The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-05
TALKING
IT OVER
BIZ JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-H there
~ are to be football games played
for the unemployment fund they
should be football games Of some
Importance. Otherwise there should
be none at all. Either the col
leges should respond Fundamentally
10 the suggestion that through
their teams they assist in relieving
a national emergency or they
should be permitted to remain aloof
in their smugness protected by
barricades Of red tape, rules and
petty technicalities.
Normally In matters Of this sort any
thing that is helpful IS better than moth
ing. bat here the situation IL different; an
that Is needed So a word to bring together
sueh eIeyens a. Army and Navy. Harvard
ana Princeton and Fordham and N. 7. U.
e mention a few In the eastern sector.
Left to the players themselves this word
undoubtedly would come with a SURFING
spontansty II It falls e s9Ts i5Sm - sns
consequences the movement collapsesI !
don't believe the ticket buying public
ehfff nro0rams It's simple sporting
srsas and and either the colleges are
willing TO help or they aren't.
IRON what I can learn Yale,
It Harvard and Princeton are
disposed to put a community team
on the field, composed OF picked
players from the three squads. and
play a charity game against an &C
ceptable opponent. This is little
enough from any college group. To
me 1t seems entirely too little. Ana
at that there Is a catch in 1t. only
seniors can be used. This MEANS
among other things, that the widely
Dublicized Able Booth, junior,
would not be available, and he
would be about the only box OFFICE
lure such an attraction could nave.
Vvhv only eeniors7-well, you see, there's
n rule or somethIng-I have not tried 10
anzlyxe the rule. It may be that u Is
based on the thought that since senior
can not play any more football at college
ANYWAY Il doesn't make much difference
whether he Is hurt or not. Whereas II
4 junior Is INDEPENDENTLY junior
box office Appeal-this would affect the
squad no little the following season.
The New york Giants. professional
team. has volunteered its services ana Is
T bi to Psy gesture snx 'e and While It would
be s''i interesting TO test the popular theory
that the pros play peter io tba sala s
,,isvers Should be asked to perform Tor
charity. They are not getting along any any
100 well at the boz ONCE as IN ~ q, cnm
parison with those at the command OF the
colleges. and TO ask them TO contribute
hsT m TED s sges d 5f tSe des "
The colleges have made million dollar
business out Of amateur football and II
thsiT G9neeS SSoTe Of set oi pTm faculty.
s s6Out then sSe W u is Opposition ToS
N ATED off his performance
X against Kid Chocolate the
other night you will have to list
Fidel La Barba as one Of the great
featherweights of the generation.
His victory over the fiashy Cuban
Negro was impressively emphatic.
thought he fougnC a peIAeCC AASAAU'
They are saying the Kid left his
fight in the Harlem dance halls, and
maybe he did, yet I have my doubts
that he could have beaten the La
Barba of the other night no mat
ter how well conditioned he was.
=
La Bsrba is great body puncher'
shrewd Judge Of pace. and thoroughly
game. He won the fight in the third
round, round packed with bhsteEing
action and fierce battling. 1t was prob
abIv the most spirited round two feather
weights ever flashed In the east.
q
la Barba started 1t with left TO the
rhIn which spurred the kid to whirring
onslaught. For ALMOST 800 minute mute, t ang
uppercuts. In the end 1t was La Baroa
who finally broke and gave ground. But
after he had recomposed himself he came
back a ID hammered the Cuban indus,
trlously with punches to the head ana
du