Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-01-30
METHODS OF A. A. j.
CRITICIZED BY
EXPERTS
Thorpe'S Action Accepted Gen.
orally as Proof of Sports
manship; His Case Contrast
ed With Others.


NSW York. Jon. ao.--Nothing but
expressions OF sympathy have been
heard here over the plight ~ Jim
Thorpe. the blk Indian athlete. who
was recently condemned out ol his
own mouth OF the sin of professional
ism because he played bali--a true
American sport--with now dciunct
league and hiss thus Oeen read out 81
amateur athletics and au of The tro-
phies that ho won hy his gallant work
in sweden ordered returned % the
olympic committee. But there was
much bitter coudD muation for the
management OF the a. A. L. for the
manner in which n has handled the
Thorpe case as contraated with hun.
dreds ~ cases % real PROFESSIONALS
The committee aid right D. was con-
coded In repudiatlng Thorpe. and in
ordering the return of all his prizes.
Bu; there ~ an undorcurrcht OF re-
sentiment that the committee had not
taken cognizanoc OF the fact that the
big indian had played professional
baseball before his Olympic entry was
pat through. Il was admitted that 10
the a, a. e. had any real method uf
investigating the farce which viii cer-
talnly bee seized upon by the nations
on the other side 90 renew their ate
tacks upon American athletic meth-
ods would have been prevented
The present registration methods Of
tho A. A. o. are aniipuatcd There
are any number 90 professionals mas
uucrading as amateurs and 20 s point
ed oui that Tho pe, who played t1o
game Tor the 1--we OF ID, had nseu disc
quaiined although ne received very
little money, while BtckirN the Har-
ward football star and FLYNN OF yale
and "a score of others during tho recent
football season earned moro for one
article from their prns-aud in most
instances they DAD NOT uetualy write
sentence than Thorpe ala for %
whole SEASON OF bali playing in the
bushes. hut they retain their standing.
There uas q gcucral feeling among
the real lowers OF athletics today that
something should bee done to give Jim
Thorpe the rceognH.o thHt his mighty
deeds Dissolved de niic thr fact That
tll fhD records d. wtde are now auto-
muuctlS HlTpd out ny tue a. A. ~
2 fN'N N'' f. iHN Nf' ''. A'N' ANi.aAA't H
a8Alns time nuJ trouble, WHs accepted
as real proof of spormmanshlp. and
although tno E0phics of royalty Win
SO Go othcrs. sporting experts unani-
mously conCodo thtt Thorpe win boz
more respected than cyer for not hav-
iur tried ~ lie out of So"
Tho trophies won by Thorpe have
already been sout % j. T.. sullivan. and
win De- Immediately sent back 90 swe-
don 90 De- niyon i0 the contestants who
finished SECOND 90 the Incompatible
Indian.
notwithstanding ihc disqualification
OF Thorpe. tbe rnned states stin re-
mains in tho lead in the readlustod
progam of thc results 0f the last
Dpmuc games sweden gets second
place ln tho list Do tho dccathion
sWodish athletes finished second third
and fourth % the American. and th'
ave points are added to tEeir total
mRklns Them 52. and putting them
ahead of Finland
The ioul of the rnlted states iH rc'
ducod from to 1p through the iosf
ol ihr Thorpe pointa j. D ponahuf
of rlc Dnltsd slatos iakre second ip-
siead ~ ihlr1 in emo poniaih'on. first
houofs iu which now go 10 d. q. hi'
90 Norway.
SHERIDAN CHAMPION ACAtN,
BRINGS No CONSOLATION
New york Jan. 90.--Altooush