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American Recreation: Sportsmanship and the New Nationalism, 1900–1910

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2019

MALCOLM MCLAUGHLIN
MALCOLM MCLAUGHLIN*
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Department of American Studies, University of East Anglia. Email: M.Mclaughlin@uea.ac.uk.
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Abstract

This article is about the relationship between the culture of outdoors recreation and the development of progressive politics at the turn of the twentieth century in the United States. It considers the significance of popular outdoors magazines for American culture and politics before focussing in particular on the way in which Caspar Whitney, as editor of Outing magazine, constructed a notion of sportsmanship modelled upon the idealized figure of Theodore Roosevelt – an exemplar, by his reckoning, of the patrician class, and the template for his vision of a progressive citizenship. It was through the notion of sportsmanship that Whitney defined a set of values that would become synonymous with the strain of progressivism known as the New Nationalism, out of which the tradition of reform liberalism emerged in the twentieth century.

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Journal of American Studies , Volume 54 , Issue 5 , December 2020 , pp. 839 - 869
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41 For examples of the typical format see Forest and Stream, 50 (Jan.–June 1898), i–xii; Outing, 32 (Sept. 1898), xvi, xxxvii–lxv; Outing, 36 (Sept. 1900), 715–42; Recreation 8 (Jan. 1898), i–xvi, xvii–lx. Compare Ohmann, Selling Culture, 175–216.

42 Recreation, 13, 3 (Sept. 1900), 221.

43 For indicative examples: Forest and Stream, 34, 7 (6 March 1890), 134; 34, 10 (27 March 1890), 197; 44, 3 (19 Jan. 1895), 49. Shields reported on the annual meetings of the League. See, for example, Recreation 12, 4 (April 1900), 255–60, for such a report.

44 For sportsmanship as conduct see indicative examples: Forest and Stream, 34, 13 (17 April 1890), 249; 34, 21 (12 June 1890), 409; 44, 24 (23 June 1895), 516; 51, 11 (10 Sept. 1898), 1; 51, 13 (24 Sept. 1898), 1; 51, 14 (1 Oct. 1898), 1; 54, 6 (11 Aug. 1900), 107; Recreation, 4, 3 (Oct. 1895), 195; 7, 2 (Aug. 1897), 167; 7, 3 (Sept. 1897), 175; 10, 5 (May 1899), 374; 12, 4 (April 1900), 297. For unselfishness and conservation see, for example, Forest and Stream, 44, 3 (19 Jan. 1895), 47; 44, 16 (13 April 1895), 285; 44, 20 (11 May 1895), 1; 51, 23 (3 Dec. 1898), 1; 51, 25 (17 Dec. 1898), 1; Recreation, 8, 4 (April 1898), 296; 8, 6 (June 1898), 460; 9, 1 (July 1898), 53; 11, 2 (Aug. 1899), 140; 11, 3 (Sept. 1899), 195; 11, 6 (Dec. 1899), 452; 13, 2 (Aug. 1900), 129.

45 See, for example, Forest and Stream, 50, 1 (1 Jan. 1898), 2–5, 10.

46 See, for example, the contents page of Recreation (“A Magazine Devoted to Everything that the Name Implies”), 3, 1 (July 1895), i.

47 See Editorial, Outing and the Wheelman, 3 (Jan. 1884), 301. For breadth see the indexes for Outing, 12 (April–Sept. 1888); 13 (Oct. 1888–March 1889); 14 (April–Sept. 1889); 15 (Oct. 1889–March 1890); 16 (April–Sept. 1890); 17 (Oct. 1890–March 1891); 18 (April–Sept. 1891); 19 (Oct. 1891–March 1892); 20 (April–Sept. 1892); 21 (Oct. 1892–March 1893); 22 (April 1893–Sept. 1893); 23 (Oct. 1893–March 1894); 24 (April–Sept. 1894); 25 (Oct. 1894–March 1895); 26 (April–Sept. 1895); 27 (Oct. 1895–March 1896); 28 (April–Sept. 1896); 29 (Oct. 1896–March 1897); 30 (April–Sept. 1897); 31 (Oct. 1897–March 1898); 32 (April–Sept. 1898); 33 (Oct. 1898–March 1899); 34 (April–Sept. 1899). Briefly, in 1897, it declared itself to be “The World's magazine of Amateur Sport and Recreation’: see cover of Outing, 31 (Oct. 1897).

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56 Roosevelt evidently believed that they had been at Harvard at the same time – before Whitney left in search of adventure out West. See Roosevelt, Theodore, Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches (New York: Review of Reviews Co. 1904), 129Google Scholar. However, Kelly, 142, checked Harvard's records and Whitney had not enrolled. See also Bold, 33, where she cites Kelly's work.

57 For context see, for example, Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues, 221–59; for imperialism constructed as a virile, manly, civilizing mission see Bederman, Manliness, 187–90.

58 Whitney, “Santiago,” 818. Or, for example, consider that Colonel Roosevelt, hero of the Spanish–American War, described his volunteer regiment, the Rough Riders, as men of “the Southwestern ranch country,” and hence “skilled in the wild horsemanship of the Great Plains.” See Theodore Roosevelt, An Autobiography (New York: Da Capo Press, 1985; first published 1913), 223. For wider context see Bederman, 176–77.

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67 Roosevelt, Theodore, quoted in Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (Aug. 1902), 619Google Scholar.

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71 Croly, The Promise of American Life, 168–69.

72 Ibid., 173.

73 Ibid., 4, 6.

74 Ibid., 431.

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79 Caspar Whitney, “The Month's Review,” 36 (July 1900), 676. He opposed measures that threatened to restrict access to game reserves of wild places for people of modest means, or to prevent native peoples from living off their land. Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (June 1900), 315Google Scholar; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (April 1902), 105Google Scholar, cautious about expensive licensing. National debates around the regulation of the wilderness would become more pressing by the 1920s and 1930s as growing automobile ownership and improved road access increased the press of tourists. See Sutter, Paul, Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002), esp. 19–53Google Scholar.

80 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (May 1900), 200Google Scholar. For more on this theme, see “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Oct. 1901), 110Google Scholar; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (April 1902), 104Google Scholar. For the legislative achievements of such advocacy see Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (July 1900), 675Google Scholar. For similar see “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (June 1902), 377Google Scholar; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 41 (Jan. 1903), 508Google Scholar.

81 Athletics: Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (Sept. 1902), 765Google Scholar; 43 (Feb. 1903), 603–4. Baseball: Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (May 1900), 207–8Google Scholar; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” 40 (Aug. 1902), 629. Canoe: “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Oct. 1901), 103. Carriage driving: Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 37 (Jan. 1901), 478; 40 (Aug. 1902), 626Google Scholar. Cycling: Caspar Whitney, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 38, (April 1901), 102–3; 40 (Sept. 1902), 762–63. Golf: Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (June 1900), 325–26Google Scholar; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Jan. 1902), 612. Horse racing: Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Nov. 1901), 238Google Scholar; 41 (Nov. 1902), 249–50. Polo: Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (May 1900), 209; 39 (Nov. 1901), 250Google Scholar. Rifle: Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 37 (Nov. 1900), 221Google Scholar; 39 (Nov. 1901), 103–4; 40 (March 1903), 760–61. Rowing: Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 36 (Sept. 1900), 679Google Scholar; 40 (June and Aug. 1902), 376, 628. Tennis: Caspar Whitney, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 42 (April 1903), 122.

82 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (May 1900), 200Google Scholar. For a similar view see, for example, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (Sept. 1902), 763 (bicycling and the League of American Wheelmen).

83 See, for example: Caspar Whitney, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 38 (May, June, July, Aug., Sept.), 225–26, 335–36, 461–62, 579–82, 728–29; 39 (Oct., Nov., Dec.), 101–3, 229–33, 369.

84 This is well documented in Dyerson, Making the American Team.

85 Whitney, Caspar, “The View-Point,” Outing, 46 (July 1905), 487Google Scholar. He makes the same point in “The View-Point,” Outing, 52 (May 1908), 255–56.

86 Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 37 (Oct. 1900), 215Google Scholar.

87 Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 37 (Oct. 1900), 222, 227Google Scholar.

88 Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 37 (Nov. 1900), 351, 353Google Scholar.

89 See, for example, Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 38 (May and July 1901), 220–221 and 587Google Scholar.

90 Needham, Henry Beach, “The College Athlete, I,” McClure's, 25 (June 1905), 115–28Google Scholar; Needham, , “The College Athlete, II,” McClure's, 25 (July 1905), 260–73Google Scholar. John Sayle Watterson notes that TR was already concerned about the state of college football, and the perception that coaches were adopting tactics that relied overly on physical strength to overcome opponents. Needham's article gave him an opportunity to make a public intervention in a speech about sportsmanship at Harvard in the summer of 1905. See Watterson, John Sayle, College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000), 64–70Google Scholar.

91 Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 46 (July 1905), 485–87Google Scholar.

92 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (April 1900), 95, 97Google Scholar. See also Whitney, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (May 1900), 204.

93 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (April 1900), 95, 96, 97Google Scholar; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 38, (Aug. 1901), 716.

94 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 37 (Dec. 1900), 595–96Google Scholar. For more on this theme see “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 38, (Aug. 1901), 717–18 (college baseball); “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Nov. 1901), 234 (college athletics); “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Dec. 1901), 363 (college football); “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (July 1902), 497. Moreover, Whitney considered professional coaching no less effective: “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 42 (Aug. 1903), 630 (college rowing); “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 43 (Nov. 1903), 223–26 (college baseball); “The View-Point,” Outing, 50 (Aug. 1907), 623 (college baseball).

95 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (May 1900), 205–7Google Scholar. For more on “muckerish” behaviour see Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (June 1900), 319Google Scholar. He saw muckerishness behind the fashion for “brute force” and “brutal play” in college football, which he predicted would ruin its popularity: “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 41 (Jan. 1903), 499–500. Similarly, see “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 45 (Dec. 1904), 362; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 45 (Jan. 1905), 498.

96 Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 44 (Aug. 1904), 628Google Scholar. He makes a similar point in “The View-Point,” Outing, 52 (Sept. 1908), 766. He took this view of the American Olympic effort – and stated in a speech in London after the 1908 games, that he was quite “disgusted by the manner in which international sport has been conducted recently,” and singled the American team out as a particular “disgrace.” The problem as he saw it: “a desire to win at all odds.” (No author), “Whitney Scores American Athletes,” New York Times, 17 July 1909, 3.

97 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review’, Outing, 36 (May 1900), 200Google Scholar.

98 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 37 (Sept. 1900), 91Google Scholar, (Nov. 1900), 473.

99 Whitney, Caspar, “The View-Point,” Outing, 47, (March 1906) 788Google Scholar.

100 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 38 (April 1901), 97–98Google Scholar. Cleveland was somewhat rehabilitated in a 1903 article in Outing: C. W. Sanders, “Grover Cleveland Goes Afishing,” 42 (Sept. 1903), 686–90. Note that Cleveland later felt moved to repudiate this allegation: see Cleveland, Grover, Fishing and Shooting Sketches (Deposit, NY: Outing Press, 1906), 179–84Google Scholar. Renowned nature writer Ernest Thompson Seton was also accused, in 1902, but Whitney could not bring himself to believe it. Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 40 (April 1902), 112Google Scholar.

101 Whitney, Caspar, “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Oct. 1901), 113Google Scholar; “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 39 (Dec. 1901), 363.

102 Whitney, Caspar, “The View-Point,” Outing, 46 (July 1905), 485–87Google Scholar; Caspar Whitney, “The View-Point,” Outing, 46 (Sept. 1905), 754–59.

103 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (May 1900), 199Google Scholar.

104 Whitney, Caspar, “The Month's Review,” Outing, 36 (June 1900), 314Google Scholar. For similar, see “The Sportsman's View-Point,” Outing, 45 (Nov. 1904), 236.

105 Roosevelt, Theodore, “National Duties,” in Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses (London and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1919), 315–37, 337Google Scholar.

106 For quote see (for example) Goodwin, Doris Kearns, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013), 292Google Scholar.