The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-12

number of the downs, the distance to be gained, the position on the field, the length of time that remains to be played
 the individual and collective strength and
 weakness of his opponents. the peculiarl-
 ties of the officials, and the number and
 kind of plays at his disposal. All of these things must be considered in a single n- stant. and decision given sometimes in a
 fraction of a second, frequently while rising from the ground or struggling to he disengaged from the mass. and frequently while suffering from painful injuries. And yet they say it requires no brains to play football.
 A football player seldom gets credit for inside work for the reason that the eraadstanG does not recognize it. Tine man whc can direct the play of any of
 the real classy football teams is compa- tent to tackle almost any proposition
 which requires a man of brains and high | oxecutiv. ability. sg
 Carlisle is always a dangerous prop osition football. The Indians seem to have a natural aptitude for the game 1 and the team which beats Carlisle
 knows 1t has been playing football al- ways.
 Carlisle has the faculty to mark eG degree of turning out spectacular play :
 CTS and this year is no exception. James lnOTpe, sac anu fOA lfOll Oklahoma, came to Carlisle in 1908
 with no knowledge whatever of ath- letics, and under the tutelage of Glen Warner he has accomplished such I marvellous variety of athletic feats on floor. grdiron diamond, track and in
 the field that the world of college trainers has been astonished by his achievements.
 It is difficult for anyone to believe al i 1 rank among the leading athletes of the world in more than one or two, or rerhaps three, special lines of activity, put James Thorpe has broken all tra-
 ditlons by approaching world records l in so many lines of activity that phys l ical trainers are at loss to account
 for his skillful feats of strength and endurance.
 He is not only a bask ketball player,
 ut which game he fills the center posi- 1 ton with truly remarkable skill, but te is baseball pitcher of great talent and covers any of the sacks or out.
 fields with as much credit as a pro
 fessional player. He can put the 10 pound shot 43 feet and broad jumps
 23 feet 10 inches, having done muc 1 better in practice. He can run 10t
 yards in 10 seconds. his high school
 record being 10 1-5 seconds. When fe
 tries the high jump his measure is
 6 feet, but he has done better thar
 that. The high hurdles are pie to hin 1 in 15 4-5 seconds, while the 220 yarc hurdles he negotiates in 26 seconds.
 This youthful redskin hunts, plays lacrosse, tennis indoor baseball, hand. ball, hockey; all with equal skill, ano can fill almost any position in the foot ball team with superlative credit. Al football halfback he is probably seer at his best, whirling, twisting, dash ing and plunging, for one moment be-
 wildering his opponents, with 1.-the lpanther-li<e leaps, and the next crush ing his way thorugh mass of would
 be tacklers with the ferocity of a mac bull. One great American coach said
 after seeing him play at Pittsburg
 that 1t was worth five times the ad
 mission to a game to see Thorpe teal
 down the field for one spurt
 Thorpe who Is only 22 years old, fl } six feet tall, and averages about III
 bounds in weight. He gave little prom } se of his wonderful talents until hi
 second year at Carlisle, when in a dua
 meet against Syracalise university, il , which the aborigines were victorious by narrow margin, Thorpe won tn high jump, broad jump and was frs in the high and low hurdles defeating Thor in the shot put, and making sec ! ond place in the hammer throw. In tn ! same year, at the Pennsylvania inter / colle giate meet at Harrisburg, he wol the high jump at six feet, broad jump hammer throw and high and loy ! hurdles. A week or two later in tn Middle Atlantic District Atheletic asso ciation meet, held at Philadelphia h took first place in the five events men tioned above.
 During his second year at Carlisle h was a first substitute on the footbal eleven, and played in several games
 The next year he played regularly a left half, and began to show stella qualities. He punted well, kicked fiel goals and scored the touchdown twin | Pennsylvania. After school in 1909 h took his summer vacation, and did no return in the fall. although his term 0 | enrolment here had not expired. H returned to Carlisle this fall to com plete his enrolment term, and it thought that his ambition to becom | one of the men chosen for the Olympi games was q factor in bringing hr back, as his opportunity for trainin
 at Carlisle would be better than else | where
 | Although busy with track work whil here, he practised baseball, and playe | amateur baseball since leaving Car Iicle refisipr numerous offers to Dla