Ответ:

  1. Basketball appeared at the end of the nineteenth century.
  2. James Naismith placed fruit baskets on the walls at the opposite ends of the gymnasium and organized nine-man teams who played with a ball used for football. Each team tried to throw the ball into the other team's basket and at the same time tried to keep that team from throwing the ball into their basket.
  3. Now there are five players in a basketball team.
  4. No, lawn tennis is not the second name for court tennis.
  5. Major Walter Wingfield introduced lawn tennis.

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