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Show WgwS& Granfland Rice I (.Copyright. 1922. New York Tribune. Inc., Trade Mark Registered. 17, S j Tatcnt Office.) I ((NCLTtNING AM ITJ 1 RS "Isn't It true," suggests H. H. L.. "that there are different grades ot j, amateurism In sport?" 1 It Is. There ore amateur grades, outside of college sport, where the average i Quality l highest that can be definite ly ji ly established. Consider first such games a golf ( , 1 and tennis. Here Is our amateur ranking or grading J Grade A The player who has to 1 work for a living, takes sport aa a ! creation and only gets to play In ' a limited number of tournaments, or rarely gets an oppotunlty to play ex- I ccpt Satuday afternoono and Sundays. 4 Grade B Tho player who doesn't 1 need the money In any way, who j doesn't profit In the slightest fin. in- i daily, but who plays In numerous tour- J namonts throughout the year, mak- j Ing competitive sport one ot his main avocations. Grade C The one who plays fair ly often and Is connected with a busl-( busl-( neas where competitive success In port will bring Increased financial i returns Grade D The amateur who Is ) within the law and yet depends al most entirely upon his competitive success for his financial returns. THE POUR t.n mks These are the four main grades. For I sample, the Ideal amateur golfer are Sweeteer and Jones, still collegians, and Bob Gardner, a business man. I i who gela to play ver- little cotnpetl- ! thrs golf. L Those who are well off financially and who play In one tournament af-tr af-tr another are amateurs who make n business of sport, but they d makee sport too large a part of their LU I istence. Those who depmd upon successful r-ompctitlon. through publicity, etc.. '' for Increased salaries arc In the sha- ! , dow land between amateurism Jind ; j professionalism, where. apparently. i nothing can be don- about It. al- thought most of the wise camp fol lowers know their names. iii 'j Tho true amateur, the 100 per cent I . a 1 .m iinrt na a re. rtltt(in. i miiirui , " - I j Ket no flnunclal profit from ti and I doesn': make It too large a part of i his life. TEST DA In a football way. Saturday will be test dar In more than one large i amp This applies especially to Yale. Vat I I'olnt and Princeton In the eRat. Also K in a certain measure to W and J. K Tale with Iowa, and Wrst Point B with AUurn. fiom Alabama. Will have nbout all the business they can handle K on one afternoon. 1 Few In the East know much about f Aaburn's football rating, but we have 'I an Idea that the Alabama PoljTS will 1 am tho Army's respei t before the 1 day Is orer, w Princeton, still an uncertain quan- tJty. will have her work cut out to! beat Colgate, although the latter elev-, en is still below the old Colgate stand- ir.i if other ears. The hchedule A least is warming up. i Among other Important contests will bee Centre's final work-out against V. ,P I teforc her Harvard battle, and ' Michigan's Invasion of Nashville, j w here tho Wolverines dedicate the ;ncw Yandcrbllt stadium before what should bo the largest crowd that ever i a football game in the South. XMl im N DESFBAT." I "iDr Schmidt, of "openhagen. ad-ure.ing ad-ure.ing the Zoological section of the British Association at Hull. Stated that ladull American congern have ten i fewer Joints In the backbone than the European variety " I "Gigantic daughter of the wondrous West. Vour prowess In athletics Is confessed loauoa un cevvii, wn'n we come to to grips 'And keep on losing cups and championships. cham-pionships. Vet, when the outlook seems most drear and dull. Sweet consolation comes to us from Hull. Where Schmidt, that great and sclen- . title Dane, Proclaims Ihe Uld World's unasaalled domain. Though Tolley falls, though TUdcn scores more points. Your congers' backbones have ten few er Joints." "Punch." Boxers In time of war may not enlist en-list wltn an great rapidity. But Judging Judg-ing by what has happened to Bob Martin and Georges C'arpentler. army life Is no great aid to boxing. Young Floyd Johnson isn't quite ready for D--mpv y yet. but the bin westerner has enough stuff on hand to give any of the other all they will Basd for an evening's entertainment. I' there is any doubt about this we understand Floyd Is quite agreeable to furnishing all needed proof. We knew something was wrong, but I we couldn't think what It was until we suddenly recalled how little we'd I beard of "Battling" Slkl In the last ifew days. |