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HISTORY OF FOOTBALL
HISTORY OF BASKETBALL
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THE HISTORY OF SPORTS
1800-1950
In the 1900's football was popular at only a few Ivy League colleges, and basketball had yet to catch on. The upper class preferred expensive, sports like tennis, golf, horse racing, sailing, and polo. Baseball, however, was already America's most talked about sport and was on its way to becoming a national obsession. Amateur baseball teams had existed for decades. By the 1900's, every small town had a fiercely competitive league. Professional teams, meanwhile, had been around since 1880's began to really get popular. In 1902, professional teams had an over all fan ratio of 3.5 million people. And by 1911, that number had nearly doubled to 6.5 million. The American league was established in 1900, to rival the National League to organize teams. The rival leagues played the first World Series in 1903, with Boston defeating Pittsburgh. Also, the first baseball stadium was constructed in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. The famous baseball anthem, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", was first heard in 1909.
