The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
indian ATHLETES SUCCESSFUL in
LIFE after Leaving CARLISLE
Dentistry Called Few Of the Old Grdron Stars but Low.
of Outdoor Life Caused Many to
Return to the Farm ..-..

The Carlisle Indians football team, that
red peril" of the gridiron, has trampied
under foot more football regulations
than any other eleven in the country.
Year after year it tears around In the
Eastern territory, striking the most tell
| ing blows here and there and leaving
everybody in dSse.
The warpath OF these Indians during
the last fifts m years has led into prac-
tically all the football strongholds, and
so mary teams of great renown have
faIlez before the savage but scientific
onslaught of the Carlisle tribe that in
some Instances the mere thought of an
other game sends those little cold shivers
up and down the spine of the under
graduates.
Those fellows have always played
good football" said an official recently.
Just think of the team they had in the
days when Bemis and Hawley Pierce,
and Mount Pleasant, Hudson. johnson.
Red Water, and MetoXen were in their
prime"
Il remember them WELL" replied a
friend. But where are those old stars
now? One often hears of the great col
lege players in after life. but what be-
comes OF the Indians
Just then Glen Warner came into view.
Great man, that Warner" said the
official He's done as much for the In
dian as any other man in the country.
Seems to know their temperament, and
can get the very best out of them. He
first went to the Carlisle School as ath-
letic head in 1899. and with the exception
Of an interval of three years-lS04 to 1907
when he coached the Cornell eleven he
has been there ever since"
Warner talked Interestingly for several
hours about the Indian gridiron giants
of other days. He prefaced his remarks
with this:
Participation in athletics has shown
its value at Carlisle. 1t gives the Indian
competition in physical endeavor, and I
have seldom come across a case where a
football player didn't do better work
after leaving the school because of the
discipline of the game.
II have been able to keep in touch with
many of the boys, and they are getting
along splendidly. There is johnson, for
instance, the An-American quarter back
and captain of the eleven, who completed
his course at Carlisle in 1903 Johnson
went to Northwestern University and
took course in dentistry. Then he mar
ried a Carlisle schoolgirl went to Porto
Rico. and now is one OF the leading
dentists on that island.
Remember Frank Cayou. that good
in circling the ends in the late nineties?
After leaving Carlisle Cayouh went to ST.
Louis. where he became athletic director
at Washington University. Then there
was that other famous Indian of Cayou's
time-Bemis Pierce, the giant guard.
Everybody remembers the mighty game
he PLAYED. Bemis married a Carlisle
schoolgirl and settled on a farm in West
ern New York. He has two children
and good bank account. Hawley, his
brother, who played such a fine game
at tackle in 1899 and 1900, Joined the op-
Grating force of the Buffalo. Rochester
and Pittsburg Railroad and now occupies
an important position in that company.
Law and dentistry were the profess
sions elected by Carl Sickles and Ed
Rogers. Sickles made a lasting reputa-
tion as an end at Carlisle. When he
left the school in 1900 he went TO CO.
lumbus, Ohio. and took up the study
of scientific tooth extraction He now
has good practice. being one of the |
most prosperous members of the Chip
pewa tribe. After leaving Carlisle, where |
he also held down a wing position on
the eleven, Capt. Rogers went to the |
University of Minnesota. where he was |
graduated from the law school
He settled down in the town of !
Walker. Mimi, where he is prosperous |
and respected citizen
Before Big Jim Phillips had reached |
the last year of his course at Carlisle.
he was head over heels in love with an
Indian maid. who was getting her edu- |
cation there. But Phillips didn't let it /
with his football playing. and
his work as guard in 1902 and 1903 was
Of superior order. He afterward at
tended Northwestern University. and,
upon finishing his course, he married
the girl of his choice and is now doing
well as farmer in the State of Wash
ngton.
IF there is one Indian who gained a
niche in the football hall Of fame it is
Charlie Dillon. the big Sioux, who played
guard In 1906. Dillon did many things
which keeps his memory green, but his
most famous exploit. and the one which
yet the whole East smiling. was the