Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 237, Hammond, Lake County, 4 April 1918 — Page 13

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BALL PLAYERS REACH CBESTjp OB 2G Actor-Fan Has Figures on Game's Stars to Prove Claim.

hen doe s ha!! p'sv-er reach the treMfit i.e of efficient;,-? At what age is his prowes superior to his efforts at oilier i;me?? This is a problem w hi' 1 Otto Kruser. fan, attempts to solva with rtrurea in'" data gathered on certain star., ivi -Si"- who p!a s the leading ro! I' i'ii the ; psy Trail"' Com r any a', the Muut theater thi ?,('. was a ball player i.-tr seif win!: lie was a student th j hersuy of Michigan and 5-.i-.co Icsv-"ng-the diamond he ha made a close ; ..dy of the dope, or fan fodder as it is (:ietma called. He ass studied the -s at V'h;-h ball pi vers have hal tb-!r grease: year and Ivs dope if in- ' --esting. Tt sho- s and proves conclust thai about ?j or ii is the niaxinviin at whtch eftivieney is reached. lIOTi Wagner had his greatest ear 1!0. At least h reached his maxiVi. a? a bn'a that yca And hi .' .r.g Tv a s r. er tetter. He battel for th'' '3f'i .ir?V.in i.ajni i h.; fcest year in l?t! when he That year the (treat Frenchman ltd for an astounding total of .4J?. ' v.h star yar wa in 1911. when he

was Tha year '.'"lib bat tea .410 arid scored 14T runs. When. H was considered that there are few battrs who get beyond 100 runs or 20O hits a season, it may be seen how fRr ahead of the field Cobb was that yea). Christy Mathewson had something like sixteen t reat jurf, but the greatest ot these was m inns, whtn lu; was 25. That year Matty won thirty-one arid lost but r.tr.e games out of forty and pitched

three shutout games against the Atli-

letics in th" world series, an achievement which has never been equaled. Fid V. alsh'i super year, when he won forty parties and lost thirteen, besides earing

a number f.T other pitcher, was in. 1908, when he was "6 years ofd Hi! record of for'y game- has only be. n ect'.ial-d by one pitcher. Chesbro having j gon" him on better. Walter Johi.or reach.-,; bus best sea son in 11 s. when he was L'6. That year lie n thirty -i n:-.l lost but sev en game. 1' i hard t" puk the f r-att year of tlrcver A ! viiaer. who has von ti.vvc than thirty ganies each sea ton in the Inst three ssasvii. hut ho delivered these vi'.torie hjrii.(f hi twenty -fourth, twenty -fith and t vvent y-sixth years. ' , Tlv. r ar- exceptions, of course. Tri jf akfr's s-reast year wa 191S IV was ? at that hrt. Jot Woods won twenty-ftve games at v.i lost five when he was 23. and Hube Marquard vva the srjme s e w hen he ni(l the remarkabl run of tun-ff n s'raiKiit. s;ame. But th majority of the grcit stars have been around 25 or 2S when they had their .;.-t ?easens

Ntinuul isUI? last Saturday nitfht vi.l announce It a great miccesa. Tho tutx' receipt beir.s $8J.!0. Pr. Kellmiii drew the lucky r...m her from th ho while l)r. Sievons. Harry Dai is. .-md ir.ny tii ket hohittrs were spectators. Thirteen tickets were; pulled and !in tt- tat tickvt was drawn out there was juit.- a little vl t s - turhnnce m the crowd nil trying; in vain' to hi d ta- lucky number on ih.or ticket I The lucky iimnher is .'-; 7. The holder) of thta ticket will plenno call nt the nwstand nt th" Com rat lruK Store

within two days liotu dat ; v r forfeit! his rig;ht to th $10 in cold. ! Tlite TrianKls wish to thank th pvi!"'-1 he for the larse number of ticket. pur-' ch: . and they wish to thank Trr Tmts for tVeir undyins support of a'' f'hl tic tievvs sent th.'m MEET TONIGHT. j t !

sporlire- t.ditor " imksMr. It.-orio v ihe t. Announce that

tne tlrt toeefini.- of ti.e Itoys HastbaHl l.eaijue will be iit-ld Thursday evening j April 4th. at the lt;Uud I?ot-l. at In-I uiana Hirbor. All contender of th Lake county, chaii jion-htp arc t i t. -.t- ii to send th manager and apt.iin i,f their t"am to! this mortmg. Mr. Boone m:ikes and oxfr. appeal to th bov a of (T.-iry to at-j tend this m t ing for 'here has not as; yet been a team from tiary, Ind., to make application for thi league, roiiji . ti (1 ." 5-hftv vour colors. '

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Br menu JLAT. v ' i I ' T !.N(j. IN13.. April 4 Tomorrow cini:i at the Slovenwky Uom in AYhnlntr I he first r.f a series cf ! ha?k ibiill htTies between lh sterling Quintet of th AhitinK Owls and the almost unbeatable Em Hoe of Indianapolis will tak pla.'-e. These fvco games are attracting considerable attention botn near and fir Thev will wind tip tha oason both for the Vim Hoes and for ths Whiting ' tvl.f . At this time it might not. be amis? to make a few oitii pKriaons in the ims and their players. Of rourtt. the mai of the Km fioos 'earn Is Homer Ston--breaker. Jitonebreakf r mi a meir.her of the famous Wintmte Hi(?h school team which won rlic bi;li achoc'i -hnm-pionh'p of the state .i tvimher of ;,(.in ao. He then went to Wabash where he n.Ede good rinlit oft' he bn. Htid vcs n 'oer of strength on that team. The Little Ci.-iius corned 'he name of ths "Wonder Five'' largely thru the cffi.rt of this pivot man. Opposed to him will he Fred Scha'Ter who will piny the c r.ter position for tho iwls fhib. Schaefer is not s tall as S"iibroker t'tt fans who h te . en both boys in action beh.v" that ft. hri' f't run out jump StonehreaXer. They have never opposed oach other. St onebreaker has had tho mo?t experience and ta heavier. Schaefer, on the other hand, is thousht to have the better ey for the bsket nd hs- a (rood s hetd as a.'iy player in the (jame tody. Resides Schaefer, the Owls have Cochrans to use. "Moose'', as he is familiM-ly known, his played on some of the host

teams in the country. Including the old

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I A. '. team last year. He Is a bin ?e!j..v and can guard letter ihat) nwi epters. If it hecon rirrossary for the Ow is i Tub to play a defensive Kit me. "Mt'"-n'" Cochrane, will make thing pretty interesting for Homer Stonybreal.er. J'ranci Kacon. who plays the running guard for the Km Roes, is another '- bash .;ar ami ri-'tnher of the famous "Wonder 1 i'o." Hs is a dangerous loan to have possession of the ball liv.iuso he invnriuidy (S-'ts the ball to eve of the forward1 r to Ftitiehreak r if tiiey are Hi a L.'mt ..: .. m.ikf a basket. He is' ;l b-g f.-'.biw. -L-ontr. fast and cl v r As a guard H is htird t" K-'t by hi'i: something that the i i'i h tve to do it they e,.....ft to fin.: up poin'. This i his hrst s.tsori with the Mm l:o..s. Rilty U'eiss will play the running gu'it a for the Whiting ivlf. Weiss i a strong young f' how. This is his first season m his company. He has, however, demonstrated that he h.is the ch liber of that 'lass. He is fast and has a vvonderiul eye for the basket. Here ng nn the Km Roe team has it on the Owls for experience. Weiss, lik Hacon. l a dangerous man to get a hold of 'ho bail. Harry Frieling will, no doubt, take a hand in the game at his old position and will replace Weiss, should the younger man fall down Frieling is as fast as fHCon. every bit as clever, has had els much experience r,d we believe a better head on him than Bacon. Oscar Behrent. the visitors" ba-k guard, has played six years on the Km Koe team and ha compared favorably wl'h the best guards in th business and can cause the best forwards considerable trouble. The Owls are relying on "Dernie" Egan to stop th visitors' for.wards. This young fellow has shown that he can be depended on. "Barney'' Pelsma, too. will give the visitors all sort of trouble. "Some games" will be the verdict or all those who attend. Well gamble on tna now that we can't drink.

n.ond -md ret nr. ye.'.i! of s-ii i depot. He'll li.iv lie; .vteekiiig cr.-w on th- job in t f.e..i, minutes. Hasten ih thy. Hut that's getting away f'-om htjeTi c sn-dsun opens for the Hammoiid earn April L'i but there may be a. practice game the twenty-first. There will ho a nit-'iiiB . f the rnau-s.'-r's ci.ih this evening a' 7:T. 10 v i.me. i.'d place.

tlie b: t ;-r. jck da. but his batt: with ,...i:i I.. Sullivan and -lame I. 'crhell won for iniii a world wide rep'its t ion. Tie ;! eaoiP into promir.ei.ee a pugilist in lfc6. when bare-krric;. ' i;ghtit g was in vogue, arid h 1;"cj" stich "oi Boh 'uTit.in'i'r.iti . :ir.l:.- ('! . lk. ':H...i ! ..!,. r -. In ;. ..otllpe-

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KO.VDO.V. April 4. Charlie Mitchell, t former middle and heavyweight churn-! plon of England, died in Brighton yes-j

terday. He was 5 6 years old. Thisi

sterns the year of death for tha once great fighters. Bob Fitzimmons. John I,. Suilivan tnd Mitchell ail having passed awsy within a few montha of eaeh other.

Mitchell gained fame in the Ting !n

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'.. cai:!'Ji:i 'i t iti:'". i. nil t l,c.i:f h't.lllV till 11. ti.fee i.C defeated m.'il.i ers of the day

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,1 .'i;. (..' i l-.e la .' ge-J!. I., lost .n John Ii . jT o': Nevv Torn. .' ihr foremost boxWhile in the United

Hayes. Jake K:!w inning a draw

Slate he n.e.t JL".nn rain and Jack Burke,

.villi Furke four time?. After his thn ly-n'ue-round dtaw wl'h Sullivan at Chantil'y, J'rar.cc. In 1S?S. he wa a c.o claimant of the heat -weight championship, but his one -kr.owledgej battle for the world's ti'1 was losi to .Taiiu s J. Cvrbett. who knocked him out in three rounda at Jacksonville. I- ia.. in 13. This battle established Corbet as the undisputed world's heavyweight champion. Mitchell wa tated a one. of the greatest tittle men who ever fought in heavyweight ranks. His best tfetget was between 1S5 and 175 pounds.

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Y lien Bryan Pownev meets Jack Ma!cirt, the new welterweight sensation Trorn St. Paul, tonight at Fort Sheridan, to decide which thall engage Ted Lewis In a championship eilmlnatioti match, there In every indication that tho post gymnatilum will be paeked. The advance aale has been the blsg.et for any contest decided around Chicago '.bis reason. Malone. a i o! "f '1'i'ck knockouts of Kile M"ha, Kay Kong, and Young Ixnny. has been made a t to h favorite although bounty la not lacking for backer. Downey came to Chicago yestarday and dispelled doubts as to his condition, appearing to be in gtvid hape

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