The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-25

right to represent the East
in the final play-off. Flash
ing what I had occasion to
term "a power house offensive and
a strong defensive" they held the
Yritys powerIess before their at
tack, emerging victorious with a SO
to 90 score.
Playing with the Kaytee outfit
will be such men as Adams, who led
the attack against the Yritys with
total of II markers; Hanson, an
other forward; H. Olson, rangy cen
ter, who pushed 6 points through the
net, and Hurley and Hoffman
No less distinctive, is the Rose
land Sparks, which arrived last
night following their trip from
Chicago. The Chicago team boasts
a stellar lineup. This group, which
b0wied over the best in the mid
dlewest, will be back again TO de-
fend their national title. Leading
this quintet, viii be Chuck ApOl-
skis, captain Of last year and this
years team. Along with him will
be such mid-western stars as Bog
dial, Jacobs and JukeIis.
Kaytee will have the advantage
in playing on their own grounds;
but the mid-western five's forIni-
dable record points to a close game
which I would hate to predict at
present.
I feel towards this game as 1 feel
toward the outcome Of the base
ball season. Some one asked me
who is going to wind up on top of
the National and American league
standing. "I'll tell you at the end
of the season." ] said. TITS the
safest bet he answered, and we
parted good friends. ! personally
believe that he had a soft spot for
the Giants in the National lsague
after watching their bOmbardment
Of runs the first few days, But it's
foolish betting on infants, They're
too inconsistent.
In this case we're not going to
watch infants, however But even
grown-ups sometimes are moons
tent, except when their veins begin
to harden.
The reason I hate to predict bas-
ketball games particularly, dates
back a few years ago when I was
covering Big Ten basketball. North
western had one of the finest teams
in the circuit, Dragging about their
all-American star, Joe Reiff, their
Conference demon, Elmer John
son, and their support of Culver and
Brewer.
They faced Illinois University
which was down at the tail end of
the standings all season. And the
greatest team seen in years, func-
tioning like real champions eonsis-
tently all season, took a terrific beat
ing from this bunch who, everybody
thought, couldn't even smell the ball
I've seen this happen time and
again. Team champions can always
take a beating. And that's what
makes the games interesting. You
can't ever place your finger on the
winner. You can predict and you can
make excuses when you're wrong;
but you can't take away the thrill
from fans who come out roofing for
their team TO win.
And that, comrades, is the reason
why I never predict the outcome of
a game.
Out l would like to say that as
~ more of these worker sports
events and Journeys are staged
and successfully supported by
worker sport-lovers, we're going to
see a new trend in competition.
We're going to see workers play
against each other in true COM
radely spirit, in mass competition,
enjoying the results of sport aotiv-
ity. The change from the exploita-
ton of the Amateur Athletic
Union will come about only with
mass worker partioi'H ton. The
change from stardoA dirtiness,
do-or-die, sports will be a relief
and a tremendous accomplish
ment.
Tonight you will get the idea of
how workers perform in competition
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