The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-12
The Rounder Says

What's in a names Well. almost
anything that Frank Malo, the engineer
at the Central fire station, cares to
make of 1t. What's in a name? There
is enough in the names of the Chicago
National league players to make them
out champions of the world. It's a
new way of figuring the dope and every
fan in Hammond whose heart is with
the Cubs ought to grab onto the dope
before the author has 1t copyrighted.
BY the same token that he figures the
Cubs to be the worlds champions, he
figures out that there is no chance for
the Sox as champions. He can't find an
In their name, and that settles it for
them along the newest line of dope
Ma1o worked out the combination this
morning as the result of an argument
down at the fire station
This is the result after an hours
work:
Chance
ne Uer
reul Bach
ever s
no Ward
br Own
lundg Rem
Lagie
Durbin
she Ckard
Hoffman
Zimmerm An
Marshall
Pfester
mixer
Overall
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Steinfeldt
Neatr, whose name appears in the
word Cubs, is really a Highlander, but
is with the Cubs now on a try-out,
Chance believing the southpaw to be a
wonderful pitcher. He will in all prob
ability sign up with the Cubs.
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Have you ever noticed that an UNI
bre1la man never is seen on the street
except when 1t is raining or about to
rain. Like a tree toad you never hear
his croak until there is sign that the
skies are in trouble.
The great question which has been in
the minds of the people of Hammond
one as to whether Taft or Bryan will
be elected, but Where has the UNI
brella man been?"
Yesterday when it sprinkling a lean
gaunt individual in rags came from
somewhere and began yelling "umbrel-
las to mend" He walked up and down
the street for a time and then disap-
peared No one seemed to know where
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the sun came out from behind the
clouds and the rain was over. What
became of the umbrella man?
| The joke is on Nick Schneider. The
hand organ man hit town at the same
time the umbrella man came around
He started to playing in front of Adam
Stamm's barber shop and pool room
Some one paid him 20 cents to compete
with the photograph in Riley's five
cent theater. The photograph won in
walk and Riley sent the organist over
to Locke Simpsons barber shop with
a commission to play 10 cents worth.
| The shop was cleaned out long be-
| fore MY Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean,
was half ground out. Then some one
got a bright idea and paid the 'maks
Zoe music" man half dollar to play ar
hour in front of Nick Schneider's sa-
loon.
Schneider thought some one had
started a riot in a German band and
came out to see what was the matter
He couldn't kick the poor old man of
the sidewalk and he had to stand for II
so he made the best of a bad job and
brought chair out for the old man sc
| that he could be more comfortable.
| Between three and four o'clock was
the longest hour that States street has
ever known. Finally the old man got
tired and went over to the Chinaman's
and bought a steak smothered in mush-
rooms, piece of watermelon and Their
bought a beer at the nearest saloon tc
wash it down And he didn't buy the
ibeer at Nick Schneiders either.
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The Taper family lot in Oak Hill
cemetery is to contain one of the fines,