Hammond Times, Volume 15, Number 341, Hammond, Lake County, 17 April 1922 — Page 9

SPORTING

NEWS

WABASHNI

NEREADYTO

BOXING DEMANDS ALA

AMERIGA1N RID FRENCH OF KILBANE FIGHT IDEA

GLEASON'S PITCHING STAFF SHOWS HE'S IN FORM

PARIS. April 17 Johnny Kllbane of Cleveland, world's champion feaherweight pugilist, announced last night to a group of French sportsmen that he was willing to meet Eugene Criqui, French bantamweight champion at any time. Their enhuslasm over the proposed meeting vanished, however, when Kilbane reminded the sportsmen that boxing was his profession, and that he had received for his last fight the equivilent of 700,000 francs,, an amount nearly double the total gate receipts of the biggest recent French fights. COAST AUTO RUN TO HARRY HARTZ

SAN FRANCISCO. April 17. Harry Hartz, a young San Francisco Iriver, won the Golden Gate motor derby at the Golden Gate speedway at San Carlos yesterday. His time for the 150 miles was l hour 21 minites and 38 4-5 seconds. Jimmy Murphy, winner of the Grand Prix rape in Paris last year. was second, and Roacoe Searles was third. Art Klein was fourth and Joe Thomas 'fifths Hartz, by winning yesterday's ace. won a prize of $5.000 and 800 points toward the national speed championship Jerry finished sixth and Frank Elliott seventh.. Eighth and last lace went to Pietro de Poalo. Italian driver, who was forced by engine trouble to stop five times.

TRAVIS "TESTIFIES" TO WORTH OF GOLF

Noted American Veteran Says Game Has Kept Him Alive.

CHICAGO, April 17 - That he owes his life to golf is the belief expressed by Walter J. Travis, the only American to win the British amaeur championship, after a winter spent in golfing on the Pacific coast. "Golf is a national blessing." said the New Jersey player. "It prolongs life. I believe that I would be dead now if I had not taken up golf, and say regret is that I waited until I ras 35 years of age before taking o the links with its life giving benfits. Now they start young, but it is never too late to begin, for even with my late start I won both the American and the British, titles and me may go on golfing many years after the age that would prevent indulgence in other sports."

TURPIE TO GIVE UP JOB

CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., April 7. -The Crawfordsville Country Club has announced that Harry Turpie, professional, who has been in charge of the links here for several years past, will not have charge this season. Turpie was to have continued his work this year but his enforced absence due to construction work on a golf course in the South has made it advisable for the club officials to open negotiaions for someone else. On account of the heavy rains throughout the past month the openng of the course has been delayed. !he date was set for April 15, but his will have to be postponed on account of the softened condition of the turf. A caddy house has been built and with the membership roster full and a waiting list the club expects a good season.

Ruth Hits Homer In Exhibition Game

BALTIMORE, MD., April 17 Babe Ruth returned to his home town a hero yesterday, and mure than IS. 000 fans turned out to welcome him to Oriole park. Making the minor leaguers look their part, the Yankees won, 3 to 1. with the crowd rooting or him, Ruth on his first time up

struck out, but in the third inning

lifted one over the center field

ence, the ball breaking a window n a hot-house across the street.

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Hackerd Rolls 691 in Indiana Pni Tourney ANDERSON. IND., April 17 Numerous teams bowled here yesterday in the second Sunday of the Indiana Bowling tournament. In singles, lackerd of Indianapolis, thrilled the crowd when he scored 691.

GIBBONS TO BOX O'DOWD ST. PAUL, MINN.. April 17 Mike Gibbons and Mike O'Dowd have been signed to meet for their third ring engagement in twelve round decision bout at the Long Island open air arena on May 6.

The Cleveland Indians stepped along to the American League pace yesterday in stopping the St. Louis Browns in the opening game of their season. All Cleveland is circle tinning over the fart that Walter Mails showed a return of his 1320 form in shutting out theBrowns and incidentally beating Urban Shocker

MEET ILLINOIS TEAM Two Games With Suckers Will Open the Scarlet Schedule Football and Track.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND., April

17. The Wabash baseballers step out for their first fling at fame and fortune of the 1922 design Tuesday and "Wednesday, when they are scheduled in a brace of games With the University of Illinois club at Urbana. Weighed in the balance. the Little Giants would be found sadly wanting in tho practice division, but they are set to go and the Illinois athletes should find them a rather hard lot to get along with. Crawfordsville has been blessed with anything but desirable baseball weather since Coach Harry Scholler issued his first call for baseballers, and there has been hardly a day when he could order his men to get up and go to their heart'f content.

Urban Faber in action and photo of first White Sox-Brown game showing Ray Schalk scoring first run of season

Urban Faber, Kid Gleason's pitching act, stood out as one of the big stars of the opening tilts in the big leagues the other day. although he was chalked up with a defeat at hands of the St.

Louis club at Chicago. Faber held the slugging Brownies to three hits which should have brought him a victory. The Sox got to Urban Shocker for nine blows, bat their failure to bunch

the hits "and their poor work afield cost Red the rams. Wk Kerr lost to the team Faber is' Gleason's main pitching hope. All Gloason's other hurlere are in ari outers.

NEAL ATTEMPTS SALVAGE

OF WRECKED ROTARIANS

(BY ROTARIAN GEORGE NEAL.) (Famous Mexican Athlete.) Our old friend, Aliki Ike, when Interviewed today regarding the reputed bowling match between the two proponents of this manly art, said as follows: "What are a few pins as, between friends." When asked about the Indoor Sport he replied, "the 'R's' seemed out of condition. Understand that the team broke training a month ago after an Ever Victorious Season and like many another World Famous Athletic Aggregation, answering to a public clamor, fell before an ambitious and subtle foe to make a Romany Holiday." "As for the 'K's' I recognized several Ethiopian Equines among their ranks who have been polishing the alleys every day as often as their coin would let them. When Bert Shearon, after the first game, exhorted his companions to remember the old days on the farm when they carried the wood in for mother, he struck a responsive chord among his wrecking crew, but the eyes of the 'R's' were so dimned, as they thought of the old homestead, that they failed to see the King Pin. (If Mother had asked any of these athletes to carry in a scuttle of coal, everyone of them would have (boasted a week back.) "And then, did you see those rejuvenated veterans of the old Hot Stove League. McAleer and Allison, stuff the kindling in the door? continued our genial philosopher. It is likewise rumored that certain professors of dentistry are arranging to set diamonds in the teeth of the Seven Peroxide Sisters, although their patients complain that every time they use the drill, they think that they are sinking a strike. But this will wear off in a few days." "Hutton, the boy that gets them when he wants them, went right back to his office and added a big sun parlor to the garage that he was designing. Same effect as being in Love or Happy." "Being assured of asquare meal, the K"' are planning to win the

Gastronomic Championship of the World. George Wolf, Terpslchorean Expert on Esthetic Dancing, has already started to pant. Wouldn't it be the irony of fate if he got run over Wednesday p. m., by an empty beer wagon?" "As for the- Late Lamented, the Old Guard Died but never Surrendered. Deserted by Little Lady Luck, each turned a smiling face to the storm, as strike after strike splashed around them, and charged in to they fray. Lots of Power but poor Control." "Is there a Moral?. The Pitcher that goes to the Well, will surely get Broke. Put on your Skid Chains." Athlete Neal presumably has reference to the bowling match between the Kiwanls and Rotary athletes, Thursday night of this week, in which the former defeated the latter by more than 600 pins 601 to be exact. When interviewed today, Rotaxlan Fred Crumpacker, former president and himself an athlete of parts, said that it was his belief that the club had been misled by the representations of its bowling team. "I have been deceived by the mmbers of our -alleged bowling team," said Mr. Crumpacker, "and I am frank to say that the club has better athletic timber than that which represented it in the Kiwanls match. I am going to the bottom of this at our next meeting and I promise that there will be an explosion. That is all I have to say for the present." It was reported that Morse DelPlain, president of the Rotary club, has called upon Athlete' "Baldy" Steelman for an explanation of the debacle.

WILSON SEEKS REINSTATEMENT NEW YORK. April 17 Johnny Wilson, the defunct middle-weight

WHAT'S THIS? WHY JACK AND LEWIS; THEY'RE READY TO MEET IN UNIQUE BOUT

champion, has returned to New York with the idea of getting ihmself reinstated by the boxing commission. He now claims he will meet Harry Greb if the latter makes 158 pounds and also that he would like to talk about the alleged $30,000 offer to box one Tommy Robson. It is all a matter of supreme indifference to the boxing public. After watching Wilson mess around with Mike O'Dowd and Bryan Downey, the popular demand for Wilson's reappearance in the ring reminds one of the noise around Gran't tomb at midnight.

HAMMOND JRS. WIN OPENER The Hammond Juniors won their first game of the season at Hammond ball park by defeating the much-touted "Outlaws." Lizzof was on the mound for the winners and pitched in mid-season form, allowing only five hits and getting fourteen strikeouts. He did not walk a man. The Juniors could only collect five times, but made most of their runs by passes. Of these five hits Conger is credited with two. The Juniors made most of their runs in the first inning. They were never in danger. Granger played a good game on third, while Bereolos did some magnificent catching. Outlaws ...00010000 0 - 1 5 7 Juniors ...41001000 x - 6 5 4 The Hammond Juniors want games from any team averaging 12 to 15 years of age. We prefer to hear from the Liberty A. C.s or the Whiting Indians. For games write U. McMullen, 71 State" St., Hammond. Ind.

Major League Clubs Standing

AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Cleveland .............4 0 St. Louis ................3 1 Philadelphia .........3 1 New York ..............2 1 Boston ...................1 2 Chicago .................1 3 Washington............1 3 Detroit ...................0 4 Yeaterday'a Result Chicago, 7; Detroit. 6. Cleveland, 3; St. Louis. 0. Philadelphia, 5; Washington, 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L St Louis ................4 0 New York .............4 1 Philadelphia .........3 2 Chicago................2 2 Brooklyn..............2 3 Cincinnati............1 3 Pittsburgh............1 3 Boston ................1 4 Yesterday's Results St. Louis, 3; Chicago, 2. Pittsburgh. 4; Cincinnati, 3. New York. 5; Boston, 2. Brooklyn, 10; Philadelphia, 2.

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LAFORTE COUNTY TO HAVE A NEW SUMMER RESORT LA PORTE, Ind., April 17. Northern Indiana is to have another summer resort, it was announced. It will be on the east shore of Lower Fish Lake, ten miles southeast of Laporte and seventeen miles southwest of South Bend. The resort is to be known as' the Oak Beach Summer Colony. Chicago landscape artists have been employed by the company owning the land to make the resort the rendezvous of highclass tourists and summer vacationists in Northern Indiana. Public driveways and a pier into the lake are provided for in the plans, but there will be no amusement devices. Swift & Co. of Chicago have for several years operated a private summer resort on the west shore of Fish Lake.

The Phils still roost In third place today, but they are feeling far from well, thank you just the same. They were very harshly treated by the Brooklyn Dodgers yesterday, the home team trifling with Smith and Behan for a matter of 17 hits. Including a homer by Zach Wheat.

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TAGGING ALL THE BASES By JACK VEIOCK I. N. S. Sports Editor First thing you know, Washington will be demanding a congressional investigation. The Philadelphia Athletics are In third place and that

seems about as right as rat poison. Furthermore, the Athletics, with Bryan Harris pitching great ball, knocked the Senators off in the first game of the series. The St. Louis Cardinals are so sorely oppressed by the temporary loss of three regulars that they haven't lost a ball game since the start of the season. The Pittsburgh Pirates won their maiden victory in the National League race in taking the Cincin

nati Reds over the jumps. However, according to the home folks in Redland, anybody can take the Moran entry. The Detroit Tigers lost their fourth straight yesterday. This time to the White Sox, which had failed to break into the victory column until the Tigers happened along. Vote for Charles R. Dyer fV Clerk. Lake Circuit Court.

Composite photo showing how Jack Derapsey (left) and Strangler Lewis would "square off" for their match. In these dull days the busy minds of the boxing- promoters have produced the idea of matching: Jack Dempsey. world's champion boxer, against "Strangler" Lewis-, world's champion wrestler, to determine which is the more formidable man to meet in a dark ally. Here's how a clever artist has figured thev'd look as they heard the bell.

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