Hammond Times, Volume 9, Number 7, Hammond, Lake County, 17 April 1920 — Page 7

Aprli 17, 1020. THE TTMES

Friedman Scores A Knockout Siier Friedman so red a knockout over Morn Johnon' in the fifth Miiml end P.ed Pusse-H knocked out Jack Steel in the second round of the doublo windup at the Indiana Harbor Auditorium Isst night. The fight -drew a capacity crowd and every or.e- went y satisfied with oah bout on the program. Friedman showed himself the master ! Johnson in each of the five round? of furious milling, hut Johnson showed r. framencss and ability to stick even in th face of a certain knockout. Johnson attempted to win the fight early lu r-ishing FYiedman in the first round and tor a few minute. it looked though !-. miht win. Friedman remained cool -.d crossed some rights find left to .lf hrson's nose which started the blood a;,d bothered the Swede in the following round. The second, third and fourth rounds " Te. all Friedman's with Johnson show-n-g spurts and landing a few good blows wh.ch failed to jar the sailor. lYiedt: in continued to work on Johnson's tct r.nd varied with a few body blows hich took Johnson's wind and slowed h mi up considerable'. In the fourth. Johnson was knocked down and through 'he ropes but came back at the. count of even for more. The bell rang just a he stepped back into the ring: and undoubtedly saved him from a knockout in the fourth. Johnson staved most of the fifth round VOTE for TONER

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WHO. from the beginning HAS NOT BEEN SILENT on the needs of Indiana wage-earners, but boldly and openly presents them? TONER. WHO stands on a RECORD OF SERVICE RENDERED to Indiana labor? TONER. WHO FOUGHT THE BATITE FOR THE LABOR WELFARE BILLS before committees of the 1919 Legislature and on the stump throughout the State? TONER. WHO. in eight vears, has made 230 PUBLIC SPEECHES in Indiana ADVOCATING MEASURES OF SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE? TONER. WHO now advocates laws to PROHIBIT CHILD LABOR. LIMIT THE HOURS OF WAGE-EARNING WOMEN. IMPROVE WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS and similar MEASURES OF SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE? TONER. WHO stands for bigger and better educational opportunities FOR THE CHILD OF THE AVERAGE CITIZEN ? TONER. Who believes the State should encourage every man to get a Home and ever Tenant to get a Farm? TONER. WHO served Indiana boys as a Red Cross worker on the Western Front in the late war? Toner will "Add Strength to the Republican Ticket." VOTE FOR TONER FOR GOVERNOR.

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i ii hi" nerve and took awful punishment, going down for the count only a short tunc before the nd of the round. Friedman appeared more eviierienced unci mi"h more clever than Johnson, bin .ohiii-o:i Jeserv ps credit for fighting the bt t'ia' was in h m after he knew he was beaten. Tn th- other bout of the douh'e w'ndU) P.cd r;i:.-'I! eniered the ring wei Rhine It' 6. while Jack Steel, the favorite of the mdinoe. weighed only 143. The fighting weight was to hc been l"rt. HusseM started the fight by rushing !o the middir of the ring and tapplrg Stool on th ;:m nnd for the res' of the round the two mixed furiously. In the second round Steel cut Ilussell above the left j eye but was unable to continue his a .l- ! vantage. He went down for the count ' from a it.t tc the jaw just after break ing: from a clinch. The preMm'rary bout of the card was the best preliminary that has h-en sn in Indiana Harbor and resulted In a draw. Voting Porky of Kensington substituted for Touogr Diiey ar.d although more experienced than Johnny O'Vei! of South Chicago was lucky to get a dra w. The T'ng was changed for the hout last night and was so placed that every person in the hojie v.is able to see all of the tin. This allowed for more line cd- seats on the state and more on the two sides of the ring immediately next to the stage. AT rn.II.ADBL.PHIA John Krause be.it Tommy Carey (6. AT Hl'NTI.VtJTON. W. VA. Bob Martin knocked out Spike McFadden 1). AT BIlirXrEPOPvT. CONN. Mike O Dowii knockve-l out Walter Iaurenta (6) for GOVERNOR "If we can prove that a man who has no great wealth and who will not tie Himself with Those Who May Have Great Wealth, can win, we will have vindicated the primary and done our Stale and future generations a great service." EDWARD C. TONER. An Office Bought is an Office Lost Toner Offers Service or Player at Open Saturday Nights.

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By si-Ajarrci: e. ucham. ! STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SEVICE1 I NTH AN A Pi) LIS. April i;. Thirteen car hae l)n entere.l in the KiRhth International 5n0-mile automobile lire to he held at the Indianapolis motor speedway. Miy CI. for a purse of ISO.. 000. and numerous o-'her entries are assured hefore the Hst ii -loed at midnight May 1. Kor the MrM time in spm.nl way history Kuvopean ontetlant threaten to ou'miTiiher teDresentati e? of th Vnir-d States in 'lie annual classic. European correspondent report an unprecedented srtivlty on the part of for.-ign aapuenta for first honor", predicting a p.istl total of eighteen ntr?nt from abroad. It ha heen decided after a ountr-v. :d otiiut ontest. ainoni? race nlhuiast', not to nerept entiles of former enem' nations" csre. T!:e first entry in the race was that of ("liff rvurant. who is a millionaire In private life He will pilot a Chevrolet. Ralph Doralma. undoubtedly the most popular rate driver in the United Sta'es. will be seen at the wheel of a K.tllott. a product of the Tamous Ballot t Moteur. ratis, , Franue. Ust year Del'alina diove a Tacard v.ith the famous Liberty motor hut had luck dossed his trail all through the race and prevented him from copping the big prize. The three Oherolet brother Lou if. Arthur and Gaston are s1atd to driva three Monroe cars in th first racing contest this factory has entered. Tom Rooney. experienced pilot, will he seen at the wheel of a ReVere in its initial racing appearance. Three Frontenaoa. with Joe Boyer raptaan of the team, have been entered, hut the remaining two drivers are unearned. Jimmy Murphy, winner of the. maurural race at the Ix8 Angeles speedway, and hi teammate. Tommy Milton, will pilot lhi-enbergs. tvhilo Tiay Howard -has made a personal entry of a Teugeot. Rarney Oldfleld has entered an ' Oldneld Special.'" but. as in the 1913 race, he will end a youngr driver tn the barrier while he watches the race from the grandstand. Howard "Howdy" Wilcox, who romrd home with the prize, money in 1J13 at the whl of a Teugeot .has not yet anttouiicd his intention of driving- this year Put his name is expected to he entered as contestant before the entries close. "Howdy" drove a magnificent race last year and if he shows the siime speed this year Buropean veterans will have to look to their laurels. Championship points BTaj-dad the Indianapolis race in the contest, for the driving championship conducted under the auspices of the, American Automobile Association, total I.5J5 points, of which 1.0PO are for first place. The Indianapolis race is award1 a much heavier point total than any other racing event of the 1:0 calendar, the inaugural contest, at Los Angeles, for instance, having ben awarded 1.113 points, or less than half the numb'r with 510 points for first place. Winning of the drivers' championship carries with it an aw aid of a cash prize now heing made up bv racing enthusiasts throughout the Vmted States, the probable amount of which is figured et. J10. 000, so that to breeze in front at Indianapolis has an additional incentive. Th.t there will he a greater long dis tance attendance a' the race than has been recorded since tan. wnen more th::n 1R0.0"0 p-sons saw Rene Thomas, dn irg a T'e'sg". romp aros the finish l ie a winner. Is foretold by the large number of out-of-town sales and fhqufris to dote. Special trains will he run ii.to Indianapolis from many distant points and already hotels are making prepara Lior.s to handle the enormous crowds. FRANKIE MASON OUTBOXES ASHER SPRING FIELD. III.. April 17 Frank-.e Masom of Fort Wayne. Ind.. was an easy winner over Babe Asher of St. Louis in a ten-round boot at Springfield A. C. Mason's ring experience made him a favorite over Asher and he had the better of every round. "One Round Bess." colored, of Indianapolis wan knocked out in the ffth by Kid Dixon of Ft. Louts, and Nick Newman of Taylorville and lack Bo wen of Deiur went ten rounds to a draw. Kid .Shields of Chatham was winner ovr Young Byers of Decatur in 'he first round. make no mistake in Phone 661

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LEAGUE DIES SLOW DEATH The proposed K. of c. ,-uhurhan League wiil not materialize for the coming eason for the reason that two of the Ulini-ts tlut'.t. namely Pullman and Hyde Park, could not he induced to join. Pullman will not have a team in the field this year. Hyde Park having entered the I'hi'ago K. of " league, and did not are to drop out c-f this orgnntTntlon After the Suburban League plans fell throusrh, an effort was made to organize a Northern Indiana K. of C. league U, lit made up of fix team from Valparaiso. Michig-an City. Gary. Whiting. East Chicago and Hammond, but a this was m-l attempted until a week oten iiaB ago It was too late to get these clubs l"K':'hfr the mot or them had already outlined otliM' plan? for the season. When this last atunipt a!s.-o failed, the lltmm' nd team finally decided to play independent ball and Is now husy getting together one of the best amateur clubs that has ever represented the city. Ac-cording to present plans they will play mostly home gumes at Harrison Park and thia surely Is gc-od news to the many local fans. It is hoped that the Board of Public Works will get the Harrison Park d.amond in the bewi of shape sc that the Hammond fans will have the opportunity of witnesses; a good fast article of baseball. As this will be practically the only hail grounds centrally located f .-r the coming season the city officials will surtly do their utmost to see that- the Harrison Park diamond in put in flrst-clafs condition. The K. of Cs have issued a call for practice next Sunday and the following players are requested tc report at the club room not later than 1:30 .p. m. Catchers: Tornmy Tagiie and Tommy Harle; Pitcher?, Jim Dalton. Rill and Eddie Flynn and Lawrence Hilbrich; Inflelders. B ily Lynch. Bud Mclaughlin, rtalph P'endergast, "Chuck" Chandler, Jack Desmond. A. O'Rourke. Jerry Dalton. "Dutch" KHil and Mat. Hensel. Outfielders, Irving Miller. Hank Mfi era. Mickey Prendergast, Jimmy Dillon. Dan Enrlght and "Nids" Dnirr. Anv other memb-rs of the K. of C's whose names have been overlooked are welcome to- report for a tryojt and a" players -who have uniforms of their are requested to bring fame along f-y as to have enoigh suits t'go around . Tf a big enough number of players report a piact:ce game will be p'ayd between two picked t'trmj. It ij the intention of Manaa-er tIto-urke to pick his players for the coniir.if sea"m with in the nct few weeks, so ag to be able to start the recular sea-on not. Liter than the first J-'unday in JimMISS HOLLINS LEAVES FOR ENGLISH MATCHES f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE XBW YullK. April 17. Tho first of American golfe-r to invade Kngland in search ft laurels left h're today on fie liner RaJtic when Miss Marion Hotlins, the women's metropolit.in champion, Mrs. '. H. Vanderbeck of Philadelphia, who held the national title m 1915. and Mi.R Mildred Caverly, runner up to Miss Alrxa Sterling in 131 S. sailed for Liverpool. They will pl3y in the Britirh women's championrhip tournsment, to commence at Newcastle. County Down, in the North of Ireland. May 1't. S. 0. MAIN OFFICE IS DEFEATED (SPECIAL TO THE TIMES I WHITINU. tn3., April 17. The Poiler Shop rolled gocd hall and defeated the strong Mttin Office fie Thursday night in the Standard Oil A. A. bowling league. The Mayor of Wilcox was handicapped by not having his regular five on the filles. James did well for the off re men but by the rules only counted 150 for his teammates. Conner for the Boilermakers split the maples for 2 IS in the first Rame. Mam Office: Totals, fii. 794. and S72. Grand total. 2510. Team average. S35 2-3. Foiier Shop: Totals. $52. 843 and 762. Grand total. 2157. Team average, 813. FRED STTJLTS, A FAITHFUL OFFICER If the evil service rules thJt govern in the appointment and promotion of 1 Federal officials obtained In the plect'on of County Officers. Depuiy Sheriff F'red M . ft.'iltr. ought to and would receive the nomination for Sheriff on th Republican ticket at the j. 9 u - , i........ primaries of 'May net without any ing from re.tords made, ii appears that Deputy Stultz has well eained. b.:-th li"iT hit? patty iind the seneval elec

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torate, tiie promotion to wiiich he aspire.s He was appointed Dep.ity Siiej-iff by former $henff Whttaker in 1313 and has ever sinee, single handed and alone, handled the annually vastly increasing volume of criminal and civ.! businef". originating at the Steel Ot;.' with signal ability and in, hence, the l.iigest serving peace officer amongst the aspirants for the shrievalty office. Other things being- equal, and It is conceded, although all the candidates for office are rirrt clas fellows, and fine citizens, that Fred Stultz is $e. -end to none, in ability and high character and. therefore, fom the uni erai law cf business and public !.f, entitled to the -ewatd of proven fl tciency and long and faithful nn i. . Ad" en if enient.

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LISTEN TO SfCCUL TO THE TIMESI " nri i.itj, jna.. April ! . .- tiets have.eet aside April -The sri ni to en . reccive signals from the plane; Mars, which is au-ppr-sed to be in a position that day favorable to the transmisnion of messages liy lijtht or electricitj . The Owis have set as.de that night to dr. honor to their champion basketball team and get together in their annual banquet and Joyfrst. If any of the Martians have their ear to the wire on that night they will hear strange sounds- of jan music, singing and also speech making; emanating from the O-wTg banquet board. This relobra t:nn wiil be the occasion nf the annual sound-up if baskettall fans throughout Lake county. Tna nvis-.c and r n :ei ta i nmen t already arranged for. cive assurance that this IwiH be the best 'banouet ever xiven hv the local organization. Judge Green has been induced to act as toast master. The entire Ited Crown team will attend and occupy the seats of honor. Reservations are open to club membesr and invited guests. Phone John Kischrupp at the club on or before Mr-nday evening, April 13. The World of Sport George X. Mannfeld. Indiana's superintendent of the division of fish and ga.n-e. drop- in to say that bans fisher men ought to welcome news of the survey just . completed by game, wardens throughout the s-tate, which reports stream conditions ideal. "If mild weath. ! r prevails bass fishing will he at its best w ithin a few da vs." said Mr. Mannfeld. X X X Put a lot of fishermen have given tip the p-.rt now that there's nothing to do but f,.h. X X X Pave for an occasional reference, the war with Spain is about forgotten, bu: the Spaniards haven't yet forgotten howto run as was proven recently in the greatest cross-country run ever held in that 'ountry, when Ju'io Dominguez covered I1.S37 meters in 6.". minutes 11 H-C seconds. The dtstance mh a 1 little mere than s.x s.rd a half miles. I x x X I Rob Iverr has been pt.rt.d nrBa.Bn . , . . . . t .1".. 11 1 of the. Athletic League of the T. M. C. A. of Canada which represents sixty-live organ i. -.tto. with 20.000 enrolled in the physical department. X X X I vi'i-.m-; .Main s nis nope- on scott j Pern-. Kinney, a southpaw, and Vaylor. I This tr'o of hurlers may keep the A's lout of the cellar, maybe. X X X j If J. Franklin Baker, fnrniT Tankee third baseman and fence buter. doesn't decide pretty poon whether or not he will join the Tanks thU year the fans my -t peeved and tell hiin to go to th nioie. X X X Funny things happen in Gary. Fj0rt rge thr carries tie-ad. "f erew- and Bolt Kii.mys Smoke." Sounds hard enough to be a relation to Scrooge and Marley. M - X American Olympic team lost an Important athlete when Robert Lege.ndre. a sophomore at Georgetown University nnd national pentathlon champion, broke his leg yesterdav while training. He will not be able to compete this ye.tr. X X X Indianapolis bowlers won $l.3v4S in prizes at the American Bowling Oongre.--at Peoria this year. $1050 alone was w.n by 1he Central Alley five of the capi'al city. X X X Did you ask tftnut prizes won by the Hammond Bowling league at the A. B. C? Better inquire of Ew Goehringer or Johnny Gill ask them they knuw. ! Gary Store 2005 B'wdy. Tel. 3701

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AilEBICAJN- LEAGUE. W L Chicago j i, Cleveland i n l Boston i, j Philadelphia i i New York i i ft. Iouis n l Washington i i Detroit r. j Teiterday'B Kerults. All gam' ? potI)(llerj. rain. Oamea Today. Derroit at Ch:c:ic. i-t. Loui.s at .'!ek .-land Washington a.t Itoston. 'cw York at Ph iladclr.l, . NATIONAL LEAGUE. W I. Cincinnati 2 (. ! Host on 2 n 1 Pittsiurgh 2 1 Brooklyn 1 Philadelphia 1 1 St. Ixuis 1 2 Chicago , 1. 2 Xciv York 'i 2 Yesterday's B-esulte. ritlsbutgh. 5; St. L'.uis. . Other games postponed: in:". Games Today. 1 hicaso -it ('iiici'.:. li, Philadelphia at r?rook! n. Boston at .Ww York. Pittsburgh .f St. l.oui-.

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All Light Car Road Records Smashed At Indianapolis recently an Overland 4 stock car was driven 5,452 miles continuously in seven days and nisnts, over frozen country road3. This is an average of 778 miles per day more than the distance between Toledo and New York City. This is another tribute to the cushioning effect of Triplex Sprinss and the quality of material in Overland 4.

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Stecher In Mat Bout Beats Lewis 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SEVIC' NEW ViKK. April 17. Joe STeeher still 'he world's heay weight cat oh - ns-ca.tch-con wrestling champion todnv and has a hrnifr hold on the title thcia ever bel'ore. The b;g .V hraskan defended .his crown uc-esfu!ly against I Id t Strati g'eri Iewis In one of the most s-nsatio'' matches pvi- witnessed in this cii. throwing the sturdy Kcntuckian with a bend scissors and arm lock after thre hours four minute and fifteen seconds "f wrestling. The n-.an-h was replete with, colorful situations in which boih v. r -s: h.-rs wei r in danger of being pinu I j .1"- IlirtL C'Kri iiril'-l-. uiyic 1 ' ut nr-r. the veteran, re forced. ARRANGE FOR TRIAL SHAMROCK RACES 1 INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! VRW VoltK. April 17.- ..'':. K. D. X t!l, p"i'.st.np. I r" pre 5e;l t ,i T i e r.f ? ; T'-roas Lipton in mat tors pertaining :l e .-cnitng roci for 'he Ani'ricas ci.p, v r. ti'-re. today to make arrangement feu- t'.ie trta.1 race? h-tween the Shmi- !(: 1 find tne " i-meii r thamro' k. i . to arrive here shortly from Ilngi..fid. In diseusing the cormr.g races today. Cel. Neil! st 3 led that owing to the construction of the Shamrock IV it is probpble that she will have to give the tie. f nd"r i'ii allowance of six minute, tlioiiah tV- i oi.lv 'i e'.Hna'-". r 304