This hand-colored lantern slide shows the 1920-1921 Men's Varsity Basketball team at the International YMCA College, now Springfield College. The caption underneath reads, “A Modern Springfield Team.” The members shown are [standing, left to right] Arthur "Babe" Allen (class of 1924), Frank "Civie" Civiletto (class of 1923), Dale "Wallace" Lash (class of 1923), Leonard "Len" Watters (class of 1922), [seated, left to right] Harold "Chick" Evans (class of 1922), Edmund "Eddie" O'Donnell (team captain; class of 1921), and Donald "Bennie" Bennett (class of 1922).
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Coached by Austin G. Johnson, the team won ten games and lost eight. Springfield College published this image in a fundraising pamphlet titled “The First Game” and in the 1921 Massasoit Yearbook.