▁May o , ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁railway ▁line , ▁for ▁the ▁practical ▁of ▁several ▁sports ▁while ▁the ▁administrative ▁office ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁" So ci edad ▁Laur ak ▁Bat ", ▁a ▁social ▁club ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁Bas que ▁community . ▁The ▁original ▁stat ute ▁specified ▁that ▁candidates ▁should ▁be ▁students ▁to ▁become ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁club , ▁although ▁this ▁clause ▁would ▁be ▁am ended ▁later . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁Est udi antes ▁had ▁teams ▁compet ing ▁in ▁football ▁and ▁basketball , ▁playing ▁in ▁prov is ories ▁ven ues ▁so ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁one . ▁Some ▁of ▁those ▁ven ues ▁were ▁Club ▁Por te ño ▁and ▁Cor re os ▁y ▁Tel ég raf os . ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁club ▁got ▁an ▁own ▁ven ue ▁in ▁Par que ▁de ▁May o , ▁after ▁arrang ements ▁made ▁by ▁club ▁execut ives . ▁British ▁firm ▁Hard castle ▁gave ▁wooden ▁goods ▁to ▁build ▁sports ▁cl othing . ▁Ten ▁years ▁after , ▁the ▁club ▁had ▁a ▁ven ue ▁with ▁grand stand s , ▁a ▁running ▁track ▁and ▁football ▁and ▁basketball ▁fields . ▁ ▁Basketball ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁cons olid ation ▁of ▁basketball ▁in ▁Argentina , ▁Est udi antes ▁would ▁play ▁a ▁long ▁ten ure ▁in ▁the ▁main ▁club ▁competition ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁the ▁Campeonato ▁Argent ino , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁Until ▁then , ▁there ▁was ▁only ▁a ▁tournament ▁where ▁provincial ▁sides ▁took ▁part , ▁as ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁local ▁le agues , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Tor neo ▁Metropol