The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-21
; Teams
Lose for
Hammond
Pro, FL. S. and Clabby Team
are Beaten at Week End
BY Small Margins.
BY v

Thre Hammond football teams we're
given a real taste OF the gridiron game
Saturday and sunday without a single
team being able 70 gain a victory. Fol-
lowers OF the old Clabbys were out to
see their team IN action and were shock ed
to see them lose against a team that had
looked hopelessly beaten from the start
to tho finish. The Amos A. G. Just held
On and the best the Ciabbys could do was
. scoreless tie. which has brought no
added prestige to Danl's eleven.
The Hammond High School. crippled
b. the absence Of their star Searles,
were walloped in real Chicago fashion.
tho game against Oak Park being the
~sloppiest the purple and white have put
up in years. The observation-disclosures
scoring ability. which has made the Oak
Park eleven the best in the Chicago
League was wholly responsible for the
suckers victory.
Hammond's big salaried eleven that Is
the talk OF the country was also defeat
ed after they had outclassed the Cleve-
land Tigers IN both offensive and de-
fensive plays. Dick King. whose pict-
ure hangs IN the hall Of fame at Harvard
could not make his usual sneak plays.
and the contest was lost when Scott. q
dangerous man whenever rushed near
the enemy goal post. Just booted one
through the sticks which was enough TO
win. The two drop kicks which Gordon
and Scott made were neatly executed and
II there Is one thing that Parduhn lackB
i is a player whose ability IS we'll
known around the u%prights.
Hammond had three chances TO score
but failed. over eight passes were re-
stored to a single ono being
complete while an intercepted pass by a
Tiger player was In reality responsible
for Cleveland's nrst score. Hammondss
line and backneld were very strong. es-
p~ecially 80 when King decided to pull
IN favor Of Falcon. whose plunsins
through the line was marvellous.
If Parduhn hopes 10 make UP for the
loss Of the Cleveland gama he viii be
forced to strengthen his eleven with GER
tain players who every Sunday sit and
warm the bench. It IS q well known fact
the $4,000 stars have men who {,
are in no way considered as subs and
yet one wonders why such performers
- Meyers. Hess. 5eliger. etc. st around
TO get in. Howard, who had
oeen benched previous 70 Sundays game |
that he was q steady ground
AAAS AAb 1AA1 SAGRktAS @6CAAS% Ad0 Tie
baff1ed.
The Tigers showed that under the old
Hammond coach, they were we'll trained.
n straight football. but Green's men
nothing when IT came 10 the aer-
al attack Hammond. as we have al
eady stated, attempted the passing game
without success, but the air game was
'nough 20 KEEP the Tigers in fear OF such
IN attack
The Cleveland aggregation has a won
ierful lot Of stars. four men who COM
oetsd in Sundays contest are still IN
school. and play under assumed names.
{ is . bad secret to let out. and Ohio
state had better watch out as the birds"
will spill the cream. 4 general summing
Ip Of the three teams leads enc 70 make
! Hugh Fullerton prediction that Par
stars viii not lose another game
his season. and unless the Clabbys and
he High School brace up. 1t will find
heir eleven IN laxative ~straights.
Captain Chez Will have hts men OUT