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Leg Break wrote:Showing ticker and being demeaned are not mutually exclusive.
Jessie Owens showed ticker in racing against horses after the war; but it was still demeaning.
Different scenario altogether. Owens was desperate for money and was basically prostituted by ruthless PT Barnum-type figures.
Kirwan did NOT need the money, but did it for the challenge. It would have been far easier for him to take up a union contract in the UK or Europe than to switch codes at his age.
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