The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-28

forming him to look more and
more like his nickname. l had
occasion to view the lad in At
lantic City aid am naturally resent
full at his failure to realize my pre-
diction that he will go far. AS a
matter of fact he has gone far but
not in the indicated direction. My
informant states, in less witty terms,
that this member in-good- standing
of the Macpherson Hutton Huey
Long school resembles an object no
self-respecting alley cat would drag
in.
The late and unlamented flag-pole
sitting has been superseded by a far
more provocative, useful and refresh
ing sport. Hitherto sporadic prac-
tice, this diversion has evolved a
technique which has rendered it a
popular favorite Possibilities of de-
velopment, to COP phrase from the
even more late and even less lamented
Jimmy Walker, are 'limitless.
I do not choose to regard it as
fad. Both physical exertions and
hazards involved qualify it for in
clusion in a sports column. If this
is encroachment, make the best of it..
THERE'S nothing new about shin
1 nying. You have shinnied. I, too,
have shinnied. You may even have
shinnied up flagpoles. Then all this
is old stuff. But did you ever shiny
up the flagpole of your local city hall
and hoist red flag with Hands Off
Cuba" lettered on it2 That is the &C
comphshment of a skilled New York
devotee of the sport, the first of the
current crop to achieve prominence.
On the morning of the discovery,
the city fathers were gathering for a
concIave. Several formed in group
under the mast.
"Yi," said a Borough President.
"Szent isten!" said a Hungarian
alderman.
Nobody could get ii down. The shin
nier had cut the rope; the mast was
too expensive to saw. Firemen with
ladders failed. Reporters reported
and photographers photographed,
then newsboys came around selling
the papers.
Hands OFF Cuba" read the crowd.
Finally the sixth patrolman to try,
got II down. He had to skinny up.
AND the very next afternoon the
n scarlet banner floated over, Yankee
Stadium, this one without inscription.
There was another commotion. The
World Telegram reporter came and
mingled with the guessing crowd.
"A Bolshevik plot to kidrap Lefty
Gomez2"
Colonel Rupert laid up with
scarlatina?"
Ruth has the measles?"
1t turned out to be signal to
people outside the stadium that the
Yanks lost the second game of the
days double-header. This is just an
incident and not strictly shinnying.
Not nearly as notable professionally
as for instance yesterdays Chicago
shindig. There few enterprising
comrades took over the German Con-
sulate Building on Michigan Boule-
ward and in the dead of night replaced
the swastika with red flag, nine
| INV oHudlC, lAicCl lDCQ oCIllOllSbI dCG
Against Fascism Here on Thursday,
1890 noon"
They hoisted the banner, cut the
rope and CREASED the pole on the
way down. This time not one of
the three hundred, machine gun
equipped police who were massed
to prevent the demonstration, could
turn the trick.
Only few days before, two women
with signs announcing the demon
stration had handcuffed themselves to
a lamppost in front Of the consulate
and the same cops spent an hour
and half to saw them free.
The creased poles banner flut-
tered for nine hours before they could
remove it. This is grade A shinnying
and If its perpetrator will send his
name and address, I undertake to
present him with my next two weeks
salary as q gesture Of recognition. The
sum will keep him In chewing gum
money for days.
IL