The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-26
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Comments by the Labor
Athletes.
Detroit School


workers organizations from many
parts OF the country. 1t is to have
Ia complete course in physical and
theoretical training, which is TO in
ude a well balanced program Of
ractice in physical activity and in
political and working class education.
The aim of the school is to develop
directors, who will have no illusions
Of sport for sports sake and who
will understand the objects of sport
for the bosses and for the workers.
The school commences on June list
and is to be held in the vicinity of
Detroit.
May First
May Day is rolling around, and
as is the practice of worker sports
men in the United States, there is
preparation for participation in the
May Day demonstrations. There will
be attempts on the part of the hire
lings of the capitalists to terrorize
the workers so that they will not
appear at the meetings on that day.
But the worker sportsmen as mem
bers of their class have no fear and
will turn out in great numbers.
Baseball
Baseball is with US again, and the
aim OF the L. S. U. is to develop
leagues that will be real workers
leagues. Many teams that are to
4 participate in the leagues are taking
advantage of the empty sand lots
in their neighborhoods and are pre-
pairing for the regular games.
/ If your team has no uniforms,
don't let that stop you. We play
the game, not the uniform.
There will be plenty of competi-
ton and the teams appear to be
good. One important difference be-
tween the bosses and the workers
i can best he emphasized on the base
ball diamond the most popular game
in America. The more wor.ers'
teams we get to participate iii our
leagues the greater the wedge we
drive into the system. Play ball!
Batters up!
Boxing
The Scott Sharkey fight is an
other example of the difference in
style between the British and Amer
| lean boxers. Whereas the tendency
of the Britisher is to resort more to
light footwork and faster movement
in general, the tendency on the part
.of the American is to shift heavily
pn his feet and to conserve as much
lof his movement as possible. The
\ American depends on one or two
| socks, and he expects to ring the
button with them. While the Brit
Usher leans toward boxing first and
then the sock. Which system is the
best is doubtful, as the proof can
not as yet be determined, due to the
boxers we have had so far being
mainly interested in the gate re-
ceipts and not so much in the form.
When we will have an international
workers boxing exhibition we will
be in a much better position to
judge.
The battle Of Scott ard Sharkcy
was a good gate battle, but in the
language of the Labor sportsmen,
"When foul meets foul there's an
awful stink" And the stink re-
sounded in the naval conference.
The boxing dummy Primo Camera
in his itinerary thruout the United
States is still having palukas prop
ped up before him for flooring;
100000 was his income for these
boxing fiascos. His boxing skill is
not nearly as much advertised as the
size of his appetite or his shoes. His
final few bouts, which are not very
far in the offing, will go into the
many millions. His management is
classical example of the rottenness
of the professional fighter in Amer
lea.
Bosses Turn to A. A. U.
Amateur athletes, because they
are ripe for the army and because
the bosses fear the rising tide of the
workers in the present radicaliza.
ton, are becoming very popular and
are receiving much attention. They
know that the bulk of the workers
cannot become pros and the army
must come from the workers. Anc
so they are giving much time to the
amateur athlete. But it is growing
only on paper. All the bourgeois
newspapers are giving ever increas,
ing space to amateur athletics anc
organizations that are sponsored by
such institutions as the American
Legion, colleges, and by the papers
themselves, such as the Graphic
Punch Ball Contest and the Daily
News Golden Gloves tournament.
But the masses are not respond.
ing. All the official amateur in.
door meets this last season have
been failures. The stars played t.
empty houses. They broke !'ecords
to the applause only of the news
papers.
How these "stars" travel from one
place to another is puzzling to any
worker The girl stars were in Flor
ida for month preparing for theil
meet, and the track and field star,
were concentrated about New Yorl
for an entire season for the indoor
meets that were held there.
Who pays their bills?