SPTM 4 – Study Guide, Lecture Notes, and Exam Preparation Material
which of the following developments made the emergence of the sport business industry
possible - ✔✔technology such as the railroad and the telegraph
which company was the first modern sport business enterprise - ✔✔A.G. Spalding & Brothers
Where were A.G. Spalding's two separate divisions located in 1894? - ✔✔Chicago and New
York
which of the following baseball players endorsed Louisville sluggers baseball bats and was a
personality, a hero, and a human-interest story - ✔✔Babe Ruth
between 1880 and 1890, how many companies began producing sporting good products -
✔✔79
Name the 4 interrelated developments that contributed to the success of A.G. Spalding &
brothers - ✔✔vertical integration, diversification, development of a modern management
system, promotional skills of A.G. Spalding
Name at least 3 collegiate sports available to women in the 1880s and 1890s - ✔✔Gymnastics
Tennis
Basketball
list 3 ways that the first world war increased the attractiveness of the sporting good industry -
✔✔military training of soldiers brought a new source of revenue
the war had an immediate effect on the sale of sporting goods and equipment and the demand
increased
the belief that sports would nurture and develop manly traits was further solidified by the war
which of the following developments made the emergence of the sport business industry
possible - ✔✔technology such as the railroad and the telegraph
which company was the first modern sport business enterprise - ✔✔A.G. Spalding & Brothers
Where were A.G. Spalding's two separate divisions located in 1894? - ✔✔Chicago and New
York
which of the following baseball players endorsed Louisville sluggers baseball bats and was a
personality, a hero, and a human-interest story - ✔✔Babe Ruth
between 1880 and 1890, how many companies began producing sporting good products -
✔✔79
Name the 4 interrelated developments that contributed to the success of A.G. Spalding &
brothers - ✔✔vertical integration, diversification, development of a modern management
system, promotional skills of A.G. Spalding
Name at least 3 collegiate sports available to women in the 1880s and 1890s - ✔✔Gymnastics
Tennis
Basketball
list 3 ways that the first world war increased the attractiveness of the sporting good industry -
✔✔military training of soldiers brought a new source of revenue
the war had an immediate effect on the sale of sporting goods and equipment and the demand
increased
the belief that sports would nurture and develop manly traits was further solidified by the war
