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  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)

  
 Jews in Sports from A to M
The sport began in 1865 and four years later Montagu Mayer competed in canoe races in England.
Though an outspoken advocate of multiracial cricket, he was to have led his all-white team in the Commonwealth Matches at Edinburgh in 1970, but violent opposition in England to South African apartheid in sport caused cancellation of his team's participation.
In 1964, when this sport was added to the Olympic program for the first time, James Bregman (1941-) of the United States won a bronze medal in the middleweight division.
www.jewishsports.com /jewsin/history/a2mhistory.htm   (2739 words)

  
 Jews in Sports from P to Y
A favorite sport of the Rothschild banking family since the 1890s, they helped popularize polo in Austria and France.
Table tennis was organized as a modern sport in the 1920s.
She was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.
www.jewishsports.com /jewsin/history/p2yhistory.htm   (2707 words)

  
 Canada in Sports
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.
The Stanley Cup was to be awarded to the top amateur hockey club in Canada although it is now awarded to the top professional (just to emphasize the change) hockey club in the National Hockey League (a now North American League, originally Canadian).
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/18860   (582 words)

  
 sportshome
They were organised by a body called the City of Ely Sports Committee up to 1899, the City of Ely Sports Association up to 1921 and the City of Ely Amateur Sports Association up to 1964.
Sixty four sports days were held, plus extra Coronation Sports in 1902, 1937 and 1953, an event to celebrate the return of prisoners-of-war in 1944.
The success of the Sports was the result of fine organisation and the athletes and cyclists were attracted from all over the country by a track which was consistently praised as one of the best in Britain.
homepage.ntlworld.com /s.walker10/sportshome.htm   (625 words)

  
 Ouimet, Francis 1893-1967 - 1910's Sports
Until Francis Ouimet, a young man of working-class origins, won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament in 1913, golf had been seen as a sport for the privileged classes in the United States.
His victory gave the sport mass appeal and transformed it into popular recreational activity.
The youngest of Louis Ouimet's two sons, Francis was born 8 May 1893 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
history.enotes.com /1910-sports-american-decades/ouimet-francis   (164 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Frieslanders of North Holland crossed the Channel and introduced the sport to England, in an area from Cambridge to the Wash known as the Fens, where competition has been held since 1814.
The first World championships were contested in 1889, while the International Skating Union (ISU) held its first championships in 1893, one year after the formation of the Union.
This style of the sport, however, was later to develop into short track (or indoor) speed skating, which was admitted to the Olympic programme as a medal sport in 1992, after having been a demonstration sport in 1988.
www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/history_uk.asp?DiscCode=SS&sportCode=SS   (345 words)

  
 1893
Years: 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 - 1893 - 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
1893 World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition
January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/18/1893.html   (405 words)

  
 The New York Times: This Day In Sports
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates- Cigar, the great American thoroughbred who traveled more than 6,000 miles to race here, held off a breathtaking stretch challenge tonight to win the $4 million Dubai World Cup by half a length and collect racing's richest prize.
1893: The Stanley Cup, a silver bowl that cost its owner 10 guineas ($50), was donated as an annual award for Canada's amateur hockey champions by Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston.
However, the pro National Hockey Association, forerunner of the N.H.L., took possession of the Cup in 1910 as the symbol of true hockey supremacy.
www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/03.27.html   (693 words)

  
 Open Directory - Shopping: Sports: Memorabilia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
H and H Sports - Signed memorabilia, plauques and collector cases.
Sport It - Offering a selection of sports collectibles and autographed memorabilia.
Sports Immortals - A collection of vintage museum sports memorabilia.
dmoz.org /Shopping/Sports/Memorabilia   (537 words)

  
 The Etownian - Elizabethtown College
1893 - After 111 rounds that consumed seven hours and 19 minutes, Andy Bowen and Jack Burke were too exhausted to box any more, so the referee ruled their New Orleans bout a draw.
April 7 1928 - After goalie Lorne Chabot was hit in the eye with a shot, 44-year-old New York Ranger coach Lester Patrick, a former NHL defenseman, came off the bench to play goal.
It was the first billiards match attended by paying spectators.
www.etownian.com /060406/sports-twish.asp   (248 words)

  
 1893 Brooklyn Grooms Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
Franchise Index: 1893 Stats (1892/1894) / Schedule / Transactions
Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2006).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
www.baseball-reference.com /teams/BRO/1893.shtml   (219 words)

  
 Tilden, William Tatem, II 1893-1953 - 1920's Sports
Tilden, William Tatem, II 1893-1953 - 1920's Sports
Through his dramatic play he attracted public attention to a sport that had often been regarded as unmanly, snobbish, and boring.
He won the U.S. Championship for six consecutive years from 1920 through 1925 and again, at the age of thirty-six, in 1929.
history.enotes.com /1920-sports-american-decades/tilden-william-tatem-ii   (204 words)

  
 Richmond Sports Backers - X-Country Festival
You’ll run in the shadow of the opulent 1893 Maymont House, over tree-lined hills and fields and past wildlife areas filled with bison, deer and other animals.
The McDonald’s X-Country Festival at Maymont is organized by the Richmond Sports Backers, who also operate the SunTrust Richmond Marathon and the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k, both nationally-recognized events known for their high quality and dedication to delivering a memorable experience for participants and spectators.
Along with the 5k, 8k and Half Marathon divisions for participants of all ages and shorter distance events for Elementary and Middle School kids, the event will also feature high school and college teams.
www.sportsbackers.org /xcountry_festival.htm   (262 words)

  
 FOX Sports - Fox Sports Middle East - NHL Playoffs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This month, the hard-hitting, action-packed excitement of the National Hockey League escalates, as FOX Sports begins its coverage of the NHL playoffs.
Since it was first presented in 1893, the Stanley Cup has become the most famous and storied trophies in all of sports, and the quest for the Stanley Cup has become one of the most fiercely contested and prestigious sporting competitions in the entire world.
This year's playoffs will be particularly special, as this will be the first playoffs in which the NHL's new rules will be implemented, allowing the game to be faster, more decisive, and have more scoring opportunities.
msn.foxsports.com /other/story/5482764   (229 words)

  
 Sports 123: Ice Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Ice hockey, known simply as 'hockey' in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice.
The objective of the game is to score goals by playing a hard rubber disc, the puck, into one of the nets placed at opposite ends of the rink.
In 1893 the Stanley Cup was established as the trophy of the Canadian senior championships, it became the award of the winner of the National Hockey League in 1926, and still is the biggest trophy in hockey.
sports123.com /iho/index.html   (252 words)

  
 Henry Ford - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
He left Edison and while working on the engine and the automobile, he repaired steam engines and mended watches to earn a living.
In 1893, Ford's first working engine came to life, and that same year, Edsel, his only son, was born.
Henry received encouragement from Thomas Edison for his concept of the engine, and three years later, in 1896, the first working Ford car was completed.
www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1993/Henry_Ford_main.htm   (317 words)

  
 Sports in Lake County, Florida
With year-round, world-class sporting events, a collection of world-renowned training facilities and an average year-round temperature of 71 degrees, Lake County has proven to be an outdoor sports Mecca.
The area’s gently rolling hills, country roads and clean lakes attract competing athletes from throughout the country and around the world.
Events include bicycle races, triathlon events, golf tournaments, equestrian competitions, bass fishing tournaments, water ski championships and other outdoor sporting events that have found a perfect home in Lake County.
www.lakegovernment.com /enjoying_lake_county/sports.aspx   (175 words)

  
 SPORTS - Online Information article about SPORTS
Philology: Bollettino di filologia classica (1894); Giornale italiano di filologia e linguistica classica (1886); Studi di filologia romanza (1885) ; Studi italiani di filologia classica (1893) ; Bessarione, bi-monthly.
Caecilia (for music); Tijdschrift voor Strafrecht; Museum, for philology (1893), monthly; Tijdschrift voor nederlandsche See also:
SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport,"...
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SOU_STE/SPORTS.html   (5996 words)

  
 Central Washington University - Intramural Sports: Basketball
Points were earned by landing the ball in a peach basket.
• Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in 1893.
Another decade passed, however, before the innovation of open-ended nets put an end to the practice of manually retrieving the ball from the basket each time a goal was scored.
www.cwu.edu /~rec/intramuralSports/basketball/basketball.html   (142 words)

  
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Vandereycken was long considered a favourite candidate to take the job due to his experience and skill.
As a player he represented Sporting Spalbeek, Sporting Hasselt, Club Brugge KV, Genoa 1893, RSC Anderlecht, SV Blau-Weiss Berlin and KAA Gent and played 50 times for the ´Red Devils´.
He played for Belgium at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups and scored in the final as Belgium won a silver medal at the 1980 UEFA European Championship.
www.dabsports.com   (1778 words)

  
 Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Fellow Knights and Sports fans - There are several sports events we are planning that may fit into your schedule or you wish to participate.
The combined prizes in the amount of $364 for the outstanding bowling at the State Tournament was presented to the Grand Knight at the Annual Knights of Columbus State Convention.
Again congratulations to all of the bowling members and hope they continue to do well in the future bowling leagues and tournaments.
www.knights6153.org /IndexInfo/Sports.html   (1126 words)

  
 FOX Sports - Fox Sports Middle East - Stanley Cup Finals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
FOX Sports - Fox Sports Middle East - Stanley Cup Finals
This month, the hard-hitting, action-packed excitement of the National Hockey League escalates, as FOX Sports continues its coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
The 2006 National Hockey League season culminates this week, as the two best teams in professional hockey meet to decide who will be crowned world champion.
msn.foxsports.com /other/story/5590900   (195 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)

  
 Welcome to Comcast SportsNet
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©2004 Philadelphia Sports Media L.P. Parent's Guide to TV Ratings
philadelphia.comcastsportsnet.com /view_content_0p.asp?ID=1893   (399 words)

  
 AFL - Fox Sports
Daily Telegraph reporter Tim Morrissey gives his tips for round 22 of the AFL premiership.
NZ v Melb & Perth v Syd FOX SPORTS 1
Want to become well educated and earn a salary at the same time?
www.foxsports.com.au /afl   (307 words)

  
 SportsShooter.com - member: Todd Drexler
Janelle Sarauw had 11 kills as Florida Atlantic University the #1 Seed lost to #4 Seed Jackosnville University.
Sideline Sports Inc. located in Jacksonville, Florida ia a sports photograghy and graphic design company.
Current clients include the Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlantic Sun Conference, Southern Conference, Conference USA, Bethune-Cookman College, Jacksonville University, University of Central Florida, University of North Florida and Stetson University.
www.sportsshooter.com /members.html?id=1893   (347 words)

  
 Stanley Cup history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
, the oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America, was donated by Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston and son of the Earl of Derby, in 1893.
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