The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-11
TALKING IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

ball games or fights you ever heard
of.
Nov Just look for a moment, there is
Johnny Doeg down there. Look at that
kid. He was national champion a year
ago, now he's a bum. Every one has
licked him but Tammany Young and
Sam Seabury. Look how he's doing. He's
holding that big guy Francis Shields even
Shields ought to murder him. Frank has
been playing steadily in Europe and in
this country. Doeg has been working for
a living over in Newark. if a fellow can
ever make a living in the town.
HE has no right in there playing
against boy like frankie who has been
in there right along. It's like as though
Benny Leonard came out of retirement to
take on Mickey Walker in his first fight
. say, but, young fellow lookit
himl He won the first set
BY now your o. 'cial door darkener has
awakened. Say, now, maybe there is a
story in this tennis gag at that. I try
to forget about that Canzoneri-Berg saw
agery to remember something about Doeg
OF course, only went out to Forest Hills
to get dash of sun tan and to snatch
few minutes sleep but maybe there's
something to this brutal sport of tennis
after all.
Nov Johnny Doeg is leading two sets
to one," Mr.. Anthony went on with a
total loss of dignity utterly unbecoming in
a literary figure.
'Lookit that kid go. Lookit his service
. There's Shields wrapping a handker-
chief around his wrist. Wonder
what that's for? Shields looks wor-
ried. Doeg looks too tough for him
today. Well, now. You don't
see drama like that at your silly fights
Can you imagine what an upset II
would be If Doeg won? What 8
story.
BY now admit I'm awake. Awake
Say. I'm cheering that Doeg kid
all over the place. We all go for
fighter and this kid who plays tennis
with all the grace of a Firpo and all
the fnesse of a Ping Bodie fielding a
ground ball is actually winning from the
guy who has been introduced as "our
ming national champion" ever since
can remember. which dates back to 1855
Sure, I'm excited.
And when the match finally ended and
Doeg the champion who came back, even
If 1t was just for a day, had been de-
clared the winner by a GO, 11-9, AS, Ga
score you almost expected to hear the
stentorian tones of Joe HUMPHREYS below
forth: 1.-The winner and still champion
Johnny Doeg.'
MAYBE young Doeg will be
1V1 blasted right out of that tour
nament before the week ends. What
of it? He's had his moment. We
had our moment, too.
I saw Tony Canzoneri defend his light
weight title against the courageous. we'll
at least. industrious, onslaught of Jackie
Berg a few hours later but compared to
the battle that Doeg made it didn't seem
very important somehow-and, honest
Pally. I'm fight fan. and, Of course. not
altogether sane.
That tennis racquet kind of gets man
There's drama and comedy and tension
in it. There is cheering and kissing on
the part of the gallery. There is a warm
sun that gets in your hair and Iulls you
into a comforting sense Of something or
other that you don't get two hours later
at championship fight.
I don't know. Maybe I can't make it
any more. But honest. Pally. you should
have been there Thursday at that Doeg-
Shields match. I mean they both put
it out. And in these days when Mr.
Chancellor Philip Snowden is slapping a
rs per cent tax on incomes that means
something. I always say down with the
Dole.
And by the way. who did win that
canzoneri-Berg fight Thursday night? I'll
tell you the truth, was so busy telling
my press box neighbors, Harry Grayson
and Mons. Joe Madden. about Doeg and
Shields that never did get a chance
to watch the fight at all which is
probably a great break for the Old
Colonel. at that.