Effects of Sports in the 1920’s
Athletes, money, gambling and corruption all have one thing in common, sports. This is displayed in 1919 when “ The Greatest Scandal in Sports History” took place and astonished many people who looked up to some of the world’s most popular athletes. The Chicago White Sox players took money, or a bribe, to play poorly and lose the world series. The aforementioned players were banned from baseball forever, for their conduct, but weren’t convicted of gambling in a federal court (Barnes 285). This ignominy resembles the corruption in the real world, referring to the gangsters and mafias, at the time of the scandal. The shock from the behavior showed the love everyday Americans had for the sport.
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Babe Ruth was obviously a great player, he signed a professional contract at nineteen years of age. He also played two positions, pitcher and outfielder. In 1927, Babe Ruth hit sixty home runs which broke his own record by one (Caso 1369). However, before Ruth, the home run record was only twenty-eight home runs (Caso 1370). Babe’s biggest impact came from his effect on media; he was well known for his smoking, drinking and his debauched lifestyle. This lifestyle, both on and off the field, is eloquently stated by sportswriter Mark …show more content…
Media began to influence young people by their non-stop reporting on baseball, college football and other sports (Towers 1). People around this time period began to move organized pastimes for leisure and shortly thereafter baseball truly became the “National Pastime” as people started playing and attending baseball games (Fischer 453). As a result, sport sections began to appear in newspapers; mostly about baseball, however (Inabinett 14). In addition to consumption, athletics became a staple for manual workers as a stress relief and entertainment. This is shown in the quote,“ Perhaps the most important, albeit the most ignored and least understood, aspect of working class culture is sports” (Wheeler 191). The article states, in summation, that workers embraced sports with a passion and increased production, which led to an embracement of sports among people all across the working landscape including the upper and working
Athletes, money, gambling and corruption all have one thing in common, sports. This is displayed in 1919 when “ The Greatest Scandal in Sports History” took place and astonished many people who looked up to some of the world’s most popular athletes. The Chicago White Sox players took money, or a bribe, to play poorly and lose the world series. The aforementioned players were banned from baseball forever, for their conduct, but weren’t convicted of gambling in a federal court (Barnes 285). This ignominy resembles the corruption in the real world, referring to the gangsters and mafias, at the time of the scandal. The shock from the behavior showed the love everyday Americans had for the sport.
The United …show more content…
Babe Ruth was obviously a great player, he signed a professional contract at nineteen years of age. He also played two positions, pitcher and outfielder. In 1927, Babe Ruth hit sixty home runs which broke his own record by one (Caso 1369). However, before Ruth, the home run record was only twenty-eight home runs (Caso 1370). Babe’s biggest impact came from his effect on media; he was well known for his smoking, drinking and his debauched lifestyle. This lifestyle, both on and off the field, is eloquently stated by sportswriter Mark …show more content…
Media began to influence young people by their non-stop reporting on baseball, college football and other sports (Towers 1). People around this time period began to move organized pastimes for leisure and shortly thereafter baseball truly became the “National Pastime” as people started playing and attending baseball games (Fischer 453). As a result, sport sections began to appear in newspapers; mostly about baseball, however (Inabinett 14). In addition to consumption, athletics became a staple for manual workers as a stress relief and entertainment. This is shown in the quote,“ Perhaps the most important, albeit the most ignored and least understood, aspect of working class culture is sports” (Wheeler 191). The article states, in summation, that workers embraced sports with a passion and increased production, which led to an embracement of sports among people all across the working landscape including the upper and working