The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 (extracts)

No. 1 5 of the Articles oi Association further provides that:-' No amateur shall, without the permission of the Association, spar in public except at an assault-at-arm or entertainment recognised by the Amateur Boxing Association, or promoted by one of the affiliated clubs of thjs or other kindred association.' NATIONAL CYCLISTS' UNION. An amateur is one who has never engaged in, nor assisted in, nor taught any athletic exercise for money, or other remuneration; nor knowingly com– peted with or against a professional for a prize of any description, or in public, except at a meeting specially sanctioned by the nion. No amateur shall accept from his own club, or from a club or person pro– moting sport at which he competes, or from any cycle manufacturer, or from any such ource, any payment for his expenses. The nion, however, reserves, the right to sanction any such payment if, in the opinion of the General Committee, the very exceptional circumstances of any particular ea e seem to warrant such sanction being given. A cyclist ceases to be an amateur and becomes a professional by: (a) Engaging in cycling, or any other athletic exercise, or personally teaching, training, or coaching any other person therein, either as a means of obtaining a livelihood, or for a staked bet, a money prize, or gate money. (b) Knowingly competing with, or pacemaking for, or having the pace made by, a professional, or persons under sentence of suspension, in public, or for a prize. (c) Selling, reali ing upon, or otherwise turning into cash any prize won by him. (d) Accepting, directly or indirectly, any remuneration, compensation, or expenses whatever from a cycle manufacturer, agent, or other person interested in the trade or sport for cycle riding. (e) Offering, directly or indirectly, any remuneration, compensation, or expenses whatever, for cycle riding, to any amateur, as such. (/) Having applied for and being refused an amateur licence, or by the revocation of an amateur licence. Cycle manufacturers and agent , a such, are not to be considered as pro– fessionals, but are cautioned that to personally teach cycle riding as a means to effect the sale of a machine will be taken as an infringement of the clause (a). AMATEUR FENCING ASSOCIATION. All competitions held under .F.A. Laws shall be confined to amateurs, and the following definition of an amateur shall obtain :- n amateuris 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 exercise as a means of pecuniary gain, and who has never taken part in any competition with anyone who is not an amateur, provided as follows:- (a) Amateur fencers shall not lose their amateur status by competing with or against professional football players in cup competitions permitted by the ational Football Association and Rugby Unions of England, Ireland, cotland, and \Vales, provided that such competitions or matches form no part of, nor have any connection with any fencing competitions. (b) Competitions at arms confined to members of His Iajesty's Army, Navy, and Auxiliary orces, and competitions held out of the British Isles, shall not be deemed to be within the range of A.F.A. Laws.