Word: amateur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Every one recognizes that the most pleasing feature of our athletic sports is that they are the work of amateurs, and it may be predicted that wherever the professional element creeps in, their enthusiasm and interest will die out. A professional almost invariably becomes the tool of pool-makers and rowdies, and even under the most favorable circumstances he has great difficulty in keeping his integrity above suspicion. The amateur, on the other hand, is free from these annoyances; he is supposed to enter into athletics from a gentlemanly desire to excel in them, and he commands the interest...
...fifty-mile amateur go-as-you-please race, which came off on the Stamford Bridge Grounds, London, England, December 25, Firminger, L. A. C. H. H., won in the unprecedented time of 6 hr. 38 min. 41 sec. Dunning was only 130 yards behind when Firminger reached the tape; his time...