Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 181, Hammond, Lake County, 22 January 1912 — Page 3

THE TIMES. B1I1S PRIME GUNS . : FOR CLASH AT KENOSHA POWER IN POLITICS IS "MARSE?' HENRY. JUGGLER OF PRESIDENTIAL DESTINIES

Mondav, Jan. 22, 1912.

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7 Ivo Gary Teams

1 rimmed Saturday, -

Powers reports' that some of the test I

ferLertin,!h? Curtrf fIref,ly ilave of"' Coulon and Forbes Knock off Training for Ten, Round xerea to cast their lot with the new: 0

league,; ana that plenty of first class j

taient.wtn be available.

Manager Jimmy Callahan of the

hlte Sox received the signed contract Ieo Tannehlll yesterday. The chick-

Battle Tonight. V

The "Battle

Kenosha,"- fought

COL. HENRY VMATTEPSSOM

Many Democratic politicians see the doom of Oo. Woodrow Wilson's presidential ambitions In the recent chain of events lhat climaxed with Col. Henry Watterson deserting the Wilson's presidential ambition in the Itor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, has made many a move In advance of tie Democratic party during theiast thirt" years, and results have invariably vindicated his wisdom.

EAST CHICAGO. ! Ladies' Social Union will entertain with a social at the residence of Mrs. E. W. Wk-kley Thursday evening, Jan. 25th. An admission of 15 cents will be charged. All are invited. The regular meeting of the Ladies' Social Union will be, held Wednesday at Mrs. John Wickey's, in Todd avenue. Mrs. William Leiferman, who had been visiting her parents. Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Monroe, returned to her home in Chicago Saturday afternoon, ' The Royal Arch Masons will hold a meeting in Masonic hall tonight. The home of Harry N. Johnson, in Baring avenue, has something of the appearance of a hospital these days Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Alyea and Miss Meyers are all sick. . ' Five East Chicago men have-- purchased all the vacant lots on Baring av--enue. - Dr. George Bicknell has sold his automobile to Fred Flack. , ' " Mrs. August Johnson and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Bronson of Valparaiso, who is visiting her, are spending today in Chicago. ' Miss Janet Jaynes spent Saturday and Sunday with friends In Evanston. A party of East Chicago teachers went to Chicago Saturday to hear Mary Garder in Thais. 4

Hammond High School and Crown Point Commercials

Turn the Trick.

the championship

Gary lineup Hodge and Thatcher,

I guards; Hicks. center; Knotts and

I Phelps, forwards. Hammond Smith and Johnston, forBy winning from the Gary high ward? ; Van Gilder, center; Taylor and school basketball team a-t Huehn s hall , Crumpacker, guards.

..r.jt-j iiaui, LUC ial 1X III III Kfll JIVtS climbed one notch nearer the champion-

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w., r .s w.mermg. at houui Bend Mrch 281911, and which went into week ago and was defeated bv one d tfpports ,hat b.is.ln good shape history as a thrilling encounter, is to poTnt. T."t.:" ."2 X WhlC IZ TnTlS& JtersrTtid b M" by two points earlier in the season .u ' Iom JcJrrfiny Evers rated has mustered all his fighting strength Whi,rgPha 'Tt :,STme ll clS J11 . and WlU " the W,SCn8in wki.u. ' ..i. 1,v. . L -enes. i town earlv todav. Harry Forbes, with

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Crown Point-Gary. The Crown Point Commepcial club

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said Callahan. "Any youngster .that keeps him from being a regular on the team will bea real gem, believe me. I expect to see Tanny holding down an infield berth in most of our games next season." This season will be Tannehill's tenth on the south side. Since 1903, his first year on the south side, when he was a

bit erratic in the field, Tanny has been

basketball team simply walked away one of the most brilliant inflelders in e. ; with the Gary Merchant Mill five at the the American league. In all the big

ship honors, and are now n close run-

-.. , .- v v, xne American league, in all the big The score stood 14 to 10 in favor of high school gymnasium at Crown Point ,u.,i. o , ..j

Hammond. , Saturday night and walloped the steel j Tannehill has stood out as one of the Although the game was close Ham- - city lads by a decisive s-ore of 44 to 16. ) stars on the defensive end of the play, mond kept on the winning side! Twenty-five minute halves werer- never has been strong at bat .stepthroughout and seemed little afraid of played and the game was fast and ; ping away from the place and failing defeat. Each team nlaved its hest and snanDV. Time was called several times i v. .,, .

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wary struggled nara, in tact, to wrest i on account or minor injuries receivea

the victory for the steel city.

'during the rough game. Gary

a consistent hittec most of his swats

"" are loner ones and manv is the c-ame i . . . .. .

An aDDreciative crowd watched the : called on fouls for roasli tactics a num-i.v... t i i .. ;ana rouna an in

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game ana cneerea louaiy wnen airier- oer 01 umes ana trown i-omt on a i blow, ent throws were made. Johnston of number of occasions'for holding. j

Hammond played a star , game and ( Glover played the star game for the made a number of difficult throws : Hub team and proved himself an able from trying angles. His "aim seemed basket hooter, making twenty-two of perfect and this being his first year in! the points that were marked up on the basket ball, he promises to develop into ' score board. Young at guard also one of the best next seasori. Smith at ': played a good game and had his man forward was unable to do his best asy guessing , most of the time. Mc Wayne he had just recovered from a recent il- : was forced to quit the game in the secness. Captain Crumpacker also played ,' ond half on account of injuries and a heady game at guard, and in fact all 1 Schulte filled his place, making five

TNDT A1TA HABBOBMr. and Mrs. Earl Murton of Ivy street entertained 'about twenty guests at a pedro party Saturday evening. Dr. and Mrs. Nels Stenberg carried off the first prizts, the doctor winning the men's prize and Mrs. Stenberg the ladies'. As a reward for his prowess at

Snap!

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pedro the doctor received a box of linen handkerchiefs, while Mrs. Stenberg car

ried home a beivutiful hand-pointed

plate. Mrs. A.' G. Lundquist and C. J. Smith had to be content with the con

solation prizes. Dainty refreshments were served, after which the hostess

entertained her guests with several vo

cal solos.

Mr. and Mrs. William Brown's baby has been very sick with pneumonia, but

is improving nicely now.

The social committee of the Round

Table club has arranged for two events, to be given by the club during February. The first will take place the evening of Feb. 13th at the home of Mrs. D. ,W. Dupes, when the ladies of the club will entertain their husband's the program of the evening to be a reminder of the birthdays of noted men which ccur in the February. The second will be On tile afternoon of Feb. 21st at the home of Mrs. E. S. Drumniond, on Grapevine street, and will be a Martha Washington affair, the ladies to be gowned in costumes suittable to the tlmfc.of Martha Washington. On this latt'tr occasion each member of the club will be permitted to bring one guest. .

Earl Reed and Joe Shields of Chicago were the guests of Earl Hulsh yesterday. Mrs. A. Sirlin of Fir street was the guest of friends in Whiting yesterday. Ed. Hiner has returnedf rom Kalamazoo and has taken a position with the Calumet-Kennedy Land company. . !The Lady Maccabees will meet at Pythian hall Tuesday afternoon to

practice for the Installation ceremonic which will take place at the regular meeting of the lodge Friday. All officers arid gaurds are requested to be on hand for practice Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock sharp.

the team is deserving of mention. Gary had one of its strongest lineups this season and is anxious to play another game with Hammond in order to have one more chance to turn the trick. Gary played a good game and declared that if they had played topnotch basketball they would have won. Knotts and Phelps at forward played an excellent game and were mixed in

the game at all times.

'So far Hammond has lost only on

game, when it played f Whiting a

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baskets. The Gary team, although weak in making baskets, showed some good team work and after some hard practice work they should develop a good team. This is also Crown Point's first game with an outside -team and they promise to make a 'bid for the county championship. The Crown Point lineup is as fol

lows: Glover, -McWayne and Schulte, forwards; Young and Rudolph, guards; F. McWayne, center.-

SHECKARD PROVES BEST WAITER

his forces somewhat moll'.fled 'by hard

usage In rudimentary "training,' also will be near the scene of action. War has been declared between the two

Trojans of the bantamweight ranks.'

and, although the action will be lim- ! ited, each looks for a decisive victory. Unlike other wars here will he no danger to thoee who gather closely to witness the contest, and there are many who have made such plans. Some of the more interested even have expressed their views on the outcome and the more general opinion favors Coulon. Some are willing to wager that

Forbes will be routed. One mysterious handbook has odds posted, quoting Coulon a 10 to 8 favorite Coulon tested his arsenal of hooks,

crosses, uppercuts and Jabs yesterday

splendid order. Tom

W.inklehoffer, a 225-pound "white hope acted as target for the champion, and the final score, as compiled toy experts present, showed Johnny with a perfect count, unharmed by any return shots delivered by the beefy wrestler. Fred

"OUTLAW" LEAGUE HEARLY FILLED

The Columbian "outlaw" league will be formally launched with eight clubs, well backed financially, at, a - second meeting of the organization next Saturday. This was the announcement made last flight by President John T. Powers on his refrurn from St. Louis, where he received the backing of Otto Stifel. the millionaire brewer, for the Mo-and City team.

Powers held a conference with W. C.

Nlesen, the local "outlaw" magnate, and announced that he would leave tomorrow for Cincinnati, . Indianapolis, Louisville and Cleveland. Franchises

have been definitely awarded to Chi

cago. Detroit, Kansas CWy - and St. Louis. Milwaukee is a strong contender for another berth. This leaves but

three teams to be picked.

Cub Captain Leads National

League Batters on Base on Balls. .

STATEMENTS OF BOXERS.

. Johnny Coulon I am confident of heating Forbes. I'll knock him out or win a mile on points. - All I want him, to do is to fight me and not be on the defensive all the time as he was in- our former meeting. I have no fear of defeat. Marry Forbe I realize that tonight I have the opportunity of my career. '".IT I can beat' Coulon my success iri the future Is assured. He cannot . knock me out, because he never will-tie able to hit me hard enough. If he does'not land a lucky punch I wil .be the winner by a large margin on points. In making 116 pounds at 6 o'clock, I wi'.l enter the ring four hours later and will be aa strong as I ever was.

Martin, a mute wrestler and -boxer of 170-pound weight, also stood before Coulon in the final test, and he, too, felt the Jar I from Johnny's accurately timed shots. Coulon etill telgns favorite In boxing circles, tut little betting is being done.

New York, Jan. .22. Official records

of bases on ball, strikeouts and first base on errors by 'teams in the' Na

tional league during the season of 1911

with individual figures in some cases.

w-re made public today foy Secretary John Heydler. National league pitchers, these statistics show, gave 4,279 bases on balls. The St. Louis club led with 592, Chicago was second with S85 and' Cincinnati third with 578. Brooklyn -was last with 425. . Sheckard of Chicago, led the

league, having received 347 passes In 15 6 games. Bates and Bescher of Cincinnati follow with 103 and 102 respectively. Sweeney led 'Boston with 77, Devore had 81, Knabe 94, Wagner and Byrne 67 each, and Huggins 96. - There were 4,798 strikeouts, divided among the eight clubs as follows: Brooklyn, 683; St. Louis, 650; Chicago, 617; Cincinnati, 594; Philadelphia, 5"S5; Pittstourg, 583; Boston. 577; New York.

506. Coulson of Brooklyn and Bescher of Cincinnati led ln,this respect with 78 strikeouts each.. Luderus struck out 76 times, Carey 75, Devore 69, Schulte 68, Ingerton 68, and Hauser 67. Those who played in 130 games) or over and had a low average f strikeouts were: Sweeney, 26; Tinker, 31; MKchell. 84; Larry Doyle, 39; Murray, 37: Meyers, 33; Knabe, 35; Wagner, 34, and Oakes, 35. A new departure was the keeping of records showing the number of men reaching first base on errors. These figures showed 1,196 runners to profit

in this way. Boston was favored 171 tlms8, Philadelphia 164; Pittsburg, 154; Cincinnati, 151; St. Louis, 147; Brook

lyn, 141; New Yonlc, 139; Chicago, 129.

Sweeney of Boston led the Individual

players, Areachlng first 35 times on errors.

Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 22. Captain Earl Pickering of the Minnesota football team of 1911 has been officially denied his "M" by the athletic board of control. The refusal was made in a negative way, the 'board simply leaving his name off the list of fifteen men who were awarded the letter. This action is the result of Wisconsin's protest of the Minnesota captain last fall on account of his having played summer baseball.

CALENDAR OF SPORTS " FOR THE WEEK. MONDAY. Meeting to reorganise the Ohio and Pennsylvania baseball league. Opening of annual show of the Detroit Automobile Dealers' asso- 4 ciation. ' 4 Opening of annual show of t&e Rhode Island Licensed Automobile- Dealers' association. 4 Wrestling match between Zbys- 4 zko and Karla at Boston. 4 4 Johnny Coulon vs. Harry Forbes, 4 4 ten rounds, at Kenosha, Ws. 4 4 Leach Cross vs. Tommy Murphy, 4 4 ten rounds, at New York, v 4

4 TUESDAY. 4 4- Opening .of annual , New Year 4 4 golf tournament at Palm Beach. 4 4 Florida. 4 4 Opening of annual toonsplel of 4 4 Portage Curling club. Portage la 4 4 Prairie, Man. 4 4 . Intercollegiate basket; hall con- 4 4 test between Princeton -:v&X&lkJ 4 at New Haven. 4 4' Mike Gibbons vs. Jack. Denning, 44 ten rounds, at New York.-" 4 4.. Danny. Goodman vs. Leo Kelly, 4 4 eight rounds, at Chattanooga. ' 4 4 4 .: 4444444444444444

Entrants vf or National Ski Events at Gary and a Typical Tournament Scene.

KID ELBERFELD ASKS RELEASE Washington, Jan, 22. Norman Elberfeld, the National's veteran infielder. has asked the Washington rluh to un

conditionally release him. - In a letter- 1 he says that, owing to injuries to his

j spine, his doctor gives him no hope of ;

ever being able to play again. If .the Washington club should release him he !

believes he can obtain the management I

of a minor 'baseball' team.

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BURNS WHIPS DALY III FIGHTFORJMOU BOUT Frankie Winner in Almost A11 of Twenty Round Battle.

New Orleans, La., Jan. 32. Frankie Burns won the right to box Johnny Coulon for the bantamweight championship of the world when he got the decision over Johnny Daly yesterday afternoon at the West Side A. C. in

twenty rounds. The Jersey City lad

licked the Brooklyn boy In almost every round. ' Burns' defense baffled Daly, who had

hoped to wear down his opponent.

Frankie sustained some bruises about

the eyes, caused from Daly's volley of lefts in the third round. Burns' boxing skill, niuch greater than Daly's, was of little use in the rough work, but Burns had the advantage in weightand reach and although Daly foughT gamely throughout the better boxer finally won.

YALE LOSES CAPTAIN.

New Haven, Conn., Jan. 22. Yale is without a track captain, although vnrk for both varsity and freshman

candidates has been begun. Clarence

Childs, who was elected captain or the team last July, has resigned and today left college to go into business In Syracuse. He gave as his reasons that

he had a business offer that would not

wait until his graduation in June. Childs was the team's best hammer thrower. He accompanied the Yale team to England last Juljv He lives at Fremont, Ohio. ,

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OFFERS $60,000 FOR BIG FIGHT New Haven, Conn., Jan. 22. An offer of $60,000 for a bout between Jack

Johnson and either . Jim. Flynn or Al i Falser was made- today by Harmar

ronsbn of this city and Matt Lark in

Bronson outlined the

ief Cowles,

er considera

tion.,. Bronson said: ; "Associated with Larkln I will, give $60,000 to stage the bout at Lighthouse Point on July 4. We will post a certified - check ' for the amount (With any .newspaper when permission, for ;the. bout is given by the New , Haven authorities. Flynn . had agreed to come for $10,00f. Palzer ak-' ed -for $5,000, and although I have no definite! figures from Johnson. ' I am told - he will .come, for $30,000.' leaving

$15,000, for Incidental expenses. The

men win dox nueen rounos it matched."' 1 ' - -

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