The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-23
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-There viii
N be 10000 people. more or less,
out to the Yankee stadium on Sat
iirday to see a couple Of home town
football teams play This IS some
thing that has never happened be-
fore. There have been crowds OF
equal magnitude before, but not to
see New York teams play. Generally
these turnouts have been reserved
for Army-Notre Dame games.
This Is how the fiction started that any
body can be q Notre Dame alumnus. IL
was popularity believed that the Irish OF
New York came out TO root for Knute
Rockne. the Norwegian and his Polish
Lithuanian back field. component parts OF
an organization called the Fighting Irish.
z u
But on the coming weekend the natives
viii pass through the turnstiles 70 see
I IsIsfg bots Fan member Of Father Knicker
bocker's Club. On this same Gay tnels
will be number OF otner games games, sIoa -
rossibiv much more siRnihcant but for the
bovs from the sidewalks Of Rev n 3
there viii be only one Rame-tne Ram
against the Violet.
"HIS is the first time a home
i town game has ever gripped
the imagination of the metropolis.
Back in the old days, Columbia used
TO play Yale and other big ones and
ehere was a great deal Of local in
.erest in those games but that was
before football became a national
frenzy
There is no telling how trcmendous. ulti-
poste'y these strictly local competitions
viii become. " IT we're possib'e TO hsn ne
crowd on Saturday very likely would be
that large.
A ROUND the garden Wednesday
N night, for instance. gentlemen
who have always restricted their
chatter to left hooks and stretch
finishes we're talking about wing
formations and the 6-2-2-l defense
against laterals. Joe HUMPHREYS,
the silver tongued walrus, was
wondering if he couldn't get job at
the game announcing the winner
Being auick at figures, Walter Friedman
eaIcuiated that crowd Of $4,000 customers
at three bucks head would total more
than 5000. 600. THAT is very important
NANCY in these days unused Friedman. i
wonder II couldn't 90 to egypt and
bring back a set Of four horsemen and
sell them to some college" Friedman, you
no doubt recall. Is the gentleman who
FIRST saw the bO1 office possibilities in the
Primo Of the Cameras.
Friedmans associates also proieesse,ql
vibrant. eager interest IN the SITUATION non.
Partieuiarly. Ownie Madden. the big beer
and ale man who is reputed 10 nave
many OF those millions.
IT is reported that Madden has become
= bit curled on the fight game In Its
present low and unremunerative state and
that II he can find college reasonably
priced he would be willing to step in and
buy It lock. stock and faculty just for the
football privileges.
Even william Carey. president Of the
Garden. indicated a deep interest in the
hour Wednesday night ne was still trying
to devise a play by which he might per-
suade some Of the larger colleges to trans
fer their games to his organization on
percentage basis Il think I shall forget
all about Sharkey and Schmeling and try
TO match Army and Navy" he said.
n n
FHERE will be a distinct Broad
4 way touch to the game on
Saturday that is not usually observ-
able at games played on Manhattan
Island. The good Mr. Walker, hin1-
self will be there. So will Texas
Guinan, dowager queen of Sucker
mania, without whom no flash light
picture is complete. Babe Ruth will
occupy a commodious and nom
partisan spot on both side lines,
hoping the best team wins and car
ing not which one does as long as
it is Fordham.