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storms choke the unwary traveller We
debated. staring across this vast area
to the isolated mountain peaks far
south-peaks bare and sharp-red
flames lic,:ing ct the dry S!..y.
We finally chose the most Southerly
road thus postponing q straight cut
across Burnt in the Middle country IS
long es we could. But after few miles
the road mace q sharp turn northeast,
and we we're forced to strike out boldly
south We dashed our hurros to their
utmost effort, determined to make time.
Our lives depended upon the ground We
covered these first few days when We
were fresh and still had water.
JACK could not stand the pace. He
kept dropping behind ever more fire.
quently. We wasted much good energy
going back and beating him into line.
About noon. with the sun sending down
molten streams of flame about our
heads, poor Jack keeied ever and
could not stop for him, much as we
should have liked to, but merely re-
moved his load. adding 1t to Princes.
That afternoon we we're obliged t.
ehandon Jennie, too. She calmly lay
down, sighed and closed her eyes. She
was not caad, but no amount Of urging
would make her go on. We had grown
fond CT both Of thcae animals. but we
he'd not time or energy for sentiment.
What had happened to them could hap
nen to Us. We evoi1ed each others eyes
and devoted cur energies to making
Prince keep pace.
The next two days were ruthlessly
not, out we were making good time.
Then on the third day
A queer monument rose above the
chaparral like a stick OF peppermint
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lived its usefulness? Isn't it conceiva-
bic that there are native forces &C
work in America today that are not
70 De gagged by the English point of
view? I often wonder
All I know is that in my heart
there is a growing irritation, with the
tendency TO regard craftsmanship as
something that is found only In the
ranks of amateurs, and a vaguely de-
nned amateuriSm at that Has not
American sport developed under con-
oitions that are not comparable with
those OF any other country in the
world? Undoubtedly we are forming
our own ideals of SportsmanShip. and
inevitably the day will come when
there will be no more haranguinx over
amateurism and professionalism.
But that day is still beyond the
horizon in American amateur sport. So
wnen Tilden's suspension and reinstate-
ment comes before the lawn tennis
authorities all sorts OF angles on the
dubious classification of the amateur
and professional will be discussed. And
out of IL may come another rule OF
defining the amateur.
Because I believe heartily in the
spirit Of amateur sport, because / re-
greet to see 1t pass as a result OF the
almost fatally serious attitude OF the
amateur athletes. will be enlisted un-
der It's banner until II outlives its
adaptaoility to American sporting con-
ditions
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tiful sweeping gesture, Turing one on
to death by mirages Of delight and sun
sets that drum their color into the
narrowed soul,
just after night fell. We circled a
Iona The burroS broke into a lope
that soon became a mad dash Their
loads jolted and bounced, but we could
do nothing to hold them down TO u sane
pace For nearly two miles they flew
Over the rough country, zipping through
the mesquite and palo fierro They
plunged down into q wash Ahead
loomed the railroad A great mass Of
earth had been scooped into the wash
to carry the rail across
Water'
Against the embankinent lay muddy
pool Evidently a thunderstorm had oc-
CURED on this side of the mountains
and the water had not yet evaporated or
seeped into the sand. The burros
dashed pell-melT into the center Of this
pool. loads and all Standing knee
deep, they drank and drank. threats
gulping. TANKS expanding and contract
ing. I feared they would burst. Then
they sported with the water, soughing
1t through their noses, shaking it over
their bodies. lifting their drenched
heads high and letting II drigzle down
neck and shoulder.
We kicked off our shoes. frenzied as
the burros and waded In to drink and
NIL our canteens. That muddy water
was nectar to US It's cool swish slid
down our threats clear 10 the pits of
our stomachs. We gloried IN the soft
ness of its flavor, rolling it around our
palates with our tongues. ioying In its
cool. penetrating stimulation. We
washed our grimy faces, plunging our
heads under the surface again and
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| possible that the upper strata of these
| tournament golfers, tennis players and
/ pololsts might be bracketed in select
| ed group and known as tournament
| players
| Certainly they are not the real anna
! teurs. The real amateurS---and the real
| backbone and sinew Of the sport as ",ell
| are that great majority of less skilled
| players who use the courts Of private
/ residences, who crowd the country club
1 links and municipal courses, who play
/ their polo far from the cheering crowds
( THAT may be all right for them, but
as for me my competitive spirit thrives
on matching skill with the best in the
/ field, and this love Of the game keeps
me rushing over the country seeking
| hard matches. / am perfectly willing
TO pay my full expenses for this priv
/ llege and avoid in every way anything
that Will endanger my amateur stand
| ing. / have given great deal OF my
| time TO golf. and believe that / should
/ be placed in a different category from
/ the girls VIM play only on week ends or
few months Of the year The class
Of tournament player that / just men,
/ LlOneu WOulu De more fltLlllg,
/ But the game Is not, and ! hope 1t
| never will be. a religion with me When
! 1t becomes purpose In life, a weakness
| rather than strength, shall an
| nounce my retirement from amateur
| sport. And If amateur players In tour
namentg become 80 deliberate and seri-
Gus about winning at all costs. and II
| can have more fun playing with pro-
fe66ionals. ] Will turn pro" and make
/ no apologies for my action II is the
game Of golf and not the winning that
! concerns me
| Miss Edith Cummings. q splendid
tournament player and the most re-
| spected Of rivals retired from tourna~
+, ment play because The game ceased
!, 10 be fun ana became an ordeal Miss
Joyce Wethered. the greatest woman
golfer Ia the world has also retired
| from competition for like reason
There Is growing tendency toward
! professionalism In both golf and ten
ms and II will not be downed. AL
| though ] have Full intentions of re-
naming an amateur, / am aware OF
the changes In American sports, which,
however practical are far cry from
| the idea OF amateur sports handed
down by the English gentry In the for
gotten days Of a leisure class, when
the amateur did not go into trade, but
played the game from May 20 Octo-
| Der" or whenever the season CHANGED
10 be. The idea vas that an amateur
WAS gentleman, and a professional
was mot quite"
The old ideals of amateur Sports
manship have ontliyed their utility
even In England Last October a pro-
fesslonai became captain 81 famous
| Yorkshire cricket team IN England
where there Is a mighty tradition
against professionalism But he was
not considered the social equal Of the
amateur players when they gathered
IN the clubhouse for tea during the In
| termlssiOns
Professional golfers are denied club
privileges in England. and this fact
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water. But they merely dropped under
the scraggly trees. TANKS sucked in,
too exhausted even to browse. They
had been a day and a half without
water: our own supply was gone. And
for two days now we had found our
only sustenance in dry beans rice kerr
nels, and evaporated fruit
The next day. when we set out. our
small pockak compass did not function
properly. perhaps on account of some
iron lode. We kept on by the sun,
across a rough. rolling mesa between
the mountains then over another spur
The temperature maintained itself at
the top of the Thermometer We were
suffering agonies now from lack of
water 1t required intense will to keep
our parched mouths closed to conserve
the natural saliva.
THAT day dragged out its slow,
fiery torture-one long monotony
OF boots Up and down, plod. plod, on
through the swirling heat waves and
the eddying. acrid dust, with lips crack
ing, eyes blinded skull hammering with
pain. Horrible red phantasms formed
and reformed in our minds. Our brains
no longer functioned Ideas spurted
like bright runners Of flames pictures
jumped like the intermittent play of a
fiashlight. impulses were quick red
gashes: desires fiickered, died away
leaped up. The fear of death welled in
us.
Yet the feeling was mingled. even in
the worst moments, with a terrible faS-
cination For the desert has a seduc-
tive feline cruelty, The city has steel
fingers. 1t snuffs men out with a clamp
Of iron malice. But when the desert
destroys men. ii does so with beau
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The Day of the Sun

HOW familiar to every one are the
names of the days OF the week,
yet few persons stop to think Of the
wealth of meaning they possess. The
name of each day has a story of its
own which dates back To the time of
Saxon mythology. when dcities so
closely associated with these names
were very real IN the life oil the pcople.
Nearly all heather pSople are known
10 have worshiped the sun rt Ia al
ways evident TO the meAncst sSrsge
&At light and heat proceed in some
MANNER from the SUM- its rising ia a
signal for the lanors of the day to com
mcnce. Its setting for them to elo5s.
Its Warmth Is required for the growth
and rtpening of the neccS1ariCS OF Ike.
To the sun, therefore, divine honars
have been paid ut some stage OF every
nations history By the Scxons the
first day OF the week was set apart for
the rdorat1on OF this luminary, end the
day was called Sun'S-Daeg, or Sunday
The sun was believed to be carried
across the SKY in q chariot drawn by
the sun goddess, Sol, who was especially
WorShiped By the SaIons on the first
day OF the week. Sol y'cs the daughtar
OF the giant MunGilfari, but che was so
fair and beautiful that the goes, who
bitterly disiiSed the gtanta, took hes
from her devoted father and placed her
In the heavens. where she had to drlte
the car of the sun. AS bcslitted ths
glver of light and happiness, Temples
To this goddess were erected In every
Saxon city, and offerings of food and
beautiful dowars we're made To her on
the first day Of the week.
ginca nothing was know Cf the rota-
ton OF the earth In those DAYS IL long
ago, one can easily imagine how very
real Yet mysterious the movement OF
the sun must have seemed and how
naturally 1t vas an object OF wonder and
reverence. The suns daily Journey.
It's contest with the darkness and its
nnal victory at the dawn OF the new
dey are ideas which have led to endless
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BY GLENNA COLLETT,
Famous Woman Golfer.

TIME recent upheayal caused by the
disqualification and subsequent
reinstatement Of Bill Tiiden on
i the American Davis Cup cnal-
lenge team has focused the
spotlight of public opinion on amateur
athletics. A badly muddIed man In
the street" is trying to figure out where
amateurtsr1 ends and where profession
sILsm begins.
The line Of demarcation between anna
teurism and professionalism Is a mean
oering boundary that Is difficult 10 see
a. best. Today il Is more obscure than
ever One thing alone seems to be clear
IN the midst Of the confusion
ism is on the decline Perhaps the many
different rules and conflicting regula-
tons have had much TO do with this
Consider the facts.
Tilden was disqualified by the United
States Lawn Tennis Association because
he wrote, presumably. about matches at
Wimbledon ana received compensation
for his writing
Yet this very practice is not only per-
naatted 49, II Is actually encouraged 49, by
the European Federation, which governs
the. Davis Cup matches They believe
Il stimulates the game.
THERE you have Two different ways
In which America and Europe look
on the question Of amateurism and pro-
fesStonalism. Here are two diametrically
oppceste American viewpoiT1ts-one the
sg of the world Of tennis, the other
81 Of the world Of golf
The United States Lawn Tennis AgSo-
citation permits the amateur tennis
= player 10 accept fun expenses while
touring the country. The amateur golfer
Is not permitted 70 do this--on the con-
traTy. he Is even required 10 pay fees
for entering some Of the tournaments
There Is a story told about girl
tennis player who was asked 10 turn
professional
Why should II" she asked L 60
from tournament TO tournament every
week during the tennis season with all
expenses paid. II would cost me SIS 900
pen ~ have ar income Of $4,000 I'm
going " stay ~ the amateur cIass~-it
paysf
An even more vivid incident Of the
ynuddieo situation today Is furnished by
tne strange similarity and the stranger
difference between the cases Of Miss
Mary X Browne. tennis player and
golfer, and Arnold Statz centerhelder
on the Brooklard National League base
bal club
Miss Browne who was an amateur
tennis player and golfer, turned pro-
fesslonsI W tour with Suzanne Lengien
II q series Of tennis matches. She
WaG forthwith barred from amateur
golf matches
Yet Etstz. certainly a professional
base bah player, Is listed as an anna.
teur golfer and plays in amateur tour
IasInents
TETTIN0 back 10 T1lden. he hat
- devoted his life ~ tennis. lie
na6 done more foT lie game than ans
single man in It's history. Under tht
amateur rules, Tilden Is permitted u
work for hYlnP. II course But there
are lev jODs that permit man u
lake The time necessary 10 become a;
expert as Tiiden fas become. There
are few Jobs that viii allow him ths
time 10 encourage and stimulate in
terest IN tennis, 20 train young players
r. carry on In his footsteps. And NJ
j. not permitted 10 take any JOB IN
which bis ability rs tennis playel
would be II any use to him,
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garded Ms an inferior thing to do. The
law and politics are today legitimate
fields Of endeavor. but the tradition Of
professional sport has not yet been
accepted
just as economic life has altered since
the war, So too, the world of sport has
been modified by modern ideas We
have strayed far from the amateur ideal.
America mas no place for the gentle
man of leisure We are indeed a nation
Of 'go~getters" Our lives are organ
lied with q thousand complications UNI
known IN the days Of pure amateur
sport Why not accept such changesP
Today We are compelled To give our IN
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irked Walter Hagen considerably OH his
tifst trip over there,
These barriers are breaking down IN
England, and the period IN which the
pure amateur sportaman was supreme
Is passing
Il y
'I1tE world changes quickly, and We
have come long way from the day
when amateur bpdr was founded solid
~ on society and ste and only aristo~
Gratis Of the land 44ad the inclination
and leisure TO engage IN sporting pur-
suits Men went In for sports then Just
as they did for law and politics, To
capitalize such duties Of rank was re-
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he could not be as great a lawyer as h
Is golfer. for ne is the greatest golfer
Of them all. ! have no patience with
the notion that there is anything hu-
initiating in being q professional. I be-
neve that man should capitalize the
gifts ne has. I certainly have done it
for all can
The Ameeican people are educated
to the point that they think 1t is lust
as honorable to make money out of
tennis or golf as 1t is on the stock ex-
change or in business. Let those who
want to be professionals go right ahead
The public does not care, unless some
famous star Is disqualified. But pre-
tending to be one thing and In reality
being something else is not fair to
others in the same category of sport.
WHEN this is recognized and some
adjustment is made in terminol-
ogy to Mt existing conditions II will
be easier for those concerned with
the integrity of amateur sport to do
their stuff, At least II will clear the
air OF hair splitting and distorted mis-
nomers for athletes.
And / should like to ask right at
this point whether there may not be
certain amount OF doubt as to the
value OF amateur sport Hasn't the
English idea possibly got a lot of US
on on the wrong foot? Isn't 1t lust
possible that the amateur ideal has out
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divided attention 10 a single speciality
If We desire to keep In competition. This
holds for sport as well as for business
Because We are a nation of "go-get-
ters" or hero worshipers, with q fanati-
cal admiration for any one who out
classes the field in any line, the leaders
In avfata01, sport, business and politics
attract wide attention and favor. What
does this lead to? Certainly not to tbs
survival of the amateur
And the amateur. like the Indian, is
vanishing figure In American life.
Even in England 1t Is not easy TO And
amateurs who can give their time freely
to sporting pursuits
What does the professional himself
think OF all this fuss about amateur
ism? Let me recall q conversation with
famous professional golfer who had
decided opinions on this subject. He
had been poor in his boyhood and he
came 70 the conclusion that, no mat
ter now promising q poor lad may be,
under the present amateur system he
cannot get enough time to practice.
Just what's the point In being an
amateur" he asked. mo one has ever
defined amateur with any degree of
satisfaction. 1t would be hard 20 define
in this country. where the majority OF
us, whether interested In stock market
or golf, realize that much Of our fu-
ture happiness depends. In spite Of our
high-niinded talk of the spirit of anna
tcur sports, upon money and business
success
Z" fVEN II man Is rich enough to
be pure amateur he cannot be
anything but sportsman And when
his playing days are over there won't
be much 90 do or much he can do. ex-
cept putter around with his champion.
chip cups and medals And that's not
my idea Of fun.
The best golfers and tennis PLAYERS
associate with a monied class of people
and they unconsciotlSly form high
standards of living Thet and n,,t
there In nothing particularly delightful
about poverty, Rather than have a
roomful of medals and cups. they would
like to have enough money To take a
trip to Europe. have q smart looking
roadster and aend orchids TO the pretty
girl they met at the country club.
This idea OF sport for the sake of
fun, gentility, friendship or health is
all very nice II you can afford It, That
all right for girls like you. 0lenna, but
1t would never keep me hitting and
chasing the little white ball. I'm
money player. and the more sheckels
see the more incentive ] have to play
I've got the good old American Idea
Of make good I'm In there fighting
for the old bank roll Might as well
admit 1t. Professional sport best re-
fleets the feverish whiri OF modern life
today We are sold or the art of
achievement. whether 10 ~ IN golf, In
surance or the hardware business, So
why not come out and be a professional
instead OF clinging to a dead English
system Of amateur sportP"
Gene Tunney expressed himself along
the same line. why shouldn't Bobby
Jones become a professional golferf" ne
asked 1T stands to reason that no
matter how great lawyer he became
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again, letting the water trickle down
over our sweaty bodies.
That night we had a good meal pre-
pared over a cracking fire, that re-
stored our JOY and peace of mind. We
could now glory in the very difficulties
of the region we were traversing.
Now more than ever We were deter
mined to reach the Rio Yasui. For a
few days our fortunes we're bctter. The
following night We found water in an
artesian we'll of cattle ranch. and. TIC
night after, camped outside cf Ajo a
Smelter town. l went into town TO find
out what / could about directions, bu;
no one could tell me of defined roase
that would be safe to follow On south.
Vague notions of a great, desolate crea
ending In the medanoS. or sand drifts
OF the Gulf area were all the informa-
ton vouchsafed me. Indians crossed
there, but no white men.
"Muchee snakes. muchee sand. muchee
sun, muchee DEATH" said one China
man.
THE outlook was desperate, for this
was Burnt-in-the Middle country,
and we had heard dread tales of death
in Burnt-in the Middle country. This
vast desolation stretches from ella
Bend south into Mexico. Its endless
sands, its terrible sun. It's shimmering,
hot skies, its bony. criss-cross crags
are the home of many gila monsters.
venomous snakes. numerous centipedes.
a few Indians and IN occasional Dor
der runner. Even the coyotes. the ne
lives say. must carry food and water
IL they cross this white-hot stretch Of
desert.
Here the ordinary thermometer blows
out the top. and great whirling dust
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Rf Slowly thawng f,V~sa msSs
taking as long as so tses Ia Tn.
process, British scientific ~ t9l,nd
that practically no fluid /, and
that the thawed meat en- hntag be
distinguished from fresh. both III APP.
nearance and taste,
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4 glaQ teIk the QeSeTt HoOT AIT
n 4 had come to a rolling valle,
wv somewhat wooded. Doing ii
the shade Ne were aroused
by a small herd of ponies
horses. hurroS and mules. which taS
come quite close 10 us, attracted b,
Jennie and Jack MY attention wat
particularly drawn 10 stalwart YOUNG
male burro.
Calling to Ralph. I Snatcaed UP Z
rope. which I knotted into a lariat a.
ran. We tried to isolate the jack from
the herd. but this proved a hot and
cifficult task. The herd. only half wild
old not run far at our approach, but
ali the animals chung closely together
After several charges and strategic
n1aneuvers We succeeded in breaking il
up INTO three droveS. but the jack
stuck close to young mule and two
other hurroS The four of them wheeled
and dodged for an hour with exquisite
cleverneSs.
Finally my brother descended on them
from one side. I from the other. The
four animals wheeled madly: our jack
nliScaleulated and was forced all alone
on one side of row of dense choya
blanca cactus. He gave a few jerks
away from the moose. but over his head
Ii went.
He was even handsomer than old
wild-chaSe glirnpSeS had led us to sup
pose; about three times the size Of
little Jack, strong and sturdy as a
Young mule, and without blemish or
brand or saddle mark on him. A true
maverick
We dubbed him Prince and transfer
rel Jennie's and part Of Jacks load to
him. Jennie we would ride. Prince at
first would stop. start or run madly
toward the brush. But by shutdown,
when we reached an arteSian well. he
had become an admirable lead animal
and Jennie went along as sedatelv as
though we were on a Canterbury pill
grimage.
With no guide except our pocket
compass. We swung across country.
Three days it took us to reach Dead
1zRn's Well. The last half day We did
without water. Our mouths and lips
we're dryer than parchment. Threats
choking from heat and dust, inSides
burning-a ghoulish torture We reeled
On. scarcely able to lift our feet. too
weary even 10 belabor the burros. drag
ging our way in the sand. stumbling
over the boulderS, hour after hour Of
binding monotony. on and on, ready
20 drop in our tracks
Beyond Arlington and south of the
Indian settlement at ella Bend We
faced the thirst problem anew. A
United States Geodetic Survey post had
announced water at the Pozo Colorado,
some 30-cdd miles to the south. We
should have to make over Is miles q
day--a good jolt for the burros. even
for u.s.. on terrifcally hot days like
these.
We now had with US two 5-gallon
oil cans filed with water for the
blrroS. In pur canteenS' were 3
more gallons. Little enough, for In the
desert a man can consume gallon at
gulp: gallons a day hardly
cuencl1es the burning fever Of the body
At IN the morning this day south
of ella Bend had already become Q hell
of heat We trudged doggedly on, but
as the day advanced the glare became
that of a blast furnace; the heat
seetfed about us stififngly. The steady,
slow rhythm Of the burTo lnoofs was the