The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-24
BIG Jim THORPE
WILL MAKE GOOD
! AT Least this is the State
ment Of One Athletic
Writer.
(By Monty,

New York, Feb. 24.-Big Jim
Thorpe will make good. That is, he
will make good again, just as he did
when his Uncle Sam asked him to
squclch the rest Of the world at Stock
holm: just as he did when Glenn War
ner sent him forth to slaughter pale
faces on the gridiron. and just as he
did when Jim Sullivan showed him
how playing professional baseball af-
he was guilty. Everybody knows now
how Jim Thorpe made good then. He
said: Yes. MIR. Sullivan. I did It,"
Now Johnny McGraw asks Jim to
make good as a New York Giant. Jim
says he will try, which means. to those
who know him. that he will succeed.
Thorpe's keen mind. stout heart and
ability to concentrate himself wholly
on the particular task at hand makes
him the ideal type of man. mentally
and morally. to a name for him
self in ~baseball's hall Of fame.
One little occurrence within the last
six months shows a splendid insight
into the n Of man that is Jim
Thorpe. It was at the national ALL
Long Island. last fall. Thorpe was
after Martin Sheridan's worlds rec
ord. Nearly all the events had been
completed and there were only the
broad jump and the half-mile run re-
manning. Coach Warner called Thorpe
aside. He said: Jim, If you want
that record you'll have to beat twenty
one feet in the jump and also exceed
IL" best in the hail. Now go to
Jumps Over Twenty.Three Feet.
Thorpe was all tired out. He had
gone through an ordeal already that
nnlv 11nI1ono1 ofh1atoc ry{11 oy4~ "
tempt. He walked up to the take-of.
measured off twenty strides from it
stood poised a moment to get the
proper balance. then tore down the
narrow path and jumped
When the f1gures-over twenty
three feet-were announced. the thou
sands arose and cheered him to the
with a mediocre performance in the
half-mile. But Thorpe put his new
mark beyond all reaching and can
tered home in the half-mile over
twenty yards ahead of Predemus Of
Princeton.
Thorpe puts this marvellous concen-
trative power into every single move
ne makes. In the game with Penn.
when the marvellous Carlisle machine
had crumpled, when big Powell and
.Arcasa, Thorpe's fellow backs, were
out OF h game. n for infringement
of the rules and the other with al
injury, Jim kept fighting on. He was
a noble figure in there battling against
odds that seemed hopeless. yet never
Welding an inch when he had an OPP
portunity to contribute toward What
might be a chance for an eleventh
hour turning of defeat into victory.
Jim Thorpe. though he had carried
h ball two-thirds of the time in the
early stages Of the game. continued to
be the only Indian who could make
any impression on the hostile line OF
ends. He was fatigued to a degree
that in most men would mean sub
mission. vet he would gather all OF
himself together each time and hur]
it at that rival phalanx.
SO much for those phases of Mr..
Thorpe. There are other things he
must have to be a ball PLAYER. Can he
throw? Ca he catch? Can he hit :
Can he run bases?
Steam? Yes. and Then Some.
He who has seen Jim Thorpe hur]
a football thirty yards on a forward
pass with merely In abrupt snap OF
the wrist. direct to the hands Of the
ability to control the ball. Those whc
have seen him hurl a discus and pu,
the shot will stake a plenty on his
amount of steam" His ability t.
Judge and catch a twisting spiral nun
on the dead run seems t o give a cr1.
terton on how he will take care Of
b~aseballs in his territory. Imagine 8
man flashing from first base at a rate
of ten seconds to the hundred yard,
and then broad-umping twenty-thret
feet into second base. How would 3
second baseman feel with such a base
runner hound his way? As to his bat.
ting-leave it to Johnny McGraw tt
teach those powerful arms and shout,
ders how to WELD a bludgeon.
Added to all this is the paramount,
fact that Thorpe 10 n of those ath.
letic wonders who prove great at n
thing physical they attempt. whether
it is football, running. jumping, base,
ball, golf. tennis. rowing or swimming
Sockalexis was the first Indian biz
Lacquer, and he was great while hi
lasted. Chief Albert Bender was the
first o. the present generation. He II
great. Chief John Fortes Meyers wa.
the second. He is great. II Meyers
new teammate. and possibly battery
mate. Chief James e. Thorpe, does moi
join his kin on the top rung of the
baseball ladder, rounding out a won
derful redman trio-well-but he will
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