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Evening star., 1928-12-09
INTERCITY SCRAPS
ON CARD TOMORROW

Thirteen bouts will be offered when
the City Club boxing team meets the
leather pushers representing the Balti-
more Y. M. G. A. tomorrow night at
$50 o'clock in the City Club gym
nasium.
Ten bouts have been definitely listed
The bouts arranged so far follow:
119-pound claSS-Hugo Stellabotta &C. CT
VS.. Louis Herman (Y1.
lls-pound class-Joe Lesser &C. c. VS.
Elmer KratZ fY) ~ = !.
llsG-pound elass-Joe Tamasni &C. c. vs.
Gus MeuScl tYa.
E6-pound elass-Albert satryb &C. c. VS..
Maurice Amemherg -tY1.
l35-p0und elaSS-Henry SIaughter &c c.
VS.. lack Rohm tY).
l35-Dound ciaSS-Stewart Ball &C. c. VS.
Louis DakiS tYl.
ti7-pound class---Anselo Marietta &c. c.
VS.. Oscar Voight tY.)
147-pound ciass--Jack De Prato &C. c. VS..
Ernest Warch tYD.
ieG-pound elass-Kenneth Bryan &C. c.
VS.. Ernest Betz (Yo
160-ponnd ciasS-William Stanley &C. CT
vs.. Benny Owens tYD.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
'COCHET PUT FIRST
IN FRENCH TENNIS
Accorded Top Ranking Over
La Coste, No. ! Racketer
on 1927 List.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ARTS, December o.-Henri Cochet,
- star of the French Davis Cup
team and winner Of the An1eri-
L can and French tennis cham
pionships replaces Rene La CosLe
at the head of the French first 10
players, issued today by the French
Tennis Federation.
La Coste. who has been alternating
with Cochet at the top for the past few
years, is ranked second The other
players in order are. Jean Borotra
Jacques Brugnon, Christian Boussus,
Rene Debuzelet. Pierre Landry, r.
Georges, z. Duplaix and A. Gentien.
The list of the first five women play
ers was issued at the same time. They
are Mesdames Matthew, DeloseS, La
faurie. Golding and Bordes.
The selection of the brilliant ball boy
of Lyons for the tennis throne met with
wide approval among the tennis experts
who have been watching the increasing
power and finesse Of his game through
several years. This season Cochet de-
feated La Coste, first In last years rank
ing. to win the French title; crushed
Big Bill Tilden in the final match of
the Davis Cup challenge round, and
conquered Francis T. Hunter in the final
of the American championships.
Recently he was placed at the head
Of the worlds first 10" selected by A.
Wallis Myers, noted British tennis
authority.
The only other change in the rank
ing since last year was the displacement
of Pierre Landry from fifth place by
young Christian BousSuS. Landry
dropped to seventh. Boussus was 4
member OF the French Davis Cup SQUAD
and made brilliant showing in Amer
lea with Cochet.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
ROBINSON WILL REMAIN
AS BROOKLYN MANAGER
av the A.soc;a,.d Brace

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 8.-AiI
reports to the contrary, it appeared
virtually certain tonight that VIII
bert Robinson, portly manager of
the Brooklyn National League Base
Ball Club, will pilot the Robins
through the perils Of the 1929 sea-
son.
Published reports that Robinson
would be relieved Of his duties be-
fore the start Of the next campaign
brought from Stephen w. McKeever,
a heavy stOckholder in the club, a
statement that Robinson and no one
else would be manager Of the Brook
lyn club through 1929.
ITS all the bunk, any story about
RObbie's being forced out as mana
ger" said McKeever. His contract
has another year TO run and that's
al there Is to -"
Evening star., 1928-12-09
BACK TO THE START

But I'm getting ahead of my story
Fourteen months c9o-on the night
of September 22-I stood one of three
men in a ring at which 145 900 persons
stared. One of those three lay, stupe-
fed, on the resin SprinSled canvas floor
Of the ring Another swayed to and
fro. a few feet behind the victim of his
pile-tiriver attack 1. the only other
occupant of that focal point. stood be-
tween the man on the canvas and the
man with the clublike arms.
counted IA. How. why and with
what results is the burden of what /
have to say here.
Silent Ever Since.
I have kept silent since that fated
Sept 1mhar night while press a5socic-
ticns, newspapers and magazines were
carrying to every hamlet and town in
the country. mnuencoeS, scurrilouS at
tacks, falsshoods, wild conjecture and
riaicule of my conduct during that
seventh round of the now historic Tun-
ney-Dempsey fight at Soldiers Field in
Chicago
No referee of any fiStic battle of i'm
portance ever has been subjected to
crcSs-fire Of abuse and ridicule equal
in intensity to the barrage that has been
fired at me.
Beginning the morning after the
fight. and continuing constantly. thcs
attack has become more vicious as ths
pi,sIro Of the fight bccam9 less viPi:j
IN thn m n s of those who saw what
actually harp-ncd.
Nature of the Attack.
At first. the attack was centered in
anonymous telephone calls to my home
and in anonymous letters. The tele-
phone calls were so numerous and the
messages so malicious that my mother
was afraid to answer the phone. When
] was absent even she became the tar
get of the TRADES.
] paid no attention to these anony-
nous foes and sought to carry on as a
referee of less important bouts in Chi
cago. / figured that as time wore on
the howling would cease. 1 thought
folks would be fair. / assumed that
after the public had time to calmly re-
view the facts would be vindicated.
In the ID months have refereed
scme 50 bouts in Illinois. Not a one
ef them has failed to produce a chorus
Gus chant-"One! "Two!" and on to
Fourteen"
Bitter az Gall"
Fourteen Count Barry" Is that
title to cling TO me all my life? viii
1t compose my epitaph? The raZz may
seem great sport to the boys on the
outside of the ropes-they are cloaked
by the smoky haze of darkened arenas.
But the chant is bitter as gall to me.
am now happy at this opportunity
to tell every man who has participated
in the chant of the Fourteen Count that
he is a coward In the IA months not
one of these inspired sportsmen has
had the fairness to asSail me face to
face
Evening star., 1928-12-09
BY DAVE BARRY.

Copyright. 1928 by the Chicago Tribune
I've been taking the raZz on thai
Tunney- Dempsey fourteen count fol
fourteen months. Personally. think
I've stood up under it damn we'll Sc
please pardon me while l emit few
bowls of protest.
I can't howl as loud as the wolves
who have been on me. My voice is a
whisper as compared to the oratory OF
that great sportsman and pool shark
Leo P. Flynn. who was DempSeys STEP
manager. But you. in fairness to gent
who has held his tongue for fourteen
miserable months. ought to put on your
ear phones while l, for the first time
broadcast my slant.
What back Threatened.
When you've heard me through I'm
confident you'll agree that l was more
friendly to Dempsey than to Tunney
Why. If l hadn't enforced the Illinois
Athletic Commissions rule which sent
Dempsey to a neutral corner he would
have socked Tunney while he was down
in that wild seventh round.
Jack was as completely out of his head
as was Tunney the first instant Gene
hit the canvas Jacks Judgment was
gone. / could see what his instinct was
leading to. If l hadn't chased him to
a neutral corner he never would have
waited for the champion to get to his
feet It would be as reasonable to ex-
pect tiger to wait while wounded prey
scampered up tree.
would have had to save Jack from
his own frenzy even If it had not been
my duty TO enforce the Illinois Ath-
lctic Commissions knockdown rule.
The rule had been emphasized and the
interpretation had been agreed upon by
the principals.
Jack Would Have FOuled Gene.
II the rule hadn't been in effect or
hah been ignored, Dempsey would have
brutally fouled a fallen man. The
fight would have ended and there would
fsve been a hell of merry time get
ting the challenger and his handlers out
OF the arena alive.
The mob instinct was running high
at that moment. I trenlble every time
! think of what would have happened
II Dempsey had been permitted to hit
Tunnev while he was -6own-Cr If he
had behaved as he Gii in the Firpc
fight.
I admire Dempsey when he is him.
self. Possessed of his rational faculties
he's cne of the greatest battlers the
riny ever has known. But I was con-
scious of the moment when he was
swept from man to tiger-when he
clipped Tunney and sent him to the
floor. / had no alternative. / would
not alter my procedure If faced with
the same emergency thousand times.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
MUST PROVE
RIGHT TO DROP MANAGER

Marty Gallagher, local heavy
weight fighter. is to appear befsre
the Maryland boxing commission
1T Baltimore tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock to show cause why he
should not continue under the man.
agement Of John S. Blick of this
city.
Gallagher signed a contract with
Blick when 10 years of age and re-
Gently upon reaching his majority,
decided to change managers. AT
the close of a 10-rOund bout which
Gallagher fought IN Baltimore last
Monday, Blick had the fighters
purse attached. Gallagher's share of
the receipts WIS said to be slightly
more than $500.
The Maryland Commission will
hear both Gallagher and Blick to-
morrow. It's decision will determine
whether Gallagher'S contract is
binding.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
eveaL Truth About That IA Count Famous Chicago Title Battle
DAVE BARRY TELLS STORY
AFTER A YEAR OF SILENCE
Third Man In Ring During Tunney-Dempsey Fight,
in Answering Criticism of His Officiating, As
serts That Jack Beat Himself

! applauded by fellow students in at
tendance at the show.
One of my first blows f1oored my ad-
versary l was in the fight game from
| then on.
Whom Barry Fought.
For the six years following / boxed
as lightweight in virtually every city
/ in the country My big engagements
! included two bounts with Joe Cans
one in Detroit and one in Bakersfield
/ Calf. Kid Mcfarland, now a New
/ York referee, but at that time lead
/ ing lightweight. was another of my op-
/ ponents on the big time.
MY fighting career was suspended be-
cause of near fatal attack Of typhoid
pneumonia.
Urged by my mother to quit the box
ing game forever. I took up the study
| of medicine at the American College of
Medicine and Surgery in Chicago.
After one year at American College
l transferred to Northwestern Univer-
Sity. l went out for foot ball and made
the team, then coached by Wally Nc
Cornack. former Dartmouth all-Ameri-
can. In midseason it was recalled that
l had been a professional prize fighter
l left the squad.
Returns TO Ring.
The wanderlust then seized me and
deserted the medical profession fiat
1909 found me in New Orleans Times
were hard and appetite acute. re-
turned to boxing.
1 had two fights. one with Sammy
Phillips and the other with Jimmy
Clabby
Illness had suspended my fighting
career before Ten rounds with Mr.
Clabby ended it permanently.
This early activity was a preface to
my entrance on the career which led
me to the ring at Soldier Field on the
night of September %. 1927. While de-
feat by Clebby ended my appearance in
the ring as a fighter. it marked the
beginning of my career as referee.
l refereed a fight between Young
Corbett and Harry Ferns early in 1910
This was the first of more than 600 de-
ciSion fights in which was the third
man in the ring.
Included in the long list were the
following championship encounters:
Freddie Welsh vs. Young Erne.
| Abe Attel VS. Charley Whit.
Marvin Hart VS.. Tony Ross.
Sam Landlord VS. Dixie Kid.
Harry Forbes VS. Frankie Neal
Jack Britton VS.. Ted Kid Lewis.
In the Spring of 1926 boxing wa:
Ilegalized in Illinois. 1t never had beer
legal before, but had been tolerated il
Chicago until the -McGoverr
scandal in 1900.
l was among the first to receive 6
Ireferee's license following the forma.
ton of the Illinois Athletic Commits
s.o1 after the legalizing Of the sport.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
FOUR CAPITAL RUNNERS
TO RACE IN BALTIMORE

Four Washington runners and one
from Alexandria have entered the fifth
annual 10-mile street race to be held
in Baltimore January l. under the aus
pices of the Emorywood A. c.
Haskell F. Clark who finished tenth
in the recent Y. M. H. A. 10-mile run
at Baltimore: Mike lynch. jerry Loorey
Evening star., 1928-12-09
GRANT NOT TO DEFEND
COLLEGE BOXING CROWN

NEW YORK, December 8 R.-
Leonard Grant. intercollegiate heavy
weight boxing champion, will not defend
his title.
Grant. captain-elect of New York
University's 1929 foot ball team, says he
will not box this year because he doesn't
like the sport.
AL LasSman. who does not plan to
box for this years Violet squad, prob
ably will start coaching George Sargis-
son. sophomore guard, to retain the
heavyweight title for the Violets
Grants championship victory was at
tributed in a large measure to coaching
by Lassman.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
De VOS-HUDKINS BOUT
SLATED DECEMBER Fl

NEW YORK, December P).-Rene
De Vos crack Belgian middleweight,
and Ace Hudkins, the Nebraska wildcat,
must wait until December 81 to match
socks in Madison Square Garden for
the right to challenge Champion
Mickey Walker.
De Vos, recently purchased by An
Evening star., 1928-12-09
STRONG TO WED ACTRESS.

NEW YORK, December 8 CP)-Ken
Strong. the country's highest scorer in
the foot ball season just past. plans to
marry Rella Harrison. musical comedy
actress, soon after he obtains his degree
from New York University next June.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
V. M. I. ELECTS HAWKINS.

LEXINGTON, Va. December 8 LE).-
Albert M, Hawkins of Norfolk, Va,
quarterback of the Virginia Military
Institute foot ball has been elected cap
tain of the 1929 eleven.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

and James Montague are the Wash
ingtonians entered. Harold Fields of
Alexandria will represent Serepta Lodge,
l. o. o. F., of that city.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

thony j. Drexel Biddle, jr., wealthy
sportsman tainted during gym work.
out today from the pain of boil on
his neck and requested postponement.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

Jimmy Cherry Of Los Angeles, former
member of the United States Navy.
holds the endurance swimming record
for men Of 65 hours and minutes.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Deem
Der 8.-The Potomac River was muddy
Evening star., 1928-12-09

Next Tuesday Dave Barry wiH tell
about the preliminary meetiMg Of bo1-
ine com mission, attended by all the Of.
fciais eligible to referee the TnMMey.
Dempsey feht. at which the reenIa.
hons to govern the cham biomShib bat
he-0nd these played gerry imbO, t0nt
part in it--were gone over in detail.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
PLAN
new INVENTIONS
Experiments Bein G
Made in Chicago

CHICAGO, July % (UP)-Within
the same laboratories which became
famous through Nobel prize awards
Illinois scientists are perfecting dis
coveries so important that they are
likely to exert q revolutionary in
fluence on modern industry.
If finally successful, the expert
ments will enable one to make
grain" alcohol merely by mixing
hydrogen with carbon monoxide
the deadly gas which issues from
the automobile exhaust pipe. They
also will produce a synthetic and
cheaper type of motor fuel and a
new improved form of coke which
would displace the present kind. A
fourth contribution promised by tbs
scientists is sdueal-less radio tubes
Professor Norman Krase is the
man who is working upon the method
for producing ethyl, or grain alco-
hol alphabetically. Aside from water
it is the most universally used sol
vent 1t is the basic material in the
manufacture of more than 300 ar.
ticles in everyday use, ranging
from varnish to cooking flavors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
Prominent Valet

The decay Of capitalist society
can sometimes best be studied By
an examination of the mold. Above
is a large green chunk named Cal.
At the present time he is sojourn-
ing, on income indicted from the
agorking class, at Brule, Wisconsin,
where he is studying science at the
church of John Taylor (1'i0hD. Cal
mas just learned that Jonah spent
three days in the whdle's belly and
tDas then erpectordted before mas
tication set in. Cal regards the
story as quite probable. Cal, toho
for several years has been empty
ing spitoons for Wall Street as
president of the United States, has
spread the belief that his silence
Indicates intellectual depth. Inside
his unique head his brain i0ds sup
posed TO be too busy to bother nth
speech. Today practically every
body admits The great head is ST.
lent for the same reason head Of
lettuce is,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
WORKERS PARTY
is STRENCT
BY ATTACKS ON IT
Liberals, Socialists
Don't Fool Workers
BY a worker Correspondent.)

By a Worker Correspondent
\ CLEVELAND, (By MaiD.-Ont
can estimate the value and impor.
lance of man, a movement or ar
organization by the number anc
character of its enemies.
The l. w. w, liberals, anarchists
and socialists, once pretending tc
represent the working class, no lon
ger in this city devote their atten-
ton to mobilizing the working class
Their main task is to attack the
Communists.
The progress of the Communist
movement throughout the world, but
particularly the activities of the
Communists in the class struggle
in the United States, irritates these
liberals, who now see that the en-
tire leadership of the workers in
their struggles is in the hands of
the Communists.
The Communists do not pay much
attention to these people, nor do
even the non-party workers. The
activity of these people consists
mainly of holding meetings, at
which the Communists, the Soviet
Union, ETC., are denounced, while
the Communists are in the midst
of the struggle, organizing the
workers in the mining, auto, textile
industry and fighting their battles.
The reports that the Communists
make at their meetings are the re-
ports of activity-and this activity
is under the guidance of the Com
munist Party.
Good friends, Messrs. liberals,
anarchists, socialists, I. w. Whites,
instead of standing up at your
meetings and attacking the Commu-
nists and the Soviet Union, do a
little practical work. Use a little
more than your tongues-use your
heads, your legs. Get out to the
mining camps, go to the textile CEN
tiers, the auto towns. Make your
criticisms there, where the workers
are fighting. They will laugh at
you-for these workers accept Com
munist policy and Communist lead
ership and all your criticism is
froth.
Despite-or one might say, part
ly as a result Of these attacks-the
Communist influence is growing ra-
pidly. The workers understand
best when these people make their
own proposals. The Communists
then have to talk little+for the
workers know what the Workers
(Communist) Party is and the awk-
ward, malicious attacks fall on
empty ears.
Keep it up, friends anarchists,
I. w. W., liberals, socialists. The
revolutionary movement grows by
the action and propaganda of the
Communists, in spite of you!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
Gems OF Learning

Thomas B. Love, candidate for
acknowledgement of Texas: GAS
between chronic corruption and acute
corruption I prefer the acute. l
want strongly to turn the rascals
out, but l am just as strongly OPP
posed to turning Tammany Hall in
l intend definitely to vote against
Smith. :" 1t would never occur
to Democrat Love to eliminate cor
option with workers and farmers
Government.
Governor Moody of Texas: 81 am
a democrat. I do not believe in bolt
ing the party" If the democratic
platform maintained that the moon
was made of Philadelphia cream
cheese Moody wouldn't bolt. He's a
democrat.
Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, wife of
British prime minister: GA woman
labor leader at Bournemouth de-
clared, the other day, that the So
cialist party is out for power. I
fancy that we conservative women
want something which is higher than
power. We want peace and good
will, and we shall never get it from
party that breaches power and
warfare" Goodwill such as that
displayed toward the Germans in
the great war. Imperialist peace
fatal to millions of workers each
year.
Lord Birkenhead: "Even fem
mist must be aware that the reason.
and the sole reason, why women
have retained any hold on such
posts is economic. They are permit
ted to do a mans work because they
do it more cheaply." Frank capital
list. Most capitalists maintain they
hire women for purely philanthropic
reasons. To allow them to earn a
little money to better support their
families.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
AGENT OF RICH
COUNTRY CLUB
DUPES WORKER
Butcher Loses S22.30
In Train Fares

(By a Worker Correspondent
Butcher workers are being duped
into going to work for the Cham
plain Club, Cliff Ave-, Plattsburg
N. Y. I am one who has experienced
this and can therefore write from
first hand knowledge.
"Higher-ups" Insulting.
| was approached in New York
Citv few weeks ago for that Won
derful job of $3.50 per month. 1t
sounded nice so I went. The club
is owned by boss who is like every
other boss. His name is Mr.. Pleyer
The chef made himself like the
boss and bothered me until I had
to quit. Mr.. Ponti was old and very
irritable and did not stop to think
whether he should insult any of the
workers but went right ahead and
did it.
Forced to Quit.
Well. after two weeks of this in
sufferable atmosphere l just had to
leave and go back to New York
City. expected that the $22.30 l
spent for train fare to get to Platts-
burg would be returned by my boss.
Mr.. Pleyer. From what was told me
in the first place I thought so. But
/ didn't see a red cent. And all /
got for fifteen days of work was
S24.60 The arithmetic is simple, all
that | had "gained" when I arrived
in New York City was a measly
$3.50. ;. j. N.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-24
Court Delays Action on
Pacifist's Citizenship

No action has yet been taken by
Federal Judge Carpenter of CHICAGO
to grant naturalization to Rosika
Schwimmer, Hungarian pacifist
whose right to United States citizen
ship was affirmed by the Federal
Court of Appeals June 30. Judge
Carpenter must act before August
/, as the appeals court, which re-
versed his original refusal to grant
Madame Schwimmer citizenship, re-
manded the case back to him for
final action in accordance with its
decision.
Since the Schwimmer decision,
the Civil Liberties Union have made
efforts to reopen the cases Of Leslie
P. Dunning, Canadian pacifist, and
Mary King, Irish Quakeress, who
have been refused naturalization by
u. s. courts because of their oppo-
sitiop to war.