Books with title Sports in America! 1920 to 1939

The decade following World War I was known as the "Roaring Twenties," and sports were no exception, from Babe Ruth's fateful trade to the New York Yankees to a transcontinental footrace from Los Angeles to New York. Following this decade of letting loose was the more somber 1930s, a time of worldwide economic depression. Jesse Owens's four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and War Admiral's Triple Crown win served as beacons of light for a downtrodden nation. Learn about these events, and many more, in 1920–1939, Second Edition.Highlights include:Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920Four powerful players on University of Notre Dame's football team are dubbed "the Four Horsemen" by sportswriter Grantland Rice in 1924The Harlem Globetrotters launch a basketball legacy in 1927The Transcontinental Race, a foot race from Los Angeles to New York, is run over 84 days in 1928One of football's most celebrated coaches, Knute Rockne of University of Notre Dame, dies in a plane crash in 1931Babe Didrikson, one of the greatest female athletes of all time, wins two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1932 OlympicsAfrican-American athlete Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, striking a blow against Nazi racismWar Admiral wins the Triple Crown in 1937.

The decade following World War I was known as the "Roaring Twenties," and sports were no exception, from Babe Ruth's fateful trade to the New York Yankees to a transcontinental footrace from Los Angeles to New York. Following this decade of letting loose was the more somber 1930s, a time of worldwide economic depression. Jesse Owens's four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and War Admiral's Triple Crown win served as beacons of light for a downtrodden nation. Learn about these events, and many more, in 1920–1939, Second Edition.Highlights include:Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920Four powerful players on University of Notre Dame's football team are dubbed "the Four Horsemen" by sportswriter Grantland Rice in 1924The Harlem Globetrotters launch a basketball legacy in 1927The Transcontinental Race, a foot race from Los Angeles to New York, is run over 84 days in 1928One of football's most celebrated coaches, Knute Rockne of University of Notre Dame, dies in a plane crash in 1931Babe Didrikson, one of the greatest female athletes of all time, wins two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1932 OlympicsAfrican-American athlete Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, striking a blow against Nazi racismWar Admiral wins the Triple Crown in 1937.

The first decade of the 20th century saw many firsts from the first World Series baseball game to the first Indianapolis 500 auto race. This second edition of 1900 1919 is fully revised, and for the first time, contains full-color photographs. Highlights include: The first Rose Bowl game in 1902 The first World Series in 1903 Jack Johnson becoming the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion in 1908 The first Indianapolis 500 auto race in 1911 Jim Thorpe's amazing year in 1912 Tennis champ and survivor of the 1912 Titanic sinking Richard Williams coming back to win the U.S. Tennis Championship in 1914 The launch of the National Hockey League in 1918 The 1919 Black Sox scandal, in which players on the Chicago White Sox fixed the World Series.

The booming decade following World War II saw many advances in sports and the continued integration of people of other races into major sports leagues. A lanky Oxford University medical student broke the four-minute-mile record, the first African American won a U.S. Open singles title, and the color barrier broke in the National Basketball Association. 1950–1959, Second Edition explores this decade of sports, presenting full-color and black-and-white photographs and further resources for interested readers.Highlights include:African-American players Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, Chuck Cooper, and Earl "Big Cat" Lloyd break the color barrier in the National Basketball Association in 1950Bobby Thomson hits "the shot heard round the world" to win the 1951 National League pennant for the New York GiantsIn 1954 Roger Bannister, a medical student at Oxford University, becomes the first man to run a mile in less than four minutesBoxer Rocky Marciano defeats challenger Archie Moore in 1955 to end his career as the undefeated heavyweight championAlthea Gibson becomes the first African American to win the U.S. Open singles title in 1957Alan Ameche and Johnny Unitas lead the Baltimore Colts to the 1958 NFL championship in "the Greatest Game Ever Played."

The decade interrupted by the Second World War was filled with sports triumphs and comebacks. From Joe DiMaggio's still-unbroken 56-game hitting streak for the Yankees to the resumption of the Olympics, the 1940s also saw the beginning of the NBA and the breaking of the color barrier in Major League Baseball and in professional football. The colorful new 1940–1949, Second Edition describes all of these groundbreaking events, plus many more.Highlights from 1940-1949 include:Joe DiMaggio records at least one hit at bat in 56 consecutive games in 1941President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1942 "green light" letter asks Major League Baseball to continue games during World War II to help the country's morale18-year-old swimmer Ann Curtis becomes the first woman to win the Amateur Athletic Union's Sullivan Award for top athlete of the year in 1944Hockey player Maurice Richards scores a record 50 goals in 50 games during the 1945 seasonAfrican-American players Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, and Bill Willis break the color barrier in professional football in 1946African-American player Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947The Olympics, cancelled during World War II, return in 1948The National Basketball Association begins with 17 teams in 1949.