Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 13, Hammond, Lake County, 2 July 1919 — Page 9

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YEARN TO ! PLUNGE ON I CHALLENGER

If You Want to Bet on Jess at Evens, Here's .Your Chance. By THANK G. 1IINKE fSTFF CORRESPONDENT ! N SERVICEl TOLEDO, O. July 2. If you kr,..w of anyone who wants to wager at even money that Jess Willard triumph.-; over Jack Pempsey on July 4th, ".shoo" him into Toledo. Then you'!! be obliging at least one of the sMfral thousand people who yearn with feverish yearning n plunge on the challenger. At least $1.00(1,000 Pomrsn- money is in co'd storage here held for e von money. Hammond CHICAGO m

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It is the fear of the IVmrsi'! ites that unless they offer about 2 to 1 on th Utah Mauler, they won't get even a sraaM portion of u pl-io. d. -J 1 they are holding off breajiing the f offerings below even money, hoping; that late arrivals mav bring tons of Willard cash.

The great Teh do game loratinf a wan ws'l. move; to stake it on the chnmi money. Smiip of the big r ev en gor.. :-. far as to t S."!.S 'O jnVOl'.' V ho Hi';! lust now w h t w ants : n at e v e n lingers have C r con' m i. v ill ff.-r t heir t- stick a hank And more ihan mpey and are o;ng to the exail inocntinsr vv y a ',)'. i :i v ho ro ; : ,,ri t he ha rthat. So mo u ho kfn to hack !im ti't :r.o ti "OA' of . rain? and "h:n' ern money ju-l if r would ha : k .pion. like r i, are ; :ie( t it-. " their oifers ot a f.t ndw h h v i-n-warfs. h "What'si tin' rna'ter anyway?" queries Char!:-1 Chrysler, of Chicago. Mho brought. $ 100 O'Ni to st'ck on rvmpey. "Here we are offering even money on the smaller man and no mic want? it. Nf.or ht fore "in fight history has a champion been less than " to 1. Now he's even money and no cik wants him." Those who have failed to get don n straight bets on the outcome of the dash are offering fitak ag"r?. Heir are a few : $2.rt'0 to $K.ooo or any part that Dempsey knocks- out Willard. St.nMii to 000 thai Willard won'! answer the call of the bell for the sev-i nth round. ! $2,000 to fl.ooo Iempsey kno( ks ou , rv ? f it Ball Park LEAGUE 3 THE carl with

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Willard in three rounds or less. $500 to $1,000 Dcmry wins decision (either foul or knoeKOut) In eight rounds. $500 to $l.non there is a knockout. $750 to $1,000 that ihe fight goes at least eleven reunds. $100 to $-j.O00 Dempjfy knocks out Willard in the first round. "I came here two weeks ago prepared to bet $100,000 on Dempsej," declared Chrysler. "i thought the town would be filled with Willard money and I figured on getting; at least ten for every seven of men. Surli offers round no takers, Gradually I boosted the odds until the were at even money. And now two days before the fisht only $.'.000 of my $ino.000 has been placed. That's the first bet in the entire ring game winch made the challenger for the heavyweight championship a favorite." Although there isn't much striaght h-tting. there is a fair sort of play on the pari mutuels. The idea is to pick the round which ou think will end the fight. If you are lucky in your picking it doesn't mailer which man wins, you cash your bet. The money bet on all the rounds is pooled and split pro rata among holder? of tickets. The mutual pari betting is based on 'he $2 ticket hut. $5. $10. as well as $C5 tickets are sold.

!Y WILLARD E LAUGHS Jess Says He Is Afraid That He Will Hurt Jack Dempsey. By TAD f STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N SERVICEl TOLEDO, O. July 2. "Some raper had a note in it this morning to the effect that Jack Kearns said that I wouldn't show up on the Fourth." Paid Jess AViUard yesterdiy afternoon, as he was dressing after his training bout He had a good laugrh and a long laugh and a hearty one. "Say." he said, raising his eyebrows and jabbing the writer in the ribs, "the funny part of it all is that l.'m wondering whether Kearns and Pempsey will be theie. Ton know I've laughed myself to slep a! night thinking of Kearns" gall. The idea of him ecn thinking that Dempsey has a chance with mm. "I think it's the highest 'set up since Oorbctt beat Mitchtl. Can't understand why people bet on Dempsey. He's a good little fellow, but gosh! What chance has he with a big tnan like me. I'm afraid I might hurt tb" young fellow. Honest to goodness I am. Why he's only a little bigg' r than Joe Chip." The champion then stepped on the scales and tipped 'em at pounds. He '-x pec's to be at that weight on the Fourth. two or three the owner's

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"Say, how in the world did that story about me doing road work at night get out, anyway?" he continued as he laced his shoes. "Of all the crazy yarns, ha. ha, ha, ha. Say, I think some of those newspaper writers ought to have their heads examined. Pome one starts a crazystory and they go right on and write it up as though it was gospel truth. They didn't even ask me if it was true. Huh. why should I do roadwork at night? If I wanted to do it at all I'd do it in the day-time. I don't need road work and therefore cut it out. "The rabbit punch? N'o, that isn't barred. Why should they bar that? I never heard of it being a foul blow. Xo. I didn't agree that it should be barred. If I feel like using it I. will, but I don't want to hurt that little fellow any more than I have to. That is a tough runch. believe me. Tes, sir, that punch shakes up the old skull. "Say, I could knock a man out anytime I wanted to with that punch there's no defense for it. you know. The other fellow is absolutely helpless and has to take it on the back of the head. "Am I going to match for corners on the Fourth. Oh. I don't know. It isn't very important. I don't care whether I face the sun or net. I've been boxing in the sun so much lately that it won't mattfr if I sit facing the sun or have my back to it. Oh. everything is fine here with me. I'm in the shape I wanted to be in. t feel fine and wish that we vere to box tomorrow." Frank Flourney. who is Tex Kickard s partner in the big show, has asked the local police to help him run ("own the men who are selling phonytickets to the tight. In the past fewdays quite a number of fake ducats have been sold to unsuspecting strangers. Of course they will not be accepted at the gat and there's going to be an awful roar. Mr. Flourney says that people buying their tickets at tUa regu

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The Store lar office are safe, but those, buying them at other places will have to take their own chances. Betting on the fight is light. Around the lobbjes even money preai's but very' little of that has been seen. Kverybody is waiting for inside dope or a tip of some kind and the gab that goes on is a treat. They want to know who is favorite in Frisco, New Orleans. Detroit and New York and then they explain why the betting is that way in that town. Local figure experts says that "Willard took in $20,000 or mora at his training camp during his training there. He has been working steadily for a month and has had on an average of' 1,100 people a day, with a mob of 4.000 and 5.000 on Sundays. A two-bits a. copy on week-days and four bits on J Sundays. Jess has taken in enough dough to keep him in silk socks for the next 1.500 years. F 41 WILL FACE HAMMOND ON FOURTH East Chicago will present a formidable lineup when they face the Hammond team on he afternoon of the Fourth. Eddie Wafrner. for -ears considered bymany the jrlassiest of catchers in Hammond. ;'. do the back-stopping and Cy Morwan, tast Chicago's old reliable, wl'l

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99 for Men again try his hand at .topping th Hammond sluggers. Wittier, being a locaJ product, will put up hi beat article of ball as he is anxious to show the Hammond fans that he is a receiver of equally as much class as any catcher in the, Chicago league. Although he never caught on a team representing the city of Hammond, he was with a club that was Hammond's rival for years when ho was catching at Crown Point in the days, when Fete Henning was the county seat's star hurler. He also had a trial with Joe Tinker's Chlfed's. Aside from Wagner, there will be another Hammond lad with the Twin City outfit. Potts, a young third baseman of considerable class, who is considered as a comer, will hold down the far corner in Friday afternoon's scrap. Hammond fans will remember Pottsy as being the only man to knock a home run off Jim Reynolds last season and he promises to duplicate the feat on the Fourth. The balance of East Chicago's infield will be made up of Kddie Rloom at short, "Babe" Simon, star with the (.raver Tank Works team at second, and Bundy. a new man. said to be a. hitter of renown, at first base. The outf.eld will remain in doubt as Mgr. Dailey :s expected to spring a surprise or two in filling the outer garden with a couple of clouters who will remain dark horses until the start of the game. At any rate Dailey says the boys need not fear about seeing another farce 'ike last Sunday, as -his club will come over all primed for the occasion and ready to give Hammond a good stiff battle, which can always be expected when Hammond and Katt Chicago, rivals for years in every line of sport, get together. Manager Nagel may serve the Fourth of July fans a re-a! treat and trot out Pete Henning in his first game with the Hammond team since his return from France. "Keckie" Moll, Just back from overseas service a day or two ago, may al.-o get in the Hammond iiieup for a. few inning's.

Another attraction will be the fi$h returns by rounds, which will be at nounced between innings. On Sunday Nagel has scheduled art turn game with the Magnets, who at coming to Hammond prepared to ba J 500 on the side. Manager Gftsman. o the visitors, felt his last defeat in thi city rather keenly and to prove trt lod fans that he is coming out with a wl.! rer, he is going to back his team to cH limit. If the fans have any faith in Hammond club, let them bring over thej roll and take Geirman into camp.

ST. CASIMIR JUNIORS WIN HARD GAMJ St. Caslmir Juniors, formerly th White Eagles, defeated the stron Whiting Juniors 7 to 6 in a close cn test of eleven innings. The game tv very interesting throughout. Throng, the efforts of S. Ratajciak, the pitcttf the games was won in the eleventh. jSt Casimir's accompanied with a leiya bunch of rooters easily defeated fh Whiting lads. This makes six straign victories for the St. Casimir Juniot The undefeated team would like to hea from the Dodgers and Tigers from Ks Chicago and other teams averaging It 1 years. For games write ISO Grove' street, Hammond, or phone Hammont 3211. Score: Whiting Jrs. 0M1HMM 0 f St. Casimlr 0 000104100 1 ' FIRST BASEMAN' JOHNSTON' of tte Indians, was hit on the head with pitched ball and Oraniy, of Cleveland and Murphy of Chicago left the game with injured legs, but the India broke their losing streak. '. t (Sporting ""News ; Continuec on Page 11). '