The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-03
ALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS
NEW YORK. Feb. 3.

DHE boys are beginning to apply
i the heat to the Sharkey-S Scott
thing, which is to be mercilessly ex-
posed for the Florida resort trade
late this month. Considering what
they have to work with 1 must say
my colleagues who are already on
the ground are doing right well.
True they have not confected any
thing startlingly original so far, but
they are in there trying. That was
. neat touch having Mrs. Sharkey
and the children-kiddies, 1 believe
they we're referred to in the press
dispatches from Miami Beach
pacing the head Of the family as he
trudged bravely through Flamingo
park doing his road work.
This inevitably recalled the lively inter
est Rose Julian used 10 take in the pre-
battle preparations of her husband. the
late Bob Fitzsimmons and as you may
have noted the boys we're very quick TO
stress the parallel. As neat aid TO the
baIlyhoo Mr.. James Johnston has arranged
te have his man, Scott. adopted by the
Edward Huttons Of Palm Beach. the I'd
yard Huttons being away mp there In the
money and the class.
CCOTT will go through his train
- ing gestures before the exclusive
set during the cocktail hour and
I have a notion that this will be a
break both for the exclusive set
and Scott, because / am told that
after the ninth or tenth round of
cocktails a certain mellowness and
tolerance Is engendered in the hu-
man soul and under such circum-
stances Scott is likely to look very
heroic.
This was one Of the factors which con-
tributed to the artistic success of the
Florida fight . year ago. Though the
Messrs. StribIinE and Sharkey did not fight
EIth enough honest zrdor at any time
daring the ten round To arouse the envy
u beIIigerent humming bird, large
number Of portIy persons in hard boiled
shirts left the premises completely salts
Ned, n not In a perfect glow OF en-
tbHsiasm.
L rivalry between Miami and Palm
Beach. and in view Of this condition
1t is rather surprising to hear that
the Edward Huttons are sponsoring
a prize fighter because after the
fight Of year ago the residents of
Miami Beach voted against any
further explorations of this
character and as a consequence the
Madison Square Garden Corpora
ton was compelled to move its
arena from the exclusive suburban
section into the city proper.
n
There was no specific objection TO the
spectacle itself, hut when the property
owners found such gentlemen Of refine
ment IsIy the Egg. Pete the Goat, Texas
Red. Joe the Goni1 and One Eye Connolly
eIuttering up their decorous lawns 1t was
decided that II would be for the best if
the locale we're changed.
A year ago the ballyhoo centered largely
in the person OF Jack Dempsey who moved
in to function as a show window for the
Garden outfit after the death OF Rickard.
The spectacle of Dempsey carrying on as
promoter for his deceased friend carried
sentimental touch and the practical
persons who had their money tied up in
the enterprise saw that the angle was
translated into turnstile appeal.
DEMPSEY became quite a figure
IL and moved with an easy
aplomb and grace among the beach
ariStocratS who found in him some
thing Of an interesting contrast aft
er their chaSte experiences with the
more dignified Tunney. But even
Mr.. Dempsey did not escape criti-
cism. For one thing Mr.. Dempsey
with MS Democratic and cosmopoli-
tan ways has a strange, unkempt
following and some of the gentle
men who associated with him in a
personal and business capacity dur
ing his occupancy of a Swank beach
home did not quite measure up to
the social demands of the set.
Also Mr.. Dempsey is a natural show
man and when he resorted TO a melodra-
matte device TO give frelh impetus to
the ballyhoo 1t failed to strike a popuIar
note of civic approval. 1t was agreed that
II Mr.. Dempsey felt the necessity of at
tracing additional attention to this proi-
eet he should have settled on a less des-
perste plan than having himself shot at
BY early morning assas ms