The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-27
HAMMOND
MARATHON
LABOR DAY

One of the greatest athletic programs
ever offered by any club in the central
west Will be put on by ]. j. NageI OF
the Hammond Baseball Club in conjunc-
ton with the Logan Square Athletic
Club of Chicago next Monday when the
Logan Square Baseball team comes
here 20 play the Hammond aggregation
The Logan Square Athletic Club.
packers OF the Logan Square ball club.
support what is believed to be by Chi
cago sport followers the leading mara
thon team in the country. The run
ners. George Hankel and Charles
Chuck" Mellor. are known to be the
most versatile distance runners in the
country. Either can go out and run
any distance from a mile to the full
distance marathon 20 miles and SIS
yards in close to worlds record time.
George Hankel is known to be without
a peer in the country west of New York
at any distance from FIVE miles up.
Only two weeks ago he won the title Of
the central states FIVE mile outdoor
champion. winning the title from the
most formidable field that ever faced
the starter in the history of the event.
Hankel is now in hard training and is
running all his races close to record
time and is planning TO brins home the
bacon next year. which will earn him
the title of worlds champion.
Charles Chuck Mellor. just recently
returned from overseas service with
the first prize Coblenz marathon trophy.
Is considered the only rival of Hankel
for marathon championship honors.
The Logan Square Club has %announc-
ed that 1t will bring along with them
next Monday these two phnomenal ath-
letes and will enter them in the five
mile run in the park which will be held
just before the baseball game. Another
runner of national note who will come
for the big event is Joe Stout. of the
University of Chicago. Stout only a
week ago returned from France where
he competed and won the 1900 meter
running race at the interallied track
and field championships.
In addition to the Ave mile run and
the baseball game an event that is TO
surpass anything Of its kind in the past
is to be held over the dusty roads from
Chicago to Hammond, a distance or
twenty-five miles. All the leading
pedestrians of the central states have
been invited to participate in this walk
ing race from Michigan avenue and
Jackson boulevard. in Chicago to the
Hammond ball park.
The Portage Park Club OF Portage
Park. Ill. northwest OF Chicago. is
grooming a team of walkers who are
rated only second to the formidable
group of pedestrians OF the Logan
Square A.. c. who are without an equal
in the central states. The Logan Club.
with A Parker as its leader of the
walking team. will compete and from
latest reports received from the Windy
City. will attempt to set a new record
between the two towns.
AL Parker. IT is rumored. is tearing
UP the highways in the vicinity of the
Logan Square A. c. In close to record
time, and principally for this reason
officials will be prepared should any
new record be established. The other
member of the Logan Square team are
Elmer r. Hawley, Milton N. Gordon,
Arthur w. Scott and Joie Kowalski. All
are experienced pedestrians. having
competed and come out victorious in
many walking events held in the Windy
City. Watch papers tomorrow for the
entries and route of run.