Word: sportsmanship
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...crews. We believe it to be the best interests of intercollegiate boating to encourage a greater number of short races in each season between the various rowing colleges, these races to be rowed whenever possible in home waters. This ought to make for the spirit of generous sportsmanship and friendly rivalry between college men which it is one of the chief functions of intercollegiate athletics to foster...
...dead but robustly alive. The comment on "Sophomore English," for instance, contains a good deal of interesting news as well as some sound thought. Mr. Izard's notes on the D. U. Production of "Henry IV" is learned and perhaps necessarily long. But the article on "Minor Sports--and Sportsmanship," by a native Greek, "the strongest man at the University of Pennsylvania," is awkward in expression. Mr. Dorizas, though the strong man at Penn., is a weak one with the pen; he seems to have something worth saying, but naturally he is not yet a master of English...
...already. You read the other day now Yale had of her own initiative disqualified five athletes for unwitting infraction of amateur rules, and you read that Harvard begged Yale not to do it. You may think that is quixotic, but I maintain that it is the true spirit of sportsmanship among gentlemen...
Whatever may be the prevailing opinion as to the outcome of the game, Penn. State is sure to receive a warm welcome when it takes the field as the strength and sportsmanship of the eleven is well-known...
...conducted with the maximum amount of good feeling and courtesy on the part of either players or spectators. But Saturday's game with the University of Virginia set a high standard in those respects. No one who saw the contest could help being impressed with the excellent spirit and sportsmanship of the Virginia players and supporters. It was clearly demonstrated that a battle can be fought with the greatest vigor and determination and at the same time with consideration of opponents. After the game the two teams enjoyed a pleasant evening at the Varsity Club and the theatre in Boston...