History of Sports Exam 2 Answered 100% Correct

Association Football - ANSWER-soccer game, much closer to rugby Walter Camp - ANSWER-Captain for the Yale football team and advisor to the team after his graduation. Creator of many innovations in the game including separating the two teams with a line of scrimmage. Eventually would be known as "Father of American Football" because of his contributions to the game. Flying Wedge - ANSWER-Also known as the mass-momentum play first used by Harvard. The five heaviest players would form a v-shaped wedge around the ball carrier and run over opponents. These plays caused the most injuries in the early days of football. Conferences - ANSWER-The first conference in college football history mad up of seven midwestern schools. When three more schools joined by 1912 it officially change its name to the Big 10. Theodore Roosevelt - ANSWER-Wanted to create new rules for football so it was not so dangerous, his son played football Strenuous Life - ANSWER-Phrase coined by Theodore Roosevelt who believed the absence of a recent war had led to feminization of the late-19th century male. The Strenuous Life was designed to toughen up the American male through vigorous exercise and sports. Intercollegiate Athletic Association - ANSWER-Formed by 62 schools in 1905 not including West Coast schools and the "Big Three." Its primary duty was to establish rules for play by its member schools. NCAA - ANSWER-Combination of the ICAA and the old rules committee into the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1911. The combination of its founding and the new rules changes brought college football in the modern age in 1912. College Football's Modern Age - ANSWER- New Middle Class - ANSWER-With Victorianism officially dead by the 1920s, a new middle class emerged that searched for more excitement and were much more tolerant and even embracing of sports. Red Grange - ANSWER-First modern football hero who fit perfectly into the new middle class. He was an explosive player who played at Illinois and then in the brand-new National Football League. His ability to slip through tackler's hands earned him the nickname the "Galloping Ghost." Charles "Cash and Carry" Pyle - ANSWER-Former theatre promoter who would gain fame as a sport promoter-most notably as Red Grange's agent. Notre Dame - ANSWER-Catholic school founded in South Bend, Indiana, in 1844. By the early 20th Century it was known for its academics and baseball team. Knute Rockne - ANSWER-Norwegian immigrant who played and then coached for the Notre Dame football team. It was his innovations as both a player and a coach that put Notre Dame football on the map by the second decade of the 20th century. Carnegie Report - ANSWER-Report in the late 1920s that said colleges were putting too much emphasis on money and winning in college football than on academics. Honus Wagner - ANSWER-Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop who is considered the first star player of the 20th century. He was a great hitter but also an excellent fielder and could play any position. Ban Johnson - ANSWER-Former sportswriter and editor in Cincinnati who would go on to take over the struggling minor Western Baseball League. After improving the status of the league immensely he decided to make it a major league to compete with the National League in 1899-he renamed it the American League. The American League - ANSWER-Ban Johnson renamed the Western (National) League to the 'American League' in 1899 First World Series - ANSWER-The first of these series occurred in 1903. World series was held at the end of the season between the pennant winners of the American and National Leagues. John McGraw - ANSWER-Hard-nosed former player for the Baltimore Orioles who took over as manager of the NY Giants in 1902 where he remained for 30 years. Merkle "Boner" - ANSWER-Error made by New York Giant Fred Merkle against the Chicago Cubs in a late season game in 1908 that ultimately cost the Giants the pennant Babe Ruth - ANSWER-Began his professional career as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and later would transform the game of baseball when he was sold to the Yankees in 1920 and started hitting home runs. Others are often thrown into the mix with Ruth when the "greatest player of all time" discussions happen, but no one else changed the game like Ruth did in the 1920s. Harry Frazee - ANSWER-contributed to Yankee dynasty because he as the Boston Red Sox owner he had a need for cash