The Lake County times., 1922-12-02

80 "a llonaI NlNa4ry eating back to
1913. in which the Hammond Scat
enas were defeated by q one point
score at Steger. Ill. will break out
anew tomorrow afternoon at Har-
rison park when the unbeaten
SteEe~ hea syweight team clashes
with he Hammond Scatenas In the
fe7ture battle of the present hectic
football season.
The battle will be important for
bota elevens as the loser will be
declared out Of the running for the
Midwest championship. Hammond
stiil has good claim for high
hon9rs The fact that they suffered
defea- a week ago at the hands of
Last Chicago has not hurt the
chances Of the local team S East
Chicago "a turn was defeated by
the Whiting Friars.
Two hundred and Atty rooters. in
Guiding squad of twenty-five
h4skies. will invade the Harrison
park gridiron from the little town
II Steger. The visitors are coming
10 Hammond confident that they
can take the measure of team
that has had three hard games on
taeir schedule in one week
Seldom in the history OF the
zridiron sport has team had TO
face the elevens that the Scatenas
have played this season. Without
fear or favor the Hammond players
have met the best in two states and
ir the weather man continues to be
nee the Scatenas intend TO play
- tod
six times have the Illinois and
r~dlana foenlen collided in various
tbletiv contests, with Steger
ars-rzing triumphant on four occa-
SONS and the thriller that was
qtagea at Steger in the fall Of 1919
Il qtiH in the minds os the Scatena
rooters. A missed goal kick by a
hammond player kept the locals
from a deadlock and they will be
out sunday to avenge the to 8
defeat
Both elevens are primed for
terrific scrap and as the Harrison
marx gridiron is dry and fast the
rooters should be treated TO one OF
the most spectacular clashes or the
year The Steger and Hammono
teams boast cf high class open held
runners
Gearing. who made a name for
bin self while at the Hammond
high school. will be opposed by
Brown, a former Hyde Park per-
former who is tutored to q high de-
gree of efficiency in passing through
the aerial route. Kelley, the agile
end on the Steger team. was a
sensation several years ago in the
Chicago Suburban league and it is
sure that he will take an important
part in the game tomorrow. In the
games that the Steger team has
won the season Kelley's work of
gra bling passes has been the main
factor in the victories Of the piano
town. Kelley IS also & good man
on defense and has no equal when
it comes to running down punts.
The Steger team has met and de-
feated the Dixon American Legion.
Morocco. Fowler. Michigan City and
Kentland. Their one setback. If
You could call 1t that was a tie
score with the Momence eleven, who
We're stacked for the fray with play
pra from every known college in
the country It was a money bet
ting affair In which Steger ruled a
10 to favorite- The Momence men
surprised all by putting in crew
Of stars"
The steger team and rooters will
arrive in town tomorrow morning.
\ short workout will be taken by
the visitors on the Harrison Tark
field and no matter how the weather
raay turn out there will be a foot
bail game with the contest being
allied at exactly 2:15-
Frank Blocker, who coached the
cary Elks this sea son and who
referred the Whiting East Chicago
game Thanksgiving Day, will be one
IF the officials a the sgame. The