Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1919 — JIM THORPE MUST PRODUCE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JIM THORPE MUST PRODUCE

With Boston Braves, Famous Indian Athlete Will Have to Show Major League Ability. Jim Thorpe, famous Indian athlete, sold recently to the Boston Braves by Manager McGraw of the Giants, must stand upon his own feet in the future. The celebrated Fox and Sac Indian’s sale this time is a strictly bona fide proposition, and unless he can prove he has major league caliber he will be shunted to the minors. Thorpe’s passing from the Giants indicates that he has completed his postgraduate course in baseball. Signed as a ball player at a time when he'was at the peak of his fame as an athlete, Jim Thorpe failed to win a regular berth, but was held because his contract was an ironclad one and also because McGraw believed he was capable of annexing as many laurels on the ball ground as he had annexed on the gridiroh and the cinder path. Jim Thorpe may possess major league class, but he does not possess the sort of class that McGraw demands. The Indian is aggressive and he has

speed to bum, but be is a natural victim of curve ball pitching, and even McGraw’s famous tutelage has not corrected the defect. McGraw has more than made good on his contract with the famous Indian. If he falls flat and it becomes necessary to ship him to the bushes, it will be because Manager Stallings is totally enable to see even a faint ray of promise in the former Carlisle star.

Jim Thorpe.