Show INDIAN ATHLETE IS CHARGED WITH PROFESSIONALISM Thorpe Was M Member of r. r Carolina Baseball T Team 4 i Is Report 4 New Xe York Jan 24 Charge 4 Charges questioning questIoning ques- ques the amateur stan standing of or Jan Jam s sI I Thorpe tho the Indian athlete and nfl all round Olympic champion wore were flied filed toda today with James E. E Sullivan secretary secretary secre secre- tar tary of ot tho the Amateur Athletic union Tho charges chars are arc Important because 6 If Liu sustained the they would destroy destro Thorpe B eligibility as an amateur when ho won tho pentathlon and decathlon contests In the Olympic games In Stockholm last summer ummer and also would depose him as the American round nil champion a title ho he won hero upon his return from S Sweden The char charges es are based on the statement statement statement state state- A manager ment of Charles C. C A. A Clancy of ot tho Salem Winston baseball team tram of or orthe the Carolina as association Clancy ClOoney Is quoted as 08 stating statIn that tho In Indian pitched an and played first baso base for tor the Salem Winston club In 1910 Mr r. r Sullivan said fald tonight ht I lOr dont don't believe there thero IB is an any truth in the charges chars of ot professionalism m against Thorpe I have havo e cr every confidence In his amateur amateur- standing Carlisle Pa Jan 24 Glenn Genn Glenn Warner War War- ner ncr coach of ot the Carlisle Indian school athletes received tonight a n letter Jetter from Charles C. C A. A Clancy manager of ot tho tim Winston baseball team In which air Mr Clancy denies denied making the statements statements state state- ments attributed to him and states that Thorpe never played on his team In the Carolina association or on any tn other team In that league He saS says that ho knows knos absolutely nothing that would reflect O on Thorpe's amateur standing standing- 1 |