After the 1960 Olympics, Carolyn said, her father told then-Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington that TSUs beat-up track and lack of athletic scholarships needed to be fixed. The winning is all up to you Where he would buck to glory in the swirl of Lifes big game. He sounded like a truly great man. Not so with William in his dreams he saw the Field of Fame, That was the same salary at the time as his good friend Babe Ruth. 1 November 1880 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; d. 13 July 1954 in New York City), sportswriter who was the most powerful and far-reaching voice in U.S. sports for nearly half a century, and who first said it mattered "not that you won or lost, but how you played the game." for(var i=0; i Scores against our name. if (window.csa) { Thanks again. Thank you so much for this. Fair play to them! Thought the world my walk across your spine Grantland Rice also wrote poetry, and one of his poems, which is called "Alumnus Football," contains the following lines: For when the One Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He writes - not that you won or lost - But how you played the Game. }); Have enjoyed the thread! I am 80 years old and have a framed wall poem by Jacob B. Downie(1843-1912) from as far back as I can remember.It goes: We cant all play a winning game, the dusk has come, the hour is late. fetchBids: function() { [CDATA[ The poem lives on. }, Try a week on us. I have a Buzza Motto Playing The Game poem credited to J. She was one of 40 of Temples TSU Tigerbelles who became Olympians, a tradition as proud as any in the history of sports in the state. He writes not that you won or lost but how you played the Game. Thanks very much for sending this. In 1925 The Buzza Company published the above poem entitled Playing the Game by J. Rice authored a book of poetry, Songs of the Stalwart, which was published in 1917 by D. Appleton and Company of New York. I ask because I came across 5 pages of hand typed poetry edited by a Douglas Delong, Aug. 10, 1943. I wish you well and thank you for your comment. Rice was a great sportswriter who coined the phrase The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame and is also credited with the name The Crimson Tide for the University of Alabama football team. The founder of the congregation of the Christian Brothers was not Cardinal Newman. But he took in a good spirit and was always known as Chato. window.csa("Config", { The directer was Mac Pitt,Baseball Coach and Athletic directer at University of Richmond. . I am 80 years old and have a framed wall poem by Rice Im pretty sure wasnt part of that., Theres no record that he was. By one estimate, Rice wrote more than 22,000 columns and more than 67,000,000 words. Thanks very much for the information. And when he switched his course again and dashed into the line If you leave me an email I will send you a screen shot of the piece, but it reads as follows: We cant all play a winning game, someone is sure to lose, Yet we can play so that our name, no one may dare accuse. Jim McCarthy, captained Munster and Ireland and played with the Lions. Your mother was a lady with a great strength of spirit, I imagine. By post-WWI the company along with other fine publishing houses were framing poems, also referred to as poetry from the heart and now Buzza mottoes. gads.type = "text/javascript"; So sorry, Paul! and will invite anyone to send more information. this beautiful verse has generated some great comments: Watch this colourful video. house in Colgate, Oklahoma when Dad was growing up. The fight is done and lost or won, the player files out through the gate. Richard have you got a date that Downies verse was published? This quote was on a huge poster on the wall of the mess building. if (a[a9]) return; window.csa("Events")("setEntity", { Pau l it is in a book written by Tom Okker about his early tennis career. Rices style has been criticized as schmaltzy and overly sentimental, even by some of his contemporaries. Its hard to imagine anyone in this racket more universally beloved, too. Someone is sure to lose. In todays dollars, thats about $1.5 million. var ue_sn = "www.goodreads.com"; He is featured as a character in the movie Bagger Vance as well. paul@GreatSportsmanship.org perhaps two photo on of the front and the words and the back also? Being a descendant of slave owners is not a crime. B. Downie and art by Lee Mero. TO WIN OR LOOSE , AND BE THE SAME. The sun has lost too much of its light, Meaner men are not capable of measuring him., Wonderful, Russell said of Rice. Thanks, Many thanks Wendy. I have searched high and low to find who was the graphic artist and who was the author. Poetic verse was a significant part of the craft at the time, and Rices poem Alumnus Football, written for a Vanderbilt alumni gathering and printed in The Tennessean in 1908, included a line that has been shortened and repeated by a billion adults to a billion young athletes: For when the one Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks not that you won or lost but how you played the game.. Meanwhile, does anyone know, for sure, who wrote these words? We witness ups and downs in the careers of such legendary . peggydudley@bellsouth.net, Peggy, many thanks for this. Check it out on my home page the video is pretty powerful. Anyway, he did wave in my direction as he left the field and I sort of felt he was waving at me. I suppose Mr. Hitler is much too busy a man to stay out there forever. Am sure you know this, but if not, you might enjoy it. Thanks again & very best wishes to Mac Pitt and all at Uni Richmond from a Dubliner in London. He knows some are asking this question: If all the Confederate monuments and tributes are wiped out, at what point are the Jefferson or George Washington monuments founding fathers but also slave owners in jeopardy? During a game against Muncie Central in which our team, the Artesians, were trailing at halftime and were thoroughly dejected, the 'Ol Fox jumped up on a bench as we headed back out to the court. Thanks hhevers, Ill watch out for the movie. How far away the goal posts are that called us to the play. Poems by Thayer, Rice and Walt Mason. As regard Chato, it can mean many things in South American Spanish. I have also got some feedback from Linkedin Sports discussion which I wil try and dig out and post here soon.