Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 206
sty. If you lose, lose gra-ciously, without the too frequent excuses of thepoor loser, or the gloomy countenance of thegrouch. Remember, when beaten, that a better Photograph by Edwin Levick GEORGE MYERS CHURCH a condition he was unwilling to accept. It wasnot tennis, that was all there was to it,… … Photograph by Edwin Levick R. NORRIS WILLIAMS, 2D player has won. Do not begrudge him his victory,but plan to defeat him, in turn, when next youmeet. It is this spirit of come-back that character-izes a great sportsman. It is the full possessionof it that endears J. C. Parke and Norman E.Brookes to…
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