Word: sportsmanship
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...Whitfield, 30, the world's best half-miler, won the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the U.S. amateur athlete "who, by performance, example and good influence, did the most to advance the cause of good sportsmanship during the year." "Marvelous Mai," the first Negro winner of the Sullivan Trophy since it was established in 1930, actually had his best year in 1953, but his amateur standing was under scrutiny then (he has since been fully cleared...
...Your article on Bobby Layne and the Detroit Lions [Nov. 29] is either scandalously libelous to all the pro teams and pro players or else is the most scathing indictment of American sportsmanship that has ever been printed...
Frank H. White '55 (above), varsity wingback for the past two seasons, received the LaCroix Award for sportsmanship last night...
White, who throw the winning pass in this year's Yale game, was one of the first varsity football players to win this award which is given "to that member of the junior varsity or varsity football squad who, by his enthusiasm for the game, and by his sportsmanship, loyalty, and team spirit, most nearly demonstrates those qualities so characteristic of Bill LaCroix...
...chartered special planes to replace the out-of-town copies with a new edition. In successive editions, the Times tried to keep up with the results by running three different lead editorials. The first congratulated Harriman, who "has been elected." This was junked for a noncommittal substitute on the "sportsmanship" of elections. The final edition once more congratulated Harriman who "appears to have been elected...