The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-01
THORPE GREATEST
ATHLETE LIVING
A. Abound CHAMPION N oLYM-
nc GAMES ALSO pLArs roof
NALL
is HERO OF CRIDIRON
DBvoRE, ARMY CAPTAIN, SAWS
INDIAN Is REST PLAYER HE
HAS EVER SEEN IN
MOlEskIss.
is HERO OF GRIDIRON
ny ". J. MACBETH.

NEW YORK, Nov. y0---Jlm
Thorpe. Of Carlisle. will 20 down %
athletic history ~ the "nohfest red-
skin Of them ALL" II is doubtfut Y
manifold athletic procltyttiAs A. thts
young buck Of the Fox and Sac
tribe. By winning the decathlon and
pentathion In Stockholm last sum
m1er, this ahoriGtne proved Americas
Creates Individual star AAd ~ the
same time the most wonderful man
who sxsr took part In the great In
tssnationai athletic championships
since Greece nrN established this
elastic n the shadow Of OlympuA ).
ThsSe ~ nothing relating 70 sport
a. and do exceptionally we'll In
fast. he - = champion at anythine
u whieh he turas his attention. Many
yArSsaile athletes there have been
hht pons before Thorpe varsatiis 70
championship degree In all Thorpe -
III rcund champion Of the world In
tack and neid sports. He - the
bkst baseball player ct Carlisle He
u the ereetsgt halfoack c9 al Amer
ioAn football history and psssss: me
Ike iii gocd Indiana Thorpe = =
Wonder a. iacrosse. He playe basket.
bkli, soccer. hockey and handhali
Jrss sev the v os.dirusvhic
lust now the world u ringing with
hi gridiron proves an1 81 thts par
tiepiay bvaAch Of sDert ~ worthy
az full discussion. Those Who WAre
fortunate enough TO ses Thorpe ~
Q4ssis.s's game against the AMY =
81 erhihition Of Individual football
skiii portrayed on any 6rtdtrcn.
~ saw Captain Dcvore. OF the Army.
N the dressing room Aftcr the 1Ama-
Dhvers y the hest tackle In ths eoun'
tn. ana probably the strongest msn
IA football. He v . perfecs specimsn
OF physical development buM sYm.
metytcally and standing six feet four
inches IN bis football sear:
oreaeest ue Ever 6aN.
-Tnat indian. said tbs Army cap
tain. discussing Thorpe. "is tns Uea...
81 player / ever saw IN my ave year.
exnesiencA He u superhumAn thars
all There ID no stopping him. TAIN
81 your TEA Coys! Why this tndiAn
= = far ahead OF TALES great bsch
e Cor mas bettar than . pTsp
1890 playsr. There = ncshlne ne
cannot de. He hits the line about
tvice a. hard a. Coy did. He Kicks
AesesS In every respect, and Ne y
far more cunning and capable Q!
vormine his way through = scattered
Geld. There never was = man wno
NEW moro Of following tnterfsfsnce
AID breaking away from y y 1ue tns
ptoper naoment to hss oees aavan.
iriynns and pour Brtekisys and your
rS6 coya but ri tAks Thorpe for
snlns eysyy AAT ID the week.
1VaItss Camp selected Thorpe on
m AIl-American football teAM =
veaY aro. The Indian 10 sure Of ?
mace Of such hiGh honor again this
fnil. He was good In 1914; hc Y
ssIresh This season. His gAme agAaA1l
"a Army was slightly mArred ~
f3mbifug. but Il was noticeable that
ne MuAed only when throgn nard
aftss making long EunA was
noticeable after the hrst quarter tnat
the rsdskin held onto the leather hke
the rip OF death. Clan Warner said
Thai ~ bah had been inflated too
mnsh n the start. and II surely lock-
Al ii the light Of later Develop
mantn 4 II this had been the caSe.
Areas. Thorpe's running mate
shareA tbs glory Of Carttsle'a victory
~vrr the Cadets With his captain.
Huf II vas noticeable that ArsaaA va
M called upon repeatedly until the
eOidiers had been hammered INTO
submission. The battertng ram that
accomplished this happy result Tor
the aborigines was none other tnAn
Jim Thorpe. Tho Army va lAyinE.
for Thorpe throughout the samA and
WEIGH. the quarterback, undoubtedty
..eroated. the Cadets by swttching to
Afcasa when he did. Thorpe had
dane more than his share. Wess
Paint rave ArcAaa his chance 20
shine because . at team had eyes only
for the giant who had slashsd throush
their line. slirtsd their ends ana
teWsed irre0lstibly through thu scat
t1f~1 i,sld IN the early part q the
Ideal Festhalf Man.
I'm Thorpe n ~ IDEAL football
piavss. He eppsass - hAlfDaek be-
eauee No = of greAtsst NE 81 fnla
po0ition. Ppe him enxwhere On the
sisveu. however, and ho would stili
~ : star H hae tas stFengtn. 80
1AA ueiGAt ~ AAy line position; the
eua3Ifv n Ceolball shilL He y surs
n ka11ilag punta ana n = clAae M
~ h10ooaS q ruAhlnG theM hAek. He
e6enhlne1 ~ csuehiae pOWeT md
hesaFlng ferre ~ n!aekiey With
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