Good Guy Teddy Roosevelt – the picture of sportsmanship!

>Once, when he was boxing at Harvard, time was called on a round, so [Roosevelt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Theodore_Rooseveltnewtry.jpg) dropped his guard. At that moment his opponent landed a heavy blow on his nose, which spurted blood. >When people in the gallery started booing and hissing, TR raised his arm to command silence. “It’s all right,” he cried, his arm still in the air; then, pointing to the timekeeper, he said: “He didn’t hear him.” >With his nose bleeding, he walked up to his opponent and shook hands. ________________________________ **Source:** Boller, Paul F. “Theodore Roosevelt.” *Presidential Anecdotes*. New York: Oxford UP, 1981. 201. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Owen Wister, *Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship* (New York, 1930), 5. ________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University) [Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt)