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Show EVERY DAIE WAPJTS TO DEFINE IE AMATEUR Representatives of Various Branches of Sport Meet in Solemn Conclave VE V 1 0ltK De 7 V, h a v ew of es ab sh ng a un e sa e p e a on of J he a a eu ru e and he e g y of a po son for amateu 0 pe on n a bran of spo a os e ery prom e go em ng bod n ho de ra ge of ama teur spo te was ep esen ed a a confe en e h was beg n he e today and w be esumed 0 T u sda In the mean ne e ne oegaeAhec assoc a on w ho d s annua meet ng here and a p n ed repo t of oday s session w 1 be eady fo he de egates so thai nej w ha e p en y of me to digest he sugges one offered A r ursday s n ee ng t s hoped hat some a gbc defin on of the quest on oge her h he pun shment for lnf ac to s of ru es and suggest ons for a par a or comp e e res ora on o ama eu stand ng of such offenders may be agreed upon Gusta us T ICirby of he adv sorj con n tee or the In erco egia e Assocla on of Amateur A h e ea o America was cno;en by a clama on as pres dent of the confe ence Chal man KIrby esp a ned tha whle e confe en e was o ca ed as a body with leglala ve or adm n s ra 1 e powers he be e ed hat ey wou d be ab e to a eat some def n e cone us ons which 0 d pa e he waj for a clear and on se unders and ng of he ne d vldlng the amateur from he profess onal In the w ide f eld of athle cs Reports Progress Howard F Whltne secre ar of be L n ted Sta es Golf assoc at on the first speaker said hat his association was rap d y succeed ng In each ng its mem bers the marked dlst n Uon between ama teurs and profess ona s b a campaign of-publ cltv He hoped tha the confer ence wo d re ommend a ha d and fast rule and the golf aseoclat on would re Robert D Wrenn pres dent of he Na t ona Lawn Tennis absoc a on said that w hi e he did not s to give the im press on hat h s assoc a on had been 0 er ax he be! eved he ama eur lne had not been strict v enforced He regretted ha there was no r e in tennis problb t ing the cap ta lzat on of ath etic fame but If a defin te ru e were adopted it wou d be backed up to the letter by h s asseclat on Dr G M Hammon said that the Ama teur Fencers league stood for noth ng but pure amateur sm Dr Reginad yre for the United States Re o er assoc at on said there never was any dlst notion between ama eur and profess ona shooters and be 1 e ed It wou d be mpract cab e to draw he line Encounter Difficulty The North Amer can Gi n nastlc un on acco d ng to Fritz Kremme awarded no meda s or other prizes, other than wrea hs or d p omas but permi ted professions s n any other brand of sport to an ama eur standing in gymnast cs E L Mockler speak ng for the Lnlted ta es Footba a soclat on denounced the rov ng amateu s in soccer footba who tra e ed and p a ed wherever he pleased ho d ng up p omoters of games at w He be e ed tha anyone who made monev out of footba shou d be de c ared a professiona On beha f of the M 1 tarv Abe c eague Major R Cooke acknow edged that it wou d be d ff cult to prohlb t ama teurs and profess ona s from compe ng on teams Sometimes men had to do so under m Itary orde s and he sa d tha the off als cou d do no h ng better than dodg he Issue W am F Garce on for tl e Nat ona Co eg ate assoc at on s gges ed that the organ zed go e n ng bodv of every spor sho d nterpret the proposed ru es and make s own exceptions T ey shou d then meet n a conference each year and crit c se each o her s nterpretat ons unt 1 a def n te unders and ng was reached |