Sports in New England Sports in New England Two popular American sports were invented in New England. Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1895. Also, the first organized ice hockey game in the United States is widely believed to have been played in Concord, New Hampshire in 1883. The region is famous for its passion for baseball and the Boston Red Sox, as well as for the intense rivalry between the Red Sox and the New York Yankees. On November 1, 1924, the Boston Bruins of the National
William McKendree Morgan on January 1, 1919. Morgan resigned from the Idaho Supreme Court in 1920, returning to private practice. However, he was returned to the Idaho Supreme Court in 1933 and served his death at age 72 in 1942. Morgan married Emma May Friedline of Moscow on July 22, 1895. They had two daughters, Pearl and Grace, and a son, Arthur Percival, who died at the age of seventeen months. William McKendree Morgan William McKendree Morgan (December 2, 1869 – October 16, 1942), was a lawyer and politician in Idaho and served for two separate periods on the Idaho Supreme Court. Born