ch 4-6 history of sport

Emergence of football in colleges and its ultimate commercialization

As football started to become a big business many schools started building stadiums in 1892 100. In the early 1900s, footbal was in high demand as tickets were going for 150

Briefly discuss african americans in sport during this time

At the time Rutherford B Hayes who was the president let the south do what it wanted to do. The Africans formed their own teams and own Ys. College football but also boxing was popular

Briefly discuss the reason baseball emerged as the national pastime

Baseball transcended social class and race , Fandom started and going to the game became a social thing to do, people started falling in love with team sports at the time in america, considered a manly game and showed masculinity, as well as equality gave both teams a equal chance of winning before the game started.

Explain the sporting experiences during the civil war

Baseball was popular at the time and was growing in northern states. This time caused a lot of people who weren't otherwise interested in sport to participate because they were bored. Morril act was also created to give land for colleges to form for agriculture and engineering and lead to colleges having athletic teams.

Why did football become so popular on college campuses and nationwide?

Because it showed masculinity but also was something that america created and could claim

Sporting Fraternity favorite sports

Boxing, foot racing, pedestrianism, horse racing, and billiards.

Albert pope

Bycicle manufactuer and promoted it through magazines and clycling clubs that he organzied

Battle of the systems in physical education

First college to introduce gymnastics was Oberlin. The battle was between the German and Swedish systems that were formed

Mike "King" Kelly

First person to sign autographs and make baseball fun.extremely popular player for Chicago White Stockings, "win at all costs" mentality, Irish, big drinker, sold for $10,000 to Boston Beaneaters, casey at the bat character

Moses Fleetwood Walker

First professional black baseball player (in 1884). and attended Oberlin college

Henry Chadwick

Former British cricket player who embraced the game of baseball and became a sportswriter for the New York Clipper writing about the game. He was credited with inventing the batting average and box score and eventually became known as "Father Baseball"

Settlement house and its purpose

It was built by wasps and was for immigrants to learn abaout america and americanize them in houses that were planted in the city

John L. Sullivan

Known as boston stong boy who was Irish and was first boxer that was a here

Brefly discuss the uprising of laborers and workers

Laborers and workers began starting to stike to secure fair competiton within the capatlist system.1896 the haymarket massacure was an example of where people died as well as march on washington

What caused the Male Sporting Culture( Sporting Fraternity,) to thrive into this era?

Many young immigrants were here without their family s and looking for stuff to do

What spurred the development of sports clubs

Men wanted a place to go to too develop their mind and body and it was a response to sporting fraternity

How did sub communities and social class shape the organization of sports clubs and associations.

Middle and upper class white people wanted to separate themselves form immigrant which caused them to form member clubs and new sporting events such as yachting, rowing events, and racket sports as well as country clubs

Sporting Fraternity

Mostly bachelors who are fist generation immigrants and looking for fun. Participate in drinking, gambling, talking, fisticuffs, and later become fans.

Breifly explain the formation of industrial recreation programs

Pullman built a town for his workers after the railroad stike in 1877 and gave them athletic facilites as well as liesure atcivites to help proudce a more reliable empolyee.

Richard kyle fox

Ran the national police gazette as a journalist and was a very succesful boxer promoter and created weight classes and awared belts to champions

First 2 sports between colleges and what schools were involved

Rowing in 1852 between Yale and Harvard and Baseball in 1859 played between Amherst and Williams college

briefly discuss the relationships of religion and sport during the era?

Sabbaritan laws contiued to exist. The YMCA expanded in the 1870s and offered physical training and sport programs as offers of masculine christianity. As well as YMHA

Why did playground and parks movement begin

The PAA created in 1906 to help create parks. coaches were at the park and tagught games there were issues such as gangs taking over parks

relationship between urbanization and the sporting culture

The growth in urbanzation was spurred by transportation as well as technology such as lights to enable night games. Also the commerzilation of sport increades and some players began to get payed. Mechanzation and mailing allowed for eqiptment and a way to advertise products

What was the leading reason for cities to begin professional baseball teams ?

The leading reason for cities to begin professional baseball teams was civic pride and commercial rivalry.

Discuss how sports unified social classes in some ways and segregated in others?

Things like horse racing and baseball united a lot of people. But in them there was segregation such as black seating and minimum wage for betting being increased

briefly disscuss the collegiate activities developed by women

Wisonsin first admited girls in 1873 and provided a gymnasim for them as well as physical trainging a horse stable and oppurtunity fo r archery, croquet, and badminton

Breifly identitfty some recreational pastimes for working clas women and middle class women

Working class women were rowers, pedestrians and did cycling. Women of middle class often did croquet tennis and archery and found more freedom in schools that accpeted women

2 examples of development of sports clubs

Young men christian association for men in cities protestant ladies auxiliaries of sporting and religious associations- protestant and Jewish women often formed auxiliaries of YMCA or YMHA. The YWCA offered calisthenic classes for women

Muckraker

a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society

John Dewey

adovcated for activities such as baseball that would teach leadership, teamwork, and self-sacrifice

G. Stanley Hall

advocated for running and throwing activities that gave way to gamesof tag which taght many life skills

How did interscholastic sport become apart of the educational system

because people agreed-ed that it taught kids many great things and provided trophies, rewards, and media attention,communial pride, and school spirit

Main factors that influenced the development of modern sport

growth of cities and the people in them as well as the transportation and communication that was now available. The telegraph only source of communication before this time

first modern sport in america

harness racing

Define concept or characterization of modern sport

one of intellectual, scientific, and social changes, as well as population growth. Changes included secularism-religion was involved with sports, people started to evaluate performance which was good, as well as equality and quantification of keeping scores.

Albert Spalding

owner of chicago stockings and own enterprise and lanuched spalding brothers goods firm which manufactured sports produts. established offical league book and a baseball guide

Discuss some sports that were developed on college campus at the time?

rowing, tranck and field, football , and baseball

Identitfy WASP and their goals

white Anglo-Saxon protestant whe were all about big reform. They confronted things such as corrupt government, unequal rights, and exploitation of the masses