SPH-M 333 Exam #1 Study Guide v2 with
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Grantland Rice - correct answer ✔✔- Leading sports journalist at the time in the
1920s - Considered the personal failings of athletes "out of bound"
John "Old Smoke" Morrissey - correct answer ✔✔Famous Irishman boxer who
had the sport lead him to a celebrity life. was brought to America when he was 3,
grew up in New York and was known for his violent temper. Served on the house
of representatives after his boxing career, was a political figure.
Jack Dempsey - correct answer ✔✔- United States prizefighter who was world
heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
- "Jack the Giant-Killer"
George "Tex" Rickard - correct answer ✔✔- Brought boxing into the limelight
during 1920, promoting 5 fights that grossed 1 mil.
- Became the president of Madison Square Garden
- Used Jack Dempsey as his major fighter.
Jack Johnson - correct answer ✔✔- First black heavyweight boxing champion
- Lost his title when he married a white woman
- "Negro Heavyweight Champion"
,The Mills Commission of 1908 - correct answer ✔✔Sought to determine where
game orginated, fell prone to the Doubleday myth
Alexander Joy Cartwright - correct answer ✔✔- "Father of Modern Baseball"
- *Created first rules of the game* (people called it "The New York Game")and a
$5 entry fee
Some historians believe baseball originated from what English sport? - correct
answer ✔✔Rounders
What were some of the earliest ball players? - correct answer ✔✔Urban
Bachelors - baseball was not their 1st job
New York Knickerbockers - correct answer ✔✔Fraternal Group (club) started in
1842
Year NABBP was officially established to govern the game and what did it protest?
- correct answer ✔✔- 1858
- Protested professional baseball
# of spectators and date of Antietam - correct answer ✔✔- 15,000
- 1862
Abner Doubleday - correct answer ✔✔-Opened Cooperstown in 1939. According
to a friend he was the creator of baseball (although possibly a hoax)
, Henry Chadwick - correct answer ✔✔-Created the composite box score in the
1860s
- *Former cricket player that adopted baseball and brought in new era*
Albert Spalding - correct answer ✔✔- Played for Red Sox
- *Started basically the Cubs and Spalding Sporting Goods*
- Wrote the first rulebook in 1900, required Spalding baseball
Ted Williams - correct answer ✔✔- American professional baseball player for
Boston Red Sox
- Last player to average .400
Ban Johnson - correct answer ✔✔Founder of the American League; outgrew the
National League and had World Series (1903; Boston beat Pittsburgh 5-3)
Harry Stevens - correct answer ✔✔Inventor of the hot dog, $2,000 on concessions
Early great Sluggers - correct answer ✔✔Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson
In 1927 two national radio networks emerged - correct answer ✔✔- NBC
- CBS
The Live Ball Era - correct answer ✔✔Post 1920s
verified answers already passed
Grantland Rice - correct answer ✔✔- Leading sports journalist at the time in the
1920s - Considered the personal failings of athletes "out of bound"
John "Old Smoke" Morrissey - correct answer ✔✔Famous Irishman boxer who
had the sport lead him to a celebrity life. was brought to America when he was 3,
grew up in New York and was known for his violent temper. Served on the house
of representatives after his boxing career, was a political figure.
Jack Dempsey - correct answer ✔✔- United States prizefighter who was world
heavyweight champion (1895-1983)
- "Jack the Giant-Killer"
George "Tex" Rickard - correct answer ✔✔- Brought boxing into the limelight
during 1920, promoting 5 fights that grossed 1 mil.
- Became the president of Madison Square Garden
- Used Jack Dempsey as his major fighter.
Jack Johnson - correct answer ✔✔- First black heavyweight boxing champion
- Lost his title when he married a white woman
- "Negro Heavyweight Champion"
,The Mills Commission of 1908 - correct answer ✔✔Sought to determine where
game orginated, fell prone to the Doubleday myth
Alexander Joy Cartwright - correct answer ✔✔- "Father of Modern Baseball"
- *Created first rules of the game* (people called it "The New York Game")and a
$5 entry fee
Some historians believe baseball originated from what English sport? - correct
answer ✔✔Rounders
What were some of the earliest ball players? - correct answer ✔✔Urban
Bachelors - baseball was not their 1st job
New York Knickerbockers - correct answer ✔✔Fraternal Group (club) started in
1842
Year NABBP was officially established to govern the game and what did it protest?
- correct answer ✔✔- 1858
- Protested professional baseball
# of spectators and date of Antietam - correct answer ✔✔- 15,000
- 1862
Abner Doubleday - correct answer ✔✔-Opened Cooperstown in 1939. According
to a friend he was the creator of baseball (although possibly a hoax)
, Henry Chadwick - correct answer ✔✔-Created the composite box score in the
1860s
- *Former cricket player that adopted baseball and brought in new era*
Albert Spalding - correct answer ✔✔- Played for Red Sox
- *Started basically the Cubs and Spalding Sporting Goods*
- Wrote the first rulebook in 1900, required Spalding baseball
Ted Williams - correct answer ✔✔- American professional baseball player for
Boston Red Sox
- Last player to average .400
Ban Johnson - correct answer ✔✔Founder of the American League; outgrew the
National League and had World Series (1903; Boston beat Pittsburgh 5-3)
Harry Stevens - correct answer ✔✔Inventor of the hot dog, $2,000 on concessions
Early great Sluggers - correct answer ✔✔Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson
In 1927 two national radio networks emerged - correct answer ✔✔- NBC
- CBS
The Live Ball Era - correct answer ✔✔Post 1920s
