Show I ADVICE TO YOUNG ATHLETES Secretary J E Sullivan Spiels for the Beginners In my many years experience as an of tidal at athletic meetings I have particularly particu-larly noticed and with iegret that the most persistent offenders against the rules of athletic competition arc the beginners I novices 01 Juniors By that 1 mean technical violations of the rules or what nwnnr to be unsportsmanlike or unfair 1 tactics usually coming under the Jurisdiction Juris-diction of the referee f The only way to account for Ibis per hlsunl transtjrfsjIon of the rules by beginners be-ginners muni he that whoever has charge i of the schoolboy clinical or the begin norfc does nrt Instl 1 Into their mlndi the I Idea f of what clean yport means and sometimes It amazes ono to see the I chances aoino of Un no boys will lake In t order to win l prize i In I a novice or bchoolboy race na soon as the plMnl Is tired you will ncc a scramble 11 mill Jollliur hat Is simply disgusting au t I well as unfair Some competitors apparently appar-ently lait oft with the lilcn that In order 70 win It In ncccssuiy to above aside or nook down every boy near them and the 5 onlestnntB nine out of ton particularly lnll e who are out for the first > ear show in titter laek of kuoxvletUio of the rules or J thoilfl of eompetltlon I At one set of rames 1 bad the mlsjfor tour to be called in ion to dltsmiallfv three I iojfl No doubt they wore all Juyiesl In 1 bclr Intontlontj and It must have la IMI a Izttl blow to tlu > ra to lose the prizes after I iiavln bren picked ai whtnvrH I Ono boy won a llr t placu In a Junior race I lo vnw nol a Junior bul L sell lor 1 iwii cnlirud ihroiicii a inlMtakc but nev > j > rtliolpss han heats and a Html and won Alt r winnlni ho wis niotuslfd and Uio I not nnliinil tiling la tbo world vas tluit lie was ul once disqualified tt I It 1 lo iinrtlcnlarly noticeable that ffv old Unii atlikua an dlsaunllllcd at athlr tlc tc intilliiKU for tussling Noisily all the dlp Ualllio illojiii are handed out to young beginners be-ginners as the oldtlmo runner keeps his t hcnl J he I starts from the aerate line or i very mir It i > luJn hla way through large ficlilf canfully I and iieldom if ever louche or dimwit a man Ry that of courrc I do not mcrm to May the votoran nlhlilo I never ls < iualllhd or Unit li r would not tola an unfair advantage of a fellowrunner I haVc Icnoxvn thorn lo do It but In such c n vet > Oll can always trace a mana ca 6i Tjprr and you will find he has boon brought up ii the wrong tUinoHphcru lie ha not boon taught the true clemcnl oC clean enoi The ltlmor commits his fouln In L i mean conliviallblc inanni bul the no vlco or Junior through Ignorance will i Itart out In a mad way and RO slanibutiK Into the bunch In front of him asul nhuvu ifi rlKhl or left rcpanlhsa of conscquonccH tiii nnil run on with n wild ttaro In his oyca tlibiklntr ho Is I doinnr right plrada aflci r utlnj ilianiiallllnl mil In the uiajorlly of COHCH the ivrni Is abtipcd Sornt Imca IL d Sn i a ncvtro KMHOII and dota Ihc tyro a lot of 1001 I aud olh r thma II in nol In limo cays out of ton after the dlB tjt liiiUncuIon of a novice or bclnn ti them In ftulto a hubbub That Is where 5 ld Ith < trnlnor or tin poor advlner comcu In hail Inatrad of laklnt tho boy anldo ant jniKIni 10 him In a fatherly way and m iv ttt lag him good found advice he lakH him by the arm and Inalulu that he go to tin ojnclWB and make a protest and at times ht i abiiso thfjn 15 Ilini iirinly convinced list a jrcnt deal ol JliiB foul runnliifr and unfair tactics that have duvflo > < il of Into anil can IH 1IflI nionir our Junior nuMiibcrs la I due IrllllItI1 > to tile fact thai trainers sri at j fault They do nol FCOIII lo be hue I rhhL 7 Inllil or lrIfn Thex ore nil might m n 1 nc the 110 is Plnla on how to take caro ot lilt hOll ly how to mart and how to run hul n I lloult If tIiy ever FJIW twenty wnnln l 10lfl > lnstor on iso t iiiDiLIon of eiflui < i rllllt 11 Clellon 1111 dithuii I nl tlt II tlll or tell Lheni wlu1 they Khould 01F not On in racH or how to run IL roc hi A tr3ine I r 1 Hiiallj IIIIH a roimtntlon to v ltnlon rnuKo irni If I j tan lnuiitj n rtrent Hurry our a < MnfiialllliiUon or an apparent un fair decision ho thinks t hil t Its I miro to help Li am roimiaUoa ns a lraln r In 501110 caKen 1 tlioi inlnoix I und poor u Jvhicr will alms tin rtKroc anil Jmlgox and InnpoctorH tt tl rfrJ 111 JwlJol nlt InHlldCllrH tl1 I accuao thoni of all noW thai are dlu iouirt t in many rntira tho fcelliu II l I work d UtI solely for tbo jmrpoao of ii ijulluint HP a trilnorr rctintntlon J him boon tnmiooicd ollliPr HH a com r nrlltm or nil oiilclal with uihlotlo sports iior ocr ivonlylive ycurw and ulncivnths j1 1 of tho protejita have bean Indoruoa by either the professional trainer or tho ath Ictos club niatca Many a Limo I have seen accidents on a track hat t In vay af iVctod tho llnul outcome of the race niul lioth contoatanta apparently well HiitlHiled walking away to the IhCHhl rooms when iiloni would come the klndhearlcd friend wlio would Inalal that tho bcnton athlete enter 1 > rotest alwaya lni3tolii that he had boon deliberately fouled he athlete in nine cases out of ten would have hind no Intention of claiming I foul or enticing a disturbance but nat urullv bdmr worked up nfleira bnriLrnco 1 mil hut nirvca unsettled he rushes buck wlllly and makes all kinds of claims and oncouniKUil by his cllhmu tee or his trainer train-er uitikoK tho usual disturbance that ends iHuaatrously for hlmsflf At I recunt sol of schoolboy panics hold III Nov York J uaw one of the foulest ploocu of running I ever wltnosKCrt on a > ath In America and it was dono practically practi-cally by a laglnnor and a contestant who lld conlil I nol JrS blmnelf In this parllcular not of MIN there WS 1 point trophy which Is always the camic of trouble ind uiiually ends In n troullo Ilull cnla dlxputCH This ono parllcular flub above referred to wiia very iinxloiiM to win a certain event and hud entered iieveral I good mel Another An-other organization hind entered OIl or two nuMi that wore Ilkcwluc I looked u ion an Ilkily wlniKtu and thin benlnntr was picked out in this race to obalruct hal lithe joHllo and Intorfero with a certain ma MO that thorn would be no poHalblu clinaco of jtiit ever tottltiK 1 llnal boat The track t vaa I mIl I I one trn lapt to Limo mile and 111 soon as iho pistol wan llrocl the lad who was Ulutaiied I am 850rry to su to do the underhand work rnidti no attempt to pet to tho front but ran very blowly watching over his shoulder shoul-der and the lie to aa anon as 1J man was tirke of him bo deliberately care came near cJheralo ly I placed hlniuerlf In front of him rim nliip rIistty around tho path and if the hackmark man wanted to KO puat him on time outRiilu he Ole rro to the outside and if lu ilowed imp with the intention of running on the Inside ho would turn toward the Inside Finally In nlicer des oration the t backJiinrk man made an tempt to go jinni him on the outside niud It was ImpODUlblo to get by and shovo ho runner in front of him IIH result was that bolh of them ran histo tim fonro Doth mon were practically out 01 t hI iomjicililon Olt Imo officials In vatohln tills porforniancu were die Vistod 1 Imtiitdlntely dlsquallllcil the of oiiilor andallowed tin hindered eompnl 01 lo g if in Ihe until boat Aflor the raco that boys friend and 1 himself came to mo utud endeavored to explain It awiy In net time yohngrtor himself nuts so earnest bill J rcalli believed ho lurid lost I his head and did not know whal he wag do UK in e aild hln only desire was lo beat that cllow und be did not think of what heft he-ft Icing hut nevcrthelcsg thai jnrllc uiur athlete will always bear watching nil time officials who saw him commll tills deliberate foul on that cvcnlnrr will al vayo have tin 1 eye out for him lie sluria out wllh a bad reputation hut will lie hard work for him to I overcome The athletic rules that are In book form arc very complete fluid should be rend arefully for If the rales wore read and ndorstood time Amateur Athletic union would he saved a great deal of trouble every year In handllnp technical violations anti In passing upon the ama teur iJlandlnp o an athlete How frequently do vo now stie In the dully papers In hip typo that oamlso at such 1 college Is i I nrofos lonil ballplayer and that Soandin at another alltlayer college IK a profcsslonnl basket Tills charge conion up against colleplana hen thor least expect I and when It radically breaks the hunrls not only of themselves but of their fathers moth ore families and college l mates ns well o all know that It In the natural desire of a college to get a crack team or a rack uihdlglc nnd In many cases un athlete ath-lete conies to the college from some pre aratory school He goes to the preparatory ton school hccutiso he knows It en alhlcllca line trainer and ourafjeH 1 thlclc n good lI1 the boy wants an education Before h < s ntMs tho preparatory school he Is ono or the many that pay no attention lo tho Jay rules he does not really know what the word amateur means and cares less lie starts In his youthful career by com cillnp with professional basketball teams or HumljirofoBBlnnal basketball teams or pItches a game of ball In I 101 with 1 pro esslonnl team for Which ho 13 paid a ew dollars or he runs at JL county fair for 3 twodollar bill While dolni theco acts dnrltip his early schoolboy days ho does not think of time future and he never realizes thai some day be mny bo a meal athlete and that every man In that small own he conies from will remember the day ho took a fow dollars This happens so frequently It Is a mysi cry why some one doe not Instil into the boys in their younger days the difference between fair and unfair competition for bitalnly any man In the present day houUl know the dlvltllnp line luitweon the matcur and tho professional ChjC go Tribune |