The Chosen GameA few years after its invention by James Naismith, basketball became the primary sport in the crowded streets of the Jewish neighborhood on New Yorks Lower East Side. Participating in the new game was a quick and enjoyable way to become Americanized. Jews not only dominated the sport for the next fiftyplus years but were also instrumental in modernizing the game. Barney Sedran was considered the best player in the country at the City College of New