Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-03

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 play. The red man is making great success as an athlete. Use has been found for him on track. diamond, gridiron, and even in the prize ring. Naturally fleet of foot and crafty. he is developing the other attributes of coolness, courage and endurance so essential in triumphs of muscular competition.
 It used to be said that while the Indian had a natural feetness of foot. he lacked the determination and quick thought needed for bruising competition.
 The success of the Carlisle football eleven about exploded this idea.
 Year in and year out. no matter who is coach, the Indian school is able to turn a star eleven that tack. les all the big fellows. and plays the hardest kind of schedule without whimpering, no matter how serious. ly injuries may fall.
 It shows the generalship of the Indian to say that Carlisle has never been without good quarterback. In Hudson, Johnson and Mount Pleasant 1t has had three of the greatest quar- terbacks that ever donned armor. Hudson was a wonderful drop kicker, who thought nothing of placing two or three goals a game. and against the strongest opponents just as reli. able as against the weak.
 Johnson. who succeeded Hudson, was g fine leader, and could catch football with more certainty than any man 'in tbe field. He could take the pigskin on a dead run, much as . ball player catches the sphere, and at running with the ball. kicking or tackling. no one was his equal during his stay at Carlisle.
 The present star, Mount Pleasant, though he may fall a trifle behind his two great predecessors now. Is destined to catch up with them before he leaves the school.
 But 1t is not only in turning out the alert flyers of the football field that the Indian school has made notable record. Uncle Sam's wards have produced the heavy artillery, too.
 Hawley Pierce, the giant guard. was unexcelled at the position. and proved himself more than match for the big fellows of Yale and Harvard. Pierce was also good kicker, and fast enough to play in the back held had he been needed there.
 John Middlesky, mammoth Indian. who weighs some 300 pounds, and stands six feet high. has latetly been thirsting for the gore of the retired champion pugilist, James J. Jeffries.
 He has not yet been thoroughly tested, and no one takes seriously his pretensions that he could beat the boiler maker or any other good man. But to have an Indian in the ring is an event.
 No reason exists why the Indian should not be great athlete. Gen eratiops of life in the open air argue for him an athletic vigor. Many tales and legends survive showing how in the bygone days the Indian was capable of prolonged athletic tests. particularly in the way of run. ming. The redskin is . natural born distance runner, and when willing, is tireless.
 Harley Davidson, who is now the undisputed roller skating champion of the world, has been racing and giving exhibitions on the rollers and ice skates since 1882. He was one of the first to take up the roller. skating game as . profession when that craze swept the country many years ago. After 1t died out he went 10 the steel blades. With the return of the roller game he now devotes most of his time in racing in the wooden-fioored rlnks, although he by no means is back number on the ice.
 John Flanagan, the worlds cham pion hammer thrower. practised daily for years before he reached his pres ent state of proficiency in weight tossing. The Irish.American athlete not only went out in the fields. with hammer in hand. but stayed awake nights considering and studying the theories of the game.