The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

ENGLISH DEFINITIONS. AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. n amateur is one who has never competed for a money prize or monetary consideration, or for any declared wager or staked bet; who has never engaged in, assisted in, or taught any athletic excr i ·e as a means of pecuniary gain ; and who has never taken part in any competition with anyone who is not an amateur. The following exception shall be made to this rule:- (a) That amateur athletes shall not lose their amateur status by competing with or against professionals in cricket matche , or in ordinary club football matches for which no prizes are given, or in cup competitions permitted by the ational Football Associations or National Rugl>y nions of England, Ireland, cotland, or \Vales, providing that 'such competitions or matches form no part of, nor have connection with any athletic meeting. (b) That competitions at arms between Volunteers and egulars shall not be considered as coming within the scope of the . . . Laws. (c) That competitors jn officers' races at Naval and Military athletic meetings (such races being for officers only, and for which money prizes are not given) shall be exempt from the laws of the A. . . disqualifying runners for competing at mixed meetings. (d) That the championship of the rmy races be exempt from the effect of this rule. (e) That a paid handicapper is not ipso facto a professional. (!) That sailors and soldiers of His fajesty's forces be exempt from the loss of their amateur status by reason of competing in team competitions at Naval and Iilitary competition confined to sailors and soldiers. A competitor in athletic competitions (other than A. . . Championships or bona fide International, inter-club, inter-team, inter-college, or inter-school contests) who asks for or receives hotel, travelling, or other expense ceases to be an amateur, and no club, ociety, or managing body promotinrr an athletic competition shall, either directly or indirectly, pay or offer a monetary con– sideration to, or the hotel, travelling, or other expenses of any competitor in such competition. Clubs may only pay the expenses of their first-claim members under thjs law. AMATEUR BILLIARD ASSOCIATION. Any person who, wholly or in part, earns or has earned his living by playing or scoring games played upon a billiard table is, for the purpo cs of the ssocia– tion, deemed a professional. An amateur is one who has not at any time earned his living, or any part of his living, by playing or scoring games played on a billiard table. No amateur shall play in public (i.e., any acl ertisecl match, or where admission is charged) without previously obtaining a permit from the committee of the Association. Violation of this rule may involve the forfeiture of his amateur status. AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION. An amateur is one who has never competed for a money prize, staked bet, or declared wager; , ho has not competed with or against a professional for any prize (except with the express sanction of the Amateur Boxinrr ssociation), and who has never taught, pursued, or as istcd in the practice of athletic exercises as a means of obtaining a livelihood or pecuniary gain.

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