SPORTS AND ATHLETICS.
AMATEUR DEFINITION. Press Assn. —By Tel.—Copyright. LONDON, Aug. S. The Olympic Association, replying to the Amateur Rowing Association, says the Association’s real motive appears to be a determination to maintain the antiquated amateur definition excluding from the ranks of amateurs many oarsmen against whom the only objection is that they earn, or have earned, a living by manual work. a COUNTESS’S CASINO WINS. PARIS, August 8. Countess Cathcart had sensational luck at the Deauville Casino. She commenced to play at 10 o’clock in the evening with 125 francs, and left the table at midnight with 17,000. AMBASSADOR A HEAVY DOSER., PARIS, August 8. Mr Wallace, recently the American Ambassador, lost 600,000 francs at baccarat on the eve of his sailing for America, to a French Count, well known in turf circles.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 10 August 1921, Page 8
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