The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-01
First Game Of Season Play
ed Between Mee's Ath-
letes and Tigers.
SERIES OF Flu MBL ES
Sport Spoiled By Crowd Swarming
Over Field and Getting
In The Way.

The Rah Rah Rah boys were out in
full force to see the first football game
of the season at East Chicago yester-
day between Mees Athletes and the
Tigers of that city.
The game was hardly a success from
the spectators standpoint of view but
it was valuable as a practice game and
was a good tryout for the players on
both teams.
Much to the surprise of the football
fans the new game was not so very
different from the old and it was the
same old stunt of 7-11-44, snap the ball
and go at it again.
The East Chicago team proved to be
a fast aggregation of line buckers but
Hammond was able TO make more con-
sistent gains and but for fiukes on two
separate occasions would have scored
against their opponents,
Stevens and Morris for the Hammond
boys were the most consistent ground
Fgainers and both played a star game.
t stevens got the ball on the kickoff
and advanced it 20 yards. On the sec
ond play he made 40 yards more and
it began to look as though the game
would be easy money, Cole made 10
yards on a quarterback run and then
Captain Reel tore off yards more.
When the ball was on the yard line
a mistake in signals lost the ball to
East Chicago but they were unable TO
gain and were forced over the line for
a touchback Under the new rules this
does not count as a score and East Chi
cago punted from the 25 yard line.
Hammond got the ball but lost it
Immediately on one of their costly
fumbles. East Chicago fumbled in turn
and Morris, Hammond's right end, fell
on the ball. Stevens made a 40 yard
run around end, Zigler followed with
an yard gain, Reel made more and
Waite made 8. The ball was then LOST
on a tumble and for the first time East
Chicago made the required 10 yards il
three downs. They fumbled again. how
ever and again Morris was the mar
to fall on the ball Zigler and Rec
both made short gains when time wa:
called with the ball in the middle o.
the field.
Second Half.
In the second half there were severa
J changes in the lineup of the Hammond
, team Geip, le., was substituted 70
) Zefgler, RI, and Heiser was givel
Geip's place. Murphy took Booser.
J place and Schultz went in the game =
j the place Of e. Reel.
J East Chicago got the ball on kick
J of and ran it back 10 yards. The,
failed to make the required gains afte
; Heiser had thrown the East Chicag
captain back for ten yards, lost the bal
and went over to Hammond. Gel
fumbled and East Chicago got the bal
Murphy. the Hammond lg. got throug
2 the line and caught the East Chicag
captain for 10 yard loss but his tear
: made up the loss and for the secon
: time made the required distance.
: Immediately after this. East Chicag
lost the ball on downs and Geip wen
through the line for 10 yards, Steven
following with a gain of ward.
r Stevens punted but the punt was block
ed and East Chicago got the ball. ]
was given to their left halfback bu
II Morris was too quiclA for him and ra
3 clear around the team and tackele
him for a five yard loss. The ball wer
to Hammond on downs and Geip kicke
it 40 yards out of bounds.
, Cole made a quarterback run of 9
: yards but the umpire claimed that h
a did not run out the required yard
. and he was penalized 5 yards SteS
i ems, Geip. Reel and Waite all made goo
. gains when the ball was lost on
d tumble.
East Chicago tried forward pas
q but Farmer Smith grabbed the ba
5 and would have made a touchdown
II it had not been for the crowd while
II stopped him.
: There was a crowd of 500 or 400 PEI
Is pie at the game and the contest VIZ
e spoiled by the inability OF the guare
n to keep the crowds OIL the field The
swarmed over the gridiron like
Il Bowery crowd at a dog fight and the
is was no one TO keep them back so TIL
.e the players could get in their work