The discovery of the Indianapolis Times was serendipitous since his two favorite teams were the Indiana Hoosiers and the Indianapolis Colts, the latter of which’s move from Baltimore prompted Poe’s lugubrious novel The Fall of the House of Irsay.

[…] smoking gauge was a new phenomenon to Himes: “When I looked up after turning the corner, all the grimy facades seemed to be a blaze of bright colors, gold, scarlet, blue, green, like an array of peacocks. […]

...Sure (he said) my wife shall never know Of this escape, and if she do, I know the worst I trow She can but chide, shall feare of chiding make me to forslow?

Before he left, however, he worked out with Chase one last time, and encouraged his protégé to keep up with his pumping iron, especially since the youngster was making such impressive strides.