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eNURMI NOT TO VISIT THE U. S.Athlcilc Clubs Sig)i as Finn Putittcr MakesAnnounce in cut.Hy WeMbrook mtrt*.' fSj^ela) Tlnp^4cli to The Journal.) tNew York, Dec, 10.—Paavo Nurmi Iff hack In Finland, cooling hi* overheated heelfl In eome rurnl nnowta.nk find indulging hta Appetite 1*1111 ft diet of hlfl favorite delicatessen of exceedingly dead herring of' hunks of drop forged black bread#That'* only half of the story. The other and final chapter rein teathat Paavo Nurmi iff going to «lay wliurfl ho- iff* And that’* tragic rending to the athletic club* that filledvv thclr wHeriMv, 1 ogicr, wJtj1 ouRtomern atupwardn of four bits a head last winter by the cheap expedient of hanging his picture In lobby frames.Nurmi brought prosperity from a poor country last year and spread it on the ledgfcrs of athletic clubs In all sections of thlfi opulent land. Tho Indoor track meet naVer did business In blue or yellow chips until Nurmi came to America and amazed tho populace with hln leg work and his strung© wHHngnewi to eat fish on the oilier- six day* of the week. Do broke 20 running records, including repo-LlUons, and all outetnndlng financial recordw cva well, In a career of hoofing that carried him from tho Atlantic ocean to that other orte. On three BUCCCffMvo night* he ran in New York. Chicago and New York, and the Only race ho really lost was a half-mile hike against Allan 11 elffrich the Tiny before he Bailed for home, having entered tho run in drawn condition merely bccnuso tho meet was being conducted by the Flnnlah Amerlcan A, C., tho club that brought him over, n Tex Offers Money,For a few days, Tex Rickard who doesn't know tho difference between Alfred Shrubb and Sir Herbert Tree, noticing tho heavy attendance at Nurmi's shewn, rifled the loaves of his chock hook and thought of doing to Paavo Nurmi what Cash-nnd«Carry Pyle later did to lied Grange.I3ut Nurmi turned a stoic ear to the silky rustle of temptation and kept on running for a growing collection
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Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 17, 1925
Page 7
Full Page
Clipped by
Joona H.
FI 18 May 2025
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