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Show WORD "AMATEUR" NEVER EXPLAINED agL Speaking about Jim Thorpe makes 1 It plain ihat the word 'amateur" baa never been explained to tho satisfaction satis-faction of a good many What Is an amateur? That's eusy An amateur a slmon pure. Illy white amateur is an athlete who pays another fellow for the prlvi lege of taking part In hi games. Of course there are other kinds ct amateurs, fellows who take more desperate des-perate chances than are neceasary, but the only kind that "gets by.' with the sanction of the A. A. U . Is tbe pure unadulterated chap who la ready to give up lor the fun of going into an invigorating 25 mile dash to win wiiieh he stands an excellent chance to grab collar button No 1 Jim Thorpe wao ambitious to go through college He was up againti lit for coin and to learu one has to I ! give up for books, etc. So in the summer time, when his school was I closed, ho played a few baseball games to earn enough money to buy bis school books for the next term. 1 Some one told on him and he was j Immediately set down. So it doesn't always pay to try to I get an education nor does It pay to , be an amateur |