Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 230, Hammond, Lake County, 28 February 1913 — Page 6

THE TIMES.

Friday, February 28, 1913.

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Big Crowd Sees Foxy Jimmy Lay Detroit Slugger Low (BT SPIKE.) The redoubtable Freddie Hicks of Detroit was out-boxed, out-fought, outhit, out-classed and nearly eliminated from the welterweight ranks at the Hammond theater last night by Jimmy Clabby of Hammond, who won nine rounds out of a ten-round encounter. It was a case of Clabby's being too fast for Hicks, too accurate in his hitting, used too many tricks and at times had Hicks so confused by his wonderful work in clinches that the Detrolter did not know where the blows were coming from. Clabby showed up as a real champion and coming fast, and not once during the whole ten rounds was the winner i doubt. It. was a lively contest all the way. with Clabby the SO:

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All EASY Wl aggressor and showing championship form. Clabby la Fine Trim. When the men shaped up for the first round Clabby's excellent condition was apparent to the big crowd. Hicks is a pudgy, snort fellow, greatly resembling Buddy Ryan In appearance. Although he was beaten in every trick and art in the game of hit, stop and get away. Hicks clearly demonstrated last night that he is a tough boy. He found fhis superior in Clabby, but he made a good impression among the fight fans of the Calumet region and will be welcomed back at any time. During the ten rounds Hicks warn a mark for Clabby's wonderfully true and fast wallops. He was hit enough times and hard enough to send the majority of ringsters Into oblivion, but the Detrolter just shoved his" face into the thickest of the fray and came back for more. Fifth Rouad Wa Hi. Only in one round did Hicks loom up strong and this was in the fifth, when he forced the fight to Clabby, scoring a number of effective wallops. But the Hammond demon was too strong for Hicks, who failed to even make an inroad against his clever opponent. Hicks tried hard to feint away from Clabby's left-hand jabs, but Jimmy mastered every feint and offered one better to catch the Detroit boy nap

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ping. Hicks also made a strong revival in the closing round, when he boxed faster, hit cleaner, making a whirlwind finish. Clabby was too strong to keep back and was master of every situation. In round six Hicks was on the jump and his method of boxing was a revelation for a big country fellow. He danced around the Hammond man and it was easily seen why he gave Eddie McOoorty so much trouble in their New York bout, as not once during this round did he let Clabby get set to deliver a blow. Jim Trie Old Trick. In the seventh round Clabby tried an old trick against the ropes. He deliberately swung at Hicks and purposely missed. Freddie fell Into the trap and rushed at Jim. who threw himself against the ropes. He rebounded and almost knocked Hicks oft his feet. Clabby kept piling up his lead and at the end of the round had Freddie completely at sea by his cleverness and foxy rlnr tricks. In th-e eighth, ninth and tenth rounds Hicks was clearly outclassed. He put up an excellent battle against a man who was boxing in championship form He was outclassed, from the first tap of the bell In the opening until the final clang of the gong in the tenth round. but he fought on with great gameness, and showed that he was the kind of a fighter that it takes a champion to beat. Hleka Admits Inferiority. Hicks admitted after the contest that of the two men, Clabby and McOoorty, tie boy from Hammond was the Oshkosh fighter's superior in every angle of the ring game. Eddie Clabby, Jim's brother, stopped Dutch Henderson in the eight-round seml-windup. The end came in the fourth round. Johnny Richards shaded Barney Riley In six rounds at 116 pounds. Young INDIANA HARBOR PHONE 620

Bishop outboxed . younar Orlffo tn mix rounds at 128 pound. , It was a nice littl bunh ft rthli, and the Hammond thtr We full, Some of "our best rUI.iiN" vyera therti, and good order prevailed. I-laht by Hound, Story of tha t Uhly-llu;k fight by rounds: Round 1 They hfk ! i1f iit changing blown, went lulu m i Unf it, flabby put i MtlfiKlriM left Jtth to ttt'i following wth a right uiar:ut Jaw, In side-stepping a vicious (awing Jitfiita fell to the floor, H wtta up In a niin

ute and t'umtd milling, lll k mtaiied a wild right awing- CUhlic put I wo left Juba to th fa- anil lhay want into a clinch. They brnka clean and MIU missed a left to h atmaah. In a clinch th Hammond tlghtar landed lefts and rights to tha stomach and kidneys effectively. It was CMabhy's round. Round 2 .flabby opened with a left to stomach and with lightning rapidity landed four blows to th fe. They clinched. On the breakaway flabby missed a vicious swing- to Jaw. Hicks snt two llRht rlirhta to the face, Clab by returning- with a right and left to stomach. Clabby made lllcka tnlss a vicious swing Hicks landed right to Jaw. Clabby sent successive left Jabs to face, forcing- Hicks to his corner. They were in a clinch at the gong Clabby's round. Round S Clabby put three left Jabs to face and Hicks retaliated witn a light left to body. Clabby made the Detrolter miss a vicious swing to the Jaw and they went into a clinch at the ropes. Hicks was bleeding at the nose. it being a mark for Clabby's left Jabs Hicks tried for an effective uppercut, but Clabby covered cleverly. Clabby sent a right and left to face. Hick covered. They exchanged blow and clincher. Clabby used his left hand effectively and landed three times on Hicks' head without getting a return. Clabby had a shade. Round 4 Hicks put a light left hook to Jaw and Clabby came with three left Jabs to face and they went Into clinch. They broke clean and sparred in the center of the ring. Clabby rush ed Hicks to the ropes with a fusillade of rights and lefts, but Hicks fought back with grim determination. Clabby put a right cross to face and Hicks returned with an uppercut to stomach. Hicks blows seemed to carry but little steam. They exchanged rights to face and clinched. Clabby rushed the fight and was Infighting cleverly at the gong. - Round 5 Clabby landed a left to face and right uppercut to Jaw, forc ing Hicks to cover up. Hicks put right to face. Clabby's long reach en abled htm to use his left effectively and scored three Jabs to face without a return. Hicks bored in and exchanged blows. Clabby missed right to Jaw and followed up with left to stomach. Hicks scored light right to. face and 'they went Into a clinch. Clabby rocked Hicks' head with a left Jab, Hicks scoring a swing to the kidneys. Hicks forced Clabby and failed . to connect with an uppercut. They were in a clinch at the gong. It was an even round. Round ft Hicks opened the round. They exchanged rights and lefts to the face and , went' into a clinch. ' Clabby scored a Tlcious right and left to the Jaw. Hicl-.s put a stinging right to the face and they went Into a clinch, Cabby pounding the kidneys while they were embraced. They broke clean and Clabby ducked a right swing and put a right to stomach. Hicks tried another uppercut,. but missed. Clibby rocked Hicks head with left Jabs, forcing the fight. Clabby missed right to the Jaw. They clinched, exchanging blows to body. Clabby had a shade. Round 7 Clabby placed a right hook on the Jaw and followed It up with a right hook to the stomach. ; Hicks put two lefts to the fact and followed with a ripping right cross to the Jaw. He followed it up with a left Jab to the Jaw and forced Hicks to clinch. On the breakaway Hicks scored a right to cheek. Clabby returning with a right and left to Jaw. They exchanged blows and Hicks put a straight left to Jaw. Clabby rushed Hicks to the ropes with left Jabs and scored a right and left to the Jaw at the bell. It was Clabby's round. Round 8 Clabby opened with a left to Jaw and they went into a clinch. Hicks missed a terrific right to face and followed it up with a left to stomach. Clabby sent two rights to Jaw. Hicks endeavored to force the fight, but Clabby forced him back with effective left Jabs to face. Hicks was bleeding at the nose. He fought back gamely but his blow's carried no steam. The exchanged rights and lefts, Clabby scoring a slashing right uppercut to Jaw. Clabby does some clever In-fighting. The fighters exchanged rights and lefts to face at the bell. Clabby had a ehade. Round 9 Hicks landed a wicked right hook to jaw, Clabby missing a left hook to face. Clabby put a right to the face as they went into a clinch. They broke clean and Clabby sent three more effective left Jabs to face. They fought hard in a clinch. Hicks scored a light right to jaw, Clabby -putting two lefts to face. Hicks was wilUng. but Clabby forced him to the ropes with a shower of left jabs. Both missed wild swings and went into a clinch. Clabby came out "with a right uppercut to jaw and Hicks missed a right hook to Jaw. Hicks covered up and both exchanged blows at the bell. Clabby had a shade. Round 10 Clabby scores three successive left jabs to the facs and they clinch. On the breakaway Hicks came back strong like a whirlwind, but his blows took little effect on- the wily Clabby. They exchanged blows and Clabby missed a swing to Jaw Clubby rushes his opponent and places a left to stomach. Hicks followed with a right to face. They clinched and Clabby landed rights and lefts to stomach. Hicks missed another uppercut to jaw. Clabby came back wijth a stinging left jab to the face. They were fighting hard at the bell. The Philadelphia National League club has signed Pitcher Joe Finneran, who worked for the Norfolk team of the Virginia League last season. OFFICIAL! UMOV SCOIT SCRAP vrlth the mmlom label stamds for aaperlortty. 'All dealers fcaadllas It. Save yoor tickets.

BADGERS

HUMBLE 48 TO 10 Conference Leaders Crush Visitors, Winning Tenth Straight Game. Madison, Win., Fb. 2. In a game which eniphaitlzed Indiana's weakness mora than Wlscoixin'n atrenxth, the Kadgera last night had an easy time defeating the Hooaiers. The acora waa to 10. The !fntiat marked Wlsi-onaln'a tenth straight conference victory. The ISadgera got away with a Ma lead In tha flrat half, toaaing twelve ringers, while their defenaa hrld to one point, contributed" by Harnhardt on a i free throw. . Hands caged atx of Wtacotaln's twelve baskets secured In the first naif. Indiana's offense was the weakest Wisconsin has met this season and it waa not until near the end of the gamo when Wisconsin began to let up that the Hooaiers found the cage. Johnson Iiadger. left forward, increased his to tal scoring for thes eason to 105 points MARQUARD HOW ONLY - HOLDOUHF GIANTS Shafer and Snodgrass Agree to Join Team in Training Camp. Marlin, Texas, Feb. 28. Manager McOraw of the New York Giants today received the signed contract of Artie Shafer and the Californian will be a member of the Giants for three years, Shafer wired from Pasadena that he would join the team in Marlin asvsoon after March 1 as he could. Shafer will not wait for Snodgrass, but the latter Is expected to join the team inside of ten days. This will leave only Marquard in the holdout squad, and Captain Doyle said that he expected the southpaw, to walk into the Arlington hotel any time now, as that was the way he usually did. Emerson park was so badly damaged by the storm that there was no practice, "yesterday. The park was ooded and about twenty-five feet of the left field fence, was blown over, the moveable backstop, composed of netting and gas pipe, being twisted entirely out of shape. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 28. Rube Marquard, the holdout twirler of .the Giants, who, with Blossom Seeley, .begins a week's engagement at the Orpheum next Sunday, today discussed his differences with Manager McGraw. "McOraw talked to me about this season after the world's series last fall, but the terms were not satisfactory. That's the last I heard from him. Ke says I'm a lucky pitcher. I won nineteen straight games, and I won two games in the world's series. I'm not rube enough to fall for that line of talk. McGraw will have a full season to find out whether I will have a full season to find out whether I am of any value to the club." ST. LOUIS PUI GAIN NEW HONORS Sweeney and Lambert of Leading 5-Men Team Get Second and Third. Toledo, O., Feb. 28. Although only two squads were on the alleys at the Terminal Auditorium yesterday afternoon, several changes took place in the 3tandlng of the minor events, new leaders arising in the ' doubles and new second and third place men crowded into the singles. In the doubles Seibert and Eick, two bowlers on the Overland team, set a new tournament mark when they secured 1,206 in their games, passing the former record by 33 pins. In the first game the pair marked up 413, due to a double and a triple by Seibert and double by Elck. In the second game splits kept both of them below the 200 mark, but they made up for it In the last game when they totaled 412, aelbert scoring two doubles and a triple, which more than offet the damage done by his two splits. In the singles D. J. Sweeney, a member of the Wooster Lamberts, the St. Louis club leading the race, scored three double centuries for the first time In the tournament and, incidentally went into second place In the individual standings. His team mate, Wooster Lambert, started'out in great style, betting 22J in his first game. He had a fine count in the second, standing 152 in his sev enth frame, when suddenly he ran into three splits and finished his game with 187. Not discouraged in the least, Lambert again set sail for a 200 score and succeeded ' in hanging up a 206 count, which gave' him a total of 613 for the three games. JOCKEY CLUB TO REVIVE NEW YORK RACE MEETS New York, Feb. 28. The Jockey club, in conjunction with several rac king associations, has decided to revive horse racing in New York state. The first local meeting will be held at the Aqueduct track, opening on June 1. The late opening is necessary. It is said, because the Jockey club baa sanctioned

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spring meetings in Maryland and Virginia and the new date had to be placed so that It would not interfere with : these. : The Paul Schane test case which re- ' suited in the Brooklyn supreme court decision that oral betting was not Illegal gave the racing interests all the leeway they wanted, but if further test case is needed there will be at least one track official who will submit to ar- ; rest to show that the directors' liability ' clause In the Hart-Agnew law. is Illegal. It Is believed that the new racing commission soon to be appointed by Governor Sulzer will be favorable to the fport. The associations supporting the new plan for racing hereabouts will begin on a small scale with only one or two tracks at first. They say they have no fear of legal Intervention. RAY BRONSON SEEKS MATCH Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 28. itay Bronson, who is training for his bout with Leo Kelly at St. Louis next week, is making weight so easily that he has determined to challenge Packey McFarland and Jack " itton. Ray has trained down belo. the welterweight limit with so little trouble that he has decided he can box in McFarland's class and be strong. "If McFarland can make 185 pounds so can I. and I will meet him ai.y place. The same thing goes for Jack Britton," BronBon said , today. Bronson is anxious to get another chance at McFarland before he goes to Australia. TOMMY BURNS MAY TOUR GLOBE Calgary,' Alt a., Feb. 28. Tommy Burns announced yesterday that unless he is able to arrange a fight on or about May 24 with either Bombardier Wells or . Luther McCarty, the latter preferred, he will tour the world under the management of L. C. Keating, a Portland, Ore., promoter. He proposes to box in the United States, England, Ireland, France and Australia. Keating, according to Burns, haa wired a New Tork newspaper, offering to post 110,000 if McCarty will put up the same amount for a match. LEWIS GIVEN $3,000 DAMAGES London, Feb. 28. Harry Lewis, the American welterweight boxer, was awarded J3.000 damages today against a motor cab company on account of Injuries he sustained in a taxicab accident. He alleged that the accident had impaired his nerve and atllty to fight. WELSH SAILS MARCH 15 Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 28. A cable received here says Freddie Welsh, the British lightweight champion, will sail for America March 13 after meeting "Snapper" O'Neil In London on March 10. He is after a match with Willie Ritchie.

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Sporting Briefs President McAleer of the Boston Red Sox says that he has all his men in line with the exception of "Duffy" Lewis and Bill Carrigan. Mike Mowrey signed his contract with the Cardinals early this year. Last season Mike didn't report until after the team returned from spring practice. . Eddie Plank has promised Connie . Mack that he will sign and go south with the Athletics. Eddie says that he has decided to stick to the game "Just one more year." Johnny O'Neill, who at 76 is one of the most enthusiastic of fans, has booked to take the proposed trip around the world with the Giants and White Sox. , , George Morlarty, third baseman andofficlal song writer of the Detrofit Timers, has signed his. 1913 contract. George asserts -that -he- Is"-alt- nined up" and ready for the first number. The Utica New York State League team will furnish two college baseball coaches this spring. Pitcher Buck will coach the Colgate university nine and Jimmy Powd will develop the Amherst battery material, Heine Zimmerman, champion batsman of the National League and star third baseman of the Cubs, attributes his success as a slugger to the game of golf. He says that playing the -old Scottish game gave him a keen eye and a free natural swing. Jack Dillon and Jimmy Clabby, the two clever middleweights. have received offers to go to Paris and box. Spike Robson. the ex-champion bantamweight of England, plans to make another visit to this country. Charley Thomas, the Philadelphia boxer, who has been In Paris for several months, has returned after a sue-' cessful campaign. John Townsend. a London boxer, was fined $5.60 In that city the other day for boxing as an amtaeur, whereas he was a professional. Frankie Conley, who is in Mexico, declares that he will become a professional bull fighter in the near future. This sounds like a "bull" is mixed up in It somewhere. William R. Spear has Just completed a business tour of New York state on his motorcycle. He traveled over 1,600 miles, visiting practically every town in the state. At the invitation of the Savannah (Ga.) Automobile Club, the Savannah Motorcycle Club participated in the automobilists' Thanksgiving Day run. Charles Allwardt, of Chico, Cal., rode his motorcycle 2,000 miles in two weeks, averaging 143 miles per day. 601 MICHIGAN AVENUE INDIANA