The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-04

IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, oct. 4.-There was
4 y mad, milling crowd of 5000
baseball flberts on hand to yip-yip
things up when the victorious Yanks
rolled into town Monday, a rare
demonstration of sporting enthusi-
asn on the part Of the metropol-
itans.
AS a general proposition they do
not go in for this sort Of thing.
They are moderate in their emo
tions. have heard this loosely ex-
planned on the theory that New
Workers are blase, that even Noah
would have a tough time getting a
hand If he were to come rolling I'D
the Hudson today in the original
ark.
I prefer 70 cast a dissenting ballot. The
truth probably IS that the Tempo Of the
town IS not conducive TO these informal
eaeeIlng conventions. Tne tempo ana ITS
yastness. At any rate YOU seioom come
upon any organized hoopiaing Ior the
SPORTS champions.
Inoeed. it is possible to hold world
series mere and the fact Will be known
only TO the baseball zealot. whereas IN
other cities II VIII be the occasion for
singing IN the streets the closing Of
schools and a vast amount of oratoricSi
chatter by the city fathers
90 not recall that anybody turned
over the KEYS of the city to Joseph Vim
cent Mccarthy when his Yanks formally
chnched the American League champion
snip several weeks ago. on the con-
trarY the general attitude seemed 70 BE-
well, that Is very nice-and who is
Mr.. McCarthy?"
But out in Chicago the triumphant Cubs
were paraded through the loop section
by enthusiastic natives. accorded a pro-
longed and spectacular welcome, as be-
ocmes men Of heroic rating. and in other
WAYS made to feel that they we're strictly
big citizens. That's the way Of the mid
west.
NTELL, anyway, the Yanks came
w back Monday with another
world championship-the third in
row they won in four straight games
and they found the train sheds
damned with bowling admirers.
AS / say this was a bit strange. At
least it doesn't happen often around
here, but stranger yet was the roar
ing shout that went up:
"Hooray for Jake Rupert"
Here was a train disgorgng regiment
Of famous ball players true Ruth and
Gehrig weren't along but most OF the
other Yankees werel and the main ova-
ton was being dedicated to the club
owner.
That's news. The man has bitten the
dog when the cash customers gather in
public halls to tear off nine rahs and a
Jolly old beast for the fellow who takes
their dough at the box office The answer
rs mat the man must be all right and
then some.
Come, 10 think of it. Colonel Rupert
emerged from the series with more per
sonal glory than any of the players He
was the most admirable character and
tne hnest sportsman. His qualities
happily, are such that they are easily APP
preclaseo by the man in the street. He's
Before the series started. the colonel
told newspaper reporters that the Yanks
couldn't win too soon to suit him. After
the Yanks won the first game the colonel
went into their dressing ROOM congratu-
! l'MeIi, them, and turned to Mccarthy:
NOW we win the next three, too, eh?"
II
A S everybody knows the players
L N get most of the Swag out of
the first four games. The club own
ers do not begin to get any impor-
tant money until the series goes to
the NTH game.
In 1927 the Yanks beat the Pirates
IN four straight A year later they
repeated the sweep against the
Cardinals. Now the Cubs have
fallen in similar fashion.
=, AS an of hand estimate. I should saw
mat II these three series had run their
Iuli length. the club owners would have
nag another million and half dollars to
dlvlde. and as the fellow saws that is
not ear wax. I think all the clubs try
10 get the series over as speedily as
possible but as long as the Colonel is
around there can be no doubt whatever
ABOUT those Yanks.
ball. It doesn't give the Skentics a
chance to open their traps. No profess
aional sport, has made a greater come
PACK than baseball since the 1919 cor
Luption, OF all professional sports, base.
pau at the moment stands supremely
One Of the reasons the Colonel Is AL
Ways so eager to win in four games is
the preservation of the fair name of the
sport. Another is his enormous pride in
me team pride which is typical of him
IN all MS possessions and enterprises.