Word: sportsmanship
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...Brown, Y. M. C A. Director of Physical Education in Japan: "On behalf of the Japanese delegation, I want to apologize. . . . Our head coach, Okabe, was a very unfortunate selection for that position. He had never been in an international competition before. The desire to win, not sportsmanship, is most prominent in his mind...
Although the score of the game goes on the records as the customary '23 to 2, the poor sportsmanship of the lampoon, when it discovered the CRIMSON's intention of winning the game by proxy, entitled the gentlemen to a 46 to 2 victory, which like true sportsmen they disdained, for sacred tradition forbids the CRIMSON to win by more than 23 runs...
...realm of sportsmanship little things count for much. The changing of the term "opponents" to the more genial "visitors" on the University's score boards is on the surface but a minor alteration, yet it helps to promote that atmosphere of gentlemanly rivalry which ought to distinguish all intercollegiate contests. While Dean Briggs was Chairman of the Athletic Committee it was ever his purpose to foster such a spirit; and this change is but one visible expression of his policy...
Dean Brigg's letter makes apparently but a minor change in facts, yet like the alteration of terms, it is an act of true sportsmanship. It reflects added credit on both Dean Briggs and Professor Barrett Wendell...
This attitude of Lord Balfour and whatever portion of the public he represents toward the loss of international sport trophies must not be taken as that of resignation, and a confession of failure. Rather, it is the culmination of the long English tradition of sportsmanship which rejoices heartily when the best man wins no matter where he comes from...