Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-27
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dppealed To the nature OF the Indian
ldds IN the school more than football,
aud fnr years their teams have proven
"prthy opponents for the best of the
Wnlte eieVenS. In their football more
tAdn IL any other game the Indians
t9un1 opportunities to display these
characteristics that Cooper delighted
to portray IN the Misunderstanding
Tales" Hurts and bruises that sent
his white opponents to the side lines
failed completely to dampen the Indi-
ans spirits or to impair his efficiency
or Years the carlisle lads played a
greater number OF games than any
other team in the country. Beginning
at the very opening OF the season
they have gone along meeting oppo
nent after opponent weeks after other
elevens have been willing and ready
to stop for the year
Stoicai Indifference to pain has. how
cSer, not been the most prominent
characteristic of the Indian in foot
ball Rather mas it been his strategy.
Tile cunning craft that made him So
dreaded Il foe for the white man when
the possession Of the plains was at
stake have made him just as worthy a
foe now that the prize is but the glory
of victory.
1t is not likely that these who saw
the game nor those who participated
III it will ever forget the Harvard
Carlisle match of 1908. Victory seemed
destined first to crown the standards
of Harvard and latter those of the In
didns. Then u turn OF luck put the:
white hDNE i'm load bn r5,,
play was drawing to a close. That the
Indians with all their skill and all
their perseverance were doomed to de-
feat seemed certain.
And then came play that will nev-
er be forgotten. The Indians got the
bail. They were far from their OPP
ponents' goal, and the time WAS brief
The two teams lined up. Suddenly.
the ball was snapped to one of the In
diGns. The others gathered about him
for an instant and then scattered to
every part OF the field. The Harvard
players confused, stopped still, for the
BAH was nowhere in sight. Suddenly
off to one side of the field, dark
skinned little man was seen running
at top speed toward the Harvard goal
The Crimson players dashed off in
pursuit. but too late to prevent the
touchdown. The Indian, Dillon was
his name, had concealed the ball be-
meath his jersey. When brute strength
had failed the red men had won by
strategy.
The historic fame of the Indians as
swift runners has been fully borne out
h. the performances of the present
day. Longboat. Acoose. and Red
Hawk of this generation and Deerfoot
of tine last have time after time run
on and on until their white opponents
dropped painting and breathless by the
Wayside.
it is true that the last Vanderbilt
cup race DeHymel the first Indian
ever to enter such a contest, did not
Win. This. hnweV.r. was no fault or
the man, bur rather that ot the car.
So long az the car he was driving ran
true. no one in the great race dis
played more courage or daring. NOR"
prrsistcncy or skill than did the little
Aztec.
The modern lndian warrior uphOld~
tine honor OF his tribe as did the war
rior of earlier days. and While the
Chippewa ana The Iroquois, the ApacA"
and the I'tr no longer seek the scalp
oi the pdle-fdce in Il literal sense. they
seek it tigur4tivelY, and more than
orce they nave hung it in the guise of
a wcll-tarned athletic trophy from the
ridge pole If their tepeC. eC.-Philadelphla
North American.