The Ely miner., 1930-08-08
SUPERIORITY NOT
TOLD BY RANKING
Bobby Jones Has Put ANA
teur Over Pro.

term professional" is down for the
count. We find in the still used ex-
preston "amateurish" an evidence of
the technical inferiority of the anna
teur as compared to the pro-" not so
very long ago.
That is all obsolete today. Bobby
Jones has made it clear that a golf
player is not necessarily superior be-
cause he is professional. Jones has
put the amateur over the pro. Bill
Tilden has done the same for tennis,
as his easy defeat of Karel KoZeluh,
pro tennis champion, demonstrated.
Amateur track and field athletes have
all but driven the professional from
the field. And any of Knute Rockne's
football elevens could defeat the most
powerful professional elevens Of the
day.
Why, then. is the distinction be-
tween professional and amateur MAIN
tained?
Charley Colbert, the Cardinals short
all the good things which were pre-
dicted for him when he came from the
Rochester club.
In addition to his fine batting, Gel
bert is fielding in sensational fashion.
A society is urging bird baths on the
golf courses. That plan would be sat
isfactory to the players if it brought
them a few eagles.
Bill Werber has finally gone to play
with Albany The Duke collegian was
just about to start on his journey up
state once before, but Lyn Larry broke
his thumb and Werber was kept. But
now that Manager Shawkey has
switched Lazzerie to short and placed
Reese on second, Werber can he spared.
so he has been sent to the Yankee
farm on option.
The youngster needs just little
seasoning to make him a real big
Lacquer. Arthur Fletcher thinks the
kid has the makings of great PLAYER
and predicts Werber will be back
shortly.
If the Army and Navy can get to-
gether amicably in tennis so they can
In football. This was the gist of the
remarks of Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke as he spoke
to the members of the Army and Navy
tennis squads at the Leech cup
matches at Chevy Chase club.
II am very much pleased to find
such friendly feeling between these
two teams" said Mr. Jahncke.
"The Army and Navy work to-
gether, they play tennis together and
see no reason why they cannot play
football together. hope these
matches will lead to a restoration of
full athletic relations between the
service Institutions
Bob Zuppke. coach Of the University
of Illinois football squad. is looking
forward with more than ordinary in
terest to this seasons contests. be-
cause the Illini for the first time in
history will play in New York, meet
ing the West Point cadets in the Yam
kee stadium November 8.
Rowing is one of the greatest of
team sports. There can he no great
star in crew; no Ruth, Tilden,
Dempsey or Jones' If one oarsman
were a lot better and stronger than
the others he would destroy the
rhythm of the stroke. The coxwain
would have to work hard to keep the
shell straight. The motto Of crew
must be Zone for all and all for one"
A man is valuable only as he fits into
his part of the general scheme. 1t is
the crew which wins; never the indi-
vidual oarsman.
Boxing has been doubly kind to AL
Singer. In addition to filling his
pockets with gold, the sport has built
him up from a sickly youngster to as
fine a specimen of young manhood as
you will run across in long journey.
Though AL still is in his third year
as a professional leather tllrower. he
has more than 100000 saIted away.
He could hang mn his gloves today and
never worry about his daily bread.
His income from investments runs to
more than 500 week.
Another case of sport over-emPhasis
is using man-size profanity on min
iature golf course