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In the 1920s many people excelled in different sporting events. American men were exceptionally good at the sports they participated in. Big Bill became the first American to win WImbledon, one of the biggest tennis tournaments known. Boxer Jack Dempsy was a well known boxer that won the "Battle of the Century." Waterskiing was introduced by an American. Babe Ruth broke the Home Run record. American athletes were determined to reach greatness.

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[|www.orangehoops.org/1919-1920.htm] Sryacuse, an Eastern College Basketball team, started their 1919-1920 season 2-3. Lacking a power forward the team stuggled to win. Finally Nick Pual, a sophmore, got a chance to show the coaches what he was made of. Nick shined scoring 10 points off the bench and grabbed several rebounds. He was the missing piece of the team that they had been looking for. Sryacuse began to win and win big. He ended the season with 216 points, an Eastern College Basketball record of most points in a single season.

"Orange Hoops." 27 November 2007 .1196816016 1196816289 Football really became popular in the 1920s even though it wasn't as popular across the entire nation. It had not really became popular in the West and South yet. College football was popular but the proffesional league was not. Colleges ran direct snap offenses and guys like Pop Warner and Fielding Yost had a huge influence throughout the country. Most of the major powers were in the East and Midwest. Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Michigan, Penn and now unknown schools like Carnegie Tech were powers. Some college B teams and fraternity teams played high school teams. The schedules of teams were not very organized because teams would pick up or drop opponents throughout the season. [|1920s footbal]

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There were many sports heroes in the 1920's, but there is no doubt who was the most famous and heroic of them all. Babe Ruth of Baltimore, played pitcher and outfield for both the Sox and the Yanks, but he is not most famous for his infield or outfield performances. As his nickname "The Sultan of Swat" might suggest, he will most notedly be remembered for his batting performances. Some still call him the greatest to play the game, while others call him the legend that really brought baseball to its current and yet ancient glory. Worlds Series, MVP's, and a record-shattering 714 career homeruns launched The Babe into sports divinity. Although there were many other great names in sports in this time period, Ruth was definitely the symbol of greatness in sports during the Jazz Age.

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In //The// //Great// //Gatsby//, sports were referenced many times during the book.The book shows that in the 1920s, sports were brutal and full of cheaters. Jordon cheated in golf when she moved the ball and when the truth was about to be told she paid of the witness to change the story. When Nick and Gatsby go out for lunch they meet Wolfsheim, who Gatsby tells Nick was the person who fixed the 1919 World Series. Tom Buchanan played football in college and during the book he brutaly hits Myrtle in the nose. These events express the way that the author thinks of sports in the 1920s.

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