Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 27, Hammond, Lake County, 19 July 1917 — Page 8

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BT K C. HAMILTON United Frets Staff Correspondent.) XEW YORK. July 17. Mike Gibbcis. the middleweight, has reached virtually the same stage of operations where Johnny Kilbane stands. These two masters of their art are practically out of some one to fight. For a lack of featherweights of class. Kllbano is being forced to -take on the lightweights. Gibbons, out of classy middleweight?, is forced to Just sit around, for there really are few light heavies who look attractive when compared to Mike. ilike's inaction, however. Is far from pleasing to the fistic public. Although recognizing the fact that Gibbons etands out over the many would-be rivals, fans would like to see the St. Paul Ghost take one more fling at the top-notchers. Jimmy Clabby is still far from being classed among - has-beens and Jeff Smith insists he can and always could whip Mike. However, the most Insistent cries for attention from Gibbons are coming just

now from Soldier Bartfleld, Ted Lewis and Mike Dowd. Lewis, a welterweight, has given Gibbons one tough argument, and Bartfleld holds a newspaper decision over the man generally recognized as the king of the middleweights. O'Dowd is a graduate of the Gibbons school and Is recognized as one of the best men the welterweight division has seen in many days. Any one of this trio of welters would give Mike an argument a hot one. And then, if he could induce Al McCoy to get into a ring with him thers would be another bout of more or less possibilities. Al Is not a' champion and never has been, but he manages to hang on to what little claim he has to the

title. Until he Is soundly thrashed by Gibbons or some one else he will lay claims to the championship and some folks will believe him. A revival of interest In the middleweights Is needed, in the days of Stanley Ketchel this was the most popular of weights. It has begun to run down only since Gibbons whipped the best men in the division and began to spend his time clipping coupons. Mike spent most of last winter in New York trying to drive Les Darcy into a match. The Australian was absolutely unimpressable on the subject. It meant a clear title to a world's championship for either he or Gibbons, but Darcy blocked every move. Since that time Gibbons has engaged in just one encounter and that with George Chip on July 4. Indications are he Is beginning another campaign. If so. It will be welcome.

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WESTERN SPEG1AL TO NEBRASKA WITH 99

ST. JOSEPH. MO.. July 19. The second day of the twelfth western handicap yesterday was a continuation of the faavorable conditions which prevailed on the opening day. The Western Special, 100" 16-yard targets, was won by an amateur, Cal Waggoner. Diller, Neb., with 99. X. Ford, San Jose, Cal., was second with 98; Ed

fO'Brien. Florence, Kan., and William

Crosby, O'Fallon. 111., were high professionals with 99. and Charles Spencer, St. Louis, second, with 98. In the Preliminary Handicap, amateur honors went to B. F. Veach. Pipestone. Minn., with 97. M. H. McDaniel. chief of the Choctaw Indians of Durant. Okla.. who has donated $50,000 from the profits of his oil wells to the Red Cross, was second with 96. Al Koyen, Fremont. Xeb.. was third. Charles Powers. Decatur, was eliminated on the shoot-off. The shoot closes to-morrow with the

Western Overture, 100 targets. 16 yards,

and the Western Handicap. There were

110 entries yesterday.

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Jean Dale.

NOT LOSE GAME

Hammond. Ind.. July 18. Sporting Editor: In reporting the box score to The Times of the Hubbard Steel vs. the X. I. G. & E. Co. baseball game of July 14th, an injustice was doise by claiming that "Barman" of the Gas men was responsible for loosing the game. Barman was in no way responsible for losing the game. I wish to take this means in rectifying the statement.

very truly yours. E. G. BOYER. Manager.

ROCHE REFEREE FOR WELLING

XEW YORK. July 19. Billy Roche will be the third man in the ring when Joe Welling engages in a slapfest with Johnny Dundee here Friday night.

IS MAKING EM MISS IN A. ASSOCIATION

PUGILISTIC NOTES. Doc Krone on Tuesday matched Spike Kelly to scrap ten rounds with Mickey Anderson at a down state club on July 30th. Larney Llchtenstein. who spends most of his time on boxing, thinks a change will do him good. That's the reason he is promoting the international wrestling tournament, which starts at the Strand theater Saturday night. Originally billing the tourney for two weeks. Llchtenstein has discovered that the event, may run indefinitely because of the number of grapplers who want to compete, so

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owing to the postponement of next Sunday's game with the Merrlmacs of

Chicago as scheduled. Owner Parduhn of

the Hammond baseball club has been

scouting for an engagement to fill the

open date. In view of Hammond s stand

ing in the City League, he has encount

erea mile difficulty and has been swamped with offers from every section of the state, but has been Investigating

the eligibility of his challengers. La-

i1 l" r ucnigan Jity seem to loom up

as the most formidable opponents, inas

much as they have led the Manufactur

ers League, which envelopes the prin

cipie cities of Northern Indiana, The Haskell-Barker Car company and . the

Advance Rumely company are the team

that represent Michigan City and La

porte. respectively. Previous to last

Sunday's game, these two teams had pil ed up three games each, against the oth

er, then Michigan City copped the rub

ber.

Parduhn has been unable to arrive at reasonable terms with the latter, how ever. Although they seem very anxious to meet the Hammond aggregation, they

demand the extreme long end of the

gate, win or lose, and he can not see the

joke, for he figures their team in no way superior to his. They have hurled defls

at him since the beginning of the sea son and now they have started harrassing Captain Fowler.

manager Parduhn has decided to go

back on the City League schedule and

juay me -Merrlmacs at Hammond next

Sunday.

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Paul Carter. Paul Carter, pitching for Colum bus in the American Association, looks like one of the brightest minor league stars of the season. Carter ha3 been performing brilliantly for the Senators and has been getting the attention of many bi league scouts. Last season he did highclass work for Jack Hendricks at Indianapolis.

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CINCINNATI SPEHf TO HOLD RACES ON LABOR DiV

A sport carnival and auto speed racing:, rivaling the Memorial day events, was today announced by the Cincinnati speedway for Labor, day. The officials of the Cincinnati speedway have decided to stage a big automobile derby on that date with a field of drivers that will rival anything attempted In America this year. While some of the details of the events remain to be. completed, two very important decisions were reached Tuesday the distance of the feature race and the prize money to be offered. The main attraction will be at 200 miles, thereby making it possible to complete the big event of the day within two hours, and also assuring faster time than if the' race was at a longer distance. The prize money voted for the rice is $10,000, of which the winner will receive

$4,000, the second man under the wire $2,000 and the third $1,000, the other prizes grading down to $250 for the

driver finishing tenth.

Already negotiations have been enter

ed into with some of the country's lead

ing aviators. The Immense success of this feature of the Decoration day races caused the officials to decide on even a more elaborate flying program for the

Labor day races. In addition to the

feature event at 200 miles for profeS'

eional drivers there will be several non

professional races for which liberal

purses will b offered.

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(Special to The Times.) VHITIXG. IXD.. July 19. Lawrence McClellan Is working out daily at Whiting with K. O. Meyers. Young Guffo and Joe McClellan for his coming fght with Eddie Kripps of Chicago. There is a big side bet on the boys and the . fans are picking McClellan to win by a K. O. Jimmy Kilroy, manager of Kripps, says his boy will land it. before McClellan docs. Many spectators are watching McClellan working out. Krankie Banner, manager of McClellan and K. O. Meyers. Is going to the hospital at Chicago today to be operated on. Banner expects to be out in time so he can be in his boy's corner when the bell rings. Banner can always be found at Sachar's Buffet. 1038 White Oak avenue. Whiting, Ind.. phone 240-M.

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LEONARD BACKING DOWN?

RUBE FOSTER LOSES $600 RING

CIXCIXXATI. O.. July 13. F.ain caused the posipor.i.-.-ic nt of the third same between the American Giants and the Indianapolis A B C's. The game will be played off Friday. Rube Foster of the Giants yesterday reported the loss of a $600 ring to the police.

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BT H. C. HAMILTON (U jilted Freis Staff Corrpondeat.)

NEW TORK. July "18. The country is beginning to woijder If Benny Leonard was serious when he announced after winning the lightweight championship from Freddie Welsh that he

would immediately Join some branch of the United States army or navy, and that his fights would be against only the best men in his division. Since that announcement Leonard has fought twice against a "setup" each time. -He has been matched for an encounter in Philadelphia with Johnny Kilbane and the fight Is to go only six rounds. Leonard turned down one of the best offers the country eer heard cf for a bout in that class when he refused Matt HinktVs offer of a $?5.000 pur.'a' for a fifteen-round go in Ohio and no decision was attached to the articles for the bout. Kilbane and his manager had set their signatures to the agreement and were ready -o go ahead. One of two things happened to Leonard when he received that offer. He either figured Kilbane far too dangerous to battle for fifteen rounds or he decided that fighting six rounds for a wad of money was more remunerative than battling fifteen rounds for a

He Left Groff Speechless.

DETROIT. July 19. Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington Americans, is considered one of the hardest losers in baseball. And Griff's friends say he hates to lose an argument about as much as he dislikes to drop a ball game. Washington recently lost a game to Detroit because of a close decision which gave Cobb a base on balls. O'Loughlln was the umpire. Griffith met O'Loughlin and his partner after the game. "You two highwaymen looked fine in there today," said the Nationals" manager. "What's the matter. Griff?" asked Silk. "That third strike you missed on Cobb cost us the game, that's all." "Tou're wrong, my boy, you're wrong. I never made a mistake in my life,"

chirped O'Loughlin. and he moved away, leaving Griffith speechless.

slightly, larger wad.

The bout in Philadelphia doesn't

promise anything, anu if Leonard doesn't show at his very best he will be soundly panned. The unpopularity of Freddie Welsh and his record of many no-decision alleged fights should be a warning

to xeonara. 'i nere are many young

liffhi weights aching for a crack at his crown and they would be willing even to take him on in ten-round bouts. The fans want that kind of action not the six-round kind e-en if it is with Johnny Kilbane as an antagonist. Besides, as was stated, the country wants to know how about that enlistment. Leonard probably will find some Insistent Questioners regarding that when he enters the ring at Philadelphia.

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A-MEBJCAIT XEAOT7E. W. L. Pet. CHICAGO 65 31 .640 Boston 51 32 .614 Cleveland 47 41 .534 New York 42 39 .519 Detroit 43 41 .513 Washington 33 49 .402 Philadelphia 31 49 .387 St. Louis 33 63 .384 Yerterday's Hesults. Chicago, 4; Washington, 0. Chicago, 7; Washington, 4. Boston, 1: St. Louis, 0. New York. 12; Cleveland. 7. Detroit. 4; Philadelphia. 1. Philadelphia, 4; Detroit, 3. NATIONAL X.EAQTTE. W. L. Pet New York 50 26 .658 Philadelphia 41 ' S3 .554 St. Lfuls 44 89 .530 Cincinnati 47 4 3 .522 CHICAGO 43 43 .500 Brooklyn 38 33 .494 Boston 33 45 .428 Pittsburgh 26 54 .325 Yestarday'a Retulta. New York, 4; Chicago, 2. Philadelphia, 3i Cincinnati. L Brooklyn, 6; St. Louis, 1. Pittsburgh. 8; Boston, 6. ' t Pittsburgh, I: Boston, 2. .JJi 1 4 "

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