9/24-26 Early Baseball--Burns Inning 1

Burns Inning 1--- Harry Wright--Owner of Cincinatti Reds Gambling Issues lead to the creation of the National League. William Hulbert---Leader of the Cartel known as the National League. No Games on Sunday Reserve Clause No Drinking or Gambling $.50 tickets Louisville Grays---Jim Devlin--1st player banned for gambling.

9/19-21 Early Baseball

Unit 1 Journal #2--Ty Cobb Early Baseball History--Burns Inning 1 The Knickerbocker Baseball Club (1845) One spring day in 1845, New York bank teller Alexander Cartwright suggested to his ballplaying companions that they organize formally into a club. From that humble start grew America's national game. Versions of baseball had been played long before; varieties of the children's game known in England as "rounders" and in America as "base ball" or "town ball" were popular throughout the northeastern states. But when the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club organized that September, Cartwright and his friends transformed the children's game into an adult sport, chiefly by three innovations still in effect today. 1. 90 ft. bases 2. 9 on a side w/ a fair and foul line. 3. No "SOAKING" (throwing the ball at the runner to get them out) 1869 Cincinatti Red Stockings 1st Professional Baseball Team. 1876 The Formation of the National League *Monopoly---Reserve Clause *Middle Class Pursuit 1. Games were $.50 2. No Alcohol Sold at the Games 3. No Games were played on Sunday

9/17-18 Early Sports/Intro

1. Syllabus Due 2. Early Sports--Spectator Sports Handout Review 3. Early Sports Quiz

9/13-14 Early Sports History

SPORTS- Games or Test of Skills undertaken primarily for the diversion of those who take part or who observe them (watch). Any play, pastime, exercise, game or contest performed 1. Under given Rules 2. Indoors or Outdoors 3. Individual or Team Basis 4. With or without Competition 5. Requiring Skill and Some Form of Physical Exertion Precise Origins are obscure---ALL CULTURES have known physical contests GREEKS- OLYMPIC GAMES ROMANS- SOME GAMES THAT REQUIRE MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES OR THE USE OF ANIMALS (HORSE RACING, SHOOTING, ARCHERY, ETC. MIDDLE AGES- EUROPEAN SOCIETY--FEUDALISTIC SOCIETY WAS ISOLATED AND CHRISTIANITY-RELIGIOUS DOGMA OPPOSED THE USE OF THE BODY FOR PLAY ONLY CONTESTS BETWEEN KNIGHTS (MILITARY PURPOSES) WERE ALLOWED AND SUPPORTED. ARCHERY IS BIG IN ENGLAND. HE RENAISSANCE (14th to 17th Century) THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND HUMANISM (18th Century) GAMES AND EXERCISE GAIN RENEWED POPULARITY WEALTH AND SOCIAL CLASS TAKE OVER THE PREFERRED ACTIVITY UPPER CLASSES--POLO OR FALCONRY COMMONERS---LOWER CLASSES INEXPENSIVE, MASSED (TEAM) SPORTS TAKE SHAPE (SOCCER) MODERN GAMES INDUSTRIALIZATION (19TH CENTURY) THE SHIFT FROM LABOR INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE TO SERVICE ORIENTED/MACHINE AIDED JOBS IN FACTORIES HELP EXPAND SPORTS. PEOPLE HAVE MORE RECREATION TIME, ARE MASSED IN CITIES (URBANIZATION), AND SPORTS ARE SEEN AS A USEFUL RECREATION. MODERN ORGANIZATIONS SET UP TO GOVERN PLAY(LOCAL AND NATIONAL), EQUIPMENT IS STANDARDIZED, AND A DOCTRINE OF SPORTS BUILDING CHARACTER AND ENHANCING KEY VALUES LEAD TO SPORTS TO BE A NECESSARY ENDEAVOR FOR MEN. 1920s The Golden Age of Sports: Good Economic Times in U.S. Radio Newspapers---Add Sports Page

9/10-12 The Sandlot

5 Paragraph Essay Assigned on the Sandlot The Sandlot This movie says much about sport in our culture. Using specific examples from the movie answer the following question: What does the sandlot provide for the players on the “team”? Hint: Think about things in and out of the game. You must have a minimum of three (3) things the players gain from the experience of playing in the sandlot. Use proper essay technique. Blue or Black Ink / Typed

9/5-7 Week 1

Intro to the Class Sport-Working Definition Unit I Journal #1 : Describe your best sports moment