The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-14
/ ALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

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4 think you had to be a presi-
dent, a Park avenue deb or public
enemy No. l before you could get
your picture on Page in metro
politan newspaper. But must be
wrong.
within the past few days sophomore
college editor made page one BY thefting
bodily and in toto my own ideas about
salaried football players and Cmakes me
madden than Hades Harvard srgotl
crediting the thought to Uncle Haywood
Broun and other more matured minds.
am for young crusading editors. but
] think that from time to time. Just by
way Of novelty they ought to have ideas
OF their own. Otherwise I do not see any
use in being young. unless you want 10
run in marathon race or 20 to public
dance with Peggy Joyce, or something like
that
wish to say also that / am surprised
tn see IL is page one news when a radio
announcer is barred from Harvard be-
cause he calls one Of the home town boys
''putrid." 1 will ready concede that
'putrid' IS a very harsh word taking it
pro and com. but ] am wondering what
Harvard would do if you dared whisper
alley oops. Tin Box Farley, or guards
back. I suppose you would wind up get
ting life, though personally 1 prefer Judge
or Ballvhoo tAdvtJ.
OF course Harvard was wrong in barring
young Ted Husing from the stadium be-
cause in his futtery opinion Barry Wood
and Jack Orchard we're not adjectively
perfect. or. in the precise words of the
announcer, they we're so far removed
fom perfect that they were "putrid."
My own thought is that "putrid" is a
very severe word. I mean severe to the
extent that it isn't apt. The dictionary
advises that it should be used only in con-
nection with putrfaction. decay, corrup-
ton and decomposition.
Obviously what Husing was trying to
say was that certain units in the Harvard
attack we're not measuring up to expec-
tations--if it is permissible to lug in
batch of Esperanto.
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1T is too bad Husing was not more
Il guarded and discriminate in his
phraseology. For better or worse
and am pretty sure better is the
Word-radio announcing is another
form of news casting or news re-
porting.
This being the case-or supposedly so
there ought to be a law compelling radio
announcers to take course in simple,
mster-of-fact reporting under a capable
city editor.
AS library debate between putrid--and
shall we say lousy?-I am inclined to be-
lieye that the laconomic city editor would
he hoisterousy in favor of the latter.
Indeed, can almost hear him saving. even
snortng. what does this putrid mean"
What I am trying to get around to is
that it may be Husing did not know what
he was saving when he referred to Barry
Wood and Jack Orchard as putrid.
suspect that he was trying to say neither
Wood nor Orchard was playing UP to MS
regular game.
Quite possibly. Husing came across the
word ''putrid" in the erudite Boston
Transcript an hour or so before the game
and decided to starlte the ear phones of
the middle west with some highly uncon-
yentional patter
Radio announcers, like heavyweight
champions. shoUld not be allowed to
browse among unfamiliar words. without
attentive shepherds Even between my5-
ferrous chimes and watch time announce
ments it is dangerous to call a half back
putrd without smiling.
HusinR was particularly misguided in
picking on a young aristocrst like Barry
Wood. And vet the facts seem to be that
Wood did not play a good game last week.
as the following excerpts show:
Tom Meany-World Telegram: Barry
Wood had an off day against Dartmouth"
Charles E. Parker-World Telegram-"It
looked as though Wood. the star student.
was about TO funk his weekly football
exam"
Jimmy Powers-The News-Wood looked
very sour. Wood was guilty OF several
bone play selections.
George Trevor-The un-Crickard made
a regular Snodgrass muff of Woods pass"
Allison Dan2ig-The Times-The Harvard
team of which Wood is the captain and
leader. wasted scoring opportunities all
through the game"
Digesting the above quotations it would
seem that Mr.. Wood for the most part.
and Mr.. Orchard at intervals did Aot
exactly dazzle the critics with their football
skill in the game in question Whether
either or both were at any time precisely
putrd is something else.