New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29
Jim Thorpe a Host in Himself in
Smashing Brunonians Mid
Snow and Hail.
CARLISLE FUMBLES OFTEN
Redskins Faulty in Handling
Ball, but Providence Eleven
Fails to Take Advantage
of Opportunities offered.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.


Providence, Nov. 2-Captain James
Thorpe Americas foremost athlete Oym-
pic star and football hafback, aided and
abetted by sundry other members Of the
Carlisle Indian team, smothered Brown
to-day by the score OF 80 TO o. The game
was played in a heavy snow and hail
storm, and the wind driven icy particles,
swirling downward from the north, cut
into the faces Of players and the ten
thousand spectators like bits of steel,
but the blanket OF snow that soon obliter-
ated the gridron bars was as nothing to
the blanketing of Browns hopes in the
game of all whereupon they had set their
hearts.
Brown was clearly outplayed by Car
/ Isle, but died fighting TO the last and not
! infrequently made good gains through the
/ Indians defence. At no time after the
| opening period was il possible for Brown
/ to halt the resistless onward rush OF the
/ redskins, whose attack was so sudden,
sharp and smashing that IL crumpled the
Brown defence up like paper. Time and
again a Carlisle back notably Captain
, Thorpe, Goesback or Wheeock, would
plough his way through the Brown line.
going forward TO a gain Of FIVE, ten or
/ twenty yards before being hauled down
| by increasing numbers Of tacklers. Rarely
/ did Carlisle fail to make distance, and had
it not been for several costly fumbles
| Carlisle would undoubtedly have scored
/ at least once more.
| Little of the so-called new brand OF foot
/ ball was brought 10 light. If Brown had
| any Of II as a result of many days OF
secret practice il was not in evidence
| Neither did the Indians display any par
! ticular specialties. a few double passes
that mystifed the Brunonans, a total OF
seven tries at the forward pass. only
/ three Of which made good, as productive
Of a total OF siXty-three yards, and a
couple Of plays worked under the silent
signal system were all that the visitors
| flashed save old style football of the line
smashing type and end run variety.
! Brown attempted the forward pass eight
times, but gained ground with it only
once, when ii netted the Hill men twenty
! five yards. The other seven times it was
either incomplete or else a redskin brave
/ intercepted it and took the ball Carlisle
! tried two goals from placement, once on
/ on Browns 2S-yard line and the second
| time three yards nearer the goal but Cap
! tain Thorpes toe as a propulsive force
lacked direction, and each time the play
| failed
| Thorpe was the particularly brilliant
/ luminary of the Carlisle constellation. In
addition TO making three of the five
touchdowns scored by the visitors ne tore
down the field for two spectacular runs
OF fifty yards each and was IN on pretty
nearly every play both receiving and
! throwing the forward passes. The other
backs also starred, although Arcasa did
mot show particularly except in the in
| Perception of the forward passes. Crow
Their, Henry and Tenney were Browns
| best ground gamers.
| Neither team scored in the opening
period. though a tumble by Bergie on
| Browns s-yard line undoubtedly prevent
ed Carlisle from tallying one more touch
down. In the second half a thirty-ysrd
run by Thorpe and straight line plunging
produced the first group Of points for the
visitors. The first of Thorpe's fifty yard
getaways was Immediately followed by
| forward pass, Goesback TO Guion, the
! latter making a touchdown at once On
receiving it. In the third quarter Captain
| Thorpe again crossed the goal line OF the
| Brown team after Carlisle had held for
downs on her l2-yard line and then on
series of massed plays and short end runs
had taken the leather almost the entire
! length OF the field
Carlisle tailed twice in the final session.
A forward pass that Melted the Indians
twenty yards was followed by more
straight football rushing, which sent
Wheelock across the line. The final score
was brought off in much the same style
when Thorpe heaved the ball TO Wheelock
for a 2O-yard pass, and then the power
full Indian leader crushed through the
Brunonian line and sprinted eighteen
wards for the final touchdown Of the day.
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