vial cause. The less said about this the
better, but we very strongly condemn the conduct of both the "B"
and "A" schools in the field day on Saturday.

The occurrences referred to above took place at a track-athletic
meeting, but they might just as well have happened at a football or a
baseball game. The two schools are rivals in sport, and the single aim
of each is to defeat the other. This spirit is commendable and should be
encouraged, and I know of no one who will yell louder and longer for his
own side than I will. But when it comes to jeering, we must draw the
line. It is unsportsmanlike, and that means that it is ungentlemanly,
cowardly, and indecent. We go into sport in order that the best man may
win, and if the best man is on the other side, this may be a
disappointment, but it is never a disgrace. If we start in to jeer at
the best man's efforts we are openly trying to prevent him from winning,
which is conduct directly opposite to the motives that led us to
encourage the competition. It is as cowardly to jeer at an opponent as
it is to adopt unfair means to defeat him: and any act calculated and
intended to injure the chances of an antagonist is unsportsmanlike.

As to the particular case mentioned in the editorial, I can make no
comment beyond what has already been said, except that fighting after a
friendly contest is wholly irreconcilable to sport. I don't know, of
course, whether there was an actual fight or not. The editor may have
exaggerated; let us hope that he did. But to allow one's feelings to get
the upper hand in sport is always a sign of weakness, and persons of
such weak character as not to be able to restrain their passions should
not indulge in sport. They do not belong among sportsmen.

There is nothing better than athletic contests to develop character and
to teach a man to restrain himself. Aside from all ethics in the matter,
and looking at the case purely from the point of view of securing
advantage, it is better to be able to master one's passions and
feelings. The man who loses his temper on the football field, and begins
to "slug" his opponent, or to adopt mean methods of play, invariably
weakens his own efforts, because he is giving more thought to his spite
than he is to his game. Of two teams absolutely evenly matched in every
physical respect, the team whose members keep cool and collected, and do
not lose their tempers, is bound to win every time. It is so in
everyt