The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-28
Boxing Racket
.StlnRs of FOuIS:1
Workers Fooled

| match these days ne must provldt
himself with a gas mask as q pro
lection against the fouls" Ever
this will not help.
Monday night in Philadelphia An
other one of those Schmeling-Shar
key affairs was pulled off between
the Giant Camera and Geo. God
frey. Practically every one thai
went to see that fight expected il
to end in foul, yet thousands paid
their shekels just to see the Noun
tain Man, Camera, stretched out
full length on the floor writhing II
pain.
As usual, the crowd at this prize
! fight, especially the first is rows
consisted of the representatives o.
every one of racketeering gangs, nj
the way from Texas Guinan to Sen
ator Ware of Pennsylvania. In thiI
crowd there were also, according u
the capitalist press, two Chicago
gunner. Their presence was neces
sary there to remind Godfrey that
he was to lose in about the fifth
round on a foul.
Before the fight these two rep
resentatives of the capitalist class
gently told Godfrey in his dressin7
room at the point of couple IA
ass" how they wanted the fight}
end-or. -?
Godfrey was forced to lose 3
only because the big gamblers none,
was on Camera but because If he
won he would be the outstanding
contender for the heavyweight title
which now adornes the beetled brow
of Max Schmeling. In these day
of lynchings of Negroes and opeI
terror against the whole working
class the capitalists could not affort
to see a Negro on the heavyweight /
boxing throne.
Why the Foul.
One of the best ways to start 81
argument among the workers in tm
factories these days is to raise tn
question if Schmeling should be de
clared the worlds heavyweight
champ. This is the first champion
ship in the heavyweight ranks o
the cauliflower market that has bee,
won on a foul. Certainly up til
the fatal blow Sharkey was head an,
shoulders in the front. But VIII.
the foul?
The solution to this puzzle can b
found in the following statement o.
one of the bourgeois sports writer
will show through the light.
Schmeling trained up in End
colt, N. Y. and Sharkey did hi
training at Gus Wilson's Orange
burg Health Farm. Squads Of news
paper reporters wrote yards an
yards about this department Of tn
big fight, but we don't renaembe
ever reading line where Schmelinj%
had fouled one of his sparring part
ners, or where they had to carr,
Johnny Brosso out of the ring ate
a couple of smashing rounds witt
Sharkey."
Nothing can give better pietur
of the forces behind the scenes tfes
days of phoney boxing bouts.
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Another One.
Fouls, fouls, and more foul
This is the general line OF new
on boxing in the capitalist pres:
On June IS, Pete Latzo found tn
easiest way out of a bad fight b.
claiming foul from Larry John
son, Negro light-heavyweighi
johnson was winning in a walk an
in these days Of legal and extrs
legal lynchings the bosses canno
stand to see Negro even win +,
prize fight. Foul is the solution.
L.S.U. News.
The Eastern District Of the ha.
Dor Sports Union is making prep.
arations to hold a Daily Worker
S mile street run in the City Of
New York. All workers willing
to take part in this run and hsir
to b0ose our Daily should send In
their entries in care Of Daily
Worker. The Daily has promised
to donate trophy for the first
place winner. Prizes for the first
five men placing will also b
awarded.
In view of the fact that the LS.t
Berlin delegation fund campaign N
suited in raising only $116.00, h
L.S.U. was forced to call off ssndin
the delegation across. This ear
paign showed that the working elas
does not yet realize the importans
of workers sports in the class stfus
gle. Come on fellow workersi Sen
in your contribution to the LS.t
and you will, by doing so, taksaSss
at the ball of bosses sports.
Soccer News.
The Eastern District ffnaas ~
National Cup competition will con |
to a close this Sunday when u
Olympus and the Bronx Woyxe :
hook up for the final tilt. One
not predict the winner Of this Il
game since the teams are |
equal in speed and genefalshi |
the field. Let's hope that the l
team wins and give them . SEM L
to Detroit for the finals.
The closing Of the Eastern u