The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
TALKING
IT OVER
by Joe WILLIAMS

AIEW XOCh, May IL A4Ss
IN notwithstanding fight out
in Cleveland is likely to do al right,
at that. Some Of the boys have
been saying that it wouldn't Draw
hreAies. But they may be wrong.
I dropped around to see Bill Ca
rev before he caught rattIer for
the Ohio metropolis, and the Madl-
son Square Garden man showed me
some figures that we're mildly sur
prising
Already there IS slS4, 600 worth Of eroeTs
IN the Cleveland box oEice. "One o. the
men out there gave OUT statement taat
the advance sale was $500 600" said Carey
but that !sr't So" stl si54.ooo isn't
oatmeal. Not these days anyway,
seEdes carey has tentative orders from
CHICAGO amounting 70 $4,000. and he eX-
poets this 1gure TO 90 higher There's
40 telling what the fight Will draw
carey says. THE people out II Cleveland.
opening their new municipal stadium with
tire show are saying 81 will exceed 3
million. But doubt IT, These aren't
million dollar fight days. 1t may hit
$3.50. 900. Ike to be conservative about
these things. 80 I'm saying about $500 ooo-'
You can write that down as lot OF
money. too. Particularly for sehreling-
strtbLng nght It Just doesn't figure TO
draw any more than that, even with the
ADDED interest sad civic appeal attendant
upon tho dedication Of new play
ground.
Yes. sir. II TIE boys come out Of c!sve-
land with 5000 900 they will be doing all
right. That's a whole lot more than they q
ever be able to drag on around here
unless EvanEeline Adams the stars and
Old Colonel Williams are cockeyed in theiE
interesting calculations.
THIS early enthusiasm, reflected
L by the advance sales, is not
hard to understand because Cleve-
land has never had a heavyweight
championship and until Johnny
Risko came up from the amateurs
to develop into a pretty fair heavy
weight, the town centered its inter
est wholly on the little fellows.
Kilbaue had lot TO do with this. The
old featherweight was the towns nrst
champion, and as such was something
Of an idol, and II the promoters didn't
have him in there stepping around against
somebody the customers refused 70 get
steamed up.
remember when Kilbane came back
horne after winning the championship
from Abe Atteu on the coast, the whole
town turned out. They had parade for
him. The stuffed shirts Of the local
democracy gave him the keys to the city
and the nsh hooks to the lake. One OF
thu newspapers persuaded the fans to
send in donations which were used to buy
the spindly legged Irisher diamond
studded belt For q number OF years
thereafter the town was thoroughly Xii
bane-eonsoious.
Another aghting era followed aud the
town developed bantamweight carr
Tremaine, who looked to be the nuts
ror a time he was great little batt!er'
TOO but he never got ell the way to the
TOP. think the greatest hight ever
saw between little fellows was the night
Tremaine and Cannonbau Martin foughV
in the public auditorium.
Martin was champion ct the time
Neither Of the kids was fully matureo.
rhev stood toe to too and slugged 1t OUT
A. terrific pace, and when it was over
4hev were completely exhausted. That
ANT took something out Of both OF them
+bey we're never able to regain. Martin
lost his championship short time after
ward. and Tremaine started steadily 70
fade.
TT wasn't until the gifted Risko
came along with his highly de-
veloped ring subtleties, consisting OF
concrete chin and right hand
nunch which he started from the
ankles that the town began to warm
I'D to the beef and brawnerS.
risxo had a hard time selling himself
which was strange considering the Young
mans honest pan and his total lack OF
guile Even his best friends. both o. tnenl'
lau1hed when no announced his determlna-
.ton TO make the heavyweight division SAFE
gor the descendants Of Tom l. johnson
and Mark Hanna.
9nlv his diseoverer. tutor. manager ana
,nterpreter. Danny Dunn. remained I'M
swervinaly faithful--and Dunn had 70
sst n MIGHT be mentioned at this point
that Dunn has eaten well and with vulgar
regularity ever since.
petween them. IMAGINE RlsEo ana
Mum have whaeked Up 100000 and such
a. their strict adherence to the principles
Of thrift that YOU can be reasonanW sure
n yenturlnz thew still have it all. IN
lyse serae Of their more stylish brothers
20 the game they co not 20 n for speeu-
Iation TO them. the market is. Just
another place where YOU buy caulihowers.