Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28
DUFFEY EXPOSES GAME
Sprinter Tells How Amateurs Get
 the Money.

A. F. Duffey of Georgetown universi-
 ty, the ex-champion sprinter, has begun
 a series of articles in Physical Culture
 in which he proposes to expose the pro- fessionalism of amateur athletics, how
 star athletes are paid money on the quiet, how the game is worked, how the astute athletic manager works his game, and so on. He even hints that all this underhand business is known to the ruling bodies of America and
 England, and that these august organ izations are hoodwinking the public.
 Duffey has been in the limelight since 1898, has toured England, Ireland and Scotland to their very confines, and has spent months in each place in quest of pots and other trophies. Even quite recently he did" as tourists say, Aus tralia and New Zealand in the com pany of Alfred Shrubb, the great Eng. fish runner, who was suspended per manently a few days ago. All this time Duffey acted like an amateur, but the editor of the magazine says: He has not been an amateur for several years, and still has been competing not only in this country but in Australia and England, and in various other parts of the world, as a bona fide anna teur athlete. He has supported him. self by his ability as an amateur ath- lete since the year 1S9S."
 This is a novel situation for Duffey and undoubtedly one of the. athletic sensations of the age. For a period of seven years man knew he was a professional and yet went under the guise of an amateur, and, worse still, now has the effrontery to tell 1t all The editor planes the ruling authori- ties for Duffey's cleverness, takes the A. A. U. to task and says that anna teur athletics everywhere are in bad shape. He says:
 'Now the truth Is that there was never a greater fake worked on the public. If the rules of the Amateur Athletic union of America and the Amateur Athletic association of Eng land describing an amateur were rigid ly followed 1t can be emphatically stated that there would be but few record holding amateur athletes. Ama- teur athletics everywhere reek with corruption from this standpoint. It is realized by every official of the im- portant athletic clubs. Still, they con- tiuLe to deceive the public. The off, cers of the Amateur Athletic union kr0w very well that great pumh'r of the athletes who are held up before the public as amateur athletes. and who are used by the officers of the various athletic clubs to draw immense crowds, are in no sense amateurs. Why do they continue to allow them to appear as aelateurs7 If the ama- teur rules are of any importance they should be observed. It Is not just to make a rule that can be recognized or made void at pleasure"
 D In the first installment of his con fession Duffey expresses the opinion that there is no difference between the star amateur and the professional of the present day. but he proposes as remedy to let them compete together and for the coin. As to the method by which the game Is worked with the managers of athletic meets Duftey says:
 sThe managers of the meetings to which I am alludlng are as keen as they are clever. Also that they recog- nize the 'queerness' of their methods is evidenced by the fact that their over lures to star amateurs are conducted with much caution. You will never find them committing their propositions to writing. and their interviews with the athletes are either conducted in private with no other person present but themselves and the stars. CT else they take place through the medium of a third person Furthermore. the ex- penses Co be allowed are only known to the parties directly involved
 ssIf the arrangement became known to the public CT the associations. the might be unpleasant. and that for manifest reasons. Of course. I do not feel justified in giving my readers the ex4et sums which crack ! athletes receive under the Euise of en- pe1ses. but nay say that they are of sn extremely HberAi type. and explain ! how 1t fs possible for an amateur of | Very moderate personal means CT e no means at a1. ts tr1vei aH over the 1 world in orier to take part In contests nnf return Co the land cf lis birth 1 with a bank srruunt cf a ray ccu- fUtabIe nafrz infsed=