Word: sportsmanship
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...sportsmanship of the girls was commendable. When their opponents appeared on the field minus goalie and left wing they insisted on playing under a similar handicap...
That is a situation which does not look right to me, and certainly reflects very little credit on Harvard. In fact, I think there would be much justification in accusing Harvard of poor sportsmanship, for which the athletic authorities are solely responsible, but I think the student body ought to agitate for a reform in this policy of taking on a "soft touch" on the Saturday prior to the Yale game, while Yale is playing a hard game with Princeton. Yours very truly, W. M. Holden, Harvard...
...tendency in writing any account of that history making Yale game, to became indiscriminate in hysterical praise. But surely it is not too much to say that the team which has worked patiently under three years of inspired coaching, and has been led by a captain magnificient in his sportsmanship, earned its victory and all the praise that goes with...
This series of assertions was premature, but served the Opposition's purpose, bringing the Prime Minister limping heavily out of No. 10 and into the House of Commons where British sportsmanship assured him a great cheer. Mr. Chamberlain heartily laughed off such Labor questions about his recent exchange of personal missives on Spain with Benito Mussolini (TIME, Aug. 9) as: "Could these letters properly be described as love letters?" The House was told by British War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha what has long been known and frequently denied, that the Spanish Rightists have installed artillery commanding Britain...
...Sportsmanship is absent from some newspaper comment on the activities of the Duchess and myself," added Windsor. "We are looking forward to our tour of the United States to study methods of housing and industrial conditions...