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EXOTIC
SPORTS DICTIONARY
SPORTS
TIDBITS
First
Camel Race in USA
The
first recorded Camel Race took place on April 7, 1864, at the Agricultural
Park in Sacramento, CA. There is, however, no record of whom the
winner was!
First
Woman Matador
The
first woman bullfighter from the U.S. was Patricia McCormack,
who made her professional debut on Jan 20, 1952, at Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico.
First
Sport Saint
The
first patron saint of a sport was probably a woman named Lidwina,
who was named the patron saint of skating by the Catholic Church
in 1944.
First
Recorded Game in American Colonies
The
first recorded game in the English American Colonies was a game
of "bowles" - an early version of bowling played in the streets
of Jamestown, VA, which was witnessed by Sir Thomas Dale in May
1611.
First
Sporting Event Film
Thomas
Edison made the first film of a fight between Mike Leonard and Jack
Cushing which took place in West Orange, NJ.
First
Yo-Yo
Although ancient Greeks and 17th century French nobles had them,
they didn't go by that name. American toy maker Thomas Duncan
brought yo-yos to popularity in the U.S. in 1929 . He called them
Yo-yos because young Filipinos, whom Duncan had seen playing with
similar toys, shouted "yo-yo" which translates into English as
"come-come."
First
State to Have an Official Sport
In 1962 jousting was established as Maryland's state sport.
First
$100,000 Year Salary in Any Sport
In
1949 to Joe DiMaggio of the NY Yankees in Baseball - other sport
$100,000 firsts were Johnny Unitas in football and Wilt Chamberlain
in Basketball and Bobby Orr in Hockey at later dates.
First
Person to Ride Niagara Falls in a Barrel
On July 11, 1886, Carlisle
Grahan, a Philadelphia barrel maker, was the first person to ride Niagara Falls in a barrel. He also
did it a second time with his head protruding from the barrel
and suffered permanent hearing loss. He made his last barrel Niagara
voyage in 1901 and was caught in a whirlpool for so long that
he nearly suffocated inside the barrel before being rescued. But
he did start a craze of river riding in barrels!
First
Water Ski Jump
Ralph
W. Samuelson ski-jumped off a greased ramp in Lake Pepin Minnesota in 1925.
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