Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 150, Hammond, Lake County, 2 December 1913 — Page 3

Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1913.

THE TIMES. PAGE THREE

SPORT

EAST CHICAGO TEARfl AITACKS GARY'S CHAMPIONSHIP CLAIMS

Eaet ChYcago, Ind., Dec. 1. Sporting Editor Timks: In behalf of the East Chicago Blues, who were treated to ! unmerciful roastlnps In the Gary Post ' and Tribune, I wish you would pub- ! llh the following- article both In your ' East Chicago and Gary papers. The play that ended the game oc- j curred late in the third quarter. Henderson, Gary's right half, received the ball from center, ran back about ten yards and attempted to make a forward pass to Gary's left end. Keegan, East Chicago's left end, broke through and blocked the ball Just as It left Henderson's hand, and Jones, Keegan's team mate, picked the ball up and ran aixty yards for what East Chicago rightfully claimed a touchdown. Brlggs, the Gary coach, who was refreeing the game, ruled that it was an incomplete forward pass, but where he ever learned such a rule no one but. himself and a few of his Gary supporters know. It appears that Briggrs. fresh from the cultured east, thinks the boys of this wild and wooly west till use the 1912 rules. Now if Mr. Briggs, coach of Gary's football team and a man who gets paid for what he i supposed to know, will Just read Walter K.' Eckei sail's article, beginning on page 35 of Spalding's official rule book ho will learn that a forward pass to be incompleted, must go over the line of scrimmage, otherwise It is considered a fumble. The article to which I refer In Eckersall's review is a write up on the strategy used by Lambert, Wabash's 1912 quarter back. This star did all of Wabash's forward passing. On receiving the ball from center he would ran back fifteen or twenty yards trying to find one of his men open. If he did so, he made the pass, but if he found his team mate or himself blocked, he would toss the ball on the ground two or three yards In front of him for an Incompleted forward pass, thus saving his team- several yards. The opposing coaches wanted the play ruled as a fumble, but the officials, living up to the letter of the rules, declared the play an lncom-.

pleted forward pass. As a result of the protests raised by these outgeneraled coaches, the rules committee amended the forward pass rule so that the ball must go over the line of scrimmage to be incomplete, otherwise it is a fumble. The analysis of this rule will show that the East Chicago Blues were right in their contention, and Mr. Brlggs was wrong. Up until the time of the argument the game was about even, neither side getting inside of the thirty-yard line. East Chicago lost her best chance, when after outwitting Gary's secondary defense one of her men dropped an easy forward pass when tie had a splendid chance to score. The Tribune and Post stated that East Chicago realized that they were in for a beating, whereas the truth of the matter was that the Blues, which is the second team of East Chicago. wjnt to; Gary with dreams of defeat which quickly vanished as the game progressed and they battled Gary to a standstill. Gary never really having any chance to score, although Sternberg tried to score by the air route twice, both attempts resulting in dismal failures. Both kicks barely cleared the line of scrimmage, one rolling back of East Chi

cago's goal for a touchback, and the other being picked up by Whalen and returned thirty yards. Th3 Tribune and Post go on to state that because of the East Chicago boys' rapid retreat they were unable to secure the Blues' lineup, showing that their reporters are about as fast as their foot

ball teard in adapting themselves to the modern changes in the game of life and sport. - It is the present day customs of newspaper men to get the lineup before the game, at least this is the rule in most of the larger cities and even some of the so-called Jay towns. Why not modern Gary? As far as Gary claiming the championship of northern Indiana it makes us laugh. "Gary played both Indiana Harbor and Hammond tie games at Gary. -It refused to leave its grounds to play Indiana Harbor, and as for

CHICAGO TO HAVE

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James A. Pugh Heads Organization to Promote All Classes of Amateur Events

An amateur athletic association that will be second to none in the world will some day become a reality in Chicago, . provided the plans of several of the leading sporting men of the city do not go astray. Already the organization has reached such proportions as to warrant the incorporation of the Sportsmen's Club of America. It is said that 2,600 members have already been secured for the new organization. James A. Pugh is the originator of the idea, and he claims that within another year he will have enrolled no fewer than 40,000 members right here in the city of Chicago. The purpose of the association will be to promote athletic events among amateurs. Mr. Pugh believes that more attention should be given to the various branches of athletic sports in this vicinity and it is with that idea In view that he has

actvely engaged himself in forming the new organization. One of the plans of tf)e new body is to erect a handsome stadium In Chicago, with a seating capacity of 20,000 to 26,000. In this stadium all branches of amateur sports will be held, both during the winter and summer seasons. Mr. Pugh, who has assumed the presidency of the new organization, for the time being at any rate, has called a meeting for Thursday night at the Boulevard cafe. Wabash avenue and Van Buren street. At the Thursday night meeting plans for the securing of a temporary clubhouse will be discussed at length. Unless the present plans go astray the stadium when erected will stand on the lake front Hi some convenient spot. This, It is believed, will centralize all branches of amateur sports anii create great interest.

Hammond oh, what's the ouse. Every one knows that Gary brought three or four Notre Dame stars, including Dorlas, the all-Amerlcan quarter back, who I happen to know personally, having met him several times. If that is good sportsmanship, well, goodnight, Gary. As far as Notre Dame Is concerned we concede them the championship of this county. As far as Gary is concerned, why that is different. There Is money at this end of the county to bet that Gary, using Gary men, cannot defeat Hammond or East Chicago. By East Chicago I mean the 1912 team that won the championship, not the second team that played Gary on November 23. In conclusion I might as well add that the so-called battle in which it was predicted by the Post and Tribune that the Techs would have a walkaway was staged on a gridiron showing riot a trace of a side line or a yard line. If that is fair to an opposing team, well anything is fair. Then, too, instead of supplying neutral officials in

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the self-styled championship game, they chose to have their cwn coach, who could or would not see theli fouls and who persisted in coaching and

refereelng at the same time. As far as our share of the receipts is concerned, why Gary is welcome to them As one of our noted men said, "I would rather be right than president," so with us, the East Chicfgo Blues, we are willing to surrender our doug;h to know we are in the right. , BY A IaET: OF FAIK TLAT WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENTS HEREIN STATED. CLOSE DEATSOON ' FOR RED SOX CLUB

Ban Johnson Admits Sale Is Contemplated, But News Is Premature.

Although he declared yesterday's announcement of the 'sale of half the Boston American league club's stock to an easterner was slightly premature, President Johnson of the American league stated that a deal for the transfer of the stock held in the west had been contemplated and that negotiations to that end had been one of the objects of his trip east, front which he has Just returned. Johnson admitted having met a Joseph Lannin, but whether or not this was the prospective purchaser" of a half Interest in the Red Sox represented by the holdings of Messrs. McAleer, McRoy and Stahl, Mr. Johnson did not state. He said the Mr. Lannin he met was a Bostonian instead of a New Yorker. The eal, he Insisted, had not been closed and discussion of It might frustrate it. The league's executtve said some friction had developed among the Boston club owners during the year and had resulted in talk of transferring the western holdings to Boston people. The holders of this stock in the west were willing- to abide by his Judgment in the matter, but as yet the whole thing was In abeyance. The deal might go through and It might fall through.

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MAROONS START

BASKET DRILL

Fourteen men, groomed for a hard fight for the conference basket ball

title, reported to Coach Pat Page for the opening of the practice season in

Bartlett gymnasium yesterday after

noon. The preliminary practice was devoted to limbering up the football

stars, who had rested for a week.

The football men, unaccustomed to

the wood floor, and soft soled shoes minus splhes, found it difficult to, maintain their balance In practice' work, so the program was devoted entirely to throwing the ball, trying for baskets, and work with the exercisers. Among the gridiron men who will try for the team are Norgren, Des Jardien, Goettler, Shull, Sparku, Kennedy and Baumgartner. Stevenson, the spry little forward of last year's learn, who Is expert at dodging and basket tossing, looms up as one of the best possibilities of the group. Gorgas, a track man, will make a good btd -for the squad. Molander appears certain to land the captaincy. Kixmiller, George, Stegeman and Fisher also reported.

FAIL TO SELECTi CREW COACH New York, Dec. 2. It was stated here tonight on behalf of the Yale university rowing commission that no decision had been reached in the problem of coaching methods for Yale crews next season. A coach will be selected In whom Yale can pin its faith for success. It was asserted, regardless of whether h teaches the American or the English system. This statement was -made by a member of the committee In connection with the report that Yale is planning to depart from the use of the socalled English stroke, A solution of the rowing problem will not be reached until after a ten days' deliberation, it was announced. It had been Intended to hold a meeting of the committee today, but instead the session may be held next week.

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