New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Cuyon, Indian,
Is Said To Be
Second Thorpe
Star of Georgia Tech Is =,
Exceptional All-Around
Athlete
By Frank O'Neill

A few years ago we asked CiA
Warner, the famous football and al
letic coach, if there would ever bs :.
athlete who would equal the deed, :.
Jim Thorpe. He replied in the :,
frmative, and gaid that Joe Guyon q.
Chippewa brave, who starred wiz.
Georgia Tech last season, would !.
the man.
The name Of the brawny Indian -.
been sung throughout the country y.
won his place in the sun while at c.-
Isle School, but it was not until ls,,
season that he reached the pinnacle -.
football fame. There was not a h..,
field man in the South that comn.r.,
with him.
He has been ranked with the he,t
and justly so. Blessed with a wond.,
full physique, he combined the footh.u
instinct with his speed and DOVE,
Small wonder, then, that he str..
terror to all opponents as he w..
through the line or smashed an atts.s
IN its infancy. 'A
All Around Star
On the track and field Cuvo, to-.
so widely known. This is due. nerban. wv
that the sporting field, as all others'
has come under the influence and car
troll of the specialist. Yet there Is W..
a shade of doubt that Guvon will o,;s
tame as an all around performer NJ.
champion In any particular event hs
Is dangerous in all, from the snr;nts
to hurting the weights. p''N'S
Guyon can run the century cors;..
entity in 10 Is seconds, and has haa.
caught In even time on numeroys ~
caslons. Moreover, he can repeat viii
out trouble. His time work at the fur
long compares favorably, and he can o.
along IN % seconds or thereahorts
Such speed would win him no;nts ;n
the majority of meets, even though bs
might not be the first to cross the linz
Inc high hurdles offer no great oh'
stacle to Guyon. He can fy the st;cL. cD
at 12O yards in Is 3-5 or slightly ha.
ter, while his time at the furlono ovar
the low hurdles is consistent at ahout
"a 3-5 seconds. 'u'
Leaving the cinder paths for H..
field, the Indian is quite as protc;en. ns
He ranks we'll up on the broad snI
high jumps; the shot put and iavel;u
throw, and the discus as we'll. In tha
lnterclass meets held during the ea,Iv
tall. Guyon cleared % feet ON tho
broad Jump, and scared over the hsr
set at 6 feet: He can put the shot Is
leet and hurl the javelin cut some 40
feet, while his work with the discus ia
consistent at 135 to 140 feet. While
these figures do not establish his abso-
iute supremacy in any individual event.
they prove his efficiency as an ali
round performer.
Guyon an Engineer
Guyon is preparing himself for
professional career at the Georpia
School of Technology. and while he
loves the out Of door dearly, he is not
allowing his athletic prowess n lure
him away from his books. He rsfused
TO accept the many offers of prcfes-
slonal football teams last season. One
offer Of $500 to play in oaa game was
tempting, but he remained at school
Just the same. How tempting such an
ofer was may be Judged when Guyon
IS working his way through college
Aside from football and the track,
Guyon is crack baseball player. Con-
ME Mack watched him in action and at
once offered the Indian a contract.
The day after that contract was re-.
fused, Mack saw Joe get two home runs
on good pitching. and play a bang up
game in the field. The offer was in
! creased, but Guyon is still an amateur
There Is not man in college that
Guyon cannot throw in q wrestling
match, and there are few who are will.
ing to meet him with the gloves.
Guyon is a full-blooded Chippewa
Indian. He Is twenty-three years Of
age and is feet inches in heigh!
and tips the beam at 2Q4 pounds. He
started his athletic career at Carlisle
School in 1912, playing tackle on Jim
Thorpe's team. In the game with West
Point that season Guyon so completely
outplayed Devore, then captain Of the
Army eleven, that critics could hardly
believe their eyes. A boy, playing
against seasoned veteran, gathered
in all the glory.
Makes Camps Team
A year later Guyon won his place
on Waiter Camps All-America team
as halfback. New York football en-
thuslasts still tell Of how the copper
colored whirlwind ripped through
80 VA u va % iAilt OIl the O4O
Leaving Carlisle for school whose
courses would fit him for the work be
wished to take up for life. he pre-
pared for Georgia Tech, and if his
present work may be accepted as a
criterion, he will be graduated with
all honors.
HIS brother, Charley Wahoo, wor
fame at the Indian school dozen
years ago. Wahoo was catcher on the
baseball team, and upon being grad
uated played minor league baseball
A series of injuries nipped a promising
career in the bud. Wahoo played OIL
the football team as we'll, winning hl;
place with such men as Garoner, nov
a lieutenant in the army, Exendinc
Afraid Bear, Little Boy, Mount
Pleasant and the other heroes of Car
Isle football fame.
Wahoo is naturally proud of hi
brothers achievements on the field o.
sport. The other day we met him il
Camp Wadsworth. and he said: "Ths
brother of mine is surely going alonf
wonderfully If ever the Indian rac'
is to produce another Thorpe, I thini
that my kid brother will be the man
He is wonder, and no mistake"