Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 199, Hammond, Lake County, 14 February 1922 — Page 7

Tuesday, February .14, 1922.

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SPORTING

NEWS

HERE'S WORLD'S HEAVIEST CAGE BASKET BALLERS

Next Friday evening at S o'clock the world's heaviest ba.ket!all team will trot ?) out on the floor of the Ryio at the new Lutheran tarish house Erie ajid Eaton streets, Hammond. Ttie Kbert boys 1.105 pourds of (hem are slated to do battle with the t'poerner five, Roth are Hammond teams made up from i!-.om,ber.s of two ten known families. The Spi-rners make no claims for heavyweight honors. They are just bask etbal! players. The Uberts play basketball well lut they do it a. little hotter than any one would ever stispeer en ar.ir.s; a.t their mammoth proportion.-. J-'riir Ebcrt, captain of the team, plays center. 1o long- aso made a reputation at foot hail and track athletics. Friti wt'.glisi tl'i and is oversix feet tali. It will bo worth walking miles lust to pee him. cavort in gym truck?. The. lightest nan on the Fbert Ave weighs ISO. The average i -ill. The lineups cf the ta.rn will be as follows: ?poerners is", rf; "Pumpy". If; Anka", c; Fete, r, George, 5s. I'lhertsi Alwin. rf; Jnliu. If: Fritz. .-: F.nnnick, rj; Aiia;a, Is: Art. sub. Asa curtain raiser do team:; repre-s-riRg Concord;. league and Walt her !.-nsrue wi.'l put on a snappy match. 'Chi. v,;'. be Hammond'1! first oppori unity to seo a match between these w. fast leasjue teams. Kudie. tJuehr-

; n cr a ppear.s Vi-T.ry Kerbst

Xo admission wiU he charged

HERE ARE LOTTIE AND HUBPY STROLLING" AS nOXEYMONEBS SHOULD STROLL

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iIND A CHALLENGER

KKBEIjAND P.VJiK. Ind.. Feb. 14. The Krculand Pari. ba-sKetbttl. team yestcrdjy Iwuod a challenge to (lie world under conditions. Tile team is comoopod of five h'reeibnd l.roth-rs. with a sixth brother actios aa titnokcepor. 11 hcti;en tli ;igofl of 'ishteen and twenty-.ix. itn3 the cliailen'e stipulates that iie oppoMTig team tl'.ali play under hi same i-oniltt ion..

half which was not Ion? enoujsrh. With full quarters we would have Dat thetn . MAN-ACER LUCKT HVE.

BIG TEN FIGHT IS

EMERSON WINS FROM VALPO VAT.P.riAISn, Fh. 14. The Clary iiitrh school easily out-clarscd the loc-V haiketcers !n a came of basketball Saturday nijrht. The final co'jnt gave tlmerson a lead of 2"r points. Scott and Seymour Mere removed from the same on four personal fouls. This nrohari'v pnrvuntrd for the 0s.ry-

ites obtaining the high ecore. Kig-M fouls wore called upon the Emerson fcquad and fourteen were chalkod nj) against the local nuintet. BLUE DEVILS PLAY CHICAGO HEBREWS Tonight at the Irving' school gym tho F.lue Devils tackle th. strong Hebrews five. Tho Blue IVviis have

j been practicing bard in the !a.t two

weeks and hope to take tho Hebrews five over. The I.'ehrews have a g.od team and so it will .b- a hard 'ought game all the way Ihroujrti. There t.-:M also he a preliminary cam p'ayed be

tween the Spoerner five and the N'J-b Side Hebrews, lioth teams have rJi ever' same this year. The flrst gamwill start at s.'ven o'clock sharp.

ANN ARBOR. Slier-, reb. It . VT.iliam T. Van Orde.n. veteran footha'.i and trajr.k man, was declared ineligible yesterday for nr-bolatie deficiency in the midyear examinations. Van Ord'i: had registered forty-four feet with th shot and was considered a sure winner in dual ir.ect. Go far as waa known t Coach Ftev Farre.ll, the status ot no other track men was in qacfrtlon.

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! NATIONAL NCWS SFKVICtl C.tTlAi;o. Feb. 14. The fight for the big ten basketball championsnip

tvia more of a "free-for-.n' affair today an th result of lat night's games. Four teams Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin are Ktill in the battle for the nennaji and even Chicago and Indiana have a cban-e tf overtake the leaders. Iowa gavo Wisconsin a setback, by winning last liiRht's ctHmpnt by a scorn of 24 to IS. thereby jolting the Radgers out of second place, and into a. tie with Illinois for third. Shiiaek and lAhman were the big factors in the Hawkeye victory. Tnd'ana climocd ibo Ohio Jiate and Michigan by taklry the Wol-er-

I inea into camp to tbe tt-nc of a 15 to i 14 score. Sant'ord, right forward for j the Hoosiers, converted nine free ! throws in ten attempts asd was chiefly ! responsible for the Indiana victory.

Allan Forrest and Mrs. Forrest, better known as Lottie I'ie-kford. Lottie Pickford, "little sister" of Mary and Jack, and her "perfectly dear" hupband, Allan Forrest, are now on their honeymoon. Forrest, a" well as Lottie, is well knorn to movie devotees. He has appeared i several pictures, hii last on being "The Man from Lost River."

APPLICATIONS

FOR FISH

AppIations Vr fish rth which to ork public waters this spring have been received by the 5sh and game d!v :;on of the state) conservation department from SS5 Individuals, clubs md associations, George N. Mannfeld, d, rector of th& division, has announced. "'This number already is far in eses. of the total number of applications received last year, indicating inTense public interest In atockng fishing "iters of tho state." he said. In the next few weeks a site will be b. !-;, ted and work started on the es.ablishroent of the fifth state hatchery,

Mannfeid said. Twenty localities southern Indiana hs.ee sent pro

posals to the conservation commission f - .r the establishment of a tlsh ha ten -nr. Extensive efforts arc to he mada this year ta rescue fish left in lowl.mds by high waters, Mr. Mannfeld aid. A total of 105. "h"1 fish were rescued In thi way !a?t year. In four nate hatch.-.ne in tire last decade the fi-ih and game division lias propagated, reared and planfd in public waters ..' the state r.8.?si.0') flh. Tire average co?t of eacli fait so propagated was Ir-SM than one-half cent, ilr. Mannfeld -aid.

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MICHIGAN

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r-IOOinXGTON". Feb. 14. Indiana feated Michigan. 13 to 14, here last sht in one vf the most stubbornly i.'ght games seen on the local floor, waj nip and tuck all thro-jgh, both

h sivea w ith the score tied a number of 1 n (JJ. Miller, forward, of the Wolvr.noi, s'or-l ail his team's points, ''offey and Crowe did et.'llar wo:-k for the Tloorier crc w, the, long shot of the .atter three minutes before the gun tounded winning the game.

OUR FIGHT DECISIONS

ljecisions of Tribune boxing representatives are: At Tilemphis, Ter.n. Sirmry Mar.dell beat Frankie Garcia (). At Milwaukee Cobby Ward and Joe .Tawson. draw (10). A. Boston Chick Su;g-"i stepped Dutch Tlagan g). At rhttsbarfh Rnr Fryel and Jack Ferry, drsv 10. A FhiiadeHhi.i Danny Kramer beat Kob F.urtnun cS; T'nlsy Wallace bat Johnny Brown S). At llarrisbttrg. Fa. Sergt. Fay PtoiMi bat .Tim Montgomery (lftl. At Detroit Fanama Joe Oans stopped Charley R-gera (t). Fete McClosky beat Eddie White (10) .

F-altimorc ,lo Dundee teat Tom

my Cieary (III. At lrain, O. Danny Trash knocked out K. O. Circus ("). At Montera I-Tbiscne Erof.ieau knocked oi f.eve Choynsrfi tlV i. i?n it Ike City Eency Garcia beat II arty Casey (. . . .N,-w Orleans -Martin F.urkj 'ceat F.ol'i Vi!r.immons t Cit.clunati litlly Ilyi'i beat Jolt nr. y Tillman. d jal il-'st ion (S'i; I'laukic no';tikic beat Jack Daicy

THE DATE OF HEIGHTS GAME

CHANGED

Owing to high school sffairs Thursday evening at the I-atayette gym, the llnrnmond Colonials will play Chicago Heights Saturday evening- instead of Thursday, as stated in la.-'t night's Times. Oapt. Plie'.ton Is having his team out for practice every evening so as to be in perfect trim when they meet the Heights quintet. Chicago Heights will bring over one of the fastest teams that tvaa ever put out in thir city, irciuling three Illinois V. stars and a Michigan Agpjies forward, who last year was rated as one of the best in the Chicago league. Tickets are still at sale for Saturday game, at the Co'.onia'l Sporting Gcds Store on State street. Manager Chayken wishes to announce that he has booked the Gig Five' for a game to be played at the Lafayette gym on Feb. CI.

MANDELL SHADES GARCIA IN BOUT MEMTHIP. Ter.n.. Feb, 14. A master boxer proved superior to a master puncher when Sammy Mandell of Chicago was awarded ,1 decision over Frank ie Garcia, Tos Angeles featherweight, in an irtht rojnd match here last nisrht. Billy Haack gave the verdict and it was a popular one. Mandell had three rounds, the fourth, sixth, and eighth, and It was his decided advantage In the eighth that entitled him to the verdict. Garcia had the second and fifth rounds. The refit were about even. In the second round Gsrc'a scored a clean knockdown, but Mandell was up before Ilaa-k rould start a count. A RACE WORTH SEEING A5HTON". Idaho. Feb. 14. With 'eventeen entries In the most noted drivers of the country, and several more announced as coming, the Amer

ican dog derby proraisoa to be one of the hardest fought battles of the white trails in the history of ylerlgn racing.. Several teams are in Ashton in final training for the classic, which, on February I:"., will f.tart the first big event

of the Yelbjw&tone parli goldeu ar.nl- , versury year. Others are now r.msii- i ing in through the Targnec forest . !

EVANSVILLE BOXING BACK? F.VA N'RYlLiI-j). Tnd., Feb. 14. The members of the Argo Athletic Club, of this city, are n-eparing petitions to be presented to citizens of the city, and after a number of signatures have been secured, the petitions will be presented to Fenjamin Uosse, mayor, asking his permission to revive boxing in the city. There has leen no boxing in Rvansvllle for the past year, the sport having b -en placed under ban by Mayor Fosc. The Argo Club proposes that Mayor F.o.je name a commission to tupervise the boxing contests.

LUCKY FIVE

MAKE COMPLAINT

?por!ing Kditor Times: It is true that the Iucky Five basketball team was defeated by the Comets, but not by the team r.f our own weight. Thursday evening the l.uiky Five traveled to the Irvine; school gym to play the Comet AiM;;ets, which was supposed to weigh 105 poundii, but. instead of that they put in their 125 purd team on us. which outweighed us II pound to the man and they had to play overtime to beat us. They only cave us a 10 minute

AMBITIOUS JOHN WOULD CRAB OFF TRIO OF CROWNS

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BOXER IS KNOCKED OUT FOR TWO DAYS F.LiWOOD. Ind., Fro. 1 4. Physicians, attending Roy Mudd, 24, local boxer, who has been v nconselous for two davs following injuries received in n

boxing contest here with Kddie Mullen'

or jiuncip, cirni t-' ' ..iiii-c young man's condition last night. No official a'tlon has been taken against MuMen pending the outeorje of Mudd's injuries.

APPRECIATE

TREATMENT.

Sporting Kditor, Iake County Times. 1 1 am mnnd, 1 n d . Dear Sir: Iast Thursday evening, the Division "Y" Clippers visited Hammond anil pinved the Hammond Colonial' bisket ball team. Ait hough we were defeated in a close game, I wish to express to the manager, Mr. Chayken, the referee, p.nd the players, our f.rprec:ation of the 'courteous treatment we reccivd while th"ir guest. Sircereiy yours. KMITi K . F.OI JN. Mnarer I'ivi.ion -y" Clipper-.

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Johnny Dundea. Tlie veteran Johnny Dundee, who recently acquired the n?w!y horn 130-poand championship crcm notv would like to meet feather weight champion Johnnv Kilbar.e and Hshtweiffht champion Benny Leonard feelinjr certain that he

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BETZ GIRLS WIN The Jiet- s;;'ls ba'k'f'baU team n.--ed v:it .i victory hv a nnri'5y margiti "V.r Went worth II. S. in last ccn-i-.a :tt the Oa'ayetic gjtti, The -. 7 to . At tl.i, end ' th.t t.'ft ha'f en.h (cmi had d poi.its and they wrt tied, ' to 5 up to ithin a few second of tlie cloe of tiic ranie when F.etz man- ;, to land a f eld basket . Ua.ch , "am is credited with only one field

Tonight the lbnz teem trave.s to Blue I-latid to play, tho girl team of that ciiy. It is th--r I--st niaJch bp' tlic Hmitmotid. i.,;n.-!i ( c.ei fj. l i that :,.'- e i:-nin; rr..;.,; v.-f.l not be ir.lerGenius Composed , in Bed. The composer nn.;ni's e,enrri it? took tht fnnn of lar.ire". H" f"iiposod tnuoh or Hi? my"' 5"

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