Word: sportsmanship
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...majority vote. Three days before the Democrats met at Chicago in 1932 James Aloysius Farley, with a majority of delegates sewed up for his candidate, revealed his intention of substituting majority for two-thirds rule. At once opposing factions set up so loud a howl about the poor sportsmanship of changing rules in mid-game that Candidate Roosevelt swiftly backtracked...
...natural place for all such college charges, from room rent to beer at the Eliot House grill. It is easier for students as well as Lehman Hall to group all expenses in a single reckoning. But aside from the obvious of foul play uncovers a lack of graciousness and sportsmanship unlooked for in even the most crabbed faction of Dudley members. Since its inception the had has provided a gracious and much-needed social center, and under Mr. White's leadership the estate of commuters at Harvard has gained tremendously. The outburst of a discontented minority points strongly to shyster...
...Yale alumni for the goal post riot which followed the last Yale-Princeton football game, Yale's President James Rowland Angell declaimed: "There will be no general, much less complete, cure until our American college groups, both graduate and undergraduate, come to realize that bad manners and poor sportsmanship are the marks of the mucker. . .." Honest President Angell stopped, reflected. "I have a piece of a goal post myself," he confessed, then quickly weaseled: "It was presented to me, however...
...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...