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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...
Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock the ticket office of the H. A. A. will open to members of the University who wish to see Paavo Nurmi, the Finish track marvel, run in the Stadium on Friday afternoon. Two tickets in sections 1 to 26, which constitute the whole east side of the stands, will be alloted to each member in the order of application. These tickets will not be specified for any particular seats but for general admission to the sections...
...Buffalo, Paavo Nurmi, who recently ate not wisely but too well of veal pie-and was defeated by Willie Ritola-partook of a modest snack, got into his running clothes, once more opposed Ritola in the 5,000-metre race. This time it seemed to be Ritola who was stricken. He fumbled at his side, strapped his belly with a belt handed to him by his manager, finished 120 yards behind Nurmi who was 14 seconds behind the world's record held by Ritola...
...Said jokesters, jape-makers: "Paavo Nurmi did not run!" (Paavo Nurmi is, as everyone knows, the famed Finnish runner, who in the past seven weeks has established 26 new world's records, competing...