Sports in the Western WorldRowman and Littlefield, 1982 - 360 sider Traces the history of sports from the original Greek Olympics to the development of professional team sports and considers the business and political aspects of sports. |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-3 av 38
Side 90
... cricket abilities . Com- moners were usually assigned the task of bowling , the most strenuous part of cricket . Like horse racing , cricket matches served as occasions for high - stake gambling . In the spring of 1700 a London ...
... cricket abilities . Com- moners were usually assigned the task of bowling , the most strenuous part of cricket . Like horse racing , cricket matches served as occasions for high - stake gambling . In the spring of 1700 a London ...
Side 139
... cricket clubs as far away as Albany and Philadelphia convened at the Astor House in New York City to form the United States Central Club , an American equivalent of the Marylebone Cricket Club in London . According to one commentator , ...
... cricket clubs as far away as Albany and Philadelphia convened at the Astor House in New York City to form the United States Central Club , an American equivalent of the Marylebone Cricket Club in London . According to one commentator , ...
Side 143
... cricket . " Baseball satisifed not only America's love of brisk activity , but also its acquisitive tendencies . On the eve of the Civil War , increasing crowds and players ' willingness to turn a fast buck all pointed to ...
... cricket . " Baseball satisifed not only America's love of brisk activity , but also its acquisitive tendencies . On the eve of the Civil War , increasing crowds and players ' willingness to turn a fast buck all pointed to ...
Innhold
vii FROM RITUAL TO RECREATION THE BEGINNINGS OF SPORT | 1 |
The Competitive Impulse 2 Organized Greek Games 3 The Decline and Fall of Athletics | 3 |
Medieval People at Play | 42 |
Opphavsrett | |
15 andre deler vises ikke
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
amateur American football American sports ancient aristocratic Association athletes baseball basketball became began Bill Russell black athletes Boston bowling boxing Britain British champion championship City clubs coach college football compete competitive contests Coubertin court cricket crowd decade dominated early England English Europe European field fight final French German gold medals golf Greek gymnastics History horse racing ice hockey indoor Italian John King lawn tennis League London major-league mass match modern Olympic National National Football League National Hockey League Nazi nineteenth century officials Olympia Olympic Games opponents organized owners participation pastimes Pelé physical play players political popular professional Puritan reserve clause Roman rugby football rules Russian salaries schools scored season soccer football social Soviet spectacle sports and games stadium television tion tournaments track traditional turned United University victory Vince Lombardi Western Wimbledon winter women World Cup wrestling York youths