Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 187, Hammond, Lake County, 31 January 1918 — Page 7
Thursday, Jnnuarr 31. 1918.
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BRAVES iOT WORST BF TEAMS
Mass Athletics Are Used In France
(Tho over?fis matter in this story j ins nnd laughing, formed their files
Tollowlngr Is the third of a series of stories comparing the biff league clubs. The fourth wiU appear la an early Is. sue.
was passed by the rcns'ir in Fiance.)
PARIS. Jan. 2 (By mail to TIMF.S.) Baseball, -football, and the usual thdd and trck events aro being pushed into the background anions the. American treiops in Franc. They ore still pluyud and a? popular as ever, but there, Is not room enough for all of the men who want to play.
THIS HENDRICKS PERSON IS NOT WELCOMED BY OTHER N. L. CHIEFS
ome more. This was pretty pood fun jor war manoeuvres. What under the sun was coming next? Apparently a variation was about to
he introduced. There came a Y. At. C. ' V. nnn overtopped by a net bag in i which were sixteen inflated soccer balls.; The V. M. C. A. man explained the next j vent. It was called "company soccer." I The mm were divided into eight equal!
To meet this need. m.if:. sthletic has I t ams of one hundred seventy-five men
BRAVES WITH THE COLORS. The. Braves contributed four men to 'tie rv.ee. And the quartet numbers some men who are counted stars In the national pastime.
Walter Mer-nvilt. Is . chief veoman n' at the Fmversity of Kansas. Law
n the naval reserve. Hank Gowdy is with the 16oth United
been invented by a group of V. Al O. A. workers including: 1'r. James It. MoCurdy, of SprinsSeld. Massai'liusottK, director of Y. M. C A. athletics m France; Professor James Xaismilh, professor of phjslc.il education and hy-
S tales infantry. Walter Rico 1? a chief yeoman in the ;. al reserve. Infielder Sehreiber is a drafted man ar.d is with an Ohio regiment.
By H. C. RAJUITON (United Press Staff Correspondent.) NEW YORK. Jan. 2V The Braves. Th'j rough-end-ready, corky, confidert i.iravfs vviil remain a factor in National league baseball battles until George ytallings steps clear out of the a ay. The trail of bleeding hearts end broken hopes they left in the path of heir brilliant dash to a world's championship In 1?H is something that cannot be forgotten in baseball. No matter how weak the Braves may iock at the start of any season, always something will have to be said of this club's rote ntiality. The Braves will not start this season with a bad baseball club. Wise swapping or bail players, and and careful application of improved Stalling methods to young ball players makes this among those present, if not considrered as a pennant winner. The Braves were left sadly battered n litre Hank Gowdy and Walter Alaranvllfe joined the nation's colors. And when young Sehreiber followed In their foorstepa it looked an even deeper hue. for ho was touted one of the best voungsters In the minors. Gowdy's place has been admirably tilled by the acquistion of Art Wilson from the Cuhs. "Wilson Is fully as good
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rence. Kansas, and inventor of basketbull; Dr. ti'eorf 1 Meylmt, professor physical education al Columbia, University, and l'r. "P. Y. Pes'., director of physical education of the 1. JI. C. A. of
each. on four large fields they were j to play soccer against each other other i lor thirty minutes. Four balls went to j each hold, one side trying to kick thont cvr the goal-line (one point) or through the regular goal-posts (three points) at one end of the Held and the ! other team at the other end. j in two and one-half minutes there' whs the greatest scrimmage you ever saw. Get In mind a field on which 30 j men are .-ill trying to get as many boots i
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with wrre in simultaneous use. The umpires j and scorekeepers had an even more live-j
ly time of it than the- players. As fast 1 as n goal was scored, the ball was I thrown Into the melee again at the fen- j ter of the field. So fast was the scoring j that the referees lost exact count. One )
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Newark. New Jersey, companies but entire
part and enter Into competition
other coma panics and regiments. The Army heads demand that every man shall be given a chance to take part in the sports. This was impossible with the older sports as comparatively few men play at a time and con
siderable practice is reuiured to make a ,rat" kicked well over seventy
good team. j inside of thirty minutes. It will come as a surprise to many to j Again the w histles Mew and the men know that the American troops landing : formed files again. Everybody had had
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Springfield Chamber wants this year's New-
collegiate traek and field championships for Pratt field, that city.
of Commerce and conclude. September 27 at Krie (Pa.) F.ngiand Inter- fair.
John Hopkins annual Indoor track nd field meet Is to be h!d as usual In conjunctio nwlth the Fifth Pcgiment A. A., In the latter's armory, Baltimore, February 2'i.
Industrial Soccer League of Philadelphia wrill utilize "workiess Monday's" to play off scheduled contest postponed by recent Inclement weather!
Schuylkill navy rowing clubs of Philadelphia may open their houses along the Schuylkill river to school boys in order to keep tip Interest in rowing, somewhat lessened by the larger number of rewir.cn who have joined the colors.
The fund being raided in Australia to erect a memorial tablet for the lata Anthony Wilding, the tennis player, has reached the 1500 mark.
Johns Hopkins university lacrosse team hs arranged games wi-.h the navy, Swirthmore, Carlisle Indians, IV nn ar. l Lehigh for the spring.
The Y. M. C. A. has given ordeis for i.tno.000 worth of athletic equipment for us5 of soldiers in American camps and abroad.
Lakes TZrii circuit of tight, harness racing this summer will distribute close
season wHl start June 3 at Cranwood : club is forty years old
Holy Cross college v ill r!ay baseball as long as games can be brranged. Indoor battery work will ?oor start. Freshmen are required to take gymnasium work.
Dr. W. G. Kande'.l W! recently . ( ed captain cf the Boston Bicycle Club
for the thirtieth consecutive year. The
in Fiance are now marched directly from the transports to uthh-tic lieids where they are put through lnter-n gimenfal contests. These games iron out the kinks acquired on shipboard. Clia-.m-cey P. Iiti!bcrt. the writer, who v.apresent when the f.rst games were played, gives a detailed account of them us follows : The great convoy had come into port.
The official inspections and examina- 1 ng than in the first hour. The tions hid been made end visits hid were enthusiastic about the
been paid. The ships were lined up They crowded around
lions the docks, tires gangways and smokf-irrew ladders; were lying ready for use. The decks were jammed with American soldiers anxious to land and for the job of unrestricted freedom of bodily movement. A naval officer accom
panied by several soldiers came aboard.
Jack Hendricks' debut in the National league will please the fans and stir up interest generally in the race next season, but no one want to behove that the other National league leaders are preatly pleased to find Jack amonc" them. The reason being that he's too blamed good. As a manager Hendricks comes into fast company with one of the prettiest records one would care to see and it's sure that he'll make himself a nuisance to all the other clubs. St. Louis fans are already greatly pleassc1 with him.
a good time, and was in a big sweat. No one was hurt and everyone was happy. The men put on their coats and
marched off to their duarters.
s., ended the first hour of the great , " - - ii;te, regimental lieM-nteet that the Y. h ot li-'t s may be losing by not be-j The V. S. G. A. wll meet in rhiladelM. C. A. conducted during the men's j 1" civilians. Johnson is now a member phia Friday. In all probability a sug-
first afternoon on shore. For the next I of th No. i Camp Taylor basketball rest ion will be made to have it handle
two hours th- program was duplicated. ' tm that represents the camp and that j some sort cf a patriotic affair. It pos
even larger numbers of men participat- cmning .uom.ie ,n
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officers ohiho me .viuncie i. Ji. . . a. team, results, j ' was made a corporal last week,"
to reteixe more jonnson wroie to uh nn, ana was
dfhnit.i instructions as to 1 to man- ! a,s" fProimen r-y tne captain to lane a age suh an affair. course in physical culture, o I have been Dr. James II. McCurdy. director of! fchoolboy agaii nl week, rackoy Mo-
r-,i -r.i,,,!,. athi-Hc i,. Vranee nd 1 Fnrland is our boxing insruetor
professor of Physical Kduoatlon at the International Y. M. C. A. College. I'r'ingtleld, Mass.. spent the following morning telling the assembled officers
I There were a few minutes of parley and of this convoy how it was done and riis-
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lind It necessary to whip him every elay in ord'-r to kce) hiin from getiing too cocky."
not so good
Down the fore and eft gangplanks
world's series He Is
hitter as of yore, but he s
,.r ivniimi. Y,cttir than a ".tO averaee.
The "trade that sent Charley He r.g to up its allotod space in a great level field
th Braves eompletelv takes care of the!a "orl "--- "r c.......
hole left by Maranville's departure.
Herzog is much the same sort of a ball j player as the departed star, but he will J give more weight to the Braves infield. J
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jtill is capable ' marched the men as on parade. . Fol
lowing its oun band each company toon
ulo for the first hour called for 1410
tribufing instruction leaflets. During the sureeeriing hours he with Professor James Nnisn.ith, the inventor of basketball, and Dr. John Coulter addressed the men and officers on "Social Morality" and "Health."
JOE GUYON MAY BE ANOTHER THORPE
ibly will do aomething along those
lines, though it be rothing more than a repetition of the Liberty tournament on July 4.
Gordon T. Nightingale, Junior national cross country champion, will be a contestant in the P.oston A. A. indoor meet February 2. He will compete in either the. Hunter mile or a special fhree-mili race.
ACT AS OWN PORTERS
All baseball players, both in the major leagues and tha near-by major leagues, will have to carry the.r own luggage this season. The magnates have rassed the word that no trunks will be allowed On either the spring training trips or the trips later around
! the circuits. The pln was adopted as
an aid to the transportation facilities cf tho country. This means that the Beau Brummels of the game will not be showing off their latest tailorad creations. Nearly all bail players have been carrying wardrobe trunks for years and certain players dolled up several times a day. This year they will lug Fuitcases and carry their uniforms in rolledup packages. Also, but one Pullman is to be used by each ttam. which means
that all upper berths will be occupied for the first time in the history of baseball. Heretofore the pampered athletes kicked cn sleeping in uppers and go; away with it.
HARBOR TEAM WINS MATCH
The Pollss of East Chicago defeated
the SI. & Sia last nleht. oa the Lyric eleys. The score: Dollar Uotai. Clark m m Tomer 235 16.1 199 Newel! 143 17 7 1S2 Sandell 183 ITS 1 7 1 i:. Quinn 165 17? 171 Totals 900 17J ?4g X. fc XL'S. Dorsey 10 5 PS 1?I W. F.ohdei 177 195 SIS C. Rohde 167 1X4 1S1 Grrehrtnger 215 274 503 Gill 171 172 IVtZ Totals e9n 67$ ff3
Vrdrr p'iclr n.on Pr. McCurd'. Dr. j Meylan. Dr. l est and several other not-. flp nrrn a Tppll
hit for an average as 'arge as Jlaranv i lie's and he may not. P'or the rest of his infield fallings niil have Ed Konetchy, Rawlings and Led Smith. Konetchy and Smith are the hitters of the inner works. The infisid is well-balanced. The outfield this year is a better one
than the trio with which Ptnllings tin-j ished last fall. Kehg. Powell. Kelly, j YViokland. Massey and Bailey is a;
sweet bunch to pick from
are Kehg, Powell, Kelly and Wickland will he the regulars. Stalling weakened his pitching staff some in trading' to bolster the rest of the machine, but he still has intact a crrrat hurling corps. Hughes. Nehf and Kudolph would look good attached to
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rj-jri. ) e'3 pnysie'ai eiirecte-i p. tiv i. y. j There they stood in columns of files. has studied the problem of the army's j twenty men to a file, eight files to a reed Rlong the line of mass athletics.)
Between company f.;e3 was Obviously me oia-siyie irntK meet ior
a lane six feet wide. i a few- trained stars 13 out ot tr.e QuesThe men looked about curiously and Hon. as is also tha playing of such spe-j with interest. This certainly started cialized games as football and baseball, j differently from anv drill they had had where relatively few- men play the gam i
Claims to
Have Rival for All-Round Wonder Athlete.
so far experienced. Across the field two hundred yards away stoo, a line of stakes; each company's flag being attached to the stake directly in front of it. The first man in each file was standing behind a rope pegged down in a
Indications ! small elitch. Six feet beyond and par
allel to It stretched another rope. 1 no j :ren became) m"ri and more curious as j they took in these de tails A small group of Y. M. C A. men and officers ; were consulting together m the midst ; of thi field. Suddenly a whistle Mt viand the little; central groups scattered to all corners of the field. The com-
and that only after long practice together. That the faih of the army in the Y. St. C. A.'s ability to meet the army's need ndemiately is Justified, was proved
Georgia Teeh claims to have developed in Joo Guyru one e.f those prodigies of sport which bob up roiv and then and are kneiwn as all-round athletes. The phrase- is a very broad one and in Its best sense theri are few athletes who may ever be so classed. Jim Thorpe
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be has Kagan ana -Viien as experieni ei -
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outhful members. The team lines up rtronger than last summer. There is more compactness, a look of harmonious ball playing. The team should finish better than it did last fall.
KID WILMS GIVEN HIS FIRST KNOCKOUT
IN BOUT WITH LYNCH
FIGHT DECISIONS
the- six-foot
trench opposite his men. ; An order rang out: j ! "First man in eaeh file to the rope. On command do a standing broad jump across the trench; advance three steps i from where, you lanel and about-face. j Next man in each tile do likewise, fallir.g in behind the first man. Each man j clearing the ditch count one point for' i hii company-"
j Number un in eoch file looaed ner
vously down tho line at inn oiner unI fortunate Number Ones. They certain-j : iv tho ponts this time. 1
l'ee the re.pe. rang out the order.
'One two three Jump.
The line rf men sprang upward and
outvv.-.rd. landing with anxious care.
! Fveryor... had cleared the ditch. I -Vnmber Two!" came the order, and
the seeotid man in each tile did likewise.
RITCHIE IN
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in the first thirty-six hours of the men vas p. rhaps the greatest all-round athon shore; whh h wn turned In its hands! Me 111 any American college. lie was to direct. The Y. M. C. A. like the army i ,,n,. f the greatest football players who has learned that it is group efficiency, 1 eiver kicked a pigskin; hi, college baseskill and stamina that alone count in tn WHS phenomenal; on the tra.-k and war. . ) in the i-eld he was almost invincible. . Howard Berry of Penn was nneuher.
1 Berry wis a wonder at football and e-n i the track, lie piaved ejuite remarkable I biseball. Elmer o.l iph;itit, of West I Pcdnt. the only man who has ever anj nexed lour atiiletic stars at the nrmy j school, is nnoth- r. Oliphant is almost i equally good at baseball, frjotbalt, basi kttbal!, polo nn. I track.
Remarkable Man. Guyon. it Is sail, is eejuaUy remark-
I nble. Last year he was one of the bright
shining stars in football, perhaps one j . of the nix best backtVid men in the j Icoutmy. lie is a crack baseball played: i and several big league manageis have. I been scoutit g for h's servie-es. Gujon, j however, has refused offers as he j I wishes to retain his amateur standing j 'until lie finishes, n courc in encine ring 1 at the Georgia school. on the track'
' Guyon has been clot ked In ten seconds
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.. Jan. SI. If j the claim of Geary Steffens. otherwise j Willie; Ritchie, to exemption from army i service is upheld by the district draft ; board here he might as well Quit a ' boxing instructor at Camp Lewis. In the opinion of Brig. Gen. Foltz, commanding Camp Lewis. The draft, board !
j which recently denied Ritchie's claim ! of exemption receive.! a letter fre.m On. ' J Folz today congratulating; it on itsj
action. 1
"Fighting men would learn boxing more eagerly from eme of their own, who. when the time ce'rnes. will stnnd
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' Four men landed in the diuh. much to
t he :r em na rrassmen 1 - The officers were busily keeping srcre. One thousand ight men out of the 1410 or 71 per cent., cleared the ditch. Another s-t of orders was given and the ir.en found themselves formed
Decisions of light repreaentatires on Tuesday were: j At Philadelphia Joe Lynch, knocked out ' Kid William (4). At Boston 3narley KI5?rt heat Tom ; Cowler on foul (2).
At Bridgeport, Conn. Harry Or eh 'beat1 again in their original positions facing
The Zulu Kid (13). PHILADELPHIA. PA.. Jan. CI. That great little battling Dane, Kid Williams, l-iileel to go the scheduled limit for the first time since he started lua ring ca1 eer in the. season of 1910 when, his manager. Dave Wartnik. stopped the hattle in the fourth round to save his
crotege from further pnnishment at the the whistle, counted one point for their
hands of Joe Lynch of New York at the oiympia Tuesday night. The ending wp.s pathetic. A. shower
of rights was rained upon his unpro- fr, FO passing on the left. When the
the line of tompany llaKS. A short space before the officers stood a lorn; line e.f men holding n rope at arm's length over their heads. The men were ordered to start sprinting in the present formation until another whistle blew thirty seconds later. All the men who were beyond the. rope, which was dropped to waist height at
FULTCN SIGNS TO BATTLE JESS
IT LOOKS LIKE A LEAN SEASON FOR GOLFING; PLAY FOR M CHARITY
NEW YORK. Jan. ci. While in some
companies, those behind the rope failed to score. If any man could outsprmt the man in tile ahead of him. he was to
DENVER. COLO., Jan. 31. Fred Fulton, contender for tho heavyweight box- I ing championship of the world, hasj
(signed articles to me-t Jess AVillard. j quarters It has been hint! that there j champion, here next summer. James SI. ! is going to be a good deal more golf
Hanimil, .1 local promoter, announced j ' his year than there was last, present this yesterday. Hanimil announced ho j indications de not point that way. The would leave for Chicago next week to i Western Oolf Assot latmn now has fallen offer a guarantee to Willard of $.jft. 000 ! Into line with the l s. (J. A. and other
for the bout. All of the money tftke-n in associations, and if anything in the is to go to the Red Cross. Fulton in i nature; of lonipt'tit iui is hel) at si!, it rv-mxr to bcx Tom McMahcn horo Fob. '"HI be for ib b-nru of tb war chari-
Gov. Goodrich, by proclamation, has set aside Sunday, Feb. 3rd, as Thrift Day. Sermons will be preached in the various churches this coming Sunday on thrift GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY. Monday has been designated as a special day for buying Thrift and War Saving Stamps. Save and Serve. A Country Worth Fighting For is a Country Worth Saving For.
tected head and body. and. helpless and
staggering, the former king ot bantams was battered and pounded into a neutral corner. Unable to fight, defenseless, but stii game, his manager came to the rescue and saved the great little fighter from taking the count en his back.
If You Think THE TIMES Is Doing Its Bit Your Support Is Always Welcome. 0
was was finished they were to line up
in files by the company flags. 'Did he say race?" whispered one mr.n to the file leader. The man nodded silently. Again the whistle sounded and the wild race began. Picture 1440 men sprinting simultaneously down a field, mud flying, arms gyrating tongues hanging out as they neared the goal. The rope suddenly dropped, dividing the forces nearly in two. Seven hundred and eighty four, or 55 per cent., were ahead of the rope. The men, pant-
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ticp. with a strons probability that the entries will be restricted to men who are not less than 40 years old. The New Jersey Ptate Golf-Associa-tien held iis ntinual meeting here Tuesday, and although no action was taken
SU'NCIE. IN'D.. Jan. 31. If Lyman it v. as made char that there will be no
Johnson, star pitcher for the Muncie championship tournament as long as the Greys baseball team last yer.r and tout- war lasts. Should peace be declared heed .as a certain big league star this year, fore it is to bite for tournament golf, is worrying over the ftK-t that the call the members of the association iunnedlto the colors has at least temporarily j ately will get toge ther an, niako arnipped bis professional baseball career. , rangements for holding their title event, none of his letters to friends here indi-ihut unless that happens there will be cafes it. and in al of them he tells of nothing for ihe New Jersey men but a athhtic activities at Camp Taylor that1 repetition of the Red Cross benefit, make up for a good deal of the fun that I which brought JS.fift ) nr.t joar.
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