The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-03
OVERTHROW
FORT WAYNE
FR|AR CLUB
By Four Touchdowns and a
Goal Kick, 25 to o, Frank
Blocker's Great Football
Aggregation Wallops the
Friars Just to Straighten
Out the Record.
(sy HAzonD CROSSE

Z In a mad rush that swept before It
fhe past present and future Of the
, Fort Wayne football eleven. Ham
nnond's brain and Drawn championship
I team yesterday afternoon erased the
10 to defeat of last fall and estab-
lLshed the astounding record of rs 70
O victory over the celebrated and arts
tocratic Friars.
! The whole proceedings were remark
able and increduious. Less than two
sr,4nutes after the opening whistle T.
howard Gangway (whOse true name Is
unknown to the plaintif) plunged over
tbs tins for the initial touchdown A
minute and thirty second prior TO the
tcloss of the game this same mysteri-
/ Gus party repeated the performance.
isandwtched in between were two
4ouohdowns by Paddy Driscoll. Every
l~ue was dtscreetly shocked when Paddy
negotiated a goal from touchdown, one
cut OF four.
twelve Minute Quarters.
yrrg4ad FOR one noble cause.-the
{.hsr7pionship OF professional football
In Indtaua-the Hammond team played
In charging, aggressive, uncomprohlls-
ing relentless and fearless game
she dominated the field so com
~Ya,.lv that in the first twenty min
80 tha F>riars failed to make hrst
,sozvrs let alone threaten the Ham
v.nna goal. Only the fact that twelve
minute quarters were played kept the
natives from scoring NTH touch-
down. IT,.
Rnt thu game was not won without
tha stiffest sort Of opposition cofnAhs
largely in tho LAST half. Flashes OF
class featured Fort Wayne's playing
continually and the far-reachinS passes
Of Dorias were Of great concern TO the
home folks, especially the fourtn qua
ter But the stellar work of the Ham
r,ona ends. Henderson. Kohl and the
backheld prevented the trlarS COinpie'
ing many OF the passes.
Paddy Greatest Gamer.
n would be hard TO say who starred
for rIannond. Paddy Driscoll probab-
jv gained the greatest number OF yaTos
hut Barrett. McCurdy, Halstrom ana
the mysterious Frankenstein covered
themselves with glory in abundance.
yTardsrxon was q house afire and Peck
tbs Pittsburgh AIl-American center
who failed to show per agreement, was
never missed. Frank Blocker gathered
into his ample arms Friar runners as
fast as they came and deposited them
rudely on terra frma.
McCurdy knocked out.
Near the close OF the first hair NC
curdy. playing a whirlwind game at
halfback. was rendered unconscious oy
n blow on the head during play IN
which Frank Blocker tackled Specht
cut Of bounds After Herman Hermies
had sat on McCurdys out-stretched
frame in the club house Doc Young re
stored the player to earth with wet
towels but he was unable to return 10
the game. occupying the bench during
the last half Halstrom filled the va
csncy very satisfactorily.
The game was noteworthy for the
work Of the hammond line. With Frank
Blocker, Mehlig. seliger. Green, Ruff
ner. Kohl, Hugo Volkman, Plum. Geo.
Workman, Kohl and Henderson, Ham
mond has line second TO none In the
professional realm. There was not
weak spot in it yesterday-the Friars
tried them all. Young, Pliska, Specht,
Johnson and Dorias were dropped IN
thar tracks and on the line Of scrim-
mage time after time to the delight OF
the three thousand rooters and the
Bolaheviki.