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Subject: SPORTSMANSHIP
Matches Found: 3

ALUMNUS FOOTBALL, SELS., by GRANTLAND RICE    Poem Source                
First Line: For when the one great scorer comes
Last Line: He marks - not that you won or lost - %but how you played the game
Subject(s): Football; Religion; Sportsmanship


COLONEL TIL, by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                
First Line: We have seen scores of magnates come
Last Line: Colonel til!
Subject(s): Baseball; Farewell; Praise; Sports; Sportsmanship; War; Parting


PRAYER OF A SPORTSMAN, by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear lord, in the battle that goes on through life
Last Line: And cheer as the winners go by!
Subject(s): Sportsmanship; Victory