Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-06
SNGH Air LARGE
Carlisle Has
New Legend
BY MORRIS sIEcEL

CARLISLE, Pa, Aug. 6.-An elderly Carlisle attorney
appeared in Cumberland County Courthouse recently
in behalf of client who had been done in by vgantes
from the sherffs office
They had raided and closed CarSes only AFTERNOONS
club. This reduced Carlses night life to lone lunch
room almost placing it in the same league with WASH
ington, which only several lunchroos liveer after
hours.
The case attracted great local interest 1t of
the most exciting things in Carlisle Stree the Indians
quit football here about so years Practically every
body in town knew or knew of the attorney and the
defendant.
the appeal Of the trial. put up brave defense to recy
what he thought injustice to public interests
II PLACE THIS ESTABLISHMENT par with such
other venerable Carlisle institutions Molly Pitcher Jim
Thorpe and Dickinson Law School, the public defender
an institution in himself, told the jury
His eloquent appeal to their Of virtue and civic
pride went for naught The club as weekend VISITOR 10
the training grounds of The Redskins found is still closed
unfortunately.
For the attorney who was thrown for loss LYMAN
Godsten only the reference to Molly Pitcher the Revo-
uonary War assie later lived in Carlisle was hear
say She preceded "Goldie," but not by too much
He's II or 72-he honestly doesn't know which-but
when he spoke Of Jim Thorpe and the Dickinson college
Law School he dealing with first-hand information
He was the 16O-pound quarterback for the Dickinson
teams which played and lost to Thorpes Indians from
19O9191 II tackled Thorpe more than any man VINO ever
lived" Goldie added with statement to back II up
Dickinson after the Carlisle game, usually one OF the
first on the schedule, also scrimmaged Pop warmers
aborgines every Wednesday They prscticed their plays
against u.s." Goldie smiled.
TACKLNG THORPE was not the suicidal experience
some historians have tried to convey He was not very big
He six feet and weighd ITS pounds Bobby Mitchell OF
the Redskins is 20 pounds heavier.
Thorpe has been memorialzed as the greatest thing
ever to wear ceats mo question about his greatness
ode testified but today he would be just another play
There players just good His speed was his Dig
thing. Also his kicking.
sPop warner made him great Warner built his team
around Thorpe He played him in punt formation and
Thorpe end-run man, rarely up the middle To-
day that wouldn't much They got bigger men faster
than Thorpe, but in our day it was something"
Gode also obterated another impression OF the Car
Isle Indians-that they all destructive as Sonny
Liston on toot. Nothing of the kind he said Ihey
clean football players saw several games where
Warner would out the field and take one OF ms
out of the game If he thought ne was playing oTss
OFF THE FIELD the Indians were bit different
There was the case Of Asa Sweethorn, guard the
1910 Carlisle team. As reward for the season, which
usually embraced IL or IA games, Warner annually took
his team to Philadelphia to watch the Ary-Navy game
off campus the Indians wore blue blazers and hats
On the day they assembled at the Carlisle station for the
ride to Philadelphia every player except Sweethorn was
properly uniformed Warner left him behind as punish
ment f'sk ~ Is
The sulking Chippewa returned to the station that
evening after losing bout with rewater No one-man
Indian raid ever did as much damage. He ripped out
plumbing broke seats, smashed windows and banged IN
wall Finally restrained, he was hustled of TO the OLD
Hessian guardhouse the Carlisle grounds
Today the Army War College occupies the site of the
Carlisle School for Indians Indian Field is used only by
children of base personnel playground small metal
sign attached to a wall identifies the grounds the
place where Thorpe, Frank Mt Pleasant Gus WEIGH Joe
Guyon and other tribal greats terrorized football teams
more than so years ago.
The Hessian guardhouse is still there, too. It is now
museum There has been for 1t since the Sweet
horn Rebellion.
There is little talk of Thorpe here now. Golde may
have underestmated the relative importance Of the shut
tered afterhours club In odays Carlisle 1t may rate
above Thorpe instituon-not ION par with" him.
People know more about it.