New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Thorpe's Team 1
Is Easy Victor
In Pro Contests
Cuyon Stars as Cleveland
Tigers Defeat Brickley's
Eleven by I7-to-0 Scoress.s

Jim Thorpe, former Carlisle f<=..5:sa =
star and all-American haifpack. visited -
the Polo Grounds with band Of grid--c r
iron warriors and handed defeat to a,fas
team selected and managed By Charlies7s
Brickley. the former Harvard star dropAAa
kicker. Thorpe's eleven was known rs az
the Cleveland Tigers. Brickley,s outff.5-
paraded under the name of the Newt
York Giants. The Tigers had thingsisr~
their own way through most of thsD.e
milling and won by score OF II to 0. 1917
Some 5000 people. sitting Ike sosiss
many stoics, looked on. There was noSAs
cheering or exultat;on until Joe Guyonss
got warmed UP and began to rip off,
several long runs. Guyon was one ot'saT
the few men on the field who were dis =
playing real football. He galloped on,aa
high practically the whole afternoon
and appeared to take the game quite
seriously. Too much so for some osoFo
the others, who seemed exasperateds
because he was playing roughly. 80
His long run from the 35-yard line
for touchdown in the first period and1o
Thorpe's splendid goal kick from place@ss.
ment in the second period were the y
only features of an otherwise featureJi.D
less struggle: In the last quarter the
Tigers marched down the field AFTER
receiving punt for second touch:e-c
downs Sc
Tigers Avoid Leavitt 'aor
The greatest enthusiasm was aroused
by the entrance of Soldier Lcavitt into
the pastime. Leavitt, if you don't know,
already, is wrestler not football.
player. He is rotund and quite chubbynsss
at least, standing on the line Of scrimls NS
mage, and the Tigers avoided that por-
ton OF the line in making their gains
The crowd called upon the Tigers to
try out Leavitt's position. It wanted to-
see the soldier in action and to see howS'
linn Ok IL L.
this kind Of game. One Tiger, actingsei
as an interferer, did have the temerity
to attempt to take the soldier out on &C. :.
dive through the line. but the soldier $
was not to be fooled He promptly ups, =,
set his opponent and fell fiat upon him. . .
nearly crushing the Tiger to pancakes J,
To Offset this disadvantage Thorpe
sent in .Cuddy Murphy to oppose the :
colder, but Brickey, apparently fear,
1ui OF the result of such meeting.--
was done. Joe Alexander Laird and =
several other stars who were to have
worked for the Giants did not appears.a.yss
and Brlckiey was forced to use severaI.sss
substitutes. But even with the reguss.s.
lars in the Giants would have founds@
the running of Guyon and the kicking
OF Thorpe difficult to hold in check :. I.
Bower Much Too Rough
Another player who was much to6sS
rough was Brainy Bower, the rugged.
speedy back who performed for Dart
mouth last year. Bower is cne of
those fellows who arc built from the.
ground up. He has been playing pro-
fessional football only short time, =. .
and doesn't know any better. He
seemed to think he was fighting foE,ss
the Green flag instead of the green rag.
and was very busy the whole day CALI
ing signals, running the ball and help.s.-..
ing out on interference. -
In the second half after Thorpe had
withdrawn, Bruno Haas went in andnT
continued to pound the fine and tho =
| flesh of the Giants. All hands were'e
quite relieved when time was callefvs
at 4:10 p. m. Between halves a dropssx
| kicking contest between Thorpe ariden5
Brickley resulted in tie, each getting
six out of ten tries. -
Thorpe's goal during the game was
made from the 42-yard line. The balT.s
went at least twenty-five yards oveFas.
the top of the goal posts and clear
| into the stands. It would have been
good from as far back as the e5-yard
line. The lineup: ac