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FROM RITUAL TO RECORD

-THE RISE OF MODERN SPORT

KNES 381: History of Sport, Games and Culture

1. THE RISE OF MODERN SPORT

1. The English Create New Standards for Old Sports—from the Restoration (1660) to the Rise of Pax Britannica (the 1800s)

A) The Characteristics of Modern Sport

B) The Great Paradox: Rationalizing Athletic Behavior to Protect Irrational Economic Behavior

2. Transforming the ‘Sport of Kings’

Horse Racing Contracts: Written Rules and the Protection of Wagers

• James Weatherby’s Racing Calendar

• The Jockey Club

3. Organizing Cricket

Gambling, Written Rules and Organized Clubs

• Class and Cricket

• “Articles of Agreement” (1727)

• Hambledon (1750)

• M.C.C. (Marylebone Cricket Club, 1787)

4. Creating Bureaucracies in Golf

Clubs and Rule-Making by the “Ruling Classes”

• Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (1744)

• Royal and Ancient Golf Club (1754)

5. The “Manly Art”

• Origins of The “Manly Art”: Boxing, Cudgeling, Swordplay

• James Figg, “Master of the Noble Science of Defence”

• Figg vs. Ned Sutton (1727)

• Jack Broughton, the “Father of Scientific Boxing”

• “Broughton’s Rules” (1741)

5. The “Manly Art”--continued

Pushing the “Manly Art” Underground: Banning Prize Fighting

• The Broughton vs. Jack Stack (1750)

• London Prize-ring Rules (1838) Queensbury Rules (1867)

• Fencing and French Culture