PROGESSIONALISM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 501, 7 May 1909, Page 5

PROGESSIONALISM.

'■.':■ ..> :: '-:':V'::.i: ; V ::'..sivdriei/; May 6:.-" .'.'■.rae'r'eVis'.Wflifle-.'.aH tib ; ii.'■■'. .tie:: prypSseil. ( &f ''in'owy!! Balcor ; ilei;} oiyirig. {0^ ifli disqualiucation-by.;tn'e\sport» Cluii & a.pftifeßsionii bbxfe : r, hhs cUlminattsi in the. l'ead-ifil'-Sifiijifiis 1 ! of: the ilugb'y /Union aefcliiriii{; : tpti :'tiie , tfffiofi ','■*/>'«% tifi'& ] M wfe,,.^ : . player simply fecaiise ;h'eJwas a proWssional' iu another branch of sport. : !.... ' ■-A biUcATE QUEST V: ; V '' '3?ew.' ntnleffil: in.AtiStfb.im are' : betllf.'.k'iiown than " Snowy ".;Baker.,, r Ho. has., succeeded in several'branches of sport, particularly :.swimniing andjjoxingj. of he was! the' fifiieK amateur Boxer iii his. class in Now. South he went .-Hbnle' -to cbm'pete: 'at .'^he,. English ..Boxing Championships. Uniorthnately;,,aur;ihg'traiiiing..:dperations,.;he cohtraqte<L : .tevef; and ,wa!.,unable td participate. In ajaiu prevehted •hjm froiii co'mpefingf'v. liaSit ,y<!af, hbwcve'rV he tddk p'ait; reaclilhg' the.'.filial; round; Ife Klb .divfslbiii, *lielf He'.wiis natrbSly defeated,by■ Dduglasi lishi cliailit)lbh.;:;Sihco,llis return to ,Ati|jtr.iilih he, lias Hcte'd. Hi- a sparring '.partite J,: tp '"J,'o'ni.iiiy" B.iirns.iat,, cxhißit|b,h .c'bntes.ts;\ This, pfpljably has.-ieu.tp,. his,-tying a' brbfessibhai. ~ .jAccordliifc. to, tlib r.uh>i: of the < M\v Sbiitli \fi\ci .Spbrßngi.l'cdefattdn.'.tu. wiilcli! lho miy .Itujby; JJiiibn is, afflfla'tM;'•'"| .iirbfessiqnar ; iil is i tJrdfeslio'iial frl all; \ Aiiibh" the. exceptions to tile rule jj the fdUowirig!. wlHcli' hbs ,ii particular bearing: bh cKsb-., f'Ainatoiirs shall hdt lose tlieif stafiisby ionipbtuig:.w.ith ,br fe'ssionals in.tvi^iitrie.fqr;which tib;ii)p.iieV priie i?r,oteeffijfpr. the-itnatjeur-'' tyhslthe Sydney . c l« b ii^P?^.,x'o contend, is that the clause; does hot allow;a professional in any 5t h .j§H. o ,i>? e s' 1 oi ¥..-^ 0 $M fts Att amateifr f iii, a I P u t'K¥Mly, i ,i>rptcct i s' l tlib status" of-, an abiatbur; who,, is rilaying lh c'otilp'ahy with i pr.ofcss'tbnal,:in i ;ariy..gaih.e. •'■ .'.... ;,'l' ; ft b A : nliliost ,seisiii{;' iayk the Sydney .•;JleferteiV "tliht-melnbets of. tHfe ,fbdetatioß are looking.: for Baker cannot,, under th ,° r '\\ ( ! 8 f o£ :«: , ;! i I ?.f eile KiltfPn. bb .uebarfeil frbin c .W.Ii?M n S.-»M in ?sM4 eu H ,'n, L game for which 110 prifeis qferedt If, the.&dciatibn is JI?N J v^RiM ef SL ' •'- -$ l a I ipf-obablx itjoli., find :Ba«es..;lt,U ■ i4f? -W«c exerciges, at. oiib and. the same time; a fact kiiowri all -this wBMd dvor:. ; The,' professional itt ■ one Bbbft a ■ prbfe'ssibnal f n all sports' is a fine pHncipie ,{br athletic exerc,lses;.but to, try and apply Jt to ghiiie'3 liiay.iiieah a rapid break-up of the federation."