The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-11-25
COLONIALS MEET
CHICAGO FORCES
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Record Of Last Y e a r
Stamps FORCES as Wor-
thy Opponents Of Ham
mond Five.

thy Opponents Of Ham
mond Five.
FORCES Post OF the American
Legion VIII send their basket ball
team. avowed contenders for the
Midwest basket ball championship.
out from Chicago 10 meet the Colo
malls at the Masonic Temple next
Wednesday
Frankly. opposition OF the desired
strength for the powerful Hammond
i've IS going TO be hard to find. but
IN the the Chicago 1-o~ges. with
record Of having won 50 out OF IS
games PLAYED last year. we believe
a near approach has been screduled.
The team representing FORCES Post
10. 1876 scored 1882 points TO IT'S for
opponents last year. winning over
the University Of Chicago, IS TO 20;
beating the Michigan City Y. NJ.
c. 4, 50 TO II. on the latter's floor,
and winning a one-point victory
over the LaPorte ~ at LaPorte,
% to IS. The FORCES won % con-
secutive games last year. losing
only to the Exmoors and one TO the
Reds.
II a telephone conversation last
night. Manager DrelIa OF the Chi
cago team asserted that his team
won over the Central Electrics in
an early season game. Sc TO %, CIV
ing an indication of the power Of
me FORCES and the probability OF
close game with the Hammond
am, the local ave having tramped
FL the EIectrics last Wednesday,.
IS to s.
liza unusually attractive curtain
Is being offered FOR Wednes-
isht. The leading girls bas-
a . FIVE Of this region, the Betz
sg@s Ill meet the Lutherans In a
cca much local interest Front
row. Is are sure to be crowded
anal AXE this opportunity TO
v-aS ose enthu siasts who held
thee spots last Wednesday to
be N nd carly II they would root
frou Lroat sections again The
gtrlS& ne Will start promptly al
o'4
Foil ing the Chicago Fo-gea che
La71r1s =. II. c A. team viii arS-
pear "a tbs Temple court Wabash
Conos. athletic authorities have re-
rgt1c "a conlIl4unica ton but O. Dell
x4-e u . OF appearance OF the Little
e;4s-.ss It ths big auditorium is not
sstar7o Their appearance here would
create 1 sti1 =r<, Go much TO sdver~
sfze q Zc7sa state college IN this.
CAPITA Il L halliday or the Colo
- al a.
played .. rs sang IN their initial
battle. lie graves s. contest with
tae Harvard Narvels. composed en-
tirely OF former college athletes and
his wishes VIII be complied with In
every case wherein 1t Is possible TO
comply. Probably what really i'm
pressed Halliday most was the rous-
ing reception given the team upon
thier FIRST appearance on the court
b. the gathering at the Temple last
wednesday. The captain. we Pre-
d.ct, Will soon share in the esteem
already held for Shelton. Smith,
-nornuson and Scott by home bas-
ket ball rooters.
The first OF the big indoor con
tests Of the season brought out
large attendance Of women. Prob
s.blv the dance had something to do
With the unusually large attendance
ne ladies', but It IS apparent that
basket bali game is one branch
SPORT whichc women may see and
10y along with the men ana Ooys
Il equal comfort
2e noticeable absence at the
ma was that Of the boys and girls
-rade school age and this. u
must be laid to the admls-
price. Fifty cents is not q
.cndous amount TO collect Tor
lie OF forty minute basket oaii
ibixions but it cannot be denied,
we have no wish to do So thdl
IN a sum IS just little beyond
rcach Of the majority Of the
4s None are more happily vocif-
-ot.s. or more whole hearted IN sup
arf 81 a homo team than are the
lids who have grown up on dle'
oq Wild west shows and strenuous
r-a- and we would have made
gorious mistake to have developed
tbA indoor. game to high plane and
IA doing ii deprived them Of any
ornortuntty or their beloved nero
7-l-ship. Children of grade school,
axe win be admitted at next Weo-
nesday's game for the sum Of TWEEN
tv-ave cents. and should that price
Keep them away It will be sliced
The same program il vogue at the
ars+ contest viii be carried out
aaatn wednesday. with an attempt
more strict adherence to the
rolley for promptness. The preiim,
mary betwee nthe BetS girls and
the Lutherans viii start At Z. the
5earure game at 8. and the dance
$50 the corridor at .. Advance
s.Is Of tickets is offered as usual
ne Colonial Monnett's and
Budds barber shop