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Word: unsportsman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Despite the startling example the Frenchman displayed of what courage can accomplish with poor fighting equipment (oldtimers called it as brave a fight as ever boxer fought), 30,000 Americans jammed in the New York Polo Grounds booed. It was probably the worst example of collective unsportsman-ship this country has exhibited at an international sporting event. The answer is that Dundee is a New York boy, and New York wanted him to win. It is simply the answer - there is no justification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dundee vs. Criqui | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

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