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TDURMEY The flrst guns were fired In the campaign for entries to the eighteenth annual International tournament of the American Bowling Congress, at a meeting held In Cincinnati on November 34th and 25th. when August Herrmann ! of beseball fame, was elected chairman of the Tournament Committee of the Cincinnati Bowling Assaciation to work in conjunction with the American Bowling Congress in staging their annual tournament In tj-.e Queen City during February and March of 1918. Jlr. Herrmann was elected president of the Congress exactly one decade ago at St. Louis, and at that meeting promised the bowlers the greatest tournament ever held would bs staged at Cincinnati in 190S. Evsry old-time bowlor will agree that he made good his prom ise and the bowlers have been asking from year to year, when would they g" back to Cincinnati. This year the Cincinnati Bowling Association, which is a subsidiary of the American Bowling Congress, were awarded the tournament for 1918. and knew If they could induce Mr. Herrman to enter the game again and work with them, they could make the tournament a great success. . After the baseball season was over, he listened to the bowlers' pleas and consented to take a hold with the understanding that the 131i tournament was to bo a bigger and better tournament than the 1908 show which was talked of and attended by bowlers from N'e Tork to Vancouver, and has bo?n known for ten years as "the tournament of no regrets." The entertainment features offered tea j ears ago were unique and catching, as the old timers will remember, and this year Mr. Herrmann promises to go the first show one better, and when Garry starts out to do entertaining the bcvlers will take notice that something big Is coming off. Posters and entry blanks will flood the country within the next ten da s. and v ill" be followed by bulletins and general Information from Cincinnati. The tig cities are ready to support the tournament and Chicago already l.as over eighty teams entered with entries. As a matter of fact all the Saturday and Sunday dates are now filled, but thla will make little difference to bowlers who wlah to attend a national tournament. It is estimated that the entry will be dor to seven hundred teams, while ten years ago at Cincinnati the tournai ment drew three hundred and sixty and was considered a record breaker. Lake county will be well represented at the Cincinnati tournament, but for those undecided I wish you would add The following: Cincinnati Intends to hold the greatest tournament ever staged. Entertainments are to be offered every squad as they f.nish bowling and souvenirs will he given every bowler. It is goini? to be something different and something that will remain in tho hearts of the ! bowlers for years to come. The entry promises to be a good one. x.tid the prize list as great as heretofore, with special features of the first ladies' national tournament to be held in conjunction with the congress. -rum I BE51 r rsr. i r- r' r I run Lire 3 li t .lilil HI r O izem

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Xot to be pushed into tha discard by the board's unreasonable action Head Coach Jack Gilroy of Gary schools is ( sonuur.ng games with the most prom-1 lnetit Illinois and Michigan high; schools. Such teams as Oak Park high. j champions of Cook county. Elgin and ! AVaukegan. Illinois, S. Joseph and Ben ton Harbor, Mich., arc on Gary's waiting list AVi;h one cf the fastest teams in the school's existence Kmersor high school anticipates a very successful season as does Froebel. EmTson will play Oak Park high school at Emerson school, Dec. 15. Froebel will play its first game Dec. HI at Froebel against Evaiiston high. After the holidays games wtth Lake Forest Academy, Elgin. New Trier, Wauka:an, West and East Aurora, Klua l?land and Senn hi-;h schools, Illinois, and St. Joseph and Kenton Harbor, Michigan. tarns will be arranged. CLABBY INS HEAIIEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP James Clabby sr., of Hammond, father of .Jimmy Clabby the boxer, has received a letter from Australia written b Charles Edenbury, an actor. Edenbury states that Clabby won the heavy weight chamrlonship of Australia Nov. 4 by getting a verdict over Albert Lloyd in a twenty round engagement and that Jimmy and he Ednbury) will be back in the states, in March. WHITING SCOUTS HAVE TEAM (Special to The Times.) ' WHITING. IND.. Dec. 8. The Boy Scouts of Troop 2. Whiting, have organized a basketball team averaging 110 lbs. The lineup is as follows: Stowcll. L. F.; Thomas (Capt.), R. F-; Iloskins. C: Burke, L. G.; Emerson tMgr.). R. G. They would like to book games with any team of an average of 105 to 110 lbs. For games write Richard Emerson, 653 10th street, "Whiting, Ind., or call Whiting 77-K between 5 and6 in the evening. CLARK AND YAW IN MATCH TONIGHT Dr. Clark of East Chicago and Fre4 Taw of South Chicago will roll ten games tonight for total pins in a scheduled match at the Whiting bowling alleys. Whiting. Interest among bowling fans in the two cities is at high pitch and as both the contestants are of the first water a nip and tuck race for the honors is expected. hiii tttmanuikitszziz n f j. t r r . . lm i j w n ri c t x s fl" !JS llll nil I III III Till h u i ill 321

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The end of a ps.'fect season. The three defeats merely make the Fevon victories weeter. Zolly uyt: when we've "How can they beat us got four confidence men on our team?" He wins the duck Name 'em Zolly. ions ourselves. We've had suspieTha Masonic Drum Corps pounded out a victory for Hammond last week. Will they repeat, noble fellow? Would have mentioned "em before only they belong to a secret society and thought they might want to keep it quiet. Tes, Jerry, reporters are fellows who marry young ard get pessimistic early. No elusions In their bright lives. Some marry younger than others, however, not referring to the lad at tha adjacent ucsk. . "Mamma," said the newspaper man's daughter, "that man who eats dinner at cur house Sundays spanked me." The helghth of something or other is for one loophound to preach to another that he should go home and get acquainted with his wife. The Hammond football team is training hard for the game Sunday. At 4 a. rn. the players take a brisk five mile run Into the country, sprint through signal practice, scrimmage for an hour, twirl the Indian clubs. lift the dumb bells, thfow the medicine ball, take a shower bath and at 7:30 they roll out of bed and light cigarettes. Cub sporting reporter was told to start all his stories in sensational manner. After due tnougnv ana meauauon he wrote: "Oh, hell,' said the Counters, as she poured herself a glass of beer." Irving Chayken writes an interesting letter from Washington saying that he has visited ail the newspaper, offices there and the Post has lost seven re- ! porters in one batch to the war. This would be a humorous and instructive column if we could think of something humorous and instructive o put in it. Duke Reilly says he won't murmur against a $2.30 per day meal allowance next baseball season. In addition the Duke says he can sleep Just as well in upper berths. "It's all In getting up there," was the Duke's comment. Windy Lotshaw expresses the fear that something is bound to happen to spoil his baseball career just vhen he's getting started. Charley Weeghman says he's going to purchase stars until he's certain the fans will have "something to rave about." That's been the trouble with Chicago there's to "rave about." been to many things The Philadelphia Athletics may not t have a club on the diamond but they are going great guns in the Tatrtotic I league. At the rat his players are enlistin? Connie Mack stands a good chance of getting his entire squad on one bench next season. Also he may be able to call some of his players by their first names. Se by Indianapolis papers that a certain Howard, plunging fullback of Indiana V.. has enlisted as a first class mechanic. Wonder if that could be our T. Howard Gangway. If jt is he ought I ht

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to make a good mechanic, blackfinsth or something t'other. B-r-r-r-r-rr! We're that Dan Brow n cider going to sii.g tree song to tha i w arms up by 8. j weatherman unless he i 1 M. And f reeae here's hoping to death. the r:oiihe iki ' Anyway there'll be one consolation, i I lie lootball rlayers will koep themselves warm watching for a certain Thorpe person. They might even get hot doing it. There's one hope we are hopin' for. We want to hear 'era say sadly, "Home James, home." It is going to be TANKS vs. Sunday. FORDS "We are wondering why Heinie, promoter or the Hammond football team wanted to Join the navy. We claim this vas tough luck. The usual number of dead-heads In Denver were given J20 free tickets for the recent Benny Leonard fight there so they could pay a 2 war tax. "This is funny" then the Jokester tells us his joke. "3,000 Cops Strike In Philadelphia" headline. What a fine chance to go arilfering. Joe Loomis. reknown smasher cf world s records on the track, la going to take a whack at the Kaiser this time aftfr linvln? inmt f.tnm. e-m . -- - - - - - o - - . ... I i . V 1 , 'III driving an ambulance in France. He j has Joined the Camp Grant forces. We don't blame Chick Harky for refusing to play football Tlth Hammond and going in for a milder exercise such ad Joining the aviation corps. The Futurity, long a classic of America's turf, will brins $30,000 next jear Instead of $15,000 as the prize given thla season. "V.oller skating is gaining impetuously. The four wheelers are hitting it lively at Indiana Gardens and some fine skating can be eeen. The Western League magnates meet tomorrow at St. Joseph. Mo. Comiskey tendered i d"er meat dinner to friends the other day. Sure it wasn't a "dar" dinner. Commv? t Sutton is losing ground as a pool sharp, being defeated easily in the east. PLAY CHICAGO (By JXIOCXZ XAT.) WHITING, IXD. Dec. S. Tonight at j th' wls' Club tIie Julia Gay i Memorials will play the club team, This is the same team that lat year i sprung a surprise on the club by win- ! ning by two points. Like many other j teams they have lost some of their I last year's team due to enlistments, but ; they are still strong enough to be conj sldered the best church team in the city of Chicago. The Owls Club boys nave been practicing almost every night the past week j and are going good. It is going to be ' hard to keep a team in the field this SIMPS GROWN POINT (Special to Toe Times.) ! CROWN POINT. IND., Dec. S. Attorneys Joe Brown antf Edwin Knisht ! accompanied a basketball team, recentj ly organized under the aupices of tlie . Epworth League, to Gary on Thursday ! evening:. Owing- to being- completely out of th"ir sphere in basketball circles and lack of sufficient practice the boys ! -w ere defeated by a score of 5" to 4. i The boys who compose the team are Clifford AVestphal II. liullock. Eobort Vrnplcby, Luther Allman, AValt?r AVestphal. I Several substitutes were used. Messrs. Knight and Brown also taking a hand i in the game. New Speed Boat Marks. Although a mlte-a-minute boat was considered more or less of a dream until recent years, this speed has ten surpassed in the past two seasons in actual racing and now the standard has been set at better than seventy miles per hour. The new records, which were made In tests against time were clocked at Lake George, whera late last month the ewenty-elght foot hydroplane "Whlp-Po'-Will, owned by an officer of the American Power Boat association covered a measured mile in 51.33 seconds, or at an average of 70.15 miles per hour. Six one-mile dashes were made the first day and the average was 64.74 miles per hour, while the average of the second day's tests was 69.39 miles per hour, with two of the mile sprints showinb better than 70 miles per hour. Scully and Perry Battle to a Draw CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 8. Charlie Scully. Emil Thiry's clever lightweight, battled ten rounds to a draw here last night with Jack Terry. It was a great scrare

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Schultz and Greek Grappler Will Come Together in Gary Next Tuesday Night in Mat Bout. For next Tuesday night, Dec. 11, at Turner hall. Bell A. C, under the management tif Louis Christof the Gary promoter, has rematched Dcmetral and Schultz for the second show of the Bell A. C. of Gary. After mu-h wrangling i i . . i 1 1. 1. . something that Gary faii3 wished to f-ce for a Ion time, the aci-earance In the same ring of the two stars. . .,,,,. ciiiuiK to w hick uisi cnuw un . u . uui Deraetral failed to appear on account of Injury received in a bout the day before in his match in Toungstown, O. There were over 1.000 persons to witness the first show and on being disappointed by Demetral eLouis Christopher showed the real sportsmanship of the club by refunding the money of all those that desired and in that case over $900 was returned. However to safeguard the fans this time he made Demetral and Schultz forfeit $100 each for their appearance, and according to the indications there will be a record crowd on hand to see these two stars w res tie. Boklch to Appear. In other bouts Tony Bokich, ths local favorite and middleweight champion, will tackle Jack Mills of Buffalo, the middleweight champion of New Tork. who is touring th-j country meeting all comers and Tony promises a surprise for New ork lad when he meets him. Bokich since turning professional l.as been kept busy wrestling and to date nt-ver lost a fall yet end promises to keep up his winning streak for a long time to come. In the opening bout Liuis Pergantls will tackle Charley Teterson of Wisconsin. Tetersen wrestled Tony Boklch the last show and gave the bout up on to toe-holds, tha favorite hold of the local champ and in matching Tergantls he will have his ability more balanced beeau.e the local Greek has not the toe-bold down as pat as Bokich has, and the bout promises to be evenly j matched and ore hard fought battle. TEAM TONIGHT season due t$ the fact that any member of the team is likely to enlist without notice. The latest members of theOwls Club team to answer the call of t'nele Fam are Forest D. Rex and Richard Springgate. The latter has been acting s captain of the team this year and was tho pole member of last year's squad. He will be in the game thi5( evening for the last time before leav- j ing and fans are planning a rousing ' welcome. j With the enlistment of Springgate, and Rx, the total of the Owls Club boys who aro in the service was raised I to 32. This number includes five lieu- i tenants and one sergeant. FIGHT TO GET GARY AGAIN Tight to get Gary schools back into state participation lias not abated and today Principal Spaulding and head coach Gilroy of Emerson, former Principal Brickley and Principal Coons of Froebel high schools. Gary, swore to affidavits denying they received warnings from the slate board of control which v.-as claimed by that body at Us meeting when Gary was ejected. It is understood that as soon as the affidavits are received by the president a re-hearing will be granted. Coach Gilroy asserted this morning that the affidavits would be sworn to today. "Gary is willing to do its part," he said, "and justly feels that it should be given a chance to prove that the warnings, the board claimed to have sent were never received." McZIroy Za Seadiaess. "As soon a? Gary files affidavits swearing the warnings were not received I will see that a reconsideration of the ejection is granted," said Principal McElroy of Hammond high school today. Mr. McElroy is a member of the board of control, but was riot present at the meeting when Gary wis barred. Merging Against Sules. Amalgamating players of Froebel and Emerson schools into one football team was the cause of the board's action. Gary authorities claim it was impossible to form two teams on account of the lack of material but that they were willing to abide by tho laws of the state high school athletic association, although the merging was in Ignorance ! of any rule prohibiting it. Ever since j Froebele school opened It has been the I custom of forming track and football 1 teams from players cf both schools.

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(BULLETIN.) Tha Detroit Herald football gam was cancelled this afternoon for reasons only too apparent. However negotiations for a game with the Hudson Bay Eskimos on their grounds are still under way. It reminds one of the old circus alibi t "Owing to the Lnolemency of the weather and our late arrival la your beautify city there will be no street parade this afternoon," Lake Front Tark may be opened up or the bathers tomorrow, an Elks picnic re-awaken Kindel's . grove, the robins returu to sing cf spring, the jaiaies bloom and the Detroit Heralds play football at Hammond, but it is probable none of these things will take place. It appears today as though the football season had closed in a blaze of glory last week when Hammond defeatvu ",e url " -n5 1 riars' -a lu 0. Although it had not been called off at Inoon today the probabilities are that lh, gatI tomorrow will not occur. In order that the teams may perform the present blizzard must .depart, the temperature rise and the weather moderate considerably. If tomorrow morning when you crawl from the hay it Is trm enough to make the bleachers decently comfortable you will know the game Is on. If Instead the present conThe Hirst

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