The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07
Much Discussion Is Had by Brit.
ishers in Connection With
Professionalism.
INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER
OF ANNUAL ENGLISH DERBY
Governors of National Sporting
Club Decline to Permit John
sons Appearance.
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN,

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
LONDON. Aug. 6-Professionalism In
tennis has the athletic world In England
by the ears just now. The question OF
been subject for discussion ever since
the question was first raised by sport
ing Life two months ago p. a Naile, a
well known authority ON The sport ana q
striking statement declares that proies-
sionalism is running the sport of lawn
tennis in Great Britain:
Says Mr.. Naile; Now. there Is no
mawkish sentiment about me in connec-
tion withs these matters. II these per
sons, who have practically spent thelr
lawn tennis--I mean where II is pursued
rs the sole end and aim of lifc-haVe
by their distinction in that sport ac-
uuired power to charge for the use OF
their ma mes and influence in pushing the
goods OF several tradesmen, do not
know that ] should object 10 them doing
so. provided 1t were done IN an open.
that these men. who as I have already
| said, i'll the front rank. pose as MY
white amateurs when they are IN rpth
nothing more or less than lradcsmen
| touts.
Some things they do are, in my opin-
| lon. dcspicablc in the extreme. or COURSE
| Il IL we'll known that when they Visit
! foreign tournaments they get their train
fares and expenses on a generous scale.
| But what Is not 20 generally known Is
| the fact that the generous scale mas Dten
known TO include an excess over actual
| expenses which represents during that
time very comfortable living. wage.
"Thcse same amateurs have beer
| known to refuse 10 appear at the tour
nament unless the hall OF the firm that
was running them. and whose goods they
were engaged in pushing. was used at the
| tournament,
! Mn VaHc also suggests that tourna
! ment secretaries arc not free from blame
and indeed. hints nj faults in higher
! quarters. His startling statements car
4 scarcely be passed over by those VINO
f! control the sport. and something ought
10 be done ard done soon. TO put an enc
! to the strong beIief-amountlrg almost tr
q certain,y-in the public mind that al
IS not we'll In the lawn tennis world.
That northern union football IS vel
supported In Sydney is apparent from
the fact that The five games have brougn
In exactly s35 600.
If England makes an effort next sum
n,er to win hack tho intcrna tional pole
Gun now held in America the contcs
win prcsent the interesting spectacle
English PLAYERS combating American
Iplayc with tho use OF American tao
tics. In brief British polo players have
decided that they play the game bette
across ihe Atlantic than We do In Eng
land With this In mind tho Hurlincam
committee has decided thai certain in
novations Of the American shall he COPIED
In the rules over here.
The Black Derby.
When some ono in ihc future comes Y
writc the English turf history of l9l
hn will head ono chapter OF II, "Th
Black Derby" While turfmcn are read,
10 look To- next years derby by this time
il il interesting io look back upon Ner
extraordinary Incident in Turf history.
The race showed international char
acier clearly. for an English horse, owne'
by Scottish carl and ridden by al
, American Jockey. fought out the isSu
and lost TO n colt owned by an AustraIia'
and ridden by jockey who came iron
the mountains OF Kerry. In Ireland. Blu
how different from the race OF last year
when. into tho midst OF an assembling
gathered from all nations and all lands
King Edward stepped from the inclo%ur
10 lead his Miuoru. his third and las
Derby winner
D Sweeping fhe anxious. police to. ON
side tons OF thousands az grateful, hum
, ! bic folks pressed round him In thcl
midst and thanked him with homcl
words The quivering on his lace tol
that he understood. Courtiers endcaVore
10 restrain him. but he knew his pcopl
. better than they 1t was a sight To sc