The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-18
INDIANS MAKE
GREAT ATHLETES
Many Descendants of HiaWa-
tina Make Good in Different
Branches of Sport.

When Frank Jude recently took his
place in the infield Of the Cincinnati
baseball club, "Lo the poor Indian"
hung another athletic scalp at his belt.
Many others are there to keep il
company. for the original owners OF
the northern half of America are win
ming back on athletic fields what they
lost when Columbus led into the new
world the first body of palefaced land
grabbers.
The Indian is making a great success
as an athlete. Use has been found for
! him on track. diamond, gridiron and
even in the prize ring.
| Bender is undoubtedly the most ia
nous of Indian athletes, but others are
rising to dispute HIS laurels, says
northern expert. Connie Macks big
| Indian twirler is chiefly interesting be-
cause he is one Of the great pioneers.
| But he was not the first aborigine to
break into the big league.
Loved FIrewater Too Well.
Years back Cleveland had an out
| fielder named Sockalexis, who promised
| to make good, but a love of firewater
! sent him back into the minors before
| he had a chance TO show what was
really in him
Mack unearthed Bender. The big
chief had made some reputation at
! Carlisle, and later pitched for Harris
| burg He has done uniformly fine
| work for the Athletics. Last year he
4. won the pennant for Macll's team by
| his great pitching and hitting in the
crucial games at Washington. and he
was the only man TO land one OF the
/ worlds series from New York for the
! Athletics.
Mack signed Bruce. a Philadelphia
! Central High school boy Bruce is
now with Providence i'm the Eastern
league. and is star.
Pitcher Pinance was another un-
earthed by Mack He is now a valued
member Of a New York State league
team.
The Philadelphia club of the Ma
tional league has corralled Roy.
Cincinnati wanted him badly He is
a Carlisle alumnus, who made a big
hit when he pitched in the west.
Indians in Many Fields.
But baseball doesn't by any means
| cover the athletic activities of the first
Americans.
Mount Pleasant, the Carlisle athlete
has only been in the limelight for a
couple of years, but he has won an un-
| ulSpuIeQ place DIS OllC VI the SICdl dA
around athletes of today.
Besides being a star pitcher on the
baseball nine, and one Of the best
quarterbacks ever turned out by 4
Carlisle eleven, he is also a wondc!
in track and field work.
In a big meet he jumped % feet
inches, and later at practice went 2
feet inches, which is within half al
inch of the intercollegiate record. HI
| 4 he I'd =
and % for the 300
Year In and year out, no matter whC
is coach, the Indian school is able e
turn out a star eleven that tackles al
the big fellows and plays the hardest
kind of a schedule without whimper-
ing.
Carlisle Quarters Always Fine.
1t shows the generalship of the In,
dian to say that Carlisle has never
been without a good quarterback. il
Hudson. Johnson and Mount Pleasan
it has had three Of the greatest quarter
, backs that ever donned armor.
But it is not only in turning out tn,
alert flyers of the football field tina
the Indian school has made a NOTABLE
, record. Uncle Sans wards have pro
J duced the heavy artillery, too.
: Hawley Pierce. the giant guard, Wa
unexcelled at the position and prove'
himself more than a match for the bi;
, fellows of Yale and Harvard. Pierre
was also a good kicker and fast enough
to play in the backfield had he beer
reeded there.
r Would WrestIe Jeffries.
John Middlesky, a mammoth Indian
who weighs some 300 pounds and stand
feet high, has lately been thirstini
for the gore of the retired champion
! pugilist, James j. Jeffries, on tn
wrestling mat.
No Indian has yet made good in tn
: ring, although Aurelia Herrera, tn
Yellow Kid, has some Indian blood Il
his makeup.
No reason exists why the Indian
should not be q great athlete. Gen
erations Of life in the open air argue
: for him an athletic vigor. Many tale
= and legends survive showing how i
the bygone days the Indian was capa
/ BILE of some. prolonged athletic tests
i particularly in the way of running. Tn
= redskin is a natural-born distance run
= ner. and, when willing, is tireless.
o In the six-day walking matches Q
: a few years ago the Indian, Davis, wa
q always conspicuous. and in one Of tn
later team events emerged a membe
= | of the winning pair.