The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1922, Page 7

INDIAN AN THORPE GREATEST SPORT MARVEL OF ALL TIME | ERTS reper VETERAN WON MANY TILES ON GREAT ant Even at Thirty-Seven Thorpe Stars at Football—How Indian Received King of Sweden’s pic Games. By Robert Edgren. 1M THORPE is now thirty-seven years ofd and plays football with the He plans to play one season more and then retire ranching in California, like Chance, Overail, Meyers, Papke, Jeffries, Morris and many other noted professional athletes. Thorpe's retirement isn’t coming about because of any falling off in He Js still as great a football player as when he starred on the Carlisle Indian team. But he is weary of professional “leveland Tigers. his amazing athletic ability. port. The Indian has long been the greatest all-around athlete ever devel ped in America, which is to say he is the greatest athlete of modern He could do anything in the athletto@-——————____ times. line. Before government “economy” de- prived the Indians of Carlisle, the Breat Indian school, Carlisle had a fine football team. For years the Indians met the best of the big col- leges, and usually they won. They Were fast, shifty, headlong, tricky, and always fought their gridiron battles out to the last minute of play. The old style of football was in vogue then, all line bucking and end running. In present day open play the Indians would have been almost unbeatable because of their speed and sureness of foot and their accuracy in kicking and handling the ball. Among the Indian players whose names will still be remembered by old time fans were Hudson, Lelanti, Mont Pleasant, Welsh, Johnson, Sena House Guyon, Metoxen, Wheelock and Bemis Pierce: Glenn Warner was coach, and became famous with lis Indian teams. But greatest and most famous of all was Jim Thorpe, half back and captain in 1912, and unanimously selected All-American Thorpe was the most sensational football player in the country when on the Carlisle team. Six feet tall, Dowertully but lightly built and weighing about 180 pounds, Thorpe combined speed and quick brain with Breat aggressiveness and a natural knack of handling himself and the ball. He was versatile. As a drop kicker and a placement kicker he had no equal. In one game against an Eastern college he kicked four field goals in four attempts. Playing against West Point, Thorpe scored all the Carlisle points himself, making touchdowns, field goals, place- ment kicks, goal kicks, and scoring by every known method except by a “safety.” He was a strong and fast unner—and is still When Thorpe had won all possible football honors he gave part of his time to other sports, As a track athelete he put over a number of very fine performances. Going to Sweden to the Olympic games of 1912 he won the Decathlon, 800 points ahead of his Rearest competitor, H. Weislander of Sweden. It was after these games Thorpe was declared a professional becaused he had played “semi-pro” baseball under an assumed name in some of the Southern States, His prizes were given to Weislander. Thorpe als, won the American all- around championship. At this time, Martin Sheridan, one of our groatest ail-around champions, told me that in his estimation Thorpe was the best all-around athlete in the world, bar none. There was some question whether Thorpe or Sheridan was su- preme on track and field, but they never met, because of Thorpe's re- tirement into the professional class. Thorpe could clear 6 feet 4% inches b ‘he running high jump, run a hun- @1ed yards in 10 seconds flat, pole vault over 11 feet, put the shot 44 feet 9 inches, cover 22 feet in the run- ning broad jump, and feet with the javelin, and run a fairly fast mile. REFUSED KING'S INVITATION, They told many stories about the big Indian on that Olympic trip to Stockholm, The King of Sweden, curious to see a real Indian at clove quarters, sent Thorpe an invitation to dine with him at the palace. ‘Thorpe declined the ‘nvitation, say- ing that he wanted to go to bed early. On leaving Sweden. Tim said tha Swedes were fine sportsmen, and he enjoyed the trip, but he was anxious to get back to an American bath tuo. Like many Indian athletes and other athletes for that matter, Jim ‘sad a wild streak that came out nov nd then. This was in the days when firewater wasn't quite eo scarce in the land, Glenn Warner, the coach, was the only man on earth Thorpe hel? In awe. On one occasion, when Cur- slo and W. and J. had played a no score game, Thorpe disappeared Glenn Warner hunted for him unti: he was found In u cafe, and then Dumped Jim's head on the marble floor until he promised to go back ‘nto strict training After leaving amateur athletic ranks, Thorpe became the centre of’ @ scramble by professional baseball managers, John MoGraw of the Giants grabbed him at a fancy figure and tried to make him as great a star in baseball as he had been in other sports. Qn the day Thorpe signed with NATURAL SKILL ee Dinner Invitation During Olym- McGraw, several baseball writers | thought it would make a sood st if the big Indian was introduced to| @ quart of whiskey and went on a} tear, But Glen Warner nipped the plot by sticking close to Thorpe for | a week and shoving the practic Jokers off. In all Ais ba: all di ys Thonpe stuck to training and did his | best to make good. game and became a hes never reached the height of his athletic form on the diamond, prob- | ably because he didn't begin playing baseball early enough in his career a8 an athlete. After several years he took up football again, for recreation and revenue, He pluyed a fair vy hitter, but Jim Thorpe never car plause of the crowd, | for it, Indianlike show. He ts ma little girls—one of his reasons for r tiring from professional sport a’ taking up farming. As a professional athlete James earned about $100,000, |but his liberal habits kept him from saving much of it. Copyright, 1922, by Robert deren. d for the ap- rried and vif he did care | never let his feeling | has two | PROM BASKETBALL GAME AT N. Y. U. TO-NIGHT. The annual Junior Prom basketball gume at New York University will be played in the Heights gymnasium to- night with the Cornell five, victors over the chamption U. of P. team, fur- nishing the opposition. The Violet is expecting the hardest kind of a battle with the strong Red quintet, and will be further spurted on in its effort by tho presence of a large Prom crowd, The local team will line up with Goeller and Hatterer at forward, Bierce at centre and Dorft and Too- rock at guard. Cornell will rely upon Luther and Rippe as forwards, Capron at pivot and Wedell and Crabtree as guards, McGowan Seeks Skating Title In Big Tourney (Special to The Evening World.) ENDICOTT, N. Y., Feb. 17.—Eve ett McGowan of St. Paul, winner of the recent professional meet at Sar- anac Lake, N. Y., will meet a fast field of speed skating stars when he faces the starter at the international speed skating championships which start here to-day and finish the first half of the meet Sunday. The second half of the championships will be run on Monday and Tuesday at Lal Piacid, N. Y. The man winning the greatest total number of points at the end of the four-day meet will be crowned the International professional champion of the world. McGowan will meet eight of the fast- st men in the professional skating gume: Arthur Staff of Chicago, Ed- mund Lamy of Saranac Lake, Bobby McLean of Chicago, Morris Wood of Long Branch, N. J., Noryal Baptie of Bath Gate, N. D., Ben O'Sickey of Cleveland, Don Baker of Brooklyn, and Clarence Carman of Providence, RI The races will be held under the auspices of the American Legions of Endicott and Johnson City and are under the direction of the former big league baseball player, William Fincher, who is now athletic director of the Endicott and Johnson City Le- gions. Fischer has arranged to put on the six standard races, the 220-yard dach, quarter mile, half mile, three- quarter mile, one mile and three-mile championship events, The interna- tioval amateur skating rules will gov- ern these races, Miss Gladys Robinson of Toronto, international amateur ladies champion, will endeavor to break the world’s records for the 220-yard dash and quarter-mile which she now holds, —>—__—_ M’GUINNESS TO GIVE CUP TO WINNER OF BOUT. Joe McGuinness, matchmaker of the club that holds boxing shows in the 4th Regiment Armory, Jersey City, Is golng to give a silver sup to the win- ner of the twelve-round bout between George Ward and Charley Pitts, which 8 place Monday night. Both these bere are big favorites in Jersey, who is an Elizabeth welterweight, gently made a xKreat showing against Mickey Wali one of the most promi- nont boxers in the State, being credited with @ dra Pitta has uever lost « bout in New Jersey, and although he concede a few pounds to his opponent, feels sure of winning. The winner will probubly be matehed with Walker. Ward, | | The record of the Inwood team is|” MacDowalla va, Knights (Metro) good enough to insure a display of! tan), Greenpoint, Linimen keen playing ability to-morrow] Vijsitations vs. Dodgers (Met night. tan), Prospect Hall, Brooklyn METROPOLITAN LEAGUE. = = | ‘The managers of the Visitation] together the Dodgera and the Visita: Triangles, Ross and masllns Rave tion ‘CHangiaa traded Honey Russell to the Brook- sets : Af see lyn Five in exchange for Eddio| Brooklyn Five will not play a Me ree eer White. A trade between the Visita-[Topelitan League game to-1 ; tions and the Brooklyns has been vat Instead that team will engage The Kiddie Klub Country fund pending for some time, and there a lated eas of th * benefit is to be mvyen on Sunday vas co able 1a o aoe rue ag Wes fe rnoon, Feb, 24 o'clock, at was considerable specu ar anto $a es pee ONIN Ge tink noon, Feb, 28, at lock, at | er igienyr velar atid ahaa “tg. [Place in the second half of the jeacue te Astor Theatre, New York Films | nd time that Russell has been in-|Piace | thes ST re oe ae Ge oni. works fast, An ordinary’ o areca {n a Metropolitan League deal,|Tce and as the Kingsto.. team en | personal appearances 1] uipanls, wares fam Ap. drsienr7 celts At the beginning of the season he|CUntered no difficulty in aubdving known film and stage stars will make | Otten tat a tauitan we eure | d Dodg.|the Albany Club on Tuesday nixiit < . t ic m the of th programme Take os of cold today! Waste no Want to the) Visitation. From i | the visitors are looked upon as sti “te Programme, | Gime doatng symptoms. ‘Take Creotos to de era in @ three-cornered deal that| ooo Tea” Benne oreo The Kiddie Kinb Country Fund will |: Ste ene doptae Ia trete aecthae thee Kan cou sent Carey to the Knights of St, An-|/phonents. Benny Husta brothers |be used to take convalescent poct ata (oh is er | cause of colds, Influenza and pneumonia. thony. and Jimmy Clinton will take | ‘dren away from city tenements, | Astor Theatre Low ct MacDowall Lyceum travels to Pat-|court for the Kingstons, w! t give them proper care food, a 1! Yours always erson to-night to engage the fast|Brooklyna will use their usual lin ity make them wel “he ng COUSIN BLEANGE Powers Brothers quintet. The Macajof Malone, Bruggy, Smith, Harvey ae ' rire Sea a tr and the Dodgers lead the league, and| Riconda and Dreyfus SEATON Re. Melosed Y) aN | better proof is there that, at $1 a hould have Httle ? charities, While their healthy brotn- | Petr Cousin Blea ie, Creofon in. the moat. economic srgehl Olesen pd ti Kingsley Big Five of rovki Bim te A Uke us to apy: Covalry Jd’ taking chances with influense thelr Jersey opponents, In the event) morrow afternoon at Hof to the country by various societies, | Fund benefit. W: ‘ paeumonia tomorrow of a defeat at the han ot Mae" | Casino in the first gains the sick youngsters are | the| Which lasts Dowall Lys yin Hie Eonare ee and home series. The Kingsl: awoltering <clty. durin: th: % - ave @ chanc 3 ‘ won thirty-tw: es out of t se i afternoon at Palm Garden when that] frur starta, aa eae et i | Summer Weather, Results are usual = - team meets the Mace again. Daveltive of some fast wo w | fa BNO na gaye mT t Digs Down cep Wassamer is looked upon to pada afternoon. The sensational w ‘| Messrs, Lee and J. J. Shubert have | rer the record for goals in the Metro-| tertfetder and Guerdon nince { donated the Astor Theatre; Warner | To the very Roots of Pain Dolitan League because of his Con-! winning of the season pluces Brothers have given us filma; dozens | TTY Radway's Jellform on the worst sistent work during recent practice! two players in the ton ee ee RE EROE INO MORI ee eet an or Theuratism, you games, Stretch Meehan, Garry! basketball players If the ta i < mye ng fie Sohmeine, 5 bundy dere. Hublieas play in their uaual form, 3 fered to appear gratuiously, t mene ih ; and Smythe constitute Of) Dannenfelser of the Grey ¢ dollar taken at the box oftee | form ean 1 a of Krom |the Macs line-up. On Sunday night] dent that the Hroollynites willgo inte: thexgund,. ‘These people rangi wad pe "ip 5. AN | the MacDowall team will meet the} down before his combir ei UKEIRt—if he 3 combina r luatarily doing thelr ehay., Wl] yout wame-and get» 6 <nights of St. Anthony team at F gs Pipeadac The Starlings are schec 4 te t) you do yours? Wil you «a Heaney & Co., tre ONY amis . the Armory Big Five to-ni« wt | i Wil you help inake t ere LL! xi At Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, in the| White Plains, ‘Tho Now York t «4 rccean by, Hasina aw many | rain adways % AikS wedi afternoon the Brooklyn Dodgers play | recently defeated the Armory live t 8 a8 you can? Will you | S.. Knights of St, Anthony. The eve-|and it is the intention of that « est your friends EL FORK. Keep you ning game at Prospect Halb will bring| to even matters up is r n ranging tn rrier from 80 LE 149A |New York Plays Camden Five THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1922 hy HEAP BIG INJUN! by Robert Copyright Edgren. INCHES, iF HIGH JUMP. CLEARING 6 Feet 4h i" . 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Bod membership certificate COUPON 903 = | FEBRUARY CONTEST : | Subject: A Kiddie Klub Song, edema a - ~ - ‘Ten awards of $1 each wil ve awarded the ten Kiddie Klub mem bers, aged from six to fifteen, inclu- sve, Who send in the best poem for a Kiddie Klub song. The poem must not be copied anit the contestants must not accept help from others, The Evening World’s Kiddie Klub Korner For Eastern League Lead — - ae A note from the parents or teacher Female Teams Meet in Title} BASKETBALL SCHEDULE. Coprvtant, 10922, a oe oo en 00, Obicthal mehaare paving uines Heels, Ta i Py Ss priginal must accompany each evn- Game at Madison SATURDAY. Conducted by Eleanor Schorer original must accompany eac Square Garden. Mecbowails 9s, Vowsrs drothsrs KIDDIE KLUB COUNTRY FUND BENEFIT, | Write NAME, AGE, ADDRESS and (Metropolitan), Paterson, N. J. Armory Big Five, CERTIFICATE NUMBER distinctly Address Cousin Eleanor, New York Evening World, No, @3 Park Row, New York City. Astor Theatre, Sunday, Feb. 26, at 3 P. M. Starling Greys vi White Plains, N. Camden will have an opportunity of regaining {ts lead in the Eastern St, Augustine Triangles vs. Prank- Tickets on Sale at Astor Theatre Box Office, 50ce to $2. Contest clowec Friday: Web. ad Leagte when the Jersey team meets |lin A. C., Westclic N.Y. ss = ; cn ie the Original Celtics to-morrow eve- Oriental Speed Merchants vs. Wil Films and “Personal Appearances” are Features of the Afternoon “What Every School Child Should | ning at Madison Ss e Garden, The | OW 4: A.» Flushing. KIDDIES! PARENTS! EVERY ONE! Know,” appearing in the Kiddie Klub Pee jon Square Garden, The) Ovental Juniors vs. Columbia Club . : Korner every Thursday. New Yorkers gained first position re- | New Rochelle. The Programme in Part: cently by subduing the Camden ag-| Postal Five vs. Park Slope ‘Trian-| —, . “sCnooL DAYS" gregation by the score of 20 to 19|gles, 14th Regiment Armory, ics ey eourtany, Warnes Beatties | at the Jerseyites’ court. The Celtics SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEATS dN Le Cah ional a uC aap eee RHEUMATIC ACHES have an average of eight victories! Original Celtics vs, Coateavill Bary Stay (CMre) HIChArS) BAL THeliMiy AR! MMAGISiAtrs set nk Rene While) tips Canaria astern League), Madison Squarc NRW ACCEPTANCES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ADDEI UICKLY RELIEVED a ‘ en. tories, With a win over the cham-| MacDowall Lyceum vs. Powers pions to-morrow, Camden, providing | Brothers (Metropolitan), Palm Gar HE racking, agonisi rheu- the Celtics lose the afternoon and | den, matic ache is quickly rel by evening game, will find itself in first] Dodgers vs. Knights (Metropolitan) applying Sloan's Liniment freely. place again. Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, tt Polaris without rubbing. In the afternoon the Celtics are| Brookiyn Five vs, Kingston Stat ‘ ‘ty scheduled to oppose the Coatesville | Leacuers, Arcadia Hall, Brooklyn en peny. Perth ited CoN itd | team. Coatesville has been offering} Starling Grey Wive’ vs. kk | tose pain barrpex maple Ask your stiff opposition recently and although | Five, Hoffman's Casino meiglinor. it is In the second division in the] Van Nest Five vs. Buckeye Vive league standing the New York team| Hoffman's Casino. You van dunt tell by. ite bealthy, ; may be in for a surprise. Corrigan Separates ys. Dragons, st er e het going As a preliminary to the Celtic-| Corrigan Casey Hall. Hee Caos ele Camden contest in the evening the Ascension Aces vs. Immuculata af) esl Manhattan Lassies and the Inwood|Club, Ascension Parish House Keep Sloan's handy pe iden Girls will compete for the female; Original Itallan Five vs. Veron and unexpected attac! neural lumbago, sciatica, lame back, id ts, sprains and strains, bruises, | or eatiee after-effects," At all druggists—35c, 70c, $1.40. Sloan. ys, Tammany Hall, | SUNDAY NIGHT. Original Celtics vs, Camden ( ern League), Madison Square ( Manhattan Lassies vs. [1 Girls (championship game), Madison Square Garden, championship of Greater New York The winning quintet will be consid- ered the title holders and each mem- ber will be presented with a gold medal, Throughout this season the Manhattan Lassies have won fifteen games and they have lost only one. KOPPISCH OF COLUMBIA WINS SUBURBAN QUARTER. Running dgatnst a brilliant field of Indoor and outdoor titleholders, Walter Koppiech, Columbia University ayer. won the Suburban Quarter, feature race on tho programme of the gamor of the Knights of St. Antony at the 43th Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, lant night. The erstwhile interscholastis star faced a feld which inc Cutbill, the “Flying Parson Boston A. A., and Williain son of Princeton, outdoor tnt ate quarter-mile champion, but this pair of stars could not stop Kop even pisch from towroping the and romping in a winner tn food time of 51 1-5 seconds. gin Was about three yards, aetna Tanney-Spaila Bout atponed. ROSTON, Feb. 18.—The bout betworr Gene Tunney of New York and irmin: Spalia of Italy, which waa to have beer held here last night, was postponed be cuuse Spalla was found to be suffertny from the @rip, opposition the very ‘The mar SNEEZE!! There is influendel |near you. Germs in every sneeze. 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