Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 41, Hammond, Lake County, 20 October 1917 — Page 3

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The Great Unknown Joins Hammond Football Team; 'Tis Said Ko Runs Faster Than Heinie Zim Well, Well, We Must See Him.

Tt time Tomorrow Afternoon, 2:. The place Hammond Football Park. Tb attraofloo Daddy Driscoll aaJ tie Great Unknown. Cht Oht Now for the O. O. A. No 1 football weather settled

tfort-n ov-er the Calumet rejtioa today for the week-end. "With a snap In the afr ! that furnishes the pro;r environment j for the jxeat aport. gridiron fans were ! on the tip-toe of expectancy. Tomorrow the 1917 Hammond football team j that Is depended upon to win tha stato 1 championship this fall from Valas.h ' and Pine Village, will play its first gam at horns after losing: to the De- ' trolt Heralds and defeating Davenport, i Iowa. I Baclce, "Wis., will be the opponent tomorrow and Hammond Is picked as the I winner but not without a good battle. ! It Is expected Hammond w'.U win by j two touchdown, but football dope la a a : uncertain as the world series. It will i be recalled that baseball fana after se- ; Ins tho Eoji. play all summer bet on ti','; ! Gleats. ' The thing: that wlU draw mora dollars Into the box office at Farduhn park to- ' morrow than any other fact la assur- ' ance that Paddy Driscoll, last year's sensation In th Big N!n and a member cf the Chicayo Cubs, will play at ; fcalfback. Driscoll won the game j : ag-ainst Davenport by runnings faster! than the whole Davenport team to- , ' reUiar. He Jut hates to stay In one place and throws a football as though It were a five-cent baseball and the re- i oeiver a nig-ger baby. j But Driscoll Isn't thi entire Him- j

mond football team. Tl-sere is a chap named Blocker who has played considerable ball and Is csptair of said team. George Vo'kman of the rmy tc-am is a tower of strength. Halstroni, lierldan. Simmons. Thotnis and the other new men will all b under close observation. The fpns know V.! t what to expect of

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Lightweight Champion Outpoints Chicago Welter Has Eritton Groggy in the Fourth.

Reproduction from Stockings'

Chicago paper of 1883, when the Chicago Mut bf&t the "New York nine" in the big series.

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HARLEM fU'ORTIN'O CUUH, KKW TOIiK, Oct. 20. Tlcnny Leonard, light

weight champion, went out of his class j last night to ulvo Jack Brit ton, the

former weltsrwolght chaiipion, a tenround bo.tlng. 1'ut before the end, cf tliu baut Leon.'ird knew be had been tn a f.ght. l'ritton eavo the best he had, but th youth and ptrii!ni. of his younger rppunent whs f-o much for I.rrr.ard wen- a majority of the rounds. In tho seventh round Leonard

cainj near a.ldinrf r!io.lirr knockout to ) hit credit, whm he bad H-Uton jronry I from h punch la tho titcma , but fullod j to fol'jw up hia advnntnge. In the 1 last round tho Jlphter etood toe to toe j and warp! punches. Leonard bad j I3r!ttn nlrawl ffoln In the final rvund. : Brltton Just tii rd the beam at 130 j Fumls, the vi-Kl-.t tEree ' pen. I.confire! ec?.11 ft 133. P-lt'on wrs the i

fliat to tnt'-r the tin?, followed a few records li;t.r by Leonard. The i"l-.!caK3an receled a big ovation ts he Ftepp-d into the rinse but when Leonard npp-ired the cbr.inplon' follywere stood in their chair and whooped anU howled. Hts were tosed In tho air nr.d -it was several minutes bo-

for? t!ie crowd could be ciulltd by the announcer.

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stonewall llise. WHo Is Eel And then thi Great Unknown, the Great Unknown! "Who is he?

body knows. He is unknown. Paddy Driscoll brought him out for practice la?t night under cover of darkness. There are many rumors in the air today. Some say be is a trick football player who swallows the pigskin like a pelican and runs a 10'" yards unsuspected, coughing up the pill for a touchdown. Others say he Is a phantom that can rass to ar.d fro on the field.

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pound tackle. Is playing a wonderful! brand of football both offensively and defensively and is sharing the role of j

star with Cleary, hero of the ThornGopher contest cf last November. Sunday's game will start promptly at 5:.'!0 and will be preceded by a' contest

; featuring the Gopher bantams ar.d the

Poll.is & Garber team. Competent men

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The East Chicago athletic field, the sc;ne of today's annual East Chlcas?Kammcnd high school battle, will witness another gridiron clar.h tomorrow afternoon when the Gophers, lightweight champions of Indiana, take on th.; Z--naros of Chicago. According to the Chicago Journal the 'Windy City eleven Is a world beater. The tfarn is coached by Norgren,

"hen the opponents' dive to tackle him j former University of Chicago

their arms close on the air and they fall

In helplesi bewilderment. At any rate he is the Great Unknown. Paddy Driscoll wouldn't bring a Big Punk out, that !s certain. It may be

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Norgren is of the opinion that srjuad will be victorious over

Hoosier title holders. Coach McShane cf the Gophers has been playing PtefTess at center during

Elephant, who can telj? Or Kckersoll? j recent practices and it would cot be Let us hope not the letter for we want surprising if the Twin City tutor startIt t'. last until April 2. ed Sunday's contest with the tall boy

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lineup tomorrow. For thi inside dope you're entirely welcome. The line forms tj the rlerht.

he's to be In the! at the pivot position. Both McShane and Captain Parrow intimated that

there miht bo several o'her changes in tomorrew's lineup. rinkey Qulnn. the Gophers' II?-

To-Day's Football Card.

WIST. Purdue at Stagg field. "Wisconsin at Urbar.a. Indiana at Minneapolis. Michigan Aggies at Ann Arbcr. Grinnell at Iowa City. Missouri et Ames. "Washburn at Lawrence. Notre Dame at Lincoln. Lose Toly vs. Wabash at Terre Haute. I.)ke Forest at F.eloit. Oherlin at Ohio "Weslcynn Hillsdale at Olivet. K'.iamazoo at Detroit. E 4.ST. Colgate at Cornell. Syracuse at Pittsburgh. Penn State at Washington and Jefferson. Buckcell at PennsylvaniaMaryland at Virginia Institute. West Virginia at Dartmouth. Gettysburg at Si'th:nore. Boston at Brown. Union at Columbia.

KCAL. football wether hit Gery last right and the Techs took advantage of it by holding; a hard practice.

WHO D a thought that "Zlggy" ! Mitchell, Gary's star first Backer, was ta matt srtit-t. Yes slree, at the Rou-

n b.i", Wednt i.-. y niaht, he hld Kunerc, Tolieston's crack trap

pier, to a ten minute draw.

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THE Pastime alleys are a mighty busy place these days. Local pinrr.en ar) keeping the wood fiylr.g from early evening until night.

The Red Cross the symbol of a ause wide a; the world a ad high as Heaven.

WHSN the Gary varsity ltnes up sgairit the crack Elkhart high school at Emerson field in Gary this after--icon they wiil go i:;tr th game to win. Not having "reen defeated this season the varsltv hope to :nI thj season with a clean re -or .1. Ccnch Jack Oilroy has put his men throurh a strenuous week of practice and reports them phyrically rit for en ordeal which they naight face. Let's go, Gary.

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ANOTHER gidiron battle which foot

ball fans do not van! to miss vill b held at tho Kr.:er-on fWd Sunday aft-j ernn'-n. when tiie Gary Techs will book ; up with the fast Hegnvisch A. C. team : As the Hgevlscl-.i tes ere claiming the; championship of that vicinity the Techs j want to win this irerr.e. t

I TITTH TTfnois Steel company bowling !

leng-uo will open Its bowling schedule at "Y" alleys Monday night. The rail milt quintet who captured last year's race will hook up wtth tha coke plant five. ALTHOUGH Gory 1ms nt shown Its real speed as yet ir. the county bowling league. Joe Mr.ggart holds the high tndlvlduTl ecors of the series with TH. This ! considered a rr.iphty good overas. He a'" i-? b!?h Gary man In. the Individual average, with a score of 172.

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JIM JEFFRIES PULLS FOR FITZ HURBANX CAL, Oct. 20 Big Jim Jeffries, the man who rose to the world's heavyweight championship whn Bob Fitzsimmons fell before bis

DIRECTORS. ANTON H. TAFPER CARL E. BAUER WM. D. WEIS LEO WOLF JAMES W. 8TINSCN J08EFH J. RUFF F. R. 6CHAAP

OFFICE KS. . R. 8CHAAF, Prwf dent WM. D. WEIS, Vlco President, A, H, TAPPER, Vic Presldant. H. M. JOHNSON, Caahltr. L. Q, EDER, Asst. Cathler.

Once a fighter, always a fighter. Bob Kitzsimmons. that wonderful heawu eiirht champion cf a few years.

PI I aifo. Ivi.-iir at Mi'-hael Reese hospital.

j Chics ko. a victim of double pneumonia, j is fighting the bittle for life. He is jlifehting- a ho never i"ouJ.t before, and ! should i.o be v!:tnrtous it will be simp- ( )y because he is game and a fighter sel-

ftnrn t-i;c-t In nv walk of Hfe.

v.prnri, fro.n the hospital vesterda y ! mighty fists, today is In "Bob's corner,

! stated that Fitz was " even with the pulling for him In bis biggest fight. j game." meaning be still has a chance ; jffries plainly was affected when

zor me. ius " - "wr , foJ hJs ol(1 fr)ond ,nd one tlme cpponcritlcal even yet. and the pnyilrmti! in charge of the r pinion that the odds are ent lay dangerously lit In Chicago. in favor of the grim reaper. Fitz will j "Tough!" Jeff exclaimed. "Foor old r.ot quit. He is fighting, and with the j Bob!" aid cf hl already weakened vitality, ho j ' Say pomething nice to him for me.

U ' a n-.ektng a struggse. put pneunion.a win you. ne bmu easei . n ' lift" f.ffect"d the once stout heart to the ! Jeff's In 'his corner' and that he'll never

extent that bis condition is far from favorable. I The decision In this fight may be (rendered today. No one but the "Great

He'ereo Knows i 11 win ce.

Commish Warns Players Against Barnstorming

Leonard to Fight Ramser.

CINCINNATI. O., Oct. C0tlonal baseball commission in

statement yesterday proliibitfd "under'

severe penalty" the playing by Am.eri-4

cunor NatioiiPl lensrue players in post

season exhibition games wniiour navlng secured permission of the league of which their club is a member.

CLEAT! LAND, C, Oct. 23. Lightweight Champion Bennv Leonard will

The na- mr,t Toutrhey Ramser here next "Wed-

a signed i ncslay ntg-ht. The Ysut will be for

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Dreher, Champion Dies cf White Plague DENVER. COLO., Ct. 50. Frank JDreher. champion revolver shot of the

world, is dead hero of tut cr.oh?is. He I

came here nine years ajro from Clevc-

thrcw up the sponge. He was one of land, O., where he wa.i foncerly an the gamest men I ever met and he'll not amateur bicycle racer, take the k. o. now. Tell him I'm pull- Dreher was credited with, three ins for him to win. I world's records with the revolver. He 'Foor old Bob!"' will be buried in Cleveland.

Snow Prevents Game of Football Elevens FAT.O. N. ' - Fiotv cauti a postponement until Monday cf the football game scheduled for today between the North Dakota Afrprics and HacAlester college of 5t. Paul.

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