Word: sportsmanship
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...today for an important dinner to be given to Mr. Lehmann at the Metropolitan Club on December 15. The dinner is given in recognition of Mr. Lehmann's efforts for rowing in England and American and is desired especially to be a testimonial to his services for plain amateur sportsmanship in all lines. Invitations have been sent to Harvard and Yale graduates who are in official life and to a few other gentlemen. It is expected that the proposed American Henley at New London will come up for discussion at the dinner...
...While it is obvious that Yale men have no right, moral or legal, to criticise Harvard's methods of conducting her athletics and her system of training, the kindly and historic interest which Yale men take in Harvard's sportsmanship ought not to be resented...
...gratitude which all Harvard men owe to Mr. Lehmann in return for what he has done, particularly for the rowing interests of the University and in general for the good of college sport in America. It has fallen to Mr. Lehmann to teach us all the lesson of true sportsmanship: to treat opponents with fairness and courtesy, and to strive to the end that the best team...
...months combine to make the rowing outlook more hopeful than it has been for several years. To show their appreciation of the hard, steady work which the eight has done thus far and for what Mr. Lehmann is doing to advance rowing in the University and to strengthen the sportsmanship which has always existed at Harvard, it is to be hoped that all will give the crew a strong and earnest backing in every way that presents itself. On behalf of the University and especially for those men who could not be on hand yesterday afternoon, the CRIMSON extends...
...students most heartily for his reception and for the kind things that have been said about his visit to Harvard. He supposed that something was expected from him about rowing and he gave his reasons for thinking it the finest pastime in the world. In every branch of athletics sportsmanship is of infinitely more importance than the winning of victories. As an example he mentioned Psotta, an American oarsman who rowed in the single sculls at Henley four pears ago. In the preliminary beat his opponent capsized. Psotta, however, refused to accept the race and though subsequently defeated...