[en] Before the totalitarianism in the 30s turned the human body in reflection of the collective soul of the nation, the twenties were presented as a time in which individuals felt ready to enjoy the pleasures that their body gave them as a way to compensate the horror experienced during World War I. Therefore both, individual and collective delectation, were a way to forget the trauma of the immediate past. The modern period was evident in many aspects of life, one of them was leisure, a completely new and innovative concept that would have an overwhelming success. The sport, which had begun to spread strongly in the Western world, gave people the opportunity to start doing some free time activities. Many men, but now more and more women, popularized physical activity to make it one of the leading exponents of the new times. Although Spain was a neutral country throughout the war, it participated in many ways in the transformations that the Western world experienced during that decade. The press of the time would clearly record the firm will of those men and women to overcome the tragedy they experienced. This post-war generation needed a balm that would allow them to face the future with recovered physical and mental health. It was then that they realized that sport could provide them with what they were looking for, that is, health, fun and overcoming challenges with optimism and self-assurance. It is not surprising, therefore, that throughout the decade the popularity of well-known sports increased and others were incorporated that came to satisfy the growing demand. There were so many people who approached the world of sports as a player or as an audience that in a short time it reached the category of a social phenomenon. The increase in the hobby was accompanied by an increase in the number of specialized publications on the subject, which, as is easy to imagine, did not stop multiplying their sales. But such was the sports information generated by the new phenomenon that the rest of the press was forced to reserve a space for it on their pages, no matter how small it might be.

[es] Antes de que los totalitarismos de los a?os treinta convirtiesen el cuerpo humano en trasunto del alma colectiva de la naci?n, la d?cada de los veinte se present? como un tiempo en el que los individuos se dispusieron a disfrutar de los placeres que su propio cuerpo les proporcionaba como manera de resarcirse del horror vivido durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. De esta manera, el goce individual, y por extensi?n el colectivo, fue una forma de proyectarse en el futuro para poder olvidar el trauma del inmediato pasado. La modernidad del periodo qued? patente en muchos aspectos de la vida, uno de ellos ser?a el del ocio, concepto amplio y novedoso llamado a tener un gran porvenir. El deporte, que se hab?a empezado a extender con fuerza en el mundo occidental, ofreci? la posibilidad de llenar el tiempo libre que las obligaciones diarias dejaban. Muchos hombres, y cada vez m?s mujeres, popularizaron la actividad f?sica hasta conseguir que fuese uno de los principales exponentes de los nuevos tiempos. Aunque Espa?a hab?a sido un pa?s neutral durante toda la contienda, en muchos sentidos particip? de las transformaciones experimentadas por el mundo occidental durante aquella d?cada. La prensa de la ?poca recoger?a con nitidez la firme voluntad de aquellos hombres y mujeres de superar la tragedia vivida. Esta generaci?n de posguerra necesitaba un b?lsamo que les permitiera afrontar el futuro con la salud f?sica y mental recuperada. Fue entonces cuando cayeron en la cuenta de que el deporte pod?a proporcionarles lo que buscaban, esto es, salud, divertimento y superaci?n de retos con optimismo y desenfado. No es de extra?ar, por tanto, que a lo largo de la d?cada aumentase la popularidad de los deportes conocidos y que se incorporasen otros que vinieron a satisfacer la creciente demanda existente. Era tanta la gente que se acercaba al mundo del deporte como jugador o como p?blico que en poco tiempo alcanz? la categor?a de fen?meno social. El aumento de la afici?n vino acompa?ado de un incremento del n?mero de publicaciones especializadas en la materia, que, como es f?cil de imaginar, no pararon de multiplicar sus ventas. Pero era tal la informaci?n deportiva que el nuevo fen?meno generaba que el resto de la prensa se vio obligada a reservarle un espacio en sus p?ginas, por peque?o que ?ste fuese.