Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-12-27
AUTHORITY ON
AMATEUR SPORTS
{. c. Brown, New A. A. U. Lead
or, Fond Of Athletics.
ONCE A CHARLTON SCULLER.

Sees Much In Future For Clean and
Healthy Sport-Does Not Believe
That Present Football Rules Should
Be Radically Chaneed-Enjoys Good
Boxing Match.
Everett c. Brown, the new president
of the Amateur Athletic union. is tn"
kind of Il man who likes to see two
healthy boys wrestling in the school
yard. He likes Il good game of foot
ball and enjoys a good boxing match.
In fact, there isn't branch of ath-
letics that he does not approve of. He
pulled Il 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
Mr. Brown is president. and ne takes
unusual interest in this branch of the
sport.
Mr.. Brown sees great things in store
for the United States athietically. AL
though our athletes lead the world
now" said Mr. Brown. I'VE will have
even greater athletes in the future. be-
cause no country in the world gives
the attention to the physical develop
ment of the youth rs we do in this
country. The school playground is a
great institution, and it is there that
our athletes are developed. In every
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 nee esSary. But the Amateur
Athletic union is always ready 10 bet
ter amateur conditions. and if any
phase Of the amateur sport needs ref
Ormalion 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. he does not believe that it ought
to be radically changed He believes
thar further changes in the rules could
be made that would lessen The danger
of nlass play, but he is not in favor of
aboliShing tackling or scrimmaging,
the two exciting features of American
football, which. he says. make the
gridiron game such Il thrilling sport.
Another branch of sport of which
MI Brown is especially fond is boxing.
'ThPrc 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
MI Brown. 1t is good. healthy. man
ly exercise and calls for courage and
Skill and could be regulated and main
tanned at Il 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. to competitions in the south and
east and had the Chicago A. A. attn
leteS ut Seattle and other big athletic
carniValS on the coast. He was with
the American team at the Olympic
games last year and has had an active
part in athletic affairs of every kind.
Tho new president was Il champion
sculler. In 1883 he won the junior
sculling championship at Philadelphia.
representing the Farragut Boat club
of Chicago. He won the Mississippi
championship under the auspices of
the Chicago Navy in 1899 and estab-
lished record scull, going over a
course on Calumet lake. Chicago. in
which there was one turn III 10 min
utes seconds. He competed in all
the big regattas as Il member of the
Farragut Boat club crews and was
also Il member of the clubs other ath-
letic teams.
Mr.. Brown was born in Oneida, ILL.,.
and attended the Chicago grammar
and high schools. He attended the
Chicago College of Law and the law
department of Lake Forest university,
receiving degree of bachelor of law ,
from the latter institution.
Mr.. Brown first became identified |
with the Amateur Athletic union in |
1903, when he was sent as a delegate
from the Chicago Athletic association.
He is a member of the Chicago Yacht |
club, the South Shore Country Climb
and is general manager of live stock |
commission company.
Railroad Game Protector.
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