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Show THORPE AN ALL AROUND ATHLETE HTVHE 1911 football season has brought Into tho public eje a young Indian student at the Carlisle school who promises to become one of the greatest athletes the world has ever aeon James Thorpo. a Sac and Fox from Oklahoma, went to Carlisle In 1908 nlth no knowledge whatever of athletics, and since then ho has accomplished a variety of athletic feats on floor, gridiron, grid-iron, diamond, track and In tho field. Thorpo Is a basketball player, at which gamo he fills the center position with remarkable skill. Ho Is a baseball base-ball pitcher of great talent and covers any of the sacks or outfield as well as many professionals. He can put the sixteen pound shot 43 feet and broad Jumps 22 feet 10 Inches, hailng done much better In practice. He can run 100 yards In 10 seconda. his school record rec-ord being 10 1-5. When he tries the high jump his measure Is 6 feet, but he has done better than that. The high hurdles are easy for him In 15 4-5 seconds, sec-onds, while tho 220 yard hurdles he negotiates In 26 seconds. This youthful redskin hunts, plays lacrosso, tennis. Indoor baseball, handball, hand-ball, hockey, all with equal skill, and can fill almost any position -on a football foot-ball team with credit. As football halfback half-back ho Is probably seen at his best. Ono groat coach said after seeing him play at Pittsburgh that it was worth fivo times the admission to a r me to seo Thorpo tear down tho field for one spurt. |