Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 157, Hammond, Lake County, 21 December 1920 — Page 13

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LEAGUE AVERAGE

(SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! WHITING, Ind.. Dec- CI The latest .iverajts if the 55t.in.1md Oil A. A howling: league- show the Tower Still? No. 2 team leading in the raoe hy a comfortable margin. The Main orcic : .cond in standing and there f a e-reat dea1 of interest in tht clash o' ir.cse tTo teams on Monday, January s. Groat ?et a new high averagn tor '' re games with 28 2-3 nnd Wilkln--n of the Switching Dept. took the vnd In Aie hlsrh individual averages. Standing follows: Mandard Oil Company Botllnar League

Spencer has shut at nut lea than lO.ttUo targets ea h treason- Kvr nine the official average have leen Kept he has exceeded 9fi per cent. No other shorter i.t credited with such an enviable record.

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Pot. U. .S; 921 8TS .t"67 s;s ..".33 893 .533 '!

,.".33 .467 .33 .333 .'.'3d .067

798 :. 832 S3 it S3 714 6S1

Av. 81i 771 7t 79 -70 7J1 780 701

718 650

Teams. W. L. Tower Mills. : . . .13 2

.Main Office 12 Welders . .l tachlne Shop ... 8 r'rafflne '. . ;rease Works ... 8 rowers X.. 1 . . . . . svitchvng Dept. . . 7 'rane Car .... . . 4 Pressure Stills ... 4 dd Works . .... 3

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High team game Toner SUlla No. 2. ! ::.: blgrh team arerasre 3 games. Tow. t Stills No. 2, S53: high individual eine. Lau. Crane Car l"eit., 231; hlgn . erase. S games. Gtoat. Tower Still N. 1, 2C8 2-8. Individual Averages. Narr.e. Team. G. Ave. Wilkinson. Switching Dept 15 ISO i.au. Cran Car 6 17S ti. Henrlkson, Main Offlcs. .15 177 Sarstch, Switching 13 17a Canner, Paraffin .........15 172 iuyer, Tor Stills No. 2 15 171 r. Lieeia, Main Office 15 19 Ted James. Tower Stills N'o. 2.. 15 1 Leo Kaachak. Pressure Stills... 12 19 Fred Hoffman, Tower Stills 2.. 10 167 Whitle. "Welders 13 15 Wade. Machine Shop ...... U3 stress. Crane Car .... ,.,,.13 162 samansen. Welders .13 161 . Long, Tower Stills No, 2., ,.15 ll Herman. Welders .. .15 160 lureVt, Grease Tferks 3 160 Graat. Tower Stills V., 1 10 160 H. Kellman. Fresure Stills t 160 vnt. Farafflna Worka 15 10

May Swap Many of Players BY JACK VlilOCK il. N. Service Sport ins T-Mitor.1 NEW TOlUv. lec. 21. Several hlg player deals, set in motion during tli recent baesball meetings here, promise t liven up the "Hot Stove season." according to Indication? today. Shortly after the holidays, it la believed, the owner. t' a half a docn or more clubs will setti down in eainets to make swaps or purchase players, and rumor has U that fana.jm is in for some surprises. , From St. Louis conies word that ttie Cardinals have jiut Ropers Hornsby on the market after two or more years of turning down fabulous orders for the player. Hornsby, it is said, can be had today for $150,000. r the equivalent in playing talent. Time was when the New York Giants would have Jumped at this ofei-.. Manager McGraw Is said to have offered nearly a quarter of a million dollars for Hornsby at one time last mrarnir. During the recent baseball conclave here it was rumored that New York had purchased Hornaby, but McGraw dented it and Secretary Joseph O'Brien reiterated the denial today when th-i rumor cropped up again. The Giants are still after Heme Groh. of the Reds. They have offered I1J0, 000 for the crack third baseman and McGraw still has hopes of landing him.

PETE HERMAN QUITS TRAINING FOR LYNCH; EACH PROMISES KAYO

NTCW YORK. lie.. 2 1 Cants mweierht Champion 1. te Herman is ai-

' tending strict y to 1ns knitting these

d.-iys. and while not boast fu".. the little New Orleans fighter who clashes with Joe Lynch for ft'tee rounds a-t Madison Square . garden Wednesday nigat entertains no fears about losing th title which Lynch covets. The ltttle bantam boss has finished his training and now is awaiting th. bell for the oponig of festivities. Tfclrd (lash of Pair. This will he the third meeting between these two clover boys, and Sammy Goldman, who manages Herman. thinks Peter will make it Kod one Ly stopping Joseph. Both hoys will scale 118 pounds at 2 o'clock on Xh-. day of the contest.

WILL NOT TRADE

GROH OR RDUSH

SAYS HERRMANN

CINCINNATI. O,, Dec. 21. It won 13 he folly to trade either Heinle Grab r F.ddio Roush because such action would mean the closing up of Kedland field, according to August Herrmann, president ef tha Clnclnatl club, who returnee from New York yesterday, The Onctnati club will not Tart with Groh under any circumstances," Herrmta said. "This is positive aud final and the name goes for Ed Bonali. Two deals are on the fire. Both, we trust, will bo finished in the next lew days, and on of tbern should brln; liaranrlUo to Clncloatl, but Groh an1 Ttouh will not be included In any trade. "It Is true McGraw effered 1150,060 cash for Groh and we refused. "We axe satisfied with the MarquardKuether deAl inainty because we had detormfned to lose Ruether and ti break up the combination that has been handJeajppi'ng: the Reds." Rumor had It today that Xlarquard eventually will find his way to Baltimore along with Williams, a nw outfeider. In trade for Jack Bentley. tba Oriole star.

Ted lewis back in u. s. rtrntiTioTi. res scsvtcci NSW TORK. Dec 21. Ted Lewis, former welterweight rham-pion of the world, hajt retcmed to this country todar after long aojoara In Englana where ho knocked ent Johnny Basha-m. the Brltlab tltlo holder. Lewli expects to return to London within a few u ttki to meet Jack Britton in a title hout thera. Britton Ivas reoelvad aa ttractiva affer to box Lewis on the other aide and It Is believed he will accept.

TEAP SHOOT KINGS

Fightin' Bobbies From Or Limn on Arrive to Tackle Gotham Cops

NKTV YORK, KMm. XI. Two ngUtlng Tloboles"' strnlght ffoaa dear old Loaden, hare come to Sew fork 4 battle the brat of the anetrpJttna Jin eat. Jack Stanley. Tie-In tit 1A ponnda, an.l HeaLry Mollin. weight 190 povnda, are the two English, y4lefHMiu wk n-t'T-el n the Imperator Monday, ragrr to eiehange atli-nrT with New York eoa. Mallln participated B the Olympic ttanet and la the caamalra amateur middleweight of England. The two are achedalcd to do aoaoe flglitiag J .-in. 4 aider tlra aospleeo of the Police rlah.

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NEW OP. LEANS, Las Dec, 21. Johnny Dundee of New York and Pal Moran, this city, fought a hard fifteen round draw last night before 3,000 fans In rillslmry's garden. " Both men went at it hammer anS tongs during the whole fifteen roundj. First Dundee and then Moran would have a shade. Dundee's flying punch and Moran's left jab did moat of the effective work. Once or twice M-ran staggered Dandee with hard rights t- the stomach, but Dundee rallied and was ever on top of hia man. Chip Bums was Ttnecked out ta twi rounds by Freddy Brower.

FIGHT DECISIONS Der1saes of boxtnx rrpreaentatlvoa arei At New Orledao Johnny Daadee drew with Pal Moron I5. Kreddie Brower knocked eat Chip Kara II).

St. Loal Eddie Shannon heat Charley White (3). Boston Jack Blarkbnra brat

Young Jack Johnson (8). M Philadelphia Jack Perry beat Pan Doyle (9).

NTJW TORIv. De. SI. John D. Clay, an amateur of Houston, Tex., shot at more registered targets during the 1JI0 eaaaon thaji any other marksman

In the Tnited States or Canada. He, ahot at 12.950. missing only 85. This ! gave him an average of .9343. Clay ; eorapoted In thirty-nine tournaments' practically every section o tn!fj country and Canada. I Charles G. Spencer, of St- Louis, 1 shot at more targets In registered competition than any other professional, 11, 33". He broke 10,944 for an average of .9659. Spen-er took part in thirtythree tournaments. For several years

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effect that Purdue unHrrslty la to be lrprd from lh- "IHg Tph" c.nferetier on the alleged ground that It football team violated thr ru'.rn by atartlnu: prnctlre lout fall krlorr, !rpt. 15, thr dny prrmlltrd hy eonferenee rrzuln-

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won n rtnfrrrsrr footltntl Kic In the lot Ovr jenrs. The netlon Is nld to be contemplated n tbc nrtl niretlnf of -Htg Ten" ortieln's In I hlcnso In January.

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ST. NICHOLAS .WALLOPS JLL SAINTS IWor one of the largest crowds f the season the St- Nicholas basketball team of Whiting overwhelmed th5 All Saints of Hammond at the All Saints rym. The All Paints ,,, ul, a gol fight in spite ..f the fact that they were outweighed. The featjr.. of the game was the basket' shooting of Iraio. ,(cv.ry was the chief point get!re fr il,e All Saints. Lineup: t. Mehulna (!. All alt ,37. Moynlhan Tt.F Doolen

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RUMOR "BIG TEN" PLAN TO GREASE SKIDS FOR PURDUE

HI.OOMISCTO, Ind.. Dee. 2t. A rumor was In rlrcnlntlon on the tndlnnn university eampua today to the

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mCan ffer 7 ,ome B0NA nDE CUT PRICES on Player Pianos. Yon have possibly been waiting for prices to coma down, and we cannot blame you. We have purposely curtailed cm player business for the past year because we realized prices were too hifh. Now that the bottom has dropped oul V ? c P t t0 announce to we hve o soUd carloads of Players to offer at $150.00 reductions from prices quoted six months ago. lou wiiJ bod included In this sale such well-known and famous makes as HolUt and Davis, Conway, Lexington, Packard, Boud, etc. Special Xmas Player-Piano Offer No Cash Down Just turn in your old piano or phonograph as first payment

on a new Flayer Piano. At the end of thirty days begin your regular monthly payments of $15.00. Make it a "family gift" this Christmas. Surprise the family with a new Player Piano, an instrument that every member of the family can play and enjoy.

In 30 Days Make Your First Payment of $15 PER MONTH

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We will give a mahogany Floor Lamp with silk shade, Combination

Player Piano Bench, and $36.00 worth of Music Rolls of your

own selection, either Q-R-S or Imperial Roils.

We believe this to be the most liberal offer ever made on high-grade merchandise Hammond and as we expect it to meet with quick responss from shrewd buyers we urge prompt action, as our supply is limited to two carloads SPECIAL NOTICE

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You may .select any new or used Phonograph from our immense stock and have it sent to your house for 30 DAYS FREE TRIAL AND EXAMINATION, and if you are not completely pleased with it in every particular, we will exchange it for any other Phonograph in oar stock and allow yoa all you have paid for it on the exchange.

Could anything be fairer? As we handle eight different makes, this makes your purchase perfectly safe matter what you may select.

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