Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 161, Hammond, Lake County, 27 December 1911 — Page 3
Yednesdav, Dec. 27, 1911.
THE TIMES.
EAST
CHICAGO -AND-
MB. HARBOR
EAST CHICAGO. Sjtaik- and dance Thursday night at Kast Chicago Rink. The Boston College Bloomer Girla will play a local boys' team at basket ball t Friday right. 27-t ' The AVelsh society gave a very enjoyable Christmas entertainment at Weiland's hall Christmas night. II. Is 'an annual event with the society. The program was participated In by bath &rown people and children, and refreshments were served. The hall was crowded, a large number having come over from the Harbor and other adjacent towns to attend the entertainments. Mrs. W. J. Funkey, Jr., spent yesterday in Chicago. Next Sunday the Men's club of the Congregational church will hold a watch meeting at the church. The rejrular pveiog services will te followed by a musical to last until midnight, this being a diverting, way of watching the old year out and the new year in. Miss Alta Specter is entertaining Miss Belle Cohen of Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Funkey, Jr., had as their guests oi Christmas Mrs. Funkey's parents and brothers of Chicago. Miss Florence Courval, who spent Christmas at BloominHon, 111., with
$100,000J0Q BABY IS HOST AT XMAS PARTY
her relative, returned yesterday mornin. Mrs. Anna HaviU entertained her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Olson over Christmas. Miss ttylta Donovan will attend the charity ball in Gary as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Uennessy. ! Mlss Mab-1 Nold of Muncle is spending the Christmas holidays with her aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey TL Phillips of Beacon street. The No Name club entertained with
an enjoyable Christmas dance last night at Wriland's hall. Miss Myrtle Alexander spent Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beech of Hyde Vark. . The Whist cltib will meet Friday night with Miss Lelia Mercer at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hutt Olds. On Christmas day Misses Edith and Mildred. Kvans entertained at a fourcourse supper. There were covers for eight. Those present besides the two
young hostesses being Misses Lelia Lelia Mercer and Myrtle Alexander and Messrs. Al. Strachan. "Walter Gerwlg, , Melvln Hasiall and Kenneth Mcintosh. The table had a centerpiece of red roses and sprigs of holly were scattered about o'er the cloth. Miss Editli Evans saw "Snobs" at the ' Illinois theatre Saturday afternoon. I Dr. J. Goldman, noble grand of Jjie East Chicago lodge of Odd Fellows, re- :
quests that as many Odd Fellows as can spare the time from their busi- j ness tomorrow morning attend the fu- ' neral of Esther E. Ruange, drughter ; of Joseph Ijizier. One. Hundred and For.
' i a m inniinnii nnnnim a
JAuIv uunnoUli bbUKNb A i . - . i
25,000 PURSE FOR TEN POUNDS
Brief Bits of Sporting News.
BOXING. Knockout Greek Brown, who fights
Ed Petroskey, the navy fighter, at Oak-
Several of the main cogs of the machine,' including the redoubtable Mathewson. are" " already under contract.
land. New Year's, will return after that having" sighed last season for a term bout unless offered another good match of years. .
Champion Refuses Harry Pollock's Offer for Short "Go With Flynn; "$30,000 or No Fight." t V
Jack Johnson is an "independent ; parties.
hi- tesai
champion" He refuses to cut one dollar from the price he has said will in-, duce him to fight again $30,000. ! Jack Curley, the manager of Jim Ftyrfti, who fights Tony Caponi tonight, wired yesterday from Salt Lake that the fireman would be willing to box for almost nothing to get a chance at the championship. He made what Is called a liberal offer from his standpoint, but on which John Artha looks with dis daln. , The giant dusky ojie even went so far last 'night as to decline's $25,000 purse for a ten-round quarrel with Pueblo Jim Flynn in New York. I-tarry Pollock made the offer. "It's $30,000 for my end. win. lose or draw, for one round, six, ten, fortyfive or to a finish," was the Johnson ultimatum.- ( The proposition submitted by the
smart handler of Flynn is this: The
m
r KAUFMAN WANTS
KNOCKOUT WIN
- New York.' Deo. 27. Al Kaufman, the former California blacksmith, said to
day that he was In first-class condition for his ten-round bout with Al Palzer at the National A. C. Thursday night. ; Kaufman counts on stopping. Palzer early in the contest, so that he can de''mand a return match with' Jim Flynn,
who knocked him out several months
ago. In--Palzer Kaufman will meet one
j of the gamest and toughest heavyweights in the ring. Palzer has' eham-
pionship aspirations and considers
Kaufman one of the obstacles he must
I overcome, to get a match with Johnson
for the championship of the world.
on the coast. Nate Lewis has an offer for Brown to box Jack Iillon at South Bend and figures they would be a big card.
Teddy Murphy and his fighter. Jack
Harry AA'olve.rton ha been discovered in Philadelphia, his native town. It appears that the manager of the Highlanders has been under cover In order to effect a number of deals without
Redmond, left Chicago . yesterday for publicity When he. left New .York a New Orleans, where Redmond meets week ago Woiverton Intimated that hm Battling Nelson next Sunday in a twen- was on his way to Oakland. Cal. The ty-round battle. Redmond expects to Yankee boss hones to land Catcher
win and then go after Joe Mandot. He Ainsmith and possibly Shortstop Mc-
also has an offer from Coffroth of San Bride from the Senators.
r rancisco tor a January aate. j
Freddie Welsh, the English fighter.
has been matched to meet the winner of the Joe Rivers-Frankie Conley bout.
on New Year's day at Los Angeles.
Welsh's bout with the victor will take
place on Jan. 23.
William. J, .Irving, reputed to be one of the fastest young outfielders in the minors last, season, has been bought from Columbus In the American association hy Pittsburg. Columbus secured him from Akron In the Ohio and
Pennsylvania league where, in sixty-
JOHN WILLE AFTER
WHITE HOPES
When Johnson read the offer he snorted and declined it In positive terms. f I . ,
"No chance," spouted Artha. yi am j
me cnampion anu nun i nave iu lane . .
risks on the gate receipts. My-940,000 New York, . Pec. 27. Johnny Mack,
must be guaranteed else Jim Hynn and who is looking after the business inwill not mingle. I am determined to terests of John Willie, the Chicago box-
gei mai price or not ugiu. loo wnai er. t hinks his - protege -should have a
Burns and I drew and then remember what a house Jeffries and I fought before. I have proved that I am a drawing card and it Is up to some enterpris
ing promoter to come across guarantee. " ..
"Where was that Jeannette person it was said was in town sestecday. I did not see him and do not believe he was here. That fellow is putting over a gigantic bluff without wanting to mix with Artha and you just tert the folks I said so." The big cinder will spar this after-
Patsy Brannigan of Pittsburg knock- eight games last seasotTThe youngster
ed out Benny Chavez of Trinidad In the stole sixty-one bases and hit .322. He
sixth round of a scheduled ten-round was the shining light of the league last bout at Trinidad. Colo. A right swing June when he broke his leg. Barney
to the jaw clinched the victory for Dreyfuss put physicians and specialists Brannigan. V . on his trail before he accepted the ver-
Ad Wolgast chuckles happily over dlct of scout- The limb Is reported as
the fact that he can pinch the spot souna as ever.
where his appendix used to be but isn't '
with a
ty-fifth street and Todd avenue.' which the fi
will be held from the late home to- ; flee. Flynn and the club get the re
morrow at about 10 o'clock. ( mainder of the receipts and agree on Oscar Hargis, who has been doing ' its division. Of Course substantial or-
substitute work at the postofticc. will be put on the first of the year as a carrier In Oklahoma. - Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Berry and daugh-
en are to fight somewhere, in the west noon for the benefit of those who care ithout a guarantee. Johnson is to get i to look on at O'Connell's gymnasium in
irst ISO. Flynn
chance at Jack Johnson for the heavy
weight crown. Some time ago. when
the report came, out that Johnson had retired from the; ring, Manager Mack
placed, a forfeit of $2,500 in the hands
of Tim Hurst, the referee, accompanied
by a defl to match the Chicago boxer to
meet any claimant for the title. Man
ager Mack is now on the ground and
is going to give Jim Flynji or the win
ner of -the Palzer-Kaufman fight and
the winner of the Kennedy-Can Morris
battle a "chance to meet Willie for the
title of white heavyweight champion.
and It doesn't hurt him. There's a dif
ference of one letter between pinch and
punch, but just how much difference
will there be In Ad's sensation when the pinch gives way to the punch?
Bob Moha, the fighting Bohemian,
yesterday signed articles to fightvJack Dillon, at Pittsburg, on Jan. 10. Moha says he has a grudge to settle with Dillon.
Marcel Moreau, the French middle
weight champion, will make his debut In New York on New Year's day, when he tackles Jack Denning at the Fairmont A. C. Willie Lewis, who saw Mo-
000 taken in at the box of-
State street. Con Comiskey has asked
a chance to box with him and will be accommodated. Marty Cutler and one or two others will be the recipients of
felts are to be posted by alt Interested I some right uppercuts.
is still in the hands of Tim Hurst, and the first t cover it can have a match
on most any terms.
turned to Indiana Harbor for a short ,hii He was the n-uest over night of
ter Kathleen will spend this evening 1 Dr an(J Mrf, Robinson at their home.
ana lomorrow witn ur. ana jvirs. .iucods.
Mr. Berry is Mrs. Jacobs' brother. Dr. and Mrs. Jacobs have returned from Morgan ' Park, where they spent Christmas with Mrs. Jacobs' sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
I Kassebaum.
INDIANA HARBOR.
night at
y.JNCE-NT WALSH... MLpAN
Vincent "Walsh McLean, the $100,000, , 000 baby, la to be host at a Chrlt- ' mas tree party at bis parents' home in Washington. Most of the youngsters who form a miniature social register of their own In the capital are to be among the guests.
Pkate and dance Thursday
j East Chicago Rink. i The Boston College Bloomer Girls will i play a local boys' team at basket ball j Friday night. 27-2t
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stafford went to Elkhart to spend Christmas. Rev. and Mrs. Marshall M. Day have as their guests Mrs. Day's mother and grandmother of Valparaiso. They arrived on Saturday to spend the holl days.
Midnight communion services at St. Alban's church drew a large attendance. The little church was" rilled. St. Alban s will hold its Christmas treat for t ie children on Holy Innocents "day; Thursday evening, at 7
o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kepple of 3607 Fir street entertained at supper night before last. n,, .Z Mesdames Hower and Newton Hembroff are entertaining a number of Hammond ladles this afternoon at a Christmas card party. Dr. and Mrs. Nels Sfenbefg. who spent Christmas with relatives in Michigan, returned yesterday.
Miles Nixon, who has been in the
east for the past (Six months, has re-
Baltimore and Michigan avenues. Dr. and C. C. Robinson and . Beverly chenr will attend the charity ball at
Gary tomorrow evening..
Sergeant Frank Barker of the local police station went to Chicago this morning to attend the habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Gtbbons, instituted by Abraham Frank, to prevent his being brought to this city to stand trial for his alleged robbery of John Pora last summer. f
Sporting Briefs
MORRIS MEETS KENNEDY AS A 'COMEBACK' TONIGHT
which .he now claims. Mack's forfeit j reau in action on the other side, pro
nounces Marcel a wonder. "Denning is a good fighter," says Lewis, "but Mo
reau is Just a little better."
Charlie White and Manager Nate
Lewis leave tonight for Cleveland. White is to box Battling Kchults ten rounds before the Cleveland A. C. at
126 pounds tomorrow night. Charlie Is a popular fighter Jn the Ohio city since his great fight with Kllbane.
OVERALL TAKES
ARM TREATMENT Youngstown. O., Dec. 27. Orval Overall, Chicago Cub holdout pitcher,
came here today to have his pitching
arm treated by "Bonesetter" Reese,
and announced that he is through with
BASEBALL. Manager John J. McGraw of the
j major league ball. Overall says he will Giants anticipates no trouble whatever
confine himself to hlis mining business,
with occasional independent ball, on
Vhis return to California next . week.
Overall is the guest of James McAIeer
of the Boston Red Sox while here.
in signing up his players for 1912. terday.
MISCEI.LAVEOrs.
Joseph C. Le Due. former Indoor golf champion and the Midlothian star who rapidly is gaining a reputation for vie. tories in unseasonable golf on winter links outdoors, was the first to send in his entry yesterday for the big New Year's day handicap at the Calumet Country club. Coach Martin Delaney of the Cherry Circle athletes yesterday announced that he would name a strong team for the Gaelic meet at the Seventh Regiment armory next Sunday. The Violet A. C. basketball team defeated the Hamlin Park five on the lat ter's floor, 16 to 8, yesterday. Johnny Billlter. lightweight champion, and Henry Wirth of Chicago, will meet in a wrestling match at Battle Creek, Mich., on Jan. 4. The Hyde Park . Blues and Campbell
Rover, soccer teams will play a match" on Sunday afternoon at Lawndale Park, Ogden and Fortieth ' avenues. Play will start at 2:30. . The West Side Browns resumed their winning streak by downing the Northwestern Settlement basketball team, 42 to 10. in the latter's gymnasium yes-
McCoy Pitts, an Atipalachlan league player, was accidentally shot and killed in Georgia recently. Bill Abstein and "Rube" Kissinger,
two old Eastern leaguers, have been sold by Jersey City to Memphis.
William Elmer of Cleveland and Jack
New York, Dec. 27. At the Empire WAkT.TVIW THMMv
a. c tonignt cari Atoms, tne UKia-j homa giant, and Tom Kennedy, New ; York's (candidate for the heavyVelght 1 honors, meet in a ten-round bout. Mor-
Lrjs is reported in the pink of condi
tion and showing vast Improvement over his shape the night Jim Flynn trimmed him sotn months ago: -! Kennedy has cleverness and a good head, a punch an' the power "to asslm'Ilate punishment. "He hasn't the wallop to put a good, strong man like Morris to sleep with one slug, but he has a wallop that inch by inch wears a man
Kennedy of Baltimore will do umpiring j down.
in the Cotton States league next season. Members of the Philadelphia Nationals,' who took the trip to Cuba, say that Matcher Killifer, the new Quaker, is sure to make good. A new leasue may be formed in
Western Pennsylvania to include Butler, Franklin, Beaver Falls, New Castle, Oil City and Meadville. Umpire Bob Emslle has won another trap-shooting championship. And for several years players have been yelling that Bob couldn't see and should wear a pair of "cheaters." .
The bout will be staged in a 24-foot
ring, which will give Kennedy all the opportunity he wants to show how shifty he is on his feet. Morris Is confident and says he Is stronger than ever.
TRIMS BEDELL
New York, Dec, 27. "Harlem" Tom
my Murphy, who recently lost the decision in a twenty-round match with
Fackey Mcfariaiid, won the popular
decision by a. narrow margin from Joe Bedell, ' a Brooklyn ligritweight, in a
ten-round bout in Brooklyn last night.
JACK'TWINM
A HARD NUT
BOB MOHA TO
TACKLE DILLON Milwaukee. Dec. 27. Bob Moha, mid
dleweight of Milwaukee, was today-
matched to box Ja.ck Dillon at Pittsbury, Pa,, on Jan. 10. The articles call
for six rounds and the weight 158 pounds at 3 o'clock on the afternoon preceding the contest.
Buffalo, Dec. 27. Though he out
weighed his oponent by nearly twen
ty pounds. Joe Jeannette failed to put
away Jack (Twin) Sullivan in a ten-
round bout last night. It was the ne
gro's ffght from the third round, but
the elusive twin put up a great defense.
SUNDAY CONVERTS
PLAYER TEX JONES Wichita. KanV Dec. 27. Billy Sun
day, the former baseball player, who
held a revival meeting here last week,
succeeded Sunday night in converting
"Tex" Jones, the White Sox recruit first
baseman: Albert Isbell, brother of Frank, the "Bald Eagle," and Umpire Dick Morgan of the Western league. When Sunday announced the names of his three converts a great cheer went up from the audience.
President Murphy of the Cubs says that he is going to engage a corps of "virile" scouts next season. We don't know what he means; but the minor leagues have enough trouble without having this "yirile''t thing tossed at them. As Orvie Overall js in bad with the Cubs, the national commission will perhaps slap a fine on "Ping" Bodle. "Miner" Brown, Oscar Stanage and Hooper. Wolters and Lewis of the Boston Red Sox for playing ball with Overall In California.
A First Class Vacuum 'Cleaner at a Price within the Reach of all. Every Housewife Wants, and Should Have a VACUUM CLEANER. A Vacuum Cleaner saves time, labor, rugs, carpets, furniture, draperies and all household articles. It removes all the germ-laden dust. It pro- . . tects your health. It keeps your home clean and v ' , in a healthy condition. A VACUUM CLEANER ELIMINATES HOUSE-CLEANING
ACTUAL LENGTH 53 INCHES
0
WEIGHT ABOUT 5 LBS.
For FIVE "VACUUM CLEANER" COUPONS and $3.50, THE TIMES will furnish you with a Vacuum Cleaner that can not be purchased elsewhere for less than $8.50. Easily operated; only one person needed ;vejghs less than 5 pounds; large nozzle; strong suction. Gets the dirt from, and BENEATH, the floor cover and will not clog or stopjip. A VACUUM CLEANER MEANS THE SAME to the home as THE BATH TUB MEANS TO YOU You want a Cleaner that is always ready and one that you can handle yourself Call at THE TIMES OFFICE, ROOM 214, HAMMOND BUILDING AND EXAMINE THIS CLEANER.
VACUUM CLEANER COUPON "NO. 2 , " Cut out this coupon, present with $3.50 and four other consecutively numbered "VACUUM CLEANER" Coupons at TIMES' OFFICE, ROOM 214, HAMMON BUILDING, HAMMOND, and get an $8.50 VACUUM CLEANER ;
,Tou will say that a La Vendor cigar I TjiflTr f cannot be beat. If you try one. Try a La Vendor cigar. It's good! Champion Skier Who Will Compete Here - ! . . ! teji
f7:--: 'M . n )y if11111 1 Jin M
j sd XtA r"v "If f r':c p- " If J Francis Ke'mpe, who won the national professional ski title at the anI nual tourney at Chippewa Falls. ' AVis., last January, is expected to compete
5 I
Bccf off Quality When it is a question of Beer There is only one MuMhauser It's all good and every glass - the same. No h ead aches I MADE BY HAUD t BREWING COMPANY
BAMK
WITH THE
Francis Kelmpe, who won the national professional ski title at the an-
I nual tourney at Chippewa Falls. ' AVis.. last January, is expected to compete
in the national vent at Cary, 111., on Jan. -i ana a. hempe captured tne tl'tlo with a leap of 121 feet. J I
Citizens German National Bank U. S. Government Depositary
OUR MOTTO: No Deposit too Large for U to Protect, Or too Small for us to Appreciate.
We Pay You interest on Your Savings Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.