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Match the President with his Athletic Legacy

1)  A large pine tree along the 17th fairway at the Augusta National Golf Course is named after this President.

2)  This slick fielding, but light hitting first baseman captained the Yale baseball team and once had his photo taken with Babe Ruth.

3)  Considered the best golfer of all the Presidents, he carried a single digit handicap.

4)  This President was the first to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game and is said to have started the "7th Inning Stretch."

5)  Bing Crosby once was a part owner of the Pirates, and Bob Hope was a minority owner of the Cleveland Indians. This President also owned a major league baseball team.

6)  This President was a little used offensive lineman for the Whittier College football team.

7)  An MVP center for the University of Michigan, this future President turned down a chance to play professional football when he took a coaching job at Yale.

8)  This President was once a play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

9)  This President was a noted boxer, rower and horseman at Harvard.

10)  He hosted poker games at the White House and is said to have lost a set of White House china dating back to President Harrison.

Choices: A. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., B. William Howard Taft, C. Richard M. Nixon, D. Dwight D. Eisenhower, E. Gerald R. Ford, F. Warren G. Harding, G. Ronald W. Reagan, H. George H.W. Bush, I. George W. Bush, J. John F. Kennedy

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