Show THORPE WILL QUIT FOOTBALL indian says his intentions are to sever all relations with sport won many events jim thorpe indian athlete who played as a member of the carlisle football team which has been a terror to all elevens in the united states haa has come out with an assertion that he will quit sports he says he will sever his fits athletic relations with bis his school and that the game with brown thanks giving day positively was his last when the carlisle eleven arrived in worcester to finish its training tor for the brown game thanksgiving a big crowd surrounded the players and began to call for thorpe the modest indian tried to keep in the back ground but he was spied and three cheers were give for or him some tried to shake his hano this demonstration so unnerved thorpe that he lost no time in beclar ing that he would quit the carlisle school and would not take part in any more sporting events if thorpe sticks to his declaration the athletic world will lose one of the greatest all around athletes ever produced thorpe was the most successful ath lete that competed in the olympian games at stockholm july 4 as he won both the decathlon and pentathlon events shortly after bla his return to america he won the allaround all around chani cham plon ship at celtic park scoring more points in the different events than martin sheridan did when he was champion |