Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-18

.sranishing number Of per
# cons think the rules gov
81 \ arrng so-called amateur
49,. ,a.. revision. Men from
'.,,s,.r,ar.a. Yale, Princeton and
cast aroe other colleges seem
IA - unanimous on this point. One
.ss best equipped professors at
IA r-rfy-rsity Of Pennsylvania
E ,v.rs his opinion most emphatic
r. uas substantially as fol-
81 rs r 70 play a little summer
,5,H makes a professional out
III q rYrrer. why should not writing
~ nav for d newspaper, or work
FL in a store. or acting as a waiter
81 hotel. also make any college
FL .,,s,s Professional? To play
p se5s for pay for a few months
81 ,,5 no. be any especial advan-
90 -..a runner or a football man,
Fl o,.v ..slualify a poor boy who
.~.tr. 10 earn an honest dollar
Il ro.7g hat he can do best? We
M, sslG this Pennsylvania pro-
& ,s.or -a, any student a profess
IA ,rs, no works FOR pay unless he
8 ,7rer- 10 be paid in connection
81 n5 an athletic event. To this
r'rsrst.r man, the distinction
p sse hardship for boys who
81 nm sens. are really professional
IN ravprg. but who can earn
,r. during q vacation by playing
than they could in any other
ran
Ha.s The hotels at New England
rrr..- resorts were once equipped
cra college boy walters, but they
ere no. called professionals on
III IT account Many students work
Er nav ii. other callings during the
s9roer vacation. This university
~ogassor believes the Olympiad
s7ou,d be abolished for the reason
t1s. different countries must have
#k4ersnt IDEAS about sports and
II that tts leads 10 unnecessary bick-
N eang every four years
America originally got its ideas
s5olt the distinction between a
professional and an amateur from
#rng.an4. There the distinction
Was founded with a direct refer
tr,e 10 what they called worllmen
Il knl gentlemen. the latter being the
Il amateurs.
III I know ii prominent young Phil
n sdaphla college athlete who was
>. the top notch in his line of work,
n 5u, who had to retire from all con-
#'ss.s because he once unwittingly
n aoeptef a present for acting az
parker O. q billiard match. To the
Il hoy mind such an Interpretation
81 the rules governing profession
s3sm makes the whole thing emf
lsr"y ..5taulous.
NJ WIEN Mc'TraW was in P1ttsours
recently on his vaudeville
oar Hans Wagner drove his car
IN ron 0arnegie to see him act.
~ H0nus vas down in the second
Il row. bis big hulk overlooking
N olple Of seats, when McGraW
Fl 22',ea him.
81 Tin going 10 nave trouble max
81 " rir here " hagan McGrav Il
n See Wagner down in the second
81 row. ana il will he tough to get
1E'oing 10y him."
II NoGraw had his audience from
a ,sfe on and he got by big. No
'.E can .eny that he has talent
as IN actor
r,r,- ,...
~ ''01l u . 'iie''S Nv
~ ",'' w urea Jess ''oF"
.'. .''. Tell you d S'o'! l"'
--., W. .'. 'eaO' lI'Al SHOWS inns
- ..'' .' 7SSe Hhsllsh Oh II, anu
.''. rue one 100 IL SHOWS
VI 0'',''e' Il'aue I'iS "eo"'
r-... -'.'.~t'Can league Dy knoch-
'. "" oTothef OUT OF IT.
n,..... ''.' ! was pitching tor ,h'
c... o., ...'" and my orotner
IA Hs T. Cleveland C1ub The Mans had
4st got him from the team at Bur
os'on Iowa, where he was man
aver
~ the particular game to which
t'er vas pitching and in a
N 'a part OF the game, with two
''h On bases, walked the dan
gerous Lajofe in order to take a
lance with my own brother
r'a'
Come IN Won hig husher