The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-25
AMATEUR STANDING is
MERE MYTH OF BOOKS
Yale Has Uncovered Scandal Petty Compared With Most Of
Those That Have Been Existing In Some Colleges For
Many Years-Unable to Secure Proof.

This autumn cleaning in the anna
tour athletic household comes at an
Opportune time. Friends of James
e Sullivan. for 80 many years Sec
Rotary OF the Amateur Athletic Union,
are now arranging for . memorial TO
his lifelong work In making amateur
sport clean. and keeping It clean. II
was for the suppression of that which
ktviat and Smith have been found
guilty and for which Yale athletics
has recently dropped Ave Of Its ath-
letes that Jim sullivan worked
ceaselessly. He was always on the
trail of any athlete who violated the
spirit ~ well as the letter of the law
which properly separates the profess
aional from the amateur. Conse-
Quentiy any punishment melted out
to violators Of that law he held to be
80 sacred IL. In a way. at least, a
tribute to the work OF his life. II
wan no regarded yesterday by some
OF those who were his most active as
sistants and supporters In the work
he made his own because OF his love
Of clean sport. Concerted effort to
make American amateur sport re-
cords spotless and to keep them spot
less would be the most fitting meno-
rial American amateurs could give
him. and probably the one he would
choose were he able to express q
preference.
There has been q good beginning,
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~ ~Ao.s ~ue "vusocAhs - cohpiete
10y sHAAe " nv 0nI-prolessionai at
I'tly OF "Iohgiuiy' 10
sc sviA1Is. eenAis players. and
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poapceuAi mug huhters VINO travei
o. oIeAn " 1ccah' from mountain
IesoIts 40 tne NORTH 10 paimy chimes
~ sne oOun' oM one year END 20
u. .ppay with notnlhs ~
70 w. p.I.pa.e IN years rouno
y. eouIn.M arg observers OF tne
ISL. rpa.t u ,he law governing tne
s.a,us u All analeuf IN sport II
re" tna. rno. no saIsIactory 40
'usaoi' sohn -. noekeIeher ana An
sw Aarnss'e could uhquestiohapiy
ot" ~ pay sol, AT any uHe Ano
p.nee anu TOT WE'VE months IN the
80. Mn"ou, slotnenE theiI anih.eut
s.anuns. Hss Iayne wnlthey
suuN pay poiu, aINe nyoroaero,
r.es' pay *om or Senn OF sai1
1870 " ns Au,I nsh.' anu no oHe
won.u QUESTION .he Aas. tnAt ne ~ an
saa.euI ror An amateur, says the
staHuAro dictionary, ~ one PRAGUE
.as IN al. OF oecupAuon TOT the love
Oh u. out NOT as q PROGRESSION. Inere
are Inonsana otner persons expert
=. s"IHs spoIt wno Couiu ucvoto their
Mnols ume 70 ,nat Sport Ihey coald
Iae. .IoM pore 70 pore Ano never oe
$500 LOT an s.pense accouns 70 prove
aM1.eur stahulne. bM persons OF
sush means ana sporune Spit. are
10y IN ahe crass OF peIpstua! mug
nune Tournament neias see
IT'LL IT,. os - "pSS
~n - an MOI An Anna
eur
now many o. those mus nunt.
81 VINO HAvo injured curing the iast
- "a countess tournaments AZ
evn, 'ennIs or atnieuc compositions
n .a.eur ssanoinx un-
M p.o.on ~ me NV oeHn'ns
..s. - .ne NauonAi Assocl-
49,. vn y. nm..eur oen' Tot IN
= - 49,. 1917 ans tina. an ana.eu.
ono I"ws 10. Peasure ana
- S ohy, aua aurins nus rel
aoos not aoaHaoh
ra nesos ~, nis .s usua, nus.ness Or oc-
- S1pneeo5s 1oI .le pnI t..so u
HOW many could show, a.
,.a. oat eineh must, tnat tuey
navo iecSveo from their cmos wnen
p11uclpAtins n competitions at otn-
. cluos. only transportation ex-
psnsos 20 ana from sucn places ana
no'ei ana ooaro niiis TOT q reason.
aole t1nS oetorc' ana alter such
ROW many wouid De Wiling
70 ME An itemized ana properly
II 10 doubtful II one could use up