Word: sportsmanship
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...must be supplied by the team itself. The ideology of professionalism,--of taking every advantage of the enemy, whether foul of fair,--has no place in Harvard athletics. And it is up to the coaches, who have been far from spotless in the past, to set an example of sportsmanship to their charges, as well as to inspire them with the lust...
...pressagent. St. Matthew-he and Judas were the only two Disciples that could read and write, and he knew everything that was going on from the inside. As coach, the most important thing of all, St. Paul. He was quick-witted, of powerful physique, an upholder of sportsmanship. ... He believed in buying good equipment, for he said, 'Put on the whole armor of Christ...
What are the desired ends which could not be harmonized with the noble desire "to play this game with the highest type of sportsmanship" -- simply to have winning teams, to compete at all costs, to fill the stadia...
...James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy is a small bronze statue awarded annually by the Amateur Athletic Union to the U. S. athlete who "by his performance, example and influence' as an amateur and as a man has done most during the year to advance the cause of sportsmanship." There is no particular reason why these conditions should be fulfilled any better by a decathloner than by a foot-racer, polo player or yachtsman. Nonetheless, the sports experts whose poll decides the Sullivan award have come to regard it as a rare chance to make amends to decathloners...
...proclamation that his side would never yield on the strike's crucial issue-control of hiring halls. So amiable was President Lapham, a onetime Harvard debater, that Australian-born Harry Bridges later wrote him a letter declaring: "If the employers as a group will exhibit the same sportsmanship and fairness that you did, the two sides can easily get together...