Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 158, Hammond, Lake County, 22 December 1911 — Page 3

Friday. Deo. 22, 1911.

THE TRIES. ly nailed as an untruth yesterday, when Manager, Callahan handed the, Sox catcher the first of the 1912 contracts. South Bend Central League club. The Cubans ' are . Tomas Romanac, -aged twenty-one, and Itomino Seigle, aged Sineteea, The former will play second and the'jlatter wlll go tf third base. EAST CHICAGO v TaTTX Two Cuban ball players have been signed by Manager Harry rndt of the

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EAST CHICAGO. The Kast Chicago high school -will play the alumni of 1911 class at basketball this evening. The game will

take place at the McKinley building at 7:30 o'clock and a large attendance is expected. Mrs. J. S. Reiland of 148th street and White Oak avenue, who has been very low with an attack of the grip, is no better. She is still in a critical and her family has now placed her in the care of a trained nurse. The Whist club met la3t night at the home of Misses Edith and Mildred Evans, In Todd avenue. Miss Lelta Mercer won first prize and Miss Myrtle Alexander the consolation prize. Miss Edith Evans and Miss Leila Mercer are going to the city tomorrow to complete their Christmas shopping. Miss Alta Specter is going to a dance on the north side, Chicago, tonight with friends in the city. Officer Myer Rybecki, wht was shot by a robber in Indiana Harbor a week or so ago, has. not yet recovered U

use of his arm and will not for a month l

or so. The bullet was so located that the surgeons were unable to extract it, and the officer will carry the ball in his arm most likely as long as he lives. Mrs. O. F. Hubbard went to Chicago today to finish her Christmas shopping.

INDIANA HARBOR.

CLABBY

Sporting Briefs

News Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 22. John

Harking, former pitcher on the Brooklyn and Cleveland league teams, now has a nine of his own. He is the father of nine boys, the ninth having just arrived at his home here. Since quitting the diamond Harklns has "been coach for Princeton, Rutgers and other colleges, but he says he is now getting beyond the baseball age and will In .the future devote his entire time to mai;aglngj his nine. t MISCELLATfEOrs. Bloomington, Ind., "Dec. 22. F. B. Strickland, trainer of the. Indiana University football team last Fall, has "resigned and returned to Chicago. His

place has been taken by Isaac Bernstein, who, for the past two years has been trainer at the University of Wisconsin. New Havn, Conn., Dec. 21. The Yale Varsity eight will have no early races this year. The Harvard contest will be the only race for the Blue under the .new rowing regime. The proposed race with Penn has been called aff. BOXING. Willie Ritchie worked out at O'Connell's again yesterday for his scrap with Paul Kohler at Cleveland. He boxed with Jimmy Murphy and Chuck Larsen. The coast lad is making a big hit among ' the boxing . devotees here, and Emil Thirty is telling everybody

' that he has a coming cha.mp if Ritchie,

can keep at 133 pounds for a year or so j Jack Brunkhorst of the Fond, du Lac fight club is in town. Jack denies that he has matched Eddie McGoorJy, and Bob vMoha for his club. He admits, however, that he came to Chicago .to sign Hugo Kelly for a clash with McGoorty. He claims that the Wisconsin bugs are eager to see this match and that McOoorty will Jump at the chance to box the Italian If the latter will sign. Johnny Coulon, it' is said, is still after Emil Thiry to manager him, but refuses to offer enough in the way of percentage to Induce Thiry to do his business. Charlie White finished hard work yesterday for his twelve-round battle to a decision with Johnny Kllbane at

Cleveland tomorrow night. Charlie

boxed with Special Delivery Hirsch and others. He looked fast, but a bit drawn.

The Methodist Sunday school will hold Christmas exercises in the basement of the church this evening. There will be an .appropriate program with Christmas carols and other features belonging to the season. Mrs. Byron B Stroud and son Jack of Pittsburg are here to spend the holidays with Mrs. Streuti's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jack, 3736 Grapevine street. They high school basketball team will play the alumni of 1911 class at the McKinley building at 7:30 o'clock this evening. A large number are going over from the Harbor to witness the game. ' Rev. H. S. Peterson, pastor of Epworth Memorial church of South Bend, spent last night Vith Rev. O. B. Rippe-

toe and family. Rev. Peterson is a

young minister ana is now completing

Us course in Garrett Biblical Institute at Evanston. Rev. and Mrs. Rippetoe

feel especially interested in the youth

ful divine inasmuch as he went into the ministry from the Congress Street

church, Lafayette, of which Rev. Rippe

toe was pastor for seven years, and during that time Rev. Peterson was a

member of . the. church.

The Epworth League cabinet held a meeting last" night. A guest of the

meeting was Rev. H. S. Peterson.

There will be special Christmas mu

sic both at the morning and .evening

services at the Methodist church on

-Sunday. This will include special an

thems by the choir and a number of

solos.

Miss Mary Lightbody will hold a fan cy work sale at her home. 3342 Com

monwealth . avenue, Thursday, Friday

and Saturday. 20 3t

Charlie is having some trouble 'making

the weight,, hut says he will be O. K,

at the ringside, as he will scale seven

hours before. White left last night for

Cleveland and Manager Nate Lewis will

follow today;

Knouckout Greek Brown, who beat

Fritz Holland before an Oakland, Cal.

club Wednesday night, has been signed to fight before the same club January

1. His opponent is yet to be selected

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LIKED IN . AUSTRALASIA BY FANS

Jimmy and Eddie Clabby, the two

Hammond boxers who are invading Australia on a boxing tour, binder the

contract of Hugh Mcintosh, are making

good according to newspaper and

magazine clippings received from the

Antipodes, where great things are expected from them.

This is .Clabby's second invasion of

Australia and when he returns' to the

tates, be hopes to bring back with

him a clean record. In January last he met Dave Smith in Sydney, losing the decision on pointSsafter a twenty round

battle which was fought In a down

pour of rain. Clabby says he is anxious

to meet Smith again and should tha ex-New Zealander be able to make ths right weight, Jimmy says he will be able to turn the trick. .

The Australia papers speak of the

Hammond boys as the clever Clabbys

and give them all the praise possible In their write-ups. Jimmy's clean fight-

ng methods for which he gained tepu-

ation in this country, has been taken

with him to the Antipodes and for

which they give him praise. The New Zealand Sporting and Dramatic Review

says Clabby's genial manner an? sportsman-like ways make him a general favorite with the ringsiders, and he

is certain to win much popularity with Australian boxing enthusiasts before the close of his present tour, which he states will extend over ; six months.

Other New Zealand papers sent Thb

Times praising Jimmy greatly.

Clabby has ten scheduled fights , before he r will be able f.o close "up hi3

present contract with Hugh Mcintosh,

in which he expects to be plted against Hughie Mehegan,, one . of Australia's cleverest boxers.

records. Lawrence got over the bar in r th runniner Viia-h iiimn at o hato-ht a

j feet 4 inches, which is over an inch' I better than that made by Dick Fearing in 1891. He also slid over the bar In 'the standing high jump at 5 feet 1 inches. These records will not be official, as they were not made in competition. . N. WOLGAST GAINS

WEIGHT QUICKLY Los Angeles, Dec. 22. Ad Wolgasi visited Los Angeles yesterday and showed no 111 effects from his operation. The light-weight champion announced that he weighed just 143 pounds In hia. street clothes. He has

Clabby has had three fights on this gained eighteen pounds since he left

the hospital and his poundage today is Just two pounds less than it was ten days before his operation. The champion is confident he will be able to figlu by July 4 and the talk is that he and Freddy Welsh will clash on Independence Day 'in their match which' was

tour and so far has won all of them. In

his third battle with Crlpps the Australian welterweight Clabby wou handily in a twenty round go. The battle was a onesided one, Clabby winning (rem start to finish, and inflicting severe punishment. He scored fre

quently with hooks and lefts in the called off on. account of Ad's illness, open, but most of his dangerous work " was done at close range. Lowering JJJJJJJF BITS OF

ilia in;au, i c , TTuuuva " v - ministered damaging punches to Crlpp's

body. As the rounds wore on Cripp began to show the effects of Clabby's punishment. In the 14th round Cripp allowed his towel to be thrown in the ring and Clabby was declared winner. Eddie Clabby is also gaining some reputation in the lightweight division, which will be glad news for his many Lake county admirers who saw him make debut in the arena at the Hammond Athletic Association boxing stags. During his trip abroad, he has taken

SPORTING NEWS BASGB.4M. Al Tearney, alderman, also president of the Three I League, Is busy working in conjunction with State Senator Ettelson upon a measure which will stop ticket scalping. The latter will stand sponsor for the measure at the next, session at Springfield, and should it pass, Tearney will prepare an ordinance which he will introduce in the

city council by means of which baseball

pan in mne i.gaia. r.gm oi wn.cn n3 patrons will get their tikets by paying has won. all with the exception of one face value and n omore. being via the knockout route, the other

decision being gained on points.

LAW DEMANDS 'EDDIE M'GOORTY

x CLEAN BREAKS; : WHIPS MORROW New York. Date. 22. Clean breaks is I New York, Dec. 22 -Eddie McGorty

the rule hereafter for boxing bouts In scored an easy victory last night over New York state. Since the new state Howard Morrow In a ten-round bout.

law controlling the sport went into McGoorty proved to be a better ring

effect last spring there has been some general and managed to keep Morrow confusion regarding breaks, some on the defensive nearly all -the way.

referees allowing boxers to hit with I -

one hand-.free.

At their weekly meeting the state

boxing commission settled the matter, and to enforce the rule provided that

referees negligent In this respect may be broiught before the commission. The

commission also decided that in the

future, a boxer can have only four sec-

LAWRENCE STARS INHIGH JUMP Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 22. Samuel C. Lawrence W Harvard should win the running high jump and make a good try for the standing high Jump at the

onds In his corner and that the seconds national amateur indoor championships must stay in the comer where they be in New York next week if he can du-

long.

plicate his jumps of this afternoon, when he shattered two former crimson

GOTCH PLANNING

PLEASURE TOUR . , ! Humboldt, la., Dec. 22. Frank Gotch and wife arrived in Humboldt yesterday for the holidays after the champion's completion of his touring contract, which he says resulted successfully. Gotch - will wrestle Alex Monroe, the English champion, in Kansas City, Mo, next .Wednesday night, and after the holidays will leave with his wife for a winter pleasure trip to Florida, Cuba, Panama, and other southern points. This Gotch. saysywin be the first genuine outing he' has ever had. His European tour which had been planned

'for the winter months, is declared off.

Gotch now intends to go abroad next

July.

Jimmy Barrett, former manager of the Milwaukee team, talked with "Tip" O'Nell at the White Sox offices yester

day with reference to assuming the

managership of the Des Moines team.

Nothing definite came of the discussion.

as it is understood that the Des Moine-.

fans are anxious to have one of the

team, Catcher Dwyer, take .the feader-

ship.

Manager Chance, according to report.

is after a young third baseman named

Phelan, who played part of last season

with Cincinnati. Clark Griffith, who managed the Reds last year, recom

mended him to Chance.

Orval Overall, contrary to schedule.

did not arrive in Chicago yesterday

from the cost, but will reach town to

day.

The report that Jimmy Block might be released to Milwaukee was effectual

SCUlMEPlNSr 1.

Phfnip H. Fatchln baa been uoceeded aa chUt ct tbo division of Information la the state department at Waahinzto-a by Bevellon L. Brown. It la a pc;t of considerable responsibility. Although but a young; man. Brown has been In the government service for several year a

yVcst Hammond Trust & Savings Bank , WEST HAMMOND, ILL. v First and ONLY bank in West Hammond' Pays 3 Per Cent Interest on Savings Deposits - OFFICERS: V. H. Messenger, President. t A, J. Campbell Vice President Dr. Wm. D. Weis, Vice President. Paul l.Muschclewicz, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Chas. H. Mayer, R. Zimmerman, A. J. Campbell, K. M. 'Woszcynskl, M. H. Finnerman, V. S. Curtis, M. Rothschild. Wm. D.Weis, V. H. Messenger.

SPECS FOR BATTERS.

Cincinnati, O., Dec. 22. An oeculist

called on Manager Hank O'Day on

Wednesday and submitted a new idea

in the batting line. He-'Stiggested that

every Red batter wear a pair of mag-t

nifying spectaclts. These lamps would

make the ball, even when thrown by

the fastest pitcher, sail up to the pan as big as a football and make it a cinch for even Bobby Keefe to lam it

for a .400 average. O'Day, while? naturally much interested, refused on the ground that it would be unsportsman

like to take such an advantage of th.

opposition. ,

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NELSON FIGHTS HOGAN TONIGHT

New York, Dec. 22. Battling Nelson meets about the best boy he has tackled since he returned to the ring in

"One Round" Ilogan here tonight. Ta Dane has forced Hogan to agree to j weigh 133 pounds at 6 o'clock, while:

Nelson will box at catchwelghts. There is a lot of local interest in the mill, and the pair will be sure to box before a big crowd. The fight is regarded here as the real "come back" test for Nelson. After the wTiirl with Hogan. Nelson will jump to New Orleans, where he meets Jack Redmond next week. " KNOCKOUT BROWN X TRIMS HOLLAND

Oakland, Cal.. Dec. 22. "Chicago Knockout" Brown was given the decision over Kritz Holland of Spokane lairf night at end of their ten round bout here. Holland was knocked down twice In the sixth round.

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