The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
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BY GIL
BY GIL

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position yesterday and here are the
summaries:
Eight hundred and eighty yard run
Old record, 1.59 20; new record estab-
Iished by Frank Sheehan of South Bos-
ten, Mass. 1.56 rs.
Two hundred and twenty yard run
Old record. O.22 40: new record estab-
lished by w. J. Heating OF the Irish
American Athletic club Of New York,
o.22 Is.
Two hundred and twenty yard hurdle
old record. 0.26 fiat: new record es-
tablished by w. S. Lee. New York 4 G..
0.25 2-5.
One mile run-Old record, 434 as;
new record as established by James J..
Sullivan, Boston, Mass, 4.30 is.
Five mile race-Old record, 27.15;
new record as established by a. A. We'll
ton Of Laurence, Mass, 27.10 1-5.
Putting the fifteen pound shot-Old
record, AZ feet Al inchesi new record,
as established by w. Gilmore. 43 feet
Tx inches.
Throwing sixteen pound hammer
Old record. 161 feet 8 inches; new rec
ord as established by NJ. P. McGrath Of
the N. Y. A. c., 162 feet.
Nap Lajoie celebrated his 32d birth
| day last week and the fans Of Cleve-
land came out in full force to show
what they thought OF the best baseball
player in the country. Presents by the
wagon load were showered upon the
King, among them being a black sheep.
| A little history of his career would not
be out Of place at the present time,
as many are banking and betting on
his chances. He started as a catcher
but was shifted to the outfield because
of his fine batting. That was with Fall
/ River, Mass, in the New England
League. He was later signed by Billy
Nash for the Philadelphia team and
from that organization jumped to the
| Philadelphia American team when the
4 league formed. He later went to
Cleveland because of a ruling of the
supreme court. He later returned to
Philadelphia but soon after was made
manager of the Cleveland team. From
a tailend proposition he built the team
into a pennant possibility each year
and 1t was only through the toughest
| luck that he did not win the flag sew
eral times over. In twelve years play
| ing his batting average is $50. which
puts him head and shoulders over all
other players. AS an all round player
he has no equal and Hans is his only
rival.
The Sox had a 1ayoff yesterday and
after the rest they will line up today
against the st. Louis Browns Nick
Altrock is thought to be back into shape
again and will line up against the
visitors. The team was out for prac-
tice yesterday morning and went
through the work like kittens. Billy
Sullivan will be out of the game for 8
week and Hub Hart and ArmbrusteI
were put through a drill for an hour
yesterday. The team seems to have
a lot of confidence in Hart which is 8
wonder when you consider that Hulk
is q new conner. The other teams were
at it yesterday and 1t was dog eat
dog. They are now six points to the
good over Detroit who were also ad-
vanced when they won from Cleveland
1t was the defeat of the latter team thai
put the White Sox back into thirt
place, but the results today may cause
another upset. Detroit plays agar
with Cleveland today SO that one of the
teams must take a drop.
The Pittsburg bunch took another
wallop out of our friends the Cubs yes
terday by a score of 6 to 4. Leif1el(
and Lever were the boys to do tn,
damage while Cubs relied on Pfeiste
and Fraser. It does seem as though tn
Pittsburg boys lean up against tn,
shoots of the Chicago twirlers every
time they have a mixup. They seen
to make marks out of the Cubs latel.
but 1t does not make much difference
in the race as the Cubs cannot be beat
en- this year in the race for the pennant
The Lake County Times will do it
best to get a wire from the fight mex
Monday afternoon, but the chances 1ool
bad, as the strike holds up the situa
ton. However, every step will be TAX
en- to keep our readers informed on tn
result as soon as possible. Britt is nov
down to weight and Joe Cans is tax
ing things easy so 1t looks as thougl
the men mean bushes. The fight ough
to be a hummer while it lasts, but I
may terminate quickly.
The Hammond team will be seen 70
the last time next Sunday on the HON
grounds. They will play the Lowell
team and have signed Cunningham, tn
clever twirler of the Spauldings, t
pitch. He is one of the best in tn
semi pro field about Chicago and tn
Lowell stars will have to go some t
the men mean business. The fight ough
take the game. The Joe Long Colt
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East Chicago team.