Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 10, Hammond, Lake County, 5 April 1913 — Page 3

April 5, 1913.

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EVERS JAW STOPS BLOW OF TRAINER

Semmons Lands Knockout Punch on Cub Manager on Train.

Two knockouts, one partial and the other complete, made notable the premature finish of the Cubs' spring' training' trip yesterday. Doc Semmens, trainer of the west side outfit for the last half dozen years, simultaneously ) handed Manager Evers a left swing to

the Jaw and his own resignation as trainer. Then the weather bureau jolted the exhibition game with Indianapolis out of the schedule. The fuss between Cub pilot and trainer occurred Just as the train from Kansas City was nosing its way into the Polk street station. For some time a break between them had been expected, but the suddenness and lustiness of the finish was not anticipated. Semmens resented the employment by Evers of language which means a fight anywhere oft the diamond and when the manager applied a name to 'the trainer the latter's fist landed on the former's prominent Jaw bone with sufficient force to knock its support Into a car seat. Evers responded with another baseball pet name, but before

Semmens could land a second punch squarely some of the players Intervened, and the second one-round fist battle of the trip was ended. That made it unnecessary for the trainer to write out a formal' resignation of his position and saved Evers the trouble of accepting it in writing. As soon as the incident was reported to Cub headquarters President Murphy notified one of several applicants for the Job that he could have a tryout at once. The new dispenser of pills, plasters and adhesive tape is Harold Casey, whose name, like Abou Ben's, led all the rest. Semmens expects to join the Cincinnati team in the same role, as he made known to his friends that he

had received an offer from Manager J Tinker which called for a raise of $800 1

over his salary with the Cubs. Manager Evers admitted having use,d the epithet to which Semmens took ex

ception, but declared he meant no more I by it than If he had applied it to an ;

opponent in the ordinary course of events on a baseball field. He expressed no regret at the occurrence. On the contrary, he said that Semmens practically had decided to accept Tinker's offer and was merely looking for

a. good excuse to quit the Cubs.

SAILOR AfiD KELLY TOP THE VELTERS No One Except Ferns Will Dispute Claim of Winner at Kenosha.

There Is nothing much in the way of preventing the Kenosha promoters from billing that Billy Walters-Spike Kelly welterweight affair of next' Friday night as a championship battle.

There are but two boys who do 145 at

HEW YORK RACING TO START MAY 30 Club Announces Sport Will Be Revived at Belmont Park.

New Tork, April 5. Horse racing is to be revived in New Tork state. This assurance was given today In an announcement by the Jockey club that an "owner's fund" had been subscribed to provide proper purses and that renewal of racing would be in-

JESS Villi ARD OFFERS BALM

Fighter Says He Will Reward His Former Manager.

Although Jess Wlllard has severed relations with Charley Cutler, who brought him to the front rank of the heavyweight class, the big fighter Intends to make things "right" with his former manager.

and the featherweight championship bout of April 29 between Johnny Kllbane and Johnny Dundee. Brown already Is doing light training at Venice. Anderson returns from the mountains next Saturday and will reopen his camp at Doyle's Vernon resort. Dundee will share the Vernon camp. Ktlbane is located at his favorite camp at Venice.

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FEDERAL LEAGUE j OWNERS MEET Indianapolis, Ind., April 6. Magnates of the proposed Federal league were in session here today for the purpose of perfecting an organization. A slight hitch in the Indianapolis end of the arrangements is said to have occurred and an effort is being made today to straighten this out. Unfavorable circumstances have prevented two cities outside of Indianapolis from posting forfeits, but the men behind the organization hope to get around this and start the league on its way. President John T. Powers met with the promoters, but he was not prepared to make any definite statement today. Another session will be held tomorrow.

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Oklahoma City, Okla., April 6. Pa Rourke's Omaha Western leaguers gave the aspiring White Sox a trimming yesterday, showing a great reversal of form from yesterday, when they were helpless. The score was S to 1. Victory was presented to the minors by some bunglesome fielding and pitching by the Chicagoans at critical stages of the contest. However, the Sox might have won 1 they hadn't bumped up against something quite unexpected. It may be called the Tip O'Neill balk, because it is said the Western league president has instructed his umpires to call no balks In that league.

Pitcher Hicks, who hurled the latteT part of the game, has taken advantage of the O'Neil verdict and developed a balk motion that has that of Ed Walsh beaten many miles. The only trouble with It is that no umpire in any other league would stand for it, otherwise base runners on first base would not dare take a lead of more than six inches. But a member of the Omaha team was umpiring the game and he handled It according to Western league instructions.

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CHICAGO WII1IIER Hi (M COIITEST Victory of Harris Over St. Louis Keeps Chicago Team in Race.

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Playing a lone hand, but using both barrels, Andrew J. Harris kept Chicago In the national billiard league race by defeating Pierre Maupome and E. V. Calmer of St. Louis, 60 to 40, at Mussey's last night. Harris went out in eighty-six innings, the game lasting ninety-five minutes. St. Louts had one Inning less, Maupome holding the fort for sixty-six Innings, during which time he counted twenty-eight points. Then Manager Calmer went in as a forlorn hope, and In the nineteen Innings he was at bat scored twelve poits. The appearance of Harris was due to some tall thinking on the part of Manager Clark Snyder, who figured that the little Chlcagoan and his Alpine hat would be the light combination to pit against the Mound City forces.

three and be sure of beating the gents named. These are Michael Gibbons of St. Paul and Patrick McFarland of the south side. But neither one of

them wonts that welterweight honor, i

Gibbons intends to mingle with the middleweights hereafter, so cannot be considered a rival of Walters and Kelly. Packey still ignores the welterweight division, and no doubt will continue to battle among the lightweights unless they, boycott him because he scaled 141 ringside for Jack Britton. So Walters and Kelly are practically left to themselves, aside from a pestiferous person known as Wildcat Ferns. Walters had Ferns pretty sick after fifteen rounds at St. Joseph, Mo., last winter. The Wildcat was given an undeserved decision over Kelly at Kansas City a short time back.

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augurated with a meeting at Belmont park, beginning May 30, At the close of the Belmont park meeting on July 6, a twelve-day meeting will be opened on the Jamaica track.' Following this there will be racing at Saratoga all the month of August. "'Should conditions warrant, autumn meetings may be considered," says the announcement. It Is probable. It was learned, that there will be fall racing at the Aquedugt and Empire City tracks, as well as at Belmont park and Jamaica again. The revival of racing has been made possible bya recent court decision holding that oral . betting was not bookmaking, that such betting did not make directors of racing associations liable to prosecution under the antibetting; laws, and by the raising of the horse owners' fund announced today.

According to Marty Cutler, a brother of the wrestler, Charley has received a letter from Wlllard in which the latter states he Is now being managed by Tom Jones, but Intends to reward Cutler for bringing him out. Cutler's friends will be glad to know that Jess has taken this attitude. There are not a-few who condemned the actions of Wlllard In breaking with his manager, and It was considered a piece of Ingratitude. i j

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