The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-05

Williams we'll Of the Pacific
Coast, which is to
say she is always thinking up the
craziest ideas for parties to startle
her house guests.
These house guests of course are
all grown up, but like the plumpish
Elsa. the countess plays to the eter-
nal youth in them and they tell me
1t is perfect scream when the in
nocent-looking footstool turns out
to be a real live seal and an awk-
ward soup-spilling waiter is finally
disclosed as a member of the Rus
sian nobility on a lark.
Well, anyway, the countess was
with us as we went soaring over the
mountains, etched with a weird
brightness in the haze of the moon
naturally refer to the mountains.
There is nothing about the countess
that suggests the rugged architec-
ture Of the Sierras.
Thoughts to Baseball
We were in for full twelve hours
Of night flying and since the aircraft
is not yet designed to provide all
the comforts of home the business
OF sleeping is a catch-as-catch- can
proposition. The chairs tilt back.
there is a head rest and a blanket
If you can sleep that way, you sleep;
otherwise you look out at the stars
and speculate on the exciting mys-
terry of creation and whether this
young Di Maggie of the Yanks will
really help the customers forget
Babe Ruth.
Out there on the Coast the boys
are sure of it. Mr.. Truck Hannah,
who used to perform with the
Yanks, tells you Di Maggie is des-
tined to become one of the greatest
outflelders of all time. They'll be
comparing him with Speaker and
Hooper and those fellows in a year
or two" says Mr.. Hannah, who
speaks as a neutral. Di Maggie was
with San Francisco in the Coast
League last year. Mr.. Hannah was
a coach with the rival Los Angeles
club.
And speaking of San Francisco,
Mr.. Tom Laird, the great sports edi-
tor of the News of that city, fills
your ears with high praise for the
potentialitieS of one Phil Brubaker.
a local heavyweight who has been
coming along at fast pace these
last six months or so. Only recently
he had King Levinsky on the floor
twice. which at least indicates he
has accuracy.
Difficulty With Louis
I must. however accept Erubak-
er with very definite reservations
since Mr.. Laird admits that as he
stands now the young man might
possibly be beaten by Louis. This
is not like Mr.. Laird. AS a rule
when he is sold on a fighter his en-
thusiasm is supreme and complete
and this is especially true if the
fighter happens to come from San
Francisco.
The very admission by Mr.. Laird
that while Brubaker would murder
all the heavyweights in very, very
cold blood. he might have little
difficulty with Louis is evidence
enough that the young man is not
exactly a combination of Jeffries,
FitzSimmons and Dempsey. Not
just yet at any rate.
AS matter of fact, and it grieves
me to say so, I was compelled to
listen to several hard boiled Skeptics
on the Coast who tried to convince
me that Mr.. Laird should have in
cluded four or five other heavy
weights besides Louis whom Bru-
baker should avoid for some time
to come.
One of these JOY killers was Mr..
Mike McNulty, who used to manage
Johnny Ertle, the old bantamweight
champion Mr.. McNulty is disposed
to view Brubaker las Just another
fighter" which is intended to be
faint praise at best. But speaking
as a business man, Mr.. McNulty
says: II do hope and trust that
nothing happens to the young man
because he is a tonic for the fight
EdlH6 OuV lIllS way. WHICH lie Is.
He has put the game back in the
$4,000 weekly class.
A Peeping Tom
I suppose there is something i'm
pious in thinking about outhelders
and prize fighters 10000 feet in the
sky, but what are you going to do
If you can't sleep? just about the
time you have counted the last
timber jumping sheep and are
browsing off there is a gentle jost-
ling as the ship drops down to meet
the earth. and you find you are
somewhere in arizona, New Mexico
or Kansas.
AT Albuquerque there was refuel-
ing. A field hand in white overallS
climbed up on the big wing and
tested the oil. He carried a flash
light and before he finished the
job he gave the passengers a sweep
ing survey. He was just trying to
see what he could see.
If there is any thrill in seeing a
movie star lying back in chair
snoring through his or her mouth
1t shouldn't be begrudged the field
hands. There should be some COM
pensation for staying UP all night
in the wilderness.