Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 284, Hammond, Lake County, 20 May 1921 — Page 14

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- it HE TIMES Friday, May 20, 1921

FIRST RACES t yrr n rrn r TTft fSTT TT TT TTft a f tp tn OF SEASON W f l ffi O fl H m A H H ON SUNDAY IVJiMj 11 ilVO Jl VUJiJii JlkilDL))

Jack Lch will keep an anxious er

on tfe weather tomorrow for things a.re rainor lust rlaht at present to

mak his opening motorcycle race meet at Vorter Sunday a howling success. A HtUe rain would not hurt the track but It really Isn't necessary. The promoter was busy today Hiving the Porter Speedway its first dose ot the new h-tmicaJ treatment which Is -aid to be as affective as oil in laying the dust but does not hare the otejotlonable features of olU Sunday's irowd will probably be the first in northern Indiana to witness motorJcle races from which the dust nuisance has been eliminated. Leech has also gone to considerable expense In making the roads to the Speedway. Lake and Porter counties rare repejred the short-out roads be

tween Oary ana the oia .Mineral prings grounds and Leech has markJ thees so that those who go by sutomobile and motorcycle will have trouble In picking the smoothest r;dlng. Poor highways east of Gary last year discouraged hundreds who i'. ould otherwise hare attended the laces. People living In Hammond anJ -djolnlng territory are advised to take Summer street U Gary and follow the igns. The good road lies through ;ary. Miller, East Gary, Crocker and .TcCooL Walter Korn, the Indian spaed merhant, is In Hammond tuning up tor Sunday's events. Everyone knows list with Korn in the game the others '-ill have to stir themselves. Word .-Iso came today that three crack rldrs from the Excelsior factory would

e on nana Sunday. There will of -'urse be a good representation of

:ocal favorites with Paul Anderson making his bow as a H&rley-Davldaon i lder. There wfU be new racing types of machines of all makes and it is pevullar that each dealer thinks he has something up his sloeve. which will knock them all cold." The common tatexnent is: "Just you wait till Sunday. Im not letting: anything out now ut I know how things are going to :urn out." A a matter of fact they ion't know for each dealer Is putting omethlng in the race without knowing what the other fellow has. Ieech xpeota it to be a series of the "flghtinest" races ever staged.

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BT JAMES J. CORBETT t Former Heavyweight Champion of the "World.) .Written Expressly for the I. N. S.) (Copyright, 1921, by 1. N. Service.) NEW YORK, May 20. My attention i.as been called to a story sent out of tlantlc City quoting me to the effect hat I expect Dempsey to defeat Carrentier. I want to say to ray readers that tliis story was unauthorired. I have . -t formed an opinion regarding the outcome of the big battle July 2. 1 iave never yet seen Carpentier put up his hands in real action and regard- : .-ss of my past experiences and familiarity with boxers, I would not atmpt to predict the result at Jersey ity without having first studied oou oxers. Any report of this nature that iloes not appear under my signature, therefore must be considered erroneous. I hare seen Jack Dempsey Jn action. When he won the championship at To"edo, I was at the ringside. Naturally t feel that I know quite a bit about him. But cyclonic though he is a man capable of dealing out and probably Just as capable of assimilating terrlflo punishment there Is no rule built upon hearsay, physical measurements or cold type in the record books that could lead me to pick him as the winner, without the chance to stuas the French champion In action first. Georges Carpentier comes to us with a reputation as the greatest fighter Europe has ever turned out. He must be something of a punisher himself to have dealt out the terrific lacings he has handed to a number of bulky men.

In ail fairness to him, therefore, it would be folly for any man to attempt to Judge him sight unseen. Many boxing critics and Just plain devotees favor Dempsey to win. There Is a generous sprinkling of students of the game however who like Carrentier's chances best and there are many others on the fence. Let us con. sider their views. Those Who favor Dempsey build their arguments around these points: He Is Carpentler's physical superior. His rapid fire, rushing attack should weep Carpentier off his feet. His sledge-hammer blows will batter down the lad from France. His aggressiveness is a greater defense than Carpentier can boast of. But wait. The Carpentier faction has Its points to make, too: Here Is the wizard boxer of ths century, they tell us. Here Is a lad whose dazzling footwork will enable him to elude Denvpsey's rush. And while he Is stepping around Dempsey. tantalizing him with uncanny footwork, he will be driving heme telling punches wherever he finds an opening. Here is a boxer whose punches are also deadly; a borer who had toppled ver soma of the biggest men of his time and a boxer who comes to us unmarked. Thereby proving that he Is a master of defense. Why has he not a grand chance to win the championship? Why, indeed? Tou, and myself, can only guess as to the merits of these two men while we study them. We shall review thfir deeds in the ring and in due time will attempt to weigh their chances.

GAMES WANTED West Ends of West Hammond liav an cpen date. May 12, and would liU to book a gam. For game call Hanirrond 1639 and ask for Oust. Call -tween the hour of 8 and 9.

Everything went well Tetwr-en Jiti: Corbett and Georges until the formei Tanked out a camera. Then Georges (atimated that friendship bad ceased.

Truck Leaves Leech's Store, 671 Hohman St., Hammond, for Porter at 11:30 Sun. Round Trip $i

K. C'S SHAPING

UP FOR GAME

The Hammond K. of C.'s held a snappy little Infield practice last evening. In preparation for Sunday's big game with the strong club from South Chicago who at the present time are leading the K, of C. Suburban League. Following the practice session the team assembled for a spirited little meeting at the K. fo C. club rooms where plans were discussed for next Sunday's Important battle. Among other things that were outlined. Manager Helmbach announced that lie had engaged a police officer to keep the crowd back of the foul line and also to rid the players benches of everybody except tho men in uniforms and the managers of the respective teams. This certainly will be a decided improvement and will not only make Vi a pleasure for anyene to watch the game on a cle'ar field but will also enable the players to put up a better article of ball under more favorable conditions. Now the only thing we lack at Harrison park are the promised concrete posts with iron chains attached running from both sides of the back stop far out into right and left fields. If the board of public works would only get busy and order these put in before the season is half over it would help considerable to maks the the Harrison park diamond a regular place to play ball. Oroundkeeper Holt Is doing all he can to keep the diamond In shape under present conditions and If given the proper support from the Board of Works he wil show the city real baseball grounds before the season la very far advanced. The K. of Cm will hold their final workout tomorrow afternoon at Harrison park In preparation for Sunday's stiff argument and all players are requested to report at the club rooms not later than 1:30 so that practice can start at & reasonably early hour. After putting: on the finishing touches tomorrow everything will be in readiness for South Chicago and all the local players will be awaiting the umpire's announcement "Flay Ball." The game will be started promptly at 3 o'clock by an association umpire.

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WHITING. Ind, May 20. The Whiting Maccabees will travel to East Chicago to play the K. C. I, who have a well balanced team equal to any In the county. The battery for the K. C. U, will be the Simon brothers who need no recognition as ball players in and around the Calumet region. The Maccabees who were the Polarlnesv in the few previous years also have a good team and who are out to .play any team In the county. This will be the Maccabees Initial appearance this season and who will undoubtfully try hard to cop the first one, gives the fans all the reason to believe there will be a real ball game at the Graver park Sunday, May 22.

COLUMBIA VS. RED SOX (BT CHUCK.) The Columbia A. C. showed Intelligent playing last Sunday In their battle with the Chicago Red Sox, beating them 12 to 4. It was an excellent showing for their opening game. Manager A. Lletran attended the Interstate League last Monday- evening and posted a game with the Chicago Konories who beat the Chicago Ked Sox two weeks ago by a small score. The Honories have strengthened their line-up considerably in the last two weeks by signing up Smith from the Dodgers Training and several other good semi-pro baseball players. The fans are guaranteed a fast clean gams. If the Columbia A. C. play as they did last Sunday the fans may expect to see another batting bee. They got two home runs, three two-base hits and eleven singles. The superb pitching of Romeo kept the Red Sux hits well scattered. The game for Sunday will start promptly at 3 o'clock. The battery for the C A. C. will be Romeo and Hudson and for the Honories will be Smith and Winsen. Come out and see this game because it will be worth seeing. f

FRENCHMAN MAKING 6TH RACE VOYAGE

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ANOTHER French rc pilot who baa gained prominence on thla lde of the bis drink Is Jean Chasagne, who will make his elxth attempt to win undylnf lame in an International 600-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Monday ay 30. Chassagna has made more trips to America to compete In racing Brents than any other driver, but last year was the first tim h6 aren finished in the money. He Is a clever driver, hut something has always hap-; pened to mar his success. He has! driven 8unbeams on three occasions at Indianapolis, has piloted Ballots twice, but this year will find him in' :a Peugeot Chassagne la determined to get a healthy handful of the $85,000 prise this ye al Jack now weighs In the neighborhood of 208 pounds. He has cut out anything too arduous, fearing his figure may be reduced.

In a alow one-sided game the Irving grade school team defeated the Lafayette team 1 to 6. At no time of

the game was the Irving team in

danger. The Lafayette team started the scoring In the rst inning when Hokensen lost a hard chance In left

field and one run was put over the plate. The Irving lads came back strong and touched Pitcher Neuman'e

delivery for 6 hits, netting all told runs.

etephenson. the crack pitcher for

the Irving team, struck out I batsmen

during the time he worked in the box

He also landed on the ball for X dou

bles and a single in three trips to the

bat. At the beginning of the eighth In

sing Principal Cartrlght sent Fedoff to

the mound and moved Keller from

right field to the receiving end. This

new formation even caused no change

In the Lafayette score sheet. FederofT pitched invincible ball, striking out

of the 7 batters that faced him. He has plenty of "smoke" and is gaining

In his ability to control it.

Warren, the fast shortstop in the!

Lafayette team made several excellent

stops and his pegging to first basej

was perfect. The team as & whole are

a fine group of lads and play good

consistent ball. They failed to hit in pinches and several men died on bases 1nrinK the fontst.

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From the Fight Camps NEW YORK. May 20. Carpentier is more concerned over his canine companion. Flip, than he is ovr the entire situation. When there is anything wrong with the Verdun doggie there is small chance for any newspaperman, no matter how persistent, to see the Frenchman.

Former service men called on Carpentier today asking that he attend one or two functions they were arranging. Georges was very courteous to them, but would not say when he would be able to honor tntm with his presence. The barbed wire defenses are attracting a lot ot attention around the Manhaeset camp. Groups of sightseers who never saw the fighter himself are crowding the place to get a glimpse of his "keen out" fence. At Atlantic City Kearns and company are little perturbed abgut the secrecy Carpentltr is maintaining at hi scamp. All that is worrying the two Jacks is how much they will take in at the gate of the National Stadium when sparring exhibitions start next Saturday.

As an answer to the French method of exclusive training Kearns promises to extend invitations to the ensrny o visit the Dempsey camp during training periods.

A tough coat of sunburn is wnat Jack the Lion desires. He will need this to offset the attacks of the famed Jersey skeeter. When the weather gets anything like Summer these animals fear no man. champ or chump.

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C. O. F. vs. Schererville Their practice season being over, Baumgartner Court No. 109, baseball

team are now ready to take the fleldj and they begin the regular season nexti

Sunday, opening up at Schererville where they take on the strong town team. Any fans wishing to accompany the team may do so as a truck will leave Hues el and Hohman streets at one o'clock. The C. O. F. have a few open dates and would like to hear from any good teams in the vicinity. For particulars write A. W. Zeller.

IRON RANGE SHUT TO "BLACK SOX" inBBINO, Minn, May 20 Players of the indicted White Sox win not te welcomed in the Kange league clubs, according to Information given out today. Oscar. "Happy" Felach, former outfielder at the Chicago Americana, is understood to have expressed a desire to play with the local team, bet the management decided that sentiment along the Iron Range was too strong against the men who are accused or disgracing the national game, ana that the league attendance would suffer.

Bob Martin Knocks Out Joe Cox in New York Bout NEW YORK, May 20. Bob Marttn. A. E. F. heavywe-ght champion, knocked out Joe Cox of Pt. Louis in the tenth round of a scheduled fifteen round match last night.

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