint Louis
for basketball competition.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
appeared at the 1904 Summer Olympics
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...
for the first time, as a demonstration sport. There were four different events in Saint Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
for basketball competition.
Amateur championships
- Buffalo German YMCABuffalo GermansThe Buffalo Germans was an early basketball team formed in 1895 at a YMCA on Buffalo's East Side. Team members included Dr. Fred Burkhardt , Philip Dischinger, Henry J. Faust, Alfred A. Heerdt , Edward Linneborn, John I. Maier, Albert W. Manweiler, Edward C. Miller, Harry J. Miller, Charles P....
def. Missouri AC, 97-8 - Chicago Central YMCA def. Sawyer AB, 56-6
- Buffalo German YMCA def. Turner Tigers, 77-6
- Chicago Central YMCA def. Turner Tigers, 2-2 (Turner Tigers forfeited)
- Buffalo German YMCA def. Xavier AA, 36-28
- Buffalo German YMCA def. Chicago Central YMCA, 39-28
- Chicago Central YMCA def. Missouri AC, 2-0
College basketball
- Hiram CollegeHiram CollegeHiram College is a private liberal arts college located in Hiram, Ohio. Founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850, the institution has, since its first days, been nonsectarian and coeducational, and throughout its existence Hiram College has sustained this egalitarian...
def. Wheaton College, 23-20 - Wheaton College def. Latter Day Saints University, 40-35
- Hiram College def. Latter Day Saints University, 25-18
- Hiram College, 2-0
- Wheaton College, 1-1
- Latter Day Saints University, 0-2
Elementary school basketball
- New York, 2-0
- Chicago, 1-1
- San Francisco, 2-2