Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 234, Hammond, Lake County, 16 March 1917 — Page 7

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Hegewisch's Pride to Engage in Twelve - Round Bout With St. Louis Man Tomorrow Wants Crack at Welsh.

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odois'l tninnstuuia's f .-. s. labeled .1 al'',-. iv. m y matter. !'.-r i 1 he is-a-i r a t w e I e

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'.a', ii ing Nelson is Cell.

no'oi-f a St. l-'iuf urday mpht the bat lli'ipw :.ch vi!l at--:

off th relic she if a nd r ..elf HI til'3 Show Window'

-v ' r. i in"1 Pierce M hi. sky. young, airi'Ui" .n ve font, thinfr. t- s:iy he is t bo lioyer 1"" h" . is w i' h the vet'-rcn I"

round route. Thinks HO Is Still a Battler. Xois. n is trying to con-, in- e the

t ir, the Mound city ben conditioning hiir.M

r f iv'ks wiihi'in th ni'l

pff-rin!;. Th.it Mutt hows wi'.l s'rv-" onl US fl ft-ri'lll? t". to r.'Sio;-.,! prominence ;n the sphere of hit'-" br.:'. liat rttvf In r.'.l s--ri.oisi.-ss th.f . d- r!'

oninioii to the contrar

Piiliufh v. it H th upholstered hand gear

to sin:-- Freddie We'sh in

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sr ;uartors timl if he SUOOf.-is ctory o.-r ibis

BASKETBALL Tournament Schedule.

Xriday Morning.

Tun a. in. Man. -io vs. l.izton. s.OO a. in. iv.'koino vs. South li.'ivl. lo'j'i a. m. l.fifayotto I '.lnoniinKT.OTV 1 0 ;f i) a. m. Washington vs. ilar1 1 1 1 s i i i -.. 11:00 a. m. Vini,H! vj. Kchster. Tridaj' Afternoon. l:00l. in - Ko-liim.tui vs. C'olvimln. 2 ..'.rt p. m.-- Hluffti'ti is. VincpntiPS. :::i"if. p. in.- R...-1.S iU( vs. flary. 4:iio p. ni.-Traf.lKar s. l..-hnnon. , old p. pi. IViulUnon s. Kendalliiio. Tiidiiy Kig-ht. 7:3,1 p. m. Winn-r at ; o'olo.-k and. K oVlnek. S.30 p. m. Winner at 3 oVWk and

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10 o'olock. Saturday Morning'. K :i.0 a. in. W intior of it oY':o k I'riday nnd 1 o'.-lork i 'i iday. (i.OO a- m. Winner of 2 o'oiook I'ridiy and 3 o'clock l'rid m y . 10:00 n. in. V iino'r of 4 o "flock r'rila niol a o'clock I'r:.i:iy. 11 :( a. n-.. W i ;:!.' r ft 7 "0 oVl.vk and s:3rt o't'.ook Friday ninht. Saturday Afternoon. 2.1.0 p- I" '.Vim:, r of S nnd 0 o'clock Sat urdn y n.ornins:. T. '' 0 p m. W inner of 10 and 11 o'clock Saturday moruinp. Saturday ITi?Ut. ? p. in Final and t nan , p-.oush i p ft am" bfiw o-!i v nmors of 2 snd ,1 o'clock jamra Saturday aftprlio.m.

Ey ISVINO CHATKEN. j The Hossmor I'ark heay haskothal ijiiPKhrs will invado th ("oto.nninit ; k innasiuiu tlcor Saturday and try to J ov. a up for their roush trimming at ; I the hand? of th Whiting cluii recentH. ' hy rneKir.T hi a forty niinuto set ; Willi Hi.- newly f.-on.! Haninion l Cianf- ! of this -ity. i i Captain l"on 1'ollard realizes that his j men hav a tog task hefore th.-ni. as th ' Hessnior Park !H e are ti-d in the "hi- i ! ch.ho Sunday Pohooi leawuo for firs' (

ti-.o tuih twontv iiaines v(n and oiii.

' "-.- Jnff-iu rimlkod in auanais! th

The (.iiants will Lie ready i"r irai j Uvhen the whistle Mows. Tolird also!!

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realizes that the Fessnier vi-iiors ar- fr coins; at their let. towards the en.l of k

team in tin.- f

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part of th county has any humvs to

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chap Matthews. Kopes to Knock Out Matthews. Nelson is advising his froT.ds t. plar.i a few a. -cms on his cli.inc'K to cop in the Saturday rdgh' argument, lie pays he is certain of winning, but he vill h disappointed if hi tioi-n't dispiay 1-nouKh of the old punch and emliiratico to drive Matthews to drefc mhml before itie buitie hus frr:iif: :--.at:y rounds. ii'' f.-e's in Lis gna:l--d muscles, that while ho triav n t he the Hat Nelson of the

r-'Sv, vnn oa o.- ' ii'v.-., iiotji.ii. At Isoll s 1 t '.-it.-5 to the Bat th;. t rorole 1 1-: row iseh I jrn r,-,u n,j a ff

j there are ihousnnds of my friends who ! liavo expressed this opinion and earnest- ! ly vioaded with me to re-enter the : came, grt :n' condition anil then hound this fellow W-ish into a mat ch. over a j lonir route, is possible. : "My bout with Matthews will be my ! fruuiance. Should Matty defeat me. 1 mturaity I shall decid-. that I have eone : back too far to make it worth while to : go anv further in the matter. I know j I "tin not the 'Battler' of old. but I'm sure I car. show many of the presi-iit

day mollycoddle? j 1 hi; name. I J;rs

i Pollard with the assistance

I the former Wabash star and at preeent I with the Giants, have thus fsr measured j op to true form and rosy expectations ! of the entire community ami with the i help of " T.iK" Parker. Homer Hudson

i and the Thompson brothers tl i !,..- th( best basketball team

1 state. Seven more games remain on the schedule of ill" Giants. Mystir A. ".. 1 Seward Park and Julia iay Memorial- , e , f tlt.t ill tnittdi'

;tre some t-t in- iftntn ...... j j il. s rov for con' est s that will be p!ae

1 ., ,i,n (Vmmiini'v rvm where followers

i ,,' the haskeibnll same are

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w ith the Whttinir Owls at a neutral fe; rloor, hut s far the pame for the l.ake.-t-, county aniiiti'ir rhanipoti-hir' Liukcs mi . J. '. the rnn" say of the ( lil I'ity boys. Ui The Giants are planning to make tin I I possible Owl-Hammond came one of theS

ureatest events ev er pulled off ami , LJ ! there is a few spinols to spare on both lJ

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sides the contest should be -well worth seeing;. Both Pollard and Fills claiir that the Giants are confident of playing

une fine points ofl a great came against the Owls su it is o to imarini what j no w up to Whiting for the rest of thfc

would have happened to tiiese f-Uows dope j-.n j Ins sut.io-t. if thev had hooked up with me when lj 1 '

was at niv best." i it.'" said a local epert

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a brieht spot on the m.-ip :o surprise ti e fans who pay ral money ?,. see him a:'-. mi ' to come back Saturday nic':.t. Ambitious to rig-ht Welsh. But has ifime'hiiic t . -ay i-i support if his QtwrnX ion : "lfI air; coo.' fnoii,-'i to win over Matthews decisively I am coins? to run Welsh ;i,'o tl-.e oc. ;,-i or cot a riciit out of him. My only recsoti f..r 1 r h-.fc n c.-.tnehfick is that I am rt.rf.'lt i: 1 an: a letter fKht.T tli an Freddie AVelsh. and

at Kansas i'ity Not w as on' pointed, hot vvi'li nir-lvimr th mi

Timmie lUcati

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he was credited e youthful llegan

ravel his fasi est to earn the shade. ;nee tin n Bat has b-e-n doir.vj tlie two i. day in vnudeviih-, t. -lhni? stories and

.ssu.i.e; riddles. i Chicago f.ght fans believe Bat is hrouch as a f'frh'er end some of them j

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said a local epert today, "bul

years and the wear ami tear of life have robbed him r-f many of the fiKhtinij per

quisites he once possessed. Ad "Wolgast

kept at It too lonr, finally c! lapsing.

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W havr doiiF 'Vcrvt liini; liimiruilv possihl1 to make 1iiis a MOST MKMORAiiLE 'WEEK and v know Hamm-ind will rcsjiiind to our invitation with the cordiality for hi ii it is notrd. i'OMOiiROW M0IfNIN; THE "SI LOW" STA !.'TS. H tiiend of the next WEEK THE WHOLE CITY will l.o talking al.out this STOIJE, .with tin- WONDIJOES STYLES, t h LOW PUK ES and COXYEXIEXT ('TiEI)IT PLAN. Make ! hr most of the opportunity.

LADIES'

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hogin to iloscrilH' for "oiirs"f their

Others $15, $25 and $30.

I low you will delight to ronin through this ea of irorji'eous colors and charniinir stvles

and to t rv on the love- I

ly nuulols. So nuinert i

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YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD i

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English soi't roll models with high set collars and a variety of smartly shaped lapels, Also form littinir i- .....i iw.itwi

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styles. Flannels, cassimeres.

mixed worsteds or mixttiros.

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Also $20, $22 and $25

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unn t see wny promoters sui-ui-i taKe a '

chance with an oldtirr.er like ;

when there are so many younjt and er lightweights now a va 'l-ilile." .

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fee! that his further endeavors in rir.R -a ill rot help the hoxir.R frame.

"N. lson was a hummer when he was tlist church. Hammond

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Most attractive styles in new materials and models; beautifully trimmed and with choice color combinations in linings. Some.

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very striking effecg .SQ as well as M u i e g shades. Others $15.93, $19.50 and $22.50

Pure worsted in handsome

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MILLINERY

Rich plaids and L'oman oxtremelv poptdar th

here you will lind th choicest models at mod est prices.

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Mioiti straws in larsre ?iiapes. in ?iorr, sailor rooms, with new and . pretty novelty trimmings.

and .small and mush1.93 up.

Some at $5.50 and $9.50

PRESSES Pretty materials - novel designs -smart lines - dainty trimmings -low prices - that, in a nutshell is

why you will want one of those- 18.00 dresses for

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DILLOfl BEARCAT IS UNLUCKY

Little Ampere Start!

Over a Million Cars this Spring And we are one of the 850 YVillard Service Stations that will see that'they keep going. We're working for you. The battery experience and factory training of our men are at your disposal. It is not enough to fill your battery regularly with disiilled water and to make regular hydrometer tests. You should let us look it over at least once a month. Little Ampere will start your car let us keep it

3Y II. C. KAiZELTON (United Press Staff Correspondent.) N K W TOUK, March 3o.--.Jacl; I'll ion. pri a-titlrt Indianapolis 1, ear. -at. inni-

j ki 'lor. and holder of . veral otioT sa- ! jruinary titles, is 'he most unfortunate

1 ..nr,. i.tlt!. lot in e the Init-d St.at-s. I

' His refusal to battle dim Flynn aft.-r ; he had lost his chance to Ket on with ! I.es Uarey hi ought it out fr. j .When JJil'.on cafr.e to X-w York no', a V-r.K time iiro, Billy Miska battled him j for ten rounds and did a fairly cood job of if. Dillon scored heaiiy against the t St. f'aiil faise alarm, but he was much

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We have a rental battery for you if yours needs repairs. Dempsey Battery Service Station 318 Fayette St., Hammond, Ind. Telephone 2655.

every newspaper the cj

e.nne to ti;e conclusion that Mis

beaten him. Then Jack came ha -k to New York an! met MiUe a pain. He didn't make ijtute so frood a showing:, but lie did well are! easily he'd Mifke to a draw. However, tho critics again set it down as a victory for Miske. Then Dillon got mad. He came to the. conclusion that hfa former roughness had (rot him in had. He had made such a habit of beatine: up his oppon nts that critics were unable to sec ).? side of the bout when he failed to kno.-k somebody down a few times when he appeared in a ring. So he grot himself matched up with Al McCoy as a prelude to his battling Darcy. He whipped McCoy so had It was a shame, but he was incensed when he awakened the next niornini? and found himself criticized for not knockirfr McCoy out. Tn f;o-t. two rounds of the scrap W'-re cr'-.iio d to M. Coy by more than one. McCoy totii; a beat in that many a heavywelfrht would have faljen under.

He was hit plenty

Developing Batting Eye. Just how far is the hatting eye a deo!oped institution? Can a weak batsman ever be iuine.1 into a strongone through training? Is batting a natural or n developed fuiioiioii? Take i tio four It adinsr batsni'-n of the jirt-senf epoch. Their names are Cobb, Speaker, Jat kotii ami Collins. These nun all started in as regulars with tin- ."nit slhii. Which is to say that u regulars they started batting; .lao'i from the jtimp. and h-'ve never st ruck below that figure for any season. Tlo same was true of Wagner. He broke in liati ;nf ,:.i. and io- tiaeietl for sevente n ea rs v. i'hout sh.inipiriri: hv !"...- this mark. t-..i,j,. first year rs a. r(fii la r. batted .3 15. Last year he hatted ..171. so lie ha .advanced in his art. Colitns, his tlrst f.-i r as a. n tyilar. bailed .'Mil. j.ftt.t S'-asori he f e-1 i away to .::ft. t'oliins lias onlv improved :fit- Hist yea-'s figures twice in eight s.vist'iis. Hans Wapner started out bat tins? .3 14. Ton can figure from this howmuch developtri'-nt h- needed. I.a.lole. in his first complete season, began with a mark of ."tjri as a kid. It would be hard to say that he was develepe.,1 into a grood hitter.

hit hard. He deserved full credit for winning the hoit just as far as he did. but he didn't get it. Ihilon says he won't fight again in Xew Tork. So one can ensure him for such a decision. "He was rapidly losing his reputation when he decided to go hack to Indiana.

McCourt Keeps Title. Ol.KVKi.ANP, O.. If a rob 15. Charles MoCo-rt. Cleveland, retained the world's three-cushion billiard championship lat night in his three-day match with Horace Ht-an. Ohict.gro. by defeating- 'he latter, :.v to no.

HE BALKS AT . MILITARY TRAINING j Joe Tinker Thinks Ball!

Players Won't Take It Seriously. Although insisting be is i.-o a pacifist. Joe Tinker, owner of llf ' V! nvb-is club of the American asso-ia' ion. 1-xiKs on military training for no ml. i s . his

squatl- ! ' Of course, if there is a call to arms j it would be h good thing." Tinker said J "f would gladly consent to it under J those circumstances, hut at pr'sent ll don't think much of the s. heme. T: j c, ,-ms like a waste of moot -y to s t : o i ! drill sergeants to the camp to itistruc! j tf.irty or foi ; y plaeis v.l... a: ;;!., v to! look on the work as no-re smus. ir, nt." j Members of the Columbus sound are'

training at Pine Hluff, -i U. EMERSON HIGH IN TITLE TILT TODAY (By United Pres.) Hl.oOMIM.lTOV. .Ind.. Msnh Hh Twenty Indiana high school basket La!! teams wir tiers in their rtistri.-ts met here today to decide the state championship in a two-day tournaiot r.t . Tiie district ganifs were played in twenty cities of the state last Frit lay and Saturday, and more than 25,0 t-'ams participated in the preliminaries. The following fives met. here today: Martinsville. Emerson (Oary ), Hi'-h-mond, Rockvillc, K.-ndaii-. l'.le, AVashing--ton, Vincennt-s. P... .orin ; n g' -u, P.'ufl'ton, South P.enti. Muncie. I.eiianon. 'c Iambus, Kokomo. Trafalgar, I.:zt"-n, Pendietcn. AVingat-:. Jefferson (Lafayette) and Rochester.

WESTA PLANS TO QUIT AUTO RJSGIN6 Ml

President of Speedway Association Learns This From Driver. i

Dr.r.o for l, this s.

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Atii. i itun race champ:... n i--ohat ly w ill not drive The retirement of the

lout, tin il y lucky ami skiilful driver

w h-i h.o- tn t Ame i i-n drivers more about hnndimsr ears than any of br l-'.u-inpi-Bii win.) has e . . .- come t the I'mtrd St.ti.s. w.-.s amioii no- by T'resid.-r.t Ia id lo i 1 of tho S,.,e. .lwy Park assoi iati'-n. who has lieen in constant: oomi t-u 1. ica : it -a v. i:h the gretit tlri'er. per; secured his information wlrle fie nsn drumming up tntri's for pm ("hieftgo Derby of June 3. Two reasons are advanced for Rerta's retirement. It is said that lie !s no sat is tied with his con'ra.-t with AlphunseKit'ifmati. owner of the Pen gee . la which Jiario scored b.,. Arr eritta.i t ri -lite-j.ii. t'toi n'ro tht? t h;s wife, a sister of the late Spencer Wo hart, fears that he will me-r the same fal as h-r brother, who was killed At. Klein in 111"..

Rivers Goes to Battle.

XFW TORK. March 16. Jim Flynn who has conquered Carl Morris. will meet I5ob Devere, who recently gave Jim Coffey a hard battle, at the Pioneer A. C. Tuesday night.

CHICAGO, ?.farh 1C ---Joe Rivers.

! Manager B-b I-aga and Trainer linrn-y

Fnrey left last night for ("oUimhus where Rivers boxes Johnny Ol.t'i.ry Moday nigh;.

Rube Beats Coombs.

HOT SPr.I";.. ARK. Mar-b Rube .Ma r.ju rd piteh- tl in niid-Sutrioi'r form yestf rrlay and won for the Cheneys j overs th" Coomb?. K to 1. yesterday with!

of times and he was Coombs working on the mound himself, i

X'F.W "YORK, Match way Snorting Club !: her ami Joe IV-Hiu for a ten -round h-c.t tl i ' rieh's da. v.

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"Wabash College ;.'. evening. March 23 at tiir dlst church. Ilaminoml.

The Iir-oad-thed Willie .-to -v. i -h' s. g i . . of S!.

'.h. Fri.lay :rst Motho-

riHLAIiKIJillA. P... March Ht. -Homer Smith of Michigan finished R winner all the way ovt r Jack Taylor iit.

! the Proatiway A. C. last r.ight. 'i'Jua

colored ln-e v w eigh t w as unable

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PI - r-'i ankle H i,, Anderson in i ! e show Ust nigh' .

Knockout Mars put out Joe Pick in the first round. Toung Hanson and Ashland went four rounds to a draw.

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