The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-26
/ AL.KING
IT OVER
NEW YORK Oct 2e
WITH JOE WHII8.is

DOSSIBLY not wholly as a result,
l. but certainly In spite of the ex-
pose Of the frightful conditions
which exists in collegiate athletics,
the stadia-aw. let's be plain folks
and call EN- stadiums-of the land
today will be packed with millions
Of healthy. normal people watching
recruited and proselyted half backs
lug the leather, as the boys say,
hither and yon on the gridiron.
This is one Of the discouraging
features about the prim straight
laced business of crusading. The
effects are seldom lasting or i'm
pressive.
The CarneEie foundation Is convinced
that football as II is interpreted in the
American college is a very definite menace.
The eititEens are warned that EIarfng
crimes are being committed in the fair
name Of Amateurism. But do the citizens
minds? Unfortunately they do not.
On the contrary they evince a
marked disposition to contribute to
the furtherance and perpetuity of
these sordid spectacles. As far as
they are concerned the only weak
ness in the present scheme is the
niggardly manner in which tickets
are distributed.
Why fellow has TO known a senator or
trustee member of the CarneFie
foundation to get a ticket to a big game
these days. This Is something that ought
to be looked into and no fooIin'.
WHO cares whether the star
" half back of BackWash U.
gets $40 a week for waiting table
in the main hall? OF course, that's
a horrible crime and steps ought
to be taken right away. but how
about all those tickets on the fifty
yard line-why can't a fellow get
one once in a while2 If those foun-
dalton fellows want to do some
thing really worth while let them
pry into that.
Tor no good reason Tommy
I Loughran Is soon to have a
successor as the light heavyweight
champion. Friday the New York
boxing commission named these
four gladiators to fight it out for
the title, or the priced baubIe, as
it Is touchingly referred to OH oc-
csSion, Maxey RoSenbloom, Yale
Okum, Louie Scozza and George
Courtney. There are at least three
Of these birds I can whip myself.
Scozza might be a little tough. 1
can't even pronounce him.
Some former holders of the light heavy
weight championship we're Bob Fitzsim-
mons. Philadelphia Jack OBrien. Georges
Carpenter. Jack Dillon. battling LevInsky, |
Harry Greb and Gene Tunney. But COM
pared to Maxey and Yale and Louie and
GeerEie. all those fellows Of course were |
frowEy mounte5anks.
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nANIEL HOWLEY would very
II likely have been the manager
OF the Yankees If he had been less |
truculent in his attitude toward !
Philip Decatsy Ba., his boss in st. !
Louis, when an effort was made to
bring the two together late last
summer. Howley had taken excep-
ton to statement Ball made pub
lie in which he strongly implied he
was running the ball club. An open |
break between the manager and |
club owner followed and a mutual |
friend stepped in and sought to
effect peace treaty.
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BALL said he was willing. adding, at lose |
from 100000 to S15O.OOO a year running
this ball club. IT'S my hobby. For that
kind Of money I ought 10 be able to say
something about It once in = WHILE"
The peace maker asked HowIey to con.
slider that angle and to accept the sporadic
outbursts by the club owner rs a within or
eeeentricity peculiar to the elderly man.
n
DUT Howley had developed very
- decided feelings about the
matter He didn't care how much
ball lost. That was just too bad.
He was the manager of the club
and nobody was going to take
any credit away from him. If Ball
didn't like the way he was manag-
ing the club he could go and get
another manager. And besides
Howley had decided that he
wouldn't work for a guy like Ball
under any circumstances anyhow.
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JACOB RUPERT ranked Howley
- high among the younger school
OF managers. but when the details
OF this episode were laid before him
he Shuddered. 1t seems the colonel
has habit of referring to the
Yankees at times as my ball club"
Fearing that Howley might not toll
crate any such liberties, the colonel
scratched his name of the list of
eligible managerial prospects.
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