Mr. Jabez-Wilson writes so much in "The Red-Headed League" because he takes up a useless job for The Red-Headed League, which is an office for males with ginger hair. He is told to copy the Encyclopedia Britannica, which has loads of pages and is one of the biggest books in history. When he goes up to Sherlock Holmes to let him know of this weird sort of engagement, he has not even finished copying all of the information under the letter "A".
The definition of sport is activity through physical exertion.
I am pretty sure it would be the Spanish. The Spanish were ruthless conquistadors that would do anything to win their battles back when all this was going on.
