Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-01
Bv WALTER d. HICKMAN.

ON BOARD THE PENNSYLVANIA,
BOUND FOR JERSEY CITY, VIA NEW
YORK, July IL am full Of fight.
Not that want 20 give anybody a
black eye, but the air is full of fight talk.
Here I am sitting as pretty as you
please in the nifty parlor CT Of the fast
Pennsylvania train bound for New York
City.
Everybody is a frst-cIass authority on
Just when and how Dempsey is going to
plant the Tong sleep" punch on Monsieur
Carpenters jaw.
1 have bored c. Roltare Eggleston to
death by referring to the preliminary
outs as curtain raisers," and the big
fight as a matinee" Try as much as
I can, I am unable to speak of the big
fight unless l use theatrical chatter. For
weeks l have read Eddie Ash's learned
articles" l should have said fight dope,
and would have consented to have turned
the pages of the Police Gazette If l
could have spotted one at barber shop.
In other words, 1 was willing to do
anything TO look sporty.
So keen was l to have that SATISFIED
sporty feelin' on this trip that I nearly
was talked into buying a loud checkered
suit-you know. one Of those shrieking
birds" Somehow didn't have the nerve
to doll up like a checker board, so
COMPROMISED on a near-loud brown. But
I have noticed all along the way, that
the guys who wear the ''checkered"
suits are all wise on the fight dope.
Have heard a bunch OF talk about "i1l
bet you ten to one" but l haven't seen
the zone" let alone the ten" A little
fellow in a very modest blue suit pro-
duced a rolf but a wise bird in g big
checked suit drew out only the max
irs" and some cigarette papers.
The birds" on this train talk as If
they have played marbles with Dempsey
and have played IN the movies with
Georges. II hot air were money. some Of
these guys would make Rockefeller look
Ike an empty oil barrel.
Even the porters are authorities on the
fight situation. While brushing you OF
and at the same time brushing something
into their hand. they give lengthy dis
courses on the ''powful punch Mr.. Demp-
sey has"
To hear the talk on this train, Demp-
sey viii put the lily IN Georges hand at
the end Of the second II not the first act,
I mean round.
I didn't know that Christmas came on
the Fourth Of July this year but I guess
it does. c. Roltare Eggleston is playing
the Santa Claus role in q summer pro-
duction Of THE Night Before Christmas"
With the consent OF the New York
office Of 3. F. Keith vaudeville circuit
Mr.. Eggleston, the manager Of the In
dianapols house, gathered up three rep
reSentatives Of the local papers. also
Mayor Charles W. Jewett and carted us
all on the :45 2. N. train yesterday for
New York City 10 see the big fight at
Jersey city Saturday afternoon.
The mayor wouldn't ADMIT to the city
hall reporters that he was going TO wit
ness the fight. The way be put it was
that If an angel should drop IN, give
him some tickets he would go with the
newspap ermen 20 the fight"
So the angel cid drop the necessary
card boards and here We all are being
pilOted to the big fight by Mr., Eggleston.
As Cabinet members intend TO be at the
tight, the mayor win not feel out Of
place
I have Travelled a wee bit at election
times. but the talk is hotter" about this
fight than I ever heard a Harding Re
publican denounce the Lea que Of Nations.
The air IS full Of 6ght dope. Even the
wheels OF the train as they spin over the
rails seem to sing, Knockout out IN the
second
The women on the train. probably be-
cause they have full suffrage. refer 10 the
"fstiC ability" Of both Mr.. Dempsey and
Mr. Carpenter. Some Of the women are
keen TO see even seven round fight
The women use sweeter English in dis
cussing the fight than the men, but some
OF tie fair ones are anxious TO see Car
pentier administer The decisive blow
And so here I am in the world Of sport