The Soccer Club was organized by undergraduate men interested in playing soccer and promoting the sport.

While women had always attended ball games in small numbers ( it was the part of a `` dead game sport '' in the early years of the twentieth century to be taken out to the ball park and to root, root, root for the home team ), they had often sat in patient martyrdom, unable even to read the scoreboard, which sometimes seemed to indicate that one team led another by a score of three hundred and eighty to one hundred and fifty-one.

On the final round at Pensacola, the luck of the draw paired Palmer and Player in the same threesome and, although it was far from obvious at the time, the gallery was treated to the first chapter of what promises to be one of the most exciting duels in sport for a long time to come.

During this period winter sports were slowly introduced: in 1882 the first figure skating championship was held in St. Moritz, and downhill skiing became a trendy sport with English visitors early in the 20th century, as the first ski-lift was installed in 1908 above Grindelwald.

Score was 115x120 and triggered changes in this sport basis in USA, resulting in the " Dream Team ".

According to the legend, it was where festive Adonia took place, in which athletes competed in hunting wild boars during sport competitions ; they also competed in dancing and singing, all to the honour of Adonis.

The commission, though, was biased, as Spalding would not appoint anyone to the commission if they believed the sport was somewhat related to the English sport of rounders.

By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States.

Baseball, said Spalding, was fundamentally an American sport and began on American soil.

The NABBP was the first organization to govern the sport and to establish a championship.

Until 1887, the sport was played in England under the rules that prevailed in British India.

Among the tournaments in this series is the venerable All-England Championships, first held in 1900, which was once considered the unofficial world championships of the sport.

The first climber to actually make bouldering his primary specialty ( in the mid 1950s ) and to advocate its acceptance as a legitimate sport not restricted to a particular area was John Gill, a mathematician and amateur gymnast who found the challenge and movement of bouldering enjoyable.

There was also a sport in ancient Rus called Fistfight.

Through the late nineteenth century, boxing or prizefighting was primarily a sport of dubious legitimacy.

Bud Selig was a close friend of the late Bart Giamatti, who was the commissioner when Rose was first banned from the sport in 1989.

Suddenly a new winter sport was born, centred in Quebec.

Mestre Bimba made a lot of presentations of his new style, but the most well known was the one made at 1953 to Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas, where the president would say: " A Capoeira é o único esporte verdadeiramente nacional " ( Capoeira is the only truly national sport ).

After World War II, the sport experienced a small amount of growth in the Pacific region, particularly in Nauru, Papua New Guinea and later New Zealand.

At one point, almost every major city in the US had a velodrome or two for track racing events, however since the middle of the 20th century cycling has become a minority sport in the US whilst in Continental Europe it continues to be a major sport, particularly in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy and Spain.

The sport has particularly strong followings in the UK, US, New Zealand and Australia ; every four years, these countries play the MacRobertson Shield tournament.

The discus throw is a routine part of most modern track and field meets at all levels and is a sport which is particularly iconic of the Olympic Games.

Air resistance rowing machines are most often used by sport rowers ( particularly during the off season and inclement weather ) and competitive indoor rowers.

In sport, the term has come into common usage by television commentators, particularly in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Letterboxing has become a popular sport, with thousands of walkers gathering for ' box-hunts ' and while in some areas of Dartmoor it is particularly popular amongst children, some of the more difficult to find boxes and tougher terrain are better suited to more experienced adults.

Re-construction of these older systems may or may not be performed by practitioners familiar with the modern sport and is not at present likely to be particularly widespread.

Sailing has a reputation for being a boring spectator sport, but skiff racing can be very exciting, particularly in unpredictable conditions where crews struggle to keep their boats upright.

* The popularity of sport increased considerably — both as an activity for all, and as entertainment, particularly on television.

Professional leagues are usually the highest level of play in sport, particularly if they consist of the best players around the world in a certain sport.

In addition to being a common recreational sport, the elite level of the sport – particularly marathon races – are one of the more popular aspects of athletics.

The sport has retained its status at the scholastic level, particularly in the United Kingdom and United States.

In Europe the sport is increasingly developed, with Spain and Germany particularly strong and the UK and Ireland developing rapidly.

Hooliganism had affected the sport for some years, and was particularly virulent in England.

The sport is controversial, particularly in the UK, where it was banned in Scotland in 2002, and in England and Wales in November 2004 ( law enforced from February 2005 ), though shooting foxes as vermin remained legal.

Rodeo, particularly popular today within the Canadian province of Alberta and throughout the western United States, is the official state sport of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Texas.

Today, the SWAC, considered the premier HBCU conference, ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of alumni playing with professional sports teams, particularly in the sport of football.

King John probably hunted at Peckham and local anecdotes suggest that the right to an annual fair was granted to celebrate a particularly good day's sport.

The other GAA sport of Gaelic football is more popular in west Limerick, particularly along the Shannon Estuary west of Askeaton and along the Kerry border.

Incorporated as a city in 1925, Clewiston would become noted for its sport fishing, particularly of largemouth bass.

The advantages of economy of space and low playing costs ( ball and gloves ) make it an attractive sport for schools.

The community is considered to be a very attractive winter sport destination in the Swiss Alps.

It carried an attractive base price of US $ 2, 368 that included bucket seats, carpeting, floor shifter, sport steering wheel, and full wheel covers.

However, road rallies did not go away, but they became less attractive to commercial interests, and so became the amateur sport that still exists today.

We will seek to maintain and promote horseracing as a competitive and attractive sport and betting medium.

Arthur Kennedy is dour as his crippled brother who distrusts the slaughterous sport, and Marilyn Maxwell, Ruth Roman and Lola Albright are attractive as the " champ's " various girls.

Continued alteration of hair styles, attractive looks, and up-to-the-minute outfits earned him comparisons with some of the most recognisable sport personalities around, including David Beckham.

I will burn your crops, and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters, mark my words " before smelling " ale " and heading toward the Bronze.