Is there a place to watch archive baseball/football games?
Blackborder
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Say I wanted to watch a game from 1976, or 1920, or whatever, is there an archive with access?
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Some board members have access to pretty cool vintage sporting events.
BrianWinters hooked me up with a DVD from a 1980 NHL game.
Arthur
<< <i>Yeah, I'd give youtube a try. I watched the entire 1919 World Heavyweight Championship between Dempsey and Willard the other day. One of the most brutal fights I think I've ever seen. Willard got destroyed.
Arthur >>
I watched that. Man, that was a beating. I guess they had no concept of going to your neutral corner back then. Dempsy was pounding him before he even got back on his feet.
I'll have to check out youtube for baseball. Thanks.
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<< <i>Yeah, I'd give youtube a try. I watched the entire 1919 World Heavyweight Championship between Dempsey and Willard the other day. One of the most brutal fights I think I've ever seen. Willard got destroyed.
Arthur >>
I watched that. Man, that was a beating. I guess they had no concept of going to your neutral corner back then. Dempsy was pounding him before he even got back on his feet.
I'll have to check out youtube for baseball. Thanks. >>
OT:
Back then, the rules were different. A fighter didn't have to retreat to a neutral corner following a knockdown. On top of that, once the knocked-down fighter's hands left the canvas the opposing boxer was allowed to strike. That's why you see fighter back then on their feet with their hands still firmly planted on the ground, looking over their shoulder while the other fighter had their fist back and ready to go.
These rules changed and one of the results of the rule change was the famous title match in 1927 between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, known as simply "The Long Count." Tunney had beaten Dempsey back in 1926 for the title and this was the rematch. Dempsey knocked Tunney down but failed to retreat to a neutral corner. Because of this, the referee didn't start the count until Dempsey finally did. Tunney got up on the 8-count but it was estimated that he received an extra 4 seconds because of Dempsey's error. Tunney went on to win the fight a few rounds later.
Dempsey's 7 year reign as heavyweight champion of the world is still one of the longest in history.
Side notes to the Dempsey v. Willard fight:
In the three rounds the two went at it (or, more accurately, that Dempsey beat Willard) here's a checklist of the damage done to Jess Willard (keep in mind, Willard had never even been knocked down before -- he was knocked down 7 times in the first round -- and had actually killed a man in a previous fight):
1. broken jaw
2. broken nose
3. shattered cheek bone
4. (3) missing teeth
5. (2) cracked ribs
6. ruptured ear drum
Dempsey stood at 6' 1", 185 lbs. Willard was 6' 6", 245 lbs.
1919 World Heavyweight Championship, Jack Dempsey (challenger) vs. Jess Willard (champion)
Arthur
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I'ld like to watch some vintage baseball when they had gloves that weren't fish nets ( 20s-30s )to see what the fielding looked like
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