A strange little side quest
If Crazy Ball Flashgames247 sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. The earliest basketball games used peach baskets, and Naismith wrote 13 original rules for the new indoor sport. A second detail makes the picture even better: Archery was already on the Olympic programme in 1900, boxing joined the modern Games in 1904, and basketball became a medal sport in 1936. It is a good reminder that simple game mechanics can carry a surprising amount of history.
