Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 23, Hammond, Lake County, 15 July 1908 — Page 3

THE TIMES. "Wednesday, Julv 15, 1908.

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SPORTING CALENDAR Continuation of the Olympic games in London. Opening of annual horse show at Manassas. Va. Start of the Y. M. C. A. relay foot race from New York to Chicago. Thursday. Continuation of the Olympic games in London. Testimonial to "Hans" Wagner of the Pittsburg baseball club. Friday. Continuation of the Olympic games in London. Saturday. Continuation of the Olympic games in London. Motor boat race from Marblehead to New Rochelle. Opening of international gymnastic meet at Frankfort, Germany. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W L. Pet RJK 31 32 32 3S 37 42 4a 47 Chicago Pittsburg ? New York 4 Cincinnati tikll.Halnhla a .590 .584 .519 .479 .455 .392 J 'II'""' ..... Boston 35 Hrooklyn 29 St. Louis 29 .382 AMERICAN LBAGl'E. W. L Pet. .690 .590 Et. Louis 46.. Detroit --46 Chicago Cleveland $ Philadelphia Boston j0 Washington New York 292 32 32 34 34 37 43 47 48 .55S .553 .500 .449 .32 .3 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L Pet Indianapolis 54 Louisville Toledo Columbus Minneapolis - Milwaukee .' 3 Kansas City 3 St. Paul 29 34 36 37 40 41 50 51 .614 .576 .570 .540 .506 .43 .427 CENTRAL LEAGUE Pet. .57J .557 .551 .538 .526 .500 .481 .237 Dayton J South Bend 4 4 Grand Rapids & Evansvtlle Terre Haute 40 Zanesville jji Fort Wayne 3 Wheeling 20 32 35 35 37 38 37 40 56 HESII.TS YESTERDAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago, 2; Philadelphia. 11. Cincinnati, 9; Brooklyn. 2. Plttsburg-New York, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Philadelphia, 0; Chicago, 1 (four and cne-half innings; rain). Washington. 7; St. Louis, 4. Boston, 3; Detroit. 5. New York-Cleveland, rain. WHITE SOX BAD LUCK. Philadelphia, July 14. With the score 1 to 0 in favor of the White Sox and one man out in the last half of the fifth inning. Umpire Connolly stopped the game between the Chicago and Philadelphia teams this afternoon because It started to sprinkle. It was one of the most glaring cases of favoritism ever displayed by an umpire in a ball game. The one run that had been scored by the Sox was made in the first half of the fifth. The storm that broke over the park in a few minutes after Connolly stopped the play had been coming up from the start of the game. A few drops had fallen during the third and fourth inning, but it was only a light shower when it did come and did not last more than ten minutes. When the fifth inning started the rain was coming down in gentle drops, but after the Sox made their run the Athletic players began to delay the game as much as possible. STOOD 'EM ON THEIR HEADS. Mr. B. Foxen of Philadelphia, stood the Cubs on their heads yesterday and beat them single-handed, although a terrific cannonading on the part of his mates helped materially in the accumulation of a 11 to 2 score. The former pride of the Eastern League was every bit as good in the wind-up game of the series as he was last Friday, when he traveled eleven innings against Miner Brown, losing by 3 to 2. Rain at Pittsburg probably saved the pennant lead for the champs, who are but two points to the good. To make his triumph the more complete, the southpaw took on the cham pions with a bolstered line-up, both Chance and Evers going into the conflirt after many days of repose in the sick bay. The bitter pill was ladeled out Orvie Overall in four and two-thirds portions. After standing up under fire for that period the big fellow gladly followed orders to beat it to the sidelines His pitching record was a thing of beauty, the Quakers clouting him safely ten times for eight tallies. In addition. Overall walked flve batters and fanned a like number. When it finally dawned on Chance that Orvie wouldn't do. Bill Mack was sent out to take up the burdens of the hurling staff. Bill escaped in four and one-third rounds with his scalp, although the hostiles found him thrice for a trio of runs. MANY PERFECT SCORE CARS. . Philadelphia. July 14. A liberal schedule and good roads brought the contestants in the annual A. A. A. contest for the Glidden and Hower trophies into Philadelphia today without further penalties for the perfect score cars. The same six teams and the same six cars which were tied last night for the Glidden and Hower events respectively have progressed 135 miles farther on their 1,700 miles journey and are apparently in as good a condition as when they first started. The run from Harrisburg was practically without incident, the heavy rain of last night laying the dust for the first part of the Journey, thereby gv-

Ing the Gliddenites a relief. Most of the course was on the straightaway, there being few hills or mountains to

traverse. Two machines which reported at Harrisburg last night did not arrive here. The Moline roadster, which received its first penalty yesterday, had not been heard from at a late hour tonight and Mrs. Shirley, in the Overland Roadster, did not start. Mechanic Ben Smith, in Garford car No. 31, was thrown out of the machine while taking one of the numerous water breaks at a high speed, and his head was severely bruised, but he continued the journey. OTHER BASEBALL SC0EES. At Lincoln City, Ind. Lincoln City. 9; Dale. 6. At Oakland City, Ind. Oakland City. 6; Mount Carmel (Ill.) Indians, 1. At Holland, Ind. Holland, 7; Selvin, 10. At Howell, Ind. Howell, 3; Evansville Sealbacks, 10. At Jasper, Ind. Jasper, 9; Evansville High Arts. 2. At Mount Carmel, Ill. Mount Carmel, 9; Rock Island Cross Country, 1. At Astoria. Ill. Astoria White Sox, 4; Jacksonville, 3 (12 innings). At Mount Vernon, Ill. Mount Vernon Merchants, 4: Centralla White Sox. 3 (11 Innings). At Highland, Wis. Highland, 4; Linden, 3. At Winona Lake, Ind. Winona, 8; Bourbon, 1. At Sterling, 111. Sterling, 4; National Indians, 3. MURPHY ANT) HYLAND DRAW. New York, July 14. Thomas Murphy, the pride of Harlem, and "Fighting! Dick" Hyland, the doughty little scrapper from the Pacific coast, fought a sixround draw at the Navarre Athletic club in Ulmer park tonight. The battle was a terrific one in the last three rounds, but at the end neither had a decided advantage. The men agreed to fight straight

rules, and for the first three rounds erican club of New York won the hamMurphy kept away from his opponent, mer throw with consummate ease.

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close quarters, and whenever he got Olympic records, and Melvin W. Shepinto a clinch he let drive his fists into pard. his clubmate, brought the AmeriMurphy's stomach. can contingent to its feet, shrieking At the beginning of the fourth round with delight as he beat the dreaded Murphy rushed from his corner and be- British runners in the 1,500-meter race, gan to whale away at Hyland. It took To add to the sweeping nature of the the westerner about half a minute to triumph. George W. Gaidzik of the Chlrealize what was happening, but when Cago Athletic association captured the he finally did get his bearings he evened fancy diving contest, held in the big matters by his heavy body punches. pool in the center of the stadium. Murphy had a shade better of the Drltiah Are Confident, fifth round, but when the bell rang ; it was the victory in the 1,500-meter for the last session Hyland cne up race which aroused most excitement,

strong and the two battered each other howevr, as the Britons confidently exall over the ring. When the final bell pected that their men would win. Halsounded, both were fighting hard in the lows of England had made the fastest center of the ring. j time in the preliminaries, when he ran

AMERICANS SHOW WELL IN INTERNATIONAL SHOOTS. Bislev, England. July 14. Several members of the American rifie team competed today in the international championship shoot, being held under the auspices of the National Rifle association. F. W. Jones won the Hartford memorial with a score of 147, and Major Martin of the American team was SPronH with 144. takinsr the nrize mon - ev. F. W. Jones won the Edge compe tition with a score of 146. WILL FIGHT ANTI-TURF LAWS. Lexington, Ky., July 14. Kentucky hroeders are planning a big fight for the protection of their interests. Col. Clay of Bourbon county, a member of the state racing commission, and who owns one of the biggest breeding farms in the state, has issued a call for a mass meeting here Saturday of men who are affected by adverse racing legislation. An organization will be effected and means for protection discussed. GREATEST RELAY FOOTRACE. Xew York, July 15. Seldom has an athletic event attracted more attention in the metropolis than did the start today of the great Y. M. C. A. relay footrace to Chicago. The start was made this morning from the city haii and was 1 lilt HS( u lyy .i'rnu Limi. Hall park and overflowed into Broadway, Chambers street and Park Row. The youthful sprinter who had the honor of receiving the message from Mayor McClellan to be convened to Mayor Bussee of Chicago was a representative of the Twenty-third street branch of the Y. M. C. A. The message was inclosed in a silver tube. Followed by an automobile, which is to accompany the racers to Chicago, the young and fleet-footed runner sprinter i up Broadway at a pace which left the crowd behind. At Twenty-third street to he tossed the silver tube to another fleet-footed youngster awaiting him there, and he in turn set out a flying pace for the next half-mile point. In this manner the message is to be conveyed the entire distance to Chicago. i The route of the run has been carefully laid out in divisions, each division to be under the direction of a large city branch of the Young Men's Christian association. Those in charge have carefully selected the best roads and have posted the runners at the half-mile intervals. The New York state division will have charge from this city to Buffalo, the route being by way of Poughkeepsie. Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Auburn. Rochester and Buffalo. The Buffalo division will have charge of the route from Buffalo to Erie, a

distance of ninety miles, which will be ! the longest uninterrupted relay stretch East Chicago, Ind., July 15. The Elks of the entire race. The Cleveland as- lodge of East Chicago issued a chalsociation will have charge of the run lenge some time ago to the Elks lodge from Erie to Toledo, and the next and of Hammond to play a game of ball last division will be from Toledo to Chi- for fun, money or marbles. The deft cago. i was accepted and last Saturday after- ' noon set as the date for the battle to HERE'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE, be waged and Hammond agreed on as the battlefield. The TV. II. Colts of Black Oak would East Chicago turned out en masse, like to arrange a game with some good M. J. O'Connell, whose veracity should team for July 19. Address all com- not be questioned unless you have got munication to F. B. Scheldt. R. R. No 1.. your hand in your pistol pocket when Box 80, Hammond, Ind., or call up you do it, says that he counted thirteen Elack Oak 9743. . . hundred and fifty fans from East Chi-.

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Flanagan and Sheppard Set New Olympic Marks in Impressive Wins. GRAND RACE IN THE 1,500 British Runners Unable to Withstand New Yorker's Burst of Speed. London, July 14. - Even if no American flags were used in the decoration of the stadium, the Stars and Stripes twice fluttered to the top of the flagpole in the center of the vast arena today, when the Yankee athletes carried off the two big events of the afternoon. John F. Flannagan of the Irish-Am-smashing both the British and thel the route in 4:30 2-5, clipping a couple of second oft Lightbody's mark made in 1904. Wilson of England, was also thought likely to get second place. At the crack of the Pisto1 the five Englishmen in the race started a sprint, Wilson and Hallows right behind the three leaders, who evidently had the of Pacing their countrymen. Tait Canada and Sheppard and Sullivan, the two Americans, hung behind the bunch. Turning into the stretch for the final burst, Wilson had the lead, with Hallows second and a demonstration arose from the British section of the benches. This was instantly drowned, however, when, on the outside of the track, coming like a whirlwind, the colors of Sheppard were seen. Sheppard Wildly Cheered. Overhauling Wilson fifty yards from the tape, with one final burst of speed he outran the Englishman and flashed past the line. Hallows was third and Tait of Canada was fourth. The time of 4:03 2-5 is a new Olympic record and equals that made by Hallows in the preliminary. Sheppard was wildly cheered as the American flag went to the summit of the signal pole for the second time in the day. TEAMS JOIN THE LEAGUE Messrs Shannon and Squires of Whiting Attend Meeting in Chicago. Whiting. Ind., July 15. (Special) Manager Shannon and Captain Squires of the La Vendors, and Manager Arthur Gardner of the Simonettes. went to Chicargo Monday night where they attended the meeting of the Amateur Manager's Baseball league. The Simonettes joined the association, and scheduled a game for Sunday with the Spartans, which will be played at the grounds opposite the Wolf Lake ciub house Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p. m. The game which they had scheduled with the Nicholas Colts from Chesterton, has been called off. The manager of the Joe Long Colts also attended the meeting and Manager Shannon scheduled a game between the LaVendors and the Joe Long Colts of Hammond, which will be played at the LaVendors' grounds at Forysthe Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, : In view of the fact that these two teams engaged in a sixteen inning 1 to 1 game at Hammond several weeks ago, a large attendance is expected. . ROAST HAMMOND ELKS.

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Saturday Special. 30x60-in. Smyrna Rugs 69c cago alone who were there to see the game. Well the Elks and the immense throng that followed them to Hammond to witness the slaughter of the Hammond athletes were not only disappointed but disgusted. Not a Hammond Elk showed up at the park. It was the worst case of "welching" that has been seen in Lake county in a long time. The Hammond Elks should be very proud of their alleged ball playing members. Flay that last with a copper. Bete Kril came all the way from West Bend. Wis., and "Billy" Jenkins from Palmer, Ind., to take part in the contest, but the athletic department of No. 4S5 was not in evidence. It may be. all right Hammond, but you will have to kick in with a pretty good alibi before you can square yourself. WHITE STARS REORGANIZE. Manager Fahey has reorganized the White Star baseball team and with a new bunch of men hopes to make a killing in the Calumet region. Any team desiring games will please write, sating terms to Harry Fahey, Olcott avenue, East Chicago. ATTEND SCHAEFER BENEFIT. A number of Calumet region fans attended the Jake Sehaefer benefit tendered the aged cue expert at the American league ball park yesterday and a large crowd turned out to honor the knight of the green table, who is rapidly failing in health. A little over $2,000 was realized by the benefit. The ball game between Callahan's nine and McGurn's West Ends proved the feature of the afternoon's entertainment, the game ending with Cal the winner, 7 to 2. There was a fiveinning game between the actors and cue experts and it was a game of great interest, much comedy being injected into the affair. Sweet strains of music filled the air and added greatly to the afternoon's entertainment. MOORE AND C0RBETT DRAW. Philadelphia, Pa., July 15. Reddy Moore and Fred Corbett, the Italian champion lightweight, boxed to draw at the Douglas Athletic club here. Corbett outweighed Moore by twenty pounds. The contest was not very exciting. The go between Kid Beebe and Benny Kaufman was a draw. FAMOUS ATHLETE IN HAMMOND. Hugo Friend, the famous ex-captain and trainer of the Chicago University track team, was In Hammond yesterday where he called on Dr. H. C. Groman. Groman was a member of Friend's track team and the two former athletes were gla to see each other. SHOW US! SHOW US. The Valparaiso Messenger says that The Times hinted the supremacy of the Hammond baseball team and "boasted that the Hammond team would put the LaPorte team out of business." The columns of The Times are easily accessible. The Messenger gets the paper every day and we defy the evidently over-heated editor of The Messenger to show us where The Times ever predicted that Hammond would beat LaPorte

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HAMMOND, FORM BASEBALL LEAGUE Combination of Four Teams of Interstate Iron and Steel Company. Indiana Harbor, July 15. (Special) After an all-night debate in Sam Cohen's. Bill Clapper finally consented to give the Nine-Inch mill the game and also the top of the league. For nine long innings the battle was furious. The final score was Nine-Inch, 15; Bar Mill. 14. Harvey Red and his husky team of bushelers had a run away with the Eight-Inch men today, the score being 31 to 3 for the Bushelers. At no time during the game were the Eight-Inch men able to bunch hits, and it rumored that the 3 runs made against the Bushelers were a gift. Heine Cohen, the only rooter for the Eight-Inch team, lost his voice. There is now a tie in the league, as the Nine-Inch and the Bushelers have both won one game. The next game between the Bushelers and the Nine-Inch promises to be a hot one. Manager Richards of the Bushelers says he will play all his substitues and the water boy. StandiiiK f the I'labx.

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Eight-Inch Bar Mill. . . RENO PLANS A RACE MEETING. San Francisco, July 14. Racing In Reno, Nev., is now being planned, as it is thought that some provision will have to be made in the west for owners of small and infer' or stables when Seattle closes. President Tom Williams has announced that it is not definitely settled that the meeting here will open in September. Jockey "Skeets" Martin's father has applied to the city hospital here as a charity patient. He is destitute. His son is earning a large salary on the continent. GOVERNOR'S OFFICERS AT BRIGHTON COURSE. Prentdent FltKirernld and Rlnprmaiiter (ovanniiKh Subpoenaed by the Grand Jury. s New York, July 14. Bookmakers and track management at Brighton alike received a scare today when it was authoritatively stated that a corps of detectives working under orders from Governor Hughes, making daily and adI verse reports to the chief executive. Several arrests made today. It is said that their reports contain a statement that the law is being violated. As a result, a rumor is current that the governor will take prompt action as soon as he sees fit and has his evidence prepared. Twenty-five additional detectives joined the force already at Brighton today. It could not be learned whether or not these were men working for the governor, but the renewal of arrests led to the belief that the ywere. President C. J. Fitzgerald and Ringmaster Cavanaugh of Brighton were subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury 'regarding the race track situation

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