He was my daddys hero, basically.. Grantland Rice, Alumunus Football, Only the Brave and Other Poems (1941) seems to be credited a lot however, my old graphic letters version says Newbolt (would this be Cardinal Newbolt)? [11], His sense of honor can be seen in his own actions. Here is a different, yet beautiful, overlapping intriguing version of the poem written in 1925 by JB Downie in Minneapolis, USA, kindly sent into us by Peggy Legrande. A framed version of the ornate graphics version of the verse used to hang on the wall in my parents bedroom in Dubin, way back in the 60s. Many thanks ~ Paul (author of Great Moments Of Sportsmanship). The plot thickens. As regard Chato, it can mean many things in South American Spanish. The only thing found online was Poet Henry Newbolt. Here is a poem given to Dutch Tennis Star Tom Okker by his mother on his first trip to Australia in 1964. whatever the game and whatever the odds the player files out through the gate. In 1948 (version on the left side) Rice changed it into a eulogy for Babe Ruth. Rice was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the son of Bolling Hendon Rice, a cotton dealer,[1] and Mary Beulah (Grantland) Rice. var cookie = cookies[i]; If you publish my comment, please publish this note too. //]]> Incidentally, I read the verse to 60 Year 5 students (aged 9) yesterday and they loved it. Born in Murfreesboro on November 1, 1880, Rice was one of the foremost sports authorities and respected voices during his heyday as New York's "Herald Tribune" columnist. My research suggests the plaque was produced by Shapleigh between 1897 to 1908. The best you can do may not be quite enough TO WIN OR LOOSE , AND BE THE SAME. var gads = document.createElement("script"); You can see the full poem below your comment now also. Rice accepted the blame for putting "that much temptation" in his friend's way. Grantland Rice died on July 14, 1954, remembered as the leading journalist of the Golden Age of Sports. Dont sit there whining-hustle up and keep on coming back; Keep coming back with all youve got, without an alibi, The poem lives on. The plot thickens. Your mother was a lady with a great strength of spirit, I imagine. Thanks once again. During Rices time with the Atlanta Journal, Ty Cobb actually sent him postcards, posing as fans who were gushing about Cobb and encouraging Rice to write about him. Of course. The gym and the elementary school were demolished years ago. Bill Jones had been the shining star upon his college team. Rice died at the age 73 on July 13, 1954, following a stroke. Anyways thank you once again. Tell a coach or teacher. This is the challenge of judging a revered figure from a century ago in todays terms. He called boxer Joe Louis a valued friend and chronicled the exploits of Jesse Owens and Babe Didrikson in the same florid, hero-making style that he employed to chronicle the exploits of Ruth, Cobb and Knute Rockne. "[7] Rice coached the 1908 Vanderbilt baseball team. On the baseball team, he was captain in 1901.[4][5]. Taylor Spink Award posthumously in 1966 from the Baseball Writers Association of America for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. Keep coming back, and though the world may romp across your spine, googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(true); What an enchanting verse. The picture above poem is the cottage in a wreath of embroidered flowers, This was in my grand parents home in New Brunswick Canada. Paul, Amazing Robert. 57 Likes, 0 Comments - IEEE MACE Student Branch (@ieeemace) on Instagram: ""It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game." ~Grantland Rice IEEE CS SBC" He was, relative to his peers and to much of society at the time, a progressive. I first heard the line spoken when watching the movie: Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius. session: { id: "869-7942173-5192773" }, Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. Give Vanderbilt University a nod, along with Chattanooga and the words of a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, for clarity on the intensified assault on Confederate glorification. Old poem learned in the Christians Brothers College (STELLA MARIS) of Montevideo (Uruguay). 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. Please keep adding comments. googletag.pubads().enableAsyncRendering(); Only two things count at all from mountain to the sea In 1907, Rice saw what he would call the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports during the SewaneeVanderbilt football game: the catch by Vanderbilt center Stein Stone, on a double-pass play then thrown near the end zone by Bob Blake to set up the touchdown run by Honus Craig that beat Sewanee at the very end for the SIAA championship. Notre Dame upset Army the next day, holding on for a 12-6 win with a goal-line stand. The sun has lost too much of its light, But he was on his way to becoming a one-man industry movie reels, nationally syndicated columns and play by play for the first radio broadcast of a World Series game and would get a raise to $52,000 from the New York Tribune in 1925. }); Certain steroids, used properly, can cure certain diseases." (Canseco 3). Thanks, Many thanks Wendy. . She is now passing this on to her own grandson. Russell, 73, of Nashville, is one of four living daughters of the late Fred Russell, the second-most-famous sportswriter in Nashville history. I live in Boston and recently acquired this poem via a 1920s framed Buzzo Motto. 11 comments since 2009 separate post/article http://tinyurl.com/k7z3ow4 Centering around the life and times of the revered American sportswriter Grantland Rice (1880-1954), How You Played the Game takes us back to those magical days of sporting tales and mythic heroes. Many thanks I sense happy memories. That is the clear, historically based view of it.. Can you confirm? }, From Grantland Rice oldned Uncategorized August 29, 2022 1 Minute "When One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game." pubID: '3211', adServer: 'googletag', bidTimeout: 4e3, params: { aps_privacy: '1YN' } And thats where Grantland Rice, in todays terms, gets complicated. Keep Coming Back B. Downie. The founder of the congregation of the Christian Brothers was not Cardinal Newman. See also my TEDx Talk: How Sportsmanship Can Change The World. The paper behind appears to be in pristine condition. Many thanks for your clarification. More information coming in so please have a look at some of the other comments particularly one very recent comment from Steve Cowers. His brothers were much older than himI suppose the poem was printed sometime in the time between 1910 and 1925. //= 2; // retina display 35 likes All Members Who Liked This Quote Nicholas 438 books In todays terms, theres never been and will never be a sportswriter more rich, famous, prolific, impactful or tight with the sporting heroes of a time. Previous. The illustrating department created superb designs which were reverent to the poetry, and Buzza printed on quality paper using quality inks. Hard to say. var e = document.createElement("script"); e.src = "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41mrkPcyPwL.js"; document.head.appendChild(e); function q(c, r) { Christmas 1927 With the Grantland Rice name in this thread, I thought I would throw this curveball (hahahahaha )Lee Mero married Kathryn Rice in 1920!!!! But Left Guard Envy broke it up and stood him on his ear. [10], The passage added great import to the event described and elevated it to a level far beyond that of a mere football game. He knows history. a[a9] = { var ue_id = "PTPHS3MESDKWDQ4ZK9G7"; } Part of it's percentage, and the rest is guarantee. function getCookieWithoutJQuery(name) { i once became a player of chess but i loose the game but i accept it because my father and teacher always say to me play the game fair and accept the result of the game and be sport, Hello. It has actually generated several streams of thought as I opened it up in a few different blog posts. The massive Guard named Failure did a toddle on his spine. }; IT S ALL IN THIS, TO PLAY THE GAME Post navigation. Thank you. }); I found my poem in a bargain bin in an old thrift shop. M.K. Pass it on. //