East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-11-07
INDIANS ARE STO|CS
REDSKINS DON'T MIND
BRUISES OF FOOTBALL
Interesting Incidents From Carlisle
Indian Sch0ol-IDdlans Are Natural
Football Players and Stand an Aw-
ful Lot OF Punlshment-Carllsle Has
an Excellent Indian Team.

Indian football players are truly
disciples of the philosopher zeno in
that their stoicism is thing to be
marveled at, says a letter from Car
isle Indian school. The quality OF re-
framing from speaking of their In
Juries great and small, has always
proved to be o. stumbling block In the
way of football coaches who have had
In the past to deal with red-skinned
players at Carlisle.
1t Is hard for the coaches to detect
injuries to football candidates outside
of making a physical examination of
the men each day after practice. The
injuries of the average Indian foot
ballist may be of an alarming char
acter, yet not be deemed important
enough to complain of.
Arm Was Smashed.
Last week a candidate named Aug
ust Rednose arrived at Carlisle from
New York state. He was In good spirit
and upon being interviewed by Super
intendent Mercer declared his willing
ness to play football. Major Mercer
noticed "A slight swelling on the mans
wrist and inquired as to its extent and
received the reply that II didn't
amount to much on further examin-
alton insisted upon by Mr.. Mercer at
the schools hospital It was found that
Rednose had a compound fracture of
the upper arm, a smashed elbow joint
and dislocated wrist, which will prob
ably involve the loss Of his arm and
to Carlisle beefy football candidate.
The man had been run over by a
wagon two days before. Two weeks
ago Center Kennedy dislocated toe
and never mentioned the fact until It
was noticed laying back along his foot
by n rubber while he was dressing.
Natural Football Players.
Indian physical characteristics are
not essentially different from those OF
his paleface brother but It is remark
able that along the line of football
redskins are assisted in playing the
great college game by a number of
peculiar phases OF their natural devel-
opment that are not possessed by the
average college boy
Flat and parallel feet are the por-
ton OF practically every indian boy.
In n certain proportion of cases the
redskins pedal extremities are pigeo on
toed, but as a rule they point straight
ahead. Frank Hudson, the famous
punter, who is now coaching the abor- |
igines on the Carlisle football eleven, |
has noted this popularity and just be-
fore kicking a drop kick points his
body facing the goal, and inasmuch
as his toes point exactly in the same
direction, gives no thought to turning
his foot as the average white kicker |
would have to-
The famous Indian runner. Frank
Mount Pleasant, who is playing quar-
terback on this years Indian football
team and who is 10-secoud runner.
jumps 23 feet inches and punts 10
yards, has feet which are long, flat
and punched with muscles upon which
ordinary knocks have no effect.
One of the most eminent authorities
has stated that a pound of Indian
muscles, so far as endurance and tena-
city is concerned. is worth one and
one-half pounds of white mans mus
Gle.
Learning New Formations.
The past weeks training for the
Carlisle Indian school football eleven
has been radically different from
that gone through in the preliminary
training season in that there has been
an elimination of all kinds of work
generally classed as the Yale exer-
cises, which does not bear directly
upon work actually done during the
progress of the game.
The hours Of practice have been
cut down to two n day and those from
until 5 p. m. The scrimmage work
has been heightened by half and the
period given to individual coaching
has been also elaborated upon to the
exclusion of all other kinds of work.
Most notable OF all points on the
present weeks work is the fact that
Coach Woodruff has inaugurated
secret practice and now having at his
disposal and ample squad, well trained
in fundamental football has begun to
give the redskins the elements of the
wonderful plays which every coach in
the country is keeping n sharp look
out for.
Woodruff calls them new forma-
tions and from what those who are In
position to know at the Indian
school say, the new plays will modify
the game of football In an unusual
manner. The new plays have been ef-
fective against as many as 10 plays