Argentine: Sports: Argentine Sport History

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#663300" vlink="#336699" alink="#ffcc00" leftmargin=10 topmargin=20> <a href="index.html"><br> </a>   <b>El Sur del Sur <br> The Southernmost South <br> </b> <A HREF="../../identidad/indexingles.html" target=_top>Cultural Identity</A><BR> <A HREF="../../pagina3.html" target=_top>Table of Contents </A> <IMG WIDTH=13 HEIGHT=13 BORDER=0 align=absmiddle SRC="../../iconos/bolita.gif"> <A HREF="../../index.html" target=_top> Surfing the South </A> <IMG WIDTH=13 HEIGHT=13 BORDER=0 align=absmiddle SRC="../../iconos/bolita.gif"> <a href="#" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('../../contacto.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=400,height=300')"> Contact us now</a> <B> <A HREF="../../identidad/qldeping.htm" target=_top>SPORT IN ARGENTINA</A><br> <font font color="#336699"> Argentine Sport History<br> </font></B><font font color="#336699">If history were a summation of dates and synoptic charts, we could search for the datum indicating the day when, for the first time in these lands so far away from the "civilized" centers, a <b>competition</b> was held for something more serious and less tragic than a military battle. <font font color="#336699">  <br> <img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif">Fortunately, once again we realize that <b>sports</b>, their history, their competitive level and their place in the scale of social values become a symptom of what is happening, of life in that society. Argentina is almost 180 years old, but its institutional organization is still more recent. <b>Sportive activities</b> began to be institutionalized in the late 19th century.<br> <img width=88 height=10 border=0 src="../../iconos/b88p.gif"><br clear=all> <i>Football. <b>Lobos Athletic Club</b>. Late 19th century.</i> <br> It is not by mere chance that, under the economic influence of the period, the first <b>clubs</b> and <b>federations</b> created were those of <b>rugby, soccer and tennis</b>. All of them very British, either due to the railway workers or to the bosses and owners, for whom the gauchos' native skills on their horses was not enough. <br> From then on, they are divided according to their social origin and soccer becomes the <b>first popular phenomenon</b> that finally broke out with the results in the Olympic Games and the World Cups. Sports like <b>basketball</b>, different sorts of<b> ball sports</b>, <b>car racing,</b> <b>cycling and boxing</b> make a second group, far removed from high competition and masses.<B><br> <img width=88 height=10 border=0 src="../../iconos/b88p.gif"><br clear=all> <i>Rugby. CASI Team, Winner of the 1920 Championship.</i> <br> </B> <i>Left: Boxing. <b>José María Gatica</b> Beats A. <b>Prada</b> on points 1948.<br> Center: Rugby. Pacífico beat Olivos.1948.<br> Right: Football. Independiente beats Boca. 1948.</i><br> <img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif">The moment of glory for <b>Argentine sports</b> could be placed in the decade following the Second World War. The comparative living standards as regards the rest of the world were the best; the economic possibilities and the political use of the results achieved represented a boost to investment in sports. <br> <img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif">At the same time, the first disputes as to concealed professionalism arise and several generations of great sporstmen are punished because of alleged benefits.<br> <b><a href="depin2ig.htm">Continue...</a></b> <p align="center"><b><a href="../jacuing.html" target=_blank>Daniel Jacubovich</a></b> <A HREF="../../identidad/indexingles.html" target=_top>Cultural Identity</A><br> <b><a href="../../identidad/qldaning.htm">dance</a> - <a href="../../identidad/qlmusing.htm">music</a> - <a href="../../identidad/qletring.htm">literature</a> - <a href="../../identidad/qlteaing.htm">theatre</a> - <a href="../../identidad/qlcining.htm">cinema</a> - <a href="../../identidad/qldeping.htm">sports</a> - <a href="../../identidad/qlfoling.htm">folklore</a> - <a href="../../identidad/qlarting.htm">fine arts</a> </b> <BR> <A HREF="../../pagina3.html" target=_top>Table of Contents </A>   <A HREF="../../index.html" target=_top> Surfing the South </A>   <a href="#" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('../../contacto.html','','scrollbars=yes,width=400,height=300')"> Contact us now</a> <table border=0 align="center" class="verda1"> <tr> <td align=left> <A HREF="../../identidad/qldeping.htm" target=_top>Go back</A> </td> <td align=center>  </td> <td align=right> <A HREF="depin2ig.htm">Continue</A> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <a href="index.html">Versión en Castellano</a> <BR> <hr align="center"> <address>© 1996-2002 Mario E. Farber</address> <address>All rights reserved.</address> <HR align="center"> <ADDRESS><A HREF="MAILTO:webmaster@surdelsur.com">webmaster@surdelsur.com</A></ADDRESS> </font></font></body>