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  Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt Professionalism in Sports (1890)
The best of all sports for this purpose are those which follow the Macedonian rather than the Greek model: big-game hunting, mountaineering, the chase with horse and hound, all wilderness life with all its keen, hardy pleasures.
Now, athletic sports, if followed properly, and not elevated into a fetish, are admirable for developing character, besides bestowing on the participants an invaluable fund of health and strength.
Already this awakening of interest in manly sports, this proper care of the body, have had a good effect upon our young men; but there are, of course, accompanying dangers in any such movement.
www.theodore-roosevelt.com /trprosports.html   (1526 words)

  
 Subject Category - sports, page 1
Portrays the dynamic history of sports in Ohio, including the accomplishments of our state's athletes, the emergence of organized professional sports, and the significance of amateur sports as a leisure activity.
Sports and athletic activities have been important part in the lives of Ohioans since the state's settlement in the 1780s.
After the Civil War, and especially at the end of the nineteenth century, professional baseball and football teams were established, and amateur sports clubs formed in the growing numbers of city gymnasiums.
worlddmc.ohiolink.edu /OMP/Subject?subject=sports   (497 words)

  
 Women in Sports
It quickly became the indoor winter sport of choice for boys and girls in the area.
By the 1990's, bowling is the second-largest participation sport in the world, with more than 100 million athletes, 46% of whom are women who compete equally with men.
She excelled at most sports, including ice hockey and softball, and was an 1928 Olympic track and field gold medalist.
www.womenscalendar.org /womeninsports.htm   (17455 words)

  
 A Sports Replay of the Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
But when you look at sports in this country it was the 20th century that really shaped so many of the games we enjoy to watch, play, or simulate with our cards and dice or computers.
I decided to combined the years 1900-19 together into a single group because the games available that could accurately simulate the sporting events of that time are limited, as is the statistical information for that period.
There was no NHL until 1917 and even then the rules of the game were very different, from where you could pass the puck to the amount of skaters on the ice, as well as the rules on penalties.
www.sportplanet.com /sbb/apfas/cen.htm   (524 words)

  
 Canada in Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I guess it is a good time to look at Canada in professional sports.
The second of the two is the most popular sport in Canada, sometimes compared to baseball in the United States.
Becoming very popular in Canada by the 1890, it was still practically unknown in the United States.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/18860   (582 words)

  
 Negro League History 101 - An Introduction To The Negro Leagues
While it would be quite a stretch to say that professional baseball in the North was integrated between the end of the Civil War and 1890, quite a number of African-Americans played alongside white athletes on minor league and major league teams during the period.
As the season of 1890 began there were no fl players in the International League, the most prestigious of the minor league circuits.
Delving further into this fascinating era in American sports will reveal a rich and colorful story which had profound impact not only on our national pastime, but upon America's social and moral development.
www.negroleaguebaseball.com /history101.html   (1808 words)

  
 History of Women in Sports Timeline - Part 1- to 1899
Lacrosse will become a major new sports opportunity for women in the 1990's with many colleges offering scholarship dollars.
Women's hockey will become a new sports opportunity in the 1980's and '90's, with the US Women's team winning the gold medal in 1998, the first year women's ice hockey is a medal sport.
1890 - Fay Fuller climbs the 14,410 foot Mt. Rainier in Washington.
www.northnet.org /stlawrenceaauw/timeline.htm   (3900 words)

  
 Sports Sociology I
Sports sociology considers the relationship between sports and society
Sports and media, politics, economics, religion, race, gender, youth, etc.
  Figure skating once was a male-dominated sport, however it is now considered a “feminine” sport due to emphasis on body presentation, appearance, and grace.
jan.ucc.nau.edu /pe/exs190web/190socio1.htm   (1153 words)

  
 Rutnet Forum - Ketton Sports & Gala - August 1890
The annual sports and gala, which took place under distinguished patronage at Ketton on Tuesday afternoon last, were even more than usually successful.
Even to the extent that the sports day gets fully reported in the local paper and everyone is involved - even to supplying the drinks and food and "canvas".
Details of the 1888 Sports and Gala can be found in "A Villager's View of Ketton" by G.J. Smith.
www.rutnet.co.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2209   (1942 words)

  
 San Diego Hall of Champions - California high school sports state record book on sale at HOC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The record book is a great Christmas gift for sports fans in San Diego or throughout the state.
CalHiSports.com is the recognized source for California high school state records and the book covers high school sports from 1890 to 2005.
State high school sports record book on sale at the Hall
www.sdhoc.com /main/articles/highschools/Calhirecordbook   (145 words)

  
 Brooklyn Dodgers (1890-1957)
Brooklyn was the home of the greatest armature team the Brooklyn Atlantics who were even the first to defeat the Professional Cincinnati Red stockings in 1870 despite having several players raided off their roster for the original Cincinnati professional team.
Brooklyn Sports Writer Henry Chadwick working for the "New York Clipper" a paper devoted to the theater sports and the theater, grew so disgusted with the method of scoring a baseball game he designed his own system He assigned numbers to the various positions, and this helped develop an easily understood box score.
This except for a few minor differences is the same box score we use today.
www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html   (4706 words)

  
 Colette Sports Fashion Women of the Century Plate D'Arceau Limoges (D'Arceau Limoges Plates) at Seems Like Old Times ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Colette Sports Fashion Women of the Century Plate D'Arceau Limoges (D'Arceau Limoges Plates) at Seems Like Old Times Collectibles Plates and Ornaments
Colette - The Sports Woman of 1890, 3rd plate from the series of 12 plates Women of the Century or Les Femmes du Siecle by french artist Ganeau for D'Arceau Limoges.
Plate is in mint condition in the original box with the certificate of authenticity.
pages.seemslikeoldtimes.com /3907/PictPage/1920729106.html   (145 words)

  
 Freiberg Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
Albert Freiberg founded what is now called Freiberg Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine during 1890, making us the oldest orthopaedic practice in the Tri-State area.
Its success at getting people back to work is best seen by knowing that since the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation began ranking MCO’s on their ability to return injured workers to jobs, 3-HAB has been #1.
The progressive spirit is alive and well at Freiberg Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine!
www.freibergortho.com /about/history.htm   (1315 words)

  
 DAKINE Ridge Backpack - 1890 cu in: Compare Prices, View Price History and Read Reviews at NexTag
DAKINE Ridge Backpack - 1890 cu in: Compare Prices, View Price History and Read Reviews at NexTag
All Categories : Sports and Outdoors : Outdoors : Camping and Hiking : DAKINE
The DAKINE Ridge Pack packs a boatload of function into a stealthy-looking package.
www.nextag.com /DAKINE-Ridge-Backpack-1890-64650459/prices-html   (250 words)

  
 Table Tennis Quizzes and Trivia -- FunTrivia
Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Sports : Sports Other :
Table tennis is its official name but is also known as Ping Pong in America.
* In the 1890's which sports equipment manufacturer marketed a game called 'Indoor Tennis', a game based on table tennis that we know today?
www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/sports/sports_other/table_tennis.html   (396 words)

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