history of sport exam 1

Which of the following stakes horse races was run first?

Belmont Stakes

John Cox Stevens was associated with all of the following sports EXCEPT:

Boxing (yachting, pedestrianism, horseracing)

Which of the following was not a trait of 19th Century Victorians?

Catholicism

The game of Toli was primarily associated with which native tribe?

Choctaw

Which of the following was NOT a reason John Montgomery Ward and the Players' Union decided to form their own league in 1890?

Dislike of the current rules of the game (salary cap, owners selling players w/o consent, reserve clause)

Benjamin Franklin is most associated with which cultural movement?

Enlightenment

T/F "Rough and Tumble" fighting was often banned in many areas of the Backcountry

False

What was the reason for King James issuing the "Book of Sports" in 1618?

His belief that his subjects ought to be able to recreate on the Sabbath An attempt to control his subjects A worry that without exercise his male subjects would not be ready for war

Which of the following venue would you most likely NOT find members of the Victorian Counterculture?

Middle Class

Which of the following was a requirement for a team to join the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs?

New teams must be approved by existing teams

Why did Republicanism tend to inhibit sports?

Republicans believed a succesful republic could not be founded on the idle amusements of the decadent monarchies of Europe

In which are of the colonies would you NOT find taverns?

Taverns were found in all colonies

Which belief was most associated with Arminianism?

Universal salvation

Which of the following was 19th Century technological breakthrough NOT mentioned in Chapter 2?

automobiles

Which of the following was a banned sport, according to the "Book of Sports"?

bowling

Which of the following activities would NOT be considered a "lawful sport" in Puritan New England?

cards

T/F According to Knickerbocker Rules, the bases were 45 paces apart

false

T/F According to the "Book of Sports" May Day festivities would not be allowed to continue

false

T/F American Revolution no one participated in sports because it was illegal

false

T/F In most cases immigrants stayed away from the Victorian Counterculture

false

T/F In order to be Lawful Sport in New England, the activity had to be disassociated with British Festive Culture and refresh the participants to perform their worldly callings

false

T/F Players could bat in any order they wanted and could change that order in the middle of the game

false

T/F Players could throw at runners to get them out as long as they hit them below the neck

false

T/F Tennis was primarily played by the lower classes of Great Britain

false

T/F The Continental Congress outlawed all sports and games except for cock fighting

false

T/F The Great Awakening was a good time for sports in America

false

T/F The Second Great Awakening was shorter in length and not as widespread as the first Great Awakening

false

T/F The Walking City was an urban center in which settled areas were no more than 5 miles from the center of town

false

What was the most popular game of Britain's "Festive Culture"?

football

Which of the following was NOT a change to the rules of baseball implemented by the 1880s"?

homerun outlawed

Which of the following rules of baseball similar to today's game was NOT employed by the NY Knickerbockers baseball club in the 1840s?

overhand pitching

Why was the Cincinnati club removed from the National League?

sold beer and played on sundays

According to the Puritans, when did the Sabbath begin?

sundown saturday

T/F According to Knickerbocker rules a player was considered out if he hit a ball that was either caught on the fly or after one bounce

true

T/F During the Revolution, George Washington allowed his men to play games (as long as they did not gamble on them)

true

T/F Early American sporting fraternities were based on their British counterparts

true

T/F George Whitefield was a charismatic preacher during the Great Awakening

true

T/F King James in his "Book of Sports" commanded that no one could be arrested for participating in a lawful sport on the Sabbath as long as they first went to church

true

T/F Non-members of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club were allowed to play if there were not enough members present

true

T/FSeparate Spheres referred to the different worlds of males and females during the Victorian Era

true