The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-25
TALKING
1T OVER
: BY JOE WILLIAMS

ATEW YORK, FEB. 25.-I vent up
IN in the air with william Law
renee Stribling the other day in
Miami. AS you may or may not
know Stribling is the pride Of the
south, likewise the king Of the cane
brakes. also the heavyweight who is
70 battle Herr Max Schmeling for
what remains Of the championship
this summer
There has always been some doubt as
20 how competent Heavyweight Mr.. Strib-
ling Is. due to his strange Inconsistencies
ard bis peculiar tendency to box down
durinr the big moments. Because Of this
tendency there have been whispers that
the young mans ticker. or heart. isn't as
layre as It might be. or. In short. that
hf is not wholly game.
whether II requires any more courage
70 climb into cock pit and 60 whizzing
'throuEh space in an air Skin made OF
rub6erized linens than it does to don the
gloves IN a boxing contest is g debate I'll
o Ms o' s sGRiGns e Hs one 81 ths S e
pilots I ever hew with and he can do
more things with a ship than Sande can
horror Of his guests he WIN Insist upon
doing them.
very unusual young man is Young
gtrlbllng. and q very unusu2i family are
The striblinEs. In the old days Ma and Pa
stribIlng and the two boys used to play
the small town vaudeville circuits, billed
- the -Four Novelty Grahams." They
had a routine acrobatic act that never
got 10 the big time. Unlike most of the
old troupes famed in fiction the Novelty
Grahams" never seemed TO caro- a great
deal about the Palace or Broadway. They
felt more AZ home out in the brambies
With their kind Of folk.
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In later years when the Novelty
/ Grahams" quit trouping and Young
|Strib started to show something as
3 battler Ma and Pa, who did the
managing then, as now, kept away
from the big towns for the most
part and played the provinces.
Il
W l., as he is known 10 his country
men in the south. has had more than 300
fights and 81 per cent Of them have been
in such teeming centers of art and COM
merco as Waycross. Ca. and Drinkwater,
La. It may be that this long association
with the small town elements has deveI-
oped an unheaIthful psychology in Young
strib and that when he steps out to
grapple With more important responsible
tics he loses something.
At any rate the records show he. has
In N Gigunnninf1nR efforts
when the most was expected OF him, and
It is this fact that may keep him from
man man. But TS Started out TO write about
nv gallon through the clouds with the
Sh bT T dJ tas snd MANI P'. snG enTrons
sprawled out below like gaudy. gleam-
ing tapestry
TINE roar of the motors discour-
l. aged conversation, but at inter
walls Young Strib would cup his
hands and shout. / don't know
how Lindbergh feels about it, but
when a pilot takes both hands of
the controls and starts talking I do
not feel altogether comfortable. It
wasn't very long before we had
climbed to $500 feet and we're max
ing a speed of 1875 miles an hour.
Young Strib's eyes danced with ex-
element, and his face flushed with
adventure. I'D rather fly than
fight" he shouted.
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II vas easy to believe him. OF all the
heaYyWeights ! haze seen in recent years
this southerner is easily the most ad-
verturous. There's gallantry and an
audacity about him that the spinners of
fiction associate with all fighting men, buS
which is rarely found in any of them.
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We dropped down to about 1000 feet
and few OYER the Hollywood Country Club.
II landed on the eighteenth green here
last week" said Young Strib laughing.
Two old women PLAYING golf tainted"
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Later we had Strengthened out and were
headed for down town Miami. Presently
we were over the sky scraper district.
Picking out particularly conspicuous
building. Young Strib said keep your eye
on the roof of that building" The fighter
banked his ship until the wings were at
IS degree angle and turned completely
around within the radius of the roof which
he had selected as a theoretical parking
spot--s perfect vertical turn.