Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-02-02 | Page 31 | Return Trophies to King and Czar Jim Thorpe's Prizes on Way Back

Return Trophies to King and Czar M M M M M n Jim Thorpes Prizes on Way Back Athlete Blossoms Out as lnill-fleclged lnill-fleclged Professional Ball Player. By International Newe Serv-ic. NTTW YORK. .Feb. 1. Jhn Thorpe, tho wonderful Sac and Fox Indian athlete, acclaimed by all the world as tho greatest all-around athloto of modern times, who. hue been summarily sum-marily expelled from the Amateur Athletic union and whose romaxkablo Tocordn will bo stricken from all athletic histories, all because ho played baseball for money, h now a full-fledged professional. Thorpe has confessed to being j guilty of professionalism. He- has admitted that he played ball two seasons with the Hooky fountain team of the Northwestern Carolina league. Ho defends himself by plead-ins plead-ins ho waa only an Indian boy, half educated, to tho .ways of whlto folks. This unexpected blotch on Thorpa's career will necessitate tho forwarding forward-ing to tho nations of the world an expression of humble apology on tho part of Amorica for entering Thorpe In tho Olympic gamea last 3uramer at Stockholm. Abovo are. shown the two prlaea awarded to Thorpe for his victories in the pantlielon and docathlon all-around all-around athlotlo competitions. The bust was tho prizo donated by tho king of Sweden and tho Viking ship waa presented by the cxar of Kussla. Theso coveted trophies havo beon aunendored by Thorpo to Socretary Sullivan of the A. A. TJ., who has ohipped them back to th royal donors. Tho bottom photograph is ono of Thorpe's latest James R Sullivan, secretary of the Amateur Athletlo union, yesterday received re-ceived from the Carlisle Indian scnool the two handsome challengo trophies won by James Thorpo at tho 3D12 Olympic games in Stoclcholm. . Thorpe also returned to tho A. A. TJ. tho emblem of hte all-around championship won at Celtic nark hint September. The trophy and championship cham-pionship now reverts to John Brodo-mua Brodo-mua of Princeton. Tho Olympic trophies aro being returned re-turned to the Swedish Olympic authorities. au-thorities. Through Davis. Turner & Co. they wcro shipped on the steamship steam-ship New York of tho American line. They aro consigned to Christian Hellstrom. secretary of tho Swedish. Olympic committee. Dispatches from Carlisle atato that tho newspapers and eltizona of Ponn-nylyanla Ponn-nylyanla havo started a penny fund In thft Intorrat of the profOKsIonallred Thorpe. It In proposed to rulso sufficient suf-ficient capital at a penny a hcud to purchaeo an American trophy for-tho Indian to ruplaco tho gifts of tho Eirropcan noverelgns. ."When he signed a, contract with th Giants late this (Saturday) afternoon, Jim Thorpo said he wanted to pitch, but .McGraw expects to use him in the outfield. ISven if Thorpe merely nils on the benoh It is estimated his presenco will attract more than enough patronage to pay his nalary. Thorpe this afternoon reconsidered his promise to toll Secretary JameR Sullivan of the A. A. IJ. th names of other amateur athletes who played basoball for money. Thorpo said that as he was now a full-fledged professional profes-sional ho did not care to mix up In amateur matters any moro. Scores of amateur athletes will breatho easier when they learn Thorpe's determination determina-tion not to turn Informor. ' Defeat Army Officers. Yesterday afternoon Ihe Salt ."bake Rifle association team mot the team composed of tho officers of Company II of Port Douglas in tho National C-ruard armory and defeated them by a score of. 471 to prizes he liad to relinquish.