Word: sportsmanship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...throwing knives and shooting each other in bewildering confusion. Of course, by the end of the picture, the whole plot is very simple,--to William Powell. But script-writers, playing their merry game of hide-and-seek-the-murderer with the audience, seem to have overstepped the bounds of sportsmanship and produce plots to confound even the mightiest mental power-house...
...fittin' for a fair fight today, they would doubtless compete cleanly for the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy - annually awarded to that athlete who, "by his performance, example and influence as an amateur and a man, has done the most during the year to advance the cause of sportsmanship."* But even those heroes might be edged out by the winner for 1939, announced last week. It was 25-year-old Joe Burk, world's singles scull champion, unbeaten in 37 consecutive contests from 1937 through 1939, twice winner of the famed Diamond Sculls at Henley Regatta...
...unprecedented successes in rowing have not spoiled his modest, unassuming, gentlemanly character. . . . His example to the youth of America ... of high sportsmanship, indomitable perseverance, self-discipline and an ability to take victory without conceit...