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Every one recognizes that the most pleasing feature of our athletic sports is that they are the work of amateurs, and it may be predicted that wherever the professional element creeps in, their enthusiasm and interest will die out. A professional almost invariably becomes the tool of pool-makers and rowdies, and even under the most favorable circumstances he has great difficulty in keeping his integrity above suspicion. The amateur, on the other hand, is free from these annoyances; he is supposed to enter into athletics from a gentlemanly desire to excel in them, and he commands the interest...
...much; fifteen to the crew, ten for a supper in town last week, and four dollars for pool today. Of course I can't put down the two last, as, if there is anything that the head of the family abominates, it is after-theatre suppers and billiard-halls. As for the rest of the money, I don't know where it's gone. You don't suppose I go round with a little book in my pocket, and every time I treat a fellow to Vichy, put down 'Vichy (treat to Jack) 10 cts.' I am not so miserly...
...into an enormous billiard-hall, supplied with eight large tables. At each table were four students, and others were looking on. "Speak softly, sir," said my companion, "as this is a recitation in Billiards 5. There are seven electives in billiards. This is the advanced course in fifteen ball pool...
While a little pool beside...
...right," said he, and he took out his purse. "Well, I've only five dollars; hand us over some of your money, it's easier to understand when the pool's large. That's right, - five, ten, - good Heavens! fifty dollars, - that will make a jolly pool. You're a rich man, Morris...