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Wednesday, August 1, 1917
Chemicals Defeat The Founders Baseball The General Chemical Co. defeated the Hubbard Steel Foundry Co. , 8-1 1 paragraph local
Gravers Still Lead The League Baseball The standing of the Industrial league teams local
Lose To Gen. Am. Car Co. Baseball Making errors at critical moments during the game with Gen. Am. Car Co. caused N.I.G. & E to loose 1 paragraph local
Kilduff Shows He’s Real Major Leaguer Baseball Pete Kilduff, who recently came out of the Western League, is building a reputation under the tutelage of Charley Herzog the article also criticizes recent batting averages for the Phillies and the Dodgers 6 paragraphs national
Marsans-Magee Trade May Revive Old Averages Baseball Since Lee Magee joined the St. Louis Brown’s and Armando Marsans joined the Yankees, the games of both players have improved considerably 7 paragraphs national
No Title Baseball The teamwork of the Red Sox has put the team on top 1 paragraph national
Shamrocks Defeat Federal A.C. Baseball The Hammond Shamrocks defeat the Federal A.C. , 13-10 and the Shamrocks are also advertising for additional opponents 2 paragraphs local
Tanks Defeat Chemicals Baseball The Graver Tank Works defeated Grasselli Chemical Co. by a score of 14-0 1 paragraph local
The Standing Baseball A ranking of the National and American baseball teams along with the July 30th scores national
Walsh Is Premier Slugger Baseball Austin Walsh, the Hammond clubs centerfielder, is considered the teams best slugger 3 paragraphs local
Hudson Promoters Want To Revive Boxing There Boxing The Wisconsin State Boxing Commission is considering letting Hudson Wis. hold boxing matches once again 1 paragraph regional
Whole California U. Squad Joins Colors Football Twenty-eight members of the University of California Football squad have joined the colors 1 paragraph national
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports general Gregory Mitchell has leased the bull-ring in Tia Juana, Mexico for bouts, boxing may be revived in the Western part of the country, the old Western baseball league is floundering and may need a make over, Miller Huggins of the Cardinals believes there will be a close finish in the National league, and finally Hugo Bezdek is not expected to retain leadership of the Pirates through next year 5 paragraphs national
Grand Circuit At Kalamazoo Horse Racing The 10,000 Mills stake will be the centerpiece of the Grand Circuit 1 paragraph regional
Favorites Win First Days Races At Kalamazoo Horse Racing The results of the days races at Kalamazoo 1 paragraph regional
Davis Meets All Comers Wrestling Wrestler Curley Davis of Hammond and Boxer Young Denny of New Orleans have an athletic show going on in connection to the Carnival, the two are meeting all comers 2 paragraphs local
Thursday, August 2, 1917
“Artie” Anderson Drowned Baseball Local Semi-pro baseball player, Artie Anderson of the Chicago Magnets baseball team dies of drowning at Camp Lake, Wisconsin 3 paragraphs metropolitan
American Association Leaders Are To Lose Several Stars In Draft Baseball Jack Hendricks, Gossett, Steve Yerkes, Jack Leary, Northrop Zwilling, and Dawson are six American Association players that are drafted into the U.S. army 1 paragraph national
The Standing Baseball The official team standings for the American and National baseball teams national
I. H. Nationals Win From Kasper Colts Baseball The Indiana Harbor Nationals defeated the W. Hammond Kasper Colts by a score of 11 to 4 4 paragraphs local
Tiger Juniors Beat Saint Stalislaus Baseball The E. Chicago tigers beat St. Stanislaus by a score of 11 to 2, the Junior Tigers pitcher Frank Simon is credited for the win 1 paragraph local
Suggests Bomb Throwing As Feature At Ball Games Baseball Australian Lieutenant introduces the art of bomb throwing at baseball games, bomb throwing consists of throwing a bomb from home plate on to second base 1 paragraph national
Kilbane After Leonard Again Boxing Johnny Kilbane is once again challenging Benny Leonard to another twelve round match, in their previous match Kilbane was knocked out by Leonard 1 paragraph regional
Willie Ritchie vs. M’Carthy Boxing Willie Ritchie will box against Johnny McCarthy in San Francisco 1 paragraph national
Enough Glory To Go Round Football To local football teams, the E. Chicago Gophers and the Colonial A.C. lightweights both give up players to the draft 2 paragraphs local
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Baseball The New York American League needs strong outfielders, Lee Magee has performed badly in the Federal League, and Bill Donovan needs to trade pitchers for outfielders 6 paragraphs national
All American Trap Shots Are Honored At Peru Trapshooting The Hoosier classic shooting tournament was held in Peru, Indiana 3 paragraphs regional
Friday, August 3, 1917
Hammond Slated For Hard Game Baseball Hammond baseball team are to play the Chicago Ideals, Hammond has already beaten the Ideals once but that was considered a lucky win 3 paragraphs local
Pres. Wilson Favors Continuing Baseball Baseball President Wilson has assured Charles Comiskey and Charles Weeghman that the 1917 baseball season will not be cut short due to the war so there will be a world’s series 1 paragraph metropolitan
Rudolph’s Another Worry For Braves Baseball Boston Braves pitcher, Dick Rudolph has not been pitching well for the team because he is out of shape 1 paragraph national
Supremacy Question Unsettled Baseball The score of the game between the Hohman street and East State street business men was settled by agreement of those who had money invested in the game when the score keepers could not decide on the final score, the final score was 7 to 7 2 paragraphs local
Players Start Fund For Worthy War Relief Baseball The Brooklyn players held a meeting in order to form a war fund that will aid the families of any players who are drafted into the armed service 1 paragraph regional
The Standing Baseball The official rankings of the American and National baseball leagues national
Scatenas Schedule A Game Baseball The Scatenas will play the Chaltanham A.C 1 paragraph local
Leonard Can Get 10,000 To Box White Boxing A local boxing club offers boxer Benny Leonard 10,000 to box Charley White or Ritchie Mitchell in a ten round no decision contest 1 paragraph local
Covers 1900 Miles In 24 Hour Auto Trial Car Racing Joe Dawson broke record by driving six-cylinder Chalmers car 1,900 miles in twenty-four hours on a New York track 1 paragraph national
Dalton Family Wins Two Titles In Hoosier Shoot Trapshooting The Hoosier classic tournament closed in Peru, Indiana with D.J. Dalton of Warsaw winning the Hoosier handicap and his wife won the women’s championship 5 paragraphs regional
Saturday, August 4, 1917
Pat Moran Takes Misfits And Wends Speedy Ball Phillies manager Pat Moran has taken a group of castoff players and turned them into a team that is contending for second place honors in the National league 1 paragraph national
Sherwood Magee Due For Waivers Baseball Players Sherwood Magee of the Phillies and Ed Konetchy of the braves poor performance may lead to a waiver of their contracts soon 8 paragraphs national
No Title Baseball There are rumors that Toronto, Canada was going to become a major league city in 1918, supposedly talks were under way to move the Washington club to Toronto 1 paragraph national
Home Run Record Baseball E.E. Calbert, of the Western Association club hit thirty-five home runs for the season in Muskogee, Oklahoma 1 paragraph national
The Standing Baseball The official rankings of the American and National league baseball teams national
Her Boy!, Mother Of Alexander Watches Him Hurl To Defeat Against Cubs Baseball National league pitcher, Grover Cleveland Alexander’s mother watched her son loose to the Cubs at Weeghman park 1 paragraph metropolitan
Whiting City League Baseball The official standing of the Whiting City league local
What will Mamaux Get Baseball Al Mamaux of the Pittsburgh clubs contract called for him to pitch good baseball and behave himself or he would not get the full balance of his contract at the end of the season 1 paragraph national
Shamrocks N. S. Twisters Baseball On Sunday the Hammond Shamrocks will play the North Side Twisters 1 paragraph local
Roberts Boxes “Bobby” Cough Boxing East Chicago boxer, Mace Roberts defeated two men and Curley Davis also defeated two heavyweights wrestlers at the carnival in West Hammond, Roberts was scheduled to box Mace Roberts and Davis will wrestle Fred Whiton 1 paragraph local
Milwaukee Seeks Leonard-White Go Boxing Milwaukee boxing promoter, Tom Andrews made a 10,000 bid for a Benny Leonard boxing match 1 paragraph regional
Golf Tests Begin This Afternoon Golf The Hammond Country Club Championship begins and the first prize is a handsome traveling trunk 1 paragraph local
Mrs. Letts Wins At Golf Golf Mrs. Fred C. Letts Jr. beat Mrs. Melvin Jones at the Chicago Championship 1 paragraph metropolitan
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Baseball Baseball is boasting some fine short-stops these days in Kopf, Dugan, and Witt and even the veteran short-stops, Fletcher, Maranville, and Olson are doing well, baseball also has some good fielders this season in Chuck Wortman of the Cubs and Ward of the Pirates, Ty Cobb is having an excellent year, and Earl Neale is a sensation in Cincinnati 7 paragraphs national
100 Bike Riders In Races Bike Racing The Irish Countries Social Union of America will sponsor five bicycle races for all ages in Chicago on August 11, 1917 3 paragraphs metropolitan
Nix On Women Drivers Car Racing An automobile race involving women to be held in Cincinnati on Labor Day was canceled when the American Automobile Association refused to endorse any race involving women 1 paragraph regional
Warsaw Man High Gun In Big Shot At Peru Trapshooting J.P. Dalton of Warsaw won the Hoosier classic marksmanship prize at the tournament held in Peru, Ind. 3 paragraph state
Monday, August 6, 1917
Scatenas Easily Beat Cheltenhams Baseball The Scatenas defeated the Chaltanham A.C. by a score of 12 to 2 and the Scatenas are advertising for future opponents paragraphs local
Ray Schalk Is The Biggest Gun That Rowland Has Trained On Rival Clubs Baseball Chicago White Sox manager, Ray Schalk, is unleashing pitcher Ray Schalk on the rival American league teams 1 paragraph metropolitan
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the National and American league teams national
One-Armed Athlete Is Good Batter Baseball Charles Foley, a one armed outfielder for a Windham Me. semi-pro team hit .428 this season 1 paragraph national
Hammond Defeated Ideals Baseball The Hammond club defeated the Ideals in front of a crowd of eight hundred 4 paragraphs local
Kilbane Through, Manager Says Boxing Johnny Kilbane has announced that he will retire from the ring and the search for a new opponent for Benny Leonard has begun 4 paragraphs national
Has New Bantam Boxing Frankie Banner will introduce his new bantamweight fighter, Lawrence McClelland at the new hall in Whiting on August 23rd 2 paragraphs local
Minnesota May Call Off Dakota Football Games Football Due to the late start of the school year, the University of Minnesota will most likely call off its first football games of the season with the Universities of North and South Dakota 1 paragraph national
Fishing And Camping Season’s Full Swing General The fishing, camping, canoeing, and hiking season has opened in the north country to good weather which is excellent for night fishing 2 paragraphs national
Noted Athletes Will Compete In A.A.U. Championships At St. Louis General America’s most famous athletes will converge upon St. Louis for the American Athletic Union championships, among those competing will be two Chicago natives Joie Ray and Avery Brundage 1 paragraph national
Joe Ray’s Chance To Set A Record Distance Running Joie Ray will attempt to break a record when he competes in the two-mile distance run at the American Athletic Union Championships in St. Louis 2 paragraphs national
Tuesday, August 7, 1917
Elks Win From The Columbias Baseball The Elk Juniors defeated the Columbia A.C. of Hammond seven to six in a close game 2 paragraphs local
Sailors Get Ball Outfit Baseball The National league has donated a large amount of baseball equipment to the Navy and the other branches of the U.S. armed services 1 paragraph national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the National and American baseball leagues national
To Win Flag In 1917; Worries About 1918 Baseball Henry Barry, owner of the minor league baseball team the seals is worried that his team will not do as will during the 1918 season as they did during the 1917 season 1 paragraph national
Four Straight For Polish A.C. Baseball The Polish Athletic Club beat the West Hammond Athletic Club 14 to 9, the Polish A.C.’s next opponent will be the Peerless boys 2 paragraphs local
Dollas & Garber 7; Triangles, 6 Baseball The Indiana Harbor Triangles were defeated by the Dollas and Garber nine, despite their defeat the Triangles are still in contention for the Lake county championship 2 paragraph Local
Evers Finishing Fifteenth Season Baseball Johnny Evers of the Phillies is completing his fifteenth year of his baseball career 1 paragraph national
Probably As Close As Jess’ll Get To Service Boxing Jess Willard will give an exhibition boxing match for 5,000 enlisted men in Plattsburg 1 paragraph national
Crowds At Darcy Funeral Boxing The funeral of Lester Darcy drew a crowd of over one hundred thousand, the largest ever in the history of Australia 1 paragraph international
To Fight Feathers Only Boxing Johnny Kilbane has decided that he will not retire after all, instead he will only fight within his own class of featherweights 1 paragraph national
Stars At Checkers Play To Compete For Title Checkers The American Checker Associations annual tournament will be held in Cedar Point, Oregon this year, Newell Banks of Detroit will play Alfred Jordan of London for the championship 3 paragraphs national
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports General The promising performance of western American league teams like the Cardinals, Reds, and Cubs could put a Western team in the 1917 or 1918 world’s series, and Goodwin pitches shut out against the Phillies 6 paragraphs national
1 Dead, 5-Hurt Auto Race Toll Automobile Racing An auto racing accident at the Wisconsin fairgrounds injures four drivers and kills one spectator 2 paragraphs regional
Wednesday, August 8, 1917
Waukegan Coming On Sunday P.M. Baseball The Hammond club will play post season games against Waukegan, Albany Park, and possibly Michigan City, these upcoming games along with the teams successful season have brought the enthusiasm of fans to a fever pitch 5 paragraphs local
Some Good Games In The Industrial League Baseball The official ranking of the Industrial League teams along with the numbers foe three industrial league games 2 paragraphs local
Here’s Real Challenge Baseball Last Sunday the Central A.C. of Hammond won a two inning game against the I.H. Internationals, The C.A.C is now searching for a team to play this coming Sunday 2 paragraphs local
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Baseball If the White Sox win the pennant the pitching of Eddie Cicotte will have played a large role 7 paragraphs metropolitan
“Yea, Bo”, Benny Yanger-Remember Him?-Lands One Punch On “Smart Guy” Annoying a “Down And Out.” Boxing Former lightweight Benny Yanger is involved in a scuffle with Chicago hoods 4 paragraphs metropolitan
Freddie Enick Wins Over Jimmy Gary Boxing Freddie Enick of Aurora beat Jimmy Gary of Chicago in a ten round match 1 paragraph metropolitan
Quits Pulpit To Be ‘Brakie’ Boxing Former boxer turned preacher, Fred Wedge leaves his ministry for a better paying job with the Northwestern Road 3 paragraphs national
Clabby’s Plan An Eleven football The Clabby’s will play this fall despite the war 1 paragraph local
Ouimet’s Bit For Country Playing Golf For Red C. Golf Even though professional golfer Francis Ouimet has been called for a physical exam by the draft board, he believes he can best aid the cause of the war by playing exhibition matches for the Red Cross 3 paragraphs national
Draft Board Rejects Caddock Mat Champ Wrestling Wrestling champion, Earl Craddock was rejected by the draft board because of his diseased tonsils and defective teeth 1 paragraph national
Gelder A.C. In Outing Baseball The Gelder Athletic Club held its annual outing in Hammond on Sunday 1 paragraph local
Thursday, August 9, 1917
Well Here’s Another Explanation Baseball The Peerless boys are claiming a victory against the South Side A.C. by forfeit, the South Side A.C. left their game with the Peerless boys during the seventh inning claiming that their pitcher had to play for another team 6 paragraphs local
Masked Marvel Latest Baseball Attraction Baseball The Masked Marvels baseball team, a team that plays in masks and Jersey sweaters, are looking to play the Peerless A.C., Dollas & Garber, Standard Colts, or the Triangles 5 paragraphs
Pitching Great Ball For Stallings Baseball Arthur Hehf, Tyler, and Barnes are all playing good ball for the Boston Braves, while Tom Hughes and Rudolph are not 1 paragraph national
Colts Beat Hessville Baseball The Kasper Colts of West Hammond defeated the Hessvilles in a close game by a score of 1 to 2 1 paragraph local
Baseball Men Slackers? Two Macks To Enlist Baseball Ray Bates and another player from the Philadelphia Americans have decided to enlist in the armed services 1 paragraph national
The Standing The official ranking of the American and National league teams national
Sheldon Wins K.O. Boxing Jimmy Sheldon knocked out Kid Wille in the first round of a scheduled ten-round bout 1 paragraph
Fight Decisions Boxing The official results of national boxing contests national
Ouimet Denies Avoiding Draft Golf Western Golf champion, Francis Ouimet denies story that he claimed he could be of better service to the war effort by playing exhibition matches for the Red Cross, Ouimet says that he did not claim exemption and he will go if drafted 3 paragraphs national
Century Ago Three-Minute Mark Was Goal Horse Racing During the early 1800’s, the goal for trot horse racing was to reach the three minute mark, in the early 1900’s it is the two minute mark 3 paragraphs national
Hayes And Hardy Win Tennis Walter Hayes and Samuel Hardy were both winners at the Missouri Valley patriotic tennis tournament 1 paragraph national
Friday, August 10, 1917
The Old Orioles Baseball The Old Baltimore Oriole baseball team players are now spread out all over the world of baseball, former short stop Hugh Jennings is now leader of the Detroit Tigers while backstop Bill Clarke has been baseball coach at Princeton for many years 1 paragraph national
No Left Handers Baseball Brooklyn pitcher, Rube Marquard was the victim of a practical joke by his team mates, Rube wanted to enlist so he went to a Doctor to be examined and he was told by the Doctor that he failed the exam because he was a left hand pitcher and left handers are not normal 1 paragraph national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams National
Eclipse Defeat Peerless Baseball The Whiting Eclipse defeated the Peerless A.C. of East Chicago by a score of 13 to 8, the game had to end during the seventh inning because the teams were playing to close to public buildings and there was the threat of a window being broken, the Eclipse would be interested in playing the Triangles now 3 paragraphs local
Attaboy, Colonel, Old Scout Baseball Captain Hank Gowdy, captain of the fourth regiment ball team, signed his colonel to the team after he hit slammed out five hits five times at bat 3 paragraphs national
Jackies In Close Battle Boxing Great Lakes Naval Training welterweight champion, Leo Witt nearly lost his title to Duggan during a fierce three round match 2 paragraphs regional
Dundee And White Are the Logical Candidates For Leonard’s Next Bout Boxing Charley White and Johnny Dundee are both potential candidates for a bout with Benny Leonard 1 paragraph national
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Boxing Recently two professional boxers have been killed, Al Palzer died of a gunshot wound inflicted by his father and Luther McCarty was killed in the ring during a bout with Arthur Pelkey 3 paragraphs national
Cornell To Play Michigan This Fall Football The annual game between Cornell University and the University of Michigan will take place as scheduled in Ann Arbor this fall 1 paragraph regional
Saturday, August 11, 1917
Hot Tilt On Diamond Tomorrow Baseball There is a lot confidence in the Hammond clubs ability to beat Waukegan in their upcoming came, the betting circles are active in favor of the Hammond club 4 paragraphs local
Things They should Remember Baseball A response to the Peerless A.C. claim to the championship of the Twin Cities, a fan of the Triangles claims that the Triangles have a good record and they would like to play the Peerless A.C. again 3 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official rankings of the American and National league baseball teams national
Will Play Two Games Baseball The East Chicago Tigers are going to play a double header against Company G of the Indiana National Guard and the Hammond Little Rocks 2 paragraphs local
Soldiers Invade Semipro Parks To Get Recruits Baseball The Chicago Federalized militia will be visiting Semi-pro baseball parks during games for the purpose of securing new recruits 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Whiting City League Baseball The official ranking of the Whiting City league teams and a summary of upcoming games 3 paragraphs local
Marsans, Yanks Breaks His Leg Baseball Armando Marsans, the Cuban outfielder for the Yankees broke his leg in the game against St. Louis 1 paragraph national
Interest In Golf Is Very Low Golf The first round of the Hammond Country Club’s golf championship begins today but interest in the game is so low that there are barely enough players to play 1 paragraph local
Golf Title Captured By Wright Golf Fred J. Wright Jr. of Boston beat R. Allen Haight of Long Island in a close match at the Western Junior Golf championship 2 paragraphs national
Monday, August 13, 1917
Hammond Bests The Waukegans Baseball The Hammond club won the City Baseball League of Chicago championship when they defeated the Waukegan team in front of a crowd of three thousand 4 paragraphs local
Clark Griffith Will Also Send Baseball News To France Baseball The American Baseball league is sending five hundred copies of the Sporting News to France for the U.S. troops that are stationed there 2 paragraphs national
Grand Rapids Shortstop Badly Hurt When ‘Beaned’ Baseball Shortstop, Harry Brant experienced hemorrhaging after he was hit in the head by a pitched ball during a game between Grand Rapids Central and Evansville 1 paragraph regional
East Chicago K. Of P.’s Win Baseball The East Chicago K. of P.’s beat the Scatenas Sunday by a score of 3 to 0 1 paragraph local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league teams national
Mace Roberts-The Winner Boxing Macey Roberts of Hammond knocked out Young Burke in the second round of the match 1 paragraph regional
M’vey Easy Winner Boxing Sam McVey beat Jim Johnson in a twenty round match 1 paragraph international
100 Enter Play For City Golf Honors Golf The city golf championship that is taking place at Jackson Park in Chicago has attracted over 400entries 1 paragraph metropolitan
Tuesday, August 14, 1917
Tiger Jrs. Win Over D. & G. Nine Baseball The East Chicago Tigers defeated the Dollas and Garbers of Indiana Harbor by a score of 4 to 3, and the Tigers are looking for additional opponents 2 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official scores of the American and National league baseball teams national
E.C. Tigers Win A Double-Header Baseball The East Chicago Tigers won a double header, beating the Co. G, First Indiana Infantry 4-3 and the Hammond Little Rocks 5-2 2 paragraphs local
Shamrocks Defeated Kasper Colts Baseball The Hammond Shamrocks defeated the Kasper Colts by a score of 6 to 1 and the Shamrocks will play Dyer High School on Sunday 1 paragraph local
Polish A.C. Defeats The Peerless A.C. Baseball The Polish A.C. won its fifth game in a row with their 7 to 6 victory over the Peerless A.C., the Polish will play Hessville next 5 paragraphs local
Rejected ! Baseball Athletics second baseman, Otis Lawry was rejected by the army 1 paragraph national
Barry Trying To Strengthen Champs baseball Boston Red Sox manager, Jack Barry is attempting to strengthen the team by using Agnew as pitcher, and Connie has replaced Lawton Witt with a new recruit named Dugan 8 paragraphs national
City League Baseball Waukegan and Hammond are getting ready to play a second game for the City League Championship, if Hammond wins they will advance on to play Albany Park 1 paragraph local
Sisler The Great Baseball George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns is playing magnificent ball, he can play infield, outfield, and he is also a left handed pitcher 1 paragraph regional
Several Major Clubs Cast Eyes At Carrigan and Heinie Wagner Baseball Bill Carrigan and Heinie Wagner are considered top choices for management positions on major league teams 1 paragraph national
Red Dolan Bests Russell Boxing Red Dolan beat Frankie Russell in a New Orleans boxing match 1 paragraph national
Pal Moore Wins Easily Boxing Pal Moore beat Jimmy Murphy in a Bantamweight match 1 paragraph national
Tom Gibbons Fails To Pass Army Test Boxing light Heavyweight boxer, Tommy Gibbons was rejected by the draft board 1 paragraph regional
Middleweights At Milwaukee Boxing The Milwaukee fall boxing season will open in September with a bout between Jeff Smith and Harry Greb, the winner of the match will go on to mike Gibbons at a later date 1 paragraph regional
Fighters Post Forfeits Boxing Jack Dillon and Mike Gibbons both posted one thousand dollar forfeits to guarantee their appearance at a ten round match in Terre Haute on Labor Day 1 paragraph state
Golf At Country Club Sat. Golf The winners for the first round of the Hammond Country Club Golf Championship were H.C. Groman, J.F. Coleman, and W. A. Hill 3 paragraphs local
Evans And Sawyer To Play At Muskegon Golf Chick Evans and Ned Sawyer will play an exhibition golf match to benefit the Red Cross in Muskegon, Michigan 1 paragraph regional
Indiana Women In Shooting Honor Trapshooting Mrs. D.J. Dalton will be the first women to enter the women’s event at the Grand American handicap, which is to be held at South Shore Country Club 1 paragraph metropolitan
Wednesday, August 15, 1917
Ricky Picks Few Flivers Baseball Scout and Cardinal manager, Branch Ricky has brought some very talented players to baseball, players like George Sisler, Ernie Koob, and John Lavan 8 paragraphs national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National League teams national
Gravers Win Their Twelfth Baseball The Graver Tank Works defeated the Betz Company 11-0, this is the Gravers twelfth consecutive victory and if the Gravers win their next game against the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. they will clench their league pennant 2 paragraphs local
Fifteen Years In Organized Ball Baseball John Hummel, first baseman for the Buffalo club is in his fifteen year in baseball 1 paragraph national
Kasper Colts, Are Victors Baseball The Kasper Colts beat the Central A.C. 13 to 7, the Shamrocks were not able to play the Kaspers on August 12, because they played the West Hammond Stars who they defeated 6-1, so the Kaspers would still like to schedule a game with the Shamrocks and any other team that is interested 3 paragraphs local
Hammond Lucky Says M’Cann Baseball Waukegan team owner, Mcann says that the Hammond victory over Waukegan in the first game of the two game series was just luck 3 paragraphs local
Mike Gibbons, Not Tom, To Fight Jack Dillon Boxing It is Mike Gibbons and not his brother Tom who is scheduled to meet Jack Dillon in Terre Haute on Labor Day 1 paragraph state
Peter Herman, Bantam Champ, Goes In Army Boxing Peter Herman has been drafted and excepted by the draft board and he has no plans to claim exemption 1 paragraph national
Tortorich After Victor Of Fulton-Morris Go Boxing New Orleans fight promoter, Dominick Tortorich will go to see a match between Fred Fulton and Carl Morris and he will sign the victor to a match at his club 1 paragraph national
Fulton Now Training Boxing Fred Fulton is training for his boxing match with Carl Morris in Cleveland Ohio 1 paragraph regional
Finnerman Is After Scalp Of Kilbane Boxing Featherweight, Leo Finnerman is challenging Johnny Kilbane to a championship fight 1 paragraph national
College Athletes Farewell At Fort Sheridan Camp. Football College Athletes from the Universities of Chicago and Illinois received commissions at Ft. Sheridan 5 paragraph metropolitan
West Tops Field In City Golf Golf George West won the medal for low qualifying score at the city golf championship at Jackson Park in Chicago 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Plan Western Open Golf Golf The program for the Western Golf Championship has been announced, a purse of seven hundred and twenty-five dollars has been put up and three hundred dollars for the lowest total for two days, the event will take place on September 13 and 14 at the Westmoreland Country Club 2 paragraphs national
Girl Is National Back Stroke Champion Swimming Dorothy Burns of Los Angeles is the lady swimming champ of the Pacific coast and she is also the national back stoke champ 1 paragraph national
Thursday, August 16, 1917
Second Game Of City Champ Series Baseball The second game of the Hammond-Waukegan series is on Sunday, Hammond is the favorite, and on Saturday the Roseland Eclipse play the Chicago Giants at Hammond 1 paragraph local
Peerless A.C. To Play Masked Marvels Baseball The Peerless boys are confident that with the addition of “Brochy” Madura to their roster they will defeat the Marvels 2 paragraphs local
How Cobb Entertained The Yankees Baseball Ty Cobb’s tremendous batting average for the year and his skill on the diamond prove that he still has the title, king of baseball 6 paragraphs national
Hubbards Defeated Conkeys Baseball Hubbard Steel defeated the Conkey’s 14 to 9 1 paragraph local
White Sox Will Have To Play Ball General If the White Sox want to make it into the world’s series they will have to play the best ball of their entire season, especially when they play against the Boston Red Sox, and Harry Greb of Pittsburgh is the logical next choice to fight Mike Gibbons since Gibbons has defeated Jack Dillon, and Jimmy Clabby has returned from Australia so he may also be a potential opponent for Gibbons 5 paragraphs metropolitan
Claimant For County Honors Baseball The Whiting Eclipse will play the Dollas and Garber team in Whiting, the Eclipse would like to schedule more games with local teams 3 paragraphs local
Rossner Lands Knockout But Is Disqualified Boxing After knocking out his opponent, Steve Flessner, Young Rossner was disqualified from the fight 1 paragraph national
Ad Wolfgast Unfit For Army Service Boxing Former lightweight champion, Ad Wolfgast was declared unfit for military service by the draft board on the basis of his past mental history 1 paragraph regional
Injury In Bout Fatal To Evans Boxing Dummy Evans died after a match with George Brown in New York, Brown has been arrested for the death 1 paragraph national
Bouts In Columbia Hall Tonight Boxing There will be three boxing matches at Colombia hall in West Hammond, the first is a light heavyweight contest between Young Denny of New Orleans and Jack Clements of Canada, Battling Barney and Mac Roberts will go eight rounds, and lightweights Bobby Gough of Memphis and Young Gans of Baltimore will also go eight rounds 5 paragraphs local
Former Champ In War Relief Play Golf Miss Georgianna Bishop, former women’s golf champion took part in the war relief competition at Englewood New Jersey 1 paragraph national
Martin Wins His Match Golf R.B. Martin defeated Frank Burgess at the Chicago golf championship 1 paragraph local
Big Crowd At Dental Tourney Golf The Hammond Country Club was the location of the annual Dental golf tournament 2 paragraphs local
Friday, August 17, 1917
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league teams national
Umpires Often Can Avoid Trouble Baseball Umpire, Billy Evans claims that umpires can avoid trouble if they just turn their backs and walk away from bad situations, and American league President Ban Johnson has said that their will be a world’s series this year after all 6 paragraphs national
Interest In Games Is Unrivaled Baseball There is huge interest in the upcoming game between the Hammond club and Waukegan, if Hammond wins it is close to a championship, and the Chicago Giants are going to play the Roseland Eclipse 4 paragraphs local
Hitting Pitchers Are Much In Evidence Baseball The number of pitchers who can actually pitch and bat well is growing in the American and National baseball leagues, Babe Ruth of the Red Sox is just one example, and Lee Fohl accuses the White Sox of cheating by tampering with baseballs 10 paragraphs national/metropolitan
White Sox Are A Hit With Their Choir Baseball The White Sox have been lining up to before every game to sing the “Star-Spangled Banner” 4 paragraphs metropolitan
The “Good Pal” Manager Is The Sort That Pleases Baseball The more friendly that a manager is with his team the better that team will play for the manager, the Cincinnati team has improved under the leadership of a friendly Christy Mathewson 7 paragraphs national
Scatenas Play Blue Island Baseball The Scatenas will play the strong Blue Island Federals 2 paragraphs local
“Kid” Wedge Loses In A Street Fight Boxing Fred Wedge lost a street match to “Fighting” Lasch and then both men were arrested 1 paragraph regional
Capital Society Flocks To Bout At Washington Baseball Benny Leonard staged an exhibition match with his sparring partner Billy Grupp on the grounds of the Washington monument, this was the first bout allowed in the city in years 1 paragraph national
Boxing Fans See Good Show Boxing The boxing matches held at Columbia Hall in West Hammond were very good Boxing 2 paragraphs local
Francis Ouimet Beaten By Brady Golf Michael Brady defeated Francis Ouimet during their exhibition match at the Oakley Country Club 1 paragraph national
Martin Beaten Yesterday Golf Lloyd Gullickson defeated R.B. Martin at the city golf championship 2 paragraphs local
Pro Stars Shoot For Cup Today Trapshooting The Grand American Handicap began at the grounds of the South Shore Country Club with a race between Homer Clark of Alton, Ill. and Harrison Kennicott of Evanston for the Hercules all-around championship trophy 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Gary Gun And Rod Club Doing Well Shooting The Gary Gun and Rod Club has decided to keep club registration open until September 1st 3 paragraphs local
Saturday, August 18, 1917
Plays 57 Innings Without An Error Baseball The Lincoln Nebraska baseball team made there first error in 57 innings of game play when they played the Hutchinsons 1 paragraph national
Semipro Nines Class Baseball Old Rivals, the Roseland Eclipse and the Chicago Giants will play against each other today in Hammond 1 paragraph local
White Sox Recall Six Baseball Six players have been recalled from the minors by the Chicago American league baseball team, those players are Henry, Robertson, Hass, Eldred, and Shallenbach 1 paragraph metropolitan
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Kilbane Is Not To Retire Boxing Featherweight champion, Johnny Kilbane is starting to accept matches for his title even though the boxing critics think his next fight will be his last, and Kilbane has also said that he might want to fight heavyweight champ Benny Leonard again in six months time 6 paragraphs national
Christie Gets A Draw With Giant Black Boxer Boxing The match between Gus Christie and Kid Norfolk ended in a draw in Buffalo, New York 1 paragraph national
Paul Dixon Loses Bout On Foul Boxing Paul Dixon was disqualified during the seventh round of his match with Lew Williams after he illegally K.O.’d Williams at a New York boxing club 1 paragraph national
Title Battle By Debutantes On Card Today Golf Lloyd Gullickson of Marquette and Roy Patterson of West Pullman will face off against each other for the Chicago Golf championship at Jackson Park 4 paragraphs metropolitan
Women Swim For Title Swimming Claire Galligan of New York, Dorothy Burns of Los Angeles, and Frances Cowells of San Francisco will all compete for the national women’s mile championship at Neptune Beach in California 1 paragraph national
Speed Kings Race Today Automobile Racing Barney Oldfield, Louis Chevrolet, and Ralph de Palma will compete against each other at Sheepshead speedway in New York, Oldfield will also race miss Kathrine Stinson in a “earth and air race” 1 paragraph national
With A Few More Like Joe Cox The War Would Soon Be Over Boxing Heavyweight boxer Joe Cox is helping Uncle Sam recruit men into the naval reserve 1 paragraph national
Monday, August 20, 1917
Hammond Defeats Waukegan Baseball The Hammond Club defeated Waukegan by a score of 5 to 2 before a crowd of nearly 4,000 spectators 3 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
The Scatenas Defeated Baseball The Scatenas were defeated by the Blue Island Feds 5-3 on Sunday 1 paragraph local
Shamrocks Are Victors Baseball The Shamrocks defeated Dyer High School by a score of 10 to 1 on Sunday, next Sunday the Shamrocks will play the South Side A.C. 2 paragraphs local
Jeffreys Down Gary Baseball In Kenosha Wisconsin, the Jeffrey baseball team defeated Gary in a close 3-2 game 1 paragraph local
City Golf Champ Former Caddie Golf The new city golf champion, Lloyd Gullickson had already won the Caddie competition at Jackson Park three years ago, and Gullickson is also currently holding the Chicago and Detroit City Roller Skating championships 1 paragraph metropolitan/regional
Races To De Palma Draw 72,000 Crowd Automobile Racing Ralph De Palma won all three races at the Sheepshead Bay racetrack, and a record crowd turned out at the track to witness the contest 2 paragraphs national
Week’s Program For Grand American Shoot Trapshooting The outline of the week’s contest at the Grand American Handicap Shoot that is being held at the South Shore Country Club 3 paragraphs metropolitan
Wrestler’s Bodies Covered By Blood Wrestling Curley Davis of Hammond defeated Japanese wrestler Mat Matsuda in a 2 hour 41 minute record breaking match in Coldwater Michigan 1 paragraph local
Tuesday, August 21, 1917
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Sixth Straight For Polish A.C. Baseball The Polish A.C. defeated the Hessville boys 4-2 in one of the best games of the season, and the Polish A.C. would like to play the Whiting Eclipse on Labor Day 2 paragraphs local
Penwicks Win Over Kaspers Baseball The Penwicks of South Chicago defeated the Kasper Colts of Hammond 3-2, the Penwicks will play the Murleys on Sunday, September 2nd 1 paragraph local
All Stars Defeated Baseball The East Chicago Tigers defeated the East Chicago All Stars by a score of 6 to 5, the Tigers have won fourteen games this season and they have only lost one so they are claiming the junior championship of Lake County 2 paragraphs local
Brother Against Brother Golf The Golf championship at the Hammond Country Club has turned into a real family contest 1 paragraph local
Little Giants Receive Honors General Many Wabash College athletes received commissions at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana and Fort Sheridan in Illinois 8 paragraphs state/regional
Hudson Super Six Scores Again Automobile Racing Ira Vail won a 100 mile race at the Minneapolis speedway in his Super Six special 3 paragraphs regional
Great Races Carded Horse Racing Sec. Fred Wheeler released the names of the horses that will compete in the races at the Lake County Fair 2 paragraphs local
Open Shoot Won By Troeh Trapshooting Frank Troeh of Vancouver, Washington won the first event of the Grand American Handicap at the South Shore Country Club, Troeh hit 199 out of 200 targets and his prize was four hundred and seventy four dollars 3 paragraphs metropolitan
No Title Tennis Miss Molla Bjurstdt defeated Miss Mary Brown of California at the National Patriotic Lawn Tennis Tournament in Forest Hills La. 1 paragraph national
Wednesday, August 22, 1917
Mack And Jennings Bury The Hatchet Baseball Connie Mack and Hughie Jennings have ended their feud that began when Jennings gave Mack’s world’s series opponent information on Mack’s pitchers 5 paragraphs national
Graver Nine Wins Inter-City Flag Baseball The Graver Tank Works defeated the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company 8 to 0 to clinch the league championship 3 paragraphs local
Bill Howard Pilots Harbor Club, Wins 2 Baseball Former Hammond baseball club manager, Bill Howard played a double header with the Indiana Harbor club against the Mohawks last Sunday the Harbors both games 2 paragraphs local
Judge Upholds Sunday Ball For War Cause Baseball A New York Judge dismissed charges against New York Giant manager John McGraw and Cincinnati Red manager Christy Mathewson for violation of the Sunday Blue Laws 1 paragraph national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Guisto Sixth Cleveland Player Called In Draft Baseball Louis Guisto, Joe Harris, and Elmer Smith of the Cleveland team have all been drafted and will go in front of the board, none plan to claim exemption 1 paragraph regional
Masked Marvels Are Defeated By Peerless Baseball The Peerless boys defeated the Masked Marvels by a score of 10 to 7 last Sunday 1 paragraph local
Harry Coveleskie Showing Poor Form This Season Baseball Detroit American left-hander Harry Coveleskie has had a poor showing all season and the team is now threatening to bench him for the rest of the season 1 paragraph regional
Predicts Red Sox Collapse Baseball A member of the Cleveland team predicts that the champion Red Sox will fall apart by the end of the season due to poor pitching, hitting, and team disunity 5 paragraphs national
Boxing Will Thrive Boxing Jack Skelly predicts that within the next fifty years the popularity of boxing is going to boom worldwide and boxing matches will become million dollar contests 6 paragraphs national
Doig Beats Sheehan in 10-Round Battle Boxing “Goats” Doig of Spring Valley beat Tommy Sheehan of Chicago Heights in a ten round match at a down state Illinois club 1 paragraph local
Willard In Tentative Agreement To Fight Boxing Jess Willard has tentatively agreed to met the winner of the Fulton-Morris bout 1 paragraph regional
London Promoter Would Bring Herman And Joe Fox Together Boxing A prominent London promoter wants to stage a boxing match between the bantamweight champions of America and Europe, this world title match would be between Pete Harman of New Orleans and Young Joe Fox of Britain, because of the war in Europe there is no real word on when or if the event will actually take place 1 paragraph international
Australians Pay Final Tribute To Boxer Darcy Boxing Even though Les Darcey caused controversy in his native Australia when he left it, over one hundred thousand Australians turned out for his funeral 1 paragraph international
Western Swimmer Holds Many Belts Swimming Pacific Coast Swimming Champion, Norman Ross of Neptune Beach Ca. holds several national swimming titles 1 paragraph national
Mary Brown Joins Red Cross After Taking All Tennis Laurels Tennis Miss Mary Brown, America’s leading female tennis star has decided to join the Red Cross 1 paragraph national
War Eagle Out To Scalp Davis Wrestling Chief War Eagle of Crown Point challenges Curley Davis of Hammond to a wrestling match on Saturday, August 26, for a five hundred dollar purse 1 paragraph local
Balloonist Hurt At Crown Point Ballooning Balloonist, C.H. Merritt was seriously injured when his balloon crashed 1 paragraph local
Thursday, August 23,1917
U.S. Navy Team And Band Next Baseball The Hammond club will play the Navy team on Sunday 5 paragraphs local
Marquard Wakes Good For Brooklyn Baseball Pitcher Rube Marquard was almost washed up in the major leagues when Wilbert Robinson brought him to the Brooklyn Dodgers, now Marquard has made a complete turn around with the Dodgers 6 paragraphs national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league teams national
Amateurs Play For Championship Baseball The Shaw Taxis will play the Electrics at Garden City Park for the amateur championship of Chicago on Saturday 1 paragraph metropolitan
Canadian Troopers Defeat U.S. Players Baseball The American team was defeated by the Canadian team 12 to 3 in a exhibition match 6 paragraphs international
Dug From Baseball’s Mine With A Pencil Baseball Pitcher Marvin Goodwin is doing very well for the Cardinals, the Phillies are showing good form in their midsummer pitching, Cincinnati Red shortstop Billy Kopf is one of the leagues most promising players, why did the Braves and the Pirates both let a good player like Joe Wilhoit go, and other baseball tidbits 7 paragraphs national
Garden City To Travel Baseball The Garden Citys will play the Fairbanks-Morse team on Sunday 1 paragraph metropolitan
Ed Walsh Beaned; Unconscious 20 Min. Baseball Boston Brave, Big Ed Walsh was knocked out at plate by a pitch from Doak 1 paragraph national
Lajoie May Again Be Big Leaguer Baseball There is a possibility that International league manager Nap Lajoie may be offered a big league management position, and Buck Weavers injury could cost the White Sox the pennant 1 paragraph national/metropolitan
Gibbons Wins Bout Boxing Tommy Gibbons defeated George Chip in ten round St. Paul Minnesota boxing match 1 paragraph regional
Barney Oldfield Issues Challenge Automobile Racing Race car driver Barney Oldfield has challenged fellow race care driver Ralph De Palma to a two out of three heat race with the winner taking home five thousand dollars 2 paragraphs national
Friday, August 24, 1917
Koph And Chase Factors In Success Of The Reds Baseball Cincinnati shortstop, Billy Kopf has turned into a real asset for the Reds, Athletics manager Connie Mack regrets letting Kopf get away from his team, and Reds first basemen Hal Chase is also contributing to the teams winning streak 11 paragraphs national
Sousa To Appear In Hammond Baseball John Philip Sousa and the U.S. Marine band will entertain the crowds at the ball park during then Hammond Navy Game on Sunday 2 paragraphs local
Scatenas Play Rubber Sunday Baseball The Scatenas will play the Invincibles of Chicago on Sunday at Morris Park 2 paragraphs local
Eclipse Hand Dollas Drubbing Baseball The Eclipse beat the Dollas and Garber team 7 to 6 2 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Griffith Will Have Day At Sox Park Tomorrow Baseball President Comiskey has decided that tomorrow should be Clark Griffith day at the Sox ball park 1 paragraph local
Cobb And Collins League Veterans Baseball Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox are now the American leagues veteran players, both have been playing in the league for twelve years 1 paragraph metropolitan
Hubbards Lay Over Grasselli Baseball The Hubbard baseball team took full advantage of the poor pitching of the Grasselli team 1 paragraph local
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Baseball Bill Donovan of the American league is looking for new pitching talent 5 paragraphs national
“K.O.” Brown To Scrap Kaiser Boxing George Brown went in front of the draft board and was immediately excepted into the army 3 paragraphs metropolitan
Colonials To Reorganize Football The Colonial Athletic Club is having a meeting Monday evening to discuss to reorganization of their football team 4 paragraphs local
Ball Isn’t Their Only Pastime Here’s Another “Little Game” Poker Baseball is not the only past time of the soldiers in the camp, when the ground is too wet for baseball they play poker 1 paragraph national
Polo Star Now At A Training Camp Polo Colombia University polo star, Sterling Van de Water has enlisted in the Navy 1 paragraph national
Stars Enter Labor Day Auto Derby Automobile Racing Labor Day Chicago will host a series of Automobile races 4 paragraphs metropolitan
Results Of Track Events At Fair Horse Racing The results of Thursday’s horse races at the Lake County Fair local
Larson Wins Handicap Shoot Charles Larson of Waupeca Wisconsin won the main event of the Grand American Handicap in Chicago, Mrs. L.G. Vogle of Detroit won the national women’s championship 2 paragraphs metropolitan
Saturday, August 25, 1917
Hy Myers To Be On The Dodgers Again Next Year Baseball The Dodgers will most likely be keeping center fielder Hy Myers for the 1918 season, but they may be letting go of third baseman O’Rourke because he is a weak batter 5 paragraphs national
Meyers And Mowry Pave Way For Come-Back Baseball The Brooklyn Dodgers are not just looking for men who can hit the ball, they also need fast pitchers 6 paragraphs national
Robbins Set New Record Baseball A twenty-two inning baseball game between the Dodgers and the Pirates has broken the record for longest running baseball game 7 paragraphs national
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National baseball leagues national
Joe Welling Leads Boxers Into Service Boxing Joe Welling is the first real top notch boxer to enlist in the armed services, many boxers have said that they were going to enlist but still have not, it is hoped that Welling will set a good example 2 paragraphs national
No Title Boxing The exemption requested by the parents of Bantamweight champion Pete Herman has been denied 1 paragraph national
Race Treat Is Promised Horse Racing Officials at the Indiana State Fair claim that the horse races should be good because the horses entered in the competition are in excellent shape 2 paragraphs state
State Meet At Fort Wayne Tennis The Patriotic Tennis tourney will be played in Indianapolis today, two Indianapolis players will play against each other and as a doubles team for two titles 1 paragraph state
Monday, July 27, 1917
Boston Teams Giving Freely To Army And Navy Baseball Ernie Shore of the Red Sox, Hank Gowdy of the Braves, and Loon Cadore of the Dodgers have all enlisted in the armed services, even though baseball is loosing many young men the season will continue right through to the world’s series 2 paragraphs national
Roush Winning Batting Laurels Baseball Ed Roush, Outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds is a strong contender to win the National league batting honors 1 paragraph regional
3,462 Fans Cheer Navy Band And Team Baseball Summary of Hammond club victory over Navy baseball team 9 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Invincible? Not For Scatena Colts Baseball The Scatenas beat the Invincibles by a score of 9 to 4 yesterday afternoon 2 paragraphs local
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Boxing When Fred Fulton and Carl Morris Finally meet in the ring in Ohio on Labor Day the can finally settle the issues of who the better man really is 2 paragraphs regional
Coast Girl Is Star In Many Sport Branches General Mayme McDonald of the University of Washington is an all around athlete, she can pitch, do track and field, swim, and hunt 3 paragraphs national
Golf Wizard Of Atlanta Teaches Three Kids how to be champions Golf National golf champions, Alexa Stirling, Bobby Jones, and Perry Adair were all trained by Stewart Maiden of the Atlanta Athletic club course 1 paragraph national
Tri-City Boy Scouts Track-Meet Sept. 8 Track and Field The Boy Scouts of Hammond, Gary, and Indiana Harbor are sponsoring a tri-city track meet September 8th 1 paragraph local
Tuesday, August 28, 1917
Hamilton’s Gossipy Stuff About Sports Baseball The world series race is heating up for the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox 6 paragraph metropolitan
Albany Park And Hammond To Play For Championship Baseball The first game of a three game championship series opens up on Sunday between the Hammond ball club and Albany Park 3 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National baseball league teams national
St. Josephs Are Again Victors Baseball St. Joseph defeated the Harbor Nationals 14-6 on Sunday 3 paragraphs local
Tigers Defeat Peerless A.C. Baseball The East Chicago Tiger Juniors defeated the Peerless A.C. 18 to 8 on Sunday 3 paragraphs local
Boys Seek Game Baseball The Chicago Heights Tigers, a 13-14 year old team is looking for an opponent 1 paragraph local
64,000 Is Leonard’s Pay For Year’s Work Boxing Benny Leonard was the biggest money making boxer during the 1916-17 year he took in 11,854 alone for his boxing match with Johnny Kilbane 9 paragraphs national
Davis Throws Indian Chief Wrestling Curley Davis defeated his challenger Chief War Eagle in West Hammond 2 paragraphs local
Wednesday, August 29, 1917
Back Same Team In Series Baseball describes upcoming came between Hammond club and Albany Park 3 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and National league baseball teams national
Comments On Hammond Game Baseball Commentary on the game between the Hammond Club and the Navy team 9 paragraphs local
Gravers Win From Sinclairs Baseball The Graver Tank Works defeated the Sinclair Refining Co. by a score of 7 to 0 in East Chicago 1 paragraph local
Baseball Results Baseball The results of several local contests local
25,000 Are Now Enrolled As Fisk Bicyclists Bicycle Riding The Fisk Bicycle Club, sponsored by the Fisk Rubber company of Chicopee Falls, Mass. has now grown to 25,000 members 4 paragraphs national
He Think Lewis Is Dodging Him Boxing Johnny Griffith is claiming Ted Lewis is Afraid to box him on Labor Day 1 paragraph regional
Country’s Athletes Enter A.A.U. Meet At St. Louis General There was concern that because of the war there would not be enough athletes to compete at the American Athletic Union championships that will run Aug, 31-Sep. 1 in St. Louis, but the organization has said they do not expect the games to be any different at all this year 4 paragraphs national
Encourage Athletes In School General The education of young people in the Indiana schools will focus on athletic education and the right sort of reading this coming school year 7 paragraphs regional
Thursday, August 30, 1917
The Standing The Official ranking of the National and American baseball leagues teams national
Scatenas And Ramblers Sunday Baseball The Scatenas will play the Ramblers of Cicero a 3:00 p.m. on Sunday at Morris park 3 paragraphs local
McAlester Nine Captures 2-0 Game In 36 Minutes Baseball In McAlester Oklahoma, the McAlester baseball team played a nine inning game against the Ardmores in thirty-six minutes 1 paragraph national
Now Griff Claims Sox Use “Paraffin Ball” Baseball Manager Griffith has accused the White Sox of using “Paraffin pants” to cheat 1 paragraph metropolitan
Willie Hoppe To Star At Carroms, Says Moore Billiards George Moore, one time Billiard star says that Willie Hoppe is bright at Three-Cushion Billiards 5 paragraphs national
Morris Wants Clinching Stopped In Fulton Bout Boxing Carl Morris has asked the referee of his upcoming match with Fulton to make sure there is no clinching during the match 2 paragraphs regional
Leonard’s Choice Between Johnny Dundee And White Boxing Benny Leonard’s next opponent will most likely be Johnny Dundee and or Charlie White 8 paragraphs national
Kokomo Golf Match Will Draw Crowds From All Indiana Golf A Labor Day Golf tournament is going to be held at the Kokomo Country Club on September 3, all Indiana country clubs have been invited to attend 4 paragraphs regional
Friday, August 31, 1917
All Is In Shape For Big Game Baseball The Hammond ball park is all primed and ready for the big game on Sunday, an additional 500 seats have been added to the ball park 8 paragraphs local
The Standing Baseball The official ranking of the American and Nation leagues baseball teams national
Indiana Tincup Is Back In Big Show Baseball Pitcher, Ben Tincup has been secured to play for the Cardinals in Little Rock 1 paragraph national
His Is Greatest Comeback Of All Baseball Chief Bender has returned to the game and is playing some of the best ball of his career 1 paragraph national
95 Pounds Taken Off By Morris Boxing Carl Morris is determined to prove to everyone when he fights Fred Fulton that he has finally arrived 3 paragraphs national
Virgets to Box K.O. Mars For Benefit Soldiers Boxing Phil Virgets has sighed to fight a benefit exhibition match with K.O. Mars on September 5th regional 1 paragraph
Gibbons To Box Howard Boxing Mike Gibbons of St. Paul will box a ten-round, no decision match against Jimmy Howard of Philadelphia on Sept. 14 1 paragraph regional
Welling In Go Tonight Boxing Joe Welling will box against Tommy Tuhey in a ten-round bout in New York 1 paragraph national
Battle For M. M’Cue Boxing Lightweight boxer, Jimmy Minor of Memphis will most likely box Matty McCue of Minneapolis at some point 1 paragraph regional
Auto Races Are Ready For Official Trial Automobile Racing Official practice for the Chicago Speedway race to be held on Labor Day will begin 1 paragraph metropolitan
Summary Of Laporte Races The official results of an automobile race that took place in Laporte Indiana state
