American Sports and the Great War - College, Military and Professional Athletics, 1916-1919

Drawing on newspaper accounts, college yearbooks and the recollections of veterans, this book examines the impact of World War I on sports in the U.S. As young men entered the military in large numbers, many colleges initially considered suspending athletics but soon turned to the idea of using sports to build morale and physical readiness. Recruits, mostly in their twenties, ended up playing more baseball and football than they would have in peacetime. Though most college athletes volunteered for military duty, others replaced them so that the reduction of competition was not severe. Pugilism gained participants as several million men learned how to box.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: Before America Entered the Great War

1.¿Professional Baseball

2.¿College Baseball

3.¿Military Baseball at Home and Abroad

4.¿College Football

5.¿Professional and Military Football

6.¿Track and Field

7.¿Basketball and Volleyball

8.¿Golf and Tennis

9.¿Rowing, Swimming, Yachting and Motorboat Racing

10.¿Boxing and Wrestling

11.¿Auto, Motorbike and Bicycle Racing

12.¿Ice Hockey and Other Winter Sports

13.¿Equestrian Sports

14.¿Gymnastics, Lacrosse and Soccer

15.¿Potpourri: Archery-Trapshooting

16.¿The Inter-Allied Military Olympics

17.¿Legacy of the War

Appendix: Records, 1916-1919

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Peter C. Stewart is a semi-retired associate professor of history (emeritus) at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virgina.

Product details

• Authors: Peter C. Stewart, Stewart Peter C.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2021
• EAN: 9781476681054
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8105-4
• No. of pages: 243
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 331 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; USA, First World War, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, United States of America, USA, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I