Word: amateur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professionalism is certainly an element that should be carefully barred out from an active influence in college athletics; here, if any where, the line between professional and amateur should be carefully guarded. Opinions will differ as to the present case; whether professionalism had made too great an entry into our college sports, particularly at Harvard, or not, and whether the present measures were called for or not. But, at any rate, students and faculty are so entirely at one in regard to the abstract question of professionalism that no very serious objection will be made on the part...
...expected that the University Lacrosse Team will play in New York the 28th of this month in competition with the other college teams for the Oelrich cup, offered by the president of the National Amateur Lacrosse Association...
...growing in the manner of conducting athletics which, unless checked, would be likely to more than offset all the advantages which are to be gained from athletics. They felt that the tendency of athletics, during the past few years, had been to efface that clearly defined line which separates amateur from professional athletics. They felt, also, that the strict observance of this line was essential to the furtherance of that high style of athletics which it is their desire to promote...
...York Herald thinks that the barrier which at one time existed between college and amateur crews is in a fair way to be successfully overcome...
...National Association of Amateur Athletes met at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, Saturday night, and elected the following officers : President, A. H. Curtis, New York Athletic Club; vice-president, G. H. Badeau, Williamsburg Athletic Club; Secretary, G. Van Tamulach, American Athletic Club; treasurer, P. H. Charlock, Elizabeth (N. J.) Athletic Club; executive committee, H. W. J. Teljaci, Staten Island Athletic Club; F. A. Winans, Baltimore Athletic Club; A. C. Curtis, New York Athletic Club...