The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-13
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
TO Define: AMATEUR! a. :. !! !'|
LA. A. A. A.SWants Nation.
algConference Held Upon
!. the Subject.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Sport gov.
erning bodies In almost every. branch
Of amateur athletics lin this country
have replied fayorably to the sugges.
ton OF the intercollegiate Association
Of Amateur Athletes of America, that
. national conference gbe held to es.
tablish clearer conception OF anna.
teurism. AS a result the conference
set for December "a promises TO be
n remarkable meeting in! many re.
spects and to have IA decided infu.
ence on the future of amateur sport
IN the United States. 5at
According to the present plans
there VIII be an advance meeting to
be held In New York ON December Is
at which time a tentative. program
will he arranged for the conference.
In q general wayisiti is proposed to
select officers at the main gathering
and TO appoint committees to repre-.
sent all departments of sport, with
instructions TO report, later in the
week, suggestions for improving the
amateur standards lin their particular
branches. These reports will be dis.
cussed and adopted in some form
and then referred to the organization
governing that particular sport for In.
clusion II SO desired in its code OF
regulations. It is quite possible that
this conference will be made an an
nual event.
University OF Michigan track Off
Gals are keenly interested in the Of
ofrtst of two Chinese students to make
the varsity cindesi squad S. C.. Hung
IS a sprinted OF no mean ability while
w. u. Wong has already yaulted bet
ter than ten feet. The latter is a
freshman. who will not be eligible for
another year and 80 is thought that
he will be able to add close to two
feet to his vault before he enters the
sophomore class. Both OF these Chi
nese athletes received their prelimi.
nary training at Using Hua College
at PekingH and they are said to be as
far advanced Sathletically as the aver.
age high school student entering
American universities.
Cloce followers OF professional
sport arc Of the opinion that a care
fully planned, campaign is under way
to smoke out Frank Gotch, the retired
wrestling champion: Joe .Stecker Of
Dodge, Nebraska, the SENSATIONAL
young grappler,.is apparently the can
dtdate TIN promoters have In, mind as
opponent for tho originator, Of the ia.
nous tos hold. Tho preliminary work
lhass ali the scarmar.ss OF tho campaign
which preceded the matching" or Jim
Jehfies and Jack Johnson 1t is DOS.
sthle. however that. H. two. wrestlers
meet on the mat that the bout will
develop he tterz wrestling than the
JohnsonfJ effries bout did fighting.
tStecEer is about twenty.three years
oflage and has shown remarkable
strength and graphing ability, In his
short mat career. Rival iwrestlers.
who are never keen. to praise an OPP
ponent declare that he Is a marvel.
Gotch while considerably older, isl far
fIo1n being "a sweakling. Since wrest-
lefs do not deteriatcl In eithc.
strength or graphing slsillsas rapidly
70 pugil lists, IL may :e that Gotch will
sHsten In due time TO tho promoters
proposals, although, to date has been
deaf 70 the imp of host OF
effeign Goliaths.
~ y 49,.
The question Of football supremacy
Between rival teams is likely to be
decided by q process OF mathematical
deductions I'M the future. Rutgers
has come to- the fore with the state
Meat that Its team gained 2,o21 yards
from 403 sesimmage plays during the
past season, showing IAN average gain
Of about FIVE yeards per dlay. Ne.
'braska claims ito lead both east and
west In average number Of points per
game, Ittmays develop that the plan
proposed some years ago to! give a
varying yaluesto the touchdown, de-
pending upon the distance covered
during tho march to the score; will
yet md It's way TO place in the foot.
Any way You look at 1t. the Ne.
ibrnskaS record is Zone to be proud Of.
During the past Ave years. the "Corn.
huskers have played: thirty:nine
games Of which but two have been
lost both defeats being at the hands
OF Minnesota. In these thirty.nine
Eames Nebraska has totalled 1895
points TO Its opponents, 14S.
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