The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-26
TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Tonight
1 Y over in the Sunken Garden of
Long Island, Mickey Walker steps
out against Max Schmeling in a
fifteen rounder-
The Yanks and the Cubs tumble
to the greensward Wednesday in
the opening skirmish of the world
series
Schmeling can't miss.
Neither can the Yanks.
That's what the dope says-but
have bunch that If both of them
don't miss one of them surely will.
And my bunch is based on nothing
more substantial or shrewd than
that this has been tough year
for favorites, and an extraordinary
year for surprises.
The Giants we're favored TO win the Ma
menai League championship, and look
There were three or four colts that were
considered equally as prospective winners
OF tne KENTUCKY Derby. Not one Of them
including the heavily played winter book
faVorite. Top Flight, even started, and the
race went to a horse called Burgoo King
inns was typical OF the general trend or
ago. when Kerry Patch won the futurity al
Young Ellsworth Vines beat the great
said it was a mistake and again over
mere by way Of proving that It wasn't.
Gene Sarazen performed the incredible
ieat OF winning both the British and the
American open in record fgures-and
then failed TO qualify for the P. G. A.
For the first time in history, a Can
adian Invaded America and won our
G. Ross someryille was not deemed
sufficiently skilled to win the tournament
but the numerical odds against him seemed
entirely too great This week the women
Dont be surprised If Kate Smith or
winnie the Pooh cart away the silverware.
Form took a pasting in the Olympics,
too, The fastest human-Wykoff- wasn't
GOOD enough to make the sprint team. The
oeSt hlgh Jumper in the game-Spitz-
failed TO qualify. The greatest 44O man
beaten twice by a comparative unknown
from the east. Japan sank the Wanted
American swimming team without trace.
GO, Schmeling can't miss, and
~ neither can the Yanks, Ell?
Well, maybe not, but quote a few
other standouts that seemed just as
secure and just as certain this sea-
son wound up flat on their backs
mumbling something about saving
the women and children first.
1t has been such fantastic season that
ing found themselves actually losing on
winners; Schmeling successfully defend
ed his heavyweight championship against
the judges take it away from him
In Difference to Sharkey's high sense of
sportsmanship, / believe that If he had
spurned the ill-earned decision. 1t so
happened that Sharkey had been so en-
Enthusiastically and so frequently baffed
IN the eyes by the German that he could
not see.
IN recalling these various incl
4 dent=, am trying, as you prob
ably Eve suspected, to convince
myself tAat Walker and the Cubs
~eally have a chance to VIM
mean something better than one of
those romantic and poetic outside
chances There isn't any sanity in
being wrong just to be different.
I'd definitely like Walker If he were
has been one of the ali-time, greats of
drive he's got left is the unknown guam
tity. Nobody can tell until he starts
throwing that left hook-and fifteen
rounds Is a long route for a veteran.
Every advantage will rest with Schmel-
ing, physical and mental The German
is larger, heavier, stronger and better
conditioned.
longer. and that's a terrific advantage in
straight punching.
Walkers experience gives him the edge
in generalship but he first must maneuyer
the German in a position where he can
use it, and the boys tell me that right
to the Jaw will still offset all the general
ship in the world.