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Sports in America
1920–1939 SECOND EDITION
James Buckley Jr. and John Walters SERIES FOREWORD BY LARRY KEITH
1920–1939, Second Edition Sports in America Copyright © 2010 John Walters Foreword copyright © 2010 Larry Keith All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, contact: Chelsea House An Imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York, NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Walters, John (John Andrew) Sports in America, 1920-1939 / John Walters ; series foreword by Larry Keith p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-60413-449-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-60413-449-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-2961-7 (e-book) 1. Sports—United States—History—20th century. 2. Sports—Social aspects—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. GV583.W35 2010 796.09730904—dc22
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SPORTS I N AM ERICA 1920 –1939
Contents
In this ”Golden Age of Sports,” boxing was one of the biggest attractions. Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunny had two famous battles.
Foreword
4
Introduction
6
1920
10
1930
56
1921
14
1931
62
1922
18
1932
68
1923
24
1933
74
1924
30
1934
80
1925
34
1935
84
1926
38
1936
88
1927
42
1937
92
1928
48
1938
96
1929
52
1939
102
Resources
106
Index
108
SPORTS I N AM ERICA 1920–1939
Foreword BY LARRY KEITH
WHEN THE EDITORS OF SPORTS IN AMERICA invited me to write the foreword to this important historical series I recalled my experience in the 1980s as the adjunct professor for a new sports journalism course in the graduate school of Columbia University. Before granting their approval, the faculty at that prestigious Ivy League institution asked, Do sports matter? Are they relevant? Are they more th