Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Birth of a New Sport

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."