Baseball in the 1920's

Baseball equipment

by: Johnny Hodges

Baseball was the american sport. In the 1920s was a changing point in baseball the players, the equipment, and the game. Baseball equipment changed dramatically. Different gloves, bats, type of ball. This was a turning point.

A lot has changed in this time period. In glove the webbing got better, manufactures developed the lacing device. Bats were made with strong woods. Baseballs were made with different materials to make the ball batter and travel farther. These changed helped make the game what it is today.

These changes helped better the game. New equipment made this era a good time in baseball. These little advancements made baseball better for the teams and players in the future. Baseball was and still is the american sport.

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Babe ruth

by: Charlie Monko

Babe ruth held an astonishing 56 major league records. Base ball started off as just a simple game to play in the neighborhood to have fun. The tensions grew and the game became a lot more competitive. The game that was once played by neighborhood kids grew into adults playing on competitive teams. Then the 1920s brought a whole new evolution of professional baseball to this very day.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Babe was a professional baseball player that was born in Pigtown Baltimore MD. Also, he played for three major teams, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and the Atlanta Braves. He evan holds the record of 714 home runs. He was such a loved man that over 100,000 people came to say goodbye at Babes funaral.

There has been so many changes with equipment and technique since the 1920s. Also, the training and competition has advanced dramatically. But, someone had to make baseball important enough to take it this far. That man was Babe, he pushed people to keep trying to be as good as him. Altho, in the end nobody will ever be like the man that started it all, George Herman "Babe Ruth”.

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“The Luckiest Man Alive”

by: Lydia Prater

“I might have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.” Was a famous quote by professional baseball player Lou Gehrig who was a player for the New York Yankees who played their first world series in 1921. Gehrig also was primarily known for playing 2,130 consecutive games and for the crippling disease named after him. As more people started playing baseball, it became more popular. In the 1920’s, professional baseball took a very big spike.

At a young age, Gehrig, only one out of four children to survive, knew he wanted his life to be spent on the field. At the age of 16, Gehrig got a job at the Otis Elevator company, he was a left-handed pitcher. Gehrig later earned $5 a game pitching and catching for Semipro Minqua baseball club. Next, his fame began in 1920 when he hit a ninth-inning grand slam to ice a victory and gather headlines. Gehrig tried out for John Mcgraw; legendary New York Giants manager, who then sent him to class A Hartford team where he then played 12 games. However, professional play violated collegiate rules but Gehrig did not know that, therefore; he was banned from Colombian Sports for a year. After banned, playing one season of baseball at Scurry South Field, he hit many long home runs. He pitched, played first base and outfield and hit .444. Lastly, Yankees Scout Paul Krichell, signed Gehrig to a contract. In 1901, the Baltimore Orioles baseball franchise was formed. It was bought for $18,000 in 1903 by Frank Farrell and Bill Devery, who moved the team to N.Y. in 1913, originally called the Highlanders, the team name was changed to the New York Yankees.

As the Yankees first baseman, Gehrig never missed a single game, in the time from June 1925 through April 1939. Gehrig was struck down in his 30’s by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as the crippling muscle disorder, and passed away in Riverdale, N.Y. in 1941 on June 2nd. About three years before he passed, he was immortalized in 1939 by his farewell speech when he said that he was “the luckiest man alive.” He will be remembered for the man he was. He motivated many people into the sport he loved most. Professional baseball became so popular, it continues to grow over the years. This topic was important to American history because a large population of the world took it very seriously. Also. Lou Gehrig was very important because of the deadly disease named after him and how many people supported him. His accomplishes on the field made him authentic.

Source Citation: "Lou Gehrig." Encyclopedia of World Biography, vol. 19, Gale, 1999. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1631007253/UHIC?u=pl2634&xid=d8d02209. Accessed 23 Jan. 2017.