The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-04
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By JOE WILLIAMS

DERHAPS II Is Just as wei that
u Bobby Jones does not take
seriously the athletic fame he has
attained and which a mad. exuber-
ant public persists in emphasizing IN
his presence and 70 his manifest
embarrassment. II wasn't so many
years ago that they put on just such
a carnival spirited show as that
which was unfurled for Jones
Wednesday for a little German
American girl who had swum TO
fame by being the first Of her sex
to conquer the English channel.
A batch Of big names disguised in hiKh
siIk hats climbed aboard the Macon. the
sturdy little barge the city Of New York
uses for such hosplta5ie ostentations. and
steamed out TO sea to meet the liner that
was bringing her back to her native port.
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The harbor was alive with craft below
fnE an ear-piercing welcome. FIRE boats
isey Strands Of mist against the SKY.
Thousands lined the battery shore. Tam
manys exalted rulers performed 1 ne q 9iiI
steps. and then followed tTiumphsl pro-
cession I'd Broadway.
old man Ederle's girl had come
~ home. She had swum the
channel. No other woman had ever
done that. Those who knew. said
il couldn't be done. But the chunky
little Ederle girl. with her powerful
shoulders, placid brown eyes and
pleasant smile. had proved that 1t
could be done.
And for three or four hours that day
New York went on an emotional orEy and
. sentimental oarousaI that was Just as
sincere a. it was spectacular. Somehow
il seemed at that moment the little Ederie
girl never would be forgotten. Almost
overnight she had become the most ia
nous Young woman in America.
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7 don't know where Gertrude Ederle is
Tina saw saw her was at some small beach
club in Westchester. I think she vas CIV
ing Lessons from the high spring board
Y SAW her from distance and 1
L thought she looked strangely
alone. wistful and almost pathetic.
They told me her battles with the
fierce tides and the blood chilling
waters in the channel had injured
her hearing. and this had developed
an acute sensitiveness and that she
had become crowd shy.
don't know exactly why the show they
nut on for Jones started me to thinking
about Gertrude EderIe. Maybe 1t was be-
cause as a champion swimmer. she had
many Of the same fine qualities which
have made the Atlanta youth so ire
rnendously popular. and I can't help but
wonder just what her emotions are when
she reads in the newspapers practically
the same stories she read about herself
few brief years ago
realize OF course. the analogy here is
not altogether pertinent or compete. out
ID should be gratifying to admirers OF
Bobby to know that ne can take these
outhursis of hysteTia IN stride. appre-
Cistively. but not too seriously.
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TN some respects, the show Wednes-
L day was different from most of
its kind. Usually New York puts
them on without outside support,
and does a very impressive job in
deed. For Jones, the cast was sup
plemented by neighbors from his
home town. This gave it a note OF
affection and sincerity that is not
always present when headline char
acters come home from alien shores.
when the Macon nudged M TO the huge
Europa and Jones and his party were
brought aboard. his dad and mother we're
there to greet him first. Fame carries
with il many disturbing penalties. and
one Of them is stinted privacy in intimate
moments.
The boy had heard his mother had got
un from a sick bed to come east to well
come him Anxiety and alarm we're
clearly written in his bronzed features
as ne half stumbled down the III! thin mar mar,
German boat to the bobbing. restless
tug He caught her in his arms and held
her close for many moments
IRON the towering decks of the
L Europa hundreds of strangers
looked on. Blue-coated cops formed
a barricade which kept the news
hounds and film fiends back a few
respectful PAGES.
Just a minute you guys" roared
a sergeant. Don't you know he
amt seen his NAV in a month"
Presently the Younger Mr.. Jones reached
his dad and bounced a very lusty and
audible kiss of his proud lips. gentle
man hy the name of Joseph Johnson. who
admitted. with no apparent reluctance,
that he was in charge Of things then. took
Mr. Jones from his family and announced
bsnevoIently he had ARRANGED for him TO
be interviewed.
This vas the signal for twenty seven
reporters TO surround the Younger Mr.
Jones and start popping questions at MIN.
The DISTINGUISHED arrival confessed he
felt veil was clad 10 be back. liked the
British. 10 was nice 70 see the skv line
again. he hoped TO win at Minneapolis
next week that he had no intention Of
quitting golf and that all he knew about
the tariff was what he read in the papers.
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