KIN 2501 : Exam Three
15 Mar 2019
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International sport competition: the start of the modern olympics (1896) Jim thorp: american indian, sent to indiana for bordering school (carlisle, housed students from elementary school to college, recognized for his athletic ability, without training he could, beat anybody they knew. Golden age of sports: baseball: babe ruth, american icon, babe ruth is considered among the 3 most important athletes in us history. Commissioner kennesaw mountain landis (1920) aka the ruler of. Jackie robinson breaks the race barrier in baseball: gibson= power hitter, base steeler= papa bell, knute rockne- wide receiver for nd (the bomb, halas- moves fb team to chicago (alas chicago!) Joe maggio: negro league baseball, all-star game becomes a main attraction, draws more people that mlb all start games, negro all star teams play exhibition against mlb, teams, pittsburg crawfords, homestead grays, birmingham barons. The term associated with this period time is called: muscular christianity, the practice of separation of races evolved after the civil war
