The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-13
WILL NIL OUGHLIN
BE PROFESSIONAL
FOR OPENING SHOP

New York, Jan. 13-Lawnj tennis
officials declare that Maurice E. Nc
, Loughlin and Thomas C. Bundy have
hnquestionab1y jeopardized their anna
teur status by embarking in the
sporting goods business, as told yes
terday in dispatches from San Fran
CISCO
Robert D Wrenn, President of the
United States National Lawn Tennis
Association, George T Adee of the
Executive Committee and the nom
inee. to succeed Wrenn in office, as
well as others Influential in the ma
tional direction of the game, stated in
no uncertain terms yesterday that it
would be impossible for the National
Tennis Association to overlook such
a violation of the intent, if not the
exact wording, of the amateur rule
is it stands on the tennis statutes.
-Wrenn said there had been con
siderable correspondence between as
ISOLATION officials and Mclaughlin
and Bundy for the past six weeks.
The noted Californians, who had held
the national titles and competed on
Davis Cup teams. vigorously contend
ed that in entering the sporting goods
business they were not transgressing
the rule. 1t had nothing to do with
their amateurism.
The Pacific States Lawn Tennis AS
ISOLATION of which DR.. Sumner Hardy
L
of the National Executive Committee,
appears to side with Mclaughlin and
Bundy in that they are not sacrifice
ing their amateur standing, despite
the warnings from the National AS
ISOLATION.
eff the report be true that Nc
Lough1in and Buhdy have gone ahead
and entered the sporting goods bust
ness said Mr.. Wrenn, 81 feel that
they have made a very grave mistake
Its consequences may be harmful and
far-Feaching. think the trend of
the times is such that in the near flu
ture all our amateur athletic organi-
cations will make it impossible for an
amateur to capitalize his athletic
fame without mourning the penalty of
being Immediately c1assed as a pro-
fessional.'
Wrenn and Adee said that the ac-
ton of Mclaughlin, the foremost of
American tennis players, had touch
ed flame to a fuse that was bound
to result in an explosion which would
forever settle the amateur question
so far as tennis is concerned. They
referred to the work of the recent
meeting at. the Hotel <Astor at which
the subject had BEEN threshed out
and the wishes of sporting organiza-
tons clearly shown.
He selected the following para
graph, under the heading of sActs of
"a person shall cease to be an anna
teur-by granting or permitting the
use of ones name to advertise or
promote the sale of; or to act as the
personal solicitor for, the sale, or as
the actual salesman, of sporting goods,
prizes, trophies or othef commodities
for use chiefly in or in connection
with athletic games or exhibitions"
There is every prospect that the
Californians intend to fight the case,
even to splitting with the present Ma
tionaI Association and forming an
other organization likely to WELD its
greatest power in the West. Pacific
Coast officials are reported to have
ia ken the stand that there have been
violations in the East which have
gone uncha1lenged. They are active
lyS engaged in securing a list of play
ers who have been are are connected
with sporting goods firms, with out in
curing the penalty of being profess
SIGNALS by the National Association.