Kin 2501 Final LSU Jacobsen Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated)

Kin 2501 Final LSU Jacobsen Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) Babe Ruth - answer"Media Darling What about Babe Ruth made fans love him? - answerStrategy, Excitement, Fan base What team was Babe Ruth on? - answerRed Sox What team was Babe Ruth traded to? - answerYankees How many home runs did Babe Ruth get and in what year? - answer60; 1972 How many consecutive games and hits did Joe DiMaggio get? - answer56;56 Who was the complete opposite of Babe Ruth, to himself, not social? - answerJoe Dimaggio Who was DiMaggio involved with - answerMarilyn Monroe Who organized the National Association of Colored Baseball Cubs? - answerAndrew "Rube" Foster Who was Babe Didrickson? - answerprofessional female athlete golf and many other sports Qualified for the men's PGA Who was president of the Professional Football League? - answerJim Thorpe Who buys the Decator team and where does he move them? - answerGeorge Halas, Chicago What was Red Grange's nickname - answerGalloping Ghost Where was Red Grange a star? - answerIllinois State Who does Grange sign with? - answerBears What did Grange bring to football? - answerstability Who coaches the first game at Kentucky in 1930? - answerAdolph Rupp What was special about Rupp's team? - answertempo and fast break style Who formed the Savory Big 5? - answerAbe Saperstein How did he get games? - answerRenames the team "New York" What does Abe rename them to and why? - answerHarlem Globe Trotters; To let people know they're a black team (draw a crowd) T/F They aren't considered the best barnstorming team. - answerFalse How many exhibition games did the Globe Trotters play and who did they play against? - answerGeorge Mikan's Minneapolis Lakers (NBA Champs); two exhibition games What was Joe Louis' nickname and what was he? - answerThe Brown Bomber; Heavy weight champ Reformers had a three year procedure that blened the working class & sport. What were some concerns? - answer1st step: humanitarian concerns - child labor laws (met with resistance from parents) 2nd step: passes mandatory education laws because unemployed children roamed the streets (joining gangs, crime) 3rd step: physical education in the schools; supervised games and sport taught deference to authority. What was the scandal where 8 White Sox received money to throw a game? - answerBlack Sox Scandal How did the black sox scandal affect baseball? - answerBaseball was getting tarnished bc of the gambling going on Baseball needed a commissioner to bring back the good name of baseball so who did they hire? - answerKennesaw Mountain Landis What was wrong with Landis and what did he do? - answerHe was racist and banned the 8 White Sox The commissioner had a lot of power from the beginning Beginning of the modern Olympics - answer1896 Where was the first modern Olympics held? - answerHeld in Athens, Greece Who was responsible for getting 1986 games going - answerPierre duCoubertin Pierre organized sports festival in ____ and after he was successful, he went to American and Europe to get people interested in games - answerFrance