Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1916 — Jim Thorpe, Indian Athlete, Signs With Pine Village. [ARTICLE]

Jim Thorpe, Indian Athlete, Signs With Pine Village.

In anticipating the greatest football team that ever represented Pine Village, Manager Clark Rhode has signed Jim Thorpe, the famous Indian halfback, for the snug salary of SIOO per game. Thorpe is given credit for winning the biggest games played last ; season, and incidently putting Pine village on the map. John Redmond and Harry Sheridan, of Frankfort, are also signers, according to Mr, Rhode. Redmond is a graduate of I. U. and .was on the team there, while Sheridan is from Purdue. Thorpe at present is a member of the New York Giants of the National League.