Hide Article Text (OCR)
DAILY NEWS-RECORD. HARRISONBURG. VIRGINIA. WEDNESDAY. APRILBig Jim Thorpe And FriendsElkton Trackmen* jBest Indians As j IMcDonald LeadsJIM THORPE’S “WORLD FAMOI S INDIAN'S \x THEY APPEARED WHII.E BARNSTORMING the country as a top-notch court five in 1926-17. Playing with the famed Indian five was Dale Peters (front row, centert, now a Harrisonburg insurance adjuster. The late Thorpe hack row. second from left) was the drawing card for the Indian five which attracted top crowds wherever they played.Dale Peters Recalls Touring Days With Big Jim Thorpe's World Famous Indian Five; in the conferenceELKTON April 7—Led bv Phillip McDonald and Elwood May. Elkton High's track team romped to a 55 to 32 victory over Shenandoah High here this afternoon in a meet that saw three school records for the local school fell in the high jump shot put and relay.Phillip McDonald tallied 15l4 points in showing the way for Coach Raymond Busard's team while Mav netted 11 points.McDonald Leads ; ^McDonald finished first in t the 100 yard dash with a tim* f of 10.6 first in the 440 and tied I in the 120 Low Hurdles and ran p in the relay. May got second t place spot in the 100 Yd Dash, j r the Broad ump was first in j the 220 and 880 Yd. Dash and ? ran on the relay team that car- t ried off a win and set a new school record iDonnie Dofflemver set a new r record here for the high jump with a leap of 5ft 7in. breaking the old mark of 5ft, 4in set a-bout 1950 by Donnie Short Hank St. Clair tossed the shotFollowed a big pow-wow where *° •smas^ a school record too*neat-Just While the sports world over rently as Tie has for some time l7?K mourned the passing of Lm hoicim,* f ;’h ; A‘hletic Directorthe1 Me-0they were grinding the confer ence\' axes to rid them of opposi * tion from Peters when Jennings Randolph. Athletic Director at the college and later Congressman from West Virginia went to uat for Dale.‘Poor Country Bov’“He was my lawyer. I guess.” says Peters, and Randolph sobbed them a story that I was nothing but a poor country boy trying to get an education.''Randolph must have made a gooct plea, cause Peters got his education and Davis and Elkins'with a distance of 40ft. lOin The old mark was 40ft. lin set by i Charles Herring about 1949 The i Relay Team of May. Bril. Shif- t fett and McDonald liad a time t of 1:42. lt;Look Good 1The Elks, who looked good 1 here today. despKe some bad 1 running conditions face Monte- 1 video away on April 22 and take 1 part in the District M track meet it r idgei ltd C )Uaga on Sat -urday. April 25th as well as I shoot at the state meet in May Coach Bussard said that withfoes got nothing but trouble from return of Billv Eyetothe big gent who was probably more proud of his son. John Peters winning a spot on the Streaks' team during the past season than of any of his many accomplishments.Rates TopsAnd so maybe while the sportstion. out with a hip injury his showing in the hurdles and broad jump as well as running on the relay team should help the local thincladsThe SummaryThe summary for today’s meet hioh saw Elkton High get refans the countrv over won't soon venge for a defeat in the District foraet Jim Thorp-* neither will M meet last year is a follows Dale Peters who must rate him as 100—Phillips McDonald, E.tops' jus* as did that poll of May. E Sullivan. 8 10 6sportswnters in the twilight of Shot Put- Hank St Clair E. the life of this Indian boy from an C. Comer, S; E Rosson. S. 40ft. 10m.Thorpe at his California home hue at Harrimnbur Hr.’h last month one Harrisonburg Henderson Scoressports fan. Dale Petr s will al- Thorne Indians played the ways remember Bn* Jim, haumr D Ar E h - Pete: sa.d and forplayed with Thorpe's World two straight son.sons D. Ac E's. Cam Famous Indians” prior to cmng Henderson a ked Peters to enroll on to greater corn fame at Davis. at the We ** Vir-unia college.Elkina College in West Virunla Peters sa:d no lt;ich time butPeters an insurance admster j Henderson heat the bushes to In--The here, was recallin' his da vs wth chana. Hv * •■.» be exact.'our- ’ Thorpe's five yesterday ’ust as v'ee hr* fnut d Dale working on the fhe events with the barnstorm t 1 : • f.lt;*r *m-'s f ow. Under thea five had taken place tins past! w itchful eye of Dale's father.qqq court season instead of back in j who was more interested in «ee-ame ®nd 1927 it * Dale et the farm work donewittr Peters who must have beer, the than. :n seen * Henderson land thelw0 answer to anv court rmrhN pr-v- . ** as coll.* e student. “Cam” muf- frs with his lanky f-ame that tahmd to Dlt; * enrolling aty in’ stretches over the six foot mark, the college To t«• hum off thethe said that he was plav * •• ** • a f mo w : ?lt; e* h.lt;ck to v lt;»rk D-ileChrysler Corp. five in Nev CastTe. finally * Henderr-.j*. he'd en-13 1 Ind back in 1926 when Thorne's roll the followm. fall, having o’Uahnmi f m [ 5 | “World Famous Indians ' met 'he no idea * ‘he time that he'd ever■um; *ive Plavpfl *nr 80 t0 West Virginia collegen Joins Indians“After the came” sad Pete-, ^ Dae /ells ‘he story. the Thorpe hit me up to nlav with following. fall a check for $50 00 tjrm. The pav was 610 00 a rnme ’ tave’.'.i * xpe: • ' on Hendeplus hotel and train mo* lt;*• I son arnv**d and Dale asued hishad to buv mv own me tis but mother ; she thought he shouldJoined up with Thorne's fir** and 80 t0as it turned out staved with the AJ| ronfprenrp^ tpam ■ 1 Rained out yesterday in their• Peters who certainlv n* *»r be- • gn , d eo to college Dale -attempt to open the.r 1953 base-^u:s - h. mist ken f 1 ■ er that if Harrisoi H Shifflet Mel»lt;•: - dky.M wasn't the onlv nlaver on *' e She'd bin * m a pencil box he’d Blue Streaks mav try again this *lla* «ou*d who dldi t live up p * - Da,pnlh billing as World Famous Tn^ ms” Dale n*s headed for D. dr E High. Coach Ralph Guyton said but ttila dktf t make ai ffei • aelecttoi last i 11uuve Pnrp Thorpe’s connection with on •'» Wre Vrnm All-Confer- Guyton said that the heavv rams *”2 the team was the come-on attr c- ence Team * ‘he days, even as would make plav at Memlt;**ial°tht tion anywavs Peters pointed out n,v, when We-i Virginia court Stadium impossible but that ifj u,* and he noted that fbere were j,; - • ^ed ; * about tops agreement between the two schools cn a tt a mow* a T*nn lnr,i 7cames when “Big Jim noted for A, D * y nlt; had his sha*e can be reached the tilt m. * be lt;HATTANOQOA. Temn AprU 7c37°, living as he pleased didn t show of ■ . ,me of which played a- 3:30 this afternoor-. at . let C “J The%hiladelup for the fans to see r- ,.* 'Pen*- ’.e-,ds D A* E to Davton. If not then the Streaks Alhletic* t^dav 4% on theOne clipping from Dale s «erap- iv»* Vm- r.; Sco**in Bee will piobably wait until Fmhiv ^^h lt;5 Miiite Mirim's homebook tells of Jim m:.«n one of Dams an E k * - Tops Montclair when they are scheduled for an ',un m the Plkhth ot) r,fi‘ht handerthe games m this ftshten* tc P**, n points Ie.d.s *ltw8v‘ game a- Dayton H. h, to SI BisJim MisMn: 5 . ’ hlt; mpa hop had relieved lef* hander“More than one thousand bask- , , , Pf.tf . s Reads Spurt Long starter M. :ris Martin A tiuole bv Sametball fans went to Carmichae s L; ’ U ‘ To D nel Bant:ts The Harrisonburg High baseball m, and Chico Carrasauel s third *** [to Thon* ■ Giant j ment t t fThe S»S?!oi anJim hadn t cotten over .is Center 001* ” Pomts - F asv played. Dickie Lon : will get the other run in the eighthChristmas celebration for h^**!!*! T: uumph . rlt; .* * Le «dlt; ,T*mi- starting mound assignment a-nunst The Sox. after scoring once inV the Dayton nine with J-mmv the first off Martin, added anotherStreaks Dayton May Open TodayBroad Jump—Morris S May. E: Sullivan. S; 17ft. 5in120 Low Hurdles P McDonald. E and Plum. S Hie- Sulli-vta B 14 aeei 440 McDonald. E G Shifflett. E A. Comre. S; 59 secs.220 May, E; Plum. Comer. S. 26 secs880 Yd -Stepp S Painter. E; j G Shifflett. E 2 20880 Relay—Elkton 'May,1 42.BrillChisox Edge A's, 4 To 31017 zRice:(7)ad to appeal Onlv halfo! . . ■ —....................... ^ „*re« nt accepted t .■ r , v Kniclt; R co Kresn ck s stngh CaiI that Jim was unable to ' et **re IS n rom *r* utrin rnr- fnr relint Hinr f’.nvtnn inrilral*H ! racnnclc H/miKIo tn U I---- , Him Jim Who even has a comic strip car- for relief dirt’ Guyton indicated! rasquel’s double to right and R J.• ow: ne to an auton that thta the in '■ on’s single through the I ■merl-its in 1 and hite'sin Ohio SundavHowever the visiting team probablv d¥in't suffer anv for Jim was never accused of being much of a basketball plover ”Peters, who like the rest of the plt; Inc ago ( \ 1 I (Ml 000 l.’lt; I 9 nmoui d Philadelphia (A) 000 001 W. : C *I ■ . : :t,. the J ibnson Beardtn and RIndian Trouble Davton nine Wilson; Martin, Bishop *8 andIt wasn’t all Tory though at Thus the Streaks opener re- MurrayAc V and those seasons with mained wife it has been most ofnation will rank Thorpe as tops those “Wo* Id Famous Indians of this week up in the air If thevnow. no matter what comment Thoro * almost denied him all the play it todav, they will plav it atruns. *'as made about this Indian who. ».nno!S n we**» his at the Davton, according to Guyton and I 17 | born on an Oklahoma farm rosetyy. , v 11 .1 s • on! I* all if thev don't get the came in to-to sw h athletic fame that poll ca, fronof Associated Press snorts writers the travT.n u-.he paid him per at Dayton on Friday, if the weath-oerer Ul voted hto ’f ’ Conftr-J ernand athlete of the first half of tne eI1bic-w;c as they would, re- ation which is more than he has 20t h t enl irv _ d ed with the I done for them most of thi•Over The Hill . - «When Peters was with Thorpes uraiiy asn’t plav-ne for freetraveling tribe, the ereat guy was, B11,} tjius ,vas not P]i«ible to plav GIVE. TO THE RED 4ROSS over the hill” as the saving _ -—--------------—_pat aHEAD THE CLASSIFIED ADSRegarabout athletes but he still could draw the people and that wastjp M! what counted with the ‘ World coun- Famous Indians” touring the care pleted circuit»clare Peters recalled that one n*her r the item which Thorpe had a fot i' vs ers for was neckties pointing out tha* sident on the tour he’d buy them by the [ Pro-, hundreds, paying as much assaid $5 00 for a single tie When tbeheads - season was all over Thorne would ascer-; E0 through the ties giving to■club'peters those that he didn’t want anymore ed to indirectly Tltorpe paved the wnv my of for Peters’ college education a? hinted Davis-Elkins where Dale played n basketball with another Harrison-from burg resident now*, a cent by ‘hi as in name of Claude E. Warren, cur-...power for mgny chores tor ALL the familymvYu t— •« th» a wkmt you kvyOn tho tof.Knew wkmt yeu'reXZ, lt*‘ oh« r*Sevfhem lM«i Pwtlliiw
Newspaper Details
Daily News-Record
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Wed, Apr 08, 1953
Page 17
Full Page
Clipped by
University O.
USA 29 Sep 2023
Other Publications Near Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg Republican
Harrisonburg Old Commonwealth
Harrisonburg Evening News
Harrisonburg Daily Independent
Daily News-Record
