Kin 2501 LSU Jacobsen Exam 3 Questions with
Correct Answers
icon
An image, representation, or symbol. A representation of something sacred, or held in high
regard.
the golden age of sport
- 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
America's first and largest media darling; becomes face of baseball and symbol of America
strategy, excitement, fan base
How did Babe Ruth change baseball?
national pastime
Baseball = ___
commissioner
Somebody that would be in the public's eye ruling over baseball
Kennesaw Mountain Landis
,Baseball's first commissioner
Black Sox scandal
- 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
Became focus of America during WWII, Yankee Clipper, played all 13 years with Yankees
Andrew Rube Foster
Helped organize National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs
Andrew Rube Foster
Father of black baseball
Josh Gibson
Catcher, very good hitter, compared to Babe Ruth
Satchel Paige
Very 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
- 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
The most significant female athlete of the first half of the 20th century
college
Football is established as the ___ sport
Rose
___ bowl was the first game in 1902
US military
___ evolve into football powers
Notre Dame
___ becomes "America's team"
forward pass
Notre Dame defeated the Army using the ___
Knute Rockne
Promotes 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
President of American Professional Football League
George Halas
Correct Answers
icon
An image, representation, or symbol. A representation of something sacred, or held in high
regard.
the golden age of sport
- 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
America's first and largest media darling; becomes face of baseball and symbol of America
strategy, excitement, fan base
How did Babe Ruth change baseball?
national pastime
Baseball = ___
commissioner
Somebody that would be in the public's eye ruling over baseball
Kennesaw Mountain Landis
,Baseball's first commissioner
Black Sox scandal
- 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
Became focus of America during WWII, Yankee Clipper, played all 13 years with Yankees
Andrew Rube Foster
Helped organize National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs
Andrew Rube Foster
Father of black baseball
Josh Gibson
Catcher, very good hitter, compared to Babe Ruth
Satchel Paige
Very 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
- 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
The most significant female athlete of the first half of the 20th century
college
Football is established as the ___ sport
Rose
___ bowl was the first game in 1902
US military
___ evolve into football powers
Notre Dame
___ becomes "America's team"
forward pass
Notre Dame defeated the Army using the ___
Knute Rockne
Promotes 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
President of American Professional Football League
George Halas
