Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17

\ ssronishing number of per-
Ia sons think the rules gov
4 " srriug so-called amateur
$40 need revision. Men from
4, svIvania. Yale, Princeton and
ii last three other colleges seem
ba unanimous on this point. One
Is The hest equipped professors at
university of Pennsylvania
rs his opinion most emphatic
T. was substantially as fol-
If to play a little summer
4, obau makes a professional out
3 runner, why should not writing
III nav for a newspaper, or work
"A in q store, or acting as waiter
n hotel. also make any college
o,a a professional? To play
S.s eball for pay for a few months
r,d not be any especial advan-
..s . 70 a runner or a football man,
.4 vbv disqualify a poor boy who
4 trvinp to earn an honest dollar
IN doing what he can do best? We
n NOT said this Pennsylvania pro-
iSssor. call any student a profess
soral who works for pay unless he
snneps to be paid in connection
IN an athletic event. To this
IA ;versitv man, the distinction
81 de is a hardship for boys who
II no sense are really professional
I'm players. but who can earn
.obre during a vacation by playing
s. than they could in any other
sRy
EaN the hotels at New England
/. INNER resorts we're once equipped
.lth college boy walters, but they
sere not called professionals on
IA { account. Many students work
Ia pay at other callings during the
.spnmer vacation. This university
Dspfessor believes the Olympiad
Mould be abolished for the reason
Set different countries must have
Inherent ideas about sports and
Hal this leads to unnecessary bick-
.kng every four years.
america originally got its ideas
'bout the distinction between q
4ofessional and an amateur from
Hhgland. There the distinction
Ms founded with a direct refer
'tce to what they called workmen
Id gentlemen, the latter being the
shateurs,
ID know prominent young Phil
Melphia college athlete who was
Il the top notch in his line Of work.
In who had to retire from all con-
NSts because he once unwittingly
accepted a present for acting as
Marker at a billiard match. To the
&y mind such an Interpretation
4 the rules governing profession
Nism makes the whole thing emil
fntly ridiculous.
N1HEN McGraw was In Pittsburg
m recently on his vaudeville
fur Hans Wagner drove his car
u from Carnegie to see him "act.
NOnus was down in the second
Pw, his big hulk overlooking a
buple of seats, when McGraw
Botted him.
4 I'm going to have trouble max
tg hit here" began McGraw. 81
r. Wagner down in the second
Pv, and it will be tough to get
hything by him"
AcGraw had his audience from
here on and he got by big. No
'ody can deny that he has talent
+ an actor.
'TALK about brotherly love"
murmured Jess Stovall.
why l can tell you story that
lou can't beat, that shows this
|ltl the reverse English on it, and
IS real true one, too. 1t shows
low one brother made his debut
I'o the American league by knock
hg his own brother out Of it.
In 1894 | was pitching for the
Detrolt team and my brother
george was playing first base for
pc Cleveland club. The Maps had
ust got him from the team at Bur
'gton, Iowa, where he was man
ger.
In the particular game to which
refer was pitching and in a
IIucal part of the game, with two
'eh on bases, walked the dan
efous Lajoie in order to take a
nance with my own brother
gorge.
Come on, you big busher, 7
eued at him as he stepped to the
NC Just take three swings at
ne pail and sit down on the bench
,"ere you belong and so back to
'ulIlheton tomorrow
Wen, hate to tell you, but the
'sV pail / pitched to him he hit for
nome run past the center fielder
Nv iour men scored.
Ih1s swat won him q berth in
~ league and knocked me out OF
'E . BRlEN says that $500 was
collected last year in fines by the
"aL's management. When Nc
"a" hnes a man it goes, too.
, 4eie IS no assessing and then re-
~. u''aaee. When he plasters on
~. .Om 5l0 to $50 for violations OF his
llts it goes.
q appears that during a trip to
" estern city last season McGraw
,s a.u OF q stiff poker game in a
'NIA al the hotel HA 1.ynt+oa ,,,+;y