Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 40, Hammond, Lake County, 4 August 1908 — Page 3

Tuesday, Sfoignsf '4, 1908.

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J VSJJl i ". yr WITH THE SPOUTING CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. . ' TUESDAY. Opening of ortkweiteni tennls champlonahlp tournament at Mlnnetonka, Minn. WEDNESDAY. Opening of annual hone show at HarriaonburK, Va. THURSDAY. Opening of annual horse show at Bay Shore, Y. FRIDAY. Philadelphia cricketer. vs. Northern Counties Union at Belfast. First day of the Royal Caaadian Henley at St. Catherines, Ontario. SATURDAY. Second day of the Royal Canadlan Henley at St. Catherines, Ont. STANDING OF THE CLUBS., NATIONAL. LEAGUE. W. L. Pittsburg 58 36 ChJlcago 5 8T New York 65 37 Philadelphia 48 41 Cincinnati 48 48 Boston 41 53 Brooklyn 34 57 St. Louis 31 62 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L Tetroit 58 36 St. Louis 57 39 Chicago 53 43 Cleveland 51 43 Philadelphia .........45 47 Boston 44 51 New York 82 62 Washington 32 62 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Louisville 64 45 Indianapolis 64 47 Columbus 62 48 Toledo 59 47 Minneapolis 55 54 Kansas City 51 58 Milwaukee 50 60 St. Paul 31 77 CENTRAL, LEAGUE. V. L. Evansville 58 42 Dayton 53 42 Grand Rapids 53 46 Zanesville 50 45 Terre Haute 51 46 South Bend 51 48 Fort Wayne 49 49 Wheeling 25 72 RESULTS YESTERDAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia, 1; Chicago, 5. New York, 6; Cincinnati. 0. Brooklyn, 2; St. Louis, 0. Boston, 4; Pittsburg, 7. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Cleveland, 2; New York, 0. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Toledo, 19; St. Paul, 3. Indianapolis, . 1 ; Milwaukee, 2. Louisville, 0; Kansas City, 3. Columbus, 5; Minneapolis, 10. PHILLIES ARE HUMBLED. Pet. .617 .602 .698 .539 .500 .436 .374 .333 Pet. .617 .594 .658 .543 '.489 .463 .340 .340 Pet. .587 .577 .564 .557 .505 .468 .455 .287 Pet. .580 .558 .635 .526 .526 .515 .500 .258 Philadelphia, Aug. 3. Brown and McQuillan met again today, and in one innig Chicago overturned the Philadelphia infield and scored enough runs to give Brown an easy victory. At the finish of a game replee with brilliant and desperate plays, but marred by wretched umpiring, mainly against the Cubs, the world's champions dampened the pennant ardor of Murray's men and were returned victors by a score of 5 to 1. She Cubs got four of their five runs

if V , s : FIRE SPECTACULAR ONE Railroad Yards Blaze Licks Up a Million Dollars Worth of Property. Chicago's great fire of 1871 was brought vividly to r.iind yesterday when a $1,000,000 blaze in grain warehouses and freight sheds in the neighborhood of Sixteenth and Canal streets jumped the river. When Mrs. O'Leary's cow squinted back at the milk pail and then kicked over the lamp, the fire that resulted took on the dignity of a conflagration when it leaped the south branch of the river. So yesterday, when the Are, having destroyed two grain elevators, licked up fifty freight cars, burned a freight in the fifth inning when their bunts toward Arts base rattled Bransfleld and paved the way to victory for Chicago. At all times the Cubs played a wonderful defensive game, and Brown outpitched McQuillan at almost every stage. Only twice did the Phillies bid for the game, and once Slagle, racing back against the center field wall, hauled down Titus' long line drive and started a freak double-play, and the other ! time Brown, after helping Rudderham ! I'lvp twn tin Roo An tinlle nnrt allnwlncr fl. 0 . . w - - - - - - - CT hit. stopped the Phillies with a jerk after they had scored their lone run. SOX GET IDEAS ON GORE. After a day spent at the stockyards the- Sox are ready to tackle Boston today at the South Side ball park. It was a pretty fierce crowd which returned from the land of blood and odors last night. Silly Sullivan was the, .chaperon of the gory party, and the troupe saw everything worth noticing in the cattel pens, packing-houses and surrounding territory. One of Armour's six-horse teams took the players to the yards, where a 'spread" was laid out for the hungry athletes. Only a few were missing, among them being Donohue, who was umpiring a game at Waukegan.

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' f - 4 m. " house and leaped .the other side, many smaller buildings, river and began on the the firemen became apprehensive. But eighty pieces of fire machinery, including great fire boats throwing streams of water half as big around as a barrel, were on hand to fight this fire and they made short work of the blase. Leap Mokes Blase Notable. The fire will be famous for its running jump. It isn't often that the river is crossed in this way, the last time being in the S. K. Martin fire in 1894, an August fire like this one. The other striking feature about the fire was the miraculous escape of the firemen and spectators. The area burned over was not less than ten acres. Many were hemmed in seemingly by the flames in every direction, warehouse walls 100 feet tall fell and adventures were as common as they were spectacular. And when it was over Chief Horan counted his men and each one responded to his name. So, too, with those who watched the A 22 INNING GAME. Fond du Lac, Wis., Aug. 3. In a great pitchers' battle between Reilly and Pinkney, which lasted for twentythree innings, Oshkosh took the last game of the series today by the score of 4 to 2. The game was the longest of the Wisconsin-Illinois league this year and beat the record of a year ago by two innings. Pinkey kept Fond du Lac runners from reaching third base for seventeen straight innings, each getting a hit. Warren counting on Johnson's hit and Johnson on White's drive. Manager Lynch will protest the game on account of alleged darkness. IT IS ONE SINGUAR THING. . Quite remarkable after all! The Valparaiso and LaPorte baseball teams played their saw-off at LaPorte on Sunday. LaPorte won of course. But in looking over the personnel of the teams representing each city, over which the papers in both places have been doing a great deal of bragging, it is seen that both Valpo and the Porte plugged up to beat the band. Hammond and Hobart both helped the teams to win. Hammond had a man on the Valpo team and one on the LaPorte. There were twelve hits made during the game and Hammond men

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o . "-vv. . :. j:.-, .,-i,.'., Aw.'.,r.'.v.'.y.,.,:,,.v.v.i:ii 4f WVO , 5 l J-4'& 9 fire and the workmen in the buildings. Time and again it was reported that men were dead or missing, this while chemicals were exploding with the rat tle of artillery and big burning por tions were tumbling, but in the end the police found no one dead and no one seriously injured. Armour Loss Is $750,000. Armour & Company lost $750,000 in wheat and corn stored in, the eleva tors. The remaining $250,000 in the main falls on the railroads the Bur lington, the Fort Wayne, the Pere Marquette and others, that owned the elevator buildings, the dock freight houses and the freight cars. Of these railroad companies count the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy as losing $180,000, this sum representing the elevator buildings, the freight shed and other sheds. The Armours had Insured all the grain and the railroads carry their own insurance. While the fire was big to the eye and prolific of incidents it inflicted little suffering upon the people. made a third of all of them. Lowell is the only team in Northern Indiana that isn't plugged up. LION STORE CUBS DEFEATED. The Young Cubs defeated the Lion Store Cubs by a score of 5 to 4. The Young Cubs will challenge any 14 to 17 years old team. The line-up for the Young Cubs is as follows: Barmann. catcher; Kohen, pitcher; Buehrlng, shortstop; Hudson, first base; Kasten, second base; Coan, third base; Cook, left field; Rutz. center field; Dubert, right field and Hans Buzzard water boy. WRIGHT DEFEATED BY LITTLE. Latter's Victory Is Surprise In Tennis Tourney at Longwood. the Boston, Aug. 3. To the surprise "of everybody, R. D. Little of New York defeated Beals C. Wright of Boston, a former national champion, In a four-set match in the final round of the Longwood singles turnament this afternoon. The score was 6 4, 2 6, 6 3, '6 1. As a result Little will play W. A. Larned of Annapolis in the challenge round tomorrow afternoon. Today's match was a sensation. Little has been playing good tennis

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$ ! .vs.::-. . iAV "0iti.rr 1 r y throughout the tournament, notably when he defeated W. J. Clothier of Philadelphia early last week, but he has not been showing as well as Wright, who has defeated such men as H. L. Wetsfall, George L. Wrenn, jr., and F. B. Alexander. Little this afternoon played prob ably as he has never played before, carefully, accurately and with a wellplanned attack. Wright, on the other hand, lacked the speed and dash that has characterized his playing of Jate. He was frequently into the net and out of court, with glaring errors. Little played the game of his life today, while Wright did not play the same hard game which has led people to believe that he had recovered his championship form of a few years ago. EXPECTS A SHAKE-UP. New York, Aug. 3. "Something which will shake Saratoga from end to end will take place within the next few days." This was the unofficial Information emanating from the sanctum of District Attorney Elder today, following his conference with Governor Hughes at Saranac Lake. While the governor declined to discuss the situation with the press, an official statement has been made from his office that he is

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highly displeased with the conduct of affairs at the Spa. .Governor Hughes discussed the matter informally with several visitors, among them Assistant District Attorney Elder, and made no secret of his feeling in the matter. Just what form the next move will take remains to be seen.

MISCELLANEOUS BALL GAME. At Marion, Ky. Marion, 6; Cory- ! don, 5. At Rockport, Ind.Rockport, 6; Henderson (Ky.), 4. , j At Goshen. Ind. Goshen White Sox, 27; Mishawaka, 8. 1 At New Paris. Ind. New Paris, 11; I Goshen Cubs, 8. j At Wakeman, O. Nebraska Indians, 10; Wakeman, 5.

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Ind. Mentone, 5; Bourbon, 3. At T.oshurp Ind. Leesburg 15; KImmell Giants, 1 DRIVER KILLED IN AUTO CRASH. Racer Leaps Into Pond at Brooklanda Others Hurt In Sped Trials. London, Aug. 3. The motor racing at the Brooklands trapk this afternoon resulted in two serious accidents, one of which proved fatal. A Mercedes car containing Driver Lane and his mechanic, William Burke, slipped sideways down the track and turned over, throwing its occupants into a pond. Both men were taken out alive, but Burke died before reaching the stewards' room. Lane had a broken arm and sustained other injuries. Previously a heavy car, while speeding at a rate of nearly 100 miles an hour, broke a back tire. Driver Reynolds and his mechanic were thrown several feet. They landed on soft ground, and it is feared they are Injured internally. SURPASS OWN OLYMPIC MARKS. Flaanagan and Rose Figure Strongly in Athletic Gaines at Dublin. Dublin, Aug. 3. Seven members of the American Olympic team competed today in the games of the Dublin police at Balls Bridge. The feature of the contests was the throwing of the hammer by John Flanagan, who made 178 feet 10 inches, beating his own Olympic record. Ralph Rose, the Californian, put the shot 49 feet 5 inches. breaking the British record of 48 feet 2 inches, made by Denis Horgan at Queenstown in 1897. FOR NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP, St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 4. The eigh teenth annual lawn tennis tournament for the championship of the north west In men's singles and doubles opened today on the courts of the Minnetonka Yacht club at Deephaven, and, judging by the long list of en trants, it is expected to be one of the best ever held under the auspices of the association. There are many con testants, and they include the pick of the nt experts of Minnesota and neighboring states, as well as several new candidates for championship hon ors. The play will continue through the remainder of the week PACKLE MAY QUIT LOS ANGELES Los Angeles, Aug. 3. It is likely that Friday nights battle with Phil Brock will be Packie McFarland's last appearance in the local ring. Added to the fact that his criticism of Jeffries has made the Chicago boy a trifle unpopular here. Manager Gilmore is also determined to try his fortunes elsewhere. Gilmore is Incensed over the attempt to put the Ketchel-Welsh fight just ahead of the McFarland-Welsh go, saying that it assured a smaller house for the latter match. IT YOU HAVE TIME TURN TO PAGE 7 AND READ THE WAST ADA. 06 2nd door west

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O 4) JIGGERS. Now that the western teams of the American league are playing at home they doubtless will clinch the firit fonr positions in the league standing. There is not an infield in the country playing better ball at present than Jones, William, and Ferris of the St. Louis Browns. The Eastern lensrue has two new managers. SchaSy, who succeeded Kelly at Toronto, and Holly at Rochester, where Al Buckenberger was pilot for several years. Manager Mullaney, whose Jacksonville team Is making a runaway of the South Atlantic league race, was given a big benefit recently, which netted the "Old Scout" a tub full of money. AYord from New York has It that Owner Farrrll of the Highlanders is out for a new manager and is willing to pay any amount of money to secure the right nua. The New York Nationals have won four double-headers this season and lost one, while the New York Americans have won one and lost four. . The great work of the Detroit team has been a surprise, as few predicted, the Tigers making such a fight for the pennant after falling before the Cubs last fall. Boose and an Indian are bad things to mix. The Irdian play-, er Bender who stabbed his manager Win Clark, of the Columbia, S. C, team, was crasy drunk at the time. Bender now stands a good chance of being black-listed by the national commission. The St. Louis Nationals don't look to be of championship timber. Nevertheless Owner Mnrphy of the Chicago champions does not hesitate to go to the - Cardinals for star pitchers. Manager Bobby I -owe of the Grand Rapids tram had to forfeit a game to Dayton recently on account of six of his star players going on a strike. The players claimed their salary was overdue and they must have some moneyf before they would go on the diamond. 4 TENNIS TOURNEY AT REGLNA. Reglna, Sask., Aug. 4. A tennli tournament for the championship ol Sasketchewan opened here today under favorable auspices. Nine events ara on the program, which extends over four days. NEW DITCH PETITION TO APPEAR IN COURT. Randall M. Burns of Chicago, Expected In Valparaiso In Ditch Drataage Matter. Randall M. Burns, of Chicago, was expected to appear In the circuit court in Valparaiso today to file the necessary petition for the new ditch, which is to drain the over flow from the Little Calumet river into Lake Michigan. Mr. Burns is one of the large property owners, through whose land the ditch runs. He is taking an active interest in the improvement of all the low lands in Calumet and North townships. VERMONT UNDERTAKERS MEET. Rutland, Vt., Aug. 4. The Vermont Funeral Directors and Embalmers' association began its eighth annual convention in this city today, with headquarters at the Berwick. A program of addresses and discussions covering three days has been arranged t .

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