Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-12-23
AUTHORITY ON
AMATEUR SPORTS
E. C. Brown, New A. A. U. Lead
eT, Fond Of Athletics.
ONCE A CHAMPION SCULLER


Healthy Sport-Does Not Believe
That Present Football Rules Should
Be Radically chansed-Enioys Good
Boxing Match.
Everett c. Brown, the new president
of the Amateur Athletic union. is the
kind of man who likes to see two
healthy boys wrestling In the school
yard. He likes good game of foot
ball and enjoys good boxing match.
In fact, there isn't branch OF ath-
letics that he does not approve OF. He
pulled n strong oar in his day and has
taken part in all sorts of aquatic
sports. No athletic club in the United
States has better divers and swim
mers or Il better water polo team than
the Chicago Athletic club, of which
MIR Brown is president, and he takes
unusual interest In this branch OF the
sport.
Mr.. Brown sees great things in store
for the United States athletically. AL
though our athletes lead the world
now" said MIR. Brown. I'VE will have
cause no country in the world gives
the attention to the physical develop
mcnt of the youth as we do in this
country. The school playground is
great institution. and it is there that
our athletes are developed. In every
part of the country the schoolboys are
getting more and more in touch with
out of door sports, and that's why
when they grow up they are able to
compete successfully against the
world The United States is the only
country that is paying out millions in
amateur athletics.
Ever Ready to Better Conditions.
Amateur athletic affairs in this
country are in excellent condition, and
| do not believe that any radical re-
form is necessary. But the Amateur
Athletic union is always ready 10 bet
ter amateur conditions, and II any
phase OF the amateur sport needs ref
ormation the Amateur Athletic union
will be only too anxious TO meet the
situation
Mr. Brown is an ardent football en-
thusiast. and. while admitting that the
game is rough and has dangerous fea-
lures, lie does not believe that 1t ought
to be radically changed. He believes
that further changes in the rules could
be made that would lessen the danger
Of mass play. but he is not in favor of
abolishlng tackling or scrimmaging,
the two exciting features OF American
football, which. he says. make the
gridiron game such a thrilling sport.
Another branch of sport of which
Mr.. Brown is especially fond is boxing.
There is no more reason for stopping
professional boxing than there is pro-
fessional wrestling, or, for that mat
ter, any other branch of sport" said
Mr.. Brown. 1T is good, healthy, man
ly exercise and calls for courage and
skill and could be regulated and main
tanned at a high standard among ath-
letic sports
Active In Athletic Meets.
For five years Mr. Brown has given
up much of his time TO the athletic
teams of the Chicago Athletic club.
He took teams to the st. Louis eXposi-
ton. 10 competitions in the south and
/ east and haJdtha Ghicas9 -As A. ath-
lctek Mt Seattle and other big athletic
/ carnivuls on the coast. He was with
the .American team at the Olympic
games last yeaF.apd has had an active
part in. athletic affairs of every kind
Fhe new president was champion
scuIler. In 1855 he won the junior
scuiiing cha mpiWsbip' at philadelphia.
representing the, 1EarraEul Boat club
of Chicago. He won, the Mississippi
championship Ghtfef The, auspices. of
the Chicago Navy IN 1890 and sestab-.
lished a record stull, going over a
course on Calumet. lake, Chicago. in
WHICH there was one turn In 10 min
utes seconds. He competed In all
the big reGattas as q. member ot the
Farragut Boat club crews and was,
also q member Of the clubs other athr
3e,ir, 'teatnl ijI.' .bltt' 1aeb - .t97'
r Mr. Brown was born ID !,ontida. Ill.
and attended the Chieago grammar
and high schools. He attended the
Chicago College of Law and the law
department OF Lake Forest university.
receiving a degree of bachelor Of law
from the latter, Institution. a5itI Is.
Mr.. Brown first became Identified
with the Amateur Athletic union in
1903, when he was sent rs a delegate
from the Chicago Athletic association
He Is a m1mber of-the Chicago YacKtF
club. the South Shore Country club
and is geaeral manager of live stock
commission company ..s .r.