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Evening star., 1934-12-21
Rivers Stops Dougan.

NH NEW featherweight threat was
~ unveiled during the preliminary
card, which backed up the
blistering feature to such an extent
that, as a whole, the show stacked
up as just about Promtor Joe Turn
er's best effort Of the year.
The new 126-pounder was Joe Rivers
of Mexico, who handed the veteran
Leroy Dougan the most decisive past
ing he has ever encountered in a
local ring Rivers dropped Dougan
twice in the first round for counts
of six and nothing. respectively, and
after flooring him again in the fifth
battered him so badly that Referee
Muggsy Morris stopped the fight and
awarded Joe technical kayo.
Bucky Taylor of Baltimore and
frankie Lift, Newark lightweight,
staged a whale of six-rounder, which
we awarded to Taylor, but which
a three-way split in decisions called
1t a draw. It was a hot number,
with both boys taking severe beatings.
Mickey Flanagan Of Pittsburgh
won split decision over K. o. Riley
Of Washington in another six-rounder,
while Bob Lowry, another local welter,
continued his ways with unanimous
decision over Mike .Scipio of Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1934-12-21
7 B. MUNDELLE, the local
w. chess and checker expert,

will give a simultaneous ex-
hibition in both chess and checkers
at the Y. M. C. A. on New Year day
from 5 to pm. Everybody is in
vited. and prospective players are re-
quested to bring their boards and men.
There will be no fee charged and the
first winner of a game in both chess
and checkers will be awarded a prize.
Evening star., 1934-12-21

IA the gloomy Old Fleet Prison.
4 \ He had tramped up to the
metropolis from a small hill
village near Bristol seeking his fortune.
and, after few hungry weeks, had
landed in prison on the complaint Of
his landlady for an unpaid bill. There
he must stay until the bill was paid
or the woman relented.
Before leaving home John Gully
had been a sturdy youngster who had
more than held his own in f1sticuffs
on the village green. Fighting was the
favorite sport Of the boys Of the little
town of Wick, for all had dreams Of
some day emulating the career of the
greatest son Of the village-William
Pearce. 1.-THE Game Chicken" as
Pearce was known, had gone to Bris-
tol, beaten all contenders in that
nursery Of fighters and then moved up
to London. One-eyed Jem Belcher
was through as a fighter. He sent
word to his native city that he was
about to retire and would be glad to
transfer his title and his rich patron
age to the best man Bristol could
send. 1.-THE Game Chicken" was the
response. He now was champion OF
England.
Pearce went to the prison on his
own initiative to see If there was any,
thing he could do for Gully. News of
his presence spread rapidly among the
jail inmates, who insisted on seeing
the great man. THE Chicken" never
hesitated to do favor for anybody
and readily agreed to give q sparrtng
exhibition for the boys" He would
box q few rounds with Gully.
Nearly a Double Kayo.
DERHAPS he was of form that day,
or more likely he purposely made
a poor showing with the emaciated
and pallid boy. In any event, 1t
looked to the prisoners as If Pearce
was poor match for Gully. The news
soon spread from the prison through
the sporting society of London and
came to the ears of Foster Reid, rich
young sportsman who was at that
time England's foremost fight pro-
moter. He Immediately paid Gully's
debts, took him out of Jail and started
to build up his emaciated body with
systematic training. In few months
his man was ready and he challenged
the Game Chicken.
Few previous fights had attracted
such wide attention. Reid bet for
tune on his protege and lost. The
Game Chicken took, and gave hor-
rible beating. He emerged after 81
rounds with his championship, but
he was led out of the ring, temporarily
blind, by his seconds. Gully was taken
out unconscious.
Here starts one of the most remark
able road to fortune" stories in the
annals Of sport. The Game Chicken
did not fight again. He already had
incipient tuberculosis. The hammer
ing he had taken did him no good.
Neither did his highly intemperate
life.
But the young total abstainer,
Gully, soon recovered With the re-
tirement of the Game Chicken he
claimed the championship of England,
and, for a time, it seemed as If no.
body would challenge his claim. Will
liam Pearce went back to Bristol and
opened public 'ouse," where he was
one of his own best customers. Twice
again he was destined for public no
tice. Once . disastrous fire broke out
in Bristol's ramshackle tenement dis
trict. Pearce played the role Of pop
ular hero by rescuing girl who was
trapped on an upper floor. He
climbed over roofs amid smoke and
flame and pulled her through win
dow.
Evening star., 1934-12-21
Phil Fur Takes Waoping but Leaves Ring With More Friends
.HE following entries were made
1 In the championship tourna-

TSHE following entries were made
In the championship tourna-
ment of the Capital City Chess
Club: John Alden, jr.; F.
Flynn, Col. J. A. Kirby, Martin
C. Stark. G. L. Tillery and F. B.
Walker. Only one game has been
played In the first round. Flynn had
first move in q game with Walker.
He lost the exchange in an irregular
queens gambit declined opening, on
his tenth move and q bishop fell on
the seventeenth move. Flynn at
temped to recoup by also sacrificing
bishop, which was unsound, and he re-
signed on his twenty fifth turn.
TEANS of 1s boards each, located
i respectively in Philadelphia and
Boston, contested a match by
telephone on December IS. Boston
lost by score of 91z to 61a. Singu-
larly, Boston did not lose a game In
the first nine boards, winning one and
drawing the other eight boards. At
these nine boards were Barry, Morton,
Weidner, Adams, Shapiro, Chevalier,
Dabny, Jacobs and DIR. Putnam for
Boston, and Ruth, Levin, Regan,
Weiner, Drasin, Wilkinson, Sharp,
Morris and Gordon for Philadelphia.
Chevalier won from Wilkinson. In
the last seven boards Boston did not
win a game, but lost four and drew
three.
The championship tournament of
the Manhattan Chess Club resulted
in a tie for first place between Isaac
Kashdan and Abraham Kupchik.
Kupchik had led during most of the
tourney, but in the semi-hnal round
could do not better than draw, while
Kashdan won and drew up even with
him. The leading scores were Kash-
dan and Kupchick, II won, 2 lost
each; Horowitz, 91a-31a; McMurray,
8h-41z. There were IA entries.
y NETTNDTT %La Io1aI
Evening star., 1934-12-21
BY TOM HENRY.

COUNTRY boy-penniless and
friendless in London-lay in
the gloomy Old Fleet Prison.
He had tramped up to the
S.n&,o.al;. frny. a sy,.aI1 hill
Evening star., 1934-12-21
What Vintage Tobacco Is

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more than two-year supply. With
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tinued supply of the mild. fragrant
cigars which Vintage tobaccos yield.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
Report Tonight on
Deportation Fight
Delegation to Tell Of
Visit TO Mccormick

NEW YORK.--A report on the
results of its hearing before Com
missioner General of immigration
Mccormick and Assistant Attorney
General keenan, will be given by
the anti-deportation delegation at
mass reception this Friday eve
ming, $3.50 o'clock, at Manhattan
Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth st.
The delegation has just returned
from Washington where it presented
the protests of New York workers
against the deportation terror by
which the government seeks to
crush the militancy of foreign born
workers and prevent united strug-
giles of foreign born and native
workers against unemployment,
starvation, fascist terror, and prep
arations for new imperislist war.
The delegation, which was elected
at a mass conference on May %,
of representatives of 1876 organiza-
tions, including A. F. of L. locals
took up with the Department of
Labor the cases of Edith Berkman,
Jack Schneider, William zazuliak,
Sam Paul, and others held for de-
portation, and the cancellation of
the citizenship papers of Emil Gar
dos.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
Butchers Discuss
General Strike
Move To Elect Central
Strike Committee

NEW YORK.-Butcher of the
Fort Green, Westchester, Fulton ST.
and Fort Lee markets continued
their strike for wage increases yes
terday and late in the evening were
preparing for a mass strike meet
ing at the 84th st. Labor Temple
to discuss the question of a general
strike to effect all New York pack
ing and slaughter houses.
Workers of the Fort Green, Full
ton and Washington markets have
set up rank and file strike commit
tees to take control of the situa-
ton and halt attempts of the lead
ers of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
tiers Union to betray the struggle
Leaders of the Amalgamated have
been meeting with the Regional La
Dor Board officials, but the results
Of the negotiations are not known
to the strikers, as not one striker
was present at the meetings.
The strike committee set up at
the Fulton Market elected four
strikers to accompany the union
leaders to the Labor Board confer
ences and report back to the work
ers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08

been so grossly betrayed at the
recent Party convention in
Detroit that it Is high time for
all conscientious members of the
S. P. to take stock of the latest
situation.
BY n1aneuvering about with
the nlilitants, who are politically
unconscious, as we'll as reaction
aries, and by allowing such
pseudo arxist as Norman
Thomas to take control of the
Party on a left" platform, the
Revolutionary Program Commit
tee has demonstrated only too
clearly that it will not make any
serious struggle against the poll
cies of the intrenched leadership.
THE new declaration OF prin-
ciples is merely q radical sn1at-
tering of phrases which leaves the
essentials of the old policies I'M
changed. For instance, gov
eminent under the workers rule
will be instituted in case of
complete collapse of the CAPT
talist system. Now. we all know
that the capitalist system will
never die without some radical
parties to assist in killing it, and
even if it were to perform such
politically and economically I'M
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
Piece Work, MIRA.
Hailed by L.L.G. W..
Heads in Chicago

CHICAGO, June Praise for
the strikebreaking MIRA. permeated
the Tuesday session of the Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Convention. Governor Horner, who
was trotted in as one of the chief
speakers, declared that the N.R,A.
lis with the I. l.. @. w. u. because
the 1. L. G. w. U. is with the N.R.A."
following which Mr.. Balls, an I, L.
q. w. U. leader, stated that he was
proud the Chicago workers had
such a governor"
Although the convention went on
record against the red-baiting Civic
Federation, Matthew Vol, one of
the leading lights of the organiza-
ton, spoke at the Wednesday ses-
sion and his speech was included in
the minutes.
When the question of week work
came on the floor, David Dubinsky,
the International president, opposed
it for all he was worth and black
lacked the rank and file delegates
with the threat that the union
would be smashed under the week
work system. The convention went
on record for the vicious piece work
system by vote of 254 to IS. Dele
gate Gross of Local % and chair
lady of a New Haven shop of 400
workers fought on the floor against
Dubinskys piece work plan.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08

exampled act. the wording of the
declaration could mean anything
from bourgeois republic to a
'Kerensky Provisional govern
ment.
"As for the United Front an
extremely vital question, the
convention killed al attempts to
bring such a motion on the
floor, leaving the future policy
on this point exactly the same
as it has been before. However,
all honest clements In the Par
ty should continue their efforts
toward a united front on spe-
cific issues, and fer a revolu-
tionary struggle against fas-
cism and for Che revolutionary
overthrow of capitalism.
Personally, the almost COM
plete capitulation of the R.P.C.
and the mistaken idea that Com
rade Thomas is fit to lead a left
wing movement are such convinc-
ing proofs of the utter bankrupt
cy Of the world wide Socialist
parties that I feel that I can no
longer work within the S. P. for
socialism.
"A Member Of the Y.F.S.L.
Who sigred the Revolution
airy Manifesto"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08

must tall back on material things.
Usually, when postponements have
been necessary, the law or some
thing equally majestic has been
called in to do its duty; but now
all such ropes to hang on are evil
IDENTIFY deemed ineffective. The
risk has to be taken. "Baer's timing
is off" and we have ito give the
public a fair deal" 1t would be an
onery thing If we did not give the
public fair deal.
IN a way, a state of affairs like
this might have been predicted.
Although Mr.. Camera, the killer,
was threatened with kidnapping, al
though spies from the Baer camp
were watching his every move al
though he made a number of heroic
rescueS, although the nations lead
erS were clamoring for tickets to
the fight-although these things
used to be the case with Mr.. Demp-
Sey every time he was scheduled to
fight-the fish have not bitten. Mr..
Baer, the other killer, has worked
equally hard-he has made speeches,
posed with chorus girls, and has
been the swain of movie actress
and society flower-but the tick
cts have been remaining forlornly
in the box-office.
Two hundred thousand dollars
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08

since they signed for the
fight, have been the subjects
of numerous alluring tales
during the past few weeks
tales conceived with the ut
most ingenuity and designed to
heighten the popular excitement;
but this announcement, Sad to say,
reveals that popular excitement has
not been heightened,
1t is not an ordinary thing for a
manager to ask for a postponement
on the ground that his fighter is
not fit to go on with the fight as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08

worth of tickets, it is reported, have
already been sold. But 100000 is
gold! Nor need one take too seri-
ously the fact that Mr.. Fitzpatrick,
the Gardens president, is swearing
on his honor that he will oppose
the postponement. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
has lot of honor and opposition
to the postponement adds to the
flavor of the bout.
IT is doubtful whether even q post
l ponement of a week will help the
sale of tickets The boys must
have been the victims of wish-ful-
fillment when they put the ringside
seats at S25, To make money on a
heavyweight fight one needs men
capable of winning by knockouts,
quickly and neatly, and neither Mr..
Baer nor Mr.. Camera appear
capable of winning by knockouts,
quickly and neatly, or any other
honest way, in this encounter.
Both are fighters without color,
the color of Dempsey or even
Tunney. Camera has a record I'M
paralleled for worthlessness by any
champion who ever held the title.
His career is replete with fraud
ulent bouts. He won the title by
a phoney, or worse; whether any
cash was handed over in the alley
or not it can be said that Sharkey
quit to him.
Baer is a tabloid battler. He is
proper subject for serials in the
Daily Mirror, but I'll be hanged If
he deserves two eight column
streamers in the Times. as Demp-
sey used to get. In Dempsey's time
he would have been hardly consid-
cred. 1t is likely that he will beat
Camera; his record, at least, may
be relied on for this prognostica-
ton; but as an example Of heavy
weight champion-God help Coz
lumbia, the Gem of the Oceanl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
''Can No Longer York Within the S.P.
For Socialism," YPSL Leader Declares
SIGNED R.PC MANIFESTO; sEEsoLD POLICIES UNCHANGED

NEW YORK.-"A radical smat-
tering of phrases which leaves the
essentials Of the old policies I'M
changed,"-this is how an honest
revolutionary, q member and OFF,
Ger Of the Young Peoples Socialist
League and signer of the mani
festo of the so-called Revolutionary
Policy Committee, reacts to the de-
cisions of tne recent Detroit Social
ist Convention.
This conrade, whose name can
not be made public without jeopar-
dizing his job, in a signed state
ment delivered to the Daily Worker,
yesterday declared: 81 can no longer
work within the S. P. fer Socialism"
and announced his intention of
joining the Young Communist
League.
His statement in full follows:
Comrades:
"The announced intentions of
the Revolutionary Policy Com
nittee which we're, namely, to
make q stand for proletarian die
tatorship and for united front,
and upon which basis this left
wing movement in the Socialist
Party had attracted large num-
der OF rank and file members as
well as labor organizers, have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
Republic Steel Strike
Wins Minor Victory
CnniIr Nrn,.Irnr Nrihrrar4 Rmrnn,,N

CHICAGO, June WORKERS in
the ten-inch mill of the Republic
Steel Plant in South Chicago won
a minor victory by their strike yes
terday and were rushed back to
work today by officials of the
Amalgamated Association, who pre-
vented the workers from enlarg-
ing the demands presented.
The strike began at three o'clock
Wednesday morning when two COM
pany policemen attempted to beat
up worker for handing out
leaf1et of the An1algamated Asso-
citation in the shop. Workers sur
rounded the stool pigeons and
kicked them out Of the shop. A
walk out followed almost at once
involving all but five or six work
ers in the mill.
The seven o'clock morning shift
was informed of the strike and the
majority of the workers refused to
enter until the company promised
to fire the dicks involved and not
to discriminate against strikers.
Amalgamated officials today min
imized the whole affair and failed
to utilize the situation to raise
other demands.
Republic Steel is known as a
fort" by the steel workers. because
of the large number of company
guards in the place. These thugs
even invade the wash rooms and
keep careful check on workers
going in there for fear OF the
spreading Of strike sentiment.
Special to the Daily Worker
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June T.
The steel workers here do not want
the Steel Labor Board proposed by
the Roosevelt government. The
sentiment for united action of the
steel workers, regardless of union,
Tn Youngstown Steel and Metal
Workers Industrial Union delegates
to Washington will report on their
conference with Senator Wagner
and the Labor Board at mass
meeting in the Central Auditorium
Boardman Street, Youngstown, on
! Sunday night, June 10 at 7 o'clock
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
Suspend Sentence
On Three Jailed
At Relief Meets
Courtroom Filled With
Cops To Keep Out
All Workers
BULLETIN

Police twice attacked workers
who attempted to send a delega-
ton with their relief demands to
the Home Relief Bureau at Chris
topher and Belmont SITS, Browns
vile, yesterday, arresting and bru-
tally clubbing one worker.
In taking steps to force the re-
lease of this worker and bring an
end to police brutality, all work
ers are urged to meet at the I'm
employment Council, 2S4 POWELL,
St. Brownsville, today at $3.50
a. m. where defense committee
will be set UP.
NEW YORK.-In q small Null
berry St. Court room, crowded with
COPS and -clothesmen - who
filled all the seats in order to keep
workers from witnessing the Grass
court-terror proceedings, jones and
Rose Lechay brutally beaten and
arrested at the trial Of Relief dem
onstrators May q, received sus-
pended sentences 70 30 days from
Judge August Dreyer,
Joseph Elwel editor of ''The
Hunger Fighter" official newspaper
of the Unemployment Councils,
who was arrested and slugged by
police at so Lafayette st. on May
26, was also given a 30-day sus-
pended sentence by Dreyer. In sus-
pending sentence, Dreyer declared:
IT commend the police depart
ment on their action
This was said just before the
Lechays were to be tried, and
Joseph Tauber, their attorney, i'm
medistely challenged the judge on
his statement. declaring that it
proved his prejudice and revealed
a state Of mind unfit to try fairly
the cases of Rose and James
Lechay" Tauber agreed to the trial
only after he had read motion tc
this effect into the court records.
What followed was repetition OF
what had occurred during Elwell';
for the defense described the brutal
trial. One after the other, witneSse;
attack by police on the Lechays
The two arresting officers, DobleI
and Bellin, bull-headedly repeated
their ridiculous lies, on which they
had evidently been coached, declar-
ing that James Lechay had attack
ed and dragged his wife to the
ground, and that they had merely
been trying to keep the prisoners
in custody"
/ Tauber introduced newspaper
photographs of the attack into the
records. But Dreyer's mind was
made up in advance, and only the
mass indignation and protests Of
New York workers kept him from
sending them to Jail for thirty days
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
A. F. l.. Delegate Brings
In Strikebreakers

NEW YORK. - Patrick Drew
delegate of the United Association
of Plumbers Local 463, affiliated to
the A. F. of L., is helping Samuels
and Dickstein, Plumbing and Heat
ing Contractor, by bringing men,
bers Of Local 463 to act as strike
breakers on job at 146 E. 44th St.
where the workers are striking under
the leadership of the Alteration
Plumbers Steamfltters' and Helpers
Union. All workers, especially from
the building trades, are urged to
come to the union headquarters,
located at 664 Broadway for mass
picketing.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-08
Youngstown Steel
Men Don't Want
SteeILabOr Board
CONTINUED from Pogs y

only three or four voted AYE" no
negative vote was taken but the
president, Medlick, voted the mo-
ton carried.
Medlick introduced letter from
the company officials, written in
Polish, asking the workers not to
strike, to stand by the company
union. 1t warned that blacklist
would be kept of all active strikers,
the same as in the 1919 strike, and
that thousands of workers would
lose their Jobs forever. A raise was
promised if the strike is averted.
Officers of the Lodge made no
comment on the Communication.