The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-29
A HERO
On GR|D|RON
Deering Maroons Defeated
by Mee's Athletes in a
Sensational Game.
SCORE ELEVEN TO SIX
Hammond Team Believed tc Have
a Good Chance for the
Pennant.

tinction Of having played five games,
won two and lost none. Yesterday they
cinched their second victory and de-
feated the Deering Maroons, last
years champions of the Chicago Foot
ball league. by the score of II to 8.
Everything was at stake in this
game, as a defeat at the hands Of the
Maroons meant that Hammond would
be out Of the running for pennant hon
ors, and it would be hard to arouse To-
cal interest in second-rate team
In spite of this the game started off
in rather listless manner, and for the
greater part of the first half it seemed
as though the Hammond boys were be-
ing outclassed by their heavier oppon-
ents
It was during the first few minutes
of the play that the Maroons made
their first and only goal They had
worked the ball down the field towards
their own goal when they essayed to
try quarterback kick. The ball went
low and straight towards two Ham
mond players, who stood waiting for it
to come to them instead of going after
it. The result was that the Maroon
man in the bunch. got the ball on the
bounce. and before the Hammond boys
knew what had happened, had dashed
over the line for a touchdown.
This piece of bungling work seemed
to have a salutary effect on the Ath-
letes. for they got the ball soon after
and began a series of line plunges and
end runs that caused CONSERVATION
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and demonstrated to themselves and
the crowd that they were not out
classd, as the first few minutes of play
had indicated.
They started straight down the field
for their goal, and would have made a
touchdown if it had not been for the
fact that time was called before the
required gains were made.
s a Between the halves Coach McMahon
had heart-toheart talk with the Ath-
letes that they will not soon forget.
The players were hauled over the Goals
and scared on one side and then the
other, and before the whistle blew for
the second half eleven long faced, de-
termined fellows went into the contest
determined to win the game or brea k
haniestring in the attempt.
1t was hard to believe that the team
which came on the field in the second
half was the bunch of basketball play
ers that had disgraced their mono
grams In the first part of the game
They got the ball on the kick-ofT and
went straight down the field for eighty
yards, overriding all opposition and
making the Maroon defence look like a
lot Of high-school players.
i
came when PORTE was forced over the
line after series of line plunges hac
brought the ball within striking dis.
lance of the goal 1t was seen tina
defeat would be almost certain unles,
the goal could be kicked and the scor,
tied. Hammond seems to have a fac
ulty of failing to rise to the occasion
in a pinch. and, as usual, the ball wen
wide, and the score was s to s.
Defeat seemed inevitable as the hal
was rapidly drawing TO a close, and /
was apparently physical impossibilit,
for the team to repeat those fierce on
slaughts that had won for them tn
first score they had secured since tn
Michigan City game
The Hammond team had demoralize
the Maroon players, however. and thi
fact alone sent them resolutely bacl
into the game with a grim determine
ton to accomplish the apparently i'm
possible.
The ball was kicked of by the Ma
rooms; Farmer" Smith got it, an
was downed near the center of tn
field On the very first scrimmag
Porte was given the oval and electrifie
the crowd by lodging past the Who'll
Maroon team. and with the help of
splendid interference. placed the ba
squarely behind the goal posts.
There was still five minutes in wbic
/ to play. but 1t was getting dark. an
the Maroons. seeing that it would b
| hopeless to attempt TO turn the tide Z
: victory, gave up and left the field.
The crowd. frantic with deligh
; crowded through the gates, and Nee
Athletes were then and there pro
: claimed the champions of the Chicas
) Football league.
1t is believed by those who saw I'll
: game yesterday that at last the Han
mond team is rounding into mid-seaso
form. and. with the confidence that til
game has given them. they will tack
the Garfields next Sunday with create
; assurances OF victory.
The lineup of the opposing team
! was as follows:
: Deering Maroons. Mee's Athlet,
: Haase. ....... RE. Waite & Heis,
Brown. RI. -. (Capt) Re
Grifith. ......... RIG. ...... Flow,
Y Heuxlay $500. c. ........... Smi1
!. Patterson. LG. ..... .MurpI
8 Mcclure {Capt0 LIT Last