The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-16
INDIANA HARBOR.


made a pilgrimage to Tippecanoe Sun
day with the same old result. This
Indiana Harbor team is getting just
about as regular as the Sox have been
lately in the winning line. About 200
fans accompanied the team to root and
keep off the pitchforks after the boys
had copied the game.
They left on the o'clock Pennsyl-
vania train, arriving at Bourbon at
1890 Now from the name the unin-
itiated would gain the impression that
highballs were probably as common in
Bourbon as ice cream sodas are in In
diana Harbor and strage as it may
seem they would be right
Bourbon is as dry as one of the dele
gates to the Chicago convention is
the next morning. BY the way you
have to inquire the way to a soda foun
| tain in Indiana Harbor.
When leaving Bourbon for Tippe-
canoe, which is six miles away by the
bus line route, a number OF Bourbon
| ladybugs (this doesn't mean that they
were all lit up) insisted on going
along and roofing for the Indiana Har
Dor team. The boys refused to be a
| facetious minority and allowed them to
go along.
If there is one thing within the
small city limits that the residents are
prouder of than their baseball team
it is their umpire. But strange as it
may seem Tippecanoe wouldn't stand
for him. They said Nay, nay, Paul
! inc, we have a little old umpire of our
own and we think one will do.
Hughes Chats the Indiana Harbor
umpire's name) had lost his job. Be-
fore the game started and while a
heated argument as to the merits of
| the single and double umpire system
was being debated, a Tippecanoe BELL
| took a slant at Hughes and remarked
/ to her chum: He looks as if he had a
wooden leg and 1 wouldn't be sur
prised If it was filed with Bourbon
whisky" Hughes, overhearing the re-
mark, protested that the only reason
he carried a cane was on account of
the rheumatism. The young lady who
had pretended the remark was only
for her friend retorted Jelly, Possibly,
/ but you must understand 1 came or
| iginally from st. Louis"
Well" said Hughes, being from
Texas myself, if you will kindly re-
/ QuSSb JOQ1 4dOy W dUSO-
lutely still for minute l will con-
vince you" The lady friend spread her
skirts and Miss Tippecanoe was con-
WINGED. The country belle, however,
was too much of a lady to comment
on the color of Hughes socks. When
the boys agreed to play the Tippecanoe
team it was to be according to Mar
quis of Queensberry rules, but discov-
cred after they got through that Tip
pecanoe was long on two old cat, but
just a trif1e shy on modern baseball
rules and the umpire was a typical
native son. However, Indiana Harbor
is nothing of not game. so they agreed
to and did beat them at their own
game, Manager Frank Schock remark
| ing, "All right boys, let her go al
| that. I think the handicap is just
about right now. I don't believe there
are any red ears in this field of corn
| anyhow.
After the l. H. boys had covered all
| the cash in sight at odds of to 1
an old farmer said, We'll, boys, we
haven't sold our hay vet but If you're
game come on and it's hay at $40 a
ton against cash." The I. H. are now
looking up the old rules as to how to
measure a stock of hay. After prac-
tically all the form products of Mar
shall county had been mortgaged to
the I. H. crowd one enthusiastic rooter
from the Inland steel mills said: This
looks too easy, boys" So he went out
near third base, dug a hole and buried
his roll. 1t will be more than doubled
he told his pals. before the game is
over. This beats the rolling mill bust
ness all to pieces. Well, anyway the
score was to 10 in favor of Indiana
Harbor.
When the boys got back to Bourbon
after the game mine host of the Bour-
bon hotel turned everything over to
them and a dance was soon in progress
More power to Bourbon Chat is Bour-
bon, Marshall county, Indiana)