New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-22
Football at Carlisle
Big Boost to Sport

son. ~
Yet Indian teams have a,v
watched with interest, for th.y PEE,
be relied upon 20 do sone.h;,.y eouh
unexpected. The story viii .as's.!
Of how Charley Dillon, the balr.n lie
ceived the kickoff in TIE Hsrv,,s 70
of 1903, and, tucking the l.a,s.n n'
his Jersey in back, walked saaef
past the Harvard tacklers rnt w;l'gl'sJ
and then, with a whoop, raced s.s,f
the goal line, travelling los ys,s. %
touchdown. Il was this stunt ~ w. l~.
20 the framing OF the rule IN, s.a e
could not be hidden under n. na
or other article Of wearing apn,,. ''sl
vas an Indian idea 10 sew
patches the size and color OF ~. t
on the jerseys and start men "a, "a.
IN all directions. 70 the consu.i..sg
their opponents. This idea was iro ,. :.
upon.
Il was Carlisle, or, rather. Va,
that first developed the forv,,; .
70 its fullest extent, IL that dass.,ra
but spectacular play has been :. 4.
veloped. The open play Of the rrJ,..
struck terror 20 their opponent, h.. /,
was not so much that they ws,, ~ 80
adept, but that they offered ,,....'
protection 20 the men recsfv;,, ~
ball. Warner was first 70 send .,.,s. ~
line man out with the ends IA 49,
away the secondary defence, ana 49,
the back or end receiving the ps,, -,
a clear field. Later the other ,,,..
adopted this method, and the rules -.
mittee finally put a ban and it.,,,.
penalty on taking out the de!es,,,.
man before the pass was caush.
Deception, combined with a pos,,.
attack, In which every mans a.,
were carefully outlined by wsrrv ~
executed by the men, was the w,r,. !,
the success Of the indians far.
always worked on the principl. ~,
one touchdown calls for two fror n.
,, opponents II they hope 20 win. Z Va,
not so much that he discounted a..
sive football, but that he knew Al, n.
He understood the psychology 0. 3,
Indians, who were champions v.r
winning. Let an Indian team s,,,,
early in the game, and 1t mattered h.
tie 10 the men If the opponents ear.
/ right back. They believed that q,
touchdown was only the prelude 70 a..
other, and so they played their Gan.
Still Remember Game
Columbia men still remember q.
game their team played sgains. Z,
Indians on Manhattan Field on Than.
giving Day Of 1899. Carlisle, W.
Hudson, Seneca, Red Water, Pierce a.:
others OF that type, buried Colrrs1
under an avalanche OF touchdown a.
won by a score Of As 20 0. The NJ
skins ran riot around the Blue a..
White. smashed down the line and 4.
as they pleased. They played vs I,
ferocity that knew no bounds, 4 pcvr
that knew no stopping. That nr,
spirit we saw in the game the lniir,
b.. played against West Point in 49,.
when Jim Thorpe, Arcasa, Pas,-
Guyon and those other great lntir
PLAYERS swept the Army team bst.n
them. Here was a chance 10 rsVt'r
their forefathers on the Long Kn'a
and every Indian played bis par
Against Dartmouth a year later 2,
same spirit fired the Carlisle team, n.
Welsh, wonder Quarterback that hem
routed the Green, with Guyon, CtG
and Brscklin as his aids.
Football at Carlisle reached " 10
water mark in 1912. At least Gl,,
Warner is credited with saying Ia
this was his most powerful nr
Surely. a combination that tssi
boast of men like Thorpe, Arua
Powell, Guyon, Calae, Bergis, S..e
and the others was not weak ~
team of 1913 was powerful, and ne
the ebb began. After 1914 Ware
resigned. and in rs chaos rslgrst 8
the Indian school. Choctaw Es5
Warmers successor, did not obtair y
desired results. He could not irT,
the team with confidence in hin, q
when Gus Welsh stepped in to ~
command riot broke out. The e',.
ton became so chaotic that the o.
was abolished for a while.
Always One Kicker
Carlisle teams always boas'*e 4
least one clever kicker, and the Xxi
books bear eloquent testimony o. :
fact that no goal was safe "hsn :
Indians were WlLnsu tuAtty
the conditions were fair. The 'n|
OF Charley Brickley has been 81
Truly, he was a great drop neg
but Frank Hudson, the quartefhaa
the old Carlisle Of 1898, will BE- tpsu
Of when drop kckers are menrae
Hudson was a little man, but 10 vi
capable Of goals from the 4S.yan ,
Mike Balenti was a wizard at 81
and place kicking; so were rn|
Hauser and Frank Mt Pleasant u
who will deny the skill film ThsT
Thorpe has won his place ancrs ,
great halfbacks. Indeed, he Is
haps the greatest and best aiI-a"
man who ever played the game
bert Exendine, the end, stood es
his year; Red Water was reeosl
and is named to-day when fcrnn
guards are discussed. The. gTen
Pierce, who departed this W.
long ago, was another reniarka0"
rlayer