Evening star., 1928-11-21


f1rnI hand. one which only {
decade ago was being used tt
4 ' hUrl 56-pound weights anc
hammers, is to guide the Anna.
teur Athletic Union through the coming
year
Taking Office as president shortly be.
fore the fortieth annual convention
came to a close, Avery Brundage OF
Chicago made it clear at once that the
amateur rules are in for strict enforce
menG
at is not the rules that are at fault, .
he, said, ''but the administration oi
tfAm.''
Chatting informally, he brought UP
Elle cases of "aheletes who have grown
in ability, in say tennis or track to
such point that they are wanted in
all sections of the country"
Undoubtedly he said, "Tilden has
done the sport of tennis a great deal
of good whether he is an amateur or
not. About the merits of his case
know little.
less a man has some source of income,
some regular employment, outside of
sport. he is a professional"
Promoters, who offer financial re-
wards to amateur athletics are largely
responsible for violation of the code,
the new president added, indicating
that tight rein will be kept upon
them.
Must Not Exploit PrOweSS.
The only move made by the conven-
ton during its sessions here to make
the amateur rules more strict was adop-
ton Of rule making man ineligible
as an amateur for exploiting his ath-
letlc prowess whether or not he actu-
allv receives compensation for so doing
Asked what could be done in the case
of an athlete such as Paavo Nurni,
who might come to the United States,
win additional prestige through ANA
teur triumphs and then turn profession
al overnight, President Brundage re-
piled, II am afraid nothing-unleSs We
knew that was the intention and then
we would withhold sanction.
Men obviously brought over here for
some ones private interest will not be
allowed to take part in amateur COM
petition"
On the Olympic games, too, this
husky citizen of AZ has very definite
ideas. He said he intended to propose
to the Olympic committee that between
one and two million dollars be raised
in the near future in order that the
interest accumulating before the ensu-
ing Olympiad might be used to pay
the expenses of the team. The princi-
pal would go on earning the necessary
sum from Olympiad to Olympiad if once
established.
Brundage a Diplomat.
There is diplomacy as well as iron in
the makeup of the new head of the
A. A. u. He hopes to break down the
.Ar1 ,G 49,. g..
colleges and the National Collegiate
A. A.. which have not allied with the
organization, by winning the support
and interest of former college athletes
from that sector, like himself His
own unanimous election was triumph
for this plan of conciliation, which is
expected to make the A. A. U. a more
unified and effective body
The attack of the N. c. A. A." he
said, has been based on the contention
that the A. A. U. is dominated by the
East. That is a fallacy which is soon
to be done away with. The A. A. U. has
been very much maligned out there in
the Middle West"
A siX-footer of as heroic proportions
as Murray Hubert of New York, pres
ident for four years, whom he succeed
ed. president Brundage knows sports
intimately from the athletes point of
view.
A Real Champion.
He was discus throwing champion of
the Big Ten when at Illinois 20 years
ago, as well as national all-round cham
pion in 1914. 1916 and 1918, when this
10-event test, now known as the de-
cathalon, boasted the 56-pound weight
and the hammer instead of the discus
and the javelin, which have been SUBJ
stituted for an athletic generation less
fond of welding back-breaking imple-
ments than was the ambitious and bur-
" Mr. Brundage in his own competitive
d2YS.