Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-11-04
REDCKTN WONDER is FOUND
Oklahoma Indian at Carlisle is Set
ting High Mark.
MARYEL on ATHLETIC ABMITY
james Thorpe of the sac and Fox
Tribe Accompanies Astonisktrg
Feats with the Utmost
Ease.


CARLISLE, Pa, Nov s.--The 1911 foot
ball season has brought into the public
eye a young Indian student at the Car
Isle school, who promises 10 become one
Of tina greatest athletes the world has
ever known James Thorpe, Sac and
FOX from Oklahoma. came to Carlisle
IN 1908 with no knowledge whatever OF
athletics, and since then ne has accom-
plished such a marvellous variety Of ath-
letio feats on floor, gridiron. diamond,
track and field that the world OF college
trainers has been astonished BY his
achievements
IL Is difficult for anyone to believe that
an apparently normal youth could rank
among the leading athletes Of the world
IN more than one or two, OF perhaps
three. special lines OF activity. But James
Thorpe has approached world records In
50 many lines Of activity that physical
trainers are ~ 4 loss 20 account for his
feata OF strength and endurance,
Thorpe Is not only basket ball player,
NJ which game he fills the center posi-
ton with truly remarkable SKIN, but he
IL a base ball pitcher OF great talent
and covers any Of the sacks or outfield
fessional player.
He can put the, slxteen-pound shot
forty-three feet aud broad jump twenty
two feet ten inches He has done much
better than this In practice. He can run
100 yards IN ten seconds. iiis school rec
ord IL ten and one-fifth seconds. When
he tries the high Jump his measure ID
six feet. but he has done better than
that. The high hurdles are easy for him
ia fifteen and four-fitths seconds. while
he negotiates the 2eo-yard hurdles In
twenty-Elx seconds
This youthful redslsin hunts, plays la
crosse, tennis, indoor base ball. hand
ball, hockey all with equal skill, and can
fiji aImoat any position IN foot ball
team with credit As foot ball halfback
ne Is probably seen at his best whirling
twisting, dashing and plunglng, for one
moment bewildering his opponents with
1.-THE. panther-llke leaps, and the next
crushing his way through mass OF
wouId-be tacklers with the feroeity OF an
enraged bull. ono great American coach
said after seeing him play at Pittsburgh
that Il was worth five times the admits
alon TO a game TO see Thorpe tear down
the field for one squirt.
Thorpe Is only % years old, Is six feet
tall and averages about i7S pounds In
weight. He gave little promise Of his
wonderful talents until HIS second year
at Carlisle. when. ia dual meet against
Syracuse university. the aborigines were
victorious by narrow margin. Thorpe
won the high jump. bread Jump and was
first in the high aud low hurdles, de-
feating Thor in the shotput and getting
second place In tho hammer throw. The
same year at the Pennsylvania inter-
collegiate. meet at Harrisburg, Thorpe
won the high jump with a jump OF six
feet. broad jump. hammer throw and high
and low hurdles. week or two later
m the M.~dleii Atlantic District Athletic
association meet held at Philadelphia, he
took first place In the five events men.
toned above.
During the second year az Carlisle
Thorpe was a first substitute on the
foot ball eleven and played In several
games. The next year he played regu'
larry A. left haifSaciS and began to show
stellar qualities. lie punted well and
Kicked field goals, lie scored the touch
down which tied Penn. After school h
1893 he took his summer vacation and
did not return IN the fan, although hi,
term OF enrolment here had not expired