Sports Highlights

Sports which grow and flourish in the nineteen twenties outstanding to exceptional exposure and promotion included baseball, tennis, golf, swimming, football and boxing. Newspapers, magazines, radio and movies all play a role in boost the profile of team game and the generous giant.

1920

National Football League shaped.

Baseball’s Negro National League formed. Babe Ruth sold to New York Yankees and hits 54 home runs, signaling the influx of the sparkling ball era in baseball.

A Carl Mays pitch kills Cleveland Indians’ shortstop Ray Chapman. The Grand Prix de Paris horse event changes its name to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

1921

The schooner Bluenose begins her impregnable career in racing, winning the International Fishermen's Trophy.

1922

First sub-one minute 100m freestyle swims.

1923

First 24 hours of Le Mans race, Ty Cobb breaks Honus Wagner's major league proof for career hit.

1924

First Winter Olympic Games; in the Summer Olympics, Paavo Nurmi wins five golds in Athletics.

1925

French Open in tennis opens to non-French players for the original time, first handball international between Germany and Belgium.

1926

Jack Dempsey loses his world heavyweight-boxing name Gene Tunney; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel.

1927

First Ryder Cup of golf.

1928

Women's Olympic athletics and gymnastic detained for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics; "Dixie" Dean scores 60 league goals in 39 matches as Everton F.C. win the Football League.

1929

Wally Hammond scores 905 runs at an standard of 113.12 as England defeat Australia in The Ashes.