Chicago's Showcase of Basketball: The World Tournament of Professional Basketball and the College All-Star Game
Book Details
Author(s)
John Schleppi
Publisher
Saint Johann Press
ISBN / ASIN
1878282492
ISBN-13
9781878282491
Availability
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Sales Rank
#3,158,539
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
The World Tournament of Professional Basketball was the forerunner of the era of professional basketball as we know it today. Begun as one of the All-Star tournaments that Chicago newspapers started in the 1930s, it provided a national stage for this regional, basically barnstorming sport, to show the potential that was to end with the domination of the sport as we know it today.
