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women joined back in the picture in the late 1920s with tennis being the sport

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here is a picture of an African American baseball team during the depression age.

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Roaring Twenties Sports articles, reference materials. Need more on Roaring Twenties Sports? We suggest these original texts: The Story of Roaring Twenties Sports roots.

here is a link to a website that shows football blossoming in the 1920s

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As the NFL season kicks off, look back at football’s brutal beginnings and President Theodore Roosevelt’s quest to save the sport from abolition.

this is a link that talks about president Roosevelt's quest to save football in early 1900s.

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"Our Great American Game:" Baseball as a Reflection of Gilded Age and the Progressive Era Values and Challenges "Baseball? It's just a game; as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes...

here is a link to where it talks about major league baseball coming into its own in the progressive era

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here is a picture of the first ever bicycle. it was used as a leisure time activity as well as a way of getting around places.

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This is a link to a website that talks about what soldiers during the civil war do for leisure time

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A detailed biography on the famous Mohawk Chief John Norton who fought during the War of 1812.

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baseball was a sport coming into its own

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wrestling became a sport  at this time

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Dog fighting was a popular sport of this time

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Here's a picture of kids in the new nation using drums and flute as ways to enjoy their leisure time.

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The establishments of universities in these colonial times led to sports like rugby

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this link is about what people did for leisure in 1800s

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Here is the bio sketch located on this site

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Here is a picture of Moses Walker he was the very first African American to play professional baseball in the 1800s.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/39b.asp

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Reading was another thing people did with their leisure time.