icon - ANSAn image, representation, or symbol. A representation of something sacred, or held
in high regard.
the golden age of sport - ANS- Sports become an everyday part of American culture
- Sports media and fan
- Automobile, radio, TV bring sport to America
- Increased sports participation (youth, interscholastic, college, adult rec)
- Very few women participating in sports
- Athletes become American icons
Babe Ruth - ANSAmerica's first and largest media darling; becomes face of baseball and
symbol of America
strategy, excitement, fan base - ANSHow did Babe Ruth change baseball?
national pastime - ANSBaseball = ___
commissioner - ANSSomebody that would be in the public's eye ruling over baseball
Kennesaw Mountain Landis - ANSBaseball's first commissioner
Black Sox scandal - ANS- 1919 World Series
- Chicago White Sox "fix" series
- Players alleged to have fixed some games for money
- Taken to court but found not guilty
- People questioned the integrity of the game after this
Joe Dimaggio - ANSBecame focus of America during WWII, Yankee Clipper, played all 13 years
with Yankees
Andrew Rube Foster - ANSHelped organize National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs
Andrew Rube Foster - ANSFather of black baseball
Josh Gibson - ANSCatcher, very good hitter, compared to Babe Ruth
Satchel Paige - ANSVery good pitcher, tall and lanky, worked in a railroad station and when men
got off the train he would carry their satchel in exchange for a nickel
female sports in the early 1900's - ANS- Few opportunities
, - Basketball, softball, tennis
- Beliefs about "negative health implications" of vigorous PA for women
- Female PE leaders discourage interscholastic and competitive sports for girls
Babe Didrikson - ANSThe most significant female athlete of the first half of the 20th century
college - ANSFootball is established as the ___ sport
Rose - ANS___ bowl was the first game in 1902
US military - ANS___ evolve into football powers
Notre Dame - ANS___ becomes "America's team"
forward pass - ANSNotre Dame defeated the Army using the ___
Knute Rockne - ANSPromotes Notre Dame via the press, later hired to coach at Notre Dame,
tried to implement the forward pass (not many people used it because it was a high risk play)
Jim Thorpe - ANSPresident of American Professional Football League
George Halas - ANS___ buys Decator Illinois team, moves it to Chicago
Red Grange - ANSStars at the University of Illinois, best known college football player of the
time, signed with the Bears, beginning of pro football legitimized
basketball in the early 1900's - ANS- Spread by the YMCA (so learned by kids)
- Becomes associated with scholastic sport (high school sport)
- By 1905, 80 colleges field teams
basketball, 2nd - ANSBy WWI, ___ is the most popular high school sport and ___ to football at
the college level.
Adolph Rupp - ANS- Coaches 1st game at Kentucky
- His teams wow crowds with up-tempo, fast break style.
- Coaches at UK for 44 years, winning 874 games, 4 national titles
Harlem Globetrotters - ANSSavoy Big 5 later become the ___
Mikan Era - ANSNational Basketball League forms (all white)
Abe Saperstein - ANSThe Savoy Big 5 was a black Chicago based team formed by ___.
Jesse Owens - ANS- Ties world record as high school senior Ohio State
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