The Washington times., 1905-11-24
Duffey Explains Further
Hop Amateur Is Tempted
Also Shows A. A, u. Officials Were Anxious
to Hear His Story-IntercoIiegiate A. A.
Most Potent Factor for Good
BY THOMAS s. RICE.

arthur Z. Dumey the worlds cham
pion sprinter. has prepared for Physical
Culture the third OF his series Of articles
on amateur athletics
simultaneously with that nc gives for
publication a letter in which he shows
that Secretary James Sullivan Of the
A a. T., was thoroughly cOgnizant OF
the fact that ne was going TO make
startling disclosures about amateur
sports, and which takes 9 good deal of
steam out of the frenzied burst of sta-
lied innocence with which MIR. Sullivan
rushed madly into print 10 proclaim the
excessive Virtue of the Amateur Athletic
Union and its officials and announced
IN n0Db0yalt terms that all the rec
ords made by the Georgetown Splinter
would be wiped or the books. Mr.. Sui
Ivan knew what was coming and
asked for full details. and while the air
he assumed when the first article sp-
peared aid not impress very favOra bly,
those Who have followed amateur sports
for the past ten years. the letter he
wrote Dudey shows that he was largely
making a play to the galleries in his
hurried deluuciations Of those who ac-
cept large expense allowances for
displsying their prowess on the einder
path
Hcw Sullivan Posed.
Mr.. sullivan remarked in his letter
that the proposed exposures by DufYey
would be q help and would be liked i'm
nensely" by the A A. t. The officials
OF th2t organization then promptly
showed their ap0reclation of Duaey's
efforts by branding him with every name
they could think Of and doing a lot of
grandstand talking about having him
arrested Tor accepting prizes 70 which
which the incident was handled does
not reflect great credit upon the s.
g. or its officials. and il would be bet
GER next time for them To Dalfze and
or such feat-befOTe they fumD into
the imeliEnt and condemn offhand The
most anateCrish event ia the history of
amateur sport has been the amateur
manner in which the ~ a L. acted
ln the Dulfey case
DuHey, in his latest article. explains
1ne temptations Of prep school boy
who has shown signs of athletic promise
ana makes a weak and unconvincing ar
gument In defense of those who 81, faFf
Dy the wayside and accept money indi-
then proceeds.
intercollegiate A. A.
In passing let me say that the In
teTcollegiate Amateur Athletic Associa-
ton Of America yields a far greater in
nuence for pure sport than does the
combined power of the Amateur Athletic
Union Of America. of the Amateur Ath-
letlc Association Of England. although
It must be admitted that the two latter
organizations do practical work for The
advancement EFF amateur athletics. You
VIII mote the distinction that havf.
made between the work OF the bodies.
10 Got let me DC mistaken IN this state
ment OF mine. Each organization has
its proper sphere of action. although
they are athleticaiiy affiliated
And [ may add that / have repeated
~ noticed that when an athlete ceases
20 become affiliated with the Intercol-
legIate Association the results TO him
are more or less disastrous as far as his
athletic cons clence Is concerned He be
comes lax IN an amateur sense and
looks on athletics more a. work than as
recreation, and something not to be done
for mere glory. OF course this asser-
ton does not apply to every amateur.
but II stands good in a great many
cases
TO revert to my personal experf-
ences IN the amateur athletic world
then. For nine years I have been N
member or the Amateur Athletic Asso-
citation have competed in practically
oil parts of the globe under the auspices
OF the a A u. of America. the a a A
Of England, the Australian a A. and
the New Zealand A. A, and during this