Word: paavo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...value of the Finnish bath as a conditioning medium was not appreciated by American athletes until Paavo Nurmi visited this country last winter. During his series of record-breaking performances on American tracks, Nurmi made use of Finnish baths in New York and Chicago, and when he came to the Harvard Stadium to make his great bid for the American mile record held by Norman Tabor, he visited the baths at Quincy, accompanied by Coach Mikkola...
...patent-medicine makers who first exploited those two famed individuals-"Before" and "After." "Before" was always a sorry Dick indeed, with a vague crumbling face and derelict eyes; "After" was the apotheosis of dapper, life-conquering assurance. At the Yankee Stadium, New York City, last week, Paavo Nurmi reversed the parable which has long been so excellently illustrated in the contrasting personalities of Before, of After. He appeared in his sweater of robin's-egg blue to run against Alan Helffrich in the half-mile special of the Finnish-American...
...first time in his life, Paavo Nurmi tried the cinders of the Harvard track last night, and after his short workout, expressed nothing but admiration for the setting of his great try for a new mile record this evening. He appeared about 7 o'clock last night, and went over the track thoroughly, limbering up his muscles and making himself familiar with the track...
Fame and glory which follow close upon the flying heels of the successful athlete are often accompanied by jealous criticism. Such is the fate of Paavo Nurmi who comes to the Stadium on Friday for his last great race in America. Although he has been absolved technically from the recent charges made against him, his name is still under the shadow of abuse. The cry of graft cannot be stilled as instantly as it was raised...
...injustice done to Paavo Nurmi has recently bear emphasized by the demand of one Irving Small, an, "amateur" hockey player and member of the American Olympic team, for his past salary, amounting to the sum of one thousand dollars. Amateur hockey has slipped so far in America that it puts any accusation of professionalism, directed against an individual foreigner, in almost a ludicrous light. Nurmi can scarcely fail to realize this...