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

y sons think the rules gov
\ arrfug. so-called amateur
,,or,s need revision. Men from
PENNSYLVANIA, Yale, Princeton and
=. least three other colleges seem
~. he unanimous on this point. One
= tna best equipped professors at
-. university of Pennsylvania
o.va MS his opinion most emphatic
,rv II was substantially as fol-
,c.s. II 10 play a little summer
..sshaH makes a professional out
"a runner. why should not writing
,or nav for a newspaper, or work
NO in a store. or acting as waiter
.r q hotel. also make any college
,,h.ete professional? To play
,ssabaII for pay for few months
would not be any especial advan-
age 10 runner or a football man,
co why disaualify a poor boy who
is irving to earn an honest dollar
h, doing what he can do best? We
Al not. said this Pennsylvania pro-
fossor call any student a profess
sfonaI who works for pay unless he
5annens to 0e paid in connection
,,i4h an athletic event. To this
university man. the distinction
made is a hardship for boys who
IN M sense are really professional
hail PLAYERS. but who can earn
more during a vacation by playing
ball than they could in any other
way.
Half the hotels at New England
,1mNer resorts were once equipped
with college boy walters, but they
we're not called professionals on
that account. Many students work
for nay at other callings during the
SIMMER vacation. This university
professor believes the Olympiad
should be- abolished for the reason
that different countries must have
different IDEAS about sports and
that this leads to unnecessary bick-
e,ing every four years.
America originally got its ideas
about the distinction between a
professional and an amateur from
England. There the distinction
was founded with a direct refer
ance to what they called workmen
and gentlemen. the latter being the
amateurs.
] know q prominent young Phil
adepuia college athlete who was
at the top notch in his line of work,
ou, who had to retire from all con-
'ests because he once unwittingly
accepted a present for acting as
marker at a billiard match. TO the
hoy mind such an Interpretation
" 5ho rules governing profession
7iisw makes the whole thing emf
uentIy ridiculous.
WHEN McGraW was in Pittsburg
recently on his vaudeville
tour Hans Wagner drove his car
10 from Carnegie TO see him "act."
HouUs vas down in the second
ro|. Ills big HUH overlooking a
couple Of seats, when McGraw
spotted him,
"Im going to have trouble MAX
ing hit here" began McGraw. Il
see Wagner down in the second
row. and it viii be tough to get
anything by him"
McGraw had his audience from
here on, and he got by big, No
body can deny that he has talent
as an actor.
"TALK about brotherly love"
mulmured Jess Stovall.
Why can tel you a story that
You can't beat, that shows this
WIN the reverse English on it, and
l IS real true one, too. Ii shows
now one brother made his debut
INTO the American league by knock
Hg his own brother out of it.
I'd 1904 was pitching for the
Detroit team and my brother
'sofse was playing first base for
we Cleveland club. The Maps had
l-s' got him from the team at Bur
Aston, Iowa, where he was man
sger.
i" the particular game to which
.r,eI ] Vas pitching and in a
'.u'a. part of the game, with two
"so on bases, ] walked the dan
,s,ous LajoIe in order 10 take
George
o"e ON, you big busher,
..' Al him as he stepped to the
'.r just take three swings at
~7 'a.. and sit down on the bench
.sIe YOU belong and go back to
''...0s,on tomorrow
wen. ] hate to tell you. but the
,. oaI pitched to him he hit for
-'."e run past the center fielder
a"o four men scored.
.. ms swat won him a berth in
.., s 'aasue and knocked me out of
w u BRIEN says that $500 was
~, Collected last year in fines by the
c ,.a'.'s management. When Nc
now ma" mes a man it goes. too,
, rue's Is no assessing and then re-
. ..'''nce When he plasters on
-9m $40 to $50 for violations of his
rules /. goes.
y appears that during a trip to
,,.. tern city last season McGraw
..1 o." OF stiff poker game in a
+. ~" at the hotel He waited until
o'> all over ana then asserted