https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz 1920s to Today en-us 2018-04-16 19:02:49 UTC 2025-10-11 10:28:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/252734681 With the advancement in automobiles, people spent their free or leisure time differently. They could use their cars to get places quicker.]]> 2018-04-17 18:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/252734681 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/252736213 The rise of spectator sports brought people together and more people were doing things together. For example, in 1927, more than 100,000 people attended the boxing match between James Tunney and William Dempsey and more than 60 million listened on the radio. ]]> 2018-04-17 18:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/252736213 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253583480 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were professional baseball players. They both attracted large followings and huge crowds. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are still two of the most known baseball players to ever play the game. (Gehrig-Left, Ruth-Right)]]> 2018-04-19 18:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253583480 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253584684 College football attracted larger crowds than professional football did. One college athlete that was widely known was Harold Edward "Red" Grange. He was the first ever athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine. After a game against Michigan, students carried Grange on their shoulders for 2 miles. Grange ended up going pro with the Bears in 1926.]]> 2018-04-19 18:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253584684 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253586333 William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey was the Babe Ruth to boxing. In 1919 he won the world heavyweight title from the giant Jess Willard. Dempsey knocked him down 7 times in the first round. Dempsey then became a national celebrity and a rich man. He was very popular with the working man because he too had been poor and worked his way up.]]> 2018-04-19 18:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253586333 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253589895 Lou Gehrig was quite the baseball player, but he also became very sick. Lou Gehrig got the disease ALS, which is also known as the Lou Gehrig disease. Many people today have ALS and many people help donate to research foundations that are dedicated to ALS. One popular campaign was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014.]]> 2018-04-19 18:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253589895 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253591761 Babe Ruth is arguably the best baseball player of all time. He changed the game with the way he played. Kids today still point their bats to the imaginary center-field fence and practice their home run swings. Ruth set so many records that kids today dream about breaking. (Ruth calling his shot)]]> 2018-04-19 18:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253591761 21lukmey https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253927854 A modern day Babe Ruth would be Derek Jeter. Like Ruth, Jeter also played for the Yankees. Derek Jeter retired from baseball in 2014. Jeter is also a huge role model to up and coming baseball players. Players today aspire to be as great as "The Captain." Derek Jeter is a fantastic person on and off the field and is the perfect example of a modern day Babe Ruth.]]> 2018-04-20 17:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/21lukmey/n1vr007k8ixz/wish/253927854