The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-18
By Joe Williams
The Skyscraper Kites
Newport is All AgOg
Former Pug Barges In

NEWPORT R. l., Sept. 1S-They were getting ready to
y hold round two of the battle of the skyscraper kites off
shore yesterday, and the town-a quaint old seaport s'eepeo
in the traditions of sailing-went down to the water front
still arguing whether you need a crew of a boat to win one Of
these mighty yacht races.
Specifically. the town continued to argue whether Rain
bow. the American defender, looked more impressive IN the
opening race Saturday because of its bullt-ln class or because
of the patent ineptness of Endeavours crew.
The matter produced a great amount OF PRONG and con-
ming and as it is usually the case in such matters when all the
testimony had been put into the records the net result was
compounded confusion.
Crr1L there we're one " two nautical sravs which indicated the trend
the bows " we're Offering 3 to 1 on Rainbow to win the series, and even
money against Endeavour winning a single race. But 'a' "S "A"e
You know, Of course. that the cup goes to the yacht which El h ns, WIN" n
ocean breeze. first vtndvard leeward. next triangular. Inc hst Que
both hot and cold. A reformed boxing writer lamented the absence of
Jimmy Johnston, the matchmaker.
THERE is a feeling that possibly EndeavOws crew had a bad case of
i filters Saturday due to excessive strain and that as the week unnoas
this viii disappear and the British yacht VII .i Degn TO 10 roe defe af waves "
oddly. I find that the British boat is the sentimental favonte Il WIN
sci tT be e "a" a fine sportsman. secondly. America has had the cup so long
tia; Thus mus Harold vanderbilt. who jockeys the Rainbow, finds himself in
the position Of attaining new laurels without popular acclaim, Ot .
is not concerned in the least with what the commoners think.
doth the town Of Newport and the feet idled through the of day Of
ID sunday. Visitors rolled in from nearby Providence and Boston, lam
mem patToHed the main thoroughfares tvtrnng menacing looking sticks.
All of a sudden a huge figure doomed up p IN n u% 10" Ja c0 Johnson SGT at
Reno against jim Jehres and with Dempsey at Toledo against wina[u
Tbfnking IL over YOU weren't surprised to SET him here. we're iva
eue III see him in resort towns like Newport and Palm Beacn. he maoe
! business of teaching the society kids how to swing their ouKeS.
There wasn't a great deal that Monahan and myself had IN common
about yachts so inevitably we drfted into the pquant MT III Oh 's
roped arena.
TT is hard to tell whether Monahan is al internal optmlSt Or a critic
of great depth. For instance. he thinks jess Willard was a great nghter,
and very few people do. He also thinks Gene Tunney would ave DeaVen
JACK Dempsey the best day Jack ever saw. and quite a fw people iei
otherwise. 49,. os tho
@The dav willard knocked out Johnson at Havana he was N OF the
creates fighting machines the ring Eve saw, insists Nonanan.. he hu
everything. But mostly he had desperation. We went into That hgnt
tno1fng he had to win in order to eat, in order to keep lis family going.
A desperate fighter is always a DANGEROUS fighter. Johnson Wo"o nave
had TO murder him that day to win" r-,,
"u persoran I think Monahan exaggerates the Importance of Wizards
win over Johnson. I don't believe it took much of a fighter to beat john
son that day. ;