ATHLETIC.
TH OR PC S I 1 ROF ICS SlO XA LI SM. United P/ess Aescciation—.By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received January i'J, It a.m.) NKW YORK, ,January 28. Thorpe, tho Indian, winner of tho Ppntaiiilan and the Decathlon prizes at tho Olympic Games at Stockholm, admits that ho was a professional baseball player in 1000 and 1010. His trophies will he returned to the Games CommiLtoo. American officials consider it a. great blow to amateur sport.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10680, 29 January 1913, Page 4
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75ATHLETIC. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10680, 29 January 1913, Page 4
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