The Birth Of Indiana Hoosiers Women's Basketball: Newspaper Reports From October 1896 To July 1897 In Fort Wayne. Indiana (the Lost Century Of Sports Collection) - Lost Century Of Sports Collection

A time capsule of rare newspaper reports describe women's basketball from October 1896 to July 1897 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

This volume includes 48 articles from three newspapers, The Fort Wayne News, The Fort Wayne Journal, and the Fort Wayne Sentinel.

The articles describe the first flourishing of women's basketball in a state known for its Hoosier Hysteria.

At the time, Fort Wayne, located near the Ohio border, had a population of nearly 50,000 and supported several women's basketball teams. These real-time reports convey the excitement and controversy of that first basketball season, as described by the media of the era.

The Lost Century of Sports Collection (www.LostCentury.com) publishes anthologies of rare sports articles and illustrations from America's sporting heritage.

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