Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 51, Hammond, Lake County, 9 August 1918 — Page 3

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EU BALL GAME

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Th biggest crowd of the season is looked for on next Sunday at Farduhn's ; park whore Hammond will spam renew j thir old time scrap with East I 'hi capo : for the baseball supremacy of this rep- , ion. That East Chicago Is oomins over Faded for bear i evidenced by the fact that th fans from over then? are al- i

Simon, $--s. Ia is. of; VUoorr

Schwenke. lb; "Eddie " Hrcnnan. c: liaWn, f; Thomas, lb; Fotts. rf; Morgan, r; Fames. Folic and Foster, utility. ' Jiabe" Simon, the Ic.id-c-ff mar., is about as big as a minute and this makes him tli') hardest man on tho team to pitch to. He lias been plavli-..; amateur

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GOBS' SUCCESS

Hostcn Cleveland Washington CHICAGO New York . St l.oUtS Detroit Philadelphia

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Testarday's Bee alt. Host on. 4: Detroit. 1. Cleveland. 8: Washington. 4. No other scheduled.

ready betting- en the outcome of tho j ball, both In Hammond and Fast Chi- Iytroi'

Otmta Today.

contest, ir.e, iv,-m city purs have ah- i solute confidence in Morgan and are ' backing: him to the very limit as they seem firmly convinced, aft-r seeing- him work al! season, that he will h? able to j deer.t Hammond with ease Local fajis. on the other hand, are of : the opinion that it will be so much ! child's play for Reyno.ds to mew down j the Twin City aKftrepst'on. Viewing the I situation from all standpoints it appears j from every indication that this frame . will be a pitcher's battle from start to; finish. At any rat" both sides feel .-"liroj of coppir.e- the bacon as n bet o.IO'.1; has already been poste i with more sure J to follow. The players on both teams, j

ease, Kir the past no rears. Pavts. who plays centerfiold. is the fastest man on the, foam and in a class by himself as a bunter and base-runner, Hloom and Schwenke are both pood hitters and these are the two men that East Chtcnpo is counting on to do the heavy stickwork. Next in the battins order is our own "Eddie" Brelinan who yays the town won't le blp enough to hold him If East Chicago takes Hammond down

the line. Hronnan, by the way. is con-; siderable catcher ami he also promises ! to have his hilltns; clothes on next Sun-' day. Nothing would please him more j than to crack out a few Vase hits on i Jim Reynolds and then throw out a few

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

W. L Pet. CHICAGO 65 23 -fioO Ne.w York 53 4 3 .f7ei Pittsburgh 32 47 .52." j Cincinnati 46 F2 .4 7 j Philadelphia 45 33 .453 j Hrooklvn 4 3 5.1 .139 1 Boston . 4! f 5 .435 I i Pt Eouis 42 63 100 j

knowing that this will b" a blp money ' Hammond base-stealers.

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jarae are sure to be up on their toes and this being the case the eame may turn out to be one of the closest fought contesta of the year. As stated earlier in the week East Chicago w!l! stick closely to their same

hardly wait for the Kittle to stai t. ; Following- Frennan in the battin ord- ! er la Fabin the left fleKb-r and then comes Thomas, the former football star j of the East Chicago hit;h school. Pome

of the Twin city fans think he is now

Vesterflay'a Kasuita. Brooklyn. 4; Chioaco. 1. Cim Innall, 5: New York. 2. Phllad-li Ida. fi; Pittsburgh. 1 Philadelphia. S: Pittsburtrh. " rio.vton, 5; St. Louis, 4. Games Today. Chlrago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York." Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.

NEW TOP.IC. An?. D "A real rhampionship club:" That was W1il -ft Hobinsonj description of the Chlcapo Cubs, coining champt.u.s (,f dip National l.capue. when asked Ids opinion of the elub after Mitchell's men hail acquired the ma sure of tho I'odpers In the (. polling s tto of the series at llli'iets Fi'ld. "Mitchell b.as aeeompl ished wonders with that ball club. It has been said that a good ball club makes a pood manager, but in this instance most of the credit Is due to the manager, for the ('litis are in no sense a (treat club. Mitchell has been the out -.1 and Ins fa -tor in Us success hi'i.i!iv h has developed lis pttchinsr stafT nml kept the men workinp at top sj.eed throuahout the ra e. "The Cubs would unquestionably have won the pennant rven if the season had

full di-t-ir.ee. They are the t elub in tin- b-arue, all things

considered, and while the 'i'ar.'s 'i" victims of mil" h misfortune. H is doubt-

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fill whether they would have beaten ''htcago :en if r' tn club-' were intact, and the i-a.-e was ij.-oj'.j.ped through e ptemb r."

Try as they d.d in 'he opening en

counter with t',c r.ext rli-ttnpions of the i league, the I)'ip.-rs failed to t heck the winnincr drive of the Cub.-. Robbie had h i"-d that the Robins would be able to render some aid to th Ciants by taking the Gtibs into camp, but Chicago's attack rode 'ouphshod over the Robins to a well deserved victory. Speed Martin, the c.at recruit of the CuhM. promises to develop into one of

the b'-it curve ball pi'chers in thi leagco. lie r'iieved Tyler in the fourth Inning, af'er the Xobir-s had tcorc-l three runs and tbre.vried to overcome the Cubs, but he iut a check on the I lodgers ferthiwth. This youngster made a 1 :tT hit recently whfn he shut off a ti la tit rally in similar fashion t ll.e pol (Iroun l. He ! on" of the. best oohlng cits tin-artli"d this season by any of the mi'or lenpue clubs.

lineup of all season, with possibly on" i as much of a star at basi-b

or two exceptions. Rather than load up j at with a bunch of unknown stars, they he

ere satlsfiej to take their chances with ! Sunday

a lively bunch of home-guards who have plenty ryf spirit in the old game and are full of pepper and ginger all the way through. The Twin City lads will sure have plenty cJ life on next Punday as they are practicing regularly this week and

expert to be in perfect condition for the j ball player. "Cy" Morgan, the pitcher, big s rap. In all probability East Chi- 1 who, though batting last, is by no means cago will lineup as follows; ' Babe" a weak hitter. In fact when not on

11 as he was

handling the pigskin. At any rate is a neat second sacker and next

will tell how pood lie is with

the stick when he has a chance to face

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man on the list, is another Hammond lad that looks like lie might have a hrl.cht future. He formerly played third base with the Rcatena Colts and shows every promise of som- d ly being a good

MEN AND WOMEN Why not bring your old hat in and have us transform it into a becoming shape, by our work In hat cleaning and blocking. PanamAs our Specialty. BIJOU Shoa Shining and Hat Cleaning Parlor. Both Ladles" and Gents' Hats Given Careful Attention. Phone 2434 175 State St., Hammond.

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the mound he plays in the outfield and occupies the cleanup position. Although Hammond's lineup has not been definitely decided upon it is thought that they will start about as

Rhode. If; Panlels, ss; Nies.

3b; Mosttl. 2b; Kommers, cf: Thompson, lb; Handy, rf; Hudson, c; Reynolds, p.

Possibly 'N'e!l or Walllser may squeeze 1

In either of the in or outfield positions. This will be "Johnny" Most IPs last game with Hammond as he leaves for the cast on Monday night with the Chicago White Sox. He was scheduled with the Chicago All Stars'for Sunday but preferred to play his final game with Hammond against East Chicago rather than get in the All Stars lineup in their game with Garden City. Mostil has waited a long time to be given his chance, but now that McMullin and Rlsberg. have le.ft the Pox he w ill at last have an opportunity to show his wares. Johnny Is sure to get a big hand from the local fans on next Funday as he was one of the most popular players on the Hammond team before he

I left to join the "White Box. it's a cinch j that he will carry with him nothing but the good wishes of the local bugs when i he leaves with the Sox on their last

eastern trip.

HI'S PAGING KINGS HnTCHEOJOB BIG RAGE To Compte for Purse During Fair Race at Indiana Fair Grounds.

cents and hardly five rn!r.uts e'.apsed before the cars were back for another trip.

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Full line of Men's, Ladies' and Children's shoes at greatly reduced prices, at Jo Sklarewitz 246 State St., Hammond.

ARMY STAR HOLDS DILLON TO DRAW VALPARAISO, IND.. Aug. 9. Jack Dillon, contender for th light heavyweight championship of the professional rankr, was held to a draw in six round? last nlrht by Jack Dally of Valparaiso.

1 camp champion. In the boxing tourna1 ment at the army drill grounds. Many ringside is thought Dally had the better J of the argument. Fred Herr of the mllii tary police, a Chicago boy. won in two I rounds over Frank Rutsrh of Company i B. Jack Duffy from Great Lakes Naval j station bested Wolpin of Company E j in a terrific six round mill. Other reI suits:

Indiana's great pacing kings. YVil'iiarn. 1 :.s: j. and Single fi.. 1:5V.,. have been

i matched for n three-heat race for a ! purse of $4.0"". to be held at the lndiana state fair races. "Wednt sday. Sep

tember 4, according to an Fniieunrpnifnt rf the state brErd of agriculture today. The special race will be the feature of th" week's racing, which will include fifteen harness events and twenty running races. The runners open the week's racing on Saturday. August 31. which has been designated as Derby da;c. and will continue in connection with the harness events every dnv during the following week when the state fair will be staged. More than 150 reservations for stalls have been made for running horses, which will come here from nearly all the western tracks where races have been run this season. Single G . owned by "William B Barefoot, of Cambridge City, Ind., and William, by J. Crouch A- Son, La.fayette, have had many nip and tuck tilts and there is little to choose between them

j on speed. Hoosier pride In owning the two fastest horses on the track today la

sure to mane tie event one ot. in- nrff o ept ever run in connection with the fair races.

ANDERSON PLANNING STRONG BASKET TEAM ANDERSON'. INI' , Aug. fl. Plans are now under way her" to organise one of the strongest independent basket ball aggregations in the state for the coming

! season. Fou - members of Anderson j high school's feendary championship 'quintet will be in the line-up a'ong with t several e.ther college stars. Cannon, allsta'e bask-! forward: Miller. n!!tat i ccnr'r. - with Rowley and "Wood, who rej ceiv -d honorable mention at the state I meet last March, will be among the Ani derron athlettes. t'asady. former back

guard on the I'.hnois Vniversity five, will take- care of that position for the. local team.

DEATH FOLLOWS FIGHT IN RING AT JERSEY CITY

j JERSEY CITY. Nr. J . Aug. 7. As the j resn'.t of th" death of Nelson Paperman, j his opponent In the lightweight boxln? , match Monday night, Victor Ritchie yesterday was placed under arrest on a j charge of manslaughter. Paperman died ! In a hospital snortly after the bout. ! Death may have been caused by an ln- ' Jury received In the fight cr by heart j trouble. An autopsy w in be held.

Take lour Pick-But

Please Be Quick 1

Low cut slices for men.

'V'ALUES like thee go so fat that 011I7 thoe who v act quickly get the benefit of them.

And NEWARK m!s occurs to telle m that when they do taJre place, there are always more buyers than thero aro ihcos. That is why wo say, TAKE YOCIt PICK BUT PLEASE BE QUICK.

emu special ZZc SLk Laces, reduced to 1JC lCc Com Cure rcJuued to 7c 75c Bath Slippers, reduced to43o 10c Summer Cushion Jjelt Insoies, rediced to 7o

Not a single pair ef low cut shoos in our stores has been exempted from this sate. They are ail in at the one fiat price of $2.4 &. COME TOMORROW next wtA may be too late.

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GREB OUTFIGHTS ! BAT LEVINSKY

POSITIVE PROOF.

CHICAGO. Aug. 0 On" of the surest j signs of the waning interest in baseball j is the fact that the jitney bus service .from the "5th street L to Comiskey ! park has been discontinued. Not a bus was in service Thursday, although In i ne.rmal tines a fleet cf a dozen cars was operate dand crowded to capacity on j each trip. Earlier in the reason there I were about half a dozen jitneys working, j but the r.umber gradually dw indled and

Gorman, Co. B. Frankfort. Ind , knock- j finally there wasn't one to be found, ed out Falconer. Co. A. first round. j The dusky chauffeurs and conductors Tommy Tomllnson. Marion. Ind.. Co. j used to be well repaid for their Jabor In D. won on foul over Larue CammacU. I the good old days, for although they Co. C i were called "Jitneys'' the fare w as ten

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THILADELPHIA. FA., Aug. 7. Eight thousand fight fans, many of them w-e,men. sweltered at Phibe park last night, but saw a rd hot all star show in w hich Harry Greb of Fittsburph outfought F.attlir.i: L"-. insky of New York. Greb shewed that he is ore of the greatest r.' modern ringmn when he outfought Levinskv in five of six rounds. Greb's bullde.g tactics disconcerted Levir.sky and liad him on the defense most of thn time. The Soldier Bartfield-.Taclc Britton bout tiirned e.i; the meet spectacular, when F.ri'ton filmost finished Bartfield in t'oe fifth round, after having been beaten In tl-.e four previous sessions. Brit ion f'.repped Bartne'-l with a short righ' to the jaw. Bart.ieM came back strer.fr in the sixth and by hia earlier lead was entitled to a draw.

HEAT PUTS FABER IN NAVY HOSPITAL !

GREAT LAKES. ILL.. Aug. S Vrban I t (Bcdt Faber. who pitched the Chicago ; Americr.r.s to -. i.tory in tho world's ; Feries with New York Giants last fall! i and who r.c.w Is e jackie at Great Lakes j Na vs. I station, was ovorcome by heat t i yt-stord-': v. He was removed to a hos- ',

, piial. but his condition was said not to i bo serious.

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T. 8. Tavi Aimia:tratlc3. Eaking powder biscuits, co'n bread, muffins, b.-cw-n b-j.-d e-iiSJ'e eaKes en waffles is wot dey call "quick breads." ' You ail makes 'em wld cne cuj, er wheat flour tor two cu-s er substitute flour to save all da wheat dot kin be saved f.-r de o-r. ..-,.-fod;s kin g.t er'ler.t- wldout any wheat at all ami are .-rlsd to 'co lr' ir h'-Mp win de war. I'.-.t a:r.t had ned'eine tt ts'.;e. fo' who's r.vir.e tun uj t.U aos at C00U co u bread er blr-cuits cr flapjsckc?

$500 TROPHY HUNG ! UP FOR SHIFYARDS LEAGUE CHAMP

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