Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-30

we" ORR Jan 2"-James Tforpe the
l"oien a'hlo'e ana olympic champion, to-
u"F aui''i'ted 'hat charges OF professional
is"" brought against MN We're true and
,r,,nr,,a', ''''' "'I.'tucS'
letter to the rep,stratio,, .o,,,,,it,lo 80 :,
Amateur Athletic unio, which M, .,.d A..
to investigate his ease
The letter adn,i,tad that ,rbor,.. ,,,
played baseball for - .,,ar,. ~, a nrof,',
sional team tbr.. v,.r. oo, ,,.,,S
was a studan, of m. co,,isio tn,t,n
school. bit that ON IN. s,,,o tow, ,,,a,"
We're several college MEN from the Marin
| who were regarded no an,a,aurs o,,d .,.,,
Thorpe did not realize his narticinotion
| in the gano vas u,ror,, rhor,,,. ,,,1aI
/ that he did not plav for TN, mono, ha
earned but for tn. love of tho nama
Thorpe's wiul,inr of tho nent,tblo, AND
decathlon events at tho oI,,,,ni,. ,,,,,,,,, -,
Stockholm and later his wonderf,l nor
formances which won for him tho all
| round channlonsbi, of tho 4 l. at
Celtic Park last Scptemher had slammed
him the most marvellous ,ath,cto of modern
times
In addition his nrovess AZ a footbar
PLAYER had earned for him during tho
past season nv unanimous choice of tho
leading snoring writers tba nositior az
half back on the annual All-American
football team.
rocro ,p,11,c ,>,,, ,ro>,ore,
an P'l"eS an" 'he h"no'S "HI'h
Ho'pe mas td'neu since l'o'' the uatr
ms S'''"'HE as Proi'S
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Tbis nil, ,,,oo, ,,,a. 49, ..ii. .,
roir., ,,.o,, =.
catblo,, ,ous, 10 o.;,.o.. .e,.,..l.t,..,..
!. y pia \o,,,.,, 49,, II ,,3..,a,.
svo,o,. +bo, na,,..,,,, T.,',.l
States and q rtr,, ,,,..,l,.,, IN,
tako eocord ,lo..oe o,d eva. ,,i,,,,,..,,
Canada and tro1r,as cvod,,, min t.,..,
third nlacas
The loss nc tho six ,oir,s .corad
Thorpe. however SIN leaves the mi
ted states Wilma. NJ mo ul,.r,,.i, ,,.,,..,..
by a wide margin. the total standin,,.
United States 70, with Finland in Sec
oni place with %. John Rrodomu. of
Princeton finished second to Thorn. in
the American all-'rounJ championshir
ana bruno Brcdd of the irish american
Athletic club third and therefore now
must be accorded the honors. In this
champIonshin Thorne mazda a total az
7,476 points and broke the former rec
ord of Martin sheridan b, 81 points.
The charges that Thorpe had played
professional baseball In Iyinstor-Sa
y. c., were first published in a Worces-
ter Mass. newspaper last week James |
f., Sullivan, secretary. and other officials |
of the Amateur Athletic union Immediate
ly began on investigation which Gull |
minated in a meeting of tho officials
of the A. A. L.. and the Americans Olym- !
pic committee in this city to-day Those |
In attendance varn Gustavus r. t<irhv
president of the 4 A T. and ,ice-nresi- |
dent of the American olvn,nic commit
tee; James e Suliva, socrot,rv ard !
Barlow s Weeks of tho ro,is,ro,,or |
committee of tho T. ard ,toa-
president of the OIvmntc co,,,n,,toa
Prior 10 tho cnnyorin, 30 ,ha ,,,,,,,.
Glenn S. Warner athl.tic di,octo,. 30 .,a
Carlisle Indian school called IN M
Sullivan and nrcs.nt,d to bir, r,horno,.
confession of nror.ss,o,,olis,,, .,a -.
ter expressing M. -. 80 \, -
man. sunertrterdon. 90 49, c.,,-,
school TINT his u,o,,,i.,
guilty as cba,o,d ,rho,.,,,,,, 49,.
.as follows. was
"Car,,elo po ror 90 ,o,,
James e. Sullivan