Word: amateurs
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Fans of German composer Kurt Weill, best known for his incomparable score of The Threepenny Opera, might be very interested in Down in the Valley. Weill composed this one-act opera in 1948 expressly for amateur groups. Stage Space, a neophyte Brookline company behind this production, is an amateur group in a technical sense only; the "Phoenix" praised the competence and the excellent voices of the performers. The story tugs at the tear-ducts, with events ending unhappily for two star-crossed lovers in Appalachia. But the music is superb, utilizing old folk songs and ballads; most viewers will recognize...
...confusion, a constrained attempt to retain a title he had not known how to wear outside the ring. When it was over, Muhammad Ali had added another achievement to a long and extraordinary career: at 36, nearly a quarter of a century since he started to fight as an amateur, Ali became the first man to capture the heavyweight championship three times...
Arthur Ashe, winner of the first U.S. Open in 1968, likewise decries the new superstars' lack of loyalty to the game. As an amateur, Ashe earned $28 a day for his ten-day stint at Forest Hills, while the beaten finalist, Pro Tom Okker, took home a check for $14,000. Says Ashe: "Only when the players take it upon themselves to assume responsibility for the circuit and the health the game as a whole will we have coherence. Right now we've got some greedy players at the top who do whatever they please, entering tournaments late...
Instead top young amateurs today can count on early honing against the sport's best. And the parade of youngsters eager to enter the pro ranks of this newly lucrative sport has become a stampede. John McEnroe, at 18 the youngest semifinalist in Wimbledon history, tossed over a scholarship to turn pro. His earnings, $68,432 to date this year, are far from Borg's $550,141, but considerable for a kid who, not so long ago, survived on an allowance. At 15, Tracy Austin remains an amateur, but one sign of coming times is the fact that...
Junior hockey defenseman Jack Hughes is an amateur, too, but in 24 months or so, he should be working his tail off at training camp for some NHL team. Jack's an ECAC and Ivy League All-Star selection, and to make matters worse for Crimson foes, big brother George (a senior) has led the icemen in scoring the last three campaigns and figures to move up from his current standing in eighth place on the all-time Harvard scoring list...