Word: amateur
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...meeting of the National Association of Amateur Athletes was held recently in New York to discuss a proposed change in the rules of the association. The New York, Manhattan, Staten Island, Williamsburg, American, Scottish-American, Adelphi, and Elizabeth Athletic clubs were represented. A motion was made that the rules be amended so that members of the association be permitted to enter contests in which professional events are included, provided that no professionals be entered in the particular contests in which the members of the association compete. The motion was discussed very spiritedly, and when put to vote was carried, representatives...
Harvard cannot defeat Yale at foot-ball unless she consents to place on her team men who will substitute roughness for skill and professional enmity for amateur courtesy. But such a team will never represent Harvard, and may they never bear its honored name. A few such contests as that of Saturday will blast forever the reputation of foot-ball as being a commendable inter-collegiate game...
...Journal, noting the rise of ball players, remarks : "Among the old-time ball players who made 'home runs' at the late election was Robert E. Pattison, the governor-elect of Pennsylvania, who played first-base in 1867 and 1868 for the Harry Clay Club of Philadelphia, a well-known amateur organization. Something has long been needed to give an impetus to our national game, and if the players are inspired by the hope of office, we may expect that the material interests of the sport will advance...
Theme II. will be due from both divisions Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 2 P. M., in Sever 3. Subjects: 1. An account of the Monsoons in India. 2. American English. 3. Sketch of Richard Cobden. 4. The Political Career of General Butler. 5. What relation should exist between Amateur and Professional Athletics? 6. Dinners and Dining...
...games. Notwithstanding this the trustees at their recent meeting interfered and have prohibited the nine from playing games with professionals. The general impression is that the trustees are not the men who can best judge of such a matter and that their interference is uncalled for. There are no amateur nines in this vicinity and Princeton will have to depend for practice upon a consolidated nine, if we are to be prohibited from importing professional teams...