Corinthian spirit

English Etymology From en Corinthian of a sporting event: restricted to gentleman amateurs. Noun ~ An especially high standard of sportsmanship. en 1924-05-30 Dover Express St. Mary's Old Boys At Dinner http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000330/19240530/015/0005 5 Another thing the Association fostered, he thought, was the Old Boy spirit -- the Corinthian spirit -- and one way in which that was done was through sport. en Amateurs and Professionals in Post-war British Sport 2 Adrian Smith Dilwyn Porter 2000 It would be an injustice, however, to regard Pegasus as simply a late flowering of the Corinthian spirit, a throwback to an era of elite amateurism en dated Amateurism, originally in yachting. en 1879-02 Buffalo Commercial Sporting News Buffalo (NY) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10945915/corinthian_spirit/ 3 [A] farmer living on Lake Ontario ... was seized with the Corinthian spirit after reading some articles on boating. The farmer wrote: A neighbor and myself built a boat for instruction and amusement ... en 1886-06-19 Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Arts A Trick At The Helm London Chambers https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3057839?urlappend=%3Bseq=409 399 An enthusiastic yachtsman, he, in true Corinthian spirit, worked his little craft himself ... en 1909-01-10 Scranton Republican Negro Was Favorite With London Sports Scranton, PA https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10946303/corinthian_spirit_1909 2 In the clubs interest in boxing for money seems almost dead. The army boxing contests are keenly followed, so are those of those of the universities and public schools, but the old Corinthian spirit has dropped many degrees in the social scale.