Word: amateur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports at Harvard and as such desire to get at the truth in this matter, as the practice is one not conducive to sport and one in which no amateur should be engaged...
...year-old brother of W. C. Dohm, Princeton's fast sprinter, is just now talked of as the coming man among amateur short distance runners. In private recently he ran 100 yards in 11seconds, and made a quarter in 55 1-2. He will make his appearance on a public track next spring...
...Amateur Athletic Union has determined to hold an athletic meeting on a large scale during the progress of the coming world's fair...
According to this article athletic contests are fast losing their Interest, as people wish to see a regular amateur exhibition and failing this. would prefer to witness a contest between avowed professionals, who make athletics a business and far exceed the efforts of their collegiate quasi-brethren...
...vault, running high jump, putting 16 1b. shot, 220 yards run, throwing 56 1b. weight, tug-of-war of 650 pounds, 4 men, 2 substitutes allowed; no contest unless two teams enter. The course will be a board track of about 13 laps to the mile. Rules of the Amateur Athletic Union will govern all contests. The meeting will be open to members of recognized amateur athletic clubs only. An amateur is defined as follows...