BIOL 1001 Chapter : CH 11 Student Outline Fall 2013 1
Document Summary
Pop warner: discovered jim thorp, got him to play football. Baseball america"s national pastime: golden era. Joe dimaggio: known for longest hitting streak, 56 games. Negro league baseball: african americans not allowed to play in white major league, very successful, all-star games had larger crowd than mlb crowd, played against white mlb league, negro league didn"t have own facilities, rented out mlb buildings. Andrew rube foster: father of black baseball, commissioner of negro league, thought one day white and blacks would play together, that black teams as a whole would be part of mlb. Sports for women in early 1900"s: not a lot of opportunity to play, 1912 first time in olympics, baby steps, basketball, softball, tennis, track and field. Babe didrikson: tomboy from texas, great at every sport, won at olympics, becomes pro athlete, considered greatest athlete at beginning of 20th century, did many things in sports that only men did, looked down upon by some women.
