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1920s Sports Cali McGuire Dec. 12. 2016 Sports developed in the 1920s due to new distribution including baseball, golf, tennis, swimming, boxing, and football. These sports before the 1920s were called dumb sports. This was a new beginning. Some of these events that occurred. National Football League and baseball's Negro National League formed; Babe Ruth sold to New York Yankees and hits 54 home runs, signalling the arrival of the lively ball era in baseball; Cleveland Indians' shortstop Ray Chapman is killed by a Carl Mays pitch; the Grand Prix de Paris horse race changes its name to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Let us begin with Golf, as a sport. It had been around for a long time, but the 1920s saw a rapid rise in popularity for the middle class so that at the end of the …show more content…

(n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2016, from http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/sports-in-the-1920s.htm 3 Paragraph: (1920s, 2016) http://www.1920s-fashion-and-music.com/1920s-sports.html 4 Bibliography: 1920s Sports: A Golden Age of Competition. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2016, from http://www.1920s-fashion-and-music.com/1920s-sports.html 4 Paragraph: (1920s, 2016) http://1920s-entertainment.weebly.com/sports.html 5 Bibliography: Entertainment In The 1920's - Sports. (n.d.). Retrieved November 29, 2016, from http://1920s-entertainment.weebly.com/sports.html 5 Paragraph: (1920s, 2016) Book Source 1: Andrist, R. K. (1987). The American heritage history of the 1920's and 1930's. New York: American Heritage/Bonanza Books. Book Source 2: Twombly, W. (1976). 200 years of sport in America: A pageant of a nation at play. New York: McGraw-Hill. Book Source 3: Platt, J., & Buckley, J. (2002). Sports immortals: Stories of inspiration and achievement. Chicago: Triumph

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