El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-21

- RICKLEY. Thorpe and Flynn II
you are selecting the most bril-
- liant performer on the gridiron
TO-DAY. pause here and pick. And If
You can satisfactorily single out one
of this sterling trio and discard the
other two then you're some picker
Judges Of the All-American team TINS
year viii be fortunate in not having
to break uD the trio. They can per-
form their office satisfactorily oy
placing all three in the back field
Most seasons have an individual star
Of the Ted Coy type, who stands out
from the rest like a green vest at q
wedding. In 1911 picking the winner
from the pack was a pipe, Tor there
was sam White. But look who there
is in 1921 Cast your eye again upon
that line;
Brickley. Thorpe and Flynn
They certainly look good to the low
ers Of football. OF any one Of them 1t
can be said that he is one OF the great
est players that ever dOnned the mole
skins for his colleagues, that ne IS
one Of the grandest performers IN all
gridirOn history.
Center Of Attention
Players that in some seasons would
be called sensations, who were, IN
fact. called sensations last year and
the year before, have failed to draw
anything more than passing notice
this fall, interest being centered on
Brickley, Thorpe and Flynn Ihese
three have mOnOpolized the spotlight
to the utter exclusion Of many really
great players The preseason dope
was principally devoted to string or
All-American Veterans-W endeIl, Har-
ward halfback; Bomeisler, Yale end
DevOre. Army tackle; Mercer, Penn
sylvania funback; MOrey, Dartmouth
halfback, and PendletOn. Princeton
halfback. Every one OF these men IS
now playing as grand a same as ma
Ors. but they have done little DasklnS
in the limeliEht since Brickley, Thorpe
and Flynn began INDUCING their WIG
scoring prOclivities-
Jim Thorpe, OF the Carlisle indian
school, is the worlds greatest living
athlete. He won his title with ease
at the Olympic games And 1t looked
as If it was going TO be easier sun
for him to gain the title OF world
greatest football player after he be-
can kicking goals and stridiug over
tacklers early last month. He showed
at the start that he had lost none OF
those almost uncanny QuallIles OF
speed, courage and strength, Whlch
have made him a Veritable world beat
er in every line of sport which he mas
taken up
Thorpe against Good Man.
Tt took Lefty Flynn TO divert at
tention from Thorpe This happened
when Yale played the Army, Carlisle
having an unimpOrtant game that day
In the Army game Flynn made II clear
that the big indian was gong 10 pc
I'D against competition for the seasons,
individual 1aurels, world beater or no
world beater.
There were now two sensational
gridiron luminaries, each with InaI
terrific Iunge that pierces any line,
thar stiffness of foot that bewilders
all tacklers. that powerful drive that
lasts till the last possible inch Of
ground is gathered in-and each haY-
inc. above al, a phenomenal ability TO
boot the ball.
Football fame. alas, is a thing OF
evanescence. No sooner did Thorpe
and Flynn lay off one Saturday than
Charley Brickley, another Olympic
performer. one Of the greatest Of the
American hop-step jumpers, suddenly
burst over the football horizon - and
he has never been out OF sight since