Word: sportsmanship
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...There is nothing more putting off to young university players than a slight suggestion that their etiquette or sportsmanship is in question . . . Smith sent a double fault to me, and another double fault to Joad. He did not get in another ace service till halfway through the third set of a match which incidentally we won . . . For me it was the birth of gamesmanship...
Thus the gamesman callously makes use of Sportsmanship itself, only one gambit among others that include Luncheonship, Guestmanship, Advicemanship, Clothesmanship and Brinkmanship. In addition, Author Potter has invented the following conversational "ploy" (gamesman for tactic) which he gives as an example of the "secondary hamper...
...moving picture camera that did it. At Jamaica six cameras now record every foot of every race. "It's foolish to try any rough stuff now," says Arcaro. He also gives a large share of credit to gentlemanly Jockey Ted Atkinson, who helped raise the standard of sportsmanship on New York tracks. "Guys will shut him off, but when he gets them in a bad spot later he never takes advantage of it. He kinda set a style...
...principal event of the dinner was to be the "Swede" Nelson sportsmanship award to place kicker Everett Dorr of Boston University, with another presentation scheduled for Harlow. When the time came, Dick rose slowly to receive his gift, a nautically mounted clock and barometer bearing the inscribed affections of the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston. Then he moved to the microphone, uncertainly it seemed, and quietly he began to speak...
Harlow received an inscribed gift acknowledging his "Inspiring leadership and high ideals of sportsmanship." Then he addressed the throng of football coaches, sportwriters, athletes, and their guests, overflowing the hotel's main ballroom...