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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
GARY HAS A
CLASSY TEAM
Alma Matters Shut Out Gary
But the Game Was a
Dinger.

In a close game of baseball. in
which a rare exhibition of the nation
al pastime was given, the Gary team
suffered defeat in its first game of the
season. Score, ? to 0. While being
humbled the steel city aggregation
showed such class that they can easily
rank with the big semi professional
teams from the Windy city. The fact
of the matter is that the team which
took them into camp. the Alma Matters
of South Chicago, won the city cham
pionship last year and had an easier
time doing it than they did to defeat
Gary on their own grounds yesterday
afternoon.
An immense crowd gathered at the
grounds where two athletic events
were scheduled, one being the baseball
game and an added attraction in the
way of the finish of a Marathon race.
The two swelled the number of root
ers until the stands and fields were
packed with a sea of bleacherites. The
playing was lightning fast, consider
ing the fact that the weather was any
thing but conducive to snappy work.
For eight long innings not score was
made by either team and more than
that. not a man on either team sue
ceeded in getting as far as the third
sack up to this time.
In the ninth inning the balloon went
up. An error, pass and a single was
responsible for the blow up. The er-
ror was made by Jackson, the Gary
third baseman. who up to that time
had been doing marvellous work in
covering the third sack, one of his
feats being a double play, unassisted
which brought forth considerable APP
plause The greatest feature of the
game from the Gary viewpoint. how
ever was the fielding of Shepherd. who
pulled down everything in sight in any
section of the lot. coming at any rate
/ of speed and with the wind blowing
the ball in every direction. Nine put
outs were credited up to this fielder.
/ The Gary players could not connec-
4 with the curves handed to them b.
/ Diamond. the Alma Mater pitcher, anc
only one man. Grimes, hit the bal
safely. The Gary catcher secured tive
/ hits and none of the other eight mer
could land safely. The opponents Sc
cured six hits from Knapp, who ais
pitched a good game, with good sup
! port.
The lineup:
Gary-Maher. 1b; D. Curran. 2b
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
EAST CHICAGO AND
INDIANA HARBOR

spoke on Grinding in the Prison
House" John Tolmie led the Epworth
League at their $50 o'clock meeting.
Mrs. Fred Stephens went in to Chi
cago Friday afternoon to hear the
Thomas orchestra in their last con-
cert of the season. In the evening
she and Mr.. stephens attended the ora
torica1 contest in Hammond
Mr.. W B. Cooksey returned Friday
from school in Valparaiso to spend the
weekend with his parents on Grape
vine street. He returned to school to-
day
A large delegation of Indiana Har-
Dor and East Chicago Catholics at
tended the dedication services of the
new Catholic church in Gary yester-
day.
Bert Baker confided the information
to a TINES reporter today that he
will be a candidate for alderman at
large next fall.
First-class Iaundress would like to
/ secure work for two days each week
Best of references supplied. Small
families preferred. Address F. NJ LAKE
! COUNTY TINES, Hammond, Ind II
/ You can get It at spfegePs, South
Chicago's leading furniture store. II
Casey & Belledin, 1916 Pennsy1vani;
avenue, OBrien flats, announce a spe
| cial on trimmed hats all next week. be
| ginning Monday, April 26. 24-2-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
STARS UP AGAINST IT
Blooming Team at Clark
Station Introduces a
Few New Stunts.
Communicated

The Hammond Stars opened their
1909 season with the worst bunch of
baseball robbers in Lake county. The
Clark Station White Sox proved to be
a bunch of hoodoos yesterday after
noon when they defeated the Hammond
Stars by a score of Is to 0.
In writing for a game with the
Hammond Stars they gave their ages
as between IS and 16 years. and well.
if there were not any of the players
over Is years, they must have some
big overgrown babies in Clark Sta
ton.
They had their own umpires and
they must have got a commission out
of the purse if the rank decisions they
gave had anything to do with it. They
were backed by some of Clark Sta
tons notable married men, who they
used as rooters.
The base umpire quit in the middle
of the game and one of the Hammond
Stars umpires was put in to umpire
which did not suit the other side. On
one occasion the umpire called a man
safe on second and the pitcher for the
White Sox gave one of his great wind
pushing stunts by saying, L will give
it to you a punch in the neck" which
would have gone pretty hard with him
week from next Sunday if he had
only carried out his threats.
They were to play on regulation size
grounds when they wrote the man
/ ager of the Hammond Stars but if
twenty feet between the pitch
er's box and home plate is regula tion
size it is a new one on the baseball
players and fans.
1t is hard to beat the umpire and
! a baseball nine. especially when you
are out of your own town. But the
Hammond Stars will have a chance tc
show them how to play ball a week
/ from next Sunday when the Clark sta
| tion White Sox viii come to Ham
mond. They will have chance to
show them a regulation baseball Ola
mond and it will not be surrounded BY
| trees. They will also know that they
will get a square deal
The lineup was as follows
Hammond Stars: Briden, c; Goering
er and Wawrzniak, p; Wawrzniak anc
Goeringer, IS; ]. Bowman, lib; w. Ruiz
! 2b; c. Bowman, 3b; Baker, If, Kla
| cinski, CT; Rigg. IF.
Clark Station White Sox: A Kreig
er, c; J. Carroll. p; r. Holifield, IS; w
/ Emmael. 1b; J. Bolles, 2b; O. Wales
3b; Muck, If; II. Peterson, cf ". Behn
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
EAST CHICAGO.

The services at the Methodist church
last evening in celebration of the nine
tieth anniversary of the founding Of
the Independent order of odd Fellows
was so we'll attended that standing
room was at a premium. About fifty
members of the order attended in a
body. marching from the hall on
Forsyth avenue to the church dressed
in full uniform. Rev. J. Fl. Palmer de-
livered the address. taking for his sub
ject The Fatherland of God and the
Brotherhood of Man" Mr. Palmer pre-
faced his sermon by a short disserta-
ton on the virtues and benefits of the
odd Fellow, how the lodge came to be
organized, what it stands for, and the
progress it has made in the ninety
years Of its existence. The minister is
well qualified to speak on the ques-
ton. as he is an Odd Fellow himself
and has gone. as he himself expresses
it. from cellar to garrett in the lodge.
The subject he chose was particularly
apropos to the occasion, and was han
died in a mastery manner. Special
music was secured for the occasion. Mr..
Roy Morrison singing a solo, and the
choir a beautiful anthem.
Stimulates your appetite-our Beef
Iron and Wine soc. Veaco & Beach
Mrs. A. H. Lawrence of Terre Haute,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Pickard, is
paying a two weeks visit to her pa
rents.
Those wishing to attend the glee club
concert should secure their tickets in
advance. as there is small chance of
there being any left Wednesday even
ing, when the affair takes place.
The Swedish Lutheran church gave a
supper at the church. One Hundred and
Forty-ninth street and Barring avenue
Saturday evening. The Lutherans
sprung an innovation in the church
supper line, by having the men serve
instead of the ladies.
Limbers your joints-our X-Ray Lini-
ment at Veaco & Beach. l.
Mrs Henry Spaltstine and her 9-year-
old son Edward, of San Antonio, Tex.
arrived a few days ago to visit Mrs
Spaltstine's mother, Mrs NJ. Flack, Of
Todd avenue Edward was taken t.
Chicago yesterday to be operate on fol
appendicities at the Columbia hospital
The visitors will probably remain il
East Chicago through the summe
months.
Mr.. James o. Parks. cashier of thu
East Chicago bank, is in Plymouth, Ind
attending the funeral of his father
Mr.. John w Parks, who is being buried
today. Mr. Parks died Saturday morn
ing at 1885
Miss Ann Barton of Chicago spen
the weekend here as the guest Of tn
Misses Edith and Mildred Evans o
Todd avenue.
We take pleasure in announcing tina
we have something entirely new i
writing paper, and will be pleased t
show anyone the same at any time the,
will call at Veaco & Beach. /
First-class laundress would like t
secure work for two days each week
Best of references supplied. Small
families preferred. Address F. NJ. LAX
COUNTY TIMES. Hammond. Ind
FOR SALE-Five-cent theater fixtures
cheap if taken at once. Inquire a
the Ladd agency. East Chicago
Ind 15-t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
- WITH THE -
ALL SAINTS,
TEAM IS BEATEN
The ST. Joseph's Win Their
Fourth Game This
Season.

The ST. Joseph's club won their
fourth game of the season yesterday
by downing the All Saints by the score
of to 5. The game was one that
baseball fans have longed to see. The
St. Josephs club proved to be their
masters and was witnessed by the
largest attendance of enthusiastic
baseball fans that have gathered at any
other game this season.
Yesterdays game was the first the
All Saints have lost this year. About
five hundred people gathered to see the
two teams clash, and it was impossible
to keep them off the field on many oc-
casions The score probably would
not have been so large had the fans
kept off the field
The game started at 1:45, both teams
confident of winning but the All Saints
could not handle the stick as perfect
as the St. Joseph club, which was the
cause of their defeat. The slugging
that the St Joseph club did won the
game for them.
Both pitchers pitched ragged ball
each team getting many unnecessary
hits and bases on balls.
The St. Joseph's club will play the
Gunther Juniors of Chicago next sun
day afternoon. and it is expected that
a great number of Hammond baseball
fans will go with them. They will
leave on the 1914 Nickel Plate Sunday
morning. The public is cordially in
vited to accompany them to Chicago.
The lineup was as follows in theiI
/ batting order:
St. Joseph club: J. Winkler, 1b; L
Engleton, If; H. Boiling. Sb; Hoffman
2b; Hillbrich. CT; E. Klein, IS; J. Young
IF; b. Jefgins. c; f. Young. p.
| All Saints: W. Filan. 2b; W. Mauch
IS; B. Carroll. If; B. Johnson, lib; w
Barman, 3b; H. Tague, CT; ]. Schiller
rf' T. Tague, c; J. Sherry. p.
Score by innings:
All Saints ........O 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 O.;
St. Josephs. 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 =!
Umpires-Eder and ORourke.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
RACERS DO WELL
Vanderbilt Horses Cop the
Money in Paris.

Paris. April 25.-In the races here
today horses from the stable Of Will
liam K Vanderbilt won one race and
twice secured third places. In the Prix
de Ia Seine a race at one and one-half
miles for -year-olds and upward.
his Chandos won. but his stable mate,
Raleigh, was unplaced. Neogofol ran
third in the ffty-frst renewal of the
Biennial stakes of $4,000 at one mile
and seven furlongs. and in the Prix de
Boulogne at one and one-quarter rniles
Cornstalk obtained the show money.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26

attorneys to take action in cities like
Terre Haute and Indianapolis, where
clubs have exhibitions. The governor
says that If the prosecuting attorneys
do not act he will call on the attorney
general Indianapolis and Terre Haute
have had several exhibitions since Gov
ernor Marshall came into office, and
as nothing was said by the governor
the promoters believed that the state
ment in his inaugural address, that he
would let the local authorities enforce
the laws, meant a reversal of the Han
ly policy, which had stopped fights in
the state. The governor says that his
attention has been called to the fights
He also has written to the prescott
ing attorney at French Lick to say
that gambling must be efectuany sup
pressed there.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
YOUNG CORBETT IS STUNG
AGAIN BY CHAMPIONSHIP BEE
Former Featherweight King Declares He'll Challenge
Winner of Nelson McFarland Bout on July
at frisco.

New York, April 26-There's one
man in New York who thinks Young
Corbett has come back" That man
is Young Corbett himself. We talked
the matter over today and the little ex-
champion seems to be more confident
of himself right now than ever before.
It's the championship that I want"
he declared. i've got that bee in my
bennett and it's there to stick. I'm
strong as an OK and I know that I'm
before in my life. I've beaten eight
men right off the reel. That's step
ping along some isn't it?
Look at the men I've beaten. Did
anyone ever drop Mario before? Isn't
Bob Wilson considered the hardest hit
ting lightweight around here, with
the possible exception of Leach Cross
I got him. I beat Harry Ferns with
body blows as I did Keyes. No one
ever backed Keyes into a corner and
had him as badly of as I did in that
sixth round did they? Does that show
that 1 shouldn't be champion?
Says He Has Not Come Back.
People can't understand why I've
come back. I haven't. I've simply
picked up where I left off-just as JEFF
is to do. The only reason that I ever
stopped was because they broke my
heart when they took my title anc
handed it to James Edward Britt. Aft.
er that nothing mattered. I lost fight!
to Nelson, Hanlon and Hyland tha'
I would have won If they had still
been calling me the champion. But
have arrived again and the fellows
boxing now are easy for me.
The trouble with all these new fel
lows is that they don't know the frs
thing about the game. They don
know when they hurt a man and whel
to hit When I punch a fellow kno'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
CLARK STATICr

Mr.. William Emil of Whiting spent
a few days with friends here
Mr.. James Carroll of Clark was an
Indiana Harbor business visitor.
A number of people of this place at
tended the oratorical contest at Ham
mOnd.
Mr. Miers Bell of Chicago has now
rented the cottage owned by Mr.. A.
Brown at ToHeston.
Mr-George Christensen has purchased
a boat, and has it here to spend the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Behnke of Toll
lesion were spending Sunday with
friends here.
Mr.. Oliver VALLEY Of Clark was ar
Indiana Harbor visitor
Mr. c. Nolan of Chicago was a Clarb
visitor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26

when he's wincing. I generally act in
stead of stepping back and wondering
if it hurt the man in front of me.
They all talk about my fat middle
my round body-such a mark to hit,
they say Let me tell you that nobody
ever hurt me with a body punch. 1t
was always that way. I have round
body by nature. I never was muscu-
lar and a muscle never showed on me
in my life.
Declares Nelson Is Through.
with Cans and Nelson out-and
mind you, I believe they are both
through-where is the lightweight til
tie? It's in the air, I tell you. Let
Nelson fight Packey Mcfarland. I'll be
right at the ringside to challenge the
winner I'm getting down to weight
and I'll make it at 3 o'clock for any
of them. No ringside weight, however.
"Nelson2 You saw the man he won
the title from? So did I. I'd fight him
tonight if I could get him. And as for
the clever fellows. I'm for them; al
ways was. 1 could whip the clever
ones because they couldn't keep me off.
I'd like to get Jem DriscolL Beat him?
Sure Why. Abe Atten would whip
him in a fight over ten rounds. Gee
q IKE 10 get MIN, tell you
One thing long for is a chance to
pay Jimmy Britt back by knocking him
out Id go to Australia to fight that
/ fellow anywhere. Just let me get off
the weight. OF course I had a little
on Keyes but it was a burden instead
! of an advantage. I was packing extra
| fat and he was solid muscle. But I'll
| take It off and be cock the walk in
| side of a year Mark that?
Now will he? 1 give him up. He's
| beyond figuring, and I don't think
there ever was fighter quite like
William Rothwen of Denver, better
known as Young Corbett"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
FOUL BALL
INJURIES FAN
Reds Pirates Game Marred
by Accident.

Cincinnati. April ga man giving
the name of Henry Schmidt of Dayton.
Ohio. aged about 40, who attended the
game yesterday afternoon between
Cincinnati and Pittsburg. was struck
on the right temple by foul tip" ball
and fell unconscious in the grand stand
in the third inning. The accident caus-
ed great excitement and confusion, and
it was at first thought the man had
been killed.
At the Seton hospital. where the man
was taken. il was stated today that
he was seriously injured. He suffered
a concussio nof the brain and a pos
sibIe fracture of the skull.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
CUBS GET ANOTHER

St. Louis, April 26.-Chicago made it
three out of four fro mthe Cardinals
by winning yesterdays game, to 4,
after a wild scramble, in which Chance
was forced to use two pitchers.
Pfester went to pieces in the fourth
inning. after having the game cinched,
5 to 0. Behind him the Cubs had the
worst attack of rattles they have en-
joyed this year. Four runs scored and
men were on second and third waiting
to be driven home and the huge Sun
day crowd was wild with excitement
before the brakes were put on and the
Cardinals stopped
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
SLUGGERS MAKE
GOOD AGAIN
Hammond Lads Crack Out
a Victory.

The State Line Sluggers won their
fourth straight game of the seas on
yesterday. Again the Sluggers proved
themselves the champion baseball play
ers of Hammond between the ages of
u and il years. defeating the State
Line Stars by a large margin, the
score being Il to 2.
The game was played at the State
Line grounds Saturday morning and
was one of the kind of games the fans
enjoy most. The State Line SIuggers
showed in this game that they out
class any other baseball team ranging
between the ages above mentioned.
The Stars were outplayed at every
stage of the game, and We're not only
outplayed but were unable to get far
Their than second base until the sew
enth inning.
The inability of the manager of the
State Line Stars to get his team to-
gether was the cause of their defeat
There were but three of the regular
players that showed up and the rest
were pickups which happened around
]. Litzan again showed his ability
as a slugger. hitting out a two base
hit and scoring a run. He also struck
out seven of the other players, while
the pitcher for the Stars got four far
outs.
Harold Fleck, one of the State Lin,
Sluggers. hurt his finger in the frs
! of the game. which gave him consid
cradle pain, but he played his posi-
tion until the finish. NJ Kuhn, also
player for the Sluggers. was laid III
with rheumatism and was unable I,
run. He was put in to umpire tn,
game.
The lineup:
State Line Sluggers: A. Jaeger. c
J. Ltzan. p; ". Krug, SIS; B. Ebert, Id
J. Johnson. 2b; P. Gindle, 9b; F. Lauer
man. If; j. Ambos. CT; II. Fleck, IF
State Line Stars; NJ Rigg, c; NJ
| Thompson p; w. Jordan. SIS; f. Gross
man. ID; B. James. Oh; Ed Gruener. Sb
H. Bowman, If; G. Grossman, CT; c
Cappis. RI. Umpire-M. Kuhn.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26

costly fumbles. He let two balls get
away from him, one of which resulted
in a Pullman player crossing the plate.
Ford and Calvin, the Indiana Harbor
battery. did the most effective work
with the stick. the former getting two
two baggers and the latter making a
three Dagger and a single. The score
was Indiana Harbor g. and Pullman 3.
The following is the lineup:
Indiana Harbor: Calvin, c: Ford. .;
Johnson, III; Gockenbach. II. Peterson.
3b. Merley, CT; Erickson. IF; Barney.
SIS Sternberg. 2b; batteries, Ford and
Calvin. Pullman: Olson. c; Botsford
?; Goettler 1b; Van Der Walker. 1b.
Barker. IS, Corbett. 30: Holt If: Evans
CT; Boyle, IF; batteries. Botsford and
Olson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
CLIMBING UP,
THOSE SOX

Continuing their turbulent struggle
toward the topmost branches of the
pennant tree those struggling White
Sox, with Jimmy Scott in the pilot role.
walloped St. Louis yesterday winning
brilliant hurting duel in the ninth
round. l to 0. 1t was the coming out
occasion for the pride of Wichita, and
he never missed a trick, holding the
Browns to three hits, tanning six
highly touted sluggers and walking but
two of them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
CLABBY IN
GOOD FIGHT
Whips Billy Griffith of Gin
cinnati Inside of Four
Rounds.

New Orleans. La. April 26.-Jimmy
Clabby of Hammond perpetrated one
of the most scientific assaults of his
career at the Royal Athletic club Sat
urday night, putting Billy Griffith of
Cincinnati out after three and one
half rounds of one sided fighting. The
affair was just short Of murder. 1t
was the opportunity for Clabby to
show what a fast, clever, strong fight
ing machine he is. Clabby will fight
Jack Morgan at indianapolis on
Wednesday night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
MAJESTICS WIN

The Hotel Maiestic's baseball team
defeated the Maine restaurants crack
baseball team by a score of to at
Harrison Park, Hammond, yesterday
afternoon.
The game belonged to the Hotel Ma
jestics all the way through. the Maine
hashers having no chance to cross the
home plate at any time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
EAST CHICAGO BEATEN

The c. I. s. Boilermakers defeated
the East Chicago White Stars by a
score of 1 Ito at East Chicago yes
terday afternoon.
Freedmeyer, catcher for the White
Stars. was the only one on their team
that distinguished himself as a slug
ger getting three base hit. Murray
and Boyle, players on the c. I. S
Boilermaker's team made a three base
drive apiece
The batteries for the East Chicago
White Stars were Hartley and Freed
myer. For the C. I. S. Boilermakers of
Hammond, Murray and Hudson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26
ISSUE A CHALLENGE
whiting. Ind. Anril

whiting Ind, April 26
Sporting Editor, TIMES. Dear Sir:
Through the columns of THE TINES
the La Vendors of Whiting wish to
challenge any team in northern Indi-
ana for a game of baseball For in
formation address James Callahan,
Whiting, Ind; phone Whiting FOL.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26

Jackson, 8b; Strands. SIS; Grimes, c;
Knapp. p; Shepherd, If; McNally, CT;
c. Curran. rf Alma Maters-Dask key,
1b; Fl. Burgwald, 2b; Hansen, 3b; N.
Burgwald IS; Clemens. c; Diamond, p;
Joe Lowe, If; Jim Lowe, CT; Hartman,
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-26

THE NUMBER OF COPIES OF THE
TIMES SOLD ON THE STREETS OF
HAMMOND ALONE EXCEEDS THE
ENTIRE CIRCULATION OF ANY 9TH
Err PAPER IN THE CITY