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	George Halas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On a team which included Paddy Driscoll and Jimmy Conzelman, Halas scored two touchdowns and returned an intercepted pass 77 yards in a 17-0 win; the team was also rewarded with their military discharges.
		In both 1963 and 1965 he was selected by The Sporting News, the AP and the UPI as the NFL Coach of the Year.
		He has been recognized by ESPN as one of the ten most influential people in sports in the 20th century, and as one of the greatest coaches.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Halas (1271 words)

	A FLASH OF FINLAND´S SPORTS HISTORY
		Sport was associated with values, defending oneÕs own country, with Finnish culture and an incentive for increasing the level of education.
		In spite of that sport gained acceptability, and was believed to improve the quality of life thanks to the efforts of priests, teachers and other educators.
		In 1919 the sports organisation split politically into two, but during the Winter war in 1939-40 all the Finnish athletes were on the same side.
	www.mrl.edu.hel.fi /eu/suomikuva/FLASHOFFINLAND.htm (1046 words)

	Branch Rickey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rickey served in the military for a few years, then returned to St. Louis in 1919, this time with the Cardinals, to become team president and manager.
		His 6+ years as a manager were mostly uneventful, although the team posted winnings records from 1921-23, and he was fired early in the 1925 season.
		He collapsed in the middle of a speech in Columbia, Missouri as he was being elected the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Branch_Rickey (1511 words)

	The Stars and Stripes, 1918-1919: The Sports Page
		Even though sports news was provided for the soldiers at the front, the editorial board published reminders throughout the war that the soldiers themselves, not the professional athletes, were the real heroes of the day.
		Popular sports heroes who failed to enlist were chastised in editorials such as this March 15, 1918, commentary on the Frank Moran-Fred Fulton boxing match: "As a matter of news, we printed in full the account of the Moran-Fulton boxing bout and gave it all the prominence as a sporting event it deserved.
		It was not until after the Armistice that sports coverage returned to The Stars and Stripes, with a new page focusing on local AEF athletic events.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/sports.html (585 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1919 in sports
		Football is the name given to a number of different team sports.
		Stanley Cup: The Finals is cancelled after the death of Ottawa Senators player Samuel Hamilton 'Hamby' Shore (February 12, 1886-October 14, 1918) during an influenza epidemic.
		Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1919-in-sports (604 words)

	Great Gatsby Web Site - 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although there were not many professional sports played in and around the 1920s, there were sports that were loved by fans.
		Baseball was the biggest spectator sport in America at the time, and many other great players played during this decade.
		Despite the facts, he is still associated and thought of as the key member of the scandal when in reality he played fairly and as hard as he could to win the series.
	www.fcps.edu /westspringfieldhs/academic/english/1project/99gg/99gg4/sports.htm (351 words)

	Toronto Maple Leafs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The team would be renamed the St. Patricks in the midst of a losing stretch in 1919, but would once again reach the Cup in 1922, with Babe Dye (with an overtime winner in game two and four goals in the deciding fifth game) being the team's hero.
		It was the first time a major pro sports team came back from behind 3-0 to win a best-of-seven championship series.
		The general perception among Canadians outside of Toronto that the city is the "Centre of the Universe" (because Toronto is the financial and cultural centre of Canada) makes the Maple Leafs one of the most hated teams in the NHL.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Toronto_Maple_Leafs (1841 words)

	Sports: Black Sox scandal: Chicago throws 1919 World Series
		The 1919 Chicago White Sox had Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams, superb pitchers.
		On Sept. 18, the World Series fix was hatched in Gandil's room in Boston's Hotel Buckminster when he summoned bookmaker-gambler Joseph "Sport" Sullivan and told him: "I think we can put it in the bag." Gandil asked for $80,000 (later raised to $100,000).
		The investigation spread to the 1919 White Sox.
	www.sptimes.com /News/122299/Sports/Black_Sox_scandal__Ch.shtml (892 words)

	Montreal Canadiens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With the exception of baseball's New York Yankees, no North American sports team has had as storied and as successful a history as the Montréal Canadiens.
		Malone was on loan from the dormant Quebec Bulldogs, but that team returned to the ice in 1919.
		The 1919 Stanley Cup Final was suspended after five games due to the Spanish Flu pandemic.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Montreal_Canadiens (1885 words)

	Comenius My Favourite Sports
		Most of the dominant nations in the sport are, or were, members of the British Empire.
		In a sport where the bullseye looks about the size of the full stop at the end of this sentence, a sport where shooters compete amid a cacophony of noise and still concentrate on firing between heartbeats, Takacs' achievement tests the imagination.
		The sport was first popular in English-speaking countries, notably England and the United States, as well as Ireland and South Africa.
	www.ge-hennef.de /comenius/favourite.htm (3451 words)

	Sports Research Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sports psychology is also represented in the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Archives, 1965-90 (R.S. 2 cubic feet).
		Sports conditioning and physical fitness are documented in the Thomas C. Cureton Papers, 1930-75 (R.S. 16/3/21, 3 cubic feet) and in the papers of A.W. "Fritz" Hubbard 1925-90 (R.S. Wheelchair sports are represented in the Rehabilitation Education Services Scrapbooks, 1947-86 (R.S. 16/6/12, 3.5 cubic feet).
		Women's sports are documented in the Laura Huelster Papers, 1914-86 (R.S. 16/4/22, 5.3 cubic feet).
	web.library.uiuc.edu /ahx/sports.htm (856 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sports \| Cycling \| 1919-1929: 'Convicts of the road'
		Race founder Henri Desgrange's creation had become the toughest event in world sport, and was essentially run for the benefit of rival bicycle manufacturers and to sell newspapers.
		The race was now 5,500km in length, with long overnight stages and perhaps the most draconian rules a sporting event has ever created.
		In 1924, Ottavia Bottechia became the first Italian winner in 1924, and when he repeated the victory a year later he was one of his country's major sporting figures.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/2064825.stm (672 words)

	1919 in sports -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1919_in_sports.htm (262 words)

	1920 in sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: 1919 in sports, other events of 1920, 1921 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
		January 3 - Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan, beginning "The curse of the Bambino".
		Football League expands with the addition of the Third Division.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1920_in_sports (345 words)

	Learn more about List of sports events in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Learn more about List of sports events in the online encyclopedia.
		Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
		1993 in sports - Monica Seles is stabbed during a tennis tournament
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_sports_events.html (669 words)

	Great Sports Stories 1913,1914,1915, 1919 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Once again, a century later, they went to heavily populated sports stadiums for their heroes.
		Thus as early as the spring of 1914, King George V watched Burnley beat Liverpool in the FA Cup Final.
		There were military bands, speakers and posters at sports grounds.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /haywardlad/centsport/1913-19.html (1728 words)

	Luis Tiant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beside this, opposing hitters batted just.168 off Tiant, a major league record, and on July 3 he struck out 19 Minnesota Twins in a ten-inning game, setting an American League record for games of that length.
		His 1.60 ERA was the lowest in the American League since Walter Johnson's 1.49 mark during the deadball era in 1919.
		After an injury-plagued season in 1969, Tiant was traded to the Twins in a multi-player deal that brought Graig Nettles to the Indians.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luis_Tiant (1119 words)

	:::::T h e ::::: S p o r t s ::::: I n d u s t r i e s ::::: F e d e r a t i o n ::::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since its formal establishment in 1919, The Sports Industries Federation has provided a comprehensive service to its members, whilst representing the industry to government and the wider business community.
		The goals of the Federation remain basically the same as they were in 1919, but in the 21st century those goals have to be achieved very differently.
		To buyers of sports goods and play equipment, I commend our members to you - by definition they are leaders in their sectors.
	www.sports-life.com /about_us/bod.htm (257 words)

	Arkansas Tech Rec Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1935, the APC Bulletin had no intercollegiate sports for women even mentioned but did say that women could participate on campus in basketball, volleyball, baseball, track, tennis, archery, and folk and clog dancing.
		The sports offered were archery, basketball, bowling, horseshoes, flag football, softball, golf, rope climbing, tennis, track, ping-pong, and volleyball.
		In 1983, ten sports were offered with the general approach for the program by the Physical Education Department was to plan programs around sports that students revealed interests in.
	intramural.atu.edu /history.htm (1502 words)

	1919 article - 1919 1916 1917 1918 1920 1921 1922 Decades 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1919 article - 1919 1916 1917 1918 1920 1921 1922 Decades 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - What-Means.com
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	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/1919 (1222 words)

	Greatest Sports Scandal of Century: The 1919 Black Sox (Part I) by Harvey Frommer
		The 1919 Chicago White Sox were one of the greatest teams of their era.
		That was basically the end of the story of the greatest sports scandal of the century.
		There have been other sports scandals in the 20th century - boxing matches that were fixed or allegedly fixed, the great college basketball scandal of the 1950s in New York City, rumors of other malfeasance in sports - but nothing holds a candle to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
	www.travel-watch.com /scandal1.htm (811 words)

	Man o'War literally was an Upset victim in 1919 - The Washington Times: Sports - August 09, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Upsets great and small have punctuated the sports landscape for centuries now, but never did the word have quite as literal a meaning as Aug. 13, 1919, at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York.
		In 1919, as a 2-year-old, he and Babe Ruth became superstar forerunners of what would be termed the Golden Age of Sport, a k a the Roaring Twenties.
		In 1919, all told, he had guided Man o'War to nine victories in 10 starts, ending his career with 65 victories in 177 races (a.367 winning percentage) for earnings of $252,707.
	washingtontimes.com /sports/20040809-123943-1288r.htm (1133 words)

	Review Sports In America: 1900 To 1919 (Sports in America a Decade By Decade History) - Computer Toaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Review Sports In America: 1900 To 1919 (Sports in America a Decade By Decade History) - Computer Toaster
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		Sports In America: 1900 To 1919 (Sports in America a Decade By Decade History)
	computertoaster.com /reviews/asinsearch_0816052344 (76 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Infamous 1919 Babe Ruth sale contract sells for $996,000
		NEW YORK – The 1919 contract that sent Babe Ruth from Boston to the Bronx – thereby dooming generations of Red Sox fans to heartbreak – was bought at auction Friday by a die-hard Yankees fan for a staggering $996,000.
		The price Siegel paid was nearly double the pre-sale estimate for the Dec. 26, 1919, contract, a five-page typed document signed by owners Harry Frazee of the Red Sox and Jacob Ruppert of the Yankees.
		"This, to me, is the most important sports document," said Siegel, who had no immediate plans for the contract other than to keep it in a safe place.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20050610-1511-biddingforthebabe.html (543 words)

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		In 1919 a sports club " Jednosc " was founded in Makoszowy but after a year its name was changed into " Wolnosc ".
		People loved sport and were eager to help with collecting the necessary money or repairing the football field which was in very bad condition indeed.
		At the beginning the team was transported to matches on a platform driven by horses.
	www.makoszowy.com /30.htm (463 words)

	The Ultimate Florida State League - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The Florida State League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the state of Florida.
		The league originated in 1919 with teams in Bartow, Bradenton, Lakeland, Orlando, Sanford and Tampa.
		The league closed down in 1928 and resumed play in 1936 and has continued uninterrupted, except for a four-year (1942-45) suspension during World War II.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Florida_State_League (195 words)

	1910-1919 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The place mecame a Mecca for card players (hearts, rummy, fan tan, pinochle, bridge) and sports fans (scores were posted on a chalk board).
		Earl Brady will head the sports department and A.L. Bowling will be the managing editor for many years from its days at 322 Broadway to 415 Missouri Avenue.
		Early picnics are held in Lansdowne Park, but in the late '50s the event is moved to the grounds at Assumption High.
	www.eslarp.uiuc.edu /ibex/link/timeline/19101919.htm (5612 words)

	Sports timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1994 in sports - World Series cancelled after player strike; Roland Ratzenberger dies during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Villeneuve corner and Ayrton Senna dies at the Tamburello corner during the race.
		1931 in sports - France are thrown out of the Rugby Union Five Nations Championship for professionalism.
		1928 in sports - Women's Olympic athletics and gymnastics are held for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Sports-timeline.htm (2145 words)

	15th Asian Games - Doha - 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Recognition of field handball based on the games of "Raffball" (snatch ball) and "Königsbergerball" occurred at the turn of the century.
		The sport evolved and grew in popularity early in the 20th century and ironically it was the secretary general of the Association Internationale de Football, a Dutchman called Hirschmann, who encouraged the spread of field handball in 1912.
		Read all you need to know about the 39 sports in Doha 2006.
	www.dohaasiangames.org /en/asian_games_2006/sports/handball_history.htm (396 words)

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		Elmer Layden, Davenport's QB in 1919, went on to gridiron glory as one of the "Four Horsemen" at Notre Dame.
		See his entry in the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.
		See his entry in the Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.
	desmoinesregister.com /sports/preps/football/allstate/1919-1914.html (55 words)

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