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Show RAISE CRY AGAINST "DOPING" ATHLETES PARIS. Dec. 25. Athletes, of Importance Impor-tance arc making a stand against the growing- habit of drugging players to nerve them up for contests of various sortH. Tho official bulletin of tho "Stade Francaisc," one of the lending French athletic cluh?, contains a strong warning against the practice of administering artificial stimulants beforo athletic contests, con-tests, declaring the practice to be not only dangerous to the health of those addicted to It and the players they are called upon to meet, but also highly unsportsmanlike un-sportsmanlike Tho attention of the French FooLball union is called to the question In order that steps may be taken to put nn end to the "doping" of players. Tho Journal mentions a recent Important Im-portant rughy football match at which, it declares, one of tho teams was drugged, nnd glvos the name of the person per-son responsible for the "doping." |