The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-26

men but somehow
my enthusiasm remains frozen. NAV
ask why Grants tennis must be
considered on such a ridiculous
basis? Was he put on the team
IN the first place because some ono
feared another civil war?
IF you should ask me-and Tn
telling you anyway-Grant is bet
ter than anybody on the present
team with the possible exception oil
Bulge, and if you'll check the rec
ords you'll find he has beaten
Bulge more than once. For that
matter he has beaten all the top
flight players, including Ellsworth
Vines, Lester Stoefen and Allison
'The rap against Grant seems to
be that he does not play smooth
Etroking rhythmic game. I re-
member reading last fall that one
of the tennis officials said it was
deplorable that man like Grant
should beat such a natural player
as Bulge. And he went on to add,
What must stylist like Fred Perry
think of American standards of
play when this can happen?'
Standards of play my eye! Who
cares how Grant hits the ball or
returns it just so he wins his
matches? AL Simmons has been
hitting big league pitching for Is
years with one foot in the water
bucket, hasn't he? Style is only
important when it. produces. The
trouble with our Davis Cup teams
has been we've had too much
style and not enough ability. We
want Grant!"-James L. Long.
"T READ your column about meet.
Il ing Joe Choynski and that hi
called Bob Fitzsimmons cur, which
of course, he wasn't. This all dates
back to the time they fought II
Boston. saw the fight and wa!
familiar with the details. The sport
was making a comeback in Boston
1t had been in i'll repute. Under
the new deal, bouts were limited tx
four rounds, and they were exhibit
tons at that.
"Choynski and Fitz agreed to g
four rounds, make it look good, bu
throw no heavy punches. The RIM
was surrounded by coppers, headed
by Capts. Cain and Irish. The frs
round was good to look at, boil
men pulling their punches. In thu
second round Choynski saw a chanc
to slip over sleeper, and he fiat
tened F'itz. The round still had 2
seconds to go but some one RAM
the gong, and there's no doubt tina
1t saved FitZ.
But Fitz was all right when tn
gong rang for the third and h
came out Sneering and CALM
ChoynSki a double crossing this an,
that. For the first minute of tn
round he deliberately cut ChoynSk
to ribbons. He didn't want to pu
him away. He just wanted to bea
him up.
This kept up until you could Sc
one more punch would have droppeI
ChoynSki and then the copper
closed in and stopped it. Choynsk
took the worst walloping of his ca
reer in this abbreviated round an,
that's why he still carries a burnin
hate for the freckled one. I thin
you ought TO print this because tn
way your column read it makes !
look as IL Fitz was the loser"
AN OLD-TIMER.
"XXTHAT does Joe widener sa,
w about his Brevity now? Whel
his colt lost the Derby out here h
blamed everybody but the Governo
for his defeat. Said there ought Il
be a law. Told the man on tn,
Courier-Journal he didn't know
whether he'd nave a colt in thu
Derby next year or not. Intimatet
an Fastener couldn't get a fai
shake out here. And now I jus
heard over the radio his darlin.
Brevity was beaten again, and Oh
Widener's own race track. Was tn
start bad again? Did the mean ok
jocks give Brevity another roughing
And is Widener going to allow hi
horses to run at Belmont any more
Please tell me. The suspense i
awfulP-J. K. Adams, Louisville, KY
y q
Cocment-Correspondent Adam
is rough on the Prince of Belmont
He wtll be back for the Derby mex
year. The gentleman simply though