The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-31

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By VEDDER GARD


ting Dempsey on the
PAM What did he ever do to
YOU? He's not such a bad fell
low. Why don't the sports writer's
lay off Of him?"
Well, come to think of 1t, he
may not ~ such a bad fellow. But
fighter lis supposed to fight.
That's the main reason we don't
get up and cheer for the heavy
weight champ.
Now. don't misunderstood. We
are not referring to his record IN
the war when he went to the ship
yards. That was a mistake, but
Jack was probably ill.advised. We
cannot believe for a minute that
he is yellow"
If he had joined the Army
very probably he would have
been made an athletic director
at training camper some
such job. Many fighters had
such positions while wearing
the khaki and the epithet
Stacker" is not hurled at them.
In the wartime scramble chance
played great part i'll the des-
tiny of many.
Dempsey's trouble is trying to
be something he is not. He Is not
a movie sheik. He is a fighter
or was. Jack has not been sin
cere with himself. He has failed
10 follow hisA profession.
But if one would be magnani-
NOUS even that could be con-
doned to a certain extent. Money
has magic power, and the changes
it works are not always to be adj
mired. Money opens up a new
world which must be learned. The
adjustment, sometimes, is a rath-
err painful process, especially with
the whole world looking on
laughing or sneering or ready
with advice.
We have taken our filings at
Jack along with the others. We
have laughed at his new nose,
his lawsuits, his dress suits and
his movie stunts--have jeered
at his failure to fight, the life
of ease that he lived and his
pose as gentleman"
But now the champion is at his
training camp getting ready to
make another million or so. And
in spite Of everything we cannot
help but admire Jack Dempsey,
heavyweight champion of the
world-admire him as a fighting
machine.
He is back where he belongs
back in the padded ring where
the scuff of the shoe OH the
resin is the undertone running
through the stacatto rhapsody
of slapping gloves.
And today we hazard a guess
that"Dempsey is happier than he
has been for many months. He
Is living again. Living his life
The one he has been trying so
lard to get away from.
A norman has made il easier
for mere man. Since Vierkotter
swan the English channel in
faster time than Gertrude Ederle
made, the ladies have been
strangely silent.
LOT has been written
~ about the French tennis
IL threat and how the VIOLA
dle young gentlemen from across
he seas are going to take back
)he Davis cup with them this year.
The closer the time approaches for
The matches Sept. 8 is the date)
The more remote seems this posi-
oility. Anyway, that's the way it
ooks to us.
The Frenchmen were not so
Impressive last week I'm defeat
ing Japan for the honor of meet
ing the United States team. The
result was three matches to two.
Havana, the great little Jap, de-
feated La COste and Cochet.
On the other hand, Big Bill Til
Zen seems his old self again. The
French had better not remember
defeats suffered by Bill last spring
IN the indoor meet at the hands
Of La Coste and Brugnon. This
Is a different Tilden that, in all
probability, will be the ace Of the
defending Yankee team. He
showed it clearly in the Newport
tournament last week.
Oh, the French are not beaten
yet. They are not to be taken
lightly. But let's not hand over
the cup just yet. Mons. COchet,
Ia Coste. BrugnOn and Borotra
are going to find the going tires
dificile" against Messrs. Tilden,
Richards, Johnston and VIII
liams. In other words, there are
some tough battles ahead.
We are a hospitable Nation, but
cup is a cup, even though we
may not have anything to put in
It except some Of Bill Tilden's
ICED tea.
The Indiana State tennis titles
have gone far, far away. Junior
players took them home to Cali
fornia and Texas. 1t does seem
as though state crowns should
be for HOosiers alone. Remem-
Der when Bill Tilden won? If
it is an open meet, call 1t that;
if it is an Indiana meet, make it
that.
Talking about baseball races,
take a slant at the Three-I League
in which two Hoosier clubs are
battling tooth and nail for the
pennant. Here's the way the stand
ing looked this morning: Spring
field, 545; Evansville, 544; Terre
Haute, 540 Peoria, .536; Decatur,
SIG; Danyille, 5GS.
MONEY HELD UP
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