The 1920s were a time of change in the United States. For the first time in history, more people lived in cities than in the countryside. The United States was also richer than it had ever been. New methods of transportation had been introduced. Much more technology was also introduced, such as radios. This had made it easier to stay up to date on new stories. People took up sport as a way to get through the Great War and to pass the time. Americans were assured of an economic boom, the automobile became the main means of transportation. People have also gotten their hands on many other new devices. Their timing for turning to sports as a new hobby was perfect as they had the privilege of seeing many stars such as: Jack Dempsey, The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, Suzanne Leglen, Eddie Shore and many more. But there was another, the greatest of all, Babe Ruth. Baseball was becoming the "national pastime" as more and more people began to follow it. Many more people went to games and played them for fun. The most popular sports figure in the United States in the 1920s was the baseball player, George Herman "babe" Ruth, a player for the New York Yankees. He hit more home runs than any other player and wowed fans with his outgoing personality. He was a perfect example of a hero in the Roaring Twenties. Babe Ruth was known for hitting the most home runs of any player in baseball history. Aspects of today's games lead back to Ruth. Home runs became the most important and dominant factor in the game, in addition to good pitching. At the age of 19 Babe Ruth began his baseball career, on July 11, 1914 he played in the big leagues with the Boston Red Sox. Her career was filled with successful years, often called the greatest base... middle of paper... Ruth, along with others, came at a time when the country sought and needed heroes, and the new stations commercial radios of the 1920s gave people greater access to them. Many people began to admire athletes like boxer Jack Dempsey, or golfers Bobby Jones and Walter Hagan, and other baseball players like Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb. The country desperately needed distractions from the pain and suffering that had occurred during the war, and these men provided it. Nearly every sport in the 1920s expanded in one way or another by the end of the decade. As people's incomes increased and they therefore had more money to spend on luxury goods, participation in sporting events also began to increase. The popularity of the games and the ways in which the media reported what was happening were also growing. In fact, the 1920s were called “The Golden Age of Sports".."