The Detroit times., 1912-11-13
though Lacking Weight, Red
Men Have Flying
Feet
|oACH WARNER AND CAPT.
thorpe BOTH WONDERFUL
|ackfieId is Hailed as the Best
of Any in the
East

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Though not member of the recog
red Big Three Of the east, Harvard
Iale and Princeton, Carlisle is being
iiled by many as the greatest foot
Iii team in the country.
THE Carlisle Indians, leading the
buntry In scoring, certainly have q
eat combination--a wonderful
bach in Glenn Warner. a top-notch
ptain In Tim Thorpe and an un-
satable squad 10 work with. And
N this comes out OF school which
Is only 275 men from which to draw
Rotball material
The latest feat OF the Indians in
,nQuering the Army cadets at West
|pint Saturday by an overwhelming
ore only adds to their prestige, al
ady high. They ought to be able to
hip Pennsy easily Saturday and
en they have only Springfield and
rown TO lick to maintain a record OF
defeat.
Much OF the success Of the Indians
due to their great coach, Glenn
Farmer. Warner studied law at Cor
Eli, whence he went to teach the
.j-ernment charges at Carlisle the
Imerican game at which they should
I,on out-play their pale-face broth
lis, yes, should even invade their
|ry stockade and scalp them at
est Point.
tThat Warner has much to do with
[aking Carlisle what II Is is indicat-
! by the fact that there are many
[her Indian schools, similar to the
snnsylyania institution, none OF
|bich furnishes a team OF note.
football. He is the boss at Car.
|sle and what he says goes. He has
assistant. former Carlisle, star
"a the romantic name OF Lone Star,
+ IL Lone Star does as he Is told.
Warner is a great strategician and
| q cunning red skins are able to
Fry out what he plans. something
a. Michigan doesn't seem to do for
fost.
2 Chief, OF course, among the play
|ts 10 the great Thorpe. Thorpe, than
|hom- there Is no other greater, Is a
3ilf-breed. The Indian blood In him is
nc and Fox, tribe noted for its In
Diligence and acuteness. Thorpe's
petation as an all-around Olympic
fhsete is too well known to need
lore than casual mention.
Jim was plain ordinary Injun at
BE Carlisle school until Warner dis
f.vered him taking high jump OF
= feet s inches In overalls over the
oss bar that other athletes in their
|sactice had deserted. Warner made
|norpe get out for the games and
ne result was another hero.
|iThorpe Is captain Of his bunch and
te best player He works at half.
.has been due in large part 10 him
Not the Indians have run up the
they have. as he leads in
Individual scoring.
; There was a story going the rounds
liter Washington and Jefferson had
|rll the Indians to a scoreless tie that
|sm was so disheartened that he inn
hre water so freely after the
I,me that Warner had to wake him
b with naked knuckles kneeding his
bee. But those who know the situa-
len both In Washington and Car
bsle say that Jim couldn't have OBJ
.ined any whisky II he had wanted II
hid think the story a vaporing.
d Two Detroit boys, Boville and Pat
son, are on the teams that held the
|jdians and II was through them that
|te correction OF the Thorpe story
|hpe,
The Indian team as a whole Is light
eit II is very fast. The backfield Is
Billed the greatest extant. Besides
thorpe, there is Arcasa. his running
,ase. Arcasa made big name for
.inself at West Point. along with
thorpe. He 10 only feet inches
lliI and weighs only 1b9 pounds, but
s. 1is strong and fast.
: Powell, standing only feet 10 inch.
5 and weighing only 176 pounds Is
N almost unstoppabie<fuffback on fine
l.ucks. A strange thing about this
lowell is that when he is not in ac-
suE he n livery -docile looking Iniun
ith laughing eyes and a serene
'mile. But once aroused In a game,
g face takes on all the ferocious-
css Of a savage and he hits the line
.htapult-like.
welch. the quarterback, is touted