The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-24
/ ALKING
IT OVER
by JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Jan. pa suppose
j ' the theory Of free speech
should be all-inclusive. I mean II
= IS permissible for a newspaper
man to have his say about a per-
son or an institution it ought to
follow in all fairness shat the said
person or institution should be
granted the same privilege.
OF late not all the matches arranged
~ the matchmaker Of Madison Square
1arden under the authorization Of Mr..
Will Carey. its's president. have been
completely satisfactory. From time TO
hme there has been adverse criticism
IN this newspaper and other newspapers.
his criticism has not set well with Mr..
Carey.
The other day he took the question up
riIh me young man who covers the box
,eE oonts for this Newspaper. He made it
oy the press.
A MONG other things Mr.. Carey
4 A said he would stand for Just
so much" BY that I imagine the
gentleman meant that unless the
criticism ceased he would do some
thing about it. 1t even may be that
he, planned to lay the matter be-
fore the Wickersham commission.
] am not disposed to take Mr.. Ca
rey, the Garden or the fight game
seriously. Mr.. Carey is business
man. He is heavily interested in
the Garden. His fights have not
been drawing.
Where in the past Friday night al
ways was a big night at the Garden It
now is Just another night in the week.
Where formerly thousands were turned
away now thousands stay away.
! fear Mr.. Carey overcstimates the
power Of the press In slight. unimpor-
should charge the failure of his fight
CARDS 70 unfayoHable newspaper criticism.
But ! believe his diagnosis is incorrect
II II n
DROBABLY the truth is that
" you can not sell hamburgers
to a, clinetele with sirloin appe-
tite When Mr.. Carey says he can
stand for just so much" I think
he expresses eloquently the senti-
ment of his patrons.
IT
will concede that the Garden presi-
dent has been handicapped somewhat
nv the boxing commission but it may be
that many OF these handicaps are Of
his own creation. Boxing commissions
are susceptible TO suavity and shrewd-
ness a. the late Tex Richard on more
than one occasion demonstrated.
Mr.. Carey seems to have the feeling that
any time the Garden puts on a light there
stand.
A S a railroad contractor he
"A executed many tremendous
contracts, and these were dismissed
in the financial pages with a few
chaSte lines of type. When he
moved into the fight business he
no doubt was amazed to find that
any transaction involving as much
as 100000 commanded columns of
space,
The Yankees sign a pitcher and it is
big news. tennis player turns pro-
fessionaI and there is a journalistic
hysteria. wrestler issues a challenge
and there is furious gathering of type
writer keys. All Of these things are OBJ
scure. in significant items compared to
building a railroad across the Sahara
vet such are the curious traditions Of
the Newspaper field that they take on
the aspect Of gigantic events.
II
1t was only natural. ] suppose that in
time Mr.; Carey should have come ans. to the
osred by the Garden was hot stuff for the
editorial rooms.
TIME fault ies-but why go into
i that? There is little sense in
grabbing my own game. Maybe there
is just as much legitimate news in
sale of mems white shirts at Wan
namakers as there is in the sign
ing of Schmeling to meet Stribling,
but I'd hate to have to write col
umn about it,
n
And maybe the customers would hate
In read a column about it. Which may
or may not Justify everything. But 1
do wish Mr.. Carey had better DISPOSE
tion. Or maybe mean better match
maker.