The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-11

= the DOPE

By EEDDER GARD

go to New York. Some
$4,000 suckers paid out their good
coin Thursday night to see Strib-
ling and Berlenbach. They not
only planked down the dough,
but got all EXCITED about the
fight.
Then when they got there they
were surprised because the
Georgia battler followed his usual
custom and hung on for fifteen
rounds. They got all excited again
and yelled and boeed to their
hearts content. Many Of them
got their moneys worth in lung
exercise.
One of the most overrated
fighters in the game today,
Young Stribling should be
through in New York. But is
he through?
In six months or a. year maybe
$4,000 more hoobs will be ready to
crowd into an arena again. The
public likes to be fooled.
Stribling's prestige for Thurs
days championship battle was in
>creased by his good showing
against Risko. Every one thought
it was rather peculiar that Will
liam should meet the Cleveland
tough boy just before the Berlen'
bach bout. But it was the very
thing. The title go was built up"
by Stribling's good showing against
Risko
New York boxing at various
times. despite the belligerent COM
mission, is funny" Strange things
happen. We are not suggesting a
thing out Of the way, but
We don't like to criticise PA"
and "Ma," but they should have
made a wrestler out of their
pride and Joy and meal ticket.
He fights that way; transforms
that way. He should be a great
success on the mat.
But then after all, why worry.
William has made plenty of dough
as a fighter. And there are plenty
of suckers left.
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With all the umpfres there are
to pick on, Bill McKechnie had
to choose KLEIN, the czar. The
manager of the Pirates should
have known better than that.
The Pittsburgh leader now is
thinking it over as a noncom-
Blatant as he snarts under an in
definite suspension handed out
by President Heydler of the Ma
tionaI League.
If you remember, it was KLEIN
who said there weren't any close
ones. Why argue with man
like that?
TILL CLYMER is strutting
X his stuff these days. Derby
day has the Buffalo club
right up at the top of the Inter
national League battling tooth and
nail with Baltimore, the perennial
winner.
It would be an awful shock If
the Orioles failed to cop the pen
rant. The International fans just
sit back and wait until it's over,
usually. The Bisons are causing
quite a sensation by their failure
to observe the established order
of things.
Buffalo, Baltimore and Toronto
are far ahead of the rest Of the
teams. 1t is a three-way race.
Thursday, Clymer's club got SO
mad upon losing to Jersey City
in the first game of double
header that the team went out in
the second fracas and made four
teen runs in ore inning for a sea-
son record.
~1HAIRMAN' PROUT of the
IL foreign rtFstions committee
of the A. A. U. is one tough
bird. Ask Charley Hoff if you
don't believe it. When the Nor
wegian vaulter sent a long tele-
gram to the A A U. asking for
a hearing and explanation Of the
A. A. us action in canceling
further permission to compete in
the United States, Prout sent the
following reply.
"Press reports state you are
wiring me to establish basis for
suit against the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. Other reports are
that the present controversy is
publicity stunt preceding your
entry into moving pictures. In
either case I do not feel your
wire should be answered. If
either or both reports are wrong
please wire?"
Mr.. Prout and those officials in
the Northern England golf tour
ney, who disqualified Jim Barnes
and Joe Kirkwood, because they
were fifteen minutes late at the
starting tee should get together
for a little visit. Undoubtedly
they would have much in com
mon.
LITTER all, baseball is a cold
TAI business proposition and
Hank Gowdy is out in the
cold. His Columbus club failed to
win this year and the fans failed
to pour in their dollars at the
gate.
1t doesn't matter who you are.
The goods must be delivered
rookie or famous character of the
great national game-each is
treated the same. At least, that
is the case as far as Gowdy Is
concerned.
Hank Gowdy is out of job
with the season only two
months old. He has not been
given any more consideration
than the lowliest recruit. be-
cause the gate receipts stopped.