Show GREAT INDIAN INDIAN- PICKS U. U s. s I- I S Sla 1 la I pick the tho U. U S 8 S. team to win the 1920 Olympiad at Antwerp Sweden second France third England fourth S 2 Carl JOhnson of Michigan stands o out t as the best all round all ro nd elt entry y for forthe the U. U 8 S. 3 Lay Lawson son Robertson of pf of Penn Is my choice for coach of the he U. U S S. team 4 Past Pas records are likely to stand with ith the exception of one of two distance events I A As Told to Dean DOan Snyder r rBy By Jim Thorpe I tf 0 O. lay ay 13 When When the tM boa chosen hoen n athletes t s from all il parts of ot the arid orld gath gather r at t Antwerp tp this s summer It 11 will be bethe t the e eI I 6 seventh v nth t revival l or t the tho historic event t will wUl b be equalled ClU U d Some are lU t t tO tOP topple For the tM w of t ea each h nations nation's 1 manhoOd man man- roan man I Ih hoOd wilt will be th te to try I I Jim Thor e wishes he was wa a a. boy again so he could be among th them m. m He does not feel any bitterness toward those thos Who stripped d him hIi of or r his official I I 1 h honors nors In 1912 Jim is pulling for the the United d Stat States s ste te team m to r repeat peat a at Antwerp rp and be leV s they willI will II x I I pick the United States to again triumph triumph tri tri- In the 1920 Olympiad h he says says This country is Is t tub full u of ot stars from coast t t td to coast Few If It any o of ot our our old 1912 t team S am will be in It I guess I understand Howard Drew Is trying to come back And say sayIn sayin say say- In my opinion Drew was the fastest man Inan who ever pulled on a a. shoe I 1 think I could have beaten him one time at BostOn Doston Bos Dos ton though but I nl made thOde de a a. mistake We were flying down the chalk lines I Iwas Iwas ele 1 3 was leading It seemed e f funny t that that Drew t Drew r wasn't up there with me inc Some one in th the crowd called d t to me I gl glanced over my shoulder Drew wasn't In sight I 1 could see In that Instant nt something flash flashed d b by me e. e It was Dr Drew w. w That was the the nearest I 1 ever er came to beating him himo to o he tape Sweden should take seco second ci honors at Antwerp The Swedish boys grave gave us the h hottest competition In 1912 They weren't in the thear war ar and nd ought to b be o our strongest challengers Their Theil weight men are hard herd to beat The jave Javelin ln cast Is their own sp sport rt Its It's new to Americans ns I I would rank France next They al always always al- al ways have had good men The war may have crippled them sonIc some but It appears appears ap ilP- ap- ap pears as s In this country It has developed a lot of ot hew athletes unknown before En England I land land-I I cant can't see Cee the British any better r than fourth 1 Outside of a stron strong Uti relay I t team I In the fu middle distances an ana possibly the distance events I 1 hardly think the they thew will trouble the other countries countries coun coun- tries mu muchAs much n. n I As AC to Americas America's best all an around prospective pros ros- ros p keep entry keep your eyes eres on Carl Cai i Johnson of Michigan I saw him work r recently He lie d does es eve everything and does I It well lI He Ie did Impress me as being a little light for the weight events I lo look k I for him to b be the outstanding star of ot the the- Olympics For coach and trainer of or th thE United States team If It they select my old friend Lawson ot of Penn they wont won't go wrong He knows all an there Is to kno know about coaching and handling men When Thorpe read the newspaper aper ac accounts ate c counts of or the Penn relay classic he was I pleased to learn that thai Edward Edard Br Bradley dl dIC Y a a. Kansas man won tho the pentathlon this this this-a a Western Vestern man man- standIng standIng standing stand- stand Ing out oiL oiLI I I never heard of ot him before That shows this country is full tuU of or Oln- Oln J nir timber wh when n come to the fr front I rather al ler- ler like the Idea Idea Idea- of ot him beIn being be be- In ing from tram tie the West too too A As yoU vou sow know Jim Thorpe lived the first eighteen years of ot his life on an In Indian Indian indian In- In dian reservation near Prague Okla OUla where he was b born rn on the open prairies t Kansas is Oklahoma's next door neighbor neigh neigh- bO bor borKo Ko o wonder h he he- likes s the Western Id idea a. a The West is isa ft l part fart of him I i I I HIS is CHOICE I II Mi 4 I I f I I i i 1 I I j I I ICAE CA CASZ CAE I |