The evening world., 1913-02-18

u0l SNIo way suVs1s ~ 80
sursents mix up with the trsck7 They'd
80 away poorer than they came. That's
y oinch.
YAwN MGRAw 10 quoted 10 the
effect that Jawn thinks Ruoc Mar
guard and tho other hold-outs vii!
Sc IN camp At Martin IN time to get into
t,aininG.
For soma tame the public has bean
puxxltng over MarQunrd. Does he really
think no can 70 on mailing more money
IN vaudeville than In bNsebalf Or 70
5suos simply blufYing his head or. CIV
sns out all sorts Of information for the
purpuse Of gettink Q lot Of free adver-
tivtng for tho last couple OF weeks OF
bIs show? Looks Ike that to me.
Why should Marquard beat It out OF
baseball Just afta making something
of q hit? For years no has been base
bali joke-"ths S1i.oo0 beauty and tho
Sii,Ooo lemon" Last season he did have
q good streak for a while. But he isn't
big So" yet. by many . mile. Ii
Siarqdnrd wants . morn permanent rep
utation 10 bolster up a vaudeville career
ned better hustle to Marlin. pronto!
-YIsCcNsIN. like Illinois. u b y!ng
" hard 10 get through q boxing bill
" framed after the Frawley law.
The Wisconsin sporting men plan
sprclal exhibition OF boxing 10 show the
LEGISLATORS Just wha; the sport L.. WIN
any LEGISLATOR miss that show Not by
q long shot. Its plain matter OF duty
10 take 1t in.
-~oNDER how II felt 10 Jim
NJ Thorpe TO compete In q Get OF
" professional athletic games at
Bos,on saturday night: His surround
inys must have been q little different
from those at the Olympic Games.
Oh. well. Thorpe 10 a baseball player
nov. From this time on baseball Will
take all OF his attention and he'll drop
out OF other brsnches Of athletic COM
pstition.
No doubt Jim Thorpe would have be-
come q professional baseball plsysr In
any case. within 4 year or 90.
~YANY people have written ME ar
M gu,ns that. since tho A. A. U.
IVA doesn't control baseball. has
no right to disqualify amateur athletes
who play professional ball. II 10 urged
that the A. A.. Y. should allow amatsur
track and field athletes to play baseball
fof money.
This would be q very handy thing for
college athletes who fnd that thsy can
picA up q living during the summer ana
help out with winter college sxpenses
much more easily by playing baseball
tnsn BY hoe,ng potatoes or selling ency-
ciopedias to the intelligent and unwilling
farmers.
But after all baseball II q branch ol
athletic sport. and q professional ball
player IL a professional athlete. 1t II
en- entirely different thing with bowling
pool and billiards. chess and othsI
games or amusements that are not ath
ietic sports. These things the A. A. y
doesn't control. and never will So bet
ting on bowling game or playing poo
or chess for wager or a prize dossn'
make one a professional athlete.
Track athletics. baseball. football. an
strongly competitive sports Of that sor
ere either amateur or professional 4
character. aAd tSsy aro aers o. is
related.
A y that 7 DON'T see why psSfsu
sionsI athletic sports should b
= ignored in the Olympic Game
The theory ana purpose Of the Olyu
\ pcs. II seems TO me. are greater TIA
the amateur idea. The Olympic Game
spuid bring together the worlds bel
athletes-the best athletes Of all cour
tiles regardless Of whether or not thei
snsn have competed for money or glide
II. medals. I've known u great nun
her OF professional athletes who vel
Just as good ''sports' - any amatsu
And they we're great athletes, too.
credit to any country.
The amateur organizations. Of oours
would nsht this proposition tooth AZ
nail Whyf Oh, Just for financial re-
sons. From the start the A. A. Y. HI
conducted q bitter night on profession
athletic sports. and Il has. In fact. ",
10 fight Where there we're twenty pr
fsssionai meets In New York City twen
years ago. there may be one now. II
amateur organisation has practical co
troll. II ~ getting the gate money no
Its leaders are getting the hnancl
benents-ths big salaries connected wi
big athletic meetings. There's NJ lea
siu,Do a year In having charge OF I
athletic sports connected with an Aft
like the Panama Exposition. for
stance. Why let the professionals &C
in:"
Professional athletics may be inc,
porated In the Olympic Games VIII
they are held In Germany. or Sol
o!hsr European country some III
sports may be run ON the theory
sports In the u. y. Army, where tn.
10 no distinction between profession
and amateur.
That would be IN unfortunate thil
The olympies should foster both.
heep them apart By programming b,
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