Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-20
What ThorpeDid to
Win TwoBig Events
At Olympic Games
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team praCticing their stunts when
he saw the youngster who had been
working about the fields in overaHs
SLOUGH over and take one of the
high hurdles with careless indiffer-
ence and such grace and ease that
he was almost knocked off his feet.
The careless manner of the youth
utterly surprised the veteran
handler of athletes. Here was
lad, who, clad in heavy overals,
outdid his stars attired in trim
athletic apparel, and did 1t With
out half trying. He didn't know
who the new arrival was. but he
was determined to find out. War
ner next saw him in a hurdle race.
and the way he SKINNED ahead
Of the others in the regulation suits
caused him to approach the young
man and say: You, sonny. beat it
to the gym and put on track
suit"
Thorpe Not Real Name.
From that time on Thorpe,
which. by the way, is not his name,
but one given him at Carlisle be
cause it is easier to pronounce than
his real cognomen, began to rise
to fame.
A Wonder at Football.
In the fall of 1909 Thorpe be-
came a substitute on the famous
Indian football team. and the fol-
lowing years broke into the game
as a regular player. He was placed
at halfback. and it did not take
him long to establish himself on
the gridiron as the best man who
ever played that position on col
lege eleven. He won game after
game for the Indians. His spec
tacular runs and sensational kick
ing We're the features of every game
he played in, and it was his bril-
liant work that enabled the Car
Isle team to humble the Crimson
eleven that year In that contest
Thorpe, playing with a lame leg
that had to be bandaged tightly
before the game, Kicked four field
goals in four attempts. Thorpe's
unerring toe was responsible for
thrtSen of the eighteen points
scored by his team. He did not
return to school the following year
going to his home in the West. but
came back the next season.
Besides football the young abo-
rigine is an expert in about ten other
branches of sports. He is a great
basketball player. at which game
he fills in at center to the best ad-
vantage. He can play any posi-
ton on the diamond, but is best
on the mound, and If he chooses,
may some day break into the big
league as a pitcher, to rival Big
Chief Bender
He can put the 6-pound shot
43 feet, has record of % feet IN
the broad jump, can cover a hun
dred yards in 10 seconds. has done
feet l inch at high jump. run
10 yards over the high hurdles III
Is As seconds and negotiated the
220-yard hurdles in 26 seconds he
Is an expert lacrosse player, skill
ed tennis player and star at hand
ball and hockey, besides being
crack shot with both rifle and shot
gun. If there exists any line o.
sports at which the Indian had
failed to make a showing 1t is only
because he has never tried his hand
at 1t.
Thorpe today is about % years
of age. six feet minus his shoes
and scales about 178 pounds tram
ed down for action, which is all the
time, because he is always in the
pink of condition.