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Show II JIM THORPE HAS I "MADEG00D" Great Indian Athlete Proves Sensation Hits Like a Streak on World Tour. I MAY GET ON, REGULAR Giants Have Impressive Looking Look-ing Lot of Outfielders for 1914 Season. "Jim Thorpe -will make good." Theso words formed the Introduction of a dissertation on the great Indian ; athlete -written by one Monty last winter after the redskin had decided to cast his lot with the Giants as a professional baseball player, following a brilliant career on the gridiron and I track. Many an opportunity arose Ii iracK. r.iany an opportunity arose I last summer to havo a laugh up the sleeve over the disappointment Thorpe had been, for .McGraw allowed i him to appear in only nineteen games. I only in parts of some of them and the big fellow hit only .143 in thirty-five J times at bat, scoring only six runs and, with all his tremendous speed, stealing not a single base. Some per- 0 1 sons expressed the opinion that Mc- ; Graw was carrying him on the Giants i ; payroll simply as a drawing-card, be- i' cause of his fame earned in football ) I and track athletics. But now it seems ! I otherwise. McGraw has announced j, t that Thorpe was a sensation before , Fl the world's tour ended, hitting like a ' y etreak, fielding sensationally and run- ff ning wild on the bases. i l "All Thorpe needed," says McGraw, I I "was every day action, instead of idle-1 J ncss, although of course sitting on the' Yf bench last summer gave him a chance, to learn lots of things that will stand j him In good stead later on." The members of the world touring party aver that Thorpe will put up a , ) f hard battle Tor a regular berth in the f Giants' outfield this year, but it will J ( have to be a strictly regular battle if iri ho hopes to horn his way in. The I'j Giants have one of the most imp'res- VI sivc looking bunches of outfielders in j! the country, Jack Murray, George Jlf Burns and Fred SnoJgrass, last year's regulars, are all on hand, and in nd- dillon the Giants now havo Bob Beach- jj er. the sensational base-runner obtain- I cd by the Herzog-Hartlcy trade from $ Cincinnati, and Dave Robertson, the t slugiing southerner. Two less lieard- jN of youngsters. Piez and Harrison, also : have been showing up to advantage at 1 the Marlin, Texas, training camp. Yes, sir, Mr, Thorpe will have to go fe : some to do it, this year, but we surely jf hope he can. However, here's offer- j . ing five dollars to two doughnuts that y ! he is a fixture, antl a sensational one I ! next year, at least. |