Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-28
THORPE ADMITS PROFESSIONALISM
Confesses Charges and Formally Retres From Amateur Athetics-Indan Athlete Played Baseball For Salary Three Years Ago-Prizes and Honors Won Since 1909 to be Transferred to Those Who Finished Second.

New York, Jan. 27-James Thorpe 1 the Indian athlete and Olympic cham ] pion,' today admitted that the chargt | of professionalism brought against hin i was true and formally retired from amateur athletics. Thorpe's confession I was contained in a letter to the reg | istration committee of the Amateur l Athletic union which met today to in vestigate his case.
 | Played Professional Baseball. 1 The letter admitted that Thorpe had l played baseball for a salary on a pro- l fessional team three years ago while he was a student of the Carlisle In- : dian school, but that on the same team | there were several college men from i the north who were regarded as anna | teurs and that Thorpe did not realize l his participation in the game was | wrong. Thorpe added that he did not play for the money he earned but for 1 the love of the game.
 Marvellous AIl-Around Athlete. Thorpe's winning of the Panthathlon and Decathlon events at the Olympic games in Stockholm and later his won derful performances which won for
 him the all round championship of the
 A. A. U. at Celtic park, last Septem-
 Der, had stamped him the most mar
 velous all round athlete of modern
 times In addition his prowess as a
 football player had earned for him
 during the past season by unanimous
 choice of the leading sporting writers
 the position of halfback on the annual
 au-American football team.
 Honors Will Be Transferred.
 All the prizes and the honors which
 Thorpe has gained since 1909, the date from which his standing as a profes- siona1 begins, must be transferred through the officials of the Amateur Athletic union to the men who finished second to the Indian in every event wi r hot f11n hi md points won in the PenthathlOn and Decathlon must be given respectively to F. R. Bic. Norway. and H. Vie stander, Sweden. and that J. J. Dona- hue. United States, ' and Glonberg, Sweden, will take second places. John BredemuS of Princeton finished second to Thorpe in the American all round and Bruno Brodd of the therefore now must be accorded the honors. In this championship Thorpe made a total score of -7,476 points and broke the former record of Martin Sheridan by 91 points.
 The loss of the six points scored by Thorpe, however, still leaves the United States winner of the Olympic games by wide margin, the total standing United States 79 with Fin land second place with 29.
 Charges Appeared in Newspaper.
 The charges that Thorpe had played lem, N. C.. were first published in " orcester. Mass, newspaper last week. James B. Sullivan, secretary, and other officials of the Amateur Athletic union immediately began an investigation which eliminated in meeting of the officials e the A. A. U, and the Amer can Olympic committee in this ciiy today. Those in attendance were Gus -avus T. Kirby president of the A. A. D., and vice president of the American Olympic committee; James F. Sullivan secretary and Barlow s. Weeks of the 'egis tration committee of the A. A. J.. and vice president of the American Olympic committee.