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sport’as is done in the rest of
the world.

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equated success in’ sport,
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make.

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least put on the shelf until ©
‘there is: nothing-else to-write

about.

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dedicated amateurs because
we don’t understand them.
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but (a. dedication which
borders on the fanaticism is
something beyond the ken of
most of mere mortals. .

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_‘ledged enough to visit.

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‘ness, this’ lonely didication. “

_ that helps ‘keep the sport

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readers.

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whole of a persons being and

would’ be well worth the 7
effort to attempt to bridge

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