The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-23
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WITH JOE WILLIALIS
NEW YORK. Sept.

"THE trouble with Jack Sharkey,"
II says Tommy Loughran in an
interview. is that he talks too
much Continuing. Loughran says:
what makes you think I can't lick
Sharkey? I hold a decision over the
greatest fighter that ever lived
Harry Greb When I was only 10
years old I was battling such or
binary guys as Gene Tunney, Harry
Greb. Dave Shade and Jess Smith.
I hold decisions over some o. the
best fighters the game has produced
in recent years. including McTigue,
Slattery. Latzo. Braddock. Emanuel.
Walker. Stribling and 1 don't know
how many others. My workouts
with Jack Dempsey in Atlantic City
four years ago convinced me I was
going to DC heavyweight champion
OF the world I used TO beat him
up every day
ZEN " iDuknEEH fbuiu Vhhf
suaded TO tax a little he'd be different
fellow altogether.
THE club that wins the first game
Il in the world series isn't always
the ultimate victor. but the odds
normally and logically ought to
favor that club. There have been
instances. to be sure, where a club
has won the first two games and
then been beaten in the series.
Baseball men tell you the result of the
first game in the coming series between
the Cubs and the Athletics will carry
eStraordinary significance. FOR some rea-
son the belief exists the Cubs are a more
bard. hailed. II not a more courageous out
81 than the American League champions
1T Is ARGUED THAT IF THE ATH-
IETICs CAN STEP OUT AND WIN THE
OPENER. THE EFFECT WILL BE Two
EDGED: MUCH or THE ARROGANCE
WILL BE KNOCKED OUT OF THE CUBS
AND A NEEDED STIFFENING OF The
MORAL, SINEWS WILL COME TO THE
PHUADEI PHIANS. SHOULD THE CUBS
WIN THE FIRST GAME. THE PRED1C-
TON is THAT THEY WILL PROCEED
ON TO A DECISIVE TRIUMPH. IN FIVE
OR SIX GAMES.
A S ! say, this is what oaSeoaH
"a men tell yOu-thoSe mysterious
sinister character. known as the
"insiders." They can be wrong. AS
q matter of fact, they are wrong a
great many times. l shall not be
surprised in the least if the Ath-
letics drop the first games and then
come back and make a clean sweep
I mean to say that's how this sort
of dope usually works out.
THIS time a year ago Horton
Il Smith. young Joplin MOI golf
professional didn't have a dime.
Today he has a bank account worth
mighty close to SIS 900. Young
Smith was the biggest money winner
during the last winter season. He
won eight or nine championships
including the $4,000 open at Miami
Beach.
Following his victories be is hailed
the greatest prospect among the younger
tween Smith and Bobby Jones in the
National Open looked forward TO.
But smith has been something OF an
artistic disappointment. He won the
French Open and was close M in the
western. but his performances in the
major events were nothing to shout about.
AT THAT. SMITH WAS MORE sue
CESSFUL. GENERALLY SPEAKING. THAN
SOME OF THE BETTER KNOWN VET
ERANS AND HE CERTAINLY HAS
SWEETENED THAT OLD BANK ROLL.
AM TOLD HE HAS PICKED UP ABOUT
$4,000 THIS SUMMER PLAYING AS
WALTER HAGEN'S PARTNER IN EX-
HIBITION MATCHES. AND SINCE HIS
ONLY EXTRAvAGANCE is SAID TO BE
IN THE PURCHASE OF NEWSPAPERS
CARRYING STORIES OF HIS OR OTHER
GOLFERS EXPLOITS. IT MAY BE AS
SUEiED HE'S STILL GOT 1T ALL.