PROFESSIONALISM.
RUGBY PAYMENTS. , ' DEFENCE BY "WALLABIES'" MANAGER. REPLY TO SCOTLAND, (uv TBhEaßirn—rafcss.association—cotriiianT,) London, January 14. 11l Connection with tho action, of tho Scottish Eugtiy Union iiv cancelling tho annual fixture -with England ' because the English Union Sanctioned payments: to tlur "All Blacks" and "tho "Wallabies" of a guinea a week oaeh, besides expenses, Mr. MacMahon, manager of.''the . Wallahies,'' states that' allowances .to players wore unthought of in Australia till the visit of the Rev. Mullineaux's team. Mr.'MacMahon'Vreminds the' Scottish Union that Bedell-Sivwriglit's team (wliich toured Australasia; and-included, at least one Scottish % representative) , received allowances. "The Wallabie^ 1 ' were simply, following, the, .English Union's- rule, and. they -were confident they wero. not ...of. amateurism in any shapo or form. .. . •■■■{ AUSTRIAN SWIMMER' SUSPENDED, ; Vienna! January 14. The Hungarian Swimming Association has suspended Halmay for failing to attond and answer questions regarding alleged -infringoments by hint of the amateur laws.. '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 407, 16 January 1909, Page 5
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