Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 104, Hammond, Lake County, 13 October 1913 — Page 3

Monday, Oct. 13. 1913.

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Fitching sensational with team playing sensationally behind him, Joe Benz. the young butcher boy from Batesvllle, Ind., beat down the. Cubs in their own stronghold yesterday, blanked them for inninpr after innintf and continued the dizzy pace until his mates cut loose with a Ions-threatened rally in the eleventh round, beating Larry Cheney by 2 to 0 in the fifth of the city title engagements. It was a game that 27,427 individuals will long remember. The days producing such battles come few and far between. Either team could have won a world's championship on the brand of Clabby Cancels Bout. Because of his business holdings in Hammond, middleweight champion Jimmy Clabby, canceled his twenty round bout with Soldier Frank Logan by telegram Friday, refusing a $2,000 side bet which was posted previous to his fight with Sailor Petroskey. The fight was to have taken place at San Francisco, but as Clabby's business Interests will keep him here for several weeks, he notified the Pacific coast authorities yesterday in order not to loose his $500 forfeit money. Clabby and Mike Gibbons or Clabby ana Bob McAllister may be the next card that will be served to the western coast fans. October 25, the last night of the Portolo festival is the probable date with Daly city as the setting of the battle. Promoter Coffroth has asked Gibbons' for an immediate answer according to Clabby and as Gibbons has had several month rest and has been seeking matches, it should be no hard matter to get the Hammond and St. Paul men together. A bout between Clabby and Gibbons should prove a most attractive one Hammond fans as well as the coast enthusiasts know what Clabby can do and have heard a great deal about Gibbons' prowess. The St. Paul man Is eald to be marvelously scientlnc and as there is mighty little about the game Demand M On

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PURDUE PROMISES TO BUNG FACTOR Showing Against Purple Makes Lafayette Eleven Title Contender. As a result of Saturday's football games, another team has been eliminated from the western conference race, while the unexpected strength shown by other elevens in the "big nine" may result in close struggles for the title now held ly Wisconsin. The defeat of Cornell by the Carlisle Indians, 7 to 0, and Yale's easy victory over Lafayette, 27 to 0, were the games which attracted most interest in the east. By defeating Northwestern, 34 to 0, Purdue must be considered a contender for conference honors. The Boilermakers made ground almost at will, and if Coach -Smith had elected to use his regulars during the entire struggle, the Purple would have been beaten by a much larger score. Northwestern must be rated as a stronger eleven than last year, and Purdue's one-sided victory stamps the Hooslers as one of the best teams developed at Lafayette since 1905. The players know a lot of football. Although defeated. Northwestern played a good game of football. The i players never relaxe din their efforts to stop the onslaughts of th Boilermakers, and several times they made I heroic stands when Purdue threatened , to score. The Purple eleven was badly . crippled before the game was half over and the substitutes failed to enter into the offensive formations with the dash and drive necessary to success. MEMPHIS MECCA OF GOLF STARS Among the entries received Saturday by Secretary Willard for the west ern ;open golf championship at Memphis this week were those of Jack McDermott of Atlantic City, twice national champion; MacdonaM Smith of Wykagyl, .the present western titleholder; H. H. Barker of Birmingham, Ala., and E. .Burke of the Sioux City Country club. It is expected that by the time all the entries are in there will be a field of 100. Miss Ruth Steele, corresponding secretafy of the Women's Western Golf association, announced- yesterday that the annual meeting of the association will be held on October 30 in the ivory room of Mandel Brothers. The executive : committee for 1913-14- will be elected at this meeting by the representatives of clubs affiliated with the W. W. G. A. An informal luncheon will , precede the business session.

FACTS ABOUT CITY SERIES UP TO DATE THE SCORE. R. H.E.

Cuba ...OOOOOOOOOO O O 3 1 Sox OOOOOOOOOO 1 2 10 O Batteriei For the Cubn. Cheney and Archer; for the White Sox, Item and Srhalk. . ATTENDANCE AND CASH. Five Yeirterda y, Attendance 27,427 Total receipt 91M,077 games. 124,436 s,24t 36,320 20,647 8,624 I Playera' nhare ' Eaeh club's nhare. 8,537 1.S9H CommiaMion tthare. . . Player' share (win nlng) I'lajf iV ahare (toning) 21,705 14,530 HOW THEY STAND. Played. Won. Lout White Sox 5 3 2 Cuba 5 2 3 Pet. .600 .400 TODAY'S AME. Place Comlnkey park. Probable batteries For the White Sox, Scott and Schaik; for the Cuba, Humphries and Archer. SATURDAY FOOTBALL. Kordham, 7; Rensselaer Poly, 0. Tufts, 13; Wesleyan, 0. Massachusetts Aggies, 20; Union, 20. Haverford, 6: Stevens, 0. Exeter, 19; Yale second team, 0. St. Joseph's college, 12;- De Pauw university, 0. ' Case, 12; Hiram, 0. Allegheny, 9: Buchtel, 0. Ohio Wesleyan. 6; Wooster, 0. Oberlln, 48; Miami, 7. Ripon, 14; Oshkosh Normal, 4. Haskell, 20; Baker university, 0. Virginia, 53; Hampden Sidney college, 0. AVashington and Lee, 19; St. Johns. 0. North Carolina, 7; Davidson college, 0. Illinois Wesleyan, 56; Charleston, 6. Kenyon, 14; Wittenberg, 6. Milliken, 14; Shurtleff, 3. University of Washington, 27; Bremerton Nvy, 7. Rose Poly, 14; St. Louis. 7 University of Utah, 89; Fort Douglas soldiers, 6. Hamllne, 14; North Dakota, 3. Southern California, 6; California freshmen, 0. St. Viator, 46; Chicago "Vets," 7. Morgan Park academy, 13; Kankakee, 0. Wisconsin, 13; Marquette, 0. Illinois. 24; Missouri, 7. Michigan, 14; Mount Union, 0 Iowa, 76; Cornell college, 0. Ohio State, 14; Western Reseive, 3. Michigan Aggies. 57; Alma. 0. Cincinnati. 20; Ohio university, 2. Springfield, 19; Amherst, 6. Wabash, f; Butler, 6. Drake, 29; Grlnnel!, 0. Iowa Wesleyan, 17: Kncs, 13. Nebraska, 24; Kansas A. C-, 6. Kansas, 55; Washir. gton U-. 7. De Pauw. 0; Franklin, 0. Belolt, 13; aMonmouth, 0 Harvard, 23; Willuime, 3.

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Yale, 27. Lafayette, 0 Princeton 28; Bucknei:, 6. Carlisle, 7: Cornell, 0 Penn State, 16; tettysburg Pena. 20; Swarthm ire 0. 0. WEST POINT r IS ASKED TO QUIT FOOTBALL Washington, Oct. 13. Elimination of football from West Point athletics 1 advocated from the annual report of Colonel Townsley. superintendent of the West Toint Military academy made public here today. Colonel Townsley states that 75 per cent of the men needing the attention of surgeons at west Point last year were Injured In football games. This, he asserts, is no adequate compensation for the physical training resulting from participation In the pastime. Colonel Townsley also recommended elimination of the appointment system of choosing candidates for West Point. He suggests a competitive examination open to the youth of the nation. KLAUS GETS RETURN MATCH Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 13. A return ! match, to be held within the next two j months, was arranged today between j Frank Klaus of East Pittsburg, until last night regarded as the world's middleweight champion, and George Chip (Chlpilanus) of Newcastle, who knocked him out before the Fort Pitt A. C. Saturday night in their sixround bout. The fight probably will be held here. Chip's manager himself stated that he was a most surprised man when his protege, whom Klaus regarded as a second rater, knocked out the champion. JACK "TWIN" MATCHED WITH GUS CHRISTIE Fond du Lac, Wis., Oct. 13. Jack ("Twin") Sullivan of Buffalo, N. Y., and Gus Christie of Milwaukee have been signed for the ten-round windup of the show to be given by the Fond du Lac Boxing club at Armory E on Wednesday, October i2. That Sullivan is in good " form at present is indicated by his shade victory over Tom McMahon at Erie, Pa., a few nights ago. In which he gave away some twenty pounds in weight. Christie has performed here against Tommy Gavlgan and Eddie McGoorty, fighting the Oshk3h man two great battles, in the first of which he was generally credited with the shade. He has been coming fast, his latest achievement being the knocking out of Billy Madden at Dayton, O., Wednesday night. The Sullivan-Christie bout will be the class of a card of four battles. Manager John G. Brunkhorst plans to put Johnny Sokol of Minneapolis against some good boy In an eightround semi-final; Billy Fraser of Osh-

New York. Oct. 13. Like all great

fighters, Merkle has an ablll. This unfortunate Gothamite Is suffering one of the most drastic, concerted criticisms ever directed upon a human, and Merkle was trying to . stage a wellconceived, though wretchedly executed, play. After the game the unhappy Giant explained that it was his intention to touch Baker as the latter approached him on the first base line, then to toss to McLean, thereby doubling Murphy, who is one of the fastest men In organized baseball. Both runners outguessed Merkle, who was made to look like 4 cents worth of Eskimo dog meat. OUIMET LOSES TWO MATCHES Nyatt. R. I., Oct. 13. Francis Ouimet, holder of the national open golf championship, met defeat yesterday in the team match between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which was won by the visitors, 10 to 5. Oulmet's conqueror was Roger H. Hovey, the Rhode Island state champion, who was one up J V. 1 1 . - 1 A k.1

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morning by Hovey and B. Fairchlld, after nineteen holes of play. Ouimet took eighty-five Btrokes for the eighteen holes, while Hovey's card was eighty-two. BASEBALL. The Chicago Cubs have released J. ' Valandlngham Hieionimus, pitcher. , They say his name did it. j "Chick" Gandll, the brilliant first i baseman of the Washington Senators, has just signed a three year contract ; at a salary said to be $6,000 a season, j George Whltted, "the youngster who , Joined the St. Louis Cardinals last fall as a third baseman, has now played every position on the team except pitcher and catcher. Branch Rickey, the new manager of the St. Louis Browns, has no bad habits. He neither drinks, smokes nor swears, and refuses to play baseball on Sunday. This means that Jimmy Austin will be acting manager for , Sunday games. ' Captain George McBrlde, the Senator shortstop, ha received from the Washington fans, a diamond studded watch valued at $800. The St. Louis Browns have secured for 15,000 Pitcher Jacobs and Catcher Hale, the star battery of the Burling- , ton club, of the Central Association. Eddie Collins, qf the Mackmen, Is the only player in the American league who has tallied more than 100 times. Jake Stahl, former manager of the Boston Red Sox, denies the repot that to manage a, Chicago semi-pro-he is fessional team next, season, and declares that he is through with baseball forever. Stahl has been working in a bank in Woodlawn, a suburb of Chicago, since he was dropped as manager. Joe Jackson is the two-base hit king of the American League. ATHLETICS. "Joo" Horner, former Michigan University captain will help train Germany's ithlfetes for the 1916 plymplad. Oswald (Jibbons of the New York Athletil Club is considered the most dangerous rival that Abe Klviat has as a one-mil -r. Martin Hayes, the Princeton halfmller has completely recovered from a break-down he suffered a few weeks ago. , The German commission that came to America to study methods of training in the U. S. have returned home with enthusiastic reports of their trip.

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acea WORLD'S SERIES MAYJEJHAHGED Games Threatened by Disputes Arising Under the Present Method. New York, Oct. 13. The world championship series of 1913 which ended Saturday with Edward Plank's magnificent "swan song" was the least satisfactory of the nine that have been played under the auspices of the national commission and may be the last of its kind. There Is no dissatisfaction with the result of -it; Even in New York, where the Giants' were considered the only team on earth this year, it is conceded that the Philadelphia Athletics are , a greater ball team and deserved to win jthe big pennant on sheer merit alone. But the poor showing of the Giants ; was a big surprise to the majority of ;fans and experts, and it cannot be explained satisfactorily by any alibi that has yet been produced, j The principal elements of dissatisfaction, however, are the difficulty experienced In satisfying the baseball vuuih ui Lite miieJiiuLiiiy ui ine sianas at the Polo grounds and at Shlbe park; the fussthe players are making beI cause their profits from the big event are less than last year; the tangle over the players who posed as expert baseball writers without being able to spell words of more than seven syllables; and the proven Inability to prevent scalping of tickets -' by any; known method.--There Is a disposition among baseball men to look with more favor than heretofore on the proposition long ago submitted by Chairman Garry Herrmann of the national commission to Inaugurate a different finish to the baseball season than that which has prevailed for the last eight or nine years. It probably is recalled by a good many baseball fans, but the gist of Herrmann's scheme Is to stop tire major league championship seasons a month earlier than the present system calls for and finish up with an interleague contest in which all sixteen teams shall compete instead of only two, four, six or eight, according to the pleasure of the club owners, as at present. HERE'S HOW ATHLETICS WILL BLOW IT IN Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 13. Long before the Athletics won the world's series of 1913 the members of the team had made up their minds as to whiit they would do with the extra money. Each player will get about $3,300, in addition to a bonus they are to re ceive from the club. Here is what j some of the members of the outfit have decided to do with the money: Connie Mack Sa.ve it until h gets enough to purchase the other half of the Athletics. He already owns one-half of the stock. Mclnnls Use it to got married and take a honeymoon. Bender Buy a few more up-to-ate shotguns. Bush Buy an automobile. Schang Same as Kush. Baker Buy a farm nest to his present one at Trappe, Md. Thomas Purchase another row of cottages in West Philadelphia. , Plank Buy a small slice of the Gettysburg battle field. Barry Put in a large stock of gasoline Jjji his garage, hoping for an increase In price. Davis Increase his- .scrap iron business. The rest of the team are secretive, but all declare they propose to have Just one rip-snorting tood time.