The Influence Of Sports In The 1920's

Off the field Ruth reveled in his celebrity status, enjoying a wild and extravagant life. However, his high living and headstrong behavior eventually began to take a toll on his performance. He was still baseball’s premier player but fellow teammate and newcomer Lou Gehrig started to show signs of greatness

Babe’s amazing pitching allowed the Red Sox to win the World Series again, four games to one. Ruth extended his World Series consecutive scoreless inning streak to 29⅔ innings, a recorded that would last until almost fifty years later. Inly July 1918, Ruth walked off the field due to a dispute with the manager, a mistake that would soon lead him to be traded to the Yankees. However Ruth wouldn’t go out without a fight. Ruth placed a “curse” on the Red Sox for trading him to the Yankees. The Red Sox didn’t win another World Series until 2004 (86 years later).

Babe Ruth has created a legacy in sports and become a legend of baseball where he even has a museum dedicated to him. Babe Ruth created a legacy by being a great person on and off of the field. “The next day the Babe, armed with bat, glove and half a dozen signed baseballs, made one of his frequent pilgrimages to a hospital.”(Schumach). “I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.”(N.a.). This shows that Babe Ruth was a good guy and when he went to the hospital with the autographed baseballs, bats and other items he would give to kids in the hospital. One kid he gave items to became a famous story about how he “Aided the Small Boy”(Schumach). The boy that Babe Ruth

Rumors of his large appetite for food, alcohol, and women, as well as his tendency toward extravagant spending and high living, were as legendary as his exploits at the plate. This reputation, whether true or imagined, hurt Ruth's chances of becoming a team manager in later life. Ball clubs, wary of his lifestyle, didn't want to take a chance on the seemingly irresponsible Ruth. In 1935 he was lured back to Boston to play for the Braves and for the opportunity, so he thought, to manage the club the following season. The job never

During the 1920s America was in a state of economic success, so many Americans had more free time and more money to do activities during this free time. Sports became very popular due to mass media. Athletes became American sports heroes that many fantisized about, and admired. Babe Ruth was a baseball player known to hit hundreds of home runs. Jack Dempsey was a boxer known for being a world class heavyweight champion from 1919-1926. Red Grange was college football player nicknamed the Galloping Ghost, because he was very agile and could outmaneuver opposing players. Bobby Jones was the best golfer of the 1920s. Bill Tilden and Helen Wills were the best tennis players of the 1920s. Lastly, Gertrude Ederle was a swimmer that broke the world

By the age of nineteen he beat the reigning AAU endurance champion herbert brennan in the one mile race then the next year he beat him again in the ten mile race by one mile during one of of his ten miles races he dislocated his arm and still swam beating an olympic gold medal winner but he ended up not winning. From ages twenty four through thirty four he won every race held in the Gulf Of Mexico.

He would continue playing baseball throughout his childhood and teenage years, and eventually make it to play Major League Baseball. Once he got into the Major League, he took off running and began breaking records and leaving sports analysis dumbfounded with his game play. According to Rider, “As a Red Sox, Between 1915 and 1919 he won 87 games, yielding a stunning earned run average of a low 2.16, won three world series champions, and holds a record for scoreless world series innings which is 29 ⅔ consecutive innings (Rader 1). These accomplishments add on to Babe Ruth’s greatness because he was known for hitting home runs, yet he was still accomplishing great things as a pitcher. Even though he is not known

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American icon or symbol just as Uncle Sam was; the Babe started it all. He was the best pitcher in his day and still remains the strongest slugger in the game. Ruth had power, strength, an appetite and a desire for the game that no other player would ever have. It was "Babe Ruth, a hero of prowess who had achieved greatness by the sheer extent

Base on the book “The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs” by Bill Jenkinson, In February 1914 when Ruth was nineteen, Jack Dunn a player for several major-league teams and the owner of the minor league Baltimore Orioles offered a $600 contract for one season and he accepted so, in February 27, Ruth left St. as a professional baseball player, and on April 22 he

He began winning all of his races and appeared in numerous newspaper articles. He told me about how there was a newspaper article in the belleville news democrat about him and they called him the sensational sophomore. The picture of him was a really good picture of him in the middle of winning a race coming around the corner of the track. He is wearing a headband along with wristbands and long socks so it ended up being a really good shot. That was the first newspaper that he was in so he got one and decided to start saving them just because. Eventually he began getting used to winning and decided to start putting on a show for people when he ran since they paid money to come see the races might as well make it worth their while. So he began doing hilarious stunts before he ran and making the races stressful on purpose. He told me about how when he would run the 800 meter dash (two laps around the track) his friends would do a sort of cheer or maybe it would be consider a chant when he is about to start the second lap. The chant/cheer when he would be about to come through for the second lap would be ¨Are you ready for the show, showtime. Are you ready for the show, show time. Oooooohhh suuurge.¨ and then he would take off for the second lap then pass up the first place person if he allowed the person to be in front of him for the first lap. He would also walk up to his competition then

“I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat.” - Babe Ruth. George Herman Ruth Jr. this man was born onto this earth on February 6, 1895, and Passed away on August 16, 1948(Schumach). This man is an American icon first, and a baseball legend last. Babe single handedly changed the way of Baseball and how It was played. He rescued the game from the dark days of the dead ball era. Babe’s great deeds on the field weren’t recognized that easily. He needed the help of sportswriters and advertisers to spread his legend across America. Ruth was a hero in the eyes of the America. Ruth was the perfect reflection of the affluence and over consumption of the

In September of 1994, Mo landed his education at a secondary school named Feltham Community College (Farah and Andrews 39). It was there that Mo met the man who changed his life (“Mo Farah,” Contemporary par. 5). Alan Watkinson, the gym teacher at Feltham, quickly picked up on Mo’s amazing talent of speed in gym class (Farah and Andrews 49). The way Mo was able to slice his way through cross country courses even while wearing deficient shoes made Alan feel that Mo was something special (“Mo Farah,” Contemporary par. 5 ). Alan realized that such talent needed to be nurtured with care (“Mo Farah,” Contemporary par. 5). He quickly got Mo involved in the local athletics (running) club which at the time was called, Borough of Hounslow (Farah and Andrews 57). It was there that Mo built his foundation for his future career. Mo later on said that without “Alan [Watkinson] [he] would have never been able to take those first steps towards [his] Olympic dream” (Farah and Andrews 65). Alan was was almost like a replacement of Mo’s father, guiding and motivating him every step of the way ( ). Running made Mo “feel like that [he] was a part of school life,” even though football was his passion (Farah and Andrews 52). He used running at the local athletics club to take his mind off the troubles in his life, eventually working his way to official meets ( ). At age 13, Mo competed in his

To compete in the ugliest days of weather and still want to run another lap because of the amazing feeling – personification

“Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.” (Prefontaine) If you could meet any famous person that existed, who would they be? Would meeting this person change your life tremendously? Why would meeting this person be important to you? Maybe you have felt a connection between their life and yours. Out of all the famous people why would you choose this person in particular? If I could meet any famous person I would choose to meet Steve Prefontaine. One of America’s greatest middle, long distance runners ever. He at one time held American records in seven different track events anywhere from the 2,000 meters to the 10,000 meters. Steve Prefontaine was born on January 25, 1951, in Coos Bay Oregon. As a child, he was very small, but always wanted to excel as a baseball or football player. Though, he was always the kicker, or an alternative for a position if the main player got hurt during a competition. Was said that he had a “shaky hand-eye-coordination”. Ironically, just like I do. All the rejection he got in sports strengthened him as a person, and as a result made him strive for greatness. Greatness, he did achieve and against so many people’s opinions, and thoughts. His mom even never did understand why he would run so much, until she saw him run at the Olympics in Munich, Germany. Steve Prefontaine’s fame in running is not the reason I want to

This is a story that takes place in ancient Greece, in the city of Crete. There was a man named Slotho. He claimed to be the fastest runner in the world even though he had only challenged the people of his home town. Slotho had won many races, but this story tells of the one race that he lost, and what became of him due to his bragging and boasting.Long, long ago in a village far away, there was a man named Slotho, who claimed to be the fastest runner in the world. Ever Since he was little he had always ran races, and ran around his house. Once he was much older, he started racing the other adults of Crete, and people who had passed through the town while they were on trips. One day he was trying to get somebody to race him, which nobody would because they all have seen how fast he really is”Is anyone brave enough to challenge me, he who is fastest of all the world.