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Word: snooping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...playing with Carlisle, he won a place on Walter Camp's All-American elevens. The next summer on the U. S. Olympic team at Stockholm, he won the all-around track and field championship, but his medals were taken away from him when some snoop found out that he had played in a professional baseball game. He signed with the New York Giants, but soon showed that he was not good enough for big league baseball. Though speedy in the field and on the bases, he could not hit a curve ball, could not "judge" a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Thorpe Out | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

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