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Probably 'one of you will earn the Sports merit badge this month. If so, the first thing you'll have to do is understand what sportsmanship is, because that's the first requirement.
I'd like to read you a little story from the Sports merit badge pamphlet that sums up sportsmanship very well. Here's the story.
"In 1940, an underdog Dartmouth football team played powerful Cornell, which needed only one more victory for a perfect season and a number-one ranking in the country. Trailing 3-0, Cornell scored a controversial touchdown that the Dartmouth players insisted was made on the extra 'fifth down; However, the referee counted the touchdown, and Cornell won, 7-3.
"But after the game, Cornell officials watched the game on film and saw that, indeed their team had been allowed an extra play. They immediately sent a telegram to Dartmouth stating that they could not accept the victory. It went into the record book as a 3-0 victory for Dartmouth."
That little story tells us what sportsmanship really is. It is the desire to play hard and to winbut to win fairly-and if you lose, to accept defeat with good grace. Let's remember that during our sports tourney and throughout our lives.
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