Word: sportsmanship
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...Olympic salute, touched the flag of the German delegation with his left hand and recited the Olympic oath: "We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in loyal competition, respecting the regulations which govern them and desirous of participating in them in the true spirit of sportsmanship for the honor of our country and for the glory of sport...
Many have commented upon the incessant harangue against the officials coming from a partisan minority at the Harvard-Dartmouth basketball game Friday night. The disgraceful conduct of this small but loud mouthed group is the lowest type of poor sportsmanship. The officials, who were of the highest type furnished by the Intercollegiate League, handled the contest competently and impartially...
Holding their annual meetings concurrently in New York, members of the American Football Coaches Association, Sportsmanship Brotherhood, National Collegiate Athletic Association and Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Football spent three days last week talking about football...
Drunkenness at football games, President William Mather Lewis of Lafayette, speaking to the Sportsmanship Brotherhood, blamed on nonalumni visitors...
...spite of the strained feeling between the rivals, a remarkable quality of sportsmanship was evinced by the Standishites. When the ranks of the Gorites became thinned by desertion, their rivals actually lent two fielders so that the game could be finished...