Sports & recreation fads
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Sports & recreation fads
（Haworth popular culture）
Haworth Press, c1991
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Simultaneously published: New York : Harrington Park Press, c1991
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
True to the spirit of the all-American athlete and our society's seemingly endless pursuit of and passion for leisure activities is Sports & Recreation Fads. This readable and fascinating reference book highlights some of the most notable as well as some long-forgotten pastimes and personalities. Sporting and recreation events have thrived in the United States for more than two centuries. Just about every sport and recreation embraced from Colonial America to the present has had its faddish aspects. The fascinating introduction provides a basic understanding of the importance of fads in the development of sports and recreation. No book on sports fads would be complete without several chapters on baseball, and this exciting volume is no different--Hank Aaron's 715th home run, baseball card collecting, Mark "the Bird" Fidrych's shining season with the Detroit Tigers, Bo Jackson's double career, Jackie Robinson's success in breaking the color barrier, and Pete Rose's gambling troubles--a true slice of Americana, the best and the worst of our favorite pastime!From the controversial people and events in professional athletics--Mohammed Ali, Joe Namath, Mike Tyson, the "battle of the sexes" between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, the "Black Sox Scandal," and the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, to the heroes--Charles Atlas, Joe Louis, and Babe Ruth, Hoffmann and Bailey illustrate the often fickle and sometimes enduring interest that Americans have for sports figures and their games. This informative and entertaining book also examines our personal quest for fitness, our devotion to automobiling, and our love of games, including bridge, charades, crossword puzzles, Monopoly, Dungeons & Dragons, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit. Sports &Recreation Fads is a handy guide to our favorite leisure activities of the last 200 years.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction
Hank Aaron: 715
Aristocratic Pastimes (1880-1910)
Arnie's Army
Artificial Turf
Charles Atlas and Dynamic Tension
Autographs
Automobiling
Bagatelle
Balloon Jumping
Barking off Squirrels
The Rise of Baseball
Baseball Card Collecting
The "Battle of the Sexes": Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs
Bicycling
Billiards
Bison Shooting
Black Power at the XIX Olympics
The "Black Sox Scandal"
Blacks in Sports Management Positions
Boom Cars
Bowling
Bridge
Charades
Classic Baseball Shirt Reproductions
Cooperative Sports and Games
Crossword Puzzles
The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
Dance Marathons
Joe Di Maggio's Consecutive Game Hitting Streak
Drive-In Restaurants
Drive-In Theaters
Dungeons and Dragons
The Endless Summer
Exercise Videos
Fantasy Baseball
Mark "Bird" Fidrych
Bobby Fischer and the Chess Craze
Flagpole Sitting
Fletcherizing: A Dietary Route to Fitness
The Flying Wedge
Franchise Shifting in Major League Baseball
Frisbee
Game Improvement Sports Gear
Games of Deception
Gliders
Gouging
The Herkie Jump
Hoosier Hysteria
Horseless Carriage Races
The Hot Rod Cult
Hot Tubs
Hula Hoops
Ice Yachting
The Ickey Shuffle
Bo Jackson and 2-Sport Athletes
Lotteries
Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling for the Heavyweight Championship
The M&M Boys' Race With Ruth
Mah Jong
Mickey Mantle's Race With Ruth
Marathon Flying
Medical Electricity as a Tool for Fitness
Frank Merriwell
Them Amazin' Mets
Miniature Golf
Monopoly
Muhammed Ali
Muscular Christianity
"Broadway Joe" Namath
North/South Horse Races
The Notre Dame Mystique
Ouija Board
Parachuting
Parlor Disguises
Pedestrian Events
Pelota
Perestroika in Pro Sports
Personal Watercraft
Pick Up Sticks
Ping Pong
Platform Tennis
Pushball
Quoits
"The Refrigerator": William Perry
Jackie Robinson and Baseball's Color Line
The Pete Rose Gambling Scandal
Babe Ruth Calls His Shot
Scandals in College Athletics
Scrabble
Skateboarding
The Slam Dunk
Slave Fights
Snow Bat
Spirit of the Times
Spiritualism
Sting Ray Bicycles
Streaking
The John L. Sullivan Mystique
Surfing
The Topless Bathing Suit
Trivial Pursuit
Tug-of-War
The Mike Tyson-Robin Givens Affair
Volleyball
"We Are Family": The 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates
WrestleMania
Yo-Yos
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
