Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 280, Hammond, Lake County, 24 May 1918 — Page 7

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Extrminntor, Kentucky d'-rby winner, was bred by Dixon KniBht, of Jessamine county. Kentucky ami ltueht as a yearling: at Saratoga by J. .'. I-'ilnn for $1.S00. The pe'.ain? start .--d in but few races as a two-year-old ami displayed no remarkable form. Tlu- intention of Henry McPamel was call".) to th.colt one day at Lexington, where he worked a mile in 1:43. McDnniel was so Impressed by the sreldinj that he rt AV. S. Kilmer to pun-hase hin). It was lucky for the Binshamton millionaire that he took the advice of his trainer.

KID TEAMS HAVE GOOD GAMES The St. Casimiers defeated the Standard Coit3 by the score. 9 to Good pitching- was done by Johnny Tangerman and catching- by Steve Rolinski. The pitcher for St. Casimers allowed only two hits and struck out VI. The pame was won by hfi-d hittine. John Lew.mdoskl basting out nt home run and a three baser and Tony Kusdelniak a three haso hit. Leo Lewandoski. Joe r.yba and (.'huck Larson each mud" two-

WAHIT.TO. Mot 23. IVr.oni who ell HrRtM on any roof or Atrne tur oirrloohins o fciipball pnrk will be ohllaed to pni u nr tto the S' ernmrn t. nrrordliisf to an anutuncei)irnt ioxiiect today by the hurfHil of Internal retrnue. The tax mnat be collri'ted nnd paid by the nterprllnr owner or occupant vt the building who reoetex payment for the ineHts occupied b poroifrn." The iinnoiinoeinent that In one -l(.r voma!i nhif yard ndjuln the bnll park Km been nelllng; aents to a tree, the price heinic rtvi nnd ten rent, depending on how tilth the patron has to climb. He. cently the price has been advanced to 6 and II rent, the extra cent fcelns added to the war revenue.

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base hits. The line-up of thn St. Casimers is Chuck Larson, rf: James Shafer. 2b; Tony Koedelniak. Sb: Johnny Iewandos'.:i. s; Joe Ryba. If; Leo Lt-wandoski, lb; Kdward I'urnik cc; Uruuo Shafer. cf; Steve Rolinski. c; Johnny Tankerman, p. AVe would like to har from nny fwst team everneinr from IS to IS. For names write to Jamrs Shafer. 170 lirove street. Hammond. Ii.d.

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Make It The Last VPnr.

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Harold Throckmorton. Now that the U. S. Lawn Tennis association has decided to resume ita national championship fixtures, at the g-overnment's request, it is more than likely that the individual cham-

pionghip of the United States this

! season will pass into the hands of the youngest plaver to ever try for the j distinction, llarold Throckmorton, i the slim New Jersey youth of twen- ' ty, who plays the smashinff Calij fomia brand of frame. Throckmorton will go to the post a favorite in ! thfc n'jtiir-ot fAiirwomaf 4- 17 . . . ,

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Uy H. C. HAMILTON, i t'nited I'icfs Str.ff Coi respondent) NEW YORK. May With the bout between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton called of., finht followers are I'PKinniiis t turn their attention to a prol-nble nieerir.i; ltween Jack 1 icnipw y and Fult oi. The ie.n. iin is the resulr of the hatlle in St. Paul Let ween M i.ske and 1 nip. sey, in wlii'-h MUki- a Kiven slightly the wors of It by his sensational opponent. Mi.ke alrendy had met Fulton and iiad iieid lmu prm ti-allv even. In fact, if Fulton l:d i eed in mhadinK Miske it wa nut by so prieat a marKin as the defeat whi-h ter.ipsey plastered on Miske. Natuially, the process of elimination leads d.rn ly to a mretinft between th.e niot rominent heav-

ie. wliieh. in this eaye are Oempsey worth whil

and Fulton. Miske lost no prestige through remp

sey's vlctoiy. The St. Raul light heavy is such a tough bird, fo thoroi!ghly able to withstand hep.vy punishment that lie will make a prioui mistake if he ever consents to meet either Fill- ' t..n nr limr,,iv n r.i i n 1 r u hnrt iirllt !

Miske hs nhllity to spare. He is able to take j nntshrnent and hand it out in return. With his toughness he probably would be avle to appear to greater advantage in a longer bout.

In the t.a,me connection ii miKht he j

mentioned that Havana is making efforts to land the. Willard-Fulton mill. Fir.re so much opposition to the fracas hs developed in tills country. A pure of JT'i.onn has been offered, with prlv-t-r-ii that would mak it decidely

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EQUALS HOiVIE Ml RECORD

Gcorg- (Babe) Ruth, the etr ritcher

I j and batter of the Hcston Jicd Sox, reI i ccntly cgualed the majur kafue record j i for home runs in consecutive gam! s. j By slimming out a four-baPKcr off Wali ter Johnson. Ruth tied Ray Caldwell'M

COMISKEY'S VIEW OF DRAFT REGULATION

RKSIDHNT COMISKHY of the. worlds ciinmp!i,n White Sox

s.-iid yesterday: ,., r,..,dv to

close up if the K'HeninK-n! thinks it is advisable. U.schall. as 1 have maintained stfadily, like everything else, is of secondary importance to the war. Victory for the Inited States must be considered firsl, and anything the government says I shall do very pladly. If this order means shut up the park. I'm ready to do so. "If it means that we are to go along with the htst kind of teams we can get out of material not In the draft. I'm ready to do that. It is a question of whether people want baseball. I think they do. "If we are to close, all right. If we are to tret on s best we ran. all riyht. We are here x. Pey directions of the governnier.t .'

HE NUT MASSAGE

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Who would think that the advent of a played named Berber on the Chicago Cub team would give rise to such beautiful flowers cf speech in the descrip-

i tion of one game as these:

record of three homers in three straight I games, established in 1315. I

Tlie sportsmen are beiiminp: to bring in some nice strings of fish of various kinds, and now it's up to you to do your bit. Of course you will need some tackle. Well, we bare everything you could possibly need to fish with. We have bamboo poles 10 to 24 feet long. 5c to 65. Jointed bamboo, 15e to SI. 50. Split bamboo rods, $1.00 to $20.00. Steel rods, S1.00 to $10.80. REGISTER IN OUR FISHING CONTEST. Casting reels of all the popular makes Meek, Blue Grass, Shakespeare, Talbot, Milan, Meiselbaeh, Rider, Penal, South Bend and Anti-Baek Lash and several other good makes of reels, running from 60c to $32.00 each. We have a full line of Plug Baits, Flies, Rubber Baits, Bucktail, Weedless Hooks, Double, Treble and Single Hooks. Pish Lines of all kinds and prices. We handle a full line of A. . Spalding & Bros, baseball goods, tennis goods, and athletic goods. FLASH LIGHTS We have a large and complete stock of flash lights, batteries and globes. FLAGS. We have fl.-ies monntoil nn tirL- fwm l r r

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- - . a uAILESICAN LEAGUE. W. L. Ret. Boston 19 12 .113 New York is 13 .S52 Cleveland 17 14 .543 CHICAGO n 12 .53 s St. Louis 15 13 .S3; Philadelphia 12 IS .423 Washington 13 IS .41S Detroit 8 is .333 Testerday'a Besnlta. Cleveland. 1; Boston, 0. St. Louis. 3; Washington. 2. Other games, wet ground. Oiraei Today. Chicago at Boston. Cleveland at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Detroit at Washington. NATIONAL LEAOUI. w. L. ret. New York 23 23 7 .767 CHICAGO 13 11 .633 Cincinnati IS 15 .54.' Pittsburgh 15 13 .536 Philadelphia 12 Hj .42! Boston 12 13 .3S7 Brooklyn 11 is .79 St. Louis 0 20 .310 Yesterday's EeatUta. Chicago. 5; Brooklyn, 0. Philadelphia. 3: Pittsburgh, 2. Boston. A: Cincinnati. 3. New York, fi; St. Louis. 4. Games Today. New York at 'hirngo. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn nt St. Louis.

round route and many of the wise one who frequent Bloom & Mayer's Clark st. citrar establishment are picking Welling to win. The las! time the pair met Mitchell was the winner at the end of ten rounds of hot milling.

CLUBS OF iTML WILL USE PLATERS NOT OF DRAFT AGE

"Barber stood like a pole in the garden.' "Barber had a close shave at second, being out by a whisker." "Barber's double was a clipper to center." "Barber got a tip from Mitchell to steal third." "Barber itched to make it three straight singles." "Barber laughed as Cnfon fiied out to him. "You're next! h shouted to Mollwitz. as the latter came to bat " "Barber was all in a lather es he

round"d third after making a home to deep renter." "Barber ran like a wild hare."

KINGS BF SPEEO FIRST TO SO FOB JUNE 22ND

SAILORS TO BOX IN MILWAUKEE

PITTSBURGH, PA.. May 24 "Kvery

thing must he done to win this war

said President John K. Tener upon I learning of the new order of Provost General Crowd.r. "If baseball is a j sport us classified in this new order and ' not a business in which there is a great ! investment of money, then baseball will not be behind other interests in contributing its part toward winning the j war. "If baseball is nonessential and players of draft age have to give up rdaytng the clubs will try to find players that are not of draft age, and if this cannot ' be done there Is a possibility that our j hall parks will have to he closed and J the season be brought to an end. Believed Sport Encouiag-ed. !

. ; Italian Builds Own Mystery-

Motor for the Big Race.

First entries were announced yesterday for the auto derby to be run at the Chicago speedway .Tune 22, Dario Resta and Louis Chevrolet having sent in their signatures properly inscribed on the dotted line, with assurances that they will be here to defend their former laurels.

This sounds like an auspicious be- j ginning, and would seem to set at rest I any doubts that the contest here is not j to be of championship cattner. Resta j

"Since the draft or conscription act iompion ror isis and 'lO on.1 ir K l 1 ,

has been effective we have been opera t- . '"v"""" ny common consent. ;

ineiu tnat tit lo last year. The latter.

presumably, will campaign one of his; fast Fror.tena.-. Resta has something ; of n mvtlirv tr. r.er i r. . k . .. - i

j - n y 01 a j , new motor which he designed and built '

im jear au.ing nis voluntary vacation

Ing with the understanding that baseball was being encouraged by the government, and player" havo been responding as they have U-cn called under the provisions of the draft !n great numbers, and many of them have volunteered. "Baseball also has been doing i' share of war work in every way. and baseball is only too glad to comply with the new regulations, having perfect confidence that it w-ill not be discriminated against by the government or any department head."

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Mitchell Eilled to Step 10 Rounds Tonight.

Tom Andrews is staging considerable of & boxing show tonight in the Milwaukee Auditorium. The feature bout will be between Joe Welling and Ritchie Mitchell, both wearing the blue of Uncle Sam's navy. Welling is stationed in New York harbor on a training ship and Mitchell recently enlisted at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The lads will hattl? over the ten-

MISS PALMER SETS A NEW WORLD RECORD

MADISON. WIS.. May 2". Miss Gladys Palmer, University of Wisconsin co-ed. broke tft world's record for baseball throwing by women when she threw a regulation ball 21". feet 11 inches. She also came within eight feet of the world's record for the javelin throw for women by throwing it 71 feet S inches. Miss Palmer an Oak I'ark. III. girl.

ROCHESTER, IT. May 23. Eddie Holley, sliortctop on the Newark International Leag-ue baseball team, was struck by liffhtalnjr at Baseball Park yastsrday afternoon during a sever hall and, thundar storm. He was rendered partly unconscious from the shock.

from racing affairs. i

"Race on Handicap Plan. ( The handicap feature of this year's : derby will offer Chier.gonin a new ex- j perience in racing thrills. Handicap! allowances will be computed according

to the speed of the cars and the ability of the drivers in such past performances as may be on record, with the idea, of courre. of bunching the contestants as closely as possible nt the end of the 100 mile grind.

W. L. PREXY BACKS TWILIGHT GAMES KANSAS CITY. MO., May 23. President E. W. Dickerson of the Western league Tuesday night expressed himself as displeased hy the announcement the first twilight baseball game at Omaha had been called at the end of the fifth inning on account of darkness, "with the sky so clear and bright." he said, "that it would have been possible to play at least an hour longer." Dickerson made the announcement that patrons cf twilight games In the Western league hereafter may depend upon at least nine full innings and as many more as are possible to play in case of a tie.

Tyrian Tires, the Best in the World.

Inner Tubes, Dry Battery Cells, Spark Plugs, Waxit, the best Body Polish manfd. McBeth Lens, Sun Ray Lens to comply with new law every Automobile must be equipped with them. Wire Wheels, etc.

iiiine .country. Travel for One-Quarter the Cost of Railroad Fare 50 to 75 miles per gallon cf gasoline 800 to 1500 miles per gallon cf sylinder oil 5,000 to 8,000 miles per set of tires The Harley-Davidson is a real economy in manv ways. It saves innumerable carfares makes marketing a pleasure takes you on visits to distant friends all for a cost so trifling that it is truly surprising. The Harley-Davidson ''For 16 Years the Master Mount" driven with a sidecar, will transport two people for less than the cost of railroad fare. Take the wife in the sidecar and slip away to the country. An hour's refreshing' ride and you are far away from the realm of city prices. Yoa stop for a minute with Farmer Brown and purchase a fowl for two-thirds what it would cost at your market. Another mile, a basket of eggs is added, and you are dollars ahead. A third halt while you bargain for a load of potatoes to be delivered next week at half the usual price. Come in and let us show you how the Harley-Davidson will pay for itself. No obligation. Just come in and hear the story. J. E. LEECH 678 H0KMAN STREET Phone 2137. Hammond, Ind. Have you seen the Harley-Davidson Bicycle?

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