The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
TALKING
IT OVER
By JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Nov. 1s-One of
1 ' the few Republicans who sur
viYed the recent tidal wave CT let's
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was Warren Bar
bour of New Jersey. For better or
worse, for laughs or tears. Barbour
was sent back to the senate.
III interest to us in sports is the
TACT that Barbour used to be a prize
tighter. AS an amateur heavy
weight, he drew down such prizes
as belts, medals, watches and what
VIII the little boy with the blue
windsor tie have tonight.
Barbour was the son Of very wealthy
anreao manufacturer He didn't have to
n ign he fought because he thought it
was fun. He was before my time, but the
ooys VINO saw him say he was good. They
even say ne was good enough to make
20 OF IL in the professional ring.
can imagine this was true At the
same time. think it is unkind. Barbour
was OF the period which produced the
Palzers and the Carl Morrises, any one OF
Whom l am sure Mahatma Gandhi could
nave whipped without taking of his sheet.
Stlll, II would have been interesting to
see him make a try of IT. There have
Deen so many promising amateur heavy
weights and there have been so many who
reached the top. That was James Cor
bett All the other great heavyweights
were professionals practically from the
And even in the case Of corbett. there
we're extenuating circumstances. He was
a member. Of an industrious. ambitious
Irish family. family that insisted that he
become business man At heart Corbett
eo ai aiT g5t prS2re s nal He kneT he
wanted to do. He knew he could lick
There seems to be theory that the
spirit. and there is no sport with the pos
ssible exception OF football that places
higher permium on spirit For that rea-
mat the amateur hea av has has a IL
fallen short when put to the test.
n
THIS brings me up to the news
Il Of the day.
read that Steve Hamas has
signed for fight in Newark against
a pop-over. Hamas is making
come back. I think he is about "a
years old. He is product of Penn
State, where he was in all around
athlete. About a year ago he cleo
trified the boxing world by knocking
out Tommy Loughran.
saw bHe HBnL. III was finished per-
lormance Up to that time the Broadway
hangers-on didn't know much about
Hamas. To them he was Just big
healthy guy who was never late for his
There was a concerted rush to muscle
IN. IL developed he had already signed
a contract with Charley Harvey. Thev
eau Harvey one of the three honest men
IN the racket. ASK them to name the
other two and-well the answer is. Lets
see now. there is what's his name"
Anyway, the kid had decided he wanted
70 be a prize fighter. He looked over
the field He decided Harvey was the
man he wanted to be with. He sought
out Harvey and asked him to take him
BY degrees. Harvey worked him up to the
fore the fight.
Don't be surprised If this fight doesn't
last round" he warned
is he that bad" 1 demanded
Harvey was almost right. 1t didn't last
much longer. Hamas knocked Tommy cold
But since then Hamas has done very
little; An old football injury came back
on him. He had to retire. During his re-
tirement he lost rs pounds. That Indicates
70 me that the injury is not superficial
doubt that he can come back. I'm afraid
ne Is through just when he was starting
so whatp Well, 1t appears that even
when you have a good amateur hesyv-
weight something is bound to stop you
Either he has millions like Barbour, or
else he carries a grim heritage from the
football fields.