The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-21

Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
The three games between the Giants
and the Cubs, which start today, will
give US some kind of dope on the out
come of the seasons fight for first po-
sition. The two teams are far and
away the best in the league and the
other teams only go to fill in. The
Giants have held the lead for the past
few weeks by one game and both teams
have been winning with comparative
ease. Now they face each other and
the games will attract the attention
of base ball fans throughout the coun-
try. From the dope sheet it looks as
though Mathewson is sure of winning
the game he pitches. which will prob
ably be this afternoon. Brown will
probably be on the rubber against him
or perhaps Overall. Against any other
pitcher Overall would probably win his
game, but either Wiltse or Ferguson
or Taylor have a good chance in win
ming against Pfeister or any of the
second string, but then one can never
tell. However look to see New York
win two out of the three games.
The Sox had an easy time with Bos-
ton yesterday with Smith on the slab
against Pruit Four to one was the
score and the two teams got like
number of hits, eight each. Smith kept
the hits scattered and with perfect
support blanked the visitors while Bos-
ton made five errors. The cold weather
was not to the Hiking of the old timers
on the Boston team, as they need warm
weather to thaw- the kinks out of their
bones. Patterson on Nick Altrock
will be on the rubber this afternoon
and Harris or Oberlin may twirl for
the Boston tearr:
James r. Keene's fine three year old
Superman won the Brooklyn handicap
yesterday afternoon with ease against
as smart field as ever lined up in
that classic. 1t was a case of the best
horse winning and although not heavily
played, the colt was we'll backed at to
l. Starting in eleventh position Miller
worked the colt into the lead after
few strides and did not lose his head
when they tried to take the lead from
him In the stretch he let out the
horse and romped home a winner.
Beacon Light was second and Nealon
third.
Tonight will see several good con-
tests in the ring in various parts of the
country. The best will be at Denver,
where Jimmy Gardner of Lowell and
Lewis, the hard hitting lightweight will
hook up The odds favor Lewis, but
Gardner is a clever and strong boy and
will probably be right along with his
rival at the finish They tout Lewis as
the next man to face Cans, but Gardner
may take a crimp in his aspirations to-
night. If he has not gone back.
Both the Cubs and the Giants lost
yesterdays game, Boston trimming the
former by a score of 6 to 1 and St
Louis winning from the latter by a
score of to O. The Cubs put Fraser
in the box but his former teammates
were onto his delivery and Flaherty
for the locals allowed only five hits.
Brain Howard and Tenny found Fraser
easy and got two hits apiece while
Holman was the only Cub to bet two
bingles.
The Indiana Intercollegiate is to be
held next Saturday at Terre Haute and
the colleges are working with might
and main to get into shape for the field
and track events. Fast teams will rep
resent all the universities and the gen
eral opinion is that several records will
go before the games are over. Wabash
and Notre Dame will be the strongest
rivals on paper, but the other teams
may forge to the front.
The Hammond baseball team will
play Chicago Heights next Sunday al
Hubbard's field, and the Joe Long Colts
will also have a game The Heights
team is one of the strongest in semi
professional baseball and the Hammond
team Will have to go the limit to beat
them However, the locals are no mean
bunch and they have been travelling al
top speed in the last few games. They
have booked the Union Giants for April
p.
At Davenport Papke and Caponi come
together and the fight will be bif
bang from the start Papke has mad,
a wonderful record. and all who have
seen him IN action state that he car
hit like a mules kick. Caponi is ais,
said to be a conner and it is a safe be
that the two viii mix it in such
fashion that it viii not go the limit.
Orhy. Richard Cookers candidate To-
the English Derby, won I'm
stake event yesterday in ireland. TIL,
horse will soon be shipped for England
and if he wins the Derby will American
horses be barred in the future?
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! xx-ara NEIL I,