Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1937 — Page 19

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1937 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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JOE RECALLS A FAMOUS SCOOP

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Surrender of Irwin Jars

His Memory

He Told World About Red Grange’s Plan but Disclaims Any Credit.

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer

NEW YORK, June 30.—The first version was that Robert Irwin, the pathetic, misunderstood art genius of the village who mischievqusly massacred three persons as an outlet for his soul distress, walked into the city room of a Hearst newspaper in Chicago and said; “Here I am.” It now develops

this isn’t precisely the way it happened. Fleeing

from Cleveland where his identity had’ been accidentally established by a kitchen maid in whom he had indicated a lovely romantic interest; and fearing arrest moWilliams mentarily, the poor, unfortunate wretch: contacted the newspaper by phone and negotiated his surrender for a cash bonus said to be $5000. So what first appeared to be an amazing bit of good fortune for the city room, entirely unsolicited and owing its presence to the pitiful lad’s high appreciation for the Hearstian policies with special respect to the treatrhent of attractive murder episodes, becomes on closer scrutiny somewhat tawdry because of its sordid commercial aspects. Even a bad newspaperman can’t * miss getting ‘a fairly worthwhile story all by himself if he manages to hang on to his job long enough and one of these days™I hope to come up with something really sensational, say, like Tommy Manville being this way about what chorine at what dump, as exclusively predicted in this space. Some 10 or. 12 years ago Red Grange was a bail of fire in the Midwest and it was an eight-col-umn streamer if he even had a hang nail. He was getting ready to close out his career as a Big Ten footballer and there was much furious speculation as to what he was going to do when he was through. There were rumors he was going to Hollywood, he was going to marry a Chicago wheat heiress, he was going to play salaried football. I was doing sports for the Cleveland Press at the time and Earle Martin was the editor. Mr. Martin was the kind of editor who called you over to his desk and said, “There’s a story in this fellow. Get it.” Within 24 hours I had the Grange story. ‘Mr. Martin probably still thinks I am a pretty good reporter. But I did nothing to get the story. It fell in my lap.

How It Happened

Gene Tunney was in town to fight Johnny Risko. Along with him were Billy Gibson and Tim Mara. Gibson was his manager and Mara thought he had a piece of the manly marine, but was later disillusioned by the courts. "Anyway, Mara was on a double mission at the time; after the fight he was going to Chicago and Gibson was going along to keep him company. Mara was just getting interested in professional football. The train for Chicago left around 3 o'clock in the morning. By way of passing the hours Mara and Gibson joined the promoter of the fight in a throat-oiling tournament. J happened to be along and was

cu ous about the Chicago invasion

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Red Grange ., . Joe got his story.

7 . + « “Was Tunney going to fight someone over there?” . . . Gibson said he wasn’t. , . . “We're going over to sign a guy named Grange. Some college guy. I never heard of him but Mara says he’s great stuff. I don’t even know whether he’s a flyweight or a heavyweight.” . +. . All along Gibson thought Grange was a fighter. That was the first break in the story. Grange was still at Illinois, still had another game to play as a collegian, but already he had indicated his readiness to turn professional, and Mara was on his way to make him a proposition. As it turned out he couldn’t meet, or didn’t care to meet the offer the Chicago Bears finally made the famous Galloping Ghost. But before the day was over the gentleman had kindly -relayed me all the details. There wasn’t much enterprise, imagination or perserverance there. I had just dropped in to crook the elbow with a bunch of hearty neversleeps and in the course of the early morning chit chat it came out that Grange had decided to forego the distinction of a college degree and cash in immediately on his lyrical press clippings. The incident is mentioned here not as something notable even in sports’ reporting, but as an indication of how scoops are made. More often than not they walk right up and bite you in the leg. This may come as a brutal shock to the contemporary graduates of the various schools of journalism, but any oldtime newsman will tell them it’s delightfully true.

UMPIRE PLANS HIS 16TH TRIP TO JAPAN

DAYTON, O., June Hunter, New York Giant and Chicago Cub outfielder of 20 years ago, is planning his 16th winter trip to Japan to boost baseball and football in the Orient. Hunter now is an umpire in the Mid-Atlantic League, drawing $150 a month. He again started at the bottom in hope of getting a job in the majors.

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Speed of 158 M.P.H. Topped At Roosevelt

Bernd Rosemeyer, ‘German, Turns In Record Mark On Straightaway.

By United Press NEW YORK, June 30. —European racing drivers. promised to show American pilots some real speed today as they put their powerful machines through qualifying trials for the second annual 300-mile Vanderbilt Cup race Saturday. Only the 30 fastest cars of the 50-odd at the track will be allowed to line up and shoot for the $70,000 prize money, and the Europeans served notice they were not going to be left out by pushing their juggernauts over the 3 1-3 mile Roosevelt Raceway course yesterday at record speed. Bernd Rosemeyer, star of the German road-racing team and 1936 European champion, gunned his 16cylinder, rear-engined Auto Union down the straightaway at 158.3 miles an hour. It was the fastest speed ever recorded by an automobile in this country off the sand beach at Daytona or the salt beds of Utah.

WRESTLING RESULTS SAN DIEGO—Man Mountain Dean, Georgia, threw Big Ban Morgan, Texas; Nick Lutze, Venice, Cal., threw George Wilson, Washington; Lucille Griffin, Iowa, threw Hean Blondell, Virginia; Ignacio Martinez, Tijuana, threw Vic Hill, Los Angeles; Baptiste Paul, Vancouver, threw Jules Strongbow, New York; Ted Key, ‘Los Angeles, drew with Pat Riley, Boston.

Bob Feller May Pitch In Terre Haute Game

Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 30.— Bob Feller may prove the principal attraction at Memorial Stadium here next Tuesday night when the Cleveland Indians = visit Terre Haute for an exhibition clash with the Terre Haute league club. Feller recently rejoined the club

land is confident his arm again is

fit. He has been testing his salary whip in several exhibition clashes and there is a chance he may be seen in action here.

LOCAL BOY FLATTENED ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 30.—Scotty Fuller, Indianapolis, was knocked out here last night by Junior Munsell, Oklahoma City, in the first round Allen Mathews, St Louis Negro. heavyweight, won a 10-round decision over Emilio Martinez, Denver, in the feature

IRISH HAVE BIG YEAR

NOTRE DAME, Ind., June 30.—A survey of Notre Dame’s victories and defeats in dual competition during 1936-37 announced today shows that the Irish had one of their most successful athletic years, even though it fell short of the greatest all-round year in Notre Dame history, 1935-36. Notre Dame won 55 contests, lost 26 and tied 4.

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