Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 261, Hammond, Lake County, 22 April 1919 — Page 9

Thiireciay. April 22, V.rlO

THE TIMES

NEWS

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TO HAVE A , BALL TEAM

(SPECIAL TO THE TIMLSj "WHITING. Ind. April 22. -For the first time In the history of athlet'c at the Whiting high school, a representative baseball tam will tak part in the inter-scholas'ic sports cf the school. Coach Hart is considerably enthused c er tha large number of candidates wh have reported for practice. The reputation Ion held by "W. H. P. as a n'- r of basketball talent will he Rugmni.'fl by the addition of a crack hall club and 1f is the intention of th srhool to make "Whiting equally famous in both srnrt. However, the track team is looked upon as a gloomy prospect for hi.n.T In the. country tick events. The whole team, with the exception of one msn. is new to track contests and with a In-ncli of graen material Coach Hart will huve to work them hard to make even h far showing at the first evert next Saturday at Morris Park, Hammond, m the triangular meet. The athletic director Is now working on a baseball schedule for th c .ming ason which will Include important games' with all the schools 'n the county. Itetails will be published later.

How Come Hammond Indifferent?

Efforts to r; -h a new Calumet 1 i'iu st ria i Haschail League scpni to have hei-u greeted with little faor hy athletic ftir.'cl'-rs f i!nlulrial plants in H inunond. So far five Gary teams have been lined tin Cary Screw A Boll ; K .1. & K; American lhids.' . and iwu teams fr.ni the A menca ti iOieet &. Tin-

ip!a- Co. i present inir the tnipiste ai;d sheet men depart merit. To complete the ( If a tne one or thro moie teams are

needed. What's lb" mailer ith ih Hammond industries? If athletic directors of Hammond in-

rliisti-ia! : i hli shtrr n r ; have no

eurr,!-e.l ci'inly to the indolent spell of spring they aronirRe,) to brsi'ir ih-ni-elos in time and communicate at on. e

jvi'n j-rank H hsmcy, phone Gary Hc.

or write him at e.'' Ailinis sr.. Can.

BOWLING SEASON IS NOT OVER Soma of you old-time bowlers may think the bowling season In Hammond is ovar. but A. m.tch game scheduled for Friday night at McOool's alleys promises to ha fn of the hottest held this year. The participants will be E. Upinski and J. Ti. "I onkere. the eighteen-year-eld Hammond youths who are. tackling Fazy and Paris of East Chicago for championship honor in th minor class. The first five fames between the lads wr bowled at th I-ync alleys in KAt Ch.ica.go when the Twin City couple was completely outclassed. The scor: Ldpinaki ITS, Tonkers 192. for Hammond, and 5azy 154. and Iivis 1S5 for T-5t Chicago. Tha Llpinskl-TonVers team now leads bv 131 pins nd will attempt to hurst he championship bubble carrying 'he Fasy-Davis insignia at tomorrow night's match.

Wilde Finishes Murray After Taking Count of 2

CAMPKX. X. J.. April 22. Jimmy

Wilde, 'he Br,-.at English piece of fighting machineiy. stopped Battling Murray. Philadelphia challenger, in the eighth round at the Camden Sportsmen's Club

j lest night. Heforee Roeea p stopped th

content with Us.s than a minute to so in the eighth round. Murray's right eye bulged from its socket, his legs were weary; in sh-rt. he was defenseless. Murray looked like a champion in the first round, when he dropped Wilde for a count of two. Murray drove the champion to the ropes with rights and lefts and a right to Wilde's chin, followed by a left hock, sent Wiide on all fours.

FIGHT DECISIONS trWTSBNATlON!. NEWS SERVICE1 AT PROVIDENCE lyiuis Brograrth of Bridgeport defeated Billy Carney. w Bedforcl. in twelva rounds. AT BALTIMORE, MD. Alfred Chaney, Baltlmora, won a decision over Bobby J-ssapha In twelve rounds. AT POUGHKEEPSIE. X. T. Johnny Martin defeated Roy Graham in ten round. e.j i .t ' .. .

K. 0. Brown Says Injured Right Thumb Saved Chip fjeorge K. O. Tirown returned from New Orleans yesterday and showed a had:y injured thumb, sustained in his battle with Hoot-go Chip Monday nigh. Ths inj-iry stopped Brown from soorinp a decisiie victory over Chip, he savs. and made it look to the larjrn crowd that he was not dotn his bent. Hrown crossed btn right on 'hip's head in the first round and seraine,! hi? thumb so severely that he was in pa'n every time he used his ris-ht 1n the remaining nineteen rounds. Brown was accused by the referee of not trying, but when he f-howed his Injury to tie official after the bout the referee ej satisfied that he was mistaken.

GADISH BOWLS RECORD AVERAGE tSrECUL TO THE TIMES WHrTIN'v. Ind.. April 22. Mike Gad'sh of the Machine Shop was the individual star of the Standard Oil A. A. Niwliny tournament ltst week when he registered a new high average for three

T H It w i, ret. Boston ." 0 l.nno Chicago 3 0 l.nnn t'leveland . , 4 1 . S 0 Washington 2 ? .oi'fi St. l-ouis 1 2 .SS3 I'hiladi lphia 1 3 '.'AO New York - 1 4 ."('(I Detroit n S .n o o Yesterday's SLevolts. ih:cag . 7: St. Uuis, 4. Other gamc. rain. Oirasj Today, Chicago at l""roit. Cleveland at St. Iouis. Philadelphia at New Tork. Boston at Washington. NATIONAL ZiXAaXTX. w i, re.. rittshurgh . 1 .i33 Brooklyn , , 4 1 .Jn0 Cincinnati 3 2 .600 Vhiladelphia 3 2 .600 St. T.ouis 3 4 .4i'3 IJoston 2 3 .400 New Tork 1 4 .:ftft Chicago 1 5 .1S7 Testerday's mesults. I'ittsburgh. 5: Cincinnati, 3. No others played. Games Today. Cincinnati at Chics go. New- Tork at Boston. Brooklyn at rhiladelphla. sanies with 2:6 2-3. The former record of 203 1-3 m jj, held by John Canner of the Boiler Shop. The new record looks good enough to stand for the rest of the season. John Canner holds the high individual average of the league. 1 S 1.4 1. while Fred I-au Is only .35 behind him with 1 S 1 .05. Considerable .interest centers on the rivalry of thepe two men for leatnie leadership. The league season ends Friday, April 30. TIAM STANDING-. W 7. High Avg. ret. Main Office 44 13 !11 S14 .772 Roller Shop S9 IS S02 no .64 lower Stills 3S 11 S90 735 .fif7 Machine Shop 9 25 !20 791 .537 Barrel House 2i 31 ? 747 .456 Switch. Dept. 22 3? Rs9 75 .407 raraffine Works- 12 4 2 Pit 6?2 .222 Breissure Stills 9 S3 S53 735 .153 High team gajne. Machine Shop, 920. High team average, three games. Boiler Shop. 873. High Individual, single game. Wilkinson. Switching Dept.. 255; J. Canner. 25J. High individual average, three games, Mike Gadish, Machine Shop. 22S 2-3. A- A. "Shorty Beall. one-time manager of McCool's billiard hall, 'twas back in the palmy days, and a pool player of national reputation, still wields a wicked cue. If there is any to doubt. Is him send his challenge to "Shorty." who conducts a restaurant at 15 W. State st. .and a match will b arranged rronto. His 600-ball match with Charlie "Cowboy" Weston will be recalled by old-

timers in Hammond.

Hatfield Is Barred From Meet

! With the first triansrular meet of the year seheduled for Saturday, hop of , xietory for Hammond Industrial high

school trick team took a sJump yesterday when it was announced that Theodore Hatfield, whose sturdy legs were slated to cop many points in the track events, would be disbarred because of a sudden slump in studies. Hatfield was one of the most promising men on the team and the a nnoyncement of his ineligibility to entr was received by members of ibe snuad as an omen of defeat. There is hope, however, that he will be permitted to enter the county events at

j Crown IVint. May S. Other members of the team have been j showing up well and Coach Veenker j has confidence that the contest will not

he not be a walk-away for rival teams by ajiy means. Iast night Captain I-doyd Ccaring dashed 100 yards in 10 3-5 seconds. I,ouis Hess made the running high jump at 5 feet 4 inches. Ralph Walls, a junior dash man. shows great promise, as well as Rudolph Kuss, the half-miler. and Cliff Wilheim. who will carry the Hammond color In the 410ard event. The pole vault seems to have been cinched by Menze.1 Stocker. Art Beckman, publicity man for the athletic department, is rounding up loyal students who will lay out. a track at Morris rark. corner Calumet and Michigan. Mayor Brown refused the school officials permission to use Harrison Park for the meet.

The World of Sport

"Daredevil Jack" sounds like tha Utl of a film depicting the adventures of an

I American ace in the late war. But no I it's the name of Jack Dempsey'a first

motion ricture. X X X The clouds having wept last Sijnday t'ver agitated conditions in the hers balow. the K. C. nine failed to get in some, harmony practice and the session was postponed to nxt Saturday afternoon. Kd. Klein and his Casey sluggers will gal her for practice at 2 p. m. at Harrison Park. The first game is scheduled for May 2 with the K. C. club of Indiana Harbor and will probably be played here. X X X Carpentier will appear In an exhibition bout at Indianapolis on May 23, two days prior lo the automobile races. Chuck Wiggins. Tndiarapolis boxer who recently won the heavyweight championship of Australia, is listed on tha card also. X X X

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the recent twenty-flve-mile marathon held at Boston as the official test for election of United States representatives in the Belgian Olympiad, will take cut first citizenship papers this k. it was announced. He has been in this country three years. His time was 2 hours 23 minutes 31 seconds, or 8 minutes slower than the world's record. X x x' Oscar IXigey, coaching the Boston Nationals during a game at Brooklyn, saya something which Myers. Brooklyn centerfleldar doesn't like. When 'the Brooklyn players come in to bat. Mi : steps up to IXigey smash. clinch, umpire-showers for both players in the fifth inning. X X X American hockey team entered for ths Olympic games has reached Antwerp. X X X Realizing tat their game Punday afternoon with the crack Kialto nine of Chicago will be a hotly fought contest, members of the Liberty A. A. baaehal! team are practicing loyally every day.

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CARPENTIE

TO APPEAR

tlNTERNATiONAL NEWS SERVICE1 NEW TURK, April 22.--Georges Car-r-'-ntier will njak his first public appears nee here at the evnt y-first Regiment Armory on Sunday. May 2. as the hendlir.er !n a monster benefit prformance for the huilding fund for the Soldiers and Sailors Club. A galaxy of theatrical Mars will asszst in the performance which Is oper. Vavy Week here. Twenty battleships of the Atlantic fleet will be anchored in the Hudson durin gthe week. On y.iy 3. Carpentier will start b's theatrical tour under the management of .lark Curley.

HERO rOR A DAT The Pittsburgh Piralen

! ' - ' MOOXET" GIBSON'S Buccaneers are ' holding flrs-t place today as a result of j the victory over the Reds. The Pirates

v. ere helped by Jimmy King, whose wildness gave them a big lead.

i ij.-v l l'su ibiii.uis won nis secona

ictory for the AA"hit Sox. who bunched hits on Gallia and Vangilder. GEORGE SISIER made four hits out of rive trips to the. plate for the Browns. His bag for the afternoon included a triple, a double and two singles. THE Buffalo Bisons and the. Orioles were the only International LeAgue teams to get. into action. Rain stopped all the other games. "BARK" RUTH is scheduled to Open h;5 season at the Polo grounds today.

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