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Jim Thorpe Is the Greatest of Gridiron Warriors v*v Indian a Champion in All Branches of Sport By \\. J. Mcßeth. J 111 THORPE, of Carlisle, will go down in athletic history as the "noblest redskin of them all.” It is doubtful if any human being ever combined the manifold ath tlc proclivities of this young 'buck” of the Fox and Sac tribe. By winning the decathlon and pentathlon in Stockholm last sum mer, this aborigine proved Ameri-» ca’s greatest Individual sta£ and at the same time the most wonderful man who ever took part in the great international athletic cham pionships since Greece first estab lished this classic in the shadow of Olympus. There is nothing relating to sport or athletic strife that Thorpe can not do, and do exceptionally well. In fact, he is a champion at any thing to which he turns his atten tion. There have been many ver satile athletes, but none before Thorpe has been so versatile to championship degree in all. Thorpe is all round champion of the world in track and field sports, lie is the best baseball player at Carlisle. He is the greatest half back of all American football his tory, and perhaps the greatest gridiron warrior of all time. Like all good Indians, Thorpe is a won der at lacrosse. He plays basket ball, soccer, hockey and hand ball equally well. Just now the world is ringing with his gridiron deeds, and at this particular branch of sport he is worthy of full discussion. Those who were fortunate enough to see Thorpe in Carlisle’s game against the Army at West Point saw, doubtless, the greatest exhibition of individual football skill portrayed on any gridiron. Devore Calle Thorpe Superhuman. I saw Captain Devore, of the Ar my, in the dressing room after the game. Devore is the best tackle tn the country, and probably the strongest man In football. He is a perfect specimen of physical de velopment, built symmetrically, and he stands six feet four inches in nls football gear. "That Indian,” said the Army captain, discussing Thorpe, “is the pATIMA, Turkish- A blend —all quality and no frills. Simple in package—reason able in price—2o for 15 cents. “Distinc tively individual”. 20 for 31£a . F f flak' '•j'wll F wlm * You’ll join our Advertising Staff if you once wear a pair of foot-moulded Ralstons. Aou’ll be so pleased with their style and comfort that you’ll urge your friends to try them. Ralstons are well ad vertised by the men who wear them. wHßpy? > *. JE R. D. BARKSDALE CO. 11 Decatur St., Kimball House. greatest player I ever saw in my five years experience. He is su perhuman, that's all. There is no stopping him. "Talk of your Ted Coys! Why. this Indian is as far ahead of Yale’s great back as Coy was better than a prep school player. There Is nothing he can not do. He hits the line about twice as hard as Coy did. He kicks better in every respect, and he is far more cunning and capable of worming his way through a scattered field. There never was a man who knew more of following interference and break ing away from it at just the pro.p er moment to his best advantage. lou may have your ‘Lefty’ Flynns and your Bricklevs and your Ted Coys, but I'll take Thorpe for mine every day in the week." Walter Camp selected Thorpe on his all-American football team a year ago. The Indian is sure of a place of such high honor again this fall. He was good in 1911; he is superb this season. His game against the Army was slightly marred by fumbling but It was noticeable that he muffed onlv when thrown hard after making long runs. It was noticeable after the first quarter that the redskin held onto the leather like the grip of death. Glenn Warner said that the ball had been inflated too much at the start, and it surely looked, in the light of later developments, as if this had been the case. Arcasa, Thorpe’s running mate, shared with his captain the glory of Carlisle's victory over the Ca dets. But it was noticeable that Arcasa was not called upon re peatedly until the soldiers had been hammered Into submission. The battering ram that accomplished this happy result for the aborigines was none other than Jim Thorpe. Army "Laid" For Thorpe. The Army was "laying" for Thorpe throughout the game, and Welch, the quarterback, undoubt edly “crossed" the Cadets by switch ing to Arcasa when he did. Thorpe had done more than bis share. West Point gave Arcasa his chance to shine because that team had eyes only for the giant who had slashed through their line, skirted their ends and bowled irresistibly FODDER FOR FANS Herre Dleek led the Northwestern league this year in batting with an aver age of .346. That’s believable. But what’ll knock you cold is the fact that he stole seven bases. r u Bj’ working hard on the Tinker deal Garry Herrmann should have it entirely consummated by the Fourth of July. ■ B » It’s hard to understand why Herrmann is so hysterical over getting Tinker, when he already has Frank Chance. The mat ter of salaries may have something to do with It. o .. • Manager Smith has been released! Great sensation However, it’s Richard, not Bill. He managed Springfield last year. He will probably hook up with Scranton. Later: He did! . s . The Athletics, playing in Cuba, have been cleaning up the Pearl of the An tilles (or whatever they call the pesky island when they get real flossy) with the best ball teams down there. Even the dark and devious Mendez—the Black Mathewson —has been hammered hard by the Philadelphians. Rudy Hulswitt will play with Louisville next year. Two years ago he wasn't good enough for Chattanooga. At this rate of progression he should be in the big leagues soon. Evansville business men are alleged to have offered SIO,OOO for the South Bend franchise of the Central league. We don't make this as a bald assertion. It might be libelous to insinuate that any busi ness had as little judgment as to pay SIO,OOO for the S. B. franchise. V » 4 If McGraw wins the National league pennant three times running he will be the sixth to accomplish the feat. Anson was the first, Selee was the next. Then came Hanlon. Then, coming down to modem managers, followed Clarke, of Pittsburg. And after him Frank Chance. Frank Chance Is slated to succeed Colo nel Lynch as president of the National league—or so they say. Bennv Meyers, of Toronto, wants to go to the Giants. Five clubs put in drafts RUSSELL AND KETCHEL FAIRLY SET RING AFIRE NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 26.—After ten of the most sensational rounds of box ing ever seen in this city, Frankie Rus sell v as awarded a close decision over Steve Ketchel, of Chicago, last night. It was only Russell’s cleverness that saved him from a knockout in the early rounds, but his superior condition won for him. The boys will be matched for a fu ture date, perhaps for twenty rounds. ONLY FIFTH OF MACON FOLK WANT SUNDAY MAIL MACON, GA., Nov. 26.—A census of the box-holders of the Macon postoffice shows that only 20 per cent of them de sire their mail on Sundays. A petition from some of the box renters was pre sented to the pastmaster, asking for a Sunday distribution, and he at once so licited’an expression from each renter of a lock Ihjx. The answers have been submitted to the department, but it Is not likely that any change In the present system will be ordered. THORPE TO QUIT SCHOOL: CAN'T STAND NOTORIETY WORCESTER. MASS.. Nov 26. Cap tain Jim Thorpe, of the Carlisle Indians, quartered here for the Browns game Thursdav. has announced lie will quit school next week because of the notoriety to which he has been subjected. M'FARLAND FIGHTS DONAHUE. CHI’’AG". N"V. 26. Packet M. Po - land will ■ for Indian'-tpelL t- v. where he ii matched to m< I Harrj Donahue, of Pekin. 11!., in a ten-round bout tomorrow night THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1912. through the scattered field in the early part of the competition. Jim Thorpe is an ideal football player. He appears at halfback because he is of greatest use at this position. Put him anywhere on the eleven, however, and he would still be a star. He has the strength, size and weight for any line posi tion; the speed for an end. He combines every quality of football skill. He is sure at han dling punts and is in a class all by himself at running them back. He combines the crushing power and hammering force of Brickley with the kicking skill of tins same indi- z vidual and the punting ability of Felton or Flynn. Thorpe is the most deliberate player in the country. He never becomes excited, never loses his head. He can run just as fast with the ball as without it; he is a sure tackle and Is possessed of such strength that he can keep on like Ted Coy, with an army of tacklers clinging to him. * His motive power is augmented by the fact that he charges lower than any back in football. He is a man of whalebone, whose anatomy is impervious to injury; a human torpedo that plows its way through all sorts of opposition. Great in Broken Field. As a runner it: a broken held, Thorpe is in a class all by him self. He plans his tun with amaz ing Intelligence and fools the tacklers by an i asy lope that cur ries him over the ground at re markable speed without betraying' any undue haste. His dodging can be likened to nothing better than that of a rabbit close pressed by u hound. Thorpe can stop instantly, twist about and start instanta neously. Ami, with him. the straight arm is a work of beauty. Save that his color is less pro nounced titan the average Indian, Jim Thorpe is a typical Indian. He has the facial cast, high cheek bones and straight, jet-black hair. His legs are long, but well put up, as is his torso. In street clothes he appears of the greyhound type, but when stripped his unusual phys ical development is strikingly evi dent. He is as near a perfect type as can be found anywhere. for him this fall, but they all lost out ft ♦ • Th< ? ~nly city in which the Reds won a majority ot games last year was Brook lyn. Great road work, that. • • u And now they say that th*' Highlanders aron t sure to go to Bermuda next spring. 1 hey say it will be left to the new man ager when there IS a new manager. ♦ ♦ * Free Wolter ami Daniels will probahlv torm the Highland outfield next year, if they don’t break any more legs. • * ♦ They wanted Toni Downey (now a Cub) to play ball this winter on the coast, but I homas decided that he got y ]] he wanted through the regular season. The American association Is showing hopeful signs of Intelligence. It is go ing back to a 1.54 game schedule, instead of that 168 thing. • w ♦ <. I real year for Boston: Red Sox and Harvard, both the same fall. ft ft ft I’mpire Bigler and his picked team will start f,.r Cuba right after Thanksgiving ft ft ft Pendleton, of Princeton, will probably decide not to enter professional basebail at all. * ft Frank Farrell has received a barrel of requests for places as manager. (»ne from M. .IM USSELMAN, of New Orleans, wound up with: “If your club does not make a better showing under me than last season, why I won’t want a single cent of salary.’ That chap is looking for some thing soft. The baseball year is revolving around toward rhe open season for bottles. In other tv ords, the league hieetings are al most upon us. “THE.OLD RE JABV ’’ < REMEDYpop MENI W Bread at a dollar a loaf is not more ridiculously extrava gant than big-car travel at twenty cents a mile. One hundred and nine miles at a total cost of eighty-one cents is a recent but not unusual accomplishment of the Ford. Every third ear a Ford —and every Ford user a Ford “booster.’’ X w prices—• runabout $525 —touring car sliOO- -deliv ery car SO25 —town car ssiiii with ail equipment. f. o. b. Detroit, (let particu lars from Ford Motor Company. 311 Peachtree street. Atlanta, or direct fron Detroit factory. 'Till IF'" - -~T~."T 1 ‘ . ir * J - '* "•* jick rain IS J MASSIVE Ml JACK M'FARLAND dropped into The Georgian office this morn ing to introduce himself. Along with him came his manager. John ny Oliver, who brought out the sem itional Tommy Murphy, for years a lightweight contender for the title. McFarland created quite an im pression. He weighs 215 pounds, is as hard as the proverbial brick and stand- about six feet two inches. He is only 22 years old and has a square jaw that looks as though it could take any amount of punishment. Oliver tipped us, off that in a training bout with Joe Jeannette, who is claiming the heavyweight championship, now that Johnson .appears to be a dead one, McFar land clipped the negro on the chin and dropped him for the count. The white hop, looks strong enough to drop a mule. The New Yorker is going to in sist that the referee break he and Morris fast Thursday. He has heard that Southern referees allow boxers to work longer than the rules allow in the clinches. And McFarland doesn't want any of that wrestling stuff with the giant Mor ris. AD WOLGAST IS SORE: CANT GET UP WAGERS SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26. - Cham pion Ad Wolgast was paying more at tention to future matches today than he was to his Thanksgiving dav bout with Willie Ritchie. The champion, looking tit and ready, .'■trolled into Ccffroth's place and want ed to know why more money was not being b< t on Ritchie. He declared he bad $7,000 to bet and had difficulty in getting $3,000 of it down on the com ing contest. Wolgast is doing only light training stunts now. He said lie didn't think any more training would be necessary for the bout because of his prime con dition. Ritchie, on the ot'm r hand, is work ing a little every day and said that he would wind up his training with just enough work to put on that edge he had when he fought the champion before. Ritchie looks strong and rugged and be lieves he will come off the victor. Both mon will enter the ring in good condi tion. BABY DIES IN MOTHER’S ARMS ON CENTRAL TRAIN MACON. GA., Nov. 26.—A girl baby died in the arms of Its mother, whose name could not be ascertained by the local of ficials, just as the Central of Georgia passenger train left the depot yesterday afternoon for Atlanta. The woman had transferred from a train from south Geor gia, carrying the child in her arms. Just as the train began to move, the little one breathed its last. 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They think the future is filled with fore boding for the world's lightweight champion. Nor is the opinion based merely on what happened with Joe Mandot at New Orleans. The so-called Michigan Wildcat seems to have been going to worse ever since he went under the knife a year ■ago. His four-round go with Willie Ritchie In San Francisco a few months after leaving the hospital conveyed a hint that Wolgast's nat ural fighting qualities had been impaired; ids bout with Rivers strengthened the suspicion; his short contests with Teddy Ma loney and Daniels failed to sub stantiate the Wolgast claim that a sojourn on the Cadillac farm had restored his vigor, while the late unpleasantness in the Southland may be described as the closest call of all for the king of the 133- pounders. It is claimed by Wolgast that tilings were not nearly as bad as they were reported at New Orleans. The spectators, lie urged, saw the affair through New Orleans specta cles, and the ringside correspond ents were so saturated with the local pride that every little trick Mandot turned was exaggerated in the describing. Crowds With Under Dog. If New Orleans erred in • the manner described, it was both hu man and understandable. The in clination in fight crowds all over the world is to gloat when the un der dog steals a march on the champion and the incentive to ex ultation is ever so much Increased when the under dog is a homo product. But New Orleans enthusiasm could not very well influence Hie blow for blow accounts of the fight. These detailed reports are general ly dictated or jotted down in a cold-blooded, mechanical way by men who thoroughly understand their business, and there is little chance of a wrong impression being gained by any one who reads these returns carefully. The “light by rounds" reports that came away from the New Or leans ringside told as plainly as a moving picture presentment that Mandot in the beginning was cau tious and that was at all times anxious to bring matters to a focus quickly. Noticing that overeagerness to Hall Caine’s Story “The Woman Thou Gavest Me” The opening chapters of this great serial are just off the ! press. Hearst's Magazine for December contains this powerful work of the most noted of all the living English writers. It has the defining marks of a master’s touch. The story is about Mary —a beautiful young girl whose I stern and reckless father attempts to sacrifice her for his own worthless purposes. She rebels against him and the events that follow are most exceptional, ab sorbing and masterly. Your newsdealer has Hearst’s Magazine on sale. More New Letters Written by Standard Oil ? Further evidence of dealings between corporate interests and government officials are clearly disclosed in these reproductions. Hearst’s Magazine for December pub lishes them in the interest of truth and for the enlight enment of the people. DECEMBER NUMBER { Now on Sale at All News-stands ° r enc * 15 Cents to Hearst’s Magazine ’ ■ 381 Fourth Avenue, New York nr • u, 11. KW - " Z "MII’AIIJIIUII .WTKHM score rendered Wolgast wild, the Southerner took advantage of the champion’s mistakes and rolled up credits that could not be wiped out. The lesson gathered from the punch-for-puneli descriptions is that had Mandot started out With the same degree of confidence lie finished up with, there might have been a new world’s champion. As it is, Wolgast can pause amid his protestations and thank his stars it is no worse. On all sides one hears the query propounded: "What is really the matter with Wolgast?” Operation Stirred Him Up. To the writer it appears to be a combination of appendicitis and overconfidence. 1 know that old trainers of field athletes claim that an operation such as Wolgast un derwent will convert a ten-second man into an eleven-second one, and it hardly requires a knowledge of mathematics to figure out what ef fect tile experience will have on a champion fighter. A ten-second sprinter is a rarity; an eleven-sec ond man is uncommon occurrence, and it is beginning to look as thougii Wolgast has been trans formed from a farity to a common occurrence. What makes it worse in Ad’s case is that fighting is as the breath of his nostrils. He possesses the typical pugilistic temperament, and it would require something more depressing than the jab of a surgeon’s knife to imbue him with the idea that tile earth held a bet ter tigliter than himself at equal poundage. In his heyday he had everything S.S.S.chSCATARRH When we say S. S. 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Thousands of chronic cases of Catarrh of the most stubborn character have been com pletely cured by the use of S. S. S. The inflammation which produces chronic Catarrh can never be permanently relieved until thecause has been removed from the blood. This S. S. S. will do, and then nature hastens the return of perfect health. Book on Catarrh and any medical advice free to all. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. to flatter this vanity—for vanity it is. He was among lightweights what Tod Sloan was among jocks. He was a fullgrown man cast in a small mold, and, while training, never had to coddle himself in any way or provide against the effect! of reducing weight. He could go right along about his work knowing that he would be at the right poundage when the grind of preparation came to an end. He was formed on symmetrical lines and possessed all the strength that it was possible for a man of his weight to possess. Was an Ideal Lightweight. He was, in fact, the ideal 133- pounder, and when it is considered that there are few fighters in any class who do not have to weaken themselves to eom extent to remove the excess that accumulated bet ween contests, it can readily be under stood how Wolgast’s natural ad vantages, combined with his indom itable fighting spirit, made him feel and perform like a man who was every inch and every pound a champion. The idea is beginning to prevail that Wolgast’s final physical pow ers have suffered and that his ex alted opinion of himself remains Intact. If it. is that way, of course he is bound to strike trouble before long. But it will not do to begin singing his requiem until he is down and out. Courage and self-reliance, such as he possesses, tide a man over many a tight place In life, and It may be that if he shortens down on his "one-night stands” in the pu gilistic line and sets a champion ship date and keeps It in view, he may cause those who are predicting his downfall to change their tune.