San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
BY ROBERT EDGREN.

BY ROBERT EDGREN.
mother, and perhaps a greater,
Thorpe has appeared in Ameri-
athletics and is now being coached
the Olympic team.
e 10 an Indian student at Haskell
fitute, Lawrence, Kan.
lis Indian name is Charging Bull,
he is better known as John
II.
i'm Thorpe says of John Levi:
EHe is the greatest athlete / have
seen. He is the greatest athlete
america right now, and in another
he'll hold more championships
b ever thought of winning"
b his day Jim Thorpe was Amer
} most famous football player and
hround athlete. He knows a cham
J when he sees one.
last season, John Levi was the
Iron sensation of the country.
Ire had been no other like him
lie Thorpe and Hudson and Ecker.
John and his brother, George
ye almost the whole Haskell team
IN the Indians played the Guam
/ Marines. The day before the game
b Levi astonished eastern football
s who went to see the Indians at
|ktice by standing in the middle of
field and throwing passes to his
ther behind the goal line--flat
Rws-just as II he was hurting a
|eball. He handles a football like
baseball catcher throwing a base
down to second base. He has
pwn q forward pass eighty-five
bis.
He's q Real Amateur.
Every time he carries the ball he
rs big holes in the opposing line.
Ire seems no limit to his speed
strength. He is another Thorpe
kicking; his best punt last year
IS yards, At Haskell he took
! during the recent athletic season
four major sports-football. base
|. basket ball and track, and was
tar at every game he tried. His
|,rite sport is football. He was
back Of his eleven last season.
tally skilful in baseball. he plays
/ base, where his great height and
Eli and speed make him a valuable
Yer.
nd Levi is a real amateur. Re
by he refused an offer from the
\ York Yankees to make his debut
professional baseball. He intends
Finish his college course and stay
hmateur athletics.
lust what kind of an Indian
rging Bull is may be judged from
ew figures.
lie is % years of age. He is six
two inches tall, and, like all
Ian. athletes, is wiry and sinewy
carries no useless flesh. He
CHS an even 200 pounds, and it is
|"fighting weight"
b basket ball he holds down center
the box scores of this season
" that the big Indian never failed
kcore five or six baskets.
But il is in track sports that
In Levi interests Uncle Sam just
this moment.
Best Since Jim Thorpe.
Last season was his first in track
field sports.
there never was another novice like
h a dual meet with Nebraska
tversity, Missouri Valley Confer
e champions, Levi scored a no.
le achievement when he was high
BIT man of the two teams. He
red 10 IL points.
Ind now glance at this new ath-
& Indians performances.
h his first year of competition
| oh was last year-he put the IL
|nds shot As feet Z IL inches.
doubt that there is another shot
her in America today-unless
ttranft is back in form-who can
PERTAIN of beating that distance.
That alone should earn him a place
the American Olympic team. And
John Levi put nearly 40 feet in
first year he should improve
hugh to come very close to Ralph
les long standing worlds record of
feet.
But that's only a starter.
lee how close Levi comes to being
best all around athlete since Jim
brpe and Martin Sheridan were
liking records.
be has thrown the discus in COM