Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 216, Hammond, Lake County, 6 March 1922 — Page 8

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HAMMOND K. OP 0. BASEBALL TEAM UNITY COUNCIL,. NO. 726 . CHAMPIONS OF THE K. OF C. SUBURBAN LEAGUE, 1921.

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TOP r.OTV'DesTnond, Grand Chandler, Third i :jidlli-: ii hort-stop: iiutM;.LOWEU HO Marag-er Bill Helmbarh, who so successfully piloted the iram!TioiKl K. of . team to a cbanipionshii' last oas-of. nas tten persuaded to handle the loci; club for another year and it is hopoii that xith the earnest co-operation of s-ll the fans and everybody connected with the club he will ag-ain turn out a winner. Unity Council has already signit'eO its Intention of entering a team In th? K. of C. Suburban League which accoraingr'to present plans will t'e a better organization than la.st peafon as only those clubs that are sure to offer

-Lft to riarht Larry niUirich, pitcher; Ed. ICleln, press agrent: Dewey Carroll. Treayuror; Jaclc Knight; Wm. Ileimbarh. Mur.agcr; Leo Gebrlngr. Secretary; "Vm. Masinot, Past O. 3C; Frank '.nse. 4 V ICdilie . Murphy, !ir.t base; Jim Dalton, pitcher; Eddie Plynn. right fleld; Allen OTRourke. N!cT,ajg!ilin, second b;i.-c; James Handy, center field; Tommy Harle, catcher and captain. 'cV Uanny Boyle, ".eft field: Jimmy Di'.lon, utility and Erwin Miller, rutllity.

UiiT opposition will be admitted. tliegue for the year 1922 has bf:en called rial baseball league is second to none In

:lc-a being; to "get as many evenly matched teams as possible so as riut to 'H.-.kc the rennant race a one-sided attain. A couple of new clubs are seeking adr.ission Into the league this year. East Chicago, an old rival of Hammond, being one of the teams. St. Philip .Veri of the south side of Chicago, the other. Both promise to enter first class ball clubs and according1 to expression from their representative at the last leagrue meeting-. If they are admitted, they expect to be in the fight for the pennant to the finish. The first regular meeting' of the lea-

for next Sunday at Pullman and notices to attend have been sentto Pullman, South Chicago, Harvey, Blue Island, Whiting; East Chicago, St. I'hiltp ."eri and Hammond. Everybody connected with the league last season Is highly enthused over this year's prospects and from all Indications 1922 will see the IC of C. Suburban League a bigger and better organization than ever before in Its history since 1912 when the league was first founded. It Is the aim of the members of the Suburban league to soon have it on a par with the top notch. IC of C. league ot the city of Chicago, which as a frater-

the country. That Manager Heimbach of the local team Is looking for some Btlff competition In the pennant fight for tha coming season Is evidenced by the fact that he has already held a meeting of the members of last years team, who con

gregated last Friday evealnr at Bill's

home, where he briefly outlined h plans and talked over the proposition of new uniforms, etc After the meeting. Sirs. Heimbach treated the boya to a swell luncheon and all were agreed that if they can "put up an article of ball as food as the eats then the 192S pennant la already won.

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNEY FOR

Hammond American Legion to Have Charge of Basketball Tournament

(BCLLET1.) Hammond Post lfi of the American Legion will have charge of the Lake county 123-135 pound basketball tournament, this was decided yesterday at a meeting- of the Legion officers. Irving Chayken. post athletic officer, will have, charge of the meat which should prove a big- success. Entries for the first annual Lake county basketball tourney of teams in the 135 pound ciass, whioh is to take place on March 17 and 18 at the Lafayette gym are being received by Irving Chayken at 119 toty street. This tournament will decide the best lightweight teams in Lake county. An ntry of about sixteen teams will make up the schedule, thus making it necessary to play about eight games Friday and ten Saturday. Managers representing the various teams are m'ked to submit their entry as soon as possible, allowing the promoters to figure out the Fchedule, so aa to give an: pie time to put the tourney but in great fashion. Entry fe-s for teams xpocting to enter will be two dollars, this can accompany the letter. In which the respective manager will sutid to Chayken in charge of the) tourney. Managers are also requested 'o submit the names of respective players, who will take part, en their toani in the championship games, in dalng this It will not cause any discrepancies between other teams. Entries for this tournament closes Wednesday, March 15, and teams desiring -to crater are as-ked to file their entries with Mr. Chayken as early as possible. Teams from Crown Point.. Gary, Eat Chicago. Whiting. Hamriond and West Hammond will make up the sched-ulc. Medals will be awarded to each of the playrs on the winning tea-m and u beautiful loving cup for the team which finishes second. Alt r,i,her players will receive bronze medals showing that they took part in the first lightweight tournament ever to be held in Lako county. Althoug-h a lightweight tourney' has

never been held before in the county basketball fan a feel that In winning the laurels thJs year each 12j-1.'. pound team will have a chvir.ee tr. show their wares without further argument. The games will b played Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening. If the :nset proves a success tle American Lsslon will make it an annual affair.

FIGHT FOR 2ND PLACE STILL OPEN

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. March . rii.; week will see the close i the wo.-tri n conference basketball season. l'urdue l"V,iversity alreadv has clinch. the pennant hut the ii;?ht for sm:m!iJ place is

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Illinois and Michigan are tied for second place with seven vie'orios four defeats each . Still Michigan meets Xorthwedtei ii at Ann Arbo tonight in the final game of the season wnile Illinois will make its last appearance tomorrow nieht aeainst i'urduo fit Lafayette. The situation favors Michigan to finish in second pl.io Iowa and Ohio will clash at Columbus tonight. The only other gatu-J remaining on the schedule are two ganfcs between Chicago and Wisconsin to be played at Madison Wednesday night and at Chicago Saturday night .

Boxer Killed Trying To Do Sommersault I.EWISTON. Maine, March 7. Edvrard O'Hare, hearywelght pugilist of Nerr York, died In a hospital here Satnrday niicht of Injurie received when he attempted a aomerMault from the roof of a camp at Sahattua Lake yesterday. He landed in Ktich a manner as to dislocate nevfril vertebrae. Paralyals of the upper part of the body followed and he died after an operation. O'Hare had accepted an offer to right Gene Tunney, by whom he won defeated in a C hrlxtman da yhont at Madison Square Garden. He waa 21 years old.

ana, Michigan and Wisconsin as soon as the weather moderates and the roads are again passable.

NEW YORK, March 6. Jack Pempsey last night fired the gun that set off sixteen teams of American, European, and Australian bicycle riders in the start of the six day race at Madison Square Carden at midnitrbt.

MILTON WINS IN AUTO RACE AT LOS ANGELES

LOS AXGELES. Cal.. March 6. Tommy Milton won the 2.0 mile automobile race" at the Heverly Hills Speedway near here yesterday in 2 hours 15 minutes and 21) seconds, jimmy Murphy was second and Harry Hartz third. Ralph de Palma was making an average of 112 m!les an hour when he was forced out of the race by a broken piston. Murphy finished second in 2:17:4. 83. Frank Elliott placed fourth. Eddie Hearne fifth, and Joe Thomas sixth.

S HED MEREDITH'S i BROTHER SEEKING I FAME AS RUNNER

EAST CHICAGO AG-AIN PLAYS THE BIG FIVE

Tomorrow night the Calumet region basketball fans will get value received.

Their opportunity of witnessing a proifessional game between two of the

best matched teams in the country today, is seldom. But due to the real management of the East Chicago Club team, a return game with the Chicago Big Five has been arranged. Just travel one block south on Forsyth from the four-corners and one cast on Magoun avenue and then Into the McKinley High school gym to view one of the speediest "pro" basketball games of the season. Tomorrow evening, Tuesday, Slarch 7, at 8 o'clock Is the date. Set your clocks and watches by the Western Union so as not to slip up anfl miss a real peppy artair. Remember just one month ago, the Chicago Big Five came here and beat the East Chicago Club by six points. To be exset the score at the end of the second half stood, 25 to 19. Over-confidence on the part of the East Chicago Club players can be attributed for this defeat. Coach Smith says this tin It will be a different story. The Club players have been disciplined since then and developed a real fighting spirit. This will be augumented by a few new faces in their lineup.

GOPHERS RECEIVE CHAMPIONSHIP CUP. For the first time in M!d-Weit football history ha.s a championship cup ever been allowed to leave Chicago. Persistence, however, has gained for th East Chicago Gophers a lasting niche in the hall of football fame for they have ju.t received the Michael 1. Jgoe trophy, a large two foot, beautifully engraved silver loving cup, emblematic of Die. middleweight cl.am-pinm-hi-i of the Mid-West Football League for the season of 1021. The Gophers won the cup last season after battling the best teams in their division without losing a contest.

JThe best teams In he entire middlewest

were represented In the cnampionsuip race and the Gophers may feel ju3tly proud of their success. Manager David T. Rosenthal has high hopes that this handsome cup will occupy the place or honor in a new Gopher clubhouse. Leuls Karlin. treasurer, will place the cup on exhibition in the Colonial Sporting Goods Store within a few days.

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OHIO STATE STAH FRACTURES ANKLE

COI.UMBPS. O., March 5. Capt. Tracy Pittenger of Ohio States track team, fractured a small bone in his ankle while running at the Illinois relay meet at Urbana Saturday night, and will be unable to compete again this season, it was announced here yesterday. PlttenRcr 1 a quarter miler and hurdler.

MOTOR CLUB STARTS ROAD POSTING WORK Work of marking Illinois and northern Indiana roads was started yesterday by Charles P. Root, field secrctary of the Chicago Motor Club. The club posted approximately 4.000 road marking igns last season and expects to post at least 10,000 this year. Mr. Root's work this month will cover the roads within a radius of 100 miles of Chicago and the work will be gradually extended downstate and into Indi-

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WILLS BATTLE

BOSTON". March 6. If Harry Frazee's offer of $350,000 to Jack Dempsey for a bout with Harry Wills Is accepted, the battle will not be held at Fenway Park, members of the state boxing commission said yesterday. The owner of the Boston Red Sox mentioned either the American Lea.gruers' home ground or Boyle's Thirty Acres In Jersey City as sites for the proposed maieli.

WENTWORTH TRIMS LEMONT

George Meredith. George Meredith, a brother of the famous "Ted" and a student -t the " niversity of Pennsylvania, has joined that institution's track team and is showing some of the skill displayed by his noted brother. One of his spectacular feats to date consists of a victory over McMuIlen, Penn's star middle dis-j tance runner. George beat him de-; cisively in a 50-yard handicap dash.;

Although outweighed ten pounds to the man the Wentworth high school basketball tea.m handed a trimming to the Lemont team Saturday evening at the South Side gym by a score of to 10. It was Wentworlh's game from the opening whistle. The West Hammond boys grabbed a lead at tho start ami whtti the first half ended the tally was 14 to C. In the secord period Lemont did belter but failed to check the triumphant march of Wentworth. The lineups with the baskets made: Wentworth Melser, rf, 2 field, 3 free; Smith, If, 6 field. 2 free; Martin, c, 2 field; Kemp, rg., 1 field; Mowrey, lg; Kelley and Eckland, subs. Lemont Bush, If.. 1 field, 1 free; P. Ott, 1 lield. 3 free; Shep, c Wcrtzlcr. lg.: Brant, rg; II. Ott Doolin aind Mark, subs. Refree Schultz.

BLUE DEVILS PLAY HARVEY A. C. Tuesday nig'.it at the Irving school gym. the P.lje Perils will play tho strong Harvey team. The. Harvey l?am has beaten the P.e.tz team and a number of tjth"r teamfs. The Blue Devil lineup Mill be: Martin. Bollman, forwards; Sehceder, center; Bollman. Gearing, Se-hoeder and Clark, guard:'. The game will be railed at 8 o'clock sharp.

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