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Show THORPE NEEDS NO TFARC- TF1 DIAMOND PALLS HE CAN TAKE TO STAGE OK RING '''' ' ''''''' Ladles and centleman. don t c-over c-over Jim Thorpe True, the mighty Indian has been hurled headlong from his throne He is no longer the champion amateur athlete of the world The laurels have been torn from his classic brow Rut Jim Thorp' Isn't down and out vet Tn the firsr place, the big braves popularity w ith the fans has not waned appreciably. The most of, them have been heard to sav: Oh, well, when Thorpe plat.fj professional profession-al hall he was a simple Indian child, freh from the mountain fastnesses of Oklahoma, unacquainted with the wave of the white man. and he supposed sup-posed he was doing all rij;ht In the second place, a very delightful delight-ful future seems just alidad of Jim In the world oi" professional sport. It is said his contract with the New I York Giants for the 1913 season is a very handsome affair -that the salary-pro". salary-pro". Ided for is vcr much greater than is genet ally given to a crecn man like Thorpe. There was a rcc-ulat rcc-ulat scramble for the big brave's services on tbp part of a half dozen . lcac le clubs before McOraw fin- I aih cornered him. If Thorpe gets vcai of baseball, or If baseball tires of him, he caoH take to the rin:; At least one light Bj. promoter. Harry Edwards of Phlla-'HP delphia would like to make a proposi- B tion to Thorpe to become a profes- I s'onal fighter. Edwards thinks the Indian could pul all the black, white In) nnd ref hopes to light, Should Thorpe sicken of both the diamond and the ring, there is at one other profession to which v he can turn and garner mam a gold- t en coin He can go into vaudeville P In fact, vaudeville managers were Ik! hot on Jim's trail when he signed up with Mc-Graw. and they were offer- I in him everything but the earth for l1 hi- -erv ices Tl- ttage stands with km open arms ready to receive him at anv time Vnd so we say, don't weep over .Ilm Thorpe If you have tears to shed and feel that you positively I must shed them, let them fall in a I good cause and wall over the higli J cost of living. |