Show Hagen Defends Professionals in All Sections of Athletic World Noted Golfer Declares Many Great Athletes Forced to Make Livelihood in Sports UAl l Fla Feb Walter 5 Hagen sees little reason for all the fuss that annually is Ig made In discriminating discriminating dis- dis criminating between between be- be tween the atna- atna 4 and protes- protes I In sports The ional must like the sport In which J much he excels l as ll the just eu amateur ama ama- h as or he never would reach a ii high 1 state of ef efficiency ef- ef II clency says HagenNo HagenNo Hagen No athlete can hope for and realize sustained success unless he has the love of the game at heart To do anything exceptionally well we one must like his task I The only real between the amateur and pro Is that one is compensated for his work while the other does It for the sunshine fresh air and thrill of vIctory One pays to play the other plays for pay Amateur standing is fine to have If you really want It and can afford afford af- af ford the luxury just like a big country place and a costly town townhouse townhouse house and a flock of automobiles Take the case of Suzanne Lenglen Lenglen Leng- Leng len In tennis I saw Suzanne play at Wimbledon in England while she was the worlds world's greatest ama ama- She never go got a cent fot Cm playIng But believe you me I never got to see her play without putting up the price of a ticket Suzanne wasn't making a cent out of her playing but somebody was There at Wimbledon they have the finest tennis plant plant- In the world world- and they built It out of the money I people paid to see Suzanne Lenglen Leng- Leng len play Leng I You heard a lot of that bunk I about Red Grange too when he becam be be- cam carnO a professional football Red was a youngster could use a little money honestly earned for his start In life lICe It was his privIlege lIege his own business when he decided to capitalize hi his fame Look at the magnificent stadium urn um at tle University of Illinois Before he turned professional they told you up there that he practically practically cally built It with his playing Why shouldn't he get a share out of an asset that was his own His university university uni- uni had 5 The professional isn't always thinking about the gate Hes He's thinking about the game Itself a alot alot lot more than he is about the gate more times than people give him credit The professional has to love the game to be any good at itI itI it I remember I was seated at the ringside when Johnny Dundee was fighting little the Criqui-the French champion The boys were fighting viciously I turned to a chap beside beside be- be side me We Ve had just bene discussing discussing discus discus- sing this professional amateur thing and remarked I Still there are a lot of people who will argue the professional lacks spirit and sportsmanship Criqui fighting a losing battle from the start his war shattered ja jaw w in the early rounds continued t to battle courageously always alway hoping to put over a knock knock- ou out t. t S Professionals have fighting spirit wm will to win love of the game and sportsmanship just the same as the amateur It Is simply a case of where golf golfis is play for one and a livelihood for the other |