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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22


DUT what the young men rebel
- against is the provision that
they must win in order to get paid.
At best only two can reach the
finals In singles and four in doubles.
BY the terms of the agreement these
young men collect full weeks pay.
The others get paid in proportion
to the time they serve.
In the more stable arts Of brick laying
and fancy plumbing there could be no
quarrel with such an arrangement But
this is tennis. Furthermore. it is amateur
tennis. And since number OF amateur
ism IL therefore becomes a vital social mat
ter. Especially with unemployment being
In this instance. Of course. the Young
men appear TO be justified In their stand
Seabright is a box office tournament Ad
are profitable Tennis is the sole attrac-
ton; Al nine dollars per day the hired
force a stipulation that they must win to
get their Day is petty.
But that happens to be the Young mems
problem. not mine. What interest me is
the bald revelation that amateur tennis
is openelv conducted on cash-and-carrv
fession-and a profession in which there
seems to be much smallness and narrow
Apparently anybody can sponsor an
amateur tournament All YOU need to do
is to assemble the Young men and room
and board them for week. This would
seem to. explain a matter that has mvsti-
fed a lot Of people namely and towlt:
How is & possible for the Young men to
devote all their time to amateur tennis?
n
r DO not know how far the young
i men plan to go in their cam
paign for better working conditions
for the downtrodden, oppressed
amateur, but it will be deplorable
if they do not go the full route.
How about extra pay for overtime
matches? And bonuses for straight
set victories? To say nothing of
standard wage scale?
You would think that bv now the ten
mis- officials would attempt to do some
thing about the unsavorv conditions with
which the sport is surrounded. They are
solely responsible for the state Of sham
and hypocrisy that now. exists. You can
not have exploitation without its inevitable
by product. which is professionalism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

Games scheduled in local city
leagues Saturday and Sunday, fol-
low:
SATURDAY GALL P. M
Capitol City
Centenary VS.. Riverside olympics,
Cooperative
Indianapolis Cubs VS.. s. g. Turner's,
indiana Bell VS.. stock Yards. River
side g.
Smith All-stsrs VS.. Modern woodmen
Dixie A. c.s VS. silk Hosiery, Riverside s.
indianapolis Bleaching VS. Central Trans
Industrial
Eli Lilly VS. Fletcher Place, GARFIELD 2.
SUNDAY GALL AT P. M
Municipal
shelby Services VS.. FlannerBuchanan.
i Y N S. VS.. Gsseteris, Garfield 3.
St Patricks VS. sholty Motors two
games. first at 2 p. M
indianapolis Cubs VS.. Riverside A. AS,
Riverside !.
Holy Rosary VS.. Cathedral Riverside 3.
ST. Catherine VS.. St. Patricks, GARFIELD z.
Holy Cross VS.: Sacred Heart RIVERSIDE b.
AOuIQch NSs hNiN AAAiiAAef ANANNASANO -
Big Six
Leon Tailoring VS.. Bowes Seal Fast,
Riverside 4.
Brightwood VS.. Belmonts Elenherger /.
OHars Sans VS.. Irvington Aces, Brook
side ?.
Holy Cross nine is lie ling the City
Catholic League with eight games won and
only two lost. ST. Catherine is second with
seven victories and three defeats and
Lourdes is third with six and three. The
Sacred Heart Question Marks will be the
opponents of Holy Cross Crusaders Sun
day afternoon at Riverside diamond No. s.
st. Pats and st: Catherine will battle at
Garfield Cathedral and Holy Cross at
Riverside No and Holy Trinity and
Lourdes at Riverside No. z. In games last
Sunday Holy Cross defeated Cathedral.
s TO 5: Holy Trinity downed Holy Rosary,
IL 10 II: st, Catherine trounced Lourdes.
is to H. and Sacred Heart won BY for
felt from St. Patricks. to O. AT the time
OF the forfeit Sacred Heart was leading,
IA to 3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22
TALKING
1T OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK July 22.-Eleven
4 ' room-and-bo board tennis stars,
high ranking in the national anna
teur classiflcations, were on strike
today, and as a consequence the
historic Seabright invitation tourna-
ment was hanging on the ropes. In
what practically amounted to an
ultimatum, the eleven players. in
Guiding such headline figures as
Clifford Suffer, Berkeley Bell, Keith
Gledhill and Junior Coen, demanded
official guarantee that they would
be bedded and vittled in the luxury
to which they are accustomed dur
ing the full run Of the champion
ship.
II develops 1t is the practice OF the fash
lcuaole SeapriRht promoters to clamp down
on ~ guest privileges and eratuities I'M
the theory that there is very little revenue
falcons.
a., The revolving players take the attitude
as hypothetical guests and that there IS
no NaY TO tell in advance how long cir
nerstanees iootiaults and hangoyers Will
D ts9 hy 70 sh osff IN In b 56s ioE be
ouraton. with no questions asked
g. as matters stand now thew arc put up
head; This in spirit and fact makes them
cav laborerS OF the tennis courts. not
very flsttering status. but evidently IT is
ton. whv shouldn't 1t be? Nine bucks per
dav Is good dough
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22
Finale With Saints
INDIANAPOLIS
ST. PAUL

Mccain batted for Thomas in sixth.
Riddle batted for Logan in ninth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

The Freije A. Cs will play the Law
renee Merchants Sunday at Lawrence.
Practice VIII be held this evening. Players
bare requested to report at the Freije
grocery at l ocGck Sunday. For games
with Freijes call DreXel 56s7 and ask for
Jacob Freije.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

St Meinrad indoor baseball team will
play the strong I. w. W squad at VIII
lard park Monday at 2. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

The fast indianapolis Twilights will play
al Connersville Sunday An important
meeting OF Tw light players Will be held to-
night al Bob't billiard psrlor. Minnesota
and East streets. The team viii leave for
Connersville Sunday "a 1890 a. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

Lincoln Highways are without game
for Sunday and desire to hear from
strong state team Write Jack Hannibal,
500 West Mocartv street. Phone Drexel
$500
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

The Paramount Glass nine will play
United Cabs Sunday at Rhodius diamond
No l. The Fairmounts split a twin bill
with the Cardinals last Sunday Scores
were 70 and to 5. LIGHTER pitched
both games for the Fairmounts. All Fair
mount PLAYERS please report by 100 Sun
dav. McClain and Chess notice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

Riverside Cubs are leading the Fm-Roe
Junior League with eleven victories and
one defeat and Assumption A. C.s are sec
ond. In the Em-Roe Senior League the
United Cabs are out in front with ten
wins and two losses. Forester Cubs are
second. League standings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-22

Totals ......,.. Al 10 II 27 0
Evening star., 1932-10-23
How About Florida?
The Same A louisiana"

INDEED, the tension became critical and
] acute. and all sorts Of rumors were afloat,
particularly down in Louisiana, where the
Democrats accused the Republicans Of trying
to steal the election, and SO alarmed became
Gen. Grant, who was then on the last lap of
his second administration, and temporarily
stopping in Philadelphia, that he telegraphed
from that city to Gen. William T. Sherman in
Washington the following note
Instruct Gen. Augur, in Louisiana, and Gen
Ruger, in Florida, to be vigilant with the force
at their command to preserve peace and good
order, and to see that the proper and legal
boards of canvassers are unmolested in the per-
formance Of their duties. Should there be any
grounds of suspicion of fraudulent count on
either side, it should be reported and denounced
at once. No man worthy Of the Office Of
President should be willing to hold it if counted
in or placed there by fraud. Either party can
afford to be disappointed in the result. The
country cannot afford to have the result tainted
by the suspicion of illegal or false returns
In this election, not only did Tilden and
Hendricks apparently receive majority of the
electoral vote as first counted but the figures
later admitted as final gave to these candidates
a plurality of the popular vote, $50 ,935. How
ever, Cleveland, when defeated in 1885, also
went down to defeat with a plurality Of nearly
100000 popular votes to his credit. John
Quincy Adams did not receive q plurality of
Evening star., 1932-10-23
a he Mcclellan
caytoOn of

the minds of many to the use Of screens and
the consequent breathing Of screened air.
Bathtubs were then few and far between,
and nearly every one bathed in one of the
family wash tubs once a week, generally on
Saturday night Sunday morning-whether
they needed it not-and when the women
of the household, subject to headache, in
variably tied their foreheads up with a white
rag saturated with vinegar
Few houses were then supplied with Potomac
water, and the people relied upon the many
public pumps throughout the city or those upon
their own premises for drinking water, and the
hogsheads referred to were employed for the
purpose of catching rain water, generally used
for washing clothes, since it was softer than
spring well water. However, after periods of
drought, this water was not usable, since it
became stagnant, and many an old-timer will
recall seeing, when he was q boy, the rain
barrel filled with wiggle-w waggles and tadpoles.
Sometimes the barrel or hogshead (whichever
it happened to be- became empty and dry and
when one was found to be in this condition
election night, it was likely to be missing from
its accustomed place the next morning.
But there was big change in the sentiment
of the people as the days dragged on after the
Hayes and Tilden election day had come and
gone The Republicans we're in suspense, while
the Democrats were mad as fury and crying
fraud The Star came out on November
with long account of the muddled situation,
saying in its headlines:
Hayes or Tilden?
Evening star., 1932-10-23

friends. We are told that among the pieces
it played during the evening were The Sweet
BY and BY" and Good Times A-Coming."
THE Tilden and Hendricks Reform Club,
which met at 482 7th street, about 2
o'clock on the morning following the day Of
the election closed its doors and everybody
proceeded with Donch's Band to the residence
of Mr. Fury on Fourth street between D and
E. where, we are told all the officers Of the
club met and had jollification. after which
they proceeded to the residence of Messrs. W.
H. Clagett, William M. Merrick and Columbus
Alexander, and to the Office Of the New York
World in Newspaper Row, on 14th street be-
tween E and streets where brief congratula-
tory messages were exchanged. 1t was nearly
daybreak when the members of the club and
their happy friends parted for their homes.
Though quite youngster at that time, the
writer particularly remembers the bonf1res built
by the boys throughout the outlying parts of
the city to celebrate the great Democratic
victory There were many vacant squares of
ground in the city at that time, and conse-
Quently there was not the same danger there
would be today, even if the Police Department
would permit it.
OF course. bonfireS were not confined alone
to this notable election, although this method
of celebrating this important National event
was no doubt carried to the extremes on the
Washington commons, particularly in 1876
Nothing .inf1ammabe safe upon this and
similar occasions everything loose and portable
that would burn was added to the flames until
people at distance would imagine some
particular section of the city to be on fire.
Benches, boxes, barrels, gates, door stoops loose
boards from fences were used, and even oc
casionally several boys would roll up to the
fire some ones hogshead to increase the height
of the flames
The population of the District of Columbia
at that time was about one-fourth of what 1t
is today. Apartment houses had not as yet
become a part of the citys conveniences, and
those who doubled-up in dwelling houses were
not favorably spoken Of. Indeed, in nearly all
the autograph albums, so popular at that period,
we find this admonition:
when you get married and live upstairs
For goodness sake don't put on airs
Evening star., 1932-10-23

EVERYBODY then not only laid in coal for
= the Winter months, but also kept the wood
shed supplied with pine and oak cordwood and
a wood-horse and saw the latter being generally
used by the young man of the house with which
to make big logs little, for gas stoves had not
as yet come into general use; oil and gasoline
stoves were practically unknown, and wood was
used as the Summer fuel. To the same young
man usually fell also, the lot of storing away
the seasons coal, cutting the straw for the beds
when feathers were not available, and keeping
the flies OF of the table with a piece of bush
or tree with one Of the many fancy fly
brushes, made of vari-colored paper, so that his
elders might eat in comfort during the Summer
months-for the placing of screens in windows
to keep out flies then seldom If ever,
resorted to- and, a matter Of fact there was
then and for years later a decided aversion in
Evening star., 1932-10-23

That's the Question.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
Bedacht Talks Sun.
at Harlem Casino On
why Social Insurance

NEW YORK.-The burning queS-
ton before the American working
class today is immediate relief for
the unemployed and part-time work
ers, Hoover says the dole is un-Amer-
lean but in his estimation it Is psx-
fectly in order for the American
worker to beg for his food at the flop
houses and charities. The whole ques~
ton of immediate relief fat the un-
employed workers in the way Of So
cial insurance, how it is to be admin
istered and where the money is to
come from will be the subject for
Comrade Bedacht's lecture this Sun
day, 7 pm. at New Hardin Casino,
116th st. and Lenox Ave.
This lecture is of especial import
ance to the membership of the Inter-
national Workers Order in view Of
the campaign for social insurance be-
ing conducted, through a united
front of all fraternal organizations
under the leadership of the Interna-
tional Workers Order. Admission Is
cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
SIX FAMILIES
EVICTED IN
BROWNSVILLE

NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 25.-Powell
St, Brownsville, was the scene of cry
ing children, distracted mothers and
scattered furniture today when the
city marshall evicted six families from
their homes in an effort of the land
lord to break the rent strike going on
Three families were evicted from
521 Powell St., two from $40 and one
from 491 TheRrent strike led by the
Brownsville Unemployed Council is in
these three houses.
In short time the furniture dis
appeared from the street. Workers in
the rent strike and from other houses
modified and brought the furniture
and families into other homes.
These evictions are the result OF
a united front among the landlords
who, through their association are
contributing funds to break the strike
trembling with fright at the prospect
of the rent strike movement spread
ing throughout the city.
Three other families we're to be
evicted but the marshall did not APP
pear. Picketing is going on In front oil
521 where the landlady, Mrs. Cohen
lives.
eve will not give IN" stated the
workers. 1--WE will fight on until we
win"
open air meetings are held every
day to rally the neighborhood. The
spirit of the workers is expressed ir
their readiness to get on the platform
and speak.
a reporter from the Forward, q
socialist" paper, approached the
workers today asking for statement
The workers refused to have anything
to do with him, because Of the delib-
crate omission by the socialist paper
Of the fact that the Brownsville IN
employed Council is leading the
strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
NEW MEMBERS IS
DETROIT ANSWER
TO SIMMS MURDER
800 Young and Old
Workers Pack Hall
In Demonstration

DETROIT. - Over 300 workers,
young and old. packed the main
auditorium of Northern High School
here in answer to the appeal the
Communist Party and Young Com
munist League for mighty protest
against the bloody assassination OF
Harry Sinms. 10 year old organizer
for the Young Communist League in
the Kentucky strike area.
The meeting reached its high point
when workers signed applications for
both the Party and League and
marched up to the stage signalling
their determination to replace our
murdered comrsde by taking his
place in the ranks of the fighting
Communist Party and Y. C. L.
A resolution condemning Simns
murder was unanimously passed. The
Young Communist League Of the De-
troit District pledged TO recruit one
hundred new members into the
League to replace Harry Simms
Forty-five dollars we're collected as
fighting fund to secure the release
Of all miners and strike organizers
arrested by the Kentucky coal oper-
ators,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
30 FAMILIES
FACE EVICTION
TODAY IN BRONX

NEW YORK.-The city government
intends to evict thirty-five workers
and their wives and children today,
from their homes on Longfellow
Avenue between 174th and 175th SITS,
Bronx, where a rent strike has been
going on for some time.
The entire neighborhood is aroused
at this attempt of mass evictions.
The 1876 tenants of 5 houses involved
in the rent strike are at high pitch
and determined to resist the evic-
tionS. They call on workers to come
from all over the city to join in
united fight for the thirty five fam
lilies and the right to hold rent
strikes.
mot one to be evicted" is their
slogan, IF the eviction is carried
through" the workers announced,
Eve will continue picketing the house
until the landlord takes our furniture
back into our rooms and submits the
demands of the rent strike"
Yesterday hundreds of workers
rallied at an open air meeting called
by the striking tenants led by the
Unemployed Council, and pledged
their support in the rent strike.
A telegram was sent to Mayor
Walker demanding that he stop these
evictions and evictions all over the
city.
we call on the members of the
International Labor Defense, Wom-
ems Council, Icor, Unemployed Coun-
ellis, all workers to mobilize at Long
fellow Avenue between 174th and
175th tomorrow morning at 8 a. m. to
join ranks in a solid resistance
against the eviction"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
ANOTHER RENT
STRIKE WON IN
THE BRONX

NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 25.-After
two weeks strike, the tenants Of
27o4 Wallace Ave, under the leader
ship of the Williamsbridge Unem-
ployed Council won the following de-
mands from Mr.. Osinoff, the 80
cialist' landlord: u 81 rent reduction
per room per month; o Withdrawal
of all court proceedings against all
the tenants.
After the strike the tenants decided
to maintain their organization per-
manently. Mr.. Osinoff, on the other
hand, does everything to destroy it"
the house committee said in a state
ment today. For this reason his
agents are spreading the rumors that
Comrade Woiner paid his rent dur
ing the strike. The truth Of the mat
ter is that Conrade Woliner was and
is one Of the best fighters amongst
the tenants. He was one of the leaders
Of the strike and therefore in the best
interests of the workers all these ru-
mors have to b suppressed"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
JAPANESE WRITER EXPOSES
JAPANESE IMPERIALISM; CALLS
FOR CHINESE MASSES DEFENSE

against their imperialist ruling class
as manifested in the courageou op-
position to the inperialist adven-
lures in Manchuria and Shanghai.
In the face OF the sharpest terror
by the Japanese government, the
Japanese masses, under the leader
ship of the heroic Communist Party
of Japan, have opposed the attack
upon the Chinese Revolution and
the attempts to provoke the Soviet
Union into war.
I'VE send revolutionary greetings
to the revolutionary artists and writ
ers of Japan, who have played so
important part in the opposition to
Japanese Imperialism and have
shown magnificent solidarity with
the Chinese masses in their strug-
giles against the traitorous Kuomin-
tang and the foreign imperialist
powers.
THE John Reed Club pledges it
self to fight against American i'm
perialism and its participation in the
looting and partition of China and
its leading role in the preparations
for armed intervention against the
Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
TRY TO BREAK
BREAD STRIKE BY
JAILING PICkETS

The bakery bosses of Brighton
Beach together with the Tammany
judges, police, are trying in every
way possible to break the militant
bread strike in Brighton Beach. Yes
terday, February IS, Mrs. Herman a
militant woman picket, was arrested
on several framed up charges in front
of Tanentaum bakery. Mrs Boxer, a
member of the strike executive COM
mittee, was sentenced to five days in
Jail by Judge Steers. Three other
pickets were given suspended SEN
tencS.
TIL Tammany judgs cannot make
up their minds as to the best way to
break the strike. Last week the judge
ruled that the consumers have right
to pickets, etc, this week Judge
Steers again raised the question of
the right to picket
Workers of Brighton Beach must
now more than ever before prove to
the judges, police and bakery bosses
that we have the right to strike and
picket and that we will continue to do
so until we win the strikers said. AL
workers are called to the mass meet
ing that will be held tonight, Febru-
airy Is, at Ocean Parkway Hail. 1904
ocean Parkway, Brooklyn.
Alderman Thomas G. Ryan has
been called to defend his actions of
supporting the bakery owners.
On Monday some 40 workers are to
appear in Coney Island court, Eighth
and Surf AYES, to answer the trump
ed up charges under which they were
arrested.
Crowd the court room on this day
and demand the right to picket and
organize!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
WAGENKNECHT TELLS OF GREAT
NEED FOR STRIKE RELIEF IN KY.

NEW YORK.-"The support Of the
Kentucky Tennessee striking miners
and their starving families must re
main one of the basic tasks facing
the working class for this period"
This statement prefaces a report
given by Alfred Wagenknecht, ma
Eonal secretary of the Workers IN
ternational Relief covering his recent
tour Of the strike areas where he
checked up on conditions and relief
distribution.
Wagenknecht, who was arrested by
Knoxville police in an attempt to
hinder the feeding of the starving
children Of the miners by the w. I.
r., unfolded a picture Of the most
cruel misery existing in the mining
camps of Kentucky and Tennessee.
IN camp after camp the children
of the striking miners are half-naked
and go about barefoot or in pieces"
shoes, as the miners call the rags
and bits of leather with which they
wrap the feet Of the children. Long
undernourishment has twisted the
bodies of the children and their little
legs and hands are bent out of shape
from ricketts, caused by lack Of milk"
THE Workers International Relief
must continue to be more and more
in the forefront Of this struggle. BY
winning the right to distribute relief
unmolested the fight for the legahza-
ton of the National Miners Union
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-02-26
Illustrated Talk On
Life of Soviet Worker

NEW YORK proof of hv-
ing and working conditions of the
average workers family in the Soviet
Union will be given IN the form of an
illustrated lecture by Frank Siegal,
district secretary Of the Friends of
the Soviet Union, on Friday, Febru-
airy 26, at $3.50 pm. The lecture will
be given at 11O9 45th st, Brooklyn,
ny.
The pictures illustrating the lee
ture deal with the life OF a Soviet
worker, Phillipov, a worker and shock
trooper at the factory, "Redf Prole-
tartan; his wife, two daughters and
three sons. It is graphic and smash
ing blow at all the lies Of the capt.
talists and Socialists concerning the
living standards of the Soviet worker.