The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-16
TALKING
IT OVER
By JOE WILLIAMS

~ Nv INN wa
~ Tunnsv. the professional, and
Eddie Eagan, the amateur. have
made recent contributions TO the
literature Of the prize ring. Not
50 many months past. Jack Demp-
seq spread his life upon the printed
page in endless rows OF chaste
type.
William Muldoon. via an inter-
prefer. has told the public what IL
means 10 BE- the guardian Of prize
aghters morale. A year or so ago,
IeTrles committed a volume en-
titled Famous Prize Fights" this
being by wsv Of an encore 10 his
Epics OF the Fancy. James j..
Corbetts Roar OF the Crowd still
remains the best autobiography OF
the ring ever ghosted.
As mcclure for fiction and personal
ssese,s ~ s.. asle 'rsss'eSsly ra n@s
f0r one more For instance. NOBODY has
gst complied list q the BaIaies o. me
Century. a Barney being. as al know.
waltz a Vo-slona or tank art
such an omission is difficult 20 unoef-
,sssfr,ee o bTess buffoon ss and crude DE-
rfits thrown aTainef naekzronna Of
amazing public eniihillty
one drawback ts that Be- would rcnuife
about FORTY iarrr-sizeo volumes % record
compiete history ~ the FRAUDS o. nzht-
in1 @ft ocrhe0s that could Be overcome
in some NEv
TN the interest Of compactnegs the
i issue might be limited to a COL
lection Of the more interesting ones.
7 herewith submit few as slim
illus TO the lethargic pen Of some
writer who has not yet exploited the
prize ring. provided any such writer
exists.
FULTON yS. FUENTE
I head the list with this one because
e vas carefully reheaTsea. cleNeriw tnouEnt
OUT a. 10 nurnoss-and then Topped. Fred
FULTON previously had been 6attened ny
Dempsey n fourteen seconds. or there
shouts Thr speed wltn which Dempsey
stirened FULTON helped - build him into
a tremendous card. few months later
hs vas nEhtlne willard for the champion
snip. Tony Fuente was Just oeglnninS 70
come along spectacular performance
vas needed 20 make him a national agure.
What III ne Knocked out FULTON quicker
than Dempsey had cone2 Say IN twelve
seconos7 wouldn't that be something?
To BE- sure there would be no slip-up.
the two Young men vent through re-
hcsrSal. together with referee. Fuente
wss 20 come boiling out Of his corner.
throw = right hand. anu fulton was 70
swoon IN a manner Characteristic OF MS
peculiar fighting technique This would
take only a second. In ten seconds more
or so Il would be over and Fuente would
have world record Tor himself. and out
of this record would come terrific bally-
hoo.
But something happened Specifically 4
was this Fuente missed when he swung.
but Fulton went down anyhow II was 50
obviously 2 Barney that both fighters we're
Immediately dscredited. For some reason.
EWifWW arrested FmNFvrW with mrlTr
nghtlng a charge ne was able to Tefute
hy merelv referring 10 his records.
ANDERSON vs.. SARMIENTo
list this one second because Cowboy
d look 50 good the customers refused 10
believe they had been swindled and actual
= demanded ? rematch, The Young men
had met previously and staged brisk
night but there was no money IN the
house.
This meeting had been in the nature OF
a come-on for a bigger house. which. true
70 expectations. materialized. Their his
trionie instincts. auickened BY the gener-
Gus patronage. the Young men decided 70
do sheir stun in the grand manner.
Neither Of them was DISTINGUISHED as
the other. and at times. both were on the
floor. Suuirming IN agony and grooming
Al one stage. Anderson. much the SUI
perior pantom,mist melted 70 his knees
from the force Of an open hand earess and
from ,nis ne ,5Tn put nesaie tb pos i
brown savage. performance Whicn
brought the customers 10 their hind legs
Tipping incoherentlv.
All TOLD there were fourteen knockdowns.
no two OF which we're alike except in re-
vsallng the prodigi0us gsmeness Of the VIC
TINS. This mockerv Of melodrama was
refereed BY Matt Hinkel.
Il wanted 10 throw them out Of the
ring" said Hinkel. but II had attempted
10 the crowd would have mobbed me-.
And so IL would. II was that kind OF
Barney.
ROSENBERG VS.. SHEA
This one was notable BY reason OF the
fact that everybody in town seemed to
know that Eddie Shea was going to take
dive to Charlie Rosenberg in the fourth
round At the time Rosenberg was the
bantamweight champion, and Shea
young westerner. his closest opposition.
True. to advance predictions Shea went
bounding TO the mat IN the fourth round
and STAYED there. Patsy Haley. the referee.
testified that soon after the bell rang
starting the fourth round enc OF the
young men said to the other This is the
round"
Rosenberg denied any completely in the
delightful little affair but Shea was
ostracized by the boxing commission for
number of years. implying that the guilt
was largely on his hands.
Shea'S manager freely admitted that his
Young man had gone into the natatorium.
What are YOU going TO do when two
gunner come in your room and tell YOU
YOU gotta tank for 'em?" asked Shea's
manager
This. OF course was before the DAYS
when people In mental distress reached
for = Murad.