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The Twenties were more than just a contest they became a way of life that satisfied all the physical, competitive and intellectual needs of this unusual planet. They were a decathlon rather a double decathlon raised to its highest power, where contests in chess and poetry composition held equal place with those in ski-jumping and archery.
In addition, America is to have for the first time the Decathlon, and the famous Marathon race originated in Greece centuries ago, and impressively revived during recent years by the more important athletic bodies of the world. Besides the Amateur Athletic Union track and field games, an abundance of competitions, ranging from grammar school contests to collegiate struggles, was arranged.
There were five events in the Pentathlon and ten in the Decathlon. Jim Thorpe won them all. He won the all-round championship of America a couple of times, a feat paled by those he accomplished in the Olympian Games. He is the greatest football player that ever lived, and one of the greatest Major League baseball players, drawing a large salary from one of the clubs, and playing yet.
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