Word: sportsmanship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most violent disagreement came in regard to Bingham's belittling of the Big Three rivalry. Not only did everyone feel that this was untrue, but in most cases it was interpreted as a sign of "poor sportsmanship" on the part of the Crimson. "Hell," one senior said, "just wait until they start winning some of these Big Three games--if they ever do--and then the rivalry will be mighty important...
...venerable (85) Jack Moakley. His well-tutored pupils won six events. In his 50 years as track coach at Cornell, Jack Moakley had developed more championship track squads than he could remember. But he won even more renown as a competitor who put as much emphasis on sportsmanship as on winning. In 1920, when he went to Antwerp as coach of the U.S. Olympic team, Jack Moakley had time for all foreign athletes who sought his advice and guidance. When Canada's star hurdler, Earl Thomson, went lame in practice, Moakley put his trainer to work on the sore...
Rugger fans and curious spectators will get a taste of typical British sportsmanship once the game is over. Instead of going through the American post-game routine of a rubbing-down and removing cumbersome equipment, the teams will join in drinking beer after the final whistle...
...objects thrown on the ice--especially beer-cans and pennies could easily cause serious injury to the players (and might) mean forfeiture of the game to Yale," they said, asking that the game "be a tribute to the sportsmanship of the Harvard student body...
...daily press laugh the incident off," Winn writes, "with nervous jokes about eating crow, and jittery gestures in the direction of a pseudo good-natured sportsmanship." But the press is Big Business. How can the public interest find protection? It could be hoped that some of the publishers themselves "would begin to get concerned about the situation they find themselves in and voluntarily do something about it. . . . there is little evidence that that will be the case." Nor would Winn favor the imposition of government controls. "Were that proposed, we would have to take our stand with the publishers...