El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
Husky Young Redskin at
Carlisle Is the Wonder Of
the Athletic World.

1t was Jim Thorpe, the indian right
half on the Carlisle team, who almost
individually defeated Harvard last
Saturday. as the big aborigine made u
Of the indians IS points which beat
the Crimson team by a margin Of three
points The y points scored by Thorpe
in the game were all made on goals
from placement. They astOunded the
large crowd at the game, as two were
made from the 81 yard line, while the
other was made from the 4S yard line.
Besides his kicking ability, demon
strated in the game, he proved to be
the star player on both the offence and
defence of the p men in the game up
until he was knocked out in the latter
part of the final period. His perform
ance in the Harvard game has been
the same article of a game he put up
in the other games in which he has
participated, and viii undoubtedly get
a place for him on the All American
teams chosen by the football experts
at the close OF the season
Hefty Young Redskiu.
Three years ago hefty young Sac
and Fox redskin by the name of James
Thorpe went to the Carlisle indian
school from Prague, Okla, with little
knowledge of letters except that &C
Quired at a reservation day school, and
absolutely nothing in his mind or limbs
to indicate to observers the direction
in which his abnormal physical talents
would lead him. Today James Thorpe,
% years old six feet tall and weighing
IT'S pounds, is the wonder of the anna
teur athletic world ana marvel to
professional trainers throughout the
length and breadth Of the United
States
Thorpe first showed the direction of
his activity in his second year, when
at Syracuse in a dual meet in which
Carlisle won out by q neck; to the
amazement of the local officials lie
captured first place in both high and
low hurdles, defeated Thor, the great
and broad jump, and took second In the
hammer throw. Since then his career
has been truly spectacular.
His physical proves has conquered
so many fields of athletic activity that
he has ranked himself among the world
champions in no less than 10 branches
of SPORT, and in a dozen more lines, OF
athletic endeavor he has Won laurels
that would turn the head Of the ordi-
nary college boy.
star Baseball Pitcher and basketball
Player.
Thorpe not only is star basketball
center, but pitches baseball ike an old
Lacquer. or with versatile talent handles
anv Of the sacks or Outfield Jobs a.
though born to them He can cover 100
yards in 10 seconds ana incidentally
heave a Is pound shot 43 feet, while he
hurtIes through the air on broad
iump for well over % feet. having done
- feet 10 inches for record at Car
Isle.
At high jumping his score is six feet.
but he can clear over an inch better
than that height. High hurdles seem
like shadows on the ground to him
when ~ covers them in IS 4-5 seconds,
while he negotiates the low 220 yard
hurdles in % seconds.
Thorpe's activities are confined by
no means to the =: enumerated
sports in which recol.ssss tAnow avail
able. but he is an offensive
player at Lacrosse. tennis
stellar I attraction at MOOT sSseball.
plavs bandball. hockey noaek Y game
hunter and disciple of o+rese alton
to boot. His exploits n ian toineS
tend to emphasize rather ,azinf
tract from his peculiarly ass,,itar
ent as a football playerA