Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 44, Hammond, Lake County, 8 August 1912 — Page 3

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WDLGAST. THE FUNKIEST EVER Johnny Making Himself Unpopular by Fear of Taking Chances, Says Referee Eyton.

Los Angeles, Aug. 8. Johnny Kilbane has given the sporting world many a laugh since he acquired the featherweight title, but his challenge . to Ad Wolgast is certainly the funniest thing- the Cleveland streak has - ever put over. Johnny probably has made himself the most unpopular boy that ever held j a championship principally through his unwillingness to risk his laurels against a man of merit. He will box any boy of mediocre ability six or ten rounds in any kind of weather, but when a man of class tries to land him he claims "It's too ' hot." or "That fellow weighs too much." Personally, he is a little gentleman, a clean living, good mannered youth, and. Judging him from this angle, I admire him greatly and believe him to ! bo a credit to the boxing game. But judging him as a world's champion, which is Impossible, he is the worst kind of a frost, not because he hasn't the talent, as he is arte of the most scientific boxers we have ever had. but he Is afraid to take an honest chance, and this fact explains his unpopularity. EPPA J. RIXEY JR. STOPS CUBS 4 TO 1 Loud Hitting and Errors Give Senators Victory in Final of Series. Philadelphia. Pa Aug. 8. Eppa ' Jephtha Rixey Jr. threw handsful of his queer Quirks and quaint consonants at Chicago's Cabs yesterday and '. tangled them up in anotber costly defeat. The score was 4 to 1, and it "wwild hM been a bitter shutout If ' Otto K&abe bsd not played the knave ' by booting a chance for the third out In the fourth inning. For all his six feet and five inches, lacking a few hairs, Eppa Jephtha had - a tough Job cut out for him to beat Big Ed Reulbach's six feet one inch. . It was even up for seven innings and was likely to be anybody's game until the Phillies opened a new bat bag in ' the eighth and swatted Big Edward for three well-earned tallies, which , knocked a lot of climbing spurs off - Chance's warriors. The Cubs transacted a lot more bus- ' lnesa with Eppa Jephtha's queer ' southpaw quirks this time than they

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a champion, whrni he is in good health defend his title occasionally, and this Kilbane refuses to do. Johnny makes excuse after excuse until the public has come to think that Kilbane obtained his title only by being lucky enough to catch Attell out of condition, and at a time when Abe believed he had a tapioca. The Cleveland lad's actions have led most people to believe that they will see Attell growing a long gray beard before he gets a return match. Promoter McCarey haB kept the wires hot lately trying to get Kilbane to agree to meet either Attell or Harry Thomas, but without effect. Suddenly Kilbane breaks into print with a challenge to Wolgast. Now, why does Johnny want to meet a boy out of his class when he refuses to prove that he is the peer of all the 122-pounders? It is because Kilbane realises that the wonderful little Dutchman is a very sick boy and that if he could coax htm into a match In his present miserable condition he might outpoint him, under practically the same conditions that he outpointed Attell. and gain a lot of additional cash and glory. did in Chicago on their last meeting with the elongated collegian. They combed him .for six hits and enticed him into giving them live passes. Consequently opportunities to count were quite frequent, but ability to turn opportunity into realisation was tacking. SWAT AVALANCHE SOX 10 TO 1 Elongated Hurler Allows 6 Hits, But an Error Prevents a Shutout. : Clark Griffith's rampant pennant aspirants from Washington beat the White Sox yesterday in the final game of the series with such ease that they didn't even keep Walter Johnson on the slab for the whole game. After six and one-half innings were played they were leading by ten runs and it didn't look as if the Sox ever could score on the big Swede, bo he was removed and a recruit named Erigel sent to the mound. The final score was 10 to 1. It's barely possible the Sox might have given the Senators a tussle had FOR BEDROOMS AND KITCHBM ' EACH

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGIE. i ' , W. I. Pc. Boston , 70 33 .680 Washington 65 30 .025 Philadelphia HO 42? JRHH CHICAGO 51 50 .505 Detroit 63 52 .505 Cleveland 40 60 .451 New York S2 67 .323 St. Loots 32 70 .314 Yesterday's Results. WanuluKton. lO; Chicago, 1. Detroit. 7 1 New York. 0. Philadelphia. 7 St. Louis, 2. Cleveland, 4j Boston, 4 (nine inning-, darkness). Gmih Today. Philadelphia at C hicago. Boston at Detroit. Washington at St. Louis. XfW York at Cleveland. NATIONAL LKACilE.

V. L. Pot. New York ..71 27 .724 CHICAGO 03 30 .036 PlttKltarK 5S 3.S .004 Philadelphia 4S 47 .505 Cincinnati 47 54 .405 St. Io.iIm 44 58 .431 Brooklyn ...37 04 .300 Boston 27 71 .270

Ventrrday's Results. Philadelphia, 4: t'hleago. 1. PlttsburK. T; New York. 2. Cincinnati, 11; Bunion, 3. Brooklyn, 8; St. I.oul.- 7. Games Todny. Chicago at Philadelphia. Pittsburg at New York. St. Louis nt Brooklyn. Cincinnati nt Boston. Walsh been sent to the slab to oppose the Washington star. Hut to all indications the best Walsh could have grotten -was a tie at 0 to 0, for it looked as if Johnson could have gone along and pitched until darkness would stop the .game and there would not have been a Sox tally. If Walsh could have done that well there was a chance for a tie. B. JCHNSON FAVORS NEW PLAYERS' UNION Can See Nothing Detrimental to Pastime in Proposed Organization. President Johnson of the American league declared yesterday that he saw nothing inimical to the best Interests of baseball In the Players' Protective association as proposed and that he would not oppose it. A players" union modeled along the lines of the labor unions would hardly be tolerated, he declared, but he did not see why the players should not have an organization to proceed along legitimate lines. Whether the proposed association will be admitted to the national commission Is a question that President Johnson is not in a position to answer. It is the universal belief of the ball players that they should tiave representation on the national commission. They constitute a big portion of the game, and think their interests should be represented. A number of players of the major league clubs In Chicago were interviewed yesterday and all approved the move, for an association of baseball pastimers. NEGRO CALLS OFF AUSTRALIAN TRIP Johnson Turns Down Con tracts For Fights With Langf ord and McVey. Tom Andrews, the. American representative of Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian fight promoter, was in Chicago yesterday to see Jack Johnson relative to the latter's contract which calls for two fights in the antipodes. According to Andrews the champion said he would not fight under any conditions and that he cannot be held to the contract which he signed while he was training for the Flynn fight. "Johnson has broken faith with Mcintosh," Andrews said. "I saw him at Las Vegas, where he was training for the Flynn fight, and he signed a contract to meet Sam McVey and Sam Langford In Sydney within six months after the Flynn fight. Mcintosh guaranteed him $50,000 for these fights, but apparently Jack does not need the money. "The champion said there is only one man who will get him back Into the ring and that man Is Al Tearney, who held the forfeit money for the Johnson-Flynn fight. I saw Tearney and he said he has no hold on John son and that Jack should live up to his contract. Tearney' told me that he will do anything he can to help stage the fights, but he was firm in bis belief that Jack Is through with the ring forever. I will see Johnson again next week and make a final effort to induce him to live up to the contract." Andrews' said Mcintosh has embarked In the sporting goods business In Sydney and Is doing well. The Milwaukee promoter said the business will not Interfere with Mcintosh's fight plans. Andrews left for Milwaukee list night. PRINCE HENRY TO FIGHT GOODMAN A party of sporting men headed by Bob- Curry of Jollet went to NapervlUe

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yesterday and saw "Prince" Henry, who meets Danny Goodman in a sixround bout at Aurora tonight, go through his final workout. Curry has $500 to bet that the "Prince" gets the decision and the money Is In the hands of Nate Lewis. Both Henry and Goodman Insisted that a decision be given at the end of the contest and Referee Johnny Thompson has been instructed accordingly by Promoter Art Reed. Hlrshey Miller and Battling Hastings wlll appear in the seml-wlndup and the six-round preliminary will engage "Young" Coster and Jonsey Phillips. SENATORS' TWO CLOWNS AROUSING CRITICISM Herman Schaefer and Nick Altrock may not. be allowed to pull oft their famous boxing sketch when the team reaches Washington, according to a rumor in existence here yesterday. It was learned that persons high In baseball had written to Ban Johnson protesting against the brand of coaching served up by Schaefer and Altrock, claiming that these comedians are making a burlesque out' of the national game. To the average fan, It Is said, baseball is a serious proposition. The fan goes to the park to see professional players, paid princely salaries for their athletic attainments, engage in a contest of skill and brawn. He reserves for himself to criticise the work of the players. But the introduction of professional comedy Into organized baseball tends to lighten interest in the serious side of the game and by so doing Is very apt to work a serious Injury to the national pastime In the near future, It Is asserted. Clark Griffith takes the stand that Last

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the comedy peddled out by Schaefer and Altrock is not a detriment to the game, that it keeps the players of both teams on their toes and is only a harmless amusement. Many of the club owners with teams lower in the race than AVashlngton are Just a wee bit Jealous of the Nationals and there will likely be some lively tilts before the 1912 season closes. CYCLIST UNHURT 7 IN ACCIDENT New York, Aug. 8. William Shields of Syracuse, a professional motorcycle rider, had a remarkable escape from serious' injury in a five-mile race at the Brighton Beach motordrome shortly before midnight last night. He waa making a pace of eighty-five miles an hour when. In an effort to Improve his position, he attempted to force his way through a gap which seemed to have been opened up between the two leaders in the race. The gap was not quite wide enough and Shields' handlebar touched the saddle of another machine. His pace was so terrific that the slight impact threw his weel Into the air and landed Its rider In a heap on the fiat running boarc?, from which he rebounded Into the grass of the infield. He was not hurt. BURMAN SETS A NEW AUTO MARK Cleveland, O-. Aug. 8. Bob Burman in his Blitzen Benz car lowered one record at the North Randall auto races yesterday before rattv stopped the meet. Burman traveled a mile In 49 3-5, breaking Barney Oldfield's record of :B3, made at the old Glenvllle track' here. Burman, In a Cutting, won the five-mile race for non-stock D

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Happenings of a Day in Lake County's Lively Capital

SHUCKS From the Diary of Si- Lence "We stand at Armageddon," etc Why stand, Teddy? Why stand? Be progressive an' move on. Speakin' o thet Armageddon business an" battlin' fer th' Lord, It gives us three charges o" mirth t' think o' a picture o' Armanis an' .Tom a-dotn enny battlin' in that direction. An' its all goin' f make hlst'ry. Yep fer a joke book. In spite of the advent of the lnterurban road, and many other conditions favorable to an active real estate market in this city, the last three months probably sets a record for the small amount of business done In real estate transfers, sales of city property or activity of any description In that line. No special reason or cause is ascribed for the condition by the real estate dealers, they being convinced that real estate In this vicinity will become more desirable In a few more months, after the crops are gathered and the farmer begins to Invest his money. Mrs.. Will Ross has returned from California, where ahe and her husband have been living for some time. She comes with the intention of disposing of her property and household effects

cars In 6:06. Driving an Ohio, he won ' lets of lead when they flattened the three-mile free-for-all In 2:43. against his skull. The hospital . surKyle, driving a White, won the five- ' geans declare Yammlck has the origi-

mlle non-stock race for the W. B. trophy. Fully 10,000 people saw the races. HILTON SAILS FOR U. S. London, Aug. 8. Harold H. Hilton, who won the American amateur golf championship last year by defeating Frederick Herreshoff of Manchester, Vt., sailed from Bristol today on board the Royal George 'to defend his title In the United States. Hilton is a member of the Royal Liverpool club of Holyoke, England, and la amateur golf champion of England as well as of America. GARY AT LAPORTE The Gary Works ball team goes to Laporte Sunday for a return game with the Laporte nine. This game is considered one of the hardest of the season by the Gary fans, as Laporte has added several new- members to their team since the last game with the steel city aggregation. Gary is now probably the strongest contender for the pennant. There are still twelve games to be played and Manager Umpleby expects to win the greater number of these games. If none of the members of the team are laid up. The American Bridge boys play the Logan Squares at the Bridge company park Saturday afternoon. HERE'S ORIGINAL 'BONEHEAD BARRY' Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 8. After being shot three times in the head by two men who held him up on a lonely road In Moon Run and robbed him of his watch and $5, John Yammlck, a semiprofessional ball player. Is In the South Side hospital suffering from three scalp wounds, caused by the pel-

as soon as possible and will then move back to become a permanent resident . of that country. Their household effects here will be sold at auction to dispose of them. Work on the county farm is progressing in good shape and the roof will soon be put up. The building Is now showing its mammoth proportions as the work progresses, and It will take much time to complete IV in. Its entirety. Mrs. S. B. Shaw, a noted speaker on the temperance question, will address the people of Crown Point on the drink' question and the white slave traffic on next Monday and Tuesday evenings. A cordial welcome is extended to all those, who wish to attend. Petitions are being circulated among the Main street property owners, from Clark street to Goldsborough, to determine what kind of a pavement they wish the city council to order on August 11 when the matter comes up. Brick Is mostly favor

ed, but the tar binder proposition also gets a good representation of cltliens In Its favor. The council members will have the matter under advisement and the proper decision is anx-' iously awaited. The Lyric's display of the moving pictures of 'Martin Chixrlewlt," Dickens' famous character study, drew a big crowd last evening, the attraction being the best seen here in years. According to the management this Is only the start for good pictures, special features to be added to the show each Wednesday. ' nal "bone head." DETROIT TO RETAIN MANAGER JENNINGS ' Detroit, Mich., Aug. 8. Hugh Jennings today signed a contract . to continue his services as manager of the Detroit Tigers for the next two years. His salary is said to be the highest ' paid to any manager In the American league. The Sherman club of the Texas-Oklahoma League has signed a big Indian by the name of Tlncup, who is said to be a wonderful pitcher. Tlncup and ! pitcher Is a soothing combination. Nearly a quarter of a century ago Jesse Burkett was one of the leading batters of the National League, and today the same Jesse Is the leading swatsmith of his Worcester team. IfOTHTNO IS OF GRE3ATER IMPORTANCE TO YOU THAN TO KKKP POSTKD ON PASSING EVENTS VIM TOUR LOCALITY BY READING THH TIMES "2ACH KVENINO. Good and True Safe and reliable for regulating the bowels, stimulating the liver, toning the stomach the world's most famous and most approved family remedy is PJIHiItS 10a.ZSa,

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