KIN 2501 JACOBSEN STUDY UPDATED GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS FIRM A+
Game 1 and the signal- - ✔✔white sox pitcher would throw a strike on the first pitch and
on the second pitch would hit the batter (this was the sign that the fix was on)
✔✔trial - ✔✔Documents and key evidence go missing
- players found not guilty even though they admitted it because there was no evidence
to support it
✔✔Kennesaw Mountain Landis - ✔✔- federal judge
-1st commissioner
- racist
- banned the 8 players in baseball even though they were not guilty in the court of law
✔✔Two iconic Yankees - ✔✔Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio
✔✔Joe DiMaggio (1936-1951) - ✔✔- changed day games to night so workers could
listen to the games
- set the record for the most hits in a single season
(56 consecutive games he had a hit)
✔✔Lou Gehrig (1923-1939) - ✔✔-had ALS
- played in 2,130 consecutive games
- played at the same time as Babe Ruth
✔✔known as the Yankee clipper - ✔✔Joe DiMaggio
✔✔known as the iron man of baseball - ✔✔Lou Gehrig
✔✔Negro Baseball League - ✔✔separate league spawns the best known black athletes
of the time
✔✔Andrew "Rube" Foster - ✔✔black baseball's founding father
✔✔1920- Andrew "Rube" Foster helps organize National Association of colored - ✔✔all-
star game becomes a main attraction
- negro "all-star" teams play exhibitions against MLB
✔✔Negro League Baseball teams - ✔✔-Pittsburgh crawfords
-Homestead grays
-Birmingham barons
-Indianapolis clowns
, ✔✔Negro League Baseball notable players - ✔✔Josh Gibson- catcher
Cool papa bell- base stealer
Satchel Paige- pitcher
✔✔Satchel Paige (1920-1960) - ✔✔-learned to pitch by throwing rocks at birds and
hitting them
-1948 with Cleveland Indians (now the guardians)
- satchel came from him carrying men's satchels into town from the train station
✔✔Took over Ruth's spot - ✔✔Satchel Paige, media loved him
✔✔April 15, 1947
Every team wears 42 on this day - ✔✔Jackie Robinson played with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 42, was the first black player to integrate
✔✔SPORTS FOR WOMEN IN THE EARLY 1900s - ✔✔small gains and a "true original"
✔✔Characteristics of female sports in the early 1900s - ✔✔Had few opportunities
- basketball, softball, tennis, dance
- beliefs about "negative health implications" of vigorous physical activity for women
✔✔Female PE leaders discouraged - ✔✔interscholastic and competitive sports for girls
✔✔Female PE teachers emphasized - ✔✔the training of a few at the expense of many
- it was unsocial; results were undesirable ;it was expensive; led to "nerve fatigue"
✔✔"Baby steps" in the growth of female sports - ✔✔-Intramural and minimal
intercollegiate competition at all-girl colleges
-Women swim in Olympics (1912)
-1920s growth in amateur sports results in increased programs for girls and women
(non-scholastic)
-Girls' high school basketball grows significantly (post-season tournaments)
✔✔Babe Didrikson - ✔✔The most significant female athlete of the first half of the 20th
century
-secretary at the "Employers' Casualty Company," leads their teams to several
championships
-Enters 1932 AAU Track & Field Championships as only member of the Employers'
Casualty Company team. Breaks 4 world records and wins team championship.
-Wins 2 gold and 1 silver medal at 1932 Olympics.
-Makes decision to be a professional athlete.
✔✔Babe Didrikson (1932-1934) - ✔✔- travels promoting herself
-pitches against MLB teams at spring training
-plays for co-ed basketball team
AND ANSWERS FIRM A+
Game 1 and the signal- - ✔✔white sox pitcher would throw a strike on the first pitch and
on the second pitch would hit the batter (this was the sign that the fix was on)
✔✔trial - ✔✔Documents and key evidence go missing
- players found not guilty even though they admitted it because there was no evidence
to support it
✔✔Kennesaw Mountain Landis - ✔✔- federal judge
-1st commissioner
- racist
- banned the 8 players in baseball even though they were not guilty in the court of law
✔✔Two iconic Yankees - ✔✔Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio
✔✔Joe DiMaggio (1936-1951) - ✔✔- changed day games to night so workers could
listen to the games
- set the record for the most hits in a single season
(56 consecutive games he had a hit)
✔✔Lou Gehrig (1923-1939) - ✔✔-had ALS
- played in 2,130 consecutive games
- played at the same time as Babe Ruth
✔✔known as the Yankee clipper - ✔✔Joe DiMaggio
✔✔known as the iron man of baseball - ✔✔Lou Gehrig
✔✔Negro Baseball League - ✔✔separate league spawns the best known black athletes
of the time
✔✔Andrew "Rube" Foster - ✔✔black baseball's founding father
✔✔1920- Andrew "Rube" Foster helps organize National Association of colored - ✔✔all-
star game becomes a main attraction
- negro "all-star" teams play exhibitions against MLB
✔✔Negro League Baseball teams - ✔✔-Pittsburgh crawfords
-Homestead grays
-Birmingham barons
-Indianapolis clowns
, ✔✔Negro League Baseball notable players - ✔✔Josh Gibson- catcher
Cool papa bell- base stealer
Satchel Paige- pitcher
✔✔Satchel Paige (1920-1960) - ✔✔-learned to pitch by throwing rocks at birds and
hitting them
-1948 with Cleveland Indians (now the guardians)
- satchel came from him carrying men's satchels into town from the train station
✔✔Took over Ruth's spot - ✔✔Satchel Paige, media loved him
✔✔April 15, 1947
Every team wears 42 on this day - ✔✔Jackie Robinson played with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 42, was the first black player to integrate
✔✔SPORTS FOR WOMEN IN THE EARLY 1900s - ✔✔small gains and a "true original"
✔✔Characteristics of female sports in the early 1900s - ✔✔Had few opportunities
- basketball, softball, tennis, dance
- beliefs about "negative health implications" of vigorous physical activity for women
✔✔Female PE leaders discouraged - ✔✔interscholastic and competitive sports for girls
✔✔Female PE teachers emphasized - ✔✔the training of a few at the expense of many
- it was unsocial; results were undesirable ;it was expensive; led to "nerve fatigue"
✔✔"Baby steps" in the growth of female sports - ✔✔-Intramural and minimal
intercollegiate competition at all-girl colleges
-Women swim in Olympics (1912)
-1920s growth in amateur sports results in increased programs for girls and women
(non-scholastic)
-Girls' high school basketball grows significantly (post-season tournaments)
✔✔Babe Didrikson - ✔✔The most significant female athlete of the first half of the 20th
century
-secretary at the "Employers' Casualty Company," leads their teams to several
championships
-Enters 1932 AAU Track & Field Championships as only member of the Employers'
Casualty Company team. Breaks 4 world records and wins team championship.
-Wins 2 gold and 1 silver medal at 1932 Olympics.
-Makes decision to be a professional athlete.
✔✔Babe Didrikson (1932-1934) - ✔✔- travels promoting herself
-pitches against MLB teams at spring training
-plays for co-ed basketball team
