Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 25, Hammond, Lake County, 22 June 1918 — Page 6

DAILY TIMES SPORT NEWS

DE PALMA ONLY

SCRATCH

STAR

MAN FIELD

HIGH MAY LEAVE DIAMOND PASTIME

Italian Driver Along With Resta Looked Upon As Logical Favorite.

LINEUP FOR BIG RACE.

Car No.

Starters.

seconds.

Handicap. 4-Ralph DePalma, Packard Scratch 3-Louis Chevrolet, Frontenac 15 9-Ralph Mulford, Frontenac 20 1-Dario Resta, Resta special 30 15-B. Oldfield, "Golden Submarine" 40 2-Arthur Duray, Frontenac 45 7-Tommy Milton, Duesenberg 50 31-"Red" McCarthy, Hoskins 60 5-Omar Toft, Miller special 65 12-Dan W. Hickey, Hudson 70 14-Ira Vail, Hudson 75

22-Tom Aller, Bender special 75 24-"Red" Fetterman, Peerless 80 25-DeLloyd Thompson, DeLage 85 27-Milt McBride, Comet 85 10-Peroy Ford, Duesenberg 90 30-Harry Rosengreen, Ostweig 90 32-Al Cotey, Ogren 90 16-Boyer

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CHICAGO TO PLAY AT GRIFFITH

he will be able to play three games

a week on the company's team.

MISS STOREY PLAYS

Hugh High. Hughey High of the Yanks, who was sold to the Athletics and was subsequently suspended by Miller Huggins because he refused to reto Connie Mack, is said to have made up his mind to quit baseball until after the war. High is an explumber and has been offered a

The fourth annual renewal of the job in the engine construction deDerby, the blue-ribbon classic of partment of a big shipyard, where

the year, will be run this afternoon at Speedway Park, the two-mile oval at Maywood, with the world's greatest drivers competing in the 100-mile handicap for $30,000 in prizes and bonuses. This event will feature th pretentious speed carnival arranged by Manager Charles H. Porter. The first race will star at 4 o'clock. Next in importance will be the ChiHandicap, in two heats and a final at ten miles. Preceding this, Ralph De Palma, the world's spring champion, will give a mile exhibition against time, in an effort to break Dario Resta's track record of 113 miles an hour, made two years ago. DePalma will be the only scratch man in the Derby. Stars Have Big Handicap. DePalma will allot handicaps, up to 90 seconds, to such notables as Dario Resta, speed champion of 1915-1916; Arthur Duray, with a record of 147 miles an hour; Louis Chevrolet, speedchampion of 1917; Barney Oldfield,

"Master Driver" for seventeen years, Ring followers and Ralph Mulford, holder of the Racine for pugilis world's 24-hour record of 1,819 miles.

Chevrolet, holder of the 100-mile recof 54 minutes 26 seconds, made last year on the Sheepshead Bay track, will have a handicap of 15 seconds on D

Palma In the Derby. Mulford's allowance is 20 seconds, while that of Resta is 30 seconds, Oldfield, 40 seconds; Duray, 45 seconds; Milton and Hearne, 50 seconds each, on down to 90 seconds to three of the lesser lights. DePalma rules a slight favorite, because of his recent victory in the Harkness Handicap, and because he is be-

lieved to have the fastest car in the race. Ralph is regarded as the greatest all-around driver the game has ever produced. He has the distinction of bethe only pilot to defeat Resta in a race which the latter finished in this country.

The East Chicago baseball team will play ball at Griffith, Ind., Sunday, June 23, says a fan. The team invites their friends to go along with them for a days' outing.

They will leave the K. of P. hall, Olavenue, 9 a. m. a regular picnic and a good ball game. What more would you want for one day? So be on the job early to make sure you get a seat. If you don't own or can't boran automobile, you will have to ride in a truck. So make preparations before hand. Pitcher Jones of the Grifteam has agreed to see that we have a good place to picnic. The Griffith boys are a good bunch of sports, which will assure a good clean ball game. So don't forge the date, your automobile and especially your lunch basket-heavy on the lunch. W. C. JONES, Mgr. June 22, 1918.

LEAGUE PLANNED TO PROMOTE ALL SORTS OF SPORTS

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., June 22.for the organization of the InPatriotic Athletic associa-

tion, which has been in process of WOMAN WARRIOR formation for the last year, were divulged last night coincident with the departure for the east in the interest

of the project of Charles C. Carr, fo

ted Edith Storey, to whom has

Amer than gi

been entrusted the difficult task of

impersonating the wonderful heroine in Metro's special production re lu "The Legion of Death." "The Legion of Death" tells of Russia's fight for freedom from the rule of the Czars, and of the glorious battalion of warwho fought gallantly in the trenches after the men had given up in despair. In "The Legion of Death" Edith Storey impersonates the leader of this brave band of women.

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PUGILISTIC POINTERS.

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who hare relied on ic entertainment will

get one more chance Tuesday night, when Eddie McGoorty meets George Chip in a ten round contest there. Then John Wagner will close his doors. He may reopen in the fall or winter, and he may not. Cards that will be paby the public are hard to get and he doesn't care to stage bloomers. Tommy Sheehan, Chicago Heights welterweight, has been matched for a ten round battle with Soldier Roster of Fort Riley at Kansas City, Mo., on July Jess Willard is scheduled to step ten rounds with an opponent not yet named at the same show.

league player and m

The articles of incorporation set forth

that the funds raised through tournaments, which will include all forms of athletics, will be turned over to patriotic objects which will be selected by the board of directors from time to time. Present plants include the holding of four day tournaments in twenty cities of the east, west, and middle west. They include Indianapolis, New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Washington, St. Louis, Toronto, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Toledo, Louisville, Youngstown, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Scranton, Reading, and posisbly other cities. Besides local men, promoters of the association are said to include James J. Corbett, John McGraw, Barney Oldfield, Johnny Kilbane, Harry Hempstead, Garry Herrmann, Jim Thorpe, Grant Hugh Brown, and James C. Dunn.

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COSTLY TO FORGET POWER BOAT TAX BLOOMINGTON, ILL., June 22 Revenue taxes upon all pleasure boats with fixed engines must be paid before Aug. 1, according to notice sent all motor boat owners of Illinois this week. The charge is $5. All who fail to settle are required to pay a penalty of 50

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LINEUP OF THE LEAGUES

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W. L. Boston 36 24 New York 31 24 Cleveland 23 27 CHICAGO 27 25 Washington 30 30 St. Louis 25 29 Detroit 30 30 Philadelphia 21 34 Yesterday's Results. Cleveland, 3; Chicago, 1. Washington, 3; New York, 2. Boston, 13; Philadelphia, 0. Detroit-St. Louis, wet grounds. Games Today. Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis at Detroit. Washington at New York. Philadelphia at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE. CHICAGO 35 17 New York 35 18

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Pittsburgh 22 3 Brooklyn 23 30 St. Louis 20 29 Yesterday's Results. Pittsburgh, 8; Chicago, 0.

Pct. .600 .564 .550 .519 .500 .463 .400 .382

Boston

Philadelphia

Cincinnati

Pct. .673 .500 .462 .442 .423 .423 .408

Brooklyn, 1; New York, 0. Philadelphia, 10; Bostno, 6. St. Louis, 12; Cincinnati, 6. Games Today. Chicago at Pittsburgh. Boston at Philadelphia. New York at Brooklyn.

Cincinnati at

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