Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 31, Hammond, Lake County, 17 July 1918 — Page 8

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Ilararaonls opponent! for next ounay will be tho I'r.lon iManls, one cf the best colored teams playing AmiPro baJl In or n round OiIchko. This 1 the name clut that was scheduled here cn the Fourth of July and Kommers Is . fortunate lu boln able to book them back ater cancelling the previous onsradrement. The colored boys are pretty much in demand as they are a itood drilling card and as they have a good club they are a big attraction wherever they go. "Tacks" DePae is more than anxious for another chance to pitch against this team as only last Saturday ha worki'd thirteen Innings with the Normals gainrt this ean:e club holding thenj to a draw, the came being called on account of darkness with the score a 1 to 1 tie. This game was played at the TVhlte Sox Tark and Incidentally 1t was ITeLave who scored the only run for his team, with a long- homer to the Iron rate In left field. It is hoped that the eame pitcher that opposed Tacks" last Saturday will be on the mound next Sunday bo that the fans may Bee nn-

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GROWN PT. Special To Thi Times. CEOTTO POINT. IND.. July 17. The Crown Point Motorcycle Cub has scheduled seven big motorcycle races for Sunday." July list at the L.ake cunty fair grounds. Crown Point, and promise to give some of the fastest and most daring races ever pulled off on the track. Ed "Werner and John I -one- of South Bend. Karry Frise of I. a Forte, Jay Douglas of Chicago. Otis Ha gen of Rochester. Ind.. and several others together with several local riders will participate and without a doubt it will be the most thrilling event ever pulled off. Tha Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club cf Chicago will have their annual run cn the same day and are going to make their run to Crown Point and will attend the races. There will be several hundred take place in this run. The seven biqr thrilling fast races start at 1:30 sharp. F.ef reshments on ths grounds. HORNSBY GOING TOJHIP LEAGUE Bt. Louis Star Is Ordered to u Work or Fight by Fort Worth Draft Board. FORT WORTH. TEX.. July 17. Rog- - r Hornsby. crack shortstop of the St. Louis Cardinals, who has ben here more than a week awaiting an answer from his draft board as to whether ha would be reclassified and placed in class 1A tinder the Crowder "work ortflght" order, w-as advised yesterday thatihe must obtain eeentia! employment or'be Inducted Into military service. This action on the rart of 'the board followed several telegrams Bent to Washington asking that a decision bo mad es to the status of professional ball players under the "work or f.ght" order. The answer was thai the board was to use Its own judgment in reclassifying men. BROWN SIGNS UP A HULER ST. LOri?, July 17. Robert Quinn. business manager of the. St. Louis Browns, announced lie has signed Joe Bennett, a right-handed pitcher. Ben nett comes (from Mobile. v

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oth r real pHchere' ?vtt' PeT ave hn always looked oo.i ngalnut tha Giants as they I1k speed and in as much as "Tncks" Is a curve bill pitcher he usually has a shade the best of the argument whenever he stneka up against the colored boys. Pome of the colored stars with the Union Giants are: Strouthers at first base. Peters who plays shortstop and the Rrown brothers one of whom 1 a catcher and the other an outfielder. K. Brown who plays in centerlleld is the cleanup hitter. Other tars on the ctut are Breen at third base and Thompson at second Both these boys ar fast and KOJ.1 hitters. Two of the best pitchers on the team are Crawford and Kelly and one of these wll! pitch in Sunday's game. For the Hammond club N'eis. the star third sacker, will again be seen at the ar corner and Rhitde wl!l probably

repeat in le't, where he looks l'.ka the best outfielder Hammond has had out there this year. A new man. possibly Gallan. the Podger Training left fielder, will play rtht field. n a m AJCEKICAK 1EAOM Is. 33 33 8S 40 42 42 45 46 Pet. .59 .547 .531 .612 .475 .473 .437 .413 Boston 49 Cleveland 47 New York 43 Washington 4 3 CHICAGO 3J St. Louis 33 Detroit Philadelphia 03 .33 Yesterday's SUsuTvs Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 3. Boston. 2: St. Louis. 1. Detroit. 12; New York, 1. Detroit. 4; New York. 1 Washington, 4; Cleveland. 3 Games Today. Chicago at Philadelphia. Detroit at New York. St. Louis at Boston. Cleveland at Washington. TTATIONAI, X,EAQtri:. AV. L Pet. .6 S 8 .615 .519 .451 .453 .437 .417 .395 CHICAGO New York Pittsburgh -65 -4? -4" 0 Philadelphia 37 40 41 45 43 43 Cincinnati 34 Boston 35 St. Louis S3 Brooklyn SO Testerflay's Xssalts. Philadelphia. 7: Chicago, 5. Philadelphia. 4: Chicago. 3. St. Louis. 7: Boston. 8. Pittsburgh. 7; Brooklyn. . New York at Cincinnati, rain. Games Today. Philadelphia at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Boston at St. Louis. New York at Cincinnati. TOMORROW IS RIG MHTIBE FARM Evans, Edwards,. Hutchinson and McDonald to Play for Eed Cross. Tomorrow is going to be a big day in Brook, Ind.. where George Ade, the Hoosler humorist, is the, leading citizen. The equivalent cf a four-ring circus is coming to town Jn the, persons of Charles (Chick) Evans, national amateur and open golf champion; Kenneth Edwards, one of the country's leading amateurs, and Jock Hutchinson and Boh McDonald, a pair of high-stepping professionals. The above mentioned q'yirtet are to bring to Brook a few rays of the golfing spotlight usually enjoyed only by communities in the metropolis class. It will be Red Cross Day. and as a result of the exhibition scheduled to be given by the golfing notables it is figured that numerous dollars will be gathered to laid in the comforting of soldiers overprocession you want to lead and -wiili prosperity. In order to hesd and keep ahead, you mast be a Drill yourself in the principles of connjeace in yourself, but rt nn

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mm mm 1 sea? and the bailors on th seas. The match will bo played at the Hazolden Oo!f Club, which happens to be Ade's playground. The two amateur stars will pit their wits and ability aga!nt the seasoned "pros" who to date have been defeated only ones Blnca they started their Red Cross exhibitions. Th Ions trlmmln? was admlnlsterod last Si:;-.day at Edgewater by Evans and Ha gen. Th B-ot.f match will rot be the lone attraction. A courle of air boats are exreefed to fly oer from Rantouul and perform atmospheric nnt!-s for the edification of those prsnt. Also there will be a chicken dinner served at the course. After the match the bails used will be, auctioned off. SGATEWAS DEFEATED PROVISOS (Ey A. SHEENSKT.) In one of the hardest games of tha season the Fcatenas defeated the fast Proviso A. C.'s of Chicago by a score of 4-2. The game was always in doubt. The. Proviso's were not ful strength Sunday because four of their players were, "picked up" by federal officers for not having their registration cards. John?on pitched good ball for the Scatenas. He struck out eleven Proviso batsmen and walked three and also got two hits out of three times to bat. Rhodes, the star baseh.T.11 rla'r cf Hessville and now second ba?eman on the Scatena team, played a star game and also Is "there" with the "war club." Dugan was the star batter for the Proviso's getting thre. hits out of four times to baj. Kla.aen pitched steidy ball until the seventh inning and then went behind the bat. Teufels. Hill and Rhode were the star fielders of the day. Pox score: Bcatenas. r. h. po. a. e. Jens. cf. 0 1X11 Daniels. Sb. 1 114 0 Eniign. rf. 0 0 0 0 0 Lightoot. ss. 0 0 0 1 0 Lynch, lb. 0 0 8 2 0 Myers. If. 0 0 10 0 Rohde. :b. - 1 2 4 0 1 Wagner, c. 1 1 11 3 0 Johnson, p. 1 2 10 1 Totals T 27 11 3 Proviso A. O. r. h. po. a. a. Kraft, ss. 2 0 2 4 1 Teufela. If. 0 0 3 0 0 Pugan. 2b. 0 3 2 1 0 Werner, p.-c. 0 118 0 I'reacher. 3b-rf. 0 0 10 0 Anderson, lb. 0 0 10 1 Hill, cf? 0 0 4 0 0 Hregor, rf.-c. 0 13 10 IC'asen. n r. 0 0 12 1 Total - -3 8 24 U 3 Proviso 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 03 catenas . 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 04 Ktrnrk out By'Johnson. 11; Klasen. 2. Hit by pitchers Teufels. Lightfoot. Walks Off Johnson, 2; off Klapen, 3. Two-base hits Johnson. ITmpires Oabrel and Gradt. Official scorer A. Shlensky. FLOCK oTsHEET " . LOOSED ON LINKS ST PITTSBURGH Animals Aid Club's War Bit Clip Lawn; Grow Wool, Etc. PITTSBURGH, PA.. July 17. A flock of 150 sheep, owned by the Pittsburgh Field club, was turned loose on the club golf links yesterday under the care of special help. Officials of the club decided recently to put the 175 acres o.f land owned by the organization to some use that would materialy help In winning the war and the sheep plan was adopted. The sheep are for three purposes, according to ofTicers of the club. They are to clip the links, replacing lawn mowers; the wool they grow will be disposed of next spring; and finally, they will appear In the Pittsburgh markets as "spring lamb." The kaiser it at bat. S'crike him out by buying War Savings Stamps.

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Jerome Trarers, at left, and John Anderson. Golf stars of nationwide fame never fail to draw immense crowd3 to the links when they clash in. twoaoraes and foursomes for tho benefit of come recoamized war organization. One of the big matches planned for the east in the nar future is a foursome featnring Jerome Travers, John Anderson, Max Marston and Oswald Kirkby. The play is to be at the Wykagyl Country club near New York, Aug. 17, for the benefit of tha Comfort Fun for wounded soldiers.

EAST CHICAGO SHUTOUT (By A FAN') East Chicago shut out the All Chicago's In a fnst game Sninla. This bring the second game of ur c.-ir.-.-r in the Chicago ni;mr city league find hs yi't we hao not run up against anything in our class. Yen can s.-iy what you want about fast ball, ' but w hen the centerf.'jldcr make a Mubi' jlay without any assistance, that's going smiie. "Pinky" was g"ing bo fnst v. hen ho caught the ball that he did not hive time to change the gonrp. fn lie kept l;-r in high until he tagged second base. All of our boys I are. placing rifrht up to the percentage !of the team, which is l('f,0 per cent. The lineup: Past Chicago Bloom, ss; Pimon, 2b; Thomas. Sb; Pchwnn'ie. lb; Barnes, c; Babi-i, rf; Pavis, cf; Foster, If; Morgan, p: Bool !, Weaver, subs. . All Chicago's Hasklns If; Kallaher, rf; Fitzgerald. 2b; Bel:?, lb; Belanger. ss: Muldowney, ;th; Hill, cf; Klopp, c; Allison, p: Wright, sub. Next Sunday, July 2 1. we will cross bats with the Polish Americans. Thrs was a large attendance at last Sunday's game which makes things look pood. The cr.rd for ti'-xt Sunday Is considered one of the best in th league, so don't miss it. Notice to Ked Cross of Knst Chicago: The Past Chicago team will play for you. The president can make arrangejmer.ts for same with the manager, II. Jones,. Better to have War Savings Stamps in your safe than the bloodstained hands of the kaiser's hordes at your throat.

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HAMMONDS 1 - - v i '1 ' ':. 4 RAIN PREVENTS TROTTING RACES KALAMAZOO, MICH., July 17. A heavy rain continuing: throughout the mornlns caused a potsponen-ent of yesterday's Grand Circuit card here. The three vents, the 2:05 pace. 2:10 pace and the 1.12 trot for 3-yeer-olds, will be run today. MANDOT DRAWS WITH MORAN XEW ORLEANS. LA.. July 17. Joe Mandot tried a comeback In the rlr.g Monday and the best he could do was get a draw with Fal Moran, a preliminary boy J'ist coming- up. Moran outfought and outsluerged Mandot the greater rart cf the fight. MISKE OUTFIGHTS MADDEN IN N. J. JERSEY CITT, N J., July IT. Bi'.lte Miske of St. Paul outfought Bartley Madden of New York In an eight round bout Monday. Mieke carried tho fight to hi3 opponent In every round, using right hooks to tha head and body, while Madden depended on right and left swings. KmCNI.V,ACABOtM COMMISSION Home-made rack for placing in wash-boiler for holding jars. The cross pieces should Be thick enough to allow circulation of water underneath jars. This and many, other good suggestions .will be found in the free canning book which the National War Garden Commission of Washington will send any reader for a two-cent stamp to pay postaee. (medicine, that is purely vegetable. Many druggists have seen wonderful results accomplished among their customera by this great old medicine, and they know that S. S. S. i3 one of tho most reliable blood purifiers ever made.. Keep your blood free of impurities by the use of this honest old medicine, and if you want medical advice, you can obtain same without cost by writing to Medical Director, Swift Specific Co- 28 Swift Labora

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