Match the President with his Athletic Legacy

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

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

3)  Considered the best golfer of all the Presidents, he carried a single digit handicap.
Answer: J. John F. Kennedy

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."
Answer: B. William Howard Taft

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.
Answer: I. George W. Bush

The answer to question 2 is George H.W. Bush, pictured here with Babe Ruth.

6)  This President was a little used offensive lineman for the Whittier College football team.
Answer: C. Richard M. Nixon

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.
Answer: E. Gerald R. Ford

8)  This President was once a play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Answer: G. Ronald W. Reagan

9)  This President was a noted boxer, rower and horseman at Harvard.
Answer: A. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

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.
Answer: F. Warren G. Harding