The sun., 1908-12-20

gain from participates, In sports ID ana 20
That the taxing OF actual out Of pocket
expenses In interclub. intercounty and
! interpational competitions shall be recog-
between amateurs and professionals shall
Another point: to permit soullsrs to e,
/ while pairs, fours and eishts are forbidden
! to do so sounds peculiar, Amateurs profit
by the assistance OF professionals at most
has been coached az cricket. golf, tennis
racauets and so on by professional should
be forbidden to receive like help at another
tie governing bodies viii agree that anna;
teurs and professionals shall be allowed
TO- compete together. As It Is ALREADY
6 to. be hoped that the custom will spread
Ford Hawke. the Hon. 7 s.. jackson tcrickeD, I,
Sir e. Grey, II. X. Foster. Eustaee Miles
ff osfiey, g. "V1 V. smith (associsiion icoteslI,
H, II. Hilton, the Hon. o. Scott tgolf), j.
W. II. T. Douglas (boxingl,, the Hon. lon
Hath Ts0oaa and ''{Gn {sa isS sS'
| trunninEl are few amateurs who have
met professionals, but no ,broadminded
sportsman thinks any the less OF them
Many people have horror of, profes,,
sionalism and quite overlook the fact that
Il is Just as easy 70 govern men when hen con- CON
/ practices which harmed professional run
| ming. sculling, boxing and other pastlmes IN
the past would not have been possible 4
our national associations governed both
| amateurs and professionals. The way 10
improve amateurism is to give money prizes,
which may strike some as a peculiar idea'
| II would, however. lead to q very big pro-
portion Of our runners, cyclists and swim
pers going over and most OF those who
! remained in the amateur ranks would be the
simon pure article, II should be remem-
bered that definition which permits ANA
| teurs and professionals to meet in every
sport would not bind clubs to promote mixed
meetings, and only those who favored the
Those who say that professionalism
means roping and betting, Should also re-
| Smith, Brown, Jones and Robinson when
| they are competing for Es note than TheI
| the prize is a tea and coffee service. indeed
then young athletes 1 whose earnings arg
small would not be so tempted to bet ano
| sell prizes In the effort to meet expenses
The cardinal points to be remeJm6sred JtlS ,b;. .,
| question are as follows: u Any one Whe
makes money out of sports as competitor
/ official or instructor Is not an amateur; "a
Once a professional always a professions
tsl No one can be an amateur at one sporl
| II he is n professional at another: 90 snof
side issues as competing against proles'
| fessional in spite OF governing bodies having
| Legislation to that effect :. ,s
The, Military Athletic League, i Is saio
| intends to take the military athletic tourna
ment to Madison square Garden this yeal
| and have full weeks sport. es was the Gus
| tom for number Of years Il Is Comm OF
for erS shs n yssry Sture at srs Was the life and
| OF military sport, The show IN the Gasden
| the rattle OF musketry,. the Nkilties. u,
Crashing oi martial music was attractive
and during the tourney the National Guards
man was exalted 10 the eyes OF the public
the ThiTteenth Regiment Armory. and thei
sounded the death knell Of the once impor'
| tant fixture. II had not even the features
Srnr Tss eysn Worse for When II
Twen;y-second Regiment; there weren :,
2o dfpsets0s n tss SSId9 ,Sa
| ment was an event Of dashing Importance
anywhere else 1t was little more thah moth
shonld any OF the American crack athletes
care to visit England next year they VII
| find the annual championship, liked iol
stamford Bridge on July so The s ten mn III. 4.
held on the same grounds on April II. Tht
| new ruling In the A.. A. L.. only prevents
athletes from competing In interpetionih, M,
eli ksIiSOod So SnS ns fDIn'%sE r. T. Walker Of soSt
Africa, winner Of the Olympic 100 meters
in the hundred. .Aocordina TO the CdPt
Old World again as follows: He will return
to Enrland next season, but " not yet Ger;
tain whether he will hnally;settle In the old
| country. His present intention ~ 70 leave
about the middle Of March; but as THIS VIII
| cause him TO miss the South African cham
! nionshins At Easter he will more probably
! DELAY his departure for q couple OF weeks
, He has "a very valuable gold medal set
I with diamonds preserted by the HahinN
( e and +. e. IT, recognition OF the l09 yard
/ victory az their Epo1s accomplished from
! scratch In y s-5 seconds, It Is one OF the
I most vsiuable athletic medals ever seer
! in this country. tie has brought back IN
] Addition TO many medals and cups q valu-
! able collection Of plate collected during hi'