Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 230, Hammond, Lake County, 18 March 1909 — Page 3
trHnrsdaT, March 18, 1909.
THE TT7IF1H.
EAST CHICAGO 10 lilll HARBOR
SPORTING
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EAST CHICAGO. Abe Ottenheimer returned yesterday from a ten days' business trip through the east. Most of the time he spent in Washington and New York. Abe says: "Well, there is only one little old New York." The third local meeting of the local Methodist church will be held next Sunday. The district superintendent will preside. Your taxes are now due and may be pai at the office of the Ladd agency, First National Bank building, East Chicago, Ind. The Rev. Palmer Is improving, but slowly. He is still on a liquid diet and only a small quantity of that, but nevertheless feels much encouraged. John Rodgers, who had just had a felon on his finger lanced, came from the doctors office about 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and fell in a faint at the corner of Forsyth and Chicago avenues. Friends rushed to his as
sistance and he was gathered up ana the necessary restoratives given him. R. Feinburg. the tailor, yesterday moved his stock from the Sam Cohen building, Chicago avenue, to Lewis & Smith's storage house on Forsythh avenue. Mr. Feinburg will leave this stock in storage until a suitable location for his business has been secured. Today the painters and decorators are busy at work in the store room he Just vacated, which will be occupied by Veaco, the drugman, when they have finished. Mrs. Sidney Veaco and Mrs. W. R. Diamond are in Chicago today shopping. Mr. Max Maremont of Oakley avenue, Chicago, brother of Mrs. Julius Friedman, died yesterday morning at 9 a. in. Mr. and Mrs. Friedman spent Tuesday night at the bedside of their sick brother, but Julius returned Wednesday morning. An hour after his arrival in East Chicago a telephone message from Chicago conveyed the sad Intelligence of his brother-in-law's
death. Mrs. Friedman was at her
brother's bedside when he died. Mr. Maremont leaves a wife and two children.
Beauty Parlors In connection with
Maison Francais' millinery, Indiana
Harbor, conducted by Rosalie Mc
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INDIANA HARBOR. Charity Misplaced. Mrs. J. Taskie of Fir street was convinced yesterday that charity can sometimes be misplaced. On being called to the kitchen door yesterday morning she found a forlorn looking individual standing there of the hobo type, who pleaded for something to eat. Her sympathies being aroused, she got him a fine breakfast.wlthout thinking to remove from plain sight a fresh baking of bread, a newly made cake and a large roast of beef, which the butcher had Just delivered. The hobo finished his meal, was profuse In his thanks and left. Shortly afterwards the lady was summoned to the front door and found another of the same class, who was just as hungry as the first one. Mrs. Taskie told him to go around to the back door and she herself went through the house to the kitchen. When she got there she found no bread, cake, or roast, and neither did she find a hungry hobo.
JOHNSON SAYS: "OH
WILL FIGHT
YES, I
MR. CO BEN"
Miss Coralyn Parsons of Kenwood,
Chicago, arrived today, and will be
the guest of Mrs. W. J. Funkey, Jr for the balance of the week.
The prettiest effect of wearing the
hair Is with the new style Cluster Puffs. Ladles, If you have combings.
you can have them made up from your
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One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street.
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Mrs. Mike Cohen was the guest of
friends In Whiting yesterday.
Miss Margaret Galvin of Drummond
street was taken to the Englewood hos
pital yesterday to be operated on for
appendicitis.
"Doc" Cromley, who has been employ
ed as motorman on the South Bend lnterurban for a number of years, has
taken a position as collector for the
gas company.
You can get it at Spiegel's, South
Chicago's leading furniture store. tf
ROSS.
The relatives and friends of Daniel Dcmmoa of the Prairie were pained to hear that he was seriously injured
by falling from a haymow.
Evervbodv celebrated St. Patrick's
day by wearing or looking green. " Percj Jansen went to Gary on busi Cess Tuesday.
Miss Henrietta Kaluf was hostess for a number of young people Tuesday fvenlne. who called in honor of her
birthday.
Rert Jansen was at Crown Point
on business Tuesday.
Miss Henrietta Kaluf visited Mrs.
Ed. Schoon Tuesday.
Miss Lillian Robertson has become
quite ill since her return to Ham mond.
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Jack Johnson last night answered a chalenge from James Corbett by saying that he would post $1,000 today to bind a match with the former heavyweight champion. Corbett, who, despite his advanced years, has been talking fight ever since Johnson's defeat of Burns at Sydney December 26, last night issued the following statement at Wheeling, W. Va. "I have been waiting patiently for Johnson and Jeffries to get together, but they seem as far off as ever. I am tired of seeing Johnson going around
with his chest out and nobody inclined
to fight him. So I take the right that
any man has and hereby challenge
James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson for any number of rounds or to a finish.
I will fight in Australia or America.
"Johnson has never done anything
to convince me that he is my superior. Some may laugh at my challenge of Jeffries, as he has twice beaten me.
but I know Jeff cannot get Into condi
tion within eighteen months if at all
and I know I am a better man than
Jeff when he is not in condition. I will
forward from Indianapolis tomorrow a check for $1,000 to Al Smith of New
York to bind a match.
"The first thing he knows Johnson
will jump on a steamer for England
DYER. Joseph Sutter of Schererville tran
sacted business here Wednesday afternoon.
A number of workmen arrived here
yesterday to do some repair work on
the Postal Telegraph line in and around
this neighborhood.
Messrs. Jacob Boecker and Leo Lau
erman of St. John were Dyer visitors
yesterday afternoon.
M. A. Kammer and son, Joseph, of
Englewood are spending several days at the home of Theodore Kammer and
family at present.
St. Patrick's day passed here without
any mishap. The day dawned bright and clear and remained so through
out.
The Quaker Biscuit wagon made Its
regular trip through here yesterday
afternoon.
STIEGLITZ PARK.
Walter Moxshinyok returned home
from Chicago yesterday, where he was
vlsltin'g his friends for the past few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Keefe of Whit
ing were visiting friends here yester day.
Patrick Gorman went to Gary on business yesterday. There was quite a number of people from here who attended the entertainment at East Chicago last evening. Louis Hicks went to Chicago on business yesterday.
or Australia and say nobody In America would meet him." Corbett thought yesterday a good time to talk fight, as it was the twelfth anniversary of his knockout at the hands of Bob Fitzsimmons at Carson City, Nevada. Johnson, when informed last night that Corbett had declared his willingness to put up real money to get another chance for the world's pugilistic championship, smiled and reiterated his
oft-repeated statement: Will Post Check Today. "I am ready to fight any one. Just inform Mr. Corbett that I'll post a $1,000 dollar check to bind the match. I should prefer to fight Jeffries, but as Corbett has been rated as the cleverest of the clever, I should not mind pitting my skill against his to demonstrate to the public that I am his master at the fine points of the boxing game. I am willing to fight any. one, regardless of age, weight or color." Johnson also received an offer of a $50,000 purse from W. P. Ready of
Nashville for a figjit with Jeffries, and replied that he accepted the offer. He wired the Nashville promoter that all he had to do was to get Jeffries' consent. Jeffries, when informed in New York of Ready's bid, refused to discuss it.
WITH THE SPORTS.
GARY f il A Y NOT JOIN THE
NEW INTERURBAN LEAGUE
It would seem that the recent Joe Gans-Jabes White fake caused some ill feeling among some of the men who well, let's say some of the men who looked after the fighters and arranged er ah their training. Honest Old Tom O'Rourke was back of Mr. White and has as a partner in bringing Mr. White, to this country an out of town sporting writer. Just what happened is not known, but the facts may. come out, for Tom has started the ball rolling with the following letter: Sporting Editor Globe: Sir There are some persons writing anonymous letters and telegrams over my name. I have never been guilty of any underhand work, and I am not going to commence at this late day. There is a man tn this city at present, a former sporting writer, whom I unfortunately got mixed up with Jabez White. I have nobody to blame but myself. I know that
he is capable of doing such -actions, so that if you should receive anything of the kind give it due consideration before judgment. Sincerely, TOM O'ROURKE.
No definite action was taken yester-
day afternoon at the meeting or the representatives of the Laporte, Gary,
South Bend, Elkhart and Nappanee baseball teams, regarding the proposed lnterurban league, says the Laporte Herald. The matter was thoroughly discussed, but unless more teams in
this vicinity go into the league, making four western teams and four eastern teams, It Is not likely that either Gary or Laporte will join. If two out of the three other Valparaiso, Michigan City and Hammond go in then Laporte and Gary will undobutedly join, but It is figured that no rivalry can be aroused unless four of the five towns In the northwestern part of the state are in the league. Representatives from Michigan City, Valparaiso and Hammond failed to appear at the meeting. B-ert Annis announced that he would have an independent team in
If
the league failed the matter posi-
South Bend, even
to materialize. In order to settle
tively Manager Miller of the Laporte team will go to Valparaiso tomorrow
to see Manager Worstell. From there he will go to Gary to join Manager Mullen, who in the meantime will communicate with Hammond. Managers Miller and Mullen will meet in Michigan City Friday for a conference with the ball players of that city. After these conferences they will be ready to report at a meeting to be held on Tuesday evening In South Bend, when President Carson of the Central league will be present to confer with the managers. Definite action In regard to the proposed league will be taken at this meeting. If the league Is organized a schedule of games, covering only Sundays and holidays, will be played.
Wonder if Mike Donlin Isn't emulating the wise old owl? Or, mayhap, he is doing the Jeffries stunt of keeping the public guessing. One week Mike is going to
be on the right field job and the
next week he is not. You see, Donlin, In his theatrical engagements, plays week stands only. One week
he gives out the story that he will
piay. ine next week he makes a
denial, thereby keeping his name in the public prints, much to the bene
fit of the Hite-Donlin sketch. Some
press work. that. Mike has had
himself booked up almost to the last moment, and he has been foxy enough to have his season close in
New York, so there will be no rail
road fares to pay to get to town if
he decides to join the Giants.
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BOW l!l M EXCITING BASKETBALL GUI Referee and Player in Hammond-East Chicago Game Mix Last Night.
JIMMY MAKES DEBUT
Callahan Makes Initial Ap
pearance at SpringfieldSpringfield, 111., March 18. St. Patrick's day and Jimmy Calahan, the baseball player's, debut as a monologlst on the musical comedy stage were jointly celebrated in Springfield last night with a banquet at the St. Nicholas hotel. Callahan was greeted by a large reception committee made up of legislators and Springfield men. Callahan is cast in the new piece by Richard Carle, entitled "A Boy and a
Girl." The show will be repeated tonight.
THIRD "CHAMP" NOW IN CHICAGO
HESSVILLE. Mrs. Bennett returned yesterday after a six weeks' enjoyable visit in Akron, O. ' Mrs. Barganz of East Chicago was a Hessville visitor yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Piper and daughter, Gertrude, of Georgetown, Ky., are here, called by the illness of Mr. and Mrs. Piper's son, Edmund, who is In St. Margaret's hospital, Hammond. Mrs. Lafferty is moving from Mrs. McLaughlin's house to her mother's, Mrs. G. Grapps. Mrs. Richard Adams and daughter, Carrie, were Hammond visitors yesterday. Mrs. John Otto spent yesterday In Chicago. Mrs. Casper Camp of Hammond visited relatives here yesterday.
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GRIFFITH.
S. A. Lightfoot made a business trip
to Hammond yesterday, where he pur chased a couple of horses.
Mrs. A. L Russell is reported quite
111 with rheumatism.
Mrs. Nicholas Austgen did shopping
in Hammond yestefday.
it. C. Dutton and son, Harold, were business visitors in Hammond yester
day.
A friend of Mrs. John Harkenrider of
Valparaiso visited here yesterday. The town board are now consider
ing a pressure gasoline lamp for street lighting. It is suggested by some that
a "carbide" lamp would be cheaper
more reliable and furnish just as good light. The failure of the present lighting system makes the board deliberate with considerable care on any new
proposition.
Ray Barney of Palmer is visiting at
the home of his uncle, C. M. Barney, for
a few days.
Mrs. Noah Hand and son, Floyd, did
shopping In Hammond yesterday. Dan Walters has completed his car
penter work In Hammond and will
soon begin shingling some houses bere.
16 GAMES FOR WABASH
Crawfordsville, Ind., March 18. Six
teen games are on the schedule of the
Wabash college baseball team ior me
coming spring. Graduate Manager
Harry Eller, however, is still trying
to arange for a tew more games aim
it is expected that the 1909 Little
Giants will play about twenty games
on the diamond. Of the sixteen games so far arranged, eight are at home and eight away from home. The schedule
follows:
April 1 Indiana Law school, here. April IV DePauw University, here. April 22 Rose Foly, here. April 2S Lake Forest, here. May 1 Rose Poly, Terre Haute. May 3 Notre Dame, here. May 5 Western State Normal, Kala
mazoo, Mien.
May 6 Michigan Aggies, at Lansing,
Mich.
May S Culver, at Culver. May 20 Michigan Aggies, here. May 21 Michigan Aggies, here. May 25 Rose Poly, here. May 29 DvePauw, at Greencastle. June 5 Rose Poly, at Terre Haute.
Bat Nelson Joins Pair of World's Title Holders. Three world's champions are now In Chicago. Battling Nelson "blew into town," as he expressed it. over the Twentieth Century, and was the center of attraction at Hegewisch last evening. He spent the time in visiting his old haunts and said that he was ready to take on any of the lightweight delegation that wished a battle. "They won't impose any terms on
me that give me the worst of it," he
said, "and I want to say one thing-
that when Johnson goes to New York
he is going to get the greatest reception a colored man ever got there. I came back on the train with a cousin of his. This is Ernest Sumrell, who runs a cafe on Thirty-third street.
Sumrell is one of those taking charge of the affair and he has arranged for a brass band to meet Johnson." Nelson says that in his opinion Jeffries will need some time to get back into shape. "The big fellow will require several months to get into fair trim," he said, "but all this work of his is not being done for nothing. He'll fight all right."
JOSH DEVORE AN
INDIANA PLAYER
Terre Haute, Ind., March 18. Josh
Devore, an outfielder, having a tryout with the Giants at Marlin Springs, has
been attackey by appendicitis, but the latest reports are that he probably will escape a surgical operation. Manager McGraw Is said to think well of the young fellow's work. He is from Seelyvllle, ten miles from Terre Haute, and, like Mordecai Brown, Is the product of a mining camp ball team. Last year he was in the Southern league.
END THE SEASON WITH VICTORY Crawfordsville, Ind.. March 18. The Crawfordsville Jiigh school basket-ball team closed the season here last night with a victory over the Thornton high school five, 33 to 11. The Athenians have a clean record of victories this year without a single defeat, and believe they have a clear title to the
state nign scnooi cnampionship. As a
curtain raiser last night the C. H. S. second team defeated Roachdale.
SAM LANGFORD
WHIPS. BARRY
BOXING
FOR MINNESOTA
House Passes Bill Permitting Bouts. St. Paul, Minn.. March 18. The house has passed a bill allowing the city councils of St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth to permit limited boxing matches, A bill allowing baseball games on Sunday, between 1 and 6 p. m., was also Introduced.
Philadelphia, March 18. Sam Langford, the colored middle-weight, defeated Jim Barry at the Washington Sporting club last night in one of the most exciting and sensational bouts that has been seen in this city In a Ion gtime. Langford used a left hook to the head and face with good adantage and he kept slamming his right into Bariy's kidneys at every possible oportunity in order to get the white man to uncover his Jaw. Barry was on the defensive most of the time and was hissed by the crowd In the second round for running away.
As a result of a rough and tumble fight In a basket-ball game between Hammond and East Chicago, in the Hammond high school auditorium, yesterday afternoon, there is great probability that athletic relations between the Hammond and the East Chicago schools will be severed. As nearly as can be ascertained, Dana
Summers was playing against Palmer of East Chicago and In a scrimmage he either intentionally or accidentally struck the East Chicago man with his fist. The referee, Kenneth Mcintosh of East Chicago, stepped in to separate the two young when when Summers struck him a vicious blow with his fist and knocked him down. Floyd Murray of Hammond then stepped In and grabbed Mcintosh be
fore he could do anything and the fight ended. One report Is to the effect that
Summers was compelled to apologize
to Referee Mcintosh, but it is not known whether or not this has been
done. Talk of the Town. The fight was the sole topic of con
versation among the students of both the Hammond and the East Chicago
schools. The Hammond boys did not have much to say about the matter and
the East Chicago boys are highly in dignant. Clark of East Chicago said this morn
ing: "The East Chicago boys cannot
understand or account for such un
gentlemanly conduct on the part of the Hammond player. Even Mr. McElroy of Hammond said he could not justify
such actions on the cart of Summers.'
Many of the Hammond high school
students depreciate the disgraceful af
fair of yesterday afternoon. They point to the fact that Hammond is at outs with Crown Point and East Chl-
acgo now and has never been on friend
ly terms with Whiting, and If they keep on they will have to go outside of the county to secure contests with
high school teams.
Some of the more radical of the East Chicago high school students are talk
ing about doing things to Dana Sum
mers if he ever comes over to that city
but It is expected the better sense of the majority will prevail. Neither
Superintendent McDaniel or Principa
McElroy have anything to say in de fense of the local school. The Game.
The Hammond basket-ball team de
feated that from East Chicago on the
local floor last evening by the score o 51 to 11. When it is remembered tha
Valparaiso just nosed out a victory
from East Chicago, It will be seen how
foolish are the claims of the players
in the Vale.
The score In the first half was Hammond 26, and East Chicago 9, and in the second half East Chicago only scored two points. The game was played in the Hammond high school auditorium at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Superintendent McDaniel, in speaking of the effort to get a game with Valparaiso, stated that he had written to the Valparaiso boys and that both he and Professor McElroy had telephoned to the manager of the five in the Porter county seat without succeeding in landing a game.
NEW MARK IN
THE HIGH KICK
Southboro, Mass., March 18. A new world's record in the running high kick was made at the second day of the athletic meet at St. Mark's school here yesterday, by Harold Beebe of Maiden. Beebe did 9 feet 10 i Inches. The pre
vious record was 9 feet 8 Inches, held
by C. C. Lee of New Haven, Conn, made in 183".
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CAPTAIN GEORGE HANLON. One of the most important changes made in the reorganization of Ham
mond's metropolitan police department was the elevation of Patrolman George Hanlon, one of the bravest officers on the force, to a captaincy. Captain Hanlon is well known all over Lake county. He is credited with the shoot
ing of the famous "wild man," between-Gary and Clark Station two years
ago. He has always represented iammona at ine county neiu meets at Crown Point and is the only Irishman on the force.
EAGLES HAVE
BOXING BOUTS
Wrestling, Sparring and
Other Feats Dished Up by Local Fraternity.
smith, both of Hammond, went on In
a preliminary and proved to be a good
attraction. While Wallsmlth has not
boxed much in public he gave a good account of himself and the crowd gave
him a draw out of it.
The semi-windup was between Geo.
Leland of Canada and Tommy Daly of
Chicago. These men fought to a six-
round draw, and then followed the
main bout. The Eagles and their guests were very much pleased with the program and there "vras a good
crowd in attendance.
The Eagles served up a sumptuous
athletic feast last evening, to which all of the members and a number of
invited guests were present. Wrestling, exhibitions of strength and boxing were the events on the program, and those who saw Billy Moorhead take dh
Eddie Stearns of Laporte in the main
bout, were able to get a line on the
man who is to take on Bobbie Burns
before the Columbia Athletic club in
West Hammond next Wednesday even
ing.
Billy Moorhead of Milwaukee and Ed
die Stearns of Laporte boxed ten last
rounds, and as they confined them
selves to boxing and did not do much
real fighting, the fans could only get a general idea of their respective mer
its as fighters.
The consensus of opinion Is, that while Stearns is a clever man and will
give Burns a run for his money, next
Wednesday, he will probably not be able to weather the rough tactics of
the Scotchman. As there were no de clsions rendered las evening the spec
tators were left to judge for them
selves as to comparative merits of the
fighters. Program Is Varied.
The first exhibition was a wrestling match between Kid Brown of Chicago and Harry Kaufman of Chicago. Kauf
man proved himself the better man of
the two and secured the first fall in
12 minutes and the second in two and one-half minutes. John Ajax, a strong man from Milwaukee .entertained the crowd for a while with some of his exhibitions of strength. Then the Przyschemesky brothers went on for a. preliminary boxing bout. Tom Livingston and Harry Wall-
TURK SEES GQTGH;
SAYS HE'LL BEAT HI
Yussifl' Mahmout, the Turk, now
matched to wrestle Frank Gotch for the world's title, got his first view of the champion at the Empire theater.
The Turk and his manager, Antoine Pierri, entered the theater unannounced, took rear seats and after watching Gotch in his bout departed without making their presence known at all. This is what Mahmout said: "It was not that I was anxious to see Gotch, as all the American wrestlers look alike to me, but I simply could not resist the chance to see him in action. At first glance Gotch impressed be only as being an exceptionally fine built man, nothing else. He looked to me like a tig boy, good natured and smiling. His lack of ferocity then impressed me and made me feel all the more confident of the result next month. He didn't impress me as a man of strong aggressiveness, though they say he has it. 'There was no evidence in his work of foul tactics that Hackenschmldt talked about, and I am sure he is a fair wrestler. He also is exceptionally fast and clever, seeming to know every lit
tle trick of the game. But his strength did not impress me, and I believe I am much stronger than he is. "Of one thing I am sure. I have greater endurance thfin Gotch, and unless he is in much better condition next month than he was tonight I will beat him sure. It seems to me he will be strong only for a half hour or so. I can beat him."
SITS ON BENCH
Seymour Fails to Talk With McGraw of Giants. Marlin, Texas. March 18. Cy Seymour Is still with the Giants. He sat on the bench with Manager "Muggsy" McGraw today, but the two men did not speak. Seymour has been let off on the payment of a small fine for slugging Arlie Latham.
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