Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 50, Hammond, Lake County, 30 December 1922 — Page 11

December 30, 1922

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4 BOXING CROWNS ARE LOST IN 1922 Defeat of Georges Carpentier by Battling Siki is Year's Biggest Sensation. Buff is Twice Dethroned. is Twice [INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE] Four champions champions were separated from, their titles during a rather tempestuous year in boxing, Johnny Buff being a victim of two major operations. The reigning sensation, however, was the stunning knockout of George's Carpentier by Battling Siki a half savage from Senegal, in a bout for the world's Heavyweight championship. The so-called "orchid man" was a 10-to-1 shot before the bout, but Siki led all the way after the second round and scored a clean knockout in the sixth. Charges and counter-chargers were aired after the affair, each accusing the other of foul tactics. Only a short time ago the Senegalese, suspended and deprived of his title by the French authorities for unbecoming conduct, gave out a statement to the effect that the bout was framed. The question of a return fight is being considered. This was only one of many bouts in which for mturned handsprings, A case in point was the Mickey Walter-Jack Britton fight, in which the welterweight title changed hands. Britten was an ods-on favorite until a short time before the men entered the ring, when the betting shifted suddenly to Walker. Because of this the New York state athletic association called off bets, an unprecedented action so far as modern pugilism is concerned. Walker easily earned the decision, buffeting Britton all over the ring during the last nine rounds. At the start of the year Buff was the proud owner of the world's bantamweight and the American flyweight titles, and at the end he owns neither. Joe Lynch deprived him of the bantamweight belt by scoring a knockout in the thirteenth round, and a little brown man from the rice paddies of the Philippines subsequently came along to flatten Buff for the long count in the tenth round, thus acquiring the flyweight title. The little brown man was Pancho Villa, unknown and unsung twelve months before. Another dethroned champion was Gene Tunney. In an unguarded moment Gene allowed himself to be inveigled into a match with Harry Greb. with the American light heavy weight title at stake and Greb flailed his way to an easy victory at the end of fifteen rounds. At the end Tunney's face had been reduced to human hamburger. Jack Dempsey signed an agreement to meet Harry Wilis for the heavyweight title, at the insistence of the New York state athletic commission, but nothing has come of it. The commission had set a precedent in this respect by suspending Johnny Kilbane and Johnny Wilson for failure to accept challenges for their respective featherweight and middleweight -titles. Both championships were declared vacated, but this decision was not accepted in other states. Benny Leonard had his most active year since falling heir to the lightweight crown. This he defended successfully against Rocky Kansas, Ever Hammer and Lew Tendler, the last named collaborating in the greatest lightweight attraction since Gans first met Nelson. At the and of twelve no-decision rounds Leonard was awarded the unofficial verdict by a great majority of the critics although Tendler had the champion in distress in the eighth round. A crowd of nearly 80,000 witnessed the bout, the greatest turnout since the memorable affair between Dempsey and Carpentier. HERMITS DEFEAT EAST CHICAGO CLUB The Hermit's club bowling teams traveled to East Chicago last evening to compete with the bowling team of the East Chicago club on the Lyric, the Hammond club coming out victorious. After the bowling games the Hammond club were entertained by the East Chicago club in their club rooms. A return engagement at Hammond will be arranged within the next few weeks. A

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By DAVIS J. WALSH [STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE] The Invisible mason has laid another block upon the towering edifice of sport's bygones and the year A. D. 1922 in athletics has settled firmly in its appointed place, a monument in itself to healthful, sound development. It was a great years in athletics. All athletic years are great. We do not seem to have any other kind nowadays. Progressively, the years mount one upon another, ever increasing in importance and significance, so much so, in fact, that a building inspector would be horrified. The super-structure has outgrown the foundation. His concern would not be justified, however. Unlike other structures, the edifice of sport is stronger for the fact that it grows in the weight of importance as it mounts upward. Athletics during 1922 were conducted on a sounder basis than ever before and enjoyed by a constantly expanding army of devotees. A crowd of 50,000 was a conventionality. At the Harvard-Yale football game 80,000 were in the stands, and easily that number witnessed the Leonard-Tendler bout for the lightPHIIDELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 30 Greatly surprised and pleased, William 'T. Tilden yesterday played the first tennis in which he has engaged since the amputations of. port ions of the middle finger on his playing hand. He took part in a short workout at Second Regiment armory ln preparation for his exhibition matches in Chicago on Jan. 5 and 6. The surprise was occasioned by the fact that he was able to play so well against Carl Fischer and Sandy Wiener. "I feel greatly encouraged after my first tryout," Tilden declared. "I can grip my racquet far better and hit with much more power and precision HIRAM JOHNSON'S SON WILL REFEREE MORAN BOUT IN PARIS TODAY PARIS, Dec 30. McNeal Johnson of California, tonight was accepted as referee for the MoranNilles bout tomorrow. Mr. Johnson and his wife are here in association with A. Kingsley Macomber of Los Angeles in picking up a string of racehodses for a revival of racing in California. Nilles is a favorite by 6 to 5 in the betting, with little Moran money in sight. Americans are fearful that FranK is too old, but opinion is that Nilles is chicken hearted. Our Fight Decisions Decisions of boxing representatives are: At New York Pancho Villa beat Tery Martin (15) Babe Herman beat Hughey Hutchinson (12). At Milwaukee Johnny Dundee beat Tommy O'Brien, (10). Jack Zewick knocked out Tommy Neary (6). Harry Kahn knocked out Al Laflame (8). Billy Bunch beat Eddie Joers (4) At New Orleans Johnny Reisler and Joe Matrauga fought draw (15). Al Pettingill beat Monk Kelly (6). Sam ' Pizzotallo beat Charles Rodriguez (6). At Superior, Wis.- Red Blanchard and Artie Shiere, draw (10), Johnny Strike knocked out Jimmy O'Connell (1). Dago Joe Gans knocked out Billy Hainrichs (3). DUNDEE BEATS OBRIEN IN BOUT Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dec. 30. Johnny Dundee, behaving like a jumping jack, and Tommy O'Brien, acting like a drunken sailor, danced, hop, skipped and jumped hitting Hammond, Indiana

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weight championship. An average attendance of 38,000 viewed the world series, and only the seating capacity of the Polo Grounds prevented larger turnouts. From an international standpoint the year perhaps lacked many of the outstanding accomplishments of Its immediate predecessor, but it was not altogether without its big moments of this kind. There was, for instance, the victories of Tilden and Johnston in defending the Davis cup against the tennis experts of the world; the winning of the diamond skulls at Henley, England, by Walter Hoover; the turning back of the foreign invaders at Brookline by Jess Sweatser in winning the national amateur golf championship, and the successful defense by the Meadowbrook "big four" of the international cup against the Argentine poloists. Those were the dominant figures of the athletic year, in addition to George Sisler, Rogers Hornsby and John McGraw in baseball and Gene Sarazen in golf. Singularly enough, however, football, boxing and raceing were minus their usual quota of great names. than I believed I could be doing by spring. Of course, it is going to take several weeks of practice for me to determine exactly how much of my former stuff I will be able to regain," Tilden's finger has healed far more rapidly than either he or the attending physicians believed possible. His famous backhand zipped an inch above the net into his opponent's court. At first Tilden was worried because he was not able to get over his terrific sweeping forehand drive. After a time he discovered it was not because of the loss of a part of his finger, but because he had developed a blister on his hand. each other now and then, for a merry whirl of ten rounds before a house of 6000 booing fans here tonight. VILLA WINS OVER MARTIN IN FAST BOUT AT GOTHAM NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Pancho Villa, the flyweight champion of America, earned a decision over Terry Martin of Providence, R, I., at the end of fifteen rounds in Madison Square Garden last night. Villa ripped and tore at Martin with a sustained attack which almost swept the Rhode Islander out of the ring. In eagerness for a knockout, Pancho missed many a desperate try for a finishing punch In the second round Villa jarred Martin with a left hook to the chin, but Terry was up in an Instant after going down with one glove on the floor. The Italian showed plenty of good fighting grit, but his punches did not seem to carry much sting. He landed often enough. In the fourth round Martin sent home some clever shots to Pancho's face and in the tenth, and twelfth he again held his own. The rest were Villa's. When the officials gave the Filipino the verdict there was a roar of disapproval from many sections of the house, but the verdict was a just one. Fully 12,000 fans attended. Villa weighed 111 and 115 1/4. Pasty Haley referred. LOU TALABER WINS 6 ROUND MAT BOUT WITH MIKE NESTOR Lou Talaber, who is hot on the the middleweight wrestling title, trail of Johnny Meyers, claimant er won a decision over Mike Nestor in six rounds of mat work at the Star and Garter last night, in Chicago. Nestor outweighed Talaber at least fifteen pounds, and his great strength saved him on many occasions. The nearest to a fall occurred in the fifth round when Talaber clamped on a double toe hold, but finally Mike squirmed to the edge of the mat. In that opening three round affair, Paul Prehn, wrestling instructor at the University of Illinois, won the de cision over Abe Caplan. Hammond's Newest Most Popular RESTAURANT OPEN DAY and NIGHT Best of Food Moderate Prices ATLAS LUNCH Christ Karas, Prep. Hohman, corner Indiana Ave.

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DR. COUE'S STUFF NOW (BY LARRY GEORGE) "Day by day in every way I am getting better and better." Old Doc Cone, back in his library at France, where he invented that auto-suggestion stuff of his, gave J. E. Hart, manager of the fast East Chicago club quintet, a cute 'lil phrase to sing to himself. And this because Hart, as a manager, has arranged a schedule for his popular five which has not seen its esual here in East Chicago in the entire history of the local sport. The famous Rockford Tom Cats, one of the wildest known basketball organizations in the entire country, is the chief luminary to grace Hart's list of big time catches. Then comes the greatly feared South Bend Y. M. C. A. representation. This outlet South Bend tells us, is in the main, the same which traveled under the colors of the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. last season and finished a heated third In the A. A. U. championship finals at Kansas City. Another red feather in Hart's managerial cap in the line of spicy preliminary attractions, is the consummation of a meeting between the famous Batz girls and the Blue Island lassies. This argument will be a decided novelty to the East Chicago fandom and will gratify their long lived desire to lamp the shriller sex in action on the black striped court of the McKinley gym. Other scheduling's to which Hart "points with pride" are a tussle at Batavia, Ill, with that burg's fastest cagers; then a few home bills in which the Independence Park Blues, the Chicago Forges, the LaPorte Y. M. C. A. and the Harvard Marvels are featured. After these affairs, Hart hopes to swing away on a protracted road junket in order to get a whack at some of the shining lights of the professional sport, who refuse to travel here unless they are insured a guarantee on gold bond securities that would make Col. Riley himself blink at its magnitude. In this category are listed the Milwaukee Bright Spots, the Davenport, Iowa, Schleickers. and possibly the Detroit Rayls. About the most colorful booking which Hart has made is the Colonial-East Chicago scrap promised for some time in January. The Colonials, who started the present season with trumpet blowings and band blarings have turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment to the Hammond fannery. And the men at the guiding end of the team realize that they only require a victory over East Chicago's fast five in order to climb back into the limelight of popular favor again. Of course, Hart could have held off, indefinitely, and, in that way, deny Hammond any chances of such a win, but he had the good business faculty to sense the monetary possibilities of such a match and as a result, he copped it off. Yes, Hart, I guess we can all chime in and say: "Day by day in every way you are getting better and better." Bodies of 400 Chinese Are Snipped to China [INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE] BOSTON, January. Chinese who died as long age as 1889 are inchided among the 400 whose remains were shipped to China from this port aboard the steamer Es-her Dollar recently. The corpses are in zinc caskets,

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Willie Jackson in action. The recent beating at the hands of the youthful Johnny Shugrue meant more than a defeat to Willie Jackson, busy lightweight and once Reckoned as a probable successor to the title held by Benny Leonard, It meant the start of the long journey all fighters must some day take to the city of Oblivion. And those close to Jackson believe that psychology helped as much as Shugrue's punches to defeat Jackson. It was Willie's first bout in his long career without the services of Doc Bagley, his manager. They broke a few weeks ago. Jackson made last minute effort to get Bagley in his corner and when the attempt failed felt that his luck had left him.

THREE YEARS AGO MANAGERS COULDN'T SEE JOHNNY GOOCH; NOW HE'S STAR

"Johnny Gooch himself, not a moving picture." In the spring of 1920 Scout Jack McAllister of the Cleveland Indians tried to get Johnny Gooch, New Orleans lad, a job as warm-up catcher with the Indians. Manager Speaker was overburdened with youngsters, so passed up John. When Manager Dobbs of the New Orleans team was tipped off to the lad he also turned him down. Gooch finally played independent ball. Birmingham saw him and grabbed him. The Pirates nabbed him last year and he proceeded to catch more than half that team's games in great style.

each four caskets being encased in a wooden packing case marked with Chinese characters. The 100 wooden boxes represent New England Chinese of varying degrees of wealth who have died during the period from 1889 to 1918. STANFORD, PITTCLASH TOOAY ON HEAVY GRID SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec 30 The University of Pittsburgh eleven coached by Glen "Pop" Warner, one of the most able mentors in the game, and Leland Stanford, finished practice yesterday for the great intersectional struggle to be held at Palo Alto this afternoon. Both teams engaged in light workouts on a water soaked gridiron. Indications are the game will be decided on a slow field. It rained part of the day, but toward evening the rain had stopped and was fine. If the field is slow, neither will have a decided advantage unless it be Pittsburgh. Such conditions will give the Panthers a better chance to gain ground with straight plays and especially those in which Full Back Hewitt carries the oval. PREACHER NABS CHURCH WINE PILFERER (By International News Service) SYRACUSE. N Y., Dec. 14. William Clark, thirty-three, of this city, helped himself to a gallon of wine from the sacristy of Trinity Episcopal Church here. Hastening down the street, he passed Dr. A. A. Jaynes, rector, who, recognizing the container, caused the man's arrest. Clark pleaded he stole the wine for his sick wife, but Dr. Jaynes refused to play up to the Jean Val Jean role.

Wisconsin's champion girl pork raiser is Miss Veva Divan, of Monroe. During the last season she won nearly 100 ribbons and gathered in more than $500 in cash prizes by showing her "six little pigs" at the county fairs.

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A Happy New Year WISHING each and every one of you old friends and new all that you wish yourself. Sincerely, Rothschild and Hirsch HAMMOND, INDIANA

GIRLS NEED ATHLETIC TRAINING MORE THAN BOYS, EDUCATOR SAYS

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 Girls need athletic training even more than boys, and public school officials realize this, Daniel Chase New York state supervisor of physical training, told delegates to the sixteenth annual meeting of the Athletic Research society yesterday. "There should be teams suited to the age and sex and adapted to the physical capacities of the various types of pupils," he said, "The lessons of sportsmanship, self-control and group loyalty must be taught girls who are to bear equally the burdens of citizenship if our democracy is to endure and our civilization continue to advance." The organization elected Mr. Chase, president, and Dr. C. W. Savage, Oberlin college, vice-president. E. C. CLUB TO LAY OFF THIS WEEK By LARRY GEORGE. The fast going East Chicago club quintet is scheduled for a couple of weeks' lay-off. At least, that is the latest news which manager Hart breezes us. Owing to the holiday vacation of "Big" Coach Smith, who plays the pivot post for the club, and who is about next to the whole show here in East Chicago, Hart decided that it was best to hold over until Smith comes back. Then Hart promises the basketball bugs ln this region a flock of games which, he says, are arranged with an eye to the sensational. This layoff stuff is bad business for the players, but a good thing for the public. It is tough for the players because it gives them too much of a chance to go stale with inactivity. On the other hand, it is certain to produce a greater attendance among the fans when they do start playing again than if they had been

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playing every week as formerly arranged. With the association house reda -rame proving a dud, it will be three weeks before the local fans will have another opportunity to watch the club in action again. This long spell will make the Twin City fans impatient for another home battle. And when it loes come, it is our prediction that the McKinley gym will be filled to an overflow.

Headlock on Boxing Wife Costs Baptiste $10,000 and Decree ST. LOUIS. MO., Dec, 29 Mrs. George Baptiste, wife of the, former middleweight wrestling championship claimant, today obtained a divorce with $10,000 gross alimony. She alleges cruelty, charging Baptiste used the "headlock" and "armlock" on her. Baptists countered by saying his wife was a bover of no mean ability, and that he did nothing more than protect himself The Baptistes were married in Springfield. Ill., in July. 1914. COAL We Have It All Kinds and Prices Quick Deliveries Honest Weight Morton Ave. Coal Co. Cor. Morten Ave. Be Calumet Phone 266

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