Social Studies 8
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- BABE RUTH: THE SAVIOR OF BASEBALL
- This ball is out of the park, I am determined to save this game.
- HELEN WILLS: ONE OF THE GREAT TENNIS PLAYERS
- GERTRUDE EDERLE: ANOTHER ALL TIME GREAT
- Time to break another record!
- Babe Ruth is one of the greatest baseball players that ever lived, but what made him so important in American History was he saved the game of baseball. In the 1920's, baseball was starting to die down a lot, and it needed a miracle to save the sport. Then came Babe Ruth. He hit 714 home runs in his career which is 3rd all time, and spiked attendance numbers for baseball games, saving the game which is still played world-wide today.
- WILL HARRISON "JACK" DEMPSEY: BOXER
- Helen Wills was an inspiration for women all around the world, as she is one of the, if not the best womens tennis players ever, in the 1920's she won 180 straight matches agaainst the best tennis player at the time, not losing a single set. She also won 31 major international tennis championchips in her career.
- SATCHEL PAIGE: A NEGRO BASEBALL GREAT
- Gertrude Ederle was another inspiration for women in the 1920's, an all time great swimmer that will go down in history. In her career as a swimmmer, she broke 5 records in different events, and was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in 1926. Even just a few years before she died, she was known as the "Queen Of Waves." Even today, Gertrude Ederle is an inspiration to women swimmers around the world.
- Jack Dempsey was a great boxer who's career lasted from 1914 to 1927. As a kid Jack toughened his face against cuts from beef brine, toughened his hands in horse urine, and increased his speed by racing horse wagon wagon teams. He was the defending heavyweight world champion for 7 straight years, from 1919-1926. He had an amazing career with a total win count of 68 wins, 53 KO's, and 6 losses in his whole career.
- Satchel Paige was a negro baseball player who was an inspiration for black athletes and people all over the world. His career lasted 5 decades. He was one of the greatest pitchers to play the game, and could throw a fastball up to 98.6 miles per hour. He was at the age 59, which is the oldest any player has been at the time of retirement. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1971 and will always be an inspiration for black people around the world.
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