Sport in America: Historical Perspective
– SPH-M 333 Exam 1 correctly answered
to pass
Sporting man - correct answer ✔✔A man who gambled, drank, bachelor-life. Flaunted the rules
of a gentlemen
Name three "blood sports" and why they were controversial. - correct answer ✔✔boxing
dog fights
bear baiting
Controversial because it was violent
Native American Sports - correct answer ✔✔-Archery
-Running
-Horse Riding
-Lacrosse (Cost of losing games were high)
Harvard - correct answer ✔✔First American University to endorse the idea of the importance of
Sports
-Hunting and Fishing
Be familiar with the John Sullivan and the Christopher Lilly vs. Tommy McCoy fight and why it
was significant. - correct answer ✔✔-John Sullivan was a transition figure for boxing; last of bare
knuckle fighters.
-Fought in last bare knuckle championship vs Jake Kilrain; 75 rounds which lasted 2 hours and 16
mins
, -Lilly vs McCoy was Tommy McCoy's death fight.
-McCoy knocked down 80 times in 2 hour and 41 minute fight
-McCoy drank whiskey to keep fighting; drowned in his own blood
-Fight halted prizefighting and rules were then created
Marquess of Queensberry rules - correct answer ✔✔1870's
-Padded glove and 3 minutes rounds
-10 sec count for knockouts
-A limit on the # of rounds
-No wrestling or hitting below the waste
Who was Richard Kyle Fox? - correct answer ✔✔Publisher who arranged fights through Public
Relations
-Constantly challenged John Sullivan w/opponents
-Arranged illegal fight between John Sullivan vs. Jake Kilrain
Muscular Christianity - correct answer ✔✔Christian commitment to health and manliness
Strong Bodies = Devout Soles
Ministers endorsed sports as good
Jim Thorpe - correct answer ✔✔-In 1950, was voted the greatest athlete of the 20th century
-Native American multi-sport athlete, who competed in sports such as football, baseball, and
track and field
-Competed in 1912 Olympics (Scored 8,413 out of 10,000 in decathlon.**Stripped of his Gold
Medal a year later for getting paid for sport.
– SPH-M 333 Exam 1 correctly answered
to pass
Sporting man - correct answer ✔✔A man who gambled, drank, bachelor-life. Flaunted the rules
of a gentlemen
Name three "blood sports" and why they were controversial. - correct answer ✔✔boxing
dog fights
bear baiting
Controversial because it was violent
Native American Sports - correct answer ✔✔-Archery
-Running
-Horse Riding
-Lacrosse (Cost of losing games were high)
Harvard - correct answer ✔✔First American University to endorse the idea of the importance of
Sports
-Hunting and Fishing
Be familiar with the John Sullivan and the Christopher Lilly vs. Tommy McCoy fight and why it
was significant. - correct answer ✔✔-John Sullivan was a transition figure for boxing; last of bare
knuckle fighters.
-Fought in last bare knuckle championship vs Jake Kilrain; 75 rounds which lasted 2 hours and 16
mins
, -Lilly vs McCoy was Tommy McCoy's death fight.
-McCoy knocked down 80 times in 2 hour and 41 minute fight
-McCoy drank whiskey to keep fighting; drowned in his own blood
-Fight halted prizefighting and rules were then created
Marquess of Queensberry rules - correct answer ✔✔1870's
-Padded glove and 3 minutes rounds
-10 sec count for knockouts
-A limit on the # of rounds
-No wrestling or hitting below the waste
Who was Richard Kyle Fox? - correct answer ✔✔Publisher who arranged fights through Public
Relations
-Constantly challenged John Sullivan w/opponents
-Arranged illegal fight between John Sullivan vs. Jake Kilrain
Muscular Christianity - correct answer ✔✔Christian commitment to health and manliness
Strong Bodies = Devout Soles
Ministers endorsed sports as good
Jim Thorpe - correct answer ✔✔-In 1950, was voted the greatest athlete of the 20th century
-Native American multi-sport athlete, who competed in sports such as football, baseball, and
track and field
-Competed in 1912 Olympics (Scored 8,413 out of 10,000 in decathlon.**Stripped of his Gold
Medal a year later for getting paid for sport.
