The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-12
Sport SNAPSHOTS
(By Jack Keene.)

Football again will replace base
ball in the, athletic limelight in a few
days. The thud of the heavy shoe
against the pigskiri, the return Of
the ball behind a perfect interior
ence,i the spectacular threading of
that bulWark by one 1.-the, intrepid
player with the resultant crash of
bodies followed by the referees
whistle, will hold : the crowd tense
once more.
But, the most picturesque part of
lfootball-tl1e team of Indians which
has represented Carlisle each year
will be missing and will be greatly
missed.
The division OF Indian affairs OF
the department Of the interior has
ordered the Indian school closed. <
This school of the redmenN has
turned out formidable teams. It's
lineups, include many of the most
famous players in the grid games
history. There were Jim Thorpe,
ant, Albert Exendine, Gus WEIGH,
Houser, Hudson, Gardner and others.
These men, perfect physical speci-
mems Of their race, played the game
with the same craftiness, cunning,
strategy and endurance as their an
cestors showed in their games and
their wars
Glenn warner helped make the
school famous athletically. Warner
was a Cornell graduate. He de-
veloped teams at Carlisle which year
after year tackled formidable foes
and wound up their seasons with
high rankings in the college world.
The team drew people toward the
game who otherwise never would
have become interested in the sport.
Warner severed connections with
the school a few years ago to Join
the University Of Pittsburgh staff.
The Indian teams developed after
his departure were not as excellent
as the old Warner elevens, but
were formidable ag-
gregations.
The government no doubt, has
proper reasons for the move. but
there can be no doubt that football
fans will regret the passing of the
Indian team from the sport.
Many OF the. members Of the teams
OF the past are now fighting, with
their brothers for America and her
allies against the Hun and are CIV
ing. a good account OF themselves.
Patriotism must be at high plLcn
in the hearts OF the tirnid ball play
ers who jumped to the, shipyards so
they wouldn't be caught in the draft.
They're carrying out the work or
dght'ss order by:
Working hard two hours or SO a,
some days Aplaying ball.
Fighting in between games as to-
whether the emery ball should be
a JirSuynH in .|I1Hs chin lA9 pyJHE
Can you imagine it, fans. They're
giving actual time and thought
this greatest crisis in our nations
history-as to whether a pitcher
ought to use a foreign substance in
his efforts to kid folks into thinking
he's q, pitcher.
Dan Griner, late of the Dodgers,
Is one OF the gentlemen who wants
to use the emery ball to fight the
kaiser his way. 1t seems he won
four games for the Standard Ship
building team and it made the other
boys sore, SO they worked the old
game of finding fault with Griners
shoots. Those boys certainly are
doing their part to beat the Hun,
Yes they aTe-not.
The last world series was the
fifteenth one staged. Chicago has
seen six of the big tournaments
Four straight victories in a world
aeries has been a11omp lished only
once. The Braves walked over the
Bfackmen four times ia q row in
1914