He knows history. I have searched high and low to find who was the graphic artist and who was the author. "CacheDetection.RequestID": "PTPHS3MESDKWDQ4ZK9G7", Many thanks for this intriguing information. googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); His brothers were much older than himI suppose the poem was printed sometime in the time between 1910 and 1925. Ah yes well spotted Mark. B. Downie and art by Lee Mero. He lauds the Dodgers for breaking the Major League Baseball color barrier with Jackie Robinson. Right Tackle Competition scuttled through and blocked the kick. Post navigation. With very best wishes ~ Paul. Rice died at the age 73 on July 13, 1954, following a stroke. Thanks again. "Application": "GoodreadsMonolith", I have heard of Buzzo, though Jacob B Downie is new to me. I am not sure how we can clarify who wrote this beautiful verse and/or poem. 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. 11 comments since 2009 separate post/article http://tinyurl.com/k7z3ow4 Old poem learned in the Christians Brothers College (STELLA MARIS) of Montevideo (Uruguay). The Grantland Rice Bowl, a college bowl game named in his honor, was played from 1964 to 1977. That is fascinating. https://greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/not-that-you-won-or-lost-but-how-you-played-the-game/ Dec 2008. Richard have you got a date that Downies verse was published? That was in the early part of the last century, well before 1941. peggydudley@bellsouth.net, Peggy, many thanks for this. We have several suggestions and variations of the poem. Thanks very much. the final cheer and jeer have passed. TO WIN OR LOOSE , AND BE THE SAME. It adds to this 12 year old ongoing discussion about this poem. Brugh roomed with Grandland Rice when they were students at Vanderbilt Law School. var source = getCookieWithoutJQuery("source"); Game Called. Richard Beale previously suggested the poem, Alumnus Football, first appeared in an article written by Grantland Rice for the Nashville Tennessean in 1908 to describe a Vanderbilt alumnus football game. The world is but an open road-until we find, one day, Check it out on my home page the video is pretty powerful. Across the field of play the dusk has come, the hour is late. If anyone does find the full poem pls send it to me as we really need to publish it here also. If you get a moment Wendy perhaps you might send / attach a photo or copy of your version. Let young and old read Read more Not That You Won or Lost but var cookie = cookies[i]; Many thanks. Grantland Rice was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the son of Bolling Hendon Rice, a cotton dealer, and his wife, Mary . Henry Grantland Rice was born in 1880 in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and opted for journalism after graduating from Vanderbilt in 1901 and playing for the Vanderbilt baseball and football teams. When husky William took the ball beneath his brawny arm This is very interesting. 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. Paul, One of the great sports poems of all time by one of the greatest sports writers. I purchased it from an estate sale. Many thanks ~ Paul (author of Great Moments Of Sportsmanship). In 1948 (version on the left side) Rice changed it into a eulogy for Babe Ruth. Thanks, Many thanks Wendy. How far away the goal posts are that called us to the play. } Rice Im pretty sure wasnt part of that., Theres no record that he was. 31 likes All Members Who Liked This Quote Scott 463 books view quotes window.csa("Config", { He is featured as a character in the movie Bagger Vance as well. var isRetina = window.devicePixelRatio >= 2; // retina display He received the J.G. Interesting that the name Rice comes up in two contexts Edmund Rice, founder of the Christian Brothers, and Grantland Rice the sportswriter. the poem, Alumnus Football, first appeared in an article written by Grantland Rice for the Nashville Tennessean in 1908 to describe a Vanderbilt alumnus football game. pubID: '3211', adServer: 'googletag', bidTimeout: 4e3, params: { aps_privacy: '1YN' } Grantland Rice was one of his primary "assistant coaches" in this area. gads.type = "text/javascript"; Does anyone know who wrote this? 25 comments Since the original 2008 post/article http://tinyurl.com/6zo7fvac He seemed to consider it all in a days work. Recipients of the Fred RussellGrantland Rice Sportswriting Scholarship include author and humorist Roy Blount, Jr.; Skip Bayless of Fox Sports[18] and Andrew Maraniss. FYI I just posted a link to a video of an American basketball player Chris Herren, ex pro and recovering addict, and one who sees what sport is all about fun. After all, hed been there most of the day. The world is but a cherry tree thats waiting to be picked; And news writers. - Grantland Rice "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!" - Grantland Rice Comments 2 William Cyrus Howell June 24, 2022 at 5:31 am All wars are planned by old men in ante rooms apart, Who plan for greater armament and mark the battle chart, Since you alerted me about him liking this verse and sharing it with you, I have discovered your fathers name pops up in many books and talks about Munster, Ireland and the Lions. Pau l it is in a book written by Tom Okker about his early tennis career. The fight is done and lost or won, the player files out through the gate. Russell, 73, of Nashville, is one of four living daughters of the late Fred Russell, the second-most-famous sportswriter in Nashville history. Keep Coming Back For many years, a portion of one floor of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism was designated the "Grantland Rice Suite". }, I was born in England at the beginning of WWII..my grandfather quoted the poem by J.B. Downie when I was just a small girl. Meaner men are not capable of measuring him., Wonderful, Russell said of Rice. var e = document.createElement("script"); e.src = "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41mrkPcyPwL.js"; document.head.appendChild(e); And when they stop you with a thud or halt you with a crack, Such qualities are the bedrock of the game, and the Lions of the Fifties were the epitome of those values. This was taken from an article in the Independent news paper which your father might enjoy. As such, it can be served by no apologies or defenses, Fountain wrote, and deserves damnation less than it deserves understanding.. What of their spirit, individual acts of supreme courage and bravery? var ue_sn = "www.goodreads.com"; Things have changed a bit since then. Keep coming back Paul, Amazing Robert. First, Vanderbilt; second, Sewanee, a mighty good second;" and that Aubrey Lanier "came near winning the Vanderbilt game by his brilliant dashes after receiving punts. Game Called by Henry Grantland Rice - Famous poems, famous poets. Anyways thank you once again. Print it off. Keep coming back, and though the world may romp across your spine, No one may dare accuse, Many thanks Thanks again. I hope the school enjoy the verse and are also inspired by the many sportsmanship stories. I Never Played the Game Howard Cosell with Peter Bonventre 10. Easily done, I suppose, but on a wall plaque!? BUT HOW YOU PLAYED THE GAME. Afterwards he obtained a series of prestigious jobs with major newspapers in the northeastern United States. !function(){function n(n,t){var r=i(n);return t&&(r=r("instance",t)),r}var r=[],c=0,i=function(t){return function(){var n=c++;return r.push([t,[].slice.call(arguments,0),n,{time:Date.now()}]),i(n)}};n._s=r,this.csa=n}(); Hell write not that you won or lost As Tony OReilly said: They were like The Odd Couple, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, inseparable and enormous fun.. Am sure you know this, but if not, you might enjoy it. Russell is a huge part of Nashville sports history, and hes on the right side of history. If the glorification standard of Meacham a current Vanderbilt voice can be applied to one from long ago, Grantland Rice deserves his place in the pages of history. Your grandfather Mr. Brugh, roomed with Grantland Rice. gads.async = true; [6] Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin in Spalding's Football Guide's summation of the season in the SIAA wrote, "The standing. Also have a look in the comments and youll see another Lions player who used to quote this verse to his children a long long time ago. He and his writing are among the reasons that the 1920s in the United States are sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age of Sports". "ObfuscatedMarketplaceId": "A1PQBFHBHS6YH1" Paul, There is a boys camp in Goshen Pass, Va called Camp Virginia. This passage, although famous, is far from atypical, as Rice's writing tended to be of an "inspirational" or "heroic" style, raising games to the level of ancient combat and their heroes to the status of demigods. Your mother was a lady with a great strength of spirit, I imagine. And thank yo again for sending us the poem from your schooldays. and will invite anyone to send more information. the bugle rolled the reveille. thanks again. So were the policemen and the shopkeepers and the farmers and the factory owners. Is keep on bucking Failure till youve worn the piker out!. "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game." Grantland Rice tags: paraphrased Read more quotes from Grantland Rice Share this quote: Like Quote Recommend to friends Friends Who Liked This Quote To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up! I see that Tabor was a well known calligrapher. I never heard this before and we have had a few variations of the original poem since we started this discussion (ie e search for the origin of this poem) over a decade ago. [4] On the football team, he lettered in the year of 1899 as an end and averaged two injuries a year. q("i", arguments) But these words mashed into a typewriter and hurriedly telegrammed to the office constitute sports-scribe artistry: Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. The Best Poem Of Henry Grantland Rice Game Called 1910 version Game Called. He actually took a $20-a-week pay cut to take a job with the New York Evening Mail in 1910. "https://":"http://";i+=f?g:k;i+=j;i+=h;c(i)}if(!e.ue_inline){if(a.loadUEFull){a.loadUEFull()}else{b()}}a.uels=c;e.ue=a})(window,document); Unlike many writers of his era, Rice defended the right of football players such as Grange, and tennis players such as Tilden, to make a living as professionals, but he also decried the warping influence of big money in sports, once writing in his column: Money to the left of them and money to the right Please keep adding comments. You will be inspired! 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. 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. Thanks again Peggy Reynolds Dudley some fine Irish heritage there, methinks! Cooleen it would indeed be an honour to hear how your father came across these words. Rugby Union, as introduced by the Irish Christian brothers to Stella Maris was and is an integral part of building character. Perhaps, if you get a moment, you might print the small poster of the verse which you will find here https://greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/spread-the-moments/ and perhaps send it to the remaining brothers in the school with my best wishes. Thanks again for your original contact during this 12-year discussion! It would be good to post it here so that we have both poems for reference. There we learned the English language, Religion, and all the other signatures. This verse was at the head of a Red Smith sports column in the New York TIMES in the 1960s-70s era when the lowly NY Giants ALMOST upset the mighty Baltimore Colts with Johnny Unitas, The Colts were a twenty-point favorite with the odds-makers, but the final score came up something like 22 to 19 Colts, so Red Smith was praising the Giants. In 1936 in Berlin, he saw Owens deliver a quadruple-gold blow to Adolf Hitlers Aryan superiority propaganda. Being a descendant of slave owners is not a crime. Smith attributed the verse to Grantland Rice. Thanks again. Grantland Rice New Year - Old Poem - Great Sport January 8, 2010 by Paul Smith As it's the start of a new year (not a new decade - isn't that next year? [3], Rice attended Montgomery Bell Academy and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he was a member of the football team for three years, a shortstop on the baseball team, a brother in the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and graduated with a BA degree in 1901 in classics. [15][16] The Grantland Rice Bowl, an annual college football bowl game held from 1964 to 1977, was named in his honor, as was the Grantland Rice Award given to the winner. The job at the Tennessean was given to him by former Sewanee Tigers coach Billy Suter, who coached baseball teams against which Rice played while at Vanderbilt.