The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-04
57AYRES 21O TROT TOPS PLAYGROUND RACING BILL
TALKING
IT OVER
NEW YORK. Sept. 4
BIZ JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.
TEAM BOROTRA. the tennis play
j er, ano Colonel Lindbergh were
standing around waiting for the
French fliers to land at the Curtiss
airport as gray wells Of twilight were
settling over the Long Island nelds
late Tuesday.
Il think the greatest thing Ccste ever
did" commented Borotra was 70 turn
back when IT looked a. ~ the odds vers
against him on his FIRST attempt to cross
the ocean" LndberKh agreed IL was the
smart thing TO do"
I'm wondering II it also wasn't a very
bra hing to to Slime 90; sn b1a sidIessfz 9 ahssd
gar Bling wholly With sheer luck and risk
INF all On the caprice OF fate?
Anybody can be lucky II takes no
crest amount Of high courage 10 buck the
inevitable or laugh at prodiEieus follies'
Except IN very rare instances only the IN
imaginative and mentally stolid sign no
for blind adventures.
It IS written that the coward dies a
thousand deaths. vet there must be mo-
nents when the brave ole ~ least tnfee OF
four times in the reflective privacy OF
their souls.
THE stock ingredients that go
J. into the making of bravery are
not always the same. What may
be bravery in one man may be just
plain insanity in another. Men in
distress take their lives. Is that
bravery, or is the higher form of
fortitude reached in continuing to
live and suffer?
When Coste turned back at the Azores
on his other attempt 70 span the Atlantlc
eoayintrvmen. The flight had been attended
bv weeks Of preparation. There hao neen
intense publicity Ana tnsn siLer n ? Ma
the weather conditions had grown I'M
propitious.
II was at once q courageous and an In
fsIIigept move. A less intelligent and per-
force less courageous PILOT might. have
gone on. not caring 10 invite the stigma
that falls on those who live TO explain.
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NNCE in a while you come across
~ a. Coste in sports. Perhaps the
stature is greatly reduced but In a
general way you find the same
blend OF intelligence and courage.
Gene Tunney was one of the brsv-
est men who eve drew on the
boxing feathers though there have
been scores of others whose records
in this respect have been much
more spectacular.
Tunney had q tremendous faith in him
self. He was aoutely sensitive of the
dangers he faced. He never went into a
aght without planning a retreat as we'll
as an advance.
He fought Dempsey a hundred times
before he was ever IN the ring WIN nm
out OF the resin in these imaginary battles.
shook of the effects Of a crushing lelt
hook. and went on to Mn.
There we're other fighters who had Just
As much i~magination and courage as Tun-
nev. / mention him specifically because
he was = conspicuous example of the type
Of bravery that Is interlocked will mental
sIertness.
THE other type is represented by
l. the Battling Nelson's, the Ace
Hudkinses and the K. o. Browns,
whose ring epitaphs will be they
could take it."
Insensitive to fear, nothing daunted
them. They climbed through the fogs and
the storms of the ring with the same
the skies were clear and there we're no
danger signals flying.
q q q
To the ringsider this type of courage IS
always the most impressive and for all I
know Il may be a very high quality of
vaIor. vet IL would seem If one were in
cspsbIe Of recognizing fear he would need
no courage of any description.