MopaT. April 15. IMS.
THE TIMES.
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! "Alexander the Great" Gives Movie Actor
a Lesson in Pitching a Curved Ball
BOYS ARRIVE
i BUNCHES
jrvlng Ghayken With Mortar
Battery Says His Palls Have
Been Over the Top,
mV M v. V JV "
rrrlri Cha-ken. Tk Times port
writer, who about a yssr ijo -was tell
ln( the prospects of Paul Farduhn"s
. crack ball team. In a Utter dated March
It. received today, writes entertainingly
ef the big doings !n Xo Jinn's Land
rhertt be, with many Lake county toys,
hive, already wen action. "Izzy" says:
"Somewhere in Fiance," March 13.
Tear Friend:
"Hava been intending to w-rite you for
the last two weeks, but have been too
busy. nl excuse the delay. I am
in the beat of health and feeling-, fit as
toe French 75 a. which I will aoon see
fcoppine crer tha Hun line on the- west
rn front.
"X tare Just heard from tha trench
mortar battery boys ho are all In No
Man's Land and have, faced the music
mora, than thrice, but the bunch seems
to take things interestingly and the only
thin they kick about is the mud whicn
they aay doas not exist in the eld home
town, and I certainly must agree with
tha mortar beya.
"If the censor thle pass, and 1
bora be does. I cart say on good authori
ty that Indiana, boy, r.-imbrring In bun- j
rtreds. bare already clashed with the
Hun in several engagement", and have j
always shown up in t'p-top fo-m.
"Indiana draftees ar beginning 'o ar
rive in great bunches and Hoosierdom !a
certainly well represented, the or.iy
thlnr missing is a. Hoosler raper and if
George Ada wants tha job ba can have
it. ao convey this news to him. Every
tata a far as I hare learned has a
newspaper published for the boy, of.
their own state and T certainly would
like to see, Tndinra. fall in line.
"The arrival of Secretary Baker yes
terday has created a great feeling
among the people and the reception Sec
ratary Baker received T don t th-r.k wilt
ver be duplicated, for beside receiving
": warm welcome from tb people who
thronged to see the great personage
from the states, the Germans also cele
brated by dropping bombs over Paris,
without setting our "war leader".
Thanks to the anti-rraft puna which
several Hammond boys are pperatirg
end also to the barrage fire wfcloh threw
the 60 air-birds in a turmo.l, and they
ouickiy hastened back to their station
j'or safety.
"I am seVrr a great da' of France,
something different every day, end were
it not for the censor who is always on
the Job one could write a hundred pases
without stopping-.
"Have met several newspaper men
from New Tcrk and Cleveland and they
claim that writing under the present
conditions is like trying to jet Into the
lirAc
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SHOWS UP
CREDIBLY
Defeats Scatena Colts, 4 to
1, in Practice Game at
Parduhn's Park.
GARY MAT ARTISTS FIRST
IN fl. I U. WRESTLING MEET
111
Karl Kunert Decides Tour
ney for Y. M. C. A., Win
ning Two Events Great
Lakes Is Second, Greek
Olympic Third.
THE CHAMPION.
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COJCLAS FAfR8.NBS
Because rvoug-ia'J Fairbanks ir.ay find
It necessary in son:- of his movie parts
to act as ha-sebaU pitcher be writ to
one t the, very bst atsthor'ties to
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gi?over c. auxande;
!8rn. He c."'i Grov!
"Alexnr.ier the Oreat.''
'".hs '. ;a'n .1:5 for the ?
' h s -. r .
C. Alexarde'.
'.rho is now in
1 t ne 1. tii'-ago
jnal League
Kiel catial. but we must do our duty,
they added.
the force. Best wishes
An ever.
"Tetir friend.
"iRvixa."
"Iteoirds to
for good luck.
LETTERS FBOM SOLDIERS
Green line. Camp San Antonio is a fine
city. I went to town today ar.d went on! other two bits were
n sisht-seem trip in Fn Antonio, I
was in three churches COO years old. Our
amp 'n a balloon aohnob I lt'-ed in
Ilnmrrord ?T yTrs n",d there is no p'n-
like Hammond. Ir.d. The best of luck
to nil my frip.'s in dar old liimn ond.
T "!iM lilte 10
It is pet tins; ".1
Tn a practice game of biseba'.l Sunday :
afternoon. Taul Parduhn's team defied;
the Scatena Coin at the Hammond j
league park. 4 to 0, In five inrunes. '
Neither side was able 10 score until
the fourth inninc when the Hammond !
crowd cut loose and piled up a total of j
four runs before the Colts could stop,
them. After r.hode had been thrown'.
out, pitcher to first. Knight slatted the
artillery with a single over third. Moli,
pet up, -was hit by a pitched hall and
Mostii followed with n l"i;b'e to left
field, scorine Knight and put tins Moll ci
third. Zeid'cr, who played a neat game
at third, followed with a fl--- to left end
View, the o'.d Northern Indiana League,
player, rapped up a two-bagger to left
center, scoring both Moll and Mostil.
View then stole third and scored a mo-1
ment later when Hoffman was safe nt
first 0:1 I.ynch's error. Johnson, the
new Sratena pitcher, then threw out
i Hudson at first ar.d ended the. Inning.
I Johnny Knight looked his old self ?t
short and at bat got one of Hammond's
three hits and a base on bails. The
double by Mostil
and a double by View. Hoffman, Hud
son and Bourke were active and looked
pood. Bourke, who comes from Gary,
made m. pretty c-h of a long fly off
Hakalar's bat.
Oary T.
Great
Hearyweig-ht Xarl Kaaert, Gary
T. M. C. A.
175-pound Kail Kunert,
M. C. A.
158-ponnd "W. H. Wicker,
Lakes.
145-poand A. rorst, Great Likes.
135-pouBtl Spyroa Torres, Greek
Olympic.
125-pound H. X. HobJsel, Jollat
Steel.
115-pound V. V. Toseo, unat
tached. 103-pound J. r. Mea-gher, Gary T.
SC. C. A.
STAITDIITO Or THX CLUBS.
Gary T.M.C.A..36 Jollet 5
Great Lakes 17 Swedish Ath. 3
Greek Olymplo-13 Seward Park 1
Hebrew Init. 7
erccon end were featured by upsets.
Forst turned in the first surprise when
he dumped Vorres. Greek Olympic ex
pert, in the 14G-pound division. The
latter was one of the favorites to win
this event, having defeated Metropnula
in the prelims. Jerlstrom's. defent at
the hands of Larson was another upset,
for It was the second time the Gary
grappier was beaten in the 1 ourr.aineiit
Kunert redeemed himself for his early
defeat by winning two mat-hes dutdng
the afternoon, paving the way for his
entry into the finals and two titles. Fol
lowing are the results of last night's
matches :
i One hundred and f.f ty-e!ght-siound
' clesp "Wicker, Great Lakes, dcffe.ated
! Stephenson, Great Lakes, in 15 roinutes
I (decision). George Tragos, Greek. Olym
j pic, won by default. "
i One hundred and eight-pound class
j Meagher. Gary "T", defeated Fetros.
I Greek Olympic. 10:37. Harris, C. H. I.,
j defeated Heenan, Joliet, In S:l
j place.
BOWLER
1ST PLACE
Hammond will ray the Aristos. a niv
ie the new Liberty Hal!.' team in the city lea ante. Sunday andthe
e end t-me to r.i to bed,' "ttire proceeds of the gar.,0 are to be
Best of 1
From Corporal Hirsch.
Camp Jos. E. Johr.aton.
Jacksonville, Fa. April S.
Editor TiMrs:
-Tour welcomed papers were received
today and I note with pride what Ham
mond is do;ng in thl3 great v. orld wat.
"We Hammond boys con fe-l in'tfhtj
proud of the spirit shown 1n the new
Liberty linli recently eree'e'i.
With best of success in the third Lib
erty Loan drive.
JOS. I.. HIRSCH.
' Motor Truck Co.. 43?.
Cimp Jos. K. Johnston.
Jacksonville, Fla,
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From Ben Waggoner.
Camp John "Wise, San Anionic, Tex .
April T. 1?!?.
I-M: for Times:
I pe yo'tr rrrr 'vefy wk f 'cto my
mother ari the paper looks good to me
to get it. I am in the Med. Dept. of the
41st Balloon Co. We are bavins; fne
weather here, it gets hot down here. 1
11m a nure In the hospital. T ll'xe to J
the ho-s f'fo tiiir:.. I workel o i
the street car line as a m'orrre on
ck to t!.s boys in France.
T liX S. WAGONER,
41st Ba'iou Co.. Jled. Iept ,
Camp John Wise.
Pan Antonio, fxi"
WILURD EIGHT
turned over to the local rh.npter of Tc d
Cros.
The Aritos have a fast tam, beng
managed by Jack Ness who recently
riayed f.rst base for the Chicspo White
1 Sot. He will play first and run the club,
j Fard'ihd prorrises to have a f.rst cln?'
j pitcher with his club nest Sunday,
j The bo: score:
Scatena Colts.
ah
Gnry T. M. C A. won the National A.
A. V. w rest'.'ng championship to::rna
mer.t b.e'd on the Cherry Circle mats
last nigl.t under the auspics of the
C. A. A. The Great Lakes finished sec
ond and the Greek Olympic third.
Karl Kunert was responsible for ten
of the steel City's tallies. This Indiana
giant von the heavyweight and the 175
1 .'utd file, both or. decisions. First he
I ttiuiiipi.-a over , s istrom or tne twea
i ih A. C. and followed up a few mfn
; i.ies later itli .0 v. in over Meyer of the
1 . If. T. Meagher, the mute from Gary,
v.'-n the 3 5-P"'und crow n. but had to be
i curried from the ring niter his victory.
I He exhausted bis strength beating Fete
jPetres of the Greek Olympic in one of
I the hardest matches of the right.
i Sailor Wins 158 Tltla.
! "Wicker of the Great Lakes defeated
1 Stephenson of th Great Lakes for the
i 1; i-p.-iird chntiipionship. Neither of
One hundred and seventy-ffve-pound
class Kunert, Gary "T". defeated Mey-
. cr, C. H. I , in 15 minutes (decision).
I For third- place Finktey. Great Lakrs.
! defeated Grlgsby, Kusscll Sauare, In 45
! seconds.
One hundred and twenty-five ponnd
class Hohrsel, Joliet, defeated Fellous,
Greek Olmyplc. in 6:35 (body scissors
and half nelson).
For third place, Frazee. Great Lakes,
defeated Vosen, unattached, in twenty
seconds.
One hundred and twenty-five pound
class A. Forst. Great Lakes, defeated
George Metropolous, Gary "T". in fifteen
minutes (decision). Vorres, Greek Olym
pic, won from Kallmerles, Greek Olym
pic, by default.
One hundred and fif teen-pound class
Vasen, unattached, defeated Pammow,
C. H. I.; Marlon, Sward Park, won from
Petros, Greek Olympic, by default.
Heavyweight class (Kunert, Gary "T".
defeated Jerlstrom. Swedish A. C. time.
15 minutes (decision); Minkley, Great)
Lakes, defeated Larson. Swedish A. C. j
time, 15 minutes (decision). ;
135-pound class Spyros Vorrj. Greek
Olympic, won from George Metropolous.
Gary "T", by default. Frazee, Grfat
Hammond was heard from in the Siie
Howling Tournement, which is btmc
held at South Vlcnd, Ind.. yesterdav.
when Eddie "Woggles G'oehrlnger and
Clarence "Bonos" Baies, the only two
I-Iammond pin-men entered in the
tournament, got in the money.
In other words "Woprles." made the
nalhrs sit up and Like rtoMc. Tn the
sincles yesterday afternoon l.e hit the
wood for 622 maple", the highest indi
vidual score that has so far been re
is,tered. His f.rst game notched him CM
pjlns. A couple of bad breaks in V.-.s sec
ond game drorped him down to 101 and
for third 1 jn the third Fcssion Eddie came brie!;
I -with another 214 games. Vncless sonn
i one. goes over nis neaa in tne smgies
1
has a chance to tal-
fitTt
"Woggles"
place.
Jn the ail event "Jack Pot" Eddie ro
istered a total of 1.607 maples. Tnaklr.ar
an average of over 1SS rins ard gettins
high total to date. In this event he only
bad two blows checked up against him.
Eddie and "Bones" rolled together in
the doubles, but with some bad breaks
they were only able to score a total of
"Rones"
singles
got a total cf
?7 r'ti"
landing him in four:
Iakes,
14:46.
defeated Jones, Gary "T",
In
1.06?.
in his
place.
Some of the Gary boiers also landed
in the money. Swissbelm scoring fcC'T 111
the singles and Buster Smith with 61M.
Up to the four o'clock shift Kutz and
F.rrsel of Gary were high in the doubles
with a Fcore of 1.117 pins. Marion heads
the list in the f.ve men cvn' and with
a total of 2,$flR. Gary failed to get in
the money in the five man events.
EAGAN KEADY
FOR MIXUP WITH
TED LEWIS
ie boj a took tip grappling until they
PKN'Vr.'P,
uMus Gun'.
COLO.. April 15 Go,-,
cf Colorp.Jo Is entirelv
willir:; for Jess Wil'ard and Fred Ful
ton to Jo to Berlin nr.d mix in a battle
royal with the ka'ser's half dozen sons,
but he is determined they shall not fight
for the heavyweight champion ship in
Colorado.
I Jens, cf.
I Kenr.edy, cf.
j Tofs. Sb.
; Bsrntan. S.
j Rabin, Tb.
! Lynch. Ib.
j Lov-. if.
i Bakalar, rf.
I Brennan. c.
! Johnson, p.
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Totals
1
1
2
jorr.iv, mo..
r of K r.sas 1 "it
of rishos'i, V,'s
to a dr.';".- cm I
Ap-il
Hugh "W.iik-
at.d Eddie McGoorty
boxed twelve rounds
ia;.-. The bout was
Hanunond.
ab
ch'eflly a sparring exhibition. In the,
early stages McGoorty landed a sting
ins: left to "Walker's face, which pearly
Ch-sed one eye. ar.d A a!kr'8 face was
otherwise considerably bruised.
BI V l iberty Itnniis.
! Rhode, rf 3
Kriisfht, ss. 2
Moll, If. 2
Bourke, If. 1
Mostil, tb. J
7iedler. Sb. g
View, cf. 3
Hoffman, lb. 2
Hudson, c. 1
Vingilsh, p. S
REDDY TO
CONFER WITH
JACK KEAENS
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n ' enrolled in the r.avy, so thdr showing!
n J was n big fivpris-. At-r winning the'
premier honors. M'icker thanked the fans,
n . that lined the ringside, explaining- tha-; jack Tddy. r.nanaeer of Billy M5sk
3 l.'s success u as due 1 1 Dr. Kb tiff man. j ar.d the St. raul promoter who has the
Ensign Kennedy and Ben Reuben, tne Jack Hempsey-Mike match billed for
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j wrestling Instru' tor at the station.
The tournament was the most suc
j ce-oful ever conducted fy the C. A. A.
Ten champions participated in the
even's and many crowns exchanged
I bands. During the course of the pro
I gran a tttember of the C. A. A. loyalty
j committee, pa-,e a four-mimif talk on
i the Liberty Loan a-d bolhs for Fubscr'p
j lions were s.tua'ed nt a! cxi's.
j Upsets Are Many.
The semi-finals were .ield in the art-
May S in his city, got into Chicago yf
terday with Miske from Atlanta, where
Bill laced Gunboat Smith the o'her
night. Dempsey and Manager Jack
Kearns. having whipped John the Bar
ber in a court f.ght at St. Louis, v ill be
here this morning to discuss the S.
Paul match with Redd'--. The promoter
is glad the Missouri court ruled in favor
of Pempsey. as he was ge'ttng -worried
over his own match, which will be a big i
thing in the northwest.
CHICAGO. April 13. Cat: the punch's
f Joe Eagcn, Milwaukee w c-lterwcigii'.
t offset tho speed, cleverness nr.d ring
I generalship of Champion Tod Lewis
J when thev meet in Milwaukee tomorrow
I iifgbt? That s the question Chicago far
(are asking themselves today. Milwau
I kee admirers, and there av many, are
backing Eagcn to get the popular deci
I si on, And betting is heavy. Frank Mul-
kern, who cleaned up handsomely en Tal
Moore against Johnny Ertle. Is wiilinc
to bet big money Eagen wins. l'rot.i
Milwaukee comes the word .Too is in
grand condition, his long layoff fit! in?
him for this hard contest.
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NATION NEEDS SPORT
TO M1T1 SPIRIT
; By GOV. JOHN K. TENER
; President cf Tho National League
I 'Written for the United Tress)
! Xuw that aprinff-Iike weather and 1
j the warm days are upon us tha call j
j of the baseball field seems stronger
ithan ever. Especially la this true
i among- our soldiers and s.n'.lors. as !
j they may be encamped en this side cf j
i ti e Atlantic or in Trance.
' Whenever and wherever the Arner- i
li'sn youth finds the opportunity h '
elds o the desire to get Into the
; -pen with ha'.! and hat and indulge '
1 in the game of baseball, cf which he '
. i.J so for.d.
j While our m'nds must, by reaaon o" i
1 the very nature of the situation, be 1
constantly filed with thoughts of war.
j we realise that while our best efforts
are ir'.ven to our country's service we
must keep our minds and bodies in
'iich shape as to make those eforfs
. :ii".t, effective.
A feeling of depretaion and fear will
never win against good cheer, good
health and good work.
The administration, headed by the
president himself, has approved the
' continuance of outdoor sports through--
out the war. Those college wii'ch
abandoned baseball and f.iotha'.l lost
, joar 1:2M pur their 8.h!ei!ca again
i r.'o f ull swing", w !;!! the Red 'rO
.as to jftd that rest 'n iv-po lan-e f !
f-"d and munitions ft .r tnen In Fran ' '
ie'i'lie baxeba'l and ot her L 1 t ' ; ,
faraphernaiia. Cat they may !nduia
; in their sport and thus keep up the
physical fllnosn and spirit of the army.
Baseball is a war .tme, There la no
blot 6n !i banner. It lis given 5t
fair iihare on service and Is prepared
t j give more.
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f-.. j Hamtnond bcseiiiil "huja" the
I i-petiiiis- pgiue between the sjojr and
I Sr. Louis at Com i sky park tomorrow
afternoon and
"bia time" Js expectad.
?oni of the local faas hav had their
tic't for saveral weeks.
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