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JUNE MOON?Ring W. Lardner and George S. Kaufman's ludicrous treatise on the songwriting racket...
Last fortnight bleachers had to be erected in a New York courtroom to accommodate 86 defendants in a poultry-selling racket (TIME, Oct. 21). Last week the New York authorities started action against another, similar game, common to all big cities-"coöperative" selling of loose (unbottled) milk. The New York milk racket was notable and illustrative by virtue of its central figure, a lank, loose-knit individual named Larry Fay. First taxicabs, then night clubs were Larry Fay's game, the latter in collaboration with famed Mary Louise ("Texas") Guinan. Loose night clubs are crowded...
Fourth problem was getting witnesses to testify. The 81 accused, technically a trust, are really claimed to have operated a "racket" in poultry similar to the food rackets common to all large U. S. cities nowadays. They had formed a poultry association, lined up the poultry butchers (chiefly in Jewish sections of Brooklyn), raised poultry prices and divided the increased profits between butchers and association. The Government claimed that member-butchers were allotted certain customers, that nonmember butchers were intimidated and assaulted. One Government witness, a onetime association member, apparently remembered nothing of the story he had last winter recited...
...baseline after a point he often shook his head-the only gesture left in his gay repertory. Richards ran the score to 5-3, to advantage in the match game, lost the point and then stepping back for a slam, got the ball on the wood of his racket and netted it. Kozeluh won the game and Richards, on his next serve, double-faulted twice for the first time that day-too tired to make any resistance to his squirrel-quick opponent who won the next game, the set, the National Professional title...
...beating Frank Shields, he was obliged to make certain legitimate requests which so displeased his gallery that booes were heard for Tilden. John. Van Ryn whacked himself about the knees with his racket but still could not take more than one set. Semi-finally Tilden played left-handed John Doeg of Santa Monica. Cal.. partner of George Lott in the doubles championship (TIME, Sept. 9). Doeg won the first set. Tilden won the second, Doeg won the third. The crisis, which Tilden had often arranged in the past for its histrionic effect, suddenly became an actuality, frightening and consequential...