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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21

boxed ten rounds with his sparring
partners, skipped the rope and made a
brief speech. He told the admirfng
crowd that only two days stood be-
tween himself and the lightweight
championship, and in addition to an
nexing the crown. he promised to give
the Dane beating that he will long
remember
While Nelson is still held a short
priced favorite, there is no question but
that sentiment as we'll as the odds.
have crystaIized in Wolgast's favor
during the past few days. Experts who
have seen Wolgast work do not hest
tate to declare him the greatest two
handed fighter ever seen on this coast
While there is the usual hesitancy
about sending in the family plate
against a champion, the Milwaukee lad
has Marty as many, If not as many, ad-
mirers as Nelson
That Nelson's hackers do not anttci-
pate quick victory is evidenced by
their reluctance to bet on the number
OF rounds The even Money offered bv
" olsass Supporters that Nelson does
not win inside of twenty five rounds is
going begging, and indications are that
1t will continue to do so. Tom Jones
declared that he would like to bet S.
600 that way. but there were-no Nelson
admirers in sight.
The finishing touches are being put
on the Point Richmond arena and will
be ready for occupancy by noon today.
The one fear now is that rain may in
terfere with the program. 1t has been
threatening rain for the past two days.
and with the unsettled conditions at
this season of the year anything is
liable to happen.
A large crowd turned out to see JEFF
tries at Recre alton park yesterday aft
ernoon. The big fellow went on in a
three round bout with Sam Berger and
wound up by telling his admirers what
he would do to Johnson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
KETCHEL UNFOLDS
FUTURE PLANS
Boxer Says He Is After IN
disputed Title.

Stanley Ketchel passed through Chi
cago yesterday on his way to Hot
Springs, where he will train for his
bout with Klaus at Pittsburg March 10.
He also will box ten round battle
with Caponi at Kalamazoo five days
following. He Isaid he was in fine
shape and that he intended to go after
the undisputed middleweight cham
pionship. He plans to fight Kelly
Papke, Tom Thomas of England and
Langford as speedily he can. He
has a vaudeville offer extending over
eighteen months which he will take up
If he succeeds in landing the crown.
Ketchel recently purchased a farm in
Michigan for which he paid $1,000 in
cash. THAT don't look as If I was
broke, does it?" he said.
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CHICAGO SQUAD ON TOP
Chalmers Detroit Team in
the Lead at Interna-
tional Tourney.
INDIVIDUALS FARE POORLY
Lee and Williams Total 1,146 for
Fourth Place in Man
Event.

st. Paul, Feb. 21.-Chicago went into
the lead in the five-man event in the
second annual tournament of the In
ternational Bowling Association here
yesterday. the Chalmers-Detroits run
ming up grand total Of 1850, which
took the lead in the five-man event by
twelve pins In the two-man event
Billie Lee and Billy Williams totaled
LAG, which landed them fourth in the
list The bowlers shooting in the in
dividual events did not land high
enough to cop any of the money
The Chalmers-Detroit team series was
a great exhibition of bowling. as the
squad got the run of the drives in their
first game. hitting the timber for an
500 count, and kept hamering the pins
for larger totals. getting 977 and 981
respectively in the following games.
Duo styles shooting the final five
man event of the Chicago players rolled
into sixth place last night with a grand
total of 2,693, which puts the Harper
Ryes into tenth place and the Colon
mas twelfth.
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EAST CHICAGO AND
INDIANA HARBOR
EAST CHICAGO.

The services at the Methodist church
yesterday were well attended in the
morning, but there was not as large a
crowd as usual turned out in the
evening on account of the disagreeable-
ness OF the weather
Tonight the Ladies' Social Union will
present Ferranti, the magician. as the
attraction for the next number of their
lecture course. which takes place at the
Methodist church tonight. The ladies
are expecting large audience. as this
will be one of the best entertainments
Of the series.
z. L. Campbell was a Chicago visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. H l. Mccoy gave recitation at
a social function held in Berwyn last
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Keougn and Miss
Mary Keough of Chicago were the
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs j. j.
Freeman of Beacon street.
Miss Hattie Zacharias, one of the
clerks In the postoffice, is getting along
nicely after her operation, which was
Hammond, last week
James Clements attended a conven-
ton of hardware men in indianapolis
last week.
Mrs. John O'Callahan is entertaining
her sister. Miss Napp.
Mrs Joseph Artiby of North Ma
goun avenue is on the sick list
Nassau 81 Thompson have just re-
ceived an assortment of autocrat lin
en-, so and so cents. Box stationery
which will sell from now until Easter
at the remarkable low price of 80 and
35 cents per box. list
Fireman ]. Drury. who was thrown
from the combination wagon in going
to a fire Sunday before last and had
his foot crushed, is getting along as
nicely as can be expected. but it will
probably be another two weeks be-
fore he will be ready for duty.
Mrs. John Styles. who underwent
an operation in the Columbia hospital,
Chicago, week ago, is reported to be
improving.
Services are being held every Friday
and Sunday evenings during Lent in
ST Mary's church.
Arthur Carson spent yesteray in Chi
cago.
Miss LESSEE D. F'randson of Rogers
Park was the guest Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. F. NJ. Beach of Barring ave-
rue.
Special matinee at East Chicago Rink
Tuesday. Feb o. 1s-2t
From now on Toms dray line will
deliver all the beer in East Chicago
supplied by Anheuser-Bush Brewing
company.
Herman Feeder spent yesterday with
friends in Iaporte
John CfNeil was the guest Of Chi
cago friends over Sunday
The Tuesday Reading club will cele-
brate Washington's birthday with a
guest day at the residence of Mrs. n.
II Clark. on Masoun avenue, tomorrow
evening.
The agency of the Whiting Laundry
will be at Ladd's billiard hall, 1908
Forsythe avenue. East Chicago,
Ind. 1s-f-mw
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NOTES
BAT IN TIP TOP SHAPE;
GREAT BATTLE PLANNED

San Francisco, Feb. 21-Nelson and
program and all that now remains is
for them to Jump into the ring at
Point Richmond tomorrow afternoon
and decide whether the Dane will re-
tain the lightweight crown or whether
he Will be forced to turn 1t over to his
younger and handsomer opponent.
Nelson brought his training period
to an end with a public exhibition at
the Gleason-J effries show in Recrea-
ton park. The Battler appeared on a
platform IN the center of the park and
went nine rounds with his three spar
ring partners. The Dane demonstrated
that, so far as he was concerned. the
show was more than an exhibition by
sailing into his understudies with a
vim that was dangerously near the real
thing
That winds 1t up" said the Battler
as he drew on his gloves. Il am now
prepared to give this person wolgast
one of the best treuncings he has ever
had, or ever will have. I never felt
better in my life and 1 cannot help
but think the fans will recognize the
great condition 1 am in when I step
INTO the ring Let me tell you, 1t is
the same old Battling Nelson that has
bowled EN- all over and Wolgast will
find this out to his sorrow"
Manager Jack Robinson announced
today that Nelson scaled 1872 u pounds
after his work in Recreation park The
Battler will stay around training quar-
tiers all day tomorrow and do jus t
enough work to keep his joints from
getting stiff.
Wolgast took another reef in his
training program yesterday. He cut out
the road work and devoted his atten-
ton to the regular matinee in Seal
Rock gymnasium Fully 1000 PRISONS
dropped in during the afternoon and
sized up the Wisconsin wild cat. Ad
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
DEVISE SCHEME
TO BLOCK RIOT
wrestling Promoters Plan
New System Of Ushering.

In response to the numerous COM
plants that have been made abeu+
announcement of their wrestling
SHOWS the Empire Athletic club is out
with the statement that an entirely
new scheme has been devised for ehe
sale or tickets and the seating of the
crowds, which Will be tried on Feb %.
when Frank Gotch. champion, will meet
Jimmy Essen, the Scotchrf1an, in the
main event of the night
The cheaper or unreserved seats will
not be sold in advance as before. or
start selling until 1880 o'clock the night
or the show, thus giving the holders of
reserved seats the complete run of the
house until that hour Then, the club
nsures. the crowd can be handled much
easier and every holder of a coupon
can reach his seat without trouble
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SUMMARY OF
SATURDAY SPORT
Athletics.

AI0lef1CS.
Chicago gymnasts compete against
fellow members alleged to be from,
Milwaukee and Cincinnati in the A
U. handicap meet
The University of Illinois track team
defeats the University of Chicago in an
indoor meet at UrDana by the count of
so 2-3 to 33 Ia. The Illini freshmen
won from the Maroon freshmen by the
score of AZ to 21.
In tank meet at Bartlett gymna-
SUM the Maroon swimmers and Illinois
representatives broke even by scoring
% points apiece.
Selling race war at Jacksonville is re-
newed and is marked by a bitter clash
between Owners Powell and Chinn, who
attempted a display of hsticufs. but
were prevented by spectators
Basketball
Northwestern University five is de-
feated on home floor by the Iowa Uni
versity team by the score of IS to IL
Maroon five takes Indiana into camp
in one-sided game at Bloomington, by
the score of 33 to 8.
Baseball.
National league magnates in session
at New York go on record as opposed
to syndicate baseball Johnny Kings
fate VIII be known next Thursday. ac-
cording to an announcement made by
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INDIANA HARBOR.

Mrs. Jack Spellacy is spending the
day in Chicago and will be the guest
of her brother and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs d. Egan. at a dance in Woodlawn
this evening.
The Royal League will present the
play "A Noble Outcast" at the Audi
torfum tomorrow evening
Orlando Hill has purchased a thor
oughbred English bull terrier from the
Craneycrow kennels, st. Louis.
M. Goldstein announces that the loss
on his stock and fixtures in the recent
fire in his place of business on Michi-
gan avenue will reach s4,749.42. Mr.
Goldstein expects to open again for
business some time between March 1st
and 10th.
In answer to the Indiana Harbor polo
teams challenge to play any amateur
team in northern Indiana, the East Chi
cago team wishes to say they will
play them any old time. place and for
any amount
Special matinee at East Chicago Rink
Tuesday, Feb. %. 19-2t
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with the Freeport. Ill, team last sea-
son to Sacramento.
Kruger. Birmingham, Flick and
Lord look to be the class among the
Cleveland nutfelders
Bert Daniels, the Bucknen uniyer-
sity baseball star, has signed with the
New York Americans
Walter De Voy, is. Louis amateur.
will be given trial at first base by
manager Jack Q'Connor of the Browns.
Show actors and menagerie on the
Philadelphia Nationals lot should help
Keep the Quakers awake next summer
The Boston Americans have sold
Charles venable, the Lowell third base
man, to the Scranton club of the New
York State league.
George Page, Robert vestervelt. Will
son Matthews, R. ]. Glenlavin, Garrett
Bush and James D. Jefrries have been
appointed umpires in the Texas league
The numerous friends of Malachi
Kittridge will be glad to learn that
the famous old catcher has been en-
gagged as coach al Harvard this season
Arthur Griggs, who played second
base last season, Will be given chance
this season to show what he can do as
catcher for the ST. Louis Browns
Johnny Evers of the Cubs has writ
ten a book on the History of Inside
Baseball" No player in the game
knows more about the inside stuff than
little Jonathan.
The Boston Nationals will give Billy
Burke, the young Notre Dame pitcher.
tryout. Burke was expelled from
Notre Dame for playing with the Lynn
club under the name of Conway
Connie Mack Of the Athletics and
George stallings of the Highlanders
are the only American league managers
who will not don uniforms and do
stunts on the coaching line the coming
season.
The Pittsburg Pirates have two
promising first basemen in Bud
Sharpe. last year with Newark, and
Jack Flynn. formerly of ST. Paul. Both
of the boys displayed some beautiful
work last season.
Both Manager McGraw of the Giants
and Manager Dahlen of Brooklyn would
like to purchase Billy Keeler OF the
Highlanders. They are not able, how
ever. to make George Stallings see
things in the right light
Sailor" Burke has given up the box
ing game and is learning to be a bar
Der in his fathers shop in Brooklyn
Jim Coffroth has arrived home from
Europe and is busy arranging the
scenery for the Abe Attell- Jim Driscoll
bout.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
3-CUSHON TOURNEY
STARTS At ST. LOUIS
Chicago Stars Leave to
Play Today in Intercity
Billiard Series.

Chicago three-cushion stars will
compete at ST. Louis tonight in the
first nights play in the intercity tour
nament. Manager w. p. Mussey left
for ST. Louis last night with James
Shaw, Walter Lauben, Clarene cKandul
and Charles Tennes. NORM and Riley
left Saturday night and are expected
to play today. Clarence Stafford ex-
poets plays tonight in a handicap pool
match at Hemmers with Arndt, the
Ohio champion. Stafford plays 500 to
Arndt's $50. Following are the en-
tries in the 1872 billiard tourney at the
Morrison rooms to try out candidates
for the national event.
Fred Conklin 5000, Percy Collins
5000. G. w. Fawcett (250). Al Brown
(20o) and Tom Nolan (2o0.)
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CALENDAR OF SPORTS
FOR THE WEEK.


MONDAY.
Meeting of the stewards of
the Great Western Circuit in
} Chicago.
Opening of annual exhibition
of Automobile Club of Cincin-
} natl
Abe Attell VS.. Harry Forbes.
10 rounds, at Troy, N. Y.
BARLEY Connolly VS.. Ted Nell
son, 20 rounds, in London,
; England.
Newell Banks VS.. Hugh Hend-
erson, at Detroit, for American
checker championship.
TUESDAY.
} Battling Nelson VS.. Ad VOL
} CAST. As rounds, near San Fran
) cisco.
} Monte Attell VS.. frankie Con-
) ley. As rounds, at Los Angeles.
) Sanm Langford VS.. Nat Dew
} ey. 90 rounds, at Cheyenne, Wyo.
, Opening of annual automobile
, show in Milwaukee.
Opening of annual bench show
} of New England Kennel club in
, Boston.
California Derby will be run at
; Oakland.
Annual cross country cham
) pionship OF South Atlantic A. A.
, U. at Washington, D. c.
Annual tournament of the
Ishpeming (Mich.) Ski club.
Western indoor skating cham
pionships at Chicago.
WEDNESDAY.
Woman's South Florida golf
! championship tournamnt starts
at Palm Beach.
THURSDAY.
Opening of automobile shows
in Toronto, Ont, and Binham-
ton, N. Y.
Annual meeting of Dominion
of Canada Rife Association at
Ottawa
Annual election Of officers of
the Aeronautic Society of Amer
lea. - -----------------
FRIDAY.
National amateur wrestling
championships begin at the I'LL
nois A. c., Chicago.
Annual indoor games of the
Mercury A. c. at Yonkers, N. Y.
Pal Moore VS.. Boyo Driscoll,
10 rounds, at New York.
SATURDAY.
Opening of annual tournament
of American Bowling Congress
in Detroit.
Annual convention of Inter
collegiate A. A. A. A in New
York
Annual indoor athletic meet of
the Seventy-fourth regiment at
Buffalo.
Annual indoor meet of Ford
ham University Athletis Associa-
tion at New York.
Annual indoor met of First
Regiment A. c. at Cincinnati.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
NEW CLUB LISTS BOUT
Deshler Will Box Picato at
New Orleans.

New Orleans, La. Feb 21.-Tommy
Walsh, a fight promoter from Los An
geles, last night announced plans for
the New Orleans Athletic club.
ganization incorporated to promote ring
contests. 1t is capitalized at $50
and a handsome clubroom is being At
ted up High class matches with big
purses are scheduled. the first being
for next Saturday night, when Dave
Deshler fights Frank Picato.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
MCCORMICK BEATEN
Finck Defeats Champion
Racquet Player.

Boston. Mass, Feb. 21.-Q A. Shaw
OF Boston and Reginald Finck of New
York are left to decide the national
amateur racquet championship in the
tournament at the Tennis and Racquet
club In the semi finals yesterday the
present champion, H. F. Mccormick of
chicago, was defeated three games to
one by Finck, who sprung surprise
by his brilliant battle. Q. A Shaw won
by default from G. r. Fearing of Bos-
ton.
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mont. who are promising to aid the
enterprise in the United States
The Olympian games. which will be
held IN Athens this year, will bring a
large number of athletes from the
United States to Europe and 1t Is pro-
posed to have the same teams take part
In the meet at the Berlin expos itfon
It is proposed to make the Berlin meet
an international affair. There will be
large prizes
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
BIG MEET FOR BERLIN

Berlin, Feb. 21.-According TO in
forma ton given by. the authorities of
the American exhibition. to be held
during June. July and August. an ath
letic competition of large proportions
will be held Proposals have come from
J. Pierpont Morgan and August Bel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
BAMTAMS IN
LONG ROUTE
conley 90 4 tell FIGHT IS
Rounds Tomorrow.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb 21.-Frankie
Conley, formerly of Kenosha. but who
claims Chicago as his home, put in a
strenuous day before 1900 fans in
preparation for his forty five round
bout for the bantamweight Champion
ship of the world with Monte Attell.
which takes place Tuesday afternoon at
Vernon. The pavilian is being reno
xatsd-fe TT-tti OCCASION ana K1s.
crowd is expected. At Arcad ktts,ss
also put in a busy afternoon, 4nr
six rounds. Monte announced Me
was down to lis pounds, one
from the required limit. Betting %)
day was even.
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Sporting Briefs

AL Bridweu of the Giants is writing
baseball for the Portsmouth. N. H,
Times.
The Boston Americans have sold Ben
Hunt. the Hutchinson, Mass. pitcher to
Denver and Harry Yount, who played
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-21
SWIMS TO NEW
WORLDS MARK

Sydney, N. S. W., Feb. 21-Aleck
Wickham of Sydney yesterday swan
fifty ards in % 3-5 seconds. This is a
new worlds record. Wickham held the
former record of "a 3-5 seconds for
fifty yards sstraishtaway
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President johnson of the Americans
league
B0x1mx.
Johnny Coulon whips Jsm Kanriclx.
British bantam. in fast ten round bout
at New Orleans.
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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-06
PROMOTERS OF FIGHT
HAD A HARD TINE

Judging from reports from the coast
the promoters OF the Jeffries-John-
con bout are earning all that they Will
get out of the big show Rlckard and
Gleason have been compelled TO climb
hurdle after hurdle ever since they
secured the big event The long argu-
ment over holding the fight in Utah
was succeeded by the difficulty I'm
picking a site In California Then,
with Emeryyille decided on came the
news this week that opposition. strong
enought to drive them out OF there,
had developed
The promoters ct this writing have
practically decided to hold the show
In San Francisco proper, and Il is like
ly that this part OF the program will
go through The city authorities are
said TO be fayorably disposed toward
the fight and no great difficulty Is like
ly TO be experienced In getting a per
NIT for a i5'round bout.
In the past bouts within the city
have been limited to 90 rounds and 1t
Will now be necessary for the super
visors to tack on another 20 rounds to
this. Commissioner Herget himself
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-06
AMERICAN LOCATES
AZTEC TREASURE

Mexico City, June 5.-There Is a
man here, an American of course,
who Is dead sure" that by the first
OF next September. when the conten-
nial celebration In Mexico begins, he
Will have all kinds OF money TO spend
during that month. and enough left
over TO keep him in comfort the bal
ance Of his days. He thinks, or pre-
tends TO, that he has spotted" the
place where Montezuma, the Aztec
monarch. Is buried.
For more than four hundred years
there has been Il more or less con,
tinuouS search for the wealth which
was hidden by the ancient emperor
Had the old monarch any idea of the
trouble he was going to cause by
leaving some of the filthy lucre In
such mysterious way, 1t is certain
he would have been compassionate 10
future generations and allowed his
friend Cortez the pleasure of dedl-
eating 1t to the king Of Spain
Now comes an American looking
for Aztec gold His name is T. A.
Kenyon. and he says he has solved
the problem. He knows the Kidding
place. With the true Anglo-Saxon
Judgment he Will not tell which
mound out on the plains of Mexico
covers the treasure from view Mr.
Kenyon read an old Aztec novel
nicely stenclled on a highly colored
brick, and II told him all about IL
SO he. says
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-06
SOLDIERS AGAIN IN
SERIOUS TROUBLE

SBATTLE. Wash, June 5.-For the
second time within few months meu-
bers of the Twenty-fifth infantry of
the United States army Uhe negro
regiment Of Brownsville fame) were
paraded before woman today in an
effort to pick out a criminal
The result 30 far has been negative
AS was the case in the first affair
Mrs. ], w. ReddIng. the woman who
claims she was attacked in her homo
last night by a negro dressed as a
soldier. was unable TO identify any of
the soldiers as her aSsailant.
Residents near Fort Bawton are
greatly incensed over the attack upon
Mrs. Redding. Her assertion that tho
negro wore soldiers uniform has re-
suited In movement to petition con-
gresS TO order the removal of the
Brownsville battalion from Fort Law
ton
Although the army officers claim
that the man who attacked Mrs. Red
ding was not a soldier. they are care
fully investigating the acts OF all the
men who were absent from the post at
the time
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CARROLL CLAIMS
HIS REELECTION

DES MONIES. Iowa. June 5.-Par-
ticipants In the state primary cam
paign. weary with almost ceaseless
speech making. were glad to be strict
Sabbatharlans today Everywhere.
however, the claims of the Republican
gubernatorlal candidates and those OF
aspirants in the seventh and ninth
congressional districts were eagerly
discussed
In these districts. where Congress-
men Hull and Smith. respectively. are
closely pressed by the progressive"
candidates. and where the result will
be considered as having a national
bearing, the campaign Will be waged
up TO the last moment before the pri-
mary Tuesday
Both Hull and Smith. the latter par
ticularly, as member of the Cannon
rules committee, are regarded by the
"progressives" as standing for all that
Is reactlonary.
The fight has been waged with great
bitterness
Governor Carroll has completed an
automobile spell-binding tour. and as.
serts he viii win on Tuesday by a
majority of $4,000
Warren Garst, the progressive can
didate. claims a similar majority.