The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28

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; By JOE WILLIAMS :

ATEw YORK. Jan. 28.-Hockey,
IN the game that rode TO New
York fame on chariot Of hard
listed belligency. is softening up.
Penalties are decreasing alarming
ly, and the beloved villains of puck
chasing are substituting brotherly
love and parlor manners for their
accustomed Il1anhandling
Few soul-tingling battles have
enliyened the customers this sea-
son. It is all very saddening to the
fiery old-timers. and bad medicine
for the front Office, for the trade
considers a stick on the pate worth
ten on the puck
The fans love penalties. fights and
bad men. But bad men Of hockey. 10
would seem.@a becoming a myth. The
Tame is becoming refined. and before
long slap on the wrist probably viii
mean a major penalty. 1t seems that
the warriors are becoming practical
Y
Esls. Stewart hit the keynote when he
ana Marty Burke we're chased for wres-
two MAJORS now Ia sock YOU on the nose. .
VXTERE it not for the Philadel-
w phia assault on the Boston
Bruins, the New York American
Toronto fracas, Butch Keeing's
shifting Of Frank Ingram and Rab-
bit McVeigh's disastrous gestures
against Dit Clapper, the emblem Of
the pro circuit might well be RAM
pant lily on background of lace
and lavender
Even Eddie Shore and Ching johnson
have been woeful disappointments this
season. Edward slapped Jack Beattie,
then Of Springfield, in a preseason
game. but has been a candidate for a
halo ever since. Johnson is 80 per cent
behind bis marx of lays season.
n
The once tough Harvey Rockburn, lead
er VI the penalty division. only averages
tnree minu.es IN jail per game--a sorry
.enectlon op his scrsppy Drawn. Joseph
Lamb the erstwnile tiger OF Ottawa, may
oe measured tof wings any day. Babe
SleberC hasn't lost a single tooth, and
aooiey Smlth has Iaiieo 10 wallop foe
All tolo. It's a rough deal on those
searching for Just that when they bundle
up for hockey match.
JACQUES CURLEY. promoter of
y the pachyderrns, should have
been among the. small, but select
group greeting Herr Make Gorgon-
cola Schmeling on his arrival at a
Brooklyn pier late Tuesday after
noon.
Herr Make Gorgonzola returns at
the very crest Of the popularity of
the antidiluvian sport OF pull and
tug, which to great extent is in
deoted for it's present affluence to
the wrangle over the title he holds
by the grace Of Jack Sharkey's lack
OI control.
Unfortunately the young German is ar
irving day too late. Had he landed
Monday IL would have been to his ad-
vantage to witness the wrestlers groan
and grimace at the Garden. He could
have acquired some knowledge Of the
strong-arm game which includes the
specialties that gave Young Stribling the
title of Willie The Clutch.
q
Joe Jacobs must have been thinking
hsru MONDAY night. ana may be depended
on 10 see tnaL ais charge receives a 1uIl
cuulSe. IN graphing 10 make MN even up
WIN the Georgian along this line when
tney meet IN chicago. or wherever the
mach nghts. in June.
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GTRIBLING'S first serious disaster
- came when he bumped into
Punch EN- Paul Berlenbach, a re-
formed purveyor of hammers and
locks. The big difference between
them was that the Astoria ASsas-
sin also was willing to fight, and
they still talk of what he did to
Willie the Clutch after breaking his
holds