Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 190, Hammond, Lake County, 24 January 1917 — Page 3

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BIGGEST ENTRY li HISTORY

Hundreds of Teams to Fight it Out Lake Co. Enters Six Teams.

MARTINSVILLE. IND., Jan. 24. Announcement of the number of teams that will compete in the preliminary rounds of the Indiana State High School Athletic Association's annual basket ball tournament makes it certain that this year's play has atracled more fives than ever before competed. According to Permanent Secretary A. L. Trester. who has completed the task of districting- the state and passing upon the thirty-five applications for membership handed in at Saturday evening's meeting of the board of control at Indianapolis, there will he 1114 high schools represented in the preliminary rounds so many that it has been found necessary to divide the state into twenty districts. Last year 198 teams were entered and the elimination rounds were played in sixteen centers. This year's total makes an increase of sixteen teams and means that four more than went to Bloomington for the finals will be sent in March. The Centers Selected. The centers this year will be: Anderson, Blooming-ton, Blnffton, Br Mil. Columbus, Crawford sville,

rranklin, Oreencastle, Kendallville, JCokomo, X.afayette, Lebanon, Logansport, Martinsville, Newcastle, Richmond, South Bend, Valparaiso, Vincennea and Washington. The following table shows the districts by counties, with the nnme of the center in capital letters at the beginningof each paragraph. The figures in brackets after the name of inch county show the number of schools that will represent the county: ANDERSON' Madison H. Hnmilli n (5). Hancock it). Total to i!:i at Anderson, 1 3. Twelve at Blooming-ton. BLOOM INOTON Monroe -. Krown 0). Lawernce CO. Orange Ol, Washington (IK Harrison ('), Owen O). Total to play at Uloominglon. 1". KLUKFTON- Wells CO. Adams CO. Blackford (1), Huntington CO. .lay tl). Total to play at liluflton, l't. BRAZIL Clay CO. Parke CO. Vermilion (1), Vigo (I). Total to play at Brazil, 'J. COLl'MRL'S Bartholomew (1). ("lark (1). lvarhoru ('O. l'ecatur O. Floyd (I). Jackson (1). Jefferson t'O. Jemiigs (0). Ohio CO. Ripley (3). Scott (0) . Switzerland tt). Total to play in Columbus, 10. CUAWFORDSV1 1.I.E Montgomery (10), Fountain (4). Total to play at Crawfordsvil'e. 14. FRANKLIN Johnson !. Shelby: (5). Total to play at Franklin. !. GREFNCASTLF Putnam (1), Hendricks (.). Total to play al Oreencastle. 1-'. KENDALVILLE Noble CO. Allen (1) . DeKalb (2). LaGrange (to. Steu-i ben (2), "Whitley (1). Total to play at i Kendallville, 8. KOKOMO Howard (3) .Grant (!). Miami (4). Tipton (:), Wabash (ft). Total to play at Kokolkio. 14. Nine to Play In Lafayette.

LAFAYETTE Tippecanoe to). Renton (3). Warren (1). Total to play at Lafayette. 9. LEBANON Boone 4. Carroll (7). Clinton (3). Total to play at Lebanon, 14. LOGANSPORT Cass C), Fulton (3). Pulaski (1), White 2. Total to

"Long Shot Morse" Dies in Montana. p . , , HELENA, MONT., Jan. 24. Quiller None, noted years ago as "Long" Shot Morse," crack rider for Karens Daly, when tho horses of that magnate were piling: up tnrf victories, died here yesterday. 'He was 65 years old and leaves a family. He rode for the last time at the Montana state fair last fall and was taken ill a few days later.

play at I-ogansport. 11. MARTINSVILLE Morgan CO. Marion C.i. Total u play al Martinsville. 1 I. NEWCASTLE Henry CO. 1). ;aware (4) . Total to play at Newcastle, 'J. RICHMOND Wayne (3), layette UO. Franklin (1), Randolph CO. Rush (1) . Union (1). Total to play at Richmond. 8. SOUTH RENO St. Joe (2), Elkhart (2) . Kosciusko (1. La port. (2). Marshall CO. Starke in). Total to pla at South Rend. 3. VALPARAISO Porter (1). Jasper (2). Lake (6). Newton 2). Total to play at Valparaiso. II. VINCKNNES Knox (5). Dubois CO. Gibson (1). Pery Ol). Pike (2). Pose Hi. Spencer (0), Sullivan (1), Vamhiburg (it). "Warrick (to. Total to play at Vincennes. 10. WASHINGTON Daviess CO. Greene (5) . Martin (2). Crawford (1). Total to play at Washington. 11. The board of control, according" M Secretary Trester. reserves the right to rearrange the scheme as outlined above, if unforeseen diff leult ies should ar:-e.

FOOTBALL TROPHY FOR NEXT SEASON'S

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RELLEAIR HEIGHTS. FLA . Jan. -4- D. X. Noyes of Glenview. the only ChioaRoan to qualify in the first flight of the Belleair January golf tourney, was eliminated yesterday in the first round by T. A. Ashley of Boston. Phil Carter. Nassau; Ira Itolden, the Ohio champion, and S. J. Graham. Green

wich, the medalist Monoay, all survived the first match round. E. Sherman of Chicago won his match in the third fight from G. M. Ludlow. Glenview, 5-4. L. P. Trude, Chicago, was eliminated in 1h!s same division by G. A. Dobyne, Boston.

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tihip trophy. A statue jrlorifying the football hero has recently been completed by J. L. Iambert, a sculptor of note, and it will be used next season as a trophy to be awarded to the school whose team is named by experts to be the season's winner. 1917 will be the first year that a championship trophy has been awarded to the sealon leading football team and the Lambert statue will adorn the school's halls. The eastern schools will be the only ones competing for trie trophy.

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Billy Whelan Wins. SUPERIOR, WIS.. Jan. 2 4. Eddie "Kid" Billinsrs of Superior won over Jock La Lon'i of St. Paul in a hardfought ten-round mix here last nipht. Billy AVhelai) of St. Paul bad Patsy McFarland of San Francisco beaten when the fight was stopped in the third.

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Jock Kalon (10). At Boston BUI McKlnnon won. decision over Frank Mantell (12); Mel Coo. fan "beat Al Thomas (10). At New Orleans Kid Koster won decision over Young' Chaney (20).

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inp lull permitting- and regrulating 5-parrintt matches now prohibited within the state was int roduced in the Iowa house of representatives yesterday by Representative Lake of "Woodbury county. The license fee "would he augmented by 10 per cent of the receipts of every bout stajred in the state, with the proceeds above the. expenses of the ' commission, if any, to be turned over to the stata tubercular hospital at Oakdale, la. Following ere some of the restrictions placed on boxing bouts by the bill: No bout shall exceed ten rounds and the rounds shall not exceed three minutes; fiphters must be, at least id years of age and before the bout must submit to examination by a physician designated by the commission. Two Bills In Pennsylvania. H A R rt I S B I RO, PA., Jan. 24. Two bills to establish a state commission to supervise boxing contests we.re presented to th4 house of representatives yesterday. One handed In by Representative Brady of Philadelphia .provides for a commission of three to be named by tho Rovernor. Representative Perry of Philadelphia presented the other, calling for a commission of live to be named by the governor. Perry s lid his bill would five supervision ever ail boxinjr and sparriryc exhibitions and would limit matches to ten rounds and require six ounce gloves.

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XKW YORK. Jan. 24. After wranKlinir for nearly three months Jimmy .U'hnston has finally consented to allow Joe "WVUiiiK of Chicago to bcx Leo lohnson, the crack colored lielifw eight. Johnston seemed to be timined about pernnttinc "Welling to box a colored warrior, hut at last consented. A tenround bout consequently will be stapred at the llariem Sport ins Cnb on l-'riday lnpht. The nicotine of Johnson marks ih.. first time that Welling ever faced :i eolored boxer. IT'-cedinir this event, the club will -age another ten-round affair that has all l he. earmarks of beinsr one of the 1 est bsntamwf ifrht bills offered here in many months. Knockout. Joe. Purman cf I'hieapo, who is looked upon as a ' inn id;i hie contender for the class honors, and Willie Aste, tlx- !eveiiiiti," Knst Side ban'amweijsht. arc I 1 1 1 - .1 to furnish the the action in this- , .-n:. Artie O'l.eary. former A. A. I", featherweight vhampion. and I'.iHy Pranchini were also matched to box n the same program in a special cvciit.

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HERMAN TO FIGHT ERTLE IN ST. PAUL

NEW ORLEANS. LA.. Jan. 24. Pete (Kid) Herman, bantamweight champion. wHl fight Johnny Krtle ten rounds in S'. Paul. Minn., during Manh. Herman is now at Hot Springs. He will return .here for Mardi Gras and then si ait training f..r Krtle. His manag.-r. Jerome. Gorgona, close, 1 wi'h the S:. Paul promoter.

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(.Special to Tui: TiMK.-.j WHIT1N';. IM.. Jan. L'l. -At the Whitng hish sehool auditorium tonior- , row evening the Whiting Owls will ; have as their opponents the Klein Collegians of Klgin. 111. This Elgin team composed of ex-collega men are going j n great shape this year. They have 1 played together for a number of years ! ind are the pride and joy of the Butter, v.'ity. ! Tiie Owls were out for practice Inst evening, working about, three hours in. preparation for iliis game. Collins who vas injured in the ga ne at Valmi last . riday tvting is aide to walk around and wi4i be in the game within a week or ten days. Johnny Sharp expects to , nr.. thi g iiiie on Thursday evening-

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