Word: sportsmanship
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Those who undertake to promote throughout the world the spirit of sportsmanship--fair play for all and a sporting chance for the underdog--must be prepared to face the difficulties. But they start with the first ingredient of successful organization--a sound ideal. There can be no dispute about that. We next come to leadership, a very important factor in any case, but of vital consequence in a movement designed to become world-wide. And in this connection I would appeal with all the earnestness at my command to youth to see that it is worthily repre- sented...
...present proposal is that New England should hold out the hand of sportsmanship to Old England. In order to avoid over-centralization and to secure flexibility and a thoroughly democratic character it is hoped that each town will make its own arrangements with the town on the other side of the Atlantic which is to be its partner and friendly rival. To take a working model, a movement is on foot in Worcester, Mass., to send a challenge to Worcester, England. This challenge will include a statement of the historical factors which have brought the two communities together...
...have blazed the trail, but these are exclusive competitions. The time has arrived to organize International competitions in which the working-man and the ordinary citizen who cannot reach the exclusive standard may take part real, thorough-going democratic sport on an adequate scale. It was the spirit of sportsmanship which brought the nations into the war to frustrate the claim of Germany to ride roughshod over the world. The spirit of sportsmanship--fair play for all--alone can salvage the remnants of civilization and this spirit alone expresses the real feeling of all sane people and especially...
...diplomatists have failed. How can 200 millions of people sprayed over half the face of the earth separated by thousands of miles co-operate intelligently if they know nothing about each other? The answer is that they cannot. The one real live bond between them is the spirit of sportsmanship and if the future of civilization depends on their intelligent co-operation then it depends on the strengthening of this bond. There can be no doubt about that. If anyone knows a better 'ole let him say where it is so that we can go right...
...youth step on the gas and set a-rolling the bus destined to carry the spirit of sportsmanship throughout the world. There is no finer ideal for the spirit of sportsmanship is the essential oil of the Sermon on the Mount. There is plenty of room on the bus for all, working-men, millionaires, ordinary folks, all ages, both sexes, for sport is the most democratic thing--the only truly democratic thing--in the world...