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1900's Sport
In the 1900's football was popular at only a few Ivy League colleges, and basketball had yet to catch on. The upper class preferred expensive, show time sports like tennis, golf, horse racing, sailing, and polo. Baseball, however, was already America's most talked about sport and was fast on its way to becoming a national obsession. -
1900's sport
1902 "Mr. Dooley" by Jean Schwartz 1902 "In the Good Old Summertime" by George Evans 1903 "The Burning of Rome" by E.T. Paull 1905 "What You Goin’ To Do When the Rent Comes ‘Round?" by Harry Von Tilzer 1905 "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Gus Edwards 1905 "Shade Of the Old Apple Tree" by Egbert Van Alstyne 1907 "A New Rag, Dill Pickles" by Chas L. Johnson 1909 "My Pony Boy" by Charley O’ Donnell -
1900's sport
the first baseball stadium was constructed in Pittsburgh, followed soon by similar stadiums in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, and New York. The famous baseball anthem, "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", was first heard in 1909.
