LOU GEHRIG, A BASEBALL STAR, ONCE SAID, ”I MIGHT HAVE HAD A TOUGH BREAK, BUT I HAVE AN AWFUL LOT TO LIVE FOR.” DESPITE LOTS OF PROBLEMS IN HIS TIME, HE HAD BECOME A BASEBALL LEGEND IN THE 1930’S WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAD WAS SPORTS TO KEEP THEM GOING. IT WAS A PASTIME TO WATCH SPORTS EVEN THROUGH THE PLETHORA OF EVENTS THAT HINDERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SPORTS. BASEBALL WAS ONE SPORT THAT HAD ALWAYS BEEN PLAYED AND HAD CHANGED THROUGHOUT THIS ERA. BASKETBALL WAS ALSO PLAYED IN THIS ERA AND HAD MANY PROBLEMS TRYING TO STAY AS A SPORT. BOXING WAS A WIDESPREAD SPORT THAT HAD IMPACTED WHAT FANS IT HAD DURING THE 1930'S. DESPITE THE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE 1930'S, SPORTS SUCH AS BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BOXING CONTINUED TO DRAW ATTENTION PAST THE PROBLEMS.
TO START, BASEBALL WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR IN THE 1930'S, SINCE IT WAS USED FOR PEOPLE TO ESCAPE THE HARSH TIME AND ENJOY THE BALL GAME. ALTHOUGH BASEBALL WAS SEGREGATED IN THIS TIME, NEGRO LEAGUES WERE DRAWING ATTENTION. THIS WAS THE START OF ENDING SEGREGATION AND BASEBALL HELPED TO PROVE THAT THE BLACKS MEAN SOMETHING. “1935 WAS A VERY SPECIAL YEAR FOR BASEBALL BECAUSE IT USHERED THE BEGINNING OF NIGHT TIME BASEBALL.” THIS GAME BETWEEN THE PHILLIES AND THE REDS WAS HELD AT THE CROSLEY FIELD, WHICH WOULD CARRY ON. NOW, MANY BASEBALL GAMES ARE PLAYED DURING THE NIGHT AND EVERY STADIUM IN THE MLB CAN BE PLAYED AT NIGHT. “THANKS TO ITS STARS AND INNOVATIONS MADE IN THE 1930'S, THE GAME LIVED ON.” IF BASEBALL HAD NEVER ADAPTED TO THE ROUGH TIMES OF THE 1930, THERE MIGHT NOT BE BASEBALL TODAY. FURTHERMORE, BASKETBALL SLOWLY BECAME POPULAR, BUT IT STARTED WITH ITS DOWNFALL IN THE 1930'S. “THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE WAS FORMED FROM 13 PROFESSIONAL TEAMS IN 1938.” THIS WAS THE BASIS FOR WHAT WE KNOW KNOW AS THE NBA, AND NOW IT IS PLAYED WORLDWIDE. ALSO THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE DISBANDED IN 1931 BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MONEY. THIS HELPED SMALLER LEAGUES PROSPER AND THE GAME OF BASKETBALL IN CONTINUED TO CHANGE. COLLEGE BASKETBALL WAS ONE LEAGUE THAT HAD A REVIVAL IN THE 1930'S DUE TO NO PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUES. THIS SO POPULAR THAT THEY HAD TOURNAMENTS HELD BETWEEN COLLEGES AND KEPT BASKETBALL ALIVE. COLLEGE BASKETBALL HELPED RESHAPE A PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE SO THAT IT COULD THRIVE ALONGSIDE OTHER SPORTS. LASTLY, BOXING WAS ANOTHER POPULAR SPORT STILL AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMY, BUT WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL. BOXING WAS A SPORT NOT SEGREGATED FROM BLACK PEOPLE, AND LEAD TO THE NOTORIOUS REIGN OF JOE LOUIS. HE HAD HELPED SHOW THAT BLACKS CAN DO MORE THAN OTHERS THINK, AND ALSO LEAD TO OTHER COUNTRIES COMPETING. THERE WAS SO LITTLE MONEY THAT THERE WAS NO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IN 1930. THE BOXING COMMUNITY WAS RUNNING LOW ON MONEY AND CAUSED NO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, AND THERE WERE FEWER BOXERS. THE SPORT WAS BOYCOTTED FOR THE LACK OF MONEY, AND BOXERS FOUGHT WITHOUT PASSION AND FOR SCRAPS OF MONEY. BUT BOXING WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS DECADE AND WAS ABLE TO STAY AS A WIDESPREAD SPORT. ALSO SINCE THE LEAGUES NEEDED MONEY, THEY CHANGED SOME RULES, AND NOW WE GET TO WATCH THE UFC. TO CONCLUDE, THE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE 1930S WERE CONTRADICTED BY SPORTS. BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BOXING CONTINUED TO DRAW ATTENTION PAST THE PROBLEMS. BASEBALL WAS A SPORT THAT MANAGED TO GROW DURING THE 1930S, AND HAD LOTS OF TALENT AND CHANGES. HOWEVER, BASKETBALL SUFFERED FROM THE ECONOMY, BUT COLLEGE LEAGUES BROUGHT PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL BACK TO LIFE. BOXING WAS ANOTHER SPORT THAT SUFFERED FROM THE LACK OF MONEY, BUT KEPT GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT AND EVEN HELPED TO END SEGREGATION. THE NEXT TIME YOU WATCH A UFC MATCH OR WATCH THE NBA PLAYOFFS, REMEMBER HOW THEY CAME HERE. THESE SPORTS WERE AT ALL TIME LOWS, AND STILL MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE 1930. |
One of the greatest Baseball players to play, Babe Ruth hit his 714th home run for his last game in 1935, which set records and inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1936.
LeRoy Edwards, from the picture, was a star who led his college team to an NCAA, and the second highest scorer in the NBL.
The world flyweight champion in 1930 was Pete Kane, as shown above.
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