The New York herald., 1921-12-04
THORPE'S FOOTBALL
PROS BEAT LOCALS
Cleveland Tigers Win Over
Charley Brickley's Giants
by II to 0.
INDIAN STAR KICKS GOAL
Boots One From Placement
From AZ Yards-Guyon
Is Best Gamer.
INDIAN STAR KICKS GOAL
BY DANIEL.

BY DANIEL.
There is Football-and then there is
football. After you have had lunch
at the Ritz, dinner at the Busy Bee is
more than likely to give your palate
a terrific jolt. In the wake of slash
ing season Of brilliant intercollegiate
football the professional affair at the
Polo Grounds yesterday was in the
nature of a lacklustre. boresome anti
climax. About 5000 customers turned
out, and in a game which was punctu-
ated only too seldom with interesting
developments, Jim Thorpe's Cleveland
Tigers defeated Charley Brickley's New
York Giants by II to 0.
For those who never before had seen
those who had seen professional foot
ball as it is played in the middle West
the game was highly disappointing.
Thorpe. who played through the first
half was interesting because he was
Thorpe, but ne did not come up to
anything like his form OF even last
year.
Meet Again To-day.
The first half was full of soft foot
ball. There was little hard running
and little smashing contact. When the
professionals met they usually came
together soft" 1t must be said in
some justice to them, that the field
was very muddy and perhaps precluded
~ nj 1a,rfv. 30 IIxrh farI. ri
ball. But be that as it may, many Of
the cash customers gave the game the
merry razzberry and others treated IL
in the same manner as they treat a
wrestling match. At any rate the pro
fessional game got no boost at the
Polo Grounds yesterday. IL the boys
tried that sort of football at Canton
or Massillon they would be run off the
field.
Guyon was most insistent ground
gamer for the Clevelands. He seemed to
take the affair just bit too seriously
and got away for long dash IN every
quarter Jnathe first period he ran
thirty-five yards to put the ball in the
shadow OF the New York goal posts. In
the second quarter he scooted thirty
Yards and gave Thorpe his cnance TO
kick that goal from placement.
In the third session Guyon went toirty
wards, and in the fourth he shot along
the muddy turf for thlrty-five yards. In
between these major efforts he ripped
off irst downs a plenty. Bower made
many a long run, and so did Bruno
Haas. who got his education in football
and baseball at Worcester Academy and
was pitcher with the Athletics and an
outfielder with the White Sox. Guyon
alone made about eight times as many
first downs as the New YORK eleven
which got just one first down, on a
twenty yard forward pass late IN the
game.
Cleveland Scores Early.
The Thorpe crowd lost no time about
putting a touchdown over the New York
line. The Brickley team kicked off to
Thorpe. who ran the ball back twenty
yards to Cleveland's 35 yard line. After
a while Thorpe punted and soon New
York returned the ball. Guyon ran
thirty-five yards. and then came feries
of short gains which brought the leather
to the yard line. From that point
Guyon hustled over for a touchdown.
Thorpe kicked the goal and the score
was to 0.
IL was in the second period that
Thorpe kicked his goal from AZ yards.
The ball went about twenty-five yards
beyond the cross bar Into the centre neld
bleachers--a sixty-five yard goal IL ever
we saw one and one OF the worth while
features OF the afternoon. Guyon's run
for thirty yards, then another by him for
ten. then q third by Bower for six
brought on an unsuccessful forward pass.
Then Thorpe kicked, and the score was
10 to 0. So It remained to the close Oh
the half
In the third session runs by Guyon
and Bower brought the ball up, and Bower
tried o. drop kick from 3S yards, but II
failed. The period saw no scoring. but
it did see a series of gains which brought
the Clevelands TO New Norks 2S yard
post
Starting from that point IN the fourth
period, the Thorpe eleven began 10
hammer and slide and soon Hendren or
C;eoreetown went over for the second
touchdown. Guyon kicked the goal, and
K was II to 0.
Between the halves there was n drop
kicking contest between Thorpe and
Brickley-who by the way. did not take
part in the game. They tried dozen
drop kicks each. starting from twenty
FIVE Yards and working all the way back
10 midfeld. Each got six over. Thorpe
stopped scoring at forty-five yards, but
Brickley kicked one goal from hIty yarus
and another from forty-eight. That left
them In a tie. They also tried uree
placement goals each from htty-nVe
ards. hut neither could get one over
Then Thorpe booted drop KICK from
ifty-6ve yards. Honest mum
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