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This article about an Assumption College basketball game refers to basketball as "cage" in the headline. Basketball used to be called thus because it was often played with chain-link fence around the court.

Accompanied by pictures of the 1925 team this headline refers to basketball players as "basketeers", now a seemingly obsolete term. Along with "cage" for basketball this is another example of how language changes over time.

The fifth line of this article about the basketball team describes opponents as "the best in the Dominion", that is, the Dominion of Canada. Throughout the early publications of "Purple and White" Canada is quite often referred to as "the Dominion",…

A comic depicting some humor of playing sports at Assumption College.

A picture of the Varsity Basketball lineup from the year 1944.