> Girls' rules allowed only one dribble. It was bounce, pass, bounce, pass. The guards tried to get the ball across the center line to their own forwards. If they were fouled, they didn't even shoot their own free throws. One of their forwards did it for them.
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> Naturally is was a somewhat slow-moving game, but in those days it was not considered lady-like to exert one's self too much. So half of the 12 players were mostly standing around watching at any given moment. It was only slightly more effort than a game of h o r s e.

That sounds like netball, to me.

Ah, yeah, the Great and Mighty Wikipedia confirms that netball is also known as "women's basketball".

And I don't need to ask my grandmother about it, as it was played (and almost certainly still is) at my school.