The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-08

nign standard yet. but I an firmly or ~.
opinion that IL tine e will Tie mothers,
SISTERS. cousins, and especially the sweet
hearts OK the players have only 20 let +.
De known that they exact this standard
os behavior CT the grfdsron and II win -
lived up TO reIfgiously. Don't discourage
the presence Of ladies' az all fitting manly
sports. II VIII do mere than anything
sise TO restrain the unruly and the over
boEgterous
y rev standard Of ar1ateurfzrr f. badly
needed IN this country. The English
STANDARD Is too snobbish for Us. No man
VINO Is IN trade" r. an amateur IN Eng
land- Here IL is understood that any man
VINO follows sport as a means OF Hveli-
hood Or for ordinary gain Is a
professional He can compete ro-
prizes offered By regular ana
teur organization. but Re must not teach
or practice any form OF sport for other
proftt- II the spirit OF this rule were gen.
era4IY enforced what havoc II would make
m amachoor'' ranks! And II il were
honestly enforced what a change there
would be in the character OF many ANA
Isnr prizes Not long since, while walk
Ing along the principal street OF one OF
our leading Eastern cities. I saw IN the
snow window OF one Of It's best Jewellers
number OF iugots OF gold, slightly fiat
tened In places 20 receive inscriptions.
ihtse were the prizes to be awarded az
an amateur" contest. What rnockery!
Only few years ago old BIZ Curtis. then
a. the head OF the Amateur Athletic
Union. disqualified nearly all the "ana-
ehooT boxers in and about New York for
demanding prizes akin 10 these in con-
Nerubiiity into cash. "AH things fairly"
should be our motto. IL is far better 10
he beaten honOrably than 20 win by trick
or fraud. Let us have a rule which will
clearly a mfssrs via a
I've right up TO IT. Clubs and athletes not
Wiling 10 DO this should leave of mas
queradlns as amateurs.
In his speech at the Cardiff banquet
Lord Dunraven stated that on the FIRST
day of the last Americas cup races there
was fleet Of go steamers IN attendance
carrying 5000 people. BY actual count
made from the hurricane deck of the
Hicnard Peck, there were only H. Nearly
Ohe-thHd or this number we're steam
yachts, steam launches and schooner
yachts tn tow Of tugs. which carried only
their owners and A few friends. Another
thifd was composed of the tugs OF news
papers and of private parties, which did
not carry 100 passengers each. OF the re-
mainGer, about ten steamers averaged
l,So passengers apiece. Altogether II was
estimated at the time that from thirty 10
forty thousand people saw the race from
the attending fiot1lla- II is plainly evident
that Dunraven Is IA rattlebrained sort OF
person. not at all careful about his facts,
and not over-scrupulous about making as
sertions TO bolster up his side of a case
His boat, Valkyrie Ill. was fairly and
squarely beaten by the Defender. His
charge that the American vessel was sub
merged below her proper water line is not
only false but ridiculous. II Is a charge
against the honor OF the highest class Of
sportSmen I'm America, made months af-
ter the races: made. too. because its refu-
tation can only be made ex parte and
therefore VIII give its maker an excuse
for his defeat which will be accepted by
rabid English partisans. The committee
appointed TO sift the noble earIs charges
is not by any means virulently anu-En-
glish. Its methods so far nave been de-
cldedly Anglican. Its chairman has stat
ed that the matter before IL is one that
concerns the New York club only. and he
does not intend assuring the putlic of any
OF its proceedings or findings until II re-